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Events Summary:

You managed to trek on foot through Tarun Gakth - a journey taking you thorugh the hidden orc city, Refuge, and pitting you against rogue machines, titanic rock

worms, and the hive-mind of a race known as the Vog. After a harrowingly close brush with death, you managed to make it out alive, and had an easy time making

your way to Palthair.

After relating to Flint and Auriel Xella's casual treatment of their lives, and admitting that she cannot be trusted, you worked with them to banish her. You

were successful, but something else possessed Xella's fading corpse - something that identified itself as Legion. At first, it mistook you as Erebus, but then

changed its mind, claiming you just a shard of a shadow. While it was powerful, you managed to subdue and consume the horror - but an echoing voice threatened

you with the fact that it was far from truly dead.

The battle destroyed the tavern you staying in, but everyone escaped unharmed. You were quickly surrounded by the city folk, who you learned were enslaved by

the lich, Magnock - your battle against Legion drew his attention. Adavan and Abigail were captured by the lich, whom Auriel recognized as an old foe.

You defeated and subsumed another Shadow, named Darkxis, who was working with Magnock, and gained a second Shard of True Darkness. Auriel protected the party

with some sort of Light-based barrier, but Magnock teleported them into his lair to work on cracking it open - after finishing the job of 'breaking' Adavan.

However, thanks to your adopted disguise, he believes you are Darkxis - leaving you isolated, but holding the element of surprise.

YES!

Fuck yer, shadow quest!
Thank you, based shadow master, you can fuck my bitch

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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

Unlocked Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/7neHai8r

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/X59yWD5p
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Active (intent-use abilities that don't require mana)
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Consume - Devour the latent energy of enemies and magical artifacts to add to your own power and restore your health.

Glide - Your aura allows you to glide, dropping safely from large heights or covering large distances if starting from a high position. Gliding is always

stealthier than flying.

Flight - Spread wings of darkness to soar through the air. Carrying capacity is based on physical strength.

Supersonic - Fly at supersonic speeds. You'll move extremely fast, but suffer a large penalty to stealth and magic stealth. Takes 1 turn to activate.

Mimic - Take on the vague form of things you've seen. Won't stand up to close examination, but works well in the dark.

Snuff - You shadow can put out the lights it touches.

Blink - Sight-range teleportation. (Cannot blink through walls, through the ground, into places you can't see, etc. 5-turn cooldown in battle. Auto-cooldown if

battle ends. You can only Blink yourself and inanimate objects on your person. Max range 1/4 mile or 0.4 kilometers)

Focus - With a burst of concentration, you can significantly improve your detection of both the mundane and magical, but you also drastically increase the risk

of giving yourself away. (think sonic ping)

Berserk - Ignore your defenses and strike all around you in a vicious physical assault. Difficult to determine friend from foe.

Rolled 62, 2, 22, 63, 95 = 244

RIGHT AT THE START

YES

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Shadow Eater - Eat an enemy's shadow for a small heal. Their shadow will regenerate over the course of a day. However, things might turn sour if they notice their shadow is missing...

Doom Aura - Puts out all lights in an area at once. Large penalty to dodge if used during battle.

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Spells (and other abilities that DO use mana)
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Shadow Strike - Strike the foe with needles of darkness. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Shadow Assault - Launch a flurry of shadowy projectiles at the enemy. (base power 4. Costs 4 mana. Can hit multiple enemies)

Nightflare - Disrupt target spell or enchantment. (costs 2 mana)

Shade - Create an illusory projection of yourself to confuse enemies. (dodge buff. Costs 1 mana)

Spirit Whip - Lash the enemy with a whip of spirit magic. (base power 2. Costs 2 mana)

Bind - Trap an enemy in ropes of spirit magic. May spend 0 to 10 mana (determines strength).

Water Strike - A pressurized blast of water imbued with magical force. (2 base power. Costs 2 mana)

Heal - Spend either 2, 4, or 6 mana to heal a target 4, 7, or 10 HP, respectively.

Purify - Spend 3 Mana: 100% chance to heal 1 ailment on target. Spend 6 mana: 85% chance to heal all target's ailments. Spend 9 mana: heal all of a target's ailments and the ailments of all those you are physically touching.

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Summons
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Wisp - A shadowy wisp from the Nether. (2 base shadow attack). Costs 1 mana to summon, 1 mana per action. Never breaks your control; if you run out of mana, it will merely vanish. [Level 0, Shadow]

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Current Statistics:

HP: 34/52
Mana: 10/20
EXP: 2
Humanity: 105
Temerity: 113
Shards of True Darkness: 2

Party Members:

Sir Donovan Flint - A knight of Dobshire, the capital of Arland. Fourth son of the lord and ruler of Arland. Wears iron armor and wields a two-handed longsword. 29 years old.

Joey - A young boy from Jacob's Field, now Sir Flint's squire. No particular magical talent. Wields a shortsword. 16 years old.

Angel Auriel - Formerly a powerful angel of the Ringed City, now traveling with you, ostensibly to protect Sir Flint and Joey from you. Wears heavy plate steel and wields a one-handed sword and a wide, round buckler. 732 years old.

Obis Vin - The exiled Prince of Kan Abar. He wears steel-adamantium plate armor and wields a Ram-headed shield and a one-handed sword. 32 years old.

Summoned:

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

Equipment:

Utility belt with purse

Inventory:

Shadow Sword Shard x 2
Fancy Sun-Moon Key
Mind-Scribing Pen
Succubus Reagents x 1
Jen Fang's Diary (Abigail's father)
Golem Power Core

Current Location:

Palthair

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>Last time...

You gingerly walk up to the outskirts of the barrier. You grasp the Shard of Hunger...

...and you feel something envelope you, more lucid and coherent than Isolation ever was.

You channel that feeling into words, and they roll out of you.

<That looks tasty, can I eat it? I want to eat it, can I, eat it, that is, I want to - >

Magnock doesn't even look up. "Shut up, Darkxis." He fritters over something for a moment, then straightens. "What of the other shadow?"

<I ate it.>

"Good. You'll make quite the assassin, someday. And then you'll have every soul you can eat, as promised." He looks to the egg. "The angel is weakened, but she retains her knowledge, and experience. I can't open this alone." Magnock grins. "But I know another lich that might help, if I break him just the right way." Magnock glances at you. "Do as you will until I call upon you. I'm transporting this into my laboratory."

