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You stare at the piece of bloody cheek flesh, the scar depicting your brand taking up most of it. You think, for a brief moment, about bringing it with you. After all, it would be a great souvenir. You tamp that initial urge down, instead opting for the slightly saner option. “What? No! Just toss it on the fire. Why would I want to carry around a severed piece of my cheek?” Chryssa shrugs her shoulders, tossing the piece of skin on the fire. “I don't know, but you don't always make what I would call obvious decisions Mikhael.”

The scent of charring meat filling the clearing, Chryssa retreats to her tent. You worry, briefly, about the smell attracting predators. Fulvia is keeping watch, but you're still a little wary. In the end you decide there isn't really much you can do about it and assume a meditation pose, thinking back to what that book said about meditating on leeching. It had incrusted you to really focus on the process by which you fill your reserves at the beginning of each meditation, and then essentially try to externalize and focus the same process.

As you slip into your trance, you almost start drawing ambient energy into yourself reflexively. You've done it at the start of almost every meditation session you've participated in over the last thirteen years, it's a pretty strong habit by this point. Fortunately you manage to stop your initial, almost unconscious, draw on the energy of the world around you. Instead you very deliberately and carefully hollow yourself out, creating a void for the energy of the world around you to flow into. You don't really see how one would go about directing this phenomena, but you suppose you'll just have to try.
>Vys Pool: (25/25)
(1/2)

As you finish filling your reserves, you turn your inner eye to the world around you. There are plenty of plants for you to drain vys from, though none of them a particularly rich in energy. You could always drain vys from one of your companions, though that would probably be rather rude. The guar would also make for acceptable targets, though they may die if you draw too much.

>Drain the plants
>Drain the guar
>Drain Chryssa
>Drain Profectus

Roll 3d10+2 vs DC 20 regardless of choice.

Rolled 1, 5, 2 + 2 = 10

>>31476527
>>Drain the plants
I dont feel like weakening our own people,

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Rolled 3, 5, 6 + 2 = 16

>>31476527
>Drain the plants

Rolled 8, 4, 6 + 2 = 20

>>31476527
we need the guar, might not want to drain them until we have access to new ones
draining chryssa or profectus will make them weaker

>>Drain the plants

>>31476603
Why do the dice gods forsake me? why?

>>31476627
>>31476616
>>31476603
>10, 16, 20 vs DC 20
>Failure!

Spend 4 vys to make it a success?
>Y
>N

>>31476657
>Y

>>31476657
y

>>31476657
Y

>>31476657
Y

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>>31476657
Y

hey Soma, I made an alternate version of your map, feel free to use it as you want!

(text less and landmark less version following, for easier edition if you care

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>>31476894

>>31476871
>>31476894
This looks good, nice job anon

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>>31476871
>>31476894
>>31476922
Oh my goodness, Anon. You've made my night.

>>31476894
>>31476871
>>31476922
Aren't the islands in the north supposfd to be frozen?

>>31476657
Y

>>31476955
Nope, tropical. The continent you're on would be in the southern hemisphere, so the islands are roughly equatorial.

>>31476936
Soma does this setting have different types of currency besides the generic gold and silver pieces?

>>31476871
>>31476894
>>31476922
What did u use for the map design? Ive been trying to find a good one so i can make some maps for a friends dm at school. Majority of the places ive found only do a hex map grid

>>31476993
Yup, the only reason this region and your homeland use gold and silver is because the Rhynian Empire used gold and silver. Outside of the Successor States and your homeland, the world is mostly a barter economy or what they consider currency wouldn't be recognizable to you.

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>>31476926
>>31476936
>>31476955

Thanks! I really love this quest, so I'm happy to give a bit back.

>>31476998
It's made by hand with a tablet on manga studio. I tried to made a 1:1 copy of Soma map, so I didn't disturb anything. As for inspiration, I mainly used pic related, wich is kind of my end goal in map making.

>>31476480
Woo!

Finally getting to join in after spending 2 days catching up.

You try a few things before making any real progress. You try hollowing yourself out in just such a way that you'd draw vys from one particular direction. You try surrounding the hollowed out core in a 'shell' of vys save one hole. You try pushing vys into the hollow while at the same time forcing it out. Nothing really works, but then an idea springs to mind. What if you extended a tendril of energy towards the plants, and then hollowed that out instead of yourself? The vys from the plant would flood into the tendril to fill the gap. Sort of like a mosquito in a lot of ways.

Your first attempts at this... don't go well. You reach out towards a blade of grass, and then lose focus and the tendril dissipates. You actually manage to connect to a blade of grass, but when you hollow out the tendril it just collapses on itself. In the end it takes four tries before you're finally successful. A tendril writhes its way out of the core of your being and latches itself to a blade of grass. Carefully, you hollow out the center of the tendril and just a trickle of vys flows into the gap you created from the blade of grass. You try to expand the hollow core of the tendril to bring in more energy, but as you do so the blade of grass withers, wilts, and dies in short order. You retract the tendril, confident that you've mastered leeching but not particularly enriched by the energy drained.
>Vys Pool: (21/25)

Your eyes snap open as you conclude your meditation. Profectus is busying himself folding up his little woven grass hammock and trying to shove it into his bag. Chryssa has a pot of some sort of thick stew cooking over the fire. The clearing, you note, has grown by several feet in diameter since you started meditating, and your guar are crouched contentedly together. Fulvia is waiting patiently at the edge of the clearing, presumably for everyone to finish packing and mount up.

