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 shot a spirit and destroyed reality.
It is currently the 30th 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.
With reality quite literally tearing itself apart around you, some small corner of your thoughts urges you to cut your losses and run. It's the smarter option, the option that puts neither you nor your son at risk of any serious injury. For a moment you're even tempted to bow to the wills of this iota of common sense. Then you have a better idea, for a given definition of better. What if you looked at this borderline apocalyptic turn of events not as promising your untimely demise, but as an opportunity to advance your understanding of the magical arts?
That disused corner of your mind screams that you'd have to be an absolute madman to attempt to meditate in the midst of all this, with the spirit's realm rapidly collapsing and the only two beings capable of actually mending the fabric of creation currently embroiled in a life or death battle of wills. It protest in vain, you're already too busy planning out how you'll go about this to pay it any attention. You'll certainly want to rope in Mahana's disciples, and if you can find the boar spirit you should try to get it involved as well. You might also ask the water spirit's vassal for help, after all the void is probably more dangerous for spiritual entities than it is for mortals.
Channeling vys allows your mind to play lightly across the strings which bind reality. The tear has yet to reach you, so you're still able to glean useful information about the whereabouts of Melancholy and Mania. They're not far, and at your slightest suggestion Zahak dips his wing and carries you towards the two of them. Mahana's disciples seem to have had the same idea you did, but they're going about it entirely the wrong way.
(1/10)Buckle your anus, this'll be a long one.
>>46949672
>Inb4 thread deleted.
They seem to be entreating the two vassal spirits to do something about the tear in the void, neither of which is doing much of anything useful. The boar seem to be only barely holding himself together, a great jagged gash torn into his side and partially stitched together. His essence leaks freely from the wound, as well as from a number of teeth marks in his neck. The reptilian vassal, by contrast, seems largely unharmed. It's been gored through the abdomen and likely tossed around a bit, but it's in nowhere near as bad of shape as the boar.
You're out of Zahak's saddle nearly as soon as he lands, his hasty landing kicking up a torrent of mud and stagnant water. The ground underneath you won't hold much longer, as that thousand-legged monstrosity creeps ever closer to the two battling spirits it begins to siphon off some small portion of their essence. It appears as a dim white mist collapsing into his gaping maw, and for every second that the void beast is allowed to drink deeply of the spirits' combined power the deterioration seems to accelerate.
The disciples are distracted from their silent conversation by your sudden appearance on the scene, their masked faces, frozen in expressions of ecstatic excitement and crushing depression, turn to face you. Now that you've made note of it, their silence is decidedly unsettling. You don't waste any time explaining yourself, merely snapping your fingers at the two of them as you might an unruly pet. “Quickly now, do either of you know Metal magic?”
The sadder of the two nods his head. Perfect. “Follow my lead then once I start meditating. As for the other one-” You gesture vaguely in the direction of Clarisse. “-just make sure she provides me with the fullness of her vys reserves. I'll be needing all the power I can to pull off what I hope to pull off.”
(2/10
Brushing past the disciples, your business with them concluded, you channel Nature magic and allow your mind to alight upon the consciousness of the reptilian spirit. {If you want to survive as anything more than a mote of dust drifting through the void, you'll supply me with the full weight of your spiritual power. Understood?}
The creature leans forward until its snout almost presses into your chest, one of its burning yellow eyes staring at you balefully. {And why should I help you, little mortal? Who is to say you should not be helping me?}
Right, you hadn't really thought this far ahead. Grabbing the edge of your cloak you pull it wide, urging one of Ricky's tentacles to slide out from beyond the event horizon. Immediately those same pops of unreality begin to appear around the edge of the ethereal limb, causing the spirit to recoil in horror. {If you refuse to assist me I'll invite my friend outside for a visit.}
As Ricky's tentacle begins to retract, the spirit's voice thunders through your thoughts. {You are unhinged! You would guarantee your own demise simply to spite me!}
{Yes, exactly. I'm glad you understand.} With that, you turn away from the water spirit and instead wander over to your collapsed porcine ally. He's not looking good, in fact you don't know if he'll be able to survive much longer in his current form. Regardless, you allow your thoughts to brush against his. {I'll require your help if you want any chance of surviving this. Can you supply me with what little power you have left, at least until I close this tear?}
(3/10)
You receive only vague impressions by way of response, but it's enough. He'll provide his aid where he can. Turning around you face your gathered band of assistants, ragtag though they may be. {The plan is this: I'm going to use what remains of my husk to ward off that monstrous entity crawling out of that darkness beyond the mortal coil we call the void. Then, once I have successfully forced the entity back through the tear, I am going to reinforce the shard of shell which surrounds that minuscule sliver of Surya's essence which separates us from the inanimate. You are going to provide me with whatever assistance you can. Understood?}
You allow a brief pause for any sort of response, but receive none. {Good. Then pardon me while I ingest a hallucinogen. Oh, and when my task is done you'll need to drag me back into the mortal realm. I'll need the entity dwelling in my cloak to remove this armor, lest the vys it supplies me with reduce my body to ash.}
Reaching into your cloak causes the reptilian water spirit to flinch away, but it relaxes as you draw forth a heft dose of that horrid poultice you bought so long ago from Ghada. You place it on your tongue, holding it there for a moment while you dig the enchanted gemstone which has imprisoned within the essence of the spirit larva you battled beneath Nazir. It glows bright enough to be mistaken for a sun in miniature, but you have more important things to concern yourself with.
The poultice takes like rotten meat and dirt, it's a struggle to get the foul concoction down. Once you finally do you know you don't have much time, so quickly assume a meditative pose in the middle of the swampy soil which fills so much of this spirit's realm. Well, which once filled so much of this spirit's realm. It's vanishing inch by inch into the vast emptiness of the void. Your senses are already starting to bled together, the subtle sound of reality tearing itself to shreds causing burst of light along the periphery of your vision.
