AoS 2013/08/02(Fri)17:34 No. 530835 ID: 2964de
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AoS 2013/08/02(Fri)17:35 No. 530836 ID: 2964de
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Mm. Yeah. Oh yeah. That's better. It's me. I'm here. Time for the new reign of terror.

My name is... actually... I probably need a new name. My old one is kind of, uh... unpronouncable. I need something people can scream when they're fleeing from me.

You know. "It's---!" What'll it be?

[Suggest a name for her.]

Merith?

Dionaea

Simurgh.

Naedri

Dicks

Darkbreast Shadowbuns

fluffy

Fel.

Dionaea 2013/08/02(Fri)18:19 No. 530851 ID: 2964de
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Right, Dionaea Felaedri. I like that.

Well. Let's get started. I'll be honest. This right here? Right now? Not much to look at. I need more power.

[Dionaea has the following abilities:

Feed: Dionaea can consume the soul of a victim and use it to grow in power. Dionaea must have physical contact with the victim when they die.
Shadowblend: Dionaea can turn invisible so long as the observer is not looking for anything out of the ordinary.
Permeable: Dionaea is a being of shadow, rather than flesh. Normal weaponry and attacks will sink into her harmlessly.

Consume souls to gain new abilities.]

Which basically means I need to kill some people. Any ideas?

Go invisible, look for people to kill.

You see any lights? Roads? Smoke? Any sign of habitation, or civilization? Those will lead you to inhabited areas, and people to kill.

If you don't see anything, try climbing a tree for a better vantage point.

If there's really nothing to see but trees, just pick a random direction and start walking.

I suggest Shadowblending and approaching a town. It's unlikely that a small town would be on guard for you, yet, and so it would be best to approach stealthily, wait until nightfall, and slit the throats of children while they sleep.

The most terrifying things are the ones that nobody knows about.

I assume that despite being a shadow you are still capable of inflicting damage on others, otherwise this might take a while.

Find something and seduce it

Dionaea 2013/08/02(Fri)18:52 No. 530862 ID: 2964de
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Okay, there's a road right by here. I Shadowblendand venture out into it.

Look, there's a guy right there. He can't see me. Because he doesn't expect me to be here.

>>530858
Uhhh, that's a good point. I mean, I can hurt people all the normal ways an unarmed person could. I also have awesome razor-sharp teeth, but I'd have to get in really close to rip his throat out, and he might bump into me or I could step on a twig, and then I'd be visible again.

>difficulties hurting a person
Then you stalk him. He'll have to rest or sleep at some point. He's only mortal, and it's dark out. Wait for your opportunity.

Maybe he'll even lead you to other people to slaughter in their sleep!

And grabbing the mortals own knife or something and slitting throats might be better than trying to bite them do death. For one thing, it tends to be quiet.

He isn't armed with any magical weapons, nor can he harm you normally. Caution can be set aside for now. Charge and strike. He will not have time to react.

Move off the road, observe if there is anything unusual about the target. If you can pick up a small rock without losing shadowblend do so, we should be able to make sure it turns away from us at the last second before we strike.

>>530862
Just sit there perfectly still until he walks into you. Then devour his soul.

Dionaea 2013/08/02(Fri)20:05 No. 530883 ID: 2964de
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>>530864
...Actually, that's a good point.

He screams. Something in a foreign language.

Dionaea 2013/08/02(Fri)20:06 No. 530885 ID: 2964de
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[Dionaea consumes a Lesser Soul.]

Yessss. That felt good. Really good.

And I think I can dissolve this into something useful right away.

[Please choose from one of the following specializations:

Subterfuge: Dionaea can take the form of anyone whose soul she has consumed.
Belligerence: Dionaea gains sharpened claws capable of injuring and maiming.
Redoubt: Dionaea can sprout spines over her body that will injure anyone grappling her.
Mobility: Dionaea can move very quickly.
Trickery: Dionaea can create a double of herself that will stand motionless.]

Subterfuge probably more useful however.........belligerence sounds far more fun.


Belligerence

Subterfuge.

We have a soul to keep. Take their shape, and follow the path the direction they were going. Undoubtedly, more souls await.

>>530885
Redoubt

belligerence
obves

Subterfuge.

Redoubt.

>>530885
Subterfuge will let us gain in power very quickly, by simply entering a town and murdering people one by one in private, taking their appearances when necessary to avoid suspicion.

So I want that.

>>530888
Subterfuge. The best way to murder people is to appear as someone they trust. Each victim leads us to another.

Belligerence

We don't really know where this guy was going and have no idea who he knows or even who he was so it makes it kinda hard to find a kill his loved ones and plus as we heard when he screamed we don't speak the language so it makes it really damn hard for us to blend in when we can't even communicate with those around us. Plus for all we know this guy could have been a bandit or thief of some kind and I don't see that helping us to much if we walk into a town only to get swarmed by the guards.

I say just go with Belligerence for now, get to know the land better and maybe see if we can't pick up a few other useful tricks (like a few words we can use just to pass ourselves off as whoever were trying to pretend to be) and then get the hell out of here once people start thinking these woods are cursed or something.

Dionaea 2013/08/03(Sat)11:27 No. 531077 ID: 2964de
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[Subterfuge specialization chosen. Dionaea gained ability Impersonate.

Next Subterfuge ability: Dionaea can silence her movements and turn her form completely black to blend into the shadows.

Necromancy specialization unlocked.]

Let me just clean up a little here. Hey, you know what? I think I can actually speak that guy's language now.

What were we talking about earlier? Oh yeah, a town. I guess I'll just walk along the road with my Shadowblend up.

Dionaea 2013/08/03(Sat)11:28 No. 531078 ID: 2964de
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Here it is. Wow, what a shitty little podunk village. I'd be doing everyone here a favor by murdering them in their sleep. They'd probably thank me.

well start with the homes that don't have there doors locked or are just plain easy to get in and out of.

copy that guy and walk around looking into the buildings. if any of someone alone in them and no one else is nearby then enter it and an greet the person, and get close. say they have something on their neck, and lean in to 'get a better look at it' then rip their throat out.

Murdering them all in their sleep is so boring though, there's no challenge in it. Let's have a little fun with them first.

Shapeshift into whatshisface and look around. Feign amnesia and confusion if anyone asks you anything, that way they'll explain who we're impersonating for us, if they knew him in the first place.

>>531078
Keep shadowmeld up and look for easy to access houses. At this point it's actually better to be invisible than in disguise, because there's no guards!

Hammer 2013/08/03(Sat)15:33 No. 531169 ID: 5fd94e

Keep an eye out for any unusual buildings, we want to identify any wealthier places where the owners may have magical objects or weapons, or possibly a barracks, also lets wait on killing anyone for a moment. The body left on the road will likely be attributed to animals, if we kill a family in their homes people will know something's up once they are found. Also see any guards walking around?

Dionaea 2013/08/03(Sat)15:46 No. 531174 ID: 2964de
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>doors
>easy to access homes
Were you listening? This is seriously the podunkiest, shittiest little town.

>have a little fun
As much as I'd love to, there's really not much point. These people are so insignificant, they'll probably be too stupid to realize they're dead.

>trickery
Why?

I'm just going to slaughter them all in their homes. No offense. Like you said, they can't even really hurt me.

Dionaea 2013/08/03(Sat)15:47 No. 531176 ID: 2964de
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>guards
>magical objects
>wealth
Seriously!

[Dionaea consumes 38 Lesser Souls.]

So anyway, that was fun. Unfortunately, now it's getting light out. I don't really handle sunlight that well. It makes me dizzy.

Oh, and now I can Impersonate a wide variety of insignificant farmfolk. Not the kids, though, they don't have much soul to speak of.

Sorry, that was a bit rude of me, wasn't it? I guess I just got a little impatient. On the bright side, I think I can turn these into something useful...

[Please choose from one of the following specializations:

Subterfuge: Dionaea can silence her movements and turn her form completely black to blend into the shadows.
Belligerence: Dionaea gains sharpened claws capable of injuring and maiming.
Redoubt: Dionaea can sprout spines over her body that will injure anyone grappling her.
Mobility: Dionaea can move very quickly.
Trickery: Dionaea can create a double of herself that will stand motionless.
Necromancy: Dionaea can animate the fragile skeleton of someone she has slain, causing it to climb out of its meaty shell and serve her.]

now we def needs belligerence

oh man, skeletons are max spook. get that

also, you have a little something in you chest.

That works to


Still going with Belligerence.

Hrrm...
Necromancy? That's good. If you want to hide behind an ever-growing army of your victims.

Let's go with Redoubt, build on that wild animal theme you've got going! Why settle for weak, easily smashed minions when you can simple catch someone in a hug and pierce them into swiss cheese!

>>531176
Mobility seems like the best choice here. It's useful for lunging attacks to make up for the lesser range of biting being our only weapon, for dodging stuff that could hurt us, and for running away from serious threats.

Mobility.

Necromancy is very conducive to wreaking wide scale havoc.

Belligerence. Teeth won't be sufficient against more competent opponents.

Also- 38 souls only good for one upgrade? Mega weak.

Anything of value in this town? Say... anything to read and catch up on this epoch while waiting out the day?

>can't impersonate the kids
You sure? One of the best ways to appear harmless, and get people to lower their guard, or take you into their home, is to wear the semblance of a child.

Id say Redoubt, its better then claws b/c then you'd be protecting your whole body instead of slashing at enemy's right?

Belligerence

Mobility

>>531176
Mobility.