The sigil under the egg flares with orange light.

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You leap forward. <I want to go, too! Will there be things to eat?!>

You slam into the magical barrier, then fall backward, stunned.

Magnock gives you a tired look of disdain. "I've told you before, Darkxis. Don't get close to me."

>con't

Booyah, I'll be catching a bit of SQ this evening before I go to bed!

Btw SM, congratulations on the 30th! May there be many more. I think there's already enough to fill about a 400 page book right now.

(is the publishing hint clear enough? If not, I'll say it again. Puuuuublish iiiiiiiiit.....)

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>inb4 this is one of the other shards

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The teleport spell activates. The three golems, the egg, and Magnock all vanish.

You feel a bright point of Spirit flash far below you.

You didn't expect Magnock to include Darkxis in the barrier spell...but then, given his Hunger, maybe you should have.

Frustration rages through you. You punch the stone, cracking it.

You force it back, slowly, steadily. Anger won't help the situation. As Flint said to Joey all those times they sparred, you need to keep your head on straight.

Magnock's lair no doubt rests within the mines below the town. He's ancient, adept in magic, has had who knows how long to take over this town, and he has all of your friends captive. And you've no doubt he's working on Adavan right now.

Time is short. You need to get moving. You trudge through the snow, keeping an eye on the subdued townsfolk. For now, it seems they don't consider you an enemy. He still doesn't expect that you're against him - at least you have that.

What do you do?

>sprint back to the corpse of that flesh golem; consume it
>eat some of the townsfolk
>eat shadows to regain your health
>focus on finding an entrance to the mines
>some other strategy

Rolled 17, 56, 62, 28, 89 = 252

>>25243960
> Get the corpse, and then shadows and then find the mine

>>25243960
>sprint back to the corpse of that flesh golem; consume it
>eat shadows to regain your health

>>25243960
>sprint back to the corpse of that flesh golem; consume it
>eat shadows to regain your health
>focus on finding an entrance to the mines
In order of priority

>>25243882
>>25243940
Those look neat. Second one's much better.

>>25243998
Second'in.

>focus on finding an entrance to the mines

No need to screw around here as we need to get to our lich friend before he breaks.

>>25243998
I like this

You're going to need all the strength you can get. You sprint back toward the corpse of the golem.

You use the term 'corpse' roughly. It's smashed into the ground, but it's still writhing a bit, slowly repairing itself. It can't move - you're feeling pretty confident about your chances. And Magnock will likely write off your consumption as Darkxis being Darkxis.

You roil over the flesh golem.

Roll 1d100

Rolled 12

>>25244106

Rolled 5

>>25244106

Rolled 10

>>25244106

Rolled 43, 80, 63, 1, 92 = 279

>>25244124
>>25244122
shit

>>25243987
This, but send our friends a message about the situation

Rolled 59

>>25244106
>>25244122
>>25244124
Shiiiiieeeeeeeeettt

>>25244122
>>25244124
>>25244140
Oh god it's gonna be one of those nights.

>>25244144
at least i didnt link

Rolled 77

>>25244106
Goin for 100

He might try and contact us and tell us to stop...if we are lucky.

Rolled 28

>>25244106
Oh joy. Here we go. I guess I'll just predict my own nat 1 if those first few are something to go by...

>>25244214
Whatever it is it's still not as bad as a supercrit fail. I guess that's something to look forward to.

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>>25244214
>if we are lucky

Rolled 22

>>25244106
Pls
Pls
Pls

Rolled 30

>>25244106
Yikes those rolls.

>you gain 4 EXP (total: 6)
>you gain 3 HP (37/52)
>you gain 3 Temerity (113)

You feel a bit more power seep into your core. It sits around the two shards...

What are those things, anyway? They're like solid pieces of shadow. In any case, they bear investigation.

No time for that now.

<Darkxis!>

You pause, then look around. Where did that voice come from? It almost sounded like -

<It's me, you idiot!> Magnock shouts into your mind.

<Uh...>

<I told you a thousand times - don't eat without my permission! Or I -will- finish what I started when you found me! Is that clear?>

<Yes.>

<Good. Now get back to the cells, and stay there. And if you eat the girl - either of the girls - there'll be hell to pay.>

The sense of contact fades. Magnock can feel when you consume his magic, apparently. More likely, knowing Darkxis, he set that up on purpose. You should probably avoid being blatantly consumptive.

What do you do?

>focus on eating shadows to regain all your health
>snack on whatever shadows you come across on the way toward the mines
>some other strategy

>>25244253
Well if he "did" we could probe him on how to get back down to the lab. Playing dumb like we forgot.

>>25244253
I have watched that girl slap the table a minimum of 100 times. I wonder how mangled her hand would be. As I write this she has probably slapped the table a hundred more times.

I just finished reading the archives today, and now I get to participate. FUCK YEAH!
Also, next time we have an excess of XP we should probably turn Joey into our Servant.

>>25244214
>He might try and contact us and tell us to stop...if we are lucky.

Wow, good call.

Your bonuses against the golem put you 100+ for consuming, so...that was the fallback.

>>25244320
>snack on whatever shadows you come across on the way toward the mines

>>25244320

blob around going up to random people saying "Cells!?"

>>25244320
...Perhaps we should obtain soundless now that we have good magical stealth? Or perhaps save for one of the bigguns.

6 xp is enough for nightblaze!!!

>>25244409
Oh hell yeah. Fuck up ALL his spells.

Rolled 49

>>25244320
>snack on whatever shadows you come across on the way toward the mines

>>25244385
This is perfect!
Act like we forgot how to get back.
And I would say Either nightblaze for the obvious reason or Deep Focus.

>>25244409
Support for nightblaze

>>25244385
This seems nice indeed. In character as the ditz glutton murder machine.
Snack on shadows on the way.

Rolled 15

>>25244320
humm. with this description it seems that exp that we do not spend sits around our core near the shards. so maybe is we have enough surplus exp that we dont do anything with something happens.
>note i am not suggesting this, it is just i want every possible theory to be voiced in the thread

lets get nightblaze

>>25244389
>>25244409
I'll change my suggestion of soundless to nightblaze. It's kinda awesome now that I looked at the descrip.

