2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:02 No. 331384 ID: c811c4
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We've just entered what is officially human territory. It's guarded against the forests we're in against potential threats, but Tae's said she was pretty sure kobolds are accepted inside without hassle. She's off hunting right now, but said she would catch up before we get to the forest's edge.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:03 No. 331386 ID: c811c4
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...but it doesn't seem that she has, but the town is right there. It has to be the magician's town of Esper. I don't see any outside guards on duty.

Wait for Tae.

give her a few minutes. you ask shabin about that dream? if she knows about Clamp?

>>331386
Well, if you can talk with Tae, now would be a great time. Approaching a human city without a human in your company would be bad.

You should form an even stronger connection with Shabin, if you know what I mean.

>>331386
Where did the scrying hat go?

We should probably wait.

Mention to Shabin that you dreamed about gnolls, but dont mention that she was in it. Gauge her reaction.

Wait for Tae. If this is a town full of magicians, then they'll definitely be able to sense your "condition."

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:20 No. 331400 ID: c811c4
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Waiting it is! I guess I'll ask. Oh, there's my straw hat too. I wonder where it went.

"Hey Shabin, I dreamt about gnolls last night."

>"That's nice. I dreamt you were a kobold that didn't tell me about inane dreams."

Well, that was... a reaction.

Waitin waitin waitin
waitin waitin waitin~ o/

Oh, I think I hear someone. That must be Tae!

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:21 No. 331401 ID: c811c4
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>"There you are!"
thockathockathock

That must not be Tae!

>"Damnit!"

"Shabin, someone with really bad aim is trying to kill us or me or you!"
>"I can see that."

take the stars out of the tree and return to sender.

Tell them to stop shooting! You're not whoever they think you are.

>>331404
Yeah, this would be best. Though aim to disable so we can ask them why they're trying to kill us.

Unless it's a town guard- then we'd want to yell at them that we're not here to fight.

Unleash your ninja skills, non-lethally, to disable the attacker.

>>331401
It would be prudent to move into cover. Then you can inquire politely as to why they are trying to hurt you, and why they are so terrible at it.

Might be a good idea to make a break for the town.

1/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:48 No. 331425 ID: c811c4
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Okay, the ammo is right there, I think I can throw these! I'll take cover after a quick throw, and dart for the town if things get a little messy.

2/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:49 No. 331426 ID: c811c4
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>"What th-"
TOKTOKTOK

3/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:49 No. 331427 ID: c811c4
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>"That looks like it hurt!"

4/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:49 No. 331429 ID: c811c4
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>"Ninja away!"

"W..was that a zombie?"
>"Incompetent ninja."
"A ninja zombie?"

5/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)20:50 No. 331430 ID: c811c4
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>"There you are! Sorry I'm late, I got in a fight with some bird thing!"

>>331430
Hit her with a heal without checking to see if she's injured. Just in case.

Then state we met the same person just now. We should probably get moving into town.

looks like it. and say that yes, them bird things seem to be after you.

Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)21:04 No. 331436 ID: c811c4
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>"Thanks, wasn't wounded though. He couldn't aim worth anything, probably couldn't hit the ground in an open field. He sure could move, though."

"Sure! I want to be able to move that fast! Also I think they're after me, it just attacked! But I also want to go into town now, please?"

>"Yeah. I don't like the idea of leaving him out there, but we didn't come here to hunt birds. Where in town do you want to go, first? It's a major enough town, it's got taverns, blacksmiths, and of course I took you here first because of its renowned mage guild, if you wanted to get down to business straight away."

>>331436
"Revive kills zombie.
I think we should drop by the tavern first and see how much they charge for rooms.

"Healing was an undead check."
>>331438
This first, Mage Guild second.

>>331436
>I want to move that fast

You know, chee... if we hunt it down, we could take its soul. It tried to kill us, so we'd be totally justified in doing it. Then you could be superfast.

Go to the blacksmith and get a swordstaff.

And when I say sword staff, I mean a staff with a sword inside it.

It would be so cool.

>>331442
Hey Chee haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to have breasts? I bet if you took the soul of someone with big breasts you could experience the sensation for yourself.

...What? I don't think souls work like that.

also the undead normally have no souls.

1/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:05 No. 331485 ID: c811c4
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>>331446
No not really I mean when you mention it they might look all squishy and fun maybe but they also look heavy and if I had them I wouldn't be able to move fast like a ninja! Also a soul doesn't seem to change my appearance much anyway.

>>331442
Hey yeah! I think it did have a soul in it, maybe it was like me where a soul was put into a not living co - I don't want to think about that but maybe I could have its soul!

Well, we're going to the inn first.

Oh my gosh! All the buildings are huge! My old camp could live in a single one of these, Shabin!
>"Yep."

>"Hey, keep up!"
"Sorry, Tae!"

2/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:06 No. 331486 ID: c811c4
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Ah, there's people in here! They all looked in at first, but I don't think they're that interested in me.
>"Room for two short ones."
>"Kobolds, hmm? That is alright, as long as they're paid for, miss."

3/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:06 No. 331487 ID: c811c4
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>"Well, here's your room, you two. It's not much, but it'll kee-"
"Oh my gosh they have mattresses! And pillows! On the same bed!"
>"... huh. Yeah, it's a good room! Here, I'll give you twenty gold pieces, don't spend it all at once. I've got something I need to take care of, so go have fun. Just stay together and you'll be fine."
"Okay!"

4/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:07 No. 331488 ID: c811c4
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And then, to the blacksmith!

>"Welcome, kiddo's. We don't have much for people of your little stature, but what do you need?"
"A swordstaff! Like, a staff with a sword in it."
>"Haha, you're in luck, little kobold! Why, we have the best swordstaff in all the land, imbued by great magicians, dipped in the nectar of elvish druids and imported from the dwarven homelands themselves! And for the little price of 15 gold pieces, this may be yours! What do you say, fine 'bold?"

5/5 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:07 No. 331489 ID: c811c4
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Gasp!

>"Haha! Is that a yes?"

NO CHEE IT'S A TRICK!
ask to see if first, to make sure it's the right size for you. don't want to get something too big for you to use right.
but in reality it's to check it's workmanship. something THAT amazing does NOT sell for that cheap.

>>331489
Wait, he's selling a magical item for 15 gold? That sounds too cheap. Ask what the imbuing does!

Also you'd better try it out before you buy it, to make sure you can actually swing it.

