>>21875063
>STATUS REPORT
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Ogir Place (+Floating, +Limbs, +Sandstorm Drill, +Steering Wheel)
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Population: 89/89 ogres (6 dead), 30/30 elves
- [Landmarks] Oasis, Daphnaia, Underground Cave/Quarry, Underground [???]s
- [Food] Cacti(-ow), Fungi, Wheat, Potatoes, Ravager Meat, Milk; Fair Growth (+32/turn)
- [Resources] Hellfire Energy [Captive Archdemon Lord], Sandstone, Iron+Chromite Ores, Featherstone, Aquifer Pebbles
- [Diplomacy] Scaratone [ALLIED; Featherstone Carts, Fungi, Paper]; Felpowder Elves [UNITED]; Achievement Hunter Dwarves [???]

- [Key Items] Tomes (Dragon Lore, Illusory Magic I, Necromancy I)
- [Arms] Cactus Maces, Iron Scimitars, Crude Iron Armor, Demon Helm/Shoulderpads; Ur-Camouflage
- [Vocations] OGRES: Geo (∞), Berserks (4), BMasters (1), Rockkits (0), Riders (0)
- [Beasts] Giant Bats (trained), Naked Mole Ravagers (trained)
- [Settlement] Reinforced Rock Shanties, Storehouse, Mushroom Farms, Pier, Anchor/Staircase, THE FLAMES OF HELL

- [NPCs] Boss Bawss Fistboss [+30 Diplomacy], Geomancer Gubbins [+30 Geomancy, +WE ALL GEOMANCERS NOW, +Ruoumoko], Beastkrumpa Squiggles Irwin [+Beast Whisperer, Big Vulture]
- [Tech] Fire, Fish, Agriculture[+Protection], Cooking, Mine, Smelt/Forge, Write/Read, Hats, FStone Flight, FStone Airdrops, Airships!
- [Magic] Geomancy I, Healing 0, Climate Control 0
- [Economy] System=Barter; Currency=Shit
- [???] JUST TO FUCK WITH YOU GUYS S'MORE
- [Justice] Krumpin' Duels / Boss Knows Best
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DICE RULES:
>Any Doubles: STUPID LUCKY
>100: SO BRILLIANT IT'S STUPID
>90-98: Stupidly Successful
>60-90: Successful
>40-60: Neutral
>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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>>21875069
>Still most of the way through a turn...
>Agreed to trade Featherstone to the dwarves in exchange for their aid in the upcoming war!

The rest of the ogres' meeting with the dwarves passes by very quickly; upon reaching their agreement, both sides start the process of ferrying Featherstone down from Ogir Place to the dwarven tunnel cutting through Ogir Crater. Soon enough, most of the dwarves turn their attention away from the meeting to get themselves acquainted with Featherstone's rather unique properties, busting out scientific-looking apparatuses that the ogres (and even the elves) can't make heads or tails of.

The elves mostly find themselves on the sidelines- between the ogres' and dwarves' combined strength, there's more than enough manpower to haul around lightweight rock. Celicia takes advantage of the small lull to ask the dwarves' overseer/leader/prince, Lockstock, something that had been bugging her for a while.

"... so what happened to the humans?"

The older dwarf blinks up at the elf soldier, stroking his beard in thought. "Well... see, I wasn't exactly /there/ when it happened, but we basically let them get on with their lives. Let 'em keep their sorry little above-ground land-holdings, on the condition that they shut down their mines and leave the digging to us dwarves," Lockstock replies, seeming to fully approve of this course of action. "If they want any of the earth's bounties, they'll have to take it up with our merchants instead of messing about in OUR mountains."

(Cont.)

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>>21875085
Celicia raises her eyebrows. The last she'd heard of the ongoing skirmishes between the humans and the dwarves, the humans had managed to hold onto SOME of their continent's mountainous regions, for at least a few centuries. If the dwarves had managed to break that stalemate in the short amount of time she'd been stationed away from the Old World, here in the deserts of Terra Incognita...

The blonde elf phrases her reply carefully, trying not to let on any of her unease at this. "Can't see the humans taking that too well."

"Ooh, aye, the looks on the human bigwigs' faces were reputed tae be something amazing," Lockstock chuckles. "No metals except for what we or someone else sell 'em? That ought to stop the humans from fielding an army for a while!"

Among other things, Celicia thinks to herself. The next few years look like they'll be a bad fucking time to be human.

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>>21875100
Meanwhile, Boss Bawss Fistboss sits on a nearby boulder, devoting all of his energy to planning out his next few steps.

Lockstock's a friendly enough dwarf, but it's probably too early to invite him and an honor guard to a tour of Ogir Place- the other dwarves aren't nearly as trusting yet, and look to be impatient to get back to their work. So that's right out.

On the other hand, the dwarves have also been kind of vague as to what KIND of help they'll give in the upcoming battle between the Scaratones and the Formichroma, along with what kind of diplomatic overtures the dwarves will make to the Scaratones themselves. Might not be good to pry too much, but on the other hand, it might also be good to know. Could be worth a shot to press 'em on this.

An easier topic to broach would probably be to ask them about the underground landscape in and around Ogir Place. Boss Bawss noticed that the dwarves look to be a hardy lot, and most of them at least seem to know their way around a fight, especially since Lockstock pledged their aid to the upcoming fight. Maybe the dwarves bumped into some new fauna underground, or picked up some other relevant information...

And, of course, there's always other trading options to explore.

>CHOOSE TWO OPTIONS:
[ ] [ASK] how the dwarves plan to help in the upcoming battle.
[ ] [PRESS] them on their eventual plans to diplomance the Scaratones.
[ ] [INFORMATION] about Terra Incognita's underground scene.
[ ] [TRADE] them for some things. (Opens up trading interface!)
[ ] [WRITE-IN]

>>21875104
ASK and INFORMATION
Also hi Blorp, time to break your mind(again)

>>21875104
ASK and INFORMATION

I wonder how the dwarves would react to us asking if we could introduce them to Queenie.....

>>21875130
Seconding this. Take it slow.

Sahweeet, here early enough to catch the beginning of Ogre Quest!

ASK and INFORMATION seem best. Knowledge is power and all.

>>21875130
ASK and Information, i agree with this

>>21875104
Another for ASK and INFORMATION

Blorp, we love you. I think ALL of us can agree on that fact. But if you're sick, shouldn't you be resting? We're concerned about you! If you still want to run the quest, meanwhile, I'm sure we'll be just dandy with that as well. Because Ogres.

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>>21875268
Thanks for the concern! I'll definitely be fine for a while, though; with this cold/flu/whatever, I think my energy only really tanks 1) mid-afternoon and 2) later at night.

So yes, ogres will still be happening.

>>21875314

Well, hope yer drinking lots of fluids and staying bundled up. Don't need ya relapsing with something worse.

>>21875104
>[x] [ASK] how the dwarves plan to help in the upcoming battle.
>[x] [INFORMATION] about Terra Incognita's underground scene.

What we don´t know can get us killed

>>21875104
>[X] [ASK] how the dwarves plan to help in the upcoming battle!
>[X] [INFORMATION] about Terra Incognita's underground scene!

"What? Our plans for battle?"

