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Housekeeping:

+++OF GREAT IMPORTANCE+++

I have realised that asking each time for a vote FOR or AGAINST a specific immortality option makes no statistical sense. I've made a strawpoll including all the more obvious immortality options as of right now. The results of it will NOT be immediate, but WILL BE FINAL AND BINDING.

Vote here: http://strawpoll.me/5596897

+++OF GREAT IMPORTANCE+++

Suptg archive of the quest: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=DeadQM

Twitter where the quest updates usually happen: @DeadQM

http://pastebin.com/vBRyBWfK Mechanics and Character Sheet (Not updated, will be done as soon as possible)


Economy: You have 1kg of gold.

Your minions:2 Orcish pyromancers, 1 Orcish Blackguard, 46 zombies of orcs and elves, 20 dire wolf mounts and 5 phantasms. A good number of giant spiders.

Your Holdings: A Human Village, An Elven Temple with a tower, A well-hidden and fortified cave.

Diplomacy: Human Tribes (Neutral); Dwarves (Friendly, Open Trade); Forest Elves (Allies, Open Trade), Desert Elves (Unknown), Gnolls (Allies), Golems (ACCEPTABLE), Drow (Dead)

Goals: Achieve Immortality, Provide a good life for Bathory and the child.

Active Immortality Quests:

Vampirism: RESOLVED?
Lichdom: Create a Phylactery
Hivemind: Possess the spider queen
Alchemy: Create a homunculus worthy of you

You are still sore from battle, and you wake up with your head pounding. It is clear now though, and you feel healed enough to get back into the fray.

>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.
>...but you aren't going to. You've softened them up for the dwarves to clean up, or collapse the cave. Leave now.
>...and you shall. Get back into action
>Other

>>42759704
Yeeeeeeeees! Welcome back friend!

>>42759704
>>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.

>>42759704
>>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.

Oh boy, the Dragon Magic one is confirmed now, awesome.

>>42759704
>>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.

How's it going Dead?

>>42759704
>...and you shall. Get back into action

>>42759704
>>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.

>>42759704
>>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.

Yesss, the tale of the Vlad Tepish continues.
What the heck is a homonculus lich? Also I'm getting a hardon for the Draconic option.

Did we level up stuff last time?

>>42759839
Never mind, Homonculus lich is the homonculus option

>>42759704
>...in five minutes. See if you can get some breakfast, maybe talk to some dwarves. The golems seem to be holding for now.
I'd honestly like to know the hidden options first before chooseing, but the dragon one seems interesting than the others.

>>42759849
We leveled up Dragon magic, it augmented our wild shape to have two additional hits. This time I think we're planning on leveling Shamanism to max it out

>>42759893
Our Necromancy is maxed at IX and our Shamanism is at VIII Right?

>>42759893
Looking back it looks like we just get extra scale wounds in every form.

>>42759928
I believe so, I think the plan was to max it out so we could get draconic as a primary school.

>>42759975
Makes sense, it'd also reveal the hidden shamanism option.

>>42759795
Better now that I got some time to run some games on the premier Mongolian Queer Romance Embroidery board.

Oh hells, there is no way you are going back into that meatgrinder of horror, at least not before breakfast. You get off the dwarven slab of a bed, and though it is hard as, well, rock, with the imports of furs and fabrics from the other assorted tribes as well as you left you much more comfortable than the last time you had to sleep over at the dwarves'.

The food is well organized, a dwarf with a missing leg is working on the corner of their holy smelter and cooking some eggs, and meat of some beast. A dozen dwarves have had the same idea as you, the dwarven elder one of them.

'Vlad Tepish, by the ancestors if you wern't a sight for sore eyes last night.'
'How are we holding?'
'After you rode out into their caves they let up some. Not sure if they're back to full strength, but the golems are holding 'em back.'

You look on the dwarven elder, and see a strange look on his face. Gaunt paleness, but conviction and strength you had not seen in him before. He is wearing armour, black, and as if made of stone.

'Nice armour,'
'Aye. It will help save my people, so it is worth it.'
'What do you mean?'
'Unlike to survive it. It's all that's keepin' me together, though it's also what killed me.'
'Come again?'
'Oh you've lead tales of ancient dwarves. Full of heroic sacrifices and hopeless last stands. Doomed artifacts, cursed and blessed at once. This gives me strength enough to not rest, not get injured until it comes off. Then, well, way I understand it, most of me skin comes off too.'

>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic
>Nod. Eat. Proceed to slaughter.
>Inquire further about runic armour.
>Other

I choose the ultra-hidden special option.

Dragon Homonculus Lich!

>>42760007
>>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic

>>42760007

>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic

>>42760007
>>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic

>>42760007
>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic

>>42760007
>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic
There are way's around these things, for those who know.

A Body of stone would be good for him.

>>42760007
>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic
You know I put that skin back any time for you, free of charge.
>Inquire further about runic armour.
The blood drinker sword I bought from you wasn't like this, right?

>>42760007
A. Then B.

'You know, I can probably put your skin back, on me, just this once?'
'Ach, lad, I don't know. Yer magic's pretty fucking dark for me.'
'Dark doesn't mean bad.'
'Tell it to the fucking spiders. The fucking drow. No, no, Vlad, you've shown that you are a honourable man, but your magic. Well, ask me again when it's coming off, alright?'
'Of course.'
'Good. About done?'
'Yes. Let us go.'
'Aye. Let's fuck some spiders up.'

You reach the living wall that is the golem defense. They do not kill many, but the spiders cannot kill the golems- the stone men are immune to their poison, and their fangs are not strong enough to crush stone. You know from experience, however, that eventually the sheer mass of the horde will eventually push the golems back.

>Repeat what you did last time, but with your mind and body fresh. Order the golems to split apart and ride out in the middle of the enemy ranks.
>Provide magical support. Reevaluate after you've caused some damage
>Wait until the spiders start getting through, then kill them. Likely safe for your person, and they have to run out of spiders eventually... right?
>Other tactic

>>42760202
>>Repeat what you did last time, but with your mind and body fresh. Order the golems to split apart and ride out in the middle of the enemy ranks.

Time to test out dragon bear shape

>>42759969
now you understand the shaman anons salt, the shaman option would have given us the strongest vocation we can get right now, and gotten closer to getting dragon as a primary, but nope lets just slow down everything.

>>42760202
>>Provide magical support. Reevaluate after you've caused some damage

Let's see how this goes

>>42760202
>Provide magical support. Reevaluate after you've caused some damage
Should we try that disease one more time?

