Forgot my trip. Thread's legit, yo.

Here's a map of the floor given to you by Du'Zul'Un, the troll priest in charge of this temple.

Oh, and if anyone has any other pics for Tom Green killing a dragon, you can have your bonus. Pic in op doesn't count.

Finally, yeah. Midweek Lord Quest thread: Happy Zombie Jesus Day.

FUCK YEAH LORD QUEST!

Hmm What to d owith the dragon's corpse. Well first thougth would treat it similarly like any game.

Cut off head make a trophy
Skin the scales tan them (or whatever you with them) andmake either rug or amor.
Bleed out the corpse gather the blood and presrve it for alchemical purposes and experiments.
Cut off Claws make jewely

Are these possible?

No interest?

-Final Bump-

If it dies now, I'll try again on the weekend.

>>9034078
YES PLEASE!

Did everyone else just get a ban for a moment there? Something about forbiddern URL posting?

>>9034073
Ok, Cohen can use The Bane (Ogre warsword, serrated on the back side, handy for fighting hill giants and stuff) to slice up the dragon. So you can cut him up how you like.

You can skin him, you'll need to get it back home to tan though. You have 1/3 of your water supplies used, so you have some water skins empty for blood. You can empty more. Also if you like you can empty some of zeek's salves to make more room. However, this means you won't have any salves left on the way home.

FUCK YEAR LORD QUEST

>>9034102
Not a red dragon, but rather coloured with a gold and green diamond pattern, reminiscent of a carpet python. Pic related, except the browny-green is greener.

>>9034132
i did
btw,
is the dragon dead?

>>9034132
Thgere is no way in hell that we are going home without a glorious trophy.

I ask my men if there is a way to carry the dagon's head and maybe the body. Will we need more men?

>>9034151
Yeha I understand it is not a red dragon I just googled dragonscale armor to illustrate the idea and posted the first decent picture that popped up.

>>9034132
Lets keep all of Zeek's salves.

How heavy would the dragon's parts be? Between the 10 of us can we harvest/carry it and still fight or are some of us going to be on porter duty while the others are combatants.

Can we make a lore roll or something to tell if legend has it there is a particular part of a dragon that is extra important? Would Ageon know?

Is there any way we could manage to bring the entire corpse with us back home?

It would surely be wasted to leave it there...

>>9034178 is me

Also Quest Lord, could we get at -quick- rundown of what we have/committments?

I recall we have a Luck ring, I think a morale ring
and do we have an appointment back with the troll shaman/oracle thing or not?

Last thread started off slow but by the end, it was firmly in the realm of HOOOLLEEEEEE SHIIIIIIIT. Who knew /tg/-diceroller was a romantic at heart?

>>9034186
In addition to this, a quick overview of our named retainers?

>>9034161
Yeah, it's dead. Killed at the end of last thread with some epic rolling. You manned up like a mother fucker, jumping onto it's face and stabbing it though the eye.

>>9034170
You could carry the whole body between all of you, but it will seriously hamper progress. You'll roll d5s instead of d20s for progress home.

Taking the head back should be easy enough if you cut it off. It will hamper you to a d17, but mainly due to it's awkward shape and teeth/horns you want to avoid. They don't look safe. If you had something better then your bags to carry it in, then that might help.

>>9034205
Hm. Could the vermen have cloth or something large enough to carry it? Otherwise I say take the risk and lets drag it back.

>>9034205
Maybe we could ask that troll who foretold this for help? He might have something more to say now that we've fufilled his prophacy

>>9034175
Sweet. Just wanted to pop the info out there anyhow.

>>9034178
Roll a d8 for Aegon's lore check, wanting low.

The more you carry, the more it will slow you down on the way back, etc. Any ideas you come up with to carry it better will help, but not entirely negate the slowing down.

>>9034186
You came here for that appointment.

Your Gear:
Wyvernsting (Re-enscorcelled Bastard Sword) Ring of Luck
Breastplate (functional)
Ring of Inspiration
Shield (Metalmagik'd and Has the family crest on it)
Chain shirt
Breastplate (tourny, with family emblem )*
Classy Clothes. Coz you're awesome.

* At home.

If I recall correctly, the dragon was not even the reason we were here. We're after an artifact in the depth of these ruins, so we should probably get that first.

>>9034205
Ok we clearly need more people for this. I suggest we send a messenger home with the news of glory and have them quickly build a sort of makeshift stretcher out of wood and ropes which is large enough to carry a dragon (or at least the head) without seriously hampering progress. Until then we stay and guard the corpse.

If that is possible notify all the craftsmen who deal with hunting, leatherworking, alchemy and so on to make preparations

Is this possible?

>>9034259
I was thinking of them making things like these

>>9034259
I second this. However we should send at least two if not three people as runners with a vial or two of antisceptic. One just won't make it.

Or one of the named rangers. Clint could make it alone but I'd rather have him by our side.

rolled 4 = 4

can we get some vermen to carry the dragon? if so lets take the whole thing after we grab the treasure we came for. also use our limited first aid skills on our men.

>>9034216
They've vanished. Buggered off as soon as they saw the dragon.

>>9034219
You ask Du'Zul'Un for a hand with the dragon, and he gives you a few more waterskins for dragon blood, telling you cryptically "Your Wyrd is not done yet. Du'Twice more you shall save Lil'gon. "

>>9034201
ADVISORS
Leold - Old officer from the King's Army, was your uncle's right hand man.
Doobs - Young knight and your cousin. Was squired to Leold, knighted shortly before you rocked up. Fights like a champ, intimidates like a boss and doesn't afraid.
Smyatt - Accountant.
Aegon - Norse Bard. Swords and song.
Erik - Your father's left hand man, and your bastard uncle. Scholar type.
Zeek - Priest of Exidaid, ogd of healers and stuff.
Baldric - Your peasant dogsbody.
Marcus - A chef, worked for your father
Shorty - Dooob's Squire, chosen because he's huge. Pic related.
Dan Ganob - Mason who decided working for you was a way to hte easy life.
Harry - Street rat and ne'er do well sent to kill you. You hired him as a Spyguy.
Wrigley Spectre - Horticulturist. *
Cohen Mikenzy - Used to serve your family, went north to mercenery it up. Recently came back from the west, where he sired a son or eleven and killed giant monsters.

