Amadea nods at the horned godling and take his hand. Rather than step up onto the beast, as her lower body consists only of a single massive tail below the waist, her tail slithers up and around the beast, holding her coiled firmly to him.
She looks down at the dore hyena with a look of wonder on her face, "I didn't even have to try... I just thought it, and my tail responded."
The hyena expels a woof of air and she tries contricting her coils, just a little.
"I will head out and fly with Lady Ekaterina, Jacen you could instigate Aplha or Beta protocols." With that said and no one has objections he runs and then flies back into the sky.
"Without any data, or any preparation, or any real-life practice for all of us now that there aren't restart points and death may actually mean death, I want to be VERY careful about the use of force; by which I mean in ANY capacity, but particularly lethal force."
Jacen smiles gently at the group"Understand this: part of me is super-thrilled, like SUPER. I just flew around the keep with an old 'friend' I never thought I would meet. But. Amadea's concerns are also completely valid, and when we settle a little more, we should convene a working group to examine our circumstances. If a magi-digital event took place, we do not know anything about its repurcussions. In ancient metaphysics there was a concept of a 'silver-cord' -- are we tethered somehow to our old existence? We don't know.
"At this time, we will engage a Yellow Alert. The implementation of Alert categories will be an overlay of the protocols we are already familiar with; protocols for the keep are not sufficient for these circumstances.
A Yellow Alert means the Keep engages Beta Protocol AND each of us engages high awareness/high security procedures without the use of deadly force. A Red Alert will be severe; with Alpha Protocol engaged for the keep, as a team we will treat all external entities as a threat, we will use a challenge/response system with each other to ensure team integrity, and we will use lethal force against all threats with the hope that we can heal it later if needed. A Black Alert would represent our highest level of resource and team compromise and I sincerely hope that we do not get there; I do not believe we would be able to reboot/reset to fix things."
"Yellow Alert notwithstanding, we also need to dig our heels into enjoying this."
"I swear I shall not go out of my way to kill anyone", Domayoku says, hold up his hand, shifting his weight forward to give Amadea more room.
"But I am still unaware how powerful our new forms are. Accidents happen."
"I swear I shall not go out of my way to kill anyone", Domayoku says, hold up his hand, shifting his weight forward to give Amadea more room.
"But I am still unaware how powerful our new forms are. Accidents happen."
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"Oddly enough, that was the one other thing that I wanted all of us to talk about. Some of these abstractions from our gaming are real now. You may never have thought about what it was like to grow up as Clark Kent, but you should certainly think about it now; you have powers to learn.
Non-lethal force is a gaming term (well, it's kinda a police brutality term too), and what we know is, well, what we know is that we don't know enough. Just enough to be dangerous maybe. But I can tell you this for sure: even if you're having a pillow fight, knocking someone's head into a wall doesn't result in 'less' of a concussion because you used a pillow."
Oh, Ekaterina walks up to Jaycen.
Let see if this works She gently touches his cheek and tries to let some of her power flow into him.
@Jacen, if you accept one of your ability scores gets a profane +2 boost, Ekaterina hands out gifts of recovery, so once per day, if you fail a saving throw, Ekaterina can attempt to make it instead. If I had suggestion, which I do not have yet, I could cast it through you too.
Oh, we are in telepathic communication.
Comm Link established I hope! Unfortunately, I can only do this with mostly humanoids, and it is once per day.
::I've got plenty of non-lethal options, and I'd like to be part of a scouting team. We should also evaluate any groups in the area for potential alliances and information sources. ::
So he stands ready to act.
Oh, Ekaterina walks up to Jaycen.
Let see if this works She gently touches his cheek and tries to let some of her power flow into him.@Jacen, if you accept one of your ability scores gets a profane +2 boost, Ekaterina hands out gifts of recovery, so once per day, if you fail a saving throw, Ekaterina can attempt to make it instead. If I had suggestion, which I do not have yet, I could cast it through you too.
