>>29536407
>C) Start the next level of spell study

>>29536407
Mr. Rags, if you come back, please don't be down that the others didn't show up this time. I'll stick around if you do post an update.

>>29536560
You reach for the next book in the series you've already began. You take it and sit in your chair across from Helda as she plays with her length of yarn.

The book itself reveals more on the nature of magic and how it has been refined and revolutionized over the ages. It goes into the history of wands and implements, and their being made obsolete by channeling magic through the body of the caster themselves, a dangerous process but one that when mastered can greatly increase the reliability and even potency of some spells. It denotes several significant historical figures in magic, including a few wizards who invented entire branches of spellcasting such as illusory magics and even necromancy, though this section is brief and mostly stands as a warning to those who would play god.

The end of the book contains more practice exercises, similar to the previous book. However, you can't help but feel like there are a few concepts you don't quite understand as well as you'd like to. Still, the night is nearly up now.

A) Review the chapters you're fuzzy on
B) Try the exercises

>>29537071
Sorry, the child spilled a bottle of hot sauce and it needed cleaning

>>29537203
>A) Review the chapters you're fuzzy on
Better safe than sorry, as much as I'd love to see what the result of a mistake would be.

Also
>the child spilled a bottle of hot sauce and it needed cleaning
I know how it is, no worries mate.

>>29537264
You decide it would be better to go back and look over the chapters you aren't sure off. After a few refreshers, you realize that in your haste to absorb as much of the work as you could, you skipped a few stuck pages. With them, you are clear on the concepts portrayed and think you are ready to move on.

One of the interesting things you pick up from this review session is the method by which many mages amplify the intensity of their own spells. With a little practice, you master this process.

The 'Candle' spell has become 'Lantern'

After all this, Helda orders you to bed, and you go through your now nightly ritual before getting some rest. The next morning,.Helda asks you to help her deliver the finished brews to the Ranger outpost, telling you that if you don't help, she'll force you to take a bath tonight.

A) Agree to help her
B) Stay home and study

>>29537553
>A) Agree to help her.
Need to check on the bearded ranger.

>>29537553
>A) Agree to help her

>>29537553
>A) Agree to help her
Sometime we gotta learn the other two cantrips.

>>29537580
>>29537668
You agree to help her make the delivery, sacrificing the extra hours of practice time you would get. You help her pack the bottles in wooden crates with a few mesh pads meant to protect the glass in case of heavy impact. After finishing, Helda tells you to wait in your room while she prepares something. You don't question it, sitting on the edge of your bed as you practice manipulating the intensity of Lantern. You can reduce or increase the luminosity of the spell fairly easily, ranging from it's original brightness to that of a true lamp.

When Helda returns, she places a neatly folded set of clothes on your bed and tells you to get changed. You protest, but she reminds you of your earlier agreement. You unfold the clothes and find them to be little more than dress clothes, but ones you'd never wear willingly. A pressed white shirt and black pants, as well as black gloves and a red sash. You squeeze into the outfit, with some help from Helda, and the result is a compressed belly and itchy back. Helda applauds your new look, however, and pushes you out the door with two crates of red potion. Helda herself only manages to carry one crate, and with much less vigor. Her pace forces you to walk at almost a half step, listening to her groan and huff, and that's on the reasonable terrain.

A) Take her crate to speed the trip
B) Enjoy the stroll as you are
C) Other

>>29537918
>Sometime we gotta learn the other seven cantrips.

>>29537932
>A) Take her crate to speed the trip

>>29537932
>A) Take her crate to speed the trip
>>29537956
The other 7 then. Either way, the ones we saw looked useful.

>>29537932
>A) Take her crate to speed the trip
Physical training, gotta work on those muscles to become a good archer.

>>29537932
>A) Take her crate to speed the trip
I'm baaack!
Though word of warning - I may or may not have to leave early.

>>29537965
>>29537983
>>29537994
You head back to Helda, tossing one of your crates on top of the other as you let them ride your shoulder, then snatch hers away from her. She thanks you with a wide grin and a peck on the cheek. You briefly contemplate letting the crates fall to the ground, then remember that the mesh would only make it pointless.

You make it the the outpost much quicker moving at your own pace. You reach the outpost before noon, and are met by a few rangers who tell you to take the crates up to the storage room. You follow Helda up the fungal staircase and across a few branches, to a large hollowed out tree truck with a descending staircase that you think they must use for storing goods. Most of the things are sealed up in wood crates, but you can clearly smell meat and cheese, as well as bread and perhaps even a bit of wine. The whole process of dropping the crates off seems tense, as the rangers speed you along and don't let you stop to rest for even a minute before shooing you out. Whether this behavior is their natural habit or it is born from your previous actions here, you don't know for sure.

Helda collects a small pouch of gold coins, and three new crates to carry home, all full of empty bottles that you imagine once contained potion in them. Helda trusts you to carry them the same as you carried them here, which annoys you slightly, but you think that at the very least they're only about half as heavy. Before you go, Helda asks if there's anything you like to pick up before you leave.

A) Yes
B) No

>>29538356
>A) Yes
Bow, Arrows and Sword.
Our old stuff back basically.

>>29538356
>A) Yes
Our weapons, compass, and other assorted belongings. You know, the ones the rangers stole from us. When they enslaved us.
Make sure to be as snide as humanly possible.

>>29538356
Seconding Tiger's vote.

>>29538413
>>29538356
This.

>>29538434
We did trespass and hunt on their turf, though that doesn't justify enslaving us. We could've considered better things back then taking into account what the tree told us.

>>29538434
>>29538470
After several minutes of negotiation, Helda and the rangers agree to provide you with the items previously confiscated from you during your arrest. They of course include a sword, your bow, your knife, as well as a compass and map, though the map will do you little to no good here. You ask Helda to carry them as you carry the crates back to the house. The walk back is a bit shorter, and you arrive in a little over an hours. When you enter the door behind Helda, she asks if you'd like some tea.

