You pick up the meat-stuffed wrap and take as big a bite as you can manage without choking. It taste of home, of El-Amin. Of days spent ducking your master's incessant trials and days spent tormenting the guards with your friends. It taste of... something acrid and bitter. The after taste, gods above it's horrible! How can people actually eat this? You glance around at your companions to see them wearing similar expressions of disgust, all save Skull Kid who's devouring a fat, greasy slab of meat stuffed between two halves of a loaf of bread with various vegetables and sauces.

“How can you call this food? It taste like the sewage below smelled!” Darzi exclaims, having taken a bite out of her own kebab. Skull Kid swallows his mouthful of 'synth' before responding. “Well, that's no coincidence. The vast majority of food outside of the Tower is synthetic. Just a slurry of chemicals intended to simulate real food. The poms are real though.” As if for emphasis he picks up one of the fried potato strings and pops it in his mouth. “After a while you won't even notice the aftertaste anymore, trust me.”

You force down a few more bites of your doner kebab but the more you eat the more you feel like you're going to vomit. You decide to simply relegate yourself to your glass of fairly crappy wine and your pommes frites, the only thing on the table that actually taste good. You decide to make conversation to distract yourself from your roiling stomach. “So, I at least need new clothes. Where might we find a marketplace?” You look to Skull Kid when you ask this, and he wipes his mouth on his sleeve before shrugging. “There are shops all over this part of town, just gotta keep your eye out. They're kind of overpriced though. I'd say we ought to head to the Green District but they check ID at every gate.”
(1/2 or 3)

You quirk up an eyebrow. “ID? Does that stand for something?” Skull Kid nods. “Yeah, every citizen of the City is implanted with an ID chip at birth, or whenever they immigrate. I used to have one but I pried that shit out of my arm as soon as I was banished. Anyway, if we want to get anywhere in this city we need ID chips.” You snap your fingers. “Oh! That reminds me-” You reach into your cloak and withdraw a stack of AWU chits. “-You can hack these, right?” He nods, taking the stack of five chits from you and laying them out on the squat table in front of you in two neat rows. “Yeah, no problem. I got a program that'll crack these in a few minutes.”

As he says this he reaches behind his back and grabs hold of one of those long cables that serve as his 'hair'. He stabs the spike at the end into a port on one of the chits and the chit springs to life, showing a password screen. Characters rapidly flash in and out of the password field, faster than you can follow. “It's just a simple brute force hack but it'll get the job done. Anyway, like I was saying. There's shops all over for all sorts of shit. Clothes mostly, but appliances, furniture, electronics. You can find it all here. Except weapons. The Red District is probably your best bet for weapons dealers, ever since the possession of guns by the citizenry was made illegal.”
(2/3)

You contemplatively chew one of those delightful little fried potato strings, he's given you quite a bit to think about. Unfortunately there are other matters to attend to. “Fulvia-” You turn your attention towards her, she still hasn't put her projection back up. “-how long until you think your spell is ready?” She cocks her head to the side, considering for a moment. “At the current rate I am gathering vys, It will be two days before I am ready to cast.” You nod your head slowly, thinking. You hope to be out of this dimension in two days time, so that works out well enough. You can only hope this device Skull Kid told you about both exist and actually works.

>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>Ask if there are any ways to sneak into the other districts.
>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, go shopping.
>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, meditate.
>Write-in

>>33825541
>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>Ask if there are any ways to sneak into the other districts.
>Ask him if he would like to follow us to our dimension.

>>33825541
>>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.

>>33825541
>>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>>Ask if there are any ways to sneak into the other districts.
>>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, go shopping.
>>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, meditate.

>>33825541
>>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, meditate.

>>33825541
>>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>>Ask if there are any ways to sneak into the other districts.
>>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, meditate.

>>33825541
>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>Ask if there are any ways to sneak into the other districts.
>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, go shopping.

>>33825587
>>33825637
>>33825658
>>33825710
>>33825728
Don't any of you want to ask him if he wants to come with us?

>>33825747
not yet, its a bit too early.

>>33825541
>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, meditate.
Fuck this place, let's get back already. We have more than a small fortune in weapons only already, let's meditate with our dragon daughteru, then get to the tower.

>>33825747
I figured he'd ask when we got to the portal.

>>33825541
>Ask Skull Kid if there are any ways to get fake ID chips.
>Chat with your companions, finish eating, bathe, go shopping.

>Ask about fake IDs
>Ask about sneaky-sneak.

>>33825637
>>33825728
>>33825791
>Shopping.

>>33825772
>>33825710
>>33825658
>>33825637
>Meditate.

Writin'.

>>33825541
Oh hey that reminds me, didn't we get an insight into Earth magic at some point? Because our character sheet says we didn't and my memory's a little hazy since I think it was a while ago.

>>33825824
I don't believe so. I know you got to novice rank in Earth magic but I don't think you got an insight after that.

>>33825819
dragon daughteru tiem
This will be 2/3 insight if we succeed, we can get the last at the Surya temple back home, which will probably have loot and a modifier.

>>33825773
>>33825759
We should honestly do it now not suddenly at the last second. He should be given time to decide.

Does nobody recall that our clothes are ruined? We waded waist deep in sewage to get here, we're going to stick out like a sore thumb.

>>33825874
could be a guy.
>>33825845
can we try teaching skull kid magic?

>>33825899
Hmm, I guess that makes sense as well. Maybe ask our party about it first though.

>>33825913
>>33825899
which is why i voted mediate, and have skull kid shop for us.
We should mention it to him, that if he comes with us that he can make a killing with gold.

>>33825899
I'd like to make a better impression with him than the one we have now.

>>33825917
You can try doesn't mean you'll succeed.

>>33825949
This is as good as it'll ever get.

>>33825917
I know, but everyone was referring to it as our daughteru last thread, I thought we might as well keep it consistent.

>>33825913
why is a master in Water concerned about cloths? Are you telling me it's that hard to wash them? I don't even think we should go out to buy clothing, it's probably expensive as fuck and we're going to need this room for atleast another day if we don't want to switch to a different hotel.

So what do we medite on?
I like to get leaping done.

>>33826537
Speed is more useful.

>>33826537
I don't know how hard that metamagic is, but I think that one of the effects from the five effects book might be easier and more useful. I was thinking speed.

>>33826563
leaping is cheaper and pays for itself in group battles.
Also what does speed do again?

>>33826602
Makes all spells more powerful.

>>33826602
Speed is like casting haste. I just remember effects being easier to learn than metamagic and that Blast was a bitch to learn.

>>33826644
we should get both, if we can than.

