>LOOK STATS
Hit Dice: 3d6+9 HP (22/22 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 15 (+3 dex, +2 leather armor)
Str 18, Dex 17, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 14
Fort +6, Reflex +5, Will +4
+7 Initiative
15 foot climb speed
60 foot land speed
Membrane for gliding (40 ft (clumsy) in favourable winds)

Scent, Low Light Vision, Darkvision 60ft
Language: Common (young boy voice, man voice)

Total skill bonuses (when higher than stat):
Jump +25
Hide +13
Move Silently +13
Listen +11
Balance +7
Handle Animal +7
Climb +6 (plus climb speed)
Swim +6
Disguise +5
Bluff +5
Knowledge (Local) +4

Feats:
• Stealthy
• Athletic
• Weapon Finesse
• Improved Initiative
• Great Fortitude
• Point Blank Shot
• Skill focus: Bluff
• Run
• Endurance

>LOOK INVENTORY
Masterwork Knife
Cricket Bat
Dwarven Waraxe (no proficiency)
Decent Clothes
20 ft + 50 ft rope
Leather Armor
Chainmail Armor (no proficiency)
Buckler (no proficiency)
6 gp, 30 silver, 53 copper
Scroll: Calm Animals
Scroll: Summon Nature's Ally I
Light Crossbow (no proficiency)
4 flasks of high proof alcohol
22 crossbow bolts (2 tipped with knockout poison)

>LOOK ALLIES
Claire (human wizard novice)

ohmygodohmygod

Claire wakes you up just before dawn. "Hey, time for the first day on the job. I'll teach you the ropes today, and I'll be able to use your help with some of the jobs that I need two or three trips to finish. I'll go make breakfast, you can take your time waking up."

(Actually, since you're starting off with the first day as courier, there's not a ton of options available if you want to do it normally (as stated in prior threads). So, if there's a vote or 2 for it, we'll skip past that and get to the late afternoon, where the sky is the limit for options.)

Also, sorry for being gone, I got way sick and wasn't up for running a game.

>>9839510
Eat Claire.

>>9839534
COUNTERMAND THIS

Looks like /tg/ is pretty fast right now.

I'd rather skip to the job part myself.

>>9839560
Fine. Don't eat Claire.

Eat Claire.

>>9839510
Skip courier. Either go to sewer, or try for a guard and his dog, or try to find out more about people's thoughts about shapeshifters.

Don't eat Claire.

OP, if you could tell us what Claire is capable of. Also, tell us how eatting her would better us, if we were to do this.

If this information is available, of course.

We've spent this long getting an ally, a useful one at that, and you want to just up and eat her? Hell no.

>>9839510
Skip to afternoon.

>>9839607
Thus,
>>9839597

If you want to supercede OP and tell me Claire is usefull, at least tell me in what way.

Eat out Claire.

Man, am I doing something wrong? Quest threads are obviously intended to entertain but I can never get any fun out of them.

I'm allowed to ask OP about Claire, right?

>>9839684
Just gotta wait for OP to say if its cool or not.

>OP, if you could tell us what Claire is capable of. Also, tell us how eating her would better us, if we were to do this.
>If this information is available, of course.
You don't have full knowledge of a person or creature's abilities until you've eaten it. Claire is a novice wizard and alchemist; you've seen her cast a spell that lets her run as fast as a horse. She's also pretty knowledgeable about the city. Is there something specific you're looking for?

>Skip
You spend the morning and early afternoon moving time-sensitive packages at breakneck speeds throughout the city. Claire is appreciative of the extra lifting capability, and shocked by your sudden ability to keep up with her (without needing to cut across rooftops even).

It's late afternoon. You've previously (and in this thread) expressed interest in hunting in the sewers, finding out more information about the area/shapeshifters, preying on a merchant, or nabbing a guard.

Action?

Reading over the previous threads, I gather that our objective is to better ourselves? Have we picked up any secondary objectives?

I'm down for the sewers.

>>9839716
I would second the sewers, if and only if someone gives me some reasoning behind going down there. Sewer diving for the sake of sewer diving seems risky due to virulents and bacteria. Seeing as how we nommed normal people so far (from what I gather), I would assume we have the immune system of a normal human being. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

And OP, you answered my question regarding Claire to a point with which I am satisfied, thank you.

>>9839716
Did we get paid for the courier bit? If so, how well? What is Claire doing after work?

I'd like to try and grab a merchant or two, because we need social skills badly. If possible, we should target the traveling sort, rather than the kind with shops; the ones who live in town are more likely to be noticed in their absence and quickly anger the law.

>>9839771

I think it was said there may be some nice food for us in the sewers.

As far as the social end of things, if we needed to speak to someone we could probably get Claire to do it.

>Reading over the previous threads, I gather that our objective is to better ourselves? Have we picked up any secondary objectives?
You have little in the way of secondary objectives so far. Getting Claire the cash needed to become a certified wizard was pretty popular.

>I'm down for the sewers.
>I would second the sewers, if and only if someone gives me some reasoning behind going down there. Sewer diving for the sake of sewer diving seems risky due to virulents and bacteria. Seeing as how we nommed normal people so far (from what I gather), I would assume we have the immune system of a normal human being. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Sewers it is. You know that alligators live down there, as well as nastier things if you go farther in.

>And OP, you answered my question regarding Claire to a point with which I am satisfied, thank you.
Sure. If you have any more just ask.

>Did we get paid for the courier bit? If so, how well?
You agreed to work to make up for room and board, seeing as how Claire's letting you stay for free.

>What is Claire doing after work?
She's studying, and continuing to work on the batch of Alchemist's Fire.

Well, how 'bout we do the sewers bit and just stay on our toes.

>>9839847
Do we know how much money we need to get?

I think it could be solved by getting more powerful and then robbing shit. Or we could become a hitman. Food and money at the same time!

