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[Tomcost]

Weren't we learning the basics of Warding? We should probably get back to that soon.

Yeah, in our new base of operations in the ruied city.

[Worldmaster27]

-snip-

+1 We should also try to bring the tinderbox, rope, and a fresh set of clothing.

[Tomcost]

-snip-

+1 We should also try to bring the tinderbox, rope, and a fresh set of clothing.

Yes, that's important and doesn't mean much weight.

[escaped lurker]

The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 13, Shortly After Midnight

You hastily take more weaponry than you yourself could ever hope to use at once, but hope that the weapons soon enough will find use in the hands of your future undead. Soon enough you have stuffed the corpses into a niche of the cave, and cover the same with rocks and dirt. Where the floor is bloody, the cave is also covered in plenty of sand and gravel by now. If they find the corpses, it is either because of a thorough search, or the undoubtedly putrid smell that they partly already emit, and which the rest also will emit soon enough. Either way, when you exit the cave, the moon is already faintly visible, and the chirping of insects is to be heard.

While stealing away from your cave, you keep a nervous look on the surrounding area. You encounter no intelligent life, but can't help notice that the normally dim shine from the village is anything but that today. Maybe they are expecting an attack of some kind, because the streets seem to be filled with light from torches and bonfires. Interestingly enough, there are far lesser lights to be seen in the hills themselves, even where you often enough spied them before.

The descent is made without any problems, and with the night engulfing your little troop you start travelling back to the ruined metropolis. While wandering you also notice that your legs numbness is lessening ever so slightly, but the quarterstaff is still utilized as a crutch most of the time. If it is because you are walking, your heightened awareness or just by chance you do not know, but you stumble over a small geode of schorl, and some time later a sizeable chunk of emerald. You pocket them both, seeing as their low weight and great utility value makes it an obvious choice. The occasional look over your shoulder proves that there seem to be no pursuers, and the slow but steady distance you get between yourself and the mountain.

It is on a widely visible hill that you find this small structure, mainly because the hide flapped around in the wind. At first perplexed at the affair, you soon realize its use on closer inspection. It is a travellers respite, filled with some dried foods, some jugs of water, an old fur and even a rough bronze dagger. You consider vandalizing some of the supplies or even the whole thing, just to spite the lot who set it up. These humans really seem more and more like they have no enemies here besides nature.

Spoiler: Travelers Respite (click to show/hide)

1 Handfull of Dried Fruits
2 Portions of Jerky
1 Portion of Nuts
4 Small Jugs of Stale Water
1 Rough Bronze Dagger
1 Coarse Fur

Currently:
205/205 HP
32/175 MP
50 MP Stored

Status:
Well-Fed - Doubled HP-Regeneration
Sentient Nourishment - +3 Agility and Intelligence for Skill- and Combat-checks
Unable to Cast - Just hope this one wears off soon
Strong Manaburn - Makes casting spells and gathering mana harder. Resulting in easier miscasts. Funny how that works.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11
Endurance: 11
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 15
Charisma: 5

~10 HPD
~40 MPD

Inventory:
Medium Band of Gathering 20/20 MP
Leather Jerkin
Woolen Pants
Leather Shin-boots
Twohander
Shortbow w. Iron tipped Arrows

Resources:
1 Human Corpse - 3/4 Rations of Human Flesh
1 Amethyst Geode - 30/30 MP
1 Schorl Geode 0/40
1 Emerald Chunk 0/100
1 Horse Hindleg

Items:
1 Saddlebag
1 Shortbow
2 Quivers
3 Wooden Arrows
12 Iron tipped Arrows
1 Rope – Thin, 4 Meters
1 Tinderbox
1 Hatchet
1 Bronze Axe
1 Quarterstaff
2 Daggers
1 Long-Dagger
1 Shortsword
1 Knapsack
7 Silver – Crudely minted
45 Copper – Crudely minted
1 Pair of Linen Clothing
8 Smoked Goat Cuts

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

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.

Enslave Lesser Souls - 25 MP
Allows the enslavement of lesser, or rather “newly dead” souls.
A soul may be placed into a construct, resulting in an autonomous undead.
A souls essence may be devoured, restoring half of the souls previously held maximum mana.
Devouring a Soul or failing this spell has the chance to transform the affected into a wraith, which will be hostile towards the caster.

Animate Zombie – 80 MP
Raise a temporary Zombie to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 5 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 40 MP on it.


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

Store Mana – 25MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

Spoiler: Followers (click to show/hide)

	Skeletal Horse Permanent Quite Damaged
	Skeletal Human Permanent
	2 Skeletal Goats Permanent

Spoiler: Mind Map (click to show/hide)

Purple Dot: Location of our Cave Red Dots: Attacked Places

" ... what a carefree bunch these people are. Almost envy them. "

Heh. Actually had to search a bit to find the tables I used for this stretch.

[Tomcost]

Take the dagger and the dried meat. Ignore the rest.

