"We know of a catastrophe, do we speak of the same? A construct bent on ravaging the living?"
Fri Dec 04, 2015 2:15 am
Amazigh
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:10 am Posts: 1531 Location: Ye Olde England
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 238)
"Not in a rush t' leave... well, don't think I should be in a rush." "Just i've got some business in vranhal that could do with resolvin' at some point, no reason t' think that things'll get worse if I take a few days longer t' get back."
Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:25 am
CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm Posts: 13144 Location: Here
1. Get Spirit expertise from the Lupus (Kyeltziv) 2. Get Construct expertise from a Construct Master in a Chirop jail (John, P’orihc, Ki’stha) 3. Don't talk to strangers (Kleigg) 4. Help Kleigg with his mission (Vandolf)
Time: Evening
Name: John Freemaneth (TorrentHKU) Race: Human ____________________
TorrentHKU wrote:
"Mm, anything you know about the spirit inside mostly. Figure I should try to learn about the guy if I'm going to be working with him. Especially anything about his relationship with Torrent, I don't want that biting anyone in the ass later. The sword itself is pretty obvious, it can do Light magic and lots of it, though I'm not sure what exactly that can entail. I do know that you can do... interesting things with applied Light and Dark magic."
Tara: "I don't have a lot of information myself on who's inside, partially what I'm trying to figure out right now.[/i]
She gestures to all the books on the table.
Tara: "Whoever it is, he's either recent enough to not show up in any records, or just kept a low profile. Lucida was supposed to be unspirited for some time, I can't imagine a spirit would've been keeping quiet for a long period of time only to come out of hiding after being stuck into the Second's anti-magic chamber.
Has to be someone recent. Which, sort of bugs me on another thing. Riehua, the Ultima weapon, was recently moved into Vranhal's possession, some time before the Equilibrium War. I don't know if the two incidents are related, but they both are fairly close in time frame and in the same region. Seems like a strange coincidence.
Now, what's this relationship between Lucida and Torrent?"
TorrentHKU wrote:
"? Oh! That's right, you hadn't arrived yet! Sorry, assumed. So uh, when Lucida first arrived at Vranhal after escaping the Second, he called Torrent a traitor right before clashing with him and Elizabeth. Torrent refused to speak of it at all when everyone pressed him during debriefing, so it must have been something big. And... Lucida said he was betrayed by a friend while he was in Mead. There's also that the Lucida and Ultima wielders fell in the same battle. Lucida is chasing after Ultima so hard because that's his last memory, fighting alongside the wielder against Caelum mages, then both of them falling in battle and getting trapped in their weapons. ...Must have been one hell of a fight.
That's all I know about Lucida and his relation to Torrent."
Tara: "Huh, I feel like I've been told that before. Wondering if being old is finally getting to my head."
She... doesn't look old. Not a wrinkle on her face, and looks fit as a fighter.
Tara: "Hmm. Torrent was Lucida's friend and betrayed him, Lucida and Ultima fell in battle. Considering Lucida's memory only reaches that far back, I wonder if Torrent was responsible for Lucida's death. Lucida also seems to have a liking towards Elizabeth, but he doesn't really know why, and Elizabeth doesn't know who he could be."
She stands there thinking before the table nearly flips as she makes a sudden jump.
Tara: "I GOT IT! Lucida's wielder is Elizabeth's long-lost father, since her father disappeared some time before the Equilibrium war and was never seen again!"
She looks at you for a moment and then bursts out laughing, taking several seconds to calm down.
Tara: "Eheheh, eh. I got nothing."
TorrentHKU wrote:
"And Torrent is so grumpy cause his sibling is trapped in another of the Disasters! Yeah, nothing. ... Old?"
Tara: "I'm a Daeli, mainline, we kinda live forever. I'm sixty-three. I think the matriarch-er, Suzanna, is close to four-hundred or something like that."
TorrentHKU wrote:
"Huh. That'd be nice to have. Does the main line pass anything else down? Er, not to snoop, it's just sort of... fascinating I suppose."
Tara: "There's one more thing, but it's only passed down through the mother. Suzanna calls it the Conquest. It allowed the Daeli family to initially take over many territories, some ancient form of magic that Suzanna developed before she became matriarch. Ever wonder why the Daeli were so popular? They were able to fend off dragons, witches, leviathans. No one was able to oppose them, either. Until the Third, that is.
My father was Daeli, so I didn't inherit it, and Suzanna took it from him when he left the family."
TorrentHKU wrote:
"She took it? What is the Conquest?"
Tara: "In short, everything on the battlefield explodes.
In detail, it's almost like an ethereal construct. It can be passed down along the mother's side like magic, but it can also be removed and doesn't require expertise to use if you have it. There are three main components - One produces a massive amount of mana or greatly improves the arcane strength of the user, I'm not sure which. Another that can generate long-range tendril barrages, and the last produces a simple artificial spirit that carries a massive load of mana and releases it in an explosion.
