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[Dustan Hache]

"It is not my place to, but I want to name her Ashbloom, at least until she is old enough to choose her own name."
After Ashbloom the larva princess finishes her first meal, Stormslayer would carefully pick her up and carry her on his back. He then turns his attention to Arbos.
"We have much to do, friend.  We must locate and capture a human soldier, so that I can learn of their planning."

[Whisperling]

"So... where to now?"

Follow Grey, I guess?

Spoiler: Transformation (click to show/hide)

Name: Glint.
Species: True Arcanivore

Appearance: The individual effects within Glint's body have combined to form a glowing, crackling mass of blue. A strand of the magic takes a tentative leap out of Glint's body every now and then, as if tasting the air. Less disturbingly, he also seems to have grown wings.


HP or MP increase: MP
Attributes increased: Power and constitution.
Traits gained: Glassy wings: A pair of wings has sprouted out of Glint's back. They seem to be built more for maneuverability than for speed.
Skills gained: Devour: Glint's aura breaks away and attempts to consume the target. This converts their life force into mana for Glint's use, and absorbs much of whatever magic they hold within their bodies.


Reroll Homeostasis -> Arcane Void: Magic, including ambient mana, are drawn to Glint's body like metal to a magnet. Spells are partially or completely absorbed, and whatever natural level is floating around will be constantly siphoned into Glint's reserves.

[Beirus]

"I don't know. Some of those humans seemed responsive. At least until their allies got all stabby, and they got eaten. Maybe we can find places around here that hold more essence we could absorb."

Look for locations where essence has gathered, preferably elemental charged essence.

[Nakéen]

Turn 63: Everyone bar Coptic

Gray the Metaldee and Glint the Elemental Arcanivore

Spoiler: Metalslinger (click to show/hide)

Name :
Species : Metalslinger
Appearance : A taller metal humanoid with what looks like a shifting duster covering it. And that hat Gray got a while back.
HP or MP increase : HP
Attributes increased : STR
Traits gained : Dispersed Conciousness: Gray's conciousness is spread through every molecule of his body, allowing him to control parts of himself separated from his main body and reabsorb them through physical contact. Each division splits his HP between the main body and the separated part.
Skills gained : Metal Barrage: Gray fires off soft or hardened pieces of himself at an opponent. The soft shots stick to the surface they contact, while the hardened shots pierce into or though the target. Uses HP instead of MP, each shot/blob has the amount of HP used to power it. If the blob is destroyed, the HP is lost.

"So... where to now?"

Spoiler: Transformation (click to show/hide)

Name: Glint.
Species: True Arcanivore

Appearance: The individual effects within Glint's body have combined to form a glowing, crackling mass of blue. A strand of the magic takes a tentative leap out of Glint's body every now and then, as if tasting the air. Less disturbingly, he also seems to have grown wings.


HP or MP increase: MP
Attributes increased: Power and constitution.
Traits gained: Glassy wings: A pair of wings has sprouted out of Glint's back. They seem to be built more for maneuverability than for speed.
Skills gained: Devour: Glint's aura breaks away and attempts to consume the target. This converts their life force into mana for Glint's use, and absorbs much of whatever magic they hold within their bodies.


Reroll Homeostasis -> Arcane Void: Magic, including ambient mana, are drawn to Glint's body like metal to a magnet. Spells are partially or completely absorbed, and whatever natural level is floating around will be constantly siphoned into Glint's reserves.

"I don't know. Some of those humans seemed responsive. At least until their allies got all stabby, and they got eaten. Maybe we can find places around here that hold more essence we could absorb."

Look for locations where essence has gathered, preferably elemental charged essence.

Spoiler: Metalslinger (click to show/hide)

Gray Transformation Success Roll : [3]

Finally you release all the accumulated energy inside your body, allowing your body to undergo another transformation.

Previously stubby limbs appeared when you transformed. Now, those same limbs elongate at the same time as your body, giving you a slender humanoid shape. This feels really weird on the balance side, you feel suddenly so tall that you fall backward. Impressive, you also feel like your mind is a fragmented puzzle that you can freely rearrange in your body.

You gained +5MP, +2MP, +1 STR,
You acquired the trait Dispersed Consciousness,
You acquired the skill Metal Barrage,
You are now a Metalslinger

Spoiler: True Arcanivore (click to show/hide)

Glint Transformation Success Roll : [3]

You allow the energy screaming for freedom to get out of your body. Energy crackles around you and courses like a mad torrent inside you. And as if fusing together, the yellow and cyan color of your body become one pure bright blue.

Furthermore, blue glassy wings emerges from your back, relieving you of some physical unease.

The overflowing elemental energy is forming a strange aura, you feel like you can control it somehow.

