Any chance of some sort of recap? Much as I like that you decided to try it in /tg/, being flung right into it is kinda awkward.

Oh, God, a recap.

Um, let me think of how best to paraphrase.

Alright, a crash course in The Adventures of Overlad.

First of all, you're playing the role of the Overlad. You're an evil little bastard. You've got your little sister, who you call . . . um . . . Little Sister. She calls you "big brother." No one knows your name. Not even you. It doesn't matter, you're evil, you don't care.

You're learning to become an Overlord like your father (this is all heavily based on and inspired by the Overlord series of games). You're still a trainee Overlord, so you can only control 10 Minions.

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Your father is the Overlord. Your mother is the fallen Elf-Queen Fay, who acts as his First Mistress (among several). However, the only children the Overlad has are you and your sister. Being the children of the elven queen (fallen or not), that makes the two of you elven royalty. But that's not important right now.

Your father. Overlord. Total badass. He's off conquering uncharted territories.

***

Unfortunately, because he's in uncharted territories, there is absolutely no way to contact him. This is unfortunate, because while you were having your tenth birthday (yeah, Daddy's not big on birthdays, the prick) and finally beginning your training to become an Overlord, your mother got totally kidnapped and is now being held for ransom, as Gnarl discovered.

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When you are the quest runner, it is usually beneficial to have a name/trip so your posts can be found easily.

Having no other choice, Gnarl is having both you and your little sister start getting some serious field experience in order to prepare you to save your mother from harm, should the Overlord come back in time. The main reason Gnarl is willing to send you into danger is the Overlord will probably kill him if he comes back to find his wife kidnapped while Gnarl was supposed to be on watch. Not good for Gnarl.

You had three choices on where to start conquering territory and amassing the necessary tower. The Tower of Astaril, the walled Fortress of Umlaut, and the holy city of Enslar.

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>>7227602
My quest-related posts will be easy to find because they are almost always accompanied by an image like the kind I've been posting, or immediately following such an image post.

Anyway!

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You decided to go with the Tower of Astaril, because you heard there was a long-lost tribe of Minions there, and you intend to rescue them. BOOM. You teleported to the elven territory of Astaril, and your little sister vomited from the shock of teleportation.

So... wait, we're carting around browns, reds, and blues but we have 10 minion cap?

And this is where you cut your teeth for the first time in combat. Your first opponent! Golems!

Now, as you'd learned under Gnarl's tutelage, there are three main ways for damage your opponents in combat.

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>>7227652

That's correct. Like Little Sister, Gnarl is a "mini-Horde leader," capable of leading a single squad of Minions. You don't /control/ the Browns, but they are acting to defend you under Gnarl's control. You /do/ control the actions of the Reds and Blues.

Now, where was I . . . ?

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>>7227664

Right!

Combat. You learned the three M's of combat: Martial, Magic, and Minions.

The first M, Martial, is all about physical attacks and your special "Techniques," which cost stamina (Hit Points) to use, and usually amplify your Power (physical strength) attribute to damage your enemies. They can focus big damage on just one enemy (like a brutish loner or a boss), or spread damage out to a group (like a squad of weaker soldiers).

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The second M of combat is Magic. Magic spells draw on your mental energy (MP) and can perform a vast variety of functions.

There are elven sergeants who use Light Magic in combat to sharpen the weapons of their squads and themselves with "Piercing Aura," the human priests who use Light Magic to seal wounds with healing spells, the fell forces who use Dark Magic to imbue themselves and others with a health-draining "Hungry Aura" . . . and then there's you.

Because of your unusual heritage (the Dark Magic inherent in your witchfolk ancestry on your father's side, and the Light Magic inherent in your elven ancestry on your mother's side), you can tap into an unusual source: Twisted (or Twilight) Magic. This bizarre power has given you a number of interesting spells, the most powerful of which is Corruption.

This spell allows you to sap the influence of Light from living foes, until all they're left with is Darkness, bent to your will. This first stage is called "Coercion," and turns an enemy to your side. If you push it further, you will warp their body, or destroy it entirely, and leave them as an unstable creature of utter darkness.

***

Some of your Mistresses and allies will be able to use magic and techniques as well, depending on their general class. Little Sister is an assassin, and has only learned the "Cloak" spell which grants her and her Greens temporary invisibility during battle, which lets them set up devastating sneak attacks. She also recently learned the "Shadowdance" technique, which inflicts damage to a squad of enemies. Anyway . . .

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And the LAST M . . . is Minions. You are the lord of the Minions (or, at least, training for that). You can control 10 now, which is double what Little Sister and Gnarl can control. They will only ever be able to control 5 each. You, however, could grow to much, much higher numbers. The Minions are your bread and butter, simultaneously your greatest offense and defense. With them fighting before you, you can avoid all harm and just let them take all the risks, and they will love you for it. For them, you could never do any wrong, even if you employed some idiot strategy that got them all killed.

There are six tribes of Minions (one which was longlost, and one which you newly created with your Twisted Magic).

The first tribe is the tribe of Brown Minions. These are your warriors, you skilled, disciplined, fighting machines. As they grow stronger, their Power attribute and Hit Points increases. But, they can also loot the armor and weapons from fallen enemies, which means they can raise their Damage Soak (mitigates physical damage) and Magic Soak (mitigates magical damage) and Power even further. You also had a Coerced elven guard sergeant educate them in how to use shields.

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Next up, you've got the Red Minions. These are physically weaker than the Browns, and half about half their health. However, they're ranged fighters, which helps keep them off the front lines and out of battle. They're fire-aligned and magical, which means they use their Magic value to damage, but they don't have or need MP. They just snatch fire right out of thin air, and chuck it at their enemies. Right now, they're just Level 1, unlike your Level 2 Browns, because they haven't been given as much opportunity to fight in the field.

