“I’m sorry” says Charun softly, holding the seeping wound in his mid-section “Rhydian didn’t make it Dev.”

“Oh” says Dev, his face falling “Oh...”

“You mean...” asks Rainya, you see the last flickers of hope die in her expression.

“Yes” says Charun “Rhydian is dead. We’ll mourn him later, but now we need to get out of here.”

Dev and Rainya appear to be uninjured.

“CHARUN!” bellows a voice “Charun where are you, you lying old fart, when I find you I’m going to rip out your spine!” The voice is getting closer, sounds like Six.

The crowd around you parts and Six strides towards your little group, a nasty looking bruise on his face and blood staining his clothes. He strides up to Charun then does a double-take when he sees you “You!” he hisses, drawing his pistol.

Charun steps close, grabbing Sixes wrist in a tight grip and pulling his pistol out of his hand. As Six turns angrily to Charun, Charun raises Sixes empty hand in the air and yells to the crowd “Six everyone: his leadership and planning today saved a lot of lives, we didn’t come out of this unscathed, and we lost friends, but thanks to Six many are alive now who might not be, to Six!”

The crowd around you gives a ragged cheer and Six forces a smile. The crowd starts to break up and get in their vehicles, some have long journeys ahead of them after all. Six turns to Charun and says “Harmless huh, weak powers huh? Not worth recruiting for the I9 program huh? Charun you filthy lying selfish stupid piece of shit, do you know what your pet spook did to me you old bastard?”

Uh oh, seems like someone remembers...

Dev and Rainya watch him rant, confused. Charun shows no expression at all.

Charuns injured, Lirael won’t stop crying and whilst some of the crowd are away, many aren’t, if Six makes a scene and incites everyone against you, you might be forced to run, or fight.

What do you do?
>Just teleport away, Lirael is your priority (this pleases the Ichor in the Depths)
>Let Charun handle it
>Talk to Six (taking what tack?)
>Dominate Six
>Other (what?)

>>37442349
>Dominate Six
He gave us a perfect opening or a speech of what a great help we were, but Charun should have told them beforehand, then we can start re-arranging his mind.

>>37442349
>Dominate Six

>>37442329
>Talk to Six
>Nothing happened. He just listened to reason after receiving new information and was very agreeable.

>>37442349
>Let Charun handle it

>>37442419
That really won't convince Six anymore.

>>37442349
>>Just teleport away, your friends are your priority.

Get Dev/Lirael/Rainya out of here. Charun can deal with his mess.

>>37442349
>Dominate Six
I'm tempted to let Charun handle it, but I don't want to rely on him in this, who knows what Six reveals.

>>37442349
>Talk to Six
"Whatever you do you mean Six, The victory was all your doing. The enemy fell for your ruse and we accomplished our objectives with a minimum of casualties. It was brilliant."

>>37442572
He still won't forget we mind-raped him.
I don't want a enemy in our own ranks working against us out of fear or spite.

From last thread

You feel the power of the Ichor in the Depths churn within you, offering you one of 3 Gifts

Shadows of the Depths
This hides all physical mutations you have (or may later gain) using a combination of shapeshifting and illusion. Physical mutations are only displayed when you want them to be, or when you are using them (i.e. if you use wings to fly, your wings must be visible). Powerful magic is required to pierce this concealment. At higher levels you can change your appearance to match the surroundings, gaining a bonus to stealth.

Strength of the Mothers Love

You gain strength from the proximity of those you care deeply about. These can be close friends, family you care about, or anyone you want to help and/or protect strongly enough.
The bonuses are limited by the number of those you care about and the number of times you have selected this talent. To be counted as in proximity you must be able to see the person in question or they must be next to you (within 3 metres or so). All bonuses are morale bonuses.
At Strength of the Mothers Love 1: As long as you have one or more of those listed below nearby you gain: a +2 bonus to Will checks to resist any mind-affecting powers or abilities; and a +1 bonus on all skill rolls and ability checks.
Higher ranks allow larger bonuses and more varied bonuses as long as more of those you care about are nearby.
Those who currently qualify for the purposes of this power are: Ashley, Lirael
This list may change over time.

Creature of the Deep
You can breathe underwater and the cold and pressure of deep water are harmless to you – those from other sources affect you normally. At higher levels you gain the ability to summon water into someone’s lungs, drowning them, to telekinetically control water, and transform into water. Optional upgrades include aquatic-themed mutations.

OP post has 15 minute vote-time, still ongoing

Gift Vote in 10 minutes

Seduction has been removed from The Ichor in the Depths Gifts, an altered version will be available under Baalzamon, later.

I realise in the place you’re currently at, sea-related powers aren’t the best, but they are the sort of powers the Ichor offers, and some may be useful even this far from the sea.

>>37442607
>Strength of the Mothers Love

>>37442607
All three are really good.
Mothers love is a bit limited, since we don't have Lirael always around.
And I wonder that Rainya isn't there yet, since we got Favor for taking care of her too at one point.

>Seduction has been removed from The Ichor in the Depths Gifts, an altered version will be available under Baalzamon, later.
Thats actually agood decision, then at least I can now stop trying to wrap my mind around how Seduction works in her portefolio, it works for Baalzamon perfectly.

Creature of the Deep is pretty cool too, though.Not right now, but the the higher levels would really pay off.

>>37442607
Woah, Shadows of the Depths is pretty damn good. Way better than the Mirror. Again.

Can we pelase pick this one and unlock mutations?

>>37442743
It'd also give us sniper camo if we level it. I agree with you anon.

>>37442607
Probably going to go with Shadows of the Depths. We need to get a mutation-hiding power soon and this one also grants a camouflage effect.

>>37442607

Creature of the deep.

>>37442607
Shadows of the Depth, this time definitly.
We do need that hiding power at some point, and this one is even upgradable.

Creature of the Deep isn't all that good before higher levels, and Mothers love 3meter proximity is way too close. The chances of someone being that close to us ina fight are tiny.

Sad Wishcraft didn't show up this time.

>>37442607
Do any of these deviate from the standard 5 XP/level pattern of upgrade costs?

As Six harangues Charun you focus on the back of Sixes head. You did this once before, you can do it again....

Roll 1d20+6 to dominate

If successful, what do you want him to say/do?
Just having him stick around until the others are gone is fine, or feel free to write-in.

Will you use Psychic Surgery to change his memories?

>Y/N

If Yes, options as to what to do will be put to a vote.

Please wait on powers vote until called for.

