Dompag 2011/04/09(Sat)22:28 No. 295375 ID: 543aa6
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So where the hell have you been?

It's been days since we heard anything.

This is how I feel when updates are slow.

No fucking clue, buddy. What happened to you? Give us a situation report.

Oh, shit. Did Geppa have a regression?

>I've really lost enough blood pursuing you crazy space weirdos
Oh hey Dompag, been having fun?

Boss got his hand cut off. It was pretty badass.
Jesus what happened to you.

Status report, Mister Dompag.

yeah, crazy mask dude used a magic beam, made his hand mega dead. but DAYS? we aren't sure what happened.

We only seem to be "awake" at certain times, don't seem to be able to control when. Sorry if we missed something important.
Are you okay? You don't look so good.

Who pissed Geppa off this time?

Dompag 2011/04/09(Sat)23:18 No. 295395 ID: 543aa6
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We been attacked. Not just some first level shit pissin' about either.

The other day, Ash came back from scoutin' the Tower near Tela Cruz. Good news as I understand it, but she's savin' her presentation for the Boss's return.

Then this morning, they showed up outside.

Paladins.

awwwww fuuuuuuuuuuuck

...are they still there?

>>295395
Shit.
How is everybody? Do you need us to try to call for help?

I propose tying live babies to the doors so they can't force their way in without killing babies and thus losing their paladin powers.

Give us the lowdown. How many casualties on each side? What are they like? Where are they now?

1. How many? 2. What's the damage? 3. (Assuming they're not still here-) Where did they go?

would tislomer work instead? she seems pretty damn innocent, may be enough to stop the paladins. unless they call anyone that fights monsters 'paladin'. in which case we need something powerful... does tislomer know what chemicals mixed to blow her up? get a bottle of each of those and throw them both at the guy so he explodes.

Dompag 2011/04/09(Sat)23:38 No. 295407 ID: 543aa6
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There were... hell, seven or eight of 'em I think. Saw 'em coming and headed out to meet 'em. Wanted to keep 'em away from the base, protect the 'bolds and the Odds.

Tislomer let us grab a few potions, then it was just me and Ashedel out there against 'em. We drove 'em off, but they'll be back. Soon.
They said as much.

okay, get the odds and tislomer to rig a chemical trap. get a bunch of those mixing explosive and set it so when you pull a rope they mix and go off. or get a bottle of each and throw them at a guy so they mix ON a guy, totally destroying him.

Dompag 2011/04/09(Sat)23:48 No. 295410 ID: 543aa6
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No good on the chems. Tislomer doesn't know what blew up on her table that day, everything just got sorta smashed.

>"I'm sorry! If I could remember I'd tell you!"
"Don't worry about it. You just go back to helping Ona with the medicines."

Yeah, they've been working on patching me and Ash up since the fight, but the Paladins will probably return tonight.

That's a no-go on the traps, too. Without Finesse we can't work out the mechanisms, even with Babrakus's help. And the Odds -- well, they're outta commission, maybe permanently. Weird blue stuff seepin' out of their eyes and mouths, they been vegetables for days.

Does Ona know any useful confounding stuff? Hide the doors, or make the paladins forget why they came?

I guess even if she does they're likely equipped for such measures but it might buy you a little time at the least.

...What about that good old crotch-level swinging trap? Is that still functional?

Well, this is a sorry mess. Barricade the doors, and hope this prevents those fuckers from getting in. Nothing much else you can do. Could be they'll either stay outside and try to starve you out, and you can at least wait until Muschio returns to fight them. Could be they'll bust in, but then at least you'll have a chokepoint to work with.

>>295410
You're not supplied properly for a siege, but Muschio is on his way back. ang you should have enough supplies to last that long.

You're at a disadvantage out in the open, but since you're the reacting force you have a defensive advantage. Bar the doors and pile heavy crap behind them. It will take them time to force their way through, and when they do their entrance will be slowed. You should be able to beat them if you can keep it to only one or two of them at a time.

Now, if only you had some lava or something...

the portal is bound to muschio right? the magic damage he took probably caused a feedback and destabalized them. check the mimic, if that is broke too then yeah it's magic backlash.

how much booze you got? can sacrifice the front room and rig it to ignite by covering it in alcohol and haveing a little trail lead away. when it's time you light the trail and light them on fire.

>>295415
Booze + candle?

>>295416
No, the Odds got busted *before* he got hit.

But yes, don't forget about the Mimic. Or our three scout guys. Logos, Pathos, Ethos? Send one of them out to keep an eye on Paladin movements, another out to meet Muschio on his way back and tell him to hurry the fuck up, and the third... Send the third to the goblins we have as allies. Ask for any sort of assistance they can give, or reports of anyone that we can hire in the area.

We still have the traps we've already installed, right? All we need to do is make sure everyone is on alert mode, and that we have some advance warning before they arrive. It's okay if they get in so long as they're contained.

>>295417
iiiIIIITS MOLOTOV TIME!
got anything that burns?

also, maybe we can get back to muschio and ask for a regiment of soldiers from that bug place he was just at... That should turn the tides!

>>295410
You may have to include Geppa in the defensive force if when they come back. Sad to do but you need backup.

And the boss is returning with Finesse, and he's got some extra people with him. Give them some time after that and it should be possible to arm some of the goblins from the nearby tribes and maybe get some trainers from Salamanders tower. Then we can find out where the paladins are coming from and march on them.

>>295419
>another out to meet Muschio on his way back and tell him to hurry the fuck up

Theoretically we should be able to do that, and a lot quicker too.

Whelp, if the paladins know where the base is, we're kinda screwed. They're probably still after the Master for his shenanigans in that town way back.
And Paladins are tenacious.

I dunno, fighting them doesn't seem like an option. A good paladin is always up for parley, though. Maybe you could try some diplomacy next time they come here.

Wait, you guys aren't EVIL evil are you? Because them Paladins' divine fury tends to do a number on evil guys.

WAIT! I JUST HAD AN IDEA! You guys can use the time you have now to perform an elaborate ruse. Since it would be... unwise to face them again in combat, you're going to have to convince them that after your first battle, you realized the error of your ways and have converted to whatever religion they stand for. You guys should probably go get some white robes, and some 2X4's so you can build a makeshift altar. And don't forget to rehearse some religious sounding BS so you can fake your way through it if they question you. All things considered, I think this is your best option for not dying.

Dompag 2011/04/10(Sun)15:23 No. 295516 ID: 543aa6
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They said the same stuff you normally hear outta Paladins. Callin' us monsters and what have you. You think they're gonna show mercy an' not see through a false testifyin', you don't know Paladins. Good's not a concept they like to apply to us non-humans.

But you may be right. They're gonna be back, and in greater numbers. We may not be able to fight them on our own, but we can try to hunker down and hold off till the Boss gets back.

I dunno when they'll strike next, so if we're gonna move anything in or out, we gotta do it now.
"You three. We might have to send you out. If we're barricaded up when you get back, can you get inside through the vent?"
>"SIR! Affirmative! We can easily squeeze through that small space."
>"BOSS! You can count on us. Just tell us what you need."
>"CHIEF! We'll be on it!"