With you but not on your advisor role is Clint, priest of Artagus, a god of hunting. A god your god (Byron) generally thinks of as a bro.

>Tom Green killing a dragon

Close enough?

>>9034295
He tells you that the Norse use the blood of the dragon in shaministic rituals, the teeth to make swords out of, and the bones to make huts from. The scales are used to make hut walls from, as huts made from dragonskin are tough and keep the warmth in. This dragon appears to be smaller however, and not large enough to live in.

>>9034259
Whoever you send will have to go home and then come back again, guarding a bunch of peasants and craftsmen in a swamp which has claimed some of your trained soldiers. 2 men at arms and 2 manhunters so far to be precise.

>>9034262
Some large strectchers could help, you could make makeshift stretchers, uppring your progress from d5 to d9 with the whole body.

Here's a rather off the wall idea. Could we enlist the help of any nearby trolls to help escort us/carry the dragon back, using Du'Zul'Un as a go-between?

>>9034374
Nope. And It's /t/om /g/reen, nothing to do with Tom Greene there.

>>9034404
Interesting idea. Any comments on this?

>>9034376
Let's take some small things for now, bottled blood, etc. We'll make a wooden stretcher later and drag the entire thing back after we finish here.

I also second that we need to treat the wounded, although burns are a horrible type of wound.

Water skins are a poor way to store dragon blood I was thinking more in clay jars or something but I suppose this will have to do for now. I have no idea how quickly a dragon's corpse dissolves.

I thiink we must make the most out of this kill.

>>9034430
Maybe we should ask the troll shaman if he'd be willing to help. Whether or not he gets any other trolls, whatever. But if he helped it would move much quicker.

>>9034376

Ok. Bottle us some dragon blood while its fresh and lets put some wax stoppers or corks or whatever around the bottle's necks when filled.

Lets make some stretchers.

Lets secure the dragon corpse then check around a little more for whatever artifact we are suppose to find before hightailing it out of here.

> This dragon appears to be smaller however, and not large enough to live in...

"But Aegeon it will make a swanky tent. Next time we'll get you one full grown!"

>Map question
What is the "to the nest?"

>Here's a rather off the wall idea. Could we enlist the help of any nearby trolls to help escort us/carry the dragon back, using Du'Zul'Un as a go-between?

Sure. We should be intimidating enough. We killed a fucking DRAGON

>>9034404
To expand on this, I believe this shrine was mentioned to be a holy site for trolls as well, so our clearing it of a few of those stalker creatures and a goddamn dragon must put us in the good graces of the troll clans. Or, at the very least, make them respect us.

http://www.schulterglatze.de/spenden/242628

Haha, I just imagined us returning to our estate at the head of our band of adventurers along with a gaggle of lumbering trolls carrying the corpse of a dragon slain by our hand.

so after we get our loot we haul the whole dragon up to the temple area and ask trollpriest to get some trolls/vermen to help us carry it back on those sleds. we should also sacrafice the heart to the old gods

>>9034457
>>9034436
You quickly fill your empty water skins with the creatures blood, which is a dark red. It's slightly corrosive to the skin when you splash it, but doesn't seem to have any ill effect to the treated leather water skins. Although most of the blood is going into the earth, it's not like the creature had a shortage of it.

Gained - 12 large waterskins of Dragon Blood.

Oh, and 'Climb here for the nest' is written right where you see it on the map. It was written by whoever drew the map from the looks of things.

>>9034439
You treated the burns as best you could at the end of last thread.

>>9034474
>>9034479
You decide to ask some trolls to help, using Du'Zul'Un as an inbetween. He says that if you want to find a fist of trolls, you could either wait 4 days for his next visit. Or you could meet them en route, journeying by the 'north road'. He tells you that most outlaws laugh at the name, as it leads northwest, and also is little more then a scrub path. However it should be easy enough to follow, even if there are some potential dangers en route.

>>9034575
Let's ask him if he'd personally help us carry/drag it.

Also, gather our wits and head up to the nest.

>>9034575
Thank him profusely and lets wait four days.

During that time lets continue to explore for the artifact.

>>9034603
seconding this

I pray for finding dragon eggs and more treasure

>we should also sacrafice the heart to the old gods

If you want to go this route, lets wait until we do it at a shrine we know of

>>9034608
seconded, also sacrafice the heart to the old gods

Yeah, let's see if the shaman will help himself, and then go check out the wyvern nest.

>>9034625
the shrine to the oldgods is about a 5 minute walk away

Sacrificing it would be pretty cool. If there isn't something else we can do with it.

>>9034575
Let's take the "north road" then and meet up with the troll band. It seems like an easier deal than waiting for them here and sitting in a cave for four days while the thing begins to rot.

Also does dragon's blood have potential uses in alchemy or is it sought out more as a magical reagent?

>>9034526
We can sacrifice it's liver to Byron and have a large drinking contest while we do so. I think he'd get a kick out of that.

>>9034603
You ask him if he wants to help you personally. He laughs "I Du'zul'un, I don't go but for when the gods ask me to."

>>9034608
>>9034603
>>9034612
You decide to check out this "nest" that was mentioned. As you head back past the dragon, you come to the cliff face (location marked with blue X), and as best as you cal tell, the map says turn left. Sure enough, there is a thin ledge, to both the left and right. It's not wide enough to walk on without holding tightly to the wall in most places.

>>9034661
"Mayhaps my asking you to help is a part of the Gods' plans?"

Didn't Quest Lord say in previous thread that we can ask outlaws help to drag the dragon. Remember outlaws =\= criminals

>>9034661
If we have any rope with us we should make some sort of climbing rig or at the very least tie ourselves to something sturdy while we climb.

