>>33420115
>Attack the four ogres running at you
>Storm (hit 4 ogres)

>Go Big
>Clay-pot Ogres

First update and straight into a battle.

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>>33420115
>Attack the four ogres running at you
>Storm (hit 4 ogres or the 2 hanging back)


>Go Big
>Clay-pot Ogres


Good Morning Pally!

>>33420151
Oh, good.
It was taking you a while to post, I was worried we'd be doing the thread without our favorite namefag.

Roll 2d20 for your and Bokins actions

Rolled 8, 4 = 12

>>33420192

Rolled 17, 2 = 19

>>33420192

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Rolled 18, 14 = 32

>>33420161
Oh anon!

>>33420215
So, do these rolls count as our third set?
It's not technically linked, and the second set that Mathrian's rolled, but I think we're the only two here and you've accepted unlinked rolls before.

Yeah with only 2 players same-fagging on rolls is certainly allowed.

Be prepared to roll to break tied votes if you can't hivemind

Rolled 20, 15 = 35

>>33420192

“Bokin” you order “go big and take out those two ogres” indicating those hanging back “right” he says, rushing forwards and pulling off his armband, growing to 30ft in height.

As the four ogres rush towards you, you summon your elemental powers and a storm of lightning erupts around them, arcing between them and making them convulse (Divine Energy 21/23).

Grimly they push through it into melee range with you, though they look hurt and are moving slower after that shock. As the four swing their clubs and swords at you, you easily dodge or parry all of their blows.

Bokin rushes towards the two ogres, who both hurl clay pots at him, one goes wide, the other hits him straight in the chest, eliciting a scream of pain. A viscous black liquid has splashed on Bokins chest and is eating away at him like well, acid (Bokin HP 39/52)

Nevertheless he smashes both ogres down with a single swing of his greatsword, their blood hitting the snow as the two of them go flying. They’re wounded but not dead yet.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm again
>Lightning bolt (3 targets, packed in closer now)
>Halberd (+smite? +electricity?)
>Heal Bokin
>Other

Bokin
>Keep fighting bomb-throwers
>Retreat
>Other

Battlefield
4 Ogres with melee weapons (wounded)
2 Ogres with acid bombs (wounded)

>>33420321
>Area Wind to neutralize ranged attacks
>Retreat and engage the melee ogres

13 damage in one attack?
No thanks.

Aww, just to late to vote against immediate violent reaction. Remember: Our goddess considers demihuman lives to have value. Killing them is generally bad, it's just their natural reaction to attack those who invade their territory!

We are way faster and can teleport, even with our giant-friend. We should simply have lead them away for a bit, then teleported to the cave entrance.

Attempt 10 or so. Internet doesn't like me. Hopefully, I can participate later!

>>33420321

>Lightning bolt
>Finish them

>>33420321
>Lightning bolt (3 targets, packed in closer now)


>Keep fighting bomb-throwers
I expect the bombthrowers can hit him whether or not he retreats. Might as well take them out

>>33420115
Storm 4 big melee.

>>33420343
>These Ogres don’t look like they’d listen to a parley.
Reading comprehension.
One of us would've tried to parley, definitely, but when OP says "Don't bother", we don't bother.

>>33420355
That's why we would use area wind, it gives something like a -8 to any ranged attacks within 100 ft or so.

Lightning Bolt + Keep fighting

Roll 2d20 please

Rolled 15, 11 = 26

>>33420374

Rolled 8, 1 = 9

>>33420374

>>33420369
>Reading comprehension
Good of you to mention that. You should try reading the post you are pointing that at. No mention of "parley" was made.

Rolled 7, 12 = 19

>>33420374

To be honest I have hoped for peaceful approach

Rolled 20, 19 = 39

>>33420381
>Parley /ˈpɑrli/ is a discussion or conference, especially one between enemies over terms of a truce or other matters.

Anon pls.

>>33420393
How nice of you to quote a definition. Sure fits the discussion. I will quote the suggestion that sparked this defence of 'no parley'
>We are way faster and can teleport, even with our giant-friend. We should simply have lead them away for a bit, then teleported to the cave entrance.
Not saying this is a good idea, but there is absolutely no mention of parley, discusion, conference, truce or other such things.

>>33420424
Huh.
Oh well, you're right, I only skimmed his post and didn't respond correctly.
I apologize to you for being (slightly) condescending and to >>33420343 for insinuating that his reading comprehension was worse than mine.

“Keep at it Bokin” you urge him to fight through the pain.

You swoop away from the four ogres attacking you to line up a proper shot with your lightning bolt. Lightning crackles briefly between your hands and you launch it at the ogres as they turn to face you, your power arcs and dances between them and the three you hit drop and don’t move (DE 19/23).

Seeing his allies drop the last ones looks indecisive and then flees back to the cave mouth, possibly to summon reinforcements.

The two ogres Bokin is facing split up and circle him, hefting their acid bombs carefully. He brings his greatsword down on one, almost splitting it in two, its partially bisected body falling to the snow. The other throws its bomb but it goes wide and misses Bokin. The acid on his chest continues to eat into him (Bokin HP 36/52).

Actions?

Sireyi
>Kill fleeing ogre (with what attack?) – you can easily catch him by flying, or with a ranged attack
>Heal Bokin
>Other

Bokin
>Finish bomb-thrower
>Retreat
>Scrub acid off using snow
>Other

Battlefield
1 Ogre with melee weapon (wounded, fleeing)
1 Ogres with acid bombs (wounded)

RE: Parlay. Though very much in character for Sireyi to try and solve this without violence. I discouraged it for specific reasons, to be revealed later. Attempting to talk to foes is ALWAYS an option (assuming intelligent foes) but if I mention it's unlikely to work, the DC is higher than normal).

>>33420475

>heal Bokin
>finish him

>>33420475
>Heal Bokin
>Finish bomb-thrower

>Sireyi ever executing a fleeing opponent
Good joke, OP.

>>33420475
Bodkin:
Disarm acid thrower, see if we can keep it alive.
Sireyi:
Kill the fleeing ogre with Le Halberd Dive

>>33420475
>RE: Parlay.
Even you think parley is the only non-violent solver of conflict. :(
>Heal Bokin
>Do not kill the helpless and running foe.
That would be dishonourable and unkind, neither of which Siyeri is.

>>33420532

>Sneaking into ogre cave without their permission
>Not a violent violation of their natural rights

>>33420475
Do we have any nonlethal options for disabling the runner?

Heal Bokin + Bokin fights

Roll 1d20+8 for Bokin

I acknowledge parley is not the only non-violent solution. I did not think of leading the ogres away, so did not include it as a standard option. As a write-in option it was a perfectly viable solution and had it got more votes, would have been the chosen course of action.

I specifically mentioned parley not just for this encounter but for future ones as well.

>>33420556
Yes, will be outlined when this rounds actions have been resolved.

Rolled 10 + 8

>>33420572
TOO 8 TO RELATE

Rolled 17 + 8

>>33420572

Rolled 11 + 8

>>33420572
Shit, installed 4chan X and it never actually updated

Rolled 8 + 8

>>33420572

You fly over next to Bokin and touch him, healing him (DE 17/23, Bokin HP 45/52).

Bokin swings at the last ogre, killing it. He looks around and sees the one fleeing for the cave entrance. The ogre is almost there and is yelling out a warning. The acid eats into Bokin (HP 43/52)

“Shouldn’t we stop him?” asks Bokin, as he furiously scrubs himself in the snow to remove the acid.

