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>>23862874
Fuck yea. Been waiting for this all day Stone Mason.

What are our options?

Also do you think we can get a single Exp point for driving off the wolves for a night and possibly driving them off?

SWEET! Gargoyle Quest.

Well, I guess it's statue time now, all we can do is ears drop.

Things to pay special attention to:
-Any news about the Priest.
-Any news about the Mayor or his household.
-Any mention of the sleep spell. Has anyone noticed that anything happened?
-What the town plans to do with our church, since it's about to be re-opened.

Plus, any reports of 'monstrous' happenings.

>>23862967
Thats not how the Exp works, we get points for absorbing the souls and energy of mansters we have kiled not our actions of protecting the village or doing anything else.

>>23863044
That makes sense. If we are ever low on Exp and know that something big is coming we know where a whole family of monsters are living. Being able to make mist and other illusion magics those mermaids have would be quite useful to our ongoing Stealth route.

Also we should go hunting for a brutal soul. I talked with Stone Mason at the end of yesterdays thread and some of those brutality abilities are fucking epic. Unholy Colossus (or Juggernaut) practically makes us invincible.

Upon your pedestal above the church's door, you gaze upon the new foggy morning.

Extending your senses, you sense that few have risen yet. Unfortunately there is not yet anything you can do about the phenomenon at this time.

With due time however, you feel the priest from the prior night walking up the hill to your church. Turning your vision down, you see that he carries a book of some sort with black binding. Stopping before you, he gives you an intent stare before entering the church. Likely to do some early morning preparations for the mass to be held today.

You regard his presence for some time before ignoring it for now. You can not currently sense magic, even if you tried...

>[] Speak to the Priest. You are alone with him now after all. (Write in)
>[] Wait patiently.
>[] Doze off.

>>23863205

Wait patiently.

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Awesome! Yesterdays thread was awesome Stone Mason. What do you got for us today?

>>23863205
Wait, wait and watch.

>>23863205
Lets see what he is up to.

[X] Wait patiently

>>23863205
>[x] Wait patiently.

>>23863170
>If we are ever low on Exp and know that something big is coming. we can go murder the innocent family in the lake.

You're not really getting the whole 'Guardian and Protector' thing, are you?

You wait and eventually sense more life approaching your church. Most of the village seems to be in attendance, save for the farmers you can see in the fields to the south of your church.

Among the lives that enter, you sense molly, the two entities from within the mayor's house the prior night, and many more.

You hear no whispers of how anyone's sleep was affected from the prior night. Instead, you hear some women gossiping...

"Did you hear? They found a man near the north gate that had his skull smashed in. Near him, there was a bible."

"Oh, yes, I've heard! My husband says that he must of been some sort of crazy nutter. Naked, in the woods with a bible..."

"But what could have done such an awful thing? Couldn't be the work of wolves, and what with that fire.."

"Oh, look at the statue! It looks so welcoming, whyever did we build another church?"

"Oh, you know. The Square's church was bigger, it could fit all of us. Also, it's in a much better location, at the center of everything, you know."

"Ahh, yes... that's right.. Well, when it's repaired, likely we'll return to it I suppose.."

The women carry on like that and finally enter the church. You feel Molly and her eyes looking upon you. It almost feels odd to be seen by so many at once. You look down and see that she's smiling at you before heading on in.

Pastor Clegane goes through his sermons, preaching about the grace of god and the angels that watch over the town.

He finishes service by asking if anyone has any injuries that they'd like to have healed.

You sense life forces strengthen subtantially as people take turns meeting him. After service is let out, a number of people letting out of the church. Most of them departing complain about the creaks and the dust of the old church.

Molly sticks around and looks up to you,"How are you doing Mr. Angel? I had another nightmare last night about mommy.. Can you ask god if she's okay? Can.. You ask god when they'll stop?"

>[] Speak(Write in)
>[] Remain Silent.

I feel like I'm trolling you guys by giving you the options to speak...

>>23863534

That's because you are.

> [] REMAIN SILENT!

>>23863455
They are monsters of a supernatural origin. They could eventually turn on our charges if some stupid fisherman attacks one thinking it will try to drown him. Just forethought really.

>>23863513
[X] Remain Silent

>>23863564
Murdering the merfolk wouldn't be easy.

We sink in water. We will be slow as fuck underwater, the merfolk would run rings around us.

We might kill one up on the shore, but then no doubt they'll seek revenge and take it out on the fishermen every day while we can't protect them.

>>23863513
>They found a man near the north gate that had his skull smashed in. Near him, there was a bible.

Guess the Werewolf reverts to human form after death. Something to keep in mind for the future.

>you sense the two entities from within the mayor's house
How far can we track life force? Monitor them as best we can.

>[x] Remain Silent.

>>23863534
I felt the same way about you giving us the option of attacking everything yesterday.

>>23863534
If ventriloquism style not-obvious-at-all 2spooky speaking is an option, talking to children is more of a possibility.
Speaking to the people though...

>>23863564
Who said they were monsters? They live in the lake to escape the monsters of the sea. I've seen nothing that suggests they are a threat.

Pre-emptive killing of someone because they might come into conflict with someone, for some reason, at some point, at some time, maybe, possibly....

By that logic we should just kill everyone. Then we KNOW they they won't kill each other.

Molly turns and leaves, "Thank you for listening Mr. Angel!

In your own head, you think. 'You're welcome.'

You turn your attention to the incriminating life sources from before. You sense that one has remained nearby and seems to be with the woman that had been gossiping in front of the church before.

The other has dissapeared into the town, you reach out with your sense to locate it, yet you are distracted by some men that have hung around by the church.

"You hear about that mutilated wolf outside the northeastern wall? It looks like something ate it, there were even bones missing."

"Aye, heard the head was gone.most of the bones too. Some men tried to come back to move it away from the town but it was gone when they returned.."

"This... This is our town, right?"

"Aye, if you want to call it that... The nobility own this town, even the mayor is just a figurehead. You want the owner, you'd better look to that Harlot, Victora Manse."

"Shhh! Don't talk about her! Many of the women are in her circle! If she hears about this, you're like to get guard duty!"

"Bah, I'll say what I want. Guard duty's not as bad as not knowing what's out there..."

"Speaking of that, Cedrik Sherphard's told tales of the wolves taking his flock in the night!"

"Seems those mangy muts aren't done with us yet.."

The men depart, and nothing more of particular interest circles around.

Roll 1d100 for detection of the second life signature.

Rolled 19

>>23863821

DC 70*

Not used to that.

Rolled 62

>>23863865
fuck

>>23863821

1 more roll...

Rolled 1

>>23863874

Rolled 71

>>23863885
Try this again.

