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You are an emissary with one sole task: to awaken the gods of above and below who fled to the dream of the great one.

Inside the dream of Livendagen, you received immense help from the Pillar, the Caretaker and Bildren . You are yet to fully explore the maze of failure behind the manor.

You barely scratched the surface of this madness, Outside of the dream of Livendagen You ventured through the tar infested outskirts of Blackwood Quarters , the peaceful yet dangerous Milkwood forest and the corpse riddled tainted grounds , The New Oorlith Bloodward remains unexplored.
You have met an array of potential allies outside of the dream; Histianne, Ayne, Gunheart Folt as well as cunning foes such as Snitches the fly


You touched the lamp leading to the tainted grounds; you had a score to settle.

.

The tainted grounds was unwelcoming as ever with its pile of bloated corpses littering the scene...

!!! Poison is slowly increasing !!!

You reminded yourself that you could drink the Milkblood at anytime to cleanse your body. However, it is not a wise choice as it also drains insight .

You struggled a bit to reach the same pit you were kicked into. Thankfully, there were no foes around although you could hear a lot of buzzing in this forsaken place. Snitches was there alright. Oh, the look on his face....

"What the-? H-how did yo-? Now,now, let us be civil about this alright? I have no idea how you got out of here mate but you are safe and sound now, no? L-look, bruv, I will offer you some of my pristine goodies for free! how about that? I scour a lot with these wings, my eyes can see a lot more than those two eyes of yours....so whaddya say?"

>Forgive Snitches the fly
>Don't Forgive Snitches the fly, attack.


we will probably start in our usual schedule, i just had to make a new one since the first thread is already at page ten

>>845776
>Forgive Snitches the fly
>"I'll forgive you, on one condition: you fly into that pit and carry the woman down there back up. Unharmed, otherwise I'll be very cross."

>>845776
this: >>845826

>>845826
supporting

>>845776
>Don't Forgive Snitches the fly, attack.
She's probably dead. Plus killing him will get us influence with the scholars.

>>845826
Do you seriously think we can trust this thing? Wtf man?

>>845826
>>845849
>>845884
>>845973
oh wow, um sorry for the silence, i thought we would start in our usual schedule (1-2 hours from now)

sorry for keeping you waiting. we will start now.

>>845826
>>845849
>>845884
>>845973

The fly hovered over the dark pit for a couple of seconds before turning back to you "She is already worm food, mate..."

"Kill him! riddle his body with holes!" exclaimed your pistol, its tongue drooling over your trigger finger.

You doubted the fly could hear your pistol , nevertheless, Snitches was obviously nervous "W-w-wait! Listen to me for a moment,will ya? Those....scholars, they are the root of all evil in these parts with their dreams of 'kinhood'. They knew about this dream and the gods inside it..."

Snitches wiped his sweat with one of its arms "They kidnapped decent folks from the waking world and here to inject them with Kinblood the blood of the gods. I, among others are their failed products, you have no idea of the horrors conducted in both bloodwards and their damn spiral. My offer still stands...there is no need to spill blood for misinformation. J-just put the pistol down..."

>Forgive Snitches the fly
>Don't Forgive Snitches the fly, attack.

>>846037
>Don't Forgive Snitches the fly, attack.

>>846037
>>Don't Forgive Snitches the fly, attack.

>>846062
>>846075
Lies. All lies.

You would say something similar to save your skin. Your first bullet went straight to one of its wings "Curses, you leave me no choice."

Snitches flew around you in an incredible speed. He was ready to strike at any moment.


>take a rushed shot hoping to injure him [-1QS success +50]
>Take a precise shot [-1 QSsuccess +70]
>Slice the fly with your nail finger as he swoops down to attack you [succes +80]
>write in

Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>846127
>Take a precise shot [-1 QSsuccess +70]
pls dice gods have mercy

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>846127
>Take a precise shot [-1 QSsuccess +70]
I'm fully expecting to fail, dice gods fucking hate this quest lately. 70 isn't even a hard DC with best of 3

Rolled 12 (1d100)

FUCK YOU DICE GODS
I'm rolling again hope that's okay

Rolled 92 (1d100)

we're never gonna make any progress. fuck.

>>846150
>>846155

that is a predicament right here

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>846127
>Take a precise shot [-1 QSsuccess +70]
What predicament?

>>846163
i take first three rolls

>>846168
Well no one will complain if you stay true to that rule.
So I guess we failed.

>>846139
>>846142
>>846150

You missed the shot; the fly was too fast for you. Snitches swooped down lacerating your back, your newly found injuries runs deep.....

"I killed you once! I can do it again and again! ehehehe!!"

The fly was about to spit the same acidic bile that ate your cheek last time.

!!!Poison is increasing !!!

You ought to end this fight fast lest the poison overwhelms you....


>Drink Milkblood [Removes poison, -30 dice threshold,-5 insight. induces sleep mintues later]
>Don't

and

>Dodge the incoming bile [Success +40]
>Dodge the incoming bile , Gun down another wing of his [-1 QS Success +60]
>Dodge the incoming bile, aim for its chest/head [-1 QS Success +80]
>Dodge the incoming bile, Attempt to yank this hovering fly, slash Snitches when you ground him [Success +90]
>write in

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>846184
>Dodge the incoming bile, aim for its chest/head [-1 QS Success +80]

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>846184
>Dodge the incoming bile , Gun down another wing of his [-1 QS Success +60]
This is gonna be a close one.