[GiglameshDespair]

Eat the meat, take the dagger, break the water jugs.

Scorched earth.

[Tomcost]

Eat the meat, take the dagger, break the water jugs.

Scorched earth.

Nah, better take them, but without water.

[javierpwn]

But we can take the jugs and fill them with Blood! And then drink it for nutrition! Or transmute the fluids inside the Jars!
Wear the fur to disguise our face, for later expeditions, maybe as a cloak?
Dagger for having an extra dagger.
Food for food
Jugs for storing blood and other body fluids.

[Worldmaster27]

Eat the meat, take the dagger, break the water jugs.

Scorched earth.

+1  Only eat one of the meats and pocket the other, in case we have an opportunity to get a pet lion or something

[Mr. Strange]

Eat some meat, take the dagger and leave the rest. Don't leave any signs that we came this way, we're supposed to be escaping lynching mob here!

[Tomcost]

Eat some meat, take the dagger and leave the rest. Don't leave any signs that we came this way, we're supposed to be escaping lynching mob here!

+1 to erasing tracks.

[escaped lurker]

The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 13, After Nightfall

You take some spoils of discovery, but mainly keep the place as it was. True enough, it is quite probable that only an outsider would do such a thing, possibly giving them a hint as to where you went – or came from. Since both of those destinations are the same, laying low might really be better.

After eating some of the jerky – it might be cow, or so you wager – it is back to walking. Well, actually it is already close to running, seeing as it is quite hard to get out of breath if you are one of the undead. Unless you are a trueblood, that is. These rare vampires are so very much un-dead, they already are somewhat living. Obviously their state of living is a perversion of nature, and quite different from truly living creatures, but still.

Either way, come noon the city is already quite visible on the horizon, and by dusk you are almost back. There were no mention-worthy distractions, and the only thing you found was a thick branch so very straight, you felt compelled to make it into a spear and take it with you. As soon as the gate are clearly visible, you are overcome with a tinge of nostalgia. The fallen city itself is no different from when you left it, ripe with weathered and withered away buildings and eerily empty streets. You pass the gate without problem, and ponder your next move.

Currently:
205/205 HP
32/175 MP
50 MP Stored

Status:
Well-Fed - Doubled HP-Regeneration
Lacking Sentient Nourishment - -1 Agility and Intelligence for Skill- and Combat-checks
Unable to Cast - Just hope this one wears off soon
Strong Manaburn - Makes casting spells and gathering mana harder. Resulting in easier miscasts. Funny how that works.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11
Endurance: 11
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 15
Charisma: 5

~10 HPD
~40 MPD

Inventory:
Medium Band of Gathering 20/20 MP
Leather Jerkin
Woolen Pants
Leather Shin-boots
Twohander
Shortbow w. Iron tipped Arrows

Resources:
1 Human Corpse - 3/4 Rations of Human Flesh
1 Amethyst Geode - 30/30 MP
1 Schorl Geode 0/40
1 Emerald Chunk 0/100
1 Horse Hindleg

Items:
1 Saddlebag
1 Shortbow
2 Quivers
3 Wooden Arrows
12 Iron tipped Arrows
1 Rope – Thin, 4 Meters
1 Tinderbox
1 Hatchet
1 Bronze Axe
1 Quarterstaff
3 Daggers
1 Long-Dagger
1 Shortsword
1 Wooden Spear
1 Knapsack
7 Silver – Crudely minted
45 Copper – Crudely minted
1 Pair of Linen Clothing
8 Smoked Goat Cuts

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

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.

Enslave Lesser Souls - 25 MP
Allows the enslavement of lesser, or rather “newly dead” souls.
A soul may be placed into a construct, resulting in an autonomous undead.
A souls essence may be devoured, restoring half of the souls previously held maximum mana.
Devouring a Soul or failing this spell has the chance to transform the affected into a wraith, which will be hostile towards the caster.

Animate Zombie – 80 MP
Raise a temporary Zombie to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 5 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 40 MP on it.


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

Store Mana – 25MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

Spoiler: Followers (click to show/hide)

	Skeletal Horse Permanent Quite Damaged
	Skeletal Human Permanent
	2 Skeletal Goats Permanent

Spoiler: Mind Map (click to show/hide)

Purple Dot: Location of our Cave Red Dots: Attacked Places

" Hey there - It's been a while... "

Well then, back where we began. Exactly two months ago even! 43 Posts in about 60 days, eh? Here is hope we keep at it ;3

As for my part, I have less problems with perspective, and how to go about pixel-anatomy. Nothing big, and I am cutting corners for the sake of speed quite often, but still. Either way, I do have my fun with this, so all is well, I guess.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Continue working on Ritualism after finding shelter.

[Worldmaster27]

Find shelter, then search for anything we missed the first time. We can then practice Ritualism.

[~Neri]

Find a reasonably intact building. Start filling the gems, when that finishes, reanimate the human as a skeleton.