The tendril barrage launches a massive number of telepathic tendrils in whatever direction the user specifies over a massive range, and can be set to flag a point based on target properties. If you set a tendril to make a flag upon contact with a person, you can mark every living thing in a battlefield with near-perfect precision. Then, an artificial spirit is created for each flag, fueled by the arcane or mana booster, and sent down the path of the tendril to the flag. The mana is protected from leeching by the artificial spirit, and the spirit detonates once it reaches its location.
This all happens in an instant. Conquest is one of the few wide-area magic forms that have both brute strength and fast casting. It's also efficient, since a spell is only initiated when it has a 100% chance of hitting. It works for sniping individual targets in a crowd as well, and several Daeli who possess it have been able to use it to cast other spells. Suzanna calls it the ultimate offensive magic - precise, efficient, and doesn't leave any unwanted persisting effects."
"Ultimate offensive magic, huh. Certainly sounds like it. I'll definitely remember to be polite if I ever meet any other Daeli.
...Tara. This is... probably a bad idea to ask this, but... Have you... heard of a book with direct magic written in it?"
An explosive force shoves the table a few feet away, dropping a few books on the ground with Tara now completely covered in sleek black armor with silver detailing.
What you REALLY notice though, is the hundreds of shiny, black metal toothpicks sprouting from distorted air surrounding you. The sword on Tara’s waist now missing its sheath and blade, the place where they should be an area of bent space.
Tara: ”Sorry, my sword’s a little jumpy.”
The floating lines of matter slowly shrink, the sword worn by Tara growing back to its full length.
Tara: ”Haven’t heard myself of such a thing. Where did you hear about that?” ____________________
Evasion Behavior: Auto Impulse Evasion when there is Evasion AP | Use Impulse Evasion to recover before actions if stumbled and have any Evasion AP or at least 2 regular AP
Artifact (0/1):
Inventory: -Magic Weapons and Constructs (Book)
-Crude Mana Stone (Mana: 1/1) -Mana Stone (Mana: 2.3/2.3) -Mage Stone (Mana: 10/10) -Mage Stone (Mana: 5/10)
Skills: (Magic) -(Spirit) --(Mana) ---Deposit (Discharge a select amount of mana into a source that is in contact) (does not consume AP) ---Withdrawal (Take a select amount of mana from a source that is in contact) (does not consume AP) ---Form Artificial Matter (Create magic’d solids) (Durability: Steel) (Efficiency: 1 Mana = 2 Durability) ---Form Memory Stone (Create a memory stone) (Efficiency: Low) ---Form Mana Stone (Create a mana stone) (Efficiency: 1 Capacity = 8 Mana) ---Form Conduit (Create mana conduits) ---Form Release (Create a release crystal) (Efficiency: 1 Capacity = 10 Mana) ---Form Focus (Create a focus crystal) (Efficiency: 1 Ability = 9 Mana , Ability Strength (per ability): 100% = 9 Mana [cannot exceed 100%]) ---Form Sparker (Create a Mana Sparker) (Efficiency: 1 Impulse = 0.01) ---Security Sequence (Level: 2) (Load a memory crystal with a magic sequence that protects the construct from deconstruction) -(Kinetic) --(Impulse) (Offensive skills lower target’s Will by 50% for Stagger check) ---Micro Meteor (Launch an object with kinetic force) (+ to Projectile = Arcane + Mana) ---Meteor Shower (Fire multiple projectiles with damage evenly distributed) (Inflicts Total + to Projectile = Arcane + Mana) ---Kinetic Bolt (Launch an orb of kinetic energy that explodes upon impact) (Inflicts Trauma = Arcane + Mana) ---Levitation (pick up and levitate small objects) ---Course Correction (Repeat the Land/Miss on a melee attack (consuming AP), but the target has 0 Evasion) ---Blast Wave (Lets out a powerful but short-ranged concussive wave) (Inflicts Trauma = [Arcane + Mana] * 1.5) ---Propulsion Blast (Power a melee attack with a kinetic blast on impact [no AP/Mana is lost from Propulsion Blast if the melee attack misses]) (+Damage = Arcane + Mana) ---Counter Force (Single Turn Condition) (Applies counteracting forces to a target, lowering strength and evasion) (-Strength, -Evasion = Arcane + Mana) ---Impulse Evasion (Evasion) (Can use Standard AP or Evasion AP) (Launch yourself with kinetics to evade an attack) (Can be used when Stumbled, can be used to recover from a Stumble) (Evasion = Arcane + MP) --(Fortification) (If cast with Mana, Mana is only drained when abilities are disturbed/buffed attacks land) ---Stabilize (Direct Magic) (Single Turn Condition) (Lock an object’s movement relative to a target) (+Trauma Resistance = Arcane + MP) ---Lockdown (Single Turn Condition) (Lock your bones in place and petrify your skin, resisting damage) (+Physical Damage Resistance = Arcane + Mana , affected parts are unable to move [affects evasion]) ---Power Flow (Single Turn Condition) (Cast at beginning of turn) (Fortify your bones and strengthen their movements with kinetics) (+Strength = Arcane + Mana) ---Agility Flow (Single Turn Condition) (Cast at beginning of turn) (Fortify your bones and accelerate their movements with kinetics) (+Evasion = Arcane + Mana) -(Thermic) --(Fire) ---Heat (Direct Magic) (Warm up a target, burning it with enough energy) (Inflicts Burn = Arcane + Mana) ---Fireball (Launch an orb that unleashes an explosion of heat on impact) (Inflicts Burn = Arcane + Mana) --(Ice) ---Freeze (Cool down a target, freezing it with enough energy) (Consumes 2x AP) (Inflicts Freeze = Arcane + Mana) -(Pure) --(Light) ---Illuminate (Create light, blinding a target if strong enough) (Inflicts Blind = Arcane + Mana)
(Physical) -Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP) -Intermission (Spend 1 standard AP to recover 1 Stamina and Mana, and expedite debuff recovery by 1 turn)
(Hybrid) -Falling Star (Modifier, Melee) (Used with another attack, does not consume AP) (Leap up into the air with kinetic force and attack while falling, strengthening the damage of a single attack) (+Strength = Evasion + Arcane + Mana, Evasion is 0 for the next incoming attack)
(Other) -Counter Strike (Counter) (Instantly attack following an enemy’s attack if your Speed Roll is higher)
-Berserker (Passive) (Grants a separate pool of AP for melee attacks) -Fortified Resolve (Grants a separate pool of AP for Fortification magic) -Acrobat (Grants a separate pool of AP for evasion) -Accelerator (Passive) (+10% Damage and Aim to all “Meteor” skills) -Quick Rest (Passive) (If no action in the turn, all standard AP is recovered at the end of the turn) (Cannot be used if stumbled or in negative standard AP) -Constitution (+15% Maximum Base HP)
Name: Kleigg (TheKebbit) Race: Human ____________________
CrazyMLC wrote:
"I've learned a lot talking to the leviathan, named Rauha. You should try talking to him, Kleigg."
TheKebbit wrote:
>Move forward to interface with the Leviathan.
You move to interface with the leviathan.
Tabi: "Wait Kleigg, I thought you can't..."
Vandolf gets out of the way and you place your hand on the interface bar.
Hello. I am Kleigg the Negation user, and I would be interested in hearing your thoughts about a structure to our east. A tower that was apparently magically inverted, its heights being buried in the ground, its sub-basements vaulted into the sky.
We have interfaced with the tower mechanisms that are remaining and received indications that a 'casket' (like the one which contains you) should be there. But it isn't. You were extracted from it, we think.
No response.
TheKebbit wrote:
"Um. You're absolutely right.
Vandolf, can you please take over and ask it about what we got from the tower mechanism? I'm wondering if we can somehow negotiate a way to bring it back. Perhaps find out what the 'oubliette' was in context."
TheKebbit wrote:
to the curator: "Could you show us around this 'casket'?"
Curator: "Of course. It's in the next hall over, actually."
You and Tabi leave Vandolf to the leviathan, following the curator to the next hall.
Partial and full parts of observational and other types of equipment, husks of beast cores, samples of old architecture, and the casket.
In a large clear display case is the tall rectangular box standing on its 'foot'. The casket is made of some unknown material with what looks to be nodes on its sides that correspond with the ones in the slot in the tower. The headrest of the casket has some padding and what looks to be more nodes.
Curator: "This was recovered from a smuggler's warehouse of artifacts - it's very heavy, heavier than it looks, and is missing what we believe is a power supply. Analysts have dated it to be no more than two hundred years after the corruption, so it's only a little younger than the leviathan in the other room."
"There is a tower just east of here - a poorly-understood site of great archaeological interest. Very recently a scan for magic that I conducted there picked up a buried network of magical conduits the width of a small town.
We were working with its guard to investigate the structure, and found ports that match this casket exactly. Upon interfacing with the tower's mechanisms, it indicated that such an object would be needed to interact with it further.
Would you be willing to let this artifact accompany us for further study? With a researcher of your choice attached to it. Perhaps an armed guard if you are especially concerned that it stays safe."
Curator: ”It does sound like an interesting venture. We’ve made requests to make the tower an archeological dig site before and we’ve been turned down, but simply bringing an artifact to the tower, hmm.
