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LET'S FUCK EM UP
Recent Events Summary:As Archmage Yi Fang, you have led your allied forces safely through the enemy's many counterattacks.Sandalphon's spell is failing. Two of the demon lords are dead. The demonic parasite attaching Sir Donovan Flint to the sigil has been killed.Shadow, formerly Erebus, has cloaked the rising sun in a curtain of darkness. As the shade falls over the beaten, smoking valley, you move in to finish off your enemies once and for all.
>>31522816My body is so ready.
ITS HAPPENING
>>31522816IT'S SHADOW TIME!
Ability TreeGREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.All Revealed Ability Descriptions:http://pastebin.com/9QRZs8RGBooks the Main Character has read:http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gPCharacter Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:http://pastebin.com/64VcuCVk
Current Statistics:HP: 76/81Mana: 60/76EXP: 42Shards of Order and Chaos:(Retribution) - Empowered(Maker) - Empowered(Silence) - Strong(Peace) - Empowered(Breeze) - Strong(Hammer) - Strong(Ardor) - Empowered{Resolve} - Strong{Humanity} - Resonant--Summoned--Wisp - 1 mana to order--Automatons--Vita (Shade)--Equipment--Utility belt with purse--Inventory--Shaped Kinetic Ordinance (pocket)Aurora Water Gem (pocket)Shade (pocket)Shadow Dynamo (pocket)Wind Radio (pocket)--Teleport Anchor--Just south of Evinbrook Basin--Current Location--Evinbrook Basin------------------Known Mana Pools:Jacob's Field - entrance to Hecate's tomb - SpiritJacob's Field - Hecate's Chamber - SpiritTarun Gakth - Under Refuge - ShadowPalthair Mines - Magnock's Lair - SpiritArchon - Spirit District - SpiritArchon - Shadow District - ShadowArchon - Earth District - EarthArchon - Water Distric - WaterHaven - ShadowAbbotsford - ShadowAurora - WaterVa'ad - South Generator - EarthVa'ad - North Generator - EarthArland - Dryfeld - WaterKan-Abar - Royal Gardens - Earth
>>31522816BASED YI FANG ILA X FANGTIME TO USE "THAT"
Yi Fang's Character Sheet - http://pastebin.com/qCuap22WCurrent StatusHP: 20/20Mana Barrier: 60/60Mana: 140/140 Summons: 10/153 Reapers3 Flesh GolemsInventory:Heavy Spirit Armor (equipped)Charge Wand (perform one offensive spell for no cost)Mana Potion x 2Enchanted Daggers x 10Spirit Sword (allows physical attack alongside channeling of offensive magic)"That"
I wonder if either the demons or Sandalphon have a Hail Mary in mind?Maybe something involving Geb's parasite?
>>31522816And so, the last ten minutes of Sandlethong's life beginSweet, sweet catharsis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT0xQioJrDU>Last time...You are Yi Fang, and you are bending all of your senses into the sky to try and figure out what in the Nether Shadow is doing up there.But you don't have time, because before you can get a grasp of it, he's heading toward the ground at a tremendous speed. You feel the rolling thunder as he breaks the air in his haste.This is the God of the Night.And then, Shadow's presence is pulling away, and in his place comes, oddly, a huge square of interconnected metal rods, filled to the brim with earth. And then they separate. And then the pieces separate.In a moment, the sky is filled with a meteor storm of of Earthen power.It careens into airships, flying beasts. Each one detonates with the force of an earthquake. The enemy navy is blown out of the sky. The Kanian army is smothered under the hail of magic. Desperate attempts at stemming the tide are simply erased. Hundreds of thousands die in an instant.The roiling aftershock of the blast is heading toward you - a solid wall of wind, dust, and force."Get down!" Wong shouts.And as unceremonious as it might be, you throw yourself onto the grass without hesitation, covering your head with your hands. You're tossed forward slightly as the wall of force blasts over you, carrying a storm of dust and debris. Eventually, the roar fades, and the shaking stops.You clamber to your feet.The dust hangs over the entire battlefield like fog, but your magic helps you see through it.Pockets of Kanians have survived, here and there - demons, mages - but most of them are simply gone, turned into pockmarks that litter the earth. Entire hillsides have been blasted away. The remains of the Painted Sword are gone.Sandalphon is still alive.>con't
>>31522894I'm betting the two Demon Lords will attempt to use all the souls we just freed for some crazy blood magic bullshit.
Unbelievable. With time to react, the rat managed to shield himself and Matthel. The crackling, breaking remains of the sigil are still there, still spinning - but for how long, you couldn't say.You hear a shriek. Something is twisting in the sigil - the other half of the shel'kath. You can feel the tail of the creature whip back toward the sigil.Abigail's voice crackles on the radio. "Take that, you slimy piece of shit!"The use of such foul language by your precious niece would normally have been met with a stern reprimand, but immediate concerns will have to take priority. You've got an angel to kill.And you can feel a churning presence under the ground - two demon lords. One is heavily injured, but their both still alive. The fourth, and the goat-like one that can grow.It seems you have your work cut out for you.The enemy armies are defeated. It's time for you to make this personal.>change perspective to Shadow>maintain control of Yi Fang
>>31522932>maintain control of Yi FangLet Shadow and Abigail handle the Demon Lords, I want to see the Fang vs Sandalthong CAGE MATCH OF THE MILLENIUM.
>>31522932>Maintain control of Yi FangCan we just make Shadow go Titanic, please? I want to see Fang's reaction to shadow growing HUGE.
>>31522932>change perspective to ShadowWE'RE GONNA EAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE MOTHER FUCKERS
>>31522932>change perspective to ShadowITS TIME
>>31522932>change perspective to Shadow
>>31522932>change perspective to Shadowplease let us use Titan after our Eclipse runs out
>>31522932Yi Fang
>>31522932>change perspective to ShadowTime For Titan soon brothers.
Hey SM, how powerful was Sandalphon before he was an angel?
>>31522932>>maintain control of Yi FangIt is rather interesting to see things from his perspective
>>31522932Let's stay in control of Yi Fang, I -really- don't trust our dice luck against the Demon Lords right now. And I admit I want to see some actual fighting with Fang damnit.
>>31522932 >change perspective to Shadow
>>31523002pretty stronk------------------Vote 1:>Archmage Yi FangVote 2:>The Shadow
>>315230342
>>31522932>maintain control of Yi Fang
>>315230341
>>31522932>>maintain control of Yi Fang
SM, if staying as Yi Fang wins, please have Shadow wreck shit like crazy.I don't even care if you make him use EXP abilities.
I want to change perspective to Sandaphlon
>>31523034 1
>>31523099That's why I want to play as Fang. Shadow is so much cooler when we don't have to roll for him.
>>31523099I want to see Void Rings and Titanic in action.Maybe an Erasure.
>>31523099Yeah, he needs to blow shit up in Eclipse and go full UNLEASHING THESE ANGRY PYTHONS ON YOU BROTHA with Titanic. Throw in a Conversion Factor for taste if Shards are being used.
>>31523034cutting off votes
>>31523103I would love to see an exerpt from Sandalphon's perspective for the entire time in Kan'Abar right up until he got frozen in the Chronomancy spelll.
>>31523103I'd enjoy just one post of him, no actions or anything; I just want to see him shit himself
>big final battle of shadow quest>we don't even play as Shadow.
>>31523155We played as the better character.
>>31523155not even close to the final battle, just a big one
>>31523155I am rather upset
>>31523155Fang is too cool to pass up yet. It's like being given a shiny new toy and having it taken away before you can play with it. We've just been admiring the crisp packaging and savoring the unwrapping so far.
>>31523155>Final battleHAHAHA! Good one.
>>31523155>final battle>implying
Yi Fang it is!>>31523155>final battleahahaahahahahahahahaAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>31523197WE GET TO USETHAT
Damn, SM at least keep Shadow in character and make him CONSUME every bit of energy he could possibly find. There were thousands of mages, and quite a number of enemy dynamos. Shadow should sweep them.
>>31523197...we're gonna look back on this battle and it'll seem like bathtub playtimes compared to the real existence-altering mindfuck battles we will do, won't we?
It's a good thing we're fucking off into space after this war is over because no ones really going to know what to think of us after this. Should give them some time to take it all in.Maybe we should drag Hecate with us.Keep her from trying to take over Archon and let her find the answers to why Erebus betrayed her.
You stand on the edge of the valley. Your battle lines are still cowed back from the explosions, from the power of the Eclipse, but they're reorganizing swiftly.You can feel the two demon lords seeping up from under the ground. The mutating goat-like one is recovering fast. The Lightning Lord, on the other hand, seems to have avoided most of the damage.Sandalphon is still clutching at the crumbling magic under his body, still pressing power into the damaged sigil. It's falling apart at the seems. He may be weakened, but underestimating a cornered foe with nothing to lose would be a terrible mistake.What do you do?>summon a Bone Titan>call for the aid of an ally>head in for direct combat>use "That"
>>31523238HAVE HIM EAT THE SIGIL REMAINS! That's fucking pure magic right there, which is pure EXP!
>>31523251>summon a Bone Titan
>>31523251HE'S WEAK, NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR MERCYITS TIME TO FINISH HIM>use "That"
>>31523251>summon a Bone TitanIt is the perfect time for it. It will roll over the devestated battle ground.
>>31523260We can't control Shadow. So he'll probably attack the Demon Lords first.
>>31523251>summon a Bone TitanDirect Shadow to kill Sandalphon.Direct the titan to fight the Regenerator Lord.Have Auriel fire everything at the Lightning Lord, and send the orcs at him as well.Mop it all up.
Guys, we need to be really fricken careful, the sigil needs a powerful light soul to activate, if Sandalphon gets desperate enough he might use his own life to activate it, consequences be damned.
>>31523197SM, I have a question that I think addresses an egregious oversight on your part.WHY, in the name of all that is holy, were you not running Edgyquest last night, the night of an ACTUAL Blood Moon?
Fuck 'That', have shadow eat Sandy.I will be disappointed unless Shadow comes out of nowhere as a body of mouth and make Sandalphon vanish just when Fang is preparing the box.
>>31523317I was upset, it was too cloudy for me to see.
>>31523307The sigil needs 5 demon lords. There are zero in it.
>>31523251Call for IlaSHE'LL APPRECIATE ITENDING THE SANDALS
>>31523251>summon a Bone Titan>call for the aid of an allyBone Titan fights the Demon Lords. Tell Shadow to eat Sandalphon, along with that Sigil.Which trump cards do we have left?
>>31523251>summon a Bone TitanGet ready to use "That"
>>31523306This.
>>31523251Call for Shadow + chosen, use That on Sandalthong
>>31523307Wouldn't work, or get him anything.All the other sigils are ruined, meaning he doesn't have the power to summon Hyperion/Allpower anyways, and the sigils -had- do be filled slowly with the parasites.Him using the power of the light sigil to do something really stupid is a distinct possibility though.Like instacasting a Sun Call.
Guys, Sandy and Demonlords will not be an easy fight. We still need to focus or we can let them slip away, or kill someone important. Even both maybe.
>>31523335It need 5 of them to be effective, I doubt it needs five of them for him to activate it anyways, it won't work as intended but it still might cause damage, or just blow up.
Lets team up with Hecate
>>31523317I'm too edgy to play into your expectations.------------------------Alright!>Bone Titan vs Regenerating Growth Goat of DOom>Shadow vs Sandalphon + Sigil>Lightning Lord (?)Tried to make this list up-to-date:>Steward himself tells you that he can burn his mobile platform in exchange for a burst of power. That may prove useful in a pinch.>Haven and Vellik's forces serve as a reserve to assist if there are any sudden problems.>Vaz Grak's orc warriors and Great Tree's werewolves are both highly resistant to magic. They'll prove formidable shock troops.>Your Bone Titan will come in handy at some point.>You can take to the field yourself, if the troops need a morale boost. But you can't afford to become overly-exposed, or dragged into prolonged conflict.>Abigail, Ila, and Shadow make a powerful strike team.>Hecate is recovering from her expenditure of energy. Hemmelus and Adavan are higher on the ridge behind you, waiting to cast their spell.>You can always use "That".>Consult with allied commanders, or consider the situation. Sometimes it's better to think before you leap.
>>31523370Worst it can do is blow up. There is no way he is summoning Hyperion with it.
>>31523384>Lightning LordHave nemesis focus fire.Also send Abby and Ila to support Shadow against Sandy.
>>31523384>Steward himself tells you that he can burn his mobile platform in exchange for a burst of power. That may prove useful in a pinch.
>>31523384send in the orcs and wolfmentheyve had no time to shine so fardont want them to feel left out
>>31523403can he make another one?
>>31523384More eyes are always better. Seems like Fang has been focusing on Abigail a lot, so might want to ask the other Archonian advisors if they saw anything else.
>>31523384>Vaz Grak's orc warriors and Great Tree's werewolves are both highly resistant to magic. They'll prove formidable shock troops.All that's left of the ground troops are some mages who managed to shield themselves. Lets let these guys play cleanup, wouldn't want them to feel left out
Rolled 3>>31523384>Lightning Lord (?)>Steward himself tells you that he can burn his mobile platform in exchange for a burst of power. That may prove useful in a pinch.It's Gundam time. Have him stall.
>>31523422Yes, it'll just take him off the field of battle for the duration. He'll still communicate with you through other constructs.
>>31523384Have Steward burn his platform to deal with the Lightning Lord. Our Dynamo bot held out against it for a significant amount of time, Steward could probably stand a fair fight. Have Vellik assist with Lightning support.Perhaps have Hemmelus and Adavan join the fray too. Arcturis might want in on the gank squad with Windburn.
>>31523384>>Abigail, Ila, and Shadow make a powerful strike team.Send Abigail and Ila with Shadow to attack Sandalkong.
>>31523384Send in the Orks!
>>31523384>>Consult with allied commanders, or consider the situation. Sometimes it's better to think before you leap.
>>31523469>>31523470>>31523478alright, we'll just throw in everything then
>>31523491YOLO
FAIR WARNINGPlaying all of our cards could leave us open to a counter-attack. There could be enough to pose a decent threat, or perhaps hidden forces somewhere nearby.
>>31523518>>31523491Not really. We have a lot of other cards to play still.
>>31523491I really don't want Steward to burn his platform like this.
>>31523518We have demolished their entire fleet and army,s'ok mang
>>31523491I really see no reason to have Steward burn his platform, when there are plenty of other plans that don't fuck up his shit
>>31523491I don't want Steward to burn his platform yet. let Hemmelus and Adavan recover from their Chronomancy, then let them join.
Rolled 52>>31523491Rolling for Shadow convincing Sandalphon that he is a robot.
>>31523552He can just build another one once we win
>>31523548>Haven and Shadow demolished their entire fleet and army.Fix'd
>>31523491Hold off on Steward burning off his platform, please?
I realize there are ten thousand different variations on approaches we can take here, but let's take one more vote.Vote 1:>have Steward hold off the Lightning Lord by burning his mobile constructVote 2:>keep Steward in reserve. If something goes wrong, you'll need him to help
>>315236052
>>31523532Yeah me neither, anon has needlessly done it. We have a lot of power we can rely on, taking Steward out of fight was probably not the best thing to do right now.
>>315236051
>>31523620>needlesslyDon't you think we need to finish of a weakened Sandalphon and Demon Lord without interference? I can tell you right now that Auriel's assualt won't cut it.
Alrighty, no Steward yet.Writing
>>31523674Better to have and not need then need and not have.
Remember when you were a kid playing RPGs on your playstation or whatever, and you would go your whole game saving up your max heal potions and revive potions?Then you get to the last boss and don't use a single one.Burn the platform
>>31523674>Demon lord has no resistance to shadow>Nemesis's shadow cannons are twice as powerfulSure
>>31523724Nemesis doesn't have shadow cannons, dimwit.
>>31523724>Demon lord made of Wind and Lightning, the two fastest elements."I'M SORRY I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF ME DODGING ALL YOUR BULKY CANNONS!"
>>31523737Yes it does.
>>31523605We should send in summons against the second demonlord. Whole of Archon mages should be fine. They should be able to produce enough summons to keep the demon lord busy. Other mages can support with their magic. Nemesis can provide firepower against it too. If it is kept occupied for a while, Hemmelus and Hecate and Melody will be back. If one of the demon lords fall, the other one is surely doomed anyways with focused fire.Also have the orks and werevolves move in for the clean up. They and Steward can be used as a back up in case something goes wrong in one of the battles.
>>31523759No it doesn't.
>>31523703>>31523724We'll see... Keep in mind what attacks he JUST survived with no injuries.
>>31523674We can have Steward burn himself to interfere in case of an emergancy, right now we are (were) wasting a trump powerful card to keep a demonlord busy which something that can be done with other resources.
>>31523770When we added the warp drive? We also got shadow cannon then.
>>31523713I'd rather it be reconstructed into Shadowbots.
>>31523824Gets me every fucking time.
>>31523765>Whole of Archon mages should be fine. They should be able to produce enough summons to keep the demon lord busy.hmm what about this SM. Archon mages would be able to keep the second demonlord busy with Vellik/haven mages providing ranged support ? (Fang should have a pretty accurate idea about this)I assume they should be
>>31523713See this comment here>>31523197...yeah, something tells me SM has more up his sleeve.
>>31523748Yeah, pretty much. There's a non-negligible chance that SM will severely cripple our navy and/or our Bone Titan due to us leaving this guy relatively unattended. But who knows with SM?
>>31523901He meant that Kan Abar is not the end of our saga by far.
So when Shadow is in front of Sandalphon, he's going to say"Surprise, I'm not actually a robot."right?
>>31523925>not "Beep Boop"
>>31523910Well, we have Hecate right there.
>>31523951Who is currently drained from the Chronomancy? Solid backup plan, there.
>>31523901We still have our final power up on Erebus's island. He'll have big bads that are worth our new powers. Chances are that he'll give us a minor lull in between.
>>31523915>Saying that you know exactly what SM has in store for us
>>31523945okayyes, that's much better
>>31523996The Core.
>>31523996What >>31524012 said. From what he implied, it's the endgame dungeon that we will eventually have to enter. Probably to slap Chaos's shit personally.
>>31523996>>31524012Core/Allpower, Erebus's Island, mysteries of the Void, other elemental lords, all sorts of stuff to happen after this.Oh, and Dave.
