Alright no further votes have been cast, so we have 100% for putting the turn up now. (If only the congress could work so good, eh?
It's here then! Rooster saved the day (or not, depending on what happens next), Kashyyk overdid himself, and I might have to go find the source material and recollect the details about this place.
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I hold the dwarf so that he can travel with us.
| You walk up to the dwarf and grab him by the hand. He clutches your hand in return.
Using my shield as a mirror, I practice facial expressions and generally try to get better at communicating.
| You stare into your shield, but the expression of your reflection doesn't change. It makes a rather bad mirror in this sense. You try various expressions, but only manage to train up your facial muscles. (+1 to facial expressions, whatever use that may have)
oh, i try to enchant my hammer (ok, i can't enchant things, but if roll is good it is up to you to invent ways to do our random actions) to do that "throw it and then it comes back to my hands" thing
| You practice conjuring controllable lightning again, and this time you manage to exert greater control over the electricity. You learn to guide free flowing electrical charges better. As a side effect, you learn that your maul, when wreathed in lightning, can be controlled just like the lightning bolts, and can be made to fly by itself and return to your hand, though it is a lot more difficult to control than lightning by itself. Rejoicing at this development, you let your maul fly, guiding it in a wide arc around the room! All went well until you accidentally guided the maul at Gantolandon, bashing him in the head and knocking him unconscious. The maul returned to your hand, and Gantolandon was healed by the cube, but he's still unconscious. (+1 electricity manipulation, can manipulate electrically charged objects with a -2 penalty)
Since I'm going with Jedi here (thanks for the suggestion), I'll try to get better reflexes so I can dodge easier.
| You try to follow the Mii'Ari's example and start practicing agility. Unfortunately, you prior agility training proved insufficient for the stunts you tried to pull off and you fumble your first double-backflip and land on your head. The cube quickly heals the otherwise dangerous skull and spine damage, and you are left with just a ringing head.
I learn to create/fix technology by examining the mechanics of the cube and understanding how it works.
| There's little in the cube in the ways of technology. The panel is sealed, and does not have any visible way of removing it from the wall or taking it apart. When you try to do it regardless, the lights suddenly go out, as does the panel. You are not affected by the sudden darkness, but everyone else is.
I remove the heat from my body, radiating it out into the cube.
| You focus on your body, and try as hard as you can to force it to lose heat. Uncountable pores open up on your body, and some internal force begins rapidly pumping the air around you through your body, cooling you down until you're almost freezing! The process overstresses your structure, and while the material becomes harder, it also becomes too brittle!(+1 against slashing, -1 against blunt) As another side effect, the superheated air circulates in the cube, scalding everyone who is touched by it!
| Gantolandon and Zako were close enough to the floor to be untouched, LASD, Frelock, and chaoticag managed to avoid the heat by simply being in the right places, but the rest were nearly cooked by the heat release. Thankfully, the cube reacted quickly and the burns and tissue damage were healed for everyone. Korora, Boksi, and andrea are left stunned by the pain. The lights flicker.
I'll mentally prepare myself for the journey between dimensions and attempt to absorb information about the world we're entering. (If I could do this before the button is pressed that'd be great).
| You sit down and concentrate, anticipating the upcoming worldshift. (+1 to transcendence roll)
I build a practice dummy out of underwear and use it to improve my combat skills.
| The sudden darkness distracts you, but not before you're almost done with the dummy. You practice melee attacks on it, and quickly tear it into shreds. You'll need a tougher target if you want to practice better. (you're already pretty powerful, so get another perfect on training please) The lights flicker again and light up fully.
I learn how to manipulate and control the element of air while im in the trance.
| You focus you inner consciousness on controlling the element of air. When you have emerged from your trance, you learned how to manipulate the atmospheric masses as if they were your tool. You cannot create air out of, well, thin air - yet, but you can use existing air to create directed airflows, and if you try very hard you could even affect weather. When you try to use your knowledge though, you stumble on an inconvenient obstacle - you're still asleep!
