I say forest, plenty of adventure in a forest, especially if you get lost.

NO. We must find out who this man is. Nod politely to him as you walk past and pay him no attention otherwise.

If you feel you must, everyone link arms and sing "Follow the Black Gravel Road".

>Nirdhar's training in resisting outside intrusions to his mind is progressing well, though you are as a side effect, getting better at getting into a mind.
I thought that was as intended. We both get trained that way.
Note, this is best done before going to sleep. So you our out most of the day and practicing your magic. Before bed you can practice haunting / defense and then he falls asleep and you are out again (and can practice all night)

>Ruins
Well that is SURE to be interesting.
>Forest adventure
Yes there is adventure there, but its a big forest and we don't know where to look.
>Towns
I wonder whats in the various towns... maybe if we go to the closest one we could find out

>Man on post
Well, lets talk to him.
>Hide self from man on post?
I wouldn't.

Talking to him could help us decide on where to go and what to do next.

Man, we would always talk to the random person that looks interesting. I just think going in a completely random direction for no apparent reason would be fun.

>>318468
lets get meta here. The author wrote hooks for every one of the places he came up with, probably tied them together.
"walk in a completely random direction that has nothing to do with anything" is basically "throw away all this stuff and make up new stuff that isn't any better and is probably not as good"
Or alternatively, it is a "slightly modify previous plot to not occur where we are going"

>>318487
Damn, you are right.
I wonder if it would be possible to go back and return a day later, hoping the guy is gone.

Otherwise, if this is not possible, I agree with walking past him and letting events unfold with out the attempt at talking.

alright, so thats 1 vote (mine) for "talk to him, based on info he gives decide where to go"

2 votes for avoiding him (specifically "casually walk by, ignoring him").

Which begs the question, if we are ignoring him and walking by then where do you want to go towards? The road splits into 4 directions. 1 we are coming from, and 3 others. And there are signs saying whats in each direction.

Well...he is sitting on the sign. And signs provide important directional information. So we might as well meet him. And the sign.

this one suggests we speak to the masked one, perhaps even ask his name.

The masked man speaks InsufferableMystic 2011/06/28(Tue)12:04 No. 318962 ID: 856690
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You consider fate, and how you could go off into the woods and entirely avoid this encounter with such a strange man, but in the end, you don't really like the idea of getting lost in the forests of Tagan.

So you go forwards, towards the sign and the strange Kithan. You would prefer to just go past but you need to decide where you are going to go...


The man stops humming and he faces Nirdhar and Kyarin.
“Good morrow, may you be free of Sorrow!
A lovely day, wouldn't you say?
Are you going southwards?
Be careful where you go, beware!”

The man laughs.
“Things are stirring in this Land.
In Caskh, I doubt you'd stand!
Just some advice, from one nameless Traveller.
To two nameless amblers!”

“Ah these days it seems
as if the wrong people
are wearing the wrong masks!”

The man continues humming.
You could ask him a few questions...
He doesn't seem to be aware of you or able to see you.

…

If you just leave, where will you go?
[Also a few 1d100 rolls, if you please!]

Perhaps asking his name would not be the best of ideas, but we still have some questions, do we not?

rolled 29 = 29

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Take the road least travelled by. If that is Caskh, take the next least worn road. If that is also Caskh, fuck it, just go straight. And if THAT is Caskh, go LEFT.

Actually, that is my suggestion. LEFT.

Also, Read Sign, Hug Stranger.

rolled 94 = 94

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rolled 67 = 67

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Let's go to Caskh

rolled 38 = 38

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(Hug sign, read stranger)

Ask his name/if there is something happening here that you should know about (that is more info on "wrong people wearing wrong masks" and similar things) before going deeper into the land.

Also introduce ourselves. Maybe do do some chatting on how it indeed is a beautiful day and other unimportant topics.

The mask grins InsufferableMystic 2011/07/01(Fri)09:13 No. 320223 ID: 856690
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{NOW we have a channel! #COWkigan come at see me gibber!}

Name asking might be dangerous.
Left/road least travelled. 29 read sign, hug stranger
94
67 Caskh
38, hug sign, read stranger.

What is going on?

Wrong people wearing the wrong masks.

Introduction.
Small talk.


You urge Nirdhar to speak.
“Thank you for the advice traveller, I am known as-ss Nirdhar, and this-ss is-ss my companion Kyarin, who might you be?”

The mask grins... is that usual?

{Maskedman}“I speak but I am never heard, my face is cold and hard, my eyes are covered. I know where my heart is”
“Though if you must call me by a name, Nixan Liir will do”

{Nirdhar} “What did you mean about the wrong people wearing the wrong masks”

Nixan laughs
“My dear boy, you are just like poor unknowing Laithvia! It is an old Kithan saying for when people are not acting as they should, for when there is something bad going on.”

“What has happened?” Nirdhar asks.

[Roll 29]
“Murder, well murders, they say that the Hooded one walks the land, what he would be doing away from the Urlubris I have no idea. The location of the murders has be moving around, last time I heard, it was Caskh that the deaths were happening.

I don't really know more about it than that.”

{Nirdhar} “Do you have any other news?”