>if someone gives me some reasoning behind going down there. Sewer diving for the sake of sewer diving seems risky due to virulents and bacteria. Seeing as how we nommed normal people so far (from what I gather), I would assume we have the immune system of a normal human being. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
The sewers, from what you know about the city, are a good place to find prey that you can get excellent enhancement from. You've eaten a variety of creatures so far--plenty of humans, to birds, cats, a rabbit, a few horses, a wolf, a snake, even a camel. You have a pretty tough immune system, especially with Great Fortitude helping you out.

>>9839880
Only as long as where she got the money together doesn't come into question. It seems the sort of problem, though, that could have a way found around.

If we eat bacteria will we gain it's traits?

>Do we know how much money we need to get?
"A lot. I'm not even sure at the moment, the way they keep jacking up spell and scroll prices, and with how much personal tutoring costs. Could be well over a thousand gold, even a couple thousand, if they keep that up, before I get my cert. I'm hoping I can get done sooner, it would help out a lot."

Sewers writeup coming shortly.

>>9839910
I actually once read an explanation of why this "couldn't happen". It was based on the premise that you need a certain amount of genetic material to work with to become imbued with any sort of traits. That said, you could just eat a wad of bacteria.

I'm thoroughly against doing this, just so I'm clear.

>If we eat bacteria will we gain its traits?
No. You've found that creatures smaller than rats don't seem to be helpful in gaining traits. Eating a slab of ham you found didn't seem to help either.

You pop open a sewer grate from within a quiet alley and slide on inside. It gets pitch black quickly once you're away from the opening, but you don't have any problems seeing in the dark--good thing you ran into that dwarf. The water and sewage comes up almost to your knees.

How do you plan to hunt?

Possible stupid question, but what do we currently look like and how well can we change our appearance? If we're trying to keep friendly with Claire, we should likely have one disguise/form for interacting with her and at least one disguise to do our dirty business with. If we can look like something out of the sewers when we attack people, that may lead a false trail for anyone trying to find us. However, I would suggest 'mining' the sewers for any traits of value first before we sic the bounty hunters down there.

>>9839958
Ambush style I think, find a place that sees some traffic and wait.

Righto then.

I say we go stealthy and silently, attacking from behind if possible.

Stealthy, ambush, etc

>Possible stupid question, but what do we currently look like and how well can we change our appearance?
You currently look mostly like a human male with stubble, but "off" enough from other creatures you've eaten altering that appearance. A close inspection would turn up things like your membrane, and possibly your teeth and retractable claws. Your appearance changes slightly automatically every time you eat something.

>Ambush style I think, find a place that sees some traffic and wait.
>I say we go stealthy and silently, attacking from behind if possible.
You wade through the tunnel until you hit a juncture, then stop and wait for a creature to come by. There's a lot of junk floating down here, and you realize that not all of it might just be flotsam. You remember from the boy's memories that gators are supposed to be good at hiding. Better than you are, even.

>>9840106
Kill a rat, and throw it in the water. It should attract gators

>>9840134
Seconded

>Kill a rat, and throw it in the water. It should attract gators
You wait until you see a rat swim along on the other side of the juncture, then splash over and snatch it with a deft strike, and toss its corpse in front of you.

>1d20+11=16 Listen check
You're not sure, but you might have heard something to your right while you were splashing after the rat. There's a lot of crap floating there.

>>9840200
Let's get on elevated terrain and look at our surroundings, trying to identify the source of the noise

>Let's get on elevated terrain and look at our surroundings, trying to identify the source of the noise
You scurry out of the water and up the rough stone sewer walls, and not a moment too soon. A gator bursts out of the water behind you. It must have been hidden underwater, and more interested in larger prey. Its surprise ruined, it waits below you, half submerged. Another gator surfaces about 40 feet away and begins floating over to your location.

>>9840280
It's crossbow time. Don't want to fight gators in melee if we can avoid it.

>>9840280
crossbow in the head

>It's crossbow time. Don't want to fight gators in melee if we can avoid it.
>1d20-3 = 15 Crossbow
>1d8 = 4 damage
It's difficult to aim and to fire while hanging on to a wall. You manage to load a bolt, but without holding onto the crossbow with both hands to fire, you have a harder time getting it aimed.

Somehow, you manage to land a shot despite this, and sink a bolt into the gator's shoulder. It hisses and begins trying to launch itself up to your location.

>>9840379
wtf how does such a short legged creature jump ?!

>wtf how does such a short legged creature jump ?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36S_fvUt1V0&feature=related

Continue trying to plink away?

>>9840434
yes

I guess so.

>1d20-3 = 7
>1d20-3 = 13
>1d20-3 = 3
>1d20-3 = 17 CRIT
>2d8 = 11
>1d20-3 = 9
>1d20-3 = 4
>1d20-3 = 11
>1d20-3 = 12
>1d20-3 = 15
>1d8 = 6

You spend more bolts than you'd like, the leaping gator and the unsteady grip making it harder to aim than usual. But you manage as the gator launches itself up closer than ever, and send it crashing down, dead.

It looks delicious. Action?

>>9840548
EAT IT

The other gator would be close by now. Make it dead too.

>>9840548
Oh boy oh boy get a gator trait, gogo

Jump down and eat it.

>>9840548
The other gator probably will attack us if we eat it. See if we can grab the dead gator and climb back onto the wall to eat it out of reach.

>>9840612
or take time and kock out poison the other

>The other gator would be close by now. Make it dead too.
Oddly enough, you don't see the other gator anymore.

>See if we can grab the dead gator and climb back onto the wall to eat it out of reach.
It's not that you're not strong enough, but getting a grip on this wall good enough to support yourself AND the gator's body isn't probably going to be possible. (You'll have to roll instead of just taking 10).

>>9840640
You want to waste them both? Hell no, those things are valuable.

Eat cautiously.

>>9840548
Eat it.

>>9840649
Just jump down and eat it. If the other gator attacks, we'll fight it too. We're at full health and everything.

Nom it. We're pretty badass at melee and if we can eat it before the other one inevitably ambushes us, then perhaps the bonus will allow us to kick its ass.

