2/5 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)17:26 No. 332482 ID: c811c4
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Anyways, my minions are kind of scary looking.

3/5 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)17:27 No. 332484 ID: c811c4
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So I put ribbons on them!

4/5 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)17:27 No. 332485 ID: c811c4
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There are three constructs that didn't die with the previous lich. They're quite helpful, and they say they serve the tower, regardless of the lich. Or in this case, not-lich. They tell me I'm at the southern peninsula's coast, but I don't know much about it. The red X is the enemy lich, and the green area is the area I (apparently?) have heavy influence in.

5/5 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)17:27 No. 332486 ID: c811c4
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Oh! Speaking of the three constructs, here comes one now! It's my skeleton butler, he's very nice for a dead person.

>"Your meat from today's hunt, Madam. And might I add, marvelous changes you have made thus far!"
"Thank you, uh... Skeletal Butler!"
>"Also, I should inform that today is the first day of the week. This is the day that the local tribe gives their offering of dead. It was custom that in return, the old lich would give protection to hostile forces, such as the naga from the sea and harpies to the north. The lich, in his foresight, saw that the more the tribe thrived, the more population they would attain, and with more life comes more death. Perhaps you should meet with them, but it is, of course, entirely your choice should you continue this exchange."

if all the dead they have are indeed from natural causes then i see no harm in this deal. and yes, may as well meet with them and tell them directly that while management has changed if they want this arrangement to continue then it shall.

>>332486
Sounds like it would be a good idea to go meet with them, maybe also change the arrangments for the deal. Rather than them just bringing their dead they could bring their dying soon to be dead people. That way you could get some extra souls that you can then use for new constructs so you won't feel as lonely. Maybe even sew some nice skins on them so they won't look as creepy.

>>332486
You have a skeleton butler!? I suggest naming him Ronove. Or Jeeves if you prefer.

>>332486
Have them bring their sick, injured, and dying to you as well. You'll heal them of you can, and animate them if you can't.
Also tell them that they're welcome to join your soul party if they so choose, but it's completely voluntary.

Send messengers to the Naga and Harpies informing them of the change in management and attempt to open trade with them. With a skeleton army you could turn your land into an agricultural powerhouse and have lots of food exports.

This is getting completely away from the issue, which is that you need to make a construct capable of traversing the distance to town at high speed. You still need to learn scrying and distance communication!
...try to make the construct out of wood or stone or something, since bone would attract the wrong sort of attention.

>>332489
Yes - meet up with them. Tell them the agreement will continue.

It seems this lich was not so evil. Firstly give your skeleton butler a better name. Like Charles, Winston, or Jeeves as was previously suggested. And compliment his dapper attire. Then I guess you should pay the town a visit and let them know about the new management.

Somewhere along the line we should go find Shabin and Tae and let them know about how you became a lich between buying candy and heading back to the inn. You are easily distracted.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)17:58 No. 332510 ID: c811c4
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I think.. his name will be Winston! I've heard of butler tales and their name is always Jeeves so I want mine to be different. Because he is. He's dead.
"I like your attire, Winston!"
>"Thank you, you are too much for me, Madam."

Okay, I have some bone flying constructs that can fly really quickly! Hopefully the naga and harpies take messengers. I'll send them an invitation.

Oh gosh, I'm actually nervous! Um... I've never seen this sort of species before.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:00 No. 332511 ID: c811c4
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>"A kobold? Where is the lich?"
"I'm the new lich! I mean, I'm not actually lich, but I'm in charge here."
>"Is this a joke?"
"Nope! Also I think it could be nice to maybe go further with this deal. If you want, you can bring your sick or dying, and I can try and heal them!"
>"And what are you asking of us in return?"
"Um.. well, with some skeletons I can help farm and maybe export food?"
>"...I mean, what do WE have to give YOU?"
"Well, if you want you can give your souls if you're going to die anyway for whatever reason but that's very voluntary!"
>"Are you insane? What do you want of us? You can't expect us to think the owner of such a tower took up charity? This sounds too good, even before you give out specifics."

>>332511
"Would you prefer it if I asked for your first born children, instead? This offer helps me, too, just in ways you cannot yet percieve."

the owner of the tower is part of me, i can take souls and become more powerful. i have all the lich's power, and then some.

>>332511
...Well if they're happy with the current deal then we shouldn't change it, unless we find something we want from them.

Ask if they have any mages or something. If we can get some teleportation service going, or help with your magic training, it'd help a lot. Heck, just ask what kind of stuff they do in the tribe.

A good point to bring up is that you don't actually plan to stay here forever, so you'll need to figure out some way of making them able to defend themselves.

Of course not. Consider this an advance for future favors.

"The owner is dead, I assimilated his soul." Smile cutely.

>>332510
>Okay, I have some bone flying constructs that can fly really quickly! Hopefully the naga and harpies take messengers. I'll send them an invitation.
Be careful! Depending upon how they think, one or both of them might remain hostile instead of being friendly and take the change of leadership here as an excuse to probe for weakness. That means attacking you or the people who used to be under the lich's protection. Be ready to throw them back if they do.

Remember, trust but verify. Just because you want to believe that someone else is nice doesn't mean that you shouldn't prepare for them to be mean.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:18 No. 332532 ID: c811c4
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>>332526
Ah! I'll try and keep that in mind.

"I could just ask for your first borns. This helps me too."
>"... so, you sh..."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:20 No. 332535 ID: c811c4
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.....

"This is just an advance for future favors!"
>"You really are in charge, aren't you?"
"Yep! Assimilated his soul and everything. I have his power."
>"I'm sorry. I won't attempt to offend you again."

"Do you have any mages or anything? I need help with teleportation, or really any magic. I'm powerful, but I have a lot to learn! In fact, what do you do? Can you defend yourself?"
>"We pleaded with the previous lich because we don't have the stature to fight. We do have some mages though."
"That would be nice! I'm not going to be here forever, though, so maybe I can help you defend yourselves when the time comes for me to go."
>"Why did you take over this tower, if I may ask?

>>332511
"This isn't charity. The lich would have healed those in need were he capable. The longer you live the more children you have the more the population grows the more corpses you deliver to my door. The same goes for farming."

"well you see, i was hunted by the lich because while his soul was inside me i couldn't control it, so he needed me to become a lich king. but i counted him and took over.

"I'm going to kill the lich king!"

>>332535
"The lich hurt my friends. I am nothing if not loyal."

>>332535
"The lich called me here and... well, we fought for a while, but in the end he decided he'd had enough of everything and offered me his soul. It seemed rude to refuse!"

>>332535
Explain that you were planning on killing the lich here, and something happened to teleport you there. Since you're stuck you figured you might as well keep things running to use it against the other lich that you've got your sights on. Then maybe take on the lich king and ensure that nobody uses necromancy for evil ever again.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:33 No. 332549 ID: c811c4
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"The lich called me here! He needed me to become King. We fought for a bit, but then...
It offered its soul to me. It seemed rude to refuse. Eventually, I'm going to kill the Lich King!"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:34 No. 332551 ID: c811c4
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>"I, um... we're on your side, then. Would you like to come with us to our village, or should we send mages over? Or something, anything?"

>>332551
I think we should go visit their village before talking to the mages they have.

"the lich tried to fuck with me, and look where that got him. don't fuck me in the ass, Larry. you know what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass."

anyway, these are nice things you're offering them and all, but you'll be out most of the time questing. consider developing a healing golem- one with the soul of a healer. also attempt to discern if your minions could build defensive measures for the village- walls, spiky trenches, ramps, bows, spears... you're powerful, Chee, but not even you can be here for them forever. they need autonomy.

tell the boy to calm his horses you aint killing everyone yet

>>332555
That's really rather impolite!

Not the healing golem, just the words.

I love how freaked out this guy is. I think it is the combination of your complete seriousness and how disarmingly cute you are.

>>332549
Reanimate the dead while riding in the wagon.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:58 No. 332570 ID: c811c4
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The other two stayed back at the tower to unpack their wagon. I'm trying not to think of what was inside! They looked really nervous, but I head on out to their village with the weird rabbit thingy. I'm not going to bring any undead with me, I don't want to scare anyone! Well, okay, I don't want to scare myself. It hasn't even been a day, but I need to be around real, living things!

