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[Beirus]

Shoot a tiny (1HP) metal shot to land somewhere near the perimeter of the nearest hole. Scout around and see if anything interesting is in the hole, using the small blob as my scout. Also, see if Brown is willing to try some of this soil. Getting back to our roots.

[Whisperling]

If the hole is safe, and contains something interesting, fly in and investigate further. Grab anything interesting and bring it out of the hole for further examination.

If there's danger, back off for now. Don't go too far, just hide behind a rock or something.

[Nakéen]

((Updated the OP with some really vague spoiler-free plot-bait, some known locations and a vague description of the concept of this game. Kinda late at this point, but heh ))

[Sarrak]

((I've re-read two dozen turns searching for some clues and after connecting the dots, I have to say:
Nakéen, why do you hate Doro village with such passion?

(Irony intended, and I do not want to offend you with my small research, just to make some fun)

This story began when you corrupted once proud Ferratus and guided him there. Knights of the village stood valiantly and defeated corrupted Armor. But you had him resurrected to wreak havoc once again. Yet knights still prevailed.

Infuriated, you weaved the plot in such way that Snehk was quested to go into this village. Obviously, you have hoped for some carnage. But then, a better opportunity presented itself - a pair of demons went human-hunting! Into Doro village. It seems that to ease their task you had knights called off and added a few soldiers - an obvious boon for mind-controlling Ulkas.

Even this was unsatisfactory. Humans of the village died too slowly. And a Chosen of Tinzakena arrived onto the stage, to confront demons and wipe more humans in the ensuing fight. Village razed, its inhabitants slaughtered or fleeing in terror - seems like you were mollified for some time...

But after half a day or so of in-game time, you could hold on no more. And Caedan found poor village in flames, with twice-dead armor we all remember consuming its last inhabitants in truly horrific fashion!

So, once again:
Nakéen, why do you hate Doro village so much?  ))

[Nakéen]

((I've re-read two dozen turn searching for some clues and after connecting the dots, I have to say:
Nakéen, why do you hate Doro village with such passion?

(Irony intended, and I do not want to offend you with my small research, just to make some fun)

This story began when you corrupted once proud Ferratus and guided him there. Knights of the village stood valiantly and defeated corrupted Armor. But you had him resurrected to wreak havoc once again. Yet knights still prevailed.

Infuriated, you weaved the plot in such way that Snehk was quested to go into this village. Obviously, you have hoped for some carnage. But then, a better opportunity presented itself - a pair of demons went human-hunting! Into Doro village. It seems that to ease their task you had knights called off and added a few soldiers - an obvious boon for mind-controlling Ulkas.

Even this was unsatisfactory. Humans of the village died too slowly. And a Chosen of Tinzakena arrived onto the stage, to confront demons and wipe more humans in the ensuing fight. Village raised, its inhabitants slaughtered or fleeing in terror - seems like you were mollified for some time...

But after half a day or so of in-game time, you could hold on no more. And Caedan found poor village in flames, with twice-dead armor we all remember consuming its last inhabitants in truly horrific fashion!

So, once again:
Nakéen, why do you hate Doro village so much?  ))

((I loved your small research, it makes me really happy to know you re-read through the turns ))

((So, about Doro Village.

Everything that happened was an accumulation of coincidences and convenient occurrences. From the moment I posted a clear description of the map, the fate of this village was sealed : as the closest human settlement near the starting points of the players, they would have inevitably that they would curiously converge to it.

Such a terrible fate was never planned. I really just went along with everything as events unfolded.
The arrival of Ferratus. The first return of Ferratus and his final death. It opened a door allowing me to develop the "voice" that spoke to Ferratus when he was corrupted, and give it "life".

Then the duo of demons arrived there. Some soldiers were garrisoned here as a meager protection. Due to bad rolls for the humans, Astrosa got on a murderous rampage, and it happened that the Chosen who was tracking Ulkas arrived here at the same moment.

Doro Village was also instrumental to show the changes going all around the world. At the moment, there are many small frontier villages like this one being destroyed by powerful monsters in the span of a few days -or less-.

