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[Usurper]

I try to burn them all, but the Weave turns me into a wolf instead.



So I run. Faldorn chases me.



I still have blades available from a Blade Shower spell I activated previously, so I throw some at her. She dies.



I do the same for the Sword Spider coming after me. It looks hurt.



I give it a taste of my Divine Wrath too.



Meanwhile, the Kill Kagain Party is thinning.



I'm not so good as a wolf, but I eventually manage to kill the Sword Spider with tooth and claw.



I can't cast spells as a wolf, but I can drink potions. So I do. Potion of Power, Potion of Regeneration, Potion of Stone Form, Oil of Speed, and finally Potion of Invisibility... I take them all.



Then I go and deliver 12 potions of Super Healing to a hurting Kagain, who just ran out.



I wait, watching the battle, until I turn back into an elf. Then, when I do, I bring down hot, fiery death upon us all.

INFERNAL COMBUSION ENIGMA!



Then I focus fire on Angelo. I gotta bring that guy down!



Volley after volley of magic missiles go into him, until he triggers his contingency.



I cast Minute Meteors and wait for him to reappear, then pepper him with them as fast as my arms will go.



Then I continue to pepper him with random spells, most backfiring, until I get off another Infernal Combusion Enigma.

He is near death!



I cast a random spell into the mix, but it is Invisibility Sphere. All of my enemies disappear.



I cast Detect Invisibility and realize that everybody is now coming after me.



I run around in a loop until my friends meet my enemies.



I recklessly reach for a spare Magic Missile spell, but fail to cast it. Instead, the Weave gives me a cow.



I notice Angelo has more mirror images around him, so I Detect Illusion. They disappear.



That gives Kagain the opening he needs, and he cuts Angelo down.



For the first time, Sarevok starts to doubt himself.



But I am being hounded by both Yeslick and Ferthgil Trollslayer. I should never have brought these guys. I drink another Potion of Invisibility to get them off my back.

Then, I walk to the other side of the room, and do what I do best. I cast Cacofiend.



The spell goes off without a hitch.

The Cornugon that comes this time almost looks familiar. Do I summon the same one each time? Should I introduce myself?



Should I make him an honorary member of the Golden Company?

I drink another Potion of Invisibility and sit back to watch what happens.

The Cornugon kills the paladin first. Figures.



The Cornugon chases down a frightened Yeslick next. I glance and see that Kagain has almost killed Sarevok!



I call him off and move in with my own sword. I want to get the killing blow! But, it is not enough. Sarevok chases after Kagain, and Kagain defends himself.



No! How... can this be? HOW CAN THIS BE?

Sarevok falls to the floor, and something strange happens to his body. Something I've only seen in fevered dreams of my own death, before. Something... singular.

I realize something then.



And I take a look around me. To my right is a hostile, frightened Mulgore fighting a demon single-handedly. If either wins, he'll come after me next. To my left are two skeleton warriors, Ferthgil Trollslayer, Yeslick, Squirrel, and Jet'Laya, all gunning for Kagain. If they take him out, they'll come for me next.

I walk towards the exit. I see Firebead Elvenhair, Coran, Safana - all ready to attack me.



They have all betrayed me in the end. Why? After everything I've done for them, they have all turned against me. Except for the ones that didn't come. Did they choose not to come because they were not on board with the betrayal? Maybe they're not so bad, choosing to sit it out instead of attack their commander.

As Firebead begins to raise magic against me, mine own childhood mentor directing the Weave at me, AT ME, I stoop down and pick up Xan's moonblade.



Then I call Kagain to my side. We're leaving. Let the Cornugon do as it wills with this nest of vipers.



After I leave the temple, I pause, listening to the screams of the dying inside.



Should I feel regret? I hear Squirrel's death squeak.



Should I feel pain? The dwarf that I saved from the depths of the Underdark shouts out his death's cry.



And then... then Firebead does the impossible. He kills the demon.



So... so they're going to be okay. Some of my former friends will live. Just not in the Golden Company. And not anywhere near me.

I'm leaving this viper's nest of traitors. And I'm not looking back.