>>23863891
>1d70
Really now?

Rolled 33

>>23863891
>>23863879
thank god for that 62. my 1 would have prolly done something I don't even want to think about.

>>23863906
I thought he said to roll 1d70 misread it. :P

>>23863908

Tried so hard to detect the person that your head explodes?

Mehhehe...

Taking >>23863905

since >>23863891
wasn't the right number.

Rolled 97

>>23863908

You're still rolling 1d70, not 1d100.

You spend the afternoon feeling around the town for that other presence. You locate it in the direction of the town's center. It does not move during the day, yet in the eve, it begins to move about, heading for the wood and beyond the range of even your finest focus.

The woods are dangerous, why would anyone venture out there.. alone at that?

This may be worth investigating..

>>23863944

To the mystery machine, gang!

>>23863944
FOLLOW! But be stealthy and follow at a distance.

>>23863821
>wolf outside the northeastern wall? It looks like something ate it,

Some sort of scavengers? Might be a good ides to check it out. Maybe put out some bait and hide in the shadows, watch for a while and see what turns up.

Might be nothing to worry about, but probably best to check.

>Cedrik Sherphard's told tales of the wolves taking his flock in the night!
Looks like it's wolf season! We need bait anyway.

>You want the owner, you'd better look to that Harlot, Victora Manse.
1nb4 that's the second person in the mayors house.

>>23863944

Make note of the direction. At sundown we'll see if we can find a trail.

It is worth investigating, yes. Some monsters can take human form.

The priest is a blood mage, your senses told you that he saw you last night when you were leaving after looking at him performing a ceremony, and he started too intently at you for it to be a coincidence. We should speak to him before he sets the congregation to shatter us during the day, he would be the ideal caretaker.

Also, we told the mermaid to not cause trouble but we never told her we protect the humans, all she knows is that we are something inhuman. We should clarify what we meant.

The sun begins to set and your body tingles with the joy of animating once more to defend your people from the forces of evil.

What do you do now?

>[] Check out Shephard's fields.
>[] Visit Molly.
>[] Check out your church.
>[] Moniter the Graveyard.
>[] Head to the northern woods.
>[] Return to the Lake.
>[] Search for this, "Victora Manse"
>[] (Other)

Optional

>[] Don your cloak.
>[] Retrieve your daggers from the church.

>>23864076

Trusting the priest to be our caretaker seems like a tragically stupid idea.

>>23864076
What this post says

>>23864106

Don the cloak and daggers. I say we fuck the priest up - he's obviously aware of us to some extent, has dishonorable intentions and is thus our greatest threat. The longer we wait the worse it gets.

>>23864106
[X] Don your cloak.
[X] Retrieve your daggers from the church
[X] Head to the northern woods


>>23864124
For now I agree, we need to observe him more.

Captcha
>mollie ocutype
whats an ocutype? What could it mean? What message is this from the Captcha Gods?

>>23864106
grab our equipment and head to the woods, see if we can find that presence.

Lets find this Victora Manse

>>23864124
He is performing dark magicks for good deeds, or is secretly evil.
He is either an ideal caretaker (pillar of community can speak on our behalf, we stash ourselves and our stuff in church, can teach us magic)
Or he is secretly evil and would serve as a meal.

However, it is perhaps premature to speak to him right now. Nonetheless if he does know or suspect then being silent is a good way to be killed in our sleep. If we don't deal with him one way or another then we should hide away during the day somewhere safer then the top of a church.

>>23864076
>we told the mermaid to not cause trouble but we never told her we protect the humans, all she knows is that we are something inhuman. We should clarify what we meant.

Good point. In fact, maybe we should work out some sort of SOP.

Just so we don't delay the quest for two hours deciding what to say every time we meet something new.

I recommend some sort standard greeting.
Tell them: We are the Guardian of this place. Ask who & what they are. Tell them we mean no ill will but warn them not to harm our charges.

Unless this is something that is clearly hostile/already attacking. Like the Werewolf.
In that case, no talking, just kill it.

>>23864173
What dishonorable intentions? All we know is that he is able to crystallize his blood through a ritual involving a circle of Protection and heal wounds.

He may turn out to be good. Also if he knew about us and wanted us gone he would have attempted to destroy us during the day when we can do absolutely nothing.

A note: You sense life inside the church, do you still retrieve your equipment?

>>23864106
[x] Don your cloak.
[x] Retrieve your daggers from the church.

[x] Head to the northern woods.
If the trail is hot, we'll follow it while we have the lead. If the trail is cold.
[x] Check out Shephard's fields.

>>23864254
Wow you are really trying to push this priest encounter. Fine still go grab our stuff.

>>23864254
Do we know who this life is?

If it's the Priest, he already knows about us. While I think we should keep him at arms length and continue observing him 'till we know more, it's not like we need to hide from him either. He already knows we move.

If it's not him, wait a while, see if they just leave. If they don't seem to be leaving, go without our stuff.

>>23864210
I like it, I would replace "guardian of this place" with "guardian of these humans". It is an important distinction.

>>23864211
I tend to also think he is most likely "good"
But we aren't sure the ritual was of protection. All we know is that we sensed it was dark magic and that he said the bloodletting would make them stronger. Stronger could be achieved via summoning monsters to weed out the weak. (I am not saying that it is likely, only that it is possible)..

@Stone Mason: When we saw him perform the ritual, he was blood letting into a ruby chalice on an altar... were we able to identify what god was this alter to?

>>23864331
This seems most sensible, but are we not a creature of stealth? Can we not sneak through the church to get our shit and go with whoevers inside none the wiser?

>>23864254
Can we enter stealthily?

>>23864374

The altar was to the human "God."

You wait upon your perch for a moment as you sense a presence within the church. Proceeding without your equipment is in all liklihood a bad move, especially proceeding without your cloak.

After some time passes, you feel that the life has at least gone to sleep for the night.

With that, you land as gently as possible and weave your shadows into the darkness of the church, heading directly to your stash while avoiding creaking boards.

With your daggers on your hips and your makeshift cloak around you... you find that there is a much finer tapestry of red and gold within the church now that you could possibly wear, do you take it?

>[] Yes
>[] No.

It would replace your still dusty, and progressively tattering cloak as it is now...

>>23864374
>I would replace "guardian of this place" with "guardian of these humans"

Are we limited to only Humans?
People with legs. People with fish-tails.
If they live peacefully within our territory, I'd view them all them same.

>>23864457
[X] Yes

We ought to look the part, it's hard to be intimidating if you wear something falling apart.

>>23864457
>[x] No

It's not like a Gargoyle has vanity. Stealing the new decorations from the church is sure to be noticed and call attention to our roost.

