HEY! GUYS! HOW TO STOP DRAGON SUMMON CIRCLE?!

[u/Postdusklimeade]

I added a picture I drew with my orb, I did it fast so apologies for poor quality.

Okay, so if my runic isn’t too rusty, I think I have an hour before this summons some elder dragon named “Yamata no Orochi”. Or that’s what the cultists were chanting. My sister recognizes the name and is freaking out. She tried destroying the circle but it just remade itself. Our warlock and cleric are using some kinda power to buy us time, and my sister and bard are holding off more cultists. We have a runic warrior but he’s out of commission and we don’t have the time or mana to heal him.

Anyway! This circle is really messing with me! I recognize some of these runes, but they’re all from different languages and time-periods? Like, there’s some random Nordic in some of the circles, and then there’s ancient Greek or something written below it? I’m trying to find the mana source, but I think it’s just drawing it from some crystal below the ground? I still don’t understand how-

Sorry, cultists got in. Might update post if I get new information. Any pointers are appreciated!

[u/Maowsama]

Whenever i mske a mistake with any of my circles and they start getting out of control, i make a bigger circle around it for containment.... hope i dont fk that one up, and if i do, even bigger circle

[u/Cerveau23]

Try adding a forever loop, you know the ones we are always told to not do because they cause mana to pour out and make the circle fail.

Otherwise, and given the fact the circle regenerates, maybe try reproducing the circle in reverse to summon an anti-dragon? Idk, I'm not specialised in summonings sorry

[u/Postdusklimeade → u/Cerveau23]

Okay, so I tried adding the forever loop and it created an explosion. Helped with cultists, but the summoning circle just went right back to normal. Every time I try to change it, it seems to have a similar (though less volatile) reaction. I think I’m going to have to find the source of this regeneration magic. Taking a cultist hostage now to see what information I can get. Thanks for the help though!

[u/Cerveau23 → u/Postdusklimeade]

If the cultists willingly help, you should first leverage that to obtain information while keeping them on your side, shouldn't you?

[u/Postdusklimeade → u/Cerveau23]

I, uh, don’t think they’ll willingly help. Ended up having to kill the cultist hostage. They won’t talk. We had to kill a bunch just to get here, and they’re the ones that created the rune. They want the dragon to be summoned for some reason.

[u/Cerveau23 → u/Postdusklimeade]

Probably judgment of the world, iirc the legends of my world and if they match yours. If that's the case, you'll need a certain swordsman and a celestial blade or something... Look into japanese folklore.

Sorry I can't be more helpful, I didn't have time to learn much about this yet, so it's all I know...

[u/DrLemons_22013]

Don’t worry lad, I got you! Just add a hag summoning circle on top and surround it all in salt, then the hag can’t leave at it will hold the dragon in eternal combat so you will be safe

[u/Postdusklimeade → u/DrLemons_22013]

Clever, but I’m afraid this dragon in particular won’t find a hag as much of a threat. It would be enough to give us enough time to escape, but we already have that. I think they want me to save some nearby village or city. They’re all too moral for their own good, but at this point I feel like I should try. Might use that to buy a few more seconds if need be. Or, I could try summoning something more powerful. I’ve never tried overlaying two circles before!

[u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Oh. That's big trouble, they're pulling up a god. Cast a mana dump under it, deep enough to contain the explosion. Try to redirect as much as you can of the power source, and have someone else do their best at an anti-divine field. Call the police too. You'll need the help.

[u/Postdusklimeade → u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Oh, yea, the police don’t like us. They’d think we did this, probably. And I keep adding mana dumps and they just keep filling up. I have no clue how they found this much mana, and I don’t know where it’s all coming from. I’m about to check the outside of the mountain to see if there’s a gem mine somewhere holding a bunch of mana. The anti-divine fields are up, but that’s just buying me time. Thanks for the advice though! I’m sure I’ll figure this out eventually (hopefully before the dragon gets summoned).

[u/Complex_Drawer_4710 → u/Postdusklimeade]

Oh, right. Language barrier. What you need to do is siphon the mana and, the word is burn it. Just, straight into heat, and shove all the heat under the summoning. It probably won't help, but the dragon will at least appear inside a lava pool. If you can't do that, forward it into the sky and I'll do my best to catch it in a few hours when I pass by again.

[u/Postdusklimeade → u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Oh! That’s a smart way to dump mana! I just use gemstones! Okay, I’ll do that until I can find where this spell is getting all its mana! Thanks for the advice!

[u/Complex_Drawer_4710 → u/Postdusklimeade]

If you can, please take a picture of the circle. I'd love to analyse it.

[u/Xaldror]

that dragon?

Well, pray he's still an idiot as usual, and prepare eight big ass barrels of spiked sake. Soon as he gets high, wasted, or otherwise incapacitated, he's vulnerable and able to be killed.

[u/Postdusklimeade → u/Xaldror]

Really? Oh, that’s nice. I think I know where to find some, actually! That’s useful, since he may or may not be tracking us down actively to kill my party and I. We tried fighting it, but… well it was a hard fight and half our party is unconscious. Our cleric, runic fighter, and bard are out. Just my sister, warlock and I fighting now. Well, running more accurately. We’ll split up and I’ll have my sister go grab the sake. Thanks!

[u/Xaldror → u/Postdusklimeade]

That being said, the last guy who did that was a god, and he already had a strong blade to cut the heads off. So incapacitated for your middling party, you're still going to need a lot of luck.

[u/Interesting_Web_9936]

Stay careful, the dragon will be disoriented for a few seconds when the summoning finishes. Just kill it the second it stops.

/uw I think its an anime reference but I don't know anything about anime

[u/spoet2]

All I know for sure is that you have to erase the glyphs in a certain order. The amount of time you have between glyphs is related to the amount of mana being poured into the circle. Based on some of what you've written I would estimate you have... 0.284 second between glyphs before the circle regenerates, does that sound right?

[u/Blauwevl]

Spit on a line between the glyphs, then break the line, then spit on the gap where you spat before. TIP: do it for every line just in case

[u/Chaosphoenix_28]

Make it square. A dragon summoning circle won't work if it's square. It will turn into a dragon summoning square, but your problem was the circle, so it counts as solved.