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"For the most part, magic usage developed independently among the civilized races. What's remarkable is that all of the civilized races developed very similar rules, conventions, and mechanics, all trending towards a regimented system of spellcasting."

"This should be no surprise; freeform spellcasting is reckless, dangerous, and liable to leave the caster a smoking, greasy smear on the ground. Regimented spellcasting, on the other hand, provides a safe foundation for all levels of spellcasters."

"For example, human mages use the system pioneered by Gary Ghygarx, where spells names are preceded by a qualifier if applicable (i.e. Lesser Fireball, Greater Heal, etc). The nightmares of the southeastern continent follow Skuarr Lightwarrior's simpler ranked system, where the spell name has a number attached to show its rank (i.e. Fire I, Blizzard II, etc). Meanwhile, the dwarves adhere to a variation of Loto Erdrick's more whimsical, pun-based system, albeit with their own crude twists (i.e. Frizzle, Kafrizzle, Fukkemup, Fukkemallup), while elves... well, elves make heavy use of painfully elodramatic alliteration, so there's no helping the poor bastards there."

"The purpose of ranked spells and regimented spellcasting is to stop a mage from accidentally drawing in more power than he might be prepared to handle, and to reduce the danger to himself, his environment, and anyone within a fifty-mile radius."

"The most dangerous spellcasters in history, however, are those who are actually /successful/ at freeform spellcasting, and can thus bend reality to their very wills..."

(Cont.)
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>>21508068
>STATUS REPORT
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**Ogir Place (+Floating, +Limbs, +Sandstorm Drill, +Steering Wheel)**
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- Population: 53/53 ogres (6 dead), 30/30 elves
- Landmarks: Oasis, Daphnaia, Underground Cave/Quarry, Underground [???]s
- Food: Fish(-), Cacti(-ow), Fungi(+), Wheat, Potatoes; Fair Growth (+12/turn)
- Resources: Sandstone, Iron+Chromite Ores, Featherstone, Aquifer Pebbles
- Diplomacy: Scaratone [Featherstone Carts, Fungi, Paper]; Felpowder Elves

- Key Items: Tomes (Dragon Lore, Illusory Magic I, Necromancy I)
- Arms: Cactus Maces, Crude Iron Armor; Ur-Camouflage
- Vocations: Ogres, Geomancers (5), Berserkers (4), Beastmasters (1)
- Beasts: Naked Mole Ravagers (Untrained)
- Settlement: Reinforced Rock Shanties, Storehouse, Mushroom Farms, Pier, Anchor/Staircase

- NPCs: Boss Bawss Fistboss [+30 Diplomacy], Geomancer Gubbins [+Ruoumoko], Beastkrumpa Squiggles Irwin [+Big Vulture]
- Tech: Fire, Fish, Agriculture[+Protection], Mine, Smelt/Forge, Write/Read, Hats, FStone Flight, FStone Airdrops, Airships!
- Magic: Geomancy I
- ????: I don't get it.
- Justice: Krumpin' Duels / Boss Knows Best
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DICE RULES: When Stupid Lucky Time is called, roll a d100!
>Any Doubles: STUPID LUCKY
>100: SO BRILLIANT IT'S STUPID
>90-98: Stupidly Successful
>60-90: Successful
>40-60: Mediocre
>10-40: Not So Good
>2-10: SO STUPID THAT IT'S BRILLIANT
>1: LUCKY STUPID

[GODDESS OF LUCK INTERVENTION]: AVAILABLE!

(Cont.)
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I vote we use our Goddess of Luck intervention, if fully recharged, to force Ogir Place to dance so hard that it ascends into a divine being.
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>>21508080
>Still most of the way through a turn...

>[X] [CLARIFY] Wait, so ALL you guys can summon little screamin' demon-y things, just to make felpowder ammunition an' stuff? Ain't it risky?

"So let me get dis straight," Boss Bawss says slowly. "You summon these imp things, you put 'em inna meat grinder, an' you use da powder dat's left behind to power those fancy-pants guns of yours."

Celicia nods, grinding the remains of her cigarette into the sand. "Basically, yes. Over the past century or so, demons evolved a last chance mechanism to make them detonate when they die." The elf soldier's features harden slightly, making her look older than she is. "Kind of like one last 'fuck you,' you know? Smaller demons might cause burns or the loss of a limb, and any brigade that manages to take down a bigger demon might end up losing most of their buddies..."

Boss Bawss watches Celicia carefully as she trails off and stares off into the distance, her eyes slightly unfocused. "So all dis demon summoning to make rifle powder... it ain't risky or nothin', right?" he prompts.

The female elf blinks, focusing back on Boss and shrugging. "Not at all- imps are maybe a foot tall, probably less. And with how these spells work, there's no chance of summoning anything bigger." She cocks an eyebrow at him. "You want me to show you?"

Boss Bawss scrunches up his face in thought.

[ ] [YES] Yay, I ain't ever seen an imp before!
[ ] [NO] ... nah, I'll take your word for it. Let's get to work plannin' dat mixed ogre an' elf expedition... (End Turn)
[ ] Write-in!
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>>21508087
[YES] Yes, a thousand times, yes. Ogre Demonology would be a terrifying thing, even if we just learn to use it to make even ebtter cracktus sticks.
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[x] [YES] Yay, I ain't ever seen an imp before!
>>21508117
Wait, you mean like impaling imps on sticks?
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>>21508087
[YES] Sounds like fun.
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[X]"No, no, let me."
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>>21508135
Yes. I'm thinking a stick, through a cactus, with imps on the spines that aren't dead yet. When we beat someone with them, they explode. Fire!

And, you know, some of the smarterish ogres might learn to call bigger ones without becoming demon chow.
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>>21508087
Yes, but as soon as she shows us immediately try and summon one ourselves. A big one. Even fif they spell doesn't work like that. The biggest imp we can.
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>>21508087
>[X] [YES] Yay, I ain't ever seen an imp before!
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>>21508224
>suddenly we roll a 12
>Ogir Place stomps off, being commandeered by demons
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Fuck yeah.
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>>21508153

LOL THIS!
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OKAY, well, the consensus seems to be ogre... demonology........
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>>21508305
Does that really surprise you at this?
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>>21508324
*point
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>>21508087
YES. OBVIOUSLY. Did you even need to ask?

And hey. Consorting with demons. The first thing we need to learn to become successful Necrogres, yeah?
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To be fair, if imps yield rifle ammo, ogre-sized demons should yield decent cannonfire/catapult shot.

Ogir Place summons [Demon]!
Ogir Place succeeds on grapple.
Ogir Place winds up... and the pitch!
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We will summon demons to fight them
We will learn to wage war against their kind
We will sell our services to the "civilized" races
We will become Ogre paladins
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>>21508356
Aaaaaw daaaamn. Mobile artillery. Gonna really mess with a lot of the other civilizations on this continent if we ever figure that out.
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>>21508356
I think that the imps just provide the magical equivalent to gun power. not the bullet. But I can see the ogres summoning a big demon into ogir place's hand.
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>>21508404
>gun power
I meant gun powder
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>>21508379
I'd hate to see how the first ogre paladin comes about.

Blorp, is the whole "Felpowder" thing inspired by Warcraft, by chance? I know "fel" means demonic in that universe.
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>>21508404
>>21508356
You're both right!

>>21508451
Guilty as charged; besides, "hellpowder" doesn't look quite as nice on paper.
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>>21508305

Yes...YESSS! I am in time for Ogre Civ time, and anon wantsn us to learn summoning! Megusta!
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>>21508087

"Yah!" Boss Bawss says, leaning forward. "I ain't ever seen an imp before, I bet it'll be a bundle of fun!"

It's Celicia's turn to scrunch up her face. "... they're a bundle of SOMETHING, alright, but- give me a second." She reaches into a pocket on her uniform and unfurls a small scroll, orange eyes scanning over it quickly.

"Invoke Insignificant Imp!"

Immediately, a small purple /thing/ pops into existence in front of Boss Bawss and Celicia, prancing around and gibbering madly. "Watchoowan? Watchoowan? Yoowannapieceame, aah? Wannapieceame? Fukkyooman, fukkyooinnaface!" it shrieks, changing its stance and drawing a small sphere of magic into its hands-

(Cont.)
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>>21508521
Fast as lightning, a bored-looking Celicia lashes out and brains it into insensibility with the butt of her rifle. "See what I mean?" she grumbles, twirling her weapon and setting it back on her lap in one smooth motion. "Now, just let me-"

"I SMELLED MAGIC!"

The elf almost falls over backward at Gubbins' bellow, the smaller ogre popping out from behind a nearby rock. "AND DIS MAGIC, IT IS REAL FUCKIN' NEATO!" he continues, sidling over to pick up the imp by its head, examining it intently. "BOSS, HEY, BOSS, can I try doin' dis thing, too??"

"Well-"

"AW YEAH, HERE WE GO!" Gubbins yells triumphantly, planting his feet firmly on the ground and charging up his magic before Boss Bawss Fistboss can stop him-

>***STUPID LUCKY TIME?***
ROLL d100! (dice+1d100 in the email field)
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Rolled 31

>>21508527
DUMB TIME
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Rolled 11

Let's see if I remember how to rolling.
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Haha!
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Rolled 33

here we go.
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Rolled 65

LET'S DO THIS.
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Rolled 66

>>21508527
Fuck.
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Rolled 61

>>21508527
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>>21508527

>Any Doubles: STUPID LUCKY
>100: SO BRILLIANT IT'S STUPID
>90-98: Stupidly Successful
>60-90: Successful
>40-60: Adequate
>10-40: Not So Good
>2-10: SO STUPID THAT IT'S BRILLIANT
>1: LUCKY STUPID

Just for easy reference.
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Rolled 89

Yay!
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>>21508545
>>21508550
>here we go

HERE WE GO INDEED
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>>21508545
>>21508550
Nice secondary rolls, though.
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Rolled 16

>>21508545
>>21508550
>>21508556
Look at all these doubles
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>>21508527
THREE SETS OF DOUBLES. Blorp, take your time scooping your brains back into your ears.
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>>21508542
>>21508545
>>21508550
>>21508554
>>21508556
>>21508557

Three dubs in 6 rolls.

It's ogre time.

(also, the first roll is followed by dubs of it's two component numbers. Just found that amusing)
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>>21508545
>>21508550
>>21508556

Well Blorp, looks lack your sanity is going to crack early tonight.
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OH YEA. I finally caught this quest.
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>>21508542
>>21508545
>>21508550

>31

>11

>33

Is there....is there some kind of bonus for how improbable these were to come out as the first 3 rolls?
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Rolled 82

>>21508542
Oh, well that's-

>>21508550
>>21508545
>double doubles in a row of the digits of the previous roll
BRACE YOURSELVES.
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Rolled 82

>>21508589

There should be something new to that roll. If only for how incredibly improbable it is.
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>>21508542

>31

>>21508545

>11

>>21508550

>33

>mfw

Blorp your sanity is going to fucking snap, like a thong on a fat lady.
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>>21508589
>31 (bad)
>11
>33
>both digits of 31
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>>21508611

Ogres. Just Ogres. Cant do anything. Ogres.
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>>21508611
Ask for first roll of the quest?

