Gosh this is so sad... It's for the greater good, Meandra.But she didn't do anything wrong!True. It's a sad loss, but if we didn't do this, we would be no step closer to saving the people of this land.It's just a sparrow, you guys, no need to get worked up. But it was so cute!Just because it's dead doesn't mean that it stopped being cute. Come on, look at this! You show off the undead bird that is currently nestling on your shoulder. It's a little stiff, but otherwise looks like a perfectly normal bird. It's a bit of a tall order to make them fly properly, but you didn't spend 4 years studying necromancy to get some perfectly average spells! This little boy is going to be your eyes in the sky.
Could we at least remove that birdfeeder before another one dies? Already on it! You hear Eveline yell as she climbs the tree. She's a surprisingly good climber when it comes to trees. Maybe those stubby claws are good for something after all! You were quite lucky that you managed to get a bird that fast, ultimately. You could go look for some more critters, but that will take a little longer before the trap would work, if you had to guess.
Looking through the bird's eye while it's flying is disorienting to say the least. You've never been that high up before, and the animal can usually see a little better than you to begin with, so while flying it's mostly a bit of a blur for you. But, getting it to the castle was no big deal. Now that you've got a bird's eye view (that's a pun, it's just sitting on top of a roof, you were getting close to vomiting from flying and seeing at the same time) of the place, sneaking in is clearly going to be difficult at best. There are thralls nearly everywhere on the rooftops. They look like corpses, and most of them are humans, orcs and dwarves. No kobolts, even though nearly every servant is one.... The thralls are armed with crossbows, but their armor is non-existant. You guess that they just keep wearing the clothing they had on when they were transformed, because there's all types.
Plenty of eastern clothing, though. Looks like he isn't very caring with his guests. Or perhaps they tried something they shouldn't have. Anyway, you count around three dozen of them patrolling the walls, and that's for right now. You don't even know what could be inside.
So, obviously, you make the bird look around inside. The place doesn't have windows or anything, it's a drafty castle.
Inside, there are less guards and far more servants. They look far more alive than the thralls, and most of them are still Kobolts. They seem to be bringing food somewhere, in rather large quantities as well. Most of it seems unprepared, as of yet, so perhaps they're just preparing a feast. Vampires don't eat anything that isn't blood, though, so you can only wonder why there's so much food. It looks a little too good to be servant chow, so...
Your little bird flies around the castle some more, but it's nearly impossible to get an idea on the lay-out. Things are still mostly a blur when the bird flies, even indoors. Eventually, however, you find a massive door, currently held open by one of the servants to let the food-carrying servants through. Kobolts are small, so they've got their hands full. Apart from the somewhat vacant stare, they DO look fairly healthy, at least. Your little bird enters the great hall, and finds a roosting place on top of a mounted bear head.
The place looks... expensive, so say the least. There is a massive table here, fit to seat at least fifty men, and a throne at the far end. There's a pretty rug in front of it, and behind it one can find a massive collection of mounted heads. Bears, deer and some creatures you don't even recognize. You also note that there's a head on a pike next to the throne, still dripping fresh blood. Despite this, there are no bloodstains, nor is there a corpse nearby...
Where's this vampire, however?
Almost exactly on cue, some other doors are flung open, and a blonde handsome man strides into the hallway. He is extremely well built, and is wearing a long red cape with a white fur rim to it. His clothing is quite odd as well, consisting of a strange black undergarment that looks to be made out of silk and covered in a more extravagant yellow outfit with an open chest. There's also an odd broche that you didn't get a good look at.
Good grief, what a smug bastard.
He practically radiates arrogance as he takes exaggerated, large strides through the room, before sitting on his throne, crossing his legs and looking over the room.
Then he looks straight at the little sparrow under your control.
Oho? A little birdie lies atop my father's favorite kill? How brave... His voice is low, and carries that same arrogance his stance is showing. Despite that, there's something oddly disarming about it.
But you're not a very lively little sparrow, are you? Hm.Before you can even react, a small stake flies through the air, and pierces your bird! You snap back to your vision, trying not to hurl from the sudden switch.
Oh that was awful.
Basic Stats
Level: 9
HP: 25/25
Mana: 50/50 (this is not a mistake, none of this cost any mana!)
Stress: 10/75
Thirst: Sated
Items and equipment
Equipment:
Carapaced leather armor (slightly battered)
Sword
Gardener's Shield
Bolas(x5)
Items:
Spare clothing (x14)
Fancy clothing
Blood Vials (x9)
Poisonbox
Journal
Spellbook
Cookbook
500 coins
Skills and spells
Magic:
Resurrect vermin: Allows you to resurrect very small creatures such as rats(invests 2 of your max mana) (no mana cost)
Resurrect average beast: Allows you to resurrect creatures such as dogs, cats and other similar-sized creatures.(invests 7 mana) (no mana cost)
Resurrect Humanoid: Allows you to resurrect humanoid creatures. (Invests 10 mana) (Costs 15 mana)
Reshape minion plus!: Allows you to majorly change the appearance of your resurrected minions.
Minion Vision: Allows you to see what a minion sees. The minion must have eyes.
Animate Piece: Allows you to animate just a piece of dead tissue. It requires your constant attention, and cannot act independently. (Drains 1 mana per three seconds)
Graft: Allows you to use dead tissue as a replacement limb. Requires a lot of mana. (2 per second) (average limb takes around 20 seconds to properly graft)
Gather Soul: Allows you to make a soul visible. You could try putting it in a flame of some sort to keep it around. (10 mana)
Soul battery: Allows you to use a soul-infused flame as a small mana-boost. This snuffs it out, however
Undead flashbang: Allows you to blow up a minion for a flash-bang effect. (10 mana)
Stitch: allows you to close a wound and stop bleeding as fast as you can stitch. Costs very little mana, but requires something to stitch with.
Siphoning Cloud: Breathe out a cloud that drains the life from victims and gives it to you. Adds a LOT to intimidation (5 mana)
Smoke Cloud: Breathe out harmless but thick smoke. (2 mana)
Deathbolt: A bolt that hurts the body's connection with it's soul. Causes minor wounds to appear over the body as it attempts to compensate (2 mana)
Doombolt: A more powerful version of the above (5 Mana)
Familiar
Tiny Skeletal Dragon
Skills:
Poison Stinger (Stings a bit)
Oral Fixation: Can cast spells spells from the mouth.
Draining Limbs: Can drain blood using pedipalps.
Major experience in blocking and swords.
Climber
Crafty: Bolas
Cooking skill: Excellent
Corpse Cutting: Quite Decent.
Animal handling: inexperienced.
Necromantic knowledge
Soul Sniffer
Author
Topic: Web of Life: A Drider's Adventure (Ended) (Read 189981 times)