>>30288532
Yessssss....

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Arland Summit Summary: Goals, Objectives, and Major Characters (thanks to Sorry for helping me and the players out!):

http://pastebin.com/FsP2C5Hr
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Current Events Summary:

You've worked with Yi Fang, Hemmelus, and Adavan to trace the other end of Donovan's parasite. It is beneath the cathedral near the center of the Dobshire castle town.

You snuck into the church dedicated to the four Greater Elementals, trying to find a way down. To your surprise, Arcturis, Donovan's father, and Matthel, a strong supporter and Donovan's second oldest brother, came in behind you. Matthel seemed to be trying to persuade Arcturis out of something.

The snippets of conversation you caught were incriminating. You decided to followed them.

And indeed, the two lords led you through the maze-like catacombs beneath the church and to a secret elevator hidden within. You slipped inside before the doors shut.

Below the cathedral, in a cavern inside the bowels of the bedrock of Dobshire, was the 3rd Highest angel, Metatron, and a summoning sigil the likes of which you'd never before seen. It had components of every element, and you found the parasite depositing the last element it was stealing from Donovan - Light.

>con't

>>30288532
QUESTION DUMP INCOMING:
I’ve been rereading Shadow quest lately and several things have stuck out to me in rereading that I think should be brought to attention. I apologize in advance for grammar, things I may have missed, things that may have been explained already, or just stupid mistakes, because I wrote (and read) the majority of this whilst high out of my mind on painkillers. Also, I typed this all out in Word, but due to not being at home during the time in which Shadow quest is supposed to start, I was forced to transfer it to my phone, so beware of formatting issues, and if a question needs clarifying I may take some time to respond. I also have a small bit of speculation as to how the match ups would go if we were to fight The Ringed City right now, tacked onto the end (I had written it up a few days ago and I want to make sure people knew who posted the question). Since there's quite a lot and this isn't really pastebin worthy material, I will be using 1 post per topic and linking every post to this one and the opening one. I will also be taking a temporary name. Most of these are questions directed at SM, but a few or the last ones are reminders and things I have found that are relevant now.

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Arcturis demanded to speak with Metatron, who subsequently communicated to them through a magical mirror. Arcturis had been a reluctant party to the proceedings, but unlike Matthel, did not know that the spell would harm Donovan - he was led to believe it would simply drain his magical talent, leaving him otherwise intact.

Arcturis confronted Sandalphon with this information. Sandalphon admitted that he'd lied, but the pressure of the Empire's power was able to force Arcturis into a grudging silence.

Upon exiting the passage, your allies cut them off at the entrance to the cathedral. You intervened before Donovan's passion bested his judgement, restraining both him and Matthel. Thinking quickly, you forced Arcturis to put together the facts. With Yi Fang's testimony that the shel'kath parasite eventually took the life of its host, Arcturis decided to jump ship and join your alliance, thus subverting the Empire's leverage over his country.

Matthel, however, placed more stock in the angels, and upon hearing his father's capitulation, used the Windburn to break free of your Shadow Control and blast away your party. Thankfully, your body and Yi Fang's shield were able to protect the others, but after the explosion, you were the only one in shape to chase after Matthel.

You now pursue him to the bowels of the cathedral as he makes a break for Metatron...

>>30288532
>>30288581
The Spirit Sword from the beginning:
What WAS the Spirit sword that we got from the well in Jacobs Field? Was it just a plain Spirit enchanted sword? And is it possible for items to gain enchantments by natural means such as being exposed to large amounts or a certain type of magic? And how does that happen? And if it is possible to enchant weapons like this would letting them soak in a mana pool for a while do the same thing? Or alternatively was it some relic of the Elementomachy that a Spirit elemental coalesced around? How strong was it really? Like Top-Notch king weapon? Or just something for an expert to be expected to use? And right after the enchantment was destroyed you said that remaking it would be easy, does that mean we could just go dip it in a spirit mana pool and have it be what it used to be? And lastly, do we still even have it? These are all important questions.

West coast here please give us our winter back.

>>30288581
Oh lord...
SM I have a question, tacos or hamburgers?

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>>30288581

Is pastebin an option for you right now?

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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.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/UBdTaB14

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/JjjiRx6u

This is the first time I've ever been around for the start of the thread. Now I can watch things get fucked up in real time!

>>30288618
East coast here, it's all yours come and take it. Please take it.

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>>30288532
I heard you've been watching LogH

I sure hope you'll get to JoJo

>>30288638
Hey, maybe you'll even get to roll a one!

You're not truly part of the community until you've contributed to Shadow's failure.

>>30288631

Both, pleb. Haven't you been to Taco Town?

>>30288618

I wish I could. Holy shit there's more snow coming.

>>30288616

Enchanted weapons are created by enchanters who imbue adamantium with magical properties while it is being forged. Adamantium can be reshaped, but it cannot be re-enchanted. This is why the ability Heartstone Titan requires -raw- adamantium.

That particular spirit sword was strong, but not anything ridiculous. It was an old forgotten leftover of a battle that took place over Hecate's tomb when Adavan's forces were retreating from Raijin's army to cover Hecate's act of sealing herself. (all things you'd find from Adavan, so I don't mind informing you)

Things other than you tend to disintegrate into their component atoms when they touch a mana pool, so dipping anything in it might pose a problem.

I will answer further questions after posting the starting stuff.

>>30288689
My very first roll in SQ was a 1.

