THE HIGHLANDER'S TOMB (TEAM FORUM RPG)

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"South door, I think!"

This story is getting amazing. Great job, seiromem! Anathema is an interesting monster.
Gourd and I will split and explore this place in more detail.

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Seiromem
I would have more makerscore If I did things.
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Lucky 77? Oh, and the map isn't really to scale or anything, it's just a general idea.
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"Well, that seems to be a chest over there!" Says Zuko as he walks over towards it, Wes joins him.
"No you fools, it could be trapped!" Kairy yells, and Zuko and Wes stop.
"Oh, yes! That is a great possibility, thank you for reminding us Kairy!" Wes says, a little embarresed.
"Thanks for the save, It's a shame your shield broke, Wes." Fureira comments.
"Zuko, give Wes that shell chunk. He can make better use of it than you." Kairy suggests, and Zuko agrees, handing over the Murkal Shell Chunk to Wes, who equips it. Then Wes says
"You're welcome, Fellow palidin! Well, I assume you're a paladin, are you? If you are what order do you hail from?"
Zuko then says "Yeah, we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Zuko the de-*COUGH* War-Mage... yes..."
"I'm Razuna."
"And I'm Wes! Palidin of Roamus!"
Fureira introduces herself to the rest of the group.
"Well, my name is Fureira. I'm a paladin of Daethos, I'm sure you've heard of him, Wes."
"I haven't." Says Razuna.
"Well, he's a deity, of course, but he is the Gatekeeper of the Underrealm. His paladins train to keep the evil demons out. Some manage to sneak through, some break through with a well timed strike; If that happens we paladins are sent after them to drag their sorry asses back to the underrealm. We don't keep ALL demons out, Harmonia the Deity of Unity made sure of that, I actually can't beleive how simple it is. They walk up to us unarmed, ask nicely, then we ask Daethos. If he says yes, we give them a disguise and let them through. If he says no, we tell them to scram."
After listening Zuko inspects the domes 5!
The domes seems to be giant storage containers for a type of magic. The one on the right seems to contain Force Magic while the one on the left seems to contain MAGI magic. Wes walks about, waiting for everyone to finish their action, when he stumbles upon a pile of rubble... Wes finds 4 POWER STONES in the rubble!
Razuna sends Gourd to scout the room, then Razuna walks around, inspecting a few places. He manages to kick around some useless rubble, but doesn't find anything of worth. Gourd comes soaring back with two POWERSTONES in his talons.
Kairy inspects the treasure chest to see if its trapped! 5!
Kairy inspects the chest carefully. It's wooden with Iron framing, and has a crystal lock. The chest isn't locked, however, and there are no traps around it.
Another quake causes the party to lose their balance! 1! Kairy tumbles into the ovular pit! She isn't injured, thankfully, but she crushed an A-Bolt during the fall. A piece of rubble falls on Fureira! Fureira is injured somehow!
The quake ceases.
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"South door, I think!" Bazyli says. The duo walks toward it.
They enter a giant circular room, bookshelves line the right and left walls with scaffolding going up so one can reach the books. There is a giant Altar in the middle. Shivad comments
"Oh my, this is one impressive altar! I could do all kinds of magical things here! Oh, I'm sure there is a tome here for transmogrification! I'll check the bookshelves, you inspect... anything else." With that, Shivad walks awkwardly towards the bookshelf and starts searching. You inspect the table.
You find that it has an enchantment altar, an alchemy station and many other devices that you don't know the function of. You reach the back of the room and see piles of runes and jars of essence. Movement catches your eye, looking around you see a mouse! Then you see another... and another! There are tons of mice all about!
Shivad yells "Yes! I've found one! Oh, an look at that, you've found the flesh to morph! Go on now, gather them and and restrain them while I set up the ritual!"
Bazyli then coaxes the mice into a group and traps them all in giant empty jar he found. Shivad had set up transfiguration rune. Bazyli places the mice jar onto one of the circles.
"Okay, Do you want your body first, or should I get mine first? Should you want your body first, think of the body you want and stand in the middle circle."
Then Shivad places the tome into a third circle.
"Well?" Shivad asks.
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Lvl 4 Wes: Soothe Wounds on cooldown(1 Turns) (E)Quillard Feathered Hat (E)Angelus Bracelet (E)Holy Longsword, (E)Quartzine Armor Set, x1 Filled Canteenx1, Dunnen Chestplate, 5 MREppers, 1 Red Pulp Fruit, 1 Valkinite Ore, Log, Rope, x1 Red-Pulp Salve, x1 Pitus Elixir, x1 Geri Tea, x4 POWERSTONES.