>Grab some quick breakfast.
>Get the guar up, watered, and ready to travel.
>Write-in

>>31477182
>>Grab some quick breakfast.

>>31477182
>Get the guar up, watered, and ready to travel.

Let's get going, we can eat some jerky on the guar if we need to.

>>31477182
>>Grab some quick breakfast.

Was there bounties for hunting banished? Because if there were we could have collected a bounty on our-self.

>>31477182
>Grab some quick breakfast.

>>31477270
They probably need someone to id the body.

>>31477182
>Grab some quick breakfast.

>Gotta get some eats.
Writin'

>>31477270
There are pretty hefty bounties on Banished who reenter Pidjata, but one typically needs either to bring the guards to the body or bring the body to the guards in order to claim the reward.

>>31477270
not sure there any bounties. if they wanted them that dead, they would kill them in the first place.

>>31477375
>>31477357
Well that would have been a simple fix
>kill someone
>cut off their cheek
>heal our cheek on
>kill them
>find guards
>roll bluff
>PROFIT!

Now that I actually typed that out it sounds like it would have ended horribly.

>>31477420
unless we found someone that looked like our twin, that would be a hell of a bluff

not to mention the scaring from healing our cheek onto them

>>31477270
Speaking of: Should we really enter the temple when it's obvious we cut the brand off our face?

We should wait until we can heal it. (If possible)

P.S. We so should have sorted out the fire a couple threads ago.
Guarantee people died in that blaze.

>>31477510
The brands don't have our names on them, I meant just as a general banished

>>31477523
ok, no twin, but healing scar would still be there

My laptop got requisition by the tech priest of Brooklyn and I don't have a charger for my Tab. So at most there's only going to be 4 pics this thread

>>31477520
well to heal it completely, we need to be grandmaster. to be grandmaster we need to do research. we go to the temple to do these researches.

so yeah.

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>>31477711

You push yourself up, shaking out your legs and rolling your shoulders. You've got a long day ahead of you, and a little breakfast seems to be in order. You take a seat at the camp fire and peek into the pot of bubbling stew. You smell some of that jerky, and see a few chunks of bread floating about inside. A few vegetables here and there as well. “What did you make this morning?”

Chryssa shrugs. “As Profectus had termed it, 'Wish Stew'. I threw some stuff together and wished it tasted good.” She ladles you out a bowl, and you take it gratefully. As you're about to take a bite she interrupts. “You know, our water supplies are running low. We didn't have time to stock up before fleeing the city. Do you think we should find a spring or a river before entering the desert?” You materialize a cup of ice in front of her, she jumps, but grabs it before it has a chance to fall to the ground. You fill her cup with water.

“I think we have it covered, it's arid in Pidjata but not to such an extent that I would be unable to sustain the-” You glance at the guar and your companions. “-I guess, seven of us. Counting the guar, and not counting Fulvia. Really more like five, since the guar don't drink much.” She nods, and eyes her cup of ice cold water suspiciously for a moment, as if she expects it to vanish at any given moment. Just to mess with her, you decide to make her worries come true. As she raises the cup to her lips, the water dissipates into thin air. She shoots you a glare when she realizes what you've done. “Is now really the time for pranks?” You grin and fill her cup once more. “Yes, not like we have any pressing concerns after all.”
(1/2)

After that you focus on your meal. Profectus eventually joins the two of you around the campfire and Chryssa ladles him out a bowl, while you produce a cup of water for him to drink. The three of you end up going through about half of the pot, the rest Chryssa seals up with a metal lid of some sort and stores in her pack. You get up and rouse the guar from their slumber, briefly watering the four animals before mounting up. Your companions follow suit, and so the party sets off.

What will you read to kill time today?
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (5/25 Chapters Read)
>Ritual Book of Surya (3/16 Chapters Read)
>How Earth Vatis Built the Rhynian Empire (Unread)
>On Empire: The Rise of Civilization (Unread)
>Excidium (Unread)
>Abusing Metaphysics (Unread)
>Breaking the Ninth Barrier: Fire Magic and You (Unread)
>Utility Effects (Unread)
>Enhanced Interrogation (Unread)

Oh, and I nearly forgot.
>Vys Pool: (22/26)

>>31477768
>Abusing Metaphysics (Unread)

>>31477768
>Excidium

>>31477768
>>On Empire: The Rise of Civilization (Unread)

>>31477768
>Enhanced Interrogation (Unread)
>Utility Effects (Unread)

Either confuse from utility effects or hallucinate from interrogation will be of great help for going undetected in Pidjata. Let's get those mist illusions and mirages going.

>>31477845
2nd

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>>31477738

>>31477768
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (5/25 Chapters Read)
We need to hurry up and learn manipulate so we can counter spells.

>>31477768
>>Excidium (Unread)

>>31477768
>Abusing Metaphysics (Unread)

Hey guys let's try the grass growing idea.

>>31477797
>>31477932
>Abusing Metaphysics

>>31477819
>>31477924
>Excidium

>>31477845
>>31477878
>Utility Effects
Confuse would be the effect you're looking for, hallucinate would not be at all subtle.

I'll do this final destination style.
Vote
>1
for Abusing Metaphysics

Vote
>2
for Excidium

Vote
>3
for Utility Effects.

>>31478000
1

>>31477768
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (5/25 Chapters Read)

I think that this is an easy Vys increase since effects seem easier to learn than metamagic. I'd rather go with something safer

>>31478000
3

>>31478000
2

>>31478000
1

>>31478000
1

>>31478000
1

>>31478000
>3

>>31478000
2

>>31478000
2

>>31478000
1

>>31478000
2

so no one wants to make going huh

>>31477420
They would see our cheek right now and know what happened.