Speed seems to be the consensus, let's focus on that and after meditate on Leaping.

So where can i read this info about what we can learn?
I forgot, most of it.

>>33826684
http://pastebin.com/8wLGz3HQ

>>33826659
Leaping is still inferior to AoE which we have with us.

>>33826684
Spellbook in OP

I think we should get closer to our dragon, still.

>>33826733
it should be cheaper, and do less collateral damage, but each one has its uses.

>>33826733
AoE is dangerous without selective though, depending on how it works

>>33826758
I'm for speed that. Dragon training till we get to the water temple

>>33826762
They cost the same and AoE can be combine with Selective to hit only certain targets.

>>33826818
Let's stop on the way there at the Surya temple, then. We still hadn't looted it after all, and it'd be a nice way to start relaxing after all these near-death-experiences.

>>33826897
the temple would be on the oposite direction of the "gin 'n juice" temple.

>>33826897
Forgot something in this. I was thinking, maybe we should sleep at least once more while we're here? I remember that disembodied face appeared when we passed out from lizardbro's breath, maybe we could get some more ominous advice before we leave.

You turn your attention once more to Skull Kid. “Is there any way to get fake IDs? What about sneaking into the other districts, or bribing the guards or something?” Skull Kid shrugs his shoulders. “There are a few people out there who will implant fake chips. Hard to find, because it's not like they advertise or anything. Gotta know a guy who knows a guy.” Skull Kid grins, an eerie expression considering his lack of eyes. “Lucky for you, I know a guy and you know me. I haven't seen him since I was kicked out of town though, so it might take some legwork to find the bastard.”

He waves a hand dismissively, moving on to your other questions. “Anyway, bribery is right out. Not that the feds aren't corrupt as hell, it's just they're paid a good salary. It's expensive to bribe 'em, you know?” He pauses to take a bite of his sandwich, chewing slowly while he thinks. Eventually he resumes his little speech. “Sneaking in might work. We could probably find a way past the walls through the sewer system, or we might be able to find a maintenance entrance and slip through that way.” He shrugs. “We'd need to check out the wall to be certain.”

You sigh, this just seems like it's going to be a whole ordeal. You're distracted from your own thoughts by a soft ping. Skull Kid unplugs the cord attached to the first chit and shoves it into the next one. “Alright, I'll take a ten percent fee for my services and then transfer you the rest, yeah?” Before you have a chance to respond Skull Kid's own chit pings cheerily and you reach into your cloak to retrieve your own, seeing a notification on the screen.
>New Balance: 1739 AWU
(1/3)

You smile, tucking the chit back into your cloak. Nothing like money to raise your spirits. You risk another bite of kebab and force it down before asking. “So, how goes your training?” Profectus shrugs. “I haven't had much opportunity to meditate, not since the night in Skull Kid's hovel at least. I've sort of been avoiding using my arm since the area is so magically inert. The last thing I want is to be left drained on some foreign world.” Chryssa nods her head. “I have similar concerns. I did meditate briefly upon Earth magic on the night we spent in the tunnel, but I failed to gain any sort of insight.” That's a shame.

Darzi speaks up as you force down a few more bites of kebab. “I think now seems as good a time as any to discuss what happened in the bar, with Lucky and Pipsqueak.” You sigh. “Do we have to do this now? I'd rather shower first, at least. I smell like crap in a very literal sense.” Profectus nods his head. “I'll second that motion. Save it for after we've bathed.” Darzi relents. “Very well, but do not think to duck out of this conversation. What we did was despicable and I'll not have it happen again.” You wave a hand dismissively, though you're inclined to agree. You'd rather avoid ever setting a bar alight and taking hostages again.

You leave the table and retreat to the solitude of the bathroom. You're confused when you see not a large pool in the center of the floor, but a strange glass box and a person-sized bowl adjacent. Both of which seem entirely too small for you, the glass box would leave you barely any room to move around and the bowl would practically force you to curl up in the fetal position to fit inside. In the end you opt for the glass box, stripping down and tossing your clothing into the bowl. Perhaps it's intended as a washing basin? That would make sense.
(2/3)

>>33826982
It's probably one of the magi.
If rather not mess with him.
I mean it's going after him that caused us to get stuck in this dimension.

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Would it be possible that you post the world map Soma?

It takes you an inordinate amount of time to figure out the various buttons and dials that control the water flow and its temperature. Eventually you figure it out through trial and error, but then you're faced with trying to understand the bottles lined up on a shelf for your convenience. You end up guessing, and step out smelling vaguely of lavender. Once clean you take a few moments to wash the filth out of your clothing in the large basin adjacent the glass box. It leaves a thick film of scum on the bottom of the basin but it's not your problem.

Redressed, you take a moment to collect yourself before rejoining your companions. How are you going to approach the coming conversation? It will probably just be the five of them scolding you for being too reckless...

>Contrite, hopefully they'll wrap up quickly and you can move on to more important things.
>Defiant, you didn't do anything wrong! How dare they berate you?
>Stoic. Sit quietly and listen to what they have to say.
>Who says you have to go? Find a bedroom and set your mind to meditation.
>Write-in

>>33827068
>>Contrite, hopefully they'll wrap up quickly and you can move on to more important things.

>>33827068
>Stoic. Sit quietly and listen to what they have to say.

>>33827068
>Stoic. Sit quietly and listen to what they have to say.

let them vent

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>>33827063

>>33827068
>Contrite, hopefully they'll wrap up quickly and you can move on to more important things.

>>33827068
>Stoic. Sit quietly and listen to what they have to say.

>>33827068
>>Contrite, hopefully they'll wrap up quickly and you can move on to more important things.

We fucked up yall

>>33827047
Well, yeah, I didn't say we should follow it, just see what it says.

>>33827098
only one venting is Darzi really.

>>33827099
>>33827068
>Stoic. Sit quietly and listen to what they have to say.
Thanks man, I propose we rename everything magical with that link that anon posted that turned our word into nigga speech.
Gin'njuice temple is awesome for sure

>>33827079
>>33827111
>>33827141
>Contrite

>>33827113
>>33827098
>>33827092
>>33827178
>Stoic

Writin'

>>33827068
>>Stoic. Sit quietly and listen to what they have to say.
Let's hear Darzi out, and ask anyone else in the group to air their grivances with our leadership. Then...
>>33827068
>>Contrite, hopefully they'll wrap up quickly and you can move on to more important things.
Admit the whole situation went poorly.

>>33827218

Too late for another contrite vote?

>>33827068
> Stoic
reading mediations and saying anything else would feel like I'm dancing on markus' grave.

>>33827218
I'd like us to admit that they are right though, we did make mistakes.