“Well the golden pipe has gone missing, quite the fuss about that I assure you! Though there is a woman by the name of Galion Golra hunting after that. Don't know where she is.
[94] A Catacomb from the Urlubris has recently arisen to the southwest, it has attracted many adventurers and mercenaries, the Kithan war troupe, known as The Laughing Blades is also present. No one as reached the core of the catacomb yet.
[67] Jasclin has three traveling companies in it at the moment! Thusly a festival is in the works.
[38] There has been rumours of the bearer of Crom the Rattling Blade passing through Ostalis, people are excited at such a dramatic rumour.
A theatrical robber baron is said to have set up a base in the woods, his performance has been viewed as crass. A black fog has settled above Poifla's ruins”

Currently the votes stand as such; (only locations that do not require moving through another place are listed as options.
LEFT {Jasclin}(One vote)
Caskh (one vote)
Balruo
Forest
Poifla's ruins
New Urlubris Catacomb

New Urlubris Catacomb

[Doh! it is #COWkigan ON Rizon, for clarification]

Kithan War Troupe and a magical Golden Catacomb? FUCK YEAH LET'S GO THERE.

To the Catacombs!

Should we not ask for the opinions of our party members?

Otherwise, let us head to the catacombs.

Implying we could suggest anything else than FUCK YEAH DUNGEONS (Catacombs but oh well)

while it might be a rude assumtion, one thinks our sckelleton friend might be well used to fighting in tight corridors, and a war troup, assuming they dont attack on sight, may be willing to help train nirdhar in combat, specificaly that pertaining to fighting well with allies.
also, laser radar that sees through walls, exelent chance to test some ideas of ours.

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/02(Sat)09:34 No. 320672 ID: 856690
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Catacomb from the Urlubris.

THE CATACOMB! InsufferableMystic 2011/07/02(Sat)09:39 No. 320674 ID: 856690
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{TO THE CATACOMBS}

You decide that the catacombs would be good for trying out Nirdhar's new skills and for hardening him up. Also you are quite poor...

Scratch that, you don't even have two Leons to rub together!
Kyarin has no problem with going into the Catacombs, she did so once before, when she was alive.

The strange masked man points you in the right direction, and gives a parting warning.

“Those without masks often have ways of hiding their faces”

You get lost a few times, but Nirhar easily climbs up a tree each time and catches sight of the Catacomb each time.

Finally you approach it. It is... very... large. Looks to be quite a big one, that is for sure.

It juts out from the ground, the land around it tortured and broken, Strange gases, or perhaps just visible motes of magic, steam from the cracked soil around it. As for the catacomb itself it glows with a peculiar light.

There is crowds of tents around it, even a wooden shack or two. The catacombs have attracted all kinds of people. Merchants, adventurers, mercenaries, collectors, several people also saw the opportunity for selling drinks and food.

Your voices swirl as you consider how you should take this place one.

The first matter is, which direction is the core of the catacomb in? It could be up or down.
Should you get Nirdhar to find some allies?
Should you haunt Nirdhar, thus being more powerful and your magic would be able to affect physical things aswell as non-physical, you'd be able to boost Nirdhar's power too.
There is the consideration that hiding your presence could be a good idea, you are nigh undetectable when haunting. Also it'll be harder for Nirdhar to be possessed if you are there haunting him...
Should you scout the place out? See who is who, somebody must be maintaining order in this place.
Also it would be unfortunate to come out of the Catacomb only to be attacked by scavengers.
Gaining intelligence as to what people have encountered so far would be good.

[Make your plans as always, a plan can go with a roll, or a roll without a plan]
[Also one 1d100 roll please]
[Bear in mind you are dirt poor apart from some crystals you can sell/trade with]
[Try not to have more than five rolls]
[Abilities will be posted of all party members before you enter the catacombs, as well as equipage]

Haunt Nirdhar

rolled 82 = 82

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Get more allies. Follow Nirdhar into camp, make friends.

rolled 96 = 96

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>>320716
Rollan for allies

rolled 43 = 43

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Haunt Nirdhar, go into camp first to make some allies and find out who's who and what they know of this place already.

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/04(Mon)15:40 No. 321642 ID: 856690
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[Roll 82]
You feel resistance to your touch at first, as you have been training Nirdhar, but you have gained strength and break through his walls, using a combination of power and purification, Nirdhar works quickly to plug the holes you make, but he cannot stop the walls tearing themselves apart.

He welcomes you as you slip past the rest of his defences. You rest comfortably in his aura and mind.
Welcome back Sister

You enter into the camp.
Smells and sounds waft round you and Nirdhar, the mood of the camp is pleasant, and joyous. There is a atmosphere of adventure. You see all kinds of people, of many races, even a few tainted. It isn't only adventurers though.

The tongues of the people selling food and drink are loose, as well as many others. Many are willing to just speak, and you hear the whispers of others. [Roll 43]

The Laughing Blades seem to be maintaining order strangely enough. They have one rule, as laid out by their leader, the Black Harlequin.
“Don't ruin the fun”
So nobody has tried robbing a person exiting a person exiting the catacombs... no one.

The Catacombs themselves are barely cleared, A lot of people have only recently arrived, and due to the regenerating nature of the catacombs only the entrance and two floors above and below are cleared. Nobody knows whether the core is above or below. The floors that were cleared were labyrinthine and had quite a lot of loot, the monsters were of the usual variety found in Catacombs.

Various spirits, some mad, some bad, some sad. Enchanted armours, shade hounds, most of the usual Urlubris denizens. Though, there is rumours of two things.

