>>376435
Maybe we could have Styx put together some wall-mounted defensive cannons. Automated ones. Then they just blast down anything that approaches any part of the castle except the front door and isn't a minion.

>>376437
Canon golems.

Cannon too.

Infestation? How many of these things are we talking? We don't want to get swarmed that's dangerous no matter how strong or weak they are. Which is also good to know. Scan!

what about having a slime go out there and crawl down it's throat? melt it from the inside.

Go to a brothel, buy some hookers and use them to lure them away to some close by tower. They like girls and high places.

Overlord 2011/12/31(Sat)01:55 No. 376456 ID: 281eec
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"Styx do we have any weapons to take them down?"

>Styx: "Had. We lost them after the attack. The castle had a stock of Exploding Net Cannons for just such an occasion. To make them would take me some time.."

You scan the.. Bird thing.
---------------------------

Screecher Lv5
HP:70
SPD: 4(flight)
ATK: 15-20

Special:

Howl: Can inflict either Confusion or Paralyzed.
-------------------------------------

How annoying..

>"SCREEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee"

How very annoying..

>Meagan: "That isn't good."

"What?"

>"That call. It basically means 'Fresh Meat'. Though not in the eating sense. Any minute now th- yep see."

She points out the window. There's a swarm of them approaching the castle.

>"Honestly I never thought I'd see one up close. Though really now that I think about it I'd rather not see them up close."

You can hear the screech coming from different sides of the castle.

>>376456
Quickly, someone get me some prostitutes, some duck tape, a kite, and a carriage. Then meet me in the courtyard

AWW HERE IT GOES

>>376456
You have at least one sufficiently powerful minion. Have her decimate a few of them with ease.

Actually, have anybody that can do more than 70 ranged damage per round start culling them, assisted by two-person groups of anybody who can do at least 35 ranged damage per round.

ask if the screech is magical in nature or if earplugs can prevent it.
if we engage battle mode it should limit their number and let us fight them a couple at a time.

Ugh, how big is the swarm? We may need to pull out our ranged units and fill them full of holes. Do we have some defensible areas we can fire from and not be attacked?

Overlord 2011/12/31(Sat)02:29 No. 376465 ID: 281eec
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It seems you can not make any moves against them without actually challenging them to a battle. How odd. The court surrounding the castle would suffice as a battle field but the problem is there sheer numbers.

You summon Shana.

"Shana, I need you to fight these Screechers."

>"!! Anything for you my Lord!"

She sees one from outside the window and leaps back into a wall, shivering.

"??? Is something wrong?"

>"I-I-I-I"

"???"

>"M-my Lord I c-can't f-fight! N-not them!"

"? Why not?"

>"I can't I just can't!!!"

Is.. She afraid?

>>376465
Call her back inside
"Now, please explain."

awwww fuck. she must of had an... 'encounter' with them before.


hmmm.... open the front door just wide enough they can get in. have a few get in then slam the door shut behind them and fight the ones inside.have styx jury-rig a door slammer.

Ask her if they are somehow dangerous or if she has an... issue, with them.

This is an opportunity to test your new body's capabilities. Listen, we need to lure them inside, into hallways to separate them from their numbers. Open and close doors, put them in cages and use Lenion to help with traps, stuff like that.

Lenion probably has dealt with these beasts before. She could be a good adviser on what to do if our demonologist can't come up with anything.

secondary suggestion
Walk into the battlefield and inspire her. Tell her this is why you dislike using fear, it can make even the most powerful weak. It is now time to show the power of loyalty and affirm her that you will help her fight off what she fears most. These beasts will not have a stronger control over your unit then you do, you will not allow it.

Shout to the demon Hawks that these are your women. You will not let them have them. And our high castle too.

Third Suggestion
Tell Styx to power down the hover thing and lower everybody.

Bring Shana back inside and ask her to explain.

Have Alice take shots at them in the meantime.

no one is outside, she saw one through the window.

Well maybe Styx can whip up some kind of earplugs that reduce the effectiveness of their howls? Any chance you could make some exploding/fighting puppets with Silva?

Then would it be possible to lure them into fighting at a choke point in the courtyard or entrance hall? If you could poison your weapons and use bestow flame spells beforehand then that'd be awesome.

>>376517
yes, have a puppet outfitted with bombs and then when they swarm it, it self destructs.

Check what exactly the number of enemies is, compared to the number of allies we have. Most of us are over Lvl 5, so we could possibly overpower them without losing in numbers.

The bomberdoll idea is also nice.

considering what the kind of reaction probably implies, we should call shana back. also we should look into wiping these things out on species level. but for now we should find out how many are out there. also ask if we have firing points on the wall that would let us safely snipe them.

Overlord 2011/12/31(Sat)20:07 No. 376671 ID: 281eec
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No no you can't fight someone outside of a actual staged fight. That's just how it works, don't ask why. They may be special occasions but this is not one of them.

You take Shana outside.

"What's wrong?"

>"The birds... My lord I can't attack... I can't oh god please don't make me fight them"

You hear something shatter.

>"OHGODTHEY'RECOMINGTOPECKMYEYESOUT!"

Well she is obviously got a phobia... so she should stay out of that fight. Send her to hide in the barracks and bring in your other troops

BIRDBIRDBIRD

... Hey, it's breaking the rules! Inform it that it cannot attack our windows outside of a staged fight. Then punch it in the face through the window..

punch it to start up the battle. if the punch connects the start firing the gun through the hole.

Think we can lower the castle and then rise it quick enough that we smack all these buggers with the ground? Might spook them.

Also, tell everyone to brace for impact if that happens.

>>376671
Attack the bird through the window. It attacked outside of combat so that rule is broken.

>>376671
Explain to her that they peck something else with something else than their beak, they don't go for eyes. But you won't force her, but christ man, just go stand up for your women damn it. Get 'em caught in the hallways, seperate them and turn the entire castle into something similar to the battle screen zones we pick from in different lands. You know the "4, 5, 8, ?, Boss" selection screen?

To do this, just use your most physically attractive women and lure them into different hallways and force the group to split up.

Get Shana somewhere safe. She's very stressed out and we should let her rest.

Can we talk to the hawks? We might be able to deal with them without violence.

If not, have our forces retreat to lure them into the castle. Their flight is too big an advantage in open air.

>>376709
>Explaining away a phobia

NOPE.

Phobias are irrational sources of fear of a specific object that severely and irrationally inhibit function in prescense of the object.