>>33827314
Who's markus?

>>33827314
Markus?

>>33827318
Darzi is the only one with major aggressiveness.
Every one else is mostly cool.

>>33827368
*aggrevances

>>33827368

Didn't Soma say in his ask.fm that they were more frustrated with our incompetence than anything else?

Because they have a point there

>>33827368
They all think we made mistakes and/or handled it poorly though. Which is 100% true, and even if you don't agree with Darzi's morality, everything she said is true.

>>33827368

It doesn't change the fact that we messed up though. If I believed we were right I'd hold to that no matter what they thought. I'm not going to set different standards just because I believe we were wrong. We screwed up, whither they let it go or not.

>>33827337
markus arelleus (butchering the spellign) the Roman philosopher emperor and the main philosopher for the stoics and one of the best roman emperors.

>>33827408
>>33827422
nah, here is what he said.
>Darzi thinks you're reckless and at least a little bit incompetent. Chrys thinks you're overly driven by greed and ought to think things through more thoroughly, but doesn't particularly care. Profectus and Fulvia have no complaints, the latter because she is incapable of complaining.
>Chrys and Fulvia are generally neutral. Profectus is unsettled. Darzi is upset. For more detailed explanations you'll need to ask in character.
>SK thinks you're handling being dropped into an alternate reality remarkable well. Eerily well, in fact. It's a little weird you're not more freaked out.
I think it's been more or less stated that Lucky has a past and isn't exactly the most morally compunctious individual. That said, he does think the entire situation was pulled off poorly and reeked of amateurish panic.
I did not.
>>33827477
Yeah we screwed up, but not as bad as some people make it out to be.

>>33827511
I mean, ok even if that's true, you do realize what we did, right?
We tried to threaten someone into leading us to a danherous place for free, set a bar on fire, killed those who attacked us for destroying their property/endanger them, took the ones we threatened hostage, and mangled the hand of someone who attacked us in self-defense when we held a pistol to her head.
It was also stated IIRC that Mik feels pretty shitty about it.

>>33827710
Still the best bartering method out there.

>>33827710
And just for the record, I didn't have problems with threatening Lucky, but would've choosing something less dangerous and less likely to expose us as a "warlock"
I still don't understand why people refuse to follow SK's advice to not say we're magic, instead showing off on every occasion.

>>33827762

You see, and this is why we can't have nice things.

>>33827796
Because magic is fun to use.

>>33827710
>I mean, ok even if that's true, you do realize what we did, right?
Yeah, i do and we did it before, it just means that we should have better control of our magic before trying to threaten with fire.
>We tried to threaten someone into leading us to a dangerous place for free
We always try to weasle out of it, and he implied that he knew a way with out being dangerous, which makes me beleive that there are unknown short cuts, but atleast we got to the city at the very least.
>set a bar on fire
Actually no, we stopped the fire, if we didn't it would have been fatal for most of our group.
>killed those who attacked us for destroying their property/endanger them
We were protecting our selves, plus you have to remember these guys aren't as innocent as an average citizen.
>took the ones we threatened hostage, and mangled the hand of someone who attacked us in self-defense when we held a pistol to her head.
Yeah that was pretty bad, all around.
>It was also stated IIRC that Mik feels pretty shitty about it.
I agree we should feel shitty, but we shouldn't dwell on it.(we did frame some one for murder before as well)

>>33827796

Yea.. I'd actually thought people had wised up about that until we decided to go the whole, "we're magic and special!" route with the guys in the sewers. We're special alright...

>>33827796
I'm mostly nuetral about telling, plus these warlocks interest me since they could lead to magical spirits.

>>33827903
But what if they want to eat us?

Gonna eat dinner real quick. Post is almost done. After that shouldn't be any more interruptions.

>>33827922
we should be more powerful.

>>33827864
>we did frame someone of killing out of self-defense
FIFY

>>33827922
>>33827928
soma pls don't be a warlock

>>33827939
no, we just left her there to get framed.

>>33827959
And we made it look like self-defense.

>>33827864

>We always try to weasle out of it, and he implied that he knew a way with out being dangerous, which makes me beleive that there are unknown short cuts, but atleast we got to the city at the very least.

Actually, that's the part I have the most problem with. In the past, we've always bargained in good faith. We might drive a hard deal, but if someone's square with us, we're square with them. This is the first time someone's tried to bargain with us in good faith, and we decided to try to screw them over. Everything else snowballed from us trying to rob someone that was bargaining in good faith with us.

>>33827996
Yeah it did snowball, but we have threatened before before for cheaper prices/lower fees.
Hell before this encounter we scared a guy into giving us a better deal on stuff we bought.

>>33827995
We didn't "make" it like that, it was just a coincidence that it turned out like that. We were planning on framing the hooker even before we noticed she hit her head, which we thought could possibly help her case at the time, but didn't influence our actions.

>>33827996
I disagree, I find the crux of it is that we couldn't trust him to hold his word, not to mention the fact he tried to rob us before hand and wanted us to go in blindfolded? Man that just didn't sound like a smart idea.

>>33828048
Yet the plan was to make it look like self-defense.

>>33827996
Would you say that trying to keep Lucky&P at the bar after things went ballistic and then later chasing after them is the point where it went wrong?
Because that's where we started to fuck up.
Intimidation is alright as a bargaining tool but only in that limited roll.

>>33828121
Where were all you cautious people earlier when you were needed?

>>33828182

Some people became cautious as a result of that decision

>>33828152
It wasn't. The
plane was to frame her, the self defense was a lucky accident.

>>33828121
I still find it weird that a good portion wanted to straight up attack him, especially at the bar.

>>33828219
>It wasn't.
Except it was.

>>33828204
I hope it stick then, at least. Just without also being reckless at the same time.

>>33828038
Intimidations alright but we trapped Lucky and that girl in a ring of fire when they tried to leave.
That and running after them and breaking the girls arm when our allies were fucked up wasn't the best course of action.
And before anyone says. I know it wasn't our intention to be so violent but that's what happened.

>>33828240
probably because he's a scumbag? oh well. At least we actually made it to the city.

>>33828300
He is, there is no questioning it.
>>33828294
Except that wasn't part of threatening them for a trip, plus we payed him in the end.

>>33828038

All that was under the bargaining option. Here's a hint. If we would have taken the bargaining option, one of the options listed, and not the threaten with fire option, then we might have done some grand standing, but when we were done we would have still been bargaining in good faith, no matter the roll. When we ignored the bargaining option, we chose to ignore the good faith route, and make sure there were going to be hard feelings, no matter what the roll. On top of that, we've been warned about a million times about using magic here. It was a given that just the act of using magic openly was going to inherently make anything we did more difficult. We chose to do it anyways.