Gameplay note: This is the first possible ending, Ending A, aka Ultimate betrayal. This is one of multiple possible endings that you will have a chance to vote on, after all endings are played out. Syvishtar has been betrayed by almost all of the members of the Golden Company and in turn has killed most of them in Bhaal's Temple. The consequences of this act will be far-reaching and pivotal to his character growth. Fear it, or embrace it.

In the end, Syvishtar divided all of his former companions into several categories, and will treat them as such if he runs into them again:

Final loyal Golden Company members: Kagain, Xan, Kivan, Imoen, Finch, Lady Seafoam Wonderbounce.

Final absentee Golden Company members of questionable remaining loyalty: Jaheira, Khalid, Mur'Neth, Rose, Bub Snikt, Quayle, Garrick, Gavin.

Final Dead ex-Golden Company Mutineers (and good riddance): Minsc, Squirrel, Edwin, Alora, Viconia, Black Bear, Jet'Laya, Dynaheir, Coran, Branwen, Indira, Keiria, Mulgore, Xavia, Ferthgil, Will Scarlet, Bjornin, Xzar, Skeezer Lumpkin IV, Thorfinn, Conchobhair, Faldorn

Final Living ex-Golden Company Mutineers (who are dead to him): Yeslick, Firebead Elvenhair, Safana. (I went back in and checked)

[kreso]

Outstanding.

[Usurper]

13 Nightal, 1370b

As we approach the gates to the temple of my dread father, I sigh. I realize something. I have come to a conclusion.



I say that I forgot something, and that we should teleport back. So we do.



I look around at my companions. My loyal followers. My most trusted friends. I look at them and realize that I cannot ask them to come with me. The assembled host of the Golden Company are not just warriors brave and true, not just the greatest strength of the Sword Coast - they also make me laugh. Been with me through thick and thin. Some even loved, or do love, me. I can't make them do this.

And they cannot not understand what I must try to do.

Silently, using the subtle magic of semantics, I remove myself from the assembled throng.



This is my own personal problem. I must face my brother alone.

I touch the crystals, and hear a half a sound of objections before I disappear. Then I am here, alone in this dark place, shining bright like the sun, all the powers of the Weave at my fingertips.



"I've got a pocket, got a pocket full of sunshine," I sing to myself, a smile coming over my face. That bard, so many years ago. Candlekeep. "Do what you want but you're never gonna break me," I sing, like a prayer. To Him. To Myself. To Sarevok. To us all.

"Wish that you could, but you ain't gonna own me." I step up to the door and open it.



"Take me away... to better days..." I go in.

I give myself a few seconds to let it all sink in.

I continue to sing more words under my breath, as I begin my summons.



"The Weave is on my side..."



"Take me for a ride..."



"I smile up to the sky..."



"I know I'll be alright."



Then I approach my brother. Mine only brother.



There must be another way, brother! We could rally, and fight this evil together!

Do you not yet realize? There is no great evil to fight, save that within ourselves!

But together we could face such evil, regardless of its source. Together we could be stronger!

I cannot be stronger; I am strong now! It is you who are the weak one, you who destroyed your slayer within. I have TAMED mine, and use him as I see fit! The god is dead but his power is there, waiting for a will. That will is mine, and all others will fall by the wayside! Come and face your brother! Face me! Face the new LORD OF MURDER! Angelo! Tazok! Reveal yourselves and let's finish this now!

I am sorry to hear you say that brother. I wave my elementals reluctantly forward. They tear into Sarevok, as his minions appear around him. But he just laughs.



Our dead father's strength suffuses these walls! Here I was to perform the rituals that would make me a god, and here I have already mastered power beyond your puny imaginings. What I began with Zhalimar and the others whom you struck down in Reiltar's mansion, I have now completed.

These four are my acolytes, the first of my worshippers. While we are within this place, their souls are bound to our father's taint within me. Their power suffuses me, protects me from all harm. It is but a taste of what I shall wield when I ascend, but for now it is more than sufficient to end this little family quarrel.

Goodbye, Syvishtar. I shall not allow your death to be swift.

