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Suptg Archive: (scroll to bottom)

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Shadow+Quest+

Archive compiled using with only story posts for easier read-through (update status unknown):

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Twitter (quest times, cancellations, updates):

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Theme music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTQ5PlEWko

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Notes on Rolls and Voting:

When I request rolls, each set of three rolls counts for one action. For example, a two-step plan would take the first 6 linked rolls. A particularly bad failure can stop your plans early.

When rolling 1d100, I will consider criticals within the first ten linked rolls. Only criticals that occur in the first three rolls will be counted as "supercrits". This is still the case even if you'd have plan long enough to require more than ten rolls.

When I roll 1d20, the rules are the same, but I only consider criticals for the first five rolls, rather than ten. Criticals in the first three are still "supercrits".

When a plot choice results in extensive debate, I'll try to weed out the most popular trains of thought, and then call a vote on them. When voting, please respond with only a link back to the post and the number corresponding to your opinion. Other votes are discounted.

Finally, note that this is not a democracy; it is a benevolent dictatorship.
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Recent Events Summary:

Your friend, Abigail, and niece of the Archmage Yi Fang, was twisted into a complex political situation in Archon. As the Archmage's niece, she is expected by him and much of the city of be a prime candidate to succeed his seat - making her an obvious target for ambitious rivals. You decided to infiltrate her main opposition, the Cheung family, to assassinate their leaders - a merciful alternative to Yi Fang's plan to erase them in their entirety, women and children included. You killed and impersonated a high ranking member of the family, and discovered that the house was divided between an aggressive and moderate faction. You instigated a coup, and with the element of surprise, and your own efforts, managed to put the moderates into power.

With Abigail's immediate problems taken care of, you returned to help your new allies, refugees from the battle at the Ring City, establish themselves in the forest. After fighting off an attack by yet more constructs marked with "002" the teleportation was successful. You decided to explore the forest and scout out any possible dangers, and soon found that you weren't alone. The native elves, werewolves, and humans seem amiable enough, but you didn't exactly make friends with the orcs. Meeting the challenge of the orc leader, Vaz Grak, only seemed to antagonize them further, but for now, things are peaceful. Auriel is confident that, with the help of your neighbors, you will be established in record time.

>con't
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good to see you again SM.
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You decided that one of the keys to the vault under Jacob's Field needs to be collected - the lightning key, possessed by the late Duke Vellik of Kelvere. You flew to Evinbrook, and found the castle city locked in a battle for survival. Kan-Abar's armies returned, with two demon lords in tow.

Duke Vellik made a plan to stall the demons with patched-up dwarven technology. You brought him to safety in exchange for the lightning key. You offered him further sanctuary, but he chose to remain with what forces he has left and make the Kanians pay for every inch they take.

In order to permanently resolve this situation, you need the rightful king back on the throne of Kan-Abar - Obis Vin. You decided to track him down, and you've followed him as far as Port Vanta, where he was looking for an old ally, a pirate captain named Blackwater who used to work as a privateer for Kan-Abar. Blackwater, however, made an enemy in a particular crime lord - Damian Vonnegut. You leanred that after he asked around too much for Blackwater, Obis has vanished, and you suspect Vonnegut is responsible.

You were able to locate Vonnegut's base of operations under the city, and as you snuck in, you encountered Freja Blackwater, the infamous pirate's daughter. After a brief confrontation, you figured out that your goals were the same, and joined forces to locate Obis.

Vonnegut, a powerful water mage, was expecting you, and you fought a fierce battle against him and his men. After a few rounds of combat, you managed to push him back somewhat, but the explosive arrival of the local law enforcment, headed by Captain Bradley, provided an opportunity for him to escape. While Freja deals with the captain, you move to pursue the crime lord...

>>26033367

A pleasure to write on /tg/, as always.
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Ability Tree

GREEN abilities have been unlocked and learned.

BLUE abilties are unlocked, but are not yet purchased.

RED abilities are revealed, but locked due to prerequisites.

UNDERLINED abilities are active-use, as opposed to passive. Not all active abilities require mana.

All Revealed Ability Descriptions:

http://pastebin.com/vAZTpZvB

Books the Main Character has read:

http://pastebin.com/dAXR00gP

Character Sheet including learned abilities and other important information:

http://pastebin.com/jj7uYhsV
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Its time...

ITS TIME!
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Current Statistics:

HP: 73/81
Mana: 4/34
EXP: 4
Humanity: 448
Temerity: 287

Shards of True Darkness: 3
(Isolation) - Normal
{Hunger} - Strong
(Silence) - Empowered

--Summoned--

Wisp (1 mana per order, does not break control, stealths with you)

--Automatons--

Earthen Construct (currently in Haven)

--Equipment--

Utility belt with purse

--Inventory--

Moonsong Shards x 2
Sun-Moon Key
Lightning Key
Succubus Reagents x 1

--Current Location--

Port Vanta
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>>26033324
fuck yes, finally here on time
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>Last time...

You use nightflare!

>Mana: 4/34

A shock of anti-magic spins toward Vonnegut's enchanted top hat - but again, it slides off!

"Looks like you didn't learn the first - "

His smug quip is cut off, because you're barreling toward him at top speed. Your condensed punch slows - and that gives him enough time to put his hands together and focus on defense - but you slam into his icy shield so hard that pieces fly off the edges. He's driven back a good two feet, and breathing hard.

The room rumbles. You glance around, trying to figure out what he's doing now.

The roof explodes.

You and Vonnegut both duck away from the rain of stone. You Ink between the falling chunks of rock, while he dives, sliding along on a path of ice he creates as he goes.

Soldiers clad in green-tinged adamantium armor drop in through the ceiling and onto the balcony. A dozen fights break out as magic and swords clash.

A final man thuds to the ground between you and Vonnegut. He's huge - even bigger than Sir Flint - and he wears a full set of adamantium plate armor. Enchantments are carved deep into the metal. You sense that almost all of them focused on protection.

"We meet again, Captain Bradley," Vonnegut sneers.

"Vonnegut!" the man says. He points a gauntleted finger at your foe. "This time, I've caught you red hand - " He notices Freja. "Blackwater?! Ha!" He draws his sword in a smooth, well-practiced manner. "Today, I kill two birds with one stone!"

>con't
>>26033414
>note: you actually don't have Wisp summoned at the moment
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It's CONSUME time!
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>>26033414
>Succubus Reagents x 1
Huh... why do we still have those anyway? She knows not to trust us anymore.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETju6vL4FyY

"You can try," Freja says. Her spell of Wind and Spirit completes itself - magic combined from a greater and lesser element.

A white bird appears at her shoulder.

A bird!

"But you won't succeed," she finishes.

"Well," Vonnegut says, "I wouldn't want to interrupt your fun. Ta-ta!" Vonnegut's figure freezes - and then evaporates into steam! It soars upward rapidly, up through the hole in the ceiling.

"Shadow, follow Vonnegut!" Freja shouts. "I'll deal with this idiot!"

>con't
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>>26033457
Dunno, you've just hung on to them the whole time.

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"Dammit! I'm not letting the both of you slip through my fingers in one day!" Captain Bradley lunges for Freja, raising his sword.

Freja crosses her enchanted greaves, blocking the sword straight on. The small white bird dives and sweeps behind Bradley's leg, gouging the adamantium with its claws. Bradley breaks away and steps back, swinging at the summon, but it's long gone. It circles his head, and he eyes it warily.

"Shadow!" Freja shouts. "Go!"

What do you do?

>stay and help Freja fight Bradley
>pursue Vonnegut
>some other strategy
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>>26033457
We still have it because RPG packrat behavior.

NEVER throw anything out of the inventory. What if we need it in the next room?
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>>26033490
let's get vonnegut
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>>26033490
>pursue Vonnegut
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>>26033490
Give Bradley one punch in the dick then peruse Vonnegut.
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Yup lets pursue Vonnie
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Roll 1d100 to pursue!

>>26033556

Good idea. If it's a high enough roll you stand a chance of doing some damage on the way out.
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Rolled 36

>>26033586
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Rolled 66

>>26033586
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Rolled 25

>>26033586
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You dash past Bradley, swiping at his leg in hopes to trip him up on your way out.

To your surprise, your arm is repelled by a searing light, but you draw back before it can do any real damage.

>you've taken 1 damage (72/81)

Bradley growls and turns toward you, but Freja's bird forces him to keep his focus frontward. You leap up and spread your wings, soaring out above the chamber.

You're in the middle of a street. It's deserted - the guards must have cleared everyone away before their entrance. You keep moving up, landing on the nearest rooftop.

Vonnegut is resting with one hand on a brick chimney, catching his breath. He spins as you approach, then throws up his hands. A wall of ice crushes toward you!

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 29

>>26033725
Oh great.
Wait, how many people are actually here? Is it really just SM+3?
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Rolled 54

>>26033725
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>>26033764
I'm lurking.
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... i really want that hat.

Also I'm wondering if this guy is inspired by anyone

>>26033791
give us a roll!
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Rolled 8

>>26033725
Where is everybody?
>>26033764
I just got here...
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Rolled 81

>>26033725
alright what is with our dice today.
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Rolled 71

>>26033764
make that +4
>>26033725
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Rolled 97

>>26033725
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>>26033764
I'm here too
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I'm really glad we maxed the speed tree. we're Gonna need it to dodge with these rolls hah.
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You try to dodge, but it was too sudden. The wall of ice smashes into you and drives you down over the edge of the rooftop. You try to slip away, but the ice shifts and pens you in, bringing you all the way down to the ground. The force of it crushing you into the pavement breaks the spell.

>you've taken 9 damage (63/81)

You stand, and shake off the blow. It hurt, but you're far from finished after one lucky blow.

You rapidly claw back up the windows and ledges to the rooftop. In the distance, Vonnegut is bounding across the buildings, using his ice to launch and slide through the air. He's heading for the docks.

What do you do?

>try to follow him stealthily
>pursue him directly
>schattenkrieg
>some other strategy
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>>26033901

taking short break for lunch (half hour-hour)
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Rolled 86

>>26033725
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>try to follow him stealthily
... and once we get a chance use Gaping Maw.
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Rolled 90

>>26033901
>schattenkrieg
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>>26033921
>>26033932
I really wish the dice wouldn't taunt us so.
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>>26033901
>schattenkrieg
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>>26033901
>try to follow him stealthily
Lets see where he is going. We might as well take advantage of his lucky shot to make him think he lost us.
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>>26033901
>Schattenkrieg
I wonder why nobody had ever thought of trying to jump into a targets shadow while they're running. If they're running in the direction of the sun we could just connect with their shadow and slip into it, making the target think we're gone, right?
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>>26033901
SCHATTENKRIEG!
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>>26033901
>>schattenkrieg
Jesus H Christ. I miss half a thread and suddenly were Batman?
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>>26033901
>schattenkrieg
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>>26033901
we could also blink towards him. and I just noticed SM used the name of an author for the villian.
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Lunch went faster than I expected!

>>26034104

I admit I'm enjoy it immensely.

Roll 1d100 for Schattenkrieg
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Rolled 3

>>26034202
DICE
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Rolled 75

>>26034202
let's do this
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Rolled 45

>>26034202
We batman!
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Rolled 20

>>26034202
DICE GODS!
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Rolled 66

>>26034202
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Rolled 99

>>26034202
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>>26034229
My shame knows no bounds
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Rolled 46

>>26034202
go batman
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Rolled 54

>>26034202
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Rolled 51

>>26034202
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo...
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>>26034271
It's not an average score, so don't worry about it.
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Rolled 37

>>26034202
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You spin your aura into a spear around your body and blast forward.

BOOM

In less than a second, you've reached Vonnegut's position.

But your spike in power must have alerted him, because he's managed to throw a defense together, a layer of ice a foot thick!

You crush through the ice. It deflects you enough that you don't hit Vonnegut directly, but the force sends him flying down to the edge of the wharfs. You crash into a nearby stone pier; it isn't a particularly soft landing.

>you've taken 2 damage (61/81)

You climb out of the crater you drove in the stone. Men and women are running from the battle, screaming. You can feel about a dozen guards and two city mages running toward you, but they'll be a minute, at least.

Vonnegut's figure is sprinting away through the debris. Now that he knows you can follow that quickly, he's already preparing more magic. Several mages fan out around him, dressed in that black leather armor - reinforcements. One is of water, one of light, and another, fire.

What do you do?

>try to dash around the mages; keep on Vonnegut's tail
>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible
>tank through the mages, taking them down
>schattenkrieg a mage
>try to use Fear on the mages
>some other strategy
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>>26034420
>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible
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>>26034420
>>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible
Maybe throw up some shadow clones as a distraction as well?
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>>26034420
let's go blink + gaping maw
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Rolled 31

>>26034420
>>blink past the mages, getting as close to Vonnegut as possible

Lets catch this nigga and let him know that his goons are no concern to us!
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>>26034460
Seconding
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>>26034420
Also I say once we kill this guy we wear his hat instead of eat it
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So, Blink right into Gaping maw?

You still don't know where Obis is, fyi.
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Rolled 68

>>26034507
just blink. we have to interogate this guy. or more likely have the girl interogate him
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>>26034507
Fuck, ok eat e strongest mage. Maybe if we get him on the run again we can stealth him
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>>26034507
forgot that, might not be wise to try to get ideas when i'm tired, let's go with
>>26034542
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>>26034507
can we just eat a mage or two instead?
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>>26034507
Just blink up to him then.
>>26034542
What? No. We cant loose sight of this prick and let him dig in somewhere else
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Rolled 33

>>26034574
it would take to long. we grab the guy, knock him out, then come back and eat a mage or 2
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Vote 1:
>Blink, attempt to restrain him

Vote 2:
>fight and consume the mages in front of you, then pick up his trail more stealthily in a moment
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what we really should do is aim for that hat. And then wear it.
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034596
yeah you're right we can't lose sight of this bird changing my vote to blink
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034608
2
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034608
but dont be afraid to rough him up some. he seems hardy
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>>26034608
2
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>>26034611
Yes. this
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034608
1
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>>26034645
Oh yeah of course. I say we try to break one of his legs, if not both
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Roll 1d100 to restrain
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Rolled 10

>>26034708
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I hate my dice at this moment.
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Rolled 15

>>26034708
rolling
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Rolled 16

>>26034708
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Rolled 34

>>26034708
oh wow, just wow.

We're gonna be at half health just because of shitty dice
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>>26034738
>>26034737
>>26034711
wow
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Rolled 20

>>26034708
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Rolled 38

>>26034708
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>>26034738
>>26034737
>>26034711
this is going to be one of those days isnt it.
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Rolled 2

>>26034708
we need a 100 right now
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Rolled 7

wow, the dice gods sure are mocking us tonight!
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>>26034711
>>26034737
>>26034738
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Rolled 88

SM can we change our dice out? I think these are rigged.
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Rolled 92

>>26034708
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Rolled 54

>>26034708
cmon 100
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Rolled 78

>>26034708
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Rolled 45

>>26034708
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You Blink, flashing past the mages. In an instant, you're level with Vonnegut.

His eyes narrow sharply - and as your arms close around him, he vaporizes to steam! You thought he'd used too much mana to pull that off again...

A curling wave of water rises up from the ocean off the docks, powered by the water mage behind you! You're sure you could take the hit, but crowd of sailors in a nearby alley won't do as well if they get smashed against a building.

What do you do?

>fly over the water; follow that steam cloud
>protect the sailors from the magical wave
>try to kill the water mage
>some other strategy
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Rolled 22

>>26034878
Shadow beam that mage as we follow the steam cloud.
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>>26034878
>protect the sailors from the magical wave
im getting to righteous for this shit.
and we dont know if killing the mage will actually stop the spell
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>>26034878
Shadow will do as Shadow does best
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>>26034929
yes it does
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>>26034878
>fly over the water; follow that steam cloud
some water wouldent hurt some sailor to much
if it could hurt i change my vote to save em
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>>26034878
>protect the sailors from the magical wave
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>>26034878
Oh man I wish we had some sort of ability that would let us summon some allies to save those guys while we keep chasing the penguin
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>>26034964
Can we use earth forge to make a wall in front of the sailors while we chase this guy?
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>>26034878
>Fly over the water, follow the steam cloud
Damn, wish we had gotten that water-freezing ability.
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>>26034949

It will hurt them. The water not so much, but getting smashed against the stone, yes.

Killing the mage would steal the magical force from the water. It wouldn't just make the water evaporate, but it would fall and wash over the stone rather than slam forward like a wall.

>>26034904

not enough mana to shadow beam, costs you 5

>>26034991

Sure!
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>>26035008
alright voting 4 mana earthforge.
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>>26034991
>>26035019
I support this action. Especially if we can keep after Vonneguy while we do it.
Man the earth magic doesnt get enough love from us
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>>26035008
alright then, earthforge as we go after the penguin it is
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Ok, roll 1d100 to earthforge and then give chase once more.

Two actions here.
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Rolled 32

>>26035046
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Rolled 44

>>26035046
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Rolled 16

>>26035046
here's hoping for some GOOD luck
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Rolled 51

>>26035046
rolling
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Rolled 49

>>26035046
time for ones
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*sigh*
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Rolled 66

>>26035046
The Ride never ends
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Rolled 3

>>26035046
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>>26035077
>>26035078
>>26035080
at least we had a bit better luck actually chasing Vonnie
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>>26035056
>>26035061
>>26035062
What the fuck is this bullshit?
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>>26035093
dunno, the dice were like this last session too.
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Rolled 89

>>26035046
have to try the dice for myself it cant be this bad right
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Rolled 29

>>26035046
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Does it amuse amused to see us fail
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I like it how we stealthily entered the city. Avoided all the gaurds.


Then promptly blew it by doing a running battle.
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>>26035175
In fairness the penguin started it
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Rolled 28

>>26035175
well that is their fault, for not producing obis for us imediatly
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You can't leave those innocents to die because of your battle. You stop, focusing your powers as the wall of water barrels toward you. The stone at the front of the alley and the side of the buildings melts, and reforms into a thick wall.

You jump into the air and flap as hard as you can to escape the onrushing wave. The light mage fires a beam of light!

The top of the wave catches you, spinning you end over end. But it actually throws your path off what the mage predicted, and the light magic just grazes you. You straighten yourself, and fly forward. The mages chase you, but you outpace them easily.

>you've taken 2 damage (59/81)

The water smashes into your wall, but the stone holds. The sailors are safe.

