You try to relax, closing your eyes and taking deep breaths. It sort of works, but this fucking headache won't go away. Every few seconds pain shoots through your head, pulsing white light creeping in around the edges of your vision. You start to feel dizzy, your stomach twisting itself into knots. You stumble away from the banister, anger forgotten as the world starts to spin.

You must have passed out for a little bit, because when you next become aware of yourself you're slumped against the wall with your head held in your hands, knees pressed against your chest. Your head still throbs, but so long as you keep your eyes closed and don't move it's not too bad. You think the relative quiet and lack of light in the abandoned estate is helping, though you're not really certain. You're not entirely sure what it is you're experiencing.

You pull your hands away from your face, pain flaring this time not from your temples, but from where shards of wood have embedded themselves in your flesh. You wince, taking the time to pluck out each one and heal over the wounds. The expenditure of vys is insignificant, though the effort brings back your headache. Once that's done you condense some water from the air and use it to wash the blood off of your face and clothes.

You have to force yourself to focus on the connections afforded to you by the brooches, contacting your party members as a whole. All you manage to force out before closing the connection is {I've gotten everything resolved in here.} Any more and you fear you might feel yet another hammer blow to the side of your head. Fortunately the pain seems to be receding, you might even be able to stand up soon.

You hear the door swing open somewhere beneath you, chattering voices echoing through the cavernous empty spaces that seem to fill the estate. You can pick out a few vague words, but nothing distinct.

Darzi's voice calls out from the entry hall. “Mikhael! Where are you?”
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You're wince, the sound of her voice seeming impossibly loud. You haul yourself to your feet, supporting yourself heavily against the wall as the world starts to spin again. “I'm up here!” You call back, though to you your voice sounds weak.

It's only a few moments later that Darzi comes meandering up the steps, taking her time to admire the statues which line the stairwell. She frowns at the sight of you, pausing at the top of the stairs. “Shit, Mikhael. You look terrible. What happened?”

>You're fine, head downstairs and help repair the estate.
>Give your companions a tour instead, see if you need to buy any materials to assist in repairs.
>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while.
>Write-in

>>37549896
>>Give your companions a tour instead, see if you need to buy any materials to assist in repairs.

>>37549896
>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while.

>>37549896
>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while

>>37549896
>>Give your companions a tour instead, see if you need to buy any materials to assist in repairs.

>>37549896
>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while.

Found some really good shit in the kief department. Let's do this.
>>37549896
>>Give your companions a tour instead, see if you need to buy any materials to assist in repairs.

>>37549896
>Give your companions a tour instead, see if you need to buy any materials to assist in repairs.

>>37550083
>>37550023
>>37549966
>Tour + Supplies

>>37550004
>>37550022
>>37550060
Nap/Meditate

We're tied, but to get things moving I'll go with giving folks a tour and buying supplies. You'll have the opportunity to meditate afterwards.

I see you're bright and early tonight, Soma, what is this for you, 11:30?
>>37549896
>>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while.
Tell them not to do or touch anything while we're out of commission.
Hopefully we'll handle it quite fast, let's just have them clean up somewhere unimportant, like a kitchen or something.
>don't throw any tools away
>don't touch anything directly
>don't displace anything
Basically just sweep the place a bit, maybe get rid of cobwebs, they shouldn't displace anything until we give the okay to it.

>>37549896
>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while.

Med on our anger have a suspicion that the entity didn't like that a spirit called us/it shit.

>>37550173
Best waifu

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>37549896
>>Actually, you're not feeling so good. Maybe you should take a nap, or meditate for a while.

>>37550218
Fug dat bitch

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd8-IYovLRQ

>>37550173
It seemed to start after we put that book in the void? Maybe that has something to do with it.

>>37550400
I was thinking that seeing how the entity sees itself as a god basically a baby just called it shit and now its pissed the fuck off and the ring couldn't suppress such butthurt

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Channeling magic, you push yourself away from the wall. Your headache subsides as veins mend themselves and swelling recedes, though it does not disappear entirely. You find that the world stops spinning and you can stand a little more confidently on your feet. White does not rim your vision, though your vision still seems to be distorted. There are strange rends sitting in mid air, twisting off like hazy, oblong bubbles in mid air. They seem to sit in the same position regardless of where you look or how you turn your head, so you're inclined to believe they're hallucinatory or otherwise not actually there.

You realize you've been staring off into space for quite some time without answering Darzi's question. “I feel fine, it was just a headache. I think it's more or less passed.” You have to suppress the urge to wince at the sound of your own voice, pain flaring up once again only to recede when you've stopped speaking.

Darzi frowns worriedly, hesitating a moment before she speaks. “Are you sure? You look sickly. If you wanted to rest I could take over the directing of the laborers.”

You gesture vaguely off to your right. “Later, maybe. I want to give you all a tour of the facilities and see if there's anything that needs to be purchased to fix this place up. Wood, paint, that sort of thing.”

Darzi nods, and the two of you make your way down the stairs to the entry hall where the others have gathered. You find Profectus curiously tracing some of the runes which mark the shrine you constructed for the spirit with his finger, where as Chrys has already wandered off into the ballroom. Skull Kid and Mortia are sitting on the edge of the central reflecting pool, chatting amongst themselves in a language you don't recognize. Neither Fulvia nor Zahak are anywhere to be seen, so you assume they're still in the carriage.

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>>37550400
I don't think its the books doing actually, I just think the spirit is REALLY pissed off.
This book seems to be incredibly important to it, it also fears and hates the void, and now after technically fulfilling our contract the first thing we do is take that book and put it right into the void.
The spirit is probably mad and/or scared as fuck.

Your slaves are mostly gathered in the center of the room, some of them seem quite impressed with the place where as most seem to look hesitant. Prema stands with her hands clasped politely in her lap, absentmindedly admiring the decoration even in its currently somewhat decrepit state.

You decide that, as your steward, you ought to bring Prema along to assess the state of your new home. It will be a good first test of her abilities. First, you want to get your slaves put to work. First you turn your attentions to Prema. “Unlock their manacles, no sense dawdling.” Then you address your slaves as a unit. “For now all I wish you to do is clean up, don't begin any extensive repairs quite yet. The servant's passages are upstairs, there is an entrance open so you should have no trouble finding them. Search for any useful supplies in there to get started. If you find anything strange, or anything that you feel may be magic, don't touch it. Inform myself or one of my companions.”

As you speak, Prema goes from one slave to another with a key in hand, unlocking their manacles. The sounds of chains hitting the floor echoes through the room, causing you to wince as pain flares up at the back of your head each time. There is a tense moment when all the slaves have had their manacles removed, for a second you think they might try to run off, but then Prema lets out a shrill, high-pitched whistle and they jolt into motion. You step aside to let them pass on their way towards the stairs.

You stop Prema as she moves to follow them. “I want you to follow me. I'm going to give a tour of the estate to my companions and I want you to take stock of anything which we'll need to repair, as well as how much the materials to do so will cost.”
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>>37550719
>Not even magic can surpress this butthurt

She nods, and you consider whether you want Fulvia to bring Zahak inside. Inevitably your slaves are going to see Zahak, that is if you spend any significant amount of time here. However, you're not sure if you want them to see him now. You still don't quite trust them to keep their collective mouths shut.

>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.
>Just have the two of them stay outside for now, no reason to risk scaring anyone.
>Write-in

>>37550856
>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.
No one will believe an extinct species is still alive.

