Welcome to Banished Quest!
You take the role of a young mage labeled a criminal by his people and cast out into the wider world. In the last thread you explored a forgotten palace in the void and encountered a band of looters in a tomb.
It is currently the 23rd of Svarthi, in the year 936 NH.
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Using names or trips in this quest is heavily discouraged. While it is impossible for me to prevent you from doing so, I ask that you not. I will also not count any votes made while using names or trips.
Well, you're here. You might as well have some fun with this. Channeling vys you have the temperature in the room start steadily dropping as the Vatis works to erode the statue. At first they don't seem to notice, and you can hardly blame them. You're barely reducing the temperature by a degree at a time. Indeed, it's only when you start to use Fire magic to make it appear as though runes have begun fading into view on the walls of the chamber that they seem to notice.
The nobleman is first to comment. In a hushed whisper he ask his companion. “Are you seeing this?” You afford yourself a brief peek over the edge of the abyss to watch as he gestures to the walls.
The Vatis, seeming tired out by the effort of eroding the statue, merely grunts in response while continuing to work. Only when the nobleman shakes him by the shoulder does he finally cut the flow of vys, barking out a terse. “What?!” At the other man. He loses his attitude upon noticing the walls, frowning deeply. “Did this happen last time you were here?”
The noble shakes his head slowly, wrapping his robes around himself a little tighter. “No, no it didn't. Those symbols are giving off a lot of vys and I really don't like the look of them.” A pause. “Is it just me or is the room fucking freezing?” By this point, dew had started to accumulate on the pillars and on the surface of the statue. You've probably lowered the temperature a good twenty or thirty degrees at this point and it seems like it was cool in the chamber to begin with.
You wouldn't know. You have no skin with which to gauge temperature.
After a minute or so of waiting, during which you choose not to increase the brightness of the runes or lower the temperature further, the noble coughs uncomfortably. “Let's get this over with. Not long now until we should find the scepter.”
(1/4)
The Vatis nods, reaching into a pocket on his robe and extracting a small locket. You detect a brief emission of vys, followed by a vast increase in the man's reserves. Then he tucks the locket back into his pocket and resumes his work with renewed vigor. You in turn increase the rate at which the temperature drops, and use Nature magic to whisper brief snatches of Old Samjan into their heads.
At first you start with single syllables, short words. Nothing overt. Then you get into more foreboding phrases. Warning them of vengeance, of their impending death, of the curse placed upon the tomb and the horrid creatures which slumber beneath. They do not heed your warnings, and so they must suffer for it.
Faces form briefly from the stone of the walls, their lips moving soundlessly in time with the whispers you force into their thoughts. Again, the nobleman is the one to notice but he seems struck dumb, speechless. He stairs in wordless horror as from the wall bleeds a formless creature, its face contorted in unimaginable pain. It's just then that the Vatis concludes his work, revealing the skeletal remains of some rich fool. More importantly, revealing a long staff wrought from Elaudian Steel and capped with the same material you found in such abundant supply in the palace.
The real center piece of the staff is a small metallic ball practically bursting with power, arcs of lightning shooting off at random only to be captured by the cage it sits within. The ball isn't obviously supported by anything, but rather floats free within the staff's head. You get the distinct impression that the entire thing is unstable, on the cusp of releasing a wave of destructive vys which will no doubt destroy the entire temple.
(2/4)
The Vatis is already snatching up the scepter, even as the noble struggles to warn his companion. It's then that you choose to spring your trap. Leaping from the abyss you assault their thoughts with a horrendous shriek, enjoying the panicked shout of the nobleman as stone figures spring fully formed from the walls, a dozen of the shuffling puppets moving to block off their root to the exit. The noble makes a snap decision, breaking out into a sprint towards the door, but you have an icy hand form from nothing to clutch his foot.
He falls flat on his face, kicking and screaming with wild abandon only to be freed by a burst of fire from his Vatis companion. They don't seem to have quite noticed you yet, so you position yourself inside the coffin and rise slowly from within, wreathed in fire and shards of ice.
The first thing the Vatis sees when he turns around is your ghostly form rising from what is supposed to be a grave, and his reaction is instinctual. He lets out a high pitched, girlish scream and sends a hasty bolt of flame soaring in your general direction. You barely need to apply any sort of effort at all to deflect the reckless assault, and it smashes into the ground with a burst of flame.