A) Say yes and study
B) Say no and study
C) Say no and find something else to do today
D) Other

>>29538679
>A) Say yes and study

>>29538679
>A) Say yes and study

Just an unrelated suggestion: Owain should talk to her and make his morning exercises a more focused on strength.

>>29538485
We created a minor imbalance. Easy to rectify, up until the bird-bear, and we didn't even kill it. The witch did.
Then she got off scot-free, for killing a big, unusal beast that she didn't even need to kill, while we got enslaved for a few birds and squirrels that we gathered up for food and only killed specifically to get the rangers to do their damned job. Food that the rangers then probably ate.
I'd be slightly less pissed about the unlawful slavery if there wasn't such an air of hypocrisy. Also, if it hadn't been so very clear that the rangers knew we were getting screwed over for no other reason but to fill their pockets, and still continued to pretend it justified.
I may have spent too long typing that out.

>>29538679
>B) Say no and study
Still don't trust her food. I suspect a long-term drugging campaign.

>>29538734
>>29538815
You head to the bookshelf as Helda prepares the tea. You've got nearly the whole day to study, so you will likely be able to get alot done.

A) Review the exercises in the first book
B) Review the exercises in the second book
C) Move on to the next book
D) Study magic creatures
E) Study mana springs
F) Study something new

>>29539181
>A) Review the exercises in the first book
Gotta get those other spells.

>>29539181
>E) Study mana springs
>A) Review the exercises in the first book
>B) Review the exercises in the second book
>C) Move on to the next book
>F) Study something new
>D) Study magic creatures
Order of preference, though A and B are interchangable for obvious reasons. Depends how much time we get to spend on this.

>>29539181
If we can do more than one:
>A) Review the exercises in the first book
>B) Review the exercises in the second book
>F) Find something to use with our arrows, arcane archer style.
>E) Study mana springs

We do need to check on magical creatures sometime though.

>>29539181
>E) Study mana springs

>>29539236
>>29539283
>>29539325
You pull out the first book in your study series and open it up to the exercises. You review the simple motions first, to make sure you've got them down, and then begin practicing the modified motions. With the time you have before dinner, you think you can get two of them right.

A) Learn the spell 'Chalk'
B) Learn the spell 'Reach'
C) Learn the spell 'Robe
D) Learn the spell 'Confound'
E) Learn the spell 'Dictate'

>>29539583
...I want everything except chalk. Hmm.
>B) Learn the spell 'Reach'
>D) Learn the spell 'Confound'

>>29539583
>A) Learn the spell 'Chalk'
>B) Learn the spell 'Reach'
Being able to draw runes and grab stuff from a distance and without stuff to write with is useful, people.

>>29539691
>>29539583
If runes actually can happen, and we go Full Metal Alchmist, then this.

If not:
>B) Reach
>E) Dictate

>>29539691
>>29539895
Guys. Before we learn a spell to make drawing runes easier, maybe we should learn how to draw a few runes.

>>29539583
>Reach
>Chalk

>>29539976
Not necessarily runes, can be just magical circles in general. If the more complex spells require them it'd be nice to have them, no?

>>29540059
There's an important word in that sentence.
If.
I'm just saying, maybe we should clear up the 'if' BEFORE committing to such a course.

>>29540198
>If
Check the main post. My conditional on that is that it's only if they're useful to that purpose.
Otherwise I listed
>B
>E
as my choices.

>>29539691
>>29539978
You have learned the spell 'Reach'

You extend your arm fully and fan your fingers. Across the room you can not only manipulate, but feel the nature of objects. You feel around the room with your new spell to experience the sensations it brings. Helda's coat is soft and warm, the pantry door is firm, and the teapot is hot to the touch. This spell resembled having a third, elongated arm with a normal hand at the end. It even suffers pain when you burn it. You notice two interesting things while practicing. The third arm seems to have a limited range, as the further you extend it, the more difficult it is to lift and move things. The second is that the arm seems unbound by distance, but halted by physical objects. You cannot reach through the pantry door, even though it is near enough.

You have learned the spell 'Chalk'

The second spell you discover allows you to mark the walls, floors and ceiling with thin lines of various colors. The markings can take any shape, including writing, and can be wiped away as if they were truly chalk dust. They can also be wiped away by your will. There seems to be no trace of them once they're gone, and you think it's possible they might only be a minor illusion. There doesn't appear to be a limit to the amount of linework you can lay down, but they are drawn as slowly as if you were creating them by hand.

After you finish learning these spells, Helda asks what you'd like for dinner, telling you that since you've worked so hard you deserve a treat.

A) Something hearty
B) Something stimulating
C) Something tasty
D) Skip dinner
E) Other

>>29540250
Forgot name.

>>29540256
>A) Something hearty
Keep in shape.

>>29540256
>E) Something you hunted and prepared yourself.
Yes, I know.

>>29540340

I'll second this motion, no need to lose our skills with the bow just because we wizard now.

>>29540340
>>29540439
You spend the remainder of your night hunting, preparing, and eating a meal of wild pig. Helda isn't a fan, but doesn't go back on her word. She does try to convince you to let her give you a bath, citing the fact that you smell like a pig pen, but you refuse, not wanting to tolerate more than she already forces on you. After, you decide to get to bed to rest for tomorrow.

The next few days go by simply, as you help Helda brew and study during your free time. You find, during this time, that despite your best efforts, the exercises in the basic book don't seem to work anymore. The ones you've already learned are easy enough to perform, but you simply can't get any new ones to function at all. Helda says that it might simply be a limitation of your body, and that it happens to most people. Distraught but not defeated, you continue to study Helda's books.

