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A continuation of the earlier thread.

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You've no choice but to call Abigail's bet - you use Shadowmeld, and vanish from sight.

About five minutes later, you hear Abigail's voice. <Hey, Shadow? Are you still there?>

<...yeah.>

<I don't think this is working out. And I don't want to use really big magic spells.>

<Alright. No stealth. Deal?>

<Deal.>

Abigail reappears, and you do the same.

You spend a long time fighting back and forward. This time, you're much more cautious when it comes to her scythe, focusing on dodging rather than trying to get a blow in afterwards. You efforts spare you the brunt of her attacks, though she gets a scrape in here and there.

At one point, she tries to bind you with Spirit. You manage to Consume through the bonds before she reaches you, though, and turn the tables, punching her a good away across the steppe. You can feel her armor take the force of your blow - there's a powerful magic keeping her protected. She gets up afterward without any problems.

After an hour of sparring, the battlefield is littered with the blasts of shadow magic and the line-scars of where her scythe sliced through the earth. You both recline on the back of the hillside, laying on the grass, eating your lunch.

The sun is out. Abigail closes her eyes and hums.

She made sandwiches for you. You gulp down the five that are your portion in an instant. "...these are good. Is that mustard?"

"Yep. They make it by hand in Arland."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

>sit back and enjoy the day
>talk with Abigail about something
>return to Arland
>some other strategy
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>>31397623
>sit back and enjoy the day
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>>31397623
>talk with Abigail about something

Ask her if she feels anything from touching a Shadow Dynamo. Let her hold one.
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>>31397623
Wait till she takes a bite, then
<So I found your uncle in Melody's room the other day>
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>>31397623
>talk with Abigail about something
"What do you think of... this plan to recharge the portions of myself;" ->Explain to her our ability to immediately power up our shards with chaos magic

Just to get her thoughts & suggestions...
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>>31397623
>sit back and enjoy the day
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>>31397697
>>31397712
Seconding these.
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>>31397697
I concur
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>>31397697
Do it do it do it
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Abigail fetches a skin of water from the basket and her own sandwich.

"So the other day, I went to see Melody."

"Mmhmm." Abigail take a big gulp of water.

"I found your uncle in her room. She was wearing a blood red dress."

Water prays out over Abigail's traveling clothes. She leans up off the hill and hacks her lungs clear.

You grin. "You doing ok over there?"

"...I'll...ugh..." She clears her throat. "Live."

"I could have sworn a smelled a little wine in the air," you say. "I guess their relationship went faster than we were thinking."

Abigail smiles. "No. I just think Melody was lying to herself. She was afraid, you know? Afraid my uncle was really...bad. But he's not like that."

"No. I guess not."

"Hey, Shadow?"

"Yeah?"

"About...us." She rolls on her side and looks at you. "Um...I..."

"What?"

"...no." She puts her hand on your arm. "I'm just glad you took me out here. I wanted to spend some time with you, before...the battle. But afterwards...after we beat the demons, and everything's fixed, and we have some time...I want to tell you something."

"...ok."

"Yeah." She nods to you, or to herself, maybe, and scoots herself until she's closer to you. You put an arm around her. And for a little while, you don't have to worry about everything that's wrong in the world.

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>>31397712

You ask Abigail about that idea. She says that she'd be happy to test it out with you, but isn't sure how much energy she'd have to put in to charge up one of your shards.

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You return to Arland.

There are about 34 hours until the day of Fang's attack. Time is short, now.

What do you do?

>strategies
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>>31397943

Music of the moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgFsZ9PcPug
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>>31397943
Meditate one more time, collect munitions?
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>>31397943
>Meditate.

Finish with Breeze.
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>>31397975
MUNITIONS. Ahahahaha, yeeess.

Nyx-KBM Program: ONLINE.
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>>31397943
>She says that she'd be happy to test it out with you, but isn't sure how much energy she'd have to put in to charge up one of your shards.

Hmm, I see I see, after another meditative session let's get her to spirit bomb us!
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>>31397943
>"...I want to tell you something."

WE DIDN'T DO IT SM
WE DIDN'T DO IT YET

WE CANNOT BE THE FATHER I'M TELLING YOU
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>>31397943
>"About...us." She rolls on her side and looks at you. "Um...I..."
I'm sorry Abigail, we do not know what a penis is.
We cannot sate your needs.
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>>31397943
"Tell me now."
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>>31397943
>"...no." She puts her hand on your arm. "I'm just glad you took me out here. I wanted to spend some time with you, before...the battle.

>But afterwards...after we beat the demons, and everything's fixed, and we have some time...I want to tell you something."
Abby, look, I know you don't have any way of knowing this, but these are what we in the real world call 'death flags', and it'd be a load off all of our minds if you'd kindly refrain from flipping any more of these in the days to come.
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You decide to meditate in the Shadow mana pool.

What two shards do you strengthen?
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>>31398112
What are they all at now?

>>31398080
>It finally happening
>Passionate lovemaking
>Steward's standing there watching
>Abby getting kinda creeped out
>"Shadow, could you tell him to leave or something?"
>"He's just watching."
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>>31398097
Ila is the undisputed leader in Death Flags, I think Abigail is fine.
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>>31398112
Did we get the stuff?
also meditate on the lowest powered shards
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>>31398112
hammer and maker
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>>31398112
Hammer and something else.
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>>31398127

(Retribution) - Empowered
(Maker) - Empowered
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Empowered
(Breeze) - Normal
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Empowered
{Resolve} - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant
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>>31398112
Breeze is normal, so that. And Resolve.
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>>31398112
The ICBM shard pls.
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>>31398097
>death
>not corruption
>not turning on us somehow now that we know she can kill us in like 5 hits
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>>31398112
Breeze and Hammer.
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>>31397943
This >>31397975

>>31398097
"Shadow, I'm thinking about retiring the day after the war. Also, if something happens to me, ask my uncle about my diary."
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>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve then.
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>>31398187
But anon, the whole world is one continent.
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>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve.
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>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve
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>>31398180
Just Breeze. We can use the rest of the time to grab 1 more airship.
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>>31398180
Breeze and hammer.
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>>31398219
Then let us make it two
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>>31398112
if we were to marry Abby we would be named Shadow Fang, just like one of our abilities. SM HAD THE WHOLE THING PLANNED FROM THE BEGINNING, WE WERE JUST PASSENGERS ON THIS WILD RIDE
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>>31398219
We'll just have to fly out to Erebus's island to launch it then
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>>31398180
Breeze and Resolve
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Breeze and Resolve

Roll 1d100
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>>31398180
Personally I'm still behind that idea of getting our allies to chaos super attack us to supercharge up a shard to be strong as all hell.
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>>31398180
Double down on Breeze.
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Wouldn't her scythe not damage us because of hydra?
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Rolled 57

>>31398275
Swaggernormous
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Rolled 14

>>31398275
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Rolled 73

>>31398275
fuck this, let's go to xile and get some annihilator tech.
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Rolled 68

>>31398275
Dice pls
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>>31398249
NO ANON PLEASE, NOT AGAIN.
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Rolled 18

>>31398275
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Rolled 31

>>31398275
DARKNESS
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>>31398278

None of them will get up to Resonant, if that's what you're thinking.
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>mfw that fucking spar

Why do we do this to ourselves? The dice are never kind in sparing Shadow.
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>>31398297
Hydra doesn't stop damage from cutting attacks, it just heals it completely during the next round.

And you have to be in a dark area, but once we get Pure Darkness, it will work even if we're in an area of pure light.
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>>31398314
goddomot essem

Still worth a shot for anything left as normal or strong I feel.
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What passive would Hammer possibly give?
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>>31398331
i wonder if pure darkness will stop that light shit angels pull to stop our regen
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>>31398391
Cant Touch This synergy with Breeze?
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>>31398391
We're quicker to judge things as nails.
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>>31398398
PD makes it so all abilities that require being in shadows no longer require shadows. So yeah, it should work.
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>>31398391
Better dance moves and the ability to proclaim "hammer time" which is a form of order based time magic
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>>31398408

Well, aren't most things? The world consists entirely of food and nails as far as I'm concerned.
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>>31398391
Passive bonus to gaining attention in courtroom enviroments
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>>31398263
>Erebus's island
I had to make this.
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>Angels see Abbytron2000
>Start getting Dave flashbacks
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(Breeze) - Strong

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You make significant progress on Breeze, but Resolve is strengthened so much is proves difficult to reinforce further.

(Retribution) - Empowered
(Maker) - Empowered
(Silence) - Strong
(Peace) - Empowered
(Breeze) - Strong
(Hammer) - Strong
(Ardor) - Empowered
{Resolve} - Strong
{Humanity} - Resonant

>>31398303

You think back to Xile.

If there was any technology that you could integrate into the Nemesis, it would either be in the city, in the underbelly of the island near the engine, or up above in the control tower, near where the natives lived.

The city was almost completely destroyed. You doubt you'd find anything of worth there. That leaves the control tower and the main engine.

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It's about midnight. There are 24 hours remaining until the positioning for the battle. Fang aims to attack at about 3 in the morning, sharp. The rising sun will be behind your armies as the battle takes shape.

