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>>171843
>>171843
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YccozjEe9f4&pp=ygUcc291dGggcGFyayBjYXJ0bWFuIHNuZWFraW5nIA%3D%3D
That... doesn't quite work. At least two soldiers have found Posey and engage her as she is exiting
"What are you doing in this area at this hour, ma'am?" One asks, fairly demandingly.
And...
"What's in the bag?"
>>171843
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YccozjEe9f4&pp=ygUcc291dGggcGFyayBjYXJ0bWFuIHNuZWFraW5nIA%3D%3D
That... doesn't quite work. At least two soldiers have found Posey and engage her as she is exiting
"What are you doing in this area at this hour, ma'am?" One asks, fairly demandingly.
And...
"What's in the bag?"
>>171845
"Well, I was transporting a subject for my medical research, until the gunshots started. After that, I was hiding in that building." Posey says
>"What's in the bag?"
"A skeleton. An adult male griffon, who died when bone density complications left him unable to breathe. Hollow-bone osteoporosis is such a gruesome thing..."
"Well, I was transporting a subject for my medical research, until the gunshots started. After that, I was hiding in that building." Posey says
>"What's in the bag?"
"A skeleton. An adult male griffon, who died when bone density complications left him unable to breathe. Hollow-bone osteoporosis is such a gruesome thing..."
Posey Attempts to charm all of the soldiers who make eye contact with her.
DC 17 Will
DC 17 Will
>>171846
>that lie
Either roll bluff, or use this one >>171843
Opposed
[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]
>I have a skeleton in there
The soldiers take the bag to look through it. Or rather, one takes it, while a second stands further away and keeps a gun trained on Posey. When it is verified that Posey does not, in fact, have explosives, firearms, cameras, or radios in there, they give it back.
"Documents?" The pony asks
>that lie
Either roll bluff, or use this one >>171843
Opposed
[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]
>I have a skeleton in there
The soldiers take the bag to look through it. Or rather, one takes it, while a second stands further away and keeps a gun trained on Posey. When it is verified that Posey does not, in fact, have explosives, firearms, cameras, or radios in there, they give it back.
"Documents?" The pony asks
>>171848
>muh paperwork
"Oh, yes, right next to my medical licen-" Posey gasps in false surprise as she rummages through her papers. She blushes profusely and starts to sob
"I...! I...! I must've dropped the certification when I was running from the gunfire..! I don't even have his legal identifiers!"
She sobs for a few more moments, and her makeup begins to run
"I'm such a failure of a scientist..!"
Bluff
[1d20+12 = (8+12) = 20]
>muh paperwork
"Oh, yes, right next to my medical licen-" Posey gasps in false surprise as she rummages through her papers. She blushes profusely and starts to sob
"I...! I...! I must've dropped the certification when I was running from the gunfire..! I don't even have his legal identifiers!"
She sobs for a few more moments, and her makeup begins to run
"I'm such a failure of a scientist..!"
Bluff
[1d20+12 = (8+12) = 20]
>>171850
Pony 1 seems taken by this.
"Where could you have dropped it?"
Pony 2...
"It's well after Curfew, and you are travelling in a mandatory identification zone. We are going to have to detain you until we can positively identify you. It is the law."
Pony 1 seems taken by this.
"Where could you have dropped it?"
Pony 2...
"It's well after Curfew, and you are travelling in a mandatory identification zone. We are going to have to detain you until we can positively identify you. It is the law."
>>171851
Posey shows them her medical license and her ID card for the uni, demonstrating that she is in fact a legal resident qualified to move cadavers.
"It's imperative that these bones are transported before the marrow cells die off."
Posey shows them her medical license and her ID card for the uni, demonstrating that she is in fact a legal resident qualified to move cadavers.
"It's imperative that these bones are transported before the marrow cells die off."
>>171852
Pony 1
"Oh shit, she actually does have a license"
He takes some kind of object and runs it against the license, which glows as it moves near.
technically it's a medical student ID and her lie would be better tuned to that, but whatever.