It's as you raise into the air and drift towards them, muttering into their thoughts promises of eternal torment, that twin runic arrays in the walls flare to life and release a veritable flood of the same model of spider constructs you encountered in the palace. They surge forward with wild abandon, the would-be looters quickly surrendering themselves to panic at the sight of the swarm.
(3/4)
The Vatis and his nobleman cohort turn to flee with the spiders in quick pursuit, the noble screaming at the Vatis to drop the scepter, an order he seems staunchly against obeying. You watch from high above with a sort of passive detachment, the spiders paying you no mind as they skitter towards the darkened passageway towards which the looters flee. The noble reaches the exit first, and promptly slams into some sort of invisible barrier, his nose bent at an unseemly angle and sending blood dribbling down his chin.
The Vatis sees this and drops backwards, sliding to a stop and gracefully pivoting his weight to face the sea of spiders charging towards him. Thrusting forward an arm he lets out a blast of white hot plasma which bores a hole straight through the nearest construct, and through a dozen more behind it, but those constructs lost are but a minuscule fraction of the whole. It would seem that they're doomed.
>You should probably interfere. If you can just convince the Vatis to return the scepter the spiders will probably leave him alone.
>Sit back, relax, and enjoy the incoming dismemberment.
>Focus on finding a way past that barrier, you want to get back to the palace.
>Write-in
>>43563434
>Sit back, relax, and enjoy the incoming dismemberment.
Damnit, I was just about to start fapping.
>>43563434
>You should probably interfere. If you can just convince the Vatis to return the scepter the spiders will probably leave him alone.
We can take our time figuring out how to grab it when theyre gone.
>>43563434
>You should probably interfere. If you can just convince the Vatis to return the scepter the spiders will probably leave him alone.
Why do we want this thing again
>>43563467
better idea:
We get them to leave, take the staff later, and then , if we dont want to keep it,sell it to the noble for an exorbitant price, telling stories off how we had to fight off ghosts and constructs and all sorts of nonsense.
>>43563434
>You should probably interfere. If you can just convince the Vatis to return the scepter the spiders will probably leave him alone.
inb4 anons don't remember that we don't have our cloak with us and can't take the scepter back with us.
>>43563526
It not about us taking it, it's about stopping other assholes from getting it.
>>43563434
>Focus on finding a way past that barrier, you want to get back to the palace.
That was fun, back to work.
>>43563434
>Focus on finding a way past that barrier, you want to get back to the palace.
>>43563547
I am aware of that anon, that's not what I was commenting on.
>>43563434
>Snatch the scepterfrom him with a Manipulate spell
>Or just convince him to drop it, I guess, if you wanna be boring
>>43563547
This. And it's not like we want these guys to die. Wasnt that long ago Mik was doing the same sort of stuff. Though maybe a bit smarter about it.HEH.
>>43563589
>Snatch the scepter from him with a Manipulate spell
This is probably a better idea, and faster. hopefully, the constructs are keyed in on the scepter as well.
>>43563434
Actually, yeah, >>43563589 is probably the best option, so I'm voting for that.
>>43563651
I doubt we are strong enough to snatch shit with manipulation.
>>43563687
even if we arent, if the guys smart, once we start tugging and its obvious he cant take out all the constructs, he'll let go.
>>43563434
>>Sit back, relax, and enjoy the incoming dismemberment.
>>43563434
>Take the scepter/persuade them to give up the scepter
>>43563555
>>43563559
>Nigga I'm just tryin' to leave.
>>43563515
>>43563480
>>43563467
>>43563589
>>43563651
>>43563780
>RETUUUURN THE SLAAAAB
>>43563450
>>43563754
>Watch them die violently.
I'll write for snatching the scepter from him.
>>43563832
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-busojcI7Y
>tfw you will never taste Pani's sweet tits
>>43563994
I bet they taste like balaclava.
>>43563994
>Tfw when tasting panis sweet tits would boil away your soul
>>43564046
balaclava is a type of hat, you ingrate.
Holy shit, bq on schedule? I must be dreaming
>>43564260
>balaclava
>hat
It's a type of horse saddle you mongoloid.
>>43564260
No it's not you idiot, it's like cake or something.