You'll go with Sandalphon to Kan-Abar once you confirm with Fang that the enemy forces have taken the bait and have been maneuvered into your trap - that could be an hour or two after the battle starts, but you'll need to be ready the whole time, regardless.

What do you do?

>strategies
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>>31398471
I can't wait.
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Oh yeah, I'll write a scene to collect munitions from Steward while you discuss things for the DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY.

yessh munishions...

and make myself a sandwich, and get a beer, cause dammit bitch writing makes me hungry

yessh delishious pumpkin beer
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>>31398476
I wonder if we feel or look any different to people around us with our shards all powered up...
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>>31398476
Steward time.
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>>31398476
Collect munitions! They should be ready.
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>>31398476
How long would a Xille excursion take (travel time wise). If not too long, let's go to the control room.
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>>31398544
Hell fucking no. The whole point of our current activities is to -stay grounded-. Going to Xile again would make the Skysever even ANGRIER.
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>>31398544
Seconding. After all the natives couldn't reach the control IIRC, as they had people.. uhh.. climbing rope to death right below it.

And we could just fly the cloaked Nemesis ABOVE it, instead of docking anywhere else. It'd be pretty quick and direct assuming getting to Xile doesn't take too long.
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>>31398476
Nothing to do except a quick visit to Xile.

Maybe bring Arcturis along, to hammer home the fact that he needs to save his sons.
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>>31398476
>What do you do?

I want to ask the same question we did to Raphael to Sandal.

"What is Hyperion like?"

We're going to have some alone time with him it seems. Might as well make the most of it.
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>>31398476
manaport into kanabar and eat some mages and demons for EXP eatem reel gud
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>>31398476
Can we put some Shadow Totems on the Nemesis?
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>>31398571
We'd be in the Nemesis, so no sky-sever accumulation. We aren't able to just fly to Xille on our own, just FYI.
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>>31398516
I believe we passively suppress our aura as a side effect of being shadow, maybe we can take to the field after our infiltration and take on a big scary form with our power unleashed and stomp on their infantry.
Like Shadow Godzilla
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>>31398593
Now I want to know too. Dammit anon.
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>>31398314
Not even on a 100 for an Empowered shard?
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Imagine how asshurt Aeolus would get if he came back and found out about the Nemesis.
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>>31398660
If the Nemesis ate Xile how mad would he be?
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>>31398650

I think I've said before that the Resonant state is plot-related only. You can't make a shard resonant by normal means.

Abnormal means are in the obvious location, but it's a little too far for you to get there and back at the moment, even if you had the exact coordinates.
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You said there was one other ship with a Wind dynamo, right SM? I wanna steal that thing eventually.
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>>31398714

I want one of every type.
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>>31398714
I would rather go for the one with the Spirit Dynamo.
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>>31398685
What are the exact coordinates?
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>>31398476
What about Kan-Abar castle?

We can spy on them on the eve of battle.

And find out what the fuck deal is with Kullia and company.

Find out how much they know we know and what nasty surprises they intend to spring on us.
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>>31398746

It's the Void.
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>>31398714

There's a heavily armored fire gunship waiting for us first.
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>>31398744
But Wind gives enhanced skysever resistance. That other ship might be able to make it to Xile, and we can't have that.
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>>31398746
>where is Flint being kept?
stupid questions QM's never answer for 200
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>>31398746
47°9′S 126°43′W
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>>31398476
>strategies
Mind giving us a prompt or something to build in? I feel like you're feeding us a hint so we'll be better prepared and we're missing the chance to give ourselves a better advantage
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>>31398746
L̢̘̱̘͙͈̠͔̮̯̮͓̟̹̬̏ͩ̈́̓̏̈͗͊ͤ̃ͦ͒̔̐̍ͯ̀̄̀͜ͅO̶̺͎̟̳̞͈̖̺̫̞̼̫̟̠̱̦̳̮ͥͤ̃͆͊ͬ͆̆͗̈́̓ͪ̀̚͟͠͠L̵̶̢͇͉̼̼̳̖̯̙̖̠̙̖̺͓͉̲̤̫̟̐ͦͤ̋̓̏̅̍ͫ͆͗̎̒ͥ̍̚͢͟ ̻̝̲̱̜͕̥̼͔̮͚̥͓̗̤̹ͪ̌͗ͦ̽ͪ̔̑̑͐̐̌͢͟N̨̻̼̤̖̦͂ͥ̽̃ͨ̀ͮͣ̋̿̓̎̅̽͘Ǫ͙̫̼̹̗͍̅̓ͣ̏ͬͮͤͭ͑̍ͯ͊ͮͤ̾͟͡͡
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Rolled 9, 2, 9 = 20

>>31398735
>I want one of every type.

Its this kind of thinking that's gonna open another portal for the avatar of chaos. i figure 7 dynamos of each element in one place/vessel, linked up and coordinated and feeding each other is roughly equivalent to the multi-element sigil, or the uber-element sigil being used by sandalthong.

just sayin. May want to avoid all of em.
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>>31398781
Oh god, Dave's in the void isn't he.
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>>31398774
not even about flint
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>>31398804
No, he's still stuck in the Nether.
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>>31398770
It survive the trip.
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>>31398804
"If you look long enough into the void the void begins to look back through you."
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>>31398814
....duh?

It is a stupid question because it is exactly like asking that.

Play And Find Out. Jesus. asking for meta knowledge about plot relevant secrets is stupid.
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>>31398816
no hes in the wind mana pool outside Arland
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>>31398825
*Wouldn't
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>>31398816
>>31398848
>>31398804
DAVE IS LEGION
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>>31398871
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>>31398825
why not.

the buried airship we crashed would've been fine if it hadn't been torn open.
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>>31398896
That airship was enchanted to survive the skysever.
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>>31398896
Xille airships were the only ones able to get to Xille.
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>>31398896

Speaking of Dave/Legion was he the demon that wreak Micheal? Lets trying talking about him with Auriel many try to get a better understanding of what happen to him and maybe find a way to deal with him once and for all.
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You arrive in Haven to collect your munitions. One of the constructs at the mana pool sprouts another speaker-like device. It approaches you. "Hello, Shadow. We have finished manufacture of the shaped charges for use in kinetic detonation."

"Lead on."

"Follow me."

Steward leads you out of the fortress, across the man yard, and out of a gate in the perimeter wall. You follow a well-trodden path past the wall and into the mine shaft.

The shaft is strictly functional, and has no lighting - apparently the robots don't need it. You don't, either, so it's no trouble. You step along the wood-reinforced shaft that curves down through the bluff.

You reach a series of metallic cargo lifts - elevators. Steward's chosen representative steps inside. You duck in after. The construct pulls a lever, and you start downwards with a slight hum of Earth.

The elevator travels a good distance, then stops. The path splits into a T-shaped intersection; the elevators are at the center of it. You can hear the sounds of mining and the movements of constructs echo through the tunnels. They've been hard at work.

>con't
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>>31398982
She already told us as much as she knows. He was an Arbiter of Erebus that was locked in the Nether shortly before the Annihilation Event.
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>>31398996
hey SM, back when we rolled a 1 on diplomacy with Steward... was that what caused Steward 002's supremacy?
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Steward leads you down the straight path. It isn't long until you reach a wide chamber carved in the stone. To your left is stacked several heaps of raw ore, piled almost to the ceiling. You only gave permission for the mine, not the factory, so it seems that for the moment they're just collecting and storing materials.

But on the right is something else.

There are stacks and stacks of long, metal tubes, shaped into rounded points on one end. There are so many that they reach the ceiling. There are hundreds - maybe even over a thousand. The top section of each tube bristles with barely-contained earth magic. Fins adorn the thick, blunt end of the tubes.

"...wow."

"I hope you will enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them."

"...heh. So, what are those fins for?"

"Aerial stabilization," Steward says. "You will want to release the missiles at least fifty feet from the ground. We recommend that you immediately teleport a safe distance away. The charges are designed to reduce collateral damage. However, safety is paramount."

"You seem concerned."

"They will be highly destructive."

"Good."

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You need to make good use of your remaining 24 hours.

You could travel to Xile, and look for something to give the Nemesis an edge. But it's not exactly a safe place, and there's no guarantee you'll find anything that will be useful to the airship - but there's also a chance you could find something amazing.

Or, you could attempt to further strengthen your shards. While a little more mundane, it would definitely help in the upcoming conflict.

Or, you could try to attack and capture or destroy another of the enemy's airships. While it's likely they have prepared harsher defenses for any such advance - especially if the demon lords are involved - every strike against their airships is one less danger for your ground forces.

Or, maybe something else?