>"We're the product of a collaboration between a wizard and a cleric. The cleric wanted to practice resurrection, and the wizard giving sapience and demi human intelligence. To reflect it, he morphed our bodies to a demi human state. But, our bodies are weak, so magic is really all we have going for us. The lich didn't even like us trying to protect ourselves, probably so that he could keep leverage on us. It isn't a bad life though, so we didn't try to resist too much. Anyways, that wizard and cleric fell out of favor from any major magic business, and we were seen as an object of their madness. And that's the whole sob story as to why we are what we are, down so far south where even the birds fight for territory. Sorry, I guess you didn't ask. But we're way out of our element here, and that's why."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)18:59 No. 332572 ID: c811c4
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It's a few hours walk, the silence becomes crippling, and I'm really happy to see the village!

>"Here's it is. Kind of sucks. Heck, half the buildings are pretty badly lopsided. I'm the best mage here, but we have different kinds. I hope you didn't have high expectations. No, I hope you didn't have sub-par expectations. What would you like to do?"

>>332572
Go around, meet people, see what they know. If their magic is that bad, maybe you can teach them a few new tricks.

>>332572
...Chee, do you have any carpenter/architect souls? Foremen? Revive their dead and fill them up with tradesmen. Ask for some heavy cloaks or something so that the dead ain't so freaky. In fact, just call all your minions over. It's time to do some serious building.

Also, experiment a bit with healing plants. If you can quick-grow trees it'd make the lumber situation extremely easy.

>>332572
Ask what kind of magic they have.

...this isn't a lot to work with. Maybe you can send off some talent souls to help these guys become effective mages and defend themselves? There might even be some craftsmen in there to help fix up these buildings. Do you think you can learn how to design buildings, Chee?

Burn this pathetic collection of mud and sticks and show the local scum that they should fear you! Kill them in droves and then bathe naked in their cooling blood! RIP AND TEAR!

Failing that, you should probably gather some more information about the town and it's denizens.
Also, I like ears, he's got a cute smile.

Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)19:22 No. 332595 ID: c811c4
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I don't know if I have any souls for carpenters or foremen! I mean I guess I could just toss souls about and see what happens but I don't know.

>"Hey, uh, Ears? Do you have any dead I could revive to maybe help with labor?"
"Uh, no. We send all dead to you."
Well, I can pull minions away from my tower if needed.

>"Alright everyone, listen up! The Lich is dead, by, believe it or not, this kobold! Er, no offense sorry. It's not like we have much of a choice, but this is probably an improvement."

"So uh, what can you guys do?"

>"We farm."
>"We scout."
>"We bring our dead to you, as well as remains of our hunting."
>"There's about two hundred of us in this place."

There's a whole lot I could do with a village! It's all very foreign to me, though.

>>332595
>There's a whole lot I could do with a village! It's all very foreign to me, though.
Remind us to have you devour the soul of an expert steward at some point.

In the meantime, introduce yourself. You haven't given your name yet.

get a lay of the hand. inform yourself about the local flora, fauna, and most importantly, other civilized people nearby.

Eat everyone's souls

Erm. Well. I think we should build up fortifications on this place, as well as start up some intensive magic training.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)19:48 No. 332618 ID: c811c4
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"Hello! I'm Chee. I'm going to be running this place from now on! Well, sort of. First thing, we're going to get some fortifications! And magic training for all of us! Before that, do any of you have a map?"

>"Of course."
"Thank you Ears."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)19:48 No. 332619 ID: c811c4
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Hm, this is... no wonder they needed help from the lich!

...maybe we'd be better off trying to establish a regent here under their command so they can just use the undead for their own purposes.

Though we'd also need to figure out some way of replenishing the undead forces without being here. Also, how are we going to get out of here?

Maybe we'll need Shabin to talk to the dragon for us. Speaking of which, have you figured out if the dragon soul did anything?

Oh god Gnolls do you see that do you chee do you?

We can't stay here forever, we need to find a way to fix this problem for good or train someone to be a subordinate and have that keep the system working.

>>332624
Perhaps we could teach the necromantic arts to one of them. Nothing major, just enough to raise the undead.

Oh man these guys really need to be able to defend themselves. Magical training is a great idea, since that is apparently all they have going for them. You should maybe teach them that spell that increases your physical attributes first, Cheelop. And healing of course. It would also be cool for them to know how to raise the undead, but I think it would be more efficient to focus on the prevention of their deaths first.

we should talk to them about witch species raids them the most, and if there is any motivation beyond simple greed to the raids.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)20:20 No. 332645 ID: c811c4
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So far the dragon's soul hasn't done anything! I'm looking into it. With magic. Anyways, I think I have a solution! I can somewhat split a soul's power so that two people can practice that soul's specialty. It's not as effective of course if it's whole, but, two people! Which is why I have an idea to fit the advice.

"Ears, are you loyal to me?"
>"....yes?"

2/2 Ears 2011/07/27(Wed)20:20 No. 332646 ID: c811c4
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--some kind of trick question she's batshit insane isn't she.

>"Okay then Ears here's some necromancy! And magic to some people I sensed are your mages! And some other souls that might be better at more menial things, I don't know! You can control my butler and let's say about 10 undead things. I'm going back to the tower to make it more homely! When you're done getting used to this I'll take the souls back."

"uh what wait! Hold on, I don't want y- it's too late isn't it."

>>332646
Yep~

YEP. wassup ears? ready to make your homes awesome?

Hi~

>>332646
Hey. Were you gonna say you don't want her help?

You kinda need it. You may not trust Chee yet, but you're just going to have to accept this for now. We need to make you and the other tribes strong enough to stand on your own when Chee leaves. Because she's not staying forever. That is what Chee wants from you guys- she wants to be able to leave.

>>332651
Hey, maybe Chee wants to stay here and establish a powerful civilization? Chee says she wants to kill the Lich King and I am sure she cares at least a bit about these people. That tower will always belong to her.

You really do need her help Ears, so deal with the 'insanity'. You have been given the ability to help your people greatly, get on it.

Yo, We are Chee's advising souls.

1/2 Ears 2011/07/27(Wed)20:35 No. 332662 ID: c811c4
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Uh... hello. Souls? Souls.

Okay, this is way too good to be true. I didn't say we didn't need her help, we most certainly do. I still think you guys are going to I don't know eat my soul from the inside out but whatever, I can't stop it if that's what happens. If she wanted to leave so bad, there's nothing stopping her. Let's see what kind of earth and wind magic I can do wi-

2/2 Ears 2011/07/27(Wed)20:36 No. 332663 ID: c811c4
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Oh. Oh nice.

yeah man. get the rest of the mages and group practice as hard as you fucking can! doing this as let another kobold chee is friends with bunch ROCKS apart. with her FISTS!

Yep, that's the kind of stuff we do! We're like a multiplier.

Get your mages together and start practicing. If you practice while we're assisting you, part of the talent stays with you. It's like super training.

Oh, we don't eat souls. That is Tom's job. We just give advice. Anyways, Chee is actually one of the nicest people on the face of the planet. She just happens to have recently gained a vast amount of power. She likes helping people.

we don't eat souls. that;s tom's job. if something Attucks you guys while chee is here you'll get to see him.

Ears 2011/07/27(Wed)20:50 No. 332675 ID: c811c4
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>Tom
The less I know the better.

Don't get me wrong, we had our minds wrapped around magic, but this at least tripled our ability, and it feels constantly rising. And it sticks around for the most part if the souls leave?

I could cry.

We don't know how to build fortifications. In fact, I don't even really know what fortifications look like, it's not like we go attacking on the offense. Not sure if harpies or nagas have them either, they attack most. It's not too uncommon for orcs to attack though, but we never see gnolls, thankfully.

well just see, nice first layer is surround the outside of your village with a 15 foot tall 2 foot thick solid stone wall. should completely deny access from the nagas. and then, for harpies, put a tower in the four cardinal directions. it will have a thin slot near the top so you can shoot a crossbow OUT but they can't shoot in.

>>332675
Fortifications are mostly pretty simple. Just think, "What would make it a real bitch to get from outside of this town to inside of it, especially if someone inside was shooting me while I tried to get in?" Then make that happen.