>>42760202
>>Provide magical support. Reevaluate after you've caused some damage

>>42760007
>>Damn. Offer to help him with your magic

>>42760246
Ain't a big deal man, it's all in the past now. No use bringing stuff up that's over.

>>42760246
Being harder to kill is fine.

>>42760271
Anon, you should rest more

>>42760202
>>Provide magical support. Reevaluate after you've caused some damage

>>42760202
>Provide magical support. Reevaluate after you've caused some damage

Roll 1d20+9 DC 20 for significant casualties.

>>42760275
true i calmed down since back than.
>>42760286
eh i find that our best attack is in our human form, and bear form is basically when there is no need for magic.

Rolled 16 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>42760310

Rolled 18 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>42760310

Rolled 7 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>42760310
dicegods! I call to thee

>>42760319
We get it in human form as well dude.

>>42760319
tbh I can't wait for dragon form, it probably combos with our other schools allowing us to cast in it.

>>42760319
I think the bearform is a stepping stone to more advanced forms. You know what I am thinking about

And if it's any consolation; I'm sorry, you were right about choosing Shamanism.

>>42760355
its a spell in human form actually.
in animal its a passive.
>>42760377
>>42760381
still no clue why we can't use dragon form we do have a spirit of a dragon to base off of.

>>42760434
To magical or something I bet. Big difference between a bear and a dragon.

>>42760434
This>>42760456

Also it's probably incredibly powerful.

>>42759704
why are you holding this binding vote when two of those options are hidden?
i assume you will ask again once we get dragon in case people don't like it right?

>>42760468
>>42760456
couldn't we make a homunculus dragon body?

>>42760515
We have already, doing it with magic is probably better. We could switch between Human and dragon i'd imagine

>>42760515
Probably wouldn't have any actual magic dragony bits. Lack a breath weapon.
>>42760528
Finally get us that acid breath.

>>42760554
I hope th eonly draw backs to dragon immo. is wanting to hoard stuff and an ego boost. The pros are just too fucking cool.

27! Great Success!

While you do not feel the absolute clarity of mind you sensed while under the effects of the mind-enhancing potion, you do remember the decisions you made under the influence thereof. You reach out for the spirits of the deep roots over the caverns and you have them grow, twist, turn and smash the creatures. They have serious defences against many of your attacks, but this they cannot do much about.

You crush hundreds.

Your phantasms prove to be exceptionally useful here as well. Not hampered by either the crushing mass of arachnids nor the wall of living rock that are the golem warriors, they float in and out of formation, and while they do not kill any spiders, it is clear that they hurt them.

You have given the golems some relief, and they take a dozen steps forward. They have come to an opening of the cave, leading into a cavern- if they pressed on they would no longer provide a functional wall.

>Have them fall back while you sortie with the dwarven elder and your undead
>Have them hold the line, while you slowly beat down on all comers
>Shapeshift into something small, or astrally project (choose) to scout out the dark cavern ahead
>Shapeshift into something large to better stomp the spiders (what?)
>Have the dwarves charge beyond the golem wall, stay back providing support
>Other

>>42760528
>>42760515
>>42760468
Sorry, I am sort of opaque about some of the mechanics. Much of it will become more clear as the story progresses, and much of it is implied or hinted at if you read closely, but some of it just isn't information that would be available to Vlad and since metagaming is the entire point of quests for some people, I don't want the players knowing too much of what Vlad wouldn't

>>42760583
>Have them hold the line, while you slowly beat down on all comers

>>42760583
>>Have them hold the line, while you slowly beat down on all comers

>>42760583
>>Shapeshift into something large to better stomp the spiders (what?)
Dragon Bear?

S'all good Dead, I'm not complaining

>>42760583
>Astrally project to scout out the dark cavern ahead
We need to know how many of them are there. There might be a Queen on the other end spawning this things by the minute.

We can't afford to be here and fight forever, especially with the baby on the way.

>>42760629
Remember what happened last time we astral projected?

>>42760583
>Have them hold the line, while you slowly beat down on all comers

So I was wondering, why do we have everyone we meet say our full name all the time? It just doesn't feel like that flows well, can people just start calling us Vlad or Vladimir?

/autism over.

>>42759704
>>Vote here: http://strawpoll.me/5596897
>
>+++OF GREAT IMPORTANCE+++
I do not feel ready voting on this now. Currently, I’m playing conservatively and trying to get any immortality options that don’t obstruct more paths.

For example: Building body-soul constructs as a fall-back in case we need to abandon our body has absolutely no drawback.

I really don’t feel like tying ourself down to one option.

A question: How would Hivemind interact with possession? Or with any of the other known options?

>>42760659
Oh, right. Never mind.
My point still stands, but the tool changes

>>42760583
>>Have them hold the line, while you slowly beat down on all comers

>>42760668
Long story short it makes us not as human, spreads our intelligence emotions decrease etc.

Where is the guy who said we are Shadowrunning too hard, when we spent all our time preparing to fight the hivemind?

>>42759704
Your voting system sucks. Giving everyone only one vote leads to the winner only very badly representing the overall voters. At least let us select all items that we like (eg: voting for item1, item5 and item6). That alone would tremendously improve the representation.

>>42760662
I noticed that too, maybe they are keeping diplomatic distance, formality.
It can be an indication that the berserker and our wife is the only one who calls us Vladdie

>>42760740
Better than samefaging.

>>42760740
That's Strawpoll for you.

>>42760762
Well, strawpoll isn't really samefagproof either. One has to watch that suddenly the least voted item suddenly wouldn't get twenty more votes in an hour.

>>42760820
Its surly better than 4chan at least.

>>42760762
It’s also better than rolling dice. Your post doesn’t help the discussion.

>>42760820
>That's Strawpoll for you.
TSTG of House and Dominion does great polls. There should be more options for strawpoll. Being allowed to check each item independently instead of just checking one in the list is not the most advanced setting to implement after all.

There are still many of them. No need to rush. You spend a lot of time, and a lot of your magical energies slowly reducing the number of the spiders, allowing the living soldiers on your side time to rest and recuperate. Against any other army this would have been a winning strategy, and a safe one at that, but the spiders seem to just keep coming.

An hour passes in grinding melee and a pile of ichor and chitin reaching meters high. Perhaps you can outlast them, but if you keep on the offence with magical attacks, even your significant reservoirs of magical energy will deplete eventually.

Aside from that, you are starting to feel a growing spiritual presence that you've learned to recognize as the spider queen. You cannot tell where exactly the creature is, but it seems to be getting closer.

