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Ascent: Fiendish Redemption Quest

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carterhall said:
Is the event already chosen on a table?
If not, a double-edged 'gift' that ties into the critical failure of the attempt at the Forbidden Word would be interesting.
Wicked power at a cost, that's very tempting to use?
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Dude you got event 99, the second best event for you in the entire quest. It's overwhelmingly positive for you.
 
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    • That night as you rested, something happened, like a bright flash or a sudden loud noise your senses were overwhelmed by... something... something powerful... something that knows you.

    You see the Temple, your vision spinning as you view the main chamber filled with lights, your sight being sucked down into the center alter, you see the tunnels, you see dark shapes slinking though the shadows, preparing to prey upon those who lie above. You see the souls of the lost, trapped to wander twisting halls for all eternity, and a great temple deep within, your mind fills with pain as you look upon it, as if something was watching you and trying to force you away.

    Then you are pulled from the darkness and dance amongst clouds, feeling a warmth from the sun upon your skin. You feel a contentedness unlike anything you've felt before in your life. A great temple stands before you, and you feel something, calming and quiet, barely a whisper, calling to you from within... and it's voice is familiar...

    I'm counting on you... Please don't give up.
    ​
    A deep sadness fills you at the sound of the voice, tears fill your eyes as you are bombarded with strange feelings not entirely your own, but not entirely not your own. You feel the loneliness of the voice, and the joy that you can hear it.

    Stop him... Free me...​

    Then you are in the Spire once more, confused and breathing heavily, tears streaming down your pale face, what was that? Who was that?

    And remember...​

    And why do you feel stronger?

    I will always be with you...​


    Select one evolution trait to gain for free, normally you are only able to obtain one after defeating one of the Seven or an equivalent evil being, but this event is special, all of these traits can be upgraded.


    [ ] Psychic Claws
    - Your claws have developed a cutting edge that strikes and the mind as well as the flesh, enemies that are struck with them will receive a -10 on resistances against mental effects.

    [ ] Pyro
    - Fire is in your soul, and you have learned to harness it. You can now produce flame at will, allowing you to utilize it in combat and gain a +10 to all actions involving fire.

    [ ] Lay on Hands
    - You now wish to help, and your touch now beings aid where once was harm, you can magically heal one person on your turn, lowering their injuries by one level of severity.

    [ ] Sacrifice
    - You wish to protect those close to you, no matter the cost to yourself, when an ally is harmed you may choose to be injured in their place.
     
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    • Ooff, good choices all.

    Psychic Claws fits well with who we are and our fighting style, but also only useful in combat.
    Pyro isn't as immediately relatable to us, but no one likes fire being thrown at them, and upgrading it to Holy Fire would be pretty dope.
    Lay on Hands. Nothing makes people more inclined to like us than being able to soothe their hurts. Plus it's magic, so probably less complications post-healing than mundane treatment would give.
    Sacrifice is an interesting route, but besides Solomon, we don't really have anyone we feel strongly enough about or is pivotal enough for us to intervene in that manner. At least to my recollection.

    I'm leaning towards Lay on Hands. Most immediately and widely useful.
    After that I don't really care whether it's Psychic Claws or Pyro. Maybe if we ever stopped failing to improve our martial arts...
     
    [X] Lay on Hands
    - You now wish to help, and your touch now beings aid where once was harm, you can magically heal one person on your turn, lowering their injuries by one level of severity.
     
    [X] Lay on Hands
    - You now wish to help, and your touch now beings aid where once was harm, you can magically heal one person on your turn, lowering their injuries by one level of severity.
     
    carterhall said:
    Ooff, good choices all.

    Psychic Claws fits well with who we are and our fighting style, but also only useful in combat.
    Pyro isn't as immediately relatable to us, but no one likes fire being thrown at them, and upgrading it to Holy Fire would be pretty dope.
    Lay on Hands. Nothing makes people more inclined to like us than being able to soothe their hurts. Plus it's magic, so probably less complications post-healing than mundane treatment would give.
    Sacrifice is an interesting route, but besides Solomon, we don't really have anyone we feel strongly enough about or is pivotal enough for us to intervene in that manner. At least to my recollection.

    I'm leaning towards Lay on Hands. Most immediately and widely useful.
    After that I don't really care whether it's Psychic Claws or Pyro. Maybe if we ever stopped failing to improve our martial arts...
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    Agree. Healing is useful and, if Solomon or another ally get hurt, could potentially save them.
    [X] Lay on Hands
     
    [X] Lay on Hands
    - You now wish to help, and your touch now beings aid where once was harm, you can magically heal one person on your turn, lowering their injuries by one level of severity.
     
