>>3636849

> Disciplines:
> Wind (6) You wield the force of a raging storm within you, and with no more effort than a mild jog you can fly as quickly as any bird, though a carpet or broomstick are necessary to balance. Not to mention, the winds you can summon around your person are capable of deflecting projectiles with ease and if pressed, you can bring forth a gale mighty enough to shatter boulders in moments, let alone bones.
> Runecraft (6) You’ve discovered that not only do they bare a striking similarity to the written language of the Proto-Settik tribes, but that they are meant to be written and read from top to bottom rather than left to right, and you’ve been going about your studying and note-taking all wrong.
> Fire (3) In time your enemies shall come to dread your name, for the fiercest flames flare forth at the merest flick of your tongue and snap of your finger, to say nothing of the concussive doom you are capable of flinging as casually if you were a child with a camel’s stitched hacky-sack, or the horrendous fireball you can send hurtling into their ranks!
> Hexcraft (3) If you have access to an item of close connection to a specific individual, most preferably a body-part but possibly a sentimental object, you can fashion a crude effigy of the individual in question, and upon focusing on it whilst chanting their name and meditating on your intent, induce any number of nightmarish illnesses and ailments in them.
> Demonology (1) For the most part due to the black scroll’s exposition, you’ve learned the bare minimum necessary to summon and attempt to bind a demon to your service, though doing so without proper preparation would be unwise to say the least.
> Darkness (1) Thanks to ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery’ you have learned to thicken the shadows around yourself while muffling the noise that you make, and while this does little but make you a bit more difficult to spot after dark, according to Lord Umbral’s writing, in time you can be nigh-invisible.
> Earth (1) After reading ‘From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium’ you’ve learned how to attune yourself to the sand and soil, though the stones themselves are yet to move at your command, and the amount of sediment you’re able to shift is trivial at best.
> Decay (0) You’ve discovered that the midpoint between life and death can, in theory, be channeled to unleash a wide array of deleterious effects on your foes, and offers a surprising amount of useful, if ghastly tools of the occult.

> (2/7)

>>3636849
>>3636851

>> Ruins of the Palace
> Structural Integrity: [297 out of 20,000] Most of the roof is missing or crumbling, the floor has been worn down to cobbles, and many of the halls and chambers have outright collapsed. To say nothing of the cobwebs and tears in the tapestries. It's still marvelous, but it looks like it belongs to a beggar king. You honestly can't tell a difference since before the golems and snap-jaws started working on it.
> Fortification Rating: [209 out of 209] Though this place wasn’t built with fortifications in mind, there was once a token wall surrounding the premises, and thanks to the tireless labor of your minions, it stands once again, although it’s more of a makeshift line of boulders and debris than any mortared and orderly assemblage of stone. Outside of the wall, a wide trench has been dug-out with the intention of making a moat, and extends to encompass the whole of the perimeter. In the absence of specific instructions, the snap-jaws have begun piling jagged rocks and sharpened poles at its bottom.

> Resources:
> Treasure: [5,318] Mounds upon mounds of gold, silver, and jewels! Oh, and the handful of coins the raiders had tossed on-top. All guarded by the pair of golems that would've struck you down alongside the other would-be pillagers if they didn't sense the aura of sorcery about your person. It is a princely sum to be certain, all that's needed is to find somewhere to actually spend it.
> Corpses: [18] They were in a grotesque condition before the rot set in, but the desert heat has kept them from rotting too quickly and who knows, you might find a use for them.
> Camels: [4] Four one-humped dromedaries with the fiercely defiant temper characteristic to their kind, but they’ve gotten used to you, and they’re easy enough to ride now.
> Test Subject: [1] Held in your deepest, darkest dungeons and absolutely terrified of you and the sorcery you wield.

> Artifacts:
> Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery: An obscenely detailed series of homages to the debauched escapades of the self-proclaimed Lord Umbral, and some explanations on how to improve one’s sexual performance and manipulate the shadows to their own ends.
> Tokal’s Dissertation Into Decomposition: An exceedingly morbid and well-written, if archaic scholarly work presenting a number of novel principles surrounding the platonic ideal of decay, and even better, an abundance of suggestions for aspiring occultists to put it to use.
> A Humble Treatise on Proto-Settik: A supremely uninteresting history book concerning the tribes that preceded the Settik empire, which nonetheless has several chapters concerning their written language which, while greatly simplified, was closely related to the runic script.

> (3/7)

>>3636849
>>3636851
>>3636852

> From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium: A most boring but informative academic work dedicated to chronicling the properties, both mundane and metaphysical of every stone both known and unknown, though the eccentric author died before finishing his text.

>> Population:
> Minions:
> 2 Clay Golems: Fearless, tireless, strong as a dozen men and unflinchingly loyal. They're excellent for anything resembling combat or manual labor, but their lack of intellect prevents them from doing much else. Gloriously, you have managed to repair the damage inflicted by the ‘Emissary of Koios’ and reactivate them to do your bidding!
>> 188 Snap-Jaws: Tiny, wiry, and vicious in numbers but cowardly when the odds are against them, these jackal-spawn are subhuman in every way but are adequate enough at most simple tasks if enough are thrown into the problem. They subsist on insects and vermin, have an encampment in the palace’s courtyard, and worship you as their glorious god-king. You have seen fit to divide them into three broad castes.
> 41 Upper-Caste Snap Jaws: The highest caste of your snap-jaw minions, these are allegedly superior to all others but this early on in the selective breeding program, the differences are marginal at best.
> 122 Lower-Caste Snap Jaws: The lowest caste of your snap-jaw minions, these are allegedly inferior to the upper-caste but this early on in the selective breeding program, the differences are marginal at best.
> 25 Sterile-Caste Snap Jaws: The sterile caste of your snap-jaw minions, these saw fit to accept that they aren’t fit to reproduce and abstain from participating in either one of the primary snap-jaw castes.
> Subjects:
> It is sorely needed!

> (4/5)

>>3636849
>>3636851
>>3636852
>>3636859

You haven’t yet received the snap-jaw birth census for this season.

It has been some two weeks of idle gallivanting since you’ve consummated your marriage, and no less than two months remain of the Fall of Year 4. How do you wish to spend them?

>> What do you want to do? (You may choose two research actions, at a +0 bonus to the second’s roll)
> Begin studying how the mysteries of blood relates to the supernatural, (DC: 16)
> Begin studying how the mysterious strings seem to relate to the golems, (DC: 14)
> Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function, (DC: 14)
> Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: ??)
> Conduct experimentation on some of the corpses you have laying around, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into Decay with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into Hexcraft with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Runecraft, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Wind, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Hexcraft, (DC: 16)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Darkness, (DC: 14)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Earth, (DC: 14)
> Read the tome ‘From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ (DC: ??)
> Read the tome ‘Tikal’s Dissertation on Decomposition,’ (DC: 10)
> Read the tome ‘A Humble Treatise of Proto-Settik,’ (DC: 8)
> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
> Attempt to summon an ‘Erinyes’ with the ritual, (DC: ??)
> Attempt to research a newer, shinier Discipline, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, contact the chieftain of the Sky-Crawlers, and make an offer for the hand of his daughter before another does, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to contact the Hashara, either in violence or diplomacy, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to explore your surroundings for potential minions and subjects to rule with an iron-fist, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies in favor of a brief honeymoon with your wife, because you only get married once (or not), (DC: ??)

> (5/6)

>>3636849
>>3636851
>>3636852
>>3636859
>>3636863

>> What do you want your Snap-Jaws to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
> Keep your wife entertained while you concern yourself with other affairs

>> What do you want your Golems to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)
> Play pattycake in the sand for your newlywed bride’s amusement

> (6/6)

>>3636863
>Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: ??)
The last ingredient we need to make a golem.
>Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
She can't help us if she can't cast spells.
>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
Both of them.
>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
All of them that can work.

>>3636867
Yay, new thread!

>Begin studying how the golem's proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one
>Attempt to awaken the sorcerer's spark in your wife
>Structural Integrity
>Structural Integrity

>>3636873
agreed.

>>3636873
Supporting

>>3636873
>>3636880
>>3636936
>>3636939
> Roll 1d20, DC: ??
> Bo3

> Roll 1d20, DC: ??
> Bo3

Rolled 9, 14 = 23 (2d20)

>>3636950
Please don't fumble on the wife-

Rolled 19, 9 = 28 (2d20)

>>3636950

Rolled 8, 2 = 10 (2d20)

>>3636950
Someone ordered a fumble?

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>3636958
Tempting the fates.

>>3636955
>>3636952
Not bad.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3636965
Hmm.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>3636965
>>3636966
Intriguing.

