Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/10(Mon)19:32 No. 565910 ID: 609cf1
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>Man walks... slowly through the barren fields along the great black forest. Muttering under his breath

Gaigo - what a horrible night for a curse... Hopefully your presence can ward off any danger.

▒▒t▒▒▒▒ - M▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒, ▒e▒s ▒▒▒ ▒▒an▒▒ any▒▒▒▒▒.

Gaigo - Soon we'll be home, safe... We'll have plenty of time to rest... recover our strength... Prepare for our vengeance...

G▒▒▒▒▒▒ - ▒▒▒'▒ ▒▒▒▒ sister.▒. ▒▒▒▒t ▒▒▒ ▒e▒▒ any▒▒▒▒▒?

Gaigo - It doesn't matter... I cannot over look what happened... I will not falter.

▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ - ▒▒t Gai▒▒..▒ ▒▒▒ ▒oves ▒▒▒▒.▒ C▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒in▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒o▒▒ h▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒org▒▒▒ ▒▒r▒

Gaigo - you're Testing me, half blood!! I will never forgive, I will never forget! You... You did not live what I did... You could never understand...

▒▒▒▒▒n▒ - ▒▒t'▒ ▒▒av▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒w▒ ▒e'▒▒ ▒o▒ ▒u▒▒▒s▒▒.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/10(Mon)19:34 No. 565912 ID: 609cf1
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Gaigo - Show yourself monster! I do not wish to stain my blade this night!

Monster - Mmnnn... keeheehhee~ weary travelers, I could not help but overhear your strange debacle...

Gaigo - It is none of your busyness monster, crawl back into what ever dark crevice you call home and stay there till death finds you.

▒▒t▒▒▒▒ - S▒▒i▒▒▒▒▒, ▒▒n'▒ ▒▒ss ▒▒t▒ ▒▒▒, ▒▒'▒ ▒▒▒ger▒▒▒.▒.

Monster - ooh? but i only wish to help you~Keeheehee Allow me to present myself... I am Bogoda. Come closer now... let's "be friends"...

>You remembered [Soul eater]<

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/10(Mon)19:34 No. 565913 ID: 609cf1
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>Your strange dream burns into another, one filled with darkness and the sent of blood...

Ferret - Another dream Kaleb?

Kaleb - yes mistress... *pant-pant* ju-just like before...

Ferret - About your mother again?

Kaleb - yes...

Ferret - tell me...

Kaleb - mother became friends with with a big Gnoll... named Shenzi.

Ferret - Shenzi?

Kaleb - you know her?

Ferret - little more than "know her" yes... keehee~ the plot thickens... anything else?

Kaleb - mother is becoming king soon... of a town called... Kadage.

Ferret - hmmn... our "friends" are in Kadage... that's east of here... let's travel far away from them, okay?

Kaleb - yes mistress...

Ferret - And don't tell mister porpoise, okay?

Kaleb - yes mistress...

Ferret - Go back to sleep now...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/10(Mon)19:41 No. 565916 ID: 609cf1
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>You wake to the permeated send of dried pleasure and pungent sweat. The sun is only just begingin to rise as eadoo's small eyes open gently...

Eadoo - mmn...nn... oh my.. nn... wh... why does my head... nnnn... ow...

please Ignore how huge Eadoo is in this pic.

>>565913
Where are you going, Kaleb?

*Softly* Good morning Eadoo, your hungover, drink plenty of water and greasy food.

Who did we pickup, a spade tail? A dwarf? Jeeze someone partied hard.

>>565916
Time to play the worst morning-after party game:

Guess The Names!
Fortune smiles upon you and you get a freebie with Shenzi there.

and there's that ash touched I told you about. Also I think we're starting to remember things about our pass.

you fucked a tiefling and a gnome last night. You certainly have a kingly libido.

Rise and shine. Get some fluids in you and maybe try to sweet talk a hangover cure from the alchemist. Lots and lots to do. I suppose you have time to look around you and see if any of your bed friends are awake. And take a moment to bask in the knowledge that you're a king of drunken orgies at least.

can you imagine what post drunk-sex peeing would be like with that third leg of Eadoo's? She may be blasted back into the wall as she sprays urine everywhere like some sort of perverse loony toon

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/12(Wed)19:25 No. 566117 ID: 609cf1
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>>565925
Eadoo - oh.. good morning Gatling... *yawn* what a night... Mnn...

>>565926
Eadoo - well here's Creep next to me... Not sure how i feel about sleeping with her... Hope it was mutually consensual... I really don't want to pressure her into this kinda stuff... *groan* nnn... too much thinking...

>>565939
Eadoo - hehee~

>>566038
Eadoo - good Idea.

>The gnomish creature seems to be awake slightly.

Eadoo - hey... alchemist... Could I bum one of those after party potions?

Nisse - yeah... I'll get-a few~ Keehee some partey last night eh?

Eadoo - oh, you may want to cover up, my spirit friends can see you.

Nisse - Ah can hear em too, and Ah don't rightly care much if dey see me, never undarstood the kerfuffle aboot nudity. Can't say I've evear seen a naked parsan either. Hanestly, it seems folks care mar about what they ware than thar hygene.

Eadoo - is smelling good that important? It seems like looking good is better.

Nisse - Nah! if yah smell bad yah get sick way way easiar.

Eadoo - oh my!

Nisse - oh my what a hoser of me, I nevar intraduced me self, I'm nisse, nice ta meet yah Gatling, Please tell me a pit about yarself~ If yah don't mind me asking?

we're a magically embedded knife that has both an angelic and demonic nature, suffer's from horrible nightmares that we have reason to believe are closer to home then we'd like, and can't remember a thing about ourselves since before we joined up with Eadoo. Also people keep telling us that at some point we're going to get into a fight that will decide the fate of many people and there's a good chance we're going to die during said fight.

That about sums it up. Tell us about yourself, cutie.

We are also incredible perverts.

>>566279
SOME of us are perverts, the rest just don't care.

Keeheehee

Don't forget to mention that things near us tend to have extra genitals or genitalia that normally belong to the opposite sex

Nessi looks and sounds like a fun girl, who are you?

>>566313
Which is weird, because I don't think that is us causing that.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/16(Sun)22:06 No. 566708 ID: 609cf1
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>>566120
Nisse - Wow! Ya're incredable! Hahaa, it's cool that you're so fated~ Ah'm glad Ah met yah.

>>566279
>>566280
Nisse - Nahthing wrong with that~ Can't say ah Ain't me self. But don't let it get da best oh yah, ok?

>>566313
Nisse - Ah don't mind, specially not if they're as cute an genarous as Eadoo

>Eadoo blushes brightly.

Eadoo - Ehh... heh... I... I've got a little memory loss from last night... Did I promise you anything?

Nisse - Hahaa~ ya say'd ya'll soon be king and I could be yar royal alchemist~ Keehee but ah figured t'was but big talk~ Yah don't owe me nathing.

>>566314
Nisse - It's true, Ah love to have fun~ Love ta drink, love ta eat, love ta bang, love ta eat, love to work hard and eat and Ah love haven fun~
Oh... You... you wanna know aboot me? N-no one's eva cared to know aboot me befar... Well... Ah was born about twentey-eleven years ago in saltanly, me mother was a troll and me father was a gnome. Nevar knew me parents... tossed out when I was just a lil lass. Folks always said: things like me, shouldn't be ta begin with... tis kinda true... Blind as a bat an sterile as a mule... Still! Ah try ta make the best of it all~ So Ah've been wandering evar since. self taught alchemisht, and am not making slim pickings either *slaps belly* Ah ain't starven~! hahaa

>She blushes as she smiles akwardly.

Nisse - thanks friends... it's nice.. to talk to yah... yar good listeners... M-maybe we'll meet again some time?

why, you're leaving? I think you should stay a bit longer in this town truth be told, we're going to do something stupid today but if it works out then some of that big talk Eadoo was saying last night might have a bit more truth to it then you'd believe. If you don't know what I'm talking about just stay in town for an extra day or two and you'll find out soon enough, even if nothing comes of it will you really lose anything if you stuck around town for a few more days?

>>566714
infact, you should help us! we could use an alchemist to help take the castle. Maybe eadoo exagerated your rewards to get in your pants, but we would gladly make you our royal chemist. You'll be payed in food, riches, food and friends.

Yes... you seem to be to be an accomplished alchemist. We plan to take the nearby infested castle, and a bag full of alchemical creations might do our party well. We are seeking to become a power, and you would definitely be given influence and a home. Hmm, what do you think of this?

Eadoo this is important. GO GET THAT FUCKING FORK.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/18(Tue)18:00 No. 566891 ID: 609cf1
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>>566714
>>566726
>>566825

Nisse - Hhmmn... well presuming what Eadoo praposed is true, a kingdom oh outcasts would be nice Eh, not ta mention having a swell place in er... You're all good company and dis town could use-a little wash ba'hind tha ears. Food, wealth, a stable home, a stable jab... It's pretty tempting~Eh. But thar's one big prablem, Ah don't think it's gonna happen... Still, you've got me hopping... Tell yah what, I'll follow along and try my darnedest ta make it all workout, and when it fails Ah'll back out like a wet rat and send yah tha bill. But far the time being, I smell pancakes and my belly wants em~

>Nisse marches happily down to the source of the sent.

>>566830

Eadoo - fork, got it... wait... what fork?

>Eadoo gently wakes Creep, and helps her get dressed.

>_ _ _

Hmmm, sounds fair enough for that sort of deal, it means she's at least giving it a chance and even then she will be compensated for her services if it doesn't work out. I like her.

Yes... And with proper preparations, things WILL "work out". Which reminds me,

what will we be facing in the fallen castle?

First, however, let us see about this tiefling that Princess Shenzi is toying with.

hello princess. How's last nights drinking treating you?

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/19(Wed)20:42 No. 567025 ID: 609cf1
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>>566941
Ean - will you let me go, you crazy animal. *sigh* it's too early for these shenanigans... I need a drink... And for the record, ominous cacophonie of loud voices, I'm not a tiefling. I'm an ashtouched and I still have almost all my humanity...

>>566944
Shen - It was fun, really really fun! and this feeling... MMmnnn~what is it?

Ean - it's called being hung over...

Shen - It's so good all over~ my everything's spinning and you're all so loud...

Ean - most people hate it more than anything...

Shen - Aahh~ I'm gonna stay in bed for a while longer... come and snuggle~

Ean - no.

Shen - come on~ I wont bite hard...

Ean - I'm not a morning person. *sigh* I need to pound some liquor into me... at this rate I'll be completely sober...

shen - you're really grumpy.

Ean - *sigh* ...

>Ean leaves to get a morning drink.

>who do you follow<
Ean at the bar
shenzi in bed
eadoo, creep & nisse downstairs.
other gnolls in another room

might as well see how the other gnolls are fairing.

No let's go see whats up with creep down stairs. Love to see eadoo feeding her.

let's follow the new guy, get to know him and maybe apologies for calling him a tiefling

Lets follow Ean

Let Shenzi nap and tail the ash-touched.

Let's check in with the gnolls briefly before heading down to the common room to get to know our new alcoholic friend.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/21(Fri)08:59 No. 567195 ID: 609cf1
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>>567084
>>567133
>>567165
>Ean walks down to the bar. The entire inn is empty, save for a single lazy susan table, adorn with pancake, sausage, eggs, drink and folders full of documents. Eadoo, creep and Nisse have already begun digging in.

>apologies for calling him a tiefling

Ean - Don't worry about it... It's easy to confuse the two I guess... Besides, most folks spend their whole life without seeing either one...

>Ean grabs a bottle of water, as his fingers touch the glass, the water inside swirls into a brown liquid, reeking of liquor.

Ean - sorry about my mood. I can be a rather mean sober... *sigh* Glub-glub-glub-glub... ~ahhh Mmmmuch better~ I'm just not me sometimes. I suppose you want to know about me, since we'll be palls right? Well I've been called a freedom fighter... to put things bluntly, There's a lot of shit going on, injustice and abuse of power, I just don't stand for it. kings and nobles stepping on people like ants and blatant inequality! Folks like me get the shit end of the stick just for having horns! *sigh* Makes me sick... Guess you could say I'm the kind of guy who gets in trouble for the right reasons... I've helped a bunch when and where ever I can... But... it's just not enough... Maybe little Eadoo is the key? I don't know... I hope~ she dreams big and it looks like some of the cards are falling into place... At the very least I'm exited to see how it all unfolds.

