Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[AoshimaMichio]

Also presume it is very different and nowhere as interesting as human sex.

I presume they just hold hands, and look passionately at each others. Like Pokémons.

Could be. Except there ain't much of passion in soulless being.

"Really.  If you're concerned, bring it up and I will explain the measures I'm taking to obviate that eventuality."

"Also, I really need to produce countermeasures against this..."

Laudata picks her words carefully. "My concerns are about consequences, my fate for... doing things I shouldn't."

Countermeasure for accidental mindreading is basically just not using it. Protecting yourself from mindreading almost certainly requires another enchantment or artifact.

I can't help but take a look with the Eye of Forbidden Sight.

No matter how long you stare through it, you don't see anything you can't see without it. A quick peek at your servants leads you consider the possiblity of the Eye being broken because they seem just normal humans. Dazed normal humans.

eight spells, the highest two are 3s. This is the second time I've had a run like this. And I still haven't figured out what triggers a die breakage.

Dominic consults the WorldBall for information on local magical conditions. He also checks some items on the shelves. He then sets the doombox to "assault anyone who isn't Dominic Calhoun which climbs onto CenTreepede." if that's a thing. otherwise he simply dials it down so that it only inflicts pain in the area of CenTreepede.

"Well, CenTreepede. I am almost regretting bringing you along, since I am confident that bringing you out into public will cause an outcry. An outcry I will be unable to quench with the dice as they are now. Well, no matter. I could probably plant a seed right here in the warehouse. I bet that wold do. I wonder though ... do these things need sunlight? or do they feed off of death? hmm. I should probably attempt to find a park or something and plant one there. What do you think?"

CenTreepede responds your question by shaking it leaves. It ain't much of conversationalist.

Zooming into your exact location and then outwards enough to see entirely of the city reveals that biggest concentration of magic is exactly where you are. You and your posse. There are handful of other blips indicating magic, but your presence outshines them by far. Two are in Emperor's palace, other three scattered around city's better areas.
You zoom further outwards and discover that the city is being completely covered by faint ambient magic field.

Closest shelves have large boxes on them. You pry one of them open and carefully feel what's inside. What greets you is smooth and soft fabric. Layers upon layers of velvet. Next box contains more velvet, one after that contains numerous spools of silk. You feel this warehouse might be too large for merely storing fabrics, although it isn't completely impossible. If it belongs to major merchant company focused on importing and trading expensive fabrics then it can all be that. Even if that isn't the case, it's still very unlikely it won't be guarded.

Thinking about that it might be better to silence doombox completely.

Spoiler: AbstractTraitorHero - Cameron Michaelis (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (8): 3 2 1 2 5 6 6 3
Mind:
  Knowledge of best investigator in the world
  Skills of best investigator in the world
  Basic spear training
Body:
  Lung issues
Echantments:
Artifacts of power:
House:
  Home?
Followers:
Other:
  Legend of imperial investigator
  Quest: Mage hunt
  Distractions: 1

Spoiler: Bluexdog - Markus Bane (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic: 1 1 6 4 5 6 2 2 1 3
Body:
  Dark green dragon
Echantments:
  Darkest shadow
Artifacts of power:
Mountain cave:
  Near peak of brand new mountain
  Entrance modeled as huge dragon skull
Followers:
  White dragon
Other:
  Rough opal
  Rough emerald
  Quest: Burn magic
  Mining town of Lord Swellingham
    Business partners
    White dragon protector

Spoiler: Nakéen - Soleus Arendar (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (8): 2 3 1 4 5 1 5 1
Body:
  Mane
Echantments:
  Magical video conference between Arken Frost, Samuel Marr and Soleus Arendar
Artifacts of power:
  Eye of Forbidden Sight
Flying villa:
  Expanded land
  Controlled by magical orbs
  Holographic command room
  Fully shieded with forcefield
    Protects from: physical forces, repel
  Unsteady small elevating platform
  Servants:
    Huge bearded butler: Joshua Higgs
    Young pervert butler: Brian Klein
    Foul mouther maid: Noel Peck
    Silent statue maid: MARIE CONLEY SIR
Followers:
  Magical mail order wife: Anna
    Damn perfect
    Golden wedding ring
    Nature of self
  Steel golem: Tec.
    Broken wings
    Electrically charged
    First Commandment: Protect Anna
    Second Commandment: Keep some distance, you walking tazer.
    Having serious issues
    Damaged arms
    ??
Other:
  Aspiring educator
  Golden wedding ring
  Memories stolen 
  Book: Excavation of Zaaerath
  Quest: Destruction of memory thiefs
  In presence of...

