Turn 44 : Everyone bar Ulkas
Gray the Metaldee"Thanks for the help back there, Brown. Sorry I got us in to that situation. But I'm sure not everywhere will be like that."
Onwards again to the north!
[Wonder of the night]
"Heh, don't worry. We are friends after all, it's normal to help each other." says Brown happily.
You are so proud of having such a nice and loyal friend with you. You both leave the cave and progress further north. It's the first time you see the night sky, this is beautiful. Innumerable glittering spots on an endless black veil. A larger and enigmatic white orb dwarfing the other small lights. So this is the moon and the stars...
[5] As you are strolling on a high plateau, you notice movement in the distance. You see some kind of floating monolith launching rocks everywhere around and a quadrupedal shiny monster running away from it. This is clearly a fight.
On the other side, Brown calls you :
"Hey, did you see that ? There is something bright on the other side, like some kind of small fire or something."You take a look, and notice some kind of lone flame. It is moving erratically, you have the feeling it is calling you.
Squishy the Great Earth Mana Wisp((This is -BAD-...))
Uh oh. Absorb it quickly, then ping off more mana disruptive waves! Hell if I'm helping these knights again, they're pitiful.
[Mana ping pong]
[6] vs [2] You feel an immense breach in the defenses of the Unit 0. A torrent of mana is leaking, and it is easily accessible to you ! Focusing your power, you make this pouring mana yours and absorb it avidly. Feeling its mana is absorbed, the being panics and tries to absorb it back. To no avail, as the huge wound caused by the magical lance is wide open and more mana is leaking than mana is being absorbed.
But for you this is so much power, too much ! You feel like you are going to implode because of the enormous mana intake.
You recover all your MPYou are unable to produce disruptive waves, as you struggle not to explode because of the overload of mana. As a last ditch measure, you convert mana into body structure. It is still too much, you are so full this is bad news !
You recover all your HPDikaios Knights roll :[3] The two conscious knights finally notice you trying to confront the Unit 0.
"What can we do ?... We have to gain more time for the remaining knights to come..."
They stand back up, shambling.
Unit 0 roll :[5] vs [1] The Unit 0 calms down and stop panicking. Assessing the situation, it uses its inner mana to close the gaping wound and stop the mana leak. All its wounds now healed, it focus on the last obstacle present. You.
Taking advantage of your unstable mana state, the being rushes at you and circles you with its tentacles, glaring at you with his opened eyes.
Then you feel a sharp pain all around your body, like you were savagely opened and torn apart by thousand blades. Your mana storm out of yourself in a cyan torrent and is absorbed by the tentacles and the eyes.
You lose all your remaining MPAnd when your mana is depleted you feel your very lifeforce being sapped at. This is a terrible feeling, a torpor is slowly swallowing you against your will. Your surroundings are getting darker, and only the glowing ruby eyes are left in your vision.
One by one, they close, until the central and biggest one is left. Like a blood sun in a dark world. Beautiful and dreadful.
You lose 15HP
Glint the Elemental ArcanivoreWelp, get out of there pronto. If at any point the monster can see me, hope he hasn't got much resistance to mind shenanigans and crank mesmerizing up to full, powerful mind control with overload.
[Saved by moonlight]
[3] You get out of here at full speed, increasing the distance between you and the monster. As you begin thinking you are safe, a moon ray brush your glassy body, creating a small but noticeable glint.
[6] The monster notices it, and head further toward your direction. Then you arrive in a place where the rock surfaces are smooth and shiny, a bit like obsidian. The moonlight reflects on them, confusing the monolithic monster. It judges this may be the wrong direction, and stop going your direction. It makes a u-turn and head somewhere else.
ZoomochScoomtarto The Three-Eyed BeholderI Keep looking!
[Keep looking, end up finding !]
[4] You keep looking, going back on your tracks all the while carefully avoiding the spots where you had an altercation. Eventually, you arrive to your depart point ! The cave entrance hidden by roots and bushes.