Out of curiosity why can you and the sugar touched hear us directly? It's rather unnerving to know that on some level someone can hear our thoughts instead of the other way.

>>567196
we have telepathy. It's a perk we took a few chapters back. And i don't think we have a sugar touched in our team.

I thought Ash touched were always in a drunken/high state. Didn't know you guys could get sober.

But yeah, the goal here is to create a kingdom for those that aren't aloud to go anywhere else because of what they are. Basically a home for the abandoned. Not to sure myself how well it will do but everything has to have a beginning and if we're going to have to be the ones to make the first steps then so be it.

>>567199

Whoops thought Nisee was one for a moment, and that she heard us without us trying to emote to them.

Some people spend there whole lives trying to learn that trick. You must be a hit at party's.

wait there's folders of documents on the table and everybody was cleared out? wake up the gnolls and keep them on stand by. Ean go sit with eadoo, I've got a bad feeling about this.

Those documents seem most interesting

Ean, who have you fought against? I'd very much like to know...

I have to ask, Ean what is that onsie you're wearing?

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/27(Thu)19:49 No. 567833 ID: 609cf1
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>>567205
Ean - well it's an easy way to but it I guess, always drunk? We drink alcohol like humans drink water, if we don't get enough, we get dehydrated and die. So yeah we're almost always drunk. But being drunk for us isn't the same as for humans, since we're drunk from the day we're born. It's just our normal, really. When we're sober, that's when we change... Kinda like the opposite of humans.

>>567269
Ean - what, Turning water into ale? sure it's a fancy trick, but it makes the worst stuff ever, tastes like rancid rat piss and it's so concentrated, mortals can barely touch it without burning... Still, at least I can drink it, and it doesn't take much to last me a long time.

>>567297
>Ean sits with Eadoo, Creep and Nisse at the table. The gnolls wake up quickly at your command, they're well trained to do so, though Shenzi is still fast asleep.

>>567371
>There are four documents, some bigger than others, they are tightly bound and full of loose pages.

Ean - I've fought some nasty nobles and drunks, I've protected the weak from abuse, both elders and children. I've set an entire camp of slavers ablaze after freeing their game. I've fought for the talons rebellion before finding their true values, then I fought my way out of it. I've fought humans, monsters and deamons alike. I'm still alive to tell the tale, but I must admit, I've been beheaded more times than I can count... With that in mind, I think you'll find me rather useful.

>>567591
Ean - I'm not sure... I've had it for the longest time. Found it a while back near the Blackgash, it's stronger than any fabric I've ever seen. There were some dumb looking shoulder pads on it, but I dumped them... dopey things barely even protected.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/27(Thu)20:03 No. 567837 ID: 609cf1
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>Eadoo feeds the poor armless woman mouthful after mouthful of sweet rolled breakfast.

Eadoo - do you like this? is it good?

Creep - Mmnn... Master eadoo, I've never had anything so good!

Eadoo - Hahaa neither have I~ It's much better than rock nuts and brown mushrooms. Even better than jakalope, pheasant or even elk!

Creep - It's so sweet, and fluffy, and great! what is it?

Nisse - it's called ah crepe, ar vary thin pancakes far tha less caltured. and this syrup is ah maple trees, a delicacy here up narth.

Eadoo - crepe... small, sweet, fluffy and great... and they don't have any arms...

Nisse - what are yah rambling on aboot?

Eadoo - oh euh... nothing.. just... I want to change something, I'm king but... how do I do that?

Nisse - yah stand up and say: Ah here bah decree, what evar yah want ta do, then yah get yar coort ta agree with yah.

Eadoo - okay!

>Eadoo stands up on his chair and points the fork skywards.

Eadoo - I, king Eadoo, here by decree: that from this day forth our beloved creep shall be known as crepe instead, as it better suits her! All in favor say Aye!

AYE!!

Aye, unless she has another name she'd prefer.

Aya am not so sure about that name.
Also Fork of Longinus obtained! good work eadoo

Aye!!

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/03/30(Sun)20:21 No. 568137 ID: 609cf1
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Eadoo - ehh... you're right, it's a dumb name. I regret it... What name should she have? she deserves a good one.

>name creep<

Does the lady like the name Crepe?

venus de milo

Does she like the name Alanna? I means beloved and beautiful.

>>568182
this one

>>568182

maybe now is not a good time to name her. What's in those documents exactly

actually, venus seems just fine.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/02(Wed)18:59 No. 568918 ID: ee91bc
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>>568182
>>568227
>>568517
Eadoo - Heh... three people agreeing isn't really enough to decide a name on...

Creep - non sense, I love it. Thank you so much Gatling, it makes me really happy~

Eadoo - Keehee it's so nice to see you smile.

>>568161
Alanna - I like it, but it's not really a name, maybe I could keep it as a middle name? Alanna crepe... whats your last name lord Eadoo?

Eadoo - oh! you... *blush* you want to take on my last name... I... I don't really have one... but when I do... I guess I can share it with you~

Alanna - Teehee, thank you master~

>Alanna has been blessed by fate, what class shall she take on?<

warrior
monk
berzerker
bard
princess
sorcerer
thief
other

Sorcerer seems like a good option for the whole no arms thing.

That or Berserker so we can watch her tear out throats with her teeth when the blood lust hits.

Yea probably better a Sorcerer.

Sorcerer, having a close caster would be quite useful.

Mmmmn...yes, a sorcerer might do well. Or perhaps she would do well to become a psion?

Sorcerer. Then she can have magic hands

>>568971
Hundreds of magic hands^^

Also sorcerer...
Thief would be troublesome, I guess...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/04(Fri)08:27 No. 569159 ID: ee91bc
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Eadoo - here, have some more Crepe.

Alanna - thank you, It's really good. I'm so glad I meet you all~

Eadoo - open wide~

Alanna - Aaahh~ Ehh... Ah... AAahh! Ah ah AaaahChu!!!

>Alanna sneezes out a small cloud of dancing pink wisps. Shocked, Eadoo and Ean stare in confusion.

Alanna - Eeh... *sniff* ... AAaaaahhHHH!!! What the fuck?! Wha, what!?

Ean - Calm down.

Nisse - What happened?

Alanna - what?! Wh-why were there glowing pink things in my nose?! what's going on!

I didn't realize we could twist fate in that manner. That's pretty sweet.

Names have power Alanna, and now you have a little too. Be careful, magic is chaotic at that best of times. Give it time and the right effort and it can make you powerful. This is a gift, and you need to be sure not to squander it.

That doesn't mean you can't be a little excited about it. Can't say I know the kind of magic you are channeling but if you can manage basic telekinesis then it could easily help you regain your independence.

We apparently made her a sorcerer...Congrats! Feel the power of Gatling flow through you.

Keeheehee~

Now, I wonder what this lady is capable of. What fun it will be to find out~

Alanna Crepe Kingsly (Yes that's a temporary name): you sneezed out magic energy. It's raw and untamed, either it will react chaotically or not at all. It likely originates from your throat, it would be silly to come from your nose or mouth. Maybe your lips or tongue, though.

Try reaching into it, and hum (or "auh") it out.

>>569159
Your a Sorceress, Alanna.

The Ass of Hat 2014/04/05(Sat)07:23 No. 569264 ID: 16903a
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>>569247

One of Alanna's first spells should definately be something like Mage Hand, the ability to lift light things a short distance away with an invisible hand of force. It would be quite... handy.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/10(Thu)15:59 No. 570030 ID: ee91bc
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>>569160
>>569173
Alanna - Aeh... I can feel something *sniff* but it aah.. Nnn... I don't think it's supposed to be up my na...na-ahhh chu!

>Another puff of magic blows out, Ean carefully snatches the cloud.

Eadoo - Ech, It's the worst, sneezing up things that's aren't supposed to be sneezed. Here let me help you blow your nose.

Alanna - th-thank you master...

>>569217
>>569243
Alanna - I... I guess I could try...

Ean - hold it Alanna, magic is a powerful tool, but don't play with it if you don't understand it. The diner table is not a place to experiment errand spells. You could bellow out a torrent of flames or liquid lightning.

Alanna - oh, okay.

Ean - I know a bit about magic, if you like I could explain what I now, but telling everything might take a while.

>Concu stands, glaring angrily at the demon.

Concu - hey ashtouched, I've told you before, no magic in here.

Ean - oh! euh, n-nono you don't understand.

Concu - Quit channeling that, I ain't gonna tell you again.

Ean - wow be careful, it's rampant!

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/10(Thu)16:10 No. 570034 ID: ee91bc
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rolled 91 = 91

---

Concu - oih! I said quit it!

ean - watch it! Hey!

>the elf angrily pulls at Ean's arm Causing the demon to drop the spell on her.

Concu - Ahh! Damn it! see wha... wha... nn...

Concu makes a spell resist check - Concu's will [35] - Alanna's will bonus+spell level [4+1] - caught off guard [10]

below 05 crit success
Below 20 success
above 21 failure
above 60 great failure
above 90 crit fail

Kehehehee~~~

What fun, what fun!!

hmmm~ wonder what will come out of this

Wait, did the hex fail, or did the resist fail? Either way, as a critical failure... Something's bound to happen.

>>570041
Spell resist check, so I assume she failed to resist it.

Does the pause mean we can suggest results? Because it should totally be third and fourth eyes.

>>570042
I dunno. The butterflies in the dust make me think she should sprout attenae and soft, easily torn can't-support-her-weight butterfly wings.

>>570043
sorry just took me longer than expected to draw

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/10(Thu)17:57 No. 570045 ID: ee91bc
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>Spell resist, critical failure

Ean - damn it! see what you did. You got the spell all over yourself!

Concu - oh..? eh... what spell?

Ean - Damn it Concu are you even paying attention?

concu - oh my... Creep, I never notice how cute your eyes are~

Alanna - ehm... I... My name is Alanna now... I'm sorry for my magic, I didn't mean to...

Concu - Alanna~ It's such a beautiful name...

Alanna - Th-thank you... it's... G-ga-gatling who chose it.

Concu - It's so fitting for such a beautiful person~

Alanna - eh... ahaha... y-yeah...

>Alanna laughs nervously...

quickly use your influence with her to get stuff before it run out

but dont be too greedy about said stuff

>>570047
Let's not. Explain what happened, shouldn't get in too much trouble under the circumstances.

Just ask her to not be angry about Ean holding your magic snot. Ask her to promise to not be angry about it. It was a critical failure, yeah, and will probably last a long long time, but don't go abusing it in such a way that will just make her angry once she does get out of it.
Maybe ask if the Ashtouched (Ean) can be permitted to teach you to control your magic to avoid accidents like that.
Speaking of Ean, is it normal for Ashtouched to have a giant gaping hole in their chest, or did nobody happen to notice that? I can't find any links to the old chapters so I can't really figure anything out

>>570049
yes it is, they talk about it in the discussion thread

>>570045
Alanna, please inform our innkeeper to take a long cold bath as you may have just sneezed some 'boogers' onto her, and you'd like it if she was clean

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/13(Sun)19:20 No. 570560 ID: ee91bc
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>>570048
Alanna - Listen, I'm sorry for casting that spell at you...

Concu - what spell~?

>the innkeeper rests her head on Alanna's lap, looking up at her, entranced. whilst the king can barely keep in his laughter.

Alanna - the pink spell, it just happened by accident. I didn't mean to.

Concu - eu~hun... you have beautiful eyes...

>>570049
Alanna - just promise you wont be angry for this okay?

Concu - I promise~

Ean - yeah, she's been charmed. pretty badly at that. Well she should of listened... it might last a while by the looks of it, depending on how well she resisted, in the worst of cases it might even be permanent, but those are critical rare occasions.

Alanna - eum... M-may I study magic under mister ean? So that accidents like this don't happen again. We'll try not to make a mess, I promise.

Concu - of course you can, anything you like~

>>570114
Alanna - Y-you should take a long cold bath, maybe it'll wash the magic off of you?

