So this is a game I have been planning for a few weeks now, I have a rather interesting combat system set up for this, Gonna be primarily text based but there will be maps for various things. I have a set of plotlines set up depending on how the MC's personality and choices grow.
I've mentioned what this game will be about elsewhere on the forums. Necromancy will be heavily involved.
This will be a suggestion game for the most part and later on [when you get to sentient constructs] give the players bodies.
Should be fun. Lets see how it turns out.
Drifting through the void, quiet and serene. You rarely think, your slumber undisturbed. You know not how long you have been here. Floating without thought. Quiet and calm, peaceful and thoughtless.
Something tugs on your mind. A light tug but a tug all the same. You haven't felt anything for aeons, you're curious and slightly worried.
The tug gets stronger, the void takes on colors. Red. Purple. Green. Flashing lights and colors. The tug becomes a yank. You cannot get free. Purple lightning emanates from a hole in the void. You know your slumber has ended.
Closer and closer you are pulled. Faster and faster the void spins around you. The lightning intensifies, building in power. You slip over the edge. Falling down the hole.
Your mind is on fire. You have no vessel but your soul.
Suddenly a lurching sensation and all thoughts cease.
~
You can't remember what just happened. You're sure it was important.
You open your eyes. All is black. The air is stuffy and slightly musty. You are laying down on something hard and not particularly comfortable, you feel a weight on your chest. You are extremely hungry and thirsty, you don't think you have eaten or had a drink for a while.
You aren't quite sure what to do right now.
You put the torch in the torch rack before you walk over to the robe and don them, no reason to set them on fire well trying to put them on. The Robe has several pockets and one big one near the front with two openings.
You consider staring into the torchlight but decide it would probably be a bad idea.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Confused and slightly perturbed.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used.
Black, Leather Bound Book; on the other side of the room.
Small Pouch containing a piece of metal and a rock; next to the book.
Torch, in torch rack next to door.
Closed door, it is barred on this side.
You consider setting the torch on fire again. You don't see how this would work, it is mounted in the torch rack next to the door.
You walk over to the door so you can get some better lighting to read the book with. You sit down and open the book to a random page.
..You can't understand Any of this. It's all scribbles to you! You flip through pages randomly. Something catches your eye just as you flip to another page. You go back several pages and find what it was that caught your eye...
You can't find it.. Maybe you should look through it later?
You then decide to search the room for anything else...
You find a note inside the coffin. You can actually understand what it says.
If you are reading this and I am not present, something has gone horribly horribly wrong. If I am alive, I may not be for much longer and if I am dead then I am dead. You are the failsafe. I have no idea what race you are, all I know is that I found your corpse frozen in crystalized Mana all those years ago. If you have been reanimated without me, one or several of the failsafe spells activated to ensure all was not lost. There may have been a delay and there may not have. It could be thousands of years from when I am writing this and it could be minutes, I do not know and likely will never know. The book I left you with details a rather advanced series of spells from a specific school of magic called Necromancy. I decided that school would give you the greatest chance at returning magic to the world. Do not expect to be able to read it instantly, the book was written in truescript and will become clearer and easier to understand the longer you interact with magic.
Your mind has been seeded with the roots of knowledge, take care of that which sprouts from it, you won't have access to anything beyond basic things early on, the more you experience the more you will remember.
Beware the Usurping Gods, their priests will kill you if they find out you are Mageborn. Throw off their shackles and bring the gift that nature gave us back to the world.
Be careful, there may be constructs still active in the catacombs, and even if I am still alive, they will have instructions to terminate intruders, don't die, knowledge must be preserved.
I know not what you are or who you will become. Treat this second life you have been given well. The Knowledge Must Be Preserved. Guard it well. You are the last failsafe. You are the last hope of the Scholars. You Must Survive.
~Zivak Nelvun. The Last Scholar of Magic.
The note unsettles you, you feel like there was much more to it then just words.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Confused and slightly perturbed.
Unsettled.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Black Robe 2/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands: Black Leatherbound Book
Torch, in torch rack next to door.
Closed door, it is barred on this side.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Confused and slightly perturbed.