>>37442743
I agree with taking Shadows, not sure about Mutations, since the "strong magic can pierce it", we have no real idea how common such "strong magic" is in the hive. And there is currently something in the Hive supressing magic.

>>37442789
Creature of the Deep is 3XP/rank for the low-level stuff, otherwise no.

Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37442790
>Y

>>37442796
Still we need a cloak just in case we ever fail a shaping roll.

Rolled 3 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37442790
Once succesfull
>Let him tell Charun how we ported him away without asking him and bringing him in the middle of the war zone without asking, not to mention how he lost face because we completly changed his plan with ours. Let him tell Charun how he should keep him informed of his members abilities so he can plan for them.
>Y

Rolled 19 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37442790
>Y

Don't fuck me, dice gods.

Powers vote delayed until Dominate/Surgery is decided.

Rolled 3 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37442790
>>37442837
Thats why I said we should get it.

>>37442854
Seconding

>>37442790
Use Psychic Surgery?
>Y

Rolled 7 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37442790
Y

>>37442864
Be blessed, anon.

>>37442864
The dice gods are straight with you anon.

Ok, writing.

In the mean time, Gift vote

>Shadows of the Depths
>Strength of the Mothers Love
>Creature of the Deep

Vote is for 5 minutes

>>37443070
>Strength of the Mothers Love

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443070
>Strength of the Mothers Love

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths
I really hope we can get something to retract the tentacles later.

>>37443078
>>37443083
Can you explain how you want to manage having our ally constantly in 3meters radius around us?
Especially since one of them flies most of the time?

>>37443070
>Strength of the Mothers Love

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443070
>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443070
>>Shadows of the Depths

>>37443105
Will most likely come with the tentacles themselves though.

Shadows of the Depths wins

And here someone had doubted last thread that mother has the best gifts.
Hah!

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>>37443218
She still doesn't, anon. Some of her gifts are better, some are worse. Overall, the gods are about equal with each excelling at things related to their domains.

An octopus is better at stealth than a mirror. Color me surprised.

Did we even make a shaping roll for this one?
I think we keep forgetting those.

The power of the Ichor in the Depths settles into your form, allowing you to conceal any mutations you may later gain.

You seize Six’s struggling consciousness with your own willpower and Six backs off a little from Charun, adding in an irritated-but-no-longer-enraged voice “this girl grabbed me and ported me straight into combat without so much as asking me. I had to change my plan on the fly thanks to her. The others probably think I’m losing it now. Thanks a lot *old friend*. Next time” he pokes a finger at Charun “Damn well tell me about your teams abilities so I can plan around them.”

Charun waits before replying then says “Got it.”

The rest of the rebels leave, Six’s team is the last to depart “Hey boss you coming?” one of them asks.

Six waves them off “Go ahead” he says “I’ll meet you later at outpost Field.”

Six’s team mate shrugs and they all pile in the car, leaving Six with you. You can feel him struggling uselessly against your control.

After everyone else has left, leaving you, Charun, Rainya, Dev and a weeping Lirael behind, Charun says to Rainya and Dev “I think Six needs a moment to talk to Shee, what she did was pretty reckless.”

Rainya takes an unresisting Lirael from you as you and Six walk some distance away, his body still moving under your control. Dev says “Good luck Shee, I think you did fine.”

What do you do?

>No memory alteration, just talk to him
>Alter recent memories: The plan was all his idea, there was no mind-control
>Alter recent memories: other (what?)
These take 1 minute
>Other (what?)

Optional
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)
>Alter significant fact: Other (what?)
These take 10 minutes

Also see Psychic Surgery skill for options in you want to write-in anything else.

>>37443344
Yeah I sometimes forget.

>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: The plan was all his idea, there was no mind-control
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)

>>37443219
I'd just like to know what that girl was thinking when having that picture taken.

Presumably she just wanted her friend to commemorate her visit to the aquarium, completely oblivious to various alternative interpretation, just wondering how cool that squid looks and how great it is to see it up close in captivity.

>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: Our plan was good, but he is pretty mad we didn't reveal our teleporting to him until later, making him look bad for not agreeing to it earlier
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)
He will remember being angry and sacred, so we should work with that.

>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: The plan was all his idea, there was no mind-control
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)
You as in Shee not Charon right?

>>37443348
>>37443411
This
Baalzamon gift, inc.

>>37443423
>You as in Shee not Charon right?

Yes, though you can alter his feelings towards Charun too if you like.

>>37443348
>>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)

>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: The plan was all his idea, there was no mind-control
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)

>>37443348
Seconding the memory alteration in this post >>37443411

>Alter recent memories: Our plan was good, but he is pretty mad we didn't reveal our teleporting to him until later, making him look bad for not agreeing to it earlier

>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: Our plan was good, but he is pretty mad we didn't reveal our teleporting to him until later, making him look bad for not agreeing to it earlier
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)

His teammates KNOW the plan wasn't his idea, and psychic surgery is harder when trying to contradict facts. Better to just go with whats mostly true.

>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: Our plan was good, but he is pretty mad we didn't reveal our teleporting to him until later, making him look bad for not agreeing to it earlier
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)

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>>37443348
>Alter recent memories: Our plan was good, but he is pretty mad we didn't reveal our teleporting to him until later, making him look bad for not agreeing to it earlier
>Alter significant fact: He trusts you (this pleases Baalzamon)


I'm starting to get worried about Six.
We didn't get ANY favor with Ballzamon until he showed up, and then we get Favor for interacting with him twice?

>>37443512
Six is a bloody idiot, hence the need to manipulate him. No wonder the resistance is doing so poorly if the other leaders are like him.

Now I realised what bothered me about the Club of the Damned.
Its managed and staffed by people loyal to the King of Hell, and its legitimacy is completly dependend on his Cult maintaining it.
What happens if we go up against his Champion?

Oh jeez..... I can't stop laughing at this whole cluster flub. well not laughing so much as smiling like an idiot and shaking my head.
Also FUCK YEAH! PSYCHIC REBEL QUEST!

>>37443551
By that time we have replaced that original staff with our people, or converted them to us, of course.
We can't let our Establishment be managed by people we can't rely on.

Ok roll me 2d20

I know you can't add mod to this, but please recall that first roll to change memory is at -5, and second to make him trust you is -10.

So please vote on extra psychic energy used.

Please keep numbers separate like
5
5

or 5 5

Average of 3 votes used. You have 26 psychic energy

Rolled 13, 3 = 16 (2d20)

>>37443641
9
9

Rolled 15, 2 = 17 (2d20)

>>37443641
10
12

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d20)

>>37443641
11
11

Rolled 18, 8 = 26 (2d20)

>>37443641
9
8

Rolled 13, 20 = 33 (2d20)

>>37443641
10
16

>>37443661
>>37443671
>>37443680
Okay.
Yeah, I think the trust thing didn't work.
I think that has no negative impact on failure besides not working though.

