>>31675797
>Deal vote

“Are you sure there’s not anything more you can offer? Your deal still seems lopsided,” you say, fishing for more.

She shrugs, and your eyes note her shoulder-blades as her robe slips over them. She really should wear something that fits better.

“I can’t offer you my own services, as the position of liaison prevents me from doing so,” she says. “My brother would be furious, too. As it is, he will grudgingly approve of the current deal, especially if you place me safe and sound in a city. The only other sweetener I can offer is a personal promise not to reveal your secrets to my brother without your permission – such as you being able to control astral power or having an undead pure water elemental at your side.”

Your heart damn near stops as Tsucchi looks right through you. When it starts again, you grit your teeth. The fact she’s openly telling you this is better than if she withheld it to hold over your head but it still comes across as a threat.

Sensing your anger, she raises her hands and her tails lay flat, signalling she doesn’t intend to fight you over this. “I’m surprised you didn’t consider it. The tale of Undine, Salamander, Gnome and Sylph is famous. Many wouldn’t recognise them but I know my legends, as do many others. You should be more careful if you want to keep her secret hidden.”

“Why are you being so open about this? Why not hold it over my head?” you ask, wary.

>continued

File: 145.jpg (575 KB, 1024x600)

575 KB JPG

>>31675803
She raises and eyebrow and you’d swear she almost looked hurt. “Because that’s not who I am. And because you have more to offer my race. You formed an empire in months. I have no doubts that you’ll go far and my cousins may be able to find a homeland that isn’t part wasteland. If you’re really so worried about things, I’ll even promise not to reveal her secret even if you refuse the deal – as good faith. And I won't kill you so long as you keep our secrets.”

You frown, considering her words and deal. The moment of truth has come. Do you accept?

>1. Accept her deal.
>2. Refuse her deal.
>3. Custom

>>31675860
1

Rolled 1

>>31675860

>1

>>31675860
1

>>31675860
>1. Accept her deal.
Fine, deal for now until I can think of better stuff. Also I'm not afraid of you.

>>31675860
>1. Accept her deal.

>Tale of Elementals
We never really asked how Undine died. Might be something of interest, we know our military history, not so much the other.

Also Aspirational I see through your thinly veiled sexual undertones. All the fluffytails want Talon, we get it.

>>31675860
>1

>>31675860
>1

>>31675902 justification
aside from being decent deal, the deal is open to renegotiation in the future as long as we don't try to break the core tenent (aka kick them out).
what we give them cost us little (food, shelter, etc to any visiting fox), what we get back is really valuable to us (multiple fox enforcers AND spies AND knowledge about vampires, and astral magics, and so on, and their silence on all our secrets which foxes are uniquely able to identify)

>>31675860
1

>>31675921
IIRC we asked, she didn't want to talk about it

>>31675803
>You should be more careful if you want to keep her secret hidden.
calculated risk on our part. foxes alliance means they (supposedly) don't betray our secrets.
and while the secrets are important, winning battles is more important than keeping those secrets, which would be out eventually.

>>31675921
>All the fluffytails want Talon
EVERYONE wants talon. they write smut novels about him.

File: 150.jpg (351 KB, 1920x1080)

351 KB JPG

>1.

“Very well then,” you say. “I accept.”

Tsucchi gives you a bright smile then hands you several pieces of paper. Your first instinct is that she doesn’t know how to finalise important alliances, as there is far too little paperwork here. Then you realise it’s a secret deal that is enforced by threat of violence on both sides. Good faith is everything here so layers of bureaucracy aren’t strictly necessary.

So you go through and quickly read and sign the deals. When you mention you may be renaming your empire, she shrugs and says that you can just sign another document noting that if it happens. It’s all very straightforward. Afterward, she pours you some more tea.

“How is it that you know that Undine’s dead?” you ask between sips.

“I’ve been spending time with the elves down south,” she explains. “They know a great deal about the elementals, particularly the four greats. They knew because her master was wandering around without her familiar for years. Mages don’t do that, especially with somebody as famous as Undine.”

“Her master is alive?” you ask, surprised.

“Not anymore. She and her husband died a couple of years ago,” she says. “You killed then, just so you know. The battle of Heydon field in southern Blacktaffe, I understand.”

“I only commanded at Blacktaffe,” you respond, frowning at the implication.

“Next you’re going to tell me it’s not really the Seraph king’s fault all the Farloun at dead. He’s only king of the nation that did that,” she retorts.

You sigh and run a hand through your hair and get some more details. Undine’s master was Magister Tricia North, a mage in the Tower of Stars and a personal friend of Alyce’s. Apparently she’d been married since shortly before the first Magi Rebellions. Strange…

>Anything else to ask Tsucchi? She doesn’t know too much about Undine’s master other than the basics.

>>31676180

There's an entire bookstore somewhere dedicated to all the horrible to not bad smut and erotica dedicated to Talon.

I hope we go there some day.

>>31676208
You know there is gonna be yaoi slash fics about him too

>>31676192
Get vampire info
Also, see if she can try to drain some of your power again, only this time while you are resisting it.

Rolled 10

>>31676192

When can we start expecting our FluffyGuard to start arriving?

(And when can we expect settlers looking for succor to arrive?)

Can we expect her assistance in helping cure the thrall right away? Does she need anything from us such as samples or assistants?

Her opinion on our resident fox and his character/reputation with the fox community?

>>31676192
Is it likely that the vampires are planning to launch an attack on the full moon and are just building defences to buy time?

>>31676229
How well known is Maloric's friendship with Talon?

>>31676192
Was her husband that vampire we killed? Or am I getting my battles mixed up.

>>31676229

TalonXMal is my OTP.

>>31676268
>Was her husband that vampire we killed? Or am I getting my battles mixed up.
you are, she is referring to a battle that happened before the quest started.

>>31676288

Talon killed a daywalker within the RSK before the quest.

Supposedly he has also killed one more than he had originally thought as well.

>>31676314
Talon killed the daywalker personally.
That mage was killed by talon's soldiers, not by talon personally.

>>31676192
>>31676263
>>31676247
+1
Also any other secrets about us or ours that we should know about?

File: 171.jpg (423 KB, 1600x1136)

423 KB JPG

>>31676314
>Supposedly he has also killed one more than he had originally thought as well.

