I open my eyes.

FUCK SHIT CUNT ITS COLD!

FIND THE SHIT OUT OF MY MOTHER GOD DAMN

>>6880043

As you open your eyes, it takes them a minute to focus. However, once they've adjusted to being used for the first time, you see that you are in a small alcove at the rear of a large cavern. Around the alcove's entrance, you can see a clutch of crushed eggs, each one containing the remains of a black wyrmling.

>>6880046

You cry out weakly, but your calls echo throughout the cavern with no response.

Attempt to crawl out.

OM NOM NOM THE SHIT OUT OF THOSE WYRMLING REMAINS GOD DAMN.

Find and eat my mother. It is the only way to assert my dominance over the rest of the clan.

I'm hungry. I eat the first goddamn thing i can find, or attempt to.

I awaken my sorcerous dragon blood, after that I summon a monster and eat him.

rolled 3, 7, 20 = 30

>>6880103
Locate nearest living thing and devour it. Goblins are preferred.

>>6880105

You crawl towards the opening of the alcove, your new limbs feeling strange and awkward. As you approach the opening, you can feel a chill breeze blow - it causes you to shiver, your thin frame poorly insulated against the elements.

>>6880191
this

>>6880161
>>6880155

Looking down at your dead kin, you begin to devour their corpses hungrily. They taste slightly rotten, but you don't care - you can feel yourself filling up, new energy coursing through your veins.

rolled 5, 7, 3 = 15

>>6880228
Can we fly now?

>>6880228
FUCK YES NOW LETS FUCKING SHIT OUT SOME FIRE OUT OF THAT COCKSUCKING ORIFICE OF OURS!

>>6880228
*belch*

Okay then, I try my wings' muscles by flying one-two laps around the room.

>>6880245

You let out a belch, causing a small stream of fire to shoot out at the shattered remains of the eggs. Covered as they are in dried-out plant life, they light, providing you with a source of heat... For the time being.

>>6880249

Making your way around the flaming eggs, you flap your wings a couple times experimentally, and then try to take off - You manage to glide roughly three yards across the cavern floor before gravity asserts itself. You have yet to master true flight, it seems.

I've had a long day. I lay down to take a nap...

>>6880294
Fuck this. I use my appendages to cover myself with the burning eggs, then crawl/glide out of the alcove.

TIME TO SLEEP LIKE THE FIST OF THE NORTH STAR SHIT CUNT FUCK!

>>6880300
check your surroundings for danger first, what killed the other wyrmlings might come back for you.

Explore the cavern more.

>>6880332
if starting fires and gliding across a cave hasnt earned somethings attention yet I don't think a small black sleeping whelpling will.

Look around cave, eat anything fleshy.

>>6880325

You sweep the shattered remnants onto your body. One of them fits your head roughly, almost like a helmet. The warmth is comforting, and the light they provide proves useful as you venture out into the cavern at large.

The floor is speckled with little chunks of metal - the largest the size of a pea. You instinctually recognize the material as silver. Looking around, you can tell that this must be where your mother kept her hoard - but it's gone, and there doesn't seem to be any sign of her, either.

>>6880373
>You sweep the shattered remnants onto your body. One of them fits your head roughly, almost like a helmet. The warmth is comforting, and the light they provide proves useful as you venture out into the cavern at large.

D'awwwwwwww.

>>6880373
I smelt the remaining silver into an several small ingots using my fire breath and egg shells as a mold! using my hammer like tail i hammer out a scale mail breast plate and short blade! I am ready to take on you fuckers!

>>6880373
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

FUCKING CUNTGOBBLING ADVENTURERS!

ONCE WE GROW THE FUCK UP, VOW TO FIND AND FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF THOSE FUCKING PUSSY PUNTING SHITSTAINS!

Inspect the cavern for insects and small rodents. Eat any that don't seem to pose a threat.

>>6880439
In addition, eat a size-appropriately small amount of silver.

look up.
If there's anything I've learned from adventuring, it's that too many people forget to look up...

>>6880412

You test your fire breath on one of the little chunks of metal, but it doesn't seem that you are powerful enough yet to melt the various metals present into bars.

>>6880439

You find a few spiders, and the corpse of a rat, all of which you devour hungrily.

I also devour a tiny amount of silver.

I lower my gaze onto my anterior limbs, for i'm not really sure yet if i'm another of these black wyrmlings or a red one like my fire breath indicate.

>>6880470
I've eaten a lot of dead shit. I have to poop. I venture outside the cave to defacate, not before looking out for signs of danger.

>>6880454

You ingest some of the silver that you tried to melt. You can feel its warmth deep in your belly, as you digest your kin's flesh.

>>6880464

Looking up, you see a scorch-mark on the ceiling - but you can't make out what it's of from this side of the cavern.

>>6880508

If the feeling of devouring my kin's flesh is indeed the silver, I devour all of the chunks. All of them.

>>6880486

Looking down at your front limbs, you confirm that they are red.

I roll around in whatever dust or debris the cavern floor might be littered with.

