You are Vlad Tepish.

Your Holdings: A renovated ancient Elven ruin. A well hidden and protected cave.

Your minions: 37 normal undead (orcish, elven and human skeletons and zombies, 13 armed with bows, rest with crude melee weapons). Undead orcish shaman, 5 Undead Drow necromancers. Skeletal elk mount. You control 50/50 minions. Your control is absolute.

Your relationships: Lathrien, your apprentice (agreeable), Ragda and Gerda, liberated old ladies of your tribe (friendly(ish)). Melandie, elven huntress (ally). Bathory, your lover in an alchemically improved body (warm). Bound spirit of an elven scout (bound to an owl homonculus). Bound spirit of a gnoll pyromancer (bound). Bound spirit of an orc demonologist (Bound to a dread dog homunculus). Bound spirit of a black dragon (bound). Elven tribe (open diplomacy), Gnoll tribe (allies/treacherous bastards), Large Human tribe (indifferent), Dwarf tribe (open trade), Drow (enemies).

Your skills, stats, traits: In the pastebin above, along with your available spells and equipment.

Your goals: Fix your relationship with Bathory, achieve immortality, grow your legacy.

The mage of the tribe is a strange man. For one, he is dressed in white fabric, wool, you think. This is extravagant by the standard of human tribes. He is also in deep meditation when you see him. He is in a tent dyed white, with many strange amulets and symbols scattered about and hanging from the walls.

You wait for him to finish his chanting.

'Oh, I did not see you there,' he says.
'I am Vlad Tepish. I am the shaman of my tribe. I hoped we could share knowledge,' you say.
'I cannot do that. The ancient gods do not share their power, unless you are pure in your conviction. I could not teach you my magic, and if I learned yours, I could not use it,' the mage says.
'Interesting. You gain magic through the gods?' you say.
'Yeah, I do not have any power of my own, but through them I can sense all corruption, cure wounds and ailments, even see the future

Well, if he can sense corruption, then his senses must be off. In all your research you have learned with certainty that your magic was considered to be corrupt by the ancient races.

>Ask about the previous shaman of the tribe
>Ask to learn more about his powers
>Ask about where he learned of this old faith
>Cast a plague on him. See if he can detect that.
>Cast a curse on him.
>Other

NOTE: I forgot to mention that you also control some 13 predatory animals, instead of four normal undead. So the actual numbers are 33 normal undead, 13 predatory animals, Undead orcish shaman, 5 Undead Drow necromancers and an elk.

>>38557339
>>Ask about where he learned of this old faith

>>38557339
>>Ask about where he learned of this old faith

>>38557339
>>Ask about where he learned of this old faith

we should at some point search for one of the slaves from the cave and ask what happened and why that guy was tortured and killed

if we don't find them I say we ask someone if the met some guys that were ex-slaves of some orcs and that we would like to know where to find them

'This magic, the old faith, could you tell me more about it? Where you learned to use this magic?' you say.
'Lord Karrim, of course. He taught me to read and gave me these books,' he says.
'Interesting, and you could learn to be a mage, just from these books?' you say.
'The ancients called mages like me 'priests'. They spoke to the gods directly, and could perform great miracles. I can only pray for their aid, but sometimes it is given,' he says.
'Could you tell me more about the gods? Are they like the gods the tribes have?' you say.
'No! No, not at all. The new gods are heresies, they are false gods, worshiped by those who don't know of the glory of the true gods,' the priest says.
'And these true gods, what are they like?' you say.
'They are strange, yet good. It is far beyond mortal ken to understand them, but they are working together to make the world a better place,' the priest says.
'And yet they allowed the old civilizations to fall?' you say.
'It is all a part of their plan. We, led by Lord Karrim shall rise again, to greater heights than the ancient nations ever dreamed of!' the priest says.

That does not make much sense to you, but you always had trouble understanding gods.

>Mess with the priest in some way. If he were to sense corruption in you, you fear he could set the whole tribe on you. Strike first.
>Ask about the previous shaman.
>Ask about the old gods (specify)
>Ask about the liberated slaves. You have not seen them in the camp, but perhaps they are around, or had passed through.
>Ask something else
>Leave (and do what?)

>>38557524
>Ask about the liberated slaves. You have not seen them in the camp, but perhaps they are around, or had passed through.
>Ask about the old gods (specify)
The one messing with us? Is he one of the Old Ones?

>>38557524
>>Ask about the liberated slaves. You have not seen them in the camp, but perhaps they are around, or had passed through.

'I came here looking for some people, they were slaves of an orcish tribe once. Have you seen anyone like that?' you say.
'Many people come and go. I have not spoken to anyone liberated from an orc camp, but I do not doubt Lord Karrim would have them join, if he met them' the priest says.
'Where is this Karrim?' you say.
'He leads the largest tribe, mostly made up of hunters and warriors. They move a lot, but they should be not far North from here,' the priest says.
'So you get many visitors?' you say.
'A few, yes,' the priest says.
'So many you would not notice a dozen people, all of which survived slavery to orcs?' you say.
'I spend most of my time listening to the gods, or praying to them. I know only those that come speak to me,' the priest says.
'I see. I have been to the mountains North-West of here. I saw old altars to a strange god. The stone was black, and he looked as a great skeleton,' you say.
'Learn not of the dark gods, lest you want the gods of light to abandon you,' the priest says.
'I'm sorry?' you say.
'I shall speak no more of it,' the priest says.

>Ask him about the previous shaman
>Ask him something else
>Cast magic on him
>Leave
>Other

>>38557524
>>Ask about the previous shaman.

>>38557721
>>Ask him about the previous shaman

leave after that

'I spoke to your elder. He said that the old shaman had fled the tribe,' you say.
'The old fool. He was a heretic, and he spoke lies of Lord Karrim. It is good riddance he is gone,' the priest says.
'Why did he flee?' you say.
'To avoid just retribution, of course. We can ill afford to have a traitor and a liar among us,' the priest says.
'Karrim would have killed him?' you say.
'I do not know. I hope so,' the priest says.
'Where would the shaman run to?' you say.
'Wherever he wanted to. He had power, sure. He can hide his presence even from me, and certainly all trackers,' the priest says.
'So you've no idea?' you say.
'The old man liked the forest. He might have gone there. I do not care, so long as he does not come back,' the priest says.

This does not feel right. Of course you knew foul tidings were afoot, but you are liking this new world order less and less. What is more, you are not certain at all that you could disrupt it by force, at least not without killing everybody in a horrid magical plague.

>Leave
>Mess with the priest before you leave
>Ask something else
>Other

>>38557849
>>Mess with the priest before you leave

if we can be subtle about it, just testing the waters

>>38557849
>>Ask something else
is karrim one of these gods?

what about the old shaman was heretical I would like to avoid offending

>>38557849
take good note of guards around here
we should come back kill him and take his books.

>>38557869
Methods of messing with the priest, from most to least subtle

>Craft a totem of fear or drain life and bury it under his tent. It would hurt his focus, and he would have a hard time learning more magic. Unless he physically found the totem, there is no way he could detect it.
>Curse him. He would lose one of his stats, potentially making spellcasting impossible for him. Another mage might detect the spell, but he would be unable to sense it himself, unless you messed up the roll.
>Inflict disease: similar to above, except he would likely die from it in a week or so. A very skilled healer might learn of the magical nature of the affliction
>Actively attack him with drain life or your sword.