Darian accused you of killing Dalrec's whelp, whoever that may be.

>>31676268
Very mixed up. You killed Undine's master and her husband on the other side of the continent. You killed Dalrec a week's travel south of Harrowmont less than a year ago.

>>31676263
>When can we start expecting our FluffyGuard to start arriving?

"That depends. Ren and many enforcers have been busy with the Lord of Ember recently. I'll put these forms in and inform the alliance who will inform foxes in due time they have safe haven here. It's up to them to move here and any clans that do will offer some men and women in service. Maybe a few months at the earliest."

>Her opinion on our resident fox and his character/reputation with the fox community?
She smiles. "Vad's a character. He blew up on Ren when he found out that he was sleeping with his sister, Noah. Ren had to send him away mostly due to politics - your chief bodyguard can't openly berate you and expect to retain his position. It's a sad fact that Vad wear his emotions on his sleeve but is also very dedicated to anything he does."

>>31676341
"Such as?" she asks, uncertain of what you may be referring to.

>Vampire post next. It may take a little while as I collate my notes on them into dialogue.

>>31676433
"That's part of why he suggested you, I think. He wants to get back at your brother by making him think I'm going to abscond with you into my harem."

>>31676433

Ah alright good. Thoroughly less confused, Blacktaffe was a new name. Thanks for the clarification.

>>31676192
things we could want from her (basically, asking her if she can do those things, and if willing to, but not giving her a todo list)
1. any training in astral power we can get
2. curing thralldom
3. any knowledge on vampires she has
4. if she has healing spells or other skills that can help stabilize and revitalize the city
5. help figuring out what we are. we know we channel astral power, do don't know how or why. she can confer with vad about how we have used it before.
6. does she know the locations of any places of power and who currently owns them?
7. since she is so knowledgeable... what is the deal with the monasteries? (share our little tale of the one we visited)
8. knowledge about pattern research?
9. anything she would like to volunteer for

>>31676433
Ask if she knows anything about dragons and their kind, she mentioned the mage guard are ruled by an old dragon.

>>31676433
>Ren had to send him away mostly due to politics - your chief bodyguard can't openly berate you and expect to retain his position. It's a sad fact that Vad wear his emotions on his sleeve but is also very dedicated to anything he does."
really now? interesting... vad didn't even realize that was why.

>>31676469
hah. Talon goes balls-to-the-wall with this chick.

>>31676541
hahahaha, I love this idea.

File: newWorldMap.png (1.5 MB, 4612x1704)

1.5 MB PNG

>>31676473
>Blacktaffe was a new name
Oh, right, one of the new places on the new map.

Which is attached and significantly updated. It might be good for people to give it a look (though I don't blame people for not memorising it).

>>31676506
"Not much, really," she says. "I specialise in undead races, not dead races. I doubt there's a thousand dragons left on the continent. All I know is that they're powerful. And Sylvian is old. As old as Taira, even, if not older."

>>31676469
VOTE
>1. Suggest Vad has a plan of wanting you to sleep with Tsucchi to get back at Ren.
>2. Suggest Vad has a plan of wanting you to trick Ren into thinking you're sleeping with Tsucchi to get back at him.
>3. Don't suggest that.

>>31676541
Well, she's already deduced everything REALLY important. No reason to hold back something silly like this.

>>31676584
3
its funny, but lets not. at most 2.

>>31676584
2

Let's not scare her off that fast. we only just met today, after all.

>>31676584
>2. Suggest Vad has a plan of wanting you to trick Ren into thinking you're sleeping with Tsucchi to get back at him.
This. She might want to get in on it, and she's more likely to be able to help protect us if Ren gets pissed.

>>31676584
>3. Don't suggest that.

Nahhh. Maybe later.

Huh, actually, I think we should help ren and vad bury the hatched. Vad seems to be misinformed about WHY ren sent him away. Thinking ren was being a dick and not realizing it was politics.

>>31676634
PS. I didn't know they used to be buddies AND that vad was in ren's personal guard...

>>31676634
>whynotboth.jpg

Just because we're playing a prank on Ren doesn't mean we can't also clearup misunderstandings between them.

Rolled 7

>>31676584

>3

Let's not dick over our foxbro

>>31676584
2

>>31676655
We wouldn't be dicking him over, we'd just be letting her in on the joke.

>>31676655
How would that be dicking him over?

>>31676584
3
>>31676634
I'd rather do this really.

How can we ask Vad to keep our secrets if we don't keep his? Plus pissing off some guy we don't know for a no reason is bad politics.

>>31676584
2

>>31676687
>How can we ask Vad to keep our secrets if we don't keep his?
that is a good point.

>>31676702
>>31676687
But it'd be much easier to trick Ren if she knew this was how she was supposed to act. It's a prank that can ultimately be resolved once the two bury the hatchet, so I vote we let her in on it.

>>31676584
3

>>31676584
>3

>>31676712
We should first clear with vad the idea of bringing her in on it.
We don't actually KNOW if this was his plan anyways, its a total guess

>>31676584
I'm thinking there's some samefagging going on here. Contentious Voting time?

Rolled 10

>>31676584
>3>

Be funny to do but then it would make the revenge harder to pull off.

>>31676742
Yeah if we have to do the prank can we at least ask Vad first?

File: 002.jpg (494 KB, 980x572)

494 KB JPG

CONTENTIOUS VOTE

Option One

Suggest Vad has a plan of wanting you to trick Ren into thinking you're sleeping with Tsucchi to get back at him.

Option Two
Don't suggest that.


Rules for voting are to make a post with a link to this post and the number you are voting for. No other text, no greentexting the number. All informal votes will be discarded. Voting window will be five minutes after the first vote.

>>31676712
>>31676742
another issue is that ren might come running here and discover our secrets (which he then has to share with the mage guard). he might also try to get back at us which can really hurt us.

so, its one prank I would rather not pull.

oh, and it can definitely backfire on the bury the hatchet plan.... or it might be EXACTLY what is needed for such a plan. but it is something we should do AFTER we take out taour and have some breathing space

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
1

>>31676792

2

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
1

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
2

>>31676792
2

Cutting off votes.

