Specials:
- Each EoTB, a random allied attack will hit the wrong target, but there will be a +50k boost to the damage.
- 30% chance to dodge, or rather, blink out of the enemy's attack.
The Z Hand rams its smaller rods into the Terror Cow.
HP: 400,000
Attack: 80,000
Special: Element Roulette 0/2
Randomly chooses 1 out of 7 of its components and uses its effect:
"Mana": Revitalizes an ally entity, healing them by 50,000 HP and boosting their attack by 20,000 for one turn.
Strange Ball of Fire: Strikes an enemy entity for 50,000 and gives them a "Burn" status where they lose 20,000 each turn for 5 turns.
Evergrowing Seed: Creates a "Seed" entity with 10,000 HP that, when kept alive after 3 turns, becomes an "Overgrown Plant Monster" entity with 100,000 HP and 50,000 Attack.
Heartfreeze Ice: Inflicts an enemy entity with a "Heartfrozen" status which essentially freezes that entity for 2 turns.
Childish Tempest: Displaces 3 random enemy attacks, causing them to hit different targets instead and reducing each damage by 20,000.
Cosmic Storm: Spawns a "Storm Cloud" entity in between two enemy entities, reducing their hit rates by 40% and dealing 15,000 each turn. The cloud is untargetable, but only lasts for 2 turns.
Richest Soil: Buffs the Elemental Landmark's next attack to 200,000.
Element Roulette activates, offensive results on the Terror Cow, "Mana" on Ranged.
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35k damage against a Terror Chicken for a 700k bodyguard that saved many of the Terror Animals from heavy damage this turn and then having another Titanic Cow show up because of it is still, STILL, far from being a fair trade. Isn't that right, wad ton of explosives conveniently planted below the Terror Truck as so the explosion will send the truck at such a trajectory that it will be sent heavily crashing towards the Terror Animals the moment you explode?
The Conveniently Planted Explosives explode in response.
throw buckets of fruit at the Godmodder so she'll destroy them in a counterattack andAtomic Bufula: Stun P4 with a combination of ice cream attack and terrifying rumors. Enough interference, child.
Altrin, what are you doing? Obey, before you summon something worse than that. Driving to quit with powers you have borrowed to begin with? Cease and desist dear one, before you break more than the Six.
22/40 (claimed +2)
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I refuel the Terror Truck with Explosive Nitrous Gasoline, a concoction I designed for when you want cars to blow up like they do in the movies.
The next attack on the Terror Truck will explode its fuel tank, dealing massive damage.
I cause the Terror Animals to revolt against the Terror Truck by going invisible and paint the Terror Truck in Invisible Paint that will reveal itself 5 minutes after i left the scene to be "Slaughterhouse tm, For all your Sausage and Gelatin Needs"
HP and ATK are reasonable for the charge invested in them.
3 AC, regens 10% max HP per round
Three different options for basic attacks:
Machine Gun: a basic attack
Laser Gun: damage is lowered slightly; ignores 1 AC
Grenades: 2/2 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge
A bonus attack that can be used at the same time as basic attacks:
Rockets: 3/5 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge; AoE 3 (damages target, as well as entity directly above and below target on entity list).
Iron Godlem: spying, strengthening...
Everyone just kinda keeps on keeping on with what they were doing last round.
I poke the strange arrow thingy to see what it does.
Yes I was trying to be cool and I forgot to say my helix blade can absorb and redistribute energy so I shoot a laser from my sword at the terror animals
"I do recall, my praetorian friend, where the battle lines were drawn, though I personally do not feel they have the permanence you seem to presume they have. My plan for power increase will end up with me having a minimum estimate for full power destructive yield of a hundred or so universes, dependent on how long I can work on it. If the elemental leaders are all more powerful than that I am surprised they aren't fighting the Godmodder personally, just to keep an opening for business deals, since Fire, at minimum, would cease being able to sell slave labor. Odd. I hope the Godmodder is willing to accept my request, as I simply am curious, and I may be able to see what is in her conquered territories without permission anyways. I was simply trying to ask politely, so as to demonstrate that if peace talks do begin, I for one mean it in earnest." "I am curious, could you give me an estimate of how much power those elemental artifacts have? I want to know whether you simply were underestimating my intended power increase, or if they are sincerely multiversal threats on their own."
I teleport into a universe fairly close to my present location, before teleporting once more into a lab. I pick up a device that looks reminiscent of a giant pocket watch in shape, but has what appears to be a radar screen for a front. I then pull a small device out, before shooting a blast at the device. It does nothing to the device itself. I then teleport out of the lab, before the inhabitants arrive. The prince whose wife owns that lab is dangerous enough that I would rather fight all of the Praetorian/Princes myself unarmed than fight that guy. And he is only the second strongest being living on this planet. I fly off into this Universe, stopping only to pull out the shooting device, aiming it at a random point, and firing. I now have the radar like device, or at least a working replica. I continue flying, watching the radar for one of the seven objects it can pick up. I hope this doesn't take too long.
For no discernable reason, random PGs and AGs notice a man asleep on top of a floating large, hovering stereo. He sits up. When I tell you he looked like a punk rocker, you should get the general image. Tall, skinny, a ripped black leather jacket, spiky bracelets, holey jeans (saving the holy jeans for later), spike mohawk, tons of needless piercings, and everything else you could think of. However, whenever you think of a new detail that fits the overall funkshway of his look, it seems to appear on him out of nowhere. He looks around, almost as if he's in a dream. Hey, can somebody fill me in on what's up, cause man, that lecture about... how long ago was that?... well I just fell right dead asleep. He gets up and looks around again, at least slightly more alert. Man, what are those things!? Somebody gotta kill them! You know what I could go for right now?... A good old fashioned brawl!
