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When we last left the party they had wandered into a maze of tunnels to track a set of odd hoofprints. The trail led to the reanimated skeleton of a pony that had been hitched to an old minecart. Not seeing any point in sticking around that section of the tunnels any longer they left, but got completely lost when their guide was distracted by a dancing mare. As things currently stand Melody Maker has Silver Edge's head between her hooves, and they are both giving each other looks that are entirely inappropriate given their current location.
This is just another reminder that the DM does not get involved in PVP.
Post your character sheets and we can get started when most everyone gets here.
This is just another reminder that the DM does not get involved in PVP.
Post your character sheets and we can get started when most everyone gets here.
>Name: Melody Maker
>Race: Pegasus
>Gender: Female
>Cutiemark or Talent: A Mandolin that has been broken in two (think London Calling album cover), symbolising 'a flair for performing'
>Class: Bard
>Skills: Cheap Shot, Entertain, Inspire, Bluff
>Alignment: Chaotic Good
>Inventory: Ethereal Mandolin, repair supplies, a few other assorted instruments, and travel supplies
>Character traits: Huge braggart, loves to perform and loves an audience. Proud of her accomplishments and talents. Quick to anger and quick to start a fight.
>Race: Pegasus
>Gender: Female
>Cutiemark or Talent: A Mandolin that has been broken in two (think London Calling album cover), symbolising 'a flair for performing'
>Class: Bard
>Skills: Cheap Shot, Entertain, Inspire, Bluff
>Alignment: Chaotic Good
>Inventory: Ethereal Mandolin, repair supplies, a few other assorted instruments, and travel supplies
>Character traits: Huge braggart, loves to perform and loves an audience. Proud of her accomplishments and talents. Quick to anger and quick to start a fight.
Name: Flora
Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Cutiemark or Talent: bullseye (good at shooty shooty)
Class: Wardancer
Weapons: Longbow and a one hoofed iron war axe
Skills: Wardance (0), Crippling shot (2), Cheap shot (1)
Alignment: Neutral good
Inventory (brief or detailed): Light leather armor, food rations, water bottle, torch, flint, knife, harmonica
Race: Pegasus
Gender: Female
Cutiemark or Talent: bullseye (good at shooty shooty)
Class: Wardancer
Weapons: Longbow and a one hoofed iron war axe
Skills: Wardance (0), Crippling shot (2), Cheap shot (1)
Alignment: Neutral good
Inventory (brief or detailed): Light leather armor, food rations, water bottle, torch, flint, knife, harmonica
> Name: Silver Edge
> Race: Earth
> Gender: Female
> Cutiemark or Talent: Ribbon around a golden sword
> Class: Troubadour
> Skills: Entertain (1), Inspire (1), Sentry (1)
> Alignment: Neutral Good
> Inventory: Pretty dress and leg sleeves (to be a pretty mare), Dual Rapiers with ribbon on the handles, bag of bits, Book on dancing techniques
> Race: Earth
> Gender: Female
> Cutiemark or Talent: Ribbon around a golden sword
> Class: Troubadour
> Skills: Entertain (1), Inspire (1), Sentry (1)
> Alignment: Neutral Good
> Inventory: Pretty dress and leg sleeves (to be a pretty mare), Dual Rapiers with ribbon on the handles, bag of bits, Book on dancing techniques
So we can join now?
Louie
Unicorn
Talent: Freezing
Illusionist
Mirror Image (0), Freeze (2), Entertain (1)
Neutral Good
Inventory:
Book on the best ways to use crystals for light decoration
Extra water
Some binoculars
a hat
skates attachable to boots
Weapon:
Crossbow
Armour:
Well-shined metal shoes, entertainer's robes
An entertainer who uses his affinity with ice to create pretty displays. Generally pretty chill.
Louie
Unicorn
Talent: Freezing
Illusionist
Mirror Image (0), Freeze (2), Entertain (1)
Neutral Good
Inventory:
Book on the best ways to use crystals for light decoration
Extra water
Some binoculars
a hat
skates attachable to boots
Weapon:
Crossbow
Armour:
Well-shined metal shoes, entertainer's robes
An entertainer who uses his affinity with ice to create pretty displays. Generally pretty chill.
Name: Mwandishi
Race: Zebra
Class: Trickster
Skills: Terrify, Trap, Stealth
Cutie Mark: Mwandishi's mark resembles the zebra mask that the trickster-hero in their stories wore. He's great at making himself hidden.
Inventory: Travel supplies, Magical throwing-dagger (it comes back!), Electric short sword, Alpha crown, Zebra leather armor
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Character Description:
Mwandishi is a story-teller from the Zebra lands to the south. He left home to explore and seek wealth. Mwandishi would not have gottent his far from home without being clever. Sly and careful, he's reluctant to get into a fight, and prefers trickery to paying his bar tab. After traveling the world, his primary concern is overthrowing the powerful (and also taking their ill-gotten money) and liberating the oppressed (especially if there might be reward money involved).
Race: Zebra
Class: Trickster
Skills: Terrify, Trap, Stealth
Cutie Mark: Mwandishi's mark resembles the zebra mask that the trickster-hero in their stories wore. He's great at making himself hidden.
Inventory: Travel supplies, Magical throwing-dagger (it comes back!), Electric short sword, Alpha crown, Zebra leather armor
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Character Description:
Mwandishi is a story-teller from the Zebra lands to the south. He left home to explore and seek wealth. Mwandishi would not have gottent his far from home without being clever. Sly and careful, he's reluctant to get into a fight, and prefers trickery to paying his bar tab. After traveling the world, his primary concern is overthrowing the powerful (and also taking their ill-gotten money) and liberating the oppressed (especially if there might be reward money involved).
>>41196
Try as you might you are unable to keep your thoughts off the dancing mare as you lead the party through the tunnels.
>>41204
>11
Luckily you realize that your companions thoughts are not on the task at hoof and take the lead. Before long you and the party come to a familiar collection of tunnels and recognize them as the ones you and Melody Maker passed through after first arriving. A bit of searching finds another one of those odd trails and you follow it back to the small room where you dropped the torch. Along the way you find an old, moth eaten saddlebag containing two healing potions. Next time you lead the party through these tunnels you can choose your desired destination and get a +1 to your roll on top of your Racial bonus.
>>41215
You come back to your sense while walking and start looking for traps. There are no artificial traps, but some of the tunnels look like they could collapse at any moment.
After entering the small room with the dropped torch the party sees a Unicorn stallion wearing some robes exit a nearby tunnel.
That is your cue.
Try as you might you are unable to keep your thoughts off the dancing mare as you lead the party through the tunnels.
>>41204
>11
Luckily you realize that your companions thoughts are not on the task at hoof and take the lead. Before long you and the party come to a familiar collection of tunnels and recognize them as the ones you and Melody Maker passed through after first arriving. A bit of searching finds another one of those odd trails and you follow it back to the small room where you dropped the torch. Along the way you find an old, moth eaten saddlebag containing two healing potions. Next time you lead the party through these tunnels you can choose your desired destination and get a +1 to your roll on top of your Racial bonus.
>>41215
You come back to your sense while walking and start looking for traps. There are no artificial traps, but some of the tunnels look like they could collapse at any moment.
After entering the small room with the dropped torch the party sees a Unicorn stallion wearing some robes exit a nearby tunnel.
That is your cue.
>>41240
You stop laughing and give him a platonic hug.
>>41241
You are quiet attractive. If you had to guess you'd say you were an eight out of ten.
>>41242
You are damn serious.
>>41243
You nearly get losed but Strawberry drags you back to the group.
>>41244
There is nothing left in this room, but after traveling a few feet down the tunnel sparsely lit by torches you can see a large number of pony and diamond dog tracks heading away from you.
>>41246
There are a bunch of ponies down here.
>>41247
You try break dancing. The rough stone floor isn't good for that sort of thing and you end up scraping the back of your head and neck pretty badly.
You stop laughing and give him a platonic hug.
>>41241
You are quiet attractive. If you had to guess you'd say you were an eight out of ten.
>>41242
You are damn serious.
>>41243
You nearly get losed but Strawberry drags you back to the group.
>>41244
There is nothing left in this room, but after traveling a few feet down the tunnel sparsely lit by torches you can see a large number of pony and diamond dog tracks heading away from you.
>>41246
There are a bunch of ponies down here.
>>41247
You try break dancing. The rough stone floor isn't good for that sort of thing and you end up scraping the back of your head and neck pretty badly.
>>41254
You strut your stuff but none of the mares seem to take interest.
>>41257
Mwandishi, on the other hand, sees you and makes a beeline for you.
>>41260
Before you can learn if he was jealous of your good looks or simply drawn to them Melody Maker gathers the party and leads them down the sparsely lit tunnel.
You are all back at the intersection where the last battle took place. To the south is a better lit tunnel with grooves from a cart leading down it. To the west is the path to the large cavern. The bodies of the Dogs are still here, but they have been stripped of their armor and weapons.
You strut your stuff but none of the mares seem to take interest.
>>41257
Mwandishi, on the other hand, sees you and makes a beeline for you.
>>41260
Before you can learn if he was jealous of your good looks or simply drawn to them Melody Maker gathers the party and leads them down the sparsely lit tunnel.
You are all back at the intersection where the last battle took place. To the south is a better lit tunnel with grooves from a cart leading down it. To the west is the path to the large cavern. The bodies of the Dogs are still here, but they have been stripped of their armor and weapons.
>>41280
That's fine.
>>41281
>>41292
It's definitely a bit of both. That unicorn is just too damn handsome for his own good.
The party heads south and the frequency of torches increase. The walls here have holes dug into them, some of them are almost tunnels themselves and sit at odd angles to the main tunnel. After a few minutes of walking the party and see dozens of shimmering lights from the end of the tunnel. After reaching the end you all can see that you are at the top of a large, roughly circular, cavern whose walls and ceiling are completely covered with gems of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Some of the gems at the mouth of the tunnel have been cut and smoothed until they form a platform, and others have been cut and smoothed so that they make a ramp that goes down while hugging the wall of the cavern. Peaking out over the edge shows many small figures at the bottom.
Sorry this took so long to type.
That's fine.
>>41281
>>41292
It's definitely a bit of both. That unicorn is just too damn handsome for his own good.
The party heads south and the frequency of torches increase. The walls here have holes dug into them, some of them are almost tunnels themselves and sit at odd angles to the main tunnel. After a few minutes of walking the party and see dozens of shimmering lights from the end of the tunnel. After reaching the end you all can see that you are at the top of a large, roughly circular, cavern whose walls and ceiling are completely covered with gems of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Some of the gems at the mouth of the tunnel have been cut and smoothed until they form a platform, and others have been cut and smoothed so that they make a ramp that goes down while hugging the wall of the cavern. Peaking out over the edge shows many small figures at the bottom.
Sorry this took so long to type.
>>41318
The zebra is the only one here who isn't at fault, which is funny because he's entirely unnecessary.
>>41319
You are unable to break any good sized ones from the wall, but there are a few tiny, dull ones loose on the ground.
>>41320
You look at a gem which is gleaming with reflected light and are temporarily blinded.
>>41321
Everything is so tiny down there. You can see a bunch of dots moving around but aren't sure what they are or how many there are.
>>41327
You look over the edge and can make out a good number of Diamond Dogs at the bottom as well as a smaller number of ponies. The ponies are digging and hauling carts while the dogs stand back and watch them.
>>41325
You fly down to a platform breaking the ramps decent halfway down the cavern. From there you can see everything that Silver Edge can see, but can also see that the ponies pulling the carts are very thin, bony even, and white.
>>41324
There are ponies down there and donkeys down there. The donkeys seem to be in worse shape than the ponies. The ponies pulling the carts are extremely thin and white.
The zebra is the only one here who isn't at fault, which is funny because he's entirely unnecessary.
>>41319
You are unable to break any good sized ones from the wall, but there are a few tiny, dull ones loose on the ground.
>>41320
You look at a gem which is gleaming with reflected light and are temporarily blinded.
>>41321
Everything is so tiny down there. You can see a bunch of dots moving around but aren't sure what they are or how many there are.
>>41327
You look over the edge and can make out a good number of Diamond Dogs at the bottom as well as a smaller number of ponies. The ponies are digging and hauling carts while the dogs stand back and watch them.
>>41325
You fly down to a platform breaking the ramps decent halfway down the cavern. From there you can see everything that Silver Edge can see, but can also see that the ponies pulling the carts are very thin, bony even, and white.
>>41324
There are ponies down there and donkeys down there. The donkeys seem to be in worse shape than the ponies. The ponies pulling the carts are extremely thin and white.
>>41343
You step off the platform but forget to open your wings. You fall faster and faster towards the bottom of the shaft but…
>>41344
Flora leaps into the air to save you. She loses control of her flight while grabbing you and the two of you crash into a platform halfway down the cavern. Both of you roll to see what kind of damage you took.
>>41346
Your stripes somehow blend in with the kaleidoscope of colors thrown by the gems.
>>41347
>>41351
Both of you take off down the ramp after the falling pegasi.
You step off the platform but forget to open your wings. You fall faster and faster towards the bottom of the shaft but…
>>41344
Flora leaps into the air to save you. She loses control of her flight while grabbing you and the two of you crash into a platform halfway down the cavern. Both of you roll to see what kind of damage you took.
>>41346
Your stripes somehow blend in with the kaleidoscope of colors thrown by the gems.
>>41347
>>41351
Both of you take off down the ramp after the falling pegasi.
>>41355
Neither of you screamed while falling and so did not attract the Dogs' attention. You land on top of Flora and simply get the wind knocked out of you.
>>41356
There is a loud snap when you hit the ground and a shoot pain in your leg. It's broken and all your actions will be at -2 until it is healed.
>>41357
You buck a crystal and it comes loose. There is no sound for a few seconds, then there is a crash as it hits the ground and shatters.
>>41358
You start making bear noises, spooking the surviving Dogs.
>>41360
You run down the ramp towards your friends.
>>41361
You see where he hides and go over to talk with him. Mwandishi is no longer stealthed.
>>41360
That's the sort of thing you have to roll for.
Melody Maker, Flora and Silver Edge are on a gem platform halfway down the tunnel where it is a bit easier to see things at the bottom of the cavern. Mwandishi and Candy Cane are on a platform at the top of the cavern. Liune stopped at a platform a quarter of the way down to drop things on the Dogs below.
Neither of you screamed while falling and so did not attract the Dogs' attention. You land on top of Flora and simply get the wind knocked out of you.
>>41356
There is a loud snap when you hit the ground and a shoot pain in your leg. It's broken and all your actions will be at -2 until it is healed.
>>41357
You buck a crystal and it comes loose. There is no sound for a few seconds, then there is a crash as it hits the ground and shatters.
>>41358
You start making bear noises, spooking the surviving Dogs.
>>41360
You run down the ramp towards your friends.
>>41361
You see where he hides and go over to talk with him. Mwandishi is no longer stealthed.
>>41360
That's the sort of thing you have to roll for.
Melody Maker, Flora and Silver Edge are on a gem platform halfway down the tunnel where it is a bit easier to see things at the bottom of the cavern. Mwandishi and Candy Cane are on a platform at the top of the cavern. Liune stopped at a platform a quarter of the way down to drop things on the Dogs below.
>>41371
You drop one of your non-enchanted knives off the edge of the platform and watch as it falls. It completely misses the Dogs at the bottom and slips down between some gems. No way you're getting that knife back without a pickaxe.
>>41372
There is no nearby dog. You are halfway down the cavern, but still high enough up that the fall would either kill or seriously maim any pony that fell over the edge.
>>41374
You take up a defensive stance behind the others.
Strawberry looks around and asks why the group split up.
You drop one of your non-enchanted knives off the edge of the platform and watch as it falls. It completely misses the Dogs at the bottom and slips down between some gems. No way you're getting that knife back without a pickaxe.
>>41372
There is no nearby dog. You are halfway down the cavern, but still high enough up that the fall would either kill or seriously maim any pony that fell over the edge.
>>41374
You take up a defensive stance behind the others.
Strawberry looks around and asks why the group split up.
>>41377
Your arrow misses and nearly hits one of the slaves. It looks around for whatever just flew past it but quickly returns to work when it sees a Diamond Dog headed its way.
>>41380
She looks to be too close to the edge so you pull her back.
>>41382
You are now hiding at the very top of the cavern.
>>41383
You are halfway down the cavern. Way up above you is where you came in from, and down below is where the slaves are. A peak over the edge from this platform may yield more information than one from higher up.
Your arrow misses and nearly hits one of the slaves. It looks around for whatever just flew past it but quickly returns to work when it sees a Diamond Dog headed its way.
>>41380
She looks to be too close to the edge so you pull her back.
>>41382
You are now hiding at the very top of the cavern.
>>41383
You are halfway down the cavern. Way up above you is where you came in from, and down below is where the slaves are. A peak over the edge from this platform may yield more information than one from higher up.
>>41385
You hide next to a gem that is roughly the same color as your coat. As long as you don't move you probably won't be seen.
>>41386
You can hardly see a thing before you fall over the edge.
>>41390
With a stunning display of areal acrobatics that goes unnoticed by anything at the bottom of the cavern you fly down and save her. You return to the platform and feel pretty good about having saved two ponies in the space of a few minutes.
>>41387
A few of them are dragging their dead comrades towards one of two sections of the wall that don't have crystals. Roll a d10.
>>41389
You make your way towards where most of the others are.
Because Stealth is one of your skills you don't have to roll to keep hiding.
>>41391
You hold on to her and make sure she stays away from the edge of the platform.
>>41392
You wonder if it wouldn't be best to retire and live a normal life.
You hide next to a gem that is roughly the same color as your coat. As long as you don't move you probably won't be seen.
>>41386
You can hardly see a thing before you fall over the edge.
>>41390
With a stunning display of areal acrobatics that goes unnoticed by anything at the bottom of the cavern you fly down and save her. You return to the platform and feel pretty good about having saved two ponies in the space of a few minutes.
>>41387
A few of them are dragging their dead comrades towards one of two sections of the wall that don't have crystals. Roll a d10.
>>41389
You make your way towards where most of the others are.
Because Stealth is one of your skills you don't have to roll to keep hiding.
>>41391
You hold on to her and make sure she stays away from the edge of the platform.
>>41392
You wonder if it wouldn't be best to retire and live a normal life.
>>41394
You had a weird feeling glancing at some of the dogs down there, but you guess it was nothing after all.
>>41395
You still find it hard to breath after nearly being splatted against the ground.
>>41397
You make the wrong kind of bear noises. Louie even said he isn't into stallions, why are you doing that?
>>41399
You pull her closer and try to resist the urge to cry after nearly dieing.
>>41400
Strawberry speaks up. "I don't care who is in charge, but if the disorganization of this group leads to any of my friends getting killed you are all going to answer to me."
>>41401
You hug her tighter and stroke her back with a hoof while making reassuring noises.