What do you do?
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>>31399067
Ask Steward if he has anything that we could feed to the Nemesis. Such as a bunch of repair droids. Or a stack of ore. Or a magical shield generator from the server farm.
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>>31399064

When Steward first contacted you, 002 had already taken over the city. Steward was trying to find allies; he was gauging if you were trustworthy, and if you would be any help in getting him out of his predicament. Your roll did not effect the overall situation, as it were.
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>>31399051

Yeah, maybe we should discuss with with her how to put him out of his misery permanently (So he doesn't show up again to ruin our day). Or maybe with someone more experience with the Nether, summoning and demons.
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>>31399067
>You could travel to Xile, and look for something to give the Nemesis an edge. But it's not exactly a safe place, and there's no guarantee you'll find anything that will be useful to the airship - but there's also a chance you could find something amazing.

The control room! We can reach the floating control room easily enough with the Nemesis stealthed to reduce any major dangerous threats.
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>>31399067
>travel to Xile

seems the most useful course.
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>>31399067

Lets travel to Xile with Arcturis. But ONLY if Arcturis wants to go. He might know something that could assist in finding something useful.
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>>31399101
The only way would obviously be to take him out of the Nether and destroy him completely. It's not something for now, anon.

>>31399067
>travel to Xile
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>>31399067
>attempt to further strengthen your shards

An expedition to Xile is too risky with such a short time.
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>>31399093

The Nemesis already self-repairs over time, and its magical shielding can't really get much better.

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Seems like these are the two most popular choices.

Vote 1:
>travel to Xile; the rewards are worth the risk
>you will roll to determine search success, and I'll summarize the trip

Vote 2:
>meditate; it's a sure thing to make yourself stronger
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>>31399067
Would we benefit at all from training? I'm not sure we have ever studied our own abilities, we just kind of do it.
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>>31399137

Just explore the possibility, I am not saying we do it now. Just ask if its possible and how we could do it in the future.
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>>31399129
>with Arcturis
that's interesting, sure lets see about it. Him leaving might not be viable though.
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399204
Probably not. It'd be like learning how to walk faster; no real conscious though goes into it so there's nothing to train.
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399203
2
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399067
infiltrate Kan-Abar castle.

find out all their secrets..
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399203
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>>31399203
1
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>>31399219
If you wanna know how to summon a specific entity from the nether that was put there by Erebus then you'll have to ask Sandalthong about it.
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>>31399270
oh yeah.

I assumed the plot twist would be he'd actually just summon not Hyperion, but the Avatar of Chaos, but Dave makes more sense.
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>>31399203
1
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Pretty heavily in favor of Xile.

Alrighty, roll 1d100!

We'll try to recruit the aid of Arcturis. Surely, that shall help our glorious quest!

anyone else here read Quest for Arcadia? Goddamn, the Pieces of Arcadia upgrade system is like crack cocaine. I've been catching up on the side. I'm really considering putting something like that in my next quest, it's great fun
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Rolled 83

>>31399316

I call upon the great shadow of FUNK ONE LAST TIME!
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Rolled 86

>>31399316
>>you will roll to determine search success, and I'll summarize the trip

>>31399316

ONWARD TO GLORY
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Rolled 31

>>31399316
Here we go!
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Rolled 93

>>31399316
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Rolled 62

>>31399316
oh god rolls
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Rolled 64

>>31399316

Even if we get nothing, showing Arcturis to Xile will raise his favor with us.
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>>31399328
>>31399329
>>31399335
Hot diggity damn.
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>>31399316
>spoiler
I swear to god m8 if this turns into another pgq
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>>31399316
GET OUTA HERE
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>>31399328
>>31399329
YES
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>>31399328
>>31399329
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>>31399328
Rejoice brethren, Funk has not abandoned us yet.
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>>31399329
>>31399328

Not bad.
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Rolled 38

>>31399316
>We'll try to recruit the aid of Arcturis

Well, we'll need someone with the gene/blood thing to unlock shit there so....
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>>31399403
>Alright boys, the trap is set. Let's see if we can catch us an airship.
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Rolled 58

>>31399316
>We'll try to recruit the aid of Arcturis

>Shadow barges into a last minute logistic meeting
>"HEY ARCTURIS, WANT TO GO TO XILE BEFORE THE WAR!?"
>"MIGHT BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE!"
>He strokes his beard for a moment.
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>>31399403
pls SM

arcturius' reactions to Xile ive been waiting for since we told him donny went there
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Rolled 20

There's two more spots to roll.

Dare I go for the crit hit?
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>>31399608
Dare you link your roll?
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>>31399608

Lets just avoid the crit fail. No need for anyone else to lose a limb to Xile.

Then again, that ultimately proved useful.
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Would it be jarring to see the people that you descended from as tribal wonkies that sacrifice each other to the sky sever?
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>>31399648
Judging by Donovan's reaction to the execution via Skysever, probably yes.
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>>31399648
The sky sever is powered by souls after all
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Arcturis will see Xile as Arlands newest greatest bid for independence. Calling it now.
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>>31398836
Its a sarcastic question, no one thinks that SM will answer it, dont get so assmad
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>>31399697

A shattered, abandoned land inhabited by loons and tainted with ancient shadow magic?

Doesn't exactly strike me as prime real estate.
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>>31399739

Not to mention to requirements for the commute.
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>>31399668
>>31399685

We should ask Melody how she fooled Skysever, maybe her method could help us fly untroubled by it.
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>>31399739
Yeah well this is also the guy that thought using his own son to power an elemental summoning ritual was the BEST idea ever.
We'll use this as a basis to see if he's learned anything.
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>>31399697
once it cleared of all the murderous tribesmen, shadow blood magic abominations, basement packed with demons, killer fog and the engin is patched up and not falling apart like a wet biscuit then yes xile will have been reclaimed in the name of the wind people
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>>31399776

I think she used some teleport spell if I remember correctly. But the method must have been extremely taxing, since she was stuck there for a LONG ass time.
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>>31399824

Lets just ask her to be sure.
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You think you'll have trouble pulling Arcturis away from his lords and generals, but he proves the complete opposite once he hears you mention Xile.

"Xile?! Now?"

"...yes."

He looks at his men. "Continue without me."

"But, my lord - "

"This is history!" Arcturis says. "Be damned if I die in this battle, but I will set foot upon the land of my ancestors before it regardless!"

And with that, he storms out of his own meeting.

The Nemesis takes several hours to reach the massive spherical storm that is the core of the skysever. The ship shakes as you enter the driving winds. Your Wind and Shadow dynamos power on at the same time, and you cruise through without losing your course.

You break through to the other side. At midday, the islands below almost appear peaceful. There is a gaping cutaway where the city once stood on one side of the main island. Most of it is completely gone.

Auriel guides the Nemesis through the silent skies and up to the control tower, keeping the stealth in place. You, Abigail, Ila, and Arcturis disembark. You invite Adavan along, but he begs off. You think that dying last time probably turned him off to the place.

The control tower is a dusty ruin. Aged consoles and crumbling display screens fill the halls. You wander for a time in silence. There aren't even rats or spiders up this high.

Eventually, you find something. A box of devices, square, with a grate like one of Steward's microphones on top. There is a dial with several numbers positioned on the bottom. A very tiny power core of Wind sits inside each one.

"Strange." Arcturis lifts one out of the box, blows it clear of dust, and turns it over in his hand. "What do you imagine these to be?"

"Let's find out," Abigail says. She takes another of the devices and plays with it. When she turns the dial from zero to the number one, a green light flicks on the top. You here a sound like crackling wind come out of the speaker.

>con't
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"Hmm."

"Let me try mine," Arcturis says. He flicks his to the number one as well. The same sound emits from his. "Hmph. Useless. Must be broken."

"Aww." Abigail pokes and prods at her device. "That's too bad, I was hoping for - "

"I was hoping for - "

Everyone stops. Abigail's voice just came out of Arcturis's device.

"...I think," Ila says, "it worked when you pressed the thing on the back. The trigger."

Abigail presses the button again and speaks at the device. "Uh..."

A crackled version of her voice echoes from Arcturis's speaker. "Uh..."

"Well, that's something," Arcturis says. "It's like telepathy, I suppose. But without the Spirit magic! My ancestors were incredibly innovative, you know. The Sky Engine was the prototype of all dynamos. Just another one of their creative feats."

"Maybe the Highest will know more," Ila says.

"Maybe."

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You continue searching for a time. You split up and use the devices to communicate. There are 12 of them, in total.

You don't think you'll find much, but Arcturis manages to open a door - in a manner of speaking. Like other passages on Xile, it reacts to his touch.

Inside, you find a crystal sphere. A dynamo shell.

That will be useful.

Shortly afterward, you return to the Nemesis. Ariel is excited at both your discoveries - the devices are, apparently, called radios, and were used by the Xylian airships to communicate over vast distances, giving them an edge over enemy fleets. They have a range of several hundred miles - incredible for such small pieces of technology. You agree to distribute them amongst your army. You put yours in your Pocket.

By the time you return to Arland, it's the afternoon, but at least it was a successful venture. Fang is quite pleased with his radios. You immediately start to see the gears turning in his head.

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You have about 12 hours until you need to be in position. What do you do now?
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>>31399884
>"This is history!" Arcturis says. "Be damned if I die in this battle, but I will set foot upon the land of my ancestors before it regardless!"

>And with that, he storms out of his own meeting.
Basedturis
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>>31399913
Nice.