Concu - a bath~ oh yes! lets go take one Alanna, just the two of us in a nice cold bath~

Alanna- euh... Nn... I'd ra...ther... n...

Eadoo - keehee~ Concu. miss concu... please.. hehee... please, tell us about these documents. *giggle* they seem important.

Concu - they're info I've gathered on the castle, it's old master, potential allies to attack it with and odd jobs you could do to advance your influence on the town or gather much needed benefits.

eadoo - wow~! thank you. can we look at them?

Concu - Mmuurr~ after our bath...

Alanna - H-how bout now instead?

Ean - or would you rather know about magic right now? I could teach you some basics!

Concu - or we could have a nice long bath~

>files-documents-bath<

>Ean - yeah, she's been charmed. pretty badly at that. Well she should of listened... it might last a while by the looks of it, depending on how well she resisted, in the worst of cases it might even be permanent, but those are critical rare occasions.

Welp, looks like it's forever now. How to reverse it? Wooing Concu is all well and good, but let's do it consensually, aye?

Um... I'd say have Ean teach Alanna some control over her magic first. If this is permanent by normal means then learning a magical means of reversing it should be a priority. ...Unless of course Alanna is interested in getting herself cleaned up, just have Concu promise to keep it to "just a bath".

Eadoo: Whatever Alanna chooses, I'm sure you could look through the documents along with Banzai and William. If she chooses to take a bath, then Ean can help, otherwise, Concu could be convinced to work with you on it.

uh Ean, what happens if it was a crit fail? Cause I believe she crit failed that charm.

Ean, please teach Alanna some control over her wonderful new gifts. Concu, perhaps Alanna might allow you to share a bath with her if you give Eadoo and company a briefing on your documents and information. (Hopefully Alanna can dispel the charm after Concu finishes the briefing.)

oh yes, and Alanna. Please try not to spurn Concu. Be careful with how you say what you want, she thinks the world of you now.

First let ean give us a brief rundown on how magic works, then you'll open the documents and then a bath.

Speaking to Concu's mother about the miscast spell should also be a priority. Even if she can't help dispel it it's important to be honest with someone as important as the local wise woman rather than have her find out from someone else later on. Send one of the gnolls as a runner. One who can be diplomatic about it. Maybe leave that for after we get briefed on the documents though, as we may have a whole grocery list of tasks for our companions before long and can double up tasks on one trip.

Bath only if we want to see titties. I'm more interested seeing us start building up for our castle campaign personally.

start with the documents. You'll explain everything about magic during the bath

>>570560
Ean, theoretically, on a scale of 1-100, with the threshold of 90 and above being a critical failure at resisting a Charm spell, How bad would a 91 be?

Don't forget Concu has a husband:
>>/questarch/564295

How much mana does Alanna have and how much does aspell cost?

>>571045
I think it's more like she can gather up to 40 points of energy to help her do stuff? Not sure, tbh.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/17(Thu)16:09 No. 571268 ID: 4249cc
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>>570781
>>570569
Ean - Well ultimately it would depend on her will... I guess if it's the worst case possible for resisting a spell it would permanent. But it's not to say it can't be reversed.

>>570562
Ean - No clue how to undo spells, All I know how to do is set things on fire. Well I do know a few other spells, but it's minimal. I know it is possible though!

>>570572
Alanna - I.. I'm sorry... I don't want to be rude... I'm just a little uncomfortable from it all. I'll be nicer about it... Concu, we'll take your bath after Eans magic class and you open the documents okay?

Concu - Okay~!

>>570565
>>570571
>>570618
>>571045
Ean - Okay, I'll try to make this quick and simple, though I don't know that much about magic it's self, I can explain about mana.
There are many different ways to produce magic, but the most common ways for humans are wizardry and sorcery. Wizards are brilliant folks who study the foundations of magic. And Sorcerers are folks who naturally have magic in their blood. All things considered it's rather obvious Alanna is a sorceress.
Wizards gather and develop spells though study, where Sorcerers kinda just train and gain them naturally. kinda like a level up in sorts.
How ever, if you have the level for it a sorcerer like myself could teach you some spells, but it will require training.
Another thing to note is that a Wizard will most likely have a lot of spells but his spells will be precise things, where a sorcerer's spells can be pushed to produce more effects and are limited only to the length of her will.

>Ean blows on this fingers who soak up with ink.

Ean - cantrips, like this one, are special spells. They're super simple and don't require much mana. Spells are otherwise, tipicaly ranked by mana cost. Concu can I borrow these papers?

concu - Sure, if it's to help Alanna~

In case undoing it turns out to be impractical or unfeasible, we might as well check on Concu's husband and try to break the news gently/ask if he knows a disenchanter/see if he's into threesomes.

Yeah lets let her husband know and hope he is not the crazy stabby type.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/17(Thu)16:50 No. 571283 ID: 4249cc
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Ean - now, first thing to know is that the body, any body and every body produces mana. This neutral mana is rejuvenated by deep sleep. the mana fills a portion of your soul, and you can train your soul to harbor more mana. your soul can hold about a tenth of your will in units of mana. So if, lets say, you have 40 will you have 4 units of mana. But there are ways to grow past these limitations.
Now, like I said this mana is neutral, virgin and pure. but it can be contaminated by outside sources. these are known as mana pools.

>Ean draws with his fingernails on the rough paper.

Ean - the two primary pools are light and darkness.
the secondary pools are death, life and creation. and Love, greed and wrath... based on the nature and effect, I'm gonna guess Alanna's spell was love or creation aliened...
The third wheel is the true element wheel. In it is Fire, earth, water, wind and energy.
A thing to note is each element has equal opposites, but the true elements have compliments. for example love is opposed to wrath and greed and water is opposed to fire and energy but is complimented by earth and wind, complimented elements can be merged to create new energies such as ice and filth. which can cause problems for your mana if left unchecked.

Alanna - wh-wait... mana gets contaminated? I don't get it...

Ean - it's simple, if you're in proximity to fire and you let the fire into your soul your mana will slowly become fire mana and with it you can cast fire attuned spells. similarly if you let in love or hate or lust you can gather love or wrath or creation mana.
But there's a few more things to understand... Every soul has a natural tune. I'm attuned to fire, so it's harder for me to gather elements other than fire and impossible for me to gather wind or water. But you can train to surpass these limitations with time.

Alanna - okay... So how do I know how much mana and of what kind do I have?

Ean - that you'll have to figure out on your own, it will come with time I assure you.
one more thing, remember when I told you complimenting mana can be an issue? if you have complimenting mana in your soul and you loose focus or forget about them they can merge into new elements. you can also willingly make new elements in this way but be careful, getting rid of unwanted mana is less than pleasant... well, I guess you'll find out on your own.

>Ean washes off his fingers.

Ean - any more questions?

Okay, Alanna has been surrounded by love, and it has flown into her. It may have been mixed with light or darkness, due to our unique nature of being both at once, and due to Roland's sword being Light. Creation and Life have also sprung up through Shenzi. Ean is naturally fire, Banzai is Greed--No, wait, greed's an opposing element, that couldn't have been absorbed. Nisse is possibly Darkness, due to being blind, hard to make a call on that one. She could also be creation. Wrath was brought out in Martin, and possibly, to a lesser extent, Roland, too. Though a person's natural mana is likely to be neutral, the presence of a person can form a pool, right?

Wait, yeah, that's an important question. Ean, does the personality of a person form a mana pool around them? Or perhaps, their deeds where the deeds were done?

mana pools, what are they? I mean are they just left overs from day to day life that are left in the air or is it more like finding a magical stone that's charged with a certain kind of mana that you simply absorb? Cause I'm just trying to figure out if mana is something we could gather by walking around town or if it's a little more complicated then that.

what exactly is creation magic? And is light and dark, good and evil? Or just light and the absence there of light?

Is there chaos magic or magic that has to do with gods?

>>571680
I would say yes at least to chaos magic since we ran into the chaos witch. Course maybe that's not so much the type of magic she uses as much as a description of how she uses her magic.

Pickles

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/21(Mon)18:53 No. 571876 ID: 4249cc
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>>571294
>Ean, does the personality of a person form a mana pool around them? Or perhaps, their deeds where the deeds were done?

Ean - Mostly no. there are exceptions, but no. Humans do not form pools of mana. I've heard of a death cult that eat peoples mana, but that's beyond the point. The manas of emotions, Wrath, love and greed, they can be gathered from outer sources such a people, but only when they exert it. And yes deeds in the case of darkness and light can influence your mana to either side.

>>571357
>mana pools, what are they?

Ean - kinda... both... but neither... okay... literal fire will literally taint your mana with fire element, but it takes a while. forming elemental mana is a slow process, it can take hours. Meditation makes it much faster but it takes practice. Odds are you wont gather much elemental mana by just walking around town even though there are loads of elements you could gather mana from... But yes, sit in a pond long enough and you'll have water in your soul.

>>571392
>what exactly is creation magic?

Ean - Creation magic is the studies of mythical arts politically correct term for sex magic. In case you are wondering, it is quite powerful, though rather hard to fully grasp, I don't fully understand it myself. But to put it simply, it is the magic of the flesh, with it you could seal wounds or bring about towers of living tendrils as much as manipulate the mind and dreams... On that subject the poorly named magic of life, should rather be called time magic... but it's not... which is dumb...

>And is light and dark, good and evil? Or just light and the absence there of light?

Ean - Both, you can gather light mana by meditating in the sun or giving to charity.

>>571680
>Is there chaos magic or magic that has to do with gods?

Ean - The magic known as divine and miracle does exist, but it's debated to this day if it is truly of a divine source or simply the work of light and darkness on the soul of unaware sorcerers. Like I said, most sorcerers don't know anything about magic and are often confused about their powers... As for chaos magic... Well I know it exists, but I don't understand it... I've never had the opportunity to know anything more than the name.

Concu - I can explain that, I've meet the witch of chaos personally.

Eadoo - Really?!

Concu - Yes. In fact she's really quite nice when her curse is lifted.

Eadoo - wait... what curse?

Concu - she was cursed by the sun, as such she becomes a monster during the day and her sanity is only as strong as the moon is full. note that the moon is out during the day sometimes.

Ean - And she explained her magic to you?

Concu - It wasn't easy, but I managed to loose her tongue a little. She is the origin of her art, before her it did not exist, and only her kin can cast it, but nowhere near as well as her. It doesn't burn mana like regular magic, but when you cast chaos magic, you can only speculate what effects it will have. if you curse someone, there is no telling what will happen, but there will be a curse. How ever she does seem to have a control over it... I believe that she does not truly control it, but rather she can predict what it will do.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/21(Mon)19:03 No. 571877 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - enough dilly dallying.

Ean - we have all day Concu, but I guess I'll explain everything else during our training.

>The elf shows off the four piles of pages

Concu - Okay. This is the extent of my power... In only one night this is all the information I have gathered. I got my fastest runners to pick up all this. It wasn't easy for them so please appreciate it.

Eadoo - I'm sure we will.

Concu - in this file we have all the information available on sir Jaaks P Arimasho, the previous owner of the castle we are planning on storming. What he did, why he died and who he was.
In this file we have some details about the castle it's self, namely the layout of the rooms, though it's not a complete schematic, some of the pages were lost.
In this one we have a small list of potential mercenaries and helpers who could join your cause, more hands would definitely, help but in exchange expect to have to pay and manage em.
And this folder has a list of errands and missions that you could embark on to help this little village in exchange for potential gear and services as well as earning your reputationt hat you will surly needs.
we should look over them all but where to start?

>Lord-castle-Allies-quests<

lets look at the quest

Let's read up on some quests. If anything happens to take us in the direction of the castle town, that may actually be a good one to take, rather than risky. We do want to explain things to the current King, if only through a messenger. Whether you can convince him to secede the area, or to let you be a duke, it will be a major advance; the local populous would be content to have a more local higher aide, and you wouldn't have to be at war because of it.

>>571889
Ahem, the local populous would be more content to have Eadoo as the more local ruler than not, even if he isn't a full out king.
Might need to convince Baba about that, of course. We also need to still tell her about Concu's condition.
We can always work out a way to gain full on kingship later, possibly a secession after the people have recovered from their lack of the kingdom's defenses.

