>>35855642


>My apologies for the late start!


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>>35855642
>>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
We are going to have to come back eventually anyway

>>35855642
>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
And we can talk with the old guard and make fun of the new guy with him.

front gate

>>35855642
>>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!

>>35855642
>monsters actively flee your presence.
No, how are we suppose to get XP now

>>35855642

>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!

Haha, time to enjoy their fear-- I mean

Explain the cause of their alarm.

Yes. No sadism or enjoying their terror at all. That would be bad. Yes.

>>35855642
>>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
Let's see those guards again, that'll be fun!

>>35855642

Send Jin in as advanced warning.... she can herald our arrival with our glorious Skull-butt...

>>35855642
>>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
Why should we be ashamed of our lovely skullbutt.

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>>35855642
>>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
Can't wait to see the one guard's reaction

>>35855642
can we just, like, take the skull off?

>>35855642
>Travelling the woods under the sun wasn't particularly hard to begin with
oh hey, I almost forget that the really big bad monsters come out at night

.... we should start coming out at night too
Jin is nocturnal, plus better prey

>>35855744
Why would you do that.

>>35855642
>>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
Hope nervous guy is on duty. Could be fun.

>>35855642
>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
they are on friendly term with arachne anyways, so even if they don't recognize you it shouldn't cause too much problems.
plus some might recognize your armor.
or your face.
or jin

>>35855642
>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!

>Other (?)
Have Shez turn into a 5 foot tall wolf also. Extra fun.

>>35855642
that picture suggests the skull is only attached to our spiderbutt at a few points and contains lots of open space where something can crawl inside
is this the case? or is it really just a shape of it?

>>35855835
Did we ever get that bear induced gash in our armor fixed? Or was it just a pauldron that got knocked off?

>>35855808
We glow now right?

It's going to be hard sneaking around, well not like anything can kill us probably

>>35855855
>>35855744
Your skullbutt is not removable.
Straight through the front gate!

>>35855873
Oh, I am sure there are still tough things to fight around here.

>>35855868
We filled it with some of that stupid-strong resin.

>>35855642
>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!

>>35855868
We did do some repairs, sorta.

We fixed it up but it's obvious it was damaged, it's okay though it looks cool

>>35855879
I didn't ask if it was removable in >>35855855
I asked if there are open cavities where something might crawl into in between the spiderbutt and the skull
Being attached at a few points is still being attached. Like, claws might only be attached to the rest of the body at their root, still hurts like a mofo if you just tear them out. and they can't be reattached once you do so.

>>35855907
then we really do need to see the blacksmith
Oh hey, didn't someone suggest earlier we do an apprenticeship with him? With our metalshaping magic powers

>>35855939
I would not mind spending a few weeks learning the trade once we hit... uh, sorta adulthood.

>>35855924
I'm just wondering if Jin will crawl inbetween out spiderbutt and our skullbutt.

>>35855939
Not directly a apprenticeship, that would take too long. But learning a bit from him.

>>35855967
so, learn how to do field repairs on your armor?
... i actually kind of like the idea of having some sort of trade other than murderhobo.
smith is a decent one for that.

Or a chef, yes! a professional chef, taught at some chef academy. that would be a neat/fun/hilarious interlewd

>>35855967
What's a few years learning a trade? We have centuries ahead of us.

>>35855967
It's not like we have anything else to do, we could stop by once or twice a week to learn

>>35856011
I think, thanks to our metalhsaping, we will be bale to learn a lot more than just field repairs.
Those are just the start, I like the idea of actual blacksmithing knowledge just as much, but most of what he would teach doesn't apply to us, because we do it different from him.

>>35855924
We probably do have sme space in-between, but it has got to be unbearably hot in there, right?

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>>35856079
That's the point anon

>>35855642
probably too late, but
>Front gate. Short term panic for long term gain!
walking backwards

>>35855642
>Spiderbutt thread
Oh god I'm late, FUCK YEAH SPIDERBUTT!

>>35855924

I kind of hoped that the giant skull was fitted to our shell. A carapace with an open cavity is capable of causing a lot of problems. For instance, were we doused with acid, the acid would pool inside of the skull, causing more damage. The same could go for water (though I imagine we would just steam that our. Detritus getting lodged in there and no proper way to clean it just makes the giant butt-skull a little too hard to maintain for no discernable positive gain.

Honestly, I kind of just hoped it was a part of our carapace now, and was really hoping the skull would be made of metal. There's always something for next evolution I guess.

>>35856350
>and was really hoping the skull would be made of metal.
.Why would an organic shell be made of metal?

>>35856350

Also worth noting, a piece of armored reinforcement with a sizeable gap filled with no padding can actually cause more damage to the wearer than having no armor at all. A flat, rigid surface area supported from just a few points would be a sure fire way to introduce critical stress concentrations into the exoskeletal structure when taking the brunt of a huge attack.

>>35856367
Elemental magic.

>>35856350
>I kind of hoped that the giant skull was fitted to our shell. A carapace with an open cavity is capable of causing a lot of problems
I fully agree, but the image shows huge open cavities
>For instance
you forgot parasites

>and was really hoping the skull would be made of metal
not a fan

>>35856411

Well, it works with the elemental motif, which includes fire, earth, and apparently metal bending. Since the default has a giant skull, I was hoping the elemental overtones might do something for our skull as well, as bone doesn't have a strong complimentary nature with either fire or earth. I'll agree though, metal seemed a bit flashy even as I suggested it.

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Spiderbutt eternally!

>>35856478
We don't have the metal element though, we just use our fire blessing to melt and shape the metal. There is a actual metal element, and we don't have it.

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>>35856484

I wonder if we ever DO get Ornstein-fashioned armor if REQM is going to trace and overlay a side-picture of him up there on the spiderbutt.