>>38557849
>Leave

>>38557849
>Mess with the priest before you leave

Wait till he's asleep, then sneak in and draw a dick on his forehead with some mud.

>>38557976
>Craft a totem of fear or drain life and bury it under his tent. It would hurt his focus, and he would have a hard time learning more magic. Unless he physically found the totem, there is no way he could detect it.

>>38557976
>Inflict disease: similar to above, except he would likely die from it in a week or so. A very skilled healer might learn of the magical nature of the affliction

>>38557976
>Leave
Don't mess with the priest. He is nothing but a proxy, and our relation with these people and the "old gods" is more or less netural.

>>38557916
Karrim is a man. You think he is the same Karrim that was a scout of your old tribe, now happened upon some sort of ancient knowledge.

You are worried about this priest. You do not feel comfortable attacking him directly, but you do not want to leave him alone entirely either. You craft a totem of fear and wait for him to go back to his prayers. You sneak back in the tent and bury the totem in the center of his tent. He shall never quite have peace unless he moves from his tent. That should hurt his focus somewhat. You can always return and deal with him more permanently later.

Nothing else to be done here. The priest worships his leader the same way that he does his gods. You wonder if that would be a heresy according to the ancients.

This shaman interests you, but meeting him would mean backtracking a lot, almost all the way back to the ruin. You might try to commune with the spirits of the land around here, if he was a powerful shaman he might have left some evidence of his passing.

You should also meet with this Karrim as soon as possible. He might recognize you, and if he did he would likely reveal yourself as a necromancer. If he has other followers as devout as this priest, you might be in a lot of trouble. That said, you do not feel you could just leave him alone either.

>Leave the humans be for now. You would be safe from them in the ruin anyways.
>Leave and try to look for the shaman.
>Leave and go North, try to find Karrim and his tribe
>Stay and do something here (write-in)
>Other

>>38558186
>Other
Send the elves to find the shaman, Lathrien ca commune with the spirits and Melandie is a skilled tracker.
Meanwhile we look for the missing humans, and perhaps try to find Karrim.
Before that we as around the camp first. With subtelty

>>38558186
>>38558243
supporting this.

>>38558243
Good call

>>38558186
>>Stay and do something here (write-in)
enjoy the day talk with people leave at night for the shaman.

The kid has to do something with actual consequences sooner or later. Lathrien and Melandie should be able to track the Shaman nearly as well as you could.

You leave the camp to meet up with the elves.

'Lathrien, I have a task for you,' you say, 'Melandie, I would ask you to help him too.'
'Yes, Vlad Tepish,' Lathrien says.
'What is it, Vlad?' Melandie says.
'The old shaman of the tribe was kicked out. I would like to speak to him. Someone with that much power would have left an impression on the spirits of the land. Find him, and when you do send the scout to me,' you say.
'What should we do when we find him?' Melandie says.
'That is up to you. If you think you can talk to him, do so,' you say.
'Yes, Vlad Tepish.' Lathrien says.
'Now go. He is said to have liked the forest. Bathory and I are going to stay here and investigate further,' you say.

The elves leave westwards, but less than two hundred meters away from you, Lathrien drops into the meditative position, to commune with the spirits you imagine.

You feel confident you can leave them. Even if Lathrien does something stupid, at least Melandie will be there to call him an idiot for it.

You turn back to the camp, and see Bathory coming out of it soon.

'Bathory, have you learned anything?' you say.
'They all say they love their leader. I am not sure if it is truth or fear,' Bathory says.
'I learned much the same. Also they have possibly the strangest mage with them,' you say.
'I know. None of the tribes folk seem too keen on him. He has been useful, or so I understand,' Bathory says.
'Strange. I sensed hardly any magical talent from him,' you say.

>'Let us go find this Karrim'
>'Let us stay the night here. If nothing else we're likely to get a warm meal out of it.'
>'Let us leave. I want nothing more to do with these tribes.'
>'Let us leave. The gnolls should be around here somewhere. Perhaps they know something we don't. We should find them.'
>Other

>>38558386
>>'Let us leave. The gnolls should be around here somewhere. Perhaps they know something we don't. We should find them.'

>>38558386
>'Let us leave. The gnolls should be around here somewhere. Perhaps they know something we don't. We should find them.'

>>38558386
>'Let us leave. The gnolls should be around here somewhere. Perhaps they know something we don't. We should find them.'

>>38558386
>>'Let us leave. The gnolls should be around here somewhere. Perhaps they know something we don't. We should find them.'

>>38558386
>None of the tribes folk seem too keen on him. He has been useful
>Guy can't magic at all
>get's slight boosts from the light gods
>light gods want tribe to succeed, and do their biddings
>Dark god wants us to do his bidding
Fucking control freaks

'We should leave. I do not feel comfortable or safe here,' you say.
'I quite agree. Where to?' Bathory says.
'The gnoll tribe moved East. They should not be too far away. Strange creatures, but capable. Perhaps they have learned something we have missed,' you say.
'Good. Where do we start looking?' Bathory says.
'Let me think. I was given directions, I just have to remember where we are right now exactly.' you say.

Not much later you set out North-Northwest. The tribe should be less than a dozen miles away, you could reach them before the daylight is out. You are walking, so it takes a little longer than a ride on elkback would have, but you are not too rushed.

There is a full moon out, and even if it takes a few hours of walking in the dark, you reach the gnoll camp quite easily. It should be here somewhere, but you cannot quite see it. You could look for the camp in the darkness, but you decide there is little point to it. You are not in hostile land and you do not have any immediate deadlines.

You spend the night camped out on the plains. In the morning it is much easier to see what has happened. Back in the forest the gnolls were entirely out in the open. They did not much care about who saw them, as they had little to fear from any of the other tribes in the region. Here, on the plains they are hiding. They have made simple, very low, moss covered dwellings. Little more than holes in the ground they would be very hard to notice at any distance. In fact, your own camp was less than a hundred meters away from one such dwelling and you only noticed it in the morning light.

>Shout out for Spot
>Other

>>38558501
Gods, amirite?

>>38558585
>Shout out for Spot

>>38558585
>shout out for spot

>>38558585
>Shout out for Spot
let's hope he did not get assassinated while we were busy.

>>38558585
>Shout out for Spot

You call out the name of the gnoll chieftain.
'His name is really Spot?' Bathory says.
'I'm afraid so,' you say.

It doesn't take too long to get a response from the camp. Dozens of gnolls come out of their holes. Finally you see Spot. He and the other gnolls are growling and baring teeth at you.

'Don't come closer, human!' one says.
'Why are you here, Vlad?' Spot barks from a safe distance.

>Write-in

>>38558801
"I came to ask about my missing people, and of those on the plains but apparently you are not in the talking mood. Need help with something?"

>>38558801
found a large tribe of humans near here, they don't seam right. found one of the humans we saved from the Orcs in my old cave dwelling, hurt bad strung up and left to die. pretty sure the leader is the ass that kicked me out of my old tribe.