Oh, we are in telepathic communication.Comm Link established I hope! Unfortunately, I can only do this with mostly humanoids, and it is once per day.
"VERY cool! You can hand out Dexterity boosts? I won't even need to wear armour, this is fantastic! I love profane stuff ... mostly."
"Amadea and I will journey to the water's edge to the South", Domayoku announces. "We will try to determine what type of body of water that is, and investigate any nearby settlements with 20 miles of the shoreline."
Seeing Lady Ekaterina use her profane gift on Jacen he watches to see if there are any special mechanics, murmering to himself, "How interesting." He activates his elemental fist ability jabbing his hand down. Ice crystals form over his clenched gauntleted fist.
"Anyone want to fly and scout North with me, since Domayoku and Amadea are going South?" He offers.
Seeing Lady Ekaterina use her profane gift on Jacen he watches to see if there are any special mechanics, murmering to himself, "How interesting." He activates his elemental fist ability jabbing his hand down. Ice crystals form over his clenched gauntleted fist.
"Anyone want to fly and scout North with me, since Domayoku and Amadea are going South?" He offers.
"I will fly the Northern route with you, absolutely. I am almost tempted to say that we should fly low enough to attract attention, just to try to engage with whoever might be "out there"
Bob will mount up on Vayuvata and takes a quick flight around the room.
::North and south are covered, then I suppose I'll check the East. Who's with me?::
Ekaterina now actually flies away!
In a different direction because yay, constant telepathic communications!
"I will fly the Northern route with you, absolutely. I am almost tempted to say that we should fly low enough to attract attention, just to try to engage with whoever might be "out there"
"A hundred feet above the ground should be fine or were you thinking of higher?" He states as he begins to walk outside with Jacen.
2nd hour, 1 point of nonlethal damage. channel
3rd hour, 2 point of nonlethal damage. channel
4th hour, 4 point of nonlethal damage. channel
5th hour, 8 point of nonlethal damage. channel
6th hour, 16 point of nonlethal damage. channel
7th hour, 32 point of nonlethal damage. Rest
8th hour, 1 point of nonlethal damage. channel
And I have one channel left for the day.
Hustling in this manner should get us 160 miles in a day, though we have to rest for an hour and then hustle again so we likely only get 140 miles.
"I will fly the Northern route with you, absolutely. I am almost tempted to say that we should fly low enough to attract attention, just to try to engage with whoever might be "out there""A hundred feet above the ground should be fine or were you thinking of higher?" He states as he begins to walk outside with Jacen.
"That is exactly what I was thinking; noticable, but a couple bow ranges beyond point blank ;) and did Ekat just fly off?" Jacen taps his skull ... "Is this thing on!?!?"
Below is total miles:
After 40 miles you see a very simple fishing village in a cove.
After 50 miles you see another fishing village.
After 60 miles you see another fishing village.
After 70 miles you see another fishing village.
After 80 miles you see another fishing village. Gaining extra altitude you see that there are other villages in the far distance likely about a day's travel on foot.
After 85 miles you see another fishing village with farms.
After 90 miles you see a bustling fishing village with farms.
After 95 miles you see another bustling fishing village with farms.
After 100 miles you see a decent sized town with a thriving farming system and multiple 2 story buildings, a few even taller than that.
Most of the coast is made of sheer cliffs.
Otherwise you travel for the day taking an hour long break during the 8 hours of travel and travel about 40 miles.
You do not see anything, save the great fresh water lake and grasslands. A few hills here and there. Maybe a few small groupings of trees. No villages or signs of life. Most of the coast is made of sheer cliffs.
As night began to overtake the blue sky, a very tired Smileyface hunkered down near a couple rock outcropping. Tired, Domayoku laid down next to his dire hyena steed and held his hand out again to the half-marilith.
"Between myself and Smileyface, we should generate enough body heat to keep you warm during the night. We'll continue our trek back to the Guildhall in the morning."