>>35856550
we shouldn't go full darksouls reference.
Even if we're the only ones who get it, I'll feel guilty.

>>35856550
>get armor with great stats
>it looks like smough's armor
Wat do.

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>>35856550
>if we ever DO
I believe you mean "When" anon....

>>35856571

Nah man, it's just.

Ornstein looks fucking cool, and we already have something shamelessly close to it that shoots lightning.

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>>35856589

Metalshape it into looking cool.

To be fair, Smough was ripped beyond measure underneath that armor.

>>35856571

B...but it's fashionable! and Practical! and the fauld is so super stylish! Especially for a spiderbutt!

If we combine that spauld with an extra-long tabard that extends beyond it...we would get that Knight-crusader look as well.

>>35856679
>>35856598
>practical
It's as practical as any other overly ornate armor.

It looks good, yeah, but I am shameful about shamelessly stealing boss designs.

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>>35856733

It's ornate as fuck, but not negatively so.

It's the difference between CAPTAIN OF THE FOUR KNIGHTS OF GWYN and I'M JUST A KNIGHT.

It's "practical" in the sense that it is, at it's core, very functional for the station of the wearer.

>>35856733
If we're going for practicality i'd suggest one of these from DS2
Loyce Set
Creighton's Set
Alva Set
or Alonne's Set

Okay. This is fine. You'd have to come back eventually, anyway.

Your pace slows as the town comes into view, wooden buildings and gently smoking chimneys marking it's place in the forest. The low wall of stakes wraps its way around the cozy village, broken by guarded entrances. And seated at your intended entrance is the most reliable junior adventure in town.

Whose name you can't remember.

On the plus side, chances are he's utterly incapable of hurting you with that sword. So that's something.

And his partner is the lady with strange eyes. Lin? Ling? Lann. That's it.

The boy is hunched over in his seat, sword buried at his feet, while the woman is leaning back in her seat, bow across her lap.
Neither stays seated long.

You rumble down the hill towards the town, and the reaction is immediate. Lann cracks one eye at the sound of your steps- and is on her feet, an arrow in her bow and glowing as fast as you can blink. The boy, on the other hand, manages to get to his feet, but he loses his weapon on the way up- it drops into the dirt in front of him, and he's left trying to watch you and the sword at the same time, scared to lose sight of you for even a moment.

So,Uh,Did we accidentally kill REQM?

>>35856991

That's kind of sad and gratifying at the same time.

You approach,hands raised and spear stowed, slowing to a halt just outside the ring of stakes.

The woman lowers her bow by degrees, keeping it drawn, but directed to the ground. She clears her throat delicately, watching you carefully as she speaks.
"Lady spider. What brings you to our humble village?"

The title gives you pause. Inoffensive, respectful. It kinda hurts, actually.
The boy speaks up as you blink- hah, squeeks up.
"Th-th-there's nothing here! J-just a lumber village! W-we're-"

You flip one hand to interrupt, speaking up as he snaps his mouth closed.
"We have met, yes? I am Lyra."

The arrow walls further, the glow dying as the cloaked woman stares at you.
"You- Wait, how are you- Arachne don't grow that fast-"

Jin circles slowly, her wings casting a spiralling shadow as she swoops in to land, alighting neatly on your skull.
The spider half skull, not the one atop your shoulders.

"What is wrong? Lyra was here a few days ago, yes."
The bow-holding lady shoots the harpy a look.
"She was smaller, before. Less exposed bone."
"It is very comfortable."

"That has nothing to- No. No, I'm not going to argue about this. What happened to you?"
The boy is looking kind of queasy by now, still flicking his eyes from you to his partner, and down to his sword. You catch his eyes.
"Pick it up before you make yourself sick, yes? I'm not going to attack."
You leave him scrabbling in the dirt with a frantic energy, and turn back to Lann.
"There was a dungeon in the woods- I went down with Jin, Sheszka and my sisters. This happened the night after."

>>35856991
>The boy, on the other hand, manages to get to his feet, but he loses his weapon on the way up- it drops into the dirt in front of him, and he's left trying to watch you and the sword at the same time, scared to lose sight of you for even a moment.
Well, he sure knows how to impress and charm a girl.

>>35857018
"A dungeon in the- What, the old ruins?"
"No, I can't fit through the doors anymore. There was a dungeon, Some idiot wizard. I didn't bother learning his name."
"Huh. How would you learn his name anyway? And who is Shekka?"

The wolf stands at attention as you gesture.
"Sheszka. She is my wolf, yes. And the dungeon had more monuments and records of the idiot's exploits than it had traps."
She snorts, turning her hide and trying to hide the smile with her hood.
"Ah, I see. That sounds, uh, fun."

You roll your eyes. Which is really weird, with as many as you have. Your vision does an interesting loop as you offer a snort of your own.
"Can I come in, then? I am hoping to bring Jin home before her mother tries to hunt me down."
"Lyra, you are far too strong, yes? Mom couldn't hunt you."
"That's not what I-"

The woman laughs, waving you through the gate and into the town. She returns to her seat as you pass, and the boy drops onto his own, legs nerveless as he flops straight over the seat and onto the ground.

Did he just faint?

"Ah- Is he going to be okay?"
Lann takes a glance, nodding.
"He gets like this with anything bigger than a harpy. Don't worry about it, yeah? And swing by the guild tonight, share some more stories."
"I will be sure to regale with tales of idiot wizards and terrible dungeons then, yes."

You wave as you prowl into the town, weaving easily through the now familiar streets, drawing wide eyed looks from every corner.

>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
>Stop by the smith's. There's stuff to learn! And damaged armour to be yelled at about!
>Maybe a stop in at the Inn for lunch?
>Other (?)

>>35857037
>Stop by the smith's. There's stuff to learn! And damaged armour to be yelled at about!
We must get a degree at least

>>35857037
>>Stop by the smith's. There's stuff to learn! And damaged armour to be yelled at about!
>>Maybe a stop in at the Inn for lunch?