>>6880508
Well, I take a look around me to see the configuration of the place - notably, where is the exit - then if possible i move to a point (trying to fly a little more in the process) where I can make out the features of this mark.

Our type of dragon apparently works like a Cuckoo bird.

Find other dragon's nest. Kill other dragon's eggs. Replace eggs with own eggs. Let other dragon raise your young.

Also, Gawblin man, are we D&D style chromatic dragons, custom, or what? (What setting)

>>6880572

You spy the cavern's sole (visible) exit across the way, and glide over to it - Your flight skills are improving, as it only takes you two landings before you arrive.

Looking up, you can finally make out the shape of the scorchmark on the ceiling - it looks like a dragon, although what type, you're not sure.

>>6880575

D&D Chromatic. When I use the word "kin", I'm using it rather loosely.

Check my gender, and then... chase my tail.

You know.

For exercise.

Look around the outside of the cave, naturellement.

>>6880615
I smiled. I'd chase my tail too.

>>6880630
>>6880615
INITIATE PROGRAM: TAIL CHASE

>>6880636
Activate. Code D'awww.

>>6880609
Thanks, Yer Honor.

It's entirely possible for us to be 'nice' or even 'good', provided we are Arrogant, arrogant and self interested.

Chase tail until tired; find hiding place, sleep.

>>6880615
Can wyrmlings have orgasms ? Do they know instinctly about masturbation as well as flight ?

>>6880615

Looking backwards, you are able to ascertain that you are male. Males have little things, right?

You see your tail flicking back and forth, and suddenly feel an overpowering urge to chase it. You spin around in a circle for a solid minute, before tripping and falling down, disoriented. The room feels like it's spinning.

>>6880668
What do I smell around ? wyrmlings are dead, but maybe the kobolds hid from the adventurers...

>>6880668

I look outside the cave.

>>6880668
D'aawwwww

>>6880682

As you reorient yourself, you can smell fresh air coming from the tunnel entrance where you're situated. It's faint, but it's there.

The only other things you can smell are the metal chunks in the cavern, and a variety of ambient rodent and insect scents.

I gobble up the metal fragments and try to fly over to the cavern entrance to have a sit-down and look around.

>>6880688

...Attempt to discern how long it has been since mother/kin vanished/were killed.

>>6880712
Let's get out of this cave, we ain't gonna find our mother in here.

>>6880739
Should we abandon our only shelter from the harsh elements so soon, so readily? Remember, we already had trouble standing a small breeze.

>>6880716

You proceed to skitter about the cavern, collecting the metal fragments in your tiny belly.

>>6880728

You run your tongue along your teeth, tasting the few remaining morsels of meat. Based on the level of decay, your best guess is that the whelplings were killed at least a month ago - the scorch mark on the ceiling seems to be about the same age, but then, you're only guessing.

>>6880712
Really, I have to poop. I've got the trots wicked bad. I've been canabalizing rotten me's, and eating rats bugs and metal chips. I waddle my way to the cave entrance.

>>6880728
Who's mother, the dead black wyrmlings?
Or our red one?

>>6880752
Yeah, but the next age category is 5 years ahead of now.

>>6880756
How is the exterior landscape and weather ?

>>6880767
Sheeze it's only been about 10 minutes since you ate...

brb, looking Rdragon up in MM.

Wait, Quest Runner, would you object to me looking up abilities? (1st ed MM in any case.)

>>6880791

Crawling down through the tunnel, you eventually see a flicker of daylight. Coming to the entrance, it takes your eyes a moment to adjust to the bright daylight. Outside, you see a swamp. It seems like a nice day - the sun is shining, and there aren't any predators readily apparent.

Digging a small hole in the dirt, you void your bowels before pondering what to do next.

>>6880798
apparently you've never had a baby-anything...

>>6880826
To the swamps we go.

>>6880826
wander around in search of something to play with.

>>6880809

Go ahead, but you don't really have much as a fresh hatchling.

Id'say we wait out in the cave only going out to take some food for the next 15 years, then we go out and start searching for gold

>>6880854

Looking around the entrance to the cave, you find evidence of small animals about - You recognize the scent of ground owls.

Aaaaaaand I need to depart for a bit, the turkey is being brought out. Should be back somewhere between thirty minutes and an hour.

>>6880826
check the ground for tracks. maybe momma went to get more food.

>>6880883
Roasted Owl
DO WANT

>>6880860

CR 3 (We gotta be careful.)

Double damage from cold (eek)

Suggestion: 3/day
Locate object (1/day/agecategory)
eyebite/discern location (whatever that is, 1/day)
Jump skill equal to hit dice. (7 atm)

...

Idea: When mortals want to be amazing, they go out and adventure. Get loot, gain money, power, fame, and means.

Let's do that ourselves. It's obviously effective. Some bitch-ass adventurers killed our bruthas, let's become the most badass, powerful, get-shit-done dragon ever.

>>6880864
Someone knows about this cave. And we don't know why we were there. But it has been safe for about the last month, and the scorch mark on the ceiling could likely imply it was our mother that invaded.