>>43564046
>>43564339
It's not really a hat as much it is a mask, but this is a balaclava.
What you're thinking of is Baklava.
>>43564295
>>43564260
>>43564046
I'm pretty sure it's a town in Crimea.
>>43564339
I2n all seriousness, you're a complete retard for confusing baklava with balaclava. And it's not a cake, it's a nauseatingly sweet and carb-heavy pastry.
Seriously, the good ones are the size of your thumb but fill you up as much as an entire fucking wedding cake.
Oh, and it's a Turkish dessert. The Greek are completely full of shit. Don't listen to them.
>sandnigger elf quest up
Finally
>>43564413
>samjam
>elf
GET OUT HEATHEN
>>43564394
It's actually a descendant of the Roman placenta cake.
Placenta in Latin just means cake, so it's cake cake.
And yes, the placenta as we know it today would translate to something like vagina cake.The Turks don't invent anything. They are only a destructive force.
>>43564427
They are a bunch of camelfuckers
>>43564443
Better to fuck a camel than an elf, or worse, a humie.
>>43564394
Turkish sympathizer detected.
>>43564440
döner, ayran and raki, I think.
>>43564568
Kebab is Persian actually, so doner is just a Turkish spin on a Persian dish. Ayran and raki are pretty turkish though.
>>43564603
regular kebab is extremely different from döner kebab. it should probably not even be kalled kebab desu
>>43564624
Oh, 4chan filters. I missed you.
>>43564635
>Filters
We need to stop teaching you our slangSenpai been old though
woah nigga what
youre running on a monday
are you feeling alright soma
You didn't really set out to kill the poor bastards, just give them a good scare. Fortunately there seems to be an obvious solution. If you just get the vatis to let go of the scepter, the spiders will probably leave him alone. You base this assumption on sparse evidence to say the least, but it seems like a logical assumption. What's the worst that could really happen if you're wrong, the deaths of two strangers?
Channeling your Vys, you will two icy hands into existence around the haft of the scepter. It requires an inordinate amount of vys expenditure but using a combination of Water magic and a Manipulation spell you manage to rip the scepter out of the vatis' hands. As expected the spiders seem to halt in mid-step, some of them following the scepter as it slowly drifts towards you. The nobleman has dragged himself to his feet and watches on in stunned horror as blood stains his clothing a darker shade of red.
You hadn't really planned much further than this, but the spiders aren't just going away. They're just waiting expectantly, though you're not sure for what. As the staff comes to rest in your illusory hands, only the vaguest sense of pressure carried back to you through your ghostly appendages, you start to wonder whether or not you ought to try and escape with the staff somehow, or just return it to the defaced statue from which the looters pried it.
(1/2)
It's as you're pondering this dilemma that the Vatis falls to his knees, lifting his hands towards you as though begging on a street corner. “Forgive us, spirit, for we did not know that we trespassed!” You're pretty sure they were aware that grave robbing was a dick move, but whatever. You want to see where this is going. “Please, Great One, call off your minions and we will serve you wholeheartedly!”
>Alright, this guy is getting annoying. Drift back to the statue and place the scepter inside. Then 'vanish'.
>This staff seems pretty powerful. Maybe if you just use it against the barrier you can through?
>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
>Write-in
>>43564714
>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
Disciple now.
>>43564714
>ask for a suitable gift
>put the scepter back in its place, for now.
>>43564714
>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
>>43564714
>Write-in
"One of my descendents shall contact you in the future serve him. Serve him well and you shall be rewarded well."
Or some shit
>>43564714
>>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
>>43564714
>>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
>>43564714
Insert a piece of our soul into their souls.
>>43564714
>>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
>>43564714
>>43564767
Something like that. Perhaps "You are not worthy of serving me, but I know of someone you can be of some use to. Serve him whole heartedly, or I shall come back." We should get minions.
>>43564729
>>43564790
SHHEEEIIIIIT
We should probably build a shrine to Mahana and shove them in, see if he rewards us for tricking people into becoming his sex slaves.
>>43564767
This, definitely this.
>>43564836
He's gonna disciple them
I'd rather be senior disciple
>>43564836
We could actually do that. it'd give us a way into the pavala too.
Can we tell Fulvia to read
>Cradle of Hiacia
And
>A History of Pidjata
And tell her to search for all information regarding the al hikars so we can find out where the armor/key is?