>>331489
[ACTIVATE SHOPKEEPER SOULS!]
[ACTIVATE BLACKSMITH SOULS!]
"THAT IS SO CUTE!
You actually think kobolds are naive!
Here, show me the swordstaff so I can appraise it for you."

Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:19 No. 331495 ID: c811c4
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"May I see it?!"

>"Of course, of course!"

Um.. I don't sense any magic in it, but I never really got the hang of actually sensing magic so it could be hidden magic!

Or no magic.

But it is a staff! With a sword inside!

YOU HAVE TO BUY THAT SHIT

>>331489
Not sure how much a gold piece is worth, exactly.. It seemed like one was good enough for the stay at the inn, so they're at least a bit valuable.

Ask to inspect it with your 'Arcane eyes' first, just to let drop that you've got magic and aren't merely stylish.

>>331489
Ask to have a look at it first. Hand it to Shabin for her more jaded opinion.
Still, if it isn't a complete piece of shit, our soul-skills will make it a worthwhile buy anyways.

>>331495
Ask Shabin what she thinks.

And point out that you can't see any magic on it, and you're pretty good with that kind of thing.

>>331495
Tell him you can't sense any magic in it. Ask how it was imbued. Suggest perhaps that the nectar it was dipped in was actually elven blood, since it was imported from dwarven lands. Dwarves don't like elves, right? Then pull it out and look over it a bit. Judge how easily you'll be able to swing it around.

This is how we start haggling. Point out flaws in the item (or his sales pitch) to him, and offer a price that's lower than he gave you. Like, say 8 gold.

>>331495
Why? Don't waste your money. It is so... ugh.

Do you NEED a weapon? I mean, you can throw fireballs. And Shabin is already good at melee fighting, so you don't necessarily have to be good at that as well.

If you REALLY REALLY have to have something. I suggest a regular sword (preferably a short sword, so it's more for your size) Most other weapons wouldn't lend themselves to your size, because you need more leverage.

Tell him you think it's AWESOME. But no has magic so isn't worth 15 gold. Maybe 5 gold! What do you think Shabin?

>>331495
"I don't smell any magic in it, but I do smell horse shit."
Offer it back to him
"Given the workmanship and the lack of reputable maker's mark I can't offer you more than one gold for it."

>>331508
This

Could you barter?
And mention that you dont sense any magic in it? mention you dont sense magic in it, and that you can cast magic. Magic magic magic

Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:41 No. 331537 ID: c811c4
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"Um... this doesn't have any magic in it."
>"Ahh, not some naive kobold straight out of the boonies, are ya? Fine, you got me, it was made in the back room! But I assure you, the craftsmanship is well worth 6 gold pieces!"

The rest of the weapons seem to be in that same range. Should I? I want to but maybe I don't actually need a weapon.

"What do you think, Shabin?"
>"Looks fine to me."

Six gold?

try haggling. he did just try to rip you off.

>>331537
Go with it. It is a sword, and a walking stick for you.

5 cuz you tried to trick me.

apply cute puppie dog eyes.

Tell him that since he tried to trick you, you'll give him five for it.

You were given gold to spend on things you want, by the way. If you want it, and it's not expensive, you should buy it.

>>331537
You don't need it, save your money.

>>331537
Haggle time. Traditionally, you start way below their stated price, and he just tried to trick you. "Considering that you just tried to trick me, I'll give you one gold for it."

Try to meet at 3-4 gold, no more.

Hand it back and leave. Look for some other places that sell weapons. Maybe they won't be thieving bastards.

It's probably a shoddy piece of crap.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)22:57 No. 331565 ID: c811c4
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..."F.. four gold?"

>"...."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)23:00 No. 331568 ID: c811c4
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16 gold left! Anywhere else, before the mage guild?

>>331568
Ask Shabin if there's anywhere she wants to go, or if there's something she wants to buy.

yes,it is group money. you got something you want. only fair she gets something she wants.

Oh, Chee. :3

Wellll, do we have everything we need to keep traveling? (Food, Water, Medical supplies)

If we do then let's get something for both of you. :3 (Unless, other souls, we want to save our cash for now?)

Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)23:05 No. 331575 ID: c811c4
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"Hey, Shabin, is there anything you want?"

>"Long as you save money for food, runt. Only place I'd want to visit isn't anywhere around here."

"Ah.. okay."

ask if what she want's to visit is Clamp.

Don't actually ask about Clamp. But do ask where she'd want to visit.

Maybe we can go to a candy shop. Sweets!

>>331566
Haha, nice Cheef. Why don't you go looking for some other items? Potions, clothes, etc., and since Shabin is big on close-quarter combat maybe we can get her some cheap armor. Cheap and Bad-Ass.

>>331577
>>331578

SHHHHHH!
[Silences]

But half of the second voice has a good idea, WHO WANTS CANDY?! :D

She doesn't need anything but the bare essentials, how very smart and practical of her.

...We must buy her something pretty!

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)23:24 No. 331592 ID: c811c4
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So I guess there's 10 copper in a silver and 10 silver in a gold so now I have 14 gold 9 silver and 9 copper!

Except this is very small and I don't know why a food shop would have such a small thing for such big people but maybe it does taste sweet so okay.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)23:25 No. 331593 ID: c811c4
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BEST THING EVER.

Okay I should go to the magician guild before it gets too late! Unless I buy something pretty? What should I study in the mages guild when I get in?

just glance at and try everything. suggest trying ice and lightning first.

>>331593
You've never had candy before, Chee?
That does it - you need to live a little while you're here. Don't go nuts, but have some fun.

>>331593
One thing at a time, Chee. First get to the mage's guild, then see about what they've got on offer. Maybe there will be something that we haven't thought of; who knows what kind of cool and unusual spells they might have there? Or how hideously expensive they'll be to study...

Magic thingies are important! We can try to do the other things later.

>>331593
Mage guild!

I think we should find something that will keep the necromancer minions from being able to drain your power for their own use. Remember how that one construct was draining mana to fuel its spells?

Cheelop 2011/07/25(Mon)23:44 No. 331606 ID: c811c4
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>"Welcome, welcome to the mages guild, kobold! Your kind is most rare in these halls, but I can sense you have magic, and magic does not discriminate!"
"Hello! What kind of magic do you offer, here?"
>"Ah, eager! Very well, here is a list of magic studies that we specialize in, and aside from the vile sorts, I assure you it is quite thorough! If it is not on the list, chances are, we merely practice it in smaller amounts."

