Repeat from last thread

The Sadist nearly managed a smile, “Versatile,” it said, turning to the Scholar.
It raised an eyebrow, ”Why are you wearing goggles?”

An unceremonious gurgle escaped from the [Hobgoblin].
It’s muscles spasmed. Its features twitched.

”Because,” replied the Scholar, “This is where the fun begins.”

End repeat from last thread

Their attention switched back to the hobgoblin in the [Boss Room], which sneezed.
It checked its surrounding to ensure nobody had spotted such a disgrace and sighed in relief.
Then sneezed. Again. And Again. The grace of the act rapidly diminished.

The first sneeze was off the “in the elbow” variety, whereas the second was the over-the-shoulder kind.
By the end of the sneezing fit the hobgoblin was booming sneezes that would make the average middle-aged dad proud.
The back-bending, gonna-pull-a-muscle kind.

It’s skin began to discolour and boils formed and went in the span of seconds.

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This is the total list of mutations rolled.
You can pick three, but having everyone pick three at a time will end up a mess that’ll be hard to smooth out.

Therefor, we will pick one at a time. After that one is picked I’ll write a short response and we’ll pick the next one.
You will have an hour from the time of this post to vote on the first one, the following two will happen after fifteen minute voting rounds.
This is simply to ensure enough people see that mutation voting has begun and once they’re aware they can simply check back in those fifteen minute intervals.

Just a heads-up, mutations above 90 are self-indulgent retard tier.
If you don’t want to see those kinds of things in the quest, don’t vote for them.

>>5174318

66 - Monstrous
Your body twists into a hulking, monstrous form that instils fear into your enemies.
Hostile creatures have disadvantage on all saving throws in the first round of combat.
The monster has advantage on saving throws within that same round. (Against Skills or Spells)

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63 - Undead (Skeleton)
Flesh slumps from the bones of this creature. Innards collect in a pile on the ground.
This continuous until only bones remain. They’ve become undead.

Beyond Flesh Skill
Gain immunity to poison.
This creature does not breathe.

Withering Touch Skill
Once per invasion, you can invoke a withering touch.
On use, a hostile creature has to roll a DC15* Constitution saving throw or take a scaling amount of damage.
On a roll of 5 or lower (including modifiers) take 3 necrotic damage, on a 10 or lower take 2 necrotic damage, and on a 14 or lower, take 1 point of necrotic damage.

*Scales with monster tier

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96 - A Weapon to Surpass Metal Gear
You gain a gun. More specifically, a Wesson & Smith Model 666 .357 Magnum.
It is loaded with a single bullet (per invasion). Once per invasion, you can declare the use of the gun.
Upon usage, the hostile creature will have to roll a DC15* Dexterity saving throw or take 3 piercing damage*.
If the hostile creature rolls 5 or lower (including modifiers) they die instantly.

*Scales with monster tier

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7 - (Un)Lucky
Once per invasion, you can force disadvantage on a saving throw.
This has to be declared before the roll is made.
Mostly because “Reaction” rerolls are a nightmare.

Example
The [Drowsy Slime] should use its skill [Slumber] on the hostile cleric.
We’re using [Lucky] on this to give her disadvantage on the saving throw.

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100 - Two random mutations (6, 75)
Will be revealed upon selection.

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25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)
A deep-rooted fiendish nature rises to the surface.
The creature becomes devilishly handsome.

Silver Tongue Skill
Persuasion attempts and the making of deals will be more effective when this creature is in attendance.

Global Appeal Skill
You can speak and understand all languages.

Charm Skill
Once per invasion, you can force a hostile creature to roll a DC15 Charisma saving throw.
On a failure, they are charmed by you and stop attacking you.
This effect lasts until removed in some way.

A charmed creature can carry out simple instructions, within reason.

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>>5174320


25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)
Unfortunately you rolled 25 twice. There’s already so many dice in play that I’m hesitant to reroll.
Instead, you can pick the alternative version of this mutation: Devilish Heritage (Female)

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45 - Built Different
A discerning eye can tell there is something off about this creature.
The mystery is revealed when the creature is bested.

Upon death, three goblins burst forth from the creature’s chest.
It was three goblins in a skin suit all along.
They immediately join combat.

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44 - Volatile
Upon death, the creature explodes. This effect does not extend to creatures spawned by the monster.
All hostile creatures in the room need to roll a DC15 Dexterity saving throw or take 1 point of acid damage.

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This concludes the mutation list this time around.
Voting for the first mutation will close around 1h from now.

>>5174322
I vote
>63 - Undead (Skeleton)
Withering touch seem pretty cool, and immunity to poison and breathing will come in hand at some point, I'm sure.

Though
25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)
45 - Built Different
44 - Volatile
All seem quite nice

>96 is just a straight up gun
My sides. Kinda wanna vote for it just to pull the old "Parry THIS jackass" on someone at some point.

Monstrous seems very powerful. Most mages would want to cast spells at the start of a fight, and this helps us resist them, and this can help us either deal a good first blow, or make a powerful usage of another mutation ability. My first pick.

Undead on the surface seems powerful, but I'm cautious because now we know clerics exist, and their existence in an invasion could hard counter our boss if our boss is Undead.

Gun is obviously very powerful, but it's silly and I don't want that in our dungeon.

(Un)Lucky is ok, but not good compared to the other options we have here.

Devilish Heritage seems very powerful, and I'd very much like to potentially sway one of our invaders to our side, especially if they are a low Charisma brute like Ben, though I don't think it's worth it to take both the Male and Female variants, I think just the one is fine. This would probably be my second pick.

Built Different seems bad, base goblins just aren't very good.

Volatile seems interesting. It's a good saving throw, though that it is Dexterity is a little disappointing. Still better than Built Different, would probably be my third pick.

>>5174322
>Monstrous

Does Devilish Heritage (Male) mean the skill only works against males, or that because the creature is a male, it only works against females?

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>>5174320
>66 - Monstrous
This as a starter, forcing disadvantage on the first turn means the Boss have a high likelyhood of scoring a hit, if not a kill first turn.

As for the others, I'm thinking the 100 is a guaranteed pick for the two-for-one value and then 96 for the most powerful spell of all. Combo the gun with the Disadvantage on first turn of combat means an almost guranteed kill on any high value target, such as a mage or a healer.

We'll see what other Anons want, almost all of these are either good or just whacky fun to get. Built Different into Volatile is just a massive fuck you to any party who thinks they're finally finishing off the Boss. Devilish Heritage too, while not a perfect combat skill, it's definitley worth considering just for it's utility usage. Being able to communicate with any sentient creature is not something to sneeze at, and if we ever get some sort of Merchant visiting us.

>>5174320
Supporting >>5174336

Personally i think either Devilish Heritage or Volatile. I dont think we need a Skeleton on the first Level of the dungeon. It might not fit with the theme.

Hadn't considered Monstrous that strong, since the boss has 6 health and fights will probably last a while... but I can see where others are coming from.

Didn't realise we could choose the 100 roll for two random mutations, gotta choose that odds are it will be pretty good.

Devilish heritage seems like a must to me, a 15DC roll to get a fighter out of the fight is huge. If we can command them to do something helpful then even better.
If combo-ed with monstrous it would be amazing.

>>5174335
If we had both the male and femalr version of devilish heritage we would have the equivalent of a Succubus as our first boss......

I have to say that is pretty interesting possibillity. But as you said probably not really worth it. For that gun to make sense it would probably have to be on a construct themed level. Maybe we will be able to get some constructs further down since we have Goblins up here that are in popular culture depicted as being good with machines

>>5174320
>- Devilish Heritage (Male)

>>5174349
The fights will probably last a while, but most if not all of these are temporary buffs/effects. That said, Devilish Heritage is a notable exception with the charm, which can be buffed further with Monstrous.

I forgot about the 100 pick, that would probably replace Volatile for me.

>>5174362
Monstrous, Devilish charm and the 100 sounds like a pretty damn solid combo.
I can definitely live with that.
With that in mind,

>>5174322
Changing my vote >>5174333 to
>66 - Monstrous

>>5174349
Yeah, it'll be a tough choice. We can either get both Devilish Heritage and Weapon to Surpass Metal Gear (known quality), or sacrifice one to get two additional mutations (unknown quality, but greater quantity).
I can understand people not wanting the gun for obvious reasons, with it clashing with the setting, but the ability to annihilate a backliner instantly on turn 1 is simply too good for me to pass on. Death is the greatest source of crowd control.
Charming an enemy is good, yes, but the charm can be broken either via magic or just giving the charmed target a kick in the nuts or a punch in the stomach (I assume?). It's a little bit harder to bring someone back from the dead in the middle of combat however.
I don't think we should pick both simply because we should absolutely get the two random mutations, but if people don't want the Gun I won't cry myself to sleep over Devilish Heritage winning out over it.