>>6880864
You're crazy ? I'm a red dragon, i'll leave this putrid swamp as soon as I ate all the remaining precious metals in the cave.

>>6880860
I also ponder about the opportunity of bonding with a nice sorcerer to protect me and give me gold until i'm very young. How do I be familiar ?

>>6880927
Boy. Refer to >>6880668

>>6880891
No hoard, no momma.

>>6880940
Bonding with sorcerer/sorceress sounds good.

Except that I think we die if our master dies, and we probably don't like the idea of being subordinate to anyone.

Other than that, sounds good.

>>6880924
I'll guess the next thing to do is to use my 150ft (poor) fly speed to get to the nearest volcano and check for my mum.

Question, for when you get back,
Was there any readily apparent reason why we lived and none of the blacks did?

>>6880990
Maybe we could hook up with one and 'pretend' to be her familiar (I.E, get protection from belonging to sorceress without actually being familiar) instead? After all, having a dragon with her would probably be a nice status bit.

>>6881014

150ft? after we land, can we just fly again a second after?

>>6881126
Speed, not range.

25 ft a second.

>>6881126
Err, what? It just means you make 150 ft per round, no landing needed (unless you fly for a long time).

>>6881060
My best guess on the evidence is here. OP might clarify, but s/he seems to be only telling evidence.
>>6880924

>>6881060
As a familiar we'd gain spell resistance and some feats, and the minimum level for a red wyrmling familiar being 12, we might as well go with true familiar to have someone reliable and powerful instead of a show-off.
The problem is that it prevents us of gaining class levels...

>>6881215
Or I guess so, I never read a rule about familiars with or without class levels.

Must leave, I hope I'll be able to read more when I get back. (Archive, plox?)

Too bad pathfinder sorceresses can no longer bond with familiars.

>>6881060

You have no idea why you survived and the blacks did not; perhaps your egg's location at the back of the alcove led to its being overlooked?

Awaiting the collective's opinion on what to do next.

As you ponder your next course of action, you notice movement in the swamp's undergrowth. Whatever it is, it seems to be coming your way, and judging by the amount of shrubbery that's moving, it's probably big. What do you do?

>>6881014
this is my vote

>>6881892
Except given the current situation, I recommend taking a concealed pouncing spot

>>6881875
Oh shit, hide.

>>6881903
>>6881904

You fly up into a tree near the entrance to your lair, just before a wolf enters the clearing in front of the tunnel's entrance. It sniffs the air, apparently looking for something, then barks three times. Two other wolves appear out of the underbrush, and together, the three enter the tunnel, and are soon lost to sight.

>>6881946
How big are these wolves?

>>6881946
Firebreath + wolves = cooked meat

what could possibly go wrong?

>>6881957

Sizing the wolves up, you notice that they seem to be well-fed, and are probably four feet tall at the shoulder.

>>6881975
~1.2 meters? That's a pretty tall wolf.
I suggest just watching them.

>>6881974

its 2d10.....

>>6881946
How much shrubbery can we fit in front of the cave? I say we suffocate these fucks and interrogate the leader.

>>6882018

Looking at the cave entrance, you guess that it would take about an hour of non-stop work to cover it completely, with no guarantee that the wolves wouldn't just force their way out.

>>6882041
That's why we light that shit on fire.

>>6882046

Do you wish to take this course of action?

>>6882076
No, wait. Let's ambush them in the swamp, even though we don't know the area too well, it has more hiding places.

>>6881975
Can I breath fire without burning the tree ? If so, I do until wolves die or flee.

>>6882018
>>6882046
It's pretty risky, but provided we have a way of escape (flying back into the tree, or further) it might be a sound plan.

>>6882107
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the breath werapon is a one round attack with a recharge time.

1) Obligatory, "Fuck you, I'm a dragon!"
2) Fuck yes, a dragonquest!
3) What >>6882018 said.

>>6882104

You leap from the tree, and glide deeper into the swamp. As you do, it gets darker, as the trees overhead block out the sun. It smells like methane, and the muck below gurgles menacingly.

>>6882166
1d4 rounds of recharge, 2d10 fire damage.
Wolves have 2d8+4 HP.

>>6882104
>>6882183
No no no no, more hiding places works against us as much as it does for us. Also methane + fire = boom

>>6882183
Methane is flammable.
We need to remember that, if we get a chance to lure creatures out here, they'd be easy to roast.

>>6882183
Can we find the smell from the wolves among all the other shit in here?

Furthermore, why is there wolves in a swamp ? There's definitely something wrong here.

>>6882211

You land on a branch, and flare open your nostrils, trying to lock onto the wolves' scent. After a few moments, you've got it; You're able to locate their trail, and if you so desire, trace it back to its source.

You need to shoot Lava.

>>6882253
Tophat ftw

>>6882183
Is there anything remarkable around ? If not, I'd like to leave this swamp as soon as possible. It's smelly, cold and damp.

>>6882239
Yes, find their lair.

>>6882271

You see a glow off in the distance, in the direction that the wolves came from. It seems to flicker up and down in intensity.

