I dunno, mentally prepare yourself for it and try again?

All we need is one bite.

should we draw a weapon? maybe the crossbow?

>>10141261
we can't casually walk anymore.

SUPER SPEED, GO!

Can he cast other spell at that time?

I told you we should have gotten closer and fece'd him. But noooo, breakneck charge the spellcaster you said.

>>10141295
Better to take the dagger I think

Cover's blown and he's alerted. Get out of there, and we're going to need a new body.

Oh, look. It failed.

>>10141261
>>10141307
Keep yelling insults, too. Confuse the guy.
"Your mother sticks freshwater eels in her cochlea!"

Do we still have knockout bolts for the crossbow? Shoot him! If nothing else, it may throw him off enough to let us get close again.

Yup, we're boned.
Yeah, may as well make another go of it, they know what we are now so they will be more prepared in the future.

I do believe we run towards the man, good sir.
But keep a line-of-sight blocker, such as a corner or a rooftop or something within 1 round of movement.

Look around the house, can we see the hawk?

Get a crossbow.
Shoot.
Hope for high roll.
Get on some roof(+25 jump)
Get closer by using the high way.
Attack from the skies.

Wow. Just wow. I guess the retarded GET 'EM was... well, retarded.

>>10141329
At least we didn't die.

>>They've got Claire in a locked down safehouse. Even IF you somehow got inside, those are ADVENTURERS holding her! Four of 'em! I want Claire back too, but what you're talking about is SUICIDE!

>>A monster assaulting adventurers on their home turf? Jack... nobody has ever done this before.

>>That's why it's going to work.

Is the mage outside? If not, DIRECT ASSAULT.

Look around the house.

>>10141358
yet

Please fetch stats from the old thread.

>>10141339
I'm not sure if shooting a crossbow bolt would, um, work. For one, he has fort saves, and for two, we have shit chance to hit anyway. It's probably best to keep a line-of-sight blocker in range, charge him, and run away if anything stronger confronts us.

When we get within striking distance, we need to be sure to put that dagger in his side, to hit a lung. Don't want him screaming.

No way. We fucked up. We own up to it. There will be no surprise. They know they didn't kill us, and that Claire may be important to us. We should have weighed our options, but this is how it is.

>>10141383
He is a wiz/sorc, he will have shit fort save.
I 2nd KO bolt.

Let's just leave the city. We don't need Claire per say. We can gain power faster than them. Once we have nommed on a forest or two, we can crush them at our lesuire.

Go to the city guard as Borat. Tell them that someone is squatting in an abandoned building, using a hawk to hunt people's domestic fowl, and cast some sort of magic on you when you tried to confront him.

Full out run at him before he has time to react. Maybe we can kill him before his allies come out to help.

>>10141408
We can bite better than we can use that crossbow. And covering distance isn't too much of a problem. We just need to get through his magic... don't let him recover.

>>10141411
You can have a girl in the bed for one night, but you don't leave friends behind.

if we kill this guy we are going to win big
ether A we get his appearance and can meld with the other adventurers
B we get neat mage shit - possibly mage spells
we may also die as temp dm said he has no problem doing.

>>10141452
Because your friends don't dance, and...wait...

Never mind.

>>10141411
Agreed. But knowing that no one will actually agree with us, FECES!

>But keep a line-of-sight blocker, such as a corner or a rooftop or something within 1 round of movement.
There are none nearby the house. It was evidently chosen for its distance from other buildings, making it easy to keep an eye on and watch for intruders.

>I do believe we run towards the man, good sir.
Speaking of the mage... he's not outside. You don't see the hawk either, but it could be hiding somewhere out of your line of sight.

>1d20+13=31 Listen
You hear excited clamoring inside the house, and a moment later, a sharp gasp of pain.

Action?

>>10141451
Exactly, we can't let him prepare something else, or really think at all, otherwise he's going to call out all of them.

>>10141474
Then it's decided.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE ANY HP, WE HAVE TO KILL THAT FUCKER TRICKSTER

oh fuck.....they executed Clair didn't they?

>LOOK STATS
Hit Dice: 3d6+9 HP (20/22 HP)
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+5
Masterwork Knife +6 melee (1d4+4), 19-20/x2 crit
Cricket Bat +5 melee (1d6+4)
Claws +5 melee (1d4+2)
Bite +5 melee (1d6+4)
Crossbow +0 ranged (1d8)

AC 19 (+3 dex, +4 natural, +2 leather armor)
Str 18, Dex 17, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 14
Fort +4, Reflex +5, Will +4
+7 Initiative
60 foot land speed, 15 foot climb speed, 30 foot swim speed
Membrane for gliding (40 ft (clumsy) in favourable winds)

Scent, Low Light Vision, Darkvision 60ft
Ferocity
Poison: with successful Bite, DC 14, 1d6 Primary & Secondary Con damage, 3 uses/day
Language: Common (young boy voice, man voice)
Appearance: Borat

Total skill bonuses (when higher than stat):
Jump +25
Balance +17
Swim +14
Hide +13
Move Silently +13
Listen +13
Handle Animal +7
Climb +6 (plus climb speed)
Disguise +5
Diplomacy +5
Bluff +5
Escape Artist +5
Spot +5
Knowledge (Local - Thurminham) +4
Survival +4 (+7 when tracking by scent)

Feats:
- Agile, Alertness, Athletic, Stealthy (+2/+2 skill feats)
- Skill focus: Bluff, Diplomacy
- Weapon Finesse
- Improved Initiative
- Great Fortitude
- Point Blank Shot
- Run
- Endurance
- Track

>LOOK INVENTORY
Masterwork Knife
Cricket Bat
Dwarven Waraxe (no proficiency)
Decent Clothes
20 ft + 50 ft rope
Leather Armor
100 gp, 78 silver, 89 copper
Scrolls: Calm Animals, Summon Nature's Ally I
Light Crossbow (no proficiency)
4 flasks of high proof alcohol
9 crossbow bolts (2 tipped with knockout poison)
20 silvered crossbow bolts
3 unknown potions

>LOOK ALLIES
Claire (human wizard novice. Unknown status, presumed captured)

>>10141474
Whelp, there goes Clare. Dumbasses. Lets just ditch town now, go run to a foreign city somewhere completely removed from the setting TempDM has going on here.