Pony 2:
"We should probably write her down"
Pony 1
"Oh shit, she actually does have a license"
He takes some kind of object and runs it against the license, which glows as it moves near.
technically it's a medical student ID and her lie would be better tuned to that, but whatever.
Pony 2:
"We should probably write her down"
>>171853
Posey waits for the ponies to finish doing their checkups and waits, verbally reminiscing about getting home to her son.
Posey waits for the ponies to finish doing their checkups and waits, verbally reminiscing about getting home to her son.
>>171854
One pony writes something in a notebook, while another asks why she was walking down an industrial, dead end street in a sketchy neighborhood, and why she has a chainmail suit. And a bow and arrow.
However, with the coinciding of the skeleton and her student ID, and the absence of any actual contraband on her, she's out of the risk of immediate arrest. In fact, when two more soldiers show up, they are more concerned that Posey is a decoy for actual rebels.
One pony writes something in a notebook, while another asks why she was walking down an industrial, dead end street in a sketchy neighborhood, and why she has a chainmail suit. And a bow and arrow.
However, with the coinciding of the skeleton and her student ID, and the absence of any actual contraband on her, she's out of the risk of immediate arrest. In fact, when two more soldiers show up, they are more concerned that Posey is a decoy for actual rebels.
>>171855
Posey says that the chainmail and chainshirt are part of her research, since as a practicing necrologist and exorcist she has to deal with things that don't die quietly. She has a bow because guns are scary to her.
She asks if she can go.
Posey says that the chainmail and chainshirt are part of her research, since as a practicing necrologist and exorcist she has to deal with things that don't die quietly. She has a bow because guns are scary to her.
She asks if she can go.
>>171856
"You were trying to look for the cultist hideout, weren't you?" One asks. But it's not a serious question.
"You are free to leave."
"You were trying to look for the cultist hideout, weren't you?" One asks. But it's not a serious question.
"You are free to leave."
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>>171858
>>171859
Posey is able to walk through the remainder of the town without being raped, mugged, or arrested. She doesn't actually know how to get back, but she can assume she can walk south to the river, then west until she sees a familiar bridge, then along the road until she gets to the manor. 3 hours, perhaps.
>>171859
Posey is able to walk through the remainder of the town without being raped, mugged, or arrested. She doesn't actually know how to get back, but she can assume she can walk south to the river, then west until she sees a familiar bridge, then along the road until she gets to the manor. 3 hours, perhaps.
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>>171861
Posey gets some stares, and has to go through two different check points, but she arrives at the manor at around dawn.
Posey gets some stares, and has to go through two different check points, but she arrives at the manor at around dawn.
The first thing that Posey does then she returns is clean herself off. She then does her usual daily preparations, and tries care of Gloomy.
She spends some time neatly rearranging Luminous's bones.
She spends some time neatly rearranging Luminous's bones.
>>171830
"Just down that hallway" he points a hoof towards the exit on the left "there is an internal balcony over the open first floor atrium at the front entrance. There are a couple stairs on the side. If you don't wish to go that way, there are stairs past the next corner that will take you to the first level. And if you wish to go to the underground... Down that same hall you turn the corner, a stairway goes to the underground. That hall will also open to the balcony."
"Just down that hallway" he points a hoof towards the exit on the left "there is an internal balcony over the open first floor atrium at the front entrance. There are a couple stairs on the side. If you don't wish to go that way, there are stairs past the next corner that will take you to the first level. And if you wish to go to the underground... Down that same hall you turn the corner, a stairway goes to the underground. That hall will also open to the balcony."
>>171864
Silver nods.
"Thank you. Be sure to get to safe place." He turns to address the other ponies with him. "We do not have much time. One final effort is all that remains. Get yourselves ready, we are going into underground."
Silver nods.
"Thank you. Be sure to get to safe place." He turns to address the other ponies with him. "We do not have much time. One final effort is all that remains. Get yourselves ready, we are going into underground."
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>>171833
Amber moves past a coffee shop, a shop selling sausages, a bakery, a tobacco shop, hat store, and a wooden crafts store. There actually seems to be more economic activity than back in Katerinburg.
