Your talk with Tallow was illuminating, for both of you. Turns out that your father's oracle was able to speak to the Fifth because when he wasn't consumed with clinical depression, he consumed copious amounts of drugs. Your presence and spurring has galvanized him to at least get out of his therapy bath, and back into the fight. He also advised you about how the Lantern Coins are 'wrong.' Somehow, they've been corrupted, but that was all he was able to understand from the unfortunately vague visions the Fifth granted him.

There was a brief interlude with Robin goodfellow. He's been hired to kidnap you and bring you before Queen Mab. Apparently the Queen believes that she is the same Queen Mab, reincarnated, and that the Paladin Serpent knows something about the disappearance of Princess Thistledown, who vanished during the First Age of Citadel. Goodfellow, of course, knows that he has a better chance capturing a rampaging manticore than kidnapping you, so he made some polite conversation, some offers were made and declined, and he and his two partners in crime went on their merry way.

You also met up with Crazy Ted, who wasn't exactly what you expected. Short, wears a stupid fur hat, and his collection of trophies are other people's kills. He's just a taxidermist, along with being a boar and dragon hunter. It also seems that he doesn't plan on killing Old One, but rather that he just wants to see it. Also, for some unknown reason, he can understand and speak the tongue of the dragons. A language only, you, Granny, and the sane lizard people of Stone Hall know.

After a slightly uncomfortable/VERY comfortable night shedding with Tricia's help, you have collected the newly remade Beacon and Clang, and are following Theodore Katushka out onto his boar hunting trails on your way to the Bear Shrine.

WOO! Lamia time!

Damn you Echo, just when I'm going to bed!

>>24116183
The charms that Ted gave you are doing the trick. You aren't cold that you feel your teeth chatter involuntarily, your insides grow cold or have uncontrollable shivering. But it's still utterly, miserably, stupidly cold, wet, damp, and your new scales are just getting filthy with the snow and mud.

"So, let's see..." Ted looks at the ground. "We're in luck, it stopped snowing and looks like it's not going to snow for a few days." He points at the clear skies. "Course, knock on wood, right?" He raps on his head. "Anyway, you said you were a hunter and tracker back at your little home village, right? You ever do snow hunting?"

A little, yeah, but mostly you didn't go outside when it snowed. Cause it was snow.

"I think I've got some boar tracks to follow, but I never say no to some extra eyes." He smiles at you. "You in?"

Hooray, echo is back!

We in the discussion thread have decided that after lamia child quest is done, we are moving on to lamia paladin or lamia mother quest. Just, you know, putting that idea in yer head.

>>24116417
"Well, if you don't think I'll scare the boars away. I like to think I am pretty quiet, experience nonwithstanding."

>>24116459
"Well, if you don't think I'll scare the boars away. I like to think I am pretty quiet, experience nonwithstanding."

Ted nods. "The field is yours, Paladin."

Roll 1d20

Rolled 5

>>24116650

Echo! Why didn't you ping us in the other thread? :(

>>24116657
(By His Light, I love /tg/ dice.)

No dice, you can't spot any tracks or signs. You suppose you could blame most of it on the Conclave students that have marched along the upper trail, knocking down snow and such...but that wouldn't be the complete truth.

>>24116714
Apologies! I was unaware that other thread was still up!

>>24116759
Try using our patented Lamia Tongue to sniff them out.

>>24116783
If we did that out tongue will become numb by the cold or frozen.

>>24116759
>>24116783
Yeah, if there's no trail.

"Well, I don't see any obvious trails. I can try to smell some out, unless you've spotted one by now. Or we could range a bit further.

>>24116823

Or stick to the ground.

>>24116830
"Well, I don't see any obvious trails. I can try to smell some out, unless you've spotted one by now. Or we could range a bit further."

"Any trail is a good trail, sniff away." He says.

Roll 1d20 to use your tongue and nose to try and get a scent trail.

Rolled 1

>>24116892

Rolled 20

>>24116892
Now for /tg/dice to go into action.

>>24116908
... I'll go put my dice away. Forever.

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>>24116908
>>24116913

No. Friggin. Words.

>>24116892
>>24116908
>>24116913
I vote echo give us some mercy here.

I mean COME ON.

>>24116908
>>24116913

- - Service will be suspended for a moment due to hysterical laughter - -

Rolled 18

>>24116892

>>24116949

I've been a player since the first thread; I was the guy who suggested "Muna" for Mage's name.

Yeah, stupid name, I know. Can we get a another reroll now that we've already spent one?

(I'll give you this one. Just because it's too damn funny for words.)
>>24116913

Ah! You got a trail for a boar, a big one too. You can point out the way to it clearly.

Also...that's kinda weird...oranges. Specially oil of oranges. You taste that too.

>>24117086
>Specially oil of oranges. You taste that too.
Specifically*

>>24117086
Thank you. That was quite obviously a case of /tg/dice being capricious and wrathful.

Though, since we also critfailed in addition to critsucceeding, we probably got the WROOOONG boar.

"Ah, I've found something. This way, I believe. Look for more visible signs."

>>24117086
Tell Ted what you smell; he might recognize it as something.

Also, might I suggest that Anon Mapmaker has earned at least one reroll by now?

>>24117086
Oranges are the best to hunt. They're tasty and they don't run or fight back. Don't usually live in freezing climates like this though.

>>24117086
>>24117133
"Also it smells like orange oil."

>>24117086
"Ted, do you know of anything that smells of oranges up here?"

>>24117142
>anon mapmaker has earned at least one reroll
Daww, thanks for the vote of support guy. Though, my maps aren't the best. Not by a longshot.