I also think all the bad things that happened to the village also stemmed from the fact that I didn't want to be too nice to the humans. And with the rolls and events creating a spiraling effects, I went full blown carnage on the village.

Mmh yes. I think that's it.))

[Coolrune206]

((Wasn't Doro Village the place where I was imprisoned? Then the mana-beast killed every guard there?))

[Nakéen]

((Not at all. You wandered far into the underground, eventually appearing somewhere north west far from the village in the mines of Fordania.

Then you got captured and transferred in a secret facility deep into human territory, where many monsters were held captive.))

[Sarrak]

((Yes, of course. Let's pretend that this is how it went 

I got suddenly inspired, found this...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

...a musical group "Evil Souls" (guitar - Ulkas, vocals - Astrosa) is searching for a drummer. Monsterous origin, demons preferred. Find us by rumors of carnage, bodies and razed villages! 

On somewhat related note, I'm thinking about taking dual regeneration on next transform, complimented by iron will and "mind over matter" that would allow controlling my own body, increasing reaction speed and ignoring flesh restraints (pain, flexibility, etc.) with obvious problems stemming from it.))

[Nakéen]

((Yes, of course. Let's pretend that this is how it went  ))

((Basically anything that happened during the whole RTD can be sorta summed by "the GM made it up on the fly".
Not pure randomness though, I do try my best to maintain an overall consistency. When players do their stuff, I imagine what is happening in other places. To give an illusion of a living world

For example of some NPC fate : the knight and priest that killed Ferratus left the village soon after, to report to the Guild urgently.))

[Nakéen]

Turn 64: Everyone bar CopticUlkas the Sorcerous Osyluth of Lies

"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.

Spoiler: The Crimson Priestess in the Temple (click to show/hide)

"Interesting information, your hypothetic reasoning is valuable. I thought so too, we should be wary of suspicious installations such as these."

[6] ((This roll will determine the overall situation))
You fly together toward the temple, slowing your speed once you are close to its outskirt. Strange creatures and forms in the night can be seen flickering down in the woods, you are relieved they seem indifferent to your presence.

From above, the temple is rather simple. A courtyard enclosed in a square wall made of rock, with the temple in the center.
A roof made of what must be really old clay tiles, wall made of the same chalk-colored rock of the hills. Dual doors at the entrance...

...With one of them half-opened.

You glance at Astrosa, spotting the eerie gleam in her eyes meaning she is focusing on her Eyes of the Mighty. You look back at the half-opened entrance, and suddenly you distinguish a medium-sized humanoid figure that disappears in the temple.

Astrosa roll : [1]
At this very moment, you turn toward Astrosa to ask her if she saw that and she suddenly shouts :
YES YES YES !!!

Her face has switched to the one crazed with envy and bloodlust, like this time when the Chosen appeared. It seems her Bloodlust Madness activated prematurely for some reason. Is it related to the figure you saw ?

She rushes like the wind toward the temple entrance, bursting the doors open.
You follow her hurriedly and arrive in the temple. The interior is not dark at all, being illuminated by some pale blue flame in a copper bowl attached to the ceiling.

Astrosa is standing all claws drawn out in front of the figure. A woman with long fiery red hairs, tied beautifully with a brooch of high quality. She wears a long crimson and white dress that gives her the look of a priestess of some kind. Her hands are hidden in the long sleeves, and the dress hide her whole body bar her head.

"Who are you and What do you want here ?" says a calm and feminine voice.

Astrosa seems on the verge of rushing forward, she is laughing madly.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!"

HP: 16/22
MP: 36/36

Caedan the Bloody Impaler

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.

Spoiler: Critical mistake : Never look away (click to show/hide)

[1] You yells at the human you spotted nearby, telling him to go away if he values his life. You refocus your attention on the Armor -but it is already too late-. As you turn your head an intense pain resonates in your chest.

Armor roll : [4]
In the span you looked away from it, the Armor firmly grabbed a rusty zweihander and threw it with inhuman force at you. Flying unnaturally straight, the sword pierce you in the guts from front to back, and the force was such that you were pushed three meters backward despite your active levitation.
You lose 7HP

Despite the guts wrenching pain -literally-, you shouts at your improvised companion to take care of the held human.