>>31478009
>>31478037
>>31478047
>>31478054
>>31478084
>Abusing Metaphysics

>>31478072
>>31478070
>>31478015
>>31478093
>Excidium

>>31478014
>Utility Effects

Calling the vote, and writing. Utility effects it is.

I'll probably go grab some dinner either after this post or the next.

>>31478096
Golems(Damon auto correct)

>>31477520
It may be abandonded like the fire temple was

>>31478000
1

>>31478119
so I'm guessing that the single utility affect anon can suck good dick.

>>31478130
I do but the Abusing Metamagi book sounds like its something that helps with understanding all meta magics more

>>31478137
It probably isn't since Soma dropped a hint there may be some trading opportunities there.

>>31478174
Oh holy shit, I didn't even realize I typed Utility Effects. I blame lack of sleep.

Meant, and have been writing for, Abusing Metaphysics.

Roll 3d10+2 for perception

Rolled 5, 3, 5 + 2 = 15

>>31478477

>>31478477
Ruselord?

Rolled 2, 5, 3 + 2 = 12

>>31478477

>>31478498
>>31478503
Severe Failure!

Rolled 10, 3, 9 + 2 = 24

>>31478477

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>>31478498
>>31478503
>>31478527

>>31478503
>>31478498
You guys actually fell for that?

>>31478158
i'm late but it won anyway.

For some reason i really want an Airship.

Maybe we should steal one from Aleamond? if they have them. Or have one commissioned. Ot build one ourself.

I recommend the last one, spend a few months training under some mechanic in Aleamond and build a ship powered by magic (hard because it's illegal there). Allows for maximum customization.

>>31478477
SQ is spreading

>>31478544

We want an airship because as I stated a couple of times before, I reckon Soma has floating islands/castles somewhere...

>>31478544
>>31478578

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>>31478477
>>31478498

>>31478518
heh

>>31478578
Also is removes the "no base" thing that comes with exploring.

>>31478572
I appear in many quests. SQ, BQ, DAQ, AEQ similar to some other quest participants I believe.

>>31478578
>>31478544

I kinda want an airship too, pimp it out with all the cool shit we buy steal and rob. The Nemesis in SQ awoke the sky-pirate in me.

>>31478627
>>31478578
>>31478544
We do have blueprints for a generator.

>>31478695
>DAQ, AEQ
?

>>31478698
>>31478714
Now we just need to create a Dynamo. And install Fulvia as well.

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>>31477888

>>31478734
Deniable Assets Quest and Aspirational Emperor Quest

Ruseman has very good taste, I'm a big fan of the former

You pull out that Rhynian book with the odd title, Abusing Metaphysics as if They Were Your Serving Girls. You wonder absentmindedly whether or not you'll need to have extensive knowledge of abusing serving girls to understand this book. You certainly hope not, you've never even had serving girls. Your Master was certainly wealthy enough to afford a few maids, but he always said something about being unable to find willing hires after 'the pincer incident'. In thirteen years of studying under him, you never learned what the 'pincer incident' actually was.

You crack the book open once the four of you are back on the road and settle in to read. The first few introductory pages are a long disclaimer about how the book is inappropriate for women and young children, which puts you slightly on edge. Surely the title is just an attention grabber, right? This author isn't going to actually explain the laws that govern magic and how to abuse them through the lens of molesting slaves... right?

Wrong. As you get into the actual book itself you find that at every opportunity, the author describes magic as a sultry young maiden who needs to be taught her place in the world. It borders on erotic literature, frankly. You're slightly uncomfortable reading this with your companions present. You'd probably just set it aside for later, if the knowledge contained within didn't seem so useful. Once you puzzle out how to interpret all the sexual puns, metaphors, and similes you feel that you're really learning better ways to meditate on metamagic, even though you're only a few chapters in.
(1/2 or 3)

>>31478765
Never heard of Deniable assest quest.

But i've heard Aspirational Emperor Quest was great (and kinda like A.I. Quest) and it's on my list

For instance, the author suggest to young Vatis that they weaken what he terms the 'thin sheet of cloth separating you from the flesh hidden behind'. He goes on to explain what he means by this. That the barrier between some ambiguous realm from which all magic originates and this world is thin, and that with the proper precautions one can weaken that barrier. You scan through the pages for any explanation of what this 'magical realm' might be like, though he never offers any sort of explanation. He briefly posits that it is the realm which the gods call home, and our own is merely a shadow of its glory. Unfortunately you can't find anything beyond that brief blurb.

In order to weaken the barrier, according to the author, one must... wrestle serving girl of metaphysics in the mud of reality. You can't help but cringe a little at some of this imagery, this author really would've been better served just explaining the concepts he's detailing plainly instead of trying to make everything some sort of dirty joke. That aside, assuming your interpretation of this author's suggestions is correct then one must only poison the ambient energy around themselves to weaken the fabric of reality. Sounds simple enough on paper, but the author mentions that it took him weeks of meditation to fully grasp the concept and put it into effect. He suggest a few shortcuts for those disinclined to poisoning reality, namely meditating adjacent a Rhynian generator, or in the presence of obscenely powerful magical artifacts.
(2/3)

>>31478821
DAQ is definitely in the top 3 quests on the board.

>>31478845
Out of curiousity, which are your top 3?

Just wondering...

Your reading is interrupted by the sound of shouting and the clash of metal against metal. It's distant, carrying over the air only faintly. Your best guest is that it comes from the entrance to the pass that looms ominously ahead of you, the passage from this region into Pidjata.