You reach into his head and huh, it’s hard to describe, like fixing an engine when you can’t see all the parts, but you can tell what you’re touching by the general shape.

The memories of the battle are fresh in his mind, but they’re also fragile, you pull and tweak here and there until you can’t tell the exact specifics, but the shape feels right.

Six should still be angry at you, after all you pulled him into a firefight and out of the command centre he’d set up. He’d agreed to your plan, and you hadn’t told him about your teleporting powers.

You reach further into his head, you can’t tell exactly who Six does and does not trust, but the cluster of emotions in this part of his head seems...small. You insert your name and face in there and it pulses and writhes before rejecting you.

[Psychic Energy 5/26]

It’s hard, keeping Six in your grasp whilst altering his mind, you can feel your grip slipping.

Keep trying to make him trust you?

>Y/N

You feel a cold darkness bloom in your chest, accept the Gift of Baalzamon?

>Y/N

[Favour of Baalzamon +1]

>>37443793
>N
>Y
Nah, if it doesn't work, it doesn't.
Better not to break his mind.

>>37443793
>N
>Y
We lack the points and still need em Just in case.

>>37443793
Y
Y

>>37443793
>Y
>Y

>>37443793
>N
>Y
-10 mod was a gamble to begin with.
And we need our points.

>>37443811
>>37443821
-10mod we have 5 points left after that its cast from hp.

>>37443793
>Y
>Y

>>37443793
>N
>Y

>>37443793
>N
>Y
>>37443811
>>37443821
>>37443854
So, you want to do nothing for the rest of tomorrow? Because we will need a full day to replenish our psychic energy.
He has a -10mod, and the DC will be high because we try to make someone who doesn't trust a lot of people trust soomeone he has looked down on just a few hours ago.

>>37443793
>N
>N

>>37443900
Don't make Baalzamon sad.
He really worked on his PR to get us to this point.

ok, roll 1d20+6 to shape the gift

Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37444061

Rolled 7 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37444061
Baalzamon no bully.

>>37442314
Hey Pally, nearly caught up on the quest! Really enjoying it so far, but I have to say I feel for you. You have one of the most idiotic player bases i've ever seen. I had to stop reading for a bit and take a smoke break after everyone voted to use the DAEMON EYES on the Vamp Quin for no real reason, in front of the powerful fey, while the police were listening in.

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37444061

>>37444088
I'd thank you not to bring things like that up this early into a thread and risk sparking another argument.

>>37444088
Yeah not one of our brighter moments.

>>37444088
>while the police were listening in
Glad to see someone new, but please learn to pay attention to the things characters actually say and do before you cartch up.
She had the commlink on her, Sara was not actually listening in at that moment. Which should be obvious because she didn't know what happene after we met her again.
People not paying attention to shit is the Nr.1 cause of stupid decisions like that, please be better.
Otherwise have fun.

Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37444061

>>37444132
Sorry just had to get it out. Not going to argue it.

You feel a coldness settle into your head and into your heart and Baalzamon grants you 1 of 3 gifts.

Misdirected Words
Those you manipulate do not realise that is you doing it. Whenever you use Fellowship or any telepathy effect to influence another you may spend 6 psychic energy and make a Fellowship (deception) check against the target, success means they do not realise that it was you who made them take whatever action you want them to take, instead they attribute their actions to the machinations of another or their own desires and choices.
This Gift has a single expansion, that allows you to make a target copy your views on a single person or issue (hate what you hate, love what you love etc).

Darkness
You can see in non-magical darkness. Higher levels allow you to see in magical darkness, gain bonuses to hide and sneak in areas of darkness, summon patches of darkness and terrify those in or near darkness.

Tail
You grow a long black tail, perhaps four feet long, slender and agile. Initially it aids you to balance, climb and swim. At level 2 it becomes prehensile and has an upgrade to add a weapon to it (such as a blade, stinger or something more exotic. Level 2 costs 2XP, Weaponry cost varies depending upon what you buy.

Vote in 10 minutes, please don't vote until asked to.

Yes, I know physical mutations will rarely be as useful as powers, but it’s a theme thing, and they’re cheap XP-wise

>>37444088
Glad you like it

>>37444224
Oh god Pally, why do you do this to me? I want that tail...

Darkness has superb all around utility without any additonal costs, that beats out Misdirected Words for me.

>>37444224
Tail. Hands down best option.

But.. I suppose I'll have to vote for misdirected words.

>>37444224
Darkness seems the best right now.
The expansion on misdirected Words sounds pretty cool though, but its something that Ichor should have too.

>>37444224
Tail for President.

Alternative elected governmental leaders available upon request.

>>37444224
Tail is best, I fight all of you.


But Seeing in darkness without physical mutation is sadly too useful.
And Tail gets crowded with our future tentacles.

>>37444224
>summon patches of darkness
Tail pls go

>>37444224
>Sniper who can see perfectly in darkness
We have a winner ladies and gentleman.

>>37444224
>Darkness

>>37444224
>has an upgrade to add .... something more exotic

An ovipositor?

>>37444379
No, never. Absolutely never. Not even after the heat death of the universe.

>>37444379
I like the way you think, but no.

Weapon-upgrades, not anything else

>>37444151
Haven't gotten to the meet up yet, going to catch up fully during this thread.

Not voting, but Darkness + sniper >>37444351
would be OTP.

Ok, you know the drill

Pick only 1

>Misdirected Words
>Darkness
>Tail

5 minute vote

>>37444379
>>37444412
He is right, that doesn't work
It says weapons-upgrade.


Ovipositor is for the tentacles.

>>37444379
Welp. New fetish unlucked. Do you accept this gift?

Y/N

Y

>>37444457
>Darkness

>>37444457
>Tail

>>37444457
>>Darkness

>>37444457
>Darkness

>>37444457
>Tail

>>37444457
>>37444429

I guess i have to go with Darkness then
>Darkness

>>37444457
>Tail

>>37444457
>Darkness

>>37444457
>Darkness
We will be the nightmare of our enemies.

>>37444522
This isn't FD.

>>37444457
>Tail

>>37444379
Oh Anon, do you even realise what you've done?

>>37444224
Tail.

>>37444457
>Darkness
>>37444522
I appreciate you are new, but please familiarise yourself with the rules before correcting people, this quest has a lot of sperg on all fronts.

