GM: Talia
Players: Talia, Dalton
Synopsis: Our heroes go onto the Metaplanes, looking for knowledge to make themselves more potent spellcasters.
Date: 11/26/2070
As she prepares herself, Talia eyes the clock, and then calls one of her friends, Dalton, letting him know what is up. She then closes the doors to her room, sits down Indian-style, and then closes her eyes, allowing her spirit to fly off to the metaplanes.
«OOC» Talia says, "OK. First AQ is to the Metaplane of Fire, for Talia to learn Centering Metamagic, which makes the quest F5."
Dalton responds to the call, agrees to go along, and lays himself down in his comfortable bed. He closes his eyes and steps out from his body, he turns in place then steps forward, walking between the planes towards the threshold.
«Plot» Dalton is undergoing an R5 AQ for Spell Insight to Extended Mindlink
As the two journeyers fly to the Threshold, an interesting sight awaits the two of them. Indeed, an ancient human looks up from a clipboard, a man that looks like he's some kind of mad scientist. He holds up a hand, and says, "Well, what have we here, another pair of halfwits trying to gain unearned knowledge…" He looks to Talia, and ahhs, perhaps a bit contemplatively, perhaps contemptuously, and a scene from nightmare shows, where young children, all with obsidian skin, can be found in glass canisters. "So, you are one of the eight who survived your wicked birthing…"
The dweller turns to look at Dalton, and switches to that of a woman, then another, then another, then another, repeatedly changing between female faces. "Ahh, the man who is so enamored with women, he would sleep with the mother of one of his friends children while they are still in her womb. My, you are the poster boy of friendship arent you."
That gets nothing but an eyeroll from Talia, who seems more than a bit annoyed with the Dweller. "The least ye could do is try t' use some more recent material…" She steps towards the threshold, simply shaking her head as she does so…
Dalton shrugs "Hey, she came onto me, they were broke up, what was I supposed to do, hurt her feelings?" He steps forward as well, moving further along…
«Plot» Talia says, "Int tests, people."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Intelligence vs TN 5 for "Threshold test.":
1 2 4 5 5 8 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Intelligence vs TN 5:
1 1 2 2 3 4 10 = 1 Success
«Plot» Talia says, "Talia and Dalton are both allowed through the door, Dalton has one extra Karma for this plot."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 1:
4
As the two of them pass through the entrance, they see… nothing, save for smoke about them, and purple, burning flames which seem to rush towards them, as if they were in the path of a hellish wildfire, one that seeks their lives…
«Plot» Talia says, "Willpower vs. D Stun"
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Willpower + Astral Pool: 6 vs TN 5 for "Resisting D stun, TD means I need 6 successes.":
1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Willpower + Astral Pool: 6 vs TN 5 for "Resisting D Stun":
2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Willpower + Astral Pool: 6 - 3 vs TN 5 for "Resisting D Stun, KP 1 used":
1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 15 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Willpower + Astral Pool: 6 - 5 vs TN 5 for "Resisting D Stun, KP 3 used":
1 2 3 5 7 7 14 19 = 5 Successes
Dalton notes his first response is to try to draw mana energy to fly, of course, nothing happens. At that point he starts to move through the burning brush, doding trees and holding his arms up to protect his face from the blazing heat. He moves forward as best he can, trying to keep Talia in sight.
As she sees the flames coming, Talia knows there is no mistaking it, if these actually burn, she's dead. She mutters one simple… "Fuck." and then begins to press forward, first taking Dalton's approach, then simply trying to force her way through to the source of the flames… tripping on something, and falling through the gateway to the next Place…
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2 for "Placing time…":
5 9
«Plot» Talia says, "Next stop, place of Spirits."
As you both force your way through, you find yourselves inside a volcano, burning bright with purple lava. At one end of the lava is a gargantuan spirit, one that looks more than a little angry at finding two interlopers here in its home. Its blazing eyes burn white, all six of them, and its hands suddenly burst into flame.
"Drek, a fire elemental, a pretty potent one at that…" mutters Talia, as she runs to one side, being careful to stay away from Dalton in case this spirit has some form of area attacks…
Dalton grunts and runs in the opposite direction "You know…" he hollars out…"I'm really not as bad as all that…" he tries to reach out with mana energy to grip the elemental and rip at the ties that bind it here, hoping to banish the spirit.