Instinct takes over once you've settled into your trance, and as you begin to harness the husk of your soul power surges through you. The sheer amount of essence and vys being pumped into your mortal form is almost intoxicating, you feel as though you could reshape creation in your image if you only had the desire. The reptilian spirit has begrudgingly lent you his power, and the surge of energy would only grow larger as the two disciples offered their own contributions to your efforts.
>Vys Pool: (108/[241])
You don't even care that smoke is rising from the cracks in your armor, this feels amazing. Channeling the aggregate power of your allies, you will the fire of creation to leap from surge forth from your chest. The result is an intense burst of golden flame which consumes everything in its path, threatening to incinerate reality itself in fact. It's only due to the efforts of Melancholy that the flames are stifled before they rip open a second tear in veil, and it's with great relief that you watch your spiritual fire gradually encroach upon the meddling void beast.
>Vys Pool: (108/[221])
The centipoid monstrosity seems unaware of your fire, so absorbed is it in consuming the essence of the spirits quarreling beneath it. Its manifold limbs twitch in delight as the stream of white grows more and more distinct, the beast drawing deep of Mahana's power. It's taken entirely by surprise when your golden fire wraps around its torso, the creature's chitinous skin almost immediately beginning to peel away. Just as the first time you employed this technique, there is no flame. Pockets of the void entity's body simply cease to exist, greater and greater chunks vanishing from this reality as you constrict the ring of fire tighter around its midsection.
(5/10)
Rather than flee, as you'd expected, the creature slides further from the portal to the void and twist in on itself to peer with obvious confusion at the substance burning it. Its jaws hinge open wider and clamp down around the flame, only for the best to recoil. Its entire lower jaw has simply dissolved away. A pained screech tears through your thoughts with nearly enough violence to pull you from your trance, but a simple application of Metal magic quiets the disturbance. It's unfortunately clear that you've drawn it's attention, and judging by the way it speeds towards you across the vast black expanse of the void, you're guessing it's not happy with you.
The unnatural blackness of the void extends behind the entity as it surges forward, destroying the veil with its presence alone. The length of its body seems unending, it must stretch for miles now and you still see no end in sight. You wait as patient as ever, a plan already assembling itself in your head. The moment it draws close, skeletal arms extending to rend the flesh from your bones, there's a flash which blinds you even from within your trance. An enormous burst generated by the husk of your soul, powerful enough that the creature never reaches you.
>Vys Pool: (108/[211])
When the light fades, the entity lacks its terrifying visage. Indeed, much of the first dozen or so segments of its body have been shorn away cleanly, leaving no sign of their prior existence. Already it's beginning to regrow its lost mass, but you don't intend to give it the opportunity to recover. A decisive blow now is all you require to banish this warped monstrosity back into the hole it crawled out of.
(6/10)
Once more you carve through the husk of your soul, now significantly enlarged by the essence of the spirits at your back. Underneath is the black stone shell, the only thing which binds you to this mortal coil. Its dull facade occludes your view of the fragment of Surya sheltered within, but you know it's there. You can feel it intimately, struggling to escape its bonds and return to its originator. Rather than channeling the husk outward in the form of that spiritual flame which destroys all in its path, you instead channel it inward. The stone shell is rapidly transmuted to gold, a divine strength surging through your limbs, but that is only the beginning.
>Vys Pool: (108/[161])
As the last vestiges of this power vanishes into the golden husk, something strange occurs. You can feel your mind expanding, coming to encompass the whole of this realm. Millions of thin golden strands sing at the touch of your consciousness, bending as easily to your will as they would the will of the gods. You are no longer confined to that fragile prison called mortal form. You have momentarily separated yourself from your body, becoming something more for as long as you're able to maintain some grip upon this power.
A glance down at yourself reveals a body formed from coal, dots of white ash stitching their way across the surface of your form in intricate, mesmerizing patterns. Of your mortal attire, only your cloak remains. It reflects the magnificence of your being upon its inner surface, patterns of golden light twisting together with rich blue. However, your modesty is preserved by tapestries of cloth which seem as much part of you as your skin. A sash dyed a royal blue, tied about black robes patterned with red and gold stitching. They are as richly adorned as the garb of any king or emperor.
(7/10)
You take one uneasy step forward, a grave cast from gold sprouting into existence over your shin as soon as your foot touches the marshy soil. Another appears when you take a second step. When you will it to be so a sword of ice appears in your hands, golden bracers following shortly after. You have become more than any mortal man could hope or dream for. You have ascended beyond, if only temporarily.
>Vys Pool: (108/[141])
A thought carries you forward, your feet leaving the ground as easily as Zahak takes to wing. Fear grips you as you rise further and further from the ground, but you're not longer bound by physical constraints. You may act as you wish, when you wish to. As soon as you accept the notion the fear passes, and you're able to drift in a lazy, controlled manner towards the regeneration denizen of the void.
Your sword bites deep into its flesh, steam rising form the frozen blade as it passes through the creature's form. With your blade stuck firmly in its wound you thrust a hand forward, that same golden flame leaping from your fingertips to consume the glorified worm. To think, you once feared this creature. You are god here, and it will learn that in short order.
>Vys Pool: (108/[126])
(8/10)
Jerking the blade free, you seize the strings which once bound this world together and will them to obey your commands. They leap and twist according to your desires, reforming themselves with the same rapidity which once sent them flying apart. The advance of the void is brought to a grinding halt as you labor to end this degeneration, and with an almighty screech the void-born horror lunges towards you. Its half-formed jaws clamp down only on air, your form shifting unnaturally away from the creature's assault, and then your blade is sawing through its chitinous hide, cutting free a second chunk of its hideous form.