They're also able to extinguish certain flaming barriers and objects, making them passable when normally they might not be (does not apply to HUGE masses of fire, like lava lakes and similar). They can also set fire to certain materials as well. Against certain enemies, their fire attacks can actually cause them to run around in a panic, but, depending on the enemy, they could adapt quickly and endure the fear from any subsequent attacks (if not the fire damage).

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After the Reds, you've got the Greens. These are your rogues. While not "aligned" with any kind of poison elemental, per se, they are entirely immune to it, as is Little Sister. You can send them through toxic fumes and poison clouds to handle whatever needs to be handled (just don't try sending them through water; NONE of your Minions have the ability to swim through water except for your Blues; anybody else will drown and die). If they hold still for a round in combat, they will become camouflaged. Afterward, they can immediately sneak attack, which does 1.5x damage.

Additionally, Greens are notorious for shredding armor, so they're extremely useful against opponents with heavy and easily removable armor. With such an ability, they can expose a vulnerability, briefly causing the target's Damage Soak value to drop to zero for all your attacks.

They also recently learned how to use poison themselves, further strengthening their high attack value. They're still somewhat fragile, however (somewhere between Reds and Browns, in the health department).

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Finally, the last of the four Prime Tribes, you've got the Blues. These are the religious caste of the Minions, worshipping the Darkness and tapping into divine power in order to resurrect fallen Minions. They're only level 1 right now (your Browns and Greens are your only level 2 tribes so far). They can only resurrect one Minion per Blue right now, but they'll be able to do it more often (or at least more effectively) as they become stronger.

Your Blues don't really have any kind of active attack ability, but they are incredible bastions of magic in their own right. They are /completely/ immune to raw magic, which means all magic attacks directed at them are absorbed harmlessly. This also gives them the ability to rip the magic (drain MP) right out of a magical enemy, if they know the enemy is magical.

Your Blues are the only Minions which are capable of maneuvering through bodies of water safely, incidentally.

You and your other Minions love your Blues. They've saved your bacon a number of times.

***

Then you've got the fifth tribe (this is where I started going way away from Overlord's design): the Pink Minions. This is a tribe made entirely of female, elf-like, pink-skinned Minions. Because of voter choice, they start out as little loli elves at Level 1, and as they level up, they become more matured and developed.

You haven't actually used a full squad just yet, so you don't know their full capability. However, they have a unique quality known as "Horde Approval," which means the rest of your Horde doesn't mind if one comes along.

Since you went that route, you had to decide which of the six Pinks you'd take. You elected to go with Tari—and, it turns out, Yuna, since they are the only Pinks that come as a pair. You learned that Tari is able to dazzle and charm living female humanoids, distracting them and keeping them from fighting for a round, while Yuna is able to dazzle living male humanoids. After a round of dazzling, they require a rest, and then they can dazzle again. As they level up, they'll be able to "Dazzle" more frequently.

You don't know what other abilities they might be capable of as a squad, not until you use them.

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And finally, you've got your "homemade" tribe that you created solely by the power of your Corruption spell:

The Black Minions.

You have no idea what the "stable" form of Black Minion is able to do, because you've never had a chance to control a full squad of five until recently. You do know that the "unstable" form is dark elemental-aligned and uses dark elemental physical attacks, but you've only experimented with it on basic guards and soldiers so far. You have no idea what it might do to a sorcerer or some other type. You ALSO know that after combat is ended, an unstable Corrupted unit will "stabilize" into the smaller, weaker, goblin-sized Black Minion, but that's it as far as information. You'll just have to experiment with them later.

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That's the basics of combat and your Minions. As for what you've gone through so far, you've fought elven soldiers at the entryway of the Tower of Astaril . . .

***

Hey, I'm not reading this at all, but god damn that's some enjoyable art you got there. Good work.

You've made a bargain with a dragon that, in exchange for finding him a mate, he will serve you (and for now, he waits in the Netherworld) . . .

***

You tested your senses in exploring a cavern, accessed through a hatch that was behind the dragon; you also learned how to "taste" fear and desire in others as a result . . .

***

You battled an endless horde of "thorn" spiders and, ultimately, their queen . . .

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Dear lord Jesus Christ on a golden flaming dildo... Adventures of Shota Overlord and friends?!

Holy mothershagging tentacle demon Allah u durka I love you OP.

>>7228183

Thanks!

As you lay there, bleeding and dying and in pain, you discovered a unique ability: Overdrive. This power granted you access to just one use of an amplified spell or technique, and you used it on a newly-discovered Dark Magic: Consume, which converts corpses into health.

***

As you at last approached the spider queen's defeat, you initially ignored your little sister's warning and went straight for the kill, which you immediately regretted, when you remembered there were thousands of spiders streaming down the walls, hungry for your blood . . .

***

Holy shit this is awesome.

Anything Overlord is great, keep up the good work.

Given another chance, you decided instead to /listen/ to your sister this time, and used your Corruption to twist the spider queen to your control, turning all the spiders to your side, which allowed them to teach your Green Minions how to use poison (and level up), as well as gave them spider mounts . . .

***

Also, the grateful spiders decided to go ahead and whip up a new more powerful outfit for your little sister.

It was kind of awkward for you.

***

Wait, where was this before?

>>7228309
inb4incest

So recycling from a current /i/ thread or are you going to be mspainting for us?

With the spiders out of the way, you were free to explore the cavern and finally locate the missing Pink Minion tribe . . .

They were, um, grateful.

***

This looks pretty awesome, but what's with our weeaboo-lookin' goggles?

>>7228329
Happened many a time already. Also seems she'll get mana back through it.

*trembletwichshake*

Why didn't I know of this?! Why?

>>7228330
I'll be trying to do a cross-board thread. I'll be doing a trial basis of taking input from both /tg/ and /i/ on Overlad's next actions; I'll do the art and post first on /i/, then immediately copypasta it over here, to let you guys decide together on the next step, then repeat.

Where was I? RIGHT!

