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[Kitten Snot]

I'd say now we need to set up a base of operations. A ghoul shouldn't be camping out in the open in the tent of his latest victims though, so we should ride until we find a cave, small canyon, or other concealing terrain feature nearby, make several trips to get all the corpses and other stuff we wish to keep to our new hideout, and lay low until we have our health and magic back.

I'd say keep the Rope, Saddlebag, Tinderbox, a bow, all the arrows, and one of the smaller weapons like a hatchet. We can practice our archery with the wood arrows while we wait to heal.

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[Tomcost]

I'd say now we need to set up a base of operations. A ghoul shouldn't be camping out in the open in the tent of his latest victims though, so we should ride until we find a cave, small canyon, or other concealing terrain feature nearby, make several trips to get all the corpses and other stuff we wish to keep to our new hideout, and lay low until we have our health and magic back.

I'd say keep the Rope, Saddlebag, Tinderbox, a bow, all the arrows, and one of the smaller weapons like a hatchet. We can practice our archery with the wood arrows while we wait to heal.

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[Mr. Strange]

I'd say now we need to set up a base of operations. A ghoul shouldn't be camping out in the open in the tent of his latest victims though, so we should ride until we find a cave, small canyon, or other concealing terrain feature nearby, make several trips to get all the corpses and other stuff we wish to keep to our new hideout, and lay low until we have our health and magic back.

I'd say keep the Rope, Saddlebag, Tinderbox, a bow, all the arrows, and one of the smaller weapons like a hatchet. We can practice our archery with the wood arrows while we wait to heal.

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+1. Also keep an eye out for any signs of civilisation.

[Chink]

I'd say now we need to set up a base of operations. A ghoul shouldn't be camping out in the open in the tent of his latest victims though, so we should ride until we find a cave, small canyon, or other concealing terrain feature nearby, make several trips to get all the corpses and other stuff we wish to keep to our new hideout, and lay low until we have our health and magic back.

I'd say keep the Rope, Saddlebag, Tinderbox, a bow, all the arrows, and one of the smaller weapons like a hatchet. We can practice our archery with the wood arrows while we wait to heal.

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+1

+1. Also keep an eye out for any signs of civilization.

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[escaped lurker]

The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 2, Late Morning

Loosing no time, you strip the dead of their clothing and try it on. You keep the bloody jerkin, woollen pants and shin-boots – all for ease of movement, rather than the impression you would make on others. Unsurprisingly the clothes of the former hunters somewhat blend in with the landscape. While you hope that it won't come in handy, it can't be bad either. You are also finally relieved of running around naked – clothes just give that nice feeling of intelligence and civility. Though you still may lack the later, depending on who you ask.

Next you sort the arrows into the two quivers by type, and pick the more robust looking of the two bows. Tinderbox and rope also go into the saddlebag, together with a dagger and the hatchet. Seeing as you still have enough space left, you also loot a knapsack and the sword. You can always throw them away later, albeit you guess that the sword might end up in the hands of a skeleton.

You hide the corpses inside the tent, douse the fire, and even throw some dust over the bigger splatters of blood. Since the human corpses would be too heavy to take with you, the skeleton of the deer wanders back into the ribcage of the horse, and you set off.

There is nothing much of note on your journey, with the mountains slowly but surely coming closer.  By now you are quite assured that the strange formation you thought to be artificial is a city. There are visibly fields near that area, which also means that it still has some people living in it. If they are descended from the remnants of the dead metropolis, or just another tribe that moved in is your best guess, and something you hypothesise to keep your idle mind occupied.

With you entering the first outcroppings, and the mountains looming ever so closely, you ponder where you want to try your luck. By now you even see small roads connecting to the valleys within, and like to think that you are able to spot the occasional waft of smoke above the city.

The first, leftmost mountain, has only scarce vegetation. You can't seem to make out any roads or paths on it, but with its close proximity to the city, there could be the occasional visitor.

Most distinguished, the second mountain is where the river seems to spring forth. Fields, paths and houses are plainly visible on it. It is no wonder that it also bears far more green than the previous one.

Only partly unobstructed from your view, the third mountain is the one with the most bountiful vegetation. You wager that there is no way it is unsettled, especially as a road leads there from the city.

A road cuts along the fourth mountain, but else you are unable to verify if there is anyone living on it. Far from being as barren as the plains, it would surprise you if there weren't at least hunters around.


While pondering the best course of action, you suddenly feel a light tinge of magic. You look into the direction, to no avail. It is not strong enough to be a practicioner of the arcane arts, and thus you are compelled to look closer. What you carefully approach turns out to be a skeleton, with the bones gnawed upon and messily strewn about. You quickly make out a ring, the fingers it might have rested upon scattered in its nearer vicinity. Needless to say, the ring is magical, but to what effect you do not know.

Currently:
112/205 HP
52/157 MP

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11 (9)
Endurance: 11
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 14
Charisma: 5

Skills:
Adept of the School of Necromancy
Adept of the School of Transmutation
Beginner in Feral Combat

Status:
Well-Fed - Doubled HP-Regeneration, ??
Burned Hand - 12 - Temporarily lowers your overal Strength by 2 - slowly healing
Light Cuts - 8 - Nothing a Ghoul can't take. Have been treated if necessary. - slowly healing
Deep Cut - 66 - Real piece of work. Has been treated. - very slowly healing
Mild Anemia - 7 - While not all that serious a condition of blood-loss, it slightly hinders HP-Regeneration.

~10 HPD
~40 MPD

Spoiler:  Spells (click to show/hide)

School of Necromancy - Adept
Branches: Mysticism, Occultism

Animate Skeleton – 50 MP
Raise a temporary Skeleton to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 3 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 30 MP on it.