>>41402
You gracefully fly down and land with the others.
You had a weird feeling glancing at some of the dogs down there, but you guess it was nothing after all.
>>41395
You still find it hard to breath after nearly being splatted against the ground.
>>41397
You make the wrong kind of bear noises. Louie even said he isn't into stallions, why are you doing that?
>>41399
You pull her closer and try to resist the urge to cry after nearly dieing.
>>41400
Strawberry speaks up. "I don't care who is in charge, but if the disorganization of this group leads to any of my friends getting killed you are all going to answer to me."
>>41401
You hug her tighter and stroke her back with a hoof while making reassuring noises.
>>41402
You gracefully fly down and land with the others.
>>41406
You force your tears down and get yourself back together.
>>41408
You pat her on the back a bit harder than necessary and a touch of fear about what could have happened colors your voice.
>>41413
>>41415
Looks like this is where we stop for the night. Sorry for the late start, but I was waiting for BDM to finish his quest since he was wrapping it up tonight. I know this was a short session and nothing much happened, but does anyone have any reviews or questions?
You force your tears down and get yourself back together.
>>41408
You pat her on the back a bit harder than necessary and a touch of fear about what could have happened colors your voice.
>>41413
>>41415
Looks like this is where we stop for the night. Sorry for the late start, but I was waiting for BDM to finish his quest since he was wrapping it up tonight. I know this was a short session and nothing much happened, but does anyone have any reviews or questions?
>>41426
That may not work well. Not only am I going to be handling the absorption of love love differently but
That may not work well. Not only am I going to be handling the absorption of love love differently but
spoilers it's taking place in a large city, more specifically that city's red light district. The party has to first figure out what's causing the problems, the how far the infestation has spread, then find a way into the hive and kill the Queen. Plus, I couldn't very well play against myself, especially when I would be DMing one of the games.When we last left the party they were all huddled together on a platform cut into the gems slinging the walls of a large, deep cavern. Despite several attacks made against the Diamond Dogs on the floor of the cavern they are unaware of the party's presence, and despite many missed attacks none of the slaves were maimed or killed. A few peeks over the edge have shown that the slaves they have been sent to rescue are here, but so are many guards. The party must now decide if it is the time to strike, or if further reconnaissance is in order. Whatever they decide Louie, Flora, Liune, and Silver Edge have volunteered to stay behind with Shortcake and guard the rear.
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>>42011
You can see that the mining is all happening on the side of the chamber opposite the end of the ramp. There is a large pile of gems of gems in the center of the room that would be easy to hide behind. It is very loud down there, possibly loud enough that any short fights would go unnoticed by the Dogs guarding the slaves. To the left of the landing is a passageway guarded by two Dig Dogs. To the right is a passage that a few Diamond Dogs and Dig Dogs have just left. Roll a d10.
You can see that the mining is all happening on the side of the chamber opposite the end of the ramp. There is a large pile of gems of gems in the center of the room that would be easy to hide behind. It is very loud down there, possibly loud enough that any short fights would go unnoticed by the Dogs guarding the slaves. To the left of the landing is a passageway guarded by two Dig Dogs. To the right is a passage that a few Diamond Dogs and Dig Dogs have just left. Roll a d10.
>>42030
It's just not coming to you.
>>42031
You are now three fourths of the way down. Descending once more will put you on the floor of the cavern.
>>42028
You hide behind Mwandishi and Strawberry follows you.
I already gave you guys everything you need to figure out the puzzle. All a 9 or 10 would have done was made me tell you the answer myself.
It's just not coming to you.
>>42031
You are now three fourths of the way down. Descending once more will put you on the floor of the cavern.
>>42028
You hide behind Mwandishi and Strawberry follows you.
I already gave you guys everything you need to figure out the puzzle. All a 9 or 10 would have done was made me tell you the answer myself.
>>42041
To the left and right the stone walls have been mined clean of gems. To the left a passage has been dug into the rock and it is guarded by two Dig Dogs who have not seen the party yet. To the right is a similar, unguarded passage. In the middle of the cavern is a large pile, maybe even a small hill, of diamonds and gems. Occasionally a skeleton will pull a cart full of gems up a ramp next to pile, dump the gems out, then return down the ramp. From the other side of the pile come the noises of Diamond Dogs talking and yelling, picks hitting gems and stone, and the crack of whips.
Do you have a Trap set? I can't remember.
To the left and right the stone walls have been mined clean of gems. To the left a passage has been dug into the rock and it is guarded by two Dig Dogs who have not seen the party yet. To the right is a similar, unguarded passage. In the middle of the cavern is a large pile, maybe even a small hill, of diamonds and gems. Occasionally a skeleton will pull a cart full of gems up a ramp next to pile, dump the gems out, then return down the ramp. From the other side of the pile come the noises of Diamond Dogs talking and yelling, picks hitting gems and stone, and the crack of whips.
Do you have a Trap set? I can't remember.
>>42046
On the other side of the pile you can see a few ponies and several donkeys using pickaxes to mine the gems one the wall. There are 10 Diamond Dogs among them with whips. Standing guard near the slaves are 6 Dig Dogs. Reclining against the pile of gems are 3 Diamond Dog Knights.
I need to go for about half an hour, sorry. I'll be back.
On the other side of the pile you can see a few ponies and several donkeys using pickaxes to mine the gems one the wall. There are 10 Diamond Dogs among them with whips. Standing guard near the slaves are 6 Dig Dogs. Reclining against the pile of gems are 3 Diamond Dog Knights.
I need to go for about half an hour, sorry. I'll be back.
>>42047
Alright, that's cool. Since my special talent is stealth, I assume I can move back to the party unimpeded.
"There's no way we can take these guys in a fight. Our best bet is to go down that guarded tunnel. Hopefully all the noise will keep the rest from noticing."
I hope y'all are still here
Alright, that's cool. Since my special talent is stealth, I assume I can move back to the party unimpeded.
"There's no way we can take these guys in a fight. Our best bet is to go down that guarded tunnel. Hopefully all the noise will keep the rest from noticing."
I hope y'all are still here
>>42078
Her hoof was over her mouth and her eyes were wide, but she puts all her hooves and on the ground and closes her eyes to concentrate. Her horn glows and you feel and tugging on your eye, then pain and a gush of fluid. After that comes a dull pain and the feel of something moving under your eyelid. When she finishes your right eye refuses to open. Strawberry is panting softly when she opens her eyes.
"I think I fixed it. Your eye needs to do a bit of healing on its own though, but eventually you should be able to see out of it again."
You are half blind and at -1 to all rolls for the next five turns.
>>42079
You think you can maybe hear the soft sound of snoring behind the door.
Her hoof was over her mouth and her eyes were wide, but she puts all her hooves and on the ground and closes her eyes to concentrate. Her horn glows and you feel and tugging on your eye, then pain and a gush of fluid. After that comes a dull pain and the feel of something moving under your eyelid. When she finishes your right eye refuses to open. Strawberry is panting softly when she opens her eyes.
"I think I fixed it. Your eye needs to do a bit of healing on its own though, but eventually you should be able to see out of it again."
You are half blind and at -1 to all rolls for the next five turns.
>>42079
You think you can maybe hear the soft sound of snoring behind the door.
>>42083
The door opens with a loud creak and you get a few splinters in the hoof you used to push it open. The snoring that was coming from a curtained off corner of the room cuts off with a snort and a grunt.
"What? More already? Can you dogs really not kill kill a few ponies that wandered in here!? Fine! Just throw them in the pile with the others and I'll resurrect them when I'm done with my nap."
The pile he was talking about is probably the one with three Diamond Dog Knights in it. Aside from the tunnel there are tables with a few bones, candles, and books on them. In the corner of the room opposite the curtains is a pit full of a bubbling green liquid that smells like a mixture of tile cleaner and decay. In a third corner is a pile of belongings that looks like they used to belong to ponies.
Four turns.
The door opens with a loud creak and you get a few splinters in the hoof you used to push it open. The snoring that was coming from a curtained off corner of the room cuts off with a snort and a grunt.
"What? More already? Can you dogs really not kill kill a few ponies that wandered in here!? Fine! Just throw them in the pile with the others and I'll resurrect them when I'm done with my nap."
The pile he was talking about is probably the one with three Diamond Dog Knights in it. Aside from the tunnel there are tables with a few bones, candles, and books on them. In the corner of the room opposite the curtains is a pit full of a bubbling green liquid that smells like a mixture of tile cleaner and decay. In a third corner is a pile of belongings that looks like they used to belong to ponies.
Four turns.
>>42092
From behind the curtain separating a corner of the room from the rest of the room.
"I don't hear any bodies being dumped! If you stupid mutts are trying to steal my stuff I'll strip the flesh from your bones and make your skeletons dance!"
The curtain is pulled back and a larger than average Diamond Dog steps out. He is wearing a headdress with a pair of ram's horns on it and has a totem hanging around his neck in the shape of a ram's head. In one withered paw he carries a gnarled staff with the skull of some creature affixed to the top of it.
"Where are you dogs? Hiding is only going to make it worse, I don't have to kill you right away!"
Two turns.
From behind the curtain separating a corner of the room from the rest of the room.
"I don't hear any bodies being dumped! If you stupid mutts are trying to steal my stuff I'll strip the flesh from your bones and make your skeletons dance!"
The curtain is pulled back and a larger than average Diamond Dog steps out. He is wearing a headdress with a pair of ram's horns on it and has a totem hanging around his neck in the shape of a ram's head. In one withered paw he carries a gnarled staff with the skull of some creature affixed to the top of it.
"Where are you dogs? Hiding is only going to make it worse, I don't have to kill you right away!"
Two turns.
>>42102
You stay hidden as he searches and ignore his threats. When you see a pair of paws pass by the table you are hiding you you lash out with your mandolin. The Diamond Dog curses and falls to the ground beside your table.
>>42104
You jump out of a nearby shadow and slash at him with your blade. He convulses and screams.
One turn.
Rolled 1 = 1
You stay hidden as he searches and ignore his threats. When you see a pair of paws pass by the table you are hiding you you lash out with your mandolin. The Diamond Dog curses and falls to the ground beside your table.
>>42104
You jump out of a nearby shadow and slash at him with your blade. He convulses and screams.
One turn.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>42106
The Diamond Dog thrashes has each blow from your sword sends more electricity coursing through his body. His flailing sends droplets of his blood flying across the room.
>>42107
>5
The dog's convulsions work in his favor and he avoids all of your attacks. Your right eye opens and you are delighted to see that you can see again.
>>42105
Strawberry lets loose with a loud war cry and charges at him from under a table with her mace held high. Her cry cuts off as an unsteady paw hits her in the side and slams her to the ground. The paw squeezes and Strawberry gives a soul-splitting scream as the armor around the paw turns to dust. The Diamond Dog stands up and throws her away and raises both paws.
"DOGS, RISE!"
The bodies of the Diamond Dog Knights shudder, then they stand up and grab their weapons and shields.
"DOGS, PROTECT ME AND KILL THE PONIES!"
The Knights charge towards the group and the Necromancer flees back to the curtained part of the room.
Roll for initiative. You want to beat the second roll.
Rolled 1, 3 = 4
The Diamond Dog thrashes has each blow from your sword sends more electricity coursing through his body. His flailing sends droplets of his blood flying across the room.
>>42107
>5
The dog's convulsions work in his favor and he avoids all of your attacks. Your right eye opens and you are delighted to see that you can see again.
>>42105
Strawberry lets loose with a loud war cry and charges at him from under a table with her mace held high. Her cry cuts off as an unsteady paw hits her in the side and slams her to the ground. The paw squeezes and Strawberry gives a soul-splitting scream as the armor around the paw turns to dust. The Diamond Dog stands up and throws her away and raises both paws.
"DOGS, RISE!"
The bodies of the Diamond Dog Knights shudder, then they stand up and grab their weapons and shields.
"DOGS, PROTECT ME AND KILL THE PONIES!"
The Knights charge towards the group and the Necromancer flees back to the curtained part of the room.
Roll for initiative. You want to beat the second roll.
Rolled 1, 3 = 4
>>42123
The Necromancer screams from behind his curtain then starts unsteadily chanting in a language you don't recognize.
>>42121
The Diamond Dog Knights catch you by surprise. You back away from one and into another who bashes you with his shield before hitting you with the pommel of his sword. It hurts almost as bad as the splinter in your eye did, but you manage to stay standing.
>>42111
Strawberry is still screaming from whatever the Necromancer did to her when a Diamond Dog Knight draw close. He holds his sword with both paws and raises it over his head before bringing it down on the helpless pony. She raises her shield but the force of the blow shatters it along with ever single bone in her leg.
The Necromancer screams from behind his curtain then starts unsteadily chanting in a language you don't recognize.
>>42121
The Diamond Dog Knights catch you by surprise. You back away from one and into another who bashes you with his shield before hitting you with the pommel of his sword. It hurts almost as bad as the splinter in your eye did, but you manage to stay standing.
>>42111
Strawberry is still screaming from whatever the Necromancer did to her when a Diamond Dog Knight draw close. He holds his sword with both paws and raises it over his head before bringing it down on the helpless pony. She raises her shield but the force of the blow shatters it along with ever single bone in her leg.
>>42127
You rush towards the knight assaulting the mare as he preparers to deliver the killing blow. You jump onto a table then leap towards him, your blade crackling with the energy it contains. You swing your sword in an arc and lop off one of the Knight's arms at the elbow. He falls back against the wall and clutches the stump while it spurts blood.
>>42128
It hurts to move but you fight through the pain and go on the offensive. The Knight's armor and shield do nothing to stop your ethereal mandolin as you attack him.
>>42130
Strawberry's horn glows and the bones in her leg knit themselves back together, but she is still too weak to stand.
Rolled 4 = 4
You rush towards the knight assaulting the mare as he preparers to deliver the killing blow. You jump onto a table then leap towards him, your blade crackling with the energy it contains. You swing your sword in an arc and lop off one of the Knight's arms at the elbow. He falls back against the wall and clutches the stump while it spurts blood.
>>42128
It hurts to move but you fight through the pain and go on the offensive. The Knight's armor and shield do nothing to stop your ethereal mandolin as you attack him.
>>42130
Strawberry's horn glows and the bones in her leg knit themselves back together, but she is still too weak to stand.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>42142
You plunge a knife through his visor and he gurgles and blood starts pouring out the bottom of his helmet. He slumps to the floor and blindly tries to push you off him.
>>42151
>9
Your attack intensifies and all the knight can do is try to run. You keep up with him and continue to attack as he gradually slows down.
>>42140
Strawberry is too exhausted to do anything but lie there.
>>42152
Are you that beat up about not having a shot with Strawberry? I can change things up if you really want me to butyou keep missing my hints about an alternate solution.
Rolled 10 = 10
You plunge a knife through his visor and he gurgles and blood starts pouring out the bottom of his helmet. He slumps to the floor and blindly tries to push you off him.
>>42151
>9
Your attack intensifies and all the knight can do is try to run. You keep up with him and continue to attack as he gradually slows down.
>>42140
Strawberry is too exhausted to do anything but lie there.
>>42152
Are you that beat up about not having a shot with Strawberry? I can change things up if you really want me to butyou keep missing my hints about an alternate solution.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>42161
You turn you back on the downed Knight to go after the Necromancer, but the Knight isn't finished with you yet. He pulls your knife from his visor and stabs at you rip your armor and bruise you.
>>42164
You are exhausted from a long day of killing Diamond Dogs and hitting on mares. You can hardly keep up with the already slow Diamond Dog but manage to hit him a few times. He starts coughing as he runs.
>>42166
You slip through the door and come up behind a Diamond Dog Knight. He doesn't see you even as your horn starts to glow. With a bright flash the area around his legs, and his legs, turn to ice. He drops his sword and shield and starts screaming.
>>42164
Just making sure.
Rolled 1 = 1
You turn you back on the downed Knight to go after the Necromancer, but the Knight isn't finished with you yet. He pulls your knife from his visor and stabs at you rip your armor and bruise you.
>>42164
You are exhausted from a long day of killing Diamond Dogs and hitting on mares. You can hardly keep up with the already slow Diamond Dog but manage to hit him a few times. He starts coughing as he runs.
>>42166
You slip through the door and come up behind a Diamond Dog Knight. He doesn't see you even as your horn starts to glow. With a bright flash the area around his legs, and his legs, turn to ice. He drops his sword and shield and starts screaming.
>>42164
Just making sure.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>42168
You turn you back on the downed Knight to go after the Necromancer, but the Knight isn't finished with you yet. He pulls your knife from his visor and stabs at you rip your armor and bruise you.
You turn to leave but see the Diamond Dog reach to pull your knife from his visor. You simply buck him in the face and drive the knife straight through his head, killing him.
>>42156
Strawberry's horn glows and her wounded side seems to heal slightly. She stands back up.
Should I keep rolling for her now that Louie is here?
You turn to leave but see the Diamond Dog reach to pull your knife from his visor. You simply buck him in the face and drive the knife straight through his head, killing him.
>>42156
Strawberry's horn glows and her wounded side seems to heal slightly. She stands back up.
Should I keep rolling for her now that Louie is here?
>>42174
You catch up to him and renew your attack. He's stopped moving and is using a table to stay upright, but as soon as…
>>42177
you started heading for the area where the Necromancer is hiding he launches himself between you and the curtained section of the room. You casually cut him down.
>>42176
Not seeing anyone in need of help you kick the frozen legs of the Knight and shatter them. His still living torso start trying to pull itself towards Mwandishi and Melody Maker.
>>42168
The air around the wound on Strawberry's side grows dark and she screams before collapsing again.
The Necromancer rips down the curtain.
"CAN'T YOU STUPID MUTTS DO ANYTHING RIGHT? FINE, I'LL DO IT MYSELF!"
He chugs a potion and his wounds close. He then throws the bottle at the party. Roll to dodge.
Rolled 9 = 9
You catch up to him and renew your attack. He's stopped moving and is using a table to stay upright, but as soon as…
>>42177
you started heading for the area where the Necromancer is hiding he launches himself between you and the curtained section of the room. You casually cut him down.
>>42176
Not seeing anyone in need of help you kick the frozen legs of the Knight and shatter them. His still living torso start trying to pull itself towards Mwandishi and Melody Maker.
>>42168
The air around the wound on Strawberry's side grows dark and she screams before collapsing again.
The Necromancer rips down the curtain.
"CAN'T YOU STUPID MUTTS DO ANYTHING RIGHT? FINE, I'LL DO IT MYSELF!"
He chugs a potion and his wounds close. He then throws the bottle at the party. Roll to dodge.
Rolled 9 = 9
>>42183
You fire a bolt at him, but an invisible force pulls the living half of the Diamond Dog Knight off the ground and it hits him straight in the chest. The bolt punches through, though most of its momentum was spent doing so. It hits the Necromancer in the chest but doesn't burry itself very deeply.