Actions?
>Kill fleeing ogre (how?)
>Pin him to the ground with a windblast from above
>Fly over to him, disarm him and tell him to surrender
>Other

You’re fast enough to catch him before he gets to the cave entrance.

Also, roll 1d20, for thing

Rolled 7

>>33420628
>Pin him to the ground with a windblast from above

Rolled 17

>>33420628
>Pin him to the ground with a windblast from above

Rolled 2

>>33420628
>Pin him to the ground with a windblast from above

Rolled 9

>>33420628

Fly over and demand surrender.

slight delay before next post, apologies, should only be 10 minutes

Thanks for waiting.

You soar over the ogre just as he is about to enter the cave and hit him with a focused blast of wind aimed straight down, forcing him to the ground. Unable to stand he attempts to crawl slowly away, until Bokin catches up and grabs him.

Now that you’ve captured him, what will you do?

Interrogate Him
>Why did you attack?
>Where can I find the black dragon?
>How many Ogres live here?
>Other

And once you have all the information, what do you do with him?
>Kill him (violates code)
>Tie him up, I have plenty of rope and we can let him free once we come back
>Tell him to run away (he might come back)
>Teleport him away somewhere
>Other

And finally, with most of the ogres dead you give the bodies a quick search, they have nothing of interest on them except those clay pots. You could take those, but if they broke in your backpack they could damage your gear.

>Leave pots
>Take some

You examine the cave entrance, something seems odd about it.

Roll 1d20+3 for thing.

Rolled 521

>>33420657
Summoning OP, goal is rolling low

Rolled 17 + 3

>>33420792
>Why did you attack?
>Where can I find the black dragon?
>How many Ogres live here?
>How can I end a fight with Ogres without killing them? Is there a nonlethal way to fight ogres?

>Tie him up, I have plenty of rope and we can let him free once we come back

>Leave pots

>rolled 3+3 = 6

Rolled 4 + 3

>>33420792
>Why did you attack?
>Where can I find the black dragon?
>How many Ogres live here?

>Tie him up, I have plenty of rope and we can let him free once we come back

>Leave pots

I'd rather not waste DE teleporting him away, and possibly damaging our gear isn't worth acid that we'd just wind up stockpiling indefinitely.
We can come back for it if we really need it.

Rolled 17 + 3

>>33420792

>Why do we have to fight?
technically it's we who attacked, no?
>Do you know about a black dragon in the area?

>Let him go

>Take one pot and wrap it carefully, just in case.
[point and click adventure syndrome intensifies]

Rolled 13 + 3

>>33420792
Interrogate
>Why did you attack?
>Where can I find the black dragon?
>How many Ogres live here?


>Tie him up, I have plenty of rope and we can let him free once we come back

>Leave pots

“Why did you attack?” you ask the ogre, though you suppose that maybe you attacked first.

“This our place” the ogre growls “ogres live now, you no be here.”

“Ogres are pretty territorial” comments Bokin, as he holds the ogre down as you speak to it.

“Where can I find the black dragon?”

“Dragon, deep, down very deep” says the ogre. Well, that’s something at least.

“How many Ogres live here?” you ask, the answer takes a while to untangle, numbers are not his strong suit.

Eventually you estimate that there’s maybe 100 ogres of fighting age, with perhaps another 50 very old, very young or otherwise not fighters, led by a chieftain called Ironguts.

“Ironguts eats you” threatens the ogre.

“How can I end a fight with Ogres without killing them? Is there a nonlethal way to fight ogres?”

The ogre looks confused, you ask the question several different ways but the only answers he gives are ‘run away’ and ‘give up and get eaten’.

You tie him up, you’ll let him free later.

You leave the pots for now, you can come back for them later.

>>33420886
>Success
As you look at the entrance you see what you originally mistook for a cave mouth, isn’t. The area around the mouth of the ‘cave’ shows dwarven runes and symbols, and remnants of the original stonework can be seen as you go inside. It looks like this was a dwarven stronghold before the Ogres moved in and crudely expanded all the doors, rooms and hallways to suit them.

Well that makes things slightly easier. If these dwarves are anything like those back home then the fortress layout should roughly be: A great hall far below (a suitable lair for a big dragon); the settlement itself (homes, shops etc) – probably where the ogres live, in the middle and right at the top would be the kings home – perhaps the ogres chieftain is up there.

Exploring the entrance you find what was once a guardpost turned into an ogre lair, the smell makes you feel queasy, refuse and rotting food scraps are everywhere. The place has been crudely enlarged to ogre proportions, Bokin will have no problem in this place in his smaller form, but only in certain places will he be able to fight in his larger form.

There are some stairs leading up, some leading down, and a level corridor leading deeper into the stronghold.

>Go up
>Go down
>Stay on this level

Before you go of course, do you want to ask your ogre anything else?
>No more questions
>Yes (what?)

>>33420897
Aw yiss a dungeon crawl.

Do we have any Loot detection powers?

Anyway, my Stone Soup sense tells me "stay on the level, hoover up all the loot, pacify the mobs for XP then go down a level. Repeat until you find the orb."

>>33420897
>Go down
>No more questions
I can't think of anymore.

Question Pally. Can we teleport indoors or do we have to be outside for it to work?

>>33420897

>Go down

>No more questions

>>33420897
>Stay on this level
>no more questions

Dragon's down deep in the great hall, but if I remember my Dwarf Fortress days, the staircase that leads to the deeper levels will be on the opposite side of stronghold from the entrance.

>>33420913
Mathrian please.
RTL's ability description outright says we have to be under the open sky for it to work.

>>33420913
you need to be under an open sky outdoors. Being inside blocks you, as would a thick forest canopy.

Though in theory, if you burned enough power you could have a lightning bolt go through some cover to get to you.

You are about to go under a mountain though, no teleporting in here.

>>33420938
>>33420948
Ah you are right I totally missed that. Also good to know that its possible to overcharge and burn through some cover.

a tie?

please re-vote and roll 1d20

Rolled 11

>>33420965
Go Down

Rolled 7

>>33420965
Rolling to stay on this level for now.

>inb4 one

Rolled 13

>>33420965


samefag >>33420914 (You)

although to be honest I would be fine with staying on same leve as per >>33420938

Down it is

>>33420938
When I play dwarf fortress, I make a huge compact cube for top efficiency.

Routes to the outside world are trap filled hallways, as you'd expect, but when you're past those it's nothing but opencube.

You decide to head down first, you’re here to find Brearax after all. You wonder what deal he has struck with these ogres, if they worship him as a god, or perhaps he controls them with threats or promises of loot or food.

You head down, deep into the old fortress, several times you and Bokin hide from ogre patrols. The patrols are loud and you can hear them coming long before they get close, giving you ample time to hide in one of the many side-passages.

You wander through a series of maze-like rooms, following staircase after staircase down. The further down you go the few patrols there are, until all you can hear is yourself and Bokin. And the stone walls closing in around you, in Velya’s name being underground creeps you out. Bokin doesn’t seem bothered though, and you draw courage from his example.

You enter a vast cavern, its dark in here, even with your eyesight you can see very little, and Bokin is probably blind. The ceiling is far overhead and the whole place has an empty feeling, a low wind moans through the cavern.
There’s an awful smell coming from up ahead, like rotting meat. As you advance cautiously you realise that’s not wind, it’s breathing, something....big is here. As your eyes search the near-blackness you see a vast shape rear up in front of you and you instinctively light up your halo, ready for a fight.
Ahead of you rears up a massive black dragon, it’s head turning towards you as it breathes in deeply ready to unleash its acidic breath. Its jaws are vast and it could swallow you whole, and probably Bokin too, without needing to chew.