>>37550856
>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.

>>37550856
>Just have the two of them stay outside for now, no reason to risk scaring anyone.

Just as long as we don't get NTR'd by our son...

>>37550856
>Just have the two of them stay outside for now, no reason to risk scaring anyone.

>>37550856
>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.

>>37550833
Or it could be us being stupidly paranoia. Seriously sometimes a book is just a book.
>>37550856
>Why not direct the slaves to some other part of the build and hide Zahak in the nursery or something?

>>37550856
>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.
I don't really see another way, we'll be here for at least 2 days and he can't stay in there forever.
Also no one is going to believe a slave, right? Especially if they say something as ridiculous as this. If someone asks we can always just say they saw a large lizard and didn't know what it was since they aren't natives.

>>37550856
>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.
Would be a lot worse if he got out of the carriage by himself.

>>37550833
The spirit doesn't fear the Void at all, dude. It's just that the presence of Ricky(a Progenitor/Elder) would have destroyed his mind world when inside it, it doesn1t have to fear anything in the real world as much.
>>37550856
>>Just have the two of them stay outside for now, no reason to risk scaring anyone.
Also, don't want the spirit to get any ideas once he sees a living dragon.
Or if we could have Zahak come in invisibly, then that's fine, and hide him somewhere where we forbid the slaves to go to, like a bedroom.

>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.

Its going to happen eventually.

>>37550719

This makes more sense that the cloak fucking with our mind. I remember we nearly had a similar reaction in the temple. Anger and hate that wasn't entirely ours.

>>37550799
>You find Profectus curiously tracing some of the runes which mark the shrine you constructed for the spirit with his finger

I knew the rune the old man tattooed on him had to do with spirits.

>>37550856
>>Just have the two of them stay outside for now, no reason to risk scaring anyone.

>>37550914
>sometimes a book is just a book
Sometimes, sure. But not when the book needed an artifact of the Shah to open and showed up on our Naturevision as a living thing, as well as numbing our arm when touching it.

>>37550856
>Have Fulvia bring Zahak in. Now is as good a time as any.
>>37550954
How is him tracing runes connect him with spirits?
Speaking of which we should tell him that his religion about the spirits wasn't complete a sham, but our religion was just more real and powerful.

>>37550833
We also called it a thing and it belongs tous tthere's that

>>37550878
>>37550884
>>37550903
>>37550916
>>37550922
>>37550945
>>37551007
>Bring them in

>>37550966
>>37550924
>>37550901
>>37550900
>Stay outside

>>37550914
>Hide Zahak in the nursery

Writin'

>>37550973

The question is why the spirit wanted it unlocked? He mention being trapped for a long time (I am not sure if he say a century or what). Still we should instruct the slaves to stay way from the library, (our) office and the observatory. We should check the tunnels and vaults as well.

>>37551023
I think >>37550924 can also be counted as a vote for >>37550914 since bringing them in won.

>>37550973
>But not when the book needed an artifact of the Shah to open and showed up on our Naturevision as a living thing, as well as numbing our arm when touching it.
Books were meant to hold information and being afraid of what information it could hold is stupid. If we going to be this paranoid we might a well stop adventuring entirely.

We should tell the slaves to ignore the fucking cat, and treat it like a master when we are away.

>>37551023
I kinda agree with what >>37551049 brought up, bring him in but direct the slaves somewhere else for the time being, we can introduce them to him later, I don't want someone screaming around in the entrance hall.

>>37551070
Do not even go there, being afraid of forbidden information and being cautious of a suspicious enchanted magic abnormal locked "book" are not the same thing.

>>37551073
>and treat it like a master when we are away.

No, just to ignore it. Never do anything to it...or for it.

>>37551157
>being cautious of a suspicious enchanted magic abnormal locked "book" are not the same thing.
For all you know that could mean the information it contains is even more valuable than any of the books we currently have. Even Soma said he was rolling for what information it contains.

>>37551252
It also seems highly suspicious even from the rather casual examination we got from it (living entitiy, numbs our limbs on contact). Going by your logic of "for all you know" any random piece of paper we pick up in the street could have invaluable information, you're ignoring all the auxiliary information. Every single thing we have found out about this book points towards danger.

Also Soma never said he was rolling for the information in it.

What is this best quests happy hour? Sith Apprentice Quest, Banished Quest and Orc Warlord Quest running at the same time.

>>37551252
He was joking

>>37551381
Which is why I suggested countless times to open it from a safe distance, but you paranoia fags keep ignoring all the sound suggestions.

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>You are now picturing Mik & Zahak father-son bonding.
What's the mental image?

>>37551395
I think a bit over a week ago Banished, Homeless Mutant, Hellborn, and Orc Warlord were all running at the same time, I'd say that was the real happy hour.
I also remember several occasions of Aspiring Emperor, Banished, and Totemist running at the same time.

>>37549845
Very happy that you're running early. Being eurofag on /tg/ is suffering.

>>37551452
I miss Totemist Quest. Diarca vanished again and his ask page isn't updating. I hope he's alright.

>>37551420
>cuddles
>belly rubs
>bedside stories and lullabies
>magic lessons
>writing/reading practice
>chess
>playing football(that's soccer for you murricucks) with Siege! figures
Holy shit, we should totally create soccer, get money from it, and then further profit by adapting it to Siege!(tm), this is the best idea, invent a sport just so you can later use a spinoff of it to profit.

>>37551023
Please, i want to vote to hide him in the nursery for now.

>>37551419
Oh I do want to open it eventually, from a safe distance as you said, the opportunity to do that hasn't really presented itself though but I think once we take the book out again the majority of people would support that take of action, we all want to find out what this book holds.
But since you're already starting to throw generalizations and insults around you just kinda seem stupid and butthurt, as if that wasn't already clear from your earlier argumentation.

>>37551452

I will check Homeless Mutant, Hellborn. But have try to get into Aspiring Emperor before but I can't get pass the first 3 threads.

Guys, it's pretty clear last thread's temper tantrum had nothing to do with whether or not we opened the book. It happened because we didn't just accept that shit really was as easy as it seemed. If we'd just left the cat alone, none of it would've happened.

>>37551510
I have read further in Aspiring, to where MC went against the nobility nation from where the spoiled princess is from a bit, as in took a castle or something, but then I haven't read it since. The smut got a bit too silly as well.
I guess I should try getting into it again sometime, but I find it hard to make time, I still need to catch up the last 6 or so threads of HMQ as well, not to even mention Hellborn, I think I'm behind with like a dozen or so.

You know I I got a real good chuckle out of the spirit trying to kill us

Then I felt bad after he screamed at us

>>37551510
I really enjoyed earlier AE, the past 2 or 3 months the QM seems real stressed/burnt out. Feels like everyone's walking on eggshells to not cause a shitstorm/the QM quitting.

But AEQ's way too complicated for me to participate in, so I just hope he doesn't quit.

>>37551588

I was fearing the same for Soma during the last thread.

>I'm having some trouble posting, but the boards don't seem to be down. I'll keep at it.
Welp.

>>37551621
why the last thread?
There wasn't a shit storm, but there was bitching and the like from anons thinking soma was punishing them, instead of actually paying attention, but thats more their fault.

>>37551621
Meh, I think he's more resistant to our antics.
Still, let's try to be a bit more civil this thread and take some more time to discuss our action instead of just choosing the options we're given, we got so little done last thread.