>>10141474
SHIT IS GETTING EVEN REALER

Can we clamber up a nearby building, perhaps even theirs? Anything to not be where they last saw us.

They're hurting her! Okay, there's nobody there yet, we run like hell and cling to the wall of the house. If someone comes back out, we KO bolt them from point-blank range from where they can't see us, like above the door.

>>10141474
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand Clair is dead. Retreat, vengeance for another day.

>>10141501
Seconding the ditch

>>10141499
Should be 22/22 HP and the inventory is a bit different with minor expenditures, but otherwise correct.

>>10141508
You can't even spell her name right, why do you care?

>>10141501
Unless they're really panicking, it wouldn't make any sense to execute a potential hostage before they could be of any use.

YELL AND CHARGE!

>>10141452
...we ate a child. And his family. And Claire's original cat. We are a monster. Our goal is to eat. Claire was spared because she had the potential to further that goal. You really think that with Belt Mage around, she's going to get anywhere in the arcane career?
That being said... let's rescue our friend. She didn't have to help us when she did, and neither do we. But we got her into this. Let's get her out of it and move on.

i guess we don't know for SURE Claire is dead
but she probably is.
give it a couple more seconds and see whats happening. if they come out book it.

>>10141474
Is it a man's voice or a girl's voice?

>>10141533
Even if they didn't, its probably not a good idea to stick around here. We need to go somewhere and gain power. Besides, we're an animal at heart. We shouldn't be getting attached to people so easily.

i think they hurt BELTY not Claire.

he was making a lot of noise after all...

>>10141550
>Besides, we're an animal at heart. We shouldn't be getting attached to people so easily.

>>10141544
cue end theme from The Incredible Hulk television series

>>10141544
Wasn't her a divine spellcaster?

Pull out a scroll show it to the sorceror then begin speaking mumbo jumbo. That way the sorceror gets scared or spends valuable time putting up a magical defense while we can rush up to him.

if anyone is screaming that is not Claire then its an advantage for us. Mebbe she got out and fried someone.
also just thought of this there was a dead person in the house. was that an adventurer possibly the rogue hunter or barb?

>YELL AND CHARGE while nobody's outside
>Run and jump onto side of house, try to get someone to come out to gank
>FLEE
>Other
Vote.

>Is it a man's voice or a girl's voice?
1d20+13=19 Listen
Girl's. It's followed by an angry shout, and then a short scream that gets cut off with another shout.

>>10141589
I thought she was studying to be a wizard. Hence why she needed tuition from the local academy, or some such. She just observed the religious holiday by saving us.

Enough speculating.
It's time for some action deciding.
I vote for trying to find some way through the roof/upper floor window. Kicking out planks and so on if needed.

>>10141600
Ganking

No use in rushing in, we'll get killed that way

>>10141600
Climb up that shit, trying to kick the door in now is a death sentence.

We kill and eat everyone, as stealthily as possible. Also, awesome dramatic moment where Claire sees us devouring one of the men who's been hurting her and she sees us for what we REALLY are.

Flee.

>>10141600
stealth. ready to gank on the side of the house.
also, listen for retreating footsteps out a backdoor...

>>10141589
You haven't been paying attention at ALL.

And TempDM said that he's killed multiple people in his games because they weren't paying attention to clues of things that could kill them. D:

GANKAN

>>10141600
ENTER LIKE A BOSS.

also what do you guys think that guy casted on us? what level spell is it. might clue us in on his level.

>>10141600
>use Scroll Summon Nature's Ally I
summon a small vipper or a Wolf to help us
>charge?

If we do manage to save Claire, I propose to leave this city.

Actually, why don't we use our super speed just to run (not front door obviously) in take her and run away Flash-style

I propose we hang on the side of the wall right above the door and ready and action to grab the first person through the door and Rambo'ing them up.

>>10141600
So they're beating the shit out of her, sounds like.

>>10141600

Flee. They're alerted, getting closer is suicide. Sorry, Claire.

Short retreat for now, put them on edge while we get a new appearance and then come back in about an hour when their nerves are frayed.

We don't want Claire seeing us as Borat...

>>10141651
"Jagshemash! My name a Borat. I like you. I like sex, it's nice."

Observe from the roof, plan action from there.

>>10141682
I don't think they're going to stick around and wait for us to come back.

>>10141682
They might be gone in an hour.

>>10141668
I'm for this.

>>10141682
they probably know we can take other appearances now.
>>10141682
she probably does not.

They are alert, they know what we can do. We should GTFO while we can and eat our way up to greater and greater power.

>>10141682
Hmm, actually, a short (hour or so) retreat might work in our favor, but I don't want to doom Claire to death with it. Based on the screaming, Claire is being 'hushed' rather than killed. How about we kill a guard for crossbow prof then come back?

BREAK THE ROOF

Lets grab the town guard. We saw a bunch of suspicious people in a supposedly abandoned building and heard screams from inside it.

remember calling guards could also be an option
actually i vote for that. they will definally surround the hous eand help the girl. and we can clean up possibly even eat a guard and wear his armor to meld with them

>>10141573
futurama_seymour_ending.jpg

>waitingforOP.mp3

>>10141757
>>10141755
as they are arrested and put in cells
we take a guard's uniform and find them in the dungeon with no gear, we sneak in and have our fill of the defenseless adventures.
the go home and get sweet Clair loving and tell her it was us who called the police strengthening our bond as and our pictue as the good guy, and smile, just as planed.