Lets look over the quests and consider them, but right after let's look at the old owner. See what kind off dumb choices he made to screw over the town so that we don't repeat them.

>>571877
Lord, then Castle.
We need to know how things went down here, and why the king was unwilling to send aid to help. Getting a feel for the larger political scope of things is critical, and the sooner we know the details the more details we'll be able to spot and investigate.
We also need to know as much as we can about the castle and its current residents, as we need to know what we don't know in order to start filling in the gaps - if the kitchen layouts are missing then we could find a blackguard to fill in the details and potentially gain a route for surreptitious entry, while if the lord's bedroom is missing we will likely need to find a maid or butler, or possess a bird to investigate through a window.

Is that a ball point pen? Also this.
>>571919

>>571877
I would place priority at
Allies-quests-Lord-castle
cleansing the castle will be a big help to the city of course, but keeping it will probably be harder than taking it without support and knowledge.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)17:36 No. 571978 ID: 4249cc
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>>571932
Concu - Why yes it is. It was given to me by the dinge-walkers from the Blackgash. They have the strangest things...

>concu hops off of Alanna and sits on the opposite end of the table, opening the folder and exposing a pile of pages.

Concu - I used to have a board where I would expose locals desires and needs, folks could make a quick throne helping out around town, but with time, travelers stopped coming around. Now I just keep em in a box, but I always accept new requests. Here a a few I think might be worth your time.

>1/14 Gnomish taxes<

Concu - Ahem... Requesting someone smart... I can not gather mushrooms during the winter on account of gnomes taxing me as they refuse my coin. Please speak with them or simply kill them... This is from Joe Ashson... Helping him would bring in more mushrooms to our village, and he would surely pay you.


Feel free to post and reply, I will post another mission every half an hour until all are shown. You can of course always accept missions at later dates and new missions will become available as you complete them.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)18:06 No. 571982 ID: 4249cc
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>2/14 Rampant owlbear<

Concu - Next is from Hugron... Local prey has been rare of late due to an errand owlbear. I will fashion a suit of armor from the beasts hide to who ever brings me its head... A simple job. your pay would be armor, pretty good to, Hugron is a master tanner.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)18:25 No. 571987 ID: 4249cc
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>3/14 Taken by trolls<

Concu - okay... To anybody. My daughter was taken by trolls. She always played with them and now she's gone... Who is this? Evereth... yeah, her daughter played under the bridge a lot... Please save my baby. Well that's a simple request.

30 minutes is too long, 15 will do

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)18:41 No. 571989 ID: 4249cc
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>4/14 Monster in the dark<

Concu - This one is from me... Our last reliable caravan has stopped returning. there's a Horrible creature lurking in the woods along the eastern path. It's very dangerous and screams of madness... I would pay handsomely to see it dead and our village needs that caravan... Furthermore, there's a small idol in the last wagon I would like to have. I payed for it but it never made it here. I'll also pay for it if it's intact.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)18:59 No. 571991 ID: 4249cc
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>5/14 funding for lizards<

Concu - moving on... Seeking wealthy entrepreneur... Dear... money man? I need money to expan-d my lizard farm?! who is this! ... since when does Kurt have a lizard farm? ... He wants to expand it apparently... and he'll pay back later... or probably not...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)19:14 No. 571997 ID: 4249cc
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>6/14 Iron Root Wall<

Concu - politician. Iron root has not spoken to us in five years and we need their trade, please patch our broken bridges. Jakob. Okay this is a real issue, in fact I'll pay for this as well, Iron root is a pagan village that resides in an ancient quarry, they're rich in iron and other metals and we used to trade with them constantaly but they shut out trades with us for a while now. Every time we try to talk to them they simply say: we know what we did and they wont trade until we fix it. but they wont even tell us what we did! Maybe you can patch it up for us. More metal is much needed, as it stands we can't even equip all of our guards.

>>571978
Increasing the food supply would drive down prices a bit and generally improve the well-being of the citizens. The pay isn't a driving factor here, since we're going to be assuming control of the tax stream once we take over.

>>571982
Wildlife is normally self-regulating; If the town had had a problem with Owlbears for awhile and needed the population thinned I wouldn't think much of it, but sudden problems don't usually just crop up. While we need to remove any abnormally destructive apex predators, we'll have to figure out why it became a problem.

>>571987
How old is this? The odds of survival are poor, but you can't ignore it when a person goes missing.
If she was friendly with the trolls before, then the trolls are unlikely to be the problem. We should go have a chat with them to see what they know.

>>571989
Sounds like a smuggling job on a dark artifact went wrong. If that's what happened then I'm inclined to not let the artifact reach town, but we do need to secure the shipping routes.
... AFTER we've insured that the castle isn't going to benefit more than ourselves from the return of trade. No sense making our own job harder.

>>571991
If he's looking to expand the farm then what he really needs is mostly infrastructure, with the money is just a means to an end. We can provide labor and simple materials to help there, which would both be cheaper and ensure that our investment didn't wind up in bar tabs.

>>571997
They might expect YOU to know what you did, but they can't expect the same of US. We can tell them - with perfect honesty - that we're planning on taking over, and that you're 'unable or unwilling' to tell us what happened. We can play it up so it sounds like we think you're embarrassed to talk about it.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)19:29 No. 572002 ID: 4249cc
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>7/14 Strange soldiers<

Concu - up next from Anny... I've noticed strange men wearing masks in the planes near my farm. They have spears and swords and are about a hundred... what..? I'm not paying, I'm just saying... This may be trouble. We should look into this quickly.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)19:44 No. 572004 ID: 4249cc
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>8/14 find mah chickens<

Concu - needing a competent fighter. My chickens have been stolen by orks this week and I am without a single bird... So that's why he's out of eggs... I you bring back by hens I will ofter... eum... if you bring back my hens I will offer you my prized possession. Dunkhan. Well he's our biggest source of eggs. surely his prized possession is more than a shiny rock, but if it is, be sure to demand actual payment.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)19:54 No. 572005 ID: 4249cc
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>9/14 Fey moods<


*knock knock*

Smith - hello, is master Eadoo here?

Eadoo - yes, what can I do for you?

Smith - our dwarven blacksmith has entered a fey mood making your gnolls sword and refuses to let anyone in the forge...

Eadoo - oh my!

Concu - what does he need?

Smith - copper cables, bones and star metal.

Concu - I can get the first two easily but star metal...

Smith - I know. I fear he may die if he does not get it.

Eadoo - star metal... Where have I seen star metal... I know I have but where...

Concu - consider it a mission!

gonna go down to 10 minutes now

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)20:02 No. 572006 ID: 4249cc
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>10/14 spooky scary<

Concu - Looking for exorcists. I've spotted a few walking corpses in the grave yard. I lock the gate at night but I'm afraid for the worst. Please destroy them post haste. From Bishop... If there's undead in our town they need to die. I hope you'll attend to this quickly, if you don't I'll find men for it.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)20:10 No. 572007 ID: 4249cc
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>11/14 Love for a goblin<

Concu - Speaker, I confess. a mare goblin caught my heart? and I miss her so... this is ridiculous, let's move on.

Eadoo - please, finish it.

concu - no it's foolishness.

Alanna - please~

Concu - okay. A golbin mare has caught my heart and I miss her so. Allas our village has been on bad terms with her village for a year now. please speak to their leader for all our sakes.

Eadoo - what happened?

Concu - The dumb tribe leader miss interpreted a simple joke and blew it out of proportions. We didn't need their goods anyways, nothing but pelts and stolen wares.

Eadoo - hmmn...

>>572005
priority number 1

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)20:17 No. 572010 ID: 4249cc
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>12/14 dire situation<


Concu - hunter. Dire boars in forest. Miasma from bog. Please cleanse threat... Bill. Yeah the dire boars have been causing a ruckus, they need some culling, and I agree that if someone stopped the source of the blight it would be a better long term solution.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)20:25 No. 572011 ID: 4249cc
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>13/14 Gone mining<

Concu - Runner, I've sent my son to go become a man in the mines but I've made a mistake, I want my son back. please go get him, I will pay extra for a fast return. Monom... Oh his son made the best loafs! I'd love to see his big nose around again.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/22(Tue)20:29 No. 572012 ID: 4249cc
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>14/14 Out for blood!<


Concu - looking for a... killer? ... My father died in the haunted castle and I need vengence. Help me find it if you care for honor. I will pay with a magic spear. Pipo... *sigh* little pipo still wants blood after his father died, trying the same stunt as you... poor thing. I'm sure he'll be happy if you succeed. plus his golden spear is quite the beauty.
Well that's all for now. Do you know which ones you're going to embark on? If any.

Lets get on the Fey mood quest to start. If he does not get the stuff within a few days he will go crazy and we lose a blacksmith and a awesome sword. Plus whatever god or spirit that put him in the Fey mood might be angry if we ignore its "gift".

As for the rest we focus on the quests where someones life is in danger first. The Troll kidnapping and the dark monster lurking in the woods sounds important and after that looking into the soldiers lurking by that guys farm. The rest seem simple enough.

>>571982
Owlbear sounds good. We can get ourselves a temporary body out of it, too.
>>571987
Trolls are also good bodies to snatch, but I'm thinking Owlbear would make it easier to attack them.
>>571997
This was a bit confusing, I thought it meant literal bridges, but it's spiritual/social. We (Eadoo's group, not Gatling) may have a better chance at getting them to talk than any locals.
>>572002
What even... This is odd. Might be something important. Can we maybe send one of our blades to check on this in stealth with whoever among us can be stealthy? (That would be Eadoo, wouldn't it.)
>>572004
More bodies for the knife god! Wait, is that what we are now, a knife god?
>>572005
Yeah okay utmost importance because it involves us.
>>572006
Well, dang, she's saying this is of the utmost importance. Can we steal undead bodies? Is that a possibility? We haven't tried that yet. I say we go and try it.
>>572007
Goblin allies may not be necessary but they would be useful. If we're going to build up a kingdom, we need them.
>>572010
Dire boars? When will the suggestions for new bodies end! ...Can we keep a kennel for all of our new bodies? :D
>>572011
Wait, WAIT.
Alanna: Is this guy the same one who always gave you food while you were out on the streets? If so, this quest just became incredibly important. If not... I think we can spare a runner for the task anyways.

Right, so important quests: Fey Mood, Spooky Scary, and Taken By Trolls.
Maybe important: Gone Mining (Alanna's the judge on this one), Rampant Owlbear (Temporary body and permanent armor afterwards)
Good quests: Iron Root Wall, Love For a Goblin

Get right on those important ones for sure, and if Alanna says go for the mining one, we want to do it. Let's NOT send her to help him out though... I'm sorry, but she's just not ready for that kind of trip. She's barely had a chance to recover from her days as a beggar. Owlbear and the "Good" quests can wait.

>>571991
Did anyone else read this as "Pardon me, my friend, but I am Nigirean Roylty, and I need you to send me money. Please ignore the fact that I can’t spell “Nigerian.” Or “Royalty.”".

>>571991
Seems legit.

2,3,4,5,9 and 10 seem most important. We can divide our group to get as much time sensitive stuff done.

>>572005
wait a minute... WE ARE MADE OF STAR METAL!!!!

>>572124
The allcaps and excessive punctuation doesn't help your point, and even though we are, I still don't love the idea of being part of a fey mood.

...Eh, copper cables, bones, and us... sounds like some sort of construct we can ride around. Could be something entirely different, but let's go for it.

>>572146
Wait a minute... You think he's giving us a body? Would be pretty cool to be made into a robot instead of a new blade but kinda against the point of being able to steal bodies at will, though I guess that's what our main body is for.

No its going to be a sword made out of probably star metal bristling with menacing spikes of bone and some crazy inlay with copper cables of somebody eating cheese or someone doing something raunchy.

So should be awesome. Also a fey mood means the blacksmith should gain a assload of experience and be a legendary blacksmith once he finishes.

>>572151
I hope not. If that's the case, we'll be useless to Eadoo as a weapon. Eadoo is a knife fighter, not a swordfighter. Also, you can't throw a sword accurately despite what mangos tell you.

Well he said the sword for your gnoll. So honestly who knows whats going on over there.