OGRES.
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>>21508611
>accidentally bind asmodeus to our will
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>>21508658

Would give that Demigod some company at least.
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>>21508638

Dont be Stupidz! Three rolls this improbable demand some wierd Ogre stuff happening.
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>>21508605
>>21508604
>double 82s in a row
IT JUST DOESN'T STOP!
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>>21508554
>>21508556
>>21508557

Just noticed that the 31, 11, and 33 were followed by three rolls that started with 6.

First 3 rolls start with 3.

And they're 6 numbers in all.

This really is a roll that came from hell!!!!
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>>21508725
The very gates of hell will be at the service of these Ogres
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>>21508725
Not just that. The fourth roll was a 65. The fifth was 66.
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If we keep looking for patterns in numbers we're going to be here all night. And I think Blorp has said in the past that the first roll is used, and then the second two are considered for modifying and luck singularity.

Admittedly, that doesn't stop the 33, 31, 11.
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>>21508725
>some minutes from now
>portal of pure obsidian opens
>accidentally bind an arch-devil to our service
>"BWWAAHHAAHAHHAAHAAAA! IT IS I, NAKU, THE SHAPESHIFTING MASTER O- OH WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? OGRES? A SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!"
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>>21508875
Not that we really need more padding. It's just that.

666

For a roll about demons.

>captcha: sons, awbrum

Yes, boys. We're gonna need to get inebriated here.
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>>21508886

And then they mention thats the second time that happened. And who exactly got captured also.

So that both of them can mysteriously disappear and go on a drinking spree lamenting the fact.
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>>21508903
I bet Celicia is just going to grab her tactical hip flask after whatever happens happens.

Bawss also needs to bum one of her cigarettes some time.
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Rolled 1

>>21508903
Speaking of inebriation, its a good thing I never made this quest a drinking game. I would die of alcohol poisoning.
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>>21508927
Naw, the Boss needs cigars.
>>21508940
I didn't even mean to roll there.
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>>21508940
What could you do? Take a drink every time we did something ridiculous with awesome results? You would have died in the first thread
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>>21508927
Bawss needs some ginormous cigars.
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>>21508940
>1
Guys! Stop wasting all the good rolls!

implying we can run out of good rolls
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>>21508940
Our patron goddess of Luck strikes again.
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>>21508983
Nah, he'll just take a pack of her cigarettes, separate it into two piles, join each pile together into a cylinder, either through force of will or wrapping something around them. Then stick the cylinders together end to end and light it.
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Where does she get her cigarettes from anyway?
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Rolled 37

>>21509051
Summon Insignificant Imp.
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Guys, he's been gone for more than 30min without even a peep. I think the luck feeds off his lifeforce.
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>>21509051
I'm guessing there's tobacco plants in Daphnaia. I'm sure Ogres could improve them. Or she summons something and makes it into cigarettes.

>>21509072
He's probably just writing a long post.
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>cigars of gunpowder
crazyenoughtopotato.jpg?
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>>21508527
>31 - Not So Good...
>33
>11

"You- you idiot!" Celicia yells, leaping to her feet. "You don't just COPY a spell like that! Don't you even- Boss!" She whirls on the larger ogre, her eyes wild. "Stop him!"

Boss Bawss looks on as his most powerful spellcaster begins charging up some sort of flickering aura that alternates between blood red and unnatural shadow... and scratches his head. "... I dunno, it kinda looks like dat ship's already sailed."

"C'MERE!" Gubbins howls, thrusting his hands into the fabric of reality and ripping with reckless abandon. Immediately, the screams and wails of the damned fill the air, and a ten-foot tall armored THING steps out of the immaterium, sand fusing into glass beneath its molten cloven hooves.

"YESSSS..." The demon lord hisses, its bass rumble laced with strange and terrible harmonics. Immediately, the sky above Ogir Place darkens, shifting into crimson, and the wails of the damned begin filtering out into the desert. "I HAVE ESCAPED ONCE MORE!" It thrusts a clawed hand into the air, summoning a demonic trident from out of nowhere. "AND THE WHOLE WORLD SHALL LEARN TO SHUDDER AT THE MENTION OF MY NAME... THE DREAD LORD, B-"

(cont.)
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>>21509122
The demon lord's soliloquy is cut short when Boss Bawss kicks it in the shin, causing the monster to stumble. "- YOU DARE!?" it shrieks, thrusting its trident into the ground for support. "YOU DARE INVOKE THE WRATH-"

It's interrupted once more as Celicia swiftly fires a full round into its armored abdomen, each shot knocking it back. "- INVOKE THE WRATH OF-" A giant rocky uppercut lashes out from the earth itself, summoned by Gubbins' magic. "- DAMMIT, AT LEAST LET ME-"

The demon lord quickly disappears under its three assailants, the two ogres and elf simply ganging up on it with kicks, punches, and rifle smashes, preventing the monster from doing absolutely anything. "OW- SHIT- DAMMIT, STOP, I CAN'T- AT LEAST LET- FUCK, THAT HURTS, YOU ASSHOLES- AAAAIIIGH!!"

(cont.)
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>>21509122
Awshit, awshit yeaaaaaaaaah!
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>>21509131
A minute or so later, Boss, Gubbins, and Celicia are staring down at the catatonic demon lord crumpled in a painful heap between the three of them, its malevolent features mostly marred by the numerous purple bruises on its face and body.

After another few seconds of awkward silence, Boss Bawss scratches his head. "... maybe we shoulda gotten his name first," he mutters.

"Well, whoever he is, he's going to disappear in a few minutes," Celicia adds, absentmindedly grabbing the still-gibbering imp and using it to light a new cigarette. "Whatever you want to do with him, you should probably do it soon."

[ ] [MAGIC] Force the demon to divulge the secrets to a new school of magic!
[ ] [TECH] Force the demon to divulge a new technology!
[ ] [RESOURCES] Kill the demon and harvest its parts! 'Cause really, if Ryagmos the bone drake's bones were worth a lot...
[ ] [ENERGY] Maybe you can keep the demon and use him as a source of energy...
[ ] [WRITE-IN!]
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>>21509122
>B-
...lorp?
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>>21509139

>Energy, hmm? If we use him as a power source, I suppose we could slowly try to extract other secrets from him.
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>>21509131

Hnnng...so...delicious....
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>>21509139
Can we keep 'im bawss?
( energy source / poking bag )

If we keep him we can talk to him as well later on
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Rolled 57

>>21509139
[X] ENERGY: TURN HIM INTO A CANNON, I mean he did say he had power
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>>21509139
I would go with energy, but having things powered by demons always ends badly.

[x] [MAGIC] Force the demon to divulge the secrets to a new school of magic!
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[X] Make the Demon our bitch, so that we can do all of the above! (Except Resources for now)

If needed use the Luck Goddess Intervention! Or if the above does not work.

[X] [ENERGY] Maybe you can keep the demon and use him as a source of energy...
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>>21509139
>[X] Force the demon to divulge his name for future summoning and pledge service. Or we'll follow him to the hells and krump him again, and finish the job. WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.
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>>21509139
>energy
Yeah nah, way too sketchy for me
[X]TECH
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>>21509139

If I learned anything from Warcraft, it's NEVER to keep a demon lord as an energy source. Ends up bad for you.

My vote goes to TECH. Let's see what kind of hellish machinizations and seiege weaponry we can ogrize.
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>>21509139
[X] [MAGIC] Force the demon to divulge the secrets to a new school of magic!
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>>21509131
>summon eldritch horror from hell
>just sort of kick the shit out of him
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>>21509208

Please. Those bitches aren't Ogres.
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>>21509208
We Ogres, mon! And Bawss has already shown his ability to pummel a demon lord into submission, so I don't think we've got anything to worry about.
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[BIND] Because we already have a demigod as a pet, why not add arch demon to that list!
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[DIPLOMACY] Get the demon on our side!

We have Bawss the diplomat, surely nothing can go wrong!
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>>21509139
First, smoke a cigar, if we don't have one just take half a dozen of Celicia's cigs and make one.

Then X ] [ENERGY] Maybe you can keep the demon and use him as a source of energy...

Keep the demon as a krumping bag and threaten to krump him more. This keeps him around and we can get Tech and Magic from him by kicking him in the shin more. This might be consider BIND.
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>>21509232
Maybe we can mix that in with the ENERGY option.
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>>21509232
This combined with energy
We need to have another high ranking being crying in a corner over how we bound it to our will
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>>21509139

Such a hard decision...

> [ x ] [TECH] Force the demon to divulge a new technology!
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>>21509243
Also, give the Dread Lord B- a hat.
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Maybe we can turn this demon into some sort of perpetual explosion?

Power to nefarious devices of course
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>>21509232

Fuck that. He's a little bitch.
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Rolled 76

We will name him cuddles
[cuddles]
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>>21509369
I mean [bind]
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I know!
We bind him with a hat.
He can't remove it and we can always summon him thanks to his hat
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>>21509409

Has my support.
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>>21509409
Hat of +100 binding
full support
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Rolled 59

bind him
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>>21509409

Genius. I vote bind with hat.
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Rolled 37

>>21509369
i support this motion of calling an archdemon Cuddles and binding him.
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>>21509139
TECH.


And then put him through a meat grinder for more felpowder.
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>>21509481
The Imp also.
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Let's here it for magic!
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>>21509139
>[X] BINDENERGY!

Boss Bawss squints at the demon, watching its constantly flickering aura of blood and flame and yadda yadda yadda with interest. "So he's just gonna disappear, is he?" the larger ogre muses.

"Unless you can anchor him down to our world somehow, but there's absolutely no reason to do anything like that," Celicia mutters, tossing aside the imp and taking a drag from her cigarette. "That'd be just-"

"- crazy enough to work." Boss Bawss Fistboss shoots a glance at Gubbins. "Stone 'im?"

The shorter ogre nods in response, a wide grin splitting his face. "Got it, boss." One stomp later, and the demon lord is encased in a giant boulder, leaving only its face exposed to the elements.

Celicia blinks. "What are you-"

"Guys! Guys, move dis thing into da cave under Ogir Place!" Boss Bawss roars- immediately, a handful of ogres jog over. Together, they start hefting the rock-encased demon toward its final destination, with Celicia trailing along behind them.

"No, really, that's just a fucking bad idea- guys-"

"Right." Boss Bawss nods, looking over the demon- they'd set the unconscious rocked demon down right next to the mushroom farms. "Now let's get a bunch of- of rock tunnels an' shit, leadin' from da demon up to places where we need fire an' light an' hotness! Gubbins, I'm leavin' Cuddles to you."

