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Post by Aura Guardian on Apr 20, 2014 19:21:17 GMT -6
After dispatching the minions of the necromancer who ordered his guys to not attack any other undead...
Before arriving in Ironhelm, the Skycrawler is attacked by an unmarked black airship. You arrive on the skydeck just as the attackers arrive over the railings. There are four attackers bearing down on you; the rest attack/are attacked by the rest of the troops on board.
Initiatives and actions!
(You're all in charge distance and assumed to have weapons out.)
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Post by vonfiedler on Apr 22, 2014 13:22:34 GMT -6
Linebeck init 20
If an enemy or enemies are reasonably close to the railing and I can avoid hitting allies, I Grease (DC 14) them in the hopes that they will fall overboard. If not, I Snowball someone I have the least penalties to hit (11 to hit, 12 cold damage, DC 14).
Jacob init 11 (I have Mage Armor up I have to assume, as we don't get much prep time for these battles).
Jacob charges the most convenient enemy (11 to hit, 8 slashing damage).
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Post by ginganinja on Apr 23, 2014 20:17:46 GMT -6
Attacking
[14:15] <+ginganinja> 1d20+6
[14:15] <%Alea> ginganinja, 1d20+6: 25 [1d20=19]
[14:16] <+ginganinja> 1d8+5
[14:16] <%Alea> ginganinja, 1d8+5: 9 [1d8=4]
This is my second turn cos im impatient and don't want everyone waiting for me after Maxim gets his act together.
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Post by Aura Guardian on Apr 26, 2014 19:46:43 GMT -6
26 - Oros
21 - Raider 1
20 - Loric
20 - Linebeck
15 - Adrasteia
13 - Raider 2
12 - Raider 3
11 - Jacob
6 - Raider 4
? - Maxim???
Oros severely injures Raider 3. Raider 1 gets angry and attacks Oros, barely hitting for 15 damage. Loric barely misses, then raiders 1 and 2 slip and fall off the ship. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" they scream, falling. Raider 3 gets angry attacks Loric for 10 Damage. Jacob misses, and then is almost hit an angry Raider 4. "Almost" is because the raider trips and falls off as well.
Oros, Loric, and Linebeck, please. Adrasteia severely wounds raider 3, who looks like a stiff breeze could best him. One left, just kill him.
(You dimly hear one of them using Feather Fall)
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Post by vonfiedler on Apr 26, 2014 19:50:38 GMT -6
I fire my snowball at the last raider (11 to hit, 12 cold damage, DC 14).
Jacob full attacks, 5 footing if need be. (16 to hit, 8 damage) (16 to hit, 5 damage).
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Post by Aura Guardian on Apr 26, 2014 20:17:38 GMT -6
He dies from the snowball.
You reach Ironhelm, where Duke Splendentium greets you. "Good evening!" He's an aging dragonblood male (late middle age or so) wearing ceremonial robes, a holy symbol of Iomedae, and a few pouches about his belt. "I was quite anxious when I heard some Skylander pirates attacked, Loric... I hope all of you are all right."
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Post by ginganinja on Apr 26, 2014 20:51:50 GMT -6
"I'm fine", Adrasteia remarks, "It was just a little trouble on the road, Loric and Oros are a little injured, but I don't think its anything serious"
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Post by agape on Apr 27, 2014 2:37:00 GMT -6
"Hi, father! Nothing special about the trip itself, only a few pirates. Nothing compared to the weird stuff I described in my letters that happened during our land missions. It was a surprising and sad fight, actually. Most of them fell off the ship... I have realized that, to protect my friends, I should keep studying magic, like Feather Fall..."
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Post by Aura Guardian on Apr 27, 2014 18:45:35 GMT -6
You arrive at the barracks and see General Marua (despite the name sounding feminine, it is actually a male). As you report in, he briefly flashes his real face, revealing himself to be Peace Through Vigilance. "At ease. Nice to see you again. You'd not believe how much it took to get the emperor to reassign you here from my little brother's command."
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Post by agape on Apr 28, 2014 14:15:45 GMT -6
Loric and Adrasteia visit the library for much revelation. Every detail of this encounter is shared with the Empire.
02:01 <@Rusko> "Hi, welcome to the library! Please keep your voices down, and---"
02:01 <@Rusko> "Lorry?"
02:01 <@Rusko> She says
02:01 * Loric flashes a smile
02:01 < Loric> "Rusko!"
02:02 * Loric runs over and hugs his sister
02:02 * Rusko hugs back
02:02 <@Rusko> "Who's she, big brother?"