Yes, call the guards. Squatting, dangerous animals, sorcery.

>>10141757
>>10141755
I don't know if calling in the guards would be a smart idea, when, y'know we're wanted for murdering people. It would come down to their word vs. ours.

Pretty split vote here. Time for everyone's favorite: first to three.
>I propose we hang on the side of the wall right above the door and ready and action to grab the first person through the door and Rambo'ing them up.
>Go inside like a boss, throw down a challenge, save the girl. Bring it on.
>Short retreat for now, put them on edge while we get a new appearance, possibly a proficiency or other combat aid, and then come back in about an hour when their nerves are frayed.
>Flee, never to return
>Call the guards, try to get them to deal with it.

>>10141812
>Implying a group of adventures down one member would go quietly.

>>10141824
>Short retreat for now, put them on edge while we get a new appearance, possibly a proficiency or other combat aid, and then come back in about an hour when their nerves are frayed.
Do it.

>>10141824

Call the guards.

>>10141824
Call the guards.

>>10141824
Call guards then observe from the rooftop.

>>10141812
Wonderful
>>10141824
>Call the guards, try to get them to deal with it.

>>10141824
Rambo.

>>10141824
>>Go inside like a boss, throw down a challenge, save the girl. Bring it on.

>>10141824
>Short retreat for now, put them on edge while we get a new appearance, possibly a proficiency or other combat aid, and then come back in about an hour when their nerves are frayed.

>>10141824
>Call the guards, try to get them to deal with it.

>>10141849
This, definitely.

>>10141824
Weren't these guys hired by the city to catch us? Who are the guards going to believe?

Ninja our way to victory and new abilities!

>>10141873
They were mad about us eatin their dwarf

Also >>10141849

First it was "tell Claire:. now it's "the Guards will save the day!" I swear /tg/ you're pissing me off on purpose.

>>10141873
They were hired to catch a thing eating people, not a mustachioed duck farmer. If we say we heard a woman's scream from inside an abandoned building, they'd scramble people there asap.

>>10141824
These guys:
#1. Burnt an apartment building, killing a person.
#2. Kidnapped one apartment resident.
#3. Are squatting on some abandoned land.
#4. Are hurting someone inside that abandoned building
and
#5. Are at least moderately strong adventurers.

Guard Rush.
Claire is, unfortunately, dead. Fortunately, we are not. I'd say it's about time we found a Hunter, tracked some creatures to give us upgrades (Leopards are nice for pounce + rake), and come back later.

inb4 the ranger spots us and scores a nat 20

>>10141873
Don't look that way since they are taking hostages and having to squat, it seems to be a personal thing due to use eating their friend.

>>10141898
iknorite?

We should have gone with the feces.

Also, WHAT WOULD WEASEL JESUS DO /tg/? WHAT WOULD HE DO?!?!?

I assume hostage-taking wasn't part of their remit. Hence I suggested guards.

>>10141908
>Hunter
capitalized
WoW fag detected.

>>10141919
SUMMON THE PYGMY WOLVES!

>Call the guards, try to get them to deal with it.
You hear another scream as you leave, longer this time. Off to a guard station. You realize that if you're going to get them to check before the sword-for-hires move locations, you're going to have to go with them to the safe house. Depending on how things play out, this could be the end of your anonymity.

Unfortunately, I have about 5 minutes before my internet is going to get cut due to network issues. It should be back up later tonight.

Might as well begin working on our alias/cover story. We were raised in a monastery but fell out of the order of monks to raise ducks after we fell in love and our order forbid marriage. Basically, we're Anakin Skywalker but with ducks instead of Sith.

>waiting to see how this event unfolds into catastrophic failure

>>10141932
anonymity is just a bite away.

>>10141932
>Unfortunately, I have about 5 minutes before my internet is going to get cut due to network issues. It should be back up later tonight.

ALLOFMYRAGE

>>10141932
Who cares about anonymity when we can gain it back at any time? We can go to a new place, or simply gain a new identity. Loleasy.

Keep the thread bumped on occasion please, and I'll be back in a few hours.

Call the guards. Tell them to hurry the fuck up.

>>10141932

Refuse to go with them, there's some crazy-ass magic dude in there, too dangerous for a simple duck farmer like Borat.

>>10141971
you just made me shed a tear, and the action is just heating up.

>>10141971
Just make a new thread. It's easier.

Anonymity doesn't matter. We just say we're afraid and want to hang back. Then they find Claire/the hostage, hillarity ensues and we'll just quietly slip away.

>implying anonimity for a creature that can change appearance at will

>>10142000
though they might have killed Claire by that point.
If that happens they will WISH they had the same fate as their midget friend

We need to be smart about this, our potential is LIMITLESS.

Don't get killed.

>>10142120
Seriously guys, that's rule #1. We can literally kill ANYTHING as long as we bide our time.

>>10141812
still think this is a great plan of action, even if some wrenches get thrown in the works.

Oh, man, just as soon as I finally found a live DD thread. My luck blows.

>>10142232
So, stick around, he'll be back.

>>10142152

Yeah, but the DM keeps nudging us towards action. I get the feeling that if we decide to go off into the countryside and eat our way up to tarrasque tartare, rocks will fall and everyone dies.

>>10142247
Eating live dragons whole, LETS DO IT

>>10142247
He is, but he's stated that he doesn't make a story/setting, he just adapts it and makes it up as we go. But he does make things happen constantly, so its not a boring grind to get stronger.