>>3636967
>>3636966
>>3636965
...Ominous meter rising...

>>3636863
Where's the option to train the wife in the magic arts so that she can help us with our research?
What's her name actually?

>>3636985
It was right under the block of "read books."

>>3636967
Actually, what is her name, QM? We can't really just keep referring to her as wife.

>>3636988
Ah, must've missed it

Stat block is becoming pretty big now

>>3637007
Yeah, it kind of is. Maybe put it in a pastebin and link the pastebin to the thread? Seen it done before.

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>>3636873
>>3636880
>>3636936
>>3636939
>>3636952
>>3636955
> 19 VS DC: 18
> Minor Success
> 14 VS DC: 16
> Minor Failure

So far as you are aware, only one facet of the golem’s construction eludes your knowledge. Granted, you’ve yet to truly grasp the network of strands which animate a golem’s form or the breadth of runes that guide its motion, but their principles are plain to you, and their mastery is inevitable. No, what you lack is an understanding of the proto-soul which renders it anything more than inert rock, and more importantly, you have no idea as to where they originate to begin with. Are they artificial, manufactured by deep meditation, or did they once belong to sapients, but were sculpted over time to fulfill the golem maker’s needs?

These questions consume your mind, and were it not for your wife’s presence, you would descend into another one of your frenzied obsessions, but for her sake you restrain yourself and focus inward. Over the course of a week of uninterrupted meditation in a locked room, you begin to ponder the architecture of a golem’s mind, which leads you to think about the nature of thought itself. The mind is fundamentally inward, focused on facilitating the drive of the soul, but what if the mind were sent outward, to attune to the drive of another?

Hmhmhmhm, this matter merits further consideration, and in an endeavor to further understand the fundamentals of that which makes the mental possible, you sit cross-legged in the center of the snap-jaw’s camp, and focus beyond any sane level. It takes almost a month of nonstop reaching, but eventually, your thoughts uncover a subconscious barrier, and as if physically sharpened, cut through it with reckless abandon. Your mind is immediately flooded with a cacophony of debased lust, feral hunger, and doglike worship, and only gritted teeth and an iron will preserve your sense of self.

Eventually, you manage to stitch the barrier shut, and are intrigued to find that it seems to repair itself once you’ve come back in. Almost immediately, you realize that you’ve tapped into the primitive mindscapes of over a hundred jackal-spawn, and making another, much more selective attempt, you find that with focus, it’s possible to “drown out the noise” and attune yourself to the mind of only one snap-jaw at a time. The detail is no more sophisticated, but the lack of “chatter” makes it far easier to examine in detail.

> (1/8)

>>3637066

You are dumbstruck when you realize that you’ve managed to uncover the rudiments of telepathy in pursuit of golem-crafting. Once your slight annoyance with the apparent sidetrack subsides, you come to the conclusion that this is a significant boon, because what better way is there to learn how minds are made than to understand them in full? At the moment, your outer mind is fuzzy enough that you can only perceive emotion, but you have no doubt that with practice, you could learn to peer deeper.

> Mind (0) advances to Mind (1)

In the meantime, your bride has taken the initiative of learning the snap-jaw’s language for herself and confesses that she finds them adorable despite their stench. After several more days of rune study and answering questions when you exposit on the results each night, you finally come to the conclusion that she’s been subtly hinting that she wants to assist in your research. When you’ve finished scolding yourself for being so oblivious and chiding her for not simply stating what she wants to say, you begin guiding her to meditate on the creation, and urging her to see her will made manifest each night.

She tries, she truly does, but when days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months, she has nothing to show for it but an improved capacity for holding a lotus pose. You feel irrationally angry over her lack of progress but are careful not to reveal your spite, because it took you no less than six months to attain your first breakthrough, and you can’t expect the coddled daughter of a chieftain to do any better.

> After all, in your past life you were the son of a-

> Gutter: Orphaned with nothing and no-one to your name, in the distant streets of the capitol city, the fires of your ambition were stoked with the blood of a child’s innocence.
> Scribe: Raised beneath a recorder for the merchant’s catalogues, you soon became desperate to avoid the drudgery of a lifetime of menial servitude by any means possible.
> Prince: Not the eldest son and oft-overlooked for good reason, you were swift disillusioned with politicking, and gained a thirst for true power that none missed when you fled.

Ah, childhood memories. Some sweet, most bitter. Your wife is a clever and driven girl, you’re certain she’ll get the hang of it sooner or later.

> (2/8)

>>3637066
>>3637069

>> THE SORCERER-LORD, RENDING STORM: (Tornado)
> Personal Traits:
> Quite Young: Reaching twenty-three summers, you are nearing what the barbarians consider manhood and though their respect doesn’t come easily, you’re still in the throes of youth with decades to continue your work.
> Aspiring Occultist: Despite the inherent risks of dabbling in the forbidden arts, you’ve attained a dangerous level of personal power and have a firm foothold in the first rung on the latter to petty godhood.
> Blood Bound to the Sky-Crawlers: You have earned the eternal friendship of the Sky-Crawlers clan and they will fight for you against nigh any foe without question if called upon, but they expect you to do the same.
> Sinister Mustache and Goatee: You couldn’t be a more obvious sorcerer if you tried, and if you applied yourself, landing a job as a sultan’s vizier would be child’s play.
> Comfortable Clothing: So far as you are concerned, your flesh is merely your mind’s vessel and you see no reason it shouldn’t be garbed in the comfiest clothing that you possess.
> Hospitable: Despite the paranoia most mundane men have toward practitioners of the dark arts, when resources permit you are welcoming toward visitors to an extent that would humble most sultans.
> Cordial: When you’re speaking to an individual of greater or equal power, you maintain a cordial tone and strive to maintain the utmost politeness, but make it abundantly clear that you are a sorcerer of great power and not to be trifled with.
> Lingual Fluency: The Tongue, Proto-Settik, Contemporary Settik, Snap-Jaw

> Disciplines:
> Wind (6) You wield the force of a raging storm within you, and with no more effort than a mild jog you can fly as quickly as any bird, though a carpet or broomstick are necessary to balance. Not to mention, the winds you can summon around your person are capable of deflecting projectiles with ease and if pressed, you can bring forth a gale mighty enough to shatter boulders in moments, let alone bones.
> Runecraft (6) You’ve discovered that not only do they bare a striking similarity to the written language of the Proto-Settik tribes, but that they are meant to be written and read from top to bottom rather than left to right, and you’ve been going about your studying and note-taking all wrong.
> Fire (3) In time your enemies shall come to dread your name, for the fiercest flames flare forth at the merest flick of your tongue and snap of your finger, to say nothing of the concussive doom you are capable of flinging as casually if you were a child with a camel’s stitched hacky-sack, or the horrendous fireball you can send hurtling into their ranks!

> (3/8)

>>3637066
>>3637069
>>3637072

> Hexcraft (3) If you have access to an item of close connection to a specific individual, most preferably a body-part but possibly a sentimental object, you can fashion a crude effigy of the individual in question, and upon focusing on it whilst chanting their name and meditating on your intent, induce any number of nightmarish illnesses and ailments in them.
> Demonology (1) For the most part due to the black scroll’s exposition, you’ve learned the bare minimum necessary to summon and attempt to bind a demon to your service, though doing so without proper preparation would be unwise to say the least.
> Darkness (1) Thanks to ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery’ you have learned to thicken the shadows around yourself while muffling the noise that you make, and while this does little but make you a bit more difficult to spot after dark, according to Lord Umbral’s writing, in time you can be nigh-invisible.
> Mind (1) Several weeks on intense meditation has taught you how to expand your mind and sense the surface thoughts of others, in theory, though in practice, you can only perceive broad emotions and the effort is most strenuous.
> Earth (1) After reading ‘From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium’ you’ve learned how to attune yourself to the sand and soil, though the stones themselves are yet to move at your command, and the amount of sediment you’re able to shift is trivial at best.
> Decay (0) You’ve discovered that the midpoint between life and death can, in theory, be channeled to unleash a wide array of deleterious effects on your foes, and offers a surprising amount of useful, if ghastly tools of the occult.

>> Ruins of the Palace
> Structural Integrity: [374 out of 20,000] Most of the roof is missing or crumbling, the floor has been worn down to cobbles, and many of the halls and chambers have outright collapsed. To say nothing of the cobwebs and tears in the tapestries. It's still marvelous, but it looks like it belongs to a beggar king. You’re honestly beginning to tell the difference that the snap-jaw and golem’s labor is making, though it wouldn’t be apparent to anyone that hadn’t been living in the palace for years on end.
> Fortification Rating: [209 out of 209] Though this place wasn’t built with fortifications in mind, there was once a token wall surrounding the premises, and thanks to the tireless labor of your minions, it stands once again, although it’s more of a makeshift line of boulders and debris than any mortared and orderly assemblage of stone. Outside of the wall, a wide trench has been dug-out with the intention of making a moat, and extends to encompass the whole of the perimeter. In the absence of specific instructions, the snap-jaws have begun piling jagged rocks and sharpened poles at its bottom.