02:02 * Loric grins
02:02 < Loric> "She's one of my fellow soldiers from the army"
02:03 < Loric> "We started in the same group and have done three missions together"
02:03 * Adrasteia takes a step foward, gives a light smile "So this must be the famous sister Loric told me about"
02:03 < Loric> "Adrasteia, this is Rusko, my little sister"
02:03 < Adrasteia> (you told me of her)
02:03 <@Rusko> "Nice to meet you!"
02:03 <@Rusko> her wings start flapping slightl
02:03 < Adrasteia> "Its nice to meet you as well"
02:03 <@Rusko> *slightly
02:04 < Adrasteia> (well, noone told me she had WINGS)
02:04 < Loric> "How's your research going, Rusko?"
02:04 <@Rusko> (she's sibling of a dragonblood, and they have wings...)
02:05 <@Rusko> "Which one?"
02:05 * Loric frowns
02:05 < Loric> "Gah, you've started new ones!"
02:05 * Loric shakes his head
02:05 <@Rusko> "Of course, silly"
02:06 < Loric> "Remember to get some fresh air every day, else you'll turn into a book!"
02:06 <@Rusko> "Nah, I'll just use my new Dispel Magic spell to stop that Transmutation."
02:07 * Loric rolls eyes
02:07 <@Rusko> "So, you hear to do research?"
02:08 < Loric> "We'll have to talk more of my time on the army home in the evening..."
02:08 < Loric> "But yes, this time I actually came to the library with other interests than only seeing you."
02:08 <@Rusko> "Finally."
02:09 <@Rusko> "What do you want to want to look for?"
02:09 < Loric> "Adrasteia would like to do research here, she can explain it better."
02:09 < Loric> "...and I can help you help her research..."
02:10 * Adrasteia steps foward, and holds out the symbol
02:10 <@Rusko> "Looks religious, we can start there"
02:11 <@Rusko> she leads down some stairs
02:11 < Adrasteia> "Loric and I discovered this symbol, beloging to a group calling themselves the Five Mages"
02:11 <@Rusko> when you arrive on the landing, you see the entrance below you
02:11 <@Rusko> *on the floor below you
02:11 <@Rusko> "Don't know about any group called that, but I'll see what I can find"
02:11 <@Rusko> you also catch a brief glimpse of yourselves talking to her
02:12 < Loric> "...we'll really have to apologize to Oros later for not bringing him here with us..."02:12 <@Rusko> she brings a pile of books
02:12 <@Rusko> religion check at +5 from library
02:12 <@Rusko> and +2 aid another from her
02:13 < Adrasteia> 1d20+6
02:13 < Alea> Adrasteia, 1d20+6: 19 [1d20=13]
02:13 < Loric> aiding Ada for +2 to that
02:13 < Loric> actually no
02:13 < Loric> rolling myself
02:14 < Loric> 1d20+12 Religion research
02:14 < Alea> Loric, Religion research: 22 [1d20=10]
02:14 <@Rusko> A strange group of mages called The Five have been working for some unknown cult, torturing family lines across the Empire. Motives unknown. Arcane scholars have paid more attention to them.
02:14 <@Rusko> Loric finds it
02:14 <@Rusko> ah, one more thing
02:14 < Loric> "One aspect of my studies I've not neglected in the army, Rusko"
02:14 <@Rusko> Historians have also taken note of them.
02:15 <@Rusko> (so you can try History or Arcana for more)
02:15 <@Rusko> or you can look into the symbol itself
02:15 <@Rusko> which is another religion
02:15 < Loric> "As you might recall from my letters, after my initiation as a Paladin of Iomedae (praise her!), I've kept reading the biographies of famous paladins you sent me"
02:16 < Adrasteia> 1d20+6 Religion the Second
02:16 < Alea> Adrasteia, Religion the Second: 10 [1d20=4]
02:16 < Adrasteia> lol
02:16 < Loric> are these mutually exclusive or can all be attempted?
02:16 < Adrasteia> does the library give +5 and +2 for History / Arcana?
02:16 <@Rusko> +5 everything
02:17 < Adrasteia> 1d20+4 Arcana
02:17 < Alea> Adrasteia, Arcana: 23 [1d20=19]
02:17 < Loric> 1d20+12 religion on the Symbol
02:17 < Alea> Loric, religion on the Symbol: 18 [1d20=6]
02:17 * Rusko brings more books
02:17 < Adrasteia> 1d20+4 History
02:17 < Alea> Adrasteia, History: 7 [1d20=3]
02:17 < Adrasteia> +2 if Rusko aided Arcana
02:17 <@Rusko> second religion brings almost nothing, really
02:18 <@Rusko> yeah, nothing
02:18 <@Rusko> history, nothing as well
02:18 <@Rusko> arcana, though...