>>572183
Oh, right, Onion's sword. Yurra must be involved in this fey mood, then. I don't want to be made into Onion's sword, but if we can't find star metal elsewhere it may be necessary.

Doesn't our multi-posession make us currently be two knives? And can't we just sacrifice one of them for the sake of the fey mood?

>>572577
Yes, and I'm saying I'd rather do so than prevent Onion from getting his Sun Warrior sword.

We might be able to find some star metal somewhere else and should have at least a day or two to find it.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/27(Sun)21:03 No. 572586 ID: 4249cc
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>>572124
>>572186
>>572582
>>572577
Eadoo - Hhmmmnn... indeed, that is an option, fortunately we do have some time to ponder on it.

>>572038
>>572013
>>572009
>>571999
>note that you do not need to be a complete group to complete a mission and that you can send out to complete several at the same time, especially knowing that exp is not shared, but divided. Although, you only have 2 bodies at the moment so sending out a third questing party would involve trusting them to act alone.<

>>571919
Concu - on to the lord now.

>She opens up a second folder over the last one.

Concu - This is Lord Baron Jaask P Arimasho. I'm going to be honest, I learned a lot about the baron. There's a few things in here That I was unaware of and would of liked knowing. For example for the last 40 we have not been paying our taxes properly.

Ean - really?

Concu - No we haven't. Jaask had an illicite deal with lord knight Sigveir. Sigveir kept our taxes and used them to finance the knights of red rose. In exchange we got the same protection as normal, but vanish from the kings sights, and that includes the inquisition.

Ean - that's pretty convenient.

Concu - except that when he died Sigveir kinda lost interest in our village and stopped supporting us militarily. To make matters worst, when Jaask died he brought a dark blight on our lands. You see Jaask was fanatical about the dark arts of daemon and devils. his castle home was enchanted with demonic technologies and he hired a hand full of monsters as servants and concubines. And the most foul of all was his daughter...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/04/27(Sun)21:36 No. 572587 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - This is Karren T. Arimasho. Apparently, she was born of a barbarian tribe based on region and marking scars. But she was found, raised by wolves at the age of 8 by the lord Baron during one of his hunts. He adopted the young girl and opted to bring her back into society, and after a few long years she was mostly reformed. Jaask adopted seven daughters but never married or procreated. The young Karren contracted black scrawl at the age of 15.

Eadoo - Oh... her too...

Concu - legend has it though that to spare her fate an angel cursed her in hopes of claiming her soul after her difficult life.

Ean - legends?

Concu - apparently there were eye witnesses.

Ean - And under what authority did an angel try to pull a girl into heaven?

Concu - That I do not know the details of. but when she fell to the curse something unexpected happened. she became... a stirge.

Nisse - *Gasp!!* ... what's ah stirge?

Concu - it's a monster of immense power that can potentially match that of a great devil or pit fiend. it's said that they can only be born by hazard, if their birth is of anyone's intent, even fate, they will simply die... Mmmnnn... You're so gorgeous Alanna~

Alanna - th-thank you...

Concu - I wonder if my husband want's a threesome?

Alanna - P-please focus!

Concu - Ehm... To become a stirge one must first, be the seventh child of the same sex in an inbreed family and be born of red hair. one must live a life of sin without regrets. And must die unmarried and without virginity by cause of a divine blessing from a devil or a demons curse from an angel.

Eadoo - that's complicated.

Concu - Her father, submitted himself to her completely and became a vampire in her service. and within seven years the inquisition was called to deliver peace. But in their attempts they damaged a demon tool. The damage cause it to erupt in vile magical waves, killing everyone who resided in the castle and turning them into monsters and spirits. As well as corrupting our forests and skies.

Ean - what was the device, do you know?

Concu - according to reports, it was most likely in the kitchen. perhaps it could be fixed? or at least caused to stop emminating dark auras.

Eadoo - anything else?

Concu - sadly... which now? the castle details or potential allies?

>Allies-castle<

Lets find out more about the castle first.

1) I beleive it's pronounced strigoi
2) Can Concu hear us? If not, Alanna ask Concu to join our party.
3)detail about the castle then allies.

>>572606
>>572587
Yeah let's find out about the castle. And also Concu's place is here. I don't feel right using someone in a charmed haze to follow us.

>>572670
Yeah, I agree. Unless her mind can be oppened like Nisse's, we'll just have to use a medium to speak with her. (If you'll remember, Nisse heard us before joining the party, possibly her blindness lead to an open mind)

Well, well,well, aren't these most interesting?

As I see the situation currently, we should simply review the notes for the Lord and Castle for anything that can help us with the populace and formulating long-term projects. Once we have enough influence, fame, and power in the little city to claim legitimacy, we can formulate plans to take the castle.

The situations with the mercenaries and the quests are intertwined, and we can only have two parties, with regards to the people that we have won't be able to make many more effective groups than 2, at least currently. I propose that we split into two groups, one leaning toward martial prowess and the other diplomatic.
Hopefully they can be effective for most of these quests, though we can switch up the groups as we see fit.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/05(Mon)22:09 No. 573315 ID: 4249cc
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>>572606
>Concu does not seem aware of your presence.

>>572588
Concu -okay in here we have some of the castles maps, though they've been through a bit of hardship. I'm told they almost bit the dust... I want to brush your hair all night~

Alanna - please focus.

Concu - oh! yes... they're a little burned. but they can be used, and surely you'll have some insight with them... Here is the ground floor.

Ean - what does Gr stand for?

Concu - guest room, I suppose.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/05(Mon)22:10 No. 573316 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - this is the second floor, accessible from the main stairway...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/05(Mon)22:11 No. 573317 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - and the third floor. This is where the family lived... If you could check out the spire for me, I've always wondered what was in there...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/05(Mon)22:12 No. 573318 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - finally there's the basement. the treasury should be somewhere in here. Any questions?

>>573318
The map does not have any windows marked.
That information is very important too, as windows are potential entrances or escape routes on top of being places we could be seen from.

>>573414
Well, we can compare the map to visible windows once we head to the castle. Might be good to try and copy these "blueprints" onto a fresh sheet of paper. Any rooms that have their titles burned out, just put a line and a small question mark in--the question mark to say "I don't know what this room is" and the line for writing in the name once you figure it out.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/06(Tue)15:01 No. 573421 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - And finally some much needed assistance. I've left Emily to gather these guys and she decided to draw them so here they are.

>Concu opens the folder and displays the first character.

Concu - so... his name is Aiden Valdore, he's a drowand apparently a bio alchemist... I've never heard of those...

Nisse - kinda like what I do, but instead of making potions he makes monsters.

Concu - sounds unethical... He'll work so long as he is payed and not questioned.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/06(Tue)15:09 No. 573422 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - Next is Thanes Bloodclod. and Ex gladiator who kills for money and only obeys one client at a time.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/06(Tue)15:17 No. 573425 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - Pipo the Half orc. *sigh* He really wants to avenge his father... I worry for that boy, if I was him I'd let go, but I guess his orcish blood wont let him... His father tried to clear the castle of it's haunt and died in the process, and his son has been angry ever since... If you wont let him help, at least ask for his requests.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/06(Tue)15:30 No. 573427 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - next is... Emily Goodwill... typical Emily, I ask her to find work hands and she proposes herself... Let's see what she has to say about herself... She can read and write, she has a good memory, she's polite and she runs fast. All very true... She'll do jobs to raise money to help her sick grand mother~Aawww... that's a filthy lie Emily~ Her grand mother died two years ago
She's a good girl, but she lies compulsively and she's extremely greedy. But if you keep her payed she'll never betray you.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/06(Tue)15:36 No. 573429 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - okay next up is... King...slayer... Heeh...

Eadoo - okay...

Concu - he apparently refused to answer any question save for his name...

Ean - I like him~

concu - definitely should look into him... or evade him completely...

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/06(Tue)15:53 No. 573431 ID: 4249cc
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Concu - and the last one here... *sigh* ... Emily, why do you do this to me... The... the last one is Aedola... she's a sugartouched. She's strong and helpful, and she's a nice person. she'll be eternally loyal to any one who frees her...

Ean - a sugartouched... they're nothing but trouble, let's avoid her.

Eadoo - concu, do you know her?

Concu - Yes... She used to work for me, but now she's rotting in prison.

Eadoo - what for?

Concu - Cannibalism... one of my girls died falling off out a window... And Aedola ate her legs... apparently they talked about it when she was alive, but the local forces insist that sugartouched are mad and once they taste blood they can't be kept. so now she's in a dungeon...

Ean - It's true, they're dangerous.

Concu - *sigh* she's a good girl...

Alanna - eum... concu... would you like to take a bath?

Concu - oh... y-yes I would~

Alanna - okay, but no funny busyness, you're married remember?

Concu - of course~! I would never betray my husbands love!

>the two leave to bathe.

Eadoo - Hmmn... Gatling, what do you think of them. see any takers?

Ean - and what are our plans for today?

>_ _ _

>>573421
would, at most, consult regarding William's arm. Perhaps he knows a way to mend him that would not be objectionable.
>>573422
Looks like a solid hire for some of the more physical stuff, though his service may simply be "will kill X for $" Would not bring to castle before knowing how he copes with magic.
>>573425
If those sketches are to the same scale, he is the littlest half-orc. He might hinder any peaceful solutions regarding the castle if revenge is his main goal.. but he also might know how to fight the forces controlling the castle.
>>573427
Sounds useful, as long as money keeps her honest
>>573429
He is wearing at least three crowns on his belt. I suggest not wearing yours if you meet him directly. I also suggest never, ever meeting him directly. Even without a crown, army, or lands, you have the heart of a King. Knowing why he slays kings is kind of important, I think.

>>573431
Might be helpful. Durable, cute, and a bit intimidating? Might be worth learning what her freedom costs soon: prison can't be good for her.

>>572012
>>573425
Hahah Pipo you crazed fool. Might be good to look into his quest and alliance if he's gonna pop up everywhere like this.
>>573431
If you ask me, it ain't cannibalism if you're a different species (though that doesn't in itself clear her of ethical wrongdoing in eating a sentient person). At least she's never eaten anybody who's still alive, nor has she murdered anybody, right? As long as it's just a person who's died of unrelated causes anyways, I really don't see the problem. Sorry, Ean, but she is definitely somebody we do want to look into. Besides, just look at the image! Her crown is growing! Since when do Sugartouched let their crowns grow? ...We might, however, want to speak with Roland about it once he wakes. ('course if he's already awake we've been so distracted with all the paperwork that we haven't actually noticed)
King Slayer is an odd one. Why would he refuse to answer questions if he says he's willing to help? Is it a type of king he slays, or just kings in general? Unless he's suddenly willing to answer questions, I don't think he should be sought.
Finally, about Emily. She may be very useful to hire in the future, but for now we should keep an eye on our funds. Perhaps after we've finished some quests and gotten more money, but for now, we cannot.

>>573437
kinda hard to trim the crown if she's tied up.
>>573433
i agree, we need to find out why kingslayer apparently managed to kill three kings, does he hate authority or does he seek justice and kill those unworthy of their titles?

A very delightful bunch we have here. Very eccentric, might enjoy all of their company.

However, pragmatism first. The gladiator and Pipo seem to be the most reliable, the sugartouched, monster-maker, and kingslayer must all be probed first, and Goodwill... Well, what harm can a messenger do? A lot. Save dear Emiy for when we have a stockpile of gold and a greater need for networking. Her involvement could allow us to extend our influence to situations beyond those under our gaze, allowing us to have more groups.

>>573431
if she does not deserve to be incaserated we must help. If the guards dont want to let her go on our word we can tell them Eadoo has a mgical knife that will make her obey, and if she prooves too evil, We can eat her soul and claim the immortal body.

>>573514
Oog, grim. And I thought Sugartouched were supposed to be those blessed by the angels... But, then again, we've got a righteous Ashtouched, demon cursed, in our party so I guess the rumors aren't entirely true.

>>573421
Okay, no prejudice about monsters and all that, but I don't think we can promise not to ask questions about his techniques. "Not what you are, but what you do" is kiiiiind of the whole point of this dream Eadoo is chasing.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/09(Fri)10:12 No. 573727 ID: 4249cc
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>>573437
>If you ask me, it ain't cannibalism if you're a different species (though that doesn't in itself clear her of ethical wrongdoing in eating a sentient person). At least she's never eaten anybody who's still alive, nor has she murdered anybody, right?
>Eadoo looks somber and whispers to you...

