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“Seems like we can't go an hour without seeing some severed body part, though at least this one isn't screaming.” Profectus remarks at the sight of the hand. The gauntleted hand has been wedged through a metal grille that forms a cage around the lift. You'd guess it was ripped off judging by the strips of flesh and tendon hanging off the forearm and the jagged protrusions of broken bone. You think the gauntlet itself may be enchanted. Through the lens of your magic sight it has a faint glow.

“I am more concerned that the rest of the body is not present. Was it dragged off, eaten? We have no way of knowing.” Chryssa interjects. Darzi seems to be inspecting the blood on the floor of the lift. Much of it has already congealed into a semi-solid mass, and it lends the entire lift a sort of sickly, coppery scent. However, you note that it's smeared as though someone dragged something across it. You can also pick out a number of bootprints and less familiar, four-toed, clawed footprints.

As the majority of your party steps into the lift and goes about picking out spots not soaked in blood, seriously you'd expect there to be more than a lone hand with all this blood everywhere, Fulvia takes up position by a small pedestal with a rounded indent in the top. “You need to remove my core and place it within this receptacle so that I may begin lowering the lift. What level would you like me to send the lift to?”

>Level 7286, the level Baldev got off on. You have no way of knowing if he ever reached the bottom after all.
>Just send the lift to the bottom, Fulvia can fix any blockages and that was Baldev's destination anyway.
>Tell her to hold on, you're going to check out that gauntlet before anything else.
>Write-in

>>32421089
>>Tell her to hold on, you're going to check out that gauntlet before anything else.
Only took 1h this time, noice. Wb Soma.

>>32421089
>Tell her to hold on, you're going to check out that gauntlet before anything else.

>>32421089
>ripped of hand in enchanted armor
We already have enchanting knowledge. We are definitely filthy rich from the loot. We looted good enchanted shit. Let's get out.

>>32421089
>>Tell her to hold on, you're going to check out that gauntlet before anything else.

then
>>Tell her to hold on, you're going to check out that gauntlet before anything else.>>32421089
>>Level 7286, the level Baldev got off on. You have no way of knowing if he ever reached the bottom after all.
Then
>>Tell her to hold on, you're going to check out that gauntlet before anything else.

>>32421089
>>Level 7286, the level Baldev got off on. You have no way of knowing if he ever reached the bottom after all.

>Tell her to hold on, check out gauntlet.
Writin'

How long will the journey down take? Can we meditate while it goes?

It should take pretty long considering it's at least 12 miles and it's straight down so you can't go more than like 15 mph.

Someone wanna look up how fast the lift has to go to outpace the gravity acting on us and just leave us in a free fall?

“Hold on a moment, Fulvia. I'm going to take a look at this gauntlet.” You say whilst picking your way across the floor of the lift. You grab hold of the severed limb, careful to ensure you only touch the armored portions. It might just be dead flesh but you still don't want to go touching it. It takes some wiggling but eventually you manage to jerk the damn thing out of the metal grille. It was really wedged in there.

Removing the gauntlet itself from the hand is a slightly more complicated task. It's no longer attuned to the previous wearer, due to his death and all, but it's still wedged onto his arm fairly tightly. The gauntlet is composed of some sort of metal forearm guard reminiscent in some ways of the control panel on your Centurion Armor and extending from that is a... cloth glove. You've never really seen a material like this, but cloth is the closest you can think of. Attached to that are an array of metal bits and pieces, wires running throughout the glove itself and into the forearm guard. Perhaps it enhances spells cast through it? Unfortunately you don't see any overt runes.

In the end you try pressing one of the buttons, which gets the forearm guard to slide open and unseal itself from the man's arm. You note that there are holes just all over his forearm where the gauntlet had been covering. No wonder his arm ripped off before it slipped out of the gauntlet, the gauntlet bolted itself into his arm. That must have been horribly, horrible painful.

>Toss it in the cloak, you can mess with it later.
>Give it to one of your companions. (Write-in who)
>You want nothing to do with it, it's useless to you. Throw it away.
>Write-in

After you deal with the gauntlet, what do you intend to do?
>Go to level 7286
>Go to the bottom of the mine.
>Write-in

(Pick 2, one from each category.)

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>>32421665
Forgot muh image.

>>32421665
>>Toss it in the cloak, you can mess with it later.
>>32421665
>>Go to level 7286

How long will it take?

>>32421665
>>Toss it in the cloak, you can mess with it later.
Enfore to Ricky that it is not a snack.
>Go to level 7286

>>32421685
Can we use th at hand for water meditation? It would be a good way to meditate on healing

>>32421665
>>Toss it in the cloak, you can mess with it later.
>>Go to level 7286

>Into the cloak
>Level 7286

Writin'

>>32421826
Just grow an entire body around the hand?

Let's do it, would be a great Grandmaster meditation.

Not saying the person would be alive, but we would have the equivalent to a vegetable.

>>32421665
>>Toss it in the cloak, you can mess with it later.
>Go to level 7286

>>32421729
but the hand IS a snack...

>>32421874
How long will it take? Is that enough time for a meditation.

Because dropping straight down at a speed the still keeps us out of freefall is pretty fucking slow.

>>32421874
We should read the "manipulate" manual and meditate on that while we descend

>>32421935
We should

>>32421901
>but the hand IS a snack...
Yeah, but not now.

>>32421909
You have no way of knowing how long it will take, but probably a while. The mine is 15 miles deep and you're covering most of that distance on this journey.

>>32421991
then let's do this>>32421935

>>32421935
I'm surprised we haven't read those books on grandmaster fire magic yet.

>>32422008
fire is like last on the list.

Metal because sanity

Nature because we could get Vatis in no time at all

Metas and affects because they can be op as hell and they add to our pool like crazy. Plus lots of new armor abilities.

Earth and Fire are about equal, but earth is lower so we should become proficient with it first.

>>32422056
Oh and Water because Grandmaster.

>>32421579
9.8 meters per second

>>32421685
Nintendo powerglove?

>>32422132
But at that speed wouldn't a stop (even a not sudden one) break the bones of anyone riding it?

That's 21 mph

>>32422180
Is there anyone in our party that can actually wear it?

We all have full body armors.

Maybe we should swing back by anthus to get all this shit apprasied.

>>32422186
Yup, that is the speed of gravity so to leave us in a freefall it would have to go a little faster than that

>>32422056
>Metal because sanity
>Nature because we could get Vatis in no time at all
Except the idiots are going to use it to drain our pool like crazy and it is much better to have two elements at grandmaster than one.

>>32422219
Yeah, maybe along the way we'll find how it works or something and jurry rig a lower quality glove.

>>32422270
Use what to drain our pool?

And having grandmaster doesn't increase our pool by anymore than any other level.

In fact if you want to increase our pool we should be powering through these affects and metas and tomes.

We get Vys just for reading tomes.