Spoiler: Ozarck - Dominic Calhoun (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (8): 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2
Body:
  Pulsing light on forehead
  200 papercuts
  Shredded clothes
Echantments:
  Protection from Giant Orange Juice Barrel
  Communicate with Giant Orange Juice Barrel
  Reflect Spell
Artifacts of power:
  8 Seeds of defiant life
  Giant wooden centipede mount: CenTreepede
The house:
  Comfortable
  Three stories
  Kitchen:
    Bit burned
    Obsidian weapon field
  Wheat grows through floor planks
    Popping
  Broken miniature pirate boat
  Papercut whirlwind
  Front yard:
    Sucking mudfield, charmed
    Iron bed (torture device)
    Wooden bone throne
    Two green man blocks
  Flying great white shark
    Frenzy
    Hurt
  Flying giant squid
    Bloody wounded
Followers:
Other:
  Scale mail pants (appearance only)
  Quest: Resurrection trees for capitals
  Promise of storm 

Spoiler: CenTreepede (click to show/hide)

Artifacts of power:
  Interactive worldmap ball
    So damn heavy   
  "Doombox"
    Controlled
    Mark of Green Man
  Traveling crapsack
    Multilegged
    Charmed
Other:
  Grotesque statue of dead mage
    Carved poem of "Wild Magic" on pedestal
  One step ladder
  Mapball holder log
  "Wild Magic for Dummies" pamphlet
  Long drinking straw: Blocked

Spoiler: Whisperling - Samuel Marr (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (11): 2 5 4 1 6 6 5 4 6 6
Body:
  Clothes: Burned
  Bandaged: Burned too
  Touch of Phoenix: Flaming red hair and eyes
  Hairy
Echantments:
  Magical video conference between Arken Frost, Samuel Marr and Soleus Arendar
  Fire breath
Artifacts of power:
  Whispering Staff of Earth (1d4+2)
  5 Balanced spell scrolls
  Calin's Shredder
  Heartbane
  Scroll of Teleporting [5]
  Scroll of Summon Weapon [6]
Tent in Tenhe:
  Ward of Ignorance
Ancient tower:
  Something is missing
  Reinforced impenetrable stone dome
    Hidden gate
    Grid of miniature suns
  Simple boulder sentinel
  Five simple golems
  Siege engines
  Silly face carriage
  Ermonous animated granite statue of Samuel Marr.
  Granite statue: This is a ermonous granite statue. All craftsmanship is of the highest quality. It's encrusted with diamond, ruby, quarz and gold. On the item is an image of Calin the Crime Lord. Calin is missing arm. Calin is crying. This artwork relates to thievery of Calin's Shredder and subseguent mutilation of Calin.
  Mystery plant in iron and fire cage
  Ward of Ignorance: Dome undetectable to Calin and those who associate with him
  The Forest: Now Ashlands
  Ashlands: Two huge broken stone arms
  Ashlands: Forest gone
  Ashlands: 9 treasure boxes
  Ashlands: Brand new tree
  Ashlands: Pond of flesh
Followers:
Other:
  Lots of maps
  Three empty paper sheets
  Owner of Calin's severed arm
  Book: Autobiography of The Most Glorious King Cotlal the First
  Pair of sandstone cubes
  Polished steel hauberk
  Quest: Terraforming path

