>>33681872
You look to your body.

Cut up.
Broken.
Bloody.

You close your eyes and grit your teeth.

You can't look.

You don't want to look.

But you gotta look.

Your legs are ripped up. Your left arm is missing. There's a pipe sticking out of your shoulder.

You try to block the image while reaching your fingers down to unfasten the mace from your belt. You grasp the handle and concentrate. Blue light washes over you. Your HP is brought back to about 80%. Your wounds close and your arm returns to you.

You try to stand up, but the pipe still in your arm has wedged itself into the ground. The pain is minimal, it is hard to get over the sound and image of ripping the pipe out of your arm is hard to get over.

You fling the pipe out of sight and take a moment to look at the wreckage.

The BRO has been torn open by the blast.
The metal shell and machinery is splayed out like a flower in bloom.

At the core of the machine, at the heart of the explosion, sits a pillar of teeth; each tooth protrudes out of a tower of flesh that appears to be gums.

You stare at the thing for a while, not even sure what to make of it.

The flesh melts away, flowing down into the wreckage and out of sighs. The pillar of teeth falls apart into a pile, leaving you with even more questions.

[ ] Investigate teeth and wreckage.
[ ] You don't have time for this! Group and storm the castle!
[ ] Other.

>>33681879
[ ] You don't have time for this! Group and storm the castle!

>>33681879
>[ ] You don't have time for this! Group and storm the castle!

Charge!

>>33681879
>[X] Investigate teeth and wreckage.

>>33681879
>[ ] Investigate teeth and wreckage.

>giving the crazy king time to regroup
>losing initiative

>>33681879
>[x] Investigate teeth and wreckage.

>>33681879
[ ] You don't have time for this! Group and storm the castle!

>>33681879
>Regroup and storm the castle!

>>33682237
Well, with the gate open the 49erS could drive in now if they wanted. We could probably afford some time to poke around the wreckage.

>>33682299
We can do that later. Now is the time to press the attack.

>>33682299
We're leading the assault, if we stop our forces will falter.

>>33681879
>[X] You don't have time for this! Group and storm the castle!

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>>33682337
>>33682292
>>33682255
>>33681924
>>33681919

First to 5!

[+1 Regrouping]
[+1 Combat System?]

>>33682416
AWWW SHEIIT WAIT UP
WHO MAKES THE MOVES FOR OUR NIGGAS?

>>33682530
Probably automatically controlled by Shep so it's easier for us to process. We don't have a big fancy skill readout for them like we do for Ambrosis, so it's the most likely conclusion.

>>33682530
Unless you instruct them to do something, they'll act how they would normally act.

Still writing.

>>33682416
>Cure's cooldown is 10 rounds
I don't remember it being this long when we dealt with hangovers.
Also, how many actions per round can we do? We DO have a lot of skills here.

>>33682595
If this system works out well, I'll add skill loadouts for the other characters. For right now, though, just focusing on Ambrosis is for the best.

You can still tell them to do things like "Focus that guy!" or "Fuck up that wall!" Anything you can think of, really.

>>33682652
For the rolls, how are you going to decide which roll to take? Popular vote for the action, then best of 3 dice rolls from the audience for success after you post that the vote is locked in?

Aw yes, Actually caught one of these on time.
>>33681879
...what the fuck did takeshi DO?!

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Rolled 20, 9, 12 = 41

>>33682416
You don't have time for this. You look around to see an arrow pointing out Canis' position. You sprint over to see your friend trying to peel off a piece of steel silk that had adhered to his flesh. His skin gives out and peels along with the cloth, exposing muscle underneath.

You hold up your mace an give him a quick heal. “You okay?” You say to him.

He touches the part of his face where there was once a gash. “I'm going to kill that king.” Is his only response.

You try to focus on the party display.

Tabula is down. Being next to an exploding boiler would probably do that to a man.

Takeshi is down to about 70% HP and has appeared right next to you.

You take a step back surprised by the sudden appearance of the not-Samurai.

“The Samurai Code says we must be as swift as the coursing river.” Takeshi says, “I suggest we begin our assault on the castle.”

You look over to the arrow pointing out Tabula's body somewhere in the wreckage. You could probably get to him and revive him in time to begin your assault on the castle, but maybe that will waste too much time. A <49erS> will certainly pick him up at some point so he'll probably show up sooner or later.

Before you can make a decision, though, an arrow nicks your left arm. You wince and turn to see a man covered in black with a bow. He looked like a silhouette rather than an actual person.

