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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 261) - Ascension
Kleigg: "If the tower descends slowly enough, we can jump out the windows when we're close enough to ground!"[/quote]
Vandolf: "... No kidding. Thanks for the help, Tabs.
The old thing glitched out. There was a control panel of some kind once the casket closed, and once I hit the button to open the door it decided I'd hit the button to descend.
There's something down there, you know."
Luoda, Kura, and the others seem to be in a state of shock, but Ettiin rushes over to the stairwell.
Ettiin: "I'm going to tell everyone to move to move up and escape through the windows before the tower drops too much!"
The armored chirop pounds down the stairs, and the movers and Luoda, seeming to want to get out faster, follow after her.
Kleigg summons the witched lamp and turns the key. The air in the room becomes distorted like a mirage, and everyone is blinded by a bright light.
A red sun sits halfway above the horizon, bathing a cityscape in twighlight. The tall human buildings cast long shadows.
Kleigg, Vandolf, Tabi, and Kura stand at the edge of the unpopulated city, looking around in confusion. The entire region is surrounded by a severe mirage, heavily distorting the surrounding fields.
Kura: "Where are we?" ____________________
TorrentHKU wrote:
"No such thing as an evil invention. I'm going to try to not have it come to, ah, Horoma's solution. Or at least not before I've had a good look through their research materials." > Leave, head towards the northeast edge of Fluustern, where that witch-doctor guy was. Use 300 mana to make a new mana stone.
You and Andrew leave the house with Madenuuk bidding you farewell, and Aucupe following close behind.
Heading to the North--East edge of town, your trio locateds the structure that looks like a mansion made of a pile of shacks.
Aucupe: "Are you trying to learn about witches?"
The door to the structure then opens. A lupus appears, wearing a black brimmed pointed hat and a matching robe, who seems a bit confused with your presence.
Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:32 pm
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 261) - Ascension
"Hi there, I was looking for the local expert on witches, was told you were just that. I uh, had an... encounter earlier. Are you free?"
Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:41 pm
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 261) - Ascension
"... Huh? Kleigg, what was that?"
Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:41 pm
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 261) - Ascension
"I don't know. I didn't want to take our chances with splattering on the ground.
1. Get Construct expertise from a Construct Master in a Chirop jail 1a. Investigate Heartstone, north of Luttiim (P’orihc, Ki’stha, Raze) 1b. Help investigate Heartstone and/or burn it down (John and Lucida) 2. Investigate the upside-down tower between Teleiat and Magusalto (Vandolf, Kleigg) 2a. Escort coffin to tower 3. What did I say about talking to strangers. (Kleigg)
Time: Morning
Name: John Freemaneth (TorrentHKU) Race: Human ____________________
TorrentHKU wrote:
"Hrm. Certainly some questionable business going on over there. I don't like the sound of it, not at all. Rest assured, I'll be looking into it personally. I'll see what I can do to get some of these Heartstones, too. Thanks Belua. You as well Madenuuk. I've got to talk to someone else in town, then we're off to Ikkuma. Not a far walk to there at least."
The blonde doll gives a nod, as does Madenuuk.
Belua: "If you could figure out how heartstones are made, maybe they could be used for something good. The other machinery, too. The end goal might have been malicious, but that doesn't mean the knowledge should go to waste."
TorrentHKU wrote:
"No such thing as an evil invention. I'm going to try to not have it come to, ah, Horoma's solution. Or at least not before I've had a good look through their research materials." > Leave, head towards the northeast edge of Fluustern, where that witch-doctor guy was. Use 300 mana to make a new mana stone.
You and Andrew leave the house with Madenuuk bidding you farewell, and Aucupe following close behind.
Heading to the North--East edge of town, your trio locateds the structure that looks like a mansion made of a pile of shacks.
Aucupe: "Are you trying to learn about witches?"
The door to the structure then opens. A lupus appears, wearing a black brimmed pointed hat and a matching robe, who seems a bit confused with your presence.
You use 300 mana to make a mana stone, getting a 50 cap stone!