Very well. I shall send a request to Teleiat’s council in the morning, and we’ll see how it goes from there.” ____________________
-Note from “E” -Small Pouch --”Negative Fabric” -Quill (Qty. 3) -Inkpot -Paper (Qty. 10) -Mana Stone (20/20) -Padded Shirt (5 Armor Resilience , 30/30 Durability) (+4/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma) -Shortsword (+5 Edge | +2 Impact) -Potato Sack Pants -Paper Bomb (Detonates after 10 seconds after pulling string) (Power: 100) (Qty. 1) -Spool of Thread -Runic Assassin Gauntlet (Mana: 0/??) --(Magic) ---Kinetic Blade (Single Turn Condition) (Strike with a blade of cutting kinetic force) (+Edge = Mana) ---Compression Barrier (Form a barrier of extremely compressed air around self, reducing damage and becoming invisible) (Durability = Mana/2, +Evasion = Mana, disregards Critical Shot) (Consumes 1 Mana at the end of EVERY turn) ---Conflagration (The user bursts into flames, destroying evidence) (Burn = 100, On Fire = 20)
-Running Pants (+1 Evasion) -Burlap Cloak (2 Armor Resilience , 30/30 Durability) (+1/1 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma)
Skills: (Magic) -(???) --(Mana) ---Deposit (Discharge a select amount of mana into a source that is in contact) ---Withdrawal (Take a select amount of mana from a source that is in contact) --(???) ---Extrasensory (Detects magic in the area) (Does not consume AP) -(???) --(Negation) ---Nullify (Reduce the effectiveness of a magic instance, cancelling it with enough effort) ---Zero Field (Create a persistent nullification effect on a target or area) (Inflicts Null Body = Arcane + MP) ---Capture (Grab an instance of a spell or piece of Artificial Matter, storing it along with its mana) ---Release (Cast a spell that was stored with Capture [removes spell from storage]) ---Delete (Delete a captured spell) (Does not consume AP) ---Reversal (Reverses the Light/Dark polarity of a magic instance) (Fire<->Ice , Impulse<->Fortification , Light<->Dark , Electric caster/user is switched) (Reverse Strength = Arcane + Mana)
(Physical) -Intermission (Spend 1 standard AP to recover 1 Stamina and Mana, and expedite debuff recovery by 1 turn) -Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP)
(Hybrid)
(Other) -Escape! (Roll a 5 or higher to successfully run away from a battle)
"It's pleasant and civilized, if a little corrupt at times. What do you mean by terraforming?"
???: "There is a feeling, you could say it is a premonition, that I and several others have had, that something will soon result in great catastrophe in the region. I have heard that the fields there are a pleasing few, I want to capture them on canvas before they are marred by excessive movement of land."
Ki’stha: "We know of a catastrophe, do we speak of the same? A construct bent on ravaging the living?"
???: ”I believe constructs are involved, and some others - it is not a clear vision. I wish to continue speaking with this nice company, but the sun sets soon, and the forests here become strange. I bid you three best of luck in your travels.”
The thing continues on its journey to the north east, and your party continues south west.
The sky turns red with twilight, and the shadows of the forest grow larger and darker. Nothing jumps out at you yet, but after a bit of walking, the sound of a girl’s laugh from somewhere in the distance brings you to a halt, looking around for the source. ____________________
-Padded Shirt (5 Armor Resilience , 30/30 Durability) (+4/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma) -Grey Mage’s Hooded Robe (5 Armor Resilience , 30/30 Durability) (+4/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma)
Skills: (Magic) -(Spirit) --(Mana) ---Deposit (Discharge a select amount of mana into a source that is in contact) -(Electric) --(Telepathy) (Skills ignore Evasion and do not consume Mana) ---Message (Sends a telepathic message to a target/multiple targets) (does not consume AP) ---Receive (Picks up on thoughts if people are thinking hard enough) (does not consume AP) ---Trace (Find the source of a tendril from an active spell that uses one) ---Proxy (Create a fake mind at a specified location that you can direct to use telepathy) ---Mental Security (Strengthen your defense against Telepathy) (Inflicts Mind Guard = Arcane) ---Locate (Does not consume AP) (Telepathically scan the area and locate people) ---Analyze (Degrading Condition) (Probe the target's thoughts to discover its behavior and stats) (+Evasion +Aim against target = Arcane - target_Will) ---Mind Control (Force the target to perform an action) (Arcane must be higher than target's Will) ---Calling the Shots (Does not consume AP) (Successfully predict what skill [and order of skills, if performing multiple calls] an enemy will perform, and increase your Evasion by 100% of its base value to that attack. AP will not be consumed while dodging that attack) -(Thermic) --(Fire) ---Heat (Direct Magic) (Warm up a target, burning it with enough energy) (Inflicts Burn = Arcane + Mana) --(Ice) ---Freeze (Cool down a target, freezing it with enough energy) (Consumes 2x AP) (Inflicts Freeze = Arcane + Mana) -(Pure) --(Light) ---Illuminate (Create light, blinding a target if strong enough) (Inflicts Blind = Arcane + Mana)
(Physical) -Flight (Capable of sustained flight. It takes 1 AP to take off [but not land]. Stops Stamina regen during flight, drains 1 stamina at the end of every roll. User specifies Altitude: If user is stumbled while in flight, takes Trauma equal to Altitude) (Altitude climb per turn = Strength) (+Evasion = Altitude) -Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP)
-Edge Alignment (+10% Damage and Aim to attacks with edged weapons) -Aerial Evasion (Passive) (Can use Flight right after an enemy attack is successfully evaded on the ground) -Mind Guard (+1 Telepathy Resistance) -Acrobat (Passive) (Grants a separate pool of AP for evasion) -Multiprocessing (Passive) (Grants a separate pool of AP for Telepathic magic)
"It's pleasant and civilized, if a little corrupt at times. What do you mean by terraforming?"