>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.
>Wait it out just until the fighting stops, the winner will probably be weakened and hopefully won't hassle you.
>Wait until you're absolutely certain the pass up ahead is abandoned, and then proceed.
>Write-in

>>31478815
I fucking love these crazy ass old Vatis.

We need a semiinsane companion somewhere down the line. Maybe the magemechanic who will teach us to build an airship.

>>31478815
These grandmasters are freaking amazing aren't they? Tripping balls all day erryday and creating crazy stuff in order to make more crazy stuff.

>>31478885
>>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.
We can check out what is happening and decide then.

Loot the bandits!!!!!!

>>31478885
>>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.

>>31478885
>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.

Might be able to save someone's ass.

>>31478885
Cautiously check what's up.

>>31478885
>Write-in
Sneak ahead with our cloak and Catch a peek

>>31478885
>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.

>>31478885
>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.

>>31478885
>>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.


Have Chryssa draw her bow and her mask. start sniping people. If they seem like bandits or some shit. We come out richer and possibly find some supplies.

>Onwards! To Victory!
Gonna go grab me some dinner, and then I'll start writin'. Back momentarily.

>>31478885
>>Charge ahead, see what all the fuss is about.

>>31478885
>Write-in
>"Fulvia what does your elf eyes....wait this is not the Middle Earth."
or something like that.

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Posting best character portrait.

Roll 1d20 to see if The Dark Knight Ruses.

>>31479039
Nice character model if we ever become The Samja Archvatis: Lord of the Metamagic

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>>31479039
nah

this is best character portrait

Or it should be what we strive for

>>31479039
too femenine, not tall enough, no scar

Someone posted a better one in another thread before.

>>31479089
Do you think we can use Vys to get super beefed up/mad gainz/swole?

>>31479108
Uno memento
Archive diving don't have the pics on my phone

Back and writin'

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>>31479209
Found 3 of them

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>>31479363

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>>31479363
>>31479387
Which one?
I had more but it'll take some time to find them

mix these
>>31479363
>>31479387

But that wasn't the one i was referring to, gimme a sec

>>31479135
Well it'd be nice if we can make get an easy win and experiment with leech on a live person to get better acustomed to the spell. and if we can't stop it.. well should fill up our mana to full.

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>>31479425

So i imagine Invisible will be an available effect later

>>31479753
Surely we just need to level Ricky until he turns into Erebus and then he can Pocket us and maximum stealth travel to wherever we need to go.

>>31479820
So the guy in our cloak, would hold us in another dimension, would we be wearing the cloak at the time?

“Everyone, get ready for a fight.” Chryssa reaches into her saddlebag and pulls out her mask, putting it on carefully before sliding her bow off her shoulder and nocking an arrow. Profectus grunts as his arm shifts and cracks, heat boiling out of the fissures that form in the dark rock. That really must hurt, certainly seems to from what you've seen so far. “Try not to overexert yourself, Prof. No need to get too troubled by a bunch of bandits, if that's even what we're dealing with here.” He nods his head, but with his jaw clenched shut as it is he can't really respond.

For your part, you pull your spear out of your cloak and heft it in your hands. Mounted as you are, a solid charge and a good hit from your spear should put an end to damn near anything. Once everyone is prepared, you spur your guar into a full sprint towards the mountain pass. The closer you get, the more clearly you can hear the sounds of combat. You even see a jet of flame shoot skyward and here the rush of air that accompanies it. By the time you finally reach the pass, the scene before you is one of slaughter.

The same bandits who extorted you for all your hundreds of gold the last time you used this pass have surrounded a caravan. Perhaps fifteen corpses litter the battlefield, most of them you'd imagine to be guards though a fair number of them bandits. The only reason the fight still rages is because a stone wall has been erected around the caraveneer's wagon, where all the goods are kept. Obviously, the caravan had an Earth vatis on hand who erected the wall as a last ditch effort to buy some time.
(1/2)

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The bandits are trying to either climb or tear down the wall, some of scaling the cliff face to try and find a way to shoot down into the little enclosure, while others are lobbing rocks over the wall. One of the overseers, a man in vatis robes, is trying to weaken the wall with fire magic. You doubt he'll be all that successful, he obviously hasn't been so far. The other overseer, the one you talked to when you previously encountered these bandits, is shouting at the top of his lungs. “Just give us what we want and you can go free! You're surrounded, eventually you'll have to come out!”

In total, you'd say there are about eighteen bandits in all hassling the caravaneer. There may be more hidden out of sight, but you can't be certain. They don't seem to have noticed you yet, so you have the initiative.
>Order your companions to attack.
>Approach the bandit overseer, offer to help him.
>Approach the bandit overseer, bribe him to get him to leave.

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>>31479953

>>31479980
>Order your companions to attack.

Sweet revenge.

>>31479980
>>Order your companions to attack.
We're killing the bandits and taking their shit

>>31479980
>Approach the bandit overseer, offer to help him.
Proceed to betray him after getting close. Fuck these assholes

>>31479980
>Order your companions to attack

>>31479980
>>Order your companions to attack.

>>31479980
>>Order your companions to attack.
Fuck these guys

Can we see any others in Vatis robes?

Water > Fire

and we're a Master

>>31479980
>>Order your companions to attack.
take out fire vatis>archers> rest.
Im sure Chryssa could take out the vatis and a few archers before anyone knows what going on.