The harpies are going to be a problem, though. They can fly over most things. Basically the only way I see to defend against them is to have bunkers for the populace that they can't easily land in, coupled with ranged attacks from inside firing slits for blasting them while they're close. But even that's not perfect.

>>332682
Adding on to his suggestion, the first layer should have an entrance/exit that you can open and close, and maybe a secret tunnel incase you need an escape or something.
Towers and bunkers are always useful, let's hope some of your people can train well enough to shoot.

1/2 Ears 2011/07/27(Wed)21:13 No. 332700 ID: c811c4
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...duh, is all I can think of. It sounds so obvious when you guys say it. And now we can actually move the earth fast enough to make up for the naga's bombing it. Just a few hours practice, and we can make underground bunkers, high rises and towers and secret entrances and it'll actually be a real town- no, a fortress. We might be able to expand, like this!

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)21:15 No. 332707 ID: c811c4
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"Oh hey again! Guess what I just found out what that bone dragon did! I guess I can get the skill other people have with my souls! Anyways, there's much to do! Where should I begin?"


-Stay With Chee
-Go to Shabin
-Go to Tae
-Go back to Ears

Wait, what does the bone dragon do? After we find this out, let's go to Shabin, so we can talk to her and set up a meeting point.

I would like to go to either Chee or Shabin, but the oppertunity to mess with Tae is tempting... Nah, we'll have another chance next time. To Shabin!

Bone dragon lets us copy ally powers without jacking their soul for Tomfood.

>>332709
Well, I didn't get Shabin's ability at fighting or anything like that when I let her practice with the paladin's soul. But now, when Ears and the others are practicing with magic, I'm gaining their talents as well!

So, the dragon lets me keep skill gained by others, now.

>>332714
That's bloody fantastic. So it's like being taught while you're training others. Let's talk to Shabin for a bit.

good lord. and we can do groups now. the strategic implications of this are immense. I think we should visit shabin at least briefly. shes probably freaking out about how you vanished.

Shabin. Chee has shown us she can take care of herself more or less, and Ears can train the villagers.

Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)21:51 No. 332735 ID: c811c4
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You guys.

>>332735
Hi! How's it going? Chee's having fun, believe it or not. Wanna do some sparring? Something Chee picked up is letting her train while we help people train. So if you do some training, she'll get better at fighting.

yo, chee is fine. its complicated. are you in any trouble?

Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)21:58 No. 332747 ID: c811c4
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So Chee's fine. And having fun. That's just swell.

>>332745
Funny you should mention that.

Zombies appear to be present.

Somehow I think this is probably our fault.

okay, they must be on necro-bold's team cause bird-necro's are DONE. did you pick up any healing at all? just a little bit to cover your fists, would let you punch them to re-death.

Okay lets take stock here.
First things first, where those recently townsfolk? That would tell us whether the necromancer is nearby.

Second, How's and where's Tae? And the magic tower people?

You definitely could just punch the zombies, but Im not sure how you can deal with the necromancer. Good news is that we have the soul of a lich for what its worth. Which isnt much considering your own aptitude towards magic.

So.. umm.. run I guess?

>>332747
Have you tried punching them yet? How many are there anyway? How'd this all start? It'd be best if you could find a healer or mage to help, I think! Where's Tae?

1/2 Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)22:19 No. 332765 ID: c811c4
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... weak, compared to anyone who can cast worth a damn, but still better than just punching normally. Yes, these are townsfolk. I don't know where Tae is or if she's alright, I was just hanging around the Inn, when I heard screams and battle. Then zombies everywhere. Every time someone dies, they turn into a zombie, even if they weren't touched by a zombie as I found out by one scuffle from a drunken patron.

2/2 Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)22:20 No. 332767 ID: c811c4
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If I had to guess, it's probably from that ominous looking cloud off in the middle of town. Just a wild stab in the darkness of a hunch. That's where the fighting first started, too.

Must be some kind of powerful necromantic curse. Let's go find Tae and the mages first, we probably can't take whatever that is on our own.

damn. need to get chee here pronto. with those new powers he got he should be able to fight the cloud directly.

>>332767
We should make our way to the mage tower. That... actually looks like it might be the mage tower come to think of it. Hey uh... how long ago did this all start? I suspect that the lich Chee didn't kill felt something happen and sent someone to Chee's last known location.

Unfortunately you don't really have much in the way of fighting these guys. I really wish we could teleport Chee to and from where she is now!

Neat. Maybe if we destroy that thing we can take over the village and add it to our growing empire! Oh, we forgot to tell you, we've got an evil tower and minions and tributes and an empire now!

Chee also has an undead butler named Winston. Highlight, in my opinion.

Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)22:31 No. 332779 ID: c811c4
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>Mage Tower
Yeah, about that....

We have an evil tower now? And a butler? Fantastic. I'm so happy for her. As for time... Chee's been gone for nearly a full day. All of this started happening around the middle of the night, and has been going on since.

Well count yourself lucky that this one doesnt seem able to rip your soul straight from your flesh. You'd better try to regroup with Tae if you think you can safely, otherwise you probable want to put some distance between you and the necrobold. Also take this chance to loot the shit out of the city, Chee never lets us steal everything blind.

Also, what where you doing brawling with drunks at a time like this?

>>332771

But we can't so one of you will have to cross gnoll, orc, and harpie territory to reunite. Better get started then, huh?

>>332779
Alright. Uh. I think you should just try to get out of town. Get to that windmill. We'll try to contact Tae and have her meet you there. This place has become a necromancer foothold, it seems.

Or, if running isn't your style, I'd suggest going to find the guardhouse. Or a weapons store. Zombies fall to the sliceydicey. If you can find a fortified location we'll have Tae meet you there instead.

Well, let's just find Tae then.

I'd also like to point out that there is a dragon who promised to give us transportation. He didn't say if it would be a round trip though, so if you do go contact the dragon I'd say to tell him to pick up Chee and bring her here.

>>332779
Welp. The tower isn't glowing anymore. Time to investigate.

Ooh! Maybe we can migrate the kobold encampment to join the new villagers! Or at least trade people between the two. It'd be beneficial for them both! Little guys gotta stick together and all.

Are there any survivors at all? If you could find a fortified pocket of survivors, both Tae and a way out of town might be with them.

>>332787
I second the motion to flee to the dragon.

How about this?

You go find someplace you can hide in/hold.
Then, we move on to Tae and get her to that location, where you two meet up. You two stay there as long as you can (perhaps it could be a place with food, like an inn or something), while we go to Chee and inform her of your situation. She said she has flying mounts or something, so maybe she can use the maps she's just gotten with the maps she got of this area to reach you guys.

THEN, you three meet up. Either Chee finds a way to contain the city (and the zombies, so as to prevent the spread), or she manages to see what's up and fixes the problem. I'll assume the source of the problem is in the Wizards' Tower, so she could just head there and fix it.

Sound good?

>>332794
I'm against this idea, every second Shabin spends in the proximity of a lich is a opportunity to have her soul torn straight from her
gnoll-essence'd body.

>>332794
Umm... zombies don't generally "spread" via bite. Not in fantasy settings anyway.

>>332798
Yeah, I know, but havent you knowiced that only people /near/ the zombies have been zombified, while people not near the zombies (like those villagers' dead offering) havent been?

I like the plan.

1/2 Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)23:01 No. 332809 ID: c811c4
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Brawling?! I was just drinking with them, we didn't even get to a fun part!

Running may not be my style, but neither is effective suicide. Without any grand ideas about punching a necromancer to death, I should get out of here. I've been fighting for at least half a day now, and the town is slowly falling.

Interesting though, they don't seem to be looking for Chee or anyone in particular. They're just raising a lot of dead, taking over this town. I'm sure there are survivors, I hear faint fighting, but it's most likely holed up in surrounded buildings. Running along rooftops is hardly inconspicuous anyway, I'm going to get found. The streets are full of zombies though.

2/2 Shabin 2011/07/27(Wed)23:03 No. 332811 ID: c811c4
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Well there's a familiar sight! Almost ironic, I guess he won't be saving me, anymore. Oh well, looks like I have a straight path out of town. Want to talk to Tae?

>>332811
Yes please. Good luck, Shabin. Don't know what Chee would do without you.