>>42187
You jump out of the way of the bottle…
>>42184
And it bounces harmlessly off your armor.
>>42181
Strawberries horn glows again as she tries healing the stubborn wound on her side.
You fire a bolt at him, but an invisible force pulls the living half of the Diamond Dog Knight off the ground and it hits him straight in the chest. The bolt punches through, though most of its momentum was spent doing so. It hits the Necromancer in the chest but doesn't burry itself very deeply.
>>42187
You jump out of the way of the bottle…
>>42184
And it bounces harmlessly off your armor.
>>42181
Strawberries horn glows again as she tries healing the stubborn wound on her side.
>>42192
Ice crystals form on his arm and he slaps at them.
>>42194
Your tales of slave uprisings cause the Diamond Dog to become concerned.
>>42193
While he is distracted you fly in and bring your mandolin down on his head and through his body. He starts coughing and blood speckles the floor around his paws.
>>42197
The air around Strawberry's side grows dark again and she grits her teeth, but remains standing.
The Diamond Dog raises his paws.
"MINIONS, I NEED YOU!"
The bubbling green goo starts to fizz and five pony skeletons climb out of it, flesh dripping off their bones.
Rolled 4 = 4
Ice crystals form on his arm and he slaps at them.
>>42194
Your tales of slave uprisings cause the Diamond Dog to become concerned.
>>42193
While he is distracted you fly in and bring your mandolin down on his head and through his body. He starts coughing and blood speckles the floor around his paws.
>>42197
The air around Strawberry's side grows dark again and she grits her teeth, but remains standing.
The Diamond Dog raises his paws.
"MINIONS, I NEED YOU!"
The bubbling green goo starts to fizz and five pony skeletons climb out of it, flesh dripping off their bones.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>42202
You start to line up a shot, but one of the skeletons rears up and slams you with it's forehooves.
About a third.
>>42203
He bops you on the head with his staff.
>>42204
He tries to fend off your blows with his staff, but all that does is slow you mandolin down as it passes through. He growls when your hits connect.
>>42200
Strawberries leg's start trembling as the air around her side grows darker.
Rolled 10 = 10
You start to line up a shot, but one of the skeletons rears up and slams you with it's forehooves.
About a third.
>>42203
He bops you on the head with his staff.
>>42204
He tries to fend off your blows with his staff, but all that does is slow you mandolin down as it passes through. He growls when your hits connect.
>>42200
Strawberries leg's start trembling as the air around her side grows darker.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>42209
You try to kick it away, but it is too fast and slams you again, sending you sprawling across the ice. You are now Helpless.
>>42206
Strawberry's horn glows again and the darkness around her dissipates.
>>42210
>>42212
The two of you attack, Mwandishi from behind with his sword and Melody Maker from the front with her mandolin. The Necromancer cowers under the blows, but before he can be driven to the floor he thrusts his staff into the air and shouts something that makes your ears hurt. The room goes pitch black and two points of wicked light light appear in the empty eye sockets of the skull on his staff.
Everyone roll to resist. You want to beat the second roll.
Rolled 10, 2 = 12
You try to kick it away, but it is too fast and slams you again, sending you sprawling across the ice. You are now Helpless.
>>42206
Strawberry's horn glows again and the darkness around her dissipates.
>>42210
>>42212
The two of you attack, Mwandishi from behind with his sword and Melody Maker from the front with her mandolin. The Necromancer cowers under the blows, but before he can be driven to the floor he thrusts his staff into the air and shouts something that makes your ears hurt. The room goes pitch black and two points of wicked light light appear in the empty eye sockets of the skull on his staff.
Everyone roll to resist. You want to beat the second roll.
Rolled 10, 2 = 12
>>42215
You shut your eyes and think thoughts of pretty mares, and when they open the light are back on.
>>42216
You turn from the staff and skate away, scattering a skeleton that had tripped on the ice.
>>42221
You look into the skull's eyes. You can hear a buzzing inside your head as the eyes grow larger, and larger. Before long you can't even hear yourself think and each burning eye is as big as the sun. The buzzing grows louder and louder until your head feels like it's about to burst, then you feel something snap and there is just you, the void, and the eyes.
You want to roll an 8 or higher.
>>42214
A bright light appears around Strawberry. She turns away from the staff and brings her mace down on the skeleton behind her. It's head is turned to powder by the blow and it collapses into a pile of bones.
You shut your eyes and think thoughts of pretty mares, and when they open the light are back on.
>>42216
You turn from the staff and skate away, scattering a skeleton that had tripped on the ice.
>>42221
You look into the skull's eyes. You can hear a buzzing inside your head as the eyes grow larger, and larger. Before long you can't even hear yourself think and each burning eye is as big as the sun. The buzzing grows louder and louder until your head feels like it's about to burst, then you feel something snap and there is just you, the void, and the eyes.
You want to roll an 8 or higher.
>>42214
A bright light appears around Strawberry. She turns away from the staff and brings her mace down on the skeleton behind her. It's head is turned to powder by the blow and it collapses into a pile of bones.
>>42226
You blink and are suddenly back in the room with your friends and the Necromancer.
>>42232
The spell fails and you skate right into a skeleton. It pins you against a table and start gnawing on your shoulder.
>>42228
"Feel the wrath of the sun you abominations!"
A burst of sunlight explodes outwards from Strawberry and sends a skelton flying into a wall. It hits the walls and shatters.
>>42229
You bash his head again and he whimpers as his ears start to bleed.
"NO! I'M NOT…GOING TO BE KILLED..BY PONIES…"
He thrusts his staff into the air again and utters the same painful word as before.
Rolled 8, 7 = 15
You blink and are suddenly back in the room with your friends and the Necromancer.
>>42232
The spell fails and you skate right into a skeleton. It pins you against a table and start gnawing on your shoulder.
>>42228
"Feel the wrath of the sun you abominations!"
A burst of sunlight explodes outwards from Strawberry and sends a skelton flying into a wall. It hits the walls and shatters.
>>42229
You bash his head again and he whimpers as his ears start to bleed.
"NO! I'M NOT…GOING TO BE KILLED..BY PONIES…"
He thrusts his staff into the air again and utters the same painful word as before.
Rolled 8, 7 = 15
All of you are back in the dark room. The skull with the glowing eyes is there again.
>>42237
>>42236
You and Strawberry break eye contact with it and are back in the room with the Necromancer. The skeleton is still pressing against you put it seems like no time has passed.
>>42239
>>42240
None of you can break away from the skull's gaze. All of you stand there transfixed.
Roll higher than a 5
Rolled 9 = 9
>>42237
>>42236
You and Strawberry break eye contact with it and are back in the room with the Necromancer. The skeleton is still pressing against you put it seems like no time has passed.
>>42239
>>42240
None of you can break away from the skull's gaze. All of you stand there transfixed.
Roll higher than a 5
Rolled 9 = 9
>>42243
You push the skeleton away across the frozen floor and try to freeze the the Necromancer's face.
>>42244
There is something about those eyes. You aren't sure if you should scream in terror or laugh with joy, but you can't look away.
>>42242
Strawberry breaks the legs of one of the skeletons with her mace and sends it crashing to the floor.
Rolled 1 = 1
You push the skeleton away across the frozen floor and try to freeze the the Necromancer's face.
>>42244
There is something about those eyes. You aren't sure if you should scream in terror or laugh with joy, but you can't look away.
>>42242
Strawberry breaks the legs of one of the skeletons with her mace and sends it crashing to the floor.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>42621
>>42623
Both of you shut your eyes and try to purge the memory of the skull's cold stare from your minds. When your eyes open both of you are back in the room with the Necromancer. He is using the staff to support himself and bleeding badly.
>>42624
You try to poke it in the eyes but remember too late that skeletons don't have eyes. It bites your leg hard, but it doesn't manage to break the skin.
>>42249
Strawberry slips on the ice left by Louie and goes sliding into a table; knocking it over and becoming Helpless.
Mwandishi is at 1 hit 0 wounds, Melody Maker is at 4 hits 0 wounds, and Candy Cane is at 3 hits 0 wounds.
>>42623
Both of you shut your eyes and try to purge the memory of the skull's cold stare from your minds. When your eyes open both of you are back in the room with the Necromancer. He is using the staff to support himself and bleeding badly.
>>42624
You try to poke it in the eyes but remember too late that skeletons don't have eyes. It bites your leg hard, but it doesn't manage to break the skin.
>>42249
Strawberry slips on the ice left by Louie and goes sliding into a table; knocking it over and becoming Helpless.
Mwandishi is at 1 hit 0 wounds, Melody Maker is at 4 hits 0 wounds, and Candy Cane is at 3 hits 0 wounds.
>>42636
You try to summon a duplicate of yourself but the skeleton acts before you can cast the spell. It headbutts you and you fall to the ground with a killer headache. You are now helpless.
>>42638
You run over to strawberry, but slip on the ice and go sliding right into the table table she knocked over. You are now helpless.
>>42640
Strawberry pushes off the table and slides across the ice. Once she reaches the edge of the frozen area she stands up.
>>42635
You lunge at him and drive your sword through his gut then pull it free. His paws slide down his staff and he sinks to the floor. Blood is pouring out of the wound in his gut.
"NO! PONIES CAN'T KILL ME, NOTHING CAN KILL ME! I. CAN'T. die…"
Rolled 1 = 1
You try to summon a duplicate of yourself but the skeleton acts before you can cast the spell. It headbutts you and you fall to the ground with a killer headache. You are now helpless.
>>42638
You run over to strawberry, but slip on the ice and go sliding right into the table table she knocked over. You are now helpless.
>>42640
Strawberry pushes off the table and slides across the ice. Once she reaches the edge of the frozen area she stands up.
>>42635
You lunge at him and drive your sword through his gut then pull it free. His paws slide down his staff and he sinks to the floor. Blood is pouring out of the wound in his gut.
"NO! PONIES CAN'T KILL ME, NOTHING CAN KILL ME! I. CAN'T. die…"
Rolled 1 = 1
>>42648
You shout your curses at the heavens, or at least at the ceiling, and scatter the books, bones, and other things that were on the table around as you try and fail to stand up.
>>42649
You stand up and put a bit of distance between yourself and the skeleton.
>>42651
You sheath your sword and pull out a dagger to finish the job. You raise it high and bring it down in an arc towards the Necromancer's chest, but he grabs your leg and twists, causing you to drop the dagger. His grasp is weak and you break free, but your leg aches where he touched it.
>>42645
While Strawberry is readjusting her armor after slipping and sliding around on the ice one of the two remaining skeletons tackles her.
Rolled 5 = 5
You shout your curses at the heavens, or at least at the ceiling, and scatter the books, bones, and other things that were on the table around as you try and fail to stand up.
>>42649
You stand up and put a bit of distance between yourself and the skeleton.
>>42651
You sheath your sword and pull out a dagger to finish the job. You raise it high and bring it down in an arc towards the Necromancer's chest, but he grabs your leg and twists, causing you to drop the dagger. His grasp is weak and you break free, but your leg aches where he touched it.
>>42645
While Strawberry is readjusting her armor after slipping and sliding around on the ice one of the two remaining skeletons tackles her.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>42656
You duck around it and club it over the head with your hooves.
>>42657
You calm down and think about how to get up and get off the ice. You think for a bit and then realize the the answer is simple. Spreading your wings you simply fly off the patch of ice.
>>42659
"Save you strength pony, I'm going to need it.
He grabs your leg again and pulls it towards his mouth, then bites. The ache in your sinks into your very bones and spreads across your body as his teeth sink into your flesh. The strength seems to leave your body and you become Helpless.
>>42655
Strawberry pushes the skeleton away and stands up.
Rolled 8 = 8
You duck around it and club it over the head with your hooves.
>>42657
You calm down and think about how to get up and get off the ice. You think for a bit and then realize the the answer is simple. Spreading your wings you simply fly off the patch of ice.
>>42659
"Save you strength pony, I'm going to need it.
He grabs your leg again and pulls it towards his mouth, then bites. The ache in your sinks into your very bones and spreads across your body as his teeth sink into your flesh. The strength seems to leave your body and you become Helpless.
>>42655
Strawberry pushes the skeleton away and stands up.
Rolled 8 = 8
>>42662
You beat him in the face with your free hoof a few times and break free. Every single thing in your body still hurts but you are able to stand. A few of his smaller cuts close.
>>42663
The skeleton grabs your leg before you can get away and starts weakly butting you with it's head.
>>42664
Your mandolin sails through his head and snags for a second on his staff. The trickle of blood coming from his ears increases.
"No! Not like this! It's not readyyy…"
Rolled 3 = 3
You beat him in the face with your free hoof a few times and break free. Every single thing in your body still hurts but you are able to stand. A few of his smaller cuts close.
>>42663
The skeleton grabs your leg before you can get away and starts weakly butting you with it's head.
>>42664
Your mandolin sails through his head and snags for a second on his staff. The trickle of blood coming from his ears increases.
"No! Not like this! It's not readyyy…"
Rolled 3 = 3
>>42669
Your banjo bounces harmlessly off it with a loud twang and it stabs you with its horn.
>>42671
The Necromancer swipes away your stab with a paw. The ache in the hoof holding your knife grows a little stronger.
>>42672
You raise your mandolin high and he jabs you in the gut with his staff. The blow was soft relative to others you have taken today, but it still hurts.
>>42667
The skeleton turns and buck Strawberry.
Rolled 3 = 3
Your banjo bounces harmlessly off it with a loud twang and it stabs you with its horn.
>>42671
The Necromancer swipes away your stab with a paw. The ache in the hoof holding your knife grows a little stronger.
>>42672
You raise your mandolin high and he jabs you in the gut with his staff. The blow was soft relative to others you have taken today, but it still hurts.
>>42667
The skeleton turns and buck Strawberry.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>42680
The sound of a banjo hitting a xylophone fills the room as you shatter the skeleton into several pieces.
>>42677
It bucks Strawberry again.
>>42678
He knocks your stab aside again and places his paw on your chest. The ache spreads through the rest of your body and you can feel it spreading towards you soul.
"Just a bit more. Almost there…"
>>42679
His attention focused on your friend leave him unable to defend himself. Your mandolin sails down through the air and into his head. The Necromancer's paw leaves Mwandishi's chest and he falls backwards onto the floor.
"Too late ponies! Too late! You can't kill me now! You can't…you can't…can…"
The light leaves his eyes and his body goes limp. The skeleton that Strawbeery was fighting collapses into individual bones.
The sound of a banjo hitting a xylophone fills the room as you shatter the skeleton into several pieces.
>>42677
It bucks Strawberry again.
>>42678
He knocks your stab aside again and places his paw on your chest. The ache spreads through the rest of your body and you can feel it spreading towards you soul.
"Just a bit more. Almost there…"
>>42679
His attention focused on your friend leave him unable to defend himself. Your mandolin sails down through the air and into his head. The Necromancer's paw leaves Mwandishi's chest and he falls backwards onto the floor.
"Too late ponies! Too late! You can't kill me now! You can't…you can't…can…"
The light leaves his eyes and his body goes limp. The skeleton that Strawbeery was fighting collapses into individual bones.
>>42685
You twirl your mandolin like a baton then lean on it midair. You'd put on some sunglasses but you don't have any.
>>42683
>>42684
The two of you start stabbing his body with your daggers and do your best to make sure he isn't simply faking death. He doesn't react but both of you continue stabbing him like a big, meaty pillow full of blood. After a few seconds of stabbing him the ram's head totem hanging from his neck begins to glow with a foul light and rises off his chest. It pulses with energy and knocks the party back. The dead Necromancer to start to spasm as the same light shining from his totem pours from his mouth, eyes, ears, and every wound on his body as it is lifted into the air. The red blood spilling out of him turns black and his flesh shrivels and pulls tight against his bones. The totem pulses again, and again, and again and again and again before the spasms subside and his corpse lands, standing upright. Its mouth opens and it laughs.
"
Roll for initiative.
Rolled 9 = 9
You twirl your mandolin like a baton then lean on it midair. You'd put on some sunglasses but you don't have any.
>>42683
>>42684
The two of you start stabbing his body with your daggers and do your best to make sure he isn't simply faking death. He doesn't react but both of you continue stabbing him like a big, meaty pillow full of blood. After a few seconds of stabbing him the ram's head totem hanging from his neck begins to glow with a foul light and rises off his chest. It pulses with energy and knocks the party back. The dead Necromancer to start to spasm as the same light shining from his totem pours from his mouth, eyes, ears, and every wound on his body as it is lifted into the air. The red blood spilling out of him turns black and his flesh shrivels and pulls tight against his bones. The totem pulses again, and again, and again and again and again before the spasms subside and his corpse lands, standing upright. Its mouth opens and it laughs.
"
I told you you couldn't kill me."Roll for initiative.
Rolled 9 = 9
He lifts his free paw and fires several bolts of the same dark light that shines from his eyes.
>>42690
>>42693
A bolt hits each of you and seems to sap your strength. Your muscles ache and your equipment feels heavier.
>>42692
A bolt hits you dead on and you scream as a small part of your soul is torn away. The ground rushes up to meet you and your vision grows dim.
>>42691
Strawberry is just barely able to jump out of the way of the bolt.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>42690
>>42693
A bolt hits each of you and seems to sap your strength. Your muscles ache and your equipment feels heavier.
>>42692
A bolt hits you dead on and you scream as a small part of your soul is torn away. The ground rushes up to meet you and your vision grows dim.
>>42691
Strawberry is just barely able to jump out of the way of the bolt.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>42701
You curl up into a ball and cry as the realization of what just happened hits you. Part of your soul is gone. Gone!. You feel as if you've forgotten something but you can't remember what it is.
>>42704
>>42708
"
>>42710
You were already standing, even though it feels like your coat is made out of lead. The ache in your muscles grows worse.
>>42699
Strawberry is shocked into inaction at what she has just seen.
Rolled 1 = 1
You curl up into a ball and cry as the realization of what just happened hits you. Part of your soul is gone. Gone!. You feel as if you've forgotten something but you can't remember what it is.
>>42704
>>42708
"
"I'm glad you are sorry. Sorrow will give your souls a god flavor.">>42710
You were already standing, even though it feels like your coat is made out of lead. The ache in your muscles grows worse.
>>42699
Strawberry is shocked into inaction at what she has just seen.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>42711
The lich sees Strawberry standing there and raises his paw. A bolt of sickly light shoots out and hits her in the chest. She screams once and a faint image of her flies backwards and vanishes. She collapses.
>>42714
While he is distracted you sneak around and stab him in the rear. Black, congealed blood drips out of the wound but he doesn't notice you.
>>42716
Everything in your body hurts. Your hair hurts, your muscles hurt, your bones hurt, your brain hurts, and your soul hurts. You can't summon the strength to rise but…
>>42719
Melody Maker appears by your side and helps you up. Her presence gives you strength and you feel like you can stand on your own, even though your vision is still dim and your breaths ragged.