>>9840743
>>9840741
>>9840739

This is seriously unwise. If that gator gets a grip on us, and pulls us under, it's game over. No question there.

Caution is paramount.

>>9840649

Can we quickly chop it up in pieces?

eat it

Let's have an eating competition with the other gator, first one to swallow the other wins!

>>9840765
>>9840739
>>9840727
>>9840741

Duh, eat it. But we NEED to get it to a safe spot first. Wherever the live gator is = very much unsafe.

Either positively kill the gator OR drag the corpse out of the water.

>Eat
You jump down with a splash and begin feasting on the gator.

CHOOSE ONE:
+4 Natural Armor
+8 Racial to Swim
Swim speed
Hold Breath
Improved Grab
1d8+4 Bite
Str 19
Skill Focus (Hide)
Base Attack Bonus +2

Base Attack Bonus +2

>>9840808

Skill Focus (Hide)

>>9840808
Swim speed or Hold Breath. That will help a lot with hunting other gators.

I would've taken a hit point boost if available. Ah well.

I'd say it's down to either the Hide bonus or the Armor bonus.

>>9840835
That will be the only use they really have though. Unless we JUST AS PLANNED some shit at the river or whatever was in the city.

>>9840860
Additional/faster movement types are never a bad thing. Getting a better climb speed and fly speed would be great, too. And a burrow speed.

Eventually we'll probably end up being hunted by someone or other, and being able to go where they cannot follow is a surefire route to getting away alive.

>>9840860
I was thinking this too, we are going to stay away of water for most part of the quest.

Base attack, armor, or grab imo

>>9840899
When they come for us with their torches and pitchforks, a watery grave and an empty stomach will await them.

Hold Breath is useful when swimming.

Normally I take the most popular options and get a final vote, but everything seems to have someone's support. I'll wait until there's more of a consensus.

Swim Speed gives you +8 Racial to Swim, making the later redundant.

>>9840808
would the natural armor affect our appearance?

While we wait then, do we level up and gain new dopplegangy stuff or are we entirely based on what we eat?

If you people are worried about a surprise alligator attack, I say to take Swim Speed.

>>9840970
It was my understanding that the racial bonus was separate, and that the swim speed let you:

It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.

Looking this up now.

>While we wait then, do we level up and gain new dopplegangy stuff or are we entirely based on what we eat?
You've been gaining levels every so often, but the majority of your traits come from your prey.

>would the natural armor affect our appearance?
It could, but so will taking any trait. That's one of the things you're never certain about the outcome of until you've done it.

>>9840998
>A creature with a swim speed can move through water at its swim speed without making Swim checks. It has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check.

This is getting nowhere. I'd say just number the traits we want and roll it.

I'm impatient, though.

>>9840998
Swim
A creature with a swim speed can move through water at its swim speed without making Swim checks. It has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. The creature can always can choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. The creature can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.

Okay, good to know. The racial swim bonus gets struck from the options, lumped into the swim speed.

NEXT OPTION TO THREE VOTES WILL WIN, because no consensus is appearing.

Hold Breath

>>9841071
Swim Speed.

Same person who voted Hold Breath so don't count this as second vote. My logic is that gills might render us unable to breathe air and we can get a swim speed from a fish.

We can already escape easily in most situations =/

>gills might render us unable to breathe air
This is highly unlikely; your new traits have shown almost no signs of taking away previous ones (such as your ability to breath air).

>>9841071
swim speed

>>9841121
You are never prepared enough, what do you suggest?

Are 3 people even playing right now? Oh well, I guess I'll go with Hold Breath for the sake of moving this along.

>>9841071
Swim speed.

>>9841071

+4 Natural Armor

BaB +2

hold breathe

Swim Speed though, we can get that from something that's not as hard to kill as an alligator.

SWIM SPEED CHOSEN. The water around you feels like a second home, even if you can't breathe it. Your fingers and toes close and reopen--and when they do, there's a webbing in between them.

>1d20+6 = 10 Bite attack
As the tail of your kill goes down your mouth, you're almost knocked off your feet by the lunge of the second gator, launching itself from underneath the water at you.

1d20+1 = 19 Initiative Gator
1d20+7 = 16 Initiative You

1d20+6 = 15 Gator Attack
1d8+6 = 9 damage

It whips around faster than you expected it could, and digs its teeth into your skin, pulling you down.

>1d20+4 = 14
It's stronger than you expected, and pulls you into the water, hoping to wrench your limbs out of their sockets and drown you.

Action?

Additionally, can we salvage the bolts from the felled beast?

>>9841219

>>9841219
I knew this would happen.
We have 8+6 on swim skill checks, we could try to run away or at least get some distance.

dohohoho
If we haven't lost it, stab the gator with a knock out bolt. Better to waste one than die.

Gator grab should induce an attack of opportunity, no?

I say we jab it in the eye with our masterwork dagger, failing that open up it's throat. If we can hit it where it hurts, it should retreat. Predators don't tend to pursue prey that injures them - evolution has a way of streamlining cost-benefit analysis.

>>9841219
stab it

Stab it in the eyes with the other arm.

>Additionally, can we salvage the bolts from the felled beast?
Ammunition: Generally speaking, ammunition that hits its target is destroyed or rendered useless, while normal ammunition that misses has a 50% chance of being destroyed or lost.

>Facepalm
Majority vote was to eat immediately. The alligator only barely hit; had armor been chose its teeth would have been unable to find purchase.

I actually love the conecpt of this game.

>>9841260
It has Improved Grab when it hits with its bite attack. Immediate follow-up grapple check. We should get that ourselves, one of these days.

Agreed on stabbing it with our handy light weapon.

>>9841288
ditto

>>9841296
thirding stabby-stabby

Actually, if we're going to attack it we have a bite attack for 1d6+4, whereas our dagger is only 1d4+4. Unless we feel like gambling on a crit, teeth are the way to go.