Being afraid of fire because it burned you is trauma. Being afraidof fire because it will burn your soul and destroy everything you love and oh god why is there fire get it away make it stop is a phobia.

I have said it on this board once. I will say it a THOUSAND TIMES. You cannot make someone overcome a phobia, even briefly, with reason.

>>376709
...Uh, I'm sure saying that won't help her phobia (in fact, I have to wonder if you're trying to troll her). Also, see >>376742

Upvoting luring the birds into the castle. Get all the girls into tight places, restrict their flight.

And let's get started on some explosive net cannons building. After this's dealt with, we should get comprehensive defenses built (gods know what other demonic pests there are out there). Styx should know what kinds of defenses we need.

>>376747
Upvoting lure them into a specific, single part of the castle, downvoting using multiple locations, or using the girls as bait, which is a horrible idea.

They've already broken a window, so lure them in there, then take them out as they come through. Hell, maybe they'll cut themselves on the glass.

>>376742
>>376747
I didn't think of it as a phobia, though yes, I did just want to freak her out a bit more and see her reaction.

I only suggested using the girls as bait because that's really the only thing they'd go for and splitting them up because they have massive numbers. I know it's horrible, but it'd be effective, especially if we can divide them into smaller, manageable battles. I mean are we just going to punch them all to death en masse in the battle grid? I'm sure they'd fill every square on the screen!

>>376766
except they can't, the battle grid will be our ally for this encounter, forcing them to fight in smaller numbers.

or we could call everyone to the window, the one square choke point. we do not want to scatter when facing Superior numbers.

If we're gonna initiate combat, +1 to window choke point.

if we lose units they just respawn here. I don't really see the challenge.

Suggestion 2012/01/01(Sun)10:35 No. 376787 ID: fc22d7

Window choke point isn't a bad idea, though it could backfire (with the other birds breaking through other windows and then surrounding us). I think we should just cluster in the most defensible location in the castle. But as for the limited numbers... this could turn into a major battle of attrition, you know. Imagine a battle with replacements popping onto the battlefield to replace the ones we kill.

And let's not forget this's the demon world. We will want those resurrection rings on our human units.

I agree with getting in a defensible location that has no windows whatsoever in the room to defend in. Rather than have several fighting us at once, reduce it to 1 or 2. Maybe even 3 is fine.

We could hole up in the Teleporter Room. If we need to flee, we can teleport to the Slime Village and regroup to take back the castle.

>>376787
This is basically the right idea.

Fight using the window as a choke point for now.
I don't think it will work in the long term, as we have other windows. Once they start to break in other places, we should pull back to an easily-defended room.

We're not letting a bunch of horny batmen drive us out of our fortress.

what about nix strips naked and dumps her bucket of acid on herself? they try to grab her and their feet melt off.

Overlord 2012/01/01(Sun)19:42 No. 376870 ID: c91e2b
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At that moment you hear windows smash at other points in the castle.

Before you do anything you hear Meagan.

>"My lord we are now in a state of Siege. You'll need to engage the enemy in battle like this. It's basically going to be a Castle Defense battle."

"Castle Defense?"

>"Yes my Lord. As it stands the enemy is now attacking from 4 different points in the castle so you must split your troops accordingly. You will only be able to command one group personally, whichever group you decide to place yourself in, and the rest will fight on their own. In a Castle Defense battle you don't need to worry about anyone dying other then the group your in. If the group you are not in loses the battle.. Well they'll survive. After that whoever they couldn't beat will go against your group."

"How many enemies will each group fight against?"

>"Enemies usually fight in groups of three. Usually. Also you must consider who you are fighting. If, for instance, we were being attacked by a large group of angels and you put a bunch of demons in one group and paladins and healers in another the angels will ignore the latter group and attack the former more."

Okay.. So you need to split off your troops into 4 groups with you in one and be prepared to take on three Screechers.

want at least a tank, offense, and healer in each group if we can. need to count shana out because she is paralyzed with fear.
unfortunantly we only have two healers so they should go in the group with the lowest hp. think we, the overlord, are a tank at the moment because we are effectively lvl 10. so our HPs are pretty good. offense are glass cannons, such as ruby and alice.

So... to make sure there is an even chance for all of our units we need to balance their combat abilities into effective teams while also equalizing how much the birds will collectively want to molest each group.

>>376870
Rose
Emily
Kassandra

Nyx
Silva
Alice

Solaris
Overlord
Ruby

Lenion
Lun
Slime Queen

The closest group goes saves Megan before she suffers trauma, please.

>>376873
Rev Ring on Ruby, since she can die here. Solaris should be at less risk.

>>376882
> In a Castle Defense battle you don't need to worry about anyone dying other then the group your in.

>>376885
>don't need to worry about anyone dying other then the group your in.
>group your in.
>Ruby in our group

Overlord 2012/01/01(Sun)20:27 No. 376894 ID: c91e2b
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Is this good?

Just in case this isn't covered somehow, Shana and Megan should be defended by Overlord group, unless outsiders can completely avoid combat/consequences.

we also had a slime guy I think? send him with one of the all female groups I suppose.

yeah looks good.
>>376897
i guess in team rose?

>>376902
if we can't really put him in anything then his job is stalling. if a team loses he has to jump into the battle and just run around in circles.

>>376894
Those groups all contain at least one hot girl, one tank, and one support character. I'm willing to call that good enough.

>>376894
We need a fifth group to guard the non combatants like megano and shana

>>376910
could be siege mode prevents them from being attacked.

Have Alalia and Leon help protect Meagan and Shana. Alalia will be motivated by avoiding rape (by BIRDS). Leon will be motivated by avoiding rape (by Slime Queen).

Put the fastest runners each in their own group, and then load the Overlord's group up with the top troops. Instruct the solo defenders to flee as soon as they engage, so as to let the Overlord's group deal with the attackers.

So, we should keep at least 2 slimes with Lenion so she has sacrifices.

Meagan doesn't fight, but she can. Leon should be safe enough around her. Alalia can just close her box. And even if Shana doesn't defend herself she can still run and has enough hit points not to be in any real danger. No need to worry about them.

I would also like to suggest swapping Kass with Solaris in our group. Not that either group is more effective either way but... I'd rather we kept a closer eye on her, than risk her going through the failure event. And her summon may end up important if we get in a secondary battle.

>>376986
I'd prefer switching Ruby and Kass, and giving Kass the ring, as that way only one lowHP caster is at risk of dying.