My response is a small smile, and Cloudkill.

I step back and hear that my elementals are taking a beating.



By the time my last one falls, I have cast Melf's Explosive Meteors. But I preface them with something else. Dispel Magic. It hits Semaj and Tazok. Then I throw the Meteors.



Sarevok gets a good hit in, so I have to summon my bunnies and move back.



I drink a Potion of Invisibility so that they focus on the rabbits.



It feels almost unfair, really, to be able to disappear whenever I want. I try to drown out the feeling with potions.



Then I move off to a deserted corner to cast my second round of summons - a Cacofiend.

Angelo sees me, but he can't stop the Cacofiend.



The Cornugon attacks Sarevok, leaving me free to deal with Angelo on my own.



He's wrapped in more magic than I am, so I hit him with a Dispel from Rhialto's Spellbook.



Then, since I have no pause between spells and they flow from my fingertips like water, I hit him with enough Magic Missiles to open a Magic Missile stand.



When Angelo is near death he triggers a Stoneskin contingency. I don't care.



I rip the remaining life out of Angelo and he falls. Too bad for him.

Sarevok notices, but doesn't seem to care.



And, sure enough, Angelo's skeleton rises in a column of flame!



Eh. I'll get to that later. I drink another Potion of Invisibility and get ready for round 2.



I notice that everyone has been able to kill my Cornugon. Wow. Cornugon corpse.



I cast Improved Invisibility on myself, because I don't want to be targeted by any spells. Then I sneak up just close enough to target Tazok and try out Arc of Death on him. But I get weaves mixed up a bit...



Not as planned. Not at all.

Ok, Cone of Cold!



Flame Arrow!



Melf's Minute Meteors!



Blade Shower!



Ok, that worked. I wonder why he couldn't hit me?

[Usurper]

I drink another Potion of Invisibility and think about how next to kill the mages.



I try to find the right angle, and break my invisibility to cast Feeblemind at Semaj. But Sarevok sees me and rushes me in a frenzy, slashing back and forth. I lose my spell!



I fumble for another Potion of Invisibility, but Sarevok slashes me still!



I just barely get away from another slash before drinking the potion.



I drink potions to heal again, and try to figure out what to do next. I am going to have to summon another cacofiend. There's no other way. I reach through the weave...



Well thanks Weave, but not the demon I was going for.

I try to go in another direction.



Is the Weave trying to tell me ... to melee? No, surely it couldn't be.

Just... a cacofiend is the only chance that I have. I need something to distract Sarevok while I kill his minions. So I commit to the strategy. A few tries later, I have another one.



But... this cacofiend is not the cacofiend of which I am familiar. This is a Gelugon.



What the hell is a Gelugon? Well, whatever he is, he better not disappoint!

He does immediately Fireball Semaj, but then... then he turns on me!



No! Bad Gelugon! Bad!

I try to run away. But the demon casts Ice Storm at me, slowing me in my tracks!



I drink a Potion of Invisibility, but it doesn't work on the demon!



I drink an Oil of Speed to try to run away, and finally the Gelugon is distracted by a skeleton warrior.



I can only hope that I've run away far enough. It can still see me.

Great power is here.

Yeah, no shit Meta Infernum.

It kills the first skeleton warrior without taking a scratch.



It does the second the same way.



Then it starts to work on ... a third? Did someone die when I wasn't looking? Must be!

The Gelugon calls another Ice Storm, while I continue to cower in my corner.



The skeleton warrior tries to run away, and the Gelugon immediately throws a Fireball at it.



Note to self, never do this again.

When the Gelugon chases after the skeleton warrior, that's when Sarevok chooses to engage. I can hear his crazed voice from across the room.



Oh, goodie, Semaj is casting invisibility too. HE CAN STILL SEE YOU SEMAJ!

Shockingly, Sarevok seems to be doing as well against this demon as the last. I hear its screams of pain!



I manage to run to the other side of the room, and see a frightened Diarmid running around.



I begin casting random spells at him, even though he looks protected somehow. A Cone of Cold absolutely destroys the bats near me.



