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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
>This is really ♥♥♥♥ dumb, but it shouldn't go terribly wrong... Hopefully.
>Spirit Lance self. >Consider wiggle room/etc.
Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:55 am
CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm Posts: 13144 Location: Here
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
CrazyMLC wrote:
"Ah... I think I understand what you mean, as far as closest to their original form. These witches though, uh, are they anything like manticores?"
Kura: "Um. They are both core beasts, but that's as far as the similarities go."
TheKebbit wrote:
"...Stahlnacht? If you can hear me, could you tell us if it's safe to leave your core? Will we be deposited on solid ground if we do?"
The shadows in the city shift as the red sun climbs high in the sky, directly over top your party. A loud but whispering voice fills the air, seeming to come from everywhere.
"Tell me where, and I will take you there." ____________________
TorrentHKU wrote:
"She normally shy then? Or just around strangers. Or I suppose around strangers that feel like they're here to eat her."
Aandern: "She's normally this shy, yes. Not many are comfortable around witches, so she usually avoids everyone."
Andrew: Got a message when you're done. ____________________
Amazigh wrote:
>This is really ♥♥♥♥ dumb, but it shouldn't go terribly wrong... Hopefully.
>Spirit Lance self. >Consider wiggle room/etc.
You Spirit Lance yourself, recoiling in the pain of attacking your own spirit and getting concerned looks from Miimas and Tuhota.
It feels like your possession has a bit more wiggle now!
Wed Jan 06, 2016 5:47 am
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
Who from? "Understandable. So, what else has your research consisted of, if you don't mind me asking?"
Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:11 am
Amazigh
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:10 am Posts: 1531 Location: Ye Olde England
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
"Ugh... Spirit magic ain't all fun an' games." >Give my possession a good wiggle, can I get an idea of how it's attached to me/what part of me it's most strongly attached to.
Wed Jan 06, 2016 6:50 am
TheKebbit
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
"Can you take us to just outside the site of the tower? We need to make sure our friends are fine and deal with whatever is happening on the ground."
And how do I pay you back for this?
Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:10 pm
CrazyMLC
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
"Ah..."
> While I wait for Kleigg's witch friend to do her thing, try practicing edge alignment a bit more. Do this by slowly swinging the sword through the air, keeping the edge aligned with my movement. Try to memorize the motion, making it faster and faster while retaining the alignment.
Thu Jan 07, 2016 1:11 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: Afternoon
Name: John Freemaneth (TorrentHKU) Race: Human ____________________
You do the whistle, but the witch doesn't seem to respond.
Andrew: "I don't think that's the same one."
Aandern: "If you are thinking that this one here is the one you met earlier, she is not. This is Poker, she helps me with my studies."
TorrentHKU wrote:
"Ah, I see. How'd you go about befriending a witch?"
Aandern: "When I first started studying witches, it involved stealthily searching for them and observing them from a distance, until I started to try to peacefully reveal my presence to them. That resulted in many patches of fur being burned away.
Poker here took a full fourteen seconds before she attacked me, which was drastically different from every result I had previously, so I continually pursued her until she felt comfortable enough with my presence that she didn't try to burn me. It took even longer for her to start talking to me, but after almost a year she is willing to stay in my dwelling and occasionally make light conversation.
The other shamans aren't too fond of having a witch within town limits, so she usually stays out of sight or in disguise."
TorrentHKU wrote:
What's on her mind Andrew?
Andrew: She's got it blocked. Won't be getting any information unless I actively break in, and I'm not too inclined to do that.
Poker edges out from the wall a bit more, and you get a better look at her. She's taller than you and the one you met on the road by a foot or so, and her face is different as well. Instead of the long crow-like beak, hers is much shorter to the point where it's not even a beak and covers more of her face, looking more like a mask. The hat on her head is flat-topped instead of pointed, but still sports the wide brim.
Aandern: "As long as a witchling recognizes its queen, it won't turn into a queen itself unless if the queen dies, and only one of the witchlings will do so. However, there are deviant witches - witchlings that for whatever reason fail to recognize their mother as queen. As they mature, they change in form and power, and will eventually become queens, seeking new territory or challenging their old queen.
Poker here is a deviant witch. It is a great honor to have her in my presence and record her growth to matriarchy, possibly being the first witch queen that is benevolent by her own decision."
TorrentHKU wrote:
"She normally shy then? Or just around strangers. Or I suppose around strangers that feel like they're here to eat her."
Aandern: "She's normally this shy, yes. Not many are comfortable around witches, so she usually avoids everyone."
Andrew: Got a message when you're done.
Who from?