I hit the damn button already.
| You were knocked out on your way to the button, and don't manage to wake up.
(RTTAI:{4}): I help Gantolandon push the button
| You wanted to watch Gantolandon as he pushes the button, but when he was knocked out you decide to go ahead and push the button yourself. You look around, see everyone ready to go, and jam your finger into the "VIII" button. The world before your eyes explodes into a multitude of dark colors, interweaved with green and blue lines, and spinning patterns of red and white. You're a little dazed by it, but the feeling quickly passes.
Transcendence!!! Boksi:{6-1} Despite being stunned, Boksi easily withstands the colourful dementia that occurs around him and comes through unaffected.
andrea:{5-1} Andrea, in high spirits after his success, is also able to endure the transfer.
Frelock:{3-1} Frelock is unable to withstand the caleidoscope of colors before his eyes, and is utterly nauseated by the affair. He vomits when the shift ends, and the vomit disappears into the rug.
Gantolandon:{4} Being already unconscious, Gantolandon easily carried himself through the shift.
Kashyyk:{3} This time, Kashyyk is slightly dazed by the transfer, no doubt because of the recent thermal stress.
korora:{5+1} Opening his mind to the incoming worldshift, korora tries as hard as he can to absorb any information about the upcoming world as possible. In the series of images he is hit with, he sees a woman in red fighting uncountable enemies, a dark city surrounded by a high wall, several brave men holding out against a ruthless enemy, and a fierce battle on the top of a tall building. Overloaded with information, he passes out.
LASD:{1} LASD is completely surprised by the worldshift, and the chaotic mess of colors completely disorients him, making him dizzy and nauseous.
chaoticag:{4} Chaoticag is not affected by the shift, and manages to keep his hand on the dwarf.
Jay Kayell:{4} JK manages to compose himself and is not affected by the shift.
Zako:{3} In his sleep, Zako is barely disturbed by the shift, but it still leaves him a little dazed.
Neo:{4} Neo is not affected by the shift.
Kosak:{1} The dwarf doesn't fare good in his second transfer, and passes out before dropping out on the other side.
When your sight clears, you see before you the slums of a moderately modern city, with all accompanying articles such as trash and the awful smell. You're in a narrow alleyway between some buildings. You see many tall buildings in the distance. It is night, but the streets are darker than usual because many streetlights are out. You feel that there's something terribly wrong, and you also have the feeling of a great imminent danger that will threaten all of you very soon. The green panel is on a nearby wall, which is covered by the metallic texture from the cube. The green rug is still under your feet.
Meanwhile, I watch pedestal number VIII.
| You were distracted by the pain from the heat wave, and in the split second before the shift your eyes were not focused. You think you spotted a shadow of a semitransparent cylindric object before you were carried away.
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NPC Actions:
Allied: A stocky bearded creature that is the dwarf. Once a Keeper of Nogzulban, this dwarf has travelled with your company almost by accident. Clad in shiny plate armor with a chainmail underneath, this dwarf could be a potent warrior. Armed with an axe, but cannot use it properly. (+1 target dodge)
The dwarf attempts to stand up and look around.
| He stays unconscious.
Neutral: None.
Enemy: None.
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Status after turn:
Boksi: Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing a burnt reddish-black jacket of Karl Moebius leather, underwear, and slightly torn and singed jean shorts. Wearing a -Steel Full Helm- shaped like an anvil, with an intricate detail attached, and the
The Smoldering Night of Peeling. Wielding a
Darkfire Halberd.
Unharmed.
Abilities:
Basic TK Manipulation.
Basic TK Healing.
Big Bully. Special status:
Dense Carbon Flesh Interweave.
Can only speak goblin.
Activated Visual Omnisensor.
"The ring consists of a toroidal adamantine core surrounded by a shell of tempered steel with thin bands of gold along the rims of the ring. Set into an adamantine frame on its top is a Star Sapphire imbued with the dark soul of a Greater Demon, under absolute control of the wearer. The steel surface of the ring is covered by three hundred tiny tiles of granite, engraved with images of various creatures, all being dead.