>you've gained 9 Humanity (457)

Ahead, Vonnegut has reformed into his normal self, and is running out on a long dock, one hand keeping his hat firmly affixed to his head, wheezing his breaths. Moored at the end of the stone pier is a long, black ship, dark wood reinforced with adamantium and bristling with cannons. Dozens of men, mages, and normal soldiers, move swiftly to protect him. You recognize Port Vanta's emblem on the soldiers' uniforms - clearly, Vonnegut has an in with the city guard, though apparently not with that captain you met earlier...

In any case, you've got your work cut out for you.

What do you do?

>full on attack
>berserk into them
>schattenkrieg right into the center of the dock
>compress, dive into the water
>Replicate a person, calmly walk along the docks
>some other strategy
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>full on attack
fuck all fancy strategies. Lets go.
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>>26035239
Can we try to fear them? If we can make them panic enough the chaos could slow Vonnegut down and/or cause the boat to leave before he arrives.
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Rolled 52

>>26035239
schattenkrieg his fucking face
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>>26035239
>compress, dive into the water
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>>26035239
>>schattenkrieg right into vonnegut
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>>26035297
no more mana, you wanna get fear gotta eat a mage first.
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Rolled 33

>>26035239
>some other strategy
<is this man's money worth you life?> to all to assembled.
<if you stay i cannot assure your survival.
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Rolled 12

>>26035341
They don't know us but they know him as the guy that owns everything they see. We aren't as scary as he is, not to these hicks.
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>>26035341
I highly doubt that's going to work anon
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Rolled 12

>>26035371
i know it wont work. but i feel the need to give them an chance to not die a grisly shadowy death
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>>26035239
>Replicate a person, calmly walk along the docks
The shadow mage we saw earlier.
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>>26035318
This. No matter how strong his anti-magic hat is, it doesn't cancel out the laws of physics.
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>>26035404
We cant expect to kill that many people fast enough. They might use Obis as a hostage.
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>>26035404
I would rather not waste the time and let fatso get even farther away from us that he already has
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Roll 1d100 for Schattenkrieg aimed directly at Vonnegut
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Rolled 48

>>26035449
rolling. our rolls suck tonight. really
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Rolled 43

>>26035449
DICE
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Rolled 63

>>26035449
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Rolled 63

>>26035449
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Rolled 57

>>26035449
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Rolled 26

>>26035449
well, its better then the other rolls we've done.
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>>26035483
were positively mediocre!
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Rolled 97

>>26035449
inb4 he doesn't have any mana left and we kill him
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Rolled 71

>>26035449
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Rolled 87

>>26035499
this thread is bad when that is actually a compliment
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Rolled 92

>>26035449
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Rolled 20

>>26035449
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>>26035512
>>26035511
>>26035506
>>26035527
All the wasted dice rolls

>captcha
>worst myashoop
i agree captcha this is the worst myashoop
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You gather you aura together...

BOOM

Your target raises an icy barrier, but there's nowhere to deflect you, this time. You catch a glimpse of his horrified expression just before you slam into the stone directly at his feet.

The wharfs rumble as the force of your attack takes out a massive chunk of the dock. Bodies and debris fly in every direction. You crash into the water and bury yourself several feet in the mud below the docks.

>you've taken

You struggle to get out, but the wet mud sticks to you like a suction cup. You Ink your body thinner, and then you're free.

Vonnegut is already back at the ruined dock. Damn bastard is resilient...but then, you did knock a water mage into water.

You note a thick gash on his lower leg. His men pull him up and onto his ship, but he's taken some serious damage, and he's got to be exhausted. You swim to the edge of the dock as the survivors collect themselves and hurry up the gangway.

What do you do?

>explode out of the water and finish the battle directly
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
>some other strategy
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Sheesh. Seems the dice gods want Vonnegut to escape. First recurring nemesis?
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>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
It's clear that a different sort of strategy is needed here.
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>>26035610

Clearly my plotting has pleased the dice gods. Tonight I shall burn twenty bulls on the sacrificial altar to thank them for their gracious assistance!
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>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
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>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
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Rolled 89

>>26035607
>explode out of the water
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>>26035607

Ah, that one part should read

>you've taken 3 damage (56/81)
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>>26035607
>>explode out of the water and finish the battle directly
Fuck it. We only need to knock him out and fly off
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>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
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Rolled 18

>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
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>>26035607
>sneak up and onto the ship, taking the form of the shadow mage you saw earlier
We're not doing this right
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Roll 1d100 to sneak
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Rolled 72

>>26035691
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Rolled 94

>>26035691
SNEAK
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>>26035607
So, did any one die? because we could eat the bodies in the water first.
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Rolled 36

>>26035691
The dice gods favor stealth.
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Rolled 57

>>26035691
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Rolled 91

>>26035691
hoping for a nat 1
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Rolled 51

>>26035691
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>>26035715

Yeah, four or five normal men died. About ten or so are injured. The mages helped protect the rest from serious damage.
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Rolled 4

>>26035691
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Rolled 9

>>26035691
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Rolled 38

Can we go titanic in the ship?
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You quietly float to the edge of the boat and climb up the side. The crew is scrambling to launch the ship. You wait for a moment, observing where activity is most infrequent, and then slip past the railing, fully transformed into the shadow mage you encountered earlier.

The ship is a bustle of activity. You move amongst the crew, staying out of the way, only offering a stiff nod when any make eye contact with you. They nod back, so you assume you're playing the part as well as you might.

A glimpse of movement catches your senses. You risk a quick glance upward. A white bird is sitting nestled between the ship's rigging above the crow's nest. Freja must have managed to get away from Bradley. You can't sense her position, though.

Vonnegut is leaning on the shoulder of one of his men, hobbling along on his broken ankle. They quickly escort him inside the top deck of the ship.

You can feel several mages. The three mages you left behind have reached the pier, and it looks like they're jogging to catch up before the ship leaves. Five mages are on the deck with you. Altogether, it's 2 light mages, 1 fire mage, 1 water mage, 2 wind mages, 1 lightning mage, and a spirit mage. The spirit mage and the light mage that is on board the ship feel the strongest, aside from Vonnegut, who outstrips them all substantially. None of them have noticed you, but it's probably best to keep your distance.

What do you do?

>follow Vonnegut
>go belowdecks through another door, see if they've stowed Obis in the brig
>take up a watch at the bow of the ship. Keep an eye out for Miss Blackwater
>some other strategy

>>26035844

Sure, but that requires 5 EXP; you only have 4.

It wouldn't be healthy for the ship.
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The plan:
>impersonate shadow mage
>infiltrate Penguins group
>follow him until he leads us to Obis, since our assault will have unnerved him enough to doublecheck Ovis's status
>Rescue Ovis
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>>26035711
>>26035726

You and you. Keep rolling
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>follow Vonnegut
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>>26035919
Follow the Penguin.
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>>26035929
honestly we can't really impersonate the guy, hes good as a distance disguise but not much else.

We don't know anything about him, not even his name.
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Rolled 42

>>26035919
Okay, lets find a mage, eat him for xp and mana so we can turn titanic, grab vogofuck and fly away. This is a really good plan.
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>>26035966
nah
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Rolled 48

>>26035919
>follow Vonnegut
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>following Vonnegut
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>>26035919
I have the worst impulse ever just to get to the bottom of the ship and blow open as many holes as possible to make it sink...

anyone with me?
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Rolled 6

>>26036012

That guy we need to put on a throne might be onboard, after we locate him we might need a distraction though. Keep this shit in mind.
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You begin to move toward the door...then pause, as that stronger light mage is going in the same direction. He quickly marches through. You sense his soul close the gap to Vonnegut and stop near him.

This might be your chance - he's relatively isolated, and you don't care if you do damage to his ship. You walk forward as if you know exactly where you're going. The inside of the ship is built sturdily - there's plenty of adamantium everywhere. You wonder if the ship has any enchantments, or if it's just for physical reinforcement.

You follow the path the light mage took, and in a moment, you're outside carved, wooden double doors that clearly lead to the captain's quarters.

"Reldon, get in here!" Vonnegut's voice calls.

You don't see anyone else outside the doors. You gingerly turn the nob and push through.

Vonnegut is sitting on a plush leather chair in the center of the room, pulled in front of a neatly organized desk. A bit of his blood has stained the room's blue carpeting. Several soldiers are positioned close by. The light mage is kneeling on the ground, and a glowing white light is swirling around Vonnegut's ankle.

You hear a slight hissing as the flesh mends itself. The bone cracks and shifts back into position. "SHIT!" Vonnegut shouts. He sits back in the chair. "Damn the elements, that hurts." He looks at you. "Reldon. Whoever the hell that mage was, he's strong - damn strong. I haven't seen physical enhancement like that since that angel we took out a few years back. I want you down in the hull, watching our guest. If you sense anything, you give the signal."

"Understood."

"Good. Then get moving."

What do you do?

>follow your orders
>attack him immediately
>some other strategy
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Rolled 9

>>26036118
>attack him immediately
CONSUME
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>>26036012
It's not really productive given what our actual goal is here.
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CONSUME the light mage and BIND Vonnie with the mana we gain.
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oh wait, that hat. grab the hat after CONSUMING the light mage
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Rolled 3

>>26036118
>follow your orders
Our guest, guys! That's Obis!
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>>26036118
I think we know who our guest is.... and since he's in the hull, we can go down there, blast out way down below and swim out.

Logic here people!
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I do not want Vonnie to escape. COMSUME!!!
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>>26036118
>follow your orders

Come ON guys, we're here for Obis. WE CAN COME BACK TO EAT HIM IF WE WANT.

Dammit, SM they're gunning for the guy irrationally because you said you wanted him to be a reoccurring enemy.
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>>26036118
>follow your orders

Our goal is Obis.
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>>26036118
attack and CONSUME
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>>26036118
>follow your orders
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>>26036118
Second the escape with royal fag option. Also I like the villain.
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>>26036215
This.
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>>26036118
Follow our orders.
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There's stuff we need to follow up on before deciding to kill this guy. Like that angel he just mentioned killing, I want to know the details before committing.
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>>26036118
>follow your orders
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>>26036118
>>follow your orders
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aww man just accidentally deleted what I'd typed

SIGH hold on
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Y'know what I wanna do?

>Fly above ship
>Activate berserk
>Activate Hypersonic
>Schattenkrieg straight through the ship to sink it
>Pick off the survivors from below in the water, Jaws style
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>>26036419
>>26036419
i think we're currently too busy being pansies.
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>>26036476
I think we're currently too busy trying to recover from our earlier indiscretion.
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If we'd bought Automaton, we could use it to pull a hunk of adamantium out of the hull and shape it into a terminator. Then, if we also had Disguise, we could make it look like this shadow mage so we could do other stuff.
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if you have a persistent QR you can press control-z to undo deleted things.
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>>26036416

You don't use notepad or something to compose posts before pasting to IE?
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>>26036567
>IE
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"Understood," you tell Vonnegut. You quickly leave the room before the light mage turns his focus away from the man's injury.

You find a stairwell toward the center of the ship. You follow it down past several bunk rooms, a cargo hold, a kitchen and dining area, and reach the bottom of the ship. What sound like crying and sniffling reaches your ear. You push through the door at the bottom of the stairs.

The brig is dark and damp, and it smells like human excrement. Rusted iron cages line the walls. Inside them are people, stripped naked. There are a few men, but they're outnumbered by women and children. It's not a pleasing sight, but first things first. You walk by them, searching for your target.

In the very back of the room, apart from the others, a man rests at the back of his cage with his head between his legs. His back is marked by welts from a recent whipping, and his body is tattered with older scars - but you recognize him immediately.

<Obis!>

He glances up sharply. His red eyes lock onto you. "...what..."

<It's me, Shadow. I'm just using this man's form as a disguise.>

"Shadow?!" Obis puts one hand down to help himself up, then stops. "...who's the leader of Refuge?"

<The orc shaman, Rogul.>

Obis gets up and stumbles over to the edge of the cage. He grips the bars tight. "Damn, it -is- you. Praise be to Logi. How the hell did you find me?"

You give him the short version of tracking him down and teaming up with Blackwater to take on Vonnegut.

Obis chuckles. "Freja? I haven't seen her in five, six years? She must have grown, if she's doing all this." He takes a long breath. "My cape and equipment is somewhere in the ship...I hope. And we can't just leave these people here. They're innocents. Abducted right off the streets to be sold as slaves. Do you have some kind of plan?"

>write-in
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>>26036599
<Punch a hole in the bottom of the ship, and ferry the innocents with me to the surface?>
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>>26036546

I accidentally hotkeyed the back button several times, erasing all my work permanently. I love control-Z and control-Y, shit's for real, yo.

>>26036567

>year of our lord 2013
>IE

wut

I keep the copypasta 'n such in notepad but I just compose in the Quick Reply box.
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>>26036599
"I originally wanted to blow a hole in the ship so it would sink, but I don't know if everyone here can swim. I would need to get everyone out of their cages first anyway. Do you know who has them?
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>>26036599
Do you think we could transform ourselves into a biiiiig bubble and transport them undersea that way?
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>>26036599
I say we cut off the head of the snake and draw ALL the attention directly towards us.

Then the prisoners can escape, and Obis can go grab his stuff.
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>>26036599
I think we should stealthconsume a bunch of the crew. Make it a ghost ship...
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>>26036638

Yeah, you're big and strong enough to do this. However, you'd be relatively open to attack, and it wouldn't be very fast, so a distraction would really help.
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>>26036599
<...How's delivering the entire ship by hand sound?>

The plan is to dive in underwater, then lift the ship up out of the water and Super Sanic it back to port. We stopped an airship with our strength, lifting the ship should be no problem.
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>>26036675
Mmm. They might sense us undersea because of the mages as well. Also they might have magical tracking methods on the slaves we might want to check considering how "backup plan" the penguin is.
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>>26036599
>Ink into large diving bell with handles
>Everyone get under the bell and hold on
>Sink ship, ferry people to shore underwater
Anyone that cant swim just has to hold onto us.
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>>26036667
Yeah. Lets lure the mages into privet places one by one and eat them.
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>>26036652
That's a risky plan. That would mean that Shadow has to depend on a man that was perhaps beaten and semi starved for a week to defend and lead several dozens of civilians who may or may not speak the same language to safety in a city that the Penguin controls.
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Haven could use some children, right? It wouldn't be totally irresponsible or anything...
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Rolled 43

>>26036599
alright. i am going to kill vonnegut. then come back here, but everyone out, and carry them to the surface. i dont need to breath so i can dredge the wrekage for you stuff
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>>26036625
>>26036632

You idiots, Vonnegut is a fucking WATER mage. If we sink the ship he'll wreck our shit easily.
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>>26036599
Well, if Vonnegut is a slaver, then we really do have to kill him, and everyone working for him as well. Better get started.
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I have an idea! How about we pick off and consume the crew one by one. Lets go full on batman.
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>>26036744
I don't think we plan on fighting Vonnegut, just getting everyone out.
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>>26036690
This might work.

Do it.
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>>26036767
problem... the mages on the ship are going to be attacking us.
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>>26036763
Really? You want to leave such an influential criminal alone? I want penguin sticks.
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If we can make a totally stealthy getaway, then air-bubble plan works. But if anyone sees us, water mages wreck our shit.

I think I favor the idea of stealthily consuming the crew. On the balance, it seems safest. Risks are fine, but not when innocents are on the line.
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Hoh-k. Soh.

We stealth consume the crew and mages to stack our fight against vonnuggetcunt and then we carry (or push? propeller transformation like the ones we saw at archon), and then happily dance with Kurtobis and his waifu blackwater!
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>>26036854
Seconding the shipping of Obis and Blackwater.
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Before we leave we should break the locks on all the cages. So if we're discovered while stealthing we don't have to come back here to do so.
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Vote 1:
>drill a hole in the ship and move everyone out in a bubble made out of yourself

Vote 2:
>slowly and stealthily consume the entire crew

Vote 3:
>lift and drag the ship onto land

Vote 4:
>go for Vonnegut directly
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>>26036904
Agreed. Breaking all the cages and telling them to stay put is vital.
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>>26036909
4
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
As Shadow, there can be no other option.
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>>26036909
FOUR VOTES? FOOOOUR VOOOOTES?

Geeze. It's almost as bad as the italian "elections" of last century.
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>>26036909
1, but break the locks first
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
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Now that we are going to consume the crew, who is going to sail the ship?
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036909
2
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I'm not sure SM but I think number two won by majority vote.
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>>26036974
Obis and us. If need be we can get in the water and push the ship.
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>>26036909
2 does include vonnegut doesn't it?
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036948

Should have been there for the German Parliament with 7 different votes when we were spending a shittone of EXP
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>>26036974
The white bird summon
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I kind of wanted to suggest cutting the ship in half at a couple feet above the waterline, and then lifting and tossing at the ground the upper half. But that would be crazy!
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>>26036909
Z
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>>26036974
It's not like it's going to crash and kill everyone from not being steered for thirty minutes.
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>>26036909
3
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>>26036979

hold on let me count

ok guys it was close but 2 won

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Alright, one moment.
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>>26036909
2
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>>26036990
Your right that would be crazy. It would ruin that sweet hat that we are going to loot
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>>26037017
Should we use the stealth shard for this?
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>>26037035
not yet, not until we get to the mages
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>>26037035
Nah. Maybe for ambushing the stronger mages though.
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>>26036974

<First mate wispbro, set course for adventure!>
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>>26037035
>>26037052
>>26037059
I think we should stop using them so much. Keep them for real emergencies. For plot.

It's tempting to use them to boost general actions for kickass results, but it effectively weakens us because we're deprived of the passive bonuses. I also suspect there's more PLOT hidden inside of them, and they need to be healthy to squeeze it out.
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SM I have a question about the world and the map, now that we are on a boat.

Are their other continents? Or is there only one big one?
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>>26037052
>>26037059
I just thought the entire crew included the mages as well. I suppose it would be silly to kill everyone on the ship in one go though
>>26037093
Then we will never end up using them. It will be a too good to use situation
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>>26037093
Well you don't really need to suspect at all, the fact that the last meditative boost bonus on the shards is labelled "Resonant - (special)" basically means that some form of plot or power will be made known to us once we actually save an empowered shard for meditation.
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>Tfw SM makes a thread everytime you decide to nap
i see through your ruse
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>>26037126
We get passive bonuses from empowered shards, so if we never use them, that would actually benefit us more in the long run.
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<The plan?> You let your gaze fall over the cages of women and children locked in the diseased conditions, then you reach up and snap the lock on Obis's cage. You slowly walk down the hall, shadow limbs extending from your body to snap the locks one after another. Obis follows behind you, opening cages and ushering the people forward.

