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You just had a problem getting a corpse to make it look like Rakta was dead, and you had to convince her to fake her death.
You stared at her in silence, trying to gather a resolve that would not break mid-sentence.

"What's bothering you?" she asked you like a parent who knows its child is hiding a mess they made.
"And if we use explosives?"
She sighed.
"That's your solution to all problems, isn't it? You must have more demon blood in your veins than the average elf." She said jokingly, with a tired voice.
She worried you a little when she stopped moving, thinking about what she had said.
So you told her about the plan in depth to distract her, hoping she would not clue in to the truth.

"We take a doll, we put your armor and equipment on it, we put it in the carriage and we put explosives.
The dangerous artifacts are destroyed, you pretend to be dead so you don't have to report them to the inquisition."
"And would you make me hide in that demonic abomination with your maid and butler?" she said pointing to the truck.
"Yes?"
"And you do realize I have to inform the inquisition anyway right? What you guys are doing is bad, very bad.
I have an oath to fulfill and all the people here need to be judge for this incursion.”

"Out of curiosity, what would the punishment be?"
"The scholars will probably be executed, the mercenaries and you, I don't know.... maybe a penance crusade?
Except for the abomination, David was his name? He will need to be put down.”
*shit*
“And you don’t care what happens to them, your duty is just to the church?” you continued.
She seemed a little distraught, squirming in her seat.
“Of course I…can't save everyone. okay? Happy that I admit it? I can’t d- Damn it, it doesn't matter. It's not like you understand."


How do you convince Rakta not to hand over the expedition to the Inquisition? (Roll 1d20 Bo3) (Speech)
>Don't convince her, you already have a plan, be it leaving before that happens or talking your way out.
>Use an argument (which one?)
>"Pretty please?" (auto fail)
>"You owe me two, from not killing you in our fight and for the Rot titan." (Auto-success)(You can imagine the consequences)
>Write in

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5386677
>Use an argument
"You say what we're doing is bad... But mainly what I'm doing is destroying dangerous 'abominations' like that Rot Titan, while you've SEEN that I'm no danger to good people like you. Isn't what I'm doing valuable and virtuous in its own right?"

If that doesn't work (subtly reminding her of her debt without outright stating it), then...

>"You owe me two, from not killing you in our fight and for the Rot titan." (Auto-success)

>>5386677
Welcome back QM
>>5387084
Support

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5387084
Support

>>5387183
You can roll too

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5387183
>>5387222
Oh yeah forgot it was Bo3

Rolled 1 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

Rakta roll

jo, welcome back

Oh hey, this time I join the thread right at the beginning instead of the end.
Guess I'll just join the bandwagon to this vote
>>5387084

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>>5387084
>Try to convince her
"You say what we're doing is bad... But mainly what I'm doing is destroying dangerous 'abominations' like that Rot Titan,
while you've SEEN that I'm no danger to good people like you. Isn't what I'm doing valuable and virtuous in its own right?"
[Roll 16 + 7 DC 1 + 6 Result: Crit success]
[Crit: You don’t have to explain shit, she will not pry for secrets]

her face showed irritation for a few seconds before taking on a more gentle expression.
With a sigh she started to yield.
"Okay, I'm inclined to agree with you. But that only gives you and Ghal an excuse.
The rest of the people have no knowledge of the titan, I asked, they're here out of greed.
So I'm willing to let you go, you can keep your secrets.
I will not investigate whatever you are, and you can flee in your abomination of a vehicle into the sunset. Deal? "

[You, Ghal and maybe a few other people(your choice) will not be denounced by Rakta]
>Is this what you want? (yes/no)


“Okay, with that settled we should begin with the plan.”
“Yes, about that. Your plan has a flaw, If we pretend I die in the explosion who will you stuff in my armor?
These people might be sinners but I won’t kill them for this ploy.”
“Then we pack somethings on a horse and make it run away, we say you were on it.”
“That… Would deeply hurt the image of the Chosen, I also don’t understand your urgency.
Why now?”

Well, you suppose you ought to tell her the reason you want her to pretend to be gone.
“The bosses told me to kill you… they don’t want the inquisition involved.”

She froze when you said it, a spark of understanding in her eyes.
“Ah. You are a good man, thank you for telling me. But you fail to see a simpler solution.”
She stood up, a hand in the hilt of her sword.
“I will just kill them, these sinners I can sort out myself.”
Oh no
“How is that better? You would get swarmed by guards!”
“On who’s orders? I will cut the head of the snake.”
*wait, they have snakes here?* you though to yourself, but quickly snapped out as Rakta began to move.
Cursing under your breath you tried to come up with more bullshit to keep her from committing murder.

“Wait, wait, wait. If you do that Nhave will be in charge, she will imprison you and
you won’t be able to make sure the artifacts are destroyed when we get to the city.”
“That’s true.” She said stopping, “Damn it, why does it always have to be complicated? What’s the plan then?”
yes, the plan.
Plant the explosives and make a horse run away?
With a bit of luck you might save some artifact along the way.
Right?
(-3 fuel for committing to this plan)

>Yes (lose 1 horse) (+1 group suspicion)[group suspicion = 4 ]
>We will plant a body inside the cart (Where will you get that body?)(Rakta losses all equipment)
> On second thought, let Rakta kill your bosses. Live the American dream. (You know what will happen)
>Write in.

ROLL 1d12 Bo1
Let’s see what artifact you manage to save.
You can gain +2 bonus in exchange for increasing Group suspicion by 1, can be done 5 times.
1-4: None
5-6: Religious and cultural objects
7: Medical equipment
8: Aberration Battery * 3
9: Radial Cutter
10: The creator of cyborgs
11: Any two above
12: Any three above

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Note:
Sorry for not drawing Rakta myself.
Shame on me for trying to use an AI
but I cant draw faces right now, I dont know why and Tyr anatomy makes the problem worse.

Anyway
I got home 2 weeks before I though i would so lets make the best of it.

Rolled 10 (1d12)

>>5387634
can we fake her death by actually faking her to look like a corpse with some window dressing and illusion magic, then burrying her half in real dirt and illusion dirt, and just leave her behind?

>>5387632
>Is this what you want? (yes/no)
Yes, if we can bring Emilia, Hildra, Niven, Ghal, Lucy, Potato, and Flora.

>>5387634
>Yes (lose 1 horse) (+1 group suspicion)[group suspicion = 4 ]

>>5387643
Good roll

and the question.
Yes, it should be posible.
The challenge would come from not letting Niven and a few other "heretical" eggheads dissect the seemingly dead Chosen one.
Even you were tempted to do it in thread 4
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2022/5318319/#p5327313

>>5387645
Potato and Lucy is a given.
should I write about her terrorizing the camp.

>>5387634
>Yes (lose 1 horse) (+1 group suspicion)[group suspicion = 4 ]
Go horsey, be free.

>>5387659
And yes, I would enjoy that.

>>5387634
>Yes (lose 1 horse) (+1 group suspicion)[group suspicion = 4 ]
>>5387659
>"Lucy the terror of the wastelands"
Yes.

>>5387634
Any way we can still keep her from reporting to the church?

>Yes (lose 1 horse) (+1 group suspicion)[group suspicion = 4 ]
We should probably put her equipment on the horse anyways in case anyone goes to check the "corpse". It will be hard to tell the difference between horse giblets and tyr chunky salsa.

>You can gain +2 bonus in exchange for increasing Group suspicion by 1, can be done 5 times.
If we can spend the down time to work off the suspicious by socializing or buying drinks, then lets do it.

>>5387659
How does Rakta feel about Lucy? Does she fear her, as is her fluffy might?

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This update has gotten too big.
Wait a bit.

>>5387805
>Any way we can still keep her from reporting to the church?
not reporting the whole expedition?
Getting on her bad side.

>How does Rakta feel about Lucy?
Didn’t even consider it. Maybe later.
....

The cat:

The orange shadow had been with us long before we arrived in the wasteland.
Many of us had come across it at some point, always on the edge of our camp.
Only seen at night and under wayward lunar light.
The priests who accompanied us denied the existence of such an omen.
But they always slept with holy symbols in hand, betraying the truth.

It was on the third day, about to reach the capital, that we heard her shrieking.
The fires were out and the night guards were asleep.
We insomniacs had to seek refuge in Milagros.
The Goddess of Delirium did not save us.
We felt the end coming.
And we survived the city.

When the sun first set after the escape of the winged beasts, there was a ray of hope.
Death had been outwit, fate eluded, we would live.
And for the first time we saw the omen of our doom.
It moved freely under carts and tents.
Being ignored or unseen by the majority.
But I see it.
And here I sit, writing you my last letter
My food is getting cold and my companions have moved away from me.
I know I will die tomorrow.
Under the light of the stars I have the devil by my side.
Howling my doom.
The laughter of the beasts that fly over us reinforcing its message.
I won't sleep tonight either.

Yours truly.
Edrat.

>Yes (lose 1 horse) (+1 group suspicion)
[group suspicion = 5 minimum group suspicion= 7]
The plan was launched quickly.
It was easier than you expected.
There was a discussion going on about something you didn't care too much about between the priests and some of the scholars as usual.
creating an easy distraction

You knocked the guard unconscious and with Rakta's help you brought him to a safe distance.
three cans of gasoline and a fuse was what needed to be brought.
Then you sent Rakta to steal a horse to make it look like she ran away.
Standing alone and watching the fuse shrink, you pulled out the artifact that might allow you to trade with Cedalion.
You hid it inside the truck, your little personal storage room.
And in the distance you saw the stain of that horse granted freedom.
You wished it luck and prepared yourself.

>The creator of cyborgs acquired (???) (You dont know how it works)

The explosion was more powerful than you expected.
He knocked over one of the nearby carts and several went up in flames.
A temporary deafness affected the entire expedition.
And in the confusion Rakta hid as you had agreed.
the plan was going well.


You didn't get moving until two hours later.
Only once the panic and fire had been put out did the questions begin.
After having confirmed that there was nothing left among the relic fragments.
And that the three bosses pulled you aside to yell at you.
Blaming you for not killing Rakta in time and taking possession of your artifacts.
But at the end of the day, they had no power over you, at least not here.
They vented their frustrations on you.
once the anger is over
They sent you away sullenly, ordering you not to join the scouting team in case Rakta returned.
As you started to walk away you heard one of them start to cry.

[Road event 3/4]
The journey had been hard but you had made it
The forest was on the horizon.
But hope had not returned, for with the loss of the artifacts a new inevitability awaited.
A reality would be confirmed with a cry of alarm and the cawing of excitement from the beasts that circled you in the air like vultures.

In the distance was a rising cloud of dust, led by 3 armored vehicles.
The chimeras had located you, it was something that in hindsight was perhaps avoidable but no action was taken.
The expedition made their horses run, but fear had been supplanted by resignation to the situation.
It was a dangerous mission that you had signed up for and there was still only one dead, no one expected an easy ending.

Everyone was anticipating the perceived climax of your adventure, the final confrontation with enemies seen only from afar.
For many it was a confrontation with the avatars of "Evil".
Slowly they began to get closer, you would reach the forest before them.
Even if the winged beasts tried to prevent it.
The sense of urgency and terror finally set in when they realized you no longer had the tools to get rid of the vermin.
What would happen then, that you crashed, they reached all of you, or luck would prevail?
You had the protection of your truck, the rest, if you were lucky, had a tarp to protect themselves.

The truck's radio came to life, intercepting messages.
At first you thought they were communications between the chimeras, but the idea disappeared when you realized that they were talking to you.
Or at least the crew that should be on this truck.