>Hunt for the spider queen. You've held the line long enough, sortie with your undead (take dwarves y/n)
>Try to outlast the horde
>Now that you've given the dwarves some time to rest, you can leave them to deal here. Take a rest, or leave entirely.
>Other

>>42760910
>>Hunt for the spider queen. You've held the line long enough, sortie with your undead.
Don't take the dwarves
How long till the guardian spirit could get here, if we meet the queen?

>>42760896
Well if we could rely on people not to cheat we could just vote for it normally and if wishes were fishes we would all be out in the sea so suck it up.

>>42760910
>Hunt for the spider queen. You've held the line long enough, sortie with your undead
Where be our spirit gardian?

>>42760910
>>Hunt for the spider queen. You've held the line long enough, sortie with your undead
No Dwarves, summon our wasp spirit it's time for her to lay some eggs.

>>42760910
Is that fellow in that rock still around? Ask him if he has anything for our spider trouble.

>>42760910
>Hunt for the spider queen. You've held the line long enough, sortie with your undead (no dwarves)

>>42760834
not really 4chan has blocked a good portion of proxies.

>>42760910
>Rest while waiting for the Spider Queen. Tell the others about her.

>>42760939
How has that anything to do with what I said? Did you even read my post?

>>42761063
If everyone here wasn't a huge shit we could have a better system but everyone is a huge shit so we cant. Aside from that I don't think most people really care about the options other than their primary one.

>>42761114
But my post had literally nothing to do with people being or not being a shit. OP decided to use strawpoll. I suggested using a different setting for strawpoll. Where does people being shit come in?

The reason for the strawpoll was actually less about cheating and more about indecision. If I ask for votes on chons, they are for one immortality option at a time, so everybody that wants an option that is something OTHER than the one provided right now would theoretically vote against it, thus making it nigh on impossible to actually get a confirmed option. Considering that the first volume is already overrunning by 6 chapters to what I had planned, I do want to at least be moving towards a conclusion. As for the mechanics of the vote, I'd be likely to call for a confirm-vote, or something like that next thread, if we didn't have a full majority option right now. I still might, but if you guys want dragon-related stuff, you'll get it. Multiple options just lets me see what most people would be willing to settle on, not what most people want.

>Hunt the queen

That is enough. You stop your channeling and you speak to the stone guardians.

'Break, I am riding out.'

They open a path for you, and immediately more of the horde skitters through. Your undead meet them, beating the spiders back. You raise the spiders momentarily, only to sacrifice them as pawns seconds later. You ride out into the spider-filled cavern.

>Human form, dragon scale, sword and staff.
>Dire bear form, charge alongside your monsters and beasts.
>Dire eagle, raven or such, scout from up ahead, re-join the fray once you spot the target
>Other

also

>Recall the giant tarantula hawk spirit from your base leaving the temple spiritually defenseless for now, but lending you support in this engagement.
>Don't

Also, I am aware you would like to argue further about... something, I'm sure, but that'll just make use hit the bump limit sooner and I'm not sure I can do a part 2 tonight. Feel free to call me an asshole one (1) time per person, and then leave it at that.

>>42761159
I mean we wouldn't even have to use strawpoll if people could vote on things like adults.

>>42761219
Couldnt we just scout with the phantoms?

>>42761219
>>Dire bear form, charge alongside your monsters and beasts.
>>Recall the giant tarantula hawk spirit from your base leaving the temple spiritually defenseless for now, but lending you support in this engagement.

You aren't an asshole, we're the shits that cause all the drama.

>>42761219
>Human form, dragon scale, sword and staff.
>Recall the giant tarantula hawk spirit from your base leaving the temple spiritually defenseless for now, but lending you support in this engagement.

>>42761219
>Human form, dragon scale, sword and staff.
The fire staff right? That could be useful.

>Don't
One when we meet the Queen, not before.

>>42761219
might as well reveal what the last two options are since people will be aiming for the best option, and the one wining right now is pretty faraway which means they can change their minds ass hole.

>>42761219
>Human form, dragon scale, sword and staff.
>Recall the giant tarantula hawk spirit from your base leaving the temple spiritually defenseless for now, but lending you support in this engagement.

>>42761219
So it’s just a preliminary vote to weed out the least popular choices. Gotcha.

The major issue I still have is mixing immortalities: possession goes with everything but is bad by itself. No one will vote for it, but this doesn’t mean no one likes it at all. (Just to take the least popular option right now)

>>42761236
Even if people act like adults, strawpoll is better for those big decisions. That way you don’t have to be right during one specific half-hour window.

>>42761219
>>Human form, dragon scale, sword and staff.
>>Recall the giant tarantula hawk spirit from your base leaving the temple spiritually defenseless for now, but lending you support in this engagement.

Roll 2d20 1. 1d20+9 for magical combat DC 22 2. 1d20+4 DC 20 awareness to catch the queen by surprise

>>42761346
anon i'm not him, but i literally could fuck with that poll right now if i really wanted to.
straw poll is only good for the first 5-20 minutes if its a heated vote.

Rolled 13, 20 = 33 (2d20)

>>42761370

Rolled 15, 7 = 22 (2d20)

>>42761370

Rolled 13, 11 = 24 (2d20)

>>42761370

Rolled 5, 12 = 17 (2d20)

>>42761370

>>42759570
FINALLY BACK

Rolled 3 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>42761370

>>42761391
Instant success.

>>42761391
She has millions of eyes

But the bitch still can't see us coming.

Are we invisible? Is our hand in front of our face?

Combat 24! Success! Awareness Nat 20! First of all, you have learned Awareness 3. Second,

Fire and steel carves a path around you and your creatures charge in with you. After you are in the cavern, you are pushing through as fast as possible. It still takes time for all but your phantasms to kill the creatures, but your cavalry advances at a good pace, even killing spiders under your mounts.

As soon as you leave the safety of the walls behind, you focus on your shaman's senses and sense the spiritual presence of the spider queen among the thousand other smaller ones and you can pinpoint her immediately. You focus for a second and you call your gargantuan tarantula hawk spirit back from your temple, and it reaches you within seconds. You have a significant spiritual presence on the battlefield too now.

>Charge directly towards the spider queen, if you destroy her physical form her spirit will mean little. The creature will know where you are without doubt, but you will have a good chance if you can overwhelm it.
>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.
>Just kill more spiders, wait for her to come to you.
>Other

Rolled 3, 19 = 22 (2d20)

>>42761370

>>42761568
>>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.