A) Review the second practice set
B) Start the third book
C) Study creatures
D) Study mana springs
E) Other

>>29540566
>A) Review the second practice set
>D) Study mana springs

>>29540566
>D) Study mana springs
>A) Review the second practice set
>B) Start the third book
>C) Study creatures
Welp, there go Confound and Dictate. Damnit.

>>29540659
Blast and confound!

>>29541130
And we'd have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling rangers and their witch!

>>29540595
>>29540659
You get to work on the second practice set. The motions are simple enough, but now the book wants you to try adding words to the somatic components. After an hour or so of practice, you turn to the page of modifications. There appear to be a large number, but you should focus on one for now.

A) Learn the spell 'Flare'
B) Learn the spell 'Float'
C) Learn the spell 'Combust'
D) Learn the spell 'Chill'
E) Learn the spell 'Snuff'

>>29541543
>C) Learn the spell 'Combust'
>D) Learn the spell 'Chill'

>>29541610
Accidentally copied chill for some retarded reason and didn't think of it, even greentexted it. Maxium retard.

Also, name, again.

>>29541543
>B) Learn the spell 'Float'
>C) Learn the spell 'Combust'
FLYING ARTILLERY

>>29541543
>C) Learn the spell 'Combust'
>D) Learn the spell 'Chill'

>>29541610
>>29541734

You have learned the spell 'Combust'
Similar to the ignition for the Candle spell, this spell requires you to snap the fingers of both hands, while using the direction of your index fingers to aim. It takes some getting used to, and your fingers begin to get sore, but eventually you get it down. You try it out on the wood beneath the black pot Helda uses to brew. A few snaps, and the spell seems to take effects. When you snap and point, a series of sparks go off at the point where the invisible rays created by your index fingers meet. They click into existence and then are gone just as fast. The result however, is all combustible materiel in the very small area igniting without any trouble at all.

After this, Helda decides to go to bed. You yourself feel pretty exhausted, but you think you might be able to stay up a while longer if you force yourself.

A) Stay up and study a new spell
B) Stay up and study mana springs
C) Sleep

>>29541543
>>29541610
>>29541734
>>29541994
>focus on one
We are all idiots.

>>29542112
>B) Stay up and study mana springs
These seemed important. I will learn of them.

>>29542170
>We are all idiots.
Agreed hahaha, not a single soul got it right.

>>29542112
>B) Stay up and study mana springs
Let's just get it over with, I'm pretty curious about these.

>>29542112
>B) Stay up and study mana springs
While I really want to say A) for more spells to cast, it's probably a good idea to study these mana springs.

>>29542112
>B
Sorry I'm late

>>29542170
>>29542206
>>29542222
You decide to relax a little and let your fingertips rest as you study something less intense. You crack open a book on natural wonders, and flip to the section on Mana Springs. Helda brews you a cup of tea to keep you awake before going off to bed.

Through focused study of the chapters, you learn that mana springs are a name for naturally occurring nexus points of magical energy. It is unknown what causes them to form, and they generally have little in common except the fact that they can not be artificially produced by any means. These places are valued for their soothing ability, amplification of magical potency, and in some cases, ability to grant living beings magical powers otherwise unheard of. The book gives some examples of well known sites, such as the White Rock Plains, a great expanse of land owned by a city of traders. Legends say that living on the land for so long has made them incredibly beautiful and charming. You take special interest in sites that are said to be guarded by powerful beings. Many stories corroborate that these specific sites can grant a person incredible power if they are exposed to the energy. There are also mentions of some mortal people being born as Mana Springs, but you don't manage to finish that chapter.

After you finish what you can, you find that you can no longer remain awake. You rise from your seat and stumble off to bed, unsure of the exact hour. The following morning, you open your eyes to see Helda brushing your hair as you sleep. You swat her away and she apologizes. She sees your tired eyes and wobbly frame, and asks if you'd rather sleep in than help her today.

A) Force yourself out of bed
B) Get some more rest

>>29542558
>B No use studying if we can't absorb information

>>29542558
>B) Get some more rest
Then we can engage in shenanigans while she's occupied elsewhere. 'Tis foolproof!

>>29542558
>A) Force yourself out of bed
No need to be lazy now. Sleep is for the weak.

>>29542620
>>29542700
You awake to a burning pain in your shoulder. You roll out of bed and onto the floor, hitting your nose and drawing a thin trickle of blood. You stand up, dazed, and hear a racket accompanied by shouts and screams. You exit your room in time to see a group of people dispersing from the house. They all appear human, but are dressed in tattered clothes and poor armor. One of them has Helda slung over his shoulder. It doesn't seem like they were aware of you, since they didn't enter your room or try to incapacitate you in any way.

A) Run after them
B) See option A, but grab something first
C) Shout
D) Other

>>29543109
>B) See option A, but grab something first
Bow, Arrows and Sword.

>>29543177
This. We have some killing to do. We will show them to take our witch after arriving at an understanding with her.

>>29543109
>D) Other
Grab our weapons and assorted belongings, a few useful books, and pack.
Then follow stealthily. This is our chance, but we can't leave until Helda's dead.

>>29543177
>>29543109
Pretty much this.
Buttnaked fighting begins.

>>29543227
We will be renown as the Clotheless Killer.

>>29543292
Best case scenario - we don't get seen at all.
Become fantasy world Simo Hayha.
Then our enemies flatten the feywood for us.
...unlikely, but a man can dream.

>>29543177
this

>>29543177
>>29543205
>>29543227
You duck back into your room and grab what you can. You throw on your boots and grab your bow and a fistful of arrows. you are without proper armor due to time, but you make it out the door in time to see the group of large men carrying Helda off against her will.