“SQUAD-D7 //Relocate to = <Bastion> // Comply immediately “
You took the microphone and asked to contact Cedalion, identifiying yourself.
Thankfully Ghal was distracting Rakta, they were both on the back of the vehicle, looking out of the rear windows

“Find (CORONEL “Cedalion” ) = False // Occupied.by. = [Redacted] // Present{ self }: CAPTAIN “Charon” // <How may I assist you?> “

What will you do? (Roll 1d20 Bo3 ) (You can choose several)
>try to negotiate (speech)
>Get to the forest, create a forest fire (The chimeras will lose track of you, but there is a wildfire now)(auto success)
> Cast a spell/ use an item (+ X group suspicion)
> Disperse the expedition before reaching the forest (the risk will be distributed to some groups)
>Stop and engage the enemy at the tree line. (What is the strategy? If none is proposed I will use a generic defensive line)
>Write in

>>5388584
>try to negotiate (speech)
We managed to get the god sword, a duplicate of the chimera schematics, and the cyborg thing. We couldn't save the religious and cultural objects, the medical equipment, the batteries, and the Radical Cutter, but at least we managed to save that much. Please return back to base and we'll see about coming back to the capital to return everything once the expedition forces return home.
Also Cedalion. Charon. We spoke to a tendril of Gaia. So as it turned out the Rot Eater in the stadium? That was a Titan, as in. The ACTUAL demon and not a human of origin thing. She even named it. Things are escalating in the background and it's worrisome.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5388584
forgot the dice

>>5388658
>>5388661
Welp, can't argue with a Natty Twenny.

>>5388658
>+support
alos wont the expedition leaders try to swipe our stuff? Since we have the truck and PA if so I'd rather skip getting paid and just run away with the stuff we have before they get wise.

>>5388672
>>5388717
you can still roll you know. Maybe we might get lucky and get triple 20's?

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5388722
k then
>>5388584

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5388658
+1

>>5388717
>>5388723
About the expedition leaders trying to swipe our stuff, they would have to deal with Flora, Ghal, and Rakta. The latter of which would probably try to kill them before anyone notices. Hopefully before anyone notices. Worse case scenario we just park the truck outside the city while we go in the city to get payed, do some shopping, then fuck off back to the demon capital to do things.
When we get back to the capital, we should try working something out with Charon and Cedalion. Maybe make new types of chimeras, and modify pre-existing ones. We could use Ghal and Potato as templates to make new and old chimeras semi-like spriggans, at least stable ones so they can possibly generate Abberance and drain other of their magic juice. The former would hopefully be used to nonlethally incapacity people once they run out of aberrance.

>>5388658
I'll support.
To kake upnfor my absence last thraed, I'll share some more greek mythology knowledge, like I did with Metis's name and.
Limos is a daemon/spirit/incarnation of hunger.
Playing Titan Quest and Age of Mythology has taught me plenty of useless trivia

>>5388731
Couldn't we just leave the stuff behind hidden somewhere and let the chimera pick it up? We have a radio, we can warn them.

>>5388658
Support.

>>5388738
I really messed up that fist paragraph.
Anyway, QM, you said before that all humans were from 1922 on thread 3, but last thread the mercenaries sang don't stop me now
Did more humans crossover, or did someone summon a Queen CD sometime after or something?

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5388658
>The ACTUAL demon and not a human of origin thing.
Oh no, it was an amalgamation of ... 600 humans + others? Never ran the numbers.
It had a name because it was supposed to have a bigger role in the plot.
But now it’s dead for good, I got some replacements for the role.
But hey, from Gaia awakening in 1 in game week you got way more time.
GG.

> Things are escalating in the background and it's worrisome.
Hey! I still need to tell you the cool shit Metis is doing, Its likely I let the players choose the Empires reaction.
More fun since I cant prepare anything and you have to deal with your choice.
Like with Chosen ones.

>>5388731
>Worst case scenario we just park the truck outside the city while we go in the city to get payed
That is actually one of the prewritten things i do have.
We can resolve it after event 4.

> Maybe make new types of chimeras, and modify pre-existing ones
That is a route.
Anyone know a SCP quest or something where you play a scientist?
It would help if there was something I could use as template.
I read “The Thing quest” but its not exactly what I need.


>>5388739
Its an option

>>5388764
>you said before that all humans were from 1922
> 6/1/22 at 13:30 or 1/6/22 for Americans
2022, the moment thread 1 started.

anyway, I will start writing.

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“We managed to get the god sword, a duplicate of the chimera schematics, and the cyborg thing.
We couldn't save the religious and cultural objects, the medical equipment, the batteries,
and the Radical Cutter, but at least we managed to save that much.
Please return back to base and we'll see about coming back to the capital to return everything once the expedition forces return home.”
[Roll 20 + 7(speech) ; DC 2 + 3(speech) + 4(direct orders); Result= crit success]
[Crit: He lets you go, no strings attached]

“ACCEPTED // order#175 Priority // Request: Return != {7 h 36 min 19 s} // Order#176 & Order#177 Expiration= TRUE // < Give them hell.>”

At first you didn't think it would be so easy.
Simply asking them to please not do it should have created a negotiation.
But slowly the trucks that were chasing you slowed down and the winged abominations moved away.
You couldn't believe how easy it had been, and neither did the rest of the expedition.
Rakta panicked because she feared there was a trap.
Flora couldn't contain her laughter, having overheard your conversation.
The rest of the expedition could be seen holding their weapons long after you entered the forest.

There was a stop in a clearing.
Nobody said anything, nobody understood what had happened.
Scouts were sent out and the rest began to move at a slower pace.
You were assigned as a rear guard.
It was boring; Ghal didn't dare to talk to Rakta so close.
Flora had been given orders not to talk much about her because you didn't trust her.
And Rakta didn't dare to speak, she spent her entire journey praying and trying to avoid Lucy, despite the space being small.

...

You spent the whole day on the road.
Even surrounded by the trees and with the barren ash in the distance, no one could help looking back in fear that the chimeras were on your heels again.

Your path was only interrupted by the sighting of wild animals.
Everything was quiet, and so it continued until the scouts returned.
They reported that a Kobold camp lay ahead.
You would arrive late in the afternoon, so without having to talk about it, you all knew that you would rest near them.
Probably the fear of chimeras made them believe in the safety of numbers.

first sign of civilization was found a few hours later.
They were not signs on a dirt road or a fire break.
It was the smell of garbage that informed the group that there were people nearby.

A stench of decaying matter and burnt wood permeated the air creating an unpleasant haze that made you question where exactly you were going.
The second sign of civilization to arrive was the noise, which was quickly accompanied by the sight of the settlement.
The best way to describe it would be a mountain of shacks and garbage, stacked in order to escape the filth that formed its base.
There were several dozen kobolds on the move throughout the area.
Some working, many sunbathing and the rest had approached you like kids who sees the circus come to town.
Their fascination with your expedition began to worry you when they began to climb into your truck.
They did not enter, but even with the vehicle in motion they climbed onto the roof.

The bosses and Nahave were the first to dismount to go talk to the mayor or whatever this heap of garbage had.
The expedition stopped at a reasonable distance, but it didn't prevent the lizards from swarming all of you.
Some selling herbs and food, others trying to buy them.
Lots of questions and probably some thefts.
Ghal took on the role of grumpy old man in order to drive them away.
I didn't do much.
Several of the kobolds climbed onto the roof and many wanted a tour of the interior of the vehicle.


Over time the novelty passed but not the energy of the lizards.
You were given the order to prepare camp and rest.
It seemed that you were going to spend the night here.
The food was made and the kobolds prepared for their work.
Some gathering in the forest, they didn’t explain.

What would you do when you had the time?
[group suspicion = 5 minimum group suspicion = 7] Cant reduce it right now.
>Go talk with someone (Who?) (Free action)
>Create a spell (describe it)
> Learn a skill (From the Ark , Flora or Rakta)
>Let the kobolds see the interior of the truck (Gain 3d20 Coins)(Something bad might happen)
>Meet some mercenaries, play cards maybe (you have 30 coins)(-0 to group suspicion)
>Weld the servo claw to the power armor?
>Write in ( -0 to group suspicion)

Skills in learning:
First aid training; (Next level 1/5) (Training with ark)
Guitar (1/4)
Illusionist(novice) (1/3) (trained by Flora)

More skills
Soul scrapping (advance) (Trained by Flora)
Theology of Law: (Trained by Rakta)
Average weapon training (1 handed weapons); (Trained by Rakta)

>>5389354
> Learn a skill (From the Ark , Flora or Rakta)
Continue training what we started, priority on first aid, then illusion and lastly guitar
>Go talk with someone (Who?) (Free action)
Did we already ask Emilia and Hildra how their expeditions went? I don't remember.
>>5389318
I just got very confused because I was certain that I had said that they were from 2022 and got corrected that it was 1922.
But I just checked the archive and turns out that it was another anon that replied to me, not you, and I just didn't noticed the lack of name and different ID.

>>5389429
>Did we already ask Emilia and Hildra how their expeditions went? I don't remember.
Vage mentions about Emilia being annoyed about not going inside the city so she has nothing to sell/pawn.

>>5389354
>she spent her entire journey praying and trying to avoid Lucy, despite the space being small.
>inb4 Lucy sleeps in Rakta's lap, trapping her for all eternity less she wake the beast

Lets make sure all valuables are in the truck and it's locked up tight. Let patrnize some kobolds by giving them head pats, and picking them up under their arms and say "oh whole a widdle kobold? you are!"

>>5389429
+1

>>5389354
> Learn a skill First Aid, Guitar

>>5389354
>Learn some first-aid and guitar
>Maybe practice some martial arts with Rakta
>Check on how Emilia and Hildra are doing, and what their plans are once we make it free and clear of all this

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> Learn a skill First Aid
>Lets make sure all valuables are in the truck and it's locked up tight.
>Check on how Emilia and Hildra are doing, and what their plans are once we make it free and clear of all this

The first thing you did was lock all your artifacts and other valuables in the truck's refrigerator.
That put everyone in a smaller space but in hindsight it was a good decision.
The tide of visitors to the camp was too wide.
You got out of the truck to look for Hildra and Emilia and you almost didn't find them.
The quiet you were used to had been supplanted by the energy of a schoolyard.

The first one you found was Emilia, bartering with the lizards.
Trinkets exchanged for sacks of herbs and dried mushrooms.
You talked to her for a while asking how she was doing and where she planned to go next.
"I don't want to jinx the trip, but I was hoping to get something more.
I have some money saved that I will use to travel to the south, that was the plan.
I don't know if I told you that I am wanted in the north, well I have heard good things about the south.
A Tyr kingdom in the wild lands, I'm sure they'll have some work to do. And you?"
You were talking for a while, commenting on your plans but you were not very clear about what would happen.
You wished her luck and sought out your other friend.

Hildra was sharing her drink with some Kobolds.
This wasn't so much charity as the entertainment of watching the lizards get drunk on one drink.
"This shit trip hasn't given me any trophies so I think I'll stay as a mercenary in the steel lady.
Are you considering hiring us? I can give you a friend discount." She said jokingly as she took her jar from one of the lizards.
"I'm really just going with the flow. I know it's not good and I should start thinking about quitting, but how do you do that?
How do you accept living without a single worthwhile victory?"
Before you could reply some kobolds who were definitely too young stole one of the small barrels nearby.
Hildra ran to stop them.


With the sun still visible you decided to return to the truck.
You were already exhausted from the day and wanted to rest.
You took out the computer in the cab of the truck and had some light reading on first aid.
>1d2 training
You were quiet until the sky turned orange and activity outside reached a worrying noise level.
You steped outside with Ghal, closing the truck behind you just in case.

All the kobolds were outside, having some kind of concert.
All of them were equipped with bags and backpacks which seemed strange to you.
On a small podium were three kobolds, two with string instruments and one with a megaphone?
I was singing something.
but you didn't quite understand the words.
A feeling of enervation seized you, making you very dizzy.
You looked around and the rest of the people were in a worse situation.
The Kobolds cheered as if possessed and looking back you saw Ghal and the rest of the expedition doing the same.
A musical climax that sent everyone to the brink of madness.
You wanted to tear your ears out with your nails, and to your surprise you saw an elf doing it.
The mass of people began to spread in all directions and you lost control.