"Cuddles!?" Celicia exclaims in disbelief. "You don't understand, there's no way this demon lord's going to be kept here by a simple rock! He's going to wake up, and bust out-"

(cont.)
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>>21509504
Magical unremoveable demon binding hats!
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>>21509521
"I AWAKEN!" The demon roars. The rock encasing him cracks and splinters as the monster exerts its strength. "AND YOUR DOOM IS NIGH-"

Boss Bawss swiftly grabs a spare hat littering the floor of the cave and pops it onto the demon's head.

There's a pause.

"... I... I CAN'T GET OUT!" The demon wails, its movements sealed by the /thing/ on its head. "WHAT TRICKERY IS THIS!? I WILL FLAY THE HIDE FROM YOUR BONEmfffff!"

Boss Bawss Fistboss finishes stuffing the snakeskins into the demon's mouth, nodding as he looks over the makeshift gag. "Dat'll make Cuddles a lot quieter! Now, I want those pipes connectin' to where we keep da forge, an' maybe one or two up top to da bonfires we use to keep watch..."

Celicia stares at the impotently raging demon, listening with half an ear as the ogres continue their plan to turn the demon and its hellfire aura's energies into their central heating system/forge powering system/etc. She thinks back to reading about countless failed empires that attempted to harness evil demonic energies to fuel their war engines, or their doomsday devices or other random items...

And then, with a shrug, she embraces the sheer madness of the situation and uses the demon's flames to light another cigarette, ignoring the demon's enraged whimpers.

>Ogir Place's flames, forges, and nighttime lighting is now powered by demonic hellfire, sourced from the Archdemon Lord B-something (aka Cuddles)! Perhaps there will be other uses for it in the future, as well...
>[Interrogate Cuddles] is now an option during the strategy phase!

(Cont. in 10-15 min for STATUS REPORT)
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>>21509139
[X] [TECH] Force the demon to divulge a new technology!
>>why do I expect this to be Ogir Place sized felpowder cannons?
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>>21509531
Hell yeaz. Cuddles the Demon Lord.
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>>21509541
Cuddles the Demon Bitch.
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>>21509531
How many cigarettes does Cecilia even go through in one day?
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>>21509561
Several.

Do the other elves smoke?
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>>21509531
Oi! Where'd that imp go? Celicia tossed him aside. Now we gotta go find him before he gets up to somethin' mischievous.
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>>21509575
They used to. Then they saw what happened when she started going low and founded a "Cigarette for Safety Fun."
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Rolled 52

>>21509582
...Lady bless you for noticing. Find that little shit!
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>>21509561
>>21509575
Several packs.

At this point, I'm willing to say that the elves simply have a spell called Conjure Convenient Cigarettes. I mean, seriously, if mages in other games can conjure complicated foodstuffs...
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>>21509561
Let's put it this way:
Since contacting the ogres, the tobacco industry has had to expand to three times its prior size just to keep up with Cecilia's smoking habit. Kinda. They still occasionally have to poach a box from someone else's shipment.
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Hmm. Interesting. Something about that hat binds demons.

I wonder what.
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>>21509687
Ogres. Seriously, fucking Ogres.
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>>21509531
>STATUS REPORT
First, the ogres and elves have worked together to cultivate potatoes and wheat! A varied diet makes a happy ogre, after all, even though the elves do just... kind of side-eye the way that the ogres simply cram raw wheat and potatoes into their maws. Maybe there's something more to food preparation that they're missing?

Next is the discovery of Featherstone Airdropping! By simply crushing a Featherstone in one's hand, any ogre can rapidly slow down their rate of descent, preventing them from turning into a messy stain on the ground! What terrifying new applications could there be for such a strange invention?

Furthermore, Ogir Place has earned a drill made of A FUCKING SANDSTORM! It's Gubbins' pride and joy, and it does the other ogres good to see such a big krumpin' implement attached to their place of residence. (The elves have no comment).

And finally, Boss Bawss and Commander Celicia have sent out an expedition of about ten ogres and ten elves to Ogir Crater, in hopes of getting their respective peoples to work together a little bit better! Only time will tell how that will go, however.

... oh, yeah, and there's the demon named Cuddles that the ogres have now entombed beneath Ogir Place. And how they're using his hellfire to power their pretty much everything. Well, it's not like that'll be of any consequence, right?

(Cont.)
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>>21509725
>The State of Affairs Right Now:
It's quiet. A little too quiet, really. The ogres still have to make good on their promise to visit their allies the Scaratones, especially now that the sandstorms seem to have died down. The identity of the mysterious attacks on Daphnaia still has to be revealed, after all, as does the diplomatic situation between the Scaratones and the Felpowder Elves...

The strange flying creatures have stopped bothering the ogres for now. Make no mistake, though, they will probably return, and in greater numbers, just as before. While they haven't done any harm yet... it's hard to tell how long this state of affairs will continue, no?

Also of note- ogre scouts (well, okay, elven scouts, the ogres just tagged along) have noticed a strange shimmering structure on the horizon, far to the east. The structure wavers like it's some kind of mirage, but one thing's for sure- it wasn't there yesterday...

(Cont.)
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>>21509747
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**Ogir Place (+Floating, +Limbs, +Sandstorm Drill, +Steering Wheel)**
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- ***Population: 55/65 ogres (6 dead, 10 exploring), 20/30 elves (10 exploring)
- Landmarks: Oasis, Daphnaia, Underground Cave/Quarry, Underground [???]s
- Food: Fish(-), Cacti(-ow), Fungi(+), Wheat, Potatoes; Fair Growth (+12/turn)
- Resources: Sandstone, Iron+Chromite Ores, Featherstone, Aquifer Pebbles
- Diplomacy: Scaratone [Featherstone Carts, Fungi, Paper]; Felpowder Elves

- Key Items: Tomes (Dragon Lore, Illusory Magic I, Necromancy I)
- Arms: Cactus Maces, Crude Iron Armor; Ur-Camouflage
- Vocations: Ogres, Geomancers (5), Berserkers (4), Beastmasters (1)
- Beasts: Naked Mole Ravagers (Untrained)
- ***Settlement: Reinforced Rock Shanties, Storehouse, Mushroom Farms, Pier, Anchor/Staircase, THE FLAMES OF HELL

- NPCs: Boss Bawss Fistboss [+30 Diplomacy], Geomancer Gubbins [+Ruoumoko], Beastkrumpa Squiggles Irwin [+Big Vulture]
- Tech: Fire, Fish, Agriculture[+Protection], Mine, Smelt/Forge, Write/Read, Hats, FStone Flight, FStone Airdrops, Airships!
- Magic: Geomancy I
- ????: I don't get it.
- Justice: Krumpin' Duels / Boss Knows Best
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(Cont.)
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>>21509754
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**CHOOSE THREE STRATEGY ACTIONS, AND...**
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[A] Food: [BONUS] Maybe we're missing something. Something involving [FIRE]...
[C] Arms: [BONUS] Oh, we're going to have a HELLISHLY good time...
[D] Tech: The world is our oyster! The WHOLE world, in fact...
[E] Magic: We can improve our [GEOMANCY], or maybe look at those [TOMES]!
[F] Beasts: Wot do we do with the [MOLES]?
[G] Unlock Category: Discovery!
[H] Write-In! Wot do?
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**... AND CHOOSE TWO QUEST ACTIONS**
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[A1] [SCARATONES] Still have lots to talk about!
[C1] [INVESTIGATE] Howlin' flyin' things, huh... maybe we should try ferretin' them out?
[D1] [EXPLORE] Strange shimmering structure to the east! No change in status yet, but...


X[B]X Settlement: Not bad, not bad at all.
X[B1]X [ELVES] Expedition's not returning for another turn, boss!
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>>21509759
Wait, I thought we were going to talk to the Scaratones? That was one of our actions last time, wasn't it?
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>>21509759
A,B, and D(let's look at that tome about illusions)
A1,C1
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>>21509759
[A]
[E]
[F]

[A1]
[C1]
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>>21509759
[C]
[E]
[F]

Come on! Gotta prepare to kill those bird things! Also the moles! Gotta train them!

[A1]
[D1]
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Rolled 15

>>21509759
F beasts best figure out what to do with them.

A1 scaratones we have our end of the bargain to fulfill.
C1 we have been ignoring this issue for WAY to long.
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>>21509759

[G] Unlock Category: Discovery!
[F] Beasts
[A] Food

I am curious about that category.

[A1] [SCARATONES]
[C1] [INVESTIGATE]
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>>21509759
A Food, C Arms, and F beasts.
A1 Scaratones, C1 Flying things.
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>>21509759
[A] Nothing like demon-fire-grilled meat and potatoes to get an ogre moving.
{B]What kind of weapons we make with cuddles?
[E]If we can make drills out of earth, what can we make out of other things?
and
[A1] We need em to stop hurting out new friends.
[C1] Those things have been bothering us for too long.
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>>21509759
Blorp I just checked the archive and it would appear this guy >>21509780 is right
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[F] Beasts: How does burrowing, mounted archers sound (Elves + Moles = success)?
[G] Discovery: Damn it, that ??? is taunting me. Has been since we started.
[E] Magic: If the idea of Ogre Illusionists doesn't strike fear into you by now...

[C1] Investigate: Beastmaster needs to domesticate those flying things for more ogre airdrop preparations.
[D1] Explore
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Rolled 25

>>21509759
[a]
[c]
[g]

[A1]
[C1]

>peripheral minuogr
Sidetracked ogre minotaurs!?
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>>21509780
>>21509814
........................ oh sunnovabitch I'm an idiot

WELL, the voting's just about begun- I'll make this up to you guys at the end of the thread! Either with a bonus scene of your choice or something else, once I figure it out.
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>>21509824
-- or I'll just do ALL of the quest actions this turn, depending.
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>>21509843
Sounds like a win-win situation for us, basically.
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>>21509759
[A] Food: [BONUS] Maybe we're missing something. Something involving [FIRE]...
[C] Arms: [BONUS] Oh, we're going to have a HELLISHLY good time...
[E] Magic: We can improve our [GEOMANCY], or maybe look at those [TOMES]!

We already did the Scaratones last turn do I guess we only have C1 and D1.
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C, E, F
A1, C1
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>>21509759
A C E
A1 C1
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>>21509759
Right, I think the majority's for-

>Food
>Arms
>Magic

So... one roll for each (i.e. first three rolls)!

>***STUPID LUCKY TIME?***
ROLL d100! (dice+1d100 in the email field)
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>>21509759
>>[A] Food: [BONUS] Maybe we're missing something. Something involving [FIRE]...
Wait, isn't the potential cooking fire powered by a deman lord? I...kinda want to see what happens...
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Rolled 79

>>21509923
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Rolled 86

>>21509923
'ere we go
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Rolled 22

>>21509923
STOOOPID LUCKY!
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Rolled

>>21509923
LETS MAKE SOME MAGIC
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>>21509923
I counted the votes, and there are 8 for food, 6 for magic, 5 for arms, and 7 for beasts.
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Rolled 1

Need me some'a that demon fire.
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Rolled 6

>>21509938
>>21509950
>>21509954
two good rolls back by a double...fucking ogres.
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>>21509956
What the fuck happened here
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>>21509956
>>21509954
>>21509950
>2 80+ rolls
>1 double
Poor Blorp, he has to deal with so much ogre bullshit.