> (4/8)

>>3637066
>>3637069
>>3637072
>>3637075

> Resources:
> Treasure: [5,318] Mounds upon mounds of gold, silver, and jewels! Oh, and the handful of coins the raiders had tossed on-top. All guarded by the pair of golems that would've struck you down alongside the other would-be pillagers if they didn't sense the aura of sorcery about your person. It is a princely sum to be certain, all that's needed is to find somewhere to actually spend it.
> Corpses: [18] They were in a grotesque condition before the rot set in, but the desert heat has kept them from rotting too quickly and who knows, you might find a use for them.
> Camels: [4] Four one-humped dromedaries with the fiercely defiant temper characteristic to their kind, but they’ve gotten used to you, and they’re easy enough to ride now.
> Test Subject: [1] Held in your deepest, darkest dungeons and absolutely terrified of you and the sorcery you wield.

> Artifacts:
> Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery: An obscenely detailed series of homages to the debauched escapades of the self-proclaimed Lord Umbral, and some explanations on how to improve one’s sexual performance and manipulate the shadows to their own ends.
> Tikal’s Dissertation Into Decomposition: An exceedingly morbid and well-written, if archaic scholarly work presenting a number of novel principles surrounding the platonic ideal of decay, and even better, an abundance of suggestions for aspiring occultists to put it to use.
> A Humble Treatise on Proto-Settik: A supremely uninteresting history book concerning the tribes that preceded the Settik empire, which nonetheless has several chapters concerning their written language which, while greatly simplified, was closely related to the runic script.
> From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium: A most boring but informative academic work dedicated to chronicling the properties, both mundane and metaphysical of every stone both known and unknown, though the eccentric author died before finishing his text.

> (5/8)

>>3637066
>>3637069
>>3637072
>>3637075
>>3637076

>> Population:
> Minions:
> 2 Clay Golems: Fearless, tireless, strong as a dozen men and unflinchingly loyal. They're excellent for anything resembling combat or manual labor, but their lack of intellect prevents them from doing much else. Gloriously, you have managed to repair the damage inflicted by the ‘Emissary of Koios’ and reactivate them to do your bidding!
>> 214 Snap-Jaws: Tiny, wiry, and vicious in numbers but cowardly when the odds are against them, these jackal-spawn are subhuman in every way but are adequate enough at most simple tasks if enough are thrown into the problem. They subsist on insects and vermin, have an encampment in the palace’s courtyard, and worship you as their glorious god-king. You have seen fit to divide them into three broad castes.
> 49 Upper-Caste Snap Jaws: The highest caste of your snap-jaw minions, these are allegedly superior to all others but this early on in the selective breeding program, the differences are marginal at best.
> 141 Lower-Caste Snap Jaws: The lowest caste of your snap-jaw minions, these are allegedly inferior to the upper-caste but this early on in the selective breeding program, the differences are marginal at best.
> 24 Sterile-Caste Snap Jaws: The sterile caste of your snap-jaw minions, these saw fit to accept that they aren’t fit to reproduce and abstain from participating in either one of the primary snap-jaw castes.
> Subjects:
> It is sorely needed!

This season, nineteen lower-caste and eight upper-caste snap-jaws were born. Sadly, one sterile-caste snap-jaw was killed during a squabble over whether or not the top or the bottom side of a carcass’s leg tastes better. You would execute the offender, if you cared enough to bother with an in-depth investigation.

> (6/7)

>>3637066
>>3637069
>>3637072
>>3637075
>>3637076
>>3637082

The Fall has fled, and the Winter of Year 4 has come in its stead.

>> What do you want to do? (You may choose two research actions, at a +0 bonus to the second’s roll)
> Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: 18)
> Begin studying how the mysteries of blood relates to the supernatural, (DC: 16)
> Begin studying how the mysterious strings seem to relate to the golems, (DC: 14)
> Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function, (DC: 14)
> Conduct experimentation on some of the corpses you have laying around, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into Decay with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into Hexcraft with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into the Mind with the prisoner, (DC: ??)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Runecraft, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Wind, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Hexcraft, (DC: 16)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Darkness, (DC: 14)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of the Mind, (DC: 14)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Earth, (DC: 14)
> Read the tome ‘From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ ( DC: ??)
> Read the tome ‘Tikal’s Dissertation on Decomposition,’ (DC: 10)
> Read the tome ‘A Humble Treatise of Proto-Settik,’ (DC: 8)
> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)
> Attempt to summon an ‘Erinyes’ with the ritual, (DC: ??)
> Attempt to research a newer, shinier Discipline, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, contact the chieftain of the Sky-Crawlers, and make an offer for the hand of his daughter before another does, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to contact the Hashara, either in violence or diplomacy, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to explore your surroundings for potential minions and subjects to rule with an iron-fist, (DC: ??)

>> What do you want your Snap-Jaws to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
> Continue doing whatever it was that made her giggle three weeks ago

>> What do you want your Golems to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)
> Get to work and stop slacking off, sleepless or no, you want results

> (7/7)

Rolled 7 (1d10)

>>3636985
>>3636988
Hmm, your guess is as good as mine.

> Rolling 1d10 on thematic name generator

>>3637069
Either
>Gutter
or
>Scribe

Like a good rags-to-riches story.

>>3637088
>Attempt to awaken the Sorcerer's Spark in wife
>Begin studying how the golem's porto-souls are structured, and how you could form one
>Structural integrity
>Structural integrity

>>3637088
We were a prince
Help the wife to attain the magic spark

Tell snapjaws to explore the palace and to report anything interesting

>>3636985
>>3636988
>>3637090
How does Aarifa sound?

>>3637009
That's not a half bad idea. As nice as it is to have everything contained in the thread, posting the information is starting to get to be the most difficult part of updating, and it's only going to get worse from here. For the sake of my sanity I'll start doing that in future posts, but I'll using a separate pastebin every time so things aren't spoiled for newfags.

>>3637099
Sure, Aarifa works.

>>3637100
Yep

>>3637069
> Scribe: Raised beneath a recorder for the merchant’s catalogues, you soon became desperate to avoid the drudgery of a lifetime of menial servitude by any means possible.
>>3637088
First
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of the Mind, (DC: 14)
and then
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
>> What do you want your Snap-Jaws to do?
> Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)

Try to coach them to find other possible minion locations.

>> What do you want your Golems to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
Fix better and nicer room for our wife.

>>3637069
>Gutter: Orphaned with nothing and no-one to your name, in the distant streets of the capitol city, the fires of your ambition were stoked with the blood of a child’s innocence.
>Continue your studies into the Discipline of the Mind, (DC: 14)
>Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)
>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
210 of them.
>Continue doing whatever it was that made her giggle three weeks ago
The remaining 4.
>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
Both.

>>3637069
>> Scribe: Raised beneath a recorder for the merchant’s catalogues, you soon became desperate to avoid the drudgery of a lifetime of menial servitude by any means possible.


> Begin studying how the mysterious strings seem to relate to the golems, (DC: 14)
> Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function, (DC: 14)

>>3637091
>Gutter
Supporting

It may cost us a few turns but getting our wife up to speed, at least somewhat, on research and magic and shit will only make us more efficient.
I believe it’s worth the time investment.

We might want to go after the Hashara after she becomes competent enough to try on her own.

>>3637088
>> Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)

forgot to choose here.

>>3637069
>> Gutter: Orphaned with nothing and no-one to your name, in the distant streets of the capitol city, the fires of your ambition were stoked with the blood of a child’s innocence.
> Abandon your studies, contact the chieftain of the Sky-Crawlers, and make an offer for the hand of his daughter before another does, (DC: ??)
Marry his other daughter
> Continue doing whatever it was that made her giggle three weeks ago
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)

>>3637136
Pretty sure OP forgot to remove that since we already married his daughter.
Even if the chief has another one, I doubt they can compare to the one we have currently.
It gave me a good laugh though

>>3637136
> Abandon your studies, contact the chieftain of the Sky-Crawlers, and make an offer for the hand of his daughter before another does, (DC: ??)
It's already complete, but I accidentally kept the action in the copy+paste. You could always ask if he has another, but they frown on polygamy and whether or not he turned out to have another, it would be deeply insulting.