Perhaps most other emissaries from most other races would be at least somewhat put off by how bluntly Boss Bawss phrases his question, but Lockstock simply takes it in stride. He DOES give the larger ogre a sly grin and a wink. "That would spoil the surprise, wouldn't it, lad? - alright, alright," Lockstock relents upon seeing Boss Bawss's nonplussed expression. "Well, we're only a small group of miners, see, so we can't exactly pitch right in on the front lines or anything like that. And if what you're sayin' is true, lad..."

"Wot, about da bad bugs comin' up from da deep underground?"

"Aye. Well, back home, we got our own ways around nasty intruders tryin' to dig into our mineshafts, you see. And we think that your enemies- they'll find that it's a /blast/," Lockstock quips.

The dwarf's guffaws only increase in volume at Boss Bawss's blank face as the pun goes right over the larger ogre's head. "You'll see what I mean, lad! Hit an' run tactics, booby traps, dummy tunnels to throw 'em off the right direction- that sort of thing. Why, the Scaratones might not even know that we're there, only that the enemy forces're having trouble reaching their defensive lines! ... er, you SHOULD probably tell them about us, lad, we don't want to spook the beetle-men or make them think we're bogeymen or something," he adds quickly.

(Cont.)

>>21875577
Boss Bawss's eyes light up as another question narrowly escapes being forgotten forever. "'Ere, speakin' of bogeymen... didja see anythin' strange under da ground, on da way over?" he rumbles.

"Weird things, weird things..." Lockstock mutters, scrunching up his face in recollection. "... well, now that ye mention it, we DID bump into something on the way over, once we reached Terra Incognita. Far east and kind of north of here, we had to reroute the tunnels deeper into the earth, you see, because we kept hitting walls."

"... walls?" Boss Bawss repeats. As far as he knows, there aren't ANY buildings that extend that far underground... right?

"Walls," Lockstock confirms. "Really old things, like some kinda regal cellar or basements or some other such rubbish. That's not the worst of it, though. Had to do some backtracking, because we nearly got caved in by- get this- bones. We ended up digging into the bottom of some sort of mass burial site or something- one moment, we're diggin' through dirt, and the next?"

Lockstock makes a 'pew-pew' sound, pantomiming things falling from the ceiling. "Bones! Big bloody bones and skulls, falling everywhere, and most of them look like they'd been gnawed on or somethin'. Had to seal THAT part of the tunnel up real fast," he mutters, shuddering and taking a swig from his hip flask.

... well, that's... something. For a moment, Boss Bawss can't help but think of Ryagmos, the psychotic bone-collecting drake lich they'd fought all those days ago...

[ ] [END TURN] Say goodbye to the dwarves for now, and head back home; there are a lot of preparations still to be made!
[ ] [WRITE-IN?] Anything else to take care of?

Write-IN: Oy, dat fancy git, Gubbins, he knows all dem writin's and readin's. Maybe he should, like, write a letter for that there Beetle-Queen lady and Squiggles could bat it over to her?

Let her know 'bout the little Dwarf-men and their help, and maybe good places to set up defensive lines - and a good place for their tunnel to go through. Let her know they're not setting up shop, just want to make like, a big unda-the-ground road through here.

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>>21875590

>Write in.

We also got some more special bits and pieces we found if you want help with traps and so, like some of our Aqua Pebbles!

A single one can provide you with infinite water if you just add water to it. So, with a single stone, you could flood entire mines hafts and so on. It'd really handy!

Of course, we really don't have that many left at all, but with this battle coming up, we can spare one or two to be used in trap building and so on. You could create massive floods using stored up water, or endless reservoirs, as long as you pull the stone out once you have enough water.

Oh and we have Gubbins as well!

He's a really good Geomancthingy. Can do all this magically stuff. He also made heaps of Ogres learn how to do it as well, if you want his help.

And then there's Cuddles. He's this big thingy we found and keep in Ogir Place. He makes all this fiery stuff, so we use him to heat the place and stuff.

Make you can meet him?

That and we have some other stuff you can mess around with at a later date, if you want to meet up again.


(Got to lay the bait out there. We do want the awesome guys coming back at a later date, right?)

>>21875644
Better be Cecil who write. She probably is much more better in writing. Tho' probably not as entertaining.

>>21875590
Tell dwarves about 'I AM TAKING DIRECT CONTROL'.

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Rolled 87

>>21875706
(Opps, forgot the trip)

Oohh Ooohh, we can also let you meet Queenie, she's really nice, and is the boss of all our Buggy friends. Maybe you can meet her? She likes meeting lots of new people, especially when they ain't trying to bash her head in.

And then there's all that weird animals that we tamed an' stuff, like Mole Rats! Hey, do you think Dwarves could ride Mole Rats as Horses?

>>21875706

I dislike this. Very much so.

Rolled 96

>>21875802
Why?

I'm just making suggestions.

>>21875759
>>21875706

I agree we should offer to introduce the dwarves to the Scaratones (if we haven't already), but it's a little too early to start handing out aquifer pebbles or trading them mole ravagers. We are not mentioning cuddles to them (binding an archdemon has got to be a cheevo, don't mess with a dwarf's cheevos!). Might want to ask if they'd teach us to mine properly so we don't tick them off like those pesky humans.

>>21875825
You don't really tell everything, including the fact that you have a demon, to people the first time you encounter them. Ogres also don't really comprehend magic except Gubbins. Some other stuff(like meeting with the scaratones) can be done later

>>21875706

Hmmm. We probably should have our Master Geomancer look at what they're working with. Maybe he could somehow build them some sort of underground magical radar or boost their drill or something?

Plus, you know, demigod of volcanoes and stuff. I bet "SURPRISE LAVA!" would be a good trap.

Oh dear gods, we need to learn trapmaking. Like some sort of horrible, oversized, clumsy kobolds.

>>21875901
Didn't Gubbins turn all the Ogres into Geomancers earlier?

Anyway, I'm just making suggestions. We could do it at a later date, and I just want us to actually have a look at Cuddles, rather than letting him stay locked up without any proper supervision.

I say we should act as mediators when it comes to the dwarves and scaratones, but that is it. No aqua pebbles or tours or fluffy. We can't throw those things around willy nilly. We don't have an infinite supply.

Besides, as is, everyone is tense. If we want to be at our best, we wait until AFTER we deal with the major threat is dealt with and certainly not today.

>>21875940
They know that they have magic
They don't really control it, nor know how it works perfectly

>>21875825
Eh. Are you listening to what the dwarves are saying?

The outed the humans from THEIR mountains. Which probably meant ALL mountains...

I want to know more about the situation with the dwarves before committing fully to them.

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Writing up the post now, but just to answer some stuff:

>>21875940
Just a quick note- I'll be changing around how we choose actions at the beginnings of turns, and checking up on Cuddles will be one of the things included. So that's one less thing to worry about at right this moment, hopefully.

>>21875963
Basically, this. Ogres can do a little basic Geomancy without really thinking about it (this will mostly happen when the ogre is threatened in some way), but there's still a line between "impulse instinctive earth-shaping" and "conscious Geomancy practitioner."

>>21875969
All the mountains on the sub-continent where the heart of the dwarven and humankind civilizations are located, yes. And the sub-continent is something like 3/5ths mountains.

