>>41134158
>>have no experience even playing video games – you only went to fulfil the job agency's application quota.
>retiree.

>>41134187
If there's no more votes in the next 13 minutes, I'll just go with your one, anon.

However strange it seems, the fact remains; you've been bored ever since you retired from a career of
>???

Besides, the job agency won't keep you on its books if you don't at least try this out now you've got it.

It's odd, certainly, but maybe they want a little more life experience on staff – there's enough young punks and smarmy graduates in those sorts of industries, which was why you felt safe applying for the position. Something to reassure you that you weren't really accepting a sedentary life, with an easy excuse for when no reply came.

Except now it has, and you have that confirmation in your hand.

Easing yourself over to the kitchen table, you settle down and re-read the cheerily-written letter. They want you to come in tomorrow – tomorrow! - and start training. What does 'training' as a 'plot-development assistant' even entail? Was that jargon-laden position even what you applied for?

Still, after nearly six months of doing just about nothing... well, it's worth checking out, right?

That's tomorrow's business. For now, you
>call your grand-daughter. She's the one who told you the company was hiring, after all.
>relax with your hobby (write-in).
>research Spectrum Entertainment and its games.
>write-in.

>>41134599
>Call your Grandson. He's been talking about this game non-stop, he'll freak when he hears you actually got the part.

>>41134599
Dockworker and
>>41134618
This. We're a based gramps

>>41134599
Delta Green
>>41134618
This is good, let's do this.

>>41134599
As the other anon, I'm gonna say we have experience as a librarian. Well-read background actually makes sense for us to get the job.

Plus librarians are often based people.

>>41134939
Second

Crap, nearly finished it. All right, officially you were a dock worker. Unofficially, however...

>>41134947
Anon, I like your idea more then my Anti-Cthulhu Commando concept. Let's do that.

>>41135013
Dag-nabbit! Two for dockworker, two for librarian. Re-writing...

And there's a reason you got the job, background info doesn't matter for the application.

>>41135054
We're an old man we've had lots of jobs.

>>41135054
True, but if we start dropping paraphrased Machiavelli in seamlessly our dialogue, and take a Sun Tzu approach to dealing with people, it'll make for a better villain.

Imagine the BBEG just sitting in his study reading The Art of War, next to him on the desk by his comfy chair is a copy of the Prince and a Genealogy of Morals (that's Nietzsche).

>>41135132
We're most likely to have read Lovecraft as well.

>>41135132
>Heroes bust into the room, expecting the worst
>They just see the Princess sitting there with a cup of tea spilled all over her dress, she was quite surprised when the heroes show up
>next to her in the other comfy chair is the BBEG wearing a soft, fancy, fluffy robe, another cup of tea in his hand and a copy of The Complete Works of Lord George Gordon Byron in his lap.
>There's a warm fire in the actually fairly small room, they're both in very expensive, comfy chairs, there's a books along one wall, a painting over a desk in another, a soft, imported rug, and a neatly stacked set of instruments off to the side.
>BBEG just frowns at them and says, "Doesn't anyone knock anymore?"

Activating your iMPLANT (that fad for switching back to handheld gadgets is ridiculous; if science hadn't wanted you to shove technology in your head – well, scientists would have figured out a way anyway), you call up Matthew.

Maybe five seconds of beeping later, he comes on the line, sounding distracted by something. Right, that sci-fi show's on at the moment, isn't it? “Hey, grampy.” So respectful. You'll grind your knuckles into his head next time he comes up, see how he likes that.

“What was that game you're waiting for?” you ask, not bothering with greetings. “That one with the stupid name?”

“Conquest of Hildamere?”

That's the one. Dumbest thing you've ever heard – maybe they're running out of names that aren't patented. “Right, right. Remember you showed me that job for it?”

A moment's pause, and then Matthew sounds a lot more interested. And squeaky. “What?! You got it!”

(1/2)

>>41135212

Ha. “Of course I got it,” you snort, reveling in your ability to break a twelve year old boy's brain. “Did you doubt it?”

“That's so cool!” he squeals, apparently having given up on whatever he was doing. “Holy sh- shoot! I'm gonna tell everyone at school – when do you start? What are you doing?”

“Tomorrow.” And you have no idea what you're doing, but you suspect it isn't going to be like any of your past jobs. If there's as much lifting heavy objects or glaring at obnoxiously loud people... well, you'll probably enjoy it. “We'll say how I get along. They might all be idiots.”

You can almost hear Matthew roll his eyes. “You think EVERYONE'S an idiot, grampy.”

That's because they are. “No, I don't.”

“Uh-huh.”

“Get back to your space-ninja show, brat.”

“It's space-samurai, grampy...”

Same thing.
____________________

The next day arrives, your automatic blinds opening themselves to release the glare of sunlight straight into your eyes. The one benefit of a boring retirement is the ability to sleep in; today, though, your 'training' beckons, and as you ready yourself to leave the house, you decide to act
>professional. You can play nice for a while, even if someone rubs you the wrong way.
>casual. They'll like you or they won't. Not your problem.
>abrasive. Let's see how these toddlers feel about someone they can't walk all over.
>write-in

>>41135229
>Casual, yet polite, because that's what casual is for us.

>>41135229
>casual. They'll like you or they won't. Not your problem.

>>41135229
Casually professional, no need for starched shirts, but a certain level of decorum is needed at a proper job. If they don't like it, they can bite you.

>>41135229
Going with this.
>>41135255

Also, is anyone else getting some japan vibes from this old man guy person?

>>41135342
Nope

>>41135324
Actually, voting this.

>>41135255
This sounds pretty good to me

Spectrum Entertainment's headquarters are big – maybe not skyscraper big, but a massive block of a building, maybe ten storeys tall and half as long, certainly makes itself noticeable. The security guards wave you though politely, along with a request not to take any pictures of the building; if the sensors detect a camera in use on the grounds, the thick, metal window-covers will move to block the windows, and that's not fun for anyone inside.

Seriously? Who the hell cares about industrial espionage on a video-game company?

Still, you smile nicely and assure them you won't – straightening your tie as you head in to be greeted by a sharply-dressed young lady in reception, apparently waiting for you.

“You're early,” she says, moving forward briskly, one hand outstretched to grasp yours. With her hair pulled back like that, so no-nonsense, you suspect she'd be perfectly suited for your old library. “Maria Delgado – I'll be introducing you to your handler.”

Handler? The hell are you, a dog? “Pleased to meet you.” You shake her hand, grim firm. “I guess there's no point in introducing myself, huh?”

Maria gives you a tight smile, looking unpracticed at the motion. “Your file stated your name to be
>(name).
I presume that's correct?”

… She looks like she's thirty or so. How much of that time was spent in diction lessons? “Yes, that's right.” Weird.

