>I'm the lesser evil.
Good, evil, those are just words. Do whatever the fuck you want with disregard for any consequence or weight of morality. Chaotic neutral up in this bitch.

(>>325294 That is chaotic evil and you know it. :D)

>>325291
Well, you're on a roll!
Too bad they their crude fumbling was nowhere near the masterwork that your dragon lover provides.
The night is young, so go ahead and look around for places with flammable valuables.

Oh, and put that blade away. Blood draws the wrong kind of attention.

You should make use of that bag of holding. Once you've had enough looting of valuables that will soon be lost you should fill your bag with food. Mostly things that keep well, but you need lots of vegetables in your diet.

>>325291
Nice job there, shame you can't get those things identified here in town. Someone would probably notice something amiss if you came in with stuff taken from the dead adventurers. Also, that extra dimensional holding bag will be awesome, you can use it to store stuff needed for an anti dragon fight and a seperate cold stash to buy stuff like that. Now wash off that blood and go to sleep. Have to find out what sort of defenses they have and what the dragon should avoid burning today. Then on the last day you can attempt a raid against a potion shop. Grab every resist fire and stoneskin potion you can find alongside with any healing potions they might have.

>>325291
:D

i like us

>>325309
oh also we should have 51 upgrade points now~
or maybe that'll be updated in the next one

Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)05:50 No. 325313 ID: 3bad4c
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(>> 3­25310 Ah, thanks. I managed to add it up to 54.)
Abed groans..
It's morning, and she spent th­e rest of the night throwing up.
She staggers around for a bit, then does her best to clean herself up.

Then she sits down and cuddles a pillow for a bit, wishing she could be around the dragon again, just to be wanted. Just to be useful.

She looks in the mirror. How should she disguise herself today?

>>325313
Middle-aged noble lady.
We want to find out where the wealthy people are, and looking the part helps.

See how you miss your dragon? By going above and beyond his expectations you can have him go from tolerating you to actually valuing you. One day he might even truly love you.

>>325313
Older lady look could probably be useful. Try to make sure you don't have any clearly memorable features. Then it's time to go look around at the defenses and stuff.

And there's no reason to get attached to one dragon. When you're done you're going to have an entire harem of the things. Besides, that fucking thing is using you, and it burnt down your shit. That demands vengence!

aye, be a noble and visit the houses of the rich people. later on you could probably turn into a maid or something and infiltrate them. we're looking for flammable riches; better prove our worth.

Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)06:56 No. 325321 ID: 3bad4c
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>>325315
Such is the nature of adventurers. A dragon burns down your home and everyone you knew and yet you inevitably get richer than you've ever been in your life.

>>325314
>>325315
Abed dresses up, doing her best to look the perfect combination of unattractive and haughty.
Finished, she goes to walk around town.
She starts asking the locals where the wealthy people live, looking for wealthy suburbs. Two hours later she's fairly sure of the general area of town where the best stuff is.

Next she asks about the town's defences, framing it as looking for a particular militia member. It takes the another seven hours of questioning, but eventually she finds someone willing to cooperate.
It's been a long day, but she got all of the information. Abed is starting to want adventure, violence, sex or alcohol again.
What should she try to get?

adventure.

Why not all of them at once?

>>325321
Go wandering around back alleys in the bad part of town as if you were lost.
You will be jumped by thieves. Kill them with something besides your scimitar and leave no survivors or witnesses, memorize what they look like, and shove their bodies into a bag of holding. Do not loot the bodies.
Assume the appearance of one of them, take the sword and get it identified, rob some rich guy's home without letting any bags of holding be seen, make sure somebody sees you murder the owner with your scimitar.
Head back to the bad part of town, dump the bodies in an alley, assume the noble woman disguise, and call the town guard.
Claim they jumped you and you killed them. Insist on keeping at least the sword for having to do their jobs for them.
Take the sword and get it identified again. You now have somebody who can attest that they identified the murder weapon for three different people - one of which brought it in last night when she entered town and then vanished, a second which then used it for a bloody robbery, and a third which took it from the murderer.

>>325321
Revenge is also in the nature of adventurers. What he took was yours, he must pay for that. Preferably with his life.

Now lets go for some adventourus violence. Assume the shape of someone fairly well known in town, sneak into a shop and kill the owner then steal anything in it of value. Don't bother with not being seen, just make sure you don't get captured and then change back into someone else. Bonus points if it's a very vicious murder.