>>32422293
Maybe we could patchwork it into the left hand of our centurion? Since our right has our panel.

>>32421991
Read read

>>32422325
Metal requires us to predict when we will suffer san loss and cast the spell beforehand.

>>32422325
>>32422270
So when we get to the Water Temple (or wherever we stop to power through all this shit)

We will

>Read all Books/Tomes/Scrolls, even the ones not directly magic related
>Grandmaster Water
>Expert Metal
>Vatis Nature
>Vatis Earth
>Master Fire
>Learn all Metas and Affects

Any additions or changes?

You shake the hand out of the gauntlet and then toss it into your cloak. You can deal with it later. Right now you have more important things to deal with. Like getting this lift moving. You turn around and make your way back to where Fulvia is waiting, pressing the cover on the back of her neck that conceals the apple-sized gem that makes up her core. “Alright, Fulvia. When I plug you in send the lift to level seven thousand two hundred eighty six. I'll toss your body into the lift and then once it's moving I'll just need to grab your core and hop on before it goes too far.”

She shrugs her shoulders and you pluck her core out of her body. The projection she'd been putting up flickers and dies as the body slumps to the floor. You catch it before it hits the stone and instead toss it to Chryssa in the lift. Then you set the gem on the pedestal and wait.

It doesn't take long for the lift to shudder into motion, whatever drives it groaning in complaint as it begins to lower the massive metal construction. You pluck Fulvia's core out of the depression in the center of the pedestal and duck into the lift before it can get too far. Chryssa turns her body around so you can plug her back in, and her projection flickers back to life shortly afterward. As she's righting herself and straightening out her armor Fulvia gives you a brief update on the situation. “I estimate that it will take roughly two and a half hours to reach our destination, now that I have reengaged the safeties.”

That's a lot of time to kill, but not enough to really get much done. You could probably finish a handful or so of chapters in a book, you don't really need to replenish your reserves at all so that's out. If you were lucky you could meditate and maybe master the leaping metamagic effect or gain an insight towards the next level of some element. Of course you could just chat with your party.

>Read a book.
>Meditate
>Chat
>Write-in

>>32422325
And grandmasters have superior magical capabilities.

>>32422430
Pretty much only when dealing with dead gods and extraplanar beings.

Just seeing everyday horrors like the shit in this mine of fine.

>>32422449
gotta train Chryss&Prof too

>>32422451
Oh, and to clarify. You may be able to read a book and then meditate if you were quick about it. You'd definitely be cutting it close though and you have no way of knowing if this will be a peaceful journey.

>>32422451
>Chat
Party could use a morale boost after the shit we went through

>>32422451
>>Read a book.
Learn me a spell

>>32422451
>Read a book.
Anon pick. I am lazy to look through our book list.

>>32422451
Read and meditate on Manipulate

>>32422449
Actually we have the resources to reach grandmaster in fire not just master.

>>32422451
this>>32421935

>>32422451
>Read a book.

>>32422517
We do but we have plenty of other shit to do as well.

I suppose we could.

Just throwing out rough ideas

Seems like read a book is the winner, with the section of Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know regarding Manipulate being the favorite. If anyone would rather read something besides the section on manipulate speak out.

>>Read all Books/Tomes/Scrolls, even the ones not directly magic related
>>Grandmaster Water
>>Expert Metal
>>Vatis Nature
>>Vatis Earth
>>Master Fire (Grandmaster?)
>>Learn all Metas and Affects
>>Train Chryss&Prof too
>>Get Decent with Melee Combat

>>32422567
does this>>32422578 scare you soma?

Or are looking froward to writing our weeks of training?

Protip: You could prewrite a fuck ton of that, Especially the books.

>>32422620
Nah, but it does amuse me. I would never make it that easy.

>>32422539
>Ritual Book of Surya
>Breaking the Ninth Barrier: Fire Magic and You
The first helped the fire priest reach grandmaster.
The second seems to help explain how to get past the third insight.

>>32422578
That is gonna take a long time. Also we are still criminals here so in and out might be for the best

Just gonna organize a list of our Effects and Metas

Metas
>Beam
>Selective
>Hidden
>AoE
>Leaping

Effects
>Slow
>Speed
>Confuse
>Manipulate
>Mark
>Animate
>Create
>Confuse
>Sleep
>Pain
>Poison
>Hallucinate

>>32422735
just gotta get Grandmaster healing, once we get that the chance of being found out if next to zero as long as we don't intentionally search out our family/people who knew us.

>>32422776
>>32422735
Except some one in this country may know how to enchant.

>>32422648
That's not very nice.

Just make sure you balance the learning with other stuff, don't get overly focused on the shit you can throw at us.

>>32422753
That's 22Vys

My mouth is watering.

>>32422810
What does that have to do with anything?

>>32422852
You don't want to find the enchanter?

>>32422776
Yeah, we can also grandmaster healing before we grandmaster water. Just gotta meditate on it a bit and we'll get there.

>>32422886
We can do it ourselves.

It's not very high on the list.

>>32422886
>>32422810
You realize you are talking about completely unrelated thing right?

>>32422916
Yeah.

>>32422916
Wait, I thought those were the same thing?

>>32422962
We need 2 or 3 insights in healing to grandmaster.
We have 1 insight in water control.

>>32422935
What you were saying was we should leave as soon as get grandmaster. What I saying we should at least find the enchanter before we leave.
>>32422922
We don't know everything about enchanting and he know other runes we don't. Also we need to make sure he isn't spreading his knowledge.

>>32423040
>make sure he isn't spreading his knowledge.
He can't actually, to use enchanting properly or reasonable you have to be at least a bit insane so only grandmaster or people masters in multiple elements could properly use/learn enchanting.

>>32423076
>He can't actually
Oh he can, you only insane to properly use it not learn it.

>>32423115
Either way i suggest we go shopping if we ever grandmaster in healing since this is a magic country, so they should sell some magic books, hopefully some with permancy.
Also lets not forget to go golem hunting since we can make a pack of golems easily.

>>32423176
>permanency
I highly doubt we'll find the rarest metamagic in the world in a pawn shop.

>>32423040
>people will not be able to recognize us when we get grandmaster healing
>Except some one in this country may know how to enchant.
Yep. Real relevant conversation you got there.

>>32423210
>highly doubt we'll find the rarest metamagic
Where did Soma say they are this rare?
Also this is the magic capital of the country, i'm sure if we travel to a respectable store/library we could buy it.

>>32423257
It's lost art anon. It is rare.

>>32423271
Where?

>>32423280
Whenever Soma talks about permanency.