Hm.
Should we send them out? And where to?
Or would it be better to keep them here?

You're the boss... basically. It's your call.

>>295514
Tell one to scout for paladins and then report back on what path they're using, and have Tislomer prepare poisons. One of them is to go to the goblins and kobold villages in the area and find recruits to aid, people to help with preparing traps and defenses. And the last one is to go find Commander Salamander and see if she got anything she can send on a short notice. We will try to get a message through to Mushio.

When you know from what direction they're coming from you set out to dig some traps. Nice little things with spikes through feets and similar things. Smeared with shit and poison to make sure it leaves a lasting mark on them. That should make them more manageable when they arrive.

>>295511
These are the paladins that commited a genocide against the gnolls and had a large part in making Geppa into the crazy bitch she is. Parley is not something they're big on when it comes to what they consider monsters.

>>295513
But we are evil. In fact Mushio spreads an aura of evil around him. Remains for quite a while after he has left an area as well. This place probably screams of evil to them. And their religion is of the mankind first and anyone else can die to create more living space for mankind type.

>>295518
Are we sure it's all about mankind and shit instead of protecting the good? Has that been confirmed at all and it's something I'm missing? Why work with Ridder in any form if it's about mankind and good instead of just good? And why communicate in spoilers? Will I stop asking questions? All this will be revealed in next episode!

Hey, Dompag, think you can make a makeshift brand of bronze/spiked knuckles with junk around the base or find something that can penetrate their armor better than your fists?

yes, those locations seem good. hrmmmmm, maybe instead of going t scout the paladins one can go see ridder?

>>295518
Getting advance warning on the movements of the paladins is good. So is sending for help from the Commander and from our Goblin dudes (even if they can't send manpower, some replacement alchemy stuff would be nice)

>>295516
Perhaps we should send one instead to Ridder? He has experience in bargaining with paladins as a knight at least.

>>295516
we need Ridder definately...
Another to get information on the incoming Paladins

And... the third to sabotage the paladins

Send one Denling to contact Ridder.

Send the other two to track the Paladins. We need to buy ourselves time to prepare.

>>295519
Because it's not for the ears of the characters. Because I despise it when people try to claim that they know about Ridders mental problems and the information that gave them. Too much meta.

Anyway, I think it was the races of man. In which Ridder, among others like our dear boss, are included. Ogres, goblins, kobolds and gnolls are not included though. And I think that for them good and the races of man is the same thing.

Instead of being trapped inside, trap them inside.

You could grab anything you can carry and head to the hills, make it look like you abandoned the fort when the paladins return.

Then when they burst in to investigate, lock them in and light The Vault on fire. The Vault is stone so it'll be mostly ok after the fire eventually burns out.

A high cost maneuver, but you seem short on options until the boss and Finesse get back.

Or, you know, you could just actually run and hide until Muschio gets back. What's the worst that can happen, they wreck whatever you couldn't carry?

One to track paladins, one to report to Ridder and Muschio if it finds him, and the third can scout close while reporting back frequently.

Remember guys: Orb-shard network.

We can tell the boss ourselves.

Paladins have a one track mind at the grunt level. They will keep coming as long as someone tells them to. There are only a few sure fire ways to make them disappear.

1.Wipe them out. This is probably out of the question.
2. Get someone else to wipe them out.
3. Turn them towards another target.
4. Flee into hiding til they give up and move on.

I recommend #2. Here is how it can go. We have have in our possession many things to lure another foe unto our current foe. We have items that could be used to make it seem that the Paladins are here to "right the wrongs" of the past. Mainly reinstating the former government. But for this to work we need them to look as guilty as possible. This involves our captive. By planting her possessions (Preferably bloodied somehow)it would make them not only guilty of trying to overthrow a regime, but they also stooped to cutting their bloodline.

Finding their base is key, plant a few pieces of evidence, and turn the Government on them. Even if it is a full chapter/covenant/etc. of paladins, the countries' militia and standing military would easily overwhelm them. Since we have the little guys which have been used to plant things before, its a long shot that might work.

Or well... we can wait and hope for other options to open up.

>>295587
This is good except that they can just be like "We apologize, milord, we attempted to rescue your daughter but were too late."
And then we have even more huge problems. Just planting isn't going to cut it.

>>295592

The princess is only one part of it. Also Paladins don't "usually" lie. Imagine being a fanatic rebel coming upon bloodied items belonging to lost royalty, as well as correspondence letters detailing how/from she was taken signed with the former royal seal. Maybe even a letter or two requesting aid in retaking a lost kingdom.

And just putting the rumor out there would sic the fanatics on them. The Paladins show up from nowhere and are running a campaign through the countryside. It wouldn't take much for them to look guilty.

>>295518
Oh shit, you're kinda right, what kinda paladins ARE these?!

Okay, parley probably isn't the way to go after all, but I bet they're actually working together with piacevole's new regime.

Speaking of which we haven't seen hide nor hair of the princess.

We need to know what she's AWARE of. If she knows we're under attack by PALADINS she will probably yell at the top of her lungs for her release like any old Damsel in distress.

And we of course cannot lose her. Not with her potential to drastically affect the flow of events over-all.

>>295618
I think we saw a similar one either earlier in the quest or else I'm getting confused when I was flitting about with that hunk Ridder.

The armor is suspiciously familiar!

This is the orb-net, calling to Muchio Malto.

Get your ass over here, paladins are attacking.

Dompag 2011/04/11(Mon)11:05 No. 295652 ID: 543aa6
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All right. I send the Denlings out: one to Coriander's Tower, one to Sir Ridder, one to the nearby Goblin Village. Hopefully we can get some reinforcements.

Hm. I don't know about the rest of these ideas. I'm just a guard. Let me run some by Ashedel, she's got experience as a soldier.

"Ashedel! What do you think about simple traps, like pits and stuff?"
>"They'd take way too long to dig without a mobile force, and the Paladins could be back within the hour for all we know. And if we received reinforcements, we'd still have to wait hours for them just to arrive. It's wasted time."
"What about running? Or pretending the base was abandoned?"
>"A force that size is bound to have skilled trackers. They'd find us. Besides, we've got too many resources here, plus a POW to keep track of. We couldn't just evacuate."
"What if we tried to divert the enemy? Plant decoy evidence, spread rumors?"
>"Like I said, they could be back within the hour, armed and ready. That's a long-term plan we just don't have time for. Even if they won't be back for a while, it could take days."
"Could we barricade and try to hold them off?"
>"It's possible. This place is a fortress and there's only one entrance, but if they have siege weapons, or our reinforcements don't arrive, we might never get out."
"What do you recommend? Any other ideas?"
>"Respectfully, it's not my call, sir."

then barricade is the best option. use everything that isn't nailed down, and some things that are. if you can take it apart the princess cage would work pretty well.

