Mewlis 2012/04/25(Wed)01:01 No. 404440 ID: 2e6fa0
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Yep, pretty dead.

We were dungeon diving, in case you're curious. Me, Miss Fesser the cleric, and that's Aerick down there, may his soul rest in peace. The one who brought the roof down on us was the trap monkey, Ice-Flower. I don't know much about her.

Right here is the hallway leading out of Usinah Cemetery, the expedition's goal. Pretty standard affair, all in all. Ancient burial ground with its ancient spirit cage and its ancient guardians, and sweet, timeless treasure.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the loot is still on Aerick. Want me to dig it out?

>>404440
Loot is always nice.

silly question.

Dig that loot and be happy about the fact that you wont have to share it anymore. Unless you know how to resurrect him, or know someone who can.

>>404440

Better to recover it than let the trip be a total loss, right?

>>404440
May as well dig the loot out. Are any of your companions still alive? If not, oh well.

Also, what kind of magic do you do?

You're in a dungeon and you're wondering if you should loot?

GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME SON.

Is there anything hostile nearby? If you're safe for now you should probably get his stuff.

Mewlis 2012/04/25(Wed)02:03 No. 404458 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Dig it out.
I spend some time rock turning, careful not to collapse the rest of the tunnel in the process. Sorry, Aedrick, but you won't be needing any of this anymore.

On the warrior I find his crushed armor, his sword, and his backpack. The backpack, soiled by a few broken potion bottles, contains some clothes, rations, two fiction book, a regular traveling kit and the treasure. The sword is magical, but heavy.

>Resurrection
>What kind of magic do you do?
I'm an elementalist by speciality. Water, wind, heart. The works. I don't know any other wizards, let alone necromancers.

>Are any of your companions still alive?
Well, not Aedrick. I'd suspect Ice-Flower in pulling a fast one over us, being a thief and all, but the loot is right here alone with me on this side of the debris.

>Is there anything hostile nearby?
We were the only ones here, and the spirit cage is now in shambles, so...

Speaking of which, this tunnel was the only way out, as far as I know. Back there is the cemetery. Any ideas?

Did they give you any names or adresses to give their share of the loot to?

secret exit that can only be found from the inside.

What's a spirit cage? How quickly should you be running away?

PS: Take loot and run away.

dump broken bottles. equip sword and backpack. go left. explain... heart?

Mewlis 2012/04/25(Wed)02:56 No. 404471 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Did they give you any names or addresses to give their share of the loot to?
Only their names.

>heart?
The secret fifth element in the sacred elemental pentacircle, allowing you, in theory, access to virtually any astral plane. In practice, I can purify some water.

>secret exit that can only be found from the inside.
That's what I'm hoping for!

I place everything in the backpack and proceed forth. Or backth. Whichever.

>What's a spirit cage?
The thing on the left there was a spirit cage. It was a really well preserved Finter design. Their sole function is to cage spirits to a certain radius. Spirits hate it when you mess with their former bodies, so it only makes sense to put one in your graveyard. Shame we had to smash it up.

Here's the place how we left it, just a few minutes ago. We searched pretty thoroughly, but these places rarely have only one exit. Where do I begin?

Is that door looking thing in front of you not a door?

>Water, wind, heart. The works.
Does the works include Earth? You could try making your OWN exit.

A real exit would lead outside, so we go outside and look for likely candidates.
We also really should tell people that this spirit cage was busted up so they can build a new one, but if we do that how much shit will we get in for being vandalizing jerks?

behind tombstones

>>404471
I say look at all the tombstones to see if any are different from the rest.

You have looked at the ceiling right?

left. always left.

>>404471
Try looking for some stone that's a different color or slightly off from the rest. It might hide a passage you can use.

Might be behind a gravestone if there is one. Maybe you could Throw some dust into the air, use wind to create a vacuum or slight overpressure and see where the air is going to/from?

You really should try using some of your earth magic for digging. That's a thing you can do, right?

Do you normally make a habit asking yourself questions and getting answers?

Mewlis 2012/04/25(Wed)04:25 No. 404508 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Is that door looking thing in front of you not a door?
It was a door. I made it no longer a door. It leads into the mausoleum, where we got most of our treasure. If there's an exit there, it's behind more than a simple hidden door.

>We go outside
I can't go outside! Therein lies the pickle!

>Tombstones
>Earth magic
I search around the whole perimeter. The walls are indeed very solid underground-cave walls. While I'm able to summon a hefty amount of any element and manipulate that perfectly, already existing material is much tougher to work with. I can dislodge about this much from the wall in one go. Let's call digging our way out plan B.

>Do you normally make a habit asking yourself questions and getting answers?
I'm a wizard. You wouldn't understand.

Mewlis 2012/04/25(Wed)04:26 No. 404509 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Throw some dust into the air, use wind to create a vacuum or slight overpressure and see where the air is going to/from?
That's pretty clever. I didn't go to wizard school for nothing after all, it seems.