>>30288532
>>30288581
Wrong field

Other Elementals (natural ones):
Why haven't we seen any? (besides the spirit one in the beginning). We keep hearing about all this instability and how the Angels frequently hunt them so it seems like there should have been quite a few forming around Venia. Not to mention we have traveled all over the place to the deepest and far reaching places and we haven’t even sensed one. Also, What would happen if we ran into a natural Shadow Elemental? Minion status? Or just another threat to it?

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Current Statistics:

HP: 64/81
Mana: 31/58
EXP: 0

Shards of Order and Chaos:

(Retribution) - Strong
(Maker) - Strong
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Strong
(Breeze) - Empowered
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Strong
{Resolve} - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

--Summoned--

Wisp - 1 mana to order

--Automatons--

Vita (Shade)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Aurora Water Gem (pocket)
Shade (pocket)

--Teleport Anchor--

Haven - Inner Fortress

--Current Location--

Dobshire

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Known Mana Pools:

Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - Spirit
Palthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - Spirit
Archon - Spirit District - Spirit
Archon - Shadow District - Shadow
Archon - Earth District - Earth
Archon - Water Distric - Water
Haven - Shadow
Abbotsford - Shadow
Aurora - Water
Va'ad - South Generator - Earth
Va'ad - North Generator - Earth

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-PLAYERS ON STAGE-

Auriel Lightchosen
Sir Donovan Flint
Joey Erikson
Ila Marril
Lien Adavan

Archmage Yi Fang, representative of Archon
Councilor Abigail Fang
Councilor Tae Wong
Councilor Yong Xu

Duke Vellik, Deposed Ruler of Kelvere

Prince Obis Vin, rightful heir to Kan-Abar
Mayor Vidar Blackwater, Governor of Maven Lake
Freja Blackwater

Valeria Kavanere, representative of the Great Forest Elves, cousin to the Elven Queen
Elder Great Tree, representative of the Great Forest Werewolves
Young Bull

Warleader Vaz Grak

Steward

Janus Miller, an Associate

Lord Arcturis Flint
Lord Gerald Flint
Lady Andrea Flint
Lord Harvan Flint
Lord Matthel Flint
Hemmelus, The Four-Element Sage
Lord Prule Waterford
Lord Imil Anderson

>>30288731
Can we create a vacuum?

>>30288702
>Both, pleb. Haven't you been to Taco Town?
But..I only have enough beef for one!

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>>30288765

Tacos, then. I just had a burger for dinner, got to balance things out.

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>Last time...

You sprint to the end of the Nave. You Blink, and then you're at the hall. You hear the door below you blow off its hinges in a gust of Wind.

You leap over the railing, and turn into Ink, snaking between the flights of stairs and dropping straight to the bottom. You tear through the entrance into the catacombs and blink up to the first corner.

But Matthel was waiting for you! He's already on top of you in the cramped hallway, sword cutting down, wreathed in green wind.

You Ink your body against the stone wall, pressing flat. Matthel's sword cuts air.

And it actually does cut air. A spark flashes. A series of explosions rips down where you stood before, igniting in a roiling ball of fire. It crashes down through the hall, leaving only a pile of behind you, blocking the path down. Hazy smoke fills the air.

Matthel's already turning to run. He thinks he hit you!

You have the initiative.

Matthel's back is turned to you. He heads straight down the long, square hallway--just tall enough for him to stand straight in. The stone blocks of the catacombs enclose from all sides. There are plenty of intersections and blind corners ahead, but at the moment, he has nowhere to run.

What do you do?

>grapple and subdue him
>binding magic
>physical attack
>schattenrkrieg
>Hammer
>some other strategy

>>30288793
>>grapple and subdue him
>>binding magic

>>30288532
>>30288581
Supercrit streak lla:
Back when we were fighting against the Kanianans at Evinbrook, when we were moving to repair/clear of enemies from the Ring Citys airship and we rolled Quadrouple 5s on a d5 all in a row, considering that nothing really that special happened after that besides lla showing up, did that amazing run of crits get us lla? Did you create a character for the dice? Even if you did I applaud you, she is honestly my favorite character in the quest besides maybe Fang, and I don’t want this to seem like I’m accusing you or anything.

>>30288634
Doesn't really seem appropriate considering it's questions and reminders.

>>30288793
>Bind

>>30288793
Just to be sure, he's currently doped up on windy stuff, right?

>>30288793
10 mana bind!

>>30288793
>some other strategy
>Trip him
>use earthforge to block the tunnel off
>then grapple and subdue

>>30288793
Why don't we just fucking clobber him over the head and knock him out? No need to get fancy, he is human after all.

I mean hell why don't we just break peoples legs if we want to make then a none threat?


Capacha: andsmar tributes

The dices gods hunger for our blood.

>>30288793
>grapple and subdue him
>Fuck it, he goes in the Pocket

>>30288793
I don't really know what to do here, Matthel broke free of our shadow last time, can't he break free again if he's using the same spell?
Anyways,
>grapple and subdue him
>binding magic

>>30288793
He has the Windburn active, so he's superhuman right now. 10 mana Bind followed by Mind Crush or Terror.

>>30288793
Use Corrode or Decay with whatever attack we use.

Debuffing his Windburn Hax with Earth magic just sounds like the smart thing to do against this kind of opponent.

>>30288865
Breaking him might piss some people off, mainly his dad, whom we want on our side

>>30288793

>grapple him, subdue him

We should break his sword arm, just to be careful.