>>3637140
>>3637141
i kid!

> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)

this is my real vote

>>3637088
>> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ (DC: 12)
I assume this is to learn more about darkness discipline
>> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ ( DC: ??)
And I assume this is to learn more about another sort of discipline entirely, if you catch my drift

>>3637069
>Gutter
The most /metal/ option. Instead of being raised by wolves like some barbarian fag, we raised ourselves in the streets.

>>3637116
+1

>>3637147
Need to do a bit more research, knowwhatimsaying?

>>3637088
>Scribe: Raised beneath a recorder for the merchant’s catalogues, you soon became desperate to avoid the drudgery of a lifetime of menial servitude by any means possible.

>Conduct experimentation into the Mind with the prisoner, (DC: ??)
>Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)

>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw) All
>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)

Man i remember the good ol' days before the ball and chain when we were just chillin in our broke down bachelor pad-lace drinkin' brewskis with our gol-bros.

How times have changed.

You guys think we should specc into hex or mind?

>>3637185
Maybe get Mind to 3 or 4, then alternate until they're both at 6+?

>>3637185
Getting mind high enough that we can passively detect people / read thoughts from an individual without a days meditation would be a good goal.

>>3637190
It would probably be a great counter to Darkness, actually.

>>3637153
I like this, +1

>>3637185
We need both for golem making so having them around the same level should be good.

>>3637153
+1

>>3637088
Changing my vote
This >>3637153 but we were raised in the gutter.

>>3637153
+1

>>3637153
+1

Decent enough quest. Interested in seeing how it continues

>>3637400
>Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)

-second disciple: mind

>golems, help you move rumle to explore palace + restore structural integrity.

>>3637467
one of the best ive seen so far. but i haven't been t /qst/ in quite while. options getting pretty complicated though, which makes it hard for people to agree on anything

>>3637471
I agree. At the very least the tome reading and studying should be condensed down into 2 options

>>3637230
>>3637382
>>3637400
All 1 post IDs saying the same thing?

>>3637153
Support, except I back
>Gutter
Instead of scribe

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Remember what I said about "1 post by this ID" votes. This time, I'll let it slide since the thread just started but in the future, they won't count for the overall tally.

>>3637096
>1 vote for Prince

>>3637091
>>3637108
>>3637119
>>3637153
>>3637230
>>3637382
>>3637400
>7 votes for Scribe

>>3637091
>>3637116
>>3637120
>>3637136
>>3637148
>>3637262
>>3637477
>7 votes for Gutter

Hmm, I'll flip a coin to break the tie.

> 1: Scribe
> 2: Gutter

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>3637490
> Gutter-Son [Locked]

>>3637153
>>3637230
>>3637259
>>3637382
>>3637400
> Roll 1d20, DC: ??
> Bo3

> Roll 1d20, DC: ??
> Bo3

Rolled 3, 7 = 10 (2d20)

>>3637494

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3637494
Powers of the MIND

Rolled 20, 3 = 23 (2d20)

>>3637494

>>3637494
perhaps we lived in the gutter age 10-18 but were adopted by some scribe in our early youth before we ran away or he died?

>>3637499
>tfw can't post expanding brain meme
Fuck. I'll need another d20 for awakening sorcery


>>3637500
You learned to read somehow.

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>3637499

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3637504
AWAKEN, MY SORCERIES

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3637504

>>3637511
Okay I think I need to calm down

>>3637494
>>3637509
She's a slow starter, but will probably get there by the end of the Spring.

>>3637511
Tch, unfortunate.

>>3637509
AYAYAYAYAAYII

>>3637153
>>3637230
>>3637259
>>3637382
>>3637400
>>3637494
>>3637499
>>3637509
> 20 VS DC: 18
> Supreme Success
> 13 VS DC: 14
> Minor Failure

> Trait Gained:
> Gutter-Son

This study of the mind… It fuels your urge to dominate, and when you’ve mastered it, your conquest shall be absolute, extending not only to the body, but the mind and the soul. If the thoughts of those who would dare defy you are an open book, none can oppose you and your victory is inevitable! Forget perceiving the thoughts of others, the implications of influencing them are… profound. You can only imagine, bending and breaking their fragile minds to further your dominion… With such power, none could stand before you.

So what if free will is sacrosanct? The minds of your foes are nothing but obstacles , their convictions nothing more than tools to twist to your will and cast aside when they have outlived their use. Let the gods and their decrees be damned! If there is power to be had you shall seize it, and were it truly forbidden, you would be smote where you stood. If the idols of your ancestors see fit to remain silent, you see no reason not to take their place. In time, even the rivers of thought will ebb and flow at your demand.

Enough solipsism, all the self-aggrandizement in this world or any other will avail you none if you can’t turn abstract theory into tangible results. Fortunately, such rudimentary mind-reading requires no reagents, and you know just where to put your newfound capacity to the test. When you descend into the dungeon, the prisoner rises on shaky feet, defiance etched into every part of his emaciated frame. “Sorcerer, I fear no curse, for there can be no hell greater than this tomb and I know my soul is destined for the twilit halls.”

A sinister chuckle is the only response he receives, and you enter the cell, pushing him onto the ground with a breeze is so simple as to be casual. It’s almost entertaining to see him struggle when even the air he breathes has turned against him, but you aren’t here to torment him for the sake of satisfying your sadistic tendencies. No, this has a purpose. The gust dissipates, and he forces himself on his knees, only to howl in despair as you lay your hands on the scalp beneath his matted hair and the shackles on his hands leave him helpless.

> (1/5)

in case you need another roll

>>3637651

Curious, you enter the meditation trance and after only an hour’s focus, pierce through the veil. Only his mind is near enough to fully sense, and focusing, you find that his mindscape much larger and brighter than the snap-jaw’s, but it is consumed by hate and fear, albeit buried in the former enough that you wouldn’t find it with a passing “glance,” if you didn’t know what to look for. It’s almost flattering how much spite he holds for you, but you couldn’t care less for his opinions, only his reactions.

After a bit of poking and prodding, you sense a soft barrier surrounding his own psyche, and as he murmurs prayers to gods that won’t answer, you gather your will, slash the veil, and force your way through. You’re almost immediately met by a violent and furious resistance, but your supremacy reigns even here and he can no more harm you than a child throwing a tantrum can fell his father. He assails you with everything that he has, everything that he is and ever will be, but your will was hardened into the strongest steel long, long ago, and his mind breaks to the sound of your triumph. Everything is exposed to you, save for the memories buried deep within and try as you might, he retains some sliver of self-control.

> Mind (1) advances to Mind (2)

> [Get out of my head Sorcerer, you don’t belong here! My soul is mine, it is mine it is mine, it is mine, I won’t let you take it. I won’t let you-]

> [FOOL, I DO NOT NEED YOUR PERMISSION, NOR DO I SEEK IT.]

> [I won’t let you! I won’t let you! I won’t let you!]

> [THE WHINING OF A PETULANT CHILD SOON TO BE SCORNED]

> [I won’t let you! I won’t le-]

> [SILENCE]

> [let you…]

> [...]
> [I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH]

> [Ha! The ancestors watch over me, they hear my cry!]

> [DO NOT SO SWIFT TO REST, FOR SOME PART OF ME REMAINS]

> [NOOO! Get out get out get out-]

> Mind (2) advances to Mind (3)

His monotonous thoughts are of little interest, but the way he convulses and screeches, even long after you have left the cell behind is most amusing. Nyeheheheheh. Meanwhile, you’ve taken to meditating alongside your wife, but though she strains day and night, she has yet to make a breakthrough. She apologizes for her failure incessantly, and when you explain that it took you many weeks of silence to awaken your sorcery, it does little to console her. You deduce that she’ll awaken sometime in the next two seasons, or never at all.

> (2/5)

>>3637651
>>3637655

Telling her that you aren’t worried does little to reassure yourself, and lying awake at night, you contemplate the transference of thought and can’t help but wonder whether or not the same could be done with memories… and whether or not allowing her to glimpse the memory of when you awakened in that desert cave could induce a positive result. Even so, you still know little about the mind, and there is great risk involved…

> Do you take it?

> Yes, you will guide her into her destiny as a sorceress at any cost!
> No, she will awaken on her own, and you must have faith in your wife.

Less relevant to the intricacies of sorcery but even more existentially impacting is her vastly increased appetite and slowly swelling stomach. It seems that your weeks of intercourse have begun to bare fruit, and unless something goes horribly wrong, sometime in the next summer you are going to be a father. She, for one is ecstatic about the prospect of motherhood, but for you, the concept is… colossal in scope and scale alike.