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You initially demanded a tribute from the Pinks in exchange for their salvation. They responded by providing you with a weapon, the "Heart-Breaker" (a LV2 sword, which outclasses your LV1 axe, but was totally not what you were after; made Little Sister happy, though) . . .

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>>7228329
>>7228344

. . .

You did some searching, found some draughts (HP restoratives usable in combat) and tinctures (MP restoratives usable in combat), and then came out to find night had fallen on Astaril. Your nightvision isn't great, but you did notice a nearby building with lights on . . .

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>>7228388
... ... ...


I am yours to command.

Also, might I request a rapidshit or megaupload of all art concerning Ove- DEAR GOD I LOVE YOU OHOHOH AHAHAHHA WOW SOMEONE SEDATE ME

You barged in, found an elven family, and weren't exactly sure what to do next -- at least, until you saw the injured boy. Sort of a pang of familiarity there.

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>>7228388
Wow... didn't realize that by "Big Brother" she meant "Oniicha~n!"

A rapidshare of everything up to date would be very appreciated.

Also did /i/ just die for anyone else? I went to try and read the thread there and I'm getting 404.

After some discussion with the elven family (you found out the daughter's training to be an apothecary, the mother/wife's a stylist, the son was training to become a guard, and the father's a former officer in the elven Hawk Guardian corps), you discovered that the elf General Vladimir Thames ("Vladimir of Blood, Vlad of the Slaughter") had recently taken control of the Tower of Astaril from the High Sorceress Aurielle, accusing her of consorting with dark forces . . .

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>>7228423
Someone get the medic, he's foaming!

>>7228456
/r/'s missing too. Guess moot's cleaning out the tubes or something.

>>7228465
Harblgralbshotaeviloverlordincestlolidemonelvesharglagrarblongs

>>7228456
Holy crap, /i/ is completely inaccessible for me now. This is . . . not good. Good thing I've saved all the art so far. There was a link at the very top of the thread by a guy known as "Archivist" who had been doing a fantastic job archiving all the HTML and art for everyone, though. I don't know the link offhand, unfortunately.

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Anyway, after some EXTREMELY honest and smooth talking, wherein you talk about all the stuff you've done for the elves of Astaril (you controlled the rampant spider population, you made an alliance with a dragon so that he wouldn't cause any further damage to the city, and stopped toxic pollution that had been leaking out from the underground cavern [Little Sister had her Greens plug it up before you could actually get in the caves]), the elven family realized you're a goddamn hero and decided to sign up to be on your side of your own free will, took their belongings, and headed to the Netherworld where Giblet, resident Minion Forgemaster and architect, has been working to construct new housing and shops for the elves to fill. You also gave the daughter, Elina, some sample potions from your stock to get her started on making stronger stuff. Little Sister prevented anything beyond that . . .

***

With an elf family on your side, you headed out into the night, circled around the front of the tower (you decided to ignore the entryway for now to make sure you didn't miss anything around the surrounding courtyard) and made your way to the rear, where Little Sister had spotted some elven civilians earlier in the day . . .

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>>7228479
There, there, its all going to be alright, come with me to the nice place, it has lots of evil shotas and lolis having sex. Come on now.

Turns out the elves there are all displaced; kicked out from the tower by Thames and his elites in order to make room for more guards, magical experimentation, and Darkness only knows what else. You decided against slaughtering them outright, and instead to do a little good-natured looting. You finally found some gold in the tent of a little boy and his (apparently) single mother . . .

Unfortunately, he started to wake up . . .

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Looks like you ruined the board's resident trap OP...

You had to think fast. You could've just stack your fancy new blade in the kid. You're evil, after all . . . right? But, ultimately, you decided (voted) against it. That's not the way . . . he's just a little boy, after all, only a few years younger than yourself. You went with an alternative route: distraction.

His mom would have some serious questions in the morning, but at least she wouldn't wake up screaming to a grisly scene.

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>>7228557
O-oops?

***

After some further exploration into the rear courtyard, you came upon a peculiarly darkened building with some hooded figures standing outside.

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>>7228557
IT IS A GOOD PAIN!

>>7228570
Oh god I lol'd my ass off.

Little Sister suggested she and the Greens could scout it out, but Yuna and Tari (the Pinks you decided to bring along, remember?) had an idea -- they could go up and distract the guards while you snuck past, and they'd be none the wiser. Worth a try, right?

***

. . . You decided to watch rather than actual take advantage of the distraction, unfortunately.

***

You enjoyed the show.

***

>>7228600
Indeed. OP, I must have your AIM, MSN, Yahoo or anything.

But then it was time to GET SRS.

The hooded guards had seen you, after all, so you stepped out, not arming yourself, to see if maybe you could smooth-talk them the way you did the elves from before.

***

Or maybe not srs.

You introduced yourself as LEVI, KING OF JEANS, and demanded a tribute: their pants.

They didn't know how to take that.

***

Okay, NOW time for srsness. Asked who you really are, you respond in full: son of the Overlord and First Mistress Fay. This seemed to surprise the female guard. Shock, even. Perhaps some awe.

***

WTF is this shit?

>>7228600
Note to self: make distractions somewhat less effective in the future.

Turns out they know the name of Fay. First Mistress Fay was actually the former queen of all elves, a bastion of Light Magic. It turns out your father, during the course of his conquests, had been allowed by Queen Fay herself to drain her of her Light Magic in order to power a devastating weapon that would allow him to defeat an empire that was threatening to destroy both elves and witchfolk alike. As a result of the drain, she fell into darkness and willingly became First Mistress to the Overlord, and resulted in your birth.

What this ultimately meant, though, is that you were royalty: elven prince, first in the line of succession, and rightful ruler of all elves. This meant that you could /legitimately/ overthrow General Thames, according to the woman.

The male guard seemed less certain about that idea.

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>>7228665

Just give him a loli elf, apparently anyone that you can have sex with in this quest is all over the idea of serving us.