Man Darkxis and Mr. Shadarkxis are adorable. Shame Darkxis had to die so quick.

I think shadow control might be the last wing we need to unlock to get to the darker grey areas.

Or maybe we just need to fill out the whole light grey splotch.

>>25244550
What are you talking about? He will be inside us forever and ever. It was hinted at that we might still be able to hear his voice.

If you want to purchase something, I'll need a bit more consensus. It did seem like there was a lot of interest in nightblaze.

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You don't have time to spend getting back to full health. You run up to the first townsperson you see. <Cells? Where are the cells? Are there things to eat there, maybe?>

The man stands there for a moment, then points in the direction all the rest of the townspeople are heading. ...makes sense.

As you lope along, you notice something you didn't before - shadows. People's shadows. They flick and flitter across the ground, changing as they move across different surfaces, independent from the surroundings. You reach forward.

You gasp the shadow of a person as if it's a thin layer of paper. You peel it up from the cobblestone and, on impulse, chew it down. It's not very substantial, but you feel a little better. If the enslaved townsperson cares that you ate their shadow, they don't show it.

You run toward the mines, grabbing a few more shadows as you go.

>you gain 4 hp (41/52)

You clear the back side of the town and reach a series of steep slopes. The Valendrak mountains loom above you, piercing the dark night sky. A large entrance supported by wood beams forms an opening directly into the rock. A stream of people leads into and out of mines.

A flesh golem stands guard with three men. They're wearing grey clothing, imprinted with an orange, inverted triangle. It's the same symbol Adavan used to guide you this far. Judging by the way they're look at the crowd, eyes alert, they don't seem to be enslaved.

Assuming Magnock took over here, it stands to reason that not everyone fought his influence...

What do you do?

>walk in like you own the place
>try to find a more discrete entrance
>some other strategy

Rolled 30

>>25244320
i think we should hold of on nightblaze until we can actually use it. and who knows we might be call upon to shadow control something when we dont have that ability. so i say dont buy anything yet

>>25244653
We can use it. We have 10 mana right now, and there's probably a mana pool n Magnocks base aswell.

Rolled 33

>>25244672
sorry. met actually use it. as in we are in a position where it is beneficial. until this i would like the option to emergency buy shadow control if we need it to pretend to be the other shaodw

>>25244635
Buy nightblaze.

Go up to a guard and ask if he has something for you to eat and then walk in like we own the place.

>>25244635
I say yes to nightblaze.

>>25244693
Oh shit, thats right
If we suddenly lost that ability and magcock found out we'd be screwed

>>25244635
>>walk in like you own the place
Let's also creep them out a bit. Big ol drooly smile as we walk past them

Rolled 13

>>25244635
>>some other strategy
hitch a ride in one of the shadows of one of the crowd.

>>25244635
>some other strategy
Hitch a ride in a mind controled citizen's shadow.

>>25244693
Ahh, that's actually a good point. If he asks us to restrain something but we can't do it in the appropriate way... Then again his lair is likely going to be full of enchantments that would be beneficial to us to break. So I'd like to think nightblaze will be more beneficial.

>>25244731
<Maggy said I couldn't eat the girls. Are you a girl?>
Then lean in really close

>>25244635
buy soundless instead

Vote 1:
>walk in. Intimidate the guards

Vote 2:
>hitch a ride in a shadow

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Vote (A)
>buy nightblaze

Vote (B)
>hold EXP for later

>>25244776
Seconding this because Magnock seems like the kind of person to use his more dangerous minions as... motivation.

Rolled 63

>>25244763
i am saying that we make that desision later. if we run into a bunch of enchantments? buy nightblaze then.
if we are called to restrain someone? buy shadow control

>>25244829
1

B (the thing about shadow control convinced me.)

>>25244829
1:A

Rolled 49

>>25244829
2
b

>>25244829
2
B

>>25244829
1

B

>>25244829
1B

>>25244829
1b
scare the poop outta them

>>25244829
2
A

>>25244829
Does Shadow Control cost any mana?

>>25244829

you've selected 1-B

writing

>>25244829
1B

>>25244893
nope

>>25244876
Maybe not that much, just y'know, regular old creepicki in a measured manor.

Rolled 11

>>25244893
no it does not good sir

>>25244829
1B

>>25244904
>>25244911
If thats the case why don't we buy that?

>>25244943
If we need to for our disguise, or when we get 3 more xp, we will.

Rolled 71

>>25244943
because either one could be useful. and i for one want nightblaze. i have been arguing to hold of since we might need shadow control. so we are waiting to see what comes up before purchase

You don't even bother to stay in the line of people, but instead walk and warp and shift your way up to the guards. The flesh golem doesn't budge an inch, but the three men stiffen in surprise as you draw close. One of them takes a step backwards, a mask of fear etched on his face.

Clearly, Darkxis doesn't distinguish much between the help and his next meal.

<I'm hungry, but Magnock told me not to eat the girls,> you say. You loom over the frightened one. His knees are shaking so hard they knock together. <Are you a girl?>

"U-uh-uh...yes," the man whimpers.

<Oh.> You sit back. <Where are the cells? He told me to go to the cells, but I got hungry and forgot where they were. Actually, I'm still hungry. Maybe I'll eat first.>

"Go down to processing, take the big steel door!" one of the men shouts. "Just follow the main hall! There's a ton of things to eat down there, I swear!"

<Oh. Ok then.> You wander off down the halls.

You bob along between the people, trying to move quickly without overtly sprinting. You don't want to appear in any kind of hurry. You've got to make sure Magnock stops focusing on you, at least until now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8KvYKn9-0

Up ahead, the lines of people swivel and swerve. It's odd - the hallway is neat and straight, marked by wooden beams at regular intervals. But they snake through quite purposefully...

What do you do?

>run through
>follow the lines of people
>try to discern why they're doing that
>some other strategy

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>>25245074
>"U-uh-uh...yes," the man whimpers.
>mfw
>try to discern why they're doing that

>>25245074
Rush right on through, activate berserk shattenkrieg everyone in the way 0 mana bind Joey from long range and shadow assault the sun.
Finally caught a thread again.

