You have just entered room "lookoutaplot."
Der DWSage has entered the room.
Der DWSage: (Gasp, plot?)
Lithaladhwen: (It's an inundation of plot!)
Der DWSage: (GASPERATION.)
Der DWSage: (...So, what're we waiting for here?)
Arch mage144: (Clark, who has yet to join the chat.)
NYClark2 has entered the room.
Der DWSage: (Ah. Speak of the bastich.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ah. This party is James/Shakti/Sorune/Kamos, I take it)
Arch mage144: (I am also talking to Taiar, who may in fact not be involved this week.)
Der DWSage: (And Sher'khan. >.>)
NYClark2: ( Oh, man... do I need a working PS sheet for this? I haven't worked on updating it yet. )
T3chn0Namagomi: (...)
Arch mage144: (Yeah.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*sweatdrop*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*pulls up Kamos' sheet*)
Arch mage144: (*attempts to pull one more potential player*)
Der DWSage: (*Pulls up his own sheets, smiles a bit*)
Der DWSage: (I STILL need to fix Bill.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Obviously. Lemme guess. Adding 65535 skillpoints to Flute? XP)
Arch mage144: (Philsys is 16-bit?)
Der DWSage: (>.> Hell, he's probably never going to see combat anyway...except from a distance)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Hey. If Ozma can have 65535 HP...)
Arch mage144: (OK, looks like tonight's available active player roster is Nama, Sage, and Ash. I think I need another player.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Well, on the plus side, there won't be any Kamos/Will fights)
Lithaladhwen: (I think we need another Timmy.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Goddamnit, I shouldn't be thinking of this...)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos: Shocking First Bullet!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Will: Zetsuei! Touryuudan!)
Arch mage144: (Will is not as cool as Ryuhou.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Point)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Will's as much of an ass as him, though)
MajorGeneralTso has entered the room.
TaiarKino has entered the room.
MajorGeneralTso has left the room.
Der DWSage: (Hey, it's Tai. :{ )
T3chn0Namagomi: (And actually, if I were getting it right, then it wouldn't be Shocking First Bullet)
Lithaladhwen: (Yarr. Hi Tai!)
TaiarKino: (It iiiisss...)
T3chn0Namagomi: (It'd be High Bullet of Rage. Followed by High Bullet Double-Tap
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Me and that goddamn manga)
Der DWSage: (Sorune has only one thing to say.)
Der DWSage: (GAIA'S WRATH! *Trees molest Kamos and Will both*)
Arch mage144: (OK, so, we're not doing an s-CRY-ed RP, so Doug can chill.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos: *phases, escapes from tree molestation*)
Der DWSage: (Trees:*Focus on Will then*)
NYClark2: ( Hmm... )
Arch mage144: (OK, for those of you who don't know my conventions, I use the silver/grey font for all characters when GMing...everyone link your character sheet now.)
Der DWSage: (Sorune and Sher both.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos)
TaiarKino: (Taiar)
Der DWSage: (Since I have no idea how to link individual posts, and all that.)
NYClark2: ( James, for what it's worth )
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Akutare in Disgaea 2 needs to STOP KICKING ASS)
Arch mage144: (Clark, you're gonna have to sit this one out since you haven't got an updated sheet. Sorry, man. =/)
NYClark2: ( Kay-o. )
NYClark2: ( I was probably going to nod off soon anyway. )
Lithaladhwen: (Shakti, in this thread.)
Der DWSage: (Sorune:Oh thank GOD. No having to deal with insanity from him tonight...)
Der DWSage: (*Shoves Sorune into IC* Outta the brackets, Druid.)
Lithaladhwen: (Also, a link to art for the sake of stuff.)
NYClark2: ( When you have the time, maybe you can help me fix it. )
Lithaladhwen: ( http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/23149271/ )
Arch mage144: (Certainly.)
Der DWSage: (...I have to wonder what the hell Shini did in my threads.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Grah. Damn toenail)
TaiarKino: (...I need some new Tai art. Somehow.)
Lithaladhwen: (I'll put it in the queue....)
T3chn0Namagomi: (I need to draw Kamos' current outfit.)
Arch mage144: (OK then. Everyone's ready? Tag in when so.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Because I prefer things often too complicated to accurately describe with words. :-( )
Lithaladhwen: (Present.)
Der DWSage: (Sorune and Sher'khan here.)
TaiarKino: (...Tag In...Hehe...Funny...)
T3chn0Namagomi: <Kamos Mazuo. With gun.>
TaiarKino: <Taiar Siru Valcrist, Infernal Mazoku Warrior>
Arch mage144: <THE GM>
Lithaladhwen: <Shakti Messiah>
Arch mage144: *a group of adventurers gathers today at the Doman Castle just outside the office of one Hakaril James Silvar, General and Archmage, loitering on appropriate furniture designed to be a sort of waiting room or lobby despite being in
Arch mage144: the middle of the hallway...*
Arch mage144: *the group includes...introductions, please*
T3chn0Namagomi: *A certain bishounen Valthi...wearing unusual-looking armor that looks like it would belong to someplace definitely foriegn, seems to be laying down on one of the pieces of furniture...*
Der DWSage: *A lion that is at the side of a vaguely Elvish man, wearing a green cloak with brown clothing. The two are communicating in quiet growls while waiting for others*
Lithaladhwen: *A rather cross-looking woman in a dark blue sari with purple hair and, unlike last time she was with this group, a shiny new kukri on her belt that hasn't seen as much use as she'd like.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *His long blue hair hangs close to the floor, while he has one of his hands close to his back, where one might see the stock of a longbarrel firearm strapped to his outfit.*
TaiarKino: *Grinning as the prospect of being in the castle again, this Mazoku, Black jeans, Black boots, Black Trenchcoat, Black hair, and...Blue Vest, a single silver-steel bracer, considers his old hijinx*
Der DWSage: =I'm telling you, he didn't literally mean that we should eat children. And I'm telling you, they're too tender not to eat. You've never eaten a kid! ...Have you? Maybe.=
TaiarKino: *A neat little red band ties together a stubby little ponytail. Oh...and...minus one Wolf Puppy.*
T3chn0Namagomi: *His violet eyes show uninterest in the ceiling as of current, and his face shows a rather...bored...expression in general*
Lithaladhwen: (Okay, this is why Yadali loves that damn lion.)
Der DWSage: (=D)
Lithaladhwen: IM: Nice to see cats again. Even when they're huge and completely inexplicably in a castle hallway.
Lithaladhwen: IM: No cats around Ibidan.
Arch mage144: *the door to Hakaril'
Arch mage144: *Hakaril's office opens and the archmage surveys the group*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: It's about fucking time
Der DWSage: =...This travel is going to have a lot of me deliberately mistranslating what you say, isn't it? Oh, it's the general.=
Arch mage144: Hakaril: Oh. So you're all here. Took long enough. Comfortable on that couch, Kamos?
Der DWSage: *Stands respectfully! Sher, of course, just lounges a bit more*
T3chn0Namagomi: *shrugs* The bed at the apartment's better.
TaiarKino: I don't think Hak's couch is made for sleeping.
T3chn0Namagomi: Irrelevant
Arch mage144: Yeah, it really isn't. I don't keep things made for sleeping in the hallway.
Arch mage144: People aren't intended to sleep there.
Arch mage144: You look thoroughly bored.
T3chn0Namagomi: *raises his legs, and then turns and sits up, speaking in a sarcastic tone* A wonderful observation. So, I take it we're going to commence operations soon?
Lithaladhwen: IM: We're going to kill each other.
Arch mage144: You're correct. Everyone come into my office for briefing. *motions* And Taiar...walk.
Lithaladhwen: *goes*
T3chn0Namagomi: *gets up, stretches, and walks*
Lithaladhwen: IM: This is going to be tricky. Sal's going to be so pissed. *grins*
NYClark2: ( That is a requirement when forming an adventuring group. There must be at least two people that either want to, or will end up wanting to, kill each other. )
Arch mage144: (I try to do it on purpose.)
TaiarKino: Hey...I had ever intention of walking! *Looks somewhat indignant, but grins with humor above it all. Taiar takes slow steps into Hakaril's office...*
Der DWSage: *Walks into the messy office of lost civilizations*
T3chn0Namagomi: (At least it's not Kamos and Will)
TaiarKino: every*
Der DWSage: *Follows! Sedately, but still*
T3chn0Namagomi: *cracks his neck in the process*
NYClark2: ( Kamos and Will are more alike than they'd care to admit from what I've seen )
Der DWSage: (Sher:I'm going to end up killing everyone aren't I?)
Arch mage144: *sits at his desk and motions to four chairs on the "guest" side of the workspace* Have a seat, though I'm sure you're all tired of sitting down.
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Will is not cool enough to be Ryuho, damnit.)
Der DWSage: Had worse.
T3chn0Namagomi: I'll stand.
Lithaladhwen: (And Kamos isn't angry and hostile enough to be Kazuma.)
Der DWSage: IM:I've had to wait for hours of meditating before some of the Gods would talk to me, for example.
Arch mage144: I've pretty much explained the basic situation. *behind Hakaril there is a large green chalkboard; very amusingly drawn stick figures seem to be acting out the horrors of being deprived of an astral plane*
Lithaladhwen: (He's just coldly irritable all the time.)
Der DWSage: *Sits!*
TaiarKino: ... *Poofs into a seat*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: *smirks at the board*
Arch mage144: *another group of stick figures with conspicuously pointed ears is busy stealing it with an enormous tube*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Man's a nut job.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...cute.
Arch mage144: *there is also a man wearing armor with spiked shoulders and wielding an enormous sword*
Der DWSage: <_<
NYClark2: ( At least we can see Hak can not get the title of "Talented Artist" )
T3chn0Namagomi: *atempts to size this man up*
Lithaladhwen: (XD)
Arch mage144: I think that this more or less summarizes the situation. *points to the chalkboard*
Lithaladhwen: (What the fuck? It's a chalk drawing?!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Oh)
Lithaladhwen: (Cripes.)
Lithaladhwen: (I thought that seemed odd.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (He didn't say stick figure. :-( )
Arch mage144: (Yeah, I was still desc'ing the chalkboard.)
Arch mage144: *there are also some odd calculations, runes, things that do not look like letters or numbers, and a bizarre sketch of a hat*
TaiarKino: ...Wow. That's...a pretty...yeah...you got there.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: IM: ...
NYClark2: ( That's his signature. )
Lithaladhwen: Yes. Yes it does. Thank you, Silvar.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...And people say Valthi is bad.
Arch mage144: What's wrong with it, Tai?
Lithaladhwen: IM: That summarizes... fuck, whatever.
T3chn0Namagomi: -This language is far easier to read than whatever the fuck is written there-
TaiarKino: ...I've never seen world cataclysmic events drawn expressed through stick figures. It's...something.
Lithaladhwen: I did it once.
Arch mage144: Anyway, as you can all see from this equation *points to the strange characters on the board* the electerians will make our plane uninhabitable by magical creatures within two months.
Lithaladhwen: I was explaining some things to some illiterate religious fanatics.
NYClark2: ( I can draw stick figures... now I want to do it. )
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: *listens*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Magical creatures including...
Arch mage144: I calculated this based on...um...complex astral calculus. You don't really want to know.
Arch mage144: I had to invent a new function to explain the regression. *points to the hat*
NYClark2: ( All the dragongirls will be gone... )
Der DWSage: *Blink*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos: NOOOOOOOO!!!!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XP)
Der DWSage: =He's talking out of his ass, isn't he?=
Arch mage144: I would explain what it means, but we don't have time for a lesson on applied arcane mathematics.
Der DWSage: =Hush and be nice.=
Lithaladhwen: IM: Why do I get the feeling I should be more interested in whatever that lion has to say than this stupid board?
Arch mage144: Anyway, this just means we don't have time to lose. The good news is that the electerians are our allies now, so we can bitch at them if we need to buy more time. They're not going to let our plane fall victim to that fate.
Arch mage144: I hope.
Der DWSage: Mm. Let's not count on it unless we have to, then?
Lithaladhwen: *derisive snort* IM: Yeah. I'm sure they're really concerned.
T3chn0Namagomi: If they do, does this give us the right to kill them?
Arch mage144: Good news number two is that I've got a lead on how we can solve the problem. Remember how I was talking about the electerians being ascended elves of sorts?
Lithaladhwen: Yeah.
T3chn0Namagomi: I guess.
Der DWSage: IM:Yeah, they're probably going to love me.
Arch mage144: Yes, Kamos, in theory, you have as much right to kill them as any other potential victim, though that's likely a waste of time.
Arch mage144: That's like if I decided I wanted to kill everyone in Valth.
Lithaladhwen: *represses a laugh*
T3chn0Namagomi: *smirks*
Der DWSage: *Snickers a bit!*
Arch mage144: I'm pretty confident that I could take a few down, but not the entire country
Arch mage144: Anyway. I discovered some interesting archelological records.
Lithaladhwen: *attention perks a little bit*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Neat.
Arch mage144: Rumor has it that there existed a civilization of elves in what is now the Forbidden Plains that has been extinct for at least two millenia.
Arch mage144: There may be a link between these elves and the electerians.
Lithaladhwen: IM: That place was on my list anyway. Might get to go on the DPG's tab. That would be nice.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: At least they're not dwarves. Dwarves are assholes.
Lithaladhwen: What's the connection between them?
Arch mage144: This particular elvish civilization left no trace and vanished from Gaera without anyone having any idea where they went.
T3chn0Namagomi: So you theorize that they ascended to another plane altogether
Arch mage144: Current elvish history books don't mention them beyond passing reference. It's an ancient civilization. Elves are an old race, and there're enough connections to make it worth checking out.
Arch mage144: Elves were weaving the arcane tapestry while humans were learning to make fire with sticks.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. Elves are everywhere. It would be interesting to see what the whole migration bit looks like. I know people who research that stuff.
Der DWSage: Mm.
Arch mage144: There are obviously still elves here. *looks at Sorune*
Der DWSage: ...I don't think I count.
Lithaladhwen: Yes. I noticed. But thanks for pointing it out.
Arch mage144: But they've got to be related somehow.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yes. And then humans learned to make guns.
Der DWSage: I'm from another planet altogether. And we sealed off all outsiders since...very nearly the beginning of written history.
Der DWSage: And that includes the Elves.
Arch mage144: That's intriguing. You left that out during the interview. *light smirk*
Der DWSage: You never asked.
Arch mage144: I don't particularly care. It doesn't affect your ability to do the things I'm going to ask you to do.
T3chn0Namagomi: And those things will be?
Arch mage144: I have never been concerned with the personal origins of my friends--or my employees. Though you should know that I don't really consider any of you employees.
TaiarKino: (...Any rules on Spectators?)
Der DWSage: *Shrug*
Arch mage144: If it comes down to the wire, we're going to fight together, and we're all equals in that situation.
Arch mage144: (They are totally permitted.)
Der DWSage: Fair enough, that.
Arch mage144: (Keep chatter to a minimum, though OOC joking is certainly cool as long as it's funny.)
Arch mage144: You're not getting paid out of my pocket. *grins* Why should I worry?
Lithaladhwen: Heh. Fair.
Der DWSage: Well, so long as you never find out about that time I tried to conquer my world...
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< Then don't talk about it
Lithaladhwen: *snort of laughter* No problem. Super secret world domination. We understand.
TaiarKino: Wait wait. That sounds interesting. <.<...
Arch mage144: Did you at least get a t-shirt?
Der DWSage: Nah. Got drafted into protecting the world instead. What a gyp.
Arch mage144: Sounds terrible.
Lithaladhwen: Pfft. Sucks.
Lithaladhwen: *ultimate sarcasm* Who protects worlds anymore. I mean, cripes.
Der DWSage: Yeah. Why do you think I quit?
Arch mage144: *walks over to a large standing wardrobe at least 8 feet from base to top and pulls it open, revealing a watery, rippling portal*
Der DWSage: =Yer all nuts.=
Lithaladhwen: IM: Oh. Used those before.
T3chn0Namagomi: What is the reward, any--wait. You're saying we're going through this thing?
Lithaladhwen: (It's a fargate. It goes far, get it?)
Arch mage144: Yes. Do you want to walk instead?
TaiarKino: That's a nice place to put it.
Arch mage144: (It has nothing to do with that movie I have not seen)
Lithaladhwen: (It has nothing to do with that movie that Brian has never seen, or the syndicated series that came after it.)
Der DWSage: Huh.
Arch mage144: I had it constructed by some Gunnir classmates.
T3chn0Namagomi: 9_9 Whatever. I didn't think you had what seems to be a portal in your ROOM
Der DWSage: (Sher:*Goes through wardrobe, steps into Narnia* Oh, sweet. I'm regarded as a God or something here.)
Arch mage144: It's one-way, unfortunately, but it gets us closer to our destination. I've had this thing for years and it hasn't served me wrong yet.
Arch mage144: Except for that one time.
Lithaladhwen: (Sher: *eats Mr. Tumnus*)
Der DWSage: Dare I ask?
T3chn0Namagomi: We're wasting time
Arch mage144: It was a bizarre fluke, but we eventually managed to get my friend Malthias out of the table.
Der DWSage: ...
Lithaladhwen: ...
Arch mage144: The teapot, however, was a lost cause.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, right. Anyway, how do we get back?
Arch mage144: That we're going to have to walk to do.
Der DWSage: =How about you go through fi-Finish that sentence and you're going to be less one leg.=
Lithaladhwen: Mmmkay.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: Also, I don't have exact coordinates. We're going to have to do some walking anyway.
T3chn0Namagomi: Whatever.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Should've brought Jodete.
TaiarKino: ...Never a bad thing. Walking.
Der DWSage: Well, I've a spell or two that can help with travel...
Arch mage144: So. Follow me! *hops into the portal and promptly vanishes into the shimmering surface, leaving little ripples*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I miss that fucking evil giant chicken.
Lithaladhwen: *follows*
T3chn0Namagomi: *steps through*
Der DWSage: *Follows*
TaiarKino: *Whee!*
Arch mage144: *the party materializes in an open field of dried out prairie grass that seems to be a remarkably vast expanse in all directions...*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yay. I'm in the middle of fucking nowhere.
Lithaladhwen: Whoo. Yay.
Der DWSage: <_< >_>
Arch mage144: *sigh* This is what happens when you don't have exact coordinates. Deal.
TaiarKino: ...Could've been in a table. Right?
Der DWSage: Do you know roughly where we are?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I think that's how Sal ended up in the throne room. I fucking hope that's why.
Arch mage144: Yes, because I had to input exact coordinates. We're more or less "dead center" of the Forbidden Plains. So any direction is good as any other.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Lithaladhwen: Oh, neat. Rock paper scissors?
Arch mage144: *quirks an eyebrow* Interesting way to make decisions.
Lithaladhwen: I dunno. One way's as good as another, right?
T3chn0Namagomi: Meh. What the hell.
Arch mage144: Aw, Kamos, don't get all bitchy so soon! We haven't even gotten started yet!
Lithaladhwen: *snicker*
Arch mage144: And you aren't getting paid extra for bitchiness.
Lithaladhwen: IM: We're...going to...kill each other! Yay!
Der DWSage: >_> Well, when you've a direction picked, I do have a spell for travelling more quickly...
TaiarKino: ...Rocks Paper Scissor what? Not like any of us have any idea where to debate going.
Arch mage144: Let's go...*licks his finger and holds it up*
Arch mage144: West.
Lithaladhwen: West is lovely.
Arch mage144: It's the direction of the wind.
Der DWSage: *Nods* Alright then.
T3chn0Namagomi: *waits for them to lead on*
Arch mage144: How're you planning to speed us up, Sorune?
Der DWSage: *And...a mound rises up in the ground where the druid points* All aboard for the Druid express.
Lithaladhwen: ...What the fuck?
Arch mage144: *quirks an eyebrow*
Lithaladhwen: No, really. What?
Arch mage144: Do we get on the mound?
NYClark2: ( Sorune: No, you get under it. )
Der DWSage: *Nods!* It's a lot faster than walking. I used it a lot in the old days, and never lost the touch.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Peculiar, needless to say
Arch mage144: *climbs on* This is one bizarre means of travel.
Der DWSage: Think of it as a very grassy cart, if it makes you feel better.
Lithaladhwen: Well, you're obviously still alive. *makes her way on as well*
TaiarKino: *Leaps on top*
Arch mage144: I never said I was uncomfortable. I've travelled via stranger means.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. There are certainly worse out there.