>>23864457
[X] No

The priest already suspects us, and we don't know anything about him yet. No reason to antagonize him by swiping the new tapestry.

>>23864457
I'm not sure. Its probably more flashy than our current one, which should impact our stealth negatively.
On the other hand looking like a beggar kinda sucks.

I say take it. Our magic will make up it.

>>23864457
>[X] No
As long as it covers our identity we dont need anything more lavish.

>>23864457
Leave it there. We're trying to be stealthy, not flashy. Besides, the priest would probably suspect something was up if he finds his tapestry missing.

You decide not to take the cloak. It would be against your interest and it is far too flashy to suit your purposes. You leave without a second look at it, heading out of the church.

You wing over the town, heading to the northern wood to track down that presence that had vanished there in the evening. Reaching out, you feel a powerful life-force coming from the north-east.

And several smaller ones to the far north, the same direction where you had last detected your suspect.

Which direction do you go?

>[] North
>[] North-east
>[] Return to the Town.

>>23864457

No - don't need to draw attention to ourselves or make anyone suspicious.

>>23864457
No, its stealing from our charges, it is going to make the priest suspicious, and the only reason we wear anything is for stealth.
If anything, we should find a way to dye our tattered sheet black.

>>23864465
Well, we were explicitly made to guard only humans, but I am not averse to extending that to others.
Monsters is behavior not appearance.
How about "people"? "innocent"? Or just outright explain?

>>23864576

North-east.

What/who was the life form in the church?

>>23864611

You did not recognize the life-form.

>>23864576
>[x] North-east
Something powerful bares investigating.

>several smaller ones to the far north
Can you make out a number and could you recognise these if you detected them again?

Assuming this powerful thing doesn't take all night we can come back to this later.

>>23864576
north

We need to know if there is some cult or ritual thing going on, or even if there is a monster amung our charges.

>>23864576
Let's make a quick pass over the smaller life signatures on our way to investigating the larger one, as it would appear that monsters flock to our little hamlet like moths to a light. (Scout the north signatures then investigate the big one.)

Powerful is tempting, but I say we go for the multiple weaker ones where we last detected our suspect.
If the suspect is innocent she could be in danger, and if she is a monster in human skin then we need to find out about it ASAP.

>>23864589
How about-

"I am the Guardian of this place and its people." Ect, ect.

Simple, to the point. Well?

You fly northward to get a quick scan of the life forms, attempting to discern their number and type.

You sense the one from the village and clusters of those that would likely to be wolves. The one from the village seems to be alone and heading further north and into the night.

The life signature from the northeast as relocated itself to the south, heading towards the village...

Your action?

>>23864733

He's heading towards our charges! Intercept the bastard!

>>23864733
>>23864745
Well, shit. Let's go check out the south-per-northeast signature that's headed towards the village, as it would appear to be the bigger threat at current.

>>23864640
I've changed my mind.

[x]North.

A wolf in sheeps clothing is far more dangerous than a wolf outside the gate.

>>23864733
>heading towards the village...

We'll check up on the others later. Intercept!

>>23864733
>Powerful creature heading to village
>Suspicious "Human" heading towards trouble or subterfuge...
Every day is like sophie's choice... I really wish we could be at two places at once.
I would say follow our suspect stealthily, wolf in sheep clothes is too dire a threat.

>>23864745
Redirect course to intercept target to the south, all ahead full, message command of new course and target, launch interceptors and engage at full power, all hands below deck and submerge.

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With the threat of the wood heading for your people, you wing forward and dive down aiming at the potentially threatening signature.

As you close in, you see that there are swathes of forest that have been degraded and corroded. From patch to patch of dessicated wood, there is a path of destroyed trees with the life signature traveling through an already made trail to your village.

It seems that the creature has already made quite the fair path earlier in the day, and it seeks to return this night.

As you near the creature, you see it for what it is, trudging along at a slow and steady pace. With the darkness, you cannot make out it's entire form, yet you understand well enough to know that it towers over you by at least twice your size...

It continues to steadily head for the town, a pair of smaller...

>[] Engage the monster head on with your daggers!
>[] Slip around in the shadows, striking quickly when you can and retreating.
>[] Retreat, this... this is too much.
>[] Head to the suspicious life force up north.
>[] Other.

>>23864723
Sounds good, so in summary, the SOP is:
1. If it is hostile, mindless, or seeks to harm our people kill it outright with no negotiations.
2. If it appears reasonable and non hostile give the following spiel:
"I am the Guardian of this place and its people, both humans and the non-hostile inhuman"
"I mean you no harm so long as you mean no harm to my charges"
"Who are you? what are you? and what are your intents?"

>>23865034
A pair of smaller whats?

>>23865066

A pair of smaller typos. Was going to include smaller trolls with it. Decided against it.

Rolled 62

>>23865034
Let's circle around behind it and attack it from behind with our superior mobility.

>>23865034
>a pair of smaller...

A pair of smaller....?

[x] Other. Remain unseen and out of its range.
"Halt creature. Your are heading for a town. I protect this place and its people. What are you and what do you want here?"

>>23865034

I'd say we try to communicate with it before we start the stabbing, but I don't want to ruin the element of surprise.

Let's stealthily start the murder.

>>23865091
At the rate its going, how long until it reaches the village and could it be seen by the village from where it is now

Use the shadows to get a better look at this fucker

>>23865034
[X] Slip around in the shadows, striking quickly when you can and retreating.

>>23865062
Yeah, I wouldn't go into that much detail unless needed, but that's the basic idea.

"I am the Guardian of this place and its people" Sounds good. We don't need to specify species unless it comes up for some reason.

1. It is going straight for town.
2. Everything in its path rots and dies.
Hostile force detected, as per SOP kill it with no warning...

However, I would like to first circle it and observe it in more detail so that we could try to determine any weak points..

>>23865286
>Everything in its path rots and dies
That might just mean it's a foul bastard. It might not be intentional or optional.

It might not know there is a town ahead.

I say give it our standard warning. If it turns around and goes away... Fine. If it proves hostile or just mindless, strike unseen from the shadows!

>>23865286

Yes, approach as stealthily as possible to examine it.

>>23865377
Agreed, before we speak/attack/whatever, remain unseen and get a good look at it.

Potential weak spots:
Eyes. Groin. Neck. Achilles tendons.

Even if we do speak to it, remain unseen. Then if we do need to attack we still retain some element of surprise.

You descend among the shadows of the trees, staying out of the way of the huge and imposing creature. You take note that it seems to be moving rather slowly, despite the carved path. In the light of the waning moon, you see that the creature is covered in vegetation, yet the life around it flickers and withers.