>>24117173

As Echo's said before, they're perfect. Don't put yourself down.

>>24117173
I've said it before, they may not be cartography-as-art like you'd find in the front of a fantasy novel, but they *are* the kind of on-the-ground useful map an adventurer would draw for themselves while adventuring, and that's what we care about here.

Your world map (and Echo's OK of it) really gave this world much more concrete spatial relations, made it feel more real, and helped us get oriented.

>>24117220
>>24117219
well, I'll keep makin' them as long as descriptions of how shit looks keep happening. Though promptness varies.

>>24116650
>I like to think I am pretty quiet

On fresh snowpack, feet crunch through snow making a decent amount of noise; spreading weight across a broader surface and moving with a continuous slither seems likely to make much less noise.

Downside: like a snowplow, you'll have more effort required to move as snow builds up in front, since you need enough force to move it aside rather than stepping over it.

>>24117133
"Ah, I've found something. This way, I believe. Look for more visible signs. Also it smells like orange oil."

Ted nods at the way you point. "I thought I saw something that way...oranges though?" He shrugs as you all hike your way through the snow. "That's strange, there's some Frost Cherry trees that grow here and there, but Oranges are grown in Stone Hall or in the Sunrise Isles. (They're to the south and a little off of the East Coast, mostly jungle, no Tribes, there's some Citadel fishing villages and pirates.)

You keep walking, it's a truly beautiful sight, the mountains are gorgeous, a string of white caps and deep dark blues, purples, and silvers. The sky is clear and the sun is glorious. It's still too damn cold though.

Ted even points out the valley that starts the Dark Peaks, wow, they could not make a more foreboding looking black, the mountains are all jagged, there's fog choking the area, and you swear that the snow looks black.

"Okay, lets see if we can't find our succulent little friend." Ted says. He starts to scan the horizon.

Roll 2d20 one for sight, second for smell.

Rolled 9, 6 = 15

>>24117302

Rolled 4

>>24117302
rolling one of them.

Rolled 9, 12 = 21

What the hell.

Rolled 9, 5 = 14

>>24117357
>>24117319
>>24117317
It's because you fast rollers do not have conviction.

Random thought: orange oil is a common natural method of pest control for certain types of pests.

I could also imagine something using it in a trap.

Could we please keep an extra-close eye out for any kind of trap?

>>24117374
Or not! Damn, I was hoping the dice would work with my joke.

>>24117317
You've got the boar's trail with Ted's help. That orange thing has vanished though.

You head down to the lower cliffs on this range. The mountains here are covered with tunnels and small caves. The wind blows through them, almost making music with it.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Ted asks with a grin.

"I'd like it more if it weren't so cold." Tricia replies.

>>24117443
Give Tricia a quick wrap-and-hug, purely for warmth of course. "Warmer now?"

Can we take a moment and take 10 for picking up the orange scent again? Not like we're in a rush.

>>24117443
""I have to admit, it's quite the view. Though, being reminded how cold it is doesn't exactly help."

Then do that thing where shivers go up your spine and you're all Bbrrrrr before continuing on. I don't know how to adequately describe it, but I am sure you know what I am talking about.

>>24117496
Well, we ARE at an intersection of all sorts of breezes. If we're finding it again, here would be as good a spot as any.

>>24117496
You wrap and hug Tricia briefly. "Warmer now?"

"Thanks, but not now." She says, pushing you off.

You take a deep sniff and take your time looking around. You aren't bothering about the boar now, Ted's got that pretty well in hand. Taking your time, you without a doubt pick up that smell and twinge of oranges again. Of course, with all the winds and crossbreezes from all the different holes, you have NO solid idea on where it's coming from...but you can try at least.

Roll 1d20

Rolled 20

>>24117659

Rolled 18

>>24117659

Have we ever taken the others on one of our hunts before?

We generally don't use the tongue this much on account of embarrassment/acting humanish.

>>24117670
No stupid orange is a match for Ssen Patrick!

>>24117693
I don't think we've been particularly embarassed about using it in the past, we just don't often think of smelling things out, and our hunts have mostly been offscreen.

>>24117733
I thought it was one of those things we hid habitually.

Like how we don't often show teeth when we smile, unless otherwise specifically stated.

>>24117670
Got it...it's fresh. Very fresh and its oranges and something else, something...cold and dry but with that clean tinge and taste-smell of earth, but purer...heated clay. Also, there's two different versions of that orange/clay taste-smell. One's following you, and one's in front of you. Also, this isn't the pine/evergeen/chocolate smell-taste that Robin has.

>>24117757
Quietly tell Ted and the rest of the party; give the expanded description of it and the two sources, see if he has any idea what it is. Make it clear that we might be being followed or tracked.

>>24117757
Whisper to Ted. "I think we're being followed."

>>24117757
"Guys, I think we're being followed, and it's definitely not Robin this time."

>>24117757
>One's following you, and one's in front of you.
Weapons at the ready. Warn Ted if he's still nearby.

>>24117757
<There are two orange smells and they also smell like clay and one of them is following us.> In Lizard. Ted and Mage understand it, at least, and it's highly unlikely the followers will think it's more than a cough if they're in hearing range. Can Mage do some sort of telepathy thing to inform the others?

>>24117757
>heated clay

Oh, crud. Porcelain.

>>24117757
"I think something is trying to box us in, the smell is both behind us, and ahead of us."

>>24117833
Mask people. With perfume. We're being chased by whores!

>>24117882
>whores

SSSSANDOVER!