>Gator grab should induce an attack of opportunity, no?
Not when it has Improved Grab.

>run away
You're being grappled.

>Stab
>1d20+6 Knife = 22
>1d4+4 = 8 damage
You pull out your knife and stab at it, sinking the blade into its mouth and tearing its flesh.

>1d20+6 = 18
>1d8+6 = 7 damage
The gator is undeterred and digs its teeth in further, trying to drag you down underwater. Its teeth are each like a small knife tearing into your body, and you're now bleeding profusely.

Current HP = 6/22

>>9841354
stab it in the eye!

>>9841354
Sing it the song of your people

>>9841354
Theres only one sensible action...knockout bolt to the gums, should act quickly.

Bite it's freaking jaw off.

>>9841387
It didn't act immediately last time, and WE NEED IT TO.

I think we're dead.
Use the knock out bolt though, maybe it will help.

Stab it in the eye/full attack with dagger then all natural weapons.

>>9841409
Not bolt, because then you cant do that. But full attack with all natural weapons, DO IT.

>>9839641
this

>>9841409
Stab it in the eye/full attack with dagger then all natural weapons.

second

>>9841425
We're about to die, are you retarded?

>>9841409
Can't do that many attacks. We CAN do all natural weapons, and we should.

>>9841425
I concur.

We have a "Scroll: Calm Animals", can it be useful?

>>9841458
probably would have helped if we weren't rolling around in the water. Is it waterproof? If so, USE SCROLL!

>>9841458
We have no spellcasting abilities and therefore cannot use our scrolls.

>>9841458
zoh mah gaaaawd...

>>9841470
Fuck, back to stabbing and such

DM save us! We're too young to die...

>>9841458
It lasts 1 full minute/level, and it works against crocodiles(Int score = 1).

Would be kind of interesting if this was the first quest on /tg/ wherein we lost.

>>9841407
If we stab it in a sensitive spot with the knockout bolts, it might lax it's jaw and give us a chance to escape.

Temp DM is trying to figure out how to break it to us that we're dead.

We don't have a crossbow bolt in our hand so we'd only get one attack and crocs have good fort saves. If we attack with all of our natural attacks we just might kill it before it kills us.

>>9841516
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pPQnhhUqtU

>>9841516
This is what I'm thinking.

>>9841493

Very funny, because this is one of the most interesting Quest's concept. I would play this again.

>All natural weapons
1d20+0=8 Claw
1d20+0=16 Claw
>1d4+2=5
1d20+5=23 Bite
>1d6+4=10

You leave the knife sunk into its jaw, and snap out your claws. Its scales turn aside your first strike, but the second digs in, and your own teeth tear a soft spot in the gator's skin. It collapses into a pool of blood leaking into the murky water of the sewers.

CHOOSE ONE:
+4 Natural Armor
Hold Breath
Improved Grab
1d8+4 Bite
Str 19
Skill Focus (Hide)
Base Attack Bonus +2

>>9841536
Armour...

>>9841554
second

>>9841536
which would be most helpful in eating more gators hmmm

>>9841554

Get the fuck out of the water first then natural armor.

>Would be kind of interesting if this was the first quest on /tg/ wherein we lost.
Already ran a quest where that happened. Very much a bad end in that one. If you're interested: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=dreamscape
But yeah, I've got no problem killing people off.

Let's go find more, we're wise to their act now.

>>9841536
Hold Breath.

What is out HP after eating it? grab any rats we come across and nom them to recover fully.

>>9841576
We have shit for health right now. Gotta heal.

>>9841582
We can get that on our next sewer hunting expedition, when we've got some additional survivability...

>>9841536
Improved Grab so we can start grapping and running

Incidentally, rocking quest thread, TempDM.

>>9841612
Indeed, that was too close just now.

+4 NATURAL ARMOR CHOSEN

You feel scales burst from beneath the skin along parts of your body--especially along your back and upper arms. They're tough, and should help turn aside blows.

Current HP (after eating): 7/22

New stat block incoming. Action?

Armour.

>>9841649
nom rats, recover health, stay out of water. If another gator shows up before we're healed, shoot at it.

>>9841649
Time to go tend to our wounds.

Climb out of reach of the water then exit sewers. We'll find some cats and hobos to heal up on.

>>9841536
armor or grab

>>9841649
Go hunting for rats in the sewers to heal up. Stay out of the water, and make use of our excellent Hide and Move Silently scores this time- if those gators don't see us, they won't attack.

>LOOK STATS
Hit Dice: 3d6+9 HP (7/22 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 +6, Reflex +5, Will +4
+4 Natural Armor
+7 Initiative
15 foot climb speed
60 foot land speed
30 foot swim speed
Membrane for gliding (40 ft (clumsy) in favourable winds)

Scent, Low Light Vision, Darkvision 60ft
Language: Common (young boy voice, man voice)

Total skill bonuses (when higher than stat):
Jump +25
Swim +14
Hide +13
Move Silently +13
Listen +11
Balance +7
Handle Animal +7
Climb +6 (plus climb speed)
Disguise +5
Bluff +5
Knowledge (Local) +4

Feats:
• Stealthy
• Athletic
• Weapon Finesse
• Improved Initiative
• Great Fortitude
• Point Blank Shot
• Skill focus: Bluff
• Run
• Endurance

>LOOK INVENTORY
Masterwork Knife
Cricket Bat
Dwarven Waraxe (no proficiency)
Decent Clothes
20 ft + 50 ft rope
Leather Armor
Chainmail Armor (no proficiency)
Buckler (no proficiency)
6 gp, 30 silver, 53 copper
Scroll: Calm Animals
Scroll: Summon Nature's Ally I
Light Crossbow (no proficiency)
4 flasks of high proof alcohol
12 crossbow bolts (2 tipped with knockout poison)

>LOOK ALLIES
Claire (human wizard novice)

Actually, climb out of reach of water, exit sewer then go to the river to wash sewer smell off of us, noming cats along the way.