You have determined that it is indeed a threat to the town, and with it heading for your territory, your instincts scream at you to kill it.

However, you subdue the impulse, examining the creature intently. Its eyes glow faintly with an unearthly sickness, it moans with a "Gwwohhhh...." that carries on into the night.

A nearby tree whithers from its breath.

Searching for vulnerabilities, you determine that its legs are rather thin at the knee, and overall its body is lanky.

It may topple easily if its legs or feet are taken out.

There are several strange growths on its flesh among the vegetation with strange glowing yellow sprouts... those may be of interest as well.

They are scattered around its body.

Its eyes are another potential target, though riskier. They are large and round, the size of plates. A dagger to its eyes may be just the thing you need to put it down.

It seems not to notice you as of yet.

It trudges along with its path. It will likely reach the town in an hour at its current rate.

>[] Strike for its legs!
>[] Strike for the eyes!
>[]Strike for the growths!
>[] (Other)
>[] Retreat.

>>23865458

Legs first to immobilize it or damage its movement. Just because it seems slow doesn't mean it is all the time.

>>23865458

Legs. Mobility-killing it means you can come back for another go if need be.

>>23865458
[x] Other. Remain unseen and out of its range.
"Halt creature. Your are heading for a town. I protect this place and its people. What are you and what do you want here?"

If diplomacy doesn't work.
[x] Strike for its legs!
Slash at its knees from behind. Once it is down and immobile we can pick it of at our leisure.

legs, its the most guaranteed weak spot

Attack to the legs without revealing yourself.

The initiative is yours. First strike is uncontested.

>Roll 1d100
>Initiative with cloak grants +20.

Legs, if 0 degrees is its front, run at it from 135 degrees (4.5 oclock) and slash at its legs from behind following through with a smash with the wing as you run across.
If it topples forwards go for the growths. If it topples backwards go for the eyes. If it does not topple at all continue running back into the shadows to plan your next attack.

can we get a better description of the mosnter? is it humanoid? have mouth? arms? other appendages?

Rolled 100

>>23865622
fuckemup

>>23865635
Welp.

>>23865631

The picture I posted with its sighting is pretty much what it looks like as a whole. The rest is written in.

>>23865635
MMMmmmmmmyes. That roll there is delicious.

>>23865635
We just cut his legs off and kicked him in the back of the head with his own feet!

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>>23865635
Yesss. Initiate dagger buggering

Since this is going to come up soon.

[x]Vote against absorbing the Trolls life-force.

This thing seems sickly and is poisonous enough to rot the surrounding woodland with its breath.

I have no idea what that will do to us and I don't want to find out. We'll get more Exp later.

Fell the beast then fly north. See if we can pick up the trail.

At least we might pick up those wolves. We need to cull the local wolves.

Rolled 56

>>23865635
RAPE TRAIN HAS NO BREAKS

>>23865635
Mason should let you rip its heart out for power for that roll, I fucking love you snapple. Imagine if people from the BFQ thread could see this nobody would think twice about letting your crazy shit.

You will not let this creature threaten your charges.

With silent resolve, you step out from the shadows of the tree, around to its rear, drawing closer and closer through the bed of leaves, unnoticed due to your shadow and natural subtlety. Within appropriate range, you draw your daggers and leap at the leg of the collosal creature, sinking each of your daggers deep into the backs of the creature's knees, planting yourself firmly on its calves before slicing the blades to the inside ( -><-) and pushing off as it falls to the ground in a forced kneel. It roars into the night.

The thing swats back at you futiley, however it does not seem to know where you are. The creature begins to plant its hands into the ground, seeming to want to get up. . .

It is aware of you now, however it seems to not know where you are. You cut a major tendon in its knees, however it is trying to stand...

>[] Strike at the joints of its arms.
>[] Aim for the eyes.
>[] Sink your daggers into its back.
>[] Strike at those strange growths!
>[] (Other)

>>23865773
We should wait until we see what potential traits we could gain from absorbing its life-force.

Knowing nothing about it, I'd have voted against absorbing a werewolf given that it's a savage creature that can't even control its own form. But the traits on offer were almost all decent in some way.

Save your vote for when it comes up.

The crit has caused you to retain Initiative.

>>23865846
>Other
Decapitate it.

Rolled 60

Are you waiting for more rolls? IIRC it is best of 3 only for DC checks, for combat its 3 of ours vs 3 of the monsters executed in order. So... rolling.

>>23865773
We should absorb it, we should just convert it to general XP.
If we rolled on werewolf we could have become week to silver, with the banshee we could have become forced to feed on humans to survive. Absorbing whole means rolling and is a big risk that carries a reward worth 3x-5x more XP; when we absorb something as general XP we unlock the ability to spend power to unlock the good traits they have. So we should on principle absorb everything as general XP barring unusual circumstances. Growth will be slower but we will not go insane, develop a hunger for human flesh, or gain terrible weaknesses that will get us killed.

>>23865846
>[X] Strike at those strange growths!
Strike one of the weird growths while plunging the daggers into the back of the creature.

>>23865846
>[X]Strike at the joints of its arms.

secondary:
>[X]Strike at eyes

>>23865884
We have two daggers, not a battle axe.

>>23865846
>[] Strike at the joints of its arms.
We want to first render it incapable of counterattacking before dealing the final blow.

>>23865846
[X] Strike at the joints of its arms.

Lets get a mobility kill before we go for an actual kill.

>>23865846
Let's go for the arms. Best to disable it completely, lest it get a lucky shot in on us and swat us out of the air.

>>23865846
[x]Avoid those strange growths!

[x] Sink your daggers into its back then withdraw quickly.

When its fumbling about trying to find you [x] Aim for the eyes and take it out.

>>23865846

Arms. Finish off the limbs.

>>23865846
Arm joints, go

>>23865887
I don't recall being weak to silver being on the list of possible werewolf traits. Weakness to -iron- was 1-2 on the banshee chart though. Really the wolf was too good not to eat.

Rolled 31

Go for arm joints.

>>23865887
>>23865867

Absorbing its life-force isn't what I'm worried about. It seems to have some sort of horrible monster plague.

Consensus is for the arms.

1d100 +20 for initiative.

Rolled 45

>>23865982
CHOPPY!

Rolled 19

>>23865982

Rolled 13

>>23865982
Here we go!

Rolled 11

>>23865982

>>23865952
you are right, banshee had weak to iron OR hunger for human life force.
werewolf had "Rabid: Fury clouds your vision in the heat of battle. Chance to go berserk"

>>23865968
Sorry, didn't mean to roll twice, browser autofilled it

You close in upon the creature as it begins to flex its arms and fuitlely tries to stand, its legs beginning to bleed out a green fluid.

