>>25034044
>"Preparations must be made, yes, yes." he says, nodding. "Are you prepared to discuss this matter?"

Yes.

Wait, what were we doing?

>>25034082
You nod, recalling your present task.

You were born apart from your clutch of eggs, this Goblin separating you. The King of this land aims to train the rest as slaves and mounts, for what purpose you do not know. Your Goblin friend has made you aware of this - and you've seen their mental presence in the Walk.

"Very well. The structure is rather large, built out of old barracks." he says, "It is squat, built of stone, with locked doors and windows. I only have power enough to open one door for you. The front door leads a winding path through the building - there will be guards to dispatch. The back door leads directly to the hatchlings, but the alarm will be quicker if you falter." he shifts. "Once I have opened the way, I cannot assist further."

>>25034163
Backdoor seems best. Get in, grab the hatchlings and get out, Hopefully fast enough that we don't have to fight anyone.
We're not good at fighting.

>>25034163
How long till the alarm if we get from behind door?

>>25034262
>>25034199

"I would like the back door." you say, comfortably curling on your horde, though your tail slips off. "But how long would the alarm take?"

"Likely, about a minute or two - but the alarms here will call every guard in the city to the locale."

You grumble - that's a significant force. You know the King keeps a large force in the city. This is most troubling.

>>25034311

But the front door has guards that need dispatching. Wouldn't that raise the alarm too?

Also, ask him what we could get from there which we could use as evidence.

We could start several fires throughout the city to distract the guards while stealing the eggs.

>>25034311
>"I would like the back door."
>be the goblin
>wink eye knowingly, give a leering grin

>>25034311
Ehh, we'll just have to not raise alarm then. It's nothing we can't accomplish, we're a drake and all. Go through the back door.

>>25034362
Hey! We're not even a year old! No goblin buttsex until later.

>>25034325
"The front door has guards as well. They can raise the alarm too."

"Yes, but it will take them longer." he states. "But I see your point."

"...What of a distraction? Starting some fires around the city..."

The goblin nods.
"Doable. Quite doable. I won't be able to time it, but I can secure you a little more time."

>>25034385
"And I can always simply not raise the alarm." you state with a nod.

What kind of an alarm is it anyway? Just bunch of guards which upon seeing us will raise it or some mechanical or arcane trigger system?

If it is just guards, we might be able to get in without raising any alarms.

>>25034390
But I thought that this was the dragon shota quest...

>>25034396
Is there any chance of a feast day or something like that in the near future? We could slip in when the guards are drunk or otherwise preoccupied.

Lets do it then.
Though I'm not happy that we're doing such a dangerous mission when we're so weak.

>>25034627
Yeah it seems a bit early to do this.

>>25034412
"What sort of alarm?"

"I was not able to glean that." he says. "But shall we head out now?"

>>25034627
"Yes. Guide me."

You are lead through the sewers, up to a street near the kennels. The building is shorter than the others with a single tower poking up. A door sits near the center of the nearest wall to you, a single oil lantern swinging on a hook in the wind.

>>25034658
Spot check before we do anything.

Examine/observe the surroundings. Lets find that alarm trigger.

>>25034658
Put out the lantern on general principles.

What? You're supposed to start the fires before starting the heist! How can it be a distraction if it doesn't happen until after starting the thing you need a distraction for?

>>25034740
Oh right. Don't forget about this. Though the goblin said he'll take care of that

>>25034740
>>25034731
You could steal the lantern with Telekinesis, you think.

>>25034711
(Give me three six sided dice, seperate posts.)

Rolled 2

>>25034773

Rolled 2

>>25034773

Rolled 6

>>25034773

>>25034773
I'd rather just snuff the flame with Telekinesis. Far less conspicuous than a floating lantern.

And yes Telekinesis should be able to snuff the flame, a gust of wind would be able to if there weren't glass in the way and Telekinesis is line of sight so CLEARLY can affect things through glass.

>>25034846
Or just use your fingers like regular people. Snuffing out a lantern isn't an issue, folks, let's not make it one.

>>25034893
But we are not regular people

>>25034839
You notice after looking around that there's two guards posted at the corners of the building.

>>25034846
>I'd rather just snuff the flame with Telekinesis.
An idea forms, and you signal the goblin.

He nods, and waves his hand. A guard steps out, leaving the door open. YOu raise your wings, edges against the sides of your head.

Roll for power use.

(1d(power points you are willing to use)+1 )

Rolled 5

>>25034943
Let's get this going. Will the result of the dice be the cost or will a d4 always cost 4 points and just have a variable effect?

>>25034943
remind him to start fires once we get going.

Rolled 10 + 1

>>25034943

ALL OF THEM!

>>25034995
That's just too much.

>>25035037
yeah, we need some in case

>>25034977
Something in the center of your head winks, and the light goes out. You have only moments to act, and you slip inside, scrabbling up a wall and onto the ceiling, out of sight.

The Goblin leaves.

You are in the building. Strong steel cages with latches that only humans or similarily intelligent beings can operate hold the dragons. A table sits at the far end, covered in forms, papers, and an inkwell. The dragons seem to be asleep, but are wretches - skinny and small, barely half your size. Panic raises outside, talks of fire. You have a moment of opportunity.

>>25035070
Search for keys or other ways to open the cages.

>>25035070
Check out if there's other guards in the vicinity.

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>>25035070
Search the area for a key or failing that quickly break the lock. Our draconic brethren need us.

Put your poor brethren out of their misery. Then, consume their remains.

>>25035231
Only if we can't find a way to free them, though. It's better then that no-one will have the hatchlings.

>>25035085
>>25035208
You drop soundlessly to the floor, looking over the locks. They are latches only operable from the outside, and you chuckle. Humans are so overconfident - they thought no one would get in! The panic rises outside, and you quickly unlatch all the cages.