You gained +7MP, +4HP, +1CON and +1POW
You acquired the trait Glassy Wing,
You acquired the skill Devour,
You lost the trait Homeostasis,
You acquired the trait Arcane Void ,
You are now a True Arcanivore

Spoiler: "The Scar" (click to show/hide)

[4] Both of you agree that you seek more power. Elemental power, preferably.
And thankfully for Gray, you are an Arcanivore having had deep contact with elements, Glint.

You close your eyes and attune yourself to the desert. You listen to the voice that murmurs in a piece of your mind, your instinct.

Glint :
You open your eyes shortly after, and say two words : North-West. The dry Ashafan wind is bringing a familiar scent, you feel an elemental presence.

Your large and unusual group of monsters set off North-West then. Before leaving, you still ask Vagush and Tirim if they are okay with how everything is turning. This is a quest for strength after all, in unknown territory.

V:"I always sought new lands to explore. And I want to protect the young boy. And since I travelled with you, I feel like something inside of me is slowly coming back from a long sleep. I feel something expanding in my mind, like if my eyes where opening to some hidden truth. So count me in."
T:"I have nowhere else to go. And I feel safe with all of you."

Indeed a strange company. You all leave under the cover of the night.

[1] As you progress further north-west, the desert scenery unchanging, you all sense an uncanny smell. Something feels...unpleasant in it. It makes you all feel uncomfortable. It is coming from beyond the dune in front of you.

So you carefully approach the top of the dune, and when you reach it and look past...

...You see from afar massive holes in the ground, the land seems like cracked open for miles. What seems to be human structures are surrounding the holes, even going as far as emerging from inside them.

Glint spots elemental rich soil thanks to his senses.

None of you know what is this place.

What you are seeing are the Elemental Quarries of Ashafan, appropriately named by Ashafans "the Scar".

Glint :
HP: 21/21
MP: 25/25
Gray :
HP: 20/20
MP: 14/14

Durst the Rock Seer

Durst smiles, still looking at the demon.

"I'll suspend my no kill rule, just for you."

Durst rips the demon's head off, before grabbing the stone and fleeing with Mold-Tooth. He maintains hold of both the stone and the head.

Spoiler: Surrounded and Outnumbered (click to show/hide)

[4] Ripping a head off is no easy task. Especially since you are not a prime example of strength. You hold his head with your hands and maintain his body down by sitting on it. Then you pull and shake with all your strength, trying to rip off the head of the demon.

You don't rip off its head, but you at least break his neck. You wonder if breaking a demon's neck have the same effect as on normal organic beings.

It probably did, as his essence soon after escape his dead body and is absorbed by yours.
You gain 4 essences

[2] You head toward the orb, but Mold-tooth shouts :
"Sorry Durst, but there is no time left !"

He is right, multiple demons are already coming from every side. One particularly bulky and muscular red demon can be seen  from afar shouting with rage :
"MAUVILANTE !"

He is running toward your location like a mad bull, sending the poor demons on his path flying like mere twigs.

[1] You hop onto Mold-Tooth back, and he tries to crawl away immediately. But the lesser demons are surrounding you, leaving no visible escape. Also, you notice Mold-Tooth is actually injured, rather heavily, impairing his movement.

HP: 12/15
MP: 12/12

T946 the Security Bot Prototype

Transform

Name :  T946
Species : Security Bot
Appearance : Expect for the fact that the taser arm has a small hole for shooting energy and the Main body is light grey, nothing else has overtly changed
HP or MP increase : Hp
Attributes increased : Con
Traits gained : Energy pistol: Shoots bullets of energy to deal damage.
Skills gained : Automated repair system: Heals a small amount of hp each turn.

Spoiler: Hardware and Software upgrade (click to show/hide)

Transformation Success Roll : [4]
The strange substance you absorbed causes strange modifications to your body. All by itself, your structure is rearranging, like when your makers made you into existence.

Mechanical noises and gears running are heard. You shake as your interiors are getting repurposed.

A sudden gold tendril grabs a crossbow and some bolts lying around, as well as some of the spilled poison. The crossbow unmakes and remakes itself in your right arm, allowing you to conveniently draw it out or sheathe it in.

You gained +5HP, +2MP, +1CON
You acquired the trait Automated Repair System
You acquired the skill Energy Pistol -Mana Bullets-
You acquired the skill Crossbow-Equipped Arm -Paralyzing Bolts 20-, independently from your will !
Crossbow Arm -Paralyzing Bolts- : Your right arm is equipped with an integral crossbow, capable of shooting paralyzing bolts. You currently have 20 of them, and you don't know what paralyzing poison is on which bolt.

The scavengers are still snapping menacingly at you, wary because of your transformation, but still ready to fight for their meal.

HP: 15/15/color]
MP: 12/12

Snehk the Unseen

Head back to Darakion and tell him latest adventures. Ask if I can rest in his lair.