Besides, this nigguh just attempted to assassinate half of Venia's leadership, including his father and brother.

We can be a little rough bringing him in.

>>30288891
This.

>Why haven't we seen any? (besides the spirit one in the beginning).

The angels are moving about and hunting them down. They tend to occur around mana pools, which are mostly accounted for. In fact, the infrastructure developed to contain and utilize mana pool energy also serves to dampen elemental spawning.

The real reason you haven't seen them lately is because they haven't been relevant to our plotline. The first had duel purpose: it served as an interesting enemy, and filled the role of informing you of an important part of the setting. It's an important background fact that contributes to the situation as it stands, but I don't have time to include everything from the background all the time, and sometimes I leave things out because I'm not thinking about them. It's not a big deal.

>We keep hearing about all this instability and how the Angels frequently hunt them so it seems like there should have been quite a few forming around Venia.

Like I said, the ones on the surface are mostly accounted for. The fossils that you can find by kicking over a little dirt are all in museums.

>Not to mention we have traveled all over the place to the deepest and far reaching places and we haven’t even sensed one.

Again, just the elimination of details that are not immediately relevant.

>Also, What would happen if we ran into a natural Shadow Elemental? Minion status? Or just another threat to it?

I guess you'll find out when you run into one. What is this, kill-the-fun day?

>>30288793
Earthforge + Hammer

>>30288532
>>30288581
Destroying demons:
When a demon normally gets “killed” it gets banished back to the nether correct? But when we kill a demon are we consuming its existence? Because it is clear that demons “exist” merely by how we resummoned Xelia and she had he memories and previous opinion of us and all that stuff. So that discounts the theory that “summoning it just taking Nether and forcing it into a template” which it kind of is, but there appears to be more than we’re being told.

>>30288916

Voting for this too.

>>30288891
Seconding this.

Really wish we had Decimate.

I see what you did with Metatron's name, Shadohw Masturrr.

You can't fool me.

>>30288793
I say we earth forage a hole into the ground where he will step next, then subdue him

>>30288911
Knocking him out shouldn't be that hard, nor should it kill him.

>>30288951
>You can't fool me.
but he already has.
>guybatbluefence.jpeg

>>30288891
This in combination with physical subdual.

>>30288891
Yeah, but CAN we debuff it?

Remember, SM said Windburn was pretty much PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS! hax. We may just need to ware him down by throwing obstacles in his path.

>>30289014
Even if we can't get rid of his buff we should still be able to reduce his overall power/defense. Which would help a lot in slowing him down or subduing him.

>>30289014
He also said that it was extremely exhausting.

Matthel could be running on fumes and adrenaline right now, for all we know.

>>30288931
Demons aren't really that filling, seeing as we only consume their outer shell.

As for the hammer FUCK NO! We don't want him dead.

>>30289039
Which is why I suggested throwing obstacles in his way with Earthforge. He's already slowing himself down for us.

Wait, why not blink in front of him and make ourselves appear as Donovan? It'll slow him down and put him on the spot if we question him and it'll also tell us if he's really willing to kill his brother.

>>30288844

>Back when we were fighting against the Kanianans at Evinbrook, when we were moving to repair/clear of enemies from the Ring Citys airship and we rolled Quadrouple 5s on a d5 all in a row, considering that nothing really that special happened after that besides lla showing up, did that amazing run of crits get us lla? Did you create a character for the dice?

Yes. Until that point, she was a vague idea. When you rolled those dice, I decided to bring her in immediately as a !party bonus character! immediately, to participate in the rest of the battle. It also helped to set up the quest hook to get you down to Heavensgate...which never ended up happening, because you were captured and sent to the Ring City anyway.

You see, there were two main plot routes to freeing the shadow mages. One was your capture and jailbreak; the other route was taking it as a mission after meeting with Ila in Heavensgate.

>Even if you did I applaud you, she is honestly my favorite character in the quest besides maybe Fang, and I don’t want this to seem like I’m accusing you or anything.

Not at all.

>When a demon normally gets “killed” it gets banished back to the nether correct? But when we kill a demon are we consuming its existence?

Yes, when a demon is killed, it is returned to the nether.

When you consume a demon, you consume the magic shell that is keeping it in Venia's higher reality. The demon itself returns to the nether.

>Because it is clear that demons “exist” merely by how we resummoned Xelia and she had he memories and previous opinion of us and all that stuff.

Yes.

>So that discounts the theory that “summoning it just taking Nether and forcing it into a template” which it kind of is

Yep.

>but there appears to be more than we’re being told

Or there's more that people don't realize.

>>30289082
Then why not use Adamantize on him?

>>30289068
The equipment acts as an amplifier, it draws from the users own mana. If someone with no alignment tried to use an enchanted item, it would just be a regular item.

>>30289113
...that's actually a good idea.