Yes, we'll have her meet you at the windmill.

>>332811
How about you let us talk to that guy? We might be able to end this.

This lich probably knows about Chee killing the other lich. My guess is guess he is raising his own forces so he can best Chee's slowly growing force. Even if that is not the case it is bound to happen sometime if events do not drastically change.

>>332818
This. It may be very possible, try it Shabin. We could at least get some good information.

1/2 Tae 2011/07/27(Wed)23:20 No. 332823 ID: c811c4
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Hey, this is Chee! I can only put souls into people at this kind of range if I feel close to them! And I don't know that necromancer you're all talking about.

SHCHLUNK

good luck. we'll try and get tae out.

2/2 Tae 2011/07/27(Wed)23:21 No. 332826 ID: c811c4
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Oh what now, who's watching me?!

>>332826
Chee, toss her the marksman. She's getting some practice in.

Yo. We're Chee's guardian angels.

>>332827
Can't, she just said Tae's not close enough.

>>332826
Hi. We're why Chee is so awesome. Let's not go into it at this point. The fact of the matter is, you're fighting a losing battle. The guy leading this necromantic assault is very, very powerful. You need to get out of town, and get as many people to come with you as you can.

2/2 Tae 2011/07/27(Wed)23:40 No. 332851 ID: c811c4
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Creepy! I should've accepted it sooner though. It's not like I didn't believe her, but suddenly aiming became much easier than I could imagine. I'm still unnerved, though. These zombies were coming from the forest, not from town.

Cheelop 2011/07/27(Wed)23:47 No. 332852 ID: c811c4
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I'm sorry, let me word that better! I can send any souls to anyone if they're in close range, but I can only send soul far away if the target is emotionally close! Tae was a little challenge since we didn't meet long ago, but it was possible. Back to her, now!

>>332847
Oh, my mistake. Chee must've been talking about the necromancer.

>>332851
Okay, this is good. Shabin is heading towards you now. That's odd though, why would zombies be coming from the forest? Especially humans? Are there... there's one human town back there, isn't there? Man, these necromancers are just going full bore now.

Is there anyone with you in the windmill? If the forest is infested with zombies then I have no idea what you're going to do. Maybe if you could find a boat, you could go downriver. Or just flee further into human lands... but right now the most important thing would be getting Chee here to wipe out the zombies and fight that necromancer up there. I'm not sure if she has any fast transport... A surefire method of getting Chee here fast would be to go visit the dragon.

Chee, you responded to a question before, so I'll try asking directly- do you have any fast flying constructs? If so, how fast would they be able to get back to the human town?

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)00:13 No. 332877 ID: c811c4
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I'm sorry, I do have a flying mini-dragon but it would take at least a couple of days to get to the human town!

Well saddle up then damnit, you've got a lich gangwar on your plate.

2/2 Tae 2011/07/28(Thu)00:15 No. 332880 ID: c811c4
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I see Shabin coming, I'm heading down! I was the only one inside, for the record.

The river! That's a good idea, there should be some docks, and these zombies are so clumsy, I can't imagine they swim! Well, maybe float, but it's better than nothing. The river is about one day's travel. Getting to the dragon could be possible, but that's a few days travel. If the forest is as messed up as the town, this place is going to get swarmed before long. We have to get moving.

"Hey, Shabin! We've got to run through the forest!"
>"Whatever you say!"

I don't know what else to do, if anything. Dragon after a few days, docks after one, or something else?

>>332880
Get to the river. After you're safe we'll see about getting Chee back here to fight this fire... possibly not immediately though. We've got to make sure the tribes under the tower's watch are protected enough.

just need to go east to the beastlands, once you are close enough we can get the dragon to pick you up.

>>332880
Go to the beastmen. Meet up halfway. See if Shabin's foster-dad is still around.

...Considering where the zombies are coming from...

I agree though, let's move through the forest in a symmetrical line with Chee's tower so that the pick-up will take less time.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)01:14 No. 332914 ID: c811c4
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Oh gosh, keeping souls at that distance is very hard! I'd better not do it too often, I'm getting a headache. I'll just check up on them occasionally to make sure they're doing alright. They're heading through the borders of the kingdoms and beastmen territories! I'm sending out a dragon for them to pick them up and get back here.

Right now Winston is gesturing frantically at me.

>"Master Chee! Our communication orbs have retrieved a message, I have transcribed it for your convenience, and shall recite it. It is from our enemy lich."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)01:14 No. 332915 ID: c811c4
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>"Dear 'Lich' - sarcasm for the quotations, Madam - that tower you are in is a sacred monument meant for the greatest undead minds of our world. You are just a kobold caught up in our storm, all your power is from us. Your victory over the tower's true lich is, in fact, a conquest of the Lich King. And you are only my phylactery and thus my property. I too have the foresight that death can only exist with life, but nonetheless, I am amassing the greatest necromantic army, far greater than this land can hold for extended periods, all just for your sake. The southern half of both human kingdoms are falling, as are much of the dwarven mountainhomes. If you surrender to me, I will not turn the entirety of this land into an undead wasteland, but I will if I must. You have 48 hours to respond. If you do not, or your response is anything besides unconditional surrender, then all that you love will crumble and die. It is you versus the world, Chee. You will do well to simply watch from my headquarters as I take my place as the Lich King."

>"That is all, Master Chee. What shall we do?"

Th...this is happening too fast! I didn't even get a day off!

>>332915
Counter with a suicide threat.

Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)01:24 No. 332917 ID: c811c4
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"Bring me to the orb, Winston."

>"Of course."

"Please send the message, 'I'll suicide if you do any further harm to anyone!'"

>"...and done, Master Chee."

... >"And a response."

>"Foolish kobold! I say if your answer is anything but unconditional surrender, this offer is null! Because I expect no less from such a being, I will let this go once. You cannot threaten me with such a thing. I do not know what fragile liches you have dealt with in the past, but if you destroy yourself, I simply become unable to resurrect should I be slain. I have no intention of getting killed in the first place! Remember, if you contact me again with anything but unconditional surrender, the world will burn."

Consult Tom for advice!

no compromise.
no surrender.
no regrets.
if thats how he wants it then, well...
his funeral. again.
dont let him convince you that anything he does is your fault. you're a good kid chee.

and besides. hes dead wrong. it ain't you against the world. its you and all your friends against him.

tell him he better run. he better hide. he better pray for death cause we're comin. not just you chee. all of us. we're gonna unmake him and everything he stands for. and the lich king too. we're tearing the whole thing down. and aint nothin gonna stop us.

holy fuck he's crazy. letting this guy become the new litch king would probably have the same effect as letting him run rampant would. just take longer. chee what you need to do is start putting together an army. i really doubt that he's amassing an army as fast as he says he is. if for no other reason than the time it takes to move forces like that. we can turn average mages into great mages with a few hours work. if we move fast and coordinate with the human kingdom we should be able push him back. the idea would be to halt his army and then go after him for surgical strike.

I wonder if we could hijack his undead army.

>>332917
Make the fastest construct you can.
Ride it to a major paladin outpost.
Tell them who is responsible for this slaughter, and ask their aid in destroying the lich.

When an army of paladins riding abominations of bone shows up on his doorstep he will know he is proper fucked.
Err... Just make sure to tell the paladins that all your skeletons are contributed by a people for whom reanimation is the proper funerary custom, and that they're more than welcome to confirm that for themselves.

Tell him he can be Lich King if he wants. You don't want to be Lich King badly enough to burn the world over it.

Then we'll go clean up his mess, get incredibly powerful through finding a greater variety of mages, then after a few days we'll either:
A) Resurrect you and thus break the Phylactery
or
B) Figure out how to break down the barrier keeping his soul from Tom
or
C) Just go pay him a direct visit and beat him down.

OOOOOR since apparently we have 48 hours and that's how long it'll take for you to fly to where he is now, we can stop talking and go push his shit in.

Your choice here, we have many options. Just don't talk to him unless you're choosing the false-surrender route.

>>332926
by
>where he is now
I mean we saw him in the city you got teleported from. He's there. We can go heal his ass.

>>332917
Tell him to fuck off, in fact, tell him to construct a fleshgolem with a 12 foot dick just for the sole purpose to fuck him repeatedly in the eye socket.

let's jihad him straight to hell.