>>295652
Talk to Ona about magical delays. She's been making a bit of a workshop for herself to increase her abilities.

I know she's working on medicine now, but you and Ash don't look like you're dying on a slab, exactly.

Or is someone else hurt?

sending for reinforcements, and barricading up, is probably your best bet

>"Respectfully, it's not my call, sir."

"But if it was, what would you do? We're not exactly rife with ideas here."

Okay, so barricade the door and pray like hell that they can't rustle up seige weapons before reinforcements arrive.

Also see what Ona can do. Maybe our barricade could be supplemented by some sort of warding.
Additionally, do we have any sort of ranged capacity? As far as I know we don't, but being able to shoot at the paladins as they approach wouldn't hurt.
If we could make it appear to the Paladins that the gate was a chokepoint they could take, we might have the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

Of significance: Nobody is thinking about why they left. They may have left in search of information, seige weapons, or additional bodies.

>>295652
Sounds like barricading is the way to go. You can still use the denlings though. They can't actively kill a target. But they can leave poisoned stuff out there. And you could check with Tislomer and Ona on what they have in terms of poisonous gases and stuff. You know, stuff to make their life miserable and harsh during the attempted siege.

>>295652
if you can hold em off long enough, Muschio can get an army to surround them.
it shouldn't be too hard.

Dompag 2011/04/11(Mon)14:48 No. 295699 ID: 543aa6
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Right. I guess we're going to knuckle down and wait till help arrives. But we're going to need to be as secure as possible.

"Ona!"
>"Hm? Oh, Dompag, what's up? Please tell me they're not back already."
"No. But we're going into lockdown. Are you busy?"
>"Just putting the finishing touches on Babrakus here. He'll be okay."
>"You big dummy! You didn't need to save me! Now look! You're hurt!"
>"I've had worse."
>"So Dompag, what's the situation?"
"We need to barricade the place. Is there anything you can do to help? Any spells that'll slow 'em down, or keep us safer?"
>"Sorry, that's more a sorcerer's thing. I'm more of a people person when it comes to magic."
"We're at a disadvantage without the Odds. Do you think we could reassemble the cell bars to help secure the front door?"
>"I don't know, but I bet the kobolds--"
>"Ooh! Ooh! Hey Dompag! Me and Babrakus could do it! I could make an acid and he could help me take 'em apart!"

... acid strong enough to melt through bars could probably melt paladins. ask how much she can make, if a lot then you could throw bottles of the stuff at them.

>>295699
Actually, just the acid would be good.

>>295699
Sure, do that. Nothing could possibly go wrong from letting Tislomer near corrosive substances.

Heeeyyyy, if she's got any more of those hulk-out mutant potions that she showed Muschio before he left, perhaps Dompag ought to carry one should the Paladins get through anyway.

>>295699
If we take apart the prison don't forget to make sure the princess can't just walk out.

Also keep in mind Muschio is going to arrive soon. If we go into lockdown we need *some* way to let him, Finesse, and our new allies in.

But yeah if she can make acid like that, can we set up something to dump it on the paladins as they attempt to get through the door?

Charmedfrightened 2011/04/11(Mon)15:14 No. 295714 ID: 543aa6
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UM. Excuse me. Don't you know anything about acid?
Acid doesn't just melt everything. It works on SOME things and it doesn't work on SOME OTHER things. It MIGHT melt like little spots on their armor if we threw it at them but I mean I would have to make a LOT and that would take a LONG TIME.

And besides, who is going to go outside, out there and throw acid at them? NOT ME.
And NOT WILL because he is already hurt and now he has to stay inside and have me look after him.

>>295714
What if we dipped pointed weapons in the acid then stabbed them with them.

>>295714

Egads, fine. FINE. Just melt the dang bars and reinforce the door!

Jeez. Muschio needs his own Demoman.

>>295714
Oh. I thought it was like, really strong acid. Nevermind then! You may continue, short stuff.

ah, sorry. some acids are super mega powerful and can make someone melt. got excited cause we thought we had a new option. oh well, barricade is still go then.

Wait, I've got it.

Ona knows drugs. POWERFUL drugs.

We could have her lace your weapons with drugs and then it would make the Paladins all high and unable to fight because they'd be trippin' balls.

if you could capture one he could be a bargaining chip, if you havent killed any of them already.

>>295714
I think the best use we can make of Ona is getting her to put a curse on their leader that confuses him, getting him/her to make poorer choices and subtly cripple them without them easily noticing. At the least we know Ona can do some stuff with libido as she's said she could before, so that could be a possibility.

Charmed, since you're so smart and beautiful and good with acids, what do you think of the Odd situation? Have you checked the properties of the blue ooze coming out of them or the crystals? Maybe we could use the ooze leaking from the odds for something, like previous acid suggestions.

This is the best idea. Ona needs to make their boss super horny. Then they will all be busy either fucking or filing sexual harrassment suits, if we're lucky. Even if it goes not quite that well, their boss will be very distracted.

We need to find some way to make those paladins fall.

Alright, should be easy to keep the princess with non-combatants.

I remember Ona saying she can make people sick.

Maybe that could buy us time?

Anyway, I don't think she'll be able to cast anything on them if she doesn't exactly know where they are.

Dang this is bad. Where the heck is Muschio?

Ona 2011/04/11(Mon)21:49 No. 295872 ID: 543aa6
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You want me to weaponize a drug?
Hell, even if I could, you think I'm going to go out there and face a sea of angry paladins to throw it or spray it or whatever?

Besides, in as long as it'd take even the strongest stuff to hit them, I'll bet spears and arrows would hit you first.
That's a pretty dumb idea, even for you guys.

no no, put the drug ON the spears. like poison, only need to draw blood and it gets in their system.

Can you make a poison that turns into a gas? We could always try throwing Agent Orange at them.

Ona 2011/04/11(Mon)21:59 No. 295875 ID: 543aa6
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Look, let me draw you a picture here.

You can put it on a spear, a spray bottle, whatever you want.
But one way or another, someone will have to actually go out there, where many paladins will be, and then not only stab them -- ideally more than one! -- and then wait for the stuff to take effect.

This person right here. This person, who is facing a bunch of armed paladins. In the open. This person? It has to be someone. It can't be nobody. It literally can't.

>>295872
Nonono silly.

Put drug concoction on the pointed ends and edges of your weapons. When they bite into flesh, the drug is introduced into the system.

You can do this with arrows, pikes, swords, spears...anything that can puncture flesh.

>>295872
We're not going to deploy it in the open, we're going to flood the entryway so that they get lungfulls of it as soon as they bust down the door.
Something fast acting that disperses into the air would be best. Poisonous smoke, for example.

>>295872
You're able to use the glyph you made to curse people at range still, right? For doing something like >>295733 >>295730 ?

>>295875
Any way to put it into smoke, then blow the smoke out the door while taking in clean air from a chimneyish thing?
Would be difficult to do, and also use a lot of materials...

>>295875
Keep it in a vial, chuck it at them from around a corner as a last resort if the base is breached?