>>376987
The thing about that is Kass' armor keeps her protected from even being targeted, so Ruby would be more likely to receive attacks that get past us. She'd be the best one to hold onto the ring then. Unless... might Charm backfire in this situation? Well even if it did having Kass' magic gives us an edge

>>376997
Yeah, I agree Kass might be better in our group. I was just saying, switch out Ruby instead of Solaris. Less squishy casters running around for us to protect (unless Solaris takes a squishy caster form).

>>377006
I can't see the sense of putting both of our healers in one group. It's bad enough that we're leaving the other groups without these strong units, I'd rather replace ruby with someone less useful here. Or put her in another group and leave it as just us and Kass. Then she gets the ring and that's that. We'd have pretty good odds still.

Alternately, leave Kass where she is and send Ruby there for a rather safe and strong 4 girl group, while the very versatile Solaris stays with us and wears the ring. I think she can change her mode as needed without losing a turn.

Overlord 2012/01/02(Mon)16:39 No. 377044 ID: c91e2b
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You don't think you'll need to worry about anyone else being injured that's not in a fight. You do however decide to switch out Ruby with Kassandra. You current party is now Kassandra, Solaris, and yourself.

All your other units begin their fights.
Silva, Nix, and Alice are being attacked by 5 Screechers.
Rose, Emily, and Ruby are being attacked by 4 Screechers.
Lenion, Lun, and the Slime Queen are not being attacked.

-Placement Phase-

Lenion, Lun, and the Slime Queen go on the offense then. birds don't want to fight them, then they will bring the fight to the birds.


anway, you on the left near that bird, solaris next to you and kass in the back.

Lenion&Slime Queen: Be greatly insulted, and go on a rampage against the tasteless birdfiends.
Lun: Be dragged along.
>>377049
This for placement.

>>377044
What form is Solaris taking this fight? Important to know for placement purposes.

>>377054
http://tgchan.org/wiki/Overlord_Stats#Solaris_Level_6_Gaian_.2A.2A.2A
Archer mode

>>377059
Hmm. Overlord front/center, Solaris left/center, Kassandra left/rear.

We should start combat with Solaris rooted so that she can deal a LOT of damage. 30-40 damage is quite a bit, especially if they can not miss.

>>377044
I think we should back into the right side of the placement area. Kassandra in the corner, with Overlord in front of her, and Solaris to the side. If we give them any room, they will most certainly ignore the Overlord and target the other two.

root seems to turn her into a turret. and then with the point blank power she could do a LOT of damage to anything that gets close.

Overlord 2012/01/02(Mon)18:41 No. 377079 ID: c91e2b
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-Units placed.-

-Battle start. Your move.-

>Kassandra: "M-my lord... Please don't let them win.."

>>377079
"You can trust in me to protect you."

>>377079
Solaris: Root.
Kass: +Accuracy on Overlord.
Overlord: Shoot the nearest bird.

This shouldn't take too long.

>>377081
pretty sure sword is more powerful. so run and sword the nearest bird, after +accuracy.

Overlord: Slash Bird to immediate left
Solaris: Root
Kass: Group Accuracy+

We should take them out in clockwise order.

>>377082
>>377087
Do this, making sure that the Overlord's action comes after the accuracy buff.

>>377087
G Accuracy+ on Lord and Kass, to be more specific. Root means autohit.

we should stick next to Solaris and shoot while she keeps rooting, they don't have a ranged attack so we don't have to worry about chasing them down.

Damn, can we send any message to our unaccosted 4th party? Or how about Megan? If we can have her tell the 4th party to join up with the other two groups - Lenion and Lun go to Silvas group and the slime queen goes to the others. I think we'll be ok here...

Solaris isn't going to attack this round and her attack won't need accuracy, we'd be better off if she did something else. Let's have her summon the trinity beast!

>>377094

Kass has an attack of 0, so you might as well just use a standard +acc.

I think Kassandra should use her turn to cast Group +Def on Overlord and Solaris.

>>377115
Same mana cost. Figure it can't hurt.
>>377098
Sword is stronger and this one could be in range of Kass. Remember, these are birds, they may have faster movement like the gnome.

Also G Acc+ gives +4, standard is +3.

1/2 Overlord 2012/01/03(Tue)19:21 No. 377328 ID: c91e2b
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Solaris uses her skill Root.
Kassanda casts +Acc Group on Overlord and Solaris.
You move and slash at one of the screechers dealing 20dmg.

Overlord 2012/01/03(Tue)19:25 No. 377329 ID: c91e2b
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The Screechers all move.
One slashes Solaris dealing 17 dmg.
Solaris is bleeding.

Kass heal Solaris.
Solaris attack the one Point Blank. With Point Blank.
Overlord attack nearest approaching bird.

kass summon demi angel. solaris attack, overlord attack.

Have the girls move to the bottom corners of the map. Kass heals Solaris and Solaris attacks.

We stay on the inside and keep attacking.

If either of the girls gets hit twice by an enemy, it will probably kill them.

We need to move Kass and Overlord to block most of the birds from getting to Solaris. I want Kass to either heal or summon demi-angel, and overlord to attack if they are in range. Solaris should attack the adjacent one once. That should kill it with the x2 and x1.5 multiplier. If I'm being crazy, and that isn't enough, she should use rapid shot as well to finish it off. We need to give her some breathing room.

wait, did some calculating, point blank shot with root could do 60 damage, add that to overlords 20 and we have over 70. as long as we funnel them so only one can get a hit off at a time we can kill them.
overlord move the one to yur right. solaris attack the one to the elft, kass heal sol. repeat attacking with overlord then sol then heal.

>>377335
This

1/2 Overlord 2012/01/03(Tue)19:51 No. 377338 ID: c91e2b
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Kassandra heals Solaris to full Hp!
Solaris fires her arrow doing an amazing 60dmg killing the screecher instantly!
Overlord slashes at a nearby screecher dealing 17dmg

Overlord 2012/01/03(Tue)19:55 No. 377339 ID: c91e2b
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The screechers move in. Two of them close in on Solaris and attack.
One crit hits dealing 40 dmg!
The other hits dealing 17 dmg!

Solaris is killed..

Restart Battle Y/N? (5 Restarts left)

Y

Y

Restart.

Y

y

Overlord 2012/01/03(Tue)20:06 No. 377345 ID: c91e2b
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Restarting from last Checkpoint...
---------------------------------------------
>"My lord we are now in a state of Siege. You'll need to engage the enemy in battle like this. It's basically going to be a Castle Defense battle."