>>5174366
The gun is easily the best mutation, but yeah... it's a bit meme-y.
I wouldn't mind it winning, but I suspect it will stop being funny fairly fast, and the hobgoblin will be plenty strong without it.

Also I assume that kicking the charmed person in the nuts wouldn't work, and it would need magic to be removed, or a potion, or something similar.

>>5174320
100 - Two random mutations (6, 75)

Voting extended by 15 min
I gotta go run to the store.

Also, to clear something up: Devilish Heritage will work on either gender.
The difference between the two options is whether you end up with a male half-demon or a female half-demon.

>>5174376
ok then, we definitely don't get both

>>5174379
If it allowed us to use charm twice, that could be pretty good...
Not worth it over something else, but still.

Voting closed
Tallying up the votes for the first mutation now.

>>5174391

>Monstrous 4
>Devilish Heritage (Male) 1
>Two Random Mutation 1

Monstrous wins by a wide margin.

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Quick question.

Should monstrous...
>A - Turn the creature into an abomination (Literal monster)
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)

In essence, you can have either a boss monster or a monster boss.
This has no influence on the abilities gained from the "Monstrous" trait, it's purely for theme and story.

>>5174400
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)
I'm the IP-hoping guy phoneposting.

>>5174400
>A - Turn the creature into an abomination (Literal monster)

>>5174400
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)
If we're also giving him Devilish Heritage (which seems to be the consensus) this makes the most sense from a thematic standpoint.

>>5174400
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)
Since I plan on voting for devilish charm, this would make more sense.
Though it does make me wonder how some of these mutations would have worked together.
Like skeleton and built different/volatile
What would be the explanation there?

>>5174400
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)

Lets make him ultra buff so he can deflect mindbulltes eith his solid abs

Am >>5174359
Will jop IP later again due to phone posting the entire day

>>5174400
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)

>>5174405
agreed

>>5174400
>>5174404
>>5174405
>>5174406
I know i'm late for the party, but let's pick the 2 mutations. It will impact our build.

>>5174406
The skeleton could have worn a robe to have the goblins jump out of

>>5174412
How would those goblins be immune to poison/breathing?
Would they be skeleton goblins? Or just really good at holding their breath?

>>5174317
I like your formatting QM

>>5174379
But anon!!! That makes it even better!!!

>>5174416
Good point. Maybe they wear tiny little gas masks... no they would probably choke themselved to death with those.

Maybe Ghost Goblins that haunt the bones and dont know they are dead which is why they can be cut down using normal weapons

>>5174406
>The goblins were covered by a rob, wore bone-made stilts and flailed around with oversized femurs for arms

>>5174400
A - Turn the creature into an abomination (Literal monster)
A abonimation of a Monster seems more intimidating and fitting for the Monstrous mutation than just a really buff hobgoblin

>>5174406
I'd have to come up with something.
Normally, I roll on the mutation table and I take the monster and make it revolve around the rolled mutation.
For example, for the "Goblin Blight Bringer" I rolled "Poison" and for the "Raid Leader" I rolled "Keen Mind"

But right now we're in 1% territory. The only reason multiple mutations are possible all at once is because of a 100 roll which brought on 3 mutations.
And then we had another 100 roll which could turn into having 4 mutations.
We're in 0,01% territory.

We're doing the QMing equivalent of free-running on the edges of skyscrapers.
I never expected to get up here, the longer I'm up here the worse of an idea it seems, and I can't wait to go down.

>Like skeleton and built different/volatile
In this example it would be relatively simple.

The skeleton itself already defies logic, it is moved by some kind of magic.
Killing the skeleton would cause the innate magic that puppets it to blast out.
This could be either in the form of a scalding magic particles dealing acid damage.
Or it could cause something like a "Wild Magic Surge" that then manifests into 3 (very confused) goblins popping up.

I'd have to take some liberties with the non-mechanical part of the feature.

Or it can just be 3 goblins huddled up inside the ribcage of a very large skeleton with tiny oxygen masks strapped to their faces.
One that controls the arms, one that controls the legs, and one that moves the skull up and down to make the teeth clatter.

Voting closed
>B - Turn the creature into a larger, muscled variant of the hobgoblin (Monster of a man)
It seems like this won, I will rewrite what I have to conform. It does fit better.

>>5174454
>We're doing the QMing equivalent of free-running on the edges of skyscrapers.

No don't look down or you will break your neck and slip up!

But absolutely thank you for going with the flow and not crushing the possibility down

am >>5174425 this guy finally posting from my computer.

>>5174454
>We're doing the QMing equivalent of free-running on the edges of skyscrapers.
Thanks for running with it anyway QM.
For what it's worth, monstrous as we defined it and devilish charm (if it get picked) would work pretty well together, so we are sparing you from doing any Olympic tier mental gymnastics on that one. The only wildcard are the two random mutations.

>>5174400

The hobgoblin’s skin tore as the muscles bugled, swelling to frightening magnitude.
Screaming, it swelled in size. Hands so large and meaty they could barely hold a sword.
But then, the monster evened out somewhat. The rest of the body bulked out, keeping the hobgoblin in proportion.

It dropped the sword, which clattered as it hit the floor. It was readily absorbed by the dungeon.
Moments later, much like the staff that had been granted to the [Goblin Savant], the massive hilt of a sword erupted from the ground.
The monstrously-sized hobgoblin got firm hold of it and yanked it out in one go.
A proper longsword for our upsized hobgoblin. One that would’ve been a great-sword to anyone else.

The Sadist chuckled, “A run-in with that thing will have any invader trembling.”
”Now, onto the next order of business,” it continued. Turning away and assuming the Scholar would follow.

”We’ve barely begun to scratch the surface of its potential,” cried the Scholar instead, gaze fixed on the hobgoblin.

The Sadist raised an eyebrow, ”As much as I enjoy seeing the creature suffer as it mutates, I’d hate to see our new pet turn into a pile of magic goo before it can be unleashed on our enemies.”

The Scholar cackled, “Nonsense,” it screamed, “He can take it! More!”

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Vote for the next mutation
>>5174320
>>5174322

Voting closes in 30 min rather than 15 as I have to get started on dinner.

>>5174486
The hobgoblin’s skin tore as the muscles bugled, swelling to frightening magnitude.
Screaming, it swelled in size. Hands so large and meaty they could barely hold a sword.
But then, the monster evened out somewhat. The rest of the body bulked out, keeping the hobgoblin in proportion.
The skin reknit itself.

Forgot that bit.

>>5174486
100 - Two random mutations (6, 75)
Unless there is some serious synergy that emerges, I'll vote for devilish charm after

>>5174486
>100 - Two random mutations (6, 75)
Mystery box, what's in it.

>>5174486
Supporting >>5174495
Lets see if there is something here that would make it less worth it to go with Mister Silver Tongue.

He will be very useful especially when someone shows up. Hopefully we can posses him or something like that and make negotiations done ourselves. It will be useful to be able to do that on the first level directly without letting someone go further into the dungeon.

>>5174486
>100 - Two random mutations (6, 75)
Probably Devilish Heritage after this one but let's see what we get.

>>5174492
>100
please and thank ya

>>5174505
worth noting is that these mutations probably go away when he leaves the boss room, so any "negotiating" would have to be done there

>>5174513
I am fine with negotiations taking place inside of the Dojo of the Master.

>>5174513
yes your point being? It is still on the first level of the dungeon so a much better place than any other.

Letting the enemy past our weakest defenses and into reach of such a monster will make sure we seperate the wheat from the chaff real quick.

>>5174520
just making sure people understand not trying to have him walk around places and have us lose the mutations

>>5174522
okay. Then I misunderstood your intentions with your comment.

>>5174486
Voting closed
>100 - Two random mutations (6, 75)
won

>>5174486
2 random mutations
I'm >>5174411

>>5174454
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammer40k/images/e/e4/Gretchin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130216102719

>the skeleton dies and reveals three monsters hiding among its ribs
>it's three gretchin

>>5174600
I would have posted the image myself instead of a link but hiromoot has me range-banned from posting images. I WON'T BUY A 4CHAN PASS YOU MOTHERFAKAAAR

Hey, does the gun-things works for 3 goblins in a skin coat? Like we pop 3 gun maniacs?

>>5174620
well it might... though to be honest. Since it scales with Monster Tier it would only be like three DC 5 shots... at best.

>>5174486
>>5174541

“It’s looking…unstable,” said the Sadist, wincing at the display before him.
The intimidating hobgoblin was vibrating in place like a bullied piece of Jell-O pudding.
”Enlighten me, if you will,” said the Sadist, line heavy with sarcasm, “Are arms supposed to do that?”