-Evocations by Elemental Magic (Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, others (ask.)
-Healing
-Scrying
-Conjuring/Summons
-Alterations
-Enchantments
-Illusions

>>331606
If we can learn how to block scrying, then we may be able to render the hat useless against us. That's the first priority, since I don't see anything that might be related to blocking mana drain in here.

Don't stare at his eyepatch. Don't ask how he lost his eye. No matter how curious you are, ignore the fact that the story behind it is probably awesome beyond belief and involves epic duels of untold power. Don't be curious, Chee. Don't do it.

>>331608

that, or enchantments. perhaps we can disenchant it.

is imbuing weapons with healing an enchantment? because then you should definiely learn it due to flaming swordstaff.

>>331606
Hmm all neat stuff sure but ask about protective magics. Protection from scryings and charming and any of those "vile sorts" he mentioned. You don't want scary things to take your souls- err your soul.

scrying first. then Conjuring

>>331606
You should compliment that man's fine wizard hat. Truly, it is the mark of your profession.

Ask about some more advanced healing magic- perhaps a fast healing spell, so that you can cast it in advance and its magic will cure any wounds received later? Or regeneration in case someone loses a limb? Or curing poison?

Learning to block scrying would be good, because of the hat.

Getting more skilled with illusions, so that you can use your invisibility spell with less focus and maybe cloak more than just you, would be quite handy.

And of course advancing your skill with throwing fireballs would be all to the good.


What is the cost for learning things here?

>>331606
Scry-blocking and alteration. Alteration is teh sex.

oh yes, alteration is good. get that. also show him that thing where you hold a fireball and a heal ball at the same time

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)00:25 No. 331616 ID: c811c4
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Okay, scrying and defense from it first, with alterations afterwards! Alsoooo I don't think I'll show him the fireball and heal ball because that isn't anything too special. I think. Well, I don't want to show off for no reason! And yes I'm actually very curious but I'll try and hear his special tale of awesome duels later.

"How much does all of this cost?"
>"The tower is paid for by the kingdom. No monetary charge is enacted within this kingdom for magic, but if you take advantage of much we will ask of you tokens of loyalty, perhaps through tasks required of the kingdom. But for a beginner, it will be free."
"Scrying then, please!"
>"Scrying is it? Remember, great responsibility is enacted within this department! "Harmless" pranks will not be tolerated! If that is acceptable, head up to the third floor to the fifth room on the left."
"Thank you!"

Okay! Shabin said she'll wait back at the inn, as it was very close by. So, I'll try focusing on magic for now and get Shabin and candy later!

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)00:26 No. 331617 ID: c811c4
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>"Hey. A kobold? Heh, we haven't had many of those, and only one has graduated. But I'm thinking out loud. What can I do for you?"
"I want to learn scrying! Well, defense against it, you see, my hat is a scrying device."
>"Oh?! Are you certain? Who put a scrying hat on you?"

Errrh

Tell her everything

>>331617
"It is very awkward and complicated and explaining will make nothing better."

>>331617
Tell her she doesn't want to know. Or just pretend she didn't ask the question- just go on to describe more about the hat's behavior.

Such as that it's the one on your back, and you can't destroy it or leave it somewhere- it attempts to reappear on your head afterwards. Also the scrying effect is stronger when you put it on willingly (do not demonstrate that), and it drains your mana slightly to cast the scrying spell.

>>331619
That is dumb why would you do that. OH HEY I AM A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION ALSO THE PHYLACTRY TO TWO OF THE MOST EVIL PEOPLE EVER AND ALSO HUNGER FOR YOUR SWEET DELICIOUS BRAIN MEATS BUT ONLY TECHNICALLY I'M REALLY A NICE GUY.

You are a nice dude, but it sounds fishy, no?

Tell her simply that you don't know but you haven't been able to remove it, so blocking it is the next best thing.

>>331624
Good points all, but at least the look on her face would be highly entertaining.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)00:40 No. 331630 ID: c811c4
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"It is very complicated and I really don't think it's a good idea and I'm sorry if that's complicated!"
>"Hm. Generally I would ask more, but a scrying device can be a highly embarrasing ordeal, so I won't push you. I will gladly teach you scrying defense, but for the time, would you like me to destroy that hat? I'm sure you've tried this, but it's come back, right? If so, it's actually a type of scrying device that's very fragile, and whoever put this on you probably knew that you didn't know the magic to destroy it."

...

Okay.

aye.

Ask her if a scrying device can be booby-trapped to harm someone if they try to destroy it.

>>331630
Yes. Ask about booby traps. You'd absolutely love it but only if they're really really really sure it's safe. REALLY.

>>331624
what he said. though you might want to mention that some necromancers are making use of it.

>>331630
Don't have it destroyed. At least, not yet. This could send the wrath of several angry lich down upon them. Better that it exists in a state where it won't work.

>>331629
"Might not be safe, don't risk it."

If you're gonna have her take that risk you should probably fill her in on whats going on to some extent so she can make her own judgement on whether or not its a good idea/within her ability.

>>331630
Well you should at least warn her that the person that made this thing was very dangerous and evil, so there could be a trap on it. Also say that you can heal her if anything goes wrong.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)01:02 No. 331647 ID: c811c4
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"Um, well... it was actually made by necromancers. Powerful ones. It could be booby trapped or something!"

>"Miss, after hearing that, if it's true, it most certainly should be destroyed! This mage tower is among the best in the known world, and the scrying is at the top of the line. I've weaved around booby traps and anti-anti scrying magics, and if such an item is beyond our capacity, it would be a first. It would also be useless to teach you scrying in that case, as we wouldn't be able to teach you enough to prevent such a hypothetical item. Please, won't you follow me? If there is any force outside of the very necromancers who built it that can destroy it, I am positive it is us."

>>331647
...Well, okay. But put everyone on high alert! Also maybe alteration lessons first incaseeveryonesortofblowsup?

>>331647
Okay, let's do it!

But seriously make sure she knows it's the straw hat. You didn't specify.

>>331647
"But... what if there isn't?"

>>331647
Ditto on waiting until you've learned something first. Maybe show them your fireball and explain that you are VERY serious about these dudes being scary.

go on, then.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)02:02 No. 331661 ID: c811c4
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I'm going for it! It may be a little risky, but.. if it goes on, someone's going to die! And I'm always around Shabin and Tae who takes care of me! I can't stand knowing that their death is so close by.