>>37551643
Same here, I thought it was my appchan but it doesn't seem to be.

Soma if you're reading this: If you get the "QR upload aborted" thing just fill out a few captchas, click post and wait, it will work eventually.

Testing testing uno des tres

>>37551688
I agree

>>37551621

Yeah it wasn't great, but for AE it's almost every thread.

The cast is so complicated, and both the combat and character interactions rely so heavily on guessing/deciphering various clues about everyone's motives that it seems like everyone's on a different page.

The last real big "Oh shit is this quest over?" moment was when we came up with a plan to give some dude some meaningless compromise which helped us more than him, and one of our allies got super pissed about it. The QM explaining it after the shitstorm kinda sorta made sense in an overly complicated, shoulda read my QM notes way, but it sure was outta left field for me. That hasn't really happened here yet.

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Well, they're going to see him eventually. You may as well get it over with. It's not like anyone would actually take the word of a slave, a foreign slave at that, over the word of their master. If they go blabbing about Zahak being a dragon, there are a plethora of large lizard species you can point to as an excuse for their mistake.

You reach out to Fulvia via the brooches, finding the action far more difficult than usual. You actually have to focus for a few seconds before you feel the presence of her strange, alien consciousness. {Fulvia, once you've seen that the camels are cared to bring Zahak inside. I don't doubt that it will be quite a shock for many of our new staff but we may as well get it over with.}

She responds immediately, as she usually does. {As you command. The camels have already been unhitched though we lack either feed or sufficient fresh water to keep them contented.}

Huh, you'll need to remember to pick some up whenever you head out to finish your shopping. It's only a few moments later that the front door swings open, Zahak standing on his wingtips on the other side. He hesitates at the doorway, Fulvia standing behind him, and takes a moment to look around curiously. He sniffs at the air, and flicks out his tongue to taste it. Finally he steps inside, but it's only cautiously. He's dropped into a low crouch and begun to stalk across the floor, like he's hunting for something.

You're not quite sure what it is he might be hunting, but you suppose it's not really any of your business. Hopefully he'll kill some of the rats you've seen scurrying about the premises. You turn your attention briefly to Fulvia, addressing her. “I would be grateful if you kept an eye on him. Explain to any slaves who you encounter that he is merely a species of winged lizard, they shouldn't know any better.”
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>>37551576
Is it wrong that I wanted to be friends with the cat? I think that chance is long dead now

>>37551776
You're not alone, anon, I still don't understand why /tg/ decided to be hostile.
I mean, I do, it's because it's /tg/ we're talking about, but still, doesn't really make a lot of sense, strategically speaking.

>>37551776
Not yet I think, we just gotta apologise and treat em with respect. I still wanna get our master to make a covenant with it so he has spirit protection (and any of his friends that are interested in enchanting, if we ever decide to spread the info more), but it probably won't happen.

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She nods, and begins to follow Zahak as he wanders around the room. Occasionally his tongue flicks out to taste the air again. Eventually he wanders off into the kitchen, and out of sight. You suppress a knot of parental worry. He's a dragon, and he has Fulvia with him. Surely he'll be fine.

You address the rest of your companions via the brooches. {Alright, everyone. I'm going to give you a tour of the facilities I've discovered so far. Supposedly below the estate there is a vast network of catacombs with access to sea caves further along the coast, where there is supposed to be a smuggler's den of some sort. I've yet to find the entrance to these catacombs, but I've found most everything else this place has to offer.}

Chrys quickly appears in the ballroom doorway, wiping some dust off her hands. The rest of your companions merely stand up and join you at the entrance to the dining hall. You take a moment to explain what's behind each of the doors branching off the foyer; the one to the right of the front door is the kitchen, the one to the left is the ballroom and lounge area, and the one directly in front of the front doors is the dining hall.

Then you lead them deeper into the manse, up the stairs to the second story. You pause a moment to inspect a few of the statues, reading the names written beneath. Most of the statues appear to be nobles long ago dead, although you spy a few names you recognize as prominent but non-noble merchant families in the area. Most of the names you recognize correspond to families which have fallen from grace, or otherwise lost their family fortune.

(2/?)

>>37551807
>>37551776
Anons were being stupid and thinking that the spirits we met before were hot shit compared to him, when in reality its because he is bound, also ricky scaring the shit out of him made them think they could take him on as well. Though i doubt he finds much offense, he might think we are annoying little shits, but if he really hated us he could easily ends us now.

>>37551807
We wanted info about the book.

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You start with the bedrooms on your left, moving from room to room. You explain that these are most likely bedrooms for guest or permanent residents outside of the previous owner's immediate family. You're still not entirely sure if this was a guild headquarters or some rich man's home, though. They might be offices for all you know. Regardless there are nine in all, more than enough to accommodate your party.

Prema seems quite distressed by the state some of the rooms are in. Some are in quite good shape, a little tidying up here and there would be enough to call them serviceable. Unfortunately, most have massive gaping holes in their walls, and claw marks on everything. As if some great beast was let loose to tear the rooms to shreds, or trapped inside and attempted to escape. You've little doubt that these bedrooms will constitute the bulk of your expenses in terms of repair cost.

From there you move on to the library, giving them a walk around the stacks. It seems to be in fairly good condition, all it should take is some tidying up to put it back in working order. Prema remarks on the now broken desk that once sat at the center of the room, but simply remark that it was like that when you got here. It's not like anyone else has seen the place and can say otherwise.

You do note that some of the books show sign of rot, or mold. You'll need to do a comprehensive inventory and get rid of any books that have been ruined. Fortunately the vast majority are in good condition. Most of the titles are simply mundane histories, works of fiction, or autobiographies written by ancient Shahs and powerful Vatis. Nothing terribly interesting, but perhaps worth looking through if you get the chance. There are quite a few magical tomes as well, but most of them are basic treatises you've already read. Some look interesting, especially a book regarding advanced Earth magic techniques, but you'll need to come back to them later.

(3/?)

>>37551859
That comment about him saying he is surprised we aren't selling ourselves on the street was a good burn though. still gonna jew, till our last breath we haggle with the guys who are gonna do the funeral to lower the price to be dirt cheap

We might want to speak with Fulva sometime soon. She seems to be acting a little odd and more robotic than normal.

>>37551998
The "as you command" seemed a bit odd, but she hasn't gotten a huge amount of screentime lately.

I hope she's alright, I thought we were cool after we trusted her to help kill/revive the shah.

>>37552057
>>37551998
Probably an accident from SK, and fulvia fucking around, might want to see if thad can give some insight.

After that you move on to the study. You don't venture in very far, instead deciding to hang around the doorway. You explian that the mirror seems to warp and twist the reflection of any who stare in it, but that you don't think it has an real magical power. It's just strange and you'd rather not risk anyone falling for it's tricks. You explain that up the ladder lies a vast observatory, but you're not quite sure you're up for the climb in your current condition.

Between the door into the study and the next door to your right, there is a depression in the wall which leads into the servant's passages. You skip over it, in favor of the next proper doorway. You've no idea how extensive the servant's passages are and the last thing you want is to get lost. Opening the next door you're struck by a wave of heat and humidity. Stepping inside you find yourself in some sort of extensive greenhouse. It's terribly overgrown, but still quite beautiful. Mortia grows visibly excited at the discovery.