>>846184
>Dodge the incoming bile , Gun down another wing of his [-1 QS Success +60]
I feel like you should only let us roll after the vote is decided

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>846199
oops

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>846184
>Dodge the incoming bile , Gun down another wing of his [-1 QS Success +60]
We're going to have to take this pretty slow, aren't we?

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>846184
>>Dodge the incoming bile , Gun down another wing of his [-1 QS Success +60]

>>846206
the dice gods are just fucking with us now

>>846199
I thought this will save time but alright.

After this choice, voting comes first then we are going to roll afterwards. what do you think about that anons?

>>846206
>>846208
wow

none have said anything about drinking the milkblood or not

>>846213
After voting is good and yes drink milk blood

>>846213
We aren't actually poisoned yet right?

>>846221
Poison is increasing, as per >>846184, but I'd rather not drink at this stage. Insight is a limited resource, while we have unlimited revivals (as far as we know).

>>846221
we are poisoned as of now. It will slowly kill us if we don't act

>>846190
>>846194
>>846199

Snitches twirled down as you shot off one of its wings, He felled hard on these blighted grounds. He was clearly in immense pain "Alright you vile scum, i haven't suffered all my life as a toy for the scholars to end like this...." [

Snitches pulled out a some sort of coiled whip made out of flesh from his throat. Lots of small maggots infested this whip, it was as if they were feeding on the weapon itself.

Snitches kept whipping it forcing you to back away with each step, Snitches squeezed hard on its end which in return unleashed a wave of maggots towards you.

Your vision was starting to get blurry, the poison is claim much of your strength....


>Backstep, fire a rush shot [-1 QS Success +40]
>Backstep, fire a percise shot [-1 QS, Success +60]
>Dodge right into the maggot wave, rush in for a quick slice with your nailfinger [Success +80]
>write in

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>846262
>Backstep, fire a percise shot [-1 QS, Success +60] Disgusting

>>846262
the poison has claimed


don't forgot to vote first without rolling

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>846262
>Backstep, fire a percise shot [-1 QS, Success +60]
As he's reeling in pain drink the milk blood or whatever it's called

>>846269
Sorry bout that.
Force of habit.

>>846262
>Backstep, fire a precise shot [-1 QS, Success +60]
How much longer do we have before we die from the poison? I'd like to hold off for as long as possible, but if we're going to die from it next post, then drinking it now is probably a good idea.

>>846262
>Backstep, fire a percise shot [-1 QS, Success +60]

precise shot it is, since we have a 87, we will take it but please vote without rolling next time

>>846276
you will know when !!! appears

Won't you just get poisoned again as soon as you fall asleep?

>>846292
We drink the poison and run away to the dream.
That should be a safer place to sleep

Can't we drink Quicksilver istead to purify ourselves? Or even turn some of our blood into the stuff and keep it in our veins.

>>846267
>>846269
>>846269
>>846270
>>846271
>>846276
>>846277

"Oohh yes, carve out his eyes, render him headless, throw him down the pit! This is ....goood~" Your pistol was excited as your last shot went through his chest.

"I....I am finished...hehhehe....well...no use begging now, come here you slimy bastard. Finish me proper."

>Approach Snitches, stab him
>Shoot him from afar
>Leave Snitches to die slowly
>Write in

>>846292
it will take minutes before falling asleep, Also We can try to find an elevated rock to snooze on away from the mire or we can turn back to the dream.

It is not the ideal choice for countering poison. Antidote/certain runes/certain outfits can counter it

>>846303
>Approach Snitches, stab him.

>>846303
>Shoot him from afar
Slimy bastard, am I? You're one to talk.

>>846303
>>Shoot him from afar
>>Then drink and head back to the dream

>>846298
Quicksilver doesn't work on the living.

Silverblood can indeed remove the poison but excessive usage of Silverblood will kill the caster.

It is an alternative for QS (if it runs out or If the caster wants to deal better damage to beasts/armour)

>>846303
>>Shoot him from afar
Do minf the eyes, he might have seen some shit. and that's valuable

>>846317
Silverblood was what we got from Gun Nut yea?

>>846309
>>846310
>>846311
>>846322
You won't fall for this vile trick, you ended his life with one last shot.

Black blood leaked from his fresh corpse...as if this land needed more diseases and corpses.

!!! Posion is increasing !!!

You could feel it, eating through your heart, you don't have much time. You did recall the Pillar's words promising for mending your wounds with an embrace... you were still bleeding from your back.However, something didn't seem right. At least for the Pillar.

You have little time left.

"Don't drink that, My finger. I will sorely miss you!" your pistol kept licking your trigger finger.

You have little time left.

>Drink Milkblood
>Don't

and

>Carve out his eyes [Success +70]
>Take his head with you
>Quickly loot Snitches
>Use Petrified Pus
>Write in

>>846336
from Folt, yes

>>846381
Can we use silverblood instead?
>Carve out his eyes [Success +70]
>Take his head with you
>Quickly loot Snitches

>>846381
Will drinking enough Silverblood to negate the poison long enough that we can take his head with us also kill us at this point?

