>>348125
Yes, double.

ye

We're pretty pro, so yeah.

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)00:56 No. 348202 ID: 418acf
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You pay another G10

"Okay, try this one!"

Suggestion 2011/09/13(Tue)00:58 No. 348203 ID: 1854db
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Done.

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)01:07 No. 348205 ID: 418acf
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You place the tiles down once again.

>"Wow you're really good at this. If you want you can go again for double prizes!"

>>348205
Let's do this.

I can't help but think they are going to try to screw us over with this last round.

Let's do it.

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)01:11 No. 348208 ID: 418acf
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You pay another G10

>"Try this one!"

Suggestion 2011/09/13(Tue)01:14 No. 348209 ID: 07416a
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>>348208
Done.

Suggestion 2011/09/13(Tue)01:14 No. 348210 ID: 1854db
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>>348208
Hup!

>>348209
Almost. Move the top one a space to the left.

Suggestion 2011/09/13(Tue)01:19 No. 348213 ID: 07416a
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Think this is good.

>>348210
Awww ye

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)01:34 No. 348223 ID: 418acf
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Overlord places the tiles once more.

>"Amazing! One more? This one is for a Meta Magic Rod -and- the previous prizes!"

"Sure, why not."

You pay one more G10

>"Okay the rules are simple. You must place the following shapes so that there are one of each kind in every 4 space horizontal, vertical -and- diagonal line. You can not have two of the same kind in any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line."

Suggestion 2011/09/13(Tue)01:48 No. 348229 ID: 07416a
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>>348223
check it

Suggestion 2011/09/13(Tue)01:48 No. 348230 ID: 1854db
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>>348223
Here we go.

>>348227
The only diagonals that count are the 4-space ones.

>>348233
You're right, my mistake.
>every 4 space horizontal, vertical -and- diagonal line

I need to reread things a third time when I'm this tired. Apologies.

Terrec 2011/09/13(Tue)01:52 No. 348237 ID: d97c6d
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Well, we're all coming up with the same solution so I think we got it.

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)01:59 No. 348238 ID: 418acf
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Overlord thinks for a moment and places the tiles

"Oh wow! You're the first to solve this puzzle without bashing the table! Here are your prizes!"

You have gained:
Metamagic Rod: Haste+. Decrease Min Range by 2 and caster can cast 2 spells per round.
5 x Mana Crystals: Can be consumed to give +1 Mp for that turn.
10 x Potions.

Nice rod, and yay potions! Mana crystals will be handy with better spells.

Let's go check on how the Auto challenge turned out.

>>348238
W...wow. That is one awesome staff. Let's see how our guys did in the Auto competition.

>>348238
Well, I'd say that prize makes this whole trip worthwhile. Ruby will be burning everything down in no time.

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)02:18 No. 348248 ID: 418acf
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You take the items and check on your group in the Auto Trial.

It seems everyone but Ruby did well and the reward was G40 and a Leather Armor+.
Ruby is Exhausted and can not participate in any more trials or battles until she rests.

>>348248
You know, even our mages need to get used to a bit more exercise. Maybe not so bluntly though. Anyway we're good here so lets get back.

>>348248
A round of hugs for all! Cheer Ruby up by showing her what she'll be able to use next trial! Send her to bed! Reward Emily with new arm! Go looking at boys with Rose!

First: Find a effeminate weak willed dark haired male spear user and recruit them.

Second: Take Alice someplace private and talk to her. Start off the conversation with "I'm sorry", then explain we just found out what things were like last time around, and finally ask her how we hurt her directly.

>>348254
we will NOT indulge the yaoi fantasies of our harem...
However, we can recruit an alpha personality girl who cross-dresses as a guy for some reason or another :P.

>Ruby needs excercise
I am not sure its exercise so much as the fact that she has lost the battle that made her exhausted. What she needs is to level up.

>How do they know we are overlord
We operate out of his castle.

>Styx
Tell styx that not only do you think she is beautiful, but you would prefer if she took off the mask when it is just the two of you; it is her choice of coursed but you want to see her cute face.

Hand Ruby the staff we just got. Tell her we'll have lots of fun burning things tomorrow.

Let's get back and spend some of this cash. How much cash do we have?

