Turn 11
Boo, 1/3652ths of the way to turn 40172
"N-no...I am lost and was wondering if you could tell me where I am, mighty one..."
Fake fear and subservience to try and figure out if he's good or evil, and if the latter if I can take him.
You look up at it, and try to figure out how you could take it down. You think you might be able to attack its ear from the inside, or punch a hole in its eye, or break one of its fingers or toes, but that's about it. If you had a bladed weapon you could maybe cut a finger off or something and spells would probably give it a sunburn or some indigestion, but they wouldn't really be much more effective then just using brute force. Assuming that its a giant human of course, it could be something harder or easier to kill.
If you got all the defenders together you could probably kill it by editing it out of existence, but you don't think that even all of you together possess the physical or magical force to kill it.
[3] You try to focus on it to determine what exactly it is, but its oddly dark inside of the tower, even though the sun is shining down brightly. There appears to be some kind of spell active that is stopping you from seeing inside properly.
[1]
"N-no..." you stammer out, but before you can get further it looks down at you and says:
"T H E N W H Y H A V E Y O U A W A K E N E D M E". A giant stone hand shoots out of the gloom, and [4] you manage to dodge it as it slowly hits down. A giant wave of sand pours in every direction, and you run away as fast as you possibly can. By the time you look back the doors are slowly closing shut.
((Question: How do the [-2] Physical damage added to the Monolithian armor plus its former bonus work together? -2 damage from physical attacks then I take half the remaining damage? Like this? [10 damage -2 = 8/2 damage = 4 damage] If so, then it seems fitting. ))
Karn sighs, starting to search for the bone shield he had let fall to the ground. It wouldn't be too hard to find since it could not have gone too far away...Then he noticed the naga still had her bosom exposed. He sighed and turned his eyes away from Ssrah once again before talking to her.
"...I'll try to help you get something for that. Any preferences?"
Try to create something for the naga to cover her breasts - suited to her tastes. If no answer is received as for her tastes, then create a tank top. Nagas use those, right?
Then look for the bone shield.
((It will probably work that way yeah, but I am not quite sure, since it doesn't really fit with how I imagine the armor. I imagine that the runes don't make the armor tougher or stronger, but rather that the runes make it harder to harm you, thus also protecting you against magical spells that wouldn't be protected against by regular armor, I think that making it like that might be too powerful though, and I don't want to reduce the damage protection, since then its physical aspect would be barely stronger then chain, and I also imagine it as a giant set of plate mail (physically very tough, but still quite a bit better then chain)))
[6] You think about making a tank top for the naga, but decide that even a tank top isn't quite enough covering. You focus on creating some properly chaste clothing, and a large blue dress materializes. Shit, it is the most chaste dress you have ever seen. You then realize that you forgot that she was a naga, and it won't work at all. You think about giving it to her, but realize its kind of pointless since she can't even wear it.
You now have a
☼Chaste Dress☼.
[3] You go look for your shield, and find some punks trying to pry it out of the wall where it went in.
Spotting you the leader says "iz DIS yor shield gud sir? cuz f it iz U mite wnt 2 pA 4 d hole n our wall. Otherwise, we wiL beat d schet out of U".
How tragic, they seem to be inflicted with some kind of hostile memeplex preventing their speech from being understood by any uninfected individual.
One of them draws a switchblade, seeming not to realize how bad an idea threatening someone in glowing full plate with a tiny switchblade is.
((Yes, in human form they may still resemble characteristics of a fox, lemon. ))
Track, track, track, track in stealth, that Ice Man!
Hikari could feel the ambivalence of her emotions in every step she took. What would have happened if she did turn on the Guardian despite his gift to her? There would be many more Anomalies, but she never even knew where they came from - only that they existed just like this reality did.
What if all I know, is a lie?
After a mini existential crisis during which time the Ice Man runs into the building, [5] Hikari insinuates herself into the crowd, and figuring that he is going to do the exact same thing as he just did. She slips into the building to to the right of where he entered and sprints through to the other side of what appears to be a house vaulting over furniture, and quite generally making a mess. She opens the door, and hides under a window in the building he just ran into and she expects he will jump through. Sure enough he breaks it just moments later and jumps through, landing a few feet ahead of you. You don't think it has seen you.
The street has a few people on it walking about minding their own business, you hope that you don't harm them in the crossfire.
Fix Bikini to cover both breasts. Make Headdress, go for an Egyptian feel again.
"Sstupid fire. Thankss for the healing Sstarfish man."
[6] You focus on fixing up your bikini, and before you know it, you have possibly the toughest bikini in the world. It does restrict your movements a bit though.