“Look! Look they've got Widow's Wail!” She points to a scraggly plant with small white flowers. “Oh! That's Soldier's Solitude!” She points next to a massive golden bloom growing off of a thick stem, almost more like a trunk. “Gods above and below! This is perfect!”

Well, you suppose you're glad she's happy? You just sort of thought it looked pretty. Apparently it's an herb garden. Regardless, the vast gardens seem to serve as a bridge between this part of the building and the portion of the building which lies on a small island not actually connected to the main land. You haven't explored that part of the building, yet. You're not entirely certain you wish too, but decide now is as good a time as any.

This posting thing is really starting to annoy me.

>>37552102
Thad please stop having sex with the robot. You're scrambling her brain

>>37552102
>>37552057
You guys are being paranoid.

>>37552130
>. You explian that the mirror seems to warp and twist the reflection of any who stare in it, but that you don't think it has an real magical power. It's just strange and you'd rather not risk anyone falling for it's tricks.
Can we have a vote later to ask what they see?

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Crossing through the gardens you keep having to stop so that Mortia can lovingly caress some flower or weed with either medicinal or poisonous properties. She's like a child in a confectionery. Regardless, you eventually manage to work your way over to the doorway at the other end of the greenhouse and step through. You find yourself in a vast open space. The building seems to simply be one giant tower. A spiral staircase winds its way around the edge of the building, platforms obscuring your view of what lies above.

The level you're on seems to be a art studio of some sort. Half finished sculptures and covered paintings lie scattered around the area. Skull Kid and Chrys both seem vaguely interested in the area. Heading down a level you find yourself descending into a vast darkened chamber, the air growing cold. Profectus' arm cracks open, casting strange red light across the room in odd, shifting patterns. Crates lie scattered about, and at the center of the room is a trap door.

You heave on the rope, the rusty hinges of the trap door complaining loudly. You find your companions crowding in around you to get a look, and as Profectus shoves his arm inside the room is illuminated. It seems to be some sort of underground cellar. You spot a few burnt out torches and a number of wine cask. One must be leaking, because the room reeks of alcohol. Mortia points excitedly to a collection of glass vials and bowls. “Alchemy equipment! I'm glad we've found some, I couldn't bring more than a few essential with me.”

>Forgot muh picture.

>>37552130
Well, it will slow down the thread a fair bit, I would enjoy that, kind of reminds me of thread 1-10.

>>37552130
>This posting thing is really starting to annoy me.

Without moot 4chan is weaken.

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You heave on the rope, the rusty hinges of the trap door complaining loudly. You find your companions crowding in around you to get a look, and as Profectus shoves his arm inside the room is illuminated. It seems to be some sort of underground cellar. You spot a few burnt out torches and a number of wine cask. One must be leaking, because the room reeks of alcohol. Mortia points excitedly to a collection of glass vials and bowls. “Alchemy equipment! I'm glad we've found some, I couldn't bring more than a few essential with me.”

Closing the trap door and making your way once more make your way up the stairs, winding your way around the tower walls. You discover an armory on the next level up, which is filled with a vast array of weapons and armor from a wide variety of different cultures. Unfortunately none of it is magical, you imagine it was intended to equip a contingent of guardsmen, and much of it is rusted. Still, what's usable is in good condition.

Finally, at the top floor of the tower you come across a fairly extensive forge. The floor here, unlike the level below, is stone. The forge itself is of course cold, but most of the tools one might need to craft a sword or armor lay scattered about the place. Skull Kid takes a moment to look around before remarking. “Sweet shit, I should be able to get a lot done in this place.”

>>37552280
A good place to practice metal and fire magic.

Can we use Earth magic or something to collect dust and sand around the place, especially from places where it's hard to reach otherwise? That's basically one of the thing I've always wished I could do. Fucking dust.

>>37552280
>>37552190
sweet jesus. Who ever thought any of our party members would be waiting an anthus is in for a surprise now.
seems like our party may get a bit busy now. and will start to spend some money buying things they may need.
And it is nice that we have slaves they can use at their own discretion. To help them out with moving shit around and generally making life easier.
But they should also invest in the house. have them give in some cash for restoration of the hose and upgrades. Have them talk to Perma about what they may want. And so long as it stays on their "turf" it shouldn't bother anyone.

>>37552376
that would be useful for sand, but dust is partially skin flakes isn't it?

>>37552417
ITS MAAAAAGGGGGIC

>>37552406
Yeah it's a fixer upper, we're definitly going to need them to invest into this place a bit.

>>37552280
We should get Fulvia to fix the rusted armors while we're gone.

>>37552417
Maybe in a lived-in house, but I doubt an abandoned estate is filled with skin flakes.

Btw, I noticed that using the native posting system works better than plug-ins at the moment.

We just either need to learn the art of teleportation or lower out travel speed, good thing we have some one from the future tech wise, and is from a wasteland planet so he is familiar with our countries roads.

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You make your way back down the steps to the green house, crossing the walkway back to the main building. This place is much larger than you'd initially thought. You wonder what else you'll find before the tour is finished. Eventually you emerge on the second story balcony and move on to the next door in your rotation. The door opens into a narrow spiral staircase, a wave of heat and moisture striking you much the same as it did when you opened the door to the greenhouse.

As you descend the stairwell you find yourself entering a changing room, beyond which lies an extensive bathhouse. It's modeled after the Rhynian tradition, with both hot and cold baths as well as a steam room at the far end. You imagine the steam from this room is used to keep the greenhouse humid, and upon inspecting the ceiling you find a number of vents. You're forced to wonder how the water stays hot, and just how mold-clogged those vents have become.

You ascend the stairs and finally move on to the last door on the second story balcony. You already know what's behind it in a vague sort of way, it's the master suite. Pushing the door open you find a curious room. For one thing, there are mirrors all over the ceiling above the bed. You've little idea what their purpose might be, it's not like you could watch yourself sleep. Additionally, there is a fireplace against one wall and stairs leading up to what looks like an additional library.

You recognize a number of the familiar tools of a Vatis. All sorts of strange skulls, measuring sticks, carving utensils, ink wells and stacks of blank parchment. Portraits line the walls, none of them of people you recognize. Family members of past owners, you imagine. There are also additional rooms branching off of the main bedroom, four of them to be exact. Presumably they would house the wives or mistresses of the owner, or simply serve as additional storage space.
(Second to last post)

>>37552459
I mean considering the amount of money we have. We cold ask for 1k silver from each of them. And We would have 5k man with 5k would could likely redo the house and have all the metalwork in the house replaced.
Reinforce all of the walls, and upgrade all the facilities.
And have 3k left over..

Damn, this was a much better deal than you realized.

>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.
>Pitch in and help yourself, resting can wait.
>Write-in

>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>Have Prema tell you what you'll need, go shopping yourself.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.
>Write-in

(Okay! That took way longer to post than it should have. Anyway, I need to run off to class. I'll be back in ~2 hours to resume the thread)

>>37552459
It's called rent.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.
These two working together should be good enough.

>>37552596
>Have Prema tell you what you'll need, go shopping yourself.
>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.

>>37552596
>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.
Meditate on the Cloak

>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.
Prema's family is known for being shit with money

>>37552612
I wanted to say that as well.
Except It should just be a nice lump sum. And they use their facilities as much as they like.

I am still pissed some of our "party" members received a share
But we have to move on. and treat them as equals.

>>37552596
>Pitch in and help yourself, resting can wait.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.