Lingering injury (Spiraling Frenzy: One action will be performed for 3 h without stop.)

[True sight skill active]
-You will remain conscious during the manic episode
-Can choose what action you will perform.
-Half time as the others

What action will you perform during 1.5 h? (Monkey paw situation)(Roll 1d20 Bo3)
>Join the fight
>Join the orgy
>Join the massive runic creation
>Join the kobolds obsessive search
>Join the compulsive eaters
>NO! fight it! (Which stat do you want to use?)
>Write in

>>5390726
Torn between the goofy/horny option of spending three hours plowing Flora or Emilia or Rakta? Is she affected? or the much more sensible and productive option of NOT giving into madness.

But this ain't not lewd waifu-quest, so...

>NO! fight it! (Which stat do you want to use?)

Can we use Insight to rationalize our way through these feelings and resist the compulsion?

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5390726
>NO! fight it! (Which stat do you want to use?)
Uh, insight?
On another note, goddamn lizards.
Also what the hell? Isn't true sight supposed to make us immune to charm spells? Are they using a 5 gorillion aberrance spell? LSD? A charm spell that somehow doesn't classify as a spell? Audio hypnosis?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5390725
Rolling

>>5390754
bruh you're supposed to use a d20.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5390726
>NO! fight it! (Which stat do you want to use?)
I was torn between Insight or Instinct, but instinct is more like perception and we already noticed something going on.
Rolling for training.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5390757
I thibk he rolled for the training like I did.
Which means I can roll the d20.

>>5390751
It might be a spell from the gambling/music/delusion godess, QM did say she was going to show up soon.
And I think she was also how made the kobolds, so this might be some religious ritual.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5390726
>>NO! fight it! (Which stat do you want to use?)
demonic- I mean human instinct

check what each of our allies do that know about what we are
sneak a kiss if Emilia is in the orgy group

>>5390726
Huh. I thought our attributes had increased since the last thread. 8ll have to check when I have the time.

>NO! fight it! (Which stat do you want to use?)
>Write in
If we have time after breaking free, try casting dispelling magic to see if that has any effect on people, maybe steal the instruments and megaphones from the kobolds. The goddess of luck and music is up to her usual shenanigans.
If we dun low on abberance, sneak around and use soul drain on people, but only enough to not kill them and then knock them out. Repeat. Dispelling magic. Sneak. Soul drain.

>>5390750
You goofy ass animal. She. Is. A. Tree. On. The. Inside. That's how you get splinter dick. Flora not Emilia, but she doesn't seem like waifu material. Maybe like friends with benefits? Anyways we should probably help the expedition not die too terribly. Or die at all.

>>5390789
>You goofy ass animal. She. Is. A. Tree. On. The. Inside.

Or vines, or soft vegetative material resembling an animal like ourselves. There's only one way to find out! But you'll note I didn't vote for it.

>Emilia... doesn't seem like waifu material

Nobody said anything about engaging in holy matrimony for three hours.

>>5390789
Mmm yes, we should "confiscate" the kobold's instruments.
>>5390795
Bruh, we can ask Flora for sex whenever and she will comply.
Nevertheless, we have more important stuff to do than to go around fucking like animals.

>>5390789
>>5390795
Emilia is the only female that has a nice and cheerful disposition, knows what we are and is human-like in physiology

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>5390750
>or Rakta? Is she affected?
Since Rakta has no actual god juice, she is affected. But less since she is locked inside the truck

>Can we use Insight to rationalize our way through these feelings and resist the compulsion?
yes

>>5390751
>Isn't true sight supposed to make us immune to charm spells?
It makes you immune.
This is a taste of Milagros power, really proud of the end product.
She is not here tho, I considered doing it but I would have broken the encounter.

>>5390766
That’s very close, its not really a religious ritual, just kobolds being capitalist bastards.
You will see soon enough.
GG anon.

>>5390789
That is an interesting plan

Also give praise to this anon for having the idea to lock the truck.
>>5389552
I will write you the Kobold petting as soon as i have a chance.

QUESTION:

Where is Flora?
>Locked in the truck with Rakta
>Outside

this might be very important since I dont know if the contracts holds right now.
lest roll it.
yes-1
no-2

>>5390807
contract holds, which means that magic is stronger than the other one, but probably only because one is directed and the other is an AOE

>Locked in the truck with Rakta

>>5390807
Oh nice, I guessed (somewhat) correctly.
>Locked in the truck with Rakta
I worry that Rakta might notice Flora's nature, but she's too dangerous to let outside during this mess.

>>5390807
>Locked in the truck with Rakta
Better to NOT have a catastrophe occur inside a kobold settlement.

>>5390805
Also Elves might be compatible with humans, giving Rakta's comment on them having demon blood.

>>5390807
>Locked in the truck with Rakta

I'm also down to support KO'ing people with light levels of abberance drain, and disarming musicians.

Rolled 4 (1d8)

>>5390822
Yes, southern elves look like Niven and Emilia, more human like since they have a bit of human blood
(this is a bit of the why of the Tyr racism and why the Democracy works that way.)
Northern elves have very little to none, Ihlist is one example.
Taller and with more animal bits.

Also, I realized I should roll this.
1 The Singer drops dead at the end of the song.
2-3 The singer has a epileptic attack at the end of the song
4-7 The singer joins the kobolds frenetic search for something.
8 The singer is unaffected
The two musicians are unaffected by the chaos.

>>5390801
Free loot!

>>5390829
You know how humans would and will fuck anything with a pulse. Wheres my dwarves, tyrs, and kobolds with human blood?

>>5390879
"With a pulse" you say?

>>5390901
I would say with a hole, but then I remembered that some people don't even need that.
No wonder the Tyr thought humans are demons.

>>5390915
Humans are the NTR and "Fat Ugly Bastards" of this world.
No hole left unfilled.
No cock left unmilked.
Everyone gets cucked by the bipedal race of extra libido people.

>>5390725
>how to hold kobold
>hold your kobold firmly
lmao good ship man. I had an idea from DnD. Can we adopt a kobold, and mount mini rideable platform on the back of our Power Armor? That way we could arm said kobold with a gun so they can shoot things for us.

>>5390829
>The two musicians are unaffected by the chaos.
KICK THEIR ASSES!

>NO! fight it!

Your headache was killing you and all your muscles were tensing up.
Your vision became blurry and your stomach did not stop churning.
It wasn't magic, you knew it wasn't magic.
It was something in your head, a compulsion although you didn't know what.

You looked up to see a masochistic orgy of naked bodies.
Covered in the blood of others and their own, animals without control.
Biting each other apart as they writhed into a single mass of flesh.
A little further away you could see David surrounded by mercenaries wanting his head as a trophy.
The cyborg laughed hysterically over a small mountain of defeated opponents.
He greeted you before continuing, electrocuting the next challenger who approached.
He did not seem very affected, nor worried about the situation.

You took a few steps back and bumped into Ghal, making you fall to the ground.
Your vision was slow to focus on your friend, who was trying to tear his skin off with his hands.
He wasn't scared, just determined and focused on the task.
Luckily, he wasn't succeeding.
The rest of the groups were too far away for you to see them properly.
You vomited.

[Roll 16 + 7 DC 20 Result: Success]

You didn't know if this was a hallucination but you were the only one who was aware
Everyone around you was lost in their own desires.
Your instincts also wanted you to let yourself go.
Join the impromptu festivity that was taking place.
But you knew what you wanted, you wanted to be in control.

Spiraling Frenzy: One action will be performed for 1.5 h without stop.
>The action you will perform is: Stop this madness.

The feeling of pressure began to decrease in your body and you took the first step.
You used the anti-magic spell.

>4 Aberrance spent.

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The sphere expanded with you at its center.
You looked around hoping that something had changed.
And you were distressed when you saw that it had no effect.
With the exception of Ghal who had fallen to the ground unconscious.
Although that was due to him being partially a construct.

With this plan ruined you looked at the podium where the two musicians were still.
They had stopped playing and were watching the chaos unfold.
They sat at the ledge while commenting the things happening around them.
They were the guilty ones, they were the ones who knew what was happening.

You had a lapse of consciousness.
When you came back you had one of the musicians by the neck and the other one was running away to the piled up shacks.
He was holding a book in his hands.
You surveyed your surroundings, and to your disappointment the instruments were completely normal.
So you yelled at the orange kobold, ordering him to stop this.
He panted trying to breathe, trying to gasp out an answer.
"Can't." Was what he said, trying to kick you in order to escape.
"Can't... stop it."

What do you do?
>Chases the Kobold who has fled.
>Interrogate this one (what questions? how?)
>Try to minimize the damage of what is happening (how?)
>Look for someone specific in the chaos
>Go get Rakta and Flora, maybe they can help you with another plan.
>Write in

If there are actions that can be combined, it will be done.
(Ex: Go for Flora and Rakta + minimize damage with a plan involving them.)

>>5389552
> Let paternize some kobolds by giving them head pats, and picking them up under their arms and say "oh whole a widdle kobold? you are!"

While eating your food you were sitting next to Ghal, and 3 kobolds.
They didn't eat, they were trying to sell you some herbs that they were collecting in the forest.
You suspected it was a drug of some sort.
You gave the nearest one some head pats and asked if that was what they did in the woods.
"Yes, there are many hidden treasures in the forest. They hired us to come here and harvest them. Good deal, I hardly remember working."

Taking advantage of his distraction, you lifted him off the ground and treated him like a child.
Congratulating him on his achievements.
Ghal dropped his food in an attempt to stop you.
But the kobold kicked you in the jaw first and then ran off.
The others followed quickly.
You suspected that you had picked it up the wrong way,
Ghal insisted that the problem was something else.

>>5390879
> Wheres my dwarves, tyrs, and kobolds with human blood?
They would have had very little social power so I never though about it.
Ask Charon about it, he is the one with the failed eugenics program so he should have more info than me.

>>5390915
Spriggans dont have a pulse, so you have a point.

>>5390935
>mount mini rideable platform on the back of our Power Armor?
I'm not going to stop you, only your atention span can.

>>5391442
>Interrogate this one (what questions? how?)
Pin him to the ground and say:"The fuck you mean?! Answer now or they will be your last words!"
That should intimidate him enough.
>Ask him what was their plan
>Ask him how the spell works
>Confiscate the instruments
On a note, if the spell is sound based wouldn't a nullify sound/induce deafness spell work?

>>5391442
>Chases the Kobold who has fled.
GIVE ME THE BOOK YOU DOG LIZARD THING
>Interrogate this one (what questions? how?)
What the hell did you just do? Why?

>>5391442
Do this: >>5391456
If that doesn't clear things up:
>Go get Rakta and Flora, maybe they can help you with another plan.

>>5391442
>Chases the Kobold who has fled.
Wait....is that our spell book? COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT! I'LL END YOU! But punch the kobold in your hands into unconsciousness so he doesnt escape. We can question them both once we have them.

>>5391456
>>5391473
>putting him on the ground.
Are you crazy? That's an opportunity for it to try and run away! Plus theres the one that's running away with the book! If it's running away with something, it must be important.

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>>5391516
Pinning a person to the ground involves putting your entire body weight on top of it. There's no way a kobold half our size could escape from that.
You make a good point though. Maybe we should tie the orange guy up, get the other kobold, and question both.

>>5391538
Sorry, I read pin as put down. Didnt ha e my glasses on and no caffeine yet, but why not just knock him out, then run after the other guy while holding our captive?

>>5391544
Throw the unconcious kobold at the other one.

>>5391553
EXACTLY! We knock him out, then YEET him at our desired target.

>>5391544
IRL knockouts last around 10 seconds, any more and it would involve serious brain damage.