>>531195

Dionaea obviously wasted a lot of perfectly good soul, gorging herself back there. For shame! Eat slowly and chew every bite, or you will have bad digestion!

[Currently a tie between Belligerence and Mobility.]

Belligerence. Let's make it gory.

Dionaea 2013/08/04(Sun)07:38 No. 531340 ID: 2964de
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[Belligerence specialization chosen. Dionaea gained ability Feral Claws.

Next Belligerence ability: Dionaea can create a one-handed weapon of shadow for a short time.]

>also, you have a little something in you chest.
Whoops. There we go.

>38 souls only good for one upgrade? Mega weak.
>Dionaea obviously wasted a lot of perfectly good soul, gorging herself back there. For shame! Eat slowly and chew every bite, or you will have bad digestion!
Using souls to gain power is an exponential thing! Virtue, intelligence, education, nobility, goodness, etc. all make your soul more pure and powerful. The better the soul, the fewer I need of them to gain upgrades. If I want to get really powerful, I can't just kill helpless farmers all night long. I need to go for the bigger targets. City-dwellers, scholars, nobles, wizards, paladins. There's a reason the good demons are powerful beasts that even the most hardened veteran fears, and the bad demons are just rural legends nobody has actually seen.

>You sure? One of the best ways to appear harmless, and get people to lower their guard, or take you into their home, is to wear the semblance of a child.
I'm sure. Mortals aren't born with a soul, it grows within you as you age and experience the world, learn, and form a sense of self and personality. Your soul is who you are. Children and the elderly don't have much in the way of souls because in children it's still forming and in the elderly it's gradually withering and dissipating. You know when you hear about people who die of "natural causes?" That's your soul unraveling.

Eating babies is a fun pastime, but you do it to maintain an image, not grow in power. And if they don't have enough of a soul, I can't Impersonate them.

P.S. Fuck you.

>Anything of value in this town? Say... anything to read and catch up on this epoch while waiting out the day?
>value
>this town
Hahaha! No. These people were probably entirely illiterate. What do you think, guys? Should I find somewhere shady in the forest to go to sleep or try and find some civilization? As long as I don't get into too much trouble I should be fine. It's just... draining.

I think wait it out in a forest, but try to find a spot over-looking a road that looks well traveled. We might be able to hit some merchants or possibly some noble in travel.


Also, does transforming into a new form just leave you naked? If so you might want to grab a set of clothes if you want to do any sneaking like that.

>>531340
Wait it out. No point in risking danger during the day if we don't have to; exploring can happen just as well during the night.

Dionaea 2013/08/04(Sun)09:25 No. 531362 ID: 2964de
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>spot overlooking a road
I guess there's a hill here. This is the only road in sight.

>does transforming into a new form just leave you naked?
Yep. Did I forget to mention that?

>you might want to grab a set of clothes if you want to do any sneaking like that.
Roger. I don't exactly have a backpack, though.

Where should I bed down for the night, or should I go further into the forest? Keep in mind I can't use Shadowblend or Impersonate while I'm asleep. I have to consciously keep those up.

Kill squirrel, then investigate cave.

>>531363
maybe if we took mobility, but squirrels are hella fast.

anyway, that cave seems interesting.

Dionaea 2013/08/04(Sun)10:30 No. 531381 ID: 2964de
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>Kill squirrel
Even if I could catch it, why bother?

>cave
That might be giving it too much credit.

it's that or a house and hope that another guard doesn't come looking for the one we ate, sees the bodies and gets a team of adventurers with magical gear after us.

Well, do you see any lights through the trees that might suggest a secluded house?

If not this might be what you will have to go for.

if you don't really care just rest here for the day, if you don't really want to sleep here then keep looking.

If you've got some extra time before sunrise, get looking around this area. Otherwise, bed down in the hole. It's only a single day, either way.

Dionaea 2013/08/04(Sun)11:15 No. 531397 ID: 2964de
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Honestly, this is fine. I just want to be out of the sun.

Dionaea 2013/08/04(Sun)11:16 No. 531398 ID: 2964de
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"--eally didn't like the look of that."

"Probably just a bandit raid. Unfortunate, but they were long gone."

Who's there?

Shadowblend and head out, they don't sound overly worried so the likely aren't on the lookout for an attacker.

how much longer do we have till the sun comes up? cause if we got time go check it out, if not then just eavesdrop on what they say.

Sounds like mortals, discussing the massacre at the village.

Odd that they would assume it to be a bandit raid, when you didn't take anything, and your victims were slaughtered by tooth. They're not very observant.

Shadowblend and investigate. You've either found new victims, or people to follow to a larger settlement, and more victims.

[It's evening now, sorry it wasn't clear.]

>>531398
Sounds like travelers. Maybe even adventurers. Shadowblend out and scout the targets.

Impersonate one of the villagers, run up to them sobbing and telling them bandits came by, killed everyone and headed northeast. We might get them to lower their guard, then we can go for the throat(s).

Dionaea 2013/08/04(Sun)14:17 No. 531444 ID: 2964de
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>till the sun comes up
It's going down now.

>they're not very observant.
They probably steered clear of it! It's hard to believe wild animals would clear out a whole village, I guess.

Shadowblend it is.

"Either way, let's make double pace to get to the city," the first one says. "It's getting too dark out for my liking."

Fresh meat!

No! Not fresh meat. They're headed for a city. Follow them. Lots of people to kill in a city. And if there are branchings in the trail, you might not find it quickly without someone to follow.

>>531447
agreed

>>531447
Quite. They can be caught when the city is in view. That way you get both a guide and some fresh meat.

Okay, three options that I see

1. Follow them to the city, maybe kill them once you know where the city is if they split up at all or a good opportunity happens.

2. Take the form of a villager (younger the better), maybe cut yourself to make it seem more likely, and come running out and say you and your friend got away from the village but he was injured and is back in the trees a bit. With luck the larger one will go check the trees while the little on tends to your wounds.

3. Just attack them. It has worked so far however the little one has a unique design on the blade which may suggest something dangerous.

>>531444
I think the sword on the big one has a weird grip/pommel (like a dragon's head) and there's a snake emblem on the sheathe of the little one's knife. I think that one of those might be a magic weapon, so they might not exactly be easy prey. Follow them for now.

They have magic weapons. Beware.

Hmm. The city must be quite close for them to be able to get there before nightfall. I don't think we need to keep them alive and follow them to find it.

Fancy your chances with an ambush? You might be able to take out the big guy with a strike to the throat, to keep him from using that big sword on you. Then freak out the other one mid-combat by turning into his friend at an opportune moment (and go "Wait!"), and use that surprise to kill him.

>>531452
Forgot to say that I favour number 2

>>531444
hitch a ride in the short one's shadow!

Dionaea 2013/08/05(Mon)09:22 No. 531651 ID: 2964de
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Oh, fine. I'll follow them. Maybe they'll lead me to more people.

"Do you think they might still be around?" the big one asks.

"No," replies the other.

"Juste au cas où."

"Ne sois pas lâche."

"Je ne suis pas lâche!"

"Tu agis comme tel."

"Je ne suis pas. Je suis d'être prudents, qui ne fait pas de moi un lâche."

"Ils étaient manifestement mort depuis un certain temps."

"Il y a plusieur chose qui pourrait nous attaquer sur les routes. Nous devons être prudents."

"Tu nous apportes a leur attention en parlant autant."

"...D'accord."

Then they fall silent.

Dionaea 2013/08/05(Mon)09:22 No. 531652 ID: 2964de
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-SNAP-

Oh, whoops. Now they're looking at me. They can see me.

"Sacrebleu! Qu'est-ce que c'est?!"

Big guy is going to take longer unsheathing his sword, take him out first. And once he is either dead or badly injured retreat into the woods, if injured she should stop to treat him which we might be able to use to strike.

>>531651
Can someone that knows french translate for us? Otherwise I'll try a google translate thing.

them seem surprised by you, they don't know what you are.

>>531669

Mainly the small one bugging the big one about being a coward and the big one saying that they should be careful.

Google translate actually worked out very well.
Do you think they might still be around?
No.
Just in case.
Don't be a coward.
I am not a coward!
You act like it.
I am not. I'm being careful, that does not make me a coward.
They were obviously dead for some time.
There are SEVERAL things that might attack us on the roads. We must be careful.
You'll bring their attention to us by talking so much.
...Agreed.

So they have no clue at all that they were being followed and weren't planning for this. Go for the Big one.

...well, so much for plan follow-them-to-town. Now we got to kill them.

Go for the big guy on the right, first. His sword has a fancy hilt- maybe it's magic or something and could actually hurt you. So make sue he dies before he gets the chance to.

At least you'll know french once you're done eating them.

smile a wicked smile then do a quick bow and charge the guy on the right and at the last moment juke left and take out the little one.

go for the nuts

Go for the nuts.

Nut shot for massive damage

Dionaea 2013/08/05(Mon)13:24 No. 531710 ID: 2964de
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>big guy
>magic weapons
>guy
>big one
>MAGIC WEAPONS
>big guy
>take out the little one
>nuts
>nuts
>nuts
Oh shit what the fuck is going on?! What do I do?! You're not making any sense! AAAAAAA!

"Aïe! Pourquoi?!"

"Je pense que c'est un monstre! Tuez-le!"

[The larger opponent is quickly drawing her sword.]

>big guy is female
Oh, whups, whatever.

Quick, rip her throat out already. That's what you got your claws for.

>she

Dammit, anyways go for the throat and get out of range of the smaller one

if she's swinging her sword dodge and use your claws to wither slice her throat open or her guts, if she's just reaching for it, quickly rip out her throat with your teeth.