Guard route.
No matter how much I like Claire, I don't think we should risk our life (and I am pretty sure we are going to bite the dust if we go in guns blazing)

>>10142331
Always look out for #1

In my opinion we should of devoured Claire a long time ago.

>>10142341
I don't mind having her when she's useful and not something that we have to drag around, but I'm not going to be dragging her ass and saving her just because someone on /tg/ wants an imaginary waifu and a chance for this to turn into a doppelganger fetish quest.

>>10142503
She's not a waifu, fucker. She's a friend at now. And we don't leave friends behind.

>>10142503
God, yeah, I must've imagined the work she gave us. And the shelter. And the healing. And the potion. Clearly none of that matters, the Doppleganger knows no loyalty, and we should ditch her as soon as she's in any sort of trouble.

You guys are such faggots.

>>10142534
This. Even if we leave her immediately afterward, she did us a favor, and we can't leave her to be tortured and possibly die... although frankly, the best route to achieve that would have been to lie low for a few days and let them think that they'd killed us instead of fucking around with their trap.

>>10142562
A monster specifically designed to gain power from the death of others not repaying hospitality? How absurd!

>>10142592
I'd have gone out hunting, getting all the bonuses from CR1 and below creatures nearby, and getting Pounce + Rake from 2 Leopards and Claws from an Ape. That'd take enough time to make the adventurers think the doppleganger died, and get the doppleganger stronger.

>>10142696
We don't want to attract bad karma

>>10142713
Lets do this. Srsly guiez.

How can I make a Black Flame Zealot better?

>>10142804
Bro, WE KILLED WEASEL JESUS.

I personally consider leaving Claire behind a lot less evil than that. I mean, we have the lowest possible karma, permanently.

Forget about being nice and all that. There will be time for being heroic when we are in godlike power.

>>10142713
Pounce lets you full attack (2 claws + bite) after a charge (1 bite, most likely).
Rake lets you attack with claws during a pounce.
So a Pounce is effectively 5 claws and 1 bite or 4 claws and 2 bites.
That scales damn well with claw damage, so something with powerful claws (e.g. a Brown Bear) will boost power quite well. Only trouble is killing the damn brown bear

>>10142941
We could shoot it with some crossbow bolts then pounce it

>>10142815
Naw, get Claws from a Bear. A big brown bear. 1d8 + Str bonus. ... come to think of it, get the Str bonus from another similar brown bear.
Only problem is killing the fucker. Brown bears can't climb, and they can't outrun the doppleganger, but lord almighty will they tear the doppleganger in two in one round if they reach it.

>>10142982
Getting in melee range of something we admire the melee capabilities of is ... not very bright. Filling it with 200 bolts as we bounce from treetop to treetop might result in the brown bear tipping the tree over. Running around outside its 85ft charge range can also work but the Bear might attempt to use cover or retreat.

brown bear gets d6 claws due to size: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/animals/bear/brown-grizzly-bear

normal is d4 http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/animals/bear/black-bear

>>10142982
>>10143064
And then if the Bear gets a surprise round, say hello to Mr. 1d8+8, 1d8+8, 2d6+4, resulting an average of 36 points of Dead.

>>10143072
I thought Op was using 3.5, not pathfinder.

Honestly, if we could kill a few guards without getting level 10 PC classes dropped on our head, simply wearing armor and knowing how to use a crossbow would make killing things a ton easier.

>>10143156
So what, let the players fight the guard, finish off the remainder and eat everything?
...
Borat approves.

>>10143251
Very good! Great! Wonderful!

Come on, TempDM! The suspense is killing me!

>> I thought Op was using 3.5, not pathfinder.
>>10143123
You're right, my mistake

>>10143441
He'll be back later, check his posts.

>>10143712
I think he knows. Doesn't make the waiting any easier though.

Let's continue derping around for a bit.

Also, on the list of things to nom: anything with the Dragon type, to take its type and the delicious benefits that come with it.

Let's focus on smaller things for now.
Leopards, Spiders, Adventurers.

Wonder where the DM went.

Fuck calling the local guard. Let's look around for other entrances and try to sneak in. We can't give them any more time to prepare, and we have every reason to avoid the guard as these douchebag adventurers. And if we succeed in eating them we get super sweet bonuses.

>>10144883
Never mind the fact that damn near everything in there can kill us in 2 rounds on its own, or that there are 4 of them. :P

>>10144937
>>10144883

Yeah, well if we let Claire die it's game over as far as I'm concerned.

>>10144883
Why would we want to avoid them? As far as they know, we are just a concerned citizen. And if worst comes to worst, we could just eat someone else and look like them instead.

>>10145093
by "they" I mean the guards

>>10144989
Then you're a fag. Not much more to say.

Are we keeping this bumped till TempDM gets back, or are we letting it go?

>>10145183

>>10145368
We are bumping every now and then.

bumpan and waitan

>>10145370
Stupid people make me angry

>>10145634
Please try and calm down bro. All we can do to prevent this from becoming a waifu quest is provide better options.

is this archived yet?

>>10145661
Better options don't matter if the majority wants to rush in blindly. Let us not forget what Weasel Jesus taught us all.

>>10145777
Aside from "we're a sadistic ass" what did weasel jesus teach us anyway?

>>10145777
We've already decided to go get the guards anyway. We just have to hope we get back with them before the adventurers torture Claire too much, or kill her.

>>10145798
He taught us that blindly charging in and doing stuff purely because we might feed a bit more is stupid. We should observe our surroundings and always make sure that we're being nice to weasels. And seriously, we could have gotten a weasel jesus familiar.

It's been like...3 hours....c'moooooooooooon... real life is not as important as strangers on the internet with a common interest!

>>10145916
It's his connection man, nothing he can do about it.