>>25245074
>try to discern why they're doing that

>>25245074
>>follow the lines of people
it might be some magical trap
also, while we follow
>try to discern why they're doing that

Rolled 97

>>25245074
>follow the lines of people
its obvious that there are some sort of traps there. but i dont really want to waist tome sensing magic or focusing

><Are you a girl?>

>"U-uh-uh...yes," the man whimpers.
fucking lost it

>>25245074
>try to discern why they're doing that

>>25245074
>try to discern why they're doing that

Stop and ask them over an over what they are doing.

You walk along the lines of people, following their path carefully.

You glance at the hall, peering intently. Amidst the dust and rock of the floor, you see a few wide, raised stone plates. You're not sure what they activate, but you don't want to find out.

You continue down, and the path opens into a large room.

The massive cavern is a hive of activity. A winding maze of platforms and mine tracks crisscrosses the floor, connecting together all the mine shafts. Mine trains are being hauled by men and women and beasts of burden, bringing loads of raw ore up from one of the many tunnels. That is then sorted for what you think, at a glance, is purity, by a large troop of mostly women and children. The sorted ores are then carted off en masse further down a prominent tunnel, out of which a smaller, but steady stream of people leads. Holes in the ceiling far overhead look like intentionally-cut air shafts for ventilation.

It's an impressive operation, one that shows decades of effort and careful construction. You doubt Magnock did it all - he just took over what was already here, and he's driving it at full force. You wonder what his plans are.

What do you do?

>No time to lose. Deeper, down the main tunnel
>examine the side tunnels
>some other strategy

>>25245290
>No time to lose. Deeper, down the main tunnel

>>25245290
>No time to lose. We must go deeper.
I hardly think Auriel is going to hold that shield for very long.

>>25245290
>No time to lose. Deeper, down the main tunnel

>>25245290
>examine the side tunnels
Peek down the side tunnels and continue on to the main event.

>>25245342
seconding the peeking while continuing our path, just to see if anything helpful would catch our eye. If this is a proper lich lair the most interesting things will of course be the deepest.

Rolled 19

>>25245290
>No time to lose. Deeper, down the main tunnel

>>25245290
No time to lose, we can't let adavan be broken...

You take a glance up into the side tunnels. They're a product of careful engineering, supported by regular wooden beams, but you don't notice anything particularly distinct about them.

You continue down the main tunnel. The line of people has thinned, but remains steady and straight.

You feel it getting hotter. A bit of smoke fogs the air, whisked away quickly by the mine's good airflow, but marking what must be the processing area the guard mentioned.

You come to a halt. Two flesh golems stand before a sort of wrought-iron gateway, built into the stone - but it obviously hasn't been there long. A faint orange light glows in the air underneath it. The people pass in and out of it without harm, but you see the magic flow over them as they do.

A crack in the wall to the side catches your eye. You feel a bit of air coming through. Maybe it leads outside? That doesn't sound helpful at the moment.

What do you do?

>don't rock the boat yet. Walk through
>destroy the gate
>attack the golems
>explore the crevice in the wall
>something else

>>25245481
>don't rock the boat yet. Walk through

>>25245481
>>explore the crevice in the wall
Just a peak.

Then walk through

Rolled 87

>>25245481
gah, i want to get to adivan as soon as possible. but i dont want to go through that barrier.
>explore the crevice in the wall

>>25245481
>don't rock the boat yet. Walk through

>>25245481
Problem is, that magic in the gate might/will probably expose us, I think it's best to try the crevice first.

>>25245525
Oh yes please do walk through the spirit detector. Not like that thing is like walking past us with focus on or anything. /sarcasm

go for the crevice, prehaps we can find another entrance on the other side.

>>25245481
I hope that gate isn't meant to detect more discrete forms of magic.

>>25245481
Maybe with our new magical stealth we can "fool" the devise into thinking we are Mr. Hungry. I mean we do have his shard.

Rolled 11

>>25245608
yeah. but the isolation shard only seems to be usable twice without breaking it. i dont want to push the hunger shard for this

>>25245629
Point.

>>25245481
Let us look through the crevice.

>>25245481
>explore the crevice in the wall
They're for sure used to Darkxis dicking around by now, so they're probably not going to think twice beyond "well, there goes that scatterbrain who wants to eat everybody again. hopefully Master Magnock fires this little shit one of these days."

If it DOES lead outside, there are probably more cracks we can sneak back through on the other side, since we noticed that the caves were particularly well-ventilated.

>>25245290
Deeper. Every second that goes by is another second Dicknock has to twist Adavan to his will.

And Adavan hardly deserves that after everything he's done.

The gate makes you more than a little worried. You explore up the crevice.

It's thin. Very thin - if it came down to it, you probably wouldn't be able to get anyone else other than Abigail through such a small space.

The wind whistles shrilly. After a minute of climbing, you slither up and out of the crevice, and into free air. You're high on the slope above the entrance to the mines. Palthair stretches before you, around the curve of the mountain.

Dammit. This was a waste of time.

What do you do now?

>Not much choice. Go back, walk through the gate
>Head back down and vent your frustration on the golems and that stupid gate
>Some other strategy

If problems are caused, we can say that we ate the other shadow. it was all tingly, and that we are hungry and want to eat...

so, ONWARDS! TO FRIENDSHIP AND BOSS BATTLES!!!

>>25245658
And another great point for noticing that the caves are well-ventilated.

>>25245688
>>Not much choice. Go back, walk through the gate

>>25245688
Wait, how tall is the gate? Does it encompass the entire hallway from bottom to ceiling? Or could we perhaps fly over it.

Rolled 53

>>25245688
look for a vent further along. go down the vent

>>25245688
>Not much choice. Go back, walk through the gate
Knew it.

>>25245729
iirc we can scuttle on walls and ceilings. That'd prolly be less visible if we can just go over the gate

>>25245729
>Does it encompass the entire hallway from bottom to ceiling?

Yes.

>>25245688
>Not much choice. Go back, walk through the gate

Wait, I think we have a power specifically for avoiding magical detection.

>>25245688
Back down and through the gate.

Damnit, Occam's Razor strikes again.

I'll probably regret saying this since I want other things more, but...

>Compress - By sacrificing strength and defense, you can compress yourself and your aura to the size of a small mouse, greatly increasing dodge and physical and magical stealth. Warning: requires a turn to activate and deactivate.
>greatly increases magical stealth

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Are you referring to this?