>Vys Pool: (106/[106])
The fire burns in your eyes as the duel begins in earnest. With reality slowly closing in around the two of you, the void beast retreats towards its vile den. You do not allow it a graceful retreat, carving away great swathes of its flesh either with your frozen blade or with the fire which leaps to obey your every whim. Your task becomes a race against time, to close the tear in the fabric of creation before this parasite might escape your grasp. Yet, for every head you remove a new one is quick to sprout in its place. Whenever you think the enemy slain, it revives itself in that same instant.
Ultimately, you win the race. Really there was never any contest, any chance your prey had of retreat had been removed before it had even begun to flee. As reality reasserts itself around the base of its monstrous form, the golden strands slice through its flesh like the blades of a thousand knives. It cries out in pain, only to be silenced by your blade. You've little doubt that it remains, nursing its wounds within the void, but you have bested the creature here. Now you have only to snuff out what life remains in its corpse.
>Vys Pool: (86/[86])
(9/10)
The husk of your soul is stripped away with each passing instant, your memories slowly being flayed away by the ravages this form places upon them. Mortals were not meant for this power, but you've pried it from the hands of Surya himself. With but the slightest exertion of your will, a wave of decay spreads out around you. As it makes contact with the ground the soul is slowly ground to nothing by the onslaught of your power, and more importantly wherever it makes contact with the fragments of that creature it rapidly reduces them to little more than dust. Finally the task is done. At long last, you might rest.
>Vys Pool: (46/[46])
The journey back to your shattered mortal prison is a reluctant one, but you know that if you remain separated from your true self for much longer the power which sustains you will be depleted. You will be left a soul without a housing, and soon dragged off kicking and screaming to whatever afterlife awaits you. You catch a glimpse of your appearance reflected in a pool of stagnant water, your eyes glowing with the golden light of your soul and two curved horns crowning your skull. Odd.
>Vys Pool: (36/[36])
Your actual body lays comatose where you'd left it, your various assistance still focused upon their own meditation. Save of course for the twin spirits whom you'd asked to aid you. You note the gash along the boar's side has yet to heel, so with a minor exertion of your power you close the wounds which cover his form. You offer the same aid to the reptilian water spirit.
>Vys Pool: (16/[16])
(10/11)
>>46949873
Waiting for next post OP. Ignore the shitposters.
However, with these final efforts your soul truly is depleted. Sliding back into your body is as simple as closing your eyes and allowing your grip upon this world to subside. A sense of vertigo overtakes you, and then you're once more constrained within the suddenly cramped confines of your mortal form. Fortunately you're not forced to suffer for long. Your consciousness slips away, and the black overtakes you.
>Vys Pool: (0/[0])
>Trait Gained: Child of Surya
>Trait Gained: Force of Will
You cannot say how long you remain unconscious, but what you are certain of is that you feel like absolute shit. Above you lie arches of black stone, their form shaped by the depredations of the void. A orange tabby sits upon a near-by stone, its surface carved with glowing blue lines. Flanking the shrine on either side are a man and a woman. The woman is familiar, the same which greeted you after you offered your blood upon an altar to the Cat. However, the man is unfamiliar. He is dark skinned, for a human, with an armor of a sort you've never seen.
>Vys Pool: (1/[1])
As you roll over onto your side and expel a torrent of blood and vomit into the ash before the shrine, you see Zahak as well. He watches you with evident concern, his tail lashing irritably through the air behind him. You try to comfort him, to employ that strange connection the two of you share, but your body protest against the effort. Pain rips through you, sending you once more stumbling into the black.
Again you awaken, the passage of time impossible to determine. You are desperately hungry, but you find yourself unable to move. Even the thought of doing so sends spots twirling through the periphery of your vision.
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>Try to heal yourself, you don't need the help of some spirit.
>Write-in
>>46949971
>Try to heal yourself, you don't need the help of some spirit.
>>46949971
>Let instincts guide you, do what comes naturally, surely it will result in being healed somehow
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
I have a feeling that
>Try to heal yourself, you don't need the help of some spirit. might be some kind of trap option, especially with how fucked up our vys is atm.
>>46949971
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
Gonna update the character sheet with those traits?
>>46949971
>>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
He's a master water vatis and we're in no position to heal ourself. Have him fix us up.
>>46949971
>>Try to heal yourself, you don't need the help of some spirit.
fuck you cat, you let this happen on purpose
>>46949971
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>Child of Surya
Again Surya best god
>>46949971
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
heal our shit you double faggot.
>>46949971
Holy shit nigga, that was a massive post.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46950196
>thinking you have a say in the manner
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
You know how to heal me son. I only require rest for my husk to regenerate.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
>>46949971
>>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46949971
update the pastebin faggot, I want to know what the new traits do
The character sheet pastebin has been updated:
> *Force of Will: The will is pure. You have but to exercise it to exert your control over the world around you. +4 to Metal Magic, +4 to Husk Casting. Negates any limitations upon the manipulation of your soul.
> *Child of Surya: The body is but a prison, it limits the true extent of your power. You've learned a method of breaking free. +8 to Husk Casting, and additional +4 against Spirits and Void Entities. Only when in your Ascended form.
> *Mark of a Dragon Slayer (Contain+Soul): +8 to resisting outside influences, +6 to Metal Magic, +4 to Healing rolls.
>>46950346
>*Child of Surya: The body is but a prison, it limits the true extent of your power. You've learned a method of breaking free. +8 to Husk Casting, and additional +4 against Spirits and Void Entities. Only when in your Ascended form.
I love Surya
>>46950346
God. Fucking. Damn. Mik's pretty Demigod now.
>>46949971
>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>we are now comparable to a Child when ascended
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
>>46950346
So we don't have the negative effects of Mark of a Dragon Slayer either?