>>10145945
Whose conn fails for 3 hours?
Mine fails for 3 minutes sometimes, usually at 3am once a month or so. But 3 hours? :S

>>10145945

Do I really need to put sarcasm tags around things? I'm impatient, but of course if it's out of his control, it's out of his control. I don't expect that /tg/ is the most important thing in his life (her?)

anyway, guards, lets get them.

bumpan

>>10145977
He's in the military IIRC

I still want to eat some sewer gators.

Here are some possible creature upgrades from easy nomming:

Possible creature upgrades:
Badger:
Burrow 10ft, Track feat, Escape artist ranks, Escape artist +4 racial.
Bird of Prey (Hawk, Falcon, Eagle):
Flight 60-80ft, Spot ranks, Spot +8 racial.
Centipede:
Poison vs. Dex, Climb +8 racial, Hide +8 racial, Spot +4 racial.
Dog:
+4 Survival when using scent, Track feat, Spot ranks, Listen ranks.
Monkey:
Climb 30ft, Climb +8 racial.
Owl:
Move silent +14 racial, Spot +8 racial (low light only), Listen ranks, Spot ranks.
Scorpion:
Sting natural attack, Constrict attack, Improved Grab, Tremorsense 60ft, Spot +4 racial.
Spider:
Poison vs. Str, Web attack, Tremorsense 60ft, Jump +10 racial (if hunting), Spot +8 racial (if hunting).

Additionally, tougher enemies that have a good chance of kicking our arses:
Ape:
Claws 1d6+5, Str 21, Toughness.
Boar:
Gore 1d8+3, Natural AC 6, Toughness.
Choker:
MOTHERFUCKING QUICKNESS.
Crocodile:
Bite 1d8+6, Improved grab, Tail swipe 1d12+6.
Leopard:
Improved grab, Pounce, Rake.
Wolf:
Trip attack (on bite), +4 Survival when using scent, Track feat, Weapon focus (bite).

My feeling is that no matter what happens, we need to survive. No sacrificing ourselves or going out in some noble bullshit.

We have to survive to see the war. Imagine the possibilities of us being able to pick over the aftermath of an honest to goodness battlefield.. One night of that and it would be craaazy.

>>10146332
We would probably be strong enough to eat a dragon. And after that...

>>10146332
Additionally, werewolves, liches, vampire warlocks, all this shit has been mentioned.

These adventurers and Clare are ALL fucking smalltime. War is where men become heroes and doppleganger aberrations become demigods.

>>10146298

I like the idea of just walking around abit and eating everything we come across in a forest. That couldn't hurt. Eating a town guard would probably also help for some fighting skills and the look.

I'm just saying, if shit gets too real, far better to bug the fuck out of town that get ourselves killed. We have a destiny to fulfill. We must see this war.. initiate it if necessary...

well we have to aim for the stars I agree, but I say we can have both friends and survive and eat to our leisure.
we are a goddamn hive-mind super power being there's no reason we cant have our cake and eat it too.

>>10146424
Hive mind, Yes. Super power, no. We have 22 HIP. GM doesn't mind Bad End.

Tough choices may have to be made, all I'm saying.

Must eat a scorpion or spider. Tremorsense is amazing!

>>10146441

Seconded, 22HP is not exactly super powered.

>>10146441
Scratch that, tough choices WILL have to be made. It's just a matter of when.

>>10146449
Tremorsense + a burrow speed + move silently = Bueno

find new town abandon the girl eat easy targets to gain moar abilities

>>10146515
Going to a secluded village is actually a pretty good idea. If we eat everyone there, who knows the kind of skills that we can get!

rolled 17 = 17

>>10146592
We could pump our rank in Profession (Dirt Farmer) up to +2!

>>10146515
Most things worth eating won't be easy targets.

doo dee doo bumpan

>>10146646
Never know what you might find, though. A blacksmith would probably give some good stuff.

>>10146774
Yeah. Skill Focus (Craft (Blacksmithing)). That's awesomely overpowered!

>>10146884
You underestimate the variety of things we can get from the mudane

Or we could eat the village priest or the town sheriff. Or the village's hunter. Maybe grab a villager's knowledge and learn about the area and any other defenses it might have.

It's been five hours.

Where'd he go?

>>10147124
To somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

>>10147531
Valhalla?

Why TempDM, why?

>>10147668
No, that place is beyond the sea
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My battle lands are golden sands
Dodging the Nords
As they go battling.

>>10147693
Probably outside his control. I'm sure he'll be back with a vengeance to make up for lost time.

Seriously though, let's not get ourselves killed over Clare, or anything else for that matter. We're currently still very much fragile - the right crit could end us outright. Our potential is too much to squander. These petty creatures we have been devouring are nothing next to the spoils of war which could be ours with a little patience and discretion...

>>10147775
Claire might already be dead anyway.

>>10147775
I'm mostly concerned with killing the adventurers, rather than rescuing Claire. She's just a convenient carrot to spur on some of the more white-knight-ish players.

>>10147802
She was a liability to begin with. Even so, we should try to get to her body to devour it, and putting the guards onto the adventurers is a good idea.

As long as we stay way in back... and vanish before the adventurers start pointing out our less humanoid features...

>>10147872
right now we look like borat

>>10147872
Speaking of which.. is there a morgue in town? I wonder how freshly dead the things we NOM need to be to provide benefit...

>>10147891
Good point.. borat with poisoned fangs, claws and a fight membrane

>>10147897

This is a good point

>>10147897
this is a medieval fantasy setting so the freshly dead would probably be in one of the churches

>>10147969
I missed the threads from tonight, but still want to give my input.

As long as we live to NOM another day, that's all that matters. We must survive long enough for us to find strength in war.