>>30288532
Magically Inert people:
We haven’t really heard anything about them at all so far. Are they all just subject to being peasants? That doesn’t really seem to make much sense to me because strong people like Obis and (kind of) Flint don’t really use magic at all and rely on physical prowess and some enchantments. It seems like a Magically Inert person would have a lot of versatility in the types of enchanted armors and weapons they could wield and use. For example, Flint wouldn’t use a shadow or spirit typed shield because it would literally hurt him to touch it, But Joey on the other hand could have a Shadow shield, a Light sword, a Wind Cloak, and a Spirit Ring, etc, etc. It feels like if you’re a Melee fighter then having an Elemental Alignment is more harm than good. I’ve been wondering why we haven’t met any important people or at least skilled fighters who were magically unaligned when (from what I remember) like 50%-80% of people are completely unaligned and a good deal of Skilled Combat is Melee. This also means that Joey has the potential to surpass Flint. Lastly, is it possible for some who is born of two magically neutral parents to be aligned either way? This is important because if not, the magically aligned (and magically adept) subjugating the neutral would likely be a replacement for the Element vs Element conflict

>>30289122

And that was how Shadow began the 'Unity Project', an attempt to breed a child capable of using all elements without self-destructing...

Inquisitive Anon, this is starting to hold up the thread. Please save the rest of your questions until afterward so we can get going. I'd be happy to answer them all then.

Is there any kind of consensus? I need to read through this now.

>>30289113
Good idea, let's make him physically more robust while he's already displaying he's capable of using that to his advantage.

No.

>>30289174
Physical Subdual + Decay/Corrode

>>30289174
Decay/Corrode seems to be popular preamble to whatever action we take.

>>30289178

How about we drop the roof on him? See if we can't force him to drain his Windburn faster by destroying the falling debris...

>>30289174
Well, the overall consensus seems to be grapple/bind, but I kind of want to use adamantize on him.

>>30289193
Agreeing

This,
>>30289113
Also Captcha not loading for anyone else? I've been forced to phone post

>>30289178
Being more robust isn't going to mean much if he can't move. All we really need to do is slow him down, the Windburn will make him stop soon enough.

>>30289174
Corrode/Decay and either Bind him, Terror him, or knock him over the head.

>>30289174
Alright no bigge.

But I will post my notes on the Hearthstone Titan and a reminder for the people.

>>30289178
Adamantized people cannot move, unless other magics or enchantments are assisting them.
That's copypasted right from the ability description. Granted, the Windburn might be giving him superstrength, I'm not sure if it physically makes him stronger or just makes his magic insane.

>>30289193
it seems like it was bind+physical subdue.

>>30289268
It's probably both.

>>30288532
>>30288581
Bottling Mana:
Reminder that Back when we were in Evinbrook and we Consulted an Alchemist about “Bottled Mana” he told us that that was above his paygrade and only done by more skilled mages and alchemists. We are now very close with a Very skilled Mage and possibly alchemist who more than likely has several bottles of the stuff laying around, and our Pocket is the perfect place to store them.

>>30289268
probably both, but adamantizise+bind+something else could work.

>>30289257
I want that damn titan so much, I've always wanted to go for the servant tree.

>>30289257
For our - and SM's - convenience, perhaps put it in a pastebin.

>>30289174
Mind Crush him to disrupt his concentration, bypassing the Windburn. We should have done this at the start instead of nightblazing. Follow up with a Bind to restrain him.

>>30289174
Decay/Corrode followed by subdual.

>>30289178
Adamantize petrifies normal humans forcing him to rely on the Windburn to stay mobile.

>>30289306
Same, i want the summon tree a bit, but the titan is too good to ignore, also i want to wait for us to find out what it unlocks.

>>30289319
Thing is, we don't know how badly Mind Crush is going to damage him.

>>30289174
SM please don't forget our mana regen, we'll need it. Also voting for Mind Crush.

>>30289329
Let's do this

>>30288532
>>30288581
HearthStone Titan:
Stride length of 20yards. Due to massive weight we shall use average stride length for walking because something like this most likely cannot propel itself off the ground in the sense of how we run (especially considering how it would shake itself apart by putting three times its own weight on each foot per stride). Assuming SM was using “stride” how I think we was as “distance between the two feet while walking” the average mans stride length is between 2.5-3 feet and the average height being 5ft 10in creates a rough estimate of half your height in stride (maybe a bit more but this is a golem so whatever). That leaves us with a forty yard tall (36.58 meters) (120feet) HearthStone Titan. Giving us a 10-11 story golem. And the Bots that are inside of it seem to be about 10-11feet tall consider SM said “They tower at least several feet above the largest humans you’ve seen." It also has a control room in its head and what seems like a "bay" in its torso/midsection for the Bots.

>>30289306
Just for you

So Decay/Corrode + Adamantize + Mind Crush.

This should significantly weaken and slow him down without needing to engage him directly. Letting him burn himself out.

>>30289411
we should get decimate since it saves us on mana and gets us closer to gravity control, plus its cheaper than the hearth stone titan.

>>30289411
That's too much MP for one move. Decay/Corrode wouldn't be at full power so it might be best to just cut them out.

>>30288532
>>30288581
And lastly a matching chart that I feel gives us a good advantage.

Matchups:
Assuming that we have to fight The Ring City tomorrow and Metatron somehow gets away and we cannot contact the Black Lady and Adavan is unavailable, I feel like this would be the best set up to confront them. We have a clear advantage in each category so this should minimize casualties.

1) Sandalphon vs Shadow + Fang
3) Metatron vs Arcturius
4) Raphael vs Gerard + Harvan
6) Anahita vs Vellik + Steward + Valleria
9) Gabriel vs Councilors Yong Xu and Tae Wong
10) Penemue vs Obis + Donny + Freja
11) Jophiel vs Vaz Grak + Great Tree + Young Bull
12) Charmeine vs Cain + lla (If not Cain, then Vidar or Hemmelus, but lla is stronk as fuck)
13) Qaphsiel vs Tyrael + Hamil (we may or may not have them, if not then Abby + Auriel for an easy win)

This still leaves Abby Fang, Vidar Blackwater, Hemmelus, Auriel, and Janus Miller to spread around. Though I don't think Janus is a fighter.