>>846398
only excessive usage, if so then [Success +50]

>>846381
i forgot

500 blood echoes gained

>>846406
Yeah let's do that

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>846406
k

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>846381
>>Take his head with you
>>Quickly loot Snitches
>>846406

>>846381
>>846406
Voting for:
>Cure poison with Silverblood (hopefully without dying)
>Empty our Quicksilver to purify the area (so we can work without being poisoned)
then:
>Take his head with you
>Quickly loot Snitches
in that order, interrupting with:
>Use Petrified Pus
if at any point we start getting poisoned again.

I'm assuming here that, if we take the head with us, we can also carve its eyes out at our leisure any time later, hopefully with a lower DC.

Rolled 39, 53 = 92 (2d100)

>>846381
>use silverbloood

>Carve out his eyes [Success +70]

>>846415
>>846416
>>846418
After cleansing your blood, you poured the rest of your quicksilver on the corpse. It gave you enough time to cut this head and to examine the body.

Snitches' head

The head of Snitches the fly, it looks at its gazer with disgust with many eyes.

Living Whip [15 Skill required]

A whip made out of rotten flesh, it has some maggots inside. Squeeze the end of the whip to unleash the maggots on your unfortunate foe. Do feed the whip or it will feed on you....

Rotten Lake Rune

A rune fashioned from someone who wishes to exist, Increases Poison resistance



You crushed the Petrified Pus to return to the dream.

.

You quickly made your way to the room of statues pleading for an embrace, the lacerating on your back was too much for you to bear.

"O-of course warm one, Let me embrace your pain. Ug....aa.....ah..." you could hear her wincing in pain. Her frail arms shivered during the embrace but she didn't let go.

The poison, the laceration...all gone. The pillar looked away afterwards "T-this is my duty, Should you fall in harm's way, come back to my embrace"

>Say something to the Pillar
>Level up [We can level up twice leaving us with 602 BE]
>Leave
>Write in

>>846479
"May i see your back?"
I think she is transfering our wounds on herself

>>846479
>Level up [We can level up twice leaving us with 602 BE]
Both into skill

>>846479
>tank her, tell her she doesn't have to risk her life for us (if healing us is actually harming her)

>Level up [We can level up twice leaving us with 602 BE]
2 in skill i guess?

>>846479
>>Say something to the Pillar: "I am sorry you must bear some of my burdens and should I find a way to free you I would try my best."
>>Level up [We can level up twice leaving us with 602 BE] +2 Skill
>>Inquire the Caretaker if there is a way to turn items into blood echoes
We are doing some type of multi attribute build, hopefully it will be usefull, also fuck that whip.

>>846497
I wanna level skill up enough to use the whip and then focus on arcane for a while

>>846485
>>846489
>>846491
>>846497
>>846502
You briefly looked at her back.

Nothing.
"I-it is not a burden, warm one, This is my duty. Worry not about me. Everyone has a part in this ordeal. I shall fulfill my role..." the warmth transferred to the woman of stone soon vanished. Only bitter cold remained.

You thanked her once more before leaving. The caretaker didn't have any useful information about what you were looking for. Shame.

"What are we waiting for? I want to see his eyes glimmer in the sun!" said your pistol.

>Go to Bildren
>Go to the room of lamps [Choose a lamp]
>Go to the Maze
>Carve snitches' eyes out [Success +50]
>write in

>>846566
>Carve snitches' eyes out [Success +50]

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>846566
>Carve snitches' eyes out [Success +50]

>>846566
>Go to the room of lamps [Choose a lamp]
Head back to Histianne. She'll be able to carve the eyes out better than we will, and leave the head more intact than we can.

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>846566
"You are awfully intersted in eye carving yourself. Do, you want to alk about it?"

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>846566
>>Carve snitches' eyes out [Success +50]
Then back to Histianne

>>846592
>>846607
>>846608
>>846611
You carved out his eyes with great care. the head remained intact.



Eyes of Snitches

Black as death, Yellow as a dreaming sun, Green as a boiling mold

we will have to end it here for today thank you for your participation. sorry anons

>>846667
it's fine, thanks for running
coke and limoncino sure mixes well

>>846667
No prob, thanks for the run!

Apologies for the delay

we will start soon

With the eyes of Snitches carved out, you wanted to give them to Histianne. The caretaker was waiting for you in the room of lamps. He had x2 Petrified Pus for you..... a gift from the goddess of duality.

.
.

The fields felt awfully silent and eerie without the croaks of the crows. You headed straight to the barn.

The woman of eyes was gutting the corpse of a twisted man with an unsettling smile.

Various eyes were locked on you "Ooooh I sense some fresh ey-aaAAAAAAAHHH!!!" A mark of coal and black blood was etched upon the eyeless forehead of Histianne.



Clutching to her bleeding and burning forehead, The woman of eyes fixed her gazes upon you "VERMIN!!! Slithering rat of the caretaker!!! No, I will NOT die so easily. I will pluck your eyes OUT!!!! "

Tendrils of blood and flesh rose from her wrath she primed them towards you. Her carver was in her hand ready to strike as well,

>Say something [Success +70]
>Attempt to escape the barn [Success +40]
>Shoot the woman of eyes [-1 QS ,Success +50]
>Charge onwards, slash Histianne [Success +70]
>write in

remember to vote first before rolling!