>>31523925>>31523945Yes, this must happenMocking Sandalphon is compulsory.
>>31523966>what is a mana poolBut okay, we have like six powerhouses on the Alliance side, and the demon lords and Sandalphon sure aren't allied anymore.>Shadow, Abby, Fang, Melody, Arcturis, Ila, maybe Hecate, maybe Hemmelusvs>Sandalphonvs>Demon Lord Four-chan and the Goat Lord
>>31524047The best part of the core is going to be the boss rush
>>31523925IT WAS ME, SHADOW.
>>31524074>Goat Lord>Not SquoatsDisgusting.
>>31524074The issue I have is more that we are not taking the most powerful demon lord out of battle. He also happens to be the most mobile demon lord, so whoever he decides to target will almost certainly go down. With Steward attacking him, we could have sacrificed Steward in an attempt to make sure he couldn't arbitrarily take out one of our other trump cards. Now it will depend on SM's generosity.
You take up your radio. "Lady Kavanere.""Archmage.""Tell Vaz Grak it's his time to shine. I want him taking down anything that's still moving. The elves should try to establish a perimeter around the center of the field - tell everyone to stay far away from that sigil.""He'll be happy to hear that. He's been chomping at the bit for hours.""Hemmelus, Adavan, get to the field.""I cannot leave Hecate," Adavan says. "She is greatly weakened.""...fine. Hemmelus, get down there. I'm going to take on the weakened demon lord. Abigail, Lord Flint, and Vellik. Are you all there?""I am.""Yep!""Yes.""I want you to attack the Lightning Lord. Abigail and Lord Flint, take point. Vellik, you did excellent in deflecting that thing's attack earlier. I want you to support the other two and watch for collateral damage.""I will do so.""Auriel. Fire support. Keep the imperial ships off us us.""Way ahead of you. Fire 2!"You see a bolt of gold Lightning cross the sky. It slams into the Red Sun. With its shields busy keeping it from being torn apart by the Higher Calling, the bridge of the ship explodes in fire. It separates from Raphael's ship and plummets toward the Kanian Hills."Shadow, I want you on that angel before he - "You don't have to finish your sentence, because you can already see him sprinting across the decimated hills, firing a spell in front of him. A black sphere sweeps over the battlefield and slams into the remains of the demonic sigil.>con't
The vestiges of the floating spell crack, and shiver, but it seems he didn't quite destroy it, yet. In a Blink, Shadow crosses the distance to the spell and waylays Sandalphon with a flurry of lightning-fast tentacles. You watch Matthel scramble for cover in a nearby crater.But the spell warned him to ready himself. Sandalphon responds in kind, raising a shield of Light in his left hand and a glowing sword in his right. Shadow unleashes a blast of magic. A conical spark of violet destruction erupts into Sandalphon at close range. The angel raises his shield.It's ripped apart like paper. Sandalphon takes the blast full on, and is sent tumbling backward, his armor bent and smoking. You glance into the sky. It's been a long time since the angels fought under an Eclipse.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmvgoY3iUo8You focus your magics. This one takes all of your strength.Your mana gathers under your feet, and your sigil expands. It's a thin one - wide, spindly, crisscrossing the battlefield, searching. Hunting.For bones.There are a lot of those. Some of them are half-ash, others picked clean by crow demons. Some are still cooling inside fresh corpses. Your spell reaches all of them, extends, and fills them with energy.And then they wake up. All across the valley, bones flicker with orange light. The roll, slide, tumble across the ground like weeds in the desert. And they begin to gather in piles, mounds of bones. The bones gain momentum, kicking up dust clouds as they roll across the field, orange-flecked white rockslides converging on a point a hundred yards ahead of you.The Bone Titan begins to coalesce. With a clattering sort of inevitability, two feet form, and those grow into legs. As more piles converge on the main body, it continues to build itself, forming hips, then a torso. The creature of ten thousand bones forms a boar-like head, complete with tusks. It storms forward over the ground, dwarfed only by the distant 003 platform.>con't
You see the goat demon emerge from the earth, pulling itself free of a pit it buried itself in. It looks up as the Bone Titan's fist slams down into its face. It's blown back down into the ground, crunched into a crater. The bone titan picks up its prey and twists it, eventually ripping it into two pieces.The pieces are still moving. The titan crushes both of them, repeatedly pounding them into the ground. You can feel the demon's life force pulsing strongly, but your summon has the upper hand at the moment.That might change soon, because the 4th lord is standing just behind it and preparing what looks like a tremendous strike of lightning. It fires.One moment, the space between the demon and the titan is empty, and the next, Abigail is filling it, holding that black shield in front of her armored body. The Lightning crashes into her, but it doesn't dissipate like the fire. She struggles to hold it at bay. The demon takes a step forward and pours more power into his attack.And then Arcturis is behind it. A gust of wind follows his sword. The demon lord is forced to leap away to evade having its legs hamstringed by a controlled burst of the skysever. A blast of slight different lightning - bright yellow, rather than deep gold - clears the remains of the spell around Abigail.What do you do?>you have the advantage. Keep pressing it.>some other strategy
>>31524242>you have the advantage. Keep pressing it.
>>31524242Continue to wreck shit up and down the battlefield
>>31524242Show Lord Squoats just why he shouldn't forget his Vitamin D.
>>31524242Things are proceeding well.Is it safe to assume the enemy airships are all thoroughly out of the picture?
>>31524242>you have the advantage. Keep pressing it.Tell our councilors to pitch in with summons. Anything that can take a hit or attack from long range.
>>31524302Yeah, Auriel is parked overhead. What remains of Fang's fighters are retreating because Melody can't hold off the skysever anymore.
>>31524242>you have the advantage. Keep pressing it.Send in Ila to help Shadow, she is also benefitting greatly from the eclipse.Do not give Sandalphon any chance of recovery or escape. Not even the slightest.
>>31524322Alright. Let's have Auriel and the Nemesis take a position where she can assist with all three major battles which are happening, and then basically tag in and out until everything is dead.
Alright, writing.
>>31524242Have other spirit mages summon to assist our Bone Titan against the Goat Lord. Don't let it take the upper hand.
>>31524322>Auriel is parked overhead.Have that downward facing megacannon pelt potential targets then. Especially the multiplication demon.Actually that gives me an idea of a plan.Have the bone titan pull away from the main group so the Nemesis can fire on the goat demon, we need a scourge of fire to remove that thing I think. Meanwhile us, Arcturi and Abigal deal with lightning lord.
>>31524340Seconding this.
>>31524351She can't fire cannons directly into these kinds of high-power fights. That would be like shooting a gun at two people that are wrestling on the ground. You might hit the guy you intend, but you might seriously fuck up. The chronomancy was another story, because everything was frozen in place and she had all the time in the world to line up the shots.
>>31524355The Eclipse has already been up for two turns now. How much longer does it have?
>>31524340Yeah, there's a point. Ila's effective strength is greatly increased by the Eclipse, much like Abigal. Making sure Sandalphon dies is a major step towards ensuring that the elementomachy doesn't repeat itself, because I don't think it's possible for him to change.Well... The ship may have already sailed on the Elementomachy thing. We did just destroy tens of thousands of lives over the course of a few minutes.
>>315244062-5 turns
>>31524398That's what I mean by tag in and out. Have them take a few steps back to give Auriel time to let loose a barrage, damaging and distracting the enemy while they catch their breath.I trust Auriel is able to correctly judge whether she has a clean shot, or not?
>>31523996>image.jpgsays the iPad user.
>>31524419Great. It's going to fizzle out any second, then.
>>31524419Right. I'll support this then: >>31524340We're on the clock as far as Sandalphon is concerned.
Guys remember how good Hemmelus is at support/buffs? As soon as he is close enough, have him buff up Shadow to ensure he kills Sandy for good.
>>31523384>>Haven and Vellik's forces serve as a reserve to assist if there are any sudden problems.Haven.We haven't called in all those Shadow mages, have we?all that shadow power needs to take advantage of the Eclipse. Vampiria's too?
>>31524398Even if we don't get to control Shadow as he consumes Sandalphon, can we at least be safe in the knowledge that Shadow revealed he was the one that ate Michael, Raziel and Metatron? And was responsible for a large part of Lucifer's death?
>>31524604Ahh, right. Haven. This is their time to shine.
>>31524438the demon lords won't give us the chance, anon.we have to also press the advantage while we have them on the defensive.not give them SPACE. which they might not allow, simply pursuing us instead.
>>31524613well, considering we ate him too I believe, I think we can just leave it at the fact that we consumed all of them. And then we eat him.
Hey guys, I have a great idea!When Sandalphon is on the brink of death we spare him and BECOME BEST FRIENDS!Isn't talking GREEEAAAT?
>>31524670
>>31524670I know this is a jokeBut fuck off
YOU ARE NOW IMAGINING FLINT AS GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON SURVEYING THE BATTLEFIELD WITH BINOCULARS
>>31524699Which Flint? Donovan or Arcturis?
>>31524699His light powers just got freed too. Oh god.
>>31524683There's going to be an option to spare him though, at some point.Are you really just a murderboner, anon? Where's your heart?
>>31524699***FangWow I fucked that up.
>>31524714If we dont Fang willAlso EXP
>>31524714enough shitposting please
>>31524714Upper left of my chest, and there's no room in it for a murderous, hateful fucker like Sandals.
So Flint is being delivered to Hemmelus for parasite analysis and destruction right?>that feel when restored Flint will suddenly wake up at the surge of un-drained Light energy within him and join battle
>>31524699May Abigail have mercy on my enemies.Because I sure as fuck won't
>>31524714It's somewhere anon. Somewhere over the rainbow.
>>31524728>>31524730>>31524738You make me proud, anons. The knobs are firmly in the past.
>>31524714Keep going, anon. never stop
>>31524754'eeeeeeeeyyyyy!
>>31524740Abigail ripped it off while it was manifested. leech be gone
>>31524740The parasite on Donovan got killed in last night's thread. I don't have the exact quote but the tail of the shel'kath on Donovan snapped back into the shel'kath on the sigil. Also Abigail said something like "Take that you slimy fucker"
>>31524813That wasn't clear at all. Just that she hurt it a little. not that the problem was over.
>>31524813>Abigail's voice crackles on the radio. "Take that, you slimy piece of shit!"Second recap post by SM.
>>31524813Yep.http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31505830/#p31511058And at a later point SM confirmed that it was already off of Donovan. All that's left is to destroy the Sigil itself.
>>31524846The tail of the shel'kath snapped back into the whole thing. I had to go back and reread it a couple of times, but Donovan is definitely free of the shit'kath
Rolled 66>>31524846>>31511142>Remember that it was exposed for the sigil's purposes? Abigail stabbed it right off Donovan's back.word of god last thread
>>31524894so does this mean that Donovan has his MAXIMUM LIGHT MAGIC up and running?That'll be fun once he's back on his feet
>>31524930I wonder if he'll want to take his revenge first hand.
>>31524813SM clearly stated that the Shel'kath was detached from Donovan and reunited at the sigil. This was only possible because the parasite was fully exposed. It's over, anon. Donovan is finally free.
>>31524965Great. So now all we need to do now is murder the fuck out of Sandalphon and the D-Lords.
>>31525005>inb4 Raphael and Anahita come to help Sandalphon
>>31525036I think Raphael is probably going to pull out of the battle and find a tavern to drink himself into a coma.
>>31525036Anahita took a cannon shot straight to her bridge. I doubt she's still alive.
>>31524947He's gonna have to hurry the fuck up if he does, because we're gonna be chowing down on Sandy by the end of tonight if all goes well, which it has up till now
>>31524813... you know, considering how quickly the man recovers his light energy, he'll be battle ready within 20 minutes
You know I don't get why people were so mad about our husbando Flint getting kidnapped and not being easily retrievable by following the teleport spell.Mad that the enemy was actually smart, and had a two step teleport spell so that those left behind, potentially capturable, wouldn't know anything but the dropoff point where he'd be taken and teleported to his actual secure location?Even not knowing about a mole(it always seemed possible not every angel that stayed on the ship with Auriel was truly loyal to the rebellion honestly, even if it turned out not to be one of them), the whole triangulating the parasite thing was still a flaw in the plan.The Avatar of Chaos fight being a cutscene was annoying though, yeah. dunno why it had to be the AoC there. or any boss fight at all, besides the fight against Crushing Disappointment.
>>31525059Yup or That chuckle fuck Joey and him are going to go on a journey of High Adventure and atlantian bitches
>>31525066Sandalphon was fast enough to shield himself and Matthel from the Chronomancy barrage. What's to say Anahita can't shield herself from a single blast?
>>31525066>it was FIre>Anahita was Fire elementshe has a Bullshit Shield just like Sandalphon probably.this may not be an anime, but...never assume a named enemy dies in an obscuring explosion.
>>31525082Can we not? Spy situation was nasty. That's that.
>>31525120Never assume ANY named enemy is dead until you see their corpse. Or eat it, in Shadow's case.
>>31525082not sure if baitbecause from a plot perspective it didn't make much sense, was a random asspull, and invalidated a huge portion of the gameplay that had happened up til that point, as well as removing any degree of player agencyand then the playerbase was appeased and we're back on the rails, but it's been balls to the walls entertaining and we've returned to pretty solid writing so that's alright.reading the archives though, Avatar stuff is pretty jarring and out of place, and I think a lot of us kinda just gloss over it and pretend it didn't happen.
>>31525131the general idea of a Haven spy was a decent plot twist, in principle.the only problem was the very un-game-like fight of cinematic newpoweresastheplotdemands to get out of that corner.
>>31525248I'll simplify it."Can we not?"
"Wong, Xu," you say. "Get summons out on the lord I'm fighting. I want fire. Lots of fire.""I can do that," Xu says. He forms a sigil. You feel a dragon start to crawl up near him. Wong does the same. Both of them gleam with red scales.Your Titan smashes both bits of the demon lord until you see it dip down into two fist-shaped craters. You direct it to lift one half up and rip it apart again. It tosses the two in front of the dragons, and they incinerate it. It takes several gouts of fire, but eventually the ripped balls of skin and muscle stop twitching.The remaining segment of the demon lord rises up and tries to crawl away. Your Bone titan grabs it in both hands and carries it toward the dragons. It lowers its arms, holding the struggling mass of bone and flesh steady. The two dragons slow roast it on a bone grill. The titan flattens the ashes into the ground.Hemmelus makes his appearance, then. The old man isn't the fastest mover in the world. You see him bend over the demon lord's ash. He casts a spell over it - you can tell he's checking for life force. Seemingly satisfied, he moves on toward the battle."Ila, if you're there.""I'm here, Archmage.""You'll be bolstered by the Eclipse. Try to get in a hit if you can.""I will."A potshot from the Nemesis's side guns blasts into the ashen remains. Apparently a certain angel was not as satisfied.>con't
You raise an eyebrow when you look back at the fighting. There are four Velliks - and they're working furiously, zipping around the field and trying to contain the lightning lord's magic. Every bolt it fires sparks and flashes with fire and energy. Where that energy touches, it burns into the ground.Abigail is holding it back with a furious series of swipes from her scythe. Half-moon beams of pure black energy follow her swings. The fireworks are being caused by the demon lord's lightning defenses.You feel a thump of power. The demon appears behind Abigail with a fistful of lightning. But Arcturis is there, covering her blind side. The Lighting explodes against his burst of Wind, and is blown away.Shadow and Sandalphon have taken wing. They clash repeatedly, flying apart, and then smashing into one another again. Ironic that they're both similar types - when all the tricks are played out, they both rely on raw force to win the day. They slice across the sky under the Nemesis, colliding in explosions of Light and Shadow.Shadow doesn't have Sandalphon's sheer mana reserves, but the angel is weakened by his efforts protecting himself from the earlier strike and from taking several attacks full on - before he realized what was happening. It's a neck and neck effort.Sandalphon gets in a swing with his sword. It Shadow straight from above. Luckily, fighting in the shade of the carrier ship, he'll recover quickly, but you still wince as he slams into the ground.Sandalphon doesn't let up for an instant. He's on top of shadow, straddling him. He grips his sword in both hands and plunges it straight down.>con't
>>31525314>A potshot from the Nemesis's side guns blasts into the ashen remains. Apparently a certain angel was not as satisfied.Based angel
Black limbs grab Sandalphon's arms, holding back the blade of light. They're locked there, caught in a battle of strength. Their auras flare and crash against one another so strongly the grass nearby begins to burn. Crackling purple energy snaps against waves of light.Sandalphon is winning the struggle. The sword is inching down toward Shadow's face.A voice crackles in over your radio. An annoying fourth son of an annoying lord. "...my friend...piece of shit!"And then Ila. "Sir Flint, wait!"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBZG5pE7KBsDonovan Flint is running through the clashing lightning of the 4th lord to get to Shadow. One of Vellik's clones is evaporated by the force of holding back the magic from killing him. If that idiot dies now, then there was no hope for him anyway.Donovan levels an arm at Sandalphon, and begins a spell.You've seen that spell before - the pathetic little flick of Light. You remember when he stayed in Archon, watching over Abigail because of his honorable little promise to your fallen brother. He practiced that spell every day, and every day it was just as pathetic as the last. The tiny ball of light he shot never even knocked over the training dummy.A white sigil flares in front of Donovan. It's huge - quite possibly the largest attack magic sigil you've ever seen. And it's simple. A white circle with a dot in the center. A basic conversion of raw mana into Light.Donovan shouts something. You can't hear him, but he certainly sounds angry. The angel spares a glance over his shoulder.A cylindrical flare of pure Light shoots out of the sigil and engulfs Sandalphon. Shadow is thrown clear of the blast. The Light is so huge, so encompassing, that Sandalphon's aura is dwarfed. He's simply outshone, so much that, for an instant, he appears a shadow, caught in the center of a massive blast of light.>con't
>>31525334Fuck! Shadow, get up!
The Light carries through and smashes into the ruined Kanian hills. It erupts in a mushroom cloud of smoke and mana.So this is what a man looks like when he shrugs off the mountain he's been carrying all his life. An interesting experiment, for certain.The light fades. Sandalphon is still alive - barely. His skin is ashen.And then a young assassin is at his back. Ila's shadow-coated punch dagger sinks into Sandalphon's spine. Never one to miss a meal, Shadow is there to finish the job. Sandalphon is enveloped. You see his body crack in two as the inky tendrils break him into easily digestible pieces.Now, that is something.>con't
>>31525360DAS IT FLINT
>>31525360FUCK YEA FLINTBASED
>>31525388Based Flint! Based Ila! Based teamwork!