>>21876125

Ten pounds of shit the treaty was called The 3/5th Compromise.

We've got wheat and potatoes. Maybe the dwarves can teach us how to distill some booze. Drunk ogres would break reality.

>>21876286
I suspect if the dwarves ever visit Ogre Place, teaching us to make stupidly strong alcoholic beverages that only the lucky survive will be their default action.

>>21876286
That song boss made up while fighting the bone dragon could be our drinking song.

>>21875590
Boss Bawss is about to call the meeting right then and there, but he pauses as a few more things occur to him.

"So I was thinkin'," he rumbles. "I was thinkin'. Me an' Queenie an' Celicia, we're gonna have a big ol' get-together before da big battle happens. You know, to make plans an' stuff. You dig?"

"Aye, lad, I do dig," Lockstock replies dryly.

"So..." Boss Bawss scratches his head. "Dat's probably a good time to meet up wit' 'em for da first time, right? I can totally hook you up. So dat we can all... all cord-Nate together," he continues, squinting at Celicia (who's standing behind Lockstock and miming out the appropriate things he should be saying). "And figure out da best... opt-animal configragrious for da... porpoise of tact-cool... /things/," Boss Bawss finishes decisively, ignoring the rest of Celicia's charades (and her subsequent palm-to-forehead). "To figure out da best way of fightin' things."

"Talkin' to an ogre, a lass, and royalty of a previously unknown civilization... well, how can I turn something like that down?" Lockstock replies easily, a twinkle in his eye. "That's acceptable. I"d just as soon prefer that we learn which bugs to blow up and not to blow up!"

(Cont.)

>>21876437
"-- oh, and if you DO see any Formichroma beforehand," Celicia interjects. "Do not attempt to engage them one on one. Their leader has the nasty ability to... /take over/ the bodies of his subordinates at any time, transferring his powers as well."

Lockstock takes a moment to ponder this, absentmindedly twirling a lock of his beard between his fingers. "And that leads to a bad time, aye?"

"A very bad time," Celicia confirms, in that deadpan voice of hers.

And on that slightly worrisome note, the meeting draws to a close.

"- I'm telling you, we have to WAIT for confirmation from the High Council before we can use Featherstone in our cheevo attempts!"
"Och, shut yer big flappin' mineshaft! I'm tired of hearin' about the High Council this, the High Council that! Do you need permission to suck on their hammers, too?"
"Your high-falootin' Fourth Edition loosens up tha' regulations keepin' tha' Achievements Tome from becomin' an overgrown paperweight with no limits-"
"You... you... double tree-hugger!"

... to be more specific, the meeting draws to a close when the dwarves start brawling amongst themselves, forcing Lockstock to devote all of his remaining energy on breaking them the fuck up.

(Cont. for status report and new turn in 10-15 minutes!)

>>21876452
>STATUS REPORT
First and foremost, the ogres have somehow managed to reactivate the DEactivated portal inside Daphnaia! In fact, they've rigged it to do some pretty amazing things, starting from "pulling doomed elf soldiers from different time periods" to "opening up a connection to Lolth's Guild of Merchants," the technically elven freelancer merchants who don't fall under the umbrella of the Elven Coalition (oh, elven politics). Celicia no longer has to worry about losing all her elves through gradual attrition, and Ogir Place looks like it'll have enough crackshot elven riflemen to last them for a long time!

The ogres have also discovered currency! It is shit, and therefore not really suited for anything other than an Ogir Place-only currency. Still, it's a start.

More importantly, the ogres have done two things: first, they've plumbed the depths of their animals (not like that, you guys) and discovered all the possible uses for the giant bats and the naked mole ravagers- food, riding, the works! Secondly, the ogres have invented Rockkiteering, which is the act of taking random iron tubes and fucking reality so hard that the tubes actually function as rock-shooting artillery pieces.

Finally, the ogres made second contact with the dwarves, managing to finagle their aid in the upcoming battle in exchange for a bit of Featherstone (and how to use it)! The achievement-loving dwarves seem to be somewhere between 'neutral' and 'friendly' with the ogres, though time will only tell how they'll take to the Scaratones...

(Cont.)

>>21876665
>The Current State of Affairs...
Think of this as the calm before the storm. The ogres only have one more turn to prepare for the battle between the Scaratones and the Formichroma, and much to do. Ogir Place is home to more and more ogres, and many of them are in the process of being trained for their respective vocations; meanwhile, the elves are still being integrated into the Felpowder Elves' forces, though Celicia has that well in hand.

Right now, the ogres can spare some manpower to do a little bit more exploration of the realm. Last time, elven scouts spotted the beginnings of a mountain range, far to the west of Scaratone Hive; as it's one of the few landmarks in the deserts of the Scouring Wastes, perhaps it would be prudent to take a look, despite the distance. How safe are the Scaratone Empire's borders?

On the opposite end of the spectrum, to the east of Ogir Crater, there is still that shimmering structure visible in the distance. To Boss Bawss's knowledge, no ogre or elf has traveled quite that far before, and the dwarves have kept to the underground. Maybe it's worth checking out...

Finally, the flying beasts are back- the nocturnal, elusive creatures that plagued the ogres' nighttime sleeping hours ever since the ogres settled at the oasis. The flying creatures continue howling into the night, and a few grow bolder, raiding the outskirts of the settlement. No defensive action is really necessary right now, but perhaps an all-out offensive, to root out the source of these creatures, might be called for...!

(Cont.)

>>21876679
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Ogir Place (+Floating, +Limbs, +Sandstorm Drill, +Steering Wheel)
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Population: 121/121 ogres (6 dead), 52/52 elves
- [Landmarks] Oasis, Daphnaia, Underground Cave/Quarry [50% mined]
- [Food] Cacti(-ow), Fungi, Wheat, Potatoes, Ravager Meat, Milk; Fair Growth (+32/turn)
- [Resources] Hellfire Energy [Captive Archdemon Lord], Sandstone, Iron+Chromite Ores, Featherstone, Aquifer Pebbles
- [Diplomacy] Scaratone [ALLIED; Featherstone Carts, Fungi, Paper]; Felpowder Elves [UNITED]; Achievement Hunter Dwarves [???]

- [Key Items] Tomes (Dragon Lore, Illusory Magic I, Necromancy I)
- [Arms] Cactus Maces, Iron Scimitars, Crude Iron Armor, Demon Helm/Shoulderpads; Ur-Camouflage
- [Vocations] OGRES: Geo (∞), Berserks (4), BMasters (1), Rockkits (0), Riders (0)
- [Beasts] Giant Bats (trained), Naked Mole Ravagers (trained)
- [Settlement] Reinforced Rock Shanties, Storehouse, Mushroom Farms, Pier, Anchor/Staircase, THE FLAMES OF HELL

- [NPCs] Boss Bawss Fistboss [+30 Diplomacy], Geomancer Gubbins [+30 Geomancy, +WE ALL GEOMANCERS NOW, +Ruoumoko], Beastkrumpa Squiggles Irwin [+Beast Whisperer, Big Vulture]
- [Tech] Fire, Fish, Agriculture[+Protection], Cooking, Mine, Smelt/Forge, Write/Read, Hats, FStone Flight, FStone Airdrops, Airships!
- [Magic] Geomancy I, Healing 0, Climate Control 0
- [Economy] System=Barter; Currency=Shit
- [Justice] Krumpin' Duels / Boss Knows Best
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(Cont.)