>Compress - By sacrificing strength and defense, you can compress yourself and your aura to the size of a small mouse, greatly increasing dodge and physical and magical stealth. Warning: requires a turn to activate and deactivate.

>Costs 5 EXP

>>25245811
I'll support compress.

>>25245688
>>25245755
Yeah, in retrospect, we probably shouldn't be terribly worried about the scan; since Magnock's wards still counted us as being Darkxis for purposes of repulsion, and he was still able to speak directly into our minds, our energy signature shouldn't be too different than Darkxis' would've been.

Particularly since he didn't seem terribly knowledgeable about either us or Darkxis to begin with. Probably won't know what weird distinguishing characteristics to look for regardless.

>Through the breach!

>>25245729
>>25245767
The gate is built into the stone, which makes me think it's a solid barricade across, rather than free-standing.

Rolled 82

>>25245811
>>25245812
i know there is a vent that goes behind that screen. the problem is that it might be blocked even if we manage to find it.

>>25245811
>>25245812
compressmind

>>25245811
>>25245812
Why would we want compress? That doesn't seem like something that would help us get past a magic mind scanner, or whatever it is.

>>25245866
It greatly increases magic stealth. We're passing through a magical barrier that is geared towards detection.

>>25245866

I dunno, someone else mentioned it, so I posted it.

There isn't a sudden army of people demanding compress, so!

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You slither back down the crevice. It's a lot faster flowing down than creeping up.

You arrive back in front of the gate, take a breath, and walk through.

Roll 1d100

>>25245688
Not much choice... Gate it is, try to mask ourselves as much as we can non-magically and "hold out" the hunger to try and fool detection.

Rolled 66

>>25245897

>>25245811
>>25245826
I'm going to stubbornly keep yelling about Nightblaze until you guys listen.

Having access to a non-temporary magic disjunction is going to be WAY more valuable than anything else we can afford during this mission. The guy has mind control powers; the ability to revert those, especially since we may have to deal with him dominating Adavan by the time we get around to getting down there, is way more important than most of the bonuses we might be able to pick up.

Rolled 30

>>25245897

Rolled 75

>>25245897
here is hoping we dont explode

Rolled 2

>>25245897
Rollin'

>>25245812
Is this a gateway in the typical sense or does it have absolutely no bars and it's just solid iron on either side of an entry way? If it's bars then we could just ink through and avoid the center...

Rolled 85

>>25245897
We're fucked

Rolled 82

>>25245897
Nat 1 incoming.

Rolled 5

>>25245897
Don't fuck this up

Rolled 9

>>25245897
rolls again for no reason in paticular

Rolled 59

>>25245905
Rollan dice.

>>25245911
>>25245904
>>25245910
K. That's maybe the 2/3rds DC passed. We'll see.

>>25245916
>Is this a gateway in the typical sense or does it have absolutely no bars and it's just solid iron on either side of an entry way?

That's exactly what I was trying to communicate.

Rolled 95

>>25245905

Rolled 61

>>25245905
I can second this

>>25245905
This, a hundred times. This lich was made to be nightblazed.

>>25245984
agree with nightblaze.
And I forget my dice and roll in another thread, waste a perfectly good 95 roll in a half life discussion...

Rolled 12

>>25245905
i agree that nightblaze is the thing to have. i want it. but we lose nothing by not purchasing it until we actually use it and we will still have the oportunity to purchase anything that we need right then as we go along. if we havent purchased nightblaze by the end of this i will be suprised. but lets hold off until we are actually planning to use the spell

Damn it's a good thing I decided to check the twitter for once, this started really early!

>>25245964
>>25245984
I mean, we don't have to buy it NOW necessarily (unless we are paranoid enough to try and work around the possibility that we could run into some enemy that can drain XP with no precedent for that kind of effect), but spending our XP on other things just to improve our chances of getting through minor obstacles doesn't seem as valuable as being able to have access to a completely different, equally valuable skill.

>>25246009
Yeah, basically this. The only issue I have with waiting until the last minute is that whenever something comes up that a different skill could help us with, there will be an inevitable surge of support, however small, for picking up THAT instead. I kind of want to hedge against running into something that will convince a majority of us to pick up something that gives us a minor bonus just to try and eke out a bit more of an advantage on our DCs.

>>25246059
Nightblaze would be very, very good. We can disrupt Magnock's shields and illusions.

You walk through the gate.

You feel a brush of Spirit flow over you, as if walking through a curtain made of magic.

In a moment, the feeling is gone. You tense up.

The golems don't move. The people keep walking. Magnock's voice doesn't shout in your head.

You let out a sigh of relief. Maybe you were worried for nothing.

After a short walk, the tunnel opens up again.

A room even larger than the last greets your eyes. Huge furnaces line one wall of the room. Mine carts arrive on platforms from above and below, then dump their sorted ore into one of the furnaces. The slag is collected below in cupcake-like molds of bars. The molds are set onto huge trays, which are wheeled away into yet another chamber to cool.

On the other side of the room, many of the bars are put right to work. The greenish-grey of adamantium lies under many hammers, alongside steel and what you think is copper. Piles of coal sit in the room, feeding the hungry furnaces. The adamantium forge has several mages standing next to it - one feels like earth, another like fire, another of water. They work together to help the blacksmiths work the tough metal into a finished product.

There are a lot more of the grey-clad guards in this room. They patrol in teams of three, keeping an eye on the proceedings. You note that many of the blacksmiths, as well as the three mages, don't have the glazed eyes of the enslaved...they feel relatively free of any spirit magic, too, and they aren't wearing the grey clothing. A dozen or so flesh golems line the room.

That's a lot of golems - a lot of corpses. Magnock has been busy.

Three hallways lead off from the forge room. One is where the cooling bars are being taken. You see finished swords and helmets being carted into the second. The third has several guards standing in front of it, but nothing moves in or out.

>con't

What do you do?

>Just ask directions to the cells. You've got a role to play.
>use focus; get the lay of the land for yourself
>some of these people look held against their will...time for a little chaos
>no chaos yet. Explore the first tunnel where the bars of ore are stored
>explore the tunnel where the finished products are brought
>explore the guarded tunnel
>some other strategy

>>25246196
Well obviously the guarded tunnel is where we need to go because guards would be stationed near areas where prisoners would be kept or where they might be ferried through.