A Nixruch, a Confessor is rumoured to be in the catacomb, which is usual. The confessors are guardians of the Urlubris, testers and watchers, they usually escape if a section rises.

There has also been a dark whisper heard in the catacombs.

Apart from the Laughing Blades there is no other organization of note.

You manage to find a number of people who you think might join you on your foray.
[continued in second update]

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/04(Mon)15:40 No. 321643 ID: 856690
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Faei
Hair: Fiery
Eyes: Golden
Female
Half-seehi/Giant
Skills: Warrior in really heavy armour.
Weapon: Clawed gauntlets?
Appears to have no weapon, though there is a blade on the tail.
She has her gauntlets off, the gauntlets look bladed.
She is VERY large.
Equip: HEAVY adorned armour, Clawed jeweled gauntlets, Holding Bag, RAW BRUTE STRENGTH.
Preferred loot: Coinage/precious metals, gems and crystals.
Party attitudes: Tolerant, Faei will have little objection who ever she pairs with, she'll want a load of loot.
Reason: Adventure! and wealth... adventure!

Vincen the Songsmith
Hair: Raven
Eyes: Chocolate delight(don't look too long)
Male
Kithan
Skills: Musgician, crazy awesome,
Instrument: Lyre-Gitar, named Tiabitha
Areas of Magical power: Wind, Summoning, Some conjuration and illusion
Equip: Fancy clothes, awesome, a spell “note” book, backpack, scolls, crazy.
Preferred Loot: None in particular, but is likely to what what he considers beautiful/anything music related.
Party attitudes: He'll be ok as long as he is amused/inspired, may be irritating to “serious” people, could be a bit unreliable if he isn't “in the mood”.
Reason: To make music, for the fun of it and just because.

Grin Multin
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue and innocent
Male
Gnome (Kithan gnomes look a bit like moles)
Skills: Claims to be able to spot traps, says that the stones tells him things, warm and furry, digging claws.
Equip: A bucket, spade, dirty tunic, a sack, innocence and purity.
Preferred Loot: He'll be happy with anything he gets.
Party attitudes: “You want me? Grin is HONOURED”
Reason: His home was destroyed by the rising Catacomb

Durna Greeneyes
Hair: Red
Eyes: OH my goodness they are like emeralds!
Female
Dwarf (Svaharn)
Skills: Making things go boom, drinking, dorfing, mining, metallurgy, etc...
Weapon: Explosives, an axebow, several axes for said axebow, MORE explosives
Equip: Studded Leather, with extra METAL, MORE explosives. A barrel with straps on it...
All of the finest craftsdorfship.
Preferred Loot: She is a dwarf, it is not hard to figure out.
Party attitudes: Will grudgingly party with filthy half-elf half-troll fiend if given a strong enough reason. Will feel opposed to Faei, on the basis of not liking her. Has a dislike of undead, as all dwarves do.
Reason: Looting, adventure

Jaiiros Hrang
Hair: Lots, yellow
Eyes: Amber
Male
Half Wentre/huldre
Skills: Archery, snark, Troll strength, Trolling, can speak to animals, can speak to plants, elf senses
Weapon: Metal Bow with pillar spear arrows
Equip: An entire pelt of somesort of beast, the head is the hood, under that leathers and mail. Sarcasm, a rucksack, plant growing on his shoulder.
Preferred Loot: Easily sold stuff.
Party attitudes: Will not join if a Cuip is involved, cause Cuip are filthy tree eaters, will generally speaking be a troll.
Reason: Money

Ira Koipla
Hair: Black, ginger and white
Eyes: One green, one purple
Female
Filias: Catkin/Raskhiir
Skills: Enchantress, Adoracuteness, frown, seriousness, general lore, magic and otherwise, extensive knowledge of catacombs.
Weapon: A Copy of The Book of Malachite Ruin
Familiar: A Domraig, an earth spirit, with a large aspect of mouths and eating, bound in a gemstone.
Areas of Magical power: Earth magic, Various magic
Equip: Geen Robes, various tomes, scolls, crystals, Lifestone wand, various wands. Arcane paraphernalia, holding bags, fluffiness
Preferred Loot: Obscure arcane things, is distracted by round shiny things.
Party attitudes: Will think badly of those who do not treat the catacomb as serious business, will know what Kyarin is, reaction unknown.
Reason: Researching Urlubris Catacombs

Riant Car'Acth
Cap: Red
Eyes: Baleful
Male
Cuip (Mushroom/fungus man)
Skills: Barbarian warrior, He has the power, Absurd fungoloid strength and regeneration, Loot anything, Simplicity, Eats wood.
Weapon: A rather large lantern shield, pepperbox attached (Balefire rounds). Also a Metal club.
Spell: Fist
Equip: Loincloth, Armoured furred boots, RAGE, Barbarism. A sack. Belts, so many belts.
Preferred Loot: Loot is loot, therefore all Loot is good.
Party attitudes: Doesn't really care, but might sneer a bit at “puny weaklings”.
Reason: Fighting and Fat loot.