>>21876797
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**CHOOSE THREE STRATEGY ACTIONS**
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[A] [FOOD] There's no such thing as too much food!
[B] [SETTLEMENT] With all this new blood, Ogir Place could use some improvements...
[C] [ARMS] (Bonus) Preparations continue!
[D] [TECH] Ogre ingenuity never ceases to terrify!
[E] [MAGIC] (Bonus) See those 'Level 0' schools of magic? Let's work on them.
[F] [WRITE-IN] Wot do?
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**- AND CHOOSE TWO QUEST ACTIONS**
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[A1] [EXPLORE] The mountains to the west of Scaratone Hive!
[B1] [INVESTIGATE] The 'shimmering structure' east of Ogir Crater!
[C1] [TRACK] The flying, howling, nocturnal beasts!
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**- AND CHOOSE ANY FREE ACTIONS**
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[A3] [VOCATIONS] Divvy up the ogres and give 'em job classes!
[B3] [MERCHANT] Lolth's Guild of Merchants: We got what you need!
[C3] [DEMON] Interrogate/Deal With/Etc. Archdemon Lord Cuddles!

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>>21876665
Can...can the portal pull Cel's -own- soldiers through right before their death?

Rolled 90

>>21876807
[B]
[C]
[E]

[C1]

[A3]

>>21876807
[B] [SETTLEMENT] With all this new blood, Ogir Place could use some improvements...
[C] [ARMS] (Bonus) Preparations continue!
[E] [MAGIC] (Bonus) See those 'Level 0' schools of magic? Let's work on them.

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[B1] [INVESTIGATE] The 'shimmering structure' east of Ogir Crater!
[C1] [TRACK] The flying, howling, nocturnal beasts!

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[C3] [DEMON] Interrogate/Deal With/Etc. Archdemon Lord Cuddles!

FINALLY we can see what the nocturnal bastards are all about.

>>21876807
C, D, E,

We're about to be in a big fight, we need weapons magical or otherwise.

B1, C1, we don't want either of these things to catch us off guard.

A3, C3, we need to specialize and also we should check up on cuddles.

>>21876807
>[C] [ARMS] (Bonus) Preparations continue!
>[D] [TECH] Ogre ingenuity never ceases to terrify!
>[E] [MAGIC] (Bonus) See those 'Level 0' schools of magic? Let's work on them.

>[B1] [INVESTIGATE] The 'shimmering structure' east of Ogir Crater!
>[C1] [TRACK] The flying, howling, nocturnal beasts!
>Let's deal with this already.

>[C3] [DEMON] Interrogate/Deal With/Etc. Archdemon Lord Cuddles!

>>21876807
>[C1] [TRACK] The flying, howling, nocturnal beasts!

FUCK THESE THINGS! We'll put Squiggles Irwin on the case!

>[C] [ARMS] (Bonus) Preparations continue!
>[D] [TECH] Ogre ingenuity never ceases to terrify!
>[F] [WRITE-IN] Wot do?

We should work on tactics, so that the Elves and Ogres can work effectively together in battle.

>[C3] [DEMON] Interrogate/Deal With/Etc. Archdemon Lord Cuddles!

Let's interrogate that guy.

>>21876807
[B]
[C]
[E]

[B1]
[C1]
[C3]

>>21876844
Seconding this one.

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>>21876807

>C
>D
>E

I wonder what happens if we armor up Ogres riding Moles?

>B1
>C1

Lets follow those birdy things with our giant Bats!

>C3

YAY CUDDLES

>>21876807
[B][C][D]
>implying we won't ask for Geomancy II
[B1][C1] Those damn screechy things. What's with them? Also magic shinies.
[A3/2?] Too much mukkin' about.

>>21876807
B
C
E

B1
C1

A3

>>21876807
E - Healing could be a big use in the coming battle.
E AGAIN - We've got a huge Elf-Tree we needs to take care of, boyz. Climate control in the desert could be big. That and, you know, Necromancy book. OH GODS THE NECROMANCY.

C1 - We will hunt them, and Squiggles Irwin will make them OURS. All will fall before the UNSTOPPABLE FRIENDSHIP.
Which direction were the evil bugs coming from? A1/B1 whichever that is for either helpful allies or a place to send our Ogre Forces.

C3. SO. HARD. We want to know everything. What do demons eat. Fear? What do they want? Fear?

A3 - 10 Rockkiteers. 10 Riders. And Squiggles needs to take one some apprentices. And So does Gubbins. Also, that one guy, who knew of the mysteries of cooking? Head chef. Give him 4 apprentices. For he is a Wizard.

And not B3. We've delved too far into the dark side of Economics already. Let's stop while our economy is shit, and not make it worse.

>>21876807
B, C and E

B1 and C1

C3

>>21876807
C
E

C1

C3

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>>21876817

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>>21876991

THIS HAS GIVEN ME ANOTHER TERRIBLE IDEA

WE TAKE OGRES RIGHT?

THEN, AND GET THIS, WE MAKE THEM RIDE MOLES. BUT NOT JUST MOLES, AMROURED MOLES.

AND THEN, AND GET THIS, WE GIVE THEM ROCK-ET LAUNCHERS MOUNTED ON LONG STICKS

SO THAT THE OGRES CAN BOTH SHOOT AND HIT PEOPLE WITH THEM.

B
C1
A3

>>21877059
why do the giant metal tubes need to be on sticks? they're tubes, they're long and sticklike themselves.

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>>21877053
I take that as a yes

>>21877173
SO WE CAN MAKE THEM INTO CRACK-TUS STICKS

>>21877200
So a sort of Crack-tus bayonette?

>>21877059
If only we had the turns to master necromancy and forge necromantic spells into our demon-forged rockkits.

We not only kill them, but they rise again as horrible monstrosities under the powa of our FRIENDSHIP.

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Okay, looks like the votes pan out to:

>Improve Settlement
>Improve Arms
>Improve Magic

>Investigate Shimmering Structure
>Track Howlers

>Assign Vocations
>Interrogate Demon


So, taking Settlement first- DECISION TIME!

>CHOOSE ONE: Improve which of these?
[ ] [LIVING] Ogir Place's quality-of-life things (housing, storage, ease of access, etc).
[ ] [OFFENSIVE] Ogir Place's golem bits, Punchy and Drilly!
[ ] [DEFENSIVE] Population's large enough that they can't all just hide in the caves...
[ ] [WRITE-IN] Other!

>>21876807

[C] [ARMS] (Bonus)
[D] [TECH] Ogre ingenuity never ceases to terrify!
[E] [MAGIC] (Bonus)

[B1] [INVESTIGATE] The 'shimmering structure' east of Ogir Crater!
[C1] [TRACK] The flying, howling, nocturnal beasts!

[A3] [VOCATIONS] Divvy up the ogres and give 'em job classes!

We have no Rockkits and Riders! Or even many BMasters!

Rolled 95

>>21877247

[x] Defensive

>>21877247

[x] [DEFENSIVE] We ARE getting ready for a war, after all.

>>21877247
Defensive

>>21877247
living

>>21877247

[X] [DEFENSIVE] Population's large enough that they can't all just hide in the caves...