>>6882283
Why ? there's bound to be more wolves than we can take, and who cares about wolves anyway ?

follow the wolf's trail back to their lair from the tree tops while staying alert of anything else that may be flying around (gives us a chance to practice our fly and better safe then sorry)

>>6882292
Oh, then I'll leap from tree to tree until i'm in view of the source of light, and making a detour so that I come from a direction that is not the one towards the wolves went and might come back.

>>6882292
Sneak in closer, search the air for the scent of the three wolves, and anything else that seems like a threat.

cry to self because of abandonment issues

>>6882318

Following the scent back to the wolves' den, you find a hole in a hill, from which you can hear the yipping of pups, hungrily awaiting their parents' return.

>>6882354
...
Oh god.
Can we mind dominate them?
If not, food.

>>6882354
Do we smell -only- pups? I don't buy the fact that the wolves would leave their young unprotected.

>>6882354
What is the glow ?

find a place on top of the hill that can serve as our lair for a little, these wolfs will serve as a great early waring and food location system when we need, besides we can always kill them later

>>6882385

Do you want to fly down and try?

>>6882388

You can't smell any adults, but you do smell something besides pups - It's not a scent you're familiar with, however.

>>6882406
Let's enter the lair, WITH GREAT CAUTION, I don't want to eat the pups just yet. Depending on how smart these wolves are, I want to use their young as bargaining chips.

>>6882394

The glow seems to be coming from the wolves' den.

>>6882430
Are wolves that intelligent?

>>6882449
I guess that's worth investigating. I crawl in.

Am I chaotic evil yet ?

>>6882459
The wolves were investigating our lair in an organized group, even if they were desperate scavengers looking for food, the swamp outside is filled with easier prey than MOTHERFUCKING DRAGONSPAWN.

>>6882430
>>6882463

Warily, you make your way into the wolves' den. The tunnel winds back and forth, going deeper into the hill. The walls glow with some omnipresent, phosphorescent mucus. The further in you go, the more mucus there is.

I agree we should investigate the glow, could be important, besides we should familiarize the wolf pups with ourselves now, so they can better know to fear and respect us when they grow up

The sent you are not familiar with is probably human. Might be someone that can train/speak to animals seeing how the wolves are operating. Lets just hope we dont die.....

ok then....... this is probably not a good thing. Where are the pups?

>>6882488
Dip a claw in and pull some out for tasting. Let's feed some of this mucus to a wolf pup first before we try it on ourselves.

>>6882488
I take a bite of the mucus, for curiosity's sake and for glowing-in-the-dark tongue fun.

>>6882537
>>6882529
Mucus-mind

>>6882529
>>6882537

Are you going to try it yourself, or find the pups and test it on them?

pup test

>>6882565
Seek the pups first

seeing as there is so much of it and the wolves aint eating it, it probably means its not good.... or they are simply not interested in it i suppose.

>>6882565
I wouldn't. Pups have not my +7 fortitude save, and even if they die I'd like to try and have a phosphorescent tongue.

find the pups

>>6882570
>>6882576

Ignoring the ooze for now, you continue down the tunnel, until eventually it opens up, into a roughly 10x10x10 chamber. Looking around, you can see that the room was artificially made - although how long ago, you're not sure. The mucus stops at the entrance to the larger chamber, leaving whatever it contains mostly hidden. You can hear movement, and the yipping ceases, replaced by some rather unintimidating growls.

>>6882606
Plus I've got no time to lose in waiting for them to digest the stuff, their parents could be back anytime.

give them your a-bit-more-intimidating-young dragon growl. that should shut them up. Also get a visual on them.

>>6882645
This. Is there another exit from that room ?

artificially made you say, this merits further investigation. This place might turn out to be a good lair after all.

>>6882645

You growl at the pups, a thin trail of fire momentarily flaring from your mouth. The growls stop, replaced by whimpers. In the brief moment that you get a look at the pups, you see... What looks like one pup with multiple heads.

>>6882660

Looking up, you can see a ledge, with a second tunnel leading in the wall behind it.

>>6882660
this. Get a good grasp of your surroundings. Take care not to get trapped in here.

>>6882688
CERBERUS PUP
OH SNAP

>>6882676
10x10x10 ? In a swamp ? For a red dragon ?
No. Continue investigating, then if nothing happens go for the next volcano.

>>6882688
We are making him our friend.
srsly.
We've just showed dominance. now let us befriend it.

>>6882688
Can I sense magic as a wyrmling ?
If not, disregard the pups and go on trough the tunnel.

>>6882719
Beferending it does seem to be a good idea. But wouldnt it grow up before us and die too? The starnge thing is that the parents didnt seem to be cerburus'.

Befriend or Mind control into following us. Ensure that we dont get snuck up on.

>>6882742
>>6882719

Do you stay to investigate the chamber/pup, or move on down the tunnel up on the ledge?

>>6882708
the entrance is in a hill and we have to start somewhere

now back to the actions, headbutt the pup in a playful manner to show that everything is alright now that it knows who is boss and fly up to get a better look at the ledge

It would take too long to befriend a multi-headed wolf of animal intelligence, and we can't mindcontrol, do we ?
I say we go on.