“Good. Let's begin.” Turning on one heel, she starts off at a clip, leading you out of the all-white reception, the receptionist giving you a sympathetic look as you go. “Before we meet your handler, do you have any questions? It's only a short distance.”
>What's this about a handler?
>What exactly does this job entail?
>Why was I hired for this company, anyway?
>(write-in)

>>41135678
John Smith

>>41135678
Smithy Johnson

>>41135700
Forgot my option
>What's this about a handler?

>>41135678
>>What's this about a handler?
>>What exactly does this job entail?

John Akemi

>>41135678
I shall be backing this >>41135838 Anon and his votes.

>>41135678
Mark Gaelus

>>41136008
>What exactly does this job entail?

Damn it captcha, those are cookies, not hamburgers

Last chance vote, John Smith (I'm counting Smithy Johnson as this) or John Akemi? Or John Akemi-Smith, if you want a half-Japanese.

>>41136136
John Smith

>>41136136
John Akemi
This is the future, he could be black and no one woul bat an eye.

>>41136136
John smith

>>41136136
John smith.
Our parents were not very creative

>>41136136
Akemi go.

>>41135678
>>41135678
>What's this about a handler?
>What exactly does this job entail?

>>41136154
>>41136215
>>41136239
Damn you Anons, we could have been Old Man Akemi.

>>41136339
I'd rather not be japanese

>>41136339
Explain?

As Maria leads you down a sterile corridor, you ask, “What's this about a handler?”

“That will be explained once you sign the employment contract and non-disclosure agreement,” she states, voice bland. “This is a new position in the company, and we can't risk our competitors finding out the details. Needless to say, yours is a position of some importance to Conquest of Hildamere, and potentially future games.”

That explains nothing. You frown. “You can't say exactly what the position entails? The job description was pretty sparse.”

You follow her through a set of sliding doors and down a flight of stairs as she nods.“The job will involves long periods of time working on your own apart from your handler. It'll be hard, but your rate of progression should be obvious, and there's a lot of leeway for your own take on things - and we're here.” Stopping in front of one of the many doors – R. Lewis, the small plaque on it reads – she pushes it open without even knocking. “Russell, this is Mr. Smith.”

The room you step into is small, mostly taken up by some exceptionally modern computers and vid-screens plastered over the walls, showing – data. Numbers? Acronyms? Words? Squiggly lines? You don't understand a single one scrolling through its offerings.

And the casually-dressed young man turning jerkily on his swivel chair... my god. You've never seen a man so thin and... ginger. Is that shade of hair natural? You need sunglasses.

“Oh! You're my assignment! I mean – yes! Hi!” He stumbles to his feet, lurching forwards and thrusting a hand straight at you. “I'm Russell – Doctor Russell, I'm, uh, your handler! If you sign. Which you haven't. Yet! Can I call you John?”

(1/2)

muh trip

>>41136402
While your hand tentatively reaches for Doctor Russell's (he pumps it enthusiastically, still beaming up at you), your face, expression carefully neutral, turns to Maria.

“Russell is very good with computers,” she says, looking pointedly at an empty point on the wall. After a moment of silence, the handshake getting increasingly awkward, she adds, “Shall we go over the contract and NDA?”

>Yes. Now, please.
>Talk to Russell about something (write-in)
>Something else?

>>41136425
>Yes. Now, please.

>>41136425
>Yes. Now, please. Though, the work I'll be doing for you, is this detailed in the contract?

>>41136425
>Yes. Now, please.

And you Anon >>41136390 Akemi is the family name of that magical girl with all the guns and time powers.

>>41136425
Lets get down to it then sigh away

“Yes. Now, please.”

“Mm, I think that'd be best,” Maria mutters, reaching out with both hands to pluck the Doctor's hand from yours. “What have we learned about physical contact, Russell?”

He perks up even more and announces, “There are limits to all touching, including time and- oh.” Now he deflates. It's impressive. “Sorry?”

“Most of your interaction with Russell will be over comms,” Maria explains, almost apologetically, stepping over to his desk and opening one of the drawers, pulling out a sheaf of papers. “The NDA is fairly simple – it just means you won't tell anyone anything regarding the job, whether you accept it or not. Once you've signed that, we can explain everything further, and you can see the contract.”

You take the proffered document from her, ignoring Russell, who's ambled over to check one of the vid-screens. Looking through, it does indeed seem standard, written for the layman; no nasty little surprises. Plucking a pen from the desk, you sign it quickly and hand it back.

“Good.” All-business again, Maria motions for you to take a seat on the swivel-chair (at least Russell has good hygiene), and hands over the contract as you sit.

“Again, it should be fairly easy to understand, but to summarise, it's a five year contract, $80,000 a year, medical included – that's including anti-aging treatments, which you'll recognise as non-standard – but this is hardly a standard nine-to-five job.”

You raise an eyebrow, not yet reading the contract. “I guessed that. You mind explaining whatever it is you're avoiding?” Anti-aging treatment is expensive – it's one hell of an incentive by itself.

(1/2?)

>>41136976
She takes a deep breath, eyes fixed on you. “Artifical-intelligence has come a long way, but not far enough. NPCs-” At your blank look, she explains, “non-player characters in games – the characters you interact with – have their limits, especially when you're creating a whole world. All the responses needed to deal with whatever the players do, especially in a VR-MMORPG, can't be coded in, and it breaks the player's immersion when they get a bad response. So while the unimportant NPCs can be accepted that way, the more important ones need...”

“More realism?” A little niggle in your instincts tells you where this is heading.

Looking faintly uncomfortable, she nods again. “Correct. And with AI still lacking, we need 'actors' to play the part. This is the first game we've ever done this with, but Conquest will make or break us as a company, and it needs to be perfect.” She motions towards the screen Russell's looking at, now displaying a beautifully rendered forest. If people thought that our AIs were better than other companies, faster to adapt, more compelling...”

“You make a ton of money,” you finish bluntly. “And I was picked because?”

“You've never played games!” Russell butts in, excited all over again, almost bouncing. He must only be mid-twenties at most. “You don't know the clichés, the things players are bored with – anything you do has a real chance of surprising them! And you won't brag to other gamers, or let things slip on forums, and you have a load of life-experience to call on, you're smart-”

“THANK YOU, RUSSELL.” The glare Maria shoots at him is impressive. “My point is – we want you to play the main villain of our piece.”

The villain. Well, that could be... fun.

>(Questions? Negotiation? The 'small print'?)

>>41136990
There's got to be a catch. So much money and anti-aging treatments? Just how much time do they want to keep us working here? How long are we going to have to pretend to be someone we're not?

>>41136990
"How much control do I get over what the Bad Guy does?"

>>41137055
Second, Also check for small print, And ask if we can get our grandson to be an alpha tester

>>41136990
So what do I do exactly?

>>41136990
What are the hours?
Are you going to hook me up to some life support system and stick me inside your computers for weeks at a time?