He knocks another arrow and aims the bow towards you.

[ ] Combat Commands Go!

Rolled 10, 6, 8 = 24

>>33683075
Forgot this
---Party---
Ambrosis
HP: 30/36
MP: 32/32
Resistances:
Physical: 40% (Takes 60%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Canis
HP: 24/32
MP: 32/32
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)


Takeshi:
HP: 22/30
MP: 36/36
Resistances:
Physical: 15% (Takes 85%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 5 (20% Dodge)

---Enemy---
Umbra Assassin:
HP: 80/80
MP: 50/50
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental 20% (Takes 80%)
Dodge: 11 (50% Dodge Chance)

>>33683075
Pocket Sand to lower dodge chance, then Healing Forge.

Rolled 5

>>33683108

Pocket Sand

Rolled 13, 8 = 21

>>33683142
forgot to roll

>>33683142
>Pocket Sand to lower dodge chance, then Healing Forge.
agreed

Rolled 1, 5, 8 = 14

>>33682755
For right now, just the first couple of posts that don't do something illegal/impossible.

I'll use the poster's roll, but if something happens, like someone gets crit and needs heals, I'll stop and post.

>>33683172
>>33683183
Going with these for right now.
I'll take the 13 for the healing forge as Pocket Sand was cast by someone else.

Sorry if this seems confusing.

>>33683142
This sounds good

>>33683224
>1
oh boy here we go

So we're going to avenge BRO, right.

>>33683410
Obviously. Given the shit we kept finding during the race and what was in the wreckage, the BRO's death was probably for the best.

>>33683465
I blame takeshi for it.
Fucking weirdo.

Rolled 11, 8, 3 = 22

>>33683224
The archer lets loose another arrow, this once finds its target and stabs into your left arm. Your plate mail takes some of the brunt of the damage, but it still stabs deep. A red 300 pops up over your head. You think the best course of action this time is to blind this fool.

“ARGENT CHAINS!” Chains shoot out from you and go to wrap around your enemy's head, but he evaporates into smoke and then appears next to you, ready to strike with a rapier he appears to pull from nowhere.

“ECHO OF THE DRUMS!” Canis shouts behind you. He's given you double damage on your next attack. You can- wait. No he didn't. Then who did he give it to!?

“EXTERMINATION!” Takeshi shouts. You look up to see the fool flying in the air. His massive sword swings down and breaks through the Umbra's collarbone. The numbers shoot up with the brilliant display to denote a critical hit! With Canis' buff that's 4 times the damage!

4800 damage dances across the screen. The Umbra is brought down to 40% HP in that once attack.

Now is the time to strike!

“HEALING FORGE!” You scream as you lay your mace upon your opponent's skull. A loud, wet crack sends vibrations down the handle of your mace. That had to leave a mark. A green ring appears above Takeshi who his healed for a good 500 damage.

The Umbra turns its attention to Takeshi and stabs him right through the lung.

Takeshi tries to swing his massive sword at the Umbra, but the attack is too slow and the ninja gracefully dodges out of the way.

The Umbra then turns to smoke before Canis can unleash a torrent of drum powered magic missiles.

He reappears away from your group, bow in hand again.

That feel when delaying posting because I can't find a good pick for this. Oh well.

Rolled 19

>>33683846
Magic ray of light attack

>>33683879
Whoops, messed up MP values.

---Party---
Ambrosis
HP: 27/36
MP: 30/32
Resistances:
Physical: 40% (Takes 60%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Canis
HP: 24/32
MP: 29/32
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Takeshi:
HP: 23/30
MP: 31/36
Resistances:
Physical: 15% (Takes 85%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 5 (20% Dodge)


---Enemy---
Umbra Assassin:
HP: 30/80
MP: 48/50
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental 20% (Takes 80%)
Dodge: 11 (50% Dodge Chance)

[ ] Combat action~!

>>33683879
do we know what Takeshi's crit chance is? and is divine might castable on others, and affected by crits?

Rolled 6

>>33683935
Swords of Cherubim

>>33683903
That's maybe a little overkill, 7MP is a lot to spend on something that's close to dying.

>>33683968
Divine Might sounded like it was AoE on allies to me.

>>33683935
Flames of revenge on takeshi

Rolled 16, 11, 2 = 29

>>33683969
>>33683903

Going with these.

[-9 MP]

So when you say 30/80 hp, you mean its 3000/8000 hp?