Fine. check the ledge at lest we can get a clear view of the place from above.

question: is the green mucus flammable? :D

>>6882800

You fly up onto the ledge, peering down at the chamber below you.

Seemingly emboldened by this, the pup comes out of its darkened corner, into the light from the tunnel, and starts barking at you with all three heads.

>>6882808
good question I was wondering about that eairler.

Oho. corageous now huh. Time for a bit of overlord time. Fly down in spirals whilst shooting streams of fire at it. take care not to hit though, just frighten.

>>6882816
Breath fire menacingly at it, but with no intent to harm it

>>6882816
I tell the pup to sit down (In fact no, as I open my mouth I think that my first words have to be something more interesting than that, so I shut up for the time being), and continue my subterranean exploration.

>>6882816
SEISMIC TOSS
That'll teach it to fucking bark at us, just make sure don't kill it. Disorient, yes. Kill, no.

>>6882843
>>6882845
>>6882855

You breathe a burst of fire down at the pup, which immediately retreats back to its corner beneath the ledge. Turning towards the tunnel, you see that this one as well is lined with the luminescent goo. However, instead of winding back and forth, it goes upwards at about a 30 degree angle.

No overlord time? :(
fine subterranean exploration it is.

>>6882890
Go forth !

I suppose we have the chance to feed a pup the goo, I think we should ignore it and head up the tunnel. Our sulphurous stink must have the adults not too far behind.

yay overlord time!!!!

>>6882914
I agree that those wolves must be close by now that is if they could smell past the methane or have gotten close enough. Do we want to go rambo on em or leave?

>>6882897
>>6882914

As you make your way up the tunnel, a new scent makes its way to your nostrils - The scent of rotting flesh, blood, and decay. A rivulet of putrescent water flows down by your feet.

>>6882966
Continue more cautiously. Taste the water if I think I could identify what kind of meat is rotting up there from the taste.

stealthy make our way towards the source of the scent,

>>6883010
>>6883035

Cautiously, you continue. The taste of the water is hard to discern - it's possible that multiple corpses are mixing up the flavor.

>>6883088
What do I see up there ?

>>6883096

Poking your head out of the top of the tunnel, you see a vast chamber, filled with piles of humanoid corpses. Dwarves, elves, humans, goblins, kobolds, gnolls, orcs... There's more species here than you can recognize.

>>6883123
For a recent hatchling, we recognise a lot already.

Scan the area for obvious exits.

EAT THEM AND GROW STRONG

>>6883137
>>6883123
Also: if there's no exits we might find ourselves in a combat situation...

>>6883137

Genetic memory.

Looking about, you see on the far side of the chamber a hole in the ceiling - with light filtering down from above.

>>6883137
New dragons inherit working knowledge of the world from parents.

>>6883123
Scan the area for valuables.

take a better look around the chamber from our vantage point

I have to go, so I wish you all luck

Are the bodies damaged ? If yes, is there blood around, which would indicate that they were killed in this room ?
How rotten are they ? If a month's worth, that gets interesting.

Sniff out fresher corpses and eat

Do we smell anything -living-?

>>6883159

You see a few copper coins scattered about, but nothing worth much - all around you is the stink of death.

>>6883201

Some corpses are fresher than others. The pile seems to form under the hole in the ceiling, with the freshest corpses on top, the ones on bottom little more than skeletons in rags.

Looks like this thread's dead?

>>6883395
Start nomming on those fresh corpses.

Eat.

Then examine the hole. Do we hear anything? Voices? A town? A stronghold of some creature(s)? Anything? Do we smell anything over the stink of death from the pit?

>>6883395
Mmm miasma, walk over to the opening see if there's anything visible from below it.

>>6883399
I think it's just the turkey making everyone slow.

>>6883407

You begin to devour one of the corpses near the top - as you do, another one falls down through the hole in the ceiling. You can hear voices above.

rolled 7 = 7

>>6883428
Listen check.

>>6883418
Same action, also listen, see if we can understand the language.

Keep eating until we're full. And yes, keep listening.

Rawr. the cautious guy is back.

I also suggest listening and understanding if possible. NB we should probably stop eating rotten corpses and look for fresher meat. We might frig up our digestive system.

>>6883519
or become some kind of dracolich, you are what you eat afterall.

>>6883459
>>6883475
>>6883497

As you chew quietly, another corpse falls down, nearly hitting you as it rolls down the mound. The voices aren't speaking a language you can comprehend, but you do recognize a word of common - "Dragon".

I vote that we somehow became the alpha of the wolf pack. Having our own little team of wolves to guard our new lair would be awesome.

Listening is the best idea at this very moment. We need to discern if this group of people we can hear are hostile or not.

Is the pit we're in dark or is it possible they can see us? Once we're full, move up and investigate closer to the top of the pit without getting so close to where we'd be visible to whoever's up there.

>>6883550
How is the corpse ?

>>6883550
SHIT.