Though... Miserable as they all are, you doubt that they will survive. You remember their rage when you saw them. Releasing them and letting them run free might see them recaptured, or dead. It would be easy work to kill them, though not fast, and devouring them would take even longer...

>>25035199
Three d6, please.

>>25035376
Calm them, and get them moving. If they die, they die, but let's not give up hope and hasten the process.

Rolled 2

>>25035376
We're not killing or eating them. We're here to free them, remember?

Wake them up.

>>25035376
"Let's play a game. The goal is to move outside and to the sewers as quietly as possible. If anyone makes noise, we all lose."

Rolled 3

>>25035376

>>25035447
>If anyone makes noise, I kill them
FTFY

Rolled 6

>>25035376
Rally to me my brothers!

Rolled 3

>>25035376
rollin'

Rolled 6

>>25035376

>>25035447
We have telepathy, right, can we nudge them through it. Calm them so that they don't make any ruckus waking up?

>>25035546
>We have telepathy, right, can we nudge them through it. Calm them so that they don't make any ruckus waking up?

That's what I was thinking when I said
>>25035427
>Calm them, and get them moving.

>>25035541
You notice no guards - but you hear some coming. While looking, you notice the papers on the table have many charts and writings. About the dragons?

>>25035546
You shake your head, then telepathically commune with each of the six dragons with care. It takes time, but you get them running outside and into the sewer. After a final look back, you run to the sewer entrance, the tower lighting up a bright, strange green.

A fear rises in your belly. That was easy. Really easy. But you slip into the sewers, to the waiting dragons all staring at you.

>>25035656
Score! Take count, how many hatchlings there are? Don't take them to your hideout yet in case someone has been following you. Instead lead them deeper into the sewers and hide there for a while.

>>25035656
>While looking, you notice the papers on the table have many charts and writings. About the dragons?

Oh shit. We need to snatch them up, probably some good evidence.


>You shake your head, then telepathically commune with each of the six dragons with care. It takes time, but you get them running outside and into the sewer. After a final look back, you run to the sewer entrance, the tower lighting up a bright, strange green.
>
>A fear rises in your belly. That was easy. Really easy. But you slip into the sewers, to the waiting dragons all staring at you.

....
Can you retcon that we grabbed the paper?

Anyway, lets lead them to our hideout in the sewers.

>>25035702
>Take count, how many hatchlings there are?
>>25035656
>You shake your head, then telepathically commune with each of the six dragons with care.


>>25035656
Head a ways into the sewers, not directly towards our lair though not moving far away from it. Communicate with our goblin friend to meet us, and help check over the hatchlings to make sure there's nothing fishy going on here, and to make sure we can shield them from detection. Only then, lead them back.

>>25035731
>Head a ways into the sewers, not directly towards our lair though not moving far away from it. Communicate with our goblin friend to meet us, and help check over the hatchlings to make sure there's nothing fishy going on here, and to make sure we can shield them from detection. Only then, lead them back.

Okay, that seems smarter than just leading them to the hideout.

>>25035731
That is, how many of the six are here and haven't wandered off. Or captured.

>>25035809
Oh, good thinking.

>>25035714
>Can you retcon that we grabbed the paper?
(Sadly, no. People failed to comment on the table at first, then focused on the dragons. The die is cast.)

You count all six of them, nodding to yourself and leading them deeper in. They are eager to obey you - either by training or by gratitude - and snap up rats as they pass them. Finally, the Goblin meets you, smiling.

"The deed is complete! Well done."

You puff up a little, head rising.
"I am a dragon, what else could have been expected but success?" you ask, and the Goblin chuckles.

"Very good, very good. Very good indeed. The question now, though, is what to do with them?"

You nod, thinking.

And then your head aches, powerfully, and Goblin rushes to your side.
"Resist! You must resist!"

(Two rolls of d6, please.)

Rolled 2

>>25035925

Rolled 2

>>25035925

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Rolled 3

>>25035925
NOTHING CAN CHALLENGE THE MIGHT OF A DRACONIC MIND!

>>25035925
>(Sadly, no. People failed to comment on the table at first, then focused on the dragons. The die is cast.)

It's just odd that a dragon would take the time to notice that the papers were about dragons, and *then* do nothing about them. We didn't have any opportunity for action between those two.

>>25035985
Tough luck.
>>25035925
Fucking goblin sold us out! Treachery!

>>25035950
>>25035963
You grunt, your body shaking and shuddering as you struggle to remain standing. Your eyes screw shut as you growl, setting up mental defenses and feeling them shatter.

"Gobliin. Is this... your doing?"

"Nay! I did not know there was another walker in this city!"

You let out a little roar, immobilized.

(Two more rolls of d6, please. )

>>25036007
>Fucking goblin sold us out! Treachery!
He just told us to resist it, this is obviously an attack by a third party.
Maybe that woman we saw in the ways

Rolled 2

>>25036049

Rolled 5

>>25036049
Try to resist by yielding, not with force.

>>25036067
Ohh yeah, flow like water!

>>25036049
>>25036067

Our hiding place might be compromised, even if we managed to resist it is likely they saw sewers when trying to subdue us. We need to find a new hiding place. Maybe outside the city?

>>25036067
>>25036087
Exactly. Don't resist by putting up the mental equivalent of a wall, resist by smoothly redirecting into what seems like a mind but isn't.

>>25036067
>>25036065

You roar louder, pulling in the force, redirecting, and then...

You are in the Walk, without even thinking or moving there. A land of power and thought.

Your opponent stands before you, a mighty dragon, powerful and huge.

A prescence speaks, not the Goblin, but another...