>We can sacrifice it's liver to Byron and have a large drinking contest while we do so. I think he'd get a kick out of that.

Seconded with the fury of the north star

Man, I'm so proud that I was the one to bring up the subject of love when the battle wasn't going well.

>>9034661
I suggest we give 1 waterskin of blood to Du'zul'un and then maybe the gods will agree with us.

Dragon's body is cool and all but let's carry on with our quest ...

>>9034682
Outlaws are an option. You know where the camp is, it's 30 travel units away more/less. Closer then the trolls, but you'd have to go there to find some.

>>9034652
>>9034630
>>9034626
Debate of what to sacrifice where?

It's a temple to the old gods. That said, Byron isn't a fan of temples, etc. You have a temple of Artagus back home also.

>thin ledge

Whelp. Lets break out a rope if we have one. Someone have a warhammer we can use to hammer in spikes to the more solid parts of the wall? Loop the rope around our chest/waist and tie it to spikes if available.

Have a man at arms cover us with a bow or a pile of rocks barring that.

Have Clint and another beefy guy ready at the end of the rope ready to pull us to safety if we fall.

>>9034726
Let's worry about moving the dragon later. Right now let's go on with getting to the nest.

Move one at a time across the Ledge. Shorty, sadly, may have to stay back. It's not his fault he's so big. He doesn't even exercise.

>>9034661
>Sure enough, there is a thin ledge, to both the left and right. It's not wide enough to walk on without holding tightly to the wall in most places.

I sure do hope you will not make us roll for this

>>9034726
We were planning to sacrifice the heart to the old gods and the liver to Byron at a drinking festival of sorts. They don't seem to conflict, so we can do both right?

>>9034726
heart to the old gods, liver or one of the others to the hunt god, also check the caves the vermen fled to if we find them they can carry the dragon. but first tie a rope to yourself and have your men ancor the other end, then cross the ledge to the darkclaw nest

>>9034719
Is there a second?

>>9034713
No objections?

>>9034676
Perhaps, perhaps not. They tell Zul what they want, if they don't tell, not sure. But they tell Du'Zul'Un that place is here.

>>9034725
Taking way too long over trivial details is a Lord Quest Tradition. Every time we go questing we spend half a day in a shop, or arguing over how best to woo a lady or something.

>>9034747
I'm down for this, of course assuming there isn't something else that can be done with the heart. But it doesn't seem like there would be many things better for us than a fucking dragon's heart for the gods. So I'm all for it.

>>9034713
thirded

>>9034736
>Have a man at arms cover us with a bow or a pile of rocks barring that.

To clarify. Guy with ranged weapon watches the pit in case of flying beasties while we play eXtreme climber

>>9034736
i second this

>>9034736
You have rope, but no warhammers.

What you have is stuff you'd reasonably expect people to take going adventuring in a swamp to a temple, plus:

Hunting Lance, Shortsword, Fine leather armour
Bastard sword, chain mail, dwarfsteel dagger
Icesteel (Longsword)
Old "short" bastasrd sword, buckler, studded armour
The Bane (Ogre Warsword), Claw Gauntlets

>>9034747
I m supporting this

Eh, I remember Byron doesn't want sacrifices, He likes when we act as bros and stuff ...

>Claw Gauntlets

If these are not expensive AND we will have a better grip on the cliff face we'll use these to cliff walk.

Short bastard sword on back and dwarfsteel dagger *tightly* attached to belt so we can deal with whatever we encounter past cliff.

>>9034764
Done. YOu decide the liver will go to Byron as soon as you're back inside, and not about to jump on a ledge. You briefly consider doing the drinking first, but somehow suspect that drinking and cliff faces to certain death falls don't combine well.

>>9034768
Shorty grabs a few large rocks, and stands near the cliff face, a small pile at his feet. Clint and cohen are holding the rope, the other end around your waist. Roll a d10 for the cliff walk.

>>9034807
We have our own weapons.

>>9034798
Could we offer a prayer to Byron in thanks for the victory and a promise to sacrifice the dragon's liver to Him in thanks and through a village wide festival in His name if we get the luck to drag the dragon back to home in one piece?

rolled 10 = 10

>>9034811

>>9034818
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf

rolled 2 = 2

>>9034811
so, roll high or low?

>>9034818
You are a gentleman and a scholar.

>>9034823
High is good, man.

>>9034818
excellent

>>9034807
Indeed. You have Wyvernsting, and a nondescript dagger.

>>9034818
You run out along the ledge, confident and calm. Easilty moving along the path you find a series of hand holds leading up, to a ledge. You also find a rope leading down from the ledge your on. Below you seems to be a nook or cranny in the wall. Which one will you check out first?

Your easy footing means that you will get a +1 bonus on your next climb roll.

Also, remember to use a ring, let me know in the post you roll that you're using the ring.

>>9034836
Oh. Nicely done bro.

>>9034851
There's a nook and a cranny?

>>9034862
English muffin reference?

>>9034862
above you there's a ledge. Below you a nook OR cranny, some sort of hole in the cliff face.

>>9034868
Check out the nook?

>>9034867
>>9034862
No. What is this, I don't even-

>>9034818
>You ballet dance across the ledge

>>9034878
Roll a d7 for the rope, it looks to be the trickier of the two paths.

>>9034868
lets have a look ath the hole, if there anr shadowclaw in/on one of them we are less likely to be overwhelmed in the hole

We already used the luck ring

>coolface.jpg

rolled 6 + 1 = 7

>>9034886

>>9034868
Let's go down to the cranny below first. Seems like it'd be easier to descend once and see what's with the hole in the cliff face then go up to the top ledge.

>>9034899
I am kicking ass all over this quest tonight.

>>9034904

inb4 diceroller notices your arrogance

>>9034913
DONT SAY THAT, YOU JUST DOOMED US ALL

>>9034899
You check the rope, and as it holds, you slide down it smoothly but confidently, remembering your tree fort back at the Green Estates. In the nook is some kind of chest. You open it up and. . .

Roll d100 for treasure.