You get to the head of the room, then reach up to a cage a few rows back and snap off several metal bars. You hand one to Obis, then distribute the others to the remaining men. <Listen carefully,> you tell the people. <I'm working with the city guard to set you free.> Whispers run through the crowd. <But it's going to be some time before reinforcements show up. These criminals aren't street thugs - they're organized, and they have mages on board the ship. Until our side gets here, you need to play the part of caged slaves so as not to raise suspicion. Everyone, please return to your cages.>

You look at Obis, and speak so only he can hear. <Position yourself and the men near the entrance to the brig. If anyone comes in, beat them down.>

"Wait," Obis says, "you haven't told me what you're going to do yet?

<I am going to kill them all, Obis. One by one.>

Obis swallows, then nods.

You walk through the door.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs is the shadow mage you are currently impersonating.

You stare at each other for a long moment.

Roll 1d100

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>>26037152
AHAHAHAHA

>>26037114
I'm afraid I can't answer that, Dave.
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Rolled 55

>>26037172
Cupcakes and supercrits
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>>26037136
I forgot about that. Now that I check the character sheet...

Damn SM what do you have planned with resonant shards?
That robot speak from before about power cores was mightily suspect.
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>>26037126
We do get a passive boost from not using them. So even if there isn't some special juicy reward from conserving their use, we still benefit,
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Rolled 76

>>26037172
rolling to kill doplganger
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Rolled 26

>>26037172
Crit~
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Rolled 63

>>26037172
Can we shout "BROTHER!" and go for a hug?
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Rolled 97

>>26037172

Gaping Maw!
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Rolled 51

>>26037172
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>>26037172
><I am going to kill them all, Obis. One by one.>
That line gave me goosebumps. I like it.
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>>26037172
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Kill them, Shadow. Kill them all.
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Rolled 100

>>26037172
rollan'
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Rolled 26

>>26037172
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Rolled 11

>>26037172
No reason not to try again!
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>>26037204
Maybe not the best idea while we are trying for stealth mode.
That being said how loud can we shout telepathically? It might be a good way to throw people off
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>>26037237
7TH ROLL! IT'S GOOD!
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Rolled 1

>>26037237
YA SICK CUNT
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>>26037237
Go anonymous to re-roll
FUCKING THIS

I AM VOIDBEARER, LORD AND MASTER OF 100'S!
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Rolled 2

>>26037237
excelent. kill them all. one. by. one.
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>>26037205

Damn it, I need to get a damn 4chan pass, fucking Moot giving me the option to give him money to make my life easier.
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>>26037237
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Rolled 73

>>26037172
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>>26037252
>1d1
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>>26037237
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>>26037253

No! I am VoidBearer.
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>>26037283
That wasn't even linked, it doesn't matter.
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>>26037254
That one almost counted. I just about shit my pants.
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>>26037273
What. You usually don't post that picture unless you're screwing US over!
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>>26037253
>>26037289
It is I who am the bear of void!
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>>26037289
K
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>>26037303

True, but you're out for blood...it's less a "screw you over time" and more a "muahaha, this will be fun to write" time.
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>>26037312
>>26037289
I liked voidshaper and voidwalker better. Because they stopped using stupid names.
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>>26037312
>VoidBear
Topkek
You sir, are an incorporeal grizzly, nightmare of the interplanar lumberjacks.
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>>26037324
I can shop like that in half the time and damn man you didn't even tone up the vibrance and contrast check out this newbie!
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>>26037358
wat?
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>>26037337
Ah, they're void avoiders.
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>>26037172
Lets capture him and interrogate him.
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>>26037336
Do you know what that picture is from now? I seem to remember you stating that you didn't.
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someone told him a while back
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>>26037412

I do.
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>>26037412
We've long since educated him.
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>>26037407
We aint got the time. All he has to do is shout and we are screwed
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>>26037427
>>26037429
Ah, must have missed that.

You pervert.
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>>26037431
Let's shove our shadowy appendage down his throat. That'll keep him quiet.
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>>26037462
Shhh. No tears now, only shadows.
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>>26037462
Yes it will. It also defeats the purpose of capturing him because he wont be able to tell us anything
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The mage opens his mouth and inhales.

Your arm grabs his throat and chokes the air out of him. His hands scrape and claw at your arm.

You squeeze harder. His hands slap at your limb uselessly. His eyes bulge out of their sockets.

You squeeze harder, and your arm slowly crushes his neck all the way to the spine. You envelope him and consume him, and his soul, and not a drop of blood is spilled.

>you've gained 2 EXP (total: 6)
>you've gained 2 HP (58/81)
>you've gained 7 Humanity (464)
>you've gained 12 Temerity (299)
>you've gained 2 mana (2/34)

You walk up the stairs.

Five crew members are in the hold. None of them have any magical talent. You sneak up and consume each one of them easily.

>you've gained 1 EXP (7)
>you've gained 1 HP (59/81)

You look around briefly, and you quickly find Obis's equipment and pack - but his enchanted cape isn't there. Vonnegut must have recognized its value and stored it somewhere safer.

The door to the hold opens. You duck behind a few crates. It's one of the wind mages. "Hey, Jenkins. There's - " He stops, and frowns. "Anyone there?"

What do you do?

>blink behind him and consume him
>assume Reldon's form again, casually walk up toward the mage. Jump him before he can realize what's wrong.
>some other strategy
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>>26037368
Bitch nigga let me tell you somthin bout photoshop you jingo hussy, check the piece with a middle click mrs. paint bitch.
You got your vibrance, your stylin constast and su-per-reme motherfucking film grain with cyan variations and text shadows.
Bitch get real about image editing or make like used car and sell out ya fancyless numpterbuewl.
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>>26037462
I was just thinking of using puppet master. We can eat him before anyone gets down here even if he shouts, and then eat whoever comes looking for him.
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>>26037510
>>blink behind him and consume him
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>>26037516
I admit it. I don't have photoshop, and used Paint to take the screenshot. Please don't punish me for my insolence.

In other news >blink behind him and consume him
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>>26037510
>>assume Reldon's form again, casually walk up toward the mage. Jump him before he can realize what's wrong.
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>>26037510
>blink behind him and consume him
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>>26037510
>blink behind him and consume him
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>>26037487
>>26037524
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>>26037510
>>blink behind him and consume him

Close around his head fast enough.
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>>26037510
>assume Reldon's form again, casually walk up toward the mage. Jump him before he can realize what's wrong.
Try to make it panicky too, saying that people are vanishing etc...
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blink and consume
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>>26037510
>assume Reldon's form again, casually walk up toward the mage. Jump him before he can realize what's wrong.
Someone might be behind him in the other room
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>>26037553
Actually I change to >blink behind him and consume him
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>>26037510
blink behind him, snap neck, then consume. Gotta be careful eating the mage flavored snacks
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>>26037510

Roll for your Blink-headsnap-consume

Just one set of three.
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>>26037566
This is /tg/ bro. when people start talking about shadowy appendages who knows if their joking or not
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Rolled 82

>>26037606
Rollin'
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Rolled 14

>>26037606
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Rolled 100

>>26037606
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>>26037625
IT'S HAPPENING!
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>>26037625
Awwww yeeeeeaaah
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>>26037625
YES
YES
YES
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>>26037625
>100 rolled for necksnap
Oh, SM. This truly is the best quest ever.
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>>26037625
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>>26037625
NOBODY Roll WE got this
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>>26037625

Oh snap! We are batman.
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>>26037625
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THIS THREAD!
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Rolled 1

From now on i think we might just need to stick with stealth

>>26037606
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>>26037684
that best be a 1d1
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>>26037684
This totally seems legit guys.
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>>26037659
I don't think batman kills people, much less eating them whole.
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>I suggest necksnap
>SM takes suggestion
>anon rolls 20
>Snapple is pleased
I am a happy man tonight
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>>26037693
It's not properly linked anyways. Don't worry about it.

Btw, to anyone that can answer my question, how do you see what type of die is rolled? I still haven't been able to figure it out.
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>>26037698
Was there a DC or Marvel hero that did? Or a villain? We can be that one.
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>>26037718
*cough* Venom *cough*
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>>26037698
Maybe we're AzzBats, then.
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>>26037714
Move your cursor over the name/Anonymous. It will show you what they have in their email field.
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>>26037714
Mouse over the email field.
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Rolled 55

>>26037714
hover over the name
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You blink behind the mage. Your arm is already reaching out for his head as he turns around. His head bends at a sharp angle it is not supposed to go, and he drops into your arms. You swiftly consume him, absorbing his soul and his corpse one chunk at a time. And then, he's gone.

You shift your gaze to the door.

Standing there are both light mages - but they don't move. They don't scream. Locked onto their faces are looks of pure, silent terror.

You shoot your limbs forward. A harpoon of darkness catches each one in the eye, pinning them to the wooden wall of the stairwell behind you. You hear a panicked scraping, and your third limb catches a soldier that was trying to escape back up the stairs. You consume them all.

>you've gained 7 exp (14 total)
>you've gained 5 HP (64/81)
>you've gained 7 mana (9/34)
>you've gained 11 Temerity (310)

You walk up the stairs to the crew quarters...

Throw another 100
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>>26037730
>>26037729
>>26037728
Doesn't work
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Rolled 50

>>26037731
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Rolled 53

>>26037731
No problem!
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Rolled 84

>>26037731
rolling
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Rolled 63

>>26037731
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Rolled 75

>>26037731
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>>26037741
It doesn't appear next to the name, you have to look at the bottom left of your screen.
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>>26037757
Thank you based Anon
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Rolled 10

Checking something.
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Rolled 54

>>26037731
Rollin'
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Rolled 1

>>26037731
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Rolled 45

>>26037741
when a person rolls their name will look like a link, underlines and all that, hovering over it will show you the dice they rolled whereever it does for your browser just like normal links
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Rolled 95

>>26037731
Go!
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>>26037773
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>>26037773
please... stop that
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>>26037773
FAKE

THIS IS FAKE

I CAN TELL BECAUSE OF THE 0's!
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>>26037773
1d1OO
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>>26037773
1d1
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>>26037731
I knew there was going to be people behind him. That 100 couldn't have come at a more convenient time.
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>>26037773
Cut that shit out.
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Rolled 86

>>26037773
really dude? dont you have better things to do than artificially create ones in quests?
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>>26037773
Sneaky git
I see what you did.
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>>26037773
1d1OO
not 1d100
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>>26037773
>>26037789
That isn't a d100 SM it is a d1OO.
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>>26037773
>Using OO
>Not using zalgo text
It's like you don't even know what you're doing.
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We have enough xp to titanic hypersonic schattenkrieg the ship now.
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Rolled 1

>>26037832
Testing
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>>26037768
I hope thats the bad dudes perception check
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Rolled 1

lel I trold all u guise

ha

gaybois

#REKT #nojustice #CANTSIMMERTHEZIMMER
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>>26037832
Oh that reminds me!

SM check this: http://eeemo.net/
If you ever want an easier more fluid way of doing Dave's dialogue.
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Rolled 15

>>26037858
Testing a different version.
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>>26037857
What the dick?
Titanic hypersonic schattenkrieg sounds like the scariest thing this side of the titanomac-elementomachy.
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>>26037857
yeah but at this point we dont need to
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>>26037878
S̍̏ͣ͆̓̆͏ủ͖͉̳̊ͫ̆ͥp̭é͉̱͛̂͛̊̄̏r̪͇̝̙̰̟ͪͬͨ!
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>>26037878

Already use that anon, but I appreciate the thought.
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>>26037857
And kill everyone we are trying to save.
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>>26037909
Well now I know how to do it, and can make my very own quest thread; complete with waterslide.
Excuse me, I mean complete with mindfuckery.
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>>26037918
t̺̠̝̪͇̘̳͎̘̲͇̲̦̪̤̱̹͓̣͇̬̳̙̰̪̰̼̝̲͉̤̫̼̺̙̫̲͓̟͇̦̝̯͚̬̝̺̗̣̱̞̪̦͚̬̰̩̦̯̜̩̱̱̺̺͈̤̳̲͍̲͍̜̼̞͈̹̱͇͍̻̙̻̯̬̗̰̗̱̼̪̥͇͎ͦ͐͂̔̇͊̊́̒ͦ̉̋̊̑̏̉ͣͫ͐͂̊̆ͬͧ̏̂̉͋͊̔͛͌̾ͮ̆̂ͭ̈ͧͤͨ̿̃̏̏̏ͦ͋̑́͊͐̽͑͑̈͂͂ͣ̊̿͛̅̄ͣͫͧ̿ͬ̈́̉͆̄ͣͭ̆̔̅ͫ̈́͐̈́̓ͦͭ̆́̾̏̑̽ͮ̀ͦ̾̅͑̓̚̚ͅͅͅͅͅͅh̪̼͙̦͚̪̰͕͓̫̳̖̞͍̮̰̹̼͍̺͎̯͚̝͉̝͚̦̰̙͕͔͚͕̭̤͎̰̞̥̖͖̲̬͈̘͕͕̳̝̗̩͓̜̥̻̺͙̼̣̙̥̘̻̣̠͎͇̻̼͙̞͉̯̖͈͉͚̣̜̟̱̘̗͙͖̦͓̹̤͇͇͙̭͈̙͓͚̯ͨ̂̇ͯ̽͛̓̈ͤ̂͛ͩ̔̔ͪ̈́̽͗̈́͛̃ͭ̽̈͐͑̽̂̇̓ͣͤͭ̔ͧ̓ͪ͐ͯ͐̉̑ͤͣ̐ͩ͌͛͊̂͒͒͌̀͋͆ͨ̽ͧͥ̽ͮ̑͐ͩ̅̓͊͗̉ͯ͐̓̅̂̆ͬ̿͑̊̎ͯͩ̃́̽͑͊͆ͯ͂ͬ̎̂ͤ̾͆͆̚̚ͅi̻̹͈͈̝̝̮̹̤̘͓̰̠͕̳̝̬͇̠̠̖̼̭̘̩͉̖͇̼̣̳͍͎͙͖̼͎̮̳͕͇̖̤̘͓̜̼͚͕̻̤̜̮̳̬̗͕̖̭̖͓͓̙̹̪̜̭͍̗͚͔͎͔̱̬͕̞͓̣̘̣̘͉̣̹͈͈̮̹̮͍̜͍̩͈͔̥̥ͪͬͨͬ́ͩͯ͋̓̌ͩ̆̉̇̈͑ͨ̈̃͗͌̀̿ͬ̐ͭ̄̔͐̽͑̈́͐̀͒͊͑ͦ́ͪ̌ͨ͛̓ͦ͋̔͗ͫ͋̍ͪ̐̆̏͗ͯ̐̈́ͫ͊̅ͩͮ͑͆͂̄̈́̋̍ͣ̒ͯ͗̈̏ͬ̋̑̓̔͆͒͒̓͒̌̏̽͊͂ͤ̈̽̔ͣ͛̚̚ͅͅs͇̩̩̻̼̖̤̦̜̟͓̹͙̠̩̝͈͙̖̪̝̼̦͓̠̭̻̫̲̬̤̼̫̗͇͔̰̬͉͉͇͈̙̦̖͇̩̟̖̫̞̜̠̰̠̖̼̱̣̝̮̮̥̲̝̱̻͎̻̞̻͕̫̭̞̲̝̩̞̰̯͇̹̠̼̣̝̻̫̭͓̟̟̮̙͔͉̩̮̣̓͌̎ͩͬ́͗̅̀͗̅ͥ̿͋̆̉ͧͭͯ̿̾ͭͩ̓͊̉́̓́͌̏̈̈́ͯ̅̄̿ͮͤ̄̊̆ͯ̈́͗̍ͭ͊̽ͪ͂ͬͬ͒̿ͨ̋̄̋ͭ̾ͥ̑ͮ̉̿̈̿ͯ̄͌̒̓̍̅̀͑̉ͬͫ͒̌ͥͯ̄̍̏͂̌̅̄ͣ͗̒̃ͮ̚̚̚̚
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>>26037871
#ladbanter
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Once we eat 1 more dude, let's buy pocket so we have a place to keep the fancy hat and other assorted things.
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You can feel the ship rock heavily as you move up the stairs to the next level. You take an extra step to steady yourself. Looks like the ship's heading out...

You pass through the kitchen. The other wind mage and the fire mage are there, along with two chefs. They're chatting. The two mages are snacking on hard biscuits.

You casually walk up between them.

"Oh, Reldon..." The fire mage trails off. He frowns at you.

"Shh!" You bring a finger sharply to your lips,mimicking Reldon's voice as best you can. "There's someone I need to tell you."

The fire mage seems confused by your sudden words, and says nothing. The wind mage and the two chefs lean in. "What?"

Your limbs spike out from you in four directions, impaling each of them through the head. You consume them, and the soup the chefs were making, and put out the fire in the oven. Going by what you sensed earlier, there's a lightning mage, spirit mage, and water mage remaining.

The crew quarters is much more crowded than it was when you first passed it. With the ship set, a lot of them are tending to their things. How do you approach it?

>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one
>try to move fast enough to kill them all before they can raise an alarm
>make noise outside the room to lure them out; kill them as they come
>some other strategy
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>>26037857
We'll wait till everyone else is off the ship before we shattenkrieg piledrive the ship up Vonnegut's asshole.
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>>26037967
>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one
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>>26037967
>>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one
BED METHOD 2.0

BED METHOD 2.0!!!
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>>26037967
>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one

we sandman now
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>>26037967
>some other strategy
The Bed Method
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>>26037942

lmao

Love that fucking movie.

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From the last consumption here
>>26037967
You gain

3 EXP (17 total)
2 mana (11/34)
3 HP (67/81)
5 Temerity (315)
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>>26037967
>>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one

The bed method adapted to sea vessels.
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>>26037985
seconding
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>>26037967
Haha we ate their soup
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>>26037967
>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one
You had to remember the bed method, didn't you?
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>>26037967
>hide under the bunks, drag them under and silently consume them one by one
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>>26037967
if we must do the bed method, do it quickly. preferably starting near the doors.
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>>26037967
>"Shh!" "There's someone I need to tell you."
>"What?"
>Your limbs spike out from you in four directions, impaling each of them through the head.

Thread is now 10/10 it's been forever since we've killed something so satisfyingly.
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>>26037684

Yeah, if i ever run a quest, 1's are going to be rerolls and 2s are going to be critfails
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>>26037977
I was thinking we could launch him into orbit so hard that he bursts into flame from the air friction.