Bokin lets out a surprisingly high pitched “eep!” of fright and crowds in behind you.

>>33421058
You ready yourself for the hardest fight of your life only to hear a deep voice wheeze out “Ah, it’s too early for the ogres to be back for more acid, who are you?”

Nostrils flare as the dragon breathes in your scent “Hmm, frost giant, young and strong with a hint of the mountain peaks and....and...it cannot be!”

Now that you have a moment look at this dragon properly you see that it’s scales are dull and flaking, more grey than black, empty sockets are where it’s eyes should be and long thick chains are secured to its neck and forelimbs.

You see that its wings and hind-legs have been hacked off, the wounds are festering and leaking pus. As it speaks you see that its mouth is bereft of teeth, containing only rotting gums. Its forelimbs have short digits with no claws, the digits slowly weep blood. There is no tail to be seen.

It brings its head down towards you and snuffles in your direction “Has it been so long, have I been trapped here so long that the demons have fallen and the Gods returned?”

It chuckles, a sound full of bitterness “Tell me, messenger of Heaven, have you come to punish me for my crimes? As you can see, you’re a little late.”

>Are you Brearax?
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya
>And this is Bokin
>The demons are still here
>I’m not actually a full angel
>Other

>>33421069
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya
>And this is Bokin
>The demons are still here
>and I’m not actually a full angel
>Are you Brearax?

>>33421069
>>33421088
Yes, say all the things.

Also

>Tell me of your crimes. Perhaps you can be redeemed.

Because redemption is a good thing.

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>>33421069
Uh... Was pretty much thinking this. lol >>33421088


I'll start posting pics now, if no one minds. Went through and renamed most of them

>>33421069

>introductions first

>the demons are still here and I'm not really an angel
>The ogres did this to you?

>>33421123
>The ogres did this to you?
I think it was more that super-powerful hell-wyrm that we were told Brearax killed, being crippled in the process.

>>33421132

The other dragon fucked him up no doubt, but it was probably ogres who enslaved him and turned him into a chemical factory.

>>33421069
>I fear the world-barrier separating this plane from the gods still exists. I shall attempt to break it though and it has been foretold you could help me gain the necessary power for that.
Can we try to heal him? Healing doesn't harm evil dragons, right? Even if the effect is minuscule, it might be worth the effort.

>>33421164
I want to ask about Rax's crimes first. See if he actually is 2evil2redeem first.

>>33421164
Lets put our regen bracer around one of the declawed digits of his foreleg.
There's no way this could possibly go wrong.

Seriously though, Healing costs double the DE as long as that demon barrier is in place, and I get the feeling he's going to ask us to make the ogres leave.
So we might need that energy for ourselves.

>>33421164

Yeah, there's no way we'd be able to restore him, but some succour is definitely a paladin and half-angel thing to do.

“I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya” you say, after all, manners never hurt “And this is Bokin”

“A Paladin eh? I’ve not seen a Paladin in centuries, nor tasted one for longer, shall I eat you little paladin?” he smacks his gums “Perhaps not, too long on a diet of refuse, fresh meat would give me indigestion.”

“Welcome, Sireyi and Bokin” he says, pushing himself up in his two remaining limbs, the stumps of his wings twitching “To my home, I’m sorry about the mess, all of my orc servants are dead. And the ogres won’t clean up.”

“The demons are still here” you say.

“Well, that must really be inconvenient...for you.” He responds, seemingly unconcerned.
“And I’m not actually a full angel” you say, you wonder if everyone is going to confuse you for a full angel, with nothing to compare you too.

“No, no I suppose not, Heaven wouldn’t send one of its Host for me anymore” he says wistfully “They did once, a whole host of them, very tasty. I kept one in a cage for some time, but she died, poor thing.”
He focuses on you again “Hmm, half-angel, half-human, smelling of rain and lightning and new life. Why, why did you come here, to laugh I wonder, hmm? Are you sure you don’t have a little dragon in you?”

You decide to leave that jibe alone for now “Are you Brearax?”

“Brearax, Brearax” it says “Yes, that was once my name, Brearax the Mighty, Brearax the Black Shadow, run, run and hide little ones, Brearax is coming!” it booms “I come to eat the naughty and the wicked, mighty Brearax...” he trails off.

“Tell me of your crimes.” You say “Perhaps you can be redeemed.”

He laughs, a wheezing cough that ends in a croak “yes...yes” he says “redeemed, perhaps I can, do you have 20 years for me to recall each of my crimes?”

(options in next post)

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>>33421187

Given state he's in, I'd sooner expect him to ask us to put him out of his misery. I'd be all for alternative solutions though.

>>33421194
>I don’t have any dragon in me
>A Frost Giant Mountain-Speaker named Wegenthal sent me, he said you could help me
>I’m here by accident, I need to find a way off this plane
>I was told to look for a dark sister of mine
>Battle with Villathrax?
>What happened to you?
>Perhaps a summary of your crimes?
>Try healing him (How much Divine Energy?)

>>33421204
>What happened to you?
>Perhaps a summary of your crimes?
>I’m here by accident, I need to find a way off this plane

Heal him AFTER he helps us, as a reward for his confession.
He's obviously a tyrant but I expect he's too old to give much of a shit any more.

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>>33421164
I'm totally for healing him. At least/especially if we can redeem him. If not... well I expect we can at least put him out of his misery.
I was also definitely expecting something more like >pic related
>>33421204
>I’m here by accident, I need to find a way off this plane
>A Frost Giant Mountain-Speaker named Wegenthal sent me, he said you could help me

>Battle with Villathrax?
>What happened to you?
>Perhaps a summary of your crimes?


Additionally
>I was told to look for a dark sister of mine
>Try healing him (How much Divine Energy?)
Not yet, but when we do lets try and heal his eyes.

>>33421204

>Give me the short story. Would you do them again, if you had the power now?
regardless of his answer
>Try healing him (1 DE, just to gauge the effect and ease creature's pain a bit)
>How did you end up in this captivity?

>>33421204
>No, I don't have any dragon in me.
>What happened to you?
>Perhaps a summary of your crimes?
>I’m here by accident, I need to find a way off this plane

>>33421164
As I have been misunderstood before: This is not a vote to heal him right now. This is just asking whether it would be reasonable, given the information Sireyi possesses, to attempt to heal the dragon, should we decide him worth the DE.

>>33421182
Lessening his pain would not necessitate him being redeemed. You can be kind to evil people.

>>33421245
We literally cannot cast heal for 1 DE.
At the moment, it requires 4 minimum to cast and 2 for each additional degree of potency.

>>33421256
>his is just asking whether it would be reasonable, given the information Sireyi possesses, to attempt to heal the dragon, should we decide him worth the DE.

If you burn all of your remaining DE you can probably stop his wounds bleeding any more, closing them up.

But that's it.

>>33421259

Very well, do this then.

This place is large enough to avoid ogres until we get our energy back.

>>33421194
>do you have 20 years for me to recall each of my crimes?
"While I have been told I could potentially live for a few thousand years, staying that long does not seem advisable right now. Perhaps another time."
Put it into our calendar. Redeeming a dragon would be cool and awesome and also good.

>>33421281
Do we have any idea what would happen if we placed our amulet of regen on him? Could it prospectively heal him over the coming months/years?