>>38558801
>>38558843
i'll support this.

'I came by to ask about my missing people. Clearly you are not in talking mood. Do you need any help?' you say.
'All humans have gone crazy. Attack us on sight. Don't know why.' Spot says.
'Something does seem wrong with the tribes. I found one of the humans we saved from the orcs, hurt bad and left to die. I think it's the new leader,' you say.
'Grr, I guess you could attack if you wanted. Stand down. Come, let us talk properly,' Spot says.
'Very well, this is Bathory, Bathory, this is Spot, the leader of the gnoll tribe,' you say.
'Pleasure to meet you,' Bathory says and bows slightly.

'So, what do you want?' Spot says.
'What has been going on with the humans? I am trying to figure the situation out, but none seem to be willing to talk,' you say.
'Don't know. There were some friendly tribes before. Others left us alone. Now, everybody just attacks,' Spot says.
'How long since that has been going on?' you say.
'When we first came here they were already acting stupid. It got worse, and now all humans are enemies,' Spot says.
'We're not,' Bathory says.

>Ask about casualties.
>Ask if they have met any friendly humans at all.
>Offer the gnolls to move in next to you near the ruin.
>Ask something else.
>Other

>>38559018
>Ask about casualties.
>Ask if they have met any friendly humans at all.
>Offer the gnolls to move in next to you near the ruin.

>>38559018
>>Ask if they have met any friendly humans at all.

>>38559018
>Ask about casualties.
>Ask if they have met any friendly humans at all.
>Offer the gnolls to move in next to you near the ruin.

>>38559018
>Ask about casualties.
>Ask if they have met any friendly humans at all.
>Offer the gnolls to move in next to you near the ruin.
>Ask something else.
Do you have any reason to stay here? These humans are obviously out to kill you

'Why stay here then?' you say.
'Moving is dangerous. Would have to go in night, one by one. Also humans cannot find us if we hide,' Spot says.
'You could move near my ruin. I protect my allies,' you say.
'Maybe. Not now. If things get very bad. Bad to have too many in one place when winter comes,' Spot says.
'So have you lost many?' you say.
'No, we run away, no point in fighting for real. A couple of weak ones died, nothing important,' Spot says.
'So have you met no friendly humans at all?' you say.
'One. Wizard kind. Just passed us by, without doing anything,' Spot says.

>Leave. Go North to find Karrim.
>Leave. Go elsewhere.
>Stay. See if there is anything you can do to help the gnolls.
>Stay and ask more questions.
>Other

>>38559150
>Leave. Go North to find Karrim.

>>38559150
Which was did he go?

>>38559150
>Stay. See if there is anything you can do to help the gnolls.

>>38559150
Ofer him place near our ruin and escort while moving.
Maybe ask where did the wizard go?

>>38559165
addition because I am hasty
"Well if you are sure there is nothing I can do to help, then I'll be going. My offer of protection still stands, just remember, only you can get close to my dwelling without being attacked by it's defenses.
if he accepts help (doubt he will) we can stay, otherwise
>Leave. Go North to find Karrim.

>>38559150
>>Stay. See if there is anything you can do to help the gnolls.

'My offer stands. If you would like to move closer to me feel free. Be warned, that only you will have safe passage to the ruin itself. I can open the way for the rest of your tribe if you decide to join me,' you say.
'Might be. Things are getting pretty bad. If they get worse, we'll come,' Spot says.
'I see. This wizard. Where did he go?' you say.
'Due West,' Spot says.
'So, there is nothing I can do to help?' you say.
'Kill all humans?' Spot says.
'I do not think I can do that. We shall see,' you say.

You leave the gnoll camp, little wiser than you had been before you met them. Nonetheless, this confirms more of what you suspected about the darkness in the human tribes.

It is a long trek north to Karrim's tribe. You set out a few hours before noon, and you walk the entire day. It is getting late, and you know you still have a while to keep going before you would reach the tribe.

>Stop, prepare, contact Lathrien and Melandie through the scout.
>Keep going. You would like to investigate the tribe in the night before you approach it.
>Keep going. You want to take them by surprise and wipe Karrim's forces out before he's prepared for you.
>Other.

>>38559365
>Stop, prepare, contact Lathrien and Melandie through the scout.

>>38559365
>>Keep going. You would like to investigate the tribe in the night before you approach it.

>>38559365
>keep going investigate the tribe in the night.
Also if we attack then we want to take that dick of a leader hostage and find out where he got that knowledge.

>>38559365
>Stop, prepare, contact Lathrien and Melandie through the scout.
Tell them which way he went, and when they find him don't be hostile. He is not our enemy after all.
Can we craft a few raise dead totems, and give them to the spellcasting drows? they are supposed to be behind the front line anyways, casting spells. With, this they'll also be support..

>>38559365
>>Keep going. You would like to investigate the tribe in the night before you approach it.
>>38559408
i agree.
I wouldn't mind sending in the animals to harass the enemy. And sending in a force to flank and kill a few.
But if what the wizard says was true, his group should be 100+ strong with mostly warriors. So we should set them up as best we can.

You keep going. The cover of night should allow you to sneak up to the camp and see how it is set up. You can gauge its strength and the actual situation.

It is nearing midnight when you see the campfires in the distance. There seem to be some guards, but not enough to catch a single man sneaking up to the camp. Not unless you screw up big time.

Roll Stealth 1d20+3 DC 14 Roll Awareness 1d20+2 DC 12

Rolled 18, 11 = 29 (2d20)

>>38559534

Rolled 1, 11 = 12 (2d20)

>>38559534

>>38559566
piss and vinegar

Rolled 1, 5 = 6 (2d20)

>>38559534

Rolled 17 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>38559534

>>38559566
>>38559566
Every time we double crit fail

Rolled 12 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>38559534

>>38559566
a-at least you got trips. T-thats a good thing r-right?

>>38559620
would you believe me i rolled both of those i even waited for the program to change to a new random rotation these fucking dice man.

HEY! Yahweh! STOP MESSING WITH THIS QUEST! We get it, ha-ha. Double critfails are very unlikely and they happen ALL THE TIME. Hilarious.

Seriously though,

Double Critfail. On the one hand, your Stealth has increased to 2.

On the other:
You go as quietly as you can. In the darkness you are not worried that you would get spotted, so you only have to worry about not making noise. You get closer to the camp. You see many tents, you do not count them, but you guess there are something like twenty five.

You go on further to get a closer look. Just around this tree would be a good hiding place. You cautiously move around it.

And you bump into someone. You nearly attack in panic, but then you see the face of the man you just bumped into. Thin, long face with minimal facial hair. He is wearing fully fabric clothes, red and black. You remember him as Karrim.

'Vlad Tepish,' he says, surprised, but quiet.
'Vlad Tepish!' he exclaims, 'Necromancer! Dark wizard! Get him!'

>Run!
>Fight!
>Talk!

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>>38559604
>>38559566

>>38559722
>Fight!

>>38559722
>Fight!

>>38559722
>Talk!
>Fight!

>>38559722
Kill that nigga then run

>>38559722

run to your undead

have your undead run to you

>>38559722
>Run!