>>43564714
>>Serve you wholeheartedly, eh? In what capacity would he be willing to serve you?
>>43564729
>>43564764
>>43564770
>>43564772
>>43564801
>>43564930
>>43564857
>>43564824
>>43564930
>Serve you, eh?
>>43564790
>>43564729
>L-lewd
>>43564751
>Demand offerings
Writin'
>>43565012
>>43565012
Soma would building a shrine here basically gives us a fast travel point to near the center of the pavala?
>>43565087
You're actually just on the sort of inner outskirts, I guess? Just beyond the stretches of land that are semi-regularly traversed as part of hunting trips.
>>43565087
...This is a brilliant idea
>>43565095
>it's fucking nothing.jpg
>>43565095
Do we know that in character?
>>43565087
Ah, good. Here. Do you see the unlabeled red dot between Tel Kadhish and Al-Harrak? That's where you are. Or rather, that's approximately near where you are.
>>43565087
Fucking do this
>>43565087
+1 for building a shrine before we leave.
How much of /his/ is /pol/?
>>43565123
Not bad.
>>43565165
Too much
>>43565165
Not enough.
>>43565165
More than you feared
Less than you hoped
have another vote for shrine building.
and giving them to Mahana, I guess.
>>43565275
Good goy
>>43565275
>not taking them for ourselves
FAGGOT
>>43565323
we aren't a spirit, you dumb nigger. our soul shard won't do jack shit for either us or them.
>>43565345
>conjecture
>>43565275
Might be cool, give him some high ranking and powerful disciples
>>43565364
Good goyim. Very good goy.
>>43565275
>and giving them to Mahana, I guess.
Nah
What we do with them can wait until after Soma's next post, but I'm fairly certain we have a consensus on building a shrine.
The cat truly is our greatest ally.
You drift lower, towards the prostrate vatis and the nobleman hurrying to join his companion in bowing before you. {What can you offer me?} You ask, your thoughts thundering through their skulls so loudly that they wince almost simultaneously. {You, mere mortals, could not hope to provide me with some service that I could not acquire through other means. I may just as well kill you know, for you would do as much good dead as alive.}
You try to maintain that ancient dialect of Samjan you found written in that report you found in the palace, but it's difficult to manage your mental tone. They don't seem to notice either way, as after a brief delay the noble responds with unexpected vigor, a gleam in his eye. “We can journey beyond this tomb! You are trapped here, yes?” No, what does he think you are? Some sort of ancient evil? “Take us into your service and we can free you from your confinement!”
The vatis decides to make an offer of his own. “We are rich in gold and jewels, if you will allow us to retrieve our luggage we will offer it all to you, o Great Spirit! Merely say the word and we will fill your tomb with unimaginable wealth!”
The noble shoots his friend a vicious glare before turning his focus back on you. “Or we might sacrifice the blood of our men upon your tomb! Their vys might fuel your return to life and give you the power to break whatever spell binds you here!”
(1/2)
So ready is he to kill off the men who no doubt ensured his survival on the trek across the Pa'vala that he draws a dagger from his waistband. “Say the word and I shall drag forth our guide and slit his throat, you need only order it so!”
Now it's the Vatis' turn to reproach the noble, though neither speaks to the other. You're not sure if they're competing against one another to win your favor or if they're just so desperate to escape with their lives that little things like 'planning' and 'negotiation' didn't occur to them at all. You drift closer still, the spiders scuttling forward in eager pursuit only to stop below you upon the realization that you're still out of reach.
It's clear that you could demand almost anything from these two, though how faithfully they'll obey your orders is questionable.
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>Bid that they bring forth their wealth and lay offer it before your tomb.
>Order them to remove whatever enchanted artifacts they possess and seal them within “your” statue.
>On second thought, these guys can't really do anything for you. Send them off with promises of death and destruction should they ever return.
>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>Write-inNote, that if you don't choose to build a shrine here you'll build one later, after they've left.
>>43565589
they watch too many movies
>>43565615
>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>>On second thought, these guys can't really do anything for you. Send them off with promises of death and destruction should they ever return.
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
Let That keep the loot in advance for service they shall render
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>Bid that they bring forth their wealth and lay offer it before your tomb.