Fuck, I didn't expect the meditation to work out so good for us
>>46950346
That's dope
>>46950346
So. Were a GM metal vatis now, and, we have a base +10 to metal from traits. Fuckin op.
>>46950346
Mission accomplished gentlemen.
And would you believe this all started as a milk run to fetch our niece?
To elaborate a little on what the Ascended form does:
>Consumes 10 max vys per combat round of use. (So at this point, Mik could maintain it for 7 rounds assuming that he hadn't cast anything from his husk previously)
>Supplies the listed benefits in the trait description for as long as it's maintained
>Has certain other bonuses I won't yet reveal at the moment.
>>46949971
>Tell that cat to fucking fix you, especially after you saved his ass.
>>46949971
>>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
>>46950471
we are not good at keeping things simple
>>46950479
so casting from our max vys doesn't effect our current vys, unless it would put our current vys over the max?
so if we had 10/20 using 10 of our husk would put us at 10/10?
And if we had 20/20 using 20 of our husk would put us at the same?
>>46950479
I assume that all casting in this form is Husk casting. Which means that our spells have "unknown/special" effects. Since we haven't tested what Fire/Water/Earth do when Husk casting yet.
>>46950422
We also have a base +10 to healing from traits now.
I wonder if that'll help us better endure wearing the Heavy Warlock Armor.
>>46950531
That's correct.
>>46950532
That is also correct, which means you can pretty much wreck all the shit while in Ascended Form. However, with Mik's current vys pool it won't last long.
>>46949971
>Tell Ricky to shove some food in your mouth.
Thanks for the big post, soma!
>>46950388
I think is more like the spirit form of the disciples without the need of an spirit.
Boy, I can't wait to see the looks on our companions faces when we return and tell them the shit we got into.
>>46950561
So what you're saying is start reading?
Cause that's the easiest way we have to increase our Vys pool.
>>46949971
>>Try to reach out for Zahak, you just want to lie down in a soft bed and allow yourself to rest.
Hey Soma, can we preserve and shove parts of our husk into high quality objects like we do with vys?
>>46950541
I think that it's based on our vys capacity primarily, though the healing bonus sure as hell won't hurt
>10 post OP
Thank you blessed Soma. I know we'll be lucky to get 10 more in the thread, but it was worth it.
>>46950507
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>>46950191
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>>46950114
>>46950107
>>46950061
>>46950054
>>46950615
>You've fallen and you can't get up!
>>46950003
>>46950120
>Fuck the cat! You don't need no spirit!
>>46950497
>>46950276
>>46950158
>>46950142
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>>46950055
>Fuckin' give me a hand here you little bitch-ass kitten.
Writin'
>>46950623
Who knows~
>>46950561
Casting from Husk destroys some of the memories used right?
>>46950603
Didn't we say we'd be gone for, like, a day tops? They're probably gonna be pissed we went and nearly died/ended the world twice.
>>46950659
Temporarily. So far they've always returned after a good night's rest.
We can cast from other people's husks, right? I mean we can manipulate their souls so I don't see a reason why we shouldn't be able to.
>>46949717
>Right, you hadn't really thought this far ahead. Grabbing the edge of your cloak you pull it wide, urging one of Ricky's tentacles to slide out from beyond the event horizon. Immediately those same pops of unreality begin to appear around the edge of the ethereal limb, causing the spirit to recoil in horror. {If you refuse to assist me I'll invite my friend outside for a visit.}
>As Ricky's tentacle begins to retract, the spirit's voice thunders through your thoughts. {You are unhinged! You would guarantee your own demise simply to spite me!}
>{Yes, exactly. I'm glad you understand.}
mik is my favorite character
So how do we just casually mention that we're a Metal GM now to our companions?
Oh, and a real quick comment on the /qst/ situation.
I wasn't aware that they'd already made the new board. Otherwise I would have put this up there. However, as others have said, /qst/ lacks an archive at the moment. For now I'll stick to running on /tg/ until someone rectifies that situation, because otherwise it's pretty hard to reference shit in a quest that's almost 200 threads long. Let's be practical here.
I'm not even necessarily against the idea of /qst/, I think it will be interesting to see how shit plays out and I sorta look forward to being one of its founding participants.
>>46950832
>200
man we're close to 300 than 200
>>46949850
>filename
>Mikhael - Ascended
AW SHIT
>>46950832
I wouldn't mind if it:
a) Had an archive
b) Allowed anons to post images
>>46950900
anons can post images in /qst/
>All these deleted post.Not often I get to use this reaction image.
>>46950900
that image BS was removed. one of the only things the fucker listened too.
>>46950919
Huh though it was limited to OP
>>46950924
get to writing you lazy bastard
>>46950924
ban in 3...2...1
>>46950900
It has the standard one week 4chanx archive, and anon's can post images you retard.
>>46950930
Well that does make it less shit. Nice.
>>46950969
>1 week archive
This quest is going to be going for a lot longer than a week. try a couple years. What do you want us to do about the missing chunks that'll be gone after a week?
>>46951006
Permanent archives are going to be up within the week and can grab the thread from there you idiot.
>>46951050
Let me get the lottery numbers right quick.
>>46951050
When exactly again?
>>46951050
Yeah threads have a 1000 bump limit
>>46950832
Was the Void Being thing an Elder? Ancient?
Stronger than Ricky?
Or was it just a plain ol Progenitor?
>>46951076
soma rarely gets to half that anyways
these last few threads have been the exception
Soma, is every one of your reaction images cropped from porn?
>>46951087
It was referred to as an ancient void entity, iirc
Oh shit.
Guys the Voidzilla was an Ancient. We just drove back a child of The Children. Like hot dam.
>>46951206
We literally needed 4 spirits to do that and drugs and warlock armor and a trapped spirit
>>46951225
But we still did it. They supplied the vys, but we did it.