>>38559722
>>Run!
We failed the shit out of this.
We should regroup.
Have our animal undead attack to hold them of. And our undead bodies between them and us. With the drows and archers attacking while fleeing.

>>38559722
We really need to start carrying explosives with us

>>38559807

or animate some sneaky squirrel skeletons who carry it in their ribcages.

seriously, what is it with necromancers and thinking small?

You don't have much time. The camp is already rising up and you will be drastically outnumbered within a minute. That said, this asshole is the cause of all of the shit going on right now. You are quite certain of it. You attack.

>Stab him with a sword. There will be a fight, but it is the only way to kill him for sure.
>Curse his charisma. He will have hard time keeping followers if you succeed.
>Curse his stamina. He will be much easier to kill if you meet again.
>Curse his intelligence. Take away his ability to strategise and you destroy his advantage.
>Inflict disease on him. He may survive, but it will be faster than direct combat.
>Fight defensively, call your undead, hope to turn the tables when they arrive
>Other

>>38559957
>Inflict disease on him. He may survive, but it will be faster than direct combat.
>squirt ink on his face and run away sideways while shouting "WUBWUBWUBWUB"

>>38559957
>Curse his intelligence. Take away his ability to strategise and you destroy his advantage.
>Inflict disease on him. He may survive, but it will be faster than direct combat.
>Fight defensively, call your undead, hope to turn the tables when they arrive

>>38559957
>Curse his charisma. He will have hard time keeping followers if you succeed.
>other
Curse him out, hurt his feelings

>>38559957
>Inflict disease on him. He may survive, but it will be faster than direct combat.
>Fight defensively, call your undead, hope to turn the tables when they arrive

>>38560038
"You are being a dick? Well i can be a dick too and even bigger!"

Okay, I ain't seeing a consensus, so I'm going to go with the highest roll picking the attack (unless there's a critfail, going with the critfail then.)

Roll 1d20+3 DC 15, specify which option you are going with. ONE option per post. If there is a tie for highest place multiple attacks will happen.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>38560178
>Fight defensively, call your undead, hope to turn the tables when they arrive

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>38560178
>Fight defensively, call your undead, hope to turn the tables when they arrive

>>38560026
Sounds good.
Disease > curse
If we kill him, we should totally bound him. And find out where he got all this information and use it

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>38560178
>Fight defensively, call your undead, hope to turn the tables when they arrive

>>38559957
>Staff of Scorching fireblast, make some chaos, and slip away in the confusion

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38560254
forgot to roll

>>38560253
o thank you anon we are saved.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>38560178
>Curse his charisma. He will have hard time keeping followers if you succeed.
Curse him out

>>38560253
Nice
>>38560254
We could end it quickly like that.
Use 1-2 bursts,

>>38560101
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=61a_1282231835

Fight defensively!
21! Blackjack!

If a battle he wants, a battle you shall give him.

'You have been naughty. No, you have been a full on dick. Well, I can be a dick too, if I have to,' you say.

You draw your blade. You stand back and stall for time. He attacks you soon enough. He had a small, but finely made sword on his person. He is quick with it, but he cannot match the power of your blade. Furthermore, as you are not actually actively trying to hurt him, he has to work much harder than you do.

Then some of the watchmen are upon you. Armed with simple spears, the only advantage they have is in numbers. Reach of the spears would matter, but your sword is long and very sharp. When they get too close, you manage to slice several of the spears in half, so they are left with short staves.It takes less than two minutes for your undead to arrive and the battle is truly joined.

The camp below is still waking up, but already your numbers are evenly matched. You are going to have to finish this quickly, or you shall be in trouble.

>Kill as many of the watchmen and groggy mooks as you can with your undead.
>Focus all your attentions on killing Karrim.
>Fight indiscriminately.
>Unleash a plague upon this camp. You could decimate them at the least, but it would have little immediate effect.
>Run
>Try diplomacy/taunt/probe for information (write-in)
>Other tactics
>Other actions

>>38560509
>Kill as many of the watchmen and groggy mooks as you can with your undead.
>Focus all your attentions on killing Karrim.
We fight him our undead fight the others

>>38560509
>Kill as many of the watchmen and groggy mooks as you can with your undead

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>38559957
>>Curse his charisma. He will have hard time keeping followers if you succeed.

>>38560600
late anon way to late.

>>38560509
>>Focus all your attentions on killing Karrim.

Have the undead
>Kill as many of the watchmen and groggy mooks as you can with your undead.

We dropped into the middle of everything here. What do we even want to achieve?
Decimate his forces? We will come off as the bad guy here, since we were the one intruding
Remember we are the closest thing to aggressor in this conflict

>>38560509
>Focus all your attentions on killing Karrim.
>Try diplomacy/taunt/probe for information (write-in) "Dark Wizard or no, your mad lust for power has killed more that I ever will!"

>>38560509
>>Try diplomacy/taunt/probe for information (write-in)

cast that double army illusion on your forces as they approach. then tell them to surrender or die.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>38560629
Nope, nope, nope.
That would be called "Other Tactic"
>Try diplomacy/taunt/probe for information
So, Karrim, surely you are not smart enough to have thought of this yourself. Who is your master?

>>38560645
No if we slaughter that hundred man he has with him, and get into a bloody conflict with the rest of the tribe.
>>38560673
Though of that, but the rules state that up close, it is pretty see-trough.

We dont want to kill alot of the men. We can turn them away from Karrim by cursing his charisma. If we can get information out of Karrim, good, if not, kill him.

>>38560509
> Focus all your attentions on killing Karrim.

Damn. Why hadn't we thought to make Alchemist's Fire Skeletons before we set out?

>>38560738
because people were impatiant and wanted to go straight away.

>>38560738
Because we were supposed to investigate, and prepare only then.
It would have been heck of a fun to throw burning skeletons on the army in the middle of the night

We need to think about the end game of this little melee starting. If we curse his charisma, we might get his own men to turn on him. Then we can capture him and question him properly. If we can't do something to turn his men, we are fighting a long drawn out running battle in retreat probably as we don't have the numbers to win.

>>38560801
> we don't have the numbers to win.

Only as their dead go down and our undead fall, we can continue raising any and all whom fall in battle.

>>38560801
>>38560731
Or we kill him and bind his soul to his skull and interrogate him later

Okay, so once more, I shall use dicerolls to decide what we are going with. I am happy there is discussion on what should be done, but this is not really going towards a decision, so:

Roll 1d20+4 for magic, +3 for diplomacy, +3 for swordfights, +4 for ordering undead around, +2 to run. DC depends on what you choose to do.

>>38560509
>fight indiscriminately
We are a necromancer if we can get a ratio of 2 dead for every one of out undead then we ALWAYS have superior numbers.
>>38560857
Also backing this

>>38560841
>>38560857
Ok, guess its time to rock n roll then. Lets taunt him hard then.

Rolled 13 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>38560896
Can we control our undead to form a wall between us and the watchmen as well?

>>38560896
Please specify what exactly you want to happen.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>38560896
>Focus all your attentions on killing Karrim

>>38560910
>>38560926
Oops, this one was for sword fightan.

Rolled 20 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38560896
control undead to engage the mooks.