Spoiler: TheBiggerFish - Arken Frost (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (7): 2 2 6 2 4 2 3
Body:
  White dragonish scales
Echantments:
  Magical video conference between Arken Frost, Samuel Marr and Soleus Arendar
  Ageless
  Immortal
  Shapeshifter
  Telepathy
Artifacts of power:
  Staff of Generic Crafting [2d3]
  Slippery scrying orb
    In a loose fitting copper bowl
  Personal teleportation bracelet
  Grand Kinetic ring (3)
The Fortress:
  Flying
  Reconstructed many times
  Skeletons in closet
  Precision mining beam
  Folds space at whim
  Telepathy
  Architecture is:
    Impressive
    Luxurious
  Intelligent
    Self-replenishing
    Self-modifying
    Overtly helpful
  Throne room
    Ornate skylight
  Mage's workshop
    Self-replenishing
    Containment circle
    Dispel array
  Forge
  Inhabitants: 20
    New species
    Not so polite
    Personal teleportation bracelets
  Monster army
    Tied to fortress's power
    Chrome shelled
Followers:
  Laudata
Other:
  Quest for godhood: In progress
  Quest: World war
  Small Favours
  Glimpse of magic
  Big pile of loaded dice

Spoiler: Laudata (click to show/hide)

Other:
    Damn hot
    Firstborn of new species
    Minor arachnophobia
Artifacts of power:
  Personal teleportation bracelet
  Kinetic ring
Echantments:
  Shapeshifter
  Strategic genius
  Telepathy
Followers:
  5 giant demon wolf golems
  Army

[AbstractTraitorHero]

Try and sense for my mother with magic.

[TheBiggerFish]

<Um.  Are you worried I'm going to get angry with you and do something...Rash, or something?  I'd...I'd be willing to do something to assure you if I had any clue what...>

[Bluexdog]

as a token of good will to my business partner lets bless the mine with gold and ruby's

[Ozarck]

"Ah yes. I suppose discretion and all that ..."
Silence the doombox. I then ... gosh, I'm in a tight spot here - in the middle of potentially hostile territory, where magic is probably going to be sensed by the powerful, with guaranteed failures for several turns. I cast Reclose Crates, and then I cast Disguise CenTreepede as a Large Crate, and park it in an out of the way location - preferably near some other rather large crates.

"We're all going to die, buddy. But if they catch yo, be sure to go out in a blaze of glory, rampaging through the warehouse and out into the streets. Do try to minimize civilian casualties, but make it memorable, okay? if I burn up these failures and have breath left in my lungs, or gills, or spiricles, I'll be back for you. And we'll animate that dead mage, and our orange juice barrel frienemy, and we'll march properly into the next capital, rather than hiding in the fabric section. And maybe we'll do something about our new guard fish too. and a little ... oh I wonder if this place has home renovation supplies? I bet it does. We'll do some proper shopping. just ... if you hear a very large explosion, or if reality warps and you gain the ability to sing, or the urge t owear tophats, or thousands of screaming souls in place of leaves, well, something has gone wrong. You'll know what to do."

[Whisperling]

Summon a pile of dust.

Then... hm. Give my house the ability to teleport wherever I want it to. Flight is all and very well, but there are already two flying fortresses out there. Got to make some effort at being unique.

[Nakéen]

It was such an orderly place. Pure symmetry, perfect shape, unshakable stability. To Soleus, this place appeared like the perfect antithesis of Wild Magic.

To Soleus, it felt as if something called out for him to break this Order, to shift the scales and throw off the balance.

He said to his servants: "Don't approach, no matter what happen."

Place my right hand palm on the smooth face of the Cube. Feel the temperature of the crystal, my heartbeat echoing, my breath coming and going.

[AoshimaMichio]

Try and sense for my mother with magic.

3. Magic tells you that she's not within radius of one hundred meters. Very concerning relevation.

<Um.  Are you worried I'm going to get angry with you and do something...Rash, or something?  I'd...I'd be willing to do something to assure you if I had any clue what...>

<It is not my lord's reaction I am worried about. I have firm belief that my lord is level headed. Please do not pursue this matter any further. I'm unable to reveal anything more.> Laudata sends. No trace of falsehood there.

as a token of good will to my business partner lets bless the mine with gold and ruby's

1. Something changes inside you and breathing becomes suddenly much harder. Your abdominal muscles contract and you can't help but vomit. Out comes spray of liquid gold littered with bloody red crystals. Blood rubies. Entire entrance to your cave is covered with the mess. It's good thing you are not flying because you feel lighter than before. And sick. Another contraction is coming.