Amadea quirks an eyebrow at her fellow godling, "I'm sure it's plenty warm, but I wouldn't want to come between the two of you. It looks like you have a 'what happens in the boonies' kind of relationship. Besides, are you ready to quit and turn back so soon? If Smileyface needs healing before he can push on, that can be arranged. The other are flying, and can probably cover much more territory than us on single mount. I misunderstood you, to be honest; I though you meant to explore only the immediate grounds. If I'd realized how far you meant to go, I'd have brought my own ride. One that flies, and could probably manage separate sleeping arrangements."
"And let me remind you that for as many years as you've been looking at this avatar through the guild, how do you even know who's in here? I could a four hundred pound septic removal guy, out of work cause gangrene took my hands and feet. Picture that for a while when you're trying to get comfy with Smileyface. Later."
She'll move over the the Dire hyena, and once she satisfied he is settled and unlikely to attack, she'll provide healing so the beast can press on.
Yes it is, and I am flying! Weeeeee! Hears Jacen via the connection.
Try flying, its pretty fun, flying east, pretty high up, mostly to scout and map. as she fly off eastwards.
"Well, since you've brought it up.. I don't care about the person you once were. Only the beautiful and capable woman you are now and have known you to be for many years. In all fairness, I'm not 100% up on my marilith physiology, but I think between us, we can make each other feel amazing throughout the night. But if you are not inclined, I, of course, will respect your wishes."
So it's Bob and Ekaterina. Bob is on Vayuvata who has a speed of 100'. We can keep to Ekaterina's normal pace or she can hustle indefinitely without issues because Bob can share his fast healing. Bob's good either way.
::Definitely different terrain. I wonder if anybody is stellar at cartography in the group?::
"My GM privileges are suspended or they don't exist." Ginza states.
"My purchases are greyed out or they don't exist either. I should be in panic but I'm not. I suspect it's because of my current status and abilities. I think...." he pauses a while.
"We should all separate from each other a bit. What ever abilities we had or unlocked during the times when we were playing all seemed to be real here. In fact. I seemed to detect that I have several powers and items granted to me via my purchases are within reach but not accessible now."
He stands up and marvels at how there's no feeling in it.
"We need information. I...." he scratches the skull on his head....
"My reputation if the game still follows it was Infamous. My rank was Disaster, just one step above Catastrophe. It might be a problem if I were to venture into a town...."
Looking at the others with better reputation and ranking then him.
He knew that his game status only let him venture into the Underworld cities but not the regular NPC Cities.
He also notices.... everyone else had left...
He was alone.....
I IZ REAL NOW A hulking half Balor comes into view, whom Ginza recognices as Lady Ekaterinas alternative account when she just felt like Smeshing something. She didnt acually use him that much, but that it now has rudimentary sapience is interesting!
OI GINZA, YOU KNOW WHERE SOMETHING SMESHABLE IS? ME WANTS MAEK SMESH!
Overcompensat03 hops up and down in a fashion that would probably be almost adorable in terms of child like enthusiasm.
His accent would be a curious mix of cockney, Gopnik and redneck.
How would that work? Snakes have penises, right? I th8nk I remember hearing garden snakes have two! So they must have somewhere to go. Damn, don't snakes have a cloaca? I hope using the bathroom isn't a thing here, but for some reason I doubt I'm that lucky.
"However, I was serious about pressing on tonight. We should explore as many miles as we can before stopping."
"We shall press on. Would you like to use your mount this time, since it flies?"
The Demon King's bat-like wings spring from his back. "After you", Domayoku gestures to the bloodranging godling.
She smiles, "As you would, good sir."
Frustrated, The Demon King shakes his head, keeping it focused on the horizon.
"I'll just shut up and fly, if it's all the same."
SCOUT TO SMESH? DUNNO MAYBE FIND SOMETHING TO MAEK TALK TALK TOO, ME ONLY TALK BY SMESH! ME MOSTLY USE MOUTH FOR BITE ATTACK!
