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You exit the bath to see that a strange construct has knocked over the desk. It is large, perhaps the size of a guar, and made of twisted metal. Its feet are long blades, which are currently folded up into its arms. Its head is a smooth pyramid lacking any sort of distinguishing features. It looks as you'd imagine a thousand year old construct would, whatever cloth covering it once had has long since decayed or fallen off. One of the blades is bent at a sharp angle, and you doubt it can still properly function. You note fire damage around its 'head', if you can really call it that.

Of course, it's still functional enough to kill you. It was certainly more than capable of forcing the door open, judging from the large dent in the center and the gouges in the metal. The desk that once sat against the wall next to the treasury door is smashed entirely to pieces, presumably from the strange construct stumbling into the room. Since you entered the room it has turned its attention to you, head lowered and blade folding forward as it crouches low, as if preparing to pounce.

Chryssa is nowhere in sight, but Profectus is lying on the couch staring at the construct with wide eyes. He doesn't seem to want to attract its attention, and as such is playing dead. Hopefully if you can just distract it for long enough he could help you destroy it.

>You have the initiative!
>Unfortunately, you are unarmored and your only weapons are magic and a small knife.
>Your spear and Centurion Armor are leaned against the bathroom wall, only ten or so feet away.

>Jump into the bath, hope it follows you. It will be easy to incapacitate it in water.
>Retreat into the bathroom and shut the door. Quickly armor yourself and grab your spear.
>Try to determine if it has any obvious weaknesses. Damaged as it is, surely something is exposed.
>Write-in.

(Roll 3d10 regardless of action.)

Rolled 5, 10, 3 = 18

>>30654667
>Try to determine if it has any obvious weaknesses. Damaged as it is, surely something is exposed.

Rolled 1, 5, 1 = 7

>>30654667
>>Retreat into the bathroom and shut the door. Quickly armor yourself and grab your spear.

Rolled 7, 5, 8 = 20

>>30654667
>>Retreat into the bathroom and shut the door. Quickly armor yourself and grab your spear.

Rolled 3, 10, 7 = 20

Opposed roll, that's what I was forgetting.
>Writing for Retreat and Arm Ourself.

>>30654892
>>30654852
>>30654822
>>30654826
>18,7,20 vs 20
>Regular Failure.
Spend 2 vys to make it a regular success? You're at 14/14 right now.

>>30654910
nah we good, its good if it follows us inside.

>>30654910
Spend it, that thing looks dangerous.

>>30654910
I hope we can capture this

>>30654910
Spend it

>>30654910
don't we don't know how much more of them there are and it's not a crit fail.

Rolled 2

>>30654936
>>30655021
>Don't spend

>>30654959
>>30655015
>Spend

>>30654667
>>Jump into the bath, hope it follows you. It will be easy to incapacitate it in water.

>>30655071
eh, oh well here is hoping there isn't more of them.

>>30654667
>>Jump into the bath, hope it follows you. It will be easy to incapacitate it in water.
C'mon we're a Water mage, easy choice.

>>30654910
Spend that shit

>>30655105
Oops

>>30655021
We always spend Vys to to negate our failures, and we just replenished ourself. What else would we use Vys for?

Rolled 1

You take a few steps back, and as the construct leaps you slam the door closed. Its head thuds forcefully against the door, the wood giving easily under the thing's weight. You're almost knocked to the ground but manage to pull yourself up and scrabble your way to the bench where your armor is sitting, back already split open and ready for you to pull on.

You shove your arms through the mail and plate sleeves and the armor quickly snaps itself shut around your torso. You've only just gotten the heavy metal boots and greaves pulled onto your legs when the construct finally forces the door off its hinges and once more leaps towards you. You make a lunge to grab your spear, but you can tell you're not going to be fast enough to get out of the way before the construct crashes into you. You channel vys into your legs to turn the lunge into a leap, ending with you tucking into a roll with spear in hand and popping up at the opposite end of the bathroom.

The construct crashes into the tile, smashing apart a marble bench as it lands and cracking the ornate mosaic floor. It whips around to face you with surprising agility for something so severely damaged, and once more its legs tense to leap at you. Fortunately, you've got quite the advantage in this environment. The air is thick with steam and the bath next to you provides a ready source of water.

As it leaps at you, you prepare to counter...
>Jump out of the way!
>Prepare to catch it on your spear!
>Pull water from the bath and the air around you, create a wall of ice thick enough to stop its lunge.(2 Vys)
>Try to freeze its limbs in place. (1 Vys)
>Write-in
(Roll 3d10 regardless of choice.)

>>30655188
Its used for spells as well, which so far have been your main method of combat.

Rolled 4, 9, 4 = 17

>>30655219
Shoot, forgot to change the dice I was rolling.

Rolled 9, 9, 8 = 26

>>30655219
>>Pull water from the bath and the air around you, create a wall of ice thick enough to stop its lunge.(2 Vys)
>>Try to freeze its limbs in place. (1 Vys)

Rolled 5, 4, 8 = 17

>>30655219
>>Pull water from the bath and the air around you, create a wall of ice thick enough to stop its lunge.(2 Vys)
>>Try to freeze its limbs in place. (1 Vys)

>>30655188
I see it as an unnecessary expense, plus Its gonna be harder to leave

Rolled 4, 7, 3 = 14

>>30655271
Harder to leave? how

Rolled 5, 2, 3 = 10

>>30655219
>Pull water from the bath and the air around you, create a wall of ice thick enough to stop its lunge.(2 Vys)

Rolled 1, 6, 3 = 10

>>30655219
>>Pull water from the bath and the air around you, create a wall of ice thick enough to stop its lunge.(2 Vys)
>>Try to freeze its limbs in place. (1 Vys)

>26,17,14 vs 17
>Regular success
>Writin'

>>30655271
Vys is used to make us succeed (this time in combat). Better to not get gored without our armor on than to have a bit more Vys later (which we probably would have had to use to heal the wound it gave us.

You raise your towards the construct as it sails through the air towards you and channel vys towards your palms. You feel your hands grow numb, and frost gather in the air in front of you. With a pulse of magic a wall of ice forms in front of you and more accumulates around the construct's limbs, and then water from the bath rises to reinforce it.
>Vys Pool: (9/14)

The construct hits your wall with a heavy thud, and the ice cracks but doesn't give. You dismiss the wall with a wave of your hand and the water you used to make it splashes to the floor before flowing back into the bath. The construct sits before you, joints frozen solid and head twitching frantically as it tries to free itself. You see a few fractures spiderwebing their way across the ice at its joints but it will hold for a while yet.

