>>40052723
>I must go arouse my new orc warriors.

>>40052723
>I must go rouse my new orc warriors.

>>40052723
>I think I shall wait a time, until everyone is risen.

>>40052723
Oh yea, We need to go though our archives when we get back to the lair.

I hate to say it, this will be a slow starting quest thread. It's the middle of the day on a Monday, so don't be surprised you won't get many posters for awhile OB.

>>40052723
>I must go arouse my new orc warriors.

>>40052723
>>Writein
Try our hand at cooking breakfast.

>>40053041
>>40052759
>>40052740
"I must rouse my new fighters." you say, wandering over to them, poking them with care. They rise with a grumble, readying weapons and bodies. Edwin follows as you gather your men and items scattered during the party.

The great woman warrior is standing in your way suddenly.

>...Uh?
>Hello.
>... Do you have something to say?

>>40053481
>... Do you have something to say?
I will hear of what you want.

>>40053481
>>Hello.
A fine night that was would you agree?

>>40053481
>Hello.
Hello strong scary human. What do you want with master?

>>40053519
This plus, "Well you know except..." point to our empty ear cavity.

>>40053481
"Is there something you want to say? I am all ears. Except, aha, I have none! Hhahaha. Haaa." you look away as you rise to your full height.

"This one will join you. Fight many battles. Train many fighters. Feast on many hearts!" she says, hefting her scarred arm. "Fiona Thunderscar is ally! Punch faces!"

"... Certainly. We'll have to work on that Common." you say - some of your kobolds speak better than she does. You shoo one from your knees. "Gather your belongings. We leave soon."

She nods, and Edwin walks up beside you. "We can't take the hidden path with this many people. We'll need to go one of two ways."

>"The dangerous one, faster, more expediant...
>"Or the safe one, slower-going.

>>40053913
>"The dangerous one, faster, more expediant... Lets see if our new guys are up to snuff, and i really wanna see our sword in action

>>40053913
>"The dangerous one, faster, more expediant...

>>40053913
>>"The dangerous one, faster, more expediant...
We have new allies to test and I wish to know their skills first hand.

>>40053913
>"Or the safe one, slower-going.
Me fear me get killed on other path.

>>40053913
>"The dangerous one, faster, more expediant...
We need to hurry back and get this war effort moving.

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>40054024
>>40054003
>>40053989
"The dangerous path, methinks. It's time to test our new men."

"Aye."
It takes the better part of an hour to load up everything everyone needs. A collection of rough swords for Fiona, maces for the Brothers, and other things in a cart driven by a strange-looking boar.

"It's called a Shotsnout." one Brother states. "It eat rocks and grass. When rocks smooth, from belly and grass, they move to nose. And then it sneeze, hard-like." he says, "Very strong. Very loyal. Like dog, but tows much weight."

There's only one, but it happily pulls along at least a thousand times its weight.

(Rolling for random event.)

>>40054564
"These creatures, How difficult is it to breed them? They may prove useful to me."

>>40054564
The trip is mostly uneventful, but deep in the mountains you sense...

Justice.

Not good, nor evil. It feels like a sense of perfect balance, absolute order, true law. Divorced from holiness, from evil, it simply /is/, and when you look up, all you glimpse is a form like fog that slips away. You feel watched, but pay it no mind.

Fucking fae.

Fae are elemental beings of various concepts, powerful and mysterious. Most spring from stories, many from belief - a blacksmith sprouting a fae within his forge is not unheard of. But Fae are not to be trifled with, caring for little but their own agendas, and to make a deal with one is to invite disaster.

You sit at camp with your new allies, watching, waiting for danger.

>Talk to Fiona (About what?)
>Talk to the brothers (About what?)
>Attempt to contact the Fae.
>Other.

>>40054655
>Talk to Fiona (About what?)
>Talk to the brothers (About what?)
Ask them about what they want and need to equip a proper army. can any of them good at a forge?

If these are justice focused fae, perhaps you can make ready allies in them. Humanity, after all, did betray you in the most horrible way after making you think you had succeeded in peace.

>>40054655
just generally i vote for not messing with the fea they are fucked!
and if we do IF! we must be so precise in our wording
and seconded >>40054738

>>40054738
but i think the core might provide weapons.
im thinking more potential allies, enemies, tactics and training

>>40054744
Whoa there. We are not in the position to deal with Fae. Maybe when we get stronger, but not now.

>>40054778
It does, but I don't know it some extra effort given that it could produce better or more gear.

>>40054564
Wait.

Is that an octorok?

>>40054655
>Other.
We should be watchful master! We scared of the fae.

