This could be a trap... but if so, then this guy's REALLY good at faking the stupid.

Guys like these don't really care for the lives of civilians, or else they'd put more stock into the consequences of their wars. He's not sadistic or anything, it's just that his beliefs focus more on the philosophy of war than the benefits (and problems) of peace.

He wants an honorable death? Untie him. You can take out the remaining bandits together or fight to the death fight here and now.

Tell him that his former comrades wronged you. Tell him that HE wronged you.

If he wants to find honour in death, he must first restore his honour in life by helping you avenge those they have slain. Demand that he swears that on the souls of his warrior ancestors. Only then untie him.

>>675580
Free him. "well, are you going to let this old woman beat you to a warrior's death?"

We can use him to ambush the enemy. We have him wait in the woods, while we get a few of them at a time to chase us into the woods. rinse and repeat.

>>675580
Tell him you have already killed three of them. If he agrees to help you kill the rest, you will untie him.

Gnuk 2015/10/14(Wed)05:13 No. 676396 ID: 124040
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>he thinks you're the wraith, the one you saw in your dream.

>Tell him that his former comrades wronged you. Tell him that HE wronged you.

>I'm here to avenge my family and village. But you would not kill an old lady like me, would you? You have honor those dogs never had. I will hunt them. But first, I will free you. IF you tell me who you have killed. Every last one of them.

>Guys like these don't really care for the lives of civilians, or else they'd put more stock into the consequences of their wars. He's not sadistic or anything, it's just that his beliefs focus more on the philosophy of war than the benefits (and problems) of peace.

>Tell him you have already killed three of them. If he agrees to help you kill the rest, you will untie him.

I tell him to tell me how many people he has killed so far.

Uther: "No one. There hazn't been a vorthy fight since i got here. I refuzed to face people that do not fight back. Zere is no honor in that."

I tell him that even if that is true, he has anyway wronged me. That he, like the three other i killed before.

Uther: "Ze rapizt and his friendz? Zey got vat zey deserved, wraith. Zey enjoyed taking on vhoever iz not a true warrior."

>He wants an honorable death? Untie him. You can take out the remaining bandits together or fight to the death fight here and now.

>If he wants to find honour in death, he must first restore his honour in life by helping you avenge those they have slain. Demand that he swears that on the souls of his warrior ancestors. Only then untie him.

>Tell him you have already killed three of them. If he agrees to help you kill the rest, you will untie him.

I move out of my hiding spot, revealing myself.

Uther: "You are not a vraith..."

I tell him who i am and what his band of marauders did to my village.

Uther: "And you killed zree men by yourself."

I tell him i did. Cut their throat and let them bleed.

Uther: "You have fire and steel in you, babikka."

I tell him that you can give him a chance to get his warrior death, after all. If he promises to help me take revenge on the rest of the marauders.

Uther: "You vish to face them?"

I tell him that i will have my revenge or die trying

Uther: "Spoken like a true varrior. I pledge my shield to you, babikka. Cut my ropes and i'll cut your enemies down in exchange. I swear on my family name."

I cut his ropes, he quickly gets on his feet. I didn't realize it before, but this guy is a damn mountain.

Uther: "Feeling better already."

Gnuk 2015/10/14(Wed)05:15 No. 676398 ID: 124040
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>"well, are you going to let this old woman beat you to a warrior's death?"

I mock him a little and then ask him where the rest of the warband is

Uther: "Zey said that they vere going that vay"

He points to the road.

Uther: "Laffing chief said he vanted to get to ze next village. But that vaz before i broke hiz arm and zey tied me here"

He then stares at me

Uther: "Do you have any veapon for me"

he can have the axe, his strong arm will make more use of it.

Well, he's built like a lumberjack. Give him the axe so he can fell some...trees. And by trees, I mean beasts in human skin.

At this point, if he wanted you dead, he'd probably fight you to the death right now.

Give him ALL the weapons.

You should probably ask him how he knows of the wraith.

>>676398
If it was not too far away to backtrack, he could get the weapons you left behind. If it is, Give him the Axe, and have him break you off a branch to get a new walking stick. Should be big enough.

>>676433
I agree with this guy. If it's not too far away, go back and get some of the weapons and supplies you left behind.

Gnuk 2015/10/29(Thu)13:35 No. 680057 ID: 6b0fee
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>If it was not too far away to backtrack, he could get the weapons you left behind.

Going back and forward would take too much time.

>he can have the axe, his strong arm will make more use of it.