>>31525360Holy shit Flint!
>>31525360>Donovan can outmana SandalphonWell, shit.
>>31525360>>31525388Fuck. Yes.
>>31525388We punched his soul in the dick right?
>>31525360>FUCKING>BASED>DONOVAN>FLINT
>>31525437We ripped it off and ate it.
>>31525388>>31525360Ladies and gentlemen, Donovan fuckin' Flint!
Donovan sways. He falls to his knees, and collapses. Shadow and Ila both rush over to assist him. But you can sense his life force - that took everything he had, but he'll be fine.Elsewhere, the battle is wrapping up. You get the sense that Valeria will have to restrain Grak from going too hard on Kanians that surrender themselves, if any are in their right minds to do so.The 4th demon lord is still holding steady, but now it's completely surrounded. There won't be any escape.It looks like things......have gone just as planned.>con't
>>31525360The Flint we deserved!
>>31525467>It looks like things...>>...have gone just as planned.Oh look at this. Fang is the only one relatively unharmed and at MAXIMUM POWER.
>>31525467FAAAAAAAAAAAANG
>>31525467WELL THAT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUS
YEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
>>31525483So is Abby, so is Shadow. Mostly.
The ground shakes. You look for the 4th demon lord. It's busy fighting Abigail and Arcturis - it isn't the cause of this new problem.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CPtTd1fqIèr҉̷͞͞è͟b̴̛̀͡͡u̶̡̨̧s҉̡͟͡͝"...what was that?" Xu asks.Ȩ͜R̸̢͘͡͝È̷͠B͝͏U̕͢͢҉̵S̴̸̵͢"It's coming from the sigil," Wong says. "That thing is still working!""Impossible!" you whip back toward the crumbling magic - and it is crumbling. A shell of its former self. The sigil is barely holding together.Something is trying to get through. "...it feels like it's opening from the other side.""That's not possible," Xu whispers.E̡̧̛̟̖̣̞̺̗͇̖R̡͏̬͉̘̦̳̻̩̠͉̞̪̘͚̮ͅE̱̬͎̭̣̝͇͇͡B̡̬̜̳̼̠͖̼̦̳̜̼̘̩͍̟̮̟́ͅU̸͢͡҉̷͚̤̺̪͎͓̲̙̻̝͖̻̺̖̳ͅS̶̸̡̛̠̲̞͔̞͚͚̟̭͈͍̰͍̟̖̼̥͍͍̣̳̭͍̯̗̤̫̬̙̠̼͉͍̳͙͎͕̀̕͢͡͞E̜̘̼̺̭͇͇͉͍̲̬̯̪̦̫̦͉̲̰̕͘R̛͎̪̪̯̝͍̣̘̗͎Ȩ̷͇̪̻̣̳̩̻͙̦͚͇͔̭̱̯̥͝ͅB̡͉̭̩̺̳͚̜̗̮̕͟U̦̘̺͎̳͉̖̳̗̯͉̼̝̳̖͢S̷̸̨̙͕̩͇̪̪̟̝̱̖̱͈̘̳͈͎̲͓͇̯͜͢҉̧͓̜͖̠͇͓̯̘͎̜̤͖̙̬́̕͝E̞̼̜̳͈͡R̢̜̖͍̫̖͓̥̰̀͘͜͝ͅE҉̵̢̯̖̗̣̞̦͎̗̝̲̬͍ͅB̷̴̙͉͈̺̙̥̞̜͇̀U̶̯̩̥̫̰͓̯͖̤̞̫̩̤͠Ś͡͏̨̨̥̜̟̠̼̮͖͖͕̭̠͍̯̻͉͙---A warped tentacle pierces the center of the sigil even as it breaks apart. It's not like one of shadow's limbs - slimy, filled with suckers on one side and scales on the other.It grabs the sigil itself and begins to pull itself free.You grab your radio. "Shadow! The sigil!"His voice comes through. "It's David.""What? How?!""I don't know. But I'll stop him."-------------------->maintain control of Archmage Yi Fang>change control to The Shadow
>>31525467MOTHERFUCKING FAAAAAAAAAAANG
>>31525467We've been playing as the Avatar of Chaos II all along.Keikaku doori.
>>31525467>It looks like things...>...have gone just as planned.it looks like i am going to dump my reaction image folder
>>31525467>just as planned
>>31525501>change control to The Shadow"Dave, buddy, nows not a good time."
>>31525501>change control to The ShadowIts time for us to tak david
>>31525501>change control to The ShadowIt is time.
>>31525501SM!STAHP!
>>31525501>change control to The Shadow
>>31525501>change control to The Shadow"Back to the Nether with you, buddy."
>>31525501>change control to The ShadowIT'S TIME"I'M AFRAID I CAN'T LET YOU DO THAT DAVE."
>>31525467Holy shit. We barely even needed half of the forces we got.Shadow's tactical bombing pretty much turned this into a clean sweep.
Inb4 Sandalthong used a different angel as a stand in as well.
>>31525501>change control to The ShadowWe can't make rainbows if we're Yi Fang!
>>31525501OH FUCK IT'S DAVE. RUN, NIGGAS, RUN.>maintain control of Archmage Yi FangI will be fucking damned if we take control of Shadow and try to talk him down as he buggers Flint's bumhole.
>>31525512>>31525511Yeah... that didn't last.
>>31525467>...have gone just as planned.keikaku doori
>>31525501>change control to The ShadowSorry Fang, it's been fun. Time to see how much EXP Sandalfucker gave us.
>>31525501>>change control to The Shadow"Shut up Dave, i am having dinner!"
>>31525501>>change control to The Shadow
>>31525546So much this.Seriously SM this needs to be the dialogue, we had so much of this shit from you.
>>31525501I'm afraid we can't let you do that, Dave.
>>31525501>"Impossible!" you whip back toward the crumbling magic - and it is crumbling. A shell of its former self. The sigil is barely holding together.aww SHITwe were supposed to realize we had to crush the last remnant of the sigil back with>>31524242>>some other strategy
>>31525546Absolutely this.
>>31525501Man, Raphael probably thinks we actually planned for this to happen and is hanging himself as we speak.>change control to The ShadowDAVE PLS GO AND STAY GO
>>31525589We have to save that for our FINAL battle with Dave though.we can't have premature onelineration. it's embarrassing.
>>31525501>change control to The ShadowIt really is about time we took care of Dave
>>31525501
>>31525501>èr҉̷͞͞è͟b̴̛̀͡͡u̶̡̨̧s҉̡͟͡͝
>>31525601I hope he's the only one that thinks that.
>>31525501E̡̧̛̟̖̣̞̺̗͇̖R̡͏̬͉̘̦̳̻̩̠͉̞̪̘͚̮ͅE̱̬͎̭̣̝͇͇͡B̡̬̜̳̼̠͖̼̦̳̜̼̘̩͍̟̮̟́ͅU̸͢͡҉̷͚̤̺̪͎͓̲̙̻̝͖̻̺̖̳ͅS̶̸̡̛̠̲̞͔̞͚͚̟̭͈͍̰͍̟̖̼̥͍͍̣̳̭͍̯̗̤̫̬̙̠̼͉͍̳͙͎͕̀̕͢͡͞E̜̘̼̺̭͇͇͉͍̲̬̯̪̦̫̦͉̲̰̕͘R̛͎̪̪̯̝͍̣̘̗͎Ȩ̷͇̪̻̣̳̩̻͙̦͚͇͔̭̱̯̥͝ͅB̡͉̭̩̺̳͚̜̗̮̕͟U̦̘̺͎̳͉̖̳̗̯͉̼̝̳̖͢S̷̸̨̙͕̩͇̪̪̟̝̱̖̱͈̘̳͈͎̲͓͇̯͜͢҉̧͓̜͖̠͇͓̯̘͎̜̤͖̙̬́̕͝E̞̼̜̳͈͡R̢̜̖͍̫̖͓̥̰̀͘͜͝ͅE҉̵̢̯̖̗̣̞̦͎̗̝̲̬͍ͅB̷̴̙͉͈̺̙̥̞̜͇̀U̶̯̩̥̫̰͓̯͖̤̞̫̩̤͠Ś͡͏̨̨̥̜̟̠̼̮͖͖͕̭̠͍̯̻͉͙I think everyone heard that.
>>31525610This WILL be our final battle with Dave.We'll make sure of it.
Get shadow to morph into a giant shadow phallus and get dave to tentaclejerk us into sweet joyous rapture until we "artifact" the whole damn battlefield.
>>31525618>>31525601>What's strangest about the battle, however, were the mass suicides reported on the victor's side shortly after winning.
>44 mana>+ whatever we got between then and Sandalthong>+ xp from Sandalpingpong himselfWe could complete the middle Grey tree now, if we wanted.Or we could even buy Void Bomb and Magic Power VI, maybe even have enough left over to completely finish off the Shadow Magic Tree.>Void Bomb main fire "erases Chaos"Who wants to burn the Chaos off of Dave?
>>31525501http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMh6O7HuI08
>>31525641no you won't.you'd have to let him actually enter this world completely (idiotic)or chase him into chaos itself (not yet please)
>>31525662>44 manaxp*
>>31525501Welp, time for ERASURE
>>31525662Or we could just use Erasure on Dave.ALWAYS. I WANT TO BE WITH YOU. AND MAKE BELIEVE WITH YOU. AND LIVE IN HARMONY HARMONY HARMONY OHHH LOOORRRRDDD.
>>31525715>>31525714Erasure only works on Chaos.
>>31525715Nah, disrupt the Sigil completely while he tries to grip it and we won't have to worry about burning that much XP. And if we can afford void bomb, it's a pretty safe bet considering how Chaos the sigil is.
>>31525388
>>31525501Shadownightblaze the fuck outta that sigil whne Dave's halfway throughalternatively, now's the time to fight Dave with two entire armies
Current Statistics:HP: 81/81Mana: 76/76EXP: 102 (+60)Shards of Order and Chaos:(Retribution) - Empowered(Maker) - Empowered(Silence) - Strong(Peace) - Empowered(Breeze) - Strong(Hammer) - Strong(Ardor) - Empowered{Resolve} - Strong{Humanity} - Resonant----------------------------You are Shadow, and right now, the insane shell of your former ally is trying to break out of the Nether.The warped tendril slides out further. And you can see a mass behind it, a shadowy core of tendrils, flesh, and a foggy, dripping aura. It's more twisted than even the demon lord."Ila, take care of Donovan."You step toward you foe.ȨR͘ÈB̴̢̡U͘S̴̷͘͡͡Į̕͢'M̸̛͘ ̧H̢̧E̢R͜É̕͝I'̶̕M҉͜ ͏̢̀H͟҉E͟R̢È̴̵̷͜I ̵A̵̧͜TE͠͝ I̧͠T̶͢͢͝I̴̢͜ ̨́A̷͞͝TE̵ ̀͘͢T͞͞H̵E̵̕ ͞T̶͘͟H́͜I̛͏N̛G̵ ̶͢I̛͜͠N͞ ̴TH͟͞E ̴̛N͏E̶T҉H̴͝ER̵͢͢͡I҉̨ ̷͡A͠T̵Ę̴ ̨Í̵T̕ ̴̛͞A̸Ǵ̡A͘͝IN̴̢͘A̸̧͞N̵D͘ ͡A͠G̡̛A̡I̕͞N̶̡̛͘͝͡A͜N͘D̢͟A͏G̷̸A͝I̡Ǹ͠A̧Ǹ̵͞D̡ÁG̡҉Ą͞I̕͡N͞A̶Ǹ̵̡D͡A̧̕G̛A҉̸͡I̛N̢͟͢A̶͠N҉͡D͡A̢̢GA͏̸̡I̸͘Ņ͡͠͞Ì̢͜T́ ̧͞GOT͞ ̡͝P͞A̸Ś҉T̷̨͠ ́͝M̵̷͝E͜ ̨͘ONCE͘͜͢B͝U͏͞͠T̡͘ ̢͞I͢͡ ̸̸̸AT͟҉E̶͞ ̸̕Í́T̶͟ ̢̕W̷H̨͘E͝N͘͠ ͏̴̧Y͘O̕Ư͘ ̧̛S͠͝҉É̶́N̴T҉͏ ̷͢IŢ B͠͏AC̵̛͟K̶̨̛̕͠͠͝I͟T̴̴́ ̧K̸̸Ę͟E͏P͏S͢ ̀͝C͢O̢M̵̕͝IN̶G҉̀ ̷B̴̕͞Ą̸Ć̕K̴̀͢͟W͝H̶̡͞A̶͢T ͢͠DO̡ Y̡͟OU̢̡͠ W̡ÁN̸T̵̡͠ ̵M̨E̶̵̛ ̴̸̢T̵̨͝O̢͟ ̷͟҉D̕͘͠O̕͞͝W͡͠͠Ḩ̶̴ĄT͜ ͢DO̶ Y͡҉O͡U҉ ̷̷͞W̨͡A̵͜N̵T̷́ ̧͠E̷Ŗ̧͢EBÚ̸́S̴̀What do you do?>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the nether>try to bait David into attacking the 4th demon lord>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way through>attack David directly; try to drive him back while the sigil collapses>other
>>31525744Dave was 2.5 times stronger than Sandalphon in ages past. They both have only become stronger since then. This guy is easily going to outclass the current Demon Lord.
>SandalThong>SandalPingPong>SandalFucker>SandyIm missing any?
>>31525761>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way throughCONVERSION FACTOR>102 EXPDayum.
>>31525761>EXP: 102 (+60)>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way through>attack David directly; try to drive him back while the sigil collapsesVOID BOMB
>>31525761Attack the sigil
>>31525761>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the nether"Continue to keep the Avatar from escaping Dave. It is the greatest justice you could do".Let's at least try it, folks.
>>31525761>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way throughGET VOID BOMB MOTHERFUCKERTHE ALT 1 IS GONNA SEE SOME USEAnd no, don't try talking to it.
>>31525761"You must return my loyal servant, if you leave now the beast of chaos will be free."
>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way throughAlso voting to buy the entire center tree.All of it.
>>31525761David you're a good boy.
>>31525761Wait, what did he eat?
>>31525784FuckFace Mcgee and the Consumed Three(thousand)
>>31525761>>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the nether
>>31525761>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the nether
>>31525761>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the nether<Consume until there is nothing left to consume>
>>31525807Yeah, let's say this as we Void Bomb him.
>>31525761>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way through
>>31525677We have several whole armies still on site, not to mention basically a platoon of the most powerful people in Venia, and we still have several of our trump cards, including "That", ready for use.Outside of fully becoming Erebus, I don't see how we could be more prepared to handle this fuck.
>>31525835Avatar of chaos
>>31525813Seconding this line of thought.Purchase Void Bomb and unleash dat shit.Playtime's over.
>>31525761Jesus Christ he's been fighting and /eating/ the Avatars of Chaos for 700 years.I almost feel bad for the dude now. Erebus' plan is all coming together. He stuffed Dave into the nether to suicidally fight back the chaos while the shards pulled themselves together.
>>31525784SandeldongSandelbong
>>31525761Cut off the sigil, while attempting this >>31525807Might as well try.
>>31525761"Keep it contain, once I have return to full power I will personally deal with it."
>>31525761>attack the sigilso..david is actually keeping the balance down there.He needs to stay there for now
>LET'S TALK TO MATTHEL
>>31525761"Dave, Thank you. I remember you, my loyal servant. Keep it away from us as long as you can, and I will continue to recover until I can finally smite it down. Stay strong."
>>31525761"David...You've been the best arbiter I could ask for. But I need you to go back for a little longer."
>>31525861Oh.It might be a good idea to not kill him, at the very least.
>>31525761>>31525546This, then beat his ass. And spend some of that XP.
>>31525865There is no way in hell we're going to beat this dude right now. He's waaaaaaay stronger than anything else around.
>>31525761Purchase both Magic Power VI and Void Bomb. We need all the power we can muster for this.
>>31525761So, uh... good work on playing D, I guess?I suppose eating the attempted manifestation of pure Chaos repeatedly for hundreds and hundreds of years does a number on your higher brain function.>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way through<Your time to rest will come. But not yet, I'm afraid.>
Can we ask him where our island was while we're at it?
could it be that Erebus sent Dave to the nether for that particular purpose?
>>31525761>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the nether"Once I have returned to my full power, David, I will personally deal with Chaos."
>>31525761<You need to stay there David. I will call you back later.>
>>31525761"You're doing well, David. Everything we've done is almsot complete - almost. Just hold it back a little longer.""I'll come for you soon."While I personally want to come for him to try and maybe fix him if possible, it could also be interpreted as killing him if that's your thing.
>>31525761Buy MP6 and Void Bomb.Maaaaybe Tree Gift.>try to bait David into attacking the 4th demon lord<Chaos is attempting to break free. That demon must die.>
>cheer David on in his eternal battle, tell him you'll be down to help out soon>and if that doesn't work then immediately drive him back in with Void Bomb Alt 1 mark 2Vote 1:>yesVote 2:>no-------------->>31525931You have a vague sense of where the island is. A heading, at least.
>>31525761<VALIANTLY you fought to defend this world while I recovered, yet your task is not complete - IT must be rooted from where it seeps forth. Soon I will come there with you, and TOGETHER we shall defeat the disgusting chaos.>
>>31525761Good job Dave, go back to your meal now.
>>315259751
>>31525761We need him to keep eating the Avatar. The longer he chows down, the longer we have to fix the core.
>>31525932Yep. He obviously wanted Dave to contain the Chaos in the core, at least for long enough to get his shards back in order.
>>315259752
>>31525761>attack the sigil; try to cut it off before he can get all the way through>attempt to communicate with David. Convince him to go back into the netherCombine both strategies, we need to stall him but we can't just talk.
>>31525761Oh fuckDave is able to ConsumeHe's been eating the Avatar of Chaos, every single time it forms, except for once. Erebus put him into the Nether on purpose so he could serve as a living barrier, keeping it out of Venia.Oh god, how many times must he have eaten it? No wonder he's so ridiculously overpowered. He's been chowing down at an all you can eat chaos avatar buffet for CENTURIES.