> You feel-

> Annoyed, this is going to get into the way of your research, you can already tell.
> Horrified, if you never had a father growing up, how can you expect to raise a child?
> Ambivalent, who cares if you’re going to have another tiny simpleton running around?
> Relieved, even if the sorcerer’s spark isn’t there, she can find a way to make herself useful.
> Determined, immortality can wait, you’re going to be the father you wished was there.
> Excited, some part of you is terrified, but the rest can’t stop grinning. You’re going to be a daddy!

> Status:
>https://pastebin.com/2qjC2xYN[/spoiler

> (3/5)

>>3637651
>>3637655
>>3637657
This season, seventeen lower-caste and five upper-caste snap-jaws were born.

The Winter has come to an end, and the Spring of Year 5 begins.

>> What do you want to do? (You may choose two research actions, at a +0 bonus to the second’s roll)
> Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: 18)
> Begin studying how the mysteries of blood relates to the supernatural, (DC: 16)
> Begin studying how the mysterious strings seem to relate to the golems, (DC: 14)
> Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function, (DC: 14)
> Conduct experimentation on some of the corpses you have laying around, (DC: 18)
> Conduct further experimentation into the Mind with the prisoner, (DC: ??)
> Conduct experimentation into Decay with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into Hexcraft with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Runecraft, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Wind, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of the Mind, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Hexcraft, (DC: 16)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Darkness, (DC: 14)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Earth, (DC: 14)
> Read the tome ‘From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ ( DC: ??)
> Read the tome ‘Tikal’s Dissertation on Decomposition,’ (DC: 10)
> Read the tome ‘A Humble Treatise of Proto-Settik,’ (DC: 8)
> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)
> Attempt to summon an ‘Erinyes’ with the ritual, (DC: ??)
> Attempt to research a newer, shinier Discipline, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to contact the Hashara, either in violence or diplomacy, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to explore your surroundings for potential minions and subjects to rule with an iron-fist, (DC: ??)

> (4/5)

>>3637651
>>3637655
>>3637657
>>3637660

>> What do you want your Snap-Jaws to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
> Distract you from/congratulate you on the fact that you’re going to be a father

>> What do you want your Golems to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)
> Continue laboring, even if the snap-jaws have grown numerous enough to marginally outpace them

> (5/5)

>>3637651
>tfw no image
I know it doesn't have to be there but it's still painful

>>3637652
Anon pls

>>3637652
Good job anon.

>>3637657
>No, she will awaken on her own, and you must have faith in your wife.
Let's not fuck with mind.

>Horrified, if you never had a father growing up, how can you expect to raise a child?
Y'all wanted this.

>>3637660
>Begin studying how the mysterious strings seem to relate to the golems,
>Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function
We're close. Very close.

>>3637657
>Yes, you will guide her into her destiny as a sorceress at any cost!
Do it.
>Excited, some part of you is terrified, but the rest can’t stop grinning. You’re going to be a daddy!
Early 20s, right?
>Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 18)
We've really neglected Fire. We should get it up to 4
>Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)
Duh.
>>3637665
>Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
All except 30.
>Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
30.
>Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)
Both.

>>3637679
+1 this

>>3637660
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)

Well we have family now. We should probably figure out why this place is so ridiculous before they start getting dreams of the eldritch too.

>>3637657
> No, she will awaken on her own, and you must have faith in your wife.
> Determined, immortality can wait, you’re going to be the father you wished was there.
>>3637660
> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
>>3637665
Ill back >>3637679, that being
>Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
All except 30.
>Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
30.
>Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)
Both.

>>3637657
> No, she will awaken on her own, and you must have faith in your wife.

(give her time)


> Horrified, if you never had a father growing up, how can you expect to raise a child?
and
> Excited, some part of you is terrified, but the rest can’t stop grinning. You’re going to be a daddy!
> Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: 18)

second > Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 18) (we must not forget how to fight)

golems and snaps
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (build the maze outside our walls)

>>3637660
>Yes, you will guide her into her destiny as a sorceress at any cost!
>Annoyed, this is going to get into the way of your research, you can already tell.

>Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function, (DC: 14)
>Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 14)

>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw) All
>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem) Both

>>3637660
> Yes, you will guide her into her destiny as a sorceress at any cost!
> Excited, some part of you is terrified, but the rest can’t stop grinning. You’re going to be a daddy!
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Earth, (DC: 14)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)

>>3637745
Support

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3637813
I support this course of action.

>>3637813
>>3637825
[s]Stop it[/s]

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3637825
>https://pastebin.com/2qjC2xYN
I'm actually "OVERLORD ##LORK". Bow down to my shitposts!

>>3637679
This, except horrified. What’re we gonna name it?

>>3637846
"Wiz Kid"

>>3637846
nagash?

>>3637846
Goyim

>>3637846
Brutus

>>3637857
very nice

>>3637860
I'm not good with names!

>>3637846
actual ideas

male: Seth, Adom, Amon, Odhran, Thaddeus
female: Taimi, Earlene, Ida

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3637837
Roll for initiative against the Pure, True, Evil manifesting in front of Gary UTAP!

>>3637875
>>3637825
>>3637837
Wtf what are you rolling for.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>3637896
For Gary UTAP of course! Rolling for initiative against evil shitposts!

>>3637745
+1

>>3637679
>>3637660

Awake now. Looking at current plans. Going for this one, it's good.

>>3637679
>>3637705
>>3637846
>>3637904
> Roll 1d20, DC: ??
> Bo3

> Roll 1d20, DC: 18
> Bo3

> Roll 1d20, DC: 14
> Bo3

Rolled 9, 16, 5 = 30 (3d20)

>>3637911

Rolled 10, 9, 9 = 28 (3d20)

>>3637911

>>3637837
I kneel

>>3637875
>>3637898
And rise again.

Rolled 9, 14, 3 = 26 (3d20)

>>3637911

Rolled 17, 7, 16 = 40 (3d20)

>>3637911

At least we didn't kill anyone

We need to go all out on awakening our wife

Rolled 4, 7, 2 = 13 (3d20)

>>3637911

>>3637846
Isaac
Or maybe some name in runic

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3637914
>>3637915
>>3637918
You have one season left.

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3637911
>> Roll 1d20, DC: ??

>>3637869
These are pretty good.

OP, what kind of name vein should we aim for, like what would be best or appropriate? Culturally, that is.

>>3637869
>Seth
That could work, but it could be more exotic. How about Sseth?

>>3637974
I've been using Arabic names because
>loldesert
But I suppose anything else is acceptable, it'd just be unusual or foreign to the region.

>>3637990
We should do Egyptian
Or Brutus is good.

>>3637990
>>3638003
Brutus is bad luck.
The names I suggested are mostly Egyptian, btw.

>>3637986
Sseth, Seeth, Soseth, hm.

Arabic variants would be Sheth, Set, or Sheeth/Shees, the last two sounding a bit silly.

>>3638003
>>3638006
Egyptian would be p cool. Brutus is a terrible name for... I mean I don't have to say it really.

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>>3637911
>inb4 greedy retards make our wife brain dead.

>>3638058
Yeah. It's not a good idea, yet. We ain't good enough to really force it either. There's clearly a mixture of insanity, drive, and some intelligence in how people discover and build magical power within themselves. Every book we've read and our own experiences shows that.

So on the subject of magic body modding and teaching magic, then, shouldn't it be possible to directly induce magical power or an inclination for it in others by altering their strings? Recreating the conditions and will required for it within their bodies and minds? Forced, or alongside study, of course. Perhaps creatively distributing a meditative or "controlled" loss of sanity for a test subject, or inducing increased focus and willpower for the sake of said study. There's this underlying connection between madness and magic, and we're probably the only guy around with the resources (minions, other test possibilities do exist) and personal experience to actually further what fundamentally drives a mind and soul into magical ability.

Obviously where I'm going with this is loyal magic casters, there's just more unrevealed variables that tests are needed for. Not least of all the potential for that to backfire horrifically but, hexcraft reinforced loyal magic casters. Yeah. That's stronger than golems. Though given what we've seen so far we'll have to use human slaves, there's no other magical power we're really familiar with advancing, attempts on snap-jaws should be limited until we understand more.

The power of granting magic having its own superb implications for any society under our heel, too.

>>3638076
...I mean, we do have the guy in the basement... although we'd need to kill him immediately after we got him magic powers.

>>3638076
I'm just saying it wasn't worth the risk when she was so close to doing it herself, we should've practiced on the test subject and killed him if we succeeded first.

>>3638090
Yea I agree. Experimenting on close family isn't optimal progress, it's the reverse of it. We have better resources available.

Although a baby may serve a good purpose, it is after all at least half our blood and our own latent talent should've transferred a little, if nothing else.