Cover's blow guys, and at this age We're about as threatening as a declawed kitten to this murderers.

RUN.

>>6883578
No no no. They could be talking about our mother. I say we hide and stay silent.

>>6883550
They can either smell me or see me. Our next course of action is to either head back to the wolf den, or fly out of the ceiling. For shits and giggles I want to fly out of the ceiling.

woah. holy @@&^. It's either they saw us and are talkin about it (highly unlikely due to the apparently non-agitated voices) or they are talking about a sighting of or mom or somthing. Either way we dont want to get closer, adventurers may be around. Time to make a stealthy retreat.

Toobad we cant understand or I would gather intel.
PS. how does a dragon learn languages. Observation or devouring brains or somn weird like that?

>>6883581
We don't understand anyway. I say we fall back if the corpse is badly damaged, and fly out, ready to breathe, if not.

>>6883581
Because when I dump a body in a random pit in the swamp, first thing I think of is a goddamned Giant Dragon.


Don't be naive.

>>6883578
>>6883581

Your instincts tell you to flee, but you remain still - Another corpse tumbles down, this one a fresh goblin. In fact, as you watch it land, you notice it's still breathing - barely. It looks up at you, it's pupils dilating in fear.

>>6883611
Wait wait wait wait, could this have been the black dragons actual lair. While the cave was just a place for its hatchlings?

>>6883611
The massacre could be related to the black dragons or to our mom. The only thing near is a dragon's cave showing recent signs of adventurers.

a little something to keep you guys going. imo this is the best art wizards has for the dragon whelp. should have kept it

Silence the goblin, inspect the pit.

>>6883633
No, scratch that. There was remains of a horde in the cave, and no obvious horde in here.

>>6883625

A wounded goblin could be easily intimidated into serving us.

Sit on its chest and stare at it. If it looks like it's going to make a noise, show it some teeth. It should get the message.

QUICK. rip out neck. If he screams he could alert the people up top. If we dont make it in time, hopefully they think hes just screaming cause of the dead bodies. If they check LEAVE. We are too young to be attracting human attention, or the attention of some other race that can speak common and kill goblins

>>6883660
Hmm.
Is it mortally wounded? It seems likely given the number of corpses down here.

>>6883660

The goblin tries to pull itself away as you climb down to it - as you settle on its chest, it gasps in pain, a rivulet of blood running down the corner of its mouth.

If they keep dropping bodies this regularly, we must be underneath a wicked as fuck dungeon, or there was just a massive battle.

>>6883688
"Silence !" will be my first word.
If he looks like he understands, drag him down, and start to ask him about what's going on up there.

>>6883675
And we have to get back for the three-headed pup.

>>6883688

What languages do we know? Do we have any chance of communicating with it?

How big are we, in comparison? Could we, for example, drag the goblin someplace quiet to interrogate it? Failing that, try herding it in its crawling-away-in-fear to go where we want it to.

>>6883726

The goblin wheezes, nodding weakly, as you grasp the rags he's wearing, and pull him down to the base of the pile.

What do you ask him?

Ask what's above the pit. Promise to spare/save him.

>>6883769

We ask nothing. We COMMAND him to tell us what lies in the chamber above, and why he was thrown down here. He'll keep his voice low if he values his life.

I dont think this goblin is gonna survive long enough for an interrogation. but i guess we can for as long as it lives. and also FINALLY fresh meat ^^.

>>6883769
What is going on above? Where did you come from?

>>6883769
"Where are you from ? Who are you ?"

Goblins dying guys or they wouldnt have thrown it down here. I doubt he have any hope of healing it or closing its wounds,

>>6883801
this

>>6883786

The goblin groans weakly. "There is... A cult... They seek... The remains of a great, red dragon... Rumored to have fallen in this... Swamp... They are seeking to create... A creature to... Lead their forces..." He gasps, choking on blood, before he manages to speak again. "Please... Two drops of... Your blood..."

>>6883849
I'm evil, but chaotic before that. I bit my lip and let the drops of blood fall.

>>6883880
Then
>>6883807

>>6883849
I don't see the goblin as any more use. Perhaps blood might heal him, but one goblin minion is pretty pathetic. I deny him the blood.

>>6883849

>The remains of a great, red dragon...

MOTHER?!

Give him the blood. Hopefully it will give us more control over him. Is this cult a cult of wizards and sorcerers? Sounds dangerous.

>>6883880
Oh yeah, dragons have no lips in dnd iconography, so I bit my tongue.

>>6883849

Give him the blood, and we have a servant. A weak servant, but a servant nonetheless.

When we find something more useful to aid us then we can eat the goblin. Until then, we make use of the tools we have.

>>6883880
>>6883904
>>6883907

The goblin laps up the blood, and grunts as he shifts, causing you to move off his chest. Staying silent, he begins to crawl away from the area below the hole in the ceiling, beckoning you to follow.

No, don't follow blindly. Find out where he leads us first.

>>6883942

He hides behind one of the other piles of corpses, making sure that it's between him and the hole that he fell through, then sits and waits for you to follow.