Unsettled.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used.
Black Leatherbound Book
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands: Torch (Lit)
Empty Torch Rack next to door.
Closed door, it is barred on this side.
Wooden Table in middle of room.
Coffin Lid on ground.
Coffin sitting on Wooden Table.
You then decide it's high time you leave the room. You unbar the door, and push it open, a metal grinding sound can be heard as it slowly gives way. You can see a long, long tunnel, carved into the earth, your torchlight only provides vision for about fifteen feet, you however can make out the shape of the tunnel for a good mile, you're pretty sure it isn't normal for humans to have that level of vision in this kind of darkness... You can't see anything moving in the dark, but you can see several side passages further on. You mentally curse at the writer of the note for forgetting to give you a map.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Confused and slightly perturbed.
Unsettled.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used.
Black Leatherbound Book
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands: Torch (Lit)
Open Door behind you.
Long Dark Tunnel.
You're pretty sure you have fangs, pointy sharp teeth, no molars or incisors, you guess you may be primarily carnivorous although you may or may not be able to eat plants, you don't know. You can't see your eyes so no idea about that. You have pale white skin, looks human besides the fact that you can't seem to find a blemish, or even a freckle. Bit on the short side, somewhere between 5'4 and 5'6 you estimate.
You appear to have what qualifies as retractable claws, not super long, but definitely sharp.
You can't recall any racial names beyond Human, so you have no clue what your race is.
Your investigations over, you put your robe back on and begin creeping forward cautiously, you don't see anything of importance until you get to the first side passage, when you look in it, you see a complete human skeleton standing in the middle of the tunnel, looking directly at you. You hear a slight crackling noise and dust coated ancient brittle bones begin moving once more. It is walking towards you slowly with a heavy limping gait as if it isn't fully in control of its body, you probably could outrun it if you tried, maybe even try fighting it, it isn't armed as far as you can tell, but it is clearly undead and you don't quite recall how to disable them. As it approaches, your book glows faintly purple.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Confused and slightly perturbed.
Unsettled.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used.
Black Leatherbound Book (Glowing.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands: Torch (Lit)
Open Door behind you.
Long Dark Tunnel.
Other Long Dark Tunnel Sidepassage.
Partly Animate Skeletal Construct.
The skeleton slowly lurches closer and you decide that you have had enough of it's crap. You walk up to it and kick it in the leg. You see a burst of purple light and you feel something drain from you, you fall on your back, feeling dizzy. The skeleton glows slightly purple and stands up straighter before marching towards you much faster then earlier.
Panicking, you throw the book at the skeleton, it smacks it in the shoulder and flares purple for a moment before the skeleton falls to the ground. For good measure you pounce on it, remove a femur, and start knawing on it. Bit old and dusty, but it still is pretty nummy.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Confused and slightly perturbed.
Unsettled.
Panicked.
Worried.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands: Old Left Skeletal Femur.
Open Door behind you.
Long Dark Tunnel.
Other Long Dark Tunnel Sidepassage.
Inanimate Skeleton, missing left femur.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Torch (Lit)
((Just so you all know, rolls are hidden in this to preserve flow.))
You pick up the book, it feels a bit odd, almost like it is humming internally, pulsing occasionally. You see that there are several glowing runes inscribed into it. Several pages are faintly glowing and one page is glowing brightly. You can't tell if this is a property of whole pages or just the edges as you haven't opened the book to check. You then consider using the book as livestock, you aren't really sure how that would even work, seeing as how livestock tends to need to be you know, Alive?
You then gnaw on the end of the bone to try to make it pointy by using your teeth. It gets a bit soggy and there are some bitemarks but it didn't really get pointy.
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Rather Confused.
Rather Perturbed.
Slightly Defiant.
Annoyed.
Unsettled.
Slightly Panicked.
Rather Worried.
Somewhat Curious.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
((Just so you know, emotional state has a big effect in this on many things, including but not limited to: Ignoring or downright refusing commands. Ability to cast spells. Combat performance, Controlled Construct behaviors, [REDACTED] discharges, character thoughthints, and several other things. Rala's mental health is an important part of the game.))