We need to get out of these sewers for now, maybe we should look for that adventuring party the dwarf was in?

>>9841705
Break up the cricket bat into the smallest pieces we can manage, then leave it in the sewer looking like flotsam. Don't need to keep carrying the murder weapon when it's inferior to our new gear.

>>9841649
Healing is a must.

>>9841714
adventurers are the most dangerous thing in a fantasy setting, we save them for last unless we happen to ambush one member alone.

>>9841649
I think it's time we vacate the sewers for the evening, see if we can find some stray animals to heal up topside.

Okay, head to the surface. Look for a bat and try to catch it.

eat some sewer rats on our way out, then some normal rats, then some cats or hobos.

>Get out of sewer
>Nom on small things

You nab a rat on the way out of the sewers, and spot a cat just as you are putting the grate back on. Current HP: 9/22. You're still rather torn up, and you stink of the sewer, but after that venture you're a lot more capable than you used to be.

Of course, if gators are the things living in the sewer that nobody minds... what's living down there that they're afraid of?

I don't care how, but we'll need to reset our appearance afer a few more meals, before Claire notices how much we are changing. Tell her we were cursed and have broken the curse or something.

Pet the cat and let it go. Attempt to get a bat to eat.

Wings are cool, right?

Why not tell Claire that we're not entirely sure of our species? We can then "figure out" that we're a doppelganger, and discover we can't control our transformation ability very well, explaining our strange and unstable appearance.

>>9841781
You must be new here. We're second to Alf in cat devouring. :P

Oh, by the way:

>Rat eaten
You gained +8 racial bonus to Balance, the only trait that you could take from a rat which you did not have--or have better than.

Masturbate onto Claire.

>>9841792
We should find out the prevailing attitude on shapechangers before we do that. Remember when we bought the knife?

So... you guys think there's any chance that we could get healing without any questions from a cleric somewhere?

I still think we should take care not to look TOO monstrous (though I guess at that point it's still not too bad). Not everyone will be as open-minded as Claire and the longer we stay undedected, the more creatures we can eat without worrying for our live too much.

>>9841788
We already did that once, I think. Wasn't our best idea.

>>9841826
>>9841824
>>9841807
>>9841801

Suddenly, a troll attacks, and eats you before you can react.

Oh wait.

>>9841831
ah, good point. I still think it's a good idea, but you're right that we should wait and get a little more info.

Lets go wash the sewer off of us. Remember we have a bounty on our heads: we don't need to make it easy to track us.

It's funny, because I'm fairly certain that at least three of the people asking to have sex with Claire are different people.

>>9841850
You remember how to check posters for their unique identifying number? Give it a go.

Is there perhaps a source of quests for adventurers in this town, such as a bulletin board, or is this a less arcade fantasy setting?

How the fuck are we going to explain the smell to her? Or to anyone with half a sense of smell for that matter?

>>9841868
There are indeed many trolls here today.
... I wonder what kind of trait you could get from an internet troll if you managed to find and eat it.

>>9841886
Shit spewing, bad hygiene, filth.

And I'm one of the people asking to have sex with Claire.

>>9841886
+8 to Annoyance checks.

>>9841850
Tongue the trolls anus

Let's go wash off in the river, and use our new swimming talent to catch some fish.

>>9841879
Dude, we almost got ourself killed by someone with what I believe is a NPC class (I'm not much of a D&D-player, so I'm not sure)
We will NOT go adventuring for the next few levels.

>>9841891
>>9841899
>>9841901
>>9841902
>>9841904
>poster numbers
Sure is fast moving here on /tg/ today.

Hmm, we need a new short term goal. I propose that tomorrow we go to the woods and try to ambush a ranger, wood cutter or someone alone in the woods and get some survival and tracking so we will be harder to track. Any animals we can find there is bonus.

>>9841872
I have no idea how to accomplish this arcane process. Pray enlighten me as to the appropriate method.

>Brothel
>River, wash off sewer
>Claire's house
>Go ask people about shapeshifters
>Healing
Options up for seconding.

>Is there perhaps a source of quests for adventurers in this town, such as a bulletin board, or is this a less arcade fantasy setting?
Bounties can be posted, though they're often via word of mouth, and sword-for-hires or groups of them are up for collecting. It's a dangerous and dirty way to make a living, but it often pays well when work is available. Often, it goes to those without many other options.

>>9841919
this as a longer term goal. But first, lets wash off in the river and grab a fish to eat maybe?

>>9841932
River to wash off. Then off to CLaire's house.

>>9841801
>>9841807
>>9841824
>>9841826
Exactly one minute apart.

Failtroll is obvious.

River, THEN ask someone we can easily dispose of about shapeshifters.

I say we should skip across town to the local whore house and show em our wang.

>>9841932
wash off first

>>9841912
>>9841942
Second

>>9841912
>>9841912

I second this.

Wash off sewer smell first. If any noms of opportunity present themselves, well...

>Exactly one minute apart.
Even within the same minute isn't always proof of the same person, I've gotten posts numerous times that are logged as the same minute.

>River
>1d20+11=30 Listen check
As you're busy washing up, you hear a faintly whispered voice. "There, the same place I tracked it to last time. I think this guy might be it."

>>9842002
Jump in water swim away...

>>9842002
HIDE, NOW

>>9842002
FUCK! What's the layout of the area we're washing in, anything useful for an escape?

Fuck, we're getting too predictable. Go for a swim and try to go somewhere they can't see.

>>9841932
we should probably check these bulletins or whatever, to you know get money, skills and whatever. We have a huge advantage over other adventurers.

>>9842002
Swim away. It's night, so they shouldn't have got a good look at us, right?

>>9842002
Fffff...
We can run pretty fast, right?
And how do our speed and attempts to move silently interact?

>>9842002
into the water, stealthy swim away

>>9842002
into the water, stealthy swim away

>>9842036
Aren't we wearing a cloak or something anyways, so nobody can see how inhuman we actually look?