Rolled 8 = 8
The lich sees Strawberry standing there and raises his paw. A bolt of sickly light shoots out and hits her in the chest. She screams once and a faint image of her flies backwards and vanishes. She collapses.
>>42714
While he is distracted you sneak around and stab him in the rear. Black, congealed blood drips out of the wound but he doesn't notice you.
>>42716
Everything in your body hurts. Your hair hurts, your muscles hurt, your bones hurt, your brain hurts, and your soul hurts. You can't summon the strength to rise but…
>>42719
Melody Maker appears by your side and helps you up. Her presence gives you strength and you feel like you can stand on your own, even though your vision is still dim and your breaths ragged.
Rolled 8 = 8
>>42725
You uncork the flask and drain the sweet, bubbly liquid into your mouth. Warmth spreads outwards from your throat and stomach and you feel a bit better, although it is still hard to see and your entire body cries for you to lie down and give in. You have one potion left.
>>42726
Your horn glows and a perfect clone appears next to you.
>>42724
Strawberry is crying as she stands up.
>>42729
The ghostly tones from your mandolin fill the room. The tune is simple, but it seems to resonate with Life itself. Everyone gains a little stamina as the music plays, but every wound remains.
+3 to all rolls next round.
Rolled 9 + 3 = 12
You uncork the flask and drain the sweet, bubbly liquid into your mouth. Warmth spreads outwards from your throat and stomach and you feel a bit better, although it is still hard to see and your entire body cries for you to lie down and give in. You have one potion left.
>>42726
Your horn glows and a perfect clone appears next to you.
>>42724
Strawberry is crying as she stands up.
>>42729
The ghostly tones from your mandolin fill the room. The tune is simple, but it seems to resonate with Life itself. Everyone gains a little stamina as the music plays, but every wound remains.
+3 to all rolls next round.
Rolled 9 + 3 = 12
>>42740
Strawberry's horn glows and the party can feel the warmth of the sun surrounding them. Mwandishi in particular can feel every ache leave his body as his eyesight clears.
>>42745
You throw your body towards the lich and knock it to the ground. He tries to grab you with a withered paw but you grab his totem in your mouth and pull. The leather strap holding it snaps and you toss it into the air.
>>42742
Enraged by the mare's tears you curse the lich and prepare to attack him with your entire body, bt stop when you see Mwandishi tackle it. You decide on an alternate target when Mwandishi throws the totem into the air and rocket forwards. Time seems to slow as you draw near the spinning totem and ready your mandolin. As it reaches the apex of its flight you swing your mandolin at it as if it were a ball. Your mandolin is nearly ripped from your hooves when it hits the totem, but you hang on and it passes through. The stone ram's head hangs in the air for the briefest of moments, then splits down the middle and the foul light goes out.
>>42741
The lich screeches as the totem is destroyed. He starts to raise his staff but before he can you plunge both daggers into his forehead. You pull them apart and his skull cracks open. The light sickly light behind his eyes shines out the top of his head for a moment, then goes out as rotten grey matter slops out.
Strawberry's horn glows and the party can feel the warmth of the sun surrounding them. Mwandishi in particular can feel every ache leave his body as his eyesight clears.
>>42745
You throw your body towards the lich and knock it to the ground. He tries to grab you with a withered paw but you grab his totem in your mouth and pull. The leather strap holding it snaps and you toss it into the air.
>>42742
Enraged by the mare's tears you curse the lich and prepare to attack him with your entire body, bt stop when you see Mwandishi tackle it. You decide on an alternate target when Mwandishi throws the totem into the air and rocket forwards. Time seems to slow as you draw near the spinning totem and ready your mandolin. As it reaches the apex of its flight you swing your mandolin at it as if it were a ball. Your mandolin is nearly ripped from your hooves when it hits the totem, but you hang on and it passes through. The stone ram's head hangs in the air for the briefest of moments, then splits down the middle and the foul light goes out.
>>42741
The lich screeches as the totem is destroyed. He starts to raise his staff but before he can you plunge both daggers into his forehead. You pull them apart and his skull cracks open. The light sickly light behind his eyes shines out the top of his head for a moment, then goes out as rotten grey matter slops out.
>>42783
"I-I don't know. I think so?"
>>42784
"There are ponies here that still need rescuing. Even if this-this thing is dead we can't leave them here to be worked to death."
>>42785
There is the dead lich, various tables that have avoided being knocked over by the fighting, the curtained section of the room, and the pit in the corner full of bubbling green goo.
"I-I don't know. I think so?"
>>42784
"There are ponies here that still need rescuing. Even if this-this thing is dead we can't leave them here to be worked to death."
>>42785
There is the dead lich, various tables that have avoided being knocked over by the fighting, the curtained section of the room, and the pit in the corner full of bubbling green goo.
>>42787
The goo is in a bit large enough to be a very small swimming pool or very large bathtubm but there is no way to tell how deep the pit is. It has a strong, caustic scent with an undertone of rot and decay. Every now now and then a bloody lump or bit of colorful or grey hide rises to the surface before sinking back down.
>>42788
>>42789
She sniffs and thanks you for the hug, then follows you and Mwandishi to the curtained area. Behind the curtain is a small cot that smells like Diamond Dog, some strips of jerky in a glass jar, a small book, a large book, and various totems and fetishes made of bones and hair.
You will have to roll again to inspect any of these closer.
The goo is in a bit large enough to be a very small swimming pool or very large bathtubm but there is no way to tell how deep the pit is. It has a strong, caustic scent with an undertone of rot and decay. Every now now and then a bloody lump or bit of colorful or grey hide rises to the surface before sinking back down.
>>42788
>>42789
She sniffs and thanks you for the hug, then follows you and Mwandishi to the curtained area. Behind the curtain is a small cot that smells like Diamond Dog, some strips of jerky in a glass jar, a small book, a large book, and various totems and fetishes made of bones and hair.
You will have to roll again to inspect any of these closer.
>>42795
It looks like journal. A quick scan of it shows that he started out simply raising dead slaves to do simple tasks. He started worshiping something called Grogar after learning of it, him?, from a slave and his powers grew. Before long he wasn't content serving others and decided to take command of the pack, but he knew he couldn't hope to beat the Alpha while he was a mere mortal. You aren't sure how, but he managed to use the slaves to make himself more powerful.
>>42796
Probably nothing, but it could be worth a second glance.
It looks like journal. A quick scan of it shows that he started out simply raising dead slaves to do simple tasks. He started worshiping something called Grogar after learning of it, him?, from a slave and his powers grew. Before long he wasn't content serving others and decided to take command of the pack, but he knew he couldn't hope to beat the Alpha while he was a mere mortal. You aren't sure how, but he managed to use the slaves to make himself more powerful.
>>42796
Probably nothing, but it could be worth a second glance.
>>42798
Being a member of a shamanistic race has its perks sometimes. You can easily recognize the function of each of the fetishes. Some are for good luck, some are for warding off evil or harmful spirits, others are supposed to make you smarter or stronger. You can also recognize that the process of making of these fetishes was quite evil, and that no good person would try to make these or spend time in close proximity to them if they knew what they were. They are all made from the bone, hair, or sinew of ponies or other equinoid races.
>>42799
It is a large, leatherbound book with the head of a ram stained onto the cover. Inside it seems to explain the principles behind necromancy and how many necromantic spells and practices work. You can only understand a few of the words, and even try to read them makes your head hurt.
Being a member of a shamanistic race has its perks sometimes. You can easily recognize the function of each of the fetishes. Some are for good luck, some are for warding off evil or harmful spirits, others are supposed to make you smarter or stronger. You can also recognize that the process of making of these fetishes was quite evil, and that no good person would try to make these or spend time in close proximity to them if they knew what they were. They are all made from the bone, hair, or sinew of ponies or other equinoid races.
>>42799
It is a large, leatherbound book with the head of a ram stained onto the cover. Inside it seems to explain the principles behind necromancy and how many necromantic spells and practices work. You can only understand a few of the words, and even try to read them makes your head hurt.
>>42802
You slip the book into your saddlebag and examine the bed. It's simply a piece of thick fabric on top of old straw with a blanket made out of the same material and a straw pillow. Shaking out the pillow and blanker reveals nothing but dirt and hair. Tossing aside the fabric and rooting through the straw underneath reveals a picture of-oh my. So that's what a female Diamond Dog looks like.
>>42807
"Do they do anything? I thought they were just things he made when he had nothing better to do."
You slip the book into your saddlebag and examine the bed. It's simply a piece of thick fabric on top of old straw with a blanket made out of the same material and a straw pillow. Shaking out the pillow and blanker reveals nothing but dirt and hair. Tossing aside the fabric and rooting through the straw underneath reveals a picture of-oh my. So that's what a female Diamond Dog looks like.
>>42807
"Do they do anything? I thought they were just things he made when he had nothing better to do."
>>43406
>>43431
Oh yeah, speaking of that,
How are these?
>Rude Awakening: Temporarily convert an enemy to your side.
>Clear Out: Enemies are unable to act for a turn, and any actions the enemy is doing are interrupted.
>The Cries of a Thousand Tortured Souls: Leaves an enemy standing, but vulnerable to any and all attacks short of a critical fail.
>Move Your Dead Bones: Temporarily reanimates a nearby corpse to assist you in combat.
I made more after this, but they all became really, REALLY bad music puns after this.
>>43431
Oh yeah, speaking of that,
How are these?
>Rude Awakening: Temporarily convert an enemy to your side.
>Clear Out: Enemies are unable to act for a turn, and any actions the enemy is doing are interrupted.
>The Cries of a Thousand Tortured Souls: Leaves an enemy standing, but vulnerable to any and all attacks short of a critical fail.
>Move Your Dead Bones: Temporarily reanimates a nearby corpse to assist you in combat.
I made more after this, but they all became really, REALLY bad music puns after this.
>>43550
>Rude Awakening
I'll let you take that if you give it a two turn cooldown. A success make it an ally for one turn and a critical success makes it an ally for two turns.
>Clear Out
>The Cries of a Thousand Tortured Souls
If you combined these so that it interrupted one enemy for a single turn you can take it.
>Move Your Dead Bones
You might as well multiclass in to a Deathsinger and take Raise Dead.
>Rude Awakening
I'll let you take that if you give it a two turn cooldown. A success make it an ally for one turn and a critical success makes it an ally for two turns.
>Clear Out
>The Cries of a Thousand Tortured Souls
If you combined these so that it interrupted one enemy for a single turn you can take it.
>Move Your Dead Bones
You might as well multiclass in to a Deathsinger and take Raise Dead.
>>43603
>You might as well multiclass in to a Deathsinger and take Raise Dead.
Yeah, that's kinda what I was figuring it'd basically amount to.
When you mentioned 'combine', does the 'Every attack short of a critical fail' stay?
>>43615
That's actually kinda where I was going with that.
>>43614
Nobody understands me! ;_;
>You might as well multiclass in to a Deathsinger and take Raise Dead.
Yeah, that's kinda what I was figuring it'd basically amount to.
When you mentioned 'combine', does the 'Every attack short of a critical fail' stay?
>>43615
That's actually kinda where I was going with that.
>>43614
Nobody understands me! ;_;
When we last left the party they had kill a lich, after a few of them lost fragments of their souls, and examined his sleeping area. There they found his journal which talked of how he went from a simple necromancer to a worshiper of Grogar, a necromantic book, some fetishes, and absolutely nothing under his bed.
The lich's corpse is lying in the middle of the room. Melody Maker, Mwandishi, and Strawberry are in the sleeping area. Candy Cane is investigating the green goop.
The lich's corpse is lying in the middle of the room. Melody Maker, Mwandishi, and Strawberry are in the sleeping area. Candy Cane is investigating the green goop.
>>43655
There's nothing much to see. The top portion of his head is gone after getting stabbed there by Candy Cane. Dozens of cuts and stab wounds leak a thick, black ichor. The only noticeable thing on him his his staff, but you decide to frisk his body anyways. The patdown reveals nothing until you get to his chest, at which point one of your hooves presses his ribcage too hard and sinks in, snapping some of his bones.
Roll a d10 to see if you got hurt, and how much.
>>43656
You skim through the journal until you find a entry talking about the goo. He was driven to make it after a plague killed a good portion of the slave labor force. Its purpose was to strip the flesh from a skeleton and dissolve it, leaving the bones untouched and free of contamination. It takes several days to work, but is caustic enough that he has underlined the words "do not touch it." You also find a list of ingredients and instructions on how to make it.
>>43661
The rock hits the goo with plop. It sits there for a few seconds then sinks down.
There's nothing much to see. The top portion of his head is gone after getting stabbed there by Candy Cane. Dozens of cuts and stab wounds leak a thick, black ichor. The only noticeable thing on him his his staff, but you decide to frisk his body anyways. The patdown reveals nothing until you get to his chest, at which point one of your hooves presses his ribcage too hard and sinks in, snapping some of his bones.
Roll a d10 to see if you got hurt, and how much.
>>43656
You skim through the journal until you find a entry talking about the goo. He was driven to make it after a plague killed a good portion of the slave labor force. Its purpose was to strip the flesh from a skeleton and dissolve it, leaving the bones untouched and free of contamination. It takes several days to work, but is caustic enough that he has underlined the words "do not touch it." You also find a list of ingredients and instructions on how to make it.
>>43661
The rock hits the goo with plop. It sits there for a few seconds then sinks down.
>>43674
You circle it a few times and examine every part of it save the eyes. It is a Diamond Dog skull and the gems are very finely cut. They are laid in a way that would make it easy to hold in a paw or sit on flat surface without rolling. The jaw is still attached to the skull and looks like it is held there with golden wire. It seems to radiate with a slight power. Unsure of what this is thanks to having no background in necromancy you open the journal and search for any mention of what this might be. After flipping through a few pages you find it. The journal entry talks about how, after months of scrapping together the necessary jewels and creating the proper enchantments, he finally finished it. He calls it Death's Mouth and uses it to speak to the dead.
It is a skull encrusted with gems. It is enchanted with Commune.
You circle it a few times and examine every part of it save the eyes. It is a Diamond Dog skull and the gems are very finely cut. They are laid in a way that would make it easy to hold in a paw or sit on flat surface without rolling. The jaw is still attached to the skull and looks like it is held there with golden wire. It seems to radiate with a slight power. Unsure of what this is thanks to having no background in necromancy you open the journal and search for any mention of what this might be. After flipping through a few pages you find it. The journal entry talks about how, after months of scrapping together the necessary jewels and creating the proper enchantments, he finally finished it. He calls it Death's Mouth and uses it to speak to the dead.
It is a skull encrusted with gems. It is enchanted with Commune.
>>43675
While Mwandishi is circling the skull you take the journal and look through it for information on the picture he kept under his bed, or the Diamond Dog inside the picture. It seems that he found it on the body of a Diamond Dog that died in a tunnel collapse. He pocketed it when the Diamond Dog was brought to him for Revival. He laments that the few female Diamond Dogs in this mine find him creepy.
While Mwandishi is circling the skull you take the journal and look through it for information on the picture he kept under his bed, or the Diamond Dog inside the picture. It seems that he found it on the body of a Diamond Dog that died in a tunnel collapse. He pocketed it when the Diamond Dog was brought to him for Revival. He laments that the few female Diamond Dogs in this mine find him creepy.
>>43680
>>43681
>>43682
The four of you head back down the hallway. Mwandishi and Candy Cane vanish into a shadow while Melody Maker and Strawberry just stand there, unseen as long as nothing looks at them. The Dogs are still working the slaves on the other side of the gem pile and the two Dig Dogs are still guarding the passage on the left. The sound of picks ringing on stone and gem makes it hard to even hear yourself think.
>>43681
>>43682
The four of you head back down the hallway. Mwandishi and Candy Cane vanish into a shadow while Melody Maker and Strawberry just stand there, unseen as long as nothing looks at them. The Dogs are still working the slaves on the other side of the gem pile and the two Dig Dogs are still guarding the passage on the left. The sound of picks ringing on stone and gem makes it hard to even hear yourself think.
>>43700
You wait for a skeleton to reach the top of the ramp then scurry up the pile of gems. Ducking down behind its cart you pull out the skull and press it against the skeleton's side. The skeleton stops for a moment before quickly looking around. It's jaw clacks open and shut a few times, then it looks back at you. When it sees its bones instead of flesh it's jaw starts clacking madly as the skeleton trembles.
You wait for a skeleton to reach the top of the ramp then scurry up the pile of gems. Ducking down behind its cart you pull out the skull and press it against the skeleton's side. The skeleton stops for a moment before quickly looking around. It's jaw clacks open and shut a few times, then it looks back at you. When it sees its bones instead of flesh it's jaw starts clacking madly as the skeleton trembles.
>>43733
>>43734
>>43733
He sees you move your hoof to take the skull.
"I didn't have a choice. I don't know if you've seen the Alpha but he is at least twice my size and could crush my head like an egg. He never came near me without guards either. I had my plans for him, but you and your friends interrupted them when you killed me. Twice.">>43734
"Not unless you can turn into the Alpha, or turn into a Diamond Dog and kill the Alpha.">>43733
He sees you move your hoof to take the skull.
"Wait! You are here to free the slaves, right? That's why you were asking how to get the dogs killed or out of the chamber?">>43735
"What he said did give me another idea. I really don't want to have to attack the dogs head-on. There's a lot of them, and even if we manage to fight them, they might just go ahead and kill the ponies.
"So we need to find a way to get them to leave. As he said, either a monster would do that or an order from the alpha might. Maybe we could fake either."
"What he said did give me another idea. I really don't want to have to attack the dogs head-on. There's a lot of them, and even if we manage to fight them, they might just go ahead and kill the ponies.
"So we need to find a way to get them to leave. As he said, either a monster would do that or an order from the alpha might. Maybe we could fake either."
>>43742
He looks over to his ransacked bed.
>>43741
>>43743
He smiles.
"My what?"He looks over to his ransacked bed.
"Oh, you found that did you? I'm beyond such things now.">>43741
>>43743
"The only way you ponies could have beaten me so easily is if Grogar were seeking to humble me, and helping a bunch of weakling ponies that killed me is his will, then so be it. I will help you, but I cannot do so in my current state. My price-"He smiles.