>>852009
>>Say something [Success +70]: "I will not slay thee, while I may hold that rune it does not force me to act. Here a pair of eyes as a show of good will." give Snitches eyes
Can we actually chance our runes or are those permanent? the thing didnt even seem good, why did we take it?

>>852009
>>>Say something [Success +70]
Throw the rune away. 'I don't want to fight you Histianne"

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>852042
forgot to roll

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>852009
>Say something [Success +70]
"ah shit sorry i didn't want to hurt you i just tried to suck as much power from the caretaker as possible, how do i turn this rune off?"

>>852042
we can change or even discard almost anything
>>852049
remember to roll after the vote is settled

>>852070
Oh, well then do these rolls count?

The woman of eyes backed a little as you crushed the motherless lake rune under your feet. You assured Histianne that hurting her was not your intention.

"Never to trust this vermin.. I....the pain...burrowed deep...I...I..." Soon, Histanne collapsed on the floor. Her eyes cried pure blood. her arms and legs were twitching. You recalled the failures who outright died from this rune back in the maze. No, she is stronger than them...

Her tattered robe was soaked with her blood. Histianne cut the stitches covering her true left eye. She revealed a beatiful blue orb. Tears of pure pain trickled slowly "P-please, Leave me be..."

>....

>>852099
yes but please vote first next time.

>>852058
>>852070
same goes here

>>852127
>"If you so wish, but I will return with more eyes."
So the motherless lake melts those who have failed the maze? and the caretaker will be cross with us, I hope he does not decide that we need to be replaced.

>>852161
failures of the maze are the people kidnapped and twisted by the caretaker

>>852178
Ok, and motherless lake damages them?

>>852187
yes. it marks them for death

>>852127
offer some of your blood to make her feel better?
hug her, tell her you're sorry?
give her the eyes and leave?
in that order, i guess

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>>852161
>>852220
You tried to ease her pain by giving her some of your blood, She ultimately refused your offer demanding to be left alone.

You had no other choice but to leave the barn. You left Snitches' eye on the floor next to her. Maybe those would make her feel better.


>Continue exploring Blackwood quarters [W.E.S.N]
>Return to the dream
>write in

>>852249
>Continue exploring Blackwood quarters [W.E.S.N]
south?

>>852249
>>Continue exploring Blackwood quarters East, along the walls there

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>852262
>>852295

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>>852262
>>852295
You advanced carefully among the tar riddled field. Another barn awaited you. This one however was filled to the brim with this ill fated tar. Few farmers roamed around the barn aimlessly, their skin had black oozing pores and lesions. You were certain that they have lost their sanity long ago.

>Ignore them and the barn [E,W,S,N]
>Sneak by them , get inside [Success +80]
>Charge with your nailfinger [Success+70]
>Aim at the wandering farmers, fire [ -7 QS, Success +60]
>write in

>>852366
>write in
try to bait a few ones away from the group and slash them with your nailfinger

>>852432
alright. roll.

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>852455
let's do this

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>852432
Rolling for this

>>852459
Your lured two farmers to your position gutting them in near silence. Their sluggishness were their downfall.

200 Blood echoes gained

"You haven't used me in a while! come on now, I am your friend!" your pistol whined.

There were more farmers lurking around the farm.

>Ignore them and the barn [E,W,S,N]
>Sneak by them , get inside [Success +70]
>Charge with your nailfinger [Success+60]
>Aim at the wandering farmers, fire [ -5 QS, Success +50]
>write in

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>852501
>>Aim at the wandering farmers

>>852501
>Aim at the wandering farmers, fire [ -5 QS, Success +50]

>>852501
>Charge with your nailfinger [Success+60]

hush, gun, we'll use boolits on hings that matter

(captcha hates me tonight)

>>852531
>>852524
Now roll

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>852543
pop pop pop watching farmers drop

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>852543

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>852543

>>852548
>>852555
" Oh yess~, drop them dead my finger" your pistol was satisfied from your accuracy.

500 blood echoes gained

The farmers were no longer a threat. The barn was yours to search.

The tars oozing from every corner has to hide from valuables from your eyes. Your search was....

[roll a d100 to determine what was found during the search]

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>852610

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>852610
big money, big prizes!

Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>852610

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>>852635
>>852639
>>852647
....was fruitful. You found plenty of items:


Phantasm

An arcane art fashioned from a woman of silver, creates Ghostsilver from two Quicksilver. Although it is less potent, Ghostsilver ignores armour. It vanishes upon touching a lamp.

x5 Milkwood vials

Yousall

A small Pistol wielded by The Whorshippers of silver, Uses three Quicksilver per shot. A single shot can illuminate even the darkest of places expanding one's field of view greatly. It can be also used to burn the flesh of unarmored foes.

Broken Silver haired Mirror

A useless mirror with the name Donathan engraved on the back.

Hastily written letter

A letter written with ones's blood.
"Silver oh silver, forgive your humble servant. My wounds are too many to bear. Worshipers of silver beware of the church.Great innocence twisted into an abomination lurks there protecting false idols."

Donathan's Outfit

An silver lined outfit wore by a whorshiper of silver. As a sharpshooter, Donathan valued the value of dashing away from harm'sway. One can feel slightly more nimble in this outfit.