>>9842061
Still clawed hands and I imagine a fucked up face isn't a good sign...

>>9842061
"this guy might be it"
They don't know for sure, but a close inspection will reveal us.

>>9842073
Our claws are retractable.

>>9842073
I just meant that we shouldn't be too easy too identify by anything we move away from.

Let outa blood curdling scream, thrash in the water a bit as if beign attacked and go under the water and swim off without beign seen.

Dive into the water and swim away under water. With our swim speed and con, we can get about 2000' away before we have to surface and with our darkvision we should be able to find somewhere with cover to surface unseen. This is not a fight we want.

The motion is to swim away like a little girl!

>>9842096
this

HIDE.
We have a Stealthy feat, +13 hide bonus and 17 DEX.

>FUCK! What's the layout of the area we're washing in, anything useful for an escape?
You're on a dirt strip next to a small river. On the other side are several large buildings that house the city's textile production.

>It's night, so they shouldn't have got a good look at us, right?
It's early dusk.

>Go for a swim and try to go somewhere they can't see.
You leap into the water and swim with the current, heading as quickly away from the area as you can, but not quickly enough. As you jump in, an arrow strikes your leg, drawing fresh blood.
>1d20+6=20
>1d8+2=4 damage

5/22 HP

Hm.
Run away, swim only if we aren't fast enough (we don't want to explain our wet clothes). Pretend to be something completely inhuman, so they won't figure out that someone who is actually perfectly capable to act like a human is the murderer.

Oh and I already said we need to resett our appearance soon, but we really should now.

Hell, we're in a river, right? 2000' should be able to get us to the other side of the river and we can sneak out of the water over there.

Swim downstream as quickly as possible.

>>9842126
swim away and grab a fish as we swim.

>>9842126
Dive down! We might not be able to breathe underwater, but they won't be able to see and target us, not to mention that shooting arrows through water is pretty much a no go. Swim as fast as we can along the river bottom, come up a few hundred feet away and preferably around a bend or two.

>>9842096
We do not have Hold Breath and we are low on HP, this is a bad move.

>>9842149
WE CAN EAT LATER.
DEAD THINGS CAN'T EAT. They are food. Everything ELSE is supposed to be food.

>>9842126
Keep on swimming, as soon as we're far away from sight run into the most crowded place available.

IF we eat a fishy or a crawfish (for those who don't know what it is, think small, freshwater lobster) we can get 1 hp back and grab water-breathing.

>>9842126
Hide.

Hmm, textile factories should use a ton of water for washing, dying and bleaching clothes. I'd bet there is some pipe or something that leads down to the water and climb up (or hide behind and wait).

>>9842187
I like this idea, look for a pipe and dive towards it

>>9842208
Did something like that already exist back then?

Anyway, I say we just... get away as fast as we can and then change our escape route, before they cath up.

>>9842208
I would question the intelligence of swimming into a runoff pipe in an age before any environmental safety laws, but given our options, swim like wind!

>Dive into the water and swim away under water. With our swim speed and con, we can get about 2000' away before we have to surface and with our darkvision we should be able to find somewhere with cover to surface unseen. This is not a fight we want.
>Dive down! We might not be able to breathe underwater, but they won't be able to see and target us, not to mention that shooting arrows through water is pretty much a no go. Swim as fast as we can along the river bottom, come up a few hundred feet away and preferably around a bend or two.
>Hell, we're in a river, right? 2000' should be able to get us to the other side of the river and we can sneak out of the water over there.
You dive, HARD, as another arrow strikes the water where you were a few moments ago. You steak along the river, heading as far as you can until your breath starts to ache. By the time you surface, you're out of effective bow range. You haul yourself onto the bank near the textile factories, noting that you probably can be seen from the other side, and lose sight of the other riverbank behind the textile factories.

Action?

>>9842228
eat something

>>9842228
Turn into cat climb tree.

>>9842228
>You steak along the river
Streak, obviously. Unfortunately, you were a little too preoccupied to hunt, and you didn't see anything swim right in front of you.

Silently move from tree to tree to try to get out bearings. Look around for any persuers.

>>9842228
Run round the textile factory and try get back into the city.

We can hide forever and attacking is dangerous.

>>9842228
Catch our breath.
Wait for a while. If we hear them, dive back where we came from. If not, search another route back home.

>eat something
This part of the city is mostly empty right now. Go hunting?

>Turn into cat climb tree.
Unfortunately, you're not THAT kind of shapeshifter. Also, among the factories there are no trees.

>Run round the textile factory and try get back into the city.
Go to one of the bridges? Or swim back across?

We know that who ever is chasing us can track, so we probably shouldn't run over ground. We may need to leave Claire alone for a while, since we'll likely lead them to her, and she'd probably help them upon discovering we're a horrible monster.

>>9842228
Our highest priority is to regain health. Eat whatever is nearby. People, animals, plants, I don't care.

We should really find a cleric and nom him for healing spells sometime soon. No telling if they'd work for us, since a god grants them, but it's more than worth a try.

>>9842126
>FUCK! What's the layout of the area we're washing in, anything useful for an escape?
You're on a dirt strip next to a small river. On the other side are several large buildings that house the city's textile production.

I'm assuming that means a textile mill however if you have to dump thousands of gallons of water back into the river every day, at the least you'll have is a ditch or something leading from just outside your workroom back to the river. I'd rather try to sneak up the ditch and get out of line of sight than chance waiting in the water, bleeding or break surface without cover.

>>9842242
Can't do that. We actually get features of everything we eat semi-permanently instead of the ability to change into it. The only way to actually alter our shape is to eat something and take its shape, instead of an ability. And we become more inhuman again for everything we eat afterwards.

>>9842279
Did you make the stats for the guy who is chasing us?

hide

>>9842279
Well i'd say to round the side of textile complex's out of sight, then run in the direction where we know theres no bridge for a while. Then swim across there, scale wall, over the rooftops with retarded detours then back to the Claire.