File: 003.jpg (247 KB, 1215x883)

247 KB JPG

>>31676899
And, hey, I don't need to make these posts anymore as the exact second of the post is displayed. Isn't that cool?

>Vampires

“What can you tell me about thralls?” you ask her, getting to the heart of the matter.

“Servants to vampires. Supposedly incurable but I have my doubts. Vampire are many things but capable of mind control far more powerful beings cannot use? I doubt it,” Tsucchi says, absently combing one of her tails as you drink some tea.

There’s a knock at the door and you retrieve some snacks an aide brought. By the time you return to the table with the plate of cheese and bread Tsucchi has a pile of notes in front of her.

“There are six daywalkers still alive after the recent infighting in Taour,” she says.

“Five, actually,” you say.

“I know my numbers very well. Who’s the expert on vampires here?” she says, giving you an imperious look.

“You are,” you say and she grins broadly. “But you’re not all-knowing. I killed Darian a little over a fortnight ago.”

The fox stares at you, the persistent waving of her tails stopping for several moments. “Really? You killed Darian? Master of Shadows?”

“Yeah. He was a real pain in the arse with those summons of his,” you explain, eating a bit of blue cheese on some bread.

Tsucchi clears about half her notes to the side after you explain this, muttering. “You haven’t happened to kill anybody else have you? Assassinate Perin Blackwater while eating breakfast the other day?”

>continued

File: 004.jpg (931 KB, 1000x3750)

931 KB JPG

>>31676919
“You seem upset?” you say, sounding surprised.

“Vad implied that you would need my help, and nobody else’s, to have a chance against these vampires,” she says snippily.

“I do. Nobody else knows anything about thralls and vampires. Heck, the fact you think thralls are curable proves that,” you say soothingly, and Tsucchi recovers her pride. “Oh, I also killed Lord Dalrec, though I think you already knew he’s dead?”

“Why am I even here? You can clearly kill the vampires yourself and ruin all my time spent researching,” she says, gathering her notes.

“Perin Blackwater,” you say loudly and she freeze. “Supposedly he’s immortal. What do you know?”

She frowns and then picks out several notes, hiding a smile poorly. “He sired a vampire less than fifty years ago – one Lady Marianne. That woman does not appear in any records or notes on Blackwater. I think she’s important as no other vampire can say this.”

You explain the letter you received and she nods along. “Most likely ‘his lady’ and Lady Marianne are the same person. He must keep her close if she’s truly a weakness. If not in the city then nearby.”

She then explains what she knows of the other four vampires.

“Volante is a monster. Equally skilled in shadow and blood he has somehow fused with his armour. He thrives on direct battle but has no small number of tricks available. He can also rapidly regenerate his armour along with his flesh. I’d suggest luring him into a trap and obliterating him.

“Terce is weak but can create thralls with her voice. I suspect she’ll either try to lure you into a meeting or flee. She has no other skills of note.

“Noln is a fat vampire famous mostly because he’s still unalive. He runs Taour’s bureaucracy. He’ll likely flee at the first sign of trouble.”

>continued

File: 016.jpg (454 KB, 1920x1200)

454 KB JPG

>>31676935
“Farsool is a madman. He was responsible for Hiien and the bloodfarms there. He was supposedly a mage before becoming a vampire. He may have been responsible for other nasty tricks by Taour.

“Blackwater is the true threat in Taour. As you said earlier he’s supposedly immortal and is Volante’s superior in every way – a master of both shadow and blood.”

You sigh, a little confused by the terms shadow and blood. “What is being a master of shadow or a master of blood mean?”

“Blood is physical power and regeneration. Dalrec and the vampire he sired, Aladria, are masters of Blood. It lets vampires move and hit fast as well as makes them hard to slay. Shadow, on the other hand, is the vampiric form of combat evocation. It enables them to make summons, teleport or do other dangerous things – it is wildly varied but weaker than most magic.”

You nod. This is far more than you’d expected, to say the least. Tsucchi is unwilling to explain how she learnt it and why most mages might not know it.

>Last round of questions before we move on

>>31676986
"I have some mages working on a cure to thralldom, but they're not making much headway last I heard. Would you be wiling to work with them?"

Ask her about the gems the mage's were using in their blood ritual.

Might not be directly tied to her research but might inspire something.

>>31676986

Who is Aladria Serat? (the independent vampire lord) Is she trustworthy? What powers does she have?

>>31676935
>>31676986
My thoughts.
>Volante
Possibly going to meet on the battle field. He's going to be a damn tough one.
>Terce
Be wary of "We surrender! Let's discuss terms!" From Taour. Chances are, she's a bluff champion.
>Noln
We need to prepare assassins to chase him down. Can't risk a Daywalker escaping.
>Farsool
Disgusting. Must kill as soon as possible
>Blackwater
Supreme boss fight. Probably will be at the battle of Taour. Will need to bring all of our forces (elementals & friends) to bare.

>>31677071

Just realized that you answered part of it already, but any additional information on Aladria would be useful particularly since we might negotiate with her

>>31677021
>>31677046
>>31677071
+1

>>31676986
>Talon trolling I love it.
Does she have any idea how a woman as a weakness for an immortal can be exploited?
She carry his heart or something, also on the subject how does a vampire sire anything aren't they dead?

>>31676986

Not specifically a question, but we should alert all our commanders in the field about the daywalkers ASAP.

Terce is particularly worrisome. It wouldn't do to have a general turned against us through trickery

>>31676986
Can vampires survive on animal blood?
What about non human sapients?
Do you know of any vampires who don't act like monsters?
How do vampires turn people into new vampires?
Can a daywalker intentionally create more daywalkers?
How fast can nightwalkers turn a population into vampires if they are desperate and on the ropes?
Are daywalkers capable of traditional reproduction or do references to children always refer to converts

>>31677103
>Does she have any idea how a woman as a weakness for an immortal can be exploited?
off the top of my head, take her prisoner. have him turn on his brethren or she dies.

>>31677166
Yeah but, that doesn't get rid of him unless we can seal him away for ever or something.

>>31676986
does she know who the "whelp" we supposedly killed is? Darian stated that he heard we slew him, but we actually don't know what is. So either our soldiers killed him without even realizing he is a vampire, or Darian was misinformed... maybe he faked his own death

anyone cares to look up whose whelp it was?