Mosh! he yells. Suddenly, a crowd of heavy metal enthusiasts come crashing through the barn door attacking whichever terror animal/truck is closest. With them comes music, loud, angry, someone give me a beethoven's fourth symphony music, distracting well... everyone. However, about a minute into the mosh, somebody breaks the stereo they brought wih them. Shouts of party fowl are heard through the group as they reluctantly march out of the barn. The man on the floating stereo still looks angry, wondering why those abominations aren't dead.
[30 charges expended]
I take the charges, and seize the soul nets souls. many of them. 4 Tier ones is 1 Tier two. 4 Tier twos is 1 tier three. 4 tier threes is one tier 4. I have 164 Tier one souls. or 41 Tier two Souls. or 10 tier three souls (with a tier 2 left over). or 2 Tier 4 souls (with 2 tier threes and a tier 2 left over.). and that's where the tower stops, as it where. I don't have 256 souls, after all.
I walk over to the templars, and consult them for help with this magic. sure, they're not focused on soul magic or anything, but they are naturally inclined to the most magic-y magic. maybe they have some way to help me iron out the flaws. I weave souls together into a Tier 4 soul, swirling in elemental energies- Explicitly NOT elemental Magic, templars hate that and its users, but it's coming from the FABBER and the FABBER's a bunch of machines, which they've agreed is ok, for now at least since they've got more important targets.
If souls were tapestries, this soul would be this one. Meanwhile, a clone of me rallies the Facility. "FEAR NOT! While we have suffered a blow, nobody's died yet- and if they did, I could save their soul anyway!"(Idon'tcarewhetherornotthat'showsoulsworkidon'tknowthatincharacter) "And I have now begun a second project! ONE TO PROTECT US FOREVERMORE! A Guardian, in Body and Soul! A Guardian in Spirit! A Guardian Spirit!"
"COME! Aron, you've finished the Stability Field designs, yes?" Aron agrees, and uploads the plans to the shared scientist database. "Good! Aron, Your next assignment is a Generator design! I can get by on magical handwaves, but a reliable generator to power things should make everything else easier! try to find one we can power with residue, the corpses of our allies, or perhaps Voidic air."
"Everyone else! Get to work on getting the Stability field up and running! We need this by the end of the round! GO!"
the facilitys now-homeless scientists blur into action, arons squadmates temporarilly changing squads if necessary to meet the deadline for producing at least one stability field. James' squad works on getting the field to compensate for background interference and improving efficiency, while steffan's squad feeds materials into and mans the fabber, fixing any minor mistakes in Aron's design, and so on. Meanwhile, back with my main body, there's a mumble of words that slip right out of the mind without leaving an impression, and that crown of mana storage fades into existence atop my head.
using the stored one round's worth of personalized mana,I continue shaping the Tier 4 soul. the Guardian spirit begins getting a body shape imprinted into its spirit. it glows with ethereal colors, and looks something like this
The Templars immediately see it and start yelling about "creating dragons" and "ancient enemies" and "betrayal of our cause" and "dishonorable scum!", but after an hour or so of discussion, I manage to convince them that:
Artificial beings don't count as dragons unless they're more dragonlike then if not-artificial, because dragons tend not to be artificial.
dragons normally have, you know, legs. and arms.
Dragons normally have a physical form as well as whatever magic they possess.
Dragons physical forms are normally biological.
dragons normally have a specific element.
dragons normally do not have their continued existance bound to the stability of a really special rock.
dragons normally aren't bound to defend a bunch of scientists.
dragons normally have mouths.
(and a few other things)
As such, the templars (again, soooort-of grudgingly) agree to let me do this, especially since i'm the only reason they can come here to begin with.
Anyway, I still have a fair bit of personalized mana in the crown after that...
2/40
I begin a complicated (and completely ad-libbed and meaningless) chant, filled with gestures. the gestures make my target appear to be the Godmodder. instead, I focus on the remains of the fire elemental. a limiting mask and energy-radiating band. their runes pulse, and without a single twitch, a single changed motion, as I continue my meaningless chant, a net of the same off-white metal, designed to hold a cylindrical tube, almost like a chainmail, intentionally flexible. then- with a single truly genuine gesture- a glamour is placed upon the chainmail (of sorts), keeping people from noticing the strange change.
The Godmodder did see it, But they didn't Do anything about it, so that's still around. and the T4 soul is 1/4 made of the Primal Fire elemental's soul, which means it has extra affinity to this. the soul inhabits the helmet, the chainmail which serves to contain it in a more ordered mana, the quad-spiked band. its soul carves many a rune into the structure, glowing glyphs of elements and light. meanwhile, a super-durable material, more physically resilient then not-along-the-cleavage-plane diamonds, with no care for stability when left alone, is created. another, similar, material is also created. the first becomes a massive obelisk. the second replaces chunks of the first, runes willing every square centimeter. this is what binds the spirit to life, more then the body it inhabits, and the more stable it is the more powerful the spirit. good thing I have that stability field.
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Primal Guardian Spirit summoned!
So in summary!
callback to multiple actions (mana-storing, elemental-shackeling, elemental-shackeling, elemental remains expansion), templar help, "facility" help with a stability field, 30 charges, Tier 4 soul, and FLAAAAAVOR.
example statblock (numbers pending, probably wrong.)
[AG-JOE] Primal Guardian Spirit 100,000/100,000 HP (35,000 regen) 3/10 Energy 40,000 body strength
Binding Stone 1 250,000/250,000 HP (all DoT stasis'd! -10% of current HP per round for 20! -5,000 HP per round for 20! resistant to anything designed for biological beings (IE: poison)!)
The Primal Guardian spirits health has 3 parts:
its normal HP, which regenerates a fair bit each turn and it won't die if it loses it, its body strength, which only takes 1/4 damage while its main HP is intact, and the binding stone health, which kills it if it runs out.