When asked his problem, the male exploded and went off on a tangent about how evil witchfolk as a race are, how the Overlords do nothing but spread chaos and destruction, how Queen Fay was just a harlot and a whore now, how your father had raised you in his image as just another servant of evil.

***

To which you responded:

"Best dad ever, right?"

This resulted in turning BOTH elven rebels against you as well, the woman swayed by the man's argument and your less-than-desirable response. It looked like they were about to abandon you . . . But! You recovered admirably, knowing when to get serious, and apologized deeply, promising you would be a far kinder and more benevolent Overlo--er, prince than your father.

This seemed to win a /little/ respect, but not much.

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>>7228681

See

>>7228679

Deciding to trust you a little more, they explained about how High Sorceress Aurielle, the one elf they could really count on in Fay's absence, had been overthrown by Thames, imprisoned in anti-magic shackles up in the pen-ultimate level of the tower.

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>>7228706

Patience, getting to that~

You also learned from the two rebels that, in the hours since your slaughter of the elven guards and while you were gallivanting around in the caverns, rescuing your Pinks and fighting spiders, Thames had issued an order to execute a "Grand Sealing." This meant that all entrances to the tower, particularly the main doorway, were to have an extremely powerful Light Magic seal placed on them. You don't have the power to break it, but the rebels told you how they believed that the church of Enslar had some forbidden scrolls and texts in their repository that might teach you the Dark Magic spell necessary to break such a Grand Seal.

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And that's when the assassin struck, apparently fearing you were going to learn something important. Warned beforehand by a Green that was stationed higher up on the building, you were able to duck -- unfortunately, the assassin accidentally hit the male rebel instead! Poisoned! What to do!?

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>>7228753

We corrupt the assassin so it doesn't kill more people.

THEN we corrupt the male elf that was stabbed.

Black goblins are immune to poison, right?

Being a shrewd bastard, you decided to expend an antidote, tossing it over to Pall (the male rebel) so he could protect himself against any poison the assassin might have used, and show that you really do care about the elves, even though you could've let him die.

Smart move, even if it did cost you a bit from your personal stock of curatives.

Your own Minions quickly ambushed the assassin and overwhelmed . . . her?! Such strange eyes, so cold and emotionless, as if her will had been drained away. In fact, you remember seeing it before . . . whenever your father had used the Dark Magic spell of "Domination," stripping people of their will and forcing them to serve him. Was Thames using Dark Magic on his own people?!

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Holy shit this is an extremely fucking long recap.

We've seriously done all this?

>>7228772

Green Minions are. Black Minions, you don't know. You've never used regular Black Minions in combat before.

--

You decided to experiment and see what Corruption would do to a Dominated individual. Bad move.

You found yourself in a war of wills with the far more experienced Thames, and the mental tug-of-war was killing the poor elf. Little Sister screamed for you to stop, or you might die too . . .

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>>7228789

Well, /i/ has, in the past several weeks. I'm just getting /tg/ caught up so you can jump right in.

--

"To hell with that!" you decided. You had Little Sister force-feed the elven strider (assassin) a potion to keep her alive while you continued to sacrifice health and magic power in a mental war with Thames. You were being hurt back by magic feedback now. Time to give up?!

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HELL NO YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP. FEED HER ANOTHER POTION.

You decided to put all your might into this, thrusting a second hand forward and weaving a second Corruption spell at the same time -- which resulted in the creation of a far more powerful and far more costly "Mass Corruption" spell, which totally surprised and overwhelmed Thames and allowed you to break the Domination and Coerce the strider to your side, branding her with your mark. You fell into darkness while she cradled your head.

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>>7228805

> 75 posts and 49 image replies omitted. Click Reply to view.

Assuming people are actually watching the thread at this hour, this should be interesting.

You dreamed. Three things.

One was an image of an adult man with golden runes. You saw blue eyes form all over his body, filling everything with light before darkness came again.

You saw your father, the Overlord, his gauntleted hand outstretched. "Don't corrupt the line," you heard in your head. Was it his voice? You don't know?

A final image: a boy, not much older than you, swathed in darkness and evil, his armor like smoke, his stare like an inescapable fire.

SEEKER OF POWER . . . DO YOU SEEK MINE?

You woke.

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>>7228819
Hot-Blooded as the Devil himself.

>>7228789
Makes us feel kind of badass, doesn't it?

...using first-person plural here seems like the royal "we," which then makes me think of the King of All Cosmos. We are most certainly amused.

It turns out that the strider had gone into the elven encampment nearby, and spread the word of how you'd saved her from the Domination of Thames, which he was using to control many of his top-ranking soldiers, stripping good elves of their wills and forcing them to serve. This had resulted in the recruitment of an additional 15 elves for the Rebellion, which was now 35 strong as a result. You saw the results with your own eyes. The male rebel from before, Pall, was extremely grateful for what you'd done at this point -- you'd saved that Dominated elf instead of killing her, you'd sacrificed from your potion stock to protect him from deadly poison, and done it without actually demanding anything. He was convinced you'd be a good ruler now.

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Time to leave, now that you knew where to get the spell to break the Grand Seal on the tower's door, and you started heading back to the entryway of the tower, where a Nethergate had been erected by Giblet (Minion architect and Forgemaster)—

Wait! Little Sister heard something ahead. Maybe you should let her check it out? Yeah, probably for the best. She hasn't failed you yet . . .

***

. . . Just give her a little longer, she and the Greens could be in hiding and if we go running in, we might blow her cover.

Hm? Looks like rainclouds . . .

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>>7228880

Why don't you send a disposable minion.

Like a goblin.

>>7228889
Oh dear god no...

. . . What's taking her so long? . . .

Rain's pouring now . . .

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ALRIGHT, THAT DOES IT. Grab your swords, Minions, we're moving!

--

oh god what happened

No! YOU BASTARD! Give her back!

***

>>7228906
I KNEW IT.

"If I see you near this tower again, her life is forfeit. And I will make her suffer."