>>9034913
Man, why did you have to jinx it, we have a good thing going.

rolled 33 = 33

>>9034926

TREASURE!!!

>>9034915
>>9034928
Sorry guys.
Oh man, now I'm scared to roll.

rolled 30 = 30

>>9034943
Should have let me roll

>>9034943
We probably found the golden turnip of Green estates.

rolled 98 = 98

>>9034972
Haha, or not.

rolled 83 = 83

>>9034972
haha

rolled 13 = 13

>>9034972
Or you could let me roll and see how much lower I can get us than you did.

>>9034943
33. You find d20 gold peices, and a sealed envelope. It has the seal you don't recognise, a star over a body of water, with a sword reaching from the star to the water's surface.

rolled 97 = 97

>>9034983
>>9034984

I told ya. Diceroller is laughing at you.

>>9034983
A ha! I am mightier than the diceroller. Even if it didn't count.

rolled 18 = 18

>>9034990
Let's do this.

>>9034990
Curious. Who the fuck puts an envelop in such a obscure location guarded by a dragon.

Well, open the letter

>>9034990
Let's open the envelope and read/see whatever's inside before taking the gold. May be cursed or some shit. Make sure we're in a position where it won't be blown away.

>>9035010
>I prepared explosive runes this morning

It must be a love letter for us!
OPEN IT!

dont open the leter, when we get back to our men see if anyine knows whos seal is on it

>>9035031
It's from Seakay's daughter.

>>9035042
Second. Lets wait

>>9034990
>Sword over body of water
Reference to Excalibur?

Star connected to water by way of a sword.

Maybe a meteorite that fell to earth, and the metal was used to make a sword of exquisite quality.

>>9035045
I bet it is.

>>9035053
She's so clever to hide it in a place like this. She must have known we'd find it here, in the middle of a dangerous cavern guarded by a dragon.

To clarify, we've not yet actually found what we came here for in the first place right? Do we know where it is?

>>9035009
>>9035010
You break the seal, and within is a letter, noting that the bearer of this deed is the rightful Duke of Marienburg (you've never heard of the place). A second letter, dated 40 years ago states that the writer, a Dean Markson hopes that the young duke will reach this letter in good health, and that this document is the original Dukedom Grant, and the bearer of this scroll is given a title of Duke and the fief of Marensburg.
The scroll has one seal in black wax, 7 in red, and a seal in blue at the top of the document.

>>9035070
Awesome

>>9035070
We fucking rule.

Fuck yeah, we're Dukes now!

...

Is that better than Lords?

>>9035016
I lol'd

>>9035066
Nope. I can copy paste you the prophesies if you like.

>>9035042
Your impatience got the better of you this time. . .

>>9035096
I think the pecking order is King, Duke, Lord/Count. It's OP's quest though, so I don't know.

>>9035070
Interesting, we could have just come into a good sum of land. We could also attempt to return this to it's rightful owners, should they still be alive. Well let's take these back up and show the finding to our people.

Are we ever going to charge up our sword? Wasn't that the reason we came here? And some kind of wyvern to moun too?

>>9035113
Yeah, we just keep getting sidetracked by how awesome we are.

So yeah, I say we climb back up and discuss the deed with our men before climbing higher.

I hope this doesn't require us to change the name of the quest, duke quest just doesn't have the same ring.

Be very careful not to let it blow away, or get damaged in combat. That thing is worth a ton of cash.

Also, take the actual cash.

>>9035096
A lord is anyone of nobility with land and a title. Dukes are a particular title, a bit higher up then the average lord.

Letter is interesting, put it away for later. Back to business whte else is around?

How watery is the swamp? Could we perhaps construct some kind of raft arrangement to float the dragons corpse home?

>>9035133
just the small chest, and the coins. All are full gold peices, so you can just put them in your pocket or purse.

Alright. Priority one. We get back to the party.

>>9035123
This

>>9035053

Man, I was going to post a picture of "ALL ON DUKE, PLEASE" as a joke but didn't have any.


And then what happens? We become Duke!

>>9035142
It's a swamp, not a river. It's all mud and quicksand.

>>9035127
You put the note carfully back in the envelope, and put it safely into your coat, thanking Byron that you had a buttoned pocket put inside your coat when you had it made. Unstylish maybe, but damned if it isn't handy.

Now I'm wondering what would have happened if we had rolled a 100. We could have found some sort of royal lineage tracing us to the throne and putting us as the rightful owner of the seat.

>>9035187
I have a suspicion that the deed was always there, save of course for a ridiculously low roll. And that the roll was mostly to decide how much other treasure there was.

Now go and finish our initial task

>>9035123
>>9035149
First, roll a d10 to get back onto the ledge up the rope.

>>9035187
Actually, this was something that was going to come up on any double on the greater treasure table. I have plans within plans, and plots akimbo.

>>9035187
>>9035205
yeah probably more coins or gems or whatever

>>9035219
won t roll this time I don t want to kill us

rolled 6 = 6

>>9035219

>>9035219

But 33 ( >>9034943 ) is double so...

>>9035242
Nevermind, I got it

>>9035219
I love how open ended you make things. After the quest session is over would you post up that table, it sounds like it has some awesome things to ponder on.

>>9035240
Should be okay.

Just curious, but what would a 100 have given us? Be aware, two 0's is a double as well.

I for one would love to see published your system for running the civ part of the Lord Quest sometime.

Been considering trying my hand at something similar

>>9035219
We'll have to remember to have Smyatt and Erik research the names and symbols on this deed when we get back.

>>9035240
You climb back up the rope slowly but carefully. Go back along the ledge, or check out the ledge upwards?

>>9035257
>>9035255
I'll post up the table at the end. 100 let you roll on the artefact table, 10 legendary artefacts that were major players in the worlds history. Have to play to find out ;)

>>9035296
Back to the group to discuss the deed.

>>9035296
Upwards.

UPwards

>>9035313
>>9035314
You decide to head upwards, check out upwards before coming back. It looks to be fairly safe, roll a d14 for climbing upwards.

