>>30437513
>Back to the other chief, give him the sigil, hope for the best.

>>30437513
>Back to the other chief, give him the sigil, hope for the best.

>>30437513
take him out

>>30437513
>Back to the other chief, give him the sigil, hope for the best.

Alright, I don't think that lead is going to be beaten this early in a thread on a sunday afternoon, so writing!

>>30437513
>>Baily didn't want the sigil, and you don't really care about these gnoll inter politics. You're not sure these gnolls will listen to you, so it is time to leave.
lets raid with our awesome raid group since we are such a perfect raid leader that raids like nobodys business.

You glance over at Fetidclaw. "Hey, new guy."

"Yes?" He says, responding simply. Your other minions are sorta milling about close to you and talking about various things. It's good they are relaxed.

"What do you think about the Fiendpaw people? They told me they're interested in putting a stop to all this mucking about out here. Which I'd be all for," You stop for a moment, maybe talking about this in the middle of Bailey's camp isn't the best idea. Well, he didn't seem to care if people tried to overthrow him, really.

"Fiendpaw, eh? The chief there is a big guy. Strong. Maybe a little too arrogant. To be honest, I don't think I'd much like him being the big chief either," he thinks about his next response for a moment, before shrugging. "Well, ideally, it isn't my problem anymore."

Yeah, well, it is still yours. You figure you ought to take the sigil to the Fiendpaw chief and be done with this whole business. It doesn't take you long to get Allonces picked up from the witch doctors, though apparently a more matronly one has been fussing over her the whole time. She chews you out for a good while about letting someone as nice as that get burnt up like she did. Clearly the old gnoll woman never had to talk to Allonces! Still, it is nice to see she'll be alright in a few weeks. With a golem being used as wounded transport, you head out into the plains.

>Explore the plains a bit on the way to the Fiendpaw Camp.
>We better not get lost! Straight to the camp.

>>30437929
>We better not get lost! Straight to the camp.

>>30437929
>We better not get lost! Straight to the camp.

>>30437929
>We better not get lost! Straight to the camp.
Sidequesting is great and all, but I feel we'll get in really hot water if we don't try to get to raiding soon.

>>30437929
>Explore the plains a bit on the way to the Fiendpaw Camp.

It's not like the gnolls are going, anywhere and maybe we'll find something shiny.

>>30437929
>We better not get lost! Straight to the camp.

Alright. Straight and to the point. Writing.

>>30437683
Actually it is 11pm here.
I will be going to bed soon, actually.
Always catch the thread dead.
Just wanted to say this quest is great, keep it up.

>>30438138

As long as people enjoy reading it, I'll keep writing it! Thank you for the support.

>>30437929
>>Explore the plains a bit on the way to the Fiendpaw Camp.

>>30437954
>>30437969
>>30437991
>>30438081
it was agreed last thread to try and free the guy.

>>30438259
Yeah I say we free the fire elemental then give the other knoll the sigil

The plains are wide, and there is untold amoutns of adventure out there! You could find endless treasures and excitement. The potential opens up before you, potential as wide and filled with life as these seemingly innocent plains themselves!

It is a good thing you aren't an adventurer, or you'd do something crazy like explore them. You've got a job to do! You tell Gneb and Mr. Fetidclaw to lead the way to the Fiendpaw camp. It is quick going and you end up cutting through the plains quickly. Along the way Gneb seems to be trying to outdo Gnorym in various feats of tracking. You don't think the elderly gnoll notices, and if he doesn't he doesn't seem to mind. It doesn't seem like that is the sort of impression Gneb wants to get, though.

Regardless, before long you are near the familiar copse of trees that mark the illusionary barrier hiding the Fiendpaw clan. You walk straight up to the chief's tent, brushing aside the flap and striding in confidently.

"Hey! I got you your sigil thing." The chief seems to be lazing around on the ground with some weird rocks in front of him. He jumps up at your entrance and grabs his weapon, before relaxing at the sight of you.

"Ah, good," He strokes his chin as he walks towards you. "Still, you actually got it?" Making noises as if deep in thought he stops in front of you. "So, where is it?" You pull it out from your vest, revealing the strange metal disc to the gnoll chief. "Yes, that will work out nicely. With that, I can earn the respect needed to sway those old medicine men to a more reasonable path than assured destruction." This guy is awfully open with his thoughts for being some sort of conniving mastermind.

"So you promise not to kick up a fuss with these gnolls, then? I got stuff I need to do out there."

"Yes, yes, of course. I have more important things to concern myself with than some human nation. So, is there anything else you want?"