Andrew: A signal runner from Vranhal. Kyeltziv has made it back to Vranhal safely with his mission complete. Lord Elizabeth commands you to head towards the Heartstone facility to assist P’orihc and Ki’stha. The message also includes the details of Project Heartstone, but we more or less learned everything in the message from Belua.
"Understandable. So, what else has your research consisted of, if you don't mind me asking?"
Aandern: ”I have done a great deal of reading into old texts that concern witches, and visited the ruins of Fallbeil.
The ruins are to the south-west, the site of Lord Charlotte’s battle against the witch Fallbeil. It is slightly smaller than the city of Vranhal, with giant wrecked magic components littering the area. Scavengers often venture into the ruins to loot the remains, but most fall victim to the random corruption in the area.
Corruption, it is when unstable energy disrupts magic sequences, mutating them to either fail or to perform some other task. Most corruption is random, and simply makes constructs dysfunctional while severely damaging living things that are capable of magic. Witch corruption is goal-oriented, mutating magic to suit a witch’s need. Only witch queens are able to infect things with witch corruption.
Witch cores are able to regenerate the entire witch given enough time, while a witch queen focus can regenerate the entire queen. Their cores are also much larger on the inside, due to space manipulation. A witchling’s core is about the size of a bedroom and grow in size as they mature, with queens being as large as a city. The regeneration speed with a core varies greatly, from the type of witch to the amount of mana they have in their reserves. Some witches will attempt to regenerate as soon as possible, visibly rebuilding themselves over the course of a week or two. Others will simply wait in their cores, building up mana until they have enough to completely reform their bodies in a handful of seconds. A queen’s focus supposedly regenerates the entire witch over several months to a year. There have, not been any attempts to regrow queens, so there is nothing detailed on that.
That information was gathered from books, however. The first-hand information I have is the society that witch queens establish, a pyramid system with ranks of witches. Lower ranked witches only mature and are promoted if there is room in the upper ranks, else they remain the same. Their rank is equal to their power.
The single Matriarch, or Queen, is at the top. Her massive core serves as the safe haven for the younger witches, and she fights off major competitors to her outside-world territory and is responsible for expansion of the territory..
Seers are the next, usually numbering in the single digits. They command lesser witches outside of the core-nest and perform the usual defense of territory. If the Matriarch should fall, one of the Seers will mature further and take her place.
Magi, or Magus singular, they are the primary combatant. They will attack and defend alone or in a group, usually by command of a Seer or Matriarch.
Servants are the lowest functional rank, they perform minor tasks like construction and tending to the youth. They are normally not fighters, but are quick to lash out at threats and will band together to attack or defend if a higher rank is not in the area.
Fledgelings are the lowest confirmed rank of witch. They are occasionally seen outside of the nest, when they are becoming acquainted with the world. They are incapable of causing serious damage, and generally avoid conflict.
It is possible that there is a lower rank of witch that exists only inside of the nest, a newly-born witch, but no one has confirmed yet. There are also theories of a possible Overlord rank, a witch that dwarfs the power of queens and rules over them, but that is only conjecture.
The most common witch ranks seen are servants and magi, though Poker was a deviant fledgeling when I found her. She is about the strength of a Magus right now.” ____________________
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: 3000/3000) (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:
"My god. I don't think we can stay here for too long - I could go toward the center to try to communicate with her. Maybe find out where we'll go if we use the key again, or undo the translocation."
Tabi: "Can you try calling out to her? You said you saw her in a dream right? And the armor reacted when you talked to it."
CrazyMLC wrote:
"Ah... I think I understand what you mean, as far as closest to their original form. These witches though, uh, are they anything like manticores?"
Kura: "Um. They are both core beasts, but that's as far as the similarities go."
TheKebbit wrote:
"...Stahlnacht? If you can hear me, could you tell us if it's safe to leave your core? Will we be deposited on solid ground if we do?"
The shadows in the city shift as the red sun climbs high in the sky, directly over top your party. A loud but whispering voice fills the air, seeming to come from everywhere.
"Tell me where, and I will take you there."
"Can you take us to just outside the site of the tower? We need to make sure our friends are fine and deal with whatever is happening on the ground."
And how do I pay you back for this?
Vandolf: "Ah..."
A mirage surrounds your party, blurring the surrounding cityscape into oblivion before bright light floods your vision. The mirage clears, and you see the real sun and the lush grassy fields. Hexestahl is back in your hands.
Looking around, you seem to be a short distance south of the tower - or what used to be the tower. Now there’s just a deep, circular hole in the ground that leads to blackness, the surrounding area pockmarked with small craters and burnt grass.
Ettiin: ”Hold!”
Turning around, you see several chirop on the hills further away - the guards of the tower.