Time to educate the Spider on what Tarantula Hawks do in nature

>>42761568
>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.

>>42761568
>>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.

>>42761568
>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.

>>42761568
>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.
Feast My Spirit!

>>42761598
If the T-Hawk kills the spider queen spirit, and lays its spirit eggs in her spirit corpse.

Will we get more T-hawks floating around?

>>42761568
Trying to bind her might make for some nifty gear.

>>42761695
All the better to Protect our homeland with.

>>42761701
I had the same thought

>>42761568
>Assault her astrally.
If we fail, we can try to turn tails and contionue physically. She'll have to find us, let's not squander that chance.

>>42761500
Vlad Tepish in his great foresight, mastered Peekaboo before the birth of his child

>>42761568
>Assault her astrally. You can suckerpunch the spider queen, though she is a mighty spiritual presence indeed. She might not see you coming, however, and it is the spirit that has the true power, not the physical creature, and if you defeat that you are done.

Roll 2d20 1. you +10 DC 25 2. spirit +8 DC 25

Rolled 13, 3 = 16 (2d20)

>>42761737

Rolled 14, 16 = 30 (2d20)

>>42761737

Rolled 2, 17 = 19 (2d20)

>>42761737

Rolled 1, 11 = 12 (2d20)

>>42761737

>>42761755
wow both of those are failures by 1

>>42761755
Barely missed first DC

>>42761757
Barely met the second.

MAKE US PROUD, OH MIGHTY WASP!

24! Marginal Failure The Worst Kind of Failure 25! Marginal Success, the best kind of success!

Leaving your body in this environment is disconcerting to say the least. The darkness and the pressure of spirit energy coming from the countless smaller spider spirits slows you, and by the time you get to the spider queen it has noticed your presence. The creature skitters and its spirit shatters into a thousand spiders- no larger than a harmless forest spider, but each dangerous, and with the spirit shattered into a thousand pieces, you cannot target it easily.

Then you realize that the laws of gravity do not apply in the astral realm, and the thousand thousand spiders zone in on you and start poisoning you, biting your spirit tiny bite by bite.

You have taken one mental wound. You are fine for now.

Then you hear a buzzing, so loud as if it was a saw, so high-pitched it might be a scream and the other spiritual construct of yours does what is its purpose. It kills spiders. The targets are tiny, but it is precise beyond natural means. Every time it kills a spider with its needle-point stinger, a wasp spirit, slightly smaller than the spider spirit it killed bursts out of the body of the dead spider. Soon, the swarm of tarantula hawks is getting to the point where, if not matching, it comes to a comparable size of the spider swarm. And your spirit guardian also remains its original size, leading its own army of dead.

>Attack
>Retreat
>Other

Write in any and all ideas, there are few limitations as to what you could do in this realm

>>42761970
>Attack
Support Our tarantula hawks force, bolster It.

>>42761970
>>Attack
Make Phantasms.
Can we advance with our physical armies? If Vlad can't walk, can we have a few undead carry him?

>>42761970
>Attack

>>42761970
Can we magic within the spirit realm? If so, Drain life.

>>42761970
>>Attack
HERE'S OUR CHANCE FOR AN ALL-OUT-ATTACK!

Roll 1d20+10 your spirit attack DC 23

Rolled 6 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>42762072

Rolled 11 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>42762072

By the time we reach immortality Vlad wil be
>master diplomat
>master necromancer
>a dragon
>master shaman
>tactical genius
Is there anything he can't do?

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>42762072

Rolled 7 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>42762072

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>42762072
Off by one!

>>42762100
Be in two places at once unless we choose hivemind.

>tfw people are fucking around in spirit form instead of leaving it to our wasp.

>>42762100
Not critfail diplomacy.
Jokes aside, I hope he will be a master parent as well

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>42762150
Let's see how's our future luck with diplomacy

>>42762177
Consistent.

25! Success!

You understand your mistake as soon as you see the wasp spirit gathering its forces. You are not a singular spiritual entity to match the spider queen, but you can manipulate the flow of spirit. You use the spirits of the dead and dying spiders and construct an army of ghosts. You create an image of your sword and staff in your hands and you lead the army of phantasms as an intangible ghost yourself.

That hurts the spider queen. You cannot kill her, and you cannot squash enough spiders to make the difference, but it is on the defensive. The queen reforms her spirit into one gargantuan spider body and now you feel that your army is dwarfed by the massive form of the creature looming above you.

You dodge and weave, lighter than air, though spit of acid poison melts some of your armies, and sticky webs catch both your phantasms and wasps.

Now that it has reformed you can try to manipulate the spirit more directly

>Try to weaken it further before making any decisions
>Try to bind it (Near-suicidal DC warning at this point)
>Try to destroy it
>Try to bypass it and posses the body of the queen
>Other

>>42762100
Another main reason I want to move on to the next volume and change the mechanics around as soon as possible.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with Vlad advancing, but I don't want him being perfect at everything forever.

>>42762224
>>Try to weaken it further before making any decisions

>>42762224
>Try to weaken it further before making any decisions
Curses and plagues

>>42762224
>>Try to destroy it

Roll 1d20+11 DC 23 Spirit Necromancy

>>42762224
>>Try to weaken it further before making any decisions

Rolled 18 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>42762274
We are living nightmare!

Rolled 5 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>42762243
oi, it took blood, sweat and tears to get where we are.
>>42762274

Rolled 13 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>42762274
ez

Rolled 18 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>42762274

Rolled 5 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>42762274
This is how you crit fail!

>>42762224
>Try to weaken it further before making any decisions

My first time contributing (i've read the archives, they were glorious) and i wonder, in what Vladimir Tepish is dressed right now? Is he still wearing rags from the beginning? Because i want some badass robe or something that would say "bitch i can turn your body and soul into my bitch if you get on my nerve".

>>42762298
>turning a bitch into a bitch when said bitch is already a bitch

Bitch what?

>>42762298
Honestly, I'd love to get some new spider silk robes and Bind this spider Hivemind to them.

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>>42762298
I always imagine him with a more refined version of the robes in the first post's picture

>>42762298
I've generally left this pretty nebulous, but you've had access to spider silk far more than enough to create silk clothes. If you all want to figure out what he would look like now, feel free. Don't think you have any armour though.

29! Great Success!