>Order them to remove whatever enchanted artifacts they possess and seal them within “your” statue.
>spoiler
R A I L R O A D
>>43565615
>Order them to remove whatever enchanted artifacts they possess and seal them within “your” statue.
>>43565615
>>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
i miss you cat-sama
>>43565615
>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>Bid that they bring forth their wealth and lay offer it before your tomb.
>>43565615
>>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565615
>>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit
>>43565615
>On second thought, these guys can't really do anything for you. Send them off with promises of death and destruction should they ever return.
You guys really are goodest of goys.
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
Bow can we do the spirit war since yall keen on giving him disciples
Well have pretty powerful backup this time
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565615
>>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
Might as well just become a disciple ourselves
>>43565720
Why would he need us for spirit wars when he has actual disciples?
>>43565615
Fucking cat fags
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565720
>Bow
Now*
>Well
We'll*
>>43565615
>>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565615
>>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565751
They can't reach the temple plus we get shit for doing it
Plus it's fun
>>43565615
>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out yor “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565615
>>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>>43565615
>Tell them to seek out your “descendants”, the noble family Abdul-Hakim, and serve their interest.
>turn those guys into disciples
>the cat no longer needs us
Good job guys.
>>43565615
>Build a shrine to Mahana and offer them up as potential disciples to the cat spirit.
>>43565715
>>43565686
>>43565682
>>43565654
>>43565651
>>43565732
>>43565753
>>43565771
>>43565772
>Find your family and promise to serve.
>>43565639
>>43565644
>>43565663
>>43565666
>>43565693
>>43565694
>>43565697
>>43565745
>>43565776
>Make them disciples
>>43565708
>>43565649
>On second thought, these guys are worthless.
>>43565654
>>43565682
>Gimme all your money!
>>43565654
>>43565660
>Gimme all your magic!
Destination finale!
VOTE
1
To make them serve the cat.
VOTE
2
To make them serve your family.
>>43565748
One of the biggest reason we're not is that he's weakened right now.
>>43565751
Why wouldn't he want us?
Would they even listen if we told them to serve our descendent? There is nothing binding them.
>>43565799
Why not both?
If we meditate nearby and look at their souls while Mahana turns them, we can probably see some cool shit and gain a GM insight.
>>43565866
not a bad idea desu
I doubt they'll actually come and serve our family. hey'll probably just go back on their promise once they leave.
We should Mark them both so we know where they are in the future
>poster count climbing rapidly
>>43565808
They might, out of fear. They might also backstab the family at the first opportunity.
IMO, them as disciples might not be in our best interest either (see "backstabbing criminal scum")
>>43565915
What do you expect?
>>43565915
Lurkers always come out of the woodwork during Final Destination.
>>43565820
>>43565828
>>43565833
>>43565834
>>43565842
>>43565862
>Mahana
>>43565890
>>43565883
>>43565877
>>43565875
>>43565874
>>43565863
>>43565854
>>43565844
>>43565839
>>43565830
>>43565816
>>43565815
>>43565812
>>43565909
>Your family
>>43565909
Last valid vote. Literally, exactly five minutes after the call for votes.
>>43565915
That's pretty typical. Seems like a lot of people only vote during Final Destination.
Anyway, writin' for sending them off to serve your family. You'll build a shrine once they've left.
I'm really lost as to why they can't do both
Or at least one does something and the other does something else
>>43565948
Soma can we carve some kind of rune into their skin and tell them they'll be triggered to immolate them if they tamper with it/don't follow through on their promise?
>>43565951
Me neither.
>>43565951
By giving them to Mahanna, they're bound to him and him alone. Why would he give us his disciples, his ONLY disciples at that, to just serve our family?
>>43565948
More like samefagging is typical during final destination. I liked your old policy of not counting new IPs
>>43565983
>don't follow through on their promise?
Not good enough at enchanting.
>>43565997
It's hard to track that shit though.
>>43565998
It's not supposed to really work. It's an empty threat, but they'll buy ANYTHING right now.
>>43565951
When someone becomes a disciple they're expected to spend most of their time servicing the spirit to which they're a disciple. Usually this means, for spirits with very small followings like Mahana, actively recruiting new servants and disciples into the spirit's cult.
So I mean, if you want to risk some of your family members/your family retainers becoming soulless husk who function on the command of the disciples and Mahana alone, then go for it.