You now have:
Rigid Leather Bikini[3] You move on to trying to recreate your headdress, and create
this monstrosity. You are fairly certain that its not alive.
You now have:
Bizzare Headdress"YOU ARE WELCOME, HALF-NAKED SNAKE MAN! IT IS A PLEASURE TO HELP MY FELLOW ADVENTURERS!"
Use essence to enchant my leg sleevsies to project a force field that would turn away kinetic and possibly magical attacks!
[4] You focus, and your leg sleevsies begin to glow brightly, before you remember that as a mage you can't actually enchant items. You manage to retract your will without fracturing the essence. You could probably get one of the warriors to enchant your sleevsies for you, as long as you give them your essense as payment.
Karsten walks over to the other elf.
"Hey. I saw you up by the Drunken Tiki, remember? You got throw against me. Why do they keep throwing you out?"
Ask the elf why he keeps getting thrown out of both the drunken tiki and lantern.
[3] You walk over to the front of the bar and ask the elf your question. He says "I didn *hic* get thr *hic* wn out of *hic* anywhere. *Hic* I'm *hic* to go b *hic* k home *hic*, and had to *hic* take the *hic* irs instead o *hic* of climbing *hic* down *hic*. Then he looks quizzical at you for a few seconds, and [6v5+
1v2] projectile vomits in every direction. You flip straight over the wave of vomit, but Wald to your right isn't so lucky.
Waldemaar is now
covered in vomit.
Laws of Physics: Standard(?)
Natural Magic Systems: Wordsmithing, Summoning,
Known Species: Humans, Elves,
Universe Shape:
Universe Size: Unclear but broadly defined
Current reality level: 14
Current reality level effects: Reality largely shaped, No real effect on creating items or anything small scale, Objects rarely retroactively change outside of observation range, Physical laws only fluctuate on a personal basis for non-reality natives
Name: Karsten
Race:
ElfClass: Warrior
Subclass:
Ranger Traits and Passive Abilities:
Stealthy,
Very AgileItems:
Surefire Bow,
9 MetaReal arrows, Pants, Shirt, Quiver, 14 bone arrows,
Double Bladed Knife,
Chain Mail, 1 essence
Current location: Entrance to The Drunken Lantern
Status: 10/10 health, 10/10 willpower
Name: Jovian
Race: Superhuman
Class: Warrior
Subclass:
HeroTraits and Passive Abilities:
Ferrous Fists,
Superior Strength Items:
Girdle of Gravity,
Shirt,
Spandex pants,
Two Temporary healing potions,
Chain MailCurrent Location: In front of the crystal tower
Status: 4/10 health, 5/10 willpower,
Barley Ruined Body,
Name: Ssrah of the Dunes
Race: Naga
Class: Wizard
Subclass:
Poison SorceressSpells:
Pool of Poison,
Contaminate Traits and Passive Abilities:
Poison ImmunityItems:
Rigid Leather Bikini,
Leather Naga Barding,
Bizzare Headdress, 1 essence
Current Location: Above where the Anomaly's corpse was
Status: 10/10 health, 10/10 willpower, 8/10 Fatigue
Name: Karn Asheran
Race: Human
Class: Warrior
Subclass:
Knight of the SigilsTraits and Passive Abilities:
Behemoth,
FearlessItems:
Monolithian Armor, Two Handed Sword,
Bone Shield (missing),
Runic Air String,
1 Runed Obsidian Arrow,
Long Bow,
Runic Air Arrow,
☼Chaste Dress☼, 1 essence
Current location: Talking with some punks a a street over from the drunken lantern
Status: 6/10 health, 10/10 willpower
Name: Waldemaar
Race:
Giant Intelligent Thirteen-Legged StarfishClass: Wizard
Subclass:
Limb MasterSpells:
Remove Limb,
Quicken Regeneration (2 turn cooldown)
Traits and Passive Abilities:
Self-RegenerationItems:
Thirteen leg sleevsies, 1 essence
Current Location: In front of The Drunken Lantern
Status: 9/10 health, 10/10 willpower,
Missing 1 arm,
covered in vomit.
Race: Kitsune
Class: Wizard
Subclass:
Thaumaturgic PsionSpells:
Faith,
VindicationTraits:
Solar powered,
Part AnomalyLocation: A two streets over from The Drunken Lantern
Items: Shirt, Pants, Generic Long Sword,
Leather ArmorStatus: 10/10 health, 7/10 willpower
I have basically been running [6]'s as slightly better [5]'s. No more. Now I shall at least attempt to have them be completely insane like they should be.