Spoiler: Silent Farewell (click to show/hide)

[3] Without even saying goodbye, you leave Bargar. A silent parting under the cover of the night.
You return on your steps, heading back to the forest where the Shegarian Darakion lived. You want to narrate him your latest adventure with the Black Tattooed Ursid.

Bargar has left the party is no longer your companion

The Elon Woods are still far from there. And by night, the way back will take longer as you don't clearly remember the landscape.
You are midway through your trip.

Mana regen roll : 1d6 [6]
You recover 6MP

HP: 20/20
MP: 7/14

Dahak the Fear Lord

If Dahak had eyes, they would be rolling upwards right now.

You know I was expecting that your transformation would make you less child like, but I guess it just turned you into jailbait now.

Dahak wonders what the hell a jailbait is. A jail that uses bait to capture prisoners? Is that some sort of device used in the fishman penal system?

Dahak adjusts his sunglasses. They didn't increase in size along with Dahak's skull, obviously, so they look more like those fancy tiny reading glasses on Dahak's face, except they're sunglasses, and one is stacked on top of the other, and yet do not completely cover his eyesockets. He's just glad they didn't break.

Welp, looks like snotbrain over here is not the best divination expert ever, and we have as much direction as a elf in a dwarf fortress. I guess we'll be going to your Inory Hills. We may run into focuses of corruption along the way, and frankly I'm ok with some generally non corrupted adventure for now. Maybe some sightseeing too.

Alright, you lead the way Delinde, just don't mess with my stuff anymore... Wait.

Dahak starts patting himself all over. Suddenly he seems relived. Apparently his bag got lodged inside his now much larger and convoluted ribcage, but hey, its not lost. He quickly checks its contents.

Ritual notes, check.
Non suspicious succubus study material, check.
Misplaced holy dagger, that I'm going to strap back on my leg because this is a terrible place for it to be, check.
Miscelaneous bones I took from the cemetary, check.

...Nevermind, lets go.

Follow Delinde.

Spoiler: To the Inory Hills (click to show/hide)

You take the scabbard with the dagger inside out of your chest and strategically strap it to your leg. You feel much safer now. As for the bones, well, you realize they lost all of their unlife force when you transformed.
You ponder whether or not you should keep them.

[4] You avoid going past the plains where the slaughter took place. Delinde says she feels this place will be teeming with lesser undead soon, and strong undead in less than a week.
"I wonder if some of my kin will be sent here to take care of the sentient ones."

Delinde is the one leading the way for a change. You are forming a rather strange trio of humanoids, shifting through the plains and taking shortcuts in the woods.
And it seems Delinde knows the way pretty well despite having never left her cemetery. She says it’s a perk related to being some kind of envoy of Death, as Death hates being late, it tries its best to guide its envoy. She seems half-serious when she tells both of you this.

Partway, Nihil blurts out of nowhere.
"Excuse me ? Did someone call me ?"

You look at him with interrogative looks.
"Weird. I could have sworn someone shouted my name." ((see Caedan's turn to understand why))

On the way you stumble upon an abandoned cart full of vegetables with a mule still attached to it. Weird. Seeing the owner of the cart isn't close, you borrow it and travel in it.

After a good trek, the shadowy hills stand up in front of you. You should be there really soon.

HP: 21/21
MP: 25/25
Corruptor Core Expansion : 62%

Caedan the Bloody Impaler

((That armor looks familiar. Really familiar.))

"It's an animated armor. Those don't usually massacre villages for no reason, right? Why'd you people have to go and piss it off? Come on, I don't think I can take it alone. Look out for spikes."

Fly into the air, away from its reach, if possible. Then it's impalement time.

Spoiler: Fated Battle (click to show/hide)

[5] You react extremely fast to the situation, immediately soaring into the sky to avoid the Armor's reach. A really wise choice, as tendrils expand from the black pool on the ground in an attempt to catch you. Furthermore, you use the black clouds of smoke to your advantage, hiding in them. It still makes you cough and your eyes sting, but its nothing harmless.

The Peasant roll : [4]
Agile as an athlete, the young man rolls away to dodge the incoming tendrils. He then rushes forward, toward the Armor screaming : "Firande ! Tormol !"

[3] Gathering your power, you unleash your new favorite spell ~Blood of the Impaler~. But maybe because of the lack of vision and some lingering tiredness, the spell is far as strong as you would like it to be. You aim it so that the humans will not be hit : you would prefer them alive, for now.
The ground around the Armor turns bloody red, and huge crystalline spikes of blood emerge from there. The result is impressive, but far less than the last time when you destroyed a field of undead.
You lose 6MP
Armor roll : [2]
The Armor doesn't move a bit, taking the full brunt of your spell. The spikes pierce its plate armor from all sides, twisting the Armor's body like a ragdoll. When your spikes retract, the Armor falls to the ground and stand up with difficulty.