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>>3638098
>inb4 our attempted awakening goes wrong and we abort our child.

>>3638110
Oh right.
If it lives I guess we'll find any post-birth side effects with applying magic on pregnant women.
Not the most useful research, but no wholly useless either.

Maybe the true Dark Lord Civilization were the friends we made along the way

>>3638118
OUR CHILD IS NOT A TEST SUBJECT!

>>3638118
Magical circuit as a magical mutation is cool

>>3638137
Why not??? We can always make more.

well. At least we didn’t roll a 1.

>>3638137
I mean, I didn't want them to be. But they are, because we're using magic on their fetus through their mother. It's already done...

>>3638142
>our son is born and they're a disfigured demon-looking mutant
i-it was worth it, right?

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>>3638146
Treating your child like shit and using them as test subject always come back to bite the big bad in the ass. Also we're an evil overlord, not an edgy asshole.

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3638158
>i-it was worth it, right?
Yes. It is. I'll demonstrate it by rolling a 1d100! 1 point equals 1 blessing for Gardy and Neptunia's first-born son!

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>>3638167
>Doing a shitty and dumb decision was bad.

>>3638159
This desu.

Everyone was worried last thread about our wife killing us or betraying us. I think experimenting on our own children will probably be a ticket straight to that.

>>3638169
>>3638167
I was too late to fucking vote against the experimenting on our wife shit. But, then again, all our rolls this season were shitty so I think regardless of our decision it would have gone poorly.

>>3638159
There's no need to test on them out of the womb but testing how magics affect births could be important if we want good magically strong children rather then just plebians who we have to train.

>>3638184
>I was too late to fucking vote against the experimenting on our wife shit. But, then again, all our rolls this season were shitty so I think regardless of our decision it would have gone poorly.
I'm not too sure what you're talking about, but I'll help by using magical science. Once the next turn rolls in, I'll make a write-in vote based on everyone's requests at the time.

>>3638184
Yep. God's that don't eat their children tend to do better in the long term than those that do. Symbolism of the older society first subjugating then being supplanted by the newer society aside, ofc.

>>3638184
This was our last chance otherwise she would be non magically gifted forever. Then the main point in marrying her would be lost.

>>3638218
Are you trying to kill the waifu?

>>3638218
No, we still have next season.

>>3638218
.....no that wasnt the case at all

>>3638218
WE STILL HAD A SEASON AND 14 WAS STILL A BETTER DC THAN WHATEVER THIS IS GOING TO BE!

>>3638218
We still have next season, and we should probably double down there. Two shots, right?

>>3638220
I refuse to call her a wafiu. The main reason we married who was a useful magic apprentice not so we can get our dick wet.

>>3638231
We should double down again.

>Fantasize about turning nomad desert waifu into an immortal sorceress goddess and having a happy life ruling together
>Potentially end up lobotomizing her instead
As fucked up as the situation might be, I'd be sorta fine with it. This feels like exactly the type of evil sorcerer backstory you'd see in this genre.

>>3638241
This is true, but we still had time.

>>3638228
Wow such a differance one season vs two seasons left. Ethier way doubling down is the way to go.

>>3638076
How insane are we, anyway? So far we’ve
>dived off a tower with no chance of survival
>buried ourself alive over flawed logic
>forced ourselves to work on a deadline against starvation
To gain one or two ranks in sorcery. The BBEG has problems

>>3638241
Well, the decision to experiment on our apprentice with a school of magic we barely practiced is still retarded
Seriously this was the dumbest idea. Why are we risking making our wife braindead over nothing?

>>3638258
uhhh, yes, a big difference because usually the DC goes down 2 points every failed pass.

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>>3638241
>>3638247
>>3638258
>Having a lobotomized meatslave that's a constant reminder of our failure is better than having a happy wife who can help us with our research and take away our loneliness. Where we could've taken what was probably going to be a 12 DC check next season.

Unironically KYS edgelord.

>>3638258
Either way, using magic we're not great with to solve problems on the idea we'll get lucky isn't as good as making an attempt with less risk, first.

also, guys, our highest was a 10. We didn't roll anything suuuuper terrible and besides, I'm pretty sure the DC would have been around 16-18 anyways. Let's just calm down and wait for the update instead of going at each others necks. If anything happened then we'll learn soon enough. After we learn, then we can start bitching. Fair enough?

>>3638263
Its a high risk reward scenario if we succed we got a super usefull apprentice if we fail our wife might suffer brain damage. It doesnt really matter if she's mentally handicapped though i mean as long as she can spit out babies who cares.

>>3638291
>It doesnt really matter if she's mentally handicapped though i mean as long as she can spit out babies who cares.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYwpRiejjoA

>>3638291
the tribe might care and I'm pretty sure the psyche of our already unstable MC wouldn't handle it very well either.

>>3638285
We're discussing the decision making behind the result, and whether the potential cost outweighs the benefit. That being having a wife vs. having a Casca. Should've spoken up sooner, but hey, maybe it won't turn out too bad. We'll see.
You're correct of course, it's not very productive.

>>3638262
I think we're very consistent. We want the best, and we know what it takes to get it quickly. When we fail in small ways continuously, we drive ourselves towards greater and greater risks. It's warming, I think. We have a realistic range of patience relative to our ambitions. Very little.

I really think the palace is having an effect on us that we've just been ignoring the whole time.

Next season we should double down on awakening the spark of sorcery within our wife. Even at the cost of studying or experimentation. If it gets us extra dice rolls to help her succeed then great. If we can lower the DC for her also good. Only studying and experimenting every single season for years on end is boring as fuck.

Can we get another vote count or is the decision final?
Either way. I'd like to see everyone's thoughts on the matter
>Intervention
>No Intervention

>>3638394
No mind bullshit on our wife. We can help her in other ways, but don’t experiment on our pregnant wife.

>>3638394
>No experimenting on the wife

We got the waifu because you guys wanted the waifu, so we're going to treat the waifu RIGHT. And that means no experimenting on her or her babies. Or her while she's pregnant with her babies.

>>3638394
I'd enjoy a second vote on this

>>3638394
>No magic on apprentices or babies
Until we know what we're doing, and genuinely know that it's for the best. Not to rush a stat upgrade.
Body modification is most likely gonna its own science after all.

>>3638394
>No experiment.

>>3637660
> No, she will awaken on her own, and you must have faith in your wife.
> Relieved, even if the sorcerer’s spark isn’t there, she can find a way to make herself useful.
> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)

>>3638394
>Don't make your wife brain-dead

>>3638394
I'd take a wife with a brain pls

>>3638388
Yeah, it is. We need subjects (not mere minions) to help us make real progress.

Actually, we've been doing a lot of things that aren't really reflective of progress at all.
I'll keep it to this one example, because autism.

Voting to have the snap jaws plug holes in fortifications we don't really use is an absolute waste of resources. #1, they're bad at that job. They're small, weak, and stupid. They are the least efficient builders we have available, and we know that. #2, using them to scout out sources of better subjects, places to support food growth, basic resources like wood or surface stone for quarrying to support genuine growth would be best. Fundamentally, we're not using them for what they do best. Instead of applying them to build a structure that they're a better defense for on their own in scouting and numbers, because strategically it just doesn't make sense.

Lots of anons and myself want to specialize them (make 'em better and more useful) through modification, but we don't have enough basic things to support that yet. They can't be a society on their own, and we don't have any of the things that would support them being one either. It's running around in circles trying to achieve a mid-game goal, early, without having the ability to actually sustain it.

And that's only one thing.

>>3638394
Looks like we've got 7 against 4 (counting 1 post ID's since >>3637705 was also a 1 post ID and was counted in >>3637911, not counting 1 post ID's, the vote would end up with 5 against 3)
If any of this means anything is, again, ultimately up to OP

>>3638485
I have a dynamic IP so I'll produce a lot of 1 post IDs, maybe I'll tripcode

>>3638455
However when scouting it seems that more often then not they just die, or spot something then die.
I would want to wait until we make a map of all we know of the area, and have Snap-Jaws make copies of it to take with them scouting to not lose their way and cover more ground. Especially as I fear they might just be going over the same ground season after season.

I think rather than attempting some grand change we should focus on little bonuses that will steadily build up.

Like rather then learning how to make a Golem time could be better spent exploring the area around us and getting more minions and some subjects. You know like a dark lord would have.

>>3638455
I agree, we should have them train within our courtyard or something. Try to build a sort of rag-tag militia and have them raid other sites possibly. I want Anubi later down the line so I think the best course of action is to focus on them improving themselves. Perhaps we could design a game for the High Caste to practice warfare with.