I pick and throw some of the cavern's sand to the air. After some fine manipulate and plenty of trial and error I confirm the ceiling is indeed hollow! I suppose those roots dangling there should've given me enough clue.

>You have looked at the ceiling right?
It has my attention.

don't yank, push the earth up and down until a part breaks off.

Wizard it until it breaks.

cause another cave-in like a moron and die. wait, don't do that. get away from the ceiling as far as possible before doing anything with it.

Put the loot and stuff to the side where they are safe, maybe strap some of Aericks broken armor on one arm as a makeshift shield against falling stones. Then start exploiting those cracks made by the roots. See if you can make a hole.

Might be worth considering how you will get up through any hole made in the ceiling before you begin however.

By the way what happened to Miss Fesser? Also caught by roof collapse?

If you're going to try to poke through that, make sure that if it collapses it won't land on you or block the way. Where are your other teammates?

>>404509
Bat at the roots, kitty-kat.

>>404514
This could be a valid idea, but it depends on how far below groud you are. If only slightly, then it MIGHT be okay. MIGHT.

Mewlis 2012/04/25(Wed)05:41 No. 404537 ID: 2e6fa0
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I wizard the shit out of the ceiling. Very carefully. From a safe distance.

>>404537
Best wizarding.

WIZARD!!

you forgot to say shazam.

WIZARD!!

Also, I wonder if you could combine heart with earth to make an elemental servant. An earth elemental should be pretty damn good at digging. Of course, the last suggestion might have worked already, but in the future.

So hey, do you have a way out after you collapse the ceiling? Wind magic, maybe? Otherwise, I hope you know how to climb.

Can't you use water magic to engorge the roots to help displace earth and stone?

Blow the shit out the roof

-also your art = <3

Wizard and a cleric, hrm. Clerics can be passable tanks if you play support, but they're not heavy hitters so you'll want to go on the offensive (from a distance.) You don't want to lose your only healer though, so until you find another saprubewarrior to join your party be ready to run away a lot.

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)08:12 No. 405986 ID: 2e6fa0
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>combine heart with earth
Combining heart with earth creates holy dirt. I suspect a lot of minor deities are born this way.

>use water magic to engorge the roots to help displace earth and stone
I could, but I already trashed it by pushing it around with air. The roots were the only thing holding the ceiling together, by the looks of it.

>By the way what happened to Miss Fesser?
>Where are your other teammates?
Beats me! They're either behind the rubble or under it.

>Might be worth considering how you will get up through any hole made in the ceiling.
That's an easy one.

I create a bit of earth under my feet and yank up. Voila, levitation made easy.

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)08:13 No. 405987 ID: 2e6fa0
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Indoors shrubbery? How obscene.

Someone's here!

M-M-M-Master Yoda!?

Ask who they are, you must.

IDENTIFY YOURSELF, YOU STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF A MIGHTY WIZARD!

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)09:53 No. 405996 ID: 2e6fa0
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I jump off my platform and demand that the stranger identifies themselves!

No reaction. They're a little ways away over there. Maybe they just didn't hear me?

Check all sides. There may be more. Also look for ways out of this room. It might be worth staying wary of the plants. How can they grow indoors with no light? Are there any known cat eating plants?

Prepare for the worst. Be ready to move or even retreat back down the hole if you have to.

maybe they are a statue?

shine some light on it to see if it's a horrible monstar that'll eat you if you get close.

Cast magic missile at the darkness.

>>405996
Tip them over gently. Statue test.

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)12:11 No. 406026 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Check all sides. Also look for ways out of this room.
I appear to be in a tunnel.

I look in the direction opposite to the monster and or statue, just to be safe.

>Are there any known cat eating plants?
It appears both directions are blocked by one thing or another of dubious scariness.

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)12:12 No. 406027 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Cast magic missile
I attack the darkness! It reveals an enormous, glossy, figure.

Despite my incredibly obvious will-o-wisps dancing around it the figure doesn't budge an inch.

Do I get closer and risk being eaten, or do I go back the other way and risk being eaten?

climb on its head and sneak under his hat.

yeah sure. charge your magic though.

Account for the possibility that it may be a statue or just a rock.

Also, steal its hat.

its obviously a hat sitting on a rock.
Get closer.

>>405986
>Suggestion: combine heart with earth to make elemental servant
>Reply: Combining heart with earth creates holy dirt. I suspect a lot of minor deities are born this way.
Even better, combine heart with each of the elements to create minor deity servant.

get some aether. earth water wind and fire mixed together. and add heart to that.

>>406056
CAPTAIN PLANET!

>>406027
Seduce it.

Perhaps it is a blind cave beast with an inexplicable sense of fashion? Don't let your guard down, but approach.

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)14:54 No. 406105 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Its obviously a hat sitting on a rock.
Yeah! No one's going to scare me away with such tomfoolery.

>Steal its hat.
Yoink!

>Combine ALL the elements.
Ever combine all the paints to create a brown poop slurry? It's pretty much the same way with magic.