Lvl 4 Zuko Reaver Slash(2 Turns): (E)Onyx Helm (E)Demoni Bracelet (E)Katarina Demoni~Fire~Force, (E)Sanguine Balgroth Leather Armor(Empty), (E)Murkal Shell Chunk(Shield), x1 Filled Canteen, 5 MREppers, 1 Red Pulp Fruit, x8 Valkinite Ore, 1 Torch, , True Sight Gylph(7 Uses left).

Lvl 3 Razuna: Dual Pierce(2 Turns) on CooldownRaven Companion Gourd! x2(E) Onyx Gladius (E)Force Bracelet x2 Shoddy-Iron Gladius, (E)Ferall Leather Armor, x1 Filled Canteen, x1 Log, x1 Ferall Pelt, x2 POWERSTONES 1000 CEIL.

Lvl 3 Kairy: 10 Onyx Bolt 4 A-Bolts 5 E-Bolts 22 Hardened Tip Bolts 18 Quartzine Tipped Bolts, Large Wooden Crossbow(Force-Air Lvl 1) (unLoaded), Quartzine Hatchet, (E)Ferall Leather Armor, 8 MREppers, 2x rope, x1 Red Pulp Fruit fruit, 250 CEIL

Lvl 3 Bazyli's soul is in a manikin! Wooden Body; You are doubly harmed by fire!
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Lvl 17 Shivad.
Wooden Manikin body.
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Lvl 7 Fureira.
Thin-Sheet Quartzine Boots&Chestplate(E) Scale Leggings(E) Fire Chakrams(E)
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Yay! Powerstones!

I think each of us should use one and save the other 2 for later.
"Damn! These earthquakes are getting worse! I hope not to be here when this tomb falls into pieces..."

After observing the domes closely, I talk to the group and I say:

"Hey guys! I found something about this domes. It looks like the dome at my right is containing Force energy, while the one in my left is containing MAGI energy, but I don't see anything that looks like a trap, so do you think we can open the chest now?"

And after hearing about the 6 POWER STONES found by Razuna and Wes, I say:

"I like the sound of that! We should also save some for Bazyli when we find him."

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Where are the POWER STONES in the inventory?
"Ah yes, Daethos! I have most definitely heard of Daethos! Though I've never been quite clear on exactly how things work with him... when a demon asks Daethos to be let through, what affects Daethos's decision? Does he only let good or nice demons in? Does he just pick demons at rando-oh does that offend you? Sorry sorry forget I said that. W-well, anyway, how DOES that work, if you don't mind me asking?

Oh! Also, this may sound... strange, but have you seen a young boy around here, in this Tomb? Very, ah, short and, um... young? Well, er, I suppose being short is part of being young. He has a strong efficiency for MAGI. His name is Bazyli. Have you seen him...?"
"Oh no, go ahead you can be first! You've been without your body a lot longer than I have."

I motion toward the circle and give a gentlemanly tip of my imaginary hat.
NeverSilent
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wildwes, as much as I admire your good roleplaying, especially in your last paragraph, isn't there something you forgot? Like, the fact that Fureira, who you're just chatting with right now, was just hit and injured by a pile of rubble falling from the ceiling. Just sayin'...

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"Zuko is right. We have to get to higher ground, otherwise we-
What the? Fureira?! Crap, are you all right?", I shout as I run towards Fureira and try to help her. "You must be careful, I didn't break you out of that cell for you to die on us now. Do you need medicine or anything?"

After I've made sure Fureira is okay, I say: "Well, about that giant chest. I didn't find any traps either. So I guess it's time to loot!" With that, I Approach the chest, open it and look what's inside. If it's valuables, I immediately start stuffing them into my backpack and pockets.


Oh, yeah, and I'll take one of those Power Stones. Thanks.

Kairy is now Level 4!

ATK: 10 -> 11
ENDU: 13 -> 15
MAGI: 7 -> 8
DEX: 15 -> 17
PERC 16 -> 17

Power Up Affinity -> Fire
Power Down Deficiency -> Miasmal
(I think the increase in deficiency towards Miasmal makes sense in the context of previous events...)