2nd hour, 1 point of nonlethal damage.
3rd hour, 2 point of nonlethal damage.
4th hour, 4 point of nonlethal damage.
5th hour, 8 point of nonlethal damage.
6th hour, 16 point of nonlethal damage.
7th hour, 32 point of nonlethal damage.
8th hour, 64 point of nonlethal damage. This is the time that some healing spells might be more effective. You could also just rest.
This is a table based on hustling and as Bob can share his fast healing until the 8th hour you got it covered.
Your fly speed is 100 feet? Which means you should be able to travel at least 80 miles in one day.
Thus near the end of the day you would start to see a village on the edge of a lake. Fishing and farming seems like their main production.
Lady Ekaterina finds an isolated sentient being, she will stealthily investigate, making use of her detect thoughts SLA. Nothing special just a farmer...
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::Well, it seems that this world is no Yggdrasil. Did our fantasy adventure game get ported to a farming simulato?::
::Well, it seems that this world is no Yggdrasil. Did our fantasy adventure game get ported to a farming simulato?::
"LOL, um, you know that regular people, sim or no sim, Earth or Krypton, Asgard or Yggdrasil, regular people are pretty preoccupied with survival, right? Which depending on the tech level means ... farming. I mean, if anything spells "reality" it's a bunch of regular people farming."
Where do you want to land? What kind of building are you looking for or person?
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As Dom lands in the square many of the people make cries or are at least startled. Though with his pleasing words no one flees. Some even begin milling around again. A well off merchant comes forward with a bruiser on either side of him, "You want to meet our Mayor, the Count, or the Bishop? Also may I inquire as to what you are?"
"Ah how unique, the bishop is just over in that temple. If you follow me I will take you there, come along boys, this should be fun!" The merchant states.
Soon the Merchant and the toughs get to the temple and a guard opens the door for them. The guard's eyes get real big looking at the half dragon. With a look from Dom he keeps his mouth shut. Entering the temple you likely feel the magical auras coming from the place, though since you are not evil they don't take into effect.
Several priests come forward and pull out their holy symbols praying to their god, Pelor, that he would grant them protection and wisdom in dealing with this 'creature'.
As Dom states he wants to see the Bishop a man in even more ornate attire comes out and with command in his voice he states, "I am Bishop Ordee, what business do you have with us and the temple?"
The bishop raises his staff and quickly says, "That won't be necessary. Should you want to show your prowess we have a challenge stone out in the town square. Come have a seat and we shall have a talk." The bishop stays up on the raised platform and even moves behind his podium. The other priests back up and sit around willing to offer words if asked. The merchant and toughs stand at the entrance of the temple obviously not amused.
The priests do tell a lot about Pelor and their religious customs, they would need steering away from that subject if you want to learn other things.
He lands gracefully and double checks that his claws are hands right now. He tries talking to the crowd in common, "Greetings if you would lead us to your leaders that should quell any problems from occurring."
"I am a silver half dragon. Any or all three of them would be appreciated, could you lead me to the closest one, I am sure it will be in your best interest." He replies to the merchant hoping the toughs won't try anything for their sake's.
As the temple guard obviously was going to say something he glares at him with intimidation in mind.
With the man likely almost peeing himself just from the look, Dom ignores him. Entering into the temple he felt the magic wash over him but it did not affect him. As they hold up their holy symbols and begin to pray, he quickly states, "I am not an evil creature here for your lives. If you could summon the bishop before anyone thinks it would be wise to attack me, that would be best." He is doing his best to not use intimidation.
"I am new to your country and wish to meet with the leaders of this town, to learn about your customs and ways. That way we do not upset your folk. Here let me show you my strength." He slowly sets up to do a punch into the pew giving them plenty of time to stop him, if not he slams his hand into the pew next to him and the arm cracks, there is also a large indent the size of his fist.