Inflating to the point of absurdity, the hobgoblin’s arms had ballooned to the size of its torso.
It waddled around the [Boss Room] like a bodybuilder that has to shuffle sideways to enter a building.
A sharp hiss followed and then the tell-tale sound of balloon deflating. The process took almost a minute.
A minute during which the Sadist had kept staring, unblinking, at the Scholar with a stern expression.

The Scholar faked a cough, “Ehum,” it said, “It seems like it’s done.”

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Compact Muscles Skill
Although less flexible, your muscles brim with power.
Saving throw DC reduced by 2, but base damage has doubled to 2.

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The Sadist frowned, “It seems like you got lucky,” it said, “It could’ve very well been paste on the dungeon floor.”

The hobgoblin hickuped and grew a third eye.

”What the fuck,” said the Sadist.

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Silent Judgement Skill
A closed, third-eye appears in the centre of your forehead. The eye is invisible unless opened.
Once per invasion, you can open the eye to gaze at a hostile creature.
The target is forced to make a DC15 Wisdom saving throw.
On a failure, the target is unable to cast spells as long as they are within line of sight of the eye.

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“You are losing control,” said the Sadist, almost snarling.
”I would suggest,” it added, pressing the final word, “That you stop.”

”There is a point where we needed to stop,” said the Scholar, cackling, “And we have clearly passed it!”
The Scholar simply flashed him a smile, a smile void of reason, “But let’s keep going and see what happens!”

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Vote for the final mutation
>>5174320
>>5174322

Voting closes in 30 min

>>5174659
not the best mutation since we still need to hit the enemy to deal damage but DC 14 is still okay especially if we upgrade him with some corruption later. but yeah. i hoped for more. The eye though seems brutal. Can we do several things at once? Like Charm and use the Eye? and does it affect those Saves as well since they deal no damage usually?

anyway. Voting >>5174659
>25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)

>>5174659
Voting for
>25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)

Not sure I like compact muscles, but oh well.
Silent judgment seems really useful though.

Would we be able to use both silent judgment and charm in the same turn?
If yes, then DAMN that is REALLY good.
Open in the first turn while monstrous is on and we crippled like half a party right there.

>>5174659
>Saving throw DC reduced by 2
Yikes, that's not cool. Though with Monstrous dealing damage first turn is still likely, but with a base DC of 14 plus enemy modifiers after turn 1 we'll basically be rolling 50/50's or worse during combat. Not ideal.

>25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)
Right, time to finish this Build-a-Boss and see if Ben comes back to break us again.

>>5174659
>25 - Devilish Heritage (Male)

>>5174679
At least we'll have a good chance at disabling a spellcaster and converting an enemy to our side. And doubling our damage isn't something to be sneezed at either.

>>5174659
>Devilish Heritage (Male)

>>5174659
>Devilish heritage.
Joining the consensus, utility might help in the long run.

You know, when I said last thread that this hobgoblin would be the largest chad in existence, I didn't think that would true in such a literal way.

>>5174708
kek. It is.
Let's name it chadicus

>>5174708
>>5174727
well the most important part is yet to come. The choosing of a proper Name.

While the Name Chadicus would be...... interesting.... yeah lets go with that. I think he needs an actual Name. Like Chad if you want to go there.

I think Leonidas would be good. He is supposed to hold a narrow pathway against all odds and he is super Buff.

>>5174742
>>5174727
i still like Chaplin myself.
Chaplin the Chad Goblin.

>>5174659
Voting closed

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>>5174751
For that name i think he should have a big hammer or mace so he can show them his big slapping energy instead of slicing them to bits.

Can we aim for a name that at least sounds Goblin-esque? Calling it 'Chaddicus' is quite literally the most creatively bankrupt thing we could do and it legitimately sounds completely retarded.

Looking at named Goblins from Warhammer Fantasy, we have things like:
- Grom
- Cruzzik
- Brak
- Skarsnik
- Snagla
Short names with a harsh sounds, so something along the lines of 'Gorshred' or 'Trorack' would be infinitely more thematic than Chaddicus/Leonidas/Chaplin. Then we'd add a suffix like 'The Defiler'/'The Destroyer' or something less generic pertaining to it's performance during it's next invasion. Just as long as it's not 'Chaddicus'.

>>5174792
if you are getting out the Warhammer Names for Goblins why not go with Hobgoblin Names.

-Morcar
-Khengai
-Ghazak
-Oglah
-Gorduz

Though he might not be Backstabby or traitorous enough to be one of those Hobgoblins.

>>5174792
I think we could take this and still give the hobgoblin a name that somehow incorporates the name Chad.
Of course, to do so we might have to get a little creative but maybe something like 'Chaddak' could work

>>5174802
I didn't just want to rip a name directly from Warhammer but I guess there's nothing stopping us from doing it. I was just using the Goblin names as examples because they're our base unit for this floor, though it seems all Greenskins follow similar naming conventions with the exception that Orcs get much cooler suffixes than Goblins and Hobgoblins do.

>>5174815
Well we can make use of '

Something like
-Cha'Addack
-Go'Kad
-Gorchad
-Chadcar
-Cruz'ichad

>>5174817
They are the biggest and the meanest greenskins aside from the Squiggoth. So in conclusion they get the best names.

and the Hobgoblins are relatively obscure.... well up until recently when GW once again brought them into the spotlight with the new Models

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>>5174659
>Our hobgoblin after a few threads and getting Compact Muscles a few more times

For what it's worth, we could always just... not give them a name. It's worked so far.
Besides, I get the feeling that the boss is gonna get referred to as "the chad" regardless.

>>5174857
Or we can just let him name himself. Because there is nothing more Chad then naming yourself.

>>5174873
Now THIS idea I like.

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>>5174751
>>5174727
>>5174765
>>5174792
>>5174802
>>5174815
>>5174821
>>5174857
>>5174873
Gentlemen, picrel is my contribution to this debate.

>>5174909
Where are his horns?

He is a half devil. Where are his horns?

This is a great abomination you made there. nearly fell of my chair laughing

>>5174914
I didn't want to draw ugly red horns with gimp basic brush. Feel free to improve.

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>>5174917
Bold of you to think that there are just one type of demon horn.

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>>5174917
>>5174929
The horns attempt where condamned before birth by my shitty drawing skills.
However, messing with the color tones, I got something closer to my initial goal.

>>5174659
The other anons are being polite so I will be the one to say it: Losing 2DC as a result of a 100 roll choice feels **SUPER** shitty. Perhaps this time and in the future ignore negative aspects of 100 rolls choices/results.

Im salty that we went with [100] 2 Randoms over [96] Gun. Massive potential to ( almost reliably w/ Monstrous ) OHKO the Healer/Squishy of our choice on Round 1 would have been an absolutely insane tactical tool to have available to us. +1 Damage and 'Cannot cast while in LoS' is still interesting and not terrible.

You all got Family Guy Mystery Box'd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKZJdaiJF84
Moving on.

>>5174932
I like Chadakplin as a name, I like the image thrown together, I personally vote for 11 MultiA for horns, if artanon wants to draw them in go with Satan or just the big horns of MultiA for simplicity?

>>5174932
Good shit, hopefully someone can get the horns on there.

>>5174949
Losing 2 DC does suck, but we +1 damage is still good. That being said, mutations *are* supposed to be theoretically an upgrade right? This seems like it's tottering on the line. At least now we know for the future to be cautious of low rolls for mutations.

I'm still glad we didn't take gun, I don't like the idea of firearms in a fantasy setting.

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>>5174929
>>5174949
>>5174955
OK you happy now?

>>5174965
Perfection.

>>5174965
Simple amazing.

>>5174964
For what it's worth, it's pretty good, it just has drawbacks in certain situations.
If we assume the enemy team will have to deal with 6 rolls to beat the boss, succeeding 3 rolls and dealing 6 damage is better then succeeding 4 rolls and dealing 4. It's a small lowering of success for a doubling of damage, very potent in the long run. It only become annoying when we have high modifiers (though choosing between STR and DEX helps with that) or if they have an odd number of health points, forcing us to overkill. If we get swamped by a large group of people with 1HP, then its just a downgrade. Against one Giga Paladin with 10 HP its pretty sweet though.

>>5174965
Very nice.
Add in some sort of stone wall as the background and it's perfect.

>>5174965
Beautiful.

>>5174965
Based

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>>5174975
I hate you, I have work to finish

>>5174996
10/10 Anon
Masterful work

>>5174996
Thank you so much anon, weapon was the only other complaint I had. Your work here is done. This is truly Chadakplin the Hellspawned's Final Form.

Ben and Friends are not prepared. May their arrival be swift and their defeat swifter.

Is he shaving? No, no mortal blade can cut the perfection of his beard.