Seeing a straightening in its arms, you leap from your cloaking shadows and slash across the joint of its left arm.

You see an arm coming for you as you wing off to its front, the creature collapsing further upon the ground due to its injuries.

Its sick yellow eyes glare at you with anger, slowly turning red as it uses its gangly left arm to force itself toward you, cleaving the earth itself with its fingers, a part of you bears some relief that it hadn't actually caught you.

Its eyes are locked on you and it is advancing despite its injuries. It only has one good arm currently...

>[]Throw a dagger into its eyes.
>[] Advance forward and aim for its eyes.
>[] Strafe around to its back and attack it in the spine.
>[] Strafe and strike it in the eyes.
>[] (Other Strategies)

>>23866151
>[X] Strafe and strike it in the eyes.

I don't want to risk a throw, sounds like an invitation to get the knife tangled up in vines. Take advantage of the injuries we've already done and our wingspeed and get the eyes.

>>23866151
How strong are we?

Would it be possible for us to drop a nearby tree on it and then once the tree is on it we stab it in the spine or something like that?

>>23866184
Not yet strong enough for that. Would require points spent in brutality.

>>23866151
I vote for spine attack. It has a bead on us, let's get out of his sight and stab the fucker while we're at it.

>>23866151
>[x] (Other Strategies)
Back away and fade into shadow. Circle unseen and wait for an opening.

If it presents a clear shot for its eyes, take it.

Otherwise, take its other arm and finish immobilising it.

Do not touch the weird growths.

>>23866182
Second.

>>23866234
i can't help but think the growths have some volatile substance in them, so avoid them.

>>23866151
Finish of the last arm of this beast. We should be able to see where the arm would have trouble reaching and approach it from there to cut its tendon.

>>23866213
Damn. I was hoping that we'd be able to drop one of the withered trees on it, those aren't that hard to knock over.

Okay, circle it, don't let it face us, use our wings to our advantage for fast movement, then once we're behind it go for the other arm.

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>>23866151
>other

pic related, death from above
right through the side of its skull and out the other, superman style with both daggers in our hands and we retract our wings just before impact to increase speed and prevent them from breaking off

>>23866234
Yes, this.

>>23866339
>Asteroid rolls a nat20.jpg

>>23866292
Stone Mason has repeatedly mentioned this thing seems sickly and diseased. I'm thinking those things might be puss filled sacks of plague goo or something.

This is also why I voted against absorbing its life-force.

When we eventually kill the thing we should go find a bible and stuff it in its mouth.

>>23866394
Why?

Most of your suggestions are just 'WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY WOULD YOU EVEN SAY THAT?!'

This one was just random.

>>23866466
The old ladies were talking about the naked guy (werewolf) with a smashed in head and a bible on him.

This is a way for the townspeople to know they have some God-affiliated protector without walking around talking to everyone and claiming to be an angel.

Rolled 54

Strafing for the other arm, proceeding to back attack, and a strike to the eyes.

3 rolls, vs the troll's 3 rolls.

You guys get 1d100.

Rolled 62, 71, 78 = 211

fml. These are the troll's rolls.

Rolled 51

>>23866526

Rolled 89

>>23866526
Rolling

>>23866498
I'm not sure how far away this plague giant is from the town, if it' s far away they might not even find it. Other than that, I'm pretty sure this would just make them feel a little safer so I can't really argue aginst it.

>>23866498
Just seems like a waste of time, effort and bibles.

A better use of our time would be flying north and trying to pick up the trail.

>>23866388
Sickly and sick are not the same thing...
Even if it was a friend of the priest coming in for some healing it could not be allowed to walk into town and wither it. If it can be reasoned with still we could ask for clarification and if that really is what it was doing go get the priest, but otherwise it should be put down before it infects other things.

And that is if it is actually sick and not just feasting on the lifeforce of the plants due to being a monster.
Vampires look sickly too.

>>23866498
Just avoid letting them find our victims in the future. Rather then reassuring them it makes them more scared. Reassurance should come in things like doing construction work at night not by leaving a gory sacrilegious mess

Rolled 52

>>23866526
ATTACK!

>>23866213
Remembering back to when we first investigated our church there were 3 books "The books read,
"The Holy Bible"
"God and Magic"
And then a scarlet red one...,"Magic Bound in Blood.""

and i was wondering, could we learn magic from reading about it or being taught it or only by absorbing it and unlocking it with points, and would it atleast unlock more options?

>>23866643
It might be possible but I'd rather put our free time to something more productive for the town.
Helping them in some way.

We can gain magic just by preforming our duties.

If the Gargoyle had chosen the eldritch specialty, it could have learned from Tomes. As it stands, magic is unlocked via exp or related supernaturals.

>>23866706

Yeah, best way to make our people feel safe is to avoid making them feel like a target for evil creatures.

>>23866598
>If it can be reasoned with still we could ask for clarification

I was all for speaking to it at first and warning it to turn back before attacking but I don't think that would have worked.

If this thing was intelligent/could speak, it would have cried out in pain or surprise by now.

We would have at least heard a "AARRG! What's there!?"

It's probably mindless.

You retreat into the shadows at the bumbling monsters advance, its eyes remain locked on you even as you conceal your form.

You strafe around to take out the monster's other arm, losing sight of it behind trees, you bound out at your target only to see that its eyes are still locked onto you, and the flailing arm comes down upon your solid body. If you weren't so durable, you'd likely have suffered cracks from the sheer force. Stuck in the ground, to your shins, you are slammed by a backhand from the creature, knocking you through trees, that break your impact.

You feel a crack running through your wings that slowly heals itself as you don the shadows once more, going around fully to the monster's back, its eyes not upon you, you find that its spinal column is for the most part exposed from its gangly and horrid form.

Cutting deep, the monster unleashes a thunderous roar in pain as it flails about, only to give you the time for more deep and numerous strikers.

Getting ahead of yourself, you stab up its back and reach around to take out its eyes, only to feel the pressure of both of its hands upon you.

Grabbing you by the wings, it slams you into a tree, a light fracture running through your body before it tosses you into the air, allowing you to regain control midair, via your wings.

You feel the new cracks in your body begin to start healing as well...

The best plants its hands upon the ground and slowly tries to stand once more. Its arms are back within function, however it soon falls due to its legs not working.

It seems your attacks to its spine have been effective.

The Target is down, what do you do?

>[] Fall back, it has been neutralized.
>[] Dive down, daggers forward, aiming for those eyes.
>[] Strike for the arms once more.
>[] Attack the strange growths.
>[] (Other)

>>23866903

>[X] Strike for the arms once more

Legs not working, great. Finish the arms off, that's its source of strength.