The cathedral must surely have been under contrustion for decades (but not centuries), with a hiatus in its construction, and a small plaque states that it's replacing the older version of the Saint Rufus temple that was destroyed in a fire. What remains is detail on the tiling over the main roof, and the upper portions of the towers. It's open, and surely has been for years.
Amber moves past a coffee shop, a shop selling sausages, a bakery, a tobacco shop, hat store, and a wooden crafts store. There actually seems to be more economic activity than back in Katerinburg.
The cathedral must surely have been under contrustion for decades (but not centuries), with a hiatus in its construction, and a small plaque states that it's replacing the older version of the Saint Rufus temple that was destroyed in a fire. What remains is detail on the tiling over the main roof, and the upper portions of the towers. It's open, and surely has been for years.
>>171865
Silver's group of ponies are a bit disorganized, given how many are wounded. Nevertheless, they gather, and nod to Silver's command. The corporal places the magazine into the well, and it automatically loads a round into the chamber.
Silver's group of ponies are a bit disorganized, given how many are wounded. Nevertheless, they gather, and nod to Silver's command. The corporal places the magazine into the well, and it automatically loads a round into the chamber.
>>171867
That's probably a good idea for Silver to do, as well. I've lost track of how much ammunition he has, but if he has a full magazine for his LMG to spare he swaps mags before leading his group towards the underground.
That's probably a good idea for Silver to do, as well. I've lost track of how much ammunition he has, but if he has a full magazine for his LMG to spare he swaps mags before leading his group towards the underground.
Also maybe a removing of the guns the dead changelings dropped. They can take the ammunition for any of their guns that can use them, but it's a good idea that to not leave them for the wounded changelings or anyone else to stumble upon.
>>171870
Well, unless they're about to walk into a nest of changelings, that should be enough to deal with the ones in the underground section. Hopefully.
Well, unless they're about to walk into a nest of changelings, that should be enough to deal with the ones in the underground section. Hopefully.
>>171871
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_d7wa0cxDU
Look on the bright side: every gun, including the Strange, has a semi-automatic setting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_d7wa0cxDU
Look on the bright side: every gun, including the Strange, has a semi-automatic setting
>>171872
True, but sometimes you just need more daka. Anyways, Silver and co. follow the pony's directions down the hall to get to the underground area.
True, but sometimes you just need more daka. Anyways, Silver and co. follow the pony's directions down the hall to get to the underground area.
Posey retrieves her scroll of Animate Dead
"Baka, I'd like you borrow your reliquary for a moment, if you wouldn't mind."
"Baka, I'd like you borrow your reliquary for a moment, if you wouldn't mind."
>>171873
The white pegasus Corporal holds up his Jenny
"Unity or Death! Long Live the Republic!
Down that long hallway with paintings of ships and barges, then to a stairwell. It's modern down to the bottom, and a door to the left goes to a basement of concrete. Further down the hall just a ways, is a basement of brick and stone.
>>171874
>>171875
Baka looks indignant
"That relic is the pastern bone of Saint Filipovich, martyr of the church of the Zakatie!... Yeah, I'm not using it."
The white pegasus Corporal holds up his Jenny
"Unity or Death! Long Live the Republic!
Down that long hallway with paintings of ships and barges, then to a stairwell. It's modern down to the bottom, and a door to the left goes to a basement of concrete. Further down the hall just a ways, is a basement of brick and stone.
>>171874
>>171875
Baka looks indignant
"That relic is the pastern bone of Saint Filipovich, martyr of the church of the Zakatie!... Yeah, I'm not using it."
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>>171876
"Very well."
Posey takes the bones of Luminous to where the relic is.
She trots along merrily, clearly in an excellent mood.
She sings a little poem as she goes:
"The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;
What is her burying grave that is her womb,
And from her womb children of divers kind
We sucking on her natural bosom find,
Many for many virtues excellent,
None but for some and yet all different.