Then suddenly, one of the human held to the ground lets out a scream of intense pain, as if burnt alive. The tendrils covering him seems to be consuming him, and in the end, only a husk is left.
Many of the holes in the Armor close, and it turns to face you. There is some kind of dark fleshy muscle covering it now that you take a better look.

The Armor twitches bizarrely, and out of a sudden the helmet and the interstices between the plates open simultaneously, revealing at least hundred of bloodshot yellow eyes moving erratically, lodged in the same black flesh.

And it screams. Or is it a scream ? Nothing is heard by your ears. Everything is heard by your soul. The scream is grinding mercilessly at it, dragging it in the ground and drowning it in the mud.

[2] You feel an otherworldly terror at the very instant. You can feel it reaching far and wide, echoing in the night.

All of the eyes stop twitching like crazy, and lock unto your position simultaneously. A indescribable voice comes out of the Armor :
"MUST CONSUME"

HP: 12/21
MP: 11/25

ZoomochScoomtarto the Four-Eyed Beholder

I Look for something Easy to Chew to death...

Spoiler: Back to savagery (click to show/hide)

[6] You quickly wander around, desperately trying to find an easy prey in the volcanic depths. Not long after floating away, you find a limping and weary lavamander, a lava-living salamander !
You don't think a second and rush at the vulnerable creature with your mouth wide open. In a flash, you snap it and gobble it whole.

The feeling of filling your stomach is painful and relieving at the same time. You stay there to digest and allow your body to immediately use this meal to heal itself.
You recover 7HP

Mana regen roll : 1d6 [6]
You recover 6MP

You have only been resting for a small moment when you sense danger : a large and angry cerbelion -a sort of lion with three heads with a scorched appearance- appears from behind a boulder. It seems you stole the prey it was hunting. It roars :

"MISERABLE THIEF !!!" (x3)

HP: 13/17
MP: 11/17

Ulkas the Sorcerous Osyluth of Lies

"Lets investigate further, then. I'm sure that between your eyes and my mind, we can find the meaning of all this and how to use it to our advantage. _{And I was sincere before...}"

Fly, investigate, study. Do not start hostilities early on and watch out for Tinzakena actions. Maybe it has some influence here?

((I'm sure she's quite mellow under this whole crust of blood rage, craziness, thirst for power and revenge. Oh, did I mention craziness?

Still, Astrosa shows some signs of getting better somewhat. Hopefully, that's a good tendency and not a momentary swing of the emotional pendulum.))

Spoiler: Spirit Detectives (click to show/hide)

[4] You both fly to various landmarks of interest, carefully avoiding the spiritual creatures of the surroundings. First the strange stone arrangements, probably raised by some very old human civilization.
They all share the fact that your mana regenerates incredibly fast here, because of the air saturated with spiritual energy.

Your Expansive Mind allows you to understand that spiritually charged air conduct mana incredibly well. You suspect these stones were purposefully arranged this way, and that this high concentration of spiritual energy is part artificial and natural.
The area is already naturally rich, but these points of high concentration seem to have some unknown purpose. You can feel spells and magic emanating from the raised rocks.

You stay on your guard for a trick of Tinzakena -one never knows after all-. But the investigation reassures you, as these spells and formation seem completely unrelated to deities and their magic. This seems more like some form of primal and shamanic magic.
You recover 6MP

Astrosa doesn't seem much interested by this place, but she does ask you if you want to do something else here, or if you found anything of interest.
"I would like to check out the nearby temple after this."

HP: 16/22
MP: 36/36

Stormslayer the Aradian Mirage Beetle Mystic

"It is not my place to, but I want to name her Ashbloom, at least until she is old enough to choose her own name."
After Ashbloom the larva princess finishes her first meal, Stormslayer would carefully pick her up and carry her on his back. He then turns his attention to Arbos.
"We have much to do, friend.  We must locate and capture a human soldier, so that I can learn of their planning."

Spoiler: Ashbloom (click to show/hide)

Ashbloom.

"A beautiful name." remarks Arbos.

[3] You expose your plan to Arbos, and he nods in agreement. He answers with an answer that surprises you a bit :
"When you were gone, we captured many human soldiers after the numerous battles and skirmishes. After much interrogations, we ended up learning humans forces goal was the eradication of our Lifetrees and every monsters in their path. They are not the only task force, the one that attacked your colony was another one."

He sighs in a weary tone.
"We tried opening some negotiations, but it is clear they have no intention of backing out. They harbor no ill will toward us, but must destroy the Lifetrees for some reason. And we cannot allow that."

"But if you want to interrogate one, feel free to do so. We have some of them whose body and mind are left intact. We only got low to medium rank soldier, no officers or higher rank."