You glare silently as he, teasingly sliding his hand down towards Little Sister's breasts, slips through the sealed door as if it were an insubstantial mist, passing through thanks to a special keyed charm on his person.

Time to head back to the Netherworld and plan. You've got to get your little sister back!

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>>7228916
...what breasts?

>>7228922
The ones even males have. You know? Under your neck, above your stomach.

You avoid immediately telling Gnarl what happened, and instead ask if he's got any new equipment worthy of Overlords.

He tells you about a new Horde Command bracer (raise your limit to 15) for 500G, nightvision enhancement for your goggles for 300G, a scarf that will give you limited wall-climbing ability for 250G, and level 2 martial arts gear for 450G. You've only got 30G, so none of that is of any use.

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THEN you tell Gnarl what happened, about how not only has your mother been kidnapped and your father missing in action, but your little sister has been captured by an evil elven Overlord-wannabe.

He doesn't take it well.

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I'm getting strong Ubell Blatt feelings from this OP.

Which remind me, you wouldn't mind anyone fapping to this, would you?

>>7228942

Probably not.

>>7228938
AHAHAH AHHAHAHAHH AHAHAHHAHAHA HAHAHAHA

You go check up on your guests in the Netherworld housing/commercial districts, which are still under construction, and see if they can give you any further advice about Astaril's defenses. You also find out that they've been given some snazzy new dads to help them fit in, and even Garett had a new mechanical leg manufactured for him to help him get around. He's eternally grateful for that.

Elaim, the boy, has informed you that Thames is a torturer, not a straightaway killer. You'll have a few days to save Little Sister before he'll do anything drastic. He might even be busy for a day before he gets around to even /start/ torturing her.

Garett, the father, has advised you that magic is a constant threat in the tower. Sorcerers abound, and Thames has taken to using fire barriers, which makes Blues (for draining magic user MP) extremely useful, and Reds an absolute necessity for getting through the tower. You /have/ to use Reds in the tower, so you've decided to take them along with you for now to give them a chance to get stronger before you tackle the tower. The Blues are a constant aid, so you're keeping them anyway, which leaves you without Browns.

The elven strider informed you that golems are a fairly constant threat recently implemented in the tower, and Greens are of great tactical use in exposing vulnerabilities in their armor. Unfortunately, you just don't have the room for any Greens.

***

Frustrated at the current situation, you decide to take a brief break.

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>>7228967
I. HATE. THAT. MINION.

Gnarl's decided to come along with you to the city of Enslar! With no family members left to kidnap, there's little he can do in the Netherworld. So, with a squad of Browns, he's accompanying you until you at least get some more help, and then he'll be heading back to the Netherworld.

TO ENSLAR!

--

Damn, that's the church? That's a city unto itself.

***

MEANWHILE IN THE TOWER OF ASTARIL

***

oh thank god that's not little sister

. . .

who the hell is that

>>7228992
NOT THE SISTER! THATS OURS!

...I'm a bit excited it seems.

oh there's little sister

'Corruption' is a game breaker. :(

>>7229016
Nah. Its delicious.

>>7229016

Nah. It doesn't work on undead/certain non-humanoids, and it actually strengthens particularly strong-willed individuals, making them even harder to beat. You have to use it cautiously in certain situations.

>>7229029
Someone hold me down...

good thread you're kinda JRPG

MEANWHILE! BACK AT ENSLAR!

Oh, hey, guards. Crap. 15 guards, 2 gate captains.

And they're zealots. Faaaantastic.

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>>7229038
This is just a recap of previous events.

>>7229029
You should stop with the blocks. You might get assassinated.

>>7229029
His name is DUCK?

Dammit! They're using Light Magic! That stings!

Well, we know how to counter Light Magic, don't we? Time to bust out THE NEW HOTNESS!

***

Yes, turn them against each other! Perfect! This is how battles are won!

Crap, they still have Light Magic, and it seems especially painful on individuals that have been fully Converted by your Corruption spells . . .

What the—? That sergeant's going after Gnarl! Quick, save that poor old bastar—he . . . dodged. Huh. Quick, get her while she's distracted!

***

>>7229071
Gnarly!

Oh, crap. Reinforcements.

>>7229071
...Undeniably badass. Damn...

Another squad of five guards, plus another sergeant . . .

Better down a tincture (MP restorative) and prepare for another tasty Mass Corruption.

***

Your Blue Minions have exhausted their Minion Resurrection abilities saving your Red Minions from the brink of death once at this point—they can't do it again, not in this battle. You're going to have to hold on . . . and the best way to do that? ANOTHER MASS CORRUPTION.

Let's get some more unstable Black Minions up in here!

Meanwhile, your Brown Minions have finally subdued a squad of guards, thank the Darkness.

***

>>7229053
>>7229089
>>7229100

So, not a game breaker, huh?

Only one squad of guards and all three sergeants left! Better take out at least . . . yes! The blond sergeant's down for the count! And the Corrupted reinforcements and Gnarl's Browns have the last guard squad surrounded!

The tides have turned!

***

>>7229117
Dazzle is useful! And highly pleasing to the eyes.

Holy fucking shit.

I need to browse /i/ more often. I mean, fucking wow.

This is superb OP. 10 points to Griffindor.

>>7229108
Keep in mind, Mass Corruption costs four times as much MP to use as regular Corruption, which means it's extremely taxing on MP, and you had to waste a round draining a tincture to get your MP back up so you could use it again. Anyway.

--

The last guard squad is down! All that remains is the bearded sergeant, who you intend to duel personally while the others stand back, and the black-haired sergeant who is . . . what the hell! She's gone after Gnarl AGAIN? That poor guy's going to get killed!

. . . or not?

***

>>7229130

As you battle the bearded sergeant one-on-one, you realize something: nobody's watching you.

All eyes have fallen on Gnarl. What . . . the hell . . . ?

***

ohshi—

You had . . . no idea . . .

***

mary suean horseshit

. . . he was capable . . . of anything like this . . .