A) Shout and challenge them
B) Follow silently
C) Try to hit one from here

>>29543443
>B) Follow silently

>>29543443
B) Follow silently

>>29543443
>B) Follow silently
If at any point you think they might escape, shoot Helda.

>>29543443
>B)
Try to follow from the tree tops, look out for any openings to take them, or any that split up.
Gorilla warfare time.

>>29543109
B) See option A, but grab something first
Murder them all comrade.

>>29543443
>C) Try to hit one from here
We need to start hitting them now. They are probably foragers for an army moving through the area.

>>29543489
>>29543496
>>29543510
You keep a good distance as you tail them. Their pace is hard to match without making tons of obvious noise, but thankfully your training and years of practice kick in. What doesn't seem to match is your level of endurance. The people who took Helda, now passed out from exhaustion via screaming or perhaps simple shock, seem to have boundless reservoirs of stamina. You have to be very conscious of your breathing to prevent yourself from wheezing and giving up your location.

Eventually though, they come to a large clearing in which they seem to have constructed a sort of camp. You duck into the snow, ignoring your icey skin, and observe them. There appear to be 6 in total, and they all seem pretty mean. They stash Helda in a small tent and then have a small celebration in the form of tearing into a roasting turkey on their fire. The way they eat is savage, even to you. You're pretty sure they pick the entire skeleton clean by the end.

Finally, you can't take the cold snow against your skin. You need to do something besides lay on the ground, freezing. You think for a moment of your options, noting that you might still be within reach of the house.

A) Attack subtly
B) Attack boldy
C) Regroup at the house
D) Try to get closer and gather information
E) Other

>>29543802
>E) Make a suspicious noise somewhere with a rock. Someplace we can hit but where they can't see us.

Rolled 28

>>29543802
>B) Attack subtly

>>29543802
B but be smart shoot them and then combust a few before charging in an killing the rest (take their cloths so you don't freze

>>29543802
>A) Attack subtly

>>29543802
>A) Attack subtly
Let's try offing these cunts one by one. They are not taking our witch away that easy. It was a lot of work training this last one!

>>29543802
>A) Attack subtly
They will not get away with our witch while she's alive. If they get too far away we'll have to cut our arm off.

>>29544104
But the bind is to her, isn't it? Since we went to the rangers I think the bind is linked to her.

>>29544180
That is how I remember it. Man, these scrubs are going to get work done to them.

>>29543892
>>29543915
>>29544104
You rise to one knee and take your bow from it's position slung around your shoulder and waist. From here, hitting one of them shouldn't be difficult at all, but you only have 5 shots and as soon as they spot you your time will be very limited. You notch and arrow and take aim at the nearest one, aiming for the back of his neck to assure his inability to contribute to his comrades' effort. You release and the arrow flies true. It impales his neck and he falls to his knees, gurgling and attempting to scream. The others perk up instantly, but to your surprise don't seem to concerned about their ally, and instead begin looking around the forest and taking large whiffs of the air. You notch another arrow, but as you aim the remaining 5 men are already zeroing in on your general location. You fire, this time hitting one on the shoulder. He cries in pain, but the other three are now fully aware of your direction and begin running at you. The one you hit also starts moving, but much slower.

A) Try to hit the injured one again
B) Try to hit a new one
C) Draw the sword
D) Run
E) Other

>>29544180
...yes? If they get too far away from us with the witch, we'll need to lose the arm.
If she's alive at the time.
I'm playing this quest Neutral Evil - there are practical reasons behind my apparent rampant bloodlust.

>>29544274
>B) Try to hit a new one

Rolled 89

>>29544274
B) Try to hit a new one

>>29544274
I slow.
>C Draw the sword
>E) Other
Use combust.

>>29544274
>A) Try to hit the injured one again
Hit the one in the lead. Maybe we can trip the oafs up. They seem to be kinda beast like. Lets see if they move better than they act.
>D) Run
Lets also get some distance on them

>B) Try to hit a new one
The injured one we'll take with melee.

>>29544288
I see. I just don't get how acting petty instead of getting her as a companion is that great.
But maybe that's just my personal desire to play a lawful evil conqueror with a host of powerful allies.

Rolled 36

>>29544302
B) Try to hit a new one
fuck yeah, lets see a head shot.

>>29544396
the injursed one shouldn't put up much of a fight. if we can kill 1 while he is running at us. possibily even scaring the other two and taking them out before they get a chance to get to us. we can use the human for experiments when studying magic.

>>29544359
this
Plus start kiting with running

>>29544302
>>29544332
You switch targets and try to hit a new enemy. Their movements as they approach are somehow much harder to predict than when they were running from you. You take aim and release, but the arrow only grazes the head of your target, and before you can ready another arrow, they're just about on top of you. You try to fire again, as a reflex, but the nearest one pounces on you, pinning you to the ground. You struggle against him, and are shocked when he tries not striking or grappling you, but biting at your neck. You push his mouth away, and watch as it changes its shape into something gross and hard to describe. You manage to dig your feet into his stomach and kick him off of you, then right yourself for the fight that is soon to ensue. The rest of them are now taking on a similar trait about the mouth, with their jaws thinning and elongating, as well as rapid body hair growing all over. They's joints also seem to sprout white protrusions that resemble an instance in which you saw a man's bone crack and jut out of his leg. The change is quick and disturbing, and when it ends they are after you again. You start running in a large circle around the camp to keep the distance from them without getting too far from Helda. As fast as you run, they are able to close the gap at an alarming rate. You don't think you can outrun them for long.

A) Draw your sword
B) Fire an arrow
C) Climb
D) Cast a spell

Rolled 74

>>29544664
>D COMBUST!
to light their hair on fire

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>>29544664
>mfw you guys could have had a fantastic combat spell and didn't take it

>>29544664
>D) Cast a spell
Ignite the fur of one.
then
>A)

>>29544664
>A) Draw your sword
>D) Cast a spell
Combust the nearest and prepare to slice the others up.