Eadoo - I... I've eaten a human once... last winter, we were starving and we found him dead... let's... let's not tell anybody about that though...

>>573626
>"Not what you are, but what you do"

Eadoo - very true, we can't let an ally commit atrocities under our shadows. But it's worth looking into if it's really morally wrong or just strange and unusual.

Ean - okay so what exactly is our order of busyness?

Eadoo - well Gatling and I don't really have a big grasp on the world as of yet.

Ean - hmmnn... There's a map under all these papers, I don't suppose Concu would mind us borrowing it?

Eadoo - probably not, so where are we on this?

Ean - Right here at Kojiro... heh... she must of wrote it in herself, kojiro isn't normally on this map? Right! the old lord took this town off the maps in exchange for Sigveirs protection.

Eadoo - Oh... so we wont get attacked by folks with maps right?

Ean - guess not... But back to busyness... what needs attention?

>talk to party<
>Start quests<
>seek new allies<

Allies then quest.
Start with the sugar touched.

>>573727
>Eadoo - I... I've eaten a human once... last winter, we were starving and we found him dead...
Eadoo: Ah, well, if you're starving then you don't have much choice. Worry not, for your secret is safe with me, and I would certainly consider "Starving" to be an appropriate excuse.
Ean: I believe we should look into potential allies for now. Forgive me for saying this, but we should check on Aedola. I would like it if you could come along; though ashtouched and sugartouched are opposites, sometimes an opposite is what you need to find a true and proper balance; but if you feel you wouldn't be able to keep your manners with you, then I would understand if you decided to head elsewhere.
All: We should focus on three actions right now. One, we need a group to go about talking to the allies. First up is Aedola, the Sugartouched. I know she commited a grim and unethical crime, but she certainly did not harm a soul. Two, we need to get some quests done. We have mentioned some vital quests, and should determine who to send on those ones. Three, we need to focus our, by which I mean "Gatling's," attention between two major groups using our shards. First group will be whoever looks into Aedola's situation. The second group will be a group headed for Iron Root. Why Iron Root? Because they may have some star metal, and we will be doing a service to the entirety of the town.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/10(Sat)15:25 No. 573885 ID: 4249cc
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>>573812
Ean - I understand her place in Eadoo's kingdom, and I'll have to put my grief aside... Though I will have warned you if she turns, and I will be there to protect you... I am just as cursed as she... Though I should not be sent to collect her, my opinion may be biased, and I would rather not approach the warden.

Eadoo - so now to separate into two teams, one to seek new allies and one to travel afar. I'll let you deal with that Gatling.

>Divide the team<

Very well, seeing as Ean has asked to not be sent to recruit Aedola, he'll be in our Travelling team.

Travellers: Ean, Roland, Onion, Shenzi, Alanna, Liver, and Ed.
Recruiters: Eadoo, Nisse, Banzai, William, and Bacon.

Shenzi: Little one, would you be alright in a different team than your mother? We will be there with you, and can tell you what she says, but if the idea is too scary, you can go with her instead.
Roland: You're an intelligent man, and powerful to boot. I would prefer you to be with the questing team, and to be the acting leader--ourselves just taking the seat as Advisor to "General" Roland. Do not misunderstand, the title is honorary and temporary, but you currently seem to be the best suited to the position.
Liver & Onion (heheh): From our magical origin viewpoint, it seems that, while Liver is more combat oriented in mind, in skill you are both nearly equal. I hope you two can work together well, here, or else there will have to be some punishment in store. We are part demon, after all, so don't taunt our request.

Agreed with most of >>573892

However, I would propose one change. I feel like we need to have Roland in the recruiting group (it gives us someone a bit more 'normal' in the group, and diplomatic or not, a pile of gnolls may not make the correct first impression), and we can send Nisse in the traveling group to act as healer in exchange.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/17(Sat)20:19 No. 574857 ID: 939c7f
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>Shenzi: Little one, would you be alright in a different team than your mother?

Shen - I'll be okay, I'm a big girl, and I'm gonna make momma proud~!

>A cold shiver can be felt deep in your proverbial spine, the source is subtle and difficult to trace.

>>573905
Roland - I agree with this decision, a human face will most likely be needed and Alanna needs to stay with the demon for her training.

>Alanna bathes with Concu, during some events which you sense to be mildly inappropriate, Alanna suggests to Concu that she furnish the away team with much needed supplies for the journey, which the hexed woman gladly obliges. in exchange how ever, Concu asks to "dress her up" ... which ends up far more sober than Alanna first expected.

Ean, Nisse, Onion, Shenzi, Alanna, Liver, and Ed later prepare for their journey, expecting two days travel a night stay and two days back.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/17(Sat)21:13 No. 574861 ID: 939c7f
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>once the team is awake and ready to go, Eadoo, Roland, Banzai, William, and Bacon travel across town to the deputy's office. It is a well kept building of the dullest grey. Aside from it is the public display, there are two stocks and a butcher's block. It is old and looks like it hasn't seen much use.

Eadoo - We're here to help the sugar touched out of custody, provided she checks out.

Banzai - I doubt the warden will simply let us, a band of "monsters" set free a dangerous cannibal. Well not without persuasion. And definitely not without some tact.

Eadoo - too true. Gatling, you're in charge. what do we do?

>_ _ _

>>574861
I'm very curious as to what this lady stole, but that's not important. Uhh, let's see, what would be a good way of learning how to set free the Sugartouched? Well, I can't really think of any great ideas, but something "good" would be to simply ask if you can see her, or hear anything specific about what she had done. It sounded like Concu said the sugartouched had "permission" from the victim before she died, which, if that's the case, is a point worth arguing. Another idea might be to go into the cell and speak with her, see if she's violent or mild mannered. If she's violent at your approach, then it's likely worth giving up the attempt, but if not, there's another piece of leeway

Talk to the thief. See if they have any information that might be useful to us.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/19(Mon)10:49 No. 575010 ID: 939c7f
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>>574871
>>574865
>You approach the thief, who looks to be no older than 14 and difficult to discern his/her sex. The theif's arms are chained to the stocks as they look in disrepair and clearly too big for the thief. He/She looks at the group in fear as the gnolls and kobold approach.

Thief - Eh... H-hello? n... p-please don't hurt me... mister monsters. I'm not bad, I promise.

>The theifs voice does little to give away it's gender.

>I'm very curious as to what this lady stole

Eadoo - Do not worry, we're very friendly. We were just curious, about your crimes. What exactly did you steal? assuming the little sign tells true.

Thief - eum... oh... I... I stole from old man Leclaire.

Eadoo - I see. What exactly did you steal? And what is your punishment?

Thief - I stole two gold coins...

Roland - That is a lot. I hope you are properly punished.

Thief - No... I'm only here for five days.

Roland - They are letting you off easily, must be because you're young.

Thief - no... I turned myself in, that's why... What I did was wrong... But I just... I couldn't stop myself.

Eadoo - At least you know what you did was wrong.

Thief - But I never learn... I always steal, I can't stop... I'll be living in a cell for the rest my my life.

>See if they have any information that might be useful to us.

Eadoo - Maybe you can help us? But first may I have your name?

Thief - I'm... I'm Angel...

Eadoo - How lovely~ I am lord Eadoo... My friends an I want to help a friend out of prison, We believe she was falsely accused of her crimes. Could you lend any advice?

Angel - Well... The Marshal doesn't take kindly to anyone but humans, his punishments are always more severe towards dwarfs and elves, or even worst if you're a monster.

Eadoo - I see. Might need a fairer marshal when I'm in power...

Angel - worst still are his guardsmen and deputy. They commit more crimes then they solve. *pout* rancid pigs... think they have all the rights.

Eadoo - I see...

Angel - what do you mean "when you're in power"?

Eadoo - hehee~ Expect change young one! Soon I will be king of these lands, And with my rule... A new age of prosperity and equality! for all!!

Angel - well... I'll believe that when I see it.

>>575010
A lass(?) with the class of Thief, and the traits of Kleptomania (or something similar) and honest ethical views... That is quite unusual. It might turn out to be useful to keep that in mind, but for now you don't have any particular use for her.

Roland: I first thought that everybody in this town shared the belief that the humans weren't so high and mighty if the King was unable to send troop after the Duke sold himself to the demons, but it seems you were right in choosing to stick with this group. You hereby have the lead.
All: It may not be the easiest of tasks, but you will have to pretend to be minions to sir Roland here. This means you cannot give him advice directly, though I will be willing to transcieve anything you wish to tell him, if it is important, and not simply some view such as "This guy deserves to be punished." While I would be keen to agree with such views, now is not the time to speak such words.
Roland: Whether or not you have actually studied as one, your service to the Holy Sword means you can pass as a Paladin. Stick true to virtues, and don't let the actions of a few immoral souls guide your words (That would be more of a Templar or Zealot). You keep these "beasts" (Do not emphasise this yourself, say this casually) in line, and in turn they serve you unquestioningly. You have pondered the thought of a Sugartouched in your armada, though you will need to learn her opinion on the matters directly before reaching a conclusion.

Indeed, let Roland be the face to Eadoo's influence to these men. Though I crave "justice" against the guardsman and deputy, we should be wary of them and perhaps try to put them under Eadoo's heel. As for the kleptomaniac, how about we deliver a warm meal and some spare coin during or after their sentence is up. Maybe look into getting come care for their disorder. Perhaps we should keep a book of our promises and debts? One small favor to Angel the Kleptomaniac.

>>575010
It looks like somebody bit a chunk out of her ear at some point.

We already knew the local authorities were incompetent and/or corrupt. If they weren't then bandits wouldn't have taken Alanna's arm in the middle of town. How they behave now determines the fate we set for them in the future - assuming they don't decide to pick a fight our of blind hatred and thus get killed.

Lets have a talk with the marshal and see if we can get this young thief put under our care for the rest of their sentence. You can't stop an obsession like this but you can direct it, tell our charge they can go home as soon as they steal us. With any luck the urge to steal random items will be focused entirely on us. Even if that fails it will be good practice. If we teach our friend to be a better thief then maybe they will use there skills more responsibly in the future.

We are a magic teleporting knife if we let an untrained kleptomaniac steal us we should feel embarrassed. Lets have some fun with this.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/21(Wed)14:58 No. 575244 ID: 939c7f
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rolled 30 = 30

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>Roland moves to the door, it's large and made of lightly rusted iron. He bangs a few times on the metal frame and within a minute the slith opens with a grinding creak revelaing the eyes of an older man.

Roland - I'd like to speak to Marshal Gorister.

Gorsiter - that's me, and who is this?

Roland - Sir Roland Dechambleau, at your service.

Gorister - Dechambleau... Nephew to the king and apprentice to the red breasted knight?

Roland - The very same.

>He looks skeptic.

Gorsiter - And how may I help such a noble man?

Roland - I've heard speak that you keep a demon in your cells. You see, I've been keeping a company of beasts at my side, as you can see. They serve and accept our faith and in exchange they are permitted to live. some have even accepted the human tongue.

Gorister - so it's slavery?

Roland - it is not unlike it no.

Gorister - I see...

Roland - I've heard you are trying to starve your sugartouched, could I perhaps see it, and maybe take it of your hands?

Gorister - HMmnn...

>Diplomacy check. 47 (Rolands cha) + 15 (subject likes the lie) - 10 (skeptic subject)

Above 95 crit success
above 52 Success
Below 51 failure (subject see's through lie)
Below 15 failure (subject denies Roland identity)
Below 05 crit failure

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/21(Wed)15:06 No. 575248 ID: 939c7f
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>the marshals brow furrows as his tone becomes angered.

Gorister - Look, the sugar touched is a dangerous creature, and you seeing her would only undo the work we've put into it.

Roland - But I...

Gorister - She's under our jurisdiction, and we're going to take care of it on our own. Thank you good day!

>The slit slams closed and locks loudly.

Roland - *well shit... sorry about that... Eum... what now?*

Well, sounds like he doesn't believe the king's nephew and apprentice to the Martin would hold slaves. I must say, that was a creative twist on our words, Roland.