Derasta Huilo
hair: Dark green.
Eyes: large freaky lizard ones. Browny with red.
Female
Ghoul (A more human-like lizard thing, though they still eat corpses)
Skills: Healer (Strengthening), Shyness, Kind heart, eating of dead people.
! In possession of an Magic Artefact!
The Key of Ignition : powers of the artefact are related to the name, you don't know more than that
Weapon: None, some healers cannot touch weapons without feeling pain (being a healer is different to just knowing healing magic)
Equip: Dress, leather corset, warm shawl, clammy hands, various bandages and tinctures, potion and herb bag.
Preferred Loot: None.
Party attitudes: She just wants to help, but her people are viewed as filthy carrion eaters. Of course they do eat nearly any dead body, but really ghouls are quite clean, and she is such a nice girl, and besides Ghouls are believers in the sanctity of life and death. They also think eating the dead is a action reflecting this.
{All party members except Faei will feel some unease at a ghoul healer, Faei has her reasons for not being bovered}
Reason: Wants to heal people who get hurt.

The only two you cannot take together are Riant the Cuip and Jaiiros the Half-elf/huldre.
Preferred Loot simply refers to the type of loot they like best, not that they will defiantly take all of that loot.

More party members more shares of loot, if you get enough loot, this is a moot point really.
A consideration is how you are going to keep whoever you take unified.
You detect nothing unusual about these peoples .

Also choose whether you go up or down, the core is more commonly downwards, but it can be upwards too. A plan of action and what positions the party members will take is also required.

Bad plans will earn disdain.

>>321642
Hmmmmm... What I'm thinking is the Half Elf and the Catkin mage. Because honestly, they have decent skillsets, and conflicting personalities. Half-Elf Troll Troll and Hyperserious Cat Wizard seem to be the best complement to our party honestly.

Also, I suggest we go up. Because in the OTHER ruin we entered we found that the best treasure was concealed on the very top, and even if there is no treasure on top of this ruin, if we battle all the way up, we can lord it over all the other adventurers from up there. Another reason to take the Troll Elf along with us.

I am really liking Derasta Huilo and her reasons/attitude.

I think we should definitely take her along.

I also like Derasta Huilo. She must come with us.

[Current Party choice is];
[Half-elf Troll Troll]
[Serious bizniz Catkin mage]
[Adorable corpse eating healer Ghoul]

[Is this statisfactory?]
...
[Why am I talking in brackets?]

>>322346
[Because Brackets Rock]

[And Yes, I like this party!]

I think we might want to swap out the half elf half troll for the Half-seehi/Giant. for one thing she seems to be willing to work with anyone, (the part has a ghoul an unread and a spirit in it so open mildness is a good trait) we also could use a more solid melee line.

Add in Faei and Vincent. Their personalities could serve as a counter to Ira. And probably prevent a mess if someone backstabs us out of greed, which I think Jaiiros might do.

[This party seems nice]

>>322372
Taking too many people will just end in unnecesary conflicts. I'm ok with Faei since she is pretty much ok with anyone and will respect Ira srsbiznis attitude but Vincent would probably create "Super Cool Troll Bros" with Jaiiros and annoy the hell out of/wound (as in feelings) Ira (for seriousness) and Derasta (for being a Ghoul).

I love bards but no. Just no to Vincent.

I am happy with Derasta and Ira, but do not really like the concept of a trolling troll. I think switching Jaiiros with Faei or not even picking a third ally would be fine, as well.

But yes, I think we should limit the amount of additional allies we will be taking along to two or three. Too many people, too many opinions and problems.

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/06(Wed)18:04 No. 322585 ID: 856690
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[Ok so this seems to be the party now]

[You need a plan, how you'll process, what positions and duties each party member will have, etc...]

[Also decide whether you want me to do indepth, that is to say, you have to choose what directions to take and fight all enemies with full control]
[Or we can be more general, and I'll alert you when you come across unsual things]

Also, what in the world, are you collecting a weird harem? Nirdhar is the only male there!

>>322585
[NOOOOOOOOOO! My half Troll Troll! All we have are quiet, passive, serious mercenaries! You bastards, you blew it all up!]

Isn't Kyarin coming with us?

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/06(Wed)18:22 No. 322592 ID: 856690
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>>322591
[Kyarin is indeed coming with you, the only reason she wasn't in the picture before was because the author is a forgetful loon]

>>322588
[I feel your pain, but look at it this way, there is no way all of those other characters are not appearing again, the elf-troll troll
may return sooner than you think. :D]

[Also on a whim, roll a 1d100 for Vincen, 1-50 he leaves you be. 51-100 he follows you regardless of not being asked, just for the lulz, as any good Kithan does.]

rolled 30 = 30

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>>322592

HEREYAGO

rolled 87 = 87

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>>322585
>Spoiler text.

You got me :/

But yeah, the party is ok.

And I would rather go for the more general approach since we don't haunt all the party members. So we should be at least a little hindered when it comes to awarness ;D

>>322592
Let's roll

[1/2] The Amber flute InsufferableMystic 2011/07/08(Fri)09:33 No. 323601 ID: 856690
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[Rolls 30, 87]

Vincen the songsmith takes an interest in you!

He bounds over to Nirdhar.
"You have a intrument of musical splendour do you not, Lizardkin?"

"Yes"

Vincen makes a trilling bird like sound, and the {wittled wooden flute} that Nirdhar has shot from his pockets, then you see as he commands the air around the flute and begins a song...

[2/2] Amber Flute InsufferableMystic 2011/07/08(Fri)09:33 No. 323603 ID: 856690
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To your amazement as he plays a change comes over the flute, it begins to change slowly into amber!