I suppose there's nowhere we can go grind for EXP?
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>>31399913
Call the first Hecate Containment Council.

You know, just in case.
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>>31399913
Hypersonic the projectiles.
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>>31399913

>Dynamo shell

Get it to Hecate and charge it with Spirit. Then feed it to our ship.

6/8. 2 more to go.
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>>31399913
Take a radio to Steward immediately. If anyone could figure them out, he can.
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>>31399972
Seconding
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>>31399913
Ask Hecate to power up the empty Dynamo shell. We could integrate it into the Nemesis pre battle.
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>>31399972
so this
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Rolled 52

>>31399980
>Take a radio to Steward immediately. If anyone could figure them out, he can.

WE HAVE A WINNER.

Give him two.
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>>31399980
Ahh, even if it's Wind Magic, steward may be able to figure something out from it.

>>31399913
That dynamo shell... could we possibly get Hecate to power it?
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>>31399980

The radios are pretty much figured out. This actually relieves Steward of the burden of providing all your long-distance communication needs.

Wind magic is not very compatible with Earth magic. He will require a longish amount of time to reverse-engineer one of them.
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>>31399980
>>31399972
These.
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>>31399913
Have we used Hypersonic on the KBM?
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>>31400028
>>31400020

Hecate would tell you that she will do it in the future, but not on the eve of battle because she doesn't want to weaken herself.
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>>31400045
Ah, I see. Let's hold onto ours for now then so we can use it when we need it.
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>>31400045
Not everything has to be useful immediately SM cmon
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>>31400070
Hmmm,

Do we have time to steal an Airship?
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>>31400058
>>31399971

You want to attack with the projectiles now?

I thought the plan was to use them right after retrieving Donovan.

I mean, you can do it now, sure, and it would be devastating, but it would give them time to replenish their demonic hordes.
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>>31400070
WELP.

Time to initiate a test of our water cannon and Conversion Factor!
CHARGE UP THAT SHARD.
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>>31400070
Well that's interesting. Shadow didn't seem too weakened by the ordeal.

>add another thing to the list of weird differences between Shadow and the rest of em.
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>>31399913
No spare parts for the Nemesis? A shame.
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>>31400095
We have to prep them.
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>>31400087

Sure, you've got time. They've almost certainly set up some means of defending themselves from your attacks, however.
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>>31400095
Can we go eat some people at Jacob's Field? I want more EXP. It might work as a distraction, too.
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>>31400118
um.

prep them?

they don't keep momentum when Pocketed.
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Save the shell for now then since Hecate is being a stingy bitch,

Lets go hunting for a fire dynamo ship(or a light one if we can get away with it).
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>>31400095
We do it right before we leave for Kan-Abar.
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>>31400122
Go for either the Wind or the Spirit ship.
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>>31400132
They do.
That was the entire point.
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>>31400122
recon?

forget the ships. hit them where they don't expect us. in the castle.

i want to sit in on their war meetings.
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>>31400140
Did you not hear him? All of the Kanian airships are probably going to be packed to the gills with onboard demon security teams.
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>>31400132
Yes they do.

>>31400122
We're going for one of Kanabars Fire on
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>>31400134
>Lets go hunting for a fire dynamo ship
Yes. The one with the bigass cannon would be best.

We can put Abby in the pocket and then let her and Shade rip n tear in the engine room.
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>>31400140
>>31400134
>be told that they will have countermeasures
>let's go do it anyways

Hrrrm.
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>>31400095
>Save Donovan
>Put him in pocket
>When dropping bombs accidentally drop Donovan
>Well... shit.
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>>31400150

No they don't. You'll have to divebomb the enemy forces and release them from your Pocket at the desired speed.
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>>31400122
Can we do some Stealth consumptions?

Try to pick out easy targets and harass the human mages.
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>>31400171
why in the world would we be doing this NOW when we chose to fuck off and meditate earlier?

i hope they aren't the same anons who voted to meditate.
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>>31400178
No you said they would.
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>>31400166
>>31400155
>>31400140

Did SM not just say they've had two days to prepare countermeasures?
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>>31400155
>>31400150
>delusion

that wouldn't even make SENSE.

what direction would it fly off into? would we have any control over it?
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>>31400171

We just need to use an entirely different strategy. We fly in projecting a massive shadow aura from above, while Auriel fly's The Nemesis in close from below for the consumption.
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>>31400204
No, SM never said this.
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>>31400204

I'm pretty sure I said the opposite.

Things in your Pocket to not keep the momentum they had when you Pocketed them.

If I misstated, then I apologize, but you'll have to physically deliver the missiles. It's not like they won't be an incredible weapon of mass destruction anyway.
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>>31400166
how about we sneak into Kan-Abar and see if we can steal something ELSE valuable to their war effort, yet not derailing the whole "sacrifice Flint" plan.

like information, or some random powerful royal artifacts.
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>>31400178
That is what we said.

The items that are leaving the Pocket will keep the momentum that we have while moving at supersonic or whatever.
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>>31400241
Why not just pick an easier target? Like, say, a few scrub-level demons at Jacob's Field for easy EXP.
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>>31400241
we'll almost certainly give them far too much info on our airship
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>>31400263

Because I want a fire dynamo for our ship.
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>>31400249
Let's Pocket their Mana Pool!!!!
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>>31400253
>we
Maybe it's what YOU meant, but other anon is clearly meaning the exact opposite.

did you not see them say "prepare"? as if the speed of the missiles when Pocketed is important?
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>>31400253

Well, yes. So if you're flying at supersonic speed, and unpocket something, it will be moving with the same speed and direction you have.

Pocketing something removes all of its momentum.
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>>31400178
SM, in a completely unrelated note, please don't forget our HP and mana regeneration when we're fighting. It seems you've neglected it sometimes and this could be the difference betweeen life and death.
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>>31400280
The Nemesis can eat ships by ramming into them.
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>>31400253
then why did you disagree with
>they don't keep momentum when Pocketed.

it said POCKETED, not unpocketed.
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>>31400292
I move that we test one of them.
I'd like to get a feel for what we can expect.
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>>31400279

I'm starting to think our ship doesn't give a shit. It's basically 5 ships in one at this point. Plus
its jump drive is still charged so if it's about to get fucked, it can still run.
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>>31400280
And I don't want to risk getting jumped by a demon lord because we got cocky.
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>>31400288
See>>31400292

I was right, neiner niener niener.
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>>31400331
yeah, they don't have many ships. they can probably afford to have one at each.
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>>31400327
That jump drive charge is for changing the Nemesis' position to Kan-Abar in case Sandy Sigils the pentarch there.
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>>31400211

We could be careful while doing it, they have next to none survivors of the airshipjaking so they have no idea where or how we are doing it. And we could only cannibalize it after making sure its safe to do so.
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>>31400317
That term can be used to imply both sides or it.
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>>31400316

You want to do that in the middle of battle?

Even if they notice the ship, it still has Auriel at the helm and is a fucking beast. Think 6-12 hours is enough for them to come up with a perfect countermeasure for a ship with 6 cores?
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>>31400340
...is this Bizarro World?

the speed when Pocketed is unimportant.

the speed when UNpocketed is.

either you're not actually disagreeing or you are completely delusional.
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>>31400327
Every last bit of intel kept secret from the enemy helps. Let's not show them the Nemesis's shiny new upgrades.

>>31400358
It takes a hell of a lot longer for Nemesis to consume an enemy airship than it does for a demon to send a telepathic message to a demon lord.
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>>31400320

This is what would happen:

>you fly downwards at high velocity
>you unpocket the missile
>you pull up to escape. The missile continues downward at high velocity and blows up upon impact with the ground

That's all she wrote.

What it is NOT:
>fly at high speed
>unpocket and repocket missile
>missile now has massive velocity vector despite being locked in pocket
>chuck supersonic missiles at will

I mean, shit, it's already broken enough as it is. I'm not giving you the ability to chuck hypersonic boulders.

We'll save that for Shadow Quest 2: Master Quest

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Vote 1:
>meditate one last time

Vote 2:
>go airship hunting with the Nemesis

Vote 3:
>go to Kan-Abar, sneak around for intelligence
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
2
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>>31400411
>>It takes a hell of a lot longer for Nemesis to consume an enemy airship than it does for a demon to send a telepathic message to a demon lord.

We don't have to stay in the same place while making sure its safe, man.
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>>31400428
2
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
1
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>>31400457
Ultimately, trying to get another airship is an unnecessary risk we shouldn't be taking before the battle.
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>>31400428
3
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>>31400428
1
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Has Sandalphon already warned them that we're coming?

If he has, and we trip an alarm, we might trick them into complacency.
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>>31400327
>I don't care about keeping tactical secrets vital to our success in rescuing our friend

ok should we everyone we're the reincarnation of the lord of darkness? we're so much stronger than everyone so who cares right?
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>>31400457
I don't think we can fly very fast while eating an airship. That would seem awful broken.

>Neme-chan, you're going to be late for the first day of class!
>EHHH??
>*runs to anime airship school with toast hanging from its mouth*
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>>31400528

He wouldn't. His plan is to drag the 4th demon lord to him so he can capture it and drag it to his summoning spell.