"This is the land of wills, of the mind. Here we are but what we imagine, our strengths of that as well. A duel between the minds, is not about strength or power... but cleverness."

And then it's gone, and your foe is barreling down at you.

It's essentially the Oldest Game, only a great deal more active.

>>25036163
Does our opponent have wings? In this world we do, so fly above its charge.

Rolled 5

>>25036163
Assuming we should roll, doing that.

>>25036163
You are dragon, huge and charging? I am water, uncrushable and slick.

>>25036163
What is the "Oldest Game"?

>>25036293
Each person says what they are, and how they'll destroy the opponent. Often in the form: "I am noun, adjective and adjective." The opponent replies with something new of that form, which would not be thwarted by that threat. First one to slip up and say something that wouldn't work loses. Most villains tend to go for more and more power, and expect their opponents to do the same, while most heroes win through cunning and tripping their opponent up with something strange.

>>25036204
Wings grow from your back even larger than normal, and you leap to the skies, flying over your opponent. YOu have the barest moment to react, when fire launches towards you, >>25036290 And you drop from the sky, falling to the ground as a wide lake. The opponent looks to you, then launches to the skies, forming into a sun. Your surface heats...

>>25036293
Ho boy... Someone starts with something. An object, creature, concept, whatever. Then the other one has to think of a second thing and how it would "win" against the first. The format is normally like this:
"I am a dragon, fiery and mighty!"
"I am the sea, ever-yielding and extinguishing"

>>25036336
Become a water lily, soaking up the lake water and basking in the sun.

>>25036336
I am rock, heat-resistant and strong

>>25036327
>>25036345

Thanks. Now that explained it, I think I've heard about it before.

Why is it called the Oldest Game though?

>>25036348
This is pretty good one.

>>25036379
It's kinda old?

>>25036348
>>25036390
A lily grows upon the lake, taking in the sun, growing stronger, empowered by the foe, instead of defeated. And then, a young man on a boat approaches the flower, with a basin of water in the boat.

>>25036412
Become the wind, tossing and overturning the boat.

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>>25036412
A howling tempest and raging wind. The oldest and strongest might of the sky. Hurricane wind, elemental lightning a scourge upon all life. Nature's unbridled fury.

>>25036412
Emerge from the flower as a comely maiden and charm him so he's under our power.

>>25036465
I like this. Then perhaps he'll go full-circle and become a dragon again. In which case we have him.

>>25036435
>>25036457
The world turns as winds knock the man into the lake, stirring the water, then pitching the fluids skyward... And everything resolves. The angry dragon stares at you.

"I will find you, yearling. I will find you, and I will destroy you. You may have won for now. But nothing lasts forever, and you will not always be protected."

You awaken in the Goblin's den, six small lizard heads looking at you, turned slightly.

>>25036515
Resist the temptation to roar triumphantly.

Work with the goblin to make sure nobody can track the six hatching's minds.

Head back to the lair. Then bring Ysabell to see our new friends.

>>25036515
Take stock if you're hurt in any way, then check out the hatchlings if they're ok.

Like I said before, we should search for better hideout, preferably outside the city.

>>25036543
>Then bring Ysabell to see our new friends.
I don't see why this is necessary.

>>25036556
We have no particular reason to believe our hideout is compromised just yet.

Also: necessary, no, but she's the only somewhat-friendly human we know, and keeping her apprised should prove useful. We're also going to need some help with them, since we can't stay in the hideout with them all the time, nor can our goblin friend, and they seem too young to be on their own.

>>25036556
We need to check on her anyway, given the assault on her dwelling; she may not be safe, and we did promise protection.

>>25036556
Who was Ysabell again?

>>25036595
>We have no particular reason to believe our hideout is compromised just yet.

Dunno, we were attacked pretty strongly by a Walker. It is not out of the question that they at least got a glimpse of the sewers.
We could ask the goblin I guess.

>>25036618
The woman who bakes meatpies for us

>>25036618
The woman whose house we found ourselves in originally.

>>25036632
Good, let's get to her bake the hatchlings into meat pies and we'll smuggle them out of the city.

>>25036667
Those would be some ludicrously large pies.

>See Ysabell, Bring to lair

You take the hatchlings to your lair, and they rest in the corner, playing with one of the skeletons. They're small, so small - like the size of housecats - and you leave them to Goblin as you head up.
Ysabell is fine, baking a pie.
"Eat." she grumbles. "You've been gone for a whole day, what happened."
You explain what went on and she sighs.
"And let me guess - you want me to help with the little bastards?"

>>25036723
Yes indeed. Bake a giant meat pie and hide the hatchlings inside, there's no way it won't work.

>>25036761
that's retarded. We haven't even come to consensus that we want to leave the city. Most people seem to be against it.

>>25036723
"And is that a problem?"

>>25036821
No, it's brilliant. Who in their right mind would look for escaped dragon hatchlings inside a pie? And we don't need to leave the city permanently, just get the hatchlings out.

>>25036723
<Bastards might be literally true; we certainly have no idea where they came from. But yes, I could use some help.>

>>25036841
A hungry person?
The hatchlings will probably eat the pie, anyway. There's also the fact that they can't do shit in a meat piee, so after we get them out of the city they might be caught.

>>25036821
"And is that a problem?"

"... Yes. These are tiny, barely-intelligent carnivores which may, or may not, breathe fire." she states. "I can babysit, but not... not dragonsit. Not without payment."

You grunt. "Either you pay me, or I stay right here, safe and sound." she says simply, tossing her hair to look down at you. "But here. Eat." she slides over an old meat pie - it's cold, but delicious.

>>25036873
It's just until we get them through the city gate, after then we'll hide them in a shack or something. Fact is that we can't keep Anne Franking them on the attic, we'll be found out sooner or later.