He can join Kihara as a shooting star.
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Rolled 1

>>26038021
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Rolled 16

Ok, roll 1d100

six rolls required

Also, my roll is to check something.
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>>26038021
Why not just have 50 be a crit fail and 51 be a crit success?
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>>26037967
Man, Shadow gets pretty indiscriminate when it comes to killing for Justice. It's like sending Godzilla to stop a rampaging monster.
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Rolled 3

>>26038045
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Rolled 77

>>26038045
Oh boy!
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Rolled 31

>>26038045
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Rolled 57

>>26038045
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>>26038045
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Rolled 69

>>26038045
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>>26037961
>Once we eat 1 more dude, let's buy pocket so we have a place to keep the fancy hat and other assorted things.

Not only that, but its a fantastic way to evacuate everyone on this ship. Pocket troop transport.

If they're only in there for a little bit, they should have enough air to survive a supersonic trip back to the mainland. Just saying.

Totally support Pocket.
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Rolled 22

>>26038045
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Rolled 64

>>26038045
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Rolled 86

>>26038045
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Rolled 65

>>26038045
And once more!
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Rolled 100

>>26038045
Rollin'
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Rolled 65

>>26038045
woops
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Rolled 59

>>26038045
rolling
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Rolled 82

>>26038045
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>>26038067
Pocket goes to the Nether. They'd die.
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Rolled 8

>>26038081
Its not fun anymore
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>>26038053
Hey man they are bad guys.
What else are we going to do, wait until they tell us their sympathetic back stories?
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Rolled 23

>>26038081
tenth. were good
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>>26038081
It's the tenth roll.

But it's a double action. So how does this go down?
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>>26038081
10th roll
THE CLUB JUST CAN'T HANDLE ALL THE 100s RIGHT NOW!!!!!
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>>26038081
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>>26038081
>10th roll
Haha, just squeakin' in the the door
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>>26038081
10th roll!
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SM it appears your players have sacrificed their virgins tonight.
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>>26038106
I'm saying the chefs probably never did anything beyond serve food to bad guys. It's like saying every employee of a company is evil because of a corrupt CEO.
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>>26038049
>Why not just have 50 be a crit fail and 51 be a crit success?

Easier to remember, and keeps the 1d1 fags out. 1d2s are way easier to spot, and when 1's aren't super important or reliable anymore, the 'oh shit point it out lololol don't count it' impact is way less

also, crits on the middle of the pool aren't nearly as satisfying
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All this good luck is totally going to bite us in the ass when we need to fight the Penguin.
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>>26038067
I also support pocket. Even though I dont think it can have living people in it
>>26038100
Quit your bitching
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>>26038138

The virgins have indeed been sacrificed.
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>>26038081
>tfw SM only called for 6 rolls
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>>26038081
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>>26038140
The chefs were probably the most evil of all
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Rolled 9

>>26038140
He was cooking up trouble
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>>26038161
Crits within the first 10 (First 5 for d20s) always count.
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>>26038161
it still counts as a mini crit
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>>26037237
>>26037625
>>26038081
WHY CAN'T I HOLD ALL THESE 100's?
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Eesh, what's with all these 100's.

I'm kind of hoping we roll low when we get to Vonnegut.

I'd actually like to have a reoccurring villain, but all the previous possibilities have either been too powerful to face or too imminently dangerous/assholeish to let live.

That and SM has apparently planned to have him reoccur, so i want to see what it in store

>>26038045
Also, just realized that those rolls are probably for Freja and her fight.

>>26038067
>>26038091
Pocket can store people, and they can survive, but it would probably cause them to roll a SAN check.
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>>26038161
Normal rolls call for the first 3.

Calling for 6 means it was a double action.

The 100 counts.
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>>26038091
>Pocket goes to the Nether. They'd die.

>http://pastebin.com/vAZTpZvB
>The pocket has no gravity, but starts filled with air, so living creatures could survive there. However, long periods in the nether are not good for the health of living things. You cannot transport yourself to your pocket.

Wrong!

Also, we can store constructs there no problem.
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>>26038160
SM, I find out our new name.
Astraeus; in mythology he was the titan of dusk (bringing about the night) and father of... wait for it... Justice
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>Not taking the ship for ourselves

guys
guys
think of all the booty
no not penguin butt you sick fucks
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>>26038161
>tfw when the people in SQ don't know how the dice system works
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>>26038179
>>26038183
>>26038189
Well, thank sweet shadowy Jesus my 100 doesn't go to waste.
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>>26038188
If SM wanted to have us actually have a recurring villain, he wouldn't have pushed the "out down all threats immediately and permanently" mentality so hard.
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>>26038197
I support it! Just kidding it sounds kind of gay. I like it but, it's really, really gay.
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>>26038203
>>Not taking the ship for ourselves

This may be the right move.
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>>26038194
Oh shit! that means we can go all Lifestealer with construct-o-bro? I support getting pocket
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>>26038206
What the fuck is that from?
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>>26038221
Yeah I don't like the sound of it, but it's the closest fitting to the greek theme, and the symbolism of it fits really really well.
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>>26038041

Also testing
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>>26038209
He also wouldn't have put women and children slaves in here unless the boat is just one big snack. He has to have realized that we wouldn't let that slide.
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>>26038100
YOU SON OF A BITCH. DON'T EVER SAY THAT! YOU'LL MAKE IT WORSE!
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>>26038188
In all fairness we did roll pretty poorly when the chase scene was happening.
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>>26038197
Hmm not bad but its kinda I don't know it just doesn't sound right somehow
It's not crisp and it doesn't roll off the tongue
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>>26038236
Don't know, sadly.
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>>26038197
Motherfuckers always trying to change our name. Our name is shadow God Damn it.
We dont need to change it
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>>26038288
Wait a second, I've got it!
Oberon, King of Shadows.
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>>26038274
Except that we have so much leeway that it barely mattered to the goal we were pursuing.

I kind of wish we just grabbed Obis and ran.
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>>26038288
Word
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>>26038288
I want a real name. Something that's our own, not what Abigail gave us, we've got to mature past that. And find some kind of name..
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>>26038310
Why did you link to my post?
Its like you didn't even read what I said.
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>>26038328

Yeah its shadow.
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I honestly think it's hilarious how every single npc mocks us for our name.
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>>26038330
I read it. I just disagreed with it on these >>26038328 grounds.
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>>26038351
Feels too much like a descriptor rather than a name.
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>>26038328
de whole point of shadow is it's not for the lime light

we're the un-acclaimed avenger, the dark hand in the night that protects all.

Let Flint and the other meatbags get the glory
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>>26038328
These humans and their obsession with names. So odd.

>>26038353
Most of them comment on it, but few of them mock it
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>>26038197
>>26038310
we don't necessarily need a new name that doesn't mean we can't have an alias. still i like shadow as our name or we could make shadow our last name
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>>26038328
why not erebus?
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>>26038328
Anon normally I'm not very argumentative on this quest, except when I try to get people to buy summoning, but I will fight you on this subject for as long as I have access to the internet
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>>26038197
that's gay and you should feel gay.
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We should be named slim shady
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I like Shadow\Mr. Shadow. Its who we are.
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At this point, we've been Shadow too long for anyone to ever agree on anything else. Unless we become Erebus or SM just hands us a name it's pretty much destined to stick.
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>>26038391

We are not Erebus.

Everyone we have talked to about this who would know has told us as such.

Erebus fucked up, we're going to do it right this time, and we don't need to be saddled with his name.
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>>26038391
Because Erebus made mistakes. Erebus was flawed in his lack of humanity. We have to grow, and change. We have to do... better.
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>>26038406
This is the only name other than Shadow that has my support
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>>26038310
pls no.
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>>26038391
by that logic we should name ourself Tartarus or Hades
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>>26038440
por que?
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>>26038248
>He also wouldn't have put women and children slaves in here unless the boat is just one big snack. He has to have realized that we wouldn't let that slide.

Which leaves me wondering what the stinger is.

We've got to be pissing off SOMEone doing this.
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You sneak under the nearest bunk.

"...so George."

"Yeah?"

"Remember that girl back in that one bar?"

"Charlene?"

"That's the one." The man lays a card down on a little brown crate. He's seated opposite his gaming partner, and you linger in the shadows just behind him. "You ever get with her?"

"Heh. All I had to do was say I was with the boss. She was all over me after that. Pretty good fuck. She actually gave me a little somethin', too, told me to come see her again next time we were in port."

"Really? Like what?"

The other man puts his hand down, turns, and rummages in his bag. "...one sec."

You grab the man next to you, wrapping your limb around his head and sealing it off at his neck. You drag him under the bunk, break his neck, and consume him.

The man turns back with a small locket in his hand. "...Jerry?"

You grab George and consume him next.

Another man walks over and eyes the table. He glances around the room. "...where'd those idiots get off to..."

You wait until no one is looking. Just before the man steps away, you drag him under the bunk and consume his soul. And then you slip to the next bunk, and the next.

When you're finished, there's only one man left. He's sitting in the middle of the room on a trunk, reading a book. As you creep toward him, he glances up. "...huh. Dinner already?"

"That's one way of putting it," you say. Your body slams shut around the man, breaking him in two, and then consuming him.

>you've gained 5 HP (72/81)
>you've gained 1 EXP (18)

"Oh, holy fuck!"

You glance up. The lightning mage is standing at the entrace to the crew quarters, mouth agape. He raises his hands, and crackling lightning forms in his hands -

>con't
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>>26038321
Well we will get through this patch of good luck together, k m8?
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>>26038386
Perhaps an acronym-name.

Shadow-Something-Something. Forms a three letter name that can identify us while not being a name in the traditional sense.
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>>26038392
Good for you. No amount of argument is going to make "Shadow" any more meaningful of a name.
Like >>26038367 says, he apparently wants us to be some kind of force of nature. Which is cool, but can still happen with a name.
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>>26038328
>I want a real name. Something that's our own, not what Abigail gave us, we've got to mature past that. And find some kind of name..

What we really need is a LAST name. Something we can rally a family, cause, or kingdom around. Something that shows what we stand for, beyond just.... mister shadow.
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>>26038462
>"...huh. Dinner already?"
>"That's one way of putting it,"
10/10 sides in orbit
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>>26038485
I can get behind a last naame.

Shadow Oberon?
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>>26038472
We don't need a name
Mr. Shadow is ambiguous enough to keep us threatening and mysterious.

Plus Abby said so and she's da boss
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>>26038472
Aint no name better for a force of nature than shadow. Its simple and Its descriptive
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>>26038466
I remember suggesting a long, long time ago, the pseudonym "The Ebon Wanderer." How about that?
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>>26038472
must be a force of nature hmmmm
how about dusk? shade?
>>26038485
>kingdom
The Dawn of Dusk? The Dawn of Darkness? The kingdom of ???
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>>26038472
>No amount of argument is going to make "Shadow" any more meaningful of a name.
Not the guy you linked to, but I don't think we need a meaningful name. It's just unnecessary
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>>26038528
It's a cool name, but it just don't fit
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>>26038508
That sounds like a metal gear boss. Besides shadow is our last name. Mr is our first name
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>>26038529
>The Dawn of Dusk?

I like the symbology of this actually. "Dusk. Somewhere between Light and Dark."
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why do we need a name that means anything?

most of them, if not ALL of them, sound like shit. they're stilted, or flowery, or boring, or just plain hideous. no one in any thread I've ever been in has ever had anything even approaching decent taste when it comes to names. its always special snowflake tier shit. every time. nothing mentioned so far is even decent and every last one is going to cause a hue fucking shitstorm. christ. just shut up about it already. we're shadow. that's simple enough.
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>>26038530
I am the guy he linked to, And I think Shadow is a meaningful enough name already
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>>26038530
Sure, most naming conventions are completely unnecessary, just like the Mr. for Shadow.
I really just want something that makes us more relatable to the people around us and the characters we meet and shadow has always had a silly touch to it.
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>>26038590
I still approve of Slim Shady
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A red-hot sword explodes out of his torso. He gasps and splutters. Blood runs down the corner of his mouth.

You hear a grunt of effort, and then Miss Blackwater kicks him free of her sword, nearly tearing him in half in the process. She flicks the sword down to rid it of the majority of the blood, then wipes it on the mage's clothing.

<Nice timing.>

"The hero of justice always arrives right on time," she says. Her bird lands on her shoulder as she says the words, adding to the dramatic effect. You feel rather impressed.

<...is that from something?>

She smirks. "Something Obis said to me, once, when I was younger. I'll tell you the story later. Did you find him?"

<I did. He's down in the brig.>

Something in Blackwater's face relaxes. Her shoulders slump. "...thank the elements."

<I've freed him, but told him to stay put until I took care of things. His equipment is in the hold, but his cape is missing. Vonnegut is probably holding it somewhere.>

"Sounds likely." She frowns. "...you know, I could have sworn I heard a lot of voices from this room. I backed off when the mage came by, but I felt your magic, so..."

<What?>

"Where are the bodies?"

<You're rather observant,> you say. <They way I kill doesn't leave bodies.>

"See," she says, "this is why people are freaked out by shadow mages. You're creepier than sea monsters, tell you what."

<Let's save it for later. We still have work to do.>

What do you do now?

>continue onward alone; have Freja go and guard the brig
>go up together. Only the spirit mage is left, and the vast majority of the crew is dead. It's time to end this.
>some other strategy
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>>26038603
>shadow has always had a silly touch to it.
I'm not feeling it
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>>26038603

Nobody's said as much yet, what gives you that impression?

Even if it just originally was Abby's term for us, we've appropriated it, and everyone uses it as our name already, what sense is there in changing it now?
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>>26038529
those are names weeaboos give to their cats.

no
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>>26038615
consume the lightning mage
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>>26038615
>go up together. Only the spirit mage is left, and the vast majority of the crew is dead. It's time to end this.
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>>26038603
Its no more silly than any other name suggested. besides we dont seem to have any problems relating to people, apart from the whole being a sentient elemental thing
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>>26038615
>continue onward alone; have Freja go and guard the brig
we're doing fine by ourselves, she just needs to make sure everyone else is doing alright.
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>>26038631
>those are names weeaboos give to their cats.
That is funnier than it has any right to be
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>>26038615
>continue onward alone; have Freja go and guard the brig

No need to freak her out.
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>>26038615

Go together.

The 100 train has no brakes.
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>>26038529
what about Umbra??? Shit man I can't think of anything more relevant as a force of nature

>>26038590
I don't see you contributing

>>26038631
Never met a weeaboo who would name their cat something like that but then again I don't know any weeaboos or anyone who owns cats
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>>26038615
>>go up together. Only the spirit mage is left, and the vast majority of the crew is dead. It's time to end this.

And the light mage? Also eat the body before someone sees it.
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>>26038615
CONSUME

and lets move on.
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>>26038528
A bit more dramatic than seems appropriate.

>>26038530
If we take a name, it would be something either reflecting an accomplishment of ours, or a plain and simple name that wouldn't go beyond shadow in complexity.

Actually, if you can find a suitable phrase to acronym into it, Sam would work as a name. Shadow-Across/Around/Among/-Man/???

Just throwing out thoughts.

We can still use the name Shadow, and it might even be appropriate to have many names.

>>26038615
>continue onward alone; have Freja go and guard the brig
Ask her to get Obis out of here if she can.
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>>26038614
I say from now on we call wisp this
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>>26038615
>tell you what

DANGIT BOBBY
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>>26038472
My name is Christopher. It means "bearer of Christ" or some such thing. I am not even Christian. My name has less meaning to me than Shadow's does to him.
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>>26038615
>go up together. Only the spirit mage is left, and the vast majority of the crew is dead. It's time to end this.
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>>26038707
vote passed

SM make it happen
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>>26038702
>simple name
>acronym
>pick one
What are we, The Kids Next Door?
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>>26038615
>go up together. Only the spirit mage is left, and the vast majority of the crew is dead. It's time to end this

>>26038707
seconded
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>>26038615
>go up together. Only the spirit mage is left, and the vast majority of the crew is dead. It's time to end this.
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Rolled 100

>>26038615
giver her the option.
<right now there is a very hungry, thirsty, and tired obis and the only guard on the brig>
<you can go defend them while i finish up, or you can come with. if you deside to come with, then know this will not be pretty.
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>>26038771
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHA
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>>26038615
>continue onward alone; have Freja go and guard the brig
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>>26038771
WHY DID YOU-
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>>26038752
Actually I was thinking of TOE from rice boy.
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>>26038771
>Rolled 100

The dice gods have spoken.
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>>26038771
>then know this will not be pretty
She just cut a dude in half. I don't think she gives a fuck about violence.
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>>26038662
I'm pretty sure >>26038590 is saying we don't need a new name

My 2 most recent cats are named Apollo and Ares, but I'm not really a weeaboo, I just like some good anime
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Do people want to consume the corpse of the lightning mage? Might be simpler if you sent her downstairs, then did it. Preventing all that shock and horror, you know.

Include that opinion separate from your vote, otherwise it won't be counted.

Vote 1:
>together

Vote 2:
>alone

Vote 3:
>her choice
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>>26038277
>>26038236
It looks like it's from https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8NnqM7Ojcz8#t=173s.

I feel like Shadow would postpone choosing a more meaningful name for himself until he's retired and the cause of Justice no longer needs his help.
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038771
You're absolutely right about that. This isn't going to be pretty.
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038826
Go alone, tell her to watch over Obis and the civilians

Consume when she's away
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>>26038662
that was my contribution.
Shadow is fine, most of the other names in this thread blow dogs for quarters, there's no reason to change it, etc.
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>>26038771
The dice gods have stored their fucks for the winter early this year.
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>>26038826
Consume it. Just tell her that we need to get rid of it.

We can form a little circle of shadow and make it look like a portal to the nether, sort of how Abby did fake summoning sigils for us.
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>>26038826
2
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>>26038826
Don't consume it yet.
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>>26038802
Wait, did you actually pronounce his name like the word 'toe'? I always said it as 'tee-oh-ee'.

Also, thumbs up for excellent taste
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038817
Big difference between cutting dudes and CONSUMING dudes
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038861
This is good
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>>26038826
CONSUME
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>>26038826
<You gonna eat that?>
if we can consume while holding our human shape, like having a wave of shadow go out from our feet to eat it while we look on disinterested
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>>26038826
Consume the body. If she stays, just say she might want to look away while we get rid of it. <It's not exactly pretty.>
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>>26038826
"You may want to look away..."