Is there a questdis thread? Because I can't find one.

In lieu of questdis thread I will post this here.
I was thinking on my PR plan from earlier. I posited we "pretend" to be the "son" of the overlord, begotten via a failed contingency against death.

However it occurs to me that this is the actual TRUTH. We do not have the old overlords memory or personality. Nor body actually. So in effect we are an entirely new being. This should not be just a cover-up for PR purposes but what we really believe ourselves to be, because its the truth.

The old overlord had noble intentions and became corrupted, how amusing that our own intentions are power and conquest and yet it is those intentions that will lead us to ruling with a care and compassion. To having loyal and loved companions (a desire for power and conquest doesn't render one unable to love). And to maintaining our public image above all else.

We should come up with specific wordings to explain this to our most loyal and first followers. Styx and Emily. After doing so I suggest a speech given to all the other minions together.
Finally, when we finish up with the trials we should look for a town in need of saving and offer to be their savoir and protector (read: hero) with our army (read: ruler) via annexing them. Treat them VERY well to help spread rumors of the new benevolent ruler. Make PEACE with those who have the reputation of being the nicest all around.
The exact wordings of the 4 speeches that are needed are something I think we should hash up in a questdis thread.

>>348259
You need two guys for them to act out yaoi fantasies. I'm pretty sure she just likes bishies.
Besides that? Going out of our way to make Rose happy builds loyalty, and not just for Rose. Seeing that we take care of our people makes others respect us more, which results in improved loyalty across the board.
Take Alice, for example. She knows we didn't give a damn about our people before, so every time she sees us building good relationships with our people her resolve against us weakens.

TL;DR: Doing nice things for people makes people think we are nice.


Other things we plan to do that have no or disproportionately low rewards:
Research treatments and cures for Plague Spreaders.
Heal Styx's face.
Improve Emily's build quality.
Not use the corruption potion.
Repair the Sylva's Doll we acquired.
Etc...

aww, no dark mana crystal?

anyway, I downvote hitting on Styx or Alice.

>>348265
>You need two guys for them to act out yaoi fantasies. I'm pretty sure she just likes bishies.
I believe you misread, her fantasy is having us, her beloved overlord, get it on with another guy. Of course she may indulge in her fantasies as she wishes but we are not going to get it on with another dude.

>>348283

Why not? If they're cute enough...

Seriously, though, congratulate everyone including Ruby and then give her some rest. And it might be time to try out Fight. Or try out Lenion+Emily+Rose, though we might've already used up our go at Auto.

We definitely need to train our lower level minions. Disgaea this ain't, so trying the "overpower one character" gambit would be a pretty bad idea.

No, we need to find some way to effectively train our troops without having to micromanage them every step of the way. Particularly if there exist a possibility of larger scale battle in the future.

Another idea, try to see if it is possible to hire a "private investigator" of sort. Someone who, when we pay him, would go out and find the location of specific units we ask him about.

Not basing our recruiting strategy on luck alone would be VERY welcome. It would also make finding a guy suiting Rose's taste a lot easier too.

>>348292
I like the idea. Could we perhaps build a training room in the castle where we could have our minions fight each other without fear of death? I imagine they would level up that way.

>>348259
>Tell styx that not only do you think she is beautiful, but you would prefer if she took off the mask when it is just the two of you; it is her choice of coursed but you want to see her cute face.
This is pretty much base flattery and she'll know it. Cute art style aside, massive scars are generally not actually attractive and I don't want to lie to her. If we tell her to take off the mask when we're alone, it should be for something more like "I will not forget that they are a mark of what you suffered for your devotion" than "You're beautiful anyway!"

>>348264
>Is there a questdis thread? Because I can't find one.
>>/questdis/347167

>After doing so I suggest a speech given to all the other minions together.
>Finally, when we finish up with the trials we should look for a town in need of saving and offer to be their savoir and protector (read: hero) with our army (read: ruler) via annexing them.
I think all this is premature. Our castle is still a ruin. Our best troops are still relative newbies, no better than the dime-a-dozen people all over the place. Until we've got a functioning base and either much greater numbers or seriously crack troops, we shouldn't be getting so ambitious as to annex towns.