You pick a section of floor largely devoid of blood and sit down, reaching into your cloak to withdraw the Five Effects book. You flip it open to the index page and scan down the list until you find the section on manipulate, flipping through the book to the appropriate page. While you get settled you note that Profectus has approached Fulvia and the two of them are speaking quietly amongst each other. Judging by the look of guilt on Profectus' face, he's probably apologizing. Meanwhile Chrys and Darzi have struck up a conversation about the most efficient ways to incapacitate armored opponents. It seems rather impassioned, with Chryssa arguing in favor of kicking them in the crotch.

You tune out the conversation as you begin to delve into the pages of this book. It starts off with a simple introduction of what the leaping effect is and what it does. At it's most basic, manipulate is about using one's vys to move an object. It's described as an invisible hand that may reach anything the vatis can see. You know from personal experience that its main use is slapping people in the back of the head without them knowing it was you, as well as pulling up women's dresses and causing a poor trader's horse to run off. Your master was a real dick sometimes, come to think of it.

Continuing on you find that it has other uses besides pranks. Manipulate can be used to temporarily enhance one's control over an element. So it can allow someone to control water like a Expert Water Vatis even if they're only a Vatis or even an Apprentice. It does not enhance any of the element's other effects, for instance it won't help a water vatis heal a wound or anything similar. Manipulate is also used in conjunction with the effect itself to counter spells like poison and paralysis. There are seldom few examples of manipulate working with metamagic, but the author says that supposedly manipulate vys allows one to control a people and animals like puppets.
(1/2 or 3)

After explaining what manipulate does the author launches into an explanation of how to learn the effect itself. He recommends that one meditate on manipulate by trying to form a third arm extending from one's chest and then using this arm to lift an object one would not normally be able to lift magically. The examples he gives are things like clothing, armor, pots, flowers. He specifically recommends against trying to move fire, water, or anything made of stone as the vatis would likely end up leaning on their knowledge of those elements to achieve their goal, rather than the manipulate spell. Overall it sounds fairly simple.

You're about to continue reading up on what sort of theoretical uses Manipulate might have, and what it might do combined with some of the rarer metamagic effects, but your concentration is broken by the sound of something screeching close-by. You dog-ear the page you were on and stuff the book in your cloak, springing to your feet fully expecting to come under attack at any given moment. Nobody else seems to have noticed though. Chryssa is blushing bright red at whatever it is Darzi just told her while Profectus and Fulvia are sitting against the wall of the lift smiling and chatting amongst one another, apparently the argument is water under the bridge.

The screeching returns, echoing through the halls of the mine. It's not like Ricky's screech, it's a sort of horrible burbling yell, as if someone was trying to shout through tar. It was louder than the first screech you heard, so you must be getting closer. Still none of your companions seem to notice.

>Maybe it's nothing, you are insane after all.
>Approach the edge of the lift and peer down into the depths, maybe you'll catch a glimpse of something.
>Tell your companions what you've heard, and tell them to prepare for a fight.
>Write-in

>>32423280
Magic land down the rabbit hole.

>>32423339
>>Approach the edge of the lift and peer down into the depths, maybe you'll catch a glimpse of something.
But be ready

>>32423319
Starting the chapter on manipulate with what leaping is and what it does doesn't seem like an efficient way to teach it. I guess it is the author's crazy showing.

>>32423339
>Jam your head in the cloak
Its what it was last time

>>32423319
>>32423339
Is permancy a lost art?

>>32423391
Well I can't read

>>32423400
Yup. The Grandmaster who's journal you read, Grandmaster Suresh, abandoned his home and packed all of his apprentices into a fleet of ships to sail to Aleamond, all because he heard vague whispers of a scroll detailing permanency discovered in a Rhynian ruin there.

>>32423339
>>Approach the edge of the lift and peer down into the depths, maybe you'll catch a glimpse of something.
>>Tell your companions what you've heard, and tell them to prepare for a fight.

>>32423339
>>Tell your companions what you've heard, and tell them to prepare for a fight.
Then
shove head into the cloak to ask Ricky if the things he drawn is about to pay a visit.
>Approach the edge of the lift and peer down into the depths, maybe you'll catch a glimpse of something.

>>32423387
I need more coffee. Obviously just switch that out for manipulate.

>>32423339
>Tell your companions crazy is coming, possibly death itself. Something similar if not.

>>32423339
>Chryssa is blushing bright red at whatever it is Darzi just told her
Darzi better not be corrupting muh pure waifu.

>>32423488
They are obviously talking about boys, in a totally innocent and pure way

>>32423371
>>32423464
>>32423465
>Approach the edge

>>32423477
>>32423465
>>32423464
>Tell your companions to get ready.

Writin' for both.

>>32423545
so if we can hear it because were insane shouldnt our new recently insane companion be able to hear it too? Tis a thought

>>32423744
It could have been temporary insanity.

>>32423777
That still isnt saying very much. Also could this be something similar to how earlier ricky screeched for our attention?

So if all else fails we may need to ask ricky.

>>32423801
Wait, its probably the thing he showed us

>>32423830
Crap. I forgot that he showed us something earlier. I kinda figured the beings that got angry when we killed that heart thing was what he was talking about.

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“Did you hear that?” That seems to get everyone's attention. Profectus shakes his head slowly. “Didn't hear a thing. What did it sound like?” You sigh. “Gods above, Prof. You're not making me feel any more sane. Am I really the only one who heard that screeching?” Chryssa speaks up. “I thought I heard something, but it was too quiet to really make out. I discounted it as some distant creature not worth worrying about.” You wave her off. “No no, this wasn't distant at all. It sounded like it was coming from further down the lift shaft, couldn't have been more than a hundred feet away.” You reach into your cloak and withdraw your spear. “Just... do me a favor and arm yourselves. It will soothe my paranoia.”

Profectus draws his falcata and Chryssa pulls out her mace. Darzi's armor seals itself off as she prepares for a fight, though you don't actually think she has a weapon other than her fist in that armor. Fulvia draws her gladius from where it lies hidden in her voluminous armored robes. Feeling slightly safer you approach the edge of the lift and peer over the edge to see if you can spot the source of the screech.

You find yourself staring into the face of some sort of otherworldly beast woven seemingly from shadow. It is an insectile creature with odd glowing crystals protruding from its grotesquely large head. Four empty sockets lie where you would expect its eyes to be, and ethereal mandibles twitch and wriggle around its gaping maw. Come to think of it, it reminds you of Ricky's drawing in a vague way, though it's missing the flowing red scarf.

Before you're even fully aware of what it is you're looking at a scythe like arm is swinging its way towards your head.

>ROOLL 3D10+4 vs DC 22!

>>32423878
Whu are you and why do you have a name. Please stop namefagging.

Rolled 3, 9, 8 + 4 = 24

>>32423967
>I thought I heard something, but it was too quiet to really make out.
She's not crazy enough yet. She needs to be more insane.