I tried to match things up with who would know how their partners would fight or enough battle experience to make up for the unfamiliarity. Once a group is done (if they are able) they would immediately move to aid someone near them in the strength chain. Also note that not all battles have to end in death, once we kill Sandalphon and Metatron surrender should come quickly, especially if we turn Raphael.

Oh, and we should probably jump in the Nemesis too.

And does the Ring City have any jumpable airships left?

Also take into account that this is not only the individual person but the forces under them aswell.

>>30289487
>And does the Ring City have any jumpable airships left?
The only one they had we stole.

>>30289485
>>30289476
>>30289411
>Decimate - Interrupts target spell. Greatly reduces caster's physical attack, physical defense, and magical defense for 3-5 turns. Doubles the chance of inflicting ailments on caster for 2 turns. (30 mana)
a whole lot cheaper and better than

>Erode - Reduce the target's physical attack for 3-5 turns. (4, 8, or 17 mana. Higher tiers increase effectiveness)

>Corrode - Reduce the target's physical defense for 3-5 turns. (4, 8, or 17 mana. Higher tiers increase effectiveness)

>Decay - Reduce the target's magical attack power for 3-5 turns. (5, 11, or 22 mana. Higher tiers increased effectiveness)

>>30289476
Decimate doesn't lead to Gravity Control. That arrow is point to Decimate, not away, we need to go down Earth's Gift's branch to unlock both it and Gravity Control

>>30289523
We don't have Decimate nor can we purchase it.

>>30289535
my mistake, but earths gift is a good ability that makes our healing better.

>>30289535
Or we could get HearthStone Titan, because you know, GIANT TEN STORY SHADOW ROBOT OF DEATH.

Whens IM.

Note: using adamantize and corrode is counterproductive, unless you want to burn all that mana to gain the slowing effect of adamantize without increasing his defense.

Vote 1:
>Magic flurry!!! Decay (5 or 11 mana?), Adamantize (5), Mind Crush(10) (remainder=11 or 5 mana)

Vote 2:
>decay his magic (17) followed by physically subduing him

Vote 3:
>use earthforge to create obstacles. Physical grapple if there's an opening

>>30289565
I shall now ditch the name until it is needed again.

There is so much stuff on this tree and the pacing of the quest makes me worry we'll ever see much more of it.

Hopefully when the demon war/space travel/damocles stuff kicks off we'll have a lot of shit to eat.

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>>30289591
i wanted bind+mind crush+decay

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3 might give him enough warning to evade us.

>>30289591
Just Bind and Mind Crush would have been fine, so we seemed like a Spirit magic user.

SM, do angels have an ability similar to our own Detect Magic?

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>>30289701
He knows we're a Shadow mage

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>>30289701

Almost every mage has some skill in magical detection. Just having magical power allows you to sense magic near you to some extent. Goes without saying, but stronger magic is easier to sense.

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>>30289591
2

>>30289591
2

>>30289591

cutting off votes

>>30289735
So you mean that a 17-mana Decay is probably going to be sensed by Metatron, unless the spell underneath him drowns out all outside magic signatures.

>>30289765
He has to concentrate on the spell, so I doubt he has time to care for most else.

>>30289765
If Metatron could sense our spell from here he already sensed the Windburn happening.

So when we finally Chosen Abagail and lla. What trees should we give them?

I support giving Abby our Earth tree simply because it is not only stacked as fuck, but it has HearthStone Titan, which is a nation building tool like a motherfucker.

And I say we give lla our shadow magic tree because it too is stacked as fuck. Plus it would make her second only to the Black Lady as far as human shadow mages go.

>>30289765
And the windburn wasn't already? Metatron already sensed that blast go off, so he knows that shit is going down hard enough to force a Flint to use their big guns.

>>30289797
I think we can only have one Chosen.

>>30289765
If we're worried about him detecting something wrong from powerful magic, I'm pretty sure the Windburn is more than enough on that front.

That said, given the power of the spell below, it's almost certain that the sigil is heavily shielded so that there was no risk of anyone noticing it.

flurry: 8

decay: 15

We're getting a lot of votes, huh?

Roll 1d100

Two actions, six rolls.

>>30289765
It IS a giant as fuck spell holding untold amounts of power

>>30289808
Three

Rolled 33

>>30289820

Rolled 67

>>30289820
I got a good feel about this roll.

>>30289808
3

Rolled 65

>>30289820

Rolled 11

>>30289820

Rolled 85

>>30289820
My very first roll.

Rolled 88

>>30289820
yep

Rolled 77

>>30289820

Rolled 91

>>30289820

Rolled 36

>>30289820

Rolled 8

>>30289820

Rolled 29

>>30289847
>>30289835
>Not Bad

>>30289850
>>30289856
>Bretty gud!

>>30289820

>>30289808
3 Chosen
10 Servants
1 Dave

>>30289833
>>30289835
>>30289847

>>30289848
>>30289850
>>30289856

>update pending

Rolled 7

>>30289820
Ooh I love rolling, even if I'm late.

>>30289823
>>30289845
Okay. Shit, I'm not doing too well on my SQ lore today.

