You go up to meet Delinde. When she sees you, she instinctively jumps back and activates the Fog Reaper :
"Dahak ! Is that really you ? What happened down there ?!"Gray the Metaldee"Thank you, Sentinel. I'll be sure to convey your message if I find him. C'mon, Brown."
Go look for Dovarus.
[Sucking all 5s as usual]
[5] You and Brown head toward the throne room, where the last Knight Lord spirit Dovarus is staying. You arrive in front of the great open doors of the throne room, and past them is standing a majestic armor from which exude a deep blue aura. He turns toward you, and says with a cold and metallic voice :
"Who are you and what brings you here ? State your intent."Brown is panicking, and asking you if it was really a good idea to listen to the Sentinel. You reassure him, telling him you will take care of it.
You honestly say why you came : the Sentinel advised you to come here to meet Dovarus, and to greet him in the Sentinel stead.
Once you say this, Dovarus's tone totally change :
"Oh ! The Golden Sentinel is sending you ? That changes everything, come, be my guests."You both enter the throne room, and get next to Dovarus.
"So what did you come from ?"((The 5 will influence next turn))
Stormslayer the Aradian Mirage Beetle Hero"I am Stormslayer, of the new hive. He is guard-kin. We come from the desert. What of you, strange plant-golem?"
[Diplomacy]
[5] The Sylvarian relaxes and answers to your question :
"I am a Sylvarian, the people of the forest. I never heard of your kin before, and we rarely see monsters of the desert wandering into the woods. What brings you here ?"((The 5 will influence next turn))
Snehk the StalkerTake their stuff and disguise myself as human. Take also weapons, might come in handy.
[The coat doesn't make you a human]
[1] You take what you can salvage from them and try to disguise yourself as a human. But these humans are not your size at all. The clothes don't fit you, your claws are clearly visible... you clearly don't look like a human, more like an horrible monster from miles away.
You take the daggers and the spear though, but it's hard holding them with your long claws. Furthermore, your smell is saturated with blood because of the clothes.
Ulkas the Lesser Osyluth"Actually, while I did slaughter some creatures, the main bulk of the power came from tricking a god. God of Lies, no less. I was extremely pleased with an outcome of this action proposed by a spirit of long-dead knight... You'd be laughing madly seeing how the angered deity powerlessly curse my empowered form. Ah... I suppose you may try to obtain more power this way as well, yet we'd need some caution and a rare empty essense container for it to work. What do you say?"
Ulkas continued to tell Astrosa interesting bits of information he obtained and weaved some mild tall-tales that showed his wit and power. Then, he remembered about meeting Dahak and told demoness about this, showing the whole situation as if it played right into his hands.
"...I guess I know now how you felt when a powerless creature not only defied you, but actually influenced your state of mind... I'm quite interested of what will become of this skeleton in the future."
[Human village sighted]
"You tricked a god ?! Amazing little boy, I won't hide I'm surprised by your feat, I didn't even know it was possible to take power from a god..." she says very surprised in a positive way.
"As for your skeleton acquaintance, if he is as interesting as you thought, then there is no doubt you will meet again in the future... Your story was really interesting. Maybe I will tell you some of my story if it interests you..." she finally asks.
[4] Both of you are flying high into the sky, and flying monsters seem to avoid you. You wonder if the demoness is somehow responsible for this. Then, you see a human village ahead, you will arrive there soon.
"My usual modus operandi would be to scout for strong beings before storming in. No need to waste time on the weaker ones. Or maybe you have a suggestion ?"The Tales of Five Dark Wanderers: by Bernardo Yhaes, the Living Book Let the two fight. As they do so, I will cast Entice on the Silver Hunter. It'll make a good guard and pet, though one wonders if it can read? All well, time is on my side, and whoever kills it would be a good replacement in the first place
[Precious spotted]
Inhakat roll :[3] Inhakat doesn't answer and immediately unleash a cold wind on the Alpha Silver Steppe Hunter. The frozen air seems to affect the creature a little, but not so much as expected.
Inhakat lose 4MPAlpha roll :[3] Likewise, the Alpha emits a powerful magical roar. The attack rattles Inhakat, and also strikes you. Fortunately, Inhakat absorbed the brunt of the attack.
Inhakat lose 3HPYou lose 2HPYour roll :[3] vs [5] You try to Entice the Silver Hunter, and it effectively garner its attention a little toward the strange book. But it backfires, as the Alpha realizes you are not a simple book.
You lose 2MP"I can feel something else's magic... The book... Another monster ?! I should have realized it earlier, the book is the true threat here !"He is not going to let this pass by so easily.
Squishy the Earth Mana AmorphoidUse my amorphoid abilities to change my shape into that similar of a sword, harden myself, then present myself to a monster with graspers. If no monster is available, then just fling myself at those pesky humans. Aim for the gaps between their shields and start piercing them >:C
I just realized I can turn myself into a miniature missile
[Da Still Not So Great Escape]
[3] Using your amorphoid abilities, you change shape and take the form of a blade with a handle, basically some kind of simple sword. You try to harden yourself, but you can feel it is far from effective. You present yourself to a huge bulky and muscled humanoid head-less monster with a terrifying face on its large chest.
Humanoid monster roll :[2] The monster waves you around, aiming at the knights. But they easily see through the crude slashes of the monster : they dodge and block you with ease. Your structure crackles a little.
You lose 2HPDikaios Knights roll :[4] vs [3] The elite knights are still overpowering the monsters, with combined magic attacks and powerful slashes. But the monsters front stays strong, and they manage to hold ground, albeit they still suffer from losses.
Monsters roll :[3] vs [6] The monsters try to counterattack and repel the knights, but the humans attacks are overwhelming. They don't manage to inflict any significant damage into the human forces. Worse, their defense now have a huge breach !
Escape roll :[3] The rear monsters are trying to break the steel doors, denting them.
Monster forces : 6 Evolving Monsters
> Losses : 1d4: [1] Monster
Human forces : ~20 Dikaios Knights, ~10 Soldiers
> Losses : 1d4 : [4] Soldiers
Caedan the Vampire"... Note to self: forests are not interesting. Now how do I get out of here?"
Try to leave the forest. Leave some marks on the trees every now and then to let myself know if I'm going in circles.
[Damn woods]
[3] You try to leave the forest, smartly leaving marks to help you locate yourself. The vegetation is less dense, but you are still a bit lost. You are in a forest clearing.
ZoomochScoomtarto the Three-Eyed BeholderI Float Straight up and look for humans to kill.
[Humans don't grow on trees]
[2] You float straight up, this time floating close to the canopy to hide yourself from flying monsters roaming the sky. You look around for humans, but there is a problem. You are in a forest, and humans are not known to be abundant here.
You traveled a little, and are now closer to the outskirt of the forest than before.
Monsters :[spoiler=The Tales of Five Dark Wanderers: by Bernardo Yhaes, the Living Book]
Name: The Tales of Five Dark Wanderers: by Bernardo Yhaes
Species: Living Book
Appearance: A fairly large book with a brownish-red cover and binding. The title is written in golden cursive.
Attributes: increase two stats by 1 and decrease two other stats by 1 (apart from PV or MP)
PV 8/10
MP 8/10
STR -1-Strength : increase physical damage-
CON -1-Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW 1 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES 0 -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT 1 -Intelligence : increase your ability to submit others to your will-
IND 0 -Individuality : increase your ability to resist to others will-
Traits :
Chapter One-Conquest: Follows the way of The Tyrant, he who dominates those he conquers completely, in Body and Spirit.
Skills: Entice: a small spark of magic. Makes those affected interested and mildly protective of the book.