Rolled 6, 8, 7 + 4 = 25

>>32423967
Time to fail

>>32423967

Rolled 9, 7, 7 + 4 = 27

>>32423967
NOPENOPENOPE

Rolled 7, 5, 5 + 4 = 21

>>32423967
fuck this thing

Rolled 10, 6, 5 + 4 = 25

>>32424002
>>32424008
>>32424027
ded drone

>>32424002
>>32424008
>>32424027
The dice gods smile upon us this day!

>>32424002
>>32424008
>>32424027
>24, 25, 27 vs DC 22
>Great Success!

Writin'

You jerk your head back, the scythe-like arm sailing past right where your neck would've been and instead latching onto the edge of the lift. You take several steps back, dropping into a fighting stance as the creature hauls its way over the lift railing. As more and more of it begins to come into view you get a better idea of what it is. Its legs are spindly things, shrouded in the same tar-like substance the rest of it is. In its chest you can pick out protrusions of bleached white bone, a ribcage of some sorts. It has six arms, each one tipped in a long, curved blade.

It bends itself towards you and lets out a screech, flecks of black tar flying from its mouth as it does so. You're about to let out a war cry and launch your attack when Profectus ask in an utterly nonplussed tone. “Mik, what are you doing? Are you just screwing with us? It isn't funny.” You glance over at him as if he's insane. How could he not see the giant insectile monster right in front of you? At least Chryssa seems to be leaping into action. She's run up next to you with mace in hand though she hesitates in attacking. She doesn't seem to be looking at it so much as she's looking through it, as if she has only a vague idea that it's there at all.

>Ally Turn!
>Enemies Remaining: 1x Hunter Drone

>Shoot flames at it through your armor, maybe if you light it on fire the others will be able to see it. (1 vys)
>Try to freeze it in place, then Chryssa will be able to whack at it more effectively. (2 vys)
>Stab it with your spear, aim for the center of its partially exposed ribcage.
>Write-in

Remember to roll 3d10 regardless of your choice!

Rolled 8, 10, 10 = 28

>>32424340

Rolled 3, 4, 4 = 11

>>32424340
>Shoot flames at it through your armor, maybe if you light it on fire the others will be able to see it. (1 vys)
PURGE THE UNCLEAN

>>32424362
>So close to a nat 30
We could've ended this in a turn, man!

>>32424340
>Shoot flames at it through your armor, maybe if you light it on fire the others will be able to see it. (1 vys)

Rolled 10, 10, 3 = 23

>>32424340

>Try to freeze it in place, then Chryssa will be able to whack at it more effectively. (2 vys)

>>32424362
>Try to freeze it in place, then Chryssa will be able to whack at it more effectively. (2 vys)
Forgot to add my choice.

>>32424382
>>32424375
Not a great idea to shoot flames in such an enclosed place.

>>32424340
>Try to freeze it in place, then Chryssa will be able to whack at it more effectively. (2 vys)
The thing about setting zombies on fire is you now have to deal with Zombies that are on fire

Rolled 6, 5, 9 = 20

>>32424340
>Try to freeze it in place, then Chryssa will be able to whack at it more effectively. (2 vys)


>>32424375
>>32424382
Guys, elevators and flamethrowers don't mix very well.

Rolled 5, 5, 9 = 19

>>32424471
>>32424433
UNCLEAN

>>32423967
We should have + 8 due to armor and spear

>>32424522
Penetration?

>>32424340
>>Try to freeze it in place, then Chryssa will be able to whack at it more effectively. (2 vys)

They will be able to see it by the shape of the ice.

>>32424404
>>32424386
>>32424459
>>32424471
>>32424585
>Try to freeze it solid.

>>32424382
>>32424375
>We don't need no water let tha motha fucka burn.

>>32424522
I actually changed the way armor works a while back. Better armor will allow you to soak damage more effectively and your spear allows you to dodge more effectively.

It didn't make sense for your spear to help you absorb a blow from a fireball because it has two long prongs on either side of the blade to help you catch attacks.

>>32424606
If we spin it in front of us its kinda soaking the damage

>>32424362
>>32424375
>>32424386
>32, 15, 27 vs DC 25
>Regular Success!
Writin'

I gotta go pick a buddy up from the airport, his ride ditched him. I'll probably grab dinner while I'm out. Hopefully shouldn't take more than an hour or two.

Sorry about this folks.

>>32424760
Just gives me more time to read the archives

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>>32424760
Don't worry gives us more time to argue about useless shit have fun.

Come on you bastards I'm ready for ya

>>32424893
Karrigan is a slut.

>>32424934
>My armor is contempt.
>My shield is disgust.
>My sword is hatred.
Try harder scrub I have been trolled by the likes of which you have never seen, Buttblasted by professional, and forged in the fires of a thousand shit posts

>>32423441
>The Grandmaster who's journal you read, Grandmaster Suresh

Wait, we've been reading the Archmagister's journal?

why is chrys such a qt3.14
despite her stoic behavior, under that lies a pure maiden

>>32425570
being blunt is a refreshing behavior in these quest where the LI/lover is usually coy or shy as all hell.

>>32425648
But she's not a love interest. She's our right hand bro

>>32425738
Exactly, but that won't stop some anons from meddling, i'm just hoping soma doesn't cave and adds smut or changes her character.

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Might as well be, considering she can hear the voices in her head too. She'll soon be as insane as us.

>>32425773
I just expect her to eventually find some romantic interest (maybe Darzi, judging from her reaction just now?) and watching the anons cry.

>>32425866
I may hate yuri, because of fuckers here trying to shove their fetish everywhere, but i would be ok with that.as long as you guys don't try to live though another character.

>>32425866
she's married.....

>>32426031
To someone she hates

>>32426057
So she had a head start in her marriage.

>>32426086
ZING!

Also, if you want smut so badly, why not go the profectus route?

Prostitutes need love too

>>32426133
I kinda want Mik to be celibate. Just adventure loot and meditation

>>32426133
He said he wasn't into guys when we tried.

>>32426298
Not pairing with Pro-Bro, just acting like a Pro-Bro

>>32425866
Lesbians are homosexuals, and homosexuals are to be burned

>>32425433
I got my Grandmasters mixed up. Grandmaster Rostam is the dick who's journal you read.

Anyway, back and writin'.

You thrust your hand forward, channeling vys as you do so. Ice rapidly begins to condense around its joints but much to your surprise as it does so the black substance the creature is composed of begins to bubble and smoke. It seems like the more ice you create the faster it melts away and the hotter the creature's 'flesh', if you can really call it flesh, seems to become.

You change tactics, instead of trying to just freeze its joints you condense a massive pillar of ice around it as rapidly as you're able. It rises up, encasing the creature's lower body and several of its insectoid arms rapidly. Fog begins to billow off of the creature and fill pockets that it melts into the ice, but for now it's immobilized. You also note that the longer it remains encased in ice, the thinner it seems to become. In fact you can sort of pick out what you think might be bones hidden under the black tar that covers its legs.
>Vys Pool: (25/27)

Chryssa sees her opportunity and steps in, swinging her mace towards its insectoid head. She smashes the weapon into its skull and you hear something crack loudly and several of those glowing crystals on its head break off. The creature screeches loudly as a good portion of its head sloughs off, sticking to Chryssa's mace, but it doesn't seem all that injured by the blow.