>>30289833
>>30289835
>>30289845
>>30289847
>>30289848
>>30289850
>>30289856
Not bad. Brute force once again proves to be Shadow's specialty.

>>30289833
>>30289835
>>30289847
>33, 67, 65
Alright. Creepy that the numbers aligned so much though.
>>30289848
>>30289850
>>30289856
>11 85 88
Hell yes.

>>30289820
>We're getting a lot of votes, huh?
All the people who were just lurking in order to not fuck up the diplomacy must have come back.

>>30289924
Yea, I was part of that group.

>>30289797
I can second that. I especially like the Shadow Magic tree for Ila. It would be very good to have another person capable of calling down an Eclipse if we need it. It would also be a massive damage boost for her. Girl's still using basic Shadow Assaults. Yeah, she has Shadow Bomb already, but that's too slow for anything but stationary targets.

>>30289965
Yeah, we need someone else who can 420NIGHTBLAZE

>>30289965
That is if they accept our blessing.
It'll also be a big DIS NIGGA BE EREBURUSES sign above our heads.

I'm going to recount a dream I had last night.

>Shadow and Abigail walking up a hill with a picnic basket
>They sit under a tree and start feeding each other, laughing and generally doing lovey dovey stuff
>suddenly a deep rumbling
>the sky goes dark and storm clouds appear out of nowhere
>A giant d20 the size of a minivan falls from the sky
>1
>Portals start opening and demons start pouring out of them
>Shadow and Abigail are fighting them off
>A portal open behind Abby and a giant hand grabs her and starts pulling her in
>Shadow reaches for abby but just before he can reach her she gets pulled through and the portal closes
>Shadow yells in pain and frustration and pain
>wake up in a cold sweat

I don't know what your quest is doing to me SM but I don't like it.

>>30289305
Yeah. I figured the insane magic was guaranteed, the superstrength was the 'probably' part. No adamantize anyway, so oh whale.

Rolled 41

>>30289992
Maybe it's telling you not to roll, that 1 seems pretty fucking ominous

>>30289991
You really think either Abby or lla would turn us down? They're pretty much family

>>30289992
>The hand grabs her and pulls her in
>We don't grab it in time
>Not the Nat1 of Damocles cutting our limb off so we cannot reach her
>With the world on fire, the last anyone sees of reality is Shadow Master saying INTO THE TRASH IT GOES
Your dreams are weak.

>>30289965
Are we ever going to progress further down the Shadow tree, though?

We've been completely ignoring our heavy hitting shadow spells like Void Ring and shit in favor of robots and utility magic and I have doubts we'll ever focus back on them without a lot of EXP being thrown our way.

>>30289992
>Dreaming about a quest
Such reckless faggotry! What can one do to stop it?

You've got to take advantage of this opportunity while you can. His magic is too strong to dispell outright - but maybe you can weaken it!

Your Decay spins, and fires. Brown daggers of light highlighted in black shadow shoot at Matthel's back as he runs down the hall.

>mana: 14/58

Wind rises automatically to greet the blow, a thousand green needles coming to his defense - but rather than fight the magic, your hail of shadow-stained earth clots onto the Windburn like mud. The needles flare and stab relentlessly, but the brown earth is a flexible mush that bends and tamps down the swirling Wind. You feel a sharp drop in Matthel's power.

Sensing the magic, Matthel begins to spin, his sword coming in a tight spin. You rush him at full sprint, arms wide for a tackle. You cross the distance in a heartbeat, but his reaction time has been boosted by his magic!

He slows. Then you see it - the hallway's too narrow, and the tip of his sword swing is grinding through the stone. With his magic lessened, he can't cut through it! You slam into his chest, blowing him off his feet, and tumble over and over into the next intersection of hallways. His sword flies off and clatters into the darkness. You wind up on top of him.

Matthel grits his teeth, grunts, and Wind flares again! The brown Decay staining his aura is disintegrating rapidly...just holding him hurts!

>you've taken 3 damage
>you've regenerated 3 damage (no HP change)

What do you do?

>submission hold
>beat him senseless
>repeat Decay
>adamantize self
>some other strategy

>>30290058
Once we get HearthStone Titan, i was hoping to move towards Void Ring and Eclipse.

>>30290058
I would love to complete the Shadow magic tree. It is going to, in all likelihood, cost less than finishing the Earth tree and the completion bonus is going to be insane. The one for the Water tree was awesome, so just imagine what we'll get for maxing out our native element magic.

>>30290091
Pocket the fucker.
Can't windburn with no air.

>>30290058
Personally, I expect us not to focus on anything else until the Earth and Spirit trees are done.

>>30290091
>submission hold

time to choke a bitch

>>30290091
Pocket?

>>30290091
>Suplex

>>30290091
>beat him senseless

We can apologize later.

>>30290091
>pocket

and if it fails choke him out.

>>30290115
There IS air in the Pocket.

>>30290091
Pocket him for a while, then get back to our friends.

>>30290091
Submission hold

>>30290091
>beat him senseless

>>30290091
Spirit Siphon, submission hold

>>30290146
But not air enchanted with the Sky-Sever.

>>30290091
>submission hold
>adamantize self
We need to reduce possible damage and I don't think he'll break free of an adamantized grip.

>>30290091
Spirit Siphon

...didn't SM say pocket gets no bonuses and is hard to pull off?

Otherwise we could pocket anyone we wanted.

>>30290091
>adamantize self
>submission hold

>>30290091
Adamantize self.