>>37444555
No ovipositor though, weapons only as pally said.

>>37444579
Weapons are fine. Having an extra surprising appendage is fine too.

>>37444555
Inspired Pally to a new peripheral for Tentacles?
Come on, it totally fits Ichors theme.

Darkness it is, writing

My personal kinks aside, ovipositor is not due to appear any time soon, sorry.

>>37444627
Don't worry, while a nice idea, I don't think its worth the aggravation it would cause in some players.

>>37444432
It was never suggested she listened in, is what I meant. And too many arguments and foolish decisions here are caused by people not properly reading things, just like us supposed to have the comm 'on', not have her in the line.

You should also read the setting paste, in case you haven't yet, because its Shees knowledge of the world, and explains a lot of behvior of some characters.

>>37444739
That actually reminds.
She already tracks us wthrough the commlink, we need to be really careful what we say and send over the comm from now on, because she might be listening into our calls too.

The darkness swirls within you, all around you the night is suddenly clear as day, you can see snakes sliding across the sand, you can see the worried looks Dev and Rainya are casting your way, as well as Charuns angry expression. You focus on Six...

This isn’t working, Six is too distrusting in general. You make sure his new memories in place and tidy up the last few minutes in Six’s head, and then release him.

Six twitches “Where was I?” he asks, confused

“I should have told you” you prompt, continuing where Six...thought he paused the conversation.

“Yeah!” says Six, jabbing a finger in your chest “You should have told me you damn spook, I kept you out of the I9 program at Charuns request, I listened to your plan and you jump me out of my command post into the middle of the battle, what were you thinking?”

“I’m sorry” you say as contritely as you can “I was worried about my friends.”

“Yeah?” he says “I saved one of your friends by attacking a Gifted, a *Gifted*, so never do anything like that again!”

He stalks back past your friends, glaring at Charun as he goes, heading to his own car.

Charun watches him go, gives you a searching look and then says “Get the warmech hidden, then get some rest, everyone else, in the truck. We’ll say goodbye to Rhydian later, it’s dangerous here.”

Dev gets out of the Warmech and heads for Charuns truck, Rainya looks at you, and at the weeping Lirael in your arms “I’ll look after her” she says “come to my place when you’re done.”

The truck pulls away. You teleport back to the Psychic Research Facilities warmech repair bay and, with a great deal of effort and several attempts, pull the warmech towards you, it appears in the repair bay. It’ll be a little while before Rainya and the others are back home. You examine your warmech in the mean time, with the lights out, just to see how your new sight works. Despite the darkness you can see perfectly.

The warmech has taken only superficial damage: although it looks torn up only the outer armour is damaged, none of the servos or more delicate parts, it would only take an hour to replace the damaged armour, and there are plenty of spares lying around here.

After a suitable time you teleport back to your shack and head over to Rainyas. Rainya is comforting a miserable-looking Lirael. Lirael has stopped crying but still looks upset about something.

“I don’t know what’s wrong with her” says Rainya

How do you handle this?

>Talk to her
>Rock her to sleep, maybe she’ll be better in the morning?
>Ask her to show you, in your head
>Try feeding her
>Other (what?)

It is assumed you will be doing it here, unless you want to head back to your place first.

>>37444858
>Talk to her
>Ask her to show you, in your head

>>37444858
>>Ask her to show you, in your head

>>37444858
>Talk to her
>Ask her to show you, in your head

>>37444858
>Ask her to show you, in your head

>>37444858
>Ask her to show you, in your head
>Try feeding her
>Rock her to sleep, maybe she’ll be better in the morning?

I.. I'm bad with kids... do all the things make it better!

>>37444858
>Talk to her
>Ask her to show you, in your head

>>37444858
>Ask her to show you, in your head
She might be partially upset with us not coming to her immediatly when she called for help.
Admittely in hindsight a poor decision, even if it was the sensible option back then.

>>37444858
>Ask her to show you, in your head
>Rock her to sleep

“Lirael” you say “What’s wrong?”

Lirael starts crying again and turns away from you, hugging Rainya tightly

“I’m sorry I didn’t come to help straightaway” you say, taking a wild stab in the dark “But there was a lot going on, and I know you’re so grown-up and able to look after yourself and, uh...”

Lirael mumbles something.

“What?” you ask

“Why’d you kill him?” sobs Lirael, her face turned away from you “Why’d you kill Ewan?”

“Who?” you ask, oh the creepy guy messing with her-

“He was my friend” bawls Lirael “And you just killed him, and you won’t be my feeder and you let other vampires bite you all the time and I hate you!”

What?

Rainya just gives you the look of someone far out of her depth.

“Lirael” you say gently “can you show me what’s wrong...in my mind?”

Lirael finally turns to look at you “You never want me in your head” she says

“This is a special case” you say “show me, please.”

Lirael focuses on you and
---
A jumble of memories go past. That creepy guy playing with Lirael on board the spaceships she travelled on. He was her only friend when her parents neglected and ignored her.

Wait, Lirael never told you this.

You see yourself, barely feeding Lirael, starving her, begrudging every bite. That’s...not how it happened...

You see Lirael watching from the shadows as a parade of vampires, their faces obscured come to your shack to feed on you.

What?
---

Suddenly it ends. What was that?

“You see now” says Lirael “you...you *blood-whore!*”

Rainya gives you a troubled look but says nothing.

Liraels memories, it appears as if someone has tampered with them, and in doing so has damaged Liraels trust in you. Your hands clench into fists, if you could bring that guy back to life just so you could kill him again, you would, but that won’t help Lirael. You need to get her to trust you again, so you can figure out how to fix...whatever he did, using your new power. You doubt you’ll get in her head if she doesn’t want you there.

What do you do?
>Wait until she sleeps, then try to fix her
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ
>Feed her
>Just talk to her
>Other (what?)

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ
Hive mind is go.

>>37445247
>Tell her to examine your memories, and where they differ

Ok, roll Fellowship 1d20+7 to persuade her

Rolled 18 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37445574

Rolled 20 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37445574
I do not remember this take a look in my head make sure no one fiddled with it, please Lirael?

Rolled 14 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37445599

>>37445618
Oahh man

Rolled 18 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37445574
Come on dice, Shee needs another nat20

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>>37445599
>>37445684
>>37445618
Clearly we are the best at friendship.

>>37445738
>friendship
Silly anon, this isn't firndship.
Its love.
Maternal love

>>37445781
Family ftw

“Lirael” you say “Look inside my memories, see what I saw, see what happened, I never fed other vampires in front of you, I’ve not let *anyone* bite me in years, see what that guy was doing to you.”