You enter in the Underground. Sweet moistness and coldness. Soothing darkness, calming silence. You feel at home, and rest for a while.
You recover 8HPYou recover 3MP((What will you do when you wake up ? As a reminder, you know locations in the Underground and the Surface.))
Caedan the Vampire"... nopenopenopenopenopenopenopenope"
NOPE THE HELL AWAY!
[Classic Twig]
[1] "WhatthehellisthisWhatthehellisthisWhatthehellisthis" you repeat totally panicking. You step back, and step on a stupid twig laying here. You never thought a stupid breaking twig could make so much noise.
The human quickly notices the sound, and shouts :
"Who or what is here ?!"You freeze in terror.
Dahak the Uncanny Unreasonably Spooky Scary SkeletonDahak feels a chill running down his spine. He can feel it close, just like before. Somehow the thing is still here, even after closing the gate, which is pretty bad, he thinks.
Er, lets hurry up and try to contact Morvad, I have a feeling we'll be needing his input really, really soon. Delinde, try to find his presence, we need to ask him about what the hell we're supposed to do if whatever that thing was has managed to survive the closing of the gate...Because... Reasons.
Dahak grabs a stray bone and sticks it inside his ribcage, while sitting down and trying to recover his mana. He has a feeling he'll need the extra energy soon. Then he glances back at Delinde, it seems she has noticed it too.
There is something different in the air, though. The thing's presence isn't nearly as terrifying or feels as absurd as it did back at the cabin. This does nothing to calm him.
Try to contact Morvad while Delinde's defenses occupy the thing. Explain and ask about how to deal with the current situation, there's no time for fraternal reunions >:v!
[Radio noise]
[1] Suddenly the image flickers wildly and you lose the connection with Morvad. The presence you just felt is creating interferences, what a piece of unluck ! Furthermore you can't move out of the magical figure, or the ritual will stop. Delinde nods at you :
"Stay here, I will take care of it. If something happens to me, all the candles in the crypt should light up."Delinde then leaves, not before manifesting another Fog Reaper.
"I'm exhausted...I won't be able to create another one for the day..." she mutters before leaving.
You are alone in the crypt, with a pointy bone in your ribcage, just in case.
Humanoid ? roll : [3]
In the meantime, the black ichor humanoid managed to get on its knees despite the ruthless attack. The mysterious fog dissipated, and Delinde appeared before the humanoid. It raised its faceless head, and a mouth appears on it. Extending its hand toward Delinde, he said :
"Dahak..."Delinde roll : [4]
Delinde felt something different about this strange thing. It emitted the same cold and terrifying feeling of Corruptors, but there wasn't only that. There was something else... but what ? She shrugged her thoughts away, and steeled her resolve.
"Whatever you are, you don't belong to our world. I will destroy you here and now."The Fog Reaper flashed right in front of the kneeled humanoid and stroke its scythe down.
[4] With a never seen before agility, the humanoid moved its body away from the down slash, dodging the strike from an inch. Then grabbing the scythe handle, it maintained it into the ground, showcasing an incredible physical strength.
"You leave me no choice..."Said Delinde just before taking her mask off.
The Ashen the Crimson Wraith Stop moving. When it gets closer, spring on it, and wrap myself around the thing following me
[Trap the reverse-traper]
[1] You stop moving. The presence keeps getting closer, and you prepare yourself to make it regret following you.
Once the presence is one meter behind you, you quickly turn back and spring on it before it can react. Or that's what you thought.
In a flash the presence moves back, timely dodging you. Still in your momentum, you get a glimpse at the being. It's appearance seems intangible, its body doesn't look like it can be physically touched, but at the same time it seems to be able to interact physically with the world.
It is a large and tall transparent creature with strange night-blue markings all along its body. It has no arms nor legs, only a single body with two blue glowing eyes. It seems to have a huge mouth on its body, from which a strange glow comes out.