>>37551846
>Most of the names you recognize correspond to families which have fallen from grace, or otherwise lost their family fortune.
Well, that's ominous.
>>37551998
Agreed, I hope SK didn't fuck anything up.
>>37552057
Mik commented in-quest that she's been acting strange/more robotic.
>>37552527
I've been trying to work out a way to develop at least levitation, but it seems a bit too abstract to get any specifics about without knowing more metas and effects.
I was thinking possibly vys tentacles to walk with for semi-levitation, or just picking ourselves up with magic somehow, might have to combine elements and other shit.
>>37552130
>>37552190
>Mormor nerding out over some plants and chemist tools
I love her so much.
>>37552596
>>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.
Not sure which is a better choice right now, to be honest. Sleeping is good for the soul, but meditating is good for the mind.
>
Well, it depends on how good of a jew Prema is, maybe we should have a practice haggle?
It really depends though, we can't really decide without knowing how much this shit would cost us.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.

>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.

>>37552596
>>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.

>>37552596
>>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.
>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.
Both of them working together. Your slaves will have to get usto your companions and all.

>>37552596
>Have Prema tell you what you'll need, go shopping yourself.
>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.

>>37552691
I think levitation would have to involve some sort of spin on manipulation.

might want to send a smanji here guys, you forget how racist our people are right?

>>37552560
>Pitch in and help yourself, resting can wait.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.
Also checking if using the old posting style works faster.

>>37552596
>>As above, but instead of meditating take a nap instead.
>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.

>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.
They should go together.

>>37552596
>>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>>Fulvia should do the shopping, you trust her more than Prema and she has a way with money, it seems.

>>37552749
Well, manipulation is probably a more specific/limited version Vys, so that's why I was thinking with that, but it might need both, yeah, that's what I was going for when I said "combine elements and other shit".

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
Meditate on our emotions.
>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
>Write-in
Have Fulvia go with her.
All of our companions need to pitch in for repairs if they wanna live here. 1000 silver should be a good start.

>>37552596
>Pitch in and help yourself, resting can wait.

Sweat and hard work end the day with some good mediation on our Anger

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>Fulvia and Prema

>>37552964
>>37552758
>>37552677
Please reread what soma posted first before suggesting that mik do hard labor now.
The only two options right now are either fall asleep and hope spooky shit don't happen or meditate and try to figure out we are like this and maybe check the cloak out.

>>37553015

Sleeping while everyone else works seems like a dick move.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.

>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.

>Have Prema tell you what you'll need, go shopping yourself.

>>37553045
Then we should be honest with them and tell them we really need a break because our head is killing us for unknown reasons.

>>37553045
Not really, not when we feel like shit and what happened to us, it's a wonder we even managed to do the tour.

>>37552596
>>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
Meditate on what the fuck happened with that rage episode and the headache.

>Give Prema however much silver she'll need to buy supplies.
Make sure she HAGGLES.

>>37553045
>You explain that up the ladder lies a vast observatory, but you're not quite sure you're up for the climb in your current condition
Tell me that he is in the condition to do anything other than meditate or sleep right now?

>>37553157
No he isn't.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>Have Prema tell you what you'll need, go shopping yourself.

>>37552596
>Have your companions help the slaves rebuild, while you meditate.
>Have Prema tell you what you'll need, go shopping yourself.
The fuck is with posting.

I think I know for sure what's causing the migraines, or at least, what has contributed to it greatly. I've been going through all of the threads trying to tabulate our past, present, and future goals to develop some sort of schedule, and in the first few threads I found something alarming.

Meta note, Vys Levels:

>>30440835
>Vys Pool: (5/11) You're starting to feel a little tired, a little depressed. Meditation might be in order soon.
30402434
>Vys Pool: (4/10) You feel a little weaker, a little depressed. The life's been drained out of you to some extent but it shouldn't effect you in combat.

Apparently, when we're at 50% vys, we start to feel "spiritually weaker." Now knowing the nature of vys and it's connection with our soul, I would hazard that using up lots of Vys means losing spiritual defense and vitality, leaving us vulnerable to the influences of corruption, the entity, the damn cat, or what have you. Thoughts?

>>37553621
Stop being retarded and go read the recent vys fluff, its not half vys, its one of the low vys levels

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>>37553621
Last I remembered we aren't actually that low on vys

>>37553698
Looking at those ears that seems to be a more pure elf than modern ones, I'm gonna pretend thats prof after he stops being shit

>>37553686
I did. The bin does not contradict my theory. It doesn't say anything about "Vys levels" to begin with.

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>>37553817
Its not half vys.

>>37553905
Dude. Soma's updates state in plain words that we feel depressed and lethargic at 50%, when he still gave them to us. Soma stopped giving us Vys status and mental status updates right around the time we put on the mask. There might be a direct connection to our sanity in those little updates and status notifications. You can trawl the archives for yourself. 50%=beginning of bad stuff. Always has been. The entity might be exacerbating the problem.

>>37553904
>not The_Wolf.jpg

>>37552280
>We now have a place to being forging our enchanted equipment.
Yay

We now have pretty much all things needed to conduct any and all experimenys we want to do. Including a forge to making enchanted equipment and learning Metal Magic, an Enchanting room, tons new books, Rooms and workshops for all of our companions do do their thing, and even nifty underground secret passages that we'll have to explore in the new couple days.

I am excite.

Also is Soma dead? There appears to be posting problems but if you you just keep submitting it it seems to work.

>>37554680
>We now have a place to being forging our enchanted equipment.
>have a place to being forging our enchanted equipment.
>have a place to being forging
>place to being
>forging
WAT?

>>37554811
reread what he posted anon,

>>37554811
he's at the learning place

>>37554825
begin.

We have a forge.

and

We have an Enchanting Room.

>>37554881
>>37554846
Oh, I was excite and in a hurry to catch up. Anyway he should be back back soon.

Who am I kidding we still got 4-6 hours till he's back.

>Moot resigns
>immediate 4chan problems
This does not bode well.

>>37554811
I might as well post this, then.
>>BQ
>Liquid Fire
>Magnification/Telescope technique
>Point Offense
>Mistral arms
>Metal Music
>Expert Nature
>Expert Metal
>Vatis Earth
>Mark
>Create
>Animate
>Sleep
>Leaping
>Beam
>Selective
>Hidden
>AOE
>Magnetism
>Blowtorch
>Waterjet cutter
>Flash
>Partial invisibility(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
>Metal bladearm/fingers
>Use Nature to replicate an arm while we regenerate one with Water
>Matter into vys
>Sound magic
>Anatomy
>Vys
>Levitation/vystentaclelegs
>CHECK THEM DAMN RUNES ON OUR SHIT
>GM surfing a'la Varvar

>Organize our cloak/catalog it
>Open the mystery containers

>Check out Varvars chest
>Get to readin
DO PARTIAL INVISIBILITY, IT WILL LET US DO ANATOMY QUICKLY!
No, it's not just using that one meta, Soma implied that this can be done with pire Fire magic, and that is cooler, more efficient, and also would shine light on some things.

Why is the posting so fucked today? Did m00t break the site when he left?

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>>37555034
He said he changed some things on 4chan to make it be able to still run when he left, some people think he switched over to cheaper servers.

>>37555022
Should we just start focusing on this, I'd like to bang some of this out/ kill Chys's husband/ do some quests before heading to death desert.