Lirael shakes her head “I don’t want to see you kill my friend again” she wails.

“Then start slow” you say “Go back to when we first met, please...?”

With a lot of coaxing, and with Rainya watching, Lirael looks inside your mind and sees your interactions with her, from your point of view. She searches your mind but can’t find any other vampires biting you since you met, and finally, hesitantly she looks at what you saw in the battle. With your minds so closely mixed you can feel her horror and anguish as she watches you kill *Ewan* again. Then she pauses and goes back, watching you appear there and seeing her hurting, seeing her crying.

Lirael digs at this memory hard, painfully hard and you grit your teeth, but she can’t find anything false in it.

Finally Lirael breaks the connection and just stares at you.

“Shee” she says “what’s going on?”

“I think he messed with your head” you say “I think he wanted to make you into his puppet or something, by making you hate people who care about you, like me, like your parents.”

Lirael shakes her head and presses her hands to her temples “My memories don’t make sense” she sobs “How do I fix this?”

How do you respond?

>I’ll fix it now
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready
>We need to find a stronger telepath
>You’ll just have to remember which memories are real (no psychic surgery)
>Other (what?)

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready
We shouldn't mess in her head while tired and low on psychic points.

>>37445805
>>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready
>If you want me to.

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready

>>37445805
>>You’ll just have to remember which memories are real (no psychic surgery)
Believe.

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready
If he was strong enough to do this too you i don't think i can do it right now.

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready

Don't think I don't know where this is going Pally, I fear we will have to go without Ichors favor for this one.

>>37445805
>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready

>>37445918
Ichor would probably understand we're doing it to avoid hurting her. You don't go and try when you're dead tired because you might hurt the girl more.

>>37445953
Thats not what he means.

He means there will likely be a option to manipulate Liraels mind to make her more dependent on us/weaken her affection for her parents in our favor, to make us "more" her mother.
Don't forget. Ichor is a jealous goddess.

>>37445805
>>I’ll fix it once I’m rested and ready

Yes. And when we do this, we will need to slowly look in and peal layer by layer back. It will be slower but more sure.

This guy did this over a short period of time, there will be holes to exploit.

I wonder if the real memories are still there or not though?

>>37445999
That option can go fuck itself.

>>37446072
That was pretty much my point.

>>37446072
To be fair, there is a good reason to not touch those alteration sin her mind, because Shee doesn't know how much that part was altered, so "returning" it is definitly the most problematic part of the procedure.
So, there is a non-yan reason for it, and not a bad one at that.

>>37446167
That's not how removing Psychic Surgery works, anon.

>>37446185
It doesn't actually say how reversing the alterations works IC.
And more importantly, Shee doesn't know if she couldn't fuck up something in Liraels head if she attempts to return memories she doesn't know anything about.

“I’ll help you fix it” you say, Lirael looks at you dubiously as you add “But not now, when I’ve recovered a little, for now, let’s go home and rest.” You offer Lirael a hand.

Lirael looks back and forth between you and Rainya several times before saying “I want to stay with Rainya tonight.”

Rainya gives you a somewhat shocked look but says “It’s ok with me...”

“Ok Lirael” you say, pushing her further right now might not be a good idea “I’ll see you in the morning.” You head back to your place, and for the first time in several weeks, you lay down to rest alone. Sleep is a long time in coming...
---
You wake up the next morning, huh has Lirael already got up?

Then the memories of yesterday come flooding back, how you took control of Six’s mind, how that Gifted telepath messed with Liraels head, your hands ball into fists...you hope that he ended up in Hell, you’d really like a few minutes alone with his shade. You’ve got work today but you could call in sick, you look within you, your pool of psychic energies has recovered somewhat.

[Psychic energy 11/26]

Or you could wait until its recovered further and try to help Lirael further. Either way, you could be hours trying to fix her messed up head.

>Fix Lirael now (sick day)
>Try later tonight
>Other (what?)

>>37446280
>Fix Lirael now (sick day)
She stays too long she'll feed on Rainya

>>37446280
>Fix Lirael now (sick day)
You're going to make my cry Pally and I'm going to hate you forever.

>>37446280
>Fix Lirael now (sick day)

>>37446280
>>Fix Lirael now (sick day)
I just got a coffee picture captcha, thats new

>>37446280
>Fix Lirael now (sick day)
>>37446296
>implying she hasn't already

>>37446280
>Fix Lirael now (sick day)

Watch this be our first crit fail.

>>37446337
Here's hoping otherwise this could get messy.
>>37446355
Hoping it'd be our first crit success.

>>37446280
>Fix Lirael now (sick day)
>>37446337
Anon. Way too close to possible to be funny.

Realistically speaking, at some point, something like this will come up. Although I think Rainya isn't quite there yet that she would agree to that.

>>37446280
>Try later tonight

>>37446446
Lirael might not give her a choice if she's hungry enough.

Would it lower the DC if we don't try to fix all of her memories at once? I would think so.

>>37446550
Nah, Lirael is way too much of a good girl to force her. Maybe pressure her like only little girls can. But forcing her definitly not.
It will definitly have come up in some form though, because of all the "Feed her" options we neglected.

>>37446594
Depends on how hungry she is, if she goes below 0 she'll probably go feral AGAIN

You can’t leave this too long, who knows what might happen. You get up and head out to breakfast. You see Lirael and Rainya sat together and sit next to them, Lirael scoots away from you fractionally and towards Rainya.

Ouch.

You ask Rainya quietly “How’d you sleep?”

Rainya gives you a smile “Well the bugs weren’t biting if that’s what you mean” she says.

That’s good” you say, relieved. At the thought of Lirael biting Rainya your skin gets hot and you want nothing more than Lirael to sink her fangs into you, to feel that familiar bliss once more, you shove it down, you can’t afford the distraction now.

“I was thinking you could tell work I won’t be able to make it in today” you say to Rainya “I’m not feeling well, might just spend the day resting you know” you indicate Lirael with a nod of your head.

“Sure” says Rainya, nodding in agreement “I hope you feel better soon.”

After breakfast you lead Lirael back home “Where are we going today?” asks Lirael moodily

“Why don’t we spend some time together” you suggest, gathering your things “We can play SimGuns if you like?”

Lirael just folds her arms and looks away “I want Rainya to come” she complains “I bet she’d be a loyal feeder.”