Just think of the battlefield dead that await us, the felled lieutenants, generals, foot soldiers, war wizards... we'd do better in one night on a battlefield after a battle than we've done up to this point

Dude, we're too fragile to go without allies. Adventurers take on goblin mines and whatnot because they work in teams; until we start getting extra actions and whatnot, we'll need other people to support us, and Claire is an excellent example, since she's a member of a PC class.

>>10148404
Oh please, we've been going on without allies since the beginning of the game. The only thing Claire's done for us is give us a place to sleep, and eat up our morning for her petty courier job.
Claire has given us nothing of any importance. Stop going on as if she was our only true friend in the wide world, as if we were going to marry the stinking mass of meat.

>>10148455
and we have almost die countless times. plus claire saved our life once.

>>10148508
How? Constitution damage? We could (and should) have gone to the priest, which we already, more or less, hired to rid us of it.

>>10148455
Erm. She is our only friend in the world. She saved our ass, looked after us and gave us a place to stay.

And more importantly, those adventurers will make tasty snacks. If we're so good without allies, as you seem to believe, we'll have no problem taking them on.

Or are you a pussy?

>>10148558
She saved our ass?

Who gives a fuck about the adventurers is what I'm saying. By our very nature, the longer we survive the more powerful we grow. It's not worth dying to try to eat anything, even four adventurers at once.

Keep your eye on the prize... a hot steaming field full of freshly dead military. Hello fighter/combat feats/HP/who knows what else...

>>10148558
That's idiotic. You could say the same thing about fighting a dragon, or anything stronger than us. Its not that we need allies to beat them, we just need to bide our time to become stronger.

>>10148558
I have nothing against killing the adventurers. I don't recommend charging in through the front door, but we should eat them.

It's the fools bemoaning that Claire might be/is dead that tick me off. She was weak to begin with, a horrid mage. She wasn't good for anything, and she should have spent more time studying so we can get more from her dead body than I think we will. Useless whore.

>>10148661
While that's a /bit/ too much, I have to agree with the jist of it. An halfway decent apprentice mage isn't that useful past giving us a place to stay (Which is a good or bad thing, depending on your point of view)

>>10148543
the expert with the knockout poison bolts that we fought out side a thieves den. we killed barely killed him then his poison got us.

its the first time we've actually lost anything.

>>10148697
And yet, at the same time, we've lost nothing. It's just that there are four fresh meatbags guarding our cow that we were nursing to get big and round before we ate her. It's a premature death, to be sure, but I, at least, fully intended on killing and eating her.

We need to leave town and eat. fuck claire

>>10148623
Oh yes, playing a battlefield scavenger will be SO entertaining, too. Fuck off, who the fuck wants to read that? At least fighting the adventurers will be goddamn entertaining. Sure, there's a risk of death. That risk always exists. But this "let's just wait 'till there's a battle and eat the left over corpses" crap would be boring as fuck.

>>10148780
>Implying that's all we would do, instead of scavenging then going to go do epic shit

>>10148661
Well, allies are one thing, but weak allies are liabilities. It's a cost benefit thing. As long as the white knights don't get us killed I'm fine with it, and it would be good to NOM the adventurers.

I'd just be very sad if if the quest ended because we charged in TO SAVE TEH PUSSAY

We should develop flight,and become more powerful move to another town where we can start anew

i think that claire could be as high as 2nd lvl wizard

>>10148780
Oh boo hoo. Go play some WoW during that time, then. It'll make us strong. It'll make us near on impossible to beat. All that health, all those skills, languages, local knowledge, all that those saps have spent years training for, we can om and nom and take for ourself, with no worry, save for being seen by other battle field scavengers, and who gives a fuck about them when we can easily eat someone and take their identity the next day anyway?

This white knighting bullshit is going to get is killed.
And this town is to aware of our existence,we need to go to a smaller place

>>10148780
War is hell, and hell is nothing if not entertaining for a doppleganger abomination that can literally become a demigod from eating battlefield dead.

Read the second paragraph of the first thread, because to me that's what this whole thing is about:

>>You open your eyes in a dank alleyway. It's a couple of hours after nightfall. You're in a city of some sort- probably not one of the most respectable- with no memory of how you came to be here.
You DO remember what you are. You are a blank slate, an example of limitless potential. You will survive. You will consume. You will adapt. You will grow. Given half a chance, you could be a god. But for now, you are frail, and realize that discretion is a must.

>>10148877
Also, you're wrong if you think killing 4 adventurers will get us anything more than 4 upgrades. It won't, that's not how this quest works.

We will still have a long road ahead of us, even if we get them all.

>>10148861
Level Two!?!?

we now have nothing holding us back, sure we lost our home and those adventurers got the best of us, but we can always go back once we are a giant mindflayerdragonbeholder creature and get some revenge NOMs

>>10148829
we haven't been upgrading flight for two reasons:
1. the flyer we eat to upgrade it needs to be at least medium.
2.wings are hard to hide.

>>10148932
as in almost the same as us.

>>10148929
I'm talking about battle fields, bro.
Or did you misquote?

>>10148938
Ok then,but the town is starting to notice our meals people missing animals gone people are going to start asking questions.We need to get out while we still can

>>10148938
When we changed appearances, our animal features went away.
If we grew wings, then took a human's appearance, would they go away?

>>10149011
No.

>>10149011
Maybe they'd be like retractile wings?

>>10149011
maybe but then who knows if the human we eat doesn't have some thing more tempting in his stat block.

>>10148960
yep, misquoted, meant to reply to parent of your post

The first adventurer almost killed us can we really take on 4 more I say we get the hell out of town

so now that we know that the hawk is the sorcerers Familiar we must eat it for the improved evasion feat

>>10149129
I think you guys are overestimating our strength,We could die from this easily I vote we head to the forest and find a new town eating along the way

>>10149122
we should try to pull a horror movie massacre picking them off one at a time in an abandoned building in the middle of the night

>>10149168
we could have taken the sorcerer if we hadn't let him ready that spell

>>10149209
Or thrown feces

You guys kept the torch lit. I'm touched. Also, I'm back with a vengeance.