And until/unless we start making significant changes in how we do things, there's not a lot of point in getting everyone together and boldly telling them about changes in our personal convictions (which still won't stop us from holding them enslaved). So holding on that seems appropriate as well.

>>348254
I am not really inclined to go on sidequests to get specific new people when we have so much else to worry about. Let's just keep the prettyboy thing in mind as a potential recruitment target of opportunity in the future, or something to do if Rose is bummed for some reason.

And I am really not interested in holding more private talks with Alice. Alice's loyalty appears to be gradually rising, so I'm willing to say that she doesn't need additional mucking about with her morale at this time.

>>348292
>No, we need to find some way to effectively train our troops without having to micromanage them every step of the way.
Agreed. The "go hunting on your own" mechanic seems custom-built for this, honestly; having basically all of our troops go fight battles alone or in pairs would probably be the fastest way of leveling them offscreen from the available options that we have at the moment, and it would get us loot as well. We could hold back two people as our personal escorts and send out the rest to do that all the time; that might level them relatively quickly.

Or if we just want relatively high-level minions straight up, we could scan through the available battles for some who are alone and then mob and enslave them. It would probably take a relatively short time to stage up to having minions of levels 10-15.

Congratulate Emily and Rose. Tell Ruby to get some rest, you have an awesome new staff for her.

actually, ask ruby exactly what went wrong.

>Agreed. The "go hunting on your own" mechanic seems custom-built for this, honestly; having basically all of our troops go fight battles alone or in pairs would probably be the fastest way of leveling them offscreen

I see two problems here:
1. They will be killing heroes and thus giving us a bad name.
Possible solution: Limit them to fighting monsters.
2. They may die
Possible solution: Training arena in our castle
Possible solution: Make recall stones that teleport them back to castle if they are about to lose.
Possible solution: Limit them to fighting easy targets; Problem: Will they get XP?

>This is pretty much base flattery and she'll know it.
I meant every word.
>Cute art style aside, massive scars are generally not actually attractive and I don't want to lie to her.
While I will grant you that IRL scars aren't beautiful (and they do look adorable in this art-style), having scars does not automatically make a person ugly. Yes her face is blemished with scars but she is still beautiful despite them.
>"I will not forget that they are a mark of what you suffered for your devotion"
I am ok with that too.

actually, can you ask styx what sort of materials she will need to brew a potion to restore her face and vision? And if she knows of any spells, artifacts, etc we could go hunting for to achieve that same goal.

>>348335
>How did ruby lose?
If I had to make a guess its because she is a level 4 support character.

>Ruby is extremely weak in everything but her magic. She's best kept in the back for support.
HP: 17
ATK: 1-2
SPD: 3 Spaces
MP: 3

She can buff an attack to do +5 fire damage (if cast on self she would do 6-7 damage in melee, if she hits) and one attack spell which cost 1 MP and does 12-15 damage to enemies who are 5-7 squares away.

>>348339
>killing heroes and giving us a bad name

Dude, no. They don't really DIE. They respawn in town. This isn't a major sin-we're basically only robbing them- and we're sortof evil anyway. I am NOT interested in trying to beat this quest as a pacifist.

I don't think anyone cares if we kill heroes for exp and loot, I mean, heroes do it too, why else would they wait in random areas for people to come fight them?

it on plat woman, we need more plant women.
seriously she's the first one weve seen.

Wounded Overlord 2011/09/13(Tue)15:04 No. 348424 ID: 418acf
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You'll find the spear user later. Ruby is already exhausted and you are certain the others will soon follow.
You decide to take all your spoils and head back to the castle. Right now you have G90.
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Back at the castle you float over to a bathing Ruby.

>"My Lord?"

"Ruby, I forgot to give you this earlier."

You hand her the Metamagic Rod.

>"!!! My Lord! This rod, it's amazing! T-thank you!"

"It is nothing. I hope you use it well in combat."

>"I will my Lord! I promise!"

You leave her alone and go to check on Styx's progress with the translator.

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You enter Styx's room.

>"My Lord."

"Styx, how is the translator coming along?"

>"It is complete my Lord. However while making it we received a letter."

"A letter? From who?"

>"Silva.."

dunht duhnt DUHNTTT

read it.

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