>>5391564
Well its a damn good thing this isn't irl then, and that this kobold isn't a human, now is it? What if we cast sleep on him then?

>>5391573
Not a bad idea!

>>5391442
In addition to my vote at >>5391473, cast Sleep on the fleeing kobold and on anyone who seems to be seriously hurting themselves or someone else.

>>5391564
I call bullshit. We could probably get the kobold to black out by choking, punching to the side of the head at their temple, back of the head. You know, really get their brain rattling.

>>5391582
+1 cast sleep on the fleeing faggot.

>>5391445
Inquery: can we use the Rest spell the next time we make a stop to give us additional slots for studying or training a skill via not needing to rest?

>>5391582
>and on anyone who seems to be seriously hurting themselves
I know you are going to be disapointed, but you are running out of aberrance and this requires corpses.
>Soul scrapping (Apprentice): Can absorb the (aberrance-1) from a corpse.
You can cast sleep once until, you know, someone dies.

>>5391594
>can we use the Rest spell the next time we make a stop to give us additional slots
Yes

I'm unsure if this will need a kobold tosing roll or just the spell.

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>>5391602
Now that I got a look at the DC, I think throwing would be better. If anything we should be able to run up and catch them both before they're able to pick themselves off the ground, and we throw hard enough the thrown kobold will be too hurt to pick himself off the ground or run away efficiently.
I'm voting throw.

><Sleep = [3 Aberrance] (Range: Short) (creatures that fail their Insight save will fall unconscious for 1 min) (Save DC = to 10 + caster Insight)>
Looking at this, throwing feels like it would be more successful, cuz the kobold would be rolling it's own 1d20 with it's own insight mod.

>>5391613
I can't believe my joke has actual mechanical advantages.

>>5391553
>>5391613
Ngl this is genious. I support yeeting the kobold.

>>5391594
>You know, really get their brain rattling.
Yes, that would be the
>serious brain damage
anon mentioned.

>>5391602
> you are running out of aberrance
Darn. Just KO the fleeing little guy, then. With sleep, not by lobbing his friend, ideally.

>>5391666
><Sleep = [3 Aberrance] (Range: Short) (creatures that fail their Insight save will fall unconscious for 1 min) (Save DC = to 10 + caster Insight)>
>Looking at this, throwing feels like it would be more successful, cuz the kobold would be rolling it's own 1d20 with it's own insight mod.
The math don't lie anon. Who gives a shit if he gets brain damage. Just cast heal on him later. Or not. These guys are responsible for our goons getting crazy and hurting themselves.

>>5391671
You can't question the kobolds if you turn them into vegetables, you doofus.

>>5391680
...fair. lts not throw them head first then

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So, can we agree on picrel?

>>5391701
I do not agree.

>>5391701
I agree

>>5391701
Do it.

>>5391701
Fuck it, let's go.
Don't let our memes be dreams.

OP I pray for a legendary shiny kobold short stack with a PHAT ARSE.

>>5391701
Agreed

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>>5391701
yeet the lizard

Rolled 12, 8, 20, 6 = 46 (4d20)

Kobold tossing
[Roll= +7(strength) - 1(lingering injury: Light burn); DC= +6 (instinct, reaction);
Bo3 vs 1 roll.
Improvised weapon so damage is 1

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You saw the kobold walking away and you panicked.
What was in his hands? a grimoire? the cause of this?
"COME BACK HERE YOU LITTLE SHIT! I'LL END YOU!" You screamed at the top of your lungs.
You ran after the scaled fugitive, with his accomplice grabbed by the neck.
You wouldn't make it in time, it was too far.
You considered using a spell, but in a flash of genius you had an idea.
First you lifted your prisoner above your head.
And with all your strength, ignoring the pain of your burns, you threw it.

Once he saw you screaming through the air, you regretted it a bit.
And if he ran away? maybe you would kill them.

[Roll= 20 +7(strength)- 1(lingering injury: Light burn) ; DC= 6 + 6 (instinct, reaction); Result= Crit success]
[Crit: Double damage. 2 damage to each kobold]

The fugitive turned his head in time to scream but not to move away.
They collided and you could hear a crack from where you were.
They both slid on the ground for a while and stopped.
They tried to move but could only crawl.
It didn't take long for you to reach them.
You tied them together with some string and picked up the book.
it was titled "Psalms of the vagabond"
You opened it to look at it.
It was poetry, you turned the pages quickly and only found that.

<Psalms of the vagabond: You can spend 30 min reading this book, if you do, you can auto crit any one roll of your choice
BUT you roll 1d20 + insight, DC 12, if successful you lose 1 points from Insight permanently, failure will make the user go insane.
NPC's that use this book and succeed will additionally suffer manic episodes for 1d4 days.>

You turned to your two prisoners as the chaos around you continued.
They were staring at you like a child who knows he is going to be punished.
"What the hell did you just do? Why?" It was the only thing that came to your mind.
They looked at each other, searching for a truth that would save them.
"We... add poems to our music..."
"But WHY?!" you asked in disbelief
They, bound hand and foot, pointed to the kobolds who were pillaging your camp.

They were collecting everything they saw of value.
Among the crowd of lizards you saw a couple of elves and Emilia.
"Everyone wants money, so we increase the need. They work better looking for herbs."
"Don't joke around, that's...stupid."
"It took us a while to perfect it, now they forget about the past when the effect wears off." the orange said somewhat proudly.
"Shut up, how do I stop it?"
"I don't know." one of the prisoners said before the other head butted him to shut him up.

What do you do
>Interrogate the kobolds(what questions? how?)
>Try to minimize the damage of what is happening (how?)
>Look for someone specific in the chaos
>Go get Rakta and Flora, maybe they can help you with another plan.
>Write in

>>5391701
Fist piece of fanart of this quest!
I can see the dopamine overdose coming.

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>>5392288
I want to hit them, so so bad, but I'm sure we'd accidentally kill them in the process. So I'll settle for vague threats.

>Interrogate the kobolds(what questions? how?)
>"It took us a while to perfect it, now they forget about the past when the effect wears off." the orange said somewhat proudly.
>when the effect wears off
The how isn't hard. We're bigger, stronger, and could do anything to them, anything foul only their own imagination could think of without having to do much on our end. Strange and spooky how we're not affect, hmmm? When does it end? The magic that has everyone mad?
By this round about logic, it would only be fair if we stole from them too would it not? Maybe do something particularly mean? We could even do it once the madness is abated. It wouldn't be hard to explain, then these fine kobolds would have an entire convoy -not to mentioned dwarves- very displeased with their shenanigan's.

>>5392288
That image is glorious.
I have no idea what to do now, I'll let other anons come up with something.

>>5392288
>Take their instruments and their book because fuck them
>Take them hostage just so we can punish them later
Now I wonder, what's the opposite of eldritch poetry?
>Go get Rakta and Flora, maybe they can help you with another plan.
Maybe Rakta knows some psalms that would work.

>>5392313
Supporting. Solid plan with the holy psalms!

>>5392288

>>5392313
Now I realize that we should also ask the kobolds where they got the book from.
Also we should intimidate them and apply some slight violence (hold them painfully tightly by their extremities or something), they don't sound scared enough.

>>5393038
We should hold them by their tail and swing them around above our head until they spill the beans!
We could duel weild spinning kobolds!

>>5393049
Genious.

>>5393038
>>5393049
We dealt 2 damage to them already. If giants have 8 or 9 health, kobolds probably have 3 or 4.
So be careful to not kill them.

Note for the future: We should make an induce pain spell. It would be very useful for negotiation.

>>5393078
And a ranged weapon would be nice too, never know when we are going to need to hit some from far away.
Maybe a crossbow, javelins, or even a sling?
Also bolas or a net if we want to take down someone without hurting them.

>>5393075
They're small. They probably have 3 HP. So long as we dont drop them we should be fine.

>>5393078
We might not even need to. If we can upgrade our illusion sleep to manipulate all five senses instead of two or three (sight, sound, touch, sight, smell), we could do some serious fuckery while controlling the illusion into whatever we want. Like making a pants shitting shoggoth to scare someone into cooperating, scaring them away, or a great distraction.

>>5392288
What will it take to gain "Weapon Proficiency: kobold(s)" ?

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>Go get Rakta and Flora, maybe they can help you with another plan.

This was a something created by one of the gods.
So Rakta would have to know something about it.
Qothos had to have its own eldritch literature, right?
With that hope you picked up your two prisoners and headed to the truck.

It was surrounded by several Kobolds trying to open it.
They were very insistent on seeing what treasures it contained.
You tried to convince them that there were more valuable things elsewhere, you had to kick the most stubborn ones away.
When you finished you realized that your two "prisoners" were debating which of them should kill you.
"He caught you first, do it yourself."
"He took the book from you, get it back."

You interrupted them to ask where they had gotten it.
"We stole it?"
"from where?" you asked exasperated
They looked at each other and then shrugged.
Unable to remember an answer to the simple question.
Then they continued debating which of them was responsible for killing you.
They were still tied up so you decided to concentrate on seeing if Rakta could help.


You opened the closed gates of the truck and got in.
Lucy was in the booth, looking out with Potato, amused by the chaos.
Flora seemed to be somewhat affected, but mostly it was just nervous twitches.
Rakta was sitting on the ground, staring off into space.
Lost in her thoughts.
When you spoke she reacted and asked you what was going on.
You tried to explain everything calmly.

"Shit. That book is banned in both the Empire and the Democracy."
"I understand, but does Qothos have something similar? If these are Milagros poems, do you have any way to combat them?" You asked urgently.
"Not truly, the legacies of Qothos are tokens of order and unity. Milagros is..."

It was then that Flora intervened.
"Weren't you A Chosen One? Or is that title just for show?" She said with a calm smile.
"Gag in your pride, heretic. Our fallen star doesn't need to prove anything to you."
"True, I can handle the situation on my own. A couple of spells to restrain the most violent ones and just wait it out."
With that, she looked at you.
"Our contract requires me to help, but I don't have enough aberrance and I need your permission to use magic."
(Rule 7 & 8)

"Do you have a contract?" asked Rakta.
"We'll tell you later. Shall I get to work?" The spriggan answered, laying the groundwork for the next plan.
"Not yet, I know that I have no real power, but the legacy of Qothos is within my reach... although it is dangerous."
"What is the legacy of Qothos exactly?" You asked curiously.
"Unity."

What will you do?
>Let Rakta deal with this (she will suffer two permanent injuries)
> Let Flora restrain them (Where does she get the aberration that she lacks? The forest? Killing people?)
>Maybe the answer is in the book? What's the worst that can happen? (Roll 1d20)
>Restrain them physically with ropes, it will be difficult to do and explain.
>Wait it out, then you will heal the wounded.
>Write in

>>5393222
>What will it take to gain "Weapon Proficiency: kobold(s)" ?
Weapon proficiency: Improvised weapons should sufice.

>>5393075
>>5393222
they do have 3 HP

>>5393460
> Let Flora restrain them (Where does she get the aberration that she lacks? The forest? Killing people?)
I wanna say from one of these two kobolds we have, or both of them since they're casually talking about killing us, but I know most anons will disagree.
Is there any cattle to kill? farm animals?

>>5393469
Horses from the expedition and 3 Bulls from the junk town

Also +1 option I realiced you could do.
>Let Rakta deal with this using the giant relic sword as a catalist (You need to explain her why you stole it)

>>5393474
Ah, then kill the bulls if that's enough. If it's not then take like two horses?

>>5393476
Yes
Each one is +5 and she has 12
The need is 20
She will have 7 Aberrance left then.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>5393460
>Maybe the answer is in the book? What's the worst that can happen? (Roll 1d20)
If that fails
>Wait it out, then you will heal the wounded.