>>25036904
The hatchlings are kinda feeble at the moment, right? What sex they are?

>>25036873
>>25036905

It's probably much fucking easier and smarter to leave through the sewers under the cover of the night.

>>25036904
".... How much do you want to get paid?"

anyway, eat the half of the pie and bring the rest to the hatchlings. We ought to know them better anyway, names, their types and abilities.

>>25036904
<As much as it pains me to say so, I...do not currently have much of a hoard. I would say that you are not currently safe and sound here, given the previous attack. Would you not like to have six dragons raised to care about you who will viciously defend you when needed? And another who would be quite...grateful.>

>>25036904
Eat the pie and contemplate your brethren. Try and find the most intelligent of the lot.

>>25036941
Nope, the dragon after us knows that we hide in the sewers, that's where they're going to keep watch. It would never work.

>>25037051
This, let's pick out the smartest female to be our aide/consort.

>>25036976
<As much as it pains me to say so, I...do not currently have much of a hoard. I would say that you are not currently safe and sound here, given the previous attack. Would you not like to have six dragons raised to care about you who will viciously defend you when needed? And another who would be quite...grateful.>

She sighs.
"... Promise they won't bite?"
"They probably won't, if you feed them." you say, and she nods, pulling out three chickens.

Your eyebrows rise and she chuckles, following you. You lead her to the sleeping dragons, who look up at the newcomer who tosses them a meal.

They are all identical so far - small, weak, and yippy.

I don't want her to dragonsit, they have bad memories of humans and she is not experienced with handling them. They will likely eat her.

What we need is to get a whole bunch o'meat. For them and us. Then they will be a little smarter and we could explain to them she is under our protection.

So, we need to lead them to raid a butcher shop and gorge ourselves on meat. Or we need to take them out of the city and raid a farm. Or we could use money to buy a whole bunch of meat for them and us... or we can lead them hunting for rats in the sewers or dogs and cats in the city.

>>25037098
Op can we get a description of the colors and genders? Or can we roll?

>>25037103
Too risky, if we take the hatchlings outside we'll be caught.

>>25037098
Coerce your brethren so they allow her to pet them. Show them who's boss, Ysabell that is.

>>25037103
To clarify, not having her dragon sit without us there to stop any misbehaving dragons from eating her.

>>25037123
Then we bring the meat here. We do something for the goblins under the city for them to steal a bunch of meat for us... or heck, we come to an understanding with a human meat merchant and have goblins transport the meat for us.

>>25037098
>They are all identical so far - small, weak, and yippy.

So they are not like us, who got a starting trait?

>>25037098
Take the female hatchlings as your mates.

>>25037218
>>25037081
For the record, it will be decades before this will be viable if traditional clutch bearing dragon age is to be belived.

>>25037098
See if we can telepathy them some feelings of home, and safety. Impress upon them that we, the goblin, and Ysabell are all friendly.

>>25037232
Plenty of time to establish a harem.

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>>25037218
not you again

>>25037264
What's wrong with some dragon incest shota?

>>25037168
Whatever traits they had were worn away by their time in the pens.

>>25037218
All male.

Probably for a reason, though you can't pin it. The hatchlings react well to her feeding them, crowding around the food.

"Were they even fed?" she asks softly.
"I doubt it." you reply, sitting on your hoard, tail curling around your legs. "I wonder if I should get them to the wild?"

She shakes her head, tapping her chin.
"Doubtful they'd survive like this."

>>25037232
Underage dragon sex is the best kind.
>consent ordpet
Even captcha agrees!

Ok, so I thought about it and what we should do is:
1. Agree already to being a merchant for our lady here for some steady income. Invest some of your own hoard in it too.
2. Get some humanoid minions, both sewer goblins and by taking over some human gangs and solidifying control over crime in the city on the surface. Ask our goblin mindwalker ally and friend for the amount and organization of sewer goblins (to see if its feasible to get them ALL under our command) as well as if any are his minions (he did right by us so lets not steal his minions).
3. Get a deal with some meat merchant/s for long term supply of large amount of meats, to paid for with loot from out various adventures as well as some of the income from our merchant activities. Have our human minions collect the meats, then deliver them to goblins at a dropoff point who then carry it to us and our underling dragons.

>>25037218
Our balls wont drop for another 50 years. Until then girl dragons have cooties.

Huh. I guess we can have a all male harem too?

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>>25037297
Op can we feed them from now on. Establish principle caregiver as soon as possible.

>>25037314
He's right, prepare to flush our horde full of gold. 1. We shall need it and it feels oh so nice.
2. Let us continoue with this idea but turn it into worship. It will let us grow in power even quicker. Plus we deserve it.

>>25037314
Agreed on 1 and 3; if we do 2 it should wait until we've strongly established ourselves as 1.

Besides, we don't know yet if we want to be a Shadowrun-style dragon crime lord. Perhaps we want to be a good dragon. Who knows? (Not that we like humans, particularly, but we might well want justice rather than just vengeance.)

>>25037342
>Let us continoue with this idea but turn it into worship

pls no
every fucking dragon quest does this, it is so uninspired and cliche

>>25037332
>gay dragons
>existing
Our seed's worth too much to be wasted.

>>25037366
Yeah, I've really got high hopes of this being a more interesting dragon quest than most. I'm hoping we don't go that route either.

>>25037311
Yes and no; you're missing the real goal here. We're about humanoid size now, and we won't be forever. Take advantage of that opportunity while it lasts.

>>25037370
Our fucking an entities proves that it is worth receiving our seed.

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>>25037366
I agree. Capitalism is the way to go here.

>>25037332
I don't see why not. We anyways mount them as dominance display, why not go all the way in since we're already there, is what I'd say.