>>33684558
Their HP are based off of the HP/MP table from Mamare's notes, so scale wise, that is true, but I realize that characters these levels should not be doing this much damage. I'm just using it as a way to move combat along fast enough that it's exciting and doesn't take too much time.

Still writing.

>>33684069
You're going to finish this as quickly as you can. “JUDGEMENT RAY!” You shout to the heavens. Giant, golden, holy glyphs appear above your head. They spin and twirl and unleash a beam of absolute destruction upon your opponent. A giant 1440 appears above his head. He's not dead yet. Damn him!

Takeshi disappears and reappears next to the Umbra. “ACCEL FANG!” The samurai swings his massive blade, which drags hims forward with his slash. Only 460 damage, but a buff appears on Takeshi. His attack speed has been increased.

The Umbra disappears again to once more dodge out of Canis' rain of blows.

“Stay still, damn you!” Canis shouts.

The Umbra is hurting now. He's down in the red, below 15% HP.

The archer launches another arrow, which stabs into Takeshi's chest. A red 400 show up above him.

“A real samurai would not fall to such a blow!” The samurai announces.

You charge the ninja. “Swords of the Cherubim~!” Your mace glows red with power and holy fervor, but the Umbra does not allow himself to be hit. Another cloud of smoke and he is gone.

“ACCEL FANG!” Takeshi shouts again and allows himself to be dragged into the Umbra by his sword. A solid 400 damage to the Umbra.

Canis begins to play his drums. “SPEED OF THE DRUMS!” The party is buffed with additional attack speed. Takeshi swings his sword with its even further increased speed. “THIS IS THE SPEED OF THE SAMURAI!” The Umbra, unfortunately, vanishes in a cloud of smoke. He reappears again and begins to run. Perhaps he is fleeing?

>>33684821
---Party---
Ambrosis
HP: 27/36
MP: 21/32
Resistances:
Physical: 40% (Takes 60%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Canis
HP: 24/32
MP: 29/32
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Takeshi:
HP: 19/30
MP: 25/36
Resistances:
Physical: 15% (Takes 85%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 5 (20% Dodge)


---Enemy---
Umbra Assassin:
HP: 7/80
MP: 48/50
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental 20% (Takes 80%)
Dodge: 11 (50% Dodge Chance)

---Things on Cooldown---
Argent Chain: 2
Judgment Ray: 9
Swords of Cherubim: 6

[ ]Chase him down.
[ ] Let him flee.

>>33684845
>Let him fleet

Ten bucks says it's Aideen.

Just focus on the King and don't chase distraction mooks.

Rolled 16

>>33684845
[ ] Let him flee.

>[x] Let him flee.
Could be a trap

>>33684845
>[ ]Chase him down.
We gotta make sure the king and all the men loyal to him die here.

>>33684845
[X] Let him flee.

Heal while running to bash the king.

>>33684845
>Let him flee.
We have bigger fish to fry, not to mention our priority here is a rescue operation.

>>33684845
[x] Let him flee.

>>33684845
[X] Let him flee
>Implying it isn't the lander girlfriend
Also, Immediately Heal Takeshi.

>>33684845
>[X] Let him flee.
Tell Takeshi that it is Dishonorabru to attack an enemy in the back

>>33684944
This. Heal dat samurai. He might be annoying, but he has chutzpah.

>>33684859
>>33684863
>>33684873
>>33684892
>>33684906

[+1 Knowing Priorities]

[ ] Rest to regain HP/MP, which will take time.
[ ] Heal with spells and continue assault, which will take a couple seconds.

>>33684973
>[ ] Heal with spells and continue assault, which will take a couple seconds.

Rolled 7

>>33684973
>[ ] Heal with spells and continue assault, which will take a couple seconds.

>>33684973
>[ ] Heal with spells and continue assault, which will take a couple seconds.
>>>
> Anonymous 07/26/14(Sat)17:57:05 No.33684983 ▶
>>>33684973
>>[ ] Heal with spells and continue assault, which will take a couple seconds.
no breaks no mercy

>>33684973
>[X] Other
Heal with spells, while Canis uses a mp regen song

>>33684973
>Heal with spells and continue assault, which will take a couple seconds.
Time is of the essence, we have to keep moving!

>>33685017
This guy has the right of it.

>>33684973
Guys, we're down to about half our MP.
>MP: 21/32
While I agree that there are no breaks on the rape train, we need to slow it down a little. Overextension is bad.
>[X] Rest to regain HP/MP, which will take time.