>>5393481
Yeah, kill all the bulls then

>>5393482
There are no words that can describe how much I disliked that

<Psalms of the vagabond: You can spend 30 min reading this book, if you do, you can auto crit any one roll of your choice
BUT you roll 1d20 + insight, DC 12, if successful you lose 1 points from Insight permanently, failure will make the user go insane.
NPC's that use this book and succeed will additionally suffer manic episodes for 1d4 days.>

>if successful you lose 1 points from Insight permanently
>failure will make the user go insane
Where the hell have you been? That is a terrible idea. Literally there is a safer solution with the bull killing.

>>5393499
Eh, we can gain that insight (or sanity) back.

>>5393460
> Let Flora restrain them (Where does she get the aberration that she lacks? The forest? Killing people?)
bulls. sacrifice their meat for road rations.

>>5393460
> Let Flora restrain them (Where does she get the aberration that she lacks? The forest? Killing people?)
The pack animals? Maybe from the fight David is having (I don't expect people to make it out of there)
>>5393505
No we can't, insight is a stat, we only get those after the QM gives us a bonus task.

>>5393460
> Let Flora restrain them (Where does she get the aberration that she lacks? The forest? Killing people?)
Just kill the bulls lol.
It appears the musicians haven't gotten the memo, maybe we should apply some waterboarding.

>>5393474
Threaten to tenderly fuck the kobolds in their weird lizard holes if they dont comply

>>5393469
support, use bulls as sacrifices
>>5393618
support cause funny

>>5393481
If there is any excess Aberrance that Flora cannot hold onto, can we feed the rest to Potato, then our batteries?

>>5393527
Eh, we'll get a chance to boost that stat again someday, I'm sure. But fiiine, let's drain some pack animals.

>>5393618
Threaten that Flora will do this, and not in a fun way.

Rolled 16, 20, 18, 4, 5 = 63 (5d20)

Rolled 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 = 7 (6d2)

Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d2)

>>5394144
>>5394154
>>5394156
oh shid that doesn't look good

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> Let Flora restrain them (Kill the bulls)

Rejecting Rakta's plan, you told Flora to kill the bulls if she needed aberrance.
Between the three of you, the creatures were slaughtered without much difficulty.
They were masses of pink meat with three legs and a single horn.
And quite large, but they took a long time to turn, so with a side blow to the neck they bled out quickly.
The stubborn beasts that even mortally wounded, tried to drag you with them.
The kobolds wouldn't be too happy about this, but they didn't have to know who had done it.

And as Flora disemboweled them to extract the precious aberration from the entrails, Rakta approached you.
"Not so long ago, I told you that you could keep your secrets and that I wouldn't come after you.
I'll extend my promise to that contract you have with her, but don't make me regret it."

When Flora finished her meal, she made preparations for her spell.
Her arcane flesh gleamed slightly from under the skin she wore.
Making it glow softly, the size of the spell larger than any you've ever seen.
and as simple as you expected.
The roots of the trees rose to the surface, rebelling against their nature.
And directed like serpents, they assaulted the most violent of those affected by madness.
They were quickly seized and thrown to the ground.
Tied together with wood, Flora made sure the thickness was enough to contain them.
They vociferated protests but could not act on their desires.


You were done with this madness, in a sense.
And you could still hear the kobolds debating what to do.
"And can't we just grab the book and run?"
"If we do we lose all the money here, right?"
"Certainly."
You interrupted these two muppets, irritated to their complete disregard for their situation.
You decided to make some vague threats that if they didn't shut up you'd let Flora fuck their asses.
They were very surprised, even more so when they saw Flora greet them.

"Okay, I kill him but I want 60% profit" said the red one.
"55%"
"65%!!!"
"What? It doesn't work like that!?"
"70%"
"60% and do it now!"
And with that, the red kobold took a bite out of the ropes and snapped them.
You went to stop him, but he jumped for your throat.

>Kobold Trait discovered: Maw full of fangs ( 1d2 damage )(natural weapon)

[The red Kobold uses "Psalms of the vagabond"]
[Autocrits attack][ 1d2 damage + 1d2 damage = 2 damage]
[Roll= 16 + 6; DC= 12; Result= He does not go insane]

[The red Kobold uses "Psalms of the vagabond"]
[Autocrits attack][ 1d2 damage + 1d2 damage = 2 damage]
[Roll= 20 + 5; DC= 12; Result= He does not go insane]

[The red Kobold uses "Psalms of the vagabond"]
[Autocrits attack][ 1d2 damage + 1d2 damage = 3 Damage]
[Roll= 18 + 4; DC= 12; Result= He does not go insane]

[The red Kobold uses "Psalms of the vagabond"]
[Autocrits attack][ 1d2 damage + 1d2 damage = 3 Damage]
[Roll= 4 + 3; DC= 12; Result= He goes insane]

Equipment= <Chest plate; Will reduce the damage taken from critical strikes by 2.>
Damage reduced by = 8
>You take 2 damage (4/6)

The Kobold went into a berserk mode, all you see is several rows of teeth approaching.
The crazed rascal was faster than you, and you couldn't help it.
Lucky for you, he wasn't armed.
He gave you several bites on your forearm that made you bleed quite a lot
But most of his attacks were stopped by your armor.
and little by little, you saw how his green eyes grew more engrossed with each bite.
The kobold was becoming more animalistic.

He reached the limit of what his mind could take.
He began to bleed from his eyes and stopped in mid-assault.
He was in a catatonic state, looking at you with marble eyes.
"Salt?" asked the orange kobold, who had gotten up.
The red lizard turned to his friend, smiling with tears of blood.
"Now is the winter of our jolly, made glorious summer by truth. I know the shape of magic, it has my grandmother's face."
"oh no... Hey how about we leave now, Salt? You can keep the 60%, the book does not matter that much, we still have the songs right?"
"Our dreadful marches to delightful measures, Grim-visaged war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front."
"Sure buddy, just keep walking."

The orange Kobold took his friend by the arm and started to walk away.
You finished putting on the last bandages to stop the bleeding.
Flora asked you if you were going to let them escape.
Rakta was frustrated that she didn't know what to do.

What will you do?
>Stop them (what's the plan?)
>let them go
>Write in

You have time before the expedition recovers.
What do you want to do while you wait?
>talk to someone
> Learn a skill (From the Ark , Flora or Rakta)
>Steal something (Where do you do it?)
>Write in

>>5394191
>Stop them (what's the plan?)
Beat the shit out them, they are not getting away with it.
If they die, they die. If they don't die, well, we hand over to the expedition leaders.
> Learn a skill (From the Ark , Flora or Rakta)
First aid.

>>5393762
There is no excess.

>>5394161
You got lucky again.
and the equipment piece helped a lot.

>>5394194
Actually, forget beating them
Use the polearm. We already gave them too many chances.
Also call Flora and Rakta for the pest control.

>>5394191
>Stop them (what's the plan?)
Murder the shit out of them with our polearm.
We can't let these retards get away.

>>5394191
QM, how did tge kobold used tge paslm of the vagabond without reading it first, and multiple times?
Is it because they have it memorised?

>>5394202
And I guess the reason those two act like dumbasses is because all that insight drain, right?
Or do they get that penalty?

>>5394202
You can read the book before hand and use the bonus later.
They have had the book for quite some time now.

>>5394203
They acted like that out of the sheer confidence the book gave them.
if you didnt have that armor, you would be dead.

>>5394211
That makes sense, but did they lose insight or not?
Milagros is going to be very interesting to talk to if this is the kind of weird and powerful things she keeps leaving around the world.

>>5394218
>That makes sense, but did they lose insight or not?
Mecanicaly, Salt did. Yes.
Lorewise, Salt has understood the meaning of that eldrich poetry. and lost insight.

>Milagros is going to be very interesting to talk to
Maybe, but she will make sense as a character.
and the book is not evil, it just is, people can take it or leave it.

>>5394191
>Stop them (what's the plan?)
Can the roots not tie them up, too? If not, have Flora kill them, and scrape corpses for aberrance.

>Learn a skill from Rakta
Does she know any martial arts she could teach us? Something focused on restraints and non-lethal takedowns?

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>>5394226
I didn't mean it was evil, more like it was a situation like pic related.

>>5394226
Wait
>Salt has understood the meaning of that eldrich poetry. and lost insight.
>I know the shape of magic, it has my grandmother's face.
>The book was written by Milagros
>Gaia's daughter
Please don't tell me that magic comes from Gaia's mother, I don't know if I can handle there being a Titan's Titan.

>>5394191
>Stop them (what's the plan?)
Restrain their arms AND muzzles, but sneak attack and knock them out first. If they're unconscious then they cant use their attacks.
How did the little guy have three consecutive attacks?

> Learn a skill
First aid

>>5394194
>>5394200
Why so blood thirsty? It's not as if we cant restrain them, and they barely did any damage. It's nothing we cant recover from with a minor heal spell.

>>5394269
Recall that they have 3 hp, and took 2 damage. All it takes right now is 1 good WEAK hit to knock them both out.

>>5394191
>Stop them (what's the plan?)
Good point about handing them over to our expedition leaders. Bonk them with the flat of our polearm then tie them up. Suggest Rakta and Flora do the same in helping us not kill them.

>Write in
Can we help recover everything the kobolds tried to steal? The Expedition is already super depressed from the number of people that died in the demon city, and losing all of the major artifacts they recovered. No need to ruin morale even further.
Would doing this lower our level of suspicion?

>>5394274
ah yes, a clasic.

>>5394291
>Can we help recover everything the kobolds tried to steal?
Trying to recover all the spoons is a monumental task.
Too many small things in too many pockets.
so no

>>5394279
Magic was created by Philgo, the god of magic.
But you are aiming in a good direction so:

_Game of deduction_
What is the purpouse of magic?
Clue: You have seen the machine.
+1 to any 3 stats

>>5394308
Well, the most complex spell we have seen by far are the pillars on the moon. So its purpose is to contain Gaia?

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>>5394333
but it's a machine. the only machines I remember were our computer, the truck, the power armor, some misc. stuff in the demon city, the generator in the research lab, and the research lab we were summoned in.
Magic was created by Philgo, the god of magic as OP stated.
All machines, at least human in origin are organic and kinda alive by design.
Machines sort of run on magic, or they're the things that generate magic?

>_Game of deduction_
>What is the purpouse of magic?
This is pretty broad for me. Maybe someone with a better memory knows. We know we can use magic to kind of program things, make new spells, sustain the life of constructs like Potato, or use existing spells. Magic to some degree has been used to bind Gaia, and Philgo hates the abuse of magic, which might be related to the purpose of magic. Philgo and his siblings did bind and lock away Gaia, so maybe ( M74b/HEc ) has the right idea about magic originally being used to keep Gaia asleep, with the secondary effect of mortals having access to use magic as a byproduct of the actions of the gods. Hence why Philgo will rock your shit if you fuck around with magic too much, on the chance that the disturbance will wake mother dearest.

>>5394357 (cont.)
More or less the same line of thinking? Magic was created or introduced to this world as a tool to lock away Gaia, with a (un)fortunate consequence of allowing others to use it.

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>>5394333
>>5394357
>>5394362
Congratulations anons.
That is entirely correct.

Now you know why she wants to cause a war/mass chaos.
If the machine that keeps her bound (the pillars) falter due to overuse of magic, she gets out.
This has been part of the plot since thread 1 and it feels good that its finally figured out.
This is also the reason Philgo is a “absent” god.
He is the magic IT guy.

>>5394393
I guess we better not use our black hole spell.

>>5394393
+1 str for fighting
+1 insight for power armor repairs
+1 abberance for max magic capacity and how much abberance we can generate per day

>>5394410
Insight and aberance is good, bit I think we should invest in corpo if we can, our polearm is very strong for fighting.

>>5394419
Support.

>>5394419
+1. Seems reasonable enough.

>>5394393
Could we become the new god of order if we constantly use drain on the god sword?