02:18 < Loric> "This research is important. Grenth the dragon identified curses on Adrasteia that she claims to be put on her by this group."
02:18 < Loric> 1d20+12 History
02:18 < Alea> Loric, History: 27 [1d20=15]
02:18 <@Rusko> DC 15 Arcana
02:18 <@Rusko> For centuries, a group of mages has been appearing in seemingly random places. They leave death behind them, but always survivors.
02:18 <@Rusko> DC 20 Arcana
02:18 <@Rusko> They always return to their survivors many years later. The ones they kill are always tainted with a strange power.
02:18 <@Rusko> DC 25 Arcana
02:18 <@Rusko> Their powers are varied, but ultimately incredibly vast - reports claim that they can cast far more spells than they should be able to. One of them uses a sword in battle primarily instead of spells.
02:18 <@Rusko> ooh, loric history...
02:19 * Loric casually points out interesting sections to Rusko and Ada
02:19 <@Rusko> Loric finds an obscure reference to them
02:19 <@Rusko> dating back to around the foundation of the empire
02:19 <@Rusko> the Unification Wars were originally called the Sealing War
02:19 <@Rusko> and a group of five mages
02:20 <@Rusko> matching descriptions provided by Adrasteia and the other sources
02:20 <@Rusko> fought against all factions known today
02:20 <@Rusko> DC 15 History
02:20 <@Rusko> Around when the empire was founded, a great war nearly destroyed the lands.
02:20 <@Rusko> DC 20 History
02:20 <@Rusko> At that time, there was a great war called “The Sealing War” but this seems to have been forgotten. A group of five mages opposed everyone in this war, for unknown reasons, and are rumored to still be alive.
02:20 <@Rusko> DC 25 History
02:20 <@Rusko> Three great citadels were created around the war. They were Frozeover Fortress, Frost Square, and The Fire Temple of Everfrost Valley.
02:21 < Loric> "Still alive, eh?"
02:21 <@Rusko> "You want me to get an older librarian here?"
02:21 < Loric> "Jumping into conclusions, but it'd make sense if their existence relied on torturing and draining new people every now and then..."
02:22 <@Rusko> "They might find some other stuff you want"
02:22 <@Rusko> "Of course, they charge a fee, but..."
02:22 < Adrasteia> Adrasteia inclines her head slightly, "its possible I guess"
02:22 <@Rusko> "Well, they're often worth it"
02:22 * Loric glances towards Adrasteia
02:22 < Adrasteia> (How much)
02:22 < Loric> "Hehe, so your information locating spell isn't finished yet, I take it?"
02:23 <@Rusko> "Well, normally they'd charge a hundred gold"
02:23 <@Rusko> "But if Loric pays, it's only about ten gold for a topic"
02:23 <@Rusko> "Since Loric and I are royals, you know"
02:23 * Loric rolls eyes again
02:24 < Adrasteia> "I'll pay you back", Adrasteia whispers to Loric
02:24 < Loric> "Yeah priviliged few and all that"
02:24 <@Rusko> "Oh, don't be that way, Lorry. We get great discounts because Uncle Bonum gives a lot of money to the library every year."
02:24 < Loric> "The mages seem very evil, perhaps beyond redemption if they have been going on about this for centuries."
02:24 <@Rusko> "Millenia, if it was Unification War times..."
02:25 < Loric> "Ugh......."
02:25 < Loric> "Research as many topics as you want, Ada"
02:25 <@Rusko> (Are you paying for assistance?)
02:25 < Loric> "I'll pay it all, I've been saving up money from our salaries"
02:25 < Loric> yes
02:25 < Loric> all of it
02:25 < Loric> "Hmm..."
02:26 <@Rusko> Ok, so for this one next level, you are at reduced wealth
02:26 <@Rusko> barely
02:26 <@Rusko> Rusko walks up some stairs and appears downstairs at the opposite end of the room
02:26 < Loric> ((I have 1500gp saved up))
02:26 <@Rusko> she talks to the librarian, and he glances up at you
02:26 * Loric waves towards the librarian
02:26 <@Rusko> then suddenly he's right next to you
02:27 <@Rusko> "Ah, Lord Loric..."
02:27 <@Rusko> "What do you want to know?"
02:27 <@Rusko> ah, wait
02:27 -!- Rusko is now known as OldLibrarian
02:28 < Loric> "The group of five mages that has been popping up since the Unification War." *points out the obscure passage of History*
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> "Ah, Lord Loric..."
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> "What do you want to know"
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> "Ah... them... last person to ask was the Emperor himself... thought you'd like to know that..."
02:28 < Loric> "We've found out that this religious symbol is connected to them"
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> "As for the mages...."