T3chn0Namagomi: *gets on* IM: Meh. There's been worse. Though the fact that a druid did it makes me uncomfortable
Lithaladhwen: IM: You people travel on giant chickens! Chickens!
Lithaladhwen: IM: Of course you've done weirder!
Arch mage144: I visited a plane once where the sentient inhabitants travelled inside the mouths of flying whales.
Der DWSage: *Also climbs on, as does Sher* Keep in mind that I need to sleep eventually. This spell tires me out...
Der DWSage: ...I'll keep that in mind.
TaiarKino: ...You're a travelled man, Hak.
Arch mage144: Hopefully we'll find something before you're exhausted. If not, we make camp and continue tomorrow.
T3chn0Namagomi: Eh. I like the trains in Valth more.
Der DWSage: *And off they go west! They're actually going about as quickly as a healthy chocobo would take them.* Just keep it in mind.
TaiarKino: I enjoy Kino, but can't win 'em all the time Kamos...
Arch mage144: I've never ridden a train. What's it like?
Lithaladhwen: Trains are way too frigging loud.
T3chn0Namagomi: *grins* Fast.
Arch mage144: (Is this a specific spell, Sage?)
Der DWSage: (Aye. One I forgot to put in at my last edit...putting it in now.)
Arch mage144: (No problem.)
Der DWSage: (I HAVE used it before, in End's campaigns...)
Arch mage144: (Fine by me.)
Arch mage144: *and the druid express takes our intrepid adventurers west into unknown fortune...*
NYClark2: ( James: I've ridden on it, a fine way to pass the miles. )
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I better get paid well for this.
Der DWSage: =Hmph. Lost my bookreader, then...=
Arch mage144: *the grass cart comes to an abrupt stop an hour later, nearly crashing into a very large, dirt-covered protrusion from the ground*
Der DWSage: *Screeech?*
Arch mage144: Hey, we may have found something.
Arch mage144: *point*
T3chn0Namagomi: You think?
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: Yes. *points* I see it.
TaiarKino: ...
Der DWSage: *Slow, stop*
Arch mage144: *hops off the cart and pokes the object*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Keenly scientific mind at work.
Arch mage144: Oh yeah, there's something here for sure!
Lithaladhwen: Yes. And you poked it. Good work!
T3chn0Namagomi: *leaps out, looking at it. Trying to get a vague feel from it astrally speaking*
NYClark2: ( Urge to break rule 0.... rising... )
Der DWSage: *Sits, trying to keep his breath for now!* So any idea of how to get it out? Or should I help?
Arch mage144: *the object is nonmagical--whatever it is, it's apparently covered in a thick layer of dirt. It basically looks like a protruding tower of some sort that's roughly three feet tall and oddly shaped*
Arch mage144: *the easiest way to describe the shape is an animal fang; it's long and curved slightly*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...
Arch mage144: *pokes it again*
Arch mage144: So, anyone bring a shovel?
TaiarKino: *Wonders if there's anything under all the dirt, brushing at it with a gloved hand*
TaiarKino: ...I could make one.
Der DWSage: *Hops off the mound himself!* Or I could simply move the dirt out of the way.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...9_9
Arch mage144: *the dirt's caked on, but it's easy enough to brush it away; as Tai does so, he reveals a pearl-white material underneath*
Arch mage144: That might be helpful, Sorune. I guess this means you didn't bring a shovel, Kamos?
T3chn0Namagomi: Clearly.
Arch mage144: What kind of military man are you? Don't you always carry a shovel to dig trenches or something?
TaiarKino: *Keeps working away at the dirt idly as people talk*
Der DWSage: (General Druidic Magic roll, I suppose?)
T3chn0Namagomi: We use explosive charges to do that, typically.
Arch mage144: Maybe I don't understand Valthi warfare as much as I thought.
NYClark2: ( Kamos: I dig trenches with artillery. )
Arch mage144: (...that is SO excessive)
Lithaladhwen: What? That...whatever. Never mind.
T3chn0Namagomi: It's faster.
Arch mage144: (WWI and II soldiers dug their trenches by hand, bitches)
NYClark2: ( I know. )
Arch mage144: o_O Digging...with...explosives.
TaiarKino: ...Sounds like a waste of ammo. Or something. *Brush brush*
Der DWSage: *And he brushes away at the thing himself, just to see how much work it'd take* Not all that unusual.
Arch mage144: Well, I guess...*Tai continues brushing dirt loose; it takes a little force, but he's clearing it*
Der DWSage: Faster than using a trench, less tiring...even if people DO know exactly where you are afterwards.
T3chn0Namagomi: *brushes away at it as well* That's typically if there is no cover.
Arch mage144: *Sorune estimates it wouldn't be that hard to just move all the dirt with a spell*
Der DWSage: *Blink* Not trench...er, what's that small shovel called again? Ah forget it.
Arch mage144: A spade?
Lithaladhwen: Trowel?
TaiarKino: ...A trowel?
Arch mage144: Ah, yes, a trowel!
Der DWSage: That'd be it.
Arch mage144: I don't have one of those, either.
Der DWSage: *And he makes with the voodoo he do, to move the dirt out of the way!*
TaiarKino: *Gooooo [k]Gardening!*
Arch mage144: (10 MP.)
Lithaladhwen: (Sorune: *reminds me of the babe*)
TaiarKino: *Steps back as Sorune works his magic*
T3chn0Namagomi: *steps away*
Arch mage144: *flashes of green light erupt from Sorune's body and the object in question as the dirt is stripped away rapidly like rust from a nail placed in strong acid*
Lithaladhwen: Huh. That's not bad.
Der DWSage: We're outside, surrounded by wilderness on all sides...I'm in my natural element.
Arch mage144: *the group is now staring at what in fact a tooth of some sort, except that it's stuck in the ground, protruding about 3 feet out, and has a door in it; it's much wider than a human at the base*
Der DWSage: 9_9
Arch mage144: *the door's bottom seems to be below ground level*
Lithaladhwen: ...'kay.
Der DWSage: How very strange, this is...
Arch mage144: It's clearly buried.
TaiarKino: Should we knock?
Arch mage144: Feel free.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Would this door have any visible hinges?*
Arch mage144: *yes*
Arch mage144: *it's a door*
TaiarKino: ...*Gives it a light tap with his boot*
Arch mage144: *it's not some weird space age tooth door*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Er, I mean, does it open inward or outward?*
Arch mage144: *outward*
Arch mage144: *no one's home!*
Der DWSage: *Tries the knob! Because he's nutty like that*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Stand aside. I don't feel like digging more to try and pull this bastard open.
Arch mage144: *the door seems like it would open if it weren't for the fact that some large portion of it is buried under earth*
Lithaladhwen: What? Explosives?
T3chn0Namagomi: No.
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: Or I just dig out a little more.
TaiarKino: ...Probably a good guess.
Arch mage144: *if Sorune wishes to continue using his spell it'll be relatively easy to just dig out and excavate the object*
Der DWSage: *Does so!*
Arch mage144: *another 6 MP later...*
T3chn0Namagomi: <_<
Arch mage144: *Sorune strips away about 2 feet of earth in a circle around the door with a circumference about a foot wider than that of the object*
Der DWSage: *And NOW he tries to open it!*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I could've just weakened the hinges to the point where I could kick it in easily.
Arch mage144: *he has effectively excavated the structure; the door opens without complaint, though it's stuck somewhat and creaks a little*
Arch mage144: *no death traps are activated as far as Sorune can tell*
Arch mage144: That was pretty easy. You druids are handy.
Arch mage144: Maybe I should hire one to maintain the castle gardens.
Der DWSage: Just don't expect me to do the same when everything's cast iron.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Yes. Druids are good for digging things.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Now cast iron, I can deal with.
Der DWSage: >_> Eh. I maintain my own garden...
Arch mage144: *inside the structure there is a ladder; it apparently leads down*
Arch mage144: I could always hire a druid that isn't you, if you're busy.
Der DWSage: *Starts climbing down!* So what are you expecting to find, anyway?
T3chn0Namagomi: *taps the ladder with his foot to check its sturdiness*
Arch mage144: Clues.
Der DWSage: =He's not busy. Just married.=
Arch mage144: *the ladder feels very sturdy--it might be made of ivory*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Then climbs down*
Der DWSage: =...Hey, wait. How in the world am -I- supposed to get down there?=
TaiarKino: *Follows everyone down the ladder*
Arch mage144: *the hole that the ladder goes down into is a little bigger around than the average person for climbing comfort*
Der DWSage: =I guess you're staying out here. Go hunting for a bit, or something...or keep a lookout.=
Arch mage144: He's going to stay out here, I assume? A bit of a trick to get a lion to climb a ladder.
Der DWSage: Yeah. He just asked me the same thing.
Arch mage144: *climbs down himself*
Lithaladhwen: Yeah, I can't levitate him, I think. Way too heavy.
Der DWSage: So he's going to keep an eye out.
T3chn0Namagomi: Not like I have anything out there to steal anyway.
Arch mage144: *the group has to climb for bit; it's uncertain how far down they've gone, but the ladder ends at the floor and not before, leaving the party in a dark room*
Lithaladhwen: *brief salute to the lion..climbs down*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Are things still able to be seen in here?*
Arch mage144: *no, it's dark--provide a light source if you want to be able to see!*
Der DWSage: ...Anyone feel like giving some light? I didn't think to bring a torch.
Arch mage144: *Hakaril taps his hat and the feather begins to glow brightly, illuminating the room about as brightly as if the whole party were carrying torches*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
T3chn0Namagomi: You and that hat.
Arch mage144: You and your gun.
Lithaladhwen: *snicker*
TaiarKino: You two and your fetishes.
Arch mage144: *the party is in a square room with one apparent exit, a door on the opposite wall*
T3chn0Namagomi: *slowly walks up to the door...checking to see first what direction it opens in*
Arch mage144: *all of the wall surfaces down here are apparently made of the same material as the outer structure--it's smooth, pearl-white, and cool to the touch, like ivory*
Arch mage144: *the door opens outward*
Der DWSage: Appreciated.
T3chn0Namagomi: *stands to the side with the hinges*
Arch mage144: No problem. I don't like being unable to see either.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Then first taps the doorknob*
Der DWSage: <_<
Arch mage144: *sorry, when I said that I meant into the next room*
Der DWSage: 9_9
T3chn0Namagomi: *Oh*
Der DWSage: IM:Hm. I don't like the idea of not having a clear retreat*
Arch mage144: *as opposed to inward being toward you*
Arch mage144: You going to open the door or dance with it?
Der DWSage: *Tries the knob again! Shock!*
T3chn0Namagomi: I'm just making sure this thing isn't trapped.
Arch mage144: *the door opens into the next room, and Sorune's head is not amputated by spinning blades or pierced by poisoned javelins*
Arch mage144: *life is good*
Lithaladhwen: (Are there any windows?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Aww. Xykon spent 10000 GP on that)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Fine. You can lead. I can stay behind and not get hurt.
Arch mage144: *this next area opens up into a larger room--the back wall is curved away, like being inside an egg, but the walls to the sides are largely regular*
Der DWSage: ...I have no idea what to make of this place.
Arch mage144: *there's another hole in the floor with an associated ladder to the side of the room, but this room is more than blank white walls, thankfully*
Lithaladhwen: This whole thing is profoundly fucked up. Cool but fucked up.
T3chn0Namagomi: Very much so.
Der DWSage: I keep expecting some deranged nature mage to come out and try to kill us.
Arch mage144: *the back wall, despite being curved, has some sort of mural carved into it; at one point it may have been brightly colored, but it is somewhat faded*
TaiarKino: ...I always thought old wise hermits lived in places like these.
T3chn0Namagomi: I keep expecting something to skewer one of us for touching anything.
Arch mage144: We're not dead yet.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Hm?
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to see what this mural depicts*
Der DWSage: Yeah. The best place to put a trap would be at the entrance...
Der DWSage: *Also looks at mural!*
Arch mage144: *the mural depicts elf-like creatures engaged in the normal activities of building a civilization and developing cities*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Hn.
Arch mage144: *the next part of the mural, on the right side, depicts the elves reading some books*
Der DWSage: ...Cave paintings, elven style?
T3chn0Namagomi: Apparently so
Arch mage144: *and a final segment shows elves bathed in light and eyes skyward*
Lithaladhwen: I don't know. Looks significant to me. *points to the last bit*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...This would indeed suggest to interplanar ascencion.
Der DWSage: Mm-hm.
Arch mage144: *the art style is very sophisticated despite the fact that it's basically a relief carving*
Arch mage144: I'm not really surprised that these elves apparently had some sense of culture.
Der DWSage: Someone spent quite some time on this.
Arch mage144: It's someone's story. It was evidently important to them.
T3chn0Namagomi: Apparently.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. *super close inspection*
Arch mage144: Maybe there are written records somewhere.
Lithaladhwen: *distracted tone* ...That would be awesome. Records are good.
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to see if there is anything particularly unusual about this thing*
Arch mage144: *the carvings are so incredibly precise that it's impossible that they were made with any sort of mechanical instrument*
Arch mage144: *the rounded surfaces and edges are perfectly smooth*
Der DWSage: *Digs in cloak, and comes out with a scroll and quill!*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Interesting.
Arch mage144: *and details exist that would require a tool the size of a needle to make*
Lithaladhwen: ...Holy shit.
Lithaladhwen: This is fantastic.
Der DWSage: Mm-hm.
T3chn0Namagomi: What is?
Lithaladhwen: *broad gesture* This...whole thing.
Lithaladhwen: Look at it. I mean, put your face up to this and LOOK at it.
Der DWSage: *Starts on a damn rough sketch of the mural* It's obviously meant to be in celebration. This was an important monument.
Lithaladhwen: Yes. May I borrow that sketch when you're done?
Der DWSage: ...Emphasis on the was. This place has been abandoned.
Der DWSage: Of course.
T3chn0Namagomi: Okay...so what is so important about this?
Lithaladhwen: I need to get this as well.
Der DWSage: Kamos, let me put it this way.
T3chn0Namagomi: I mean, it suggests that they did ascend to another plane, but aside from that, offers nothing else of use to the mission.
Der DWSage: What do you think it would take for city off-oh, you mean in that sense.
Arch mage144: It seems to confirm the belief that the electerians used to live on this plane, unless it's a coincidence and some other group of elves made this for some reason.
Arch mage144: If nothing else, we're on the right track, and that is useful.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah...so fucking...wow. I love my job sometimes.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: There's another ladder over there, so there has to be more to this place whenever you're done drawing.
Arch mage144: What do you think, Tai?
T3chn0Namagomi: Hnn. *heads over to the ladder. Is it roughly the same as the last one?*
Arch mage144: *yep*
TaiarKino: ...I'm not much an art person. *Scratches his head* Why would they bury something for celebration deep in the ground though?
Arch mage144: It might not have been buried when they created it.
T3chn0Namagomi: Unless it was originally not buried.
Arch mage144: Yeah.
Arch mage144: This part of the continent has undergone lots of strange changes. Do you know the history of the Forbidden Plains, Tai?
TaiarKino: Notta bit.
Arch mage144: Written history suggests that it was a contested space between Doman and Nekonian territory.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Next time, I'm investing in a light source.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I don't have time for this history crap.
Arch mage144: So there was a war over it. Unfortunately, some dragons thought it was their territory.
Arch mage144: When dragons started slaughtering people, a group of celestials got involved in the war in an attempt to show the dragons that their behavior would not be tolerated.
Der DWSage: (Sorry, distracted by family)
Lithaladhwen: *listens to Hakaril's explanations and resolves to record them later*
T3chn0Namagomi: Well, everyone just wanted to kill everyone, didn't they?
Arch mage144: No one wants to live here anymore because they're afraid of the ghosts of dragons.
Der DWSage: ...I've another pen and scroll if you want it, miss.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, no. That's fine, I actually stocked up before I left. Thank you, though.
Arch mage144: And it's considered a bad omen when a celestial is killed, so no one wants to live on the graves of angels, either.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Wow. Not a dumbass. Not even a little, near as I can tell.
Lithaladhwen: I'll get it down when we stop.
Der DWSage: Fair enough.
Arch mage144: Who knows what the land here was like two thousand years ago?
Der DWSage: *Sketch, sketch*
Arch mage144: *shrug* Not me.
TaiarKino: ...*Gestures to the mural* Guess they do.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Note to self. If I ever get a permanent residence, build it somewhere around here where an angel was killed.
Arch mage144: *continues the climb down the next ladder after Kamos* I'm going on ahead. If you're not finished drawing we can come back.
Der DWSage: Almost done, actually...give me ten more seconds.
Arch mage144: Sure.
Arch mage144: *doesn't leave, since he's a light source*
Der DWSage: *Line, scribble, scribble...and then rolls it up* Sorry, but this is too fascinating to pass up. The sketch isn't great, but it's something to keep in mind.
Arch mage144: Hey, I totally understand.
Der DWSage: ...And it doesn't involve mathematical equations that look like a hat.
Lithaladhwen: That is quite a singular hat, though.
Arch mage144: Those can be a bit confusing to the layman.
Lithaladhwen: There's a reason I took note of it. It's.... apparently very important.
Der DWSage: Mm.
Arch mage144: I would tell you the story, but I'll save it for later.
Arch mage144: This hat belonged to someone who changed my life.
Der DWSage: <_< I went to university myself, you know. *Follows to ladder!*
Lithaladhwen: *yeah, ladder, stuff*
Arch mage144: *down the ladder...okay, this room is big*
TaiarKino: *Down the chute we go*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: *it's big and elliptical, with a domed ceiling*
Lithaladhwen: (Chutes and ladders do different things! Didn't you play that game?)
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Yeah. This thing was indeed buried by something later on...
TaiarKino: (The chutes went down! So *Raspberry!*)
Der DWSage: ...This is a church.
Arch mage144: *addtionally, it's not just a large room; it's a room that's so big that there are small houses that seem to be carved out of existing "rock" or "ivory" or whatever*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...?
Der DWSage: Or a community.
Lithaladhwen: I...think that he's right.
Der DWSage: This isn't just some abandoned monument.
Lithaladhwen: I want to pitch a tent and live here.
Arch mage144: I knew you'd be interested in this, Shakti.
T3chn0Namagomi: Unusual, to say the least. Though I do wonder why this place has not collapsed yet.
Der DWSage: Hm. You were the first one to sense magic, Hakaril...where do we go from here?
Lithaladhwen: Well, you know. After the thing with the prostitutes and the stuff and the dissertation whatnots.
TaiarKino: Probably attribute that to whatever they made these places out of.
Arch mage144: The construction is odd. This is the rough equivalent of a cave naturally forming houses inside it.
Arch mage144: I'm going to assume it isn't naturally formed.
T3chn0Namagomi: That would be a good assumption, given the piece of artwork up there that so fascinated everyone.
Arch mage144: *the PCs are functionally on a street that leads down between the long-abandoned dwellings--what's at the end of the road, so to speak, is currently out of sight*
Lithaladhwen: IM: This is senior membership-level shit right here. If we figure this out....the pension!
Arch mage144: As far as where, I'm not sure. We can search these buildings, or we can continue.
T3chn0Namagomi: That might be an option
Lithaladhwen: I want to poke around a bit if you don't mind.
Arch mage144: *there're maybe a dozen structures, perhaps a few more*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: There just might be something useful
Der DWSage: Hell, this is like searching an entire village. Sher's going to be kicking himself for a week that he missed this.
Lithaladhwen: *stares around like everything is made of gold*
Arch mage144: *it's about the size of your average block in a suburb, with six or seven buildings on each side, but the "houses" are crammed together without space between*
Arch mage144: *think pueblos*
T3chn0Namagomi: *pokes around inside one to see if there may be anything*
Der DWSage: *Is busy observing the outside for now!* But why such an odd place...?
Lithaladhwen: *finally pulls out note-taking supplies*
Lithaladhwen: *pencil and paper of great record-keeping justice*
Der DWSage: They obviously weren't trying to hide that much...
Arch mage144: *Kamos pulls open the door to a structure and seems to be looking at what might have been a kitchen--there's a place for working on whatever, a basin, and an open doorway into the next room, which is totally bare*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...
Arch mage144: *there's also a spiral staircase against the back wall*
Lithaladhwen: *looks around for a hearth or something*
T3chn0Namagomi: o.o
Der DWSage: <_< I'm going to keep an eye on the streets, Hakaril. Something here is striking false with me.
