White Iron - The Reaper Corps

[Quivil]

12 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

@PyroPhile

"I... don't think we can run," Kaeni said, "or hide, for that matter. Unless someone wants to act as bait."

"How interested in killing us specifically is it? If one of us could lead it back to the thing we grounded earlier, would it stay and eat that instead of continuing to hunt us? We haven't made it angry yet."

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

1 hour ago, Tani said:

"How interested in killing us specifically is it? If one of us could lead it back to the thing we grounded earlier, would it stay and eat that instead of continuing to hunt us? We haven't made it angry yet."

“That’s all the way back down near the base of the mountain!” I’ikeq said. “We’ve been lucky so far with avoiding monsters — if we lose all our progress, we might not be as lucky the second time around.”

[Quivil]

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Can necromancy be used to manipulate magical energy and souls? How does this version of necromancy work?

@Channelknight Fadran

[Channelknight Fadran]

6 hours ago, Tani said:

@Channelknight Fadran

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Necromancy is mostly just bodies, but can be used to manipulate passed spirits and souls in rare cases. This is considered completely taboo, and is exactly the sort of thing that the Reapers are fighting against.

 

9 hours ago, Tani said:

"How interested in killing us specifically is it? If one of us could lead it back to the thing we grounded earlier, would it stay and eat that instead of continuing to hunt us? We haven't made it angry yet."

7 hours ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

“That’s all the way back down near the base of the mountain!” I’ikeq said. “We’ve been lucky so far with avoiding monsters — if we lose all our progress, we might not be as lucky the second time around.”

"And we have to make it there before morning..." Kaeni brought out her bow. "And it already tried to kill you. I imagine it's very interested in killing us."

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The day-night cycle in this realm is a lot longer than it is up in the Physical plane, for reference

@Tani @Szeth_Pancakes @PyroPhile

Edited December 21, 2022 by Channelknight Fadran

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

@Ookla the Frustrated. @The Bookwyrm

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Let's try to keep this going please.

 

[Frustration]

20 hours ago, NerdyAarakocra said:

"You had a brush with death, and decided to help Them? That's new."

@The Bookwyrm

"Is it? I've met a few acolytes who joined to keep their souls safe."

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

8 minutes ago, Ookla the Frustrated. said:

"Is it? I've met a few acolytes who joined to keep their souls safe."

"Really? That seems like a silly reason to join."

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

2 hours ago, NerdyAarakocra said:

"Really? That seems like a silly reason to join."

"I agree," Avi said. "It seems to me like Death will want to have Reapers who serve for the sake of others, rather than themselves." 

She stopped and looked at their path forward. "We're nearly at the third layer. It's going to get a lot harder from here..."

[Frustration]

18 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"I agree," Avi said. "It seems to me like Death will want to have Reapers who serve for the sake of others, rather than themselves." 

"All jobs require benefits, that's just the one I cared for."

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

2 hours ago, Ookla the Frustrated. said:

"All jobs require benefits, that's just the one I cared for."

"I see." Avi understood Isek's point of view, even if she didn't share it.

Then again, protection from death would be nice, she thought to herself. I don't fear death. I just fear dying before I've accomplished what I want to.

What I need to.

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Do we want to fight another monster, or wait till the Third Layer?

 

[Frustration]

4 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

"I see." Avi understood Isek's point of view, even if she didn't share it.

Then again, protection from death would be nice, she thought to herself. I don't fear death. I just fear dying before I've accomplished what I want to.

What I need to.

 

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*shrug*

 

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

1 hour ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Do we want to fight another monster, or wait till the Third Layer?

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You know what? Monster here! We're ahead of the others and we haven't had a monster in a while.

Il'anque continued climbing. This cliff looked easy to climb, with plenty of amethyst jutting out from the rock face. It should be trivial to reach the third layer. But what was that glint that she saw out of the corner of her eye? It looked like something in the rock face had shifted. Probably just a trick of the light.

Il'anque was midway up the slope when one of the crystals moved.

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

7 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"And we have to make it there before morning..." Kaeni brought out her bow. "And it already tried to kill you. I imagine it's very interested in killing us."

@Tani @Szeth_Pancakes @PyroPhile

“I don’t know if I’ll be of much use against it,” said I’ikeq.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"I don't know if any of us will be of much use against it."

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"I don't know if any of us will be of much use against it."

“Didn’t Mercury just say she could ‘blast apart its skull in a blast of lightning’?”

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

"It would depend on how tough its' skin, hide, scales, whatever it has is."

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Exoskeleton. I think."

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

“Do you think it would work?” I’ikeq asked Kaeni.

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Blowing out its skull with lightning? Won't know until we try."

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

22 hours ago, NerdyAarakocra said:

Il'anque continued climbing. This cliff looked easy to climb, with plenty of amethyst jutting out from the rock face. It should be trivial to reach the third layer. But what was that glint that she saw out of the corner of her eye? It looked like something in the rock face had shifted. Probably just a trick of the light.

Il'anque was midway up the slope when one of the crystals moved.

Avi followed Il'anque up the amethyst-covered cliff. She thought she was making good progress. 

Suddenly, one of the crystals shifted. A strange creature emerged, revealing the purple growth of gemstone to be an almost armor-like plating; It looked kind of like a mole, if moles had razor sharp claws that let them cling to stone and had a very vicious temperament.

Stars, Avi thought. I did not need this right now.

@Ookla the Frustrated.

[PyroPhile]

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AAAHHH You're fighting a monster without me? I'm sorry I disappeared though 

Ran'at heard the fighting from up ahead.

"What's happening? I was lost in thought for a second."

Then he saw the monster, and ran towards his friends to help.

[Channelknight Fadran]

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You haven't been on since Saturday! I tried stalling but you didn't show up!

 

[PyroPhile]

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Sorry... I'm willing to keep going now though.

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

31 minutes ago, PyroPhile said:

Ran'at heard the fighting from up ahead.

"What's happening? I was lost in thought for a second."

Then he saw the monster, and ran towards his friends to help.

"You got... anti-bug magic?"

[PyroPhile]

20 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"You got... anti-bug magic?"

"No, but I might be able to wedge something between some of the plates of its exoskeleton."

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Is its exoskeleton divided into plates?