>>31400534

I will admit I may be becoming a bit obsessed with getting The Nemesis 8/8 cores. But I will submit to majority vote.
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>>31400428

cutting off votes

>>31400543
>with toast hanging from its mouth

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.

There are a lot of good anime, but shitty overused anime tropes are the worst tropes in existence.
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>>31400590
>He wouldn't. His plan is to drag the 4th demon lord to him so he can capture it and drag it to his summoning spell.

Uh, where did SM write that?
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>>31400590
it's cool we have the rest of the quest to beef up our ship anyway
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>>31400590
...Sandys plan is to drive the demons into a corner long enough for them to attempt summoning a fifth demon lord, with a pentarch. He intends to place the sigil over that pentarch to further power the spell to summon Hyperion from the nether.
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>>31400591

>A buttered & jam covered airship in The Nemesis mouth
>It turns an intersection and is about to run into another airship
>It plows straight through and consumes them both
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>>31400543

Not that it matter now, but what I was thinking was getting into the ship, check for any obvious traps, do our thing and pocketed it, get far way, find a safe location, unpocketed it on land, have experts check it out, get the "OK", feed it to the ship.
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Hey SM I have a question. On the power levels chart you made where is Shadow?
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With 12 hours left to go, you decide you need intelligence. You don't know what the enemy forces are thinking, what they're planning, or if they perceive your own preparations. They have to, to some extent - but the exact extent is the heart of the question.

You travel to the Arland Water pool, apply all stealth measures to your person, including Compress, and manaport to Kan-Abar.

You appear near the Earth mana pool in the royal gardens. It's a bright midday - and hot as hell. Well, this is the desert.

There are a number of demons perched on the walls of the gardens - one imp, and a few crow demons, flitting from roost to roost. You sense mages behind you in the public side of the gardens.

What do you do?

>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs
>see if you can pick up gossip from the mages
>your first priority should be to locate the summoners within the palace
>some other strategy
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>>31400654
>"AHHHNN!"
>(Flustered flailing) "IMSOSORRYIDIDNTMEANTOINTIGRATEMYSYSTEMSWITHYOURS"
>"BAKA!" (slaps nemesis fifty feet into the air)
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>>31400728
>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs
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>>31400697
>where is Shadow?
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>>31400591
should i have said 'toaster hanging from its mouth'? or just another airship obviously.
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>>31400728
>see if you can pick up gossip from the mages
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>>31400728
>>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs
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>>31400728
the bigwigs probably ARE the summoners anyway. Kullia and whassisface

and their bastard son maybe
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>>31400728
>head into the palace. You need to listen in on the bigwigs
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>>31400728
>your first priority should be to locate the summoners within the palace
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>>31400807
>and their bastard son maybe
Obis has been away from Kan-Abar for long enough, hasn't he? Including all the time that's passed since we've found him.

Oh dear.
>>
Time for some bigwiging

Roll 1d100 general stealth performance
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>>31400840
Where the fuck are those two anyways?
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Rolled 28

>>31400873
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>>31400728
>pass by the gossiping mages on your way to the meeting of the bigwig royal summoners
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>>31400728
>>your first priority should be to locate the summoners within the palace
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Rolled 85

>>31400873
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Rolled 80

>>31400873
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Rolled 15

>>31400873
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Rolled 64

>>31400873
CUMMON DEMON SUMMONERS
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Rolled 78

>>31400840
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>>31400873
Cmon sneak sneak sneak.
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Rolled 56

>>31400873
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Rolled 40

>>31400873
IT'S TIME

TO DIE
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stop rolling you fools, don't tempt it.
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>>31400904
noice
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>>31400904
>>31400910
That's pretty O-K right there.
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>>31400910
>>31400904
>>31400889
Just waiting for the other shoe to drop at this point.
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>>31400904
>>31400910
That'll do.
>>
We've been pretty luck so far.
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>>31401019
SHUT THE FUCK UP
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>>31401032
Well I'm going to bed so that's a given. Make sure to keep rolling good anons. And don't make any stupid decisions while I'm gone.
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>>31401064
ARGH!
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>>31401064
You're telling /tg/ questers not to make bad decisions.

Think about that for a moment.
>>
You need to get into the heart of the palace and do some serious intelligence gathering. It's likely that the summoners will be there, anyway.

You slip through the bushes and the flowerbeds and up to the doors. You Ink your way under the wood, and then slink through the halls, flickering between the shadows cast by the columns.

You manage to locate a stairwell off the main hall. You toe your way down the steps, keeping your eyes peeled for patrols.

A hefty minotaur with an Imp perched on its shoulder stomps up toward you. You duck behind a vase. The two demons pass without a pause. You wait until you hear them exit into the hallway above before continuing.

The lower halls of the palace are a little less decorated then the upper - upstairs was all polished marble and obsidian. This is more sandstone and well-worn carvings. It's probably an older section of the palace.

You slip and slide along the floor. You sense a few presences in the rooms nearby - more demons, a handful of mages. It's cool down here. Candles positioned in braziers keep the space lit. There's no smoke, though - it must be well-ventilated. A passing couple of servants forces you to hide in a nearby alcove. You're rather confident you could have walked right by, but better safe than sorry.

Eventually, you come to a wide set of double doors at the end of a main hallway. It looks pretty official - the hinges are set into decorative columns, and there are ivy vines carved into the surface. You step up near the wood.

Something blasts your senses - you feel as though you passed a concealing barrier of some sort. A truly massive source of Wind and Lightning lies ahead of you. Alongside it are a powerful spirit of Fire, and another soul, of Earth, Spirit, and oddly, Light. That must be very rare.

You can hear voices, but nothing's clear. If you want to know more, you'll have to enter the room.

What do you do?

>enter the room
>it's too risky. Explore elsewhere
>some other strategy
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>>31401224
Demon Lord detected.
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>>31401224
>enter the room
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>>31401224
Extend a tip of your shadow into the room to hear.
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>>31401224
>>enter the room
Dumbass maneuvers is go!
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>>31401224
>>enter the room
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>>31401224
So we have Kullia, Nulis, and the demon lord in there.

>it's too risky. Explore elsewhere.
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>>31401224
Since we don't actually have ears, how much of ourselves needs to be in the room in order to hear anything?
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>>31401224
>Candles positioned in braziers keep the space lit. There's no smoke, though - it must be well-ventilated.
Or they use alcohol based candles and torches, which don't make smoke but instead make noxious gas if the grade is too high~!
>the more you know!

also;
>enter the room
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>>31401224
Did we spend all our mana on Shadowmeld before we went exploring?
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>>31401224
>>enter the room
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>>31401224
>of Earth, Spirit, and oddly, Light. That must be very rare.
...Kullia?
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>>31401256
I second this.

Just the tip.
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>>31401224
slip a little shadowy appendage under there.

<Go-go Shadow Extendable Ears!>
>>
>enter the room

We have enough EXP for Erasure right?
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>>31401256
Do ittttt.
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>>31401224
If we wanna be really fucking cheeky we can try turning our radio on and letting the entire alliance listen in on their conversation.

Shame they might send the wind power core.
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Roll 1d100 to extend as little of yourself as possible into the room and yet still hear all conversation

you autistic bastards

In my next quest, we're just gonna be some damn measly human. And no shapeshifting!
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>>31401347
Three Erasures
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Rolled 46

>>31401366
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Rolled 14

>>31401366
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Rolled 47

>>31401366
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>>31401369

Two Erasures, anon. You've got 21 EXP.
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Rolled 72

>>31401366
and this is where the dice fail us huh?
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Rolled 68

>>31401366
appendege ago!
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>>31401347
I think SM would cry if we Erasure a demon lord, Nulis, and Kullia all at once. We'd have effectively beheaded kan abar.
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>>31401385
>>31401387
>>31401388
Whelp.
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Rolled 77

>>31401389
I thought it was 7per?
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>>31401385
>>31401388
With our bonuses we certainly don't get caught. Mums the word on what useful info we get, though.
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Rolled 2

>>31401366
>>
>Halfway decent rolls
>Something seems off about the candle in the middle of the room
>Everyone leans in close
>Erasure
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>>31401413

10 per

Ability List - http://pastebin.com/9QRZs8RG

Use ctrl+f liberally
>>
Now would probably be the time to use Silence if we needed it before shit hits the fan.
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>>31401427
muh bad
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>>31401436

Agree
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>>31401414

"How bout those whores, eh?"
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>>31401436
We can use it later if they actually discover us.
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>>31401436
>>31401454
Nah, those stealth rolls are fine.
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Rolled 31

>>31401366
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>>31401457

Well, anytime before the fireworks start really. To escape or for this stealth roll.

We MIGHT need it when we face sandal to get the jump on him at the summoning. But I get the feeling we will be more up-front about that.
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>>31401366

You think it's odd that we don't try to bluff our way into a major strategy meeting? Should we throw open the doors disguised as an imp?

Seriously though, given that barrier. If they detect a tentacle, they will detect our entire body.
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>>31401548
Dude. Bluffing our way in is literally the dumbest idea i've ever seen in Shadow Quest.