***

>>7229163

/v/ fanart.

. . . I mean, holy hell.

***

>>7229164
>>7229174
Samefag.

>>7229174
wat.

He even said where it's from.

Get the fuck out.

>>7229182
It's fanart of a videogame.

It belongs in /v/.

Sage.

fatlus thread

>>7229187
And you belong in /b/. Leave.

Your battle continues with the bearded sergeant, now that all distractions are gone. As your blade slices across his midsection, you think you've figured out a new technique to use with your sword! ALRIGHT!

***

And that brings us up to speed, with the original post.

This is the worst thing I've seen on /tg/.

>>7229199
..............

Make a new thread.

>>7229108
Class balance isn't an issue in a single-player game, so an ability can only be game-breaking if it actually breaks the game. Otherwise it's just an important mechanic. If the game is still challenging, then it isn't broken.

>>7229189
>>7229187
>>7229174
>>7229164

First, it's a quest from /i/, not fanart.

Second, you're a faggot.

Third, holy shit is the recap finally over?

>>7229216
Why does board origin matter? That sounds great that it was on /i/, why'd it move here?

Man, I'm gonna troll the SHIT out of every one of these that we have.

Just a heads up, fags.

There's still like 70 images missing (mostly combat-related, and a ton of concept art, like this), but you guys get the idea. Right now, I'd just appreciate some votes for the current action, and then I'll draw the update tomorrow.

After, you know, sleep. I didn't realize it'd take this many hours to get you guys caught up with /i/, hahaha.

>>7229224
Because, obviously, you cannot read.

>>7229229
What did you expect?! This is staggering. And awesome.

>1C) Send them to wait in the Netherworld.

>2A) There's something odd about these sergeants . . .
>2B) Let's see if the guards know anything.
>2C) Let's see if the female gate captains know anything.
>2D) Let's see if the bearded sergeant knows anything.

>>7229240
Faggot

>>7229229
>1C) Send them to wait in the Netherworld.
>2C) Let's see if the female gate captains know anything.

>>7229227
As per traditional traditional games fashion, I will engage this troll in verbal debate. Good sir, a moment of your time. Why do you so verbosely, and most venomously, denounce a gift of artwork, and a request for some roleplay, so readily? If it is not of your like, why not ignore it, and create another thread, in which you can merrily talk about a board game of your choosing. Verily. I do think you only do this, because you are bored. Is this the case?

Well, all I can say is that I love your art style, and the storytelling being short and sweet goes well with the art. I like the humour too, and the sound-effects and stat-numbers are good too.

Thanks for sharing this with us, it was pretty awesome.

>>7229234
No, I can read.

Overlad, brown minions, et all, are from the Overlord series made by Triumph Studios. /i/ is apparently the board where these images originated from- which by the way seems great. That's awesome that /i/ can take the bulk of all these fucking quests we have here.

Just because you like it doesn't make it /tg/.

Also, this thing is such fucking wankery.

>>7229229

can we rape the female captains?

>2D) Let's see if the bearded sergeant knows anything.

BEARD. FOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE!

>>7229262
Sir! Do respond to my post as well, in timely fashion! I'm afraid I am faint with drowsiness, and may drift off without proper stimulation!

>>7229229

229229, interesting get.

Anyway, someone should archive this both to spite the samefag saging and so we can link to the suptg recap with each new thread.

>>7229256

Because of evil, spite and discontent.

I'm just out to shit up your day.

>>7229262
And there is D&D and there is D&D Online, and there is Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, etc.

Fuck yourself and your inbred mother.

Didn't tgchan start up because of shit like this?

Go there. They'll love you.

>>7229248

Ffff, one numbered option at a time, if you please. D:

"There's something odd about these sergeants . . ." could lead you to a whole other set of options first.

Sorry, it's my bad. You don't know the rhythm I'd already set on /i/, and I apologize for that. I'll do my best to accomodate, though.

Normally, when I have numbered options like that (1A, 1B, 1C and 2A, 2B, and 2C), I just mean one from each. In certain circumstances (like dialogue options), I'll let multiples go at once, but for the most part, this lets me transition more smoothly from post to post.

I do it this way because when I try to do the actual writing part of the post, I can be kind of wordy, and I VERY quickly run into the character limit, especially in combat situations.

Please bear with me.

>1A) Replace Blue Minions with Blacks

also:

>2C) Let's see if the female gate captains know anything.

if we have time, interrogate/corrupt the rest of em.

>>7229274
On it.

sage for disgusting shit

Great. A new clot.

Go back to /i/.

>>7229278
Might I interest you in some Dungeons and Dragons, over the internet even? I have a short session for rather unscrupulous characters such as yourself, ready, and set to go.

Truly, I am most ready to take the role of a dungeon master, and bear the burdens of such, even with rowdy players, such as yourself good sir.

>>7229285
And by Corrupt, I mean with our dick.

>1C) Send them to wait in the Netherworld.
>2A) There's something odd about these sergeants . .

Why don't you post in /v/? Shit's related there.

Seriously, why all the quest threads in /tg/? It's driving me fucking nuts having to deal with the ego masturbation constantly on the front page. There's /v/, there's /i/, there's /h/, all of these places could serve as excellent homes for your shit.

Why not go there?

>MINIONS

How useful are the Blues now that they've expended all their MP? How long before they recharge? What's the recharge rate? What are their spells known? Same usefulness check on the Reds.

>2A) There's something odd about these sergeants

Investigate that. Then interrogate all living prisoners, making sure to check whether any of them could be sympathetic to our cause.

>>7229297

No, I prefer griefing people here.

Thanks for the offer.

>>7229304
Roleplaying really. A Quest is simply freeform RPG. Let go of your hate, and you know it to be true.

Always, always, always.

>>7229306
Aren't all the Sergeants all zealots? Also, do the blue's energy drains also give them MP or some shit?