>>35857037
>>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
Jin has been away from home for far too long

>>35857037
>Stop by the smith's. There's stuff to learn! And damaged armour to be yelled at about!

>>35857037
>>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
We need to ask permission to keep borrowing Jin. Or something, I guess.

>>35857037
>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
Afterwards we have time for smithing lessons.

>>35857018
>"Lady spider. What brings you to our humble village?"
I'm not sure why, but this makes me want to go meet other spider families

>>35857037
>Stop by the smith's. There's stuff to learn! And damaged armour to be yelled at about!
Let's get jin yelled at/set on fire.

Also, maybe
>Maybe a stop in at the Inn for lunch?
later.

>>35857037
>Stop by the smith's. There's stuff to learn! And damaged armour to be yelled at about!

>>35857037
>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!

>>35857037
>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
as long as we are in town, jin can probably still accompany us after we check in with her mom

>>35857037
>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
Jin would have to wait outside of the smith anyway, so there is no real point in making her mother wait.

>>35857037

> Stop by the smith's
Jin's mom isn't going to let us out of her house for a while and he'll want to get to work
> Go get some lunch
> Got to Jin's

>>35857037
>>Maybe a stop in at the Inn for lunch?
It's only polite to buy Jin lunch before seeing her home.

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Guys,If we do get to fight jin's mom,Think of the exp....Kukukukuku....

>>35857037
>Straight to Jin's. Get that harpy issue out of the way!
Her mom can fuss over her while we go to the smith, so we can pick her up again right afterwards.

>>35857160
not everything gives experience.

>>35857185
Well...That ruin's my plan....

>>35857209
You need to experience something new to gain experience. So I guess that means "experiencing" harpy MI-

Harpy business wins by one vote!
Writing!

>>35857160
>Fight her mom
>Not just take our spankies

>>35857160
I don't think a second evolution housewife harpy will give us any experience

It scales up based on what we are and we started as a high tier monster and harpies are lower then us

>>35857160

Honestly, I think our next objective should be trying to rebuild the mine and training with the blacksmith and/or socializing with the town guilds for contract work.

> Rebuilding the mine gives us a chance to practice communing with the earth and with magic
> Working with the old man will help us get in touch with fire and learn useful smithing skills (if he will have us)
> Getting contract work is a great way to find scary thing to hunt and sharpen our fangs on, not to mention to help the town grow/thrive (which is going to lead to a 1000 interesting complications.

>>35857018
>"You- Wait, how are you- Arachne don't grow that fast-"
The live in a village full of harpies
Surely they know what an evolution is

Heck, they live in a forest full of monsters as well as non sapient animals that can evolve as well.

>>35857329
Yes, and Arachne don't evolve this fast.
Harpies, for example, do evolve pretty fast.

>>35857329
>Arachne don't grow that fast
You literally quoted it anon, she was freaked out by how fast we evolved not that we evolved at all

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>>35857329
>Queen Magical Bullshit Spider

>>35857349
Oh, I thought she meant actual growth not evolution
because growing bigger with age is a thing

>>35857320
This is not our town mate, the mines their issue

But getting an apprenticeship with the blacksmith and doing contract work before we leave is a good idea though

I know we regularly wear our ribbon, to keep our hair sorted.

But do we ever wear the sunhat elle gave us?

>>35857411
We don't have a sundress to match it: we keep outgrowing them.

>>35857329

For a group that rarely sees arachne, having one who looks like a partially molten abomination trundling out of the forest is shocking.

Moreover, as others have pointed out, arachne don't usually evolve in their native environment for years. Even mom, wild spirited though she was, never evolved a second time until recently. All of the power of her youth, all of her experience and hard work and amazing deeds and mishaps lead her to the cusp of it, but she only pushed through recently. Our growth rate is positively ridiculous. You wait and see that Jin's mom will have the same reaction. Hell, she probably doesn't even know that mom evolved yet.

>>35857320
> Rebuilding the mine gives us a chance to practice communing with the earth and with magic
You want to put the miners out of a job?
We can practice earth rebuilding the ruins. We already started doing that, our plan is at a minimum to get them so that we and mom can walk through the opening.

>Smith
fine with that
> Getting contract work
That is nice because I want our mid term goal to be an awesome adventurer. plus it gets us contacts in the adventurer guild

>>35857433
should we tell her and spoil the surprise to troll mom?
or should we let mom show her?

>>35857452
Oversell it so it's a disappointment when she actually see's it?

>>35857469
>>35857452
why do you hate your mother

>>35857481
>Training Sessions

>>35857481
I love her. This is harmless teasing.

>>35857439
>>35857386

It is not our town. However, I doubt we will be putting people out of a job so much as saving lives. I can almost guarantee you there is going to be something dangerous down there. Moreover, while I realize the ruins are most people's target, I would like to practice on a lower priority, less sensitive project first.

If we mess up the tunnels here, someone can dig them back out. If we mess up the tunnels in the ruins, tons of stone might come collapsing down on top of us, hurting us or possibly waking up something dangerous or destroying something valuable. Besides, the work only "starts" with digging. That is the grunt work and the least profitable by far.

>>35857481

NO MOM NO

TRAINING NO GOD NO

Of course she's going to learn that we spoiled it and train us ever harder, which means we'll have to get her BACK even harder.

A vicious cycle.

>>35857536
The town has it owns adventure guild and a clan of harpies

They can handle it

Will the children be afraid of us now?

>>35857616
maybe!

>>35857616
It depends, how do they feel about spider rides?

>>35857643
heated spider rides.
on a cool glowing spider with a skull.

>>35857704
On a hot glowing spider.