There are SOOOO many things retarded about that.
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>>31401609
He was obviously being sarcastic.
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Inch by inch, you wedge the tiniest of tendrils under the door and into the room.

There are three individuals inside the room, curtained in a mist of heavy incense.

One is unmistakably the Demon Lord. Its form seems to waver slightly - whether that is its natural state, or the sheer power emanating from it, you're unsure. Destroying it may prove a significant challenge. It stands in the middle of the room, tall, silent.

To the right is a man, lounging on a wide couch, idly petting the hair of a woman seated next to him. His face his hard, and battle-scarred. His eyes are red. Nulis Vin.

>con't
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And then, next to him, is the woman herself, of Earth, Spirit, and Light. Obis never told you her elements, but he did give you her description, once or twice in your travels. This is definitely her - Kullia. Her eyes seem to glow in the half light.

And then you see a fourth man - a mage. You can just barely feel his presence - he has no magical talent. He's almost drowned out by the other three.

He's murmuring something to Nulis. He stares at the floor as he talks. You can almost see his body leaning away from the demon lord.

"...airships...accounted for...3 in total."

"What." Nulis sits up slightly. "How is it possible that three airships have simply disappeared?"

"...investigating..."

The demon lord's voice echoes over the room. It crackles and hisses in your mind like static shocking your flesh. <We have taken steps to assure that it does not happen again. We suspect the strange mage known as John Nyx is responsible.>

"....three airships," Nulis murmurs. "...what are they planning?"

"...observations...may be...attack..."

"Attack? Us?" Nulis laughs. "Do they have a death wish?"

<They have a plan,> the demon lord says. <It will fail.>

"...leave us," Nulis tells the messenger. The man scurries to leave the room via a side door.

The Demon Lord moves slightly closer to Nulis. You sense that the conversation is about to get a lot more interesting.

Do you

>risk slipping slightly further into the room, so as to not miss any important details
>remain where you are; you can't push your luck
>retreat; the longer you linger, the more dangerous this becomes
>some other strategy
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>>31401733
>Titanic
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>>31401733
>>remain where you are; you can't push your luck
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>>31401733
>remain where you are; you can't push your luck

Well, now we know what Obis saw in Kullia. Or on.
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>>31401733
>pic related

Also;
>risk slipping slightly further into the room, so as to not miss any important details
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>>31401733
>>remain where you are; you can't push your luck
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>>31401733
>"How is it possible that three airships have simply disappeared?"
><We have taken steps to assure that it does not happen again. We suspect the strange mage known as John Nyx is responsible.>
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>>31401733
>remain where you are; you can't push your luck

But get ready to GTFO.
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>>31401733
amazing chest ahead
chest is a lie
go straight for chest
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>>31401733
>>risk slipping slightly further into the room, so as to not miss any important details

Amazing chest ahead.
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>>31401733

So, Kullia gets to remain in the room. Yeah she is deeply involve.
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>>31401704
That's one sexy demon lord. Is it too late to change sides?
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>>31401808
Or she is of such little consequence that it doesn't matter if she's there.
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>>31401733
>Logi-blessed tits
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>>31401733
This
>>31401782
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I >some other strategy

<A plan of attack? Hah! Like your petty squabbles are worth more than a Dynamo. You now listen to Erebus. Do I have your attention? It was far too easy to take your ships. Do you think I have a place for you in the future? Now is your only chance to speak.>
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>>31401733
>>risk slipping slightly further into the room, so as to not miss any important details
I see, punishing us with ellipses, eh?
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>>31401733
Reverse position.

Put enough of yourself into room to hear the convo.

And keep a shadowy appendage under the door so you have line of sight to Blink as far away as possible.
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Vote 1:
>press in closer - you need to hear this

Vote 2:
>remain where you are, get ready to GTFO as fast as Shadowly possible

Vote 3:
>walk in like a badass and Erasure these problems out of your life
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>>31401875
I like it! Supporting this.
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>>31401897
1
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>>31401897
2
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>>31401897
3
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401875
This.
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>>31401897
1
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>>31401897
1
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897
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>>31401897

cutting off votes
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>>31401897
1
Widen your tendril in a dark corner and pull out the radio, Snake
.
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>>31401875
We could do that from where we are now.
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Roll 1d100 to sneak closer and not get annihilated

>>31402016

Radio is currently in your pocket. I don't think you could get the votes to Unpocket it right now
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Rolled 13

>>31402042
roll code engaged: CRITICAL
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Rolled 6

>>31402042
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Rolled 5

>>31402042
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Rolled 36

>>31402042
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Rolled 47

>>31402042
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Rolled 18

>>31402042
fug
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>>31402042
i can tell this will end well.

Silence shard time to fail!
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Rolled 47

>>31402042
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058
OH

OKAY

LET'S


LEEEEEAAAAAAAVE

and i knew this would fucking happen when that idiot was complimenting our luck before he went to bed
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>>31402058
>>31402051
>>31402046

Use silence
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058
Whelp
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>>31402051
>>31402058
>>31402046
I hate you.

Use Silence
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>>31402058
>>31402051
>>31402046
Yes....YES
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058

SNEAK SNEAK SNEAK
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Rolled 55

>>31402042
FOR EREBUS
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>>31402081

This this this.
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CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

we can Blink behind those two humans if they're the summoners and use them as human shields.

The Demon Lord won't dare kill a summoner.
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058
NOPE NOPE NOPE
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058

ahahahahahahahHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

HA


Do you use Silence to boost your roll?

Vote Y/N
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Can silence really salvage a roll that shitty?
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>>31402100

Y
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>>31402100
y
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>>31402100
I DON'T LIKE SM LAUGHING
GOD YES WE USE SILENCE
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>>31402100
N
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Rolled 12

>>31402042
Rolling
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>>31402100
Y
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>>31402100
Y
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>>31402100
Yes and you knew this was coming.
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>>31402102

I think this will be the first time that a shard goes from Strong to Broken in one go.
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>>31402100
Y
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evening and early morning rolls a SHIT
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God this is hilarious.

I love Demon Lord the Fourth already.
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Ahh, that's where the /tg/ gods were. Always fucking our stealth rolls.
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>>31402121
Welp. Good thing we should have a chance to un fuckify it.
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(Silence) - Broken

Writing.
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>>31402046
>>31402051
>>31402058
It's so beautiful. I love when a good disaster comes together.
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>>31402121
Jesus Christ.
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>>31402121

Didn't Hammer get pretty fucked by that one angels armor?
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>>31402152
Ahh silence, no matter how many times we break you I'm never going to feel satisfied that it's been enough.
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>>31402121
Wrong. We shattered Breeze when we did our high speed consume vacuum after pocketing that first airship.
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>>31402217

I looked over our fight with Metatron, Hammer went from Strong to broken in one hit as well.
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Guys I'm thinking we may have to go with Plan Erasure.
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Well, it looks like we can either leave Silence broken, or meditate on it and be late for the battle. Or can we only meditate on one shard for six hours instead?
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>>31402281

Silence is already broken. No going back now.

Hopefully Obis appreciates the fact that we didn't simple Easure this problem.
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>>31402152
>no 'roll 1d20' for the shard save
I've forgotten if that was usual or not anymore, or just for when following Fang for some reason. fuck i don't care if i'm reminding you if so.
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>>31402281
It would kinda throw the entire chronomancy plan out of whack.

>>31402298
We can meditate on a single shard for six hours before the battle, though when we sneak out of here we're now missing two things; the passive bonuses of silence and the ability to use it to mitigate our rolls.

Can we all agree that this was the one sneaking risk we're allowed to take this mission? We can't really mitigate the next one, after all.
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>>31402343
If it's us surviving or the chronoplan I'd prioritize the first.
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>>31402428
we'll be fine.

...the most devastating thing the Demon Lord could do would be a heretofor unrevealed ability to destroy EXP.
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>>31402466
Actually I think the most devastating thing to happen to us would be getting Pocketed by a demon lord.
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>>31402466
Didn't the last demon lord we fought have the ability to cancel the Angel Blessing? And isn't that kind of ability created using EXP?
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>>31402500

Roll for diplomacy with Dave.
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You can feel it. The demon lord's senses, turning across the room, probing. It knows something is wrong.

<Silence. I need you.>

A dark mist escapes from your skin. It's completely silent. It coats you like a blanket.

The demon lord's gaze turns on you.

Silence breaks under the strain.

Slowly, the demon lord looks away.

<...they are going to attack us,> the Demon Lord says. <This plays into our hands. The Chaotic disturbances created by the battle shall open the gate to the All-Power. And then the Greatest shall rise up, and there will be nothing that can stand against it. And it shall be the key to releasing the All-Power in full.>

"What about the angel?" Nulis says. He glances at Kullia. "Can we trust him?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdnrNKUPX8

"No, my love," Kullia says. She slips a hand up to Nulis's chin. "Sandalphon only means to use us. He allowed us to get this far for his own purposes. But we'll turn the tables on him. That's what I'm doing, remember? I'm his spy."

"Was."

"Was." Kullia rubs Nulis's chin. "Now, I'm yours."