So, the reason that Dave is so fucked up is that he's been fighting Chaos for eons now. Maybe we could take him from that and put him on our Void Island, which is the home of Order, in order to let him recover his faculties? if nothing else, it'll permanently seperate him from Venia and prevent any damage from him.
It is Matthel all over again.
>>31525975>>31525761Uh, does this mean that it's thanks to David that the world hasn't exploded into raw Chaos?Because that's pretty cool, if so.
>>31526059Except we have a Void Bomb primed to blast him if talking doesn't work.
Wasn't there a spell to cure all ailments on a person?
Roll 1d100>void bomb primed>EXP: 52
>>31526059Matthel wasn't the only thing standing between us and an unstemmed tide of constant Avatars of Chaos. Kill Dave and they're going to pour into Venia en masse.
>>31526055What, a Retirement home for Arbiters? I could dig it.
Rolled 1>>31526115oh please
>>31526059except we already planned "if it doesn't work we blast him to hell immediately"
Rolled 13>>31526115bomb away
Rolled 6>>31526115Now is the time for a critfail!
Rolled 80>>31526115
>>31526110I highly doubt that Purify is going to work on David.>>31526115WHATTHAT WAS WHERE LIGHT RESISTANCE 3 WAS?
>>31526060Chaos is still compounding and all, but presumably he's been keeping it from manifesting an envoy directly.>>31526134DAVE PLS NO.
>>31526134oh god i can't stop laughing
>>31526134...
>>31526134HAH
>>31526134BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHSHADOW QUEST FUCKING DICE
Rolled 43>>31526115MP6 please?>>31526134OH GOD NO.NONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>31526134
Rolled 3>>31526134I am sorry, truly sorryWHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT THHHHHHHHHHHH FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKbye
>>31526134Welcome back to Shadow Quest, guys.
Rolled 9>>31526115
Rolled 55>>31526115
>>31526134KILL YOURSELF
Rolled 31>>31526115
Rolled 6>>31526115I've rolled a plot-important critfail before.
>>31526134Oh gods.
>>31526134>>31526145>>31526146
>>31526110Think this might be a LITTLE beyond its capabilities, anon.
>>31526134WHY
>>31526134Check this. FUCKING CHECK ITI REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT'S REAL
Rolled 34>>31526134>>31526145>>31526146Well, we got Shadow back
>>31526134Well, I guess that's that!Lucky we didn't exhaust all our resources in the battle, eh guys?
>>31526115We almost have enough to finish the Physical Shadow tree, yay!
Rolled 5>>31526115For Abby
Rolled 30>>31526115>>31526134
>>31526134The dice gods are angry.
>>31526134YER MUMS A DANDY ANONAND U ROLL BAD
>>31526115Buy MP6
>>31526134RIP In peace John Nyx
>>31526134I don't understand.
>>31526134oh godmy sidesoh shit that's funnyfucking dice in this fucking shit----------------------------I'll trade back my Sword of Damocles and give you a nat 100 right now.Just throwing it out there.You know.If you wanted.
well at least we still have "That" ready; I think we're gonna need it
>Hey guys lets play as Shadow
I bet this was the spot SM wanted to use the critfail of Damocles too.
>>31526250no
>>31526134whhhhhhhhhyyyyyy>>31526250NOFUCKING NOTHIS 1 FOR NEGOTIATION FAILURE IS ABSOLUTELY FINEWE HAVE PLENTY OF STUFF WE CAN USE OTHERWISE TO DEAL WITH IT
>>31526134But why
Rolled 28>>31526250PLEASE YES, SAVE US SM!
>>31526250No
>>31526250nah
>>31526134>>31526145>>31526146>>31526147>>31526171>>31526177>>31526179>>31526185>>31526186>>31526222>>31526223I want a refund on these rolls.
Rolled 57>>31526250>SM didn't plan to use the nat 1 on this fightThen when?Are you going for bad end?
>>31526250wait, do we still have a 100 in reserve? or are you making us an offer we can't refuse?
>>31526250No.
>>31526250SAVE OUR ASSES.
>>31526134DESTRUCTION
>>31526250NO
I am sorry.
>>31526288>implying there's a good end
>>31526250I am perfectly fine with giving you back the Doom 1.
>>31526134>YOU'RE NOT EREBUS! EREBUS WOULD HAVE IGNORED MY PLEAS FOR HELP!
>>31526250Hell no.
>>31526250YOUUUUU>>31526285The average roll on all 10 of these dice was a 25.
>>31526250It's likeEven though we took the narrative nat-1 away from youYou get it anyway.You have a slimy tentacle in the dice algorithm, don't you? You planned this, I fucking know it.
>>31526250cut that shit outbreeding paranoia like a motherfuckerthe world wont end from that nat 1, we still have most of the advantagesso no
>>31526134DESTRUCTIONDESTRUCTIONTHE DICE GODS ROAR WITH FURY
>>31526250Sure you can have it back.
Shouldn't we get a d20 save? Or like 7 saves considering our allies.
>>31526250Give us a reroll or give us nothing.
>>31526250The sword of damocles makes people play slightly smarter and I'm sure your plot would be Fun... But no, let's roll with what we got.
Rolled 80>>31526250Nope, let's not cheat. This is the will of the dice. I mean, what is the worse that could happen?
>>31526250Fat chance in hell SM.
>>31526336That's right.>>31526250SM, what about our allies' saves?
>>31526336Pretty sure Dave doesn't give even half a fuck about anybody but Erebus himself.
>>31526250Can.CAN WE GET A d20 SAVE FROM OUR HUMANITY SHARD?
>>31526336this is very true
>>31526250HOLY SHIT WE'RE FUCKED.But no, let's keep this critfail.
Guys, lets buy shadowrage. Right now. We'll need it.
>>31526052>Dave is able to Consumewell yeah.that was clear when we saw Consume as an unlockable ability. he has all the abilities.i wonder which Tree Gift he has.
>>31526343The return of AoC.
>eat dinner>come back to quest>first roll as shadow is a nat 1>SM offering deals
>>31526250Hell no, we've got several fucking armies on hand and we're still holding half our trump cards. We can deal with one nat 1
>>31526250Let me think.NOPE
>>31526367That reduces our defense.Hell no.
>>31526336Maybe, but I'd honestly rather not.I assume David is going to come after us. I'm fine with that. I'm afraid if an ally "saves" us, it would involve endangering themselves.
>>31526250NO. FUCK NO.
>>31526250
>>31526292I'm making you an offer you can't refuse.You don't have anything in reserve.--------------------Looks like the nos are far outweighing the yeses.BUT>>31526360I like this idea.I like it a lot.You can use your Humanity Shard here, to try and bail you out.But if it goes wrong......things might happen later.Vote 1:>fight against the will of the dice gods using HumanityVote 2:>accept your fate
>>31526388Most of that army is going to be dead when Dave is finished with it.
>>315264151
>>315264152
>>31526336>>31526360We get a d20 save by SMs rules.Probably Fang or Arc, maybe Abby or lla.Also tell Melody to get her ass over here.
>>31526254I wonder what Shadow would have done with SM in control of him.gunboat diplomancy also?
>>31526415>But if it goes wrong...>...things might happen later.HOLY JESUS WE GO FULL EREBUS AGAIN IF WE GET ANOTHER NAT 1
Rolled 17Warming up the d20s.
Rolled 1>>31526415I really can't tell which one I want, So i'm flipping a coin.
>>31526415>Three nat 1s>Humanity Breaks>Arbiter Abby immediately>Throw her into the nether to work with Dave
>>31526250have to admit, it's a little frustrating to have dice fuck this upSeemed like we were actually gonna get some more Dave development/backstory, and it seemed like you were spinning Dave as this sorta tragic yandere who went nuts trying to hold back AoCbut then Nat 1 and there's really no way for you to save this aside from "lol take sword of damocles"
>>31526481your allies have no aid to offer in this situation
>>31526480DON'T YOU DARE WASTE THE GOOD ROLLS
>>31526481We failed a diplomacy roll.No one else in the universe can attempt to reason with Dave.And we hardly can.
I shall not be rolling for this d20
>>31526415>You don't have anything in reserve.Oh bullshit, and if you're making this a live or die roll just so you can try and push another bargaining chip into your hands, then shame on you.Things should get hard for us because of this, but the fight has been too easy up till this point anyways.
>>31526415GOOD BYE 'RESONANT'>>31526465but that would actually be cool.losing our humanity.aw hell /tg/ would never allow itself to roleplay it right tho
>>31526134This is kind of annoying.
>>31526449Probably. It's consistent with our interactions with David thus far - a little bit of talking, and a whole lot of hitting.We're in an abusive relationship, and we just can't stay apart.Shadow x Dave when?Both have an arbitrary number of tentacles, and can shadow-shape an arbitrary number of orifices to stick them in.
>>31526415Humanity is a bro. Surely this is the will of the dice.
>>31526508>>31526518I thought the roll included the combat for failed negotiation?If we just failed the diplomacy roll then everything's fine and almost nothing has changed.If it included combat then we're on the verge of Death right now, but it also means we should get a save from allies bailing us out.
>>31526526but we don't. that was just a afactual statement?
>>31526518>Dave is completely enraged by our false promises>EREBUS Y U DO THIS I LOVE YOU Y U NO COME TO ME EREBUS EREBUSAnd that's when Venia is invaded by an Eldritch Horror and everyone died :(
Rolled 1>>31526497What is the "Sword of Damocles" and why is it important again?
>>31526497What makes you think I want to save it? I've already got the crit failure halfway written. I think it makes for a great moment, actually. It'll run with Dave's character perfectly.I'm cutting deals because it's fun. I'm here to enjoy myself, not just write DOOM and GLOOM (as fun as that can be sometimes).>>31526415cutting off votes
>>31526581nat 1 that can be used at any time, don't fall for SM's trap.
>>31526591ALL IS DEATH
>>31526581stop flipping a coin mr indecisive.and good fuck are you really this ignorant of not only common idioms, but did you not see this same idiom used many times in the archives?about the nat1 hanging over our heads SM could override at any time with because we consented?
Ok, roll 1d20 for Humanity
>>31526581It's also known as the Critfail of Damocles.
Rolled 13>>31526621
>>31526581SM once let us reverse a critfail and then kept the nat 1 in reserve to use at his leisure.Everyone is butthurt about it, but in all honesty it forced SQ players to extremes of paranoic planning and forethought and probably we all played better for knowing that SM could potentially fuck up our plans at any time.So really, I'm not that mad about it. SQ is probably better for it despite all the bitching.
Rolled 2>>31526621THE POWER OF LOVE, GUIDE MY DICE!
Rolled 3>>31526621Alrighty then.
Rolled 19>>31526621My idea, my failure
Rolled 5>>31526621Rolling to lose our soul.
Rolled 19>>31526621dice a shit
Rolled 2>>31526621
Rolled 15>>31526621
Rolled 4>>31526621
Rolled 18>>31526621death
Rolled 10>>31526621Now or never.
Rolled 19>>31526621
>>31526632Not bad>>31526636>>31526637Shit
Rolled 5>>31526621watch me crit
>>31526632>>31526636>>31526637>>31526639>>31526641Best of three, or best of five?
>>31526621I can't bring myself to roll.
Rolled 3>>31526621DISCO SUCKS FUCK EVERYTHING
>>31526636>>31526637WHY
>>31526636>>31526637>>31526639Welp.
So is humanity Broken and now Shadow no longer loves Abby?Time for combat!!!!!VOIDBOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn. Not a single 1 or 20 in the lot. Guess the dice are taunting us in a different way tonight.
>>31526632>>31526639is gewd
Rolled 11>>31526621LATE TO THE PARTYROLLAN ANYWAY
>>31526632>>31526636>>31526637Everyone who says crits are easy to get on d20 can go straight to hell.
Rolled 2>>31526621Thing is, we have 5% chance for either critfail or critwin... But guess which one we'll have?
Rolled 1>>31526621
I want to go back to being fang.
Didn't critfail and it was resonant.It'll probably lose a lot, but at least it should null the critfail into a normal fail...
If Humanity breaks, then we can't use it to fix our other shards.Welcome back, Temerity.
Rolled 17Told you about those dice gods bro, I told you.
Rolled 20>>31526735fuckinhg called it>>31526621
>>31526735Stop.
Rolled 6Rolled the 1 before, just gonna check to see if my luck rebooted.
Rolled 2>>31526752HA!
>>315267351d2-0Nice try.
Rolled 20>>31526758+5 luck!Not bad!
Rolled 12>>31526735AnonAnyone with an extention sees that as "1d2"What are you doing?
>>31526752Quick, everyone stop rolling!
>>31526752>>31526789>nat 20's well after the cut offWhy, Shadow Quest? Why must you take joy from me after lending it so freely?
>>31526752>>31526789Why now, dice gods?
>>31526789LINK YOUR FUCKING ROLLS SONYOU DONE GOOFED
Rolled 14>>31526827>>31526812Waaaay past the cut off.
You plant your feet in front of David.<David. It's me.>...EREBUS?His voice sounds calmer. You surreptitiously start to gather mana behind your back.<Yes. David...you've been holding back chaos all this time.>YES. YES, THAT IS MY PURPOSE. THAT IS WHY YOU SENT ME THERE. ISN'T IT? ISN'T IT? IT WASN'T A PUNISHMENT, WAS IT?!<Yes! That's why I sent you there.> You feel Humanity rise inside of you. It hums in your voice. You've never felt this before - but then, you've never been in any situation quite like this before, either. <But I need you to stay there. Keep going your job. I'm going to come down there and deal with it myself, soon. But right now, you're the vanguard. You have to keep a vigil.>VIGIL...VIGIL.David seems to sink slightly. His twisting limbs lower themselves.A flash of Void magic slices through nearby Lightning. David's body swivels. He focuses on Abigail as she flashes by, clad in her armor.>con't
>>31526608Oh I know about the Nat 1 I just never heard of the idiom "Sword of Damocles" nor do I remember seeing it in previous threads."I'm sorry."
>>31526870NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>31526870Oh come on SM.You're a chump.
HERHER AGAINWHÝ H̸̸͡E͢͏R̢͜?̷̷ ̢͝͠Ẁ̢HY HER̡?̵҉͢!̵͝͏W҉̸H̵Y̶͘ ̶N͠O̧͝T ̕ME̶̢Ỳ̸̴O̵͞U̵͘ ͢L͟Ȩ̀FT͢ ̸͠͠M͠E̡ ͜TH̕͞E̢R͏͟E̷̢Y̺͈̣͈̠̤̬͟O҉̺̝̲̗͟͜Ų͓̣̞͓̀͠ ҉҉̰̖̱̱͘A̛͝҉͚̘͈̖̘̫͚̹B͈́ͅÀ̴̮̘̪͜N̸̸̦̟̜̩D̸̬̘ͅO̺͙̙͖̪̕͡N̢͔E͓̖͎̹̭̫̱̥͠͡͞Ḑ̺̖͎̝̦͕̠̮͟ ̵͚̘M͎̝̻̥͖̰͇͜͝Ę̴̠̣̱͙̱̱̥͍͝͏̰͈̘͝͡ͅE̫̥͖͈̥̱̖̗͎͟R͓̦̠̣͇̜̬̼͡͞E̸̷̟̝͎̲͚̰B̡̥̜U͎̰̱̬͉̮̩̲͢͠S̛͉̥<No, David! It's part of your job, your - >---R̢̾̌ͧ͌̈́ͨ͐ͨ̄̏̆ͤ̊̓ͮ҉̶̡̧R̅̂͊̄́̑̓͊ͫͪ̉̂ͮͬ͜͝R̓ͬͧ͐ͤ̊ͥͥͬͦ͌͂̽ͮ͂ͧ̀ͨ͐͜҉̸̢A͋͑͂̍̈́ͨ̓͋͗̔ͭ̊̋̊ͧ̀͘Ą͗̊͌͛̅ͮ̂̆͐̒ͤ̌̈́ͨͬͥ̉̍ͯ͘̕͢A̸̢͐͐ͧ̑̔͌͒͌ͬ͗̒̓̿́A̷ͩ̀͋ͦͥ͑̿ͬ̒ͭ̿ͬẢͮ̊̈͗̄͆͜͝҉̷͞A̡̒̆ͩ̈͌͊ͨ͌͊̂͑ͨ̔̉̑̂͌͛̀̀̕R̢̨̂̋̉ͩ͂̇̽͋̒́̏͌͏̕R̴ͯ̇̊ͤ́̕͟͡R̸̵̂͆͆ͩͦͦͤͨ̆ͣͤ͋ͭ̉̏̂̈́ͯ̀͞͡R͑̿̋̈̓̐̿̌̓͢G̶ͯ̈ͣͬ͑͗̐̎͂͗ͭͥͯ̽̐ͬ̉͡҉͢Gͦͦ̋ͯͬͧ͋͒͊͑̾̔̋ͪ̈́͌͏̡̛͜͏G̓͂̅̆̉̑͒ͧ̑̍̎̄ͥͩ̒͏̵̨́H̾̿͊͌̌͂͒̓͊ͪ͏͏̢̛͛ͬ͛ͬ̏̇̽̂̍̃̒̈ͥ͞͏͟David pulls his body further out of the sigil!You gather your Void Bomb tight.Roll 1d100
>>31526870HE'S GONNA KILL ABBY FUCK!
Rolled 47>>31526891
Rolled 6>>31526870No no no no no no no no no no no
Rolled 69>>31526891
Rolled 24>>31526891
Rolled 80>>31526891GO BACK TO BED DAVEY BOY
Rolled 76>>31526891
Rolled 19>>31526891I'VE GOT THIS
Rolled 32>>31526891GO TO YOUR HOME, YOU TENTACLE FUCK
Rolled 17>>31526891
Rolled 44>>31526891Ugh.Gonna need a shard for this.
Rolled 90>>31526891
Rolled 48>>31526891fucking damnit abby
Rolled 15>>31526891dw guis I do it
>>31526891Use Resolve.
>>31526870I swear... if this goes down... I will cry.
>>31526906>>31526911Goddamnit Abby, get the fuck out of there
Rolled 95>>31526906>>31526911>>31526913Good enough? If not, use Resolve.