>>37555022
>DO PARTIAL INVISIBILITY, IT WILL LET US DO ANATOMY QUICKLY!
>No, it's not just using that one meta, Soma implied that this can be done with pire Fire magic, and that is cooler, more efficient, and also would shine light on some things.
It's Grandmaster level. That is the most likely way it works. Besides it's not very useful beyond a few niche uses so better to focus on Air magic instead.

I HAVE RETURNED
Counting votes.

>>37555022
While many of those items are important and I'm all for learning/doing them, the order in which we do it is open to debate. In my opinion a very pressing task is to learn the Confuse and Hallucinate effects, so that we can counter it with Manipulate. The thing the spirit did last thread might have been an attack with Hallucinate. And our party should learn some effects soon, above all Manipulate (and Paralysis, Poison, Confuse) in order to resist attacks with those effects, also Range and Leech.

>>37555110
>The thing the spirit did last thread might have been an attack with Hallucinate.
What thing?

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>>37555110
Doesn't Darzi have our effects book?

>>37555086
>>37555022
Seriously, what do you guys think of this, Soma is making the Deep desert out to be high level shit, and most of our companions arn't anywhere near our level magiclly.

>>37555110
I agree, though speed is going to help immensly with reading books.

>>37555110
those weren't hallucinations, the spirit made that shit into reality anon.

>>37555110
I agree with this post. We should also keep focusing on fire magic illusions and learn how to do sound with fire/metal magic too.
I can't stress enough how incredibly useful convincing illusions could be in almost any situation we encounter, we could use them everywhere.

>>37555106
Hey Soma.

I'm making a game and it has a city heavily inspired by El- Amir, which is in fact the characters Home City.

No elves or anything, but I just wanted to let you know and give you a shout out and stuff for being so rad.

Keep being rad Soma.

>>37553621
It may be a contributing factor, alongside our lack of sleep.
As for the situation itself I felt it was really odd so I looked around for a bit in the previous threads and have found that at least in regards to the entity what we've most recently experienced doesn't match up even slightly.

The entity has always been something that's trying to supersede our mind and actions, slightly altering the minute details of how we observe things before shortly inserting its own wankery opinions into the greentext options, on top of it surfacing to mentally harass us and call us insignificant every time we fought it back coupled with its image and all of this had none of that, none of its megalomania was present or alluded to or built up to as it was in every previous interaction.

So I don't think it's the entity, as all the warning signs are different and distinct from the flavor text and results of its assaults.

I think it's either of two things that have more going for them;
Something similar to what you suggested that causes long term problems for vatis who deplete their reserves too regularly, in which case we can just ask Master Karim via brooch to easily confirm or deny, he would know about something like that.

Or it's the influence of the only consistently available void-creature, our affectionate Ricky from within his humble abode, due to us wearing the cloak all the time. Given the repeated void corruption images and what they allude to it's the most obvious conclusion, and considering how recently we were surrounded by three void creatures for surgery & dindin the possibility is fairly indisputable; we've been in the direct presence of three of them, while our body was submersed entirety within the void itself. And that is after our obvious long-term (though sporadic) contact with Ricky.

(1 of few)

>>37555180
soma confirmed that the reason it was a choice at the start is because we would have met a tribe of nomads almost immediately, its still considered a death trap.

>>37555187
Soma confirmed Air magic is Fire.

>>37555187
I think developinh sound would involve water, fire, manipulate, Vys, nature, and somen some other effects/metas maybe

>>37555180
>most of our companions arn't anywhere near our level magiclly

Yeah, but they keep us from making dumb choices IC
And if the entity is what's causing these headaches then I'd prefer it gone ASAP

>>37555230
>alongside our lack of sleep.
It has nothing to do with our lack of sleep.

>>37555146
When we threatened it and it made the house fall apart around us. It could have been real, or hallucinatory, or half-half.

Another thing, were are going to meet Palaka worms, that's a given. We think (know?) they find prey by sensing vibrations of the ground. In one of the books (Master Rostam's journal?) that guy wrote about tremor sense. We might want to try to learn that and inverse it, so that we can project tremors to another place, like 100 meters away from us, as a decoy against worm attacks.

>>37555168
Darzi has the "5 effects" book, Prof has the Archeota with a digital version of it.

>>37555241
when was that? I thought pure air was more akin to vys.

>>37555230
An anon last thread suggested meditating on the cloak on all "levels" of vys, its connection to us, and how it looks through the enchanting designs of the universe, but I have some faster alternatives.

To save time I suggest we first ask if Fulvia knows anything regarding void creatures or the void itself corrupting mortals, though we already know its possible given the enemies the Varistha faced and the Samjan corpse that resulted from our first Void Creature fight in the mines of Longia, more specific information would be better. Scanning Sehzades notes for more about them, and of course taking a deeper, harder look at that mirror in the study or searching for notes on what it is specifically designed to do.

As for actually dealing with it if it is the source of our little problem; If it's just a madness effect then we can get metal mental reinforcement so long term interactions or proximity to the void doesn't cause us problems, if its separate as its own unique thing called 'corruption' then we'll have to make some other countermeasure to continue using the cloak. What's really lacking for us is just the specific mechanics by which it occurs, and after finding that out we won't have to suffer some inevitable total defeat from having the best item in the literal fucking universe.
(last)

>>37552657
>>37552851
>>37552856
>>37552911
>>37552986
>>37552728
>Prema and Fulvia both

>>37552663
>>37552749
>>37553076
>>37553380
>>37553359
>Shop yourself

>>37552668
>>37552677
>>37552695
>>37552758
>>37552832
>>37552864
>Have Fulvia do the shopping

>>37553149
>>37553048
>>37552715
>Have Prema do the shopping.

>>37553380
>>37553359
>>37553149
>>37553076
>>37553048
>>37552986
>>37552911
>>37552864
>>37552856
>>37552832
>>37552695
>>37552691
>>37552657
>Meditate

>>37552663
>>37552668
>>37552691
>>37552728
>>37552749
>>37552851
>Naptime

>>37552677
>>37552758
>>37552964
>Work

So it looks like y'all are definitely meditating, but we're tied between sending Fulvia and Prema together or just sending Fulvia.

VOTE
1
To send Prema and Fulvia, you'll be able to get an idea of how good Prema is with money from Fulvia upon their return.

VOTE
2
To send only Fulvia, you know for a fact she's good with money and Prema can help to direct your servants.

Meditating on what the fuck happened/your emotions/your mental health seems pretty popular, so I'll go with that.

>>37555274
If anything, we need to delve more deeply into the metal codex and improve our mental defenses before going into the desert, and to protect ourselves better against the entitys attacks on our mental state.

>>37555314
1

>>37555303
I think it was on his ask. He said in order to produce air using create we'd have to use Fire.

>>37555314
1

Jesus, the posting issues are really bad.

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
can we use void meditation?

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
To send only Fulvia, you know for a fact she's good with money and Prema can help to direct your servants.

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
1

Congratulation on thread no. 100, Soma. Thank you! BQ is Best Quest

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
1

>>37555314
1

>>37555360
Yeah, it works but it's really slow.
Well, less opportunities for samefagging at least.

>>37555355
oh, that's interesting, we might be able to make an air stone through enchanting soon then so we can breath in the cloak.

>>37555314
1

>>37555366
Meditation on Reality you plebeian.

>>37555390
>this post
go and stay go anon.

Anyone know what the fuck jewt did to fuck 4chan up this badly?