>>5174965
needs more fur

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>>5175018
>fur fag

I've got a full page of borderline homo-erotic fiction typed out here, but it seems we've got different ideas on what personality the half-devil should have

What is the half-devil's personality
>Masculine, but sensual. Incubus-like
>Masculine and radiating authority. Alpha male like
>Other (Write-in)

>>5175024
>>Other (Write-in)
TAKE THE WHEEL QM

>>5175024
>Masculine and radiating authority. Alpha male like

>>5175024
>Masculine and radiating authority. Alpha male like

>>5175024
>Masculine and radiating authority. SIGMA MALE like

>>5175024
>>Masculine and radiating authority. Alpha male like
Are picrels not alpha enough?

>>5175020
I was thinking on how bugbears look, baka

>>5175024
>Masculine and radiating authority. Alpha male like
The Charm becomes less like sensual magic hypnotism and more like stern authoritarian shouting that forces people to obey.

>>5175026
Normally I would, but they went through all the effort to make the above Chad image so I must honour the call.

>>5174996
I'll use this as the token art.

>>5175027
>>5175028
>>5175029
>>5175030
>>5175031
>>5175033
We were pretty close, I think.
I'll be posting shortly, gotta make some minor changes.

>>5175034
It is a great honor you're doing me QM.

>>5175024
>>Masculine and radiating authority. SIGMA male like

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Once again, faint sparkles of magic rained from the ceiling and seeped into the hobgoblin’s skin.
It was very well aware it wasn’t allowed much of an opinion on the matter, but it was pretty done with this all.
The hobgoblin braced itself for another wave of pain and misery, its skin began to heat up.
It grit its teeth, but, strangely enough, it was a pleasant sensation. Comfortably warm.
It did notice that its skin discoloured slightly, shifting to a different shade of red.

After that, it began to feel what would be best described as a massage.
Slight corrections to the posture. Lengthening of the limbs here and there, making it less stocky.
The bones it its face worked themselves into slightly different alignments, a bit more angular.
Its entire body was being worked like clay, shaped into perfection.
Then the horns came in and that just hurt like a motherfucker.

The hobgoblin tried to cry out in pain, but something in its body forbid such an act.
He managed a masculine grunt. Yes, he. We’re stepping away from it. That’s how things should be.
The Boss felt a chill and looked down, for some reason his armour had gone.
Instead he just sported a set of chiselled abs, “That seems unnecessary,” said a deep, powerful voice.
He felt a bit on display for some reason, but considered himself lucky for at least wearing pants.

Running his hands over the set of horns protruding from his skull, he pondered, “Not quite a hobgoblin anymore, am I?”

An intrusive voice disturbed his serene moment of self-exploration, “What you are,” said the Sadist, “Is a servant.”
”Your job is to stay in this room and destroy whatever comes through that door,” it instructed.
The whole ordeal was almost like getting barked at through an intercom.

”Well, I sure do hope they arrive soon,” he said, sporting a devilish smile revealing his canines.
The horns and skin were devilish, too. If you haven’t caught on, he’s a devil. A fiend.
The whole package – including the package. An eleven foot tall collection of shredded, veiny muscle.
Our new half-devil began to sit down and the floor come up to meet him, fashioning itself into an ornate chair.
He managed a perfect lounge without even trying. The bastard.

A pair of deep-set eyes, golden in colour.
Gaze fixed on the door, ready to entertain company.

>>5175067

“I don’t like him,” said the Sadist.

”What?” replied the Scholar, “Why not? He has FOUR mutations.”

“He’s infringing on my image,” said the Sadist.
It uttered a low hum of discontent, “This doesn’t feel right.”
The Sadist reached out towards a small item currently residing in the [Core Room].

[Item “Ring of Vitality“ has been bestowed upon “Unnamed“.]

”ARGH,” cried the Scholar, “YOU CAN’T JUST GIVE THAT OUT. THAT’S MINE. I WAS RESEARCHING THAT.”
It wasn’t stopping, ”HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO EXPLORE THE HIDDEN DEPTHS OF ARCANE IF I CAN’T EVEN INSPECT A RING. THE SOLE MAGICAL ITEM WE HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION.”

”Yeah,” said the Sadist, inaudible over the raving, “That’s better.”

”Oh, what’s this?” said the half-devil in his deep, commanding voice, “But we’ve only just met.”

”Shut the fuck up,” said the Sadist.

The Boss replied with a sensible chuckle and a wink towards an unseen audience.

[Total amount of Monster Points (MP) remaining: 2]
[Total amount of Dungeon Points (DP) remaining: 1]

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Some possible follow-up actions

>Talk to the half-demon a bit
>Name things
>Move units around
>Send the goblin scout into the city above
>Other

>>5175068
>investigate
How to reverse corruption
>Talk to the half-demon a bit
>Send the goblin scout into the city above

>>5175068

Final boss monster stats

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[Unnamed] - Mutated Boss (6 HP*)
Base monster: Bugbear upgraded into Hobgoblin and then mutated four times

Best kept away from ambitious youths with heroic aspirations and a desire to kill demon kings.
Unnamed is neither a demon nor a king, but we can’t blame anyone for making the connection.

Monstrous Skill
Your body twists into a hulking, monstrous form that instils fear into your enemies.
Hostile creatures have disadvantage on all saving throws in the first round of combat.
The monster has advantage on saving throws within that same round. (Against Skills or Spells)

Compact Muscles Skill
Although less flexible, your muscles brim with power.
Saving throw DC reduced by 2, but base damage has doubled to 2.

Silent Judgement Skill
A closed, third-eye appears in the centre of your forehead. The eye is invisible unless opened.
Once per invasion, you can open the eye to gaze at a hostile creature.
The target is forced to make a DC15 Wisdom saving throw.
On a failure, the target is unable to cast spells as long as they are within line of sight of the eye.

Hit Them Where it Hurts Skill
A master combatant, a Hobgoblin will seek to target the enemy’s weakness.
They can freely swap between forceful blows and skilful lunges as they see fit.
This skill is reflected in the monster’s “Combat” section.

Silver Tongue Skill
Persuasion attempts and the making of deals will be more effective when this creature is in attendance.

Global Appeal Skill
You can speak and understand all languages.

Charm Skill
Once per invasion, you can force a hostile creature to roll a DC15 Charisma saving throw.
On a failure, they are charmed by you and stop attacking you.
This effect lasts until removed.

A charmed creature can carry out simple instructions, within reason.

Curse Mark of Superiority Enchantment
Creature’s health increases by 2
Creature’s saving throw DC increases by 2
Creature will undergo a random mutation and increase in tier

Ring of Vitality Magical Item
Grants +1 health to its wearer.

Combat
Attacks made by Unnamed will use a DC14** Strength or Dexterity saving throw against a single enemy.
Favouring whichever statistic of the hostile creature has the lowest modifier.

*Hobgoblin 3 health + 2 (from [Boss Room] enchantment) + 1 (from [Ring of Vitality])
**DC14 + 2 (from [Boss Room] enchantment) - 2 (from “Compact muscles”)

>>5175068
>Send the goblin scout into the city above
Don't worry sadist, you'll start to like the boss when he cucks some poor adventurer out of their childhood friend right in front of them.

Don't think we need to move anything for now, but I am curious if the scout can find anything good.

>Updated the pic
You absolute madman, my sides.

Session is over
Please vote on >>5175068 what to do next.
Right now things are pretty open-ended (for the time being), so feel free to write-in.

I'll check back tomorrow.

>>5175068
>Name things
Chadakplin the Hellspawned for our bossy boss. Talk with him.
>Send the goblin scout into the city above

>>5175072
Here is my contribution to the reading of the skill list
>Monstrously Swole

>>5175080
Thank you for running. We've been waiting for mutations resolution for a while, so I'm happy we carried through it. Our first boss was perfect, and it was a great opportunity to delve into drawfagness. Thank you all for the support in my shitty gimp btw.

>>5175068
>Other
>Spawn 1 Additional Goblin
>Corrupt one Goblin into a Brute
Gotta beef up our minion count for the next invasion, even with the boss we shouldn't rest on our laurels.

>Send the goblin scout into the city above
See if we can't find a magic shop with low security that we can steal magic items from.

>Talk to the half-demon a bit
Ask it, as our most glorious creation to date, if it comes with a name. Otherwise spitball some names with him, our boss monster can't be nameless. He needs to introduce himself in an over-the-top way when people invade his dojo.

>>5175080
Actually QM, this anon >>5175090 reminds me, can we corrupt bugbears? If so, into what and for how much?

>>5175068
>Name things
Chadakplin the Hellspawned for boss
>Send the goblin scout into the city above

>>5175090
I don't think we should be spending MP on Brutes. They seem like a waste when for one more MP, we can get a Bugbear, which is significantly better.