"What of that idea of being a merchant? Thought on it more?"

She nods.
"You will make most of the decisions. I'll just be working for you. My nest egg's pretty big, we could get a shop set up. What sort of things would we stock?"

>>25037420
>>25037332
>>25037370
You are a straight dragon. You're pretty sure.

>>25037297
Does the goblin have an idea of a place outside the city where we could hide the hatchlings? It's too dangerous to stay in here for long, too many people around and the other dragon knows that we're here.

We should consider how we want to interact with the wretches as well. They're weak and powerless for now but if we feed them and get them to act like proper dragons they'll undoubtedly betray us at some point (as to be expected and encouraged after all of any proper dragon). We could act against type though and see if we can't raise them to be loyal to us. Maybe even become a King of Dragons. The question is, how do you instill loyalty into a dragon without keeping it retarded and weak?

>>25037445
Dragon dildos.

>>25037445
We're a hatchling! We're too young to know our sexual orientation!

>>25037414
...that looks fascinating, where did that come from and is there a story associated with it?

>>25037445
<What sells well in this city? Arms and armor? Spirits? Meat, pies, and, er, other food? Banking? I will make the decisions as you suggest, but I will be relying heavily on you for information.>

>>25037471
Take care of them and establish yourself as a father figure. Snuggle them, a lot.

Half the people in this thread not thinking like a dragon hatchling. Entertaining to the extreme.

>>25037481
Old Shadowrun campaign.

>>25037481
You forgot to include
>dragon dildos

>>25037445
>My nest egg's pretty big
what does this mean?

Anyway, we can't decide on what to stock without knowing anything about the market and demand and we cannot just go out and learn about it.... so, she'll have to do that. Unless she already has something in mind.

>>25037506
She has a lot of gol stocked

>>25037445
The merchant venture sounds promising, but we need first focus on the safety of the hatchlings. We need to hide them properly, away from people and the other dragon. What do we know about surrounding area?

>>25037520
>gol

Did you mean "gold"?

>>25037541
Yes, typo.

>>25037471
Start subtly dominating them with our psionic powers?

>>25037500
Ambition and hoard-gathering can lead in many different directions. It need not always lead toward politics and religion.

>>25037471
Lots and lots of buttsex

>>25037502
Details? (In another thread if it's longer than a post.)

>>25037500
>Half the people in this thread not thinking like a dragon hatchling.

I'm pretty sure it is just one person. He did the same in other dragon quests, constantly posting about fucking dragon MC's sister even though it was too young for that and wouldn't even want to fuck her

>>25037506
>Anyway, we can't decide on what to stock without knowing anything about the market and demand and we cannot just go out and learn about it.... so, she'll have to do that. Unless she already has something in mind.

This. We need information and possibilities from her. We know almost nothing.

>>25037505
see
>>25037472

>>25037506
She's coming onto us, that's what it means.

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>>25037445
Oddities and rarities of course. From a capatalist point beyond that it should be something everyone in the city can use or would want. Food or clothing fresh water. What the people of the city need and would pay for.

>>25037481
<What sells well in this city? Arms and armor? Spirits? Meat, pies, and, er, other food? Banking? I will make the decisions as you suggest, but I will be relying heavily on you for information.>

"Of course... Arms and armor sell well in this area, but so does books and literature, and art." she states. "Or we could attempt something niche, I don't know." she taps her chin as the hatchlings gnaw on their bones. You smile at them and they only look up briefly before wrestling with one another energetically. "So... basically, we could go with an armory, we could run a bookstore, or... do something else."

>>25037579
http://shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Dunkelzahn

>>25037560
I'm not opposed to this, as long as we are subtle. It shouldn't be difficult to implant the idea of us as a sort of parent.

>>25037596
There's actually more than one of us here...

>>25037596
I'm pretty sure I'm not the other guy. Maybe. Does it count if the screaming agrees with him?

>>25037673
We could sell "Dragon Juice".
Made of our special sauce, it will possibly increase anyone who drinks it!

>>25037673
<Information is a treasure on par with gold, albeit harder to spend. Books sound ideal. And, no offense, but given recent events, I'd rather not help humans acquire more arms armor.> Smiling: <Though we'd better keep the hatchlings away from the books until we find out if they breathe fire.>

>>25037673
We could become a children's birthday performer, I'm pretty sure that there's no competition on that field. We'd dress up like a fake dragon, no one will ever suspect a thing!

>>25037673
I'm entirely in favor of becoming a Dragon Librarian.

>>25037715
Dragon-based impotence drugs? Those would sell really well!

>>25037726
Yeah we're not going to start a bookstore with flammable dragon hatchlings around, that's just a recipe for disaster. We need something more solid, like real estate.

>>25037740
What about something more exciting, like an used cart dealership?

>>25037760
While that would be quite funny, I'm not sure we want to tempt fate more than we have to.

>>25037772
We're not raising the hatchlings in the store, and we're not selling books out of our lair. It'll be fine.

>>25037792
or used camels?

We don't have to keep them retarded, if we eat more then them we will grow faster, we have a big head start, we saved them, we are a father figure, we are a boss, we have super mind powers (we don't even have to mindrape them, we can simply mindread for treachery).
And speaking of, once they grow a little bit it would be hilarious to just walk up to the goblins or some organized crime gang as a group of 7 freaking dragons together and demand obedience.

>Merchant what do
Ultimately we would want to expand into a mercantile monopoly that does and owns everything, the question is what to do first.
One idea I have is that we have need for large amounts of food what with 7 dragons to feed and being a food baron lets us buy in bulk and vastly cuts down our cost. Furthermore, our competitor's shipments could be "hit" by us where we don't have to "unload" the stolen goods, merely eat it all up in the spot (that is, the 7 dragons do).
So, food baron sounds like a good place to start.