"Hi there, I was looking for the local expert on witches, was told you were just that. I uh, had an... encounter earlier. Are you free?"
Lupus: ”I am free to help. Might I ask your name?” ____________________
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
-Lucida Armor (Absorbs all damage) (17 Armor Resilience, 1500/1500 Durability) (+50 Strength, +30 Evasion, +10 Speed) (Immune to Telepathy)
Artifact (0/1):
Inventory: -Mana Stone (Mana: 2.3/15.3) -Mage Stone (Mana: 10/10) -Mage Stone (Mana: 10/10) -Mage Stone (Mana: 0/31) -Mage Stone (Mana: 0/50) -Release Stone (Output: 15) -Release Stone (Output: 3.3) -Release Stone (Output: 3.3) -Release Stone (Output: 3.3) -Focus Stone --Course Correction (Repeat the Land/Miss on a melee attack (consuming AP), but the target has 0 Evasion) --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)
-Power Flow Bracelet (Output: 0.1) (Mana: 0/1) --Memory Stone: Use Power Flow on the wearer as long as there is mana
Equipped: Lucida (Longsword) (+50 Edge | +8 Impact | +40 Arcane) (Mana: 2700/3000) (Mana Regen: 100) (Magic) -Lucida Armor (Absorbs all damage) (17 Armor Resilience, 1500 Durability) (+50 Strength, +30 Evasion, +10 Speed) (Immune to Telepathy) -Illuminate (Create light, blinding a target if strong enough) (Inflicts Blind = Arcane + Mana) -Radiance (Create a powerful light, blinding everyone around you) (Inflicts Blind = Arcane + Mana) -Megaflare (Unleash a white torrent of flame that incinerates) (Inflicts Burn + On Fire = Arcane + Mana, Blind = [Arcane + Mana] * 0.5) -Haste (Single Turn Condition) (Cast at beginning of turn) (Speed up a target, increasing its Speed) (+Speed = Arcane + Mana) -Accelerated Repair (Speed up the body’s natural healing process on a target, clearing conditions) (Turns given = Arcane + Mana) -Fast Forward (Speed up a target, granting it additional AP) (Cannot use AP gained from FF to cast FF) (0.1 AP = Mana) -Divine Mirror (Passive) (+100% Light magic effectiveness, Immune to Blind from light)
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 = 6 Mana) ---Form Conduit (Create mana conduits) ---Form Release (Create a release crystal) (Efficiency: 1 Capacity = 8 Mana) ---Form Focus (Create a focus crystal) (Efficiency: 1 Ability = 8 Mana , Ability Strength (per ability): 100% = 8 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 ____________________
TheKebbit wrote:
"I am a negator. The weirdness in my bloodline... lets me work with space and its properties. Magic control and suppression. Catching and retaining spells that you might fire at me. Folding AM into a pocket of no-dimension. As far as I can tell this lamp is nothing but a sequence lodged in my mind.
Is Vandolf still down there?" >See if I can... feel what this lamp demands of me for its use. Without triggering it.
Kura: "That's why you're so confident in that witch armor - you can actually nullify witch corruption."
You try to feel what the lamp demands of you, without somehow accidentally triggering it. Hmmmm.
Nope. Analyzing captured stuff isn't too clear, you can't even see what the thing looks like. Maybe that would come with practice, though.
Looking around, you notice Tabi frowning at her interface brick. Suddenly, the entire tower starts shaking, and you can hear beating on the inside of the casket. Tabi pulls out a slip of paper, slaps it onto the surface of the casket's lid, and steps to the side.
An explosive force rips the lid off of its hinges and hurls it into the wall on the opposite side of the room, while Tabi pulls out several more paper tags. She then drops her brick on the ground and crushes it under her foot, grinding its fine inner components into dust.
Tabi: "We've got trouble." Kleigg: "If the tower descends slowly enough, we can jump out the windows when we're close enough to ground!"[/quote]
Vandolf: "... No kidding. Thanks for the help, Tabs.
The old thing glitched out. There was a control panel of some kind once the casket closed, and once I hit the button to open the door it decided I'd hit the button to descend.