>>23866903
Aim for the eyes. We need to take this shit down.

>>23866903
Throw some sand in its eyes before we get to stabbing more.

>>23866903
[x]Strike for the back of the head/neck.

Strike then back away. Do not give it time to grab us.

We shouldn't just leave it. It might have regen like us. We must finish it off before we move on.

Also. I LOVE OUR REGEN!

>>23866903
>[X] Strike for the arms once more.
Gotta keep at it.

>>23866903
>[X] Dive down, daggers forward, aiming for those eyes.
Dive like a hawk, strike like an eagle.

It regained use of its other crippled arm, its legs probably healed by now and are not working due to the severed spine. It must have regeneration like you do. Go for the eyes to finish it off.

>>23867063
Or maybe we should light it on fire.

>>23866903
Let's go for the neck. We ought to end this soon.

Rolled 25, 52, 8 = 85

First Eyes, then a strafe to the back of the neck to strike at the base of the skull. Finishing with going for its throat.

roll 1d100 for battle!

Rolled 68

>>23867195

Rolled 89

>>23867195

>>23867195

Rolled 41

>>23867195

One more?

Rolled 73

>>23867195
Poor bastard doesn't have a chance.

Question, You guys like this combat method?

>>23867195
>>23867217
>>23867221
>>23867231
Ahahaha so fucking crushed.

>>23867276

Sure.

>>23867276
Is fine.

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>>23867217
>>23867221
>>23867231

>>23867276
damn right I do but maybe some fight should use modifiers like when we got +20 for bein stealthy so its not pure chance all the time and its actual sratagy and scenario.

>>23867276
You mean the mechanics? Yeah, it's fine.

>>23867331

I adjust the monster's max roll based on its condition. Otherwise, it'd get full 1d100 rolls.

>>23867276
I really like it. It gives longer OP posts at the time. And i like having a a little to read in each OP post. I feel it makes the quest flow better.

>>23867331
Agreed, the mechanics are good so far.
But I would think there should be more modifiers (both negative and positive) for choice of tactics, terrain, conditions of fighters, and relative strength. Then again, those modifiers could very well be hidden so we are not immediately told if a tactic is effective or not by the numbers. (although, I think you might have already been doing that)

You fly higher into the night sky, focusing on the horrid thing's life as you set your daggers into reverse grip. Plunging down onto the creature's body, you face the two daggers forward and angle your wings to adjust your trajectory.

You yell out loud at the beast to draw its attention at the last moment and tuck your wings in before contact.

The shout made the creature turn its ugly saucer eyes directly into your attack, driving your daggers deep into the weak organs and crushing its face in with your weight, forcing the creature down as it screams horribly.

You force out your daggers from its crushed face and while using its shoulders as footholds after a flap of your wings, you drive the bite of your dagger into the base of its skull, causing its arms to go limp. The Creature wails into the night, startling birds from their trees, with its final breath, cut short with a blade across its horrible flesh.

The troll has been slain and you wrap your wings around the corpse, reaping your reward...

>[] Convert into exp.
>[] Convert into trait.

1Sloth: Prone to sluggish, lazy behavior.
2-3: Aura of Decay: Things around you naturally grow sick and die.
4-5:Decaying Body: Your body becomes fragile and crumbles intermittently due to supernatural rot.
6: Might of the Wood: You have gained the might of the troll, though it's a fraction of what it would be due to your size, you have strength enough to tear a sapling from the ground.
7-8:Frenzied Regeneration: You have the regenerating prowess of the troll, fully replacing lost or broken stone.
9: Primal Heart: Opens up primal magic. Increases potency with spells related. Grants Earth Sense
10: Player Choice.

>>23867446

Damn tempting to risk converting into a trait.

>>23867446
[X] Convert into exp.

We have a 50% chance of getting something detrimental as hell. As much as I would love any of the bonuses it gives it's too much of a risk.

>>23867446
Lets roll for a trait. anything in 6-10 would be good.

1 is manageable, 4-5 is countered by our regen.

2-3 is fucking awful, but still.

>>23867476
Agreed.

>>23867446

Convert to XP - don't wanna risk the bad traits.

Also, what can we do to harvest/preserve this body to trade to the Stranger?

>>23867446
GAH! Risky business.

The downsides are murder but the regen and all are so good.....

I'd go with exp, personally. Play it safe.

>>23867446
[X] Convert into exp

I am not touching those traits. That could get nasty.

Let's move on quickly. Fly north and look for our suspect.

>>23867481
We can buy the traits with exp, we just need to kill more monsters to get the exp.

>>23867446

EXP. Choice over random shit. Do not want Aura of Decay.

>>23867446
I say exp

The 6-9 traits are cool but everything below seems bleh.

>>23867446
Let's convert it to XP. Too much risk with those negative traits.

You accept the knowledge of the monster into your body. It may have been mindless... yet there was something determinedly... ancient about it.

3 EXP gain! Like before, it will take a bit to settle in fully.

With this threat to the village done, you ponder what you could do to preserve the body for the stranger to pick it up next Saturday...

>[] Leave it here.
>[] Throw it in the lake.
>[] drop it in the middle of town.
>[] Stow it in the church.
>[] Bury it in the graveyard.
>[] Other.

Optional.

>[] Just take the head.
>[] Take the whole body.

>>23867569
Spoiler-fail.

With this threat to the village done, you ponder what you could do to preserve the body for the stranger to pick it up next Saturday...

>[] Leave it here.
>[] Throw it in the lake.
>[] drop it in the middle of town.
>[] Stow it in the church.
>[] Bury it in the graveyard.
>[] Other.

Optional.

>[] Just take the head.
>[] Take the whole body.

>>23867569
>>23867574
Take the head, put it in the town square and stuff a bible in its mouth.

XP. once we eat enough trolls we can use general XP to BUY any of the traits we really want without risk of really detrimental stuff.

>>23867574
I say take the whole body and store it in the graveyard.

>>23867574
>[] Bury it in the graveyard.

>[] Take the whole body.

>>23867569

Bury it here. Taking to town is too risky, and placing it in the lake in a recipe for spreading its decay/corruption.

Alternatively, we bury the head in the graveyard and the body here so if we lose one hopefully we can still have value from the other (although I'm sure the entire thing is more valuable.)

>>23867583

>top lel

It doesn't seem like there's a good place to store this fucker.

It's diseased. I say we spend the time and effort to bury it and avoid future negative consequences.

>risk of undead troll?

Do not bury it in the graveyard. Bury it near the lake. It'll be easier to dig through the sand anyway.

>>23867583
No
>>23867590
Considering the instant rot that the troll caused and the possibility it was diseased I don't want its corpse anywhere near the town.