>>41137055
>>41137326
“The reason we're offering so much is three-fold; firstly, you'll have to be in-character at almost all times within the game. Russell can tell you if a player is nearby or spying on you – which you aren't allowed to act on unless your own abilities will let you detect them – but we don't want you slipping up and mentioning something from the real world, for example. It's high-stress.” Steepling her hands, Maria frowns as she continues.

“The second and third reasons are related – the work hours. Instead of a normal VR-headset or chamber, you'll be in a statis-chamber, similar to the ones used for serious medical cases. It'll allow you to be mentally functional for longer without problems, letting you work from 7am to 12pm, local time. Short breaks are possible if there's no players interacting with you.”

That... does not sound good. Mind you, you don't have a very active life, but still. “And the third reason?”

She gives a small sigh. “Some people play at ridiculous hours, if someone manages to hunt you down during your off-time, we want you awake and back in the chamber to interact with them. You'll technically always be on call, 24/7, even holidays.”

Ouch.

>>41137064
>>41137079
“As long as you make yourself a formidable and exciting villain, you can design your character and do pretty much whatever you like. Be the mastermind in the background, conquer a country, go full evil overlord – whatever you like. If you decide to fight the players yourself, though, be aware that your character can be killed... and we'd rather you weren't.”

Now, that's interesting. “Why not?”

“Aside from the fact that it makes our game less impressive?” Maria looks put out. “There's a real life reward for killing you – and no, it can't be claimed by anyone you know, or who's involved with the company. It should encourage people to go after you though.”

(1/2 hopefully things will get shorter soon)

>>41137440

>>41137078
From a brief skim, you can't see anything worrying in the contract. It all seems to be as described. Maria also refuses Matthew becoming an alpha-tester – the release is, a first-ever, being put straight to the public, a major risk – but she does offer the possibility of a free copy and no monthly-fees for him, as well as him being 'randomly' given a special item. From the quiet squeal Russell makes, you suspect the item in question must be fairly impressive.


>Negotiate?
>Accept?
>Refuse?
>Write-in

>>41137459
>Accept?

>>41137459
accept. Let's get this show on the road. Besides, retirement is boring anyway. Wasn't doing much other than watching shitty daytime TV.

Although it'd be hilarious to refuse and just walk out and play Old Man Quest.

>>41137459
>Negotiate?
Schedule some off-time, just a day out of the month where we have off. Make it a once-a-month thing where the villain is unreachable because he disappeared into a portal to recharge his magic or some fantasy mumbo-jumbo like that. If this is such a high-stress job, we're going to need a bit of time to unwind and de-stress.
Also, what will our resources in the game be? Ain't gonna be much of a villain if we ain't got no nigh-limitless supply of in-game dosh.
>Accept

>>41137598
Your in-game resources will be decided when you design your character. The company will give you some reasonable leeway for things like resources, if you come up with something that'll be fun/dramatic for the players.

>>41137586
here. I do like the time off thing.

seconding >>41137598

This looks nice.

>>41137459
>>41137598
This.

>>41137598
Sounds smart, I'll second that.

>>41137598
This, you can even make the day off the month coincide with monthly maintenance or something.

It takes a bit of wrangling, but whatever position Maria has, it's high-ranking enough for her to negotiate and accept a slight change without having to confer with anyone (not that you can tell for certain, with today's practically-invisible comms technology). You'll get the first and last days of each month off, barring absolute, total emergency, which should give you enough time to attempt a regular life, or at least see your family.

You sign the contract after a quick read-through, and Maria even manages a relieved smile. Russell apparently doesn't notice, tapping away at some kind of mocked-up keyboard... thing. You didn't realise it was possible for humans to type that fast – and considering things are currently being written on at least two screens, he's probably linked up to and typing on the other screen with an iMPLANT.

Taking the contract back, Maria checks your signatures and slips them inside a folder, brushing a strand of hair aside as she does. “Excellent. He game is released six weeks from now, so you have that long to design your villain and get used to playing him – we'll give you a run through the world so you can get used to moving about there as well. Would you like to officially start work today or tomorrow?”

>You can start right now.
>You should go see your family first. You won't see them much once you start.
>You have something else to do today (write-in)

>>41137882
>You should go see your family first. You won't see them much once you start.
We're an old grumpy fart but our family is still important to us.

>>41137882
As the character I'd say second, but personally it'd bore me, so:
>You can start right now.

>>41137882
>You should go see your family first. You won't see them much once you start.

>>41137882
Let's have one last talk with that stubborn fool of our son.

>>41137882

Second this. >>41137914 It makes sense for an older man to want to see his family if he's going to not be around much.


However, also antsy to get to the meat of this thing, like >>41137924 , so perhaps keep it brisk?

>>41137882
>>You should go see your family first. You won't see them much once you start.

>>41137986
Hm, it was going to be your daughter, whose husband left her, but quick vote! Pick one.
>Son, still married OR single
>Daughter, still married OR single
This is ~the fuuuuture~ so if you want a non-1950s traditional family, that's cool too.

And I'll keep it fast, don't worry.

>>41138000
I agree with this sentiment.

>>41138055
>Daughter, still married

>>41138055
>Daughter, single (Divorced, we kicked the dude's ass (fucking tool))

>>41138055

I like having a stubborn divorced son. He's an ass, like >>41137986 said. At least the grandkid's a good kid.

>>41138113
Second

>>41138113
>>41138114
Why not both

>>41138055
>>Son, still married
Sadly no kids, no longer fertile after a stint in combat
Plus
>>41138113

>>41138202
I can dig that.
I'm >>41138149

>>41138202
I support this Anon's idea

With a reminder of the NDA, Maria says her goodbyes (Russell waves distractedly, in the wrong direction) and shows you out; barely half an hour later, you're knocking at the door of your family's apartment, and being let in by your tired-looking daughter.

“Working again, dad?” she sighs, giving you a quick hug. “And here I am, hoping I might get to work less in future.”

“Heard about that game company then?” Not like the bratling can keep quiet about something like that. You'll have to make sure you don't let anything slip about your real job to him. “Well, gives me something to do.”

You settle down for a few hours, sharing a meal – just you, your daughter and Matthew, who – after a bit of bluffing – thinks you're on some committee which comes up with quests and storylines for the game. At least that helps explain why they'd want a well-read librarian on the team.

There's a twinge of guilt as you say your goodbyes (Matthew even more excited when he hears about his free game and subscription – his mother is rather less impressed); you haven't spoken to your son in maybe a fortnight now, not seen him for a month. He's more stubborn than you are, so any communication isn't going to start from his end.

Still, you have other things to deal with for now.

---

Another day (that damn sunlight again!) and you're seated in Russell's cramped office, a chair of your own this time, surrounded by the humming and beeping of various computers and the constant whine of ventilation to prevent their overheating.

“All right,” Russell grins, throwing himself into a chair and looking at you expectantly. “You've got – wow, pretty much all the freedom you want, as long as it's fun for the players, so – what sort of villain do you want to play? It's low-tech, maaajorly fantasy, so something demonic, maybe? Or a human? Monster?”