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> "Hmmm"
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> he vanishes
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> then reappears
02:28 <@OldLibrarian> with a few books
02:29 < Loric> "Always like that, he is..."
02:29 < Adrasteia> "Hes fast, ill give him that", I remark
02:29 <@OldLibrarian> The leader of the mages is called the "Keeper of Souls"
02:29 * Loric looks puzzled
02:29 * Adrasteia frowns
02:29 <@OldLibrarian> Also, Frost Square was later expanded into the Ice Cube.
02:29 <@OldLibrarian> aka, imperial palace
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> which is connected tangentially to them
02:30 < Adrasteia> "Don't we have someone who goes by a similar name in the army", I ask Loric
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> related to their appearances 10,000 years ago
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> DC 20 History
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> Some say that ancient heroes have been returning, but they were confirmed to have died long ago.
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> DC 25 History
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> Some such heroes have been spotted by reliable sources.
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> DC 30 History
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> Such heroes appear to be called “Eternal Guardians,” whatever that means.
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> also, you see a strange poem
02:30 <@OldLibrarian> "This one...
02:31 <@OldLibrarian> "This poem was translated. The translators tried to preserve the rhymes in it, but lacked creativity..."
02:31 <@OldLibrarian> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mHqlB-mk6fDx1wqf_U-FsjPDmhqrapLscoUJ6E7QawQ/edit?usp=sharing
02:31 <@OldLibrarian> poem is there
02:32 <@OldLibrarian> "Figured if you wanted the mages, then something about the Keeper of Souls would do..."
02:32 * Loric whispers to Ada: "I think he's the Warden, not the Keeper"
02:33 < Loric> "Keeper..."
02:33 < Loric> "Keeper's Blight..."
02:33 < Loric> "sounds like a demon to me"
02:33 < Adrasteia> "The poem mentions the Warden"
02:33 < Adrasteia> "Perhapes it refers to the Warden that we know?"
02:34 <@OldLibrarian> "... you know a Warden...?
02:34 < Loric> "perhaps..."
02:34 <@OldLibrarian> "
02:34 * Loric turns to the librarian again
02:34 <@OldLibrarian> "Describe him, please!"
02:34 < Loric> "huh"
02:34 <@OldLibrarian> "What's his family name?"
02:34 <@OldLibrarian> He looks very intense
02:34 < Loric> ((HIDEOUS purple, spiky hair and moustache))
02:34 < Loric> "He's in the army with us"
02:34 < Loric> ((that bracket line was a joke))
02:35 < Loric> "He's a necromancer, I think. He has a ghoul with him"
02:35 < Loric> "Let me recall..."
02:35 < Adrasteia> (Linebek?)
02:35 < Loric> "Linebeck"
02:35 < Adrasteia> Linebeck*
02:35 <@OldLibrarian> "... Linebeck?"
02:36 <@OldLibrarian> "Are you certain?"
02:37 * OldLibrarian vanishes briefly
02:37 * OldLibrarian appears again with a book
02:37 <@OldLibrarian> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mHqlB-mk6fDx1wqf_U-FsjPDmhqrapLscoUJ6E7QawQ/edit
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> The librarian opens it, and shows a picture
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> half-elf
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> streaks of grey in brown hair
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> bags under his eyes
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> has some ghoulish thing by him
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> only holding a chain
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> looks a lot like what he got from Grenth after the cataocombs
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> only larger
02:38 <@OldLibrarian> and has a lantern on it
02:39 <@OldLibrarian> "Is this him? "
02:39 < Adrasteia> "Thats looks a great deal similar to him"
02:39 < Linebeck> "This poem rhymes night with night."
02:39 * Linebeck weezes
02:39 <@OldLibrarian> (Please explain to him that it's a translation by someone who didn't have much creativity)
02:39 < Adrasteia> (we do so)
02:40 <@OldLibrarian> and who tried to preserve the rhymes
02:40 <@OldLibrarian> "Is that him?"
02:40 <@OldLibrarian> "... This..."
02:41 <@OldLibrarian> "I must tell the chief librarian at once!"
02:41 <@OldLibrarian> "Your research today is free, this is important..."
02:41 <@OldLibrarian> "if The Warden ... yes, I must tell Mr. Ape at once
02:41 <@OldLibrarian> "
02:41 < Adrasteia> (lol I read that as Mr Agape)
02:42 <@OldLibrarian> "Ah, this last book has something else related to your query."
02:42 < Loric> "Also, is this symbol we found of the Keeper, the Warden or the Mages?"
02:42 * Loric shows the symbol we discovered earlier to the Librarian
02:43 <@OldLibrarian> in the book, you find a copy of the symbol.