Arch mage144: *yeah, there's a hearth*
Arch mage144: Sure.
T3chn0Namagomi: *goes to the staircase to check to see exactly what is downstairs*
Lithaladhwen: *pokes around for fallen utensils, tools, bits of dinner leftovers like bones and stuff...whatever she can find*
Arch mage144: *as if to answer Sorune, the sound of ominous laughter echoes in the synthetic neighborhood*
Arch mage144: *the stairs go up, but no big*
Der DWSage: IM:Riiight on cue.
TaiarKino: *Watches the house Kamos entered, half expecting explosions or something* ...Nice acoustics.
Arch mage144: *upstairs is what might have been a bedroom or something, and there's even a mirrored surface on the opposite wall, but there's nothing of value in here*
Arch mage144: ...that's a bad sign.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Godsdamnit.
Der DWSage: Always is.
Lithaladhwen: Shit. I wanted to fucking look at this.
Arch mage144: *calls out* Whoever you are, show yourself!
T3chn0Namagomi: ...This is a damn trap, isn't it...*moves to exit the house he is currently in*
Der DWSage: *Looks around...is anything here not ivory or false?*
Arch mage144: *nope!*
Arch mage144: *a disembodied voice echoes in the chamber*
Lithaladhwen: If we die, and I never find out what this place does, I'm going to be so unbelievably pissed.
Arch mage144: Voice: What brings you to intrude upon the ruins of a civilization so far before your time, mortals?
TaiarKino: Hey, if you come back as a ghost, you'll have all of eternity to explore.
Arch mage144: I don't think she'll get published as a ghost.
Der DWSage: IM:Have to rely on the air, then.
Lithaladhwen: *actually brightens a little at the prospect...briefly* Yeah...but then I can't share the information with anyone.
Lithaladhwen: And um... what do we say to that?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Hakaril, you talk to the fucking disembodied thing. I'm just in this for money.
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: I'm just curious about their culture.
Der DWSage: Hakaril, you're the leader here.
Arch mage144: We're just looking around!
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: V: Oh, really?
Lithaladhwen: What do I say? I've come to dig through your garbage?!
Arch mage144: We're scholars and explorers attempting to understand the remains of an accidentally discovered civilization!
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Actually, I'm just here for the money
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: As well as a bodyguard of sorts...
Arch mage144: V: Civilization?
Arch mage144: V: You find some value in this tomb?
Lithaladhwen: IM: If I say yes, he'll probably kill me and leave me here. If I say no, he'll probably kill me and leave me here.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Hm.
Der DWSage: The mural alone was worth the travel. >_>
Lithaladhwen: *to Sorune* Yup. It was.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Well, if these bastards who are currently sucking up whatever astral stuff in the world ascended from here, then yes.
Arch mage144: V: You have no idea what the true worth of this place is! Turn back before you incur the wrath of forces you cannot possibly comprehend.
Arch mage144: V: Do not meddle in the affairs of gods!
Lithaladhwen: *looks positively antsy* *mutter* But I want to know the true worth of this place! I'm so fucking curious.
Der DWSage: ...And why would we invoke wrath? We're here to explore, to learn. Not to steal, pilfer, or defile.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: The worth is NOTHING if there's no treasure or money in it.
TaiarKino: ...I haven't meddled like that in a long time.
Arch mage144: V: Not to defile? Not to destroy?
Der DWSage: Absolutely not.
Lithaladhwen: ...Never. Seriously.
Arch mage144: V: What a pity!
Arch mage144: V: I am.
T3chn0Namagomi: 9_9
Der DWSage: IM:Oh fuck.
T3chn0Namagomi: Oh yay.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Well, then you suck.
Lithaladhwen: Well, then you suck.
T3chn0Namagomi: ANOTHER being of absolute destruction or whatever?
Arch mage144: V: Are you going to try to stop me? Do you wish to challenge the forces of entropy?
T3chn0Namagomi: 9_9
Arch mage144: Whoever you are, show yourself so that I can kick your ass!
Der DWSage: Well, if we didn't, we'd be forces of entropy ourselves.
T3chn0Namagomi: Whatever gets me money.
Lithaladhwen: *to Kamos* I'll pay you extra myself if you can keep from blowing up this shit.
Arch mage144: V: Everything is a force of entropy! Nature included, mage of the woodlands. You, by existing, tend toward disorder with every breath.
Lithaladhwen: Then why bother destroying everything? It'll tend your way anyway.
Der DWSage: *Smiles* Disorder, yes.
Lithaladhwen: Why not just leave it to its business?
Der DWSage: Chaos is life, however, just as chaos can be destruction.
Arch mage144: V: Why not leave me to my business?
T3chn0Namagomi: So by your logic, the only way to challenge entropy is to defy mortality. Interesting.
Arch mage144: V: If you wish to learn the secrets of this place, perhaps you should seek me out. I guarantee that you will learn much more by doing so.
Der DWSage: >_>
T3chn0Namagomi: <_<
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: What about the treasure of this place? That would be better, in my opinion.
Lithaladhwen: ...IM: Tempting. Es, don't. Evil forces of entropy have bad answers!
Arch mage144: V: Whether you carry your knowledge outside of this place is another issue altogether! *laughter, which gradually fades out*
Der DWSage: ...
Lithaladhwen: IM: But answers....eeee.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, what the fuck ever.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...9_9
Der DWSage: So, do we do what the big, disembodied voice says?
TaiarKino: ...I want to be the person who does that at one point in my life.
Der DWSage: Me, I'm for exploring and kicking him the hell out.
Arch mage144: I don't know who or what we just had a conversation with, but I don't like it.
Arch mage144: I'm known for my opposition to the forces of entropy.
Lithaladhwen: Nope. It sucked.
Arch mage144: And I'm also known for my opposition to gods I don't like.
Arch mage144: Call me suicidal.
T3chn0Namagomi: Me? I'm mainly in this to see if there's any treasure to be gained.
Der DWSage: Mm-hm.
Lithaladhwen: Eh. I'd call that fair.
Der DWSage: *Smiles* Well, I'm in good company then.
Lithaladhwen: He wants to destroy the cool stuff. Therefore he sucks.
Arch mage144: Kamos, do you think there'd be a reason to guard or defile this place otherwise?
Arch mage144: We're looking for clues to what might be the most powerful weapon ever created.
Der DWSage: In addition to that, I think people would pay money just to look at that mural.
Der DWSage: Think of the other stuff we'd find down here.
Lithaladhwen: And I fucking told you. If you can keep your damn destructive impulses in check, I'll pay you more myself. You get nothing from me if you blow everything up just because it isn't covered in money.
Arch mage144: We can open a museum later.
Arch mage144: (BRB, biology calls)
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< Not just money. Doesn't have to be money.
T3chn0Namagomi: Can be weapons.
TaiarKino: ...I don't think you're helping your argument here Kamos.
T3chn0Namagomi: Can be anything else magical. As long as it has practical value.
Lithaladhwen: I don't care what you think has value. I care about what I think. And I have money that says you should care as well.
Der DWSage: Hmph. Philistine...
Arch mage144: (What? Where do Philistines come from on Gaera?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (AFK)
Arch mage144: (I think that's like when I slip and have Hak say "Christ")
Der DWSage: (Phah. Same thing, different word. Something along those lines.)
Arch mage144: (Noted, Nama)
Arch mage144: So. We head down the street, deeper into the belly of the beast, so to speak?
Der DWSage: Sounds good to me.
TaiarKino: I'm up for it. *Fiddles with his glove*
Lithaladhwen: Yes.
Arch mage144: (OK. Gonna wait on Nama .)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Back)
T3chn0Namagomi: Affirmative.
Arch mage144: *continues to walk down the street, then*
T3chn0Namagomi: *walks down the street, taking his rifle out and cocking it*
Der DWSage: *Follows the merc*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Clip Loadout: 6x standard)
Arch mage144: *at the end of the row of structures is a large double door of sorts, made of identical stone and covered in engravings; notably, there is a large crest or seal*
Lithaladhwen: So, do we have a deal, Captain Destruction? Go easy on the artifacts and archaeological record in exchange for money?
T3chn0Namagomi: Depends on how much money
T3chn0Namagomi: *What was the reward for this, anyway?*
Der DWSage: <_<
Der DWSage: IM:If he blows up too much, I'll ask Sher to eat him.
Lithaladhwen: It's not my money. I have patrons, so it... Depends on what I can salvage. *grin*
Arch mage144: *the seal is shield-shaped and adorned with an image of a sword-wielding soldier in armor with spiked shoulders--it looks vaguely like Hakaril's stick-figure warrior*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: *the image is, of course, an engraving*
Der DWSage: o_o
Lithaladhwen: Hey, it's him.
Der DWSage: Very nice.
Arch mage144: (As for the monetary reward, I haven't decided yet, but we can work it out.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Oookay. It's the one guy. With the huge sword.
Arch mage144: That's...odd.
Der DWSage: Hm.
Lithaladhwen: And the things with the stick figure and the stuff.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Interesting.
Der DWSage: So what's Spiky doing here?
Arch mage144: That's a good question, considering that he's a hero from another plane.
Arch mage144: Not only that, but chronologically speaking, this makes no damned sense.
Arch mage144: Why come back here to build a shrine to a hero?
TaiarKino: I guess all previous theories get thrown out the window, eh?...
T3chn0Namagomi: ...This makes little sense.
Lithaladhwen: This is so interesting that I think my head might explode. Though I'll try to avoid it if I can.
Arch mage144: I prefer to avoid head explosions.
Der DWSage: Perhaps it's not him, just someone that looks like him?
T3chn0Namagomi: Likewise
Der DWSage: You know, similar children and all that?
Arch mage144: The resemblance is uncanny, though I have relatively few details about the person in question.
Arch mage144: He's just a warrior whose name time has forgotten. In any case, he was responsible for the defeat of Desiron.
T3chn0Namagomi: Desiron being...?
Arch mage144: Oh, right. I left that part out of your initial briefing because I figured you wouldn't care.
Lithaladhwen: What? How could I not care? Foreign gods, Silvar!
T3chn0Namagomi: Depends. Would this be related to that disembodied asshole?
Arch mage144: Desiron is some dark god that created an army of biomechanical creatures to ravage the plane of Regulus.
Lithaladhwen: He also sucks.
T3chn0Namagomi: I see.
Lithaladhwen: I have decided this.
Der DWSage: *Chuckles*
Arch mage144: He was opposed by Vishmarl, a courage-related deity whose unnamed champion lead the electerians to victory.
Der DWSage: IM:...Be interesting to have James around to hear that.
Arch mage144: That's what Jack told me, anyway.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: Vishmarl? Probably no relation to Vishnu, but eh.
Arch mage144: Who's Vishnu?
Lithaladhwen: God someplace else. Lots of arms.
Lithaladhwen: Created and destroyed, etcetera.
T3chn0Namagomi: Uhh huh.
Lithaladhwen: Kind of cool, though.
Der DWSage: On Earth, isn't it? Blue god of some sort?
TaiarKino: Must never get boring for them.
Arch mage144: II see.
Arch mage144: *I
Lithaladhwen: ...*to Sorune* Where are you from?
Der DWSage: Y'tuin.
Lithaladhwen: Where is that? I don't think I know anyone there.
Der DWSage: I just had a friend who came from earth and spoke about that...as well as a few otherworldly studies.
Arch mage144: *quirks an eyebrow* Wait. You're from Earth?
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to get a feel for if this place in front of them has a particular aura of some sort*
Arch mage144: What the hell? Why didn't you tell me!?
Lithaladhwen: *to Hakaril* Sh. *to Sorune* Who?
Arch mage144: ......
Arch mage144: (Roll, Kamos, MAG based.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Der DWSage: *Blink* I'm from Y'tuin.
T3chn0Namagomi: (23)
Lithaladhwen: I was just wondering if it was someone you met here.
Arch mage144: *Kamos senses two things:*
Arch mage144: *Beyond this present barrier there are sources of magic, and the entirety of the structure surrounding him is at least faintly magical*
Der DWSage: Yes, it was from someone I met here...a long time ago. I think he's moved on by now.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, well damn. Doesn't matter. Didn't like Earth all that much anyway. Not a lot of it, anyway.
Lithaladhwen: Too many Catholics.
Arch mage144: What are Catholics?
Der DWSage: Last I checked, Earth was distinctly lacking in the elven category.
Lithaladhwen: Fucking breed like fucking rats.
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: Heh.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Okay. There's definitely something related to the disembodied asshole voice.
Lithaladhwen: Catholics are... well, you know my brother. Catholic.
Der DWSage: *Turns to Kamos!* Hm?
Arch mage144: There's a whole race of people like Cardinal!?
Lithaladhwen: Religion of crazy fuckers. Crazy.
Arch mage144: Great Lord Agnostic, how is the Earth still intact?
T3chn0Namagomi: I think, anyway. This whole building is magical, and there's more magic inside.
Arch mage144: That guy has a screw loose.
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs* No freaking clue.
Der DWSage: So, that's where we head to.
Arch mage144: What? It is? Why didn't I notice? o_O *appears to be focusing*
Arch mage144: Hey, you're right. It's definitely stronger in there.
Der DWSage: IM:Because you're more distractable than Sher on a pound of catnip?
Arch mage144: I'm not sure if it's residual from magic used to create the structures or if it's something else.
T3chn0Namagomi: Everyone, stay on guard.
Arch mage144: You don't have to tell me. *cracks his fingers* We have to get this thing open, first.
Lithaladhwen: *draws her weapon and the light from Hakaril's hat glints over the nice little inscription*
Der DWSage: Indeed.
Lithaladhwen: Kukri: *is shiny*
T3chn0Namagomi: Gun: *is also shiny*
Arch mage144: Feather: *is glowing*
Der DWSage: *Has nothing shiny. :*
T3chn0Namagomi: *slowly walks up to the door of the structure*
Der DWSage: :{*
Arch mage144: We can always just blow it up. I think Shakti would be pissed, though.
Lithaladhwen: I would. I would be very sad, and that usually means violence.
Arch mage144: *the figure of the warrior begins to glow at Kamos*
T3chn0Namagomi: *steps back*
Der DWSage: I'd probably be involved in that violence myself.
Arch mage144: *the warrior carving's eyes glow a different color from the rest of him--they appear to be trained on the Valthi*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hnn...
Lithaladhwen: IM: Sorune. Score one in the "not a dumb piece of shit" category.
Der DWSage: *Follows Kamos' gaze* Freaky.
Arch mage144: Voice (not the same as earlier): Who comes to the place where the treasures of the past have been sealed to prevent the tragedies of the future?
Lithaladhwen: IM: Captain Destruction might go someplace else.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Oh, don't let him answer. Wait. Why don't I say something? Shit.
Arch mage144: My name is Hakaril James Silvar, Archmage and General.
Arch mage144: V: *does not seem to acknowledge Hak--still focused on Kamos*
T3chn0Namagomi: One Kamos Mazuo does so.
Lithaladhwen: ...I don't think he's paying attention to us, Silvar.
Der DWSage: Indeed...
Der DWSage: Wait, tragedies of the future?
Lithaladhwen: Meaning something behind this door can fuck the world royally, presumably.
Arch mage144: V: What purpose have you for your return to this sacred place? You are not of our blood.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Return?
Lithaladhwen: Er...return?
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: They had Spaniards here?
Arch mage144: Yeah, I think we just wound up with the worst possible diplomat being the only one who's going to get acknowledged.
TaiarKino: ...Let's knock him out.
Der DWSage: Let's not.
Arch mage144: ...that seems excessive.
Lithaladhwen: *to Tai* You're a genius. Maybe later.
Der DWSage: Kamos, just tell him you're the bodyguard for a group of scholars.
TaiarKino: *Chuckles* Probably. But it would be somewhat entertaining. *Continues with the glovefiddling*
Arch mage144: I won't deny that...
T3chn0Namagomi: Simple. There is something apparently...reducing...the astral energy in the world or something of the such. I'd rather that not happen, or else someone I find important to myself would die. Thus, I am searching for answers(c)
Lithaladhwen: (We lose Brian.)
Lithaladhwen: (Hold>)
Lithaladhwen: (He can still read it, but he's got to wait to turn on his computer.)
Der DWSage: (Kay.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Gotcha)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: to this issue in this place, which is our only current lead.
Der DWSage: IM:Score one for Kamos.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I'm also being paid...but...
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...I don't want her to die...
Lithaladhwen: IM: That was not the worst answer ever. Score one for the Captain.
Arch mage144: V: Your reason is noble. But this is not your place. You are not of our blood. You must prove that you are worthy.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Shit. Great.
Der DWSage: Oh shit. Prove?
T3chn0Namagomi: How would I do this?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I have to prove myself to a door?
TaiarKino: ...Think we're gonna have to fight something?
Arch mage144: V: Turn and face your trial!
Lithaladhwen: I don't know that that would prove anything, but it's certainly what I'm predicting.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Maybe so...I hope it's simply a fight...hm? *looks around for this "trial"*
Lithaladhwen: *turns with a sigh*
Arch mage144: *behind the group, rising out of the floor, are two indistinct masses of the stone that makes up the area*
Der DWSage: *Turns!*
TaiarKino: *Turns as well*
Der DWSage: (...Natural stone?)
Der DWSage: (No, wait. *Misread*)
Arch mage144: (No.) *the two begin to take shape rapidly, changing from what amount to blobs of ivory colored clay to...*
T3chn0Namagomi: *turns, and looks*
Arch mage144: *...the shapes of dragons!*
Lithaladhwen: Well, shit on a leper. This sucks.
Der DWSage: Agreed. Less swearing, more surviving?
T3chn0Namagomi: Right ahead of you!
Der DWSage: IM:Crap. I'm not going to be much use here...
Lithaladhwen: More of both.
TaiarKino: If they're anything like real dragons...Maybe this won't be so bad.
Arch mage144: *the ivory flecks off like scales being shed, revealing shining, shimmering, rainbow-pattnered scales on two very angry looking dragons about the size of horses*
Arch mage144: *patterned
Arch mage144: *they display teeth--and we roll initiative!*
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 4
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 1
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 5
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
Lithaladhwen: (13)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Using most recent init rules, 16)
TaiarKino: (9.)
Der DWSage: (13.)
Der DWSage: (Since I never updated my init...)
Lithaladhwen: (wait, 12.)
Lithaladhwen: (Mea culpa.)
Der DWSage: IM:I'll focus on healing.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: First thing's first. Get these bastards immobilized
Arch mage144: (Kamos is first.)
Arch mage144: (Roll all of your attacks here in chat and give me the totals.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Hakaril! Try to figure out the aura on these things! *shouts, before starting to chant* Shadows underneath, underfoot...bind fast! Shadowbind!
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
T3chn0Namagomi: *As Kamos finishes the chant, black electricity gathers in his hand, before he slams it into the ground...the energy heading swiftly toward the dragons...*
Arch mage144: (Waiting for you to give me a total.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 2-sided die: 1
Arch mage144: *both dragons freeze on the spot, their shadows apparently acting as glue*
Der DWSage: IM:...Convenient.
Arch mage144: (Sorune.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Strike quickly!
TaiarKino: (Aaaaah Poop. Forgot to ask about something.)
Der DWSage: (Holding action)
Lithaladhwen: (We lost Brain.)
Der DWSage: (Curses.)
Lithaladhwen: (Brian!)
Lithaladhwen: (I can spell his damn name!)
Lithaladhwen: (AGH!)
Der DWSage: (*Points and laughs at Ashley's misfortune*)
Lithaladhwen: (Fuck you, you.)
Der DWSage: (=D)
Lithaladhwen: (I was in a hurry to pass on the information to relevant chat folk.)
TaiarKino: (Bandit Revolver!)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Gunflame!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...XD)
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos so needs to get a Gunflame-alike as a spell)
Der DWSage: (So, as I said before you were disconnected, Sorune is holding action.)
Arch mage144: (Sorune holds.)
Lithaladhwen: (But that would require that he use fire magic.)
Arch mage144: (Shakti.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Corrosion is close enough)
Lithaladhwen: (He only uses ice and shadow...like his SOUL)
TaiarKino: (Gunfrost?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Where did you get ice from?)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Der DWSage: (...)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...)
Der DWSage: (So, when will AM just flip out and try to use his GM hat on his connection?)
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Reminds me when I was trying to run RO on my shit-ass comp)
TaiarKino: (...Battle Music.)