Gah! If only I had some sort of ranged weapon, something that I could use... I dig through my pack.

Taurmaril! I can use Taurmaril!



I equip the bow and the Stun Shot arrows that I have on me. Diarmid is also using a bow, and we exchange volleys.



Sometimes I try to cast a random spell at him, but nothing affects him.



So I keep with the bow-work.

This becomes a war of healing potion attrition.



But when he drops his bow and comes after me with a halberd, I realize that the true battle was arrow attrition!



Well, if magic can't affect him, I'll just have to get it to affect me.



I shapeshift into an Ogre and engage with Diarmid, but Sarevok hears the commotion and comes in to help!



And I am forced to invis and retreat yet again.



This time I decide to go for the subtle approach. I do not go too near them, just near enough to cast... Cloudkill.



Then I try to layer it with a nice Ice Storm, but the Weave turns on me!



200,000 gold disappears from my pack. Ouch! That was vacation money!

I'm low on spells. I decide that I have to, have to stick with what works. I reach for another demon.

[Usurper]

YES!



There, in the cloudkill, a Marilith rises. There, Sarevok goes after his 3rd demon of the night.



When Semaj casts Color Spray at the demon, I know she is dead to me.



I begin to unload my random spells into the melee. The marilith has the same idea as me and drops another Cloudkill!



I know I don't have much time, so I whip out my bow and fire another shaft at Diarmid. He goes.



Then, I turn to Semaj. But I glance towards the Marilith and realize that it is already badly injured. Time to get out of this area and let the Cloudkills do their work.



I am safe when I hear the death cries of the Marilith.



I pop another invis potion and go to see what's going on. The Marilith's Cloudkill is all that remains, but continues to damage my foes.



When the cloud goes away, Semaj looks injured.



Dare I fire an arrow at her? Sarevok would come running.

I try instead one of my few remaining spells - Slow. It doesn't work.



I reach for another invis potion, hoping I can get to it in time.

I do. Just barely.



This has become a test of endurance. I'm almost all out of spells. Semaj and Sarevok stick together, so I cannot separate them. Sarevok doesn't even look injured! I am running out of options.

I very, very carefully position myself on the farthest opposite side of Semaj from Sarevok. Then I very, very carefully fire an arrow at her head. It works!



I must not move from this spot or Sarevok will see me. Instead I cast random spells at Semaj.

The last spell is Spider Spawn. The spiders attract Sarevok's attention! At least he is focused on them, for now. I have time.



I pull out my sword and prepare to kill Semaj.

But it doesn't work. Sarevok cuts through the two spiders in two hits, and comes for me again. Again I disappear, position myself, and cast Random Spell I at Semaj.



They don't do much, except for my last Random Spell I. It invokes Blade Shower!



And with my final set of blades, I finally, finally kill Semaj!



Sarevok begins, also, to doubt himself.



Now all I have to do is to kill this super-fast magic-resistant murderbot and I'm home free.

I only have 2 Nahal's Reckless Dweomers left. I hope I can turn them into 2 demons.



And that's when I remember all my spell scrolls. How could I forget? I dig into them.

A moment later, I'm surrounded by my Army of One. I cast Disintegrate at Sarevok.



But I get a little too cocky, and 3 skeleton warriors plus Sarevok beating at my Army of One depletes it quickly. I escape once again.



That was my last Potion of Invisibility. I cannot escape again.

I position myself and cast 3 Cloudkills. I have the scrolls, after all.



A couple Monster Summoning I's give the skeleton warriors something to do.



I rush in and cast a Skull Trap. Sarevok falls for it.



Lightning Bolt is next!



And after that, I planned Arc of Death.

But Sarevok gets through my Mirror Images!



He hits me hard! I try to run, but I can't get away from him.

His sword comes down on my shoulder, and goes through my whole torso.



I die screaming.



Gameplay note: Well, obviously this can't be a viable ending. But I said I'd record all of them. And ain't no way am I going to waste 400 lines of fight by not posting it.

[Yovaneth]

Damn. I thought you were going to win that one too!