What little magic the mage had is draining away as we speak!
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>>26038872
Seconding this. Make it look like our way of disposing of bodies.
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>>26038918
>having a wave of shadow go out from our feet to eat it while we look on disinterested
I like that.
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>>26038826

>her choice
>consume the body

Writing.
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>>26038938
We could buy pocket and hide the body there
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>>26038872
>>26038918
Either of these, or some kind of combo, sounds good.
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>>26038958
>>26038955
>>26038918

acknowledged
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>>26038962
We aren't really eating it to hide it, we want the xp.
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>>26038630
...Enough people in setting have pointed it out. As well as the posters of the first threads when it was being considered for what we tell others, like the duke. I'm not really feeling the need to change the name but somehow make it more.
I guess I'm very alone in this but it doesn't sound like a name someone who has gained an actual identity and has tried to distance itself from the prejudices of the world while numerically becoming more of a person would keep.
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>>26038962
Like that would do anything to help the soul stay within the body.
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>>26038826
3
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>>26038968
If we still look like the doll-o-mancer, we could have our freaky tooth coat eat him.
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>>26038631
>those are names weeaboos give to their cats.

Lol. Well done.

However, Dusk Shadow both rolls off the tongue and is an injoke for anyone who understands the founding forces of Haven.

I also don't like using Shakespeare or earth god references because it points to a mythology that doesn't exist in this world.
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>>26039021
>earth god
???
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>>26038702

>i have.. many names
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>>26039021
>I also don't like using Shakespeare or earth god references because it points to a mythology that doesn't exist in this world.
The names of all the elementals point to Greek stuff.

Angels almost all have a Christian thing going.

Archon is China.

Other places are other things.
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>>26039021
The angels use names of actual Christian angels. Erebus and Hecate are also from different mythologys.
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>>26039021
I still don't like it enough. It.. bounces on the tongue.
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>>26039043
YHWH presumably
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>>26039021
I don't thin that shadows really a two name sort of person.
I mean none of them have the same impact as shadow on its own
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If we're going to be named anything it's going to be blobby

solely because I can then say
DANGIT BLOBBY
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How about "Twilight City"?
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>>26039085
>thin
>*think*
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>>26038918
I dunno, but I just got a really amusing image of Shadow asking "You gonna eat that?" and then absent mindedly picking the body up and starting to chew on it's shoulder like it's the most normal thing in the world.
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>>26039099
as in, for a name? you smokin something?
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>>26039058
>Erebus and Hecate are also from different mythologys.
They are both Greek deities.

>>26039021
So far most of the Elemental Lords have had greek mythological names. Aeolus, Erebus, Hecate, and Hyperion. Logi, Leviathan, and Geb were all ventures into other mythologies.
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>>26039099
You callin' Mr. Shadow fat?
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>>26039043
as opposed to space god, lime with the mormons
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A thought.

We're on a ship. Why don't we buy water recovery? It's also needed to go towards operation HYDRA.
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>>26039114
I just pictured that with the cadis etrama doll face image.
Oh god.
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>>26039132
Titanomachy anyone?
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>>26039149
Well, I just want to see what Darkness Within unlocks so badly.
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>>26039149
We could, but lets wait till we actually need one of these upgrades before we actually buy anything.
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>>26039166
Read >>26037887
> the titanomac-elementomachy
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>>26039149
Eh, we're at nearly full health
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<Alright. I can go on alone and consume our enemies, as I have been doing - that would free you to guard the prisoners, and rearm Obis. Or you could come with me.>

"Obis can handle himself. Vonnegut is harder to hold than water. I don't want to pass up a shot at killing him."

<As you would,> you state. <I need to remove this body. You might want to avert your eyes.>

"I've seen worse than you can dish out, I'm sure."

<I seriously doubt that.> You spread part of yourself out from your foot, Inking it around the body in a circle, as if it is the sigil from a spell. Little tendrils like a hundred shadow proboscis reach out and stab the body. You dissolve his corpse, and his soul, and then drink it back into yourself. In a few moments, the body is gone.

"...shit," Freja says. "You weren't kidding."

<I'm not really the kidding sort.>

"Sure glad you're on my side."

>you've gained 2 EXP
>you've gained 2 mana
>HP: 74/81
>Mana: 13/34

Something flickers in your senses. Spirit magic. The mage is in the hall outside, along with several crewmen. You quickly motion to Freja, and you press yourselves to the wall on either side of the door. She glances at you, waiting on your direction.

What do you do?

>write-in
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>>26039021
As the guy who came up with Dusk for a name, I wasn't really envisioning it as "Dusk Shadow" just 'Dusk" to replace Shadow since we were going for some kind of nature affiliation that didn't sound shitty.. like how
>>26039069
thought
I don't think we can name ourselves after something nature related other Shadow since most of the other anons don't like it.
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>>26039021
>dusk shadow

It must be a full moonblood out tonight.
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>>26039182
>Not sir flint and shadow make a plan.gif
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>>26039202
Both of us walk out in front of him, we blink behind him and deliver snapped necks unto him.
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>>26039202
Ink tendril under door to see whats on the other side.

Then stab the mage through the wall.
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>>26039202
Can we see his shadow?
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>>26039202
>Blink
>Shiva
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>>26039203
Dusk doesn't really have the same gravitas as shadow anyway, besides it sounds sort of girly
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>>26039202
Well we can try another ambush tactic by pretending to be that shadow mage again, it seems to have worked very well so far.
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> 3 100's in this thread.

The dice gods are out for blood tonight.
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>>26039237
>Then stab the mage through the wall.

I was hoping someone would think of that. I almost wrote it as an option, then was like "eh, that's too easy. Let them flex the creative muscle."

>>26039248

No, he's on the other side of the wall. Freja closed the door behind her.

>>26039255

You can't Blink through solid objects.
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>>26039202
Ink a tendril under the wall
and use Shadow Domination on everyone, but especially the mage.
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>>26039099
That gives me an idea, how about ████████?
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>>26039278
SM SUPPORTS IT

>>26039237
SO WE MUST CHOOSE IT

CHOO

CHOO
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>>26039202
>>you've gained 2 EXP
20 xp.

Just a few more and we could buy Tao and zerk all day without worrying about our allies.
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>>26039292
I say shadow dominate the non mages but gaping maw the mage, since he may have a method of casting even when paralyzed.
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>>26039114
Except the thing is, the way we eat isn't actually the "numnumnum" kind but rather the way the most horrifying insects etc eat.

Imagine seeing someone's soul being ripped out of their body. Ripping apart, trying to not be destroyed, coming off like you were flaying off pieces of the person's body, except you could tell this is final, and the person will truly stop existing. There won't be an afterlife for him.

The flesh itself is just an appetizer. That's terrifying enough to behold even if they can't scream.
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>>26039301
Eh I think there are a lot more useful powers we can be getting for that exp than tao
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>>26039301
I definitely want Tao. Since Darkness Within exaggerates ALL aspects of zerk and is uncancellable I have feeling it'll be really, really bad for innocent bystanders and allies.
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>>26039331
But then we can defend our friends while being really mad about it!
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>>26039237
Clearly this is what we must do.
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>>26039331
Berserk is the only way to get more physically strong without titanic. And we can't even use it because of allies and innocents most of the time.

Tao would be very good.
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>>26039352
Or we could put it into magic until we can finally start regening mana
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>>26039259
>girly
I don't see it but I am not too attached to the name... I think we need a name that sounds crisp and isn't silly despite how much I like Slim Shady
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>>26039237
supporting this
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>>26039363
>>26039352
And that strength could be used for things other than fighting, like... suplexing an airship.
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>>26039371
Sure thing captain, frostbite or surge or perhaps something from the earth tree? Or maybe darkness within.
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>>26039372
Well I'm just saying how many guys have you ever heard of named dusk? Then compare it to how many girls
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Roll 1d100 to shank them through the wall
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>>26039371
Finally someone thought about this. We need to advance on the water magic tree. Either that or Darkness Within.
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Rolled 82

>>26039404
Rollin'
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Rolled 59

>>26039404
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Rolled 63

>>26039404
Hoping for more high rolls so as to hear Blackwater get mildly disturbed
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Rolled 68

>>26039404
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Rolled 17

>>26039404
What about Max as a name? Max is a good name. Or Luke.
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Rolled 31

>>26039404
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Rolled 60

>>26039404
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>>26039406
I don't want Darkness WIthin without Tao. See >>26039333
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>>26039402
>>26039372
You know, this is really hard, I've been searching on the online thesaurus for things similar to dusk, darkness, shadow, and a few mythological things as well and I can't find many things are fitting and also sound like something we would choose IC.
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>>26039429
No
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Rolled 83

>>26039404
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Rolled 7

>>26039404
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Rolled 82

>>26039404
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>>26039401
>>26039406
Do we know if we get a magic power upgrade from every magic tree?
Did we get a magic power boost from water magic?
Because if not I say we get something from the earth tree
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>>26039429
I prefer jeff.
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>>26039429
I got an idea, we'll call ourselves...

Snuffy! An abridgement of Snapple and Scruffy, obviously.
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>>26039497
Fuck no
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I think we should get a mana pool for haven first.
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>>26039406
Let's go with completing the Water tree as OPERATION: HYDRA is so close to being finished. Once we have the water tree all that is left is a few more upgrades.
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>>26039480
We haven't finished the water tree so we don't know, but all the other magic trees so far have had a power upgrade.
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>>26039497
brilliant
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>>26039402
I just don't see us as having a gender so I can't really see it that way I see us as more of an entity. I can't see your point of view because I can't imagine us with a gender... is what I'm saying.

>>26039442
same
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>>26039203
>As the guy who came up with Dusk for a name, I wasn't really envisioning it as "Dusk Shadow" just 'Dusk" to replace Shadow since we were going for some kind of nature affiliation that didn't sound shitty.. like how

This is why i suggested we come up with a LAST name.

Because we obviously want to keep mister shadow, but have something... new, to mark our growing up and maturing as we (re?)discover feeling. And for others to refer to us by.
Something our own, not just what we are/look like.
Last name is a nice compromise.
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Rolled 55

>>26039404
I STILL GET TO ROLL, JUST WOKE UP!
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>>26039548
Shadow would obviously be our last name. You don't say Mr. Robert. or Mr. Dave.
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>>26039439
Well then, we would just remember to use it only when we are away from allies, and It lasts four turns minimum, so it wouldn't be like we would be raging all day.

That and tao only has value when in combination with three skills, of which we only have one.

We can save up for tao next after getting Darkness within, and still have DW to use if we get into a fight away from allies and innocents, which does happen.
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Well I'm just saying how many guys have you ever heard of named dusk? Then compare it to how many girls


Dawn is waaay more girly than dusk. Perhaps we should go with that instead :p
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>>26039520
Then I say full steam ahead with some water spells then.I say we get surge
>>26039532
I suppose I get what you are saying but Shadow just has more of a kick to it to me then dusk
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We're shadow to some.
Mr. Shadow to others.
end of story
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>>26039548
"Shadow... Mister Shadow."

How cheesy can we get?
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Quit fagging around about names.
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>>26039532
>>26039548
All this name shit is stupid.

What are we going to say "Hey Auriel I know you called me Shadow for the past month but now I've decided my name is Dusk/Austarkjnfsa/some word from bloody Germany!"

Our name is set, basically. They call us Shadow, we introduce ourselves as Shadow. It's just a tiny point of semantics that doesn't matter.

If you really want to have some identity thing use a title, not a name. Make yourself Shadow, Lord of the Dusk or Shadow of Austasserseu or something.

Same effect, less stupid.
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>670 replies

new thred?
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>>26039631
we're only on page 7
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>>26039583
Oh god so we're going for a first name?

Like some anon has said it's really hard to find a non-edgy first name if your last name is shadow.

Midnight Shadow? Pfft.
Dusk Shadow? Ugh.
Dawn Shadow? U wot m8 u b8'n me?
Brunch Shadow?

Hey... that's not bad.
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>>26039606
"Swiss.....Mister Swiss Cheese."
I don't know you tell me
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>>26039631
Not until we're on page 10. Some busier threads reach 1.2k posts or so.
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>>26039624
>Dusk/Austarkjnfsa/some word from bloody Germany
I could throw my support behind this name.
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>>26039639
I don't necessarily understand why they need to follow a theme like that. Why not just use a normal fuckin' name? Legion's real name is Dave fachrisake.
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>>26039639
Bruce L. Shadow? Butch Shadow?

Butch is alright, kinda.
I could dig it.
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>>26039603
>>26039617
Oh faff off.

>>26039624
Alright, this is why I don't like you, you are an asshole who is extremely passive aggressive and has extreme entitled opinion issues but you actually raise a good point here.

A title would be better.
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>>26039639
How about Slim for the first name?
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>>26039664
Oh god.

>>26039680
He wasn't known as Dave when he got famous though, was he?
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>>26039681
>Chewing knobs this hard
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>>26039681
>Naming shadow a lesbian or cop

stop this
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<Don't move,> you tell Freja. She nods at you.

You create four long, sharp projections from your body. You align them with the wall, and wait for just the right moment.

Froo-THUNK-KICH

You thrust your tendrils through the wall, through their skulls, and pin the four men to the opposite side of the hallway. And from your current position, you tendrils begin to devour them. It's like sucking a soul down a straw.

>you've gained 3 EXP (23)
>you've gained 2 mana (15/34)
>you've gained 1 HP (75/81)
>you've gained 4 Temerity (319)

You withdraw your tentacles back through the wall. <It's safe now.>

Freja opens the door. Her eyes take in the small bloodstains circling four holes on the opposite side of the hallway. "I don't want to ask what you did with the bodies, do I?"

<Probably not.>

"Right. Well, fuck 'em. Let's move." You lead the way up the stairs. "That whole telepathy thing is pretty useful, by the way. I thought it that was spirit magic."

<It is. I have a bit of that as well. So do you, it seems.>

She glances at her bird, still perched on her shoulder. "Guess so. Never learned that kind of thing, though. Could be useful."

<I'm not sure I'd make the best teacher, but I know a handful of Spirit mages that could help you with that.>

"We can talk about it later."

<Indeed.>

>con't
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You reach the top deck. A storm door is thrown over the top of the stairwell. You raise a hand to stop Freja, then Ink a projection out through the cracks to take a look at the deck.

Comparatively speaking, it's deserted. Five men work the rigging; a sixth sits in the crow's nest. You can see the buildings of Port Vanta to the north along the coastline. This ship is sticking near the shore, and heading south, fast.

The water mage is near the railing; he's steering the ship. He's channeling a stream of magic into the bow, as well - splitting the water ahead of the wood. That probably helps with travel time.

The doors to the captain's quarters open. Vonnegut, now healed, marches out onto the deck. "Where the hell are those idiotic blowhards? We should be moving twice this speed!"

"Don't know, boss!" the water mage calls. "They all went belowdecks."

"Lazy imbeciles going to the rum already. Don't they appreciate the hell we're running from?" Vonnegut puts his fingers to his temples and concentrates.

Roll 1d100
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>>26039690
You dont just come up with your own title though.
Not unless your a ponce
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I was about to make a comment about how we could probably wait a little while to pick a new name, seeing as Shadow will naturally want a real name once he gains more humanity and becomes even more human.
Maybe the name should just wait until the right moment?
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Rolled 74

>>26039746
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Rolled 54

>>26039746
FUCKHEREWEGO!!!!

DID
NOT
READ
THE
FUCKING
POST
BEFORE
ROOOOLLIN!
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>>26039624
Shadow. Lord of Luncheon....
Get it luncheon since we CONSUME everything?
that gives me an even better idea
Shadow, Lord of CONSUMPTION
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I vote against any and all name changes.

We'd have to go around telling everyone "oh hey I decided yo be called DarkShadowDuskFaggot from now on" and other characters would think it is dumb and rightly mock you for it.
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>>26039746
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>>26039624
>If you really want to have some identity thing use a title, not a name. Make yourself Shadow, Lord of the Dusk or Shadow of Austasserseu or something.

This is precisely what I was getting at when i mentioned it the first time, except perhaps more clearly stated

>>26038485
>Something we can rally a family, cause, or kingdom around.

Because, you know, that's what haven is going to be.

>>26039606
>How cheesy can we get?

"The names Shadow. Your Shadow.":
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>>26039756
True.

>>26039765
What you mean to say is "let's drop the argument now and resume another time for when it is more relevant to the situation in the quest."
Which I second.
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>>26039746

roll
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>>26039746
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Rolled 57

>>26039746
DINNER TIME!
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>>26039746
Another 100 will no happen; the dice are angered over everyone's faggotry about names.
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Rolled 58

>>26039746
CONSUME
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>>26039746
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>>26039746
All these exps. what should we get lads surge or frostbite?
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(A multi-element dynamo. Mute the sound.)

Seems I've missed most of the thread! Been gathering different dynamo-looking pictures and videos, will share them drop by drop.

Does someone know how to set up twitter to behave more like RSS feeds, now that they no longer offer RSS? Checking it a few times per day doesn't seem to be good enough with SM announcing new threads a mere half an hour beforehand.
>>26039713
>>26039746
I'm looking at you.
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>>26039690
It's okay Anon. I hear that a lot, that being "you're an asshole but I agree with you".

>>26039710
>>26039712
Well it's better than Midnight Dusk Shadow the Fourth of the Eternal Night

I mean think about it. When we're broing it up with Flint and Vellik do you think they want to say "oh Mignight that's hilarious haha" when we tell a joke? No. Names that are cool are rarely actually good at being names. We know enough about humans to understand this.

Anyway it looks like people agree with the title thing if we're gonna do anything at all so let's talk about that instead.
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>>26039746
rollan'
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Vonnegut opens his eyes. "Odd. I can't feel anything." He walks toward the storm door leading to the stairs. "You stay here, I'm going to look myself."

Roll 1d100
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Rolled 48

>>26039746
>>
A THOUGHT
Shadow attacks didn't work very well on the penguin last time.

So what about trying out Mind Crush or Spirit Siphon?
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>>26039847
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Rolled 8

>>26039746
Didn't even count seconds from last high roll
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Rolled 65

>>26039847
CONSUME
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>>26039847
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>>26039856
Or nightflare and then hulk smash.

Strength is our strength.
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Rolled 58

>>26039847
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Rolled 58

>>26039746
Rollin'
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Rolled 37

>>26039847
rollan' for CONSUME
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Rolled 65

>>26039847
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Rolled 63

>>26039847

Kill!
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>>26039875
Nightflare doesn't work on him due to his pimp hat. We already hit him with it like three times to no effect
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Rolled 84

>>26039746

Up yours, vonnegut!
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>>26039875
Nightflare slid off last time. He's got his hat set to anti shadow magic, and nightflare is still shadow magic.

And we want to steal the hat, so 420NIGHTBLAZIN' it isn't a good idea since that might permanently destroy it.
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>>26039847
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>>26039765
>Maybe the name should just wait until the right moment?

I would agree with this, and, frankly, is something that should be chosen with the advice and support of our peers and friends
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>>26039911
>>26039905
Ah, I thought I remembered something like that happening.