There's something down there, you know."
Luoda, Kura, and the others seem to be in a state of shock, but Ettiin rushes over to the stairwell.
Ettiin: "I'm going to tell everyone to move to move up and escape through the windows before the tower drops too much!"
The armored chirop pounds down the stairs, and the movers and Luoda, seeming to want to get out faster, follow after her.
Kleigg summons the witched lamp and turns the key. The air in the room becomes distorted like a mirage, and everyone is blinded by a bright light.
A red sun sits halfway above the horizon, bathing a cityscape in twighlight. The tall human buildings cast long shadows.
Kleigg, Vandolf, Tabi, and Kura stand at the edge of the unpopulated city, looking around in confusion. The entire region is surrounded by a severe mirage, heavily distorting the surrounding fields.
Kura: "Where are we?"
Vandolf: "... Huh? Kleigg, what was that?"
Kleigg: "I don't know. I didn't want to take our chances with splattering on the ground.
Shall we go toward the city?"
Tabi: ”I guess that’s the only place to go.”
Kura: ”Doesn’t look like it’s populated from here, hopefully it’s safe.”
You notice that you’re not able to feel through the armor anymore, and that you’re missing Hexestahl.
Your party walks across the field towards the city, passing deserted cottages, farms, and small villages. It’s a long walk, but the position of the sun doesn’t seem to have changed a bit by the time you reach the first stone road that marks the outer edge of the city.
All the buildings are intact, almost pristine. Not a sign of damage or inhabitants, no street litter, no birds or other wild animals.
Tabi: ”Do you think there would be something in the center of the city?”
Luoda: ”The entire place seems abandoned, but if there was anything important, I guess that’s where it’d be. Either that, or a specific building, some place of significance to whoever owns this land.”
Tabi: ”Guess there could be things hiding in the buildings, too.” ____________________
-Stahlnacht Armor (Absorbs all damage) (20 Armor Resilience, 99/500 Durability) (Degrades by 1 at end of turn)
Artifact (1/1): -Caelum Earth Token (+5 Will)
Inventory: -Silver Coin (Qty. 1)
-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)
-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)
Raze is unresponsive, slumped on the ground. A faint snoring can be heard.
Cautiously climbing up out of the tunnel and on to the street, you watch for any sudden movements. Luckily, nothing seems to charge at you.
Behind you, towards the wall, is a small building with some windows. Ahead is a massive building that looks like it’s a boarding school, partially burnt down. The wide expanse of lawn that surrounds the facility has a wrought iron fence, blocking it off from the road.
P’orihc stands in front of you by the bloody remains, staying silent and unmoving. ____________________
-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)
"Hmm, wonder if I can get better stones for my totem..." >Search for a store that sells mana stones, maybe constructs in general.
You and Miimas look around the city for a store that sells mana stones or constructs in general, finding a place that does a lot of orders for Vranhal's mage division.
Heading inside, there's a wall with a nice array of mana stones and accessories to keep them on your person, as well other shelves on the floor that display various other magic components.
An aged man greets you from behind a counter.
Man: "Welcome."
You look at the complete constructs for sale. There appear to be telepathy blockers, lamps, constructs that produce invisible barriers that protect the eyes and ears, and a lamp-shaped construct that heals the user (expensive), and some “autocasters”, which seem to be self-contained constructs that cast at a button press.
"Hello, lookin' t' see what sorta mana stones you got that I could fit int' this."
You open up your totem and show him the stone slots.
"Hopin' t' get some higher capacity ones if possible."
Man: ”Hmm, highest capacity ones we have at that size are 30. Costs 5 silver each.”
Miimas: ”Ooh, are these autocasters too?”
She points to some pistol-shaped constructs.
Man: ”Aye, that one’s a kinetic caster, we also have a fire caster. They’re two gold and five silvers.”