In terms of Offensive we have the Giga-Drill and being a giant Golem. Defensively we don't have much.

>>21877247
Living
We're in caves and huts mate from rocks tied together by smakes

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>>21877247
>[X] [DEFENSIVE] Population's large enough that they can't all just hide in the caves...
>[X] [WRITE-IN] Other!

LETS MAKE SMALLER GOLEMS, THAT LOTS OF OGRES CAN RIDE AROUND IN, SO THAT IF ANY ENEMIES GET ON BOARD OGIR PLACE, THE OGRES CAN STOMP THEM FLAT.

AND THEN WE COULD POSSIBLY USE THEM AS POWERED ARMOUR SUITS.

>>21877247
[X] [DEFENSIVE] Population's large enough that they can't all just hide in the caves...

>>21877247
>[X] [OFFENSIVE] Ogir Place's golem bits, Punchy and Drilly!

I'm not sure how much you can improve on our Sandstorm that shall pierce the Heavens. But I'm willing to try.

Also, defense, really? C'mon guys. We're OGRES. Things need to defend against US, not the other way around.

>>21877344
but without castle walls how can the ogres act out the french bit from Monty Python and the holy grail?

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>>21877316
Golems

>>21877247

LIVING: Because having a giant, floating golem island, with fuck huge fists and a trapped whirlwind strikes me as Offensive and Defensive enough. Time for the Ogres to figure out a bit more comfortable living arrangement besides poorly strung together shanties using slabs of rock and snake intestines to hold them together.

>>21877387
I would say focus on offense or defense right before the big war and THEN work on quality of living.

>>21877368
If anything, we should be catapulting their brilliant decoys back at them, completely on accident.

Besides, mocking them goes against the power of FRIENDSHIP. You're not speaking heresy against FRIENDSHIP, are you? Boss Baws might need to go get his OgreTech MagiMech if that's the case.

>>21877344
Add a second sandstorm with a counter-rotation.
>Yo dawg, I heard you like sandstorms...

Make the sandstorm able to shoot smaller sandstorms.

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>>21877247
Right, looks like the ogres are working on a DEFENSIVE upgrade to Ogir Place, so...

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

Rolled 33

>>21877465

Rolled 50

>>21877465
LETS GO

Rolled 37

>>21877465
HERE WE GO

Rolled 85

>>21877465
STOOPID LUCKY TIME?!

Rolled 65

>>21877469
Welp.

Rolled 37

>>21877465
>>21877469

Hahaha!

>>21877247


Offensive.

I say we make huge, titanic versions of our rokkit guns and strap them to Ogir Place's arms.

The God Machines will walk.

Failing that, why don't we start developing large artillery pieces and training crews to man them? We have the technology.

Rolled 100

>>21877503
>>21877501
>>21877474
>>21877469

Fucking christ

Rolled 31

>>21877520

Holy shit.

>>21877469
Of course it's dubs
The luck of the ogres strikes again

Rolled 62

>>21877520
>>21877469
Uh-oooooh!

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>>21877414
I have no problem with friendship, however I very much enjoy that skit

>>21877469

'Ere we go, 'ere we go

>>21877520
RNG is feeling frisky today, isn't it?

Rolled 93

>>21877520
AW YEAH

ITS BATTLE-GOLEM-MECH TIME

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>What you would have gotten without that doubles roll: Probably some kind of emergency bomb shelter/some kind of sunroof thing(?)

>What you will NOW get with that doubles roll............

Rolled 67

>>21877469
>>21877520
>>21877685

And now?

>>21877685

Dude, relax. It's Ogres.

Just roll with it.

>>21877685
Sunroof that accidently a missle silo?

>>21877685
Force fields.

>>21877685
Hellfire barrier surrounding the island on command.

>>21877685
We tunnel to the center of the planet and integrate its core as protective plating.

>>21877929

Dig greedily. We still need our new dorfbros to build us a magmaforge to integrate with Cuddles.

>>21877685
Maybe i'll see about drawfagging the result if its up before I have to leave.

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>>21877465
>[X] Improve Settlement (Defensive): 33 - STUPID LUCKY

The first thing Celicia does when she wakes up in the morning? Haul herself up out of bed, grab a cigarette, and enjoy her first smoke of the day from the top of Daphnaia in her pajamas, looking down on Ogir Place and the desert beneath them.

... today, however, Celicia pauses just before lighting up her cigarette as she takes in the scene below her.

"I'll get you next time, Captain Ruoumoko!" The stock-standard Monster of the Week shrieks, surrounded by angry ogres and one incensed lava elemental/demigod. "You and your little ogres, too!!"

[NOT ON MY WATCH, FOUL VILLAIN! TODAY, YOU'RE... /FIRED/!] Ruoumoko quips, firing off a well-placed gout of lava that sends the Monster of the Week blasting off again, all of its evil plans ruined.

"Hurrah!" Gubbins cheers, as Ruoumoko dusts off his hands, the fiery humanoid looking every inch the hero of justice. The other ogres follow Gubbins' lead, cheering and clapping jerkily, almost as if stuck in the capricious throes of some sort of late 80's cartoon. "T'ank you, Captain Ruoumoko! If you hadn't stopped da evil mastermind with your amazing Lava Shield, our oasis woulda been fouled forever by acid rain! And by... /poisonous pollution/!" he breathes, barely daring to whisper those words.

[HO HO HO, THINK NOTHING OF IT, OGRE,] Ruoumoko laughs. [NOW, WHAT VALUABLE LESSON DID WE LEARN TODAY?]

"Don't piss where you drink!" The ogres parrot back. "An' don't piss in water!"

(Cont.)

>>21878085
[GOOD! MY WORK HERE IS DONE... BUT YOURS IS JUST BEGINNING!] Captain Ruoumoko points over at the left golem arm of Ogir Place- which bears what looks like some sort of gigantic shield made entirely out of lava. Molten lava that defies gravity and physics by staying shield-shaped, instead of dripping all over the place and/or burning ogres by sheer proximity due to convection. [AS LONG AS OGIR PLACE CARRIES THAT SHIELD, NOTHING CAN HARM THE INHABITANTS LIVING ON OGIR PLACE- NOT RAIN, SLEET, SNOW, OR EVEN AIRBORNE ASSAULTS! NOW REMEMBER, OGRES...]

Captain Ruoumoko bursts into shimmering sparkles as his summon timer runs out. [THE POWER... IS YOURS!]

Up above the fracas, Celicia squints dully at the giant strapping lava shield and the cheering ogres for a few more moments before shaking her head in exasperation. "There's never anything good to watch on Saturday mornings," the elf mutters dourly as she lights her cigarette.

>Ogir Place has gained [LAVA SHIELD]! The living quarters (and Daphnaia) on top of the oasis are now mostly immune to bad weather, airborne assaults, and evil Saturday morning cartoon villains who wish to cause mayhem on unsuspecting ogres.
>Note: Ruoumoko does not wear spandex, nor will he ever.

>>21878085
>>21878098
Blorp I'm sending you the bill for my side replacements

>>21878098
>"There's never anything good to watch on Saturday mornings."

I love it. She just does not give a FUCK anymore.