Alternatively, we start out by doing actual market research and finding out what would be the most profitable. Then do it and just buy the food at full market price.

>>25037801

This.
Lets start with books and art.

Dragon love potions. Make em all hot and bothered, thinkin about dragon "meat"

>>25037684
Speak with our walker mentor on this. See what his suggestions for molding the psyches of young dragons are (gauge his reaction to see if that's what he's trying to do to us) and speak of the enemy we encountered as well.

>>25037810
Idea 3: We focus on a DANGEROUS but highly profitable spice route. 7 dragons would serve as body guards... highly profitable due to lack of competition. Anything that attacks us gets killed and eaten.

>>25037673
<Are you imagining a storefront, or a trade route? For trade, I think food might work well, but for a storefront running a bookstore sounds quite nice.>

>>25037810
On the second thought, food business sounds good too.

>>25037813
Erotic art and literature? I've always wanted to play a dragon porn monger.

>>25037824
Food has really low profit margins, we'll pick something more prestigious.

>>25037813
>>25037726
>>25037740
<Information is a treasure on par with gold, albeit harder to spend. Books sound ideal. And, no offense, but given recent events, I'd rather not help humans acquire more arms armor.> Smiling: <Though we'd better keep the hatchlings away from the books until we find out if they breathe fire.>

She smiles. "I'll work the store and deliver your profit reports. If you like, I'll bring you gold."

Gold. Goooold. Yes. Yes, this works. You nod.

"Very well." you wave your hand. "Deal with the complications." she nods and scampers off. Soon enough, Goblin walks in, tossing jerky to the hatchlings.

"So you have plans now." he states. "This is good."

>>25037858
Step 1: get hatchlings out of city and to safety
Does the goblin have relatives living in the wilderness?

>>25037858
>She smiles. "I'll work the store and deliver your profit reports. If you like, I'll bring you gold."

<I'd say that the safest place to store gold would be guarded by dragons, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't just want to curl up on a pile of it.>

>>25037858
>"So you have plans now." he states. "This is good."

<Many plans indeed. One of which is developing my mind further; I do not wish to be assaulted like that again without further preparation, and now I have others to protect as well.>

>>25037858
Great, so we got a source of income now.
Next up, minions.
A. Declare him an ally and an equal.
B. Ask if he has any minions here, as we won't want to snatch any of his up.
C. Ask for info about sewer goblins. Quantity and organization.

Depending on the answers we will either press all the goblins into service, cut a deal with them, or press a specific tribe/gang into service. (think saints row style)
Then claim a human crime gang and start building up. Have both supply us with meat and profit.

>>25037893
Hell no they are our minions.

>>25037931
And by supply us with meat I mean stolen/purchased not that we will eat any of our underlings... we will probably have to fight some turf wars and enemies we kill are fair game.

>>25037858
ask him what he thinks about the earlier mind attack we experienced

>>25037931
>A. Declare him an ally and an equal.

That and apologize for blaming him for the mental assault earlier. He's been nothing but helpful.


As for minions, though: honestly, which is more fun, having minions or being a powerful dragon? Anyone can do the minion thing. I'd much rather help Byzantium become a powerful dragon in his own right rather than just becoming the chessmaster of an army of minions. A mere *human* could do *that*; we're a *dragon*.

>>25038007
>As for minions, though: honestly, which is more fun, having minions or being a powerful dragon? Anyone can do the minion thing. I'd much rather help Byzantium become a powerful dragon in his own right rather than just becoming the chessmaster of an army of minions. A mere *human* could do *that*; we're a *dragon*.

I agree. Only minions we need are other, weaker, dragons. Which we already have.

>>25038029
Exactly. We'll make use of goblins and humans as needed, but let's not have them be the focus.

>>25038007
>and apologize for blaming him for the mental assault earlier.
Good point, he was helping us fight it

>Minions
When I say minions I mean "for trivial things" not for "be a chessmaster".
That is, I want minions for 2 things only:
1. Provide us with some more gold income (human gang via protection fee from shops, goblins via theft)
2. Provide us with large quantities of meat for us and the other dragons.
3. Provide us with quest hooks (aka, a rival gang is threatening our gang's dominion, we will single handedly kill its leaders).

>>25038083
>When I say minions I mean "for trivial things" not for "be a chessmaster".

Fair enough; that seems completely reasonable. Too many dragon quests go in the "chessmaster" direction with it; let's try to avoid that if possible.

>>25038083
>That is, I want minions for 2 things only:
>1.
>2.
>3.

Heh.

>>25038083
Sounds good. Minions to help us handwave over trivial details would be good; minions to do everything for us would suck. Let's keep this an RPG, not an RTS.

>>25038007
>A. Declare him an ally and an equal.

>That and apologize for blaming him for the mental assault earlier. He's been nothing but helpful.

"No matter that happens, friend, you are my ally and an equal to me. I trust the goblins here serve you in some way?"

"They alert me and leave me be - and you would be surprised what is dumped here." he adds with a smile.

Hrmn.
"If we were to pool our resources, we could grow stronger."

"Indeed we could. But, please don't gro angry, allying with a dragon is, ah, 'asking for it'." he says with a smile. "Still - you are a Walker before you are a dragon. I would be happy to lend you my tribe."

>>25038102
>2, 3
Yea, I came up with the 3rd idea last minute and forgot to change 2 to 3 :).

>>25037931
No they won't be our minions for long when the A) humans and B) the other dragon come looking for them. It's just stupid to keep them in one place and expect that no-one will find them.

>>25038125
Where does the tribe live?

>>25038125
>Still - you are a Walker before you are a dragon.

