<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=248231.msg13329252#msg13329252">Quote from: Nastara on 07-07-2017, 04:17:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><hr/><br/>Dear Sydney,<br/><br/>In Jacca’s Ridge you went up against a magical foe, The Feruk, headsman of the Feruk Clan.  His sorcery was danger enough, but the cursed book that he held gave further strength to his necromantic powers.  Luckily, you’re a stone cold badass bitch with more magic running through your veins than have passed through Jacca’s Ridge in the last twenty years.  Tell us about the wizard battle and roll + Intelligence.  <br/>On a hit, choose one.<br/>-You pick up a new trick (gain a new move)<br/>-You learn a new spell<br/>-You get a cool trinket <br/>On a 7-9, choose 1:<br/>-You came close to death, tell us about the deal you made<br/>-You gave into the ancient corruption within you, tell us how the darkness shows<br/>-You gave up a piece of your magic, lose a spell and tell us how you lost it<br/>On a miss, tell us how The Feruk defeated you, your allies had to save your bacon, and push deeper into your corruption.<br/>Love Your MC,<br/>Nastara<br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><div class="floatright">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/FujinAkari/dea365467d5124c6cbec34019d1d794f_zpse6fcef04.jpeg)</div><br/>Sydney Malorne (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=247429.msg12254506#msg12254506)<br/><em><br/>At the Apex of the battle with The Feruk, the battlefield was awash with ongoing skirmishes between the Delvers and the Clansmen and, in a few cases, powerful clansmen copulating with other powerful clansmen thanks to a magical suggestion.  Thanks to these, Sydney had found her way to the chief laid bare and had entered into a contest of wills, or, at least, that is what Sydney thought she had entered into.  Unfortunately for her, The Feruk soon turned it into a contest of constitution, one which the Magister was significantly less equipped to endure.<br/><br/>As the minutes wore on, Sydney exchanged blasts of magical energy with a seeping, eating shroud of necrotic energy that made her feel increasingly dizzy and weak.  Although her fonts of power seemed limitless, her body's reservoir of stamina was decidedly not.  Eventually, but inevitably, her endurance ran dry and she collapsed, seeing a shimmering vision of the Feruk smirking triumphantly, holding the Necromatic Tome before him as he turned to a new page.<br/><br/>Unfortunately for Sydney, The Feruk's next move was to raise her spent form as a banshee.  Fortunately for Sydney, as soon as the Necromancer completed his invocation and tried to infuse her soul with necrotic energy, her soul bucked.  Unseen and Unspent fonts of eldritch power poured forth into the battlefield as the corruptive and manipulative forces which sustained the spellweaver rose in a defiant defense of Sydney, tendrils of Eldritch Energy forming all about the sorceress, grasping out with a single-minded need - to punish and control the forces of rationality which threatened their host.<br/><br/>The Feruk, as well as Sydney's unconscious form, any clansmen within ten feet of the two, and any of Sydney's fellow Delvers would soon find themselves assaulted by tentacles, the grasping strands instantly aiming for legs and arms and lifting their victims off the ground to cripple their counter-offensive.  Once contained, the tentacles seemed to split their forcus between seeking out moist cavities to burry their bulbous girth within, and finding expanses of tender flesh to whip across.  The Tendril's appearance effectively ended the Feruk's ability to fight back, pulsating shafts continually finding their way into and around him and completely nullifying any attempt at spellcasting he might attempt.  Sydney, as well, found herself decisively punished for letting herself need defending, and would have a difficult time walking for several days once she did eventually awaken.<br/><br/>As for the other Delvers... well, they either found a way to heal Sydney and awaken her, which caused the tentacles to recede... or they simply avoided / endured the tentacles until the following morning, when Sydney would awake naturally, now wiser to the corruption within their sorcerous friend, and aware that, if the woman were ever knocked out, it was a VERY good idea not to be within about ten feet or so...</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Corruption Enhanced!<br/><br/>If Sydney is ever knocked out, a field of eldritch tentacles will spawn for a ten' radius around her, grappling, fucking, and whipping anything within it.  The whipping will do subdual damage and will not interfere with natural healing, but will persist until Sydney awakens / dies.</div></div>