The wearer of the ring may call onto the soul of the demon, which can manipulate darkness and fire - anything from direct projection to creating sentient forms to giving protection against.
The wearer can also give an order to summon a creature mad with rage (any creature from the DF world you have seen), which will use up one or several of the stone tiles, depending on the power of the creature. The tiles may be restored, but only through personally killing sentient creatures with bare hands and absorbing their essence with the ring, which also adds that creature to the ""summonable creatures"" list.
The price to pay for all this power is a constant aura of darkness that any living being will feel (and will react accordingly), and the wearer may, under critical stress, give in and become controlled by the trapped demon soul.
(No passive bonuses. In a single turn, you can either perform an act of darkness/fire manipulation (including creating a prolonged effect), or summon a creature/creatures, but not both. The magnitude and potential of both depend on your skill - the ring grants ""basic level"" only. You can only absorb the essence of a creature you killed with your own bare hands, and only if it died last turn, at most.)
Currently applied effects: (-1 to relevant ability for every active effect)
Darkfire halberd - haft of materialized darkness."
Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear and
fairly comfortable greyish trousers. Also wearing a
armor set: -Iron splint-mail-, a shirt of leather, Bronze plated greaves,
<<Iron high boots>>. Wields a +Steel maul+.
Unharmed.
Abilities:
Basic Hammerfighting.
Shrapnel Self.
Basic TK Healing(!).
Empowered by Lightning (currently Fully Charged).
Adv.Electricity Manipulation. Special status:
Activated Selective Translator.
korora: Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear, and makeshift bra-scarf clothing. Also wearing the
armor set:
≡<<*Gold-Iron breastplate*>>≡, a soft leather shirt, an Iron helmet, some hard leather greaves and -Aluminum high boots-. Wields
The Ashcraver.
Unharmed. Unconscious.
Abilities:
Basic Swordsmanship.
Mighty.
Extremely Agile.
Extended TK Healing.
"A massive, massive, MASSIVE sword. It is three meters long, 1'3'' (~40cm) wide, and dazzingly bright. Its fine steel has been polished to reflect light like a mirror. Its one edge is curved, jagged at the hilt, the other is straight and so sharp it could probably slice adamantine blocks like salami. Down the center of the sword, which is at least 2'' thick, runs a hollow slit 3'' wide, in which yeat another, smaller and straighter sword is concealed. The entire surface of both swords, except of course the sharp cutting edges, is finely engraved with uncountable images, among which the launching of the Challenger, world war II, a nuclear explosion, a trainwreck, and a rotary excavator. The hilt itself (being at the same time the hilt of the smaller sword) is decorated with gold and emeralds you can only assume you've taken from someone, arranged in beautiful patterns, and the handle is woven with three lines - one is a scaly snake with two small rubies in the eyes, and two seem awfully like DNA strands. You get a feeling you could decipher the human genome if you looked closely enough. The guard of the hilt is exquisitely detailed as well, but right down the senter of it, spanning the breadth of the sword, is a solid rectangular golden plate, with the single word: ""ASHCRAVER"" deeply embossed onto it. The entire thing is so immeasurably brilliant, you almost don't want to touch it fearing it'll stick to your hand and corrupt you like some magic ring. Overcoming this fear, you pick it up. Despite its size, it is relatively lightweight, relatively, of course, to anything else so large and made of steel. (+2 to damage, +1 to attack, -1 to strength and agility)
The second form is a smaller (comparatively) blade, that together with the folding hilt guard looks like an overgrown sai. It's also exquisitely detailed, but lighter. (+1 to damage, -1 to agility).
The Ashcraver seems to accumulate the energy released by the deaths it causes. The process is admittedly rather slow, but has good uses."
Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing the
armor set: slightly dented +Steel Chestplate+, -Copper chainmail-, hard leather leggings and
<<Copper plated boots>>. Wielding a wooden broadsword with sharp edges of a shimmering material.
Unharmed.
Abilities:
Basic Swordsmanship.
Basic TK Healing.