>>6883942
C'mon OP has Goblin in his name, what are the chances of the goblin *not* being helpful...

>>6883995
Go to him, ask him where he's from and how he ended up like that.

>>6883995

Follow a little way behind. We don't know enough about what's going on above, and this goblin's the best source of information we have so far.

I'm pretty sure that if he makes trouble we can take him down.

Demand information from him. Everything he knows.

>>6884029
>>6884023

The goblin grunts as you join him behind the pile, clutching his abdomen. Despite his obviously bad state, it looks like he'll live.

"My name is Gritch. My clan considers this swamp holy, and every year we come and visit it, to pay homage to our ancestors. This time... Things were different. The cult that did this to me... They captured us, blindfolded us, and marched us to this place... Every day, they killed another one of us, demanding to know where the dragon's bones lay... We did not know, and so they kept killing us, disposing of our bodies in this pit..."

He coughs, wincing at the pain in his lower chest. You can see bloodstains over the area he's clutching.

He's served his usefulness. Eat him.

>>6884096
Ask him more about this cult, and the swamp.

>>6884096

Ask him what he knows of dragons in the area at all. How many, how old, what colour.

>>6884118
There's plenty of other fresh corpses in the room, why bother with the one that's alive.

>>6884139
Because it's a game.

Ask him if any of the other goblins live? If they do we could rescue them and get an entire goblin tribe owing their lives to us.

>>6884096
Those bones belong to my mother, I must find them and take vengeance on the humans. Do you know where I could start looking? I know you don't know the exact location, but any clues would help. Do you know anything about the wolves that dwell here?

Ask how many they are up there, and if there is experienced fighters or mages.

>>6884129

He shrugs. "They are a group of necromancers - They wish to use the swamp's burial grounds as fodder for minions."

>>6884131

He raises an eyebrow at your question. "There was a great, black dragon that inhabited this swamp, once - the elders say that she guarded the dragon deathgrounds here. But several months ago, she disappeared, and hasn't been seen since."

>>6884181
Ask him about the layout of the place up there, if there's a possibility of freeing the goblins. We could use them to take on the cult, or if they're not enough, use the confusion to capture a cultist.

>>6884216

He shakes his head. "They are many. It would take a miracle to make it past the guards to the slavepens."

>>6884181
Did you get a good look at how many of them are up there?

>>6884330
Ask the Goblin what is profession is/was.

>>6884345
Lol disregard that.

>>6884330
Tell me, are you good with animals?

>>6884330
Keep silent a moment, trying to understand what's going on, and swallowing in the fact that your mother's bones are somewhere in the area.
We'll have to find that black dragon.
Do we care about the cult's plan ? Not really, dead is dead.
What of the goblin ?
"What are you gonna do now ?"

>>6884350

He frowns, and spits. "Me? I was our tribe's shaman... And a fat lot of good that did us in the end."

>>6884360

He looks at you curiously. "I have trained my clan's hunting dogs and riding wolves... What do you care, wyrmling?"

>>6884392
This place is home to some wolves, there is a pup nearby with multiple heads, and I saw the adults sniffing around the cave where I awoke.
We need to tame and gather these beasts, and then regroup at the cave. The more help we have, the easier it will be to crush these humans.

>>6884469
Crush the humans ? Some pups and a wyrmling will not help against something which defeated a whole tribe of goblins.

>>6884469
>>6884167
Wait, I don't think it's mentioned that they're humans... Where did you get that from?

>>6884501
I never said anything about the process being immediate, an army needs to start SOMEWHERE, no?

Taming the wolves is a good start, it gives us an exit to the cave.

>>6884529
I'm a dragon. Not a king or a paladin. Wars and armies are beneath my standing, not to mention swamp cults.
The three headed pup is interesting though, and the goblin shaman who can tame wolves can help.
I ask him if he can take care of wolves puppies, or if I have to take the mother with me.
Then we'll go see his clan's lair.

>>6884579

He shrugs. "Give it meat, it won't need a mother. Where is this pup?"

>>6884579
This isn't about being a king or a paladin, we're not about to let these fucks defile our mother's remains are we?

>>6884614

Dragons live a long time.

We can go someplace and gather strength, build up an army of minions, then come back and lay waste to anyone we choose.

We don't need to do this shit right away.

>>6884603
Alright, let's carve up a fresh corpse and head back down the tunnel.

>>6884603
Take him to the ledge. Do I smell the adults ?

>>6884614
Why not ? A mother that dies instead of feeding us does not merit our consideration. And it's not like we care about defiling corpses in itself.

>>6884614
Maybe we're chaotic lazy...

>>6884680
Well then, shouldn't WE be the one defiling the corpse if anything?

>>6884644
>>6884645

You and the goblin split a fresh corpse, then head back down the tunnel. As you descend, you can smell the adults. In fact, you can hear them.

continue, the meat will at least slow the adults

>>6884717
That's right, but we'll have to go with adventuring before we have the required necromancer levels.

>>6884730
Ask the goblin if he can help me with the fight, I can't use my breath with the cerberus down here too.