 

-Y-

[Huzzahfortimelines]

I would love to have this in pdf format once it's finished. Having it as an actual book would be amazing.

 

Of course it's long from done yet, but still.

[Usurper]

I could probably put it together. How hard could it be?

[Usurper]

13 Nightal, 1370c

I can't do this.



I mean, I can do this, but I can't do this. My brother's in there. Sarevok, aka Koveras. He has been doing a lot of reading in Candlekeep. A lot of research about our Father. Bhaal. Lord of Murder.



He thinks he's got a handle on how to raise him up, or take his power, or become a god. He wants slaughter. I can't lead the Golden Company in to give him what he wants!



And he's not the only one who's read a book. I grew up in Candlekeep. I did crack a tome or two in my day. Sometimes even the ones they didn't want me to read.



I know that Bhaal's seat of power was in the Infinite Layers of the Abyss. I know that the power of the Abyss is not subtle. It is hordes upon hordes of demons, blunt instruments throwing themselves at their enemies forever and ever and ever.

I enter the temple.

I know that Sarevok thinks starting a war will prove him to be the inheritor of our Father's power. But... I know a much more blatant display of who our father's true son is.



I just can't let any of the Golden Company see it.



They wouldn't understand.



The Weave, instead of giving me a third demon, gives me a bat. That was already here.



Sometimes I wonder just exactly what the Weave wants with me.



Three should be enough to start. They wander around the temple, making themselves at home.

With that done, I approach my weaker brother.



By what right do you claim ownership of this new era? What if I intend to take it from you?

You would seek to take my destiny? It is truly divine arrogance you display! You have not the skill or knowledge to steal this future! It was years in the making while you sat cloistered in a foolish library! Simple wars spill countless waves of blood and no godly wrath is raised. It is but my will that will shape the screams of the dying into the power I seek! You could no more assume my role, than I could back away from it! It is fitting though that you should try, and an ample testament to our bloodline. Face me! Face the new LORD OF MURDER! Angelo! Tazok! Reveal yourselves and let's finish this now!

While we are talking, the cornugon and the glabrezu get into a slapfight with each other. I hope they can take a break for mortal-squishing!



Sarevok attacks the cornugon, though, and he and the glabrezu put it down. Then he begins to gloat.



Our dead father's strength suffuses these walls! Here I was to perform the rituals that would make me a god, and here I have already mastered power beyond your puny imaginings. What I began with Zhalimar and the others whom you struck down in Reiltar's mansion, I have now completed.

These four are my acolytes, the first of my worshippers. While we are within this place, their souls are bound to our father's taint within me. Their power suffuses me, protects me from all harm. It is but a taste of what I shall wield when I ascend, but for now it is more than sufficient to end this little family quarrel.

Goodbye, Syvishtar. I shall not allow your death to be swift.

And I shall feed your bones to demons, little brother.

Angelo and Semaj appear near me. I strip them of their magical protections.



Then I hit Semaj with a steady stream of magic missiles, interrupting her spells.



It only takes about half of my supply to kill her.



Sarevok seems to not care, though, that she's dead.



So, only three left then? Thanks bro.

One glabrezu seems injured, but the other one decides to join in the fight. Or not, maybe? I feel a little... confused.



A huge fight erupts around me. I don't know exactly who is fighting who.



Gameplay note: I've been actually affected by a Confusion. I can't control my character!

It kinda hurts to be over there, so I think I'll take a little walk...



I feel like I come out of a fog with the screams of the demons bringing my mind clarity again.



I drink a Potion of Invisibility, then move away and drink some healing potions. I hear the death cry of the glabrezu as I do so.



So I must pay 3 demons for 1 of Sarevok's minions? Very well.

I prepare to summon more when Angelo runs at me, cloaked in magic. I strip it away on reflex.



I throw some missiles at him until he triggers a sequencer and disappears.



I detect his invisibility...



dispel his illusory mirror images...



And throw Minute Meteors at him.



They don't kill him, but they get him pretty close. He puts up more Mirror Images, though.