>>10146244
Love this, so much.

>>GUARD STATION GO
You head to the closest guard station. Time to bring the force of the law down on these bastards; perhaps you'll be able to profit from the results. You head through the door of the stout, well built building and get a steady unblinking stare from the guard sitting behind a desk facing the entrance.
>"I've got a crime in progress to report. Suspicious people in an abandoned building and screams coming from--"
"Shut the door. Sit down." It's not a suggestion.

Action?

Keeping this thread alive until TempDM returns.

Yay! You're back!

Shut up and sit down, as the man says.

your back and its only two in the morning yay!

>>10149544
Sit down, get ready to leap forward and latch your teeth on his neck.

>>10149609
this if needed

Man, we should find some illithids to eat.

>>10149625
this

just started this quest today, spent all evening catching up. glad i can be of some use in at least half a thread.

>>10149651
why? we already have there best ability.

>your back and its only two in the morning yay!
Fucking comm guys will ALWAYS find a new way to jack things up for the rest of us. Here when I can, at least.

>Shut up and sit down, as the man says.
>Sit down, get ready to leap forward and latch your teeth on his neck.
The guard gets up from behind the desk and swiftly moves over to the door, jamming a key into the lock and bolting it closed. Locked to both inside and without.
1d20+3=16
Wait a moment. Guards have had dogs assigned to them to never leave their side for a while now. Where's this guard's dog?

And why is he the only one in the station?

He turns to you with an odd stare and the faintest trace of a grin. "I've run into you before, haven't I?"

Action?

>>10149651
or Beholders rite?

>>10149685
Would we sprout more eyes if we ate beholders?

>>10149683
>1d20+3=16
Wis check, thought I'd labeled it.

>>10149683
Wisdom check to see how fucked we are.

>>10149683
It's probably the vampire warlock thing. I'm caught between trying to ally with it, and trying to eat it.

>>10149683
are we clever enough to conclude its the vampire-lock-thing?

>are we clever enough to conclude its the vampire-lock-thing?
Wisdom check was to notice lack of dog and other guard members.

damn Vampire Warlock dude (or someone like us)

>>10149683
Haven't we changed appearances though?

>>10149701
What does he smell like?

>>10149683
"excuse me sir what are you referring to?"
the second things go south we lay down some hard core face eating and be done with this business, unless he has something really awesome take is appearance.

>>10149715
If it is I say we talk with it for now, I think it may be one of our own and it's NOMed some fucking crazy shit.

>>10149683
Yes, I believe you have. That body you left tasted horrible, and didn't have the sustenance I require. Now, what are you?

>>10149683

Great. "Going to the guards is a great idea" "We've got nothing to fear from them" now we have to deal with this bullshit.

Tell him "I don't believe so, I think I'd remember."

>>10149769
scratch this it didn't hit me this could be our soul eating friend.

>>10149791
this is technically not the guards now is it.

>>10149784
my vote

"Really? Have we met?"

Get ready to attack him if he makes any sudden movements.

>>10149683
Smile at him, and say, "It tasted horrid, I'll have you know. It was all dry and clammy."

Don't give too much away, in case he tries to one-up you by not being the warlock, but he should understand.

Lets just talk to it for now, if it really is the bloodsucking thing then it could have killed us by now, so he obviously wants something else from us.

its about to be a verbal chess-match between two eaters
one of body
one of souls
will they unite
or will they clash, destroying all in their wake

>>10149842
I'm betting a little column A and a little Column B

>>10149836

This. For all we know, this is about something that Borat did before we ate him.

>>10149842
from our inability to gain from that dead human I'm venturing to guess that both of us require the blood to assimilate, or at least in our case we need both blood and body.

he smells like human?

>>10149919
Good call. Scent check. While we're at it, listen check. Is he breathing?

>>10149945
hell may as well make a spot check for fangs, membranes,blood suckers we have small things off about us he may have the same.

>What does he smell like?
He smells like a human male. Now that you're actively seeking scents, you detect a hint of blood in the room.

>Yes, I believe you have. That body you left tasted horrible, and didn't have the sustenance I require. Now, what are you?
"Good, so you do recognize me. Neither of us being in the same shell as the last time we'd met, I wondered if we'd know each other again." His body visibly ripples in waves underneath the skin. "I am an unnatural being like yourself. Yet I can sense we are not the same. I seek answers and growth. One way or another, I expect you will be able to provide me these."

Action?

>>10149976
"I may not be able to do much, but if there are any questions you'd like to ask, I'd be more than willing to answer, provided you grant me the same service."

Also, since he plans on eating/draining us, get ready to poison bite the moment he does something, anything, that can be perceived as of lethal intent.

>>10149976
Another absorber. I'm guessing this one is a bodysnatcher. Let's not get our body snatched.

>>10150000
no this one drains souls with magic beams

well my first thought after i read that was...LETS MAKE HIM OURS CONVINCE HIM ITS HIS SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE TO SERVE US WE ARE OUR RACES GOD..kind of thing but I'm not sure how we would go about doing that so I digress.

>>10149994
i think that we are going to have to attack first as the last time we saw him it looked like he was using magic.

>>10149976
I will answer one question for every answer I receive. I believe this to be an equitable arrangement, and perhaps we could come to a mutual understanding as it seems we seek after the same things.

(diplomacy check)

>>10150064
Unless he shoots beams from his eyes that automatically kill us, he'll still have to do some sort of hand movement, or spell casting.

hear him out but be ready to snakebite him

>Listen check. Is he breathing?
Yes, though it's an odd rhythm.
>hell may as well make a spot check for fangs, membranes, blood suckers we have small things off about us he may have the same.
>1d20+5 = 21
You don't see any unnatural cues, short of the wavelike motion he apparently is causing on command.