[4] The creature is agile, and moving freely like a cloud. It passes next to you, staring at you. Then with its huge mouth it quickly bites a big part of your still smoky body.
You lose 5HP
Snehk the StalkerLeave the bear and look for a resting spot.
[Snehk the Squatter]
[6] You leave the ungrateful bear unceremoniously. Wandering around, you eventually find a big burrow with some dead tree trunks over it. A perfect hideout and resting spot, and it doesn't look like there is a creature living here.
You make yourself comfortable, and rest for a while.
You recover 9HPYou are suddenly woken up by a familiar voice :
"What the hell are you doing in my lair ?"It's Bargar the Unfriendly Bear.
Stormslayer the Aradian Mirage Beetle HeroRearing up on his hind legs, he would attempt one last time to Distort the demons into disarray, possibly making them attack eachother. he would also throw his meatshield into the group to try and get them to stop attacking his guard-kin.
"Fall back to the hive brother! Inform them of what has happened before they're caught off guard!"
[Demons VS Insects, the weird battle]
[1] ((Fool ! They are already attacking each other without outside interference
))
You rear up on your legs, still holding the ranged demon, and attempt to Distort their senses ! You don't know if it is because of the Hive disconnection or the demons peculiar mind, but it doesn't work : they somehow look more focused than before.
Ranged Demon Roll :[4] Taking advantage of your focus, the ranged demon skin becomes slippery all of a sudden and it escapes from your grasp !
Guard-Kin roll :[4] vs [2] Guard-Kin manages to gather his last remaining forces, and charges at the ranged demon. He gores him with his horn and throws him away !
Demons roll :[6, 4] The two other demons attack Guard-Kin, this time without accidentally hitting each other. The tailed demon's tail strikes a crackled point in Guard-Kin chitin, and the tail pierce him and exit from the other side. His tail is stuck in Guard-Kin body.
The second demon claws mercilessly at Guard-Kin, opening even more wounds and making it bleed even more.
Guard-Kin is not going to last long.
Monsters :Name : The Ashen
Species : Charred Wraith
Appearance : A blackened and ashy being, with small fissures of embers lining all along the vines. They can possess others, and those possessed have slightly glowing, fiery eyes.
Attributes :
HP 12/17
MP 17/17
ESSENCE 0/10
STR 2 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON -1 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW 1 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES -1 -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 :
Possess- Attach yourself upon a victim, and take control of his functions. Currently imperfect, making one shamble, as he attempts to resist.
Flare- The embers flare, burning those nearby with scorching heat.
Smoky- The Wraith is always exuding smoke, obscuring where it is.
Skills :
Black Ink- Exude a viscous black fluid, that make one hard to grab. Can throw the stuff in the eyes, blinding an opponent.
Pilot Bones- Can now pilot the dead, allowing for a constant, if inferior host, due to dead weight and no assistance in running the body.
Twin Host- Can now possess two people, and combine them into one double host, if necessary.
Name: Shiny
Species : Great Earth Mana Wisp -stage 4-
Appearance: The amorphous form of the Mana Amorphoid has evaporated into what appears to be a cloud of pure, concentrated mana. It's pwetty!. It levitates gently above the ground, and the air around him crackles with potential. He can adeptly focus magical energy and cast Earth-based magic.
Attributes:
PV 10/25
MP 0/33
ESSENCE 7/30
STR -1 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON 1 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW 5 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES 1 -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT 0 -Intelligence : increase your ability to submit others to your will-
IND 0 -Individuality : increase your ability to resist to others will-
note : attributes are just some kind of "indicative" property, their are no specific formulas or calculation behind them. (yet?)
Traits :
Magical: The Mana Slime is naturally talented at magical things.
Manastatic Field: The area around the shard pulses with magical energy. Nearing the shard drains the mana of creatures.
Earth Elemental: The being is aligned with the Earth element. It can absorb the elemental energy of earth-aligned crystals to supply its mana, and also cast Earth based magic.
Ethereal: Physical attacks against this being might not prove so useful, but that also means that it cannot physically attack others.