We're being chased by MONSTER WHORES.

>>24117906

Either that or we're being chased by golems polished with orange peels.

>>24117831
<There are two orange smells and they also smell like clay and one of them is following us.> You say.

Mage nods and looks at the others he holds up two fingers and points one forwards and one behind you.

The others stare in confusion. "What?" Peri asks.

Mage rolls his eyes and whispers in her ear. "Ohhhh," Peri does another set of hand gestures. Apparently Tricia and Lea get those.

"We can follow the boar down into the caves, or go up and see the Bear Shrine ascent." He suggests. As he says that he unhooks one of his axes at his side. He's actually asking you about where you want to go to deal with your 'friends.'

>>24117958
Let's not get trapped in a cave with someone behind us.

>>24117958
"The caves are nice and isolated. We don't want anybody at the Shrine or a wandering Conclave group catching sight of this."

>>24117977
>>24117958
I sort of want to go to the caves, but only because I really want to get that boar along with stopping these guys.

I'm cold!

>>24117958
"We tracked the boar this far, might as well go after it."

>>24117958
"The caves would be good, I am starving."

>>24117958
I'm voting the Bear Shrine. Should be other paladins there guarding it from what I understood of the past threads. Hopefully they'll help. Maybe.

>>24117958
Are we on Ted's off-trail path, or are we close enough to town that we're still on the Conclave trail? If the latter, this might just be a Conclave tour group. If we're on Ted's path, we're almost certainly being followed.

>>24117958
Bear Shrine.
(Height usually being an advantage.)

>>24117958
I'd say we follow the boar into the caves, then let Peri/Mari use the terrain to her advantage to hide and flank the one following us...but I'd honestly much rather have the backup available at
>the Bear Shrine

>>24118042
Ted's path, you've left the conclave areas long behind.
>>24117995
>>24118023
>>24118027

"The caves are nice and isolated. We don't want anybody at the Shrine or a wandering Conclave group catching sight of this." You say. "The boar. They see it and they'll spook it. We've gone this far, we should go after it, and I'm starving."

Everyone nods and Ted leads you down into the inside of the mountain, after a few turns and twists, it's clear that the orange-clay pair have been forced to follow behind you two as they can't get in front of you any more. They're following you closer now though.

After a moemnt, Ted stops, you're all inside one of the more open caverns. It's a oval-ish room that's about the size of a basketball court there are stone pillars of fused stalagmites and stalactites scattered about.

On the plus side, you've also found what is unquestionably the boar's nest. It's a big old beast of a thing. Good eatin'. It's sleeping in its little warren that's one of the holes in the walls.

On the down side, this place is a dead end.

<Best place we could hope for even footing.> Ted says. He chuckles. <So, I'm guessing we have a few minutes before our followers get enough courage to attack, so...go ahead and ask, Beautiful One.>

>>24118204
<Why can you speak the lizard tongue?>

>>24118204
"You're a dragon, aren't you."

>>24118243
this.

>>24118204
<Well, since we've only got a few minutes, let's focus on the details that might keep us alive past the next few minutes. Are you human as you appear, or something...else? Do you have any particular abilities that could help us right now, other than those axes? And do you have any idea who these followers might be?>

>>24118204
>Dead End
>Great tactics guys lets go to the cave. Ugh.

Time for some bluntness.

<Who or should I say what are you really?>

>>24118276
To be fair, it also means they can only attack us from one direction.

>>24118204
I doubt she'll have much luck given the cold, but see if Tricia can drum up any buggy backup, and get Mage to start preparing to cast sleep or something comparable. Also, nock an arrow on our bow.

>>24118276
>dead end
>WITH A BOAR
Tactics be damned, shopping and then an ambush.

>>24118204
>After a moemnt, Ted stops, you're all inside one of the more open caverns. It's a oval-ish room that's about the size of a basketball court there are stone pillars of fused stalagmites and stalactites scattered about.

How large are the stalagmites? Anything we (or the smaller members of our party) could hide behind?

How large, well-positioned, and fragile are the stalactites? Anything we could drop on their likely entrance?

>>24118299
We're in a cave with little to no room to move. No way to run if they things go south. We're vs an unknown enemy with unknown powers/weapons. No, this is bad.

>>24118313
Boar be damned.

>>24118204
>It's sleeping in its little warren that's one of the holes in the walls.

Any other holes in the walls? Any of them us-sized?

>>24118335
>We're in a cave with little to no room to move.
>Size of a basketball court
>Little to no room to move
uh

>>24118243
<Why can you speak the lizard tongue? Are you a dragon?>

<No.> He shakes his head. <I'm a Dragon Servant.>

<A what?> Mage asks.

<I thought you were one too.> Ted says. <We're a race of humans who were bred to serve, speak, and attend to our great Masters. Don't you live to serve her?>

Mage waves his hand in a 'kinda' motion.

<I have been waiting for a long long time ever since my Mistress Whitefire went mad and had to be put down...all I seek is a new master. I don't...I can't feel complete unless I know I am wanted by one of the great ones.>

>>24118204
>It's a big old beast of a thing.
We need to piss it off and turn it against our attackers.

Can we finish off the boar? did we do that already?

Just standing here talking waiting for an ambush with a dangerous boar behind us sounds... bad.

>>24118355
Well shit, didn't Quentin warn us Dragon Servants were crazy cultists?

"Well, it seems like we're both searching for the same thing, then."

>>24118243
This.