>>295875
Okay.

You have a door. Which is the only entrance way.

What happens when you try to funnel a large force through a small apeture? Shit gets clogged.

You need to set up a barricade at the door, and then stab and poke anyone who tries to stick an arm, leg, limb, head, whatever inside.

Also isn't there a trapdoor at the front door?

If there's a little hole in the door it can be nobody. You ram the spear through the hole into a paladin.

Also you've got that glyph thing you made, I thought that was supposed to apply effects at a range?

Chemical warfare in our home is not the greatest long-term strategy.

blowdarts? actual crossbows? donuts dipped in poison with orange juice?

failing that. how about a cave in? this assumes we can dig a secondary exit. or that we cant cause the cave in on the pallys.

Might be a good idea to send out a scout on recon to suss out their numbers, so you at least have a rough idea what you're up against. Maybe try and find out their weaknesses/game plan/objective (assuming it's more than the usual "cleanse the land of wickedness").

To be clear, I think the best strategy we have is barricading up the door, have Ona use her new glyph to curse the paladins with something like confusion/high libido to get friendly fire or friendly "fire" going on, and possibly use some ranged physical attacks to poke at the enemies trying to assault the front door.

A scouting of their numbers would be nice but getting a good scouting of them would prevent us from getting a solid barricade up without preventing the scout from getting back in. I don't suppose Ona has the ability to do some scrying of any sort?

Try seducing them, Ona.

Ona 2011/04/11(Mon)22:41 No. 295898 ID: 543aa6
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Attacking through the door doesn't make much sense to me, but I'm not a soldier. For one, if we barricade up the door, it'll be hard to leave enough space for it to reach it well enough to fight through it. Second, wouldn't they just stay out of our limited range? Third, we'd have to cut a hole in the door big enough to fight through, but I guess Babrakus could handle that.

Speaking of, we don't have any bows or crossbows here, and even if we did, I don't think any of us know how to use one. I can use a blowdart, but I don't think it'd get through metal armor.

A scout might work, but we couldn't start barricading until after they came back. They'd have to scout unseen, and get back here before the paladins do, and we don't even know when that might be. If they don't get here in time they'll be locked out, and if the paladins find 'em, not even the toughest of us will stand a chance on their own.

'Course, we already sent out the Denlings, so it'd have to be one of us...

>>295898
>>295898
>Second, wouldn't they just stay out of our limited range?
If they did that they wouldn't be bashing the door down. That was the point.
But it's not worth risking someone over. If we can't do it without compromising the integrity of the barricade, then don't. But we should be able to.

Don't send anyone outside, don't risk people.

Now you get to your glyph, too. You can fuck with libidos, right? If you could substantially increase some of their libidos, while keeping others down, they might star raping each other. That would probably hinder their ability to fight cohesively.
Barring that,just curse them as hard as you can.

>>295900
That is not how libido works. Upon becoming incredibly horny you do not just start raping people unless you are CRAZY.

Granted if multiple people are horny they might start having consensual drug-addled sex but that's just a silly silly plan. These are trained, disciplined soldiers. A little lust isn't going to cripple them.

If we're going to barricade, we're going to barricade. We do not need to do more than that. A *second* line of defense with like, some sharpened stakes lined up that they'd have to climb over might do something if they were poisoned/drugged I guess, but it'd have to get through a chink in their armor. They are heavily armored. It would have to be very fast-acting to do anything ANYWAY and the drugs would have to be something other than an aphrodisiac unless you want them to fuck US.

If there's a way we can dig out the area right in front of the door so they can't use a battering ram that'd be great.

Think you could cobble together a Nanroot bomb of some sorts?

>>295902
This isn't just incredibly horny, this is supernaturally horny. So fucking horny their dick will be as hard as fucking adamantium and rip right through their armor. Even if it doesn't cause them to rape each other, it would certainly distract them.
However if Ona can't do this satisfactorily, I'm sure she has other curses which she's just waiting to apprise us of.

>If we're going to barricade, we're going to barricade.
Aye. And we are going to do that.
>We do not need to do more than that.
Every little bit helps. I want to be sure the barricade holds.
>A *second* line of defense with like, some sharpened stakes lined up that they'd have to climb over
Pointless. That would likely be damaged or destroyed when (if) they bring siege weapons to bear on the door.
>might do something if they were poisoned/drugged I guess, but it'd have to get through a chink in their armor. They are heavily armored.
Yep, we have problems.
>It would have to be very fast-acting to do anything ANYWAY and the drugs would have to be something other than an aphrodisiac unless you want them to fuck US.
Sure. If they get inside the gates, the time for aphrodisiac is past.

DERP. Have we sent out the little doods? Because we have an alliance, remember? with RIDDER?I think? Or something?

>>295898
Ona, you're gonna have to give up your stash. Drop it all on a little fire while the assault is going and get a fan blowing the smoke at them. No spray bottles or anything, just a smoke-based delivery system.

Some kind of confusion curse instead of the libido thing could also help in delaying them, like making them completely lose their sense of balance, fucking up their vision, or something along those lines. Friendly fire would be excellent and if we could do something that would cause that that would be great.

Hey Ona, can your magic curses get their mounts to startle? If they're unhorsed (or unswanned) and their mounts flee, or better yet, trample them, that would help.

>>295914
That seems unlikely to work.

>>295912
That happened a while ago.

>>295920
It's not supposed to be a you win thing, just an extra edge.

>>295923
I believe the goal is a very solid barricade that nothing will get through, I don't think we could successfully get a good stream of smoke through without hurting our barricade's strength.

Are any of your drugs explosive? You can make a bomb, then set another set of breathable drugs in a glass container on top.

It'd help if Finesse was here, but you could make a drug bomb.

Ona 2011/04/12(Tue)01:00 No. 295940 ID: 543aa6
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Look, I don't mean to be stubborn, but that whole approach just isn't going to work. The doors don't have holes in 'em or anything, and if we try to leave enough room open for someone to stick weapons out, even in a very narrow range, that's gonna be less space we have to pile stuff against the doors.

I can understand wanting to use powered up weapons an' stuff if that's our last defense, but like you said, we shouldn't just go out and use 'em head-on.

As for smoke and gases, setting up traps was Finnie's thing. Without her I don't feel confident setting up any kind of bomb. Gases would have to be spread manually, so we'd be fanning them out ourselves... and listen: Fanning smoke out a narrow exit, from a closed area out into the open air, I'll tell you which one of us gets the worse deal on that.

Ona 2011/04/12(Tue)01:05 No. 295941 ID: 543aa6
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As for my own special brand of magic... evidently I'm still not being clear. I'm a witch doctor. I do hexes and curses, but mostly uncursing, un-hexing, and healing. The whole profession was started in response to sorcery and standard witching, to help people who'd been targeted by that kind of magic. Now we branched out a little sure, and I like to think I'm rather flexible, but I can't just go flinging spells of dizziness and death all around.