I look through Pelltar's Spellbook for a scroll that will end this farce. I settle on Disintegrate.



That was beautiful. Of course his corpse is raised as a skeleton warrior but you can't have everything. I retreat to the other corner of the temple and cast a few more scrolls just in case.



Then, I call another demon to my side. The Weave must be feeling generous, because it gives me two of them.

[Usurper]

I appear briefly in order to bring everyone over to join the party.



Then, when Tazok and Diarmid succumb to demon fear, I begin to throw Explosive Meteors at them all.



It's all beautiful.



When I run out of those, I call my elementals to my side.



But Diarmid, Tazok, and Sarevok cut through them too quickly. They fall, and I retreat!



I need some time to think, so I cast Cloudkill in their general vicinity while I prepare.



I actually hear the flamestrike transformation when Tazok dies. Ha!



Just because I can, I summon some hobgoblin archers and haste them to add some spice to the battle.



I only have Diarmid left to kill. I should be able to take him out while Sarevok is distracted.

I go invisible again and check to see what the situation is. Sarevok and Diarmid are just standing there.



Maybe I can draw Diarmid away with some ranged attacks? I try it. But I don't get Diarmid, I get Sarevok instead!



I pop an invisibility potion and he goes after the hobgoblins. Then I move in on Diarmid.



We fire arrows back and forth as a skeleton warrior hits on me too.



When he runs out of arrows and comes at me with his halberd (why does this feel so familiar?) I cast a magic spell... on myself!



As a giant glowing yellow ogre, I smash into his face.



He tries to run when he is badly injured.



I go Winter Wolf and chase him down.



My fast claws and sharp teeth are too much for him. I rip the life out of his throat.



From across the room, I hear the first note of doubt in Sarevok's voice.



I lap down an invisibility potion and pad off to scout. I find my brother, standing where he stood at the beginning of this fight, uncertain of where to attack.



I back off, return to my natural form, and begin my final assaut.



The glabrezu casts his protective spells, and I walk cautiously to the far wall. It is time to use the next scroll in my plan - Project Image.



My image begins casting random spells at the nearest target, a skeleton warrior. That is how my own projected image ends up in a teleport field, wielding a Phantom Blade, surrounded by squirrels, fighting a skeleton warrior in melee.



Gameplay note: I can't see beyond my original character. This is not working out well.

And when my Image falls, I drink another potion and go to see what's up with Sarevok.



I find him in a corner, Badly Injured but alive.



I go to the far corner, put on some final protections....



summon some final minions...



Send them on their final charge...

and summon my final demon.



Then, I try out another scroll, Arc of Death. I throw it at Sarevok as he chops his way through my ogre berserkers.



There seems to be no effect. What.

I have to pop a potion so Sarevok returns to fighting the cornugon I summoned.



I must damage Sarevok somehow! How can I do this?

I begin to throw random spells at him. I get a few more summons...



My next random spell teleports me to him. I back away, and then it happens.



Sarevok falls to the floor, and something strange happens to his body. Something I've only seen in fevered dreams of my own death, before. Something... singular.

Who is our Father's true heir now, brother? Who do the demons listen to? Who better calls forth the minions of hell?

ME.



Gameplay note: OK, this is the second viable ending, Ending C, aka Day of the demons. In this version, everybody lives, and Syvishtar learns that demons are the best answer to family squabbles. And other squabbles. Perhaps even the first, go-to solution to every problem? The consequences of this act will be far-reaching and pivotal to his character growth. Fear it, or embrace it.

In this ending, everybody lives happily ever after. Aren't demons great?

[Usurper]

13 Nightal, 1370b

I can't do this.



I mean, I can do this, but I can't do this. My brother's in there. Sarevok, aka Koveras. He has been doing a lot of reading in Candlekeep. A lot of research about our Father. Bhaal. Lord of Murder.



He thinks he's got a handle on how to raise him up, or take his power, or become a god. He wants slaughter. I can't lead the Golden Company in to give him what he wants!



And he's not the only one who's read a book. I grew up in Candlekeep. I did crack a tome or two in my day. Sometimes even the ones they didn't want me to read.