Then when the change is finished, he stops and drops the flute onto Nirdhar's hands.

"If ever you have need of me, or just feel like it, or just see a thing I would be intested by, just play the right notes on that flute"

With that he dramatically exits, stage right.

[final oppertunity for plan making, positioning and wether we'll go in depth (control all the time have to decide all navagation) in the exploration, or general(You control only ehen there is a interesting encounter).]
[Votes stand at;]
[General: 1]
[In Depth: 0]

In Depth

Detailed is the way to go.

>>323603
DETAIL.

[Roomtolevel2] InsufferableMystic 2011/07/10(Sun)07:19 No. 324550 ID: 856690
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You and your chosen party...

Goes upwards...
It doesn't take long to get to the uncleared level...

[Urlubris Catacomb, Level 3]

You are in the first room, Ira inspects the ghost lights in it, writing notes in a little book. It doesn't take her long. The room is covered with picture of the trials that people have undergone. The blue crystalline walls are flush with the amaranthine light. Strange patterns swirl and change on the floor. Ira has already taken note of that. The ceiling is a mess of mind-twisting architecture. You feel your mind would be damaged if you looked at it too long.

Strangely there is no Gargoyles in the room...

The directions you can go are left and right.

Faei is doing a few stretches, Derastra is nervously clutching her key. Kyarin is alert and ready.

[Nirdhar is excited.]
[For closer inspection of a room, two 1d100 may be rolled, the best of the two will be the result]
[Any rolls over the count of two outlined will be used for encounters]

rolled 81 = 81

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Uuuh-oooh!

rolled 56 = 56

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>>324550
SEARCH FOR FISH! Nirdhar eats fish right? Maybe we can find some 10,000 year old Fish Jerky.

Also, GOLD.

After searching the room, I say left. Left looks nice.

When in doubt, head left.

But do so after inspecting the room.

(tempted to roll for a terribly bad random encounter :D)

rolled 87 = 87

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>>324670

I'll try to fulfill that wish of yours. feel free to blame me, everyone.

rolled 75 = 75

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>>324880
Nice roll, Elephant! At this rate of bad to good rolls, we'll awaken Cthulhu only for him to decide to become best friends with us and invite us to a tea party! Then we'll roll a 1 and he'll attempt romance us. FORCEFULLY.

Also, ROLLIN'.

rolled 27 = 27

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>>324885

Since you already did some rolls let me do mine ;D Because what you wrote sounds hilarious.

[1/2] InsufferableMystic 2011/07/11(Mon)09:29 No. 325044 ID: 856690
Audio Proudtobetheliar.mp3 - (7.94MB )

Battlemusic.

[2/2] Treasure Armour Appears! InsufferableMystic 2011/07/11(Mon)09:33 No. 325046 ID: 856690
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[Search Rolls: 81, 56]

On searching the room you find a cracked leathery bag! Inside is an assortment of coinage [Faei is interested] you keep the coins in the bag, and...
Some extremely dubious looking fish jerky, is it cursed?

Acquired;



Hiding in a pressure plate activated alcove you also find a [curious carved figure] (unidentified).



Then You and your party head left.


[87, 75, 27 Rolls combined, mini-boss created]

You go down the left corridor, very shortly you come to a split. The way forward is a dead end, you can go right or left.

!

A wall vanishes and from the space it was hiding a very valuable looking armour a few chests orbit the armour! Coins spill from the being at each step!
[Treasure Armour and Floating Chests?(x5) attack!]


[Issue orders!]
you are currently haunting Nirdhar, powers that have been used while haunting Nirdhar have a {N}
Your current attacks/abilities
Pyscadellic blast[Blinding, light]
Holy Ward [holy, light, barrier]
Mirage Prism [Illusion creation]
Light of Shadows [Invisibility]
Pure Beam [light, laser, cutting] {N}
Cross Beam {Improved} [light, laser, cutting]
Pure Rain [light, laser, cutting, area of effect]
Lightning Feathers [Electicity, shocking, projectiles]

Nirdhar's;
Gyrluz: Claw of Light [melee, claw, light, rip and tear] (Origin Light Mastery)
Finger of Tarn [Arch, electricity, shocking]

Equip;
x2 manabanks [Completely restore substance/ energy]
x1 Unnamed stormblest shortsword. [activatable powers]
x2 Old Draster's Wolf Brawn Potion
x3 Natalia's Potion of Wounds(healing non-major wounds)

These are your masteries, lack of arcane knowledge is indicated by {NK} ;
{NK}Light: dim,
{basic}Purifying:{Prodigy}
{NK}Sound: whisper
{NK}Illusion: hazy
{NK}Storm: No knowledge

[you have been going via instinct and cunning so far, and from the fact that your body is made of voice, light, energy and lightning, you haven't been casting spells as such, more flinging bits of yourself.]

Current upgrades;
Wings of the Storm [Grants innate lightning for use]
Heart of Hope [effect unknown]

[You can only direct Nirdhar to give general orders to his allies]
[You are at full power, as is Nirdhar]
[As always, plans can have rolls or not, though there cannot be a roll without a plan, rolls without a plan will be stored for encounters]

[Remember that this is the first encounter! Preserve your resources carefully!]

