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[Radio Controlled]

@Radio Controlled: "Hey, Adam, the librarians said they would be willing to examine you and let you know more about the changes happening in your body. Would you be fine with that? Perhaps they'll be able to help you."

"I appreciate the offer, but at least right now I'd rather not be subjected to the overly enthusiastic poking of an Ethral. I think I'm getting a better grasp on what happened to me as well, so for now I think I'm good on that front.

As for the matter at hand though, this whole situation has cost us a lot of time. I hope our client won't mind the delay."

[Parisbre56]

"Given how bad things could had been with the Messenger and all the chaos it will cause, I think he'd be quite pleased with our time. But maybe we should make sure to contact him to let him know we're all right, just in case."

[Ozarck]

"Be quick about it, Dead One. I do not like the group being divided in this place. I only hope that when we pass through hat door, we all arrive in the same place as the two who went ahead. Assuming they have not already been slaughtered by the next Guardian, that is. I would like to prevent that outcome, if possible, and the sooner we regroup, the better."

[The Lupanian]

If possible, go collect some pieces of obsidian. I want to see if I can’t get a few large pieces into the Bore. I’ll be using the knife to help cut. Finally, if I feel heat radiating off the obsidian, or see a number of large cracks, I’ll abort.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:12
Kno:10
Ner:11

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Inventory
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
6 Octahedrons
Gold ingot (100-120)
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes- and intricate mechanical eye
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
14 fathoms

[Pancaek]

"Aw. I never get to blow anything up."

No blowing up corpses today. Just regroup with the rest of the team and follow along for now.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work, but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  11
Spe:  9
End:  10
Awa:  10
Cun:  16 (+3)
Kno:  12
Ner:  11

Skills (1 point unused)
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1

Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix it" embroidered on.
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)


2 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod


100ft silk rope


3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot
143 Fathoms


Crystal Babies

2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.


Warehouse/bore storage:
 1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.
5. Thing looks like (see pic). about 8 inches to a side.
7. Wheel sort of thing that has a fat inside edge and tapers to a sharp edge on the outside. Foot and a half in diameter.
1 corpse (missing: skull, neck vertebrea, some bones)
Bomb Collar
Slate box with multicolour crystal toothpick - supposedly turns someone into a gemperson.
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Box with "kidnapper bell"
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials

[piecewise]

Definitely time to leave. Before AsHul! Damn the Christmas holidays making me late to post. Get my mothy butt out like I was out last turn.

Drett Medizin

You waddle on out with the others.

"Alright, let's leave this location unmolested after all. Save those explosives for a more worthy enemy than a room dedicated to honoring the dead. Not really sure WHY this is important, considering that damned building bird was eating those corpses outside, but this IS a dream world, after all. Logic is fluid in places like this, I guess."

Replace the prayer wheel maces and usher the rest of the team out. Make sure we take all our explosives with us, including the TNT someone put on that one corpse.

Spoiler: Not so much a character, but a mistake (click to show/hide)

Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent. Currently a dream robot
Goal:To find God
 
Stats
Str:9  Dex:8  Spe:9  End:11  Awa:12  Cun:11  Kno:11  Ner:16 (-2)

Skills
3 Diving
2 Animal Handling
1 Survival
1 Weapon skill: Guitar

Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy, strata 1,2,4)
1 Silent Night 
5 Worm Blood
100 ft of rope
1 knife (cut/pierce 2)
2 Occult Junks
59  Fathoms (One magnetically welded to the wall of his room in the Bore, one "shiny," 57 standard)
168 Fathoms (Team Account. Kept on AsHul's person for safekeeping. Stored separately from his personal funds.

Stored at warehouse during Relic Vision:
Firing Control Module (Brass Brain)
Book of sheet music (from Balaram) [stack of about 100 pages bound by three brass rings along the top of the sheets]
his former bomb collar - made of something like demagnetized neodymium.
One Bone-fretted haunted electric guitar
One mundane acoustic guitar with wave patterns in abalone and turquoise

Notes:
Travellers' guild is offering a relic retrieval job. Local hazards ('living').