>"I may not be able to do much, but if there are any questions you'd like to ask, I'd be more than willing to answer, provided you grant me the same service."
>I will answer one question for every answer I receive. I believe this to be an equitable arrangement, and perhaps we could come to a mutual understanding as it seems we seek after the same things.
"Acceptable."

"I require first the knowledge of your creation, which I strongly suspect is related to mine. I warn you, this one was an expert at detecting a lie."

>>10149976
"If you wish for answers I have none, I've been actively feeding for ::insert length of time:: ((less than a week if I'm not mistaken))"

also lets try to get some info as well things like:
* how long has he been active
* is his distance absorbing natural or is it something he gained.
* would he be willing to fight some adventurers with us and split the biomass.

>>10150105
All I know is that I exist. I have no memories since I started eating.

Now, tell me, what is the nature of your hunger?

>>10150105
"I apologize, but I do not know how I came to be. I woke, and I thus existed."

join me and let's go eat some adventurers!!!

>>10150145
this

My creation? Unfortunately, that is a mystery to me. I had no voice or intellect when I became aware, and had to gain these things from various... donors.

>>10150162
>and had to gain these things from various... donors
Too much.

>>10150105
honest approach time guys, hes just like us, a little more badass and a lot more curious bout our origins, but if he wanted to he could have just taken our knowledge local already.

>>10150105
Sadly, that information is still denied to us as well, thought we share your curiousity. From your question, I assume you know not of your creation's purpose either. A pity. Well... what do you think of potentially working together? As in, working to cover each-other's tracks, and maintaining a code of keeping each-other's existence a secret, should we individually fail to stay hidden?

Remember guys Claire is also in a building with adventures being like tortured or something so lets not be have a slow chat, actually I say we ask him to help us and he gets half of the body's, but not Claire's she lives and comes with us. Then we can arrange a meeting to talk at another point when things are not so heated.

>>10150227
Nah, she's likely dead.

Anyway, waiting will make the adventurers' guards go down.

>All I know is that I exist. I have no memories since I started eating. Now, tell me, what is the nature of your hunger?
"An answer for an answer was the arrangement, was it not? Then as you have given me no answer, you shall owe the first debt."

"My hunger is for room to expand, for bodies to fill and control, and blood to make my own. For a fresh home when a shell wears out."

"Now, I ask you the same question. What is the nature of your growth?"

Action?

>>10150227
most of us are of the opinion that she is already dead.

it was fun while it lasted but the adventurers probably panicked and killed her.

but i think we are hungry for revenge though.

>>10150243
the point still stands Man eaters vs. adventurers plus we get to check out this guys moves and see if he is superior to use and by how much

"My earliest memory was waking up in this city [x] days ago. I don't know my creator."

>>10150277
To devour all that is not an ally of ours.

>>10150152
This. Followed by "What about you?"

we are autosaging

"When we eat, we grow. When we don't eat, we hunger. So we eat, and so we grow."

>>10150280
>but i think we are hungry for revenge though
Not really. Hungry, but only because it's four strong people we can eat, plus one appetizer.

>>10150277
Our hunger drives me to consume my prey, whole. Making a meal of freshly dead prey provides me with the opportunity to take aspects of them into myself. As I do this, I grow more powerful.

>Our hunger drives me to consume my prey, whole. Making a meal of freshly dead prey provides me with the opportunity to take aspects of them into myself. As I do this, I grow more powerful.
>"When we eat, we grow. When we don't eat, we hunger. So we eat, and so we grow."
>To devour all that is not an ally of ours.

Second one, I'm making the new thread.

>>10150338
Too much info, he says he wants new bodies dont make him want ours

>>10150277
"I hunger, from the smallest of kittens to the largest of stallions, form the creatures that lurk in the dark damp undercity, to the rooftop flying rodents. I find that consuming them in their entirety grants me the characteristics of my meal."

I don't think Claire is dead. At the very least, we can't assume she's dead yet; we have no evidence that she is, and they're not dead until you see the body. She very well might still be alive and just be being tortured, in which case rescuing her is imperative.

Also, odds are both of us were experiments by one of the wizards in this town to create the ultimate weapon or something, and were discarded as failures.

>>10150338

Pronoun confusion, should be *MY* hunger.

Diplomacy check again.

We should find out this guy's name.

>"When we eat, we grow. When we don't eat, we hunger. So we eat, and so we grow."

>>10150386
>>10150338
Too much info. This guy is not our ally. He asks questions, we have to tell him nothing while saying something.

>>10150403

We have more in common with this guy than Clare, and every other character in this quest.

I still say diplomacy check.

>>10150403
If we want full answers we must give them, or he's going to get brief. We WANT answers.

>>10150432
Until he swears a vow of servitude, or we are sure he won't stab us in the back, anything we tell him is something he can use against us.

Knowledge kept is knowledge gained, but knowledge shared is knowledge lost.

>>10150213
>>10150227
I second asking him to fight with us as our question, and offer him a share of the body spoils.

>>10150466
thirded

>>10150386
>>10150338
Either of these please.

Well, I gotta go to bed. Try not to get us killed.

Thanks again, DM. You RAWK

Once more, diplomacy check.

>>10150466
Good idea. Dibs on elven ranger. Get proficiency in all martial weapons, and then trade up our crossbow for a longbow, that we can apply our Strength modifier to.

if we do the teamwork thing we better get the sorc body ranger would be a nice one too.

hay TempDM this thread is auto-saging is there going to be another?

>Thanks again, DM. You RAWK
Thank YOU.

>hay TempDM this thread is auto-saging is there going to be another?
BAM right here:
>>10150655