>>33421293
Might as well give him succor after a confession. Gotta be kind, even to evil old dragons.

>>33421293
It would kick in after 24 hours, it would heal him completely over time, but given the severity of his wounds, you don't know how long that would be.

>>33421281
Worth it. (Later).

>>33421204
>A Frost Giant Mountain-Speaker named Wegenthal sent me, he said you could help me
I wish to break the world-barrier. I know you will not help me from the good of your heart, but I'm sure we can come to an agreement. Not like there are many better ways to get back against the demons for you.

>>33421308
So there is no size limit for those artifacts? Would our Hat of disguise work on him as well?

>>33421308

In this case I vote to, if there's a chance that he would commit himself to fighting demons, give him the amulet and help him with the ogre infestation.

There is an awful lot that can go wrong if he decides to change his mind afterwars, but damn if it wouldn't make for an awesome story.

>>33421335
I'd have to vote against that as vehemently as possible.
Fully healing the insane evil dragon that just admitted to eating a host of angels and keeping one as a slave seems like an incredibly terrible idea.

>>33421334
it would, but the hat cannot alter a subjects apparent size by very much, and it is entirely illusionary.

>>33421308
Ok. Things we could offer him
>Minor heal now.
>Coming back every few days to attempt a full-power heal. I'm sure within a few weeks there would be a significant improvement.
>Give him the Amulet.
>Revenge against demons (if he cares for that).

>>33421350
I also wish to veto this motion, because that healing amulet is our shit, and we don't give away our shit.

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>>33421308
Glorious Pally.
>>33421335
I'm all for doing that. After we talk with him. No sense in him being all like, "oh no, you heal me and I'm going to murder everyone." So lets wait until we get an idea of his mental state and motives

>>33421350
/tg/ quests are full of terrible ideas

>>33421356
Hilarious. If this wasn't so serious I would suggest some pranks.
>Giant black dragon with tiny top-hat.
>Ogres: "Since when does our dragon have all the colours of the rainbow?"

>>33421363
The bracer would likely take decades, maybe even centuries to fully heal this giant dragon.
There will be no demons for him to fight, we will only be unleashing a great evil upon the world for little to no benefit.

>>33421350
Aye. No full healing without a truly binding contract or promise or full-on redemption.

>>33421350
>>33421360

Well, he had a lot of time to think about his actions. Let's ascertain his mental state before passing the judgement.

If he hates the demons, letting him free could be good idea even if he were otherwise evil, since him fighting them would let the gods in somewhere along the line.

>>33421401
So would us getting out of this dimension.
By the time he's healed, we'll probably have dealt with the demons, all he'll do is go back to being a fuck-off powerful asshole dragon.
There's also the fact that he's completely insane.

“I don’t have any dragon in me” you say, trying to sound regretful, no point in insulting him
“No dragon in you?” he says skeptically “would you like some?”
Unbelievable, half-dead he’s still trying to....nevermind.

You move on to more important matters “A Frost Giant Mountain-Speaker named Wegenthal sent me, he said you could help me.”

“Hmm, I’ve never heard of him” responds Brearax “But I know Mountain-Speakers, all cold wind and stone and avalanche. I’m sure the idiot sent you to me because of fate, bah!”
Bokin steps forward at this insult to his grandfather but you thrust out an arm across his stomach, stopping him.

“He said you could help me” you say “I’m here by accident, I need to find a way off this plane. I wish to break the world-barrier. I know you will not help me from the good of your heart, but I'm sure we can come to an agreement. Not like there are many better ways to get back against the demons for you.”

“Ah yes, that makes sense” says Brearax, “Clever Mountain-Speaker, needs magic not of the gods to break free from this little Hell the demons have created. I was once a mighty sorcerer, could have cracked their silly barrier like an eggshell” His voice lowers, regretful “Once, but no longer, too long just keeping myself alive, used up too much...energy” he wheezes.

“I was told to look for a dark sister of mine” you say, though you’ve no idea if a dragon that’s been trapped for so long will be able to help you.

“Hmm” he says “what’s your name again?”

“Sireyi Valyenya, formerly of House Valyenya”

“Perhaps” he says “you should try House Valyenya, they were a noble family in the kingdom of...Hanse I think, perhaps the demons killed them all.”

1/3

>>33421431
“I was told you defeated Villathrax” you say, hoping to keep the dragon talking.

“Villathrax” he says, his voice deepening “I remember him, they said he was stronger than me. That he was unbeatable” his front paws clench, leaving trails of blood on the floor “But I proved them wrong, I proved Brearax was greater!”

“I fought him because I was the greatest, because no dragon could match me” he says “They used to come at me in flights you know” memories overtaking him “threes and fours altogether, and I still sent them fleeing.”

“And from there” he says mournfully “I knew it would be all downhill, I wasn’t getting younger, and it was getting harder and harder to be the Black Shadow of Terror. And when the demons came, they sent emissaries to me, tried to get me to join them. Stupid demons” he smiles in memory “Fun to play with though.”

“And Villathrax’s name spread across the land ‘oh, Villathrax burned this city’ ‘oh did you hear Villathrax demanded a sacrifice of a hundred virgins to spare a country, ‘oh Villathrax kidnapped a princess’. Bloody Villathrax this, Villathrax that.”

“I really thought he’d kill me, you know” he continues “but I didn’t care, I wanted to be remembered as the greatest dragon of all, I didn’t want to just fade away, hahahah!”

“Ah, all this” he gestures around him “Was once a great dwarven hall, but I took it from them, and kept my treasure here....where is my treasure....? I stole it all you know...”

"While I have been told I could potentially live for a few thousand years, staying 20 years to hear your crimes does not seem advisable right now. Perhaps another time."

“Not even the lewd ones?” he asks hopefully.

2/3

>>33421441
“You said something about orc servants” you steer the conversation “what happened to them, and to you?”

“Ah yes, I had a clan of orcs that served me, worshipped me really, when I came back after my fight with Villathrax I was badly wounded, so very badly. I needed time to rest” his voice drops to a whisper “But as I lay here, an ogre tribe came in and slaughtered all my lovely orcs. Orcs are great, as long as you bring them food, and some human or elf women, they’re happy, but ogres are horrible, horrible creatures” he sniffs “They cut my wings off, cut them right off” He pauses “And every now and then they come in here to collect some acid, or they won’t feed me, I’d refuse but, I don’t want to starve to death, I’d rather die in battle.”

“So you can’t help me then” you say, dejected.

“Oh I didn’t say that...” he responds in a crafty tone of voice “But first I want you to help me.”

“You want me to free you?” you ask hopefully

“Hah! Yes, off this mortal coil!” he barks out a laugh “but first I need you to fetch something for me, and then....we bargain.”

“What am I fetching?” you ask warily

“One of the last eggs of my line” he says “My great-great-great-something-great grandchild. The orc chieftain hid it in his chambers before he was killed, the ogre chieftain has probably taken the same chambers at the top of the keep. Find it and bring it to me and then we’ll talk”

He settles down, laying his head on the floor “Now go, I’m tired, we’ll talk more when you get back.”

It seems you won’t get anything more out of him, until you return with the egg.

>Leave for middle floor
>Leave for top floor
>Ask more questions (what?)

3/3

>>33421422

>So would us getting out of here
no, it wouldn't, unless we've dealt with the demons before
>We probably have dealt with the demons
Not necessarily. I'm sure there will be an 'easy' way to fuck off without dealing with the demons.
>there's also the fat that he's completely insane
you're damn good at psychoanalysis if you can tell that from the few posts' worth of dialogue.

