Turn 153
I AM SHIAS, THE MIGHTY DRUID OF THE WEST! HOW YOU DARE TO MISTAKE ME FOR SEVA THE BIRDBRAIN!?
Also look for better place for the seed in direction the landswimmer didn't go. Carefully. I don't want to attract anything that would become hindrance.
Shias ran swiftly through the forest, seeking a place of magic. If it was somewhere here, the only way it could exist without being easily noticeable was if it merely resulted in more trees. Anything else would leave an obvious mark, or at least an obvious one for a druid. What Shias found was along the lines of what he expected but not what he wanted. He deftly dodged a thick vine going for him and looked over the large grove of man eating plants. They mostly held onto trees, growing in symbiotic relationship, with tree providing firm structure and man-eater giving out extra nutrients and they were all extra hungry. Probably wouldn't had targeted Shias tree covered body otherwise.
Attach the vespene cube to the generator's input valve. Create 4 essences.
LUCK [10]
CMP [4+1=5]
POT [2]
CMP [2]
POT [3-1=2]
CMP [5+1-2=4]
POT [4-2=2]
POT [5+1-3=3]
POT [1-3=-2]
Cuberac connected vespene container and blackbox generator. The generator hummed for a moment and then two blue buttons appeared on top of it, one with a lightning bolt on it and another with a stylized eye. Four strips of metal rose from the generator and grabbed onto the vespene tank, holding it in place but not so tightly that it couldn't be removed. Two blue strips appeared onto the generator. next to the buttons, one full, other half filled and about three times shorter than the other. The shorter one was filling while longer one was emptying.
I think I have a plan on beating these monsters. Notice how they're mostly attacking me?
I can distract the attention of the beholder leaving you two to cast spells to our favor.
Nihilum, can you maintain your ward?
Gambler can you either buff the luck of us or debuff the luck of the beholders?
Skeliborn
Action:
Slice the beholders into ribbons with vortex bane, starting with the ones feeding on eternity.
"My stiletto's good against 'ese. 'll go after the smaller one."
There are some downsides to being what amounts to a floating eyeball and mouth. Primary among these is having a huge weak point in the form of a large gel-filled sack in the front. Take advantage of this and stab the smaller one in the eye.
SPD [6] vs [1-1=0] vs [3]
DEX [2]
STR [5]
END [6]
DEX [1+1=2]
DEX [2+1-1-2-1=1]
Skeliborn charged ahead first, rushing towards the two beholders still trying to gorge themselves on Eternity. The smaller one rose from the feast and began moving to block Skeliborn but it was too slow and Skeliborn charged past the confused beholder. He swung his blade against the larger one who was still trying to eat but it was a trap. Bolt of lightning shot from the center eye of the larger beholder but luckily for Skeliborn, its poor aim meant that it met his blade at an angle where antimagic enchantments took care of the rest, redirecting lightning bolt into the ground. The sword caught beholder in its teeth, tossing it away from eternity and breaking a fair few off in the process. Gambler was not doing as well, however. Smaller beholder caught him with all of its slowing beams, Nihilum's barrier helping but only a bit. He was still slowed enough to completely miss his strike, as beholder slid almost insultingly slowly out of the way.
Wayfarer felt his casting ability be bound. Hopefully that would be temporary. In the meantime...
Viznor swooped down and grabbed the arrow that had missed before.
Assuming, based on this, that Viznor is on the ground... if that is the case, Wayfarer will let go of his sword and tackle Viznor, hopefully disarming him of the arrow in the process.
If Viznor is still currently flying, Wayfarer works to get his sword out of the ground, then prepares to be attacked.
Assuming, based on this, that Viznor is on the ground...
PM'd action. Do the ground plan, but don't land (got to keep that bonus from my wings).
SPD [2] vs [1]
DEX [1+1=2]
Wayfarer took one look at Viznor diving for his missed arrow and took the risk. He left his sword and charged towards his opponent. He'd only have a moment of possibility, but he couldn't think about that now. He saw Viznor's face alight with surprise as he dived towards him but Wayfarer grasped only air. At the last moment Viznor managed to rise out of Wayfarer's reach and launched an arrow at his enemy. The arrow, due to rushed fire and surprise afflicted aim bounced off a rock two feet away from Wayfarer and broke into pieces.
Ah, fantastic. Now I've got a new scar with a magical bandage. Life is good. Now, to business... Hmm... I'm going to guess that release of chaotic soul energy into the water is nothing good, perhaps something alive, and if so I'd wager sentient, though perhaps not sapient. Prob'ly quite dangerous in there right now. I suppose I COULD confirm part of that theory if I threw some MEAT in there...
Chorkinaan eyes Heny's corpse with the face of a man about to perform the ultimate act of debauchery.
Mmmmm, no, you've been humiliated enough.
...for now.
Either way, I ought to keep track of that mechanical-looking fellow. No doubt, consorting with that individual is going to result in either treasure or friendship with some kind of mad scientist, both extremely positive results. That's an interesting tower anyway.
Chorkinaan begins walking towards Jiksap, but stops a hex from his location, wary of possible aggression. He creates another three essences along the way.