The construct is down, but not out.
>Push it into the bath, freeze it solid. Deal with it later. (1 Vys)
>Try to find some way to deactivate it. Look for some of those power cords, maybe?
>Reinforce the cast of ice keeping its limbs motionless, then go inspect the commander's quarters for damage.
>Write-in

>>30655458
>You raise your *arms towards the construct
Jesus, sorry folks. Hopefully I'll stop making typos once I've gotten a bit more warmed up.

>>30655458
>>Push it into the bath, freeze it solid. Deal with it later. (1 Vys)

>>30655458
>>Push it into the bath, freeze it solid. Deal with it later. (1 Vys)
Profectus' face when we come out perfectly fine from the ancient robot dog.

>>30655458
>Push it into the bath
Man, we really eat through Vys fast these days. We need to sit down and crunch some tomes to bump that number up.

>>30655470
>>30655458
Might i suggest the use of situation appropriate pictures? They really add to the immersion and are a common things used by QMs.

>>30655578
Of master Water so that none of this shit even costs Vys.

We're almost halfway.

>Push it into the bath
Writin'

>>30655537
>Let_Me_Tell_You_About_Carthage.png

>>30655593
I'm runnin' low on accompanying art lately. Been scouring the web but it's hard hard to find art that fits the theme I'm going for.

>>30655624
Ancient ruin combined with techmagic is rather rare.

>>30655624
Did we already gain the +2 to the Vys pool that we get from learning Range?

>>30655624
From what I've gathered it's middle eastern fantasy, set after a technological dominant roman themed empire fell apart?
Yeah probably isn't a whole lotta art in that category.

>>30655675
yup, now you know why i always try to push for us to get a crossbow.

>>30655680
We're an Arab exploring Techmagic Roman ruins.

The roman theme is only temporary.

>>30655624
Could we reprogram this to be our new pack mule?

>>30655675
Yeah, you did. You learned Novice rank fire magic to get from 10 to 11, then finished the priest's journal to get from 11 to 12, and the ranged bumped you from 12 to 14.

>>30655680
That's a good summation of it. Other themes will get mixed in as you proceed further afield. For instance, I have a ton of art for Elaudia and Aleamond.

>>30655708
You could certainly try.

>>30655708
None of our party knows how to reprogram ancient Rhynian tech.

>>30655708
>>30655719
>>30655736
The A.I. might be able to reprogram it. But there's probably no way to ever repair it.

>>30655695
But we've never been in a situation wear we'd use it yet.

Not saying it won't be usefull, but it seems like it'd only really be useful on human enemies that we don't want to be close to and are low on Vys. And we'd need some practice but that's no big deal.

>>30655790
We could learn easily how to use it, plus we could get one with natural buffs to it.(we could buff gear later on, but we need like 1 or 2 more metamagic fort us to be able to.)
>>30655769
Its not impossible to fix it up, plus if we can get the AI to reprogram it then we could probably use it to help fix it up, pl;us its has more value then a gaur, and can be sold off if we deem it too much of a hassle.

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You brace yourself against the floor and with a heave shove the construct into the bath. After that, it's a simple wave of your hand and the expense of a little vys that leave the construct sitting in a thick block of ice. Well, it won't be getting out of that anytime soon. Just to be safe you turn off all faucets so the bath will drain and the construct won't be sitting in a pool of hot water anymore. Keep it frozen for as long as possible.
>Vys: (8/14)

You hear a loud cracking noise from the entry way, and have to shield your eyes for a moment as a blindingly intense light burst forth from the doorway accompanied by a loud scream. You rush outside once the light has faded to see that Profectus' arm has cracked itself open once more and glows with that unnatural light. Another construct sits outside the door in the hallway adjacent the Commander's Quarters, but whatever it is Profectus did seemed to have boiled a good portion of it away.

Unlike the dog construct, this one looks more like an ape. It has one thick, powerful looking grasping arm and the other arm is thin and agile looking, ending in twin whips lined with sharp barbs of metal. Its head is an empty framework, and its torso is the same. You haven't a clue what is controlling the construct since both the obvious options seem void of any function.

Profectus' attack seems to have destroyed most of its right leg, as well as blasted the door off its hinges. You can see the glow in his arm building for a follow up.

>Tell Profectus to finish it off, go check on Chryssa. Its odd the noise hasn't woken her
>Finish it off quickly with Profectus, who knows if there are more of them coming.
>Write-in.

>>30655822
Knock on the bedroom door and make sure she's okay, then help Profectus finish off the construct.

>>30655822
>>Finish it off quickly with Profectus, who knows if there are more of them coming.
Do this while Yelling for Chryssa

>>30655822
>>Tell Profectus to finish it off, go check on Chryssa. Its odd the noise hasn't woken her

>>30655822
Attack the Ape while yelling for Chryssa.

>>30655879
>>30655865
if she can't hear this noise, what makes you think she would hear our yelling?

>>30655822
>Tell Profectus to finish it off, go check on Chryssa. Its odd the noise hasn't woken her
Supergirl will be a big help dealing with these things.

>>30655822
>Tell Profectus to finish it off, go check on Chryssa. Its odd the noise hasn't woken her

>>30655822
>>Finish it off quickly with Profectus, who knows if there are more of them coming.
I don't trust the guy with no military experience to kill this thing.

After we master Water, how about we focus on just increasing our Vys pool? We burn through it really quick. Just find and learn all the metamagic we can.

Rolled 2, 8, 2, 2, 2, 7 = 23

>Tell Profectus to finish it off
Writin'

>>30655869
>>30655926
>>30655927
>>30655935
>Prof Finishes it off

>>30655879
>>30655865
>>30655849
>Help Prof

>>30655822
>>Finish it off quickly with Profectus, who knows if there are more of them coming.

>>30655959
you missed>>30655955

>>30655955
He told us he was a soldier, and he's doing pretty well right now.

>>30655959
Changed my vote to help prof. Sorry

>>30655976
That I did, good catch. Also seems like someone changed their vote.

>>30655955
>>30655879
>>30655865
>>30655849
>>30655965
Help Prof

>>30655927
>>30655926
>>30655869
Check Chryssa

Writin'

>>30655955
He is gaining his memory back and almost murdered this robot, i do think this fucker has experience.

>>30655957
Once we master it we're gonna read T 5 effects Every Vatis should know and the 2 scrolls so that'll be 7 mroe.

>>30655979
He never said that.

And he had never handled a blade before i his life judging by the way he handled that dagger.

>>30656013
5 effects is actually something of an odd book. Not only will it teach you five effects, each worth 1 vys each, it will also give you a completion bonus of an additional 1 vys.

Plus the 2 scrolls that will be a total of 10 more vys.