I'll say again, go back real fast to show them the deed, see if they know anything, and make sure it stays safe.

sauce!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11L5jvvatSE

>>9035334
1d14

>>9035313
>>9035314
>>9035306
this

>>9035337
wat

rolled 1 = 1

Fuck

rolled 9 + 1 = 10

Rolling, please don't let us fall to our deaths.

>>9035356
D:<

>>9035356
Well. It was a good run guys. I'm sure we'll do better in the next life.

>>9035356
fuck.

>>9035356

>>9035356
Forgot to add the +1 modifier to that.

>>9035356
:*(

Now we'll never get to dance with the nerdy alchemy girl.

>>9035366
I for one am glad we have the rope around our waist with the burly duo on the other end of it.

Please tell us we're not dead, just hanging from the ledge.

I'm sure we just broke our legs or something .............

>>9035356

>>9035356
Was only the next roll
>>9035372

You fall, and try to grab onto something, anything. D3, 1 is likely death, 3 is safe, 2, well you'll have to find out.

rolled 2 = 2

>>9035409
LET ME REDEEM MYSELF

Don't leave us Hanging QL....

>>9035409
trollface.jpg
see
>>9035382

After this, no more ledges.

>>9035416
Your life flashes before your eyes, as you fall. You grab at the haldhold, but fail to keep your balance. As you fall you reach for the rope you foind on the cliffside earlier, but it slides away, sideways. . . wait. . .

YOu hit the wall beneith your compatriots with a thud, roll d10 for injury.

rolled 4 = 4

>>9035437
Using whatever rings are applicable to this circumstance.

rolled 1 = 1

>>9035437
Low or high?

>>9035437
*the rope saved you. Just wanted to scare you for a moment with the d3, because you is Tom Green is freaking out, so should you.*

>>9035463
As an aside, does anyone run stuff like this (city management/building) in their regular games?

>>9035447
None, since the luck ring was already used.

You've hurt your left arm, it hangs at your side loosely out of your shoulder blade at an odd angle, and your shoulder is already swelling. You can't move your left arm.

Roll for recovery. d10 with a -2 for the arm.

rolled 2 = 2

>>9035492

rolled 9 = 9

>>9035501

You are a terrible man.

>>9035501
2 - 2 = wat?

rolled 9 = 9

It cant end like this, we just killed a motherfucking dragon. We will not be bested by a goddamn ledge.

>>9035492
>>9035449
>>9035447
>>9035416
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I knew this was going too well

>>9035501
STOP ROLLING. LEAVE. OR JUST DIE I DON'T CARE. NEVER COME BACK.

>>9035501
Fuck crit fail.

Roll a d5, save vs death. (note, it would be a d3, spending 10 favour points of Byron twice to make it a d5. It's what they're for.)

Sick is clearly a double agent working for Sylem. His votes should be discounted.

>>9035501
You had a good run. Maybe let the rookie warm up a few.

rolled 1 = 1

>>9035551

rolled 1 = 1

Save us.

>>9035563

HAHAHAHA

WHAT

>>9035563
>>9035568
oH god, oh god no

Please say you wanted us to roll low.

>>9035563

>>9035568
>>9035563

OH GOD

SHIT

I WASN'T EVEN FOLLOWING THIS QUEST SHIT BUT THIS IS THE MOST AMUSING SHIT I'VE SEEN ALL DAY

BESTED A DRAGON

BEATEN BY A MINOR GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE

Don't tell me ....

OP, YOU CAN'T KILL TOM GREEN, NOOOOO!

>>9035586
Such is the way of quests with rolls that determine success. You can be king of the world one day and slip on a banana peel breaking your neck the next.

QUICK SOMEONE MAKE A DOODLE OF LORD KILLING THE DRAGON TO GET OUR BONUS!!!

>>9035563
You try to climb up the rope, with your good arm, as your friends try and drag you up. However the rope is wearing thin on the cliff ledge, and one by one the threads are snapping. You hurry, shinnying up the rope, as best you can, trying to reach the top. As you get near, you grab for Doob's arm as he reaches for you. You grab his hand and try to lift yourself up, but the last few days have been taxing on you. You fall, the rope draws taught once more, then suddenly snaps loose. You think of a pretty girl and her love for alchemy, who will hear that you died fighting a dragon, saving your compatriots with your dying breath. You think of your lands, which will become part of your brothers estates, probably left to Smyatt and Erik to run. You think of your cousin Doobs, and the fame he'll gain as a dragonslayer. You think of his struggles with Sylem, but you are confident he can overcome them. And then with a loud wet thump, you won't think any more.

Spend all of our favor with Byron. We had like 26 for a free fate point and let us rewind back to the start of the ledge climbing fiasco.

>>9035627
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

CALL FOR MEDIC!

>>9035627

Now we go on a quest as Doobs to revive Tom right?

>>9035627
I am not pleased.

>>9035650
HAS TO BE

THE DRAGONS BLOOD

ITS MAGIC OR SOME SHIT

>>9035627

WAT

Insert coin to continue?

>>9035628
This dammit

>>9035563
>>9035568
GG

>>9035628
It got spent to make it a d5.

Don't worry, we'll continue this later, with Doobs as the new protagonist.

But first I have another quest to try out. A shorter one, want to test some mechanics out.

>>9035628
Please let us do this, hell you can make Byron hate us for pulling a bitch move.

>>9035627
You'd best be getting your trollface on, QL.

I am going to be potentially late to a military formation just to read the final post, and THIS is what comes up?

NO.

>>9035670
WAT

Ah shit, I already archived with a pretty boring description. We may need to get it changed, in order to reflect this tragedy.

I mean wow. Take a dragon down like a champ, die while spelunking like a chump.

>>9035670
Quest Lord, I may just hate you right now and never want to play your quests again.

What kind of bitch death is that? Not cool, man.

>>9035683
Why the fuck would you archive a quest before it's done?