>>33685017
i agree with this

>>33685017
Yeah, that alleviates my MP concerns (>>33685055) pretty well.

Let's go with that.

>>33685017

Go for this

>>33685017
>>33685041
>>33685059
>>33685116
>>33685157

[+1 Tactical Mastery]
[-1 Brakes on this Train]

---Party---
Ambrosis
HP: 34/36
MP: 22/32
Resistances:
Physical: 40% (Takes 60%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Canis
HP: 31/32
MP: 32/32
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Takeshi:
HP: 30/30
MP: 30/36
Resistances:
Physical: 15% (Takes 85%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 5 (20% Dodge)

>>33685017
Good idea.

>>33685041
>>33685059
>>33685116
>>33685157
>>33685238
Apparently I have the best Ideas, burlap sack, freeze the river, but then again, I did suggest having Takeshi feed the BRO our enemies, and completely forgot about the OHKO wand.

>>33685217
Dam I missed a lot of the thread, work was crazy, great to see he quest more often shep!

Rolled 2

>>33685217
Rolling for reasons. Don't question them.

>>33686358
Well I hope that's not for us.

>>33686358
Hopefully that was the King's roll then.

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>>33686358
>[distant rattling]

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Rolled 3

>>33685217
You let the man run.

“You run from battle, you honorless dog!?” Takshi shouts.

“Don't!” You command Takeshi. “Let him go. He's not who we're here for.”

The samurai sheathes his massive sword in one fluid motion. “Of course. To slay a fleeing foe is dishonorable.”

“Canis!” You command, “Get an MP regen going. When we're all healed up we're going to keep moving.”

Canis plays his drums slowly. You can feel energy return to you. You bathe the three of you in blue light. Your wounds close up and your bodies are mostly restored.

You look to the massive wooden doors that lead into the castle. “It's time to get to work.”

Across the bloodied grass, passing the rubble of the BRO, and up to the doors you charge. One powerful slice from Takeshi cuts the obstacle in two.

The three of your burst into the hall, but then Canis drops to his knees. “God. No. FUCK!! Who put all these colors here!?”

“You gotta get up!” You say, trying to pull the Wolf-Fang to his feet.

“The Samurai Code says no man should be left behind.” Takeshi says in agreement, you think.

“Who the hell are those guy!?” Canis shouts, pointing down the hallway.

You look to see what he was talking about and now see the animal headed actors all standing in the hall, each brandishing massive weapons.

They are above your level, they outnumber you, and most importantly, they look like they are about to kill you.

“Shit.” Is all you can think to say. A chill goes down your spine. Everything feels cold. Is this what true despair feels like?

“OUT OF THE WAY!” You hear behind you.

You turn to see a giant man in red carrying an equally large sword. The giant crashes through the doorway and moves past your group towards the butler-actors. You spot Tabula, ready to fight.

“I'll take care of them.” Tabula says, “You get your friend out of here.”

Rolled 2

>>33687060
You nod to the summoner and grab Canis by the hand and start running for the main hall.

“It's like my eyes are rainbows!” Is all Canis responds with.

The Donkey-head swings at you with a spiked mace, but the General Winter's sword slams into the weapon, knocking it away.

“Is that all you got!?” Tabula shouts, “And here I thought a canceled raid boss would actually be difficult!”

The animal-heads do not end their pursuit, though and soon the chicken-head is launching spear-sized arrows at you. One heads right for your head, but then stops. A massive hand of mud grasps the spear-arrow and crushes it in its grip.

“Winter!” You hear Tabula shout, “Lock them down!”

Ice courses through the hallway, wrapping around the legs of the butlers.

“If you want them...!” Tabula announces, “You'll need to kill me first!”

Your group busts through a door and quickly close them behind you. Ice sudden covers the door, freezing it in place.

“You really didn't think it would be that easy, did you?” You recognize the voice of the king.

You turn around. On a massive gold throne sits the bald king. In front of him stands a level 60 Umbra, Subclass barmaid. Above her is the name enemyIDs.NAw.raidBosses.AideenUmbra.getName(). It appears that this entire time Aideen was a raid boss. Judging by her level probably one of the earlier expansions, if not vanilla.

You sigh. This is the shit that happens when you don't get rid of unused code. Unused code always causes trouble. Everyone knows that.

“Now you see your doom is at hand!” The king shouts, “Now that I know the truth I have captured your mage! The secrets of the world-destroying spell will be mine!”