I don't care about doing stupid stuff. We do that all the time. I just hate the idea of screwing over people just because we can, and that's exactly what we decided to do there.

>>33828294

Actually, if you read what people were posting at the time, a good number of people did intend to be that violent, and they were enjoying every second of it.

>>33828270
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31368459/
>I'll smash this in the room first, wait until both of them pass out, then kill Spiros ans frame the girl for doing it.
Self-defense only popped up in somewhat signifcant amounts after we saw that she had hit her head.

>>33828424
Oh well that's pretty shit then.
If I miss a thread I usually don't read all the chatter I just skim.
I must have missed or misinterpreted those people.

>>33828430
Except everyone wanted to make it look like it was in self-defense before that.

>>33828495

A minority were freaked out about the whole thing, that's probably what you noticed. The rest were screaming bloody murder.

>>33828424
that was shit posting, and you know it, except for the guys who were up for attacking him, the people who wanted fire didn't expect to hurt any one.
>>33828495
He is half telling the truth, i was in that thread arguing and some people were using strawman responses about why we chose fire, and then those responses have been used as an example when ever we have spoken about it since.

>>33828572
Fire magic intimidation is the barterers best friend.

>>33828688
we should be a higher level in fire, before we use it for intimidation agian.

>>33828560
Don't ouright lie when I link the article, there are dozens of posts saying things like
>let's kill them both and stuff them into the cloak
>no, [self-defense] idea is stupid, we do a clean job
Self-defense was brought up, yes, but only as a nice added bonus. Even then, we didn't actively do anything to make it look like self-defense.

>>33828713
Definitely.

>>33828572

Half telling the truth? Shit posting? Really? I was the guy that came in after the firefight started and asked what the hell people were doing, only to be shouted down by a bunch of adrenaline junkies that were riding high on how much damage they could do. People were having a freaking blast, with a few people going "WTF??" The threads are there to read, so lying would be a waste of time.

I can't wait for the next time we pull a "put the mask on lol" or a "intimidate with fire lol".

>>33828720
Does it matter whether if it was self defense or not, or even looked like it?

>>33828771
Considering that this whole discussion spawned from someone saying the plan was to make it look like self-defense? Yes, yes it does.

>>33828743
Many people were bitching and arguing in that thread.
Also can you pin point the responses?

>>33828752
when I read the archives I hated putting on the mask but as time went on I like that we put it on more and almost want to put it on again.

You decide to just sit through it as stoically as possible, though you must admit that you did mess up. You march back into the common room to find that Profectus has yet to return, but you sprawl out on one of the lounging chairs anyway. Darzi, who seems to be taking the lead in this little discussion, breaks the growing silence. “Should we wait for Profectus?” Chrys shakes her head. “I doubt he will be particularly interested in the discussion.” Skull Kid shrugs. “It's your show here, don't mind me.” You note that he's on the last chit, you'll need to check your balance after this.

Darzi is, unsurprisingly, the first to speak. “The situation you got us all into was despicable. If you'd simply paid the man or swallowed your pride instead of trying to show off your power-” Skull Kid interrupts here. “By he way, and I mean this seriously. Stop doing that. You did it again when we were with those scavs in the tunnel. I understand in combat it's necessary but don't go out of the way to try and prove to people that you know magic. That shit's really, really stupid and it's going to cause far more problems than it solves.” Skull Kid clears his throat, nodding his head towards Darzi. “Anyway, floor's yours.”

Darzi seems insulted that he would interrupt her but not overly so, she quickly moves on with her little tirade. “As I was saying, if you'd swallowed your pride instead of trying to show off he would've led us to the tunnels and we wouldn't have needed to fight off a squadron of angry-what was it they were called?” She poses this question to Skull Kid, who quickly responds. “Gangbangers, or bikers. Your choice.” Darzi nods her head firmly. “We wouldn't have needed to fend off angry gangbangers. We wouldn't of had to rush our way out of the Conclave. Most importantly, we wouldn't have compromised our own morals.”
(1/3)

>>33828885
that's how they get you
these dead gods
influence over time

She folds her arms in front of her chest, seeming to have concluded her speech. Chrys is the next to speak. “While I understand captives can be invaluable, the way in which you handled taking those captives and keeping them under control was deplorable. Similarly the reasons for which you took those captives were selfish and yet the entire party suffered for your decision. The proper course of action, after botching your attempt at intimidation, would have been to let the enemy flee and slip out in the confusion.” She delivers her entire assessment in a clinical fashion without letting emotion enter her voice or her expression. When she's done, she simply nods her head.

Skull Kid is the last to speak. “I mean, there ain't much for me to say that hasn't already been said. You panicked, man. That's understandable. A lot of rookies panic in a hostage situation. Next time, if there is a next time, the important thing you need to remember is to just keep your cool. If the hostages get uppity, constrain them. If they attack you, kill them. If they make a run for it, don't sacrifice your objective to retrieve them. Most importantly, get whatever it is you need from your captives and then exit the situation. Either leave the hostage where they are or dump them somewhere remote and move on with your life.” He shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly and resumes picking at his pommes frites.

Once it seems like everyone has said what they want to say you sit up and sigh. “I admit I screwed up, there's no question there. I got caught up in the moment, I panicked, I overreacted. All I can do is beg forgiveness and swear not to let it happen again.” You do mean what you say too, you undoubtedly screwed up and you have no desire to be in that situation ever again. Chrys at least seems satisfied with the apology, though it's always hard to tell with her. Darzi only begrudgingly nods her head in acceptance, where as Skull Kid stays out of it entirely.
(2/3)

>>33828561
>>33828572
>>33828743
Okay what does everyone agree on?
That we took things too far?
That things got out of our hands?
That we shouldn't have used magic?
I'd like to know before we hear from our team on how they think we screwed up.

>>33828885
...Why? How could you possibly come to this opinion? Is your reasoning anything beyond "it's interesting"? The only thing I regret is not checking out the grave, but would never consider going back there for it.

>>33828885
The mask part was actually fun.

Profectus emerges from the bathroom a moment later in a overly fluffy robe identical to the one Chrys is wearing. He looks at everyone confused for a moment. “Shit, did I miss the conversation?” Darzi nods her head. “Yes, but if you had something to say feel free.” Profectus waves her off. “Nah, I didn't really have anything to contribute. I just wanted to see Mik get his ass chewed out.” You shoot him a glare, but there's no real feeling behind it. “A real true and faithful friend you are, Profectus. It is truly a relief that you are guarding my back in the death traps we traverse on a daily basis.”