Then spread out and prepare for ranged combat, using the stalagmites for cover. They're limestone so movies to the contrary they should be rather sturdy. Us, Mage and Mari prepare to focus fire on the choke point when whoever enters the room. (Assuming Ted doesn't have any ranged weapons) We'll have a brief window to identify them and/or strike first.
There's a chance it might be Robin's idiot underlings, if not could be someone worse.

>>24118355
<No, Mage is a ghoul who I kinda sorta adopted. And good news, you'll probably have the Old One in your debt once you tell her that there's a group of powerful sorcerers trying to kill them and destroy their horde.>

>>24118334
>How large are the stalagmites? Anything we (or the smaller members of our party) could hide behind?

The stone fused pillars are big enough for the others to hide behind, not you or Mage.

>How large, well-positioned, and fragile are the stalactites? Anything we could drop on their likely entrance?

Mage can try like he did before in the Underwasp Queen lair. Remember how well THAT worked.

>Any other holes in the walls? Any of them us-sized?

Plenty, this place is swiss cheese nearly. You'll have to search for one that fits you though, and there's no way to turn around or see where they come out, or if they warp as you go further in.

>>24118355
We could make him our minion! Do paladins get minions?

>>24118391
Probably not the same thing. Those were people who worshipped the Dragon who Dwells in Darkness, who was more of a spirit than a dragon as far as we know.

>>24118429
Paladins get cohorts.

>>24118391
>Well shit, didn't Quentin warn us Dragon Servants were crazy cultists?

Different kind of Dragon. Those worshipped the Dragon Who Was Of Shadow. Ted's of a Slave Race that was created through training, eugenics, and magic.

>>24118391
No, those were the Dragon's Children IIRC.

>>24118421
OK. Get everyone capable of fitting behind one using one for cover and prepared to snipe away. Mage and Ssen should back into some of the dark holes in the wall, close to the entrance. Dim all light sources to near-nothing, and have Ssen be prepared to use Beacon to blind them since they've adapted to the darkness.

All that said, don't attack until we see who or what they are.

>>24118499
Note: Ssen and Mage should be waiting in those holes for them to pass and then closing in behind them. And back in far enough that light cast from the room doesn't make them visible.

How good is ssen's low light vision? this is the first it's come up

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>>24118460

Well, we're looking for a dragon. Perhaps we could see if he would accompany us in the meantime.

>>24118571
Several types of snakes can see infrared heat, which would make us exceptionally good at seeing warm bodies in the dark.

Can Ssen?

>>24118499
You direct your people to proper ambush points. Ted even helpfully points out some better spots for Tricia to come out swinging with her sickle.

"I take it you've taken people 'Dragon Hunting' here before, haven't you, Ted?" Lea says.

"I never killed anyone who wasn't already a murderer or a criminal." He says defensively.

"And what of the others? The ones who weren't bad, but just wanted a trophy?" Mage asks.

"I didn't kill them." He says.

"No, I bet the Dark Peaks did that for you." Lea snarls. "No wonder a noble beast like the Old One wants nothing to dow with you."

<Tell your servants that they should watch their tongues Beautiful One. I serve the Greatest, and I am due my respect!> Ted hisses at you.

>>24118688
<Just ignore them right now. We can complain about hurt feelings after we take these guys out.>

>>24118688
"Alright everyone. Argue later. Stay alive now. And nobody attack until we know who they are; let's not regret this."

>>24118688
Okay, everybody knock it off until after we've found how who's following us.

>>24118688
"Now now everyone, moral quandries and ill trust later. Positions now. We're not done hunting."

"Oh, and don't go straight for the kill. It could just be those rascally elves again. Probably not."

>>24118688
<Focus! You two can argue AFTER we've taken care of the people following us!>

>>24118688
<Listen closely, this is the sound of me not giving a shit.>

>>24118688
<Let me make this clear. They are not my servants and no one /owes/ you respect.>

>>24118571
>>24118653
>Several types of snakes can see infrared heat, which would make us exceptionally good at seeing warm bodies in the dark.

You can indeed. Lamias are designed for wetlands and cool areas, of course you can spot heat signatures. It's been invaluable in your hunts back home. You can see two of them approaching...weird...you see torsos and heads at the entrance to the cavern...but that's it.

>>24118763
>>24118785
No, and no, this guys leading us around the mountains, he gets respect.

>>24118688
>just wanted a trophy

I wonder how many Lamia trophies there are.

Regardless, we'll save passing judgement for later when we have all the facts.

>>24118789
Well shit, that means they're clearly not human. Maybe they have clay limbs?

>>24118789
Are we getting attacked by puppets or statues? I don't like how this is going if that is the case.

>>24118789

Either those things at the entrance are wearing extremely insulated leg/arm armor, or they may be some type of flesh golem. Or floating limbless horrors that vomit lightning.

>>24118789
Huh. Are lamias and nagas cold-blooded? (In which case maybe they're only keeping their upper bodies warm, and their lower bodies are snow-chilled?) That doesn't *feel* like the right answer here, though.

>>24118806
He earns respect. We don't just hand it out because he demands it or because he 'serves' a fucking dragon. He get can get over himself.

>>24118789
"What fresh darkness is this? Something strange comes, fellows."

>>24118861
He's guiding us through the mountains to help our search, thats enough not to be a douche to him.

>>24118688
Have we killed the boar yet?

Can we kill the boar?

>>24118861
True on all counts, but let's not have *that* conversation right at the moment. Right now, we just need to tell everyone to can it, prepare, and not get an itchy trigger finger on the off chance our luck isn't the usual and they're friendly.

>>24118861
But he's also the one leading us around right now. If we want to snark him we can do it once we're safely back on a trail we know.