>from out of the darkness emerges a towering figure with too many limbs; too many eyes. Its rear section boils with motion as numerous tiny figures jockey for position. A child's face looks up at you and smiles.
I'm less worried about the kids than I am about the parents.

>>35857819
We are the best babysitter.

>>35857838
We are best kotatsu.

Chances are that Jin's mother is home. Possibly sharpening her claws and waiting for you.

You ignore the stares, and return the few waves you get, heading straight for the cabin. No point in dodging the issue. And Jin's fine anyway. She's probably planting roots in that eyesockets, but that's not really a concern, anyway.

It's not like she weighs anything.

You leave behind the wooden maze- It's fairly organized, actually, nevermind. Jin's home is dead ahead, tree and cabin right where you left them.

You stroll up to the door, and knock carefully. You're not worried about Lia, just- You don't want to put your hand through the door, or anything. Wood isn't anywhere near as solid as it used to be. It's a problem.

There's a noise of assent from inside, and you pull the door open, maneuvering your skullbutt through the door and into the cabin. Lia looks up from her worktable, and simply opts for staring.

You wait, but there's no words forthcoming.

Seconds stretch into minutes, the harpy watching you, unblinking in that way that only an owl can manage, and you can feel sweat beading on the back of your neck, trickling down your spine.

"Ah-"
No good. She's still waiting.
"-We, ah. Went to the dungeon, yes?"

Jin pokes her head around from behind you.
"There was armour, and treasure, and books and a skeleton! And I am getting an am-you-let."
"Erics has to fix it for her first, it was enchanted and-"

One wing is raised, and your voice trails off.
"Just. I do not know how, exactly, you have already grown. Please do not tell me you beat Nialla to it."
"Wha- hahaha- nnnnnoooo. Mom, uh, she-"
"Nia has grown, then?"
"Yes, yes!"
"When?"

The silence is deafening, consuming. You mutter your answer.
"tmrnbfr-"
"Speak up. I cannot hear you, Lyra."
"The, ah. Morning before, yes."
"One day."
"Yes."
"She beat you by one day."

>>35857929
Jin chimes in, swiftly coming to your defense.
"She also beats her in the arena!"
Thanks Jin.
Lia smirks, the slightest twinkle working its way into her eyes as her lips start to twitch upwards.
"Is that so, little one?"

Jin isn't done yet.
"Yes! They fight with sticks, and every time Lyra says she 'cannot move' and 'everything hurts'. And then they fight some more."
"Really."
"Sometimes she can't go back down the tree, so she just sleeps above."
Oh, yeah, keep laughing. You're not embarrassed at all. This isn't embarrassing, you can take way worse.
Stop blushing, dammit.

Lia just starts laughing as you fidget, fingers folding over each other as you look away.
"It's not- It isn't that bad- I- I'm even stronger than she is, now! I- We wrestled, yes, and I won!"
Lia raises her eyebrows before the traitorous harpy destroys your last bastion of self respect.
"She beat you really bad after that, yes."

The motherly harpy cackles, abandoning her little table and heading over, jumping to your back with a single flap of her wings. She gives Jin a once over, and nods, satisfied.

Despite her words, you can hear the relief and gratitude in her voice.
"You and your mother's hobbies aside, you brought back my little girl in one piece."
She turns and meets your gaze.
"Thank you."

>>35857947
You nod back, silently, and she hops down from her shell, returning to her work.
"I assume you've plans for the day, then?"
"The guard- Ah, Lann, yes? She wanted to hear stories. And I wanted to visit Mikhael, for my armour and some other things."
"Have fun, then. You can spend the night, if you like. You're a very convenient guest- People usually protest if you try and stack them so they take less room."

You blush again as she laughs, waving you away, and you turn back to the village, Sheszka at your heels.

>Food. Inn food, you're feeling lazy.
>Hunt something. No slacking for the spider.
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
>Other (?)

>>35857963
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
Though we should go laze about in the inn afterwards.

>>35857963
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)

>>35857963
>inn food
We can afford it.
Then,
>Forge

>>35857963
>"She beat you by one day."
It's not a race, it's totally a race

>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
Might as well as Shez to go get some food

>>35857963
>>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
Ask Sheszka and Jin to hunt something. We fed them last night, after all, so it's their turn to return the favor.

>>35857963
>>Food. Inn food, you're feeling lazy.
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)

Let's either do smithing or go to the inn to get food and tell stories.

I'm sort of tired of hunting.

>>35857963
>>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)

>>35857963
>Food. Inn food, you're feeling lazy.
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)

Jin could show Sheszka around while we're at the forge.
and in the evening we can tell stories.

>>35857963

> Check out the forge.
> Ask Mikhael if he would be willing to teach us something (though maybe not today)
> Send Shezzka and Jin to hunt for something to eat (and ask them to run away if they catch something too big for them)

Otherwise
> Go with them if Mikhael is busy
> Share some of our catch with the adventurers

>>35857963
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
Ask Sheszka and Jin to go hunt for lunch. We can ask the inn to cook the meat they bring back.

>>35857963
>Food. Inn food, you're feeling lazy.
then
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)

>>35858058

Who am I kidding? No sooner will we say, hey you lazy bums go out and catch dinner for yourselves then they're going to make a competition out of it. We may have the bears, but those two have sempai syndrome. We'll be lucky if they don't bring back half the forest (some of it still alive and rather irate) with them as they try to outdo each other.

>>35857963
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
hunting for them, yup

>>35857963
>Check out the forge. Bug Mikhael to teach you something. (Give your less fireproof allies something to do.)
>Food. Inn food, you're feeling lazy.

Food for after getting stuff done at the forge.
Does the town's adventurers guild have a training course? If so, maybe Sheszka could give it a spin...
Alternatively, the party will be telling the children stories of our various adventures... and how big and strong Lyra is...and will become...

we never gave our allies something to do.
Jin can do what she wants, she's ALWAYS ASLEEEEP

And shezka, there's a pile of children outside the forge, here's a stick, one of you throw it for hte other. Invent sports.