Extended TK Bolt.
TK Ripper Slash.
Gantolandon: Down on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear, a thin silky sweater, and
a set of armor: A <<*Bone full plate armor*>>, +Bone gauntlets+, +Bone high boots+, and +Bone full helm+. Wielding a +Bone Axe+.
Unharmed. Unconscious.
Abilities:
Basic TK Healing(!). Special status:
Activated Selective Translator.
Frelock: Kneeling on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear, a
≡<<≡Giant cave spider silk robe≡>>≡, and +hippo leather sandals+. Wearing an amulet of a nature's power. Wielding a Steel Quarterstaff and a -Small Iron throwing knife- as a backup weapon. 12 shimmering arrows and 20 plain wooden arrows in the robe's quiver. Holding a shimmering shortbow.
Unharmed. Nauseous.
Abilities:
Slightly improved strength.
Meagerly improved agility.
Can be cautious while calm.
Improved TK Healing III(!).
Stone Frank's Revivification.
TK Field+. Special status:
Activated Selective Translator.
Electricity resistant.
Kashyyk: Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Naked. Wielding an Iron Battleaxe.
Unharmed.
Flesh turned into steel.
Thermal stress. Dazed.
Abilities:
Enrage Other. Enrage Self.
Basic TK Healing(!).
Remote Body Control Special status:
Activated Selective Translator (2).
Activated Wideband Omnisensor (normal) Extra:
Rollerblades in the forearms. Rooster: Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear (probably), a
set of armor consisting of (severely torn up) hard black studded leather armor and greaves, broken iron plated high boots, and (somewhat burned) fur-quilted iron shoulderpads with horns. Wields a +Steel Battleaxe+.
More or less unharmed.
Two extra arms. Knees facing backwards. Four fingers on each arm.
Seven clawed toes on each foot.
Two noses.
Three horns on head. Head hair transformed into flexible spikes.
Body covered by patches of very hard tissue.
Ribcage fused into a solid shell.
Brittle bones. Body covered with short thick black hairs. General -2 penalty to charisma when communicating with humanoid creatures, and another -1 if the creature's not hairy.
Abilities: Can perform heavy metal. Odd regeneration power.
LASD: Kneeling on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear, and a
white/pink/yellow suit and top hat made of underwear. Also wearing the
armor set:
<<+Iron chain Cuirass+>>, -Iron chain gloves-, Iron chain greaves, and Iron low boots. Wielding a
*Evil Aluminum tower shield*. Holding a piece of dwarven armor with a small key embedded.
Unharmed. Nauseous. Dizzy.
Abilities:
Improved mimics.
Power of Peace.
Power of Persuasion (suit bonus does not apply).Special status:
Peacekeeper.
Activated Selective Translator.
Jay Kayell: Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing purple stretchy shorts. Useless shreds of underwear on right arm. The armor is armed with a collection of axes and swords, a
long tri-blade claw, and its steel clawed fists as well. The armor has 12 unspent bolts.
Unharmed.
Abilities:
Novice Wrestler.
Basic TK Healing.
Blood of the Blood God.
Blood Rage. Special status: Wearing
Composite Reinforced Corpse-steel power armor.
Zako: Sitting on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear.
Unharmed. In deep sleep (-2 to physical actions).
Abilities:
Basic Air Manipulation.
Neo1096: Standing upright on the green rug in the dark alleyway.
Wearing underwear.
Unharmed.
Abilities:
Uncanny jumping.
Night vision.
Heightened senses.
Mii'Ari physique.
Mii'Ari hand claws. Special status:
Covered with fur.
Telepathy-resistant.
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Environment:
Unknown city, dark alleyway: A usual dark and damp alleyway in the slums of some big city, between two large buildings. The city itself is probably rather big as well, you can see many tall buildings in the distance. It is night, but many street lights don't work. Something's strange about this city, but you can't quite make out what it is.
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Background: [2] You don't notice anything exceedingly odd about the surroundings.
I may have missed something in the statuses, please point out such occurences.
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