>>5175092
I think we add in previous thread the cost :
>(Cost of corruption goes up 2 per tier of unit. So [Sadism] would be T1 1 MP -> T2 3 MP -> T3 5 MP)

Can we do both corruptions? Turning our boss into a sadistic mage as well would be useful

>>5175067
>>5175068
>>5175072
> 11ft tall!
Holy fuck

> Name
Chadakplin The Hellspawned
> Talk to him
> Send the Goblin Scout into the City above

>>5175100
I dislike the idea. Right now our monster has silent judgement and charm that coupled with monstrous makes a STRONG DC17. Giving it even more mutations would make it an annoying list of options to choose from aaaand that will get messy when voting. I think this mutated monster has also reached its cap.

We have MP 2 and DP 1. That's pretty shit...
>send the goblin scout into the city
And I support >>5175070
>investigate to how to reverse corruption.

If we can do the two things ofc

>>5175068
>Name things
Chadakplin the Hellspawned for the absolute CHAD that is our boss
>Send the goblin scout into the city above
All we need now is that puzzle room and then we'll be safe to expand a shit ton.

>>5175068
Supporting >>5175082
and > invecstigate how to reverse corruption if that is even possible.


>>5174996
This.... this is very much perfection of the monster that was created

>>5175068
>Send the goblin scout into the city above

Soooo... What's the plan at next invasion?
Let's say Ben makes it to Chadakplin's room. Should we propose some deal? Like release of current companions because they are too weak to face the boss at the moment?
That way, we can farm Ben's group, causing great suffering again and again?

>>5175473
I would say we charm his pants off and kick him out of the dungeon butt naked and offer the stuff we get from him to the next person to leave us alone and not reveal our place in exchange for some good gear he can sell if they want to. If that is not possible your suggestion seems good.

As for farming. To do that effectively we need the chamber of branding. To make sure that if they return they will be hampered even more even if they get stronger.

>>5175487
That, and we can't really release people without branding chamber anyway...

>>5175494
We can release them... it is just unlikely that they will ever return again with a crushed foot or arm or dozens of shattered bones

>>5175494
Hmmmm. Though that could be a fascinating research subject. Improvement through replacement of body parts.

Though that brings to mind an idea. Could we let someone just pass through the dungeon. Like maybe allow Grez to return to the bossroom and have Chadakplin Charm her.

Tell her that we are a benevolent creture and that what we did to her was repaymemt for what she did to us but we can forgive her if she lures new victims to us.

Mostly by offering her to not only return but improve her leg and freeing her from the prospect of becoming a pleasure slave or Organ Farm

>>5175521
Supporting that.
Charming her, wiping the encounter, making her a proposition she can not refuse.

>>5175522
Right now she is still very likely to just get killed off, since if she manages to crawl herself back into the dungeon even with a party, the brutes would target her first due to how weak she is in the physical department.

Maybe we can release her into the Bossroom directly after wiping the entire encounter. Especially with a fresh curse mark and a Branding Chamber she should be weakened enough to not be any threat at all.

>>5175473
I dunno, it might be better to just kill Ben and company.
Way I see it, we are still not ready to be widely known, not by a long shot. The best way to ensure that no one suspects anything is to dispose of those that could spread that info. Right now, Ben wants to break us himself, so he wouldn't reveal our existence to anyone who could beat him to the punch. But if he gets beaten and we release him I'm worried he will swallow his pride and tattle on us to someone far stronger. Kill him, and there is no problem. Only problem would be the relatives/friends of those gone missing, but with any luck they'll have no idea where they went or where to look so we can just lay low.
Nothing is certain of course, but playing it safe seems like a good idea.

>>5175521
Could be a good idea, but we'll have to see if/when she shows up again.

>>5175532
Well, we have relatives of the magician and the ranger to take care about right now.

>>5175544
While i wanted to say that the mage is a massive nerd and would probably not be missed I just realised he probably studied somewhere and might have student loans to pay back still. So someone could come looking for him when the money runs dry. Or he might have a sponsor to rund his studies who also might wonder where he went.

>>5175532
Humiliating him might still be enough to keep him fuming enough to just show back up again. But you are right killing him amd stealing his shit might just be a better idea.

>>5175555
(Checked)
I want to make it tradition to execute Ben's party members in front of him before we let him go. Really hammer in that psychological horror and turn him in to a dead husk of a person due to the loss of party members/friends that he's brought in to attempt to break us.
Maybe with a Branding Chamber we can apply a mark that won't let him mention us or our location directly. That way when he goes recruiting for new party members, it will be for a "secret mission/vendetta" rather than a Dungeon Delve. Secret Missions where the party leader shares no details could be more likely to attract overconfident/nosy rookies over seasoned adventurers, giving us an easier time with his Invasions.

>>5175562
We might have to research the secret marks though. I think Branding chamber is a priority right now. Maybe even above puzzle and floor?
But puzzle will give us research points...
Damn, it's hard.

>>5175564
If we succeed in repelling the next invasion, if it's similar in level and size to Ben's party, we should have enough DP to build both a Branding Chamber and the Puzzle Room.

>>5175565
to be honest, I'm a bit afraid of the scaling of attacks. Like we jumped from the 2 people invasions to the 3 rats (lucky roll on the table) then 4 people...

>>5175571
I would guess that for now the numbers will imcrease for beasts and for Humans the Quality will continue to increase quickly. Of course beasts and Humans will both get numbers and Quality but i would guess that beasts will scale more ok numbers while Humans scale more on Quality..... unless we toll luky and get kike a couple dozen drunk Hobos stumbling in. And right now we have few ways to deal more than 1 point of damage for those HP Bags that just refuse to die.

Also we should have enough DP after the next invasion to get like 9 DP. Since stronger creatures are worth more Points when consumed even with 4 creatures it should be possible.

>>5175576
I only want to spend DP in high-quality creatures right now. So maybe a couple bugbear to get some profits out of the 2 next bugbear den extention, then only Hobgoblins.

>>5175068
Voting closed

>Investigate how to reverse corruption
Using what means?

>Talk to the half-demon a bit
Other than asking it for its name, I haven't really seen much questions for Unnamed.

>Send the goblin scout into the city above
This we can do, I'll start with this.

Send the goblin scout into the city above
>1 - Go now (Mid-afternoon)
>2 - Wait for nightfall

>>5175595
>2 - Wait for nightfall
Best keep uneccessary risks to a minimum right now. The Scout should be able to move about better and more stealthily during the night.

>>5175595
>Investigate how to reverse corruption
>Using magic to extract the corrupt essence an seperate it either via Magical room or Curse Mark.

>Talk to the half-demon a bit
>"What is your preferred method to kill our enemies?"
>"Say something in Moonspeak"

>Send the goblin scout into the city above
>Wait for Nightfall

>>5175591
You mean MP dont you? Because yeah no more normal goblins. Hobgoblins and Bugbears from here on out. Though instead of waiting for upgrades here lets just go deeper to get better stuff. Otherwise adventurers might just scale out of control because we spent too much time on Early Game stuff

>>5175595
Voting closed
>Wait for Nightfall
Short voting round as I want to get on with things.

>>5175595
>Investigate how to reverse corruption
>Find a way to create/Obtain empty cores.
>Transfer corruption to said core to still get beneficies like empowered units
>Then, either learn some cultivation techniques or arcana to fill us again with pure energy. Maybe we will need to create some homunculus being to get whole again?

>Talk to the half-demon a bit
Scholar in me wants to know if he recalls anything from his infernal nature.
Does he have wants? Needs?

>>5175619
get ooooooon with life
gotcha

>>5175619
QM getting laid?

>>5175894
A fellow fiction writer I see.

Update will have to wait until tomorrow.
I had a lot of catching up to do for my D&D campaigns and that kind of stole away my afternoon.
And now I have to go DM said D&D campaigns

>>5175902
well have fun there then OP.

No rest for the wicked Dungeon Masters of our time

>>5175902
Cool. It's great that you have a consistent campaing going on. I had one, once, that lasted three months and it was GOOD

>>5175902
It's ok QM, we are non-update Tuesday so it's only freebies on that day anyway. See you tomorrow.

>>5175768
>Find a way to create/obtain cores
>Transfer corruption to said core to still get benefits like empowered units
A Dungeon-hunting dungeon? That sounds like a perfect villain plot.

>>5176558
>>5175937
>>5175914

I had a thought last night about things we could ask our little friend that answers our question.

Are there gods in this world?
If yes. Is there one for Dungeons?
Is there any magical significance to our own Spawnpoint? (Was a great magic ritual held here or is it a convergence point of some kind that magic is just naturally drawn to.)


Any other ideas of what might be useful to know?

Also i am just assuming that finding out things like specific lineages of nobles or the rulers of a country willbrequire us to go out there and find the knowledge. If we can just ask about it, it would be useful to know who the people in power, that we have to blackmail, bribe and generally try and stay away from noticing us, in this country are.

>>5176558
Regarding the dungeon-hunting-dungeon, if this is possible we might not be the first one with the idea. So if people learn about us, we will probably get hunted by more powerfull being.