>>35858147
>Jin can do what she wants, she's ALWAYS ASLEEEEP
cause she is nocturnal and we keep on being active during the day
cause the mobs are weaker during the day, making it safer to travel about and hunt.

obviously its time to upgrade to night hunting

>>35858147
>Wolf throws stick and human fetch it
heh

>>35857963
>Food. Inn food, you're feeling lazy.

Dosnt jin have a sister? I don't think we've seen her since we met the harpies for the first time. We could drop jin and shezla with her and a bunch of the other kids while we visit the forge

>>35858239
Shezka* fucking typos

>>35858216
I honestly don't think its laziness... its just that PORK IS DELICIOUS!

Forge, and send your friends hunting!
Writing!

>>35857996

Technically, we beat her by thirty years.

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>>35858310
Glorious,My sides hurt now,You glorious bastard......

>>35858265

I would say send them after wild boar, but boar and pig taste completely different due to diet and exercise differences.

>>35858265
do they have bacon in this world?
bourbon marinaded bacon?

>>35858310

I vote we say this to Jin's mom.

Because it is true.

>>35858401
They have orcs.

>>35858416
Yes. This must occur.

>>35858416
thirding

>>35858632
>>35858416
>>35858618
>>35858310
why must you be a brats

>>35858645
Because Lyra is a brat, yes.

>>35858645

Because they tease.

It's not being bratty when they start the teasing.

It's getting even.

>>35858645
We are a giant spider.

>>35858645

Because being a brat is simultaneously getting even and being funny.

Like the whole Bear thing with mom, she teased us about going out and hunting dangerous things instead of just stumbling upon them, and look what that got her, our a healthy diet of Bears.

>>35858416
>>35857963

Yes rub it in
And remind her its jin turn next to evolve

>>35858416
>>35858618
>>35858632
Please stop being mean to Mom. She did nothing wrong.

>>35858708
We aren't being mean anon,We're just jokin around,We probably don't actually think less of mom in anyway,It's just we'll probably never get this opportunity again

>>35858665
is that your answer to everything?

>>35858645
>>35858416

I agree with this anon. I kind of would like to hope we aren't actually moving Lyra toward becoming a brat. I kind of miss when mom didn't mostly eye us up like a piece of meat, and when there love was a lot more nurturing, like mother and daughter rather than the burning passion of rivals.

I know mom can't understand what it's like to grow up as a spider with a giant skull on her ass, but come on.

>>35858708

It's not being mean, it's taking the piss out of them.

It's counter-teasing anon, they try to make us embarrassed and we, in turn, turn it back on them.

Mom teases us about hunting huge shit? We show her we just stumble on them and tease her about it.

Jin's Mom teases us about mom evolving a day before us? We point out they have thirty years on us.

>>35858786
this isn't how mom views us
she really does need to train us hard to make sure we don't get ourselves killed.

>>35858786

It's still nurturing, just tinged with NO TRAINING NO.

You make a beeline- spiderline for the forge, glowing all the way. Not your limbs.

It doesn't take long to reach it- the dim building pouring smoke into the sky as always, metal ringing from within. You pull up short, and Sheszka does the same, standing a step apart, same as always.

You turn, facing the harpy on your shell- For Jin's part, she's already puffing up, ready to defend her ability to go into a room full of sparks while covered in highly flammable material. You give her a shot. It'll be amusing, if nothing else.

"I am not obsessed with fire."
You stare.
She stares right back.

"That's... it? 'I am not obsessed with fire'?"
"I am not."
"You're still very flammable, yes. And not being obsessed with fire is not a defence against it, Jin."
She looks at the smoke stained building, pursing her lips.

You pull her off your skull, ignoring the face she is trying to make, and set her on a fence, next to your wolf.
"Now," You start.
"You are both, unfortunately, covered in things that burn."
Jin grumbles and Sheszka nods, waiting on your every word.

"So, while I go in-"
"-notobsessed-"
"Repeating it doesn't make it true, Jinni. Can I ask the two of you to hunt? Work together, and bring down a beast to eat, yes."

Your friends look to each other, and nod, each looking determined.
"Yes."
"Alpha."
You nod, and they head out, straight towards the forest, Sheszka keeping pace beneath the harpy on all fours. It only takes seconds for them to vanish behind a structure.

You're a little worried, but at least they won't catch fire in the woods.
You turn back to the building, and step through the waves of heat, knocking on one wide pillar as you block the entrance.
The hammer's ringing doesn't pause for even a moment, though the old man looks up from his work to look at you.
"Can I help you?"

>>35859053
"Yes."
"Then spit it out, yeah? Don't stand there gawkin', spinner."
"It's Lyra, yes?"

That actually gives him pause, and he leans back, looking you up and down. He cracks his jaw, side to side, and turns back to his work.
"'The hell'd you manage that, kid?"
"Dungeons. Monsters. Training with Mom."
He laughs.
"A whole lot o' the last, huh?"
"She... very much likes training, yes."

The blade on his forge is hammered into shape, glowing metal beaten into submission. His thick-gloved hand lifts it carelessly off the anvil, dumping it into a nearby tub of water, hissing away as it steams over.
"So what are ya doing here then, lass? I ain't gonna hide you from Nia. The woman's a terror."
"I can attest to that."
You share a laugh as he drops his hammer onto the anvil, leaving the huge glove next to it.

"Then?"
"I wanted to learn forging. At least a bit. I can work metal, yes? But I don't really know what to do with it."
He raises one seared eyebrow.
"An when did you learn to work steel, yeah? Can't get much of a forge in a tree, lass."

You glance around the forge...

>Show him your spear. That's a bit of proof, at least.
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
>Show him your hands. Light them on fire, first.
>Other (?)