Ooh, I've just had an idea. Maybe now would be a good time to recruit Angel! Let's ask her(?) if she would be willing to help us out, in exchange for us helping her control her condition to only use it for noble purposes.

Ask that Emily goodwill girl how she got in. Or better yet, have her go in and recruit the sugartouched

Yes, Angel could be useful now. William might be able to help them out with their compulsions.

>>575533
>>575250
I agree with having more allies, but how could angel help us free the sugartouched?

>>575851
She's a kleptomaniac, with a talent for theft. She might have the ability to steal the keys to the jail so we can get Aedola out ourselves.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/26(Mon)20:25 No. 576128 ID: 939c7f
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rolled 42 = 42

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>>575851
Thanks, you save me the trouble of drawing Roland asking the same thing

>>575861
>>575250
>>575533
>Let's ask her(?) if she would be willing to help us out, in exchange for us helping her control her condition to only use it for noble purposes.

Eadoo - Hey angel, would you like to help us?

Angel - I don't know... I'm not sure if I should...

Eadoo - come now... We can help you. my friends an I, we can shelter you and keep you comfortable, all whilst helping you with your compulsions.

Angel - Wha-what are Y-you offering?

Eadoo - You have a talent, we can help you to not only better your ability to steal, but choose when to steal and what to steal. to control yourself Angel, we can help you... And by helping us free Aedola you'll free helping an innocent person.

Angel - I... I don't know... It all sounds pretty B-bad... but.... B-but... also... kinda fun... *giggle* W-we really shouldn't... but... M-m-maybe?

>Angel looks wildly intrigued, though is clearly morally struggling.

Diplomacy check. 54 (eadoo's charisma) + 10 (Magnetic Personality) + 15 (kleptomania) - 2 (angels will bonus) = 77

Above 97 crit failure
Above 78 failure
Below 77 success
Below 07 crit success

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/05/27(Tue)01:01 No. 576211 ID: 939c7f
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>The thief succumbs, looking devilish.

Angel - Okay~ you're offer is R-rather nice... You'll help me control myself and let me steal?

Eadoo - And shelter you. so you will have little need to steal, it would be purely recreational. And of course, if and when stealth is helpful.

Angel - that is indeed, a V-very good offer. I accept! Now... could you H-help M-m-me escape?

Eadoo - We can definitely try.

Angel - Can any of you P-pick a lock?

Eadoo - eum... not to my knowledge...

Angel - no matter, I can get M-m-myself out. Do any of you have L-lo-lock picks?

Eadoo - eum... No...

Angel - ah... well mine are... well... I-in my S-st-stomach...

Eadoo - oh... okay then... eum... can you get them yourself... or do you need help?

Angel - no I can't... N-not without my hands... could you... or maybe... you could find something else...

>_ _ _

>>576211
a sufficiently thin piece of metal would probably help. a thin nail, or maybe the pin from a piece of jewelry? Is Eadoo's cloak held shut with one, perhaps?

William: I understand if this goes against your standard morals, but, frankly, we need this. Consider it an order: Teach this young lady to control her habits, even if it takes time to do so, but don't stop her from commiting the act. Just teach her when it's more noble to use her talent than not. This is a standing order, and unless otherwise told to go a separate way than her or told that your training of her is finished, you are to stick to her presence. An obivious exception is if she's having sex or using the bathroom or something, you're certainly welcome and expected to keep a bit of distance from her then. Oh, and for that matter, Angel is not allowed to give your orders. She is to be your subordinant. That's not to say you'll be entitled to verbally abuse her, though I doubt you'd want to anyways, but rather that you are to ensure she follows any orders you're forced to follow unless your own superiors (us and Eadoo primarily) say otherwise.

>>576212
Something thin may also be flimsy. We need to make sure it's thin and sturdy to do the trick. I'm actually surprised we never got Eadoo a set of lockpicks.

Locks are not that simple to pick unless they're really shitty locks.

It might be a really shitty lock, so it's worth trying.

>>576262
Given the state of metalworking here, all locks are simple locks. You could probably pick one with a hair pin, if the metalworking were advanced enough to make hair pins.

simple locks means simple tools, a dagger might work; or a fork. ask Bacon if he has anything slim, long and metal.

WAIT! Do we still have the fork!

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/02(Mon)11:06 No. 576852 ID: 939c7f
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>>576253
will - So I am to make sure she only commits crimes, for the greater good? I suppose I could. But know that I cannot leave Master Eadoos side, as per my soul's contract.

>>576343
Eadoo - Ah yes this!!

>Eadoo shows Angel the long silvery tool. Angels eyes glace over it curiously transfixed by curving blades...

Angel - Y-yeah that could do...

>>576324
>Bacon offers up the ling pin he uses to keep his scarf fixed, and is sorely disappointed as Angel bends the tip into a crude tool.

>The thief wriggle up and begins picking the lock... after numerous attempts, the metal contraption snaps open. Angel then easily pries the simple metal bands off his wrists. slipping the twisting metal tool into his palms.

Angel - Well thank you. I'll be around if you need me.

Eadoo - can you help us with our guest? *pointing at the jailhouse*

Angel - oh! yes yes, I'm certain I could get her out. My hideout has a complex of tunnels that spans all across town. But don't tell anyone, I don't think anyone knows~

>the thief whispered to Eadoo

Angel - I could sneak in at night and bring her out for sure, but... well if I escape it's mundane, if that sugartouched gets out, well they'll actually go looking for her. and the inn is the first place they'll look. I wont attempt it until you can find a good place to hide her.

Eadoo - Understood. Thank you angel.

Angel - I'll go to my hideout now, pick up some stuff and come find you guys. Okay?

Eadoo - sure.

>Follow Angel or next target<

Lets follow Angel. I am curious if this will end up being a good idea or a horrible train wreck. Either way should be fun.

>>576859
Well, Angel said she would find us once she gets her supplies, I'd say we go on our merry way for now.

Thank you for understanding, William. Any person with Kleptomania will have trouble suppressing their habit entirely, but controlling it is certainly a possibility.

For now, all I can recommend for this group is to send a note or letter to Aiden Valdore, informing him that while you won't question the morals of his abilities, you would want to know a bit more about how it works if you're to hire him, and that if he's alright with that he can meet you at the inn. Since that is the last of the advice I have for this team, I would like to check up on our other group.

We could hide her with the away team. We'll be storming the castle by the time they get back. But that means they leave at night. Have the away team do a side quest near or in town.

What quests are in town or could be done before night fall?

>>576893
I agree with this and lets look into the monster in the forest quest

>>576852
better move to the next target, make the most of our time. we should talk to Pipo, it would seam that he will join us at no cost as long as he gets his revenge. another set of fighting hands is always welcome.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/07(Sat)17:55 No. 577644 ID: 939c7f
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>>576884
>Thank you for understanding, William.

Will - I will do my best.

>send a note or letter to Aiden Valdore

>You return to the inn and request to have a note sent to Aiden, Concu scribes up a note for you and has Emily send it over on foot. The young girl returns shortly with a note from the elf reading: "Dear lord to be, I would gladly demonstrate my gifts to you. I am sure they could be a great use to you. I have an appointment with the wardens daughter today a notch after high noon, if you would like to witness my work please send a single set of eyes, but I'll ask that the person attached to them be discreet and not faint of heart. I would rather avoid distractions as I work my magic. Sincerely yours, Aiden Valdor."

Concu - his appointment is in two hours, you have plenty of time, pick a single person to go see whats up.

>>576893
>>577283
>We could hide her with the away team

Eadoo - that could work, we'll have the Away team leave tonight with the sugar touched, if she causes too much trouble just stab her.

>monster in the forest quest

Eadoo - sounds about right. Concu, how far away is that quest?

Concu - no more than three or four hours away.

Eadoo - oh we'll have plenty of time for that. Gatling, make a team to send, there will probably be a fight. Remember the more people you send the safer it will be, but the less experience we will receive.

>>577284
>we should talk to Pipo

>you travel to pipo's home. the door is answered by a half orc woman who stands staring down at Eadoo.

Orc woman - Heh... normally Ah let the vermin in, but for you Ah think Ah'll make an exception.

Eadoo - Excuse me?

Orc woman - Is there a human Ah can talk to?

>Roland reluctantly steps up.

Roland - forgive her my lord... what is your name?

Orc woman - Yulfa. and yours?

Roland - I am Roland, we've come to inquire about your son's vengeance. May we have a word with him?

Yulfa - If you want to avenge my husbands death, by all means. But if you want to drag mah precious son's life into it you've gotta show me two things, first you've gotta be strong, Ah don't want you getting him killed. Second you've gotta be trust worthy. Ah wont let my son go with some creeps who'll do worst things than get him killed. understood?

Roland - eum... Yes? But please tell me again to make sure I understod.

Yulfa - Prove to me that you are trust worthy and strong, then you will gain my confidence.

>1 - who will witness Aidens work?
>2 - who will go fight the monster?
>3 - how will you prove yourself to yulfa?

>>577644
>1 - who will witness Aidens work?
Well, since we have not yet sent our questing crew out, I was thinking Ean might be a good choice, but since it's for the Warden, it also might not be. We can't send Nisse, Alanna, or Shenzi, for that matter, either. Ed would become a distraction, and William cannot be seperated from Eadoo, which boots them from the choice, too. Banzai or Bacon are the two I think could handle it. Bacon's less diplomatic, but quicker. The real question is if he can blend in with that speed.
Bacon: You work meats all the time, so my question is thus: Would you feel comfortable watching "abominations" be created, possibly modified, maybe even turned inside out? If it helps, you could think of it as another chef putting on a show. A very sloppy one, but a show from a chef nonetheless.
>2 - who will go fight the monster?
We need Alanna and Shenzi to get some experience. Sending them along with Ean and either Onion or Liver should be a good enough team.
>3 - how will you prove yourself to yulfa?
Trustworthy: My plans were to let him know we weren't planning on storming the castle immediately, and ask if he'd be willing to help secure the townspeople's trust. Help out the townsfolk, garner their trust, and secure their assistance in whatever forms they supply them in. Might need to tweak this around to sound better, though.
Strong: Er, actually, until we prove ourselves with a few quests, I don't know how to go about doing this.

>>577704
sending Bacon is a good idea, but only sending three to deal with the mosnter might not be such a great idea. yes both Alanna and Shenzi need experience and should go, but because of there lack of experience they will need to be careful, as they could end up hurt. so eanraig or nisse should go with them, along with Liver.

>3 - how will you prove yourself to yulfa?
test of strength, if we beat the monster will that do?

we also need to decide were the two shards go, I think it would be best if one went with the away team, and if Eadoo is not doing anything, give the other to Bacon.

Have Alanna ask Concu what the monster in question is exactly and if she can spare any resources.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/11(Wed)16:53 No. 578220 ID: 939c7f
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rolled 77 = 77

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>>577903
>Have Alanna ask Concu what the monster

Concu - This shawl will look extra good on you, it'll cover your shoulders and look really natural~

Alanna - Th-thank you, but you really don't need to give me all this.

Concu - Nonsense. someone as beautiful as you deserves to have these kind of things~

Alanna - If... if you insist... but must you be naked?

Concu - keehee, you deserve to be dressed first, since you're so lovely~

Alanna - Concu, I said no funny busyness.

Concu - it's not~ You're a woman, I'm a woman, there's no shame between us~

Alanna - we'll it's making me really uncomfortable... C-could you please dress?

concu - Okay... As soon as I'm done dressing you.

Alanna - *Sigh* Gatling wants to know what you know about the monster in the forest.

Concu - oh the monster? it's big and white, has many mouth and breathes fire. It regenerates pretty fast but does bleed, or so I'm told, I've never seen it.

Alanna - Do you have anything that could help us fight it?

Concu - I think my husband has a basilisk hide shield, I'll ask him for it after this, and while I'm at it, I'll see if he's interested in a threesome!

Alanna - A-are you even listening to me?

>>577704
>>577708
>Bacon: You work meats all the time, so my question is thus: Would you feel comfortable watching "abominations" be created, possibly modified, maybe even turned inside out?

Bacon - I... I'd rather not... but I guess I don't have a choice...