>>31479980
Can we try something that I'd been cooking up for a bit? Summon a huge mound of ice in the middle of the biggest pocket and have Prof hit it with full blast. The steam will hopefully cook a bunch of bandits, and with our protective gear and Chryssa's mask, still leave us quite combat effective while at the same time neutering the opposition.

>>31479980
>Order your companions to attack

Shoot the man in vatis robes with our ancient gun.

>>31479980
>>Order your companions to attack.
Time to get our money back, assholes.

>>31479980
>>Order your companions to attack.
REVENGE

>>31480044
>testing out new shit in combat when we don't need to
Nope

>>31479953
>Obviously, the caravan had an Earth vatis
Is that our favorite artifact merchant?
Nah if it was him he'd smash them all with his superior grandmaster earth skills
>>31479980
>Order your companions to attack.
Can we create ice armor for the guars?

>>31480044
Why even use ice at all?

Why not just heat water to as hot as we can heat it and then let him go?

How hot can we heat water with our Water magic alone?

>>31479980
>Order your companions to attack.
Chrissa snipe as much as possible with her bow (starting with the vatis), then go to the melee. prof try to hurl his fireballs to cluster of bandits. fulvia do watever fulvia can.

we use ice shard to pierce as many asshole as possible by surprise.

>Revanche
Writin'

>>31480092
Sadik would have stomped these guys flat.

Remember he's a Grandmaster in Earth and probably Master in several others.

>>31480047
no reason to waste our precious bullets. Have chryssa snipe down the enemies and by the time they get to us we can destroy em since they've been weakened and their last numbers cut.

>>31480102
Is Prof wearing his armor?

Are we?

>>31480093
That sounds like it might take a bit, and the other guys will definitely see it coming or try to counter. Just straight up shoving a shard of ice through the ground and exploding it ought to be much faster.

Could we use metal or earth magic to make new bullets?

>>31480138
Prof is, and I assumed you changed back into your Centurion Armor once you no longer needed the leather for disguise purposes.

>>31480141
We need alchemy for the powder and a mold for metal casting. Metal magic might make it easier. We also need to figure out the powder composition or find a recipe somewhere.

>>31480141
You weren't here when we first got the gun huh?

we'd need to take the shells to a blacksmith and an herbalist, preferably in aleamond, to try and get some new shells commissioned.

>>31480139
Also, if we get lucky, maybe we'll get a nice explosion too! Boom-time at 2:18.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cMmk8LZgQ

>>31480206
>You weren't here when we first got the gun huh?
I vaguely remember something being said about why we should use our shots sparingly since we can't get our hands on more bullets easily.
I don't have the best memory though.
Thanks for explaining/reminding me though.

>>31480171
Any opinion on the exploding Ice/Steam plan?

>>31480288
The blacksmith will have to be highly skilled and probably will need to be familiar with ryhnian artifacts and small mechanics. He will also probably need the sue of Earth and Metal magic.

>>31480292

I like this one best.

>>31480302
It doesn't kill, why even bother?

It also obscures sight

and it would be easier to just summon a big ball of water to turn to steam to make it hotter

>>31480312
Bullets and the casing should be easy enough to manufacture. It's the primer and recipe for gunpowder that will be harder to find.

>>31480372
That is some very small and intricate work to encase the gunpowder without setting it off, as to much pressure will set it off, as will to much heat.

We'll first have to take a shell apart.

>>31480302
frankly, it's seem inefficient in this configuration. we can burn people worst by directly using fire, and we can kill probably more by freezing them or by using ice shard.

on the other hand in closed area, it could be a viable alternative, like a primitive explosion. it could also be interesting as a mean to neutralise but don't kill our target. still would be harder to control than ice, tough.

>>31480481
We could just use Blast + Fire for an explosion.

Or Rang + Paralysis for nonlethal

You look to your companions, and then grin. Revenge is sweet. “Attack.” Chryssa pulls back her nocked arrow and takes aim at the overseer shouting at the caravaneer. You see the lenses in her mask shifting, one sliding out of the eye socket and one beginning to glow softly. You really wonder sometimes just what all that mask does. When she lets the arrow fly, it plants itself dead center in the vatis' upper back. There's a strangled cry as he pitches forward, and before anyone can realize what's happened Fulvia and Profectus strike.

You hear the whine of the generator on Fulvia's back as she causes a spike of metal to spring from the earth, though its intended target manages to jump out of the way just in time. Profectus unleashes a torrent of flame that reduces one of the other archers to ash. The bandits are in a disorganized panic, the remaining overseer doing his best to rally his forces before they suffer anymore losses.

>Your Initiative
>Enemies Remaining: 8 Archers, 7 Spearmen, 1 Overseer Vatis

>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
>Try to immobilize him to make him an easier target, freeze his feet to the ground. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
>Hurl a fireball at the bastard, no need to get fancy. (Ranged Fire: 2 Vys)
>Try to paralyze him, maybe he can lead you to their hideout. (Ranged Paralysis: 2 Vys)
>Take care of him the good old fashioned way, charge!

Roll 3d10 regardless of your choice, modifiers and DC vary.

(Sorry about the delay, got pulled away.)

>>31480302
It could work. It'd probably end up being a lot like a hot water heater exploding.

Rolled 1, 4, 9 = 14

>>31480536

>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)

Rolled 2, 1, 7 = 10

>>31480536
>Try to paralyze him, maybe he can lead you to their hideout. (Ranged Paralysis: 2 Vys)

>>31480536
>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)

>>31480536
>Take care of him the good old fashioned way, charge!
Add ice armor to our guar basically give it frontal protection and a huge horn for charging

Rolled 6, 4, 2 = 12

>>31480536
>>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
>>Try to immobilize him to make him an easier target, freeze his feet to the ground. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
Both

But so these to a grunt
>Try to immobilize him to make him an easier target, freeze his feet to the ground. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
>Try to paralyze him, maybe he can lead you to their hideout. (Ranged Paralysis: 2 Vys)

We can multi task right?