>>35858786
She's doing it because she doesn't want to see Lyra get killed because she tried to fight something she wasn't ready to take on.

Of course, that's a vicious circle if ever I saw one

>Fight big monster
>Mom panics
>TRAIN HARDER
>NOW I CAN FIGHT A BIGGER MONSTER
>Repeat ad infinitum

>>35859082
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
We don't have to shape it good, we just gotta move it to show him

>>35859082
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859082

>Show him your spear. That's a bit of proof, at least.
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
>Show him your hands. Light them on fire, first.

Show him all

Maybe he knows what we are doing?

>>35859082
>ask him for metal to shape
He'll give us pig iron. We will turn it into elemental iron. Yes.

>>35859082
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859082
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859082
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
>Show him your spear. That's a bit of proof, at least.

Fire and then one of our finished products.

>>35859082

> Ask for a bit of metal to shape.

>>35859082
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
>>Show him your hands. Light them on fire, first.
Let him see how badly we do it.

>>35859082
>Show him your spear. That's a bit of proof, at least.
and if/when he doubts it;
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859053
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
Show him what we can do.

>>35859095
>>35858825
>>35858822

I mean, there are definitely still those human moments that reveal that she isn't out to beat us into the ground. It's also pretty clear that she's just using merciless training as an excuse to bond with us and as something to ease her perpetually panic riddled mind over our well being.

It's just that the dynamic of expressing that love has changed tremendously over the course of a month. We have gone from a cherished baby in her eyes to the ever on the edge teenager who she must connect to through the school of hard knocks. Things are just moving very fast and that worries me a bit more than it should.

>>35859082
>You're a little worried, but at least they won't catch fire in the woods.
the woods were a nice home before it burned to the ground.

>Other
all the above, spear first, then hands, then see if we can try forging some scrap.

>>35859082
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859082
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
make something artsy like a metal flower or something

>>35859082
>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859176

Arachne grow stupidly fast to begin with, hell, she trusted us to go out and get our second meal by ourselves, and we got those red gnomes.

And we have always had a connection, regardless of how it was shown.

You are basing everything you are saying on the assumption that Human-Human growth is the exact same as Spider-Spider growth.

>>35859082

> At least they won't catch on fire in the woods
They are going to find a dragon. I swear to god. And we are going to have to punch it, and then them.

>>35859176
think it would be funny when we got home we tell mom we found and fought a dragon and need to go back to town later to get our new dragon scaled armor just to fuck with her?

>>35859082
>>Show him your spear. That's a bit of proof, at least.
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.
>>Show him your hands. Light them on fire, first.
Everything obviously

>>35859176
Nia can't keep up. Frankly, Lyra is kind of fruit-loop crazy.

>>35859082
>>Show him your spear. That's a bit of proof, at least.
>>Ask for a bit of metal, shape it.

>>35859217

Good thing we have LIGHTNING SPEAR

>>35859053
maybe we can get her a fire immunity / resistance item she can wear?

A little of everything, and a bit of metal shaping!
Gimme 1d100!

>>35859316
There's an idea, we gained fire elemental control even though our element is earth. She gained her star affinity through life experiences, perhaps we can also expose her to fire elementals to achieve that.

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>35859329
Fire is cool.

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>35859329

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>35859329
Go!

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>35859329

These hands of ours are burning red!

Hey guys, I've been wondering.

We got the "Shoots Lightning" spear upgrade yeah? But it doesn't channel through the spear? Just shoots it?

Well, what if we grabbed the lightning once it leaves the Spear with our Antimagic / Spellthief fuckery and direct it to wrap around the metal in our spear? Or, if that's not possible, we grab another metal (preferably a highly conductive one) and use it as studs for it to wrap around?

Everything has loopholes, we exploit the fuck out of those loopholes.

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>35859329

>>35859341
I was thinking protection amulet...
but I guess she COULD actually learn that as a secondary magic school if she really wanted to

>>35859355
5 seconds late...

>>35859353
... I guess it's a good thing we got that 81: I'm afraid of what we would make if we used my roll.

>>35859359
good idea, we do have the knowledge from our other life so this seems to be workable

>>35859355

I demand that REQM uses this roll solely because of that quote.

And gently request it because it isn't a combat roll.

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>>35859355
AHAHAHAHHAHA TIME TO BLACKSMITH!

>>35859355
Sure, why not.
Writing!

>>35859355

>Nat 100
>Another Forge roll

REQM, why did you make Lyra a master artificer?

>>35859329
>>35859344
My post and roll got deleted for no reason right after it got posted.

>>35859408
Yeaahhhhh

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>>35859408

You are a pretty cool Spider REQM.

With the prettiest Spiderbutt in all the lands.

>>35859408
I love you based QM,if i ever find out who you are i'll Hold your hand

>>35859408

So, does this put Lyra firmly on the "Metal Spider" path?

and for some reason I am imagining Jin eventually evolving the become Raging Raven and Sheszka becomes Crying Wolf, except instead of sorrow, it's joy for being SO STRONG FOR THE ALPHA.

>>35859355
Their glowing grasp roars for us to claim victory!

>>35859454

I'm personally hoping for lava spider so we'll be comfy hot warm forever.

>>35859577

We can be Quelaag or we can be Armor Spider.

Of course we are going to be wearing Ornstein's armor, and our METAL SHELL shall be a crimson red.

God damn that is a majestic image now that I think about it

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>>35859577
Lava blacksmith spider?,I am perfectly a-okay with this

>>35859577
I don't think lava is comfy

>>35859454
that would be nice. We are a grave arachne right now
the normal path from "grave X" is "vampire X" or "zombie/ghoul X"

>>35859633

Does Vampire give us immortality?

We can be METAL VAMPIRE Spider.

Like we are from JoJo or some shit.