We need to make ourselves hard to track first. Climb up a building once we're out of sight of the other side and jump from building to building as stealthily as possible.

>Our highest priority is to regain health. Eat whatever is nearby. People, animals, plants, I don't care.
You go searching around for about twenty minutes, and nab a couple pigeons out of their nest, and a cat that walks right up to you with a purr. Current HP: 8/22

>Did you make the stats for the guy who is chasing us?
I have pages worth of stuff prepped for this. Yes, he's in there.

Do we get anything of value from the pigeons? I know you said our flying won't improve until we eat something bigger but even some sort of innate directional sense would help.

>>9842346
to the rooftops

... I the only one who thinks resetting our appearance is a good idea?

>>9842346
You are awesome.

>>9842368
The only issue is the more we change the weirder it could be interacting with Claire.

>>9842346
>cat that walks right up to you with a purr
FUCK!
We ate morsel, Claire is going to kill us if the hunter doesn't.

>>9842368

Only if want social interactions instead of hiding from most people.

>>9842379
No, the main issue is, people are searching for a murderer and think it might be a monster. They called us "it", I think.

Guess what we look like?

Go into textiles factory. Hide.

>>9842368
The problem is, we don't reset it. All we do is change it into that of whatever human we just ate. I suppose that the only one that consistency really matters for is Claire, though... and it's unlikely that she'd be terribly supportive if we told her what we've been up to.

Hmm, in that case, we need to jump from roof top to roof top until we think we've lost the tracker then find a hobo to set our appearance (and hopefully scent) to. However, we need to stash/lose our most obvious clothing: our big raincoat, since that's about the only thing of us they saw.

>>9842406
It's resetting, not changing, because we begin to change again after that.
I'm not stupid, I wouldn't want us to look like that grey in the OP, even if we could.

Go into textiles factory, be tossed into a vat of chemicals by the hunter. Recover with mild scarring, kill his parents.

>>9842406
She might not have a problem with us eating random animals, but she would sure as hell have a problem with us eating people, and we have eaten our fair share of people.

We might have to get out of the city for a bit, throw them off our track, make them think we have fled the city.

>Do we get anything of value from the pigeons?
These aren't homing pigeons, and there's nothing that your current self would find valuable.

>You are awesome.
Thank you. So are you. Speaking of which, the guy(s) who deleted the troll posts are bros.

>Well I'd say to round the side of textile complex's out of sight, then run in the direction where we know there's no bridge for a while. Then swim across there, scale wall, over the rooftops with retarded detours then back to the Claire.
You do your best not to leave tracks as you do this. As least the arrow wound stopped bleeding after you ate those birds. You're pretty sure that you won't be followed after that, but you can't be positive. You're washed off and dry, but even though you lost the stink you don't look so hot. Both you and your clothes look pretty torn up.

Head inside, or other actions first? You need to get sleep if you're doing courier tomorrow like expected, but it's only early evening.

The last time she saw us we looked vaguely male with facial hair. Lets try to find a hobo that looks roughly like we looked like then go 'home' sans coat. Damn, because I liked that coat too...

>>9842448
Any traits we still can get from random animals in a city? If yes, eat a few.

We could try to use clothes that cover our entire body.

>>9842448
Let's keep moving for a while and see if we can get something productive out of this evening. New clothes and a healthy appearance wouldn't hurt either.

Are we in autosage or did we just hit a lull in posts?

>>9842448
An idea might be to have a sneak around in Claire's room, see if she has any books on magical creatures etc...if not...we can always just...smell her panties....

Don't we need to sleep?

I just remembered... while we are hunted for killing, we still don't know what the people of this city think about shapechangers in general.
Interrogate a hobo, then eat him.

>We ate morsel, Claire is going to kill us if the hunter doesn't.
Nah, this cat was on the other side of the river. You're pretty sure you ate her previous cat, but you're not dumb enough to up and eat the new one (without good cause).

>Any traits we still can get from random animals in a city? If yes, eat a few.
The majority of animals you've seen running around are things you already have fully taken traits from. There don't seem to be a lot of stray dogs, oddly enough.

>Find hobo, get new clothing
Confirm this? Also, you probably don't want new hobo clothing.

>>9842508
Aw hell no. We're not the sexual predator type of monster. We need to find a way to Claire's side of the river as we're hunting that the trackers aren't watching. I vote for finding a male hobo and taking form. Then we can walk across a bridge as bold as brass.

>>9842517
>Also, you probably don't want new hobo clothing.
Well if we could find a drunk, but not homeless person in some side alley or something...

>Aw hell no. We're not the sexual predator type of monster. We need to find a way to Claire's side of the river as we're hunting that the trackers aren't watching. I vote for finding a male hobo and taking form. Then we can walk across a bridge as bold as brass.
You're on the other side right now. You took the long way, with a wide berth around the area you got spotted.

>Don't we need to sleep?
Shortly, yes, although as you're not a caster not having 8 hours is only going to make you tired.

Do we have any idea how much the hunters have actually seen of us?

If we eat someone and assume their appearance, can we swap between them?

>>9842578
We need some information on useful pray, if we could find some rogue or ranger archetypes, we can get some good skills (traps/tracking/lockpick etc)

>>9842615
Well I mean, find some hobos, interrogate and eat.

>>9842600
No.
We actually start to look like our food again afterwards.
Thats whe whole reason why we aren't just a normal human by day and a shapechanging monster by night, I guess.
I think I just made us sound like some kind of superhero.

>Aw hell no. We're not the sexual predator type of monster.
Indeed. I don't want to have Chris Hansen leading a band of adventures. "WILL YE NOT SET THY ARSE DOWN YONDER?!"

>Do we have any idea how much the hunters have actually seen of us?
No. Thinking about it though, the voice was the same one you heard outside the tavern after you ate the dwarf. You're pretty sure they didn't see you then, either.

>If we eat someone and assume their appearance, can we swap between them?
Appearance, no. Voices you take can be swapped between, though.