"Oh yeah and it's the straw hat!"
>"Very well. Sit on this circle, as both the the scrying device and target must be together. Now, the basis of destroying a scrying object is that we must know the link both ways in order to severe it. As such, there is very little difference between ability to scry and ability to defend or destroy scrying. For a brief instant we will actually be turning the flow of scrying between the object, in this case the hat, and the viewing receptacle. In that instant we will destroy it before the viewing receptacle re-aligns."

That sounds complex, but I guess I don't have to worry about it right now.

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)02:02 No. 331662 ID: c811c4
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>"Here we go! And, with a little bit of magic-!"

blip

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)02:03 No. 331663 ID: c811c4
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... ...

... ...

I uh.... I forgot it had teleportation abilities, too. And she just reversed that.

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)02:05 No. 331666 ID: c811c4
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>"Why hello, Chee. This is convenient for us."

this is bad but that's a little obvious isn't it oh geez oh geez

Panic.

"stay away! I'll heal your throat!"

>>331666
fffffffffffffffffff

Blast him with the big anti-undead spell you've got.

Listen, I get that you guys are pretty much total slaves to your necromancer master and have no real mind or personality of your own and all but could you think about having some decent fashion sense anyway? All I see are these pointy masks and you always insist on getting naked with all your limbs when you get serious. also Chee's just gonna heal all your asses to death again okay so way don't you just save us some trouble and go over to the corner and realize how much of a fucking mook you are?

I know what you're thinking "oh haha he's in the middle of a necromancer maze there's no way could defeat us all" but soon you'll be thinking "oh my god he defeated us all and he's sucking in our sooooooouuuuuuulllls nooooooooo"

Buzz off chumps we got better things to worry about. now lets see dark necromancer base well let's just look for a door.

"Nope."

Then a nice big distracting fireball right at him. Then uh... not many good ideas, but run for that crystal ball over there. Grab it and think of the place you were just at try to scry there. If she sees it and scrying is both ways and know where you are then maybe something something SOMETHING I dunno just try! And don't stand still grab it and run!

Oh.
The mages guild is probably going to be freaking out over this now.

>>331666
Heal it. Heal it right in the face.

"Sup. How're you doing?"

>>331666
Heal beam.

Aim for the face.

>666
Aw shit, we in trouble.

>>331672
This, except a giant Heal ball instead of a giant Fireball.

he looks fast. I recommend opening with an area of effect heal spell. if that slows him down blast him with a heal beam. you can put out heal spells powerful enough to damage the devower you have more than enough raw power to reduce that thing to dust.

>>331666
Fling spells all over the place and flip out. Tom, eat every soul you can get your maw around.

>>331666
Break the sphere. Right now.

>>331711
yes on spell throwing, no on tom. we don't want to risk that sort of collateral damage.

>>331740
He only gets to eat the souls we can see then. A necromantic construct without a soul is pretty harmless.

>>331739
The Sphere is probably the only think scrying lady can lock onto to get us out of here now. Breaking it is the last thing we want to do.

>>331748
>think
Thing, that is.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)14:43 No. 331801 ID: c811c4
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Healing it!

>"CHEECHEECHEECHEEcheecheecheecheecheecheecheechee....."

They're really not so strong, anymore! Also those aren't masks, I'm pretty sure they're skeletons of birds.

The scrying ball is fizzling, too, and my hat is gone. I think the arcane circle actually did destroy it! Technically.

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)14:43 No. 331802 ID: c811c4
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Oh, a window, maybe I can tell about where I am.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)14:44 No. 331803 ID: c811c4
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..I think some time passed, or I moved very far. Well, there is a door behind me, with stairs leading up and stairs leading down. Also, the floor above where I am right now is labeled as a Burial Chamber.

Wow, I'm kind of impressed that "moving very far" came to mind as an alternate reason for why it's dark. Go up, maybe we can eat some souls.

snap the claw off the holder and take the ball with you. could be useful. the big glowing green rock at the top looks important.

>>331803
Go up. Also be careful when grabbing souls in here. We've been told that if you have souls that aren't very compatible it makes the enchantment on you unstable. Also, keep in mind what happened when you grabbed the Paladin's soul- you gained some sense of his moral compass. Taking the evil souls here might make you more evil.

>>331817
Then we just eat a few more legendary heroes~

@Shabin: Hi, Shabin, Chee's voices here. Chee's going to be a bit late meeting back up with you and Tae, so don't wait on her. An unexpected opportunity's come up, and while it's risky we intend to take full advantage of it. Also, when you have time, could you ask the mage guild if they have a way of teleporting Chee back when we're done with what we're doing?

@Shabin: Well the good news is that when just destroyed the evil scrying hat. Bad news is we just got teleported to who knows where.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)15:26 No. 331822 ID: c811c4
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Alright, I'm going to go u- wait, higher in the tower?!

Welllllllll, okay.

>>331820
It doesn't work like that, I have to send you guys to Shabin myself. I guess I should do that but I think I'm really going to need you guys.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)15:27 No. 331823 ID: c811c4
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toktoktok

Oh, the ninja?!

>"Aha! Just managed to use the last bit of hat's magic to teleport back with you! Surprised?! You're mine, now!"

I feel a little sorry for him, for some reason.

>>331823
"Um... why do you keep ninja-ing when you're so bad at it? Shouldn't you look into a different profession?"

Shurikens back into him again.

Then eat his soul.

>>331823
What kind of ninja can't even throw shuriken with any accuracy?

Show him how it's done. In the face.

>>331827

>>331827
We did that last time and he was essentially unharmed. We'd probably want to heal him to death, since he seems to be a zombie. However, something tells me he's not...

Ask him who he is, first. Just confiscate his shuriken.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)15:42 No. 331832 ID: c811c4
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toktoktok

>"Oh come on! Why can't I aim?!"
"Hey, ummm, why are you a ninja? I mean, no offense please dont' take any but you can't aim at all!"
>"I don't know why! A ninja's soul was put in me but I can't seem to aim anyway! All I can do is move and hide and stuff, but sometimes I forget to! That's why I need your souls, you got all of them! Why?! I'm going to take your souls and be the best!"

>"ATTENTION. CHEE IS IN THE TOWER. CHEE IS IN THE TOWER. ALL ELITES, MOVE TO STAIRWELL D AND SUBDUE.