Skills :
Transfer Mana: Can release small parts of its inner energy, transferring this energy to its allies. It can also attempt to overload the systems of another mana-using enemy.
Focus mana: The shardling can now manipulate the condensed mana it is made of, breaking down itself if it needs more mana, and using extra mana in the environment to build itself back up.
Mana Spark : You can turn mana into a unstable and damaging electricity current.
Mana Shove : Uses magical energy to push a being around. The push can be very weak or very strong. Pushing an enemy into an inanimate object would obviously cause damage.
Elemental Crystal Resonance : allow you to manipulate elemental crystals state to make them detonate, or prevent them from detonating.
Mana Disruptive Wave: The Mana Amorphoid can now release a large wave of mana which disrupts all mana-using beings in the area. Human mages will be temporarily unable to use mana, and mana crystals underground will probably explode.
Absorb: The Mana Wisp can quickly drain the life energy of those around it and convert it into pure mana. It works better upon a single individual, but can be done against a crowd at a lower efficiency.
Name: Stormslayer, so called for slaying a dangerous Storm Ravager.
Species: Aradian Mirage Beetle Hero -stage 2-
Appearance: A large shimmering insect with orange and green colored chitin with intricate patterns. It has small rudimentary wings used for Mindwiping and communication rather than actual flight.
Attributes:
PV 7/20
MP 12/12
ESSENCE 7/10
STR 1
CON 1
POW -2
RES 1
INT 2
IND -1
Traits :
Hive minded: can control other creatures after performing Mindwipe. Resistance to enemy control is rolled against INT instead of IND for the queen.
Noble: sapient foes have a much higher chance of a successful mindwipe.
Out of Hive Learning: can gain new skills and learn magic from other willing creatures. Abilities gained this way are only three fourths as effective if the species is different.
Skills :
Mindwipe: Can "Indoctrinate" targets into a Hive mind,but only one at a time. Target must be captured before Mindwipe may be used.
Distort: disorients and confuses a target, making them more vulnerable to mindwiping, but also making them act erratically.
Adrenaline Rush : this near-death experience gave you a new skill. When your HP falls at critical levels, you get an extreme boost of power as you feel death closing in.
Name: Guard, but this is just its title
Species: Aradian Mirage Beetle Guard -stage 1-
Appearance: A large shimmering insect with orange colored chitin with intricate patterns. It has small rudimentary wings used for Mindwiping and communication rather than actual flight.
Attributes: ??
Traits :
Hive minded
Sturdy
Skills :
Mindwipe
Armor mode
Name: Ulkas
Species: Lesser Osyluth -Stage 3-
Appearance: A medium-sized humanoid demon with sharp claws and a barbed tail. He has a withered, skeletal body with insectile features and a long, bony tail ending in a wicked barb. His wings are vestigial, but he can fly regardless through magical levitation.
Attributes:
PV 18/18
MP 20/28
ESSENCE 16/20
STR 0 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON 0 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW -1 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES -1 -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT +4 -Intelligence : increase your ability to submit others to your will-
IND +2 -Individuality : increase your ability to resist to others will-
Traits :
-Evil Soul
-Poisoned Claws -mild paralysis-
-Levitation
-Aura of Fear : no creature can gaze upon bone devil without feeling a bone-chilling terror
-Poisoned Stinger : strong corrosive acid
-Expansive Mind : It is easier for osyluth to understand concepts far from his usual usual field of experience
Skills :
- Taunt
- Mental Control
- Lesser magic (Illusions)
Name: Astrosa
Species: Unknown
Appearance: A humanoid demon taller than most humans with a feminine figure and crimson skin with black markings. She has ruby eyes and beautiful ebon hair. A blood red substance is constantly flying around her, part of it wrapping her like some sort of exquisite cloth.
Attributes: ??
Known Traits :
-Crazy ?
-Evil Wings
-Eyes of the Mighty - Allow to sense the power of other beings
Known Skills :
-Blood Red Substance ?