Respond with unconditional surrender, then get your draco-zombie ready. Head for the human town, but keep your travel discrete. Let's para-Tom him.

Have Ears appeal to the Gnolls (and the orcs and harpies at his own discretion).

Have Tae and Shabin gather Voxol and the kobold army, then try to initiate a retreat and defense of the humans and dwarves, to both thin potential fodder and disperse his army.

Let's consult our personal lich, and use our dracozombie to envoy the Gnolls, Dwarves, and whats left of the Humans. If we can convince everyone to wage a defensive war.

>>332927

Necrobold =/= other lich.

>>332942
Oh and I forgot. We need to deal with the lich's revival ability. Chee's body is necessary for this, so let's try something crazy as fuck.
1. Send either Shabin, Tae, or Ears all of the souls EXCEPT THE SOUL OF THE ENEMY LICH.
2. Kills yourself/have some one kill your body
3. QUICKLY have Shabin/Tae/Ears ressurect the corpes as a lifeless construct, so as to effectively clean your body of the lich's soul.
4.Profit the fuck out of him.

>>332917
Send a message to the paladins
"The lich behind this attack is on an island to the north of the mainland. I'm not yet prepared to fight him, but I can't bide my time while he's hurting people.
I propose a temporary alliance. You help me when I bring all I can to bear against this lich so we can save as many lives as possible.
After that we part ways."

Hey, you know what you've got? 48 hours to respond. Hold your goddamn horses because that's plenty of time to get a buch better idea of the situation, deal with the rabbittown situation, get your friends back close to you, etc.

And any plan that involves killing yourself and hoping everything turns out for the best is best classified as "what the hell were you thinking"-grade bad.

Chee I just had a fantastic idea! You could use your newfound wind magic to enhance your mount's flying speed. And possibly put Giant Strength on it too.

panic.

welp. there could be a library in here.

get to reading. we will have to slain some nagas and harpies to raise a quick army.

alternate solution: ask the lich king to help. im almost sure he wont like someone else gathering a army.

Hold off on responding again so you get your full two days of preparation. For those two days, I think the nearby village needs to practice healing magic a lot more. And ninja stealth and speed. At the same time. Being stealthy and quick is probably good for healers anyway, what with not wanting to be targeted, but it would also make them really good undead and lich assassins.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)14:56 No. 333036 ID: c811c4
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00:05 - Panic
>>332946
That won't work when I move souls around they're still technically bridged through me so if I die they all dissipate even if they're in someone else! Also I think Tom once said I could pass him off to others, but I think that's a bad idea.

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)14:57 No. 333038 ID: c811c4
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00:10 - Send Messengers

That's right I'm going to need all the help I can get! No surrendering! I'm sending messages to the Dwarven paladins, Gnolls, each human kingdom's capital, and where Winston told me the Lich King retrieves messages. I don't think my kobold home is in any position to help, I doubt I can get that many here! I just hope they're alright. I'm also sending out a dragon to pick up Shabin and Tae. That will take at least several hours.

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)14:57 No. 333039 ID: c811c4
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00:30 - Soul Practice

Ears should stay with his village to prepare! They need all the magic, healing and anything, they can get. They hold the first line of defense against my tower by land. As for me.. I'm hoping to be able to have at least a couple more hundred animated remains. Therefore, I'm keeping the lich soul with me whenever I'm practicing.

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)14:58 No. 333040 ID: c811c4
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2:00 - Library

>"Master Chee, you're in luck. Most liches, including the previous, did enjoy reading with their newfound immortality and limitless time. Is there any subject you would like to study in particular?"

My first message will reach the gnolls soon, but I can still read something in the meantime.

>>333040
Read up on those soul barriers. If you can break or bypass the last one and eat the lich's soul then you've basically won.

... Actually, can you send that lich's soul to somebody else? Or a skeleton?

>>333040
As much information on phylacteries as we can.

Perhaps even find a way to make one, put the other lich's soul in it, and work from there? Or perhaps we extract it and let Tom eat it? Or...

... you know, maybe a nice read of "A Paladin's Guide to Killing Liches and Other Undead Abominations" or something similar? Particularly parts about neutralizing power?

telportation and scrying magic. you can turn a bunch of conscripts into skilled warriors inside a few hours. increasing your mobility would be a very good idea. especially since the key to beating a necromancer lies in maintaining a positive kill ratio.

the strategy i'm thinking of is you use scrying to see where he's doing a major push then you port in, pass out souls to the locals and maybe stick around to provide support. rob him of momentum and slow or stop his advance long enough for people to start fighting back and you could win this.

>>333040
Get as much information about soul grafting and offensive magic as possible. Also about those anti heal shields. See if you can make a skeleton minion with a über heal contained in a shield that is set to go off among the enemy army. Should be nice way to reduce their numbers.

>>333041
This.

>>333039
I think our undead army should be our first line of defense rather than those guys. Undead are much more replaceable, and most mages work best with melee fighters between them and the enemies.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)15:59 No. 333077 ID: c811c4
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>>333048
Good point! I'll make sure that the undead will take the first brunt of the damage. I think I can magic up a heal-bomb suicide skeleton! That could work well. As for everything else, I'll focus on the barrier, phylacteries and some way to extract his soul or send it to someone else. As it is, I can't find his soul at all, I can only feel all the souls inside Tom!

03:00 - Gnoll Main Camp Located

I can talk through these messenger constructs, as well! The note is actually Winstons idea as a flag to let people know it's a messenger, not just an undead bird. Oh, I think I see... !

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)16:00 No. 333079 ID: c811c4
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Oh my gosh he's huge in person!

>"A lich's messenger. This note says you can talk, lich bird, so let's hear some words. What's a lich want with ol' Clamp?"

OH GOD IT'S CLAMP. HUGS!

>>333079
...Chee, given the memories/dream you had, are you close enough to Clamp to send him souls?

Regardless, warn him of what is happening. Inform him that he seriously needs to fortify NOW. Also, Shabin and a friend are in need of rescue and you'd be very obliged if he helped. In fact, it might be best for him to retreat to your territory... Not that it'll be easy to convince him. Oh, and warn the human town. They may be racist dicks but it's better they know than that they get turned into enemy troops.

a contender for the title of litch king has gone mad. he's killing ever living thing he can. I strongly suggest your ready your people for war.

"We are the voices. Remember us?

Well now there's a Lich trying to take over the world, and we need to stop him. Requesting reinforcements."

>>333079
Oh my gosh.

How did we get access to his memories? This is very strange! I wonder if Shabin knows he's alive, or if he knows Shabin is.

Anyway first thing's first is we tell him that we bear grim tidings. A war is erupting between a lich and... well, us. We're a new master of necromancy I guess, and he knows we care about people so he's KILLING EVERYONE AAAA plz help.

Also Shabin's doing fine.

>>333079
Sweet, all of your problems are solved because you got the clamps!

Anyway, message for him. Uh, I guess something about old promises and an army of the undead marching to destroy all living they can find, including one Shabin.

shabin is in danger!

>>333089
Yeah dawg we helped you from the future past and thought the 'bold you saved was our good friend and your friendly neighborhood soul-eating abomination Chee first but actually it was our other good, non-abomination gnoll-bold Shabin.

So man, that was confusing. We fucking timetraveled to help you. Wassup bro?

>>333098
BTW Chee you spent an entire night as Clamp you should totally be close enough to him like Shabin and Tae to try sending us to him

could TRY negotiating with the orcs, i dunno, would they shoot this messenger?

Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)16:24 No. 333104 ID: c811c4
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03:01 - Hug Clamp

>>333081
The only time of such a disaster was when the Devourer ran rampant, that I can find. However, it seems that this land's history is actually quite short... apparently it was only inhabited 300 years ago?

Back to business! I saw his memories for some reason, but I don't think I can send him souls just yet. Maybe if he were closer. Also, since I sent a dragon out for Shabin and Tae, they should get picked up before they reach the gnoll lands!

Remember that I'm talking through the bird, I can't send the souls to him right now so you'll have to talk through me.