Yeah...you remind yourself she’s not herself right now. You could catch Rainya before she gets the bus, or maybe try to persuade Lirael to trust you, or just take her to the research facility, either way, going to the facility is the goal, you need a quiet place to work.

>Fetch Rainya
>Talk Lirael into going with
>Just teleport, you can drag Lirael with you
>Other (what?)

See now I am worried that we are giving the memories time to set and solidify, especially after sleeping on them. That's when the mind does the most of its organizing in the events of the day.

>>37446679
>Talk Lirael into going with

>>37446679
Is Rainya off today? If yes fetch her, if not talk to Lirael.

>>37446679
>>Talk Lirael into going with

>>37446679
>Talk Lirael into going with
>Rainya can not afford to be as callous with her source of income as I can be Lirael. For now, she needs that job, I understand that she is very dear to you,but please think of Rainya too.

>>37446679
>Talk Lirael into going with

>>37446679
>>37446705
adding this write in
>>37446732

>>37446732
Add this on too.
We have eleven psy energy, is that enough to try and fix Lirael, or do we want to wait another day?

>>37446679
>Talk Lirael into going with

You haven't fed anyone else. You've only been feeding Lirael.

Why the hell aren't we her feeder?

>>37446732
She's not very dear unless her memories have been altered.. she's just a friend.

>>37446755
I think
>>37446682
Has a good point.
We should at least concentrate on fixing the changes about us first, so she trusts us again and doesn't try to fight it.

>>37446755
It's probably enough to at least fix a little. Hopefully enough for her to really start doubting her false memories.

>>37446782
>Why the hell aren't we her feeder?
Stupid write-in two threads ago biting us in the ass now.
Nothing to do but soldier on.

>She's not very dear unless her memories have been altered.. she's just a friend.
Lirael is a eleven year old girl, and Rainya has been sitting her for days at a time and is the only person besides Shee, now the only person in Liraels mind, who has been taking car of her all this time.
I think "dear" is appropriate.

>>37446796
There is nothing to indicate that it would work that way. The DC we're going to have to beat is equivalent to the Telepathy check of the Gifted that did this to her, there are no further modifiers and passing it undoes all alterations.

>>37446679
>>37446732
seconding

>>37446848
Well if that's the case 11 definitely won't be enough.

>>37446889
Depends on how good our roll is, really. And we can invest some life points too without much trouble.
Luckily this has no perils of the arcane rules.

>>37446889
He probably had a strong negative modifier due to the extent of his alterations.

>>37446889
With 11 and some hp we can do it' it'll hurt like a bitch though.

>>37446906
This is one thing I think most of us really don't want to leave to chance. It might be best to get her to the facility and rest until we're fully recharged.

Please roll Fellowship 1d20+7 to persuade.

Rolled 12 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37446971

Rolled 18 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37446971
Dice!

Rolled 11 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37446971

Rolled 14 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37446971

>>37446964
We recover at a rate of 1/hour and don't know how to meditate. I'd rather burn some HP and recover once Lirael's back to normal.

>>37447020
I'd rather do both but will extra points to spend.

>>37447065
We'd need to leave Lirael like this for 15 hours in order to recover our energy. 16 if we Teleport to the facility.

>>37447065
I don't think putting this of is a good idea.
In either case, we should also spent our 1Xp for +1 Power Specialisation.

“Rainya has to work” you tell Lirael “Her bosses aren’t as understanding as mine, she could lose her job if she misses work, I know she’s your friend, but you wouldn’t want to get her in trouble would you?”

Lirael rolls her eyes at you “No” she says, as if you just asked the dumbest question in the world, adding “fine, let’s just go.”

Well, not the result you were hoping for, but you’ll take it.
---
At the facility you wonder about the best way to get Lirael to let you help her. It seems after sleeping she trusts you even less now. You worry about how she’ll be affected if you don’t fix this soon.

Lirael heads straight for the SimGuns range with you trailing behind, thinking, what is the best way to convince Lirael to relax and trust you enough to help?

>Let her play SimGuns
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Feed her
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder
>Wait until she gets tired and falls asleep
>Other (what?)

You can pick multiple options.

[Feeder Option: Any vote not picking this will be assumed to be a vote against it. I’m not trying to force a re-vote on something that has been decided, however it is a viable trust-gaining tactic. Also it’s a promise, not a routelock, you can change your mind afterwards, or even simply lie to Lirael (guess who approves of that).]

>>37447102
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Feed her

>>37447102
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Feed her
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder

>>37447102
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Feed her
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder

I think this is pretty understandable, since Shee has reflected on what this means to Lirael and can easily have gained a new perspective on it

>>37447102
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Feed her

>>37447102
>Feed her
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder

I thought we had already gained her trust to let us help when we showed her the memories are false?

>>37447102
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder

I don't think we should feed her right now. We're going to need hp and psych points to spend on repairing her mind.

>>37447208
>I thought we had already gained her trust to let us help when we showed her the memories are false?

You did, then when she woke up she was a little different

>>37447102
>Feed her
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder
In that order, after feeding she will be the most willing to listen to us.

>>37447102
>>37447223
Thats, a actually good point, I had figured that it isn't that much to begin with and would make her relax more.
I'm not sure right now if her relaxing from feeding, or the additional HP make the bigger difference.

>>37447102
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together

Holding off on voting for feeding right now,
how much HP does that cost us again?

>>37447102
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder
Tell her you'll feed her after you get this sorted out.

>>37447307
3 HP and 1 point of CON.

>>37447276
The way I see it, she can be as pissed at Shee right now as she wants as long as we can convince her to let us help. She'll understand if we're successful.

>>37447102
>Promise to be her exclusive Feeder
>Talk to her, remind her of your time together
>Feed her

>>37447330
I think letting her feed and be content from it, would improve our chances more than by 3.
Especially because it reinforces our point about being her Feeder.

>>37447341
She could fight it and make the DC higher if she doesn't trust us.

>>37447102
>>37447307
Adding
>Feed her

>>37447102
I want to purchase Power Specialisation +1(Psychic Surgery)
Can we have a vote on that while you write?

feed, talk and feeder, ok, writing.

Please roll 1d20+6 for Psychic Surgery and vote on extra Psychic Energy used.

You have 11 Psychic Energy and 45 hit points.

Average of 3 votes used.

Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37447476
11 Psychic energy

Rolled 18 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37447476
11 psy 20 health

Rolled 13 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37447476
57

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37447476

Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37447476
60

>>37447508
that's lethal dumbass.

>>37447476
>>37447504
This much

>>37447497
>>37447504
What the fuck are you doing?
We need to overcome the Willpower roll of a dedicated Telepath.