O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies
In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities:
For nought so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give,
Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse:
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied;
And vice sometimes by action dignified...."
She unfurls her scroll of Animate Dead, unscrews the base, and retrieves a black onyx gem, and places it within the eye sock of the skull, and completes the spell to activate the scroll.
"Luminous Grandeur, I command you to rise!"
Posey auto-succeeds on her caster level check to activate the scroll.
"Very well."
Posey takes the bones of Luminous to where the relic is.
She trots along merrily, clearly in an excellent mood.
She sings a little poem as she goes:
"The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb;
What is her burying grave that is her womb,
And from her womb children of divers kind
We sucking on her natural bosom find,
Many for many virtues excellent,
None but for some and yet all different.
O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies
In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities:
For nought so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give,
Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use
Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse:
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied;
And vice sometimes by action dignified...."
She unfurls her scroll of Animate Dead, unscrews the base, and retrieves a black onyx gem, and places it within the eye sock of the skull, and completes the spell to activate the scroll.
"Luminous Grandeur, I command you to rise!"
Posey auto-succeeds on her caster level check to activate the scroll.
>>171879
The near one seems jammed, the one far away has a bullet hole preventing the door from remaining closed
The near one seems jammed, the one far away has a bullet hole preventing the door from remaining closed
>>171882
Posey puts on a sinister grin, as she watches the skeleton rise.
I don't know what his stats were, but as a skeleton his alignment would change to neutral evil, and he would only have one hit dice. This makes him an appropriate candidate for the following gimmick:
"Luminous, I command you to take the pastern bone of Saint Filipovich in both of your claws, and hold it firmly." Posey says
The skeleton, under Posey's command, would reach out to grasp the bone. Once it's in its possession, it would immediately gain a negative level, and be instantly slain, collapsing back into a pile of bones.
"Now we play the waiting game." Posey says, still grinning.
Posey puts on a sinister grin, as she watches the skeleton rise.
I don't know what his stats were, but as a skeleton his alignment would change to neutral evil, and he would only have one hit dice. This makes him an appropriate candidate for the following gimmick:
"Luminous, I command you to take the pastern bone of Saint Filipovich in both of your claws, and hold it firmly." Posey says
The skeleton, under Posey's command, would reach out to grasp the bone. Once it's in its possession, it would immediately gain a negative level, and be instantly slain, collapsing back into a pile of bones.
"Now we play the waiting game." Posey says, still grinning.
>>171883
As in the lock on the far away one was shot off? That seems like a good place to start from. Silver carefully approaches the brick and stone basement.
As in the lock on the far away one was shot off? That seems like a good place to start from. Silver carefully approaches the brick and stone basement.
In case it wasn't obvious, Posey is creating a Wight. A creature slain by negative levels rises as a wight the following night. The relic isn't useful to Posey because it is virtuous, but by misapplying it's powers, Posey has turned it to vice. Posey intends to recreate Luminous as an undead inversion of himself, and her first order of business will be to use him to eliminate Alluring, to get rid of the last witness while also punishing him for his greed.
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>>171886
Posey carefully moves the bones to a more secure location.
She tells Lament (or anyone around), that she's attempting a dangerous experiment, and not to let anypony into the quarters, unless they're interested in becoming wight and based.
Although, until the evening, the bones aren't going anywhere. Posey spends the day researching and taking care of Gloomy. She makes sure that she has time to overlook the bones hours before evening though.
Posey carefully moves the bones to a more secure location.
She tells Lament (or anyone around), that she's attempting a dangerous experiment, and not to let anypony into the quarters, unless they're interested in becoming wight and based.
Although, until the evening, the bones aren't going anywhere. Posey spends the day researching and taking care of Gloomy. She makes sure that she has time to overlook the bones hours before evening though.