((Most of these things down here are qualified as the Rala's own thoughts on stuff, the above one and this one are not, just a gm warning.))
Black Robe 3/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
((There is a way for you guys to get three more inventory slots right now.))
((Dinosaurs go Rawr.))
((I wonder what's in the book?))
Open Door behind you.
Long Dark Tunnel.
Other Long Dark Tunnel Sidepassage.
Inanimate Skeleton, missing left femur.
Torch (Lit)
((Probably will want to get that torch.))
((Guess how many of these will be inane statements?))
You can't remember your past life, the only things you can remember are the last few minutes and random information that occasionally popping up about stuff..
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Somewhat Confused.
Slightly Perturbed.
Somewhat Defiant.
Annoyed.
Somewhat Unsettled.
Slightly Worried.
Rather Curious.
Inquisitive.
Thoughtful.
Somewhat Playful.
Slightly Hyper.
Slightly Lonely.
Slightly Sad.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
((GM note: Emotions can contradict each other but still exist, if there is a strong emotion, it will be the most noticeable, however, just like normal people, there are quite a few emotions going on at once. Have fun trying to keep her balanced, if you don't she may not listen to you and may do things that aren't a good idea or even wanted. You peeps are more along the lines of voices in her head, early on she had just woken up and had no real personality, over the course of the prologue, she will slowly be shaped, currently she is getting rather snarky.))
Black Robe 3/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken.
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
((I could probably tie the pouch to the robe instead of putting it inside the robe.))
((Raaawr!))
((Maybe I should make the skeleton dance?))
Open Door behind you.
Long Dark Tunnel.
Other Long Dark Tunnel Sidepassage.
Inanimate Skeleton, missing left femur.
Torch (Lit)
((Probably will want to get that torch.))
((Woof.))
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
Rather Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Rather Lonely.
Somewhat Sad.
Somewhat Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
((I'm really really really hungry right now.))
((I'm also really really really thirsty right now.))
Black Robe 4/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Torch (Lit)
((It's too bad I can't really eat the femur, too old to be actual food.))
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl. (Faintly Glowing.)
((I wonder what's in that bowl.))
((Wow, that Sarcophagus must be valuable.))
((Why are there so many coffins?))
((What's in the coffins?))
((This room is a bit creepy.))
Lightly bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
Rather Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Rather Lonely.
Somewhat Sad.
Somewhat Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Rather Intrigued.
((I'm really really really hungry right now.))
((I'm also really really really thirsty right now.))
Black Robe 4/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Torch (Lit)
((It's too bad I can't really eat the femur, too old to be actual food. I am really hungry right now.))
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl. (Faintly Glowing.)
((Jewels? Those look pretty.))
((I wonder why they are glowing?))
((That Sarcophagus looks like it belonged to someone pretty important, I wonder what's inside it.))
((Why are there so many coffins? Seriously why?))
((There are probably dead people in the coffins.))
((This room is a bit creepy. Rather unsettling actually.))
((Think Cheshire Cat but wider and creepier.))
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Rather Defiant.
Extremely Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Lonely.
Somewhat Sad.
Extremely Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Slightly Intrigued.
Absolutely Terrified.
((OHGODSOHGODSOHGODSOHGODSOHGODSOHGODS))
Black Robe 4/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Torch (Lit)
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl. (Faintly Glowing.)
((WHAT THE FLYING VILKAK?!))
((WHY DID I EVEN COME IN HERE?!))
((Just so you know, this is by far the weakest dangerous ghost type, this would normally be enough to kill a midtier paladin, some parts of the world are heavily infested with Wraiths and their greater forms, the only reason I gave it as an encounter this early is because you have a couple ways to deal with it, I have a little booklet of like 40 or 50 different dangerous ghost types, all of them unpleasant and all of them stronger then Wraiths.))
((ಠ_ಠ You are Not shipping with the wraith, it's trying to eat you, there will be plenty of time to try shipping with ghosts later when you learn how to control them.))