Also, what's our situation on food? I haven't seen anything about it so I guess we're good on that end. Maybe later, if it becomes an issue, we could grab the water discipline to start agriculture. Not sure if OP is really worried about any food or resource gathering of the sorts.


>>3638485
this was the initial voting window. ((seems like a lot of them regret it))

No
>>3637675 >>3637710 >>3637727

Yes
>>3637679 >>3637705 >>3637745 >>3637806 >>3637813
>>3637825 >>3637846 >>3637901 >>3637904

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Fun quest, QM. I just spent the better part of three hours reading through all of your first one.

Although I'm worried about the woman that is now suddenly living with us at the end of the first thread. So much for remaining a solitary, powerful and esoteric wizard.

>>3638533
Crap I missed that part. Note to self, don't vote when half asleep still.

>>3638455
You're largely right that we're going for these bigger things without making real progress and just spinning our wheels. I like the idea of transitioning the snap jaws from building to full scouting. We might lose some, but if we can find some good subjects, it'll be worth it. Maybe we can get some slaves and start on a small janissary army or something.

Still, I think we have done a lot of good at the same time. We've got a bunch of magic and could probably start pumping out golems in a year or maybe less. Since we can do 2 research actions at once, we can also research offensive magics (fire probably) and be a real force once we head out.

Also, just a thought, we might have the tribe give us info on good places to conquer (call in a favor)

Alright, I did the math to explain what I mean better.
214 snap-jaws are 0.2 each turn is 42.8 "construction points," as per the fortification prompt. The snap jaws are 0.2 each vs. two Golems that are 10 each per turn.
SJ's
214 SJ's = 42.8 con points.
2 Golems = 20 con points.
Out of 20k fortification total, that's over 300 turns of effort. SJ's will reach their food limit, eventually. It's inevitable in a desert like this, but I think it's better to have reliable data so I don't come across as a lintbag.

>>3638506
Yeah, essentially. Actually, yes; completely.
>I fear they might just be going over the same ground season after season
It's pretty likely too, long distance navigation is a science tier above them. They're a swarm chasing their noses.

There are so many unknowns we actually need to check for ourselves about this desert, too, just because we can't rely on dogs for them. Being lead by a human subject experienced in scouting would delegate the task far better than what we've been doing so far.

>>3638533
Training or having tactics drilled into them would likely do wonders for later, benefit being you don't need them to be smart or think of strategy when they've been drilled into five dog units and how to cover each other with a spear. It'll be difficult, of course.
I mean, OP should be worried about it. An empire needs to eat. Massive armies take massive shits. Or march on their stomachs... something like that.

On the point of fucking with her mind, I'm not even surprised that this happened, that anons voted for it or literally anything about the sudden onset regret. I would've voted against it were I awake but given the number of votes in favour of doing this incredibly stupid move, it wouldn't have mattered.

>>3638455
Anon Snapjaws seemingly die at the slightest effort. Meaning every time we've sent them out to scout we've lost a significant number or outright failed to gain any information. They are better as semi-expendable labour-soldiers.

Fact is you say they are bad at building but comparatively in the time it has taken us to get the golems back online, without more or less any intervention by us, the population of our Snapjaws has grown enough that they rival them in construction capacity. Given another few years of breeding under similar conditions, who knows how many more we will have.

Consider that the previous season alone, from a population of 188, they grew their numbers by 27 (with 1 Snapjaw being murdered over a discussion) individuals. That means that every season we get effectively 1/2 of a golem without any investment of our time and as their population grows we can only expect that to accelerate.

>>3638563
>SJ's will reach their food limit, eventually. It's inevitable in a desert like this
To some degree yes but that can be delayed or even avoided by various efforts.

>>3638533
>>3638563
I assure you, I've been keeping track of food. Fortunately for you snap-jaws don't need much to begin with, but it's definitely an issue to worry about in the future.

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>>3638533
You're right, thank you for the correction.
As much as I hate getting outvoted on this ill let the chips fall where they may.

is it just me or is everyone that voted for the intervention the same people that got salty over the marriage thing last thread?

Also on the matter of votes, we need clearer voting times and maybe also get proportional voting since we've been getting to choose so many options and the vote ends up getting split.

>>3638574
That's good. That put one worry on the back burner.

>>3638569
It's less about them not being useful at all, but rather that it's not in our best strategic interest to have them build fortifications at this point in time. Spending snap-jaws as weak scouts, or building them up as a swarm force, or perhaps training something like tactics into them, would be better than having their number devoted to a fortification we shouldn't need the most of this soon.

>>3638563
Each golem has 20 con points, so it will only be 236 turns if everything stays the same.

However if we can get some kind of water wellspring runes, dig aqueducts around the palace and get slaves to farm there the Snaps could explode in population.

>>3638581
kek, yeah, while I'd love to not have our wife braindead, the vote had already been rolled on. Plus there was just too many people gunning for it so ehh... I doubt OP will kill our wife after 3 turns of having her. I hope

>that spoiler
Yeah 100% agree.

>>3638574
alright boys, you heard it from the boss. We should probably learn how to make water so we can start growing stuff or we should take the dogs to go raid some places for food (and treasure).

>>3638591
Whoops. Thanks for the correction, 2 Golems is 40cp. That maths out much better.
> aqueducts, slaves, irrigation, farms
> pop explosion

I'm starting to see something. Snap-jaws eat mostly meat, and the sky tribe had herds that we can likely trade for. We'd just need grazing land, as well.

>>3637679
>>3637705
>>3637846
>>3637904
>>3637914
>>3637915
>>3637918
> 10 VS DC: 18
> Major Failure
> 16 VS DC: 18
> Minor Failure
> 9 VS DC: 14
> Moderate Failure

You’re excited as you are horrified by the prospect of fatherhood, but these feelings of paranoia and sentimentality are overshadowed by the everpresent worry that your wife will never unlock the mysteries of sorcery. The idea of that, being bound in matrimony with someone unable to cast even the simplest of spells… It is unthinkable, and you cannot accept it. A brief discussion with Aarifa is had, and seeing the gravity of the situation, she consents to your attempt to show her memories of your awakening, the moment you came to truly understand that sorcery was no half-forgotten myth or foolish children’s tale.

It is late at night in your bedchamber and each of you lies undressed, for the mingling of minds outpaces any other intimacy and if you are going to be laying the contents of each other’s souls bare, there is no need to remain clothed for the act. Each of your hands graces her head while she lays silent in your lap, and you close your eyes in meditation. The perception comes quicker now, and so close to you she’s more visible than any candle in the dark. You feel a deep trust tinted by overwhelming trepidation and self-doubt, and as you begin to tear the veil, she gasps beneath you. Despite intense curiosity, she remains silent and does all that she can to clear her mind in accordance with your instructions.

There is a moment of calm as your minds entwine, but this warm bliss soon fades in favor of cold steel. You can feel and hear your wife when she speaks, and the sensation fills you with a curious feeling of deja vu you’re certain she senses.

“I’m ready.”
>[I’m ready]

You lay one hand on her cheek, close your eyes, and sigh.

> [...]
> [Brace yourself]

She tenses, still trusting, and you begin sifting through half a decade’s remembered detritus until you’ve found that which you seek. There, in the cave beside the dried husk where a river once flowed, staring into the flickering depths of a campfire and clenching that scrap of parchment you stole from an accused occultist slated for execution, the heat surged within and as you muttered those words, you awakened. That apex, that instant, that moment of triumph is what she must feel, and it is what you will show her.

Taking a metaphysical scalpel to your psyche, you cleave that memory in two, and from the pieces, induce a perfect copy of each. One to stay, and the other, to go, and go it does. Flowing, pulsing, the living memory trickles from your mind into hers, and the breath catches in her throat as she sees you at the moment of your greatest accomplishment. “So this is…” Yes, yes, that’s it, that’s it, she’s almost on the brink! For the briefest of moments, you feel pride beyond a lesser man’s comprehension, and then,

It unravels.

> (1/4)

>>3638614

The stream of consciousness doesn’t stop with remembrance of the miracle you made. No, it goes back further and farther than you ever could’ve known, and the realization that you forgot to clip the memory as it was sent sets in far too little, far too late. You are powerless to do anything but watch as the mind of your sheltered, loving wife is flooded with snippets of the past that should’ve been forgotten.