-Leather Carrying Bag --Wooden Protection Totem (Mana: 177/180) ---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) ---Spirit Lance (Attack another spirit, weakening it) (Cannot miss) (-Arcane, -Aim, -Will = Will + Mana) ---Bind Spirit (Affix a spirit to a physical object) ---Possession Break (Forcefully detach a spirit’s bind) (Cannot miss) (Possession is broken if your Will is greater than Spirit’s will x2) -(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 effectiveness, +5 Spirit Magic Resistance) -Constitution (+10% Maximum Base HP)
You hit the "Back" button at the top of the screen, which results in the screen going blank for a moment, except for one line of text.
Probe detected, creating exception
The screen then flickers back to the first list of options, where you see
[Status] [Descend] [Open Door]
You tap "Open Door", but nothing happens. Tapping it again with a bit more force still results in nothing happening.
Then, the "Descend" option blinks. You feel the casket shudder, and it feels like it's moving. Panicked, you push against the casket door, and then shove hard against it, but it stays firmly closed, until an explosive force rips the lid off of its hinges and flings it into the wall on the opposite side of the room. Tabi is standing to the side, a fan of paper slips in her hand. Her other hand is holding some sort of handheld brick construct, which she drops on the floor and crushes beneath her foot.
The entire tower seems to be slowly descending.
Tabi: "We've got trouble."
Kleigg: "If the tower descends slowly enough, we can jump out the windows when we're close enough to ground!"[/quote]
Vandolf: "... No kidding. Thanks for the help, Tabs.
The old thing glitched out. There was a control panel of some kind once the casket closed, and once I hit the button to open the door it decided I'd hit the button to descend.
There's something down there, you know."
Luoda, Kura, and the others seem to be in a state of shock, but Ettiin rushes over to the stairwell.
Ettiin: "I'm going to tell everyone to move to move up and escape through the windows before the tower drops too much!"
The armored chirop pounds down the stairs, and the movers and Luoda, seeming to want to get out faster, follow after her.
Kleigg summons the witched lamp and turns the key. The air in the room becomes distorted like a mirage, and everyone is blinded by a bright light.
A red sun sits halfway above the horizon, bathing a cityscape in twighlight. The tall human buildings cast long shadows.
Kleigg, Vandolf, Tabi, and Kura stand at the edge of the unpopulated city, looking around in confusion. The entire region is surrounded by a severe mirage, heavily distorting the surrounding fields.
Kura: "Where are we?"
Vandolf: "... Huh? Kleigg, what was that?"
Kleigg: "I don't know. I didn't want to take our chances with splattering on the ground.
Shall we go toward the city?"
Tabi: ”I guess that’s the only place to go.”
Kura: ”Doesn’t look like it’s populated from here, hopefully it’s safe.”
Your party walks across the field towards the city, passing deserted cottages, farms, and small villages. It’s a long walk, but the position of the sun doesn’t seem to have changed a bit by the time you reach the first stone road that marks the outer edge of the city.
All the buildings are intact, almost pristine. Not a sign of damage or inhabitants, no street litter, no birds or other wild animals.
Tabi: ”Do you think there would be something in the center of the city?”
Luoda: ”The entire place seems abandoned, but if there was anything important, I guess that’s where it’d be. Either that, or a specific building, some place of significance to whoever owns this land.”
Tabi: ”Guess there could be things hiding in the buildings, too.” ____________________
-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. -Paper (Obscuring Light) upon activation locks onto the nearest spirit and treats it as its master. It then looks for the most complex spirit that isn't its master within 20 meters and creates a 6 meter cube around that spirit with points of light, meant to obscure that spirit's vision
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)
(Heroic) (Each ability uses 10 Heroic AP) -Skin of My Teeth (When you fail to evade an attack, redo the evade while disregarding any negative conditions and increasing your Evasion by your Will) (Automatically triggers if the attack would be lethal)
-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)
-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: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 15/19) -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)
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Sat Jan 02, 2016 4:28 am
Amazigh
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:10 am Posts: 1531 Location: Ye Olde England
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 262) - Ascension
"Think I'll take three." >Hand over the required dosh.