>>25246157
>Just ask directions to the cells. You've got a role to play.

Time to freak out some more guards.

Is adamantium magical at all or is it juts hard metal?

>>25246196
>explore the guarded tunnel
Obvious path is obvious.

Rolled 98

>>25246196
>use focus; get the lay of the land for yourself
we have to find adivan. though the problem is we have used focus before. he might recognize it. but we need to find adivan. for some reason i picture SM behind the scenes rolling a dice to see if he breaks, with a greater bonus every time we make a discision

>>25246196
>explore the guarded tunnel
Seems like the only place they'd keep the cells. If they start to give us a hard time about getting through, THEN we can default to the spooky act like we used before.

If there ARE people being held against their will, as much as we'd like to go full Sparticus and lead a slave revolt, this isn't the time. Maybe later, once we have eaten the person we're freeing them from already.

>>25246157
Preparation for large scale warfare, likely supplying and supporting. I wonder who might want all this other than Magnock.

>>25246196
>explore the guarded tunnel
If we use Focus, Magnock will detect us.

>>25246196

No chaos yet.

Explore the tunnel where the finished products are brought.

>>25246266
Nope, focus lowers out stealth. Nope.
Also, question, is diamond stronger than adamantine.

>>25246266
Negative on the focus. They will know its us.

>>25246317
Or the mages right next to us working on the forges will wonder why they feel something different about us, etc.

>>25246283
That is easy, who is dark, a girl, and rules a kingdom of vampires right next door to us at the moment?

>>25246283
Presumably it'll be Vampiria and friends, considering their proximity to the mines.

Could also be Archon, since they're the Lich-y place. Way less likely, though, since if it was them, they'd probably have taken Abagail back to Archon proper rather than leaving her in the mines to get worked over like the rest of the peons.

Or Magnock is just building an army for himself in order to do his own conquesty thing.

>>25246266

I get the idea that Magcock will sense us if we Focus in here.

>>25246317
Oh shit, good catch. Yeah, no focus.

>>25246347
>>25246344
I wonder if they took this place because it would be a great staging point against the elves?

>>25246234
>Well obviously the guarded tunnel is where we need to go because guards would be stationed near areas where prisoners would be kept or where they might be ferried through.

I LOVE MY PLAYERS WHEN THEY THINK CRITICALLY

>>25246241

It's extremely hard, three times more durable than steel, and conducts magic much better than iron products, if not as well as gemstones.

Magic is required to heat it to the temperatures needed to shape it. Once forged and cooled, it's doubly hard to reforge into something else, so on top of being about as common as gold or silver, it's requires master-level experience experience on part of both the blacksmith and the mage, a partnership usually forged over at least a decade working on lesser metals. So, the skill and the metal are both very uncommon. Palthair is the mining capital of the empire; most of the adamantium goes to the empire's battle mages and elite soldiers.

>>25246344
We really need to go meet that vampire witch queen sometime. She's probably the most likely person in the world to know who and what we are.

Rolled 72

>>25246391
well then. down the gaurded tunnel

>>25246392
That and the Elf from the beginning are two good choices.

What are our resistance levels at currently?

>>25246371
More likely they'd have taken it because it deprives a key strategic resource from their enemy, while giving them access to it themselves.

That said, mines ARE an awfully good place to hide an army before sending it out, particularly if said army is made of meat golems and thus doesn't need the same blatantly obvious resupplying that a regular army would require.

>>25246391
So can we eat it? With all that magic put into forging it, I think maybe. Ok, probably not, but I still wanna try.

>>25246415
Down the tunnel we go!

>>25246453
Oh right. No upkeep soldiers.
That's... that's terrifying. The ground soldiers could cover if they don't need rest, don't fear and never stop...

>>25246442
I'll report that in a minute, writing at the moment

>>25246453
>>25246492
We're going to need to find a way to take care of this place, that is if Auriel doesn't live long enough to suggest one herself.

>>25246453
...wait a moment...what if he is making golems that aren't made out of meat and that is why he needs the mining town...Steward would have a field day.

>>25246515
Earth and Shadow are aligned, right?
So what's keeping Steward from hitching up with Magnock and the Black Lady?

>>25246455
Shut up Darkxis

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>>25246540

>>25246540
I'd guess a desire to not get caught up in their wars

Rolled 29

>>25246511
well as far as we know, undead follow their last command when the person controlling them goes away. so we just have to kill magcock before he can make them go crazy

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You walk up to the guards at the one door. They draw back on instinct.

<Let me in.>

They practically fall over themselves getting out of your way.

You hold in a smile. You could get used to this.

You open the door.

A winding path wraps around a dark mine shaft. A few more guard patrols lay here and there. You can feel spirit magic below your position.

What do you do?

>use focus; scout the lay of the land
>drop down the shaft
>go back
>some other strategy

>>25246540
Mostly the fact that he's part of a collective of hyper-rational champion hiders that probably have more interest in staying secret and relying on self-governance rather than going out on a conquest spree.

>>25246455
Really, when we meditate or something we should have Darkxis talk to us.

>>25246596
>drop down the shaft

>>25246596
>>drop down the shaft

Rolled 81

>>25246596
> descend into darkness

>>25246596
>Update
Shit. Spirit magic down there but it very easily could be a trap. Shit shit shit.

>>25246596
>drop down the shaft

Sounds like something he would do.

>>25246596
How about we GLIDE down the shaft, eh?

>>25246644
Now we're talkin.

>>25246596
>GLIDE down the shaft.

We don't know how far down the thing goes, and if the stop we want to take is only partway down the gigantic pit, we'd rather be able to get off at the right stop on the first trip, rather than having to fly back up (which is markedly less stealthy.)

>>25246644
Because there is still that wing magic to deal with.

>>25246596
>You hold in a smile. You could get used to this.

Damn, that's our Temerity talking and I don't like the line of that thought.

Drop down the shaft.

>>25246644
I'd prefer to not get attacked by sky sever for taking too long falling down

Rolled 15

>>25246659
or we could climb down the side. and then climb back up if there is a problem

>>25246661
We could grab the wall for a brief moment. I'm sure that would count.