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38560896
Order undead to form a barrier between us and Karrim.

>>38560952
hey look a 20 to redeem my dubble 1s

>>38560952
a-anon... why do we always crit necromancy rolls?

>>38560966
Meant to say between the men and us and Karrim so we can fight him one on one.

>>38560952
very nice.
Shame it isn't to just out right killing Karrim
gotta love necromancy.

>>38560972
Because we are the lords of life and death here.
Or because that pesky Death God who claimed ownership on our soul, might still be lurking somewhere around

Their numbers will mean nothing, as you murder their men and raise them to replace your defeated undead. You keep the attention of Karrim on yourself, as your dead slaughter the disorganized and tired soldiers that Karrim could call on such short notice. There is attrition going on, but attrition is always an advantage to you.

By the time the rest of the camp has awoken, your numbers are just about equal, although you've had to replace many of your undead with humans.

>Demand surrender
>Kill them all
>Focus your attentions on Karrim
>Diplomacize in some other way
>Other

We probably should have just ran away in the first place, now Bathory will be disappointed and the tribes are going to -hate- us.

>>38561092
>>Demand surrender
>Focus your attentions on Karrim

>>38561092
>Demand surrender
>Focus your attentions on Karrim

>>38561092
>>Kill them all
>>Focus your attentions on Karrim

>>38561092
>Demand surrender
>Focus your attentions on Karrim

E

>>38561092
>>Focus your attentions on Karrim
>Demand surrender

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38561092
I came here with fewer numbers than you, and now we around equal. If you see this heading to the same way as I then I suggest to change your approach to violence and quickly. If you don't; well there is really no point in talking to you

>>38561092
>>Demand surrender
>Diplomacize in some other way

You will be losing this fight. Surrender now and I may let you live.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>38561230
bah, mah roll

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>>38561092
>Other

'You are going to lose,' you say.
'Never!' Karrim says.
'I came here with smaller numbers than you. Now we are equal. Submit,' you say.
'Forces of light shall always prevail over evil,' Karrim says.
'Evil? What is evil if not torture of innocent men? What is evil, if not lying to force men to your way of thinking? What is evil if not slaughtering intelligent beings for no reason but their birth? Ask yourself who you are and what you have done and then, only then call me evil!' you say.

The fight still rages on. It is swiftly turning from an organized combat into a desperate struggle for the human forces.

Roll diplomacy, 1d20+4 DC 18

Rolled 8 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561325

Rolled 8 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561325

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>38561325
Blinded by light, see the truth

Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561325

Rolled 11 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561325

>>38561362
Almost

>>38561368
So close but so far.

16! Close, but no cigar!

'Liar! Betrayer! If we kill him, these undead will fall with ease! Everyone, focus on the necromancer!' Karrim shouts.

Well, fuck. No matter what you do, this is going to be tough. Your undead could easily hold their ground. In truth, even if you die they will likely destroy the humans. That is hardly a comforting though to you.

They rush you, with spears, simple swords and staves. Their numbers would be even if they fought the undead on even footing, but they focus all their attentions on you, and so you are badly outnumbered.

You have taken one wound. You are still in fighting form, but somewhat distracted by pain.

Roll 1d20+3 DC 16 fighting.

>>38561336
>>38561353
By Thor's fucking hammer the doubles in this quest are real!

Rolled 15 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>38561445

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>38561445
Pls dice

Rolled 13 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>38561445

great balls of fire go!

Rolled 15 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>38561445

Rolled 19 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>38561445
Really don't like this at all.
How about we have our undead circle us tightly?

Might it be prudent to inform them of how batshit insane undead go if they are uncontrolled?

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18! Success!

It is rough going, but it soon becomes clear that by focusing on you they are leaving themselves open for vicious attacks, and the will of the men following Karrim falters. It is now quite obvious that he has been defeated.

>Try to make nice. You do not want to antagonize all of humanity.
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.
>Kill them all, burn the bodies, hide all signs of your presence. Perhaps you can blame the gnolls or something.
>Kill them all, set their bodies up as a warning to all who would dare to oppose you. You have spears. Impaling them and leaving them to rot appeals to you for some reason.
>Other

>>38561548
Wherein we live up to our name?

>>38561548
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.
Bind him to his skull

>>38561548
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.

>>38561548
>Try to make nice. You do not want to antagonize all of humanity.

alternatively, put Karim's soul into a potato as punishment.

>>38561548
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.

>>38561548
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.

>>38561548
>>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.
Bound his spirit.
Would be nice to learn all his information.

>>38561548
>>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.

>>38561548
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.

Bind his spirit.

>>38561548
>>Try to make nice. You do not want to antagonize all of humanity.
Once Karrim is dead, the others will kowtow to us.

>>38561548
>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.
Claim and he was your enemy for the kidnapping of your people, and crucifying one of them.
Our beef was with him, and they can all leave, provided we get our people back, unharmed

EVERYBODY HOLD THE FUCK UP

if we kill everyone here and bind Karim's soul into a homunculus identical to his body, we'll have a puppet ruler. it'll be awesome. we wouldn't even get assassinated.

we'd need to not damage the body if we want to copy it perfectly tho.

>>38561548
>>Kill Karrim, then try to reason with his followers.

>>38561683
Hmm. Ok. Agreeing with this.

>>38561683
Holy shit this.
sounds like a good plan.

>>38561683
He is a puppet already. The priesthood rules, and trough them the "gods of light"
Would be pretty cool otherwise

>>38561683
He has no real power. He is a puppet.

'You have hurt humanity enough, Karrim,' you say.
'I shall triumph!' he shouts.

You skip some steps in your usual spellcasting strategy. You grab onto Karrims still living soul and you pull. You rip his soul out of his body, and his body falls limp and on the dirt ground immediately. You bind it to whatever is close. It might be a skull, it might be a potato, you cannot say you care.

You turn to the rest of the tribe.

>write-in

Roll 1d20+4 diplomacy, DC 18. Very good write-ins will get bonuses.

>>38561683

We could continue his work but replace bigotry with tolerance and intimidation with diplomacy. I dig it.

>>38561750
additionally. I am pretty sure the gods would know about it, tell the priest and we are back to square one. WITH being the evil asshats

>>38561783

kill all witnesses for >>38561683

Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561783
>it might be a potato
lol

Rolled 1 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561783

>>38561824
well...seems like we're killing them after all lol

On the bright side we have increased diplomacy..

Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561783


>>38561824
Go sit in the corner and think about what you've done.

>>38561824
HAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
DEATH TO HUMANS BURN IN HELL FIRE

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>38561783

Rolled 18 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561783
"Lay down your arms and you shall live. Fight and you shall die. Decide NOW!"

>>38561813
this has some support

>Y
>N

Re-vote, if you've already expressed support to the idea.

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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>38561824

...do we have to genocide them now?

>>38561783
Listen here warriors. I know this might sound a little unbelievable, but I am not your enemy. My quarrel was with this man, who kidnapped my people, and crucified one of them. With him gone, I wish no harm upon you, only to reclaim my kin.