>>30656005
This seems like more of a reactionary kind of thing.

>>30656037
>>He never said that.
Yes he did, Were you here in the last thread?
>And he had never handled a blade before i his life judging by the way he handled that dagger.
I'm chalking that up to being disorientated, or not being used to handle those types of weapons.(we are retards in his eyes)

>>30656037
>You look to Profectus, and he answers your question before you even ask. “I wasn't a technician, I was a soldier. I've got barely a clue how this things works.
Literally last thread.

And give the guy some slack, he just woke up at the time and obviously doesn't use a blade to fight.

>>30656045
YAY!

By the way i would love for short descriptions on all the Effects and MetaMagic on what they are/do and things they are used for. But i realize the spoilerificness of it so just the ones that we know is reasonable. Maybe create/add it to the Pastebin?

>>30656123
we already know what the effects are.

You stalk towards the wounded construct while it writhes around on the floor, barbed whips lashing about and scouring deep gashes in the metal walls and in the remains of the door. Profectus raises his arm as you get close and you shield your eyes, there is another flash and another pained scream as a jet of flame shoots out of his arm. You actually feel your skin start to burn despite being several feet away from the path of the flame.

When the light fades, all that's left of the ape-like construct is the grasping arm and its legs. Still, it continues to struggle. However, this far gone it can't do anything but thrash about. You step through the gaping hole in the door to finish it off, but before you can get close, you feel a powerful pulse of Vys from something to your left and the heat of a fire spell barreling towards you...
>Roll 3d10 to avoid damage!
>You'll get a +4 bonus due to your armor.

Rolled 3, 5, 10 + 4 = 22

>>30656200
>>30656123
Slow, Speed, Confuse, Manipulate, and Leech.

Rolled 8, 8, 7 = 23

>>30656200
Keep forgetting to roll.

>>30656143
We know what they are, but we don't have descriptions of them. like what exctly does Mark do? And Manipulate?can we use it to manipulate ourself if we get paralyzed? could we use it to manipulate the poison out of our system if we get poisoned? or is it just a mental thing?

same goes for most of them. like the specifics on Destroy/Create and Slow/Speed.

Remember how we knew poison but didn't know how it immediately caused naseua and vomiting? Knowing these sorts of things could change a lot.

Rolled 6, 4, 6 = 16

>>30656200
EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

>>30656230

.... That's a very creepy laugh in my head.

Rolled 1, 5, 2 + 4 = 12

>>30656223
he siad they were self explanatory when asked.>>30656200

>>30656200
And people said that he couldn't finish the machine off.

>>30656249
Man almost none of them are self explantory. We get the jist of them but details are very necessary for these thigns.

>>30656218
>>30656230
>>30656249
>22, 16, 12 vs 23
Yeesh, Severe Failure!
You could spend 1 vys to make it a regular failure and you don't have enough Vys remaining to make it a success.

Rolled 4, 1, 7 + 4 = 16

>>30656200

>>30656223
I'll get to this as soon as this combat is wrapped up. Shouldn't take long now.

Rolled 10, 5, 1 + 4 = 20

>>30656305
>>30656284
Hey that 16 is a 20 because no modifier.

>>30656284
Spend Vys so we don't die or something.

We're totally reading the metamagic scrolls first.

>>30656320
Yup, you're right. So in that case.
>1 Vys to make it a regular failure.
>4 Vys to make it a regular success.
You're at 8/14 right now.

>>30656305
And what in good god does the Vys metamagic effect do?

>>30656337
>1 Vys to make it a regular failure.
We can afford to take a hit. Running out of Vys means we're completely out of the fight.

>>30656337
1

>>30656337
Just 1

>Spend 1, writing.

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Rolled 2, 10, 8 = 20

You feel the spell getting closer and know you're going to take the hit. You quickly raise your hand and release a pulse of vys to at least lessen the damage. The pulse does its job of stripping a lot of the momentum and power out of the spell, but still as it hits you you're tossed aside and end up landing heavily on your shoulder. Your armor forcefully turns your head away from the blast, so by and large the flame just roils over you without actually hurting you.
>Minor Wound: Burns on the face and neck area.
>Vys: (7/14) You're starting to feel drained.

You pull yourself up and raise your spear, finally getting a look at your attacker. You find yourself facing a gleaming automaton seemingly wrought from silver. It wields a sword that gleams with the same silvery sheen as the rest of its body, and seems to hum softly with energy. Its armor is cracked and falling to pieces, violent blue light boiling from the wounds. You think it might just be a mobile container for vys, but the joints articulate and its eyes shine with a sort of alien intelligence.

>Poison it, that should prevent it from casting another spell. (Ranged Poison: 2 vys)
>Call for Profectus to help, he seems better equipped to destroy these things.
>Charge it with your spear, that armor looks pretty fragile.
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 Regardless

>>30656540
>>Poison it, that should prevent it from casting another spell. (Ranged Poison: 2 vys)
Since Poison drains Vys and this things has a cracked casing that should work perfectly.

Rolled 10, 1, 3 = 14

>>30656540

Rolled 1, 6, 4 = 11

>>30656540

>Poison It

Rolled 5, 2, 9 = 16

>>30656540
>poison

Rolled 6, 1, 8 = 15

>>30656540
>>Poison it, that should prevent it from casting another spell. (Ranged Poison: 2 vys)

Rolled 4, 1, 2 = 7

>>30656540
>>Call for Profectus to help, he seems better equipped to destroy these things.

>>30656582
>>30656589
>>30656590

Oh wow, look at all the hardcore sucking we just did.

Rolled 9, 7, 1 = 17

>>30656540
Do we get a bonus to our attack due to its cracked casing and the nature of Poison?

>>30656592
>>30656590
>>30656589
>>30656575
want to change your minds?

>>30656540
>Call for Profectus to help, he seems better equipped to destroy these things.
I have a feeling we'll need our Vys just to get out of here soon.

>>30656631
nope, we are stuck inside since it takes Vys to get out.

Rolled 10, 10, 4 = 24

>>30656631
>>30656644
We can always have our A.I. lock down all doors in the facility and meditate for awhile.

Plus we still need to explore the West wing for the Armory.

>>30656659
and possible alternate exit

>>30656582
>>30656589
>>30656590
>14, 11, 16 vs 20
>16, 13, 18 after modifiers...
The dice are not kind. Fortunately, you're attacking.

Your Vys will be 5/14 after this. The ranged spell will sail wide and miss the construct completely. You could spend 2 to make it a regular failure but that still wouldn't do much of anything for you.

>>30656682
save it.

>>30656682
I guess we're crit-failing then.

>>30656682
don't spend the Vys on the spell.