>>31677204
or we chop him up.. he can be immortal head in a can.
besides, magic seals ARE a thing, we could have a few hundred mages construct a solid cage for them.
plus I am sure he isn't truly immortal, just very hard to kill

it would be a hell of a lot easier to get rid of him if he conquers taour for us first.

>>31677241
True, very valid ideas. I was just trying to figure out and plan in the event he is immortal for some reason.

>>31677213
I think he was referring to the vampire we killed in the cellar. The one who could thrall through his blood?

File: 019.jpg (266 KB, 793x1200)

266 KB JPG

>>31677103
>She carry his heart or something, also on the subject how does a vampire sire anything aren't they dead?
Sire just means to turn somebody into a vampire.
>>31677021
“Oh, so you want to cure thralls? I suppose I can help them though I’m uncertain how much they’ll help me,” she says, nibbling on some sharp cheddar. “My magic and theirs is so different.”

>>31677071
“I don’t know much about her, I’m afraid. She spends most of her time in Dalrec’s castle – my sources suggest that she’s young, if only by physical standards, and capable in both blood and shadow abilities.”

>>31677046
“I’m afraid I don’t know anything about that.”

>>31677103
“I’m relying on circumstantial evidence, I’m afraid, and I don’t have any more knowledge to back it up. There’s something special about Blackwater and that’s the only thing I’ve been able to find.”

>>31677145
“No. Yes. That depends on what you consider a monster. They drain them of blood to near death and then thrall them using their personal method. Of course. Not very fast – nightwalkers can only turn one person each lunar cycle, daywalkers one person each solar year. I have yet to find a vampire capable of normal reproduction.”

>>31677213
>It was Dalrec’s whelp
“The only vampire Dalrec sired, to my understanding, was Aladria. If there’s another, I’d be surprised. Most like Aladria laid low after you killed her master.”

>Any last things to say to or do with Tsucchi that aren't vampire related?

>>31677298
I think we can move on now.

>>31677298
>nightwalkers can only turn one person each lunar cycle, daywalkers one person each solar year.
well that is a huge relief.
>>Can a daywalker intentionally create more daywalkers?
>Of course.
interesting. I assumed this was a rare effect, but apparently not. so every solar year all the daywalkers could create more of their kind if they wished to

>>31677298
"Is there some sort of societal thing that foxes have with their tails that I'm unaware of? I had to grab Vad's at one point to pull him out of an explosion and he's been acting rather odd about it."

>>31677298

Yeah I'm good.

Suggestion: Make a Q&A if you have the time involving all of this info dump, just to avoid having to go over it again and again.

>>31677298

Invite her to meal with the our cabinet and advisers at a later time to celebrate and cement our alliance

>>31677404
Oh god, this.

>>31677298
>>31677404
Lol don't mention the Vad thing or do I can't decide but, do inquire about fox societal things etiquette and the like. Then a meal with our peeps

>>31677404
Add to this, "You'd think he'd be grateful I saved his life."

>>31677404
HAH! I'd love to see the reactions to this.

File: 021.jpg (265 KB, 1024x512)

265 KB JPG

>>31677404
"Is there some sort of societal thing that foxes have with their tails that I'm unaware of?" you ask. "I had to grab Vad's at one point to pull him out of an explosion and he's been acting rather odd about it."

"Were you gentle about it?" she asks, voice frighteningly sweet.

"There was an explosion, so no, of course not,” you respond, confused.

Tsucchi shakes her head. “His first time with a man and he wasn’t even gentle. Are always so rough with your partners?”

You stare at the fox, her face plastered with a devilish smile. Then it clicks.

“No. God no. Not my interest,” you say, trying to control your voice.

“Maybe you should have thought of that before you grabbed his tail,” she responds, voice laced with amusement.

“If it’s so sexual, why does he let the girls do it?” you wonder openly.

“Probably because he has sex with women, Talon. Like you do, I’m betting,” she says, disbelievingly.

Giving her a look, you eat some more cheese, thinking back on the subject. Huh, no wonder he was so skittish when he wanted to know about you sleeping with Lynn – very afraid to step on your territory.

“He knows better,” you say.

The fox woman gives you a look, then smiles. “Maybe you should learn to share, then?”

“Changing topic now,” you say bluntly and do just that.

You invite Tsucchi to dinner and spent most of the afternoon and evening assisting Arail with Darlesia. There’s only one last decision to make – to bring Bartom and Gareth to Darlesia to help with reconstruction or leave them in Harrowmont.

>1. Bring Bartom. He’s better off building here than in Harrowmont.
>2. Leave Bartom. You want to reinforce Harrowmont as much as possible.

>>31677619

>1. Bring Bartom. He’s better off building here than in Harrowmont.

Building up Harrowmont is a luxury at this point. It's also in no danger of imminent attack.

>>31677619
she totally trolling us

>>31677619
>1. Bring Bartom. He’s better off building here than in Harrowmont.

Bartom will get to see Gnome, Gareth is a Darlesian and might be able to lure out the other mages, and this place needs it right now. Badly.

Harrowmont is in good shape all things considered, when we get out of war time we can build it up some more.

>>31677619
>Vad totally getting strokes and pats under our nose
Heh. Sneaky bastard. No wonder he's super nervous whenever we walk in on him. We should taunt him about this shit later.

>1

>>31677619
lol. shes gonna be fun to have around.

>1.
Lets get this place up and running asap, then he can go back.

>>31677619
Even Vad's in our harem now. WHERE WILL THE MADNESS END, TALON!?

We brought Gnome with us, right? Use gnome here and Bartom at Harrowmont. Since nobody's going to attack us right at our capital, we can afford to have a slow builder there.

File: 022.jpg (362 KB, 899x950)

362 KB JPG

>>31677671
>Bartom will get to see Gnome
Gnome is up in Raupe.

>>31677671
>>31677686
Gnome and Vad stayed over in the other place.

>>31677686

Pretty sure Gnome's up north, fortifying Hiien

>>31677708
>>31677710
>>31677706

Alright, then. Get Bartom on the horn for Darlesia, we need to get this place running quickly.