The plagues and curses the creatures are immune to in flesh and ichor is murder to in the spirit realm. The great creature's exoskeleton breaks out in boils and goes soft as you curse its endurance and pour disease into its soul. It screams and you are enveloped in a cloud of tarantula hawks, corpse flies and dark spirits. You jump, you need not take mind of the constraints of gravity any more than the queen does, and you latch on to it. And you stab at its eyes again and again, with your sword, with your fingers, even with your teeth- as fangs sprout from your mouth one moment and are gone the next.

The creature falters.

>Bind
>Kill
>Possess
>Other

>>42762429
>Bind

>>42762429
Kill

>>42762429
>Kill

>Bind

>>42762429
>Bind

No armour is worth of Vladimir Tepish. Which is why we bind queen, make fabulous clothes for us and make them magical and shit.

>>42762337
Are you me?

>>42762429
>Bind

>>42762429
>>Kill

>>42762429
Bind

>>42762429
>>Bind

>>42762429
>>Kill
Fuck you you die now!

Roll 1d20+13 DC 29

>>42762429
>>Bind

>>42762429
>Kill
My second vote would be binding, but It has a stronger presence than anything we encountered, and frankly I have no idea what to use it for.
Also we have more bound spirits in our closet than we need already.

Rolled 8 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>42762531

Rolled 8 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>42762531
RIP

Rolled 19 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>42762531

Rolled 13 + 13 (1d20 + 13)

>>42762531
Dunno which option won

>>42762557
RIDE TO VALHALLAH BROTHER, SHINY AND CHROME!

>>42762562
Bind is in the lead when he posed that, and still is.

New robe armor get

>>42762557
Noice save

>>42762429
>Bind
Why would we not?

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>>42762573
WITNESS ME!!!

>>42762598
I dunno

In case it

you know

builds its power back up and breaks free again

>>42762615
What is this, an immage for ants?

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>>42762615
goddamnit...

>>42762619
A dragon couldn't even try to do that so far.
>>42762615
>>42762633
MEDIOCRE!!!

>>42762619
Right, because any of the spirits we've binded before where able to do that.

Your shadowrunning Anon.

>>42762557
nice

This... this is not going to be easy. But the spirit is weakened and the queen is reeling. If ever can you wrest the spirit under your control it is now. It is an almost indescribable sensation. It is as if you breathe in with your entire body, and you never need stop inhaling. Nor can you. Only after what seems like forever do you manage to actually reduce the spirit in size. Only after another eternity do you have it subdued, but you have done it.

While the tarantula hawk has been keeping you mostly protected, you have been battered by the desparate flailings of the spider queen, and you have been overcasting hard.

Roll endurance 1d20+1 DC 12

>Bind the spider queen to your Sword of the Blackguard
>Bind the spider queen to a skull
>Bind the spider queen to something else

Rolled 7 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>42762669
>>Bind the spider queen to a skull

>>42762656
Sarg where were you, missed the game last night dude.

>>42762648
>>42762650
>A dragon couldn't even try to do that so far.

Different kind of binding, insofar as I am aware.

We have also never tried to bind a hiveminded being, before.

Rolled 1 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>42762669

>>42762693
You fucker.

>>42762693
dammit anon!

>>42762693
Does this count without a vote?

Rolled 18 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>42762669
>Bind the spider queen to a skull

>>42762693
Faggot.

Rolled 16 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>42762669
>Bind the spider queen to something else
Robes

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>42762693
Watch this 20

>>42762693
kek i love the rolls of this quest.
so do we pass out and release the queen?

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>>42762693
YOU FOOL

Rolled 8 + 12 (1d20 + 12)

>>42762679
Yeah, shit came up sadly.

>>42762693
fuck.

>>42762669
>Bind the spider queen to a skull

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>>42762693

>>42762709
yes it does

>>42762650
You jinxed it.

>>42762725
It enters our mind

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>>42762693

>>42762693
Well it was a nice quest while it lasted. Time to play as vampire elf.

>>42762693
i just love it that most of our upgraded stats come from nat 1s.
>>42762748
forced hive mind quest than?

>>42762779
It's not like i wanter to get inside you. B-baka.

Oh look, a new skill. Nat 1! Critical failure. You have learned Endurance 1! On the other hand...

You are standing on a mountain of skulls and it rains blood. The skulls are all moving their jaws, trying to form words with no flesh and failing.

'Hello. I knew you would come back' You see a gargantuan figure in a black robe, a scythe in its hand. 'I wonder if my offer will become sweeter now that there are a dozen feral spiders scuttling towards your unconscious body,' says the god of undeath.

>Reason with it.
>Be suicidaly flippant.
>Threaten it
>Write-in

>>42762849
>Be suicidaly flippant.
flip him off.
kek i was wrong about the wrong immortality option.

>>42762849
>Be suicidaly flippant.
Fuck you buddy. I cant even remember what your offer was.

>>42762849
>>Be suicidaly flippant.

>>42762849
>Write-in
"Is it too late to be civil about this?"

>>42762849
Right, because our Spirits or undead can't protect us.

ffs Dead.

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>>42762849
>>Be suicidaly flippant.
Suck a dick chuckle fuck

>>42762894
Additionally mention that we met Pern, and he is a prick.
Keep him busy.

>>42762849
>>Reason with it.

Pern is offering an olive branch here. And we're pissing on him again. Least we could do is hear him out.

>>42762894
>>42762916
+1

>Write-in
"Look, your offer isn't any better now. I won't be submissive even in situation like this. If you came here for my soul, so be it. But i won't give up easily!

>>42762849
>Be suicidaly flippant.

Pretty certain that there are som elves, undead, golems and possibly dwarves between me and spiders.

>>42762849
>Be suicidaly flippant.
say something about his mother and how we will be his father.

>>42762849
>Write-in
I'm sorry, I can't understand you with Pern's dick in your mouth.

Dead is salty we actually bound the hivemind.

>>42762935

Seconding this, we already fought one (effectively) god, probably should catch a nap before the second

>>42762936
No, we went ahead in the tunnels for a counter-attack. Dwarves and golems stayed back, elves were never there to begin with.

>>42762926
Its the death god not pern you numpty.

>>42762977
Lathrien?

>>42763028
Okay you got me, I have no idea about him.

>>42762926
it's The death god who's statue we pissed on for messing with us earlier Sarg, not Pern. I imagine he's still peeved off about how his curse against us worked out.

I can never remember this guys name. I know it starts with a G, and I know it isn't Grish.

In any case. Fuck this guy.

>>42763095
Isnt that the forest spirit?

>>42763076
>Not caring about whole cast of characters.

This story may be primaly about Vlad Tepish, but since we have those bunch of interesting and funny/cool side characters, then i want to see stuff about/with them too.