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>>35859655
HA,YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ME,DIO,BUT IT WAS I,LYRA!

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>>35859655

I just had the image of a Vampire's castle crossed with the Metal Spider's nest from Brutal Legend.

It is so beautiful.

If we had ended up with sound instead of Earth, we would have been walking the path of ORMAGODEN

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>>35859697
Sound Lyra would have rocked.

>>35859408

Thank you for that.

>>35859883

I wonder if we would have gone the "Banshee" route or the "Destabilize matter through the use of absurdly powerful and directly attuned vibrations caused by sound" route.

Hmm.

>>35859655
Metal spider is best spider

Also, vampire requires drinking blood so that's right out

>>35859955
If it's pic related, she would have been healer.

>>35859993

B-but immortality!

And it's not like we wouldn't have two or three willing sources of it, who we may or may not turn into our immortal companions.

>>35860020
>immortality!
life spans increase as you evolve, so as long as we keep at it we should be fine

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>>35860020
Hah,Who want's to live forever,The most important thing is going out with a bang!

>>35860020
>And it's not like we wouldn't have two or three willing sources of it.
Family and friends are not to be used as sustenance.

>>35860020
That does remind me, what is the lifespan of harpies and wolves?

Earth spider is best spider.
Sound is metal as fuck, but earth lets us map dungeons and tremorsense
its hilariously broken

exotic =! better

>>35860075
How the fuck is Lyra gonna fit in the bag?
She's a giant spider.
Death can't make it fit fast enough because we keep outgrowing it.

>>35860116
Death has many forms. A giant spider wouldn't be unheard off.

>>35860097

Sound = Echolocation

Sound would have allowed us to map that dungeon too, and probably would have upset most of the illusions enough to let us know they were there.

Tremorsense is hilariously broken, yes, but we could just constantly be humming an inaudible tune underneath our breath to have a constant echolocation going on.

the only downside would be if Sheszka and other canines would be able to hear it.

>>35860139
echolocation doesn't work through closed doors
nor does it let us detect traps, nor disable them

it would be useful, yes.
just not as awesome as earth

>>35860139
Would the sound have been stopped by the doors and secret doors?

Need sleep but I just need one. more. update.

>>35860130
Yes,But Lyra is HUGE!

>>35860139
>Humming
>Not thrumming the air with magic
>Not playing music directly into the air by thrumming it
>Not playing tricks with perfect ventriliquism allowing output from multiple locations at a distance
>Not forgetting how to speak with your mouth since you got so used to doing it with magic

>>35860020
>Vampire lady turning two people who trust her utterly into undead servants to be her companions forever
Stop making me gain new fetishes

>>35860199

This is /tg/

Or the plane of elemental fetishes.

Roll a d10 to determine your newest fetish.

>>35860183

Lyra with a lyre built along her back, carefully strung as a part of her armor, having evolved secondary legs to act as manipulators for the explicit purpose of playing on the go.

>>35860219
You need more d and number for that

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>35860219

Tell me your secrets, Anon.

>>35860177
How big are we currently talking...

>>35860251

Fine then.

8k5 for your roll then anon.

You pull your spear free, offering it- He picks it up, hefting the piece, checking the balance, eyes roving over its glimmering form.
"You made this?"
"I- uh, no, no. I took it from some armour in the dungeon, it was- Gah. I resized it, yes."
"It's solid metal isn't it?"
He raps his knuckles across its length.
"How'd you manage that?"

"It's- My hands, I can forge things with them. Kind of?"

He looks to your outstretched digits, nodding, smiling.
"Most people forge with their hands, yeah. Its way easier'n using feet or something."
"That is not what I meant."

He laughs, leaning behind the anvil- He comes back up with chunk of twisted steel, throwing it underhand towards you. You catch it easily; a fist sized ruined piece of metal.
"It's waste anyway. Show me."

Your fist closes over the steel, the patterns limning your hands in burning light. The fur circling your arm glows, flaring out like fire. The metal shifts in your grasp, and you can feel Mikhael watching, stepping closer for a better look.

Your hand opens, revealing the metal blazing with an inner glow, twisting like liquid in your hands- the slag drips free of the pure ore, and you will it to take shape in your hands.

There's not much after the the garbage dripped out- You doubt the old man actually messed up a project- his materials were trash, and so was the result.

But there's enough for your purpose. It shifts, molds itself in your hands, taking shape. A delicate body atop an armoured form, eight legs spreading apart in your palm, the twisting lines of a skull forming over its rear. A little steel Lyra sits in your open palm, cooling quickly in the air, and you hold it out with pride.

"More 'n' a little vain, ain'tcha."
You look down at the statuette.
"I think I deserve a little at this point, yes."
His laugh is a bellow, straight from the chest.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>35860219
WHAT NOW

>>35860304

"Stick it in the water and let me have a look already, kid."
It's only moments before he's got the trinket in hand twisting it over to examine it.

"Yer works not bad at all. Amateur all hells, yeah, but not bad."
You huff. He smiles, and flicks a finger against one of its legs, letting it ring.
"But this, yeah. Purifying metal? That's something good, kid. Stick your armour in a corner, grab an apron."
He turns back to the forge, and you step up next to him. Looking straight into the burning embers, feeling the heat embracing you.

>Gimme 3d100!
>For the next thread.
>Cause this one is over!
>Thanks for playing!
>Next thread will be saturday, starting somewhere between 12 and 2 PM EST!
>Questions comments concerns all answered while I'm around!

>>35860314

You are rendered both impotent and painfully aroused.

You have also gained a cuckoldry fetish, with you as the one being cuckolded.

You sick freak.

Rolled 79, 9, 60 = 148 (3d100)

>>35860337
Gooooo!

Short thread today.

Rolled 59, 91, 22 = 172 (3d100)

>>35860337
ROLLING YOU CRUEL MONSTER

Thanks for running!