Rolled 1, 5, 10 = 16

You snap off a spell without really thinking about it, the boiling black ball of vys sailing completely wide. The construct doesn't even need to try to dodge, instead closing the distance between you and it. As it passes by the door, another bolt of fire shoots out and sheers off its right arm, its sword arm. The construct stumbles to the side, caught off guard, and you hear something thud against the floor inside the Commander's Quarters.

Now sans sword arm, it raises its left hand and you see Vys pour from its wounds to collect in front of its hand. As it does, the light of intelligence in its eyes dims, it seems if you can just deplete its vys it will be nothing but an empty shell. Unfortunately, that means you'll have to either let it hurl fire balls at you until it runs out of energy, you'll have to poison it, or you'll have to crack its armor completely open.

It finishes casting the spell, and a comet of flame comes sailing your way.

>Roll out of the way.
>Take the hit and hope your armor can cover for you, counter with another poison spell.
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 Regardless

>>30656707
Don't consider it critfailure. Just that we completely failed in what we were trying to achieve.

Critfail implies that we did harm to ourself/allies

>>30656819
A note I should add, your armor gives you a +4 bonus to just take the hit and power through. The counter would be a separate series of rolls.

Rolled 9, 6, 10 = 25

>>30656819
>>Roll out of the way.

Rolled 7, 1, 2 = 10

>>30656819

For Money!

>>30656819

Rolled 5, 2, 5 = 12

>>30656819
Roll out of the way

Rolled 8, 4, 3 + 4 = 19

>>30656819

>>30656870

I'm not rolling any more.

Rolled 9, 2, 3 = 14

>>30656819

Rolled 3, 5, 5 = 13

>>30656819
>>Roll out of the way.

>>30656869
Pretty good.

>>30656540
>Call for Profectus to help, he seems better equipped to destroy these things.
Poison a robot?
Wat?

Rolled 2, 4, 1 = 7

>>30656869
>>30656870
>>30656895
29,14,16
VS
16

Minor success

>>30656919

Poison drains Vys, which the robot is made of.

Rolled 5, 5, 6 = 16

>>30656919
You obviously haven't read how our poison works.

It works by draining Vys, and since this thing is leaking Vys like a motherfucker then it will get a serious bonus.

>>30656936
Not made of, just filled with/leaking

Rolled 5, 8, 4 + 4 = 21

I vote we take any robots we find and sell them.

Rolled 6, 5, 1 - 4 = 8

>>30656869
>>30656870
>>30656895
>25,10,12

Since most people didn't actually vote, I'll be nice and assume you wanted to soak the damage
>29,14,16 vs 16
>Regular Success

>>30656897
>>30656900
>>30656904
>21,16,15 for the counter vs this roll

>>30656973
I like

>>30656973
You're too nice to us! Thanks for it, though.

>>30656973
Great success!!!

DEATH

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Rolled 1, 6, 10 - 4 = 13

You duck your head and cast your spear aside, using your arms to shield your face as the fire ball explodes against your armored forearms. The flame seems to fill the air around you, but your armor completely negates the damage you would've been dealt. As the fire clears you step forward and with both hands collect vys at your abdomen, the power pouring forth before you send it flying towards the construct.
>Vys: (3/14) You feel like a dead man walking. You're hollowed out, empty. Running purely on adrenaline and instinct.

The poison spell doesn't explode like a fire ball does, it hits the construct and sticks to his armor, spreading itself wide and seeping into the cracks. The vys boiling out of the wounds goes from an angry blue to a sickly green, and the intelligence that shone within its eyes is suddenly and violently snuffed out as the glow within the construct fades away to nothing. The last of its energy seeps out as a thick black goo, which quickly evaporates into the air.

You collapse onto your knees, desperately grasping for your spear and forcing yourself onto your feet with its help. By the gods, you're tired. That was the hardest fight of your life! You thank the heavens there aren't more of those things lurking around the corner.

As you hobble into the Commander's Quarters you see Profectus on his knees, clutching his arm to his chest and rocking back and forth. Lava surges forth between the cracks and drops down his arm, gradually cooling into stone. He seems barely conscious of what's going on around him, you're glad he wasn't facing that thing alone or else you might be down one companion, then again he saved your ass too. You'll call it even.

Chryssa is still nowhere to be seen.

>Check the bedroom.
>See if you can get a look at your burns.
>Loot the treasury, search the ruins of the desk, pack your shit. Time to leave.
>Check on the frozen construct, make sure it's not about to bust out and finish you off.
>Write-in

>>30657188
>>Loot the treasury, search the ruins of the desk, pack your shit. Time to leave.
Quick.

>>30657188
>>Check the bedroom.

>>30657188
>Check the bedroom.

>>30657188
>>Check on the frozen construct, make sure it's not about to bust out and finish you off.
Then
>Check the bedroom.

>>30657197
Fuck no we just won.

>>30657188
Call out to the A.I. (i forgot its name) and tell it to lock all doors outside of our quarters until further notice.

>>30657188
>>Loot the treasury, search the ruins of the desk, pack your shit. Time to leave.

>>30657188
>>Check on the frozen construct, make sure it's not about to bust out and finish you off.
then the bedroom for Chryssa

and seconding this>>30657238

>>30657188
>Check the bedroom.
>Check on the frozen construct, make sure it's not about to bust out and finish you off.

>>30657188
>Check the bedroom.

>>30657197
>>30657247
Please don't be stupid. We have the A.I. of this place on our side. There's no way we could have much more of an advantage.

>>check the bedroom

>>30657238
I like this. Let's actually make use of our administrative privileges. We should also tell her to inform us of movement anywhere near our quarters.

Rolled 1, 2, 8 = 11

>>30657188
>Check the bedroom.

Rolled 8, 8, 3 + 4 = 23

>>30657188
>>Check the bedroom.
>>See if you can get a look at your burns.
>>Check on the frozen construct, make sure it's not about to bust out and finish you off.
Call the AI up.

should we try to regain Vys before we leave?

>>30656223
>Mark
Mark leaves an imprint on an area about five feet by five feet. You always have an innate sense of which direction to go to reach that area, and it takes into account natural barriers like seas and mountains.
>Manipulate
Manipulate does different things depending on metamagic and other effects. Used with elemental effects, it basically just amplifies your natural control over them. For instance, casting manipulate water would temporarily boost you to Master level. Casting Manipulate Poison would let you reverse the effects of poison but not completely negate them, maybe limit them to a certain area. Casting Manipulate Vys would let you control any creature like a puppet.
>Destroy/Create
Casting Destroy Poison would immediately negate all poison in your system. Destroy Earth would delete a chunk of earth of varying size depending on the amount of Vys spent.