Rolled 4, 5, 7 = 16

>>31480536

Ranged Paralysis

>>31480536
>>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
>>Try to immobilize him to make him an easier target, freeze his feet to the ground. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)


>>31480568
>>31480571
>>31480598
pretty shit, best use Water cause of the massive modifiers

Rolled 5, 9, 5 = 19

>>31480536
>>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)
>>Try to immobilize him to make him an easier target, freeze his feet to the ground. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)

Rolled 7, 6, 2 = 15

>>31480536
>>Try to take out the last remaining vatis, condense spears of ice from the surroundings and hurl them at him. (Ranged Water: 2 Vys)

Rolled 1, 9, 3 = 13

>>31480536

Can we try freeze a solid cube of ice around his head?

>>31480648
>>31480618
little late for the good rolls

>>31480660
What would the DC on this be Soma?

Going with ice spears.

>>31480568
>>31480571
>>31480598
>20, 16, 18 vs DC 22
>Severe Failure!

Spend 6 vys to make it a regular success?
>Y
>N
Your vys pool, if you spend the vys, will be 14/26

>>31480700
Yes, we can leech later if we need to.

>>31480700
Yes

>>31480700
Y

>>31480700
Y

>>31480700
y

>>31480700
Y

>>31480700
So who up for trying to leach a mage bandit?

Rolled 6, 8, 3 = 17

>>31480700
Y

SPICE FOR THE SPICE GOD

>>31480865
i rather wait until we are vatis in metal, i'm willing to use it for an emergency or grandmaster though.

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>>31480865
Stop that never again fuck that spice

>>31480835
we'll use it on a few grunts in a sec.

>>31480418
>That is some very small and intricate work to encase the gunpowder without setting it off

It's not like they're going to be hitting the gunpowder filled casing with hammers. Nor would there be any heat involved when filling the casing with gunpowder. They would just seat the bullet into the casing, probably with some kind of press.

The whole point of gunpowder is that it's relatively stable, and won't go off unless the primer is struck.

>>31480886
In time we shall master the spice, in time.

>>31480865

I bet ten bucks that the spice is secreted by a giant wormlike creature that lives in Pidjata.

>>31480865
nty..
We need to be a decent rank in metal before we suse that shit again.

>>31480865
the spice is precious, we should only use it as a wild card when everything else have fail.

>>31480893
It will mostlikely be created with Metal magic.

And to properly contain the Gunpowder without it exploding or not firing right, you would have to know the exact dimensions in milimeters that the shells are.

>>31480878
I agree we need metal to be in better control but there is no denying its usefulness, we basically played with a high level vatis using it.

>>31480935
Or for training once we have metal

>>31480956
we have the capabilities of a grand master when used.
gave us a lot more vys. But we shouldn't use it again till we can get to at least vatis in metal and then we should use it for meditation instead of fighting again.
* ofcourse if we are about to get raped we take that that coke and sniff a hit after we drink it and go full on god mode and hit 7/10 insane levels*

>>31481053

One thing we should remember next time, if possible, is to remove the brand-scar.

>>31481053
>we have the capabilities of a grand master
Soma confirmed a person a grandmaster of 2-3 elements.

>>31480878
Can you imagine using it once we're at Grandmaster level?

FLOOD FOR THE FLOOD GOD.

"Sorry Hayes, I huffed some more of that spice I'm addicted to and flooded all of Elaudia"

>>31481069
Oh yeah.

Good idea, if we use it before hitting Grandmaster.

>>31480948
It's not going to magically explode if the casing isn't the right size. You would need to use to primer to ignite it.

You condense water from the air into four spears of ice, similar to what your opponent did in your duel to become a Master vatis. Unfortunately, you're not nearly as drunk on power now as you were then. How easy would this fight be, should you only take a little hit of spice? You would be able to dominate these lesser men completely, reduce them to less than nothing, if only you'd take a little hit of spice.

You take a deep breath to clear your head, and send the spears of ice shooting towards their target. He proves surprisingly good at avoiding your attacks, almost dancing around the spears as he makes his way towards the barrier erected around the caravaneer's wagon. A place where he thinks you can't reach. You send the last of your spears hurtling towards him, more forming as it crosses the distance. You think you've finally got him, but a burst of flame quickly reduces the spear to naught but steam.

You send your newly formed spears of ice towards the vatis all at once, and this time he has more trouble with them. He dodges one, blast a few with a jet of flame, and then finally one of your spears of ice finds its mark, stabbing him in the shoulder and knocking him off his footing. Unfortunately, you don't get a chance to deliver the killing blow. His men are getting themselves organized and you have the feeling you may have to worry about dodging some arrows soon.
>Vys Pool: (14/26) You're starting to feel a little drained, but not too badly.

>Enemy Turn
>Enemies Remaining: 8 Archers, 7 Spearmen, 1 Overseer (Wounded)
(1/2)

>>31481159
Pressing gunpowder causes it to explode.

How was the world not destroyed back when the spice was being created and civilization was more advanced?
If we were as strong as a grandmaster of 2-3 elements when huffing, how strong would a real grandmaster of a few elements be after using it?

And now imagine multiple people using it at the same time and duking it out.