02:43 <@OldLibrarian> it seems to be linked to two brothers, called Fate and Hope
02:43 <@OldLibrarian> The symbol is of Fate
02:44 * OldLibrarian vanishes
02:44 -!- OldLibrarian is now known as Rusko
02:44 <@Rusko> "Wow, you got the boss to run away? What'd you ask him?"
02:45 < Loric> "If I only understood it myself..."
02:45 < Adrasteia> "We asked him about Fate, Hope, the Keeper, that Warden, and the Mages"
02:45 <@Rusko> "... what?"
02:45 * Rusko very puzzled face
02:45 <@Rusko> DC 10 Religion
02:45 <@Rusko> The Empire prohibits no religions, save for those of demon lords and Rovagug. However, some are more encouraged.
02:45 <@Rusko> DC 15 Religion
02:45 <@Rusko> Asmodeus, Abadar, Iomedae, Apsu, and Nethys hold the most followers. Other gods of order are also favored.
02:45 <@Rusko> DC 20 Religion
02:45 <@Rusko> Some whisper of a being mightier than the gods, appearing occasionally to persons of unknown connection for unknown reasons.
02:45 <@Rusko> DC 25 Religion
02:45 <@Rusko> This being is called Hope. He created a group called the “Eternal Guardians.”
02:45 <@Rusko> DC 30 Religion
02:45 <@Rusko> Hope has a brother called Fate. The two have battled for eons, but Fate appears to have disappeared.
02:45 <@Rusko> that's also in the book
02:45 <@Rusko> you see their symbols
02:46 < Loric> ((I have been in correspondence with Rusko, she knows the basic details of the big stuff))
02:47 <@Rusko> "How could that make him run away?"
02:47 <@Rusko> "He can handle anything adventurers, scholars, heroes, and commoners bring to him"
02:47 < Loric> "He said the Emperor himself had asked about the Eternal Guardians before."
02:47 < Loric> "Bonum's still bigger a fish than him!"
02:49 < Loric> "I have to think about this..."
02:49 * Adrasteia nods
02:49 <@Rusko> "Ah, if you're done, then I should help someone else. If you're not, then what should I find?"
02:49 < Adrasteia> "Same here"
02:49 < Loric> "Heroes called Eternal Guardians appearing..."
02:50 <@Rusko> "Ok, I'll find some books on them"
02:50 * Rusko walks off
02:50 < Loric> "Ah!"
02:50 * Rusko returns with a few books
02:50 < Loric> "I was just thinking aloud"
02:50 <@Rusko> history checks
02:50 < Loric> "But hm"
02:50 < Loric> 1d20+12 history
02:50 < Alea> Loric, history: 28 [1d20=16]
02:50 < Adrasteia> 1d20+4 History (+2 if aiding)
02:50 < Alea> Adrasteia, History (+2 if aiding): 15 [1d20=11]
02:50 < Adrasteia> hm, I should really just be aiding Loric
02:50 <@Rusko> gonna say that was aiding
02:50 <@Rusko> DC 20 History
02:50 <@Rusko> Some say that ancient heroes have been returning, but they were confirmed to have died long ago.
02:50 <@Rusko> DC 25 History
02:50 <@Rusko> Some such heroes have been spotted by reliable sources.
02:50 <@Rusko> DC 30 History
02:50 <@Rusko> Such heroes appear to be called “Eternal Guardians,” whatever that means.
02:50 < Loric> "Hope creating a group called Eternal Guardians..."
02:51 < Loric> "..."
02:51 * Loric d'oh
02:51 < Loric> "WE ARE THE NEWEST ETERNAL GUARDIANS!"
02:51 <@Rusko> "Voices down, brother!"
02:52 < Loric> "oops"
02:52 < Adrasteia> Adrasteia shurgs, "It does appear so"
02:52 < Loric> "Library."
02:52 < Adrasteia> "It explains why Hope appeared to us"
02:53 < Adrasteia> "And perhapes why the Five Mages have such an interest"
02:53 < Loric> "We don't know if the mages know about us being eternal guardians"
02:54 < Loric> "Nor do we know if Hope chose us spontaneously or if this is planned."
02:54 < Loric> "We need more information on Hope."
02:54 < Loric> "Is he a planner or a spontaneous one?"
02:54 < Adrasteia> "Thats true"
02:54 < Loric> ((alignment and info on Hope if possible))
02:54 <@Rusko> Hope appears to favor neither order nor chaos
02:54 < Loric> "Also his relationship to Iomedae"
02:55 <@Rusko> meanwhile Fate actively uses both
02:55 <@Rusko> but no info on good vs evil, but you can make a guess, I think
02:55 * Loric drums his fingers on the table
02:56 <@Rusko> also, for relationship to Iomedae:
02:56 <@Rusko> "Some whisper of a being mightier than the gods, appearing occasionally to persons of unknown connection for unknown reasons."