You feel Spirit magic in her palm.

"You're mine," Nulis says. His face seems to calm.

"All yours, my king, my love. Yours, completely."

"Mine."

<The angel will no doubt put our energies to his own purposes,> the demon lord says.

Kullia looks up from the now-distant Nulis. "What of the Lady?"

<The Avatar of the All-Power is dead. John Nyx cannot be underestimated. He may be an agent of the Dark One Himself.>

"We have the details of their attack," she says. "Sandalphon must be confident that his plan will succeed."

<He cannot control the flow of the All-Power. His arrogance will be his undoing. And then the races of Chaos will not longer be imaginings, thought-drippings of parasitic mortals, but our own selves once more.> The demon lord looks at Kullia. <And power will be rewarded to you, and to many. And you revenge will be complete. A new age will dawn.>

"Yes."

>con't
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>>31402522
And now, Kullia looks distant. Is she a manipulator, or being manipulated? Or does she simply not care? What revenge does she want, to sacrifice so much?

The All-Power. That must be the core of chaos. The demon lord thinks you're an agent of Erebus. So, they don't know everything - and they don't know about your plan to save Donovan. Not yet.

Kullia looks up again. "...Sandalphon said he would bring Nyx here, and that he is supposed to provide the role of a distraction. He'll just be stalling while the battle enters its fullest state of chaos, but we can't trust him to help us."

<I will face John Nyx.>

"But if the Lady could not defeat him - "

<I need merely hold him off. When the time comes, he will be left behind. We will allow the angel to make his sacrifice and lay his spell upon us. And then, his own attempt to bring forth the Lord of Light will merely facilitate us bringing forth the Greatest. And then the end of physicality shall come, and the only limits upon what is shall be our own imaginations. The All-Power will consume the world.>

"Everything will change." Kullia smiles. "All of Venia will be ours."

<Venia,> the demon lord whispers, <is but the beginning.>

What do you do?

>get the fuck out
>some other strategy
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>>31402541
>get the fuck out
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>>31402541
>Get the fuck out
We've heard enough. Obin is not going to like this.
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>And then the races of Chaos will not longer be imaginings, but our own selves once more.

>Races of Chaos
>own selves once more

well fuck me I have some shit to get on

>>31402541
>get the fuck out
I think our allies will appreciate an update.
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>>31402501

If I remember correctly that Demon lord specifically in shadow magic maybe something similar will be unlocked by completing the shadow magic tree.
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>get the fuck out

I can't tell if 3-4 different powers are fighting over this one spell or if Sandal was fed wrong information about the summoning so it's only the two sides trying to stop or complete it.

We must consult our circle. I take it all back, silence has served us well this day.
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>>31402541
> Primal Melee Focused Demon Lord
> Disease Focused Demon Lord
> Magic Focused Demon Lord

Oh.

Oh shiiiiiiiiiit.
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>>31402541
GTFOMF
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>>31402541
Holy fucking shit, you're on a fucking roll tonight SM. 10/10.

Is it worth the risk to tell Sandaphlon? This might be more than we can deal with.
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>>31402625
>were immune to disease
That niggas ass is mine
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Man, Kullia is fucking creepy. This has weirded me out more than anything I have seen on /tg/.
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>>31402625

I will bet you anything that the last demon lord is a supercharged succubus.
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>>31402646
I think we have to tell Sandalphon. Letting him know is much better than letting the demon lords hijack the summoning.
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>>31402541
>some other strategy
well, we could try to find... something else here.

also fuck yes, David aka best waifu confirmed for being the true summoning target.
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>>31402625
>>31402666

All hail the eightfold path.
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>>31402646

I'm almost on board with this plan. We might need to rethink everything.
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>>31402646
what? no.

he won't believe us.

and it might mean he'll keep Flint locked up after all.
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>>31402672
Really? And how is that going to go down? We invite him to our meeting chamber on the Nemesis with everyone else who already knows our secret and then just LAY IT ALL ON HIM?

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?!
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I really regret not releasing Leviathan now. We could use the extra firepower.
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>>31402672

Yes, this information might make him hesitated. But it most not come from us else he will not believe it. Raphael could be seen as a better source of information.

Also we should remain a little longer.
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>>31402706
Cities can be rebuilt after all. The world is what is at risk.
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>>31402699
No, we just tell him what we learned here.

Of course he probably expects the demons to double-cross him anyways.
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>>31402712
>Raphael could be seen as a better source of information.

I like it. Lets bring Raphael into the fold. I think he will turn on Sandal when he is shown just how much fire Sandal is playing with.
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>>31402541
I wonder if Kullia hates Sandalphon more than Yi Fang does.
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You decide to get the fuck out.

Ally reactions

Next time, on Shaaaaadooooow Queeeeeest!!!

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Next thread will be Saturday at the earliest.

I figure that after discussion you'll want to meditate on Silence, burning your remaining time. And then it's battle time, so I want to pre-write the introduction.

And then you'll be playing from Yi Fang's perspective in the battle, and it'll be a more strategic oversight role, where you react to the progress of the battle, not as much an action-to-action sort of thing

>>31402646
>Holy fucking shit, you're on a fucking roll tonight SM

Well, good to know you're enjoying this development. What's good? What's bad?
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>>31402694
I hate to say it but this is bigger than Flint, I mean it always was but this is the tipping point.
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>>31402751
What's good is that this actually makes sense while revealing slightly more than what we knew before. And It could've honestly happened this way without the whole Avatar thing, at least that's what it seems like. So that's a bonus.
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>>31402751

We will be playing as Fang? Holy shit, I don't think we can do him justice.

At least not without knowing his full list of powers at least.
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>>31402751
>whats bad?
Dice
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>>31402766
he'll already have considered being double crossed.

he is too single minded in focus to change course. he'll never take our word and just stop.

he's staked his entire worth on resurrecting his god.
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>>31402751
great, now we get to tell Obis his girlfriend is full shadow runs, Sandy's plan is being fucked with by her, and now he has to find a new date for prom
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>>31402782
Yes please. Also good job ShadowM. I am scared and excited.
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Hey guys.

I have the real solution.

Summon Hyperion before Sandalphon does.
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>>31402782

You'll have a list of major battle options based on all your contributing allies and get Fang's character sheet in front of you as well.

It'll be cool.

I'll try and throw in the full powerlevels chart, too. Note that this will be from Shadow's perspective.
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>>31402818
Uhhhh
this could work
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>>31402818
the Demon Lords are a prerequisite to the ritual.

that's stupid. you're stupid.
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>>31402824

Ohh ohh, do we get the details on Fangs Magic Murder Box?
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>>31402824
I really want to see what shadow looks like from someone elses perspective
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>>31402831
That's why I suggested it. They can't use a surrogate summoning for Hyperion because he's already here, Sandalphon will know him and won't try the summoning, thus meaning Donovan is no longer at risk. The sigil can be dismantled and the demons don't get the energy for completing the pentarch; and they have to fight a particularly judgy light elemental.

>>31402836
We simply must find a better way. We have several hours, THINK ABOUT IT.
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>>31402839
WHATS IN THE BOOOOOOOX!?
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>>31402824
I'm so excited I can hardly wait!
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>>31402842
That'll be particularly interesting... I've been wanting that for a while as well. Seeing our mannerisms described by someone else.
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>>31402853
Dude, they're using Donovan's powerful light soul to fuel the summoning. This plan would kill him and give us major year aches afterwards.
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>>31402839

No.

It will simply be listed as "That".

In character, you have plans to unleash the full power of "That" upon Sandalphon at the appropriate time.
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>>31402818
The Shelkath is directly connected to the summoning spell. Once the spell is activated, it will rip out Donovan's soul.
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We could always just drop our shards shit low and break the seal on the Core of Chaos ourself.
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>>31402883
Is it a Darxis esque shadow elemental in a box?
or something far more sinister and BRUTAL
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>>31402883
then he drops it in a mana pool right "Whoops, sorry about that Most Highest"
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>>31402880
*major head aches for years afterwards. Bloody autocorrect
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>>31402907
I think it's just 200 years worth of souls all shoved into a tiny little box.

Would drive anybody insane.
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>>31402883

I don't think I have ever been more giddy with anticipation.
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>>31402880
>>31402888
That's why I said "find a better way." Obviously using Sandalphons method is wacko crazy stupid dumb. Summoning Hyperion by other means would erase half the problems and create many new ones. While keeping Donovan alive because it wouldn't be the same method.

I say we try and touch the core like we were going to in Va'ad, and go from there.
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>>31402931
...Rip Hyperion out of the nether core?

EEEEHHHHH

ehhhh

ehh

eh
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>>31402907
It'll be a Darkxis hand-puppet formed out of Shadow's own forearm.
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>>31402931
>>31402966
SM what's your personal opinion on this idea?
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>>31402883
Since it's becoming obvious that the box will not be CONSUMED, what sort of hypothetical XP value would we be looking at? I wanna get a gauge on the power.
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>>31402986

Well,

It's pretty fucking insane if you ask me.

I mean, it could happen...

There are mechanisms in place...