"is a soul.">>43745
"They won't know what hit them. Every undead slave will turn on them, and every one of them that is killed will be a new ally for you. I promise on whatever soul you give me that I will let all of you and whatever living slave leave and that I will not attack any of you or the slaves.">>43748
>>43750
>>43751
>>43752
"But I can. You want the slaves free and I want all the diamond dogs in this mine dead. We can work together.">>43750
"No, it cannot be from any kind of diamond dog. Their souls are weak and useless, that's why I had to siphon off infinitesimally small pieces of soul from every slave down here to create my phylactery. It took me years.">>43751
>>43752
"When you give me a soul I will be able to come back to unlife. Right now that skull on my chest is tethering my soul to my body. Remove it and I am dead again. Once I am back to life I will work with you to help kill the dogs and free the slaves, but my condition is that I keep the bodies, even if ponies get killed during the fighting. I the process of giving me a soul is explained in depth in a book a keep by my bed on page 371, but the long and short of it is that you have to carve several runes into my body and the body of whoever is donating their soul.">>43785
>>43785
You toss a small gem at the wall on the opposite side of him. It bounces off and hits him in the side of the head. When he turns around to look for whoever threw it you stab him in the back of the legs and knock him to the ground.
>>43793
You fly up behind him and beat him with your mandolin. It should just be phasing through, but by the time you finish he is just a misshapen lump.
>>43791
You slide up behind him unseen and draw your knife. After taking the time to find a weak spot in his armor you plunge your knife into his spine. The Dig Dog falls down dead.
>>43785
You toss a small gem at the wall on the opposite side of him. It bounces off and hits him in the side of the head. When he turns around to look for whoever threw it you stab him in the back of the legs and knock him to the ground.
>>43793
You fly up behind him and beat him with your mandolin. It should just be phasing through, but by the time you finish he is just a misshapen lump.
>>43791
You slide up behind him unseen and draw your knife. After taking the time to find a weak spot in his armor you plunge your knife into his spine. The Dig Dog falls down dead.
>>43804
Being wary of splinters you choose a smooth part of the door and listen. You can hear snoring ponies and donkeys, and mumbles as they dream. From the sounds of them mumbles they don't seem to be very good dreams. After listening a few minutes more you think you've heard all there is to hear, but just before you pull your head away you hear the clink of something moving in a suit of armor.
Being wary of splinters you choose a smooth part of the door and listen. You can hear snoring ponies and donkeys, and mumbles as they dream. From the sounds of them mumbles they don't seem to be very good dreams. After listening a few minutes more you think you've heard all there is to hear, but just before you pull your head away you hear the clink of something moving in a suit of armor.
>>43823
>>43824
The two of you casually walk up to the dog and take up positions one either side of him. Counting down from three each of your buck him in the side at the same time. His helmet crunches as it buckles and his skull cracks as it splits.
>>43822
You make sure he's dead by stabbing your knife through the chinks in his armor.
The door slams shut behind the four of you and the sound of a bar being slide across it reaches your ears.
"I told you lot they was here for the slaves. Shame about having to let them off Benji like that though."
>>43824
The two of you casually walk up to the dog and take up positions one either side of him. Counting down from three each of your buck him in the side at the same time. His helmet crunches as it buckles and his skull cracks as it splits.
>>43822
You make sure he's dead by stabbing your knife through the chinks in his armor.
The door slams shut behind the four of you and the sound of a bar being slide across it reaches your ears.
"I told you lot they was here for the slaves. Shame about having to let them off Benji like that though."
>>43828
"Uhhh, alright."
You hear the bar lifted and the door opened.
"Astro what the fuck are you doing?"
"She said to open the door."
"I don't care what the pony said, shut the damn door!"
"No!"
>>43829
You can see 4 Diamond Dog Knights and 5 large Dig Dogs with the usual spears and armor.
>>43830
There are your friends and a bunch of sleeping slaves. There are also dogs, but they aren't important.
"Uhhh, alright."
You hear the bar lifted and the door opened.
"Astro what the fuck are you doing?"
"She said to open the door."
"I don't care what the pony said, shut the damn door!"
"No!"
>>43829
You can see 4 Diamond Dog Knights and 5 large Dig Dogs with the usual spears and armor.
>>43830
There are your friends and a bunch of sleeping slaves. There are also dogs, but they aren't important.
>>43832
"You heard the pony. It's a double agent.
"The boss isn't smart enough to use double agents, stupid."
"You're stupid!"
Two of the Diamond Dog Knights draw swords and start fighting in front of the door."
>>43833
The three Knights that aren't fighting gather together while the large Dig Dogs form a semicircle around your group. After a few minutes of talking and gesturing they break apart.
"Alright pony. Dance for us and we'll let you go. Dance real nice and we'll let your friends go too."
>>43834
You kick up some dust. When it settles you are no where to be found. Luckily the various Dogs don't notice you vanish.
"You heard the pony. It's a double agent.
"The boss isn't smart enough to use double agents, stupid."
"You're stupid!"
Two of the Diamond Dog Knights draw swords and start fighting in front of the door."
>>43833
The three Knights that aren't fighting gather together while the large Dig Dogs form a semicircle around your group. After a few minutes of talking and gesturing they break apart.
"Alright pony. Dance for us and we'll let you go. Dance real nice and we'll let your friends go too."
>>43834
You kick up some dust. When it settles you are no where to be found. Luckily the various Dogs don't notice you vanish.
>>43837
One of the large Dig Dogs breaks away from the semicircle to go help the Knight kill the obviously traitorous Knight.
>>43839
One of the three Knights speaks up.
"Not good enough pony. One more try before we put you to work."
>>43840
You climb on top of a bed behind the rearmost Knight and stab him right below where his helmet ends. He dies without making a sound and you gently lower him onto the bed.
One of the large Dig Dogs breaks away from the semicircle to go help the Knight kill the obviously traitorous Knight.
>>43839
One of the three Knights speaks up.
"Not good enough pony. One more try before we put you to work."
>>43840
You climb on top of a bed behind the rearmost Knight and stab him right below where his helmet ends. He dies without making a sound and you gently lower him onto the bed.
>>43842
Two of the large Dig Dogs separate to let you walk through then reform their ranks once you are past them. The door is still blocked by the fighting.
>>43845
You disappear under a bed.
>>43844
"Ponies suck at dancing."
"Dogs, leave her in once piece so the Necromancer can bring her back."
Melody, roll for initiative.
Two of the large Dig Dogs separate to let you walk through then reform their ranks once you are past them. The door is still blocked by the fighting.
>>43845
You disappear under a bed.
>>43844
"Ponies suck at dancing."
"Dogs, leave her in once piece so the Necromancer can bring her back."
Melody, roll for initiative.
>>43851
Your knife punches through the armor of the Knight that did most of the talking to Melody. He gurgles wetly and collapses.
>>43854
Your mandolin sails through the junk of the nearest Dig Dog and into the one next to him. Both die rather than live as eunuchs.
Cheap Shot works in combat, it just isn't instant and doesn't autocrit.
>>43852
You turn and stab the last remaining knight in the rear with your knife. He is helpless until he can manage to pull it out.
Rolled 4 = 4
Your knife punches through the armor of the Knight that did most of the talking to Melody. He gurgles wetly and collapses.
>>43854
Your mandolin sails through the junk of the nearest Dig Dog and into the one next to him. Both die rather than live as eunuchs.
Cheap Shot works in combat, it just isn't instant and doesn't autocrit.
>>43852
You turn and stab the last remaining knight in the rear with your knife. He is helpless until he can manage to pull it out.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>43862
You go for a killing blow with your other dagger, but his knife deflects it. It deflects it into his tail, however, and you cut it off at the base.
>>43863
You hit another in the head and your mandolin once again hits the Dig Dog next to him. The first one goes rigid and blood spurts from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The second one hit stumbles into the body of the first and falls over.
>>43864
The Knight you just stabbed, although nearly dead, finds the strength to reach out and trip you as you try to leave. You fall on top of your sword and learn what it's light to be struck by lightning. After the convulsions stab you stand up, and so does your hair.
>>43861
Strawberry's mace as nowhere near the reach that a spear does. One of the large Dig Dogs easily stabs her, but doesn't pierce her armor.
Rolled 3 = 3
You go for a killing blow with your other dagger, but his knife deflects it. It deflects it into his tail, however, and you cut it off at the base.
>>43863
You hit another in the head and your mandolin once again hits the Dig Dog next to him. The first one goes rigid and blood spurts from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. The second one hit stumbles into the body of the first and falls over.
>>43864
The Knight you just stabbed, although nearly dead, finds the strength to reach out and trip you as you try to leave. You fall on top of your sword and learn what it's light to be struck by lightning. After the convulsions stab you stand up, and so does your hair.
>>43861
Strawberry's mace as nowhere near the reach that a spear does. One of the large Dig Dogs easily stabs her, but doesn't pierce her armor.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>43870
Sorry. I need to start writing it down whenever you use a trap.
>>43864
The Knight you just stabbed, although nearly dead, finds the strength to reach out and trip you as you try to leave. You fall on top of your sword and learn what it's light to be struck by lightning. After the convulsions stab you stand up, and so does your hair.
>>43864
You see the Knight reaching for you as you turn to leave. It's a simple matter to step aside and lop off his arm. The Knight's body convulses with electricity then stops, smoke rising from the singed hole where his arm use to be.
Sorry. I need to start writing it down whenever you use a trap.
>>43864
You see the Knight reaching for you as you turn to leave. It's a simple matter to step aside and lop off his arm. The Knight's body convulses with electricity then stops, smoke rising from the singed hole where his arm use to be.
The fight by the door ends with the "traitor" Knight's death. The other Knight and the large Dig Dog rejoin their comrades.
>>43869
You turn to defend your waifu. The large Dig Dog is driven back by the fury of your attack.
>>43871
He trips on his tail and falls over. You pull your knife out of his ass in one hoof and hold your second knife in the other. You stab each one through his armor and into his kidneys. He screams and dies.
>>43873
A lucky stab from the Dig Dog nearly catches you in the through, but it wasn't lucky enough and simply cuts off part of your mane.
>>43868
Strawberry charges towards the Knight and Dig Dog by the door but is hit when the Dig Dog throws the shield of the dead knight at her.
There are 1 Knight and 2 large Dig Dogs left.
Rolled 2 = 2
>>43869
You turn to defend your waifu. The large Dig Dog is driven back by the fury of your attack.
>>43871
He trips on his tail and falls over. You pull your knife out of his ass in one hoof and hold your second knife in the other. You stab each one through his armor and into his kidneys. He screams and dies.
>>43873
A lucky stab from the Dig Dog nearly catches you in the through, but it wasn't lucky enough and simply cuts off part of your mane.
>>43868
Strawberry charges towards the Knight and Dig Dog by the door but is hit when the Dig Dog throws the shield of the dead knight at her.
There are 1 Knight and 2 large Dig Dogs left.
Rolled 2 = 2
>>43875
You disappear under a bed again. You misjudged how high this one was off the floor though, and are now stuck under it until you can wiggle free or someone pull you out.
>>43876
You levitate a shield off the ground and bring it around behind him before hitting him with it on the back of the head. Levitation was never your strong suit though and all it does is make a loud clang and piss him off.
>>43877
You can actually see something tear inside his crotch as you hit him again and again. About three dozen swings later you realize that he's dead.
>>43874
Strawberry gets hit with another thrown shield.
Rolled 5 = 5
You disappear under a bed again. You misjudged how high this one was off the floor though, and are now stuck under it until you can wiggle free or someone pull you out.
>>43876
You levitate a shield off the ground and bring it around behind him before hitting him with it on the back of the head. Levitation was never your strong suit though and all it does is make a loud clang and piss him off.
>>43877
You can actually see something tear inside his crotch as you hit him again and again. About three dozen swings later you realize that he's dead.
>>43874
Strawberry gets hit with another thrown shield.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>43882
You pull wiggle out from under the bed and shake the dust off your coat.
>>43883
The dog blocks your stab with his shield and slashes at you with his sword. The pain of it sinking into the your flank is too much and you collapse. You are now Helpless.
>>43884
He sees you take flight and pulls his spear back before throwing it straight at you. You have no time to dodge and it pierces your wing, tearing out several feathers and a chunk of flesh. You lose control of your flight and crash into a bed. You are now Helpless.
>>43881
The Dig Dog has nothing left to throw, but is too far away from Strawberry to attack her.
Rolled 8 = 8
You pull wiggle out from under the bed and shake the dust off your coat.
>>43883
The dog blocks your stab with his shield and slashes at you with his sword. The pain of it sinking into the your flank is too much and you collapse. You are now Helpless.
>>43884
He sees you take flight and pulls his spear back before throwing it straight at you. You have no time to dodge and it pierces your wing, tearing out several feathers and a chunk of flesh. You lose control of your flight and crash into a bed. You are now Helpless.
>>43881
The Dig Dog has nothing left to throw, but is too far away from Strawberry to attack her.
Rolled 8 = 8
>>43888
Your back leg burns as you stand up, but doesn't fail and you remain standing.
>>43889
You get up and look at your wing. There's blood everywhere and a pretty obvious lack of flesh or feathers in one area. There's no way you are going to be able to fly again until it gets healed.
>>43890
You pick a bed that is higher off the ground this time and disappear underneath it.
>>43887
Strawberry, evidently pissed, levitates a shield and throws it back at the Dig Dog. It bounces off his head and leaves a gash where it hit.
Rolled 5 = 5
Your back leg burns as you stand up, but doesn't fail and you remain standing.
>>43889
You get up and look at your wing. There's blood everywhere and a pretty obvious lack of flesh or feathers in one area. There's no way you are going to be able to fly again until it gets healed.
>>43890
You pick a bed that is higher off the ground this time and disappear underneath it.
>>43887
Strawberry, evidently pissed, levitates a shield and throws it back at the Dig Dog. It bounces off his head and leaves a gash where it hit.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>43891
Strawberry throws the other shield but misses the Dig Dog.
>>43892
Too angry to think straight you forgo your mandolin and simply put down your head and charge the beast. Your head is at just the right height to hit him where it hurts. He is too focused elsewhere to even think about defending himself as you rear back on your hind legs and punch him with both hooves. He falls backwards and his skull audibly cracks as it hits a rough bedpost.
>>43893
You get past the shield this time and drive a knife through his platemail.
>>43894
You jump off a nearby bed and latch onto his back with your legs before reaching around to his front and drawing a knife across his neck. His head tilts too far back and a jet of blood shoots out.
All the enemies are dead.
Strawberry throws the other shield but misses the Dig Dog.
>>43892
Too angry to think straight you forgo your mandolin and simply put down your head and charge the beast. Your head is at just the right height to hit him where it hurts. He is too focused elsewhere to even think about defending himself as you rear back on your hind legs and punch him with both hooves. He falls backwards and his skull audibly cracks as it hits a rough bedpost.
>>43893
You get past the shield this time and drive a knife through his platemail.
>>43894
You jump off a nearby bed and latch onto his back with your legs before reaching around to his front and drawing a knife across his neck. His head tilts too far back and a jet of blood shoots out.
All the enemies are dead.
>>43906
Each of them are gagged and tied to their beds by their hooves. Everyone one you check gives you confused, hopeful looks.
>>43905
"I'm not sure. If the wound were just about anywhere else I'd be able to take care of it, but wings are delicate and I might cripple you if I messed up. If there was another healer here, or you had a healing potion of some sort it would be much easier, but I'm afraid your wing is going to have to stay like that until we get back to town."
Each of them are gagged and tied to their beds by their hooves. Everyone one you check gives you confused, hopeful looks.
>>43905
"I'm not sure. If the wound were just about anywhere else I'd be able to take care of it, but wings are delicate and I might cripple you if I messed up. If there was another healer here, or you had a healing potion of some sort it would be much easier, but I'm afraid your wing is going to have to stay like that until we get back to town."
>>43908
"Let's get these ponies released."
Start cutting their bindings.
"Greetings, ponies, I'm Mwandishi, revolutionary force and master storyteller, this is my comrade and string-section Melody Maker, and this is Candy Cane — some mare we picked up wandering outside. The pony doing all that healing is Strawberry, whom I'm sure some of you know already.
"We're here to rescue you."
"Let's get these ponies released."
Start cutting their bindings.
"Greetings, ponies, I'm Mwandishi, revolutionary force and master storyteller, this is my comrade and string-section Melody Maker, and this is Candy Cane — some mare we picked up wandering outside. The pony doing all that healing is Strawberry, whom I'm sure some of you know already.
"We're here to rescue you."
>>43910
There are cheers when you mention rescue, and even more cheers when you point out Strawberry, but a mule at donkey near the back of the room speaks up.
"That was a pretty impressive show you put on with those Dogs, but how to you expect to free the others and get us all out of here without getting killed?"
>>43909
"I think so."
Her horn glows for a moment and then the pain in your wing goes away.
"Just remember to not fly on it. All that would do is make it worse."
She turns towards one of the ponies on the bed then stops and looks back at you.
"Did…did I know you before we came down here? Into the mines, I mean."
There are cheers when you mention rescue, and even more cheers when you point out Strawberry, but a mule at donkey near the back of the room speaks up.
"That was a pretty impressive show you put on with those Dogs, but how to you expect to free the others and get us all out of here without getting killed?"
>>43909
"I think so."
Her horn glows for a moment and then the pain in your wing goes away.
"Just remember to not fly on it. All that would do is make it worse."
She turns towards one of the ponies on the bed then stops and looks back at you.
"Did…did I know you before we came down here? Into the mines, I mean."
>>43914
Melody, this might be a good time to start playing an inspiring tune…
>but how to you expect to free the others and get us all out of here without getting killed?"
We can't do this by ourselves. We need your help to rescue the remaining ponies outside. It won't be easy, but the hardest parts are over — we've killed the alpha and his necromancer, and many of the dogs are dead.
Melody, this might be a good time to start playing an inspiring tune…
>but how to you expect to free the others and get us all out of here without getting killed?"
We can't do this by ourselves. We need your help to rescue the remaining ponies outside. It won't be easy, but the hardest parts are over — we've killed the alpha and his necromancer, and many of the dogs are dead.
>>43918
"Well, uh…
I may have met you on my travels. But there's been so many faces over the years that I honestly simply don't know.
As for my actions…
I just feel, I dunno, kinda protective towards you. I mean, even just in the time we've been in here you've saved me from death countless times, and shit, I was pretty close some of those times too. Even if you were doing it because you had to, I guess, I dunno, I still feel grateful towards you."
>>43919
Oh!
I start playing an inspiring tune to accompany his speech.
Rolled 4 = 4
"Well, uh…
I may have met you on my travels. But there's been so many faces over the years that I honestly simply don't know.
As for my actions…
I just feel, I dunno, kinda protective towards you. I mean, even just in the time we've been in here you've saved me from death countless times, and shit, I was pretty close some of those times too. Even if you were doing it because you had to, I guess, I dunno, I still feel grateful towards you."
>>43919
Oh!
I start playing an inspiring tune to accompany his speech.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>43922
"Oh. That's a relief. Wait, no, that came out wrong."
She shuffles on her hooves.
"I'm glad to have you watching my back. I'm also glad that I didn't lose that specific part of myself."
>>43923
"Okay, you probably killed the necromancer. He's a light sleeper so there's no way you could have snuck close enough to take something like that without him knowing, but you might have stolen the crown. Show us his head."