After that you excuse yourself and retreat to one of the bedrooms in the other suite to meditate. You take a moment to stretch out before crawling onto the bed and folding your legs beneath you in a meditative pose. You're surprised by the softness of the mattress, whatever material it's made of seems to shift to best accommodate you. It's quite comfortable.

You decide to meditate on...
>An element
>An effect
>A metamagic effect.

>>33828951
>An element
Fire

>>33828818

You're really going to make me go through this again? Fine. Just a few responses really fast.

In response to my post,
> Wow. I leave for a few hours and you guys start a war inside a town full of gun nuts in a world where you've been specifically warned that fuck ups mean death. You guys actually chose to do this INSTEAD of choosing Miks favorite past time ever of bargaining people down for stuff! Anon, I am dissapoint!

First response.
32868584
>Shut up, we're trying to have fun here.

Also
32868612
>First we bargained for gold.

>Now we bargain for SOULS. If the cape situation is anything to go by.

32868629
>Not wanting the Needlegun and other loot
>Not wanting a gang war shootout
>Not wanting to save money for better loot

32868647
i doubt anyone important cares about the gangs

32868652
>We can barter to save thier lives for money if it makes you feel any better.

>Kill them anyway. and when 'ol stumpy asks us anything say we were defending our selves. which isn't false. just we initiated the conflict after a few minutes after being almost mugged.

32868677
>Meh it was kinda dumb but I suppose the loot we get from killing these dumb berks will make it worth it.

This is just some stuff I grabbed as a response to my first statement. Not ironic at all. Like I said, it's all there. No need to lie about anything.

>>33828951
Meditate on the egg with either fire(preferrably) or the nature staff(it does have dragon carvings afterall)

Oops, nearly forgot.
>New Balance: 2965 AWU

>>33829035
I remember making that souls comment. Ah, memories.

>>33828951
Fire, w/ Egg.

>>33828925
Nevermind.
>>33828951
Metamagic

>>33828951
Fire or speed.
We should check on Ricky as well, and we didn't order fried "fake" chicken, dodged a goddamn bullet on that one. I dread to imagine how he would have reacted to the taste.

>>33828951
>>An effect
>>A metamagic effect.
leaping or speed.

I thought we agreed on metamagic speed to make our spells more powerful?

But if everyone wants fire lets do that then.

BTW should we steal the mattress before we leave? not likely to find another one as unique when we leave this world. (Maybe keep it or give it to ricky, he needs a new bed.)

>Metamagic Speed

>>33828951
>>An element
>>An effect
Fire or speed

>>33828951

>An element
Fire, with egg.

>>33828951
>An effect
Speed

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Honestly did not expect to see this today and look at me stuck covering for someone bah

>>33828951
>An effect
Speed.

>>33828951
I don't want to have a fetus look down on us again so metamagic

>>33829152
Speed is an effect dumbass.

>>33828951
> an effect
speed

>>33828951
>An element
Fire

>>33829178
Well hello there, ArtAnon..

>>33829204
That cheeky fetus will get whats coming to it eventually.

>>33829204
It look down at us because it's better at magic than we are.

>>33829035
first response was shit posting.
second was a joke
third was some one who was greedy
fourth made sense
fifth was being greedy.
sixth was a normal guy.

>>33829204
>Running away from a fetus
>not proving it wrong just to spite it
>not rubbing it in its face every chance we get

May we find something that could transport the egg so Darzi doesn't have to lug it around?

>>33829307
she doesn't mind.

>>33829307
put it in the cloak when there's action, it can take a few hours in the no problem IIRC

>>33829206
oh my bad thought it was under metamagic.

>>33828995
>>33829049
>>33829065
>>33829119
>>33829164
>>33829174
>>33829230
>Fire

>>33829119
>>33829141
>>33829164
>>33829175
>>33829152
>>33829218
>Speed

>>33829141
>Leaping

>>33829049
Nature

Looks like we're meditating on Fire magic. What method of meditation would you like to use?

>Incubate the egg. (Special)
>Hold your hand above an open flame. (Simple, +2)
>Paint ritual patterns on your skin with hot ash. (Simple, +2)
>Write-in

>>33829346
>Incubate the egg. (Special)

>>33829346
>Incubate the egg. (Special)

>>33829346
>Incubate the egg. (Special)

>>33829277

The point was, we were doing exactly what people wanted to do. I don't see how you saying people were greedy makes that any less true. The majority wanted to be violent schmucks, so we were a violent schmuck. Claiming anything else is disingenuous.

>>33829346
>Eggubate the Ink (Likspic)

>>33829346
The egg.

>>33829346
>Incubate the egg. (Special)

>>33829346
>incubate the egg (special)

>Eggubate the Ink
Writin'

Also, is 4chanX busted for anyone else? It's not giving me notifications that a thread has new post.

>>33829346
>Incubate the egg. (Special)
Sounds like we'd be able to do all three? Is that possible?

>>33829346
Did you really think people would vote for anything besides the egg?

>>33828941
pretty much the " it's interesting " is the attraction, the area was weird and at this point I would jump to find out about the dead god in any non masky ways.

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>>33829178


>>33829232
Wassup anon

>>33829454
Same for me, although I downloaded it just yesterday so I thought it might be in the settings somewhere. I think you can work around it by never bringing the number of unread posts in a thread to 0 when you open it.

>>33829476
It's pretty obvious that the Dead God was the God of Earth. There's probably also a god of Fire, Nature, and Metal.

Rolled 10, 8, 5 = 23

>>33829454
it works for me, but you might want to check the website and see if they have a solution.
Also rolling.

>>33829520
Roll me 3d10+6

Rolled 4, 9, 4 + 6 = 23

>>33829548

>>33829511
Actually I think there is a god for earth, fire, wind water, and void from what I can see so far.

Rolled 1, 8, 8 + 6 = 23

>>33829548
!

>>33829511
No, it's pretty obvious the dead god we've been seeing in our dreams is not that of earth
>god of earth is depicted as 4armed man on walls
>feel tremendous earth power feom within the sarcophagus

Rolled 8, 7, 5 + 6 = 26

>>33829548

Rolled 3, 10, 10 + 6 = 29

>>33829548

>>33829565
>>33829553
>>33829520
23(29)
23
23
Well then.

>>33829548
>>33829520
Whoops, meant to say that I'll count the quoted roll. Anyway.

>>33829520
>>33829553
>29, 23, 23 vs DC 25
>Failure!
Would you like to spend 2 vys to make it a success?

>>33829612
yup

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>>33829511
>There's probably also a god of Metal.

>>33829612
yes.