“Hey Canis!” You say, “I found her!”

Canis gets to his feet. “I gotcha.” He wobbles over towards the raid boss.

[ ] Get the king while Aideen is distracted.
[ ] Go look for Lilac while Aideen is distracted.
[ ] Just take a seat and watch what happens.
[ ] Other.

>>33687087
>[ ] Get the king while Aideen is distracted.
Getting rid of the King is the quickest way to end this entire battle. His army should stand down after he's defeated meaning we won't have to try and drag a drugged to hell Lilac around a war zone to get out.

>>33687087
>[ ] Get the king while Aideen is distracted.

>>33687087
>Get the king while Aideen is distracted.
Searching for Lilac while the king is still alive and kicking is just asking to get attacked from behind.

>>33687087
>[X] Get the king while Aideen is distracted.
Being able to murder a monarch gives us a lot of leverage.

>>33687087
What level is the king? I don't think it was ever posted.

>>33687087
>Other

Convince Aideen that the world shouldn't be destroyed. I mean Jesus, just listen to the fucking King rave.

>>33687269
12

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>>33687312

>>33687312
HA, no really

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>>33687312
BAIT THE KING IS BAIT

It can't be this fucking easy to end the battle.

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>>33687087
>[X] Get the king while Aideen is distracted.
Time for the full REDPILL

World destroying spell
Ok ya so this is all our fault
Sweet
We are the best at thinking things through

Seriously, if we go after the King, Aideen will choose the King over Canis.

Do not fall for Tiny Shepherd's lies and schemes.

>>33687364
Okay. You caught me.

It's 12

That's right, he's got a total of __900 HP. He'll probably wreck you with his _1_ damage per turn.

>>33687087
>[ ] Go look for Lilac while Aideen is distracted.

Aideen is distracted and the King is a pushover. Find Lilac and end this.

>>33687450
Do we know that in-character though? That strikes me as kinda metagaming.

>>33687383
>>33687209
>>33687192
>>33687187
>>33687172

[+1 Tactical Genius]

>>33687502
It's not meta to say that Aideen will protect the king if we attack the king.

Nor is it meta to say Aideen will stay distracted while we look for Lilac.

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>>33687506

A-are you mocking us?

We probably deserve to be mocked

>>33687506
... i feel like that's misleading.

>>33687506
Game over right? I feel like this is a game over.

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>>33687789
>>33687759
>>33687578
I tried.

If you watched the anime or read the LN, you would know that NPC's max out their level at about 50 and have to go through MUCH more tougher stuff than players do to reach it.

The lack of respawning and only gaining 1/3 exp makes it that way.

>>33687506
Distract her by undoing canis's pants first

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>>33687950

>>33687506
Canis takes a step forward.

The red Umbra unsheathes a rapier and points the tip towards Canis.

Canis is unphased by this and continued to stagger towards the woman.

When the Wolf-Fang reaches the point of the blade, Aideen retreats back a step.

Canis takes another step forward and the process repeats.

You look over to Takeshi and point to the king.

The samurai nods and the two of your begin to go around the room opposite of the direction Canis is pushing Aideen.

Soon enough the Umbra is cornered against a wall and the king is open to attack.

[ ] Combat Action?

---Party---
Ambrosis
HP: 34/36
MP: 23/32
Resistances:
Physical: 40% (Takes 60%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Takeshi:
HP: 26/30
MP: 30/36
Resistances:
Physical: 15% (Takes 85%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 5 (20% Dodge)


---Enemy---
King Aubron:
HP: 9/9
MP: 6/6
Resistances:
Physical: 10% (Takes 90%)
Elemental 10% (Takes 90%)
Dodge: 2 (5% Dodge Chance)

Sorry for late post. I got distracted by something.

>>33688338
Just retrain the King.

He does one fucking damage per turn.

>>33688338
[ ] Combat Action?
Just hit him with the mace until he stops moving.

>>33688338
Just whack him, I'm pretty sure we can one-shot him.

Rolled 6

>>33688338
Melee attack

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>Attacking the king will result in Aideen attacking us

I'll try this once again.

He probably has some quest effect where a swarm of guards spawns if he takes damage, his shit stats seem almost too good to be true

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>>33688338
don't touch him, just talk.

Rolled 10, 7 = 17

>>33688452
>>33688411
>>33688482
Called due to time.