>>38561824
TOLD Y'ALL FUCKERS WE SHOULD HAVE MADE A STATUE FOR BUDAH

Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>38561750
We don't know that, is the thing. As far as we know, he *does* rule, because he's the one who introduced holy magic to begin.
>>38561783
"This man's rule would have brought nothing but sorrow to you and your kin! Listen to me, my brothers. These Gods of Old, of Light, are nothing but those masquerading about in a facade of false promises! They hold no real power, no true abilities! They are nothing but copies! They will cause you to fall into war a thousand times over, shove you into despair and weakness when all else is lost! But through me, through the elves in the forest, the dwarves in the mountains, and the gnolls in the mountains, their reign shall be no more! We, all of us, shall walk upon this earth as gods in their own right!"

>>38561863
>N

>>38561863
>N

>>38561863
>N

>>38561863
Y

>>38561863
>N

>>38561863
At this point.
We may as well take the 1.
and kill them all.
We have his body with out a soul. So we can replicate it easier now. if we still have too
so
>N

>>38561863
N

>>38561863
Nay

>>38561871
>>38561851
i rolled a 20 and 3 1s in this thread alone my god my dice are being bipolar.

>>38561863
N

>>38561907
You rolled two 1's before this, and you rolled again. Anon, do you want to die today? Come on man!

>>38561907
Jesus Christ why are you still rolling?

>>38561863
>>38561813
Bathory would never forgive us

>>38561907
Honestly you should have just not rolled.

Critical failure! Progress to Diplomacy 4 [1/4].

The men do not listen. They attack you until the very last one falls dead. All in all the skirmish took less than ten minutes.

Bathory walks up next to you.

'Vlad, what happened?' Bathory says.

The field is littered with dead humans. Every one is dead. Perhaps there are some women and children in the tents, but you have destroyed this tribe.

>write-in
>don't say anything stupid

>>38561964
>>write-in
"I... I tried. And I failed."

>>38561964

explain to her that we suck at diplomacy.

Here is where I wish rolling a 19 and a 1 they would cancel eachother and only take the other valid roll. Sheeiiiit.

>>38561964
i tried to reason with them it seems blind faith fury is more powerfull than reason.

>>38561964
>"Apparently i cannot convince people to save their own lives even....."

>>38561964
>>don't say anything stupid
"Everything went wrong. I tried to sneak up and look things over, bumped into Karrim, and he called everyone to kill me. My hand was forced. I tried to get them to stop fighting but they would not. There was nothing I could do to stop them."

>>38561984
I am seconding this. We could have prevented this. Many time. This failure is ours alone

>>38561999
and sneaking

>>38561964
Shit escalated quickly

>>38561964
>write-in
"I tried to talk and no one listened, they attacked me to their dying breath for a leader as evil as Karrim."
I say, we ask what she thinks about binding him, and using him as a puppet to make a peaceful land.

>>38562061
dude that puppet idea is not going to work it is going to be discoverd and it is going to back fire hard.

concede that you acted unwisely and unelegantly, and it cost an entire tribe their lives. concede to her arguments and insults, because she's going to be right.

>>38562096
to be honest it was all just a series of unfortunate events.

>>38562123

OOC, yes. our plan wasn't horrendous, but dice gods fucked us over. IC, however, we just plain fucked up.

>>38562123
(by lemony snicket)

Alright people we got mess to clean up.
We have like 5 tribes of people, many widows and orphans, unprotected, and quite on the verge of going cult.
We need to protect them, feed them, get them trough the winter at least.

>>38562082
Why wouldn't the idea work?
Shamanism is corrupt magic, and souls fall mostly under shamanism. So even if the shity priest did get better, he shouldn't feel any corruption from it.
We have HIS body with out a soul, so it could be possible to put him back into it. Just bound this time around.
Or take it and use it to make a copy to put him into.

He could say that the "old gods" saved him/resurrected him w.e bs.
As a cover story to why he is the only survivor.

What other problems are there?

'Bathory. I tried. I really did. I tried to talk to them, every step of the way, but every time...' you say.
'So you killed them all?' Bathory says.
'I fucking suck at diplomacy. I know you would have said something clever, stopped all this idiocy, but they just... jumped on my blade for someone like Karrim,' you say.
'Blind faith can be dangerous, but... Vlad there is so much death here. Our people,' Bathory says.
'You are right. There is no excuse. I failed,' you say.
'Fuck. You really did. Now what? What are the humans going to think of us. Please, don't tell me we have to fight the rest of them too,' Bathory says.

>'No. I will not allow it. Perhaps I can make a body for Karrim, like yours, but bind his spirit to my will. I know, it is a dark plan, but it might stop further bloodshed.'
>'No. I refuse to allow it. I will try to talk to them, even to the last.'
>'I hope not. We should prepare for it nonetheless.'
>'I hope not. Perhaps we can shift the responsibility to someone else, the gnolls perhaps- the humans attack them on sight already.'
>'I am afraid it will. We have to strike first if we hope to survive.'
>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'
>Other

>>38562221
>>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'

>>38562204
isn't*
>>38562221
>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'

>>38562221
>'No. I refuse to allow it. I will try to talk to them, even to the last.'
>'I hope not. We should prepare for it nonetheless.'

>>38562221
>No. I will not allow it. Perhaps I can make a body for Karrim, like yours, but bind his spirit to my will. I know, it is a dark plan, but it might stop further bloodshed.'
>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'

y'knoww, just floating some ideas by her.

>>38562221
>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'
We clearly have to protect them, even if they don't like it. They are defenseless without their warriors. We might have to feed them as well.

>>38562221
>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'

>>38562221
>'No. I refuse to allow it. I will try to talk to them, even to the last.'

>>38562204
that was just one shitty priest who got his magic from karrim but what if there is someone better someone who actualy can do stuff he can't be the only one and if this horde of zealots discovers their leader was just being puppeted by dark arts what is stopping them from going on a crusade against every single practioner in the area.

>>38562221
>>'No. I will not allow it. Perhaps I can make a body for Karrim, like yours, but bind his spirit to my will. I know, it is a dark plan, but it might stop further bloodshed.'
>'I don't know. I really don't. Clearly I am no use in dealing with humans. What should I do, Bathory?'

>>38562341
Karrim is clearly not the brain/master behind this whole thing. Someone else, who truly has power, is behind this.

We must find out who it is. We need to question Karrim.

>>38562221
and on top of all, we are not an inch closer to find our people

'I don't know Bathory. It is clear I am incapable of talking to humans. What would you do?'
'Well... Oh, Vlad,' she says.
'I know I shall not fight the rest. I will try talking to them, no matter what,' you say.
'Vlad, this is a tribe. That means there are women and children in the tents. That is the first thing. You clean this place up, then we go talk to them and do whatever they ask,' Bathory says.
'Yes, of course,' you say.
'Then, well I do not know. We cannot keep this a secret, so long as there are living people here. And I will not allow you to hurt the survivors,' Bathory says.
'Of course, love,' you say.
'Don't... Not now. Then, then we have to talk to the other tribes. We go without your army. We explain what happened,' Bathory says.
'No. If they do not listen they may kill you. I will go alone,' you say.
'Idiot. You tried that and you killed a tribe. Not just any tribe, the biggest tribe in living memory. I need to be there,' Bathory says.
'I cannot lose you,' you say.
'Well, tough. You do not run away from your responsibilities,' Bathory says.
'But they are MY responsibilities. You had nothing to do with this. You had nothing to do with any of my sins,' you say.
'I need to be there. I am the better negotiator. That is all,' Bathory says.
'Yes, Bathory.' you say.

