Turn 249
Wander NNW looking for a person or interesting thing
James wandered from mountain to mountain, looking for something of interest. It almost felt that something of interest found him, as James literally tripped over his newest finding. It turned out that what looked like an entirely kickable rock was in fact an edge of a brass chest. It took a bit to get it out of the earth, but James managed it. Instead of a lock there was an emblem on the chest, it featured a skull of a goat surrounded by a pentagram. With brass, it clearly marked the chest as demonic, but there were still many things it could contain.
Interrogate the swordsman's soul. Find out who it was in life and see what it can reveal about this world and its civilizations in times gone by.
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Redrum sets his screaming lantern amidst the weeds as he reaches into the freshly-unearthed grave, returning with the late resident's skull and an assortment of miscellaneous bones. These he arranges in an intricate pattern around the spirit lantern, forming a spell circle beneath its unearthly glow. The flame seems to grow in anticipation.
Begin a ritual, melding together bones from the *second grave to create a gauntlet imbued to grant its wearer the power to permanently bind the undead to their will (passive AoE ability).
((I'm dedicating all the ritual power to this single purpose. Hoping to produce an artifact capable of granting power especially over intelligent undead (vampires, gravekeepers, etc) should I encounter or summon them. Also to eliminate the risk of zombie slaves escaping from badly-cast bonds. AoE desired for swarm control.))
sacrifices:
1) the ex-gravekeeper's soul
2) the black ooze charged with necromantic energy
3) the skull from *the grave unearthed by the hydra
ritual focus:
the spirit lantern, which contains two of the sacrifices
Begin with an immediate 5[+1/+1] boost.
LUCK [5]
CMP [4+1+5=10]
POT [6+1+5=12]
{Ritual POT:12 Of it chaotic:2 Sacrifices left:3}
The warrior in the lantern was mostly just screaming insults. Redrum tried poking some pain into the livid soul, but it merely increased the volume. This was about as much as Redrum was willing to take, the undead were not here to give him the lip, they were here to serve and he was not going to lower himself to telling this to each of them separately. A ritual was formed and began drawing in power to end this disobedience forever.
Enter the cave. Watch out for any noise making traps.
Cuberac carefully sneaked inside the cave, careful to not make any noise. Inside, he soon found the source of the source of the snoring. A huge creature with thick fur was sleeping, it looked like some sort of mix between a centaur and a mammoth. Next to it rested an appropriately massive glaive and several bundles of what seemed to be meat. Then there was a scratching sound, and a pile of snow behind Cuberac unfolded into a white wolf and yawned.
Strike the other skeleton. Avoid any fireballs that happen to come near.
((Also, I noticed that the original stiletto was not removed from my sheet.))
DEX [autofail]
LUCK [autofail]
This time the stiletto struck as the skeleton was charging up a spell. It smacked into the hand holding the growing fireball, causing it to explode and set the skeleton on fire. It struggled briefly before collapsing in a pile of unconnected bones.
Throw the other skeleton into a ruby Spike once gamblers action is completed. If the skeleton is dead at this point, sever a ruby Spike from the ruby towers by cutting through it with Vortex Bane. Time for the near indestructible sword to test what it's made of
Skeliborn, seeing that the second skeleton was also taken care of, attempted to sever one of the obviously magical ruby spikes with Vortex Bane. There were sparks and flames where the sword struck, but the crystal held. It was surprisingly tough, probably held together by the very same magic that torched the skeleton. The entire tower was probably magically fortified.
give the silver bird armor thing the ability to fly, and make it respond to the treasure birds movements, so that it can fly again
The armor already looked bird shaped, making it bird enough to fly couldn't be that hard, right? Apparently it was, as although the treasure bird once more became flight capable, it had to flap it's wings far more to rise into the air and tired easily. But it could fly again, and that was what mattered.
"Excellent... excellent! Soon all shall know the diabolicalness of DOKTOR DIABOLICAL! Ahem. Ham must be reserved for the enemy."
3 essences. Robots continue doing what they're doing. Laser robot stands guard.
CMP [4+1=5]
POT [2+2=4]
CMP [6]
POT [4+2-1=5]
CMP [6+1-2=5]
POT [2]
With the prototype done, the Doktor had reached the most dreaded part of action - waiting. There was practically nothing useful for him to do. Doktor conjured some power to keep him distracted for a while.
Poll
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