[+1 Attempted Regicide]

>>33688520
I'm sorry things turned out this way, Anon.

>>33688603
>>33688520
Were these supposed to be votes for not attacking?

>>33688799
It's so fucking frustrating when the playerbase won't listen to logic.

>>33688712
>>33688603
>>33688520
>>33688396

vs.

>>33688452
>>33688482

>>33689091
I feel bad for Ambrosis.

>>33689112
Only two of those were votes. One was an appeal for non-violence and the other was a thought about the possibly abilities of the king.

If those were votes, I'm sorry. You'll need to make it a bit more obvious for me.

Still drinking.

>>33689112
I might as well add my vote to not attack the king. By the time I got back the vote was over, but it would make it 3v2 at least, and 5v2 at most.

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>>33688799
You charge towards the throne. The king looks down his nose at you. It's like he really doesn't know he's about to die.

You lift your mace in the air and bring the weight down towards his head.

The mace suddenly stops. The force reverberates into your bones, leaving you with a strange and painful sensation.

You look down to see a rapier attached to an arm which forms from a red cloud. Aideen materializes in front of you.

With one thrust the point enters into your throat.

She cleanly pulls the blade back out. You use your hand to cover your wound. You glance to your HP. Only 400 left. That one attack did 3000 damage.

Takeshi changes his target to Aideen. He swings his sword, but the nimble rapier catches it effortlessly.

You take a couple steps back.

This is bad.

This is really bad.

You can't beat her.

You can't even begin to beat her.

Your equipment is 10 levels below you, and you're fighting a raid boss 20 levels above you.

She did about 80% of your HP in one hit.

[ ] Pray for a miracle.
[ ] Flee.
[ ] Other.

---Party---
Ambrosis
HP: 4/36
MP: 23/32
Resistances:
Physical: 40% (Takes 60%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Canis
HP: 31/32
MP: 32/32
Resistances:
Physical: 20% (Takes 80%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 3 (10% Dodge)

Takeshi:
HP: 26/30
MP: 30/36
Resistances:
Physical: 15% (Takes 85%)
Elemental: 25% (Takes 75%)
Dodge: 5 (20% Dodge)

---Enemy---
King Aubron:
HP: 9/9
MP: 6/6
Resistances:
Physical: 10% (Takes 90%)
Elemental 10% (Takes 90%)
Dodge: 2 (5% Dodge Chance)

enemyIDs.NAw.raidBosses.AideenUmbra.getName()
HP: 100/100
MP: 50/50
Resistances:
Physical: 30% (Takes 70%)
Elemental 30% (Takes 70%)
Dodge: 12 (55% Dodge Chance)
---Things on Cooldown---

>>33689318
>Pray for a miracle

>>33689188
>>33689318
I tried, sorry.
X Pray.

>>33689318
[ ] Other.

Tell Aideen the king cannot be allowed to end the world. I mean come on, fucking logic.

>>33689318
>Pray for a miracle.
We're a cleric, aren't we? This is what we do!

>>33689318
Heal and fall back
Why three people are taking on a raid level encounter is beyond me.

>>33689398
Well, why did you attack the King when a certain Anon told you repeatedly not to?

>>33689387
I don't think logic will have much of an impact on the mind-controlled servant.

>>33689411
I didn't, Amrbosis did.

>>33689318
[ ] Pray for a miracle.

LORD OF LEVERS HEAR OUR PRAYERS

If you aim a Judgement Ray at Aideen AND the King behind her, will it kill the king either way?

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>>33689318
Fuck it.

[X] Pray to Merika.

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>>33689461
If only you were a bit quicker.

>>33689338
>>33689356
>>33689388
>>33689453
>>33689489

[+1 ???? ?? ???????]

>>33689461
That's a good point, AoE damage should solve our problem here. I vote we let loose before we die!

>>33689547
Nah, I just got here. Nothing to be done.

>>33689547
>Clapping
>Merika
>Hulk Hogan
>"Fight for whats right, fight for your life, if you hurt my friends, you hurt my pride"
>Death flags everywhere

It's over.

>>33689547
And thus the man in black moves his Bishop.

>>33689633
"You better believe it, Brother! Do your homework, eat your vitamins, and never try to seek the atomic bomb."

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>>33689664
>MFW reading that

>>33689733
The Elder Tales god "Amerika" better be modeled after Hulk Hogan.

Whether he exists or not, that's the image he should be modeled after.

>>33689318
>Flee The King in Iron

We fucked up, didn't we?