Oh gosh that sounded like a hollow dragon. A skeletal dragon? It sounded like it was coming from far below!

>>331832
Tell him that if he wants to be the best, then he can join us. Take his soul(s) and destroy him with a heal spell.

hey tom, wake up. this area is full of souls we wont mind you eating. let's start with this guy, he has a ninja soul.

TOM! CHOW TIME!

>>331832
Yo Tom, delicious expendable souls.

Hey, Tom, did you hear that? This guy has a ninja soul! And all of the other zombies here probably have other souls stuck in them. It's chow time.

Offer to share some soul power with him if he joins us.

He's just so adorably wimpy I can't say no.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)16:03 No. 331844 ID: c811c4
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"I'm sorry. I can't let you kill me. I feel a little weird asking, but.. would you like to join me? I mean you can be the ninja inside me. Or maybe if you just join me I'll share a little soul power?"

>"No! You're against us, and I'm loyal to my lich master! Let me kill you so I'm not worthless to him!"

Uhm, uhm.. I don't really have time to try and convert him, I don't think, so...

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)16:04 No. 331845 ID: c811c4
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"Tom, please."
>"Yep, lemme at him!"

>"What?! You have the devourer?! Why?!"

He really can move fast!

>>331845
"Wow, nice. Your ninja soul was a lot better at dodging than at assassinating people!"

You can throw heals, right? Combine throwing heals with Tom, so that you cut off lines of motion and make it easier for Tom to catch him.

It's called we're awesome and we can help you have that awesome power too.

Box him in with healing magic. You could shape a bubble, so create a cage.

Even enough power to one day exceed your master.

Just a thought, Chee: you might need that scrying ball to get back, if it was the link between the town and here.

hopefully, the guild mage wasn't scrying on us.

the king of liches being a dracolich wouldn't that huge of a surprise. regardless, the presence of an undead dragon here probably means that you need to get the hell off of this tower, because you know like three spells and are all by yourself.

"The better to eat you with."

Have tom just eat the whole damn area at once, he can probably do that. And when that's done I still say grab that damn crystal ball because it might save your butt.

>>331849
I second the cage bit.

>>331854
This is the tower of one of the king's challenger, not the king's himself, I think. The one onna island, remember?

>>331845
"You shouldn't be loyal to nasty evil people, they don't give a shit about you, liches especially, all they care about is power! They don't even really have relatable flaws or even do nice things like petting a puppy. They gave that all up for lichdom."

Also, Tom, bro, I fucking told you we'd stop by to get a dragon burger if you were good earlier, and it's a dragon-lich burger! I hope you know to listen to me. This one should be even tastier and juicer! Come on do you sense it?

man, i know he's an undead abomination that willingly serves one of the most evil thing in existence, but I feel kinda sorry for him.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)16:36 No. 331867 ID: c811c4
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>>331863
Yes! I'm not sure if this is the island or if it's the coastline of the southern lich, but this definitely isn't the lich king's lair!

I'm not sure how the scrying ball works, but I have it under my hat in case it's not broken. Along with the headmaster's beard.

I'm throwing out a cage on all the walls and floors so he can't escape!

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)16:37 No. 331869 ID: c811c4
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This is as big as I can get Tom, he's not hungry enough to really get released!

>"WHOA WHOA WHOA Chee watch where you're aiming these things while I try to get him!"
"I'm sorry but he's fast!"

>>331869
If you've got the healing cage up and the ninja is inside it, just gradually make the cage smaller until he's got nowhere to dodge.

>>331869
Fucking goddamn undead bitches

...maybe we're doing this wrong.

If you turn invisible, could you grab him?

Wait, you managed to hit him with shuriken. Imbue healing on them to kill him.

damn but he's good at dodging. if he could actually attack he would be very dangerous. try shifting the cage while he's in mid air.

Try convincing him more. If he still refuses, it still might at least make him hesitate long enough for Tom to get him.

"If you join me, we can become even better than your master, maybe even better than the lich king. Isn't that what you said you wanted? To be the best?"

>>331869
Start shrinking the cage.
"Join with me, and you'll finally have the abilities you desire."

Not to suggest anything, but you and the Devourer are probably the most extreme combination of magical polarity that I've ever seen. Not even fire and ice quite matches this one.

>>331869
Tom, stop sucking so much and suck that soul out harder.

>>331870

seconded.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)16:59 No. 331886 ID: c811c4
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"Tom Tom why can't you just suck out the soul?!"
>"It isn't like normal! It's not a soul that belongs to the body, you have to kill this one to get the soul to surface!"

"Hey ninja! Join me, please, we can be strong together!"
>"No! You'll hurt my master!"

And yes, shurikens worked! He must have bad eyesight.
No choice... closing the cage! Also, invisibility and throwing shurikens... invisible healing shurikens!

TOKTOKTOK
>"AHHHHHH"

"TOM!"

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)16:59 No. 331887 ID: c811c4
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>"We got him, Chee!"

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)17:00 No. 331888 ID: c811c4
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... ...

I am now the ninja. Elite necromancers are coming up quickly. I can sense them. What does the ninja do?

hide. you can more or less one shot the undead, and your good enough to put a dagger though a necromancers eye if you have time to aim. from ambush you are a fairly deadly fighter.

>>331888
The ninja leaves hastily and unseen, by an exit they will not expect.

But the ninja resolves to devour the souls of a few necromancers before leaving this area.

>>331888
Ninja VANISH!

Three main options we have:
1. Proceed to Burial Chamber and destroy the first necromancer.
2. Abscond to window, from which we shall scale the outer wall and make good our escape.
3. Attempt to contact scrying girl through scrying sphere, to receive teleportation evac.

>>331888
You'll want to ambush them, so hide ... ON THE CEILING!

Dramatic conventions demand ascent.

Make sure to charge some more healing shurikens

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)17:42 No. 331903 ID: c811c4
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Ninja vanishing, shurikens get! The ninja will ambush, then run upstairs! The burial chamber is upstairs, but branches off from the main tower. Therefore, options are to visit the chamber, or go to the main tower's peak or to flee the tower as a whole.

I do not know how to attempt to scry backwards! The hat has been destroyed, and so there is no scrying object back at the mage tower. I must assume I am stuck here, for the time being.

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)17:42 No. 331905 ID: c811c4
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>"CHEE. Show yourself!"

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)17:43 No. 331907 ID: c811c4
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tink tink tink

An anti-healing shield?!