Plus, while I do have some negative effects I could render, it would need time, ritual, and a specific target. I couldn't just project through the door at anyone approaching. And for anything real serious, I'd need some kinda trace of the person to work my hex on. Y'know, a lock of hair, a favored possession. Without ever having seen the person, and having nothing of theirs to work on... I can't do much. And like >>295902 said, libido doesn't work that way. I can't make 'em just start raping each other, good God. And aren't paladins supposed to be like, models of self-discipline? They've probably got stronger willpower resistance to my mojo than most anyone I've hexed.

I'll whip up what little I can as a second line of defense, but don't expect I'll be able to just curse them away from the front door or anything.

>>295941
Can you think of any potential weaponized application of that nanroot stuff you keep around? Liquefied and used as coating on blowdarts? Condensed into makeshift smoke bombs? ...Baked into a pie mounted on a spring in a giftbox?

Seriously, worst case scenario, you guys also get a faceful of it and everyone comes to a few hours later with a severe case of the munchies.

No, wait. Worst case scenario, it backfires and the paladins aren't caught in it at which point you guys get to be slain in a blissful stupor. Nevermind.

Hey, why don't we hold the princess hostage?

Like, right after they break down the door and are trying to clear away the other stuff we've got in the way, tell them to go away or we'll kill her.

Should we also ask the boss to borrow some soldiers from the Red Mesa?

Though I think that isn't possible, as then they'll make a really powerful enemy. =(

And...don't we have a strategist now? Can we ask him for advice? Cuz y'know, everything we're concocting is just being thrown out the window.

Could Dompag just put a big rock in front of the door? As in, find one outside, maybe from the top of the small mountain your base is built into, and then put it down in front of the door and roll it back into place as he goes inside. Voila! The base is hidden, AND barricaded.

Can't we just use the princess as part of this?
We need to buy time and she is the only way I see that happening. All good sided(that is anyone sided with the CURRENT crown) should know that the princess was kidnapped.

The princess is a last resort. After all, if they knew about her we'd only have more people coming down on our heads.

>>295990
Not to mention Ridder will hate us more.

>>295941

Why don't we simply begin by:
1). Disguise the air shaft so we have a clean air supply and can't be smoked/gassed out. (These dirty tricks may be beneath them, but we musn't chance it!)

2). Barricading the doors and, if possible, disguising it with a convincing illusion/ward/spell to either make it look like the rest of the mountain's surface, or even repel them (the evil must be... over there!). If we're capable of doing both, that's even better. (I'm fairly certain that paladins are only capable of sensing evil energies, not magics).

3). Make certain all allies are secured and that we prepare healing poultices, salves, balms and other items needed. This may be a siege, so we're going to want Dompag and Ashadelle in peak condition.

How are your supply stocks, by the way, and what knowledge do we have of the Odd's conditions? I'm thinking escape tunnels or hidden vaults if things go extremely badly.

Dompag 2011/04/13(Wed)12:36 No. 296325 ID: 543aa6
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All right, we've got our plan then, I guess. Vittima will be our last resort plan, but if worse comes to worse, a hostage might be a valuable thing to have.
"Princess. We're going to be reapportioning the resources from your cell. In the meantime, we'll be keeping you in a secure area under my supervision. While I do not wish to be rude, I must warn you not to attempt escape. It is my job to keep you secure and I don't want to have to get rough."
>"Oh my."

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)13:01 No. 296329 ID: 543aa6
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That's it.

Doors are barred, braced, and reinforced. Vent's been covered lightly on the outside to try and disguise exhaust so they won't smoke us out. Princess is tied up in the guest room.

Guess we're as secure as we're getting, now.

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)13:03 No. 296330 ID: 543aa6
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Nothing left to do but hunker down and try to weather the coming storm.

>Return to Muschio

Okay then.

==>

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)13:10 No. 296335 ID: 543aa6
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...hm. That's odd. You're still here?
I'm trying to send you back to Muschio, but...
I don't know. It's not working like it normally does.

You might just have to wait it out with the rest of us.

>>296334
This is kinda cool. Can you pull us back a bit? We might be able to scout.

Also, can the mimic get high? If it can't you should hotbox it, then have it open when the paladins get near as an improvised gas trap.

*concentrates harder*
>Return... to... Muschio!

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)13:19 No. 296340 ID: 543aa6
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>"THIS IS SO BOOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNG!"

Play Truth or Dare!

Does anyone have playing cards? What do you folks normally do to pass the time? A rousing game or Uno or Rich Man/Poor Man should get things going well. Play a stripping version for added fun.

lol. Anyone got any weed?

>>296340
Death may be more exciting, or it may not. Irregardless I hear there's the whole 'dying' bit people have a problem with anyhow.

Also, it occurs to me that we might want to add a second floor to the main hall some day. Those two blank side walls could probably be carved out to some nice balconies.

Play The Oldest Game. Also, how's Geppa?

>>296340
Tell her that valid targets for flamification are approaching and that she should get her stuff set up.

>>296340
Sieges usually are. Give her some of Ona's mellow out drugs and see what it does.

when they start pounding on the door you will WISH it was back to boring.

>>296342

>>296342
>>296365
I too vote for strip poker.

strip poker seems a little silly, considering most of the people here only have a single article of clothing. Why not poker with the winner getting to truth or dare someone?

>>296369
>>296394
>strip poker
I never said poker. And the stripping isn't exactly inherently necessary for a card game.

>>296398
alright misread, jumped to conclusion.

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)16:25 No. 296400 ID: 543aa6
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>"Oooh! Ooh! Let's play Truth or Dare!"
"No way! I know how THAT would turn out."
>"C'mon, Ona, where's your sense of adventure?"
>"Let's just play cards."
>"BORING!"
>"Well, we could make it more interesting..."
"Oh no, don't even think about it!"
>"Little brother! Get your mind out of the gutter."
>"Weren't you just encouraging me earlier?"
>"Hey! I'm still learning! What's your excuse!?"
"I've got some herbs we could mellow on. We could just take it easy until they get here."
>"Drugs are bad!"
"Says who?"
>"Says my bro!"
>"Herbs always give me a heady-ache, Ona. Babrakus too."
"Phuff."

>>296400
Got any board games? You could tell stories, or ghost stories.

>>296400
Ona, if you are stoned when the paladins get here we will get Dompag to spank you. He will enjoy it. Drugs are for free time, not when you're working.

Discuss each others lives and have epiphanies about life itself.

Hey Ona, why don't you hex Finesse to get her to deliver the message to Muschio instantly? You almost certainly have quite a lot of things of hers around.

>>296400

Well, we already know most of your guy's life stories... (I think), so why not... some kind of adventure game using chance and strategy to survive in a fictitious dungeon or adventure!

... This actually sounds marketable...

>>"Let's just play cards."
>>"BORING!"
This is silly. What's boring about cards?

>Drugs
No good clouding your mind before battle.

I dunno, I'd suggest arm wrestling as another thing to do, but you guys all look pretty far apart in terms of strength, so I doubt it would be interesting.