Ettiin: ”Get away from there! It’s going to try to climb out again!”
-Stahlnacht Armor (Absorbs all damage) (20 Armor Resilience, 95/500 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)
-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)
>This is really ♥♥♥♥ dumb, but it shouldn't go terribly wrong... Hopefully.
>Spirit Lance self. >Consider wiggle room/etc.
You Spirit Lance yourself, recoiling in the pain of attacking your own spirit and getting concerned looks from Miimas and Tuhota.
It feels like your possession has a bit more wiggle now!
"Ugh... Spirit magic ain't all fun an' games."
You give your spirit a good wiggle, trying to figure out which parts are more prone to the wiggle.
Feels like there’s a ‘core’ that’s firmly planted and will take a great deal of effort to move, and some edges that are less important and less, rooted. A spirit toe, perhaps. You can sacrifice a toe, right?
Miimas: ”Food’s probably done, I’ll take it out. Tuhota, go set some plates.”
Miimas slips on some protective mittens and pulls the trays of fish out while Tuhota places three plates and sets of utensils on the table.
Tuhota: ”FINALLY.”
She immediately starts chowing down, only to gurgle her food in her mouth from the pain of the heat, carefully dropping it back onto a spoon and blowing on it.
Miimas: ”Well, enjoy.”
A loud thump is heard, coming from upstairs, followed by the sound of things falling to the ground.
-Leather Carrying Bag --Wooden Protection Totem (Mana: 132/205) ---Mana Stones (8/8) ----Regenerating Mana Stone (?/24) (Regenerates 1 Mana per turn) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/30) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/30) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/30) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/24) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/23) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22)
-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)
"My god. I don't think we can stay here for too long - I could go toward the center to try to communicate with her. Maybe find out where we'll go if we use the key again, or undo the translocation."
Tabi: "Can you try calling out to her? You said you saw her in a dream right? And the armor reacted when you talked to it."
CrazyMLC wrote:
"Ah... I think I understand what you mean, as far as closest to their original form. These witches though, uh, are they anything like manticores?"
Kura: "Um. They are both core beasts, but that's as far as the similarities go."
TheKebbit wrote:
"...Stahlnacht? If you can hear me, could you tell us if it's safe to leave your core? Will we be deposited on solid ground if we do?"
The shadows in the city shift as the red sun climbs high in the sky, directly over top your party. A loud but whispering voice fills the air, seeming to come from everywhere.
"Tell me where, and I will take you there."
Kleigg: "Can you take us to just outside the site of the tower? We need to make sure our friends are fine and deal with whatever is happening on the ground."
"Ah..."
You don’t have time to practice your swordsmanship.
A mirage surrounds your party, blurring the surrounding cityscape into oblivion before bright light floods your vision. The mirage clears, and you see the real sun and the lush grassy fields.
Looking around, you seem to be a short distance south of the tower - or what used to be the tower. Now there’s just a deep, circular hole in the ground that leads to blackness, the surrounding area pockmarked with small craters and burnt grass.
Ettiin: ”Hold!”
Turning around, you see several chirop on the hills further away - the guards of the tower.
Ettiin: ”Get away from there! It’s going to try to climb out again!”
-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: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 4/19) -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)
Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:57 am
CrazyMLC
Joined: Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:20 am Posts: 4772 Location: Good news everyone!
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 266) - Ascension
> Run to the chirops on the hill, store mana.
"Leave any for me, Ettie?"
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Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:34 am
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 266) - Ascension
"It's me! Help!"
Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:49 am
TorrentHKU
Loose Canon
Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 pm Posts: 2992 Location: --------------->
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 266) - Ascension
"That's a lot to take in. The queen stuff especially, city sized... I think I'm really glad I didn't tangle with Laeffeuer. But thank you for sharing, my curiosity's been satisfied I think." Guess we can skip Ikkuma. Any little details about Heartstone that Belua didn't mention?
Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:38 am
Amazigh
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Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:10 am Posts: 1531 Location: Ye Olde England
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 266) - Ascension
>Eat food. "Mmh, might check on 'er in a bit."
Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:46 am
TheKebbit
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:24 pm Posts: 3939 Location: NORTH
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 266) - Ascension
>Get this suit off - manifest and equip a new one.
Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:49 pm
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: Afternoon
Name: John Freemaneth (TorrentHKU) Race: Human ____________________
"That's a lot to take in. The queen stuff especially, city sized... I think I'm really glad I didn't tangle with Laeffeuer. But thank you for sharing, my curiosity's been satisfied I think."
Aandern: ”I am glad to be of help. Most others are fearful of both witches and knowledge of them, and by extension, me. It is a pity, they are certainly fascinating creatures.