>>33689963

We already killed the King in Iron with our bullshit wand, remember?

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>>33689547
The king claps.

CLAP

CLAP

CLAP

“I must give your lot praise.” The bald man says, “Never have I gazed upon a group so in want of destruction. Tell me, what misguided reason brought you here?”

“You-” You cough up blood. “You kidnapped my friend. I'm getting her back.”

The king laughs, “And you think a paltry force like yourselves would have been enough to accomplish such a foolhardy goal!?”

“If us kill me, we'll just come back.” You respond, “It's like Dark Souls. We can die forever and still get up. You'll lose sooner or later! You'll drown in our corpses!”

The king smiles and holds up a crystal. “Do you know what this thing is, which I hold in my hand?”

You remain silent.

“It is a Transportation Stone, which can cast me miles from here in an instance. Even if you somehow bested my Umbra you will not catch me. I can drag your mage to the four corners of Wen.” He stands. “Come! Take this pile of stones and marble! Act as if it gets you something! While you are busy pandering to your own egos and thirsts for destruction I will be mastering the spell to end the world, and with it I will be able to rule the world. I will be the most powerful, undeniable king!”

You look to Aideen. She does not seem to care about anything this mad man is saying. You look to Takeshi who has backed off with you. He also appears to have no idea what to do. You don't even know what to do!

You can't think of anything!

You fall to your knees and pray.

Any god.

Every god.

You didn't care.

ANYONE!

Please hear. You need help. You need help defeating a mad man. You need help getting your friend back safe. You need help keeping Aideen alive.

Please.

>>33690604
The king cackles. “Merika will not help you here, Cleric! Admit it! You have lost! Even now my army routes your band of briga-KGHUU” A stone spikes protrudes from the chest of the king.

Aideen drops her rapier, absolute horror upon her face.

The spike retracts and the body of the king flops onto the floor.

You look around to see that everyone else just saw that. They do seem to be just as surprised by this as you are.

You look up to the sky and whisper “Thank you.”

Takeshi then states, “I see, so HE was the psychic ninja. The old ninja doesn't look like a ninja technique. I should have known.”

Of course Takeshi would interrupt such a glorious moment for you. You raise from your knees and turn to Aideen only to notice she isn't there. She isn't anywhere anymore. Where the hell did she go!?

“Where'd she go!?” You shout. You look to Canis who seems to be staring at a wall. “Canis! Where is she!? Where'd she go!?”

Canis makes no response.

You focus on the party menu, expecting the worst, but notice he has the sleep debuff on him. He's been asleep this entire time. How did you not notice that?

You turn back around to look at the hole left by the stone spike. That is when a certain pink dwarf's head pops out.

“Wat.” Is all you can think to say.

Lilac mumbles something to herself as she gets out of the hole and begins to feel around the room like a blind person.

You get closer. “Make my own doors.” She whispers, “Can only head into a forest half way.”

You slump down onto the ground. You just won. You just won outright.

Heavy bells chime from somewhere in the castle.

Canis wakes with a fright. “Wha-what's going on!?”

[ ] “We're getting out of here! King's dead, everyone's happy!”
[ ] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”
[ ] Other.

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>>33690625

>[x] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”

>>33690625
>[ ] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”

W-what?

>>33690625
>“King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”
Sorry dude, but it's time to move!

>>33690625
wut? what the hell just happened? where did the spike come from?

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>>33690625
>[X] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”

>>33690625
>[ ] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”

She'll turn up later. Hopefully not as a recurring villain, because I like Aideen.

When we do find Aideen, just accept she was doing her job.

In a feudal society, it can't be helped. Plus she was probably programmed that way as well.

>>33690719
>"Make my own doors"

From Thread #8:

>Lilac stands up.
>She waves her staff in the air and makes an exaggerated gesture upwards. Suddenly a spike of stone stabs the wing, breaking it in half.

>>33690625

Time to loot the shit out of everything!

>>33690625
>[ ] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”

>>33690788
Did we just indebt ourselves to some deity or quasi-divine figure by praying?

>>33690788

Lilac is Amerika!

>>33690788
Alright so we are going to start worshiping Lilac as our god without explaining it to anyone right?

>>33690808
Maybe we should build the Goddess a small altar in the landship.

I'd say She earned it.

>>33690625
>[ ] “King's dead, Aideen's gone. I have no idea what happened to her.”

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>>33690808
>>33690833
>>33690861
>>33690916

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.