>>33829612
Aye

>>33829612
Of course.

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>>33829490
And now I return to work

Good luck guys

Don't set the city on fire.

>>33829612
yup, can we make it a great success?

>>33829612

Is there any doubt? Naturally, yes!

Why do i have a feeling that the three stooges are gonna make us do something stupid for a laugh.

>>33829649
We'll try, no promises....

>>33829612
Y

>Si
Writin'
This'll put your vys pool at 12/28 before any vys gained from meditation.

>>33829656
Meditation is pass or fail so a great success wouldn't matter

>>33829656
can't do that on a meditation roll I think. Aww fuck did we put a vys into the sword?

>>33829656
no regular/great distinction in meditation

>>33829683
Can we put some vys into the sword 1st?

>>33829684
ah sorry, forgot about that.

>>33829724
How much would you like to put in? Keep in mind, there's no guarantee you'll be able to refill your vys pool completely.

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Our master face when he see us pull near his crib with the gang.

Rolled 3, 10, 8 + 6 = 27

>>33829683
yeah put what we can into the sword

>>33829801
In that case don't.

>>33829801
3 at most. 1 is fine too and would be better.

>>33829816
our master sounds pretty, cool considering what Soma siad in the ask page.

>>33829801
Just one please onee-Soma.

>>33829801
Put in 2 Vys

>>33829801

A couple of points, because, why not.

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>>33829801
I'm surprised people actually remember our little nuke/Battery

>>33829829
>None

>>33829844
>>33829881
1-3

>>33829867
>1

>>33829869
>2

I'll go with 2, it's sorta in the middle. That will put your stored vys at 6.

>>33829897
When we get back to a Vys-rich environment or the desert, I want to pump all but one point of our reserves into the sword, and swing it to see what happens.

>>33829954
>>33829683
I thought it'd be at 10?

>>33829897
i'm just glad people didn't throw away the compact sword, its a great last ditch weapon.

>>33830002
we have a sword with three gems, i would like to experiment with it first.

>>33830020
I meant the vys you had stored in the sword. You reserves are at 10.

>>33830037
We'll experiment with things once we're not in mortal danger though, ok?

>>33830041
Oh, weird I thought the sword only stored 1 vys

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>>33830041
Is Mikhail a virgin?
Did he hire a prostitute?
Did our master fuck a goat?

>>33830483
Ask page.

>>33830499
hes here now.

>>33830535
not the time nor place

>>33830568
Youd be surprised.

>>33830590
perhaps

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>tfw your boss let's you go home early when your covering
>tfw you still get paid

Could you add in the compagnion sheet when they get insight for the next rank in magic?
Chryssa seems close to vatis lvl and we'll need to do a party once she got her vatis robe.
She's 1/3 or 2/3 for insight?

>>33830778
Thanks for blogging.

>>33830846
Or is she is still novice?

>>33830884
I think she's just a novice. If she was already almost a Vatis that would make her some kind of genius considering Mik took 13 years to finish his training and he's considered above average.

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>>33830927
yeah novice, with maybe 1 insight.

You sigh, realizing you forgot the egg outside. Reaching into your cloak you channel a portion of your remaining energy into the weapon and then quickly drag yourself off the bed, making your way into the common area to scoop up the rotund object. It's nearly as large as your entire upper body and must weigh nearly a hundred pounds. Almost hard to believe that this thing was considered small in comparison to the eggs the mother kept closer to its nest. You waddle your way back to the bedroom you'd claimed and set the egg down on the mattress before pausing to think for a moment. Most everything in this room is flammable, the carpet, the bedding, the furniture. Perhaps meditating in here isn't wise?

You scoop the egg up and instead carry it into the bathroom, setting it down inside the little glass box you'd bathed in and then going back to retrieve the blanket off of your selected bed. As a precaution, you open up a small window above what you think is a washing basin to let the smoke out. Finally, you wrap the blanket around the egg as neatly as you can and then assume a meditative pose on the tile floor in front of the egg. Your preparations complete, it's a simple matter to ignite the blanket and slip into a meditative trance.

The world fades away to reveal... nothing. The ebbs and flows of vys you grew so used to on your own world are completely vacant, despite this being a city of several million people at least. The area should be richer in vys than any other area you've ever been in. The only sign of vys in the entire town you can see is a bright glowing globe at the very top of the tower, from which a narrow stream of vys extends towards the forest, towards that miniature sun at the center of the forest. You feel a pang of concern that there isn't a single spot of vys visible beneath the tower, but you try to ignore it.
(1/3)

Trying to gather your vys is a futile endeavor that leaves you more drained than when you started. Instead, you focus on trying to keep the egg warm. It's a simple, monotonous task. Your perceptions shrinks until the only things you're conscious of are yourself, the egg, and the fire. All of a sudden you feel that same consciousness invading your own, forcefully inserting alien knowledge and instincts into your mind. The flames roar to life, enveloping the egg completely. Reflexively you cut back the flow of vys into the flames, but you overreact. The flames nearly gutter out and you feel the presence retreating. You're forced to expend a fair amount of your remaining vys to coax the flames back to life.
>Vys Pool: 8/28

You find yourself quickly getting used to your newly found power. At first, you can't quite pinpoint why exactly you're able to do so much more with the same amount of vys you've always used, but you quickly begin to puzzle out the instructions left to you by whatever developing consciousness lies inside the egg. Previously when you used fire magic you were holding back, you weren't releasing your vys all at once but rather trying to minimize the amount you expended, reducing the efficiency of the spell. Now you seem to be expending every ounce of energy you pour into the spell, leaving none to either return to your reserves or dissipate into the surroundings.

Upon reaching this conclusion you feel yourself waking. Oddly the dragon doesn't pull you back into your meditative trance, but merely lets you go. You find yourself frustrated, you were hoping to figure out why exactly you weren't good enough for this little bastard.
>Insight Gained: 2/3
(2/3)

Your eyes snap open to the sight of the egg's shell glowing softly through the flames still enveloping it. Slowly, the fire dies down but the glow remains, illuminating the veins and cracks that spiderweb the eggshell. You find it curious, but the glow soon fades and you're left to hoist up the egg and carry it once more into the common room. You see that its been abandoned, your companions long since retired to bed. Oddly you don't see Fulvia anywhere either. You set the egg down on a chair and then return to the bathroom to wash the remnants of the blanket down the drain.

>Wake everyone up and call breakfast up to the room.
>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.
>Go exploring the city on your own, surely it's not that dangerous.
>Write-in

(Gonna grab a cup of coffee. By god I'm going to run late if it kills me.)