>>37555429
It was a lot better earlier today and yesterday.

>>37555338
>>37555357
>>37555365
>>37555373
>>37555376
>>37555389
>>37555404
>>37555408
>1
Shit's close, too close to call almost, but it looks like 2 won.

>>37555408
This is the last valid vote.

>>37555366
Certainly, if there's enough support for it. I was going to have Mik use regular meditation, deep meditation, and some Nature magic to examine shit.

>>37555297
I wouldn't rule out deprivation as an ancillary factor with its own specific maluses, but don't worry anon I certainly don't think it's the Cause. That little chair fiasco couldn't result from something like a couple days of persistence.

>>37555505
no need for void meditation

>>37555528
you do know we did go to sleep right?
>>37555539
Why?

>>37555505
No void, stick with what we know

>>37555505
I just want to go with regular meditation, we need to unfuck our head and relax after that shit, not get our soul sucked out by weird parasites and burned alive by pure vys, thank you very much.

Okay! Now that all the voting is wrapped up: I'm going to say that Frosty gives a bonus to this sort of meditation, meditating on shit that happens or what's up with you internally. I'm justifying this by saying that Frosty helps you observe things objectively, and to account for all the facts. Makes you more methodical in your thought.

That in mind, roll me 3d10+8 (+6 from traits, +2 from method) vs DC 20.

>>37555539
You're joking right?
Void meditation makes Meta's a JOKE.
In less time. We could likely finish off 2-3 metas in the void in the time it takes to do 1.
And it would be less of a DC

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>>37555168

Rolled 5, 1, 7 + 8 = 21 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555611
Rolling

Rolled 7, 2, 5 + 8 = 22 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555596
open portals are rare as shit,
>>37555592
we do know, and learned it.
Its +6 to all meditations, its considered an advanced from of it, if what we have been told is right
>>37555611
.

Rolled 3, 2, 2 + 8 = 15 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555611

Rolled 2, 2, 3 + 8 = 15 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555611
posting is super slow, goddamn

>>37555611

Rolled 4, 4, 3 + 8 = 19 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555582
Yes, that's why I said as much that it wouldn't make sense.

>>37555611
Let's see if this goes through.

Rolled 9, 3, 5 + 8 = 25 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555611

Rolled 5, 9, 3 + 8 = 25 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555611
Mental

>>37555636
>Dat steppe nomad outfit
Muh dick.

>>37555647
>>37555654
>>37555657
>21, 22, 15 vs DC 20
>Success!

I keep getting error messages from 4chan X telling me posting's failed, yet shit goes through. Maybe the site is getting DDoS'd?

Rolled 5, 3, 10 + 8 = 26 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555611
Frosty

>>37555647
>>37555654
>>37555657
Looks like we're good, can't spend vys on meditation, and great successes don't con't on meditation rolls.

>>37555714
no spend?

>>37555657
>>37555663
I don't know what's more impressive, the same roll twice, or the really low results.

>>37555714
I'm getting the same shit

Also don't spend

>>37555714
SPEND 5!
NAO!
Want that great success!

>>37555741
>>37555753
>>37555766
It's a meditation roll, it's a straight up pass/fail. No great successes of severe failures.

Did a little googling and found this: http://www.techworm.net/2015/01/4chan-ddosed-lizard-squads-ddos-rent-tool-lizard-stresser.html
That's dated early this month, so probably not relevant.

I want the newfags to leave

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Rolled 4, 9, 4 + 8 = 25 (3d10 + 8)

>>37555683
>>37555689
Now THAT is unlikely.

>>37555714
That's a possibility but that should make uploading images and so on slower as well and it doesn't seem that way if my % indicator on appchan isn't lying.
Gonna upload a rather large image to see if it takes even longer than normal posting.

>>37555714
Spend 5

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>>37555794
Nope, image upload is as fast as usual, just getting the actual post through takes forever.

>>37555789
Does the Banished universe have a book like the Kama Sutra?

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>>37555636

>>37555880
The more well off Samjin have multiple wives, I'm pretty sure someone's written a few books about fucking.

>>37555880
I hope not. Lewd is the death bringer of quests.

>>37555880
Probably in the hands of the Elaudian naga.

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>>37555880
Certain temples devoted to Pani admire the life-giving qualities of water and the goddess' association with fertility. So yes, there is a prayer book similar to the Kama Sutra focused on what one should desire from life, how both nobles and commoners ought to conduct themselves, practical advice regarding sex/foreplay, dating advice, the duties of a husband to his wives and of a wife to her husband, how one ought to conduct themselves around the wives of others, how one ought to conduct themselves with prostitutes, and various vaguely occult rituals hinging or focused upon sex.

>>37555880
>we stumble upon an old tome in a rhynian ruin
>it's full of stuff that makes the kama sutra look tame
>Prophylactic sees it and has some of his memories return to him
>"I'd like my diary back, Mik"

>>37555952
twenty threads until lewd
calling it now

>>37555952
You would know that the kama sutra isn't just a sex manual, nerd.

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>>37555966
>Mik's sister really hit it off with Prof.
>REAAAAALLYY hit it off if you know what I mean.
>A few months later she discover said diary in a ruin.
>Her face while reading

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>>37555951

>>37556049
>insinuating that miks sister is a degenerate
Get out

>>37556065
Do you still have that pic with the Aleamond Knight filename?

>>37556102
What's wrong with dicking elves? We're all elves one shade or another around here.

>>37555204
Shit, forgot to address this. I'm glad you like it Anon! Hope your players dig it too.

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>>37556175
Degenerate, please leave.

>>37556175
get out you inbred fuck

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>>37556138
Yeah

>>37556175
Maybe YOU are
But Mik is 100% pure Samjan

>>37556175
I didn't know they let pond scum post on 4chan

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>>37556230
Man, we really need to acquire a set of those, we probably also need to acquire a rather more substantial set of muscles to wear it.
Aleamond were those guys that really didn't like magic, right?
That armor probably has no magic enhancements to make it easier to wear, if anything it probably has some anti-magic properties.

>>37556328
I sincerely doubt someone managed to make anti-magic, and if they did the void opened a rift in reality and killed them.

>>37556230
Tonks

>>37556175
M8 that's a little fuckin racist, you don't just go around comparing Samjam to elves. It's like comparing asians to blacks.
Sure, they may be more or less the same, but one group is totally worthless and subhuman.

>>37556364
Reminds me of that void bomb spell idea based on that book we read I had and never posted because the fear that people might be dumb enough to try it.

>>37556364
With anti-magic I mean stuff like maybe it's made of certain metals that are highly resistant to magical influence so metamagic effects don't work through it, or extra padding with some sort of special material that weakens the effect/impacts of commonly used spells.
You know, anything that would give you a mechanical advantage if you go wizard hunting, which I imagine these guys would do, not straigh up "anti-magic" mumbo-jumbo that is just as much "magic" as magic itself.

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>>37556417
>they may be more or less the same
git

>>37556417
Wow and I was just about to thank the errors for stopping me from making stupid posts.

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>>37556426
Yeah about that, that wouldn't do shit against anyone buy a apprentice. So its pretty much just metal. We could do better with enchanting, which reminds me, we need to start building our rune library up.

>>37556426
Isn't anti magic poison?

I also don't doubt Aleamond wouldn't be able to surpress magic in some form but not a significant amount

You turn your attention to Prema once you've taken a good look around the master bedroom. “So, how much do you think it ought to cost to repair this place?”