>>9035627
....well fuck

Everyone together now. as tragic as a

TEE

PEE

KAAAAY

>Come back from holiday
>Fine we killed a dragon due to a lot of crits
>Fuck yeah
>See we died because of a lot of crit failures
>Fuck no

God damn it guys.

Oh, dammit

QL, this is where all our awesome bro deeds and praying needs to get us ONE save by Byron for the course of the quest.

>>9035627

If you are serious with permadeath continuing with Doobs and the rest isn't a bad idea.

Does Doobs at least inherit our lands? I'm sure we'd have put that in our will.

Dammit QL, you're killing something I really enjoyed. Doobs won't be half as fun to play as, we had so much built up with Tom Green.

I feel sad and ashamed because I was that crit fail.

God damn this sucks.

so this is how it ended a true tragedy fit for a story that will be retold to the people for generations

Argh this

I'm going to sleep...

tell ya the truth I don't care for Doobs

>>9035727
Same.

This was my favorite quest.

I'm terribly disappointed now.

Seconding >>9035705

GUYS!

HEY, GUYS.

I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT ON THIS WHOLE CLIFF BUSINESS. CLIFFS ARE DANGEROUS.

>>9035692
Well excuse me I didn't we'd roll about five consecutive failures towards the last leg of the quest. Ain't nothing, just email them to add an addendum. Unless of course there's some plot hax way to get around this.

Although I'd like to say, Quest Lord, you've got some serious GMing balls if you stick to this. If this is indeed the ignoble death of Thom Greene, I can say that it has certainly been a pleasure and a truly awesome ride. Your real-life players are really, really lucky. I'll be keeping an eye out for whatever you end up doing in the future.

rolled 5 = 5

Watch, I'm going to roll a five now that it doesn't matter one squat.

>>9035752
Ahahahahaha.

Magnificent.

>>9035752
Oh what luck, we landed on a cart carrying pillows that happened to be crossing directly beneath us. Thank Byron.

I haven't been reading these threads, but I was just scrolling by and noticed some crying. I've investigated and what the hell. Death from falling off a ledge? Really? What sort of terrible GM are you?

FUCK IT, IF OUR FAVOR IS DRAINED THEN THERE"S STILL SOME FAVOUR OUR COMPATRIOTS HAVE.

LET THEM PRAY FOR A SPARK OF LIFE AND THEN GTFO OF HERE, I HATED THIS JUNGLE THE MOMENT WE STEPPED INSIDE OF IT

>>9035773
This truly is our Vietnam.

All I can say is that if we do go on with Doobs there should be some sort of epic way to return Tom Green to life. Like an epic quest to gather ingredients listed in an ancient troll ritual or some shit. Maybe we could alchemy his body back, or a powerful priest that costs a fortune to for or even as a reward for some spectacular roll.

>>9035680
Similar idea, but I want to try focusing more on a few different things.

Join us on the weekend for Boss Quest.

>>9035705>>9035736

It made a d3 into a d5, doubling the number of non fatal outcomes.

>>9035720
>>9035721
>>9035706
I'm deciding if Timeskip to Doobs, or letting you play as a younger brother again

Or let that annoying magic troll do something, he's the damn reason we're in this shit

Well OP, you never said how high the cliff was.

Oh, good for us. Just a four foot drop.

GIVE US ONE MORE ROLL TO SAVE OURSELF!

ONE

MORE

ROLL

>>9035795
Younger brother, we need a fresh slate.

>>9035821
in bfore critical 1

Dammiot DM, It will not be same without Tom D;

>>9035795
Consider giving us a chance to wake up in the afterlife and attempt to best death or letting Du'Zul'Un try to work some magic. I mean come on, this happened in a holy place, there's magic and good fate everywhere.

>>9035833
We die so hard that we ruin our family's good name forever onward?

>>9035737
I agree with this smart fellow.

>>9035844
FUCK YES

CHALLENGE THE REAPER

>>9035844
Listen to this

>>9035844
>>9035851
I actually really like this idea.

>>9035845
We die so hard we die for real. Everyone who participated in this quest is now dead.

Burn a Fate Point.

Challenge the Reaper.

>>9035844
I was sure that this was where QL was going to take this if we died.

I HOPE HE WISES UP AND DOES IT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME

>>9035844
>>9035851
So.....guess what happens when you sacrafice a dragon's heart to the old gods?

Thom Greene does not let a fatal fall stop him.

No, he does not.

He'll stand up, and face the reaper, man to demideity, and stand firm. And when the reaper reaches for his hand, he will say, "No." And nothing will stop him from returning.

>>9035844
I swear, if QL let's us do this it would be awesome. Hell even if he let our spirit live on in someone else to bind it to our sword for later recovery I would be forever grateful.

What we need to do is find the ghost of the dragon and ride that motherfucker right out of the afterlife. We can call it Thomas Green's Most Bogus Adventure. It would be like D&D: Robot Unicorn Attack but with a Ghost Dragon.

>>9035890
He has to run with it, at least give us a chance.

Now that the idea is out in the open, I'm pretty sure most of the regular players won't be satisfied without the chance.

>>9035750
I'm sticking to my guns. As much as I don't want to.

>>9035768
did you see how many saving attempts I gave them? The dice wanted to kill him!
And when my next thread comes around, they'll be a bit more careful, and feel more awesome when they do make it.

>>9035789
STOP RUINING MY SEQUEL TWISTS! DAMN!

>>9035851
>>9035844
I'm tempted. Y'know what? One last chance. Not now, I have some ideas to put together. This weekend some time. I'm not ensuring success, in fact, I'm saying now that odds are low. It will likely kill off some side characters. But if you're going out, you're going out with one finger to fate, and the reapers bony skull on your belt.

We cannot die. Not like this. We will drag ourselves through the cold hells of the bardo of death if need be, but we cannot die.

We have too much to live for and too many deeds yet undone.

>>9035907
>The dice wanted to kill him!

The dice are always wrong unless you say otherwise. It's one of the principles of GMing.

>>9035907
Thank you Quest Lord. As a player who has been with this quest from the beginning, and from every thread onward this is awesome.