At Jacen's exclamation he shakes his head but then thinks on it and states, "It couldn't hurt to ask, Bishop Ordee what is the name of this town and your country? Do you know the city of Greyhawk? What kind of races are in your kingdom? What other kingdoms are nearby?"
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Looking at the priest's holy symbols, Jacen raises an eyebrow ...
"Sweet Baby Jesus ... do we ask them which direction it is to Greyhawk!?!?!?
"Bishop Ordee, my name is Jacen. You may call me Master Benedictt. Understand quickly that there is no evil here, but we would forgive your need to check for yourself. I would hope that the good folk of this town know that silver dragons despise evil, and my own forebears made Elysium their home long before founding my family; I wonder if we might treat with you to establish good graces here prior to meeting the Count?"
Bishop Ordee quickly replies with, "Master Benedictt. Thank you for that." With a nod from the bishop two of the priests cast spells. Detect Evil and Chaos. As that happens the bishop continues, "Yes we know of silver dragons and are glad the myths are true. Most of the dragons are merely beasts now and it doesn't matter their color they still eat what they want. Though we have never seen a dragon before, they are quite rare and stick to their lairs. Elysium, you are from Elysium?! What wonder has Pelor granted us? Yes, yes, it is good you met with us first the Count is a noble man but a bit greedy."
The bishop ponders on it and tells you, "This small town is Amberville, named after the rich fields and caves of amber nearby. Our kingdom is apart of a coalition which is called The Shining Empire. Our kingdom has had many names as it changes whenever a new ruler takes over, presently we are called Henry Sivs. I know it is a horrible name. Most of our population are humans. Most other races are discriminated against in our country, though in the larger cities the other races find small conclaves of their own. Nothing as exotic as a half dragon, mostly half elves, dwarves, halfings, and gnomes. Our country has only been established for the last 300 years as our kin came as immigrants from the Golden Sun Empire after the Blood War. I don't recognize the name Grey Hawk. To our North East there is the great forest of Thallilium, it is a country of elves. To the North one of our sister countries is Kotar. Civil war has broken the country into royalty versus nobleman. It has been a bloody few years since the war broke out."
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Domayoku & Amadea return to the guildhouse well past midnight. You would find the drawbridge up and many sentries looking out. Seeing you they order for the drawbridge to open. It doesn't get very far open as you get to the keep and could fly into it without need of the drawbridge.
Amadea uncoils herself from the half-fiend as he touches back to the ground. She straightens up and stretches her back and numerous arms.
Looking for one of the steward NPC's she asks, "Are the other guildmembers back yet? What have they learned about the surrounding terrain?"
@Bob.
So here is my plan for World domination in 2 words. Ekaterina says.
Potato Elementals
@GM Are there roads/ways that are oberservable, following them is probably more efficient in terms of finding actual centers of population then flying in one direction.
Alternatively, we could start following the river from which they are fishing.
"The keep is next to a massive lake, we assume since it is fresh water. The other terrain is grasslands as far as we can see. None of the other members have returned." Says one of the battle maids informing Amadea to their vague knowledge.
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Lady Ekaterina, there has been no roads or really ways until you find that first village. Yes you could follow the dirt road that goes by the lake, a 2 for 1! The road only goes around on the East side of the lake.
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After resting for a bit, Bob will suggest, ::Why don't we fly along the lake? Settlements will likely form at the shores and a few runs up to altitude should give us a grand view.::
Just what I was thinking Bob!
Ekaterina voices her agreement with scouting out the lake shore.
Seeking to make a positive first impression, she will look for people in trouble.
"Bob & Eka: please relay to the rest of the team that we want to be careful, more than usual, with regards to humanoids and xenophobia. Dom & I were lucky enough to meet a bishop here in Amberville: I think he was entranced with Dom's wings, and I'm glad I told him my great grandparents were from Elysium, but you might, during your recon, try to be helpful only to find that help ignore because of appearance's. Stay sharp!"