You scream and stumble backwards, briefly considering an attempt to seduce it, you discard this idea almost immediately as informations about Wraiths bursts into your head, you realize that although Wraiths can manifest corporally, they are normally hungry, this one seems almost starved seeing how it has been dormant for a while and is extremely unlikely to be willing to couple with you.
You throw the torch at the Wraith, the torch just sails straight through it and it begins giggling quietly. You yip as you trip backwards over a coffin and land on your back, knocking your head against the stone floor, slightly dazed and breathing franticly, you hear the giggling grow closer, its clawed footfalls clicking closer and closer at an even, almost patient pace.
The footfalls suddenly stop, almost frozen in fear you can hear its clawed hands slowly scrape along the roof of the coffin, sliding slightly over the edge and gripping into the side. It suddenly thrusts its head over the edge and stares you in the eyes, grinning impossibly widely. "PEEAKABOO!"
You scream and swing your book at its head, the book connects with a bright flash of purple, sending it sprawling across the room. Your book begins again for a minute, before several more pages begin pulsing with light, one of them brightly. The Wraith screams inhumanly and writhes around on the floor. You just sit on the ground shivering from terror.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Rather Defiant.
Extremely Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Lonely.
Somewhat Sad.
Extremely Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Rather Intrigued.
Absolutely Terrified.
((Ohgodsohgodsohgods that was horrible!))
Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
((Sooo... The book hurts undead or something?))
((I wonder why it glows when I hit them with it..))
((I wonder what the bright page in the book says.))
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl of 13 assorted gems.
Flailing Wraith on ground, looks like he/it's in pain.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Torch (Lit)
((Tables seem to have turned.))
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Somewhat Defiant.
Somewhat Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Slightly Lonely.
Slightly Sad.
Slightly Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Rather Intrigued.
Slightly Terrified.
Rather Amused.
Somewhat Mischievous.
Slightly Playful.
((You know, it's a lot less scary when I realize I can control it.))
Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
((This'll be fun~))
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl of 13 assorted gems.
Unmoving Wraith on ground, looks like he/it's in pain.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Torch (Lit)
((Should probably draw the ritual circle before he starts moving again.))
You begin thinking of a oneliner to say before you actually enslave the Wraith.. You're having a hard time thinking of one. You think it'll take about two minutes before the Wraith has a chance at breaking the ward. It most certainly wasn't perfect, and you used a rather bad tool for the inscribing.
((Seriously people, I can't think of a one liner, any ideas?))
((One minute is a turn unless the action is continue until something happens or something similar, just for future reference))
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
Somewhat Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Slightly Lonely.
Slightly Sad.
Slightly Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Rather Intrigued.
Slightly Terrified.
Rather Amused.
Somewhat Mischievous.
Slightly Playful.
Gleeful.
((What now Wraith?))
Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Torch (Lit)
((This'll be fun~))
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl of 13 assorted gems.
Screaming Wraith clawing at a warding circle's wards, looks like he/it is panicking.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Basic Weak Warding Circle surrounding the Wraith.
((Now leeets see... Ritual..))
You begin the ritual, using the book as a reference as you draw the sigla and runes on the ground. You think you did about an Average job with this. Once the Basic Binding Circle is done, you do some touchup on the Warding Circle since the Wraith had been rather successful at damaging it. Your touchup upgrades it it from Unsteady to Weak. You think this should be enough, you reread the words and sigla you're supposed to trace for a minute before starting, best double check.
You begin the ritual. You walk in circles around the screaming Wraith, chanting arcane words and tracing symbols with the torch, both on the ground and in the air. You feel something drain from you and as as the ritual progresses, the torchfire slowly begins burning purple. The sigla you burn into the air float suspended as you draw. The runes on the ground are alight with purple fire. As the words roll out of your mouth, the room grows darker, the only things visible are the fires. Soon these fade as well.. Unfazed and almost entranced in the chanting and slashing, you continue on in darkness.. cold skeletal hands guiding you for several more minutes before suddenly, they release you. You stop and reality explodes back into existence. You look around...
The Wraith is standing, still locked in the ward, it however no longer attempts to break free anymore. You can feel a mental thread connecting it to you. There are runes burned on almost every flat surface of the room and you're feeling rather drained.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
Somewhat Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Slightly Lonely.