"Ah a Castle Defense battle. Okay then."

>"As it stands the enemy is now atta- Oh, you already know what it is?"

"Of course I do, why wouldn't I?"

>"Oh.. Well.. Huh, that's odd... Anyway my Lord uhm... I really lost my train of thought.. Just uh make sure to organize the groups well. Consider what your enemy is after and make the groups based on that. You really don't want a Castle Defense battle where more enemies are attacking one group as opposed to the other."

"Right. How exactly does such a situation happen?"

>"Again it's based on the enemy. For example you wouldn't want to stick Lun, Lenion, and the Slime Queen on one group because our current enemy will have no interest in them and swarm the other groups. This could be very bad, people may even die. Also be sure to equip the Rez rings to the ones on your group since they are the only ones who have a chance of dying."

Ah reloading, the best perk of being a rpg main character.

okay, we need to splice the groups a bit. our old set up obviously did not work out for us.

Overlord, Lenion, Alice
Solaris, Ruby, Kassandra
Emily, Slime Queen, Nyx
Rose, Lun, Silva

The last person in each trio is the "pull", and each group has at least one "cooler" who won't attract enemies.

>>377339
didn't she have a resurrection ring?
Also, we should personally lead a team whose members are all unkillable in the demon world.

Cygnus has the right idea there. Evenly split parties that have a draw, but also a good, hearty balance with sturdier characters for us.

We did not give Either Solaris or Kass rings MrTT. Would probably be wise to give one to Lenion.

Let's take this as a lesson alright? Size up the enemy, figure out their strengths, and distribute accordingly.

>>377351
This. O-lord, Rose, Silva.

>>377355
If so Alice gets placed into the group that Rose was in for Cygnus's list.

>>377355
3 demons, nice... good team, lets do it.

Judging from the last time, I think how many birds our units attract is as follows:
(2) Ruby, Rose, Kass, Solaris, Alice
(1) Emily, Nix, Silva
(0) Overlord, Lenion, Lun, Slime Queen

My suggested parties, most should pull 3 birds:

Kass, Nix, Slime Queen

Alice, Emily, Lun

Ruby, Solaris, Lenion
>Pulls 4 birds, but is a strong team and can revive.

Rose, Silva, Silva's Doll, Overlord
>All demons, none will die. No healing so give ring to Silva in case things go bad. Doll can explode if needed.

>>377367
Excellent. +1 to you.

>>377368
If we field a Slime with Lenions group that will help even more, since if and when it dies that puts her into a rage. If we can put a slime into the other groups that should help a little as well. I'm not sure how many we have, though.

>>377338
I told you guys it was more important to surround solaris T.T

oh well. Take two, action!

Overlord 2012/01/03(Tue)23:40 No. 377389 ID: 281eec
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You split up your group like so:
You, Lenion, Alice, Demi Slime
Solaris, Ruby, Kassandra
Emily, Slime Queen, Nyx
Rose, Lun, Silva.

All groups are being attacked by 3 Screechers.

-Battle start-

-Placement Phase-

>>377389
Fill the back (bottom-left) row, with Overlord to the right, Alice to the left, and the demi-slime in the middle. Put Lenion in front of the demi-slime.

>>377389
Lenion in the front middle, Demi Slime at the front right, Alice behind Lenion and us next behind the slime.

>>377398
The Demi Slime doesn't need protecting, it has a weak attack attack and is meant to sit and be cute... and send Lenion into a rage when it is inevitably splattered.

alice goes on the bottommost square with Overlord, Lenion and Demi Slime on the three remaining squares adjacent to her, allowing noone to attack her.

>>377428
This.

Overlord 2012/01/04(Wed)18:32 No. 377577 ID: c91e2b
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-Units placed.
Your move-

>>377577
Lenion steps 2 forward and one to the right, whip attack the bird on the right. Alice also moves 2 forward and one right, shooting the bird. If the bird on the right Overlord moves forward 2 and right 1 and shoots it, otherwise forward 1 and right 2 and shoot the far bird. Demi Slime moves forward 1 and right 2 and looks cute.

>>377579
sounds good.

Let's try to keep the formation tight this time. They can't surround our squishies if there's no space to do so. Alice should never have more than one open square next to her at any time unless she is out of range of any enemy.

...she should probably stay out of range all the time anyway, due to her low hp. Also she may as well start off the fight with rapid shot.

hmmmmm... I wonder if the screechers will attack Overlord if he takes off the mask?

Have everyone sit tight.

When the enemies move, only the closest one will be able to attack and we'll be able to obliterate it next turn.

Moving just puts us in a position where we can lose a unit to a bad roll.

>>377577
is that a miniature enemy near your units?

>>377617
That would be our demislime.

Overlord 2012/01/04(Wed)22:35 No. 377649 ID: fc7101
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Demi Slime uses Being Cute
Everyone else goes on defense.
The screechers move into position.
One strikes the Demi Slime dealing 20dmg which kills it instantly.

Overlord 2012/01/04(Wed)22:35 No. 377650 ID: fc7101
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Lenion goes Berserk!
Your move.

>>377650
Have Lenion Bite the nearest one.

Alice should Rapid Shot the next-nearest bird while moving a square to the down-left, Overlord should cast Fire on the same target while also moving that direction. Uh, he'd have Fire by equipping the staff arm on his off hand, of course.

Hm. The Screecher that killed the demislime was able to move five spaces.

Have our berserk tamer grapple and bite the middle enemy.

Have Overlord step up and attack the Screecher that killed the slime and have Alice shoot it.

>>377655
Well, the bite is one turn after. Besides, she's berserk. It's not like she'll listen to us at this point anyway.

Lenion: bite second-closest rapebird.

everyone else: keep surrounding Alice and use your strongest attack on closest foe. including Alice herself.

Overlord 2012/01/05(Thu)21:40 No. 377821 ID: fc7101
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Lenion moves and bites the second closest Screecher.
Alice and you attack the closest one dealing 40 dmg!

Overlord 2012/01/05(Thu)21:42 No. 377823 ID: fc7101
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Two screechers surround Alice.
One start to attack when Alice glares at it. It trips up and slashes at itself dealing 40 dmg and killing itself.

okay really it rolled a 1

The other misses it's attack.

Overlord: Move one square and shoot the bird by Alice.
Alice: Shoot the bird next to her.
Lenion: RIP AND TEAR

Overlord moves and melee attacks the bird next to Alice. Alice attacks it as well.