>Well, IS there?

>>30438259
guess we changed our minds then.

>>30438509

You can always get to it after this camp, anon.

Unless you somehow die here.

>>30438505
Nope! Maybe if you feel indebted to us we can call in a favor later.

>>30438505
Can you spare any gnolls to join my raid party?

>>30438505
Tell him about our boss and if he wants to join up with them.

>>30438505
not really

>>30438548
>>30438547
Seconded.

Alright. Writing I suppose!

You toss the sigil over. The gnoll chief catches it with a surprised look. You stetch and yawn before saying, "Well, if you feel indebted, let's just say you owe me one, 'kay?"

The large gnoll frowns a bit. "I dislike owing favors," he says the last word with a disgusted sneer, "Are you sure you can't think of anything?"

You shrug, "I can always use more raiders, of course."

"Raiders? Oh, right. You said you're a raid leader." He paces back and forth for a moment, "Though I must admit, your group is rather small to be considered a proper raiding party."

"That's not my whole group, silly. Most of them are back at the camp." The camp is the camp, obviously. "We've got a job to do. It's why I need you to stop kicking up so much of a fuss."

The fiendpaw leader stops and looks at you, clearly interested. "A job? Who for?"

"My boss. We've got a whole huge group of people coming, and they need Manderlay to be off guard. I'm here to try and 'cripple their echonomay' for when they finally arrive."

"Now that IS interesting. How large is this army?"

"Heck if I know."

"Hm."

"Why, you interested in joining?"

"I can't say I'm not intrigued at least a little."

"Tell ya what, I'll have em send a emissary over to here to talk to you about things if you'd like?"

The Fiendpaw chief nods, "Of course. I'd love to hear more about all this. As a gesture of good faith towards this joint effort, allow me to lend you some gnolls. I can't lose a full compliment, but if you can convince one or two to follow along, feel free." He flicks the sigil between his fingers, "As for this... We'll just say I owe you one, afterall."

Well that went well.

>Head into camp and try to find someone interesting!
>Ask the chief for recommendations.
>Get out of here and talk to Mr. Fetidclaw to see if he can scout someone out.

>>30438950
>>Head into camp and try to find someone interesting!
>>Ask the chief for recommendations.

>>30438950
>Head into camp and try to find someone interesting!
Eh, we don't need advice, Shax is the best judge of character!

>>30438950
>>>Head into camp and try to find someone interesting!

>>30438950
>>Head into camp and try to find someone interesting!

Alright! You have thrown yourselves on the wheels of chance!

Shax will hunt for someone interesting!

>roll d6! We'll consult the RANDOM ENCOUNTER MATRIX for a character slapped together from the first three results! Alignment: Evil Good well affect this.

Rolled 5

>>30439180

Rolled 5

>>30439180

Rolled 5

>>30439180

>>30439193
>>30439194
>>30439198
Well then.

>>30439193
>>30439194
>>30439198
>3 fives
yugi gnoll confirmed

>>30439193
>>30439194
>>30439198

Y-yahtzee! Writing.

>>30439193
>>30439194
>>30439198
Do we get, like, a bonus?

>>30439224
Did Chief die at the keyboard?

You think about asking the Fiendpaw chief about any notable guys, but you have a feeling in your gut that he'd just plant a sneaky spy guy in your group. You'd ask Mr. Fetidclaw his opinion on his fellow countrymen, but you're not sure that you just want another solid soldier. You decide to go looking for someone that stands out! Giving a few final exchanges of conversation with the Fiendpaw chief to be polite, you head out of his tent and into the camp proper. You wander around a bit, talking to various people.

There was a female gnoll leading a group of small elementals around. She seemed interesting, and you got to talking about various things. She said she had some kids in camp, and couldn't really take them on an adventure with you. You don't know what gave her the idea you were adventuring. And you hope her 'kids' weren't the tiny elementals. Still, it was nice talking to her.

A group of medicine men were sitting in a circle talking about various things and you sat down with them. They ignored you at first until you started joining in their conversations. They tolerated you, but your incessant questions eventually made them mad. It got awkward so you left.

Mr. Fetidclaw told you about a young hot-shot hunter in this camp, but after the trip here and listening to Gneb and Mr. Fetidclaw you can't think of anything more boring than listening to two trackers talk about bows or whatever, so you make excuses to get out of talking to an upstart hunter guy.

>>30439962
There was a glitch in the matrix. We tried to spawn the same NPC 3 times. OP is trying to fix the system.