>>5176934
How is hell organized? Is there a main devil or more like a council of elders? Does Mephistomedeus or whatever is the arch-fiend name can grant powers? If yes we can extrapolate about clerical powers, which might be more common.
>I think we are playing dnd-like, so there will be Warlocks and Clerics.

With all the renovations and monsters adjustments done, the Dungeon breathed a sigh of relief.
Surely, these adjustments should ensure that the next random group of adventurers wouldn’t be able to carelessly plod on over into the [Core Room].
Where do these people even keep coming? Well, the city above. A place Grez and her cronies called Duskmire.
A place that could very well be filled with dozens, if not hundreds, of people like Ben and Grez.
Opportunists that would seek to hammer away at the Dungeon’s core until nothing remained but a mindless slave.

The Dungeon glanced over its rooms and the monsters within once more. Proper preparations one would say.
But could one truly call themselves prepared if they didn’t even know what they were preparing for?
The only things the Dungeon knew about the world above was through whatever scraps of intel the invaders had unknowingly dropped.
A solemn realization. This wouldn’t do at all.

A mental ping was send to the [Goblin Scout], instructing it to get ready.
Come nightfall, they would go greet the neighbours.

>>5177081

A couple of uneventful hours went by, most of which were spend figuring out the hierarchy between the personalities.
It was ultimately decided that the Sadist was in charge (by the Sadist), but also concluded that the Scholar did not care about rank and so any potential gain won by a leadership position was nullified by the fact that there was nobody to boss around.
The Scholar spent most of the before mentioned discussion not listening and staring, like a child peering through the window of a candy store, at the recently acquired boss monster as he was playing around with his new ring.
There may have been the occasional whimper coming from the Scholar.

The sun had clocked out for the day, its duties taken over by a bright moon, hinting that a full moon might only be mere days away.

The Goblin Scout was lead to the entrance of the dungeon, where it received a small pack to store any possible curiosities it might find.
Both sides of the Dungeon were there to see it off.

”You got your pack?” asked the Scholar, “Don’t lose it! Put anything worth taking into it and bring it back, you hear?”
”We’ll be able to investigate these things later and learn more about the upper world,” continued the Scholar.
It flashed the monster a smile, “We’re counting on you!”

”Don’t disappoint me,” added the Sadist.

And thus its lonesome bout of exploration began.
The emotional weight of the goodbye was slightly off-set by the discovery of shared senses.
Sight, sound, smell. All there.

”Marvellous. First-- err, second-hand experience!” cried the Scholar, “We’ll be there with you every step of the way!”

”I will be judging your every move,” said the Sadist.

And thus its bout of exploration began.

>>5177082

The direct surroundings of the dungeon entrance were fairly bare.
It seemed to be connected to a set of tunnels, large scratch marks indicated it the handiwork of some manner of beast or bug.
There were many of these tunnels and they ran long and deep.
One of these creatures must’ve bumped shoulders with a cellar as one of the cellar’s walls had been topped inwards not too far off from the dungeon.
Broken bricks lay scattered on the cellar floor, the occasional footprint clear in the dirt and dust that lay in-between.

The scout gingerly stepped through the rubble, taking care to not add any footprints.
A smell of rot clung to the air, a quick glance pinpointing their origin to crates and sacks filled with rotten wares.
Some of which had their lid slightly ajar – an unfortunate attempt at the contents by somebody desperate.

A rickety, wooden staircase dominated the left-hand side of the room – the goblin made the ascend.
It opened into a large building, equal parts damaged stone and rotten wood.
The floorboards were waterlogged to the point it was akin to stepping on sponges.
A raindrop hit the scout on its enormous forehead. A sizeable hole decorated the roof.

”Suitable accommodations for these creatures,” said the Sadist, nose wrinkling.

”Should we tell it to look around?” asked the Scholar, “Might be something interesting near.”

“What’s here but rats and roaches?” replied the Sadist, “The enemy is out there, not in here.”

>1 - Explore the building
>2 - Go outside
>3 - Get on the roof and inspect surroundings
>4 - Double back and check out the tunnel system

>>5177084
Voting closes in 30 min
Hello again

>>5177084
>3 - Get on the roof and inspect surroundings
Grez already mentioned everything of value was taken from the Orphanage already, so searching the building is most likely a waste of time. Best to get some quick bearings on our immediate surroundings first.

>>5177084
>3 - Get on the roof and inspect surroundings
Taking a look around first seems prudent.

>>5177084
>3 - Get on the roof and inspect surroundings

While we could maybe find someone in the ruins seeking shelter from whatever elements are out there we should first find out how close we are to the outside of the city and if we can maybe see the fires of patroling guards.

>>5177084
>3 - Get on the roof and inspect surroundings

>>5177084
>>1 - Explore the building
Rats or hobo are still a free way to rake in some DP and MP

>>5177086
Voting closed

>>5177084
I think the most effective use of our scout is going to be luring weaklings into the dungeon opportunistically. It's probably not feasible this first foray, but placing bait to lure more Giant Rats and the like near and eventually into our entrance would be handy. Perhaps we could even get a colony established outside our door.

>>5177165
If that won't work, we could use two scouts to hunt to weaklings and drag them into dungeon for MP.
Although that does bring up question, can we get anything, if we kill people outside the dungeon, and what happens to our creatures, if they die outside?

>>5177183
I'm sure we'll find out shortly.

Along similar lines of luring in creatures, perhaps we should consider having more of a honeytrap room at the entrance to the dungeon rather than a jungle deathtrap. Something that naturally grows fruits to lure in animals and orphans, so that we can harvest them when we order our minions to attack.

>>5177189
A big 4x4 room modified to grow fruits and berries edible and tasty.

>>5177165
>>5177183
>>5177191
We definitely need branding room.
people leaving the orchard can definitely be seeing as 'invasion repelled'.
Farming nearby rats would be more efficient if we could release them so they could come over and over again.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u73l0yMy4WU

”Show us a view of the area,” instructed the Sadist.
The scout saluted at the command given by the voices in its head and began to look for the stairs.
After a little search and a slight scare when one of the steps gave away, the goblin made it to the next level of the build.
The hallway containing the staircase had a small, badly rusted sign in it saying: “Loriander Orphanage“.
Evidentially, the building was made up off three floors. A ground floor, a first floor, and an attic.
The attic contained something less of a window and more like a hole in the wall.

The goblin poked its head outside, tested the sturdiness of the wall, and skittered outside like a roach.
A pair of buildings stood next to the orphanage, the three of them surrounded by a wall, but no gate.
There was some evidence that there had might once been a gate, but scrap iron fetches a fairly decent price.
The current building was likely the dorms, the place were the orphans would eat and sleep.
Whatever the other two contained was anyone’s guess, but one of the buildings had a pulley system attached the front.

It was raining quite heavily. The goblin took in its surroundings, it was definitely a more run down area of the city.
The buildings were close-set, the streets in-between them mostly ones that have been walked into existence.
A dog barked in the distance, hoping to be let inside.

At the end of the street was a large building with an orange glow betraying the presence of the warmth inside.
People could be seen moving in and out of the place, the sounds of merrymaking could be heard even here.
The kind of public joy that would likely result in a noise complaint. One that nobody would bother doing anything about.

The occasional shop could be seen along that same street, their signs swaying in the breeze that accompanied the rain.
Although the distance made it hard to make out their names, the pictures on the signs didn’t seem to want to cling to the same sense of mystery: a butcher, a general goods store, and something to do with money.
A sturdy looking gentleman sat outside that last one, wearing a cloak that tried and failed to shelter him from the rain.
The people that possessed skill in words and digits in a place like this was probably directly correlated to the amount of meals they had in a day.

>>5177198

The rain stole some of the long-distance vision from the goblin, but it could still make out a impressive looking wall in the distance.
The city seemed to be made up of quarters or districts and long, sturdy walls in-between made sure people didn’t forget the ones they belonged to.
An even larger city wall with men patrolling them surrounded the combined quarters, though some sections of the city had far less people standing guard and overseeing things.

There was a district with large houses sporting gardens bigger than an entire neighbourhood from the current one.
Peppered between those were not churches, a church would have lowered the land value, but mighty cathedrals.
There seemed to be many gods and their worshippers were not about to let a different group of devoted folk outdo them.
A large hill rested on the edge of this district, featuring a fortress of some kind.

To the right of that district was an area dominated by homes and warehouses, the houses within not quite as lavish as the one from the previous district, but definitely a lot better than the ones in the current district – and they were probably smug about it.
Horse-drawn carts could be seen moving on the cobblestone roads, pedalling supplies from storage to shop window.
It also seemed to be the home district of the alchemist’s guild, since a portion of a building exploded and nobody seemed all too upset about it.
There was probably a carpenter in the district somewhere that was lulled to sleep by the sounds of financial security.