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>>5394393
>>5394393
EZ! NEW IT ALL ALONG! NOW WHEN WE GONNA ROB THE KOBOLDS!?

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Votes:
>Stop them (Bonk them)
>Learn First aid in the spare time. [ First aid training; (Next level 4/5) ]
>+1 to Strength, Aberrance, Insight
>You got a banjo and a lute (the instruments from the musicians.)
>You obtain Psalms of the vagabond
[Also, I forgot to count the “Demonic” Vigor trait, You took 0 damage]

This crazy day had been caused by these two.
And you weren't going to let them get away.
You took out your polearm and tried to sneak up on them.
Rakta looked at you as if you were about to do something stupid.

You just wanted to knock them unconscious, nothing serious.
If you wanted to deliver them to the leaders of the expedition, you would need them to be alive.
That led you to wonder if they had organized the kobold expedition.
Would it be good for them to arrest their leaders?
That led you to think about the singer, was he the other accomplice?
All these questions, you found were unnecessary.
Since the orange Kobold was not foolish enough to turn his back on you without watching you.
The orange lizard took his friend in his arms and began to run.
(any plan that did not involve talking was doomed to fail)

[The orange Kobold uses "Psalms of the vagabond"]
[Autocrits action][He runs away successfully with his friend]
[Roll= ? + 6 ; DC= 12; Result= ???]

He ran away much faster than should have been possible.
he swiftly darted past the tree line and you lost sight of him.
He reminded you a bit of a silly cartoon sketch.
"Why did you think I hesitated to do something?" Rakta asked you.
"I didn't think he would dare to use psalms." you said, unsure if it was really what you thought.
You gazed at the part of the forest where the pair had disappeared.
You asked Flora if she could find them, she told you no as long as she kept her concentration on the spell.
You wondered if the orange one had made it.
Would he go insane like his accomplice?

The situation was under control
The culprits were on the run but... if they came back could you recognize them?
Probably not, that would be a problem.
But you still had a few hours until the effects wore off from other people.
So you dedicated yourself to studying first aid.
You didn't know when they were going to be useful to you, but it was better to have them.
Rakta decided to heal the wounds of those affected
Flora taunted them.

A surprise came when Rakta came to heal David.
Apparently, he hadn't been affected by the concert.
His overcooked brain was immune to mental attacks.
But he did complain about the interruption of his “glorious one man war."
He was left there, chewing on the wood that had him prisioner.

The night had entered when the effects of the frenzy passed from the rest of the people.
The kobolds began to return with bags full of their loot.
And the elves and dwarfs calmed down.
Rakta informed you that there had only been five dead.
A mercenary David had mortally wounded.
Three kobolds that had been trampled in the initial chaos
And an elf that had been eaten alive during the orgy.
Flora removed the spell before they fully returned consciousness and you waited.

What you saw was a parade of groggy people, crawling into tents that weren’t fully set up
others went sleeping where they had awoken.
You tried to talk to many of them, but they just confused you.
Most didn’t want to talk, claiming to have a hangover.
And when they talked about what happened, each one told about different events of what had happened.
With stories of parties, chimera attacks and divine intervention the most common.

You got back to your truck just in time to see the kobolds deal with their problem.
Several sleepy lizards of various colors picked up their dead mates and threw them into a hole they used as a dump.
When you asked what they were doing, they answered between yawns that "their work".
A normal routine in which there was always someone to pick up.
They asked if they should pick up the dead from your expedition.

Will you tell anyone about what has happened?
>Yes (who?)
>No
>Let someone else decide (Who?)
>Write in

What will you do with the psalms of the Vagabond?
>read it
>keep it
>Burn it
>Write in

Do you want to do something else?


....
I'll make a drawing later

>>5394636
If it was that easy the church would have done it.
But you can drain the sword, just remember you got first degree burns from a memory it shared with you when you touched it.

>>5395215
>>5395215
>Yes (who?)
Expedition leaders, show off the book

>keep it
It will become useful if we ever have to use it. As in if our base insight is greater than the DC for an auto success. Who knows when we might need it, but we wont any time soon.

>Do you want to do something else?
Cast invisibility and see if we can un-steal everything that was stolen from the expedition? At least as much as we can. Doesnt even matter if the kobolds originally owned it so long as it looks like it belongs to our group. Besides, the kobolds have probably done this in the past before, so its fair game.

>>5395215
>Yes (who?)
Expedition leaders
>>Burn it
But keep the cover, so we know what it looks like.
One day those two kobolds will be murdered, they caused way too much headache to deserve mercy.

>>5395292
Why burn it? If not use it, then we can sell it.

>>5395294
Spite, simple as.

>>5395301
spite who even? it's just a resource, and those kobolds are long gone. They won't care if w burn it or not as they have now lost relevance to the quest.
Come to think of it, they'd probably want us to burn the book to deny us a valuable asset, just to spite us. maybe.

>>5395310
Sorry, grudge, not spite. Both of them translate to the same word in my native language, so I sometimes still mix them up.

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I have no idea what to draw so have some concept art

>>5395292
>But keep the cover
It was just the simbol of Milagros in gold paint.

>>5395350
Looks cool OP, that's a very detailed hand, good job. I always find them and feet to be worst parts to get right.

How does the symbol of Milagros looks like? Actually, what are the symbols of all the gods? I hunger for LORE

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>>5395355
> I hunger for LORE
That's a bit scary since right now we have most of the pieces in place.
New lore might just be just in the details for now, like kobolds being unfazed by their own dead and having a daily corpse collections.

>>5395397
Thank you.
Any lore, no matter how big or small is good for me.

>>5395215
>tattle to the expedition leaders
>keep book

>>5395397
>hot kobold sex when
I want to throw money on hot kobold hookers, STD's be damned

>>5395215
>Yes (who?)
The leaders, but fail to mention that we have the book or the fact that Emilia stole loads of loot from camp. Also Emilia, Hildra and Niven.
>keep it
Must. Have. All. The. Loot.
>Use rest spell and keep learning first aid, then go to sleep
>>5395272
Don't. The moment we show it to them they will scream at us about how it is ultra heretical, mega illegal, and it has to be destroyed or "confiscated".

>>5395676
+1 this, but we ask Emelia for a share of the loot. In exchange we'll share the loot with this big chimera skull we "found." A big skull like this could sell a lot for bragging rights.

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>Tell the expedition leaders
>Keep the book
>First aid training during the night
>See if we can un-steal everything that was stolen from the expedition(I'm sorry but no)
>Talk to Emilia about the loot

You were hesitating whether to wait for morning to speak with the leaders of the expedition.
But there were still two corpses, so it would be best to deal with the problem now.
They weren't too happy that you picked them up and forced them into an impromptu meeting.
But they still stayed awake and paid attention to you while you tried to explain what had happened.
Mentioning the psalms, but omitting that they were in your possession.
They accepted the explanation that being inside the truck had protected you.

“Its real? I though the book was a myth, like cats and feral magic.”
"The book is real, Claire. What have I done in my life to deserve this bad luck?" asked the young man when you finished speaking.
"At least there's not much permanent damage." The bearded man replied.
"But if those responsible are hiding inside that garbage heap the kobolds call a camp, we won't be able to find them."

"Maybe if we put a bounty..." the woman suggested
"We have neither money nor artifacts to barter. And if we offer a payment in the future, we will be asked for money for generations."
"Going after them directly is not an option either, we don't fit through the tunnels and we could lose more people." the young man said.
"Blackmail or threats?" suggested the bearded man
"They will shirk away the blame, all will claim to be innocent."

"So nothing is done?" you asked
They seemed reluctant to have to come to that conclusion.
Until the woman proposed another plan.
"Or we get rid of a problem at the same time as this.
The chubby elf we have arrested, we give him a description of the culprit and tell him that if he brings him to justice we will not open a file on him.
We let him into that camp deathtrap and we're off."

"That's... immoral." asked the bearded man
"I support the idea, it ceases to be our problem and he is punished." declared the young man.
They made a couple of preparations and ended the meeting.

you spent the night finishing studying first aid thanks to one of the spells.
You felt as if you had had several cups of coffee, and you successfully concentrated.
>First aid; You automatically succeed rolls to bring someone from 0 to 1 Corporeality

...

The morning arrived and the camp began to be cleared after a brief breakfast.
You had time to see the three bosses and Nhave talking to the chubby elf
And the opportunity to talk to Emilia.
She didn't remember anything that had happened either.
Although, she did have her bag full of possibly hallucinogenic and/or poisonous mushrooms.
In addition to dirty cloths, a small box full of nails and a lantern.
She didn't know where they had come from.

Emilia had tried to see what else was missing in the expedition and it was a bit of everything.
tools, cutlery, fabrics, spare parts, rations.
And since the cart storing the artifacts had blown up, nothing irreplaceable was lost.
You knew that most had ended up in the pockets of the kobolds.
But it would be impossible to search each one's pockets individually.
They didn't have a centralized storage, each of them had an individual pile in the area where they slept.

The order was given and you all left.
leaving the stinking and unstable Kobold camp with Flora's admirer.
and began the last part of your way to the city of Dico.
A place that felt very distant in your life, even though you had left it a little over a week ago.

The slow trek through the forest finally ended several hours later.
the green roof of leaves opened to reveal a pure blue sky.
The undergrowth of the forest, transformed into grassy hills.
Your surroundings changing into more pastel colors until you felt very out of place with your vehicle.
You still had some time till the arrival to the city, and patches of forest were scattered between the hills.
And a question that you had asked yourself before it was raised again.
What to do with the truck?
and maybe more importantly, do you even care about getting paid?

So what will you do?
>Keep going with the truck until you get to Dico (Roll 1d20 Bo3 Speech)(The guards need convincing)
>Park the truck, hide it and continue with the expedition (what will you do with Ghal/Flora?)(Rakta will continue on foot)
>Turn around, Rakta will get off the truck
>Write in

Do you want to go and get paid? (Roll 1d20 Bo3 speech)
>Yes, you have earned it and you will need it.
>No, don't let the guild try to rope you into anything.
>Send someone else to get paid for you (Who?)
>Write in
[Its 144 coins + bonus for each artifact you give them]

Note: Group suspicion is deleted since it does not matter anymore.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>5396398
>Park the truck, hide it and continue with the expedition (what will you do with Ghal/Flora?)(Rakta will continue on foot)

>Yes, you have earned it and you will need it.

>Write in
Go with Emilia to go sell some of our shit, like the rusted gun, Silk attire, rusted pistol, the drugs, and Chimera butcher's head.

Old shopping lists from like thread 2
https://pastebin.com/xyZ9DUEi
https://pastebin.com/S9HLRWFs

Is Rakta still gonna go snitch to the church? Does she know that starting a war will free Gaia? Can we redpill her before she does the stupid?

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>5396398
>>Park the truck, hide it and continue with the expedition (what will you do with Ghal/Flora?)(Rakta will continue on foot)
Ghal and Flora should stick with the truck to keep watch
>Yes, you have earned it and you will need it.
Can we propose things for a game of distortion now that we are going into the city?

>>5396452
Thanks for digging the pastabins
this would be the price for your inventory.

You can barter for a better price for 1
https://pastebin.com/QfWqHqYp

>Is Rakta still gonna go snitch to the church?
She will go to the inquisition, they will try to keep all this very hush.
She will not report you and the NPC list you gave me.

>Does she know that starting a war will free Gaia?
The inquisition does, so more or less.

>Can we redpill her before she does the stupid?
You already tried.
I think
What exactly do you want to tell her?

>>5396484
>Can we propose things for a game of distortion now that we are going into the city?
the idea was for it to be in 1 or 2 post, to spread it between the city and the next objective you pursue.
Would you prefer something else?
The game for the city had the problem that i dont know how long we will be here.