>>33830927
Frankly I wouldn't be surprised if Mik got the ability to teach others faster than normal while he had to train at normal speed.
They'd get their rank up faster, but would need to train harder to control their magic or another burning bar would happen or something.

So what's our to do list looks like

Major?

- Get Home
- Fix Fulvia
- Water Temple
- Grandmaster Water

Side?

- Hatch Egg
- Don't go Batshit Insane
- New Armor

>>33831065
>>Wake everyone up and call breakfast up to the room.

Let's get the gang up. As a frequent traveler, cities are much more fun to explore in the morning, mid-evening, and late night.

Rolled 8, 10, 9 + 6 = 33

>>33831065
>>Wake everyone up and call breakfast up to the room.

>>33831065
>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.

>>33831065
>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.

>>33831065
>>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.
Let's study some.

>>33831115
switch the home with fulvia, and add explore the forest.
Soma, me and another anon want to explore it.

>>33831065
>>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.
Not even considering the 3rd option.

>>33831006
Welp.

So. How about that forest guys?

>>33831065
>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.

Also what's our Vys at now? I thought we were going to replenish our reserves?

>>33831115
Since Soma said that he looked forward to is entering the forest I say we get some fake ID chips and join one of the patrols that go through and cull the population of muties there.
We get loot, money, and info.

>>33831172
i'm up for it.

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>>33831172
I personally like the idea of it if the tower turns out to be a bust. But I'll only throw my support in after we've explored the tower and can't find a way home there. We are closer to the tower than the forest so it should be explored first.

>>33831183
8, and we can't here, or something

>>33831172
why? I mean considering everything else isn't getting home more important right now?

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>>33831135
>>33831160
>>33831163
>>33831170
God-damn it, this is Banished Quest, not Book Quest!

By the way, does anyone else think the three stooges and Ricky looks like pic?

>>33831246
we like exploring, and what we get is a long trip up to the lake, i would also like to find out why something is draining this world of vys.

>>33831065
>>Settle in to read a book while you wait for everyone else to wake up.

btw when we read the books wern't they suppose to increase our mastery? As in reading fire books increases our mastery and what not.

>>33831246
There's nice things in the forest. Don't you like nice things?

>>33831246
I'd like to figure out why theirs such a concentration of vys not below the tower where an artifact that can travel dimensions supposedly is and what connection it has to the forest.

>>33831301
We get vys for finishing a book.

>>33831292
Chances are that it's a fucking huge Abomination Mutant from the Rhynian empire that sees the biggest Vys meals it has ever seen?

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>>33831271
I think The Observers look like this.

>>33831271
>Book Quest
Now thats a quest I could get excited for.

>>33831323
Hmm you make a good point, I'm just really eager to get back to the home demension. Perhaps looking into the forset wouldn't be a bad idea after all.

>>33831357
I'm thinking it might be another rythain facility.

>>33831358
But that facial structure kinda prevents them from laughing and grinning smugly, which they do a-lot.

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>>33831358
Or could be this

>>33831450
Is that Mik's final form?

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>>33831212

>>33831513
It isn't even.
>>33831357
But if we do decide to check it out do you think that joining one of the mutant patrols would be a good way to do it?

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>>33831430
They've still got mouths and the bottom part of their eye sockets.
The only thing they lack is everything above that.

>>33831678
Wouldn't they brand us a mutant scum that needs a good purgan?

Also guys didn't some kids take videos and photos of us doing magics shouldn't we be a little worried about that?

>>33831757
Oh yeah.

Probably.

Uhh... wonder if they got our face?

>>33831781
Fuck.

>>33831757
>>33831781
we got around a week before the general public knows, longer for the authorities.

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>>33831757
>>33831781
>>33831792

Shit

>>33831757
Shit we should be worried about that.
Oh and I don't think we'd be branded as mutants just based on looks because of all the Augs going around. But if they knew we could cast magic we'd be screwed.

>>33831832
>>33831830
>>33831792
>>33831781
>>33831757
>>33831838
You guys have to remember that they thought we had augs, hell we performed magic numerous times in front of people and they thought we had augs.

>>33831858
Uhh we also told atleast maybe around 8 people we did magic as ell as showing them...Surya forbid any of them get drunk and decide to tell tales about some shit they saw

We boned

I HAVE RETURNED!

What book are you going to read?
>Ritual Book of Surya (3/16 Chapters Read)
>On Empire: The Rise of Civilization (Unread)
>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)
>Decoded Rhynian Letter (Unread)

>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)
>>{Slow, (Speed), (Confuse), [Manipulate], [Leech]}
>Utility Effects (Unread)
>>{Mark, Animate, Create, Confuse, Sleep}
>Enhanced Interrogation (Unread)
>>{Pain, [Poison], Hallucinate}

>>33831858
Too late the shadows are already running.
If my theory is right and the people on top of the tower where all the vys is being collected are magi chances are they've been waiting for someone like us for quite a while now.

SO HOW ABOUT THAT FOREST GUYS?

IT'S PRETTY FAR FROM THE CITY, I HEARS.

>>33831911
Also the Internet is a thing here... I think

>>33831933
>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)
that shit was getting good last thread.

>>33831933
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)

>>33831933
>>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)

>>33831933
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)
WE NEED TO FINISH THIS

>>33831933
>>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)
We are finishing this book before we leave this dimension.

>>33831933
>Excidium

>>33831933
>Ritual Book

We seem to do a lot of meditation with the egg might as well see if there's any advanced fire meditation techniques we can use with the egg

>>33831933
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)

>>33831933
>>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)

>>33831933
>Excidium
just because of this.
>You get through the first and second chapter without finding anything of particular interest. Lots of bragging about how much the author was 'having' his new wife and in what ways he was doing so. Lots of detail about his search for a job and increasingly degenerated relations with the rest of his family. However, in the third chapter one tidbit of interest bubbles to the surface. The author has found employment as a researcher in the 'Exotic Provinces'. You've never heard of any such thing. He departs “at that Earth”, ad ille mundus. You're not sure what to think about that.

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>>33831939
I hear it's alot of spooky shit there

>>33831933
>Five Effects Every Vatis Should Know (20/25 Chapters Read)

>>33832020
what if the province is this place?

>>33832057
that
i believe
is what he is implying

>>33831933
Didn't we finish the Five effect book already?
If not that, and a bit of Excidium if we have time.

>>33832020
That means he either worked in a different dimension or on a different planet, correct?

>>33831944
>>33831972
>>33831980
>>33832020
>Excidium

>>33832037
>>33831999
>>33831991
>>33831978
>>33831973
>>33831946
>Five Effects

>>33831988
Ritual Book of Surya

Looks like Five Effects take it. Writin' up those last chapters. Your maximum vys will be 29 after this.