HP: 24/24
MP: 19/19

[Nakéen]

Turn 63 annex

Monsters :

Spoiler: The Ashen, the Charred Wraith (click to show/hide)

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 7/17
MP 14/17
ESSENCE 1/10
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.

Spoiler: Durst, the Demonic Rock Prophet (click to show/hide)

Name: Durst
Species: Demonic Rock Prophet
Appearance: Durst is a humanoid rock creature, about as large as a human. Amethyst fissures-like marks can be seen coursing along his rocky body. Due to him being a rock, he has lived for hundreds of years, many of which were spent dormant absorbing the natural mana waves in the air.
Attributes:
HP 12/15
MP 12/12
Essence 4/5
STR 0
CON 2
POW 1
RES 0
INT -1
IND -1

Traits : Lingual: Durst, having lived centuries, understands several basic languages. He can communicate with many sentient races (Not that that usually helps, sentient creatures tend to fear monsters, and what they fear they kill).
Demonic Mana-infused stone - Magic attacks against Durst will, while still harming him, slightly restore his MP. Additional resistance to Demonic attacks, but weakness to anti-Demon attacks.
Skills :
Read Mana: Durst can "read" the mana waves encircling the world, obtaining information about his area, and can sometimes gleam information of the future.
Demonic Mana Shield - Durst can deploy a bubble-like shield which will stop mana attacks. Depending on the roll, the attacks may bounce back at the attacker, and even possibly at a higher power. On a low roll, the shield may amplify the effect of the mana against Durst. The shield has low effect on physical attacks. Direct physical contact may have adverse effects on the psyche.

Spoiler: Ulkas the Sorcerous Osyluth of Lies (click to show/hide)

Name: Ulkas
Species: Sorcerous Osyluth of Lies -Stage 4-
Appearance: A medium-sized humanoid demon with sharp claws and a barbed tail. He has a dark azure 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. It has purple markings on its body.

Attributes:
PV 16/22
MP 36/36
ESSENCE 4/30
STR 0 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON 0 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW -1 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES 0 -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT 5 -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
-Tainted of Tinzakena : Tinzakena managed to "infect" you with his presence. He can see and hear through you, but he can't control you in normal circumstances. He can give you power if he wants to, but why would he ?
-Mana Overcharging : you naturally pour more mana than needed in your spells/skills, giving them stronger effect but making them costlier.

Skills :
- Taunt
- (Body&Mind) Control
- Lesser magic (Illusions)
- Outside Mana Expenditure Absorption : you can absorb a portion of the mana used by other beings.

Spoiler: -"Companion ?"- Astrosa the Crimson Brisarane (click to show/hide)

Name: Astrosa
Species:  Crimson Brisarane Stage 5
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:
STR +++ -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON + -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW = -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES - -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT = -Intelligence : increase your ability to submit others to your will-
IND ++ -Individuality : increase your ability to resist to others will-
Known Traits :
-Crazy and Lunatic
-Evil Soul
-Evil Magic Wings - Can serve as weapons too, they don’t need to move to fly
-Eyes of the Mighty - Allow to sense the power of other beings
-Regeneration
-Bloodlust Madness - May enter a berserk state during battle
-Bewitching Aura - Emanates a captivating aura

Known Skills :
-Great Gown of the Brisaranes
-Arsenal of the Brisaranes
-Essence Healing - Absorbing essence will heal her
-Strength in Suffering - Increase her physical attributes depending on damage taken
-Know my Pain - Mirror her pain in the targets
-Blade Claws

Spoiler: Caedan the Bloody Impaler (click to show/hide)

Name: Caedan
Species : Bloody Impaler -stage 3-
Appearance : A tall, pale man. His grey hair reaches his shoulders and is rather lazily tied into a ponytail. His reddish-grey eyes feel as if they can pierce right through you. His fangs are elongated and seem extremely sharp. He wears black clothes fit for a nobleman, with some purple accents here and there. An arming sword hangs at his side. As you take another look at him, you find yourself unable to turn away from his now blood-red eyes.
Attributes:
HP 12/21
MP 11/25
ESSENCE 4/20
STR -1
CON 0
POW 3
RES 1
INT 1
IND 0

Traits:
Elder Vampire - Caedan is an elder vampire, and gains all advantages and disadvantages that come from being such a creature. He has matured enough as a vampire to be able to create thralls by feeding someone with his blood. Thralls are intensely loyal to their creator and become more physically capable due to their transformation. They do need to drink their master's blood every now and then, or they will perish. This also means that creating too many thralls may end up badly for the vampire, if he plans to keep them around. If the transformation into a thrall goes awry, it becomes much more like a monster and develops an intense craving for flesh
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.
Levitation - Caedan gains the ability to levitate and fly. Rather early for a vampire. Is it a sign of greatness? Or is it a mark of damnation?
Mesmerizing Eyes - Anyone who looks into Caedan's eyes for too long will end up unable to look away and become extremely vulnerable to suggestion, unable to resist most commands.