«Plot» Talia says, "Initiative rolls, please."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Initiative with a result of 12.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Initiative with a result of 15.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 1 for "+18 Init for fire elemental…":
4
«Plot» Talia says, "Order goes Fire Elemental, Dalton, Talia, Fire Elemental, Dalton, Talia, Fire Elemental."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 1 for "1-3: Dalton, 4-6: Talia":
5
«Plot» Talia says, "The fire elemental is going to move up, and attempt to Firebolt Talia."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 7 (spirit's Essence) vs TN 4 for "Fire Elemental using Flamethrower on Talia.":
1 1 1 3 4 5 7 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Combat Pool: 8 vs TN 4 for "Talia attempting to dodge away from Flamethrower.":
1 1 2 2 3 4 8 10 = 3 Successes
The fire elemental begins to step forward rapidly, howling out a crackling challenge to the intruders, and lets one hand open, trying to spray fire upon Talia, to try to immolate the impertinent woman as it goes.
As she senses the flames headed her way, Talia's eyes bug out, and she rolls along the ground carelessly, hoping her movement might save her from burning, blisters, and blood… Somehow, she manages to squeak out of the way of the fire, leaving the fire elemental open to whatever counter Dalton might have available…
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Conjuring + 6 (PF) vs TN 6 for "Banishing the Spirit!":
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 8 14 17 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Conjuring + 6 (PF) - 3 vs TN 6 for "Banishing the Spirit! KP:1":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Conjuring + 6 (PF) - 4 vs TN 6 for "Banishing the Spirit! KP:3":
1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 15 = 1 Success
«Plot» Dalton stands at 5
Dalton runs, and while he runs he raises his hand at the fire elemental and clenches into a fist, making a jerking and pulling motion as mana energy reaches out and seeks to undo the knots that bind the spirit to this place.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 6 (Spirit's Force) + Karma Pool: 2 vs TN 11:
1 1 2 3 4 4 8 9 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 6 (Spirit's Force) + Karma Pool: 2 vs TN 11 for "Spirit's used more karma…":
1 2 2 5 5 9 11 22 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 6 (Spirit's Force) + Karma Pool: 2 - 2 vs TN 11 for "Spirit's used more karma…":
2 3 4 4 7 10 = 0 Successes
«Plot» Talia says, "The spirit is down to Temp Force 3."
«Plot» Talia will be Banishing as well. Thanks for the warmup.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Conjuring vs TN 3:
1 1 1 2 3 3 4 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Conjuring - 3 vs TN 3 for "Talia's used up 4 KP…":
3 3 8 11 = 4 Successes
«Plot» Talia says, "Even if the spirit gets 3 successes, it'll still be banished."
Dalton's assault on the spirit's being causes its flames to sputter quite a bit, the flaming mass dropping in size, and three of its six eyes close… This gives Talia all the opening she needs to complete the banishing, and snuff the fire out completely…
Behind where the spirit was, now lies an open portal, which Talia walks towards…
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2 for "Next stop on the mystery tour…":
2 2
Dalton shakes his head, and starts towards the portal "Like I was saying, I'm not really that bad you know. I mean, when I was younger, sure…"
«Plot» Talia says, "Next stop, Place of Destiny. Please watch your head. Magic test vs. 5S Stun, please."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Magic vs TN 5 for "Place of Destiny, attempting to pass by, 5S Stun resist.":
1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 9 10 15 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Magic vs TN 5 for "Resisting S stun, need 4 success.":
1 2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 9 10 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Magic - 3 vs TN 5 for "Place of Destiny, attempting to pass by, 5S Stun resist. KP used: 5":
1 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 10 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Magic - 5 vs TN 5 for "Place of Destiny, attempting to pass by, 5S Stun resist. KP used: 7":
1 2 3 4 4 4 5 = 1 Success
As the two of you step through the portal, you find yourselves on the inside of a blazing glass ball. In the flames, you see a number of possible futures for one or the other, if not both of you, and find yourselves drawn in dozens of different directions at the same time, the different potential ends each trying to make them yours…
Talia looks about, for the one that isn't pulling upon her, or for one that doesn't appear to show a future, the one flame that shows no future because it's the one she will make for herself… She heads towards it, her eyes narrowing as other flames attempt to obscure it, finally grasping it, and vanishing.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2:
4 5
Dalton looks around and shakes his head "No such thing as the future, no such thing as the past, its an astral quest, just trying to annoy your ass." he sings as he walks around, looking this way and that for something different than normal, different in the way where there is nothing. He assumes thats the right way, cause out of twenty different futures, this is the only thing a quest would really know, nothing.