New skill unlocked: Active + Attack

"One shot is all I need."
Er um yeahhhh she IS injured isn't she um oops
well I'll help you with helping Furiera and just talk to her AFTER we've made sure she's okay (assuming she IS okay) and on the next turn I'll heal her! If I notice that's she's too injured and not up for talking then I won't ask her all those questions.
Razuna is now at Level 4!

ATK: 18 -> 20
ENDU: 8 -> 10
MAGI: 6 -> 6
DEX: 18 -> 20
PERC: 11 -> 12

Power Up Affinity -> Force
Power Down Deficiency -> Fire

New Skill Unlocked: Passive + Attack

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Looking at Kairy's eyes full of greed,
I walked next to the chest to remind Kairy that we're supoused to
split the treasure.
I proceed to use a POWER STONE!

Zuko is now at Level 5!

ATK: 18 -> 20
ENDU: 12 -> 14
MAGI: 18 -> 20
DEX: 10 -> 11
PERC: 10 -> 11

Power Up Affinity -> Demoni

"Yeah! More level, baby!"

Then I go next to Kairy to see what's inside the chest when she opens it.

"...Hey, wait! I want to see what's inside too!"
Oh yeah, can't forget about those Power Stones!

Wes is now Level 5!
ATK: 12
ENDU: 21
MAGI: 17 -> 20
DEX: 9 -> 11
PERC: 9 -> 11

Power Up Affinity: Water

"Righteousness with a side of... occasional clumsiness!"
Seiromem
I would have more makerscore If I did things.
6375
-------------------------Turn 78-------------------------
Everyone absorbs a power stone!
Knowing Fureira could be injured, Kairy tries to climb out of the ovular pit she tumbled into 5! she hastily climbs out and rushes towards Fureira.
Wes does the same and they push the rubble off of her. Fureira is unconscious, she cannot speak. Wes inspects her 5! and notices that her armor is badly bruised... Fureira has a broken arm and a broken leg!
Her face is bleeding, and she's unconscious.
"Wes, make sure she doesn't get injured any further, let's see what's in that chest..." Kairy gets up and walks towards the chest while Wes sits by Fureira "Shouldn't we be focusing on Fureira?! What's in that chest isn't going anywhere!" But his words fall on deaf ear, or at least on unnaturally greedy ones... In fact, Zuko and Razuna are both drawn to the chest, ignoring Wes's plea.
"Remember, we split this." Razuna reminds Kairy.
Kairy opens the chest...
There's a tongue inside... and the rims of the chest have teeth!
The Mimic attacks! 4! Kairy notices just in time, as white arms unfold out the chest to grab her! She bounces backwards, just at the edge of the ovular pit. Looking into it, she sees cracks develop. Looking back Kairy sees the Mimic flailing it's arms trying to grab Zuko and Razuna! 2! 4!
Razuna noticed just in time, same as Kairy, and dodges, but not Zuko! The mimic grabs the shocked demon and eats him! 4! Zuko's armor holds up and protects him from injury, but the creature is still gnawing, eating through the Balgroth Leather Armor and Zuko cannot move!
A muted roar is heard coming from the ovular pit.
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Bazyli bows deeply, pretending to take of a hat, and says "You be first, M'lady, you've gone longer without a body than me!"
"Well, how gentlemanly! Let me just..." Shivad lets loose a spark of magic that strikes the book which starts floating and glowing! Shivad jumps and quickly gets into the middle circle, then she closes her eyes and thinks deeply. After a few moments, the jar of rats emits a high-pitched squealing sound. Soon, blood starts oozing out of the mice, but is contained in the jar. It would be incredibly disturbing to Bazyli, even giving him nightmares, had he been a normal boy. The flesh transmogrifies, soon the jar shatters, but the glass morphs as well. A 6 foot naked human female body starts forming. The skin turns a light-blue and hair grows from the head. The hair is a beautiful shade of silver. Soon appendages start forming, breasts, arms, legs, eyes which take on a deep blue. The body is formed, and the manikin crumples.
Soon, a ball of light shoots from it to the nude body. The body comes to life!
"Oh my, I forgot about the no clothing part... uh, well he's just a kid so... I'll need some armor then! We'll also need more flesh to transmute..." Shivad is about to ask Bazyli to see if there are any more rats when three stalkers erupt from the ground! Shivad isn't startled, she in fact smiles. She lets out a cry and the stalkers freeze solid!
"These'll do!" Shivad states as she cuts them from the ground and places them in the circle. "Get on up there Bazyli, and think of your new body! I've made a few... improvements to mine.... heheheheh... Oh, Think of EVERY detail you can! Else those details won't appear!"
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Lvl 5 Wes: (E)Quillard Feathered Hat (E)Angelus Bracelet (E)Holy Longsword, (E)Quartzine Armor Set, (E)Murkal Shell Chunk(Shield) x1 Filled Canteen, x1 Dunnen Chestplate, 5 MREppers, 1 Red Pulp Fruit, 1 Valkinite Ore, Log, Rope, x1 Red-Pulp Salve, x1 Pitus Elixir, x1 Geri Tea.