It held against the skysever at Xile, it should again.

>>30290091

sleep gas him.

I don't think we've used that one yet, and it seems an ideal time to use it...

>>30290176
THIS

>>30290152
Right we can do that.

>>30290091
>submission hold
>adamantize self

why not both?

>>30290124
The Earth tree will take too long, we need some direct combat ways to put us on par with Sandalthong. But I do support getting HearthStone Titan first, simply because of how awesome it is.

>>30290091
Going with the adamantized grip submission hold.

Vote 1:
>adamantize self -> submission hold

Vote 2:
>spirit siphon (assumed max power) -> submission hold

Vote 3:
>pocket

>>30290285
1

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2

>>30290285
1

>>30290285
1

>>30290285
1

>>30290285
1

>>30290091
Hold him in place and Sleep Gas + Spirit Siphon.

>>30290285
1

>>30290285
1

>>30290285
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>>30290285
1

>>30290285
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>>30290310
Who deleted my vote

>>30290285
2

>>30290285
1

>>30289992
>Dave kidnaps Abby into the nether
It..it actually seems like something the nat 1 could be used to do, I'm afraid.

>>30290285
2

>>30290285
1

>>30290256
I personally think that purchasing Hearthstone is just going to make everyone go for the probably more expensive thing it unlocks rather than get them to go down a different tree.

If you want firepower you should just leave the tree alone entirely for right now because it's a giant expensive pit of shiny gadgets and utility spells.

>>30290349
No one.
4chanX is weird like that sometimes. It adds your post before the auto-refresh loads the page, and marks it "deleted" - it'll correct itself on next refresh.

>>30290362
Or the void ones do it.

But now we're just giving him ideas

>>30290285
1

>>30290285

cutting off votes

>>30290362
>>30290385

...your puny minds cannot fathom...

>>30290374
O feel like HearthStone is just too good to pass up. Especially since we can pocket it.

And I feel like the thing it unlocks is either a resistance or something fairly unrelated or PLOT.

Choice (1) wins

Roll 1d100

Six dice

>>30290374
I think it's the best tree to finish for our war coming up because it's got a lot of ways to control the environment and assist allies.

Perfect for large scale battle.

Rolled 63

>>30290433

Rolled 29

>>30290433
here we go

Rolled 88

>>30290433

Rolled 16

>>30290433
into the void it goes.

Rolled 60

>>30290433

Rolled 8

>>30290433
>win

Why is everyone calling the heartstone titan the hearthstone titan? The fuck is a hearthstone titan?

>>30290444
>>30290446
>>30290448

>>30290453
>>30290457
>>30290459

>writing

>>30290444
>>30290448
That's good!

>>30290457
that's ok

>>30290453
>>30290457
>>30290459
That second roll is terrible.

Rolled 50

>>30290433

>>30290472

A homely titan with a large pot-furnace torso?

>>30290472
no it's a hearthstone titan you idiot

>>30290441
Eclipse would be better than most of the stuff in the earth tree for that

We could still roll a 100 guys! Or a 1

>>30290472
A giant robot with a roaring fire in it's chest

Rolled 46

>>30290433

>>30290285
2

Rolled 91

>>30290433

Rolled 55

>>30290441
Not really, HearthStone Titan is undeniably an amazing army weapon. But other than that Gravity Sphere might be useful in army combat except it affects allies aswell as enemies. Plus it would cost a metric fucking of experience to get it.

Better used towards eclipse and void ring.

>>30290512
Eclipse sucks against demons. It'll be awesome for smashing Sandalphon's face though.

>>30290512
Not really. It only helps shadow mages and technically makes the demons stronger since they have shadow powers that can no longer be resisted.

Shadow's had a lot of innuendo thrown around at him. I can't remember, has he learned how to stick ponos into vagoo? Flint never really fully explains it to him.

>>30290472
>The fuck is a hearthstone titan?
A titan that warps you back to the last inn you visited.

>>30290568
>>30290598
It's amazing against everything since it nullifies enemy shadow resistance but not ours

How long until we can buy Hearthstone Titan? I want my fucking giant robot we can co-op with our titanic ability for maximum destruction.

Rolled 100

>>30290614
He watched himself fuck Abby in the Archonium for a few month, he knows.

>>30290614

did you even read the Archonium arc?

Rolled 73

>>30290598
Except that there's no way we would get anything except Heartstone Titan in time to do any good.

By the time we bought other shit it will have been better to get void ring and shadow magic.

The needling Wind is rapidly ramping up from a stinging pain to piercing agony. Still astride Matthel, you cast Adamantize on yourself. Immediately, the pain deadens to an uncomfortable prickle.

>mana: 9/58
>mana: 10/58 (regen)

The Wind around Matthel continues to build. You snake your arm around his neck and brace it hard, attempting to knock him unconscious. His gauntlets grip your forearms, struggling, but it's like he's trying to hold water - your flesh simply wavers away.

Matthel coughs, sputters. You increase the pressure. His face is turning red. The magic continues to build.

Wind explodes under you. You're blown into the ceiling, and when you fall, a ton of rock falls with you. Your magic armor takes the majority of the blow for you, and you have enough sense to Ink between the falling chunks of stone, ending up buried at the bottom of the pile, but not crushed.

>you've taken 10 damage (54/81)
>you've regenerated 4 HP (58/81)
>you've regenerated 1 mana (11/58)

You slide out between the rocks as quickly as you can, a snake of shadow. Out of the rubble, you reform into your normal state.