«Plot» Talia says, "Place of Knowledge. Please check Medicine vs. M Physical."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Medicine + Astral Pool: 2 + Karma Pool: 2 vs TN 5 for "Resisting M phys, need 4. KP: 4":
1 1 1 1 3 10 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Medicine + Astral Pool: 2 + Karma Pool: 2 - 1 vs TN 5 for "Resisting M phys, need 4. KP: 5":
2 3 4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Medicine + Astral Pool: 2 + Karma Pool: 2 - 1 vs TN 5 for "Resisting M phys, need 4. KP: 7":
1 2 2 3 10 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Medicine + Astral Pool: 2 + Karma Pool: 2 - 2 vs TN 5 for "Resisting M phys, need 4. KP: 10":
3 4 4 5 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Medicine + Astral Pool: 2 + Karma Pool: 2 - 3 vs TN 5 for "Resisting M phys, need 4. KP: 14":
2 4 5 = 1 Success
«Plot» Dalton soaks
As the flames pass away, the view passes to that of a laboratory, one with a number of beakers, chemicals, charcoal, and medicinal herbs… In one bed lies a moaning, ill-looking doppelganger of Talia; another bed has a similiar being, one that looks suspiciously like Dalton…
Dalton frowns "Not a very flattering version of me." he moves over and starts checking the medical charts and readouts, trying to decipher what the meaning of the doppleganger is. He checks the doppleganger itself, trying to diagnose its malady.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Medicine + Karma Pool: 2 vs TN 5 for "Resisting 5M Phys. 10 KP used.":
2 3 3 7 13 14 = 3 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Medicine + Karma Pool: 2 - 3 vs TN 5 for "Resisting 5M Phys. 11 KP used.":
4 4 4 = 0 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Medicine + Karma Pool: 2 - 3 vs TN 5 for "Resisting 5M Phys. 13 KP used.":
4 5 7 = 2 Successes
As she notes her alternate's appearance, she shakes her head, looking down to the poor-looking thing. "Looks like a case of…" She ignores the beakers, and instead goes straight for the charcoal, something used for poisoning victims. She crushes some of the charcoal, and mixes it with water, making her doppelganger drink the charcoal mix… Suddenly, she throws up, helpless, regurgitating some flaming liquid onto the ground. "Pfff… Pfff… Pleasant." says she, as a door opens up in the back of the room.
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2:
2 5
Dalton frowns and shakes his head, simply grapping a vial of liquid and pouring it down the victems throat, its a heavy base, which counteracts the high acid content of whats in his dopplegangers stomach, returning things to a more normal ph.
«Plot» Talia says, "Place of Charisma."
«Plot» Talia says, "Etiquette vs 5M Stun"
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Etiquette + Astral Pool: 5 vs TN 5 for "Resisting M stun, need 2":
1 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 16 = 4 Successes
As the two of you find your way through the door, you suddenly hear the phrasing, "Off with their heads!" The two of you find yourselves in the push and pull of a line in Revolutionary France, being pressed in on all sides by oddly luminescent French peasants, all trying to press forward in order to be able to watch the next executuion… The places in the back are harder to get to, but there are fewer people there, making it less likely for the two of you to get trampled there…
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Etiquette + Astral Pool: 4 vs TN 5 for "Attempting to pass through":
2 3 3 3 3 4 5 11 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Etiquette + Astral Pool: 4 - 2 vs TN 5 for "Attempting to pass through, KP 14 used":
2 4 5 5 7 9 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2:
1 2
Dalton makes his way through the crowd, trying to put up a general appearance, down with the king, all that jazz. Basicly he just tries to get the heck out of the way in case the mob goes wild and starts throwing anyone up there.