>Trustworthy: My plans were to let him know we weren't planning on storming the castle immediately, and ask if he'd be willing to help secure the townspeople's trust. Help out the townsfolk, garner their trust, and secure their assistance in whatever forms they supply them in. Might need to tweak this around to sound better, though.

Roland Explains to the half orc your plans in hopes she'll understand.

Diplomacy check. 47 (Rolands's charisma) + 10 (shared desires) = 57

Above 95 crit failure
Above 58 failure
Below 57 success
Below 29 great success
Below 05 crit success

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/11(Wed)17:48 No. 578239 ID: 939c7f
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>Roland's speech is less than satisfactory to push the mother into offering her son or more.

Roland - Yulfa, we are not criminals or crooks, we want to help your son get vengeance and what not. We're helping around town too, Lord Eadoo wants the town to prosper and to do that we are going to kill the evil monster in the forest, we're good guys~

Yulfa - I guess... Defeating the monster would prove your strength, and the village does need help... We'll see about all that when and if it happens.

Roland - yup! Now, off to go do that~!

>The orc slams the door shut...

Eadoo - smooth~

Roland - quiet!

Eadoo - what happened? got distracted?

Roland - N-no! I'm a pure man!

Eadoo - Hehee~ We'll she does have a nice frame~

Roland - Lord Eadoo! she is a mother!

Eadoo - Hahaa, That she is~

Roland - What ever... I need to go talk with Durendina...

Eadoo - What about?

Roland - None of your busyness.

Eadoo - Have fun~!

Roland - Shut up!!

>Next ally or monster mission<

>Roland - What ever... I need to go talk with Durendina...
Well, he's off limits for now. Aside from pissing him off with an interruption, I'd rather not risk eating Durendina again.

I want to watch the show through Bacon when it comes (Technically, we don't have eyes) but the monster in the forest is probably more important.

as silly as it is, I kind of want to found out what what mister Kingslayers angle is, or how much Thanes Bloodclod cost to hire.

but we should press on and see to that monster in the woods!

>>578311
Well, we might be able to afford sending Onion off to meet with one of them, but yeah, focus on the monster still has my priority.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/14(Sat)16:34 No. 578623 ID: 939c7f
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>Shenzy, Ean, Alanna and Liver set onwards into the forest in search of a monster. As soon as they set foot into the shade of the tall trees, a sense of dread looms over the team, you feel watched from all angles and cant help but hear the cracking of branches and the heavy breath of beasts waiting just beyond your senses... But more shocking than that... as you journey in deeper and deeper all these looming threats fade away slowly, until there is nothing to sense... You do not feel any presence at all aside form yourself... Ean raddles his arms causing massive bronze chains to manifest, wrapped around his arms and begins walking with a cautious beat.

Alanna - Is everything okay mister Eanraig?

Ean - Don't you feel like it's too quiet?

Liver - Isn't that good?

Ean - What's waiting for us... if nothing dared follow us this far in.

Alanna - *gulp*

Shenzy - Dun dun Dun!

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/14(Sat)16:34 No. 578624 ID: 939c7f
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>They travel even deeper in... As you progress with caution at your back, the snow and cold slowly creeps away, almost as if winter it's self wanted no part of it. The tree's grow dead, leafless and burnt asunder, blackened by what ever called this place home, and the ground is charred, upturned by countless bladed claws.

Alanna - this doesn't look safe, I... I don't want to be here...

Ean - Ssh... Stay behind me, I'll keep you safe...

Liver - Hey! come look at this.

>Liver spots a broken tree, it's still somewhat green and mostly unscathed, but where the bark had fallen off is engraved and burned, almost as if written with a burning brand.

Ean - Hmmn... Strange.

Alanna - I wonder who wrote this?

Shenzy - Maybe a survivor, or the monster?

Ean - she recalls, she lost her soul... what do you think this means Gatling?

>A bellowing wail is heard in the distance... Screaming almost human, but coarse, beastial and broken... Again it yells only louder and closer.

Ean - It's coming... Any advice?

Signs like this are meant to frighten people into staying away. If a monster wants people to fall into its clutches it does not make its presence so widely known if it can help it.

I could be wrong but this seems like its going to a big effort to appear nastier than it really is. So watch each others backs and don't let its antics get to you.

That... Is strange. It makes me think of the Chaos Witch, oddly enough, maybe she had created the monster but some sanity left in her decided to leave a warning to any people passing by, in her own little twisted way?

>>578624
Right. Now we understand the mission.
Steel yourselves; we have a monster to rescue.

looks like its time to stand back-to-back and get ready for whatever is coming.

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/15(Sun)20:53 No. 578789 ID: 939c7f
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>>578628
Ean - that's quite possible. I've heard stranger stories of her.

>>578686
>>578625
>watch each others backs and don't let its antics get to you.

>The team huddles up and prepares for an attack from any side, ever vigilant you spot the beast, it's voice echoing through the dead trees. It's shape is pale and white, twisted and contorted as it lumbers towards you with thrashing claws. mouths forming on it's surface if only to scream and sink within the fold of it's wriggling flesh.

Monster - MMAaassteerrr!! Master betrayed us!! Master aBBbaanndoned us!! *snarl* Traitor! *Grrawl* AAaaaahhhh!! Filthy traitor! Abandoned us master!! AAAAAAaaahhh!! Death! Madness!! AAaahhhhHHH!!!

>As the beast yells and wails flames pour out of every word, scorching the air in bellows of black burning smoke. as it claws it's way to you.

Monster - Where!? Where are MMaaster! Traitor!! Abandoned us!! AAAAaaaaaahhhh!! Never... Nevaaarrr!! MMmaassterrr!!! AAAAAaaaahhhhHHHHhhh!! Where Aarree youu!!!!

Alanna - H-he-help... I... *gulp* So scared...

Ean - Steel yourself Alanna, you're only here to watch.

Shen - That thing is terrifying.

Ean - Gatling. strategy. Guide us.

>>578789
The legs look spindly enough to break easily, but it's clearly magical, so I wouldn't trust that overmuch. Even if it's crippled, I suspect it could breathe fire for short to medium ranges. Unless it can see out of some of the floating fire, it's blind, so that might help.

Plink it then try to retreat back into cover to stay hidden, maybe?

First: The master betrayed it.
Second: "Us."
>>578681
>we have a monster to rescue.
While this would certainly be a great outcome, there's... Not much that can be done for the poor thing but to free it from its misery.

Alanna: Stay strong. Ean's right, you really shouldn't be a part of the combat. Stay back, strengthen your will, and keep a good distance from it. If, and only if you feel you are capable of summoning a good strong clump of your magic, you can try "binding" the creature, or at least bog it down with the effects of your magic. Don't put yourself too far into risk, though; if it feels like you'd have to get close to do anything, then don't.

Shenzi: Yeah, I agree. That thing is rather freaky. At least it's not as gru--Oh snap. Er, nevermind! I've seen worse, I'll just say that. This thing looks pretty benign compared to those things!

I hope to the gods this thing wasn't left over by Valdore, but the note did say she, so I'm thinking it wasn't.

Ean, Liver: The legs do look thinner than the rest, but they also appear to be made of sturdier material. Liver's maul/hammer might be able to crush them, but I agree with >>578791 's strategy to keep away or hidden from its attacks. Ean, you said your magic is primarily creating fire, but what about manipulating it? Can you push that fire right back down inside of it, or use it to engulf the creature itself? Maybe even pull the whole of it out of the monster.

>>578789
I wonder can we use the trees for cover? Liver swings his hammer as the monster passes by, allowing Shenzi or Ean to get in a hit from the sides or the back. Keep dodging from behind trees, get in free shots, and make the monster waste his energy trying to play Whack a mole with you guys.

be careful with the fire attacks, this thing is more then likely resistant to fire; but using its fire against it is worth a try.

if we can immobilise it by taking out the legs it will be easy to run around and stop it going after the softer party members.

Ok, weird monster with abilities unknown.

Firstly it looks like it's moving slowly, so you should be able to surround it without too much difficulty. That won't offer any real tactical benefit on it's own, that fires spitting out at weird angles. From the looks of it you don't want to get too close.

It's tall and top heavy. Unless there's some magic keeping it upright, it should be easy to knock over. Give it a hammer swing to knock it over, then hopefully another shot to finish the thing.

Honestly it'd be nice to have some water on hand, in case someone is set on fire, which seems likely. Since we don't have any, be ready to put out anyone who catches fire by smothering it with a cloak.

Allana, if you can manage something specific, try calming the creature with magic. If it weren't agitated it most likely wouldn't be a threat in the first place. If you can calm it we should forego violence at all and try to reason with the poor beast. It was obviously the subject of a failed magic experiment and is a walking tragedy.

>>578789
Throw us at it. We're very effective against insane things, and if we can't persuade it then we can tell you what it's going to do.

We'll either talk it down, hijack it, telegraph its attacks, or miss. If we miss then we get picked up later. Not a huge loss.

>>578902
Oh, right, I totally forgot that we're a physical thing. There's technically the chance that we'll eat it right up and gain a negative trait because of it though, so we should really have a self-consensus on if we want to take that risk. I mean, unlike what happened with a certain ally, I wouldn't at all mind if we ended up consuming this thing's soul, but I would mind if it gave us a negative trait.

Don't be so flippant about soul eating.

*attacks self with self loathing*

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/17(Tue)20:40 No. 579073 ID: 939c7f
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rolled 3 = 3

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>>578792
>your magic is primarily creating fire, but what about manipulating it?

Ean - I can but it's much harder, especially if it's being manipulated by another. But I'm am a proud ash touched, we don't fear fire, we're born of it!!

>>578872
>>578902
>>578798
Shen - a good strategy, Ean will lead the charge and try to knock it down, then I'll come in for a stab.

>Shenzy plucks you out of the air using your recal ability.

Shen - if either you or I fail, we'll beat it to a pulp using the trees as cover~

Liver - I'll... I'll stand back until I'm needed, I... I don't have any means of defending against fire.

Shen - Hahahaa~! Yup! Big sis has gotta protect her lil pups~

>Shenzy hoists up the shield given by concu and they charge!!

Ean tackles the beast hard using all his power!!

Weapon skill check: 60 (flaming capoeira) + 10 (advanced fire dancing) + 10 (advanced manipulations) + 5 (lumbering target) = 85

Above = 98 crit fail
Above = 86 failure
Below = 85 success
below = 45 great success
below = 08 crit success

Boy With The Broken Halo 2014/06/17(Tue)22:12 No. 579083 ID: 939c7f
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>Ean dashes forwards, braving a furious torrent of flames, charging through them as if they were nothing! using his flaming dance fighting, he spins and kicks fast, molten fire gushing from his heel as he brings his foot down hard on the beast, slamming a solid roundhouse kick clear into one of the monsters faces!! The beast is thrown off it's claws and slammed into a near tree, ripping the bark from it's surface and breaking the tree in two!! the creature slums to the ground, immobile, extinguished and apparently unconscious, though still breathing faintly. How ever it's open bleeding gashes appear to be healing at an brisk pace.

Ean - ... AAAAaaahhhhh!!!

>The fire dancer hollers his victory and strikes a victory pose.

Shen - Wow... Little brother, You're amazing~!

Ean - Well I don't like to brag~

Shen - Eum... Mister Gatling, Should I still stab you in it?

Ean - I could finish it off right now if you don't want to risk it.

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>>579073
Damn, you deserve to be proud when it lets you be that successful!

With it already this incapacitated, I'd suggest just eliminating it. Even if we manage to somehow avoid acquiring permanent negative traits, it will likely have it's own, personal negatives.

No its a poor soul. Give it a hug!

Diplomacy, in whatever form, is always better than violence. This thing has a story, and we should see what it is. Not only could it's knowledge help us, and its strengths aid us, but we may be able to redeem it as well.

>>579087
Alright, you, sir, have convinced me. Let's see what it's like on the inside.

I swear, if this thing was made by Valdore, I'm gonna have it give him a piece of my mind. Not openly, mind you, I still want his assistance for the group, but I do want him to understand he needs to be more open about mistakes. At the very least, we'll be able to snuff them, and best case we can "redeem" them as you suggested.

>>579083
Finish him.

Yeah, let's find out what we can. No soul-eating for the moment.