>>40054738
Agree.
And wether they have experience in leading troops in the field.

>>40054781
true
but we could spin it good like >>40054744
maybe more centered on the extermination of the other lesser races the injustice in that, and implicit that even though the fea is.... unkind words, they are also in danger

and we might have agreement>>40054838

>>40054835
Don't worry, we'll let you walk in front.
It's safer there. it's not Far always attack from the rear. they don't.

>>40054819
Oh man, if it IS an octorok I would go all nostalgia fanboy over it.

>>40054867
A lich's best friend.

>>40054886
Giant octoroks as seige units, just think about it.

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>>40054738
"It has been some time since I lead an army." you say, "And I am somewhat divorced from the needs of mortal men and women. Perhaps you could advise as to military concerns?"

"Army no good hungry." one brother states, the others nodding. "Supplies. Vehicles, make us less tired. Armor and weapons."

"A leader." Fiona states. "Capable. Strong."

"Aye. You've the equipment, methinks. Just got to train and rally some men, that's all."

Agreements. A kobold speaks up about cunning, which you find appealing.

You decide not to mess about with the fae, and continue forth into the woods, enjoying the cloying feel of rot and disease as you near your home. The orcs seem to care little about the loose, slimy earth and the rotting trees, nodding as you enter your fortress.

"It's about time you got... here..." Your spy begins with an angry rant, then slows and stops at the sight of the orcs.

>What's wrong?
>Report.
>*Cackle*

As requested: A map.

>>40055344
>Report. then >*Cackle*

>>40055344
>*Cackle*

Then

>Report.

>>40055418
HERETIC!

>>40055344
>Report, then cackle halfway through it

>>40055344
>*Cackle*
>Report.

>>40055435
*cackle*

>>40055344
>*Cackle*
jaw falls off. curse a bit and put it back.
then
>Report.
Tell me what has happened while I was gone moral woman.

>>40055344
>What's wrong?
Humans attack?

"Report." you state, then cackle at her reaction to the newcomers.

"Yes. It seems that a local church of Galandel has ordered an investigation of our territory." she says. "A druid and a cleric will come through. I don't... think we can hide this time. Word is that any suspicion will lead to an armed movement."

"What sorts of numbers?"

"The city guard as a whole... So, I don't know, maybe fifty?" she says.

Hmmm....

Those odds...

"Listen, we have a month. If you can prepare properly, this could be a chance." she says. The Templar's prescence is gone, as well.

>We will pre-empt them. Attack with what we currently have! Seize the town!
>We will defend. Simple, with our traps.
>We will meet them in the woods!
>Other.

>>40055880
>We will attack preemptively.
Sally can see what is possible in poisoning the food of the guard barracks, when we strike, we can raise those dead to bolster our ranks

>>40055880
>We will pre-empt them. Attack with what we currently have! Seize the town!
>Other
Go to our lab and raise all the undead we can to bolster our ranks! Strike in the night while they sleep!

>>40055880
Attack preemptively, but make it look like something else. That, or clean up the carnage so well that it looked like the town simply just emptied out. MYSTERIOUS!

>>40055880
>We will defend. Simple, with our traps.
>Other
We trap the woods master! They get closer, the more they die!

>>40055966
this

>>40055880
>>We will defend. Simple, with our traps.
We fight the guards in out area. That will save strength for the follow up attack.

We will use the bodies to summon new undead to vanguard the attack. Then have the others flank and keep any one from getting away.

>>40055966
I can agree to that, but we have to hit the town fast and cleanly so that we will face less damage and evidence of an assault.

"We will strike in the night." you state. "It will be a swift, clean maneuver." your voice echoes through the warrens as you walk towards your throne. My Spy will poison the food of the guards, using a powdered essence of Rot, which will activate in their bellies." you nod. "The orcs and Fiona and my Champion will slaughter the citizens. Kobolds will be tasked with swift moving of corpses out. In the space of a single night, we will render this town into a ghost town." you say.

"Should anyone stand tall against us, notify me immediately. Holy foes are my prerogative."

Nods all around, Edwin grinning wide.
"I'll help. On one condition, dedman."

>Name it.
>It is not necessary. Do not indebt yourself further, scion of Goldhand.
>I am listening, but not promising.

>>40055981
Bad idea. They're bringing a druid remember?

>>40056137
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocm8QdNR_d8

kek

>>40056137
>Name it.
There is a limit to what I may render, but speak.

>>40056137
>Its is not necessary, but i thank your offer. What is your condition?

>>40056137
>Name it.

>>40056137
Something's been bugging me. I just realized that dedman sounds very Jewish.