And sometimes you roll poorly. Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)08:13 No. 325332 ID: 3bad4c
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>>325324
Night adventuring! Of course!
Abed wanders around the town as it gets dark, looking for trouble.

Trouble finds her.
There's a poke in her back. A raspy voice comes from behind her.
>"Drop all your valuables, old hag."
Abed turns to swipe at the mugger with the back of her hand, but he's too fast.
Before she knows it, she's been stabbed twice.
She grunts in pain, but stays standing.
The mugger is surprised she isn't down yet, and stabs her again. Without the element of surprise it only hurts a little.
Abed grabs a dagger of her own from the magic pack and stabs it deep into the man's chest.
He staggers around, gasping for air. Desperate, he tries to escape.
Abed lets him stagger away. She doesn't feel like hiding another body tonight, not after those wounds.

She decides to go rest.
Walking along a dusty street, she comes across sounds of fighting.
Two groups of armed men are battling it out in the street. They don't seem to be guards.
Recently reminded of the lucky hits though, she decides not to join in.
The men are to busy fighting each other to bother the old lady.

Abed makes it to her inn room without further incident. Inside she examines the damage.
Her wounds seem to be closing up already, so she decides to rest.
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The next day has come.
The dragon will probably be back late today. This is probably the last day this town will ever see.
What should she do with it, this last of days?

>>325332
Time to rob the potion store. If there is one in town that is. You need healing potions, fire resistance potions, magic resistance potion, any and all magical bombs they might have as well as any magical carrying devices they have. You're going to need them all if the dragon is to go down.

If there isn't a dedicated potion store then ask around for a place where one can get their hands on various potions or magical iteams.

retrieve flammable valuables goddammit. you need to prove your worth. you've been fucking around too much. I don't wanna fixate on the idea of robbing the rich folks, but I can't think of anything else.

>>325334

this is a good idea. check out stores that deal in magic paraphernalia.

>>325332
Cut off strips of the sheets to bandage your wounds, then head out to finish casing the town for caches of flame-vulnerable valuables.
You're still rather wounded, so try to avoid fights.
Get the rest of your loot identified at some point before your dragon returns.

You can't wait to rejoin your dragon, can you? Once he gets here he'll heal your wounds. Ask to ride him into battle and use your abilities to aid his attack.
Soon after that he'll bring you pleasure beyond anything you could otherwise have, and reward your loyalty. Don't resist his pleasure, give yourself over to it.

Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)08:41 No. 325337 ID: 3bad4c
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>>325334
>>325335
Abed is extremely wary of this idea. Anyone that has the ability to create magic items is already on par with her in power at the minimum. On top of that, anyone with access to magic is going to spend quite a bit of that just securing their merchandise.
As much as she likes her scimitar, she's been getting by on misdirection and subterfuge. Robbing is one thing, but robbing a place selling magic is just suicidal.
>>325335
There will be time for retrieving valueable goods when the dragon starts creating the ultimate distraction. Until she's got the backup she shouldn't be trying to in broad daylight.

So yes, all this is going to be looted, but it's not "safe" to do so yet.

>>325337

perhaps I should've been able to tell all that. I guess my WIS stat is lower than Abed's. must be like a 6 or something.

okay, how about some recon? we can learn where the good stuff is stashed before our dragon daddy comes a-thrashing.

>>325337
Well then not a broad light robbery but possibly something more sneaky and insidious. Like offering to move the wares to a safer location in case of a dragon attack.

Or sleeping with the manager and then knifing them in the dick. It's the high risk high value loot that we need.

>>325346
To add something. If stealing in any way is not possible, then buy. There should be some stuff you're able to purchase now, and you will get the money back. Or well, not exactly, but it's not like it was your money anyway.

>>325337
HEY! Rope in that bloodlust! You're getting your crazy all over our interface!

Also, consider that you've become more powerful in two weeks with your dragon than in the twenty one years leading up to it.

>>325348
point. we can recon like >>325345 suggested, but we can also purchase some flammable goods - the gold won't necessarily burn, so as you say, we can get it back.

i think we should also avoid robbing what with being stabbed.

and apparently crazy. what's going on with our interface?

Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)19:08 No. 325616 ID: 3bad4c
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Abed does a quick check.
Yep, still pregnant.
>>325345
More reconnaissance couldn't hurt, though her old disguise (ha!) has probably already attracted too much attention.
Abed wanders around the shopping district, making note of what's close to the first obvious targets for fire.
As she does so, she comes across a purveyor of magic goods, and one catches her eye.
It's a mask that allows its wearer to breathe freely in smoky conditions. That would be very useful, but it's also got a price tag of two thousand pieces of gold.
Perhaps she could sell the potions and amulet and have enough? She's not sure of the worth of the rest.

>>325616

that's way too convenient to pass up, what with all the fires about to pop up all over the place and all. I support this purchase.

also, try to haggle a bit.

Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)23:04 No. 325843 ID: 3bad4c
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>>325645
There's been a whole lot of very convenient items on sale, but this is the first one Abed has really considered.
Abed now owns a MASK.
All places of interest have been memorised.
She's got the rest of the day to kill.

>>325843
>rest of the day to kill
>kill
shall we?

Psithief 2011/07/12(Tue)23:26 No. 325855 ID: 3bad4c
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>>325845
Yes, yes. Abed is finally starting to like being a deranged psychopath.
But kill whom? She's only been good at killing things that have interacted with her first. She doesn't know how to start picking targets that don't pick her.

>>325855
Go to some rich person's house.
Kill them.
Take their burnable stuff. Tapestries and paintings and such.

>>325887
go to the richest house that you're confident won't have magic defenses! then carry out rest of this suggestion

>>325855
Actually, nevermind. The dragon is probably waiting for you already, and you spotted the likely treasure troves you were sent in to find.
Go to your Dragon, tell him what you've found, and ask to ride into battle on his back.

>>325855
Actually, don't go after anyone right now. Instead ask the dragon if you can attack the place on the ground after he has done his initial firebreathing pass. The smoke won't really have any greater effect on you and in the confusion and terror you could come up to the magic goods place again, kill the owner and then steal all of their shit.

If the dragon asks you why then don't tell the entire truth of wanting to steal goodies. Instead say that you wonder what it's like to charge through the streets of a burning city and cut down everyone you see and that this seems like a perfect opportunity to do so.

So have some patience for now. You will get many more victims later.

(Does this need a discussion thread?)

>>326518
Yup.

>>326536
>>/questdis/349705

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[Cutscene]
Mission successful!
The town has been destroyed, but all of its best stuff is now part of the dragon's hoard.
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It's been a relaxing few days (hurr hurr?) but Abed has a decision to make and she finally feels ready to make it.
She doesn't want to stay here. [Addiction resisted]
Should she:
• attempt to kill the dragon in its sleep and kill its unborn child (and revert to being a boy), but then need to find a way to escape the lair?
• attempt to part with the dragon on friendly terms, probably staying friends with occasional benefits? (Also stay female, pregnant)
• attempt to part with the dragon on friendly terms, then kill its offspring at the first opportunity? (Bluff modifier too low for any chance of success)

>>326763
second option

>>326763
Second option.
Did we retrieve our amulet of vermin atleast? Please?

>>326763
Second option, I suppose. I don't see why she shouldn't be happy with her current situation, but oh well.

>>326763
Is this possible?
>• attempt to kill the dragon in its sleep and keep its unborn child to raise as your own.

Why would she want to keep it for herself? It's going to have an inherent genetic bias towards Chaos and Evil like its daddy.

>>326763
Explain that you enjoy being with him and everything you do together, but living in a cave with a lava pool is bad for your health and you need accommodations that are more comfortable for you.
Tell him you'll try to find a castle for him, and in the mean time you'll meet with him as often as possible.
Part on friendly terms.
Keep the kid.
Grow in power.
Once you find a castle that is fit for the dragon claim it, then claim him as your mate and rule together.

...actually, what's the dragon's name? Does he have any artifacts or spells that would let you communicate easily?

>>326800
Because Abed's already acting pretty Chaotic Evil so far? Also, if viable, I'm actually voting for this just because it seems like it might have interesting consequences.

Alternatively, option 2.

>>326814
Except if she kills him then she won't be able to have him guard her horde once she gets a castle for him to live in.
And she won't be able to have dark forces bind his life-force to hers so she can live for thousands of years.
She's a Psion. She can bend him to be loyal to her, and this friendly contact will give her a chance to do it.

no fucking way we're killing the badass dragon offspring.

>>326763
First option, dragon fucking dies. We might have to kill a few more monsters first to become more awesome though, but the dragon is not going to be allowed to make it out of this alive. And think about the hoard, it's ours if the dragon just meets an unfortunate death.