You're about to give up on this whole camp thing when you see a tent on the edge of camp. A large cat with shadowy fur under his eyes and big tufts of fur in its ears is sleeping lazily outside of it. There are two huge totems in the ground, and everyone seems to be avoiding it. Now this is interesting! You head over to the tent. Gnoryrn gets uncomfortable as you approach. "Err, Shax, this place is a skinshifter's hut. They're valuable to the camp, but they don't really get along with people." The mystery deepens! You've got to check the place out now!

As you approach the tent, the big cat sits up and regards you with a calm countenance. You feel your skin crawl, as if you're treading on dangerous ground. Not to be deterred, you flip the tent entrance open. Inside a young gnoll surrounded by hides and strange vegetables sits calmly. He opens his eyes and looks up at you as you enter. "Hello, little goblin, what brings you to my tent?"

You plant your sword in the ground and put your hands on your hips, "I'm looking for someone interesting to join my raid. You're interesting, right?" You're pretty sure he is, but maybe it is just all for show.

The gnoll laughs as he stands up. "I suppose that depends on who you ask," he responds, giving Mr. Fetidclaw a pointed look. "I, personally, think what I do is perfectly normal."

"And what is it that you do, exactly? What the heck is a skinshifter?"

The gnoll waggles his eyebrows and gives you a quick grin before veering into a brown bear. Wow. Bears are really fuzzy, so you've always liked them even if you have never seen one in person. They're kinda scary in person... A few moments later the gnoll changes back to his regular old hyena-man self. "They're simply referring to my ability to do that."

"That's really neat!" If you could turn into any animal you'd probably turn into a mudfish so you could enjoy lounging around in cold mud all day, eating whenever you like and generally not worrying about anything. That'd be nice. "Why don't people like you? I'd rather have a bear as a friend than an enemy."

"Me too," The gnoll says with a chuckle, before giving you a serious look, "And I stay with these Fiendpaws because they are not actively burning the plains down in search of power. Not that I have anything against that, but, the current method is a little short sighted."

"Well, I've probably got that under control," you say with overwhelming confidence. This guy can turn into a bear! You've got to have him. "Say, wanna join me instead of all these gnoll guys?" Beyto said to never sound too desperate when you want something from someone. You clear your throat a bit, and lower your voice a few octaves to sound less eager. "I, uh, mean. If you want. I don't care."The skinshifter laughs, not a whiny one like all the other gnolls, but a more wheezy one. "You've got it under control? Mind telling me how." You give him the short version. His eyes widen during the story. "What? Show me what you can do with that sword, then."

You pick it up and swing it around effortlessly, outside the tent of course. He observes you carefully. "Are you sure you gave the sigil up? I still feel some elemental influence on you."

"Oh, that is probably what the rock guy did for my sword."

"What."

You give him the short version. Again.

"Okay, what is going on here?" This question is pointed to Mr. Fetidclaw.

Your gnoll tracker shrugs. "First I've heard of any of this." The skinshifter looks at Gneb.

"Hey, it's all true." This time he looks at Mani.

"Don't ask me, this little goblin girl has been busy."

The skinshifter ponders for a moment before giving a wide smile. "You called me interesting, little one, but perhaps you're more interesting by far. I think I'll come along for a while, then."

Yay! New party member! Oh, right, don't want to be rude. "What's your name, Mr. Skinshifter?"

"Urao'ark Bearbreath." You look at him. "No, that is not a nickname."

Let's get outta here! Back to camp!

>But first... explore some plains!
>I'm done with these gnolls! Back home!

>>30440080
>>>But first... explore some plains!
lets get another elemental buddy.

>>30440080
>I'm done with these gnolls! Back home!
fuq these sidequests

>>30440080
>I'm done with these gnolls! Back home!

>>30440080
raidin time

>>30440080
>>I'm done with these gnolls! Back home!
We still need to raid.

>>30440107
I think the one we have is annoying enough

>>30440168
this one gave us a chance to free him and get another upgrade for us.

>>30440080
>But first... explore some plains!
Free the Fire Elemental.

>>30440080
>>But first... explore some plains!

>>30440182
yeah, do a bunch of work to free him and have another annoying elemental tagging along and needing stuff

no thanks

>>30440208
He seems pretty chill.

>>30440080
>But first... explore some plains!

>>30440208
[My time on this plane is limited, though something here calls me regularly. I know not what.]

"So if I found that, I could have you hang around all the time?"

[You could, at the very least, summon me whenever you'd like.] You wonder what is calling him here so often, and you ask him that. [I have no idea, but typically vessels of brass are the instruments of calling my kind.] So if you summon him you could run trials whenever you'd like? [My powers are based on my summoner. I am only capable of such great feats due to the apparent vast resources of the one who summons me. Whoever that may be.] You ask him if there could be a naturally occurring location that could cause this. [Anything is possible.]