>Gary Dedman up the street bought his wife a new purse. Why don't you ever do anything like that?

>>40056137
>>I am listening, but not promising.
I will hear you out, but I may need the new weapons sooner than later.

>>40056236
Funny, I am hearing him in my head like Arthus from WoW.

>>40056261
>Arthas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS_keXTyAtw

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>>40056306
What
The
F**k

I don't know what to make of that.

"I'm listening. But I'll need those new weapons very soon."

"I understand, friend dedman. But, you see... An empty town... this brings possibilities to my family. A place without a watchful eye, save yours, of course of course. I'd like to ask that the Golden Hands be allowed use of some of those buildings for our own operations." he asks, "In return, I will personally see to it that there are no holy sites remaining... Unless you'd like to take them for yourself?"

>Respond:

>>40056381

>>40056381
That is reasonable request. But I shall face any holy sites my self... So I can turn them to my use.

>>40056416
backing. we are totally building corruption and twisting litch

>>40056381
This sounds good. It'll give them a reason to defend the area as well, along with other benefits.

>>40056381
>>40056393
On a side note, do all undead need be zombies and skeletons? Is there a possibility for a breed of undead that looks like proper people?

>Inb4 clockwork undead for motion and magic for Appearance aspects.

>>40056381
We alone will corrupt the holy places.
But you taking some of the buildings is a more than acceptable term so long as we get a small discount on weapons.

>>40056381
... Agreed, but do not remove the holy sites until I have looked them over first.

>>40056381
Just don't blow the place up, and we have a deal.

>>40056456
...did I really spell lich with a t?

>>40056701
Yes you did, It's alright though. Every makes mistakes.

"I get first call on holy sites, and you gain some of the buildings."

"Very good, friend." he claps his hands together. "I will return in time with the weapons! See you shortly." he bows, then takes his leave.

"You realize I'm just a normal barwench, right?" your spy asks. "I'm not some rogue in the midnight."

"You will suffice." you state, picking up a gem. You shove Rot into it, grasping a weak aspect of it and crushing it into a powder, placing it in a bag. "Ingested, this will liquify their innards." you state, placing it in her hands. She looks horrified.

"I did some research." the girl states. "Liches can only sustain themselves with intense emotion, like rage. They aren't like Templars who live off holy power. ...Why are you so angry, Glorious?"

>That's not a question you can ask.
>As if I'd answer you!
>Cackle menacingly.
>...Answer.

>>40056813
>>That's not a question you can ask.
Rather rude.

>>40056813
>>...Answer.
I was doing ACTUAL good, but then i got stabbed in the back by a fucking paladin. Bitch

>>40056813
>Cackle menacingly.
then
>...Answer.

Then return to our archives.

>>40056813
>>...Answer.
Tell anyone and I end you, that is the price for knowing this.

>>40056813
"Imagine that you spend a very, very long time trying to make something beautiful. Imagining? Good. Now, imagine that somebody aids you in that exploit. You learn to respect that person, as a colleague and greater. And then, just when it seems finished - and /perfect/, they break it right in front of your eyes."

>>40056945
This.

>>40056945
..okay yeah backing this, great write-in anon.

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>>40056945
... nice.

>>40056945
I couldn't say it any better myself. Well done.

>>40056813
>...Answer.
We want to know too master.

>>40056945
bingo

>>40056945
"Imagine that you spend a very, very long time trying to make something beautiful. Imagining? Good. Now, imagine that somebody aids you in that exploit. You learn to respect that person, as a colleague and greater. And then, just when it seems finished - and /perfect/, they break it right in front of your eyes."

"I..."

you lean in closer, eyes flaring like a million dead suns.

"That is what sustains me, brief mortal. Now go."

"yes" she barely manages, a tiny sound as you rise. You return to your archives, feeling the pull of the past with this.

>Look into the past.
>Look into spells.
>Look for enchantment arrays.
>other.

>>40057144
>Look into spells.

>>40057144
Now's not the time for reminiscing. I think it'd be wise to look into these enchantment arrays, especially since enchantments are the number one line of defense against pretty much everything.

>>40057144
>>Look for enchantment arrays.

>>40057144
>look into Spells

There is nothing in the past. We must move forward, to the future, to the safety of the remaining lesser races.

>>40057144
>Look into spells.
spells of coercion/corruption/persuasion, if we're going to go after those holy sites we'll need our old strength.

>>40057144
>>Look for enchantment arrays.
It will be good to buff our troops.

>>40057187
Is it wrong that I see us eventually being able to talk an angel into joining us?