Maybe tell stories?

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)16:46 No. 296413 ID: 543aa6
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Yeah yeah, I get it. I'll keep the drugs stored away.

>"I like that idea about adventure! Let's all play Make-Believe!"
"What are we all ten years old?"
>"I'm five!"
>"I dunno, I think it could be fun."
"It sounds silly to me."

>>296413
It's not that silly. It can be very serious. You can plan out a realistic scenario, and have the players try to solve problems using the skills they chose for their characters!

>>296413
You should play Dungeons the Dragoning 40k, a mature game for mature people such as yourselves, with such wonderful combinations of race, exaltation, class, and deity as:
Tau Werewolf Guardsman of Vectron
Ork Vampire Paladin of Pelor
Halfling Paragon Rogue of Malal
Squat Promethean Magic User of Corellon
Eldarin Werewolf Assassin of Tzeentch
Ork Magical Girl Cleric of Slaanesh
And more!

you can make it serious make believe. with rules and stuff. everyone give a short description of what you make believe as for race and job. for example in real life dompag is a 'ogre guard'.

This makes for the most uneventful situation thus far in DQ. I sadly welcome those annoying paladins.

>>296413
Personally I'm all for additional preparations, but whatever.

>>296413
Social Rule B 99.1: If friends spend more than 60 minutes unable to decide what to do, they must default to sexual experimentation.

Think faster, Ona.

You can all roleplay as characters from Boxdog.

lets do finger painting. or fake fight or rastlin'.
Hell we got a ball around the lair? SPORTS.
DOMPAG VS BARBAKURUS! Place your bets

You could use this time to try to figure out what's wrong with the Odds. Or inspect the material they uncovered.

Could always tell stories, from your past or just generally made up.

>>296448
Oh hey there we go. Put it on the table and let everyone offer opinions.

xthing some kind of tabletop roleplaying game.

I mean, you guys LIVE in a dungeon, and at least one of you has probably seen a dragon.

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)18:28 No. 296462 ID: 543aa6
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"I don't know how to play."
>"Me neither."
>"You just use your imagination!"
>"Actually..."
"Ashedel?"

Looks like our resident soldier's got something to say on the matter.
>"Actually, when you play like this, someone has to fill the role of Adventure Master. Someone to hold the players to the rules, control the environment, all that. You can't just claim to beat a monster, you have to fight!"
>"And I take it you're volunteering?"
>"You bet! I used to play this at the Commander's Tower all the time. Everyone stationed there got really into Wild Adventure!"
>"Oh dear god."
>"Bro!"
"All right, if you want to lead us..."
>"Sure. And I've even got some dice! This will be fun. Here, we need to make characters for all of you first."

my head is about to explode from all the meta

>switch to ashedel

>>296462
Hey Ona what do you want to play? You can be anything you want. Except a mary sue.

>>296463
Nothing is meta about this.

Ashedel 2011/04/13(Wed)18:47 No. 296471 ID: 543aa6
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All right, this is pretty easy to get started. I'll work out the points and rules, all you gotta do is come up with some characters. And boss, if you wanna chip in, just to be part of it, I'm sure everyone could use some suggestions.

"The world we're about to enter is not entirely unlike our own! You must pick a race and profession before we go on, and outline your basic abilities and special skills."

May as well go left to right.

>>296471
Ona can be a female black catfolk rogue named Nimilitzli, with the power to make herself invisible and make ghostly wails.

>>296471
Ona be a rogue! Poke people with little knives and never be seen unless you want to!
Dompag be bard! Serenade the world with beautiful music and pick up chicks as you please!
Geppa be a sorceress! Shoot fire everywhere and be extremely attractive!
Tislomer be a cleric! Use divine power to keep everyone combat-ready!
Babrakus be barbarian! Kill anybody what needs killing! Get mad sometimes!

Race doesn't matter, we're all friends here. Just be what you are in real life.

>>296479
Ona could be a monk! They're all dodgy! Never get hit in the taco again!

Ona 2011/04/13(Wed)19:07 No. 296485 ID: 543aa6
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All right, I guess I'm a... I'll be a Ralman Rogue.
I'm a master of sneaking and discreet poisons. I get a bonus to stealthy maneuvers, hiding and escaping.

Dompag 2011/04/13(Wed)19:18 No. 296487 ID: 543aa6
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Human Bard!
I can turn the tide of debate and combat alike with my magical music, and my social skills can get out of jams no weapon can!

>"Magical music? And you said this game's not silly?"

>>296479

I agree with these, though maybe Babrakus would be more comfortable as a ranger?

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:25 No. 296492 ID: 543aa6
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"I don't get it."

>>296492
It's a game where you do stuff you normally can't do, Geppa. Like a kind of escape fantasy thing.

What do you wish you could do but can't?

hmm geppa? can you tell us exactly what you don't get?

>>296471
Holy fuck! Are we going to have a quest within a quest?!

DIVECEPTION!!

>>296490
Geppa, what do you want to be? What's the coolest thing you can imagine being, doing?

>>296492
It's like... playing pretend. Only with rules. And way cooler.
You can imagine up all sorts of great adventures!
Just pick something you wanna pretend to be.
Like... a great sorcerer! Or a magnificent warrior! Or... a princess?
I don't know what do you like?

>>296495
We have to go...

...DERPER.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:45 No. 296503 ID: 543aa6
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Okay... the...
The best thing I can imagine.

The thing I want to be.

I...

I'm...

An elf.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:47 No. 296504 ID: 543aa6
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A fancy elf.

And everyone respects me. 'Cuz I'm so smart. And fancy.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:47 No. 296505 ID: 543aa6
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And... I have magic.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:48 No. 296507 ID: 543aa6
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STRONG magic.

Like a boss.

OVERPOWERED ALERT.

SCANNING SYSTEM FOR TRACE OF ACTION REPLAY OR GAMESHARK...

>>296507
Wow...
Actually being an elf suits you nicely.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:51 No. 296512 ID: 543aa6
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And I...

I can heal... I can heal anyone.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:53 No. 296514 ID: 543aa6
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I can even make people come back to life.

...


Now what's Tislomer gonna be?

OH I KNOW DANCER. =D

>>296512
inb4 incestuous gnoll roleplaying freeking everyone out

>>296512
Okay. So you are an elven healer. That's pretty good. Every party needs a healer.
You an important member of the party, Geppa.

>>296512
Awww, so good spirited.

inb4 death magicks

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:54 No. 296519 ID: 543aa6
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And I...
I'll help them.
Because I'm so strong.

Dompag, your "little sister" is on the verge of a flashback induced breakdown - you might wanna say something.

>>296514
Uuuhh... okay, why do I suddenly have the feeling that this is NOT going to end well?

>>296514
So you're an Elf Priestess or Elf Cleric or something?

None of this is real, but it's fun to pretend.

>>296519
So, an Elf Cleric? Sounds good.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)19:56 No. 296525 ID: 543aa6
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And then...

And then they won't get hurt anymore.