Lithaladhwen: I wish to blast something. *Picks an opponent at random, say...the one on the left... and attempts to fry it with holy energy because being named after a goddess of destruction means you like that kind of thing.*
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Lithaladhwen: *Wrath 2*
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Arch mage144: (OK then, back)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
Lithaladhwen: (25)
Lithaladhwen: (We lost Brian.)
TaiarKino: (It's a good day.)
Der DWSage: (Harrum.)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
Arch mage144: *Shakti's spell produces a blast of holy energy targeting the dragon...but the spell diffuses into space before it strikes the target, apparently deflected*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Fucker. I'll get you next time.
Arch mage144: *the dragon on the right, unable to move from the spot, rears back its head and glares at Kamos*
Arch mage144: *it suddenly opens its mouth, and a spray of multicolored light erupts from the creature's maw*
T3chn0Namagomi: (MBlock roll?)
Arch mage144: (Make two MBlock rolls, Kamos.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 20-sided dice: 6 12
Arch mage144: (And total them.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (44, 50)
Arch mage144: *Kamos weathers the blast without any scratch, apparently--lucky Kamos!*
TaiarKino: (Probably should have asked for some sort of PS Battle Primer. *Is pretty sure he understands what is going on though*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Heh. To make things easier for myself, I kinda wrote down skill-specific MATKs)
Arch mage144: *Hakaril raises his hand* Aura? I know what these are. They're prismatic dragons. Why they're here is beyond me...
Arch mage144: They're not resistant to anything in particular, but they're celestial creatures in all technicality.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...*grins*
TaiarKino: Dragons. This might be my lucky day.
Der DWSage: IM:Dragons...
Arch mage144: *points a finger at the first dragon* I'm going to fry you!
T3chn0Namagomi: Celestials...lucky me... *grinning almost sadistically*
Der DWSage: IM:...Funny, before coming here dragons were a myth.
Der DWSage: IM:Focus, dammit...
Arch mage144: Energies of the holy plane, coalesce into burning light! Purify the darkness and singe iniquity! BEAM!
Der DWSage: IM:...On the other hand, perhaps I should just let them deal with this.
Arch mage144: *a huge burst of energy, like Shakti's but bigger, erupts from Hakaril's outstretched h and at the dragon*
Lithaladhwen: Ah, now see? That's what the spell is supposed to look like. *approving nod*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 2
Der DWSage: I'm...sure.
Arch mage144: *the dragon doesn't seem to like that blast at all, recoiling sharply from the pain of being fried*
Arch mage144: (Taiar!)
TaiarKino: (Oog, I really wish I had conprehended this a bit ahead of time.)
Arch mage144: (Pick a spell or make an attack and I'll tell you what to roll. It's pretty much going to be a d20 and I'll tell you what math to do.)
TaiarKino: (I'm not attack yet, it looks!)
Arch mage144: (It's your turn.)
TaiarKino: *Flicks his wrist a couple of times, a long disk of black magic coming together and forming into his choice of weaponry*
TaiarKino: (Need to summon my weapon first. <.<;;...And since it's an actual skill as opposed to just drawing a blade...yeah.)
Arch mage144: *the Dragon's Bane forms from the surrounding negative energy; Tai is now armed!*
Arch mage144: *the second dragon looks rather aggravated that Hakaril blasted his ally and lets loose with a burst of rainbow light of his own*
Arch mage144: *luckily, he seems to take it as well as Kamos did*
Arch mage144: (Speaking of Kamos, he's up)
T3chn0Namagomi: Well, if they're celestial...*smirking evilly*...then this is my lucky day.
Der DWSage: IM:My. Those two are pretty tough, aren't they?
T3chn0Namagomi: *Kamos rolls back and then clenches his hand, as more negative energy forms in it, crackling ominously* Death and pain, bring yourself to bear upon this fool who dares resist you! Black Bolt!
Arch mage144: (Left or right dragon? And roll it.)
Lithaladhwen: (Kamos and the bolt will walk the path of destruction together.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (The one that's unscathed)
Arch mage144: (OK.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
T3chn0Namagomi: (42)
Arch mage144: (Kamos is rolling well this evening)
Der DWSage: (He is.)
Lithaladhwen: (*toasts the dice gods on his behalf*)
T3chn0Namagomi: *The black bolt speeds toward the dragon unerringly*
NYClark2: ( >DESTROYED< ? )
Der DWSage: (Sorune is going "Oh fuck, these guys could kill me.)
Arch mage144: (Roll damage.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
TaiarKino: (RAPE.)
Der DWSage: (Ye fuck.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Wow. Maxed. 70 damage, 3 STR lost, assuming no weakness)
NYClark2: ( Marble Dragons: What are you going to do Druid... Erode us? )
Der DWSage: (Alright Nama, exactly what did you do with Priam for him to give you these rolls, hm?)
Der DWSage: (Sorune:9_9 Uhm...Expeditious retreat?)
Arch mage144: *Kamos's black bolt tears through the air, paralleling Hakaril's attack on the first dragon, and strikes the creature dead on*
Arch mage144: *black lightning of sorts surges through the creature's body--were it not pinned by its shadow, it would rear up in pain*
Arch mage144: *instead, Kamos will have to be satisfied with the creature's eye sockets exploding from the sudden force, causing the dragon's eyeballs to blast to Sorune's feet*
Der DWSage: 6.6
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: Ew.
Arch mage144: (140 damage, a critical. Death.)
Lithaladhwen: Ooh, score one for the Captain.
Arch mage144: You're earning your salary, Kamos!
Arch mage144: (Shakti.)
TaiarKino: ...Ouch.
Lithaladhwen: I'm in the right mood to try this again. *repeats her previous spell choice*
Lithaladhwen: *wrath 2*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Arch mage144: (*plays Still in the Dark, just for you*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (WOOHOO!)
Lithaladhwen: (29)
Der DWSage: (*Plays the FFMQ battle theme, wins*)
Arch mage144: (Roll damage.)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 2 6-sided dice: 4 4
Lithaladhwen: (30)
Arch mage144: *Shakti generates another blast of holy energy to damage the first dragon, and her bolt strikes true; the creature's flesh is charred and singed, and it appears to be on its last legs*
Arch mage144: *opting not to waste his stamina, Hakaril draws his sword and charges the creature, aiming to finish it off*
Arch mage144: *unfortunately, despite its wounded state, the beast catches his blade--in its teeth*
Arch mage144: Damnit!
Arch mage144: (Taiar!)
Der DWSage: (...I get the feeling Sorune was left out somewhere in there.)
Arch mage144: (Oh, that's right, my bad. It's Sorune's turn.)
TaiarKino: (...*Waits for confirmation on-* Righto!)
Arch mage144: (He actually goes before Shakti.)
Der DWSage: (S'alright.)
Arch mage144: (I somehow made the assumption you were continuing to hold)
Der DWSage: *Moves to hit the damn thing with his conveniently-held quarterstaff!*
Arch mage144: (Roll it!)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
Der DWSage: (Ooooh fuck.)
Arch mage144: (Ouch, man.)
Der DWSage: (Sorune:DAMN I'm useless down here.)
Arch mage144: (Total it.)
Arch mage144: *Sorune's quarterstaff does not break the dragon's scaly hide--it's tough and armored and shit!*
Arch mage144: (NOW Tai.)
Arch mage144: *meanwhile, Hakaril struggles to pry his blade out of the creature's vise-gripping teeth*
TaiarKino: *Following Hak's lead, hoping his blade in its mouth distracts the dragon, Taiar rushes in at its head and looks to lay a downward slash at its neck*
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
T3chn0Namagomi: (...)
TaiarKino: (...Coooome on. My first PS Battle too.)
Arch mage144: (...wow.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Bad luck)
Arch mage144: (Today is a bad day for physical fighters)
Lithaladhwen: (Nama is eating people's rolls.)
Der DWSage: (Indeed.)
Der DWSage: (To both.)
TaiarKino: (Totals out to 14 I think?)
Arch mage144: *the dragon reaches up with a claw, apparently breaking Kamos' spell, and grabs the blade*
Der DWSage: IM:...Dammit, it's obviously hurting.
Der DWSage: Will someone just break the blasted thing?
Arch mage144: *it sneers agitatedly, releasing Hakaril's blade before leaping back away from Sorune, Hak, and Tai--and sprays a wide cone of lights at all three*
Arch mage144: (Roll for MBlock from both of you, just one)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
Der DWSage: (37.)
Arch mage144: (Tai, COU*2+INT+10+d20)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Arch mage144: (So 17+d20)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 8-sided dice: 1 8
TaiarKino: (SERIOUSLY. *Stabs himself* This is what happens when you don't RP for a long time.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 8-sided die: 5
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ugh...I know the feeling)
Lithaladhwen: (The dice gods forget you?)
Lithaladhwen: (We'll just have to offer them a couple of prismatic dragons as an offering.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 3
Der DWSage: (I don't like all these dice AM is rolling. :{ _
Der DWSage: )*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Prismatic effects are compound)
T3chn0Namagomi: (MP damage and random effect)
Arch mage144: *Hak seems okay, but Sorune feels a singing pain as he suffers a burning blast of holy energy...*
Arch mage144: *...and Tai, despite his presumably somewhat different physiology from human beings, begins vomiting uncontrollably*
Arch mage144: (25 damage to Sorune.)
TaiarKino: (This is not a healthy beginning foray into the world of PS. <.<;;...)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Few are. :-( )
Arch mage144: (Kamos)
T3chn0Namagomi: *
Der DWSage: (Owch.)
TaiarKino: (...And now for a question...I didn't take damage? ;;;>.>...)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Kamos simply takes aim at the retreated dragon, firing a rifle shell at the wounded beast*
Arch mage144: (No damage, but you won't be able to act this round because you're losing your lunch.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
TaiarKino: (Fair.)
Arch mage144: (WHY IS KAMOS STEALING ALL THE GOOD ROLLS)
Lithaladhwen: (You number-eating bastich. Go you.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (41)
Der DWSage: (Sorune:I'd SO kick the crap out of you...if you weren't stealing my rolls.)
Arch mage144: *Kamos ends the tyranny of the prismat's sword-chewing, vomit-inducing reign with a well-placed rifle shot through the neck*
Der DWSage: Urgh...
Arch mage144: (It does not matter how much damage you did, you just killed it. It had 3 HP.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Heh. XD)
Der DWSage: ...You alright there Taiar?
Lithaladhwen: Well. Way to go, Mr. D. *pats Kamos on the back* Good work.
Arch mage144: *Tai manages to stop hurling everything he's ever eaten*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't know what to do about that guy.
Arch mage144: How did I know hiring you was a good idea?
T3chn0Namagomi: Killing is my business.
TaiarKino: *Leans on his Glaive, probably ending with some neat digestive juices!* ...Yeah...I imagine this is what drinking is like.
Der DWSage: ...Right.
Arch mage144: *derisive snort*
Der DWSage: *Works on his own holy wound*
Arch mage144: Tai, you might want to keep that thing around. You never know what else we'll have to deal with.
Der DWSage: (Nature's refreshment, 22 MP)
Arch mage144: You two alright? My eyes hurt, but that's the worst damage I suffered.
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 4-sided die: 1
T3chn0Namagomi: *recocks the rifle, loading the next round into the firing chamber*
Arch mage144: (You're going to be fully healed over the duration.)
Der DWSage: (Yeah.)
TaiarKino: I have every intention to. *Spits a couple of last times, Coughs maybe once or twice. Is fairly okay again!*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...I hope that was all that needed to be done.
Arch mage144: V: You have proven your strength by defeating the ancient guardians of this vault.
Der DWSage: <_<
Arch mage144: *this is not the evil, menacing voice, it's the warrior again*
Der DWSage: ...You sure you're alright, Taiar?
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos is a Bad-Ass Freaking Mercenary!)
Arch mage144: V: Now prove your good intentions. Take not that which is not a tool of good!
TaiarKino: *Stands straight and sighs* I'm pretty sure I'll live, and that's about as much as I need to know. Thanks for asking though. <.<;;...
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Damnit...
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Arch mage144: *the doors rattle heavily and there is the sound of thunder as the seal evaporates into mist, allowing the gate to slide open*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...I might need your help here, Hakaril.
Arch mage144: *quirks an eyebrow* When don't you? What is it?
Der DWSage: The tool of good, hm?
T3chn0Namagomi: Namely...err, with that restriction of "tool of good" or whatever
Arch mage144: *the next room, clearly visible now, is bizarrely shaped--yes, the floor is normal, but there's a domed arch to the left and to the right*
T3chn0Namagomi: *heads in slowly*
Arch mage144: *the room is shaped like being inside a pelvis*
Der DWSage: *Follows the damn bad-ass roll-stealing mercenary*
TaiarKino: *Herd Mentality.*
Lithaladhwen: *likewise!*
Arch mage144: *to either side in what appear to be glass cases are various objects; jewelry, gemstones, wands, art objects*
Arch mage144: *at the end of the hallway is an altar-like structure with a book upon it*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...
Lithaladhwen: (Should we take the tome of eternal darkness?0
Arch mage144: I don't see anything that immediately strikes me as "all powerful weapon."
Lithaladhwen: No, neither do I. Nor anything that screams "Tool of good!"
T3chn0Namagomi: Damnit...
Arch mage144: *approaches the book* Okay then. What's this?
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks at the cover of the book to see if it hints toward anything*
Der DWSage: *Looks to the book himself*
TaiarKino: ...I'm betting any sort of luxury is designated as not being good.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. No looting the jewelry and things.
T3chn0Namagomi: Same as far as anything excessively destructive...
Arch mage144: *the cover of the book has text written in the Elvish alphabet, but the words are not the same Elvish*
Arch mage144: The irony is that we're looking for something that's potentially excessively destructive.
Der DWSage: Interesting...
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I have no idea what this book SAYS
Arch mage144: I have no idea what the hell that says. It's the Elvish alphabet, but that's not Elvish. It must be the electerian language, or perhaps some ancient version thereof.
Der DWSage: Neither do I, and I've studied Elvish myself...
Lithaladhwen: I guess. I don't speak this Elvish, whatever it is.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Aside from the wands, gems, art, and that book, is there anything else?*
Arch mage144: We could probably figure out what it says with a little bit of linguistic work, but it'd take forever.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. I'd have to take it with me, and for all we know that would get us all killed.
Arch mage144: *to the left, on a pedestal and covered by a glass dome, is a large, faintly glowing silver scepter encrusted with what appear to be diamonds*
Lithaladhwen: <_<
T3chn0Namagomi: It's better to look around before taking something, I'd think...
Lithaladhwen: Okay, I'm so not touching that. That begs, "Hey please take me so the door guard can murder you."
Der DWSage: Doesn't it though?
Der DWSage: *Looks around himself...*
Lithaladhwen: Someone else can tempt the wrath of The Whatever.
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to aurally examine the scepter through the class dome*
Arch mage144: *on the right is another glass case, this one with a single necklace*
Arch mage144: *the scepter is a blank spot on the astral plane*
T3chn0Namagomi: Damnit...
Arch mage144: *in fact, there's some sort of force repelling the astral for about 15 feet in a sphere around it*
Der DWSage: o_o
Arch mage144: *this is an isolated occurence; nowhere else in the room is that happening*
Der DWSage: *Observes necklace*
Lithaladhwen: I just wanted to rummage through their discarded dinner leavings.
Lithaladhwen: *sigh*
T3chn0Namagomi: *is there anything specific about the necklace?*
Arch mage144: *meanwhile, Hakaril opens the book* Man, this is garbage. I wish I knew what this says.
Arch mage144: *it's shiny, made of silver, definitely magical*
Lithaladhwen: *looks over Hakaril's shoulder* I'd be more use if I spoke Gaeran Elvish.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Damnit...wish I had an idea of what any of this meant.
Der DWSage: <_< I never did very well in divination...can someone tell me what this necklace does?
Lithaladhwen: I'm pretty sure anything I know doesn't apply here.
Arch mage144: *stares at the book in frustration*
Arch mage144: ...what the hell?
Arch mage144: *the letters lift off the page, floating in the air, and rearrange themselves before regluing themselves to the parchment*
Der DWSage: *Looks at Hak...and blinks*
Lithaladhwen: ...Um.
TaiarKino: ...Uh...
T3chn0Namagomi: o.o
Arch mage144: *they now form words in more modern Gaeran Elvish*
TaiarKino: ...Anything make sense now?
Arch mage144: ...it's in colloquial Elvish.
Der DWSage: *Walks back over to them, reading the words in the air!*
Lithaladhwen: That's ...considerate.
Arch mage144: It's a story.
Der DWSage: Indeed.
Arch mage144: Apparently there's some sort of enchantment designed to make the reader comprehend it.
Arch mage144: ...I was thinking constantly about how I wished it were in plain Elvish. It obliged.
Arch mage144: *squeezes his eyes as though thinking hard and the letters rearrange again*
Der DWSage: ...Interesting.
Lithaladhwen: Oh. That's fantastic.
Arch mage144: *this time the words are in Gaeran Common*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: *grins*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I have an idea...
Arch mage144: Holy shit, that's handy!
T3chn0Namagomi: *attempts to will them to rearrange into Valthi*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I want this enchantment on everything in the DPG library.
Arch mage144: *the text is now Valthi*
TaiarKino: ...I say we leave in common. If anyone has any evil thou-...
T3chn0Namagomi: o.o Hmm...
Arch mage144: Okay, cut the crap, Kamos, none of us can read that shit.
TaiarKino: ...Or that.
T3chn0Namagomi: I can.
Der DWSage: *Meanwhile, everyone's favorite kitty cat is stalking prey!*
Arch mage144: You can read it in common, damnit. >_>
T3chn0Namagomi: Meh. *wills it back into Common*
Arch mage144: Thank you.
Der DWSage: IM:Half-tempted to put it in MY home language.
Lithaladhwen: IM: If I really wanted to be a bitch I'd put it in Spanish.
Lithaladhwen: (Yay! Great minds and whatnot.)
Arch mage144: *reads* Hmm. It describes the legend we're pursuing, more or less.
Arch mage144: ...ah! Here we go.
Der DWSage: (Something like that.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Hm?
Der DWSage: *Rad, read*
Der DWSage: Read*
Lithaladhwen: *reads as well, because she's literate*
Arch mage144: Apparently, after the war on Regulus, some electerians returned to this plane, planning to divide and seal the weapons used to defeat Desiron in case they should ever be needed again.
Der DWSage: (Because now you know, and knowing is half the battle. G.I. Joe!)
Arch mage144: But they didn't want them falling into the wrong hands, either.
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...that would explain the guardian...
Arch mage144: The problem is that the weapon doesn't seem to be here.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: ...the book says it is, though.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
T3chn0Namagomi: Is it described as anything?
Arch mage144: Only vaguely.
Lithaladhwen: *What does the book say? It's in common now.*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Hmm...
Arch mage144: *I'm going to continue summarizing--you don't get to read the book word for word >.>*
Der DWSage: *Aw. But we wanna...*
Lithaladhwen: *whiiine*
Lithaladhwen: Damn it.
Arch mage144: Basically, it's a weapon that bends to the user's will to overcome any obstacle.
TaiarKino: ...Kind of like the book itself?
Arch mage144: It has been given the name "Vishmarl's Authority."
T3chn0Namagomi: Authority...
Lithaladhwen: IM: I want this book and everything it can do. But the door thing will smite me with stuff if I take it or something.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: That's...yeah.
Arch mage144: So, who's willing to vote that taking this book for future reference and research qualifies as "using it for good?"
TaiarKino: ...I think what we vote won't matter in the end. But...I second it.
Lithaladhwen: I vote that. Yes.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I guess...but if it says this weapon is here...
Lithaladhwen: But...
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: What about the crazy shiny Authoritative Scepter?
Der DWSage: I say we see what the rest of this stuff is exactly.
Arch mage144: Excellent.
T3chn0Namagomi: That's what I'm guessing.
Arch mage144: *looks at the scepter* Who knows. Maybe it's the weapon. You want to take it, Shakti?
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: DAMNIT
Lithaladhwen: Oh, why the fuck not. I'm not out to conquer anybody's anything. I guess that's got to be good enough.
Arch mage144: "If in need of arcane scepter of almighty authority, break glass."
Lithaladhwen: *goes to make a closer aquaintance with the scepter*
Der DWSage: ...I'm not sure that's a good idea either.