You take all your own material, leave the prayer maces, and continue on.

"This must be a trick, else we're cut off from the others."

Poke the engraved wall.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 11
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 11

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
1 Skill point

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Mail Shirt
39 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 4/10
8 Structural Junk
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4)

You poke the wall. It seems just as solid as any other stone you've come up against.

"Does anyone have a bag, or some other container I can carry?  I wish to collect the remains of the little artisan's weapon; it was a masterwork, which does not deserve such an ignoble end.  If I cannot use a tapestry, I need an alternative."

Request some kind of container to hold powder in.  If something is provided, go back outside and collect the murakumo's powder.  Otherwise, go outside, and check if any of the corpses have clothes or containers in good enough shape to work as a container.  If so, use that; if not, chop off the top half of a corpse's head, empty out the skull like a bowl, and use that to carry the stuff.

If this actually works out, go back inside and cross through after the others.

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((No murakumo anymore.  ))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str:14
Dex:8
Spe:10
End:14
Awa:14
Cun:8
Kno:7
Ner:10

Skills:
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +1


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child
---Shattered to powder: Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3, Fragile]
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]

Probably left in the warehouse:
A hooked cleaver [Cut 3]
Two knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Guard rifle [Pierce 2]
A bunch of bloody guard garments, to be used as raw material.

At this point we can assume that someone gives you some cloth. Maybe Ashul gives you some of the robe he's probably not wearing since he's now a robot man. Either way, you go back, scrape up all the remains of the murokumo, and then head out with the others.

"Aw. I never get to blow anything up."

No blowing up corpses today. Just regroup with the rest of the team and follow along for now.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work, but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  11
Spe:  9
End:  10
Awa:  10
Cun:  16 (+3)
Kno:  12
Ner:  11

Skills (1 point unused)
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1

Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix it" embroidered on.
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)


2 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod


100ft silk rope


3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot
143 Fathoms


Crystal Babies

2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.


Warehouse/bore storage:
 1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.
5. Thing looks like (see pic). about 8 inches to a side.
7. Wheel sort of thing that has a fat inside edge and tapers to a sharp edge on the outside. Foot and a half in diameter.
1 corpse (missing: skull, neck vertebrea, some bones)
Bomb Collar
Slate box with multicolour crystal toothpick - supposedly turns someone into a gemperson.
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Box with "kidnapper bell"
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials

Done and done.

Auft trills happily. "The secret was not causing trouble all along!"

Explore the happy safe hallway. Thug still goes first.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Auft Kindheart
Description: Standing 3'10", with even fluffier than usual snow-white fur, this Ethral radiates adorable innocence even by the standards of her kind. Her porcelain-white mask is a circular shape carved into slices, each bearing a smiling face with eyes and mouths arched in joy, and adorned with pink blush marks. Her cloak is similarly pure white and a little too large for her, adding to her cute and defenseless appearance.
Goal: To amass and improve loyal pets and slaves.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  13
Spe:  10
End:  8
Awa:  8
Cun:  16
Kno:  13
Ner:  10

Skills
+1 Medical
+1 Translate
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Persuasion
+1 Stealth
+1 Animal Handling
+1 Archeology
+1 Biological
+1 Chemical
+1 Occult
[1 Skill Point]

Inventory
82 Fathoms
Ethral Rifle [2/7]
Doctor's Bag
Dodecahedron Spider-Thing: Fist-sized dodecahedron body, long unjointed legs that move in very slow cascades. Ceased moving upon being picked up. Can be trained in simple commands via clear hand signals, bops, and repetition.
2 quarter-inch cubes of impossibly heavy black stuff: Estimated 50 lbs weight total
Thug with metal teeth in his mouth and on his arm
Mediocre Skull Mug: A mug made from a skull. It works, but it's pretty meh considering it's made from a skull.
Shitty Bone Pan Flute: Several long bones crudely strapped together, long to short. Despite this, the actual notes are arranged randomly, out of tune, and lack much range.
Inanimate Vertebra Scarab: A bug-thing with a single human vertebra for a body, fingerbones for legs, teeth for mandibles, and so on. Needs an appropriate sacrifice to animate, like a "large" insect.