>>31677706
>>31677708

And that's what I get for reading over the rest of the thread quickly upon getting home. My bad.

Still. Kind of needed here.

File: 023.jpg (411 KB, 1200x608)

411 KB JPG

Slight delay as I fiddle with some stuff to get dinner ready.

I'll be doing a timeskip during this next post.

Was there anything vital that people wanted me to take care of or that might deserve a scene?

>>31677682
to be fair, he told them to stop, we "trolled" him by giving them a loophole to continue (buying brushes)

>>31677820
Nothing comes to mind...
Super excited for all the stuff we need to get done, though.

>>31677820
Aside from more butt-blasting FTB's? Not that I can think off.

>>31677832
Greatest troll ever.

File: 025.jpg (248 KB, 685x1024)

248 KB JPG

TIMESKIP ROLLS

Might as well get this out of the way while I'm delayed.

[DC14 Deodain Raid; DC15 Forfdain Raid; DC16 Carrlouf Raid]

[DC12 Hearts and Minds; DC11 Militia Recruitment]

Please roll 2d20 each. I'll take results from the first nine rolls for these.

Rolled 3, 6 = 9

>>31677904

Rolled 10, 5 = 15

>>31677904

Good lord.

Rolled 1, 6 = 7

>>31677904
here comes the ones

Rolled 4, 8 = 12

>>31677904

Rolled 4

>>31677904

Rolled 10, 1 = 11

>>31677904

Rolled 12, 10 = 22

>>31677904

Rolled 3, 8 = 11

>>31677904
rollin

Rolled 7, 15 = 22

>>31677904
JESUS CHRIST EVERYBODY IS DYING ALL THESE 1's AND NO SUCCESSES EVERTHING AWFUL

Rolled 3

>>31677904

>>31677960
>>31677939
uhoh.

Rolled 1, 15 = 16

>>31677904

Rolled 2, 11 = 13

>>31677904
Oh god, it's so low.

How would a FR point work in this situation? Would it even work? Not that I'm asking for one yet.

Rolled 5, 20 = 25

>>31677904

>>31677976
>>31677971
It's not really surprising, anons. We're rolling a lot of d20s, we have like a 5% chance each roll.

Welp I'm thoroughly confused.

I don't know if doing it this way was the best idea or not.

>>31678002
If the dice were random we'd have a 5% chance. But they're /tg/ dice. They're not random, the chance is far greater than 5%.

I don't.. even..

Rolled 19, 6 = 25

>>31678002
>5% chance
first, all the rolls are very low to begin with
aside from that. we got 3 nat 1s and 0 nat 20s.

Rolled 9, 12 = 21

Parras is apparently the worst fucking general

Rolled 7, 18 = 25

>>31678015
it totally wasn't. multiple d20's, counted for many rolls? there's no way it wasn't going to end in disaster. we need to split up rolls so this shit doesn't happen.

>>31678035
He's not trying hard enough. He doesn't have his heart into this. Dude needs to man up.

>>31678042

Agreed. From what I can understand out of this mess as well we didn't succeed a single roll and critfailed a few as well.

>>31678035
>Bad general
no, he just got nat 1s.
we know how it is, we get them often.

Rolled 10, 12 = 22

>>31678035
clearly we're not allowed to let him do any action other than being a wall against the enemy, because he fucking sucks at it.

File: 026.jpg (220 KB, 669x1024)

220 KB JPG

Did... did every single roll just fail? Wow.

>>31677987
FR points apply to single rolls but they can affect rolls later in the chain so I'd apply it at the point in the chain with the best effect. Mind you, there's times they can't be used (like helping Parras' raids).

Rolled 14, 8 = 22

>>31677904
Guys you should have waited for me to roll. The dice gods love me.

>>31678092
So how are you going to spin this ultra dramatic failure? Daywalker wrecking shop and Parras can't do anything about it?

>>31678092
I call for a reroll, because your methods for this were bullshit. roll for the choices seperately.

Rolled 13, 11 = 24

>>31678092

You win some, you lose some

>>31678092
Can we salvage this with an FR point? If so I'd say we burn it on Hearts and Minds, it would also probably help our militia recruitment.

>>31678092

We seriously lost half of our army doing that shit, we critfailed one too.

I refuse to accept that.

>>31678111
perfect explanation actually.

>>31678092
this reminds me of the idea of doing engagements where we are not at with multiple rolls one after another rather then a single roll each

>>31678114
eh, method was fine. tg dice hate us

>>31678114

I kind of agree.

Rolled 6, 18 = 24

>>31678132

I doubt three failed raids will cost us half our army.

It wasn't supposed to be a major engagement anyway since we told him to keep it low-intensity.

>>31678138
No, it really wasn't. Rolling that many d20's and counting past the first few was a recipe for disaster. I want a reroll where each choice is seperated out.

>>31678092
Jesus that is amazing dude. FR point now. Like yes it would be immensely useful.

>>31678114
Considering the single rolls we got where lower then the doubles?

>>31678111
Raiders get slaughtered Taour pushes to retake raupe, Darelsia revolts, we find no people and lose morale.

Or something, gonna hurt.

>>31678114
>>31678151
his methods weren't bullshit. Also, remember that those are CHAINS. this means that to unlock the second target requires success on the first one.
This means that we failed the deodain raid and that aborted the forfdain and carrlouf raids (since they are in the way). meaning most of those rolls evaporated into the ether.

And failing to recruit in darlesia... well, won't kill us. We just recruited 3000 soldiers elsewhere and are moving them to darlesia.

>>31678167

What point is the FR going to serve? 3 of those rolls we can't even affect, the ones where we get our shit pushed in on the other front?

Waste a FR on winning people over and recruiting? Why?

>>31678179
He had us roll for 5 different decisions at once. There's no way that was going to at all work. I'm not even that guy and I can see the problems here.

>>31678186
Good point. Barely awake so I misread that combined into something else.

>>31678167
no FR point. we can't use FR points on battles our generals are making 10 days away from us.
And we shouldn't waste FR on recruiting from darlesia when we have successful recruitment from the entire rest of the empire
save the FR for when we fight the immortal daywalkers

>>31678186

Agree, I don't see a reason to blow a FR here.

FR should be saved for make-or-break moments and this isn't it.