"Hello Clamp! It's me versus the northern lich, and I'm a friend of Shabin's by the way! A lich is trying to become the new lich king, and he's making his move! You've got to fortify and get ready for a massive assault, you're right in the path of where all the zombies are coming."
>"We're aware of the zombies, we scouted 'em massing up. So they're after you, huh? Great. Shabin ain't a name I heard in awhile, but a friend of her's is a friend of mine. Th'human town up north already fell, we found out recently. No point in warnin' a man about an incoming sword when e's already impaled."
"It may be best if you come south!"
>"It ain't that I don't believe you or that we can't move on a moment's notice. If we go south to ya, we gotta steamroll through orcs, then harpies. How many zombies are comin', anyway."
"Each half of the human kingdom's, then probably dwarves and who knows what else?"
>"Stuck between war hungry beasts an' flesh eating monsters, then. We can see the zombies, so we know we're in trouble. We can run through the orcs and harpies, but we'd take losses, no question. Any ideas of yours?"

>>333102
He'll have Shabin, Tae, and an undead dragon for backup.

Let's send a messenger to the orcs. They're war hungry monsters, sure, and this is a war that threatens them as well. They should be eager for some zombie-chopping.

The harpies probably aren't smart enough, but we can warn them about the zombies about to incur on their territory. That ought to get the territorial bitches riled up on our side.

consider communicating with the orcs and harpies to get them to take a stand together with the gnolls. the three factions as seperate are less than the three of them together. 'course, that's probably really hard to pull off.

>>333104
We might be able to get all the different factions to agree to a temporary peace treaty until the undead threat is passed.

>>333104
Heal imbued trip mines. Have dragons air drop them in the paths of the zombie army approaches. That should thin them out a bit. Also, airbombing them with heal imbued iteams, the wider the area effect they have the better. Since they're also imbued to AOE heal they can be dropped over troops already engaged. Which should give you enough time to get the Orks possibly on your side and get them to come up and reinforce the gnolls.

Convincing the orks might get a bit tough though. Boneheaded bastards might need to be shown that you're more powerful than them and you might have to word your demand into something that doesn't seem like they're subjugating to your rule.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)16:45 No. 333125 ID: c811c4
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Okay, the messenger is now flying towards the orcs, and I send one more out to go to the harpies!

"Okay, Clamp! Stay around for awhile, Shabin, a friend, and a dragon are going to come your way, they'll help with going south!"
>"Hmf. Good thing I kept our tribe nomadic."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)16:46 No. 333126 ID: c811c4
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03:45 - Orc Warcamp's Warlord's War Room

I'm still reading, there may still be something inside! The first messenger though is just now reaching where Winston told me the orc Warchief is.

>"Gahaha! What does a cowardly lich want with me?"
"I'm fighting the northern lich! There's going to be zombies overrunning this place, and we need help! Gnolls are going to come through to help, we ask that you let them. They won't do any harm!"
>"You dare make demands of me, as though we were children incapable of defending ourselves? And what do you offer? Land? Money? I doubt you, who side with the mangy dogs, will offer their land. But if you give us one-half of the harpy's land, you have the orc's word that the gnolls won't run into any 'accidents'! And with the entirety of the harpy's land given to us, we would even fight a battle for you! How does this sound, 'mighty lich'?"

Nobody likes harpies anyways.

>>333126
Talk to the harpies first.

We need all the help we can get. Agree to the land as long as they stay peaceful to your people.

i don't see why not unless the harpies can somehow think up a better deal. but i doubt that.

>>333126
Hmm...

Perhaps he does not know the scope of the undead army. Give him the full story.

>>333126
Tell 'em you got lots of diplomacy of many kinds ahead so we'll get back to you on that after we can figure out how best to procure the land he asks for.

but fuck harpies if they don't want to peacefully give up their lands.

"Perhaps you don't understand. Almost every settlement this side of the continent has been converted by the Northern Lich. That's half the continent turned into an army that feels no pain, fear, or need to disobey orders. We fight together, or we die divided. Still, I may yet need to be rid of the harpies anyways."

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)16:59 No. 333136 ID: c811c4
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"I'll see about the harpies, give me just a bit! But I don't think you understand, there's a huge army of undead, we've all g-"

>"You take me for a fool, lich?! You think I'm so dumb as to agree to anything because I get a message saying the sky is falling with no evidence?!"

Um.. I think I'll back off a little, and talk to the harpies!

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)17:00 No. 333137 ID: c811c4
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03:55 - Harpy Point

I recite the normal story to the harpies, lich battle and all.

>"Ah, an opportunity, then! Give us something of fair value for our assistance in battle or letting the foul gnolls cross our sacred land! More land, perhaps? If not your own, then the orcs!"

It's practically the same thing!

Harpies could be very helpful with air support, and that can be key in a large scale war like this.

Agree to give them both land from eachothers' territories.

Land swap! Heheheh.

>>333137
...Has the dragon passed them yet?

>eat the leaders' souls
advicedog.jpg
>control them like puppets

>>333137
Get Harpy tribe and Orc tribe to unite in love. Going to need a love potion though, for both of them, and it's going to have to last pretty long. Better check the lich potion store.

Or use a sane solution. Like giving the Orcs the land of the gnolls and promising the gnolls the southern human lands, since those are probably going to be sort of empty anyway and the gnolls are already nomadic. Then you can promise the harpies some human lands as well. There is going to be a lot of empty space when this is over.

lets not give away lands that we don't own. we might want to warn clamp that the orcs and harpys didn't believe you.

would it be possible to annex the current gnoll lands to the orc and harpy lands, and allow the gnolls to stay in lich territory?

i don't think a map has shown how much space the gnolls have claimed as their own, so i don't know. it wouldn't hurt to run it past clamp, though.

>>333168
Good idea, half the gnolls' land goes to each side. Then the undead have to fight their way through both the orcs and harpies first to get to us. Once they hit either of them, then we can re-open negotiations for joining up, because they'll know how bad the threat is and that they'll need help. Should probably keep some flying undead like the messenger around the edge of the Orcs' land though, so we can jump in as soon as possible.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)17:42 No. 333174 ID: c811c4
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I can't just eat their souls, I have to kill them while Tom is sucking out the soul. I guess I could reanimate them and act through them but that's just mean!

Let me talk to each one again. Warchief first.
"Okay, I think I can strike a deal with the gnolls to give some of their land after the battle!"
>"After?! No no no! You think we would trust the word of a lich"

Okay, then the Harpy.
"Um.. are you expecting lands before you help us?"
>"Well of course!"

Okay. I'm going to take off a messenger from going to the eastern kingdom, and instead since it to Clamp so we can talk to all three factions. It'll take a bit, but not long.

>>333152
>"Winston, do we have any love potions?"
"I am sorry, Master Chee, the succubus that crafted such powerful potions no longer resides at this tower.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)17:43 No. 333176 ID: c811c4
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>"Geez, Tae. One day and the humans fall so fast?"
>"Don't underestimate them! When the Devourer came, it was said over 3/4 of the humans fell on the first day, but after we got our bearings, we were able to fight back and hold our own!"

"Hello everyone, this dragon will take you to the gnoll lands, we're going to help them go south."
Shabin has a funny expression on her face for an instant, but I could expect that.

>>333137
Tell the harpy their fucked if they don't cooperate. Up the goddamn ass. The northern lich is going to light up the entire goddamn world with an undead plague if they don't get ready for battle and we know for sure that a large, well-defended human city has fallen within a single day.

Chee, enough with being a kind pussy. Announce that they will be fucked badly, so very fucked down to a molecular basis. They will be zombie slaves meant for nothing other than the destruction of the world fucked. They won't be able to sit. It's going to hurt badly.

>>333176
Well then it's easy I guess. Promise them the humans lands. They're not going to be using them any time soon. Shit, promise them the fucking world. A promise is just a set of words that you have to obey if you feel like it. The important part is getting them to do what you want, if that means you have to promise them everything that exists then you do so.

>>333137
"We can supply aid in marching on the land of what I believe to be a common enemy - the naga. We will aid you as far as a small village that we are allied with that can barely hold its own against the naga themselves. After which, we would only ask that you supply the village aid as it is needed."

Why do we have to wait until' after the battle for them to get the gnolls' lands? They can have them now, and the gnolls can set-up shop around our tower. We can build a town and fortifications real quick.

yes, the human town is empty now. offer the orcs that and the land around it.