>>25246673
>>25246661
We would still get affected just dropping if the shaft is deep enough then, wouldn't we?

>>25246644
>>25246656
>>25246659
This also has the up-side of giving us more time to get close to the spirit magic we sensed so we can better gauge if it's a trap or our intended destination.

>>25246596
Also, we should probably pop over to a guard patrol and pester them as to where the cages are.

They're going to be too busy shitting themselves to question why we're asking, I'd imagine.

>>25246696
HAHA Yeah.
So let's do this:
>>25246674

>>25246666
That's humanity, the joy in lording over others.

>>25246696
Gliding down will increase the time spent. If we can freefall for a two minutes, that's a deep fuckin hole.

You drop down to the bottom of the shaft. You use your wings to slow your descent and alight gently on the stone floor.

An orange glow permeates the room. A long line of cells cover both walls. They waver as you look at them - it appears and feels as through the cages are made of solid Spirit magic.

You creep through the Shadows, staying as quiet as possible. There's a woman in one cell. She's sitting with her arms folded around her knees, head drooped low. Brown hair scraggly and unkempt from time spent in a prison drapes around her shoulders.

You hear the creak of a door open from the other end of the hall.

What do you do?

>hide
>stand in the open, you've nothing to fear
>some other strategy

>>25246747

Hide

>>25246747
>>stand in the open, you've nothing to fear

>>25246747
stand in the open, we were told to be here after all...

Rolled 6

>>25246747
hide. i dont want to be put in our cage of spirit yet

>>25246762

I'm expecting one of those "bad guys walk into the room conversing about important plot points" scenes, and even if we aren't immediately going to be attacked being here, I want to hear what they'll have to say when they think they're alone.

Of course that's assuming that my hunch is right, if it's just a regular guard we'll be fine either way.

>>25246747
Hide.

>>25246747
>stand in the open, you've nothing to fear
Magcock told us to be here. Whats he gonna do?

>>25246747
>hide

>>25246747
>cages made of solid magic
>glow permeating room, maybe to help spirit magic and hinder other magics

Good thing our nightblaze option is still open.

hide

>>25246747
Hide. Even though we've got "permission" to be here, there's no need to waste an advantage if we have it. we might overhear things we wouldn't otherwise.
Plus, if it's Magowhatever we can just pop out of hiding.

>Magnock realizes we're here
>Comes out to greet us
>We hide
>He wonders what the fuck is going on
>He gets suspicious

Rolled 80

>>25246802
>>25246770
>>25246762
put us in our cage that is what. remember the guy we were pretending to be was closer to a mad dog on a leash than an ally

>>25246747
>hide
Magnock mentioned that there were TWO ladies, and we only see one of them in the cells at the moment.

Which means the door at the end of the hall is likely the second one being brought back to their cell.

And we can PROBABLY guess that it's going to be Abagail, from the fact that we didn't recognize the first lady. Better not to scare the shit out of her and/or blow our cover immediately. Once the guard leading her back gets within range, we might be able to sneak attack him, but we should wait on that decision until we can see what the situation entails.

Even if it's Magnock, he told us to report back to the cells and then do whatever we wanted for a while. Fuck him if what we wanted to do was practice skulking around for a while.

ALSO HEY, SPIRIT MAGIC CAGES? MAYBE NIGHTBLAZE IS A GOOD THING TO HAVE TO BREAK THEM OPEN AT SOME POINT, EH?

>>25246747
Stand in the open, you've nothing to fear.

>>25246846
Well that's enough logical argument for me to change my opinion,
>>25246770
>>25246747
To hiding.

>>25246747
Considering we were only two days behind Abigail? This woman probably isn't her. Plus, she's a woman not a little girl.

There have been a lot of good points raised.

Weigh them carefully.

Vote 1:
>hide

Vote 2:
>stand in the open

>>25246894
2

>>25246747
Got to keep up our disguise.
Stand in the open.

>>25246894

Vote 1:
>hide

>>25246894
1

>>25246894

1

>>25246885
Magnock called them girls...

Rolled 47

>>25246894
1. if we are found out we could say we were watching. he probably has some experince with the changing nature of shadow creatures.

>>25246894
>Vote 2:
>>stand in the open

>>25246894
2

>>25246894
Vote 1.

Points outlined earlier.
>>25246846
Be prepared to change plans once we get a better handle on the situation.

if the guy confronts us we can merely say we were waiting to see if we could eat him. As he isn't a girl.

>>25246894
Hide, if we are needed in the open, we can just break cover.
>>25246908
It's a shadowy thing to do, probably not too suspicious.

>>25246894
1

>>25246894
2

>>25246894

1

>>25246894
ADDENDUM: HIDE IS THE PLAN SO LONG AS WE ARE NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO DECIDE TO HIDE IN A SPIRIT CAGE.

I know some quest runners might let us consider that as an option unless specifically requested that we not do so, so better safe than sorry.

>>25246894
1

You'll be hiding.

Writing...

>>25246958
>>25246974
Lol, yeah SM make sure we're not hiding some place sillystupid.

You stay where you are, at the corner of the hall leading from the dropshaft. Maybe you'll hear something interesting.

A man with mussed black hair that feels like crackling lightning comes into view. He's wearing a grey robe with an orange triangle. He plants himself in front of the woman's cell.

"Samantha." The woman doesn't look up. "I came here to talk." The woman doesn't respond. "You shouldn't ignore the person who holds your father's life in his hands."

Samantha finally looks up. You can see she's actually quite young - eighteen, nineteen. She stares at the man. "Leave me alone, Gabriel."

"If you were more complaint, you wouldn't be in this situation. It's been some weeks, now. Magnock isn't going anywhere." Gabriel smirks. "And I'm his right-hand man. So when I talk, you listen."

"Go fuck yourself."

Gabriel wags a finger. "Tsk tsk."

"You sold us out to a lich," she says. "You sold my family - the town - the whole damn empire to some undead fool. When the angels arrive, they'll - "

"The angels haven't come. They won't be coming. They've got Archon and the Black Lady to deal with. By the time they show up, Magnock will have returned himself and his armies to full strength." Gabriel leans up close to the orange bars. "You need to decide, and soon. Work with us - with me - and save your father's life."