<Yet I am still only a yearling Walker as well as a yearling Dragon. One of those will improve naturally with time, but the other I hope to do something about. Can you help me learn to Walk more effectively, to better defend my hoard and my horde?>

>>25038125
Hey quest runner, answer me straight: are we allowed to leave the city? I don't want to bother to keep trying to get the hatchlings shipped out if you're not going to let it happen no matter what.

>>25038176
Why wouldn't we be able to?

>>25038162
Could you please use quotation marks like a normal person? For some reason <> is super annoying to me.

>>25038176
There's no obvious reason we can't, but whether we want to is another question. Can you think of a safer place for dragon hatchlings?

>>25038215
Because he's so far ignored all questions about it?

>>25038233
In the wilderness, far away from the prying eyes of humans and guards looking for them would be much safer. If there's a friendly goblin tribe who can look after them even better. Not to mention that the other dragon that assaulted our mind knows that we live in the city, and will come looking for us here.

>>25038227
I thought we were using <> for telepathic communication, and "" for talking. But looking at the OP's posts, it looks like that convention got dropped, so I'll drop it as well.

>>25038269
>If there's a friendly goblin tribe who can look after them even better

We kinda want them to grow attached to us and become obedient. Wouldn't work if we give them away to some tribe somewhere

>>25038125
"Fair enough, but I will view you as a fellow mindwalker who has done right by me, rather then through the eyes of a greedy dragon.
I also somehow doubt all mindwalkers are a big happy family. after all, one recently attacked me".

>They alert me and leave me be
"Well, I considered getting some minions to supply with we a steady supply of meat and some occasional gold. I have considered the sewer goblins and the human street gangs. If the goblins are yours I shall leave them be and limit myself to the humans. Would your goblins object to ferrying the meat my human underlings supply?"

>>25038309
So maybe go with them? Ysabelle can handle the merchant side of affairs in the city by herself, and we wouldn't be much of a help anyway. We can't exactly go around buying books after all.

>>25038438
So far, everything interesting is going on in the city, and we're building some connections here. And it isn't trivial to leave a city unnoticed. Perhaps at some point we may need to find ourselves the classical mountain lair, but for now I'd like to keep being a dragon in the city.

>>25038438
I admit, I am a bit confused about all of this merchant partnership thing.
We do practically nothing but get a cut. What stopped her doing this on her own and making up her partner?

>>25038478
Plot?

>>25038478
I did expect to do more... but I am thinking it is basically gonna be like in NWN2-SOZ. That is, she runs the merchant business and occasionally a quest pops up to make it work better. Eg "a shipment was lost in coordinates X,Y,Z... the lone sruvivor said it was a troll attack, go retrieve shipment"

>>25038478
Yeah, I really don't see what our part in this partnership is.

>>25038478
So far, she hasn't done much either; we're just getting started. I fully expect that Byzantium will be an equal partner here.

>>25038125
Seconding (thirding, somethinging) Walker training with our goblin friend. (What's his name, by the way?)

>>25038585
>>25038478
>What stopped her before
She's a woman. She'd get laughed out, if she claimed to be the owner. We're filling that position, and so we make major decisions while she does the hard work.

<Yet I am still only a yearling Walker as well as a yearling Dragon. One of those will improve naturally with time, but the other I hope to do something about. Can you help me learn to Walk more effectively, to better defend my hoard and my horde?>

"I cannot teach you much further. Walking and magic stand as opposites. Magic is about the outside world. Walking is about the inside." he says. "You must learn the steps yourself."

You nod, curling on your small hoard.

This day is complete.

Wrap up after this post.

>>25038743
>if she claimed to be the owner
I get this, but we claim to be the owner in absentia whom nobody can meet because we are a dragon. So we are "faking".
What prevented her from faking such an owner before?

I think a good way for us to actually contribute to this partnership is as per my post here:
>>25038545

>>25038803
Perhaps she realizes that getting a dragon involved as a partner rather than just making up a name would be nothing but good for business.

>>25038743


>You have grown mentally! Select a mental feat and a new power.


>New power

>Flight
Allows you to lift yourself. Power lasts one minute per mental point expended.

>Break
Allows you to break objects that are not alive of your size. Intensity of power is based on mental power.

>Read Object
Allows you to understand the past of an object. One hour per point of mental power.

>Suggestion
Allows you to make a one-word suggestion. Does not convey obedience. Length is dependant on Mental Power.

>Mental Cloud
Allows you to daze, confuse, and haze the mind of individuals. Number of individuals is based on Mental power, as is length.

>Kinetic Reduction/Redirection
Allows you to manipulate kinetic forces currently in action, with a limit of Mind Power.

>Burst
Allows you to raise the temperature in a location by your Mind Power in degrees.

>Link
Allows you to create a long-term link with an individual that can be turned off at will. Only thoughts sent through the link can be heard by the other end.

>Read
Allows you to read surface thoughts.

>Feats in next post.

If we're gonna have minions, having link so we can order them around from a distance is a must.

>>25038887
I'd vote against Flight; I'd rather actually have wings and fly that way, rather than doing so with mental power.

I really like the idea of Read Object; I think it'll be helpful with our new merchant endeavors, as well as when trying to figure out what's going on in this city.

Alternatively, Link.

>>25038887

>Mental soundness
More Mind Power (10 additional).

>Mental greatness
More power use (d15 maximum).

>Mental aptitude
More bonus (+2 from +1)

>Appraising
Allows you two bonus die on appraising (Base 2d6)

>Voice
Allows you to speak Common.

>Cunning
Allows you two extra dice on Cunning (Actions that require forethought, base 2d6)

>Stealth
Two more die for stealthy actions. (Base is 3d6)

>Charisma
Allows you to exert more social presence.

>Walking prescience
More capability within the Walk.