'Fuck you, buddy. My creatures will take care of any remnants of the pathetic force I just destroyed, I'll have a nap and be good as rain.'

You were expecting the pain.

'I- don't call that much of an argument you dickless, insignificant, forgotten relic of a-'

Yep. Searing pain. That happens a lot when you open your mouth now that you think about it.

'What am I the God of?' it says

'Oh fuck you, you cannot take my undead. You would have done it before if you could.'

You are a tiny figure atop a mountain of skulls, shouting mockery and hate at the god of undeath.

'Perhaps I can stop them for just long enough. Perhaps, my power has been waxing not waning as you seem to believe.'

'Give it your best shot, you insufferable...'

The torment lasts for a subjective hour. Then you say something equally flippant. Then more pain.

'Sorry, I cannot hear you with all of that Pern's dick in your mouth.'

The pain restarts once more. It is sharper this time, but it subsides much sooner.

You have a total of four mental wounds. You are on the border of permanent mental scarring from your torment and most mental tasks will have severe penalties.

'What do you know of Pern, fool?'
'Almost as big a dick as you, so can't you just kill each other and get it over with?'
'Hm. If you hate him so, why not join me, why not fight him together?'

>'Because you're a cunt and one day I'll kill you both'
>'You mean choose the greater of two evils? What's in it for me?'
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'
>write-in

>>42763095
He is Garuth

>>42763125
Hey, I do care, I am usually concerned about them it just wasn't said we bring him into the tunnel.

>>42763125
He probably didnt come because you know, it was day time. Or because we were in a rush and couldnt hold up during the day for him on the way.

>>42763140
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.

>>42763140
>>'You mean choose the greater of two evils? What's in it for me?'

>>42763140
>>'You mean choose the greater of two evils? What's in it for me?'

>>42763140
>>'Because you're a cunt and one day I'll kill you both'

>>42763140
>>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'

>>42763140
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'
I give you the same deal I gave him

>>42763140
>>'You mean choose the greater of two evils? What's in it for me?'

>>42763140
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'
>and so far you haven't proven to be much of a negotiator.

>>42763140
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'

>>42763140
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'
I can see the rails right now Dead.

>>42763140
"What's the story between you two? Sun and death aren't natural enemies"

>>42763256
Don't worry, we'll have to roll to get out of this situation, fail, suffer massive mental damage, and be retarded necromancer savant quest.

>>42763140
>"If you want Pern gone, then i am your only option. If i die, than my power will be gone. And so your chances at defeating Pern. Face it, i am the most powerful practitionist of Necromancy you ever met. By default, instead of being a DICK you should help me. If you did that from the beginning, our "relationship" so to speak would've been a lot different than this."

>>42763256
Its hardly rails if its cause we rolled a 1.

>>42763140
>>'You mean choose the greater of two evils? What's in it for me?'
weaken them both and take out the winner once this is over.

>>42763256
kek all he needed was my nat 1 to go for it.
i honestly thought he would go for the hivemind option since it would be connected with us losing control of the spider at the last minute.

>>42763225
Please, could we not work with the asshole god of the drow and death and murderrape?

>>42763140
>'I will not be your willing slave. We might be able to negotiate, but I shall not give you power over my life and death.'

>>42763292
A crit fail on an edurance check /=/ Suddenly being at the foot of an enemy god because the QM want's to find a way to fuck us harder.

>>42763295
Please, can we stall peacefully and get out of this mess by outsmarting the enemy, instead of hurling insults and getting ourselves mutilated in the process?
Oh wait...

>>42763294
I dont think being in its spirit gut is much of a connection
>>42763295
Dont worry we are about to negotiate.
>>42763317
Better than being dead. When you take risks and fuck up bad things happen. Who could have guessed?

>>42763330
Hard to out smart him right there. He sort of had all the cards.

>>42763348
No, we SHOULD have ended back up in our body, with our wasps killing off the rest of the spider spirits leaving their bodies comatose.

>>42763375
He had to ask about Pern. We have our own hand in this game. Let's play it smart. While we still have smarts left.

>>42763412
Good to know this your quest, what's next all mighty QM?

'You come to me for the third time. You must want my services pretty badly. You suck as a negotiator though. I will not have you have power over my life and death, but I might be willing to talk.'
'Indeed? Perhaps... Perhaps we might do that.'
'First of all, I am taking some knowledge. Why are you enemies?'
'Our worshipers were enemies first, and where men go gods soon follow. Then there is how I became what I am.'
'Which is?'
'I murdered a cityful of his disciples and used their souls to fuel my spirit, then ate every great spirit in the astral realm at the time. You might have noticed the desert to the West of here. That was my bad.'
'Huh. So here are my terms. You get me back up and I stay out of your way if you stay out of mine and furthermore I try to harm Pern whenever I can. Take it or leave it.'
'...That is a hard bargain for a mortal fool to bring to me. But it is not without merit. I am not unreasonable.'
'Wait, really?'
'Only one thing. An assurance of the pact. A binding. I will use a little of my magic, and so while you are true to that word you might gain some of my power. If you go against your word, you feel pain, and eventually die. Is that acceptable?'

>'Sure. Whatever.' (This will unlock the possibility of more divine schools of magic being unlocked as well as unknown boons and dangers)
>'No. You will take me at my word. I will not take your help nor will I be manipulated by your threats.'
>Stall. Hope your undead or your friends get to your body before you have to make a declaration.
>Other

Also, as far as I'm concerned, a nat 1 means exactly that I try to fuck you over as hard as possible

>>42763412
And we probably would if we hadn't pissed of a god of death. Actions have consequences.
Its all good anyway. The wasp isn't undead its artificial, he cant stop it killing the spider spirits. Just have to get out of this non-retarded.

>>42763458
>>'No. You will take me at my word. I will not take your help nor will I be manipulated by your threats.'
Can we do this respectfully I just don't want to bound to this guy if we can help it.

>>42763458
>>Stall. Hope your undead or your friends get to your body before you have to make a declaration.
By asking more about
>'Sure. Whatever.' (This will unlock the possibility of more divine schools of magic being unlocked as well as unknown boons and dangers)

>>42763458
>a nat 1 means exactly that I try to fuck you over as hard as possible

Bruh, a nat 1 is a spectacular failure in whatever you are doing.

Have the spider spirit go on a final rampage, that would make far more sense than "lol deathgod".

>'No. You will take me at my word. I will not take your help nor will I be manipulated by your threats.'

>>42763458
Thats not a bad deal at all really but we really should stall and ask exactly what this binding entails.