"I'd rather rot in the Nether than work with -you-. You were always a piece of slime, Gabriel, but I never suspected you had no heart at all."

Gabriel chuckles. "Oh, feisty. That's why I like you, Sam."

"Leave her alone!" a small voice shouts. "Ugly!"

You know that voice. Abigail.

>con't

Gabriel turns toward a cell you can't see from your position with a twisted look on his face. "If it isn't the little spirit rat. I don't know why Magnock wants you around - I don't think even his deviance extends to children. But as soon as he doesn't need you, I'll enjoy taking you apart. Maybe I'll make you into a rat. Would you like that?"

It takes an extremely large portion of your self control to stop yourself from leaping out and tearing the man into bite-size pieces.

"Addy's going to come and - "

"Addy? Adavan?" Gabriel scoffs. "He's being broken in half by Magnock as we speak."

"Then Sha - "

"Shadow, Shadow, Shadow, Mr. Shadow will come and save me," Gabriel mocks. "Have you met -our- shadow, yet?"

You here only a small whimper from Abigail's cell.

"Well, guess what? Our shadow ATE your shadow up, and then he burped and laughed about it. Your shadow is dead, and the rest of your friends are trapped at the bottom of Magnock's laboratory. So shut the hell up and speak only when spoken to, like a good girl."

"Don't speak to her that way!" Samantha shouts. She stands up and balls her fists. "She's just a girl! By the Light, Gabriel, can you even hear yourself?!"

"I always hated your old man," Gabriel hisses. "Palthair. The loyal, productive little city of the Empire. A -slave- by any other name! In times of old, we were great. We were the center of our own kingdom. But he always kowtowed to them, always appeasing, just like the mayor before him, and before that one. Palthair will rise, and I will be its head, a general in Magnock's army." Gabriel fully turns back to face Samantha. "He was a servant of Hecate, in the elementomachy. He is ancient, and powerful beyond your comprehension. He has the knowledge to outmaneuver and defeat even angels."

>con't

"War, with angels?" Samantha whispers. "You're insane. You're fucking insane. Palthair has never been more prosperous, and more peaceful, than when it's been under the Empire. The empire keeps the Black Lady at bay. Turning our back on them means - "

"What does it matter?" Gabriel says. "He's wiser even than she. Than Yi Fang himself." He turns away. "I won't wait forever, Sam. I want you by my side...and I'll have you, one way or another."

He begins to walk off.

What do you do?

>Annihilate him. Deny Magnock his right hand.
>Patience. Let him go - for now.
>some other strategy

>>25247349
>Annihilate him. Deny Magnock his right hand.

>>25247349

Patience. We'll have our chance to punch him in the dick too, but we don't want to draw attention to ourselves when we're so deep in enemy territory.

>>25247349
And the answer here is consume. Sneak behind the man and consume.

>>25247349
CONSUME.

>>25247349
Consume him.

Taking a break for dinner. I'll be back in an hour or so. Feel free to discuss until then.

>>25247369
Are you retarded?
>>patience

>>25247369
>>25247373

No, goddammit! Magnock will immediately know something is up and we don't have an escape route!

>>25247349
Don't attack. Proceed to scare the living shit out of him.
Slowly walk out into the open <Gaaaabriel~ I'm here to eat~.....> All the while staring straight at him.

>>25247349
CONSUME

And now we wait for the butthurt "NO CONSUME!!!!" lobby to show up

>>25247399
<Magnock said not to eat the girls. I don't think you're a giiiiiiirrrrrrlllllll!!!>

Let him go, then appear to Abigail and reassure her.

We should also introduce ourselves to Sam, she might be a good ally in trying to bust out of here (don't forget we still need to find and free Adavan).

>>25247349
Impress upon Abigail feelings of safety and comfort. Then let the man go but follow him.

And I think it's time to buy nightblaze.

>>25247383
This is NOT the time to be letting magcock know where we are
And WHO WE ARE
we cant have him raise his defenses
Or escape
Or take/murder hostages in his wake
Or shield himself
This is stupid. Listen to reason.

>>25247349
>>25247373
>>25247381
If we eat him, Magnok will know in an instant and any advantage we have will be gone. We have to hold unto the little advantage we have left.

Besides, it's not like abby needs the additional trauma of having a guy ripped up in front of her.

>>25247421
>>25247429
And definitely do this after he is gone.

>>25247349
As tempting as eating him would be, we can be pretty sure doing so would blow our cover REALLY hard. That, and this guy seems like the stereotypical weakling power-seeker that sold his town out in hopes of maybe getting spoonfed a fragment of power.

Magnock DEFINITELY doesn't need this nothing for his plans, and eating him here would ruin our infiltration.

>Let him leave, make sure we're alone, and then make our REAL presence known to the two ladies in the cages. Via impressions, probably.

Make sure they both know we're going to set everything right. And let Abigail know that we're not going to be stopped by something as silly as some toothy upstart.

>>25247429

This is a good idea. If he's so important we can probably trace him back to where Adavan is being held.

Rolled 2

>>25247402
Did you forget about flint? Angletits? Firebro? Advan? The robot guy? We still need to figure out where they are. Be patient. They will know despair soon enough.

Guys, Magnock knew instant when we had consumed one of his GOLEMS.

Do you really think he won't instantly be alerted if we eat his RIGHT HAND LIEUTENANT?

Follow Gabriel, but put him on our shit list for later consuming when we have a better opportunity.

Rolled 77, 19, 22, 51, 18 = 187

>>25247415
this is good

>>25247450
This guy is definitely not the right-hand man he thinks he is. It seems like he's the stereotypical upstart little shit Magnock leveraged to get the town under his control with promises of power.

We need to let him bail, and then get the whole story from Samantha about what happened to the town so we know how best to proceed. I'm assuming her father is the town elder or something along those lines.

>>25247415
this pls
also pls dont use my name pls to do bad things pls, it makes me sad ;_;

>>25247349
Let him go, but remember the bastards face.
He isn't enough of a real threat to waste our edge on him.
He's next on the list after we deal with Magnok though.

If we really want to scare the shit out of him, rapidly sneak up behind him and drool on his head / shoulders before we say creepy shit.

>>25247564
Perhaps hanging from the ceiling.