>"Why do you fight, Chee?"

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)17:43 No. 331908 ID: c811c4
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It didn't work, but no matter, that necromancer is unimportant. It cannot catch up to me. What is the ninja's destination?

>>331908
Leave something subtle and charged with healing magic and cloaked with invisibility on the stairs. With any luck, they'll get careless and step on it as they come up, frying themselves.

>>331908
We should visit the burial chamber.

>>331908
Burial chamber sounds like an important place.

>>331910
this. if nothing else we will learn if he can sense healing magic or if he can be supervised by it.

>>331910
Yes. If the shield activates automatically, laying something charged with healing on the stairs might cause the creature to be stopped by its own shield.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:21 No. 331926 ID: c811c4
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>"I can see invisible things, Chee. Please stop with such parlor tricks. Your enchantments are incredibly powerful, yet easily dispelled."

fizzle

This is a strong one! It's slow though, so I can easily get to the burial chamber with time left over! Coming back down a little ways to get to the main tower entrance could be a little tricky, though.

Nin nin nin~

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:22 No. 331927 ID: c811c4
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Burial Chamber. It's nothing fancy at all, no statues, just dirt in here, and only a single simple grave...

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:22 No. 331928 ID: c811c4
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I'm not really having fun being the ninja, anymore.

dig it up! getting any parts of yourself back can only help. then bust out of the window and fly away on wings of fire!

Climb out the window.

>>331928
Aww. I was expecting someone else to be buried here. But take heart, Chee. If that's your original body in there, it just means that nobody can steal your soul. You're still yourself. Maybe after the liches are all dead, we can see if it's possible to get your old body healthy again, and put your soul back in it.

As for the necromancer, he noted that he can just dispel enchantments and can see invisible stuff. So imbuing's right out, and so is Invisibility.

Ninja dash back and try to catch him on the stairwell so you can jump/walldash over him. Casting strength on yourself may enable you to move faster.

After we're in the clear I want you to try blasting him with a direct heal spell.

>>331930
This is the ninja way to deal with a dead end.

>>331928
Dig! Dig!

NOT COOL.

exit through the window, use Ninja skills to stick to the wall!

if you can catch him in the stair well there this effect called the chunky salsa rule. basically an explosion in a confined space is much more powerful than one in an open space. you could try throwing a few blast spells at the necromancer while he's in the stairwell.

Dig up the grave quickly, if you can.

Argh, guys, we don't have anything to dig with! It would take AGES to get that body up and this is a dead end! We could be trapped here if there's no window. Even if there is a window, we don't have any confirmed way to fly, and climbing as a ninja may work but we don't really be able to climb while carrying a corpse!

Guys, Chee nearly died when she found out she didnt have a soul. Yeah, she's stronger now, but I dont think anyone could handle seeing their own decomposing dead body well.
Do. Not. Dig.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:51 No. 331955 ID: c811c4
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With a strength spell I can dig on my own! The ground is very soft. And.. whatever is in here is shallow.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:51 No. 331956 ID: c811c4
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...well, this is it. It has no latches or locks, just a plain, scuffled wooden coffin.

Open?

yes.

The necromancer may have stashed himself here, knowing you would hesitate. Just try not to lose who you are and open it. Use some of that Paladin Willpower.

>>331956
Pandoras box did contain hope... Open.

>>331956
If it smells like there's a dead body in there, do not open it. If you can't smell anything, then there could be something else entirely in there. Something that could be important.

This smells like a bad idea, folks.
I dont like this.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)19:05 No. 331972 ID: c811c4
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It's... I'm... small. There... there aren't any bones in me... that. It doesn't smell like anything, either, as though the flesh is preserved, somehow?

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)19:06 No. 331973 ID: c811c4
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I... I need to look away.

>>331973
Much as I thought this was a bad idea, this could be crucial information when the time comes to kill the liches, Chee.

Speaking of the liches, there's a construct outside the window. You can blast it with a heal spell if you need to blow off some steam. Then we should relocate, likely out the window. Do you think you can wallclimb?

that's how they control you. you have to ether take it or destroy it. use a heal to remove the negative energy preserving it, then burn it. and ninja to the other side of the grave to dodge the thing behind you.

Maybe....

Try healing yourself, er, the thing in the box?

>>331976
Oh damn you're right, they've surrounded us. One at the window, and one behind.

Dont heal the thing. Our one chance at killing the liches is not having a proper soul in the first place! If we get your body back now, you'll never be able to destroy them! That, and healing it might just kill you.

>>331981
She does have a soul, though. It's just hidden deep inside the Devourer, so that necromancer before couldn't see it or grab it.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)19:27 No. 331988 ID: c811c4
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Oh, gosh.. it's taking all I have to keep my souls intact. I don't know what to do about my body, if anything. It could be very good or very bad to do either.

... That's not a normal construct out the window!

Oh, it's starting to talk!

>"We await your decision, Chee. Know this. Conserve your body, and you may yet have a resurrection by the hands of this lands' lich. Destroy it, and be a tool of the Lich King."

>>331988
Choose neither. Tie your body to your back. You will will live on your own terms, if at all.

>>331988
Being a tool of the Lich King sounds pretty terrible.

But resurrection? How can you want that, now? Go back to being a normal kobold, unskilled in combat or magic or anything at all really? How could you help anyone ever again like that, or indeed accomplish anything at all? It doesn't seem like that great of a choice either.

yeah... destroy it. it may be a zombie dragon but it's still underestimating you. it is saying that they can jam your soul back in there. but you will be even MORE undead then you are now.

>>331988
Trick question. You don't want either outcome at the moment.

Respond with a question of your own. Why would they want to resurrect you? Aren't you their phylactery?

Wait
You can send us to people you know. You know yourself. Send us to your body?

>>331996
This is a terrible idea.

Lets do it.

>>331996
>give us complete control of a mindless vessel, allowing us to kill Chee and one day become a god

Nah, let's just send us to Voxol to call for backu-
>send Tom to Voxol
Or we not do that either.

Okay, we pretty fucked. HOLY LASER BEAMS AT DRACOZOMBIE

>Option C: Take it with us, get raised on our own terms.