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.
Mist Form - Caedan can change into mist, allowing him to pass through things like barred windows and other such things. Changing into mist also lets him hide his presence in the right area, unless whoever he's hiding away from can detect him by magic or a different ability. He can also use it to nearly completely evade physical attacks.
Blood of the Impaler - This is the spell Caedan uses when he needs something dead so badly that he doesn't care if he spills blood. It creates a field of sharp spikes made of what looks to be crystallized blood. The spell is designed to be hard to dodge due to the sheer amount of spikes coming out of the ground. It also works pretty well against groups.

Spoiler: Glint the True Arcanivore (click to show/hide)

Name: Glint
Species: True Arcanivore -stage 3-

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 pure blue, and shine beautifully. A golden core can be seen on its torso. It has a pair of glassy wings.

HP 21/21
MP 25/25
ESSENCE 0/20
STR 0
CON 1
POW 3
RES 0
INT 1
IND -1

Traits :
Mesmerizing: Those who look too directly might find themselves entranced.
Elemental Duality -Ice and Electricity-
Arcane Void: Magic, including ambient mana, are drawn to Glint's body like metal to a magnet. Spells are partially or completely absorbed, and whatever natural level is floating around will be constantly siphoned into Glint's reserves.
Regenerative Core: you can regenerate your lost body parts and your recovery is greatly increased. Passively, drain a small portion of MP to heal you. Can be activated to increase its regenerative powers.
Glassy wings: A pair of wings has sprouted out of Glint's back. They seem to be built more for maneuverability than for speed.

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.
Devour: Glint's aura breaks away and attempts to consume the target. This converts their life force into mana for Glint's use, and absorbs much of whatever magic they hold within their bodies.

Spoiler: -Companion- Tirim the Quartzen (click to show/hide)

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 :
?

Spoiler: -Companion- Vagush the Armored Scarablade (click to show/hide)

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 :
?

Spoiler: Dahak the Fear Lord (click to show/hide)

Name: Dahak
Species: Fear Lord -stage 3-
Appearance: Dahak's appearance evokes a really large but still humanoid skeletal monstrosity made of a myriad of bones. Several skulls adorn and encircle his "neck" area, with Dahak's own skull having enlarged to equate to his new body proportions. His wraith cloth cloak seems alive and has glown large as well, covering him completely except for his head, and his aura is greater then ever before, though its not exactly enveloping him completely. It seems like a delayed shadow, following his movements like some sort of after image. His arms and hand bones are disproportionaly long and large for his already large new body.
He has a badass worn out cape and a scabbard with a holy dagger.

Attributes:
PV 21/21
MP 25/25
ESSENCE 4/20
STR 0 -Strength : increase physical damage-
CON 0 -Constitution : increase physical resilience-
POW 2 -Power : increase special/magical damage-
RES -1 -Resistance : increase special/magical resilience-
INT 2 -Intelligence : increase your ability to submit others to your will-
IND 1 -Individuality : increase your ability to resist to others will-

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...
> Grand Core: Dahak's core has grown and shifted. Its no longer corrupted, and has actualy grown resistant to the influence of the corruptor world and other forms of mind altering magic. This doesn't mean Dahak can't be corrupted again, it only means he's a fair bit harder to corrupt then before.
>Fear incarnate: Dahak aura is now contagious. Enemies attacking Dahak have a change of being stricken with fear, and Dahak's physical attacks can also strike fear. This can have multiple effects depending on who or what is affected. Rolls caused by this trait don't trigger abnormality from another plane (since its not Dahak himself thats causing the rolls, but the enemy that gets affected by fear).

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.
>Weaponized aura: Dahak can merge with his aura to join his Int and Pow stats with his Str and Con stats, greatly increasing his combat prowess and toughness, but consumes mana every turn while its active. The aura can envelop Dahak like armor or be used like a weapon while its active. Feral Otherwordly Aura can't be used while this is active, but slain enemies return a small amount of HP or MP.

Spoiler: -Companion- Delinde the Kir of Thanatos (click to show/hide)

Name: Delinde
Species: Kir of Thanatos
Appearance: Delinde now has the appearance of a slightly tall woman wearing a white coat with a black hood. She usually wears a white mask, and has some kind of robe under her coat. Behind her mask is hidden a surprisingly human face with a skin as pure as snow, with some strange ebon markings and symbols along her skin. Only her eyes are strange, as her eyeballs are black and her irises white. Her hairs are silvery and silky, tied in a neat ponytail.
Attributes:
Known Traits :
Spirit World Connection
Known Skills :
Call Fog Reaper
Servant of Thanatos

Spoiler: -Companion?- Nihil the Expletus Corruptor (click to show/hide)

Name: Nihil
Species: Expletus Corruptor
Appearance: Nihil's appearance is so simple it is uncanny. It actually has no relevant features, apart from the fact that it is a medium-sized humanoid made of some black substance. It's face is featureless, as the rest of its body.
Attributes: ??
Known Traits :
-Outer World Connection ?
-Corrupted ?
Known Skills : ??