Iron Teeth, Slightly Demuscled Thug
Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
Soldier Chestplate
Slave Trap

As soon as the last member of the party is past the strangely solid yet permeable stone wall, the engraving of the skeleton cracks and crumbles away, leaving nothing but a skeleton shaped hole in its place.

The hall beyond this one way wall is thin and candle lit, with small candle bearing alcoves along either side. It appears to be a good mile or so long and fades into nothing but a dim, twinkling horizon in the distance. As everyone stares down it they hear a sound, very distant. A groan and then twang followed by a whistle. A moment later an arrow made of silver and human bone with an odd, almost full moon shaped bladed head hisses by strikes the wall behind you all. It embeds itself there, vibrating with the force of the impact.

 

Could we dig out a new tunnel to replace the one that got flooded on our way back from goldshore, or do they want that tunnel dug out ASAP? And how much would they be willing to pay us for digging out a new passage? Would they prefer this tunnel to intersect the new path the Messenger made, or would they rather it stay clear of that?

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.

After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.

Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.

Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Can see things in great detail as well as look through objects such as walls. Rolls Nerve.

Inventory

1 soldier chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 2)
1 black flame

1 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
6 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
297 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
1 unspent skillpoint

They'd want to wait a while to make sure the lava is all cooled so you could do it on the way back assuming you make it back in a few days.

Unknown unless you try to negotiate with them but probably 100-150 gold depending on dangers and quality of excavation.

Probably just remake the old path.

@Radio Controlled: "Hey, Adam, the librarians said they would be willing to examine you and let you know more about the changes happening in your body. Would you be fine with that? Perhaps they'll be able to help you."

To follow up Radio's questions, will they supply us with a spool of communication cable to lay while reopening the path or will that be taken care of later?

Would they be willing to have their diving experts take a look at Vikkan's missing hand in case there's something they can do to help? Or at least direct us to someone who could help?

Would they be willing to offer us some of their underworld-renowned bore weapons for free or at a discount in exchange for the help we offered? How about upgrades to the bore's system for better shooting? (Price given to get from level 6 to level 10 was 150-200 per level, which means 600-800 total.)

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.

Stats
Str:9
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:7
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
1 unspent
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 1
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Radio
3 fathoms
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 100 ft
Simple Clothes
Kara's Diary

In Storage
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Crystal Friend
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes

If you are the ones who are going to lay it, yes. If you don't volunteer for that they'll probably just assume you're digging the tunnel and thats it.

Maybe.

In lieu of other payments they'd be willing to trade upgrades to you.

"do we need infantry or anything anywhere? how can Aigre be useful?"

If there's nothing else, keep cuddling the bore and try to soothe its machine spirit.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Aigresaur
Description: A sexy lizard with a serpentine head, smooth pale scales, a slender velociraptor's body with lanky arms and legs...
Goal: it just wants to snuggle
 
Stats Shang-Gei
Str: 8
Dex: 15
Spe: 12
End: 8
Awa: 12
Cun: 10
Kno: 8
Ner: 10

Skills
shotgun: 3
acrobatics: 2
Unarmed: 1

Inventory
Tunnel Clearer 5/5
4 shells
Mail shirt (3 protect )

CUDDLE

Danger has passed, can I go home now? I've been gone for some time now.

Spoiler: Wiellste? (click to show/hide)

Name: Wiellste Gunsmithy

Description: A young Ethral, no taller than 4 feet. Her fur is unpatterned and a milky white. Usually wears a rather plain quilted brown silk cloak, and a polished copper mask with symmetrical, spiraling lines etched on the sides.