Sat Jan 02, 2016 5:16 am
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 pm Posts: 2992 Location: --------------->
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 262) - Ascension
"I'm John, John Freemaneth. Here in Fluustern chasing after a friend of mine. On the way in, well... I assume you know Lauffeuer."
Sat Jan 02, 2016 6:24 am
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 262) - Ascension
>Sweep further toward the center of the city. Keep my eyes peeled.
Sat Jan 02, 2016 7:06 am
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 262) - Ascension
> Stay near the back of the party, keeping an eye behind us and on buildings we pass. Keep my loaded crossbow at the ready.
Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:17 pm
Asklar
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 262) - Ascension
> Message the voices in myself telepathically, ask them about the stone. Maybe they'll answer that way?
Sun Jan 03, 2016 12:38 am
CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm Posts: 13144 Location: Here
1. Get Construct expertise from a Construct Master in a Chirop jail 1a. Investigate Heartstone, north of Luttiim (P’orihc, Ki’stha, Raze) 1b. Help investigate Heartstone and/or burn it down (John and Lucida) 2. Investigate the upside-down tower between Teleiat and Magusalto (Vandolf, Kleigg) 2a. Escort coffin to tower 3. What did I say about talking to strangers. (Kleigg)
Time: Morning
Name: John Freemaneth (TorrentHKU) Race: Human ____________________
"I'm John, John Freemaneth. Here in Fluustern chasing after a friend of mine. On the way in, well... I assume you know Lauffeuer."
Aandern: ”Ah, I suppose she was attracted to the signal you give off - the same as a witch queen. That sword, is that perhaps Lucida?” ____________________
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
-Lucida Armor (Absorbs all damage) (17 Armor Resilience, 1500/1500 Durability) (+50 Strength, +30 Evasion, +10 Speed) (Immune to Telepathy)
Artifact (0/1):
Inventory: -Mana Stone (Mana: 2.3/15.3) -Mage Stone (Mana: 10/10) -Mage Stone (Mana: 10/10) -Mage Stone (Mana: 0/31) -Mage Stone (Mana: 0/50) -Release Stone (Output: 15) -Release Stone (Output: 3.3) -Release Stone (Output: 3.3) -Release Stone (Output: 3.3) -Focus Stone --Course Correction (Repeat the Land/Miss on a melee attack (consuming AP), but the target has 0 Evasion) --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)
-Power Flow Bracelet (Output: 0.1) (Mana: 0/1) --Memory Stone: Use Power Flow on the wearer as long as there is mana
Equipped: Lucida (Longsword) (+50 Edge | +8 Impact | +40 Arcane) (Mana: 2900/3000) (Mana Regen: 100) (Magic) -Lucida Armor (Absorbs all damage) (17 Armor Resilience, 1500 Durability) (+50 Strength, +30 Evasion, +10 Speed) (Immune to Telepathy) -Illuminate (Create light, blinding a target if strong enough) (Inflicts Blind = Arcane + Mana) -Radiance (Create a powerful light, blinding everyone around you) (Inflicts Blind = Arcane + Mana) -Megaflare (Unleash a white torrent of flame that incinerates) (Inflicts Burn + On Fire = Arcane + Mana, Blind = [Arcane + Mana] * 0.5) -Haste (Single Turn Condition) (Cast at beginning of turn) (Speed up a target, increasing its Speed) (+Speed = Arcane + Mana) -Accelerated Repair (Speed up the body’s natural healing process on a target, clearing conditions) (Turns given = Arcane + Mana) -Fast Forward (Speed up a target, granting it additional AP) (Cannot use AP gained from FF to cast FF) (0.1 AP = Mana) -Divine Mirror (Passive) (+100% Light magic effectiveness, Immune to Blind from light)
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 = 6 Mana) ---Form Conduit (Create mana conduits) ---Form Release (Create a release crystal) (Efficiency: 1 Capacity = 8 Mana) ---Form Focus (Create a focus crystal) (Efficiency: 1 Ability = 8 Mana , Ability Strength (per ability): 100% = 8 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 ____________________
Your party continues on into the city, keeping your eyes peeled for anything suspicious.