>>29544695

sounds good

>>29544733
seconding this

>>29544719
Which one was it?

>>29544396
A companion? She's taken us as a slave. She carved a spell into our flesh that acts as a leash. She hasn't changed since.
While she lives, we will never be free.
Screw being petty. Killing her is just step 1 on any long-term plan.
Possibly followed by reviving her, binding her, and using her as an example of what happens to those who cross us.

>>29544664
>A) Draw your sword
If we have time
>D) Cast a spell
Combust. They still have clothing. Rectify that.

>>29544719

>picking combat over utility

full plebian

>>29544724
Forgot name.

>>29544770
Utility is relative to creativity

>>29544769
There's an entire nation of slavers that has been described as less evil than the nation of non slavers.
I think morality here is a bit different from one might be used to, my friend.

>>29544769
She has, but once we spring her, we can use this as leverage to change our relationship with her. Having the witch as consort and tutor would be ideal.

>>29544733
>>29544724
>>29544695
agreed.
>>29544719
I think we are all in the same page being. We didn't think we would come into a fight this soon/have a chance to increase our battle experience this fast.

WITH btw, anyone have the first few parts? i'd like to know what we have done and why we got here. so that i can understand whta to do, and our current relationships. like these asshole rangers and this nice potion lady.

>>29544841
>nice potion lady

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Rolled 93

>>29544859
>mfw "nice potion lady"

>>29544841
She is honestly a bit of a cunt. She was trying to take us as a pet, and only through the silent treatment were we able to renegotiate. So, now there is an honest debate as to weather we had ought to let the wolves eat her ass.

>>29544769
lol just saw this.. apparently this bitch is our master..
Well then things have gotten interesting. We save her, have her release collar and start to teach us herself.

>>29544841
All but the first is on suptg. You should be able to find the other on foolz.

>>29544948
That was my thinking. Fuck bitches, learn magic!

>>29544830
Agreed to this. More smart guy that will one day rule the continent and less kid who does petty acts of rebellion instead of carefully planning and bidding his time, and actually accomplishing thinds.
>>29544841
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Rags%20to%20Riches%20Quest
Only one thread missing. Which is here:
http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/29416989

>>29544948
>>29544933
>>29544905
>>29544859
It's funny to call her evil when we're playing an evil character. If she's actually evil then we should make her into an underling.

>>29544985
I would agree with you, but... we already have access to all her books.
The rangers can't touch us because they abandoned our 'debt' by way of sale. That doesn't change if she dies.
She no longer has any use to us beyond the catharsis of death - at least, no use that would be worth putting up with the colossal drawbacks.

>>29544695
>>29544724
>>29544743
You drop the bow where you are and stop. You spin around and draw your arms back to begin the ignition of Combust. Time seems to slow as one of the men pounces on you again, and your hands swing forward toward him. Only a few feet from you, the man is surrounded by sparks that spring to life, and in a split second, his body hair catches fire. He himself is sent back a few feet into the snow. As you draw your sword from it's scabbard, you have time to watch as the flames surrounding him find his body's fat stores and he goes up like flambe. The next one is one you quickly, and you engage in rough melee with him. It's clear that neither of you are trained fighters, and the battle becomes more of a brawl. Eventually, after parrying large swipes from hands with sharpened nails, you manage to stab into his stomach. He howls in pain, and you twist the blade. Your brief moment of victory is cut off, however, by the approach of more foes. More than there should be. 5 total. You suddenly realize that the one who earlier had had his throat pierced is now up and about, still witha blood matted neck but otherwise fine. The one you ignited just moments before seems to have no burns on his body, despite exuding black and acrid smoke.

You pull your blade from the nearest one, and watch as the bloody gash in his stomach seals itself up nearly immediately. Without any idea what to do or how to combat these enemies, you begin to run simply in an effort to gain time to think. They are much too fast to outrun, however, and are right at your heels. You have no choice but to scramble up a nearby tree. As you climb, you feel something rip your calf, and when you reach the top you see that one of them got close enough to take a swipe at your leg. Now you're trapped, with them kept at bay only by your altitude.

A) Cast something
B) Try to escape vie the trees
C) Other

Rolled 1

>>29545274
Does anyone have a list of our spells?

>>29545274
(Wendigo or wolfmen)

>>29545274
>C) Other
Lets circle back and try to free Helga

>>29545274
>A) Cast something
>B) Try to escape vie the trees
What to cast? Combust.
On the trees behind us.
Leave a burning trail. Get the rangers to do their damn jobs.
Unless they're dead. Either way's fine.

>>29545338
Candle - tiny light
Chalk - draw shit
Reach - phantom hand
Combust - everything burns

>>29545274
>>29545421
Not that bad I suppose.

>>29545391
Just decapitate them and it should be done, right?

Rolled 93

>>29545274
>C Climb as high as you can and use reach to stab everyone with our sword

>>29545470
I can not ignore such a badass roll.
Go for a decapitation. cut that head off and be done with it.
OP... if these are werewolves their regenerative powers are not that fucking strong holy fuck. x.x

>>29545274
seconding Tiger on >>29545431
>>29545431
Candle became Lantern, remember.

>>29545544
We were in a clearing though.
They'll just go back there and wait it out ,while we'll have to outrun the fire while injured and tired.

>>29545542
If they were werewolves, which I never said they were, how would you know anything about how they worked?

>>29545649
Whatever they are, can they be killed?
If yes, we'll find a way.

>>29545274
>A) Cast something
Swords don't work, COMBUST!

>>29545727
Fire didn't work either.

>>29545706
>can they be killed?
>If yes, we'll find a way.
Welcome to /tg/, folks. Do you like our slogan?