Peasant whose name you don't know yet but you should ask one day roll : [2]
The young man hears your butchered sentence, not really understanding it. But he was already rushing to do what you wanted him to, and he arrive near the person in no time.

"Firande ! Hold on I will get you out of this !"

He tries to rip the tendrils off, to no avail.

Because of this the Armor turns suddenly its attention to the young man, looking at it with what can be assumed is furious looks.

Caedan : [4]
Because of the 6ft long sword stuck in your body, you are bleeding abundantly. Gritting your teeth, you focus your mana and use your own blood to feed the spell you are going to unleash.

You lose 7MP

[6] Once more, sharp spikes emerge under the Armor, but this time the Armor reacts much more quickly than before, probably because of all its opened eyes. It jumps away with surprising agility, dodging the main component of the spell. Some spikes still manage to dent and pierce its armor, inflicting damage on it.

Unexpectedly though, the weapons of the Armor end up tangled in the spikes, separating them from it. The tendrils on the ground still reach far enough until the captive person.

The Armor Status :
-damaged
-weaponless

HP: 5/21
MP: 4/25

Snehk the Unseen

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

Spoiler: Back so soon ? (click to show/hide)

[4] You spot a pretty good resting spot close to the river where you first met Bargar. Sleeping here, you rest until morning.
You recover 7MP

((Morning will come next turn))
In prime shape and ready for a new day, you resume your trip. With the sunlight lighting the plain, you remember the way and walk hurriedly.

Eventually, after a pretty uneventful trip, you arrive in front of the lair of Darakion, the Shegarian Dragon.

You announce your presence, and the dragon answers from inside his lair with a surprised voice :
"Snehk ? The monster I spoke with not so long ago ? How come you are back so soon, did you already found Fenia ?"
 
HP: 20/20
MP: 14/14

Stormslayer the Aradian Mirage Beetle Mystic

"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.

Spoiler: Interrogation (click to show/hide)

[4] What you want to know is not how to defend the Sylvarians from the humans. No, you want to know more about them and their organization.

You are brought to a man of good physique bound by roots to a tree. He looks at you defiantly, like a true soldier and man.

"How will you torture him ?" asks Arbos.

You answer you will use a special ability from your kin to extract information. No physical torture is needed.
With a loud buzzing, you begin Mindwiping the human, and his rebellious gaze progressively turns into a dull and empty one. He will stay under your doctrine for a little while.

So you ask him with the help of Arbos as an interpret the location of their settlements and defenses.

For the defenses, this is nothing new for the Sylvarians. Two strongholds at the outskirt of the forest and some outposts at the location of the destroyed Lifetrees, three in total.
When you ask for settlements, he lists every settlements close to the plains of Easenval.

The Doro Village to the West,
The Ondel Village further to the West,
The Pocel Village to the South West,
Estarm, the closest city, which is still rather far to the West.

HP: 24/24
MP: 19/19

Durst the Rock Seer

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.

Spoiler: Rolling stone gathers no moss (click to show/hide)

"Tch. I may not see the end of the day. Sorry Durst."

[5] You sprint toward a nearby slope and jump heroically, curling yourself and deploying a perfect Demonic Mana Shield around your body.
You lose 5MP
You roll at top speed, not even listening the furious scream of the demons. Your superb shield is protecting you from harm, but you can't seem to have though about how to stop.

(...)

Mold-Tooth roll : [2]
Because of his wound, Mold-Tooth knows he won't be able to escape. Letting out a final roar, he throws himself into the mass of demons to live his last struggle.

You hear this roar from the distance.

(...)
[5] Despite rolling at alarming speed, you manage to drift with the round shield to decelerate. You are out of danger, and look around you.
The environment is not much different. Nothing worthy to note, except... is that smoke from afar ? You spot a small trail of white smoke further into the mountain.
Apart from this, there is a river coursing in a nearby canyon.

HP: 12/15
MP: 8/12

Dahak the Fear Lord

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.

Spoiler: Delinde's target (click to show/hide)

[5] You look around carefully as you keep moving forward. You don't notice anything worthy of note, until you arrive inside the hills.
With your well-trained non-existent eye, you spot a strange luminous dot behind some trees.