Oh well. Let's just sneak up to him, grab him with a giant hand and crush his torso. Engage from point blank.

>>26039939
Second
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We have enough xp to complete the poison tree.

That would get us one of those purple completionist unlocks and it would bring us closer to HYDRA.
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Rolled 69

>>26039847

All these sixties. Someone's gotta buck the trend
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>>26039949
>Oh well. Let's just sneak up to him, grab him with a giant hand and crush his torso. Engage from point blank.
His hat is anti shadow, not just anti shadow magic. We tried physical attacks and they all got deflected. Also, he can morph into steam.
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>>26039973
Not you
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You don't feel the massive spear of ice until the last second.

You have enough time to shove Freja down the stairs. She takes an ungraceful tumble, but she'll be fine.

------
------

>you take 17 damage (57/81)

You wake up in the ship's hold. Shattered ice is scattered around your body. Your vision seems foggy. That hurt. A lot.

A hole in the deck lets in a stream of light to your current position. You get to your feet. Vonnegut must have had something already prepared, because you didn't feel any obvious spell.

"Elements! Shadow, are you alright!?"

<Obis?>

You spot the man crouched behind crates. Shards of ice are embedded in the wood, but his cover seems to have held. He's dressed in his adamantium armor, and he has his sword in hand. "It was quiet for so long...what the hell was that?"

Vonnegut leaps down through the hole, more ice bristling on his arms!

1d100 to dodge
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>>26039964
I say we get frost bite. I got a feeling there's a magic power upgrade behind frostbite
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>>26039964
I'd rather get fast blink and see if we could gain a teleport.
Or pocket to keep our valuable stuff much safer instead of losing it to cave ins or long-lost uncles.

Damn it SM there are too many choices.
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Rolled 97

>>26039993
I think you mean CONSUME
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Rolled 82

>>26039993
Doggin!
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>>26039993
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>>26039993
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>>26039980
>>26039993
Hmmm. And he's a water mage so we can't drown him.

Can we take him into the air and get him cut up by the skysever? Bind and then take him for a ride?
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Rolled 65

>>26039993
>Gaping Maw
>Hunger shard
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Rolled 61

>>26039993
well, fuck.
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Rolled 24

>>26039993
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Rolled 20

>>26039993
>Vonnegut leaps down through the hole, more ice bristling on his arms!

>>26039993
>A hole in the deck lets in a stream of light to your current position.

Its dark out and he's jumping into a shadowey hold. Hoist him into the air with shadow tendrils - whatever flavor we can afford to do.

Then hit him very, very hard. Possibly use the Isolation shard to seperate him from his hat's protection while we knock it off.
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>>26039993
I advising engaging no more magic for you mode with a 10 mana nightflare. The penguin will be out of tricks, and will have to sit down and have a talk with Mr. Pain and his friend Die N. Motherfucker
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>>26039993
Oh right. I forgot.

CLUB BABY SEALS.
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>>26040070
But I want is hat.
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>>26040070
But we want his hat. Nightblaze might permanently wreck it,
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>>26040077
>Warranty void
>Void
Well played sir
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>>26040089
>>26040100
Fucking hat waifuers ruining the damn quest.
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>>26040070
We already hit him with several nightflares man, They dont bloody work.
His pimp hat is too strong
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>>26040070
Doesn't work cuz of the hat, I'm told.
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>>26040070
We should just Gaping Maw and CONSUME
the damn hat for exp instead of trying to nightflare or blaze it.
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>>26040110
Team Hat
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>>26040111
>they dont bloody work.

then perhaps we should use a different flavor of magic? its apparently geared towards anti-shadow stuff, from the results we've seen
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>>26040134

Gaben has trained you well.
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Rolled 51

>>26040138

Lets use the shadow shotgun at close range.
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>>26040110
Sir, it appears you are mixing up Vanity with Waifus. Please recognize the difference and act accordingly.
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>>26040120
No you fucker! Think about how much of a bitch fighting this guy has been because of that hat.
Now imagine just how much of a bitch we will be to fight when we own the hat.
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>>26040070
NightBLAZE not nightFLARE.
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You throw yourself sideways, barely escaping being skewered by a dozen stalactites of ice. They thunk into the wood in rapid succession. Vonnegut lands between them, then lifts them back into the air.

"I'm really getting tired of this, Shadow," Vonnegut says. "I don't care how strong you are. You can't beat me on the open ocean."

<We'll see about that.>

Obis peeks out from behind the crates for a moment, getting a better grip on his sword. A tiny shard of ice thunks into the corner of the crates, sending him back down into cover.

"You can stay right there," Vonnegut says over his shoulder.

You feel more magic higher up in the ship. Freja is fighting the last water mage. You can't tell much from where you are.

"I'll cut you a deal, Shadow," Vonnegut says. "I'm a pragmatic sort of man. Fighting you is more trouble than it's worth. How much do you need to...go away?"

Your response?

>I want the slaves and Obis freed, I want his cape, and I want to leave in peace
>all of the above + his hat
>I'm not cutting any deal with you
>some other response (write-in)
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>>26040156
There is no difference! An emotional connection to vanity is a direct link to an emotional connection with the magic bird hat! Waifuing apologist.
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>>26040180

>"I'll cut you a deal, Shadow."
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>>26040180
>I need JUSTICE!
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>>26040175
EVEN BETTER,.
Can we please 420 blaze it fgt 10 mana nightflare?
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>>26040180
>>all of the above + his hat
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>>26040158
What if, and this seems really stupid, what if he is the hat and the hat is controlling the meatbag human?
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Rolled 82

>>26040175
NO, not nightblaze. With nightflare we might get the leftover magic shit the dude has on him, but nightblaze will destroy it.
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>>26040180
>all of the above + his hat
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>>26040180
As cool as he is, we are the harbinger of justice.

It's hypocritical to basically take a bribe
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>>26040158

I have to disagree, Gaping Maw could be a better solution to our current problem, this guy doesn't pull punches and is slippery as fuck. Lets not give him the chance to escape.
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>>26040180
>>all of the above + his hat
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>>26040180
>>some other response (write-in)
10 mana nightblaze focused on absolutely dispelling the enchantment on his hat.
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>>26040180
>>I want the slaves and Obis freed, I want his cape, and I want to leave in peace
>>all of the above + his hat

negotiations often start by stating EVERYthing you want, and backing down.
And don't forget to mention Freya.
If we get obis's cape back, and everyone freed, I'll count that as a win.

So start with a strong opening bargian, and negotiate down to Obis+Cape, freya, and the slaves
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>>26040180
>>all of the above + his hat

DAT HAT
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>>26040180
>all of the above + his hat

And since the deal is only to go away, CONSUME him and then go away.
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>>26040212

That would be pretty cool, actually.
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>>26040180
>>all of the above + his hat
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>>26040180
>all of the above + his hat
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>>26040215
Good. Why do we even want it so bad?
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>>26040180
>all of the above + his hat
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>>26040223
>>26040217
>>26040210
Guys the hat really isn't all that in-character. We can use it if we get it, but we aren't letting him go free for everyone and the hat.
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>>26040243

Because that hat is bitching, yo.
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>>26040180
>>all of the above + his hat
>captcha
>judgment hatvarib
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>>26040243
Because it's a really powerful magic thing apparently.
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honestly I'm against letting him go. He'll just get more slaves.
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>>26040251
You're outnumbered bud.
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>>26040190
Wait... Are you implying that liking a hat is waifuing?

>wtfamireading.jpg
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>All these asshats letting a powerful enemy go free for headware.
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>>26040180
Your hat, and all the magical trinkets you have on you.

Optional: If that doesn't please you, your head will do.
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>>26040271
Well he's not going to let us take the hat anyways. Unless we diplomacy with a 100.
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>>26040269
Of course. This is called "lying." And it's probably the kind of deception he'll expect from a shadow mage.

I think he's stalling for mana regen actually.
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>>26040180
>>all of the above + his hat

But relent to

>>I want the slaves and Obis freed, I want his cape, and I want to leave in peace

When he obviously rejects.

>>26040279
I would rather not fight Vonnegut while he is surrounded by his element. He was able to hit us for 17 damage on a medium roll.
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>starting with everything + hat

writing
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I don't trust this guy, and worse of all he is a fucking slaver. He is barely better than Michel and you want to cut him a deal.
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>>26040279

We can always eat him afterwards.

Shadow keeps his promises, but maybe we can bend the rules on a crime boss who actively deals in human flesh.
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>>26040251
Without his hat, we can kill him whenever we want, so it is in character a little.
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>>26040293
If we just fucking nightblazed him and destroyed his hat we could've killed him already.
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>>26040273
The hat is obviously belts waifu
>>26040279
And the slaves and Obis who is the main reason we are here anyway
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>>26040279
Naah he'll be a fun recurring villain. We can manipulate him into unwittingly doing out bidding later on.
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>>26040279
He's going to refuse, because the second he takes the hat off he's as good as dead.
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>>26040180
>some other response (write-in)
<obis, keep everyone out of my way>
berserk and then wreck him
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>>26040284
>Your hat, and all the magical trinkets you have on you.
>Optional: If that doesn't please you, your head will do.

Forgetting about obis and freya. I like the wording, tho.
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>>26040284
Actually, fuck him. JUSTICE!
>>26040180
>I'm not cutting any deal with you
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Okay, but we're killing him as soon as he takes the hat off, right?
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>>26040310
.. stupidest reason to let a slaver go... ever.
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It's funny, I described what was obviously a slave market in Evinbrook all that time ago after you first met the Duke, and no one cared. I remember expecting a sharp reaction at the time and being surprised when no one commented.

Anyway, writing
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>>26040336
yes
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>>26040279
>asshats
I c wut u did thar
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>>26040350
>what was obviously a slave market in Evinbrook
wat
We'll have a little chat with Duke Vellik later on.
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>>26040336
Oh yes. All of the yes.
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>>26040350
Eh, a lot of /tg/ doesn't view slavery as inherently evil. Kidnapping women and children off the street as slaves is definitely evil though.
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>>26040334
This.

>>26040350
Wait, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
This has to be stopped.
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>>26040350
That was months ago. Why are you surprised?q
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>>26040350
It was too subtle.
I... don't actually remember it at all.
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>>26040350
... I completely missed that
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>>26040350
Wait...there was a slave market in Evinbrook? Hell even I don't remember that.
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>>26040307
We've tried. Nightblaze wasn't working.

Add to that we are in the middle of the ocean, where he can draw on all his power, and we aren't exactly in a certain battle.

We are getting fairly obvious hints to retreat on good conditions, like that 17 damage on a mediocre roll.
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>>26040350

I don't remember that, but I think our experience at ring city open our(shadow's) eyes to the horrors of slavery.
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>>26040350
I don't remember it as a slave market, but whatever shadow was younger then and didn't understand fully like it does now.
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>>26040350
Whut. Since when?!
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>>26040350
I actually remember that but /tg/ was being fucking stupid as usual
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>>26040300
>I don't trust this guy, and worse of all he is a fucking slaver. He is barely better than Michel and you want to cut him a deal.

There's a difference between accepting and seeing what he has to say to our outrageous demands
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>>26040363
Um guys Its more than likely blasted into scrap now anyway
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>>26040386
We never used Nightblaze. We used nightflare. They are different abilities.
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>>26040408

Well as for his pants while you are at it, they might be magical too.
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>>26040374
>>26040376
>>26040377

I believe it was when you were going to visit Joey, or the apothecary to get the succubus reagents. You noticed a platform with a naked man standing on it. Others were crowded around below the platform.

There is slavery in most nations, though laws governing it differ sharply between countries.
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>>26040350
>It's funny, I described what was obviously a slave market in Evinbrook all that time ago after you first met the Duke, and no one cared. I remember expecting a sharp reaction at the time and being surprised when no one commented.

And indeed this is what irks me. Okay, it doesn't, but if something did it would be this.

People are being very anti-emotion yet only take issue at something if they're emotionally connected to it. I would explain more cold logic and more foresight from this community.
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>>26040414
But we used it specifically on the hat. Nightblaze is just AOE nightflare
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>>26040439
Oh I thought that was a public punishment thing, like stocks & mockery.
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>>26040414
Ah, right.

Still, the point stands that he has the advantage on this stage, and if we fight him, i would rather it be later on solid ground.
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>>26040443
Explain away friend.
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>>26040450
no, nightblaze is considerably stronger, and from how it's been described a mediocre nightblaze blows nighflare out of the water. A mana 10 focused one is on another level of power as I understand it.
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>>26040439
Ohhh yeah I vaguely remember that. I read that thread in the archives though so I don't remember too well.

>>26040443
It's human nature. Don't rock the boat unless you need to. Keep your head down and make it to the reproductive stage.

We aren't human, so we have an advantage over them.
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>>26040450
IT's also much more powerful and gets more powerful the more mana you put into it
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>>26040450
No, it's not.
>Nightblaze - Spend 4 to 10 mana. Cancel enchantments and spells in an area around you. Success and range based on mana spent. (about 30 feet. Additional 20 feet per mana. Alternate: Spend 10 mana to attempt to cancel any one single spell in sight-range with a greatly enhanced success rate)
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>>26040386
>Nightblaze

Nightflare and nightblaze are not the same thing.

Anyway, working theory is his hat is anti-shadow, and he's a skilled water mage.

IF we continue the attack, we should be using the Isolation Shard to seperate him from the hat, while trying a NON shadow based attack.

I've been reviewing the skill sheets, and.... I think it's time to buy Spirit Lash.

remember the prophecy? We need freya and obis for this. If we need freya, who we've just learned has spirit magic, chances are our own spirit magic will work better because there's less of a defense against it.
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>>26040467
Expect*. I'd claim to be writing this on my phone but unfortunately I'm not. The sunrise burns my very essence and distracts me greatly.
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I'd support buying spirit stuff for this
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>>26040521
The hat is anti-magic. It "slips" off it, like it's coated on magic ice or something. Physical attacks are the way to beat it, but those are slowed as well. It's pretty damn powerful.
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>>26040450

Nightflare - Disrupt target spell or enchantment. (costs 2 mana)

Nightblaze - Cancel enchantments and spells in an area around you. Success and range based on mana spent. (Spend 4 to 10 mana. Radius: 30 feet. Additional 20 feet per mana. Alternate: Spend 10 mana to attempt to cancel any one single spell in sight-range with a greatly enhanced success rate)

Nightflare is Dispel/Temporarily Futz Magic.
Nightblaze is a scaling, Disjunction with dispersed area or single target fuck you very much capabilities.
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>>26040521
Sure, let's give it a shot.
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>>26040439
We will say that our lack of humanity and knowledge was the cause of our reaction.
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>>26040545

Second, spirit tree was one of our firsts trees and we haven't completed it yet.
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Can we not jeopardize what we already have.

By just taking obis and his stuff, we are accomplishing what we came here to do.

If we continue a huge fight, we could risk losing obis, which would invalidate the whole point of coming here.

Plus, we can let SM have his recurring villain. We've eaten all his other ones at first chance, and we can always eat Vonnegut later if we need to.
It's obvious we are going to run into him at some later date, and if it is when we are on ground and not at sea, then we will have a better chance in the fight.
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>>26040580
>The hat is anti-magic.

Are you sure?
All we've tried against it are SHADOW based magics and attacks.
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>>26040620
And I seem to recall he said "Shadow tricks won't work on me" or something like that.
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>>26040615
We want the hat.

Who doesn't want a top hat?
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>>26040615
i would second letting him go.
Right after we get that hat
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>>26040651
Nah, if he gives up the hat we eat him. Plain as that.
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>>26040636
All we need now is a cane to go with it.

I also noticed we haven't had to role for diplomacy yet.
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>>26040665
Dick move anon. Dick move
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>>26040665
No way. Going back on a deal like that is not Justice,
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>>26040636
>>26040651
We can get his top hat later, along with him.

We are coming out of this with a lot of good stuff, and we are getting severe hints that fighting him over open water is a -Bad Idea-
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>>26040651
>>26040636
This is exactly my point about people making emotional decisions. I'm okay with that as long as they recognize it and don't try to paint it as something else.
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>>26040615
>Plus, we can let SM have his recurring villain.
We already have Legion/Dave and Sandalphon to deal with as recurring antagonists at the very least; it's not like we're short on powerful people who want us dead already.

>It's obvious we are going to run into him at some later date, and if it is when we are on ground and not at sea, then we will have a better chance in the fight.
People are overlooking that his most powerful weapon isn't his magic; it's his CONNECTIONS.

If we let him go, he returns back to the city he has a third of in his pocket and gets to plan for how best to deal with us from there.

I'd much rather face him here and now, with his water magic powered up, than face him later, when he can bring the full force of his amassed resources to bear.
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>>26040683
>>26040684
Fuck you two that's what we're doing because it's the smart choice.

I'm pretty sure he won't give up his hat anyways, unless he has some sort of trap on it.
Which he would. Because penguin.
FUUUUUCK!
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>Get the hat
>Yay
>A few threads later fighting mages.
>420 NIGHTBLAZE IT FAGGOT
>Hat is broke.
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<What do I want?> you ask. <I want Obis, and Freja, and all your slaves to be set free. They're coming with me. I also want Obis's cape...and your hat.>

"Why don't you just take all my clothes, and my ship, while you're at it?" Vonnegut says.

<That's my offer,> you say.

Vonnegut cups his hands to his mouth. "Holland! Back off!"

You feel the magic shift. The water mage fighting Freja retreats to the upper deck. Freja doesn't immediate follow, instead slowly moving up the stairs.

"Follow me," Vonnegut says. He uses a blast of ice to launch himself up through the hole to the deck. You fly up after him, and land, facing him and his water mage.

Freja arrives at the top of the stairs a moment later. "Shadow? What's going on?"

"We're having a talk, like civilized human beings," Vonnegut says. "Step into my office, Shadow. I've got something else I think would interest you." He turns and begins to walk to the door leading to his quarters. His water mage sticks to his back like glue, watching the both of you carefully. You can feel the water in the air, still flowing with magic, ready to crystallize into ice. They've both got their guards up sky-high.

"Shadow," Freja asks, "are you seriously going to deal with him?"

<...we're on his turf,> you say. <I came here for Obis. If he let's us leave with him, and frees these slaves, that's enough. For today.>

"...and let him walk free? Finding him again could be a lot of trouble."

<I have the power to kill him...probably,> you say. <But the ship would not survive that fight. It would be dangerous for you, and Obis, let alone the others.>

Freja nods, though she keeps her swords fully extended from her greaves. "...keep alert. I don't trust that fucking pig for one second."