Mewlis 2012/04/30(Mon)14:54 No. 406106 ID: 2e6fa0
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The tunnel opens up to a large chamber filled with water. An underground pool, if you will. I can't quite make out the other end, but I could easily check it out by freezing a path across.

if that isn't a rock, it would totes murder you really fast.

Seduce rock monster

>Ever combine all the paints to create a brown poop slurry? It's pretty much the same way with magic.

>combine all the paints

>same way with magic

use POOP MAGIC ON MONSTAR STATUE

RIGHT THIS INSTANT

Cross the water then. Knowing what's on the other side would doubtless be useful.

>>406106
Ice bridges are always plan A.

can you use a small amo8unt of fire magic as a torch?

>>406125
Why not rock bridges?

>>406130
This.... or fuck, why a bridge at all since he demonstrated the ability to fly via rock platform.

Dude, ice bridges are badass. But I suppose I will accept a flying rock as well, if pressed.

>>406119
do it

What a lifelike statue. Watch out so it doesn't kill you.

Very strange for there to be a underground pool here with there being dungeon floors below... Can you send some will-o-wisps across or even underwater before you find yourself standing on thin ice so to speak?

Welp, the bad news is, that wasn't a rock that the hat was on. The good news is, I'm pretty sure one of the laws of the universe is that things that wear hats have to be intelligent. Take the hat back off, offer it back to the...ogre(?) and say that you're terribly sorry, you've just got a huge fascination with hats and no social skills, and your name is Mewlis what might yours be sir?

Mewlis 2012/05/12(Sat)04:57 No. 410685 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Seduce
>Poop magic
>Apologize
I ask for its sign in an apologistic manner, for us wizards know not right from wrong, while spraying it with holy glazed chalk-water.

I think I have successfully established it's a statue. It's very exceptional, mind. Incredibly lifelike. I consider the involvement of dwarves.

Mewlis 2012/05/12(Sat)04:57 No. 410686 ID: 2e6fa0
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>Ice bridges!
>Nay, rock bridges!
>Platform!
Rock doesn't float and the other side is rather far away. Platform takes two elements to manipulate and advances in a pace that is slower than walking.
While I'll never run out juice, so to speak, I would eventually get tired from mystically flailing my arms around. To summarize, magic's effectiveness on a situation boils down to the amount of hand-waving I have to make.

>Can you use a small amount of fire magic as a torch?
Uh.

>Can you send some will-o-wisps across or even underwater?
Of course. The downside to that is it would signal I'm here to anyone who might be watching.

So what will it be?

>>410686
>>406106
>I can't quite make out the other end, but I could easily check it out by freezing a path across.
Ice. Bridges.

So basically, conserve energy...

How about you make an ice boat rather then a whole bridge and then use magic to push it.

Freezing a path seems like the most efficient approach. Just gotta make sure it's thick enough.

>>410686
You can create rock, and manipulate it to lift both its own and your weight. You could manipulate conjured rocks to dig your way out for you. How are you at shapes?

Just carry yourself over by creating a low pressure area above and in front of you, and a high pressure area behind. It'll be like a big constant gust of wind. Reverse it when you want to land. Do it with finesse so you don't hurt yourself.

>>410762
The kind of pressure differential you are asking for is impossible to generate under earth-like conditions.
14 pounds per square inch is the maximum differential force that can be produced by a pure vacuum.
The atmosphere on his world would have to be much thicker/denser to produce any greater force.

>>411041
he explicitly said to also create an artificial high pressure behind him.
So while pure vacuum in front of him wont be enough as you said, he could create plenty of pressure behind himself. (but then there are other issues)

Get across by billowing your fancy wizard robes about using wind and pressure and things.

Test out those wizardly muscles of yours and just create ice where you step down to ensure full efficiency.

Suggestion 2012/05/14(Mon)01:05 No. 411654 ID: 5c94e7
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I have the best idea.
Next chance you get, get yourself made a paraglider-chute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4papFKYztk
>Snazzy 80's music required.
>>410685
>spraying it with holy glazed chalk-water.
The spraying is Air , the holy is Heart, the chalk is Earth, the water is Water. Where's the Fire?
>>410686
Make a small Ice Platform to stand on and float on the water, then use Water magic to make the water flow and push the ice platform.

Mewlis 2012/05/26(Sat)13:19 No. 416155 ID: 9e3c3d
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and now i am this help

uhhhh, scuttle?

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>>416155
Likely a faker.

>>411619
Wouldn't gravity be a problem still?

USE EARTH MAGIC TO MAKE A BLACK HOLE ABOVE YOU

SHAPED LIKE A PICKLE

MAGIC THE BLACKHOLE ACROSS THE GAP SO ITS GRAVITY BALANCES WITH THE EARTH THE ENTIRE TIME

ANTIGRA

SAY WELL AIN'T THAT A PICKLE

QUEST GOOD END GG GUYS LET'S STOP BUNPING THIS OK