02:56 <@Rusko> ah, from before
02:56 <@Rusko> and confirmed as Hope
02:56 < Loric> "Hm, so he claims to be above gods themselves..."
02:57 < Loric> "But gods are the highest beings by definition..."
02:57 -!- Rusko is now known as EnigmaticFigure
02:57 <@EnigmaticFigure> time stops briefly...
02:57 <@EnigmaticFigure> and you hear a chuckling noise
02:57 <@EnigmaticFigure> a strange figure appears
02:57 <@EnigmaticFigure> "But... do not even the gods have tiers?"
02:58 < Loric> "...!"
02:58 < Loric> "...!"
02:58 <@EnigmaticFigure> "The Demon Lords, Archdevils, and Empyreal Lords are beneath the more obscure gods, and they beneath the normal ones, and some beneath them..."
02:58 < Adrasteia> Adrastei considers, "There seems to be some sort of order"
02:58 <@EnigmaticFigure> "And all gods fear the Rough Beast..."
02:59 < Adrasteia> (Ellena vs the Rough Beast, lgi)
02:59 <@EnigmaticFigure> "... What if I said that my brother and I regard raising beings the the strength of Rovagug to be ... trivial."
02:59 < Loric> "But does Hope himself think of himself within or above these 'tiers'?"
02:59 < Loric> "..."
02:59 < Loric> sense motive
02:59 < Adrasteia> "That.....would seem impossible"
02:59 <@EnigmaticFigure> truth
02:59 < Loric> 1d20+3 SM
02:59 < Alea> Loric, SM: 14 [1d20=11]
02:59 < Adrasteia> (holy fucking shit)
02:59 < Adrasteia> 1d20+10 SM
03:00 < Alea> Adrasteia, SM: 27 [1d20=17]
03:00 <@EnigmaticFigure> "The gods are limited to what power they had when they rose, maybe a bit more."
03:00 * Loric drums fingers even harder
03:00 <@EnigmaticFigure> "My brother and I... our power comes from all that was, that is, and that will be"
03:00 < Loric> "What limits do you have, then?"
03:01 <@EnigmaticFigure> "... I would not have said this much, but you have researched things beyond your ken... beyond it for now, anyway"
03:01 <@EnigmaticFigure> "So some questions must be answered"
03:01 < Loric> "I'm sorry for my boldness, but I will have to consult Iomedae in prayer before accepting this..."
03:01 < Adrasteia> "You and your brothers must have no checks or balances upon your power"
03:01 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Our checks are each other"
03:01 <@EnigmaticFigure> "My brother and I oppose each other perfectly."
03:01 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I am not just Hope, I am Choice"
03:02 <@EnigmaticFigure> "And my brother is not just Fate, he is Despair"
03:02 < Adrasteia> "So what happens if Fate/Despair, or Hope/Choice is defeated?"
03:02 <@EnigmaticFigure> "For the most part, we block the other from acting in all but the smallest of ways..."
03:02 < Adrasteia> "What happens when the check is gone"
03:02 <@EnigmaticFigure> "But he is the stronger, ever so slightly... but mortals have always tipped the balance... not quite enough"
03:03 < Adrasteia> (now wondering if defeating Fate results in Hope going off the fucking rails)
03:03 * Loric looks distressed
03:03 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Only Fate can kill me... and only I can kill Fate"
03:03 < Adrasteia> "Would that be wise?"
03:03 < Adrasteia> "Killing Fate I mean"
03:04 <@EnigmaticFigure> "that is not for me to know"
03:04 <@EnigmaticFigure> "But he has opposed mortality since eternity began"
03:04 < Loric> "If that were true what you're saying, the Iomedae were a lesser god..."
03:04 <@EnigmaticFigure> "No."
03:04 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Just, your language does not account me and my brother"
03:05 <@EnigmaticFigure> "We are in a class by ourselves..."
03:05 * Loric shrugs
03:05 < Loric> "I cannot comprehend this..."
03:06 <@EnigmaticFigure> "That is because you are mortal"
03:06 < Loric> "Perhaps Rusko could, me, not."
03:06 <@EnigmaticFigure> "It is a great blessing, in that you and the gods have free will"
03:06 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I, as a... spirit, an incarnation, an embodiment... I am constrained"
03:06 < Loric> "Oh, you do not?"
03:06 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I am Hope and Choice, but I am nothing else"
03:06 * Loric finally realizes
03:06 < Adrasteia> "That seems...harsha"
03:06 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Rather..."