You see archers take up position and nock arrows, splitting their fire between the four of you. Three of the eight fire at you, while two shoot at Profectus and two at Chryssa. Only one deems Fulvia enough of a threat to bother shooting at her. The spearmen, for their part, have gotten into formation and are maneuvering to keep you corralled, a few looping around to try and get behind you. You'd rather not attempt to charge, mounted as you are. That could end badly.

The Vatis you wounded raises his hand towards you and a roiling ball of flames forms in his hand. He's casting a fireball, and a big one judging by the looks of it. Being

Pick Two
>Erect a wall of ice in front of you and all of your companions, to block the arrows. (4 vys)
>Erect a wall of wall of ice only in front of yourself, the others are on their own. (1 vys)
>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows.
>Write-in

>Try to shield yourself with your cloak.
>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)
>If you're erecting a wall in front of yourself, hopefully it will stop the fireball as well as the arrows.
>Write-in

Roll 3d10 regardless of choice, modifier and DC vary.

>>31481069
well we no longer have a brand we just have a scar on our cheek now. since we cut off the brand.

I thiought it would have been a cool idea to meditate on our cheek and regrow our cheek cell by cell. improves water, and im sure it would have looks a lot better than just letting it heal.* granted a clean cut heals better than a brand cut. Or so I believe is a good guess.

>>31481195
It was rare as shit and only used by experienced mages who could control themselves.

Rolled 1, 1, 2 = 4

>>31481199
Snuff the fuckers fireball in his hands like described in the water tome

Rolled 7, 4, 4 = 15

>>31481199
>Erect a wall of ice in front of you and all of your companions, to block the arrows.(not yourself, lets let the cloak take the hit) (4 vys)
>>31481199
>Try to shield yourself with your cloak.

>>31481188
Enough pressure, certainly. I would assume they wouldn't fill the casing up to the brim with gunpowder so there's no room for the bullet though.

>>31481199
Have Fulvia make a metal wall in front of all 4 of us. Also, >Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

Rolled 7, 7, 4 = 18

>>31481199
>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows.

>>31481199
>>Erect a wall of ice in front of you and all of your companions, to block the arrows. (4 vys)

Can we do this and then throw it forward to our foes?

>>31481177

It may be a useful trick in the future to carry poison with us, so we can dope our water attacks.

Poison ice spears, poison mists, poisoned ice arrows with added Poison effect... etc

The Poison effect is good, but actual poison is also good.

Rolled 10, 2, 9 = 21

>>31481199
>>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows.
and
>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

they can take it with their armor and chryssas mask

Rolled 4, 9, 8 = 21

>>31481199
>>Try to shield yourself with your cloak.
turn the cloak inside out.
>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows

Rolled 10, 1, 8 = 19

>>31481250
Forgot to roll.

Rolled 4, 10, 7 = 21

>>31481199
>Erect a wall of ice in front of you and all of your companions, to block the arrows

>Write-in
Like >>31481258, can we throw it at our foes?

Rolled 7, 3, 9 = 19

>>31481199
>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows.

>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

>>31481241
>>31481239
>>31481257
>>31481291
fuck him, turn the cloak inside out. absorb his vys for Ricky.

Rolled 6, 7, 4 = 17

>>31481199
>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows.

>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

c'mon guys

This was SPECIFICALLY described as one of the easiest things to possibly do as a water vatis.

7, 4, 4
7. 7. 4
Then three 21s all too late.

I CAN FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME!!!

>>31481199
>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

>>31481199
>Spur Al Gasreed in an attempt at getting out of the way of the arrows.
>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)


>all these poeple not using the technique that was described as the main Water Vatis tactic versus Fire Vatis.

It was in the book guys

>>31481308
and have ricky get punctured by up to 3 arrows

>>31481199
>>Attempt to snuff the fireball out in transit. (1 vys)

>>31481356
Ricky would probably just neatly put them away for us assuming it's urgent.

>>31481241
>>31481258
>>31481280
>Wall of Ice

>>31481315
>>31481291
>>31481273
>>31481268
>>31481257
>Spur Al Gasreed

Snuffing the fireball out in transit seems a pretty clear winner, so that and spur Al Gasreed it is.

>>31481239
>>31481241
>>31481257
>4, 15, 18 vs DC 20 to dodge the arrows
>Severe Failure!
Spend 2 Vys to make it a Regular Failure?
>Y
>N
Vys Pool afterwards will be 11/26

>>31481268
>>31481273
>>31481277
>27, 27, 25 vs DC 18 to snuff out his fireball
>Great Success!

>>31481356
we're dodging the arrows anyhow. Just saying take a fireball to the cloak.
>>31481406
this.

But yeah I believe Ricky is like a rock..super muscular and looks like a big 'ol wall of muscle under his rock skin.

>>31481441
Y

>>31481441
Y

>>31481441
yep

>>31481441
y

>>31481441
Y

>Spend the Vys
Writin'

>>31481504
Wait shouldn't we have gotten +4 to damage avoidance for our armor on those arrows?

>>31481504
this caravan better be fucking stacked with gold. and food for us to take as helping them out. And hopefully we have a survivor we can use to raid their base. For everything they have.

Soma's trip is #UPdown
Don't tell anybody.

>>31481554
Oh shit yeah.

The spear wouldn't affect but the armor definitely would.