>>325046
Chorus: Pure Beam on the Armor's neck
Nirdhar: Finger of Tarn on the Armor's belt
Direct Nirdhar to have the others strike down the Chests.

rolled 86 = 86

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Cross Beam

rolled 7 = 7

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before you do anything, attempt to identify the nature of these constructs. do they have auras, what is the nature of the magics animating them, and anything else that might reveal points of weakness.

in addition, our group should form a decent defensive position. Faei and Nirdhar in front, Ira and Derasta to the back.

rolled 59 = 59

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>>325054
You know how that tends to end? Although might be a good maneuver against a construct.

But I'd rather go with the plan suggested by the other voice (attack points that would break of parts of the armor body while others block the chests.

rolled 33, 33 = 66

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See those two straps on its torso? A well-placed Cross-beam should cut through those, and hopefully loosen the chest armour.
Due to the amount of precious metals on its "body" a Finger of Tarn is likely to be drawn to the nearest part of its body and safely earthed. Instead Nidhar should aim for the chests so that it hits the furthest one from the armour and the ground, the increased distance may force the current into another chest before it earths itself.

it seems to me that we are faced with a group of enemies that are tightly bunched together...

I suggest using a pure rain attack as a matrix to focus lightning from our wings, creating a powerful area of effect attack.

also, how I roll the dice?

my friend is forcing me to say this, Jaquelin said hi.

rolled 297, 64, 277, 113, 226, 135 = 1112

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>>326421

put 'dice XdY' in your email. like this.

>>326421
Type "Dice [NUMBER]D[FACES]" in the email field.

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/19(Tue)10:16 No. 328050 ID: 856690
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[Suggestions all taken]
[multiple gifs in contruction]
[intermeditary art deployed]

[Yeah, so the next update will be a while coming yet, hopefully it'll be worth it]

>>325068
[Roll = 7]
[DARK SURGE!]

You try to get a lock on the being's aura, but your mind snaps back as the thing's spirit rages and snaps. You didn't have time to figure out the magics animating the armour or any weaknesses.

It lets out a hollow echo from its' helmet, and you feel a chill, a darkness in you resonates... You feel that the armour is stronger than it first appeared.

At your behest, Nirdhar gets everyone in defensive positions.

Faei: "Time to cut loose!"
Ira: "What nature of Durahan is this?"
Kyarin: "It... is it in pain?"
Derastra: "Be careful everyone!"

Nirdhar: "I'll deal with the armour, just keep the chests away from me and it"

[Animooted][1/2] InsufferableMystic 2011/07/20(Wed)15:14 No. 328666 ID: 856690
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[This took less time than I thought, was procrastinating most of the time]

Nirdhar's companions quickly fought the chests away from treasure armour, leaving Nirdhar to deal with the armour itself.

[2/2] InsufferableMystic 2011/07/20(Wed)15:14 No. 328667 ID: 856690
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[Another gif of the treasure armour using it's shield]

Well looks like those attacks didn't cut it...
Now what.

rolled 74 = 74

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Lightning Feathers

rolled 59 = 59

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>>328670

augmentan

rolled 6 = 6

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I got nothing. So let's scan it again!

rolled 45 = 45

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>>328745
Providing backup

Time to make a gamble; HEART OF HOPE ACTIVATE.

[Animooted] InsufferableMystic 2011/07/27(Wed)10:04 No. 332323 ID: 856690
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Yeah, sorry about not updating before, but I accidentally deleted this before, it was very discoraging to start from scratch

>>328745
[Scan Failure]
[DARK SURGE!]

You try again to find out more of this beings nature, and you begin to see a throbbing knot in it's core, oozing evil, the core seem to feeding on spirits trapped in the armour.

Then abruptly, the coins fall from the armour, clattering and clinking and your companions are surpirised as the the chests they were fighting, clunk woodenly on the ground.

That is when the screaming begins...

[Click Image]

InsufferableMystic 2011/07/27(Wed)10:12 No. 332327 ID: 856690
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You find yourself revolted by the existance before you, a chill washes over your soul.

You sense fear heavy in the air.

You try to activate your [Heart of Hope].
Nothing happens.
[Roll 74, 59]
You prepare to fire your lightening feathers...

But you realise you can't directly use your powers while in Nirdhar without huge exertions.

You have channeled light though Nirdhar before, and his hand of light is a perfect conduit for your light powers. there is his finger of tarn power, but that isn't the same.

the Chlan being looks read to attack.

Thus far, you have used very little actual magic, your powers are innate mostly and while huanting Nirdhar you can channel through him and empower him, he can't use most of the powers without you huanting him, though his hand of light can be used without you now.

You cannot directly fire magic while haunting.

Basically I stopped you from draining yourselves horribly, find another way, there is quite a bit to this dungeon, you have many assets and you can't just fling power about

Holy Ward. Start the Chorus.

Dehaunt if necessary.

(adding to chorus, and holy ward)

so the extent of our power in nirdhar is through his right hand of channeling?

verry well, heres an idea:
use his hand of light to make a cross-beam(if we can control it that well working through him)
use this cross beam to focus the brightest areas of the beam on the core of darkness, burning it out, while the ripples of light around it protect and cut away the souls it draws upon, simultaneously weakenning and damaging it.

agreed. ward and chorus.

>>332545
If Nidhar can channel it, then we might as well. If not, then holy ward since it's likely to go for us anyway.

rolled 66 = 66

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>>332607
Oh, I almost forgot, A standard Pure Beam should be channeled. Despite Cross Beam being essentially two Pure Beams Nidhar may not be able to synchronise the frequency and phase with the same efficacy as us, thus lowering the efficiency of the attack.