She frowns, glancing around the room. She spots the stacks of clean parchment and various inkwells sitting on the writing desk and gestures towards them questioningly. You nod, and she takes a seat at the desk. Retrieving a quill and dipping it, she starts to scribble away. She seems to be compiling a list of materials needed to restore the place to its original condition. You spot wood, paint, glue, cut stone, mortar, along with various other raw materials and tools. Next to each she writes out a number.

Eventually she draws a line across the bottom of the page and sums the numbers written to the right of each item on her list. Finally, she speaks. “Well, I will need to speak with some of the others and get an idea for what was in storage in the servant's passages, but I believe that all of the materials necessary should cost roughly twelve hundred silver. The high cost is due to the present price of lumber in any usable quantities. Almost the all of the recent shipments from the east have been seized by the Shah or bought before it even entered the city's gates.”

Wood has always been exorbitantly costly in Pidjata, seldom few trees of any worth grow in the deserts. Most of it is imported from the far eastern edge of the Shahdom's territory, where it borders the forest of Elaudia. However, shipments from the east are often taken by raiders or the forces of the Samrat. The difficulty of finding lumber in the desert is at least partly the reason why your family's trading fleet once outnumbered the Shah's Navy by several dozen ships, your family have always been wealthy enough to secure lumber from overseas, where it's significantly cheaper even after the cost of importing it across the sea.

(1/2)

She clears her throat, distracting you from your thoughts. “Now, that's the cost to simply restore the estate to it's past glory. If you were interesting in adding additional ornamentation, it would not cost much more to do so. With sixteen hundred silver, I could buy a woven rugs and bolts of silk to ornament the place. With eighteen hundred your guest would dine upon silver plates with golden cutlery. With two thousand, I could have the furniture in the bedrooms replaced with vastly superior furnishings.”

You glare at her, mildly suspicious. It seems to you like she's making a sales pitch, not exactly what you're looking for from a slave. “Regardless, I'll be sending Fulvia with you to ensure that the money is not wasted. No matter how much you're given I expect a significant amount to be left over. That being said, I'll give you...”

>1200 silver, you're not asking for a palace.
>1600 silver, might as well spruce the place up a bit.
>1800 silver, you really want to make an impression on your friends.
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Write-in

>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.
>Pay for it from your own pocket.

>>37556524
5000
bitch we gonna do this right

>>37556524
>1800 silver, you really want to make an impression on your friends.
>If they want something specific have them put the money for it

>>37556524
>>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

>>37556524
>>1800 silver, you really want to make an impression on your friends.
>Pay for it from your own pocket.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds. Don't be a masive jew about it though.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!

>Pay for it from your own pocket.
>"You guys are paying rent though."

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Pay for it from your own pocket.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Pay for it from your own pocket.

>>37556553
>5000
the fuck would that even do? Solid gold shit?
Enchanted poision checkers? Like what the fuck

>>37556524
>1800 silver, you really want to make an impression on your friends.
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds

>>37556495
Well, we don't know how far advanced Aleamond actually is, if that one priest from a few threads ago is to be believed (eh) pretty far.
They could have a few tricks up their sleeves that we aren't prepared for, and anything unknown on the first encounter, even to a high level wizard, might be rather dangerous. It would probably be easy to counter once you know what it is but if they're good enough they'll make sure you don't have a second chance.

I mean they have to have SOME way to keep their territory magic clean right? Otherwise any vatis that is strong enough could just waltz in there amd seize control.

>>37556500
If they can't suppress magic how do they keep up their magic free rule? Basically, see above.

Maybe Soma can clear this up a bit but I doubt it, too many spoilers in a straight up answer.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
We're loaded as fuck, might as well use it.

>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.
Call it an investment into their future home/base/whatever, we're all in this together.

>>37556524
>Write-in
5000
>>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Pay for it from your own pocket.

We ARE rich, might as well live like it. Also ask anyone if they need anything, they can pay for it themselves.

>>37556501
Oh right those raiders you mentioned before are going to raid our merchant fleet that is on its way to Aleamond, great.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.
They'll be living in luxury too!

>>37556553
this guys is RIGHT.
5000 SILVER the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

GUYS WAIT, what if we pay the initial 2000, and than ask our friends that if they want anymore to say now and pay with their own money.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Pay for it from your own pocket.
Go big or go home.

>>37556524
>>5000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

>>37556524
>1200 silver, you're not asking for a palace.
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

>>37556524
>2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.
Seriously they need to put some money into the they're living at.
>>37556648
No.

>>37556524
>>5000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.
LETS DO THIS SHIT!

>>37556524
Changing >>37556578 >2000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
To 5000 silver

>>37556524
>5000 silver, the Shah himself will be jealous of your home!
>Ask your friends to contribute some funds.

REMEMBER TO TELL FULVIA TO HELP HAGGLE, i think this bitch is gonna try and fill her families pockets, so make sure the robot has the final say.

>>37556524
>5000 silver
>pay rent

>>37556553
Seconded

>giving away more than 1/3rd of our wealth even though the 2k option already buys us everything we need
Come the fuck on, I know we have a lot of money but what would you even buy with all that fucking money?
Also we have Fulvia go with her and she seems to be able to suck money out of any poor fucker like a vacuum, don't be suprised if we spend less than 2k even if we say 5k.

>>37556553
>>37556677
>>37556634
>>37556621
>>37556719
>5000 silver

>>37556559
>>37556563
>>37556610
>1800 silver

>>37556710
>>37556667
>>37556627
>>37556623
>>37556611
>>37556594
>>37556572
>>37556571
>>37556570
>>37556561
>2000 silver

>>37556693
>1200 silver

>>37556722
>>37556717
>>37556710
>>37556693
>>37556677
>>37556634
>>37556627
>>37556621
>>37556611
>>37556610
>>37556572
>>37556571
>>37556570
>>37556561
>>37556559
>Ask your friends to contribute

>>37556563
>>37556578
>>37556589
>>37556594
>>37556623
>>37556667
>Pay from pocket

OKAY, so you'll be giving her 2000 silver and asking your friends to contribute, now here's the question.

>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.
>Split the 2000 silver among your friends, so it will only cost about 286 silver

>>37556524
>5000 silver, even Pani would be jealous.
>Ask you companions to pay rent as long as they stay in the estate unless they're working on a project.

>>37556553
The shahs palace will look like a turd, compared to our home.
Thirded!

>>37556524
>>1200 silver, you're not asking for a palace.

>>37556794
>Split the 2000 silver among your friends, so it will only cost about 286 silver

>>37556794
>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.

>>37556794
>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.

>>37556794
>Have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.
>Split the 2000 silver among your friends, so it will only cost about 286 silver
Both.

>>37556794
>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your companions pay rent as long as they stay in the estate unless they're working on a project.

>>37556794
>>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.

How will our funds be after this?

>>37556794
>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.

Make sure to remind them they are rich as fuck and can have almost anything they want, private whorehouse for Prof not included, tell him that, very clearly.

>>37556794
>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.

>>37556794
>>Split the 2000 silver among your friends, so it will only cost about 286 silver

>>37556794
>Pay the 2000 silver yourself, have your friends toss in if they want anything extra.

>>37556794
>>Split the 2000 silver among your friends, so it will only cost about 286 silver

>>37556794
I demand a recount, 5000 obviously would have won if it was a starting option