>>7229308
How particularly dreadful! Is there any way I might help, since I do enjoy a good trolling. You'll have to explain to me anything too advance, for I am quite a novice at it.

>>7229308
Enjoy your impotent sage then.

>>7229284
Sorry, I couldn't choose. : D

>2A) There's something odd about these sergeants . . .

OP, don't mind the sagefags, they just hate anything new that's not talking about obscure RPG stats, hell, they even sage ideas for campaigns in those obscure RPGs.

It's also 1 or 2 fags, possibly even one fag on both a laptop and desktop pissing himself with rage.

OH LOOK, IT'S MY FETISH IT'S GOTTA BE RELATED.

>>7229306

Oh, I'm sorry, I must not have explained that clearly. Blue Minions don't actually have MP to speak of. When they /detect/ enemy magic users (such as the enemy using magic), they drain the ENEMY'S MP. They drink their milkshake; they drink it up.

The only thing they "run out of" right now is targets to drain MP from (they completely drained all the MP from the enemies in the last battle) and Minion Resurrections. Each Blue can Resurrect one Minion per battle (in this case, five Reds went down, so all five Blues had to use their Minion Resurrection to save them; after that, they'd exhausted their uses of it). As they level up, they'll either restore more HP with each Resurrection, or they'll be able to restore more HP with each AND be able to resurrect more often.

Keep in mind, the Minion Resurrection use is used on a /per battle/ basis. Now that the battle is over, they have a full stock of Minion Resurrections to use again for the next battle.

>>7229318

Watch and learn, grasshopper.

>>7229324
Judging from the post dates, its one.

>>7229315
>>7229308
>>7229304
>>7229290
>>7229288
>>7229281
>>7229262
>>7229240
>>7229227
>>7229224
>>7229204
>>7229189
>>7229187
>>7229174
>BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

The Tale of Sinuhe is considered one of the finest works of Ancient Egyptian literature. It is a narrative set in the aftermath of the death of Pharaoh Amenemhat I, founder of the 12th dynasty of Egypt, in the early 20th century BC. It is likely that it was composed only shortly after this date, albeit the earliest extant manuscript is from the reign of Amenemhat III, c. 1800 BC.[1] There is an ongoing debate among Egyptologists as to whether or not the tale is based on actual events involving an individual named Sinuhe,[2] with the consensus being that it is most likely a work of fiction.[3][4] Due to the universal nature of the themes explored in Sinuhe, including divine providence and mercy, its anonymous author has been described as the “Egyptian Shakespeare” whose ideas have parallels in biblical texts. Sinuhe is considered to be a work written in verse and it may also have been performed. [5] The great popularity of the work is witnessed by the numerous surviving fragments.[6]

>>7229334

No.

Sinuhe is an important official who accompanies Prince Senwosret I in Libya. He overhears a conversation connected with the death of King Amenemhet I and as a result flees to Upper Retjenu (Canaan), leaving Egypt behind. He becomes the son-in-law of Chief Ammunenshi and in time his sons grow to become chiefs in their own right. Sinuhe fights rebellious tribes on behalf of Ammunenshi. As an old man, in the aftermath of defeating a powerful opponent in single combat, he prays for a return to his homeland.[5]: "May god pity me..may he hearken to the prayer of one far away!..may the King have mercy on me..may I be conducted to the city of eternity!"[6]. He then receives an invitation from King Senwosret I of Egypt to return which he accepts in highly moving terms. Living out the rest of his life in royal favour he is finally laid to rest on the necropolis in a splendid tomb.[5]

>>7229331
Then we keep the blues no-matter what.

>>7229324

Sagewhat? Oh, sorry, I don't even pay attention to them.

Get this shit off mt /tg/

>>7229349
Good man.

The story of Sinuhe has spawned a great deal of literature which explores the themes contained in the work from many perspectives. The scope and variety of this material has been likened to the analysis of Hamlet and other notable works of literature.[5] Scholars debate the reason why Sinuhe flees Egypt, with the majority seeing a panic response to a perceived fear.[5] The tale is full of symbolic allusions. Sinuhe's name (=“Son of the Sycamore”) is seen to provide an important link in understanding the story. The sycamore is an ancient Egyptian Tree of Life,[7] associated with Hathor, (the Goddess of fertility, rebirth and patroness of foreign countries), who features throughout the work[5].

Sinuhe comes under the protective orbit of divine powers who, in the form of the King, he first tries to run away from, and that of the Queen, a manifestation of Hathor. On fleeing Egypt Sinuhe crosses a waterway associated with the Goddess Maat, the Ancient Egyptian principle of truth, order and justice, in the vicinity of a sycamore tree.[5]
The Ancient Egyptians believed in free-will, implicit in the code of Maat, but this still allowed divine grace to work in and through the individual, and an overarching divine providence is seen in Sinuhe's flight and return to his homeland. Unable to escape the orbit of Gods power and mercy Sinuhe exclaims: “Whether I am in the Residence, or whether I am in this place, it is you who cover this horizon”.[5]

gb2/i/

Parallels have been made with the biblical narrative of Joseph. In what is seen as divine providence, the Syro-Canaanite Joseph is taken to Egypt where he becomes part of the ruling elite, acquires a wife and family, before being reunited with his Syro-Canaanite family. In what as seen as divine providence, Sinuhe the Egyptian flees to Syro-Canaan and becomes a member of the ruling elite, acquires a wife and family, before being reunited with his Egyptian family.[5] Parallels have also been drawn with other biblical texts: Sinuhe's frustrated flight from the orbit of god's power (=King) is likened to the Hebrew prophet Jonah's similar attempt[8], his fight with a mighty challenger, whom he slays with a single blow, is compared to the battle between David and Goliath and his return home likened to the parable of the Prodigal Son.[9]

>1C) Send them to wait in the Netherworld.
I would prefer to be able to relax.

>2D) Let's see if the bearded sergeant knows anything.
Beard means dorf. Dorf means /tg/-related.