<Of course.>

You move toward the door.

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Taking a break for dinner and probably a board game with family. Will continue later tonight, but it won't be for a while. If plans change, I'll post on the twitter.
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>>26040676
>cane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAY-78zhmw

Oooh baby.

>>26040685
Fighting us is also a -Bad Idea-

He wants to bargain with us. He came to us. That means that we're a threat to him. A substantial one. We'd be a fool to negotiate for less than we could just take from him, and we're bound by characterization to do what we can to stop him. He's a crime lord and a slaver.
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>>26040703
>People are overlooking that his most powerful weapon isn't his magic; it's his CONNECTIONS.
This dear god THIS
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>>26040685
well we can seriously fuck him up in close combat. especially if he doesn't have anywhere to deflect our attacks, which he doesn't seeing as we are on the inside of a ship
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>>26040683
>>26040684
We're not letting a seemingly amoral jackass pirate go because he gave us a fancy hat.
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>Half the thread arguing about a name
>Getting our ass stamped by penguin with obvious clues on how not to
>hurr let the bad guy go
>Our character up until this point has literally been the definition of justice
>Namefags, namefags everywhere
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>>26040717
>taking a break
NO.

God damnit the one time in like 50 threads that I'm here and this happens.

Oh well. Thank you SM and enjoy dinner.

I wish my family played board games together ;_;
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>>26040717
>"Why don't you just take all my clothes, and my ship, while you're at it?"

<Sure, I will take them too. Thanks!>
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>>26040350
>Anyway, writing

>>26040676
>I also noticed we haven't had to role for diplomacy yet.

We're just chatting and planning while the update is being composed.

If he draws strength from the sea, my other big suggestion is to grapple him/his surroundings. Rip the deck up if we have to - grapple the whole area, and fly straight up.
If he draws strength from the sea, it would be prudent to remove him from it.

We could also fling him at the Skysever out of a schattenkrieg or supersonic, and hope he stays airborne long enough for it to paste him.

>>26040627
>And I seem to recall he said "Shadow tricks won't work on me" or something like that.

Anyway. A change of tactics is warranted. Don't just keep going 'use shadow X and pray we roll 100's.' Fight smart.
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>>26040717
It's funny that he's trying to offer a better deal but I want that fucking hat and nothing else NOMNOMNOM~!
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>>26040717
I'm getting off for the night, but I just want to remind everyone that we follow three cardinal rules. As often as you can you CONSUME. Always seek JUSTICE. Finally, and most importantly hat is best waifu
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>>26040717
It's the Water Key, he has it.
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>>26040722
>>26040731
It seems like people think that he is somehow going to be incredibly easy to kill if we take the hat or just get close to him.

He's an absurdly powerful water mage, and as it is now, we both stand a chance of killing the other.
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>>26040747
No fucking kidding. The later half of this thread (Once we started getting good rolls, oddly enough) has been real shit.
Also, with all the HP we have, would losing 17 HP even necessarily knock us down? I mean, it's a bad cut basically. A gash. Not really that remarkable.
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>>26040769
You know...since he has connections I wonder if he has ever come across any of the "weapon fragments"
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>>26040810
Shadow PAAWWNCH.
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>>26040793
water is one of the lesser elements I believe, so there isn't a water key.
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>>26040810
>Absurdly powerful
No, he's not. He's a powerful watermage, but he's not Angel tier. We've fought and killed angels, this guy is pretty small fry compared to that.
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>>26040824

I feel like most of us have forgotten about Dave's Sword. Might be worth it to ask him about it.
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>>26040789
Also [Page 9]
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>>26040846
He's also fought and killed angels. Read through the thread.
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>>26040846
>>26040810

Yup. He's small fry and he knows it. An enchanted hat is the only significant thing about him.

We can kill him, or make him run. We just need time.

Remember, he's already exhausted from the fight before.
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>>26040824
Yeah, it's either hunks of the Moonsong or it's a key.
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>>26040861
No, he and a team of his mages ambushed an angel and 'took it out'. Killing a heavily outnumbered angel doesn't seem like that much of an accomplishment.
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>>26040854
Though it's going to be interesting once we piece together a sword that is said to be able to destroy almost anything.
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>>26040861

Angel singular. Not angel pPlural and he did it with his gang.
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>>26040878
>creepy shadow mage
Good thing our human form is creepy enough on it's own.
Fucking dolls.
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>>26040813
Just because we have a lot of HP doesn't mean we're immune to pain/shock/knockback.

We could probably survive getting hit by a car, but it'd still hurt.
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>>26040769
>I want that fucking hat and nothing else NOMNOMNOM~!

If that hat is what I think it is, it will be very, very, very dumb of us to wear an anti-shadowmagic hat.

Who's it going to protect ourselves from? Ila?

As I've said, there is no evidence that it is an all-around antimagical hat. Yet.
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So, why don't we buy spirit lash, and whatever spirit attack comes after spirit lash, and try some non-shadow attacks on this guy? Since his hat is probably anti-Shadow?
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and people since this is a break, can we buy the next level of water resistance?
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>>26040937
We could give it to an ally. If we gave it to Flint or Obis or Abby or Auriel, we could really let loose around him and worry less about accidentally hurting him.
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>>26040953
HAHAHAH
ANON
YOU ARE MAKE SENSE
I LIKE YOU
FRIENDS MAYBE? YES.
HUUUUUUG!
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>>26040950
I've been saying that, but people were too HURRR NAME ARGUMENTS.
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>>26040966
Now you have me picturing all of our companions in that stupid hat.
God damn it anon.
Just god damn it.
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>>26040966
Flint or Auriel would be best since they are Light mages and are not that resistant to us.
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>>26040733
No. We're going to let him go because we agreed to. Assuming negotiations don't break down, which they very well might.
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>>26040717
mfw we could buy >Shadefang Poison - Your bite can inject a poison that kills an enemy in 3-8 turns. Base 50% chance of success. Only you can cure this poison. Close range only. Costs 12 mana.

and poison and ask him how much his life is really worth? then we really could get everything if only we had enough mana
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>>26040953

No. Its too expensive.

My top buys are Pocket and Shadow. The only reason I suggested Spirit Lash is because its a) cheap, b) amazing because it allow 5 rolls vs 2 defending because of Risk Style dice c) its a non-shadow based attack for negating that damn hat.

Since we have 23xp, that leaves us with 20, which is enough to get those big ticket items soon.
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>>26041003
No, we're killing him because he's a pirate and a slaver and a [High Potential Threat] to if not us, at least our interests.
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>>26040872
>An enchanted hat is the only significant thing about him.

He's a strong mage and he has demonstrated it, the cap is powerful, but if it was all to him, he wouldn't be where he is.

>>26040813
>>26040923
And then people try to pass off what he has actually done as "pidling", "a mere fifth of our hp".
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>>26041006
>Base 50% chance of success
Every other time SM has used "Base" to describe something, it's been the maximum possible because almost all modifiers reduce.
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guys the hat is obviously a Water Enchanted item... more accurately ice.

It causes magic to 'slip' off of it. Like ice.
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>>26041026
it is only twice as much as spirit lash, will be useful if things go south, and it helps operation hydra. i dont see why not
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How much would completing the water tree cost? There's still a chance it could contain another tier of Magic Power, plus the tree is required for the blink hybrid spell which I figure should be pretty cool.
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>You Blink up behind Vonnegut and attempt to seize his shadow - but his top hat glows with purple light, and your shadow slips off of his!
>"Shadow mage tricks?" A spear of ice forms over his hand. "Aim everything at Shadow!!"

>"And if brute strength was all I had, so would I!"
>You use nightflare!
>>Mana: 4/34
>A shock of anti-magic spins toward Vonnegut's Hat - but again, it slides off!
>"Looks like you didn't learn the first - "

You people are really fucking dense.
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>>26041043
we don't have enough mana to even attempt it though we should fill out the shadow magic tree pr water tree in an attempt to find the next level of Magic Power
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>>26041043
That's not really true, but I'm wary of any power that lists a percentile in it's chance of success because then it is even more unreliable than even normal /tg/ dice.

The power can fail even if we roll avarage 70's, if the secondary roll doesn't succeed too.
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>>26041100
We're back up to 15 mana from eating all those mages.
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>>26041030
If we reach an accord, we stay by it. That's all I'm saying. No turning around and killing him once we've got his fucking hat.
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>>26041084
as of what is currently available we would need 29 exp
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>>26041003
No, dude. We're killing him. Shadow Master has REPEATEDLY FUCKING SAID that the behavior you're advocating will bite us in the ass. Like when we gave the silence shard's shadow the benefit of the doubt.
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>>26041030
>No, we're killing him because he's a pirate and a slaver and a [High Potential Threat] to if not us, at least our interests.
>>26040733
>We're not letting a seemingly amoral jackass pirate go because he gave us a fancy hat.

Simmer down.

>>26041003
>No. We're going to let him go because we agreed to. Assuming negotiations don't break down, which they very well might.

This anon has the right idea. We should at LEAST listen to what he has to say, and then decide whether to accept or reject it.

Speaking of that prophecy, though - which thread was it in? I don't have the full text and want to see it.
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>>26040717
>"We're having a talk, like civilized human beings," Vonnegut says. "Step into my office, Shadow. I've got something else I think would interest you."

I should mention that if people we want to kill continue to insist on sitting down at a table with us to discuss business, we should continue to exploit the fact that they don't know about our body's mechanics.

Any bit of our body is as good for offense as any other, so the fact that our enemies keep managing to get us in situations where there is a big hunking slab of wood blocking their line of sight to the half of our body that is under the table means we should just keep exploiting that advantage.

We are perfectly capable, mechanically, of holding our conversation with Vonnegut above-board while holding a shadowy leg-tendril out below to shank and consume him if things start to go pear-shaped or I guess more pear-shaped than Vonnegut already is.
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>>26041130
Oh well then...
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>>26041132
Agreed.
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I'm just going to post this, since people seem to need it.
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I don't know if this has already been suggested, but if we want to choose a second name besides Shadow, why don't we ask our companions for ideas? I'm sure they wouldn't all agree on one thing, but we could at least get some opinions.

>Abigail
Mr. Nice Shadow, because we're nice, of course.

>Flint
Shadow Valiant, because truth, justice, and the honorable way.

>Auriel
Argumentative S. Shadow (ASS)
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>>26041152
So we basically extend our third tendril and punch him in the dick under the table. Niiiice.
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>>26041172
THANK YOU! I was just looking for that in the archives.
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>>26041172
Thank you.
Honestly these nibbling numpties are such a pain to deal with. It's like they're new...
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>>26041088
We've deluded ourselves into thinking that we are invincible and unstoppable against anything but the strongest thing in the world, and even then...

Some people wanted to go head-on with the two demon lords.

>>26041172
And we aren't trying to argue that he a "actually good" or any bullshit like that.

It's that if we continue to fight him, we could very well get Obis killed, meaning that all of this is a waste.
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>>26041180
A title I would like more.
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>>26041241
We can ask about that too.
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So to speed things up over our exp shopping, how about these for choices for now?

>All we can from the Water Tree
>All we can from the Spirit Tree
>Finish Poison Tree
>Pocket
>Darkness Within

These seem to be the main things people want(except poison, I included it because a finished tree is a good thing) but tell me if I missed anything that should be included.
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I think we've become too powerful.

We're making stupid off-handed decisions because nobody is afraid of dying now.
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>>26041180
>Auriel
>Argumentative Stubborn. Shadow (ASS)

FTFY
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>>26041281
>Poison tree
See
>>26041172
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>>26041235
>It's that if we continue to fight him, we could very well get Obis killed, meaning that all of this is a waste.
And if we don't kill him now, he /will/ be a problem later which could get our friends killed then.
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>>26041235
That's the reason we lull him into a false sense of security and then stab him in the back.
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>>26041295
It was more for the skill tree bonus over anything. I don't really want the skills themselves.
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>>26041285
I'm always afraid of angels out of nowhere/legion=Dave/new plot important npc that has that thing we need but can kill us.
Also I'm afraid of the dice gods. They seem to only favor this quest at certain times.
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>>26041281
>tell me if I missed anything that should be included.
Tao. Darkness Within will never see use without Tao,
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>>26041235
Obis is a big boy, and I don't think letting this guy go so he can threaten us/Haven/Our Plans at some point in the future is worth avoiding the small chance that Obis gets killed in the ensuing battle. I'd be more worried about some of the slaves drowning or something.
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>>26041235
Basically this. I don't think the guy is trustworthy or nice, I wont even suggest he could be Judged to deserve to live by Shadow's standards(though if we're going there, then we've got an ally or two we should execute).

What I'm saying is that if we decide to kill him, we kill him. We don't make a deal under false pretenses and then kill him when his guard is down. Killing him during the negotiations? Okay, sure, whatever. But once a deal has been made, we shouldn't go back on that.
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>>26041334
Alright.

>All we can from the Water Tree
>All we can from the Spirit Tree
>Finish Poison Tree
>Pocket
>Darkness Within
>Save for Tao
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>>26041281
Anything that leads to the completion of OPERATION: HYDRA.

May or may not have to shadefang poison to get a "real" completion for that tree so we can get Hydra.
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>>26041356
You're the type of person that is really easily taken advantage of.
A little deception is good now and then, it keeps the humors healthy.
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>>26041358
We should get Tao before Darkness Within.
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>>26041388
How about we get darkness within to get HYDRA and then get Tao.
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>>26041295
>>26041172

Now, now the main reason I support finishing the poison tree is because is cheap and the final ability is very very UNlikely to be related to poison since Shadefang Poison is covers the position of ultimate poison. Also its the same tree as Parasitic and Vampire both that give bonuses to consume. Don't be so quick to dismiss it.
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>>26041376
>All we can from the Water Tree
>All we can from the Spirit Tree
>Finish Poison Tree
>Pocket
>Darkness Within
>Save for Tao
>All we can from grey Shadow Tree
That sound good?

>>26041388
It's a list of choices, not the order we get them in. I just want to make it easier for SM when he gets back.
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>>26041356
No, we're going to trick him into removing the hat and then kill him when his guard is down. Because sometimes deception is necessary. It's not even necessarily evil.
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>>26041388
Agreed


Pocket would be my personal go-to choise, it's situationally incredibly useful and would allow us to carry more Stuff.

Plus kinetic weaponry FROM SPAAAACEEEE would be nothing short of awesome.
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>>26041416
I want Tao first so we can get Darkness Within and use it immediately, and then get Hydra after that, although to unlock Hydra we'll likely need to complete the water tree.
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>>26041281
>>26041358
Oh for fucks sake.

For the last time, WE CAN'T FINISH THE POISON TREE.
Look at it, take a good fucking look at it.

It connects to the spirit tree, so we would need the connecting abilities, usually ~12 exp each, to finish it.

Poison isn't within our budget, and our tactics and current build are in the oppisite direction from poison. If we want to get stronger in terms of pure combat abilities, we should be working towards DW and Tao. We already have huge stealth for assassinations.

>>26041388
WHY? Tao is a refinement of Darkness within, it isn't terribly useful unless we plan to be fighting right next to allies, which we haven't been doing for a while.

Darkness within is an actual power that we can use, albeit with restrictions, while tao would not nearly be worth it's massive cost unless we have the former to be refined first.
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>>26041424
The main reason I put that bit about the poison tree in that pic was because Redaeth wouldn't ever shut the fuck up about the poison tree. I actually think it would be nice to get the completionist thing, but he was just damn annoying. Although, I'd rather work on other skills for now at least.
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>>26041455
Tao also works with Berserk, but we probably won't really use Darkness Within until we get Tao anyway.
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>>26041455
>Tao - Berserk/Darkness Within no longer endanger allies. The defense and resistance penalities of Berserk, Darkness Within, and Shadowrage are halved.

>Darkness Within - You are the immovable rock and the unstoppable force. Your berserk is exaggerated in all aspects (except for defense penalty, which doesn't get any worse). Minimum duration of four turns.
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>>26041450
DW also unlocks two new powers which are probably really powerful, too.
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>>26041455
Dude, Toxic Smog is available and likely doesn't unlock anything in the poison tree, rather goes to the spirit tree. Then we just need Robust Immunity and Spirit Siphon, and whatever comes after Robust Immunity.
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>>26041455
Darkness Within exaggerates ALL aspects of berzerk, including our death rage, it is also uncancellable for four turns. It is really fucking dangerous.
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>>26041388
>We should get Tao before Darkness Within.

Pocket or Tao are my two top picks.
I'd be wary of getting Darkness Within since we rarely use berserk as it is.

Someone a few threads ago pointed out that Hydra isn't really that good.

Cutting/slashing attacks only
While in darkness
20 xp

Also, for 15 xp, Pocket is a better buy, since darkness within is a prerequisite as the same price.
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>>26041516
The only reason we rarely use Berserk is because we don't want to harm any allies/noncombatants. If we got tao we wouldn't have to worry about that.
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>>26041516
>we rarely use berserk as it is.
Because of allies. If we actually had Tao, that would be a different story.
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>>26041496
Scratch that, it looks like Robust Immunity unlocks something else in the Poison tree, and then after that is a spirit/poison hybrid power.
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>>26041455
>For the last time, WE CAN'T FINISH THE POISON TREE.
>Look at it, take a good fucking look at it.
>It connects to the spirit tree, so we would need the connecting abilities, usually ~12 exp each, to finish it.

That's a false presumption. I point to Juggernaut on the strength three. It connects to darkness within, but we've completed the tree.
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>>26041516

I want Shadow to be able to match up to a demon lord, asap. Big fights are coming our way, we may encounter another demon lord in Kan Abar too.
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>>26041516
Pure Darkness is an amazing ability. Using shadow attacks without needing to actually have shadows to work with is ridiculous.
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>>26041588
For that we would probably want to go Titan and Darkness Within.
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>>26041480
Why the hell not? People were all up in arms over the self-damage possibility on shattenkreig and called it shit all the way up until we needed it to finish a tree that we were heavily focused on.

Now we are using it whenever we get the opportunity.

>>26041488
>>26041510
You are acting like that means that once we activate it we are just going to instantly turn on our friends and ignore all enemies because HURR RAGE.

If we use it while away from allies, which is how we have been fighting for a long time now, then the only risk is the defense penalty, which is no worse than normal berserk.