>>43566042
Sure. Let's do it. Make Mahanna more powerful, increase out relationship with him, and get some powerful disciples pitching in with our family from time to time. Sounds perfect.
>>43566042
Where's brother dearest
>>43566042
Speaking of which we gotta tell him that our family and all members of the royal family are off limits.
>>43565998
With the runes we have now, we could pretty easily put together an explosive collar or some other disciplinary item for them. Maybe even work out a tattoo of some kind if we could get appropriate materials.
But alas, enchanting never.
>>43566042
>servicing the spirit
>servicing
Smut when?
>>43566127
We're incapable of creating condition like that though.
>>43566151
Just make an activation artifact with the Remote rune on it to activate the disciplinary enchantment with Mark included in it for us/family to use when they've been bad.
>>43566151
We could enchant them to go off when it rains.
>>43566127
>But alas, enchanting never.
At least you aren't a nature fag
Enchanting is never
Nature is Never Ever
>>43566239
Nature pls. Pls?
PLSSS.
Come to thing of it enchanting is a vitality part of resurrection. Wonder how else it could be used.
>>43566313
I wish
>tfw nature became phasing
It hurts
We really should have a session sometime dedicated to nothing but enchanting experimentation.
>>43566313
I want Nature so that during sex we can have fun switching/sending senses/sensations to our partner.
This is confirmed canon, by the way; every school of magic has really kinky applications in bed (and out of it). Only Master/Grand Masters are good enough to really do them right, though, so we need to get on that asap.
>>43566404
What's fire, earth and metal?
Also we know water is stamina and endless sperm, but what is nature?
>all these people implying we can have nice things
>>43566404
Stop trying to corrupt Nature its pure
>>43566394
It'll never happen and it's not even just because of the players, Soma says he'll devote a few sessions to nothing but meditating and he immediately sidetracks us with void shenanigans. I suppose that's also partially the players' fault because they could've voted to ignore that shit, but still.
>>43566427
Fire could in theory let us use electricity to simulate some into an orgasm. Metal allows for ridiculous flexibility. Earth most likely has some hidden uses.
>>43566463
earth is fertility
>>43566463
>eroding hymens
>you can take virginities without even having intercourse.
>>43566476
>>43566480
More likely it's phasing.
>>43566442
nope, it's Soma's fault. he introduces way too many side-plots that take up way too much time. I bet he didn't even remember he said that until you brought it up just now.
>>43566427
Fire is illusions; ntr (that is, fucking another man's wife while she thinks you're him), public sex, roleplay etc. Maybe burning if you're into that?
Metal is reinforcing one's body for HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
We're not sure what Earth can do for us here, but Mik has barely done shit with Earth, so who knows.
Fun fact: large majority of apprentice accidents are caused by them trying to experiment with this stuff without being ready to do it.
>>43566441
Nature vatis are confirmed for hanging out near whore houses, riding on other's sensations.
>>43566491
There was literally a vote that was quote unquote "ignore that shit you came here to meditate and by golly you're gonna!"
It's partially Soma, partially the players. Soma for introducing it to a bunch of autistic faggots with short attention spans, and players for being autistic faggots with short attention spans.
Wait could we use Earth to erode an objects solidity?
>>43566518
I voted for touching the shiny purely so I could annoy fags like you.And because it was shiny.
>>43566480
That sounds like something an eccentric grandmaster earth vatis would do.
Erode the hymen of every female he passes.
>>43566542
That's fair. It was a smart play.
>>43566540
I wouldn't be surprised in the least.
But nope. No Earth.
No Phasing.
Ever.
>>43566540
didn't we just discover that fire was better at eroding strings of reality, which govern any given thing's properties?
>>43566542
youre a useless vindictive twat that does nothing but stall our progress
>>43566575
He knows. Trust me he knows.
>>43566575
uh, we just cut like weeks of travel for the Pa'vala storyline we're eventually gonna get to I promise.
>>43566564
Well it's something enchanter can do maybe we can do something similar with magic.
>>43566570
Nope that only applies to silver ropes and it's not eroding it's burning.