Lenion finishes the other one.

Suggestion 2012/01/05(Thu)22:12 No. 377830 ID: 1854db
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>>377823
I see a way to prevent Alice from getting hit on the enemy's turn. Move her to the green space, and Overlord to the blue space. The orange area is the movement radius of the remaining bird.

Alice should use rapid shot now, because why not?

>>377830
Uh, that specific bird just moved six squares last turn. I checked and doublechecked. I don't think playing keepaway will be practical.

Double shoot is go though.

rapid shot at point blank range. Overlord may stay where he is and attack twice.

>>377832
...what?! You're right. But, they have speed 4, what the fuck's going on?!

>>377845
Diagonals?

>>377845
They must be pulling a Fire Emblem and Shoving each other forward.

1/2 Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)15:56 No. 377962 ID: fc7101
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Lenion rips and tears the Screechers neck out. She's still in a rage.
Alice moves back uses Double Shot dealing 30 dmg.
Overlord moves and slashes dealing 18 dmg

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)16:01 No. 377964 ID: fc7101
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You hear a crash and something begins crawling through the window.
A Screecher far bigger then the others enters the battlefield.

You get the feeling that this is the Boss.
You can sense the other groups were successful in beating their opponents. You may bring one person over with the exception of Silva.

Finish off the underling and then focus all three of you on the boss, that way its the last to die and we can tame it with lenion! (boss tamer!)
Also, action economy is better that way.

have lenion tank the boss, while the other two finish the other bird

bring in Ruby as back up

>>377969
is ruby a human or a demon? I am not sure what black mages are.

Also, let it come to us.

>>377964
Whoa, 200 hp. Um...

Wait. It has a neck. Lenion should Bite it. Alice can use either Dark (draining Overlord's hp) or Light Arrow to boost her damage to +10 against the last screecher, and Overlord should use Scan on the boss.

I don't think it really matters who we bring in, but just in case Bite isn't an instant kill in this case (the description says USUALLY) we should bring in, oh... Ruby. Have her first action be to cast Fire Armor on Lenion.

toss up between ruby and kass. kass would let us heal lenion so she can tank it for who knows how long.

Darn unit limits. I want to say Kass but it's a bit risky if we can't give her a ring, although I don't think we'll lose with her supporting us. Rose might be good here too, but we have melee and ranged damage and no healing, that's the role we need to cover.

>>377972
A variety of human I think, but what really matters is if she is a Hero or not. She is and so is more at risk here. If she had the ring I'd say go for it. And I don't like letting it get close, we need our tanks to engage and support to be as far as possible.

Rose

>>377964
Solaris.
Nothing could possibly go wrong.

Actually, Scan it first. If movement is lower than the others, bring in Kass so she can heal us while we whittle down the boss. Otherwise, voting for Rose.

>>377964
Rose. For a number of reasons.

>>377995
Well, in warrior mode she has good hp but abilities better suited to large groups. As an archer she has offense but we know how fragile she is, but she is perhaps less likely to be hit. Either way she can switch to healer and revive someone. So overall it isn't a *terrible* idea but I'd sooner bring Kass or Rose or Emily.

Actually what would really be nice is swapping out Alice for Silva, if it's the effective number of units that is preventing that. It would keep Alice safe, at any rate.

you guys do remember that overlord powers let us bring back one person after the battle no matter what right?

I really doubt Bite will one-hit-kill a boss enemy. Most likely it will just do a lot of damage.

>>377997
I second this, if scanning it first is an option. We need to know what we're up against stat-wise before we know who to add.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)19:58 No. 378020 ID: fc7101
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You spend your round casting Scan.
---------------------------------
Boss Screecher
HP:200
Atk:25-30
Spd:4
MP:2

Screech: Can cause confusion or paralysis.
Charm: Inflicts Charm on enemy. MP 1
Mass Charm: Inflicts Charm on all enemies. MP 3
---------------------------------

It's now the other units moves. You can still bring a unit in. You may also swap out a unit.

okay, lenion is too angry to be charmed right now. and alice is too tsundere, like with the mirror incident. emily would obviously be immune. but not sure about the others.

>Mass Charm
OH GOD
>MP: 2
phew.

Charm is still a problem. Send in Emily. Then only Lenion will be vulnerable to Charm, and... uh... well okay that's still bad but there's nothing we can do about it. At least she'll be immune to Lenion's Bite attack, and won't die even if Lenion smashes her.

Emiry time

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)20:15 No. 378027 ID: fc7101
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You decide to send in Emily.

>Emily: "Hello my Lord~~"

It is still your other unit's turn.

alice shoot the screecher next to us to finish it. lenion charge the boss and do whatever.
if emily can attack the screecher too then do so.

the remaining monster has 22 HP. Last time we did 18 HP with a slash and Alice double shot for 30 HP damage.

Alice, double shoot the minion near us for the kill, if it survives overlord finish it off. If it dies overlord use ranged attack on enemy boss.
The two meleer's close in on the boss and chop chop at it until it falls.

>>378030
Alice already used double shot, she can only do it once per encounter.

Emily should RUN towards the boss, Lenion should advance and begin a Bite, Alice should use Dark Shot +10 using Overlord's HP to take out the last Screecher.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)20:43 No. 378033 ID: fc7101
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Alice drains 10HP from you and fires at the last Screecher, killing it.
Emily runs to the Boss.
Lenion growls and moves to the boss.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)20:44 No. 378034 ID: fc7101
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The Boss uses Screech on Emily. It does seem to affect her in the slightest.

>>378034
Everyone moves to the boss screecher and attacks it if possible.

>>378034
Alright, time to begin the pounding. Emily move up to it and slash slash. Lenion get up to it and BITE.
Overlord move towards it and shoot. Alice can do the same thing, and use Dark Shot again... +15 this time.

why didn't the overlord attack last round?

1/3 Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)20:57 No. 378038 ID: fc7101
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You can not attack when you cast Scan of course.
Lenion attempts to Bite the Boss.
The moment her teeth sink into it's neck it gives off a terrible Screech.
Lenion is Dazed and takes 15 dmg.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)21:02 No. 378040 ID: fc7101
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Everyone moves into place and attacks.
Overlord Shoots dealing 15dmg
Alice drains Overlord's HP and deals 35dmg
Emily Double Slashes dealing a whole 32dmg.