>>29545612
no we're trapped in a tree.
What we might be able to do is get the potion lady. and find a safe place to hide for the night.

>>29545765
Keyword: were.
We were in a clearing, their camp is in a clearing.
If we do what the guy asked (burn the forest) the foes will go back to their camp, that's in a clearing, and we'll have to run for our lives, while injured and tired.

>>29545817
...I don't see why we couldn't circle around. Then watch the rangers descend upon them like a swarm of really annoying locusts.
Then while the rangers get torn apart, we can make progress on actually killing the beasts. By way of reach and sword, combust and tent the witch is trapped in.
Or did everyone forget that they took her alive, and likely want to keep her that way, possibly enough to put their lives in jeopardy?

>>29546055
I say it's best we keep her alive. showing that we have repaid our debt and have her teach us magic man! she isn't the worst person in the world. if she doesn't grant us freedom. the least she can do is teach us her self.

>>29546133
Fair enough. But I say that requires we actually trust her. Which we have no reason to do. We never owed her a debt. She's extremely unlikely to free us. Her tutelage has no major benefits over her books.
It's accepting a lot of drawbacks and some major risk for a very slim chance of recieving what is really almost no benefits.
Basic cost/benefit analysis. Pragmatic villainy, right to the core.

>>29545727
>>29545431
>>29545544
Thinking quickly, you seek to get out of this mess the same way you got into it in the first place. You aim at a nearby tree, and with a snap of your fingers, a series of rapid sparks ignites the branches. Soon the whole tree is burning, and some of the branches manage to catch others nearby. The clamoring monsters at the base of your own tree are half distracted by the flames and half focused on getting to you. A few minutes go by, and about 4 of the trees have gone up. For whatever multitude of reasons, no others seem ready to burn, but you hope that the ones you caught will be enough.

To your delight, you are visited by the sounds of shrill whistles and shouts from afar. The things at the base of the tree cover their pointed ears at the pitch, and are then peppered by arrows. The barrage continues as a duo of short men in green cloaks and leather armor dash from branch to branch toward you. They stop in the same tree as you, as the beasts below are constantly pinned by the myriad of sharpened shafts.

"Lords be, how did you get into a mess like this?" one of the rangers asks, "we've sent someone to collect your owner. Are you okay to run?" You explain the situation with your leg, and he contemplates for a moment. "Well we can either risk the others running out of arrows, or I can give you a hit of the red stuff. Which would you prefer?"

A) Take the red
B) Tell him you can make it
C) Other

>>29546418
>A) Take the red

Rolled 55

>>29546418
>A) Take the red

>>29546418
"Tell me what the hell the red stuff is, first. Last time I trusted rangers blindly I got enslaved."

>>29546418
>C) Other
"Tell me what the hell the red stuff is, first. Last time I trusted rangers blindly I got enslaved."
Seconding tiger

>>29546418
A. red stuff is clearly rcoke mixed with something red. Which I don't mind.

>>29546457
>>29546468
>>29546826
The ranger reaches into a small pack attached to his belt and from it produces a familiar looking bottle. He uncorks it and grabs a hold of your ankle. He then dumps the contents of the bottle on the injury you sustained earlier. It tingles at first, then rises to a burn. After a few moments, the pain subsides and you see that your leg is nearly good as new, save for a bit of a scar. The ranger leaves you no time to examine the wound, pushing you to hurry. The three of you make haste through the trees, gaining as much distance as possible from the strange monsters.

Eventually you make it to the outpost, where you see at least 40 rangers all with bows and massive quivers of arrows. There is a bit of chaos as things get sorted out, but eventually you are approached by one of the rangers, a young blonde woman who is uncharacteristically perky for her group. She informs you that Helda is being seen by one of the medics, and that she has been assigned to escort you about the outpost while things are sorted out. She then asks if there's anything you need.

A) Ask for something to eat
B) Ask for something to wear
C) Ask to speak to someone in authority
D) Tell her you just need some rest
E)Other

Rolled 2

>>29547065
>E To be honest, I really just want to go home, make some tea, sit down and study because what happens if next time I don't get lucky and you guys don't show up?

>>29547065
>E)Other
"I just need to know what the beasts are and how to kill them. They have touched my witch for the last time."

>>29547065
D. get through this. have the rangers deal with the problem.
and im sure helda will know that we tried to save her.

>>29547065
>E) What are these things and how do I kill them?

>>29547123
I like this better. and if we can then>>29547117

>>29547065
>B) Ask for something to wear

I'm sure we're feeling pretty cold and not at all impressive in little more than our boots.

>>29547179
>>29547065
This.

>>29547123
This

>>29547202
We have pants right?

>>29547321
For the lulz i kind of hope not.

>>29547321

We've been sleeping in the nude. We only grabbed weapons and boots on the way out. So no, I don't think we do, but I may be wrong.

>>29547065
>C) Ask to speak to someone in authority

>>29547179
>>29547123
>>29547227
You explain that you'll be fine, but you'd like to know about the things that attacked you, and especially how to dispatch them. She scratches her head and looks away, trying to think of the right words to answer.

"Well, I'd like to tell you, but the truth is I don't know myself. From what I've heard from the others, there was some kind of huge battle a couple of days from here and suddenly they showed up in the Feywood. They hunt and kill whatever they want, they make a mess and frighten the animals, and no matter what we do we can't seem to kill them. But don't worry, from what they say the headmaster has sent for a Black Beret, and when they get here everything will be fine as sunshine! Of course until then you and your owner won't be allowed to leave for your own safety. Sooorry."

A) Ask to speak to the headmaster
B) Ask what a Black Beret is
C) Tell her you don't have time to wait
D) Other

>>29547524
>A) Ask to speak to the headmaster
>B) Ask what a Black Beret is

>>29547524
>B) Ask what a Black Beret is

>>29547524
Alright everyone, I gotta go it's late here and I still have school tommorow, goodbye!