>>333177
Then tell the orcs to get off their damn high horse and send goddamn scouts ahead to see what the hell they're about to get themselves into if they don't get off their asses and cooperate also. You sent a messenger, you ate the soul of a lich, YOU CONTROL THE DEVOURER HIMSELF, he thinks your lying? He doesn't take you seriously? This northern lich is fucking over the world right now, the lands will burn and only the undead will remain. Your not a bitch to be smacked around and given commands as well, Chee. You do not lie, you are only serious.

You WILL get their help. There is no option, no deal. Death and by the hands of the northern lich and the fate of all his orcs being undead servents for eternity or getting their goddamn fight boners on with the harpies, humans, dwarves and gnolls.

Fighting with allies or death are the only options. You are not here to give threats, you are here to give them the option of life against the powerful enemy they will soon face. You could care less about the simple, petty politics of land ownership when the state of the world is at stake.

Liches don't fuck around. Remind him that. They don't lie, they deal or obliterate to get what they want.

im thinking it might be best to use the 2 warring factions agaisnt themselves.

can we smuggle the gnolls out of it? possibly trhu the orc lands, since clamp already have a history with the harpies...

oh how about this. go read on teleport spell, get them to your tower and ready up a siege.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)18:17 No. 333209 ID: c811c4
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05:15 - Shabin and Tae flying, Gnoll camp reached with re-routed messenger.

>"Lich."
"My name is Chee, actually! And Shabin and the rest are on their way. Would it be okay, if we got help from the harpies, to move your land up into the humans, or south below?"
>"Even though we got territory, we're nomadic. If Shabin comes by and backs you up on their, then the gnolls will fight with you, so long as we got a fine region to rest in after this is all said and done, be it in the human lands or around your tower. But I've done a lotta work to keep things amicable in the human territory, and I doubt they're gonna think it nice of us that we moved in like opportunists. But we know we hardly have a chance as it is, more zombies are rollin' in.


Then after speaking it over with the harpies and orcs, they'll take each half of the gnoll territory for letting the gnolls pass through! They don't want human lands, because they'd be spread too far apart. They say they won't fight alongside us though for only half, but this is all I can think of.

Also, the Harpies don't see the naga as their enemy, it turns out.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)18:18 No. 333210 ID: c811c4
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I had half a mind to tell the orcs and harpies to just go and let themselves die, to get off their high horses and.. well, other not very nice things. I really did. But then Clamp couldn't safely go south, so I had to hold out and deal with them.

Well, until the gnolls start to move, I guess we just wait. It's going to be at least a few hours until Shabin reaches the gnolls, or my messenger reaches the lich king or paladins.

I haven't yielded much from the books so far, but there has to be something about barriers like this! Most books on phylacteries deal with the basics of it, but I think there's a book in here that actually deals with moving phylacteries. It says it's very dangerous for the caster, but it may be worth a shot. Or, I can try to get a new spell with practice, and all of you can check on Ears.

>>333210
Guess the orks and harpies get to be the buffer and initial casualties then. Hey, gnolls are probably going to get more land after this then, and get their original land back, sweet.

You try to get a new spell and imbue as much crap with heal spells as you possibly can. Meanwhile we can check up on ears and have him imbue as much crap with heal spells as he can.

>>333210
We need more information on that moving phylacteries one.

>>333216
hmmm. this is a good point. we cant let them be steamrolled or else we will have their dead against us.

can we save the harpies? undead fliers should be a bigger pain in the ass that orcs.

once the undead start hiting harpy lands you might be able to make a new deal. offer to try and cover the retreat of the harppy's and once they are at orc held lands offer to help the orcs drive them back.

>>333224
Sure we can, it's real easy. We just let them die. We could plant some bombs or shit there as well, to make sure that their dead don't go to the enemy. Or try using the same spell that the enemy lich is using against him. Cast it over this region so that everyone who dies here ends up serving us rather than him. The Lich we soulsnorted might know it as well. In fact, Chee should search her mind for his particular soul and see if she can't get some awesome soul to soul training in the necromantic arts.

Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)18:38 No. 333236 ID: c811c4
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Oh, gosh, you guys. There's so many things. I'll try to cast something on the orc and harpy region later to get their undead to go directly to me.

Well, orcs at least. I'm reading up, and the orcs likely won't retreat. The harpies might though, so perhaps they can fight along with us as well. I need a break.

"Winston, can you get me something to drink?"
>"Of course, Master Chee."

Just a little break, then either I study a new spell, or read on how to move phylacteries. So far the vote is 1-1, but correct me if I'm wrong.

New spell.
Perhaps something that rains heals down upon you enemies and you allies.

>>333229
hmmm... yeah, lets set totems to ress their dead for us on their lands.

they dont want it? too bad, lets hide that shit or give them as a welcoming gift.

>>333236
New spells. Moving a phylactry isn't going to be useful to you right now. Undead hordes will still be bearing down on your tower, lots of people will still die. It will be a good thing to know later on, but right now it's not that important.

New spells that can be applied to the current situation and destroy the enemy is useful though, very useful.

The dude has a spell or item that makes things that die in anyway within' it's area come back as zombies. What we need is a constant heal shit within an area spell or enchantment. Undead will take constant damage, and our living allies don't die as easily. Sounds win-win.

spell, yo. anything. a personal barrier would be nice, as would flying.

>>333236
I'll break that tie. Read up on a new spell first. We could use just a bit more oomph, and I feel that we won't be moving the phylactery until the undead army is defeated.

>>333236
...Yeah, new spell. Maybe research the shield thingies the undead had?

Ears 2011/07/28(Thu)19:22 No. 333272 ID: c811c4
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>"New spell, then. I'll be sending you all off to Ears to see how it's going!

Oh. Hello, everyone. Life treating you well? Erk, wait. Well, you know what I mean.

Have you become the world's greatest magician yet

Stressful. Oh, you might want to tell everyone that a tribe of gnolls is moving down here to help with the defense. Wait, I'm not sure anyone told you guys yet. There's a giant undead army rampaging out there.

Also how are all the villages looking? Or do you only have one?

Ears 2011/07/28(Thu)19:28 No. 333278 ID: c811c4
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Haha, very funny. I'm not some monster like Chee, I get tired quick. I'm better than any mage I've seen, like that's saying a damn. Yeah, Chee mentioned an undead army marching down. Could be every last soul outside of a mile radius from the sounds of it, but that doesn't mean we don't need rest. Our one village is looking swell.

I'm wondering if we should cover it from one side of this peninsula to the other. We would be spread very thin, but then the army wouldn't be able to just, ya know, walk around.

>>333278
How is the prep doing?

I don't think that be a good idea. the army is not after land, its after living things to turn into more troops and chee. gather your forces into a single area and then make geting to them harder than walking barefoot though hell

Let Chee have your soul

A non electrical mouse 2011/07/28(Thu)19:37 No. 333287 ID: 71a519
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Oh wow, fucking greedy land-hogs, I say we let 'em be until the zombies start ripping them apart, then when they retreat to us they'll be all like "Boo hoo we're sorry" and we'll be like "ahahahahahaah" and stuff.

>>333248
Indeed this is one of the more important matters, we need to find out how to negate this "soul ripping spell".

And ears, you need to stick together, if they get you, they get stronger and it's real easy if they can just pick you off little pairs at a time.

I'm not sure. You could make a wall or something but in the end your main priority is to keep yourselves and the incoming gnolls alive. If they reach the lich tower then Chee can just give them the smackdown in person. Though... you know she'll probably be on the frontlines anyway.

The lich tower isn't important, is what I'm saying. Though thinking about it, maybe it is. I mean, there's a fuckhuge crystal on top of it, maybe the necromancers could take that over and use it to fuck us over.

Go ahead and build that wall. We can put gnolls and orcs and harpies behind it, if the latter two races wise up and run back here after the zombies arrive.

Ears 2011/07/28(Thu)19:45 No. 333293 ID: c811c4
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The preparation for defending out town is going as could be expected after having Chee's power lent to us. Which is to say, mind numbingly unbelievable. Our village is unrecognizable. Almost looks like a proper outpost for a lich's tower.