Goal: Wiellste is like many Ethral in that she seeks to gather knowledge about the world before all else. Though being an Ethral from Knot, her skills are largely more on the practical building side than the scholarly side. She isn't particularly invested in the teachings of the Tenebrous Church, but the idea of the spheres intrigues her, especially Balarim, with it's writings and technology.

Stats:
Str:  8
Dex: 12
Spe: 10
End:  9
Awa:  7
Cun: 15
Kno: 13
Ner: 11

Skills:
SKILL 1
Weaponsmith 2
Diving 2
Pistol 1
Bore 1
Translate 1
Stealth 1

Inventory:
Silk cloak
Copper mask
Human-made revolver (Pistol 3) (6/6)

Notes

1 Fathom

I guess? Door is over there. Feel free to use it.

If possible, go collect some pieces of obsidian. I want to see if I can’t get a few large pieces into the Bore. I’ll be using the knife to help cut. Finally, if I feel heat radiating off the obsidian, or see a number of large cracks, I’ll abort.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:12
Kno:10
Ner:11

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Inventory
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
6 Octahedrons
Gold ingot (100-120)
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes- and intricate mechanical eye
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
14 fathoms

We'll assume that with Vikkan and the bore's help you get several large pieces of still warm obsidian cut and placed in the bore's hold. And by large I mean maybe a half ton worth.

[Parisbre56]

@Everyone: "Do you have any preference on what we should ask for in exchange for our help?"

@Radio Controlled: "Oh, they also said they'd be willing to safely store that vial you found. So if you want to sell it, they'd be able to help with that. Or maybe they could just take a look at it without opening it. I searched for information about it but I couldn't find any."

EDIT: First of all, just to make sure I haven't misunderstood something, you're saying that if I dive and use En to remove someone's arm and then replace the missing arm with a prosthetic, that prosthetic would probably be dangerous? Even if it was something simple like a hook or wooden rod? I'm asking for a friend.

Sure, we'd be willing to lay the cable when we reopen the path. After all, it will give us the added benefit of not being completely cut off from civilization. And if they give us more than we need we can "forget" to return the extra and keep it for ourselves.

Do they offer anything more exotic than the standard weapons? Do they have a specialty, some sort of weapon they're the best at making? Spoilered below is the list of weapon types that was given previously.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Standard cannons (pirate ship like).
-Gattling guns (very fast firing automatic rifles, can be more easily controlled automatically by the bore compared to cannons).
-Harpoon guns (useful for catching yourself should you accidentally fall). 
-Variety of melee weapons, blunt and sharp, either on what amount to spring loaded arms or full mechanical limbs.
-Chemical weapons: Flame throwers, acid sprayers, glue, lubricant, etc.
-Explosives, frag, concussion, stun, etc in either claymore like configurations, dropped mines/timed explosives, or fired grenades.
-Weaponized armor; spiked mostly.

Do the mechanical arms that can be installed on the bore essentially turn it into a mecha? Or are they more like cranes? I mean, are they strong enough to attack with giant swords? Are they sturdy enough to punch other bores or block attacks like a boxer? Are they nimble enough to lift sensitive cargo or allow the bore to hold and shoot giant guns? What about climbing or running on all fours?

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.

Stats
Str:9
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:7
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
1 unspent
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 1
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Radio
3 fathoms
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 100 ft
Simple Clothes
Kara's Diary

In Storage
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Crystal Friend
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes

[Ozarck]

"A ballista. In a killing hall. Wonderful."

Start extinguishing candles on one side of the hall, working from the end forward. any time I hear the groan, stop. As soon as I hear the thwang, drop prone, tight against the wall, arms over my head.

Consider how many reinforcements of an action sphere it would take for a Dive to reach a mile away.

Spoiler: Not so much a character, but a mistake (click to show/hide)

Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent. Currently a dream robot
Goal:To find God
 
Stats
Str:9  Dex:8  Spe:9  End:11  Awa:12  Cun:11  Kno:11  Ner:16 (-2)

Skills
3 Diving
2 Animal Handling
1 Survival
1 Weapon skill: Guitar

Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy, strata 1,2,4)
1 Silent Night 
5 Worm Blood
100 ft of rope
1 knife (cut/pierce 2)
2 Occult Junks
59  Fathoms (One magnetically welded to the wall of his room in the Bore, one "shiny," 57 standard)
168 Fathoms (Team Account. Kept on AsHul's person for safekeeping. Stored separately from his personal funds.