So what change to our personality from the GM meditation do you think we will have?
>>46951256
super stoicness
>>46951256
We will probably have an inflated ego from us getting so close to godhood
>>46951256
We have reached a new level of not giving a fuck.
>>46951313
This plus not liking our squishy mortal form.
>>46951256
probably less interest in the physical since we know our body is a limitation.
>>46951256
The GM metal trait was Force of Will, so I imagine Mik is going to be more stubborn than ever and even less willing to change than before. I actually doubt we'll be more stoic though. We're just going to be ourself, but more so.
>>46951225
nah, 1.2 spirits
We had the lizard spirit. and the boar was literally on the verge of death. one disciple aided us a bit with Metal and then we just had what amounted to a really big Vys bettery.
Reminder we need to disciple with mahanna
>>46951327
>>46951324
Wouldn't that mean Mik is less of a jew due to being not as materialistic?
>>46951225
At max we were shown with 241, 171 more than our normal 70.
That's 171 books, experiments, or meditations, or half as many metamagics.
The only thing preventing us from getting up to that level in a hurry is that Soma has to write the books for us to read.
>>46951366
That would be /qst/ levels of retardation now when we have an Ascended form. Catfags pls go and stay go.
>>46951366
>intentionally taking a step down
>>46951378
magic was always best girl anyways
>>46951366
Reminder for you fuck off. More boon would be nice but submitting ourselves to be subservient to anyone is out of the question.
>>46951418
This, Mik doesn't handle authority well.
>>46951378
Doubt it. Money has an imagined value that can be used to measure success and increase our Vys pool by purchasing books.
>>46951366
>becoming Mahana's disciple
>not making him our disciple instead
>>46951466
>Making our pet spirit a disciple
Did we get two insights from that meditation or am I just misremembering our water gm meditation?
iirc we got to 5/5 insights and then did our gm meditation
>>46951517
Nope, it's 4/5 and then a GM meditation to finish it off.
>>46951517
We got to 4/5 then did GM water. We skipped one metal insight for this meditation.
>>46951528
We were at 4/5 for Metal before the GM meditation.
>>46951466
You know at this point I wouldn't be surprised if Mik could outright ignore any order Mahana gave him.
So guys we're looking at something like a week of downtime.
I think we should call up Master on the brooches and have a nice long chat with him about everything that's happened recently. From The Paramata to the Ancient Enchantress to our new found GM.
Then we should probably clock in some time reading since meditation is gonna be off limits for a while.
Maybe have a group teaching session or two with our companions to help them git gud.
Any other ideas?
>>46951568
I'll support all of this if it comes up
Someone previously mentioned something about checking our memories or the metal codex to learn a dhatu based martial style, that could be interesting.
And just checking out the codex as a gm might be a good idea
We just destroyed a void entity that could have taken out entire armies on its own.
Holy shit.
>>46951560
But why even do that? Mahana literally can't offer us more power at this point. Ascended form is better than anything he could give us and any vys bonus could be achieved by us just reading.
>>46951633
Holly shit. The Dhatu style while in Ascended form would be pretty fucking amazing.
It sucks (for our bragging rights) but I don't think we'll be able to test for our Metal GM robes. Soma said there weren't any particularly skilled metal vatis left nowadays. So unless there's another way of testing... We should read the metal codex though and see what metal god has to say now that we're so much more skilled.
>>46951678
Adal is trolling, ignore him.
>>46951670
Magic is all about the prep and support, we had a good deal of both.
>>46951699
We should just continue to get gud at metal, getting more and more skills and abilities in it under our belt.
I updated Zahak's entry in the companions pastebin.
>>46951678
>Mahana literally can't offer us more power at this point.
Nah, runes for shines is still a good deal.
>>46951678
I wasn't saying we should become a disciple I was just saying that Mik has a retarded amount of mental fortitude.
>>46951735
>Vatis Rank Metal
Zahak got gud.
>>46951735
Went from nothing at all to Vatis.
God dam.
>>46951750
I think we should ask Mahana for runes on demand as a reward for fixing everything in this battle. We should just be able to ask him for any rune and get it for free right away. Then we revise the agreement with shrines.
>>46951790
>>46951774
DRAGONS
>>46951735
>>46951774
Niiiice.
>>46951797
I want some artifacts.
Mainly i want him to incorporate The Crown into our Heavy Warlock Armor.Soma confirmed he'll do this no prob.
>>46951828
>>46951797
>>46951750
How about the Time metamagic?
You're chilling in a void rift trying to consume some mortals when this motherfucker and his dragon son cast husk magic at you. What do you do?
>>46951859
create time
>>46951859
I wouldn't imagine he knows that.
Guess it wouldn't hurt to ask though.
>>46951880
die
>>46951828
Fuse the Gauntlet into the armor as well. In fact, fuse ALL our artifacts into our armor.
>>46951880
scree
>>46951809
wyverns*
>>46951880
Die like a complete bitch while all the other void beings laugh at me.
>>46951966
All the other void beings would be too busy fleeing in terror.
>>46951936
the gauntlet has been growing steadily, it could make it so that we cannot remove the armor
>>46951936
The Gauntlet of now an entire sleve.
I'd rather not since it's still growing and we don't know what's going to happen when it completes
>>46951992
think we might be able to meditate on it as is to gain a better understanding? Maybe by feeding vys into it to get an idea of the effects.
>>46951992
It probably gives insane bonuses to Earth magic.
>>46951992
Well the Stooges gave it to us so I doubt it will be anything terrible.
>>46952031
why would you think that even a little bit?
What was our max vys at when the warlock armor stopped having negative effects?
The heavy warlock armor gives 5 times as much vys per hour so it might need us to just have 5 times as much max vys to stop it from burning the shit out of us.