File: 028.jpg (104 KB, 550x825)

104 KB JPG

>>31678114
>I call for a reroll, because your methods for this were bullshit. roll for the choices seperately.
There are 15d20s involved for these five rolls. I don't really understand what you're getting at here.

>>31678111
Eh, it's pretty easy to spin.

RESULTS

Deodain Raid = Dramfail; 3, 10, 1

Forfdain Raid = Fail; 4, 10, 12 (Slightly worse results due to previous dramfail)

Carrlouf Raid = Aborted due to previous failures

Hearts and Minds = Fail; 6, 5, 6

Militia Recruitment = Dramfail; 8, 1, 10

>>31678195
Honestly it wouldn't be too bad if it stays in a range of 7 or so. Giving us more range to get dice. Just /tg/ dice is pretty hilarious and just so happened to not roll anything above like 9.

>>31678234

Somehow we didn't manage to get over 12 in that span and 3 of those were 1s.

That's ridiculous.

>>31678234

We should probably sacrifice Parras to the dice gods to sate their anger

Rolled 10, 3, 11, 6, 13, 6, 18, 8, 14, 13, 12, 6, 20, 3, 4 = 147

>>31678262
More like fucking amazing and hilarious. Hell I could roll better then that myself.

>>31678234
Wow.
That is utter shit. Just damn.

>>31678234
>We failed every single roll
Seriously? What the fuck.

>>31678292
Not a single 1...

Rolled 15, 1, 18, 11, 17, 3, 4, 14, 5, 16, 6, 19, 8, 13, 17 = 167

>>31678318
Magic happened my dear anon. Magic. Someone used the dice gods name in vain and worshiped a idol before them.

Well that's a sure fire way to take all the wind out of a thread.

>>31678234
people are upset we rolled low. this is pretty much it. There was nothing actually unfair about it.
Except MAYBE that tg dice have a shitty algorithm (possibly).

although it would be nicer of major engagement were subdivided into multiple rolls. and could be at least somewhat directed.

eg
>Deodain raid = dramfail
do you push? retreat? something else
(then roll for next action).

this would make it take longer though to resolve far away conflicts.

Rolled 18, 17, 20, 1, 9 = 65

>>31678367
I'd honestly suggest something like 5D20X3 for somethings like this. It splits it down a nice even tone and it makes it so it doesn't burn as much space.

>>31678367

The problem with that is that we weren't in control of the Raupe Army. I'm fine with Parras having a shitty plan that went FUBAR.

Recovering from this should be interesting in any case

>>31678400
>The problem with that is that we weren't in control of the Raupe Army
why is this a problem? it isn't talon making that decision, we are playing the local general at that point.

>>31678419

My personal preference is to not play the local general.

I like that we have to depend on having capable subordinates to not fuck things up. After all, emperors do have to delegate most of their tasks

>>31678392
>I'd honestly suggest something like 5D20X3 for somethings like this. It splits it down a nice even tone and it makes it so it doesn't burn as much space.
might as well just do 15d20
it has no effect on the outcome.
or rather, it shouldn't it is possible that the algorithm works better when making multiple dice rolls in a single post (I think it does from prior experience)

>>31678449
it doesn't have to be the same level of detail as talon's battles though. something streamlined and simplified.
So we can basically get "better AI" so to speak on our NPCs.

that being said, can't help it now. i am upset, but at the dice not the QM

File: 035.jpg (267 KB, 720x1100)

267 KB JPG

I think the joint system is a bit of a failure mostly because it just confuses the hell out of everybody. I’ll probably jettison accepting more than the first three rolls and just have each post have as many d20s as necessary.

Note that I’m not doing perspective shifts in this quest. Further, this new system is purely for the purpose of major engagements – a bunch of raids aren’t really major and rolling more dice just spreads the probabilities out. A larger engagement may have rolls for the ranged contingent, the infantry and the mages etc to provide more fidelity in the results.

>1.

You ask Gareth to come to Darlesia with Bartom to help construction. In the meantime you help Arail in Darlesia. Parras launches his raids.

To say the next fortnight went poorly was an understatement. Probably the only good news was that your shipment of weaponry arrived from Worremburg and you successfully recruited 3000 more soldiers. Everything else, well…

>Deodain Raid = Dramfail; 3, 10, 1
>Forfdain Raid = Fail; 4, 10, 12 (Slightly worse results due to previous dramfail)
>Carrlouf Raid = Aborted due to previous failures

Parras’ raids went poorly and you inwardly thank Undine for pushing you into getting Mercenie to block the shipment of mage-knight plate. It seems that General Volante responded rapidly to the raids into Deodain and later Forfdain – losses were limited to the hundreds but Gnome took a heavy injury that has prevented her from building new fortifications in Raupe. In response, the Taouran forces on the border appear to be massing for a counter-offensive though your spies report that Volante has retreated back within the capital.

>You have lost
20 Flying Mage Knights
100 Medium Mage Knights
300 Men-at-arms
200 Archers

>continued

File: 036.jpg (182 KB, 1000x682)

182 KB JPG

>>31678506
>Hearts and Minds = Fail; 6, 5, 6
>Militia Recruitment = Dramfail; 8, 1, 10

The situation in Darlesia isn’t much better. Somebody is actively moving against you within the city and you have a suspicion that it may be RSK spies provoking the citizens. The real issue is that if you flush them out Falwick may use that as an excuse to attack. You don’t want to rely on League help at this juncture but if he was to assault you then either Mercenie bails you out or you retreat. The citizens haven’t turned on you but you’ve had to temporarily cease recruitment after one of your captains flew into a rage after being attacked by a gang of toughs. Not a problem, except when the local news reports your soldiers assaulting innocent civilians.

You stand in the war room as your aide grimly informs you that a Taouran raiding party of two thousand has moved into Raupe. Not an invasion force, but an attempt to probe your reaction and do some damage to your new province.

The question is, do you leave it to Parras, with Gnome out of action, or stay in Darlesia in an attempt to salvage the city?

>Discussion time

Not sure if I’ll continue the thread here. Need to clear my head a bit. I might fall back onto social stuff if anybody sticks around.

>>31678535

Can we just open up next thread with discussion?