>Suggest type of villain you'd like to play (species/play-style/anything)
>Ask Russell for his (probably terrible) ideas

>>41138330
>Ask Russell for his (probably terrible) ideas
He's our handler after all
>Suggest type of villain you'd like to play (species/play-style/anything)
Elf rogue/ranger, wears a mask when in character, so we can go into town without people freaking out

>>41138330
>>Suggest type of villain you'd like to play (species/play-style/anything)

Definitely human.
Something that works through minions rather than having to fight directly all the time.

>>41138330
>Demonic overlord type, Although think more Vlad the Impaler instead of evil demon

>>41138330
Hey. Low-tech sucks because there isn't any guns. What is closest to guns? Magic. Its time to be OP magic-man.

>Arch-Mage gone bad, mainly relies on competent captains to lead his dark army/plots. Occasionally takes to the field during the grand culmination of any story arc or when tracked down. Has a habit of just teleporting out when severely threatened.

Eldritch horror from outer space. That's always a favourite amongst kids.

>>41138403
Protector of the demon's kinda route? I can second it

>>41138422
I like it, summons or builds golem meat shields

By the way, I'm going to give a while to vote and discuss on this one, since it's a major part of the game (obviously).

Feel free to talk and oh god please come to some kind of consensus oh god all these choices why

>>41138330
>Suggest type of villain you'd like to play (species/play-style/anything)
How about a older human diplomancer, who never uses personal force, having control over the local governments? While being a Wizard Artificer? in secret?

>>41138330
Human warlord, former demon follower. Betrayed them and sealed some of them off while scattering the rest. Pragmatic, ambitious and wants to rule the world. Stat wise in credibly hard to hurt with solid damage out put which changes each swing. Making overusing one resistance unfeasible.

>>41138330
A human, the son of a dethroned king/emperor who struck a bargain with forces beyond the understanding of men to take back what is rightfully his.

Play-style is both commander/conqueror and warrior, a peerless swordsman on foot yet also a sorceror who can summon vile creatures through dark rituals. We'd basically be responsible for events that have to make the adventurers work together, but we can still be a fun encounter at a less global, dungeon-scale level.

>>41138466
Could get behind this. What if we were assumed to be the main quest-giver at the start of the game?

>>41138330
"I WANNA PLAY A SEXY SUCCUBUS THAT SEDUCES THE PLAYERS."

"ALSO SHE'S A FUTA."

>>41138330
Non-Euclidean cube with dimensional powers.

>>41138495
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!

Also, NO.

>>41138422
I can dig it

>>41138490
Sit a while, and listen!

>>41138466
This is a MMO. Let's face it we're going to have to fight at some point, and a sharp mind does not prevent one from wielding a sharp sword.

>>41138330

How about some sort of fancy-overlord-magician type, like the Lord Ruler from Mistborn? That way we can do politicking AND boss fights. It also would let us interact with players in a non-combat setting.

>>41138466
>>41138490

>>41138399
here, throwing my support behind these

>>41138330
Perhaps a disillusioned former-archmage who is endeavoring to "fix" all the wrongs he finds with an ends-justify-the-means mentality.

>>41138490
>>41138466

Ooooh, I like that.
WHAT A TWEEEEST

And we can make players do early set up work for building our castle and defenses.

>>41138466
>>41138490
Second

>>41138485
>>41138422
Why not merge these? Let's do everything. We can even have a final form!

>>41138545
Mhmm. We need to pepper the early story arcs and quests with allusions to us being evil for the story arc to make sense. Perhaps we can be corrupted by some magical item or had always been this conniving douchebag yet charming politician. Something like this. Would definitely love if we rise to power from being shit due to the players directly helping us.

>>41138520
You won't necessarily have to fight, if you can out-smart or out-run the players. That'll take a lot of effort to do so consistently, though.

The impression I'm getting from the majority of these is a human character, so we'll settle on that. Discussion can continue a while longer, and if there's two main choices that can't be combined, I'll hold a vote on both.

>>41138522
this is me

>>41138422
is a good idea. Would like something that allows us to interact with players outside of combat, though.

There are too many ideas to reach consensus, OP should probably roll a die for the more popular ones.

So, human wizard that is the early main quest giver.

Maybe with illusion magic to fuck with people?

>>41138607
Sure

>>41138607
Sounds pretty good

>>41138607
Won't people know something is wrong when they can attack us? You can't normally attack non-enemy NPCs.

>>41138579
We're supposed to be the BBEG of a game with thousands, possibly millions of players. I don't want to say we need to be a sue, but we're going to need to be able to fight if we want to survive, sooner or later someone will get the drop on us.

Plus it'd be boring if we don't get to roll a shitton of dice while fighting some foolish adventurers.

And who doesn't want to give our grandson a massive beating so he'll wise up and harden into a true warrior?

>>41138578
>>41138557
>>41138545
>>41138524

Remember, this is an MMO! Hundreds of thousands of players. We can't be there for all of their beginnings!

The low level stuff is going to have to be all AIs, for this to work as a concept. We're the exclusive content at the end of the game that is hard to get to.

>>41138578
Have there be a large scale quest to retrieve a long lost item? A bunch of different guilds will have to compete to get it for us, and it can become a recognizable piece of our character for the final battle

>>41138644
All NPCs can be attacked, as long as the players are okay with being arrested if seen. Be important enough or public enough no idiot will attack you for lulz and it should be fine.

>>41138653
Yeah, what this guy said. As fun as the idea is, it has no sense of scale. We're going to have to delegate a lot, most real encounters are either going to be fighting in raids or special dungeon events, giving quests is honestly a boring job and not something I would do in-character.

>>41138653
Ok, but how about content implying that we are 'suggesting' some of those quests to the NPCs?

>>41138677
So what stops trolls who no longer care about the game just killing all the NPCs on their way out?

>>41138653
What if we were the advisor to the king or something? We could have the king lock us up in a high prison tower and then we'll be assumed innocent and we'll be out of reach from all players for a while

>>41138687
It sounds complicated, tbh. We're being employed to be the bad guy, but giving quests while sitting around the city while leading them to traps we won't even have the pleasure of seeing is a boring job.

I'd much rather be in the frontlines, maybe even leading an adventurer expedition while under a disguise and leading the adventurers into areas too dangerous for them or betraying them, or maybe just trying to make it more challenging for them.

How about this. We are the second brother of the Good King -insertnamehere- that is in charge of the main good kingdom of the MMO. Our father died and our older brother took command of the kingdom's army to crusade against an evil army. We arranged for him to have a accident and took control of the army to reap both the glory and prestige. Studied wizardry and demonology in secret.

Doing evil shit through plotting and shell mercenary companies. Ultimate goal is to eventually turn the kingdom from a great place into the shittiest of shit evil lands. Will commonly speak and give rare quests to the greatest players who have earned our trust while maintaining a aura of false good.