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    • Something is definitely different about you, whatever that voice was it gave you a gift before it was cut off from you, a new power. That said, how? Mnemor aren't meant to have healing abilities, does that mean...

    Are you becoming...

    Unique?


    You are suffering from the second stage of Mental Hunger.
    You have two actions. Please use plans.

    [ ] Write-in
    - Feel free to come up with your own actions.

    [ ] Search your memories
    - Memories of the mortal that was, just who were you?

    [ ] Research Avaritia
    - This Frog of Greed is a powerful opponent, search for more information on it.

    [ ] Research Ira
    - The Lion of Wrath who uses rats, search for more information on it.

    [ ] Research the Voice
    - It said it would always be with you, but what was it?

    [ ] Research the Gods
    - You had a master once, perhaps you could have another.

    [ ] Spy on the Greenstone Mining Company
    - They are one of the sources of corruption within the city, you must know more.

    [ ] Spy on the Union
    - You promised their destruction, and you do your best not to lie.

    [ ] Search the Library
    - There is much you do not yet know, perhaps you could find something useful.

    [ ] R̷̪͕̂ͥ͋ẽ̩̭̝͓͐ͣ̓͑s̘̤̼̟͕̠̓ͯ͊̋̾̅̒ͅe̿͂̽̇́a͓̓̐ͭ̆̔̓̂r͎̲͍̭̹͔̘͋̾̅̏ͣc̺̏̎͋̕h͖͍̳̀ͬͣ͌ͧ̚ ̱͕ͫ͢ẗ̷̫̘͎́́͛̇ͅh̡͍ͤ̄ͬe̮̟̯͖̥ͅ ̫̜͇̖̲̹̄ͅḞ̘̞̦̲̣ͦ̓ͥ̆͜o͓̤̓̑̉r̶ͨͤ̈b̖̭̮̃͑̈̒ͥ̅ͩ̀i͍̭͉͖̿͢dd̨̬̤̘̲̤̊̃̋ͭ̚e͓͇ͪͯ̇̐̈́̎n̲̠̫͎͔͐ͣ̽̏͝ͅ ̵̝͇͉͓̓͗̈̒͗͐ͩW̝͖̔̈̚o͂̓̈ͩ͊́ȑ̷̲̲̩̜̐d̪̾͒̐
    -̸̣̰̘̜ ̛͉̫̥A̦̩̳̤ ̠̺̬͉ḻ̼̗a͙͍ng͕̬̝̞̣̘ͅu͙̰̞̤̯͇̘a͍̣g̥̳̲̬͕̤͈͟e̵̺̘̬͈̪ ̻̣͙̙̝̲͔a̟̼ș̗ ͙͍̙̳̦̣o̼̟͟l̜d͈̼̺̺̤̱̳ ̟̠̮́a͇̜͉s͙̳̜̭͕͈ ̷̗̫E̱̬̘̯v̢̰i̭̰̞͉l̠̟̣̗,̲̫͍̞̪̜͇̕ ̣̺̱̱̪͍͢y̮̜̩ͅo̺̯͕̤ͅu̟̠̜̗͈̠͝ͅ ̴̼̦͈̙m̠͖̹̪ͅu̷̬̹̼͈̠͍s̩̝̖͔̦t̵̯̼ ̨͉̞l̛̠͔̱̝͓e͎͈͍͈͝a̬͖̱̞r̵͕̳̪̤̜͔n͔̮̮̺͙̥̩ ͔̩̗̤̝̠͙́t̨̪̹̠̤̫̲̼o̼͈̭͈̮ ̼̰̭̤̘̞͈r̲͢e̱̞̘̮̖a̳̲͖̗͙d̜͖ͅ ̤įt͎͓̗̬̩̟͙ ̧͖̲̥͓̞̪͍i̫̝f̻͔̥͔͓̩ ̸͎͉̠ͅy̻͈̼̫o͘u̞̝̜͍̖ ̨̞̤͎a҉͖̭r҉̬̙͍͍̪̪e̢̙͇͚̫͎̪̫ ̘̠͈̤̠̩͓t͎̱̝̻̥͘o̤̣̼̠͎̙̼ ̧̙̠͕l̙̠̥̙̪͔e̤̗͇̙͇̺̠a̩̦̲̝r҉̪̤̞̜̣̪͍n̬ ͙̭w̸͈̬ͅh̴a͇̜̲̫̘͡t̘͔̹͢ ̵̹͈͇͚i҉̮̲̱̤̝̭̼s̖̞͙̟ ̹̜̤̼͙͡h͍́ͅa̲͉̖̫̺̝p҉͙̦̱̙p̗͇̟̼̗̰͙e̷̻̺n͏̩i̝͜n̳̯̣̪͍̪g̛.̙̪̣͕͍ͅͅ

    [ ] Explore the Pit
    - Find what the Slums hide.