Also make sure the little guy doesn't stab you in the back.

It is worth noting that a crotch-shot is still pretty painful for females.

Dodge to the side, that draw looks like it could lead to an overhead chop.

She has a large weapon. You want to get in close and go for the throat, so she has no room to swing.

claws uppercut to the neck.

Dionaea 2013/08/05(Mon)14:47 No. 531734 ID: 2964de
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>dodge and slice
Fucking pick one!

[Dionaea activates Feral Claws and aggressively goes for the throat.]

Okay, that's much more effective.

>>531734
Huh, it actually looks like they aren't magical weapons, just fancy sheathes and hilts. Unless the magic only activates upon striking something?

At any rate, duck. The small one just threw a dagger at you. Afterwards we can get aggressive on him.

rip out the other ones throat w/ mouth then lick the blood seductively

use the body as a shield

...now grab the sword of the one you killed, and morph into a naked, copy of her, complete with gaping neck wound.

Then advance on the other, grinning.

He'll be absolutely terrified. Easy, fun kill.

Forget the sword, that'll take time. Go for the other available throat right now.

Whether they're magical or not, you're adept enough to kill them both now that she has been mortally wounded. Needing blood is really a liability, isn't it?

Watch out for the other one, though. They might still have some surprises. It would be good to turn your attention to them.

the other one is about to throw a knife in your back just so you know.

Dionaea 2013/08/06(Tue)12:03 No. 532017 ID: 2964de
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[Dionaea consumes a Soul.]

Ha! Dodged it!

I guess I'll just gank him because doing something fancy would be too risky.

Dionaea 2013/08/06(Tue)12:04 No. 532018 ID: 2964de
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...uh.

What's he doing?

>>532018
Look, he's waving at you, he must be grateful!

KNIFE IS MAGIC, IT'S COMING BACK AROUND, MEANS IT CAN HURT YOU

so duck/dodge it and take him out... or if you think you can rush and gut him before it comes back at you do that instead.

Knife of returning, huh? Nice trick.

okay start running towards him then drop to the ground after a second to dodge the return attack, the continue to close in.

Charge him on all fours and go for the weak spot for massive damage.

Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and, Dodge

Dionaea 2013/08/07(Wed)08:50 No. 532296 ID: 2964de
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>waving
Oh yeah that makes sense WAIT WHAT NO AAAA

[Dionaea's opponent catches the knife effortlessly.]

Dionaea 2013/08/07(Wed)08:51 No. 532297 ID: 2964de
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"Begone, demon, or taste cold iron."

I feel like I wasted my advantage on the wrong person here.

So... the real question here is how much damage could that iron knife do to you, and if risking it for this one's soul and maintaining secracy is worth it.

I kind of think it is.

If possible, get him to throw the knife at you again. That opens up a window to kill him. Or to at least make him fumble the catch.

>I feel like I wasted my advantage on the wrong person here.
Well, until you gain a 'sense magic' or 'sense iron' ability, the best we can do is guess. And the bigger one had a dragon thing on her sword-hilt!

>>532297
You could grab the body and sword, run away, and hope that he will chase after you for it.

it's only one little blade, it may hurt but you will easily kill them before they kill you. block stab with hand, grab their fist, with them immobilize you then stab them with your claws.

you're on a dirt road right? Just grab a handful of dirt and throw it in his eyes, then when he's momentarily blinded just come in from behind him and go for the kill.

>>532334

>>532340
Oops. Was agreeing with the linked post, but misclicked and posted early.

Umm why are you endangering yourself with a direct confrontation when you are a being of shadows and trickery?
You should disengage, run ahead of him and impersonate some farmer returning home and then strike when this guy drops his guard.

>iron knife
No, it's cold iron. The magical sort, not the mundane sort.

>>532344
I agree with this. We lost the advantage, so regain it.

Kinda surprised he doesn't seem angry over his partners death, I say lets leave and keep heading in the same direction. If we can kill someone one else and steal their cloths to ambush him later we can do that however if he heads in the opposite direction I say not worth the trouble.

>>532297
Just yell "That's regular iron, idiot!"

Then go ahead and backflip-claw into the guy who threw the knife.

>>532344
Fully agreeing with this. Play to our strengths.

Dionaea 2013/08/09(Fri)14:26 No. 532977 ID: 2964de
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>how much damage could that iron knife do to you
Well, it depends. If it's just iron? Nothing at all. If it's cold iron? It could banish me. Which is the demon equivalent of dying, except we don't have souls to resurrect, we just kind of... come back eventually, when there's an opportunity.

>grab the body and sword
Okay, I don't know if you've ever tried to carry an adult that was bigger than you, a metal sword, and tried to run from someone who wants to kill you at the same time, but...

Well, as much as I'd like to kill him now, if that's actually cold iron I'm about as eager to get near him as a mortal might be when faced with any kind of mundane weapon. I think bravely running away is a valid option right now.

[Dionaea deactivates Feral Claws.]

"You're lucky we're in a hurry!" he shouts after me.

So, if I really still want to tangle with him later down the road, what should I do? Shadowblend is not going to work, he will be on his guard and see right through it. I can Impersonate like forty people now, including his friend (who was delicious), but that's the extent of my helpful abilities at the moment. Be creative!

>>532977
I don't know the relative strength of a shadow being. I figured since you were faster and more resilient than a normal person that you may be stronger than one too.

Go with impersonating the first guy you killed while walking towards the village. (going past the small guy and turning around so you walk into him) He shouldn't seem as out of place traveling alone. You still have that set of clothes you picked up, right?

when you turn into someone can you turn into them with wounds? if so turn into one of those people you ate from the village and make it seem like another helpless victim you devoured on the road and wait for this guy to come close to/pass you and see if you can't kill him then or there. If you actually have to blink and breath when turned though then just play as someone you attacked but didn't finish off and was left dying on the road. The plan is just to get him to lower his guard and hopefully come in closer to you.

if you can't fake horrible wounds then I guess we could change it so you turn into a villager then come running towards the guy screaming about some kind of monster that attacked you and your friend. If he ask what happen say some thing attacked you and your friend, your friend went to attack it after he saw it and told you to run, you wasted no time in doing so and was hoping to make it to the nearby village to find help or someone on the road. while you're telling him this keep grabbing him and begging for his help, after the second or third time doing that just rip his throat out.

>>532987
This seems like it should work.

[Note: Dionaea left the clothes behind when she investigated the voices.]

One thing that might be a problem is that he will be very suspicious of any one individual that approaches him. I would assume based on his weapon and the fact that he did not panic immediately on seeing you suggests that he has fought your kind before and possibly dealt with ones who could change form. Possibly if you see a small group of people you could try killing them and hiding as a body however he might try sticking the bodies with the knife from a distance if he suspects anything's up.

>>532998
Oh dammit. Uh. I guess we'd have to go retrieve the clothes then.

Impersonate one of the woman villagers and come out of the woods further along the road behind him, calling to him in a panic. Get up close, crying and explaining your village was slain and you don't know what to do and keep up the sob story until his guard's down, then go for the throat.

Dionaea 2013/08/19(Mon)20:42 No. 535901 ID: 2964de
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>I don't know the relative strength of a shadow being. I figured since you were faster and more resilient than a normal person that you may be stronger than one too.
The resiliency is sort of just the properties of what I'm made of. I'm not significantly faster than mortals right now.

>impersonate someone wounded
'Fraid not, unless I intentionally wounded myself after I did it.

>impersonate a panicked villager
Naked?

>>impersonate a panicked villager
>Naked?
...well that would ordinarily add credibility to the whole I'm alone and harmless and desperate and afraid help me angle. But you've already hit this guy once tonight, and he may well see that for the trick it is.

well things I can see you doing is going back to pick up some clothes and then try to act like a panicking peasant to get close enough to kill the guy, find a tree that has some branches that hang over the road and leap down and kill him when he passes underneath you, say screw and look somewhere else as he tells people about your existence, you choice but I suggest either A or B here personally.

>>535945
I'm thinking B could work out, but we should book it as best we can to get a decent distance ahead of him. Somewhere, say, a quarter of a mile away to give him time to get over that particular encounter.

Dionaea 2013/09/02(Mon)01:37 No. 539017 ID: 486a23
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>...well that would ordinarily add credibility to the whole I'm alone and harmless and desperate and afraid help me angle. But you've already hit this guy once tonight, and he may well see that for the trick it is.
...Right. Any better ideas?

>find a tree that has some branches that hang over the road and leap down and kill him when he passes underneath you
Alright!

Dionaea 2013/09/02(Mon)01:38 No. 539018 ID: 486a23
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...That took more tries than I'd like to admit. It's pretty dark out, so he shouldn't be able to see me out here.

Where is he? Geez.

Did he decide to cut through the woods? Nah he will likely stick to the road and the illusion of safety it brings instead of the scary dark forest.
Just sit tight and he will come eventually...
Or he did brave the woods and you end up spending the night sitting in the tree like a chump.

Well, this kind of ambush only works if the target actually passes by.

...you did get ahead of him first, right?

So this might be the wrong time to ask, but what made you into the massive dick you are today?

Did the elder blob of evil that shat you out not pay enough attention with it's mindless shambling or were you beaten, seriously, you got at least some personality, so you gotta have some history and reasons to be "the great evil"?

While we have a moment, I'm curious: do souls have a taste for you? Is there any sensation when you absorb one, and do different souls have different kinds of sensation?