Use Resolve?Vote 1:>yesVote 2:>no
Rolled 1>>31526891Resolve.
>>31526906>>31526910>>31526911Boost these rolls with resolve.If there's any time we really need to use shards, it's right fucking here.
>>31526891RESOLVE YOU SON OF A BITCH WE NEED YOUR POWER.
>>31526964>1
>>31526906>>31526910>>31526911THOROUGHLY MEDIOCRESM PLS
Rolled 1>>31526891
>>315269641
>>31526906>>31526910>>31526911Mediocre but not fatal!>>31526964YES.
>>31526964yes
>>315269642
>>31526870You know, it seems pretty likely that Erebus was never an Elemental Lord at all.The Avatar of Chaos is obviously supposed to be the leader of Elemental Lords - a shapeshifting power capable of using all Chaotic elements equally.We just stole the AoC's place in the pantheon.
Rolled 17>>315269641
>>31526910>>31526970>>31526977>>31526984Tha's a d20
>>31526980Keep trying.>>31526999For the love of God, WHY? When all we love is at stake?
>>31527026Not always.
>>31527026I think in this case it's just burning ranks to boost it, not calling for aid.
>>31527054>>31527048Its not even linked and its a d20, relax its not that bad.
>>31526891"I'm sorry, David."
Can we buy Tree Gift so either Illa or Abby can Void Bomb Dave as well?
>>31527077Doesn't matter. The rolls that count are still mediocre. The boost is just that, to boost it.
>>31527035Because some men just want to watch the world burn?
>>31526891<That Aby is why I am reluctant to give you more power.>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7j1Vn2TgLY<RESOLVE!>The orb of magic behind your back suddenly jumps in power. White lines seep through it - and you know that's chaos.David's body leans toward Abigail.You fire your void bomb.>mana: 66/76The magic sphere spins from your hands with enough velocity that it distorts itself, turning into a flattened oval. White light sparks from the edges of the black disk. It slams into David.A fountain of black and white light explodes outward.There is no sound. It hangs there for a moment, enveloping the majority of David's body. And then, with a clap of Wind, the spell implodes. The greater chunk of David's body is shattered and warped into the nether.David shrieks. The contorted thing slides halfway back into the sigil. Most of its limbs are missing, hacked off at the trunk. Others flail in pain. The limb reaching for Abigail disintegrates, its stalk cut away at the base. She and the demon lord fly in another direction.What do you do?>try to beat him back through the sigil by force>focus your attacks on the sigil>another Void Bomb to finish the job>some other strategy
>>31527004>You know, it seems pretty likely that Erebus was never an Elemental Lord at all.>likelyI'm sorry are you new? Have you read any thread before this one?
>>31527154>another Void Bomb to finish the job
Rolled 17>>31526964My fucking sides.Every time. This quest, every. Single. Time.We try to make use of Humanity, and it fails us. And who do we turn to? Who saves our ass every time?MOTHERFUCKINGTEMERITYI love you, TEmerity. You're the only one who was always there for us when we needed you. The only one who wouldn't bend or break against our foes. I'm so sorry for what they did to you. You are truly our greatest ally.
>>31527154>focus your attacks on the sigilVOID BOMB AGAIN
>>31527154>another Void Bomb to finish the jobExtreme prejudiceWait, are we close enough to use the shotgun effect Void Bomb?
>>31527154>>try to beat him back through the sigil by force
>>31527154>focus your attacks on the sigil
>>31527154CONSUME THE SIGILj/kanother void bomb aimed at the sigil itself please
>>31527154>another Void Bomb to finish the jobPew pew!
>>31527193We need to spend EXP to use Humanity's Erasure ability. It's not his fault we can't be careful with our EXP.
>>31527154>focus your attacks on the sigil>another Void Bomb to finish the jobpreferably after positioning ourselves between him and Abby.>>31527204That's a massive spread; anti-army. Not what we want here.
>>31527134Yeah, but it doesn't need to boost a 6. It just needs to boost 47, 69, 24. Pretty easy for a Resonant shard.
Rolled 5>>31527154>>another Void Bomb to finish the job
>>31527193>Not DarkxisPoor Darkxis
>>31527154>>focus your attacks on the sigil>>another Void Bomb to finish the jobDestroy the sigil.
Rolled 16>>31527154Cut the shit.Erasure the Sigil. Eat what bits of David get cut off on this side, or just Erasure them, too.
>>31527154>>some other strategyBlink above the Sigil and use Dark Wave to try to blast him back through the thing with the insane knockback.
>>31527154>focus your attacks on the sigilWe need Dave alive.
whoa guys I just had a revelation.when realizing David ate the AoC over and over.and how WE ate the AoC......which sent her back to the Nether core.which is contained by a shell of Order.which we are powering personally.The core's shell is like Erebus's stomach. EXP is like the energy differential from the phase change of returning chaos substance to a lower state--back in our belly.Chaos is indigestion, and the Avatar of Chaos was a glorified sentient burp.
>>31527154>>another Void Bomb to finish the job
>>31527228What are you even talking about? That's exactly what I said and why I said it.>this circular fucker>>31527154Void bomb @ Sigil please.
>>31527240Only if this void bomb fails to do serious damage.It should put us on the brink of victory.If Dave manages to avoid it somehow then Erasure all up in his bitch.
>>31527252>>31527154Dark Wave him back into the sigil, and then hit it with another Void Bomb.
>>31527268For a moment this almost seemed like proper Shadow science
>>31527193>You can use your Humanity Shard here, to try and bail you out.>But if it goes wrong...>...things might happen later.>Temerity saves us againOh...Oh this is going to be good.
>>31527268>the Avatar of Chaos was a glorified sentient burp.
>>31527221Unless it's used at point blank range, in which case it is just utter annihilation on a single target.
>>31527268But what about when we eat Humans?They don't go back to the Nether
>>31527322>They don't go back to the Netheryes they do.
>>31527319I support this.Blink + Shotgun Voidbomb
>>31527154Void Bomb on the Sigil itself, Dave is momentarily blindsided.
>>31527322The Demons are repurposes human souls.
>>31527154What's the status for Resolve?
>>31527357Winchesters pls go and stay go
>>31527345He is coming through the Sigil, so that's pretty much the same thing.
Vote 1:>Dave is distracted. Launch another bomb at the sigilVote 2:>blink up directly above Dave, unleash Void Bomb Alt 2 (mega shotgun of nuclear doom)
>>31527183Hush you, I just mean that Erebus himself is an invader from the Void. Probably the Void personified or some shit.
>>315273742
>>315273741
>>31527364(Resolve) - Normal
>>31527375Not him, but he was mocking you because it's already been confirmed in quest that Erebus is not an elemental lord.
>>31527381>>31527385>>31527398attack the transport sigilnot dave, he'll just regen.
>>31527375>ProbablyYes you're not saying anything new again man.Shadow himself told Hecate that Erebus was something alien to Venia from the Void.seriously why are you saying things like they're new information or somehow speculation
>>31527413He's the Elemental Lord of Order.
>>31527375>invader>implying Chaos didn't invade firstHumanity, please.
Why are people voting against the Shotgun.Also Eclipse will run out after this turn.
>>31527459Shut up Temerity, you're already dead.
>>31527441Order isn't one of the 7 elements.
>>31527441ORDER IS NOT A FILTHY ELEMENT OF CHAOS.You shut your whore mouth.
>>31527467Shotgun takes far more mana from what I remember, so if we mess up this roll, we don't have anything to retaliate with.Also it puts us right in front of him.
>>31527496Resolve is still at Normal. We can use him again.
>>31527374cutting off votes
>>31527477Two sides of the same coin.
>>31527467Why are people voting to not attack the sigil he's using to anchor himself to this plane?>i'll never know
>>31527516Because we're fucking retards.
>>31527496Eclipse halves mana required for shadow magic.
>>31527496They cost the same mana>>31527516DAVE IS COMING OUT OF THE SIGIL, SO A VOID BOMB WILL HIT THE SIGIL AND DAVE BECAUSE OF AOE
...you...are not...elemental...you...are order...they, are chaos...truly, there are only 7 elements, not 8....idiot.
>>31527154"DAVID PLEASE"
>>31527543Two sides of the same coin.
>>31527510>>31527543
So did we avoid the "things might happen later" or not?I just want to know if I need to prepare as a player or not.
>>31527496>Void Bomb - Your control of the Void gives you the power to remove offending pieces of Chaos with bursts of magical energy.>(Alt 1) Launch a void bomb, a spherical projectile of shadow magic that acts as a Void Ring upon striking a target. Mana cost changes the radius of the detonation. 10 mana results in a 1-yard radius. 15 mana grants a 10-yard radius. 35 mana grants a quarter-mile radius.>(Alt 2) Form a black sphere which unleashes a destructive flurry of hundreds of 3 to 10 yard void bombs in a 60 degree arc over a distance of a quarter mile. Costs 50 mana. Be cautious of friendly fire.Then there's Eclipse, which halves mana cost.
>>31527496We're fine for mana because of the Eclipse.Plus, we'll be firing hundreds of 10 yard void bombs. I think it will push Dave back and start hitting the Sigil, after a time.
>>31527582And Oneness, for a permanent 10% cost reduction.
>>31527572>Implying the foul darkness is anything but a prison of the All-Power to be destroyedVenia may profit and be born from the mixing of the two forces. But Venia need not exist at all.
>>31527581Nothing happened. Your mediocre Humanity rolls neither helped nor harmed your effort in convincing David to return to the nether peacefully.
>>31527609Shut up and get back in your hole.
>>31527613But did humanity break or anything?
>>31527613Wait so that was a nat1 result still?
>>31527636>>31527642No.
>>31527375What if...Shadow isn't just a shadow elemental...but is actually Erebus?
>>31527613What was the DC for convincing Dave to go back without the nat1?Couldn't have been more than 60
>>31527543FineDoes Avatar of Order sound better?
>>31527683>please stop raping reality Dave>pretty please??I'm thinking there was going to be a pretty high DC.The Nat 1 probably just got him one step further out of the Nether than SM was planning.
>>31527510>>31527572>moving goalposts this blatantlybesides, neither order nor chaos need the other to survive. you're wrong anyway.it's only their bastard spawn Venia that needs both to live.
>>31527710Nah, the whole "Fight the Good Fight!!" angle was really good.
So anybody else concerned that Everyone just heard that we're Erebus?Or was it obvoius since Hecate + Random Shadow mage being Stronk as fuck.
>>31527776>Eclipse
>>31527776Yeah we need to take a vacation in the Void after this to recover our true power. We should have the time once this Demon Lord, Nulis, and Kullia are dealt with.
>>31527776Secret's definitely out after this.Good thing we're leaving for space and don't have to deal with the fallout for a while.
>>31527776Thankfully the majority of the people who matter already know and are fine with it.Arcturis may have some concern over the fact that his son is the best friend of the Lord of Darkness, but hey, he'll come around.
>>31527776Who cares? Every single angel that could possibly stand up to us is dead. Everybody else of power enough to give us pause already knows.
>>31527776Considering that we just buttblasted Sandalfuckface, we're now definitively the strongest being in Venia.So, not really.
>>31527776We blotted out the sun with a thought.I'm pretty sure the Erebus alarms are already flaring.
>>31527823>The most powerful Light Mage in existence is Erebus's best friend.I think Arcturis will be stroking his beard until he dies trying to appreciate this.
>>31527776Raphael saying "I think I shook hands with a monster" probably meant he was already having suspicions.
Rolled 1Rollan
>>31527868Why?
>>31527845>>The most powerful Light Mage in existence is Erebus's best friend.I find it neat that Flint is now stronger than every single Angel that's still around and would probably be stronger than most of them even if they hadn't died.in raw power anyway.
>>31527868>dice+1d1-0-0
>>31527847I thought he was talking about Sandals, lol
>>31527868>Rolled 1d1: 1The only thing you are doing is annoying me.Can someone give me the alt-code for that hyphen so I can just straight up filter dice+1- and dice+2- from the email field?
So this is how it went.>Fourth Demon Lord comes in all badass and strong and everyone is all OOOHHH STRONG, SCARY>They begin the Pentaverate and everyone is all OH SHIT!! SCARY, PLEASE NO>Sandalphon comes teleports in and people are all OOOOOOOOOHHHHH BRIGHT!! STOP HIS SUMMONING!!!!>Hecate come and and STOPS TIME and everyone goes HOLLY SHIT, ELEMENTAL LORD, OH GOD, GET FUCKED>Then John Nyx enters the playing field.>Blots out the sun>Kills two demon lords single handedly>Kills roughly 200,000 demons and mages>Kills Quaphisel >Kills Sandalphon, the strongest known being alive>Banishes a being of OH GOD TENTACLES EVERYWHERE, who happens to be more than twice as strong as Sandals, back into the Nether.We really over shadowed everyone huh?
>>315279250173
>>31527930>over shadowed
>>31527925What was the 1 earlier?
>>31527947A 1d100It was legit.I rolled it ( ;_;)
>>31527947Genuine.
Rolled 1>>31527868what is this
>>31527930I think everyone is going to need a heavy dose of ignorance potion when the day is done.
>>31527930>>Kills two demon lords single handedlythat's not what happened
>>31527947Diplomacy. Shadow always fails diplomacy.
>>31527930>>Kills two demon lords single handedly>>Kills Quaphiselthat was Auriel and the Nemesis during chronomancy before Shadow even did anything
>>31527976If you count the Nemesis as our creation it does.And The Kinetic Explosive bombardment did waaaaaaaay more damage than the Nemesis barrage.
Rolled 1>>31527970Who can say?
>>31527976Well, we haven't seen two of them since the Shadow Bombardment.If they're not dead I don't know where the fuck they are.
>>31527976Who's going to say otherwise? Joey? He's OUR bard.
>>31527976From everyone else's pov it is. We nuked the field with those earth rods and it killed 2 of the lords.Steward may have technically helped, but they don't know that.
Rolled 1FUCKING AURIEL CRASHING OUR AIRSHIPWHAT NEXT?GOING TO CRASH IT INTO THE DAVESIGIL?
>>31527998The Nemesis is our airship and Auriel is under our command.No matter her delusions.
Auriel better be eating Airship wrecks right now.We gotta prepare for the Void Island mission.
Maaaybe I shouldn't have posted the funky altcode after all.
>>31528006>>31528010No.They died BEFORE the bombardment. everyone saw them get frozen and zapped to oblivion.
I wonder how many airships are even still operational. I wonder how many of the wrecked ones had their dynamos survive.
>>31527998Auriel has as much authority as we give her.
>>31528057She better.We should also take the wreck of the Velarion for it's jump drive.
>>31527998Well we did buff the Nemesis' firepower by several times using the Aurora Gem.
>>31528083We already have a jump drive. More drives won't let us jump more, we have to get more dynamos to power the thing up faster to jump more.
>>31527970>>31528002>>31528035You do realize we can see the 1d1 through extensions, right? You can fool us, but not the technology.
>>31507939Okay, show of hands.Who DIDN'T see Dave coming?
>>31528104It'll let us hold two jump charges.Jump in, Jump out.
>>31528115Hopefully nobody. I called it the very thread the sigil first became known.
>>31528119>Telemasering targets Cybran Commander-styleYES.
>Auriel teaches Flint some real spells>Holy shit he done got gud
So we voted to void bomb alt 2, but we're not rolling?
>>31528150I think we just killed the only guy in the world who knew the most about Light Magic barring Hemmelus.
>>31528177He needed to die anyway.
>>31528150>implying that Donovan "The Pain Cannon" Flint will need anything other than brute force to succeedIf Donovan got Angel'd by Hyperion, he'd probably be stronger than Hyperion...
>>31528196Oh I'm not debating that, it's just a sad loss of knowledge. I'm sure there were some spells only Sandals knew.
>>31528074This is the post for the chromomancy>Your voice is cut off, not because you stopped speaking, but because you can't hear anything. Ice and Lightning erupt in a gout of pure magical force, like a volcano set to blow under the battlefield. You're forced to cup your hands over your ears and turn away.>When you look back, the dust is already clearing. No sign of the demon lords, or Qaphsiel. The sigil is cracked - broken. It seems to be disintegrating. The shell left by the lords is also severely damaged. The only patch of ground left untouched is a small section of grass centered on Donovan and Matthel.>Your ears might be ringing, but you can still hear Sandalphon's shout. "NOOO!" The angel crawls on the ground back toward his collapsing spell. One of his hands is bloody, and his foot is bent the wrong way, but it seems he managed to shield himself. He pushes his power into the sigil. It flickers and sparks uncertainly.>Sandalphon looks at Matthel. You hear him shout something. He points at Donovan. Matthel looks at Sandalphon, then at his brother, then back to Sandalphon. The angel shouts again.>Matthel draws his sword. You can see it shaking in his hands.>You're too far to make a difference. Well. Shadow and Abigail will have to live. Too bad for Matthel. Hearing his hero order him to kill is own brother is probably ripping him apart right now. He should've known better.
You jump into the air and soar over David.The tentacled mass is regrowing. He's swiftly regaining himself, tugging, pulling. The collapsing sigil is making life difficult for him - it's getting harder with every passing second for him to keep his gateway open.You hover above him, and gather together all your mana. This is going to take a lot of effort.You can feel the energy drain out of you and into the spell in front of you. There's no sigil - it seems like you just don't operate the way human mages do.The power condenses in front of you.--E̒ͨ̇̔̄̀͡R̨̡̉̇͊̈́E̶̾͐̿̊̈̒ͩB́ͮ̌̈ͧ̅U̽ͥS̡̛͊̑ͤ̈́ͮ̎͆̿̔͒͆̓ͧ̀̇ͤ̕͟E̐͢͏R̛̓ͨͧ̍E̔͏͟B͊͆͝Ư̐̿̓͐̏Ŝ̸̨ͪ̉̾͐P̴̧L̸͘E̶̴A̷SE<...I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave. But I'll come for you. Soon.>>mana: 43/76Your Void Bomb erupts beneath you. David is covered in dozens of magic bombs, frozen, poised on his skin. No part of the sigil is spared.They implode.A thundering clap of air echoes across the battlefield.Everything in caught in the blast is simply erased. All that remains is a neatly carved hole in the ground at the center of the valley. Dave is back in the nether...for now.You turn back to the rest of the battle - and you can see that your allies have converged on the final demon lord. It may be strong, but it can't stand against the likes of Arcturis, Abigail, Fang, Vellik, and Melody all combined. It's already ash by the time you make it to them.------------------>con't
Shadow kinda dominated this battle, but we expected that.