???: "There is a feeling, you could say it is a premonition, that I and several others have had, that something will soon result in great catastrophe in the region. I have heard that the fields there are a pleasing few, I want to capture them on canvas before they are marred by excessive movement of land."
"We know of a catastrophe, do we speak of the same? A construct bent on ravaging the living?"
???: ”I believe constructs are involved, and some others - it is not a clear vision. I wish to continue speaking with this nice company, but the sun sets soon, and the forests here become strange. I bid you three best of luck in your travels.”
The thing continues on its journey to the north east, and your party continues south west.
The sky turns red with twilight, and the shadows of the forest grow larger and darker. Nothing jumps out at you yet, but after a bit of walking, the sound of a girl’s laugh from somewhere in the distance brings you to a halt, looking around for the source. ____________________
-Padded Shirt (5 Armor Resilience , 30/30 Durability) (+4/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma) -Blue Mage’s Hooded Robe (5 Armor Resilience , 30/30 Durability) (+4/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma)
Skills: (Magic) -(Electric) --(Lightning) (Aim of skills is increased 50%) ---Shocking Touch (Electrify a target within arm’s reach) (Inflicts Electrocution = [Arcane + Mana] * 1.5) ---Lightning Bolt (Strike a ranged target with a lightning bolt) (Inflicts Electrocution = Arcane + Mana) ---Forked Lightning (Hit multiple targets with damage evenly distributed) (Inflicts Total Electrocution = Arcane + Mana) ---Ball Lightning (Create an electric artifact that releases all of its energy upon contact) (Electrocution = Arcane + Mana) ---Discharge (Does not consume AP) (Release any number of electric artifacts)
(Physical) -Flight (Capable of sustained flight. It takes 1 AP to take off [but not land]. Stops Stamina regen during flight, drains 1 stamina at the end of every roll. User specifies Altitude: If user is stumbled while in flight, takes Trauma equal to Altitude) (Altitude climb per turn = Strength) (+Evasion = Altitude) -Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP)
"Have t' travel back 'round through Takana, or there a more direct route t' take?"
Bauen: "You wish to leave so soon? That seems a bit reckless. But, if you are certain, then I and a few other shamans can open what we call a double-gate. Half of us open a gate to the otherworld, the other half opens one back to the regular, with alterations to make sure you are not actually exposed to the forces of the otherworld. A portal."
"Not in a rush t' leave... well, don't think I should be in a rush. Just i've got some business in vranhal that could do with resolvin' at some point, no reason t' think that things'll get worse if I take a few days longer t' get back."
Bauen: ”I see. Though you meant to leave for the west fields so soon. If you need to quickly reach Vranhal, we would be glad to aid in your swift travel.” ____________________
Evasion Behavior: Auto Evade when there is Evasion AP
Spirit’s Eye (Accuracy cannot fall below 50%)
Artifact (1/1): -Caelum Fire Token (+1 Basic AP)
Inventory: -Memory Stone Fragment -Takana Inn Room Key -Folding Peasant’s Knife (+3 Edge)
Equipped: -Shaman Medallion (Kyeltziv)
-Leather Carrying Bag --Wooden Protection Totem (Mana: 156/180) ---Mana Stones (8/8) ----Regenerating Mana Stone (?/24) (Regenerates 1 Mana per turn) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/24) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/23) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/21)
-Brown Mage’s Hooded Robe (5 Armor Resilience , 0/30 Durability) (+0/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma) -Padded Shirt (5 Armor Resilience , 0/30 Durability) (+0/4 Physical Defense) (Armor does not take damage from Trauma)
Skills: (Magic) -(Spirit) --(Entity) ---Meditation (Relaxes and strengthens your soul, resisting outside spirits) (Inflicts Inner Peace = Arcane + Mana) ---Spirit Channel (Let a spirit use your body to perform an action) (Consumes AP for spirit actions) ---Bind Spirit (Affix a spirit to a physical object) -(Kinetic) --(Fortification) (Mana is only drained when abilities are disturbed) ---Power Flow (Single Turn Condition) (Cast at beginning of turn) (Fortify your bones and strengthen their movements with kinetics) (+Strength = Arcane + Mana) ---Agility Flow (Single Turn Condition) (Cast at beginning of turn) (Fortify your bones and accelerate their movements with kinetics) (+Evasion = Arcane + Mana)
(Physical) -Chilling Howl (Degrading Condition) (Strike fear into enemies, lowering their Aim and Arcane) (-Aim , -Arcane = Will) -Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP)
-Sixth Sense (Passive) (+5 Magic Evasion) -Berserker (Grants a separate pool of AP for melee attacks) -Acrobat (Passive) (Grants a separate pool of AP for evasion) -Inner Peace (+5 Spirit Magic Resistance) -Constitution (+10% Maximum Base HP)
"I've learned a lot talking to the leviathan, named Rauha. You should try talking to him, Kleigg."