>>21509989
I forgot the 1 in 100
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>>21509965
>>21509977
>>21509954

Ogres: The only race that can make /tg/ dice their bitches
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Rolled 7

>>21509989
what you should be asking is just how lucky is that?
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Rolled 56

>>21509989

He wrote dice+1d00. Instead of dice+1d100.
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>>21509964
YEAH I... on hindsight, this is my bad, too- I remove options that are unavailable, letter and all (so it basically went [A] Food, [C] Arms, etc). For those options without any other words except the choices, I defaulted to what I'd listed up there.

SORRY, THIS IS APPARENTLY TURNING OUT TO BE A STRANGE SCATTERBRAINED NIGHT FOR ME
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>>21509964

Recounted it.8 for food, 6 for arms, 1 tech, 7 magic, 7 beasts, and 2 unlock.
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>>21510038
I got 7 for Arms- one of the voters up top voted for B, which doesn't exist; I assumed it was for the second option on the list, arms. That same voter also threw out a D vote but talked about magic, soooo-

By my count, Food (8) was tied with Magic (8), and Arms tied with Beasts (at 7 each), so I defaulted to the one with the hellfire bonus.
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>>21509790
>>21510027
i meant C. Sorry for the confusion
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>>21510119
No worries- I'll make the voting list easier to read next time!
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I herby motion that deamonfire cooked food is bad and we shall not do it.

Mainly because the daemon might let unwanted fell magics affect us ant take over our ...well take over the lack of brain for more or less.

So lets grind him into powder and use that as a power source, after we have a nice interrogation session with him for some tech gubbins and magic.
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Rolled 53

>>21510172

Its like you don't know nothing about Ogres.
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>>21510172

>Take over

We're Ogres. Worst case scenario is that we all grow vestigial tails.

Best case scenario is we start being able to breathe hellfire at will.
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>>21509923
>[X] Food: 79 - Successful!

Tonight, a small group of ogres are clustered around one of their new hellfire bonfires! The flame shoots out of a magic-sculpted rock pipe that loops back down to Ogir Place's captive demon- but that's just a lot of techy-magicky stuff that most ogres don't care a whole lot about, other than the fact that it's really kind of neat.

Instead, their attention is focused on one of the newly arrived ogres, a larger specimen with a scrap of cloth tied around one arm who's currently telling tales of his travels. "- an' so I 'appened on a camp of elves, see? Just like da boys you got in dat tree over there. But dey didn't see me or hear me, so I just sat an' watched wot dey was doin'."

"So wot WAS dey doin'?" asks one of the other ogres, leaning forward in his seat.

The new arrival picks at a scab on his thigh, deep in thought. "Well, dey was sittin' around a fire, just like us... but." He lowers his voice to a conspiratorial hush. "Dey was puttin' FOOD on da fire, too."

There's a pause as the ogres digest this tidbit of information.

"... dat's nothin' new," another ogre pipes up. "Our elves 'ere do dat all da time, too."

"But did you ever wonder WHY dey did dat?" the new arrival persists.

The other ogre blinks. "Er, I jus'... you know, figured it was some kinda elfy t'ing they did. You know, like how dat Celicia puts fire sticks in 'er mouth an' sucks on it like- like a thing dat sucks small sticks."

"No!" The new arrival's sudden exclamation causes some of the others to give a start. "I know da secret of da food onna fire- it's a magic thing, you know." He leans forward, eyes glittering conspiratorially.

"Cooking."

(cont.)
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>>21510198
The other ogres recoil. "But- dat's magic! No, dat's just crazy talk, man! Fire burns things," another ogre adds.

"Not if you say da magic words," the new arrival rumbles, reaching next to his seat and pulling up a raw potato. "'ere, I'll show you- you just put dis thing on a rock, see? An' then you put da rock on or next to da fire, like so..."

The new arrival-slash-cook waits for a few minutes, while the other ogres stare with bated breath. And then the cook suddenly bellows something in some strange foreign tongue, before scooping the hot potato up and cracking it open, showing off its steaming, cooked innards to the amazed ogres.

An ogre sniffs the air, his eyes sparkling in a strange, hungry manner. "So dat's all you gotta do, then? Yell da magic words!?"

"Yup!" The cook takes a bite out of the cooked potato, relishing the taste. "'Ere, I'll teach you da words..."

Up on the boughs of Daphnaia, the two elves on watch duty squint down at the bonfires below.

After a short, awkward silence, one of the guards turns to the other. "... why are the ogres roaring out 'Better Than Mama!' in a butchered form of the elven tongue?"

"Don't ask." The other guard doesn't stop staring. "Ogres."

>The ogres have discovered [Cooking]! Population growth rate doubled!
>The food is... /hellishly/ delicious. Effects unknown so far.

(Cont. in 10-15!)
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>>21510193
I know plenty. Its the reason i dont want gonig ogre rebelion.
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Rolled 5

>>21510207

Just stop talking. You keep embarrassing yourself.

Rebellion, really. Next you will tell me that Ogres are stupid. Or unlucky.
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>>21510204
This is going to end with WEEBLE WORPLE 2: Demonic Boogaloo, isn't it? Nothing can possibly go wrong!
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>>21510204
*shakes head* OGRES.
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>>21510248
Seriously. If turning our Berserkers into Demonic Berserkers is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
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>>21510204
>[X] Arms: 86 - Successful!

"Boss! 'Ey, boooss!"

Boss Bawss Fistboss turns at his name, blinking at the ogre lumbering towards him- or, more specifically, to the strange bundle of metallic goods clutched in both of the ogre's arms. "Wot? Wot's wrong?"

"Well, I was muckin' about at da forge, right? Tryin' to learn how to make armor an' things like dat." The ogre carefully piles the metal things at his feet, picking through them. "But, see, after ya put Cuddles down in da cave..."

Boss Bawss stares as the other ogre holds up a finely-wrought helmet, forged in the shape of a demon's head (sans lower jaw, where the wearer's face goes). Twin horns jut out towards the back of the helmet, green embers burn in the helmet's eye sockets, and there's even a fine pattern of scales across the top of the helmet. Every now and then, smoke gutters out from the helmet's 'nostrils'.

Boss Bawss tears his eyes away from the helmet. "Hey, er. Wot were you tryin' to make?"

The other ogre shrugs. "... I was tryin' to make a shoe, an' dat kinda just... y'know. Happened." He brightens up and digs through the pile again. "Oh, an' I also made dis thing right here!"

(Cont.)
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>>21510356
... and lifts up a demonically glowing set of shoulderpads, the ends in the shape of a screaming demon's head and spikes protruding toward the back.

Boss Bawss slowly, slowly runs a hand down his face. "... y'know, dat seems a bit dangerous to me."

"Nah, it's totally cool!" The ogre says brightly. "I got a few elves an' Gubbins to look at it, and there ain't any kinda demon thingy lingerin' on da things. Dey just look angry, dat's all, but dey're really just cuddly little beasts in da end. Ain't dat right, you guys?"

Boss Bawss gives a start as the helmet and shoulderpads /croon back/ comfortingly to the other ogre. "W... well, as long as you promise dat dey won't chew ogre faces..."

"T'anks, boss! You're da best!"

Boss watches as the ogre dashes off happily, presumably to go and make more... things. "I really gotta go an' have a talk wit' Cuddles one of these days," he mutters to himself.

>The ogres have forged [Demon Helmets] and [Demon Shoulderpads]!
>And they're probably at least 80% safe!

(Cont. in 10-15 minutes)
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>>21510365

So who can we blame for the pet sentient armor? Demons? Or OGRES?
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>>21510365
Am I the only one that thinks these particular helmets and shoulder pads deserve hats of their own?
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>>21510365
Ogres, what in the hell guys?

>>21510394
We'll have to be careful not to make them in the forge as if we do that their hats will also need hats of their own, it'll be recursive. Actually that sounds amazing.
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>>21510365
>[X] Magic!

As is his wont, Gubbins once again finds himself spending an evening with his books.

... well, okay, they're not HIS books, they're the tribe's books, but honestly, it's not like any of the other ogres really use them all that much. And the Felpowder Elves aren't really much for magical learning, either. So that leaves them all for Gubbins!

Which is great, because for some reason, Gubbins can't help but feel that tonight is gonna be one hell of a night.

Sitting comfortably in his reinforced rock shanty, the smaller ogre scratches his head, looking between his books. On one hand, there's his much-beloved Geomancy tome, copied from the Scaratones themselves. On the other hand, he hasn't really had a chance to look at the OTHER tomes, the one focusing on other kinds of magic...

Gubbins can't help but titter to himself. So many choices, so little time...

>Choose where to apply the 22 roll!
[ ] [GEOMANCY] Improve this school! We're gonna be super master Geomancers!
[ ] [ILLUSIONS] Use your tome to add this school to your repertoire!
[ ] [NECROMANCY] Use your tome to add this school to your repertoire!
[ ] [WRITE-IN] Screw books, gain a new and as-of-yet-undiscovered school of magic at random!
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>>21510438
Illusions! We're DESERT Ogres, boys!
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>>21510438
[X] [GEOMANCY] Improve this school! We're gonna be super master Geomancers!

Geomancy feels really Ogreish. I like improving it.
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[x] [ILLUSIONS] Use your tome to add this school to your repertoire!
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>>21510438
GEOMANCY. When you've got a problem, the answer is a rock. And if that don't work, use more rock.
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>>21510438
Who'd say no to rocks.
[geomancy]
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>>21510229
People like you are why dragon quest turned to shit. Instead of just ignoring it and letting the voting work, you feel the urge to demonstrate your psuedointellectualism and self-defined superiority over everyone else. How the fuck can anyone embarrass themselves on an anonymous forum?
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>>21510402
With all the spikes and horns, we become walking hatstands! GENIUS!
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>>21510438
Let's swing for outright demonology. More than we presently have with minor imps, anyway, and the odd demon lord.
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>>21510438
Geomancy! Who needs the dead or fancy smancy illusions when you make make rock ogres, sandstorms at will and FURTHER improve our lovely island golem.
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>>21510438
[New school] Wild magic

Well, it's luck-based...?
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>>21510480
Gotta upgrade our home until we BREAK THROUGH THE HEAVENS, yeah?
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>>21510438

[x] GEOMANCY
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>>21510475
i kinda like the demonology idea. but i want something we can you to make us better.
so [new school] healing or buffing
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>>21510438

Illusions.
You guys, imagine the shenanigans we will be able to get into with ILLUSIONS.
Illusion shenanigans are fucking ENDLESS.
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>>21510438

[x] ILLUSIONS
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>>21510460

As letting voting work. I cant really understand how exactly did i fail to do that? As for self-defined superiority, why thanks for noticing (although i cant see why calling someone an idiot for spouting stupid stuff about ogres is exactly that), it does me good to hear that from someone.