LIGHT! InsufferableMystic 2011/08/02(Tue)13:29 No. 335563 ID: 856690
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[You fail to start the chorus, if you knew how to sing, you could activate it at will, as it is you can only SING FROM THE HEART, your voice is underdeveloped]
The chlan being paces back and forth in front of You and your party. It hisses at you, and it's dark mane pulses behind it. You wait for it to act, to move. Nirdhar speaks at your behest.

{Nirdhar} “Attack on my word, I have a plan”
{Faei} “Hope you know what your doing scaly, that one looks mean”
{Ira} “I'll do as you ask”
{Kyarin} “...as you wish”

Derasta hides behind Faei's huge form.
“Wait for it...”

The Chlan suddenly leaps, and Nirhar raises his arm, Gyrluz Claw of Light active, as you channel the holy ward through it. The light shifts, shimmers, then white bursts through it, and blasts the leaping abomination back, for the briefest of moments a white barriar is extended around Nirhar and his companions.

Then the light of his arm flickers.
“NOW WHILE IT ISSS S-SSTUNNED!”

Feai, in spite of her size and armour moves for ward like a bolt of magic. Letting out a roar as she grabs the chlan in her clawguantlets and dashes it against the wall, a wall that Ira has changed into serrated spikes. The chlan howls in pain, but it is not yet over, Kyarin appears from behind Faei and thrusts her lance right into the knot of darkness beating in it's fel body. Then the fury of the storm is unleashed from her lance, energy coursing through it, tearing at the chlan hound's body.

It howls in pain, then with a swipe sends Kyarin flying, Faei catches her before she smashes into a wall. The chlan leaps and scrabbles ineffectually at her armour. Faei turns around to laugh after setting Kyarin down.

She screams as the chlan fires a beam of blackness from it's eye into her face. Flailing aound blinded she hits the thing away by chance. Ira fires up a pillar from the ground to smash the being into the ceiling.

Yet still the chlan moves...

Nirdhar's arm is brunt and blacked by the power of the holy ward forced through and his claw of light has faded, but he fires a weak beam. The chlan tries to activate it's null-shield, but it fails and the light goes through it, washing over it and the darkness begins to rip to shreds.

Kyarin stands, shaking, you hope her bones did not break. She grabs her lance walks over to the Chlan, stabs it in the knob. The armour clatters to the gound, reverting to it's original state and the shield turn back too.

“There, now it's over” Kyarin says.

Derasta gets to work healing Nirhar's arm and Faei's face.

[Right so four rolls 1d100 for the treasure in the chests, and two for the chest you destroyed (one is to see how damaged the things are)]
[The armour and shield are curse and will need cleansed before they are safe to use]
[1d1000 for coinage]
[Extra rolls will be used at my discretion, possibly for determining cursed objects]

[Also post what you'd like to find, as a roll of 100 will get you said item, a 1 will result in clingy cursed thing]

Looking over the last couple of updates, they have been kindof sup-par, I'll do better, also I'm bringing the words back

rolled 47 = 47

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Roll for treasure! I guess we'll be getting a magic accessory, a ring or gauntlet of some sort...

Also, we need to name that magic sword we've got. I think "Stormbreaker" will be nice.

rolled 44 = 44

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rollin' for moneh

rolled 97, 61 = 158

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Wouldn't be suprised if something durable or enhanced with defensive magic survived that chests destruction...
And That Sword hasn't really been used for much other than practicing, has it? It would be interesting what effect the circumstances under which it is named may have on it's growth.
I suspect that naming it immediately after it's fight battle would enhance it somewhat.

rolled 14 = 14

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(Rollan for a more awesome lance for Kyarin)

But cursed items are AWESOME! Except when they melt your face off. Maybe we shouldn't use them tille they are cleansed ;P

Also: If the room looks secure then maybe we should radiate a little light into everyone that was wounded to see if they got "infected" or "corrupted" or something? ;P

>>335664
So much cash :/

>>335906

blame the RNG.

LOOT! InsufferableMystic 2011/08/18(Thu)14:37 No. 341267 ID: 856690
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Nirdhar lets out a long breath, it was finally over... and you in exultation at victory cry out the name of Nirdhar's unused sword!

-STORMBREAKER-

Even the others hear this, and the sword seems to crackle in response. Everyone is silent for a moment, all eyes on Nirdhar.

Strangely it is Ira who breaks the tension.
“Stupid Lizard filled with surprises...” She grumbles.
Faei begins to laugh, and stops as the burns on her face hurt her. Derasta rushes over.

As Derasta heals your party, you all investigate the chests which the possessed armour had used.

FIRST CHEST – Roll: 47
In the first chest is a {unidentified plain looking magic ring} and various coins and a few gems. There is a {wand} that Ira expresses an interest in. There is also a worn chain-link shield.

SECOND CHEST [Damaged] – Roll: 91 Damage: 61, contents preserved!

The contents of the chest you and nirdhar exploded are quickly found, well the only thing that survived is found. None of you are quite sure what it is...
It appears to be a... thing, a round thing... with a dent in it, completely unscathed There are bands of... something around it... It glows a bit.

Got {Unidentified Roundish object}

THIRD CHEST – Roll: 10 [author rolled]

As you go near to the third chest and open it, you see a pair of eyes, nirdhar spits the mimic on it's head as it lunges at him. There was no treasure...