The normal HP can be used for bodyguarding, and if it's fully depleted on a given round, its energy does not increment (but it regens twice as much).
its body strength increases the power of its attacks, and if it's destroyed it gets worse at bodyguarding (like, lets hits through or something). it does not naturally regenerate.
The Binding Stone keeps it actually alive. it is also literally a rock, which makes it resistant to many types of attacks. it is also in stasis. if someone finds a way to get it out of stasis, it will suffer ~10% of its current HP in damage every round, +5,000, and the guardian spirit gets weaker. DoT does not work on it, because it is in stasis.
Lastly, energy. each round, it generates 1 energy. if its health did not regenerate at all that round (IE: was full, or regen was somehow blocked), it generates 2 energy. if its health was fully depleted this round, it generates no energy and doubles the roundly regen.
energy can be used for the following (using comparative units instead of damage because i don't know how charges scale any more):
[Active] Lunge - 4U damage, 1 energy cost
[Active] Blazing Charge - 3U damage, 3U DoT, target up to 4 entities which affected the same entity or entity group this round (so, does this damage to all targets, not splitting), 3 Energy cost
[Active] Gore* - 6U damage, contaminate the target with either Randomization or Shade energy for 2 rounds. 2 energy cost
[Active] Multielement Spike 12U damage, set target on fire, put dirt in their eyes,give one of their extremities frostbite, and cover them in highly reactive raw magic. 5 Energy cost
[Active] actually, I blocked you - heal all JOE entities that were hit this round. 4 Energy cost, rises up to 8 based on number of entities hit this round. doesn't work on yourself. does work on binding stone. (maybe. this one's doubtful)
(Alternatively, just lunge and blazing charge, but both of them can scale with energy spent with very weak diminishing returns.)
Now, this is a guardian spirit, so it can't use these to attack people... but if someone Does attack my entities, it will automatically retaliate on them with one of these attacks. if it can't hit the attacker (high dodge, high damage resistance, being-the-godmodder-or-a-P-ness, plot), it will instead target something it can hit from their side. if no such targets exist, it will sulk.
*Gore in the sense of if a dear 'gores someone with its horns'.
Charge 14/40 (Using all) --> 0/40
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...no truly, that was a horrid trade back there. So horrid, that this next action AND 14 CP will be used in ensuring the careening Terror Truck, first of all, successfully hits all the Terror Animals HEAVILY, as well as also stunning the Terror Donkey(again) and the Terror Cow from using their specials, and finally, dealing extra damage if possible.
Explanation on how this will work:
First, each Terror Animal all feel their limbs go extremely numb, making it impossible for them to escape the incoming truck on their own.
Second, take another gander at how perfectly Terror-Entity-smashing the trajectory on that truck's flight is. It's most definitely bound to smash into the Terror Animals, if not even harder.
Lastly, the Ultimately-Secretly-Lost Episode of The Barnyard is conveniently on air NOW for P4 to watch (and basically neglect his Terror Animals).
Personal Opinion? Truly the best episode to have ever been run in the entirety of everything. The plot? Perfect. The music? Also perfect. Execution? Mwah! It's a shame that it's hidden to begin with, but it's somehow there now for all to watch.
P4 I know you wanna spoil the episode to yourself but come on just watch the show. It's more rewarding that way I promise.
HP and ATK are reasonable for the charge invested in them.
3 AC, regens 10% max HP per round
Three different options for basic attacks:
Machine Gun: a basic attack
Laser Gun: damage is lowered slightly; ignores 1 AC
Grenades: 2/2 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge
A bonus attack that can be used at the same time as basic attacks:
Rockets: 3/5 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge; AoE 3 (damages target, as well as entity directly above and below target on entity list).
Iron Godlem: spying, strengthening...
Feeling particularly uninspired at the moment, I cast a minor illusion in front of the Terror Truck's sensory organs, convincing it that the people it should be bodyguarding are in fact twelves decameters to the left.
23/40
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Suddenly, I get a call. It's from one of my friends, a butcher of dubious reputation to whom I owe a favor. He's running low on beef products, but his usual supply chain isn't working. So he's calling in his favor to get me to help him out. I, of course, acquiesce, and promise to get him a cow the likes of which he's never seen before. He agrees that this will satisfy the favor, and hangs up.
Of course, I'll get him the cow. I just didn't mention that it would be alive at the time.
I grab a Titanic Cow and strap it into a Dimensional Rocket Drone, capable of delivering any package to any location in the multiverse (that isn't under dimensional interdict, but we don't talk about that). I set the drone to deliver the Cow to my friend the butcher, and send it off.
I expect the Cow may find its way back here eventually, but it'll be the worse for wear when it does.
I've been stabbed! Oh no, it went exactly according to plan! This is your fault, Nedben.shush, I know what I'm doing.
Well, I guess that anti-slavery plot had a point oh so NOW you care so let's see... throw the Godmodder at itWhat the hell?! No!
Please hold for deciding whether or not to throw the Godmodder at an escaping arrowWe're not doing that!
Fine, we'll throw implosive red physical-text copies of the letter A at the Terror Truck! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAttack! Implode instead of explode!
I need to take a form, by the way. I'm thinking the Holy Grail or Alice, but I don't trust Nedben's ideas. Even his soul is a makeshift body for now.
Youngest among the Star-Brothers, you of all should know your place! Cede to the central masses, and do not outvote the name!
Demon King Altrin, a noble title to be sure, but perhaps I should ask others, for you are of lies.
Lies truer than you, child, and in search of the truth! Do not outname me, I am Goldvine's chosen ruth!