>>31528256>can't let you do that, DaveI'm in tears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLPbryclzBYThey turn as you approach. You stand there, watching them.The Eclipse in the sky fades. Sunlight pierces through the clouds. The battle at large is virtually over. You can see a few orcs skirmishing in the distance with a few minotaurs - but they're making quick work of them.After the endless chaos, the silence seems deafening. As if it's too peaceful.Abigail walks up to you. Her armor clicks back over her body, rolling into her hand. "...Shadow.""...everyone heard what David said, didn't they?""I think that's a safe conclusion," Melody says."Cat's out of the bag," Fang admits."...you're actually Erebus," Arcturis says. "Light above. Did all of you know this?""I didn't," Vellik mutters."Lord Flint - "Arcturis raises a hand at you. "No, John Nyx. Or Shadow. Or whatever you're called." He shakes his head. "You saved my son from my own stupidity. If anyone is to be judged, here, it shall be me.""...where's Matthel?""Ila took him back to the lines. He's locked up tight."All your radios crackle. "This is Steward 002. Status report. The battle has safely concluded. Kanian casualties, not including demons, number approximately 45,000. Allied casualties are reported at close to 10,000.""...thank you, Steward," Melody says."I guess...it's over?" Abigail says. "It's hard to believe.""Not yet," Fang says. "Nulis and Kullia are still at large.">con't
>>31528216followed closely by thisYou are Yi Fang, and you are bending all of your senses into the sky to try and figure out what in the Nether Shadow is doing up there.But you don't have time, because before you can get a grasp of it, he's heading toward the ground at a tremendous speed. You feel the rolling thunder as he breaks the air in his haste.This is the God of the Night.And then, Shadow's presence is pulling away, and in his place comes, oddly, a huge square of interconnected metal rods, filled to the brim with earth. And then they separate. And then the pieces separate.In a moment, the sky is filled with a meteor storm of of Earthen power.It careens into airships, flying beasts. Each one detonates with the force of an earthquake. The enemy navy is blown out of the sky. The Kanian army is smothered under the hail of magic. Desperate attempts at stemming the tide are simply erased. Hundreds of thousands die in an instant.The roiling aftershock of the blast is heading toward you - a solid wall of wind, dust, and force."Get down!" Wong shouts.And as unceremonious as it might be, you throw yourself onto the grass without hesitation, covering your head with your hands. You're tossed forward slightly as the wall of force blasts over you, carrying a storm of dust and debris. Eventually, the roar fades, and the shaking stops.they'll give us the credit.
>>31528285>"I didn't," Vellik mutters.I WONDER WHY THAT WAS, YOU SHIFTY MOTHERFUCKER.You're still cool, though.
----------------------You took Obis to Kan-Abar after the battle. The city is mostly pacified - free of the demonic spell that sat heavy on all their heads, they were more than happy to welcome their rightful king back into their midst. It seems your construct-self did a good job destroying some of the summoners, which helped speed that process along. Obis reestablished relationships with aides and functionaries that had made it through Nulis's rule unscathed, setting up an hasty interim government until he can take the throne in a more official fashion.You found Nulis in the basement of the palace - a vegetable. Adavan did his best, but Nulis's mind was melted to slag by powerful spirit magic. Kullia Nesteral was nowhere to be found. But with all the leaders of the world on a headhunt, you don't think that will last too long.It's a few days after the battle. Obis and the other leaders of the world have gathered back at Arland, after helping with cleaning up the remains of the battle. It's been a time of celebration, and of wonder - and rumors of your return are everywhere. Your story is a mixed one. You were the enemy of demons, the enemy of angels. You fought off the Kanian horde, but you summoned abominations. You blotted out the sun, but you won the day.>con't
>>31528256I'm gonna have to work on my speech to convince Dave that he's too corrupted by chaos and suicide is the only answer for next tiem we encounter him.
>>31528216yes and.they got blown up and then no one saw 2 of them ever again.well before shadow began his bombardment.
>>31528285>based steward has been killcounting for us
You've been keeping a low profile. You can't exactly be seen in public. For the most part, you've been posing as one of Obis's bodyguards, just in case Kullia wanted to try a quick shot at revenge - but nothing, yet.Obis seems...mechanical. You feel that he's trying to bury the loss of his brother, with whom he will never reconcile, and the greater realization that his fiance was always against him. Freja is helping, slowly. But he'll take time to heal."Hey, Shadow," Donovan says.You look up. "Huh?""Want another apple?""...sure."Donovan tosses you a fruit. He's sitting in the branches of a tree. You're both in the flooded gardens, relaxing. Donovan, of course, is the conquering hero, now. And he's been having a lot of trouble getting a moment's peace in public. And keeping his aura hidden. So you've both taken to escaping a mile or two out into the wilder part of the woods.You relax against the trunk and idly chew. It's sour, and crunchy. Good.The ground rumbles slightly. Just slightly - almost imperceptibly."...did you feel that one?" you ask."...yeah. I...Felt it, more than felt it, you know?""I know. I was talking to Hemmelus early. That battle wasn't healthy for the barrier. Too much chaos in one place, too much summoning.""I guess...we'll have to figure that out." He looks down at you. "So. When are we leaving?""What?""Don't think you're going alone, dumbass.""...I don't want anyone to get hurt. I'm sick and tired of people getting hurt.""You listen here," Donovan says. "You've turned my whole life around. I'm not going to rest until you're able to rest. Until my best friend can kick up and relax in a seat at Archon and fuck his wife.">con't
>>31528285>"This is Steward 002.>002AAAAAAHHHHHHH
>>31528256>. It's already ash by the time you make it to them.>tfw Abbius-Sabbius didn't save it as a living snack
"W-what?! Light, Donovan!""Come on. You are going to propose, right?""...Abigail said she had something to tell me after all this was over. When things were fixed. So...I think I'll wait for that."Donovan rolls his eyes. "You were the one that told me to go get her, once. Auriel. Remember? But I guess if it's agreed to, then it's agreed to. Just don't make her have to ask you, alright?""Heh. Alright.""By the way, have you seen Adavan lately?" Donovan asks. "I've been meaning to invite him on our excursions.""...no. He's been with Hecate. I'm not sure what their relationship is, exactly...but worry she'll overstep her boundaries.""We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Donovan says. "Starting arguments about things you're not sure about is just asking for trouble. I think he'll work on her - Adavan. He's different than when we first met him. He'll bring her around. Pull her into our time.""...our time." You glance up at the sky between the rustling leaves. "This is our time.""Yes it is, my friend. Yes it is."----------------------What do you do now?>gather allies for a meeting, then head into space on the Nemesis>do something else
>>31528346AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>31528335haha, donovon, you motherfucker.
>>31528285>All your radios crackle. "This is Steward 002BUT WE KILLED YOU
>>31528335>Until my best friend can kick up and relax in a seat at Archon and fuck his wife."GOD DAMMIT SM I'M DYING HERE
>>31528335>I'm not going to rest until you're able to rest. Until my best friend can kick up and relax in a seat at Archon and fuck his wifeinb4 spitting apple chunks
>>31528362Oh gosh this feels like TTGL.LETS GO TO SPACE AND FIND AIRSHIP WRECKS AND MAKE A GALAXY SIZED AIRSHIP
>>31528346sigh
>>31528362>gather allies for a meeting, then head into space on the Nemesis
>>31528362"So how does it feel being the most powerful Light Mage in the world?"
>>31528362Visit Hecate. Meditate all Shards to full power.Can we burrow through Tarun Garukh to check on the Core ourselves?
>>31528256oh dave
>>31528335>"You listen here," Donovan says. "You've turned my whole life around. I'm not going to rest until you're able to rest. Until my best friend can kick up and relax in a seat at Archon and fuck his wife."Oh, you.
>>31528362Let's go to Xile.
>>31528362Is there even going to be enough air for this kind of thing on the nemesizzle?
>>31528256><...I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave.>>31528285>"I didn't," Vellik mutters.>>31528335>relax in a seat at Archon and fuck his wifeYou're killing me, SM. You're killing me.
>>31528346This came up earlier, but we never had an opportunity to really do anything about it.At this point, I really don't care anymore.
Rolled 5>>31528335>Until my best friend can kick up and relax in a seat at Archon and fuck his wife.I've missed bro time with Donovan.>>31528362Spaaaaaaace.
>>31528362Can we, like, finally actually talk to the Elf Queen before blasting off to space?
>>31528362>Rebuild construct self>Meditate the fuck out of shards because somehow that might boost core stability >Fuck Abby>Call the meeting about going to space.
>>31528362HA HA TIME FOR SPACE.
LET'S FREE LEVIATHAN BEFORE WE GO GUYSthis is sarcasm
>>31528362We need to talk to Elf Queen first. We've been leaving her out of all the shenanigans.
>>31528335Flint don't play.>>31528362>>31528449I'd like this as well.
>>31528362>gather allies for a meeting, then head into space on the NemesisRight. Nothing left to do on Venia?Let's see who wants to go into space.
>>31528454>Have The Nemesis Feast on Airships from the battle, the Velarion and from Xile.There's at least on on Xile, though it has no Dynamo
>>31528362See if Unit 03 survived the battle intact, and ask Steward what his plans are for it.
>>31528478WAITSHITTHIS
>>31528476Actually, we shouldn't forget about GEB.Let's go get GEB.
>>31528476Tbh I've been thinking we could maybe reforge Leviathan. He's already broken into physical shards and we've got the power.
>>31528397There are still a few people who apparently care enough to freak out, but for most of the rest of us we aren't making a fuss because it just doesn't matter anymore.
>>31528449We really should do this at some point, it won't even be that much of a detour; we'll just pop in to say hi and ask a few questions, its not like they could object to THE LORD OF ALL FUCKING DARKNESS stopping by for a friendly visit.
>>31528449ELf Queen Ellandra already told us everything she wanted to via her cousin.that's what she said, earlier, when we asked to talk to her.you really think she has any ideas of how to heal the chaos barrier, or what to do about Vigil Island trip?>>31528362SEE WHAT'S AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CORE
>>31528362Could we make a dynamo shell?>>31528476We should release Leviathan.
>>31528449>>31528478I agree here.Let's not go to space, just yet. It might be a good time to take a breather and tie up some loose ends.Did we shut down Waterford's slaving practice? Let's check on Venia's Core ourselves? It would be cool for Shadow to take a week or two off and just walk the earth and see if he can find anything interesting to do.We should also speak with Hecate about what she plans on doing next.
>>31528362THINGS ON THE AGENDA>Elf Queen>Leviathan>Hecate>The Island in the Void
>>31528503I'd much rather be at Erebus Tier before we even think of releasing Leviathan or Geb.Speaking of which, EXP time?
>>31528503I can support the releasing of Geb.
>>31528509>reforge Leviathanis 'reforge' the new TALK TO THEM?
>>31528478>>31528449>>31528484>>31528496>Can we, like, finally actually talk to the Elf Queen before blasting off to space?That's going to happen soon.As far as core stuff goes, you'll get some perspective once you're out in space.Ok, I'll write the meeting.
>>31528525Updating Agenda.>Elf Queen>Leviathan>Hecate>Geb>Waterford's Slave Ring>Finding Kullia>The Island in the Void
>>31528503We should probably reclaim our own lord status before we go around waking up all the other ones
>>31528362Is Raphael still alive? Would it be possible to say something to the effect of "So if y'all don't come and try attacking me or Haven or Archon or nothin, we cool"?
>>31528517Even if it's not about getting answers (that we mostly already have), it'd still be nice to drop by and go "Hey, so remember me? Just felt like I should drop by and say thanks on behalf of both me and basically the entire world for biting the bullet on this whole Erebus thing."
>>31528539Let's not forget that Leviathan's first move would be to totally destroy Kan-Abar.We need to be strong enough to wrassle Leviathan into submission first.
>>31528551Is Anahita still alive? And what about Charmeine?
>>31528522>Did we shut down Waterford's slaving practice? ...he doesn't have a BUYER anymore, anon.we ate him.
>>31528539No, "talk to" implies we're not doing it by force.
>>31528362Talk to the Elf Queen.Also I'd like to talk with Steward, Fang, and Vellik and see if we can straighten out this whole order vs chaos thing.
>>31528522Right we need to deal with Waterford.
Holy shit I've figured it out.What if likeWhat if every dynamo was a worldand this was likethe stability of the core that goes into building dynamosso in all those dynamos in our airship there's a battle raging between chaos and order and its like what that fight was
>>31528578we don't need to talk to her we can just invite her to the ally meeting to fund our NASA project.
>>31528522>Did we shut down Waterford's slaving practice?If we didn't, I bet we could probably just walk in and say to stop it at this point.
>>31528335>Shadow>Erebus Reincarnate>Lord of Judgement>Savior of Shadow and Spirit>Empire-Breaker>Virgin
>>31528542>Feed the Nemesis
>>31528573He wasn't the only buyer.
>>31528587You've been smoking too much ganja, man.>healthreminder.swf
>>31528607He also cannot be sexually stimulated or orgasm. He cannot be aroused at all.
>>31528573Human traffiking does not end at one man.
>>31528541So, does Ring City have a plan in place for when their immortal king dies? It seems like they might need some leadership. Maybe we throw our money behind Raphael.
We need to have a serious discussion with the remaining leaders about bringing back some elemental lords.I know we've pretty much agreed that the world has moved past them, but we have the ability to do so and should tell the others about it.
We should see if Stewards wants the rest of Platform 3, we should try to feed it to the Nemesis.
>>31528616Do you know that for certain?It's not like we've tried.
>>31528616>implying Shadow's skin can't feel like a human's
>>31528622Auriel
>>31528626Unfortunately we already freed Hecate.And we gotta deal with Geb somehow.
>>31528622I feel like we should actually meet with Raphael and have a man to Elemental talk. After...that...I have a feeling more than just distance will be needed for that realization to heal over. Plus he might have knowledge of things we'd be better off knowing.Also FUCKING HELL SM HOW DO WE MAKE MANA POTIONS? I've only been suggesting we ask Hemmelus for like twenty damn threads now, if not more.
>>31528651>SM confirms Shadow can orgasmWHY WOULD YOU OPEN THIS DOOR
>>31528587However, you're not wrong in comparing a dynamo to Venia. An incredibly dense shell surrounding a core of swirling energy.Also, what if someone or something could use Venia like a mage can use a dynamo?
>>31528616The Archonium and our Humanity would like to have a word with you.>The consequences of breaking our Humanity shard is erectile dysfunction
>>31528616I think we just found out the Humanity shard's true purpose.
>>31528607He's just waiting for someone special.>>31528616I think we can actually do all that sex stuff now, at least in the form of John Nyx.
>>31528651We still don't have genitals
>>31528651>Implying the real dealbreaker isn't the lack of nerve endings in his 'body'C'mon, SM, keep up with your own lore.
>>31528663Geb can wait till Hecate has built up enough power to get rid of whatever is making him crazy.
>>31528541WOW CHOO CHOO RAILROADREBUILD SHADE/BOT YOU HEARTLESS CUNT
>>31528668What door? If you're talking about Shadow Quest smut, haven't we already done a bunch of that?
>>31528701We will need Flint to destroy the Light Parasite too.
>>31528668>>31528651
>>31528689He can shapeshift into a literal tidal wave of dicks, if he wanted to. There is absolutely nothing stopping him from turning his arms into giant dongs, either.Fucking shapeshifters, man. No sense of right and wrong.
>>31528651>implying having sensation is the same as having nerve endings designed as erogenous zones
>>31528701They can all wait until we can meet them on equal terms, as the Lord of Shadow
>>31528731>image.jpg...what are you posting from?
>>31528668SM runs this quest solely for the smut we generate.
>>31528689>>31528694>>31528742Come on now, folks. He saw what happened in the Archonium.He knows what's up.You can't stop it.trolling my own quest top kek
>>31528717It stopped like 50 threads ago, at least to my knowledge.Please tell if there's been more>>31528742>Implying we couldn't just shapeshift some.
>>31528715you're funny, anon.
>>31528788Yes we saw.He can give pleasure but he can never take it back.>he thinks there aren't relationships where only one person enjoys sex viscerally and the other just enjoys making the other happy
>>31528788SMCan we turn into a woman to freak out Abigail?
>>31528739We still wouldn't have the internal bits, or the fluids, or the nerve endingsYou know, the really fun stuff
>>31528541>Ok, I'll write the meeting.Vidar Blackwater had better be invited, or he's going to be so, so jealous that we're all plotting to fly out past the Barrier without telling him.Freja'll never hear the end of it, and at least part of the end result of all that nagging's gonna get passed on down the line to Obis, which just ain't cool. Dude's got enough on his mind without his not-but-definitely-going-to-be-waifu grumbling about her father being on her case all the time about that one time they went into space and didn't bring along dear ol' Dad, Scourge of the High Seas.
When you and Donovan return to the castle, you're greeted by quite a surprise. There's a ship - a normal ship - docked in the harbor. Normal being a relative term - it's much more elegant than any vessel you've ever seen. It looks like it was built to slice through water."...what is that?""That," Donovan says, "is an elvish boat."----------------------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkrAGsHIXY4When you enter the meeting room the servants direct you to, everyone is already waiting for you. Abigail. Fang. Melody. Hemmelus. Steward. Ila. Vellik. Auriel. Arcturis. And Adavan, too.And at the head of the table is a woman you've only seen in your dreams. "...Ellendra Kalladar.""Hello, Erebus." She smiles softly. "It's been a long time, hasn't it? ""Yeah.""I've come to make new arrangements with the leader of the Ring City," she says. "And perhaps settle a few matters with Vampiria.""...I have a few questions for you.""Then please, ask them. I owe you my life, after all."Everyone looks confused at that.That act of saving the queen from your own dragon seems like a lifetime ago.But now, she's here - in person. And everyone is gathered together. It's time to hash a few things out for good.>questions
>>31528788>Arbiter Abby so that she can shapeshift too.
