Silvan Haven

The War of the Three

@thewizardguy@Gardevoiran

Saef Harken
Lenuria-Khaine

It was obvious that the swarm of glowing spikes were being less than effective. In fact all they were doing was preventing the enemy champion from staying in place long enough to get shot. Time to change tactics.

Saef reached out with his mind, latching onto the spell work of the swarm and changing it as it moved. The adjustments only took a few seconds and the Thaumaturge nodded in satisfaction as he finished. The behavior of the swarm immediately changed, spreading out into a wide half circle as if to come at the flaming Demon from as many directions as possible. Once they reached their assigned positions the projectiles changed from solid spikes to energetic lasers.

Fifty or so lasers leapt through the water at speeds much closer to that of a normal photon. Individually they wouldn't kill, not with the limited energy within each spike. But all of them together would certainly do the trick. And the beshroomed skeleton...probably wouldn't get caught in the attack. Assuming he made it past the giant floating blades coming for him.

Meanwhile Saef was busy setting up another spell as he blasted around in a random evasive maneuver. Balls of light were appearing around him at various distances. And in short order a score of them were circling around him, keeping up with his eratic movements and increasing speed.

Apologies.

Oh, hi. We uhhhh, stole your spot.

Welcome back and feel free to hit me or Hekazu up in the Discord channel.

The War of the Three

@thewizardguy@Gardevoiran@KoL

Saef Harken
Lenuria-Less Giant Monsters and Khaine

One gauntleted hand grabbed the vine rope as it swept through empty water, its target having once again vanished. Saef's original plan had been to whip the Demon on its end around like a flail the next time the teleporting pest appeared. He wasn't sure why one of the fell creatures was attacking its fellow nor did he particularly care. It just meant that many less to hunt down himself. The sphere of freezing portals appearing around him put a hold on that unfortunately.

Now moving towards an expanding wall of ice he acted quickly. Spells formed in his mind and rippled out ahead of with a flick of his reformed scepter. The almost invisible bolts of energy slammed into the portals freezing the water ahead of them. Icy gateways flickered and wavered, not completely negated but certainly strained and unable to convey their full chill.

Pouring on an extra burst of speed he crossed the remaining few meters in a flash. Flipping around at the last second to deliver a flying kick to the frigid barrier. Only feet thick instead of yards due to the disrupted portals, the ice shattered at the kinetic forces brought to bear upon it. Saef continued his spin as his momentum carried him out past the sphere. Hauling the Demon on the vine out behind him and hurling him at Khaine.

Karzani's great ugly mug that's a ####ing huge snake! And that noise came from...the #### is that?

Back down on the ground the 1st Mechanized troops had been busy sifting through the treasures of the dead crabs. Normally stuff like this would have waited for after the battle but what with the whole reason for this battle possibly lying within the hoards of glittering and magical items they had to step up the timetable a bit. It certainly didn't hurt that the sale of such treasures would help purchase the massive amount of raw materials the 1st Mechanized was using in their construction projects.

Further in-field resource gathering was cut short by the whine of laser fire from the outer pickets. Reports came in moments later as the pickets fell back towards the platoon. Some new force had showed up and there were a lot of them. Teeth, claws, aquatic looking. Pretty much everything one would expect from a deep sea horror movie.

Well at least they knew the genre for today's battle. Yay.

Wasting no time Saef's second in command pulled the platoon out of the exposed square and into a series of easily defendable buildings at its edge. With interlocking lines of fire and an open kill field they would be able to hold out until the Captain finished his fight overhead.

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I'll see if I can work up the energy for a post.

The Magical Planet - Ecetopia - Open

@CoyoteLovely@Hekazu

Fionn Harken-KRS Wandering Guardian

"A very, very long time. Long enough to make some very good maps. If you tell me the name of your world we can probably find it on one of them."

He stopped in front of a particularly large door at the end of the long hallway. A scanner was set into the wall next to it, identical to the one back up at the bridge. Fionn once again placed his hand on the scanner and the door slid quietly open. With a grin at Nakreyya the armored mage led the way inside Main Engineering.

The room within followed the same design aesthetic as the rest of the ship. Silverwhite and smooth. Elegant but not fragile. It was a bit different here however. This was the main entrance to the guts of the ship and a definite workplace. Drones floated in and out of access hatches set into the walls and ceiling. Tool lockers clustered here and there and electronic screens were plastered onto just about every piece of machinery in sight. Of which there was a lot.

The most impressive spectacle took up the entire center of the large chamber. A massive sphere of white metal and blue crystal. It soared for dozens of meters overhead and the air around it shimmered faintly. The crystals pulsed brilliantly in time to an unheard rhythm. Pipes and crystalline conduits sprouted from it and vanished into the closest flat surface whether that be part of the floor, ceiling or walls. Off to deliver life giving power to the rest of the ship.

"This is Wandering Guardian's heart. Her main reactor is placed here, next to what would normally be dozens of skilled engineers to make sure everything runs smoothly. Unfortunately with the distinct lack of crew members those duties have fallen to the drones controlled by Guardian's AI. Enough to keep her running but I would rather not go into battle like this."

The Magical Planet - Ecetopia - Open

Figured people might want to know. Once I get off my but and actually get through this series of posts the party is going to move here. Since we have people showing up that weren't here when this all started I don't want to accidentally leave anyone behind.

Anyone up for dinosaur planet?

Dinosaurs are fine.

The Magical Planet - Ecetopia - Open

Well he did start Fantasy WWI. If that gives you an idea.

The Magical Planet - Ecetopia - Open

That’s great to hear. Our current party is a bit under strength to take on an Elder Lich.

The War of the Three

@thewizardguy@Gardevoiran

Saef Harken
Lenuria-Giant Crabs and Khaine

It wasn't a half bad combo, if not one that was particularly effective against a warrior who had any idea how to fight teleporters. Especially when said opponent lacked the traditional blind spots. Saef's onboard computer chirped at him at each teleportation. First in front, then behind and finally, above and holding a weapon that radiated immense power.

Thankfully Saef had never actually stopped moving since leaving the trap. After the first teleportation he had simply upped his speed. Khaine's second teleportation had probably resulted in a face full of highly energetic quantum particles. So on the third teleportation the Demon was not in fact firing at a stationary target confused and unaware of his location.

Saef was in fact several feet away from the intended line of fire when the mighty godfall cannon was fired. It was a weakness of rapid teleportation like that. They only gave you a slideshow view of the world, making it difficult to adjust for unplanned variables. In this case it meant that the Captain got jostled by the turbulence of the shot but not much more.

Such a prime target could not go unexploited either. As Khaine was pulling the trigger he was met with a beam of holy light from the glowing shell around the Thaumaturge. The man had superhuman reflexes and the added time needed to fire the weapon provided an opportunity. The beam was purely nonphysical in nature. Water would have no effect on the lance of holy power as it crossed the less than ten feet between the two combatants.

Of course it was a snap shot fired using sensor data but Khaine was huge and the two were close. It might not hit anything vital but it should at least impact.

And of course the spikes were making their way towards the Demon once again.