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>>33421451
I FUCKING KNEW IT! I'm about willing to bet money we are going to be getting a dragonling of our own.

>Leave for top floor

>>33421441
>“Not even the lewd ones?” he asks hopefully.

Brearax confirmed for OP's self-insert.

>>33421453
>no, it wouldn't
Go read the previous thread, it was stated outright that us returning home would break the barrier for a few months.

We have the horn to help us deal with the demons when we return after the initial breaking of the demon barrier.

>from the suptg archive description, created by OP at thread creation:
>Fighting ogres and making deals with a crazy old dragon
>crazy old dragon

Also the fact that he just wants to die.

>>33421451
>Leave for the top floor

>>33421451
Well, let's go to the top.

Might as well spend the 4DP on a minor heal for the dragon, just for the sake of kindness.

>>33421451

>Ask him about the fortress, if he knows some ogre-free passages or some dwarven mechanisms that could help us
>then go up

>>33421501
Let's not.

>You want me to free you?” you ask hopefully
>“Hah! Yes, off this mortal coil!” he barks out a laugh

Healing is a waste of 4 DE if he's just going to have us kill him later.
His whole spiel about Villathrax is about how he was getting too old and wanted to die in a blaze of glory, I doubt he wants to be healed just so he can fade away.

>>33421496
>crazy old dragon

Yeah I should have been more ambiguous but someones been mis-archiving threads on sup tg so I archived the thread as soon as I created it rather than waiting until the end.

>>33421451
Ask him about secret passages.
Gotta have secret passages.

>>33421496

I retract my objection. He does seem quite bonkers after this dialogue dump.

“The dwarves must have built some secret passages or mechanisms into this fortress” you say, “anything you can tell me about them would help.”

“I don’t recall” he says “I had my orcs keep track of that, and I smashed most of their traps, horrible spiked things, now go away.”

You decide to head up to the top of the fortress.

Roll 2d20 for encounters

Rolled 17, 1 = 18

>>33421571

Rolled 10, 8 = 18

>>33421571
TOO 1 TO HAVE ANY FUN

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Rolled 4, 9 = 13

>>33421571
Totally hoping for our own little dragonling. I've been eyeing the Paladin Mount power that gives us a Dragon for a while now

>>33421599
>Wanting a mount
>When we have a permanent -2 to mounted combat and cannot purchase that skill

>>33421599

Yeah, no. I'm all for having a dragon ally, but we don't need mount for anything, we have wings.

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>>33421611
>>33421632
>Implying I give a damn about riding the dragon and don't just want a dragon cus dragon

Rolled 13, 6 = 19

>>33421652
WARNING
MAGICAL REALM DETECTED
REMOVE SCALIE

>>33421652
Well then don't imply that you want it as a mount by linking your desire for it to the Paladin Mount power.

I swear to god if you turn this into a lewd joke...

>>33421451
Any super Secret ways to get anywhere in the caves?

>>33421684
What's up with this?
We always have the one guy that's two or three updates behind everyone else, it's weird.

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>>33421660
W-what?! P-p-preposterous. Baka!
/kidding

>>33421672
Sorry bout that I should have been more clear. The paladin mount power calls a dragon to our service, I want the dragon but I don't actually care about using it as a mount.
Having it use us on the other hand... I'm sorry, but with your spoiler I couldn't help myself

>>33421697
Time moves differently on different planes.

Alright, own up, who is posting on /tg/ from another dimension?

You begin the tough job of climbing back up all those stairs and heading for the top of the fortress.

It seems like you climb for hours, and your legs ache, you wish you could just fly up but the air in here is so still that you’d use more energy flapping than you would walking, and using your power over air would drain your magic.

Again you encounter patrols, and again you easily avoid them due to the amount of noise they make.

As you’re walking along a corridor you hear a rumbling above you, the ceiling is caving in! Your mind fills with panic as you see you and Bokin trapped under a pile of rubble, with no way out!

You run back as fast as you can, Bokin following as rocks, grit, ogres and pebbles collapse into the space you were just occupying.

Wait, ogres?

It seems the whole mountain isn’t falling in, just this level, and there were some ogres above you. Somewhat stunned, they begin pulling themselves out of the rubble. It looks like it was a patrol in force, a dozen ogres, though 4 died in the rockfall and the rest are bruised. One sees you and growls out a warning to his allies.

“What do we do?” asks Bokin

>Flee whilst they’re still recovering
>Attack whilst they’re recovering
>Talk to them (Very Hard)
>Other

>>33421733

>Charge

>>33421733
>Attack whilst they’re recovering

They're keeping a sapient being alive, in constant agony, as a chemical factory.
Nobody, not even Brearax, deserves such a fate, and I feel little mercy for them because of it.

>>33421733
I'm posting on /tg/ from an evil realm.
Tyrants have taken over my realm and are oppressing the peasants with corrupt greedy banks, genocidal propaganda spewed from the media, and imprisonment for anyone who disagrees with them. Help!

>>33421733
AoE attacks gogo

>>33421759
Yeah, ogres a shit.

>>33421733
>Attack whilst they’re recovering
pretty much what this anon said >>33421759

>>33421733
>Attack whilst they’re recovering

>>33421767
[Dimensional Genocide Cannon: Locked On]
[Purging Injustice in T-minus twelve minutes]

>>33421797
God damn it I want LESS genocide, not more.
This is bullshit.

>>33421826
[Violence is necessary to remove evil]
[Violence is an inherently evil act]
[Any time evil is committed, more evil is brought into the world]
[Ergo, the only way to destroy evil is to destroy the world]

>>33421839
Well it beats what we've got going currently.

“Into them!” you yell, charging forwards. Flying will be difficult in this tunnel, and it’s too small for Bokin to go big.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (5 targets, closely packed)
>Lightning bolt (4 targets, closely packed)
>Halberd (+smite? +electricity?)
>Other

Bokin
>Stick close to me
>Try to flank them
>Other

Battlefield
8 Ogres (slightly wounded)
Ogres have a penalty to defence in the first turn

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>>33421767

Who is to say you're not trying to trick us into siding with you against legitimate king in interest of demon emperor from neighboring evil empire, hm?

>>33421873
>Lightning bolt (4 targets, closely packed)

Lightning bolt is more powerful than lightning storm, the tradeoff in damage isn't worth hitting one extra guy.

>Try to flank them

>>33421873
>Lightning bolt (4 targets, closely packed)\
>Stick close to me

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>>33421873
>Lightning bolt (4 targets, closely packed)
>Try to flank them

>>33421873

>Lightning storm
>let's stick together.

>>33421875
>the current king
>legitimate
Lol nope.

But there might be demon emperors nearby that I don't know about. Would you please help me investigate demons and evil empires?

>>33421901
[All problems will be solved in T-minus 3 minutes]

>>33421873
Bolt and stick close.

Bolt + close

roll 2d20 please

Rolled 14, 12 = 26

>>33421917

Rolled 19, 10 = 29

>>33421917
They see me rolin'.
They eight-in'.

Rolled 4, 18 = 22

>>33421917

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>>33421901

Well it's your realm, so it's your job to see through deceptions of various demon kings. I'm sure you've given it adequate thought and not just picked one at random to side with.

>>33421946
Okay. How do I spot demon kings?