After a pause, more for dramatic effect than anything else really, you send your voice once more thundering through their thoughts. {You are useless to me.} The utterly horrified expressions which flash across their faces are truly priceless. The dejection of the nobleman. The desperation of the vatis. If only you could preserve the moment. {However, perhaps my descendants might find some use for you. Seek out the noble family of Abdul-Hakim and swear yourselves to their service.}
They practically fall over one another to agree, but you cut off their thanks and praise by once again invading the sanctity of their minds. {Know that should you shirk your duties to my kinsmen I will seek you out and consume your souls as Surya does the souls of the damned. Do not cross me, mortals.}
You wonder if you actually could 'consume' someone's soul? You know you can use other people's souls in rituals, but could there be any benefit to trying to absorb another's soul with your own? Perhaps, one day, you'll try an experiment in that vein. Until then you drift towards the statue of whatever ancient enchanter created this staff and sink into the ruined stone shell, careful to return the staff to its original resting place. Almost immediately the spider constructs retreat, vanishing into the portals humming on either side of the room.
The portals vanish as soon as the last of the constructs slips through, and the noblemen are left standing awe-struck in an otherwise empty tomb. Masking yourself via illusion, you slip up towards the ceiling to watch them as they drift cautiously towards the statue. The vatis is quick to summon stone from the surroundings and crudely patch the top of the tomb. Just for added effect, you reinforce his shoddy efforts and carve your own face into the statue's head.
(1/2)
Seeing this, the vatis and his noble companion retreat towards the burial chamber's entrance. The noble in particular is cautious, pawing at air to make sure that he's not about to run into an invisible wall before hesitantly passing through. The vatis seems more concerned with just getting as far away from here as possible.
Once you're sure they're gone you slink towards the statue and fold your ethereal legs beneath yourself, channeling vys on a whim to see if you can't construct a shrine here for the cat. It seems like it would be a useful place to access on a whim, even if there is a massive source of corrupted vys directly below you. Actually, you wonder if that will have any effect on how many runes Mahana grants you?
You start to channel vys, and feel a force intervene. Suddenly you're willing stone blocks to pull themselves from the walls, forming a bridge across the abyss which joins with the wall at the very end of the chamber. There you erect a simple shrine in a classical octagonal style, with a domed ceiling and a motif of the sun rising over the dunes carved above the doorway. It reminds you of many ancient shrines you can find in Hiacian ruins.
Once completed you note just how... strange the air feels. Previously the room had seemed inordinately charged with vys. Not saturated, as some other places you've recently frequented, but simply particularly rich in vys. Now it felt somehow polluted. As though simply being here dirties you in some way.
Channeling Nature magic the reason for this strange sensation soon becomes clear. In a world cast in shades of green you now find sharp streaks of yellow cutting through the ambient vys, flowing into the shrine's doorway as if the tendrils of some great beast trying to rip the structure apart.
(2/3)
You do not feel the typical throbbing headache you associate with the acquisition of new runes, nor does a brief mental review shed any light on new insights you might have gained. It is a disappointing, but not wholly unexpected, development. In a way you feel cheated. The fire spirit you met, Atma, seemed more than happy to consume the corrupted core of one of Fulvia's sisters. Why does Mahana find it so onerous?
>That son of a bitch owes you runes! Demand his presence.
>Whatever, it's not worth arguing right now. Get back to the palace.
>Write-in
>>43566633
>You wonder if you actually could 'consume' someone's soul?
SOUNDS LIKE SOME MAD SCIENCE IS REQUIRED TO ME.
>>43566666
>>That son of a bitch owes you runes! Demand his presence.
I'm not really angry about it, i just want to ask why we didn't get anything.
>>43566666
>>Write-in
Ask him about it.
>>43566666
>Write-in
Demand an explanation as to why he didn't give us runes and talk to him about the spirit shrine we saw while we're at it.
>>43566666
Move away from the corrupt vys or something and than birch at the cat.
We just gave him prime feeding ground of delicious corrupted vys.
>>43566666
>Whatever, it's not worth arguing right now. Get back to the palace.
>>43566666
>Ask Mahana about it.
I'm not really miffed either, just curious.
>>43566666
>Write-in
Ask him about corrupted vys, can he not eat it as fire spirit's do?
>>43566570
Good for burninating things. That's not necessarily the same as eroding things, though.