>>296525
Cool story brah.

sounds perfect.

>>296525
Hug Dompag.

>>296525
Crap, now I'm sad.

Dompag, you may wanna say something to her. You're her brother, dude.

>>296525

Party cleric, perfect.

HOLY CRAP SOMEONE HUG HER.

Dompag, tell her that's great, or something. Put your arm around her.

>>296525
:<

>>296525

Gah, Right in the ol' heart muscles ;.;

>>296540
Manly tears man. Right here.

Ok Tislomer your turn.

Lol Ona.

Now Tislomer, A dancer with smooth moves to match her fierce punches and kicks! =D

No way, Charmed is totally a fairy princess.

>>296540
Oh Geppa... you are strong. Stronger than you'll ever know.

We will always be here for you, like you are here, for us.

Oh gods, I'm trying so hard no to cry right now... Geppa... I'm so sorry... I want to hug you so damn much...

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)20:42 No. 296551 ID: 543aa6
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GOD!
WHY AM I SO FUCKED UP!?

This is the True face of a gaming group.
Gepps, you've done us proud, gal.

well hey, getting it all out is actually helpful. think of trauma like a blister. if you just ignore then it gets worse. but if you let it out then it can heal. and you seemed to have been holding this in for a very long time.

>>296551
Because you've gone through some harsh shit in your life. There ain't no shame in that. Chill, I suppose. You've got a good concept. Let's see what the next person wants to play.

Just keep it repressed like everyone else. Sheesh.

PS: Ona is reaching some kind of pupil critical mass.

>>296551
That's simple:
Because you've lived almost your entire life in the hands of abusive people.

The fact that you know you're fucked up means you're doing a damn good job of recovering, which means the people here have done you a lot of good.

Would you like to learn how to heal people for real? Ona and Tislomer can help you with that after this paladin thing is over, and we'd be happy to find you somebody that can teach you healing magic.
Ashedel can teach you how to fight to protect people, too.
Maybe we could find somebody that can teach you defensive magic, too?

Roll a 1d10 to find out why!
1) Trauma experienced at a young age that caused a divergence from typical learning arcs necessary to facilitate early reward systems.
2-10) not enough sex.

It's not a real gaming group without some kind of deep-seated psychological problems cropping up.

>>296558
... this is going to be interesting

>>296551
So?
Big Deal.

...Ona, could you please start showing Geppa the basics of first aid?

Well I dont really think the game can go on at this point.

>>296561
Maybe this could be a good method of helping her cope with her problems. We'll have to remember it for a time when the base isn't in immediate danger of attack.

>>296562
>Game can't go on at this point
If we stop she'll blame herself, which will just make this situation worse.

>>296562
THE GAME CAN TOTALLY GO ON.

Be a Cleric! They get to heal people and protect people and can cast spells to stop people from being hurt!

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)21:03 No. 296566 ID: 543aa6
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"I'VE BEEN TRYING SO HARD AND I'M STILL FUCKING CRAZY! Every time I look at Tizz I wanna BEAT HER UP because I think she's nice! THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK.
I'm out of my MIND! I was doing better too! But then -- god DAMN! NO! I just want to be HAPPY! What the fuck is wrong with me?!
I'M TIRED OF BEING CRAZY. I WANT to get better!"

I got an idea. Release that bitch out there on those paladin guys. They look pretty damned nice.

>>296566
You're resisting. You're not beating her up. You're getting better.

>>296566
Then stop yelling, play the game, after that defeat the paladins, then go relieve your thoughts on Dompag. BAM, move onto the next day.
Or everybody take a small break to think up character's backstories so Geppa can vent then we can continue. Whatever seems to work for her.

>>296566
Geppa, calm. Calm is good.

Talk with Ona and Tislomer about learning how to heal people. Ona for the practical, like first aid, and Tislomer for the creation of things to heal, like potions. I don't know if being a witch doctor is a simple ordeal so I won't suggest having Ona teach you how unless you really want to.

You've been doing great so far, and we believe you can get better. We will help. You are crazy, yes, but everyone's crazy. Everyone who's ever existed has never been truly sane.. It's just how life is. You're sane, Geppa, if only because everyone else is crazy too. If you want us to help, we'll do our best. Do you want us to help, Geppa? I want to, but we won't unless you want us to. We're not forceful.

>>296566
You know you need to get better, and you want to get better. That right there is a sign of progress!

>>296566
Maybe you need things to do, instead of just waiting around in Dompag's room to get better, granted this isn't the best time to realize that, being cooped up in a siege and all, but getting 'better' isn't something where you wake up one day and realize you are 'all better now'.

Well fuck.
I don't think reassuring her that she's getting better is what she wants to hear right now. She'd just think we weren't being truthful with her and get more frustrated.
I have no clue what the best course of action is, just throwing that out there.

Listen, I'm not saying drugs solve everything.

Wait.
Yes. Yes I am.
New plan, get high, THEN play the roleplaying game.

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)21:12 No. 296575 ID: 543aa6
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"But Ona, I fucked up with you the worst. I meant everything I said that one time. I felt like you and me were really going to be friends. But then I -- I fucked it up. I made you trust me and I hurt you. I didn't mean to hurt you. I don't want to hurt you.
I don't want to hurt anyone."

>"H....huhhh... a-ah... I..."

"I'm really sorry. I'm sorry I went so fucking crazy on you before."

>>296566
Well, there's no easy way to not be crazy. Right now, there's nothing much you can do, besides play the game. Maybe healing people will be therapeutic. And you don't really need to be totally un-crazy anyway. Everyone's a little crazy in some way, that's just how life works. Just as long as you don't go beating Tislomer up or hurting your buddies, I imagine everyone will be able to deal with a bit of eccentricity.

Ona: hug her, and forgive her. Tell her you can still be friends.

Ok first, calm down.

Take deep breaths and vent out the hot rage as you exhale.

Then think of the things in life that amuses you. Think about how they amuse you.

Before you know it you'll be smiling.

>>296575
Ona, you may want to calm. You appear to be reaching eye singularity, and I fear that your pupils may soon collapse onto themselves.

Shh. Geppa. It's okay. You haven't seriously hurt anyone. A little mean spirited mischief isn't the end of the world.
You can make up for it. In fact you are already most of the way there!
You apologized. All on your own, too.
That alone speaks volumes about how much better you are doing.
Just... calm down. I think you are scaring her.

Oh sweet, you apologized. Thank fucking god, that situation was going to get weird and awful if your conscience wasn't aware of it. Good job.
Come on, Ona. A hug won't do. No, brofsisfisting is necessary in this situation.

>>296575
If it makes you feel any better, there are those who actually deserve your ire. Like say those mean ol' paladins.

Violent impulses are kind of a normal thing. Yours were just encouraged. But hey, at least you're capable of greeting someone in a way that doesn't involve projectile flame now. That's quite a step.

>>296575
I think it's time for a hug. Just... everyone together. One big group hug. Because we're all friends.