...maybe he's burying the chick you killed or something. I say give it an hour and if nothing happens I guess we're going to have to track this ass down, sigh.

Might as well wait a bit, however he might have gone another way if he suspects an ambush, can you hear or see any signs of activity in the distance?

Dionaea 2013/09/09(Mon)21:22 No. 540056 ID: a03a31
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>Did he decide to cut through the woods? Nah he will likely stick to the road and the illusion of safety it brings instead of the scary dark forest.
>Just sit tight and he will come eventually...
Sure.

>Or he did brave the woods and you end up spending the night sitting in the tree like a chump.
Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence.

>Well, this kind of ambush only works if the target actually passes by.
>...you did get ahead of him first, right?
Of course! I ran up the road away from him. I'm not daft!

>So this might be the wrong time to ask, but what made you into the massive dick you are today?
>Did the elder blob of evil that shat you out not pay enough attention with it's mindless shambling or were you beaten, seriously, you got at least some personality, so you gotta have some history and reasons to be "the great evil"?
Dohoho you're adorable. I'm a demon. We don't work like mortals. Apart from certain types of materials and the vague sense of the material world around me that keeps me from tripping when I run, all the stimuli I feel are purely mental. All the thrills I get are from chasing people down. All the pleasure I feel is from hearing them scream when I rip them apart. All the satisfaction I get is from ruling over these cowering peasants. The only way to sate my hunger is to consume the souls of the living.

Also, I was born of the minds of men. They fear things that are real, but they make them into monsters in their minds, and their minds make those monsters real. That's why magic weapons hurt me; I was created by the unconscious interaction of the living with the magic in the world that all casters draw upon. Belief is a powerful thing. When I'm banished, I don't go back to any plane of oblivion or whatever, I'm just too damaged to remain corporeal. I have to heal, drawing on the same energies that formed me. Unaided, it takes a long time.

>While we have a moment, I'm curious: do souls have a taste for you? Is there any sensation when you absorb one, and do different souls have different kinds of sensation?
Oh, yessss! That's why I said his friend was delicious earlier. I don't think it's possible to describe to anyone who can't Feed. But pretty much, yes.

Dionaea 2013/09/09(Mon)21:22 No. 540057 ID: a03a31
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>...maybe he's burying the chick you killed or something. I say give it an hour and if nothing happens I guess we're going to have to track this ass down, sigh.
Okay.

>Might as well wait a bit, however he might have gone another way if he suspects an ambush, can you hear or see any signs of activity in the distance?
Nope, no-- oh, I see him!

>>540057
It looks like he's dragging his companion's corpse into town. Seems like a lot of effort, there must be some reason for it. Eh. Just jump on him once he passes under you. Should be an easy kill.

>>540058
This. I still want to suggest crawling down, laying on our bellies, putting on the disguise of one of the villagers (preferably female) and dragging ourselves across his path speaking of a shadow monster attacking, it's a bit late for that now.

>>540058
Agreed. Even if he spots you, you can still leap down and charge him. Dragging his friend that far has surely left him tired.

Hmmmm, if he's dragging the corpse. Either he plans to bury it later, or find a place to have it resurrected...If that's even possible.

>>540067
well if if it is we did eat her soul soooooooo...

anyways do that shadow walk thing because he looks like he's putting in more attention to dragging his dead friend then what's around him so in the off chance he looks up to catch his breath or something he won't see you. Just wait for him to get under you and jump on him. also try not to make to much noise this time.

Dionaea 2013/09/10(Tue)22:57 No. 540204 ID: a03a31
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>It looks like he's dragging his companion's corpse into town. Seems like a lot of effort, there must be some reason for it.
>Hmmmm, if he's dragging the corpse. Either he plans to bury it later, or find a place to have it resurrected...If that's even possible.
Interesting!

>anyways do that shadow walk thing because he looks like he's putting in more attention to dragging his dead friend then what's around him so in the off chance he looks up to catch his breath or something he won't see you.
Shadowblend probably isn't gonna work! He knows I'm out here, so he's on his guard. It only really works if you don't give yourself away or they think they're safe again.

>Eh. Just jump on him once he passes under you. Should be an easy kill.
>Agreed. Even if he spots you, you can still leap down and charge him. Dragging his friend that far has surely left him tired.
>Just wait for him to get under you and jump on him. also try not to make to much noise this time.
Okay, just gonna sit here and wait for him to get closer.

Hmm... he's stopped.

Leap and go for him /now/. In case he suspects anything, don't give him the chance to draw a weapon.

>>540204
He's looking at something. Distracted? His back is to you! Take advantage of it and rush him.

He might be trying to draw you out if he thinks you are out around, I recommend waiting until he is in pouncing range.

...careful. This could be a trap, and he does have that magic sword he can throw.

looks like something got his attention. Be careful he either knows you're here or you're not alone here.

Dionaea 2013/09/11(Wed)21:16 No. 540310 ID: a03a31
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>Leap and go for him /now/. In case he suspects anything, don't give him the chance to draw a weapon.
>He's looking at something. Distracted? His back is to you! Take advantage of it and rush him.
I'll--

>He might be trying to draw you out if he thinks you are out around, I recommend waiting until he is in pouncing range.
>...careful. This could be a trap, and he does have that magic sword he can throw.
>looks like something got his attention. Be careful he either knows you're here or you're not alone here.
--hnnghk--

Dionaea 2013/09/11(Wed)21:17 No. 540311 ID: a03a31
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Okay waiting waiting waiting waiting NOW

[Dionaea activates Feral Claws.]

Dionaea 2013/09/11(Wed)21:17 No. 540312 ID: a03a31
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YESSSSS

[Dionaea consumes a Soul.]

Oh fuck, that was good.

[Please choose from one of the following specializations:

Subterfuge: Dionaea can silence her movements and turn her form completely black to blend into the shadows.
Belligerence: Dionaea can create a one-handed weapon of shadow for a short time. It counts as an extension of her body.
Redoubt: Dionaea can sprout spines over her body that will injure anyone grappling her.
Mobility: Dionaea can move very quickly.
Trickery: Dionaea can create a double of herself that will stand motionless.
Necromancy: Dionaea can animate the fragile skeleton of someone she has slain, causing it to climb out of its meaty shell and serve her.]

Mobility!

Yeah, mobility seems a good choice. If you're going to recklessly attack everything, you might as well be a blur while doing it.

>>540312
I gotta say Mobility.

seeing how much trouble we had getting into that tree in the first place I'm going to have to say mobility... also can you see what he was looking at, could be something useful.

Subterfuge

Lets go mobility

>>540312
Mobility, then Necromancy when we find another hero.

Also, as a quick question, can things that aren't demons consume souls?

Because if so I have a very dark idea of where this quest is headed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn7dW6xCMXY

Looks like Mobility is winning, so I'll say Mobility and hope we get a more convenient chance for Necromancy later.

Go mobility

I want Redoubt, but if that doesn't cut it, Mobility.

Necromancy

Dionaea 2013/09/24(Tue)00:39 No. 541846 ID: a410c3
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[Mobility specialization chosen. Dionaea gained ability Speed.

Next Mobility ability: Dionaea can jump high and far.

Dionaea also gained ability Spectral Senses: Dionaea can observe the traces of things beyond mortal senses.]

Whew! That was fun. What now?

well roll the body out of the middle of the road, and follow the path towards this bigger city.

>>541846
First, try spectral senses to look at the dead bodies. See if they have anything else magical/weird about them.(if you see anything cool, go mess with that instead of the rest of this) Second, unequip the little-one's body of all its possessions. Third, hide the little body as well as you can(trying for little blood splatter/trail). Fourth, drag the big body(we want a blood trail) to a nearby bush and cut/bite it up to make it seem like an animal attacked her. Then, impersonate the smaller of the two, grab/use his equipment and head in the direction he was dragging his friend.

This should make anyone that finds the scene think animal attack instead of demons at first glance, and give us a good cover if we encounter anyone on the way to their home.

>>541857
I quite like this plan, the only problem being that these people were obviously well equipped and we could run into serious trouble if they happen to belong to a paladin order or something.

Alternative: perform the same actions, but disguise ourselves as one of the peasants, take one of their sets of clothes and dirty it up before wearing.

I don't think should spend to much time worrying about hiding the bodies as if we aren't actively patrolling the roads we probably only have about two or three days before someone comes across that shitty little village and someone is sent to investigate. Lets just drag the bodies off the road a bit to reduce the chance of quick discovery and cover up the blood with some dirt. See if they had any spare clothes and take them, if not then steal take the pants from whoever would have fit one of the average sized villagers the best and lets head to town.

>>541863
Definitely were not any sort of Paladin, they did not stop to investigate the village and the small one did not try very hard to stop us even though we would be a definite threat to the near by people.

Test spectral senses out. His sword or whatever was magic, right?

loot bodies for clothes (so if we change shape we won't be nude) and magical items, then throw the bodies in a ditch and move on.

Dionaea 2013/10/20(Sun)21:19 No. 544816 ID: 3cef68
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Right! Where were we?

>roll the body out of the road
Done and done. There's a big trail of blood now, though. I don't think he's that hidden.

>dirt
That works. It'll take a little while, though. Geez, he bled all over the place.

>stage an animal attack
Baby, I am an animal. With pleasure.

>take clothes
Feral animals generally don't do this.

>test out spectral senses
Right. I can sense a magic weapon and a cold iron weapon behind me, and a recent death below me (obviously). There's a large collection of people down the road some ways. Presumably that's their town. There's no oversaturation of magic around, so there's no magic users in the area.