>>31481554
Good catch, +5 actually. So that'd put you at 9, 20, 23 which would be a regular success.
Re-writin'

>>31481569
oops

>>31481591
that was close

I still don't understand this desire to use the spice.
Mayb I'm reading into these scenes too much but it seemed like the spice gave the god the oppertunity to reach into our world through us in a way and interact/influence is. Especially after reading the Abusing Metamagic book when the author stated that we draw Vys from the realm of the gods. Maybe what caused the dead god to be imprisoned was that Vatis discovered the spice and it's effects and they kept using it. The spice could weaken or allow somebody to weaken the veil between the realms an the god decided to reach out and influence this Vatis driving them insane causing god like Vatis to wreak havoc. Surya seeing this shit was like nah son fuck that noise and curb stomped the god, banished him and imprisoned him. This caused the spice to stop being produced. Yeah I know this theory seems like shadowruns to the max but still the spice weakening the veil or allowing someone to draw more power out would explain why we get such a massive increase in power.

>>31481597
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

might wanna change it and post the new one from twitter

>>31481597
>>31481569
Fuck.
Alright, new tripcode! Will announce it on twitter to confirm.

>>31481604
Waaaay to many shadowruns.

It's just magic cocaine, the only reason we had the whole god thing was because of that fucking mask

>>31481591
that's great, always enjoy having enough vys to actually do something and not pass out.
>>31481604
which is why we shouldn't be using it any time soon lest we turn insane like Hayes.
more metal training sooner rather than later = good.

>>31481656
If the god who said he's watching us saw that we weaken the veil so much that he can reach out to us why wouldn't he?
Plus look at our personality we had some doubts about killing The Lord at first hell we were put off by killing the girl in the house and the collateral of the fire.
But when we took the spice we had the urges to just tear the man asunder and we didn't even know him.

>>31481782
*put off by the idea of killing the girl to keep her quiet

>>31481782
We were power tripping, it doesn't take a god to get drunk on power and kill someone.

Shit happens all the time in real life.

You spur Al Gasreed, attempting to get out of the way of those arrows soaring towards you. Getting shot is not on your to-do list today. The fireball you're not too concerned about, you snuff it out with a wave of your hand, water coalescing around it and the whole thing going up in a puff of steam. If this keeps up, you'll almost certainly get the best of this vatis. It won't be quick though.
>Vys Pool: (13/26)

Two of the arrows aimed your way sail past harmlessly. The third, which would have been wildly off course had you not attempted to avoid the arrows, strikes you firmly in the side. For a moment you think you've been wounded, but when you glance down you see no arrow. It struck you, but merely snapped against your armor. You can't help but grin somewhat maniacally at the realization that you're right as rain. Chryssa is less lucky, an arrow strikes her in the back just below the shoulder blade as she's riding away, though she doesn't seem to be paying it any mind.

Profectus is similarly lucky, though he's struck twice, both times in the chest, the arrows merely snap against his armor. Fulvia managed to avoid the arrow shot at her entirely, skillfully maneuvering her guar out of harm's way. They went the opposite direction of you and Chryssa, towards the furthest cliff face, probably attempting to shoot between the two formations of spearmen so he they'll have to split their attentions between you and Chryssa and him and Fulvia.
(Options in next post)

>You have the Initiative
>Enemies Remaining: 8 Archers, 7 Spearmen, 1 Overseer (Wounded)

>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)
>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)
>Try to slip around the spearmen so you can engage the archers in melee
>Try to immobilize the enemy vatis with ice. (2 vys)
>Try to paralyze the enemy vatis at range. (2 vys)
>Hurl more spears of ice at the Overseer, worked last time. (2 vys)

Roll 3d10 regardless of choice.

Rolled 5, 1, 8 = 14

>>31482035
>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)

Wow, I'm embarrassed. I thought I set that second post to auto-submit.

Rolled 1, 6, 1 = 8

>>31482035
>>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)

should make the rest of them run away.

>>31482035
>>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)

Rolled 2, 8, 7 = 17

>>31482035
>>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)

Rolled 6, 2, 1 = 9

>>31482035
>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)
Tell Chryssa to focus down the overseer through our brooch

Rolled 7, 7, 4 = 18

>>31482035

>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)

It's a good test of the combination.

>>31482035
>>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)

>>31482035
>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)

>>31482035
>>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)
If you're gonna use the ice plan why not use Water?

Making the H2o that will be steam colder is counter productive.

Rolled 3, 3, 4 = 10

>>31482035
>>Hurl a fireball big enough to reduce four men to ash at the nearest group of spearmen. (3 vys)

Rolled 3, 6, 5 = 14

>>31482035
>>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)

>>31482129
Dude, fire gets snuffed out by flame. On the other hand, fire and ice rapidly oxidize, explode, and sending steaming shards as well as steam all over the place.

>>31482035
>>Create a block of ice in the middle of the biggest grouping of bandits, have Prof strike it with a fire spell. (1 vys)
>>31482129
making a big ass boulder of ice would be cool too.

>>31482193
*send screaming shards as well as boiling steam

Stupid cell-phone.

>>31482035
>>31482096
>>31482084
>>31482081
>>31482080
>>31482162
>>31482202
>Kill them with SCIENCE!

>>31482048
>>31482105
>>31482076
>>31482065
>>31482129
>>31482154
>Kill them with FIRE!

Seems like we're tied still.

Final Destination style it is.

Vote
>1
for Fire

Vote
>2
for Ice

>>31482253

2

>>31482263
Don't count. Remember,

>>Quote
#

Only.

>>31482253
1

>>31482253
2

>>31482270

>2

Sorry

>>31482253
>1

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>>31482285

>>31482253
1

>>31482253
>>2

>>31482253
3