So, wagers on what the heck is following us?

It's got body heat and porcelain and no limbs. I am thinking maybe some kind of golem-mechs piloted by cripples.

>>24118885
The boar is alive, but sleeping very deeply, filled up on fungus and lichens. It's used to Ted's little 'incidents' in this cave, so unless you wake it directly it'll stay asleep.

>>24118862
"What fresh darkness is this? Something strange comes, fellows. We'll argue later." You say. <And let me make this clear, Theodore. They are NOT my servants, and no one /owes/ you respect!>

"Ssh!" Lea says.

"They came down here." A voice says.

You can see them more clearly now. Two people dressed in black robes, and they have blank white masks that just have eye holes in them.

"Are you sure?" The other says. Both voices are female. Also there's this strange clicking noise as they walk.

"Yes...I think." The first one says.

"You will be unloved if we fail."

"Please don't say such things. Anyway, we're the Shadow Sisters of fame and glory. We are always loved within the walls." The first says.

"We are only the Sisters until we fail. Then the Sisters become those who have not failed, and we become corpses." The second says. "Keep looking."

They're in perfect position. I mean it, they could not have picked a better spot to pause at.

>>24119245

Arrow them. What do we roll?

>>24119245
We should pounce and wrap one by surprise. If mage gets his sleep off simultaneously, we could ace these guys with no blood shed on either side. Perfect paliscore!

>>24119268
We have the ability to shoot an arrow and use our tail in the same round. Alternatively, we could go directly for a wrap on one of them.

>>24119290
Agreed, this.

>>24119290

...Arrow to the knee?

>>24119268
>>24119290
Or maybe we should talk to them? They're pretty obviously meaning to do something to us, though. Maybe we talk after capture.

>>24119245
An arrow to the knee for the both of them!

They'll have a lovely story to tell later.

>>24119290
this, we still dont know who sent them, and it would give us someone to interrogate.

>>24119307

Alright, fine. I suppose that is more paladin-like.

>>24119307
They're following us surreptitiously. We can talk to them *after* we make sure they can't hurt us. No sense losing our element of surprise.

>>24119307
>Maybe we talk after capture.
This. Until we know they aren't going to attack us, whether because their intentions are benign or they're tied up, its too much of a risk to let them know we know they're here.

>>24119245
Question before we attack: do they look familiar at all? Do they look like ghouls (and what ghouls look like to us in infrared)? Or like anything we've seen before? The cold-lower-body thing is strange.

>>24119417
honestly I am worried about wrapping them. they're probably spiky as fuck under those robes.

But the chances of that are so low, it's just my paranoia. Hence why I suggested wrap in the first place.

>>24119417
They're obviously Sandover's "products". He's definitely up to some creep stuff.

>>24119245
can we see their legs? possibly Driders?

>>24119443
I dunno. They claim to be "fame" and "glory".

They could be humors business.

Their legs look normal, just wrapped in black fabric like the rest of them.

So I take it you want to try and constrict one and have Mage sleep spell the other?

>>24119447
This was my initial thought as well.

>>24119495
That was my suggestion.

Whether it's the majority vote is up to the majority.

>>24119495
yes

>>24119495
Yes. Watch whatever's in their hands; make sure they can't quickly stab us while wrapping. And be prepared to do something about the one Mage is putting to sleep if that doesn't work.

Rolled 5

>>24119520
Roll 1d20 for your attempt

Rolled 11

>>24119639

Rolled 12

>>24119639
Mage...

Rolled 3

>>24119639
I hope the light overpowers the dice gods.

>>24119639
Serpent strike!

>>24119639
I have a feeling that 5 is for Mage's sleep spell. Lea and Mari/Peri should get ready to take them down while Mage tries again.

Rolled 12

>>24119639

Well I do believe that plan failed.

Time to smack these punks up a bit now.

>>24119487
I wouldn't put it above Sandover to try and make "fake" Humors.

>>24119639
The moment we no longer have the jump on them, call out "What do you want with us?"

>>24119736
Good point; he *was* being tested, and these might be his minions.

>>24119639
Disturbing thought: "Rachel?"

>>24119649
You wrap around one of the sisters, but Mage's staff just sparks and hums.

<Damnit...> He mutters.

"Oh." The constrained Shadow Sister says. "This is unusual."

"You have been captured." The other Sister says.

"Move and you get a bolt in your skull." Mari says.

"Ambushed." The one who is being held. "Huh. A reversal of normal events."

"I assume that we have no been killed because you wish us to do a service." The freed Sister says. "I do wish to inform you that the concept of being violated sexually does not fill us with feelings of dread or powerlessness."

"Nor does physical torture." The one in your coils says.

>>24119805
"At the moment, we just want to know who you are and why you're following us."

>>24119805
"No, no. We're just reasonably suspicious of the two travelers who try to sneak up on us without so much as a 'hello, friend!'. Maybe for a service you can tell us why you were following us, then I can let you go and we all talk like reasonable people?"

>>24119832
"At the moment, we just want to know who you are and why you're following us."

"We decline to answer that question."

>>24119762
She should still be in hospital. And as the only person who can make the masks she's way too valuable to send on silly missions like this.

>>24119852
"How about what you wanted from us, then? Depending on what it is, we might or might not be agreeable."

>>24119852
Oh! Oh! I know, threaten them with separation from the force that keeps them happy! We need to use a Caligo Clarus symbol or something.

>>24119852
Call everyone to move in to better positions then remove the mask of the one we have captured.

>>24119888
This next, yeah.

>>24119890
And then this.