Anything else to do before I go to town?

>>544816
>Anything else to do before I go to town?
Nah, I think you're good to go!

On the way, try thinking up cool titles to give yourself for when you get really powerful!

think the magic weapons will be useful or no?

If so take them and store them somewhere where you could find them again quickly if you need to and then shadow blend around the town if it isn't to far away before the sun comes up so we can get an idea of what we're working with for tomorrow night. I would say tonight be after all the waiting we did for this guy to show up plus with us mapping out the town so we know where to run incase things get bad I'm not sure we'd have a whole lot of time to actually cause any mischief and get away before the sun comes up and we're left drained.

>>544816
Can you use a magic weapon safely? I'm less interested in the cold iron returning dagger, since it's quite possible for you to fumble the catch and injure yourself.

even if using it is a bad idea selling it could be useful... funds are great to have on hand when founding underground cults that worship you.

>>544836
What no this is a terrible idea. I mean, the money would be good, but another adventurer would just buy it and become a threat. Bury that shit, yo.

Well, if we impersonated this person, you'd have reason to take the clothes and magic weapon.

The usefulness of that kind of depends on the size of the people you sense. A small village you could walk right in and slaughter. A big city you'd be better off entering covertly, and picking people off serial killer style to avoid being overcome.

>>544855
I doubt cold iron is particularly rare.

>>544816
Take knife, transform, wear previous clothes (the clean ones), go to town. Have you passed by any coin/gold in your previous kills? Don't take the coins from this one.(going for animal attack)

Hey, since you're semi-incorporeal, can you phase into stuff? Like the ground, or walls, for instance?

Also, can you be a magic user, yourself?

steal his genitalia this is important

Dionaea 2013/11/18(Mon)01:42 No. 548847 ID: b21c4a
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>Nah, I think you're good to go!
Awright!

>think the magic weapons will be useful or no?
Probably not. I got all the weapons I need inside me.

>Can you use a magic weapon safely?
Sure! It's just that if I accidentally stab myself with it, it'll hurt.

>I'm less interested in the cold iron returning dagger, since it's quite possible for you to fumble the catch and injure yourself.
It's not cold iron, just magic. And hey, I'm not that clumsy!

>I mean, the money would be good, but another adventurer would just buy it and become a threat. Bury that shit, yo.
This sounds sensible to me. If only I had some kind of crypt or something to put it in, with a bunch of traps around it...

>A big city you'd be better off entering covertly, and picking people off serial killer style to avoid being overcome.
This is a large life reading. Definitely a city, not some podunk little town.

>I doubt cold iron is particularly rare.
It's just iron that's been quenched in blessed water. It's kinda rare, since that gets expensive, so you don't just make all your weapons that way, but it's still just iron, so it's not hard to make.

>Hey, since you're semi-incorporeal, can you phase into stuff? Like the ground, or walls, for instance?
No. I'm not really incorporeal, but I'm not solid. It's less that things pass through me (or vice versa) and more that I just kind of... go around them. Solid stuff still exerts normal force on me.

>Also, can you be a magic user, yourself?
I'm kind of born of magic, so everything I do is sorta magic by default! My impersonations, the shapeshifting, it's pretty much magic.

I'm just going to leave the clothes here. Worst comes to worst, I could pick off someone who's leaving and take their identity if I have to sneak inside.

Dionaea 2013/11/18(Mon)01:43 No. 548848 ID: b21c4a
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Walking, walking, walking...

Man, this feels like it's taking weeks.

Finally. I think I see something way up ahead. I'm gonna check it out from the bushes.

Dionaea 2013/11/18(Mon)01:43 No. 548849 ID: b21c4a
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Okay, here we are. Spectral Senses are getting pretty busy here. I might not be able to use them in the city.

What do I do here?

>>548849
Okay, so your senses are telling you the guy on the right has a magic weapon? Or is that cold iron? Well, either way, the guy on the right is a threat, while the guy on the left is not.

What's that third symbol? Looks like a lightning bolt.

I say we should shadowblend around them if possible, so that they do not realize you have entered their town until you start killing people. What's that thing that fell off the wall?

the thing on the ground appears to be a seal of some kind. i think that section of the wall was enchanted but the magic seal broke off. meaning shadow blend and ooze through the hole n the wall.

Uhh, ok.
Dude with the light is a mage, while the dude with the bow has magic.
Either one can hit you if you attempt to attack the other, and do so from a distance.
I reccomend you NOT ENGAGE! slip around undetected if you can, but we might have to consider picking off...
Oooooh.
Idea. We basically slaughtered that last villiage right? But they won't know that, and every now and then someone will come along and try to go there. The small size of that last village SHOULD prevent us from running into any major heros, and leave us with lesser fights we can slowly kill to keep the big slaughter hidden.
With a cover-up like that, it's the kind of thing that should show we're not some ordinary little demon.

Can you identify what those seals do?

And if they are not alerted to anything do you think you can make it to where the brick fell out without alerting the guards, as it seems you can either go through the hole or climb over if its an anti-demon seal.

Magic user and a weapon that pings your radar. I don't like the looks of fighting that. And if we do fight our way in, the whole town will be put on alarm.

>>548853
I'd agree with this. Explains why the wall is so short- it's not to keep out people who could hop it. It's there to keep monsters or spirits from crossing the ward.

huh, looks like we're not going to be able to just slaughter this city like that piss ant village if there guards are packing this much heat, at least not yet anyways. I say try that brick thing and see if you can't slip by... and watch out for sticks and other things that could make noises this time.

Dionaea 2013/11/18(Mon)20:50 No. 549036 ID: b21c4a
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>Okay, so your senses are telling you the guy on the right has a magic weapon? Or is that cold iron?
Shit, I don't know.

>Well, either way, the guy on the right is a threat, while the guy on the left is not.
Sure.

>Dude with the light is a mage, while the dude with the bow has magic.
He has a sword, too.

>Either one can hit you if you attempt to attack the other, and do so from a distance.
Uh...

>Magic user and a weapon that pings your radar. I don't like the looks of fighting that. And if we do fight our way in, the whole town will be put on alarm.
Yeah...

>looks like we're not going to be able to just slaughter this city like that piss ant village if there guards are packing this much heat, at least not yet anyways.
Right.

>What's that thing that fell off the wall?
Do I look like I know? What, am I a book of thing-lore?

>the thing on the ground appears to be a seal of some kind. i think that section of the wall was enchanted but the magic seal broke off.
Sounds as good a theory as any.

>Can you identify what those seals do?
I don't know jack shit about seals. Ask a wizard.

>it's not to keep out people who could hop it. It's there to keep monsters or spirits from crossing the ward.
That makes sense.

>meaning shadow blend and ooze through the hole n the wall.
Ooze? I'm not a slime. I'll just climb over.

>and watch out for sticks and other things that could make noises this time.
Fuck you.

Dionaea 2013/11/18(Mon)20:50 No. 549037 ID: b21c4a
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Right. Sneak up, climb over the wa--

"You know what's ironic? The sensing thing you're using makes you easier to find. Or is that just an amusing coincidence?"

well then... I think we should start running. Also can we turn that damn thing off in the future or are we stuck with it?

>>549037
Oh great, ask who this asshole is. They haven't immediately alerted the guard, so at least we know they don't want you dead. Don't bite his hand as tempting as that may be, since a scream from a bush would attract the guards' attention.

if it wanted you dead it would of just attacked.

>>549047
True. Furthermore, it looks like he has his hand over your mouth to stop you from making any noise, so it looks like he's trying not to let you get discovered.

Stop. See what this guy wants, because if we're found out here we're in for a royal butt-kicking.

Turn and glare at this interloper. Let's see who this is. Hold back on the shouting or violence since we don't want the whole town on alert just yet if we can help it.

>Shit, I don't know.
Well it's your own dang fault for picking up fancy magic senses but not the key or instructions manual.

>>549063
Yeah, but also maybe ooze around his/her fingers a little. Just to, you know, keep the creepy going. You have an image to maintain.

Ooooh wait I have a better idea.

Transform into a female villager and call for help. The guards will come save you from your attacker! You might even be able to sneak attack one of the guards while the other is busy. If you can do so quietly enough, you can then kill the second one too!

Or maybe this guy accosting you will kill the other one for you.

Dionaea 2013/12/22(Sun)01:57 No. 553056 ID: 9f401c
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>ask who this asshole is
>stop you from making any noise
>Stop.
>Turn and glare
>Hold back

NO

FUCK

"Heh heh heh heh! Going to have to be faster!"

Ah. Well...ok, then. We'll, uh, wait until you calm down a bit.

>>553056
Is that a fucking ghost? Well, you're pretty fast now. Tackle it!

inhale really hard! it's a soul, so it must be ate

>blatantly ignores us, again.
Geeze, why do you even bother asking for our help.

You do know you can always kill things after trying to talk to them, right? Doesn't always work the other way. And running around like an idiot trying to kill this ghost or spirit or whatever is just going to undermine your attempts to enter the town without alerting your victims.

wait, is that thing coming from you?

Alright Dionaea, please try to work with us here, we want you to succeed but if you use less thought process than a wounded animal you are going to end up banished, and I don't think you want to wait another thousand or so years for a chance to let these beings fear your name. Do not attempt to engage whatever this is, it is clearly strong enough that it does not consider you a threat.

Find out what it wants and possibly what it is, and we can kill it at a later time once we can do so safely.