>Continue exploring [N.S,E,W]
>Return to the dream
>Write in

>>852768
>Continue exploring S

well well well

>>852768
Lets put on that new outfit and head south. And make some silverblood

>>852768
The door should be clear of monsters now, we can proceed to the North and then the East

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>>852800
>>852805
>>852805
>>852825
You felt....lighter as you wore this new outfit. you didn't know why though.

More ruined crops awaited you to the south, thankfully, there were no foes around.

"Ugh, i hope this Folt fellow whisks this pistol.away. " your pistol was obviously jealous from this new 'rival'.

i can't open my eyes, so we will have to end it here. thank you for you participation

>>852909
thanks for running, i'm about to drop myself

>>852909
Explore the land between where we are and where we fought the crows, there might still be something on the fields

>>852909
Also add "Why? Are you Jealous Folt didn't try to negotiate to acquire YOU?"

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You chose to head to the east. The rest of the fields were dull and uninteresting. Laughs of madmen echoed from the city walls. You wondered whether the creature behind the gate was still there or not....

Left and right, you turned around. Yet no one was there, you felt like you weren't alone in the fields.

You are being watched

>Continue exploring [E,W,N,S]
>Return to the dream
>Write in

>>855660
>Go to the main door

>>855660
>stay here, hand on our trusty pistol
>ask whoever is watching to show him/herself

>>855660
>>Continue exploring
Take a closer look at the city wall

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>>855667
>>855676
>>855684
You approached the city walls with caution, the walls were definitely old with hints of this black tar .

The main gate was shattered. The ground is tainted with black blood, There were some broken chains on the ground as well. Up ahead, there were three men, their bones are twisted and shattered and yet they managed to stand up in most inhuman ways. One was arching his back backwards to lick the ground with its long tongue. The other two were extracting the abundant blood with their retracted blades swaying left and right in pure ecstasy. They were very light on their feet. None has noticed you so far.


Samplers


>Ignore the main gate, choose another direction
>Sneak by them [Success +90]
>Charge with your Nailfinger [Success +80]
>Attempt to shoot one of the samplers [-1 QS , Success +70]
>write in

Remember to vote first before rolling!

Also, For convenience sake, both Silverblood and Phantasm will succeed if the roll is 50 or above. So for an example if you want to make some silverblood before shooting, you will have to roll 2d100; one for silverblood and the other for the preceding action.

Our current QS is 2

>>855739
Do they look armored?
If yes, make 4 rounds of Phantasm
If not, shoot at them with silverblood

Prepare to move back into the cornfields if they close the distance. Their speed is useless if they don't know where we are

>>855739
>>855747 that sounds like a plan

>>855747
I think we can only make 1 with our 2 quicksilver

>>855739
>Attempt to shoot one of the samplers [-1 QS , Success +70]

>>855747
>>855760
>>855760
>>855767

1 ghost silver= 2 QS

if you want to make Silverblood then roll 2d100

anyways rolll

>>855767
This is right, my mistake
Let's just only attack if they are unarmored, and ignore them otherwise

Rolled 90, 14 = 104 (2d100)

>>855772

Rolled 19, 52 = 71 (2d100)

>>855772
Shoot to thrill!
Way to kill!

Rolled 85, 35 = 120 (2d100)

>>855772
man where's everybody at

Rolled 78, 7 = 85 (2d100)

>>855772

>>855779
>>855785
>>855798

You missed your Silverblood shot, It whizzed above one of the Samplers. They turned their head in an unnatural way.

"Blooooood~ Shower ussss in your Blooood~" said one of the samplers while cutting his twisted tongue. Their bones crackled in a way that allowed them to run on all fours.

With Bloodlust clear in their eyes, They were closing the distance. Fast. Their constant hopping made it very hard for you to aim properly.

>Run back to the fields [Success +50]
>Stand your ground, pull your Nailfinger, brace for impact [Success +60]
>Quickly Dash forward towards them, slash one of the Samplers [Success +80 , -10 from outfit]
>Fire a precise shot at one of the samplers [-1 QS ,Success +80]
>Write in

>>855833
>Quickly Dash forward towards them, slash one of the Samplers [Success +80 , -10 from outfit]

>>855833
Time to do as Iron Maiden taught is and
>Run to the fields

>>855833
>Stand your ground, pull your Nailfinger, brace for impact [Success +60]

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>855834
>>855839
>>855844

rollll

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>855845

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>855849

Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>855849

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>>855875
N-Ice, man

>>855855
>>855861
>>855875

One of the Sampler met his end with a prefect slice to the abdomen. He collapsed with a twisted grin.

700 blood echoes gained
"Watch out!" your pistol cried as the second sampler coiled behind your back. The other retracted his blade "Pin him down..... i will suck him drrrrry~"

>Accept your fate.
>Attempt to break free, Slash the Sampler behind you [Success +70]
>Attempt to break free, run away from the samplers to the field [Success +60 -10 from Outfit]
>Attempt to break free, shoot the sampler in front of you [-1QS , Success +60]
>write in

>>855938
>Attempt to break free, shoot the sampler in front of you [-1QS , Success +60]

>>855938
>Attempt to break free, shoot the sampler in front of you [-1QS , Success +60]

>>855943
>>855946
rolll

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>855954

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>855954

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>855954

>>855974
Nice.

>>855964
>>855969
>>855974
After breaking free ,You shot the sampler in front of you right in the face blasting his tongue away in a brutal fashion.