>>33690691
>>33690707
>>33690712
>>33690727
>>33690801
[+1 Panic]

>>33690861
>>33690833
That would be hilarious.

>yfw her real name is Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_%28name%29

>>33690933
Yeah, Columbia is a better name.

>>33690930
fuck

>>33690930

He doesn't seem to be very user-friendly at all!

>>33690930
>MIB

No, it was Columbia. MIB can fuck off.

>>33690930
>Using my MiB image
feels Goodman

So now that the king, the actual quest-giver, is dead, do the tripping-balls effects of the castle stop being active?

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>>33690930
“King's dead, Aideen's gone.” You explain, “I have no idea what happened to her!”

“What do you mean you have no idea what happened to her!” Canis shouts.

“I mean I have no idea what happened to her!”

“Well, where could she have gone!?”

“I don't know! She turned into smoke and was gone!”

“What do- I- What!? How!? HOW! HOW? How? Seriously, how did she get out of here without anyone noticing!?”

You look to Takeshi, “Takeshi, did you see anything!?”

“Nothing escapes the vigilant eyes of a samurai.” He responds.

“So did you see what happened to Aideen?”

“She turned into smoke.”

“And then?”

“Then she left.”

“To...?”

“I don't know. She did not say.”

You want to strangle him, but you resist the urge. “Where did she leave FROM!?”

“The ceiling.” Takeshi points upwards.

You look up to see a circular grate surrounded by a ceiling mural depicting what you assume to be sun and sky fae.

Canis leaps into the air and latches onto the grate. He rips the metal open and climbs inside of whatever was up there.

You call out to Canis, “You okay up there?”

“Yeah!” He calls back down, “This is a... Kid's room?”

>>33691984
You jump up and grab the grate. You put your head through. A room with walls of gold stars on a blue background. A large stuffed bear sits in the corned next to a child size bed. You lift yourself into the room and look around.

Why would the king just keep a kid's room above his throne room? Maybe this was his room. He was crazy, after all.

Why did Aideen come in here, though? Was it just a convenient exit? You see an open door, through which there is a long hallway.

Canis walks through the door and says, “I'll start looking for her.”

“I'll help.” You say, “What kind of best friend would I be if I didn't?”

Taksehi asks, “What should I do?”

You think for a moment and then say, “Get Lilac out of here. If she's still under the crazy fairy bullshit, she'll need help.”

Takeshi bows. “Understood.”

You can Canis search throughout the castle. Thousands of rooms and you checked them all at least twice. Up and down stairs. Through windows and around balconies. You search and search and search and no one is found.

The entire place is abandoned.

----
END SESSION

Sorry this one was pretty short. I'm getting pretty tired and this seemed like a good place to stop.

Next time, we Vertigo.

>>33692013
Did... did we just kill every lander here to the next kingdom?

>>33691984
>>33692013
ninja wizard magic

>>33692050
No, but if you clear an instances dungeon, the mobs despawn. Usually.

>>33692050
Oh god, the shitstorm we just provoked is going to be hilariously terrifying.

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>>33692013
Was she... the kings daughter? Maybe she grabbed and used that Transportation Stone?

>Next time, we Vertigo.
pic related

>>33692013
Thanks for running an extra day Shep.

>>33692050
Even if we didn't, we just opened up one hell of a power vacuum.

>>33692110
But would this kingdom be the instance and all the NPCs in it be simple mobs needing him to respawn?

>>33692110

I wonder... if Aideen was an add for the unfinished King encounter, did she despawn since he was beaten?

>>33692158

Fuck it, we got steamtanks, we'll just mosey on over to the next town/kingdom.

>>33692162
No; that would be closer to a battleground. The castle area would be the instance tops, more likely it would be the interior of the castle or anything within the gate we knocked down.

>>33692013
thanks for running shep, great work as always, looking forward to tuesday

>>33692147
huh, i didnt think anyone else called him shep except me

>>33692145
>Aideen was the king's daughter

FUUUCCCKKK

I hate every single person that voted to attack the King.

Rolled 14

>>33692338
Yeah.... sorry about that.

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>>33692389
I WARNED YOU MAN
I WARNED YOU

>>33692338
No. She will be the new Queen chosen by Amerika to reign over the kingdom.

>>33692688

But Amerika already killed her father

>>33692754
God chooses kings.

Amerika merely choose the next king to reign.

>>33692826
This. Columbia tired of the mad old king and decided some change in management was in order.