Dionaea 2014/01/20(Mon)00:37 No. 558537 ID: 7bdac6
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>Is that a fucking ghost? Well, you're pretty fast now. Tackle it!
ERRRGRRRRRH

>inhale really hard! it's a soul, so it must be ate
GRAAAAAAHHHHH

>wait, is that thing coming from you?
NO

"Alright, alright, calm down or they're going to hear you flailing. Relax."

"You fucki--aargh--fuck--fucker! I'll kill you!"

"That'd be difficult, seeing as how I am already dead."

"I'm a shadow demon! I eat souls!"

"I'm not a soul. I'm a being of magic -- like you. I'm just a fossil of a soul. Whatever person I was eroded a long time ago."

Dionaea 2014/01/20(Mon)00:37 No. 558538 ID: 7bdac6
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"Well, if you're magic, then I can hurt you, you little shit."

"Well, yes, technically, but to be honest, I'd welcome the banishment. I've... been... for far too long. Again, relax. I'm just here to give you a warning."

"I can handle my own self."

"I'm sure you think you can. But you're not the only demon around these parts, not by a long shot. Be careful."

"Why would you warn me?"

"I warn all the newcomers. That was a big magic ripple you sent out crawling your way back into this plane -- I sensed you miles away. I wager I'm not the only one."

I take a deep breath. People thoughts. Yes. Thoughts before actions. Words before violence.

"That stunt you pulled back there with the village was an easy way to get a lot of power quickly, but it was very high-profile. I recommend you stick to the bigger cities from now on and prey on easy targets that won't be missed. Be what goes bump in the night."

"Fuck you. I'll do what I want."

"Alright, suit yourself, but the Emperor's warriors don't take kindly to demons slaughtering their citizenry. You're gonna get a magic sword through your gut in no time."

"I can take 'em."

"Eventually. But don't rush yourself. Alright? Peace out."

Dionaea 2014/01/20(Mon)00:38 No. 558539 ID: 7bdac6
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The ghost evaporates into thin air.

Fucker.

it dd have A point, but it didn't have to be so snarky about it.
so, other demons. what happens if a demon kills another demon?

...damn it, the bastard has a point.

hmm, well it was just a no name village so if we lay low and don't do to much to bring attention to ourselves they might just think it's a bandit attack or that we're long gone. The little bastard also had a idea about just stalking nobodies to gain power without attracting to much attention to ourselves. Either way before we do shit we still have to get to the city and see what it's like before we can really decide on what we want to do.

>>558539
So, according to him, our best plan is to infiltrate the city, and kill forgettable folk where there are no witnesses. A slow, safe progression of power. We might even be able to steal someone's identity and work as an executioner for some free kills.

He also wouldn't mind dying, but didn't let himself be killed. Sounds like he's another demon's slave. I bet you can create ghosts too with enough Necromancy. Question is, did the other demon send him to warn you to keep you from getting killed, or was it to keep you from getting too much power and becoming a threat or bringing the army down on their head too? Actually in either case maybe you should follow the ghost's advice.

Let's sneak into the city regardless of what our plans are, and just scope it out.

Dude, you're not at full power. If you charge strait at everything, eventually you're going to be overcome by sheer numbers, attrition, or the bad luck of running into something stronger than your current level of power before you're prepared.

Annoying ghost was right. You want to survive long enough to make the world fear you? You have to play a little smart and avoid getting killed.

Unless you'd prefer to wait another few ages for a shot.

Hrrrm. I had wanted to try to play off that slaughtered village but it seems running and hiding wouldn't be a bad idea.
I figure, follow the wall until you find another road, travel along said road until you find a village, and from there...
the FUNTIMES BEGIN! it's best if it's another no-name like the last village, so that no-one will be inclined to pay that much attention to it.

Dionaea 2014/01/21(Tue)22:04 No. 558968 ID: e4e41e
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>it dd have A point
>the bastard has a point.
>Annoying ghost was right.
Fuck you too! I'm the best. I'll play by whatever rules I want. And let's be honest here, does spending a few decades building up power by sniping drunks in alleyways sound like a good time to you?

>just stalking nobodies to gain power without attracting to much attention to ourselves.
>A slow, safe progression of power.
B o r i n g.

I don't mind playing it safe. I'm down with that. But I'm so not down for the food chain lifestyle. I'd be banished of boredom if I never took any risks ever, and I'd still probably get taken out by somebody, especially 'cause the more time you spend on the plane the longer the competition has to become aware of you.

If you're worried about me getting into lethal trouble, there's plenty of countermeasures I can set up so that I can secure my foothold on the plane and won't get booted out 'til the next era the first time somebody chops my head off with a magic sword.

Like, a cult is always a good first step. Convert a few people into worshipping me and they'll feel it when I get offed and can summon me back. Unfortunately, the amount of power I come back with is directly related both to how intense their worship is, and how many people are sacrificed to summon me. Converting a few people in a podunk village and getting them to sacrifice a goat is a great low-profile safety measure, but you'll basically be back to square one, and if for any reason they stop believing in you, you're basically fucked, so you have to visit them once in a while, too. Good cults can be extremely hard to sustain, what with having to constantly draft in fresh blood for monthly or weekly or, gods forbid, daily sacrifices, not to mention the batch that dies to bring you back. Also, the neighbors tend to notice, and adventurers will crawl out of the godsdamn woodwork to topple your evil hold on the land or whatever. Sometimes it's a quick power grab to amass a big ol' following and have them banish you, then poison themselves ritually to bring you back even more powerful than you were before, but... it's not often practical.

Anyway, the main other thing is artifacts. If you get someone to make a statue of you or something, those can usually be great entrypoints. You can hide them in some tomb and step back into the plane in only a few months, or weeks, depending on the quality and state of decay. The downside is that adventurers love to pilfer that shit, and it's really hard to come back on the down-low when a statue turns into a shadow demon in the middle of a crowded marketplace. Really holy bastards might just smash them on sight, too, and then it's worthless. It doesn't have to be a statue, though, just anything that's specifically made to represent you.

I can also make items into artifacts by stashing power into them, which doesn't really help me unless I come back later and get it back out. Only really ideal if I know I'm gonna die soon, and only have a rudimentary failsafe to come back with. The more powerful demons can tell you, those things go missing all the time. If you leave them alone for more than a decade they're probably long gone.

Some of this might sound kind of familiar. Just between you and me, there's not a lot of difference between gods and demons. Gods are the magical entities mortals willed into existence by believing in them because they wanted something immortal to look up to and have watch over them. Demons are the magical entities mortals willed into existence by believing in them because they were afraid of the dark and the unknown and we were what they imagined lurked there. That's why we're evil and gods are good. It's just our nature. But we're mostly independent of mortals now.

Dionaea 2014/01/21(Tue)22:04 No. 558969 ID: e4e41e
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Ugh, that was a mouthful. Looks like those two idiots are totally oblivious still. Good.

>what happens if a demon kills another demon?
The latter demon is banished and, if it was a direct kill, the first demon gains a fraction of their power. That's why competition between demons is so fierce. Very few encounters with other demons don't end with a fight to the death, metaphorically speaking.

>Sounds like he's another demon's slave.
This might be reaching a bit.

>I bet you can create ghosts too with enough Necromancy.
Ghosts like him? Nah. He's a natural formation. Like he said, he's a fossil. When someone dies prematurely, and no god wants their soul, it has nowhere to go, and it just kind of sits around and fades away. Since it's decaying directly in the magic field, the magic seeps in to fill the empty space, and eventually there's just a magical imprint of a soul which becomes a ghost. Once they're banished they're gone for good. They don't really have a core or a purpose. Since there has to be a soul, ghosts are pretty much only formed by people who die of unnatural causes, like murder. He probably had a really sordid past that conspired to put him in that position. I bet he's super touchy about it.

wait, the idiot on... our right seems to be looking over at us. well, our general direction. could it have felt the ghost? give em a minute to cool off. then when he stops paying attention check out the hole in the wall to the right of them. and that seal looking thing on the ground.

>>558968
Yeah, that does sound familiar.

>>558969
You could kill the guards but then they'd increase security, making it much harder to get back in the city later. Just hop over the wall where the broken seal is, and let's stalk the streets and kill a whole BUNCH of homeless folk. Maybe break into a rich fucker's house to kill him and his family and the servants too. Steal their valuables to make it look like a burglary.

>I'd be banished of boredom if I never took any risks ever
We're not saying take no risks. We're just saying... not every risk is a smart risk. And you've been pretty caution-averse to this point. Just trying to get you to play smart, when it makes sense.

Like, attacking the ghost. It got you nothing, risked discovery pointlessly, and just make you look silly and powerless in front of it. You'd have been better off just talking from the get-go.

>cult, artifacts
The problems with the cult system seem pretty well stuck with what a cult is. Not a whole lot of ways around that, unless you can sanction or protect the cult by making it part of a powerful nation's public and accepted religion.

The artifact system seems more like something we could game.

Although both are a little premature. We still need to see about sneaking into this town.

I was thinking when you got into the city we'd take down a few bums maybe pretend to be one and find a way into a gang or large scale crime syndicate and see if we can't work our way up to whoever is in charged and get our hands on a nice juicy soul. I mean if they're the boss of whatever we get into they have to have a plumper sole then most right?

Dionaea 2014/03/02(Sun)20:40 No. 564995 ID: dad7dc
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>wait, the idiot on... our right seems to be looking over at us. well, our general direction. could it have felt the ghost? give em a minute to cool off. then when he stops paying attention check out the hole in the wall to the right of them. and that seal looking thing on the ground.
I think he's just looking around. Either way, I'll wait for him to look away.