>>25038851
No, that's fucking bad for business since everybody would want a piece of us if we went public. We're literally worse option than going with nothing and fake a male owner for the enterprise.

>>25038887
Kinetic Reduction/Redirection.
As tempting as mind reading, suggestion, and link are we need some sort of protection against sharp metal objects.

>>25038923
Walking Prescience.
There is an enemy trying to mindfuck us in there and we can do almost anything else there.

Guys. A goblin with psychic powers, who has had them longer than we have, left us in that ladies' house. Would it really be that hard for him to have mindraped her into thinking she needs us?

>>25038923
In order of preference: Charisma, walking prescience, or appraising.

Man, I can't choose, so I'm not going to vote.

See you later, OP and don't forget to archive

>>25038887
>>25038923
Read Object and Appraising. We're going to be the best merchant dragon ever.

>>25038967
Now that is thinking outside the box...

And this reminds we, in the walk we saw someone kingly looking but he seemed downtrodden and with him with a powerful female humanoid walker. Maybe the king hasn't broken his own law and he is a mindslave to that walker?

>>25038967
What's preventing the goblin from mindraping us into thinking that we need him?

>>25038887
Link so we can more easily be involved in the book business with Ysabell.

>>25038923
Walking prescience or appraising.

>>25039011
Maybe the dragon we met in the Walk earlier is in charge, having done the politics/minions game himself, and the king is nothing more than a figurehead wearing a figurecrown?

>>25039018
Maybe psychic powers give a bonus to resisting mindrape? Or maybe he already has done so. Its not like we haven't turned down his help.

>>25038887
>>25038923
suggestion and walking prescience

>>25038923
Walking prescience seems like an absolute necessity right now.

>>25038887
Link, or Read Object.

>>25039041
>Maybe the dragon we met in the Walk earlier is in charge

Remember, in the Walk you look like anything you want to. I bet that dragon we thought isn't really a dragon

>>25039130
Perhaps, but it might be. And that would be interesting, if we're up against a chessmaster dragon rather than trying to become one ourselves.

>>25039130
Maybe it was a lady dragon!

>>25039157
>>25039160
So, is she really a dragon polymorphed into a human.
Or a human who pretends to be a dragon in the walk.

>>25039054
>Maybe psychic powers give a bonus to resisting mindrape
Maybe so, especially could be combined with dragons being inherently of stronger mind?
Or maybe he focused his talents elsewhere rather then in mindrape

>>25039222
Either?

>>25039222
What if the goblin did regular rape on us while we were sleeping?

>>25039272
You're in the wrong Dragons quest for that.

>>25039222
Or a dragon pretending to be a human king pretending to be a dragon. Who knows? We'll find out eventually.

>>25039272
Whats the point of doing regular rape on sleeping things? If they're not awake, how will they struggle?

>>25038923

Charisma and Walking Prescience are so alluring.

>>25038887

Read is damn useful, we shoudl take it. But thena gain, we should also take something mroe offensive, like Break and Mental CLoud, and something for the business, like Read Object.

>>25039349
Well less rape and more like molesting, really. Inappropriate touching while we're blissfully asleep, never the wiser.

>>25038923
I want charisma so much, but I'm going to have to go with walking prescience instead.

>>25038887
Read Object looks handy.

>>25039294
Hot diggity damn there's a shota dragon rape quest somewhere?

>>25039399
Nope, but there's one with an armored knight and a female dragon. It's surprisingly good for having that as a premise.

>>25039426
Are you referring to the quest in tgchan where there is a female dragon (who is a total evil bitch), she was recently seduced by a casanova dragon who lied to her and disappeared a few weeks ago leaving her with a clutch of eggs and false hopes of his return.

Then she is raped by a humanoid knight which is very traumatic for her and handled realistically, she reaches out to her best friend, a boy dragon who loves her and is hardcore friendzoned. They get a babysitter for the eggs and then go on a quest to hunt down the rapist knight while having many emotional moments dealing with her mental trauma?

>>25039475
That's the one. Sadly the QM recently decided to just let it die rather than attempt to continue it, though he's still debating that.

>>25039475
Keep reading; he managed to escape the friendzone.

>>25038887
>>25038923
Are you planning to conclude the voting and tell us about our new power and feat in this thread, or at the start of next thread?

>>25039532
Read object and Walking prescience have been chosen.

You are very close to discerning something important. Keep in mind what you saw in the Walk, what you know about the city, and what you've discussed in this thread, and the course will be clear.

>>25039475
>who is a total evil bitch

Mostly seems like she keeps falling into a vengeance mindset, more so than an evil one.

>>25039563
I meant the whole "enjoys murder and torture of lesser beings (aka, humanoids)". The other dragon in the friendzone even calls her out on it IIRC.

>>25039612
She's got an understandable hate for humans. But yeah, she takes it way too far, and does get called out on it. Which is a large part of how he gets out of the friendzone.

>>25039650
IIRC she was doing that BEFORE the rape. And afterwards has been much less cruel to innocent humanoids. Probably due to the influence of whatshisname

>>25039685
Boaga, and we don't know much about what she was doing before the start of the quest.

>>25039561
The "king" is raising dragons. Male dragons, only. Something came after us in the Walk, in the form of a dragon.

I'd guess either the king is raising a dragon army, or a female dragon is the puppetmaster and is raising potential future mates playing the long game.

Archived this thread.

>>25039830
Maybe dragon gender is determined like crocs, temperature of the eggs.
The eggs are all from the same clutch and were probably kept at same temp and thus all came out as males.

What if, what if dragons are like clownfish and the strongest male changes sex when there's no viable female?

>>25039896
Thanks for the thread, this quest is awesome. Already the most interesting dragon quest I've seen. Keep it up.