>>46952056
The Stooges love us for our insane entertainment value.
>>46952031
real talk though, I trust those guys
>>46951992
Did we ever ask the cat to identify it for us?
>>46952056
Didn't the Chimera thing say they looked out for young vatis with potential? Also it was a birthday present and the cloak hasn't had many downsides.
>>46952022
>>46952017
>>46952031
We should meditate on it and make it actually grow to completion before we add it into our armor. So maybe at a later date depending on what the effects are.
Also knowing the stooges there's a good chance it turns the wearer into a statue when it completes or something like that.
>>46952092
they are likely the most trustworthy characters in the quest
>>46952095
No. Soma "forgot" to add that in.
Mik has really strange friends, and I guess family members now because Zahak.
>>46952092
>>46952101
http://pastebin.com/q8rQUjzS
The lower mouth splits yet wider, nearly impossibly so. "Would these three creatures happen to be skeletal imitations of mortal form dripping golden nectar from their shattered skulls?"
So they know of them after all? "Yes, that's them exactly. I've taken to referring to them simply as the Three, for I've never seen them separated. They seem to have taken an interest in me, specifically. To the point of granting me favors to which they demand repayment. They seem mostly interested in pursuing their own amusement."
The lowest head adopts an even, sagely tone as it begins to speak. "Their names are many, but we all know them. They have variously been called the Gallery, the Trio, the Triarchs, and the Manes. Any name is as good as any other, they never seem to give themselves any titles."
"From what we have been able to glean in our research they were originally creatures from outside of the Gods' creation, here before the gods entered this realm. We do not fully understand why they now dwell within reality and are not hunted by the Servants, but we believe that they have formed some form of pact with the gods. Their form is likely merely a facade, or if not it is certainly not how they originally appeared. Beings from beyond the Gods' creation are rarely corporeal, and when they are their physical forms do not follow any sort of rhyme or reason."
"They seem amicable. They have aided all races of mortals at various points throughout history. They helped the Dragons against their first war with the Dwoveth, and were known in that time as the 'Bufoiak', or the Jesters in the draconic language. They aided the first King of the Elves in his uprising against dragonkind, and the genocidal hunt that followed. They aided the Dwoveth in their conquest of Elven lands and the Rhynians in their subsequent war against the Dwoveth. They have even aided us in our defense against Rhynian invaders."
>>46952084
Yeah, but they are perfectly willing to give us artifacts with drawbacks that could fuck us over.
Something like >>46952108 is saying could be possible
We should GM earth first before we start to use it with any regularity
>>46952141
Just like how he forgot to ask Sadik about the artifact seller.
>>46952151
>>46952101
>>46952022
"In essence they have been involved in some small way in each and every major conflict to plague Mundus since before recorded history, and they have always been on the side of the victors. Some of our numbers contacted them and established a pact, a pact which stated they would aide us in assuring that the most talented Samjan vatis reach their full potential. Unfortunately it was the case that their aide often took rather unorthodox forms, sometimes appearing as sabotage. Regardless, it is a relief to find that they honor their obligations still after all these centuries."
>>46952095
Yup and he doesn't know.
>>46952108
I think it sends it's wearer into an uncontrollable rampage.
>>46952163
But earth is the least useful element for us to GM.
Fire is important for fucking with the strings of reality and Nature is important for surviving in Elaudia.
>>46952117
>>46952101
>>46952079
first round of three artifacts they offered us
1 would have killed us very soon after we put it on (the boots)
1 would have driven us mad with the souls of the people we killed(i think it was a ring)
and The cloak has us assassinate high profile targets.
The next round
The Robes would have taken over our body fightclub style to reiase a cult until we like died or opened a hole to the void or some shit
then there's the gauntlet
and i forgot the last one
Not that trustworthy thb senpai
Ascended form OUD solo when?
>>46951992
Wasn't that thing parasitic and started growing into/onto us or something? Like I thought we had to cut it off last time
>>46952221
yes
>>46952231
No that was the necklace.
>>46952212
I agree, which means we will probably not use it for a long time.
>>46952231
I don't really recall, but Mik has cut his arm off for jokes before, so I wouldn't put it past him to cut it off because of an artifact.
>>46952231
Nah that was the Gem necklace.
Focusing your thoughts proves impossible, it only brings about a splitting headache which threatens to send you tumbling into unconsciousness a third time. You try to speak, but all that escapes your scorched throat is a dry rasp. Why can't you channel your vys? You feel it there, your consciousness scrabbles at it uselessly but can't seem to actually shape it to your will. Compared to the rush of immense power you enjoyed earlier, this is a fate worse than death.
Apparently your son senses your anguish, because he comes to lay down at your side. His head rest lightly against your chest, a soothing flow of vys spreading through your aching limbs to alleviate the pain there. Feeling returns to the tips of your fingers, and you run the reformed flesh through the course black ground. {I'm sorry, Papa.} His voice splits your skull, your eyes squeezing shut involuntarily and your teeth gritting against the pain. {I healed you as best I could...}
You'll probably have some scarring, but that's nothing you can't deal with. With difficulty you manage to grasp one of your son's horns, and he carefully helps you to your feet. You have to lean most of your weight against Zahak to stand upright, but nonetheless you manage it. All you truly desire is a nice soft mattress, though even standing upright you feel as though on the cusp of dozing off.
(1/2)
>>46952212
I have a feeling the Earth could be used to add someone else's DE to our but we haven't experimented enough with it for me to be sure.
>>46952215
>The cloak has us assassinate high profile targets.
That's actually not a part of the cloak.
>>46950479
So it's a devil trigger?