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I took the liberty of generating a statblock for a winged wight, based on Savage Species. I would have used the template, but I didn't have Luminous's stats:
Wight (Winged)
Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 4d12 (26 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 60 ft. (good)
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+3
Attack: Claw +3 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain)
Full Attack: 2 claws +3 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain) and slam +1 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Create spawn, energy drain
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., undead traits, resistance to cold 10 and electricity 10
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +5
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 13, Con —, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 15
Skills: Hide +6, Listen +7, Move Silently +6, Spot +7
Feats: Alertness, Toughness
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary, gang (2–5), or pack (6–11)
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always lawful evil
Advancement: 5–8 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
Template
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/templates/wight.shtml
Wight (Winged)
Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 4d12 (26 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 60 ft. (good)
Armor Class: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+3
Attack: Claw +3 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain)
Full Attack: 2 claws +3 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain) and slam +1 melee (1d4+1 plus energy drain)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Create spawn, energy drain
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., undead traits, resistance to cold 10 and electricity 10
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +5
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 13, Con —, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 15
Skills: Hide +6, Listen +7, Move Silently +6, Spot +7
Feats: Alertness, Toughness
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary, gang (2–5), or pack (6–11)
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always lawful evil
Advancement: 5–8 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
Template
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/templates/wight.shtml
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>>171888
Silver opens the door to find...
This room is very large, and likely extends under the plaza in front of the ministry, though it's hard to tell. There are multiple arches with brick columns.
Nearish the center, Silver can see several boxes. There seem to be several drones in the room, including wounded ones.
Silver opens the door to find...
This room is very large, and likely extends under the plaza in front of the ministry, though it's hard to tell. There are multiple arches with brick columns.
Nearish the center, Silver can see several boxes. There seem to be several drones in the room, including wounded ones.
>>171891
It should, iirc
>A character with negative levels at least equal to her current level, or drained below 1st level, is instantly slain. Depending on the creature that killed her, she may rise the next night as a monster of that kind. If not, she rises as a wight.
A unless the effect says otherwise, a creature slain in this fashion rises as a wight.
This has no clause for condition of the body. The Grim Revenge spell turns a severed limb into a tiny wight.
Inflicting negative levels on undead isn't usually easy, but having them possess holy items is one of those few ways to do it. The fact that a holy sword can turn a 1 HD evil creature into an undead is one of those silly things in 3.5e. A skeleton was the most easily obtainable 1 HD evil creature that I could think of.
Unless what you mean to say is "I don't want you to make a wight", in which case... pretty please?
It should, iirc
>A character with negative levels at least equal to her current level, or drained below 1st level, is instantly slain. Depending on the creature that killed her, she may rise the next night as a monster of that kind. If not, she rises as a wight.
A unless the effect says otherwise, a creature slain in this fashion rises as a wight.
This has no clause for condition of the body. The Grim Revenge spell turns a severed limb into a tiny wight.
Inflicting negative levels on undead isn't usually easy, but having them possess holy items is one of those few ways to do it. The fact that a holy sword can turn a 1 HD evil creature into an undead is one of those silly things in 3.5e. A skeleton was the most easily obtainable 1 HD evil creature that I could think of.
Unless what you mean to say is "I don't want you to make a wight", in which case... pretty please?
>>171893
>It should, iirc
>>A character with negative levels at least equal to her current level, or drained below 1st level, is instantly slain. Depending on the creature that killed her, she may rise the next night as a monster of that kind. If not, she rises as a wight.
>A unless the effect says otherwise, a creature slain in this fashion rises as a wight.
I don't see that
Also, there's a pretty decent case for Luminous to become a saint.
>pretty please?
I suppose there's a decent case for this, as I tend to be pretty lenient with players basically collecting NPCs (Silver is up to five, I think) including de facto companions
>It should, iirc
>>A character with negative levels at least equal to her current level, or drained below 1st level, is instantly slain. Depending on the creature that killed her, she may rise the next night as a monster of that kind. If not, she rises as a wight.
>A unless the effect says otherwise, a creature slain in this fashion rises as a wight.
I don't see that
Also, there's a pretty decent case for Luminous to become a saint.
>pretty please?
I suppose there's a decent case for this, as I tend to be pretty lenient with players basically collecting NPCs (Silver is up to five, I think) including de facto companions
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