North-east from that district was one containing lengthy, spiralling towers.
Some of these were connected through walkways, some weren’t.
A robed fellow stood near the window of one of these towers and threw a piece of parchment into the air.
The parchment hastily folded itself into the shape of a paper bird and flew off.

There seemed to be a few more districts off in the distance, but no matter how much the scout’s eyes bulged under the Sadist’s command, it was hard to get a clear picture of what they contained.

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>1 - Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage
>2 - Investigate out one of the stores down the street (Stealth check)
>3 - Sneak closer to the tavern-like structure at the end of the street (Stealth check)
>4 - Travel to another district (Stealth check, DC depends on district)
>5 - Go back to the dungeon

>>5177200
>>1 - Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage

>>5177200
Voting closes in 30 min
Forgot to mention, but the rain will add a +5 modifier to the goblin's stealth check.

Here's the important bit of the scout's statblock

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Prowler Skill
Goblin scouts are embarrassed of the size of their forehead and prefer to remain hidden.
Hostile creature have to succeed on a DC12 Wisdom (Perception) check to detect the scout.

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So the DC is 17 while the rain persists.

>>5177200
>Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage
Initial surroundings first. It's no good to explore farther out when you don't know what's close to home (and what you'll be walking back into after you've explored afar).

>>5177200
>>1 - Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage
We can move on to something else after.
We should definitely take advantage of the rain while we can, 17 DC is very nice.

>>5177200
>Sneak closer to the tavern-like structure at the end of the street
>try to caught and bring back bird, cat, dog, hobo, passed out drunk guy, whatever

Let's use the rain as an opportunity for some free DP.
We are at Waterdeep, right?

>>5177200
>1 - Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage

>>5177200
>1 - Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage

>>5177198
and with the rain the goblin might just get the bath it so badly needs.

and while the bank(the sign with money would probably make for good looting it woudl also get the gaurds down here real quick. maybe a little breaking and entering could be good though)

>>5177208
>>5177209
>>5177204
to be honest... if we ever want to live with some degree of certainty here well... we might need to destroy or enslave the citys populace and extend our influence to the surface.

>>5177218
The plan is to grow powerfull enough fast enough to not be wiped. We'll need some branding chamber to put up some nice magical "branding" to get peope keep coming back without figuring out it's for the sadist's delight.

>>5177218
>to be honest... if we ever want to live with some degree of certainty here well... we might need to destroy or enslave the citys populace and extend our influence to the surface.
I mean, sure, but how do we do that exactly?

It's best to just lay low and let as little info leak as possible, until we become strong enough that even stronger parties will not be able to reach the core. Then we can maybe start worrying less about becoming well know.

>>5177200
>1 - Check out the other buildings next to the orphanage
Get a good look at the district we're in before we do anything else.

So the furthest away of the districts we can see we have some sort of Mage Guild, if we want high quality magic items they are most likely to be found there. Though there'd probably be security measures that would make it difficult to steal anything from them as of now.
Between that and us we also have the posh, upperclass neighbourhood. Probably not as difficult to steal from as the Mage Guild but should have Guards patrolling it.
Lastly we have what I assume is the Merchant Quarters, with their warehouses of goods. This is probably a location we should aim to investigate after we finish up the current poor man's district, the warehouses could definetly hold something of value while not being an impossibility for our Scout to steal from.

>>5177218
>to be honest... if we ever want to live with some degree of certainty here well... we might need to destroy or enslave the citys populace and extend our influence to the surface.
Take note that the only minion out of all the mutations and upgrades we've gotten, only the Scout can leave the Dungeon. Enslaving the town is most likely impossible as we can't get minions out from the Dungeon to do the actual enslaving and conquering.

>>5177225
>>5177230
>>5177238
well regarding the branding chamber. I think that will be a huge thing to make sure we can drastically increase in strength and stay low key.

We know from Grez that there are Curse Seals that can enslave others. So if we can brand people to become our slaves we can use them to get increasingly important people down to us through subversion and slowly take over the structure from within until we can just command people to come down to us and then take over the city with a billion little cuts. But that is just a soap Dream until we figure out how those Curse Marks work and how much they can influence people before others start to notice.

Then we could have the population as our servants on the surface. But as you pointed out that will be far in the future.

You know, incase we get invaded again, why dont we station the scout in our core room to ambush anyone who beats the rest of the dungeon?

>>5177231
The warehouses/merchant district is definitely our best target, at least with just a goblin scout. Anything else is too well guarded or risky. Wouldn't wanna piss off some noble and get the highest authority in the city investigating where the goblins are sneaking into the city from.
With any luck, some merchant won't be able to do too much besides scratch his head if we get caught.
Besides, I'm sure warehouses can have all sorts of cool stuff.

>>5177243
I suppose if we can somehow replicate slave marks (big if) then it could work, but that is only so long as we can maintain secrecy of the seals, and the dungeon itself. Otherwise people would just check anyone exiting the dungeon. Our priority should be getting stronger anyhow, then it doesn't matter what is on the surface.

>>5177245
Monsters cannot be placed in the core room, unfortunately.

>>5177257
>Monsters cannot be placed in the core room, unfortunately.
big rip

>>5177257
Disagreeing. Our priority should be getting stronger while staying as low on the radar as possible for the time being.

>>5177266
>Disagreeing. Our priority should be getting stronger while staying as low on the radar as possible for the time being.
What part are you disagreeing with?
I quite literally wrote
>Our priority should be getting stronger anyhow

>>5177202
Voting closed
Next update will come later today, have to take care of some errands like dinner and such

>>5177275
disagreeing with anyhow, that I nuanced.
But this is nitpicking

>>5177276
Hey QM, are we later today yet?

For now, it would be best to at least secure the direct surroundings of the building that hid the dungeon.
The three buildings all surrounded the same little square, which contained a well.
On the left-hand side of the well, was a decently sized home that might’ve once upon a time been the envy of the lower district. A person of means would’ve likely lived here in the past.
Directly opposing it, on the right-hand side of the well, was a barn-like structure with a pulley-system jutting out from the front.

The goblin skittered its way back into the home and took the stairs down, like any sensible person would.
History has few tales to tell about the heroic individuals that leapt from rooftops and promptly broke their neck.
It’s a dangerous case of survivorship bias that has cost many people their lives.

The rain continued to fall. The goblin’s first steps onto the outside world had it go ankle-deep in mud.
It casually walked through the courtyard. After all, sneaking is suspicious.
The neighbours would’ve likely seen orphans come and go from the building, so an orphan-sized goblin walking about, its features and skin hidden by the dark of night, would draw no attention.
It’s the well-know, but rarely mentioned, act of being public in public versus being private in public.

The scout walked over to the left-hand building. A two-story mansion – if you were to stretch the definition of the word.
Although the building had fallen into disrepair much like the dorm, it wasn’t nearly as bad.
It had been mostly constructed out of stone, with wood used for decorative purposes like panelling and shutters.
The wood that had been used was still looking decent. Higher quality stuff.
Dominating the front was a set of double-doors, slight ajar.

”Hold,” said the Sadist, nearly shivering in delight, “I would recognize that sound anywhere.”
Somebody inside was sobbing.

Outside of the gates of the orphanage, barely a hundred feet down the road, an argument erupted.
A discussion mostly conducted in curse words.
The winning argument, it seemed, had been a glass bottle to the face of the opponent – which fell down into the cold mud.
The victor wobbled its way over to the prone individual and picked up the bottle – only to find out that it had shattered.
Whatever contents had remained had joined the enemy in the dirt.
A purposely loud sigh boomed across the neighbourhood, one meant to annoy.
Sadly, it seemed like nobody was rushing from their houses to fight a drunken man in the rain.

So instead this person made his way down the road.
Shoulders slumped and eyes downcast. Ben staggered towards the orphanage.

>Hide in the barn
>Infiltrate the mansion
>Climb down the well
>Go back to the dungeon
>Write-in

>>5177604
>>Infiltrate the mansion
I think the prone person is Grez. The sobbing one might be related to one of our victims?

>>5177604
> Hide until Ben passes, drag the body back to the Dungeon

>>5177604
Voting will remain open for a while
I'll check back tomorrow

>>5177604
>> Hide until Ben passes, drag the body back to the Dungeon

>>5177640
>>5177626
Hey, that's fairly clever. If it's reasonably possible let's do it.

>>5177604
>Infiltrate the mansion
This seems juicy. Gotta learn what we can.

I highly doubt a dead body will have any use to us. Why bother?

>>5177661
Okay on second reading the man is most likely not dead, ignore my dumb ass.
Still prefer info for now. Bit early to risk them waking up mid dragging anyhow.

>>5177604
>>Infiltrate the mansion
Gotta learn their plans for next time they head for dungeon

>>5177604
>Infiltrate the mansion

Well well well..... Ben is staggering towards the Orphanage. That means we might have to contend with a drunkard next. And maybe we can find out who is sobbing.