Getting the body is easy enough, but how are we going to get out of here with it? Chee, you need to find a way to teleport back to the wizard tower. Remember what if felt like and reverse it, or just figure it out on your own somehow. Maybe there is a soul in you that knows how to that you haven't noticed? Ask Tom about that. Buy time by asking the dragon about why they would bring you back at all.

no matter what, it doesnt seem we have a backup plan.

ressurecting us would be the way to go. the lich would lose control over the souls we possesed thus a insurgency is more likely to happen and we would have a good chance to actualy be their phylacteries. however i do not see why a random lych would do that, as he would favor getting the power for himself.

for the moment i have to admit we are also lych in nature, meaning a good chance we can survive muscling this encounter since we have no way out. try to protect the body somehow, its time for holy lazer disco deathball dance with undead dragons.

Guys, I think this 'resurrection' would either
A) enslave Chee to this lich
or
B) bring Chee back as a normal kobold, meaning we can't kill the liches.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:10 No. 332035 ID: c811c4
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I should clarify. The souls that give me talent, give me the ability to be so good, but I don't rely on them entirely! If I were to lose the great healer inside me, I would lose some of my healing power, but it wouldn't be as though I couldn't heal anymore! I would still be quite strong. Although, I may never improve again afterwards.

Also, Tom is like the carrier of souls for me. But when I send souls to other people, I create a temporary bubble that shifts between people and gives them select souls, so I never have sent Tom.

And yes I can send my souls to living people, but I'm pretty sure my body is dead! So maybe if I reanimated it and... that would be weird. But I don't know how to reanimate it so it doesn't matter. I should ask the dragon some things, though."

"Hey, dragon! Um.. why would you want to resurrect me? I'm the phylactery, right?"
>"Correct. Because our lich and his enemy lich are both inside of you, our lich cannot properly slay the other, and vice versa. So, we must switch phylacteries. There are many ways, yet all are complex. Our lich knows how to pick apart souls upon your proper resurrection. He himself will be moved to a proper phylactery, the enemy lich slain, and your own soul to your original vessel. With this, all other souls will be freed, and you will live as a real kobold for the rest of your mortal days. I am afraid I have no proof to my word, other than the evidence of our attempts to subdue, not slay."

"What happens to Tom?"

Hmph, subdue my ass. All the bird constructs did was kill kobolds while trying to get you to come with them. The only other necromancer- the kobold necromancer- didn't attack ANYONE. Don't believe this guy for a second, Chee. Though I'd like to note that this guy isn't the lich, he's another servant. So maybe he doesn't know what the other constructs have been doing outside the castle. He might not intend to deceive you, but what he says is wrong.

This lich seems very interested in getting you back in your old body.

You should consider holding it hostage.

>>332035
"What is your master's name?"

"Look, I'm sorry, but I can't trust just your word. My soul- all my souls- have been toyed with too much already. I can only get out of this and know what will happen by becoming strong enough to be a player instead of just a piece."

>>332035

This option is too easy and lacks EPIC ADVENTURES.

So no, refuse.

It's probably a trap anyway.

Also, "At least three have tried to kill me now."

chee, your body is just a container. your old body isn't you, you are you. I don't know what destroying your old body would do, but right now we have a lich to dust and an evil fortress to destroy.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:20 No. 332051 ID: c811c4
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>"Tom is kept alive only through the state you are currently in. I do not know what magic precisely the Lich King has employed, but I am confident Tom will die through the resurrection. The constructs behind you are getting restless. Make your decision."

I.. need to make a call, now.

Live the rest of your life as weak kobold, or stay powerful and try to defeat the lich? This is really Chee's decision, but I prefer the latter option. We don't know what truly happens after either of these decisions, but doing the opposite of whatever these constructs and liches want you to do sounds good to me.

You should defiantly hold your body as a hostage, seeing as destroying would kill both necromancers. Hell, as a last resort you could destroy it and eat their souls.

HOLY LASER BEAMS

I'd like to note that if you were resurrected you would become immediately vulnerable to the soul-drain attacks necromancers have. You would probably be unable to fight them.

I say leave the corpse, and escape. They can't resurrect you while you're here, but one day you will want that to happen so that the liches could die. Or you could find a way to manipulate souls finely enough to separate the lich out on your own.

This would be a shortcut only to making the liches vulnerable, which would then leave you vulnerable. Not a good trade.

Tommy boy
tell me
are you hungry?

Because I sure am
Do you smell that dragon?
IS there a hint of a whiff because Mmm-mmm look at that undead homemade cookin'

>>332051
"If you want to convince me of your honesty then allow Tom to take your souls. If your words are true then your master can fish your souls out later, but if you refuse then I'll know you're lying and take my body and leave."

We're taking your body and leaving anyway, but a dracolich's soul would be pretty nice.

>>332051
Request to be sent back, as your friends worry and this is a lot of information to take in. But resurrection does sound kind of nice.

Eat the dragon

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:54 No. 332094 ID: c811c4
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"There is no skeleton inside my body."
>"We know. We have sent agents everywhere attempting to locate this, as it is required for the resurrection. We may ask of your assistance for this."

The real Chee died over a year ago, I am simply a memory. I feel there are other ways of resurrection. I am now fully a ninja wizard doctor, even if my magic isn't varied, and ninja wizard doctors will not play the lich's game, turning to their side for the chance of becoming real! I came to kill them! Destroying my original body will not kill them, their souls are in my constructed body. Yet, destroying it will give me no choice but to see this through to the end. I'm sorry, for those voices I am disobeying.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:54 No. 332096 ID: c811c4
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I am going to kill the liches, even if I never live again.

KSHOOM

"Tom?"
>"Ayep?"
"Are you hungry?"
>"Ayep!"

Dragon or lich, dragon or lich, who should I fight?

Both.

Dragon first for extra soul power, then lich. Make sure his constructs don't get in the way.

>>332096
We can't feed the lich to Tom. Right now we don't even know how to kill a lich since you are its phylactery and we'd have to figure out how to disrupt that part of you to win. Part of why we were in the mage city was to find that out, wasn't it? Never quite got around to it.

Let's fight that dragon.

Dragon. Let's get the hell out, and get the hell on the path to redemption for crimes we never committed in the first place, and maybe a couple we did commit.

Fuck yeah, Ninjwizardoctorpalabold!

>>332096
Did you just destroy your original body?
Well, that's REALLY going to mess up our long-term plans. We weren't going to let you resurrect yourself like that anyway, but we kinda needed your body no matter what method we wanted to use.

Eat the skeleton dragon first, then the constructs, then the lich.