Matthel is already a dozen yards away, his hand wedged into the wall. The stone there is sliding apart. That's the entrance to the elevator! He stares at you as you reform, mouth agape.

The stone doorway thumps open. His head snaps back to the tunnel. He takes a deep breath, as if to shout. Wind forms around his mouth.

Stop him!

Roll 1d100

>>30290627
It nullifes everyone but us. Which means tt nullifies allies resistance too, numbnuts. Using it makes it easier for the Demons to kill the good guys.

>>30290655
What the fuck, dice...

>>30290655
Roll 11. Fug

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>>30290655

Rolled 91

>>30290677

Rolled 6

>>30290677

Rolled 61

>>30290677
stahp pls

Rolled 5

>>30290677

Rolled 85

>>30290677
SHIT SHITH IOSADJFIOGH

>>30290568
No, it's really good against demons. When we don't have tons of allies around, anyway.

Setting everyone else's shadow magic resistance to 0 doesn't suck.

So yeah, it will be bad for this upcoming demon fight. Then again, it would let out force of shadow mages wreck everything for a little bit.

>>30290678
Most demons use fire magic numbnuts.

Rolled 4

>>30290699
>>30290712
>>30290714
GOOD ENOUGH.
NO MORE ROLLING.

>>30290699
>>30290712
>>30290714
Yay?

>>30290677
oh god i'm so tense i feel sick

what are you doing to my feelings sm

>>30290740

moderate success? If we manage to grab hold of him, we ought to throw him back down the hallway as far as possible and earthforge the elevator entranceway shut

>>30290724
There's an entire subset of Shadow-type demons and Shadow magic, along with Spirit, is heavily involved in demon summoning itself.

So how the fuck are we gonna explain the magic bullshit?

Rolled 23

>>30290677
Should've just killed him while we had the chance...

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>>30290786
It's magic, ain't gotta explain shit.

>>30290786
i meant the part where we seem like liquid.

>>30290786
You mean using multiple elements?

>>30290786
MAGIC I don't got to explain shit

>>30290801

Matthel is hardly a reliable source and no one has seen us do anything too crazy.

>>30290801
>>30290786
These guys don't have a fucking clue what shadow magic does. Just tell them shadow magic does that.

>>30290677
We should consume him then tell everyone he ran away and we didn't catch him.

>>30290804
that and seeming like liquid.
>>30290819
we still have to calm him down.

>>30290677
Stick a shadowy appendage down his throat.
I can't see how this can go wrong.

>>30290804
For that I think that it's okay since we've only used shadow and earth so far. People can have two elements with one being dominant iirc

>>30290835
We can brush off turning to liquid with
>I'm a shadow mage I can just do that

Using multiple types of magic is rare but not unheard of, I'd rather we didn't reveal that about ourselves but hey there's still the possibility no one noticed.

All these niggas thinking we aren't just going to fall back on melee like we always do.

It's our best and most reliable skill.

>>30290880
We tried to use spirit siphon in front of the group outside.

>>30290835
MAGIC is the only explanation we need.

if anyone asks how we can use several elements we could just say we are the Hemmelus of the four lesser elements.

>>30290898
the way he acted it seems like it was beyond the norm, it seems like we dribbled out of the rock instead of pushing out.

>>30290920
That would do it then

>>30290921
we could always say we are one of erubus old chosen.

He's going to be babbling incoherently about how we're this evil shadow monster and it's going to look like normal Ring City indoctrination.

"HIGH - "

Your hardened exterior pierces his shell of Wind and catches his armored collar straight on, clotheslining him. He's sent down to the stone so hard he bounces back up, hits a wall, and then falls on his back again.

You glance at the open stone door.

Nothing happens.

You heave a sigh.

Choking noises grab your attention. You turn back to Matthel. He's a turtle on the ground, shivering, twitching. His hands clutch at his throat. He's bleeding where his ripped armor has cut his skin, but it's not much. Why is he so...

You've crushed his throat.

What do you do?

>Try to heal him immediately; take no risks. You're here to subdue him, not kill him. You can talk him out of this.
>You've probably got a minute or two. Pocket him while he's weakened, take him back upstairs where he can be better restrained.
>Matthel brought this upon himself. If you don't end it now, he'll probably do whatever he can to hurt your alliance.
>some other strategy

>>30290935
I doubt Matthel has much experience with Shadow magic, and we're being cast as one of the most prodigious mages around by Hemmelus and others.

It's fine.

>>30290953
Everyone knows David is the only one to ever receive Erebus's blessing.

>>30290953
HahahahahahahahahaNo.

>>30290935
So? We're probably the first shadow mage he's spent any kind of time around. It'll work.

>>30290969
>>Try to heal him immediately; take no risks. You're here to subdue him, not kill him. You can talk him out of this.

>>30290969
>>Try to heal him immediately; take no risks. You're here to subdue him, not kill him. You can talk him out of this.

>>30290969
Drag him upstairs bodily, no pocket. Minor heal on the way.

>>30290969
>You've probably got a minute or two. Pocket him while he's weakened, take him back upstairs where he can be better restrained.
Arcturus isn't going to appreciate us killing his son.

>>30290969
>Try to heal him immediately; take no risks. You're here to subdue him, not kill him. You can talk him out of this.

>>30290969
>>Try to heal him immediately; take no risks. You're here to subdue him, not kill him. You can talk him out of this.