Grez was either outside with Ben in which case no one will probably care to much if she still lays there for a while. Or if she made it to the mansion and holed herself up there we know where she will most likely be holed up and maybe can send her an invitation if she brings snacks.

>>5177604
>Infiltrate the mansion

>>5177604
>Infiltrate the mansion
Ben staggering into the Orphanage means if we try to drag the body back down to the Dungeon we'd be forced to contend with him. Keep scouting, maybe he'll have left later after we're done scouting.

Voting closed
>Infiltrate the mansion

Follow-up question
>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)
>2 - Let the goblin go inside without hiding

Voting closes in 30 min

>>5178329
>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)

>>5178329
>Sneak inside Stealth Check

>>5178329
>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)

>>5178329
>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)

>>5178329
>>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)

It is Grez that's inside. As this is most livable building here, Ben most likely lives here also. I wonder, if Ben even knows Grez is alive, if he has been just drinking after the raid.

>>5178355
Well he seemingly staggers towards the Orphanage. He might crash there for the night.

And regarding Grez.... well he might just kill her if he finds her again

>>5178329
>>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)

>>5178329
Joining the bandwagon

>1 - Sneak inside (Stealth check)

These sure are some long 30 minute voting periods

>>5178393
well i think Today QM has another DND Session and probably has to prepare for that and it creeped up on them again.. like on Tuesday

>>5178393
kek

>>5178418
You got it in one. I think it might be best to stop calling out "voting windows" on my off-days.

>>5178472
if you want to continue using the Time windows. Just put a timer on and just jump in for a second to say voting closed and maybe inform people if you will be writing again.that day or will be busy.

>>5178477
>>5178472
Yeah! and telling us you are writing is an statement! one that will force you to comply mwahahaha. I am happy you know about survivor bias.

Oh boys, are we update-Friday?

>>5179290
we can only hope and see if we scared QM off or if he just needs more time for writing the Update

No signs of life so far? Anything would be appreciated QM

Moved to update Saturday

>>5179539
Okay

>>5179539
alright. See you tomorrow then.

The torrent continued, the noise overpowering all sounds safe for the squelching footsteps of Ben as he lumbered forward.

Ever valiant and always watchful, the individual’s approach did not go unnoticed by the goblin scout.
It also enjoyed the presence of two backseat scouts that pointed out things to it that it already knew.

”Somebody’s coming!” said the Scholar frantically, “You should hide!”

What a suggestion. Amazing. Truly something the scout could not have come up with themselves.

”It’s one of the invaders from earlier,” growled the Sadist, “You should go stab him.”

To be fair, this was a new idea. Something that the scout hadn’t thought about.
But considering the fact that it was a bad idea, the suggestion was ignored.
The scout decided to try hiding in the dilapidated mansion.

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I sadly don't have a lot of this time afternoon, but I'll try pop in again when I can over the weekend.

Need a 2d20 Wisdom roll for Ben Nielsen vs Goblin Scout
He has disadvantage on the roll because of his current condition.
Ben has a +2 modifier to his wisdom.

Please include the following message:
Rolling for Ben Nielsen to detect Goblin Scout

>>5180173
DC17

Rolled 18, 19 + 2 = 39 (2d20 + 2)

>>5180173
>Rolling for Ben Nielsen to detect Goblin Scout

>>5180176
...fuck

>>5180176
Congratulations, you are failure. At least Ben is drunk so we should hopefully be able to disengage from this without losing the scout.

>>5180176
aww Shit........

This could have gone a lot better. Lets hope that either he kills himself in his drunken Stupor or that he will think it was a bad dream tomorrow.

>>5180176
>>5180177
>>5180180
This doesnt have to be bad, with a ben down in spirits he might follow goblino and go through dungeon, if he reaches chad we can do a deal

Didn't Ben roll like two nat 20's last invasion? He's got some serious plot armor bullshit going on.

>>5180190
>>5180176
amirite???' Ben keeps rolling high, like he was Hero class instead of whatever juvenile merc he is right now

>>5180205
This whole quest is just Ben's origin story.

>>5180205
>>5180206
then we are gonna have to kill Ben before he manages to unlock the true Power of the Class before he achieves Demon Lord Slayer Status and we would have to turn into a post game Dungeon to contend with him.

>>5180176
This isn't necessarily bad, if we can lure Ben back into the dungeon using his anger. He probably assumes it's basically the same as it was when he left.

>>5180176
Holy shit the plot armor

>>5180176
man

>>5180218
>>5180206
>mfw the entire quest is playing catch up with him
>we get so used to just survive against him our power conception is all fucked up, to the point that we don't notice the high tier parties invading because they don't make it through the second floor
picI can't post images fuck you and your rangebans hiromoot

Hey, are we update-Sunday?

>>5180938
idk man... I wish it were

Ben squinted in the night-time downpour, using his hand to keep the rain out of his eyes, something was there – in the courtyard.
His vision swam a bit, it hadn’t been long since he had been kicked out of the tavern – he was often told he was an emotional drinker.
The wailing and complaining kind. The kind that spoils the mood and turns the ale sour.
Whatever was out there had been trying to hide, it also wasn’t very tall.
”Hey, k-kid,” Ben tried, “I’m sorry, but the orphanage is not…not really a thing anymore.”
He nearly tripped over his own feet, but corrected and found his balance, “No need to be scared though, I can find you a place.”
Ben truly had good intentions, but was painfully aware that his current state didn’t do much to alleviate any possible fear.

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>>5181579

“What the hell is he saying?“ said the Scholar, “He’s like a hundred feet away and its pouring out here.”

”Doesn’t matter. The wretch spotted us,” growled the Sadist, switching his gaze to the goblin, “I thought you were good at this.”

The scout whispered something in the goblin tongue under his breath, it seemed like a curse word.
It actually was good at this, the odds of being detected by somebody in the current conditions were laughably low, yet it happened.
This didn’t seem fair. It resisted the urge to flip off Ben.

“Run into the mansion, whatever is bawling in there will distract him,” commanded the Sadist.

After a shrug, the goblin scout did as instructed.
As stealth was no longer the order of business, it simply dashed into the direction of the mansion, sliding in the wet mud, and yanked open the shutters of a window within line of sight of Ben and vaulted over the window sill.
Its muddy feet slapped down on cold tiles, a kitchen.
Most of the furniture was gone, only the oven and similar heavy equipment remained beside a rotten basket and some waterlogged cook books.

The goblin’s entry had not gone unnoticed by the current occupant of the mansion.
”H-hello? Who’s there?” said a careful voice, exploring the unknown. The voice of Grez.
There was some movement from the other chamber, somebody struggling to get up.
The half-orc winced in pain and fell back tot the floor, causing the floorboards to groan underneath the sudden weight.

Peeking its head into the hallway connecting the chambers, the goblin explored its options.
There was a staircase winding up directly opposing the door to the kitchen and three doors down the hallway to the left.
Two of which exited towards the right, leading towards the other side of the building, and one, slightly ajar, leading to the left.
The whimpering of Grez was clearly coming from the left-hand room, an orange glow leaked into the hallway through the cracked door – possibly a candle.

The scout’s eyes darted around, looking for an escape, or a place to hide.
Its vision was coloured in shades of grey as a result of its darkvision, but that was enough.
It spotted a backdoor hidden behind some debris.

“Excellent,” said the Sadist, “Escape through the back entrance.”

The scout took the first step, but was then stopped.

”Hold it,” said the Scholar, “Did you forget what we came here for? We should explore or at least eavesdrop or something.”

>1 - Stay in the kitchen (Stealth check: Eavesdrop)
>2 - Exit through the backdoor (End scenario)
>3 - Go to first room on the right (Stealth check: Eavesdrop & Explore)
>4 - Go to second room on the right (Stealth check: Eavesdrop & Explore)
>5 - Go the chamber Grez is in (Detected)
>6 - Go upstairs (Stealth check: Explore)

Stealth roll will be made (if necessary) after a decision has been made

>>5181580
>>3 - Go to first room on the right (Stealth check: Eavesdrop & Explore)

Lets check it out.

do you have a free day QM or did you just manage to finish off something you started over the weekend?

>>5181580
>3 - Go to first room on the right (Stealth check: Eavesdrop & Explore)

>>5181580
>3 - Go to first room on the right (Stealth check: Eavesdrop & Explore)
I want to learn SOMETHING from this expedition, besides the basic city layout.

i am VERY convinced that Ben WILL spot us again. The Mans Luck is unreal in some aspect. Still we can not succeed if we do not even try.

>>5181583

>Do you have a free day QM or did you just manage to finish off something you started over the weekend?

I mostly work from home, but sometimes I can "work from home".
It's morning here so maybe too early to tell, but it doesn't seem to be a busy day.
I should be able to work on some updates while I await replies on emails and tickets.