The poster knows who he is. Or are you telling me, that the person who posted does not know they posted?

I am slightly amused, but i am here for Ogres. Because their awesome. And if i insult anyone by saying they are idiots for in my own opinion saying stupid stuff about Ogres (and even i may be wrong, if the GM so decides, or even compared to other players Opinions), then they should Fuck off, and not be on 4chan.
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>>21510518
Quite! Also, if we can learn how to make one form of rock into another, our sandstorm drill will be nuts.

Think for a moment. A sandstorm drill where every grain of sand is a DIAMOND. Truly the best thing there is!
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>>21510563

Me.

Also for the reason i am here,

[x] GEOMANCY!

We need to armour our home!
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>>21510438
[X]geomancy
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>>21510438
illusion. we will forget that illusions are not real. and this is the closest thing we will get to direct reality manipulation
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>>21510438

I'm torn.... I think Geomanyc is really useful but it's time to expand and become more versatile. That's one of the big advantages of magic, it's very versatile.
Necromany feels too sinister for Gubbins, so, let's learn up on Illusory magic... I can only imagine the trouble we'll cause with our own illusions...
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>>21510438
FUCK
I KNEW I FORGOT SOMETHING TODAY

Ummm
How about Golem-Magic?
LETS BUILD EVEN MORE GIANT ROCK MEN!
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>>21510438
ILLUSIONS
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>>21510438
[X]Geomancy
Why the fuck should an ogre care about illusion magic?
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>>21510639
Because the idea of ogre illusionists is hilarious?
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>>21510652
I'd rather have my ogre travelling like their dune worms
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>>21510438
Geomancy. We can make illusions with rocks right?
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>>21510672
Feydakin Ogres.
For Shai-Hulud!
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>>21510583
actually changed my vote to geomancy as long as we can get the majority of ogres to have it. so we can have a village of ogres that can surf the sand
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>>21510672
what does that have to do with geomancy or illusions. That is something that you should take up with the Beastkrumper.
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Hmm, perhaps Gubbins can cast spells using A Major Image as a waypoint?

Otherwise, I'd suggest Transmutation or Artificing, since that seems more in line with his shtick.
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>>21510686
As long as we're lucky enough nothing is impossible.
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Hey guys. Hey guys. What if we... put illusions on TOP of our rocks? Like, we make people think our rocks are ogres, and then they attack the rocks! And then the rocks attack them.
[X]Illusions
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Dune worm, sand surfing, frowing rock
[X]Geomancy
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>>21510700
What if we put an illusion on Ogir Plase?
WHAT WOULD IT BECOME?

Also, we might want to have Gubbins and Bawss to have a chat with Cuddles over him and his magic.
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>>21510438
>[X] Improve Geomancy!

Well, if there's one thing Gubbins knows best, it's geomancy. So- really, why on Earth should he change that?

And so Gubbins works deep into the night, poring over his Geomancy tome. After beating himself over the head with it, he'd never really taken the time to READ the damn thing, but...

The smaller ogre's eyes widen. The words he'd tried going over before, when he had but an ounce of magical potential in him? Suddenly, it all makes sense. Everything. /EVERYTHING/ makes sense.

"Everything," Gubbins whispers, unaware that his eyes- pupils, whites, and all- just shifted into the color of pure gold. LIVING gold.

Later that morning, a group of other ogres look up, watching as Gubbins prances towards them with a tome in his hand. "Guys! Hey! Hey! Guys!!" he cheers, his eyes glittering happily. "I can see it! I can see EVERYTHIN' related to da earth! It's beautiful!"

The ogres scratch their heads, and one speaks up uncertainly. "... wot on earth are you talkin' abou-"

"Here, it'll be me who'll show you da truth!" Gubbins slams the tome upside the other ogre's head. "Me, me, me, me..."

And Gubbins grins when the other ogre's eyes shift into that strange spectrum of gold. The other ogre blinks, tilts his head to the side, and then... grins back.

"... me, too."

>Gubbins has become a Master Geomancer! Add a +30 bonus to all rolls involving Gubbins and Geomancy.
>All ogres have a touch of geomancy in them now!

(Cont. in 15-20 minutes for Scaratones! Yes, really!)
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>>21510742
The madness continues
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>>21510742
>All ogres have a touch of geomancy in them now!
Yes.
YES!
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>>21510742
Why do I get the feeling that this is going to end in tears?
Not Ogre tears obviously, but tears nonetheless.

Also, how do the Elves react to the fact that now all Ogres can do Magic?
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>>21510742
Woo! Time to visit Queenie!

So even Bawss can use magic now, huh? Just how MUCH geomancy can the average ogre do now?
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>>21510770
I mean, we've got 5 Geomancers in our last status report, but now technically all ogres (even the mutant berserkers?) can use geomancy.
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>>21510742
Ogrish geomancy involves brute forcing the rock into doing what you want, right? Basically making them akin to Earthbenders? I can't be the only one who's okay with this.
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>>21510770
I dunno, but they're probably all able to make rock gauntlets and punch things. Also digging is gonna be dead easy now. I think our best strategy against the evil fucking "assuming direct control" murder bugs is going to be to collapse their hives on them and laugh.
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>>21510778
>>21510768

... well, Gubbins is still the strongest Geomancer by far, but it's just like-

You know settings where Fae and/or other mystical beings just kind of instinctively use certain schools of magic without really understanding how it works, or necessarily being able to control it to a fine point?

Imagine that, except with ogres. And rock-shapin' geomancy.
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>>21510742
Wait a second. I've just realized something.

can we use Geomancy to bend metal and stuff? Because if so, we can have FUN, EarthBender style

Does the Boss now have Geomancy? So now he can control Earth and build himself a set of giant rock gauntlets to beat enemies to death.
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So, within minutes most of the ogres will be carried from one place to another by the ground instead of walking. The elves reaction, priceless
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I'm more interested in seeing if Ogres can instinctively grasp Cooperative Casting. Since they all follow Da Boss, and all. 55 geomancers, all led by one mind. One will.
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>>21510841
you are thinking small friend. Now that Baws knows geomancy, he can diplomacize the very earth itself.
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>>21510877
because Ogres
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>>21510841
Probably no to the first one (though, well, with these dice...), but a definite yes to point two.
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>>21510877
I-

well-

ffffffffff
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>>21510868
>Hivemind + Geomancy + Ogre luck
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>>21510877
Sweet goddess of luck yes!
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>>21510877

Yes- Just Ogres.
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>>21510901
(Well, to quote both Phantom Lancer and EarthShaker)

WE MARCH/WE MARCH/WE MARCH/WE MARCH/ WE MARCH

TOGETHER, STRONGER BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE

QUAKE AND CRACK BEFORE US
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>[X] Diplomance the Scaratones!

Over these past few weeks, the ogres really have grown fond of the Scaratones, and- thankfully- each and every one of them has gotten over their initial desire to squish little beetle-men to see what noises they'd make.

In other words, every visit to the Scaratone's main royal hive ends up being a pretty big deal. Among the ogres, there's an undercurrent of excitement in the air; those who volunteered to personally accompany Boss Bawss Fistboss's guard/retinue/group of ogres are the envy of all the others, while other ogres are hard at work sorting out all the stuff they've got in the storehouse to see if there's anything of use.

Boss Bawss finishes waving to the last of the mixed ogre/elf explorin' group, as they begin the trek to Ogir Crater. However, his attention is quickly drawn by Daphnaia, looming above the rock formation at the center of Ogir Place.

The elves are nowhere near as excited about the trip as the rest of the ogres. Which is... well, that's understandable, given all that's happened so far.

Boss Bawss scowls a bit, his mind going into overdrive as he assumes his thinkin' pose. This is going to be a sensitive mission...

>CHOOSE ONE FROM EACH CATEGORY:
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**How should they travel?**
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[A1] Fly Ogir Place right the fuck over!
[B1] Walk right the fuck over!
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**Who should they bring?**
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[A2] Just ogres. ... and also Celicia.
[B2] Mixed group of ogres and elves.
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**Which Named Ogre will stay to guard Ogir Place?**
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[A3] Boss Bawss Fistboss
[B3] Geomancer Gubbins
[C3] Beastkrumpa Squiggles
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>>21511017
[A1] We can travel in style.
[B2] They should know our friends well.
[B3] Gubbins, go make sure noone steals the Ogir Place, kay?
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Rolled 2

[A1]
[A2]
[B3]
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>>21511017
B1, I don't think we should just show up with the fucking Tower of Decay on top, we should explain that first.

B2, the elves are honorary Ogres now, where we go they go.

We need Bawss on this, it's diplomacy. I think Gubbins will be most useful if shit goes bad, we'll be underground. Also he can just add another wing to the hive as a gift. So C3.
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>>21511017
A1, B2, B3
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>>21511017
[A1] LET US FLY THERE! It'll be a field trip! If everyone's good, we might just get everyone a tour in the Scaratones' main hive again.

[B2] We gotta get everyone in on the action!

[B3] Gubbins can stay. He's already done so much!
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>>21511017
A1

A2

and have the Beastkrumpa Squiggles stay behind to guard, Boss Bawss needs to be there to negotiate and Gubbinz would probably love to talk magic bits.
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>>21511045
this plus A1, new ride and all that jazz
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>>21511045

How does Daphnaia look now anyway? Has it actually gotten healthier? 'Cause if it has, the Scaratones might not initially recognize it as the Tower of Decay.
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>>21511017
Lets march Ogir Place over to the Scaratones place, and park outside. Then we can bring a united part of diplomates down to talk, and hopefully not kill us.

And Gubbins is on protection duty. If it all goes well, maybe we can ask the Scaratone Mages to come up and have a look at both Cuddles and the Magic we've pulled off so far.

Oh and if Queenie asks about the tower of Decay, say Ogir Place needed a suitable hat
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>>21511017

[B1] Walk right the fuck over! I don't think the Scaratones would be appreciative of us flying the "tower of death" right up to their door.

[A2] Have Celicia chill with a Ur-Camo squad until we can broach the subject of the Elves with the Queen, then bring her in if everything goes well.