>>29547524
D
also, see if we can send a letter to our Mother.

>>29547524
>B) Ask what a Black Beret is
>A) Ask to speak to the headmaster
>D) Other: Trainning
Ask for trainning.

>>29547321
Well, now they all know what little owain looks like. Big...

>>29547574
'night

>>29547574
See you

>>29547524
>A) Ask to speak to the headmaster
>B) Ask what a Black Beret is
I shall, alas, be leaving shortly as well. Who knows, maybe you'll get something done.

>>29547751
>>29547588
>>29547558
"Oh Black Berets are the absolute best! The best at killing things I mean. They're very good at killing things. Like basilisks, and lich's and dragons, and thunderbirds and all sorts of things! Of course they usually die pretty fast too, but that's not really important. I have to wonder which one is coming though. I want to be sure I have the figurine for them to sign when they get here, you know in case they get decapitated before they leave."

Trying to mentally move past the monologue of gibberish she spouts, you ask to see the headmaster. She tries to convince you that meeting him would only be a boring event, but you insist and eventually through force of will and the intimidating nature of a man's bare chest and bloody leg, she agrees to bring you to him. First, she suggests putting on some actual clothes.

A) Take a minute to put something on
B) Go as you are

>>29547883
>A) Take a minute to put something on
>C) Ask if she liked what she saw

>>29547883
>A) Take a minute to put something on

>>29547883
seconding >>29547921

>>29547883
>B) Go as you are
>C) Flex for the curiously compelling scatterbrain
Still here. Has it really come to this?
...and, now I'm off. Toodles!

>>29547921
This. Perhaps we can meet later. To "spar".

>>29547921
i like this.

>>29547921
>>29547980
>>29548054
>>29548109
>I guess I asked for this
You accept her offer of bodily coverage, slipping in as much flirting as you can without calling it actual harassment. She giggles and twirls her hair, a reaction you can only fight the urge to laugh at.

Later, she comes back to you with a hide coat that is clearly meant to be worn with a proper shirt beneath. Thus, donning it leaves your abdomen exposed if not cold. You wonder about her choice, but decide it's better to get on with things. She brings you up the fungal stairs and across the branch bridges. She stops you in front of a circular room, and the only one you've seen with an actual door. She knocks, then waits for a response. The door is opened by a ranger who doesn't look happy to see you. You tell him you need to speak with the headmaster, to which his response is merely a condescending laugh. He explains that the headmaster is busy with administrative duties and doesn't have time to see a rodent like you.

A) Shove him aside
B) Try to convince him
C) Ask the girl for help
D) Other

>>29548485
>B) Try to convince him

>>29548485
>B) Try to convince him
>C) Ask the girl for help

>>29548485
>B) Try to convince him
>C) Ask the girl for help
"Come now, I have spent the day fighting with the beastmen. Surely, the headmaster can spare a few minutes for a man his lot helped sell into slavery."

>>29548595
>>29548597
"Let him in, Yakim. The lad deserves as much," a frail old voice sounds from behind the ranger. He scowls at you, then opens the door wider to allow you in. The room is dominated by shelves full of ledgers and notebooks, all bound in leather. Other than that and stacks of papers on the floor, there is a wooden desk on the opposite side of the room as you enter. Behind it sits an old man, wrinkled and hunched but tall. It's clear that he must have been much more powerful of limb in his youth. He clears his throat when you enter, and speaks.

"Greetings lad. It's good to see that you are in fine health. I commend you on your ability to fend off the lycans, there are some of my own men who I know would not be able to do the same with more than you had. If there's something you wish to discuss, I have all the time in the world, at least until the man I've sent for arrives."

A) Ask about the Black Beret
B) Ask about the 'lycans'
C) Ask about your sale
D) Other

>>29548785
C>B>A

>>29548785
>A) Ask about the Black Beret
>B) Ask about the 'lycans'
>C) Ask about your sale

>>29548785
>A) Ask about the Black Beret
>B) Ask about the 'lycans'
>C) Ask about your sale
>D) Ask about magic rangers may use with their bows

Bit of everything here. I don't know that they even use magical archery, or that they'd teach us if they do, but it's worth a shot to ask. After all, if we held off lycans far more effectively than expected we may be able to work together to find a way to kill them outright.

>>29548856
this.
your sale has already happend we might as well learn about something that would do us any good.
if she dies we're free if she doesn't we learn magic and do exactly what we wanted.

>>29548785
>B) Ask about the 'lycans'
Then:
>A) Ask about the Black Beret

>>29548894
>>29548856
>>29548785
These two.

>>29548856
>>29548894
"The Black Berets are the most elite order of the Rangers. They are prized for their talents, hand picked for their amazing skills in their fields. We try to only call them in when there is a true crisis, and I believe a situation wherein we must fight a new strain of creature which has proven capable of killing entire squads of our men without sustaining so much as an injury qualifies as such. Unfortunately, until the dispatched man arrives, we must simply wait and hope they the Feywood is sturdy enough to withstand the slaughter that is taking place within." You change the subject to the creatures in question. "We refer to them as 'lycans'. Things that can take the form of a man, but are not truly. They are in actuality, wild and feral beasts who seek only to sate their bloodthirst. Under normal circumstances, they can simply be burned, and their restorative powers will not aid them. Fire has a curious ability to stop life in its tracks. These specimens however have proven to be far more powerful than any we've seen. We believe they may be some sort of monstrous experiment by the republic or the empire to wage war. Whether or not this is true, they have been loosed here now, and they must be stopped." Finally you ask about your own sale into servitude.