Slightly Sad.
Slightly Scared.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Very Tired.
Rather Intrigued.
Slightly Terrified.
Rather Amused.
Somewhat Mischievous.
Slightly Playful.
Slightly Gleeful.
Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Torch (Lit)
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl of 13 assorted gems.
Screaming Wraith clawing at a warding circle's wards, looks like he/it is panicking.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Basic Weak Warding Circle surrounding the Wraith.
Extremely Advanced Runic Form of Binding filling room.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
Now as for the gems, I am the only one still bound to this plain. I ate the rest of them so I could last longer, I mean seriously, I have been sitting in that bowl for several hundred years without any influx of energy. They are just normal jewels now, although they are rather high quality and could be easily infused with magical energy and not break.
Now as to if I am under your control, yes, I am, I am required to follow all reasonable orders but am allowed to decline to follow orders that are highly likely to get me banished. If you want me to go kill everyone in a town? Sure! I could use the lifeforce, I'm running rather low and it isn't likely to get me banished. Want me to go raid a chapel with no support? Not gonna happen, sorry, attacking a enclave of priests as a tier one spectral entity with no support whatsoever is very likely to get me banished, if not a absolute certainty. Now if I was a tier five spectral entity, which by the way would involve me eating a good several hundred people or getting a massive amount of magical energy. But by that point a basic binding would be insufficient, you would need a greater binding to get this level of control or some sort of deal that makes me want to continue working with you. Course by the time you are capable of that level of magical energy influx or killing a bunch of villages just for the sake of getting an extremely strong spectral entity as a minion, you should be more then capable of providing a deal or using a greater binding.
Anyways, questions?
Sorry, I've had to explain something that like twelve times before, I've been around for a while and I'm getting really sick of having to repeat myself... Maybe I should write it down or something? Probably will get around to it eventually.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
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Slightly Scared.
Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
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Intrigued.
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Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Torch (Lit)
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl of 13 assorted gems.
Screaming Wraith clawing at a warding circle's wards, looks like he/it is panicking.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Basic Weak Warding Circle surrounding the Wraith.
Extremely Advanced Runic Form of Binding filling room.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
Slightly Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Slightly Sad.
Slightly Scared.
Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
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Intrigued.
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Black Robe 0/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)(Contains a basic reanimation of bone ritual.)
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Torch (Lit)
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Bowl of 13 assorted gems.
Screaming Wraith clawing at a warding circle's wards, looks like he/it is panicking.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Basic Weak Warding Circle surrounding the Wraith.
Extremely Advanced Runic Form of Binding filling room.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
That too.
GM is this still going on?
((This answer your question? Yes, it's still going on, all my games are still going on, I'm just getting back in the groove of daily updates.))
That too.
GM is this still going on?
Update will come in a few hours, I have everything for most of my games mostly written up but I am rather tired and want to proofread after I sleeps.
I find it funny that people (read: not me or Blazing Glory) always start asking after he's said updates are coming. Granted, it was in another thread, but it's still funny.
((I agree, it ish funny.))
Now lets find us a way out of this pit, we both need food. Also, would you know why I was in a coffin? No, I'm not sure why you would be in a coffin, maybe you were dead and there was a trigger reanimation spell that got set off? Although I can't sense any tethers your soul could use besides your general body, so if if was a reanimation spell, it isn't a normal one. You should probably take the gems also by the way, they are rather essential for several types of spells. Good idea! You walk over to the gems and scoop them out of the bowl, putting them in one of your pockets. So no idea why? I wonder why I was there then... Anything else you want to do in here first?
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Slightly Defiant.
Slightly Unsettled.
Rather Curious.
Slightly Sad.
Slightly Scared.
Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Very Tired.
Intrigued.
Rather Mischievous.
Rather Playful.
Slightly Gleeful.
Black Robe 3/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Torch (Lit)
Sidepassage behind you.
Ornate Archway Above you.
Coffins, lots and lots of coffins.
Golden Sarcophagus.