"Ah yes. I suppose discretion and all that ..."
Silence the doombox. I then ... gosh, I'm in a tight spot here - in the middle of potentially hostile territory, where magic is probably going to be sensed by the powerful, with guaranteed failures for several turns. I cast Reclose Crates, and then I cast Disguise CenTreepede as a Large Crate, and park it in an out of the way location - preferably near some other rather large crates.

"We're all going to die, buddy. But if they catch yo, be sure to go out in a blaze of glory, rampaging through the warehouse and out into the streets. Do try to minimize civilian casualties, but make it memorable, okay? if I burn up these failures and have breath left in my lungs, or gills, or spiricles, I'll be back for you. And we'll animate that dead mage, and our orange juice barrel frienemy, and we'll march properly into the next capital, rather than hiding in the fabric section. And maybe we'll do something about our new guard fish too. and a little ... oh I wonder if this place has home renovation supplies? I bet it does. We'll do some proper shopping. just ... if you hear a very large explosion, or if reality warps and you gain the ability to sing, or the urge t owear tophats, or thousands of screaming souls in place of leaves, well, something has gone wrong. You'll know what to do."

Doom box silenced.

2. Your eyes, mouth and nosetrills are forcibly closed long enough for primal fear to settle in. You spend precious minutes recovering after you can breathe and see again.

3. An illusion of large, long and partially broken crate is placed over your minion. It doesn't look like it belongs into this warehouse at all. But it is still less alarming than giant centipede statue.

Then you spend time looking for good place to park it, but fail to find one fast enough. Your minion's turn radius is too large to easily navigate this maze without knocking down anything. Front doors open and flood the warehouse with light. You are lucky enough to be in furtherst part to avoid instant detection. You can't see the people who came in, but it sounds like pair of heavily armed people. Guards on scheduled patrol? Or something worse?


((I'm sorry. RNG desires your death...))

Summon a pile of dust.

Then... hm. Give my house the ability to teleport wherever I want it to. Flight is all and very well, but there are already two flying fortresses out there. Got to make some effort at being unique.

2. Angry red light sparks fly out of you at steady rate. Doesn't look like it's going to stop anytime soon.

5. The tower, the walls, and everything within teleports as single set to any location you desire as long as you have half decent idea of where you want to go. The spell tries to find closest unoccupied spot for your house. Failing at that, it looks for spot where least amount of matter needs to be displaced. Anything it displaces will end up in previous location of the house. Least amount of collateral damage, if you will.

You may want to do something about Calin's arm. It is starting to rot.

It was such an orderly place. Pure symmetry, perfect shape, unshakable stability. To Soleus, this place appeared like the perfect antithesis of Wild Magic.

To Soleus, it felt as if something called out for him to break this Order, to shift the scales and throw off the balance.

He said to his servants: "Don't approach, no matter what happen."

Place my right hand palm on the smooth face of the Cube. Feel the temperature of the crystal, my heartbeat echoing, my breath coming and going.

They probably wouldn't approach anyway. They too out of it.

You touch the crystal softly. It's like touching perfect barrier: perfectly smooth, unreactive, and without temperature. Then it vibrates and you hear a voice echoing in your head. Or not so much a voice than concepts and ideas that are not your own. Your mind tries hard to assign closest understood idea on those.

DESIGNATED COLLECTOR SOLEUS ARENDAR IDENTIFIED. CHAOS RECKONER ARRAY DETECTED. COLLECTION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: UNKNOWN. NETWORK STATUS: UNAVAILABLE. LEVEL ZERO EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
...
NODE ONE ZERO IS SELF AUTHORIZED TO GRANT NEW DESIGNATION TO COLLECTOR SOLEUS ARENDAR. NEW DESIGNATION: MENDER. ACCEPT?