I see you have visited Madenuuk, you seem to have an interest in exotic studies. His work seems to be progressing quite well.”
Guess we can skip Ikkuma. Any little details about Heartstone that Belua didn't mention?
Andrew: The facility has produced some ‘rough prototypes’ already. Other than that, nothing new, ____________________
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: 3000/3000) (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 ____________________
No time to make this pretty. Wielding Hexestahl, it gets the idea that you need a new suit. Your old armor expands and explodes into black plates and shreds of flesh as a new suit grows under it.
Running over to the hills where the other chirop are, Tabi and Kura following behind and Vandolf ahead, you climb over and then get low on a grassy mound, Ettiin nearby.
Vandolf: "Leave any for me, Ettie?"
Ettiin: ”Saved a big one for you.”
The ground shake violently as the earth around the hole start to rise.
Ettiin: ”Looks like it’s pushing something else up! Give it another barrage!”
The chirop mages cast their magic, a storm of bright flaming spheres and orbs of lightning raining towards the hole and dropping down. A barrage of explosions is heard, but the ground continues to rise as the thing below pushes its way up.
Ettiin: ”It’s not stopping! Fall back!”
The chirop fall back, leaving you, Vandolf, and Tabi on the hill as the monstrosity roars and claws its way to the surface.
Tabi straps her interface brick to her left wrist and then attaches a small object to the end. She then pulls a hefty leather-bound book out and opens it. No, not a book. A binder, each page with sleeves that hold a paper tag with writing on it. Slinging the binder’s carrying strap over a shoulder, she holds her left hand out in front of her, and dozens paper tags fly out of the binder and float in a grid in front of her.
Tabi: ”Might wanna take a few steps back.” ____________________
-Stahlnacht Armor (Absorbs all damage) (20 Armor Resilience, 2100/500 Durability) (+15 Strength, +15 Evasion, +5 Speed) (Regens 20 per 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)
-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)
The three of you chow down, ignoring the occasional thump from upstairs.
Miimas: ”So, we’re just waiting for the master constructor guy, right? Then we’ll have everything we need to get the spirit out of you-know-what.”
Tuhota: ”It’s no fun if I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Miimas: ”Well, I don’t know if Elizabeth gave you clearance for knowing about the stuff, even if you’re staying in the same house as us.”
The three of you finish your meals and take turns washing your dishes and the baking trays. After getting everything all cleaned up, you hear a voice pipe up in your head.
Grant: I got a weird feeling about what’s going on upstairs. I don’t doubt it has something to do with that witch core. ____________________
-Leather Carrying Bag --Wooden Protection Totem (Mana: 133/205) ---Mana Stones (8/8) ----Regenerating Mana Stone (?/24) (Regenerates 1 Mana per turn) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/30) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/30) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/30) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/24) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/23) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22) ----Mana Stone (Mana: ?/22)
-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 store some mana while running over to the hills where the chirop are.
"Leave any for me, Ettie?"
Ettiin: ”Saved a big one for you.”
The ground shake violently as the earth around the hole start to rise.
Ettiin: ”Looks like it’s pushing something else up! Give it another barrage!”
The chirop mages cast their magic, a storm of bright flaming spheres and orbs of lightning raining towards the hole and dropping down. A barrage of explosions is heard, but the ground continues to rise as the thing below pushes its way up.
Ettiin: ”It’s not stopping! Fall back!”
The chirop fall back, leaving you, Kleigg, and Tabi on the hill as the monstrosity roars and claws its way to the surface.
Tabi straps her interface brick to her left wrist and then attaches a small object to the end. She then pulls a hefty leather-bound book out and opens it. No, not a book. A binder, each page with sleeves that hold a paper tag with writing on it. Slinging the binder’s carrying strap over a shoulder, she holds her left hand out in front of her, and dozens paper tags fly out of the binder and float in a grid in front of her.
Tabi: ”Might wanna take a few steps back.” ____________________
-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 (10/30) ---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: 19/19) -Mana Stone (Mana: 6/19) -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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Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:54 am
Amazigh
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 267) - Ascension
Would think she's not the type t' do somethin' outright dangerous... but guess it's worth checkin' out.
>Head up to Horomas room, knock on door. "You 'lright in there?"
Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:11 am
CaveCricket48
Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:52 pm Posts: 13144 Location: Here
Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 267) - Ascension
Amazigh wrote:
Would think she's not the type t' do somethin' outright dangerous... but guess it's worth checkin' out.
>Head up to Horomas room, knock on door. "You 'lright in there?"
Horoma: "Yeah. Don't come in, I had a wardrobe malfunction and I'm, uh, naked."
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Re: Ad Infidium (Roll 265) - Ascension