700 blood echoes gained

With his comrades dead,The Last sampler chose to flee from the scene. He kept running towards the city taking wild turns and jumping to allude your shot.

>Shoot the last sampler [-1 QS Success +80]
>Leave him for now, loot the corpses
>Write in

>>855999
>>Shoot the last sampler [-1 QS Success +80]

>>855999
>Shoot the last sampler [-1 QS Success +80]

>>855999
>Shoot the last sampler [-1 QS Success +80]

>>856005
>>856007
>>856007
>>856010
>>856010
roll

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>856012
with pleasure

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>856012

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>856012

>>856014
>>856016
Your last shot was true; it went straight through the Sampler's twisted neck dropping him dead in a blink. Your pistol was glad with your accuracy, it licked your trigger finger in glee.

700 Blood echoes gained

You looted the following:


Sampler's blade

A simple hollowed retracted blade used by the Samplers in Blackwood quarters. Milkblood running through the Milkwood trees was somewhat different from one tree to another and so samplers were sent to taste the Milkblood, they would point out which tree is to be chopped down first. Trick: Extract blood from fresh corpses for extra blood echoes.

Sampler's outfit

An outfit worn by the samplers, reeks with old blood. It is somewhat irresistible... Attracts beasts and men alike.



>Continue onwards in the city [E,W,S,N]
>Try to make your way to the church
>exit the city [E,W,S,N]
>Write in

>>856053
>Try to make your way to the church
what could go wrong (tm)?

With so many weapon acquired, the Emissary should have a primary and a secondary weapon. so please keep that in mind.

Primary Weapons:

>Nailfinger
>Midden's Pistol

Secondary weapon
>Yousall
>Sampler's blade

Arcane arts and runes have certain slots so keep that in mind

>>856066
Is sampler's plade skill?

>>856093
yes. As long as i don't write a requirement next to the weapon, it means that we can equip said weapon/firearm/arcane.

you can check the requirement of previous weapons/etc we couldn't use as of right now in the glossary

>>856066
Midden's for primary
Sampler's for secondary
A big set of brass ones for tertiary

>>856066
i'd bet on Midden's pistol and sampler's blade

>>856053
>Continue onwards in the city [E,W,S,N]
E

>>856066
I'd say Midden's and Sampler as primary, but i'm in the minority

>>856140
If i understood it wrong, then i vote for the same as this anon

>Continue onwards the city

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>856128
>>856065

You followed a trail of black blood in this ruined city. Signs of desertion were everywhere around you; boarded windows and door, various luggage abandoned in the streets and of course and the seeping black tar. The city was almost empty.

You reached the church with ease. The church itself was riddled with statues of child extending their tiny arms to the sky. A distorted weeping could be heard inside. The main door was slightly opened with a trail of chains sticking out.

>Enter the church
>Don't, go somewhere else [E,W,S,N]
>Write in

>>856177
Climb the roof of a nearby building to better see our surroundings

>>856184
supporting

>>856177
>Enter the church
someone sane(ish?)

>>856177
How much QS do we have? Can we stock up on silverblood before we enter?

>>856189
0 QS

we can but too much usage will kill us

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>>856184
>>856186
>>856187

You climbed one of the abandoned buildings, you could see a lot of here.

A mass grave was close to the church. It was hastily dug with some of the unburied corpses rotting outside.

To the east was the main square of the city. It was roof so you could not see what was inside.

>Enter the church
>Go the main square
>Go to the mass graves
>Return to the dream
>Write in

>>856253
>Go to the mass graves

>>856253
>Enter the church

>>856258
This

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>>856258
>>856261
>>856270
You headed for the mass graves, But you stopped momentarily; a dance of silver and blades sparked among the corpses. A man and woman... fighting to the death.


I am afraid we will have to end it here. At least there is some palpable progress.

Thank you for your participation..

>>856299
thanks for running

>>856299
Thanks for running! This session went a lot better than most

The man was wielding two gigantic fists of rotten flesh and bones. His attire used to be white but it is now mired with filth and blood. It awfully resembled the scholar's back in the tainted grounds. He wore a strange Ornate helmet which had tiny stones dotted all over it with a faint glow.

The woman wore an attire very similar to yours....or rather Donathan's. It was a bit cleaner than yours except for a large spot in her abdomen where her blood flows...probably from an impact done by her foe.

Her hair and eyes were silver in colour. The nameless woman had a repeating pistol.in one hand and a pristine silver rapier in the other hand.

"Shoot the victor! Reap them both! Oh...you don't have silver to feed me....shame on you." Your pistol sighed.


>Aid the man
>Aid the woman
>Do not interfere, speak to the victor
>Do not interfere, attack the victor
>Leave the scene silently [E,W,S,N]
>Write in

>>858531
>Aid the woman
A largely random pick. I doubt attempting diplomacy would work here.

How injured are we at present?

>>858621
we are healthy as of right now.

>>858621
Sure, what could possibly go wrong?

>>858625
Can we them make some silverblood to fire with before attacking from afar?