>>5396398
>Park the truck, hide it and continue with the expedition (what will you do with Ghal/Flora?)(Rakta will continue on foot)
have them both help hide the truck and make sure it stays hidden
>Yes, you have earned it and you will need it.
Did we do the work? yeah. Did we save the expedition multiple times? yeah? we deserve it

>>5396508
I just had an idea for a npc while I was looking for cool images, but then I saw your post in the QTG and though it could help out by giving us another objetive to do, since the expedition is over and things are getting more political.

>>5396508
>What exactly do you want to tell her?
what Gaia has told us.
how there's a guy out there trying to start a war between nations.
the fact that the god of magic created magic for the purpose of containing Gaia, and why he smites people for abusing it.
How war will involve copious amounts of magic and the chance of Gaia to escape.

30 imperial coins in our pocket, +144 for doing the job.

sell the Silk attire (85), rusted pistol (56), chimera skull (100), acid mist container (160), Chitin shield (38).
Purchase monster manuals for Humanoids, Beast, magic-beasts, and god-kin (300 total.
purchase Camping equipment (Camper skill becomes: +2 to all survival skill rolls) = 50 coins
buy Medkit x2 (this has 3 charges [each], add a +8 to medicines rolls if you spend one) = 50 coins [100 coins]
purchase like 20 more rations [???] coins
buy more fuel Fuel (35 coins each x 4 = 140 coins)

This would leave us with 23 coins all together.

Can we convince Rakta to stick around a little longer to teach us how to fight? Does she still owe us? Hey they're free lessons.

>>5396593
I think that we should sell the servo claw instead of the acid canister, since it is incompatible with our polearm, while we could use the canister if we ever need to completely destroy a place.
Some questions for OP: How much would a longbow cost? What is the maximum draw weight we could actually pull with our physique? Do the arrows materialize whenever we need them, or do we have to buy them? If we have to buy arrows, how much for some bodkins?

>>5396762
I'm on team sling.
Rocks are plentiful and you can make it non-lethal by tying two balls together and throwing at the legs.
It needs a lot of experience for it to be as good as a bow, and lead balls for it to be as dangerous. Also has a shorter range.

>>5396781
Slings are dirt cheap, so we don't have to worry about them or their ammo, and tying 2 rocks together to make a takedown device is free.
However, slings have 0 AP, which means it's trash against stuff like cow sized chimeras, or armor with decent padding.
The shorter range part is not true though unless you compare it to heavy warbows.
Basically, slings are either really good or really bad with enemies, while longbows are more likely to do the job when up against the more bizarre types of enemy.
Also, special hardened steel "needle" (no clue what that means) bodkins will penetrate decent plate armor, according to wikipedia.
But we really don't have to sweat about the choice since we have infinite inventory space, and we can apparently pull whatever weapon we have instantly from our pocket.

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>>5396810
Here's some types of bodkins I found of google, I guess the needle are number 4 and 7.

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>>5396549
Ok.
We will begin the game after you get the money.

>>5396593
Rations are 1 coin, you eat 1 a day.

>>5396762
>How much would a longbow cost?
35?
>What is the maximum draw weight we could actually pull with our physique?
Long bow 1d4 piercing damage (Range: Long)
>Do the arrows materialize whenever we need them, or do we have to buy them?
I should not let you materialize them, but your inventory + skills is already a lot to take into account.
Don’t want to run more numbers, so don’t abuse it.
Standard ammunition is free, special types depends on what they do and what weapon.

>>5396781
>I'm on team sling.
Sling: 1d2 blunt damage(Range: Medium) 4 coins
Only real benefit is that special amunition will be cheaper

Good night.

>>5396819
And a crossbow, would it be better or worse for our stats?
I guess we would have needed to take the hebrew subclass to make the sling a giant slaying weapon like our polearm.

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>>5396762
We talked about mounting the servo claw to the power armor so it can provide it's strength bonus during contested strength and grapple checks, and the acid canister is single use.

>>5396819
20 Rations it is!
Lets sell the banjo and the Lute while we're at it for 30 easy coins.

>>5396810
I'll support the purchase of a longbow if we keep the servo-claw. I wanna muscle down giant monsters and chop them to death with our gun!

>>5396815
Seems legit.
>>5396819
>Maximum draw weight = longbow
Ah, it's all so clear now. (ps: longbows can range from 50 to 250lbs)
Anyways, I think we should buy both the sling and bow, just in case.
Also, what if we attach a STICK to the SLING, to make a STAFF SLING?
>>5396831
Some historians believe Goliath was not defeated by an anemic sling, but by the all-powerful STAFF SLING
>>5396834
OP said in thread 4 that if we attached it to the power armor we would lose our ability to use two handed weapons with it.

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>>5396848
>Simple Servo Claw (DC 10) (Lose a hand) (+5 strength to rolls using the claw)(1d2+3 crushing damage)(this mod cannot be unequipped)
This makes me wonder if we can upgrade the servo claw to advanced to upgrade it's strength bonus and crushing damage. If anything if we can enchant it with whatever was used for our Poleaxe, it might arguably be deadlier. Food for thought.

>Anon: Can we attack the simple servo claw to the forearm of the power armor, or add an arm to it then attach it to the back of the power armor like an extra hand? Like tech priests from Warhammer 40k with their giant robot claws.

>OP: The claw is supposed to replace a hand, it can be installed in the power armor but you lose the ability to grip well.
(Two-handed weapons cannot be used.)
The tech priest idea i have no clue on how to balance.
Multi attacking will not be a thing so maybe choose one when attacking?
We get there when we get there.

>Anon: What if instead of multi-attacking with the claw arm, it's used for grappling scenarios like choking someone out, stealth knockouts, over powering someone. Situational uses but not a direct damage dealing option.

>>5396819
Gib answer

>>5396848
Claw aside, does that mean you agree with the general shopping ideas here? >>5396834 >>5396593

>>5396848
Ah yes, the staff sling. Just like the atlatl, turns out involving a stick with your throwing weapon somehow makes it a better weapon.
Stick are too OP.

>>5396862
Yeah, but I must endorse that the acid canister would be really handy as a WMD, since it is 1 damage every 20s for around 3 Days, over a large area.

>>5396872
The thing is, there's nothing stopping people from just running away from the acid mist, and they first need to stay inside the mist for at least 20 seconds before receiving the 1 damage.

>>5396875
Don't we have a spell that makes people slip?

>>5396881
maybe? either we never put it in, or OP forgot to include it.

>>5396875
Still, you'd just need a barricade to hold for 2 minutes to kill most life forms, and since we have demonic vigor we can fight inside the mist with no negative effects.
Imagine cracking it inside a large building right after boarding up the entries, or opening it while people are asleep in a campground and tying the tents shut.
>>5396881
Also that.
The total damage would be so humongous as to kill literally anything that doesn't have acid/damage resistance.

>>5396887
It's a very situational tool that's very useful for that "one" scenario.

>>5396885
<Greater Grease: [3 Aberrance] (Range: Long)( A small area becomes completely frictionless for ten minutes)(creatures in this area cannot slide more then five feet per ten seconds)(can be dismissed by caster) >
From thread 2, seems forgot to ad it to the pastebin

>>5396899
Here's some more examples:
>Going through a hazardous place, don't want to deal with enemies
>Want to sabotage a meeting
>Literally the mine where there's the drilling equipment. We could get rid of almost all possible enemies without even entering.
>Very effective smoke screen for fleeing
>Ultimate form of concealment, gives us the advantage when inside the mist, for fighting or other crimes.
>Will absolutely nuke low corporeality vermin and pathogens
>Anathema to regenerating and/or high surface area creatures (think flesh halls)
>Area denial for days
>Can kill or weaken any creature, no matter how great, if you can hold it in for long enough (assuming it isn't acid proof, which most aren't)
Just because it won't instantly kill doesn't mean it's useless.

>>5396398
>Park the truck, hide it and continue with the expedition (what will you do with Ghal/Flora?)(Rakta will continue on foot)

Order Flora to stay hidden, and avoid violence except in defence of Ghal.

Ask Ghal to watch and supervise her.

>Yes, you have earned it and you will need it.

You know I gots ta get paid.

>>5396919
I dont like how the acid can destroy loot, our loot, and hurt allies. We can always grab more acid canisters later by visiting the demon capital.
Right now we should probably focus on acquiring supplies, and maybe chartering a boat so we can get those supplies the general needs for our plans to drill deep enough to pump water.

Also I really like the Ark and its concept. Have you ever heard of the game called SOMA? Spoilers if you care.
So this is my butchered interpretation from what I vaguely remember. Your classic apocalypse scenario. Humanity tried to fix it, they fucked up. There was a disease or some bullshit and they made a machine or machine goo to fix everything. That got fucked up too. The grey goo tried to save everyone by assimilating everyone. Fast forward a bit and humanity made some last ditch effort to save themselves by copy and pasting millions of minds onto a satellite machine called -now get this- the Ark. All the people copies are "safe" on the ark, but all the original flesh bodies are still kinda dead/dying.
Tl;dr the Ark in SOMA has a shit ton of A.I.'s and I thought it would be cool if we find A.I. copies of some of the humans in this world.

Do you have any ideas for things we should get from the city before we head off?

>>5396902
Shit, thanks.
There is always something that slips
I will add it in.

>>5396862
I remember that conversation and I hate my "We get there when we get there."
because now we are here and I have no notes on the idea.
Fuck.
Maybe instead of +5 strength is just 5 strength.
It’s another arm.

>>5396831
Long bow and crossbow are mechanically identical because I don’t know to differentiate them.
sorry

>>5397204
I have played Soma.
Closest thing to the slime thing was going to be the maggots that ate Qothos.
That got scrapped so I'm thinking new ideas on what happened to him


I will begin posting right now.

>Park the truck, hide it and continue with the expedition (what will you do with Ghal/Flora?)(Rakta will continue on foot)
>Tell Rakta all the shit
>Go sell some stuff, by a few
>Yes, you have earned it and you will need it.


You knew that trying to enter the city with the truck would attract a lot of attention.
And you really didn't want to deal with the consequences just to keep an eye on the vehicle.
Leaving the rest of the expedition pass you, you took a detour into an area of tall brush and trees.
You hid the truck with branches and left Ghal in charge of the truck, Flora and Lucy.
It was half an hour's walk away and it would be good if someone kept watch.
You didn't trust Flora in the city either, remembering the urban buildings made of living wood.


The last part of the path you did on foot with Rakta
so you tried to talk to her about what she was going to do.
"I know you don't approve of me condemning this expedition, but it is something I must do. I have an obligation to Qothos and the world."
"That's the thing. If this gets out of hand it could cause a war and an event like that could wake up Gaia." you refute her

"We've had a few wars, albeit small compared to the Great War. Don't tell me what another one of your truths is for having 'contacted' Gaia?"
"It is, Gaia is the goddess of life and change. And if we wake her up she will start changing the world and we may not survive."
"The world is always changing, you can't stop it. And what kind of version of the All Mother is that?
She's not evil, I'll admit that not even her own children painted her as a caring person, but she doesn't want to destroy us.
I think your "interaction" with her fried your brain a bit. Maybe that's why you resisted the psalms."


"No, no, no. Her children locked her up for this reason and-"
"Stop," Rakta cut you off visibly annoyed. "I don't know what you heard but shut up.
I won't allow those accusations against Qothos, I'm going to report that expedition and you won't talk anymore or I'll have to break my promise and report you too."
"But-"
"NO! The only way to stop me is for you to kill me.
The artifacts may have been destroyed but if we let these criminals go unpunished there will be more going to the city.
And then you will have that war you fear so much. So what will you do?"

you looked at her in silence.
and her anger did not dissipate
"You all assume my job is easy, but the tough decisions come and you try to avoid them."
The rest of the path was walked in silence.
The guards at the gates let you in without stopping when they realized who Rakta was.
"Goodbye and good luck." Was the Chosen one's farewell.
And she went to the cathedral that was in the center of the city.