>>30440080
>I'm done with these gnolls! Back home!

>>30440208
What are you talking about?

We've got golems and a sword upgrade out of that elemental and he hasn't bothered us at all since we completed his quest.

>>30440080
>But first... explore some plains!

>>30440262
Because he hasn't been around to bother us. Let's not change that.

>>30440248
your point?

>>30440080
>But first... explore some plains!
Fire upgrades.

Writing I guess! Time to tally votes.

>>30440080
>I'm done with these gnolls! Back home!

>>30440281
You're argument is completely dumb. Let's not bother saving the Elemental that will give us more power and presumably give us a shot at godhood because the Earth guy was annoying once?

>>30440281
I like the elementals. They're awkward and funny.

>>30440315
Once? More like every time we interacted with him.

There is nothing that suggests the Fire Elemental will be able to give us any significant power, and suggesting he offers a chance at godhood makes me wonder what kind of shit you're on right now.

The only good thing that can be said about you is that you've no doubt amused several people by calling me dumb, while you are ignorant of the difference between you're and your.

>>30440411
>There is nothing that suggests the Fire Elemental will be able to give us
the earth elemental is a prime example of it could happen, and we have been recruiting powerful people in our raiding party sand you want to skip out on this one because you didn't like the last one?

>>30440411
First of all, we just got an explanation that Ascension is linked to Elementals. Second, the Earth guy was funny, him being annoying is entirely your opinion and we made our sword even more badass through him. Third, we could have gained fire powers from that guy but we chose the sigil and by freeing him we get to use his powers by summoning him.

>>30440472
his powers are dependent on the one summoning him.

>>30440472
what powers? he said he was like the weakest type of fire elemental.

>>30440452
powerful people
we're recruiting powerful people
not useless annoying elementals

This place is pretty far out of the way of the rest of your targets... you might as well make sure you're not missing anything out here. You're gonna take a quick look around before heading back home. You're pretty sure you can still get back in time before the scouts from the army get to your camp.

You're interested in what all this part of the world has in store. Time to check it out!

>Just finished making supper, which was part of the large wait earlier and the wait right now. Give me a d20 roll while I eat this food, and I'll be back asap to write up the result.

>>30440494
we summoned the strongest monster he has seen summoned.

Rolled 3

>>30440513

>>30440494
Gaining powers from him was also dependent on who was taking the trial.

We got access to fire powers because we were good enough for them.

Rolled 2

>>30440513

Rolled 11

>>30440513
>>30440508
>useless annoying elemental
the earth golems have been shown to be beast.

>>30440541
Thank you for rolling above 10.

Rolled 5

>>30440513
I really hope we get some more actual raiding done before the army comes

>>30440541
if by beast you mean an all around shittier version of the trolls we already have then sure

>>30440555
not at this rate.

I hope we're keeping an eye out for brass objects since that's what typically summons him here.

Rolled 5

>>30440555
i'm up for it.

>>30440555
Well we just made our job raiding a whole lot easier dealing with the gnolls. Plus, we've potentially bolstered the main army significantly with a gnoll army. We probably won't get into trouble, they might even thank us!

>>30440768
They just yelled at us for not raiding enough.

>>30440828
They were quite surprised we did as well as we did though.

>>30440828
All we did then is bolster our own party. This time we've been a very direct help to the army as a whole!

I'm not counting on them praising us, but we won't be scolded so bad as then I hope.

>>30440828
We got a B+. They said we weren't raiding as much as they want but the other stuff made up for it.

>>30440828
>yelled
no they didn't
"You have honestly done better than any of us were expecting... Though perhaps you've been a bit too cautious in your raiding. Still, the information you have gathered on the situation in these plains makes up for it."

>You receive a B+ raider grade! Maybe you oughta do more raiding. Still, you got these sidequests on LOCK. And you've kept your folks alive! Good job!

>>30440963

If you guys get an S Rank you'll get a special prize!

Also, back and writing.

>>30440987
You hear that people that means we need to stop trying to hit the small towns.
I told you guys we should have gone and did the harder place.

>>30441022
Maybe we should aim for that clock town when we get back?

>>30440828
stop twisting up their words and lying.
They just told us that we need to stop being so cautious, which means either raid more or hit bigger targets, and we got a B+ on it..

>>30441067
Sure it kills two birds with 1 stone, plus i feel like that evil wizard(he looks nice though), is the fire elementals summoner.