>>858531
>>Aid the woman
>>Use Silverblood

>>858531
>Aid the man

>>858642
>>858639
>>858641
alright, roll 2d100 one for the silverblood, another for the shot

Rolled 59, 84 = 143 (2d100)

>>858648
nat 1s incoming

Rolled 83, 12 = 95 (2d100)

>>858648

Rolled 27, 86 = 113 (2d100)

>>858648
Rawling

>>858650
>>858652
>>858654

You took aim at the nameless man, he was struck in the back with a precise shot. The woman took an advantage of this tilt of balance and drove her rapier right at his chest.

The injured man punched the woman before backing away. Outnumbered, He crushed a black stone with haste. Black tendrils from below dragged him to the unknown, away from his certain doom.

The woman looked at you with grim eyes , she primed her repeating pistol at you. Her hands were shaking a bit "W-what have you done to Donathan?"

>Say something [Success +70]
>Show her your Silver haired mirror
>Rush towards the woman your Sampler's blade [Success +70]
>Attempt to run away [Success +50]
>Write in

>>858685
>Say something [Success +70]
>Show her your Silver haired mirror
Tell her we found donathan dead. And mention that one other silverblood guy we met.

>>858685
>Say something [Success +70]
"He lies in a farmhouse a distance in that direction, and had already passed when I chanced upon him. I know not what he himself would believe, but I had thought at the time that his possessions will do more good in the hands of the living. I did nothing to him, save that small disrespect."

"Speaking of which..."

>Show her your Silver haired mirror
"Should this perhaps be in your hands rather than mine?"

>>858713
Uhh.. I'm not really sure what that's for but it doesn't seem like something we should give away. We didn't even get it from donathan

>>858691
>>858713
alright rollll

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>858720
Oh we're you talking about the broken mirror we got from donathan? Yeah we can totally give that to her

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>858720

>>858723
That was what I assumed it referred to.

>>858723
>>858727
The woman lowered her repeating pistol, she was struggling to stand upright "Perhaps you speak of truth....or perhaps you murdered him while he was scouring the city. I will give you one chance to prove your innocence..O-one chance..."


>....

>>858738
Does the outfit show any visible signs of damage? Did Donathan's corpse? Were they visibly different from those our weapons inflict?

Otherwise, there's little we can do to deductively prove it to her, save something terribly dramatic. Like telling her to look into our eyes and watch as we speak the truth, or offer her our life if she disbelieves us.

>>858758
We could, of course, show her the letter presumably written by Donathan, but that wouldn't really prove anything either.

>>858738
show her the Hastily written letter?

>>858769
Sure, why not

>>858762
>>858769
"T-that's his writing....I...I...." the woman collapsed on the ground mainly from her wounds.

"Stranger, I may not what brought you to aid me. I have but one request: Kill what lies in the church. I would love to kill it myself but I...I don't have much time left with these wounds"

>Accept
>Refuse

and

>Kill the nameless woman
>Give her a Milkwood vial
>Share your blood with her
>leave
>Write in

>>858796

>Accept
at this point, why not
>let her chose between milkwood and your blood

>>858796
>>Share your blood with her
Eh, we might need backup

>>858796
In the event that the >>858809 doesn't work, can we possibly apply Petrified Pus to other people?

>>858809
Supporting

>>858809
>>858811
>>858830
You shared your blood with the woman, her wounds were closing before her eyes "T-thank you. I feel much better. I am Neathe, A worshiper of silver. Your blood....there is something special about it...are you feeling well?" Neathe looked at you with great concern as you were growing weaker after the blood transfer.

"Not looking good. Head back to the dream, embrace the stone lady. we have so much echoes to lose~" suggested your pistol.

>Say something to Neathe
>Head straight to the church
>Go back to the dream [Petrified Pus or walking back to the lamp]
>write in

>>858830
nope, the petrified pus works on us only. It is governed by Bildren; she won't let anyone enter the dream

>>858873
>Say something to Neathe
We need to return to the dream. Ask if she can wait for us to return and take on whatever's in the church together

>>858873
>Say something to Neathe
offer to guide her to the barn where we found Donovan's corpse, maybe she want to do something with it.
and yeah, tell her to wait for us while we walk back to the lamp and get a hug

>>858890
>and yeah, tell her to wait for us while we walk back to the lamp and get a hug
Tone of the quest aside, are we going to phrase it first as something like "I need to get a hug right now." without further explanation, and cause hilarious misunderstandings?

>>858899
that's tempting

>>858883
>>858890
>>858899
While Neathe was better with your blood, she chose to wait for you. Unlike Folt, She didn't know that you are an Emissary. Strange.

You used a petrified pus to return back to the dream. The caretaker was waiting for you in the room of lamps. He didn't look exactly happy "I am....disappointed of your recent action, young Master. Know this: I am not your foe...I wish the best for you, young Master."

>Apologize
>Say nothing, go to the Pillar
>Say something to the Caretaker
>Write in

>>858937
>Say something to the Caretaker
"i'd rather not have people who don't attack me to roll over in pain, thank you"
and go to the Pillar without waiting for an answer

>>858937
Well you haven't made it easy for me to trust you so far

>>858937
>Apologize
>Say something to the Caretaker
"I do not doubt your intent, but please forgive me if I must choose to exercise my own judgement at this stage. As I am now, I am weak. It would not do to make enemies that I need not, especially if it gains me no allies in return. Perhaps some time in the future, but not now."
>Go to the pillar
Diplomatic; but of course, I never specified what we actually hold no doubt that his intentions are.