Spoiler: Snehk the Unseen (click to show/hide)

Name: Snehk
Species: Unseen -stage 2-
Appearance: The Unseen are lesser demons the size of a man that use infravision to detect their prey. Snehk looks like an average human elder. He still have his claws, but can hide them, or release when in danger.
Attributes:
HP 20/20
MP 7/14
ESSENCE 5/10
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 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 :
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.
Unseen: Humans can't recognise him as monster unless they use magic to do it, and if they try, it uses whole mana to keep his identity secret (single roll, succesful or not - it uses whole mana to stop magic detection).

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.
Minor illusion magic

Spoiler: ZoomochScoomtarto the Four-Eyed Beholder (click to show/hide)

Name: ZoomochScoomtarto
Species: Four-Eyed Beholder -stage 2-
Appearance : A Large Somewhat Spherical Creature with three eyes on tentacles, it also has a much larger Eye above it's Large Mouth.
Attributes:
HP 13/17
MP 11/17
ESSENCE 3/10
STR 0
CON 0
POW +4
RES +1
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]
-[Eye#3:Disintegration]
-Aim+1

Spoiler: Gray the Metalslinger (click to show/hide)

Name: Gray
Species: Metalslinger
Appearance: A shiny metal humanoid with what looks like a shifting duster covering it. And that hat Gray got a while back.
Attributes:
HP 20/20
MP 14/14
ESSENCE 3/10
STR 1
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.
Dispersed Conciousness: Gray's conciousness is spread through every molecule of his body, allowing him to control parts of himself separated from his main body and reabsorb them through physical contact. Each division splits his HP between the main body and the separated part.

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
Metal Barrage: Gray fires off soft or hardened pieces of himself at an opponent. The soft shots stick to the surface they contact, while the hardened shots pierce into or though the target. Uses HP instead of MP, each shot/blob has the amount of HP used to power it. If the blob is destroyed, the HP is lost.

Spoiler: -Companion- Brown the Dirt Protector (click to show/hide)

Name: Brown
Species : Dirt Protector
Appearance : A large brown and dirty blob made of some solid matter akin to dry mud. Its interior is soft and gooey.
Attributes :
Traits :
Amorphous
Fast Digest

Skill :
Expand
Engulf

Spoiler: T946 the Security Bot Prototype (click to show/hide)

Name: T946
Species: Security Bot
Appearance: Has 2 robotic arms (1 for manipulating objects and 1 for using a built in taser) and a rectangular shaped body (with the height being the longest side) that is white and Tracks at the bottom side of it. There is a small hole in its taser arm.
Attributes:
HP 15/15
MP 12/12
ESSENCE 1/5
STR -1
CON 2
POW 0
RES -1
INT 1
IND 0

Traits :
-Robotic body: Cannot be poisoned
-Automated repair system: Heals a small amount of hp each turn.

Skills :
-Low powered taser: Does minor damage and may stun the target
-Energy pistol: Shoots bullets of energy to deal damage.
-Crossbow Arm -Paralyzing Bolts 20- : Your right arm is equipped with an integral crossbow, capable of shooting paralyzing bolts. You currently have 20 of them, and you don't know what paralyzing poison is on which bolt.

Spoiler: Stormslayer the Aradian Mirage Beetle Mystic (click to show/hide)

Name: Stormslayer, so called for slaying a dangerous Storm Ravager.
Species: Aradian Mirage Beetle Mystic -stage 3-
Appearance: A large shimmering insect with orange and blue colored chitin with intricate patterns of green coloration. It has small rudimentary wings used for Mindwiping and communication rather than actual flight. The patterns glow with a trace of mana when magic is being used close by.

Attributes:
PV 24/24
MP 19/19
ESSENCE 0/20
STR 1
CON 1
POW 0
RES 1
INT 2
IND -1

Traits :
Adaptive mentality: INT from allies is added when attempting to distort or mindwipe a target.
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.
Mystic shell: Half of all incoming damage is deducted from MP instead of HP, unless there is not enough MP available to soak the damage.

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.
Mirage storm: Magically creates a few mirages to distract the enemy, with each mirage having 1/4th the max HP of the caster. Attacks from a mirage deal no damage, but confuse enemies making them more vulnerable to mental attacks.