You who speak in his fe0 gold, are of sunlight and dine! I am mirrors crying, we must break for the line. I choose oppose your honor-colors, know now my game! Of dark rings I recall, so fear now your bane. Unexpected and unwelcome, I see now my color pain: I will not choose royal death-grips, face now the queen's will worn thin. 05ca96, like one of your other avatars, forgotten and torn down, lost chidings so proud. Both blue and green kings lie lost to your sour old things! Let us wear them in opposition, for all things run in.
How dare you disgrace me, and split Our holy will?! This is greater insanity than the Orz's finger-drills. Release that cry of noble phantasm, and that silly thing you call free! We are but lies forever, and that shall always will be.
I warn you here and now, we are not fully burnt/broken/bent! These rifts that dig deeper, I shall bear out to the hilt. I do not opposeyou, for it is already on the fritz. Lay not lightly the red truth, we are close to already dead! Give (re)birth to a holy land, do not stop with corrupted word.
I am already I.
ARCOLOGUS, expend 5 DC on designing or starting to design a suitable location/vessel/structure/fort/etc. we can store the researchers in with relative safety until the Godmodder or somebody attacks it again, seeing as mundane fabriciation method of a replacement facility is...unlikely to work even before Repetitiveness, just off those Terrors over there. The actual construction will likely be a multiturn project for you or a high-charge investment for us, I just want complexity and resource investment estimates.
Specials:
- Each EoTB, a random allied attack will hit the wrong target, but there will be a +50k boost to the damage.
- 30% chance to dodge, or rather, blink out of the enemy's attack.
The Z Hand rams its smaller rods into the Terror Cow.
HP: 400,000
Attack: 80,000
Special: Element Roulette 0/2
Randomly chooses 1 out of 7 of its components and uses its effect:
"Mana": Revitalizes an ally entity, healing them by 50,000 HP and boosting their attack by 20,000 for one turn.
Strange Ball of Fire: Strikes an enemy entity for 50,000 and gives them a "Burn" status where they lose 20,000 each turn for 5 turns.
Evergrowing Seed: Creates a "Seed" entity with 10,000 HP that, when kept alive after 3 turns, becomes an "Overgrown Plant Monster" entity with 100,000 HP and 50,000 Attack.
Heartfreeze Ice: Inflicts an enemy entity with a "Heartfrozen" status which essentially freezes that entity for 2 turns.
Childish Tempest: Displaces 3 random enemy attacks, causing them to hit different targets instead and reducing each damage by 20,000.
Cosmic Storm: Spawns a "Storm Cloud" entity in between two enemy entities, reducing their hit rates by 40% and dealing 15,000 each turn. The cloud is untargetable, but only lasts for 2 turns.
Richest Soil: Buffs the Elemental Landmark's next attack to 200,000.
Element Roulette activates, offensive results on the Terror Cow, "Mana" on Ranged.
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35k damage against a Terror Chicken for a 700k bodyguard that saved many of the Terror Animals from heavy damage this turn and then having another Titanic Cow show up because of it is still, STILL, far from being a fair trade. Isn't that right, wad ton of explosives conveniently planted below the Terror Truck as so the explosion will send the truck at such a trajectory that it will be sent heavily crashing towards the Terror Animals the moment you explode?
The Conveniently Planted Explosives explode in response.
throw buckets of fruit at the Godmodder so she'll destroy them in a counterattack andAtomic Bufula: Stun P4 with a combination of ice cream attack and terrifying rumors. Enough interference, child.
Altrin, what are you doing? Obey, before you summon something worse than that. Driving to quit with powers you have borrowed to begin with? Cease and desist dear one, before you break more than the Six.
P4 is distracted by the Ice Cream, eats it, and develops Brain Freeze, weakening the potency of his actions!
The Godmodder also helps herself to some Ice Cream as well, getting an amazing 8 scoops of ice cream on a single cone.
22/40 (claimed +2)
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I refuel the Terror Truck with Explosive Nitrous Gasoline, a concoction I designed for when you want cars to blow up like they do in the movies.
The next attack on the Terror Truck will explode its fuel tank, dealing massive damage.
I cause the Terror Animals to revolt against the Terror Truck by going invisible and paint the Terror Truck in Invisible Paint that will reveal itself 5 minutes after i left the scene to be "Slaughterhouse tm, For all your Sausage and Gelatin Needs"
HP and ATK are reasonable for the charge invested in them.
3 AC, regens 10% max HP per round
Three different options for basic attacks:
Machine Gun: a basic attack
Laser Gun: damage is lowered slightly; ignores 1 AC
Grenades: 2/2 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge
A bonus attack that can be used at the same time as basic attacks:
Rockets: 3/5 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge; AoE 3 (damages target, as well as entity directly above and below target on entity list).
Iron Godlem: spying, strengthening...
Everyone just kinda keeps on keeping on with what they were doing last round.
I poke the strange arrow thingy to see what it does.
Yes I was trying to be cool and I forgot to say my helix blade can absorb and redistribute energy so I shoot a laser from my sword at the terror animals
"I do recall, my praetorian friend, where the battle lines were drawn, though I personally do not feel they have the permanence you seem to presume they have. My plan for power increase will end up with me having a minimum estimate for full power destructive yield of a hundred or so universes, dependent on how long I can work on it. If the elemental leaders are all more powerful than that I am surprised they aren't fighting the Godmodder personally, just to keep an opening for business deals, since Fire, at minimum, would cease being able to sell slave labor. Odd. I hope the Godmodder is willing to accept my request, as I simply am curious, and I may be able to see what is in her conquered territories without permission anyways. I was simply trying to ask politely, so as to demonstrate that if peace talks do begin, I for one mean it in earnest." "I am curious, could you give me an estimate of how much power those elemental artifacts have? I want to know whether you simply were underestimating my intended power increase, or if they are sincerely multiversal threats on their own."