Arch mage144: *makes quote marks as he speaks*
Lithaladhwen: *Any clues on how to get it out? Just lift the glass and take?*
Arch mage144: *it's in a glass dome, a la the flower in Beauty and the Beast*
Arch mage144: *it's also levitating*
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: (We have to lift it out before the last diamond sparkles or something.)
Lithaladhwen: *attempts to lift the dome and half-expects to die immediately*
Arch mage144: *Shakti gets to live...today*
Arch mage144: *the scepter continues to levitate*
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: ...Damnit...
Lithaladhwen: Hey, Scepter. C'mere, you. *goes to take it*
Arch mage144: *Shakti is now in possession of a silver scepter*
Lithaladhwen: Well, I'm not dead. But then, maybe I technically haven't taken it yet.
Lithaladhwen: Maybe I'll die later.
Arch mage144: Bring it over here so I can look at it.
T3chn0Namagomi: Or it's the correct weapon. One of the two
Lithaladhwen: Anything else we want in here? Play with the book?
Arch mage144: We're taking the book, obviously.
Lithaladhwen: *brings it over to Hakaril*
Arch mage144: *as Shakti draws close to Hakaril, his feather-light goes out*
Arch mage144: What the hell? *attempts to relight the feather, but nothing happens*
Lithaladhwen: *pulls back*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Arch mage144: *relights the feather*
Der DWSage: <_<
Lithaladhwen: Astral bullshit.
TaiarKino: ...
Der DWSage: A magic dampening barrier.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Antimagic field?
Der DWSage: Interesting.
Arch mage144: Yeah, that's gotta be it. This thing generates an antimagic field.
Der DWSage: ...Does that make it good, though?
Arch mage144: That I'm not so sure about.
T3chn0Namagomi: Same...
Arch mage144: Electerians themselves generate small anti-magic fields...sort of.
Arch mage144: Maybe that's a sign that it is.
Lithaladhwen: The phrase "tool of good" suggests to me it's more important who's using it and for what.
Arch mage144: That's possible, too.
Der DWSage: Hm.
Lithaladhwen: We're not going to be massacring any Electerians today, so I don't know why The Whatever would object.
Arch mage144: Maybe there's no objective definition and we can take whatever we want as long as we justify it somehow.
Arch mage144: *laughs*
Der DWSage: I'd think so myself.
Arch mage144: *picks up the book*
T3chn0Namagomi: Ahh great. This is one of the deals where I'm likely not going to be able to touch anything.
Arch mage144: *the removal of the book from the pedestal reveals a sigil*
TaiarKino: That would be interesting. Hope it works that way...
Der DWSage: *Chuckles*
T3chn0Namagomi: Huh?
Arch mage144: There's a mark here.
Der DWSage: *Looks!*
Lithaladhwen: Hm? *peeks over*
Arch mage144: *the mark is totally foreign and doesn't look like a letter or anything; it might be a personal rune*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Huh...
Lithaladhwen: ....Hm...yeah, I've got nothing.
Arch mage144: *Hakaril pokes it experimentally*
Arch mage144: *the wall behind the pedestal suddenly vanishes, revealing a room that appears to be some sort of armory...*
T3chn0Namagomi: o_o
T3chn0Namagomi: *_*
Arch mage144: *against the back wall is an opaque case*
Lithaladhwen: .....Shit.
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks at this armory*
Arch mage144: *there are miscellaneous weapons and armor in this room otherwise, along with a bunch of other junk*
Lithaladhwen: *looks at junk*
Der DWSage: o_o
T3chn0Namagomi: *what kind of weapons? Any polearms?*
Der DWSage: *Look, look*
Arch mage144: *the junk I refer to mostly consists of things like bracelets, wristguards, greaves, etc*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I've seen weapons before. Those are nothing new. What else is in here?
Lithaladhwen: *rifles through those curiously*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Any guns, out of stupid curiosity?*
Lithaladhwen: *idly taking note of decorative patterns, designs, etc. just for fun*
Der DWSage: It's...like they're gearing up for war.
Lithaladhwen: IM: This is the interesting stuff. I want to know what they wore.
TaiarKino: *Beating out his actual need of some sort of armor, Tai pokes around without any real desire for the armors...Just wondering*
Arch mage144: *if Shakti's got her magic radar on she's going to pick up the fact that at least some of this stuff is enchanted; most of the objects are decorated with the same rune seen on the pedestal*
Arch mage144: *and no, there are no guns*
Lithaladhwen: (While inspecting new shiny things? Hell yes she is!)
T3chn0Namagomi: *looks for magic weapons, regardless...*
Lithaladhwen: *checks to see if she recognizes what any of the enchantments do*
Arch mage144: *Kamos finds a shiny silver bardiche*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...*slowly reaches to touch it...*
Arch mage144: *nothing is apparent to Shakti yet--it'll take more thorough exploration later*
Arch mage144: *the bardiche, being made of metal, is cool to the touch*
T3chn0Namagomi: *attempts to take it*
Der DWSage: Hm.
TaiarKino: ...Think we're allowed to share in this as well, as long as we can justify it?
Lithaladhwen: *mutters to self* I don't think research on Electerian jewelry is enough to qualify as "tool of good" right now. Damn.
Arch mage144: *Kamos is not destroyed by god*
Der DWSage: Doubt it.
Arch mage144: *Kamos now has a silver bardiche*
Der DWSage: <_<
T3chn0Namagomi: *Is it magical? o.o*
Lithaladhwen: *whips out the pencil and paper...starts drawing jewelry very briefly*
Der DWSage: Kamos, please put that down. I don't want to be squashed by a bunch of dragons when we leave.
Lithaladhwen: *anthro research lootery*
Arch mage144: *hell yeah*
T3chn0Namagomi: I can always put it back, can't I?
TaiarKino: *Looks more intently as armorings, seeing that Kamos has met with a rather benign fate*
Lithaladhwen: IM: Don't need to take it. Just drawing. Drawing is safe.
Lithaladhwen: *acquires a collection of drawings of... junk. Whoo!*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hey...Hakaril. Can you figure out the magic on this thing?
Arch mage144: (Yay! Drawings!)
Arch mage144: *looks at it* Uh...
T3chn0Namagomi: It seems strong...
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Arch mage144: ...no.
Arch mage144: Sorry.
Der DWSage: *Blink*
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to do so himself*
Arch mage144: I can look at it again later if you want.
Arch mage144: (Roll MAG.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
T3chn0Namagomi: (21)
Arch mage144: *this particular weapon seems to be enhanced both with a sharper than usual cutting edge and an overall magically induced increase in combat skill; however, it has a more interesting power as well*
Arch mage144: *it seems to be particularly effective at cutting through metal*
Der DWSage: (...*Chuckles as his player moves to 'That's Death'*)
Lithaladhwen: What did you find, Captain?
Arch mage144: What's in this enormous, ominous, opaque case? *point*
Arch mage144: It's like a coffin.
T3chn0Namagomi: Something I could use...
Lithaladhwen: Oh, right. I was distracted by shiny things. My bad.
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< I don't think we should touch it...
Arch mage144: *Sorune notices a small foot locker of sorts*
Der DWSage: 6.6
Der DWSage: *Sees if it's locked*
Arch mage144: *it is not; it contains a small assortment of ceramic tiles with glowing runes engraved on them*
T3chn0Namagomi: Find anything in there?
T3chn0Namagomi: *to Shakti*
Arch mage144: *the runes are Elvish ideographic runes; I assume Sorune is a speaker?*
Der DWSage: *He is, at that*
Lithaladhwen: Hm? Oh, nothing you'd care about.
T3chn0Namagomi: Sure there's nothing magical?
T3chn0Namagomi: *rifles through the junk*
Lithaladhwen: *head tilt* There were magical things. I'll split them with you if you can tell me what shit does. What do you say, Mr. D?
Arch mage144: *most of them have the character for "heal," one has the character for "disintegrate," one says "detoxify," and another says "bolster"*
T3chn0Namagomi: I'll try...and it's Kamos.
Der DWSage: ...
Lithaladhwen: I think that Captain Destruction suits you well.
TaiarKino: (Bushido-san...)
Lithaladhwen: That's what you do, isn't it?
T3chn0Namagomi: *smirks* Whatever you say.
Der DWSage: *Takes out the rune that says 'disintegrate'* Hakaril? Take a look at this, please.
Lithaladhwen: I'm named after what I do, but no one here catches the reference. It's very sad, really.
TaiarKino: *Taps on the ''Coffin'' like object near Hak* ...Mmm.
Lithaladhwen: *attempts to identify junk with Kamos*
Arch mage144: *looks* That's an Elvish rune for "disintegrate." Maybe it's a spell-containing item, like a potion or scroll.
Der DWSage: That's what I want you to look at. I meant, does it actually have magic in it?
Arch mage144: *the coffin begins to radiate black "light"--it's like when Raven in Teen Titans uses her power on any object*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Arch mage144: It does, ac...whoa.
Arch mage144: Taiar, what the hell did you do?
Der DWSage: >_>
TaiarKino: ...*Steps back* I tapped it. What I thought was lightly. <.<;;...
Arch mage144: *Shakti and Kamos find a set of magical greaves and a pair of chain gauntlets*
Arch mage144: (BRB)
Der DWSage: *Drops the rune, puts the rest of the box in his cloak*
Der DWSage: ...I think I might have found what we need.
Lithaladhwen: Eh. You take them, D.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I'd say stay the hell away from that, Taiar. You already vomited. I don't want you to vomit up your digestive tract as well.
TaiarKino: Eh...You know I don't really need it.
Der DWSage: <_<
T3chn0Namagomi: *nods, and takes them, trying to identify them...
Lithaladhwen: I think Taiar woke up The Whatever in The Thing.
T3chn0Namagomi: *
Der DWSage: *Holds up his box* A bunch of runes with healing spells on them. I'd say that's a pretty convincing tool of good.
T3chn0Namagomi: (MAG roll?)
Lithaladhwen: (Brian is in the loo)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ah)
TaiarKino: (...Skip to mah loo...)
Der DWSage: ...No, perhaps not.
Arch mage144: (Roll. Twice.)
Arch mage144: As would I...and...uh.
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 20-sided dice: 10 19
Der DWSage: The Elecs have an antimagic field, don't they?
T3chn0Namagomi: (19, 28(
Arch mage144: I'm not really sure how it works, Sorune.
Der DWSage: Hrm.
Lithaladhwen: Nope. But healing helps us, and we're good. Could be a tool of good now.
Der DWSage: *Nods*
Arch mage144: They have magically powered items. I think it just inhibits other people from using spells because they're sucking it all up.
Lithaladhwen: Or I'm good. I like me. I'm pretty okay and enjoy healing.
Der DWSage: Fair enough. Then this might be it after all.
Arch mage144: (Your second attempt succeeds--you identify the gloves, but I'll get to it in a sec since something more important is happening)
T3chn0Namagomi: Well...their enemies were biomechanical or somesuch as he said...
T3chn0Namagomi: ...So this thing's likely good.
Arch mage144: *the opaque coffin-like box opens*
Arch mage144: *it does this by having one side of it simply vaporize*
Lithaladhwen: *hasty steps back* IM: Shitcockshitmotherfucker
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: Well, this is new.
Arch mage144: *sitting in the box, held up against the back by hooks, is a sword hilt*
T3chn0Namagomi: *jumps back with his new stuff* ...
T3chn0Namagomi: The hell...?
Arch mage144: *the glowing stops*
Arch mage144: Don't look at me. It's a hilt.
TaiarKino: ...*Shoulders his Glaive more comfortably* That was...ominous.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...<_< You use swords...you take it.
Arch mage144: *the hilt is silver; it might be adorned moreso, but you'd have to get close enough to see it*
Arch mage144: Alright, I will. *takes the hilt* But this isn't a sword, it's a hilt.
Arch mage144: ...well, I'm not dead, and I grabbed it.
T3chn0Namagomi: It's part of one.
Arch mage144: *looks at it more closely* It has no blade. But it isn't broken, unless it was separated from the blade perfectly without any force.
Der DWSage: >_>
T3chn0Namagomi: (...how come "HIKARI WA!" is going through my head?)
Lithaladhwen: (Me too, Nama.)
Der DWSage: ...I think this is all a trap, myself.
Lithaladhwen: *to Sorune* Oh, sure. We could all die. But in the meantime, stuff.
Lithaladhwen: Stuff is good.
Der DWSage: Maybe we're supposed to take absoltuely nothing...
TaiarKino: I haven't taken anything...yet.
T3chn0Namagomi: *The gloves are...?*
Arch mage144: There's something engraved on the hilt.
Der DWSage: *Digs through the runes again, looking for anything distinctly offensive*
Arch mage144: *the gloves are a pair of chain gloves with a strong anti-disease ward that protects the wearer*
T3chn0Namagomi: Disease...disease is bad...
Arch mage144: *additionally, it seems that if the wearer opts to do so, he can alter the gloves to be softer and more pliable than even silk*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I can...o.o
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries putting the gloves on*
Arch mage144: *perhaps they're designed to be worn by field medics that have to work with diseased people and also have to regularly reach into their patients*
Lithaladhwen: (Tassi: *knocks Kamos out and steals them*)
Arch mage144: *Kamos is now wearing the gloves*
Der DWSage: (Sorune:*Knocks out Tassi, steals them again*)
Arch mage144: The hilt's engraving...I can't read it. It's the damned electerian language again.
Der DWSage: Try focusing on making it Common?
Arch mage144: *scratches his head* If this is the ultimate weapon, it's lame. I'm doing that, and I can't see anything.
Lithaladhwen: Ask the book. Maybe it knows things.
Der DWSage: >_>
T3chn0Namagomi: ...<_<
Der DWSage: ...Any magical aura on it?
Arch mage144: This is either a huge joke or incredibly deceptive. I swear, if this thing ever had a blade, it's been separated from the hilt and the hilt was melted down to make it look like there never was one.
Lithaladhwen: Who the hell knows. Harass the tome of translation.
Arch mage144: *focuses on the weapon's aura*
Arch mage144: OW!
T3chn0Namagomi: Huh?!
Der DWSage: ...That bright?
Arch mage144: *drops the hilt on the floor, putting his face to his eyes*
Arch mage144: *er, hands*
Der DWSage: (Interesting picture, that.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Is it that strong?
Lithaladhwen: ...Silvar? You going to be all right?
Arch mage144: Ow, ow, ow...it's like my eyes were teleported into the sun.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Damn...
Arch mage144: I'm reading an immensely powerful aura here.
TaiarKino: ...I can only imagine how terrible that is.
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: ...Weird. Your eyes don't belong there.
Arch mage144: It's too strong to look at. Makes it kind of hard to figure out what this thing does.
Der DWSage: *Pockets runes again!* But does that make it good at all?
T3chn0Namagomi: That thing has to be the "ultimate weapon"...
Arch mage144: It does, but I can't see how.
Arch mage144: Hold still, Kamos, while I beat you with it.
Arch mage144: *smirk*
Lithaladhwen: *laughs*
T3chn0Namagomi: Oh, don't even start with me there.
TaiarKino: *Chuckles*
Der DWSage: *Small grin* Mind if I see it?
Arch mage144: *offers the hilt*
Der DWSage: *Take! And tries looking into the spot where it would've been severed*
Arch mage144: *it's continuous metal, as though someone forged a hilt with no blade*
Der DWSage: I've heard stories of hilts that grew blades in times of need...hm.
Arch mage144: Grew blades?
Lithaladhwen: Well, tell it you need a blade, then.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
T3chn0Namagomi: Try willing it into something...
Lithaladhwen: *go-ahead/shooing motion with hands*
Der DWSage: *Shrugs, turns it towards the ceiling, tries just that*
Arch mage144: (COU check.)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
Der DWSage: (15.)
Arch mage144: (It's actually COU*3, so 29.)
Der DWSage: (Ah, my bad.)
Arch mage144: *despite Sorune's apparent devotion, no luck*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...
Arch mage144: *if that's how it works, it's not working*
Der DWSage: ...I don't think that's it.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I have no idea...
Der DWSage: Maybe it needs to be a genuinely dire time.
Lithaladhwen: Maybe it just doesn't like you.
T3chn0Namagomi: >_> It would be that, wouldn't it?
Arch mage144: Maybe. Let's take it with us. We're pretty sure that's what we want, and they're not going to let us in here and tell us we can have it and then not let us have it.
Lithaladhwen: I second that.
NYClark2: ( When Tai vomited... what did he vomit up? Emotions? )
Arch mage144: I'll take it.
Arch mage144: (Astral goo.)
Der DWSage: *Shrugs, hands it to Hak*
Der DWSage: ...Hm.
Arch mage144: (I have decreed it.)
Arch mage144: *puts the hilt in his coat*
T3chn0Namagomi: I'd rather not take any armor, so...
Der DWSage: ...Kamos? When did you get new gloves?
Lithaladhwen: *still has that scepter* Silvar? What about this thing?
T3chn0Namagomi: ..Just now.
Lithaladhwen: Take?
Arch mage144: Fuck me, I dunno. Keep it.
Lithaladhwen: No, and okay.
Arch mage144: We die, we die. Do you want it?
Der DWSage: <_< What do they do, exactly?
Lithaladhwen: I don't care about it, but it might come up later or something.
T3chn0Namagomi: Armor...doesn't work for me so much...
TaiarKino: (...You decreed what I vomited up. <.<;;;...)
Lithaladhwen: I don't need a damn scepter of magic-sucking glory.
Arch mage144: (I can do that. GM. My word is RAW.)
Der DWSage: (RAW?)
Arch mage144: Then leave it. Unless someone else wants it.
Lithaladhwen: (Aku!)
Der DWSage: *Nod* I'd say the same for the gloves...if they're just armor, leave them.
Lithaladhwen: Meh. I'll put it back.
Lithaladhwen: *does so, replacing the dome and stuff*
Der DWSage: I don't think that the runes can be disputed much.
T3chn0Namagomi: No...they're not just armor. They seem to protect from disease.
Der DWSage: ...In that case, may as well keep them.
Der DWSage: He never said we couldn't take more than one thing, after all.
Arch mage144: (Also floating around are a set of magical greaves that have not been identified.)
Arch mage144: (Kamos apparently has them.)
Der DWSage: Though...
T3chn0Namagomi: (He does)
T3chn0Namagomi: The boots, I don't know what they do.
T3chn0Namagomi: Oi. Hak. Any idea?
Der DWSage: *Digs in the box again. Besides that one disentigrate rune, is there anything that can be used all that offensively?*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
Arch mage144: (And no.)
Arch mage144: Hm. No. Damn, I'm off today.
TaiarKino: ...I should probably consider investing in some of the armor here. This coat doesn't do much...*Leans on his Glaive and watches the Kamos and Hak*...Mmm...
Arch mage144: Isn't that coat part of your body?
T3chn0Namagomi: Really? I prefer my mobility...
Der DWSage: >_>
TaiarKino: ...No. It's an actual Trenchcoat. <.<...
Arch mage144: Or are you a weird mazoku that likes to wear clothes?
Der DWSage: 6.6
Arch mage144: I see.
Der DWSage: Hm...
TaiarKino: ...That would mean I'm walking around naked.
T3chn0Namagomi: Though...*looks amongst the armor to check for any magical helmet type things*
Arch mage144: Functionally.
NYClark2: ( Tai: What's so weird about clothes? )
Lithaladhwen: *pictures Taiar naked and facepalms immediately*
Arch mage144: It also suggests that you functionally don't have genetalia.
Arch mage144: So you can't be "naked," culturally speaking.
Lithaladhwen: *facepalms again for similar reasons*
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: IM: Shut up, Silvar. I hate you.
Arch mage144: *none of the helmets are magical on their own*
TaiarKino: ...I guess you got me there.
Der DWSage: I'm not going to touch this conversation with a 20-foot pole.
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...
Arch mage144: What about a 30-foot one?
TaiarKino: Regardless...I do have genetalia, and I am wearing real clothes.
T3chn0Namagomi: Let's go...I can't find anything else I'd see myself using.
Arch mage144: Oh. Okay.
Der DWSage: No. Not even if it's made of five six-foot poles.
Arch mage144: Well, since Kamos doesn't want anything else...
Arch mage144: I'm ready if you all are.
TaiarKino: I was only half Mazoku at one point...<.<;;...Habits like that are heard to break.
Lithaladhwen: I want to go inspect village things.
TaiarKino: *Thumbs up* Ready.
Der DWSage: ...I'd like another look at that necklace in the room before this, actually.
Lithaladhwen: Really quickly, I swear.