> Toddling through the alleyways, begging cold-hearted strangers for morsels
> Learning to steal from rich and poor alike when your pride refused to let you beg
> Fleeing from mangy hounds in alleys so filthy a single wound would’ve meant death
> Learning to hate the faith and all it stood for when a priest of the temple spit in your eye
> Struggling to survive each day, fighting for your life over what food you could gather
> Grappling with an elder over a sweet tart at a prince’s coronation parade, drawing a knife
> Learning to feel nothing as you watched an innocent old man die
> Innocence cracking, giving way to despair, buried by cold, still rage
> A sweet tart, left to waste in the mud

Finally, mercifully, it comes to a stop, and reliving the experience as if you were there has left you broken. Pulling from her mind, you lay back, staring at the ceiling in silence. She’s seen you for who you are, an unrepentant thief, guiltless murderer, monster. How can anyone love you? How can anyone- An open palm touches your chest, and you stare into weeping, amber eyes. A trembling voice speaks, and you pay it heed. “That’s… You?”

That piercing gaze, too proud to come to tears tells your wife all that she needs to hear, and you lay still as she holds you in her arms. A soft embrace, and softer words whispered shatters your psyche. “It’s okay.” You don’t deserve them, you don’t deserve her, but you’re not strong enough to push her away and so you lay. Now her hand lays on your cheek, and only every fibre of your ironclad will keeps the floodgates closed. “It’s gonna be okay.”
Too stern to heave, too proud to sob, you stay silent as the tears flow, and the woman you saw fit to wed holds you close. “It’s okay… I loved you since I first laid eyes on you… and I don’t love you any less because I’ve… seen who you are.”

“It’s okay…” Too weak to show weakness, you let everything you are pour out, and she consoles you long into the night.

…

When the morning comes, you leave the palace and spend the better part of a month incinerating ancient mite-riddled furniture hand-dragged into the courtyard, trying to burn away impurities that can’t be cleansed before one day you fall to your knees, howl your hate until the heavens quake, and you could swear that for a moment, rain dusts your face. Emptiness reigns but your wife remains, and for a moment, the bleakness is banished by her smile and the words to pass her lips.

The baby kicked.

> (2/4)

>>3638614
>>3638617

> Status:
>https://pastebin.com/RzdD1TAM

This season, eight lower-caste and nine upper-caste snap-jaws were born for reasons you don't care to know.

The Spring has faded, and the Summer of Year 5 begins. Your wife is due to give birth, and you instinctively know that she’ll awaken now or never.

>> What do you want to do? (You may choose two research actions, at a +0 bonus to the second’s roll)
> Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: 18)
> Begin studying how the mysteries of blood relates to the supernatural, (DC: 16)
> Begin studying how the mysterious strings seem to relate to the golems, (DC: 14)
> Begin studying how the intricacy of the runic script enables the golem’s function, (DC: 14)
> Conduct experimentation on some of the corpses you have laying around, (DC: 18)
> Conduct further experimentation into the Mind with the prisoner, (DC: ??)
> Conduct experimentation into Decay with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Conduct experimentation into Hexcraft with the prisoner, (DC: 18)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Runecraft, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Wind, (DC: 24)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of the Mind, (DC: 16)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 16)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Hexcraft, (DC: 16)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Darkness, (DC: 14)
> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Earth, (DC: 14)
> Read the tome ‘From Garnet to Gravel: A Compendium,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ (DC: 12)
> Read the tome ‘Lord Umbral’s Diary of Debauchery,’ ( DC: ??)
> Read the tome ‘Tikal’s Dissertation on Decomposition,’ (DC: 10)
> Read the tome ‘A Humble Treatise of Proto-Settik,’ (DC: 8)
> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 12)
> Attempt to summon an ‘Erinyes’ with the ritual, (DC: ??)
> Attempt to research a newer, shinier Discipline, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to contact the Hashara, either in violence or diplomacy, (DC: ??)
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to explore your surroundings for potential minions and subjects to rule with an iron-fist, (DC: ??)

> (3/4)

>>3638614
>>3638617
>>3638619

>> What do you want your Snap-Jaws to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
> Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??)
> Go away, and leave you to dread the future in peace.

>> What do you want your Golems to do?
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Fortification Rating. (+20 per Golem)
> Stay silent because you desire nothing more.

> (4/4)

>>3638619
> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 12)

> Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 16)

>Snapjaws scout and work on fortress.
>Golems fortress.

>>3638623
>Wife magic
>Wife magic
>Snapjaws Structural Integrity
>Golems Structural Integrity

>>3638619
Op what exactly can runes do? If we put fire runes on a sword with the intent to wreath it in flames just who could get it burning?
When does a rune power down, and just how much is the exchange ratio to magic put in vs magic produced.
Could we use them to fill the moat with ever burning flames for instance?

>>3638624
+1

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>>3638614
>>3638617
God bless you, merciful OP.

oof

Failing mind magic breaks the caster, not the subject. We learned something.

>>3638623
>>3638624
+1. The DC is decent now.

>>3638624
+1

>>3638619
> Attempt to awaken the sorcerer’s spark in your wife, (DC: 12)
> Begin studying how the golem’s proto-souls are structured, and how you could form one, (DC: 18)
> Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+20 per Golem)> >Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw)
See guys nothing bad happend it could be agrued that somthing good happend now that she understands our pain she may understand our actions.

>>3638614
>>3638617
>tfw eating a poptart
Muh heat, muh soul

>>3638624
+1 I’m honestly ok having a non-magic waifu

>>3638657
Yea she can allways be used for other magic realtwd activities.

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>>3638617
>>3638619
OH MERCIFUL HEAVENS ABOVE! PRAISE BE, OP!! Our wife is NOT braindead!

>>3638624
This.

>>3638665
shut the fuck up, nerd. We're not killing our wife

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>>3638665
>It doesnt really matter if she's mentally handicapped though i mean as long as she can spit out babies who cares.
Silence edgelord

>>3638665
Magic or not we should definitely prolong her existence, otherwise we’ll snap

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>>3638665
Begone edgelord.

>>3638619
Come on guys, it's now or never.
> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)
if not abandoning the studies is 12 DC then putting everything into it should be a 7 or 8.

>>3638623
> Abandon your studies, and attempt to search the width and breadth of the palace for any indication of why it is here, of all places, (DC: ??)
>Continue your studies into the Discipline of Fire, (DC: 16)

>Begin laboring on the palace's Structural Integrity. (+0.2 per Snap-Jaw) half
>Send some of their number out to explore the region surrounding your palace, (DC: ??) Other half

> What do you want your Golems to do?
>Stay silent because you desire nothing more.

>>3638624
+1

>>3638686
I am confident in our ability roll 12 or above.

>>3638624
Actually switching from fire to also

> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)

As long as we don't use mind magic and just help her.

>>3638683
>when the snap-jaw population exceeds agricultural output

>>3638683
>>3638676
>>3638668
Shut the fuck up and learn to read turbo tards.

>>3638691
That’s a dangerous thing to say

I really should not have said that.

>>3638697
Learn to read through the rest of the thread.

>>3638291
>>3638146

>>3638703
Oh shit oh fuck

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>>3638691
>>3638703
>Inb4 you jinxed it
Bo3 is so gonna fuck us

>>3638712
Don't be dragging up the past nerd.

>>3638714
Quick everyone support the change to >>3638693

>>3638715
>Yea she can allways be used for other magic realtwd activities.

Literally advocating to use your wife as a test subject is still edgy as fuck no matter how you spin it.

>>3638619
>> Abandon your studies, and focus every spare instant of your time on awakening the sorcerer's spark in your wife, (DC: ??)

MAGIC

WAIFU

NOW!

>>3638631
Supporting. Double up on helping wife to unlock her sorcerous potential and fuck anyone who says otherwise, especially >>3638665 this autistic nigger

>>3638624
Fuckit I’m not brave enough

>>3638631
+1

>>3638693
You fucked up, your first proposal is going to probably win because of the spite voters who hated having a waifu in the first place

I'm going to give you an hour to decide while I listen to my lofi/thrash playlist

>>3638693
Changing my research votes to this.

>>3638647
>>3638693
Switching to this as long as we don't use magic to mess with her.

>>3638724
Magic wife!!!

Fuck I didn’t see this option.


>>3638668
Switching from this to >>3638724

>>3638749
How old is our wife Aretha Franklin?

>>3638765
She's 16, probably 17 now.

>>3638796
>Inb4 americans saying pedophilia

Anyway, im glad the salt troop hasn't usurped the vote. After we get this done we'll follow the plan discussed earlier in the thread

You guys don't even understand what edgy is here's the definition "Used to describe something that is excessivelydark, often to a point where it's overbearinglydepressivenature could be consideredhumorous." By your guys' standards, Thanos would be edgy. There's no reason we shouldn't do something as long as there's a reasonable reason to do something. Sacrificing our wife would be of tremendous value since our character values her so much. Thus she could be more useful as a sacrifice than as alive. I don't know why you guys are so clingy to the first girl we meet.