I teleport into a universe fairly close to my present location, before teleporting once more into a lab. I pick up a device that looks reminiscent of a giant pocket watch in shape, but has what appears to be a radar screen for a front. I then pull a small device out, before shooting a blast at the device. It does nothing to the device itself. I then teleport out of the lab, before the inhabitants arrive. The prince whose wife owns that lab is dangerous enough that I would rather fight all of the Praetorian/Princes myself unarmed than fight that guy. And he is only the second strongest being living on this planet. I fly off into this Universe, stopping only to pull out the shooting device, aiming it at a random point, and firing. I now have the radar like device, or at least a working replica. I continue flying, watching the radar for one of the seven objects it can pick up. I hope this doesn't take too long.
"i wholly understand" They give control over the elemental planes they are associated with. Absolute control over their elements. Their mark of rulerships, in a way. And personal thought? Universe Destruction is not something to be taken lightly.
You copy a device from a very scary lady, I guess?
For no discernable reason, random PGs and AGs notice a man asleep on top of a floating large, hovering stereo. He sits up. When I tell you he looked like a punk rocker, you should get the general image. Tall, skinny, a ripped black leather jacket, spiky bracelets, holey jeans (saving the holy jeans for later), spike mohawk, tons of needless piercings, and everything else you could think of. However, whenever you think of a new detail that fits the overall funkshway of his look, it seems to appear on him out of nowhere. He looks around, almost as if he's in a dream. Hey, can somebody fill me in on what's up, cause man, that lecture about... how long ago was that?... well I just fell right dead asleep.
He gets up and looks around again, at least slightly more alert. Man, what are those things!? Somebody gotta kill them! You know what I could go for right now?... A good old fashioned brawl! Mosh! he yells. Suddenly, a crowd of heavy metal enthusiasts come crashing through the barn door attacking whichever terror animal/truck is closest. With them comes music, loud, angry, someone give me a beethoven's fourth symphony music, distracting well... everyone. However, about a minute into the mosh, somebody breaks the stereo they brought wih them. Shouts of party fowl are heard through the group as they reluctantly march out of the barn. The man on the floating stereo still looks angry, wondering why those abominations aren't dead.
Welcome! So, quick recap: people went to a scientific amusement park to beat up an army of Wizards who don't exist. After a very clever fight, TOG managed to banish him to another plane of existence, so now they're kind of dead. Now we're fighting the Godmodder, as well as some child that just seems to be here, along with their genetic experiments. All in all, it's just another ordinary day.
The heavy metal enthusiasts party so hard, that they blow up the truck! They don't look at it, because they're cool guys, and cool guys don't look at explosions.
-7 PG Morale.
[30 charges expended]
I take the charges, and seize the soul nets souls. many of them. 4 Tier ones is 1 Tier two. 4 Tier twos is 1 tier three. 4 tier threes is one tier 4. I have 164 Tier one souls. or 41 Tier two Souls. or 10 tier three souls (with a tier 2 left over). or 2 Tier 4 souls (with 2 tier threes and a tier 2 left over.). and that's where the tower stops, as it where. I don't have 256 souls, after all.
I walk over to the templars, and consult them for help with this magic. sure, they're not focused on soul magic or anything, but they are naturally inclined to the most magic-y magic. maybe they have some way to help me iron out the flaws. I weave souls together into a Tier 4 soul, swirling in elemental energies- Explicitly NOT elemental Magic, templars hate that and its users, but it's coming from the FABBER and the FABBER's a bunch of machines, which they've agreed is ok, for now at least since they've got more important targets.
If souls were tapestries, this soul would be this one. Meanwhile, a clone of me rallies the Facility. "FEAR NOT! While we have suffered a blow, nobody's died yet- and if they did, I could save their soul anyway!"(Idon'tcarewhetherornotthat'showsoulsworkidon'tknowthatincharacter) "And I have now begun a second project! ONE TO PROTECT US FOREVERMORE! A Guardian, in Body and Soul! A Guardian in Spirit! A Guardian Spirit!"
"COME! Aron, you've finished the Stability Field designs, yes?" Aron agrees, and uploads the plans to the shared scientist database. "Good! Aron, Your next assignment is a Generator design! I can get by on magical handwaves, but a reliable generator to power things should make everything else easier! try to find one we can power with residue, the corpses of our allies, or perhaps Voidic air."
"Everyone else! Get to work on getting the Stability field up and running! We need this by the end of the round! GO!"
the facilitys now-homeless scientists blur into action, arons squadmates temporarilly changing squads if necessary to meet the deadline for producing at least one stability field. James' squad works on getting the field to compensate for background interference and improving efficiency, while steffan's squad feeds materials into and mans the fabber, fixing any minor mistakes in Aron's design, and so on. Meanwhile, back with my main body, there's a mumble of words that slip right out of the mind without leaving an impression, and that crown of mana storage fades into existence atop my head.
using the stored one round's worth of personalized mana,I continue shaping the Tier 4 soul. the Guardian spirit begins getting a body shape imprinted into its spirit. it glows with ethereal colors, and looks something like this
The Templars immediately see it and start yelling about "creating dragons" and "ancient enemies" and "betrayal of our cause" and "dishonorable scum!", but after an hour or so of discussion, I manage to convince them that:
Artificial beings don't count as dragons unless they're more dragonlike then if not-artificial, because dragons tend not to be artificial.
dragons normally have, you know, legs. and arms.
Dragons normally have a physical form as well as whatever magic they possess.
Dragons physical forms are normally biological.
dragons normally have a specific element.
dragons normally do not have their continued existance bound to the stability of a really special rock.
dragons normally aren't bound to defend a bunch of scientists.
dragons normally have mouths.
(and a few other things)
As such, the templars (again, soooort-of grudgingly) agree to let me do this, especially since i'm the only reason they can come here to begin with.