Create Poison would create a liquid concentrate of your magical poison that you could carry with you. Create Earth would create an amount of Earth in a shape of your choosing, size depending on vys expenditure.

>Slow/Speed
Cast by themselves, they inhibit an enemy or buff an ally. Casting speed poison makes poison work through an enemy's system faster. Essentially it's like an Amplification/Debuff when used in conjunction with the right effects.

I'll make a pastebin at some point. Spellbook or something like that.

>>30657376
We aren't leaving for awhile. At least until we explore the west wing.

>>30657197
>>30657247
>Loot & Pack

>>30657210
>>30657225
>>30657286
>>30657318
>>30657337
>Check the Bedroom

>>30657227
>>30657255
>>30657282
>Check the Frozen Construct, then the bedroom

Writin', I'll go ahead and say you peek in to make sure the frozen bot hasn't freed itself because that doesn't take much time at all.

>>30657386
Be sure do do them all. Because Anons can be very dense. Very Dense.

But it's no hurry, just whenever you get around to it.

>>30657376
We'll get some more once we check things out. But we arent going to leave until this place has been cleared out.

Why break into a place just to leave right away?

We should definitely learn Leech, It's a Quick Fix for being low on Vys.

Could we use it on animals? Could we use it on these ruin cable things?

>>30657511
Yes to both. However, Leech caps off at 75% of your max capacity, rounded down. So your max Vys if you leech instead of meditate is 10.

>>30657565
Then we need that shit

>>30657565
Leech would be very useful in here due to being surrounded by Vys all the time. We don't really need to worry about running out.

>>30657565
Does that mean Leech has no base cost unless we combine it with something like ranged or weapon affinity?

>>30657656
More like it has a base cost but if it succeeds then that cost is negated.

If we cast it but whatever it is resists for some reason then we will lose 1 Vys.

You briefly peek into the bathroom, and see the frozen construct sitting in the empty bath. It's completely encased, and the ice hasn't even cracked a little bit so far. You can safely say that it will be stuck like that for the better part of a day, at least. Indefinitely if you maintain the ice block regularly.

Secure in the knowledge you won't have another one of those damn constructs bursting into the room and trying to kill you, you approach the bedroom door. Hesitantly, you knock on the door. Perhaps a minute goes by with no answer, and you knock again. Still no answer. What on earth is keeping her? You push the door open gently and step into the room. It's dark, and as you step inside a gentle hum fills your head. Its relaxing, almost oppressively so. In your weakened state, it's hard to resist the urge to take a nap.

The sight before you is disturbing, on several levels. Fulvia stands next to the bed, staring at Chryssa while she sleeps, a beatific smile splitting her face. Her form flickers and wavers, as if she is both real and unreal, here and not. Chryssa seems entirely oblivious to the woman hovering over her, still sleeping quite contentedly from what you can tell.

>Ask Fulvia what the hell she thinks she's doing. She could've gotten you killed!
>Slam the haft of your spear into the tile floor, that should be loud enough to wake up the dead.
>Write-in

>>30657565
How much would we leech at a time?

>>30657656
Leech has a base cost of 1, so you can't cast it if you're at 0 vys. Combining it with other effects increases the base cost. So Ranged Leech can't be cast with less than 2 vys.

>>30657694
>>Slam the haft of your spear into the tile floor, that should be loud enough to wake up the dead.

>>30657694
>>Ask Fulvia what the hell she thinks she's doing. She could've gotten you killed!
>>Wake Chryssa up.

>>30657694
>Ask Fulvia what the hell she thinks she's doing. She could've gotten you killed!

>>30657694
>>Ask Fulvia what the hell she thinks she's doing. She could've gotten you killed!
>>Slam the haft of your spear into the tile floor, that should be loud enough to wake up the dead.
Both

>>30657719
Out of combat, it would just bump you up to full.
In combat, it would restore 2 vys per round as long as it was maintained. 3 vys per round if cast through a weapon with Spell Amplification or enhanced by the Speed effect. 4 Vys per round if cast with speed and through a Spell Amplifying weapon.

Rolled 10, 6, 5 + 4 = 25

>>30657694
>>>Ask Fulvia what the hell she thinks she's doing. She could've gotten you killed!

>>30657759
If we cast it through our new spear it would get us 3. But would it maintain after that or would it be a 1 turn thing?

>>30657694
>Ask Fulvia what the hell she thinks she's doing. She could've gotten you killed!
I bet you the AI is a copy of Chryssa mom.who am i kidding, she is just lonely

>>30657825
>>30657759
So what about leach+leaping?

>>30657808
>>30657745
>>30657842
>Ask what she's doing

>>30657749
>>30657733
>Both

>>30657731
>Make a loud noise.

>>30657825
It would be 3 vys a turn even after your spear is no longer in contact with the target. The maintenance fee is also waved for leech, it's unique in that regard.

>>30657825
I think if we lose connection it ends. So if we impale something and hold on it continues but we'll probably have to use ranged with the attack to keep the connection at a distance.

>>30657865
You'll need to experiment to find that out.

>>30657897
>>30657868
So lets say we did this with a cross bow, would the cost get negated?

>>30657917
>>30657897
Also does it stack?

>>30657868
Yay.

So our new plan of attack is Paralysis + Weapon Affinity + Leech.

>>30657936
Probably not.

>>30657953
why paralysis?
We can do better by just doing range+leach.

>>30658003
and maybe +leaping.

>>30658003
Because then they can still attack and fight back.

This is pretty much a 1 Hit Kill + Regen Vys.

>>30657953
Keep in mind that leech doesn't draw any more vys after you hit 75% of your maximum pool. Poison would be better if you just wanted to screw over a rival Vatis.

>>30657917
You'd need to use
>Ranged + Leaping + Weapon Affinity + Leech
I'm not sure what you mean by stack though. None of those effects amplify any other effect.

>>30658025
Oh god that would fuck so many enemies up.

But these will always change to fit the battles. I predict that we'll use our water more than we predict.

>>30658026
the QM won't let that become a thing, I doubt Paralysis is that strong,

>>30658026
All that we need now is to find an artifact that enhances our hit chance, like a techno-monocle or something.

>>30658051
But the paralysis paralyzes so we could do as we pleased wit them.

>>30658051
I was thinking of multiple bolts with range+leaching.

>>30658058
Paralysis has completely frozen everything we have used it on so far. It's kind of been our bread and butter.

>>30658078
Oh yeah, it would take out a shit ton of mooks. You're supposed to be able to take out a shit ton of mooks though. Most proper Vatis would be able to negate paralysis fairly easily (Five Effects EVERY Vatis Should Know), and a lot of enemies, like these constructs, are immune or resistant to certain effects.