You get to removing signs of battle. You move the bodies away from the area, at least. You can do nothing about the blood. Luckily you work fast enough that only one child peeks through the tent flaps. He cries out and eventually wakes up the few remaining asleep.

There are few signs of battle by the time the women and children, the old and the weak of the tribe leave their tents and approach you cautiously.

>'I... am sorry. Is there anything I can do?'
>'Listen! There has been enough madness this night. Stay calm and let us talk about this.'
>'I cannot do this, Bathory. I am too scared to fuck this up. Please, talk to them.'
>'Silence! Listen to me! Go to the tribe to the south.'
>Other

>>38562631
>>'I cannot do this, Bathory. I am too scared to fuck this up. Please, talk to them.'

>>38562631
>'I cannot do this, Bathory. I am too scared to fuck this up. Please, talk to them.'

>>38562631
>Other
Your leader was a liar and a heretic!
When I told him of his sins against the gods he attacked me and your tribe followed him until their death.
I am building a better place for all of us join me.

>>38562631
>>'I cannot do this, Bathory. I am too scared to fuck this up. Please, talk to them.'

>>38562631
>'Listen! There has been enough madness this night. Stay calm and let us talk about this.'
>>38562695
let's not go all inquisitioney. we don't even know anything about gods.

>>38562661
>>38562675
Don't be wuss, we made the mess, we are the ones who go scrub it up

>>38562631
>Other
Who is in charge here?
speak with the people who have the highest rank. They get to decide an it is much easier to talk with a couple of sensible people than the angry masses.
then fess up
>'I... am sorry. Is there anything I can do?'

>>38562695
I like this

>>38562631
>'I cannot do this, Bathory. I am too scared to fuck this up. Please, talk to them.'

>>38562631
>'Listen! There has been enough madness this night. Stay calm and let us talk about this.'

Lets just end this bloodshed. Forcing people to follow someone on pain of death is a tyrants way of doing things.

>>38562714
>we don't even know anything about gods.
Neither do they.
I would bet we knew of our tribes gods.
Our show of force was certainly enough to cow them anyway.

>>38562759
>>38562714
It has been stated that the tribe tolerates the priest and his new god because they are useful. They would have no objections returning to the old faith

>>38562631
>>'I... am sorry. Is there anything I can do?'
Bathory doesn't want to clean up our mess.
why are people lining up to run behind her skirt and say "fix it mommy"

>>38562759

so we become the next Karrim, then. marvelous.

Yeah Imma need a cup of coffee to write something that includes everything posted and doesn't completely destroy everything you've built so far.

BRB ~10

>>38562799
mostly because they won't see a man they'll see the guy who just murdered almost everyone in the tribe and would you listen to such a person?

>>38562807
Not really considering we intend to live forever and have no intentions of forcing them to behave in a specific manner or forcing them to convert.

>>38562881
yeah but ehh, these gods gain their powers from their worshipers, and one of them expressed the desire to claim ownership of our soul. If he haven't done so already

>>38562959
I wasn't around for that interaction with a god that claims he has dibbs on our soul. Can anyone summarize that encounter?

>>38563065
k
>I am Death you serve me
>No
>Yes
Wake up it was all a dream
or was it

>>38563094
And he said that he found us when we used necromancy for the first time, and bound Bathory's soul
also Don't forget
"In your next battle you will see my true power whatever you wish or not"

>>38563094
That is actually very accurate. Wow.

What if we eventually create a bomb that contains an incredible amount of necromantic energy, sort of like what happened in Adventure Time? Actually, that's fucking terrifying. Let's not.

>>38563158
......
Goddamnit

>>38563158
I say we just see him as the patron of our magic. We just ask what he wants of us. Would be good to have a divine ally on our side

>>38563158
>>38563158
Um. We just fought that battle. How did Death intervene there?

Or did he at all?

>>38563275
different anon here i just looked it over myself i don't see anything too out of the ordinary.
it might still pop up though who knows.

So what about our briliant plan to create a pupet out of Karrim?
We still have his body and we bound his soul, no?
We could use that to our advantege i guess.
Why talk ourselves when we could talk through our bound puppet... since we clearly suck at talking on our own.

>>38563094
Succinct and accurate. I should note that the priest was pretty specific in saying that he did NOT worship this god.
>>38563158


'Bathory, please back me up,' you say, under your breath.
'Go,' Bathory says.
'I am Vlad Tepish. I am a necromancer. Karrim attacked me on sight and your men and strong women followed him to the last. I am sorry,' you say.

There is stunned silence. They all look upon you. With fear and with hatred. A woman drops on her knees and starts crying loudly.

'Please, we have lost much, believe me, we all have, on this day. I beg of you, consider our situation,' Bathory says.
'Murderer!' Someone shouts.
'Indeed. However, if there is anything I can do for you I will. You are all free to go wherever you like, and you will have my protection until you get there,' you say.
'Why would you do this?' A young woman says.
'Your leader was a liar. He was a cruel man who killed people under my protection. I came to reason with him, but he would not hear it,' you say.

No one answers.

>Wait. Let them consider their predicament and see if anyone asks for help.
>Try discrediting their leader further.
>Try to convince some of them to join you
>Ask one more time whether they want your help or not. Then leave.
>Other

>>38563312
>Wait. Let them consider their predicament and see if anyone asks for help.

>>38563312
>Wait. Let them consider their predicament and see if anyone asks for help.
>Ask one more time whether they want your help or not. Then leave.

>>38563312
>>Wait. Let them consider their predicament and see if anyone asks for help.
>Ask one more time whether they want your help or not.
If they answer no,
> "Then that is too bad. Winter is on its way, and I will not leave you defenseless."

>>38563312
>>Wait. Let them consider their predicament and see if anyone asks for help.

>>38563312
>Try discrediting their leader further.
I only wanted my people returned, and I never got that. I only wanted Karim to hear me out, and HE didn't gave me that.
I never wished harm upon any of you, otherwise I wouldn't have started with the most armed, and battle-ready group.

>Try to convince some of them to join you
I know there is no excuse to the grief i caused to you, and i understand you have no reason to accept my help.
But let me take you into my protection, with your most of your warriors and hunters dead, let me do at least this for you.

>>38563312
>>Other
The power that drove Karrim is evil. You know it in your hearts. You have seen what he does to "convince" his followers. You have seen what he does to those who disagreed with him. Help me. Tell me who Karrim's master is. Who has been orchestrating this evil? I can protect you from him."

>>38563312
>>Wait. Let them consider their predicament and see if anyone asks for help.

>>38563312
>>Try to convince some of them to join you
>>Ask one more time whether they want your help or not. Then leave

'The offer stands. Ask me anything I can provide and it will be yours,' you say.

You sit down on the ground your legs crossed and you wait. They are in shock and they hate you. In a moment they will start thinking, however, and when they do they may understand their predicament.