>1C) Send them to wait in the Netherworld.

and

>2A) There's something odd about these sergeants . . .

1C and 2A seems to be both the consensus here and on /i/. Great! It seems you're of like minds on this; that makes my job easier and keeps me from having to disappoint one board or another.

I think I'll actually get started on the next post right now . . .

Er, I guess I'll have to start a new thread with it. Isn't this one auto-saging now?

Naguib Mahfouz, the Nobel Prize for Literature-winning Egyptian writer published in 1941 a story entitled "Awdat Sinuhi" translated by Raymond Stock in 2003 as "The Return of Sinuhe" in the collection of Mahfouz's short stories entitled Voices from the Other World. The story is based directly on the "Story of Sinuhe", although adding details of a lovers' triangle romance that does not appear in the original.
The story also formed part of the inspiration for the 1945 novel by Mika Waltari, and the 1954 Hollywood film epic, both titled The Egyptian, which although set during the reign of 18th dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten, features a lead character named Sinuhe who flees Egypt in disgrace, to return after achieving material success and personal redemption in foreign lands.
Elizabeth Peters made reference to the tale in her novel "The Falcon at the Portal."

Wow it suddenly got whiny bitch fit in this thread. This was looking pretty cool too.

can't wait for a new thread about this

Ancient Egyptian literature is literature written in the Egyptian language from Ancient Egypt's pharaonic period until the end of Roman domination. It represents the oldest corpus of Egyptian literature. Along with Sumerian literature, it is considered the world's earliest literature.[1]
Writing in Ancient Egypt—both hieroglyphic and hieratic—first appeared in the late 4th millennium BC during the late phase of predynastic Egypt. By the Old Kingdom (26th century BC to 22nd century BC), literary works included funerary texts, epistles and letters, religious hymns and poems, and commemorative autobiographical texts recounting the careers of prominent administrative officials. It was not until the early Middle Kingdom (21st century BC to 17th century BC) that a narrative Egyptian literature was created. This was a "media revolution" which, according to Richard B. Parkinson, was the result of the rise of an intellectual class of scribes, new cultural sensibilities about individuality, unprecedented levels of literacy, and mainstream access to written materials.[2] However, it is possible that the overall literacy rate was less than one percent of the entire population. The creation of literature was thus an elite exercise, monopolized by a scribal class attached to government offices and the royal court of the ruling pharaoh. However, there is no full consensus among modern scholars concerning the dependence of ancient Egyptian literature on the sociopolitical order of the royal court.

>>7229377

Yeah, new thread is the best option. You already got an image to go with our selection?

>>7229377
You've got 50 posts and around 50 images left on this thread. Mileage may vary.

>>7229377
I think it is, so yes, do so, with all haste.
And don't bother yourself with the spam.

>>7229384

Hah, I wish I was that fast.

I'll get started now, though.

Middle Egyptian, the spoken language of the Middle Kingdom, became a classical language during the New Kingdom (16th century BC to 11th century BC), when the vernacular language known as Late Egyptian first appeared in writing. Scribes of the New Kingdom canonized and copied many literary texts written in Middle Egyptian, which remained the language used for oral readings of sacred hieroglyphic texts. Some genres of Middle Kingdom literature, such as "teachings" and fictional tales, remained popular in the New Kingdom, although the genre of prophetic texts was not revived until the Ptolemaic period (4th century BC to 1st century BC). Popular tales included the Story of Sinuhe and The Eloquent Peasant, while important teaching texts include the Instructions of Amenemhat and The Loyalist Teaching. By the New Kingdom period, the writing of commemorative graffiti on sacred temple and tomb walls flourished as a unique genre of literature, yet it employed formulaic phrases similar to other genres. The acknowledgment of rightful authorship remained important only in a few genres, while texts of the "teaching" genre were pseudonymous and falsely attributed to prominent historical figures.

Ancient Egyptian literature has been preserved on a wide variety of media. This includes papyrus scrolls and packets, limestone or ceramic ostraca, wooden writing boards, monumental stone edifices, and even coffins. Texts preserved and unearthed by modern archaeologists represent a small fraction of ancient Egyptian literary material. The area of the floodplain of the Nile is under-represented because the moist environment is unsuitable for the preservation of papyri and ink inscriptions. On the other hand, hidden caches of literature, buried for thousands of years, have been discovered in settlements on the desert margins of Egyptian civilization.

I've been reading through your earlier threads and I've just this to say: If you're ever going to bring back the Overlord from 2 (after he's done killing Cid or something) you need to bring back the Overlord from 1 as well. He's a badass-Grandpa and ruler of all of Hell and I'm sure he'd be happy to see his half-elf grandkids.

You know, Blackheart, maybe you should have archived this thread as;

> "This is why we can't have nice things"

> "A nice thread about a nice quest and a nice artist gets sagebombed into oblivion by faggots that think /tg/ is /v/. Perfect example of why Sagefags are the cancer killing /tg/."

>>7229416
Wait, there were sagefags in here?
Whoa.
I honestly couldn't tell.

>>7229416
That's everywhere, and not new. Also that part isn't in it. Hehehe.

Plus its a well know fact about the cancer, you don't need to point it out.

>>7229434
Quite

>>7229456
Well, at least most of it.

>>7229464

Yes.

I like this.

Holy shit.

FUCK YOU TROLL THIS IS AWESOME

Oh wow. Typical. Invaded by /tg/'s finest.

*cough*

>>7233113
You might want to check on /i/ in about an hour or so.

Use this to find the previous sessions pictures and text:

http://boards.4chan.org/i/res/271717#271781

New Overlad quest:

>>273681

>>7234418
Damn it. Well it's up on /i/, should be near the top.

New /tg/ thread's at:

>>7234328

If you are going to do a quest thread please include the word quest in the subject field so those of us with filters don't have to put up with your shit.

>>7234451
"Overlad" will always be in the subject title of these threads. That should be specific enough, yes?