03:06 < Adrasteia> harsh*
03:07 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I am the Choice mortals have
03:07 <@EnigmaticFigure> "
03:07 < Loric> "..."
03:07 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I am not any choice for myself"
03:07 < Loric> "I think I see a little, now..."
03:07 < Adrasteia> "I...understand"
03:07 < Loric> "I truely am sorry for you"
03:07 < Loric> "It must hurt so much"
03:08 * Adrasteia agress
03:08 < Loric> "But..."
03:08 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Don't be. I am Hope. I am incapable of pain..."
03:08 < Loric> "You setting Eternal Guardians..."
03:08 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Aside from that of despair
03:08 <@EnigmaticFigure> "
03:08 < Loric> "Must mean that Fate can also set followers"
03:08 < Loric> "To indirectly do his will, like you have done with us"
03:09 <@EnigmaticFigure> "... Yes, he can. But he's been locked up long enough that he doesn't have many. Maybe this world will be when he is stopped..."
03:09 < Adrasteia> "How was he beaten last time?"
03:09 <@EnigmaticFigure> "You call it the Sealing War..."
03:09 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Well, the Unification Wars these days..."
03:09 < Loric> "I'll have to think about how to reconcile my commitment to Iomedae with being an Eternal Guardian."
03:09 * Adrasteia penny drops
03:10 < Loric> "But to the limits of my capabilities, I will carry your cause as well."
03:10 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Ah, the Eternal Guardians are a group of people I grant power to, nothing more"
03:10 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Nothing more, yet, anyway"
03:10 < Loric> "So that you can have a semblance of free will, through me."
03:10 < Adrasteia> "So the Sealing War was the name given to the last conflict between Hope and Fate, and at the end of it, Fates power was sealed and he was...locked up?"
03:11 <@EnigmaticFigure> "And the gods of good and I are on wonderful terms"
03:11 <@EnigmaticFigure> "They've never had objections before to their followers becoming my Guardians"
03:11 <@EnigmaticFigure> "Actually, Iomedae called in a favor to get you made one..."
03:11 * Loric grins widely
03:12 < Loric> "...Can we tell of this meeting to other mortals?"
03:12 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I would rather you not, but..."
03:12 <@EnigmaticFigure> "I am Choice as well as Hope"
03:12 <@EnigmaticFigure> "If you choose to do so, it is your right, as I personify"
03:12 <@EnigmaticFigure> "The other guardians are fine"
03:13 <@EnigmaticFigure> "By which I mean, please do"
03:13 < Loric> "I will tell my sister of this"
03:13 <@EnigmaticFigure> "If you wish, you may."
03:13 <@EnigmaticFigure> Time returns
03:13 -!- EnigmaticFigure is now known as Rusko
03:13 < Adrasteia> "I have noone else to tell, besides the fellow guardians"
03:13 < Adrasteia> o
03:13 * Loric blinks
03:13 <@Rusko> (Hope vanishes)
03:13 <@Rusko> "What?"
03:13 * Loric pinches himself
03:14 * Loric slams head to desk
03:14 < Loric> "This is exactly why I quit studying eldritch things beyond the mortal mind to know!"
03:14 <@Rusko> "Once a wizard, always a wizard!"
03:15 < Loric> "Indeed."
03:15 < Loric> "Hope has access to the highest Arcane MAgics."
03:15 * Rusko pauses for a moment
03:15 < Loric> "He just Time Stopped."
03:15 < Loric> "And delivered us a message"
03:15 < Loric> "...or that's my hunch"
03:15 < Loric> "I couldn't identify the effect as an actual spell, could have been Miracle"
03:16 * Loric describes the mysterious figure to Rusko
03:16 < Adrasteia> "He said he was stronger beyond comprehension, its possible he can control time at will"
03:16 <@Rusko> "Wow..."
03:17 < Loric> "Had this happened before our encounter with Hope in the Well, I'd have claimed Illusion."
03:17 * Rusko pauses again
03:17 <@Rusko> "Yeah, he's here, actually. I'll tell him immediately. Ok, I'll be home for dinner."
03:17 <@Rusko> "Lorry, Father wants you home for dinner. He says to bring your friends with you."
03:17 < Loric> "But we do have first-hand evidence of Hope granting power---"
03:18 < Loric> "Right."
03:18 < Loric> "Contemplating tiers of gods for later."
03:18 < Loric> "Family goes before that."
03:18 < Loric> "Two more things, Rusko"
03:19 < Loric> "We might not have a private moment soon..."
03:19 < Loric> "Firstly, you claimed that you'd mastered Dispel Magic"
03:19 < Loric> "Can you identify the remaining curses on Adrasteia?"