>>42763458
>Inquire Further
What are those words we have to keep? "Stay out of each others way" Is a pretty ambigious

>>42763458
>>Stall. Hope your undead or your friends get to your body before you have to make a declaration.

>>42763523
Maybe next time we shouldn't piss on any alters then huh?

>>42763550
Wasn't my vote.

Don't attribute that shit to me.

>>42763458
>Stall. Hope your undead or your friends get to your body before you have to make a declaration.
fuck you nigga we know that shit is gonna give you a chance to have control over us.
>You get me back up and I stay out of your way if you stay out of mine and furthermore I try to harm Pern whenever I can.
hell this sentence alone can be used in many ways that he can grab us in the balls.
he can intentionally get in our way or force us to go after perm.

Stall/Convince roll 1d20+6 DC 20 Diplomacy

>>42763529
Seconding this, what if he wants souls of our allies or something we wouldn't like? He still would be able to fuck with us, but not directly, while we would be pretty boned with this binding.

Rolled 19 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>42763572
Nat 1 time.

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>42763562
also forgot to mention this shit won't be binding to him only to us.
>>42763572

Rolled 8 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>42763572

Rolled 5 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>42763572
What about inquring further? I am actually interested in a deal

Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>42763572

>>42763559
You might not of voted for it but it happened and now we are feeling the consequences. Its not just "lol deathgod"

>>42763458
>>'No. You will take me at my word. I will not take your help nor will I be manipulated by your threats.'
I'm a string independent necromancer and I don't need no gods help

>>42763582
The one time diplomacy really worked out was the one time it really mattered.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>42763582
Noice.

'I am hesitant to accept those terms. I would be a fool not to expect a god to outsmart me.'
'Feel free to ask further.'
'Well, I suppose we should define every part of the deal...'

You fear that time might flow differently in this realm and you keep talking calmly, reasonably and with some of your flippancy to make the god not suspect a thing. You set out the specific points of the deal, find and close loopholes, and you bargain for more agreeable terms- more power, in exchange for less freedom and so forth.

You think that this 'god' has missed having mortal company. It seems more interested in talking to you than actually setting out the terms (though it too drives a hard bargain), and after what feels like hours you do feel as if being shaken awake from a dream.

As you awake you say to the god of undeath. 'You will take me at my word. I will not be tempted by your rewards and I will not be moved by your threats. I was dragged here by your will, and I am leaving here by mine. As far as I am concerned the deal stands, so long as you do not break your word.'

And then you are on the slab, back in the dwarven runeforge halls. You are shaking as you feel freezing cold. You are covered in cold sweat as you feel terror that does not come from within. But you awaken and you bring yourself under control.

You have three mental wounds.

As you sit up you hear cheers from a dozen dwarves, all that remains of the tribe- beaten, battered, and exhausted creatures hail you as a hero and chant your name.

Your relationship with the dwarves has improved.

'The elder,' you say, once you check yourself for physical damage- aside from few surface scars you are fine, 'where is he?'
'Well, we had to take his armour off a few hours back. He said to tell you he never changed his mind with his last words.'
'Coherent words?'
'Aye. That dwarf was made of rock and balls.'
'I see.'
'Oh. And of course we got to give you a proper reward. Runecraft armour seems fitting,'
-cont

>>42763839
I wonder if we actually got the spider bound?

>>42763839
>You think that this 'god' has missed having mortal company. It seems more interested in talking to you than actually setting out the terms

Shit, now i feel somehow bad for him. He wanted company all this time and the firts thing when we seen his altar? Took a piss on him.
I feel even worse after realising that.

>>42763991
Probably not.

>>42763993
He had plenty of company remember the drow? Hes still a dick.

>>42763993
I don't.

Every "God" of powerful spirit we have ever met has been a turbo-faggot.

Fuck this guy, he tried to give us nightmares to try and control us. Pern tried to have us killed. Even Grish wanted us dead. Grish was the ONLY one who was justified, and he went about it like a prick, we we're willing to let the forest go back to normal, but he had to be a dick anyway.

>>42763839
>he never changed his mind
man, another great soul who's passing we had to witness. I guess it comes with trying to be immortal.
Also, perhaps we should visit Garuth sometimes, maybe we could play chess
, or something
>>42763991
I think we did, we only failed the endurance test

>>42763839
'That does not seem so good of an idea. I plan to live forever, after all.'
'Oh nay, that one was special. the elder fought for a week straight, he killed most of the spiders himself after you broke the queen.'

You remember waking up with a gargantuan spider fang on your chest, all but bursting with spiritual energy. You must have bound it before collapsing of exhaustion.

'So, what sort of runecrafted armour can you make?'

>Refuse entirely
>Accept, and if so:

first

>Plate. Heavy armor, best protection and a the mobility is not as awful as you might think. That said, many agility tests will take a penalty, as will endurance. Donning and doffing it will also take some twenty minutes if you have someone to assist you.

>Chain shirt and greaves. You can put these on yourself, and it will provide a good amount of protection while being somewhat lighter and easier to move in than full plate.

>Embroider runes on your robes. No added protection, but can gain the benefits of runes.

Second, runes

>Mirroring- a portion of damage you take is reflected to the enemy
>Mana battery- every time you cast a spell in this armour some of your excess magical energy gets caught in it, effectively allowing you to cast more before overcasting

>Illusion: The armor shimmers strangely and makes you go transparent at random intervals, shifting in color and intensity, making you harder to hit.

>Protection from elements: You are comfortable in any natural environment, and you gain bonuses in extreme circumstances.

>>42763991
You did.

>>42763993
I didn't vote for that option at the time, but I imagine people were pissed at him for sending us constant nightmares when we tried to sleep, and centain people wanted to stick with the dracula theme and literally piss on all the gods.

>>42764102
>>Chain shirt and greaves. You can put these on yourself, and it will provide a good amount of protection while being somewhat lighter and easier to move in than full plate.
>>Illusion: The armor shimmers strangely and makes you go transparent at random intervals, shifting in color and intensity, making you harder to hit.

>>42764102
>>Chain shirt and greaves. You can put these on yourself, and it will provide a good amount of protection while being somewhat lighter and easier to move in than full plate.
>>Mana battery- every time you cast a spell in this armour some of your excess magical energy gets caught in it, effectively allowing you to cast more before overcasting

>>42764102
>Accept, and if so:
"You must know your friendship is even a greater reward"

DeadQM, if we take plate now, and increase our strength later, with a homonculy body or something, would the penalty persist?
Depending on the answer, plate or chainmail

>Mana battery- every time you cast a spell in this armour some of your excess magical energy gets caught in it, effectively allowing you to cast more before overcasting

>>42764102
Chain shirt and mana battery.