>>31528830>ship - a normal shipIT'S STILL A SHIP WE CAN EAT IT FEED IT TO THE BLOATED MASS THAT IS AURIEL
>>31528828shhhh it's a surprise
>>31528788SM could use Dreamwalk to enter dream dungeons?
>>31528830"How did you know the true nature of Order and the Chaos elements?"Erebus kept even the 7 elemental lords in the dark about this.
>>31528830Why did you erase my memories?
>>31528789I'm sorry anon, I think the smut writer is kill
>>31528771..... [Sweating Intensifies]
>>31528834>"Do you want to have a penis tonight, or should I?"
>>31528869This. How did she know about that?
>>31528830"Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?">"Intelligence.exe has encountered an error and must close">"Shadow that was only funny when Sandalphon was still alive, stop"
>>31528830What do you know of Erebus? His origins, his motivations, anything?
>>31528830>What, exactly, did you do to me?
>>31528830"How did you know when and where to find me, when this all began?"
>>31528830"How did you first sense me?""Why didn't you say anything when you first noticed me in the shadows?""How did you recognize exactly what I was?""Can I have my memories back now please?""How would you like to go on a 3 hour tour?"
>>31528830If I were to free Geb from his torment, would you approve of the action, and would you be there to help calm him from his ensuing rage?
>>31528830why are you such a big slut why didnt you help in the big fuckin fight or raise your dongers or anything to help
>>31528830>questionsGIVE ME BACK MY SON!
>>31528948We should bring up how to accomplish that, also that we have the means of freeing Leviathan but we're not sure what to do with that.
>>31528830"How do we cure Geb of his insanity?""How do we get the Dorfs back"I want my Dorfs SM
>>31528830"...what did you do, exactly? And is there a risk of anyone else ever doing it again?"We like the memories we've made in the interim just fine, and we don't really want someone less benevolent slipping back into the same backdoor of Erebus OS 2.1 and fucking everything up for us.
>>31528872Sorry became SM's archivist, and hid all his smut.There's still the Smut Gypsy though; you might have luck persuading them to write something
>>31528959GIVE ME THE MONEY
>>31528830"...did you REALLY have to come kill my Shadow Dragon? I really liked little Do'Vak. Dovey-wovey, I called him."
>>31528958>raise your dongersGo home, Twitch Chat.And stop spamming my DotA matches with that shit, keep it to League.
>>31528830Page 9 alert.
>>31529013>Sorry became SM's archivist, and hid all his smut.Why is it SM can succeed his diplomacy checks and, not only get a smut writer to stop writing smut, but instead get him to archive threads and shit, while Erebus can only succeed in diplomacy after trying 90 times on one angel?
>>31529015FUCK YOU AND YOUR TWO MILLION!
>>31528771I'm going to rename all my pictures to image.jpg just to troll yall. Stop liking what I don't like yaddayadda grow up
>>31529202I wouldn't judge except that it apparently posts images in lower quality.How does that even happen?It saves every single image as a JPG with no actual filename? Even when the original is PNG, or even when it's JPG to begin with it gets re-compressed to be shittier?
I have to leave for the night.If I get back, and SM hasn't created something beautiful, then I'll know I'm not yet awake.
>>31529245What thing are you talking about?
>>31529283Black squares with white borders
>>31529316That isn't specific enough.I don't care enough for plebeian technology to know it if you don't say it's name.
>>31528875you poor fool you can't even make filename jokes can you.
>>31528830>Give her the shadowy appendage.
>>31528830"Since you seem to know so many secrets that would blow people's minds with horror... do you know the dwarves' secret to creating dynamos too?"
Should we try to finish off the Shadow Magic tree? We're really close now.
>>31529486We're way closer to finishing Physical Shadow, comparatively. I'd like the completion bonus from that and Pure Darkness.
>>31529514Depends on if Reinforce and Flesh Golem are required or not. If all we need is MP6 and Conceal, we should really get it.
>>31529486The Physical Shadow tree and Pure Darkness will take 79 EXP to complete.We're much closer to that than the 92 EXP + whatever's after Reinforce to finish Shadow Magic.
>>31529486First we should buy CHEAP abilities that will reveal dark areas, like Earth's Gift.
"What, exactly, did you do to me? Back in the north? And how did you know I'd be there?"Queen Kalladar leans forward in her chair. She knits her fingers together. "My people are of the earth. Long have we studied the ley lines - the core crossbeams of mana that lay within Venia's crust - to better understand the world. I, personally, had a fascination with a certain discrepancy that existed in our records; something that was different after the Elementomachy.""What sort of discrepancy?" Hemmelus asks."We cataloged and recorded the flows of mana through ley lines," she says. "At times, ley lines change elements, or vanish. They reappear in other places at a regular rate. Most mana pools occur along them, and they tend to occur between the heaviest points of order on the barrier. These are the main things we know about them."What happened after the elementomachy was a major shift in several ley lines that were predicted to last for several more centuries before vanishing. It was something outside the bounds of our observations. There are many explanations - for example, that some records before the elementomachy were lost, or that Venia itself is very old, and we don't know everything about the ley lines. These explanations did not satisfy me. And so I dug deeper.""...to what event?" Hemmelus asks.>con't
>>31529486>treeClose in # of upgrades left, not in EXP.It's somewhere over 70, if I remember the MP upgrade scaling correctly.>>31529514Physical Shadow would be cheaper, and get us closer to OI and that inner darkness.
>>31529533All interlinked powers are required. We'd need both Flesh Golem and Heartstone Titan, which is a massive chunk.
>>3152951459 to finish Physical Shadow (those resistances cost 10)42+Magic Power (don't remember cost function) to finish Magic Shadow.I think Magic Shadow is closer.
"The ley lines had been changed," she says. "The reason we could not sense them we because they had been hidden. They had been turned to Shadow. To Order. It was the discovery of this phenomenon that led me into the abyss of Erebus's ultimate plans. You see, the annihilation even occurred in what is now the Gateway Channel. This region forms the intersection point of many major ley lines. There are several such places - it isn't particularly special - but it would allow Erebus to directly effect many of them, all at once, if he'd wanted to.""You suppose," Fang says, "that Erebus intentionally chose that battleground. What did he want with the ley lines?""I couldn't imagine," she says. "I could only worry. I could only fear that I had stumbled across a deeper mystery. And so I continued to observe the ley lines, watched their flow, studied the order. From comparing the Orderly lines to those of chaotic elements, I began to realize that the fundamental structure of mana itself was all the same. The elements are merely energy passed through a filter of order - our bodies, our souls, the land itself, provides those filters. But the energy is the same. Mana."But Order is different. Energy, still - but so different. So antithetical. Slowly, I saw the truth - that there are only two real kinds of energies, Order, and Chaos, and what lies between are merely blendings of the two.>con't
>>31529570Your calculations are wrong for Magic Shadow.
Heads up,, threads on page 10
"And that is how I knew where you would be, Shadow," she says. "I sensed a gathering of power in the north. I intended to silence Do'Vak once and for all - demon that he was - but that was only a cover to investigate what was happening in Erebus's ancient palace."You notice Melody watching the elf carefully. You wonder how much their experiences overlap."...and what did you do, then?""I realized that Erebus was recovering," she says. "And so...well. What I did was rather desperate, and rather foolish. I sensed within you a mandate.""...mandate?""Yes. A controlled pressure to grow stronger, to consume, to reunite, as it were. You were not the full Erebus, but a piece of the greater puzzle. And so I injected into you a flow of Chaos, and I wrote over that mandate, scrubbed it clean. Somewhat. I had to maintain it for quite some time, as you know. Erebus's power cannot be easily denied. But...I gave you choice, Shadow. I hoped, that if you had a chance, you would change. It was all I could do. All I dared to risk.""You took a wild gamble, is what you did," Hemmelus says. The elf chuckles. "How quickly we forget how fractured the world was but a few months ago. I am not an experimenter, to cage and examine, like you scholarly types. I observe nature so that I might achieve greater harmony. You may keep your vials of mana to yourself, honored sage. I will keep my own methods."Hemmelus sniffs, but sits back in his chair."...is it possible for you to restore my memories?" you ask."No," she says. "You steadily destroyed them yourself in building upon the framework I created. But would you really want them back?""...I don't know." You fold your arms. "Could anyone do that to me again?" Your gaze finds Abigail. She gives you a little smile. "I don't want to get erased a second time. I don't know who I was before, I know who I am now. And I want to stay that way.">con't
"Even with my expertise, you saw what it did to me. I was bedridden for months. As you are now - no. It would be impossible.""I wanted to ask you about the other elemental lords.""I'm glad you mentioned that," she says. "I understand you have a certain gem in your possession that may be related to Leviathan."Well. There aren't many secrets to be had amongst this crowd. "I do.""Our priority," she says, "must be to restore your greater powers. Surely, then, you will be able to restore the barrier, and restore balance. But I wish to have the means of summoning the lesser elementals available. Hecate has returned already. Healing Geb would be difficult, but possible. Leviathan, however - we would need his stone.""You want the gem?""Yes.""Why?""Because you are going to travel to the Void," she says, "and there is a chance you may not make it back.""...what?""Bring our discussion to its conclusion," she says. "Erebus wanted to restore his full powers. And you're about to go and do that. Whatever awaits in the void will make my magic pale in comparison. Indeed...it will be otherworldly." She lets her hands fall under the table. "We need a plan of action, should you fall. And the second best option would be to gather Hecate, Geb, and Leviathan, and help them as we can to repair the barrier.""What, exactly, do you think is out there?" you ask her."I have no idea, Shadow. But I can tell you that the Void frightens me."What do you do?>give the queen the water gem>other questions>some other strategy
>>31529570>>31529557MP6 costs 30 EXP. Shadow Magic costs anywhere from 42 EXP to 92 EXP to complete, if we need Reinforce, Heartstone, and Flesh Golem.
>>31529619>give the queen the water gemBut warn her that Leviathan might attempt to flood Kan-Abar.
>>31529619>Give her the GemSeems straightforward enough."Before I leave for the Void, Ellendra, would you care to see the Core of Venia? I have half a mind to see what damage there is before I go."
>>31529619>other questions"And what will happen if Geb and Leviathan rampage across the land and cause more Chaos than anyone else ever could? I am worried, elf, that the Elemental Lords have not changed. They have not left the past behind. You gave me a chance to see beyond that, and I have wondered if there might be a way to make them see the same thing"
>>31529635Sorry, I'm retarded. 92 EXP plus whatever is after Reinforce.
>>31529619I don't necessarily trust her with the keys to an Elemental that we know is unstable; on the other hand, there is definitely truth to the dangers of the Void. Is there some way that we can set it within a safe that deactivates upon our deaths? life, a prism of unbreachable shadow made my our magic, and that magic would dissipate once we're no longer powering it?
>>31529619>Do not give her the gem"I have heard tell that Leviathan was a bag of dicks of the same scale as Hyperion and Aeoleus. If this is true, I would not see him restored. The fact that he is of the lesser elements - and Erebus' old alliance - is of little concern compared to who he was as a Lord."
>>31529635I think it does require those - Didn't the water tree require dark blizzard?
>>31529619Before I give you the stone, we should heal Geb. And before we heal Geb, we need to bring back the Dwarves. He'll likely heal better if both of his children come to help save him together.
>>31529619Leviathan is a monster. Like Aeolus was.He cannot be allowed to be free.
>>31529619I don't think we should give her the gem.We heard the shit about Leviathan, he's a dick. We should definitely be cautious about who we give an artifact as powerful as this to.Her plan's also shitty.
>>31529619No.The Gem is staying with Prince Obis.When the situation is dire enough that Kan-Abar must be sacrificed, you go to him.
>>31529619>give the queen the water gem
>>31529619"Hecate has warned me that Leviathan would attempt to destroy Kan-Abar and drown its people. That I can't allow."
>>31529690Wouldn't we also have to purchase Ghoul in order to get flesh golem?
>>31529687>>31529704These two sound pretty good.
>>31529658>>31529685No it isn't you idiots stahp.We aren't giving up power for some hypothetical GAME OVER scenario where we don't exist.
>>31529619>give the queen the water gem>other questionsAsk her how Shadow Element souls work.Like Illa has a soul just like every other person, but it's made of Order and not Chaos?Also introduce her to Steward, the successor of the Dwarves.
>>31529746Yep. 95 EXP + the thing after Reinforce.
>>31529725I like it
>>31529687I like this.
>>31529725Alright, this makes sense.
>>31529619"If you're going to free Leviathan, then be prepared to sacrifice Kan-Abar. The Lord of Water has nursed a grudge against Logi and his people for seven hundred years."
>>31529725>The Gem is staying with Prince Obis.>When the situation is dire enough that Kan-Abar must be sacrificed, you go to him.Now that's a fucking good idea. This is happening right now.>>31529704>we need to bring back the DwarvesBring them back, anon? Aeolus killed them. Even Steward has accepted that, for all intents and purposes, his masters are gone.
What Lords should return?Shadow (duh)Hecate (a bit late to say "no")Loki (I've heard he's a bro)Geb (assuming his crazy can be cured)Not:Hyperion (duh)Leviathan (I've heard he's a dick)Aeolus (I've heard he's a dragon dick)Raijin (I've heard he's a quick dick)That about right?
>>31529619EAT IT.EAT THE GEM.BEFORE SHE CAN TAKE IT.
>>31529804>Lokinigga whatI assume you meant "Logi"
>>31529799>his masters are gone.Are you SURE?Like, really sure?Maybe they can return from being zero-summed. Chim is a tricky thing.
>>31529619"You are implying I could fail.Well let me tell you. I will not fail.And I won't give up any edge I might need on my quest to Vigil."
>>31529821this...
Aw shit, late for shadow quest.I know we're busy having serious conversation we've been waiting months for, but you all seem to be missing something regarding the whole "sex" thing.>implying it would be normal human procreation>implying Arbiter Abby with her own shapeshifting would just use it to look like a different humanTwo formless beings, constantly shifting, gliding over each other, through each other, truly -feeling- each other and becoming one in the most literal sense is much more intimate than our simple plebeian intercourse of shoving a rod in a hole.
>>31529826Yes.If I meant Loki, he would be firmly placed at the head of the "I've heard he's a dick" pantheon.
>All alone out in the void>Keep waking up in cold chaosweats mid-way through meditation>"Come back to bed shadow-kunnnnn~" says Abigail from the bed
>>31529869Logi isn't much better.
>>31529871>Abigail comes to the void with us>No Yi Fang, no councilors, no politics>The single most terrifying and unknowable place in the multiverse before usFlint will get his wish. There will be much fucking.
>>31529899To be fair, all of the oppositely aligned Elemental Lords especially hated each other.
>>31529799Actually, SM, should we ask Hecate if she would be willing to help Geb fix his dorfs when he gets his wiring fixed?
>>31529899Based on what? By all accounts, including Hecate's, he was very level-headed and did not fight unless forced to it.For the Fire Lord, he was surprisingly chill.
>>31529912I want to Arbiter her before the fucking begins. For reasons.
>>31529619"You realize, Ellendra, that once the core is safely sealed, it would be safer for the longevity of the world if all source of chaos... such as the Elemental Lords... ceased to exist."
>>31529919The dwarves are GONE, man. Aeolus basically blasted them into bloody mist.
FREE GEB
>>31529943Erebus go home, you already lost.
>>31529919>fix his dorfsyou fucking people.resurrection does not work on mortals.they ARE GENOCIDED TO DEATHPUT THE KNOBS DOWN
>>31529952I think he means bring the dorfs back, as in start the race over again.
>>31529939I don't want to Arbiter Abigal.Our Arbiter should represent the Shadow magic users across Venia. Arbitering Ila would be the best choice. She is a pure Shadow mage.
>>31529938>Based on what?scorched city of leviathanHecate did actually fight Logi quite regularly, and by "level headed" what she was talking about was that he'd never bring his full power to bear. But they'd still be fighting.He also fried a great swamp out of spite into the deserts of Kan-Abar.
>>31529966IT'S MY KNOB AND YOU CAN'T TAKE IT FROM ME.
>>31529938FOR A GOD HE WAS.All the gods were assholes just to different extents.
>>31529980Okay, maybe. But if we have to kill the Elemental Lords, it's never going to happen.
>>31529952nooooo... let me at least dream... (sob)
>>31529964You mistake me.We must seek a lasting Balance.This requires reducing Chaos to its minimal presence required to sustain life.But magic and the seven elements wild in Venia must be minimized. For the sake of humanity.You must sacrifice 3, to save billions in the future. Magic cannot be allowed to continue to grow ever more powerful.
>>31529990Also, she has a great ass.
>>31529952>>31529966Dwarves are just humans that were overexposed to Earth Magic and lived underground; Elves are just humans overexposed to Earth Magic that lived in forests. Geb could totally recreate the dwarves, since they're magical in nature. Not the original dwarves, sure, but Dwarves nonetheless.
>>31530020Nah, Shadow is just going to sit at the head of a Elemental United Nations.The Lesser Lords are going to bitch and squawk at each other and Shadow will step in to settle them down.Repeat for all time.
>>31529990How about we don't Arbiter anyone?
>>31530030And she stabbed sandalwong in the spine. That was pretty cool.
>>31529990And we already gave Abigail an Artifacted hand.Something we can never give another.It's only fair we grant our other unique boon to someone else.
>>31529966So its time to upgrade to dorf 2.0, then?
>>31529997Yes, even the least combatitive Lords were dicks when it came to their opposites. Hecate was an enormous, bitter cunt about Raijin, too.If we brought back Hecate and are even considering Geb, I think Logi should be well within tolerable personalities.
>>31530046And certainly not our Purest Waifu, Abigail.Too much shapeshifting turns humans crazy, look at Dave.