    [ ] Explore the Jade Quarter
    - What secrets do the merchants hold?

    [ ] Explore the Snow Quarter
    - What does the surface hide?

    [ ] Explore the Peak
    - The high-class area, what will you find?

    [ ] Explore the Temple District
    - The religious hub, what could you find?

    [ ] Explore the tunnels
    - What might you find in the depths?

    [ ] Explore Highmount
    - What new areas could you find?

    [ ] Expedition to Strard
    - Take the journey to the Empire's fallen capital, don't recommend until you're stronger.

    [ ] Train Easily Forgotten
    - Attempt to improve your Easily Forgotten trait, how?

    [ ] Train Fleeting Visage
    - Attempt to improve your Fleeting Visage, how?

    [ ] Train combat prowess
    - Attempt to gain a new fighting style, what kind?

    [ ] Develop the Way of the Broken Gaze 2/4
    - A combat style you came up with that involves ambushes and bursts of movement to strike and slip from view. Unlocks trait, ??? and ???

    [ ] Write-in
    - Or train in another way.

    [ ] Repair the Spire 1/10 (Currently at rank 3/10)
    - Attempt to improve the condition of your lair.

    [ ] Add Guest Rooms 1/6

    [ ] Add a general improvement
    - Add an addition to your lair, witch one?

    [ ] Add Special Improvement
    - Add something more specialized, what?

    [ ] Search the Spire
    - What did Arnas do here?

    Library
    - A place to hold and categorize knowledge, of many forms. (Aids Research)

    Training Room
    - Seclusion and supplies are needed to truly improve. (Aids Training)

    Map Room
    - Perfect memory or not, this helps keep things straight. (Aids Exploration)

    Guest Rooms
    - A place for mortals to rest, if they wish to that is. (Aids allies, and allows them to benefit from your lair)

    Supply Room
    - A place to store useful items. (Aids Construction)

    Write-in
    - Feel free to come up with ideas.

    More can be unlocked.

    None at this time.

    More can be unlocked.

    [ ] Good in the Pit
    - Attempt to find good to do in the slums, exploration will help.

    [ ] Good in the Jade Quarter
    - Attempt to find good to do in the market area, exploration will help.

    [ ] Good in the Snow Quarter
    - Attempt to find good to do in the barracks, exploration will help.

    [ ] Good in the Peak
    - Attempt to find good to do in the noble's area, exploration will help.

    [ ] Good in the Temple District
    - Attempt to do good amidst the priests, exploration will help

    [ ] Evil in the Pit
    - Attempt to find evil in the slums, exploration will help.

    [ ] Evil in the Jade Quarter
    - Attempt to find evil in the market area, exploration will help.

    [ ] Evil in the Snow Quarter
    - Attempt to find evil in the barracks, exploration will help.

    [ ] Evil in the Peak
    - Attempt to find evil in the noble's area, exploration will help.

    [ ] Evil in the Temple District
    - Evil could hide amidst the good, exploration will help.

    [ ] Strike at the Greenstone Mining Company
    - You know beyond a shadow of a doubt their evil, how will you strike?

    [ ] Strike at the Union
    - You must curb their wrath, how will you strike?

    [ ] Order Solomon
    - Order Solomon to perform a non-research action, he will continue until finished or ordered otherwise.

    [ ] Order the Construction Team (Does not use an action)
    - Have the miners you've contracted perform a project in the Spire, they can finish 3 projects before returning.

    [ ] Speak to Solomon
    - What do you wish to speak to him about?

    [ ] Interact with the Escaped Miners
    - They are not sure what to make of you, how do you interact?
     
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    • [X] Plan: Food
    - [X] Eat a corrupt person of the greenstone mining company
    - [X] Eat a corrupt person of the Union
    - [X] Order the Construction Team (Does not use an action)
    -- [X] Guest Room
     
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