Fan Fiction ❯ Releasing Her Demons ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Releasing Her Demons

By: Jedi_Zea

Summary: Raven finally decides to join the other Titans in a game, but it's not a video game. She wants them to play Dungeons & Dragons and decides to share something about herself while doing so. PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans, Dungeons and Dragons, or any other real things I may make reference to while writing this story.

(Author Notes) Thanks to all my reviewers and my Beta Readers. Without you this would probably just be another half finished story, unfortunately I'm not that far into it yet.

Chapter 4

The other Titans walked in slowly, looking curiously at the darkened room. ”Yo, where's Raven? Rae you'd better not jump out at us!” Cyborg shouted as he reached for the control to turn on his light.

Robin grabbed Cyborg's arm and whispered, “Cy let it be, she wanted the darkness. You know to tense us up a bit.”

“Dude, this looks a summoning from a bad horror flick,” commented Beast Boy while looking around

“Sit down,” came a malevolent and seductive female voice from within the darkness. A book from the stack hovered onto the table and opened itself up to page 11. The Titans looked around the room to try and find Raven, but were unable due to the darkness. “You will be playing a game called Dungeons and Dragons. To start you must first create your own character.”

“Wait, so we get to be other people? Cool!” exclaimed Terra who was walking slowly over to the round table in the middle of the room

The voice continued although considerably more irritated, “These pages have the various races available to you on them, look through and pick the one you want to be. Then you must also pick a character class. Try to read carefully enough so you don't have to ask any stupid questions.”

“Alright dudes, who reads it first? I think since yours truly has played the most games in his life I should look first since I can obviously make the best choice,” said Beast Boy while sitting down between Terra and Starfire. “Rae, turn on the lights so we can read it though.”

Raven's voice came through the darkness again seriously agitated. “There should be easily enough light for you to read it, if not then just grab a candle.”

“Friend Beast Boy,” Starfire's happy voice chirped. “I am able to read in this darkness, shall I read it aloud to you? It would be most beneficial for all of us.”

Cyborg reached for the book still in Beast Boy's grasp, “Hey, I can read in the dark too. Besides anything I pick it will be at least ten times better then whatever stupid thing you would pick.” The room started to glow black as Beast Boy and Cyborg started to fight.

Robin cleared his throat, “Guys, cut it out!” he snapped to BB and Cy; then gazed into the darkness and suggested, “Raven, why don't you explain the differences to us so those two stop their bickering.”

An audible sigh was heard from somewhere within the room, “Fine, but only if all of you shut up!” She growled forcefully at the other Titans ”There are seven races, Humans, Half-Elves, Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, Halflings, and Half-Orcs. Humans live shorter lives then any of the other species, but learn quicker. They are the average race and do well in all classes. Elves are more dexterous then humans, but considerably less hearty. They also have keener senses and are more in touch with nature. Elves are best as Druids, Rangers and Spellcasters. Half-Elves are Half-Human and Half-Elf, they are about as quick and tough as Humans, but they are do have slightly enhanced senses. They also are very adept at dealing with Humans and Elves because they are usually scorned from both species they have to be able to persuade others enough to let them stay. Like humans they're good at all classes. Dwarves usually live in underground mines. They are much tougher than Humans, but aren't very good at social interactions. They make good Fighters and Clerics. Gnomes are closely related to Dwarves and are also much tougher then the average Human. They are much smaller though, between three and four feet tall (about 1 and 1.3 meters), thus they aren't as strong. Halflings are even smaller then Gnomes, only about 3 feet tall (roughly 1 meter), they use their size to their advantage and are naturally very agile, but again not as strong. The final ones are Half-Orcs, these are even more scorned from society then Half-Elves, and usually follow their Orcish roots more then their Human ones. They are very large at between 6 and 7 feet tall (2 and 2.3 meters give or take), and very strong. They are usually very stupid though, and are usually hated by Humans and Orcs alike.

“You have 11 class choices, Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer and Wizard. Barbarians are warriors that rely on brute strength and ferocity to win a battle. Bards are musicians that can weave magic with their songs and legends. Clerics are divine spellcasters that are granted powers by the gods; they are able warriors and healers. Druids use divine magic that comes from nature, they have some fighting ability and can transform into animals. Fighters are warriors that can use a stunning array of weapons and tactics to bring down their enemies. Monks are religious masters of martial arts that try to better themselves and transgress their human boundaries. A paladin is a divine warrior that uses god granted powers to defeat all evildoers. Rangers are cunning warriors of the wilderness that can track and survive in the wilderness for days. Rogues are thieves and assassins; they can pick locks, find traps and also down unsuspecting enemies with a stealth and guile. Sorcerers are magic users with inborn magic power, and the ability to cast many spells a day, but they don't have a large variety of spells. Wizards are spellcasters that study magic and all its aspects, because of this they must get their spells from books, but often have a great variety.

“Now decide what you want to be then I'll explain the rest of the character creation process to you,” concluded Raven. She walked over to the large pile of books and took out one of two folders then removed 5 sheets of paper from them and levitated one to each of the other Titans.