We need to find a nearby cave to stash those corpses in. For now quickly and roughly "bury" it where it fell (cover it up with stuff so animals wont eat it) and leave some markers, then go after our suspect from before, maybe you can still catch her doing something tonight.

>>23867574
[x] Leave it here.

We have more important things to do. It left a trail a blind man could follow, we can find it again later if we want to.

Also, I'd like to wait and see if its corpse has any weird side-effects before we bring any part of it back.
Does the Aura of Decay stop now that it's dead?

[x]Fly north.

>>23867569
Let's bury the body in the woods, but keep the head hidden in a safe place where we can find it again. Dropping it all in town, while hilarious, would not be very prudent.

>>23867670
Why would we want to keep the head and corpse separately?

>>23867623
>Bury it near the lake.
I'd rather keep it away from the towns water source.

Later, when we're on patrol or scouting the area we can keep an eye out for a suitable cave or something. For now, just leave it here.

It's to big and funky for anything to carry off or eat. We can come back later if we want it.

>>23867687
So that both aren't destroyed at the same time. If something eats the body or head or it's discovered and burned at least we'll have the head back for trade.

>>23867687
To bring to the stranger when he comes as proof of the kill, as we're sure as hell not lugging that fetid colossus to the ship.

>>23867701

That makes sense, but if we're going to leave it, we should at least bury the head in the safe location. It's probably worth some of the reward.

>>23867729
I'd rather get moving myself. Making a profit from this thing sounds like a nice side perk but it should come after our duty.

If it takes half and hour to hack off the head and bury it, that could cost us our suspect.

>>23867804
*half an hour

Woah, woah, woah... So much...

Let's try one more time, from options I've seen brought up...

>[] Bury near the lake.
>[] Leave the corpse where it is for now.
>[] Bury head in Graveyard.

op, could you please not spoiler your post? i cannot unspoil it from my phone

>>23867821
If those are the options just leave it as is.

>>23867821
[X] Leave the corpse where it is for now.

>>23867701
Yea, don't bring it near water source... We might have to burn it, heck we might have to burn the infected woods if the corruption spreads rather then heals.

>>23867715
The stranger doesn't care about proof, the bodies are worth money, that is he is gonna harvest them for magical ingredients probably or sell them to someone who would.

It is better to put 2 eggs in a one well protected basket then placing them in 2 unprotected basket.

>>23867821
[X] Leave the corpse where it is for now.

>[X] Leave the corpse where it is for now.
And then go after Victora Manse

>>23867834

The part just below it is the unspoilered. It was an accident.

>>23867821

I guess...

[X] Leave the corpse where it is for now.

If this rot shit spreads, ain't my fault, no sir.

>>23867821
Didn't the wolf corpse we left for the villages to find just disappear as if something from the woods collected it? I still think we should leave it because it's going to burn the rest of the night trying to hide it, but I doubt it'll be there for us to collect later.

>>23867879
>If this rot shit spreads, ain't my fault, no sir.
If the corpse is spreading rot, then brining it to the village itself or its water and fish supply are going to be much worse then leaving it in woods. If the rot spreads we will burn it with fire.

>>23867886
>I still think we should leave it because it's going to burn the rest of the night trying to hide it, but I doubt it'll be there for us to collect later.
Agreed, it is a matter of priority.

You back away from the monster, taking note of the rotting aura from its body seeming to persist. With scrutiny of a perimeter tree, you determine that the rot is persisting, yet not spreading... for now.

You remove the horrid green blood from your daggers and take flight into the night once more, heading north after your primary suspect.

The troll was a convenient diversion, yielding strength that you had not gotten from the prior night.

You carry on north until you sense the familiar life. You can feel that it's heading towards the south at this point, returning to the town.

The other small lives in the area, the feral ones, seem to have departed, and this person is alone...

>[] Swoop down and attack the person.
>[] Close in and ascertain who it is.
>[] Follow from high and above, tracking movement.
>[] Return to the town.
>[] (Other)

>>23867886
If something can carry off a 12ft Troll corpse over night then....

Yeah, at some point we should put out some bait and watch.

It might be nothing, but considering how this world seems infested with monsters, we would be wise to check.

>>23867963
[X] Close in and ascertain who it is.

>>23867964

>Follow from high and above, tracking movement.

>>23867963
[X] Close in and ascertain who it is.

i say take the head with us while we investigate to the north, it wont take any of our time and it wont slow us down, we can hide it later if we find a suitable place, if not, we can just chuck it into the wood. its also a good way to know if the rot still spreads after death

>>23867963
[X]Sink into the shadows and trail them.
Follow them silently as long as possible/until we've learned all we can.

Close in and ascertain who it is.

>>23867994 here.

Changing vote to >>23868014.

>>23867963
>the rot is persisting, yet not spreading... for now

Tomorrow night we're coming back to fix this before it gets out of hand.

We'll need an axe and a hoe to make a fire break, a flint and some oil or something.

>>23868062

It's familiar in that it's been sensed before.

You never saw what they looked like/who they were.

>You carry on north until you sense the familiar life.
>Close in and ascertain who it is.
Isn't this totally redundant since we can already recognize who it is via familiarity with our life sense?
Since she is returning to town she somehow survived the hungry wolves, very suspicious and worth investigating more. Keep spying on her as per:
>>23868014

>>23868067
As long as it isn't spreading we can just leave it until the trader comes back and buys it off of us or tells us how to safely dispose of it. (chopping it or burning it might make things worse)

>>23868062
We recognise this life-force as one of the two in the mayors house. We do not know the name or face of this life-force.

Or what it is up to out here. We need to learn more.

You land some distance from your suspect.

Among the trees and shroud in your woven shadows, you trail them, closing in to attempt to see who the person is.

Among the shadows, you can see that the person's build is thin, lanky. With broader shoulders like that of a man. The rest of their form is hidden under a cloak.

They move hastily as though with conviction. They carry with them a lantern in one hand, and what seems to be some kind of book in the other...

>[] Trail them all the way back to town.
>[] Speak from the shadows.
>[] Harass them with a thrown rock.
>[] Come up from behind and put a dagger to their throat.
>[] (Other)

>>23868157
>[X] Trail them all the way back to town.

Knowing where it lives will be vital. If we find out more information, we can confront it at the time and place of our choosing. Also, we still don't know if he/it was up to anything bad or not.

>>23868157
[X] Harass them with a thrown rock.

Throw a stone into the trees. Get a reaction form them so they'll reveal something about them self.

>>23868180
This. Speaking to it out of the shadows is tempting but being able to deal with it on our terms seems the better option.

>>23868157
>[] Harass them with a thrown rock.
Hit em in the dome with a pebble.