[C3] Beastkrumpa can hang back, Gubbins might get into some trouble if unsupervised at Ogir Place, plus he could chat up the Scaratone mages. while he's there.
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>>21511017
B1 - Walk right the fuck over
Wouldnt want our boys getting lost on the way back from Ogir Crater
A2 - Just Ogres... and also Celicia (Plus a few elf bodyguards for her)
too many might look like an invading force, especially if the elves had problems before.
B3 - Geomancer Gubbins. I'm certain he'd like the chance to experiment some more
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When we get back we WILL have words with Cuddles.
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>>21511017

[A1] Fly Ogir Place right the fuck over!
[A2] Just ogres. ... and also Celicia.
[B3] Geomancer Gubbins
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>>21511074
Daphnaia does look healthier! It still hasn't actually grown back any leaves yet, though, so the Scaratones will probably still call it the Tower of Decay at first glance.
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[A1] Fly it on over. Hiding allies from each other is annoying and not really neighborly. The Scaratones are over often enough they'll notice the giant fucking tree. Best get it all out in the open.
[X2] Just leave everybody on the island or at least only attend the queen with Da Baws and Celicia. If necessary, we will force them to get along.
[B3] Leave Gubbins.
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>>21511102
new plan to use geomancy to make Daphnaia even more comfortable and promote regrowth
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A1
A2
C3

I figure Celicia can keep her cool best, but having a bunch of elves might cause trouble.
Gubbins should be with us just in case we need super Geomancy power.

Damn I love catching Ogre Civ in action!
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>>21511120
ok i agree with this on everything but leaving gubbins. i think he should join us. just in case we need a quick out or maybe a giant stone first to diplomasize with
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>>21511137
We can always bring some of our own Geomancers (we've got 5 of them, yeah) along with us.
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WELP, it's boiled down to

1) Fly over
2) Mixed group of ogres/elves

... but we need a tiebreaker for who to leave behind, Gubbins or Squiggles. Next vote decides this!
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We should bring the Berserkers. We'll look so much more reasonable by comparison!

Also, I wanna bargain for Royal Jelly to try on the elves. Not sure they'd go for that... but I REALLY wanna see what would happen.
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>>21511137

Yeah, but if someone attacks while we're gone he's the most capable to handle it. If Cuddles breaks out (somehow) Gubbins is the only person who could stop him. Beastkrumpa doesn't seem to be tough enough for me to feel comfortable leaving that much responsibility on his shoulders, yaknow?
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>>21511197

Leave Squiggles, bring Gubbins
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>>21511017
B1, A2, C3

The elves might get excited and shoot something, same for the second one. And we ARE NOT leaving Gubbins unsupervised.
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>>21511197

WE LEAVE BEHIND GUBBANS
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>>21511197
I vote we leave Gubbins.
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>>21511197
take Gubbins
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>>21511197
leave the geomancer.
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>>21511210

If something happens, and Squiggles can't handle it, and Gubbins would have been able to; I'm blaming you, anon.
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>>21511017
Gubbins should stay. That minor earthen demigod he has at his beck and call will come in handy in a pinch.
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>>21511197
Gubbinz!
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>>21511197
Probably should leave the beastkrumpa to deal with the flying things
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>>21511197
Leave both Squiggles and Gubbins behind, because Gubbins needs supervision, and we take the Berserkers as protection.
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CUTTING OFF VOTING HERE before i get confused! Counting 'em in a second.
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>>21511253
Do we actually need protection? I mean, we're on a diplomacy mission here, and we're not trying to intimidate anyone.
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Wait, didn't the beastkrumpa krump one of the worker cast?
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Right, after tallying up like the NINE votes that came in over the past minute, Gubbins stays behind! Writing post now-
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>>21511197
But it's not a mixed group. It's a group of ogres, and some shorter, thinner, dexterous, somewhat arrogant ogres with boomsticks.
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Honestly, if worse comes to worse and we deal with a cave in or something, we can simply have Boss to ask the cave in to quietly go somewhere else. It is rude to interrupt important stuff.
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>Worried that something could happen while we're gone.

Look at it this way:
If someone does take Ogir Plase while we're gone, who better to track it and take it back over than Gubbins and the Bawss?
Besides, with the way we roll when Gubbins is involved, I'd rather have him here than let him fall while off screen.
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>>21511017
>[X] Fly Ogir Place to the Scaratone's royal hives!
>[X] Take a mixed ogre/elf group!
>[X] Leave Gubbins to guard Ogir Place!

Boss Bawss nods to himself, deciding on a course of action. "Gubbins!" he shouts, causing the shorter ogre to lumber over. "Set a course for dat huge big hive of da Scaratones! We're gonna have a talk wit' 'em!"

"Right, boss!" Gubbins pauses. "'Ere, do you mean INTO da hive, or NEXT to-"

"Next to," Boss Bawss quickly corrects, ignoring the shorter ogre's disappointed tongue-click. "An' you're gonna hafta stay behind to watch Ogir Place," he adds. "'Cause I just remembered dat... I think you're da only one who can make dis place actually FLY."

"... oh." Gubbins wrinkles his nose. "Guess I should get on wit' teachin' some of da other ogres to pilot dis thing, maybe."

Boss shrugs. That's not really high up on his list of priorities right now. "Maybe. Anyway, I'll leave you to it, gotta go an' talk to da elves."

The Master Geomancer sketches out a rough salute. "Aye, boss!"

Boss Bawss pauses. "... who's eye?"

"Dunno, boss, just a word I heard da elves sayin'."

The larger ogre shakes his head as he lumbers off towards the hill on Ogir Place where Daphnaia is planted. Even today, even now, elves still confuse the hell out of him- not that he'd ever admit as much to Celicia. And speak of the devil-

(Cont.)
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>>21511407
"'Ere, dat's a lotta elves," Boss Bawss rumbles as he approaches the pointy-eared group. He looks at each elf, all dressed in the same mottled-grey uniform- amazing camouflage in the shadows of the forest and in underground tunnels, but not so much on the pale sand of the desert.

Regardless- Boss Bawss's lips move silently as he counts the gathered elves. Twenty. "Dat's like- all of da elves you got who ain't goin' to Ogir Crater."

"Good of you to notice," Celicia replies dryly. She slings her rifle over her shoulder, and the other elves follow her lead. "I don't know how much the beetle-men are going to trust us- wait." The soldier eyes Boss for a moment. "How many ogres are you bringing?"

"... ten?" Boss hazards. "Dat's 'bout as many as I usually bring when talkin' to da Scaratones."

"... ten," Celicia repeats flatly. "When walking right into the main hive, where they'll probably number in the fucking millions."

"Yah? Well, dey're our friends," Boss Bawss replies, a mite defensive.

Celicia seems to bite back a retort, instead letting out a noncommittal grunt. "... fine. How many should I bring?"

... Boss Bawss brings up both his hands. He'll need them to count.

[ ] Keep it to 20 elves.
[ ] Cut it to 10 elves; match the number of ogres.
[ ] Cut it to 5 elves, not including Celicia; don't want to unduly disturb or worry the Scaratones.
[ ] Write-in...?
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>>21511412

[ ] Cut it to 5 elves, not including Celicia; don't want to unduly disturb or worry the Scaratones.

Proportional representation. there's less elves, so we bring less of them.

But we keep Celicia close.
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>>21511412
10 elves.

An even mix isn't too threatening.
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>>21511412
Yeah, let's go with 5.
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>>21511429
> [x] Cut it to 10 elves; match the number of ogres.

Dat way we's gots 11 Ogres (10 Ogres n' Boss Bawss) an' 11 Elves (10 Elves n' Celicia).

DOUBLE DOUBLES!
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>>21511412
[X] Cut it to 10 elves; match the number of ogres.

Even mix. It's fair and easy.
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>>21511412
>[x] Cut it to 10 elves; match the number of ogres.
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>>21511412

[x] 10. I had thought 5 would be a safe unthreatening number, but we don't want the scaratones to get the idea that we've forced the elves into submission - they're allies, and we're equal, just like the scaratones.
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>>21511412
[ X] Cut it to 5 elves, not including Celicia; two ogres to guard each elf (excluding Celicia, who's got Baws) when the mole ravages attack
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>>21511456
THIS

ITS SUPER LUCKY

HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY GO WRONG
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>>21511412
>[ ] Cut it to 10 elves; match the number of ogres.
Just in case things DO go raw, each elf has their very own protection ogre.
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>>21511513
Awshit, this argument is completely fool proof.
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>>21511516
Haha! That's a great way to view it!

"Does everyone have a field trip buddy? Make sure each elf has an ogre and each ogre an elf. Don't lose sight of your buddy!"
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>>21511412

>Cut it to 10 elves; match the number of ogres.

We want to show that the elves are our equals. Plus, do you honestly think we will be able to explain something as complicated as what happened when we were attacked at Daphanaia? Their...clarifications would be useful. Plus I think that Celicia needs to meet the queen in person.

>speaking of the queen...

I have made some progress on the queen drawing. It isn't quite done yet (lady is missing the royal bling, for starters), but since we are going in for a meeting I can post what I got if you want. I don't think I will have the energy to finish it tonight either way.
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So is this anyone else's favorite quest/civ game ever?
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>>21511569

Our (Latest?) King of Dragon Pass playthrough had about the same of bullshit luck and impossible success.
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>>21511549
That is a really good idea. Every ogre needs a elf, every elf needs a ogre. The elf can help the ogre avoid doing something stupid, the ogre can reach high places and krump things. It's a perfect partnership.

Bawss and Celicia are a perfect example of this.
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>>21511549
(Boys, sit on them if they get too excited. No eating the royal jelly.)

Also, Blorp: Can we ask for a small stock of royal jelly while we're there? As a sort of volunteer thing - anyone who wants to become a berserker can become one, and also gets shoulderpads and a helmet, but no more than.. 10 at a time or something?
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>>21511549
They may want to hold hands, just to be sure the ogre of the pair doesn't wander off.
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>>21511551
OH yes, I would be all for this. I'd love to see how it's progressing!

>>21511592
I don't see why not! I was planning on having a short Trade session open depending on how things go- and that'll come when it comes.

AAAaaand the vote goes at an even mix of 10 elves, so I'm writing up the post!
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>>21511615
>>21511592
>>21511578
The buddy system never fails!
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>>21511637
Yesss. YESSSS. Airdropped demonic ogre berserkers, one step closer. Demon armoured only - for now.
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>>21511637

D'ok.
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>>21511675

Fuck you.

Now I have a new waifu.
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>>21511675
Wicked!
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>>21511675
Anon, you are awesome.
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>>21511675
well shit.
I'd hit it
Now all she needs is an awesome hat
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>>21511659
It can't fail!

It might drive all of the elves to drinking, but it'll work.


Also I'm imagining Bawss trying to deny that they the Tower of Decay is on Ogir Place and that they have elves with them. Saying it isn't a tower, it's a tree that they put there because Ogir Place needed a hat. And they aren't elves, but smaller Ogres. And all of the other ogres nodding and agreeing with him.

>>21511675
That's spectacular.
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>>21511675
>>21511675
>>21511675
>>21511675
>>21511675
>>21511675
DAYEMMMMM

thats some awesome drafaggotry
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>>21511675
I want to have your beetle babies, drawfag.
Hers too
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>>21511675
holy-

YOU ARE A DRAWFAG AMONG DRAWFAGS, MY FRIEND. Thank you, this is amazing!