>Enemy Turn
>Enemies Remaining: 1x Hunter Drone (Immobilized)

The creature rears back, its mandibles working furiously in a manner reminiscent in many ways of a spider's spinneret. When it pushes itself forward it shoots forth a glob of that vile black goo roughly the size of your head, and unfortunately for Chrys she doesn't manage to avoid it. It slams into her chest, immediately beginning to eat away at her leather armor. Fortunately the hazmat function of her Technician Armor beneath kicks in and seems to prevent the acid from actually damaging her. Still, that armor is ruined and judging by the amount of smoke roiling off of her mace, it may be ruined as well.
(1/2)

You also think the fog that's spilling off of its body may be eating away at the metal floor of the lift, because it's rapidly beginning to discolor and smoke is rising from the floor wherever the fog touches. At least it sinks instead of rising, there isn't much risk that you'll inhale it.

>Stab it in the chest with your spear, maybe you'll hit something vital.
>Cast a Fire Blast at the creature, maybe you'll incinerate its head before it can do any more damage. (2 vys)
>Channel a poison spell through your spear, this creature is obviously magical and you might be able to cripple it that way.(2 vys)
>Channel a leech spell through your spear, you'll be able to replenish your reserves and maybe weaken the creature as well. (2 vys)

>>32426917
>Channel a poison spell through your spear, this creature is obviously magical and you might be able to cripple it that way.(2 vys)

Rolled 4, 2, 2 = 8

>>32426917
>Channel a poison spell through your spear, this creature is obviously magical and you might be able to cripple it that way.(2 vys)

>>32426917
>Cast a Fire Blast at the creature, maybe you'll incinerate its head before it can do any more damage. (2 vys)
fuck this thing
fuck this thing
burn it dead

Rolled 10, 6, 7 = 23

>>32426917
Here is hoping they can be fixed.
>Channel a poison spell through your spear, this creature is obviously magical and you might be able to cripple it that way.(2 vys)

Rolled 4, 4, 1 = 9

>>32426917
>>Channel a poison spell through your spear, this creature is obviously magical and you might be able to cripple it that way.(2 vys)

Rolled 8, 3, 5 = 16

>>32426917
>Channel a poison spell through your spear, this creature is obviously magical and you might be able to cripple it that way.(2 vys)

Hopefully it won't be able to shoot more of those acid balls.

>>32426917
>>Channel a leech spell through your spear, you'll be able to replenish your reserves and maybe weaken the creature as well. (2 vys)

Rolled 7, 1, 9 = 17

>>32426917
>>Channel a leech spell through your spear, you'll be able to replenish your reserves and maybe weaken the creature as well. (2 vys)

Rolled 8, 3, 4 = 15

>>32426982
>>32427042
>>32426950
9
23
8
Jesus thats bad

>>32427100
he hasn't asked for a roll yet. So that should save us.

>>32427151
Always assumed to role during combat.

>>32427162
Yes, but usually asked to link to the post particularly asking for it.

>>32426950
>>32426982
>>32427042
>8, 23, 9 vs DC 18 to poison the creature.
>Regular Failure!

Unfortunately, you are not able to channel enough vys to make this a success. Writin'

>>32427236
see>>32424340
>Remember to roll 3d10 regardless of your choice!

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Rolled 3, 8, 10 = 21

Is it me, or does anyone else feel like we're steadily heading towards a massive plot point? I feel like we're almost at the boss fight of stage 2 and major shit is about to hit the fan, what with the returning god, corrupted Vys, ruptures in reality, and the fact we're gonna off one of the most powerful men in this continent?

>>32427263
I still find it stupid we left the safety of the maintenance lift, and instead chose to go down the lift covered in blood.

>>32427263
I just feel we're going to run into a big 'ol boss.
Baldev in all likelihood or something that killed him.
Considering all the armor and other stuff we found among his things consider what he must be wearing. Or this insects mother. x3 as large and x5 as hot tar..

>>32427297
I find it stupid we're going down any lifts.

>>32427297
In retrospect, it wasn't the smartest idea.

>>32427382
I was one of the two anons voting to stay in the lift, and just get off on where the bandit was last known to get off from, but people chose to go to the main lift that we have been shown to be not as safe or secured like the maintenance one was.

>>32427371
St ill should have gone down the safer option.

You channel a poison spell through your spear, black ichor beginning to seep through the carvings in your spear as you do so. At least it doesn't warp and twist like your old spear did when you channeled a poison spell through it. You jam the weapon into the creature's abdomen and the spell discharges. You're relieved to see that the poison spell begins to eat away at the goo, confirming your suspicions that magic is indeed the only thing holding this creature together. Unfortunately just as you think you've dealt a major wound the affected portion of the creature's body sloughs off, falling to the floor and slowly being eaten away by your spell.

Still, you've revealed something that looks important. A glowing bulb of... something at the creature's core. It reminds you in some ways of an egg. Chryssa seems to see it as well, because she swings her mace at the creature's center, right towards whatever it is your spell exposed. Unfortunately the black goo has severely weakened her mace, and the force of her swing is enough to send the bladed head flying off the handle. It impacts the metal grille that surrounds the lift and ends up stuck there. Chryssa is now without a weapon save for her bow.

“You know, guys, you could attack any moment now! It's not that fucking hard to figure out where the monster is even if you can't see it!” You shout over your shoulder at the rest of the party. Profectus throws his hands up in the air. “You're attacking nothing, Mik! It's thin air!” Fulvia nods in agreement, while Darzi just looks on confused.

>Enemy Turn
>Enemies Remaining: 1x Hunter Drone (Immobilized)
(1/2)

You're about to take another stab at the creature, relieved to see at the very least that channeling a poison spell through your spear prevented that inky substance that makes up the creature from attaching itself to your spear and eating away at the metal. Unfortunately before you get an opportunity the ice that surrounds its lower body and a good portion of its abdomen begins to crack, a shard flying off of it and spewing vile fog out of the resulting hole. You hear Profectus shout something behind you and see Chryssa dive to the side, not a moment later the entire pillar you erected around the creature goes up in one big bang, sending shards of ice flying in every direction and fog billowing into the air. At least your armor has a hazmat function.

>Duck!
>Erect a barrier of ice in front of you, hopefully that will be enough to deflect any shards headed towards you. (1 vys)
>Unleash a Fire Blast spell, it ought to incinerate any shards of ice headed towards you with the added bonus of maybe injuring the creature. (2 vys)
>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)
>Just let your armor take the blow, but instead of channeling a spell just stab the exposed bulb.