>>21878098
But the question is... is Captain Ruoumoko immune to Fu Manchu Hitler's Hatred?

>>21878098
Celicia, she's becoming sufficiently jaded. She has run out of fucks to give, she is ready for the ogres now.

>>21878171
Bet you that Boss Baws can still make her squeak.

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>>21878098
OH RIGHT

Next up is Arms, and we need a roll!

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

Rolled 34

>>21878227
Ohboyohboy.

Rolled 75

>>21878198
Of course he can. He's Boss Bawss Fistboss, and no matter how ready for ogres she is, no matter how jaded she becomes, he is too much concentrated ogre to not make her squeak.

>>21878227
Rolling, STOOPID LUCKY!

Rolled 28

Rolling.

Rolled 48

>>21878227
LET'S DO THIS.

Rolled 77

>>21878227

OGRE SMASH

Rolled 50

>>21878227
The Bad LUcksman, on the scene!

Rolled 54

>>21878244
Goddammit.

Rolled 58

>>21878227
Errm, demon-powered rokkit-launchers?

Rolled 23

>>21878244
>>21878259
God damnit. Of freaking COURSE. No lightsabers this turn, folks.

Rolled 92

>>21878259
Hell yeah son.

Rolled 93

WAIT JUST ONE FUCKING MOMENT.
>>21877469
>>21878244
>33
>34
Coincidence, Blorp? I THINK NOT.

Rolled 22

>>21878244
I am disappoint. That was neither stoopid, nor lucky.

>>21878259

Dang. Guess I shoulda been a bit faster with the post hittan.

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>>21878244
Ogres discover dildo clubs?

Rolled 27

>>21878314
Oi Cecilia, wut's dis here under yer bed?

>>21878295
Eh, that's just fishing for stuff. Now, if the third one was a 35, that would be something.

Finally caught the thread live! YES!
>>21878259

And the Ogres are in fine form as usual, I see!

Rolled 73

>>21878308
Wasn't it within 5 rolls after the request?
Or is it the 3 rolls after the request?

>>21878370
I remember a proposal in one of the earlier threads that the Ogre population should affect how many die rolls were considered; can't remember the Word of Blorp, though.

>>21878370

No idea, new arrival enjoying the thread is all.

>>21878370
Basically: first roll only, with exceptions only if there's something amazing and ridiculously unlikely within the first few posts. Like that one time where we got something like 34 and 43.

>>21878427
........ oh right that was going to be a thing

Well, I'll think something up when we surpass 100 ogres!

>>21878451
121/121 ogres

>>21878451

We already did, though.

>>21876797
>Population: 121/121 ogres (6 dead)

>>21878477
Shit, wait, we're already over a hundred ogres?

>>21878451
>Population: 121/121 ogres (6 dead)
>Well, I'll think something up when we surpass 100 ogres!

So, what'd ya think up?
Still, I find it fitting we have slower tech improvements on arms, considering our main weapon is friendship and diplomacy.

Time for Cractus-chucks.

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>>21878477
>>21878490
>>21878493

>>21878451
Do the elves count towards our population since they live in Ogir Place or are they just allies.

Rolled 26

>>21878508
For those in the audience who are less observant, those are Blorp's brains. Go home everyone, game over.

>>21878517
Nah, it's only the ogres that are stupid lucky.

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Rolled 47

>>21878508

I think we need to up the consequences of bad rolls a bit to balance out our stupid luck or we'll be gods soon.

>>21878590

Agreed, disappointed, but agreed.

>>21878227
>[X] Arms: 34 - Not So Good...

"Boss! Boss!"

Boss Bawss Fistboss turns as That Guy flags him down- the other ogre is beaming so widely that just about all his teeth are on display, including his tusks. "I thought of da bestest weapon EVER, Boss! Dis'll make a huge difference in da upcomin' battle!!"

The larger ogre tentatively allows himself to feel some rising excitement. "Oh, yah? Somethin' to help da Scaratones, like armor, or somethin' to make it harder for da Formichroma's big cheese to hit us wit' dat weirdo stuff of-"

"Nah, nah, nothin' like dat!" That Guy pulls out from behind his back a strange assortment of tools- one long stick with a string attached to both ends, some small sticks with feathers on one end and pointed rocks on the other end, and some strange container that could probably hold the pointed things. "I call it... da bow-an'-arrow!" That Guy says triumphantly.

Boss Bawss squints at the bow and the arrows. Then he turns and wordlessly points down toward the impromptu firing range at the foot of Ogir Place, where the ogres are busy practicing their marksmanship with their crude iron tubed rockkit launchers (and obliterating the targets they'd put up earlier).

That Guy stares down at the firing range. Then he stares at the bow and arrows in his hand, before dejectedly walking back toward his rock shanty, shoulders slumped.

(Cont.)

>>21878648

>Bonus(?)

... BUT THE OGRE SPIRIT IS NOT SO EASILY DOUSED.

"Boss! Hey, boss!" That Guy crows about thirty seconds later. He quickly shows the fruits of his labor- one end of the bow is unstrung, and the now unattached end of the string is... tied to an arrow, creating some kind of incredibly pointless flail. "I call it... da CLOSE-RANGE BOW-AND-ARROW!" That Guy crows triumphantly.

Boss Bawss gives the weapon a solemn once-over before nodding his approval to That Guy. "Take it to da storehouse an' tell da others to make more," he rumbles gravely.

This is an EXCELLENT use of their materials.

>The ogres have invented [SHORT-RANGED BOW AND ARROW!]
>It's just a flail!
>Like- no, seriously, it's a stick with a string attached. And an arrow dangling from the other end of the string.
>W-Well, I mean, it's not TOTALLY useless, as it's a lighter, faster alternative to the Cracktus Sticks, but- um-
>... everyone has their off days!

>>21878656
So, we basically just got wooden nunchucks? Huh.

>>21878656
But That Guy invented the Rokkits. He forgot? Fucking geniuses man. Forgetting all their inventions and shit. I bet he's the bastard who left that wheat on the fire too long.

Rolled 35

>>21878677
No, stick-and-twig-chuks

>>21878656
I enjoy how the ogres are still using the sticks with bits of cactus stuck to the end as weapons, and the elves are in too much of a stupor to introduce them to proper clubs and maces.

>>21878702
Don't we have scimitars now?

>>21878656
Ok, ok..hope this isn't too far a leap in logic....

But what if.... We removed the flimsy wood bit, leaving just the arrow head... And put a BUNCH of 'em on?

>>21878656
Best weapon ever
Think how confused the enemies will be
And after seeing the rokkit launchers they'll assume all our shitty looking weapons are secretly awsome. And when the elves see their new weapons, think of the lols.

>>21878702
Celicia should do this, just to blow their minds for a change.

>>21878732
No, no, no. What if... we replaced the arrow... with a SCIMITAR?
AND THEN STUCK A CACTUS ONTO THE BLADE?

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Alright, then, next up is [X] Improve Magic, so...

>CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
[ ] Improve Geomancy
[ ] Learn Healing
[ ] Learn Climate Control
[ ] Learn Illusory Magic
[ ] Learn Necromancy
[ ] Write-In?