Haha, I'd let Chee have my soul if it meant saving everyone. But I don't have much in my own natural talent, I don't think I would be very good.

Yeah, we're going to stick together of course. Only a few people are let out of the town at a time.

A wall isn't a bad idea, it might slow them down a little bit? Nice to know we don't have to keep the tower up, either, but it seems to hold all the lich's belongings. It's probably best to keep such treasures in our hands, we should fall back to the tower before the tower falls back to us.

hope you have the proper firepower to sustain those walls

well maybe we could de-evil the tower and use it for housing or w/e its pretty big.

>>333293
Make some walls and dig some holes. Deep, deep holes. You're going to be facing hordes and hordes of zombies. You want some place to put the bodies for burning so they don't just pile up and climb a mountain of corpses over the wall.

Worst case scenario, of course. I really hope it doesn't come to that.

In any case, a wall from shore to shore, as high and thick as possible. Then start harvesting that forest and putting it behind the wall. Wood is useful stuff, you don't want them to have it.

>>333293
How about, instead of building a wall, you make it really hard for people to go around the fort? Like, you can make ditches that funnel the enemy to you, and spikes all up in the ditches. Or just put spikes everywhere except in one route that leads up to the fort.

you know what might be a clever trick? make some large caverns underground around your town. once the undead army shows up you can collapse them taking some of the undead with them. it would also close off an avenue of attack.

Yes, lots and lots of trenches are helpful to have. Also, would it be possible to make the peninsula narrower with earth magic so it would be harder for the undead to just move around?

going along with the trench idea, can you make spikes in the trenches?

1/3 Ears 2011/07/28(Thu)20:22 No. 333314 ID: c811c4
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Good point. We have decent firepower considering our low numbers, but this isn't the time to get economical. We'll probably double the width of the walls. But absolutely, our housing is currently underground, but if this settles down then we'll make things a bit more.. liveable.

Good idea about the holes. We'll trap up the slope upward to lead into pits, and keep some fire mages blasting them.

It sounds there's a chance orcs and harpies might come, with gnolls. We'll definitely build that wall, then, and make it defendable. Funnels as well, to try and focus the enemy down certain paths with spikes and traps and the whole lot. We might be able to make the peninsula as a whole a bit thinner.. hey, yeah, maybe we really can. It would certainly take while, but at the very least we could at least make a huge chasm!

Underground paths are also good. I think we'll make them just as much for offense as much as so we have a safe passage back to the tower if we lose position.

Well, I shouldn't sit around staring at the long horizon for too long, lest I not live long enough to go over it.

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)20:22 No. 333315 ID: c811c4
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Hello again. It seems everything is going as well as it could be. I've gotten the hang of a healing ward. It doesn't last forever, and even less time if it's overwhelmed with undead in the area, but it will definitely hurt.

Also, my messenger to the western human kingdom was just shot down, it seems.

To install the wards, I need someone to sneak into the harpy and maybe orc lands to put them in. I feel that if we mess this up, they'll feel we're betraying them. They're so hard to work with, I don't think they would believe it if I said these were healing wards. Ugh.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)20:26 No. 333317 ID: c811c4
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08:45 - Eastern Mountain Range: Communication with the Lich King

"Hello...?"

>"Lich King speaking. Is that you, Chee?"

a litch has gone mad is is planing on burning the world to the ground. if he succeeds there will be no new life, and after some time no death. will you help us curb his excess?

>>333317
May as well confirm it. Ask if this kind of mass undead raising is acceptable. Also, ask for an explanation as far as you're concerned. What'd he expect to happen, giving a phylactery free will of its own and so much power?

>>333317
Yes. We sorta need help because this dude is going crazy and upsetting the balance of things.

Also, Chee you need to sleep. You're no help to anyone if you get this tired.

Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)20:49 No. 333337 ID: c811c4
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>"What was two Liches is now one, you've taken out the other, and him under your power. Caught with your pants down by this other lich, now? I think not. I'm afraid I won't baby walk you through this. I gave you such power to have such power. Enough to eventually almost rival me. Almost, being the key word. Obliterate the other lich, Chee, and to me when you are ready, not a moment sooner."

>>333337
He planned this? I'm honestly not surprised. The power you have didn't look accidental at all, Chee. You just have to keep improving, keep studying. Well, not right now- you need sleep... how long until the undead army arrives?

Ask him what he wants from you.

>>333340
Really, I hope he is just immortal-bored, because the other option is that he has some kind of kill switch stuck in you. (Though it is fairly likely he still does, and would try to activate it if he starts loosing badly when it comes to a fight.)

Damn Chee, you need some Zs. But you might not need someone to sneak the ward into the harpies. They seem a bit less warlike than the orcs, and you've already made a deal with them. You might be able to just hand the ward off to them. Present it as a gift, for when the Lich army does inevitably come, and let them know they're free to fall back to the area you control.

Instead of warding the orc lands, I say you put that effort into a ward for your own. or if you were already planning that, a stronger or second one.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)21:13 No. 333354 ID: c811c4
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"What do you want from me?!"
>"I don't spoil surprises. Tata for now, Chee!"

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)21:13 No. 333355 ID: c811c4
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It's silent, now.
The messenger to the paladin was just destroyed, as well. They didn't do it themselves, it looks like they have something similar to what I just made, an anti undead field across the land.
You're right, I need to sleep, I'm about to pass out. Shabin and everyone and the gnolls are moving south. My construct will alert me if there's a problem, and I'll have a more sentient construct offer the wards to the harpies, or use Tae if they don't. But for now, I'm going to bed.

>"Master Chee. I beg profusely for your forgiveness for the timing, but we've just attained a message for your consideration."

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)21:14 No. 333357 ID: c811c4
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>"Fool kobold! Did you think you could fortify yourself in those two days without me noticing your intentions?! I hope you've made use of today, because the offer to surrender is null. You'll appreciate the power of an unbroken lich soon, Chee!!"

get some sleep.

Chee, take a little nap, you don't look so good.

Fuck that guy. I am confident you'll have his soul soon.

>>333357
When you get up and send a message back, specifically ask what the point of all this destruction is? Destroy the world for one lousy 'boldlactery in a desperate grab for power? What would he rule as the new King? He's pathetic, this plan is unworthy of a lich of any caliber.

He's backed into a corner the only idea he can come up with is genocide, heh.

>>333357
Send actual messengers to the paladins, and have them contact the humans.
You can make NON-necromantic golems, right?

1/5 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)22:41 No. 333417 ID: c811c4
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I should be up. I should be scrambling to prepare for a fight. Before the messengers were shot down, I got a lay of the land. The lich isn't bluffing. Sure, a zombie isn't a big deal. But over ten thousand at the least? Most are coming south. Most of the human kingdoms are fighting for their life with some strong necromancers. The elves are silent and waiting, as are the dwarves. The rest of the land, for as far as I can see, is turning black.

How could a single lich do this? Was the world always this fragile? I guess I can't worry about now. I'll take your advice for the next day. I'll attempt to contact the paladins again, but I don't know how to make actual golems yet.

2/5 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)22:41 No. 333418 ID: c811c4
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I wonder how everyone is doing, back home? Oh, I can't worry too much about that, now. Just yesterday, this peninsula was shrouded in danger in my eyes. Now, it's worth everything of mine to defend.

3/5 Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)22:41 No. 333419 ID: c811c4
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I'm not the only one that thinks so either, it might be like a second home to me now, but it's the first home to many.

Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)22:43 No. 333422 ID: c811c4
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Nothing has changed, I think. We're still fighting for the same thing. The lich is simply coming to me, this time. It's actually convenient for my own wishes, when I stop to think about it.

Chee Quest - Part 6 : End Cheelop 2011/07/28(Thu)22:46 No. 333426 ID: c811c4
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I think the crystal at the top of the tower is just a source for all the lights inside, as well as outside. I can't be entirely sure, but I find it kind of nice. I can see why the bird lich made his throne underneath it. I won't change this part of the tower. Under it, I can sleep easily, even as the world suffocates around me.

COLORZ.

*dies a happy mouse*

Can you send us to the Winston? He seems like a capable dude. Either way send us to some one and get some shut eye.

>>333422
The lich is probably staying home while his forces go to you. He doesn't seem the type to expose himself to danger.