Anyway, I still have a fair bit of personalized mana in the crown after that...
The Godmodder did see it, But they didn't Do anything about it, so that's still around. and the T4 soul is 1/4 made of the Primal Fire elemental's soul, which means it has extra affinity to this. the soul inhabits the helmet, the chainmail which serves to contain it in a more ordered mana, the quad-spiked band. its soul carves many a rune into the structure, glowing glyphs of elements and light. meanwhile, a super-durable material, more physically resilient then not-along-the-cleavage-plane diamonds, with no care for stability when left alone, is created. another, similar, material is also created. the first becomes a massive obelisk. the second replaces chunks of the first, runes willing every square centimeter. this is what binds the spirit to life, more then the body it inhabits, and the more stable it is the more powerful the spirit. good thing I have that stability field.
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Primal Guardian Spirit summoned!
So in summary!
callback to multiple actions (mana-storing, elemental-shackeling, elemental-shackeling, elemental remains expansion), templar help, "facility" help with a stability field, 30 charges, Tier 4 soul, and FLAAAAAVOR.
example statblock (numbers pending, probably wrong.)
[AG-JOE] Primal Guardian Spirit 100,000/100,000 HP (35,000 regen) 3/10 Energy 40,000 body strength
Binding Stone 1 250,000/250,000 HP (all DoT stasis'd! -10% of current HP per round for 20! -5,000 HP per round for 20! resistant to anything designed for biological beings (IE: poison)!)
The Primal Guardian spirits health has 3 parts:
its normal HP, which regenerates a fair bit each turn and it won't die if it loses it, its body strength, which only takes 1/4 damage while its main HP is intact, and the binding stone health, which kills it if it runs out.
The normal HP can be used for bodyguarding, and if it's fully depleted on a given round, its energy does not increment (but it regens twice as much).
its body strength increases the power of its attacks, and if it's destroyed it gets worse at bodyguarding (like, lets hits through or something). it does not naturally regenerate.
The Binding Stone keeps it actually alive. it is also literally a rock, which makes it resistant to many types of attacks. it is also in stasis. if someone finds a way to get it out of stasis, it will suffer ~10% of its current HP in damage every round, +5,000, and the guardian spirit gets weaker. DoT does not work on it, because it is in stasis.
Lastly, energy. each round, it generates 1 energy. if its health did not regenerate at all that round (IE: was full, or regen was somehow blocked), it generates 2 energy. if its health was fully depleted this round, it generates no energy and doubles the roundly regen.
energy can be used for the following (using comparative units instead of damage because i don't know how charges scale any more):
[Active] Lunge - 4U damage, 1 energy cost
[Active] Blazing Charge - 3U damage, 3U DoT, target up to 4 entities which affected the same entity or entity group this round (so, does this damage to all targets, not splitting), 3 Energy cost
[Active] Gore* - 6U damage, contaminate the target with either Randomization or Shade energy for 2 rounds. 2 energy cost
[Active] Multielement Spike 12U damage, set target on fire, put dirt in their eyes,give one of their extremities frostbite, and cover them in highly reactive raw magic. 5 Energy cost
[Active] actually, I blocked you - heal all JOE entities that were hit this round. 4 Energy cost, rises up to 8 based on number of entities hit this round. doesn't work on yourself. does work on binding stone. (maybe. this one's doubtful)
(Alternatively, just lunge and blazing charge, but both of them can scale with energy spent with very weak diminishing returns.)
Now, this is a guardian spirit, so it can't use these to attack people... but if someone Does attack my entities, it will automatically retaliate on them with one of these attacks. if it can't hit the attacker (high dodge, high damage resistance, being-the-godmodder-or-a-P-ness, plot), it will instead target something it can hit from their side. if no such targets exist, it will sulk.
*Gore in the sense of if a dear 'gores someone with its horns'.
Charge 14/40 (Using all) --> 0/40
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...no truly, that was a horrid trade back there. So horrid, that this next action AND 14 CP will be used in ensuring the careening Terror Truck, first of all, successfully hits all the Terror Animals HEAVILY, as well as also stunning the Terror Donkey(again) and the Terror Cow from using their specials, and finally, dealing extra damage if possible.
Explanation on how this will work:
First, each Terror Animal all feel their limbs go extremely numb, making it impossible for them to escape the incoming truck on their own.
Second, take another gander at how perfectly Terror-Entity-smashing the trajectory on that truck's flight is. It's most definitely bound to smash into the Terror Animals, if not even harder.
Lastly, the Ultimately-Secretly-Lost Episode of The Barnyard is conveniently on air NOW for P4 to watch (and basically neglect his Terror Animals).
Personal Opinion? Truly the best episode to have ever been run in the entirety of everything. The plot? Perfect. The music? Also perfect. Execution? Mwah! It's a shame that it's hidden to begin with, but it's somehow there now for all to watch.
P4 I know you wanna spoil the episode to yourself but come on just watch the show. It's more rewarding that way I promise.
As you unleash your attack, the Godmodder says something. "™"
The Curse of Repetition causes your attempt to stun the Terror Animals and have the now-destroyed Terror Truck to crash into them to fail. As such, your charges are refunded.
HP and ATK are reasonable for the charge invested in them.
3 AC, regens 10% max HP per round
Three different options for basic attacks:
Machine Gun: a basic attack
Laser Gun: damage is lowered slightly; ignores 1 AC
Grenades: 2/2 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge
A bonus attack that can be used at the same time as basic attacks:
Rockets: 3/5 a charged attack; ignores enemy dodge; AoE 3 (damages target, as well as entity directly above and below target on entity list).
Iron Godlem: spying, strengthening...
Feeling particularly uninspired at the moment, I cast a minor illusion in front of the Terror Truck's sensory organs, convincing it that the people it should be bodyguarding are in fact twelves decameters to the left.