>>30658078
Or we can fuck them up easily with Paralyze+poison.
>>30658100
you mean bandits that have no experience with magic, but we don't know about higher level enemies.

>>30658113
how about large animals/monsters/plants/zombies.

>>30658113
>>30658119
Of course. i was talking about regulars. Vatis is another story.

>>30658132
He already said yes.

Your voice cuts through the relaxing hum that fills the air. “Fulvia! By the gods, you could've gotten me killed! What are you trying to do keeping one of my bodyguards from coming to my aid?” You once more adopt the tone of a pompous ass, slipping into the roll of 'Dux Cyprian'.

Fulvia flickers out of existence, the hum cuts out, and the lights come on. She flickers back into existence a moment later a few feet in front of you, looking much like a child caught doing something they shouldn't. “Commander I'm... sorry for my breach of conduct. I just wanted to make sure she slept peacefu-” You cut her off with a sharp gesture. She's speaking at a breakneck pace like she was when you first busted into this part of the ruin, but you think you've got a better grasp of this sort of Rhynian now that you've been exposed to it. In fact, you feel pretty confident with your Rhynian in general after the last few days.

“Peaceful nothing! I just had to fight off three of those damned defense constructs you lost control of and you kept an invaluable ally out of the fight! Do you know what would have happened if I died? Do you want to be abandoned here alone for another thousand years?” A threatening tone enters your voice towards the end, and you see panic in Fulvia for a moment before she regains control of herself. This thing really is rather believable in simple conversation.

She folds her arms behind her back. “Of course not. I'll seal this section of the hallway and make sure none of the rogue constructs can reach this part of the ruin. Call for me if you have any further questions or request.” She vanishes again before you can get a word off.
(1/2)

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Fortunately the shouting seems to have woken Chryssa, sparing you the effort. “What was that about? What did the ghost woman do?” Ghost woman? You doubt she's a ghost. A projection, more likely. You think you might collapse soon if you don't get some sleep or meditate but you might owe Chryssa an explanation. Profectus has probably already passed out after all.

>Tell her to help you pack up/loot. There should be another exit besides past the generator.
>Call for Fulvia and ask her to escort you to somewhere safe. You can rest and get back at it
>Write-in

>>30658281
Forgot my image.

>>30658314
>>Call for Fulvia and ask her to escort you to somewhere safe. You can rest and get back at it

we really need to rest

>>30658314
>>Call for Fulvia and ask her to escort you to somewhere safe. You can rest and get back at it

>>30658314
>Call for Fulvia and ask her to escort you to somewhere safe. You can rest and get back at it
Have we had a chance to eat yet? I remember that's something we wanted to do.

>>30658340
lets meditate, also it looks like the AI is lonely as hell.so she really was cryingwhat if she is acting stupid on purpose.

>>30658314
Explain to Chryssa then sleep in the bed

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>>30658314

I feel sad for Fulvia now.

>>30658371
we asked her to send us some food, but we meditated first, she should have it ready.

>Insane, Child-Like AI
>Rogue murderbots
>Who the fuck knows what other shit
>People want to stick around.

Guys, this seems like a bad idea. Just sayin'.

>>30658385
>>30658340
I prefer we meditate, QM confirmed that we won't be facing any negative effects for couple more days.

>>30658423
Woah, looting an untouched ruin is dangerous? Whodathunkit?

We're here to loot, not be safe. If we didn't want the threat of mortal danger that comes with stupid riches we would've been a teacher.

>>30658340
>>30658359
>>30658371
>Call Fulvia

>>30658382
>>30658385
>Stay here and rest/meditate

Writin' for Call Fulvia. I'll assume you eat what's left of your food and loot the treasury before you move out.

>>30658423
we knew about the robots since the start, it is why we wanted to get a room, but it is our fault for thinking the AI would stop them from comming over to our side.

>>30658423
If we just be careful and clean the rest of that shit out. We got ourselves a solid base of operations.

>>30658314
>Write-in
Pass out on the bed

>>30658527
Oh i thought the call Fulvia was the option that let us stay and meditate.

>>30658554
Well, you'll stay in the ruin but she'll take you to a different part of the ruin.

>>30658545
After we're done with it, it'll be even less secure then it was. I don't know if I want to invest in making this place safe just to have a cool base. To any other Vatis, we'd basically be building a juicy dungeon for them to loot because such a thing can't really be kept a secret.

You're listing pretty severely to one side, and you force yourself up to prevent tipping over. “Constructs busted into the room. Profectus and I killed them.” You give her the annotated version, you can get into a bit more depth later if she's interested. Fortunately she seems to pick up that you're absolutely exhausted and doesn't nag you for any more info. You wait for her to get out of bed, pull on her shawl, and grab her weapons before asking her to help you into the treasury. You'll be damned if you leave without the cash.
>New Wealth: 3514 silver, Extremely Wealthy, nothing is out of your price range.

After you've cleaned out the treasury you sit down and eat what's left of the meal that servant construct brought you yesterday. You wonder what it looked like, and if you could use them somehow to help you. Might be able to help you out in a fight, maybe. Then again servant doesn't really imply it's armed. At least the food is okay, even if it's cold. Its some kind of flatbread with cheese and meat on it. How they managed to preserve it for this long you'll never know.

Finally, you look through the ruined remains of the desk and don't find much. An old encoded letter and a few scraps of torn cloth are about it.

The room thoroughly gone over, you tell Chryssa to sling Profectus over her shoulder, since he seems to have fallen asleep, and call out in a clear voice. “Fulvia! I need your help.” It isn't a moment later that the woman shimmers into existence in front of you. “Do you know anywhere else we'd be safe? The Commander's Quarters are compromised.”

(1/2)

She reaches up to rub her chin. That seems like something of a useless gesture for a projected image, but you suppose it makes her more realistic. “Well, the Armory has thick metal doors you could seal behind you. Nothing would be able to get inside there, not even the most powerful of the defense constructs. However, there seem to be enemies inside. Just one or two small constructs. Nothing too difficult. There is also the kitchen storage. It's got a metal door, though it's not reinforced like the Armory door. No enemies in there though. Finally, I'd say the barracks would offer a modicum of protection, since it was designed to be easily defensible. I don't have sensors in the barracks though.”

>Armory
>Barracks
>Kitchen Storage

>>30658841
>>Barracks

>>30658841
>Kitchen Storage
Meditate/steal every thing and then move in towards the
>Armory

>>30658841
>Kitchen Storage
We don't need to stay safe for long and we're not really up for a fight right now.