FOURTH CHEST – Roll: 86 [author rolled]

The fourth however, does not disappoint, in it you find a {unidentified adorned dagger}, a {unidentified iron goblet}, a {unidentified necklace of chains}, various valuable but unmagical bric-a-brac (Which Feai eyes adoringly.) and a uncounted amount of various coinage and gems (Which Faei also drools at). There is also a minature metal weasel, with a ruff.

FIFTH AND FINAL CHEST – Roll: 14
The last chest is filled with cobwebs and a gold-studded skull. You get an eerie feeling from it, but dusk doesn't resonate with it.

Roll: 44/1000, [Dat RNG]
Most of the coinage is in a melted mound that radiates evil. If it isn't cursed, you'd be surprised.

There is a small wealth however unmelted and uncorrupted.

With that, you have a choice before you, you can go right or le...

-Get away from me! I don't need healing!- Kyarin pushes Dera away.
“But you must have broken at least a few ribs, that monster hit you hard!” Dera protested, tears practically coming to her eyes.

…

Your voices swirl, how will you handle this situation and if you handle it well, what direct will you go.

If you want information on Kigan mimics and Durahan (the enemy was a variation of such), Just say so and I'll post what you know from the books shoved in by Defiu

>>335906
The corruption scan is an interesting idea, pity you can't do it while Nirdhar's lighthand is non-functional. So now you'll just have to

Well, if Kyarin thinks she's okay, and is able to perform an action that requires the use of abdominal muscles, then it's unlikely that her ribs are broken. Or it doesn't matter anymore.
Of course, there is definitely something up with this catacomb, what with the arcitecture being...twisted, it's recent emergence, and normal spirits don't just suddenly get eaten by a something within themselves!

InsufferableMystic 2011/08/23(Tue)10:17 No. 342464 ID: 856690
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>>342059

You quickly reason that if Kyarin says she is ok and is able to preform an actions that require the use of abominalmuscles, of which she has none, it's unlikely her ribs ar broken.

And looking at her spirit frame, difficult with the leathers she wears, she does not seem to have lost dominance over any of her bones...

That, or it doesn't matter, You don't have much information on undead stored in you, evidently Defiu either didn't have the time, or didn't have the wish.

Nirdhar speaks.
"Can you s-sstand and move, Kyarin?"

There is silence.

-Yeah-
Kyarin gets up and flails a bit to demonstrate.

"S-ssee? She is fine, Dera, fine."

Feai laughs again, face healed, making Ira scowl.
"HA I like you people, so 'Leader' Which way will we go from here, now the loot was nice, but, could you pick a route that doesn't end with us fighting a Chlan like that?"

...
You can go Right, Left or back the way you came.
Also, choose a party member to talk to while moving.

Right, Kyarin

[Should of siad this, but it needs to bed said what you wish to talk about and how you wish to start the conversation]

Welp, looks like this quest is going to updated fairly soon...
I suppose we should go right and talk to Ira, it'ld be a good idea to ask her if she has found anything unusual about this dungeon, (having some knowledge on such things is not something a party with two members that are somewhat vulnerable to spiritual effects would want to miss out on) and possibly her thoughts on the Durahan maybe.
Or we can talk to her about her work, it could be interesting to hear about what warlocks generally do in their lines of work.

InsufferableMystic 2011/09/04(Sun)07:18 No. 345422 ID: 856690
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You consider speaking to Kyarin, but you fail to think of what to say...

As you direct Nirdhar to take the right path, You ask him to speak to Ira.
You are worried about the nature of this catacomb... something is distinctly out of place.

{Nirdhar}“Do you mind ssharing what you have learned of this catacomb, Misss Kiopla?”
Ira smiles, or at least does what you think is a smile.
{Ira} “Certainly servant of a spirit, truth be told this catacomb is not typical. The lines of power are all wrong, leading to the top rather than into the Urlubris. It is too static, The motes are all moving upwards too, there is something happening here, but I know not what.”

“For example, touch the wall and tell me how it feels”
Nirdhar does so.
“...Warm, slimy”
“Exactly it should be cold and dry, also we haven't encountered any spirits or ghostmist, why? Combine these with the rumours of a prowling Nixrukh, and I am very intrigued as to what is happening here.”

Nirdhar flicks his tongue out.
-The Durahan?-
“The Durahan?”
Ira goes silent.
“That... Should not have happened. Durahan are objects that have been possessed or have gained a spirit a soul. But you could clearly see that one was unstable, In pain, something was tearing at it's matter driving it into madness. There was numerous spirits tying themselves in a knot in the armour.
There is something amiss here, I talked to Domraig, and he expressess a desire to NEVER be released in spirit form here, normally he is more powerful in catacombs... Thankfully your dead companion seems to be unaffected... just how old is she?”

…
Nirdhar then takes an interest in Ira's profession!
“What would you like to know?”
You can give direct questions
You can guide Nirdhar's questions
You can affect the emotions of both speakers. (large shifts are hard to do, and Ira might notice)
It is also clear that Ira is aware of both you and Kyarin, though she seems to have not realised that you and Nirdhar are homunculi
Ira is currently: Worried
Nirdhar is currently: Nervous.

Nirdhar's arm is not yet fully healed.

Welp, been a while, but... ONWARD!