A man's voice draws your attention. “Gods above man, that was quite the performance you put on!” Boots crunch against the black ash which covers this place, and with immense difficulty you manage to turn yourself to face the man. It's the same you saw earlier, in that strange armor of his. It seems to be crafted from bronze and leather, with still chain layered underneath. Quite the elaborate set, all told, and even depleted as you are you can sense it's enchanted. He has two blades, one sheathed on his hip and the other over his shoulder. It's less clear whether they're magical or mundane, but you think it safe to assume they're also gifts from Mahana.
The man extends one gauntleted hand, offering you a cheerful smile. “Renaud, or I think it was Melancholy as you referred to me. That was a fine, fine thing you did back there, friend. I've never seen anything quite like it.” He pumps your arm once after you've clasped him by the forearm, then releases you. “I'm sure you'd like to find a rock and crawl under it, you look exhausted, but Mahana left me here so I could inform him when you'd recovered. He owes you a debt of gratitude, several I'd say, but there were matters which needed attending to in his realm.”
You suppose that's understandable, though you find it annoying he'd once again leave one of his underlings to greet you instead of staying himself. “A pleasure.” You rasp out, voice barely managing above a whisper. “The form you assume in Mahana's realm doesn't suit you.”
Renaud rubs his chin contemplatively. “I realize, that was my idea actually. A bit of an inside joke if you will.”
>Tell him to fetch Mahana, you've demands to make of him.
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>Write-in
>>46952215
Pretty sure you're wrong about the boots killing us like that and the ring drained the life force of our enemies but caused their souls to haunt us, which we were warned about.
>>46952331
Take your Mongolian finger paintings elsewhere.
>>46952360
>Tell him to fetch Mahana, you've demands to make of him
"If you know any water magic, a pick-me-up would be nice."
>>46952360
>Tell him to fetch Mahana, you've demands to make of him.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952379
The boots permamently drain our soul everytime we use them.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
We don't know what we want at this point, let's save that for later.
>>46952360
>>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952406
Not now. We'll want our full faculties for negotiation.
>>46952360
>>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952360
>>Tell him to fetch Mahana, you've demands to make of him.
we need to give Mahana a heads up on the crazy enchantress
also, would taking one of the healing potions in our cloak be a bad idea?
>>46952360
>Tell him to fetch Mahana, you've demands to make of him.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
never negotiate after nearly dying.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
Lets just go home we can bitch at the cat there.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
I rarer return to Nazir and recover before talking with the cat.
>>46952360
>>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
Let's regain our strength.
>>46952360
>>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952429
>>46952432
Now is not the best time. We'll need all of our channeling ability and a clear head to deal with Mahana. He's still a spirit, a tricky one to deal with in any circumstance.
>>46952360
>>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952325
>The cloak has us assassinate high profile targets.
>That's actually not a part of the cloak.
Then what trigger it?
>>46952429
That's a good idea, actually. We should use one of the vitality extracts.
>>46952480
and we should probably check with Mortia on how long her soul replenishing potion, or whatever it was, could last in our cloak.
One of those would be lovely right now.
>>46952428
>>46952425
>>46952424
>>46952417
>>46952436
>>46952442
>>46952445
>>46952446
>>46952457
>>46952458
>>46952462
>>46952460
>>46952465
>Need time to recover
>>46952432
>>46952429
>>46952410
>>46952406
>Get that spiritnigger out here.
Taking one of the Vitality Extracts would not be a bad idea, and the painkiller wouldn't go amiss either.
>>46952460
He will probably be more guarded after our last performance.
>>46952417
Shit really? where was that stated?
>>46952468
>Then what trigger it?
We allowed the void entity into our dreams. If denied it access we would have never gotten the mission.
>>46952360
>Your rewards can wait. Have him help you into Mahana's saddle and return to Nazir.
>>46952508
Mik sure does love his consumables.
>>46952508
nah we're good for now
>>46952508
yeah medicate ourselves. Time to DUI our dragon son.
>>46952512
>>46952417
The boots made us walk ourself to death.
>>46952508
Lets medicate. Teach Zahk the value of consumables.
>>46952516
You're retarded. Soma has confirmed multiple times that the assassination was the cost of the cloak. Just like all of the other items had drawbacks so does the cloak.
>>46952384
It's from an Indonesian board game, faggot.
>>46952508
Hold off on the drugs. we're in no danger right now. Plus we're limited on those.
>>46952582
Where?
>>46952618
I'm not digging though 200+ threads just because you decided to skim the quest when you binged it in the archives yesterday.
>>46952582
>the assassination
>a chore rather than a bonus
>>46952667
I've been following the quest since the water temple he never confirmed that the assassinations are a part of the cloak he just said Who knows~ instead.
>>46952769
I do remember Soma confirming it. I think it was around thread 77-78?
>>46952746
It was intended to be a chore that Mik managed to turn into a bonus.
Let's make sure that Zahak gets his own reward for helping with the spirit war
>>46952866
seconded, breed the greed
>>46952769
I actually have the image saved for idiots such as yourself
>>46952901
Thank you.
>>46952901
>zero confirmation whatsoever: the image
>>46952508
>>46952508
>>46952508
Drugs pls soma
Eat a nasty cunt and die of AIDS Soma you ass
>>46952887
>You will never breed Zahak
>>46952951
>I bait soooooo hard.
>>46952901
Also post the later one where he confirms it and also confirms that wearing the cloak is bad for our soul.
Also confirmed that The mirror shadow runs was stupid and the mirror was supposed to have given us a bog clue about what the cloak was doing.
Before anyone asked he answered this after saying mik has learned and experienced enough to know this info.
>>46953185
It gave us the corrupted status, and we're basically immune to that manner of fuckery now
I would imagine now that with our fuck tons of bonuses to resisting outside influence and now our Metal GM we probably won't have to worry about corruption from the Cloak.