And I just realized that Blorp was blue, the ogres are blue, and the Scaratone Queen is blue. BLUE BLUE
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>>21511748

and Blue is the Orky color for luck.
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>>21511748

Yeah...I kept the same base layer color pallet for everything from EVO quest (mostly). It seemed appropriate since this was its spiritual successor and all. Plus, I really like the way blue acts as a base layer when doing color effects. Yellows, greens and reds tend to pop more next to/on top of it. This is good for shiny things like say an iridescent beetle's carapace. Also, it is apparently lucky. Who'da thunk it.
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bump
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>>21511412
>[X] Cut it down to 10!

"... I bet it'd be fine if you cut your group into thirds an' just bring like... wot, ten of 'em?" Boss Bawss hazards.

There's a moment as Celicia parses that phrase in her mind before she nods her acquiescence. "Half of the elves. Got it- seriously, don't fuckin' argue with me about this," she warns Boss. "I know my math, and I will seriously beat you. Possibly literally."

Boss lets it slide. "Yah! Dis way, we can work on da buddy system. One elf for every ogre, an' we can all watch each others' backs," he finishes proudly.

One of the elves in the back, one with dark green hair, looks at him askance. "But- that's not how we were trained to figh-"

"Just roll with it," Celicia interjects tiredly, before nodding to Boss. "Now let's just get going."

And so they got.

(cont.)
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>>21512095
By foot, it had taken the ogres more than a few days of trekking across the hot, unforgiving (but mostly hot) desert sands to reach the royal hive of the Scaratone Empire. By giant flying golem oasis thing, though, it's only a matter of hours before the hive looms into view.

"... the beetle-men don't normally scream and wail and point skyward like that, do they?" Celicia mutters uneasily, her lips clamped around an unlit cigarette.

"Not dat I know of. 'Ey, Gubbins, we should probably set down 'ere and walk da rest of da way," Boss Bawss shouts back towards the cave.

"Yah, boss!" Gubbins shouts back. Soon enough, Ogir Place's large, brick-patterned feet quietly settle back down onto the ground, its arms no longer flapping slowly. In a matter of minutes, Boss Bawss's entourage- Beastkrumpa Squiggles, Commander Celicia, ten ogres, and ten elves- quickly disembark from Ogir Place's hastily-reassembled ground-level staircase.

"You sure dis'll be fine, boss?" Squiggles mutters quietly. "I ain't all magicky like Gubbins is..."

"Nah, you'll do fine. 'Sides, dey might still have a rat problem," Boss replies reassuringly. "An' who knows wot else we might bump into, anyway."

"We're the ones who should be worried," Celicia adds, with only the faintest trace of sarcasm- her own elves are stiff as boards, one or two of them looking like they desperately want to keep their rifles close at hand despite direct orders to the contrary.

"Nah, nah, you guys'll totally hit it off," Boss soothes, turning to the much shorter elf. "We're friends with you guys, we're friends with da beetle-men... I'm sure it'll go all perfect an' good. It's gotta," he adds.

(Cont.)
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>>21512104
"Boss Bawss Fistboss! Yes-yes, how nice it is to see you agai-"

The rest of the walk down to the royal meeting chamber was silent and awkward; the Scaratone envoy sent to lead them down had no idea what to make of the nervous elves, and any and all attempts at light conversation or introduction to the finer points of Scaratone engraving/construction failed miserably.

... and speaking of awkward, Kilkkarak, the Queen of all Scaratones, in all of her six-limbed, blue-shelled, jewelry-decked glory, just cut her own introduction off to stare in confusion at the elves standing next to the ogres. The same elves who, in fact, are mostly trying desperately not to hide behind their ogre counterparts.

Only Celicia, her cigarette still unlit, continues standing strong while looking up at the beetle queen looming above her, though Boss notices that the elf's hand keeps twitching toward where she keeps her lighter.

(cont.)
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"... well," Queen Kilkkarak eventually continues, tapping a clawed digit against her chitinous cheek(?). "Nice to meet you, it is, along with your assorted retinue. These would not happen to be some new kind of ogre, would they?" she asks, a touch too innocently. "Awfully short for an ogre, if it is true. Not nearly as strong either, yes-yes."

"Elves," Celicia says curtly. "We are elves."

"Oh! Yes! I must be getting forgetful, you do indeed look like those who live in the Tower of Decay, yes," Queen Kilkkarak replies brightly- her voice so bright, in fact, as to be a touch brittle. "I certainly hope you are not forgetful as well, with those boomsticks of yours! Might accidentally rain death from above on innocent passerby, yes."

"... sage advice indeed. Here's some back: you may have left a few of your /people/ out near Daphnaia," Celicia shoots back, her voice a chilly deadpan. "Hell, we've had to do a little housecleaning, ourselves..."

Boss Bawss snaps himself out of his morbid, this-is-turning-into-a-car-wreck-and-I-can't-stop-watching stare, an unaccustomed sliver of proto-fear working its way down his spine. Perhaps he should step in and diplomance this situation. Like, now.

>***STUPID LUCKY TIME?***
ROLL d100! (dice+1d100 in the email field)
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Rolled 84

>>21512128
DIPLO
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Rolled 94

>>21512128
GOGO OGRE LUCK
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Rolled 99

>>21512128
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Rolled 98

>>21512139
Damn, no doubles.
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Rolled 92

>>21512128
I think it's time for Bawss to yell for everyone to shut up, shake hands, and become friends or he'll be disappointed in them.

Also tell them that it isn't a tower, it's a tree, and a hat now.
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>>21512139
>>21512143
>>21512144

This is BEFORE we add Boss's +30 Diplo roll correct?
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>>21512144

Doubles on dubs!

The Bateman has truly blessed us!
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>>21512159
Yeah, I think so. Bawss has this in the bag.


Also 4 fucking 90+ rolls in a row.
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>>21512144
>>21512143
>>21512139
>>21512153
It's diplomacy time!
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>>21512139
>>21512143
>>21512144
>>21512149

Lady Luck and the Dice Gods are determined for Boss Bawss Fistboss to be covered in bitches of all shapes, sizes, and animal kingdoms.
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>>21512143
>>21512139
>>21512144
>>21512149
>>21512153

why is no one rolling beneath an 80

/why is no one rolling beneath an 80/
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Rolled 66

>>21512176
lemme fix that for ya
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Rolled 62

>>21512128
>>21512139

>84

Not bad, I can't wait to see...

>>21512143
>>21512144
>>21512149
>>21512153


FUCKING OGRES!
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>>21512176
Clearly the Luck Goddess wants Blorp to make nice between the two ladies.
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>>21512176
Because. Ogres.

So, I suggest we bring up HE COMES as the source of this misunderstanding. And also try to figure out what HE COMES is.
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>>21512176
Because the dice want Bawss to make Celicia and Queenie hug out their differences under his stern but caring glare.
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>>21512184

>lemme fix that for ya
>rolls a 66

...Well, at least I know where all the luck for dice rolls is going on /tg/.
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>>21512139
>>21512143
>>21512144
>>21512149
>>21512153

AND

>>21512159

>Blorp's face when
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>>21512144

IF WE DON'T USE THIS ONE IMA BE MAD
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>>21512176

Because Lady Luck just LOVES her some Love Interests Harems for her strongest and most MANLY Ogre.
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No place better.
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>>21512250
Aw yiss, more art.
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>>21512242

>Because Lady Luck just LOVES her some Love Interests Harems for her strongest and most MANLY Ogre.


>66
>99

>double 69
>two females in the room

I...don't know how to respond to this.
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I don't know if this rolling system is just that good or Luck just loves ogres this much, but these rolls leave me giggling like a school girl.
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>>21512250
... no place better. No place better, indeed.

You should feel fuckin' awesome. Can't stop staring at this guy's expression, it is making me giddy as all hell. BE PROUD TO CALL YOURSELF A DRAWFAG, MAN
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Rolled 94

>>21512311
The system is good (if a bit too good for us), plus we have all the luck.
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>>21512320
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>>21512176
Oh yes.
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>>21512320

Nah man, feel good yourself, this shit gets my juices flowing. It's good for everybody.
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>>21512250

Nice. Other drawfag here. Once again, I am jelly of your line art. You are really good at nailing the characters down efficiently. I have to go into full blown paint mode to even attempt to get that effect. Shine on you crazy diamond.

Also, when did we start getting unusual hats in this game. NO ONE TOLD ME IT WAS TF2 TIME!
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>>21512391
>NO ONE TOLD ME IT WAS TF2 TIME
im doing that in another quest thread too lol hats allaround
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>>21512391

>when did we start getting hats

Like, session one. I'm pretty sure first order of business after building houses was making hats out of the leftover dried snake skins and entrails.
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>>21512408
>>21512443

>TF2 unusuals have particle/glow effects
>One is a flame
>The hat is on fire
>Bad TF2 joke
>Yes, I know we have been collecting hats like a Bawss forever. Dammit, let me have my joke!

Ok...fine. I learned my lesson. No more hat jokes.
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>>21512497
>Ok...fine. I learned my lesson. No more hat jokes.

I think you meant to say

>Ok...fine. I learned my lesson. More hat jokes.
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>>21512128
>84
>And then no one rolled under 90
>+30 Diplomancer Bonus
>Not Doubles Insanity, but Higher than High


Boss Bawss takes a breath, regaining his center. And then he clears his throat.

"... ladies."

His bass rumble cuts clear through Queen Kilkkarak and Celicia's voices, and as one, the two of them turn to look at him.

With a grim smile, Boss Bawss points to his hat- a snazzy number, a rock circled by stalks of wheat, encrusted with shards of slagged metal, and, impossibly, topped off by a potato that really shouldn't be able to balance like that. "Now it is hat time."

Queen Kilkkarak tilts her head to the side. "... I'm afraid you've lost me?" she chitters.

"Hat time. Dat is an ancient ogre tradition stretchin' back for like- like a bajillion years dat I made up just now," Boss Bawss explains patiently. "Dat means dat it's gonna be my turn to make wit' da talkin', and dat you are not gonna be fightin'. A'right? A'right."

(Cont.)
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>>21512550
The larger ogre turns to Celicia, gesturing with a hand to the Scaratone Queen. "Dis is da Queen! She's a real cool girl who is not afraid of anythin'. She helped trade us things like food, animals, an' digging."

Celicia squints at Boss Bawss. "But... you can't just /trade/ digging to someone-"

"An' dat's why she is so cool! An' she is a real good talker, she can talk right through walls," Boss Bawss adds proudly. "So you'll totally get along wit' her, she might trade you things like food not made from poop."

"I... /what/?" Celicia squeaks, one eyelid twitching nervously. BUT AT LEAST SHE IS NOT LOOKIN' LIKE SHE WANTS TO YELL AT DA QUEEN, AN' DAT'S ALL DAT COUNTS.