One last question, before I try to hand you off to a new arrival, who happens to be the negation user I mentioned previously. Have you heard of a tower to the east of here? There appears to be some sort of magical artifact inside of it that's been sealed away.
You sense confusion coming from the leviathan.
Rauha: Tower? I do not think you are referring to the towers in Magusalto. What tower?"
TheKebbit wrote:
>Move forward to interface with the Leviathan.
Kleigg moves you out of the way to interface with the leviathan.
Tabi: "Wait Kleigg, I thought you can't..."
TheKebbit wrote:
"Um. You're absolutely right.
Vandolf, can you please take over and ask it about what we got from the tower mechanism? I'm wondering if we can somehow negotiate a way to bring it back. Perhaps find out what the 'oubliette' was in context."
CrazyMLC wrote:
"Alright. Maybe you could ask the Curator about the casket, as well."
> Grab hold of the device again.
Curator: "Casket? We have something like that in another room."
[i]Did you feel anything just now? My negation user friend took over and attempted to talk to you, but it seemed ineffective.
He was wondering about the tower as well. It's a tower between Magusalto and Teleiat, or, at least, it's what appears to be a tower. It was inverted apparently, I don't recall how long ago. Anyway, what was once above ground is now below, and my negation using friend, Kleigg, sensed something down below. We investigated and interacted with some construct at what's now the top of the tower, and it mentioned an 'Oubliette' and something about needing a casket.
Rauha: I felt you leave and come back, that was it. In between Teleiat and Magusalto there is supposed to be a palace with a surrounding town. I do not know why it is now only a tower or was flipped upside-down or why there is mention of an 'Oubliette.' It was not like that when I still had a body.
The palace was home to the weapon that destroyed me - perhaps with the last of the leviathans now hiding in the oceans, the palace was inverted so the weapon would not fall in the wrong hands.
TheKebbit wrote:
to the curator: "Could you show us around this 'casket'?"
Curator: "Of course. It's in the next hall over, actually."
Kleigg, Tabi, and the Curator head over to the next room.
A palace... yes, I suppose that would line up with what my companion sensed. We may be able to investigate it should we place a casket in a slot.
Could you tell me more about this weapon that was created to defeat you?
Rauha: I do not know much about it - it was something that could conceal itself, had a great deal of arcane and physical strength, and was very agile. It was large - perhaps about the height of a four-tiered building, from what I was able to deduce from attacks that missed and hit. It may have been a large suit of armor, many have been attempted in the early days of construct weapons when there was not yet a way to make them smaller. ____________________
-Scrap Metal -Paper (Spirit Map Runic Spell) -Paper (Spirit Map Runic Spell 2) -Paper (Light Grenade Runic Spell) -Paper (Taschenblitz) >Make a similar rune spell, one that is armed once its mana reserves increase by 0.5, like before. When it is armed, it locks onto the nearest spirit with a complexity over 30 and treats this spirit as its master. If the master spirit is within 8 meters, the spell will always do nothing. If the master spirit is farther away than that however, it will release all of its mana as light if a spirit with complexity over 30 comes within 2 meters of it. -Paper (Taschenblitz II) >Locks onto the nearest spirit with a complexity over 30 and treats this spirit as its master. If the master spirit is within 8 meters, the spell will always do nothing. If the master spirit is farther away than that however, it will release all of its mana as light evenly distributed 0.5 meters away from the compass if a spirit with complexity over 30 comes within 2 meters of it. -Paper (Fire Mine) >Locks onto the nearest spirit with a complexity over 30 and treats this spirit as its master. If the master spirit is within 8 meters, the spell will always do nothing. If the master spirit is farther away than that however, it will release all of its mana as heat from the compass if a spirit with complexity over 30 comes within 2 meters of it. -Paper (Mana Storage) >Rune spell that searches for the closest spirit with complexity over 30. If that spirit is very, very close, ie approximately held against their chest, then it transfers its mana into that creature. -Paper (Mana Storage 2) >Rune spell that searches for the closest spirit with complexity over 30 if the rune is set to T. If that spirit is very, very close, ie approximately held against their chest, then it transfers 2 mana into that creature and sets to F. Must be taken out of the specified range to set back to T.