The boss is down to 112HP

good thing lenion has tons of HP. round of normal attacks next.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)21:05 No. 378043 ID: fc7101
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The Boss slashes at both Lenion and Emily but misses.
It seems it is too large to fly overhead and thus can not move from it's current spot

>>378040
Everyone use the same attacks as last round, except Lenion, who can just claw it.

Hmm. Can Overlord switch his blade for the staff arm, then shoot and cast at the same time? If so we should do that since we're standing still.

>>378044
Yeah, get some magic up in here.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)21:16 No. 378049 ID: fc7101
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Emily slashes at the Boss scoring a Critical Hit dealing a total of 64 dmg!
Lenion claws at him but misses.
Alice fires her bow but misses.
Overlord switches to a Staff Arm. He can not perform 2 actions at once like Emily but he does cast Fire dealing 17dmg.

The Boss retreats!
With Emily!

Overlord: Attempt to tap into the power of chaos

can you fire the overlord beam from here and not risk hitting emily?
if not then grab the control whatever for the castle and chase after it. solaris in archer form sit on the closest side to it and root and fire at it.

>>378049
!!!

"Alice! Shoot him down before he gets away- take as much of my HP as you need!"

>>378049
Uh. What?!

We can't let it get away! Order Solaris to use Entangle or something similar on it! Get Lenion to burn a Slime to ensnare it! Have every ranged unit focus fire.

1/2 Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)21:25 No. 378054 ID: fc7101
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You have every ranged unit you have focus fire on it as it attempts to flee. Everyone's attack whittles down the last bit of it health and it releases Emily

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)21:28 No. 378055 ID: fc7101
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You then remember you live in a floating castle.

Emily: You then remember you can levitate and fly back to the castle island.

>>378055
Emily: Utilize Levitate to slow your fall and land safely.

Overlord: Form a small away team to collect Emily from down there.

If Emily's levitation doesn't work for some reason, have Kass summon her angel friend to catch Emily and return her.

Overlord 2012/01/06(Fri)21:38 No. 378060 ID: fc7101
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Emily pulls herself upright and slowly falls down to the castle ledge. You go down in time to see her land on the court.

>Emily: "My Lord I love the legs you gave me so much cause if I didn't have them I would've just kept falling and broken apart again :D"

-Castle Defense Battle Over-
----------------------------
Loot: G500
Screecher Wings x 4
Charm Scroll: Casts Charm on one enemy. One use.
Lenion has Tamed the Boss Screecher.

>>378060
Again?

What was the first time?

Note to self: look into emergency "falling to ones death" countermeasures for our other units. Anyone but Emily and that would have gone very badly.

>Lenion has Tamed the Boss Screecher.
I hope she can teach it to shut the hell up, or it's getting sacrificed the moment we find something worth throwing it at.

>>378062
Well she got smashed by Lenion once...

Also, give HUGS to Emily, and congratulate everyone on a successful defense.

Next order of business is I suppose... Hmm. Ask Alice if she likes the idea of improving her bow through alchemy. Or if not, if she has any ideas on how to make the thing stronger. Also, I want to improve Overlord's equipment somehow, along with Emily's (though that is less of a concern since she can hit twice)

Was there anything else on the agenda? We could go down and scout out some of the Moon Orbs...

Go talk to the members of the other groups and check on everyone.

 

I suppose I should have saved this song for a bigger victory than over our own siege, like a siege we start ourselves against Abel, but fuck it

Overlord, light a cigar, sit on your throne dramatically

>>378085
A cigar? We are an overlord, not a mob boss. Sitting there looking vaguely sinister works though.

Attach wings to Overlord's body, gain the ability to fly.

>>378076
>Also, give HUGS to Emily, and congratulate everyone on a successful defense.
I wholly uprove of hugs based reward system!

>>378093

YES

where do you put the screecher boss though?

also, what happens if the screecher boss catches a unit and, uh, does to it what screechers usually do? we really gotta be careful about this guy!

at least we can use it to keep Shana in check though, teehee.

>where do you put the screecher boss though?
Build tamed monster pens?

>>378132
That would be a good idea. However, it is a Wall Screeching DEMON Hawk. Give it to Styx, she might enjoy such a uniquely HUMONGOUS oddity.

put it on top of the high tower. ordered to simply keep all other screechers away.

>>378127
Let's sacrifice it as soon as it's convenient in battle. Lenion needs a new hat. >:3

>>378060

Boss screecher.

If Shana goes full Yandere on ourself or any of our other minions, we can use it to keep her in check.

Just a thought.

>>378139
Styx? Don't you mean Meagan?

>>378154
voting AGAINST sacrificing it.

>>378159
Right. Sorry. I'm bad with names.

>>378139

let's just make sure the humongous oddity doesn't enjoy her.

>>378181
Nay worries. I'm sure her extremely cavalier attitude towards demon safety protocols won't affect her work in this case.

Overlord 2012/01/07(Sat)14:47 No. 378244 ID: 85879a
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No. You don't hug things unless they are bleeding somewhere and a hug is the only thing possible to help stop said bleeding. Emily is fine so no need.

"Good job everyone, you all performed well."

Everyone seems to like the compliment.

"Meagan, please see to our new Screeching Demon."

>Meagan: "With pleasure my Lord."

She flashes a rare smile.

Now.. What to do today. There are many things you suppose. You could hunt down those orbs and maybe confront Abel, go train some more in the Land of Trials or it's brother island, the Cave of Memories.
You have quite a bit of money so you could go shop once again.
There's also a few things you could deal with here like Rose, Shana, Alice. Maybe meet with some of your troops and see how they're doing.

let's see shana about her apparently crippling fear.

>>378244
Compliment Alice on her performance in combat. Mention a particularly nice shot she made to help save Emily.

Cave of Memories

Overlord 2012/01/07(Sat)15:20 No. 378257 ID: 85879a
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>>378254
That is something you've been meaning to check out but first lets check on Shana.

You find her exactly where she was before but curled up and muttering something you can't quite make out.

>"nononononononononono..."

>>378257

Say "They're gone now. We have defeated them all." Then ask. "Do you have a history with those creatures?"

>>378257
Shana, chill the fuck out they're dead now or in Lenion's leash. She's good at her job, we'll remind her to keep it clear from you.

Now come on, out with it. What's up with the fear of birds?

>>378258

Sit down next to her when you do this.

>>378257
Remove mask and gently tell her that everything is okay, we've defeated the demon hawks. Ask her to tell us why they scared her so much.