>>24119852
"Come now, it can't be so bad that you can't tell us. Fine fine- then will you answer if we ask you what you want?"

>>24119890
Leave a couple in hiding. Just in case.

>>24119852
Perhaps they'd be willing to answer a very simple question: "Why do you smell like orange oil?"

And: "What kind of 'service', exactly, did you think we might want of you?"

>>24119878
"How about what you wanted from us, then? Depending on what it is, we might or might not be agreeable."

"Again, we refuse to answer."

You take your Medallion and hold it up against the mask. The Sister tries to pull her head away from it. "Please cease with that action. It is upsetting." She's starting to breathe heavily.

"Yes...put...put those away." The other Sister says. "Now." She's flinching at the sight of the other Medallions and Lea in general. "This is upsetting."

<Why do I smell goat blood?> Ted asks.

You take off the sister's mask.

Well, now you know why you only saw the torsos and the heads of these two girls. Because they don't wipe their mouths after a meal, and they ate recently. Also you know why they wear masks and full coverings of black in the middle of the day. And you would have also known, had you visited the Goat Sanctuary, what had happened to the four missing goats, with one found drained completely of blood.

You have also found out that startingly beautiful vampires are crazy strong and can force their way out of your coils with astounding ease.

Roll 1d10 for initiative

Rolled 6

>>24120037
Push the medallion into the chest of the one we were wrapping, and pray.

>>24120037

Rolled 5

>>24120037
>inb4 1

Rolled 8

>>24120037

>>24120037
Damn vampires! We are totally amenable to talking!

also stop taunting us with the goat shrine, we will forever regret not going.

>>24120085
We're going there on the way back.

>>24120037
If we're pushed away and lose the opportunity to press our holy symbol against them, light up Beacon immediately.

Rolled 7, 3, 2, 1, 10 = 23

>>24120037
allies initiative

Rolled 3, 7 = 10

>>24120110
Enemies

>>24120110
iirc, Lea's the 10.

>>24120128
>>24120068
I hope we have more bonuses than vampires by a good margin, elsewise we might get our grip broke.

Rolled 4

>>24120142
(Actually Ted is first. This is to see what he does)

Guys
Guys we kiss the sexy vampires
And our poison will melt their fangs and make them harmless
Genius or genius?

>>24120195
Takes a long time to do so, though.

>>24120195
Stupid.

>>24120195
Could work, given that we only need to melt a very small bony piece that would get a heavy dose of venom. Of course, they might chomp us first. Who knows what diseases vampire whores carry?

Rolled 11, 5, 14 = 30

>>24120172
Good news, Ted's going for the vamps only, he wouldn't dare hurt a Beautiful One.

He goes in a choppin at the one who isn't constrained. He's using his axe with the silver coated edge. He assumes the other sister is the same as the first with the blood smeared mouth, and he smells blood. He's not stupid.

Tricia also swipes at the same vamp with her sickle. The amber sickle is magical in nature and life-based so it's good against undead.

The vamp that you have is trying to escape from you. She only needs an 13 or better to escape, due to the fact that she's a bloodsucker and recently fed.

Rolled 17, 9, 14 = 40

>>24120290
So, Vampires are really really fast, and really strong.

The vamp you had trapped has broken free, and the other dodges Ted and Tricia easily.

>>24120308
Your turn, make a consensus or first suggested action to have three 'yes' votes to it. I tell you what to roll, first linked roll plays.

>>24120229
It is, but I cleverly didn't make that an option. You have to pick genius.

>>24120290
Set beacon up to full glow, and get to the spearwork. Try to distance the vampires from your crew, like a good spearfighter. Hopefully divine light abjures vampires.

>>24120328
Thinking of turning on the ruins for the spear, if we can.

>>24120340
This. Specifically, sweep/tail combo with Beacon.

>>24120333
I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Therefore, stupid.

>>24120385
But my reality has hot vampire makeouts in it. Why would you want to leave?

>>24120376
>>24120353
>>24120340
That's three (the first three, even) for firing up a glowing Beacon; we just need to agree on what spear action to take.

Constriction seems unhelpful; we want to take advantage of our agility since we don't have a strength advantage on them.

So: spear sweep plus tail attack.

>>24120376
Just as a note, double attacks with your tail don't cause Beacon to gain points to its Light. Only single attacks with Beacon, damage, or blocks with Clang (I.E. hits that WOULD cause damage without Clang) cause Beacon to shine brighter.

>>24120433
The attack from Beacon does, though, even though the secondary attack doesn't, right? So we might as well use the tail rather than leaving it idle. Unless using our tail at the same time reduces our accuracy with Beacon?

>>24120428
Ssen/Tricia makeouts are much hotter. Evil isn't sexy, or haven't you heard? You're so outdated.

>>24120433
So let me get this straight...
>Single attacks with Beacon
>Damaging with Beacon
>Blocking with Clang
These three give points to Light?

Regardless, I vote for a single attack with Beacon to build it up, we can start doubling up once we've got some bonuses going.

>>24120465
No, that second one is damage to *us*.

>>24120433
OK, I just reviewed our available attacks; changing my vote to an armor-piercing Beacon attack.

>>24120444
No it's still +2, but a successful solo attack with Beacon gives you two points. Just so you know.

>>24120430
spear and tail, sure.

I believe all spear hits provide light, but tail hits don't because tail has no runes.

Note: runic tatoos. Can lamias have tattoos? Do they just fall off come shedding time?

>>24120433
Beacon Strike!

>>24120464
>Ssen/Tricia makeouts are much hotter
You can have both! A whole harem!