Screaming Wraith clawing at a warding circle's wards, looks like he/it is panicking.
Old Left Skeletal Femur, slightly soggy on lower end, lightly gnawed on lower end.
Basic Weak Warding Circle surrounding the Wraith.
Extremely Advanced Runic Form of Binding filling room.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
You walk over to the skeleton and rip one of its ribs off.
... Why did you do that?Why not?...Good point. You absentmindedly begin nibbling on the bone. ...Was there a point to coming over here?Probably. Give me a little bit to remember....Why don't you just look inside the skull? Should be a hole you can get access with. Okay~ You turn the skeleton over onto its stomach, and sure enough, there's a little hole, large enough for you to fit your fist through in the back of it. You look inside and see a faintly glowing gem. ...Why is there a jewel in there? Crystals hold magical energy and can store spells, the higher the quality, the more energy and the more complex the stored spells can be. Most permanent reanimation requires at least a low quality crystal with several different spells. Temporary stuff doesn't need that but the spell will lose cohesion rather fast if it doesn't have something to be bound to. Fun. Very. Yush. Indubitably. ... Are you trying to one up me with this? Maaaaybe? I will untie your shoelaces. Don't make me. I don't have shoelaces. ...Darnit.
What now?
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Rather Curious.
Very Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Very Tired.
Intrigued.
Quite Mischievous.
Quite Playful.
Rather Gleeful.
Happy. ((I feel happeeeh~ I think I'll go for a walk now~))
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Slightly nibbled rib.
Torch (Lit)
Archway to coffin room.
Skeleton with a slightly glowing gem embedded inside its skull. Missing its right femur and a rib.
Wraith.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
You reach into the skull and after a bit of fiddling, dislodge the gem, pulling it out, you see it is bluish green and is glowing faintly purplish.
That's a fairly high quality crystal. Looks like it has some residual mana also.. I recommend keeping it so you get an idea of how crystal binding works. It's shiny, why wouldn't I keep it? ..Good point. Shall we head towards the surface? You're rather hungry from what I understand. Yes, lets~ The two of you begin walking. The Wraith sorta is floating and moving his legs instead of walking on the ground.
You feel like you probably could ask questions as you walk.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Rather Curious.
Very Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Very Tired.
Intrigued.
Quite Mischievous.
Quite Playful.
Rather Gleeful.
Happy.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
1 finely cut bluish green gem. Faintly Glowing Purpleish.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Slightly nibbled rib.
Torch (Lit)
Archway to coffin room.
Skeleton with a slightly glowing gem embedded inside its skull. Missing its right femur and a rib.
Wraith.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
You begin reaching into your pockets to try putting the gem on the book, the Wraith interrupts. I would advise against that. The gem still has an intact but underpowered spellweave in it, the book is a manasink, that will rend the spellweave. More valuable to study it. Oh. Okay. The two of you walk a bit longer.
Soooooo who currently owns this place? And why hasn't anyone fed you anything? Seems a bit stupid to let security nom one another. Currently nobody appears to have a binding to this place. The last Magelord's connection to the Core was severed several hundred years ago. As to why I haven't been fed, I'm sure you can figure it out. Who's around to give food? Oh..
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Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Rather Curious.
Very Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Very Tired.
Intrigued.
Quite Mischievous.
Quite Playful.
Rather Gleeful.
Happy.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
1 finely cut bluish green gem. Faintly Glowing Purpleish.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Slightly nibbled rib.
Torch (Lit)
Archway to coffin room.
Skeleton with a slightly glowing gem embedded inside its skull. Missing its right femur and a rib.
Wraith.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
Ask the wraith if it understands how to use the book properly.
"Soooo how does this book work?" ""It's both a manasink and a form of library. You need to provide energy to the book in order for it to be readable. The parts that become readable are the ones most similar to whatever energy or the format of whatever construct you feed into it. The reason you can read reanimation rituals and binding rituals is because those were both the formats of energy that were fed into it. When I get a bit more energy, I could probably unlock a few additional parts of it relating to specters and ghosts As well as some other forms of magic." "Kay~"
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Quite Curious.
Somewhat Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Super Bloody Tired.