Spoiler: -Companion- Ashbloom the Prime Aradian Mirage Royal Larva (click to show/hide)

Name: Ashbloom
Species : Prime Aradian Mirage Royal Larva
Appearance : A large larva the bigger than a watermelon and approximatively a half a meter long. Her chitin is pale yellow, and she bears a unique marking on her forehead
Attributes :
Traits :
Hive-Minded
Skill : ?

Spoiler: Coptic the Mystic Avian (click to show/hide)

Name: Coptic
Species: Mystic Avian
Appearance: A small white avian whose round torso is about the size of a fist. Its legs and talons are unusually long, and it has a rather impressive wingspan for its size. Unlike most birds, this creature is cycloptic.

HP 10/10
MP 10/10

STR -1
CON 0
POW 1
RES -1
INT -1
IND 0

Traits
(1) "Learn" - Can learn traits or skills from enemies.
(2) "Hyper Adaptive Body" - Its peculiar biology allows it to adapt to various climates, and also to modify its organism to use various traits or skills. The process is far from immediate, and require energy (mana) to use.

Skills
(1) "Peck" - Exactly what it says. Uses its yellow-orange beak to puncture holes in its enemy, piercing them to death.

[Sarrak]

"It is very interesting, how this place survived up till now. Everything I know about monsters and humans, screams that magically-oriented ones would have run here to fight and consume or rule the spirits of this place. I don't think we were the first ones to come here, so the question where are all others, stands..."

Noticing that his theory is just that, a theory, without anything to support it, Ulkas signs:

"What I'm saying is that we must be careful while exploring the temple. As far as I see, the magic that gathers at stone formations, perpetrates all those hills and temples would be an obvious choice for a net of self-sustaining magical relays with some unknown purpose. Even if it isn't so, we still better be vigilant."

Follow Astrosa, quickly check the temple for signs of activity, guarding spells and secondary exits before entering.

[Nakéen]

((I'm sooo eager to write the next turn. Got a lot of ideas.))

[Hawk132]

Caedan yells something to a human that appeared nearby and refocuses his attention on the Armor.

Oh crap, I aggro'ed it. Prepare for evasive maneuvers and release another round of impalement! Also, suggest to my new companion (and throw him my sword if he wants it) that he free the human while the armor is focused on me, so that it can't regenerate again.

[Dark One]

Find some safe place to rest, recovery until the morning and go back to Darakion.

[Dustan Hache]

"Fortunate that the information I seek to pull should be known by all of them. If they will not cease their attacks, then it is time to retaliate. Bring me to the captives."
Upon being brought to one of the soldiers, he would mindwipe and interrogate it not on battle plans or tactics, but on their settlements and defenses.

[Coolrune206]

Durst steps off of Mold-Tooth's back and slaps him on the rear, spurring him into fleeing.

"Go! Live your life! I will escape to wherever is downhill from here! Find me there!"

With that, Durst takes off running towards the nearest downwards slope. He jumps,  attempts to curl his Rocky limbs into his chest and form a sphere-like shape, then deploys his mana-shield in hopes that it will make his journey smoother.

[TempAcc]

Dahak feels kinda bad just taking this cart loaded with vegetables. Some local farmer is probably gonna be really sad about its disappearance. Dahak hopes he can follow the tracks and find it later.

Looking over at the vegetables, Dahak remembers that he used to REALLY like garlic. He picks a large clove in his hand and reminisces.

Ahhh garlic, the greatest alium. Its not nearly as popular as its cousin, the onion, and it kinda harmed my seduction rolls on the female wizards while I was alive, but I enjoyed it on everything regardless, and it actualy helped me against a stray vampire once! Garlic on meat, garlic on vegetables, garlic on magical jelly, and who can forget the godly pleasure of garlic bread?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dahak regrets not having a stomach anymore, but decides to keep the clove of garlic on him, for pity's sake.

Dahak wonders either Nihil or Delinde need to eat. They're not exactly undead, but not exactly a living in the core sense of the expression. He decides to keep two extra cloves of garlic for them, just in case.

Dahak throws away the useless bones he got from the cemetary, making a fair bit of extra room for the garlic.
Your bag is now 15% more garlic-y.

You also feel a strange craving for spinach, which is weird, since you don't feel hunger anymore, and you actualy hated spinach while alive. Regardless, you grab a spinach and try to chew on it silently so Delinde doesn't notice. You end up covering your jaw and chest in spinach while trying to chew on it.

You do wonder what could have caused Nihil to become a little more paranoid, though.

Look around while you move on to the Inory Hills, see if you can notice anything odd. Regardless, continue on your path.

[Roc CURIOUSBEAST_EATER]

let the monsters have their unearned meal and Continue west since I do not need anything else from the bodies

[Whisperling]

"Well..."

"There are many humans here, but enough power to leak into the soil. Potential treasures, yes... but the danger might not be worth it."

[crazyabe]

I try to Blow That overgrown housecat's Heads off.