>>30441133
I doubt that. The fire dude is miles away from him, it wouldn't accomplish much. I am curious to see what he can actually do though.

>>30441369
I don't know if we should add him to the army or to the raiding party.

You set out to find something that catches your interest, telling people to keep an eye out for brass stuff in particular. Bearbreath says he is a 'druid' which is something you're pretty unfamiliar with, but you've heard of before. He says his lynx is a 'staunch and constant companion,' which everyone has pointedly not commented on, and that between him and his companion they can sniff out some anything unusual there is to be found.

With Gneb and Mr. Fetidclaw working in tandem, you make good time and avoid any trouble. You skirt the scorched fields but don't manage to find anything particularly interesting, involving that, unfortunately.

After about a day, you give up and head home. The trip back is uneventful, and you honestly you're feeling pretty tired of all this adventuring business. You just want to curl up on your sword in your creepy bone basement and sleep all night. But not snore. You don't snore, after all. That reminds you, you haven't checked on Allonces in a bit, and you find that Bearbreath has been looking after her. He mentions he has some restorative magic that should keep the scarring way down. She'll probably be happy about that, you guess.

Some more time passes, and you finally find yourself back at home. Milda is back up and running, and she says she's had her hands full convincing the raid you weren't dead. Several boys are visibly distressed when they hear what happened to Allonces, for SOME reason. You ask if the group from the main army has gotten back yet, and they apparently haven't.

What's the plan boss?

>Let's relax for a little! We've been outta our camp for much too long.
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.
>Let's consult the Quest Log for something!

>>30441566
>Quest log
Lets see what we've got on our To-Do list.

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>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.
Clock town.

>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.
FINALLY

>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.
Have to do some raiding.

Rolled 10

>>30441566
Raid ALL the farms

>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.

>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.
Go for the clock tower town. That covers both a raid and a side-quest.

>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.

>>30441566
>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't count.

>>30441566
>>Let's do some raiding! The boys are all back in shape except Allonces, who isn't even a boy so she doesn't c

Seems 99% unanimous. Writing!

>>30441673
Absolutely supporting. I want it blown the fuck up.

Umm, does anyone have a link to the archive for thread four? I can't find it and I wanna reread the quest

>>30441888
Search Chief's tripcode on foolz.

>>30441888
How many times have I done this now? At least 4.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/29367674/

Misarchived, etc.

>>30441971
Thank you!

Stuff has come up. Gonna try to finish writing this update and then I have to call it. Sorry!

>>30442160
It's cool Chief, just glad you're running!

>>30442160
its all good.

Hmm, you are worried your raiding skills are getting rusty. More importantly, you are worried your boy's raiding skills are getting rusty! You wake up extra early and yell at everyone to form up. You're going to take the full raid this time, bringing all the boys! You tell Whoop to look after Allonces, because you know Whoop can take care of himself and you haven't seen what Bearbreath can do yet. Gotta try and break him in.

You go over your targets. You're going to do a chain raid. Hit up some villages on the way to the Clock Tower. You draw a sweet map of the area and detail your raiding path. You dont' know if you can keep hitting one thing and getting away with it, and you know that if you take too long the Clock Tower will get a good defense up and running. That's no good! So you'll try to hit a nice big town on and a few small ones along the way, and then run straight back to camp.

After that you figure sticking to farms and laying low will probably be your best bet. After you run through the battleplan with the boys, you stick a knife in the spot of your map that says 'Clock Town' with no small amount of theatrics. That ought leave a good impression! You're sure everyone is very impressed.

As you start gearing up to head out, you look in on how the new guys are doing. It seems the goblins are all looking at Mr. Fetidclaw as some sort of mentor figure and keep bothering him, and the druid doesn't seem to get along with much of anyone yet. But there is still plenty of time for everyone to get used to them!

======================

Gotta run, unfortunately. We can do points at the start of next thread. Thanks for playing, you guys are great! Even your arguments are pretty civil. Any discussion is encouraging to a QM, so argue away as far as I'm concerned!

As always, you can follow me on twitter to see when the next thread is. Gonna shoot for tuesday or wednesday. But I always miss! It's my eighth best characteristic.

See you next time!

>>30442453
Thanks for running Chief.

>>30442453
See you later, Chief. I hope whatever you gotta deal with isn't too serious.

>>30442453
Thanks for running, see you soon.

>>30442453
Thanks for runnning and see ya on tuesday/wednesday.

>>30442508

Nah, just time consuming.

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I guess it was a little too much to hope for getting our own gnoll luchador