Arch mage144: I must admit that I make wearing clothes a habit as well.
Arch mage144: Sure, Sorune.
Arch mage144: *walks out into the pedestal room*
Der DWSage: >_> I'm no mage...but I know it's magical. Mind identifying it?
Arch mage144: *looks*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Lithaladhwen: *goes with, because these people are proven not-stupid*
Der DWSage: *Walks out as well!*
Arch mage144: I would love to, except that I have no idea what the hell it does. This crap is all totally foreign to me for some reason.
T3chn0Namagomi: *tries to see what the hell it is as well*
Der DWSage: Hm.
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Arch mage144: *no luck*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Beats me.
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
Der DWSage: (Necklace:*Contains essence of Shini, dodges identification*)
Lithaladhwen: (XD)
Arch mage144: *uh, nope*
Lithaladhwen: *shrugs and doesn't bother with it anymore*
TaiarKino: *Should I take a go of it?*
Arch mage144: (Feel free, roll MAG*3+d20)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
TaiarKino: (Oooops.)
Der DWSage: (Wrong die.)
Arch mage144: (That's a d6.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
TaiarKino: (27.)
TaiarKino: (...My first fair roll all night.)
Der DWSage: (First fair roll concerning this necklace, too.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
Arch mage144: *Tai totally figures out what the necklace is; its seems to make the wearer's willpower stronger by acting as a conduit for such*
Arch mage144: *additionally, it helps to blunt the force of incoming attacks*
Der DWSage: IM:I wonder.
Der DWSage: IM:If we just absolutely looted this place, with all the magical power in this stuff, would that door be able to throw anything at us we couldn't handle?
TaiarKino: *Reports his findings dutifully!* ...Looks like it amplifies your willpower and has some defensive capabilities.
Lithaladhwen: Oh, neat.
Der DWSage: ...Nice.
Der DWSage: I'm not sure it's a tool of good for that, though.
Arch mage144: Hey, that's cool.
Der DWSage: Useful, yes.
Lithaladhwen: *imagines herself as even more willful than she already is*
Der DWSage: <_<
TaiarKino: (My first successful PS Action: Identifying an Item. *Dies*)
Arch mage144: (XD)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XD)
T3chn0Namagomi: (An item nobody else was able to)
Arch mage144: (That's what Tai is known for, isn't it?)
Lithaladhwen: IM: Yeah. Hm. No. Sal would be crushed under the weight of my bitchery.
Arch mage144: (His masterful identification of items)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: Maybe I could get those dickhead guards to leave me the fuck alone...
Der DWSage: (Oh fuck. You've made us all into Griff. :{ )
Der DWSage: (We're fearing the wrath of a door that talks.)
TaiarKino: A necklace with defense...That's really tempting, but...I guess if its not for good, we shoud leave it.
Arch mage144: Your call if you don't want to risk it. I firmly believe we have what we came for.
Der DWSage: Yeah.
T3chn0Namagomi: *nods*
Lithaladhwen: (Sage wins.)
Lithaladhwen: Tally ho, then. Out?
T3chn0Namagomi: Out would be good.
Arch mage144: *walks out of the room into the "community"*
TaiarKino: *Shakes his head* I'll leave it.
TaiarKino: *Follows along!*
Lithaladhwen: *out into the community place!*
Der DWSage: *Follows, holding the box o' healing!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *walks out of the building into the community as well*
Lithaladhwen: *beeline for the hearth she was inspecting earlier*
Arch mage144: *the ominous voice from earlier sounds again...*
Lithaladhwen: *before she was interrupted by Entropy Bastard*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Complete with the gloves, boots, and bardiche*
Der DWSage: 9_9 Lovely.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Yaaaay...
Arch mage144: V: So, you have found what you seek, have you?
Der DWSage: We believe so, yes.
Arch mage144: V: Most excellent. You have done what I could not. One such as myself would have had great difficulty bypassing those wards.
Der DWSage: >_>
Lithaladhwen: ¬_¬ Fucking hell. I just want to fucking look at things. No respect for research.
Der DWSage: Well fuck.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
TaiarKino: ...Oh man. I should've taken it.
Arch mage144: V: Now my wait has come to an end. Those pure of heart have finally arrived, and I can return to my master with the blade that can slice through the souls of the gods!
Lithaladhwen: One such as yourself is a prick and I'm so fucking sick of being interrupted.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Well, now you've proven yourself to be a complete dick.
Der DWSage: ...Yep.
Arch mage144: *a black mist forms before the group and coalesces into...what looks a hell of a lot like a stereotypical "grim reaper," a levitating wraith dressed in tattered black clothing*
T3chn0Namagomi: Well well...look what we have now...
Arch mage144: *in one bony hand he holds a scythe with a blade that seems to be an expression of non-existence--it's not a black blade, it's a void that seems to crackle and warp*
Der DWSage: IM:Well damn. The coffin lid disappeared, didn't it? Can't put it back...
Der DWSage: Hakaril? Think this counts as 'dire need'?
Arch mage144: "Reaper": I am the representative of entropy! I am the servant of the lord of destruction!
Der DWSage: >_>
Arch mage144: ...may well...*narrows his eyes*
Der DWSage: Ayra does her job far better than you, I'm sure.
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: I wonder if it'll work...
Arch mage144: R: Luckily, I have no need to face you myself. My servant shall dispatch you.
Lithaladhwen: The beaurocracy of entropy.
Arch mage144: *a portal materializes before the monster, and a creature begins to step out...*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Ah yes. The servant, who shall receive a pride-obliterating asskicking.
Arch mage144: *it resembles a crustacean, mostly a lobster, with a chitinous gray-green coloration to it*
Der DWSage: >_>
Arch mage144: *it has a lobster's typical eyestalks, but instead of the usual mouthparts and claws its face has been replaced by a mass of black tentacles at least twenty feet long*
Lithaladhwen: What the helling fuck?
Der DWSage: Lovely.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Why is it always tentacles?
Der DWSage: It's like being with End again.
Arch mage144: *the tentacles part briefly, revealing that there might just be a mouth in there somewhere*
Lithaladhwen: Ew.
Arch mage144: R: You die now, "heroes of pure heart!"
Lithaladhwen: e_e
T3chn0Namagomi: Hakaril! You have an idea of this thing's aura?
Lithaladhwen: IM: I think I'm insulted. Why is that?
Arch mage144: *the reaper promptly goes invisible*
Arch mage144: (And we are rolling intiative!)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 6
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 3
T3chn0Namagomi: (14)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 5
Lithaladhwen: (9)
Der DWSage: (Er, my bad.)
TaiarKino: (Seven.)
Lithaladhwen: (My roll was perfect.)
Der DWSage: (12.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 5 6
T3chn0Namagomi: (We now fight Cthulobster!)
Lithaladhwen: IM: I don't even know why that irritates me. But it does.
Der DWSage: (Indeed we do.)
TaiarKino: (Maybe more than one of us will be of actual use this time. *Glare Glare*)
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'm offended for no fucking reason. I have to kill that thing just because it confuses me and grosses me out.
Arch mage144: *before Hakaril can respond to Kamos, a group of tentacles lash out at the archmage*
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 4 20-sided dice: 1 2 15 17
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
Arch mage144: *the tentacles extend at incredible speed, two of which miss and the other two of which batter the archmage and wrap around his body, squeezing*
Arch mage144: SHIT!
Lithaladhwen: *mild sympathy-nausea*
Der DWSage: Chop off it's damn mouth!
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Arch mage144: *luckily for Hakaril, he manages to pry the tentacles off his body, getting a hand loose and shoving them away*
Arch mage144: (Go Kamos.)
T3chn0Namagomi: Damnit...I'll have to give this thing a shot...
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: If it's a servant of entropy, it should be...
Arch mage144: It's got a really strong aura!
T3chn0Namagomi: What kind?!
Arch mage144: I can't tell, it's too chaotic! Unless that's a type in and of itself...
T3chn0Namagomi: Right...
T3chn0Namagomi: ...*starts chanting, a red flash gathering into his hands...each hand, even, as Kamos' voice seems to echo* All light, burst into flames! Show me your final fiery glimmer! Now! Blast Shell!
T3chn0Namagomi: (X-Magic: Blast Shell x2)
Arch mage144: (Shocking First Bullet?)
Arch mage144: (Roll it.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 20-sided dice: 10 10
Lithaladhwen: (T3chn0Namagomi: OH NO! CTHULOBSTER!Lithaladhwen: When it's hungry it eats Hakaril?)
Lithaladhwen: (I had to share the joy.)
Der DWSage: (*Chuckles*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (33/33)
T3chn0Namagomi: *Two large red energy bolts fly at the crustacean, screaming through the air*
Arch mage144: *both blasts rocket toward the enemy...and veer off as they get close, flying into nearby architecture and blasting the everloving shit out of some ivory buildings*
Der DWSage: IM:DAMMIT KAMOS!
Lithaladhwen: ¬_¬
Lithaladhwen: IM: I'm watching you.
T3chn0Namagomi: Damnit. It's a repulsion effect.
Arch mage144: *Kamos notes that the creature's wildly shifting aura seems to have shoved the bolts away via displacement--that thing is huge!*
T3chn0Namagomi: ...
Der DWSage: Let's go with more of an area effect, then...
Arch mage144: (Sorune)
Der DWSage: Wind's wrath, hear our plight...
Der DWSage: (Casting Nature's Revenge.)
Arch mage144: (Whoa, man, that spell is absurdly expensive for what it does o_o)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Should I play the DDS2 boss BGM?)
Arch mage144: (It should cost, like, 16 MP)
Der DWSage: (...Hm. Make that the new cost then? I haven't touched the costs.)
Lithaladhwen: (Fuck. That's nuts. Poor Sorune. Make the spell cheaper, dude.)
Arch mage144: ('kay.)
Der DWSage: (Anyway! Roll to hit or no, it being an area effect?)
Arch mage144: (You do indeed have to roll to hit.)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Arch mage144: (AoE or no, it can be resisted.)
Der DWSage: (M*3 + 12?)
Arch mage144: (Mag + Int + Wis + Skill)
Der DWSage: (Wow. 47 then.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 1 2
Arch mage144: *the blades of wind generated by Sorune's spell seem to damage the beast, but not as much as he would like*
Arch mage144: *much of the burst is displaced by the creature's tremendously powerful aura*
Arch mage144: (23 damage.)
Der DWSage: Frig...
Arch mage144: (Shakti)
Lithaladhwen: Okay.... it's resisting shit. Need to split things up, maybe.
T3chn0Namagomi: Magic seems to not be that effective.
TaiarKino: At the same time, I'm not sure if I want to get that close to him...
Lithaladhwen: *With that, she begins casting a spell, but on the astral something weird is going on with her aura... another set of astral arms is acting below her physical hands and casting the spell with her...*
T3chn0Namagomi: Well then...
Arch mage144: IM: Now that is fascinating!
Arch mage144: IM: What a unique way to accomplish a double spell!
Lithaladhwen: *Around both sets of hands is coalescing a couple of purplish glowing masses that brighten until they're nearly blinding in intensity...both sets of hands rear back and hurl the spells at her enemy.*
Lithaladhwen: *Nova x2*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 2 20-sided dice: 12 6
Lithaladhwen: (32, 26)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*plays DDS2: Heroic Battle*)
Arch mage144: *both of the lights rocket toward the enemy, but again, the creature's powerful aura displaces the attack, this time sending one off into a building and another right back at Shakti*
TaiarKino: (Digital Devil Saga?)
Arch mage144: (Roll MBlock)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yep)
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
TaiarKino: (I need some good battle music...)
Lithaladhwen: (28)
T3chn0Namagomi: (DDS2 has good battle music! :D!)
Der DWSage: (Hold on a mo Tai, and I'll hook you up.)
Arch mage144: *luckily, Shakti's own aura dissipates the spell harmlessly*
Arch mage144: (Tai)
Lithaladhwen: Bitchass freaky looking piece of crustacean shit.
Der DWSage: Dammit, if we were outside, it'd be tree-bait...
T3chn0Namagomi: Well, isn't that too bad?
TaiarKino: (Party Negative Emotion Check!)
Arch mage144: I'm getting the impression its chaotic aura does a lot to prevent the effect of spells...we're going to have to try something else!
TaiarKino: (Anyone? Anyone? >.>...)
Arch mage144: (Tai can so feed. The creature itself is throwing off waves of malice.)
Lithaladhwen: (Shakti is pissed nearly constantly)
TaiarKino: (Hell yeah!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Kamos is frustrated right now, though still confident)
NYClark2: ( Tai: POWER! )
Der DWSage: (Sorune is miffed and worried.)
Lithaladhwen: (Shakti could probably exert some kind of continuous mazoku-buffing aura)
TaiarKino: *Consumes the malice of his enemy Lobster man to give himself more strength*
TaiarKino: (+1 Strength...Aaaand...)
NYClark2: ( +75 Badassness? )
Der DWSage: (No, that comes from taking the negative emotion from Mr. T himself.)
Lithaladhwen: (Mr. T?!)
Der DWSage: (Mr. T!)
Lithaladhwen: (He doesn't hate the lobster. He pities the fool.)
Der DWSage: (And that pity is a powerful negative force!)
TaiarKino: Let's see if its shell cracks like any other lobster. *Rushes in towards the monster, leaping up to avoid it's tentacly mouth and hoping to drive the point of its spear into its shell*
Arch mage144: (Roll it; light attack or something heavier?)
TaiarKino: (Light.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
TaiarKino: (YES.)
Arch mage144: (NICE)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Heh. Tai has luck)
NYClark2: ( >DESTROYED< )
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
T3chn0Namagomi: (...Wow.)
Der DWSage: (*Chuckles*)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Does that mean it's gonna spray nasty shit?)
TaiarKino: (33, I think I come out to.)
Der DWSage: (Shell:*Keeerack!*)
Der DWSage: (Head:*KEEERACK, SPLORTCH*)
Der DWSage: (=D)
Arch mage144: *Tai nimbly avoids the enemy's tentacles and shoves his glaive into the foe's face...*
TaiarKino: (I'm useful! *Dances*)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 6 6
Der DWSage: (Tai's useful! His second amazing roll in PS!)
NYClark2: ( ::Which causes the Loctopus to explode:: )
Der DWSage: (I mean, that's a damn critical.)
Arch mage144: *...and the spear pierces one of the creature's eyestalks at the root, the point of the weapon being jammed into the creature's h ead*
T3chn0Namagomi: (I thought it was the Cthulobster)
Der DWSage: ...Holy CRAP.
Arch mage144: *it doesn't seem to have a brain, else it would be totally dead*
Lithaladhwen: IM: I think I like that guy. He's crazy.
Arch mage144: *with a vicious twist, Tai's attack causes black ichor to spray violently from the wound, soaking the mazoku in foeter*
Arch mage144: (78 damage, a critical hit for maximum damage.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yeah...that deserves some visual impact)
Arch mage144: (Best part; it would not be critical if you didn't boost your STR.)
Lithaladhwen: (This isn't...really...happening!)
TaiarKino: (I'm happy.)
Lithaladhwen: (So really it's Cthulobster's own fault for being a hostile bitch.)
Der DWSage: IM:Ye fucking...do you people practice for this sort of thing?
Arch mage144: *the lobster turns its attention to Taiar, tentacles appearing to snake backwards toward him*
Arch mage144: (Roll PA 4 times.)
Der DWSage: ...Get OUT of there, Taiar!
TaiarKino: (20s?)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yep)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 4 20-sided dice: 4 3 10 10
Arch mage144: (17, 16, 23, 23.)
TaiarKino: (17, 16, 23, 23)
TaiarKino: (Woo...Getting the hang of this.)
Arch mage144: *unfortunately for Tai, he's getting tentacle raped after his spectacular performance*
TaiarKino: (...Mathematically, I mean.)
Arch mage144: *all four tentacles batter him and wrap around his body--his being lightly armored doesn't help, either*
Arch mage144: (52 damage.)
Arch mage144: (Roll PA again.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
TaiarKino: (Ouch. A brief moment of goodness, and I'm back in the pits.)
Arch mage144: *the tentacles tighten their grip, solidly constricting Tai and pinning his arms to his body*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Story of my life)
Arch mage144: (Kamos!)
Arch mage144: TAI!
T3chn0Namagomi: That's it...
Arch mage144: Damnit, you idiot, dont get yourself killed! What would I tell Aya?
TaiarKino: IM: Shoulda...taken...the necklace.
T3chn0Namagomi: *grabs his newfound bardiche, and rushes in, attempting to sever the tentacles with a slash*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Pending on how big)
T3chn0Namagomi: (the tentacles are, I mean)
Arch mage144: (They're as big around as a man's arm.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Gotcha)
Arch mage144: (Roll attack, it's got a +2 to AT on it.)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
Der DWSage: (Mmm, toasted burrito.)
Arch mage144: (Give me the attack strength as well)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Medium. As such, it would be a roll of 31)
Arch mage144: (Roll damage; weapon's base damage for a medium attack is 22)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 3 6-sided dice: 2 3 6
T3chn0Namagomi: (39)
Arch mage144: *Kamos, chopping with all his might, severs all four of the the tentacles constricting Tai--the tentacles holding onto the mazoku go limp and drop to the ground*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Yay for ichor!*
Arch mage144: *Hakaril draws the sword hilt and points it at the creature* You think that's all we can do, you mockery of a decent seafood dish!?
Arch mage144: *unfortunately, Hak's hopeful weapon seems to have a case of impotence today, and he finds himself waving the hilt frantically*
Arch mage144: DAMNIT!
Arch mage144: (Sorune.)
Der DWSage: IM:Can we get some better taunts for this man?
Der DWSage: *Looks over to Tai!*
Der DWSage: Gentle wind, hear my plight once more...
Der DWSage: (Casting Nature's Refreshment again.)
Der DWSage: (And since it's not holy...)
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 4-sided die: 3
Arch mage144: (23 HP recovered!)
Der DWSage: (Indeed!)
TaiarKino: (Whee!)
Arch mage144: *Tai's looking a little less battered now*
Arch mage144: (Shakti)
Arch mage144: *Kamos and Tai are both thoroughly covered in gore, no matter how much healing Sorune puts out :-(*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Woohoo!*
Lithaladhwen: No way I'm going in there. Fuck all of you crazy people.
Lithaladhwen: Not yet, anyway.
Lithaladhwen: *casts kinetic shield on... since he seems to be doing well in melee tonight....Captain Destruction.*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Arch mage144: *AC up! an intangible psychokinetic field surrounds Kamos, softening physical blows*
Lithaladhwen: *For two rounds he gets +2AC.*
Arch mage144: +4
Arch mage144: *
Lithaladhwen: (That's right! And also higher!)
Arch mage144: (Tai)
TaiarKino: (+23? *Looks left, Looks right*)
Arch mage144: (To hit?)
Der DWSage: (To health.)
Arch mage144: (Oh. Your HP is 48.)
TaiarKino: (Thought I would go for a clarify on this a bit, since I'm not entirely sure. Okay.)
Der DWSage: (*Goes to fetch Bubble Elixer real fast*)
TaiarKino: *Consume emotion to recover HP!*
Arch mage144: (No need to roll. You gain 15 HP.)
Arch mage144: *Tai breathes in the unchecked rage of his opponent and the incredible pissiness of his fellow mercenary and anthropologist...*
Arch mage144: *and he finds his wounds continue to heal as a result of the energy absorbed*
Lithaladhwen: (XD)
Arch mage144: (2 TP consumed, take your turn.)
Lithaladhwen: (Shakti buffs EVERYONE!)
Lithaladhwen: (With the power of bitchery.)
Der DWSage: (*Chuckles*)
Lithaladhwen: (She has unlimited bitchery, too. She doesn't, like...spend bitch points to do that.)
TaiarKino: *Takes stock of last time and circles around back of the monster, hoping to strike at a point unreaching of its tentacles. Reaching the end of his sprint, Tai rushes in for another Thrust*
TaiarKino: (Whether that can actually happen in PS I'm not arguing, I just thought I would avoid Tai looking dumb and attacking where he got his ass kicked last time. Light attack.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Arch mage144: (.....)
Lithaladhwen: (XD)
TaiarKino: (...)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Wow...)
Der DWSage: (Ye FUCK.)
Arch mage144: (ROLL DAMAGE)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Deadly accurate thrusts)
Lithaladhwen: (Bitch-buffing!)