Stored at warehouse during Relic Vision:
Firing Control Module (Brass Brain)
Book of sheet music (from Balaram) [stack of about 100 pages bound by three brass rings along the top of the sheets]
his former bomb collar - made of something like demagnetized neodymium.
One Bone-fretted haunted electric guitar
One mundane acoustic guitar with wave patterns in abalone and turquoise

Notes:
Travellers' guild is offering a relic retrieval job. Local hazards ('living').

[Radio Controlled]

They'd want to wait a while to make sure the lava is all cooled so you could do it on the way back assuming you make it back in a few days.

In that case, it seems like we are ready to move on, right? If yes, to Chime we boldly stride!

@Radio Controlled: "Oh, they also said they'd be willing to safely store that vial you found. So if you want to sell it, they'd be able to help with that. Or maybe they could just take a look at it without opening it. I searched for information about it but I couldn't find any."

"Thank you for the search either way. You'll have to give me a tour of this library you visited the next time we're here with some more leisure time on our hands. For now, I think the vial should be safe where I stored it. I was thinking of buying a sturdy box for it as well just in case, once we get paid for finishing these jobs."

@Everyone: "Do you have any preference on what we should ask for in exchange for our help?"

"Getting a weapon for our bore sounds like it could be a good investment, if only to give any would-be pirates a good reason not to bother with us. Then again, just getting some money is fine as well, and much more flexible at any rate."

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.

After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.

Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.

Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Can see things in great detail as well as look through objects such as walls. Rolls Nerve.

Inventory

1 soldier chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 2)
1 black flame

1 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
6 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
297 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
1 unspent skillpoint

[The Lupanian]

”I say we just take money. For one, Bore stuff is cheaper where we came from, so we could probably get more for what they’d give us. Second, some of us already have money, or will soon, so we could potentially pool it up to get something sexy.”

See how hard it would be to hire a surgeon in Knot.
Once back on the Bore, take a small piece of obsidian to the workshop, and work on making an obsidian knife blade. Obviously use my stone carver to do this.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:12
Kno:10
Ner:11

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Inventory
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
6 Octahedrons
Half a ton of obsidian
Gold ingot (100-120)
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes- and intricate mechanical eye
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
14 fathoms

[Hotfire90]

Stick next to the wall and head further down the hall.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 11
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 11

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
1 Skill point

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Mail Shirt
39 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 4/10
8 Structural Junk
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4)

[Caellath]

Vikkan was overwhelmed by the Corven's attitude and ended up looking more confused than anything. "Well, uh. So even a clockwork limb will give me trouble? What kind of trouble?"

"And are we good to move on?"

Player is vacationing. We'll move on if we're finally good to go, and take any on-the-way jobs Kara has found and approved, probably.

Spoiler: Vikkan Laerthe, Human Bore Driver (click to show/hide)

Name: Vikkan Laerthe

Description: A human from Anvil and a moderate Chthonic who was born and raised close in the neighborhood of the Hammerfall boreyard, where his parents were employed as menial workers. Being so close to a place so filled with machinery and boring machines left a lasting impression on Vikkan, who became a furnace helper, then a drivemaster's apprentice until he finally reached the controls of a bore. He's quite good at conducting driving bores and, most importantly, he deeply enjoys his work.

Bore love aside, Vikkan is also generally quite friendly and good-humored even when he's not behind a bore's controls. He is, however, aware of his limitations out of the control room, and he'd rather leave most other matters to more skilled people. What he lacks in intellectual education he displays in polite curiosity, and he tends to be interested in listening even to topics he can only vaguely grasp, making for a good talking and drinking buddy if nothing else.