>>332096
TOM: EAT FUCKING EVERYTHING

D'awww Chee, we love you even if you disobey us.

>>332096
Hooray, dumb plans involving body thwarted.
Draaagon.

i'm proud of you chee. on choices like that we can only advise. no need to apologize for doing what you think is right, even if we disagree with you. now lets go explode an undead dragon.

>>332105
>needed your body no matter what method we wanted to use
Chee seems to think otherwise, and you're no mage, Advisor. Know your station.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:42 No. 332142 ID: c811c4
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It does seem rash to take out the body, but.. it seems to be part of the plan of the liches, and is more important to destroy it than my own secondary wishes! Perhaps the second lich has the skeleton, and is seeking my flesh? It's a long shot, but destroying my body is what my gut told me to do. I hope it wasn't a mistake.

The dragon is going down first! It hardly even tries to fly away before Tom catches up. That doesn't seem right, such a dragon should be more powerful? It's like it's giving up.

A dragon's soul feels odd. I'll need to figure out how it helps me later, but for now, I have to find the lich. It's true, I'm not sure how this would work. I mean, I could kill him, but he'll just get resurrected through me. I don't know how. Tom?

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:44 No. 332147 ID: c811c4
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Yep! This is the breakdown of the souls. First tier below Chee herself is me and the liches. We got barriers between each other to prevent me from just going and eating up the liches. No idea how to break the barrier! And of course, inside me, are the souls for talent and the souls for advice, you guys.

Lich King seems pretty crazy to come up with this stuff for a little kobold!

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:45 No. 332149 ID: c811c4
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I won't know, but if I can kill him, perhaps it takes some time to resurrect, and any time without getting hunted like this will be nice!

The constructs.. aren't doing anything. They're just watching. They have no souls, and it seems like the lich isn't having them do anything. I can get to the top of the tower without trouble, like this.

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:46 No. 332150 ID: c811c4
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>"So, you've done it, Chee. You've destroyed your body. I hoped that you would fulfill your own wish at the cost of fulfilling mine, as well. There is no point in fighting. If I kill you, I will die. If you kill me, I will resurrect. But the balance of power is thrown off. I can no longer become the new Lich King, because I cannot switch phylacteries anymore. This was my last hope, no other method of phylactery moving is within my power. I hoped to make up for this shortcoming with cunning and raw necromantic power. I have failed, and do not wish to fight a losing, pointless battle with you or the other liches."

"So what will you do now? Terrorize the countryside? Give up and sit here forever, king of nothing?"

If only we had more love potions!

Well then the answer is to ride the dragon to the ground. Clearly.

>>332150
Ask him what his ambitions were. Why did he want to become lich king? Just power? You can afford to be friendly now.

>>332150
"Hey, you're a lich. It's not like you're going to run out of time to research a new magical solution to this problem. And I certainly have no plans to get destroyed any time soon, so your phylactery will be fine with me."

your obsession is what led to your downfall. you wanted it so badly you didn't think straight. an army of skeletons could till thousands of acres of land and fed nations, they would of all become to see you in a positive light. perhaps so much so that you could even got the paladins to help take out your rival. heck, if you were a nice guy even i would of helped you. but you weren't, so i didn't.

Tom, does that dragon soul taste as mind-meltingly delicious as the other one's?

>>332150
Then tell him to give up and help us destroy the other Liches, or at least his rival. Can he break the barrier inside you keeping Tom away from the lich souls? Can he teach you magic of any sort? If he cannot do any of that, then he should teleport us back until we can deal with this stalemate on our own. But rest assured, we will return and end his existence one day.

OH OH OH

Also punch him in the face because his constructs desecrated your friends' bodies and almost killed Fraga.

>>332150
"I am curious. Why did you decide to become a lich in the first place? Beyond simply avoiding death, I mean.
Was it the power? The joy of experimenting? Something else?

...

I don't intend to kill you. I intend to absorb you, and with your aid I will defeat your rival and the lich king."

Ask questions then kill him anyway for shits and giggles.

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Tom feels like he's doing a happy jig inside me. It's actually a little uncomfortable.

"Why did you want to be the lich king?"

>"The current is insane. It feels like every year, his priorities change. It has been chaos for other liches for decades, I would simply keep things more orderly. I did not have ambitions to take over the world, or anything of the sort.

"What now then, Lich? Terrorize the countryside, give up and sit here, king of nothing?"

>"No, only death. If you kill me, I do not have the heart to resurrect. You have gotten lucky with me, the other lich does not know when he's been defeated. I said if you killed me, I would resurrect. That was assuming I had anything to stay for. I do not, anymore, and so you may kill me if you wish, and I will let my soul rot and disappear from within you. That is very depressing, but perhaps I can live on through you. I will break the barrier between Tom and I, and he may devour me. From there I will give you great necromantic power, and you may do as you will, giving my power your purpose. It may sound evil, but it is not as though it must be. Many subjects of mine willingly had their bodies reanimated to serve beyond death."

>>332173
Walk up and hug him
"It's alright, I know. Magic is a tool that's neither good nor evil, and I'll show that to the world. I'll defeat your rival and the lich king, and perhaps when this is over I can manifest you again."

"Had you used different methods of getting me here, you may have been able to persuade me to help you. Unfortunately, you chose poorly, and this is where you ended up. Don't you just love karma?"

>>332173
If he willingly gives his soul to us, we should take it.

...I just realized that if he just lost the battle to become the Lich King, then the other lich will attain that title. Will that make them more powerful? Will they automatically gain the ability to lead the other liches to do stuff? What would they do, in that case? We should ask that, to know what to expect.

Also ask if there's any chance that you could become the Lich King, and make sure necromancy could never be used for evil.

Hug Necromancer.

While doing so, slowly thrust your healing-powered swordstaff into his heart.

It would be so cool.

Chee will need all the power she can get to defeat the other lich. Take his soul and thank him for it. Ask him how the other lich's barrier can be brought down so he himself cannot be resurrected. Also a map or way to get back to shabin would be good.

>>332180
No see there are three.
Lich King the Mad, who built Chee for the lulz.
Emobird, who we are speaking to.
Whoever Necrobold works for.

Agree on asking about becoming King though.

>>332180
no, the currant lich king would still need to be beaten.

>>332186
Well sure, but after that? I'm just wondering if Chee can *ever* become the Lich King as she is now, or if we'll have to resurrect her before going through whatever stuff is needed to become a lich or whatever.