Name: Caedan
Species: Vampire -stage 1-
Appearance: A tall, pale man. His black hair reaches his shoulders and is rather lazily tied into a ponytail. His grey eyes feel as if they can pierce right through you. He wears black clothes fit for a nobleman, with some purple accents here and there. An arming sword hangs at his side. You could swear that his eyes are red, sometimes.
Attributes:
HP 9/12
MP 12/15
ESSENCE 2/5
STR -1
CON 0
POW 1
RES 0
INT 1
IND 0
Traits:
Vampire - Caedan is a vampire, and gains all advantages and disadvantages that come from being such a creature.
Night Vision - Caedan, as a vampire, sees perfectly well in the darkness. (unless all vampires come with this included, in which case replace this with Mesmerizing Eyes - Anyone staring too long into Caedan's eyes will sooner or later find themselves unable to resist his commands.)
Creature of the Night - Caedan becomes much stronger during the night, in addition to being harder to see.
Skills:
Blood Metabolism - Drinking blood rejuvenates vampires.
Blood Boil - A spell that increases the victim's blood temperature to extremely high levels, effectively boiling/melting them alive.
Name: Glint
Species: Elemental Arcanivore -stage 2-
Appearance: An oversized lizard made of glass. It shimmers with mesmerizing white light. Its body seems to inhabit both ice and electricity in an harmonious equilibrium. Its glass scales are cyan and yellow, and shine beautifully. A golden core can be seen on its torso.
HP 17/17
MP 15/17
ESSENCE 3/10
STR 0
CON 0
POW 2
RES 0
INT 1
IND -1
Traits :
Mesmerizing: Those who look too directly might find themselves entranced.
Elemental Duality -Ice and Electricity-
Homeostasis: Glint's body naturally works to neutralize dangerous magic. While this effect generally focuses on keeping the two elements inside him from violently exploding, it can also protect against magical attacks in a pinch.
Regenerative Core: you can regenerate your lost body parts and your recovery is greatly increased.
Skills :
Calcifying Venom: Bites will gradually turn the victim into a pearly statue.
Elemental Breath -Ice and Electricity-
Overload: Glint can now boost the power and capabilities of his natural traits by expending MP. This often causes the trait to exceed its usual limitations- for instance, mesmerizing might become mind control.
Name: Tirim
Species: Quartzen
Appearance: A small, child-sized yellow humanoid made of crystals. He has a golden core on his chest.
Attributes : ??
Known Traits :
Regenerative Core
Known Skills :
?
Name: Vagush
Species: Armored Scarablade
Appearance: An enormous armored insectoid-like creature standing like some kind of centaur. It has six-legs on its abdomen for mobility, and its upper body arms end with deadly scythes. Its carapace is black and shiny, and its five eyes are red.
Attributes : ??
Known Traits :
?
Known Skills :
?
Name: Dahak
Species: Uncanny Unreasonably Spooky Scary Skeleton -stage 2-
Appearance: Dahak now sports a slightly elongated upper skull, with a second pair of baleful eye sockets above his other ones. His shoulders, arm and hand bones have grown thicker and elongated. He seems a bit taller overall, and his entire self seems surrounded in a smoky aura of sorts. His teeth are now both longer and sharper, for whatever reason. He's certainly spookier then before. He also seems to have gained new memories.
He has a badass worn out cape and a scabbard with a holy dagger.
Attributes:
PV 17/17
MP 17/17
ESSENCE 0/10
STR 0 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON 0 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW 1 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES -1 -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT 1 -Intelligence : increase your ability to submit others to your will-
IND 1 -Individuality : increase your ability to resist to others will-
note : attributes are just some kind of "indicative" property, their are no specific formulas or calculation behind them. (yet?)
Traits :
>Skeletal: Receive more damage from blunt weapons, but slashing weapons do slightly less damage and piercing weapons deal significantly less damage and may be dodged altogheder.