"Ah, yes. I thought you might bring that up. Please understand that our decision to do so was not made on a whim. The gold provided us was quite a neat sum for a single man, for one. Secondly, Helda has always been a kind and trustworthy friend to the Rangers. But the greatest reason for my decision to dust off an ancient law was because of the circumstances of your initial arrest. It's not every day that a man decided to hunt and Owlbear, one of the most fearsome creatures in the Feywood, at least until recently. Even our ranks tend to shy from their homes. I thought you must be something spectacular to set your eye on such dangerous game. Tell me, why was it that you chose such a creature?"

>>29549270
A) Be honest
B) Boast
C) Tell him off
D) Other

>>29549270
>A) Be honest:
"I was trying to call the attention of the rangers so you'd help me find my mother"

>>29549297
>C) Tell him off

Rolled 8

>>29549325
A.
honestly will gain his favor. and if need be, his support in the future.

>>29549297
>A) Be honest

g'night guys.

>>29549297
>A) Be honest

Rolled 2

>>29549353
night man. i'll be hitting the hay after next update as well. hopefully we're not killed off lol.

>>29549325
>>29549339
You confess to him that you had no intention of tackling the Owlbear when you entered the Feywood, and that your encounter with it was more chance than anything. He looks genuinely distraught by this revelation.

"I see. In any event, I hope you bare no ill will toward our order as a whole. The decision was mine alone. And we certainly have no hatred for you. Your attempts at escape were justified, given the circumstances. Tell me though, would it interest you at all to meet our visitor when he arrives? I know that someone as ornery as you have proven to be must be eager to reenter the fray, but you must know that to engage the enemy now would be suicide. I propose that when our guest comes, you meet with them and join the Rangers in the expedition to slay the beasts that have entered our home."

A) Accept
B) Decline
C) Propose terms
D) Other

I'll be here until whenever this end.

>>29549449
>C) Require further combat training from them.
This way we cover both magic and melee.

Rolled 2

>>29549477
agreed. be it days or weeks. get this training.

>>29549477
thirding

>>29549477

Concur'd.

>>29549477
>>29549502
>>29549527
The old ranger smiles and stands up at his desk. "Of course, of course. I'm sure there are plenty of things you could learn from us. Miss Springer there is actually one of our newer drillers. She can teach you the fundamentals of our combat techniques, from the bow, to the twins, to the bola. Until our guest arrives, you may have full use of our facilities, so long as there is a ranger present to observe."

You thank the headmaster for his understanding and wrap up the conversation. As you leave the offie, the blonde ranger that was your guide smiles brightly. She asks if you'd like to commence training now or wait until the morning when you've had some rest. She also reminds you that you have at least two weeks before the Black Beret arrives.

A) Ask to begin learning immediately
B) Get a hot meal and a good night's sleep
C) Ask her if there's any way you could have your first lesson privately, tonight
D) Other

>>29549637
>A) Ask to begin learning immediately

C is tempting, but we don't need to dive into waifuing just yet.

>>29549637
>A) Ask to begin learning immediately
Show her our vigor.

>>29549657
>waifu
When did she say she cared about you as a person?

>>29549683

I meant it in the general term. Train now, women later. If we even get a woman this time around.

>>29549714
>not getting a woman
>rags to riches
The only way I see that happening is playing as a mute tongueless eunuch who lost all his fingers.

>>29549736
Well it's good to know that my writing has been pigeon-holed

Rolled 2

>>29549657
lol yeah.

Well guys have a good one. remember keeping master alive = free magic training.
also free training = awesome as fuck

>>29549736

Well, our obvious choice this go around would be the witch, and we haven't been very accepting of her. If it turns out we do end up with her, holy shit we're tsundere.

So far we've been an inquisitor and a monk/god. Both times we had women, and both times we were good. We seem to be shooting for evil this go around, so we could go without being tied to one woman too.

>>29549767
Cmon Mr. Rags, you just know it's a tradition.
Plus the joke value still stands.
but in all honesty I'd really like to play a chaste honorable warrior race guy

>>29549767

Well to be fair we do kind of push you into things, and you seem to work with it to appease.

At least it's enjoyable, and in the end isn't that what really matters?

>>29549657
>>29549671
The two of you head down to the ground floor, and a small fenced in yard full of stuffed dummies. There are several other rangers hanging around, practicing with various weapons. You note that the rangers seem to use a wide number of exotic weapons. They also seem very handy with twin blades, be they axes, swords or knives. You come to a stop near a rack of training weapons.

"Here's what we rangers specialize in. The twins, the bow and all these funny looking doodads like the bola, the shuriken, the kukri and the sai. Which one do you like the best?"

A) Learn the 'Twins' style
B) Learn an exotic weapon
C) Master the Bow

>>29549854
>A) Learn the 'Twins' style

Just for now. We've got bow experience, but our melee is weak. We can work more on bows tomorrow or the next day.

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>>29549854
>A) Learn the 'Twins' style
Though bola is pretty useful.

>>29549854
Do you want to choose the description already, monsieur Rags?

>>29549872
>>29549931
You ask to learn the twins fighting style that the rangers seem to prize. She nods and starts you off with a pair of matching weights meant to build your strength and coordination. It is this way that you spend the three weeks time between returning to the outpost, and the arrival of the Black Beret.

>>29549985
Something finally happened


And that's all for tonight because I just saw something that emotionally drained me. New thread tomorrow morning, about 8 hours from now give or take. Thanks for playing today, I love you guys.

>>29550055
>emotionally drained me
Hope you're okay man, and the love is reciprocal!

>>29550055
Hope you're okay. See you in tomorrow's thread - been a tonne of fun. Love you too Rags.

>>29550073
>>29550130
Don't panic, I was just watching a show and something happened that made me want to actually burn down the studio tears of passionate anger. I'm sensitive like that.