Skills: (Magic) -(Spirit) --(Mana) ---Deposit (Discharge a select amount of mana into a source that is in contact) (does not consume AP) ---Withdrawal (Take a select amount of mana from a source that is in contact) (does not consume AP)
(Physical) -Flurry (Melee three times, each attack dealing one third of your normal damage [consumes 1 AP]) -Metabolize (Exert your will over your body, forcing it to produce energy faster than normal) (+Stamina = Will)
-Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP) -Weak Block (Evasion) (Intercept an attack to defend yourself) (Block connects if your Aim >= Attack Aim) (-Damage = 0.5*Strength) (Uses Standard AP or Melee AP) -Delay and Evade (Evasion) (Intercept the attack to delay it, and immediately follow up with an evade) (+Evasion = Aim) (Uses [a single] Standard AP or Evasion AP)
(Hybrid)
(Other) -Offhand Strike (Counter) (When dual wielding and you evade or block using one weapon, instantly follow up with an attack from your other weapon with no additional AP cost)
-Sixth Sense (Passive) (+3 Magic Evasion) -Edge Alignment (+10% Damage and Aim to attacks with edged weapons) -Momentum (Passive) (Keep yourself moving, increasing damage with each attack) (Buff ends when you fail to attack in a turn or are blocked or stumbled) (+Damage = 1d6 per attack , Max total +Damage = 2 * Strength) -Critical Shot (Increases damage by extra Aim if initial damage to target is greater than 0) -Berserker (Grants a separate pool of AP for melee attacks) -Adrenaline Rush (Passive) (Stamina usage is twice as effective)
"It's pleasant and civilized, if a little corrupt at times. What do you mean by terraforming?"
???: "There is a feeling, you could say it is a premonition, that I and several others have had, that something will soon result in great catastrophe in the region. I have heard that the fields there are a pleasing few, I want to capture them on canvas before they are marred by excessive movement of land."
Ki’stha: "We know of a catastrophe, do we speak of the same? A construct bent on ravaging the living?"
???: ”I believe constructs are involved, and some others - it is not a clear vision. I wish to continue speaking with this nice company, but the sun sets soon, and the forests here become strange. I bid you three best of luck in your travels.”
The thing continues on its journey to the north east, and your party continues south west.
The sky turns red with twilight, and the shadows of the forest grow larger and darker. Nothing jumps out at you yet, but after a bit of walking, the sound of a girl’s laugh from somewhere in the distance brings you to a halt, looking around for the source. ____________________
-Sixth Sense (Passive) (+5 Magic Evasion) -Momentum (Passive) (Keep yourself moving, increasing damage with each attack) (Buff ends when you fail to attack in a turn or are blocked or stumbled) (+Damage = 1d6 per attack , Max total +Damage = 2 * Strength) -Berserker (Passive) (Grants a separate pool of AP for melee attacks) -Cover Up (If you fail an evasion, your equipped shield will act as your first layer of armor) -Brace for Impact (Passive) (Lower incoming Trauma damage by your Strength)
Skills: -Stabilize (Spend the extra energy to hold still, increasing Aim for the next attack) (+Aim = Stamina)
-Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP)
-Flight (Capable of sustained flight. It takes 1 AP to take off [but not land]. Stops Stamina regen during flight, drains 1 stamina at the end of every roll. User specifies Altitude: If user is stumbled while in flight, takes Trauma equal to Altitude) (Altitude climb per turn = Strength) (+Evasion = Altitude)
Skills: (Magic) -(Pure) --(Light) ---Accelerated Repair (Speed up the body’s natural healing process on a target, clearing conditions) (Turns given = Arcane + Mana)
Inventory: -Mana Stone (Mana: 22/22) -Mana Stone (Mana: 20/20) -Mana Stone (Mana: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 11/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 0/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 0/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 0/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 0/19)
Skills: (Magic) -(Thermic) --(Fire) ---Heat (Direct Magic) (Warm up a target, burning it with enough energy) (Inflicts Burn = Arcane + Mana) ---Flare (Unleash a torrent of flame that burns and sets targets on fire) (Burn + On Fire = Arcane + Mana) ---Fireball (Launch an orb that unleashes an explosion of heat on impact) (Inflicts Burn = Arcane + Mana) ---Flash Point (Launch an orb that sets a target on fire) (Inflicts On Fire = Arcane + Mana) ---Cauterize (Use heat to seal a wound) (Inflicts Burn = [Arcane + Mana] * 0.1 , Removes Cut, Frozen = Arcane + Mana) ---Mirage (Heat the air to cause distortions, lowering Aim and increasing Evasion on the target) (-Aim = Arcane + Mana, +Evasion = Arcane + Mana)
-Evade (Evasion) (Dodge an incoming attack) (Dodge successful if Evasion >= Attack Aim) (Uses Standard AP or Evasion AP)
-Pyromania (Passive) (+50% Fire magic effectiveness) (No damage taken from Cauterize) (No Aim reduction taken from Mirage) -Twin Dragons (Flare casts twice [on 1 AP]) -Mana Regeneration (Mana regenerates 2 per turn)
Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:39 am
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 pm Posts: 2992 Location: --------------->
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"I'm only even bringing it up because you're not directly associated with either Vranhal or the Second. Can you keep it secret? Even just for a bit?"
Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:45 am
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"Well, then. I look forward to seeing if this pans out, and I appreciate your assistance in the matter."
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Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:22 am
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
Intriguing...
"Hey, Kleigg, you still here? I could help you talk to Rauha, if you want. He'd probably be able to answer any strange questions you may have."
Sat Dec 05, 2015 1:27 am
CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm Posts: 13144 Location: Here
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
TorrentHKU wrote:
"I'm only even bringing it up because you're not directly associated with either Vranhal or the Second. Can you keep it secret? Even just for a bit?"
She cocks an eye at you while you get some bad vibes from her sword.
Tara: "What is it?" ____________________
Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:00 am
Amazigh
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:10 am Posts: 1531 Location: Ye Olde England
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"Don't mean t' bother you with my problems, but i'll think 'bout your offer." "The mediation, any specific advice for that?"
Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:15 am
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 pm Posts: 2992 Location: --------------->
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"The telepath in prison, Sanoa, I talked to her. Accidentally got her to reconsider her position on the conflict between Vranhal and the Second. She told me about a healer that wrote down a bunch of bio techniques, and how to use them on others, in a book she had hidden. She asked me to destroy it. I said yes."
Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:19 am
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"In a dream there was a thing which spoke to me in my own voice after crawling from a gate. A nightmare chimera, a dragon of a form alien to this world and its law. I saw it in a ruined town, and the creature told me that it and everyone else were 'thirds'. I was a 'fourth'."
"Do these counts have any meaning for you?"
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Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:23 am
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"Huh, alright. I'll see what he has to say about it."
I asked my negation user friend, Kleigg, what he wanted to ask. This is what he told me, word for word.
"In a dream there was a thing which spoke to me in my own voice after crawling from a gate. A nightmare chimera, a dragon of a form alien to this world and its law. I saw it in a ruined town, and the creature told me that it and everyone else were 'thirds'. I was a 'fourth'." "Do these counts have any meaning for you?"
Sat Dec 05, 2015 2:38 am
CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm Posts: 13144 Location: Here
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
Amazigh wrote:
"Don't mean t' bother you with my problems, but i'll think 'bout your offer." "The mediation, any specific advice for that?"
Bauen: "Do not push yourself too hard. It is better to progress slowly and safely. Other than that, perseverance." ____________________
TorrentHKU wrote:
"The telepath in prison, Sanoa, I talked to her. Accidentally got her to reconsider her position on the conflict between Vranhal and the Second. She told me about a healer that wrote down a bunch of bio techniques, and how to use them on others, in a book she had hidden. She asked me to destroy it. I said yes."
Tara: "Is the book in a secure location right now? Do you know if anyone else is aware of its existence?" ____________________
CrazyMLC wrote:
Intriguing...
"Hey, Kleigg, you still here? I could help you talk to Rauha, if you want. He'd probably be able to answer any strange questions you may have."
TheKebbit wrote:
"In a dream there was a thing which spoke to me in my own voice after crawling from a gate. A nightmare chimera, a dragon of a form alien to this world and its law. I saw it in a ruined town, and the creature told me that it and everyone else were 'thirds'. I was a 'fourth'."
"Do these counts have any meaning for you?"
CrazyMLC wrote:
"Huh, alright. I'll see what he has to say about it."
I asked my negation user friend, Kleigg, what he wanted to ask. This is what he told me, word for word.
"In a dream there was a thing which spoke to me in my own voice after crawling from a gate. A nightmare chimera, a dragon of a form alien to this world and its law. I saw it in a ruined town, and the creature told me that it and everyone else were 'thirds'. I was a 'fourth'." "Do these counts have any meaning for you?"
Rauha: Thirds, Fourths, tiers of entities. Most of us are Thirds. Fourths can alter the world in ways Thirds cannot, Fifths can do so more than Fourths. Kaasialas was a Fifth.
Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:00 am
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 pm Posts: 2992 Location: --------------->
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
"As far as I know, it's only protected by secrecy, and you and Atra make 4."
Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:01 am
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
NULL POST I AM DUMB
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Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:03 am
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 239)
> Relay whatever Rauha says to Kleigg, and vice versa.
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 238)