>>37447536
No its not? Its 39HP + 11 Psy.
Learn to calculate, dumbass.

>>37447508
>Shee succesfully restores Lirael's memories
>The first thing Lirael sees once she's herself again is Shee vomiting blood and passing out, traumatizing her for life

>>37447536
-1 isn't lethal. -7 is lethal with our current CON score.

>>37447569
39 + 11 =/= 57, man.

>>37447569
11+45=56<57<60

>>37447497
>>37447504
>it fails because retards didn't use our option to use our HP
We JUST TALKED about how difficult this was going to be.

>>37447626
Going into shock is bad m'kay? We spend enough to black out we'll do shit all.

>>37447609
>>37447616
Average of three votes.
Seriously, its not rocket science to aim a bit higher for people who go too low. Like those two retards.

>>37447476

11 Psychic energy, 40 HP

>>37447655
Failing this roll will be bad m'kay?
If those two faggots would have voted for a reasonably high investment, I would have voted for something lower, obviously.

>>37447476
11 Psychic
40 HP

>>37447466
Sorry, just missed your post. Too late now, writing.

24 on the roll plus 11 PE plus 22HP it looks like

>>37447536
Pally said average so metagamers voted high.

>>37447688
>>37447690
Only the first three votes count on this.
Its too late.

>>37447712
>metagaming
Its a meta choice you dumbass. You think Shee has a direct idea how many hitpoints she got?

>>37447715
God fucking dammit. Well, here comes another unbelievable fuck up.

>>37447783
If we are lucky he only had a mod of +14 and didn't invest too much points because of the battle.
Otherwise we just wasted a whole bunch of hitpoints a full day of resting because of faggots who can't think shit through.
Again.

>>37447749
There is more then one right way to use meta so what you say is both right and wrong.

>>37447824
>can't think shit through
You can't possibly think >>37447497
didn't fuck it up on purpose. No one is that retarded. Even here.

>>37447824
Well we made a 57 so here's hoping we can at least knock all the shit loose.

>>37447868
His "highest" assuming no supernatural willpower would be
34. So he would have had to spend 24 to beat us.
Lets hope he didn't consider it that important.

>>37447918
Do non-Psychics even get Psychic Mastery bonuses?

>>37448027
I see no reason why they wouldn't?
I had the impression it just reflects how good you are with it.

>>37447918
Highest possible is actually 44.
Since he can easily have had Mastery bonus of +10.

>>37448066
Well, Pally implied that being a Psychic and being a shmuck with mind powers were two different thing, so who knows. They might get the Adept/Master bonuses without the bonus to rolls, or they might get nothing.

>>37448106
He was already factoring that in. 20 + 10 + 4, where would a second 10 come from?

>>37448127
Power Specilisation also has 10 ranks.

>>37448151
Goddammit.

>>37448127
>>37448151
Here's hoping he wasn't a grandmaster then.

>>37448161
Thats why we should have gone all out.
We can now only hope he didn't invest too much in psychic power, and we have some favorable modifiers.

You talk to Lirael, distracting her from SimGuns, eventually she leaves it alone as you remind her of all the fun you’ve had together, how you explored the facility, the adventures you’ve been on. After a while she lightens up a bit and starts reminiscing with you.

Eventually the conversation trails off and there’s silence, you decide now is the best time to say “You used to feed from me regularly, are you thirsty now Lirael?”

Lirael gives you a searching look “You’re just saying that” she says “Besides, you feed lots of vamps.”

“There’s no one here but you and me” you say “and you said I refused to be your Feeder, well now I’m saying” you take a breath “That I will, just you and me Lirael, no other vampires.”

Lirael considers this for a long moment. Where you too forward? Was that the wrong thing to say?

“Ok” she says, and the two of you head to the dorm together.

You lie down atop one of the beds with Lirael and pull off your top, you want her to have easy access to your shoulder, Lirael is tentative at first and then she bites you. You slump back, holding on to her as the familiar sweet release builds within you. Lirael may not consciously remember this, but to you it feels so familiar, you drift away, joy and bliss and everything rushing through you.

All too soon it is over and the two of you lie on the bed together, holding each other, though Lirael seems tense in your grasp...

“Alright” says Lirael “You said you could help me, well, help me Shee, please.”
---
You focus your powers and you feel Lirael lowering her psychic defences as your mind touches hers. You sink into Liraels mind, it’s far less cluttered than Six’s. As a child and a telepath Liraels mind has less baggage and is more organised. Or at least, it was...

Whatever this Ewan did, it left a real mess. Liraels emotions and memories are tangled and confused. You don’t know if he was just inept or in a hurry, either way this is going to take some work. Over the course of several hours to start to repair Liraels fractured mind. Fortunately the clumsiness of Liraels attacker works to your advantage, you can still see the shape of Liraels memories underneath his work.

It’s a long and delicate process but you tease her real memories back into shape whilst erasing everything he did to her mind. Eventually you look around convinced that your job is done, you let your connection to Liraels mind fade away and open your eyes. Lirael is held in your arms and tears are leaking from her eyes “Oh Shee” she says “I’m so sorry.” Lirael buries her head on your shoulder, bringing a pleasant thrill from your bite wounds and cries. You hold her and comfort her, whispering to her and telling her it will be alright.

Your powers are exhausted, and you feel weak and tired.

[PE 0/26, HP 22/45, Con 13/14]

Lirael suddenly bites you again, at the same time you can feel her powers probing your mind, trying to find a way in. Even as her mind tangles itself with yours, as the familiar bliss carries you away you can feel she’s trying to tell you something, she’s sorry, she blames herself, wants to make it right some...how...

You have chance for one last thought before your mind is swept under by the ecstasy of Liraels bite.

Use Royal Dominion to protect yourself against Lirael?

>Y/N

Rolled 9 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37448226
>>37448226
N
N
N
N

>>37448226
>N

>>37448226
N

>>37448226
>N
If we weren't tired, I probably would. Not out of distrust, but because its sorta rude.
Its kinda understandable after this that she does it reflexively, but we still need to tell her that.

>>37448226
N

>>37448226
N

>>37448226
N

>>37448226
>N

Please remember you are eleven Lirael.
Just saying.

She alters Shee's mind to ensure she wont even consider feeding other vampires.

>>37448226
Wait. What if we didn't get everything? Why is she trying to get into our head at this point.
Call it paranoia but
>y

>>37448226
Y

I want to see how a bite is without the pleasure

>>37448226
>N

>>37448346
Wut? The bite is always with pleasure, thats not a mind effect.
She does something different now.