Remember to roll!

>>32427699
>there is a steaming hole in chrys's armor
>nothing
>thing air
fuck you prof

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Rolled 4, 1, 9 = 14

>>32427726
>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)

Rolled 7, 10, 7 = 24

>>32427726
>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)

Rolled 7, 10, 2 = 19

>>32427726
>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)

Rolled 5, 1, 3 = 9

>>32427754
He might not be able to see it. I think that golden liquid ate holes and burned the flesh of Suresh when he got some of it on him but he didn't notice. This might be similar.

>>32427726
>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)

>>32427726
>>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)

>>32427773
>>32427792
>>32427819
>19, 29, 24 vs DC 15 to soak damage.
>Great Success!

Still need rolls for the attack itself.

Rolled 1, 1, 2 = 4

>>32427894
I invoke the power of baby seal clubbing!

Rolled 3, 2, 7 = 12

>>32427754
I was thinking the same thing.
>>32427821
We froze a wall around this thing, and it melts our ice and breaks a whole through it, he has to fucking see that even if our gears damage is only magical.
Also we should tell our companions how we are insane and how Chrys is only a little bit insane, maybe by using a scale of 1-10.
>>32427894

Rolled 8, 8, 4 = 20

>>32427894

To victory!!

Rolled 9, 1, 5 = 15

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>>32427913
It is a babies club for sure.

>>32427913
>>32427921
>>32427923
I hope the DC is like 15

>>32427913
>>32427921
>>32427923
>4, 12, 20 vs DC 18 to poison the creature.
>Regular failure!

Spend 6 vys to make it a regular success? You'll be at 21/27 after casting the spell itself.

>>32428022
Yep

>>32428022
i'll say yes

>>32428022
>Y

I freaking hate golems.

>>32428022
Don't we get a bonus from our spear?

>>32428042
I would still be up for golem hunting when we leave though, but after we fix Fulvia at the magical lake.

>>32428092
Only if we channel it through it, which we should

>>32428144
We do
look at
>Your armor should be able to take it, try to hit that exposed bulb in the creature's abdomen with another poison spell channeled through your spear. (2 vys)
Custom Spear (+4 Dodge, Spell Amplification)

Armor:
Centurion Armor (+5 Soak Damage, Spell Amplification, Magic Detection (Active), Hazmat Gear (Active), Self-Repairing (Active), Health Improvement (Passive), Boost Physical Attributes (Active), Hidden Effects)

>>32428127
Alright, minor change. I hate fighting golems. And the effect they have on our dice.

>>32428092
That amplifies the effects of your spell, rather than making it easier to hit with your spear.

For reference, if you had simply cast the poison spell through touch or at range then the bulb in the creature's abdomen wouldn't have been exposed.

>>32428220
Ah ok, i just found it weird that you wrote it as, "to poison the creature" instead of hit with poison spell.

You ignore the ice shards headed your way, instead channeling another poison spell into your spear and stepping in close to get a thrust in towards the glowing bulb at its center. As you drive the spear forward you're surprised to see its arms dart out and grab your spear by the tip, wedging its arms between the speartip and the two protrusions to either side. Huh, you suppose those can be used against you.

Still, it's an easy fix. You channel a burst of vys to enhance your strength and another to further empower the poison spell. With a vicious twist of your spear you manage to break the creature's clawed arms and force the weapon into the bulb in the monstrosity's abdomen. The blade plunges into the glowing object and the spell discharges. Instead of rotting away, as the substance the creature is composed of did, the bulb pops and spews some sort of white pus-like substance. The creature screeches and stumbles back, beginning to lose cohesion rapidly.

It falls to the floor and begins to writhe about, the black goo evaporating rapidly. Instead of turning into that vile fog that was created when it touched the ice, it instead merely vanishes into thin air. Perhaps turning into raw vys, though you'd need to activate your magic sight to be sure. You blink, and the monster is gone. In its place is a bleached, cracked skeleton with a small growth attached to its spine. The growth reminds you of the bulb in many ways, but its been cut open and oozes that black inky substance. Judging by the size and shape of the skeleton, you'd guess that it was once a Samjan.
(1/2)

You turn around triumphantly. “See? I told you there was a-” You're disappointed to see that Profectus has been laid out, clocked in the head by a chunk of ice. Darzi is fine, her armor absorbed most of the damage. Fulvia is also perfectly unharmed. Only Profectus actually got hurt. Even Chryssa, the lightest armored of all of you, walks away without a scratch. Even if there is a massive, gaping hole in her leather armor and her mace is now ruined.

The fog has largely dissipated but the lift has been fairly severely weakened. The blood boiled away on contact with the fog and much of the metal floor is either rusted, discolored, or eaten through with holes. The good news is that most of the damage is localized around where the creature had been standing, so as long as you avoid that spot you shouldn't go plummeting to the bottom of the mine.

>Heal Profectus, gloat that you were right.
>Inspect the skeleton, maybe you can find out more about the creature.
>Pull out your looted armors and see if you can't find something to replace Chryssa's damaged armor.
>Ask Fulvia if she can repair the damage done to the lift with metal magic. Or Chryssa's mace, come to think of it.
>Sit back down and resume meditation. You ought to be able to work on the manipulate effect with just the portion of the Five Effects that you've read.
>Write-in

(If you pick 'All of the Above' give me the order you would prefer they be carried out)

>All of the above
In that order.

>>32428766
>>Heal Profectus, gloat that you were right.
>>Inspect the skeleton, maybe you can find out more about the creature.
>>Ask Fulvia if she can repair the damage done to the lift with metal magic. Or Chryssa's mace, come to think of it.

Rolled 9, 8, 2 = 19

>>32428805
this

>>32428805
second

>>32428805
yep. all of of in that order

>>32428805
I can support this

>>32428805
This but talk to chrys about the fact that she is probably well on her way to being just as insane as you are

>>32428766
>Heal Profectus, gloat that you were right.
>Inspect the skeleton, maybe you can find out more about the creature.
>Ask Fulvia if she can repair the damage done to the lift with metal magic. Or Chryssa's mace, come to think of it.

And then meditate to regain some vys for the sure to come battle

>>32428766
>>Inspect the skeleton, maybe you can find out more about the creature.
>>Pull out your looted armors and see if you can't find something to replace Chryssa's damaged armor

>>32428724
I guess we know how to kill Ricky if shit ever gets real

Rolled 7, 6, 10 = 23

>>32428724
So things like this fight is when we should use the mind protection?
Once we hit apprentice.

>>32428805
Also tease Chyrssa about becoming crazy

>>32428848
yep. definitely need to add Metal to her training schedule along with Earth

>All of the above, in that order.
Writin'

Oh, and your Vys Pool is at 15/27.