>>46953220
We should get to be better bros with Ricky now. We haven't had a conversation, or a game of charades with him in a long time.
>>46953226
Or really any sort of passive negative effects for that matter.
>>46953185
I still think it's dumb that we don't have a pouches or a backpack to put shit in just incase we break the cloak again
>>46953253
>have pouches and a backpack
>store them in the cloak
Holy shit. Just got done with the OP. Ik I'm late to the party but soma, you changed my life. It was glorious
>>46953244
This, Ricky is the best
>>46953253
we actually do have both a messenger bag and a belt with pouches. stashing some emergency supplies for if we don't have access to the cloak isn't a bad idea
>>46953226
So what does the new titles mean and do?
>>46953244
We need to buy him a few goats and chickens and have a picnic with the guy. At least one of our sets of armor can deal with the vacuum if we can't. Besides, with GM metal maybe we can communicate without him demolishing our mind.
If we collected some souls to power it for longer, we could probably use Ascended form to quickly build some shit in the Void.
>>46953293
we should enchant that compact sword as a back up weapon
>>46953299
read the thread>>46950346
>>46953293
We can magic up a bag with our level of nature I think.
>>46953252
So why are we going into the desert again?
>>46953328
We're going to the jungle.
Reaching into your cloak, you draw forth the vial of Vitality Extract you bought so long ago from Ghada. It's a slightly yellow, oily substance. You have ten small vials of it, and from what you recall the side effects are minor. Pulling open the cork you're assaulted by the smell of rosewater, it's clearly masking something though you have difficulty determining exactly what.
Tipping back the vial, you find it's sweet on your tongue but has a remarkably bitter aftertaste. At first you think you're going to vomit, but it isn't long before it begins to take effect. The pain isn't quite so severe as it was a moment ago, and you can think clearer than you could before. Overall, a rather minor improvement but a welcome one nonetheless.
You tuck the glass vial back into your cloak before finally addressing Renaud. “I don't need to meet with Mahana, not immediately at least. We'll discuss my rewards after I've had time to rest and heal myself. I do have one request though.”
He bows low, flourishing one arm off to the side. “Anything, Mikhael. I'd be happy to offer my assistance.”
Is he being condescending, or is he trying to endear himself to you? You honestly can't tell. “Help me into Zahak's saddle. I doubt I'd be able to haul myself in on my own.” Getting out will be a problem as well, but it's something you can deal with later.
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>>46953328
we aren't anymore.
We're heading to elaudia to discover the secret of elaudian steel and get eaten by freaky tree monsters.
Mahana's disciple straightens himself to his full height, though he's still a full head shorter than you. “A simple enough task. If you'd just allow me a moment...” He trails off, and black stone steps begin to shape themselves from the ash. You nod your head appreciatively before slowly and carefully climbing up towards Zahak's back. He helps you as much as he's able, but it still takes some doing to seat yourself firmly on his back.
Slumping back into the padded saddle is an immense relief. You vaguely urge Zahak towards Nazir, and he takes care of the rest. In no time at all you're hurtling skyward, his powerful wings driving you ever higher. You're not exactly sure when it happens, but at some point you fall asleep over the course of the flight. Not unconsciousness, but true rest. Unfortunately that rest is interrupted.
You stand before an immense well surrounded by three strange figures. These are not the skeletal figures dripping golden ichor that you've grown familiar with. They sprout from the immense structures to which they're attached, their fingers playing along the surface of a red mist projected from within the well. They have two eyes, but no other facial features, and their torso seems to just flow into their limbs with no clear point of separation.
{Mikhael.}
{It is good to see you.}
{Indeed, you've proven immensely entertaining.}
{We have called you to collect on a debt owed.}
{Can't we enjoy a little small talk?}
{No.}
{Why not? I like this one.}
{Because I said so.}
{That's not an answer.}
{Quit squabbling in front of the mortal, you're setting a bad example.}
{What were we discussing?}
{The debt.}
{That's right. The debt. We're calling you to collect upon the debt.}
The chaotic mix of identical voices is tremendously difficult to sift apart, but you do your best. However, when you try to respond they quickly cut you off.
(2/3)
>>46953349
Wait wasn't there something Mahana needed form the desert? a suit of armor or something?
{No, don't worry, it won't be pressing. We understand you need time to recover.}
{I don't think I've ever seen a mortal do that.}
{Like a beast walking on two legs.}
{Oh hush, they're really not so bad.}
{We ask only this of you, Mikhael.}
{There is a temple in the jungle.}
{We ask that you investigate this place.}
{We will tell you when you're near.}
{You're almost certain to pass it.}
{And activate the artifact you find there.}
{You'll know it when you see it.}
{Don't be so vague, you jerk.}
{But it's funnier to watch them scramble about.}
{Do this within two weeks' time.}
{Or we'll extract the debt owed in other ways.}
You awake with a start, hands gripping you by the shoulder and starting to pull you out of the saddle. You struggle weakly, until you realize it's your brother trying to help you down. “Gods above, Mikhael!” Zaahir exclaims. “What's happened to you? I thought you said freeing our niece would be a simple task!”
>You can explain later, for now just have him help you to a bed.
>Give your brother the short version of the story.
>What does he mean you look terrible?
>Write-in
>>46953310
We need to get in one of our sealed armors and have a tea party with him in the void.
>>46953395
>>Give your brother the short version of the story.
>>What does he mean you look terrible?
explain that given the things we've dealt with in the past day we're actually looking pretty damn good
>>46953395
>You can explain later, for now just have him help you to a bed.
>What does he mean you look terrible?
>>46953395
>What does he mean you look terrible?
>>46953395
>And activate the artifact you find there
>Give your brother the short version of the story.
>>46953395
be honest Soma, are the stooges showing up now because of the talk about just sitting around and reading a bunch of books to get buff?