>>30658901
second

>>30658901
>>30658907
>>30658957
>Kitchen storage first
Writin'

>>30658841
we are taking the letter with us right?
Also see if we can figure it, if not then meditate ,and get our friends to try.

>>30659031
Yup, already added the encoded letter to your inventory.

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You think about it for a moment, and decide to go with the safe option. For now, at least. “Escort us to kitchen storage. I can rest there and then retake the Armory. From there, we can eliminate any further threats to my control over the facility.” You nod, with that, and Fulvia flickers again, reappearing by the door. You hobble your way after her while Chryssa hauls Profectus.

On the way, you note that all doors you don't need to access are sealed shut. Seems she took her mistake to heart, at least. You still don't know how much you can trust her. Is she just lonely, or has she lost it after a thousand years of solitude? The last thing you want is some insane intelligent construct cutting off ventilation to your room to protect you, or something like that.

It doesn't take long to reach the kitchen and, surprisingly, this part of the ruin isn't abandoned. Tiny little robots zip about, performing maintenance. They're only about two feet tall, and their eyes are large. They glow softly with energy and they stomp about on stubby little legs. They're actually... kinda cute. Then again, maybe exhaustion is starting to get to you. Fulvia gestures to the storage room door, a thick metal door with a heavy handle, and you tug it open. Inside it is depressingly empty. Only a few stacks of those frozen flatbread things in boxes and a couple of crates. It'll do for now though.

>Get comfortable and meditate.
>Sleep on the floor, better than nothing.
>Write-in

>>30659213
>>Get comfortable and meditate.

>>30659213
>>Sleep on the floor, better than nothing.

>>30659213
>Get comfortable and meditate.
No real reason to sleep, also lets try mastering Water.

>>30659213
>>Get comfortable and meditate.

we need to retake and loot the armory asap

>>30659274
Well, sleeping and meditating take about the same amount of time. You're slightly more aware of the world around you when you meditate. The only difference is that you can try to increase your understanding of magic when you meditate, and you can't when you sleep.

>Meditate
Writin'

Oh, actually. While I write.
>Water
>Fire

>>30659438
Water

>>30659438
Water

>>30659438
Water.

Do we need to go through Vatis and Expert levels to reach Master or is a sufficiently high insight roll enough?

Alright, for Water I assume you want the extreme meditation for the biggest bonus? Cumulative, it'll be a +12.

You can go ahead and roll those dice assuming no dissent. 3d10+12

Let's not forget to refreeze the dog thing before taking the armory.

Rather not face him while low on vys

Rolled 6, 7, 6 + 12 = 31

>>30659519

>>30659518
You're already at Expert level, but yeah you need to hit every step before advancing to the next one. In fact, a success here will only put you half of the way towards master rank. It'll take a second success to push you over the edge.

Rolled 6, 5, 2 + 12 = 25

>>30659519

Rolled 10, 9, 1 + 12 = 32

>>30659519

Rolled 1, 5, 7 + 12 = 25

>>30659519

Rolled 5, 6, 5 + 12 = 28

>>30659519

>>30659587
>>30659538
Finally, now we need to succeed 1 more time.

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>>30659538
>>30659564
>>30659587
>31, 25, 32 vs 30
>Regular Success!
Writin'

You curl up on the floor at the back and try to focus yourself. It's not hard, exhausted as you are. “Keep watch, I'm going to try to restore my reserves of energy. Profectus should wake up soon.” You've no way of knowing that, but you can't imagine hell be passed out for long. Assuming his arm functions on the same principal as spells and he passed out after only three gouts of flame, his vys pool can't be that large.

You're frustrated by how close you came to having a breakthrough with water magic, so you think you'll try again. You're sure that this time you'll have a revelation, and you could certainly use one. You drag your knife across your forearms and slow the blood before it can begin to pour from the wounds, settling in for the long process of gathering vys to yourself before starting the actual meditation.
>Vys: (14/14)

As you start to knit the wound back together, you lose focus. At first, you're worried you're about to get pulled out of the meditation by some outside force before you can properly meditate. Instead, you find that your inattentive mind picks up most of the work for you. Flesh, muscle, and nerves knit themselves back together simultaneously without you needing to micromanage. It all just clicked, making it much easier to heal the deep gashes in your arm.

You've realized that water magic in general needs to click. It shouldn't be a laborious process, it should just come as naturally to you as breathing or flexing a muscle.
>Congratulations! You're half the way to Master level with Water Magic
>Congratulations! You're now capable of healing larger wounds at the cost of less vys. The other benefits of being a Master Water Vatis will come with your next success.
(1/2)

You snap out of the meditative trance with that revelation, and inspect your arms. They've healed over cleanly, not a mark or scar to indicate that there once was a wound there. Chryssa and Profectus are watching you, somewhat unsettled you think. “I'm not going to be able to get used to you cutting yourself like that. It's weird, man.” Profectus comments. You note that he looks much better than when you fled the Commander's Quarters.

“You're one to talk, considering your arm is made of molten rock and stone.” You shoot back, while pushing yourself up. You note that the shallow burns on your neck and face caused by that fireball you caught in the side have also healed. “Now then...”

>”Lets head to the armory.”
>”Lets get out of here.”
>Write-in

(Brief intermission while OP runs for food. Shit's actually open now that snow has started to melt.)

>>30659826
>>”Lets head to the armory.”

Hey, a guy's gotta loot.

>>30659826
>>”Lets head to the armory.”

>>30659826
>>>”Lets head to the armory.”

>>30659826
>”Lets head to the armory.”
I say after checking out this and the barracks that we do a quick once over over the whole place.
Also, can we heal our scar better?

>>Armory
you can never have enough loots

>>30659826
>>”Lets head to the armory.”
Can we refreeze the dog before it completely unfreezes?

>>30659886
How about we ask the A. I. where and what and what condition the threats are in?

>>30659914
Seconding

>>30659914
It's helpless, we could just destroy it with Chryssa.

>>30659967
We wouldn't need Chryssa

>>30659981
I'd prefer her suplexing it to pieces then having Profectus slag it with fire.
We don't need to keep it frozen when we could just as well destroy it is all I was trying to say..

>>30660063
We could break it ourselves.

Or we could ask A.I. If we could reprogram it.

Aaand back.

Looks like we're heading to the armory! Writin'

>>30660110
see if the AI can reprogram the dog.

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>>30660110
Found a ruin pic if your still looking for them

>>30660195
Always looking for more pictures.

“Lets go to the armory. The sooner we loot this place, the sooner we can get out of here. Plus, it might have something to help us take out the rest of these bastards. How long was I out?” Chryssa speaks up promptly. “About six hours.” Well, shit. That's quite a bit longer than you wanted to be out. Still, that dog construct should still be stuck in that block of ice pretty firmly. It should take at least a day to melt.