SPD [(2-1)/2+1=1.5]
CMP [5+1=6]
POT [6]
CMP [1]
POT [5-1=4]
CMP [6+1-2=5]
POT [4-2=2]
Chorkinaan looked back at Henry's corpse, but decided against the traditional wizard funeral (body sacrificed to science) and opted to follow strange creature that came from the sea. Sneaking after it was possibly optional as the helmet it wore was spectacularly vision blocking, but walking softly was a habit Wizards developed at the time when they still needed to walk to a place to affect it with magic. However, the chase was off at the halfway, as Chorkinaan noticed something that might impede his sneaking. There was a T-rex up ahead, seemingly peaceful but that might only apply to the mage nearby, possibly the summoner.
Ah, yes. The purple eldritch castle. Many fond memories are here.. well, it's mostly the time when some drunkard dwarf tried to drown the entire Council with magic-canceling acidic booze. There is work to be done. Great and glorious work indeed.
Go to an empty room in the castle and summon a box of assorted gizmos. 1 essence afterwards.
CMP [3+1+1=5]
POT [4+1+1=6]
CMP [1+1+1-1=2]
POT [6+1+1-1=7]
Gates opened before Jiksap and closed soon after him. He traveled well remembered way to the council rooms. There was only one mage there, Flare, who seemed to be busy with some golem creation, and Jiksap decided to leave him to it. He conjured a box of random parts and sat down in his chair. It was getting better wear than most of his creations.
"Stay safe. I'll be right back."
Get going to Jase's castle. On the way summon a piece of food and toss it to blinky.
And 2 summoning essences.
{Err... Who's Blinky? And if it's the sapling, what kind of food?}
CMP [2+2=4]
POT [5+1+1=7]
CMP [6+2-1=7]
POT [2+1+1-1=3]
CMP [5]
POT [6]
SPD [(6)/2+2=5]
{Insert summoning food here}
James, his work here finished, went off towards the eldritch Tower to make sure that it was indeed Jase who was responsible for that. The trip did not take long and James saw with his own eyes a Tower remarkably identical to the one in which he almost drowned in acid. The gates were closed, although flying over the walls wouldn't be too difficult. Might be impolite, though.
Hello, I'm Seva, a birdmage. Could I stay here for a while? The rest of the forest seems to dangerous.
If allowed to stay, look around and make 3 essences
Otherwise, keep searching for a safe location
CMP [4+1=5]
POT [1+1=2]
CMP [5]
POT [3]
CMP [1+1-2=0]
LUCK [9]
"He's a hag!"
"A hag, a hag!"A hag is something of a honorary title among Harpies, usually meaning someone who's smart enough to avoid traps with shiny bait. It is not the most precise or polite of descriptions, but it was the one Seva knew. It meant that he was welcome here for a while at least, which should be enough for any of his plans.
"Can you make my feathers red?"
"Can you make my claws shiny?"Of course, hospitality involved its own set of inconveniences. The chirping is somewhat distracting, so you are not exactly surprised when your essence failed and leaked into nearby harpy, turning her wings silvery. The chirping subsided for a moment only to return twice as loud and enthusiastic.
Due to lak of 
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2 essences
CMP [4+1=5]
POT [4+1=5]
CMP [1]
POT [2]
Eterna sat on the edge of his throne and looked around at what was happening. The most important event was probably Gambler Skeliborn and Nihilum fighting with some beholders over a piece of rock. One of beholders attempted to blast Skeliborn with a lightning bolt but missed, while another managed to curse Gambler into quite a predicament. Now that he looked closer, that was no simple rock they were fighting over, that was Eternity, the easiest to use power source ever and possibly also the most expensive material. It might be worthwhile to but in... Or to grab the loot and scram while they are busy.
Look at the defeated sandpile, see if glassifying went the way predicted. Three essences afterwards.
CMP [1+1=2]
POT [2+1=3]
CMP [4]
POT [5]
CMP [1+1-2=0]
LUCK [8]
Kahel inspected his attacker and found it properly dead. Good part of sand on one side was glassed, giving that side green look contrasting with sandy brown for the rest. Essence collapsed and flowed into the thing, cracking the glass open with rapid temperature changes and allowing liquidy insides to flow out. It would seem that what tried to kill Kahel was a giant slime, which had integrated sand in its outer layer to increase its durability and camouflage ability. As it failed spectacularly, Kahel now had access to about fifty liters of magical acid.
"You have no idea what damage your interruption has just done, do you? HERE, LET'S SHARE THE FUN!"
Run towards the sheriff, attempting to assume elemental form. Give the guy a bear hug.
{I think it was delayed enough}
SPD [4] vs [5-1=4]
CMP [6+1=7]
POT [4+1=5]
STR [5]
CMP [5+1=6]
POT [6+1=7]
DEX [6+1=7]
Xom transformed into a swirling mass of sounds and rushed towards Bernardo. The Sherrif, not to be outdone, blasted Xom with order, undoing Xom's transformation and sending thoughts of tax forms through his mind. But magic that stopped Xom's transformation did nothing to cancel his momentum, and to deal with that Bernardo finished up his magic by pirouetting out of Xom's way, as a matador dealing with a raging bull. Behind them, gatebeast was tossing the pyramid around without seeming to cause much damage.
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