>Evil isn't sexy, or haven't you heard?
They're not evil. They're good little mindraped servants.

>>24120497
Definitely an armor-piercing Beacon strike then.

>>24120512
Get out of here citadel!

>>24120512
> You can have both! A whole harem!
That's just a distraction. Don't your storybooks have True Love in them?

>They're not evil. They're good little mindraped servants.
Oh, but the mind is the sexiest part, though!

>>24120497
OK, here's three for a piercing strike:
>>24120513
>>24120509
>>24120496

>>24120571
A piercing strike with Beacon. This will reduce the armor of the vamp, and give you one point to Beacon's light.

1d20 +1

>>24120586

Rolled 1

>>24120586
Isn't everything with Beacon +2?

Rolled 1 + 1

>>24120586
capitals break dice?!?

>>24120599
...not that it matters, apparently.

Rolled 7 + 1

>>24120599
>>24120604
OH COME ON.

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>>24120604
Wow, I was just realizing I didn't actually roll 1d20+1, but evidently it wouldn't have mattered if I did.

>>24120599
>>24120604
A standard attack with Beacon is +2 a pierce attack is +1 but it permanently lowers the vamp's AC

And...seriously?

>>24120599
>>24120604
oh.

okay.

>>24120546
Bronze Peak is my city. Why don't you get out.

>>24120550
>Don't your storybooks have True Love in them?
For a lamia? Don't be silly.

>the mind is the sexiest part, though!
Well yeah, that's why I rape them.

>>24120599
>>24120604
Enjoy your 1s. Maybe next time you'll listen to me.

>>24120599
>>24120604
I ... I have no words.

>>24120604
>>24120593
>>24120599
So uh, we using one of those rerolls?

>>24120624
Oh. And a standard attack raises light by 2, but a pierce only by 1? Good to know.

>>24120624
seriously.

I hope critfails aren't so bad.

>>24120640
Nah, it's just the start of the battle. We don't have to hit every time.

>>24120624
Citadel-/tg/ dice, some sort of unholy hybrid...

Rolled 1

>>24120637
Outroll THIS Citadel!

>>24120654
Yeah but it's a crt fail that's a bit different.

>>24120665
>1

>>24120665
...holy hell.

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>>24120624
>>24120637

Honestly. Now it feels like I'm kicking a puppy. Stitcher, roll again, for no other reason than to tell Citadel that it may be the true all encompassing force of this land, but I'M the one in charge here! This is the LAST of my mercy though.

Also, with a captcha like THIS...well. I kinda have to give it.

Everything inside of me is screaming in disgust right now at these fucking dice.

Rolled 18

>>24120665
Kay.

Rolled 18

>>24120665

>>24120671
>>24120673
he cheated, dice without the + is always a 1 afaik, like this.

Rolled 10

>>24120682
You might think you're so powerful, Citadel? Well, this is *our* quest.

Oh god Im seriously laughing here.

>>24120704
you forgot the +1 again

>>24120695
Naw, it's the same with or without

Rolled 20 + 1

>>24120714
Hey, you're right, I did! Take *this*!
>>24120682

>>24120682
Go away Echo. You're telling the story all wrong.

oh well now that is nice.

>>24120728
Now *that's* how you banish a Citadel.

Hey Citadel, thanks for roleplaying (and rollplaying) so well you helped earn us a reroll. How does *that* make you feel?

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>>24120728
Anon from start of the quest, and from the now dead STALKER civ, this is apt.

These ones and 20s are stupid.

4chan dice, you are stupid.

Why are you so stupid 4chan dice.

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what is happening.

>>24120762
its trying to go lower then 1 so its wrapping around to 20.

>>24120777
the DM, and thus, the universe itself is taking pity on us.

Rolled 8, 18, 16 = 42

>>24120704
Sadly, that is a miss. The vampire dodges easily.

Mage shoots a fireball at the vamp that was Ted and Tricia's problem. Fire's always a good option.

The other vampire tries to claw Ted's face off.

Mari takes a few ingredients out from her pouches and treats Peri's blades.

Lea goes for the vamp that you had. Lea can hit vamps and make it hurt.

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>>24120599
>>24120604
>>24120665

>>24120791
If for no other reason than how incredibly awesome that whole series of posts just was, I'd suggest that we should enforce "first linked post that rolls what you actually requested".

aw pity,

>>24120791
You uh... forgot a roll there.

>>24120791
"Always with the fighting! Why do these guys never want to talk it out?"

Armor piercer towards the vampire trying to hurt ted. Spears're for keeping people back.

>>24120817
Not unless what Mari did needs a roll, which I don't think it does.

>>24120810
But the +1 makes no difference to the roll. And when we make a tail+stab attack we can't even roll 2d20 with modifiers on each.

>>24120859
Pretty much.

>>24120859

Yes, I know, but:
>>24120704
>>24120714
>>24120728

that was just too funny.

Rolled 3, 4 = 7

>>24120791
(I went with the ten and added 1, I'm not THAT kind of a GM. -Brofists Citadel-)

Mage misses, and Ted staggers back as his face is now sporting some nasty claw marks.

Lea does her usual punch to the lungs to stun a person. Normally that wouldn't do anything, but when Lea pulls her fists away the Vampire is busy howling in pain and slightly smoking.

Ted snarls and tries to chop off the bitch's hand.

Tricia goes again to rip out a vampire's throat.

The vampire you and Lea are fighting is too busy trying to get accustomed to the pain of Lea's Holy Strike.