Does shee still take CON damage? I'm not seeing any drawbacks to the bites.

>>37448431
We took one point CON damage as usual.

>>37448431
yeah she took one con point we might be taking a few more after this.

>>37448329
She doesn't have Psychic Surgery, and (living) vampires can never get it. The closest she could come to doing that would be Suggestion, and that's temporary.

Probably a Calm or Love/Friendship Empathic Projection.

>>37448431
She does, but we can fix it without issue. Psychics!

Lirael that’s rude...is the last thought you have before the current of pleasure washes you under. Your trust in her is strong enough that you don’t try to defend yourself against her.

Liraels thoughts enter yours as your mind relaxes under the waves of intense pleasure rushing through you. Lirael burrows deeper and deeper into your mind until...

You’re not Lirael, and you’re not Shee either, you’re both. Two minds have (temporarily at least) become one.

Your raw psychic strength combines with Liraels innate talent from her bloodline as well as the training she has received from a very early age from her mother.

The psychic gestalt examines both its constituent minds and smoothes out the rough edges of the fixes you made to Liraels mind. You didn’t miss anything, but you used more power than skill to heal her mind.

The gestalt made of both of you flips through both sets of memories, unlocking all the secrets you have.

[Psychic Gestalt: You can combine your powers with one or more willing psychics, this requires that at least one of you has the Mental Contact power. A Psychic Gestalt can only take one action per round but uses the highest psychic skill modifier of all the psychics that make it up, plus an extra +2 per psychic beyond the first. It also draws Psychic Energy from any of its members (or other resources such as vitae) as required to use its powers. A Psychic Gestalt is a composite of the minds that make it up. Members can withdraw at any time.]

Lirael didn’t exactly intend for this to happen, she just wanted to show you how sorry she is, and that she wants to make it up to you, but it seems that being fed on weakens your mental defences somewhat, as well as her control over her powers when she is feeding.

With both your secrets laid bare, you can tell that Lirael trusts you implicitly, and will do as you ask without question (within reason).

[Dhampir (Graced) unlocked: Lirael will make people into Dhampirs if you ask her to.]

[Ascension unlocked: Lirael will use her Ascension ability when you ask her to. This will be added to her character sheet soon.]

Eventually your minds untangle from one another and you are separate entities once more, the contact lasted a few minutes at most. As you lay there, overwhelmed by both the twin pleasure of being fed on, and the memory of feeding, you try to understand what happened.

Lirael doesn’t seem troubled by events though, she just cuddles up to you, whispering “Love you Shee” and you both drift off to sleep, exhausted

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>>37448945

Think we can spend some xp for our friends/allies.

We want to ideally toughen them up some, and get skills. They are kinda squishy currently.

>>37448945
Thanks for running Pally, great thread, I'm surprised we got through this in such a positive fashion, I had feared for far worse.


I have a question regarding Tail and Tentacle mutations. Are those small/agile enough to be hidden in regular clothing?
Jackets or wider trousers if necessary.

>>37448945
Thanks for running Pally?

So does that mean she'd make us into a dhampire if we asked, or would that mean we coudln't be her feeder anymore?

>>37449021
that first question mark is supposed to be an exclamation point. I can't type.

>>37448945
Thanks for running Pally! You're aces!

>>37448945
Now that was just all kinds of adorable. Thanks for running.

>>37449021
We can be both.

>>37449017
I would suggest we get Toughness for both of them.
And we need to increase Rainyas Agility if she wants to use pistols.

For Dev I would like to wait until we can teach him mechanis and stuff like that, so he can maintain the warmech.

>>37449021
Created Dhampirs: Dhampirs (Graced) can be created by a vampire with the Healing Power at 7th degree or higher by simply feeding a living creature with his own vitae. This requires a willing, pinned or unconscious creature. Such ‘created’ Dhampirs (Graced) do not create their own vitae, instead they must receive vitae from a vampire. A Created Dhampir (Graced) lowers its Will checks to defend against vampire powers against any vampire who has fed it vitae, by five times the vampires degree in Command. This lasts as long as the Dhampir (Graced) has vitae from that vampire in its system and for 1 day afterwards per degree the vampire has in Command. Created Dhampirs (Graced) expend a (20 – their constitution, minimum of 1) vitae per day, as their body attempts to reject the vampire vitae. Once a Created Dhampir (Graced) has no vitae it loses access to all its vampire powers, and is no longer a Dhampir (Graced). Vampire vitae is addictive; regular feedings of vampire vitae will addict most people.

>>37449091

Toughness for both, some stat improvements if needed.

I think Dev should likely go into the War Mech stuff. Unless he unlocks some other power.

The mech seems to match his personality well too.

>>37449018
>I have a question regarding Tail and Tentacle mutations. Are those small/agile enough to be hidden in regular clothing?
>Jackets or wider trousers if necessary.

They are, if you have a Gift that hides them, they simply aren't there until you need them (fully retractable)

>>37449021
Being a Dhampir and feeder are not mutually exclusive.

>>37449186
And they can be hidden without a Gift under loose clothes, yes. Just to be clear.

So idea by me

Rainya
>Toughness 1(4XP)
>+4 Agility (6XP)
>Dodge 1(4XP)?

Dev
>Toughness 1(4XP)
>+2 Agility (4XP)
>Mechanics 2(6XP)?

>>37449301

They now have 24xp each, right?

16 in paste and they get 8 more from thread?

>>37449317
Thats what it looks like to me, yes.
I just didn't want to dump all of them, in case others, especially AA, have some other plans too. Those just seemed like the most vital.

Spooky Foreboding: You've got Gifts from four out of the Five.

Something will happen when you get a gift from the last one.

See you in 10 hours or so, goodnight all.

>>37449343

that works then.

>>37449301
Mechanics 2 would be 4 XP, not 6.

Unless there's some obscure rule for learning skills with an Intelligence malus that has never been relevant before now which I've consistently failed to notice.

>>37449343
It's about the same as what I'd go with. I'm more distracted by thinking about Lirael's 50 XP.

>>37449404
Ah, Jagganatha.

We need to activate powers again.

>>37449404
I kinda expected that.


>>37449427
>I'm more distracted by thinking about Lirael's 50 XP.
Yeah, I'm running numbers on that one currently too.

And for the 6, I had though it works
Mechanics 1(2) Mechanics 2 (2x2). I wasn't sure how to read it, and I figured better to estimate higher.

>>37449440
Or just work on Dev's Mech all night. We have the instructions to make some upgrades too.