Spoiler: AbstractTraitorHero - Cameron Michaelis (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (8): 2 1 2 5 6 6 3 3
Mind:
  Knowledge of best investigator in the world
  Skills of best investigator in the world
  Basic spear training
Body:
  Lung issues
Echantments:
Artifacts of power:
House:
  Home?
Followers:
Other:
  Legend of imperial investigator
  Quest: Mage hunt
  Distractions: 1

Spoiler: Bluexdog - Markus Bane (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic: 1 6 4 5 6 2 2 1 3 3
Body:
  Dark green dragon
  Liquid gold mine
Echantments:
  Darkest shadow
Artifacts of power:
Mountain cave:
  Near peak of brand new mountain
  Entrance modeled as huge dragon skull
Followers:
  White dragon
Other:
  Rough opal
  Rough emerald
  Quest: Burn magic
  Mining town of Lord Swellingham
    Business partners
    White dragon protector

Spoiler: Nakéen - Soleus Arendar (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (8): 2 3 1 4 5 1 5 1
Body:
  Mane
Echantments:
  Magical video conference between Arken Frost, Samuel Marr and Soleus Arendar
Artifacts of power:
  Eye of Forbidden Sight
Flying villa:
  Expanded land
  Controlled by magical orbs
  Holographic command room
  Fully shieded with forcefield
    Protects from: physical forces, repel
  Unsteady small elevating platform
  Servants:
    Huge bearded butler: Joshua Higgs
    Young pervert butler: Brian Klein
    Foul mouther maid: Noel Peck
    Silent statue maid: MARIE CONLEY SIR
Followers:
  Magical mail order wife: Anna
    Damn perfect
    Golden wedding ring
    Nature of self
  Steel golem: Tec.
    Broken wings
    Electrically charged
    First Commandment: Protect Anna
    Second Commandment: Keep some distance, you walking tazer.
    Having serious issues
    Damaged arms
    ??
Other:
  Aspiring educator
  Golden wedding ring
  Memories stolen 
  Book: Excavation of Zaaerath
  Quest: Destruction of memory thiefs
  In presence of Order
  New job?

Spoiler: Ozarck - Dominic Calhoun (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (8): 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1
Body:
  Pulsing light on forehead
  200 papercuts
  Shredded clothes
Echantments:
  Protection from Giant Orange Juice Barrel
  Communicate with Giant Orange Juice Barrel
  Reflect Spell
Artifacts of power:
  8 Seeds of defiant life
  Giant wooden centipede mount: CenTreepede
The house:
  Comfortable
  Three stories
  Kitchen:
    Bit burned
    Obsidian weapon field
  Wheat grows through floor planks
    Popping
  Broken miniature pirate boat
  Papercut whirlwind
  Front yard:
    Sucking mudfield, charmed
    Iron bed (torture device)
    Wooden bone throne
    Two green man blocks
  Flying great white shark
    Frenzy
    Hurt
  Flying giant squid
    Bloody wounded
Followers:
Other:
  Scale mail pants (appearance only)
  Quest: Resurrection trees for capitals
  Promise of storm 

Spoiler: CenTreepede (click to show/hide)

Artifacts of power:
  Interactive worldmap ball
    So damn heavy   
  "Doombox"
    Controlled
    Mark of Green Man
  Traveling crapsack
    Multilegged
    Charmed
Other:
  Grotesque statue of dead mage
    Carved poem of "Wild Magic" on pedestal
  One step ladder
  Mapball holder log
  "Wild Magic for Dummies" pamphlet
  Long drinking straw: Blocked

Spoiler: Whisperling - Samuel Marr (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (11): 4 1 6 6 5 4 6 6 5 6 4
Body:
  Clothes: Burned
  Bandaged: Burned too
  Touch of Phoenix: Flaming red hair and eyes
  Hairy
Echantments:
  Magical video conference between Arken Frost, Samuel Marr and Soleus Arendar
  Fire breath
  Sparkly
Artifacts of power:
  Whispering Staff of Earth (1d4+2)
  5 Balanced spell scrolls
  Calin's Shredder
  Heartbane
  Scroll of Teleporting [5]
  Scroll of Summon Weapon [6]
Tent in Tenhe:
  Ward of Ignorance
Ancient tower:
  Teleporting
  Something is missing
  Reinforced impenetrable stone dome
    Hidden gate
    Grid of miniature suns
  Simple boulder sentinel
  Five simple golems
  Siege engines
  Silly face carriage
  Ermonous animated granite statue of Samuel Marr.
  Granite statue: This is a ermonous granite statue. All craftsmanship is of the highest quality. It's encrusted with diamond, ruby, quarz and gold. On the item is an image of Calin the Crime Lord. Calin is missing arm. Calin is crying. This artwork relates to thievery of Calin's Shredder and subseguent mutilation of Calin.
  Mystery plant in iron and fire cage
  Ward of Ignorance: Dome undetectable to Calin and those who associate with him
  The Forest: Now Ashlands
  Ashlands: Two huge broken stone arms
  Ashlands: Forest gone
  Ashlands: 9 treasure boxes
  Ashlands: Brand new tree
  Ashlands: Pond of flesh
Followers:
Other:
  Lots of maps
  Three empty paper sheets
  Owner of Calin's severed arm
  Book: Autobiography of The Most Glorious King Cotlal the First
  Pair of sandstone cubes
  Polished steel hauberk
  Quest: Terraforming path