>>24120882
eh, I prefer the 10. A pity roll shouldn't get us a 20 like that. Not again. Heck, a second pity roll at all is a bit eeeeh.

Perhaps we could just make it so 1s are critical successes and 20s are critical failures.

>>24120916
Those two are not used to fighting in the dark with just the light from Beacon being the brightest light source yet. They both miss.

Rolled 17

>>24120624
The dice hate namefags.

>>24120941
Your turn

>>24120916
"Feel free to surrender at any time, you two. You're quite outnumbered."

Just a spear strike on the one we are fighting. A tail attack would get in the way.

A normal spear strike, since they seem to not be so armored, just meaty.

>>24120916
>(I went with the ten and added 1, I'm not THAT kind of a GM. -Brofists Citadel-)

Fair enough. Doesn't make the OOC posts any less funny, though.

Assuming that holy strike is a good distraction, go for a regular attack, not a pierce.

>>24120963
Beacon stab and a tail swipe at our vamp

>>24120963
Linking:
>>24120971
Regular Beacon attack.

>>24120916
>Holy Strike
Rider Kick. Jesus H. fucking Christ rider kick. Fffff-

>>24120963
ya, I agree, beacon strike.

>>24120966
>>24120971
>>24120985
Standard attack with Beacon

1d20 +2
(FYI, if the +2 isn't present I will add it on my own.)

Rolled 10 + 2

>>24121011

Rolled 17 + 2

>>24121011

Rolled 6

>>24121011
Let the rolls be done by anon!

Rolled 7 + 2

>>24121011

>>24121019
meh!

Any chance of us getting a dialogue in there? I suggested this one.
>>24120966

>>24121044
They seem rather implacable and uncommunicative.

>>24121065
I dunno, that one seems a lot less implacable after being burned by lea's smite evil.

She has a freaking smite evil.

I want a smite evil.

>>24121103
Who says we don't have one, if we can connect with Beacon?

>>24121111
>who says we don't?
/tg/dice.

I wonder who they are taking orders from. They were talking about 'failing' just before we ambushed them.

>>24121135
Wondering the same thing. If possible, I'd like to take one of them down with non-lethal damage. Perhaps we could threaten to bless them to death; they certainly don't seem to relish His Light.

>>24121135
We'll cut them open and count the rings to find out.

Rolled 4, 15, 1, 7, 9, 11, 17, 4 = 68

>>24121019
You swpie and you just barely miss slashing at the vamp, but something does happen with Beacon. The light seems to now be a bit brighter that it was before. Not dramatically, but noticable.

(That's one off of a hit. I'll give you one point to the Light.)

"You're outnumbered." You say. "Surrender and you can walk away from this."

"Again, we must decline." The Sister says. "Shadow Sisters never fail, are never defeated, and never die. That is the Truth, and Truth is Beauty."

Mage shoots another fireball.

The other Shadow Sister Vampire continues to try and kill Ted.

Peri goes out a slashing at the one you and Lea are fighting with Alchemically Enhanced blades that will hurt vampires. (Wolfsbane coating)

Lea attempts to kick the Vampire's chest hard enough to break a bone. (Lowers AC if connects)

Ted works all night and chops all day at the vampire.

Same with Tricia.

Your vampire tries to swipe at you.

poor ted

>>24121179
damnit ted, why you gotta get clawed up. You're not an adventurer. You're not wearing armor.

Back off.

>>24121179
Ted's getting beaten up. Peri's being stupid.

>>24121179
perhaps prayer will harm them, seeing as how they reacted to our medallion.

"May the Light guide us against this Darkness, for it cannot be allowed to prevail."

>>24121179
Curious what that eighth roll was for.

Rolled 14, 6, 10, 5, 3, 9, 10, 17 = 74

>>24121179
Ted is not having a good day. That one got him square in the shoulder. There's a lot of blood dripping down his nice wooly shirt. He swings blindly but misses.

Mage is once more having trouble aiming...maybe you should get him glasses one day.

Peri didn't see a rock and stumbled to the ground faceplanting herself. "were okay!" They mumble.

Tricia connects nicely with her sickle right into the Sister's shoulder. She yanks it out with a clean pull and a triumphant HA!

You vamp tries to swpie at you, but you're faster than a regular human as well and easily dodge.

Your turn

peri does double attacks I believe

>>24121254
(Peri got two attacks)

>>24121261
beacon and tail. this fight is going to slowly as we need to start hitting

>>24121261
Keep slashing at our current target with beacon.

>>24121261
Call for ted to get back, move to assist tricia in ted's place.

(p/m)eri will take over for you helping lea.

>>24121261
attack with Beacon, and call Ted to stay back.

also cant hurt to pray, as here >>24121230

Rolled 18

>>24121261
Spear to the chest. Hard enough to pop the bitch's heart out through her spine.

>>24121261
Regular Beacon attack again, and shift our position a bit so that we can help block the other one next round.

Ted needs some tender loving care...

>>24121294
This

>>24121294
why must you have good rolls when rolls are not being accepted

>>24121261
>Peri didn't see a rock and stumbled to the ground faceplanting herself. "were okay!" They mumble.

Well that's embarrassing.

As well good part of the story to tell if we live!

-

Attack with Bacon.

>>24121261
That's three for regular Beacon attacks, and three (counting me, I'll back that too) for having Ted back off a bit.

Press the medallion to nearest vampire."May His Light shine brightly before the Creatures of Darkness."

>>24121323
His Light is currently busy.

Please try at another time.

>>24121314
>Attack with Bacon.
Beacon is not amused by your hammy distractions.

>>24121338
I was talking about the boar!