>>6884820

He grunts, looking down at the snarling wolves. "Yes... But I'll need a couple more drops of your blood to heal myself to the point where I can use spells."

Strategy:
Give blood.
Feed meat to wolves.
While wolves are momentarily distracted, attack.

Questions/Suggestions?

>>6884848
Granted, now we fight.

>>6884879
Seems a good plan.

>>6884879

Sounds fair.

Unless he's got some way to tame the wolves that means we don't have to kill them.

>>6884879
>>6884880

He takes the proffered tongue-blood, drinking the few drops slowly. He then turns to you and grins, shaking his head as you move to push some of the meat down.

"Don't bother. Watch."

He closes his eyes, and begins to chant. The hairs on his head rise, as if he were submerged in water. His eyes begin to glow beneath his eyelids, as a ball of softly glowing blue light forms in the center of the chamber, above the wolves, which lie down, their eyes slowly closing, as they fall asleep.

>>6884943
Yup, I sorta anticipated that. But it's good to cover all possiblities.

Interestingly we now have a powerful ally, who we cannot completely trust. Goblins are not well known for loyalty.

>>6884943
Good, Goblin. Can we skin the larger wolf to make a bag to carry the pups, or would they wake up ?

>>6884979
I suppose he needs us too. For the time being. Does he look like he'd be trouble to eat ?

>>6884980

He looks at you scornfully. "Would you wake up if someone were skinning you alive in your sleep? Hurry, we must go - I do not know how much time we have." He hops down from the ledge, looking around for the pup, then gasps as he spots it, snoozing in the corner. "So... It is true..." He mutters, picking the pup up and slinging its sleeping form over his shoulder.

Man, I thought we should have tried to convince the wolves we were one of thier pups, but eh, this works too, I guess.

>>6885014
The one we're skinning we'll kill before. Wait- Time ?

>>6885014

Right. So we have a goblin and a three-headed wolf pup. Time to find a lair.

>>6885014
Ask the goblin if he has any containers on him, I want to take some samples of the mucus with us when we go.

>>6885014
Alright, it's time to exit the cave and to find a camp. Or at least the next encounter.

I ask the gobbo if he knows about the surrounding landscape, and if so interesting local sites.

>>6885055
Or perhaps simply ask if he knows of a good nearby place for a lair.

>>6885049

He shakes his head.

>>6885055

"Yes... Yes, my tribe's burial grounds are not far from here. We have many hidey-holes near there."

>>6885093
It's a swamp. I want to get out of this place.
Let's just go to his tribe's caves.

>>6885096
Let's get going then. Oh one more thing, the goblin wouldn't happen to know any spells that would enlarge the sleeping wolves and send them into a berserking frenzy to distract the necromancers, would he?

>>6885096
... waits for OPs next post

The goblin leads the way down the exit tunnel, until finally the pair of you emerge into the gloom of the swamp. He waits until you are out of the tunnel, and then, with a quick muttered phrase, collapses the entrance behind you.

He then turns to you, a grim look on his face. "I do not enjoy this, but it is what must be done." He pulls a knife out of his rags, but before you can react, slices his left palm open, and extends his hand.

"I owe you a life-debt, wyrmling. Tell me, what is it that you are called?"

>>6885205
I stare at him, trying to decide what to say.

"My name is Silence."

>>6885265
Yes... That is fitting. Silence is our essence and our creed. It is what we will bring upon our enemies and fools that would try to tame us.

>>6885265

He nods slowly, taking this in. Out here in the semi-sunlight, the gray in his hair is more noticeable. He looks at you expectantly, his hand still outstretched.

>>6885265
Well that clears up the trust issues somewhat. Silence is a good name.
Also ask his name.

>>6885340
>>6884096

>>6885332
"I do not enjoy this, but it is what must be done."
Stretch my left wing.

>>6885359
"what was your name again ?"

>>6885332
Umm, grasp his hand. Any better ideas?

>>6885378
He wants to make a blood pact, obviously. I'd give my paw, but I have to walk on those.

>>6885365
>>6885378

He sighs, takes ahold of your wing, and lightly pricks it away from the membrane, drawing a little bit of blood. He then grasps the pricked spot so that it is touching his own hand wound, the blood intermingling.

You feel a tingling sensation run down your spine, but it is gone quickly. Looking at your wing, the prick is already healed.

>>6885420
Alright, lets get the hell out of here.

>>6885420
Is there something apart tombs and holes in your burial grounds ?

>>6885420
What other tribes and races are local to your area?

>>6885485

He shakes his head. "No, but we're near the border of the swamp. Beyond, there is a great range of rolling hills, and a few hours from here, a river."

>>6885511
What about your tribe's former homes ? Are they in this swamp, and if yes, is there something you'd like to retrieve before we head to a more suitable place for me and this pup ?

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Page fucking 8 and autosaging

>>6885598

Shit, someone archive it, and I'll post the continuation tomorrow.

Fuck, I need to fap.

>>6885598
Autosaging is shit, why moot is against us ?