>Older human diplomancer, who never uses personal force, having control over the local governments? While being a Wizard Artificer? in secret. Players think he's a normal NPC who gives quests. Mainly relies on competent captains to lead his dark army/plots. Occasionally takes to the field during the grand culmination of any story arc or when tracked down. Has a habit of just teleporting out when severely threatened.
>Yes/No/Change it somehow

(I can handle the 'quest-giving' thing, Russell would certainly like the idea, so he can rig up some basic A.I. To assist with that. Or maybe make it so you only give the quest to those who have completed a load of pre-requisites.)

>>41138717
NPCs respawn. As long as you get away (or kill them) before you die (and Russell will warn you if anyone's flipping out on NPCs nearby, it'd ruin the game if you got outed by accident), you'll be fine.

>>41138752
On the condition we can beat up some egotistical, self-loving adventurers with some kind of weapon (fists count), I agree with this.

>>41138770
>Yes

>>41138770
>Yes

>>41138770
This works

>>41138752
but that seems evil as fuck. How will anybody buy that the younger brother of a king who died from a "mysterious" accident is NOT the bad guy?

>>41138770
Yes

>>41138752
>Will commonly speak and give rare quests to the greatest players who have earned our trust while maintaining a aura of false good
Does this translate to 'send them off on suicide quests to eliminate the heroes of the lands'?

>>41138770
No, change it to what >>41138752 said. It takes from everything that was suggested and lets us handle any playstyle properly.

Also this >>41138779 is me. So you don't count twice.

>>41138770
>Yes

>>41138752
>>41138752

I like this. It's a pretty good compromise between a lot of the ideas here, and it keeps our status as BBEG without overloading us, like >>41138745 said.

>>41138816
>No, change it to what >>41138752 said. It takes from everything that was suggested and lets us handle any playstyle properly.
How about no? I like what VRQM suggested and apparently so does the majority

>>41138803
You can remove the kinslaying thing and just have us be the older brother, the accident thing does seem to be lol random tbh.

>>41138770
Yes

Hi there! This quest is looking REALLY good. Can't wait, QM!

>>41138820
No no no! Those kinda villains that just want some shit place to live in are...awful. Godawful. We're essentially Machiavelli except with magic. We need to take care of our own, because we can reap far more profit from them if they're still alive for it.

>>41138815
Or we could make it so while the quest SEEMS to do good, the knock-on effects will further our secret goals.

>>41138827
Whatever, dude. I'll respect it, I'm just stating my opinion.

>>41138752
>>41138770

both of these things seem good, and seem to be compatible to mix together.

>>41138820
is me

>>41138770
Definitely This.

>>41138770
Give him a rapier, it fits the idea of a court official and looks good

>>41138652
>>41138841
This.

>>41138770
No

>>41138770
If we're an artificer what if we have the ability to give players better magic weapons after they complete quest lines?

But the magic weapons actually have downsides to them that activate when we go BBEG mode?

>>41138841

I meant as in the general idea. This question kinda fractured discussion, and it seemed to be a compromise between a couple ideas. Didn't mean the exact specifics.

>>41138882
That's just fucked up. You don't mess with MMO loot. That's game cred, and it's sacred.

>>41138882
Perfect! I like the idea that we *generally* do good, but we have this entire web of magic across the entire kingdom that can pretty much shut down everything if we want to spite people.

>>41138889
I don't like the idea of evil for the sake of evil. I think our guy is working towards the End of Days spell to make himself a god, and that needs a ton of power and such to do so. Hence, building up this kingdom.

>>41138882
Hah.

>Be main crafter and distributor of end-game magic weapons/armor/items
>They all have safeguards that make them useless against us.

>>41138882
How would you deal with people going "My weapons stopped working when the BBEG showed up." "So did mine." "Where did you get your weapon?" and so on?

Okay, so I know a lot of people have voted yes to what I already said, so to refine it further with idea from anon above:

>You are in command of the country's army, but NOT the king. (Possibly his younger brother?)
As an 'important' NPC, you will be out of sight most of the time (supposedly in your office/training/etc), when you're really off plotting or levelling up.
You can make occasional appearances to give important quests (game-wide or to specific players), which will work to your advantage, rather than handy out quests to all and sundry.

Do these work? (We'll be picking specific skills after this and our motivation.)

>>41138902
>>41138882
This is a great idea. Imagine giving high-level plate-mail to the heroes who are both powerful and close to discovering us. As soon as they try to stop us, we lock up their plate-mail and cut open their throat.

>>41138916
But we can just be as strong as them, so in the end it's less about your +15 sword and more about your +5 punch.

>>41138933
Yeah, that sounds pretty neat. Make us the financier, though, not the army guy.

>>41138906
I don't want to be meta, but from a game point of view people can and will complain if their precious loot gets touched by events. First and foremost the company is going to care about sales, and as the BBEG the loot we give away is probably going to be high-level and interesting to customers. Making it broken from the get go is going to bomb player interest.

>>41138933
That works

>>41138933
Leveling up? We're gonna do that? How does that work?

>>41138945
Okay, okay, that's fair. But maybe if we ever have to give out Super Amazing Solve All Problem loot, it's obviously fake.

>>41138933
This is A-Okay. Perhaps change it from that to the Captain of the Castle-Guard/Treasurer.

>>41138933
I would rather us be some sort of high level bureaucrat Maybe even Grand Vizier who wears a robe.

>>41138954
You'll start at level 100, but there's no limit on levelling, so you can go higher. You also won't have many skills to start with (those that you do have will be high) so you can also level any skill or magic you want.

>>41138933

That sounds good!

What's this about leveling up, though?

>>41138933
Sounds good

>>41138933
Yeah, that works.

>>41138941
>moustache-twirling financier giving quests instead of the army commander
this doesn't ring alarms how? People are ironically going to trust the army dude than the person in charge of money, despite the difference in image.

>>41138933
>>41138963
Treasurer works for me.
Explains why we have easy access to gold/items to give out for quest rewards as well

>>41138976
Nah, the Obviously Evil Grand Vizier is our tool.

>>41138981
Cool, so in our first month let's practice our rapier game, and then make friends with the first PC who comes in and asks for a challenge. And then turn them to our side

>>41138961
That I can agree with.

>>41138991
We're the office guy. The army commander doesn't have time for PCs, he gives us his list of "Shit PCs Need to Do"

>>41139017
>>41138991
lel lets hand out high level gather quests

While I like the idea of the being the treasurer, the players are much more likely to expect him to be the evil one. Are people specifically opposed to being in charge of the army, or do people definitely want to be the treasurer? This will raise suspicion unless you're incredibly good at deflecting it.

>>41138981
Are all NPC's like this? Will we get XP from killing players? I assume players also have no limit.

>>41139023
Truly the most evil of plans.

>>41139029
I'm in favor of being in charge of the army.

>>41139023
You're not thinking evil enough!.....HIGH LEVEL ESCOURT QUESTS MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

>>41139029
Okay, fair enough. Let's go Army then, though specifically the Magicks Division if we want to be a mage.