"Oh. That's a relief. Wait, no, that came out wrong."
She shuffles on her hooves.
"I'm glad to have you watching my back. I'm also glad that I didn't lose that specific part of myself."
>>43923
"Okay, you probably killed the necromancer. He's a light sleeper so there's no way you could have snuck close enough to take something like that without him knowing, but you might have stolen the crown. Show us his head."
>>43925
The ponies seem confused by this.
"What's a lich?"
>>43926
There is a loud, but quickly hushed cheer as your show off the head. The donkey speaks again.
"Well I'll be damned. We just might get out of here alive after all! What's the plan? Do you have weapons for us or should we make a run for our picks?"
The ponies seem confused by this.
"What's a lich?"
>>43926
There is a loud, but quickly hushed cheer as your show off the head. The donkey speaks again.
"Well I'll be damned. We just might get out of here alive after all! What's the plan? Do you have weapons for us or should we make a run for our picks?"
>>43938
I am positively giddy with the possibility of organizing a slave uprising
"Okay, the biggest and strongest among you should take the dogs' spears and weapons. Where do they keep your picks?"
>>43939
"They want to save their friends, too, Melody. This is mass action — they don't want to rely upon outsiders to free them."
also this seems like a pretty good stopping point for the night
I am positively giddy with the possibility of organizing a slave uprising
"Okay, the biggest and strongest among you should take the dogs' spears and weapons. Where do they keep your picks?"
>>43939
"They want to save their friends, too, Melody. This is mass action — they don't want to rely upon outsiders to free them."
also this seems like a pretty good stopping point for the night
>>43941
>I am positively giddy with the possibility of organizing a slave uprising
Oh man, I know, right?
>>43941
>"They want to save their friends, too, Melody. This is mass action — they don't want to rely upon outsiders to free them."
"Too true man!
I feel absolutely foalish for not realizing that sooner."
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also yeah, this is probably is a good stopping point
>I am positively giddy with the possibility of organizing a slave uprising
Oh man, I know, right?
>>43941
>"They want to save their friends, too, Melody. This is mass action — they don't want to rely upon outsiders to free them."
"Too true man!
I feel absolutely foalish for not realizing that sooner."
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also yeah, this is probably is a good stopping point
When we last left the party they had defeated an ambush laid for them in the slave's quarters and rescued the slaves held captive there. Melody Maker's wing was wounded during the fight and she decided to save the last healing potion for later instead of using it to fix her wing. After being shown evidence that both the Alpha and the Necromancer are dead the slaves are ready to kill some Diamond Dogs. There was some discussion on how to arm the slaves, but no decision was reached.
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>>44576
"What if we did something like this: Candy and Melody head out to that gem platform at the entrance to the cavern. You two make a lot of noise and try to get as many of the dogs as possible to move towards you. Once some of them have cleared out and are distracted, the rest of us rush in, get the picks and tools, and attack."
"What if we did something like this: Candy and Melody head out to that gem platform at the entrance to the cavern. You two make a lot of noise and try to get as many of the dogs as possible to move towards you. Once some of them have cleared out and are distracted, the rest of us rush in, get the picks and tools, and attack."
>>44576
"Unless you have some kind of magically amplified instrument they aren't going to be able to hear you over the digging."
>>44577
"That would probably draw enough away for us to make a run for our picks. Our armed friends could run ahead of us and keep the remain guards occupied while we grabbed our picks and freed the others."
>>44578
"You mean the one at the very top? They wouldn't be able to hear you from up there unless you got a monstrous pair of lungs, but one of the lower platforms could do the trick. As long as you distract the dogs we don't care what you do."
"Unless you have some kind of magically amplified instrument they aren't going to be able to hear you over the digging."
>>44577
"That would probably draw enough away for us to make a run for our picks. Our armed friends could run ahead of us and keep the remain guards occupied while we grabbed our picks and freed the others."
>>44578
"You mean the one at the very top? They wouldn't be able to hear you from up there unless you got a monstrous pair of lungs, but one of the lower platforms could do the trick. As long as you distract the dogs we don't care what you do."
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The chamber that the mining is taking place in is deep and narrow. I'm afraid I haven't been doing a good job of explaining that so here is a picture. It's kind of like this except a bit deeper and wider and the walls and ceiling are covered with unmined gems.
>>44596
"Good. That makes it easier. Once we start the attack the others should join in.
"Remember — no matter what happens out there, stick together. If we stay together, we will win. Multiple ponies and donkeys should gang up on single dogs. If you see one of your comrades fall, help him up and keep fighting."
"Good. That makes it easier. Once we start the attack the others should join in.
"Remember — no matter what happens out there, stick together. If we stay together, we will win. Multiple ponies and donkeys should gang up on single dogs. If you see one of your comrades fall, help him up and keep fighting."
>>44597
"No. The healing potion just takes some of the burden off of me. With the potion doing the healing I will be able to focus all my attention on guiding the healing. If it were just me or the potion your wing would heal wrong. Whether that means your wing would have an ugly spot or be made permanently lame I can't say."
"No. The healing potion just takes some of the burden off of me. With the potion doing the healing I will be able to focus all my attention on guiding the healing. If it were just me or the potion your wing would heal wrong. Whether that means your wing would have an ugly spot or be made permanently lame I can't say."
>>44600
It's fizzy and warm, but there isn't any taste to it. Strawberry sets the tip of her horn against the base of your injured wing then shuts her eyes as her horn starts to glow. A warm potion spreads outwards from your stomach as the potion begins to work, then is pulled towards your your wing, then the hold in your wing. The sensation is pleasant at first, but that changes as more and more warmth is pulled into the area around your wound. Before long you are sweating as the the heat grows so intense that you are certain your wing will catch fire. Just before it is too much to take the burning feeling vanishes and Strawberry steps back.
"There, I think that's got it. Check your wing out and see if it's fixed."
It's fizzy and warm, but there isn't any taste to it. Strawberry sets the tip of her horn against the base of your injured wing then shuts her eyes as her horn starts to glow. A warm potion spreads outwards from your stomach as the potion begins to work, then is pulled towards your your wing, then the hold in your wing. The sensation is pleasant at first, but that changes as more and more warmth is pulled into the area around your wound. Before long you are sweating as the the heat grows so intense that you are certain your wing will catch fire. Just before it is too much to take the burning feeling vanishes and Strawberry steps back.
"There, I think that's got it. Check your wing out and see if it's fixed."
>>44619
"Melody and Candy Cane will head for one of the lower platforms. They will try to distract the guards with a lot of noise. Hopefully, that will make some of the guards head for them.
"Meanwhile, we will hide, and when some of the guards leave, we will run for your picks and attack the guards. Once they are dead, we will finish off whichever guards headed for the distraction."
"Melody and Candy Cane will head for one of the lower platforms. They will try to distract the guards with a lot of noise. Hopefully, that will make some of the guards head for them.
"Meanwhile, we will hide, and when some of the guards leave, we will run for your picks and attack the guards. Once they are dead, we will finish off whichever guards headed for the distraction."
>>44626
>>44628
One of the outlying guards sees the two of you running towards the platform and calls out to his friends. 1 large Dig Dog, 5 smaller Dig Dogs, and 4 Diamond Dogs follow run to cut you off at the ramp. The two of you just barely make it there ahead of them, but they are hot on your tails. The two of you reach the top of the platform.
Roll for initiative at -2.
>>44629
You give the ponies and donkeys with you a crash course on being stealthy. All of you will be able to get very close to the pile of pickaxes before being seen.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>44628
One of the outlying guards sees the two of you running towards the platform and calls out to his friends. 1 large Dig Dog, 5 smaller Dig Dogs, and 4 Diamond Dogs follow run to cut you off at the ramp. The two of you just barely make it there ahead of them, but they are hot on your tails. The two of you reach the top of the platform.
Roll for initiative at -2.
>>44629
You give the ponies and donkeys with you a crash course on being stealthy. All of you will be able to get very close to the pile of pickaxes before being seen.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>44639
You turn and hit a smaller Dig Dog that was about to grab you in the legs with your mandolin. He trips and blocks several of the Dogs behind them.
>>44637
>0
Your ethereal double strips into existence almost before you cast the spell. It is a perfect replica of you in every way, down to the finest detail. It even looks solid. You tilt your head back and forth a few times, then lift one hoof then the other and watch as it copies you. When you turn to face the diamond dogs a banjo cracks you on the back of the head and sends you sprawling across the platform. You are Helpless as you watch it pull out a dagger and walk towards you.
>>44638
You can't see from here.
You turn and hit a smaller Dig Dog that was about to grab you in the legs with your mandolin. He trips and blocks several of the Dogs behind them.
>>44637
>0
Your ethereal double strips into existence almost before you cast the spell. It is a perfect replica of you in every way, down to the finest detail. It even looks solid. You tilt your head back and forth a few times, then lift one hoof then the other and watch as it copies you. When you turn to face the diamond dogs a banjo cracks you on the back of the head and sends you sprawling across the platform. You are Helpless as you watch it pull out a dagger and walk towards you.
>>44638
You can't see from here.
>>44657
You see Candy Cane's replica moving towards her with murder in its eyes and swipe at it with your mandolin. It flinches but ignores you and keeps walking towards Candy Cane.
>>44658
You stand up and step away from the edge of the platform.
>>44660
They learned their lesson on stealth well and are just feet away from the pile of pickaxes when the guards notice them The armed slaves form a barrier between the diamond dogs and the pile with the unarmed slaves look for pickaxes that are in decent condition. There are 6 Diamond Dog Knights, 8 large Dig Dogs, 28 smaller Dig Dogs, and 14 Diamond Dogs. Roll for Initiative. The roll to beat is the second one.
Rolled 4, 7 = 11
You see Candy Cane's replica moving towards her with murder in its eyes and swipe at it with your mandolin. It flinches but ignores you and keeps walking towards Candy Cane.
>>44658
You stand up and step away from the edge of the platform.
>>44660
They learned their lesson on stealth well and are just feet away from the pile of pickaxes when the guards notice them The armed slaves form a barrier between the diamond dogs and the pile with the unarmed slaves look for pickaxes that are in decent condition. There are 6 Diamond Dog Knights, 8 large Dig Dogs, 28 smaller Dig Dogs, and 14 Diamond Dogs. Roll for Initiative. The roll to beat is the second one.
Rolled 4, 7 = 11
>>44672
You return the favor and crack her across the face with your banjo. A few teeth go flying out of her head as she flies back and hits the wall.
>>44676
While you were attack Candy's double the Dogs were able to get close. One of the smaller Dig Dogs stabs at you with his spear and draws a bright red line from your ribs to your tail. It hurts like hell, but you've had worse.
>>44677
The smaller Dig Dog is too occupied with the wall of slaves running at him to notice as you climb up his back and stab him in the side of the head. Your knife goes in all the way to the hilt and you ride his body to the ground.
>>44669
Strawberry grunts as a Diamond Dog whips her.
Rolled 10 = 10
You return the favor and crack her across the face with your banjo. A few teeth go flying out of her head as she flies back and hits the wall.
>>44676
While you were attack Candy's double the Dogs were able to get close. One of the smaller Dig Dogs stabs at you with his spear and draws a bright red line from your ribs to your tail. It hurts like hell, but you've had worse.
>>44677
The smaller Dig Dog is too occupied with the wall of slaves running at him to notice as you climb up his back and stab him in the side of the head. Your knife goes in all the way to the hilt and you ride his body to the ground.
>>44669
Strawberry grunts as a Diamond Dog whips her.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>44680
The pain only serves to make you angry and you start beating the smaller Dig Dog around with head and shoulders with your mandolin. The sounds he makes tell you that he is in real pain even if there aren't any physical signs.
>>44681
With a rather surprising show of agility your double jumps to her feet and flies towards you. Both of you go rolling and when you stop she's on top of you, pinning you to the ground.
>>44682
You vanish into the melee.
>>44684
Melody's cut vanishes and she feels stronger than ever.
Rolled 5 = 5
The pain only serves to make you angry and you start beating the smaller Dig Dog around with head and shoulders with your mandolin. The sounds he makes tell you that he is in real pain even if there aren't any physical signs.
>>44681
With a rather surprising show of agility your double jumps to her feet and flies towards you. Both of you go rolling and when you stop she's on top of you, pinning you to the ground.
>>44682
You vanish into the melee.
>>44684
Melody's cut vanishes and she feels stronger than ever.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>44686
Low to the ground, you get in position to stab him, but an attack by a large donkey with a pickaxe causes him to take a few steps back. One of those steps ends up being on your back. You don't hear any bones break, but it still hurts.
>>44687
Your assault drives him back through the other Dogs, then off the edge of the platform. As he falls he tries to grab one of his friends for support, but ends up pulling him over the edge too.
>>44695
Not knowing which of the Candy Cane's is real you pick one at random. Candy Cane gains a burst of strength and pushes her attacker off her.
>>44689
You deliver are very painful blow to her unprotected mareparts.
>>44685
Strawberry dodges an attack.
Low to the ground, you get in position to stab him, but an attack by a large donkey with a pickaxe causes him to take a few steps back. One of those steps ends up being on your back. You don't hear any bones break, but it still hurts.
>>44687
Your assault drives him back through the other Dogs, then off the edge of the platform. As he falls he tries to grab one of his friends for support, but ends up pulling him over the edge too.
>>44695
Not knowing which of the Candy Cane's is real you pick one at random. Candy Cane gains a burst of strength and pushes her attacker off her.
>>44689
You deliver are very painful blow to her unprotected mareparts.
>>44685
Strawberry dodges an attack.
>>44697
You are hidden.
>>44698
While she's still reeling from your kick you hit her on the back of the neck with your banjo. Her legs buckle and she falls to the ground.
>>44699
The smaller Dig Dog is good enough with his spear to keep you away from his body, but you do magae to hit his paw a few times.
>>44700
Strawberry lands a hit on a Diamond Dog with her mace.
Rolled 4 = 4
You are hidden.
>>44698
While she's still reeling from your kick you hit her on the back of the neck with your banjo. Her legs buckle and she falls to the ground.
>>44699
The smaller Dig Dog is good enough with his spear to keep you away from his body, but you do magae to hit his paw a few times.
>>44700
Strawberry lands a hit on a Diamond Dog with her mace.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>44702
You slink away from the melee and position yourself behind the Knights as they argue about whether or not they should join the fight. After crawling to the top of a larger gem you stab him through the armor on his back. He howls in pain and falls to his knees as the other three, and the 8 larger Dig Dogs, turn to face you.
>>44703
You duck past the attack of the larger Dig Dog, but can't find find a way past his armor. All your can do is give him a small gash before you are forced to retreat.
>>44706
You dodge his spear thrust but he bats you away with his free hand.
>>44707
You draw your sword and are about the run the assumed double through. You ignore her pleas for you to stop, that she's the real Candy Cane, and raise your sword for the killing blow. Candy Cane apologizes then kicks you in the chest and stands up.
>>44701
Strawberry gets battered a little bit while fighting.
Rolled 9 = 9
You slink away from the melee and position yourself behind the Knights as they argue about whether or not they should join the fight. After crawling to the top of a larger gem you stab him through the armor on his back. He howls in pain and falls to his knees as the other three, and the 8 larger Dig Dogs, turn to face you.
>>44703
You duck past the attack of the larger Dig Dog, but can't find find a way past his armor. All your can do is give him a small gash before you are forced to retreat.
>>44706
You dodge his spear thrust but he bats you away with his free hand.
>>44707
You draw your sword and are about the run the assumed double through. You ignore her pleas for you to stop, that she's the real Candy Cane, and raise your sword for the killing blow. Candy Cane apologizes then kicks you in the chest and stands up.
>>44701
Strawberry gets battered a little bit while fighting.
Rolled 9 = 9
>>44713
She accepts your apology and runs off to kill her double. You try to join her but two Diamond Dogs tackle you. You are now Helpless.
>>44710
In a near-perfect reflection of what you are doing your double draws her knife. The only thing wrong is that she was a little bit faster.She stabs you in the head and cuts a deep gash from your ear to your nose. You fall Helpless and blood gets into your eyes.
>>44711
You jump off the back of the gem and vanish.
>>44714
He keeps you at bay with his spear but isn't able to hit you.
>>44709
Strawberry hits a smaller Dig Dog hard enough to crumple part of his armor.
Rolled 3 = 3
She accepts your apology and runs off to kill her double. You try to join her but two Diamond Dogs tackle you. You are now Helpless.
>>44710
In a near-perfect reflection of what you are doing your double draws her knife. The only thing wrong is that she was a little bit faster.She stabs you in the head and cuts a deep gash from your ear to your nose. You fall Helpless and blood gets into your eyes.
>>44711
You jump off the back of the gem and vanish.
>>44714
He keeps you at bay with his spear but isn't able to hit you.
>>44709
Strawberry hits a smaller Dig Dog hard enough to crumple part of his armor.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>44724
You wipe the blood from your eyes and stand up.
>>44725
The Knight feels you climb onto his back to administer the killing blow and calls out for help. His friends come running and one of the large Diamond Dogs knocks you off.
>>44726
You sing a happy song that you learned as a foal. It lifts the party's spirits and give everyone on the platform a +1 to their next roll.
>>44727
You kick your way out of the dogs' grasp and stand up. One puts his fists up and the other draws a whip.
>>44721
Strawbery takes one hit too many and falls Helpless.
Rolled 9 = 9
You wipe the blood from your eyes and stand up.
>>44725
The Knight feels you climb onto his back to administer the killing blow and calls out for help. His friends come running and one of the large Diamond Dogs knocks you off.
>>44726
You sing a happy song that you learned as a foal. It lifts the party's spirits and give everyone on the platform a +1 to their next roll.
>>44727
You kick your way out of the dogs' grasp and stand up. One puts his fists up and the other draws a whip.
>>44721
Strawbery takes one hit too many and falls Helpless.
Rolled 9 = 9
>>44730
Your taunt makes him grin before he attacks you with his spear. You deftly jump to the side and slash at his free arm with your mandolin. He growls and turns to face you.
>>44731
The running into your eyes makes it very hard to see. You miss and she hits you in the side with her banjo while taunting you.
>>44732
You just barely kick up enough dust to disappear in.
>>44733
You ignore the danger but the danger doesn't ignore you. A whip cracks against your cutiemark and pulls some of the hair free.
>>44729
Strawberry gets back up.
Rolled 6 = 6
Your taunt makes him grin before he attacks you with his spear. You deftly jump to the side and slash at his free arm with your mandolin. He growls and turns to face you.
>>44731
The running into your eyes makes it very hard to see. You miss and she hits you in the side with her banjo while taunting you.
>>44732
You just barely kick up enough dust to disappear in.
>>44733
You ignore the danger but the danger doesn't ignore you. A whip cracks against your cutiemark and pulls some of the hair free.
>>44729
Strawberry gets back up.