You approach Profectus' unconscious form. Why he didn't think to lower the face guard on his armor, you'll never know. Regardless a block of ice smashed into his nose and it looks pretty damn broken. With but a wave of your hand his nose sets itself and the bleeding stops, a quickly forming bruise rapidly dissipating. He bolts upright, coughing. “Told you so, Prof. I told you so.” You crouch down next to him, patting him on the back while he wipes his nose. “Next time trust the insane man when he says there is a monster to attack.” He shoots you a glare, but sighs and nods his head. “Alright, I'll take your expert opinion when it comes to invisible horrors next time.”

Fulvia quietly speaks up while you pick your way carefully across the weakened floor towards the skeleton to see if you can learn anything about the creature that attacked you. “In our defense, there was nothing to indicate where exactly the monster was. The pillar of ice you formed was just a solid block of ice, the hole in Chryssa's armor was not there. The only indication we had that the fight was real was when the mace head flew off and hit the lift cage.” You shrug your shoulders as you crouch down next to the skeleton. “Then next time this happens, because I'm sure it will, just attack where I'm attacking.”

That conversation concluded, you lean in to inspect the growth on the skeletons spine. It appears to be some sort of plant growth, roots digging through the bone and into the spinal cord beneath. You note that the spinal cord has been preserved, even if the rest of the body has been eaten away or rotted or whatever it was that happened to it. You wonder then if the brain has been kept alive by whatever this growth is.
(1/2)

The bulb of the growth itself resembles a seed in many ways. It has a hard shell and seems to be hollow on the inside, or at least right now it's hollow. It was probably filled with that inky black substance before you punctured it, because that same substance is pooled all over the floor around it.

>Crack the skull open and see if there is a brain inside.
>Just leave the skeleton be for now.
>Write-in

>>32429318
Kick it over the side

>>32429318
>Crack the skull open and see if there is a brain inside.

>>32429350
Then toss it over.

>>32429318
>Just leave the skeleton be for now.

Didn't Senor Ricky say stay the hell away from these things? So stay the hell away

Also

>Inspect with Magic Vision

Rolled 2, 9, 2 = 13

>>32429318
>>Crack the skull open and see if there is a brain inside.+ Some staff work. to help with roots and such and give you a better sense of things.

>>32429318
>Crack the skull open and see if there is a brain inside.

>>32429400
Seconded i like this idea, this thing is a plant after all.
>>32429370
Is me though, so will delete soon.

How about, in this order.
>Inspect with magic sight
>Crack skull open assuming nothing strange.
>Toss over the side of the lift once you're done.
That work for everyone?

>>32429440
Can you try the nature staff as well?

Rolled 8, 9, 7 = 24

>>32429440
can we throw in some staff work in there?

>>32429440
Works for me. We should use the staff to help out though.

>>32429440
yep.also tell everyone, to use the hazmat functions on their suits, just in case

>>32429440
Tack on
>Inspect with nature staff
Between magic sight and cracking the skull.

You'll inspect with the nature staff as well. Writin'

>>32429440
>poke with spear
>hold skull up and reenact Hamlet scene

>>32428766
Give Chryssa the samjan armor

>>32429318
Cracker it. Also use the nature staff since it seems plant like.

>>32429507
once we have nothing to do..and no books to read. or anything to meditate on. I am down to reenact some hamlet.
or we can work on getting to grandmaster healing and grand master metal. so we can reverse the crazy to at least a 4/10

>>32429506
Will you ever implement a Sanity system once we start doing enchanting or dealing with more otherworldly entities?

>>32429579
Seconding the Chryssa thing because she was originally a samjan creation/warrior/servant. Plus it's the only armor with horns.

>>32429667
I already have a Sanity system in place, I just keep it behind the QM screen, so to speak.

>>32429667
I'd prefer for it to stay more narrative.

>>32429677
The unknown armor is the armor with horns.

>>32429710
Oh then that one

>>32429794
How about we let her choose instead.

>>32429839
>>32429794
>>32429710
>>32429677
>>32429579
Is her armour really that damaged?

>>32429864
>Even if there is a massive, gaping hole in her leather armor

>>32429907
Not the technicians armour part, we just need to fix it later.

Are we sure to she can't repair her armor like we can repair ours?

>>32429956
Nope, that is one of the options actually.

>>32429969
good.cause i'd rather not put her in the the Haician armor.
>You reach into your cloak once more, this time Ricky merely pushes the armor out of your cloak and rather than a loud clang, this set merely thuds weightily into the ground. Your recognize the set immediately from what you've seen illustrated in books and upon the walls of ruins. It's ancient Hiacian armor, crafted from the carapace of the massive Palaka Worms that roam the Deep Desert. It was said to have mystic qualities, enhancing the effects of any spell cast by the wearer and just as protective as steel. Unfortunately the secret to shaping carapace was lost after the collapse of Hiacia.

It's fairly clear that this armor was crafted for looks as much as it was for protection. Runes are carved onto every section of the armor, praising the gods and asking for their guidance. The mask is crafted to resemble the face of Surya, cast in an eternal scowl. Gold trinkets dangle from the pauldrons, mask, and bracers. Each one was said to indicate a Rhynian killed, and this armor has dozens of the gold beads dangling from it. You're not sure if this armor would protect from the heat, but it's certainly a fascinating piece.

Sounds like we could use it better since we're the stronger spell caster.
+ It likely will give us a bonus to our meditations.

You channel water magic into your armor, the floor of the lift fading away as the ebbs and flows of ambient vys come into view. You note that the black substance oozing out of the bulb glows a bright violet color under your magic sight, and the growth itself glows dimly though it's fading by the minute. The skeleton's skull, joints, and especially its spine are also glowing fairly bright. Perhaps concentrations of that black goo lie there.

Next you push your spear into your cloak and withdraw your nature staff, channeling energy into it and casting the resulting green glow over the skeleton. Unfortunately nothing appears to be alive on the skeleton, either the bulb wasn't a plant after all or you killed it and the staff can no longer detect it. Ah well.

Finally you come to the skull itself. It lit up under your magic sight so you think you can safely say that there is a brain in there. Still you motion Chryssa over. Once she's picked her way across the weakened floor without incident and crouched down next to you, you prop up the skeleton so the head is vertical. “Could you cut the top of this skull off?” She looks at you oddly for a moment before withdrawing a dagger from a pocket on her armor you didn't even see, pressing the tip into the bone and carefully scoring a deep groove around the skull. Once she's completed the circle she hits the skull in the side of the head firmly, cracking it and allying her to pry off the top.