Lvl 5 Zuko, Being eaten by a mimic! Reaver Slash(1 Turns): (E)Onyx Helm (E)Demoni Bracelet (E)Katarina Demoni~Fire~Force, (E)Shredded Sanguine Balgroth Leather Armor(Empty), x1 Filled Canteen, 5 MREppers, 1 Red Pulp Fruit, x8 Valkinite Ore, 1 Torch, , True Sight Gylph(7 Uses left).

Lvl 4 Razuna: Dual Pierce(1 Turns) on CooldownRaven Companion Gourd! x2(E) Onyx Gladius (E)Force Bracelet x2 Shoddy-Iron Gladius, (E)Ferall Leather Armor, x1 Filled Canteen, x1 Log, x1 Ferall Pelt, x2 POWERSTONES 1000 CEIL.

Lvl 4 Kairy: 10 Onyx Bolt 4 A-Bolts 5 E-Bolts 22 Hardened Tip Bolts 18 Quartzine Tipped Bolts, Large Wooden Crossbow(Force-Air Lvl 1) (unLoaded), Quartzine Hatchet, (E)Ferall Leather Armor, 8 MREppers, 2x rope, x1 Red Pulp Fruit fruit, 250 CEIL

Lvl 3 Bazyli's soul is in a manikin! Wooden Body; You are doubly harmed by fire!
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Lvl 17 Shivad; Is naked!
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Lvl 7 Fureira; Broken Leg and Arm! Bleeding Face! Unconscious!
Chipped Thin-Sheet Quartzine Boots&Chestplate(E) Scale Leggings(E) Fire Chakrams(E)
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Kairy is now level four! She can learn...

Flame Bolt: Coat a bolt in flames before loading,then fire off a fire bolt!
4 Turn Cooldown
OR
Armor Melter: Create a magical bolt that you fire from your crossbow! Melts through metal armor, get's stopped by scale armor, and sets fire to leather armor.
8 Turn Cooldown

Razuna learned Counter Attack! Have a chance of countering an attack if you successfully dodged it.
Thank you, seiromem, for making me actually notice that Furiera's injured, since I unfortunately (and stupidly) didn't. >.<

Anyway, erm... Shall I heal Fureira, or help Zuko...
"Kairy, Razuna! Could one of you make sure nothing happens to Fureira? Zuko needs help!" I run towards the Mimic and attack, hoping that it will either die or at least let go of Zuko. If it lets go of him, I'll pick him up and carry him away from the Mimic.
"AAARRGH!!! Damnit! I never thought in my life that the treasure someday would try to kill me!"

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Damn Gourd_Clae, you lucky bastard! Zuko would have gived a lot to be there...
Why these things never happen to me!? ;_;
"Kairy, you go with Fuereira, I got this!
Close combat is not your thing anyway."

I'll order Gourd to use Ominous Caw, and then I'll attack the Mimic.

I wonder what kind of body is Gourdy going to create.
NeverSilent
Got any Dexreth amulets?
6299
Well that went well... Seems like Zuko has taken my place of being the one who constantly gets into trouble. Sorry, man.

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Razuna is right. I retreat back to Fureira, making sure she stays out of danger.
Can I cast Welken Bolster on Zuko without actually having to see him? If so, I do just that, otherwise I use it on Wes. I also start loading my crossbow with a quartzine bolt so I can assist the others in case the Mimic is too strong.


P.S.: seiromem, I'd like to have Armour Melter as my new skill, please.
@NeverSilent: Nah, don't worry! You already passed through a lot of problems, someone else had to do it for a change... ;)
Seiromem
I would have more makerscore If I did things.
6375
You're killin' me, Gourdy!

I've the entire thing typed up except for your transmogrification! Get your booty in gear or you won't get any! I'll use space-time ninjas to swap you with Zuko!
GOURD_CLAEEEEEEEE!!! >:(