As the revolutionaries press forward, Talia makes her somewhat vomitous appearance work for her, making it look like she's about ready to throw up again. The crowd parts for her, none of the peasants wanting to get unneccesarily dirty when they don't need to… Right until she steps through to the next Place…
As the two of you get past the crowd, you find yourselves in the middle of a hellish battleground, gunslingers and street samurai trying to kill each other… Across the street is another doorway, perhaps the portal to the next Place. Just as things cool down, though, a flamethrower tank is penetrated, and blazing flame spills across the way…
«Plot» Talia says, "Pick your best combat skill. That vs. 5S Phys."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Aikido + Combat Pool: 4 + Karma Pool: 2 vs TN 5 for "Aaaahhh, I hate fighting. KP: 17. Need 6 Successes":
1 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Aikido + Combat Pool: 4 + Karma Pool: 2 - 4 vs TN 5 for "Aaaahhh, I hate fighting. KP: 18. Need 6 Successes":
1 1 1 1 4 7 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Aikido + Combat Pool: 4 + Karma Pool: 2 - 5 vs TN 5 for "Aaaahhh, I hate fighting. KP: 20. Need 6 Successes":
2 4 4 5 5 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Edged Weapons + Astral Pool: 5 vs TN 5 for "Attempting to fight her way through…":
2 2 4 4 4 5 5 9 10 10 = 5 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Edged Weapons + Astral Pool: 5 - 5 vs TN 5 for "Attempting to fight her way through… KP 15":
3 3 4 4 8 = 1 Success
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2:
1 4
Dalton grimaces and starts forward, a sammy jumps at him and he grabs thier arm, twists and throws them to the ground, not bothering to finish him off, instead sprinting towards the portal. Another figure gets in his path and he simply jump kicks the man and then lands, moving ahead as fast as he can. Finally, just before reaching the door an ork with a sword swings at him, he narrowly dodges to the side and sweeps out with a low kick to knock the ork off his feet. Dalton jumps up and runs through the portal.
The sword at Talia's back suddenly finds its way out of its scabbard, and a rather twisted grin crosses her visage. She runs into the fray with perhaps a bit too much vivaciousness, and slashes her way through the first mook to find himself in her way, the blade slicing clean through his head… An unfortunate Street Samurai draws down on her, not quickly enough, though, as she disembowels him, then vivisects the thorax out of the next poor bastich in her way, until she spins out of view, and into the portal, cleaning and sheathing her blade in one smooth movement.
«Plot» Talia says, "Sorcery vs. 5S Stun."
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Sorcery + Astral Pool: 6 vs TN 5:
1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 8 10 15 = 4 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Astral Pool: 6 vs TN 5 for "Resisting S stun, need 4":
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 9 = 2 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Dalton (#8435) rolls Sorcery + Astral Pool: 6 - 2 vs TN 5 for "Resisting S stun, need 4 KP:21":
1 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 8 = 6 Successes
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls Sorcery + Astral Pool: 6 - 4 vs TN 5 for "My dice hate me. KP 16.":
1 2 2 2 3 5 9 9 10 = 4 Successes
Another series of flames erupt, and the inferno burns brightly… Another portal stands in place, though this time the portal itself burns blazingly bright, as if any who try to pass would be seared by the inferno. Each time the two of you move, think, make any kind of change to yourselves, the fire itself changes…
Talia tries casting a spell at the fire, which only causes the fires to change again, burning brighter still… She then gets the idea to try to pull mana away from the flames, trying to absorb the energies therein…
«Auto-Judge[check]» Talia (#3202) rolls 2:
4 5
Dalton doesn't try to feed the mana, instead he simply deflects its energy, focusing his shielding enough that its a barrier of magical energy he charges through towards the portal, the fires pushed aside by his shield.
«Plot» Talia says, "The Citidel."
As the portal opens for you, the two of you find yourselves amidst the blazing heat of a thousand burning suns, yet the heat does not cause pain, but instead seems to impart knowledge to the two of you… Talia strides closer to the center of the flame, finding something small there, a razor-sharp piece of obsidian shaped and fluted into the shape of a raven's feather… She takes the feather gently into the palm of her hand, when it turns upright, and digs itself into the palm of her hand…
Dalton shakes his head "You know, your awefully quiet during these things." he remarks to Talia, then moves over to another light. He simply stares at the light for a long time, communing mentally with it, in the manner of the spell he is seeking to gain insight too.
Talia smiles as she turns towards Dalton, and suddenly, six wings erupt from her back, made of the same kind of obsidian feathers as the one that just subsumed itself into her flesh… She still holds her tongue, keeping her own thoughts, even as the light of the flame of knowledge bursts, and the two of you find yourself back in the place the two of you started your Astral Quest in. "Sorry about that…" says Talia, back in her normal form and shape. "I tend t' be like that when I'm on the Astral. Ye might say I let me instincts take over."
Dalton chuckles "No problem really, as long as we come out alive, thats really all that matters isnt it. But honestly, I'm really not as bad as the dweller made out." he smiles.
Talia laughs, and says, "Nae, ye're nae that bad." Her eyes glint dangerously, even as laughter crosses her lips… "Ye're worse…" She then sighs, and begins to stand back up…
Dalton rolls his eyes "I'm misunderstood!" and then he turns and heads back to his own body.
Openning her eyes on the material plane, Talia continues to chuckle, apparently more than happy to continue busting on Dalton as he comes back, clucking and shaking her head as if she were some kind of old housewife.
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