You feel as though the foul smell that emanates from the skull hits you like a physical force. You recoil against your will, though Chryssa seems remarkable unphased. The brain, though intact, has been largely rotted away and is covered in that black substance.
(1/2)

With your inspection complete, you grab the skeleton by the ribs and hoist it up, tossing it over the edge of the lift and watching it plummet towards the bottom for a few brief moments. That done you pick your way back to the safer, less deteriorated portions of the lift with Chryssa in tow. “Stand still a moment.” You instruct her, crouching down to inspect the hole in her armor. Even though the Technician's Armor beneath is undamaged, the leather armor it was reinforced with is almost completely useless. Her torso is basically unprotected. It's a fairly easy fix of course, you'll just need to find a tanner to fix the leather, but you won't be near a tannery for several days at the least.

“Can you fix this yourself?” You ask, standing up. She shrugs her shoulders. “I am unsure, allow me to try.” Her armor glows softly, presumably as she channels vys into it, but while some superficial damage done to the Technician’s Armor is repaired the leather remains damaged.

>She'll just have to tough it out until you get to a city.
>You ought to give her the Unknown Armor. She won't be able to wear the Elaudian Death Mask while she wears it and it's probably not all that protective, but it actually accommodates for her horns.
>You ought to give her the Ancient Hiacian Armor. She won't be able to wear the helmet because of her horns, so it won't be sealed against environmental hazards, but maybe the enchantments will make her a better fighter.
>You ought to give her the Eastern Pidjatan armor. It has no protection from the environment but you're eager to see what it does.

>>32430243
Ask her which she wants

>>32430243
tell her what we think each armor does
then let her choose

>>32430243
>You ought to give her the Eastern Pidjatan armor. It has no protection from the environment but you're eager to see what it does.
enchantments on the curiass and helmet glow brightly let them do what they can.

>>32430243
Let her choose.

>Let her choose
Writin'

>>32430243
do >>32430303

>>32430243
I am guessing the Eastern lets her use her mask, since you didn't say anything about it?

If thats the case she will probably choose it. Since she really enjoys her mask.

>>32430243
Time to go full Sir Gawain on this shit.

>>32430366
What

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>>32430366

>>32430463
>>32430484

Arthurian Knight. After a year of bumming around, he came to the conclusion that what women wanted was their own choice. Jesus guys, do you even read?

>>32430366
>>32430463

Best summary here: http://bettermyths.com/sir-gawain-gets-married/

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>>32430366
>>32430463
>>32430484
>>32430530
>>32430549

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>>32430549
>poon sextant

>I can’t even find the clitoris
I can't breathe

>>32430616
I'll bet money that you'll use that phrase at some point in the quest.

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>>32430830
>>32430616
>not using the anal full nelson

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>>32431043
You watched that efukt video didn't you, i can just tell.

>>32431071
I have now

>>32431133
Funny thing is that its a real move.
Buffalo Billy's Bath Salt Adventure here have another laugh.

>>32430549
Yes

Is SoMan banned again?

Where is bannened quest?

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You rub your chin for a moment, trying to decide what armor you ought to give her. After a short mental debate you shrug your shoulders and decide that she's a big girl, she can probably decide for herself. “Alright, I have three sets of armor that I looted from that vault. I know the make of two of them but the third is unknown to me- you know what, I'll just show you.” You reach into your cloak and withdraw the unknown armor first, laying it on the ground. It's surprisingly light, actually. Chrys crouches down to take a look at it while you reach in for the next set, only for Ricky to shove the Ancient Hiacian set through your cloak. Finally you just find a spot and hold your cloak open until Ricky tosses the Eastern Pidjatan set of armor through.

Your task more or less done, you step away and let Chrys look over the armors. She spends a good few minutes looking at them, even channeling magic into her mask for whatever reason. In the end she picks up the unknown, horned suit of armor and nods her head firmly. “I will wear this set, I believe there is a good chance the mask functions similarly to my current mask and my horns will fit in the helmet.” She looks up. “You'll need to turn around for a moment so that I may change.” You nod your head. “Alright, but let me put the other armors away first.”

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You pack the other armors away swiftly with Chrys's help and then approach Fulvia, making sure to position yourself so that you're not looking at Chrys. “Do you think you can do something about the damage to the floor?” Fulvia shrugs her shoulders. “Most likely, though I will need to draw metal from other parts of the lift to do it. Either that or use earth magic to strip stone from the walls and then metal to transmute it.” You wave a hand dismissively. “Whichever way works is fine. What about Chryssa's mace?” She nods her head. “That will be an easy fix using the stone to metal method, or it should be at least. I must admit I have never repaired an enchanted object other than my own body.”

“Well, hopefully it will work out. I appreciate it Fulvia.” She shakes her head. “Do not mention it, I am obligated to perform the task you assign.” She remarks before turning her attention to the deteriorated metal floor. You hear stone crack and see holes patched by rock as she sets about the patch job, and it's only a short while later that Chryssa calls out. “You may turn around.”

You do so, and find that Chryssa cuts quite the intimidating figure in that armor. The horns protruding from the mask have shifted and arranged themselves to fit hers. She approaches Profectus and slugs him on the arm, causing him to wince. “You peeked.” She remarks calmly, though judging by the pained expression on Profectus' face that punch probably hurt quite a bit.

>Meditate on Manipulate, you probably don't have long before the lift reaches its destination and you'd like to get it done if possible.
>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.
>Finish reading the section of your book on manipulate, even if you know enough to attempt meditation there might be more to learn.
>Ask Chrys what the armor does.
>Just chat with your friends.
>Write-in

>>32431288
Got distracted, sorry for the wait.

>>32431343
>>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.

>>32431343
>>Ask Chrys what the armor does.
>>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.

>>32431343
>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.

>>32431343
>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.

>>32431343
>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.
>Ask Chrys what the armor does.

>>32431343
>>32431331
Will you ever include antonyms speaking characters?

>>32431391
>>32431368
These

>>32431418
*Characters that speak in antonyms.

>>32431449
>>32431418
That is a terrible character idea. Just sayin.

>>32431343
>Meditate and regain your vys, you won't have time to do both this and try to learn manipulate.

>>32431474
Sounds like it can be fun if the character is crazier than Hayes.

>>32431449
>>32431418
I have a few ideas for spirits that speak like that, assuming you mean stuff like. "You must find what is both hot and cold" or "You must bring me a mute orator", but aside from a few turns of phrase I probably won't do stuff like that.

>>32431509
Yeah that is what i mostly meant, and also a character that speaks in opposites.

>>32431483
>>32431391
>>32431383
>>32431376
>>32431368
>>32431367
>Meditate to regain vys
Writin', and you'll ask Chrys about the armor just because it won't take much time and a few people seem interested.

>>32431509
>You must find what is both hot and cold
Icy/Hot

>You must bring me a mute orator
a writer/a speechwriter

>>32431554
>Icy/Hot
Less literal.

>A writer
Bingo.

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>>32431573
>>Icy/Hot
It's Satsuki-chan of course. Best tsundere.

Hey soma should we have gotten a boost to our vitas pool from the level of enchanting we gained?

I just finshed reading the archived threads and noticed we didn't. great read thou.