At odds with his friendliness, he looks rugged, if young. His hair is dark brown and cut short, and he has a well-groomed handlebar mustache (though he's been known to let it grow and style it into a horseshoe at times). A small diagonal scar moves from his right eyebrow to the bridge of his nose. His skin is brown and displays a few burns thanks to a few years of furnace and boiler work. He's fairly hairy, with his shirt's sleeves covering hairy arms and a few spots of scar tissue. His uniform is made of thick cloth and utilitarian, overalls, a long-sleeved shirt and a cap. His major concession to vanity is keeping his uniform and mustache impeccable. He doesn't have a right hand.

Goal: To deep driving bores and having fun while doing it. It's not a difficult dream, even if it can be hard at times.
 
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 13
Cun: 10
Kno: 11
Ner: 11

Skills (1 point unspent)
+3 Vehicle (Bore)
+2 Navigation
+1 Defense (Mail Shirt)

Inventory
-Conductor's Clothes
-Dynamo Lantern
-Black Book (Copy)
-Field Lighter
-Mail Shirt
-Short Sword
-Rifle
-Knife
-100ft silk rope
-142 Fathoms
-Neck chain (that used to hold a black flame that actually never existed)
-Black Flame
-Clockwork arm

1 Mission and counting
Level 0: +3 Awareness
Level 1: +1 Str, Dex, End, Kno, Ner. 1 skill point unused.

[randomgenericusername]

Sorry for not posting here for a while, I was sick and also busy due to christmas and new year. I forgot what we were doing here and while I think Kalagony is on the bore, I have no idea where everyone else is and what are they doing. Could I have a quick recap of recent events, please?

Spoiler: Kalagony (click to show/hide)

Name: Kalagony

Description: Kalagony is a short but muscular Mole-man. He's a martial arts fanatic, and willingly replaced his healthy arm with a mechanical version just to improve his lethality in melee combat. He has a particularly large tentacled star-shaped snout and a small pair of black, beady eyes. His hair is dark brown.

Goal: His life goal is to challenge and fight against the best warriors in the world, to crush his opponents and claim the title of the strongest fighter.

Stats:
Str:15 
Dex:11 
Spe:8 
End:13 
Awa:11 
Cun:10 
Kno:10 
Ner:11

Skills:
Unarmed: 3 (2+1 Mole-Man Claws)
Defense Skill: Mechanical arm Block: 3
Caving: 1
(1 Unused Skill Point)

Inventory:
Mechanical arm (Right arm, claw weapon)
Grappling Hook
Silk Rope (100 feet)
Field Lighter
Martial Arts Gi

[piecewise]

SO this fucking tablet just randomly close this tab while I was typing the turn. It also won't let me get on fucking google docs. So here is a nice angry fucking recreation of a hour and a half of my lost fucking life.

@Everyone: "Do you have any preference on what we should ask for in exchange for our help?"

@Radio Controlled: "Oh, they also said they'd be willing to safely store that vial you found. So if you want to sell it, they'd be able to help with that. Or maybe they could just take a look at it without opening it. I searched for information about it but I couldn't find any."

EDIT: First of all, just to make sure I haven't misunderstood something, you're saying that if I dive and use En to remove someone's arm and then replace the missing arm with a prosthetic, that prosthetic would probably be dangerous? Even if it was something simple like a hook or wooden rod? I'm asking for a friend.

Sure, we'd be willing to lay the cable when we reopen the path. After all, it will give us the added benefit of not being completely cut off from civilization. And if they give us more than we need we can "forget" to return the extra and keep it for ourselves.

Do they offer anything more exotic than the standard weapons? Do they have a specialty, some sort of weapon they're the best at making? Spoilered below is the list of weapon types that was given previously.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

-Standard cannons (pirate ship like).
-Gattling guns (very fast firing automatic rifles, can be more easily controlled automatically by the bore compared to cannons).
-Harpoon guns (useful for catching yourself should you accidentally fall). 
-Variety of melee weapons, blunt and sharp, either on what amount to spring loaded arms or full mechanical limbs.
-Chemical weapons: Flame throwers, acid sprayers, glue, lubricant, etc.
-Explosives, frag, concussion, stun, etc in either claymore like configurations, dropped mines/timed explosives, or fired grenades.
-Weaponized armor; spiked mostly.