Intrigued.
Somewhat Mischievous.
Somewhat Playful.
Somewhat Gleeful.
Happy.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
1 finely cut bluish green gem. Faintly Glowing Purpleish.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Slightly nibbled human rib.
Torch (Lit)
Archway to coffin room.
Skeleton with a slightly glowing gem embedded inside its skull. Missing its right femur and a rib.
Wraith.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
A Rather Cheeky but Informative Wraith.
You and the Wraith proceed down the tunnel. The Wraith occasionally pointing out the direction when you reach a branch in the tunnels.
Eventually dirt tunnels give way to tiled catacombs. Considerably better kept. Probably getting close now.
The Wraith stops suddenly, in your dazed state you walk directly into him. "Wha-" "Shhh." Can you hear that? You focus for a moment and realize you can hear nearly unintelligible echos of speech resounding off the walls.
"-bandoned for centuries" "I wonder what secrets are hidden within." "Quiet. We don't want to awaken additional constructs. Wasted a lot of Favor on that last group."
You realize the voices are growing louder. You can almost hear the clacking of boots against the cobblestone floor.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Quite Curious.
Somewhat Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Super Bloody Tired.
Energetic
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Somewhat Mischievous.
Somewhat Playful.
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Happy.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
1 finely cut bluish green gem. Faintly Glowing Purpleish.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Slightly nibbled human rib.
Torch (Lit)
Long Cobblestone Hallway.
Wraith.
Three beacons of light far down the hallway in front of you. Slowly growing in size. If I put out my torch, I could navigate with those lights. From what I understand. My vision is considerably better then humans, so they shouldn't be able to see my torch.
Three pairs of boots clacking against the ground. Growing louder.
Three distinct voices talking. Growing louder.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
A Rather Cheeky but Informative Wraith.
As the torchlight and footsteps draws closer, you begin to make out several details. The people appear to be human. There are three of them. Two are robed and one is armored. One robed one is carrying a scroll and some manner of writing implement. The other is wearing a rather large backpack. Although the backpack looks fairly empty based on how it is somewhat deflated in appearance. The armored one is wearing leather armor, with metal studs and plates near vital areas. As you come into view, the armored one puts out his hand, stopping the robed ones short. He draws his sword rather quickly and interposes himself between you and the robed ones. "IDENTIFY THINESELF" He shouts. The Scroll one whispers to the Backpack one, you can easily make out the words in the quiet hallway. "is that a human rib it's holding?" "..I believe so." The Backpack one whispers back.
Lightly bruised base of tail.
Somewhat bruised butt.
Lightly bruised forehead.
Lightly bruised lower back.
Quite Curious.
Somewhat Amused.
Extremely Hungry.
Extremely Thirsty.
Extremely Drained.
Super Bloody Tired.
Energetic
Intrigued.
Concerned.
Somewhat Mischievous.
Somewhat Playful.
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Happy.
Black Robe 7/10 Inventory Slots Used. Layer 1, Covering Torso, Arms, and Legs. Has hood, hood is not being used:
13 assorted gems.
1 finely cut bluish green gem. Faintly Glowing Purpleish.
Black Leatherbound Book (Parts of it are pulsing.)
Contains a Basic Bone Reanimation Ritual.
Contains a Lesser Enslave Undead Ritual.
Pouch 3/3 Slots taken. Tied to Robe
Piece of Metal (Stone with Metal = Sparks)
Piece of Stone (Metal with Stone = Sparks)
Unsettling Note.
Held in hands:
Slightly nibbled human rib.
Torch (Lit)
Long Cobblestone Hallway.
The 'invisible' outline of the Wraith. You can sorta just.. Sense it.
Three humans holding torches. One is in an aggressive stance, with sword drawn and wearing leather armor with metal studs. Another in what appears to be a robe. And one with a rather large backpack, also wearing a robe. The one without the backpack is holding a scroll and some sort of writing implement.
People speaking to you. Three of them.
Okayish memory of Basic Binding Circles.
Vague memory of Basic Warding Circles.
A Rather Cheeky but Informative Wraith.