Turn Lesser Undead – 30 MP
Allows you to destroy, render harmless or straightly take over an undead creature.

Soulspeaker – 20 MP
Allows you to contact the souls of the dead, and to communicate with them. Duration 1 Hour.


School of Transmutation - Adept
Branches: Enchanting, Alteration

Drain Energy – 20MP +50% of the drained Energy must be paid in MP
Allows you to drain a prone or enslaved creature of its mana or vitality.

Change Object – 80 MP, Duration 1 Hour
Allows you to temporary change the properties or shape of an object.

Store Mana – 40MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

Spoiler: Followers (click to show/hide)

Skeletal Horse Upkeep 16 Mana Per Day Slightly Damaged

" Somehow, I was far more enthusiastic the last time I found something magical on the wayside... "

[Chink]

Use Soulspeaker to ask the deceased owner of the ring what it does.

[Nirur Torir]

Good idea, but we need our mana to finish the skeleton so we can cast more spells to get more spellcasting xp.

Take the ring, being careful not to actually touch it. Take any parts of the skeleton we'd need to cast Soulspeaker at a later time.

[~Neri]

Use Soulspeaker to ask the deceased owner of the ring what it does.

Edit: actually, I want another minion, we can have it poke the ring.

[Weirdsound]

Use Soulspeaker to ask the deceased owner of the ring what it does.

Edit: actually, I want another minion, we can have it poke the ring.

We need a good base of operations before we start stockpiling minions. A human skeleton is unlikely to keep up with the horse. Just ask the owner about the ring.

As for the Mountains, we should set up shot on #1. They are close enough to each other that we can just hop over to the more populated areas when we want to hunt.

[Cheesecake]

Use Soulspeaker to ask the deceased owner of the ring what it does.

Edit: actually, I want another minion, we can have it poke the ring.

We need a good base of operations before we start stockpiling minions. A human skeleton is unlikely to keep up with the horse. Just ask the owner about the ring.

As for the Mountains, we should set up shot on #1. They are close enough to each other that we can just hop over to the more populated areas when we want to hunt.

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[~Neri]

Use Soulspeaker to ask the deceased owner of the ring what it does.

Edit: actually, I want another minion, we can have it poke the ring.

We need a good base of operations before we start stockpiling minions. A human skeleton is unlikely to keep up with the horse. Just ask the owner about the ring.

As for the Mountains, we should set up shot on #1. They are close enough to each other that we can just hop over to the more populated areas when we want to hunt.

The deer is tied to the horse, we are walking, the skeleton will easily keep up.

[escaped lurker]

  - But really now. They aren't all that different. Easy going~ - If you try, that is.
The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 2, Late Morning

Since you really do not want to re-enact what happened the last time around, you decide to simply ask the deceased about the properties of the ring. Unless he has become a full-blown spectre and haunts elsewhere, his soul has been enslaved, or so much time already passed that he has lost all lingering attachments – as in, he moved on to the higher planes – the spell ought to do the trick. The later is by far the most common, but that takes time. Time that has not passed since he died out here, or so you would like to presume, but certainly hope for.

The spell goes of without a hitch, and immediately you are able to hear the whispering of the planes of the dead. You decide that it is rather on the quiet side, no wonder given the barren region around you. Calling out for the deceased, you also hear that your own voice has taken on the nature required for conversing with this plane.

-20 MP

Spoiler: Solved for your Convenience (click to show/hide) Oh bay12, why you so undwarven? ._. Props to whoever reads this~ I'd like to give you some sort of bonus... ... but nah. Not really. Still, hidden messages are fun. Somewhat.

Currently:
112/205 HP
32/157 MP

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11 (9)
Endurance: 11
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 14
Charisma: 5

Skills:
Adept of the School of Necromancy
Adept of the School of Transmutation
Beginner in Feral Combat

Status:
Well-Fed - Doubled HP-Regeneration, ??
Burned Hand - 12 - Temporarily lowers your overal Strength by 2 - slowly healing
Light Cuts - 8 - Nothing a Ghoul can't take. Have been treated if necessary. - slowly healing
Deep Cut - 66 - Real piece of work. Has been treated. - very slowly healing
Mild Anemia - 7 - While not all that serious a condition of blood-loss, it slightly hinders HP-Regeneration.

~10 HPD
~40 MPD

Spoiler:  Spells (click to show/hide)

School of Necromancy - Adept
Branches: Mysticism, Occultism

Animate Skeleton – 50 MP
Raise a temporary Skeleton to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 3 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 30 MP on it.

Turn Lesser Undead – 30 MP
Allows you to destroy, render harmless or straightly take over an undead creature.

Soulspeaker – 20 MP
Allows you to contact the souls of the dead, and to communicate with them. Duration 1 Hour.


School of Transmutation - Adept
Branches: Enchanting, Alteration

Drain Energy – 20MP +50% of the drained Energy must be paid in MP
Allows you to drain a prone or enslaved creature of its mana or vitality.

Change Object – 80 MP, Duration 1 Hour
Allows you to temporary change the properties or shape of an object.

Store Mana – 40MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

Spoiler: Followers (click to show/hide)

Skeletal Horse Upkeep 16 Mana Per Day Slightly Damaged

" A~nd thats what the hick said. I'd rather give him some of my mind, but let's see...  "

[Cheesecake]

Dammit.

So, can anyone read runic?

[Sarrak]

Yes, it's pretty simple, just normal words written with runic letters instead of an english ones. I expected it to be harder, with hidden meanings... But I won't spoil your fun, search for runic alphabet and decode

[Chink]

Dammit.

So, can anyone read runic?

Wikipedia tells me the last panel reads: "Yes, this would be my ring and sure, you can ask but… what is in it for me?", so it looks like we'll have to do some sort of quest.