You push the kitchen storage door open, and your companions white behind you. Chryssa with bow at the ready, and Profectus with his arm held by his side. Fortunately, as the door swings open you find the kitchen empty. Not even the little servant robots are dashing about maintaining the kitchen equipment anymore. You call out in a clear voice. “Fulvia! I need to see you.”

Not a moment later she flickers into existence in front of you. “I'm glad to see you've awoken. Those intruders managed to bypass the generator field by building a bridge, but fortunately they still have no way of opening the maintenance door that leads to this part of the facility. It's firmly within the range of the protective field.” Well, that's somewhat concerning but not overly so. Still, it's probably only a matter of time until they figure out how to open the door without getting killed.

“I'd like you to lead me to the armory. It's vital we reclaim it before moving on to clear out the rest of the facility.” Fulvia nods, and flickers again to reappear by the kitchen door. “This way, Dux. The armory is near the western entrance.”

(1/2)

You follow Fulvia through the ruin, once more finding the doors you don't need to use sealed wherever you go. Just how many of those defense bots are there, that the entire facility needs to be shut down just so you can walk through the halls safely? Can they not be contained to one or two areas?

Eventually, you reach a large steel door. It's about two meters tall and if you had to guess just by looking at it probably a few feet thick. The symbol of the Rhynian Empire is stamped proudly into the metal, seemingly untouched by wear. Fulvia speaks up again. “There are two small constructs inside, trapped. They're fragile, but they have powerful weaponry so be careful.”

>Charge in, try to bull rush the constructs
>Open the door and proceed cautiously, try to surprise them.
>Open the door and wait for them, maybe you can take them out without needing to risk an ambush.
>Write-in.

>>30660574
>>Open the door and proceed cautiously, try to surprise them.
God, more fucking constructs.

>>30660574
>>>Open the door and proceed cautiously, try to surprise them.

>>30660574
>Charge in, try to bull rush the constructs
Fragile. The safest way to fight them is to break them before they can fight.

>>30660574
can we ask her to reprogram a Robot, and also release the murder bots once intruders come in?

>>30660574
>>Open the door and proceed cautiously, try to surprise them.

Let's see if we can get the drop on them.

>Proceed Cautiously.
Writin'

>>30660637
Two things. She can't control them, so asking her if she can tell us how to control them is stupid; and we're an asshole but not evil, so we won't be murdering adventurers for doing exactly what we are.

>>30660759
We could always ask her if there's a control room and or kill switch for the holy machines of the god Emp- I mean constructs

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You press your hand against the scanner, and Fulvia vanishes in an instant as the doors start to slide open. Surprisingly, they don't squeal or grind as you'd expected. In fact they silently slide into the walls, revealing row upon row of empty rack and abandoned armor stand. Well, that's something of an exaggeration. You see a few short swords, some stock Rhynian mail armor, not the plated Centurion armor you have. Better than nothing, of course, but not special or all that valuable. A handful of spears scattered around in stands, most of them much too long to be practical, you'd think. Perhaps a more detailed search would yield more valuable finds.

Two small constructs patrol the racks. They both remind you vaguely of chimps. Not as bulky as their apeish brethren, but probably more agile. Well, if not for the massive racks of tubes lining their backs. You've no idea what on earth those might be used for. They're a little less than a meter tall and both of them very deteriorated, though it's hard to pick out specifics from this distance.

>Combat Initiated!
>The enemy does not know you're there. These constructs seem pretty unaware.!

>Try to sneak up on them, ambush them.
>Waltz right up, you're already standing right in front of them and they're not reacting.
>Try to clear out anything valuable before the fighting starts, don't want to damage it after all.

(Roll 3d10 regardles)

Rolled 4, 4, 4 = 12

>>30660997

Rolled 4, 10, 1 = 15

>>30660997
>>Try to clear out anything valuable before the fighting starts, don't want to damage it after all.

Rolled 2, 6, 6 = 14

>>30660997
>>Try to sneak up on them, ambush them.

>>30660997
>>Try to sneak up on them, ambush them

Rolled 8, 5, 7 - 4 = 16

>>30661004
>>30661029
>>30661041

>>30660997
Ask the A.I if these machines are rouge

>>30660997
>>Try to sneak up on them, ambush them
Lead with Poison.

Rolled 3, 2, 9 = 14

>>30660997
>>Try to sneak up on them, ambush them.
>>Try to clear out anything valuable before the fighting starts, don't want to damage it after all.
we spread out and do an ambush, but at the same time keep an eye out for valuables.
>>30661069
spend 3 Vys.

>>30661071
She said she lost all control of all defense constructs.

Rolled 4, 2, 5 = 11

>>30660997
>>Try to sneak up on them, ambush them.

spend 3 if needed

>>30661071
All of the defense constructs are rogue.

>>30661004
>>30661029
>>30661041
>12, 15, 14 vs 16
Man, these dice today. They're trying to screw your plans up at every turn.

3 vys to make it a success. Spending seems popular.

>>30661069
Make it a regular success

>>30661110
Spend

Rolled 7, 9, 4 = 20

>>30661110
yup.

Alright, writin'

You crouch low and your companions follow suit. The three of you try to stealthily sneak through the empty racks up to the two constructs, but for a moment it seems like it just wasn't meant to be. Profectus' stone arm bumps into a wooden armor rack and he doesn't notice in time to prevent the rack from tipping over. It's only by your interference, channeling vys to enhance your strength and your reaction time, that you manage to catch it before it hits the ground.
>Vys: (11/14)

Fortunately after that he's more careful. You manage to get within attacking distance of the two constructs fairly easily. Chryssa stayed further back with an arrows nocked while you and Profectus are on the forefront, watching the tow constructs patrol. Your companions will attack on your signal, but you need to decide how you're going to do this...

>Try to figure out how they move their limbs, maybe you can hamstring them?
>Try to prevent it from using those tubes on its back, whatever they are. An up close fire spell should do the trick. (1 vys)
>These don't seem as smart as those constructs that attacked you early. Maybe you just need to push it over and it will be stuck?
>You don't detect much Vys in these things, but maybe that just means they're more susceptible to poisoning? (1 Vys)
>Write-in

>>30661281
>>You don't detect much Vys in these things, but maybe that just means they're more susceptible to poisoning? (1 Vys)

They have to be operating on some sort of power source and it's probably vys based. There's not much because they're weak I guess.

>>30661281
>>You don't detect much Vys in these things, but maybe that just means they're more susceptible to poisoning? (1 Vys)