I know that the Weave is my true source of power. And I know that the power of the Weave is not subtle. It is hordes upon hordes of bunnies, volatile instruments throwing parts of themselves at their enemies forever and ever and ever.

I enter the temple.

I know that Sarevok thinks starting a war full of slaughter will prove him to be the inheritor of our Father's power. But... I know a much more blatant display of slaughter.



Bunnies! Bunnies of DEATH!



I summon my first horde, and then my brother addresses me.



Your evil ways end here tonight! This god stays dead and you will join him!

Yes, sister! Bring your rage to bear, and we shall end this in a manner befitting our heritage! Face me! Face the new LORD OF MURDER! Angelo! Tazok! Reveal yourselves and let's finish this now!

I call upon my furry horde, and it comes to my aid. Like a swarm, they rush upon mine enemies.



I summon more, and then more still. They will blight the landscape, and all that opposes me, or grows green, shall perish!



I move to the left, and begin to summon even more bunnies. But my brother begins to taunt me.



Our dead father's strength suffuses these walls! Here I was to perform the rituals that would make me a god, and here I have already mastered power beyond your puny imaginings. What I began with Zhalimar and the others whom you struck down in Reiltar's mansion, I have now completed.

These four are my acolytes, the first of my worshippers. While we are within this place, their souls are bound to our father's taint within me. Their power suffuses me, protects me from all harm. It is but a taste of what I shall wield when I ascend, but for now it is more than sufficient to end this little family quarrel.

Goodbye, Syvishtar. I shall not allow your death to be swift.

A moment later, the first chain reaction goes off. It is glorious.



I keep casting the spells as fast as I can. Tazok seems hard-pressed against my bunnies.



I maneuver to try to get everyone together, then I cast Dispel Magic. It hits us all.



But time to run! Then with a Potion of Invisibility and some other potions, I'm back to full health and ready to summon more!



More bunnies come, and more bunnies fall. It's a circle of life and fiery, burning death.



A quick circle. Average circle lifespan is about 2 seconds.



Maybe more like a line than a circle. A short line.

Semaj's Teleport Field does not make the battle any less confusing.



I have to disappear and heal up. The bodies of the fallen are like leaves in the autumn.



This is truly the Fall of Bunnykind.

I have exhausted my primary Summon Wild Horde spells, but I endeavor to continue on with Nahal's Reckless Dweomer. The bunnies summoned that way seem to be more... unstable, however.



I keep summoning my bunnies, sending them to die in the Teleport Field.



Angelo does terrible things to the poor dears.



I do get a couple of good batches, though.



With one of the spells, I do not get any bunnies. But I do get all of my spells back!



Gameplay note: All spells re-memorized! HELL YAH BUNNYDEATH SECOND WAVE COMMENCE!

I disappear to get everyone off my back, and then go to gestate the largest bunnywave mankind has ever conceived.



I need to build them up first. Get them a chance to become acquainted.



Angelo sneaks in, invisible, and tries to make a sneak attack. He triggers BUNNYGEDDON!



The explosions don't stop. They just keep going, and going, and going...



Until someone dies.



Really, Sarevok? Predictable? Did you REALLY know I was going to go bunnygeddon on your ass?

Someone steps on the wrong pile of fur, and another chain reaction is set off.



Good thing I'm pretty much immune to all magic, because I would have been dead long ago otherwise.

[Usurper]

I retreat again, heal up again, and release another few batches. They are enough to take out Angelo.



My sword is exultant.



Yes, Meta Infernum, yes! All life torches, starting with the bunnies!

When I get low on my self-immolating furry friends, I retreat to a corner and cast a few scrolls. Mirror Image for myself and Cloudkill for my enemies.



My sword is not happy with this turn of events.



But it does bear delicious fruit!



I take a look at the situation. The entire temple is littered with the bodies of the dead.



The only one of Sarevok's minions that remains is Diarmid, who is totally shielded from my bunnies' ministrations.

Gameplay note: Holy shit I can't believe I'm actually pulling this off!!

I must hurt Diarmid in some other way. I pull out my bow, Taurmaril.