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>>33421967

That's hard to say. They can be very crafty about not being found out. Sending agents out to incite violence and spread genocidal propaganda abroad is one of the indicators though. Being generally oppressive and genocidal at home is another one.

Although, to be honest, regular kings tend to do this as well. I guess you'll have to use your own judgement.

>>33422020
And in the event that it turns out we're not "oppressed peasants vs. Demon king", and are instead "smaller demon king vs. larger demon king", what should I do?
Because my world has a pretty long history of conquerors, and I don't think any of them are truly good.

“Stick close to me” you say to Bokin, getting separated would be foolish. As the ogres come lumbering towards the two of you lightning stretches from your hands, blasting in to them (DE 15/23), lined up in this corridor they make the perfect targets. Your lightning rips through them, those struck are burned and twitch when they move, but still able to fight.

By your side Bokin waits until they get close before unleashing a powerful attack, killing one of those your lightning struck.

Fortunately for the two of you, in this partially collapsed corridor, they can only come at you 3 at a time, any more and they’d be tripping over each other.

One attacks you, a clumsy swing you easily avoid. Two attack Bokin, and one hits, opening a deep wound in Bokins side (HP 10/26).

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (5 targets, closely packed)
>Lightning bolt (3 targets, closely packed)
>Halberd (+smite? +electricity?)
>Heal Bokin (how much DE? Min. 4)
>Other

Bokin
>Keep fighting
>Drop back behind me
>Other

Battlefield
4 Ogres (slightly wounded)
3 Ogres (badly wounded)

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>>33422040

Well that sucks. Best I can think of is try and survive, get by and do your own thing. Regular kings don't live forever, and even demon ones don't stay on material plane indefinitely. With time, every empire crumbles. The people, however, lives on.

>>33422073
Bokin, get behind me and throw rubble.
Lightningbolt the 3 targets

>>33421733

I AM

>>33422099

Second.

>>33422073
>Lightning bolt (3 targets, closely packed)
>Drop back behind me

>>33422073
>Lightning Storm or Bolt
>Drop back

Lightning bolt + drop back and throw rocks

ok, roll 2d20

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Rolled 7, 11 = 18

>>33422131

Rolled 4, 9 = 13

>>33422131

Rolled 17, 18 = 35

>>33422131

Rolled 14, 10 = 24

>>33422131

>>33422077
I get the feeling that when the current empire crumbles, the demons (if they are demons, and not just evil men) are going to profit from it somehow.
I've seen some of their plans that got leaked - a worldwide treaty to remove Barons and Lords' abilities to respond to natural disasters and economic collapses, instead putting that power completely in the hands of the Kings.
Roughly a century ago, we had a global disaster that was engineered for the benefit of the corrupt wealthy nobles.
I know the empire will crumble. But I expect that this will be intentional. Ruins are cheaper to buy than castles, after all.

>>33422153

nice save

You decide to stick with what works and pour on the lightning power (DE 13/23), your power rips through the ogres like dry leaves. One of the ogres you’ve already hit falls, and two of those you hadn’t before are now badly burned.
As the three ogres try to hit you with their blades, Bokin retreats and starts throwing chunks of rubble at them, distracting them.

One of the ogres hits you, but a blow that would have split an ordinary person in half has little effect on you due to your enchanted armour and divine protections (HP 56/58).

One of the three ogres next to you decides to head past you to attack Bokin.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (5 targets, closely packed)
>Lightning bolt (3 targets, closely packed)
>Halberd (+smite? +electricity?)
>Heal Bokin (how much DE? Min. 4)
>Other

If you want to target the one trying to bypass you to attack Bokin, your ‘storm and ‘bolt will affect 2 fewer targets (3 and 1 respectively).

Bokin
>Keep throwing rocks
>Engage that one ogre
>Retreat further
>Other

Battlefield
2 Ogres (slightly wounded)
4 Ogres (badly wounded)

>>33422269
Keep pouring on the mad deeps.

Bokin should engage the one ogre, and lightning bolt the 3 close packed targets.

>>33422269
>Halberd
>Engage the single ogre

Hope this doesn't deal a stupid amount of damage like that one attack did, if the ogre hits.
Does Bokin have flat carryover damage from sustaining wound in his giant form, rather than percentage based?

>>33422269
>Halberd
Lets save some DE. I expect we'll need it later
>Engage that one ogre

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>>33422159

Hmm... you make it seem like it's internal power struggle within one empire to bring it down and reform it, or perhaps a scheme to absorb one smaller, weaker empire into another, larger one. The point still stands though, empires crumble. All a common man can do, short of, in extreme cases, starting a rebellion, is to make best of his situation - and not fall prey to genocidal propaganda as you mentioned earlier.

>>33422331
>Does Bokin have flat carryover damage from sustaining wound in his giant form, rather than percentage based?

Percentage, Bokins HP in his smaller form is half his full size HP, wounds are proportional

Halberd+Engage

Roll 2d20 please

Rolled 14, 9 = 23

>>33422358

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Rolled 7, 4 = 11

>>33422358

>>33422269

>Intercept the ogre trying to get around with a halberd.
>Keep throwing rocks

Rolled 4, 8 = 12

>>33422340
Well I suppose if that's the best I can do in my situation then I've gotta do it, but stuff sure is shitty.

>>33422358
Horn of plenty, send me 20

Rolled 5, 10 = 15

>>33422358

Let's get dirty.

Rolled 5, 18 = 23

>>33422368
>>33422371
>>33422381
>>33422383
Good rolls guys.

Rolled 16, 1 = 17

>>33422408
Don't worry, I'll save us

You retrieve your halberd from the sling off your back and swing at one of the wounded ogres nearby, killing it with a single stroke.

Three ogres crowd around you, with your halberd out you easily pick off most of their attacks but 1 gets through, a powerful blow smashes into your side, you hardly feel it (HP 53/58)

Bokin steps up to engage the ogre bypassing you and slashes at it with his greatsword but the ogre blocks his blow. The ogres return blow knocks Bokin to his knees, blood pouring from his mouth “Sireyi” he gurgles, “my angel, please help me...” (HP 1/26)

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (4 targets)
>Lightning bolt (2 targets)
>Halberd (+smite? +electricity?)
>Heal Bokin (how much DE? Min. 4)
>Other

If you want to target the ogre standing over Bokin, your ‘storm will affect only 2 targets and your bolt only that one. If you go to help him with your Halberd, or with Healing, the ogres attacking you get bonuses to hit you as you turn your back on them.

Bokin (close to death)
>Keep fighting
>Retreat
>Other

Battlefield
2 Ogres (slightly wounded)
3 Ogres (badly wounded)

>>33422474
>Heal Bokin (8)
>Retreat

Dammit dice.

>>33422493
second

Rolled 17, 6 = 23

>>33422474
Heal Bodkin 8 and try to get him into a corner so he can be body blocked.

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>>33422474
>Heal Bokin (8)
>Retreat

God dammit Bokin. You shit

>>33422493
Oh, and the reason I'm not worried about the ogres attacking us is a combination of regen bracer for between battle heals and having more HP than Bokin has in his giant form on top of crazy-high AC.
Siyeri's built like a tank with a tesla cannon on top of it.

>>33422514
He's basically first level and has a -2 due to youth.

Heal+retreat, no dice needed, writing

Rolled 14, 2 = 16

>>33422552
Fuck you have dice anyway.