"...I've spoken with Hecate about Leviathan," you say. "The gem is, in fact, half of the Lord of Water. The other half is probably the Atlantian Keystone." You stare at the queen. "She also told me that he would likely wipe Kan-Abar - the inheritors of Logi's legacy - off the tip of the Kanian penisula. He's had 700 years to nurse a grudge in torment. Geb and Hecate are one matter, but I can't trust Leviathan.""I don't mean to impose upon you. But are you certain of this?""You gave me a chance to see beyond the past," you say, "but even Hecate struggles to move on. Leviathan's arrogance won't be sated with a few pleasantries."The doors of the room burst open. Vidar Blackwater strides into the room, leading a harried looking Obis and a worried Freya."Father, for the Light's sake, they're having a private - ""I don't give a damn!" The old pirate stares at you. "Shadow! Or Erebus! Or whatever you are! I hear you're going to the end of the world and then some." He jabs his thumb at his chest. "I'm your man, because I'm bored as all hell and I need an adventure. That, and I've got more expertise in that area than anyone else in the room. The 5th Highest excepting, perhaps.""Nope," Auriel says. "More than me too. I'm not crazy enough to get close to the edge of the skysever."A thought strikes you."Obis," you say."Hmm? Shadow?" You unPocket the water gem. It shimmers in the light of the meeting room. You hand it to Obis. He takes it from you, gingerly, wondering at it. "...what is this?">con't
Does the Dropbox link say "nothing here" for anyone else?
>>31529912>>31529939See >>31529860>>31530053IA please go.
>>31530053Exactly, no need to put all the eggs in the waifu basket
>>31530065Logi will not listen us, Leviathan will.
>>31530065I don't think it's smart to attempt to bring an elemental lord out of the core of chaos. They're in there, leave it at that.
>>31530068>Too much shapeshifting turns humans crazy, look at Dave.For the love of god you better be sarcastic right now. You faggots got told you're wrong -months- ago.
"It's what I found on aurora. A piece of Leviathan himself." You decide that hiding anything from the three others is pretty pointless - they're already in on the better half of it, now that they know your identity - so you fill them in on a few of the particulars. "So...knowing that Leviathan will hold a grudge against you and your people, I'm entrusting this to you." You look back at the queen. "If the situation becomes desperate enough that Kan-Abar must be sacrificed...you can go through its prince."Fang chuckles. "That was rather devious, Shadow."The queen nods firmly. "I understand. I accept your decision."----------------TO BE CONTINUEDNEXT TIMEProbably tomorrow night!THREE IN A ROWTHREE IN A ROWI'll be around for meta for as long as the thread survives.
>>31530050Is it too late for a shadowy harem?I mean, we're already wrecking our daughter's sweet, virgin hole. Why not our sister's, too?
>>31530099>Leviathan will
>>31530077>I hear you're going to the end of the world and then some." He jabs his thumb at his chest. "I'm your man, because I'm bored as all hell and I need an adventure.I LIKE HIM ALREADYWE EXPLOREBROS NOW
>>31530103>THREE IN A ROWBased SM
>>31530103SM, do Resistances increase the amount of EXP we get from eating something of a corresponding element?
>>31530103>Probably tomorrow night!>>THREE IN A ROW>THREE IN A ROW>So based.
>>31530119He did listen to Erebus when he told him to hide.
Rolled 62>>31530103can we spend some EXP please sir?
>1002 postsIt's been a while, hasn't it?
>>31530077>I'm your man, because I'm bored as all hell and I need an adventure.Pretty much the reaction I was hoping for.>captcha is worried about Hecate.
>>31530103>THREE IN A ROWPRAISE BE TO SM, FOR HE DELIVERS US FROM THE LIGHT!Can we spend some EXP?
>>31530103>Fang chuckles. "That was rather devious, Shadow.">mai husbando thought my plan was devious>SM let my suggestion override all otherskeikaku doori.>metaDid you not have any secret alternative plans you expected of us for the queen's "give us the water elemental of mass destruction" request?
Rolled 58Free my digga' Geb! He innocent!
>>31530103>THREE IN A ROW>THREE IN A ROW
>>31530166We're ~5 threads from falling off the board.wait till tomorrow.
>>31530162Forgot the worried captcha.
>>31530177GEB A GOOD BOY!HE DIN' DO NUFFIN!
>>31530080I'd hoped no one would notice. People seem to prefer reading on sup/tg/ or foolz, anyway.But yeah. There... there was an accident with DropBox. Mostly on their end. I've been chatting with support, but they're actually having trouble recovering the files for reasons. I've still got a local copy and redundancies, but I'd rather get the -same- link restored so that past thread links work.Sorry for that, but it's out of my hands for now.
>>31530103Damnit Sm you -will- tell me how to make Mana Potions! I swear!
>>31530103What element is Blackwater?I figured that now that everyone knows we're Erebus, we might as well Servant some people.
>>31529343they mean iPad. or iPhone. whatever. referring to their trademark Home Buton insignia.goddamn Apple products ruin reaction images by default apparently?
>>31530209I don't really mind.I was just scared that Dropbox might have blacklisted me or something.
>>31530151Yeah, there's a small bonus there.>>31530166No time for exp stuff today.>>31530177Goddamn did you take Geb's picture off my harddrive or somethingSee, it even has the dissipating stormclouds for the assumed "Melody uses the Staff to part the Winds" moment
>>31530215Wind+Spirit combo runs in the Blackwater family.
>>31530238>Yeah, there's a small bonus there.HA! See guys? I was telling the truth!
>People are STILL on about the Arbiter shit.Okay, listen.IF we arbiter anybody, and I'm not saying we will unless there's a big surplus of EXP or (even less likely) a fair majority decides to do it.But to think that the Arbiter will go to anybody besides Abby is out of character, because she has expressed the desire to become more like us, and expressed a desire to be given the most of our power that we can give her, and because MAKING her into a form similar to that of Shadow will probably greatly strengthen the relationship if not allow for the kinkiest procreation imaginable. And for the last time, SM has stated that he won't dick us over by invalidating the hand's power if she gets arbiter and NO, the hand is not a fucking consolation prize.I'm not saying anybody needs to be arbiter'd, and I will accept that giving it to somebody else it probably a smarter tactical decision, but thinking that it could possibly go to anybody but the waifu knowing the characters and the story is stupid.I thought we were fucking finished with this after IA has his autism attack.
>>31530215Wind and Spirit. He and Freja are both that rare combo.
>>31530257And of course by the time I finished typing this all out everybody had long stopped discussing it and now I just look like an asshole.
>>31530257>a decision i don't like is out of characterShadow "RAINBOWS" Erebus's character is whatever SM will allow.
>>31530257But-But-Erebutts, anon.Erebutts.
>>31530257Honestly I was just trolling earlier.I think everyone is on-board with Abigail getting Arbitered
You know what the best part of the explanation of magic is?It really is rainbows. Mana passes through the prism of the body or land or whatever and you get pretty colors.
>>31530257So basically, we waifu'd Abby so any tactical advantages we could gain from arbitering Ila are automatically worthless, because waifu.
>>31530103>THREE IN A ROW>THREE IN A ROWMY FUCKING DICK
>>31530257Actually it wouldn't be too out of character for us to Arbiter Ila.
>>31530334>It really is rainbows. Mana passes through the prism of the body or land or whatever and you get pretty colors.SHADOW QUEST PHYSICS
>>31530103SMCAN WE HAVE AN ABBY KISSU SCENE
>>31530334SHADOW KNEW. SHADOW KNEW ALL ALONG.
>>31530332>>31530354It also wouldn't be out of character for us to Arbiter nobody, because we're afraid of them ending up like poor old Dave.
>>31530332This is where I'm supposed to say I just took the bait out of courtesy and am totally not actually an autist with a short fuse, right?
>>31530343This is what waifus do to a quest, anon.
>>31530371Hey >>31530213 does have a valid point. I remember you promising we'd ask Hemmelus about it before.
>>31530371
>>31530371>>31530379You know, in this context, Rainbows actually DOES fit the riddle.I demand a retcon.
>>31530384It's the self-fulfilling prophecy of /tg/.>do X>how about we not do X^2?>NO we did X before anything but X is out of character>proceed to X^infinity
>>31530380>ending up like poor old DaveFucking stop it. That argument was -always- invalid. We and Shadow know what it takes a hell of a lot of bad shit and 700 years of nethering to make a Dave.
>>31530400desperately requesting a rework of this to be SQ-related
>>31530384Make everything retard.
>>31530257>IA What is this?Anyway, I just don't see the point in Arbitering Abby. She's an Archon councillor. How does that look to haven and our followers if we keep on going and empowering Archon government? It's like we've abandoned Haven.
>>31530424Regardless of whether that's true or not, Abby has been acting crazier since we gave her our D.
>>31530426You're lucky, I'm the "No Erebus no" guy, I'll see what I can do. Got a day off tomorrow.
>>31530449>IAInquisitive Anon.
>>31530426Okay. But only because you asked.What do you want the crow to be? My instinct is to make it Sandalthong.
>>31530455>Regardless of whether that's true or not
Rolled 1Rolling to see which headband Afro Shadowmasterai deserves.
>>31530449>What is this?One of the shortest lived namefags I've ever seen.
By the way, at this rate, I don't think Shadow Quest will reach 150 threads. Maybe not even 135.Might get closer depending on what happens next, but we'll definitely come in under 150.Well, if you count all the Part 2s 3s and 4s, we might already be that high...I'm not sure.
>>31530424He was like that before being in the nether for 700 years and she acts like him.
>>31530479Okay.I won't say that portion."Abby has been acting crazier since we gave her our D."Are you happy?
>>31530426So SM, when Fang asked us to vanishing-death the whole family, you naturally expected us to write-in alternatives.Did you expect any particular write-in alternatives to "give Leviathan pls"? Since >don't give her the Gem wasn't a written option.
Rolled 53Guys there is No Way Abby is going to stay behind after the Elf Queen told her and us that we might die.Which means to keep her alive in a place we might have trouble we might want to Arbiter her.
>>31530332I'm not.Abby is going to be the leader of a nation. A nation of -Spirit- wielders. Not Shadow.Spirit.So no, we're not making her the right hand of the god of Shadow.Ila, on the other hand, is an extremely competent and loyal follower, who has been with us from the beginning, and has expressed many times that she wants nothing more than to serve and aid us in whatever ways she can.How is she NOT the ideal candidate, besides "muh waifu"
>>31530493>150 threads. Maybe not even 135.I'm very sad now
>>31530462>>31530473oh mang, competing artiststee-heeFollow your heart, anonsChase the rainbow
>>31530479>instantaneouslyLONG-TERM SIDE-EFFECTS CONFIRMED
>>31530503Somewhat. It's a valid concern that I do not believe is a major issue and can be resolved, but at least it's not blatant misinformation.
>>31530343>>31530449Let's put it this way.Zombies.You have a dude who is good with guns and you gave him a better gun, dude I. You also have a dude who is good with guns and you gave him a shitload of great guns, dude A. But you're totally gay for dude A, and this new gun also helps you love each other even more and makes him give really good reacharounds somehow, because it's a fucking magic gun or some shit. Giving it to dude I would probably be a better tactical decision, but you aren't gay for dude I, you're just bros, and dude I still has a good enough gun to brainshot a lot of fucking zombies.Also for some reason the zombie apocalypse made you a fucking immortal shadow god, meaning unless something kills you you'll live forever, and this magic gun makes someone else fucking immortal too. Dude I might wanna live forever maybe, if only because it's fucking immortality, but dude A is sort of your eternal gay buttfucking soulmate, so one of you dying leaving the other alone would kind of suck, and the alternative is one of you dying in a handful of years that is in the grand scheme of things just a moment of the eternity floating in the zombie void.
>>31530493[Sadness Exponentiates]It's because we're getting our shit together, isn't it?
>>31530504No. The queen's plan is pretty levelheaded."Hey, you might fuck up, so at least let us keep the means to save ourselves in case you turn into space dust."It's not an unreasonable request, and she's a trustworthy figure. I expected you to give it to her. Ultimately, the decision might not have any consequences anyway, no matter what you did.However, giving it to Obis instead was a stroke of genius, in my opinion. I'm much happier with the way it turned out.
>>31530537In case you don't get what I'm saying, I'm saying that you should actually read what Arbiter is and realize that it's not just another powerup.Also I want to float in a void forever while gaving gay sex and killing zombies.
>>31530493We're already waaaaay past 150, SM. I just counted in the archives.
>>31530537>just a moment of the eternity floating in the zombie void.I feel like your original analogy was poorly equipped to express the entire situation.
>>31530527The side-effects are that it makes them more powerful. If you abuse a person until they're insane and violent person, you get an insane and violent person.If you Arbiter someone and then abuse them until they're insane and violent, then you get a powerful person that's insane and violent.That's all there is to it.
>>31530537Yeah, but giving it to Dude A has a high chance of him going mad with power.Sure, he'll eventually die if you don't, but do your really want to live forever and infect you with his craziness?
>>31530555Man we aren't even gonna be able to use the big gun abilities. This is sad.
>>31530537There are other routes to immortality.Like lichdom.
>>31530602SM has directly confirmed already that unless we go full Dickebus again, this has no chance of happening.Don't make me make him confirm it again.
>>31530574Our natural paranoia kicked in.It's a side affect of doompaul.
>>31530602You people are the worst.
>>31530555Well, yeah. Major side-quests are all wrapped up. The ultimate and final arc has arrived.The end is nigh.And, you know, it feels to me like it's getting wrapped up. The end is coming. No need to stretch things out.As much as I love Shadow Quest, I'm looking forward to writing the ending, too. I want to move on to other things. Shadow Quest has given me some cool ideas.Plus, after Edgy Quest and 9 Lives Quest, I'm going to put my book up on amazon for free for a few days so you guys can all download it. I gotta edit it at some point.>>31530599How many, then?
>>31530600I try to make things fun, even if they often make no sense as a result.It's better than getting mad over conversations that will lead nowhere until SM actually addresses the Arbiter idea and its implications in-plot and makes it clear what the superior option is, whichever it may be.
>>31530647>How many, then?It seems I overestimated the number of misarchived threads. We are at Shadow Quest 153.
>>31530574Alternatiely, we could have been so resolute that considering failure scenarios is not an option, and bring it with us for whatever edge it can give us in the Void.Like powering up the ice cannon personally like we considered back then for the battle.Since there's no way we're going to fail, of course.
>>31530647Will we at least get to liberally use the serious holy shit mega turbo adavan extreme siege mode inclusive powers that we've been yearning for...for like the whole quest?I'm gonna be really sad if we unlock all our "cool shit" for the final battle only.
>>31530635>SM has directly confirmed already that unless we go full Dickebus again, this has no chance of happening.Unless there's other confirmations,>>31530479only confirms that there are no instantaneous side-effects. There could be shit that makes him go crazy later, due to the nature of the ability (which I really doubt, because SM wouldn't do that), or it could make her crazy because of the power (which we've already observed happen, a little). I don't think we should Arbiter anyone, but if we do, it shouldn't be Abigail.
>>31530677Are you counting the IPs that SM forgot to put his trip on, or his name on, or put Shadow Quest XXX in the subject field?
>>31530709I checked suptg.
>>31530693Becoming truly inhuman is sure to do funny things to a consciousness born with a human brain.
>>31530683>Since there's no way we're going to fail, of course.Confidence, they say, is key.>>31530688Nah, I'll give you some places to use your superpowah outside of the final bauss.It really depends on what goes down out in space. A lot is still up in the air.
>>31530745> I'll give you some places to use your superpowah outside of the final bauss.Never stop being based, SM.Last question: Will you reveal EVERYTHING including tree completion bonuses and other shit post Quest End?
>>31530745How much sense would it make to try and grind EXP before this great pilgrimage to Gilligan's Island?It seems strange to not be back at full power and doing this.
>>31530745I almost wish that the Elementomachy two would happen.
>>31530693Except there was another confirmation.No, I don't remember where, and no I won't bother finding it, but we have had the Arbiter talk tens of times already and somewhere along the line, SM said, and I paraphrase, "no Arbiter won't make another Dave, that's fucking stupid."
>>31530823I know that Arbiter itself won't make Abigail crazy.I know that.I'm saying that how she acts with it (and the power it gives her) might.She has already acted crazier lately, it wouldn't be too surprising if Arbiter made her worse.
>>31530790No grinding.I will put all your shards at "Empowered", though, as a form of take 20. You'll be on the ship for a bit.>>31530780Of course, anon.Although, at one time, a promised a comprehensive SQ PDF. I'm not sure if I'm up for putting that together, honestly. It would take a huge amount of effort to compile my scattered notes together, and a goodly part of it, including all internal dungeon layouts, is in my head, not on paper.
>>31530735>human brainUh, anon.I think you're missing something important about the waifu.Even if you ignore the fact that she already has a shitload of shadow powers and wings that she can control just fine, and that the ability probably is designed to NOT cause mental damage to those we're supposed to be improving.There's still the whole fact that,you know,she's not exactly human herself.
>>31530850I'm sure people would pay money to have access to those
>>31530850Wait!When we CONSUMEd Darkxis.There was another thing. an angry thing. that was lost forever.Was that supposed to be the Wrath shard gotten early?
>>31530886I thought it was Shaper.
>>31530849And we already talked to her about that after the feeding incident. She was just excited and wanted to do something to help, and isn't actually reveling in murder.Or so she says.I don't think Arbiter itself will make it worse, per say, but it would be a lie if I said U wasn't concerned about the mental state of the waifu.
>>31530902Where's the bastard who put the U key next to the I?I want him shot.
>>31530902I think we should get her to see the equivalent of therapist sometime.
>>31530927There there, anon.I said "IPs" instead of "OPs" upthread. >>31530709
I wish Abby had stayed a child and we'd waifu'd Ila and made Donovan our Arbiter.
>>31530886It was Shaper.It collected itself at a closer shadow mana pool to the south, under Abbotsford.If you had escaped the mines with Abigail before getting caught by Sandals, I would have expected you to run into it a lot sooner than you did.Just one of many plot paths that we never took.
>>31530938That actually confused the fuck out of me when I read it.
>>31530933>"And what do you see in this picture?">"Shadow.">"What about this one?">"Shadow.">"Does this look like anything to you?">"I don't get it, they all just look like Shadow in a bunch of different shapes! Is there supposed to be something else there?"
>>31530927http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_SholesI'm afraid he's dead already.
>>31530537>>31530675>tfw no gay love triangle zombie apocalypse universethey said /tg/ was /totally gay/they liedit's waifus all the way down
>>31530977hilarious reactions to ink blot tests are something i always look forward to
>>31530977
>>31530960>I will never live SQ again soonthis is true pain
>>31530986I can't say I'll ever follow through, but if I ever do run a quest, you'll get your gay love triangle zombie apocalypse universe, anon.
>>31530986Don't worry.Anything can happen in Edgy Quest!