I hit Diarmid once, but he runs away and Sarevok chases me. Time to disappear!

I find another angle, and try to fire again. Sarevok doesn't come, but two skeleton warriors do.



I give them elementals to fight. It works great!



My 3 elementals manage to take out the 3 skeleton warriors, even though Sarevok and Diarmid join in on the fight.



My wind elemental even manages to lead Sarevok away from me, while the earth elemental and I focus on Diarmid.

Diarmid and I spar until he seems injured.



Then I cast a spell on myself - Polymorph Self.



As a set of giant glowing ogres I crush puny Diarmids!



I don't chase him when he runs away, and he always comes back. But in the end, I smash him like a fool.



With that, my brother shows his first sign of doubt.



Diarmid's skeleton retreats and begins firing arrows at me. I turn into a Mustard Jelly and fire big splashes of jelly at him in return.



The corrosive substance destroys the skeleton in short order.



Now it is only myself and my brother here. I know what I must do. I must summon more Wild Hordes.

I receive an excellent crop for my last regular spell.



But my next casting, through Nahal's Reckless Dweomer, gives me... a different type of summon.



The cornugon immediately attacks my assembled rabbits.



I go south to attract Sarevok to the fight. He comes, and I try to cast more rabbits. But we are all hit with a Slow surge. I slowly run from Sarevok, and he slowly follows. Until I manage to slowly drink a potion.



Then I slowly run towards the door, as Sarevok slowly attacks the demon.



I try to summon more bunnies, but they just... won't... come.



So I go for a scroll of Skull Trap instead. That hurts him, but doesn't kill him. Eventually, Sarevok slooowly kills the cornugon.



Shit. shit shit shit! I go back to my Wild Horde. They must come. They must!

I try for them again. The Weave rushes into me a second time, suffusing my very being and refreshing my mind to its pre-fight state!



Gameplay note: OH MY GOD SECOND REFRESH! TIME FOR THIRD BUNNYGEDDON!!!

I barely escape to invisibility this time. Close call.



This is a sign. A portent. The Wild Will of the Weave is truly with me this day. My Wild Hordes are no match for my pathetic brother. I walk to the center of this temple, and prepare to unleash bunny hell.



I appear from invisibility surrounded by a wild horde. I add to it, and add a second time. That's all I can do by the time Sarevok rushes us. But no matter. He comes to his doom.



HIS DOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!



When the flames clear, Sarevok is looking at his hands. He is incredulous.



No! How... can this be? HOW CAN THIS BE?

Sarevok falls to the floor, and something strange happens to his body. Something I've only seen in fevered dreams of my own death, before. Something... singular.

Don't mess with the wizard with the Wild Hordes.

I take a final look at the battlefield. The floor of the temple is littered with the bodies of the fallen heroes.



Then, I take my leave.

Gameplay note: OH MY GOD I never imagined that I would be successful with this strategy! I set out to just show a funny verison of the battle where I die. But... I made it! This is insanity!

But this is viable insanity. This is now offiically Ending B, aka Unleashing the Wild Horde. In this version, everybody lives, and Syvishtar learns that exploding bunnies are the true answer to every problem. Applicable to every situation. Can't have too many exploding bunnies. Nope. Never too many o' them. The consequences of this act will be far-reaching and pivotal to his character growth. Fear it, or embrace it.

In this ending, everybody lives happily ever after, trust is maintained, and Syvishtar(a) goes into Baldur's Gate II a happy, contented, well-balanced wild mage completely fixated on the death of bunnies and perhaps other small rodents.

[kreso]

Epic. Bunnygeddon is how it should be.

[Yovaneth]

Nice one!!!

 

-Y-

[Lurker of the north]

Clearly Bunnygeddon 4 teh win! ...so far anyway.

 

The original SA-thread is closed to outsiders again now, i don't know what makes open/close, but a while back when it was "on" i went back and re-read the whole LP (again), the Shart-Eel wars and everything.

Glorious! ...Just GLORIOUS!

 

-Plz; Never stop! -Plz!!!1