Rolled 6 = 6
>>44735
It totally works this time. He sees you coming, but you silence him before he can make a sound.
>>44736
He is unusually competent for a Dig Dog. You are only able to force him back a few inches.
>>44738
Squinting through the blood you can see her about to make another attack. You catch her dagger with one of yours, then put a gash in her neck with the other one.
>>44734
Strawberry lightly bruises a Diamond Dog.
The slaves have done a number on their Diamond Dog taskmasters. They cheer as the Diamond Dogs burrow into the ground, apparently fleeing from the fight.
Rolled 3 = 3
It totally works this time. He sees you coming, but you silence him before he can make a sound.
>>44736
He is unusually competent for a Dig Dog. You are only able to force him back a few inches.
>>44738
Squinting through the blood you can see her about to make another attack. You catch her dagger with one of yours, then put a gash in her neck with the other one.
>>44734
Strawberry lightly bruises a Diamond Dog.
The slaves have done a number on their Diamond Dog taskmasters. They cheer as the Diamond Dogs burrow into the ground, apparently fleeing from the fight.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>44743
Before she can recover you stab her again and she goes down. She tries to stifle the bleeding with a hoof.
>>44744
The din of battle nearly drowns out your words, but a few of the slaves hear your warning and pass it on to the others, but who knows if enough of them will hear it in time. You hide a knife behind one of your legs.
>>44745
You duck under his thrust and swipe at his paws, then his knees. He loses balance and staggers backwards, arms pinwheeling, then falls off the platform.
>>44740
Strawberry's armor deflects a spear.
Rolled 3, 6 = 9
Before she can recover you stab her again and she goes down. She tries to stifle the bleeding with a hoof.
>>44744
The din of battle nearly drowns out your words, but a few of the slaves hear your warning and pass it on to the others, but who knows if enough of them will hear it in time. You hide a knife behind one of your legs.
>>44745
You duck under his thrust and swipe at his paws, then his knees. He loses balance and staggers backwards, arms pinwheeling, then falls off the platform.
>>44740
Strawberry's armor deflects a spear.
Rolled 3, 6 = 9
Mwandishi's warning finished circulating just in time. When the Diamond Dogs tunneled up from underground most of the slaves were able to dodge and the ones that weren't were pulled free by their friends.
>>44747
You are hidden.
>>44748
You kick her towards the edge, but she is too heavy and doesn't slide far enough. Before you can finish the job a whip coils around your rear legs and pulls it out from under you. You fall down and are Helpless.
>>44749
A smaller Dig Dog runs towards you to avenge his friend, but you sidestep and push him off the edge. Turning back to the battle you pummel a Diamond Dog with your mandolin until he falls to the ground and tries to shield himself with his paws.
1 larger Dig Dog, 1 smaller Dig Dog, 4 Diamond Dogs.
>>44746
Strawberry gets stabbed again in the same spot, her armor protecting her from the sharpness of the spear if not the force of the thrust.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>44747
You are hidden.
>>44748
You kick her towards the edge, but she is too heavy and doesn't slide far enough. Before you can finish the job a whip coils around your rear legs and pulls it out from under you. You fall down and are Helpless.
>>44749
A smaller Dig Dog runs towards you to avenge his friend, but you sidestep and push him off the edge. Turning back to the battle you pummel a Diamond Dog with your mandolin until he falls to the ground and tries to shield himself with his paws.
1 larger Dig Dog, 1 smaller Dig Dog, 4 Diamond Dogs.
>>44746
Strawberry gets stabbed again in the same spot, her armor protecting her from the sharpness of the spear if not the force of the thrust.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>44753
One of the large Dig Dogs sees you as your tun off to help Strawberry, but collapses when you run between his legs and hamstring him.
>>44756
While you try to break free of the whip's grasp another Diamond Dog starts to stomp on your chest. You feel a rib break as his paw repeatedly hits you.
>>44757
You randomly strike parts of his body and before long he dies.
>>44751
A smaller Diamond Dog picks up Strawberry and throws her as hard as he can against the wall. She tries to stand up but her legs refuse to work.
Rolled 8, 2 = 10
One of the large Dig Dogs sees you as your tun off to help Strawberry, but collapses when you run between his legs and hamstring him.
>>44756
While you try to break free of the whip's grasp another Diamond Dog starts to stomp on your chest. You feel a rib break as his paw repeatedly hits you.
>>44757
You randomly strike parts of his body and before long he dies.
>>44751
A smaller Diamond Dog picks up Strawberry and throws her as hard as he can against the wall. She tries to stand up but her legs refuse to work.
Rolled 8, 2 = 10
A few slaves scream as they are dragged under ground.
>>44759
A few more ribs crack as the Diamond Dog continues to stomp on your chest. You wonder where Liune went because you really need some healing right now.
>>44761
"You're staying where I can see you!"
One of the Diamond Dog Knights kicks you are enough to knock you off your hooves. You land hard and struggle to catch your breath. You are now Helpless.
>>44763
Your fury blinds you and he is able to step out of the way. He cracks his whip against the ground and wait for you to make the next move.
>>44758
Strawberry stands back up.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>44759
A few more ribs crack as the Diamond Dog continues to stomp on your chest. You wonder where Liune went because you really need some healing right now.
>>44761
"You're staying where I can see you!"
One of the Diamond Dog Knights kicks you are enough to knock you off your hooves. You land hard and struggle to catch your breath. You are now Helpless.
>>44763
Your fury blinds you and he is able to step out of the way. He cracks his whip against the ground and wait for you to make the next move.
>>44758
Strawberry stands back up.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>44765
You roll out from under him and push him towards the dog with the whip. The whip uncoils and you stand up.
>>44766
You notice how close he is to the edge of the platform and lower your head. After hoofing at the ground a few time you charge. He wasn't expecting you to move so fast and his first attack misses. His second attack is hurried and he hits the larger Dig Dog instead of you. When you are just scant feet away from him you turn and buck him square in the chest. He goes flying off the platform and screams as he falls to his death.
>>44767
You don't have time to stand up before he stabs at you with his sword. You are able to roll away, but you are still Helpless and his sword opened up a fair sized gash on your shoulder.
>>44764
Strawberry falls to her knees and starts praying to Celestia. A few seconds later sunlight shines out of the collapsed tunnels and all the slaves that were dragged under crawl back out.
Rolled 3 = 3
You roll out from under him and push him towards the dog with the whip. The whip uncoils and you stand up.
>>44766
You notice how close he is to the edge of the platform and lower your head. After hoofing at the ground a few time you charge. He wasn't expecting you to move so fast and his first attack misses. His second attack is hurried and he hits the larger Dig Dog instead of you. When you are just scant feet away from him you turn and buck him square in the chest. He goes flying off the platform and screams as he falls to his death.
>>44767
You don't have time to stand up before he stabs at you with his sword. You are able to roll away, but you are still Helpless and his sword opened up a fair sized gash on your shoulder.
>>44764
Strawberry falls to her knees and starts praying to Celestia. A few seconds later sunlight shines out of the collapsed tunnels and all the slaves that were dragged under crawl back out.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>44770
The spell goes right this time and a copy of you appears. Your doppelganger laughs and asks if you think she's really going to fall for that.
>>44772
You manage to ignore the pain and stand back up. The Dogs haven't manage to surround you yet and the way to the melee is open.
>>44773
Your mandolin is out of tune and your voice cracks, but the important thing is that you tried. +1 to everyone's rolls next round if you are on the platform.
>>44769
Before Strawberry can finish her prayer a smaller Dig Dog jump her and pins her to the ground.
Rolled 10, 10 = 20
The spell goes right this time and a copy of you appears. Your doppelganger laughs and asks if you think she's really going to fall for that.
>>44772
You manage to ignore the pain and stand back up. The Dogs haven't manage to surround you yet and the way to the melee is open.
>>44773
Your mandolin is out of tune and your voice cracks, but the important thing is that you tried. +1 to everyone's rolls next round if you are on the platform.
>>44769
Before Strawberry can finish her prayer a smaller Dig Dog jump her and pins her to the ground.
Rolled 10, 10 = 20
The slaves are ready for the dogs this time. When the dogs resurface they are all either pulled out of the tunnels or met with bloody pickaxes.
>>44779
You bolt away from the small battle and the Knights and larger Dig Dogs follow you. You dive behind a broken cart and disappear. They are too busy hunting you to help their brothers crush the slave uprising.
>>44780
Your mandolin makes short work of a Diamond Dog as it phases through him again and again.
>>44781
The blood in your eyes causes you to miss, but your obedient reflection jumps in front of you and vanishes as it is stabbed.
>>44777
The Dig Dog learns why he shouldn't interrupt a cleric of Celestia when she's praying as he's incinerated by a burst of sunlight. The Dig Dogs that had gathered around her are thrown back.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>44779
You bolt away from the small battle and the Knights and larger Dig Dogs follow you. You dive behind a broken cart and disappear. They are too busy hunting you to help their brothers crush the slave uprising.
>>44780
Your mandolin makes short work of a Diamond Dog as it phases through him again and again.
>>44781
The blood in your eyes causes you to miss, but your obedient reflection jumps in front of you and vanishes as it is stabbed.
>>44777
The Dig Dog learns why he shouldn't interrupt a cleric of Celestia when she's praying as he's incinerated by a burst of sunlight. The Dig Dogs that had gathered around her are thrown back.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>44785
While you were distracted with other things she was able to stand up and get behind you. She repays you for earlier as she kicks you right below the base of the tail.
"Payback's a bitch, isn't it?"
>>44787
You go after the last remaining Diamond Dog and tackle him while shouting for his blood.
>>44788
You wait, and your patience pays off when a Dig Dog comes to close to your hiding spot. His head is low to the ground as he follows your scent. It is a simple matter to take off his helmet and stab him in the back of the head before he has a chance to scream.
>>44783
Strawberry thanks Celestia for her help.
Rolled 10 = 10
While you were distracted with other things she was able to stand up and get behind you. She repays you for earlier as she kicks you right below the base of the tail.
"Payback's a bitch, isn't it?"
>>44787
You go after the last remaining Diamond Dog and tackle him while shouting for his blood.
>>44788
You wait, and your patience pays off when a Dig Dog comes to close to your hiding spot. His head is low to the ground as he follows your scent. It is a simple matter to take off his helmet and stab him in the back of the head before he has a chance to scream.
>>44783
Strawberry thanks Celestia for her help.
Rolled 10 = 10
The slaves finish off the last two Diamond Dogs.
>>44790
Your buck connects with her chest and flips her over. She lands on her back and struggles weakly to stand.
>>44791
Your cries for blood don't anything other than scare him, but you do manage to punch him in the mouth and bust his lip.
>>44792
You hide in the gem pile a short distance from the dead Dig Dog.
>>44789
Celestia thanks her back by smiting down a smaller Dig Dog.
Rolled 5 = 5
>>44790
Your buck connects with her chest and flips her over. She lands on her back and struggles weakly to stand.
>>44791
Your cries for blood don't anything other than scare him, but you do manage to punch him in the mouth and bust his lip.
>>44792
You hide in the gem pile a short distance from the dead Dig Dog.
>>44789
Celestia thanks her back by smiting down a smaller Dig Dog.
Rolled 5 = 5
When we last left the party Mwandishi was stealthy killing the Diamond Dog Knights and larger Dig Dogs by the pile of gems. Candy Cane and Melody Maker were fighting some Diamond Dogs and Candy Cane's evil twin on a platform a quarter of the way up the cavern's walls. Flora was watching from a platform halfway up the cavern's walls. Strawberry and the slaves are fighting a small horde of Dig Dogs on the cavern floor. There are 5 Diamond Dog Knights, 7 larger Dig Dogs, and 10 smaller Dig Dogs left on the cavern floor. Miraculously, all the slaves are still alive. There are 1 larger Dig Dog, 1 smaller Dig Dog, 1 Diamond Dog, and one Evil Twin left on the platform a quarter of the way up the caver walls.
Player Hits and Wounds are as follows.
Mwandishi: 0 Hits 1 Wound
Melody Maker: 2 Hits 0 Wounds
Candy Cane: 2 Hits 2 Wounds
Flora is unharmed.
PLAY RESUMES
Player Hits and Wounds are as follows.
Mwandishi: 0 Hits 1 Wound
Melody Maker: 2 Hits 0 Wounds
Candy Cane: 2 Hits 2 Wounds
Flora is unharmed.
PLAY RESUMES
>>45244
The large Dig Dog shows just as much aptitude with his spear as the smaller one did. Although you are able to avoid getting skewered you only manage to brush his knuckles with you mandolin.
>>45245
She curls up into a ball as you hit her in the gut with your banjo. The earlier wounds you inflicted on her are starting to stack up.
>>45246
>>45254
From your vantage point you see one of the Candy Canes beating the other with her banjo. Confident that the one on the ground is a fake you draw your bow and fire. Unfortunately your aim was off and you hit the standing Candy Cane in the shoulder. The force of the arrow knocks her onto her side. Candy Cane is now Helpless.
>>45251
You find one on the edge of the group and begin stalking him. As you draw close your hoof kicks a stone that bounces off his leg. He spins around and the pommel of his sword catches you on the side of the head.
Rolled 3 = 3
The large Dig Dog shows just as much aptitude with his spear as the smaller one did. Although you are able to avoid getting skewered you only manage to brush his knuckles with you mandolin.
>>45245
She curls up into a ball as you hit her in the gut with your banjo. The earlier wounds you inflicted on her are starting to stack up.
>>45246
>>45254
From your vantage point you see one of the Candy Canes beating the other with her banjo. Confident that the one on the ground is a fake you draw your bow and fire. Unfortunately your aim was off and you hit the standing Candy Cane in the shoulder. The force of the arrow knocks her onto her side. Candy Cane is now Helpless.
>>45251
You find one on the edge of the group and begin stalking him. As you draw close your hoof kicks a stone that bounces off his leg. He spins around and the pommel of his sword catches you on the side of the head.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>45281
The world seems dim and you feel cold, but the arrow doesn't seem to hurt very much. You can see it in your shoulder as you stand up, but can hardly feel or the gash on your face. Your twin gets back up too.
>>45282
You step into one of his blind spots and disappear.
>>45283
Reasonably that you know which is which you shoot the duplicate. The arrow buries itself in her side but she remains standing.
>>45284
This Dog fights with honor, and so was not expecting you to aim below the belt. He drops his spear and cups his shattered testicles and tries to to run, but goes off the edge of the platform instead of the ramp.
>>45279
Strawberry gets bashed around in the fighting.
Rolled 7 = 7
The world seems dim and you feel cold, but the arrow doesn't seem to hurt very much. You can see it in your shoulder as you stand up, but can hardly feel or the gash on your face. Your twin gets back up too.
>>45282
You step into one of his blind spots and disappear.
>>45283
Reasonably that you know which is which you shoot the duplicate. The arrow buries itself in her side but she remains standing.
>>45284
This Dog fights with honor, and so was not expecting you to aim below the belt. He drops his spear and cups his shattered testicles and tries to to run, but goes off the edge of the platform instead of the ramp.
>>45279
Strawberry gets bashed around in the fighting.
Rolled 7 = 7
>>45291
She draws her knife and dodges around you as you swing your banjo at her. She has a different target in mind though, and ignores you as…
>>45290
you swoop down down, axe in hoof, planning to take her head off. She hits you with a blast of telekinesis and knocks you off course, then holds up her knife so that it cuts you as you fly past. The wound isn't very deep, but it hurts.
>>45292
The Knight turns to try and find you, but he is too slow. You climb up his back and sink you knife in between to pieces of armor. He gurgles wetly as a lung collapses and falls forwards. He is almost dead but still trying to reach back and grab you.
>>45294
You hear a Diamond Dog sneaking up behind you and turn, swinging your mandolin in a wide arc. Both his lungs pop like balloons as your instrument phases through his chest.
>>45289
Strawberry stands outside the ring of slaves surround the remaining Dig Dogs and starts healing the most injured looking ones.
Rolled 2 = 2
She draws her knife and dodges around you as you swing your banjo at her. She has a different target in mind though, and ignores you as…
>>45290
you swoop down down, axe in hoof, planning to take her head off. She hits you with a blast of telekinesis and knocks you off course, then holds up her knife so that it cuts you as you fly past. The wound isn't very deep, but it hurts.
>>45292
The Knight turns to try and find you, but he is too slow. You climb up his back and sink you knife in between to pieces of armor. He gurgles wetly as a lung collapses and falls forwards. He is almost dead but still trying to reach back and grab you.
>>45294
You hear a Diamond Dog sneaking up behind you and turn, swinging your mandolin in a wide arc. Both his lungs pop like balloons as your instrument phases through his chest.
>>45289
Strawberry stands outside the ring of slaves surround the remaining Dig Dogs and starts healing the most injured looking ones.
Rolled 2 = 2
>>45296
The remaining Dig Dog is running for the ramp when you leap onto his back. You wrap your rear legs around his neck and start hammering his head with your mandolin while you ride him. After a few hits he stops and tries to knock you off, but his arms aren't flexible enough to reach you. Cackling like a madmare you just keep bashing at his head as blood start leaking from his eyes, ears, and nose. When he finally dies your back half is soaked with his blood.
>>45298
You turn around to make another pass. She sees you coming and tries the same trick, but instead of flying past her you slam into her at top speed. You bounce backwards as she tumbles head over hooves across the platform. Both of you are now Helpless.
>>45297
You stab the base of one of her wings and twist. She starts crying as she realizes she will never fly again.
>>45300
You pull out your sword and turn his head into a shish-kabob, then are sent flying backwards as the electricity in your sword travels through his armor and zaps you. There is a faint trail of smoke hanging in the air the shows the arc you flew in, and the smell of burnt hair is coming from under your armor. Your muscles are convulsing from the shock they received and you are Helpless.
>>45295
The Dig Dogs break out of the circle of slaves and trample everything in their path. Strawberry gets hits by a flying slave.
Rolled 8 = 8
The remaining Dig Dog is running for the ramp when you leap onto his back. You wrap your rear legs around his neck and start hammering his head with your mandolin while you ride him. After a few hits he stops and tries to knock you off, but his arms aren't flexible enough to reach you. Cackling like a madmare you just keep bashing at his head as blood start leaking from his eyes, ears, and nose. When he finally dies your back half is soaked with his blood.
>>45298
You turn around to make another pass. She sees you coming and tries the same trick, but instead of flying past her you slam into her at top speed. You bounce backwards as she tumbles head over hooves across the platform. Both of you are now Helpless.
>>45297
You stab the base of one of her wings and twist. She starts crying as she realizes she will never fly again.
>>45300
You pull out your sword and turn his head into a shish-kabob, then are sent flying backwards as the electricity in your sword travels through his armor and zaps you. There is a faint trail of smoke hanging in the air the shows the arc you flew in, and the smell of burnt hair is coming from under your armor. Your muscles are convulsing from the shock they received and you are Helpless.