>>378257
Make her move her hands to look at you, forcibly(gently) if she ignores you when you address her. She's thinking about her fears too much. Get that image out of her mind by letting her look at something comforting, you.

>>378259
Downvoting this post.
Upvoting the other 4.

Overlord 2012/01/07(Sat)20:10 No. 378369 ID: 85879a
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You take off your mask and sit beside Shana. She looks up at you and stops shaking.

>"M-my Lord..."

"We defeated all the Demons, they're gone now."

She seems to calm down when you say that.

"So what's the story behind this fear?"

>"I... I don't want to talk about it..."

Pick her up and carry her away someplace she knows will be safe. Your quarters or something, it doesn't really matter as long as she feels safe there.

"you may not want to, but you NEED to. this is why i do not feel using fear is better then loyalty. look what fear did, it crippled my most powerful minion."

>>378369
Look into her eyes and take her hand while placing a comforting hand on her other shoulder. Work that Charm effect.

"Shana, you can trust me. I will listen. Please, tell me why you're so afraid."

"I think I deserve an explanation for saving you."

>>378369
Well that's fine if she doesn't want to explain it... but we need to know what else is going to be a problem for her. Was it about these specific creatures, or will any avian - big, small, dangerous or harmless - have this effect on her?

>>378373
this.

Overlord 2012/01/07(Sat)20:34 No. 378384 ID: 85879a
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"Shana, you can trust me. I will listen. Please, tell me why you're so afraid."

You place a hand on her shoulder and look her in the eyes.

>"I... I barely remember.. I just keep having this dream where a bird is flying away with my heart.. Or someone's heart.. I don't know... And it makes me really sad."

>>378384

Better check if she has a heart. Put your ear to her chest and listen for it.

sounds like something the cave of memories could fix if they actually help with memories.

Hmm. Ask her if she ever had a boyfriend.

>>378384
Actually, it's quite possible, it was our literal heart. Although that's probably not it, since I don't think she was around when we got beaten. >.>

>>378391
we never had one.

Overlord 2012/01/07(Sat)20:59 No. 378394 ID: 85879a
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"Did you ever have a boyfriend?"

She looks shocked at the question.

>"W-why are you uh.. Asking that..?"

"Curious."

>"Of course not my Lord! You're the only one for me!"

... I think she may have taken that the wrong way.

"I'm flattered, but I meant before you came into my employ."

"so then, it eliminates it being a metaphor for having them taken from you"

>>378394

Check her for a working heart! If it was stolen we need to get it back!

>>378394
"I'm not even a boy, technically. I could easily slap on a pair of tits and it would be no different to me. I'm just trying to figure out what is or was going on with you."

>>378399

The Overlord has shown male patterns in his behavior, and picked a face that's male. All he needs is a detachable penis (aka an "Archie" upgrade).

>>378396
This seems good.

>>378399
I don't think she would take this well. Don't say it.

>>378399

Voted down.

>>378395

Voted up.

Overlord 2012/01/07(Sat)23:40 No. 378431 ID: 85879a
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"So then, it eliminates it being a metaphor for having them taken from you."

>"The only one who can take my heart is you my Lord.."

... Well at least she seems to be better.

"Perhaps the bird is symbolic of Dark Mana, and the heart your life force. Shana, can you explain Dark Mana to me? Is there a way to cleanse it from the body?"

>>378431
"Yes well that's fine and all, just please be aware that we tamed the boss screecher so avoid going outside if you don't feel up to it.

Man, our face is awesome!

>>378453

:^7

i don't know whether to laugh or cry at that statement.

anyway, ask more about that mana thing.

put the mask back on so we can talk to her normally.

Hmm. Perhaps you should feel for a heartbeat?

>>378439
Dark Mana is probably it, but she already explained it to us, at least somewhat.

>>378439
Well, from what I understood, dark mana drains away on it's own. Sloooowwwwwwlllllyyyy.

>>378478
I see no way this could possibly be misinterpreted or go wrong, particularly while she is Charmed.

put the mask back on (mental note, ask styx for a platonic setting)
"a recurring nightmare like that usually means something. do you think it might have anything to do with the dark mana build up?"

"Perhaps it has something to do with Dark Mana. I would like to know more about it."

>>378478
Yes check her for a heart

Well let her know that there's no problem with her having a weakness. Perfect subordinates are boring anyway.

How about talking with Solaris? We haven't actually spoken to her since she joined I think. After that - Cave of Memories! Alice should totally come along to the cave because it sure doesn't sound like it would bring up a mysterious foreshadowed past or anything!

>>378548
This sounds like a great idea, once we wrap up things here with Shana.

I really doubt she's missing a heart.

Check anyway, just in case.

>>378602
how? cut her open and reach inside and see if you can find it? (DO NOT DO THIS!)

Overlord 2012/01/08(Sun)21:19 No. 378616 ID: 85879a
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>>378478
>>378533
>>378602
Hmm.. No she has a heart. It's beating rather rapidly in fact.
It'd be easier to tell if all this cloth and flesh weren't in the way.

>>378616
Go ahead and get rid of the cloth.

but she needs that flesh.

"hmmm, looks like we'll need to have a dream specialist for this. in the mean time i suggest you ask lenion to help you get over the fear, if we have to fight more bird like foes i can't have my most powerful minion freezing up"

Stoically not give a fuck about what you're doing, like a doctor. "Huh, well, I figure out what the hell the whole heart-bird thing is about eventually. Probably a curse. You piss off anyone that can curse you with irrational fears?"

>>378621
I fully support not giving a flying fuck and continuing diagnosis. Leave out the irrational part though.

>>378616
We've already confirmed that she has a heart; what more exactly are we thinking that we'll find out from a thorough examination? Its presence or absence was all that was relevant to our investigation here. No need to continue that; we can move to other points of logic.

>>378616
Ok ok, enough teasing her. Let's leave her be for now, just telling her that she can voice her concerns at any time.

Let's talk to Solaris, see what she thinks of everything, possibly learn more about her.

>>378629
yes; and as he said leave out the irrational part
>>378635
yes
>>378618
no

>>378634
We're tending to our subject. She said she was afraid of having her heart taken, and said it belongs to us. Literally we checked her for it, that just leaves us to confirm the rest.

Unequip her top from under her outfit, keep our fingers on the stop, and say "Yes... Mine. No bird or anything else will take it. So try to not be afraid of that."

As we leave mention in passing that we tamed the boss screecher, so if she still doesn't feel up to it not to go outside.