>>40057144
>Look into spells.
>Look for enchantment arrays.
We will need both very soon!

>>40057144
>>Look for enchantment arrays.

>>40057266
No, Our cause is actually righteous

>>40057266
It's not an angel that might be joining us...

>>40057144
>Look into the past.
>Look into spells.
>Look for enchantment arrays.
Master can do everything!

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>>40057319
Imagine the looks of dismay on the faces of the hypocritical clerics and paladins...
>>40057365
I genuinely couldn't see us working with demons, besides what better way to take revenge on a corrupted church than by turning one of examples of shining perfection against it?
BTW,project we need to work on, tombstone golem, basically a stone golem that's already infused with necrotic magic because of what it's made of and the ritual to build it.

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>Arrays

Arrays are a special piece of the puzzle for enchantment. You find a single Array, deep in the library: Sword Array. This allows you to enchant weapons en masse with Aspects.

In this array you have three points. The Active and the two Passive aspects.

The Active aspect names the aspect in the enchantment that primarily acts.

The passive ones change or improve that actions.

For example, a Rot aspect in a sword would make that sword infect its wounds with terrible, debilitating rot. Augmenting that with Evil makes that rot raise the victim as a zombie upon death. Doing so with Ice or Fire would induce diseases, like a fever or a cold.

Keep in mind: Aspects must be removed from things, typically living things, and then applied to an Array to mass-enchant items. Further, Array enchantments are weaker than specific ones.

>Remember a list of Aspects.
>Put this aside and look up Spells.
>Check on the Lab and your undead.
>Other

>>40057429
>Check on the Lab and your undead
You're going to be getting. . . fresh stock soon, after all

>>40057429
>Remember a list of Aspects.

>>40057429
>Put this aside and look up Spells.
But put it in a safe place where we can find it later, maybe we can find some spells to create more powerful undead.

>>40057429
>Put this aside and look up Spells.

>>40057429
>Check on the Lab and your undead.
Master, we need more troops to take the town.

>>40057429
>Remember a list of Aspects.

welp. now it's a three way tie.
just to get things rolling i'll change
>>40057484
to
>lab and undead.

>>40057699
>>40057539
>>40057473
You can look up your aspects later. It's a pin right now. For now... Undead!

You walk into your lab and find a great deal of undead materials. So for this, you need swift, silent killers...

>Make Skeletons
>Make Zombie soldiers
>Make Abominations (Smaller forces, stronger soldiers)
>Try something new...

>>40058006
>Make Skelington archers
>Try something new, Ghosts?

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>>40058006
>Try something new...
Cadaver collectors, we need raw materials.

>>40058006
>Try something new...
Revenants. They look like a living person but are undead. With some cloths, they can be disguised as the living. They infiltrate and kill the living people. They are also VERY strong. Also, ghosts, the walls will not stop them.

>>40058006
>>40058096
Revenants/dullahans/spirits that inhabit full sets of armor/clothes.They gotta be cheaper to make than skeletons, maybe?

>>40058096
perhaps wraiths instead of ghosts?

>>40058080
I like this he, you have my vote.

>>40058006
>Make Skeletons
>Make Zombie soldiers

We need mass troopers master!

>>40058119
Not likely, they tend to be a higher quality and they do tend to be fully sentient and can talk to others. That likely does not come cheap.
>>40058121
Alright, either works for me.

>>40058080
You work quickly - you'll need something to gather the materials after the strike. Your kobolds will be enough to slaughter the town, along with your men and women. But after...

It's simple enough to get iron from the Armory. Bolting dead muscle mass to the plates, securing bone spikes to it... The interior is heavy, cord-like muscle and thick bones from the larger bears. The spikes on the back are made from boar tusks. The whole assemblage groans when you give it life, and you're so pleased with the results you make three more.

Collectors have the following capabilities:
>Double-muscled
Collectors can exert more force than their form, already impressive, seems to convey. They often stun opponents with their blows, making it easy to 'collect' them.
>Bone Spikes
A bit of genius, on your part, the bones on the back of the collector can, at a word, turn the corpses into undead, usually zombies, so long as the corpse's heart is penetrated. Otherwise, it can haul many bodies for you, and even use them as ablative armor.
>Bloody Metal
The Collector stinks of rot, blood, and rust, creating a miasma about itself that causes lesser enemies to flee.

That done, you convert the rest into bone archers to catch the runaways.

These minions are kept in the lab for now, ready to be used at any time - the skeletons even fold up into neat piles without losing their spark of unlife.

>What now? What other preparations would you like to make?

>>40058259
and THAT is why it helps to know your monsters.
>search for spells.