Occasionally you think you can see a speck of red in a dark building window every now and then, often enough that you don’t think it’s your imagination.
Tabi pulls out her interface brick - or rather, a spare, and taps a few buttons before scrunching her eyebrows at the display.
Tabi: ”Hey Kleigg, can you detect any magic?”
Seems like a quick check, so you do and -
Well, there’s magic. A lot.
Massive mana conduits running through the ground, and several of the buildings that are rigged to the expansive network are brimming with magic themselves, seemingly containing complex magic systems.
There seems to be a central node, in the middle of the city. It also seems to be the tallest structure, but not by much. ____________________
-Stahlnacht Armor (Absorbs all damage) (20 Armor Resilience, 98/500 Durability) (Degrades by 1 at end of turn)
Artifact (1/1): -Caelum Earth Token (+5 Will)
Inventory: -Silver Coin (Qty. 1)
-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)
-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)
Raze is unresponsive, slumped on the ground. A faint snoring can be heard.
Cautiously climbing up out of the tunnel and on to the street, you watch for any sudden movements. Luckily, nothing seems to charge at you.
Behind you, towards the wall, is a small building with some windows. Ahead is a massive building that looks like it’s a boarding school, partially burnt down. The wide expanse of lawn that surrounds the facility has a wrought iron fence, blocking it off from the road.
P’orihc stands in front of you by the bloody remains, staying silent and unmoving.
-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)
-Leather Carrying Bag --Wooden Protection Totem (Mana: 178/180) ---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) ---Spirit Lance (Attack another spirit, weakening it) (Cannot miss) (-Arcane, -Aim, -Will = Will + Mana) ---Bind Spirit (Affix a spirit to a physical object) ---Possession Break (Forcefully detach a spirit’s bind) (Cannot miss) (Possession is broken if your Will is greater than Spirit’s will x2) -(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 effectiveness, +5 Spirit Magic Resistance) -Constitution (+10% Maximum Base HP)
Your party continues on into the city, and you take rear position with your crossbow at the ready.
Occasionally you think you can see a speck of red in a dark building window every now and then, often enough that you don’t think it’s your imagination.
Tabi pulls out another one of her construct bricks, and taps a few buttons before scrunching her eyebrows at the lit display.
Tabi: ”Hey Kleigg, can you detect any magic?” ____________________
-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. -Paper (Obscuring Light) upon activation locks onto the nearest spirit and treats it as its master. It then looks for the most complex spirit that isn't its master within 20 meters and creates a 6 meter cube around that spirit with points of light, meant to obscure that spirit's vision
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)
(Heroic) (Each ability uses 10 Heroic AP) -Skin of My Teeth (When you fail to evade an attack, redo the evade while disregarding any negative conditions and increasing your Evasion by your Will) (Automatically triggers if the attack would be lethal)
-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)
-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)
-Kinetic Autocaster Revolver (Skill: Kinetic Bolt) (Release: 30) --Mana Stones (6/6) ---Mana Stone (0/30) ---Mana Stone (0/30) ---Mana Stone (0/30) ---Mana Stone (0/30) ---Mana Stone (0/30) ---Mana Stone (0/30)
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: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 17/19) -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)
Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:59 am
Asklar
Data Realms Elite
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 263) - Ascension
"What is this? Is this how I can get rid of you? What happens if I break it? I'm not afraid of doing it!"
Sun Jan 03, 2016 8:30 pm
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 263) - Ascension
"Huge conduits running through the ground... leading through some of these buildings, which are absolutely stuffed with magic machinery. They appear to converge at the tallest building in the center of the city.
What's the brick detected? Am I the only one who saw red in those windows?"
Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:10 pm
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 263) - Ascension
> Stick closer to the group. Store mana.
"Think we're in the underground city? It doesn't look like what the probes saw. Oh! That's right, I forgot to say what happened. Well... I, uh, used some probe things to look around before trying to open the door. Lots of corpses, and then a dark figure rushed at the probe and destroyed it."
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 261) - Ascension