>Like, attacking the ghost. It got you nothing, risked discovery pointlessly, and just make you look silly and powerless in front of it. You'd have been better off just talking from the get-go.
Nobody sneaks up on me like that and gets away with it. Period. End of discussion.

>Not a whole lot of ways around that, unless you can sanction or protect the cult by making it part of a powerful nation's public and accepted religion.
Heh heh... that'd be sweet. 'course, the other nations around here would probably be adverse to neighbouring a demon-worshipping empire.

Yeah, that amulet is definitely some kind of demon-repelling thing. I give it a wide berth. So what's the plan while I'm in here? Anything I should keep my eyes out for?

Not sure, right now we're just trying to see what's in the town and how big it is. I'd guess the best things to look our for would be places of religion cause they might have things that could hurt you and wherever they keep the guards in the city for the same reason. This places would also be areas for us to avoid until we have a reason to go near them. Other things to look out for would be a hunting grounds of sorts and of course somewhere for you to hide during the day.

>Nobody sneaks up on me like that and gets away with it. Period. End of discussion.
...except he did get away with it. Attacking things you can't hurt isn't very satisfying.

>what look for?
Maybe a way to get the lay of the land, look around the place? Anywhere tall, or with a good vantage so we could survey the town? That isn't, say, the local church steeple. Or a manned guard tower.

yeah, want to scope out a major city before the first kill.

>>564995
Scout the place out, first. Predators need to know their territory. Then we'll look for your first victim. You'll need a cult, but you'll need power enough to convince them to worship you before that.

In addition, you should probably find out the location of the nearest other city and/or some local geography, just in case we need to bail in a hurry. We're not exactly Tzeentch right now.

Who's up for pretending to be a serial killer and eating the police officers who come after us? You get souls from the serial killer victims AND from police officers. Some safe bets mixed with some risky bets and subterfuge. Everyone wins!

>>564995
Look for any inns where adventurers might buy rooms. A mercenary guild would be a good place to snag some rich lives as well. Oh, speaking of rich lives, maybe we can sneak into the house of an upper-class rich guy with little moral fiber (I'm not entirely certain how we'd be able to tell who is evil/selfish enough) and offer our services as an assassin. Forging connections amongst the mortal world might land us a way of forming a cult or simply the finances to make a statue or something.

It's never too early to plan ahead for your options for resurrection.

Dionaea 2014/04/13(Sun)02:40 No. 570364 ID: 66cfc5
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Phew, glad to be past that wall. Something about it made everything feel like it was going so slowly.

So, this town seems quaint.

>Not sure, right now we're just trying to see what's in the town and how big it is. I'd guess the best things to look our for would be places of religion cause they might have things that could hurt you and wherever they keep the guards in the city for the same reason. This places would also be areas for us to avoid until we have a reason to go near them. Other things to look out for would be a hunting grounds of sorts and of course somewhere for you to hide during the day.
Well, having walked around a little, I'd say it's probably got a few hundred people in it. Some of the buildings are multiple floors high. There's a market district, but it's the middle of the night, so it was empty and kind of bare and all the shops were closed. I assume during the day there's lots of tents and stands and stuff. There are larger houses on the outskirts of town, with rows of medium-sized ones in the middle, and then big multi-story complexes that I assume are apartments closer to the center and important districts.

The guard barracks is close to the center, and there's churches dotted around the whole place. Seems they have no shortage of worship here. It's fine, I was expecting it. As long as I don't mess with them it won't be too much of a problem.

The whole place seems to be surrounded by that wall, and it seems to be pretty well-maintained. The fallen brick near the entrance must have happened recently. As for a place to sleep in the day, I could probably just kill someone and take their apartment. It would only be good in the short term, and would probably raise serious concerns if I did it frequently, but it'll be perfectly serviceable for my first week in town or so.

Hunting grounds? I could probably just walk the streets and pick off people unlucky enough to be taking a stroll. It's what I usually do.

>...except he did get away with it. Attacking things you can't hurt isn't very satisfying.
I can hurt him! He just dodged out of the way. He's a being of magic just like me. He can be hurt by magic, like I can, which means we can hurt each other. The only reason I didn't tear him to bits is that you jerks stopped me.

>In addition, you should probably find out the location of the nearest other city and/or some local geography, just in case we need to bail in a hurry. We're not exactly Tzeentch right now.
I mean, there's not, like, any maps. All the stores are closed, so I can't buy one, either. I'd have to ask somebody.

>Look for any inns where adventurers might buy rooms. A mercenary guild would be a good place to snag some rich lives as well.
I can't find any guildhouses. This must not be a high-profile enough city for them to be present. There aren't any inns, either. Inns only really show up on roads and tiny towns, as a place for people to stop and refresh themselves, or stay the night, before continuing their journey. Big places like this have boarding houses, where all the transients rent rooms along with people who are down on their luck. Finding adventurers just based on where they sleep will be pretty difficult.

>Oh, speaking of rich lives, maybe we can sneak into the house of an upper-class rich guy with little moral fiber (I'm not entirely certain how we'd be able to tell who is evil/selfish enough) and offer our services as an assassin. Forging connections amongst the mortal world might land us a way of forming a cult or simply the finances to make a statue or something.
I dunno, this sounds risky. Rich people usually have guards, especially immoral ones, because they don't want people snooping around their place or threatening them. I think I should get some more power before I try something like that, both for leverage, and to back me up in case they don't like the cut of my jib and I need to get out of town in a hurry. Also, they're pretty selfish, and wouldn't be interested in worshipping me unless they feared me.

>It's never too early to plan ahead for your options for resurrection.
Amen.

>Who's up for pretending to be a serial killer and eating the police officers who come after us? You get souls from the serial killer victims AND from police officers. Some safe bets mixed with some risky bets and subterfuge. Everyone wins!
Who's pretending? That sounds like a decent idea, though. Any others?

>>570364
I like the serial killer plan for starters. Draw some weird insignia onto the corpses!

Also don't forget you can kill someone then shapeshift into them and steal their identity by wearing their clothes. Do it to someone who doesn't have any social ties and you can use their home for a long time. Can you walk around shapeshifted during the day? Kill a beggar and hide the body properly and you could take their form to wander the streets and find out news about the mortal world.

I'd agree the rich-guy plan is too much risk, for now. You're making yourself vulnerable to and dependent on someone else for little reason.

For now, let's hunt for someone who's identity you can steal. You get a meal, an apartment with spare clothes, and an innocuous appearance to adopt. Everything you need so people don't notice you.

>serial killer plan
Meaning, if possible, you should really leave bodies that look like they were killed with a weapon, rather than teeth or claw. It's to our advantage if they think the hunter in their midst is an ordinary mortal. It means anyone coming after us will be unprepared.

I had a plan that would give us souls and maybe worshipers but I don't think this city is big enough. My plan was find where a bunch of homeless people lived or people just down on there luck and mess with a few small time thugs or some other undesirables and make it look like the homeless/unlucky people are the ones causing them problems. Then when the thugs come to deal with the homeless we protect them and kill the thugs. WHY you would do this is 1) the homeless would probably have very very poor souls and wouldn't be worth eating anyways 2) the thugs would have taster souls giving you more power quicker 3) as long as you're careful the guards would be less likely to be called in and 4) we could manipulate the homeless into worshiping you since you'd be protecting them and because for people to worship you the need a reason to do so. And fear only works when you're here in this world and breathing, once you kick the bucket unless your worshipers feel like there's something in it for them they'll likely scatter.

But yeah this can wait until we get into a bigger city where we could actually pull this off. For now I say either find someone who looks wealthy and take there place to steal there funds to get started on a statue or idle or something. Hell we could maybe hire some mercs or bandits or something to harass the town as well so people would look away from us when we started doing the murder thing. Or keep it simple and just kill someone and take there clothes and then wear one of the bodies of the people from the village you slaughtered and ask around to get the lay of the land (both this town and the surrounding area) so we can have a better idea on how to plan our next move then go on the killing spree.

>>570364
>Who's pretending?
I meant pretend to be a HUMAN serial killer. It's one thing to be prepared to fight a stronger-than-average human, it's another to be prepared to fight a shadow-demon. If they think you're human, you'll primarily have to worry about the former.

Another thought was to see if you could find a real serial killer mid-crime, and kill him. Then, Proclaim his victim to be under your protection- as the gods clearly have abandoned protecting the individual not only in that the serial killer came across them, but you did as well.
Finally, you sum this speech with an offer- vow to worship and follow you, or share in the killer's fate.
Only problem with this approach is the time elapsed, both in finding this situation and in performing it. But if done right it would make for a powerful event in the victim's life, and possibly make for a faithful cultist.

>>570430
Also, couldn't you just break into a store and STEAL a map?

Dionaea 2014/06/07(Sat)17:30 No. 577638 ID: 47fc6a
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>I like the serial killer plan for starters. Draw some weird insignia onto the corpses!
Sounds solid. What kinda insignia?

>Can you walk around shapeshifted during the day?
I'm afraid not. Impersonate doesn't fundamentally change what I am. The only way I could ever walk in the daylight is if I got so powerful that I simply didn't care, and it posed no significant threat to me. How much I can take depends on my power and the strength of the light.

>For now, let's hunt for someone who's identity you can steal. You get a meal, an apartment with spare clothes, and an innocuous appearance to adopt. Everything you need so people don't notice you.
Only one problem with this plan: I won't know anything about the identity I'm stealing. I'd have to stalk someone or else kill them in their own home.