>>41139029
What? Are evil treasurers a trope now or something? I'd suspect the general a lot more than the treasurer personally.

>>41139029
I'd rather us be in charge of the armory and weapon crafting

and this>>41139023

>>41139029
Army please
>>41139055
The treasurer is always evil

>>41139033
No-one has level caps, including players, NPCs or monsters. You'll get XP from killing players, and some loot if they haven't protected it magically.

>>41139023
How villainous. I like it.

>>41139055
Oh shit I forgot.

We don't know tropes!

>>41139048
low-level farming quests... for materials with 0.001% drop chance.

>>41139077
eheheh if we do this we might be attacked by players who rage quit

>>41139075
Nah, we're an old guy. We know enough banker jokes...

>>41139075
You're a librarian, you've read plenty of fiction AND non-fiction. You just don't know video-game tropes.

>>41139066
I agree with captain of the army on second thought. As long as we get access to a sizable budget, I don't see any problems really forthcoming. Asides, we can just start hiring mercenaries after a certain point who are loyal to us and our coin rather than the kingdom. That is when full coup mode is go.

>>41139104
>>41139105
>>41139100
Got it. Slipper-wearing captain of army is a go.

>>41139105
Nah never go money route, Always go loyal minions route

>>41139105
We only go full coup mode when they want to release the DLC.

>>41139153
But then we really need to convert over some PCs to our side.

>>41139066
Do we have to stick to a theme at all as the BBEG? Like if we're the captain of the army we can't just level fireball or other blatant wizard spells to max and throw those around, or if we're old diplomancer we can't pick up strength skills and wield a mace bigger than we are? Or does the company not think that kind of stuff would be an issue?

>>41139184
We're us. We're going to play us. If we want to pick up that stuff, cool. The company, as long as we're being human, will let us run free.

>>41139105
Why wouldnt we just build an army of familiars/golems?

>>41139184
There is absolutely no limit on anyone's training. Set classes aren't a thing, you can cross-train in whatever you want.

Okay, so the impression I'm getting is:
>Older human diplomancer, in charge of army
>Gives occasional quest out, but mostly never seen
>Brother of king, pushed down line due to King's own children

If that's all correct, what's the motivation? Personal power and money without being noticed? To take over the kingdom? The world? To ascend to godhood? Something else?

>>41139153
Loyal minions only route never gets you anywhere outside of shitty shounen manga. Money route works.

>>41139226
Our kid has some rare condition, and we made a deal with the devil for a cure. Now he wants his due payment.

>>41139226
Definitely world domination.

>>41139244
booooooooo

vote against this

>>41139226
Yup

>>41139261
Sure, I'll veto mine if you don't feel it.

>>41139255
I'll switch to this instead. Only enough room for one BBEG in this village!

>>41139226
he just wanted to make his father dream come true unlike his brother , a kingdom where everyone is safe (extremely safe), by creating an Orwellian nightmare and banning weapons and we shall give non-violent quests

>>41139226
We had a beautiful sister, the King married her off towards distant lands for political gain and she was executed by her husband during a civil war (where he also died). We never stopped blaming him for it.

>>41139255
Actually, why not? Perhaps some threat from beyond that we are aware of. That said, I would suggest less personal strength and more trying to unite the world into something that can fight against it.

>>41139255
Ugh
I know /tg/ can't play a proper villain, and at least this vote acknowledges it, but still
Just ugh.

>>41139281
Okay that I like.

>>41139226
So we're Mufasa?

>>41139281
Switching once again to this, from

>>41139275

>>41139281
Second, Deleting old vote

>>41139226
>>41139255
I like this, but I would also like something about us wanting a more Orderly society so that the peasants can be made safe from things that the adventurers wouldn't even notice.

>>41139226
We hate sunshine and rainbows and want to make everyone suffer because we dont like being happy

We kick puppies as well

>>41139198
We're a wizard on the downlow.
>>41139184
We'll use a rapier and parrying dagger, those are more focused on reaction speed than strength. The sword can act as a spell focus, launching fireballs from the tip as we stab their buddies
>>41139226
>>41139255
Seconded

>>41139291
switching to
>>41139281

>>41139317
>>41139281

This

>>41139281
>>41139255
Why not both a guy that wants to keep everyone safe but so completely insane from eldritch abominations that he can't help but take it to far.

>>41139341
>We'll use a rapier and parrying dagger, those are more focused on reaction speed than strength. The sword can act as a spell focus, launching fireballs from the tip as we stab their buddies
Old men don't have good reaction speed or strength though. That's why they're all mages.

>>41139389
Because if we're just a guy trying to save the world from the real threat we're not a BBEG.

>>41139394
More technique, then.

>>41139394
We dont have to be an old men in VR, we dont even have to be human

>>41139389
Nah

>>41139417
Indeed we don't! However, you seem to have been absent for most of the thread. Specifically, the parts where we already agreed on playing an old human diplomancer despite the other options being open to us.

>>41139408
We would still be BBEG , hitler trying to fight communism is not a not an actual good guy, its just lesser evil

>>41139394
I'm not vying for that anons suggestion, but with enough magical items and stat boosts I dont see why it wouldnt be possible

>>41139451
>>41139394
In low tech fantasy land, we can probably get away with being 50 with grey/white hair and we'll be old enough for the part.

>>41139451
still our reacton times dont have to really be realistic because of
>MAGIC
and
>Being a motherfucking BBEG

plus i like the count Doku vibe this give us

>>41139461
>We would still be BBEG , hitler trying to fight communism is not a not an actual good guy, its just lesser evil
You're contradicting yourself in the same sentence there big guy. We're not BBEG if there's a greater evil. We are the greatest evil. If there's a greater one we're no longer the BBEG.

>>41139461
We(the VR character) don't see ourself as the BBEG, we're the one trying to protect the country.

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>>41139394
>old men don't have good reaction speed or strength though.

MAGIC, SON!

>>41139255
Wow i actually meant this as a joke. It's pretty cliche guys

Just got back from some housework, reading through the motivation list.

>>41139499
We're big bad evil guy, there just happen to exist a BIGGER bad evil guys, its not hard to compute

>>41139226
Motivation heh?

Wants to engineer a race of perfect people.

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>>41139555

>>41139512
Pretty much this, you can have whatever weapon you want.

>>41139309
Yes. Yes, you are.

So are we confirmed on Orwellian nightmare good-job-son guy, or are there opposing votes?

>>41139583
Orwell is a go

>>41139583
That sounds ridiculous. But whatever, sure.

>>41139583
Yup go for it

>>41139583
confirm. jeez that took a while, but i suppose that it'll be worth the extra thought down the line

>>41139625
the main goal of this is testing the community difficulty of the game instead of the mechanical difficulty. Our character isnt strong, he is manipulative.

Also we should create a faction within our kingdom's faction.