03:19 <@Rusko> "Yes. Just yesterday! It and Fireball"
03:19 <@Rusko> Ah...
03:19 < Loric> "Fireball..."
03:19 * Rusko casts Detect Magic
03:20 * Loric shakes his head
03:20 <@Rusko> "no, sorry"
03:20 <@Rusko> "The look really tough"
03:20 <@Rusko> *they
03:20 < Loric> "Ah... It was worth a try, though."
03:20 < Loric> "You have helped us more than I could hope..."
03:20 < Adrasteia> "We could ask Hope next time he appears?"
03:21 < Adrasteia> "Maybe he could shed light on the situation"
03:21 < Loric> "I'm glad to fight for a sister like you are, Rusko..."
03:21 < Loric> "...but you must promise me a thing."
03:21 <@Rusko> "what?"
03:22 < Loric> "When I come home the next time, I don't want to find out that you've spent all the time studying these things we've unearthed today."
03:23 < Loric> "Life is more important than matters greater than life."
03:23 <@Rusko> "Oh, all right..."
03:23 <@Rusko> she looks reluctant
03:23 < Loric> "And in fact..."
03:23 < Loric> "I have just the thing to distract you~~~"
03:23 <@Rusko> "Oh?"
03:23 * Loric pulls out a thick stack of letters
03:24 < Loric> "I have written some... ...personal letters I'd love you to deliver for me"
03:24 <@Rusko> "Oh..."
03:24 < Loric> "I don't want the army officers to read these ones."
03:24 <@Rusko> (Who are they to?)
03:24 < Loric> "Yes, they are for Miyamora."
03:25 < Loric> "I believe you'll figure out a way to get them delivered"
03:25 < Adrasteia> "Who's that?"
03:25 * Loric winks at Rusko
03:25 <@Rusko> "Oh, yeah! Uncle Bonum wants to talk to you about that next week."
03:25 * Loric looks grave
03:25 < Loric> "Oh."
03:26 <@Rusko> "Last I heard, Miya's in Callipelu"
03:26 < Loric> "In that case, Adrasteia, we need to drop by the temple of Iomedae on our way to pick up our friends."
03:26 <@Rusko> "I'll drop them off at the royal mail tomorrow"
03:26 < Loric> "I need to drop an ...additional, voluntary oath"
03:26 < Loric> "Oh. Royal mail."
03:26 < Loric> "That'll... do."
03:26 < Adrasteia> "sure"
03:26 <@Rusko> "Well, I can't leave the library! I've got lots of stuff to help out with"
03:27 < Loric> "I'll have to talk with the head librarian about that..."
03:27 <@Rusko> "Hope you're still here on my next day off"
03:27 < Loric> "You'll never get friends if you stay only here all the time!"
03:27 < Loric> "We'll see, I truely hope so"
03:27 <@Rusko> "I already have lots of friends here, silly"
03:27 <@Rusko> "They're all scholars, too"
03:28 < Loric> "Yes, but---"
03:28 < Loric> "Never mind..."
03:28 * Loric sighs
03:28 <@Rusko> "My next day off is in two days."
03:28 <@Rusko> "Actually, that means you will be here, since Uncle Bonum has a meeting with you next week about that"
03:28 < Loric> "Great!"
03:28 <@Rusko> "... They don't even let me in here that day."
03:29 < Loric> "I'll take you out and show you my new skill with the sword and shield"
03:29 < Adrasteia> (If we are going, Adresteia gives Lorics sister a goodbye hug)
03:29 <@Rusko> (she returns the hug)
03:29 < Loric> "And how silly some of the university's teaching was in regards to that"
03:29 * Loric hugs Rusko in farewell
03:29 < Loric> "See you in two days!"
03:29 * Rusko hugs back
03:29 <@Rusko> "See you then, big brother."
03:29 < Adrasteia> "I'll keep your brother out of trouble"
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03:30 < Loric> We drop by the church of Iomedae
03:31 * Loric drops a sealed envelope titled "Oath of Chastity" on the main altar of the church...
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Post by Aura Guardian on Apr 28, 2014 14:20:40 GMT -6
@adrasteia: "If you studied the ways of the dragons for fifty years, you might be able to figure out why I did this. Or you could just take my word that it was necessary."
"You weren't supposed to have to fight anyone in the air, so I'm giving you tomorrow off. Be back by morning the day after, though, and don't leave until tomorrow morning."
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Post by agape on Apr 28, 2014 16:45:05 GMT -6
"Thank you, sir."
Loric bows, turning towards the others.
"First day off in the city! How are you planning to use it? I'll meet my little sister, do some research and go shopping...alone..."
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