Spoiler: TheBiggerFish - Arken Frost (click to show/hide)

Future Wild Magic (7): 2 2 6 2 4 2 3
Body:
  White dragonish scales
Echantments:
  Magical video conference between Arken Frost, Samuel Marr and Soleus Arendar
  Ageless
  Immortal
  Shapeshifter
  Telepathy
Artifacts of power:
  Staff of Generic Crafting [2d3]
  Slippery scrying orb
    In a loose fitting copper bowl
  Personal teleportation bracelet
  Grand Kinetic ring (3)
The Fortress:
  Flying
  Reconstructed many times
  Skeletons in closet
  Precision mining beam
  Folds space at whim
  Telepathy
  Architecture is:
    Impressive
    Luxurious
  Intelligent
    Self-replenishing
    Self-modifying
    Overtly helpful
  Throne room
    Ornate skylight
  Mage's workshop
    Self-replenishing
    Containment circle
    Dispel array
  Forge
  Inhabitants: 20
    New species
    Not so polite
    Personal teleportation bracelets
  Monster army
    Tied to fortress's power
    Chrome shelled
Followers:
  Laudata
Other:
  Quest for godhood: In progress
  Quest: World war
  Small Favours
  Glimpse of magic
  Big pile of loaded dice

Spoiler: Laudata (click to show/hide)

Other:
    Damn hot
    Firstborn of new species
    Minor arachnophobia
Artifacts of power:
  Personal teleportation bracelet
  Kinetic ring
Echantments:
  Shapeshifter
  Strategic genius
  Telepathy
Followers:
  5 giant demon wolf golems
  Army

[Nakéen]

((I'm sorry. RNG desires your death...))

((The RNG may take everything from us. CenTreepede will never die in our heart))

DESIGNATED COLLECTOR SOLEUS ARENDAR IDENTIFIED. CHAOS RECKONER ARRAY DETECTED. COLLECTION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: UNKNOWN. NETWORK STATUS: UNAVAILABLE. LEVEL ZERO EMERGENCY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
...
NODE ONE ZERO IS SELF AUTHORIZED TO GRANT NEW DESIGNATION TO COLLECTOR SOLEUS ARENDAR. NEW DESIGNATION: MENDER. ACCEPT?

((Aaand thanks to quoting, I saw what I couldn't see.))
Soleus hears and feels words flowing in his head. His thoughts are so orderly right now.
"MENDER Designation Accepted. Requesting Access to MENDER Documentation and Annex."

DESIGNATION ACCEPTED.

[Bluexdog]

Fix this now!, also try again

[AoshimaMichio]

Fix this now!, also try again

Have you checked your roll queue lately?

[Nakéen]

Fix this now!, also try again

Have you checked your roll queue lately?

Knowing Bluexdog, it's highly unlikely

[Bluexdog]

Fix this now!, also try again

Have you checked your roll queue lately?

(Am I just gonna keep barfing? if not disregard the action. and replace it with this one)

lets start that quest now. Summon more dragons

[TheBiggerFish]

<?!>

This is unnerving.

<I know you said you can't reveal anything more, but can you reveal why you can't reveal anything more or...?>

[Nakéen]

<I know you said you can't reveal anything more, but can you reveal why you can't reveal anything more or...?>

She is pregnant