I have a strong feeling that when you get down to the String level, the different schools of magic are pretty similar in effect. We already knew that Metal is good for manipulating the strings, and now we know that Fire can be used to similar effect, just as enchanting is all about manipulating the strings as well. The other 3 schools probably have strong applications in this vein as well.
Probably goes back to the point before magic was separated into the hard schools of "Fire, Water, Nature, Earth, Metal", mentioned during the Crown episode.
when we return here eventually, we can go ahead and destroy the source of the corrupted vys. the vines containing the stuff were stated to feed into a heart deep below. we'll get our rewards then.
>>43566666
>Whatever, it's not worth arguing right now. Get back to the palace.
>>43566666
Talk to the cat,might as well ask about the palace and his thoughts about the vys.
>>43566796
Well I especially want to learn about the palace.
>>43566666
>>Whatever, it's not worth arguing right now. Get back to the palace.
WAIT DON'T WE HA E BARRELS OF CORRUPTED VYS?
Can't we trade the cat with it, I'm sure we can get enchanted loot or a servant.
>>43566666
>That son of a bitch owes you runes! Demand his presence.
Can't we ask him about the rune we saw?
>>43566666
>>Whatever, it's not worth arguing right now. Get back to the palace.
>>43566824
>>43566787
>>43566742
>>43566859
>Back to the palace
>>43566701
>>43566708
>>43566717
>>43566721
>>43566745
>>43566754
>>43566796
>>43566849
>Yooo, nigga. Da fuq?
Writin'
>>43566825
>cat apparently doesn't like the corrupted vys around here
>let's give him a couple barrels of pure corrupted vys, maybe we'll get some cool shit out of it
Actually, let's try that, I kinda wanna see his reaction.
>>43566666
Checked
Wait could "corrupted vys" be similar to the essence of a god?
>>43566958
Probably not, but i only have my opinion on the matter to give, no facts or hypothesis.
>>43566870
We asking about the palace right?
>>43567014
Would be good to ask about it.
>>43567007
Why do you think not?
I bet he already gave us all the scrub tier runes and we need to find rare places, fight a war, or disciple to get mid and high tier runes now
Or the fact that he has to filter vys now or something is bothering him
>>43567047
I find it funny that we're even going through the trouble of doing this for runes when we never use them.
>>43567047
It's actually been confirmed he's deliberately not giving us the "really good" runes.
Wouldn't want the lowly mortals getting too uppity, now would we?
>>43567093
IC or OCC?
One is more important than the other
>>43567093
He really wants us to become his disciple.
>>43567083If we were a disciple we'dget more than runes
>>43567047
I'd prefer a artifact point system instead of runes to be honest
>>43567083
When we get enough we will
>>43567146
Still dislike the idea of our life being tied to his.
Should a couple of spirits decide they don't like the way he's expanding they could invade murderize him, and by extension us.
Or a child might intervene for whatever fucking reason they'd have.
>>43567146
We can make our own nigga.
>>43567146
>GBP system
All of my yes.
>>43567130
We share a lot of traits with a old ass spirit jew cat thing
>>43567031
I feel like the vys of gods is more pure divine essence than corrupted vys. Maybe it has some similarities, but i don't have enough information about it to form an actual opinion on the matter.
That could just be my own lack of reading comprehension though
>>43567175
>actually thinking this
>>43567180
Cat is 20x better at it, though.
>>43567146
>I'd prefer a artifact point system instead of runes to be honest
No. That would go against a lot of how magic works in this setting
>>43567193
I like making our own artifacts.
>>43567179
Considering the fact that we live in his demense we'd be fucked when if another spirit gibbed his weakened shit in and took over our estate
One of the reason I'd really like to power him back up but eh
He's pretty old and crafty
>>43567214
>not wanting a classic Good Boy Points system
Bad goy.
>>43567214
How?
Build shrine in amazing/shit/good place get X points towards a artifact
Each rune on artifact cost X
And assorted bullshit
How does that go against the setting?
>>43567224
I like having good ones.
>>43567263
Go fuck yourself. Even if you don't fuck yourself, we still get runes, so you can suck on that!
Haha! Yeah! Made your dick all wet, didn't it!
>>43567247
Let me put it to you this way. It won't work.
>>43567257
Let me put it to you this way. There is more than runes. The fact that "magic" play a part in it is proves it.
>>43567322
>There is more than runes
*There is more to enchanting than runes