Do the mechanical arms that can be installed on the bore essentially turn it into a mecha? Or are they more like cranes? I mean, are they strong enough to attack with giant swords? Are they sturdy enough to punch other bores or block attacks like a boxer? Are they nimble enough to lift sensitive cargo or allow the bore to hold and shoot giant guns? What about climbing or running on all fours?

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.

Stats
Str:9
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:7
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
1 unspent
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 1
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Radio
3 fathoms
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 100 ft
Simple Clothes
Kara's Diary

In Storage
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Crystal Friend
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes

1. No thats only sacrifices.
2. Ok
3. Think more Outlaw star.

They'd want to wait a while to make sure the lava is all cooled so you could do it on the way back assuming you make it back in a few days.

In that case, it seems like we are ready to move on, right? If yes, to Chime we boldly stride!

@Radio Controlled: "Oh, they also said they'd be willing to safely store that vial you found. So if you want to sell it, they'd be able to help with that. Or maybe they could just take a look at it without opening it. I searched for information about it but I couldn't find any."

"Thank you for the search either way. You'll have to give me a tour of this library you visited the next time we're here with some more leisure time on our hands. For now, I think the vial should be safe where I stored it. I was thinking of buying a sturdy box for it as well just in case, once we get paid for finishing these jobs."

@Everyone: "Do you have any preference on what we should ask for in exchange for our help?"

"Getting a weapon for our bore sounds like it could be a good investment, if only to give any would-be pirates a good reason not to bother with us. Then again, just getting some money is fine as well, and much more flexible at any rate."

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.

After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.

Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.

Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Can see things in great detail as well as look through objects such as walls. Rolls Nerve.

Inventory

1 soldier chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 2)
1 black flame

1 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
6 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
297 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
1 unspent skillpoint

ok

”I say we just take money. For one, Bore stuff is cheaper where we came from, so we could probably get more for what they’d give us. Second, some of us already have money, or will soon, so we could potentially pool it up to get something sexy.”

See how hard it would be to hire a surgeon in Knot.
Once back on the Bore, take a small piece of obsidian to the workshop, and work on making an obsidian knife blade. Obviously use my stone carver to do this.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:12
Kno:10
Ner:11

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Inventory
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
6 Octahedrons
Half a ton of obsidian
Gold ingot (100-120)
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes- and intricate mechanical eye
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
14 fathoms

Not hard, maybe expensive.

The knife comes out alright. [cut, stab 3. Fragile]

Sorry for not posting here for a while, I was sick and also busy due to christmas and new year. I forgot what we were doing here and while I think Kalagony is on the bore, I have no idea where everyone else is and what are they doing. Could I have a quick recap of recent events, please?

Spoiler: Kalagony (click to show/hide)

Name: Kalagony

Description: Kalagony is a short but muscular Mole-man. He's a martial arts fanatic, and willingly replaced his healthy arm with a mechanical version just to improve his lethality in melee combat. He has a particularly large tentacled star-shaped snout and a small pair of black, beady eyes. His hair is dark brown.

Goal: His life goal is to challenge and fight against the best warriors in the world, to crush his opponents and claim the title of the strongest fighter.

Stats:
Str:15 
Dex:11 
Spe:8 
End:13 
Awa:11 
Cun:10 
Kno:10 
Ner:11

Skills:
Unarmed: 3 (2+1 Mole-Man Claws)
Defense Skill: Mechanical arm Block: 3
Caving: 1
(1 Unused Skill Point)

Inventory:
Mechanical arm (Right arm, claw weapon)
Grappling Hook
Silk Rope (100 feet)
Field Lighter
Martial Arts Gi

The bore is now moving to Chime. Radio put magic into his face, and then everyone spent several turns preventing a city from being flooded with lava.