(Author Note: Due to the length and detail of creating characters I'm not going to go into it. I would need at least another 2 chapters and I would rather get into the game so I'm just going to describe what they ended up with and why. If you want to know more about character creation and how I had the Titans create their characters send me an email.)

Robin: a Human Wizard. He decided to let someone else be the leader this time and go with something different from his normal melee combat style.

Strength:13, Dexterity:15, Constitution:13, Intelligence:17, Wisdom:10, Charisma:10

Beast Boy: an Elven Druid. BB wanted to be able to keep his “awesome” transforming abilities, plus he didn't want to be a human because it's “lame” being normal.

Strength:10, Dexterity:12, Constitution:13, Intelligence:12, Wisdom:16, Charisma:12

Cyborg: a Dwarven Fighter. He wanted to be a tough up close combatant that didn't care about social grace so that was, and decided a perfect fit.

Strength:16, Dexterity:13, Constitution:18, Intelligence:10, Wisdom:12, Charisma:8

Starfire: Half-Elven Bard. Star wanted to be able to sing to encourage her teammates, plus Half-Elves sounded as close to a Tamaranian as any of the races.

Strength:12, Dexterity:13, Constitution:12, Intelligance:13, Wisdom:11, Charisma:17

Terra: Halfling rogue. She wanted to be able to take advantage of the situation as best she could, and be able to spy on others to get the appropriate information to those who would pay for it, thus a halfling rouge was an obvious choice.

Strength:12, Dexterity:17, Constitution:12, Intelligance:14, Wisdom:10 Charisma:14

Raven is the Dungeon Master, Game Master, Storyteller, whatever you want to use for her title. The DM controls everything in the world; she is every character besides the Player Characters. Raven controls everything from the weather to soil content to the gods themselves. Her word is the final say in anything, even if the Players have the ability to do something if she doesn't want them to they can't. She can bend or break the rules whenever she wants, but is expected to only if its necessary to forward the plot of the game.

Now I'll return you to the story just as the Titans are naming their characters. (Which would be probably 3 chapters later if I went into the details of character creation.)

“Now all that's left for you to do is name your characters,” grumbled an exhausted Raven. “Give them any name you want, but pages 11-20 in the PHB have suggested names for your characters.”

“Friend Raven, must we use the names in the Book of Players Hands? Can I not give her my name?” asked Starfire while flipping through the Players Handbook.

“Starfire, you will not give her your name. This character is not supposed to be you, its a fictional character!” hissed the still concealed goth. “You can give her any name you like that isn't yours.”

“Perhaps I shall name her Raven...” Starfire said while trailing off into thought. Beast Boy instantly grabbed the book from Star and squinted at it to try and read some of the elven names.

“Dude, how do you pronounce these things, Tharivel? What kind of a name is that, sounds like some weird planet,” chuckled BB while looking through the book. “Dude the Gnome names are even more messed up, Zook. Who the hell would name their kid Zook?!” laughed Beast Boy.

“Beast Boy, just find a name and pass the book on,” Robin said while Terra grabbed BB's shoulder to try and calm him down.

“Yes,” interjected Raven. “I would like to start sometime before the end of the century. Now pick a name Beast Boy or I'll give you one.” She commanded as the book in Beast Boy's hands started to glow black

“Yikes!” Beast Boy shouted. “Alright already, I'll call him Ivellios Amastacia.” He gave a look of defeat and then dejectedly handed the book to Terra.

“Thanks BB, but I don't need the book,” she said handing it across the table to Cy. “I'm just going to name my character Sapphire.”

“Sapphire?” Beast Boy remarked “Dude that sounds like a stripper name!”

“Tell you what BB, a little later I'll show you why,” giggled Terra as she winked suggestively at Beast Boy.

“Yes Friend Terra, show us all why you wish to be called that name!” begged the clueless redhead. “I'm sure that we would all like to see more of your talents, right friends? Friends?” Star asked as she saw the others looking away and was oblivious to Terra and Beast Boy's blushing.

“Um, Star,” Robin finally said. “I think it would be best if just Beast Boy knew about that, we all have to have our little secrets.” Robin didn't realize when he said that he started to turn red. `Like what happened with Raven earlier,' he thought to himself.

“Oh, ok.” Star said disappointedly “Oh but may I name my character now? I wish to be called T'kolra. It is a traditional song of happiness and friendship on Tamaran. May I name my character this?”

A heavy sigh came from the darkness in the direction of the CD player, and Raven's said, “Fine Star, your name is T'klora. Cyborg, how about you?” asked Raven while setting up one of the CDs for the start of the game.

“Um, well I guess I'll just randomly pick two names.” Cyborg said as he closed his eyes and pointed to one of the first names with his left hand and one of the clan names with his right. “I guess I'm Rurik... Ungart.”

Raven shook her head in the darkness at how Cy picked his name. `At least he hurried up though,' she thought. “And you Robin?”

“Yeah, I'm Vincent,” Robin replied quickly. Hoping to get this over with so finally start the game.

`Finally,' Raven thought. “Is everyone ready finally?” When she didn't hear anyone speak up she decided that it was finally time to start.