Satisfied at a job well done, Boss Bawss turns to face Queen Kilkkarak now, who seems to be taking no small amount of amusement from Celicia's utter confusion. "So! Queenie!" Boss chortles, rubbing his hands together. This shouldn't be nearly as hard; Queen Kilkkarak isn't nearly as easy to mind-break as the elves, that's for sure. "I want you to meet Celicia, who is an elf."

"I think I can see that," Queen Kilkkarak chitters dryly.

(Cont.)
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>>21512554
"Yah! An' her Tower of Decay isn't really a tower. It's just a tree. An' she thought your Scaratones was da bugs dat was eatin' her roots an' attackin' da elves, so dat's why she's so mad. Same goes to you, Celicia," Boss Bawss adds, half-turning to face the elf. "Queen's just mad 'cause you shot at her warriors."

"... okay?" Celicia says weakly, just going with the flow.

"So, yah, we fought against da elves with against big underground bugs dat didn't really look like Scaratones at all," Boss continues, looking back at the Queen. "I mean, there was one Scaratone, but I think we gotta talk about dat in a second. Anyway, da elves got a tree, 'cept their own Queen or King or woteva left 'em here to die 'cause da Coal-All-Isshun eats nothin' but horseshit, an' Celicia may or may not be jealous of da hat I gave ya," he finishes, ignoring Celicia's mortified death glare burning a hole into his upper back.

There's a moment as the Queen of all Scaratones absorbs that and mentally parses it, but- she actually starts looking slightly pensive, inasmuch as Boss Bawss can read her body language. "I... see." Queen Kilkkarak absentmindedly drums her fingers along one chitin-plated arm. "So that's what happened..."

(cont.)
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>>21512562
Boss Bawss looks back and forth between Celicia and Queen Kilkkarak- both either too worried, mortified, or confused to continue verbally baiting each other. "Okay, hat time's over! Now is when you all gotta hug each other," Boss says happily.

"WAT NO," the Scaratone Queen and the elf soldier yelp at exactly the same moment.

Boss Bawss nods happily. "An' my diplomacing job is totally done."

"No, it isn't!" Queen Kilkkarak chitters, waving her fists in the air in the ogre's general direction. "Your story alone, it has fifty things that we must talk about, yes-yes! Very worrying things!! Must talk about the bug creatures that attacked!"

"AND the one Scaratone that was there! I mean- fuck, we didn't come here just to kiss and make up," Celicia adds, one hand on her hip as she glares at Boss Bawss. "We have legitimate concerns to talk about. Right? Right. So let's get to it."

Boss Bawss weathers the dual-pronged assault with a perplexed expression on his face. Well, he averted a potential diplomatic crisis between the ogres' only real allies in this desert, and the ogres' best friends.

Should... should he feel happy that they've started agreeing with each other, or worried?

(To be continued next thread!)
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Rolled 84

>>21512568

>Thread

aww...

time for sleep!
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>>21512568
Aw man, can't wait 'till next time.
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Rolled 54

>>21512568
The end for now?
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>>21512568

The only thing you should know Boss Bawss.

Is that they both agree that the ogres cannot be understood and it's best to just go along with you at the head of the absolute chaos.
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>>21512568
WELP, it is 3 am, this thread has like 350+ replies on it, and I don't have the mental fortitude to properly deal with the stuff that should come next.

Calling it a night, and this civ game/quest will continue a bit earlier next week- Wednesday, 8 pm EST!

Thanks for participating, guys, and I hope you had fun with it. Feedback is always welcome! Also, it's been a while since I mentioned it, so- I have a Twitter account at https://twitter.com/BlorpQuest , which I usually use just to talk about quest stuff/announce threads/etc. Finally, thread's been archived, at the usual place.
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>>21512568

Got an ETA on that?
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>>21512603
Good night, and may the many little Drawfags leave you presents as you sleep.
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>>21512603
..................... ALSO

I promised that I'd write a bonus thing, due to the stuff I'd messed up earlier in the thread.

So name a scene/agree on a scene related to this quest, and I will do my best to write it! (If it doesn't show up in this thread, I'll post it next thread.)
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>>21512603

Thanks for running the quest. Ridiculously fun as always.
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Rolled 65

>>21512622

Elves question Celicia on 'what the fuck is going on with these Ogres'
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>>21512622
Scooby-Doo shenanigans with the Ogre/Elf expedition group we sent!
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>>21512635
Going to have to veto this one right off the bat... because this one I plan to write in the quest itself.
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>>21512642
Niiiiice.
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>>21512622
What happened until Bawss got all the newly Geomantic ogres under control. You know, after Gubbins decided "HEY LETS MAKE THEM ALL FUCKING GEOMANCERS."
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>>21512622
Bawss and Celicia both fucking tired from having to work. Bawss from herding Ogres, which is like herding cats but worse, and Celicia from keeping the Elves in line, making sure they aren't arrogant asses, all of that. Just sitting down next to each other without a word, and Celicia passing him a pack of cigarettes.
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>>21512568
he should feel both.
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Rolled 87

>>21512632
seconding this one.
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>>21512642
>next
Squiggles shenanigans in trying to control the Ogres and Elves left over on Ogir Place!

Or

Boss Bawss finding out Gubbins made all the fucking Ogres WIZARDS!
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>>21512670
Gubbins was the one who stayed behind; Squiggles came along with our diplomancing group.
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I wouldn't mind seeing the Scaratones reaction to Ogir Place + Tower of Decay coming over the horizon.
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>>21512652
Then he eats them. The end.
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>>21512698
I was thinking he just lights the pack on fire and smokes it. Maybe puts a reassuring giant hand on her shoulder.

But that works too.
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Celicia trying to understand Ogre logic. Just trying to process something so alien in her mind.
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>Elves question Celicia on 'what the fuck is going on with these ogres'
>WE ALL GEOMANCERS NOW
>Boss and Celicia, on break
>Scaratones' reaction to Ogir Place

... god this is like enough material for two or three threads' worth of bonus stuff

I should be able to get one or two done tonight, TIME TO GET CRACKIN'
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>>21512176
Cecilia x Klikk lesbo OTP
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>>21512750
S-stupid Elf it's not like I like you or a-anything.
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>>21512750
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>>21512775
Wouldn't the Elf be like that and the Queen would be an older sassy women in charge?
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>>21512797
Lady Luck is a shipper, bro. She just wants to see some elf on bug lovin facilitated by ogres.
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>>21512800
Probably , it's 3 AM, not really thinking as much as I should.
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>>21512632
>>21512666
>Elves question Celicia on 'what the fuck is going on with these Ogres'


>Immediately after the ogres transplanted Daphnaia onto Ogir Place...

Grimly, Celicia faces down the one group of elven soldiers that she desperately does not want to deal with. Not here, not now; she just wants to retreat to her room and curl up on her bed until the world starts making sense again.

The ten or so elves standing in front of her, in perfect formation and with nary a wrinkle in their uniforms, are the only elves remaining who had yet to truly meet the ogres.

They were not present among the sentries when the ogres first stepped foot in Daphnaia. They did not accompany the ogres down into Daphnaia's root system to fight those mysterious invaders. Hell, these elves didn't even see that ogre spellcaster move Daphnaia onto Ogir Place...

In short, these are the elves who have yet to undergo the full ogre experience. Poor, damned souls.

(Cont.)
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>>21512881
"Listen up," Celicia barks out. Her voice was never exactly melodious, and years of smoking hasn't done it any good. Still, she can at least carry a note of command. "I want each and every one of you to go out there and mingle with our allies. You're the only ones who have yet to even meet them- the sooner, the better. - yes, Rainshowers?"

The green-haired elf tosses her hair back over one shoulder, not one single hair out of place. "For how long, sir?" she asks, her dubious expression making it very clear just what she thinks of their erstwhile allies.

Celicia shakes her head. Poor, proud fool. "... five minutes, at most. I doubt you flower-arranging sods will last that long," she says heavily, the sting absent from her half-hearted insult. "Now get to it."

The group of elves break formation and leave the shelter of Daphnaia, standing tall as they meander down towards where the ogres are gathered at rest, at work, or whatever it is that ogres do when given some amount of free time. Celicia leans back against a nearby wall, and there's a cigarette between her lips before her absentminded brain even catches up to what her hands are doing.

She's too busy counting.

(Cont.)
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>>21512883
10... 20... 30...

The blonde elf lights up, exhaling a small cloud of smoke.

117... 118... 119-

The first of the group of elves returns, absolutely none of the pride or arrogance left in her bearing. She totters in and leans against the wall next to Celicia, her eyes glazed and her hair slightly messed up, as if she'd been nervously tugging at it. "But... that shouldn't been impossible," the elf mutters to herself, running a hand over her face. "Snakeskin doesn't work like that- no, NOTHING works like that..."

Wordlessly, Celicia hands her a cigarette, which the other elf takes between her shaking fingers.

One by one, the other elves trickle in, most of them in much the same state.

"But where did it go? Where did it GO?" another elf stutters to himself, his rakish hair mussed up. "The magic thumb trick shouldn't ACTUALLY remove a thumb, it just MAKES it look like the thumb's gone-"

"Closing your eyes doesn't make you stop being on fire, fire doesn't work like that," another elf whispers to herself, over and over, as if it's a prayer.

"Freeform spellcasting! FREEFORM SPELLCASTING! We're all going to die!" another soldier wails, all but sobbing into her hands.

One elf, slightly less desperate than the others, turns towards Celicia, the light of madness still dancing in the back of her eyes. "What... what is going ON with- with our allies?" she whimpers, tugging weakly on her superior's sleeve, all decorum forgotten. "What the fuck is going on with them? /How/?" she finally asks, encapsulating a lot of meaning into that one word.

The elves watch Celicia as she calmly takes a drag from her cigarette, blowing out a smoke ring as she keeps her flat gaze up toward the ceiling. Finally, after what seems like an eternity, their commanding officer speaks.

"... don't ask. It's ogres."
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>>21512732
AND... it's almost 4 am, so I'll get to the rest of these between now and Wednesday. They'll be at the end of next thread!
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MY SIDES
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>>21512903
Ogres are the ogre equivalent of this. Just for the thinky meats.
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>>21512889
That is hilarious. Those poor elves, and Celicia takes the brunt of it since she hangs out with Bawss.

But imagine how Bawss feels, he has to direct 50 of these guys, coordinate them, keep their stupidity and luck in the right direction.
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I want gto see a ogre making a Elf into a pet?
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At Bawss Boss's rather forceful encouragment the queen and the elf had a brief hug. Looking into the queen's eyes the elf blanched at the forbidden and wrong feelings feelings both in her head and loins. The queen looked away struggling with her own urges. The embrace broke by the ogres statement "See dats a proper hug"
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>>21512955
Bawss gets off easily since he is an ogre as well. Anyone else would be a nervous wreck within five seconds trying to organize those guys
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>>21513197
>>21513154
•_•
>>Gets off



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