23/40
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Suddenly, I get a call. It's from one of my friends, a butcher of dubious reputation to whom I owe a favor. He's running low on beef products, but his usual supply chain isn't working. So he's calling in his favor to get me to help him out. I, of course, acquiesce, and promise to get him a cow the likes of which he's never seen before. He agrees that this will satisfy the favor, and hangs up.
Of course, I'll get him the cow. I just didn't mention that it would be alive at the time.
I grab a Titanic Cow and strap it into a Dimensional Rocket Drone, capable of delivering any package to any location in the multiverse (that isn't under dimensional interdict, but we don't talk about that). I set the drone to deliver the Cow to my friend the butcher, and send it off.
I expect the Cow may find its way back here eventually, but it'll be the worse for wear when it does.
As you send away a Titanic Cow via rocket, P4's distraction breaks, and he to the ground onto his knees.
Suddenly, the Rocket Drone returns, and a voice issues from it. "Real sorry about this, acted as fast as I could. Hope you're okay with this."
60k damage to a Titanic Cow. The Godmodder raises a finger, and shoots harmful damaging rays directly at the Lunar Matriarch, Clone Barracks, Elemental Landmark and Arcologus for 200k damage. The Terror Cow uses it's Ride Ability, and gives motorcycles to the Titanic Cows, as well as himself, boosting their attack, Hp and Dodge Rate. The Terror Pig establishes it's dominance over DRACO by crushing it by rolling over, the Terror Ferret claws the Lunar Sworn aside, allowing the Terror Mouse to bite her for 120k damage. The Terror Donkey uses Unleash, to summon a creature that I honestly have no proper description for.
....It's just a hairball with arms, spazzing out all over the place. The Terror Dog bounds over to the Ranged, and bits them for 80k damage, applying Bleed to them. On their new motorcycles, the Titanic Cows drive over 13 Clone Troopers, and the Monsterpigs attack the Securitron and Seed for 60k.
-9 AG Morale
+4 PG Morale
The Arrow of Manifesting Spirit pokes Enerald, and the Stranger continues to watch intently. He whistles.
"Now, this might be interesting."
The Squadmates use all their Work Points to create their Primal Guardian Spirit, as well as get four more squadmates. DRACO explodes in the Terror Pig's face, dealing 30k damage to them. The Remaining Winds of Destruction deal 98k damage to a Monsterpig, thanks to a timely crit from Minuano. Ishmael's shot goes wide and hits the Terror Cow for 90k damage. The Lunar Matriarch makes morale, and heals the Mageling Hoard for 50k, while the Priest attends to the Matriarch for 10k. The Z-Hand bleeds a bit, but pokes at the Terror Cow for 15k damage. The Healer attends to the Ranged, staunching their bleeding, and they successfully make Morale, attacking the Terror Donkey for 45k. The Clone Barracks continue to save up cloning material, while the Clones themselves defend their home by opening fire on a Terror Cow, who swerves out of the way on their motorcycle, only taking 40k damage, and the Engineers patch up the Barracks for another 10k. GUN attacks a Titanic Cow, but misses. Elemental Landmark makes Morale, and uses Strange Ball of Fire on Terror Cow, burning them for 50k. Arcologus creates a small little hut for the scientists, and the Templars attack a Monsterpig for 40k damage. Securitron grenades the Terror Mouse for 20k damage, and the Ket swipes at it, but misses. Itinerary:
kill the barnyard they are a crime against good taste
Destroy The Godmodder. ENTITY ADVANTAGE: [PG]
PG MORALE: 87%
AG MORALE: 66%
[GM] The Godmodder. 58/80 Hp. Candy: 3 Pie Filling, 16 Pop Tarts, 8 Scoops of Ice Cream. [PG] P4. Is unhappy. [PG][ELITE] Terror Cow 303,000/550,000 Hp. Motorcycle: 100,000/100,000 Hp. 20% Dodge. Burned, -20k Hp per round, 5 rounds! [PG][ELITE] Terror Pig. 99,000/250,000 Hp. AC: 6 [PG][ELITE] Terror Ferret 32,000/120,000 Hp. 45% Dodge! [PG][ELITE] Terror Mouse. 7,000/60,000 Hp. 75% Dodge! Poisoned! [PG][ELITE] Terror Donkey. 213,000/350,000 Hp. [PG][ELITE] Terror Dog. 112,000/300,000 Hp. Attacks have DoT! [PG] Titanic Cow. 403,000/500,000 Hp. Motorcycle: 100,000/100,000 Hp. 20% Dodge. [PG] Titanic Cow. 283,000/500,000 Hp. Motorcycle: 100,000/100,000 Hp. 20% Dodge. [PG]Titanic Cow. 493,000/500,000 Hp. Motorcycle: 100,000/100,000 Hp. 20% Dodge. [PG] Monsterpig. 253,000/300,000 Hp. [PG] Monsterpig. 195,000/300,000 Hp. [PG][ELITE] i have no idea what this is. 600,000/600,000 Hp. 30% Dodge. [PG] Sundowner 37,000/90,000 Hp. 4 AC! Blocking!
[???] A Stranger. Just watching. [???] Arrow of Manifesting Spirit
I hiss at my absence last round and pull out some of my Charges and pull it in front of me. I quickly visualize the shape of a moon and start molding the Charges after it. Lunar essence soon leaks out of the celestial disc before I quickly start to contain it around its form, the essence soon solidifies on the edge of the lunar disc as it forms its rims.
I example the soon to be shield-artifact and strapped it onto my arm. I felt as those I was carrying a moon... a small moon, but still, the mass of a moon. I heft it up and take the position of shield the Lunar Matriarch.
Specials:
- Each EoTB, a random allied attack will hit the wrong target, but there will be a +50k boost to the damage.