Der DWSage: (Bitch buffing!)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 6
T3chn0Namagomi: (CRITCRITCRIT)
Arch mage144: *Tai leaps over the monster nimbly and lands on its back, thrusting his spear point straight downward after landing and jamming the weapon into the back of the creature's head*
Lithaladhwen: IM: That fucker is CRAZY. This is good.
Arch mage144: *another violent twist of the Dragon's Bane results in his ripping a huge chunk of crustacean shell off the back head portion and greenish black ichor spraying forth*
Arch mage144: (Crit, 58 damage)
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: THE HELL?
Lithaladhwen: You're a crazy son of a bitch! Good job!
Der DWSage: Did I walk into the 'crazy elite fighting bastards' club or something?
Arch mage144: SHIT, MAN!
Arch mage144: *the deepspawn (cause that's its real name) writhes in pain, and, minus its tentacles, lunges at Kamos with a gaping mouth made visible by the parting of the hentai appendages; it is ringed with teeth that seem to move independently
Arch mage144: *
Arch mage144: (PA roll)
Arch mage144: (2x)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 2 20-sided dice: 1 12
Arch mage144: (Total it)
T3chn0Namagomi: (What's the PA on that bardiche?)
Arch mage144: (+2)
T3chn0Namagomi: (21/32)
Arch mage144: *the deepspawn, aided by a tentacle, grabs Kamos' lower body and trips him, allowing the enormous creature's lunge to swallow him up to the knees*
Lithaladhwen: *shudders* Ew.
Arch mage144: *teeth move around in the mouth like the blades of a blender, tearing his clothing and flesh*
Arch mage144: (59 damage.)
T3chn0Namagomi: IM: SHIT!
T3chn0Namagomi: >.<
Arch mage144: (Kamos can act, but he's prone and if he wants to stand he'll have to fight his way out of the creature's mouth.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (What about the option of phasing to stand?)
TaiarKino: Kamos! Dammit, I need to return the favor...
T3chn0Namagomi: (Circlet and all)
Arch mage144: (Noted; it'll give him a bonus, but it's not guaranteed.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *And Kamos, with that irritating-as-hell circlet of his, attempts to use phasing to get out of the creature's mouth. Since when did Valthi start tasting good?*
Arch mage144: (Roll opposed AT)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
T3chn0Namagomi: (Bonuses applied?)
Arch mage144: *Kamos successfully frees himself from the mouth of the deepspawn*
Lithaladhwen: (What, he doesn't want to change to look like an elf? That would be useful, man!)
Arch mage144: (You're good)
Arch mage144: (Act normally)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Ah.)
T3chn0Namagomi: *And now, Kamos decides to return the favor to the deepspawn, attempting to stab the hell out of its face with the bardiche*
T3chn0Namagomi: (Light)
OnlineHost: T3chn0Namagomi rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
T3chn0Namagomi: (Damn, I'm losing my luck)
T3chn0Namagomi: (28)
Arch mage144: (You should count yourself damned lucky for not being in the mouth of a deepspawn)
T3chn0Namagomi: (True)
TaiarKino: (I Probably took it. <.<;;...Sorry.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (But not so damned lucky for ending up in it in the first place)
T3chn0Namagomi: (XP)
Arch mage144: *this time the creature, seemingly regrowing a tentacle, throws it into the way to parry*
Arch mage144: Fuck this! *Hakaril shoves the hilt back into his coat and raises his hands* IM: I am not getting anywhere near that thing.
Arch mage144: Blessed light of life eternal, grant me the power to change fortune for the better! AURA!
Arch mage144: *the entire party can feel themselves being magically steadied by an unseen force*
TaiarKino: (...I need some spell chants.)
Arch mage144: (AT/PA +3.)
Lithaladhwen: (Yeah, same. My only dramatic caster is Zea.)
Lithaladhwen: (And even then she's just praying to her god.)
Arch mage144: (Sorune)
Arch mage144: (Taiar heals...)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 1 4-sided die: 3
Arch mage144: (23 HP)
Der DWSage: (Hrm.)
Arch mage144: (He is at full health)
TaiarKino: (Yaaaay...)
TaiarKino: (But still dirty as a bum.)
Arch mage144: (Covered in deepspawn shit.)
Der DWSage: *...Realizes Tai and Kamos are both right next to it, so decides his spell is a bad idea.*
Der DWSage: *So instead heals Kamos*
OnlineHost: Der DWSage rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Der DWSage: (All of 24 HP.)
Arch mage144: (Healed!)
Der DWSage: (...On another note, isn't the damned thing nearing being dead? Or looking it, at least?)
Arch mage144: (Shakti.)
Arch mage144: (It's hard to tell, but it has taken tons of damage.)
Der DWSage: (Mostly from Tai.)
Arch mage144: (It apparently has a hell of a lot of stamina.)
TaiarKino: (...Only about 100.)
Arch mage144: (And lots of bodily fluids that it can manage without.)
Der DWSage: (Closer to 160, with Tai doing 120-ish of that.)
Der DWSage: (Face it. You're useful!)
T3chn0Namagomi: (I suddenly turned useless. XP)
Der DWSage: (Actually, no. You're hardcore in this fight!)
Arch mage144: (Tai's uber luck with attack rolls is making him rock hardcore.)
TaiarKino: (I hope it lasts...<.<;;...)
T3chn0Namagomi: (*tries to steal Tai's luck)
TaiarKino: (*Shares his luck with the team!...Somehow. Voodoo?*)
Der DWSage: (*Returns the favor by being pissy and irritated*)
TaiarKino: (*Gets buff*)
Lithaladhwen: Fuck. Whatever, shit. *Shakti tosses another nova at the stupid thing... the energy of the stars once again congealing into a dark purplish ball that lightens and condenses until it's brilliant white...*
Lithaladhwen: *Then she hurls it at the stupid tentacle monster.*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Lithaladhwen: (31)
Arch mage144: *as Raphael might say, "no good"--the creature's magic resistance is just insane*
Arch mage144: (Tai!)
TaiarKino: *Consume Emotion, +1 Strength*
Arch mage144: (Tai becomes stronger!)
TaiarKino: *In a rush to get back to Kamos' side, Taiar makes another try at going over the monster, this time walking atop of it and Plunging his Glaive down at it's half-exposed back-head when he reaches*
TaiarKino: (Aaah...Medium.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 20-sided die: 19
Arch mage144: (TAI)
TaiarKino: (...Shoulda gone with heavy.)
Lithaladhwen: (Fuck you, you.)
Der DWSage: (Dammit, stop doing that. :{ )
Arch mage144: (TAI STOP BEING UBER AND ROLL DAMAGE YOU BITCH)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Der DWSage: (Let someone else get an uber attack in.)
TaiarKino: (Aw...Darnit.)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Goddamnit. Why do I have bad luck? :-( )
Arch mage144: (38+3d6)
T3chn0Namagomi: (Yes. Please let me do an uber. I want to make more blood and ichor spray)
Lithaladhwen: (You're doing better than I am, so hush.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 6-sided die: 3
TaiarKino: (There you go.)
OnlineHost: Arch mage144 rolled 2 6-sided dice: 2 1
Arch mage144: (Need two more of those)
TaiarKino: (Oh...Thought it would just go with my previous 2. But okay.)
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 3 6-sided dice: 6 3 1
Arch mage144: (Oh, I didn't see those two.)
Arch mage144: (It's...um, enough damage.)
Arch mage144: *as if to accentuate that he's one CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER, Tai leaps again, this time landing in front of the monster and standing between it and Kamos*
Lithaladhwen: (How do you like philsys now?)
TaiarKino: (I'm kind of sad I didn't get into it sooner. <.<...)
Arch mage144: *he thrusts the glaive into the creature's mouthparts, cramming the sharp point deep into the creature until the teeth stop moving and the blade bursts out the back of the deepspawn's head*
T3chn0Namagomi: ( I wanted to do that. Stupid bad roll.)
TaiarKino: (But...That's biased. Overall, It seems like an extremely balanced and wellthoughtout system.)
Arch mage144: *with a violent tear, he brings the weapon back toward him, cleaving the aberration's head in two from the top*
Der DWSage: ...
Der DWSage: Hakaril? Remind me to NEVER insult that man.
Arch mage144: *as if it needed to be mentioned, he and Kamos are so fucking messy right now*
Lithaladhwen: That was definitely necessary. This is good.
Arch mage144: o_o I've never seen him fight like that before. That was amazing.
Der DWSage: I think I'd end up as a hat.
Arch mage144: If you hadn't killed the fucking thing I would've had to wade in there myself.
TaiarKino: ...*Rests his Glaive on the ground with a clank and wipes some slop off his face* ...Damn, That thing just kept on moving. <.<;;...
Arch mage144: I'm prissy and don't like being covered in...uh...whatever that stuff is.
Arch mage144: IM: Mazoku are vicious, man.
Arch mage144: Where the hell's that reaper asshole?
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: Keep an eye on that hilt.
Lithaladhwen: IM: Prissy.
Der DWSage: Hear me Tai? I don't want you losing it.
Lithaladhwen: (We lost Brian.)
Lithaladhwen: (Hold.)
TaiarKino: ...The responsibility fell onto me very suddenly. *Keeps trying to clean himself up to no avail*
Lithaladhwen: (Hold up. Brian's computer is off.)
Der DWSage: (Gotcha.)
Arch mage144 has left the room.
Arch mage144 has entered the room.
TaiarKino: (...That was entertaining.)
Der DWSage: IM:If he wasn't watching too closely, it'll distract him long enough that he picks the wrong person...
Arch mage144: Man. Okay, so we still don't know how this weapon works, there's no sign of that bastard...
TaiarKino: Oh, Thanks for the recover earlier too. I owe you one. *Nods*
Arch mage144: ...let's get out of here while we still have a chance unless anyone has some weird reason to stick around.
Der DWSage: *Shrug* Wasn't much else I could do.
Der DWSage: ...Yes, let's get out. Now.
Lithaladhwen: I...but...oh, fuck, fine.
Lithaladhwen: *scowls*
T3chn0Namagomi: Yes...Let's. >.<
Der DWSage: >_> I don't like the idea of trying to fight that reaper-wannabe here...
Lithaladhwen: Fuck only knows what will happen if I try to look at things again.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Chimerizes! Complete with red light*
Der DWSage: He knows it too well, and my power is...limited at best.
Lithaladhwen: Every fucking time I find something interesting, Evil comes to find us.
TaiarKino: That's half the requirements of interesting: Infested with Evil.
Der DWSage: If it makes you feel better, I'll keep note of where this place is and we can come back later.
T3chn0Namagomi: Bah. I never agreed with that point of view.
Arch mage144: We can return to study the whatever the fuck later.
Lithaladhwen: *nod to Sorune* Hell yes. We will.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Kamos now has wings, claws, a tail, and the like! :D!*
Arch mage144: Right now we've gotta get out of here so we can figure out what's up with this hilt. And I have the book.
Arch mage144: Let's move!
Lithaladhwen: Right.
T3chn0Namagomi: Right.
Arch mage144: *heads for the exit*
Lithaladhwen: *heads out*
T3chn0Namagomi: *does so as well*
Der DWSage: *And those Druid feet move!*
TaiarKino: *Going!*
T3chn0Namagomi: *Chimera GO!*
Arch mage144: *you all know how to find the exit and no one is eaten by a Lovecraftian horror on the way*
Lithaladhwen: *grumbles about things...there's some profanity in other languages in there occasionally as well*
Arch mage144: *the group finds itself in daylight again, and Hakaril taps his hat off*
Der DWSage: =....Wow. Two of you look like utter crap, while the rest of you are clean.=
Der DWSage: =So, what'd you do this time?=
Der DWSage: *Was playing with a mouse whilst they were busy*
Der DWSage: *And the Druid express forms again!* =Let's move, then I'll tell you.=
TaiarKino: *Disperses his weapon now that they're out, leaving both hands to mop up on Aisle Tai*
Arch mage144: You two need baths.
T3chn0Namagomi: *Instead decides to fly*
Der DWSage: Yes, you do.
Arch mage144: I am not volunteering to give you one, notably...
Der DWSage: Maybe we can find a spring or something.
TaiarKino: ...I wouldn't accept, so no worries.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I REALLY don't think Deeum would want to touch me.
T3chn0Namagomi: Not like this.
Arch mage144: Let's head home. We got what we came for.
Der DWSage: Who knows what demonic crab guts do to your skin?
Arch mage144: I'm amazed she wants to anyway.
Arch mage144: *smirk*
Der DWSage: *And they move, with notable speed!*
T3chn0Namagomi: At least I'm not so desperate as to marry a succubus! *smirking*
TaiarKino: Hey, Maybe it's a good moisturizer. >.>...
Arch mage144: *thus our adventurers make the trek home to Doma after a ridiculous underground escapade filled with treasure, evil mutant lobsters, and anthropologically valuable evidence...*
Der DWSage: Or perhaps you morph into a horrible new being.
Lithaladhwen: That reminds me of something that is in no way related. Silvar. Have to talk to you about something.
Arch mage144: Sure. Whenever.
Lithaladhwen: Yeah. Kind of a confidential thing, so later?
Arch mage144: So not now. That's fine.
T3chn0Namagomi: Meh. Just as long as I can find out what these boots do.
Arch mage144: *and thus, barring anyone else wanting to CI a wrap up, </RP!>8
Lithaladhwen: (They're made for walking.)
T3chn0Namagomi: </Kamos!>
Arch mage144: (And that's just what they'll do.)
Arch mage144: </THE GM>
Lithaladhwen: </Shakti>
Der DWSage: (Boots:*Are made to eat the feet of stupid adventurers*
T3chn0Namagomi: (But, err...assuming he gets them IDed...what do they do?)
Der DWSage: )*
Arch mage144: Post RP discussion commence!
Lithaladhwen: There. Got my font back.
Arch mage144: Kamos is being paid 3,000 gil for his efforts.
T3chn0Namagomi: Kamos: Woohoo!
Arch mage144: Anyone else who requests a monetary award gets the same when the adventurers return to the castle.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...I take it he mainly got paid that much due to taking out the prismats. XD
Arch mage144: I'll go over full item details after EXP.
TaiarKino: ...Started out bad, turned when Tai got that Item identifying on, turned into entertaining.
T3chn0Namagomi: Alright.
Arch mage144: Everyone gets 1400 EXP for combat and RP, plus bonuses, so I'll tell you your total in a sec:
Arch mage144: Shakti gets 150 bonus EXP for being the court anthropologist. Total 1550.
Arch mage144: Tai wins the LOBSTERMASHER award! He gets 200 EXP bonus for a total of 1600.
T3chn0Namagomi: LOBSTERMASHER. Wow. XD
Lithaladhwen: XD
Der DWSage: Does he also get a medal? :{
Lithaladhwen: Free lobster dinner?
Der DWSage: Or at least a free bath?
Lithaladhwen: Shakti can get one of the girls to give him a bath.
Arch mage144: Sorune gets 150 EXP for being the digging master, 100 EXP for his insight about the hilt that might produce a blade in times of need (because he might just be right) and the Combat Medic award, also worth 100 EXP. Total 1750.
Der DWSage: Nice.
TaiarKino: A cook at his best. *Twirls butcher's..Glaives*
Arch mage144: Kamos gets the Dragonslayer Award for 200 bonus EXP. Total 1600.
T3chn0Namagomi: XD
T3chn0Namagomi: "DESTROYED!"
Arch mage144: Bardiche: Steelcutter Bardiche. +2/+2 AT/PA, +2 damage. Ignores up to 10 points of AC, but only if the AC is provided by metal armor or something analogous.
T3chn0Namagomi: Err...what would the stats on a bardiche be?
Arch mage144: It also ignores the hardness of metal objects to an extent; it can chop solid steel as though it were wood.
Arch mage144: Halberd stats.
Der DWSage: Nice.
Arch mage144: I already described the chain gauntlets. In chain form they are AC 6, and in silk form they have no AC value.
Arch mage144: They protect the wearer from disease, a +8 bonus.
Arch mage144: The silver greaves...who got those, Kamos?
Arch mage144: Kamos hogged the items. :-(
Der DWSage: Kamos was the only one willing to risk taking items. :{
TaiarKino: Shoulda grabbed that necklace. *Snaps fingers*
Der DWSage: Yeah, we should've.
T3chn0Namagomi: Kamos is a lootwhore. XD
Lithaladhwen: Kamos is grabby about weapons and things.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Must be the dragon part of his chimera self
Arch mage144: The greaves provide a +3 STR bonus if you click your heels together, but it will only function if you make a difficulty 30 COU check, and it only works once per day.
Arch mage144: Duration of 5 minutes.
Der DWSage: ...Nice bonus, that.
Arch mage144: Sorune has a bunch of little magical tiles that can be broken to activate a spell.
T3chn0Namagomi: If you make the COU check
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Arch mage144: The "heal" tiles, of which there are five, heal 30+3d6 HP to the chosen target.
T3chn0Namagomi: Kamos only has 4 COU, so that's only a 15% chance of success
Arch mage144: The "detoxify" tile removes up to 10 levels of poison.
Arch mage144: The "bolster" tile grants a +4 PA bonus for 2d4 rounds.
Der DWSage: All of this holy, I assume?
Arch mage144: Yes.
Der DWSage: Just checking.
Arch mage144: Shakti left the anti-magic field generating scepter behind, so that covers it for treasure and EXP.
Lithaladhwen: What the hell does she want that for? She casts magic.
TaiarKino: ...Level up yaaay.
Lithaladhwen: When you have 55 HP, you don't melee if you can help it.
Der DWSage: Sell it?
Lithaladhwen: Not with shit like Cthulobster.
Der DWSage: She coulda chucked it at him. :{
Arch mage144: And that concludes tonight's RP, which ran for a pretty long time.
Lithaladhwen: Aye.
TaiarKino: T'was fun.
Der DWSage: Hell, if Tai hadn't just up and LOBSTERSMASHED him, Sorune would've run back inside to do just that.
Arch mage144: I in no way have a complete log, so Ash will take care of that.
T3chn0Namagomi: It was one session, which is short compared to Doomsday episodes. XD
Lithaladhwen: (Aye. From the Ashes has similar chat issues.)
Arch mage144: There will probably be more, but as for when and what we'll see.
T3chn0Namagomi: Will this group have priority?
Arch mage144: There are several people "on the list" so to speak that were not involved this time, so they get priority, actually.
T3chn0Namagomi: Ah.
Der DWSage: Kay.
Arch mage144: Ash gets priority over everyone because I'm a biased whore.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Will is still not as cool as Ryuho.
Lithaladhwen: ...<_<;
Der DWSage: *Chuckle*
Arch mage144: Other than that it's first come first serve.
Arch mage144: If I try to run another RP at some point and no one else is around but you guys you're automatically in. That's how I operate.
TaiarKino: Nothing wrong with being Biased...
Arch mage144: My players work around me. Whoever's available gets to RP. *chuckles*
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm. I wonder if there'll be, like, two "sides" to this deal.
Arch mage144: There technically are.
Lithaladhwen: That rhymed.
Arch mage144: The other side is a D&D campaign I'm running.
Lithaladhwen: That hurts me somehow.
T3chn0Namagomi: Ah.
Arch mage144: They're on Regulus trying to deal with the crisis there.
Lithaladhwen: Tassi went! :D
TaiarKino: That's awesome. o.o
Der DWSage: Interesting.
Arch mage144: They're trying to figure out how to deal with various bizarre conflicts and track down a suit of armor made from the hide of the tarrasque.
Lithaladhwen: They've also met some remnant of stickfigure man, if I'm reading this correctly.
Arch mage144: ...he was obviously not a stick figure then.
Der DWSage: Yes.
Lithaladhwen: No. He was pretty righteous.
Arch mage144: He was a major image acting as last memory of sorts for the guy.
Der DWSage: He did not meet the wrath of math = Hat yet.
Lithaladhwen: Tassi liked him. If dead people could drink, she'd have offered him some booze.
TaiarKino: Oh! PS Question. *Raises hand*
Arch mage144: Yeah?
TaiarKino: What the difference between a PA Roll and the PA Stat? I'm mainly wondering how Advanced Parry works...
Arch mage144: The roll is the d20.
Arch mage144: Advanced parry modifies your d20 roll. If you have lost your PA roll (i.e. this is the second time you get attacked before it's your turn again) you don't get the bonus.
TaiarKino: Aaaaah...
TaiarKino: So I shoulda been rolling d24s? <.<;;...
Arch mage144: No, no.
TaiarKino: Just +4 raw?