>Well if we could find a drunk, but not homeless person in some side alley or something...
Second for heading to a tavern?

I want to find out what happens if we eat something 'strange' as in undead or something.

Though it might worry Claire, we shouldn't go back tonight. Lets try to go to the slummy district and look for suspicious people, get them into alley, and nom nom nom.

>>9842578
I'm going to assume we looked like the Croc from Batman as we dove in the river since we'd just eaten two crocadiles but since it was fairly dark and we were wearing a baggy coat, I doubt they saw much. Maybe eating an feminine male drunk might throw them off our trail for a bit.

>>9842630
Might as well, I've got no other ideas.

>>9842615
>rogue or ranger archetypes
We. Will. Not. Yet. Eat. Any. Skill. Humans. That. Have. The. Slightest. Chance. Of. Fighting. Back.

We tried that two times (well, one was a dwarf), and, as far as I remember, both didn't work out that well.

>>9842630
yea, let's eat our sorrows.

I am strongly against not going back to Claire's tonight. She's a pretty smart cookie (to be a wizard) so if we don't return and the whole town is up in arms over a monster tomorrow, she might figure it out. We just need to be hella careful about not being tracked back.

>>9842644
this or tavern.

>>9842654
I like this idea.

>>9842684
Just thinking of the potential strength of this doppleganger is crazy.

>I'm going to assume we looked like the Croc from Batman as we dove in the river since we'd just eaten two crocodiles but since it was fairly dark and we were wearing a baggy coat, I doubt they saw much.
You look like a human, although you're somewhat in the uncanny valley because other creatures have made your appearance "off". You have sharp, large canine teeth, retractable claws, a membrane along your arms that's not visible with clothing (lets you glide), webbing between your fingers and toes, and scales along your back and upper arms. Your eyes are more catlike than anything.

We autosaging?

>>9842635
Well, I guess... older... undeads would make us throw up, since we actually have to disgest that stuff, we're just awfully fast at it.

>>9842677
Well I mean once we have full hp, I mean we should be able to deal some pretty impressive damage now.

>>9842688
I say we head over to a tavern, see if we can nom a drunk or three (DISCRETELY), failing that just drink a lot and head back to Claire afterward.

We can claim we were beaten/mugged for looking as we do...

>Tavern
You head to a fairly respectable tavern; not the one you ate the dwarf outside of. Head inside, or wait around for someone to come out?

>>9842731
We're barely out of the "dies awfully fast if the dice aren't right"-range of levels, though.

>>9842751
Wait outside, look in through a window discretely for pickings?

>>9842765
But most classes don't have this many feats...at this level.

If we eat someone's appearance, we should also eat enough people to gain decent Bluff and Diplomacy scores. We'll really need those when it comes to explaining our new appearance.

Wait outside, hiding, maybe ground level so our MO doesn't seem too obvious when the adventurers hear another rumor of another drunk disappearing. Anyway, hide and ambush someone alone from behind.

>>9842771
This, but find a good hiding spot. Wall clinging, roof, cardboard box, ect

>>9842771
Too suspicous. Go inside, order drink, follow anything tasty that leaves the tavern... after finishing the drink.

>>9842751
Go back to Claire.

>>9842812
>interact with people with a monstruous apperance.

Not a good idea.

>>9842789
I'd second thi,s but we should do it another time. Not ebizgh time left today, I suspect.

>>9842826
We aren't that inhuman yet.

>We autosaging?
Not sure, I just keep the thread noko'd. Let me know if we are and I'll start a new one.

>Wait outside, look in through a window discretely for pickings?
>This, and hide.

You find a good hiding place in the alley near a side window. After about half an hour, a young man in nice clothing gets up with a broad grin and swaggers unsteadily outside. Several of the patrons shake their heads with amusement as he leaves.

Action?

>>9842856
follow him at a distance. Keep an eye out for anyone following us.

>>9842856
Go back to Claire's home.

>>9842856
Wait untill we're sure nobody has a chance of seeing us, then strike from behind.

>>9842856
Chat him up. Become friends, go hang out at his place and then eat him.

This seems like a trap... shame we don't have sense motive.

Also, I do believe we are autosaging.

>>9842876
>>9842880
Sounds good too me, then go back and wait again....

>>9842881
Because someone "in nice clothings" or really anyone will trust the beaten-up guy with the wet clothes and slightly off looks, am I right?

>>9842900
indeed

>Go back to Claire's home.
Second?

>Follow him at a distance. Keep an eye out for anyone following us.
You don't see anyone following you. He seems to be stumbling home, and sticking to the main road.

Follow him home, wait for him to sleep, break in if it looks safe, then coup de grace.

>>9842880
This, however lets not linger here after we off him. His friends might investigate if he takes an hour to piss.

>>9842906 again, small afterthought.

>>9842881
That's actually exactly what we could do if we tried too get us some Diplomacy skill and human looks. Way less dangerous than what we've been doing until now.

>>9842906
We've pulled off stranger things.

>>9842906
Don't forget, his eyes wide, licking his lips and drooling at you.

Lure him into an alley, with the kid's voice if needed, then pull him inside and eat him.

>>9842975
Oooo, evil and crafty, I like it.

>>9842975
This, or a woman's voice if we have one handy.

>>9842975
This.

>>9842997
We only have a childs voice and our 'man' voice.

>>9842975
another vote

Why bother luring him.

>>9842930
This, follow him home and off him there. However, if someone else lives with him or he starts heading into the noble district, we pounce before he gets somewhere too safe.

I say we leave the guy go back to the pub and wait for a better, investment.

>>9842975
supporting this

>>9843009
If he's a noble, we really don't want to kill him. That would almost certainly attract a sizable bounty to our head.

I still say to go back to home

>>9842921
Could be a trap, so lets shadow him carefully and watch out for more ambushers.

How do you submit a thread for sup/tg/?

>>9843104
You use http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/requestinterface.html for that.

Continued here:

>>9843086

>>9843059
At least we get Knowledge(nobility)