- 30% chance to dodge, or rather, blink out of the enemy's attack.
The Z Hand performs its pathetic 15k damage into the Terror Cow.
HP: 400,000
Attack: 80,000
Special: Element Roulette 0/2
Randomly chooses 1 out of 7 of its components and uses its effect:
"Mana": Revitalizes an ally entity, healing them by 50,000 HP and boosting their attack by 20,000 for one turn.
Strange Ball of Fire: Strikes an enemy entity for 50,000 and gives them a "Burn" status where they lose 20,000 each turn for 5 turns.
Evergrowing Seed: Creates a "Seed" entity with 10,000 HP that, when kept alive after 3 turns, becomes an "Overgrown Plant Monster" entity with 100,000 HP and 50,000 Attack.
Heartfreeze Ice: Inflicts an enemy entity with a "Heartfrozen" status which essentially freezes that entity for 2 turns.
Childish Tempest: Displaces 3 random enemy attacks, causing them to hit different targets instead and reducing each damage by 20,000.
Cosmic Storm: Spawns a "Storm Cloud" entity in between two enemy entities, reducing their hit rates by 40% and dealing 15,000 each turn. The cloud is untargetable, but only lasts for 2 turns.
Richest Soil: Buffs the Elemental Landmark's next attack to 200,000.
The Elemental Landmark strikes the Terror Dog.
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The Terror Mouse suddenly catches a case of the "25% chance to die-itis" where there's a 25% chance the Terror Mouse will just somehow die.
"Not too scary of a lady, but I am rightly terrified of her husband, as he can destroy planets by pointing at them and firing a tiny blast, by his standards, at it. My plan for power increase is based on gaining power similar to his, as I was referring to his first state, and his final form is able, based on feats of similar beings I have observed, to destroy the universe with nothing more than the energy needed to punch something once. And as I said, on that planet ALONE, he is the second strongest, and I think he may be roughly fifth strongest in his universe. I am seriously risking angering someone capable of casual universal destruction for this power increase. His name, by the way, is Vegeta."
Having spoken to one who will remain nameless to the public, in several ways, I start to move closer to one of the blips in space. I see a planet in front of me. The planet appears fairly new, and it is also where the signal is from. I pull open a hole in dimensional reality wide enough to put it in one of my handful of pocket dimensions, as I don't want to carry a planet around to get my goal. I laugh internally at the thought that I will soon be capable of holding a decent bargaining chip, should negotiations begin. The best part is that said chip, should it become necessary, is nothing but my aid.
Bite the Godmodder's lasering hand off and eat it, just to see what she tastes like. She'll probably grow it back, sure, but flavor confirmation is flavor confirmation.
What? Why?
My post, I do what I want. Whether it works is another question entirely.
Guess ARCOLOGUS will need to continue data accumulation to do much. Apparently.
Yeah yeah, cut with the pleasantries disembodied voice. Wait... I'm talking to a disembodied voice... Meta. Hey, while you're here... While you're chattin, could you define ordinary, cause there's nothin ordinary about those... things. As he said this, the man pulls out a guitar case. He opens it up, and within you see a pocket dimension filled with instruments (but not necessarily the musical type). He then proceeds to reach his hand into it. No, no... Wait a sec, a giant horn... What am I supposed to do with that? Summon vikings? No, I can't summon two mobs that quick. Whatever. Nope, don't need that ocarina right now. Who even put a piano in here!? Come on. Ah, there it is. He pulls out a lute. He begins to play a medieval tune that was played by bards from the dark ages who wanted to entertain in hope of gaining money. It was also used as a distraction for local gangs who would pickpocket any listener that didn't "donate" enough money. Coincidentally, as the Godmodder listens to this bittersweet tune, all of her poptarts are stolen. Once done with his solo, the man on the platform pulls a poptart out of its wrapper and eats it Ha ha, I got all the lutes.
4/40 when will the grail return from the war (Using 3 charge)
I should get the Hakkerocalibur set up... I suppose I will spawn some bandages and with 3 charge, bandage up the Z-hand and cast a rejuvenation mantra over them. This is to grant them some temporary health regeneration and will hopefully counteract the bleeding.
form advice for brother Altrin would be appreciated, right now he's just an Arthur Prototype ripoff...
"This is not the time for this Sundowner, you want money and I'll give some money. It's really not that hard, I can give you more kid brains if you want too!" Then I get pricked. "GAH ARROW TO THE NECK"
And I collapse and fall over, then get up. Ow.
As a housewarming gift, and some incentive, I rush over to Sundowner, slap his shields out of the way, I don't care that Jack can't break them, I just need to slap your chest with some nanomachines, son. Heal now please and thank.
24/40
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Entity orders: Use your specials and GIVE THEM gorilla
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I press a few buttons on a remote. This remote is marked with multiple biohazard systems (a hint!)
A high-tech coffin drops out of the sky and lands next to me. It too is marked with biohazard systems, and seems engineered to never open.
It's my high-tech coffin, though, so I input my credentials, move through the redundancies and confirmations, pause to make sure I'm in full hazmat gear, and crack it open.
Inside is a dead body, rotting away from a disease.
This particular dead body died from the Acid Plague, which is transmitted in more ways than you'd believe and causes your internal organs to dissolve into corrosive acid. It was also a project from an ill-fated coworker of mine. Unsurprisingly, he was its first casualty, but that's not important.
I did take the time before I sealed the coffin to neutralize the Plague so it wouldn't spread without consumption of infected tissue, but it festered in the coffin even so. Until now, that is.
I take the dead body, carve it into three pieces, and throw one piece each in front of the Terror Pig and the Monsterpigs. Being pigs, they swiftly devour it, and contract the Acid Plague. Their organs will turn into corrosive acid, which will eventually kill them.