The core of the world is max level zone. I'm not sure you'd survive.

Say Hyperion comes back.

Then what?
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>>31402883
so tell me if i got this right. kanabar knows a battle is coming and going to use it to fule the penteverate summoning which they know sandles is going to double-cross backstab them and use it to summon hyperion so theyre going to double-cross backstab counter it while they expect us to be distracted in the palace like a big oaf. and obis's girs was a huge spy double-crossing bitch spy manipulator out for revenge and demon equality. so in the information game we hold all the cards with the kanias wise to sandles and the battle while the angels think theyre hot shit but being out played by everyone else. that about right?
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>>31402966
how would we even do that without letting all the other higher elemental lords out as well
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>>31403011

Don't worry about it.

Read: I ain't gonna tell ya
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>>31403011
Why not?

We put Sandalthong in and then Consume the Box.


we should end with like 100EXP
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>>31403024
<I AM JOHN NYX, BOW DOWN MOTHERFUCKER>
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>>31403035

Yeah, actually, that about sums everything up.
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>>31403035
Yep
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>>31403024
Then sandy doesn't use the sigil and the demons can't use the power he has collected and the only major threat we have left is the elemental of light god hyperion!

See? Fool proof.
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>>31403076
Then make sure we set our anchor back to just outside the central battlefield, since the majority of the reasoning behind doing that was being able to instantly get back to where we might be needed.
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>>31402931
Good idea, I'm sure that we and a tiny group of people will be able to come up with a better way to do this then the dozens of researchers that have spent literal centuries coming up with whatever ideas they can to try and bring him back.

While we're at it, let's also come up with a way to give demons souls and convert mana into rainbows, both of which are just as likely to happen as Shadow successfully summoning Hyperion without having to sacrifice anyone.
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>>31403106
Well I'm particularly against sacrificing people if it's necessary. After all, it would save Donovan.
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>>31403097

Right. Remind me of that next time, it's important.
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>>31403106
Precisely; it is fully fool proof. That is to say, it was proofed by a fool, so you know it can only turn out right!
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>>31403106
Actually demos can get souls

And I imagine Light mana can be refracted to show a rainbow.

Just sayin
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>>31403159
So you want us to sacrifice demons and refract sandys' light magic through a prism to summon hyperion himself. Y'know, I think it's time to rest. Good night.
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>>31403200
Sweet Dreams Anon!
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>>31403076
looks like the plan is break the news to Obis that him, his brother and sandles got played by Kullia who was playing the long con and used mind spirit magics (which im prety sure are lost to everyone except Adavan, so thats hot shit right there) to manipulate his brother for her own goals and that shes pretymuch the mastermind behind all this (from how it looked). sandlephon was being a dick and did let the kanians fuck around and looks prety dumb right now. and that our pland remain pretymuch unchanged besides the fact they know were going to be at the palace and its a distraction. now how do we get out of going to the palace with sandles, do we slink away when hes not looking or just tell him to shove it where hyperions light dont shine.
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You know, considering that the Shards are all that maintain the integrity of the containment field holding the core of Chaos back, and that they all managed to breach that field and rip it open in that war...

I wonder if that damage pushed our reawakening back by another century, or did more damage to us than otherwise would've been there. Since the core Order shell is 'us' in a sense.
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>>31403289
Take a page from Velliks book.
We have many extremely experienced spirit and shadow mages, we make Shade appear to look and feel exactly like John Nyx!
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>>31403491
My gods, that's brilliant. Actually, can we ask Steward if he still has any of those super-ninja-robots lying around we can use as a decoy for ourselves?
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>>31403509
Sounds good to me. Though I think it will have to be a major point raised within the first minutes of the next thread to get any support.
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>>31403491
if we could have a robot illusioned into our form and we telepathically control it remotely while it sends Impressions of its perceptions back to us,

and send THAT with Sandy....

yes, yes. the shadowruns are all coming together.

I'd rub my hands together gleefully if I wasn't typing.
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>>31403515
Capped, nigga. Get it while it's hot.
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>>31403573

This is fucking brilliant. I will keep it in mind.

However, I think you really need the disguise ability, now, if you haven't already bought it - though I suppose with Vellik and Fang, you could whip something up for the moment without it.

Night all.
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>>31403607
>sm liked my idea before going to bed for the night
it's like all the shadowy limbs inside my stomach are fainting all at once
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>>31403607
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oh right
let's not forget that we have a dynamo shell uncharged still

We could pull off a Twin Shadow Dynamo Enhanced Eclipse!
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>>31403607
Eh. I'd prefer to save that EXP for emergency uses of Erasure or Conversion Factor.

If we can eat a few more demons, we can get Suicide Squad and still have enough for EXP abilities.
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>>31403670
Same.

But really, We've got Fang, Hemmelus, MELODY, Adavan, Vellik, etc.
These are top tier mages that know how to fool people when they put their minds to it.

I can only imagine how well they would do if they put all their minds together for a single measly disguise on a golem that it already of the shadow element.

The glory shall be glorious.
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I just went to brush my teeth and I thought of something.

Obis wants to go to Kan-Abar to confront his brother. That desire will only increase if you tell him how things are. I'm not sure if you're comfortable letting him go alone with only your fake self, especially considering that the prophecy said he'll die if he goes without your help.

Then again, maybe your help is in keeping him from going?

Something to chew on.
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>>31403719
Damnation. There's always another shadowrun to take into consideration.
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>>31403719
Simple, we have the golem keep the demon lord busy while we kill the mages/nulis

Then we bug the fuck outta there.
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>>31403719
Damn it! What a wrench in our plans that is.

However, wrenches being what they are; they're good things to carry around in your pocket...

Alternatively I suppose we could try explaining to him the fake self plan and how much safer he'll be with us, because at the end of the day Kullia and Nulis won't have to be provoked into direct fighting, they could very well be left alone while the sigil on penta plan gets dealt with in its full modo and be left to deal with afterwards.

Maybe even get Obis to believe Adavan could 'recover' Nulis from Kullias' mind magic, and have him stay that way. And if he doesn't believe us about Kullia we can use that same argument backwards to keep him away from provoking them!
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>>31403719
but if they know and plan on us being at the palace wouldnt either expecting him to be there unprepared or even at all a little incompotent. we know that they know, but they dont know we know they know so well do what they dont know weel do and do be there at all. fuckit cancle the whole war.
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>>31403719
Hey SM.
Does Kullia make love to that fourth demon lord? This is important.
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>>31403776
and if he says "muh kingdon, muh vengence" we just hand him a sandwich and glass of water and pocket him untill the war is over so he doesnt get killed.
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>>31403812
not sure that particular demon template was created with "love making" in mind.
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>>31403851
Could've fooled me. Meh, chaos races could be more creative.
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oh sweet christ

we're actually pulling a shadow clone no jutsu
FUCK
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>>31402751
Thanks for running!
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>>31403851
They're so huge hulking and muscular though.

I'd totally enhance them at summoning time so they are.
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Guys....

Kullia seems so loyal to the demons' cause.

And she's got something about vengeance.

It would be awful boring if there weren't a reason to this beyond, oh the demons corrupted her, so she probably was already, of course.

What if...

...she's a humanized demon, like Abigail's mother was?

A succubus, out for revenge for being made into a human in a sick experiment?

Her influence on that guy is totally succubutt like already and all.
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>>31402751
>And then you'll be playing from Yi Fang's perspective in the battle, and it'll be a more strategic oversight role, where you react to the progress of the battle, not as much an action-to-action sort of thing
So you really do want us to lose this war SM?
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Y'know, speaking purely in the technical details exchanging HP for charging a dynamo is as blood magic as it gets for an elemental, right?

I feel bad for steward now.
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When we bring out our two shadow dynamos can we twiddle them in our hands the way David Bowie did to his crystal orbs in The Labyrinth?
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I want to see Abby RIP AND TEAR from Fang's perspective.
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>>31404885
I hope her power armour form gets dubbed "Thanatos".
>He's the Greek personification of Death that was born from Nyx and Erebus.
>Brother of Nemesis.
>Has wings.
>Even though Thanatos doesn't use a scythe, it fits with the whole "death" thing
>Thanatos may be a dude but, the armour don't really look all too feminine.
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>>31404885
If she can take out 25% out of shadow with one hit from her scythe, I am sure even she'll be surprised how good she is at ripping and tearing apart armies.
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>>31404980
Yeah. That scythe would cleave right through Adamantium like hot butter. It's fucking terrifying.
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>>31404943
Capped because I actually like that. I hope it sticks.
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>>31404996
What makes this more fun for me is that we never told her how much she actually fucking managed to hurt, and she though she wasn't doing much damage.
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>>31405060
What makes it even more more fun is that if we wanted to go full retard with things, we could easily make her more powerful than we are by putting our next chunk of XP towards Arbitering her and then jamming our two Shadow Dynamos into her arm.

I suspect that it gets even more crazy and the completion bonus for buying every skill in the Servant-Chosen-Arbiter trees unlocks Shard Gift, which would let us give her one of our shards. (Dave had the Moonsong, which was one of Erebus' shards)


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