>Well, he's built like a lumberjack. Give him the axe so he can fell some...trees. And by trees, I mean beasts in human skin.

>Well, he's built like a lumberjack. Give him the axe so he can fell some...trees. And by trees, I mean beasts in human skin.

>Give him ALL the weapons.

>Give him the Axe, and have him break you off a branch to get a new walking stick. Should be big enough.

That is true, this person is built like a Ox with fingers.

I give him the axe and one of the daggers i took from the other marauders.

Uther: "Zis is really from ze rapist. you veren't joking."

He then weights the axe in his hand

Uther: "Good tool, not made for battle, but vill do for now"

Gnuk 2015/10/29(Thu)13:40 No. 680058 ID: 6b0fee
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I tell him to fetch me a large branch that i could use as a stick and for defense. He comes back almost immediately with a sturdy branch.

Yes, this should do fine.

>You should probably ask him how he knows of the wraith.

I ask him what he knows about the Wraith.

Uther: "Vraith comes ven your time is short and you have unresolved things to do. They feed on pain and desperation. It looks like shadow man, and alvays come after you if you are not determined enough. Vraithz kill and take your body. Then you die and your soul can't get to the halls of battlez."

The description fits the woman in my dreams.

But that was just a dream.

I hope...

What now?

Ask Uther if he thinks if it's a good idea to continue following the raiders off the road. He is a warrior, he must know more about pursuing the enemy than an old peasant woman.

>>680058
You should keep going along the road, for the fastest travel speed.

they come after you if you are not determined enough. you are determined enough.

We have no time for a crisis of morale, the wraith's presence in our dream is observation: How would she know if we are determined enough besides examining us and our progress? Proceed, and ask Uther about the size of the force, what they've got for scouting, rearguard and general security or guard: We need to know what we're advancing on and if we have opportunities to poison them all or what.

Seeing the specter of vengeance unfulfilled fills you with DETERMINATION.

Gnuk 2015/10/31(Sat)07:56 No. 680329 ID: 03df58
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>they come after you if you are not determined enough. you are determined enough.

>Seeing the specter of vengeance unfulfilled fills you with DETERMINATION.

>We have no time for a crisis of morale, the wraith's presence in our dream is observation: How would she know if we are determined enough besides examining us and our progress? Proceed

That's right. I'm not going down nor let a spirit take me until i take my revenge.

I tell the same to Uther.

Uther: "HAHAHAH! ZAT'S ZE SPIRIT BABIKKA!"

Gnuk 2015/10/31(Sat)08:02 No. 680331 ID: 03df58
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>Ask Uther if he thinks if it's a good idea to continue following the raiders off the road. He is a warrior, he must know more about pursuing the enemy than an old peasant woman.

>ask Uther about the size of the force, what they've got for scouting, rearguard and general security or guard: We need to know what we're advancing on and if we have opportunities to poison them all or what.

Good ideas.

Uther: "Vell. Ze force lead by ze smiling moron counted almost three dozenz people. But i have to admit none of them vere good soldiers. troop vasn't marching correctly. Too many people not vorking nor folloving orders. Ve have alvays moved too slovly. Ve should catch up vith them quickly if ve stick to ze roads and then hide. Zey don't have many sentinels set. and the camp is usually a mess. If you vant to poizon them you could be able. I guess. Not ze warrior vay. But it's not my role to zay vat to do"

>>680331
Uther, our goal is to ensure that they will not be capable of harming further non-combatants. If we have to poison them, so be it; would your ancestors, would any rational person, compliment you if you fought these bandits in the middle of nowhere and risked everything when you could have ended their raids on innocent people with cunning and patience?

In all seriousness, we expect that you'll probably get detected, so prepare for a fight. But we should try the path of least resistance first. Besides, you need some stealth practice.

we can handle the poisons, an old woman shouldn't be getting into a melee. uther can fight hand to hand any that chase us.

Tell Uther that those men don't deserve his warrior's way. Warrior's way is for honourable men. They need to be dealt with like the vermin they are. With traps and poison.

They are beyond honour, so expedience and effectiveness trump honour and valour here, but as we have recruited Uther to our cause (hopefully for his redemption or at least to give him vengeance on the swine who've tainted his honour) we would duly respect any information and ideas he can contribute to making sure to 1) survive long enough to kill them all, 2) kill them all, 3) if we can manage this to torture the particularly guilty to death... but that last one is strictly less important than the first two.