Isn't that actually very creepy ? Like some flag you only see in horror stories ? Well, nothing to fear, you are a Fear Lord after all. You share what you saw to Delinde.
She looks in the direction you showed, frowning her eyes to help her see a bit better.

"It must be a spiritual creature, let's see… Oh ! It seems it is one of the errant souls I must send to the Spirit World. Good job Dahak !"

Realizing you spotted it, the dot suddenly blinks and rise up, elevating beyond the trees. A gigantic and bulky humanoid appears. Its body seems made of some ectoplasmic substance, the same color as the blue of the night sky. Its single eye is just a yellow dot.

"It's a gluttonous kind of spiritual creature. Judging from its size, it must have eaten quite a lot of souls and spiritual creatures. Can you assist me in destroying its body ?"

"Maybe ? I don't really care, I would rather stay in the cart. The last word is to Dahak."

The giant is approaching Delinde who jumped out of the cart. The mule is as oblivious as ever.

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

T946 the Security Bot

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

Spoiler: Unexpected guest (click to show/hide)

[1] You decide to leave the monsters to their meal, and turn back. You see a large and seemingly aggressive Giant Desert Scorpion. Turns out the scavenger weren't snapping menacingly at you, but at the thing behind you.

A huge Giant Desert Scorpion, who seems to have smelled the nearby meal. It tries to snatch at you with its huge pincer.

[2] You fail to dodge it in your surprise, and ends up immobilized by the strong pincer of the large scorpion.
You lose 2HP

Scavengers roll : [5]
Sensing hostility, the scavengers snap even more aggressively and dozen of them appear from under the sand. The swarm at the scorpion, and begin snatching and gripping at its legs. In the panic the scorpion drops you, focusing its attention on the crustaceous creatures.

HP: 13/15
MP: 12/12

Gray the Metalslinger and Glint the True Arcanivore

Shoot a tiny (1HP) metal shot to land somewhere near the perimeter of the nearest hole. Scout around and see if anything interesting is in the hole, using the small blob as my scout. Also, see if Brown is willing to try some of this soil. Getting back to our roots.

If the hole is safe, and contains something interesting, fly in and investigate further. Grab anything interesting and bring it out of the hole for further examination.

If there's danger, back off for now. Don't go too far, just hide behind a rock or something.

Spoiler: Trap (click to show/hide)

Progressing a bit further toward the strange land filled with holes and craters, you eventually find what seems to be an abandoned hole. You approach it carefully, making yourself sneaky.

Gray :
[1] You shoot a small piece of metal toward the hole, with a bit too much force.
You lose 1 HP

The small piece heads directly inside the hole, whose depth you don't know. You suddenly lose contact with it.

"So ?" asks Brown.

As you prepare to tell him you don't know, numerous barbed fences with sharp spikes rises all around the hole in concentric disposition. You end up enclosed between two of these lines of fence, and there are at least five more behind you.

You all hear alarmed human shoutings.

Vagush roll : [4]
AAAR roars Vagush as he rams in the fence, not taking a single scratch thanks to his hard chitin. He breaks another one in the momentum.

Hatches open from left and right, rather far from you. Humans in rather ragged clothing and patched armors come out from them. Some of them have bows and crossbows, whereas others have bladed weapons.

If you were a human, you would guess they are bandits.

Glint :
HP: 21/21
MP: 25/25
Gray :
HP: 19/20
MP: 14/14

ZoomochScoomtarto the Four-Eyed Beholder

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

Spoiler: Beamsplosionbreath (click to show/hide)

[6] vs [5] As soon as you prepare to fire your disintegrating beam, the cerbelion' three head breath an energized stream of fire before you do.
You fire a bit lately, and when your beam reach the fire breath, it reacts with the strange energy present in the fire breath.
You lose 5MP

A huge explosion results, whose sound blast echoes in the volcanic cavern.
ZoomochScoomtarto [2] Being closer to the point of explosion, you don't manage to hide in time and are burnt by the heat wave.
You lose 5HP
Cerbelion [4] The cerbelion swiftly gets away from the wave in time, escaping unharmed.