This whole dice thing really took it out of me and I'd rather discuss it with a clearer mind.

I wouldn't mind some light hearted social stuff(preferably some that happened in the past like that Gnome one).

>>31678535
I think we should trust Parras to protect himself. We need to fix this fucking mess in town before something gets out of hand again.

Gnome should head back to recover, too.

>Clear your head
Something wrong man?

>>31678535

Social scenes with some of our forgotten subordinates like Arail would be interesting and nice change of pace.

Not sure whether anyone else would be interested though

>>31678535
Social stuff would be pretty welcome right about now I think.

>>31678535
I'm tired but I'll stick around for a bit for some social stuff. I think its a good, change of pace and its been a while.

For the record: I respect you sticking to your guns, and your experimentation.

>>31678535
I'll be around, I'm just really bummed out is all. I thought we'd get something out of this, but anything we rolled a 10 on is a nat 1.

Well, it is 3:40am for me... 4:40am for QM.
I stayed up as long as I can but I am going to tuck in.
Would also appreciate if this decision was made on next thread

>>31678691
Isn't Aspirational Australian? It's only 6 PM here.

File: 037.jpg (289 KB, 1200x502)

289 KB JPG

>>31678691
>4:40am for QM.
i use EDT for you folks. It's only 6:40PM Down Under.

>>31678580
>Something wrong man?
Things wound up somewhere I didn't plan for and I'm smack bang in my creative low. Trying to put myself back into the mood to write more.

SOCIAL STUFF

Recommend something to do or some characters to spend time with. I'll see if I can roll with it. It can be a flashback event going back to when you got back to Vitria after Farun so can pretty much involve any character at this stage.

NEXT THREAD

I'll be doing the next thread on the 24th at 6pm EDT for those not tuning in for more. That's today, technically (but tomorrow for me).

>>31678721
Sarah. Lynn. Crazy as fuck bodyguard.

>>31678721
>Where I didn't intend
The colossal fail, I take it?
Knocked the wind out of me too. But I'l stick around for Social stuff.

>Event
Probably... Vad, Undine, and Sala.
As for something to do- Brotalk about tail business, Meditation, and flying practice would be cool respectively.

>>31678535

Just writing down personal notes for next thread.

We still have over 5,000 men in a highly defensible position against a raiding party of 2,000. Parras is still in a better position than we are.

We should speak with Neir as soon as possible to try to push back against RSK spies in a discrete, diplomatic fashion. Going to League should be a last-minute desperate measure.

We should probably allocate most, if not all, of the 3000 men-at-arms to Darlesia to restore order.

We may also want to think about negotiating with Aladria in earnest. Her master, Dalrec, was independent and no friend of the Daywalkers that rule now. (Of course, we also killed him so hoping she doesn't hold a grudge about her sudden promotion)

Aladria may be receptive to helping us against Daywalkers if she is guaranteed her autonomy around her castle. It would be nice to have a Daywalker helping our northern army, especially with Gnome recuperating.

We would obviously need to vet her for trustworthiness, but our interests may align and we could definitely use another heavy hitter on our side.

>>31678721

Um...

Felix, discussing his thoughts on creating a new Knightly Order. The war. Etc.

Undine, really anything. Something silly would be fun with her. Since she's still "young" I doubt she's done much so taking her around Vitria, dancing maybe? Hell if I know.

>>31678721

Felix, Sarah, Undine

>>31678721
I toss my hat in for some Lyn, or undine, or vad or sala. Sala and the new armor scene was forgotten.

>>31678773
Pretty good response.
>Make sure Parras sets up defenses with Bartom's help since Gnome is hurt (ugh that one hurt the most)
>Move the men-at-arms to Darlesia for order purposes, in the mean time getting Nier to help us root out the fucking spies
>Meet with Aladria after that is handled, before moving back to meet Taour with our new Mage Knights

We kinda placed talon in the wrong spot actually.
we are leaving the fighting to our generals while talon is trying to win over the people of a town. and basically that's all he has been doing.

well. ok not true, we are also worried about an invasion of darlesia.

how long would it take gnome to heal? because undine can actually heal her (at least, faster then she heals on her own... and AFAIK no-one else can heal her that we know of)

undine can go invisible, might be useful for investigating who is undermining us in darlesia. Tsuchi exceptional detection and varied skills might help too.

File: 039.jpg (194 KB, 1280x640)

194 KB JPG

>>31678773
Wow. I just realised that I screwed up and forgot to the scene with Aladria's messenger. Probably a good thing given how much extra stuff took up time. Especially given the scene would have been "Aladria does not negotiate. Visiting her castle would be a bad idea, too."

SCENE VOTE

A few scene possibilities have popped into my head.

>1. Vad over the tail business. May have Tsucchi or Sala pop into the scene. He can teleport so it would take place during the disaster fortnight.
>2. Sarah, Lynn and Felix. Lynn and Felix are sparring in Vitria and Sarah wants some self-defense lessons.
>3. Undine. Exploring Vitria.
>4. Sala and armor scene.

>>31678773
Yeah. Honestly we could use some men at arms here. On the other hand I don't really trust us not to be there at the 2000 strong army to rout them due to not having FR points in case we have to use them. I think we should send our recruits to Darlesia. Or at least 2000 of them. Send a message to Neir to look into this Darlesia problem we have right now. Then head back with a decent number of forces Parras. Rout the fuck our of their armies. Right now their just inciting issues. There isn't much threat from the common people other then some brawls. While if we don't show a strong front Taour is going to react badly for us. Honestly this is kind of an advantage in that we finally have them moving.

>>31678858
>>1. Vad over the tail business. May have Tsucchi or Sala pop into the scene. He can teleport so it would take place during the disaster fortnight.

>>31678858
1

File: 041.jpg (456 KB, 900x569)

456 KB JPG

>>31678858
>He can teleport so it would take place during the disaster fortnight.
Derp. Tsucchi can teleport him to Darlesia. Forgot I removed Vad's teleport ability.

>>31678858
>1. Vad over the tail business. May have Tsucchi or Sala pop into the scene. He can teleport so it would take place during the disaster fortnight.

That or a Imperator+Felix getting drunk scene would be nice.