>>41139625
Hey, it's up to the anons. You guys can go serious, ham it up, whatever. You might decide to completely change your motivation later (as long as it's still villainous).

If there's not many votes for no, I'll start writing up the skills vote, which should be the absolutely last thing to vote on, I promise.

>>41139532
You're right, it isn't hard to compute. We're the main villain of the setting. The biggest and baddest one. We can't be the main villain if there's a bigger badder villain.

>>41139625
If you think that sounds ridiculous then you should see the shit that happens irl.

>>41139734
Main does mean worst, we might not be the most powerful but we will not be bigger instead we will be worst.

>>41139734
Gotta leave room for DLCs

Anyway, it's just our reason become a Orwellian dictator, it's not like it must come to pass. Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat to gain power, despite them not being dangerous
>inb4 JIDF pls go

All right, next up; skills. These can be anything from weapon skills, to crafts, to magic. Skills are NOT capped at level 100, so you can develop all skills as high as you want.

In the name of not being too cruel to PCs, to start with, you're allowed:
>2 skills at lv. 100
>2 skills at lv. 75
>2 skills at lv. 50
>2 skills at lv. 25

Write-in your preferences (feel free to discuss), and I'll go through. If I see anything that isn't possible I'll veto it (for example Diplomacy or Lying don't exist because John will have to fool people through his own acting). Almost anything goes, if you have any questions, ask.

Everything else you'll have to train in-game.

>>41139794
Right. We can't be the worst if there's something even worse coming that we're trying to defend the world against. Hell, that's not even villainous. It's not rocket science here guy.

>>41139803
You don't need that kind of room in a game with no level cap.

>>41139825
>3 skills at lv. 50
How many skills does a usual PC has?

>>41139825
Illusions 100
Summoning 100
Staff combat 75
Quick casting 75
Abjuration 50
Evocation 50
Alchemy 25
Stealth 25

>>41139876
This anon has it.

>>41139867
Depends how long they've been playing. They're likely to have at least one weapon skill, probably have some magic, then maybe survival stuff like cooking, crafts like smithing or fletching, etc.

You'll get help at the beginning to level stuff up more (and there's six weeks before the game is released), so you have time to get more skills.

>>41139825
level 100:
>Alteration
>Leadership
level 75:
>Rapier
>illusion
level 50:
>Evocation
>light armor
level 25:
>Stealth
>alchemy

having a strange skill set will make us seem somewhat harmless

>>41139825
My suggestions are imho:

Adjuration-100
Illusions-100
Life Magic-75
Summoning-75
Weapon Crafting-50
Light Weapons-50
Alchemy-25
Sneak-25

>>41139876
sounds good, but perhaps we should switch staff combat and alchemy, since if we have to fight early on, then we messed up the manipulator role

>>41139876
Gotta go with this

>>41139825
Alchemy 100
Enchanting 100
Summoning 75
Evocation (destructive shit) 75
One-Handed Swords 50
Crafting 50
Stealth 25
Illusions 25

>>41139876
Abjuration will just be barrier magic.

>>41139918
Leadership won't be possible as a skill.

>>41139934
Life Magic - is this healing?

>>41139876
>Staff combat 75
this is a no no the PC will instantly know we are a mage and this should be a secret

>>41139825
>summoning
>rapier combat
>elemental magic
>artifacting
>stealth
>illusions
>light armor
>alchemy

>>41139981
Change Staff combat to Rapier combat.

>>41139876
>Staff combat
Really?

>>41139999
Agreed

>>41139970
Summoning 100
Evocation 100
Rapier combat 75
Enchanting 75
Alchemy 50
Quick-Casting 50
Stealth 25
Illusions 25

This gives us a edge on sneaky mage skills while still having the ability to lead from the front as a commander. The Rapier skill should allow us to fuck some assholes up proper. We also have the ability to slowly work towards crafting and enchanting bullshit items..

>>41139876
>>41139999
seconding this whole idea instead of >>41139918

100 Illusions
100 Summoning
75 Abjuration
75 Enchanting
50 Rapier Combat
50 Evocation
25 Stealth
25 Alchemy
Will other players be able to see our stats? Because if so than we're goign to seem shady as fuck with a high illusion skill

>>41140050
Ok I like this beter

>>41140069
that would be pretty shitty and ruin the whole character, a staff can be seen but not magical powers i think obviously, since one is physical and you carry it at all time and the other is mental and only does a few sparks when you use it.

>>41140069
Pretty sure the bbeg won't have his stats out in the open for everyone to see

>>41139999
Nice quads.

>>41140069
Stats and skills will not be able to be seen for or by anyone, Russell will fudge things so no-one can see your level/HP while you're playing the good guy.

>>41140069
Pfff, we'll hide it with our illusion skill obviously.
Learn to think sonny.

>>41140114
>>41140115
>>41140132
>>41140146
i realized my misteak as soon as i clicked sent. ;_; dont bully

>>41140132
Thanks, though I've been working a bit more on upper body recently.

>>41140132
Correction, that is to say you'll be visible at a suitable NPC level and HP, not that you'll be mysteriously lacking one.

>>41140146
Or this.

Evocation will be petitioning gods/demons/spirits, Summoning will be actually summoning animals/spirits/demons to work or fight for you. Is this okay for everyone?

>>41140172
just clarifying things for everybody, dont worry anon we still like you, hell you can even come to my house and fuck my sister.

>>41140172
Sorry, it was just too good to ignore

>>41140132
10/10 on being a QM that admires quads. Anyway, I would suggest ending the voting soon and just going with a general skill sheet. It seems like the trend is 100 summon and illusion with rapier combat + General magical item crafting capablities. 25 Stealth is pretty common too.

>>41140211
Can we have a special summon that we keep as a familiar that is actually the dog that our father gave us that passed away?

>>41140211
How much good will that do us in-game?

Basically ask them their opinions on our builds

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>>41140247 (me)
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>>41140211
I thought Evocation was destructive magic stuff. Can we have destructive magic stuff instead?

>>41140146
>>41140211
Can we actually use our illusion skill to hide our level? Usually in game skills don't apply to measurements like that.

I guess this brings me to: How realistic is the game? Can we do anything we could in real life, and apply our magic any way we like, as if we really were living in a high fantasy setting? Or are there limitations like in all modern MMORPGs? Like, undestroyable buildings and whatnot?

>>41140243
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Writing it up now.

>>41140247
... Well, if other anons like that idea, I don't see why not. (You found my weakness for adorable animals.)

>>41140273
Depends what relationships you build with the gods/spirits/demons A.I.s. They're usually good for buffs/boons/information, though, or for teaching you, but they will often want things in return.

For Summoning, they can attack people for you, pass information, spy, you can ride a horse, etc.

>>41140211
Woah, I thought evocations was fireballs and shit. What's fireballs and lightning and shit if evocation isn't?