>>23868157
>>[X] Harass them with a thrown rock.

>>23868210
[x]Vote that we just throw a stone into the trees to make some noise.

Not throw a stone AT them.

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>>23868210
>>23868221
>>23868203

Why did everyone just transform into a filthy casual? Throw a rock at the mage/magical monster we know nothing about?

>>23868180
True it would be, but we can do that once it reaches back to town by simply observing where this familiar life-force sleeps. It did what it wanted in the woods and will likely reveal little on the path back.

If it is the mayor this might be a golden opportunity to search his house. If the mayor house is occupied then we can double back and track him the rest of the way.

If we do insist on following it through the woods we should lure a threatening animal in his direction so we can observe how he deals with it.

>>23868157
push them over and steal the book while running away shouting NEEEEERD.

wait, them? isnt it just 1 person? how many person are we dealing with here?

Creeping about in the darkness, you follow the suspect for some way, monitoring their every move... However it cklicks in you, that they've already done what they had intended.. So to pursue would likely hold no merit.. Unless you found their home.

However, there are things you can still do at this point.

You find a small enough pebble nearby and fling it into some bushes, rustling the leaves.

At the sound, the person turns and a flash of ghastly white energy flashes from their palm, withering the plants.

"Damn Wolves. Thought I'd driven those mangy beasts off..."

The man waits for a moment, seeming to be listening.

"They whine..." He whispers.

"Who is out there!? Show yourself!" He shouts, pulling together more of that pale light into both of his palms, ready to vanquish the responder.

It's a man, and in the light, you see that he has a few scars on his cheek, likely from a clawed beast, and a short moustache with a light beard. His hair is.. Well, you can't tell the style or the color right now.

>[] Remain Silent.
>[] Engage the man.
>[] Speak from the dark. (Write in)
>[] Retreat.
>[] Other.

>>23868307
Are you retarded or something? Them can be but isn't always a plural, everything about the update post says one, singular, alone, uno, solitary, nobody else around and isolated. Basic fucking english m8.

>stab them while we are in shadow sneak mode, dont let this fucker get back to town

>>23868395

Thank you, but please handle that with a bit more tact.

Certainly it is quite late for some people.

>>23868392
>At the sound, the person turns and a flash of ghastly white energy flashes from their palm, withering the plants.

I don't like him.

Find another pebble to draw his attention, then engage his backside. Marble fist+back of head = dead necromancer.

>>23868392
>>[] Other
Start whistling. Preferably something creepy, like the funeral march.

>>23868440

>If only you could whistle... You still can't carry a tune.

>>23868392
[x] Remain Silent

Just wait until he is convinced that it was nothing.

Return to town. If the mayors house is empty, search it.

If it is not, wait by the north side of town for the wizard to arrive and track him some more.

We are wearing a cloak and can be cloaked in shadow, unless he 1 shot kills us we can escape undetected and I doubt marble withers like plants (although I worry it will rot away the cloak)... so we actually have a chance to talk to him, if so we should stand such that there is a tree between the two of you and speak to him without revealing your identity.

I would say that you mean no harm, but are curious to know what he was doing out at night. We want to get as much info as we can and then escape.

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>>23868458
Damn.

>>23868392
[X] Speak from the dark

I am darkness at it's bluest.
To me there is sheer delight in the shadow of the night
No need to insist, for the night I exist.
The light of day is not night's way.
I am the night.

>>23868428
this but dont murder the guy, and we dont know he is a necromancer, he might be but he was saying how he thought he drove the wolves off so he might not be full on bad news.

Throw a pebble again but graple him from behind, enought to let him know he hasnt got a chance of getting out of it but not enought to break ribs, then we interogate him

>>23868494
please don't sing demented tunes that sound evil.

>>23868395
>>23868395

honestly, dont you think him/her is more appropriate given the situation? we arent talking about an organization here, as far as we know we are just following a single person

i bet you didnt notice the word "them" till i point it out did you

>>23868479
If we reveal ourself he could screw up our investigation.

If he knows someone is watching him, he'll just cover his tracks.

Remain silent and let him think it was nothing. Then we can fly back to town, maybe search the house and track him some more once he arrives.

>>23868494
can we please stop with the edgy "I am darkness" speaches guys

changing
>>23868428
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>>23868501

>>23868516
We used the word 'them' because we didn't know if it was a him or her. We just found that out.

>>23868544
Him is proper English if gender is not known. Just because some people throw a privilege hissy fit over it doesn't make it wrong.

Pebble distraction + grapple.

Roll 1d100.
vs DC 60

>>23868561

Rolled 81

>>23868561
Pepple sniper

Rolled 61

>>23868561
inb4 1

>>23868501
>then we interogate him

What will that do? If he's doing something evil, he's not just going to tell us. He'll just lie.

Then we'll have outed our self. Tomorrow morning he'll start looking around the town for a statue that looks like us...

Remain silent and unseen. Soon, he'll be convinced it was nothing then we can continue investigating.

>>23868561
NO!

[x]Vote against! We'll reveal ourself for no reason.

>>23868594
but we will be behid him and he wont be able to see us so not realy.

>>23868606

That's a good point.

>dat 81 pebble distraction

>>23868606
Can you guarantee he won't catch a glimpse of stone flesh?

All it takes is a single turn of the head!

You toss a second stone into a different bush, turning his attention away from you as he throws another blast of that withering light.

With shadows obscuring your form, you circle to his rear and grab his wrists, forcing him down to the ground by twisting his arms over his head, pinning his palms to the back of his neck.

In control with your unnatural strength, the man struggles and screams into the dirt, flailing and kicking.

You have options.

>[] Remove his arms.
>[] Interrogate him(Write in. Note: Your voice is unearthly)
>[] Knockj him out.
>[] Execute him.
>[] Wait
>[] Other

>>23868606
He will not see us if everything goes our way but he will feel we are stony and he will see our grappling hands are white marble. He might still see our face if we mess up.

We still don't know if he is evil, he went out hunting wolves. He is one of our charges, maybe innocent, and we could hurt him, badly, during the grapple.

We should not be doing this.
Speaking to him from a hidden spot he cannot see or just leaving would have been wiser.

>>23868639
[X] Interrogate him(Write in. Note: Your voice is unearthly)

"Good Evening. Pray tell, what errand were you running at this hour in the night?"

>>23868639
>>[] Interrogate him(Write in. Note: Your voice is unearthly)
Stop struggling unless you want parts to start coming off.

Who are you? What are you doing?

Answering quickly would be... beneficial. (squeeze a bit harder during the pause before "beneficial")

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>>23868639

>mfw remove his arms

But no, seriously, interrogate him. Otherwise, why did we go to the trouble?