So you wait.

They return to their tents. As the morning breaks you are still sitting there and waiting. Eventually, a woman, one you recognize from your old tribe walks up to you.

'Bathory was dead. You brought her back. Can you bring my son back? If so, I will join you, and so will the rest of those that you used to call your tribe,' she says.

>'I can. I need to work fast, before his spirit has left, but it can be done.
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'
>'I cannot. I used up most materials on bringing Bathory back, I could bring back maybe one, two more people. Could I give you your son back, and refuse the same to everyone else that has lost family?'
>'I cannot.'
>Other

>>38563586
>>'I can. I need to work fast, before his spirit has left, but it can be done.

>>38563586
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'

>>38563586
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'
I assume he was among those that attacked me, if not there's nothing I can do I fear.

>>38563586
>I can, but it might keep him from whatever afterlife he has gone to. And there is no telling if his soul has stayed or gone. But if you are sure then I will do it

>>38563586
>'I can. I need to work fast, before his spirit has left, but it can be done.
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'
No regrets lady

>>38563586

>'I can. I need to work fast, before his spirit has left, but it can be done.
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'

>>38563586
Oh boy, the dilemma of playing god or not.
I hope she knows we can't bring ALL of them back
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'

>>38563586
>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'
well here is a thing we can do well necromancy rolls.

>>38563586
>>Other
"I could do it. But I cannot bring everyone else back. I only have so many materials and it is an arduous and painful process. How would the others feel about me only bringing your son back and not their family memebers?

Am I the only one who finds the events that took place hilarious?

>>38563586
>>'I can. It is a painful process and it might keep him from the afterlife he deserves. Are you sure that is what you want?'

You consider it. It is possible. Their spirits should still be around for a little while. And you did tell Bathory you would try to help them in whatever way you can.

'It is... possible. The process is very painful, and it might keep him away from his rightful afterlife. I can try, if you are certain,' you say.
'I just want my boy back,' she says. She is composed, but you think she might break any moment now.
'Also, I can only bring back one. Maybe two people, if I do everything perfectly. I could give you your son back, but no one else,' you say.
'But you could fix it. You could bring him back.' she says.
'Perhaps. It is not a certainty either. And why would I bring back your son, but no other?' you say.
'Because he is my boy, he is mine!' she says, losing composure.

>Do it. It is worth it if you gain allies.
>Don't. It is unfair to others that have lost their loved ones and would probably hurt the man more than help him.
>Other

>>38563796
>>Do it. It is worth it if you gain allies.

>>38563796
>Other
How about we agree, then claim his spirit has departed? Not a nice thing I know

>>38563796
>>Do it. It is worth it if you gain allies.
There is possibly more to gain here by doing this. Her son may have detailed information about Karrim's master.

We need to bring him back.

We can bind all the souls if we want and then make bodies for them at our leisure later on. It's not like the materials were incredibly rare, we can gather them later. And it's not like we will go out of our way to make their bodies superior.

Tell them we can bring them back but it will take time.

>>38563796
>Do it. It is worth it if you gain allies.
We'll bind as many as we can, and hell they'll probably even have better bodies after this!

>>38563796
>Do it. It is worth it if you gain allies.

>>38563867
seconding

>>38563867
This

>>38563796
>Do it. It is worth it if you gain allies.

>>38563867
Agreed.

>>38563867

we homunculus civ now

>>38563867
>>38563796
that's fair, let's push our skills to the limit.

>>38563867
this is a great idea

>>38563867
We are putting playing god into overdrive
"You know what? I can try"

>>38563867
We must find a way to get proper description about how they looked like, also someone must keep them "entertained" so they won't go insane

>>38563984
We could try to preserve their bodies, maybe.

'Very well. It will take time. But I will bind the spirits of anyone whose family asks for it. Eventually I will be able to bring them back. Please consider this very carefully.' you say.

You should have known better. Just about every one in the village forms a line to you. You end up having to bind thirteen spirits. They are not going to be happy, but the families are willing to come with you now.

And with that I shall conclude the twelfth installment of Feral Necromancer Quest. I'd usually go on for a dozen more posts, but Hell, this has been running for seven hours now.

Between today and yesterday's session I'd say you've gained 4 exp. Rules for leveling up http://pastebin.com/vBRyBWfK . Potential options, Int 4 costs 4 exp, Shamanism V costs 4 exp. Necromancy VI costs 3 exp. See pastebin for full rules.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=feral+necromancer senpai, please vote for my threads.

@DeadQM on twitter for all your Feral Necromancer Quest updates.

As always, Saturday session is almost certain to happen, with any weekday sessions announced on twitter.

It's quite early here for a change, so I'm sticking around for a bit.

>>38563984

if we bind them to their skulls, they can talk and see, so that they and their loved ones can instruct us.

>>38563984
Just give all the skulls ability to see, hear and talk, and put them all in one room.

>>38564027
>Shamanism V

>>38564027
Voting for shamanism

>>38564027
>Shamanism V costs 4 exp.
With all the soul shit we're going to be doing may as well make it easy on ourselves.
And learn something new

>>38564027
Necromancy VI

>>38564027
Thanks for running. Before you, did we bound Karim's soul like we planned?
Can we improve our smiting for 1 exp? The pastebin doesn't say

>>38564094
are we sure necromancy won't be better for this?

>>38564027
Shamanism.

>>38564027
>>Shamanism V

Next thread we should talk in length with Karim and see what was actually going on. We never did find out if he actually tortured and killed that guy. Also we will learn any ancient knowledge he found, perhaps we will figure out what to do with the tribes he gathered and maybe continue with us being the leader (or make him a puppet like was suggested before)

>>38564116
Yeah you can. I haven't updated the pastebin to say you can up skills you have skillbooks for up to rank 3.

You did bind Karrim

Shamanism looks like it's winning atm tho.

>>38564116

we can't improve skills with exp anymore.

>>38564139

soul binding is shamanism.

>>38564027

Shyamalanism

>>38564027
Shaman V then

>>38564191
Also soul binding is specifically limited by lowest between shamanism and necromancy. Think of it as a combo spell. It would have been irrelevant, as for most of the quest you have had Necromancy at a higher level than Shamanism, but now that they're both almost certainly (waiting for like one more vote) at five it's going to matter.

>>38564027
How many warriors did we fight and kill? It seemed way more than 13

>>38564027
>Shamanism

>>38564184
It's okay trading with the dwarfs can wait anyways
Shamanishm is better at the moment to erase our dept to these people.

>>38564261
~80. It appears many of them did not have family here, and you ended up having to raise some of them. Raising undead makes binding spirit impossible, so some families were extra pissed off.

>>38564302

as long as they're a minority, we can tell them to fuck right off if they don't like it here.

>>38564302
Well we better make sure to discard our tribesmen-zombies as soon as possible. It's bad for morale

>>38564302
We should soul bind every sentient enemy we kill from now on. Homunculus body + spirit transfer = 1 free minion which does not count towards our undead limit.
We could have "undead" army numbering hundreds with the skills we have right now.

Not sure if we should soul bind all the people we killed here as we want to improve relations but this is something to think about in the future.

>>38564414
Be a bit resource intensive.