>>26041568
Except that poison and spirit already cross over, and earth/shadow cross over multiple times.
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>>26041609
Which we'll definitely want Tao for because that will get some bystanders killed for sure.
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If we complete the water tree I bet we get Mighty Regeneration unlocked.
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>>26041455

I rarer we finish poison so we don't have to talk about it again. Plus his final ability should be nice.
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>>26041627
We've been limiting our use of berserk as-is because we don't want to harm allies and bystanders. We can probably count the number of times we've used it, despite it being so damn useful, on two hands. It would be the same story with darkness within unless we got tao.
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>>26041383
Difference between deception and blatantly undermining the value of our word and our integrity.
>>26041432
Tricking him to remove the hat and attacking him is fine. Completing a deal where we agree to leave in peace and then not leaving in peace is not fine.

Difference between a suggestion and a promise.
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>>26041627
We activate DW. We kill the enemy on turn 1. Now we have 3 turns with nothing to kill and an unstoppable bloodlust. Guess what Shadow will do.
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We're at 23xp. I vote that we wait for 2 more and buy Tao so that we can berserk all the time.
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>>26041670
You realize you want to let a guy who's likely going to run off and kidnap people's wives, daughters, and friends for use as sex slaves because "We pinky promised him guis! We can't break a pinky promise!"
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>>26041670
And we haven't made any promises yet so your point is moot until the quest resumes and the penguin makes an offer shadow can't refuse.
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>>26041737
Fang.
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>>26041737
You realize you're trying to argue with an autist, right? You aren't going to get anywhere with that doorknob chewer.
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>>26041768
What about Fang?
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>>26041726
We'd still get the defense penalty so becoming the Shadow of Vengeance might not be the best idea.

I kid, I kid. You probably meant all the time in combat, which is fairly reasonable if we want to end it fast, at any personal cost.
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>>26041768
What do you mean "Fang?"
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>>26041788
Tao actually halves the defense penalty. I realize it's still a penalty, but it's reduced.
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>>26041602
>Pure Darkness is an amazing ability. Using shadow attacks without needing to actually have shadows to work with is ridiculous.

Thats going to cost upwards of 50-55 xp.
Nothing in that tree costs less than 15.
Hydra for 20, pure darkness for 20, intermediate ability for 15-20 maybe more.
(and mighty regeneration is another prereq so add 15 to that)

>>26041531
>>26041540

Thats why tao is one I'm favoring. Also, I'm hoping it has some nice side effects to do with mental stability.

Anyway, the biggest thing i want to discover/uncover on that damn skillchart is Mana Regeneration. SM hinted it was there somewhere.

I kind of want to say its attached to Spirit Siphon, which deals with draining mana. Water recovery would have been a good guess, but that doesn't have anything attached to it.

Hm.

SM, shouldn't Mighty Regeneration be blue? All arrows pointing to it are unlocked.
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>>26041766
No that IS my point. Our decisions have weight.

>>26041777
He's a monster, he admits it himself. And he's a crafty bugger. But we still associate with him.
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>>26041773
It's hard not to anon. It's hard not to. Considering how much support blatantly stupid choices can get. The silence shadow was a coin flip after all so at least half of all people participating at that time were retards.
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>>26041805
>What do you mean "Fang?"

I think he's suggesting you recall our dealings with Yi Fang
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>>26041822
>Anyway, the biggest thing i want to discover/uncover on that damn skillchart is Mana Regeneration. SM hinted it was there somewhere.
SM confirmed that getting high level Magic Power is what unlocks it. So we have to buy out all the magic trees to uncover more levels of MP.
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Its either lie to rob him of his strengths and attack him... or let him go on to do greater evil

A true master of Justice would lie and attack him.
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>>26041822
I thought SM already confirmed that Mana Regeneration could already be unlocked through buying more Magic Power.
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>>26041829
Only because of one person, Abigail. So no, "Fang" doesn't coincide with Pirate Penguin no matter how much you want to tool the language.

Different fucking ballpark.
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Also, for when SM gets back - I notice Sock Puppet isn't on the pastebin. Whats it do?
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>>26041878
It lets us force people to say whatever we want if we have them under Shadow Domination.
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>>26041822
Mighty Regeneration is red because we need to complete the water tree to get to it. Just like we had to complete the other trees to get Darkness within.
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>>26041829
Fang murders his political rivals and maintains an iron grip on his authority. He has to, to ward off the power hungry houses of his kingdom. Oh, and a hundred years ago he released a plague that killed off the trees but ultimately did no real damage and actually helped his enemy.

The Penguin (Who's actual name I've forgotten besides being vaguely German) kidnaps people for fun and profit to be sold as slaves.

Fang commits evil acts for the greater good of his people, while this guy commits evil acts for his own personal gain.
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>>26041872
Two people actually, solving Flints parasite and securing Abigails safety for a bit. So that's more like, completely different sport. Football even.
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>>26041878
Let's us make people talk when we shadow control
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>>26041638
SM has pointed out that poison is a tree meant for if we had gone the route of mage-shadow, where things like mana-draining and hit and run poison powers would be necessary due to squishyness.

Poison is a sideways upgrade, it gives us a an unreliable power not suited for our build.

>>26041682
You assume that we will be fighting one enemy when we use it, and that it will oneshot everything, and that we are going to be using it around anyone who might get hurt until we do get Tao.

>>26041805
He means fang who rips peoples souls out and tortures them for eternity, who casually kills and manipulates whoever he wants, and who has us under his thumb because of a shared interest.

It's the dissonance thing that SM mentioned, we get pissy when this guy is selling slaves, but completely ignore it when it's a nominal ally.
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>>26041903
Fang is a monster to the people that try to harm his family and country.

Penguin is a monster to people when it can make him a profit.
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>>26041952
I honestly think we should just give up and leave it to the vote. Idiots will be idiots.
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>>26041903
And you're assuming we'll never end up in a situation where things won't end badly.

We have always killed enemies quickly, at least my scenario has more precedent over your "nothing bad will happen" scenario.
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>>26041973
But we know all the bad things will happen. It's just that we can allow it for now, or we might lose something that's currently more important to us.
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>>26041969
I'm getting disturbed by the black and white terms some are putting things in. There's a world of grey they're blinding themselves to.

But I'm going to choose to naively believe that it's just multiple cases of serial miscommunication.
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Once we are safely away with Obis and Freja, we should make a reference to the escape from the ringed city... something like <That was almost as troublesome as when I had to be a Dynamo>, Or something to that effect
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>>26041903

That was only poison and disease, we don't know the final ability and the tree had/has other passive abilities that we have been using since day one like parasitic, vampire, regeneration. You can't and shouldn't dismiss the whole three for a single branch.
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>>26042023
I don't know if you're agreeing or disagreeing with that post or even if you know what you typed because damn man reread what you write at least once because spellcheck does fuck all for structure and context.
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>>26042023
You are being unreasonable. The bad thing that will happen will be caused by us and we won't be able to stop it. We are putting the things important to us at risk.

And still you want a skill that buffs something we barely ever use because it is dangerous, and that makes it MORE dangerous, over getting a skill that actually let's us use it without the huge risk.
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>>26041895
>Fang commits evil acts for the greater good of his people

Bullshit. Everything he is doing, ESPECIALLY his care of abby, is to further himself.
He's only taking care of her so he can use her as a puppet ruler while avoiding the political risk of being publicly a lich.

>>26041952
You act like the argument is over Penguins morality, it's not and never will be.

>>26041973
And you aren't even reading what i'm saying. We get darkness within, and use it with the effective restriction of "unusable near allies" until we get Tao, which will come directly afterward, unless everyone goes even more moronic and decides to sink everything into some random tree.

>>26042041
>shouldn't dismiss the whole three for a single branch.
Except that there are only two unrevealed branch-ends left, one of which is ailment resistance, and the other is super poison.
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>>26042032
And I'm getting disturbed by you wanting to leave a villain based on the penguin alive.

It's literally common sense to take care of him within the season he shows up. He hasn't been the quitting type so far as I think it would be a very unfair assumption to say he isn't planning worse for us.
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mr penguin is waifu now
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>>26042097
That's not completely fair to Fang. He does care about his people and about Abby. Even if his plans for Abby come off as selfish MAH LEGACY nonsense.
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>>26042097
>Bullshit. Everything he is doing, ESPECIALLY his care of abby, is to further himself.
>He's only taking care of her so he can use her as a puppet ruler while avoiding the political risk of being publicly a lich.
Everything we've seen so far speaks to the opposite. Could everything we've seen just be an elaborate ruse to fuck us over? Possibly, but that seems highly unlikely.
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>>26042097
All this knob in yor gob, professional knobiesta.
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>>26042054
Sorry, my day job is to speak completely neutral nonsense to people in hope that I won't have to use physical force.
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I wonder what SM is playing. Saboteur? Monopoly?
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>>26042097

>super poison

Nope, check Shadefang Poison, that the super poison. By logic what follows is some other kind of ability.
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>>26042175
Oh shit.
Graveyard shift?
Know anyone named John with really bad hair?
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>>26042097
Fang hasn't done much outside of having us kill the noble family, who really deserved it for plotting to kill abby and overthrow him
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>>26042112
I never said I want to leave him alive. I said that we should in a specific instance, that being that we engage in an exchange of goods and services where our part of the deal is leaving him in peace.

I don't care if we kill him or not in and of itself. I'll be making up my mind based on the upcoming dialogue. Not on "HE'S THE PENGUIN" meta-wankery.
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>>26042186
Candyland
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>>26042142
We've at least made it sink in that the way he was going about getting Abby to the throne was completely stupid and were basically making his efforts to leave Abby as a kind ruler free of his mistakes entirely redundant.

He really needs to practice what he preaches but he was too convinced that there was too much blood on his hands to even bother turning a new leaf.
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>>26042097
>>26042157
Honestly, I should just namefag up and join the ranks of people whining for stupid reasons.
We just go with whatever happens. If that means blowing EXP on poison and becoming ineffectual when we get thrust into an inevitable demon lord fight, whatever, we die.

If we decide to straight out fight Penguin, and lose obis in the process because it's obvious now that we care about him and Penguins magic is super-effective against his element (and vice versa, but he isn't a mage)

We could win, we could die, we could fly away with a shread of life remaining.
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>>26042038
>Once we are safely away with Obis and Freja, we should make a reference to the escape from the ringed city... something like <That was almost as troublesome as when I had to be a Dynamo>, Or something to that effect

That was ALMOST worse than fighting my way out of archon!(or is it the ringed city? I'm mixing my places up)
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>>26042208
But the point of quest threads is meta-wankery. Newbie.
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>>26042200
UTC+3, got home about ten hours ago. I do know a guy with a really bad hair though.
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>>26042234
Ohhh a knob siesta! Abuurrrr Abuuurrrrururururu ABururururuBBABRBRBABAURURURurururURURAURUAURUR!
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>>26042234
>becoming ineffectual

That's retarded, we are not going to lose any ability because we got poison. Stop fucking crying for 3 miserable experience points.
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>>26042208
>All this autism in one post
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>>26042097
Tao would improve an existing ability. Darkness Within is awesome, but potentially a liability. I'd go in the order of Tao then Darkness Within.

>>26042205
That we've been directly witness to, but we know for a fact that he has a long list of atrocities to his name. A closet full of skeletons, if you will.
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>>26042285
>A closet full of skeletons
What you did there? I see it.
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>The last couple hours of this thread.
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>>26042315
Why does that GIF exist?!
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>>26042326
It exists solely for people like... well damn I hit the character limit linking so nvm.
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>>26042234
>thrust into an inevitable demon lord fight, whatever, we die.

Another reason to pick up Robust Immunity - if the poison/disease demons are more prevalent.

A demonic fight is probably going to be a straight up slugging fest, so it would probably be a good idea to increase our tankyness as much as possible in preperation for that.
Its one of the reasons i like tao. If we plan on taking on demon lords at the head of the army, we probably want an army of our own, and it also makes us tougher(by reducing penalties) while we're berserk.

I'm kind of curious if the summoning tree has any sort of Banishing stuff that may make it easier to weaken deamons or manipulate their bond to Imagination
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welp, see you guys next thread, this one is gonna fall off the board soon.
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>>26042283
if it was just 3 exp, i wouldn't be complaining, but potential costs considered, it's probably anywhere from 25 to 50 total, if linking powers are required.

>>26042285
Darkness within isn't a liability when we almost completely fight alone.

I do want to get tao, but it isn't a prerequisite unless we intend to be fighting with allies a lot in the near future.

>>26042315
It doesn't matter what people say, we all succumb to the knob in the end.

>>26042368
Eh, fair point on the immunity thing, the last demon lord was made of poison after all.

But sinking points into summoning in hopes that it will let us banish a lord it silly, that would be at the end of the tree, and take a momentous investment.

We are probably just going to end up getting the powers that link away to other trees.
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>>26042471
>I do want to get tao, but it isn't a prerequisite unless we intend to be fighting with allies a lot in the near future.
Well we're taking Obis and getting his throne back, which will probably be done by fighting his hollow husk of a demon summoning brother. Good enough of a reason? Eh, maybe.
I want pocket.
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>>26042471
>25 to 50 total
HAHAHAHAHA
No. FUCK no.
It'll be 30 at most.
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Honestly, we should buy every cheap magic thing that branches off into something else.

Purely to search for Magic Power levels. The last one was unlocked by fucking Fear.

There might be another under Sharpness or some shit.
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>>26042512
>Sharpness
Sharpen*
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I want to see what Army of Darkness and Shadow Bomb lead to
It's probably kamikaze shades
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>>26042522
Almost certainly is, if the other shadow elementals have the same tree. Only place it makes sense to be.
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>>26042522
I'm hoping the army of darkness will let us make deadites.
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Or we could go for Eclipse.

We have hundreds of shadow mages. If we can cause an eclipse and give them all double damage, on top of nulling enemy shadow resistance, it will wreck shit.

And we'll get void ring unlocked in the process. And void ring it fucking powerful.
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>>26042565
Would prefer more magic power for mana/regen before going for the super awesome magics.
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>>26042565
Something to add to that.

Both Adavan and Auriel mentioned Erebus being able to "put out the sun with a thought" as a way of showing how he was so much more powerful than us.

I think that really shows just how good it is.
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>>26042471

>25 to 50 total

Are insane, retarded or trolling? Toxic Smog costs 3, Robust immunity costs 3. Where the hell are you getting a potential costs of 25 let alone 50? Where did you pull those 19 points? From your ass most likely, if we use a little observation you can see that non of the skill on the poison tree go over 7. The prize will most likely be below 20 including one ability share with the spirit tree.
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>>26042597
We know how good it is already anon, we were able to withstand Raziel when we were a scrub because of it.
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>>26042565
That would be a good idea if we had a larger supply of mana.
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>>26042621
We need spirit siphon to unlock the last item on the poison tree, and it will likely have something to buy in the poison tree after robust immunity before the last unlock.
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>>26042621

Maybe I was a little harsh, I apologies for the uncalled insults. But my point stands.
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>>26042621
Look closely.
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>>26042522

Calling it now.

Shadow Hand, and a link to the fire tree called Ash.

>>26042471
>I do want to get tao, but it isn't a prerequisite unless we intend to be fighting with allies a lot in the near future.

Think of it this way. Tao doubles our resistances and defenses while berserk and while using darkness within.
Buying a level 2 resist upgrade is 6xp. There are nine elemental types on the sheet.
Compared to buying each one individually?

If you plan on helping push shadow down the berserk path, anything to make us tough as nails is a good thing.

we have 'fair' resists to Water right now, and its kicking our ass for fairly large numbers(but we do have a lot of hp).
Demon fights are going to be worse, outnumbered, and someone is advocating going Full Offense with hydra-ladder abilities, solo with no backup, in the hopes that a Glass Cannon build will kill everything before we die.

Thats why Tao is so good. It lets us Berserk without getting us ruined by retaliation.

We want Tanky DPS for big fights, not a Glass Cannon.
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>>26042645

Not necessarily, see for example schattenkrieger.
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I kind of want to go darkness within to see what it unlocks.
That would also result in having enough xp left for CoD or RoD.
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>>26042688
I'm not talking about a tree completion thing, I'm just talking about prerequisites.
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>>26042679
see
>>26042688
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>>26042709

We will know for sure if we unlock Robust Immunity it could be a wise purchase anyway.
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>>26042621
I pulled the 25-30 range from the skills that are beyond toxic and robust, which are probably expensive as final tree powers and as powers between two trees, which seem to be around 12-15 exp in other cases.

And the cost of spirit syphon is added too >>26042645

>>26042679
Possibly plus what is in the other dark blob on the other side.

>>26042682
Berserk and DW lower our physical defenses, and framing a reduction is penalty as doubled stats is disingenuous.
Tao only lists resist reduction as one of the things it halves because shadowrage sacrifices our resists for damage, and tao effects that too.
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>>26042746
>>26042710
I have too much free time.
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>>26042760
>Berserk and DW lower our physical defenses

Magical resists too.
>Tao - Berserk/Darkness Within no longer endanger allies. The defense and resistance penalities...

Halving a penalty is still a gain of survivability, which is what I was getting at.

If we want an Oh Fuck button, then we should prioritize living after we hit it.
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>>26042939
>Cutting off the part that matters
The defense and resistance penalties of Berserk, Darkness Within, and Shadowrage are halved.
By the way, you know what we haven't found yet? Shadowrage. Probably a Darkness Within unlock.
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>>26042746
At this point, I've stopped caring about Toxic and Robust. They could be situationally useful, they are marginally cheap, and as mentioned earlier, buying them would stop the arguments about them that come up any time we have any EXP.

If we are going to make any other reactionary purchases for this situation, water recovery would be nice, seeing as it could help level the playing field with Penguin if we could just start drinking the ocean.

>>26042773
Well, the price tag doesn't look like a number from how i see it, it looks like an x. So it's possible it is magic power, or it might just be another resistance. There is one SP resist left.

>>26042939
>The defense and resistance penalities of Berserk, Darkness Within, and [-Shadowrage-] are halved.

>>26042984
Shadowrage is right next to pure darkness on the chart. 10 EXP
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>>26042984
Shadowrage is right fucking there and DW is already unlocked.
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>>26042760
>>26042939

The other point i forgot to mention is that Tao synergizes nicely with Titanic.

Titanic doubles the target area for enemies. We will most certainly be going berserk if we ever have to use it, which then reduces our defenses back to towards current level.
So we become a big target but not much tougher.

With tao, though, we get to keep a lot more of that doubled bonus.
And that goes a LONG way towards making us survivable.

And if you're right, and our resists/magical defense don't change while zerking? That's even better.
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>>26043000
I believe he meant that it might be what DW leads into. Which it a point of curiosity.
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>>26043023
No, no. I fucked up. I was looking in the wrong place for Shadowrage.
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>>26042995

Well OK, lets buy them and the rest of the tree and never speck of them again.


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