>>9035899
We will ride that motherfucking dragon so hard and so fast that we burst right on through back into the land of the living. We tear a hole in the sky above Seakay, fly around the castle and propose to Sarah while a monstrous chorus of ALLLLLLLLLLLWAYS I WANNA BE WITH YOU blares out of the now ruined sky.

>>9035907
I shall return! for death is not the end only a challenge to overcome

>>9035926
Yeah. First time DM. Barely pen and paper'd IRL. So there's that.

>>9035930
Someone needs to draw this.

>>9035936
Well LQ has been pretty fun, forgetting all the time spent arguing about village construction and shit.

And Thom Greene will punch the fuck out of the Reaper and return to the world. Seriously, during the "Challenge" quest, you shouldn't say whether high or low is good, that way, either way, you can say we succeed, because that ultimately would make for the best story.

>>9035907
So this weekend we fight the reaper and gamble with our friend's lives in a battle for our very lives? This sounds awesome and I'm game, but there better be a chance at redemption and a return for life if we do it right.

>>9035956
In before we roll nothing but 10s.

>>9035956
Second

>>9035960

>>9035960
*our very life

>>9035883
>>9035874
>>9035864
QL probably wants to stand firm - after all, whats the point of the quest if we can't lose? And if we had been killed fighting a dragon, then sure, I would be ok with that. That would have been sucked, but narratively, it would have been satisfying.

But dying from a slip on a ledge AFTER killing a goddamn dragon? Thats just lame. There is no closure there, no furfilling story. Thats just a bitch way to go.

Sure, you want to keep the quest real, with risks and rewards - but you've already been convinced by arguments for awesome things before QL. And its not like we're not suggesting awesome things. Imagine it: Lord, soon to be Duke, Green, fighting Death himself, a Dark Knight on a Pale Horse, while Doobs and Co drag his body before a Voodoo Troll priest to sacrafice the heart of a beast to bring him back.

And there will be consequences. Maybe we're a zombie, maybe it doesn't quite bring all of us back, or maybe too much? Maybe we see our ancestors, who impart more cryptic wisdom to us.

This story isn't over QL. Don't quit on us now.

>>9035942
If someone does, you're getting a bonus right off the bat.

>>9035956
Nah. If you make it, it will be luck, brains, etc. That is there will be the chance for the dice to shaft you again. However I'm going to try and make sure there's more fail safes you can put in place in order to not fuck you up if you get bad rolls. If you miss some, then it's your own fault.

And finally, its Green NO E.

>>9035996
But there are two E's between the R and N.

>>9035989
Ok, so that a little late.

>>9035996
Alright, it's the duty of everyone here reading this to request the image on every drawfag thread you see.

Any feedback from how I ran the series up until now? I can see how you all felt about the death, so enough on that. But since this was my first quest, and my first experience DMing in any capacity, I'd like feedback as to 1) what people liked and 2) what people didn't.

16 epic threads is an indicator I'm doing something right, but doesn't tell me what.

>>9036039
I'm not sure what to highlight. You've done most things quite well. I really liked the little in game references with bonuses. I thought that was a neat mechanic.

>>9036039
Ditto on the reference bonuses. Also the willingness to do things that were awesome because someone had a good idea.
Prep work felt really good too - It seemed like you had a bunch of tables and stuff hidden away that we were following.

You did a lot better than I would have. I wasn t following LQ for a long time but I find it awesome that you prepare with everything. Not many people take their quest this seriously

Awesome things:
Blackadder, this is a huge plus that guy deserves his own quest and to reach glory
Town building, I did not see how town building part went. That is a very complicated and delicate part but done right it can be awesome
NPC Characters, there are a lot of named characters with their own story and pesronality instead of just being a random NPC

>>9036039
List of Awesome shit

1. Elaborate but cohesive system for playing city. Different seasons, different crops, etc. etc. Best I've seen.
2. Hidden reference. They made /tg/ wake up and pay attention.
3. Random Treasure table tied to world plot items. Random but everything mattered.
4. Little railroading. If /tg/ wanted to fuck around with buying rings in a shop or running after a priest of some random god, we did.
5. Simple system that was mainly reduced down to one or two die rolls.

Cons
1. The traveling was a bit too long but I see why you were doing it.

>>9036126
Con: Slipping and falling from a rock after killing a fucking dragon and becoming a duke.

Pro: Get the chance to screw Death and return to life.

>>9036039
Right, a lot of quest threads feel like they're run entirely off the cuff and that's a problem that's made worse if you notice that the GM clearly just sucks. I feel like this one was consistently awesome because it had the perfect mix of things going on behind the scenes, Anons mixing it up with Yeah, Let's Do That! every so often and you doing a fine job of staying a few steps of ahead of us in the process. Good show all around.

>>9036039
Long time player here.

I enjoyed the city building aspect of the game. It added an interesting aspect that very few other quests or games I've played do and provided an outlet for creativity and discussion. I also enjoyed some of the adventure aspects such as slaying the trolls and other fun combat. Then there was the humor aspect of the threads, sometimes it came from something you posted or other times it came from other participants.

I did not enjoy the slow pace of the building projects, it felt like things progressed very slowly. While it was more realistic it was not enjoyable to have to wait upwards of three months, which usually was an entire thread, to get something built. I also did not enjoy the standstills that sometimes took place, such as the bandit debate which at up an entire thread with bitching. You should in those situations when things get too out of hand with discussion to make it a first vote to a certain amount of posts supporting an opinion to reach three or five wins.

>>9036126
Room for improvement

So it seemed to me that the setting was very similar to a European dark ages setting, which is cool. However no real element of the setting stands out as memorable.

Let me give you an example.

Dragon Age: Origins. Wardens - Darkspawn are memorable. The Templar - Lyrium - Mage - Apostate crux is memorable. Casteless Dwarves, Deep Roads, Refering to everything as 'Sand' or 'Stone' is memorable. Orlay occupation of Human lands are memorable. Elves not so much.