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>858952
>>858964
>>858974

>>858952
>>858964
>>858974
"That is a shame....perhaps your opinion of me will change in due time, young master. I will do what i can to aid you in your journey." The Caretaker left you without uttering another word.

You went to the room of statues where the pillar was waiting for your arrival. She looked a bit better than last time "H-how can i aid you, Warm one?""

>Ask her to mend you
>Level up [up to four levels leaving us with 203 Blood echoes]
>Say something to the Pillar
>Write in

>>858991
>Ask her to mend you
>Level up [up to four levels leaving us with 203 Blood echoes]
Three in skill, one in arcane. Then we can use that cool whip.

>>858991
>Ask her to mend you
>Level up [up to four levels leaving us with 203 Blood echoes]
>>859000's allotment is fine, though I don't much care for the whip myself.
>Say something to the Pillar
Ask her what she knows of the Caretaker.

>>859000
>>859019
You felt stronger after her embrace. The pillar knew little about the caretaker. She said that she no longer remember a lot of memories. Her duty matters the most according to the pillar.


I am sorry anons but i must go to sleep now. Our proper first boss fight will start in the next session. Sorry for the length of this one.

Thank you for your participation.

>>859046
Thanks for running.

>>859046
well, let's hope that my connection won't fuck up next time, thanks for running

You headed back to the Blackwood quarters' lamp. You were ready to end whatever lied in that church with the aid of Neathe. Your pistol was eager to blast whatever was inside.

Thankfully, there were no crows or madmen to harass you on the way back to the graves. A rather pleasant surprise was waiting for you....

Gunheart Folt with Neathe.

"Well, well our path cross again, Vinehelm It wasn't much of a surprise really but still..." The man of silver went silent for a moment "Too young to die, the man you found in the farmhouse. It is my mistake, no doubt for letting mere children scour a maze of dread and dismay...."

Neathe wanted to object said sentence but you felt like she respected Gunheart, he was afterall the most experienced sharpshooter among you three "I won't commit the same mistake twice, we will end the thing that killed Donathan, any firearm we find along the way is our...the rest is yours."

>Accept
>Refuse

Also we can use the Living Whip. So please select Primary weapons , Secondary weapons and Outfit

>>864103
is ours

>>864103
>Accept
Let's use the living whip and the yousall

>>864108
And donathans outfit

>>864103
>Accept

keep the midden/sampler combo and Donovan's outfit

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>864108
>>864109

>>864111
bruh you are boring

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>>864109
>>864111
You felt more confident treading the streets with two well armed worshipers of silver. None was in your way as you made it to the church.

Folt looked at you momentarily, he whispered " Be on your guard and follow my lead..."

The chains at the half opened door were gone, only a trail black blood remained. Folt slowly sneaked by inside followed by Neathe and then yourself.

The church inside was very spacious, most of the chairs and other furniture were cast on the sides. Thick black tar combined with black blood formed an uneasy layer on the floor.

"Steady now..." Folt primed his small hand cannon toward a weeping child up ahead, said child was pale, mostly naked. Chained from above and below pinned the child who kept crying endlessly. The ceiling had lots of statutes. Children, laughing, crying, wooing and other twisted expressions.

"L...lea....ve...u....ssss...."

>Say/Do nothing
>Say something
>Shoot Yuothl, the chained
>Write in

>>864134
>Say something
"did that kid looking thing really kill a grown man?"
>aim at it anyway

>>864134
>Shoot Yuothl, the chained

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>864140
>>864144

>>864140
>>864144
"Oh yes~" the grin on your pistol disappeared however when your shot blasted the head of a small child rising from the thick layer of tar and blood.

Dozens of sluggish children has risen from everywhere. Some sealed the door behind you and your comrades.

"Curses! deal with those vermins! I will handle this accursed child myself"

More children were rising from the mire, you had little time to say something.

>Listen to Folt, Stick with Neathe
>Leave Neathe, Attempt the leave the church
>Urge Folt to fight these children with you and Neathe
>write in

>>864166
>Listen to Folt, Stick with Neathe

>>864166
>Listen to Folt, Stick with Neathe

Man we should really be using that whip... weapons that do damage over time are the best against bosses.

>>864169
>>864172
You and Neathe were surrounded from every corner by those children, they were sluggish and somewhat harmless if you could handle their vicious bites and their fleshless fingers but their numbers were frightening...

>Keep slashing the waves of foes against you [ roll 3d100]
>Empty your Pistol against your sluggish foes [roll 3d100]
>Write in [Highly recommended , roll 3d100]

>>864180
>Empty your Pistol against your sluggish foes [-6 QS roll 3d100]

Rolled 2, 87, 31 = 120 (3d100)

>>864180
Switch to the whip and release the maggots on all of the children surrounding us with a 360° spinning swing. Have Neath shoot any of them that we miss when they try to get closer to us

Rolled 36, 18, 65 = 119 (3d100)

>>864180
>grab some of the furniture, quickly set up improvised barricades

>>864184
wait my bad are we still rolling after the vote is decided?

>>864191
man we're surrounded on all sides I don't think your plan actually makes sense

>>864192
Yes.

both rolls are counted though

>>864196
yeah, it's a shitty idea

we should probably go for the whip

>>864201
since no one is around, i will take another roll before continuing