>>378658

Yeah sure, ditch the clothes if they're in the way. Then put your ear to her chest and listen to her heart for awhile.

Say something like, "Your heart rate is still very high. But your heart is there, safe and sound."

Overlord 2012/01/09(Mon)03:11 No. 378668 ID: 85879a
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I de-equip her top and place my head close to her chest.

"Your heart rate is still very high.. Don't be afraid anymore Shana, it's there, safe and sound. If the dream happens again feel free to come talk to me."

She doesn't respond. It seems she's still a bit tense from the attack, it's best to leave her be.

You decide to check on Solaris and find her with Alalia.

>Alalia: "Stupid freaking... There you are! Do you know how fucking difficult it is fighting off fucking molesting bird demons inside a damn box!? I'll tell you, IMPOSSIBLE! The only thing that saved me was the fact I can't be pulled out of this damn thing!"

>Solaris: "Hello my Lord. That was an amazing battle."

>Alalia: "Don't ignore me dammit! I'm a fucking mimic and I deserve a bit of respect around here! I should at least be warned of an attack or something!"

>Solaris: "She's a bit upset."

Hmm, she's right. Let's install an alarm bell or something to prevent this sort of issue in the future- our noncombatant troops getting in trouble when we're invaded.

>>378668
"Your lid doesn't lock?"

>>378668
You're alive and sane. Quit being a baby. In this business, creatures that don't understand the concept of NO are going to be the least of our problems.

Meagan got hit worse. It sounds like they didn't manage to get a finger on you. I think she's fine, she really didn't seem to give a fuck.

uh. sorry brah.

I never knew Solaris was so... womanly.

"None of us had warning and everyone needed to fight at once. Besides I thought you could... you know, close the box? What do I need to buy you a lock? A weapon to defend yourself? Wheels to escape with?"

>>378681

Upvoting this.

>>378696

Also add,

"Of course they would hardly be an issue if someone would share their gold, so that we could buy proper defenses for this fortress."

Put a lock on the mimic box -> "Problem solved."

Joke aside maybe Styx can whip up some kind of alarm as previously suggested. Also tell Alalia she does have a point and if she wants you can promote her from 'noisy furniture' rank to 'militia' rank. Then she can join the others at the frontlines if the fortress is attacked again.

As for Solaris take her aside for a chat. Ask her how she fits in since joining and see if she's happy staying around after you kind of intimidated her into joining. Also mention that the last battle feels like it could have gone very badly for her somehow...
Other topics to discuss:
* Does she want or need any equipment? Funds are good at the moment and she deserves a reward.
* Ask a bit about how the whole Gaian thing works. Does she have any other forms?
* What was she doing with Max before you turned up?
*Prod that offshoot coming out of her head and ask what it's for. Does she prefer sunlit rooms?
* Does she have any friends or family? They might be welcome to visit the castle if she wants to see them.

Also I'm really curious as to what Solaris would see when Overlord takes off his mask... A subtle warning might be in order before taking it off however.

>>378700
We really shouldn't ask this, she eats the stuff for fuel so it's like telling her to return xp. And she is probably still sore about the jewelry we hawked off. Right now we should be offering her more shinies and not the other way around.

>>378701
A lock for the inside would actually do her some good.

Overlord 2012/01/09(Mon)14:01 No. 378750 ID: 85879a
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"None of us had warning and everyone needed to fight at once. Besides I thought you could... you know, close the box? What do I need to buy you a lock? A weapon to defend yourself? Wheels to escape with?"

>"Wheels! Get me some wheels so I can actually move a bit better! And yes I can close the box but I can't lock it easily, just sorta hold the lid shut."

"I'll have Styx make you something. Solaris, can I speak with you for a moment?"

>Solaris: "Sure."

She follows you into a empty room nearby.

>"So what's up?"

"I was just wondering how you like the castle so far."

>"It's pretty cool. Floaty and all that. The people here are cool so that's nice."

"Good. I want my units to be as comfortable as possible. Speaking of which do you require anything? Sunlight perhaps? Maybe some weapons?"

She laughs.

>"No no I'm good without sunlight, I don't plan on having kids any time soon. As for weapons I'm set. My body can change itself so I can just make weapons whenever I want."

"I was actually curious about that.. How many forms can your body take?"

>"Uhm... You've seen two, Healer and Swordmaster.. My only other one is Archer but I could gain more as I level up."

"Hmm.. Oh you wouldn't happen to have any friends or family do you?"

>"Friends sorta but my people don't really have much for 'family'. My parents left me as a little pod a few years ago so I didn't get to see them much."

"Pod?"

>"Yeah. After we're born we get sunlight for a few days then we go into a little ball mode and stay like that while we change. Parents usually place us somewhere were we won't be eaten instantly and after we hatch we can fend for ourselves."

"That's interesting. But you said you'd just hatched a few years ago."

>"Yeah I'm... 4? 3? I lose track. For my people such a thing really isn't important."

"I must admit, as I gain more unique troops I'm amazed at the difference in culture and biology.."

>"Yeah my people are pretty out there. Judging by your group you have quite a few unusual ones.. And a lot of girls. You're not trying to like build an evil overlord harem are you?"

"Of course not."

>"Uh huh... Well I'll be keeping my eye on you."

She smiles at you letting you know she's mostly just playing around.

>"Oh not sure if you care but I saw the mimic pocket some stuff after the chaos."

Alalia..

"What exactly was it?"

>"Some gold stuff? Not sure exactly."

and she sure it was pocketed? not just stuffed in her gob? hmm... we'll talk with her again later.

>>378752

No. Talk to her, now.

She's a mimic. We need to see what she took. It could be important.

>>378750
Eh, that's expected. We still need to do something about increasing her loyalty to us, confronting her about it right now won't help with that. I assume it's just some gold from after battle, and not from our stockpile or elsewhere.

I know, let's just randomly give her a hundred gold. Make up some semi-plausible reason. We might be able to guilt out a confession, or at least make her feel bad about it.

She seems rather... mature for being so few years in age. Not only that but she recognized Silva when her companions didn't. Inquire as to why that is.

>>378758
racial memory?

>>378758

That's a better idea than mine.

Give a hundred gold with mask off. "Here, Alalia. I decided, since you've been trusty enough not to take from me, to reward you. It's a just reward, after all. It would be more, but I don't have much. What with needing to repair the fortress and all."

>>378765
GUILT TRIIIIIP

Guilt tripping is pretty fucking weak, especially for a military leader. Seriously?