>>21878771
>[X ] Learn Illusory Magic

Rolled 14

>>21878771
[x] Necromancy

[x] Combine Necromancy with Geomancy

>>21878771
Healing
Geomancy

>>21878771
Healing. Dear god healing.
Also illusion magic.
Think about it.
We won't have to heal things that get hit if they aren't real.

>>21878771
Learn healing
We should really get onto that

>>21878771
>[ ] Learn Healing

No More Dead Boys! No Dead Elves! No Dead Anyone!

>>21878771
[ ] Learn Healing
[ ] Learn Illusory Magic

>>21878771

[x] Learn Illusory Magic

>>21878771

WRITE IN: Healing via Geomancy!

Figure out how to heal wounded ogres with sand! It's everywhere!

Rolled 22

>>21878771
[*] Learn Healing
[*] Write-in: ELVES Learn Climate-Control/Transmutation/Illusion

>>21878771
[ ] Learn Healing
[ ] Learn Illusory Magic

These are the guys who made revolutionary camouflage. Can you imagine what their Illusions will be?

>>21878804
awh shit. not we're talking.
Illusory magic and healing geomancy. The best.

>>21878771
Healing and Illusory magic!

Rolled 28

>>21878771
>Geomancy
All the Ogres learning all the magic!

>Healing
What Wizardry is this?

>>21878771
Can we get Artificing for golems and such? And to improve Bawss' mech, of course.

>>21878771

Geomancy.
Healing.

Gotta improve upon what we know and learn to heal ourselves.

Rolled 96

But... but....

>>21878785
We can put dead people into Stone golems!

Rolled 80

>>21878841

SOETH MY NAME HAS SPOKEN

[X]Healing
[X]Geomancy

These should be handy both for the coming battle (healing to fix wounds, geomancy to pull off shennigans in tunnel fighting) and for later.

>>21878771
[X] Learn Illusory Magic
[X] Improve Geomancy

>>21878771
[ ] Learn Healing
[ ] Learn Illusory Magic

>>21878841
Well, Lord of the 96, I think you have a point due to rolling a 96.

My vote for Geomancy/Necromancy and Improving Geomancy.

>>21878804
wait...wait all our orges know geomancy right?
If we learned healing geomancy through pure luck then would they all know it by extention?

Rolled 55

>>21878841
. . .
You have spoken, but I think that needs Artificing, Necromancy, Healing, and Geomancy up to a certain degree OR stoopid lucky dubs.

>>21878841
You truly ARE Lord of the 96!

Now do it again when Blorp asks for the roll.

Healing + necromancy

We can fix up da boys and we can make a puppet show with dead fings

necromancy
healing

Rolled 92

>>21878818
>>21878862
Two dubs in a row! I am happy!

Rolled 35

>>21878862

Nah. See:

You just Take the spirit, and SHOVE IT INTO THE ROCK.

>>21878771
[ ] Improve Geomancy
[X] Learn Healing
[ ] Learn Climate Control
[ ] Learn Illusory Magic
[X] Learn Necromancy

"Boss, we got magics for guys wut's hurt!"
"But he dead."
"We gots magics for that, too!"

>>21878828
I'm... well, even if that counts as a school of magic (and we DO have Craft Magic Item as a tech), I don't think they have the means to pull this out of nowhere- at least, unless everyone votes for it and rolls super high

>>21878771
[X]Fancy Geomancy!
[X]Who needs healing?

>>21878785
>>21878841
>>21878848
>>21878862

...So, we have a 96 for Lord of the 96 and dubs for "we need stupid dubs." I think the Lady is trying to tell us something guys...

CAPTCHA: hotagot conclusion Yes, captcha, that's what I'm thinking as well.

>>21878925
That we've burned through our luck before we've even rolled? We do have intervention available if we need it though.

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>>21878771
Okay, looks like we have a consensus-

>[X] Learn Healing
>[X] Learn Illusory Magic

Now, roll 'em!

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

Rolled 49

>>21878953

Rolled 62

>>21878953
COME AT ME BRO

Rolled 72

>>21878953
rollin

Rolled 100

>>21878953
Should we use intervention!?

Rolled 69

>>21878953
nuuuuuu

Rolled 28

>>21878967
fuck
>>21878979
I'm thinking no...

Rolled 81

>>21878979
What. What is this.

>>21878953

Rolling for Ogre justice.

Rolled 54

>>21878979
CAN WE USE MY 100 THEN!?

Rolled 70

>>21878987

>do you even roll

Not like it matters, hell

Rolled 25

>>21878981
Got those dice the wrong way round, mate.

>>21878979

Blorp there is no way, in the nine circles of hell that you can not use after saying

>with exceptions only if there's something amazing and ridiculously unlikely within the first few posts

>>21878967
Damn, Our Illusions are gonna suck

I'll disguise our ogres as ogres... with different hats

Rolled 12

>>21878979
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY US THIS.

Man, now I'm disappointed Geomancy didn't get the vote. I was imagining an ogre summoning up a rock-hand to high-five with to get fully healed.

>>21879002
Well 100's aren't that unlikely with how often we hit them but I agree

>>21878979
Yes. C'mon. It's neutral, that's not bad, but with an added intervention?

Wait, was that a 100 rolled within what is likely our new luck parameters?

Guys, guys seriously. If we pop this thing now, we could have all of them Master this stuff. Too bad no one else wanted necromancy - We could have been immortal.

Rolled 20

>>21879026
>Immortality through necromancy
Why are you going easy mode?

>>21879014
Well we don't really need illusions when we have camouflage that makes ogres totally invisible

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>>21878979

Oh gods let that glorious roll count Blorp. I know know you go to three, but how about you just add an extra roll per X number of ogres, maybe 20?

>>21878981

first a 96, then a 69. Your command of those two numbers is uncanny.

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>>21879002
... well, it's true that we haven't seen a 100 in a long-ass time, but

>100: SO BRILLIANT IT'S STUPID

MIGHT BE INTERESTING......

Inter-fucking-vention right the fuck now.

Save it for the battle - we'll need it for GATTAI

Rolled 6

>>21879045
NOW WE'RE TALKIN BLORP. DID I EVER TELL YOU THAT I LOVE YOU? CUZ I DO.

>>21879046
Don't waste it when we will need it to suplex their leader hard enough to krump all the buggies during battle

>>21879062
If the 100 I rolled counts then we should save it for the final battle...or something else important.

>>21879045

Turns out, Cuddles' hellfire, if tuned just right with Geomancy'd Hats creates an aura of healing.

Not only does he power our forges and light our shanties, but he also radiates a healing aura that gives people that healthy, refreshing glow.

>>21879048
It refills fairly easily, man. It's be out of commission for like, one thread. That's the start of the war. While it means we can't Friendship this whole thing to a standstill if our luck sucks, I'm willing to accept that for reasons of plot. We won't get too deep that we can't save ourselves when the intervention comes back around.

Better this way, actually, so we don't end up wasting it on the first salvo and not have it for the counterattack.

>>21879091
We ain't friendshipping the fuckers. They killed our boys. We'd use it for the ultimate blow of devastation. Plus I think it's out for like..two threads right?

>>21879035

No, you're forgetting, with Illusion magic, Ogres can now KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN and still retain the FULL benefits of Ur-Camouflage.

Let that settle in.nedtpul James.