Rolled 18, 87 = 105 (2d100)

>>35860337
don't fuck me dice

Rolled 13, 82, 18 = 113 (3d100)

>>35860337

thanks for running budi gud thread

Rolled 90, 24, 23 = 137 (3d100)

>>35860337
Here we go

Rolled 76, 99, 88 = 263 (3d100)

>>35860337
Oh boy, metal working!

Also, goodnight!
>I actually made it to the end of a thread.

Rolled 95, 53, 17 = 165 (3d100)

>>35860337
Nooo!

Good thread, REQM. Thanks for running.

Rolled 77, 46, 64 = 187 (3d100)

>>35860337

Aw man.

>>35860337

What's the cutoff for the 3d100s?

Because we have gotten ludicrously good rolls.

>>35860355
>>35860361
>>35860366
79, 91, 60

so how will mom react once she learns we learned to forge? that and how will the blacksmith act once we finally get around to dragging mom's sorry butt down here to meet with him. Hey we said we would at some point.

Rolled 49, 19, 2 = 70 (3d100)

>>35860337

>>35860337
Can we have a sweet moment with Mom without being worked to death?
I kinda miss those moments.

79, 91 and 60

>>35860377
>>35860371
>>35860366
>>35860361
>>35860355
Thanks for playing!

>>35860380
yea

>>35860355
>>35860361
>>35860366
3 rolls bests
>79, 91, 60

>>35860369
>>35860371
5 rolls bests
>90,99,88
damn

>>35860377
this sixth roll would have made it
>95,99,88
but while I don't remember if its first 3 or first 5, its definitely not first 6

>>35860482

REQM takes first three, and I think that's more than fair. He even occasionally takes really good rolls after that cutoff at his discretion.

>>35860471
>>35860482
I fear the worst when the dice finally decide to have a shitfest.

>>35860482
>>35860510
>>35860514
I don't mind grabbing 5 for this, you've got a teacher!

>90 99 88

>>35860553

REQM, have I ever told you that your Spiderbutt is like the sun in the black void?

So very Grossly Incandescent?

Because it is, and Lyra is now apparently a master god damn artificer that makes metal armor and weapons with absolutely no impurities in, which is ludicrously good.

That like, makes LOTR Elves look like village blacksmiths in terms of armor and weaponry.

>>35860553
...well, neat. Based REQM continues to be based. Woo!

>>35860553

Whatever suits you REQM, though I don't mind us not being a natural our very first time at the forge.

>>35860510
It is fair, I just didn't remember which quest did what.
cause i am following multiple

>>35860337
So just watched a video called Reggae Shark. it would be funny to see a travailing Reggae spider. Think about it we just wanna chill because its reggae spider and mom is freaking out cuz hes a bad influence. kinda dumb but could be really funny.

Just a reminder, don't forget to archive.

So.

Jin is obsessed with three things.

Stars.
Fire.
Lyra.

Does this mean that Jin will eventually become Sun-themed and orbit around Lyra's great earthen web? Will Sheszka become the Moon in this ménage à trois?

>>35860553
>you've got a teacher!
I thought the rolls were for how well we learn from the teacher (naturally way better than we would on our own). that is, that the rolls were relative rather than absolute (a 60 with a teacher might be better than 100 on our own).

Either way, its good

>>35860597
>>35860623
>>35860640
I don't mind sing better rolls. Just expect a mom style teaching session.

>>35860745
that is actually pretty awesome and perfectly fine with me

heh. all these awesome adults around us.

>>35860718
... Ha. That's actually pretty funny. And cute.

>>35860773

Probably doesn't hurt that apparently Lyra has prodigious talent AND works her ass off.

Rolled 85, 41 = 126 (2d100)

Random rolling to see how well our two hunt, for the fun of it.

>>35860718
Did you just imply the Sun orbits around the Earth?

>>35861828
Copernicus doesn't exist in this world, mate.

>>35862079
I dont think Copernicus changed the way gravity works anon.
Also the world being discussed is debatable.

>>35862265
But without Copernicus no one will question the Sun Harpy orbiting Mother Earth Spider, while Moon Wolf tries to catch up to Sun Harpy.

>>35862439
Said Mother Earth Spider would question it, seeing as how she has memories of a world where Copernicus did exist.

I-is QM kill?

>>35860745

Fair enough, though if I might ask some small favor, would it be possible for us to only learn the bare rudiments of forging in our first go? I mean, I know we are a giant elemental spider. Magic is going to make up for a lot of our deficiencies.

At the same time, I feel that the struggle to attain the prize can be more satisfying than the prize itself. In that vein, I really hope that we have to have a long struggle comprised of several visits to really get our craft underway.

Learning how to make weapons out of metal on cue after a week would be nice. Learning to do a patch work on armor for a few days of concerted practice would also be neat. However, I'd appreciate if our work was kind of only mediocre quality when we take the fast path.

As in, I'd love for the blacksmith to point out that our "pure metal" spear is actually very soft and not very durable at all. Our intuitive understanding of "purifying" the metal, probably took out a lot of the carbon that gave it its strength and durability. Understanding that science along with the specific techniques needed to mesh strength, structure, and function of form would be an art I'd love to see separated from instinct. It also forces Lyra to start using her head for once, which would be an interesting shift in pace.

That's just my two cents anyway, but I hope this catches your eye and that you might consider it. As always, thanks for running.

>>35863353
Threads done for tonight.
Next one is saturday

>>35861828
No he said Jin would be Sun themed and would revolve around us because we are bigger despite our earth theme

>>35864756
Jin is an owl. As a nocturnal creature, she's probably gonna be a moon. Shezka could be a comet.

>>35864756
Nah, we are not earth themed. we HEAVY METAL.

>>35864896
But the Earth is made up of heavy metals.

>>35865075
That is so Metal