>>45295
The Dig Dogs break out of the circle of slaves and trample everything in their path. Strawberry gets hits by a flying slave.
Rolled 8 = 8
>>45303
You flap your wings a few times and stand up, but are too sore to attack anything.
>>45304
>>45306
>1
You gleefully roll in the puddle of blood that is slowly spreading from the dead Dig Dog's head. After making sure that your entire body is coated with the warm red stuff you stand up and see a Candy Cane about to kill another Candy Cane. Guessing that the one that is still standing is the real Candy Cane you pull out your mandolin and charge at the one on the ground. Your hooves, slick with blood, slip on the polished gem platform and you go careening into the standing Candy Cane as she raises a knife to deliver the killing blow. Both you go tumbling across the floor and get tangled up in each other's legs. You are each Helpless.
>>45307
Your legs still refuse to work, but none of the dogs have found you yet.
>>45302
A few of the slaves help Strawberry back up.
Rolled 7 = 7
You flap your wings a few times and stand up, but are too sore to attack anything.
>>45304
>>45306
>1
You gleefully roll in the puddle of blood that is slowly spreading from the dead Dig Dog's head. After making sure that your entire body is coated with the warm red stuff you stand up and see a Candy Cane about to kill another Candy Cane. Guessing that the one that is still standing is the real Candy Cane you pull out your mandolin and charge at the one on the ground. Your hooves, slick with blood, slip on the polished gem platform and you go careening into the standing Candy Cane as she raises a knife to deliver the killing blow. Both you go tumbling across the floor and get tangled up in each other's legs. You are each Helpless.
>>45307
Your legs still refuse to work, but none of the dogs have found you yet.
>>45302
A few of the slaves help Strawberry back up.
Rolled 7 = 7
>>45312
You try to get up but…
>>45313
you grab her and start yelling about how much you love blood and how awesome blood is and here have some of my blood let me wipe it on you.
>>45318
A few spirits appear around you and start taunting you.
>>45315
You draw your axe and fly over to her. She tries to convince you that she's the real Candy Cane, and when that doesn't work she starts crying and begging for you to let her live. You ignore her pleas and kill her with one quick chop to the head.
>>45311
Strawberry goes back to healing slaves as they kill more Dig Dogs.
You try to get up but…
>>45313
you grab her and start yelling about how much you love blood and how awesome blood is and here have some of my blood let me wipe it on you.
>>45318
A few spirits appear around you and start taunting you.
>>45315
You draw your axe and fly over to her. She tries to convince you that she's the real Candy Cane, and when that doesn't work she starts crying and begging for you to let her live. You ignore her pleas and kill her with one quick chop to the head.
>>45311
Strawberry goes back to healing slaves as they kill more Dig Dogs.
>>45327
"Fine, we'll help you up, geez you are needy."
The spirit reaches a hoof down to help you up, but when you try to grab it your hoof just goes through. He smiles.
"Well what are you waiting for? Take my hoof."
>>45329
>>45330
Melody Maker manages to shake off her bloodlust for the moment and tries to stand, but both of you keep slipping around and knocking each other over.
>>45332
You are able to pull Candy Cane out of the two pony pile and help her up, but you get a lot of blood on you in the process.
Rolled 7 = 7
"Fine, we'll help you up, geez you are needy."
The spirit reaches a hoof down to help you up, but when you try to grab it your hoof just goes through. He smiles.
"Well what are you waiting for? Take my hoof."
>>45329
>>45330
Melody Maker manages to shake off her bloodlust for the moment and tries to stand, but both of you keep slipping around and knocking each other over.
>>45332
You are able to pull Candy Cane out of the two pony pile and help her up, but you get a lot of blood on you in the process.
Rolled 7 = 7
>>45335
It's really bad. It's really, really, bad. Some of the blood that was on you got wiped off on Candy Cane. You look around and quickly spot a mangled Dog then dive onto his corpse; rolling around and giving yourself a fresh coat of blood.
>>45336
"Freedom is at stake. Your freedom!"
He places his hoof to his mouth and lets loose a shrill whistle. A few large Dig Dogs poke their heads around the pile and spot you.
>>45338
You fly down and help Mwandishi back to his feet. He looks like he's taken a couple of pretty bad hits.
>>45340
You can't bring yourself to approach her as she rolls around on top of a mangled Dog.
>>45334
Strawberry heals a few more slaves.
Rolled 2 = 2
It's really bad. It's really, really, bad. Some of the blood that was on you got wiped off on Candy Cane. You look around and quickly spot a mangled Dog then dive onto his corpse; rolling around and giving yourself a fresh coat of blood.
>>45336
"Freedom is at stake. Your freedom!"
He places his hoof to his mouth and lets loose a shrill whistle. A few large Dig Dogs poke their heads around the pile and spot you.
>>45338
You fly down and help Mwandishi back to his feet. He looks like he's taken a couple of pretty bad hits.
>>45340
You can't bring yourself to approach her as she rolls around on top of a mangled Dog.
>>45334
Strawberry heals a few more slaves.
Rolled 2 = 2
>>45343
Strawberry looks you over.
"I'll try."
>>45342
Her horn glows but nothing else happens.
>>45346
You go to kick her her but slip on what looks like an internal organ. You almost lose you balance but spread your wings and catch yourself.
>>45345
"Have fun, maybe we'll be seeing you soon."
You get out a knife and get ready for the the Dig Dogs coming towards you. +1 to your next action.
Rolled 1 = 1
Strawberry looks you over.
"I'll try."
>>45342
Her horn glows but nothing else happens.
>>45346
You go to kick her her but slip on what looks like an internal organ. You almost lose you balance but spread your wings and catch yourself.
>>45345
"Have fun, maybe we'll be seeing you soon."
You get out a knife and get ready for the the Dig Dogs coming towards you. +1 to your next action.
Rolled 1 = 1
>>45349
A clone appears next to you. This one doesn't seen evil.
>>45351
You try to get behind their backs, but one swats you away.
>>45352
You are hovering over the collection of armored dogs. +1 to your next attack.
>>45347
Strawberry gets tackled under a smaller Dig Dog. He pins her to the ground and gets ready to attack.
Rolled 6 = 6
A clone appears next to you. This one doesn't seen evil.
>>45351
You try to get behind their backs, but one swats you away.
>>45352
You are hovering over the collection of armored dogs. +1 to your next attack.
>>45347
Strawberry gets tackled under a smaller Dig Dog. He pins her to the ground and gets ready to attack.
Rolled 6 = 6
>>45359
>>45361
The two of you doubleteam the Dig Dog pinning Strawberry and kill it.
>>45360
The Dig Dog stabs you with his spear before you can get close. You miss being run through by a hair.
>>45362
You freeze one of the smaller Dig Dogs and the slaves take him down.
>>45357
Strawberry heals one of Candy Cane's wounds.
Sorry about the posting speed and length but I'm having computer trouble.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>45361
The two of you doubleteam the Dig Dog pinning Strawberry and kill it.
>>45360
The Dig Dog stabs you with his spear before you can get close. You miss being run through by a hair.
>>45362
You freeze one of the smaller Dig Dogs and the slaves take him down.
>>45357
Strawberry heals one of Candy Cane's wounds.
Sorry about the posting speed and length but I'm having computer trouble.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>45370
Your skates guts deep gouges in his head. He stabs back and slaps a paw to his ruined face.
>>45371
Half blind he swings his spear around in front of him and keeps you away. You avoid each of his swings though.
>>45373
You vanish around the back of the pile of gems.
>>45374
You charge out to meet the oncoming Dig Dogs. Dodging left and right past their spears you are able to land a solid hit on one of them.
>>45369
Mwandishi feels invigorated as all his wounds close.
Rolled 7 = 7
Your skates guts deep gouges in his head. He stabs back and slaps a paw to his ruined face.
>>45371
Half blind he swings his spear around in front of him and keeps you away. You avoid each of his swings though.
>>45373
You vanish around the back of the pile of gems.
>>45374
You charge out to meet the oncoming Dig Dogs. Dodging left and right past their spears you are able to land a solid hit on one of them.
>>45369
Mwandishi feels invigorated as all his wounds close.
Rolled 7 = 7
>>45379
Your image rushes forwards to meet the Dig Dogs. One of them throws his spear at it and your illusion vanishes as it is pierced. The illusion doesn't do anything to stop the spear and it flies straight towards you. Roll to dodge.
>>45380
You dig your hooves into the ground and make a sharp turn. The Dig Dogs are still trying to turn around when you start attacking the middle one.
>>45381
You slink back to where you lost your sword and find a Knight trying to pull it out of his dead friend. You slit his throat then grab your sword and disappear again. You are now hidden.
>>45378
Strawberry heals one of Candy Cane's wounds.
Rolled 10 = 10
Your image rushes forwards to meet the Dig Dogs. One of them throws his spear at it and your illusion vanishes as it is pierced. The illusion doesn't do anything to stop the spear and it flies straight towards you. Roll to dodge.
>>45380
You dig your hooves into the ground and make a sharp turn. The Dig Dogs are still trying to turn around when you start attacking the middle one.
>>45381
You slink back to where you lost your sword and find a Knight trying to pull it out of his dead friend. You slit his throat then grab your sword and disappear again. You are now hidden.
>>45378
Strawberry heals one of Candy Cane's wounds.
Rolled 10 = 10
>>45389
The spear hits you and tears a large chunk of flesh out of your side. You stare in shock at the bleeding hole as new flesh grows and your coat patches itself up. All your others wounds close too as Strawberry heals you.
>>45390
You look around for another target, but one finds you first. A large Dig Dog follows a trail of bloody hoofprints to your hiding spot and stabs at you with his spear. Your armor keeps it from cutting you but the force of it does knock the breath out of you.
>>45391
The song isn't audible over the sound of the fighting, but the sight of you being able to fly again lifts the spirits of your friends and the slaves. Everyone gets a +1 to their next action.
More computer trouble. Sorry.
Rolled 3 = 3
The spear hits you and tears a large chunk of flesh out of your side. You stare in shock at the bleeding hole as new flesh grows and your coat patches itself up. All your others wounds close too as Strawberry heals you.
>>45390
You look around for another target, but one finds you first. A large Dig Dog follows a trail of bloody hoofprints to your hiding spot and stabs at you with his spear. Your armor keeps it from cutting you but the force of it does knock the breath out of you.
>>45391
The song isn't audible over the sound of the fighting, but the sight of you being able to fly again lifts the spirits of your friends and the slaves. Everyone gets a +1 to their next action.
More computer trouble. Sorry.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>45394
Afraid of summoning another evil clone you don't try as hard as you should have. A misty, pony-like form appears for a few seconds then vanishes.
>>45395
>12
You dive into a small knot of large Dig Dogs and go to town on them. Every attack they make on you misses and ends up hitting a different Dig Dog. With a little bit of encouragement from you here and there they are soon fighting amongst themselves. A few minutes later three large Dig Dogs are dead in a pile.
>>45396
The Dig Dog picks you up and shakes you a few times before throwing you at the pile of gems. Roll to stand back up.
>>45393
Strawberry fails to do any healing this round.
Rolled 4 = 4
Afraid of summoning another evil clone you don't try as hard as you should have. A misty, pony-like form appears for a few seconds then vanishes.
>>45395
>12
You dive into a small knot of large Dig Dogs and go to town on them. Every attack they make on you misses and ends up hitting a different Dig Dog. With a little bit of encouragement from you here and there they are soon fighting amongst themselves. A few minutes later three large Dig Dogs are dead in a pile.
>>45396
The Dig Dog picks you up and shakes you a few times before throwing you at the pile of gems. Roll to stand back up.
>>45393
Strawberry fails to do any healing this round.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>45398
A corny pun enters your mind and you get up. After that you shake your head to clear it of such thoughts and stand up.
>>45399
You try again. The spell looks like it's going to fail again, but you give it a bit more juice and another clone of you appears.
>>45400
>1
You pick another target and spread your wings, then black out. When you come to you are neck deep in the carcass of a large Dig Dog. One of the other large Dig Dogs is staring at you as if he can't believe what he just saw. Roll to contain your bloodlust.
>>45397
Once again Strawberry fails to heal anyone.
Rolled 9 = 9
A corny pun enters your mind and you get up. After that you shake your head to clear it of such thoughts and stand up.
>>45399
You try again. The spell looks like it's going to fail again, but you give it a bit more juice and another clone of you appears.
>>45400
>1
You pick another target and spread your wings, then black out. When you come to you are neck deep in the carcass of a large Dig Dog. One of the other large Dig Dogs is staring at you as if he can't believe what he just saw. Roll to contain your bloodlust.
>>45397
Once again Strawberry fails to heal anyone.
Rolled 9 = 9
>>45403
A part of you asks why, but you pay it no mind as you giggle and stomp your hooves in his guts. The Dig Dog collects himself and gets ready to attack.
>>45404
You and your clone run towards one of the Knights. He can only defend himself against one attack, and he chooses wrong. You leap into the air and stab both your daggers through the Knight's visor. He screams and clutches his face; blind and nearly dead.
>>45405
The other steps in front of you as your run to help you friend. You can't change course in time and run straight into him. It feels like running into a wall, but you are ready to defend yourself against whatever attack comes next. Strawberry's horn glows and you feel the pain of running into him melt away.
Rolled 4 = 4
A part of you asks why, but you pay it no mind as you giggle and stomp your hooves in his guts. The Dig Dog collects himself and gets ready to attack.
>>45404
You and your clone run towards one of the Knights. He can only defend himself against one attack, and he chooses wrong. You leap into the air and stab both your daggers through the Knight's visor. He screams and clutches his face; blind and nearly dead.
>>45405
The other steps in front of you as your run to help you friend. You can't change course in time and run straight into him. It feels like running into a wall, but you are ready to defend yourself against whatever attack comes next. Strawberry's horn glows and you feel the pain of running into him melt away.
Rolled 4 = 4
>>45407
You pull yourself back from the brink just in time to dodge the Dig Dog's attack . You even manage to kick at him as he misses you.
>>45409
You kick up a cloud of dust and disappear. While you sit in a hidden vantage point the Knight slashes at the dust cloud with his sword.
>>45410
You are about to summon another copy of yourself when you see the other one walking away from the body of the Knight.
>>45406
Strawberry doesn't do anything useful.
Rolled 7 = 7
You pull yourself back from the brink just in time to dodge the Dig Dog's attack . You even manage to kick at him as he misses you.
>>45409
You kick up a cloud of dust and disappear. While you sit in a hidden vantage point the Knight slashes at the dust cloud with his sword.
>>45410
You are about to summon another copy of yourself when you see the other one walking away from the body of the Knight.
>>45406
Strawberry doesn't do anything useful.
Rolled 7 = 7
>>45413
The Dig Dog is too trying to get bits of his friend off his feet to attack you. While you try to keep your bloodlust in check you notice Strawberry staring at you.
>>45415
While your clone distracts one of the few remaining Dig Dogs you sneak around behind him. After spending a few seconds watching him try and fail to hit your clone you stab him in the tail.
>>45416
You jump out of your hiding spot a second too late. He sees you coming and has long enough to raise his shield and then bash you aside with it. Once again Strawberry takes your pain from you.
Rolled 3 = 3
The Dig Dog is too trying to get bits of his friend off his feet to attack you. While you try to keep your bloodlust in check you notice Strawberry staring at you.
>>45415
While your clone distracts one of the few remaining Dig Dogs you sneak around behind him. After spending a few seconds watching him try and fail to hit your clone you stab him in the tail.
>>45416
You jump out of your hiding spot a second too late. He sees you coming and has long enough to raise his shield and then bash you aside with it. Once again Strawberry takes your pain from you.
Rolled 3 = 3
>>45419
He gives a pained squeal and turns around. In the time it took him to do that you were able to fly up above him. While he tries to find whatever stabbed him you take out your banjo and hit him hard through his helmet.
>>45420
Terrified that your waifu may have seen your newfound darkside you are unable to concentrate on attacking the Dig Dog. Most of your swings miss.
>>45421
He steps aside as you swing. Your sword sparks on the ground and he counterattacks with his own sword. Once again your armor protects you from any serious damage.
>>45418
Strawberry fails to do anything.
Does the site keep dying for anyone else?
He gives a pained squeal and turns around. In the time it took him to do that you were able to fly up above him. While he tries to find whatever stabbed him you take out your banjo and hit him hard through his helmet.
>>45420
Terrified that your waifu may have seen your newfound darkside you are unable to concentrate on attacking the Dig Dog. Most of your swings miss.
>>45421
He steps aside as you swing. Your sword sparks on the ground and he counterattacks with his own sword. Once again your armor protects you from any serious damage.
>>45418
Strawberry fails to do anything.
Does the site keep dying for anyone else?
>>45423
The fickle spirits come to your aid and surround the Knight. He tries to attack them, but when that proves futile he drops his sword and shield and runs. The slaves meet him with picks and spears and take him down.
>>45424
>>45425
The two of you keep up the attack on the two remaining diamond dogs and the slaves help out. They are buried under a small horde of angry slaves and soon the only living things left in the cavern are ponies and donkeys.
The fickle spirits come to your aid and surround the Knight. He tries to attack them, but when that proves futile he drops his sword and shield and runs. The slaves meet him with picks and spears and take him down.
>>45424
>>45425
The two of you keep up the attack on the two remaining diamond dogs and the slaves help out. They are buried under a small horde of angry slaves and soon the only living things left in the cavern are ponies and donkeys.
>>45429
Thanks to surprisingly good luck, your timely warning about the burrowing Diamond Dogs, and Strawberry's healing, all the slaves survived. Many of them are too wounded or too exhausted to fight any further, but none of them will die from their wounds.
>>45429
You are able to wipe off some of the fresh blood, but most of it has dried into your coat now.
>>45431
You let loose with a long, loud ululation. Some of the slaves look at you sideways while the others join in with cheers of their own.
Thanks to surprisingly good luck, your timely warning about the burrowing Diamond Dogs, and Strawberry's healing, all the slaves survived. Many of them are too wounded or too exhausted to fight any further, but none of them will die from their wounds.
>>45429
You are able to wipe off some of the fresh blood, but most of it has dried into your coat now.
>>45431
You let loose with a long, loud ululation. Some of the slaves look at you sideways while the others join in with cheers of their own.
>>45436
You get out a canteen of water and head towards Melody Maker. On your way over to her, however, you slip in a puddle of blood yourself. Roll to see how much blood you got on you.
We need to wrap this up soon. Feel free to do any rollplaying you want and I can stick around to help out, but you guys aren't leaving this cavern tonight.
You get out a canteen of water and head towards Melody Maker. On your way over to her, however, you slip in a puddle of blood yourself. Roll to see how much blood you got on you.
We need to wrap this up soon. Feel free to do any rollplaying you want and I can stick around to help out, but you guys aren't leaving this cavern tonight.
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