>>33832072
correct
>>33832076
Yeah, thats my guess.

>>33832020
If we finish the Five Effect we get +1 Maximum vys.

>>33832103
+2 actually, but it won't do much in this dimension since our pool is around 8 right now.

>>33832124
When we go to the forest it'll come in handy.

>>33832153
sure, that works as well.

>>33832124
>The MC's Vys Pool grows by
>+1 point for every level they gain in a major element.
>+1 point for every magical tome they finish.
>+1 point for every effect they learn.
>+2 points for every metamagic feat they learn.
Just +1. We'll get +1 for each effect we learn as well.

>>33832124
No, finishing a magical tome only gives +1

>>33832171
>>33832164
we learn 1 affect and finish the tome which is also +1.

>>33832181
That's only if you meditate successfully on the effect

>>33832181
You need mediate on the effect to "learn" it.

>>33832197
>>33832181
mind clearing this up?
>>33832094

>>33832232
He said our maximum vys would be 29 after this.
Before that it was 28.
I'm going to assume that means we get a +1 from this.

>>33832232
Why does he have to clear up something that would be obvious if you were paying attention?

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>>33832262
i was sure we got +1 for every affect we read, and then get +1 for finishing the book, unless he change his mind/i forgot something.
>>33832269
just to fact check for future references.

>>33832232
You finish the book you get +1 and "learn" that effect.
you meditate on the effect that was in the book you get 1.
untill you meditate you can't use that effect.

>>33832300
If you had read the previous threads you wouldn't need to fact check something that's been made clear on multiple occasions.

>>33832315
Makes sense to me.
>>33832326
I do, its that i read alot, and information gets lost.

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>>33832094
Second thread today?

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>>33832028

You settle down in the common room, sprawled out on a lounging chair with a book in your hand. This morning you've decided to finish off the Five Effects, reading up on the Slow effect. Like the Speed effect, Slow occupies a sort of hazy category between metamagic and regular magic. However, its effects are practically the polar opposite of Speed, as their names would suggest. Instead of hastening the effects of a poison, paralysis, or leeching spell it delays their effects. The author gives the example of a slowed paralysis spell. One could cast it on a person and not have the actual paralysis take effect for hours. A slowed poison spell could kill one's victim long after the caster has left the area. Where speed amplifies the brute force of a spell, Slow increases its tactical applications.

The author also notes that spells like paralysis, leeching, and poison cast in conjunction with the slow effect will typically have a longer duration but reduced effect. The target of a slowed paralysis effect will be affected for days, but they'll still be able to move their limbs with some great difficulty. The target of a slowed poisoned spell will die a drawn out, painful death over the course of days, or even weeks. A slowed leeching spell will pull in less vys but it will cling to its target like a parasite, channeling vys to the caster of the spell for several days to come at almost any distance.

Slow can only be cast with elements in certain ways. One may slow a healing spell to give oneself a sort of gradual regeneration. It may be cast without targeting a specific wound, rather it affects the target's entire body and will activate once the target takes a wound. The duration of the spell varies based on how much vys is expended, the absolute minimum being two hours. Once the slowed healing spell has activated, it will need to be recast.
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One may cast slow in conjunction with nature magic to temporarily freeze one's perception of time. A moment will seem to stop, allowing the caster time to breathe, think, and heal if necessary. An incredibly useful spell, but intensely draining. The author notes that he can only barely maintain this spell for a handful of seconds before he begins to feel faint. Oddly enough there is no recorded instance of Slow having an effect on the speed of plant growth, but the author believes it ought to.

A slowed fire magic spell will spread across the target with a sort of inexorable determination, without the need for fuel. It will continue to burn for hours and no amount of water is able to put it out, the downside being the target has plenty of time to remove any affected garments or get out of the way of the blaze. It is best used to block off doorways or other such narrow passages.

Slowed earth magic will disintegrate a target much more completely. The author remarks that just casting this spell and holding his hand against a stone wall, the stone was reduced to nothing. Not even sand, it just seemed to vanish into thin air as his hand slowly ate its way further into the stone. Perhaps most importantly, the spell is even able to eat through enchanted objects. The author learned this by accident, apparently. Destroyed an amulet given to him by his master.

Apparently there is no known effect to casting Metal magic in conjunction with the slow effect. The author posits that it must have some sort of effect, but what it might be he wouldn't be able to say. Perhaps it would allow one more careful manipulation of metal, or perhaps it would give one the same sort of protection as a slowed healing spell, except against mind altering effects.
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Slow simply cast by itself is an offensive spell similar to paralysis. The target will feel as though they are wading through a vat of molasses. Each step will require every ounce of strength they posses and attacking will be almost impossible. It will allow the caster or his allies to easily put an end to any threat the target might have posed.

The last chapter relates how to meditate on the slow effect. As expected it's essentially the polar opposite of meditating on the Speed effect. One must focus on the perception of larger and larger stretches of time, until the moment one exist in is too insignificant to merit notice. Channeling vys into one's mind and one's perception ought to eventually make time seem to stop for the caster, their thoughts should feel sluggish and muddled.

You slam the book closed, a wide grin on your face. You feel like you've learned so much from this book, the sense of accomplishment from having finished it is wonderful. Not only that, you actually feel as though you've learned to better partition and conserve your reserves, allowing you to make more efficient use of your power.
>Vys Pool: (9/29)

As you look up from your reading you notice that Chryssa has contorted herself oddly on a chair adjacent your own. She entered without you noticing, and is currently curled up with one leg folded up tightly against her chest and the other thrown casually over the chair's arm rest. A book rest propped up in her lap, you think it's 'How Earth Vatis Built the Empire', judging by the slim sheaf of pages between her and the back cover she must have almost finished it.

>Order breakfast
>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.
>Ask Chrys how her studies go, and what she's learned from that book.
>Write-in

>>33833011
>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.

>>33833011
>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.
>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)

>>33833011
>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.

>>33833011
>Ask Chrys how her studies go, and what she's learned from that book.

Would Earth or Metal be required for A mage to start casting fist?

>>33833011
>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.
Excidium pls.

>>33833011
>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.
Book Quest is go!

>>33833070
metal, is for defense, so probrably that, while earth is for offense.

>>33833090
Earth is primarily debuffs through.

>>33833011
>>Break out another book, see if you can manage to get any sort of reading done before the others wake up.
>Excidium (2/13 Chapters Read)
let's finnish up more of this
>Ask Chrys how her studies go, and what she's learned from that book.
Ask how she's doing. Naybe recommend our book on effects.