Anyway if you could work a little more pizazz or interesting moral shades of grey into the organizations or cultures that would be interesting.

>>9036039
Can we get a look at the table for the treasure now?

>>9036184
Let's not. If we see it and the quest continues, it will take the excitement out of treasure.

>>9036178

We scratched the surface a bit with the shaman trolls, strange blood letting religions and runic magic system but those are the only things that stick out.

>>9036178
To be fair, we were very much invested in our own little plot in this world and we really didn't get a chance to do much exploring of the lands and history. What little we did get to discover in the last couple arcs seemed really cool in my opinion.

>>9036193
It's the table for the treasure we could have gotten in the chest. He said he'd show us before we happened to fall a few stories. It should be fine.

>>9036206
I agree. And the quest was top notch.

But if you want something to tinker with there it is.

>But dying from a slip on a ledge AFTER killing a goddamn dragon? That's just lame. There is no closure there, no fulfilling story. That's just a bitch way to go.

This is the biggest lesson you need to learn. Unless you specifically set out to go for gritty realism/simulationism then having the main character (or any PC) die like a chump is bad. It's unsatisfying for all involved, even if it's fair and "realistic." This is especially true if it ends the game in an abrupt fashion.

>>9036206
Yeah, for real.

The budding relationship between Thom and Seakay, the prophecies that were being unveiled, the ceremonies, rituals, sword, all of it. It was great.

AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE GREAT, ONCE WE OUTMANEUVER THE REAPER.

>>9036090
I didn't sometimes, just faked it. Most the time I did though.

>>9036108
The hard part was remembering all the details. When this is over, I need to find a better way to keep track of NPCs, etc.

>>9036151
Yeah, bandit thread was a learning experience for me. First real "this way, no that way" moment where there wasn't a clear winner.

I plan on working on pacing, but it's tricky online, when the number of players goes up and down drastically.

>>9036178
The entire quest took place in one tiny corner of a setting I've been working on for a while. There's more to see, but I plan on adding more details, etc.

>>9036212
It's a table I plan to continue using. Greater treasure table.

You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the Reaper!

Everyone sounds a bit defeatist, sure we just got bashed into the ground a bit, but by Byron we're going to fucking grab the reaper by the skull and open ourselves a portal to the land of living and laugh about it over a cold glass of ale later.

>>9036250
Coming this weekend: Thom Green's Bogus Journey

>>9036264
I lol'd hard.

>>9036229
Yeah. I get that now. It's the manner of the death that matters, not the death itself.

HOLY SHIT, LORD QUEST!

>reads thread

THE FUCK!@?

>>9036308
Exactly. Take a look at First Quest. Yeah, the character died due to dice rolls.

But he also did what he set out to do. He killed the bad guys. Quite well, in fact. And after that, all that was left to do was die.

>>9036327
The thing about First Quest though is that it changed it's name to Deathwish Quest. I mean when you're character's defining trait is having a deathwish having him die in a dungeon, naked and alone, is pure bullshit.

>>9036308

Not necessarily the manner, but the whole circumstances. Falling to your death can be fine; failure shouldn't be hand-waved away. It's what differentiates an RPG from a pure story. To have the main character, and most likely the whole game die when navigating a thing ledge so you can get from A to B is something entirely different. It's not an unhappy ending where the hero does and the villain wins. It's a massive anticlimax.

Last thing I'd like to share before I get going is this. Just because everyone of us, myself included, did a bit of whining today shouldn't mean that you go easy on us if we're lucky enough to succeed this weekend. The threat of lethality of the adventure parts mixed with the pleasant safety of the citybuilding parts is good. It's something I hope stays. Also, hopefully we won't be too traumatized by this incident and start acting like total pussies from here on in.

That Grim Reaper sumbitch better watch his ass.

QL, long time fan of the quest here, but this is pretty bullshit. As said before, you don't have someone kill a dragon to slip on a ledge and die; you have them get injured perhaps, but that sort of anti-climatic storytelling just leaves everyone involved pissed off.

>>9036809
Agreed. Injury to the point that he must stop the exploration of the caves and have the NPCs bring him back to the keep for recuperation, sure. Losing out on the sword's best shot at ancestral awakening, sure. A quick "oops, dead" just hurts. (ALTHOUGH FELLOW PLAYERS, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE NPCS FOR THAT CRAP). Definitely looking forward to meeting the Reaper.

I figure we have a few good methods on the physical realm to help us with coming back, besides being generally awesome when it comes time to tango with the Reaper.
>the Norse use the blood of the dragon in shamanistic rituals
Well, nothing quite like bringing back the newly deceased with powerful material components for a shamanistic ritual.
>Byron
He's our bro of a god, and bros don't let bros go out in a non-manly way. We do awesome things, which he likes, he might help us out a bit.
>Sacrificing heart
That should get some god's attention, if not Byron's. We do have a priest, shaman, and bard available.
>Sarah
Gets a dream, begins praying for us. Diceroller is a proven romanticist, after all.
>Newly dead
Well, we're only mostly dead.
>Wyvernsting
A sword of legend might have some strong pull to ensure its wielder can come back to the living with the right conditions. At the very least, it might appear to us to use against the Reaper.
>Ancestors
They won't let us die just yet if they can help it.

And QL, Lord Quest directly inspired me when I was preparing Terminator Quest (Iron Quest and Frost Giant Quest also contributed when I looked to see what /tg/ enjoys in its quests.) I didn't try and copy your math, but I hope you'll see my imitation of several of your methods as the sincerest form of flattery (or a willingness to adopt ground-breaking methods pioneered by others in a given medium). You run a fantastic game, sir.

HEY QL!

IF WE GET THE PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED PIC OF DRAGON SLAYING, AND THIS ONE >>9035899 TOO, CAN WE GET DOUBLE THE BONUS?

ALSO CAN I GET YOUR EMAIL TO SEND THEM TO? I'M NOT NORMALLY AWAKE WHEN YOU RUN GAMES.

See Lord Quest!
:D

See I'm too late for thread.
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