>>21879114

I see us finding the enemy village, and using our intervention to have Gubbins successfully pilot Ogir Place into the earth like he already planned, but without causing harm to the living quarters. Remember, that charge allows us to deny reality as much as we like.

Also, Blorp, you forgot to mention our super sweet OgreTech suit in Baws list of perks.

>>21879035
There are many benefits other than camouflage. Make them fight illusions, or each other. Make them get lost. conceal weapons. Intimidate them with monsters. Confuse them till they think they're tripping balls. And trick people into thinking we're wearing different hats then we are.

>>21879091
It's Throwdown time next thread, basically confirmed. If not, it'll be built up for maximum awesome come wartime. I'm fine with not using it. considering we don't know what to expect. This will be our first REAL conflict, after all.

>>21879178

Mah god. Hats, no longer restricted to the materials around the ogre. The only thing limiting the ogre, is their imagination....

Mah god. It's full of hats.

>>21878953

An adequate roll is more than good enough. No sense using Intervention if we don't know will come up in this and the next thread, since if we do use it we probably wont have it available.

And we are probably going to need it for the invariable dice fuck up in a critical moment. Like it did with the Elves.

>>21879114
Well not until AFTER we beat them, obviously.

>>21879314
Yeah, we've gotten BLOATED with all our good rolls. Adequate rolls are acceptable ones; we don't always need to strike GOLD.

>>21878953
>Magic: Learn Healing, Illusion Magic
>49 - Neutral!
>100 - SO BRILLIANT IT'S STUPID
>Result: Successful, /but/t...

The evening of that very same day sees Gubbins poring over some of the tomes they'd picked up from the Scaratones over their various diplomatic visits. His reading speed has really improved over the past few days. And he'd assumed that casting new schools of magic THEORETICALLY shouldn't be so hard, since they've gotten used to casting Geomancy.

... but it's still slow going. As in, completely locked into a standstill. Probably because Geomancy is a more /instinctual/ form of magic- geomancers control earth, earth is everywhere, and you just sort of reach into the earth around you and browbeat it into listening to you.

As far as Gubbins can figure, though, healing requires the caster to force happy mojo magic into the target, but with enough finesse to knit together complicated-looking muscle and bone groups and stuff without turning the target into a giant pulsing meatball or something. And then there's ILLUSION magic, which is making people's eyeballs making their BRAINS think that there's some image there when there really isn't...

After a few hours, Gubbins thinks he has the hang of illusion magic, after conjuring up a few spectral gibbering disembodied butts (and enjoying some laughs and giggles because hurr hurr butts). It's not easy, and the illusions look like something scrawled out in crayon and magic marker, but it's a start. Healing, on the other hand, is simply a no-go- until Gubbins holds one tome in each hand, and thinks the following sentence to himself:

Why not both?

(Cont.)

>>21879390
Oh fuck. here we go.

>>21879390
"So dis is wot you came up wit' for healin', then?" Boss Bawss rumbles thoughtfully, watching Gubbins' spellcasters get to work. Celicia stands next to him, her cigarette dangling forgotten from her lips as she flat-out /stares/ at the scene in front of them.

"Yah, boss!" Gubbins nods. "Usually, da heal spell is invisible, but I can't do da healin' without visualizin' some kinda illusion flowin' from me to da guy I'm tryin' to heal. Like... da healing spell has to piggyback onto da illusion spell, otherwise it won't work."

The two ogres (and one flabbergasted elf) watches with interest as one recently-trained ogre magi channels his one and only healing spell, conjuring up an illusion that flies directly to the target he intends to heal.

(Cont.)

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>>21879411
"BUTTS BUTTS BUTTS BUTTS," shrieks the giant spectral flying butt illusion of happy healing mojo, which slams and melds directly into the target's body in the manner of some sort of terrifying Frankenstein-esque horror movie. The illusion dissipates with one final, childish scream as the healing magic goes to work, showering the target in green sparkles and strange twinkly sound effects.

Boss Bawss Fistboss and Geomancer Gubbins chuckle to themselves. "Huhuhuh. Oh, butts, will ya never stop bein' funny?" Boss Bawss chortles, wiping a tear of mirth.

Celicia's cigarettes drops to the sand as she does a 180-degree pivot on one heel and marches back to Daphnaia, presumably to warn her fellow elves not to run away from any ogre healing spells. (Or just to curl up on her bed with her head under a pillow, either or).

>The ogres have gained a new vocation: [Heallusionist]!
>They can now cast basic illusions!
>They can cast basic healing spells, but only when the healing spell is combined with a giant spectral screaming disembodied flying butt.
>...
>Enemies and unprepared allies who happen to see ogres casting healing spells may end up pretty fucking terrified.

>>21879419
Holy shit. So we cast butts at each other to heal each other? Perfect.

>>21879419
Its... Its better than I could ever dream of!

>>21879419
Ladies and gentlemen, Ogres. Gods help us all.

>>21879440

Perfect morale boost for ogres too!

Horrible fight? Friend panicking? BUTTS! GIANT ETHEREAL BUTTS! FULL OF HEALING GOODNESS!

Plus the confusion with the enemies will be awesome. Should be they horrified that the wounded ogre is being covered in a mound of chanting rear ends?

>>21879419
Maybe it's just illusions. They trick people into only thinking that they're healed

>>21879470
Well, it's more- just-

... think of the sounds that will happen when an entire line of ogre heallusionists fire off their one extremely noisy healing spell in unison.

>>21879490
Do they...fart?

>>21879490
And one giant butt blocking out the sun as their powers combind

>>21879419
...So we have a healing spell that not only heals our dude, but is also FUCKING TERRIFYING to our enemies? Ogres are the fucking best.

>>21879506
That is the next level of illusions.

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ALRIGHT, one more thing to take care of, and then I'm basically going to crash the fuck to bed because cold medssssss

>[X] [VOCATIONS] Divvy up the ogres and give 'em job classes!

Split the population up into their job classes in percentages! Starting values are as follows:
[90%] [Basic Ogres] (Stubborn! Can't drop below 50%.)
[5%] [Geomancers] (Geomancy I)
[2%] [Heallusionists] (Healing I, Illusion I)
[1%] [Rockkiteers] (Can use Rockkit Launchers)
[1%] [Rough Riders] (Can ride Naked Mole Ravagers)
[1%] [Airborne Calvary] (Can ride Giant Bats)

- 10% is the bare minimum needed for a group to be actually effective.
- 20% is the most cost-effective.
- 30% is the MOST effective; battle actions requiring use of this group will be almost always be successful (barring certain circumstances).

>>21879752
10% geomancers 30% rokkiteers

>>21879752

LET'S MAKE THIS COUNT!

10% Heallusionists
10% Geomancers
15% Rockkiteers
10% Rough Riders
5% Airborne Calvary

50% Ogres

We can mess around with these percentages in the future, right?

And as our population grows, smaller percentages could become more effective, right?

>>21879752
Okay, 20% Geomancers, we're fighting underground, 10% Heallusionists, 10% Rough Riders, 10% Rockkiteers, 1% Airborne Cavalry 50% Basic Ogres.

Don't ask about the additional 1%.

>>21879752
The most immediate answer is 10% to all categories that aren't basic ogres. I like having a nice even split. From there, divvy where necessary.

>>21879816
Yes and yes!