>>41140292
Elemental magic would cover that, fireballs and avatar style bending would be fun

>>41140342
>What's fireballs and lightning and shit if evocation isn't?
Them -mancies.

>>41140292
Another quick vote, as regards Evocation
>Make it the summoning gods/spirits/demons for a talk
>Change it to something destructive (something specific, eg, Lightning, Fire, etc)

>>41140305
Actually I'm going to veto that use of the illusion skill, as it would make things TOO easy.

And totally realistic, as if you're really living it. No undestroyable objects, etc.

>>41140329
Can we became a Binder (in the vein of D&D3.5 Tome of Magic)?

>>41140400
>>Make it the summoning gods/spirits/demons for a talk

I'd rather take abdjuration over evocation either way

>>41140400
>Make it the summoning gods/spirits/demons for a talk
We can learn destruction later, this goes first as manipulator bbeg

>>41140400
>Make it the summoning gods/spirits/demons for a talk

>>41140400
>Make it the summoning gods/spirits/demons for a talk
Less potent but more our style and more aligned with our goals
plus
>talking with daddy

>>41140400
>Change it to something destructive (something specific, eg, Lightning, Fire, etc)

>>41140414
Sure, you'll either need Soul magic or Runic magic.

>>41140400
Evocation is generally evoking an element or something else for an immediate destructive effect, in DnD and other games. For example, a ray of frost, a fireball, or a chain lightning spell would all be from the evocation school. Can't it be something like that?

>>41140470
can we get a list of all the skills?

>>41140485
There are individual schools for elements, rather than one general 'Elements' skill, so anons would have to train in specifically Fire or Water or whatever.

If seems like most people want Evocation as god-talking, though. Does anyone want to change Barriers (the Abjuration one) to something more destructive, or are we set?

>>41140523
Nope, because literally almost anything can be a skill. You can level up Origami or Line-Dancing if you want.

>>41140548
We should totally level up our Pole-Dancing skill.

Skills as 99% confirmed:

>Illusions 100
>Summoning 100
>Rapier combat 75
>Quick casting 75
>Barriers 50
>Evocation 50
>Alchemy 25
>Stealth 25

By golly, I think we're fucking done!

>>41140548
Replace the evocation with pyromancy

>>41140601
call barriers abjuration and we're good

>>41140601
yeah now write , we're at the bump limit , will you be making another thread or call it quits after this one?

>>41140616
No.

>>41140616
>let's make a subtle diplomancer less subtle

Great plan.

>>41140601
Replace Evocation with Pyromancy

>>41140601
Good. I would rather make alchemy/stelath higher, and rapier/quick casting lower, since at first we plan to scheme more and fight less.

>>41140637
dont do this

>>41140618
I can change the name, but it'll still just handle barrier magic.

>>41140621
Guh, it's 11:10 here in Brit-land, I might write up an ending post and call it a night. Didn't realise we were that far in post-count. Hold on, I'll work things out.

>>41140637
>>41140616
Please, don't samefag in a quest. That is the epitome of sad.

>>41140601
>>41140637
>>41140616
Don't do this. Keep evocation.

>>41140616
>>41140637
>making an evocation skill which make us more IC by trying to talk to our father from the dead into a brute force skill that is totally OOC

NEVER

>>41140601
Replace evocation with enchanting.

>>41140671
Not samefagging, I just think we need a backup plan for when players inevitably figure us out.

>>41140683
I don't seem to remember us agreeing on that specific backstory.

>>41140601
Keep evocation pls

>>41140661
>another britfag attempts to run a quest

I feel for you, bro. The last time I tried, it was about 1 A.M. before I got any steam going, I had no fucking clue what I was doing.

I'd personally be fine with a nice pre-jack-in wrap-up post. Builds the suspense. #1 rule of questing is to make sure people want to see the next thread, and hey, you've accomplished that at least once by now. Sleep well, and dream of tea and shady questgivers.

>>41140706
We have six month of preparetion peroid, we should have tons of bacup plans by launch

>>41140706
yeah but we seem to want to make our father's dream reality, actualy talking to him for advice is a good idea since he was a king

>>41140706
You idea of a backup plan is shooting fireballs :'^)

>>41140706
>posts are almost exactly one minute apart
>literally exactly the same except for caps

I mean, I can't verify anything, since I'm not running any fancy extensions, but that is pretty suspicious.

Also, evocation IS a backup plan, but one that can also be applied to not setting shit on fire. (Tenser's) Floating Disc is Evocation, for example.

>>41140732
Thanks, Britanon. I didn't expect anyone to go for this, tbh, I didn't even make a twitter for it. At least I've got the one I gave in and made to follow quests.


For those who want more combat skill, you WILL have six weeks before game release to basically do whatever the hell you want, so you won't just be starting with these. You won't have to be in character either, with no players around.

Okay, it looks like Evocation is most wanted for now, I'll give you an early opportunity to learn more destructive stuff when the 'game' starts.

I'll do a last update to wrap things up, then list my Twitter. I'm out tomorrow evening, so Sunday at idek o'clock will be next session. ALL GOOD?

>>41140706
>nevitably figure us out
i'm pretty sure we can start a faction and even attempt a coup before they figure it out because of our unexpected ambitions natures, we arent your run of the mill be BBEG they wont expect a fucking Orwellian nightmare, only a friendly men who at first want to put weapons regulation to reduce crime in our cities :^)

>>41140739
6 months of prep will not withstand millions of players. I don't care how good you think you are, you're wrong. It's impossible.

>>41140757
I don't seem to recall us ever agreeing on this backstory. As far as I'm concerned it's our dream, and our father was some warmonger. Until it's put to a vote or determined by the QM neither of us are right or wrong.

>>41140765
Yup. Got a better idea? Didn't think so.

>>41140823
Not in this quest. Evocation is something completely different, I don't think QM plays DnD.

>>41140857
Yup, don't play D&D. Evocation is literally just going 'yo, gods/spirits/demons, let's talk' in this world.

>>41140857
>I don't seem to recall us ever agreeing on
this backstory
>>41139281

you memory is shorter than a thread

>>41140856
>i'm pretty sure we can start a faction and even attempt a coup before they figure it out because of our unexpected ambitions natures, we arent your run of the mill be BBEG they wont expect a fucking Orwellian nightmare, only a friendly men who at first want to put weapons regulation to reduce crime in our cities :^)
I find it amusing you think millions of people will all think alike and none of them will suspect us. :^)
And no, we're pretty damn run of the mill.

>send players on gather quest
>use those items for evil purposes.

>>41140857
Yes, because fireballs will surely get rid of "the million players"

>>41140886
That was a goal vote, retard. We agreed on the motivation being Orwellian control, not the backstory. Maybe you should try reading the QM's posts?

>>41140890
>disarming adventurers
>preaching non-violence on other humans

yeah we aren't really run of mill, we look like a good guy really

>>41140857
i'm not sure how you think shooting fireballs will somehow save us when our summoning, illusions, barriers, and rapier fail us.