They'd want to wait a while to make sure the lava is all cooled so you could do it on the way back assuming you make it back in a few days.

In that case, it seems like we are ready to move on, right? If yes, to Chime we boldly stride!

@Radio Controlled: "Oh, they also said they'd be willing to safely store that vial you found. So if you want to sell it, they'd be able to help with that. Or maybe they could just take a look at it without opening it. I searched for information about it but I couldn't find any."

"Thank you for the search either way. You'll have to give me a tour of this library you visited the next time we're here with some more leisure time on our hands. For now, I think the vial should be safe where I stored it. I was thinking of buying a sturdy box for it as well just in case, once we get paid for finishing these jobs."

@Everyone: "Do you have any preference on what we should ask for in exchange for our help?"

"Getting a weapon for our bore sounds like it could be a good investment, if only to give any would-be pirates a good reason not to bother with us. Then again, just getting some money is fine as well, and much more flexible at any rate."

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.

After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.

Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.

Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Can see things in great detail as well as look through objects such as walls. Rolls Nerve.

Inventory

1 soldier chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 2)
1 black flame

1 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
6 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
297 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
1 unspent skillpoint

You get to chime no probs. Thanks dice.

Chime is a big fucking mining city in a cave. There are tons of little tunnels and shit off in all directions but the actual city itself is wall far back against the east most wall. That wall is a big ass structure. Looks like a wall, not like a building or nothing, but its clearly old as hell and has a sort of aestetic that isn't like anything in the current races. The city is set up kind of like a bullseye with the rich in the center and increasingly poor on the way out.  Giant super ostentatious pointy towers, all pretty and brightly colored and borderline satire levels of pomp. Then smaller towers, then normal fairly squat buildings, then big old tin shack garbage slums on the outside, with mining stations and shit all spread out across the stone plain between the entrance and the city. Also there's no natural light in this cave so its dark as every loving fuck. Basically you can see the city, the scattered lights of the mining stations and a few tunnels, and the path to the city which is lit with like runway lights.

"A ballista. In a killing hall. Wonderful."

Start extinguishing candles on one side of the hall, working from the end forward. any time I hear the groan, stop. As soon as I hear the thwang, drop prone, tight against the wall, arms over my head.

Consider how many reinforcements of an action sphere it would take for a Dive to reach a mile away.

Spoiler: Not so much a character, but a mistake (click to show/hide)

Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent. Currently a dream robot
Goal:To find God
 
Stats
Str:9  Dex:8  Spe:9  End:11  Awa:12  Cun:11  Kno:11  Ner:16 (-2)

Skills
3 Diving
2 Animal Handling
1 Survival
1 Weapon skill: Guitar

Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy, strata 1,2,4)
1 Silent Night 
5 Worm Blood
100 ft of rope
1 knife (cut/pierce 2)
2 Occult Junks
59  Fathoms (One magnetically welded to the wall of his room in the Bore, one "shiny," 57 standard)
168 Fathoms (Team Account. Kept on AsHul's person for safekeeping. Stored separately from his personal funds.

Stored at warehouse during Relic Vision:
Firing Control Module (Brass Brain)
Book of sheet music (from Balaram) [stack of about 100 pages bound by three brass rings along the top of the sheets]
his former bomb collar - made of something like demagnetized neodymium.
One Bone-fretted haunted electric guitar
One mundane acoustic guitar with wave patterns in abalone and turquoise

Notes:
Travellers' guild is offering a relic retrieval job. Local hazards ('living').

I'm gonna hold off on the action because...well you're basically alone here and I'd like to have more than one lone iron man acting. However, in response to your question, A dive  here would need like...3. Its a while away but straight and you technically have him in sight.

[Ozarck]

"I could try to summon the creature to arm's reach. It might have a harder time shooting us, though there is no guarantee the creature is not proficient at close range as well. I could also attempt to lock it in place or freeze it from moving, but that will require a battle of wills."