Gnuk 2015/11/15(Sun)13:11 No. 684163 ID: 2e1fcf
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>Tell Uther that those men don't deserve his warrior's way. Warrior's way is for honourable men. They need to be dealt with like the vermin they are. With traps and poison.

>Uther, our goal is to ensure that they will not be capable of harming further non-combatants. If we have to poison them, so be it; would your ancestors, would any rational person, compliment you if you fought these bandits in the middle of nowhere and risked everything when you could have ended their raids on innocent people with cunning and patience?

>In all seriousness, we expect that you'll probably get detected, so prepare for a fight. But we should try the path of least resistance first. Besides, you need some stealth practice.

>They are beyond honour, so expedience and effectiveness trump honour and valour here, but as we have recruited Uther to our cause (hopefully for his redemption or at least to give him vengeance on the swine who've tainted his honour) we would duly respect any information and ideas he can contribute to making sure to 1) survive long enough to kill them all, 2) kill them all, 3) if we can manage this to torture the particularly guilty to death... but that last one is strictly less important than the first two.

>we can handle the poisons, an old woman shouldn't be getting into a melee. uther can fight hand to hand any that chase us.

I tell him that since it's my revenge, we are going to do things my way. That those murderers don't deserve a warrior death, and beside we are outnumbered and won't be able to win a direct fight

Uther: "As you wish babikka. Your way will be"

He takes the lead and move into the woods. He seems to know what he's doing and where to go.

After a couple of hours, he signal me to hide under a tree and wait.

Gnuk 2015/11/15(Sun)13:13 No. 684164 ID: 2e1fcf
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From behind our cover, he points in front of us.

I barely see anything until i hear a loud swear and see a person coming out from the shadow of the woods, picking sticks.

He's wearing similar clothes to the marauders and he's armed.

I turn to silently ask if he is one of them. Uther nods.

He then looks at me. Probably waiting for something. An order? Or maybe he's waiting to see what i do?

Wait for the target to reach for another stick with his left hand. Then throw all of your knives at the guy; aim for center mass. Also, don't be concerned about his combat ability or if he is left handed, just shut him up.

Uther, charge.

try to signal uther getting behind him. then pretend to be a helpless old lady and distract them.

He's gathering firewood. If we wait and follow him, he'll lead us to more of them.

Wait for a few moments. He might not be alone. If he is, motion to Uther to get the guy into a chokehold. He won't be able to scream that way and Uther could easily snap his neck with those bear arms of his if he proves to be too uncooperative.

>>684164
hes got a blade, if we restrain him for information we need to immobilize that arm. probably break it.

Gnuk 2015/12/25(Fri)14:13 No. 690339 ID: c81f24
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>Wait for a few moments. He might not be alone. If he is, motion to Uther to get the guy into a chokehold. He won't be able to scream that way and Uther could easily snap his neck with those bear arms of his if he proves to be too uncooperative.

True. It's better to wait a little.

he seems to be alone though. He's talking to himself, complaining how he won't bet anymore for firewood duty.

>Wait for the target to reach for another stick with his left hand. Then throw all of your knives at the guy; aim for center mass. Also, don't be concerned about his combat ability or if he is left handed, just shut him up.

>try to signal uther getting behind him. then pretend to be a helpless old lady and distract them.

>He's gathering firewood. If we wait and follow him, he'll lead us to more of them.

I signal Uther to move around. He nods and quietly disappears.

Then i step out and say hi

???: "Vat the fuck?"

Uther appears behind the guy before he even manage to react.

Gnuk 2015/12/25(Fri)14:20 No. 690343 ID: c81f24
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>hes got a blade, if we restrain him for information we need to immobilize that arm. probably break it.

I take his dagger while Uther blocks him and threatens him with the axe.

I tell him that he's our prisoner.

??? "V-vat? Vat is going on here..."

Uther pushes the blade a little more on his neck.

Uther: "Now. Be a gut boy and lizten to thebabikka"

He nods slowly

Uther: "All yourz, babikka"

The maraunder is terrified, voices. That should help us, right?

Either Uther is really crazy strong, or that guy has glass nose.

Ask him about his leader's whereabouts and their camp's layout. If you have any luck, you might need to only light a fire in the right place at the right time.

List of questions:

1. What is the leader's name / title / social status?
2. How many soldiers are currently following him?
3. What are the major locations of bandit camps?
4. Why are they raiding?
5. What are their current assets?
6. What are the credentials of the bandits (farmers, ex-guards, deposed nobles)?
7. What are the general fighting styles and abilities of the bandits?
8. How much supernatural ^&*( is going on?
9. How many Nords besides Uther did the boss hire?
10. Would he like his arms or his legs broken.