A large cloud of smoke is covering the area after the blast. You can't see nor can you smell anything, the cerbelion neither probably.

HP: 8/17
MP: 6/17

[Nakéen]

Turn 64 annexMonsters :

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 8/12
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 5/21
MP 4/25
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 14/14
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: -Companion- Bargar the Black Tattooed Ursid (click to show/hide)

Name: Bargar
Species: Black Tattooed Ursid
Appearance: A huge black bear-like monster with strange rune-like white marking on its body.
Attributes:
Known Traits : ?
Known Skills : ?

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 8/17
MP 6/17
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 13/15
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 : ?
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[spoiler=Coptic the Mystic Avian]
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.

[Hawk132]

"Get her out of there and run!"

Use the rest of my mana on more spikes. This time - don't bother hitting the Armor, just make it hard or impossible for it to attack. Retreat afterwards.

((If there's one thing that Ferratus and Caedan don't share, it's the ability to accept defeat. Also, I better start figuring out a new character concept. Just in case.))

[Nakéen]

"Get her out of there and run!"

Use the rest of my mana on more spikes. This time - don't bother hitting the Armor, just make it hard or impossible for it to attack. Retreat afterwards.

By the way, couldn't you form one big-ass spike with this skill instead of many smaller ones ?

[Sarrak]

Ulkas faltered for a moment. Even with his sharp mind, it was difficult to proceed the sudden change that turned the whole situation upside-down. Using all his mental power, he tried to understand it while the equilibrium of power stood.

Temple. Active? Yes, it did not look abandoned. Living figure? Priestess? Most possible. Why to retreat? Invitation? Courtesy of welcoming travelers to the Temple? Eyes of the Mighty. Sudden madness. Was there some outside intervention? Probably not. Astrosa has great defenses against it... But not against her own psyche. Aha... Priestess. Strange looks. Some religion, tied to spirits of the dead? Arms hidden - monstrous origin? Seems like that.

Ulkas signed, exhausted by intense thinking process. So, if his guess is right (above 60%), Astrosa finally, for the first time, met her perfect match. Which immediately activated her thirst for power and revenge against Lords of the East. Considering the probable power of this "perfect match", this would be really bad news. If Astrosa couldn't calm in moments, they would have to battle inside enemy territory, in the very middle of magical net, against a very powerful opponent!

He tried his best to intone the important parts of the speech for his companion as to affect Astosa or at very least, stall confrontation a bit:

"Ahm... We would be demons, traveling on the quest of power. Mine name is Ulkas and hers - Astrosa. Seems like your power affected her reason somewhat, as she constantly looks for the strong opponents... Astrosa... We're inside the Temple, you know?"

[Dark One]

- I haven't. As soon as I left your lair, I was was spotted by travelling humans and had to retreat to forest, where I was attacked by two adventurers. After defeating them I came to conclusion that I must change my appearance, transform into a more human-alike form. I moved on, looking for more opponents so I could take their power. By a riverside I met a black bear with strange rune-like marking on it's body. I attacked him. After a while of battle I was seriously wounded and the bear fallen into river. I helped him get out of this, and talked for a while. His name was Bargar, he was quite surprised that first I attacked and then helped him. Looking for a safe spot to rest, I got into his lair! He appeared there with his cousin, Barak. After short conversation, we decided to hunt for stronger monsters together. Shortly after we left the lair, we met a strange monster that exploded upon death. Bargar was knocked out by explosion, and with Barak we took him back to lair. But we were followed, I tried to hide the lair with illusion, but it didn't fooled monsters and they attacked us, talking about law of the hunt. Four quadrupedal monsters, with gray or brown fur, maw full of sharp teeth and three tails. I killed their leader and tried to chase them when they escaped, but one of them managed to kill Barak. I left mourning Bargar, as he wanted to be alone with his dead cousin. And so I am back...

Could you tell me more about these bears and monsters that attacked us? I also need to know where I can get some better clothes than this bloodied cloak, as heading into human territory in it is not a wisest idea.

Tell Darakion what happened since I left, ask additional questions.