>>296566
Geppa, when we first met you you could barely string a sentence together at all - let alone one that made any sense, were demanding that people rape you, constantly attempted to bite peoples bodyparts off, and didn't understand you weren't sane.

Right now you're letting out a bunch of frustration to your friends about not yet being healthy.

What just happened is you asked yourself "If I could be anything, what would I be?" and gave an answer that is completely understandable.
You aren't backsliding, and you aren't having a breakdown. This is a breakthrough.

>>296575
See this? This is a sign you've made a lot of progress.

When this manic-ish rush wears off you'll be saner than you were five minutes ago, but it's still a long road to go. Learning how to heal will do a lot to help you recover, and help your new compatriots.

You've been through a lot, Geppa. It's not really that surprising that you had serious problems. You are getting better though. You will keep getting better.

>>296575
ONA!! She's apologizing!! Hug her quick and say 'THANK YOU'!! Show her that you care for her!

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)22:12 No. 296591 ID: 543aa6
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>"I accept your apology. Geppa, I just want us to be friends."
"Me too."
>"I want to get to know you. Who you really are, behind all this baggage."
"Me too."

"I'm going to work hard to be better."
>"I'm really glad."

"...I'm still going to mess with you though."
>"What?"
"Nothing."

>>296591
Hahah, if you didn't you might not be Geppa.

SO HOW ABOUT THAT GAME, HUH

Geppa 2011/04/13(Wed)22:17 No. 296595 ID: 543aa6
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>"And I'LL be a KOBOLD!"

Right. Of course you will Tislomer. What class? What is your character good at?

>>296595
Mmmmhhh... nah, you should be a Platespined demidragon....

Oh god that would be awesome.

>>296595
You should be a Dovahkiin.

DRAGONBORN!

>>296599
beyond awesomeness, dude.

But what about Will? should he be a dragonrider?
..... wait....

>>296600

>>296595
Silly kobold, that's not how it works. Be a mysterious unicorn enchantress instead, with polymorph spells.

Game hasn't even started and it seems to be bringing people together, d'awww

I still think the best course of action would be to take Geppa to a real therapist.

>>296736
>take her to a therapist
Right, because we'll just waltz out of our cave and OH WAIT THERE'S PALADINS OUT THERE LOOKING TO KILL US ALL.

Is there professional therapy in an age such as this? Bug folk probably have one if there is. But I don't think she's dangerous enough for us not to just help her here. Not to mention dem paladins.

>'dins
Well obviously she can't be moved right this instant. I meant later, assuming you survive.

>not dangerous
She offered to hold Ona down so Dompag could rape her, and she's encouraging Dompag to be doing things he shouldn't.

There was the incident with the scissors.

"I'm still going to mess with you."

"Every time I look at Tizz I wanna BEAT HER UP because I think she's nice! THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK."

You're invited to make your case for her not being dangerous.

>>296764
Geppa is under tremendous stress from her previous lifestyle, and just came out with all of her feelings, apologizing and trying to make things right. She didn't want to do those things and was honest about trying to be friends.

I don't think she is dangerous, but I do think she needs to be watched until she gets used to the way things are now. Whatever she was like, she is different now and wants to change.

"I'm still going to mess with you." This sounds pretty playful actually. I certainly don't think she meant it in a violent way.

>>296768
Agreed.

By the way, shouldn't we be playing now? I think the Adventure Master should put some order 'round here, right?

>>296768
I think you're wrong on almost all counts and am not assuaged, however it says in the rules that suggesters aren't supposed to argue in the quest thread so I won't elucidate as to why. Let's both just drop the issue having made our suggestions; it's the author's prerogative what to do now.

We can't both be right, but I think this rule is wise because quest threads would otherwise descend into madness pretty quickly.

>>296800
An polite disagreement on *chan, ending in realization of each others' solid beliefs? Rare sight to behold. Sage for off topic.

Ona 2011/04/14(Thu)23:31 No. 296820 ID: 543aa6
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THUMP THUMP THUMP
>"OPEN UP! OPEN THIS DOOR!"
"They're here!"
>"I'll kick their ass for interrupting this tender moment!"

>>296820
Oh, you should go open the door.
It sounds urgent.

>>296820
"What's the password?"

oh well if they can hear you you can engage in dialogue..for however much good you'll do.

Dompag you're the best sweet talker you're up.

"Nobody's home! Come back later!"

It doesn't pay to assume. Ask who's there. Maybe it's not a paladin, but some fellows fleeing from said who would lend their aid to your cause in exchange for protection. It wouldn't do to lock them out if that were the case.

yes, see who it is before trying to kill them.

>>296820
Don't get too close to the door. Just in case they shoot something through the door. I dunno, like a armor piercing heavy crossbow bolt or something. Better safe than sorry.

Dompag 2011/04/14(Thu)23:38 No. 296830 ID: 543aa6
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"Nobody's home! Come back later!"
>"Dompag? Is that you? Why is this door locked? Open up right now!"
"What's the password?"
>"Open up or you're fired!"
It's the boss, all right.

>>296830
Let him in, maybe he'd like to play some Wild Adventure with you all!

Well, you heard the man. Hurry up and let him in.

>>296830
Definitely let him in, and explain while doing so that there are an awful lot of paladins who wish to kill everyone.

cool, just move everything a little to the side so it can be put back easily.

>>296830
Ask if awful paladins are threatening him with a pointy sword to his back. If so, we're not letting him in and we're totally fucking aware of it. Just mention how you know that's precisely what he would want and advise because his fragmented mind just ordered him so.

Dompag, he's not allowed to fire you.
Goddamn I wish we could switch this thing around so we could see if there's a threat. Come on stupid orb device, DO THE CAMERA PAN!

Let them in, but make sure to reset the stuff afterwards.

MuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschio MuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschioMuschio 2011/04/15(Fri)00:45 No. 296846 ID: 543aa6
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GODS!
F---FEEDBACK LOOP!

>>296846
FUCKING COMCAST

>>296846
What did we do how did this happen

>>296846
Drop the orb!

Muschio 2011/04/15(Fri)00:56 No. 296851 ID: 543aa6
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My head feels like it's just been assaulted by my insides. A great pressure, like my cranium's a few steps shy of bursting. An eggshell skull containing a violent turbulence.

I do my best to shrug it off.
"Open the door!"
Where have you been? Where have I been?
Perhaps this explains the silence.

It's been a long trip back. My absence? I told you not long ago -- I had been convalescing for several days after my injury. Don't you remember me saying that?
>"All right, we're unbarring the door, give us a few minutes!"
What's this about Paladins? Coming here?
They know, then. Have they come for me, or for the Princess?
There may not be much time.
I wish I'd known.
What happened? The trauma, perhaps...
>"Master Muschio, are you all right? You don't look well."
>"Is something the matter, Sir?"
>"I got a b-b--b--bb-bad feeling about this."

Muschio 2011/04/15(Fri)01:00 No. 296852 ID: 543aa6
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>"Well, well, well. It looks like the vermin's come home to roost."