Rolled 4, 6 = 10

>>33422586

>Bokin trips over some rubble and falls
>-10 hp

Rolled 20, 9 = 29

>>33422633
>>33422586
At least we're flushing the shit rolls out of the system

You rush over to Bokins side and pour your divine energies into him (DE 5/23, Bokin HP 16/26), hauling him to his feet you both retreat further down the corridor, you make sure Bokin stays ahead of you, blocking any Ogres that try to get by.

The ogres follow you, hooting and growling and commenting on how you’ll taste in their cookpots, arguing over who will get to eat your wings.

All of their attacks miss you fuck my dice, as they follow you, they bunch up again.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (5 targets)
>Lightning bolt (3 targets)
>Halberd
>Heal Bokin
>Other

Remember, you can burn extra DE over the minimum (2) required to use ‘storm and ‘bolt in order to up the damage.

Bokin
>Stay behind me
>Return to the fight
>Other

Battlefield
2 Ogres (slightly wounded)
3 Ogres (badly wounded)

Rolled 668

>>33422651
>Lightning Storm, burn 4 DE total (2 min, 2 to boost)
>Stay behind me

Let's not have him run into the place that is about to be lightning.
LS +2 should off the badly wounded and badly wound the slightly wounded, who will be easy to finish off with our halberd.

>>33422651
>Lightning storm (5 targets) 4 DE
>Stay behind me

>>33422651
I suggest that as soon as we leave this place Bokin gets the healing amulet. He gets hurt far more than we do and will require constant healing. For how he needs to stay back in all fights, we can solo groups of 12 Ogres if we don't need to take care of him.

>>33422673
>2 away from 666
I guess I'm not the demon king.

>>33422680
Bracer, it's a healing bracer.
It might not fit around his arm.
Maybe he could wear it as a ring?

>>33422651

Halberd them away.

That will show them for picking wings over breast meat.

>stay behind

Rolled 11, 4 = 15

>>33422651
Storm the five, stay behind me.

We're gonna need to recharge our Double Penetration after this.

>>33422698
>Implying an angel's breasts are a more erogenous zone than their wings

>>33422702
It's not Divine Points, It's Divine Energy.
Stop changing the acronym just to fit your lewd joke.

Storm + 4DE total it is

roll 1d20

Rolled 8

>>33422722

Rolled 17

>>33422722

Rolled 16

>>33422722

Rolled 13

>>33422722
I'm keen on eighteen.

You draw upon your remaining powers and catch all 5 ogres in an intense lightning storm, 3 of them die instantly, their charred corpses dropping to the ground, the other 2 take longer to die, falling to the ground and twitching as they try to climb to their feet or crawl away. When the storm ends, your powers almost exhausted, you see that they are all dead (DE 1/23).

You certainly didn’t enjoy that, but it was them or you and Bokin.

Your bracer will heal you in minutes, but you’ve exhausted your powers and Bokin still isn’t on full health. You have a tough decision to make.

You could push onwards to the ogre chieftains chambers before the alarm is raised, and hope you can either bargain with him or defeat him.

The two of you could hide in this vast fortress for a day or two to allow your powers to recharge and heal Bokin, but the ogres would discover their dead kin and be watching for you.
They might even find your hiding place.

You could retreat from the fortress altogether and return later. The ogres would be on guard but the chances of them coming after you and finding you would be very slim.

>Press on, keep the advantage of surprise
>Hide in the fortress
>Leave the fortress

>>33422855
>Hide in the fortress

Going into a boss fight without having full access to our powers?
No thanks.

>>33422855
I'd say Leave, and find a place to chill out elsewhere. We gotta recharge our Double Entendre.

>>33422855
>Hide in the fortress
Its simply too big of a risk. We'd probably wouldn't even need to use DE if Bokin wasn't with us

>>33422855

>Hide in the fortress

>Give the bracer to Bokin if possible

>>33422855
Hide in the fortress for a day. Give the Bracelet to Bokin as soon as you Siyeri is healed.

>>33422926
Giving the bracer to Bokin is possible, yes.

You'd need a day to recover your divine energy anyways, the only downside is that it'd take another day to re-attune to Sireyi afterwards - if she wanted it back.

>>33422959
Given that we have 58 hp at all times and an actual armor class, I don't think we'll need it as much.

>>33422959
>>33422936
>>33422926
Personally I'd rather have Sireyi keep the bracer. With it we can go from battle to battle shielding Bokin every time. With Bokin using it, we'll still be guarding him, so he'll rarely get hit, but we will still be getting worn down.

You decide to hide in the fortress, you’ve passed a lot of good hiding places in your trip upwards. There’s a few of the dwarven-carved houses set straight into the rock that would make ideal hiding places.

The ogres haven’t carved them all out to their own size, making it unlikely that they go there, and they’d be very defensible if you did get caught. It would be pretty cramped but safe.

You find a suitable place after giving your bracer of healing to Bokin and the two of you settle down to rest.

Roll 1d20 for encounters of the ogre kind

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Rolled 11

>>33423010

It's not ogre yet.

Rolled 17

>>33422990
We took five damage, which we could heal easily with just 2(4) DE.
Bokin almost died, and even after an 8 DE heal was only up to 16/26.
We'll spend less DE healing ourself and having the bracer keep Bokin's HP up.

>>33423010

Rolled 15

>>33423010

Rolled 11

>>33423010
t

>>33423026
Or, we could just keep Bokin out of harms way and try and tank everything ourselves which heals a few minutes after the battle ends, and save our DE. Bokin almost died because he sucks compared to us and because of bad rolls.

>No encounter, it is ogre, you do not get shrekt in the night

A day later you are both fully healed and the pool of divine energy within you has been restored. Undiscovered in your dwarven house you both emerge cautiously, though you have to wriggle underneath Bokin and pull him out after he gets stuck in the doorway, much to his embarrassment.

Bokin seems to want to say something about you saving his life, but this really isn’t the time, you tell him you’ll talk once you’re out of this place.

Creeping through the fortress you make your way to the top, avoiding patrols as best you can.
Eventually you come to a big set of double doors at the end of a corridor, they are unguarded, but look quite sturdy.

You move quietly up to them and you can hear loud ogre voices from within, apparently someone in charge is displeased at his underlings for being ‘Tiny-bellied weaklings’

>Keep listening
>Open the doors quietly
>Burst in

>>33423070
They can just do the same thing they did last time. Which is for some of them to simply move past us while we already fight 6 of them. There is really no way for us to reliably block ogres in a large space.

>>33423093
>>Keep listening
When the underling leave we can go in and kill the ogre leader and take the egg.

>>33423070
Hey, guess what thing we were doing for most of the battle?
Keeping them away.
We simply can't be everywhere at once and not every fight will have a convenient bottleneck.

>>33423093
>Keep listening

Possible dissent in the ranks?

Rolled 20

>>33423093
>Keep listening
>Bokin, watch my rear

>>33423093

Is there enough room for Bokin to get Huge?

In either case, let's listen in before we crash the party.

>>33423123
There is out here, there might not be on the other side of the doors.

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>>33423093
>Keep listening
>Have Bokin keep watch

>>33423114
>Bokin, watch my rear


"Why should I watch your rear, Sireyi?" he responds "What's it going to do?"

Spoilers is non-canon

Listening at the door you hear a loud voice “By the Maw you test my temper!” it growls “you can’t even find a tiny band of intruders, you are useless, weak-bellied orc-spawn. Get out there and find them! If you don’t bring them back by this evening I swear by the All-Devouring One, one of you will end up in the cookpots!”

You hear footsteps rushing towards the door.