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You considered going directly to collect your payment, but you wanted to take a literal weight off your shoulders.
You went to the pawn shop that Emilia had shown you on the last visit to the city.
Hidden behind an alley and with almost no sign that this was a store.
The sound of the bell as you entered was followed by the merchant's notice that he was now going downstairs.
That made you look up, and you saw the Gheist floating in the air, organizing a shelf four meters high.

"Ah, you're Emilia's friend. How's that bastard? Will she visit me soon to give me more of her crap?"
"Are you always this affectionate?" you asked as you started to pull out what you wanted to sell.
"Only for those who are not a pain in my ass. Now, what can I do for you, sir?"

Sale:
30 + 85(silk) + 56(R. Pistol) + 100(skull) + 38(Shield) + 30(Instruments) + 160 (acid mist) = 499

"Good items, I think I could even restore the pistol."
"Really?"
"Come back this afternoon with enough money. Firearms are not very popular, but there's always some idiot interested on them. It'll sell quickly."
"Now that you mention it, why aren't firearms popular?"
"Empire restrictions and charm magic really screw users up.
In the Great War the demons tried to use Gatling guns. A single spell from the enemy and you had those things aimed at your allies,
and if they manned them themselves they got targeted. Late in the war they made chimeras so firearms got discontinued.”

You left the store and passed through the market.
You bought some things you wanted and left the fuel for after you got paid.
You weren't sure if you were going to go for the pistol.
You would think about it.

All books = 300 (Books) + 100(medkid*2) + 20(Rations) + 35(bow) = 455
>Result: 44 coins
>Monsterkiller (All); +1 damage to all types of creatures
My notes tell me you already own Camping equipment


With your purchases almost finished you headed towards the offices of the Seeker clan.
It had been almost two hours since you had arrived in the city, so they should have prepared your payment by now.
You entered the modest facilities and addressed the receptionist.
You explained who you were and why you were here.
"Ah, you're from THAT expedition..." He leaned a little closer to you and started whispering "You should leave-"
Before she finished speaking, she froze.
And a hand was placed on your shoulder by someone behind you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klfquP1_dpk

Was it Rakta, accompanied by Rakta?
*Fuck* You thought to yourself
There were two Chosen one here, one of them missing an ear but otherwise identical to the Rakta you had known.
"You are required upstairs." Said one of them with a neutral expression
You looked up the stairs and there was a third Rakta there.
You knew they were not the one you had known because her armor was somewhat different.
But their faces and gestures were exactly the same.

They escorted you upstairs in silence, and you noticed that the building seemed empty except for the receptionist.
They guided you to the same corridor where those crappy chairs were, and the door to the room where you had been hired.
"They're waiting for you inside. We'll wait here." I inform you of one of them.
So you walked in with a bit of trepidation, your mind tracking who the person on the other end might be.


The room was well lit by a closed window.
The wood floor was a light brown color with the exception of the center of the room, there was a large stain of dried blood.
Not enough that someone would have died here.
There was also a chair waiting for you and a table.
In it you saw a glass of water, a bottle filled with a green liquid and a small leather bag.
In addition to various papers and a compass.
Behind the table, a Gheist floated against the wall.
He was very quiet during your entrance.
And in the center of the table was Salazar, the inquisitor.

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"This situation gives me a bit of déjà vu to our first meeting.
Anyway, excuse the measures I had to take, the last time I tried to talk to you, you jumped out a window and ran away, very rude."

He spoke with an affable tone, although you could tell there was some irritation in his words.
"Please sit down. Allow me to introduce my fellow inquisitor, Sarayud." He said pointing to the Gheist, who just nodded.
"And before we begin, here you have. What the organizers of the expedition owed you." He said he pushing the leather sack.
You took it with a bit of hesitation, but really was just the money.
[144 coins acquired]

"Your bosses have already informed me of what happened on the expedition, no details were left behind.
And interestingly enough, I have received another report of this expedition, but from Rakta #492.
And even more fascinatingly, this report does not mention you at all. "
You were looking at each other in silence, you didn't know what to say and Salazar wanted explanations.
When this conflict became obvious, he continued speaking.

"To tell you the truth, I know that neither of them is the truth, and I don't want to torture a Chosen One to find out how much they are fictitious.
Not that it matters much either, because I asked you, you ungrateful human, that if you did not die you should at least lie low.
But no, you go and do this!"
The mask of calm cracked a bit.
Salazar took a deep breath and pulled himself together.
You could see how his hands were shaking, although you knew it wasn't because of fear.

"What are you planning? There's been a lot going on, and I don't feel comfortable letting you go free anymore.
I’m sorry, it's my fault for trying to be a good person, I should have killed you the first time I saw you.
But now we're here and you're going to tell me what you plan."

What are you going to tell Salazar?
>Tell him what you want to do
>Tell him a lie
>Try to run away
>Write in

Are you going to ask him a question?
>You can ask 3 questions and it may answer you.
[be careful what you ask]

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>1500 word update after 3h writting and editing
applaud my supreme power!

Anyway do you want to take tomorrow as a break?
This update is a taught thing to chew.

>>5397446
> Tell him what you want to do
> I know what I'm going to say sounds crazy, but I hope that as inquisitors you know enough lore best kept hidden to believe what I say.
> I want to stop Gaia's plans to start a war through her cult and agents, which would unleash large quantities of magic and free her. Because I know that she would reshape the world and most people wouldn't survive that. During the the expedition I already stopped two of her attempts to free parts of herself or start a larger conflict.
> She has been contacting me. You probably already know why, she was the one that convinced humans to be brought to the world in the first place. But I refuse to be her pawn, genociding the entire world for her freedom is just not right.
>I also want to try and make so the chimeras become an actual civilization and disarm them from the most dangerous technology. They been carrying out their war because it's what they have been made to do, and only I have enough influence with them to try reshape them into peaceful creations. You may think that destroying them is a better option, but there is enough demonic technology in their hands to break the pillars if they activate it, and they are willing to do it out of spite if nothing else.
>So that's it Salazar, your choice: Kill me and let the world end or let me try to stop this madness.
Fuck it, let's go

>>5397448
Gheist are the children of the magic god aren't they? He will know about the pillars. Hopefully.
Anyway, good job OP, I liked the update.

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>>5397443
>In the Great War the demons tried to use Gatling guns. A single spell from the enemy and you had those things aimed at your allies
Aren't humans immune to charm effects?

Is it not too late to retroactively try to haggle, without the fedora on?

>My notes tell me you already own Camping equipment
Didn't see it in the Pastebin, oops.

>And in the center of the table was Salazar, the inquisitor.
Oh thank god or I guess the "gods". Someone reasonable.

>Tell him what you want to do
The war. Gaia. It cannot happen. Word of this cannot get out and we have to stop the maniac pretending to be me or we'll all suffer.
Red pill these motherfuckers.

>>5397455
>that write-in
Instant +1 supporting. I don't trust myself to ask good questions, but what do you think we should ask?
Would the Inquisition, but more specifically Salazar and his group be willing to work with us?
Can we get some confiscated good from confiscation box (demon tech stored away, confiscated swords, armor, etc, aid).
Beyond some creatures, chimeras, and rot-eaters, we've not killed a single person here. Shouldn't he give us the benefit of the doubt, and instead of trying to second guess himself he should use this as an opportunity to collaborate with us to prevent further disaster?

>>5397582
Maybe what they know of Gaia Cults, Metis and his noble family?
What will happen to the rest of the expedition?
If Rakta is alright, and if she can work with us in the future? She helped a lot dealing with the threats after all.

>>5397609
I can agree to that and I think the Inquisition have Rakta #492 work with us is a given. Could we swap out you last question for ask for help in the form of goods and services?

>>5397614
Yeah, mixing the help through goods with the help through services might be a good idea. And it also could mix with your first question of whether they are willing to work with us.

So maybe something like: Are you willing to directly help me, or would you just turn a blind eye again? If we work together and keep in contact, there's less chance either of us will make a mistake. Support from Rakta 492 (we need to give her a nickname), goods, information, anything would help.

And maybe give him a thanks for sparing us and a sorry for running away. We were lost and scared back then and didn't knew any better.

>>5397623
Do you think OP would let us get away with being cheekie little shits if we formulated questions into statements, so we don't break the three questions limit?

>If we work together and keep in contact, there's less chance either of us will make a mistake.

>>5397625
Well, it was more of an justification and elaboration of the ask for help question. I think it would be valid since I tried to not abuse the 3 questions deal.

>>5397438
What are the odds we might encounter human A.I.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x790AjID0FA

>>5397627
Seems legit to me

>>5397458
Sarayud is an inquisitor so he knows about the pillars.
The common elf/Tyr/Gheist knows nothing

>>5397582
>Aren't humans immune to charm effects?
They are, but confederacy forces were not homogeneous.
There were conscripts/soldiers from other races
And putting humans exclusively on charge of machine guns was painting a target on them.

>>5397609
>Maybe what they know of Gaia Cults, Metis and his noble family?
That is an intense question

>>5397625
If you explicitly write the dialog and how it will connect to the questions you can do it.
Not sure why you are going to need more than 3 questions tho, its a limit so next post does not bloat.

>>5397640
>What are the odds we might encounter human A.I.?
Not sure yet.
depends on definitions, Would Cedalion, Rigek and Charon count?
maybe, the setting is still flexible.

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>>5397651

The statement
> I know what I'm going to say sounds crazy, but I hope that as inquisitors you know enough lore best kept hidden to believe what I say.
> I want to stop Gaia's plans to start a war through her cult and agents, which would unleash large quantities of magic and free her. Because I know that she would reshape the world and most people wouldn't survive that. During the the expedition I already stopped two of her attempts to free parts of herself or start a larger conflict.
> She has been contacting me. You probably already know why, she was the one that convinced humans to be brought to the world in the first place. But I refuse to be her pawn, genociding the entire world for her freedom is just not right.
>I also want to try and make so the chimeras become an actual civilization and disarm them from the most dangerous technology. They been carrying out their war because it's what they have been made to do, and only I have enough influence with them to try reshape them into peaceful creations. You may think that destroying them is a better option, but there is enough demonic technology in their hands to break the pillars if they activate it, and they are willing to do it out of spite if nothing else.
>So that's it Salazar, your choice: Kill me and let the world end or let me try to stop this madness.

The Q&A
> Considering how I'm not dead yet that means you're giving me the benefit of the doubt and are willing to consider working together. I've answered some of your questions, and it should be fair that you answer some of mine. I Should reiterate to you though, that I have no ties with the long dead humans of the past beyond being of the same race, and I hold no ill will to what happened. As far as I can tell everyone suffered for it.
> Are you willing to directly or indirectly help me, or would you just turn a blind eye again? If we work together and keep in contact, there's less of a chance either of us will make a mistake. If long range communication is an issue, I can help with that if you don't have a solution. (haggle and purchase the broken walkie talkie at the market) Perhaps you could even make me an honorary Inquisitor or Interrogator so I can bypass certain social and situation situations, not that I would abuse such power mind you. Though, if you don't trust me with such responsibilities or have the social etiquette to maintain such a title, perhaps you could have Rakta #492 act as my minder. Both to legitimize the fake inquisitor person, to keep me in my place if I act out of line, or to put me down if you think I'm too much of a threat.
> The Gaia Cults, Metis, his noble family. I know you've been keeping an eye on them, or at very least have been trying. What can you tell me about them? A Share in information would make collaborating easier, and gives me something to keep an eye out for should I ever find clues to pursue.

Pic related I wonder if we can make a suppressor for that pistol.

>>5397455
I just realized that I should have said "she was the one that conviced an emperor to summon humans tot his world" instead of "she was the one that convinced humans to be brought to the world". The old one gives the impression that humans came willingly after she negotiated with them instead of what I meant to say.