>Undead: Not affected by poisons and other things that would harm living creatures. Weak to holy magic, and can be exorcised by priests.
>Fear aura : You naturally generate a fear aura, generating fear in the beings around you. You can turn it off, or expand mana to strengthen it.
>Abnormality from Another Plane : because of its connection with the "Corruptor World", Dahak's very presence can and will cause strange phenomenons. If Dahak rolls a [1] or a [6], rolls from anything close to Dahak will get reduced or increased by 1.
-If a [1] is decreased by 1, it will become a [6], if a [6] is increased by 1, it will become a [1].
-another unaffected roll will be done by the GM, to determine what will appear or happen because of Dahak connection...
>Corruptor Core -small- : a black core of unknown origin. Is it a parasite or is it part of you ? You can feel any being possessing essence as a secondary effect.
Skills :
>Spook: Causes fear, may paralyze enemies. Doesn't work on mindless creatures.
>Feel the Fear : you can convert the fear of your victims into physical pain. Extreme fear will probably cause cardiac arrest.
>Feral Otherworldly Aura : When activated, Dahak's aura will twists into a random shape and performs an attack to a single or multiple enemies depending on what form it assumes. Activating this ability will cost MP and HP, and will drain HP and MP. Killing an enemy with this ability will recover some HP and MP.
Name: Delinde
Species: Death Fairy
Appearance: Delinde has the appearance of a medium-sized girl wearing a white coat with a black hood. She wears a white mask, and has some kind of robe under her coat.
Attributes:
Known Traits :
Spirit World Connection
Known Skills :
Call Fog Reaper
Name: Snehk
Species: Stalker -stage 1-
Appearance: The Stalker are lesser demons the size of a man that use infravision to detect their prey. They are gray skinned humanoids with sunken eyes and long claws. It's eyes have an eerie red glow.
Attributes:
HP 12/15
MP 12/12
ESSENCE 2/5
STR 1 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON 0 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW 0 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES 1 -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-
note : attributes are just some kind of "indicative" property, their are no specific formulas or calculation behind them. (yet?)
Traits :
Infravision: Allows for detecting prey. Works only on short distance.
Mark and recall: Target becomes marked one, and during two days stalker can recall it's position.
Skills :
Disappearance: This innate skill allows the Hidden to become invisible, move noise-lessly and without leaving any traces, as if the demon just disappeared.
Whispers of damned: Target hears horrifying whispers coming from all directions. This easily disorientates and scares it.
Name: ZoomochScoomtarto
Species : Three-Eyed Beholder
Appearance : A Large Somewhat Spherical Creature with A pair of eyes on a pair of Tentacles, it also has a much larger Eye above it's Large Mouth.
Attributes: increase two stats by 1 and decrease two other stats by 1 (apart from HP or MP)
HP 12/12
MP 15/15
ESSENCE 2/5
STR 0
CON 0
POW +3
RES 0
INT -1
IND -1
Traits :
-Levitation, can fly without any "Normal" means Naturally.
-Thick Skinned: Take less physical Damage.
Skills :
-[Eye#1:Telekinesis]
-[Eye#2:Slow]
Name: Gray
Species: Metaldee
Appearance: A shiny gray blob that appears to be made of liquid metal, like mercury, with two oblong arms and feet. In short, a shiny metal Kirby. With a hat.
Attributes:
HP 15/15
MP 12/12
ESSENCE 1/5
STR 0
CON 2
POW -1
RES 1
INT -1
IND 0
Traits :
Morphous- Gray can now take on and hold forms, even though his body retains its liquid-like appearance and consistency.
Skills :
Harden- Solidifies the body in whatever shape it is currently in, increasing durability.
Engulf- Engulfs all or a portion of the target, restricting it's movements and quickly digesting it
Name: Brown
Species : Large Dirt Blob
Appearance : A large brown and dirty blob.
Attributes :
Traits :
Amorphous
Fast Digest
Skill :
Expand
Engulf
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