Turn 12: 3:31 PM
Malus: Born of old magics (Unpredictable reactions) Anti-Ambience (Species malus) Dangerous area (Location malus)
Stats
HP:5/5
MP:4
EG:0
PP:5
AM: 97%
Passives
A weapon of times past; Inherent abilities are automatically learned during Auspicious moments.
Channeling talent; Many mana based objects can be controlled telekinetically, though ironically, you yourself are not one of them.
Normal Strategies
Memorize; Spend 1 PP to memorize a physical solid inanimate object, up to a maximum of five. Additional PP can be spent to develop more complex Foci using learned spells.
Normal Spells
Brandish; Mana shape a memorized solid object, regardless of the object, it will cost either 1 mana, or one pontification point (The PP is refunded the next day.)
Jolt; Summons a small bolt of lightning.
Foci
Jolt Lance
Jolt Discus
Jolt Bomb
Jolt Claw
^This isn't good. But what is there to do? My death seems inevitable. But there might be hope. I have no way of knowing. So? But yes. I must live.^
Perhaps there are evil beings nearby. Thrum with power and send out a... message... of sorts, if possible.
14, 9, A raw pulse of Aether goes out, hopefully to attract something or other. -1 MP
Eventually, something does come,Hovering over the gold in some contraption.
"Nehcal dnu Eßiehcs, another pitiful attempt by the landers to hide vv-v-valuable resources from us. Sure a ward against flight and magic does just fine, but eis nenges did they not anticipate a simple hover chair."As it approaches you get a better sense of it, an imp, the size of an infant, sitting in a gleaming metal contraption, it hovers through spouting yellow rings at the ground.
A metal arm reaches out and lifts you up, giving you both a good look at one another, the demon closes one eye and examines you through a looking glass. and you do the same with what senses you have. The creature wears a folded dark red tunic, with a little flap of cloth dangling about the neck, with the whole thing fastened by buttons.
"It will fetch a price, if only j-j-ju-ust." it stammers, before turning about and leaving the chamber. it seems the gold pool was only in that one chamber, while the rest of the place employs other defenses.
An unknown Trail
Malus: Weak start, (Crashed into ground) Odd Reactions (Otherworldly Species) Foreign Linguist (Otherworldly Species)
Stats
HP:3/6
MP:10
EG:4
PP:4
Passives
Unfamiliar; When nothing can look in your direction, unobstructed, your form becomes fluid and incomprehensible, but otherwise, you transform into a mundane cat, mirrors will not trigger this effect, Being in direct view of the sun however, will.
Feline Amusement; your mind is captivated by this form's alien thoughts, and can be distracted by bright objects moving at high speed.
Rituals
Puppet Ritual; You can raise corpses into Undead minions, up to a maximum of Three at a time. These creatures are utterly without control, and only respond to your direct and simple orders. uses a triangle of three bone posts in the ground, each topped with a small rock.
Normal Spells
Foot in the Void; When certain stars align, you can open a temporary hole into the void, through which something will be dragged out. This hole can only appear within unobstructed line of sight and no more than 2 feet away from you.
Float.. Through the island. Probably a cave or a basement in there.
Identify what is coming.
Something important enough to warrant you feeling it.
18, You simply slip through some holes in the stone, coming out in a dank cave, filled with shoddy blocks of stone, and a path directly out. you hear a loud thudding coming form outside as well.
Unknown forest
Malus: Delicious, (Bonus Malus) Starting in potential danger, (Burning village) Polymorphed, (Pig).
Stats
HP:25/27
MP:3
EG:9
PP:1
Passive
Jewel Lust; as a being of law, your soul's power and magic increases with your material wealth, and little else.
Generous portions; you require more food to survive and thrive, but can go longer without it.
Raw Scent; Dangerous creatures are more attracted to you, while less dangerous ones and humanoids are unable to track you by scent.
Novice Wage-Mage; You can incite minor effects by paying a certain amount of your wealth, or by paying 37 times more, incite a more permanent effect. Some things you cannot do, for their price to you is immeasurable, but some things that are more natural are themselves closer to your grasp. There may be some things that money cannot buy from within your own soul alone.
Other Abilities
Rush; Spend EG in order to move more quickly in a panic.
Purchased powers
Coin ventriloquism; Send your voice through coins, allowing one way communication. ~77.7
Inventory (12/10) OVERBURDENED
Sleeping bag ~45
252 Small gold coins ~2.1 Each
3 Small Sapphires ~291 Each, 788 together
12 Small Diamonds ~158 Each, 3.5K together
2 Jade Stones ~750 Each, 2K Together
3 Leather Satchels ~24 Each
2 Knives, ~101 Each
2 Large cloaks ~423, 425
Long Leather Cable ~25
2 Bloody Rabbit hides ~2 Each
2 Centipede fangs ~5 Each
Burnt Quartz Disk ~300
Homestead details
Gather together my hoard and head out in search of a village (a new village, ideally, not the one that will be burning for the next hundred years). Find a safe place to stash my hoard once I get near.
20, 19, in a feat of astounding luck, you find a village suffering only from a broken wall, outside you see some kind of Automaton peddling... shovels? The village rests at the base of a large mountain as well, with a clear cut path to the top, possibly 2 days travel for you unencumbered. -3 EG +1 PP
The Librarian, in his thirst for knowledge, journeyed to the Infinite Library to explore and become wiser/smarter. The Infinite Library is, well, an infinitely large library, with books that range from spell tomes, to skill books, to Eldridge tomes that give maluses when read; even books that transport the reader to other worlds (a la Myst)! He is standing just inside the entrance.
Malus: Leagues apart (High level area) Bookworm (Lower chance for learning spells outside of Spellbooks.) Monkey's paw gear.
