As your hand rests upon the green pillar, you feel something pull at you. Your surroundings grow dark as you are pulled elsewhere.
You feel something moving beneath you. The air is pleasant and warm, complete with a brisk chill. Before you can open your eyes you feel something heavy clap your shoulder.
With a jolt you awaken, blinking and squinting at the bright light you find yourself facing. Loud laughter erupts from around you as the weight lifts from your shoulder, only to reappear as a quick slap on your back. "Haha! Fell asleep there, eh?" The hand belongs to someone made out of shadows smiling widely at you. They are riding upon a shadowy creature. You notice that you are on a similar beast.
Another beast and rider pulls up next to you on the other side. "Come on, it's not that far now. We'll be able to get this all sorted out soon." They nod forward, "See? It's already in sight."
You can make out a building in front of you. The building is decorated with figures that have been worn down by the passing of time, leaving them open to interpretation. The building itself looks as if it was carved out of the cliff-side it was built into. Or was it built against it? It's difficult to tell from here.
As you look around, you notice you are surrounded by a group of seven shadow-people, each one mounted upon a shadow beast. There is a sense of familiarity about them, then the memory teases itself free: all of you set out together, each unified in a single goal. There is something here, something that is hidden at the end of the map. Didn't you pay a pretty penny for that map? Or did you steal it? It's... it's a bit unclear, and hurts to think too much upon.
Your thoughts are shattered as a shout reverberates throughout the area. A dark arrow hisses out of the surroundings, lodging itself into the throat of the shadow-person beside you. You watch helplessly as they fall off their beast with a gurgle, clutching at their throat. "Take cover!" It didn't matter who shouted it; whether it was you or one of your six remaining companions, you now have something else to worry about.
He was unafraid, when the arrows came down and one of the forgettable companions bled into the dirt. That was the whole point of bringing them, promising things he knew well enough they would not all live to see.
He was quiet, and he was fast. It was easy to make a near-lethal strike. But the thing wasn't dead yet.
How unfortunate.
(CRITICAL HIT)
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Name of character: Szczeosny Current HP: 80/80 Special ability: Knight's Code:You start off with doubled HP. Once your HP however hits 0, you reset back at NORMAL (non doubled) HP. Species Ability: You may heal an opponent for your attack dice roll once PER battle. This takes up a turn. Current weapon equipped:The Defeated 2d12-6, 1d10 defense for 2 players once per battle
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:11 pm
With a thud and a clank, the shadow Knight readies its blade. It says nothing, but it doesn't need to. Not when it is fighting with murderous intent!
THE INSANITY KNIGHT HP 10/30 gaia_crownBoss auto damage: You take 5 HP damage per turn you make gaia_crownBoss loot: (On DEFEAT of boss only) Roll 1d4 and match your loot to the results below: 1: 2: 3: 4:
A dagger blossomed from the knight's throat, lodged in the space between the armor plates. He fell.
The horseman wiped his blade off on the grass so as not to sully a perfectly good weapon.
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Name of character: Szczeosny Current HP: 80/80 DMG: 16 BOSS HP: 0 Special ability: Knight's Code:You start off with doubled HP. Once your HP however hits 0, you reset back at NORMAL (non doubled) HP. Species Ability: You may heal an opponent for your attack dice roll once PER battle. This takes up a turn. Current weapon equipped:The Defeated 2d12-6, 1d10 defense for 2 players once per battle
The companions muttered among themselves as he drew his furs closer. He smiled at them, in what he intended to be a reassuring way, and then took off for the other side of the hall.
It was a disappointment to find something had actually grazed his cheek.
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Name of character: Szczeosny Current HP: 75/80 Special ability: Knight's Code:You start off with doubled HP. Once your HP however hits 0, you reset back at NORMAL (non doubled) HP. Species Ability: You may heal an opponent for your attack dice roll once PER battle. This takes up a turn. Current weapon equipped:The Defeated 2d12-6, 1d10 defense for 2 players once per battle
The ceiling was falling, dazing him just long enough for flames to come shooting up and practically roast him alive. His companion dragged him to safety, only for the two of them to feel a sharp pain of darts erupting from the wall nearby.
But they had made it... almost...
The Gauntlet pt 3 - Mystic Tiles Starting/Current HP: 75 Ending HP: 33 The rolls:
The tile you step on gives way under your feet... and nothing happens. As you step on this tile, something wet sprinkles on you from above. Whatever it was, you feel better. Recover 15 HP. A tower of flame shoots up from the tile, badly burning you. Take 10 damage. CLANG! Something hard and heavy falls from the ceiling. You forget something. You activate a trap. Take 5 damage. You activate a trap. Take 3 damage. A companion reaches out and pulls you to safety! Nothing happens. As you step onto the tile, you are filled with a feeling of... elation...? Recover all HP. A companion reaches out and pulls you to safety, taking your place! Except... they're gone. Lose a companion. CRUNCH. You can still hear your companion's screams of pain as they suffer heavy damage. Take 50% HP loss (ie if you are 30/40, take 15 damage).
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Name of character: Szczeosny Current HP: 75/80 Special ability: Knight's Code:You start off with doubled HP. Once your HP however hits 0, you reset back at NORMAL (non doubled) HP. Species Ability: You may heal an opponent for your attack dice roll once PER battle. This takes up a turn. Current weapon equipped:The Defeated 2d12-6, 1d10 defense for 2 players once per battle
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Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 1:28 pm
His men moved to engage the behemoth of a guardian.
Szczeosny stood back and watched them die.
What good fortune he had exactly enough men left to appease its wrath.
And now, he could finally grin, a twisted look of long, sharp teeth that did not belong in such a human mouth. They had paved the way with their dead bodies, which he stepped over so as not to get blood on his robes. At last it was his, it was finally his.
The knowledge...
He picked up a cup and dipped it into the fountain
The water tasted oddly like pumpkin, he noted, before everything became different.
He remembered - or perhaps it was clear to him finally - what he really was. The creature in robes and gems was forgotten, cast aside. In its place the shadows of his true form returned to him. Teeth and claws, horns and tail, cold and endless hunger. Clarity that was sharpened by desperation.
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