Threaten to bite off pieces of his [mushroom] for every lie he says. And then pour disease fluids into each bite hole for every injury Uther suffers because his misleading trickery.

>>690343
How many of them are there nearby? Why are they not with the main group?

>>690343
"Where is your camp, and who, and how many guard it...what is for dinner, and where is it?

it does not matter what he says this time. Break his left hand.

Ask the exact same question again.

It does not matter what he says, break his right hand.

Ask the exact same question again.

It does not matter what he says, break his Left Foot.

Ask the exact same question again.

It does not matter what he says, break his Right Foot.

"I will ask you one last time, and then we work our way up your limbs...Where is your camp, who and how many guard it, and what is for dinner, and where is dinner in your camp?"

This time will be the truth...

Stab him in the remaining eye with his dagger and be done with it, we are out for revenge, and while we are on a path of monsters, we are not one.

>>690395
>>690357
Torture does not actually work, lads. He'll just say what he thinks we want to hear.

>>690395
>not a monster
>using torture

>>690396
>>690403
snap his neck and be done with it then. No point in conversation with animals.

>>690448
ow the edge

Gnuk 2016/02/04(Thu)12:54 No. 698963 ID: 247b8f
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>Threaten to bite off pieces of his [mushroom] for every lie he says. And then pour disease fluids into each bite hole for every injury Uther suffers because his misleading trickery.

>it does not matter what he says this time. Break his left hand.

>Torture does not actually work, lads. He'll just say what he thinks we want to hear.

Mmmmh. better make things clear. I tell Uther to keep him still.

And then i put my foot on his finger.

I tell him i'm going to break his finger one by one if he doesn't answer me.

???: "I will! I will! Anything you want to know!"

Gnuk 2016/02/04(Thu)13:06 No. 698966 ID: 247b8f
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>1. What is the leader's name / title / social status?

???: "I-i don't know i swear. He's some sort of noble. He hired my unit back in the country and we don't care as long as we get paid."

>2. How many soldiers are currently following him?

???: "W-we are around 4 dozens. There are three or four people that were left behind because one of them was injuried and it was slowing us down. I don't know where they are right now..."

>3. What are the major locations of bandit camps?

???: "T-there is the lord's tent. right in the north of the camp. He prefers to stay alone and away from us. Only his two bodyguards can stay with him."

>4. Why are they raiding?

???: "He hasn't told us. W-we got our money and that's enough for us."

>5. What are their current assets?

???: "W-we didn't manage to loot much from the p-previous villages. He told us to saddle up and move to the next target."

>6. What are the credentials of the bandits (farmers, ex-guards, deposed nobles)?

???: "Most of us are mercenaries. We are hired by smaller nobles for good coin. Uther and a couple others *urgh* come from another place and they joined him on their own..."

>7. What are the general fighting styles and abilities of the bandits?

???: "W-we are all experienced fighters. I-i fought in two wars before being hired. I saw my share of battles too..."

>8. How much supernatural ^&*( is going on?

???: "Uh... N-n-none? What do you mean?"

>9. How many Nords besides Uther did the boss hire?

???: "His bodyguards come from the same place i think. they speak weirdly."

Uther: "Zey come from a lesser family. Not as gud as me."

???: "Yeah, sur*OUCH*"

Gnuk 2016/02/04(Thu)13:10 No. 698967 ID: 247b8f
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>How many of them are there nearby? Why are they not with the main group?

???: "It's j-just me. I lost at dice and i was forced to get the wood for tonight..."

>10. Would he like his arms or his legs broken.

???: "uh? N-no please i..."

I motion to Uther to shut his mouth and then i break his finger.

I then ask again my questions. And then i break another finger.

He gets up to the pinkie until i'm sure he's not lying.

It seems he was saying the truth all along. Aside for having omitted that they have few horses with them and carts with food.

I don't think i'm getting anything else from this guy, voices.

Tell him to lie facedown very still, without moving a muscle, until the sun is long gone.
This way, he doesn't have to watch the axe coming down.

>>698969
Break his arms and leave him there.

>>698967
40 men, 2 guards, and a noble. We have a lot of killing to do. They all partook in sacking of the town, of the rape, and more.

Make it quick old lady. We have work to do.

Kill him as painlessly as you can manage, since he cooperated.

>>698967
time to poison the food.