Stats
HP:6
MP:9
EG:1
PP:2
Passives
Bookworm; Learning things from books has a higher success chance, but learning them from other means has a much lower chance, Wizard Trades are disabled.
Normal Spells
Merel Stardust's Layered Ice; Creates a layer of ice on a surface, the effect is stronger when used on wet surfaces or water, and can be empowered with additional mana.
Merel Stardust's Earthdust; fills a hole with fragile soil or other material that is 98% air and collapses when any weight is put on it.
Pries Omen's Book of Filth; Reveals hidden dark magic from a spellbook, Requires at least 56 Grams of Spessartite Garnet Dust as a consumed reagent.
Blue blood ritual; This ritual requires 1 drop of blood from the caster, a circle carved into the ground with some kind of tool, one wooden rod, and 15 pounds of clay.
White blood spell; Causes an unknown effect.
Unlearned Spells
Black Blood Ritual; This ritual requires 13 pints of blood, 3 chalk circles, one hexagon carved into the ground with some kind of tool, 14 wooden posts charred and stained with blood, and a rod braided around with human hair. 12% chance to learn.
Inventory (6/10)
Ruby Spellbook
Leather Gi,
59 pixels (19.6 Feet) of Parchment roll,
2 1-pint Wooden Bottles of ink,
Textured wooden Stylus/wand,
Big Hat
Homestead details
>Is a campsite by the river
>Has a pit with a rod covered in clay leeches in it.
30 Pixel Length of rope.
33 Pixel telescopic pole,
12 Jerky Rations,
12 Bottles of Water,
6 jars of Peach preserve,
6 Small biscuits.
Small Storybook
"I can make the ground under its feet ice, if you wish."
Do what they tell me to do.
One of them, the hunting leader, silently counts down from three on his fingers, and on mark, everyone jumps the Salamander.
16, 17, Despite your inexperience, you are a major boon, a quick and efficient layered ice with help form the river mist, causes the beast to slip to it's side as they toss the net and begins stabbing it's neck with their spears. -1 MP
"Caution of it's blood, fire courses through their veins and burns both with illness and... fire."The reasons for the spears and nets you realize, isn't for catching the beast, but for ensuring it does not get it's last request in poisoning and burning it's murderers.
14, 13, A sudden spurt of blood from it's eye has you reflexively holding your leech rod in defense, this drop in the water so to speak triggers a reaction from the other wise passive constructs, and they shoot off onto it, attaching to the areas around the spear wounds.
About ten minutes later and the beast is drained of it's blood, three of the leeches on it have become like clay jars, swollen and solid, with the same blue handle from before, their triangular teeth are off at an angle to the handle, closed tight in a hexagon.
Each one is bigger than your head.
Unknown
Malus: Newborn (No starting learned skills) Unknown area (Starting location) Cursed Blade (Bonus Malus) Honor of the Clan (Bonus Malus) Tiny (Bonus Malus)
Stats
HP:8/8
MP:6
EG:4
PP:7
Passive
Newborn; Learning things in general is easier.
Honor of the Clan; your actions must not bring shame to your clan, and your power must be used in the same way.
Panic Spores; Automatically releases mundane Mushroom spores when frightened, depleting 1 EG.
Crafting Abilities
Grow normal Shroom; You can grow a mushroom on any edible substance, consuming 1-3 Elbow Grease. These ones have no limbs other than their head and torso, and have eyes and a mouth.
Inventory (2/10)
Hitsuji no zōo, Cursed Urumi
Shroomed root
I examine the ruins artwork.
2, You aren't sure what to make of it. each one seems to have wildly different and nonsensical pictures on them, some have balls covered in lines extending out from them, some have more things like you, and some have things on them that look like the monster you ran away from.
You feel a very powerful killing intent coming from you when you think about that thing.
The middle of a rather menacing forest
Malus: Time Bullshit (Starting location) Dangerous Area (Starting location) Omnisensitive (Species Malus)
Stats
HP:4
MP:0
EG:1
PP:0
TB:0%
Normal Spells
Prewind; Allows the user to specify a time in the future or past for himself to be dragged from, but this causes Time Bullshit Value to increase.
Telepathy; Allows the user to communicate with beings telepathically
Wish I; Allows the user to attempt to grant another being's wish in a very minor way by influencing future events telepathically.
Inventory (2/10)
AWC Collar
Lead Monolicule
The good Baron absconds the hell away, away from Jamie's psychic signature and any other large lifeforms, in a vaguely "out of the forest" direction.
20, 13, you come out of the forest at long last, to a grassy pathway, leading off in two directions. something pops in front of you, a small brown paper wrapped rectangle labeled
"Care package, return to sender"
Argrark's Home
Malus: Magicless (Species Malus) Repitition (Bonus Malus) Untrusted (Starting Location) Repitition (Bonus Malus).
Stats
HP:15
EG:80
PP:0
Passives
Windup; You must find a means of rewinding your Clockwork in order to gain additional EG, but you have a maximum of 100. if you run out of EG, you lose consciousness until re-wound
Precicion; Crafting operations are much more likely to succeed.
Normal Abilities
Rampage; Begins a high mass charge in one direction.
Inventory (7/10)
1 Gears
2 Rods
7 wheels
5 Spiral Torsion Springs
Homestead details
>Is a Small hut composed of a brick wall and an assembled wall of sticks and plant matter
>Has a shovel making machine
>Has a plank making machine
>Has a Stand for selling shovels
Pile of assorted plants, (100%)
Argrark passively tries to hawk his wares, He calls over to a creature that passes by his shop, seeing that it has possessions, and by extension, a desire or need for possessions, like shovels.
Xander (Whisperling)
IXX (hachnslay)
Author
Topic: Darkness Redeemed: Multiplayer RPG (7/7) (Read 23011 times)