>people feeling sorry for the death god
He had a whole tribe of drow worshiping him like three weeks ago. Hes still a bitch.

>>42764102
>>Chain shirt and greaves. You can put these on yourself, and it will provide a good amount of protection while being somewhat lighter and easier to move in than full plate.
>>Illusion: The armor shimmers strangely and makes you go transparent at random intervals, shifting in color and intensity, making you harder to hit.

>>42764102
>Accept, and if so
>Chain shirt and greaves. You can put these on yourself, and it will provide a good amount of protection while being somewhat lighter and easier to move in than full plate.

>Embroider runes on your robes. No added protection, but can gain the benefits of runes.
I assume we can wear our robes over armor (like in morrowind)
>Mana battery- every time you cast a spell in this armour some of your excess magical energy gets caught in it, effectively allowing you to cast more before overcasting

>>42764102
>>Chain shirt and greaves. You can put these on yourself, and it will provide a good amount of protection while being somewhat lighter and easier to move in than full plate.
>Mana battery- every time you cast a spell in this armour some of your excess magical energy gets caught in it, effectively allowing you to cast more before overcasting

>>42764113
I myself was also under the impression that he is after Vlad and Lathrien's soul.
This might or might not be the case anymore

>>42764177
Plate is inflexible, chain is all the wight heaped onto your shoulders.

While you can move more freely while wearing chain, it is more tiring, because plate is fitted with tons of weight distribution in mind, whereas chain is not.

That being said, I am not QM.

>>42764102
We’re a shapeshifter. That’s the only reason I’m picking
>Robes

As for runes:
>Protection from elements
Reason: I don’t see us getting that bonus otherwise and I like it.
I don’t like Mirroring, we do enough damage already
We will probably build Mana batteries ourselves one day
We can do Illusions ourselves

>>42764232
Probably less of a problem if we had a tireless immortal body though.

>>42764237
Doesn't out clothes shapshift too?

>>42764102
>>Mana battery- every time you cast a spell in this armour some of your excess magical energy gets caught in it, effectively allowing you to cast more before overcasting
plate or chain

>Chain Mana battery

'I am always pleased to help your people as much as I can, but I could certainly use the protection in days to come,'
'Of course, Vlad Tepish. It would be an insult from us to not give you a grand reward. You have more than earned it. So, let us talk details.'

You go over the designs of the armour, and learn that it would take nearly a month to be made. It will be sent to your home once it is ready, unless you are planning to stay here a while longer.

And indeed, the cavern where the battle took place is massive and the only person to have explored it fully is dead now. There might be something interesting to explore within... next time, on Feral Necromancer Quest.

With this concludes the twenty sixth installment of Feral Necromancer Quest. Primary goal check, secondary check, you have gained 3 exp.

Don't think there's much you can do with three exp, and if I'm correct there isn't anything banked right now, so I'll assume bank for now, unless you want to up some low stat or skill.

Rules for levelling up: http://pastebin.com/vBRyBWfK

Suptg archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=DeadQM

Twitter @DeadQM for quest updates

I am not doing a part 2 tonight, but I might do another game the next few days. Keep an eye on the twitter if you don't want to miss it.

>>42764405
Thanks for running boss, see you next time

>>42764405
Also the draconic immortality option has maintained a 50%+ majority for the entire duration of the thread. I am not saying it is absolutely conclusive, but it is looking like what it's looking like

>>42764405
Good run. Also it's good it's running again.

>>42764405
I think we'll save it for next time, to work on shamanism.

Updating the pastbin?

>>42764457
I like it

Vlad Drakul here we come

>>42764457
Don't forget the power of surprise is there. We might have a change of heart once we are fully aware of the specifics.

>>42764460
was finishing the last bits of my MA and am now an unemployed person for the first time... well, in my life. So, while it's shit in many ways, at least I've got time to kill to run some games

>>42764497
We missing the full 5 point for shamanism 8?

How would people feel about saving it for necromancy 9? soon, after shamanism.

>>42764563
Necro is good where it is, we don't need to touch it for awhile. I'd rather level up shaman then dragon

>>42764563
Sarg, pastbin is out of date, we're maxed at Necro 9 and Shman 8, saving for max shaman then switching to Draco cus that'll become our primary.

>>42764563
Necro should be at 9, shit, have I really not updated the pastebin for so long?

>>42764497
I hope things straighten out for you.
and not just because it will be hard for me to follow your quests on my phone in class.

Don't kill me, but i still want Vladimir to become a Lich. I want him to become something akin to Ainz, but at the same time totally different.

>>42764717
I could only see Vladimir becomeing like Ainz if all his friends, including his wife, died and he wasn't able to save them.

It's also bad for anumber of reasons we've already went over, by just going pure litch we lose many of our senses over time.

>>42764787
It's still appealing for me, mostly because with our level of magic, and by extension, magic as a whole in the setting, we can overcome most of the weaknessess of lich, while still being able to live happily with our wife.

>>42764617
seems so.
well then I am all for draconic magic 4.
Or saving for shamanism, since thats now our primary, and gotta love necro+sham combo's.

>>42764910
I'd go with Shamanism. I'm secretly hoping we can choose Draconic as the next primary school, and I am curious about this "most powerful evocation"

Jesus I had to drop overlord, it actually got to dark in the latest chapters. I seriously cried over some of the shit in them

>>42764910
Sarg, please read the threads to the end, we already have Draconic Magic 4.

Our int is also at 4

>>42764870
We won't be happy.

Lich takes away significant feelings.

Also, no dick, no way.

>>42764967
I tried reading the Light novel, but I dropped it when Ainz got to the part where his vampire follower got mind controlled.

That scene broke my immersion, not to mention Ainz became an unlikeable shit, and started murdering people because it was convinent for him.

>>42765013
They would still be there, just dulled.
That said, I am against it myself.
Also, the penis is a strong argument.

>>42765041
Yeah that's about the point I dropped, but I skipped ahead to the later chapters and JESUS it turn in to dark souls, there's actually a chapter where the younger sisters of an adventurer ainz murdered are asking when their older sister's coming back so they can get away from their (implied abusive) parents. I mean JESUS

>>42765061
>Also, the penis is a strong argument.

It's very hard to refute.

I've updated the numbers in the pastebin, I'll do descriptions, spells and equipment before the next game