>Burst in, fight them in there
>Wait out here to fight, there’s enough room for Bokin to get big
>Hide (Hard), there’s not many places to hide here, but you might succeed.
>Other

>>33423202
>Hide (Hard), there’s not many places to hide here, but you might succeed.
But do it in a way that
>Wait out here to fight, there’s enough room for Bokin to get big
Might still be possible

>>33423202

>Hide

Rolled 19

>>33423202
Run to lure them into a kill zone and dispatch them.

So hide, with a prep for ambush, ok, roll 2d20 for hiding

>>33423202
Do >>33423226

>>33423245
You mean like the room we are currently in?
Or do you want us to set up an ambush in an ideal location with our nonexistent resources, backup or planning time?
Blindly running in hopes of finding an area that favors our abilities moreso than a big open room would just result in us getting caught between an ogre patrol and the ogres chasing us.

Rolled 5, 8 = 13

>>33423293
Roger that

Rolled 17, 8 = 25

>>33423293

Rolled 6, 15 = 21

>>33423293
I expect to fail

Bokin and you crouch down behind a raise stone wall as four ogres in armour, and carrying finer weapons come trudging out of the double doors, grumbling to one another.
As they pass by you one sniffs the air and growls “intruders...”

Well, the jig is up, still, at least Bokin can fight properly here.

You vault over the wall as the Ogres approach. The chieftain is still back in the other room, though he’ll probably come out once battle is joined.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (4 targets)
>Lightning bolt (2 targets)
>Halberd (+smite? +electricity?)
>Other

Sireyi is assumed to use her Halo, unless requested otherwise

Bokin
>Charge!
>Stay by me
>Other

Bokin is assumed to go big unless players request otherwise

Battlefield
4 Ogre Lieutenants

Rolled 7, 12 = 19

>>33423478
>Lightning storm 2+2 DE
>Stay by me

Let's make a strong opening move, LS w/4 DE killed slightly wounded ogres, and armor doesn't matter unless it's enchanted in this circumstance.
Also not sending our ally into the lightning holocaust.

>>33423478
Storm 6 the Ogres, and Bodkin should stay near Sireyi.

Rolled 18, 11 = 29

>>33423478
>Lightning storm (4 targets) 6 DE
>Stay by me

Rolled 18, 7 = 25

>>33423478
u need dice?

Storm w/extra 4 DE + Bokin staying by you, roll 2d20 please

Rolled 9, 19 = 28

>>33423555
No, we aren't rolling yet.
Me and Mathrian are just scrubs when it comes to turning off our dice.

>>33423568

Rolled 13, 17 = 30

>>33423568

>>33420115
holy FUCK didn't even realise you were doing it today since you were saying something about doing it during weekends. Guess I gotta keep up with TWATTER

Rolled 8, 20 = 28

>>33423568
>Anonymous 07/15/14(Tue)09:37:38 No.33423504 ▶
>Rolled 7, 12 = 19
>>>33423478
>>Lightning storm 2+2 DE
>>Stay by me
>Let's make a strong opening move, LS w/4 DE killed slightly wounded ogres, and armor doesn't matter unless it's enchanted in this circumstance.
>Also not sending our ally into the lightning holocaust.

Rolled 2, 2 = 4

>>33423568
Rolling

>>33423595
Or just pay attention when OP says next thread on tuesday at 12 PM BST at the end of the thread.

>>33423595
Today, tomorrow, probably not thursday

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>>33423608
Wtf. I cleared the quick reply before I posted....

>>33423629
;_; thanks, guess this will be my first miss of a pally of joy quest so far.
Time to read FAST

>>33423655
It's still thread one, and QM usually does two so you're probably in before the halfway point.

As the four ogres turn towards you, you bring down the thunder, arcs of electricity flashing between them (DE 17/23), they are thrown apart from one another by your attack, smoking and burned they nevertheless climb to their feet and start towards you.

As they get close, Bokin, at his full size, cuts two of them down with a sweep of his greatsword.

Of the two survivors, one misses you, the other hits you full force, not that it matters (HP 56/58).

You hear a curse from the other room and the sound of pounding feet, looks like the chieftain will be here soon.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Lightning storm (2 targets, may hit Bokin if targeting lieutenants)
>Lightning bolt (2 targets)
>Halberd
>Other

Will you attack the remaining ogre lieutenants, or attack the chieftain as he comes through the door?

Bokin
>Keep fighting the lieutenants
>Wait for the chieftain to arrive and attack him

Battlefield
2 Ogre Lieutenants (severely wounded)

Holy shit our DR is AWESOME

>>33423795
>Halberd
>Keep fighting

Save our DE, these guys are already nearly dead and we've got a pretty amazing strength score now.

I want to finish off the adds before the big boss gets into town, so Bokin should continue to fight.

>>33423821
Go look at our CS, look at how much DR we have, and then factor in we get further bonuses due to using a reach weapon enchanted for defense.

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>>33423795
>Halberd
>Wait for the chieftain to arrive and attack him
Have Bokin behind the door and hit him from behind

Also OH GOD OUR DR

>>33423795
Halberd and smash down the 2 that remain.
Keep retreat paths open. Never know when a fight might go south.

>>33423795
Who has the regeneration amulet?

>Bokin should keep near the back and have a wall at his back so they don't circle around him.
>Sireyi should use the Halberd for now,
the normal people are not worth DE and we might need it for

>>33423844
>http://pastebin.com/tsAx3JGT

Well we can tank it like a trooper for our Giant friend then ! we can also save the DE

You both go for melee

roll 2d20

Bokin is currently wearing the bracer of healing

Rolled 4, 8 = 12

>>33423928

Rolled 12, 17 = 29

>>33423928
SIREYI SMASH!

Rolled 4, 7 = 11

>>33423928

Hack and smash

>>33423928
kek

Rolled 8, 2, 10, 11, 10, 15, 3, 19, 20, 7 = 105

>>33423928
All right, let's get the low rolls out of the system.

>>33423998
>wasting a 20

>>33423928
we have giant's str right?
I don't understand why we can't just collapse the ceiling on the ogres

>>33424046
I'm presuming we tank the fall damage or use wind shield to survive... because if not than I get a very good feeling we'd just get buried

>>33423947
Great save, Mathrian.

>>33423998
>All average rolls except for a 20, a 19 and maybe the 15
Good Job.

>>33424016
A twenty that was at the end of a huge train of mediocre rolls.

>>33424046
That's more Titan's Strength's thing.
Giant's strength is just a huge boost to our strength score (+8), it doesn't let us do anything we couldn't do with a regular strength check.

>>33424069
We're under a mountain, we'd be dead or trapped forever.

>>33424081
>multiple levels
we'd only have one level fall on top of us which I'm sure we can tank

>>33424190
I've played dwarf fortress.
Falling ceiling kills anything. Even the demans.

>>33424204

We are not playing dwarf fortress, and I'm sure lethality of falling ceilings will go away in future versions regardless (if it hasn't already)

>>33424190
Only one level? This idea actually sounds plausible now and not retarded

>>33424190
We're on the top floor, it's just mountain for dozens or hundreds of feet above us.
We would either die or the rocks would fall in such a way that we're trapped forever.
Even if we somehow survive, the collapse would probably destroy the nearby egg we're here to retrieve, the only reason we're fighting the ogres in the first place.

>>33424230
Toady confirmed that ceilings are exactly as lethal as he wants 300 pounds of stone falling on someones head to be.

>>33424243
See this is why I want Titans Endurance. As long as we survive shit we can carry on and get stronger.