>>40058119
We could use quality armoured troops against this, that way any possible survivors spread rumors of men in armor instead of undead legions.
whichll also throw them for a loop since everyone is guns now

>>40058259
Tell the kobolds to work on making these guys their own wing because you do not want these assholes stinking up the place. . . even if you don't have a nose!

Jokes aside, go over the general plan with your guys, make sure kobolds mop up any stragglers that try to escape the town if you end up waking anybody.

>>40058259
Let's learn or remember a fire themed spell as well.

>>40058259
We need to increase our spell array.

>>40058259
Pay army to increase moral master?

>>40058259
damn, these things could play some serious hell on the battlefield, we need to make more of these when we have time, not to mention having dangerous servants to collect raw materials is always a good idea.
seriously though cadaver collectors be creepy as fuck, just imagine you're on the battlefield, fighting for your life, when suddenly a monster comes out of the enemy ranks towards you, it's spikes are covered with the dead cold bodies of your fellow guard, loved ones and family staring at you blankly, reaking of blood and sickening death. Talk about demoralizing.
>>40058298
I back this.

>>40058512
And then said loved ones start clawing at you from its back.

>>40058706
christ when we can pare these things up with bone golems nothing will stop us, the bone golems kill things and the collectors raise them.

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>>40058760
Bone golems? Those are good but a Boneyard is better. They are a D&D 3.5 monster. They suck the bones of of their victims and creates skeletons drones.

>>40058840
I say we keep boneyards as support monsters, besides arms have advantages.
Still say we need those tombstone golems

>>40058874
Oh shit, I remember those guys. They are not support, but damn near tanks and great against groups. They move like giant snakes or slime like things. That and they are huge and strong anyway.

>>40058840
Boneyards would be good traps, or guards.

>>40058934
see
>>40058939
they're almost impossible to tell from a massive pile of bones.

So I was looking through my copy of Open Grave, when I found something.
Bloodrot.
picture a black pudding made out of blood meat and bodily fluids.
that's bloodrot.

Old bastard you asleep again?

>>40058840
>>40058874
>>40058934
>>40058939
You consider using bones and golems, but an idea springs from that which needs more study, like a glimmering sun in the back of your mind.

>Golem...? research unlocked.

You order the kobolds to create a hangar for the Collectors, directing them with ease as the orcs and Fiona begin to knuckle down and train the kobolds further. Your champion dislikes Fiona a great deal, but that just means they spar well.

>Final preparations before skip?
>>What do you do?

>>40059226
>>What do you do?
Go into the archive and learn more spells.

>>40059226
>>What do you do?
>Explore that idea while it's still fresh. Search the library if you have to.

>>40059226
Might as well explore golems. They'd make a good defense mechanism that blends in well with their surrounds.

and then you make a golem to guard the gates of your fortress a la https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGwbtKVP5QU

>>40059226
Master! Maybe you should scry the town to look for places we servants to attack first?

sooo, i've been doing some research, if we get our hands on a graveyard, (besides the obvious undead we can raise) we can make golems out of gravedirt, as well as ones made out of ombstones.

dammit old man if you're going to nope out at least give us a bit of warning.

>>40059870
old people, what're you gonna do with them? Always falling asleep at random times!

>>40059288
>>40059347

You pour your research into the golem idea.

Death. Bones. The core of life itself.

What if...

What if you made a golem out of souls?

It's possible. It's /entirely/ possible. You'd need to cage the souls, for certain, yes, but... The level of power you'd reach is astronomical. But first, you'd need some steel. And a lot of souls...

>End of Thread<

>>40059961
>Total Fucking Insanity
Lets do it!

>>40059961
Thanks OB! Don't forget to save the thread!

>>40059961
All I can picture now is a giant metal thing in the vague shape of a humanoid, riddled with cracks, blue fire streaming out from them, if looked at, you would swear you can see agonized faces inside the flames.

so, anons, how did I do with my Collector suggestion?

>>40059961
Master! When will next thread be?

>>40059961
Don't screw it up like last time QM, save the thread.

>>40060312
I hate splitting archives, so we're Foolzing it up instead of having like two links in the OP.

>>40060748
No Sup/tg/ then?

>>40060773
Exactly, unless you want to do it.

>>40060796
Done. I haven't saved other QM's threads before. If you don't want to, I'll do it as I can.

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Gonna be using a new OP next thread next week.

>>40061543
Same time next week or where abouts?

>>40061543
Definitely fitting, i'll see if I can't find a good picture for when he was alive.

>>40061560
Unknown. I don't have a stable schedule. You'll know when I do.