Arch mage144: Yeah.
Arch mage144: It's PA+d20+advanced parry rank.
TaiarKino: For one block. Okie, got it.
TaiarKino: Per round.
Arch mage144: If you have lost your PA roll you just get PA.
TaiarKino: Aaaaah...
Arch mage144: Once you get multiple attacks you can trade them for additional parries if you want to be defensive.
Arch mage144: Or you can opt for total defense, give up your one standard attack and get an extra PA roll that way.
Arch mage144: You don't get a second attack until rank 12 with a heavy weapon, though.
TaiarKino: *Nods*
TaiarKino: Long way to go, but good to know!
T3chn0Namagomi: Heavy weapons are a bastard like that
T3chn0Namagomi: Though their damage IS much higher
Arch mage144: http://humaninbox.blogspot.com/2006/01/gamer-grammar.html
TaiarKino: Haha...
T3chn0Namagomi: Dude. WTF
Arch mage144: THE OPPOSITE OF PRO IS NOOB
T3chn0Namagomi: I always seem to notice that Kamos apparently has die roll troubles against anything "boss"-level
T3chn0Namagomi: I wonder why that is.
T3chn0Namagomi: Hmm...now what to spend 3000 Doman Gil on...
Der DWSage: Oh yes.
Der DWSage: Shakti would also gain 1x okay sketch of a mural.
T3chn0Namagomi: Or...more likely...what would Kamos buy with 3000 DG.
Lithaladhwen: She'd copy it into her notes and return it.
Arch mage144: A wedding.
Der DWSage: Kay then.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Lithaladhwen: She also would want to go back at some point to have a crazy expedition.
Arch mage144: Meanwhile, Tai is uber against everything lobster shaped.
T3chn0Namagomi: Well, the engagement gift, I guess. XD
Der DWSage: Sorune would totally go with her.
T3chn0Namagomi: And Kamos is uber against dragons?
Arch mage144: I'm inviting him to go with me next time I hit Red Lobster.
Lithaladhwen: Also, yes. Pay for a decent fucking wedding you cheap assmunch.
Arch mage144: Somehow Tai will flip out, kill the waiter, and get me all the free lobster I can eat.
Der DWSage: And Sorune gets the 'nearly useless when underground' award.
Der DWSage: No he won't, AM. :{
Der DWSage: He'll just flip out and kill all the lobsters.
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< Well...Hakaril DID offer to conduct the ceremony for free
Arch mage144: Oh, good point.
Lithaladhwen: Shakti actually has a "heal the party" spell, but it doesn't work underground either.
Der DWSage: In a truly hardcore version.
Arch mage144: Will I at least get to butter them?
Lithaladhwen: Holly also offered to perform for free.
Lithaladhwen: Free entertainment.
TaiarKino: Not like you'd eat them alive anyways. Good for the cookin'!
Der DWSage: Actually, cooking a lobster after it's dead = Good way to get poisoned.
T3chn0Namagomi: Yep
Arch mage144: What? Really?
Arch mage144: I didn't know that.
Der DWSage: You cook lobster while it's still alive.
Lithaladhwen: I've never heard that and I'm from Maine.
T3chn0Namagomi: You have to plunge it into boiling water to kill it
Arch mage144: I knew that, but I didn't realize you got poisoned.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
T3chn0Namagomi: From what I hear
Arch mage144: Why do you get poisoned o_O
TaiarKino: Not if you remove the digistive tract, I wanna say?
TaiarKino: Digestive*
T3chn0Namagomi: Releases some kind of chemical in its blood upon death
Der DWSage: >_> I don't remember offhand...though I can take a look on the intarweb.
Arch mage144: *does*
T3chn0Namagomi: IIRC
Lithaladhwen: Brian is wiki-ing it.
Der DWSage: Kay.
TaiarKino: *Totally has a Good Eats episode on this.*
Der DWSage: Hell, I just heard it two days ago from my mother.
Der DWSage: Who I'm sure has an entire Encyclopedia Brittanica set wedged inside her head.
TaiarKino: *Hasn't watched it in quite some time though*
T3chn0Namagomi: Kamos will buy a wedding! XP Or at least stuff for the wedding
Lithaladhwen: According to wikipedia you can kill it first.
Lithaladhwen: It's just a pain.
Lithaladhwen: That's what I thought.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Lithaladhwen: I knew a lobster named Billy Jo Bob Blue McIntyre once.
Lithaladhwen: My parents ate him. :(
Der DWSage: So what's the 'pain' in it, exactly?
Der DWSage: Better yet, link me the article.
Lithaladhwen: You just have to slide a knife in behind its head.
TaiarKino: The only humane way recognized by some such and such people is something like...Driving a Knife into it's head then cutting downwards through its brain.
Arch mage144: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster
Lithaladhwen: Or other things that are more trouble than just putting it in water.
TaiarKino: ...Like what Tai did. In reverse.
Arch mage144: You can also kill it by freezing it for like two hours.
Der DWSage: But yes.
Arch mage144: Supposedly their central nervous system is not advanced enough for them to feel pain if you just drop them in water, but I have no idea how you prove that.
T3chn0Namagomi: I wonder if Kamos gets an Anti-H award for cutting off tentacles. XP
Arch mage144: I will continue to eat them even if they have to suffer.
Der DWSage: Unless Tai carefully pierced the lobster's brains each and every time, you'd get poisoned by eating them. :{
TaiarKino: Hey...He managed to get this one almost. <.<...
Lithaladhwen: Lobsters are not toxic.
Arch mage144: I don't see anything about poisoning in this article.
Lithaladhwen: I'm pretty freaking sure lobsters are nontoxic.
Arch mage144: LOBSTER MADE OF MEAT
Lithaladhwen: I've been around a lot of lobster-cooking, and I've never heard that you can be poisoned by them.
Lithaladhwen: o_o
Lithaladhwen: "Woman masturbates with lobster"
Der DWSage: Ah, got it.
Lithaladhwen: *hides in a box*
TaiarKino: ...The hell?
Der DWSage: It's the Lobster's Tomalley that could be poisonous.
TaiarKino: I don't know what I want to level up! *Flips*
Der DWSage: Since it's basically the pancreas and liver combined, and some dirty crap gets put into it.
Lithaladhwen: I want to die. Lobster masturbation.
Lithaladhwen: Brian, please link that.
T3chn0Namagomi: What. The. Fuck.
Arch mage144: http://www.snopes.com/risque/juvenile/lobster.htm
Der DWSage: I refuse to ask or click.
Lithaladhwen: Also, Sage:
Lithaladhwen: Most of the people I knew didn't eat that anyway.
Lithaladhwen: It's supposedly a delicacy, but it always grossed my mother out.
Lithaladhwen: Because it's green and pancrea-livered.
Der DWSage: I will have to ask mum where she got her information from.
Lithaladhwen: The poisonous bit is probably due to, like...pollution or red tide or something.
Der DWSage: I'm also finding various sites that say the lobster is not poisonous when you kill it. HM.
Der DWSage: It could just be the fact that lobster spoils really quickly.
Der DWSage: After it's killed, and all that.
Lithaladhwen: *nod*
Arch mage144: It doesn't taste good if it isn't really really fresh.
Lithaladhwen: We lived near the dock, and my parents knew people.
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 100-sided die: 78
Lithaladhwen: So we got big bags of lobster and live bivalves and things.
TaiarKino: ...Close. Almost missed it by 12.
TaiarKino: Secondary!
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 100-sided die: 79
TaiarKino: ...Failed.
TaiarKino: ...Tai is turning out extremely balanced.
Arch mage144: Aww. Poor Tai.
Der DWSage: Used up all the awesome on the crab.
TaiarKino: +1 Agi, Nothing for his Cha.
Lithaladhwen: *logs and uploads*
Der DWSage: Y'know, at some point, I have to use Bill in a PS RP.
Arch mage144: d20srd.org's dicebag is so fucking cool.
TaiarKino: I'll repair and pull out Emeralda when that happens.
Arch mage144: I used it for every roll on my side of the table.
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
TaiarKino: ...Damn.
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
TaiarKino: ...Nice.
Arch mage144: MP get!
TaiarKino: Didn't use magic at all today. <.<;;...
Der DWSage: *Chuckles*
Arch mage144: Didn't seem to need it, eh?
Der DWSage: ...Sorune's a hundred and some XP from getting a level too. I'll have to think about that...
Lithaladhwen: This RP is getting logged as "Cthulobster."
T3chn0Namagomi: Kamos is 930 XP from a level
Der DWSage: I saved it as LOBSTERSMASH. :{
TaiarKino: Well...I only got 1 attack turn on the Dragons, and the Lobster has psycho MBlock. <.<;;...
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< Indeed
Der DWSage: Apparently so.
Der DWSage: Though Sorune got through it...he's not exactly mad effective in a mostly processed environment.
Arch mage144: Base MBlock 40 and an innate magic damage reduction.
Lithaladhwen: My AIM is making me angry.
T3chn0Namagomi: Gah. No wonder
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Arch mage144: Reduces all magic damage to 1/3.
Der DWSage: Ah.
Lithaladhwen: It won't let me enter a link into chat.
Der DWSage: Lovely.
Der DWSage: Ash:Some of the links are like that.
Der DWSage: Put a space in the middle?
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Wow. Something with (barely) more MBlock than Kamos
OnlineHost: TaiarKino rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
TaiarKino: ...Yay, TP Get too.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Lithaladhwen: Put a space in the middle?
Lithaladhwen: What?
Der DWSage: Put a space in the middle of the link. That should let you put the URL in, even if it won't be a click and go link.
Lithaladhwen: Nope.
Lithaladhwen: Nada.
Der DWSage: Damned.
Lithaladhwen: Our nada who art in nada.
Lithaladhwen: Nada be thy nada. They nada come, thy nada be nada, in nada as it is in nada.
Lithaladhwen: Give us this nada our nada nada...
Der DWSage: *Nod, nod* Fascinating.
Der DWSage: All praise nada!
Lithaladhwen: And nada our nada as we nada the nada who nada against us.
Lithaladhwen: Ah, Hemingway. The best thing he ever wrote, I think.
Der DWSage: *Chuckle*
Lithaladhwen: "And somewhere in the distance...a dog barked."
Der DWSage: On another note, Sher got his snarky comments in. :{
Der DWSage: Thus, I am pleased.
Lithaladhwen: Also, the log is up on the site that I have linked in my AIM profile.
Lithaladhwen: It's the second link.
Lithaladhwen: Since I can't actually get it to you in chat. =/
Der DWSage: He will never believe that the hat is a mathetmatical equation, no matter how it's explained.
Der DWSage: mathematical*
T3chn0Namagomi: Maybe Kamos should've used dynamite in that battle.
Lithaladhwen: ...
T3chn0Namagomi: Which, he has a couple of sticks of
Lithaladhwen: There's a reason his name is now Captain Destruction.
Der DWSage: I think Sorune and Shakti both would've stuffed them someplace uncomfortable.
Lithaladhwen: Which may be longer or shorter depending on how pissed Shakti is with him at the moment.
T3chn0Namagomi: Meh. Mainly just trying to see how that fight went wrong.
TaiarKino: ...Need to make some fancy new attacks. Or something.
Der DWSage: Mm.
Der DWSage: Maybe I can give Sorune another water-based ability...
TaiarKino: ...Polearm Skill 8: Tech Gained: LobsterSmasher.
Arch mage144: Bad die rolls, really, which made up for your blowing away the bastards first round.
Der DWSage: Yeah, pretty much.
Der DWSage: Not to mention immobilizing them.
Arch mage144: I need to look at Sorune's sheet again later, because some of his spells are horribly overcosted. I understand why to a certain extent; he's getting a lot of elements out of one skill, potentially.
Der DWSage: *Nod*
Arch mage144: Chances are that I'll want to change things (in your favor) if you don't mind, because a few spells are just too MP-sucking for what they do.
Der DWSage: I think the last time his spell costs were looked at was...a year ago? Two years ago?
Arch mage144: Yeah, so it's been a while.
T3chn0Namagomi: <_<...>_>
Der DWSage: They're due.
Arch mage144: I don't remember being the one to do it, and I sure as hell wouldn't have seen his rank 10 stuff or whatever.
T3chn0Namagomi: CTHULOBSTER
Der DWSage: >_>
Der DWSage: ...Dammit, now I want to do a stick-figure drawing of the fight.
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 100-sided die: 65
Der DWSage: ...I still like his Gaia's Wrath spell, though.
T3chn0Namagomi: It makes me think of the Redneck Trees from S*P
Arch mage144: If anything either damages/overall effectiveness will go up or cost will go down.
Der DWSage: Fortunately, I read S*P after the spell.
Arch mage144: I'll figure out specifics when it isn't 2:30 and I feel like closereading his sheet.
T3chn0Namagomi: XP
Der DWSage: ...*Modifies something on that spell, actually*
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 4-sided die: 2
TaiarKino: In a perfect setting...Tai can do 288 Damage on a dragon
Der DWSage: Makes no sense that the trees would just stop if they got set on fire.
T3chn0Namagomi: They would take double damage from it, though
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
T3chn0Namagomi: At least
T3chn0Namagomi: Or something
Der DWSage: And, come to think of it, I think Pervy was the one that set the costs.
Arch mage144: I assume that's a max-damage critical chop?
TaiarKino: Factored that in.
TaiarKino: Heavy Attack, Critical, x2.
Der DWSage: And yes, Nama. Exactly what I was going to do.
TaiarKino: Max Damage.
T3chn0Namagomi: they also need a MBLK roll
TaiarKino: It will never happen...But it's a funny number.
Arch mage144: Technically there's no cap on critical multipliers. If you get 30 above their roll you do 4x damage.
T3chn0Namagomi: I thought it was 3x
Der DWSage: Hm.
Arch mage144: I forget what's on record.
Arch mage144: It happens so rarely that it doesn't m atter much.
T3chn0Namagomi: Indeed
TaiarKino: *Nods*
Arch mage144: I'd go with what's on record, though, if it differs from what I just said.
OnlineHost: Lithaladhwen rolled 1 6-sided die: 1
Arch mage144: I forget whether I was doing real math or D&D multipliers math
Der DWSage: ...They're getting an MBLK of 0. They can't exactly move out of the way, they have nothing to combat it with...they're just trees.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...XD
Der DWSage: They're trees that can fuck you up, but they're just trees.
Arch mage144: OK, yeah, it's 3x.
Der DWSage: ...I just realized something.
TaiarKino: ...Moo?
Der DWSage: Sorune was the most useless in combat, but he got the most XP out of this. This vaguely amuses me.
Lithaladhwen: AGI of 1! Yay for stat increases.
TaiarKino: Hey, It's not all about combat. *Nods*
Lithaladhwen: Oddly enough, she didn't manage to increase her -1STR, as I didn't really care and it was her secondary stat this time.
Der DWSage: ...He will also be talking with Hak about getting some seeds from the castle, after that talk of being a 'gardener'
TaiarKino: ...Should of Scatter Night-ed the Dragons...
T3chn0Namagomi: Meh. Kamos' statraises are to the point where secondary is ALWAYS risky.
Lithaladhwen: That's a neat spell, Tai. I just like it.
Arch mage144: The castle gardens are foofy topiaries and hedge mazes and shit.
TaiarKino: Also: I would like to go out of my way to say (Since people like it) that it was inspired by Wild Arms 4. <.<;;;...
TaiarKino: So...Don't think highly of me.
T3chn0Namagomi: His lowest stat is a +2
Arch mage144: Hak wants Sorune to make a topiary of him.
Lithaladhwen: ...
T3chn0Namagomi: <_< Dude. A good number of Kamos' spells were PS4 rips. XP
Der DWSage: In that case, he'd probably do an hour's work on the topiary-Hak for the hell of it and go home. :{
TaiarKino: *Considers new skills...*
Der DWSage: If he were feeling evil, he'd make it so that Hak was eating his hat.
Lithaladhwen: Also, yay for Shakti's bizarrely high AT/PA.
Arch mage144: Hak's spells come from a variety of sources, mostly my imagination, but also a few things from D&D (the core prismatic effect, really).
T3chn0Namagomi: Shadowbind, Corrosion, Mindblast, and the energy spells were originally the Thu-series.
Lithaladhwen: Blah. The only creative thing about most of what Shakti does is the selection of magic types.
Arch mage144: Although he does have a Chrono Trigger spell, Phil-dog gave him that.
Der DWSage: Hm.
Arch mage144: Also, Disintegrate is way too strong and I should tone it down.
T3chn0Namagomi: XP
Der DWSage: ...I wonder if I can do something with his water and stone-related abilities. Those are sorely lacking, and shouldn't be.
T3chn0Namagomi: Amusingly enough, for a Rank 18 Energy spell, Kamos would effectively get Disintegrate
Lithaladhwen: Water magic is weird, and needs to have cool stuff done with it.
T3chn0Namagomi: Though it works differently. XP
Arch mage144: If combat had gone another round Hak would've quickened a prismatic weapon and charged into battle with it.
Lithaladhwen: XD
Arch mage144: The guy doesn't generally fight in melee without a magic sword to make him better at it.
T3chn0Namagomi: Namely, since it blasts the opponent into component atoms...
TaiarKino: And gotten his hat dirty? >.>...
T3chn0Namagomi: Through a high-energy chain reaction
Arch mage144: He can handle getting a little dirty.
Arch mage144: In all honesty, Hak is an incredibly fierce fighter when cornered, but he prefers the low-effort route.
Der DWSage: Sorune, on the other hand, avoids physical combat when he can avoid it. :{
Der DWSage: Or something not insomnia-induced.
Arch mage144: The best example of that was in an RP Div ran where he trapped the monster behind a barrier that would damage it if it walked through and summoned his own monsters to beat it up while leaving the party safe.
T3chn0Namagomi: Kamos uses physical combat when it works. Typically, we're talking when it would be necessary (Prime example: Freeing Tai)
TaiarKino: Tai does what needs to be done to finish the job, putting aside his own safety.
T3chn0Namagomi: Also...I have a question about a spell idea I have, Brian.
Arch mage144: Yes?
TaiarKino: Consciously though, although he is a Mazoku and Magic Capable, I wanted to make him a bit more of a fighter to push the opposites between him and Aya a bit.
TaiarKino: ...And I like Spears.
T3chn0Namagomi: Namely, a planned energy Rank 12 spell, Blank Shell. Actually inspired by Blast Wave, but that's beside the point.
TaiarKino: Ban...kai.
Arch mage144: ...the name "Blank Shell" suggests to me absurd ineffectiveness, especially the infinite number of impotence jokes about "shooting blanks" and the fact that a blank cartridge in a gun does not actually fire =P
T3chn0Namagomi: Namely, two things. 1: By making it touch-range only, what would be modified? And 2: Err...would there be any major bonuses against grapplers?.
Lithaladhwen: Also, Holly is totally getting a PS sheet.
T3chn0Namagomi: By "Blank", I mean "Point-Blank"
Arch mage144: Aha.
T3chn0Namagomi: Basically, it fires a very powerful contact energy surge into the target.
Arch mage144: I usually don't do modifiers for touch-range or what have you in PS, mostly because you don't technically "dodge" spells, but I'd say in this case it'd apply a -4 MBlock penalty.
Der DWSage: ...I think that if you're firing at someone trying to grapple you, they're screwed anyway.
Der DWSage: Or you are, if you can't reach your gun.
T3chn0Namagomi: Of course, I'm a bastard and made some WTFed spells for the Energy series.
T3chn0Namagomi: Planned them out, anyway. Lancer shell can be "buffed" to penetrate magical defenses, including things like Reflect spells.
T3chn0Namagomi: Rebound Shell is a sort of "Counterstance vs. Magic". Idea here is that if Kamos gets attacked with a spell that has a damage component, he could redirect the absolute energy of it.
T3chn0Namagomi: In other words, redirects only the damage component--at the higher caster rank.
T3chn0Namagomi: Eraser Shell...eh. Disintegrate-alike.
T3chn0Namagomi: Guess it could be used as an instakill on a wide variety of enemies. Pending if deconstruction on the atomic level would kill a celestial or demon.
T3chn0Namagomi: ...Meh. *shuts up and leaves*
T3chn0Namagomi has left the room.
Der DWSage: Hm.
Der DWSage: So, I think this has gone to sleep.
Lithaladhwen: I'm making Holly's sheet. ^_^
Arch mage144: Yeah, I'm done with the chat.
TaiarKino: Righto.