>I had a plan that would give us souls and maybe worshipers but I don't think this city is big enough.
Yeah, it's probably not. Keep in mind that the strength of the people worshipping me also matters to how much they can help me. It's sort of a short-term vs. long-term trade-off. It's a decent backup plan, though.

>Meaning, if possible, you should really leave bodies that look like they were killed with a weapon, rather than teeth or claw. It's to our advantage if they think the hunter in their midst is an ordinary mortal. It means anyone coming after us will be unprepared.
The problem with that is I don't have any weapons and I have no way to carry them.

>Also, couldn't you just break into a store and STEAL a map?
Yes, but I don't know what a map store looks like and I'm not about to start randomly breaking into shops. It'd draw attention.

[Dionaea consumes a Soul.]

>What kind of insignia
IDK, I'm guessing you don't have any sort of personal crest thing, so I figure something the shape of your head might work.
Maybe take the time to carve up the bodies of your kills until you've got something close enough.
>Need to stalk people to steal identity properly.
Well then pick someone who looks...Hrrm. I'd say pick an ordinary citizen-type. We want someone who won't be a major issue if he/she goes missing.
Better yet? If this person has a spouse, we can kill them, go nuts mutilating the body, and I mean NUTS, like you'd have to play jig-saw puzzle with the chunks left just to reassemble their face, then go back and get that knife you looted from the heroes, show up at their home shapeshifted, reveal your true self, and then combined threaten them into your service/entice them with power and rewards, the knife being the first of many. With any luck, we'll have ourself our first cultist that way.

>so I figure something the shape of your head might work
...we want people to think the killings are non-demonic. Carving little demon heads in victims kind of goes the wrong way. Same problem with mystic creepy symbols.

Rip off a small body part. An eye, or ear, or tongue, or finger, or something. Trophy taking is a common compulsion among serial killers (or at least so tv tells me). We can just ditch the 'trophy' later.

>problem faking weapons
Uh, well, leave clean cuts and slash marks instead of rip and tear when you can? Large enough claws woulds could be mistaken for knife injuries, if done right.

>>577638
Serial killers usually take some form of trophy from their victims. You could kill the person by striking them in the face with your claws, then taking their head as one of those trophies. Hide it elsewhere/destroy the head, bam! You've got a serial killer identity, and no one knows you're killing by fang and claw.

>Insignia

I was going to suggest writing 'blood for Dionaea' on the wall in the victim's blood, but that might draw the wrong kind of attention.

Keep it simple. Just draw a circle on the wall in blood.

>Yes, but I don't know what a map store looks like and I'm not about to start randomly breaking into shops. It'd draw attention.
.......

Fair enough. We'll worry about that later. For now, serial killer.

>>577638
Draw a line inside a diamond. Next kill, put a thin oval inside, as if the line were a lidded eye before it opened. Continue this making the oval thicker with each kill until it reaches a full circle. At that point, we stop killing and move on. How many kills this takes is up to you, and... if you're feeling cocky you could write your name in blood next to the last kill.

At some point you could put a diamond marking on someone's door. Just a random house. That might lead the guard along a false trail, buy you some time. If you're lucky you might even catch a patrolman near the house you marked the following night.

Oh, and if you want to play a joke on the investigators, you could perform your killings in a pattern (like, one night in the northeast part of town, next in the east, next in the southeast) but kill an extra person one night and plant their corpse in the next spot in the pattern on the same night. Then they'll try to have guards in the area of your next victim the next night, but you've already put a dead body there beforehand so they'll only find a cold corpse. During that night you should kill someone in a completely different part of the city. Optimally this would be toward the end of your killing spree because they'll start bringing in outside help at that point I think.

If we can't walk around during the day like this then we won't be able to do this for long. I'd limit it to 5 kills or so. Oh, once you feel like it, you could try to interrogate one of the victims before you kill them, in order to find out where we can go next. Nearby population centers or even a person of interest in this town.

During the day why don't we explore as much as we can? Maybe we can find some criminal hideouts underground, even.

well if you want to hide the fact that you used claws or fangs you could just dump the body somewhere with rats or find some way to mutilate the body so anyone looking at it would have a bitch of a time finding a way to tell what kill the poor sod. Or you could just say fuck it, grab a brick or something around you and cave the guy's skull in after you killed him or something and just leave the "murder weapon" at the crime scene. Just try to focus the damage of whatever you used around the area you killed the guy to try and cover it up.

>>577638
>Insignia
Drawing attention to ourselves or otherwise making people think "woah demon slash demon cult" seems like a poor idea.

What about some kind of popular religious symbol? Replicated faithfully without distortion. Could be the authorities would think it was some kind of zealous religious serial killer.

Keep it simple, scratch a triangle into the corpse and then later on you can do misdirection by scratching that shape on people's doors after a few more kills. It's not quite being worshipped but you can force yourself into local mythology and ghost stories.

Dionaea 2014/07/12(Sat)23:57 No. 584015 ID: 53548a
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>If this person has a spouse, we can kill them, go nuts mutilating the body, and I mean NUTS, like you'd have to play jig-saw puzzle with the chunks left just to reassemble their face, then go back and get that knife you looted from the heroes, show up at their home shapeshifted, reveal your true self, and then combined threaten them into your service/entice them with power and rewards, the knife being the first of many. With any luck, we'll have ourself our first cultist that way.
It sounds like fun except for getting that knife back. That's way out of the goddamn way. Plus, threatening someone into becoming your cultist doesn't really work out in the long run. They'll probably agree, sure, but as soon as your back is turned they're off for the hills. You want reliable people. Usually they're in it for power, or fame, or to satisfy a grudge, or just to be allowed to do terrible things. You'd be surprised what lurks in the hearts of mortals.

>Rip off a small body part. An eye, or ear, or tongue, or finger, or something. Trophy taking is a common compulsion among serial killers (or at least so tv tells me). We can just ditch the 'trophy' later.
Pretty good idea. I'll take his finger.

>Uh, well, leave clean cuts and slash marks instead of rip and tear when you can? Large enough claws woulds could be mistaken for knife injuries, if done right.
I can't promise that. I'm not going to be working out how to imitate a weapon when I'm fighting someone, especially if they actually pose a threat to me. I'd be better off getting an actual weapon.

>Keep it simple. Just draw a circle on the wall in blood.
Seems a little demonic. Serial killers don't have to be nuts. Sometimes people kill for fun, or for pay, or to rob people, whatever. I'm probably best off imitating one of those. I think I'll pose as a hired thug.

>Optimally this would be toward the end of your killing spree because they'll start bringing in outside help at that point I think.
That's what I want to avoid!

>During the day why don't we explore as much as we can? Maybe we can find some criminal hideouts underground, even.
During the day is the worst time to explore. I can't even use my abilities in direct sunlight. It's too disorienting. Daytime is when I find somewhere to hole up and hide.

>It's not quite being worshipped but you can force yourself into local mythology and ghost stories.
Doesn't really help me much. I exist because of local mythology and ghost stories. I am the magical embodiment of mortal fear and superstition. I'm the thing that goes bump in the night. Haven't I explained this before? Anyway, the only thing that could do is make more demons. Even then, it'd take quite a few people believing in the stories, for like, decades.

Dionaea 2014/07/12(Sat)23:57 No. 584016 ID: 53548a
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Anyway, I've been wandering around this place for hours and it's getting light. Any ideas before I find somewhere to sleep for the night?

Find somewhere abanded looking or out of the way. Without knowing the town layout that's about the best I can give you.

>>584016
How about that house right there. Sneak in and either kill the occupants or find a hiding spot where you are unlikely to be discovered.

>>584031
A scene of a bloody murder isn't a good place to hide out. If the occupants are missed, or someone notices, that could lead to the house being searched, and, worst case, us being caught in a fight in daylight, when we're weakest.

favicon up, get spooky'd

>>584017
About what I was thinking. If it's possible, you might even want to slink back out to the forest and find a burrow or some thick vegetation to hide out under.

>>584016
Do any of the nearby buildings have an attic/basement of some sort, or look like they might? If so, we can hide out in there until nightfall, and shadowblend if needed.

If not, I have to agree with the 'find-a-burrow' plan.

If we need to stay in town, we could hide in a sewer.

HELL YEAH BLOOD AND GORE AND DEMONS HELL YEAH
dude. can you fit into a cupboard? i mean, shit, who's gonna go out and try the magical seal on the wall again? not someone as smart as you, i'd hope!
so what you do is find either a basement, or a hole in the ground, just for this night, or something like that...and so even if you're discovered, you can just take them out because while it's light outside, it's dark in there.
find a basement or a closet. sleep. ??? profit.

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>How about that house right there.
>A scene of a bloody murder isn't a good place to hide out.
Also the window is closed, I'd have to break it. That might attract attention.

>you might even want to slink back out to the forest
No thanks, I don't want to try and cross that wall again. Too risky. I don't even know which way to head towards it, I'd have to find another gap.

>hide in a sewer
A what?

>attic/basement of some sort
>a basement, or a hole in the ground
A basement would probably work. Let me look around for something...

Dionaea 2014/07/17(Thu)20:58 No. 584546 ID: 53548a
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Here we go! Ah, shit, of course it's locked... fuck it.

Dionaea 2014/07/17(Thu)20:59 No. 584547 ID: 53548a
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All right, hopefully no one notices that broken lock. Looks like these barrels are empty, I'll hide in one of them.

>shadowblend if needed
I can't Shadowblend while I'm asleep.

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Dionaea 2014/07/17(Thu)20:59 No. 584549 ID: 53548a
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Guh! What time is it?