>>31678858

2

>>31678773
>We have 5000 people in province. 2000 person raiding party, their hero unit retreated
this sounds like an ideal time for some fast travel to the battlefront with our hero units and lead out troops to annihilate those 2000 troops. aside from sending an excellent message it is also an opportunity to reduce their forces significantly (divide and conquer)

>>31678858
1
Gonna have to go with this for the lulz.

>>31678858
1

Also Tsucchi can teleport, eh? That is handy. Perhaps we can do that dumb general exchange thing we were gonna do feasibly now.

We really need to salvage this mess, though. I have a feeling our general is going to blame us since he didn't want to do the raids in the first place. Am I right?

>>31678883
any chance she can teleport us?

or. can she teleport to Hiien, heal gnome, and then teleport back?

>>31678858
>3
Then
>1

Would be my preference.

>>31678908

The problem is that this could be a diversionary attack.

As soon as Talon is out of the country, the vamps might launch a full-blown attack on Darlesia and overwhelm our garrison of 2k.

I would be open to sending one of our hero units to lead Parras's army, but sending Talon out seems like recipe for a disaster.

>>31678908
The biggest issue is the problem of Darlesia having a rebellion or being attacked before we return. But we can rely a bit on the elf here to hold the RSK back a bit. She did say a fortnight of playing chicken and I trust Neir pretty good on things like this.

>>31678721
>i use EDT for you folks. It's only 6:40PM Down no, i am quite certain that EDT is currently 5am
http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/edt-to-cst-converter

are you sure you aren't confusing your timezone's 3 digit code?

>>31678858

So, is negotiating with Aladria a pipe dream or could that be retconned into a "Who knows"?

>>31678953
That's why we should transfer 2000 of the new recruits here. If they launch a diversionary attack we charge them from the sides and risk their provenance there. We should move Mal pretty soon just because we need a lot of skilled units for this one.

>>31678962
Thing is, I don't think the RSK will actually invade us.
if they do... well, we officially ally with magi guild, crush taour together, and then turn on RSK together.

>>31678858

>Talon "I'm the god damn Emperor" York taking no for an answer

We'll see how long that lasts.

>>31679004
diversionary attack against what? the super fortresses of crece? not a good idea

>>31679018
Taour itself. Use Mal to minimize mages. + the extra 1000 troops we would send to our 5000. If they start marching men towards Darlesia we scare the shit out of them and make them have to look there.

File: 051.jpg (148 KB, 708x965)

148 KB JPG

>>31678983
Yes it is 5AM in EDT. I don't live in EDT, I just use it to schedule the quest because it is 4chan server time. I live on the east coast of Australia, where it is 7pm.

>1.

“So, uh, Tsucchi said you wanted to talk to me about something,” comes Vad’s voice from the entrance.

You turn to face the fox, swinging your bardiche over your shoulder. The fox flinches slightly and you give him an appraising look, your expression hidden behind the full helm of your new armour. You had been practicing with your new armour to get a good feel for how it moved with a variety of weapons before you had been interrupted.

You walk slowly towards Vad and, to his credit, he holds his ground. You stare down at him, making good use of your additional height. Then you toss the bardiche to the ground and remove your helm.

“That’s right,” you say, providing a suitable anticlimax.

Vad almost visibly deflates, giving you a nasty look as you give him a smirk. It never hurts to play with the fox, especially with the upcoming conversation.

“So,” he says when you don’t say anything more, “what did you want me for?”

>1. Go in hard. Ask him bluntly about the tail stuff.
>2. Start soft. Talk a bit about Tsucchi and your talk with her.
>3. Be roundabout. Ask him about his thoughts towards Lynn and Sala.
>4. Custom

>>31679004

I don't think 2000 new recruits could stand against a veteran vamp army. The Darlessia army doesn't have any heavy MKs and is built to harrass rather than defend against strong opposition at this point.

Darlessia is also not the most defensible place with internal unrest and RSK machinations.

To me, the risk/reward of sending Talon north is pretty simple.

The reward is that we might destroy 2,000 enemies (with relatively high chance that the enemies would simply fall back since it takes 5 days for Talon to reach North)

The risk is that they attack in force and we lose Darlessia.

I just don't see the rewards outweighing the risks here. Losing Darlessia and its army would be crippling to both our credibility and war efforts.

>>31679074
>3. Be roundabout. Ask him about his thoughts towards Lynn and Sala.

>>31679074
oh, i misread what you typed, rereading it it makes sense now. i really AM tired. damn.

>>31679074

>2

>>31679074
>1. Go in hard. Ask him bluntly about the tail stuff.

I mean he dry dicked him once why not twice.

>>31679074
>2
"So I had the most interesting conversation about Tsucchi the other day..."

Should we mention the politics thing with ren?

>>31679074
>Talon with a bardiche

Jesus christ how horrifying.

We kinda owe him an apology too about the whole "if you tell anyone i will hurt you" thing

seriously though, I can't believe we didn't press tsucchi on whether or not she is pulling our tail on this one. I am pretty sure she is.

>>31679080
Be 4000 men lead by one of our best generals vs what they send out. They also are lacking mage plate. The 2000 vs parras? Worst case they send a day walker and pretty much kill everyone. We have to have some powerful people there. Without Gnome most of the specialized power is gone from that army.

>31679127
>"if you tell anyone i will hurt you" thing

Not really. It's kind of completely true. You want to warn someone as much as possible when something could go wrong.

>>31679074
>2. Start soft. Talk a bit about Tsucchi and your talk with her.

"Vad. Tsucchi told me what grabbing a tail means, and I'm going to take responsibility

File: 058.jpg (903 KB, 1024x766)

903 KB JPG

>>31679158
Okay.

Seriously.

Does anybody object to me doing this?

>>31679170

Not even remotely.

>>31679170
God damn it. Do it. Do it now.

>>31679158

And thus another slashfic was born.

>>31679133

Perhaps, there's no need to send Talon. The Northern Army also has Vad and Felix, who are no slouches. Reinforce them with 1 of our non-Talon champions and they should be fine.

The Northern Army also has stronger army composition and terrain advantage.

>>31679170
DO IT!

>31679158
>31679170

If you do make sure Talon puffs out his chest in a manly way. Before gently caressing his own breast in slow motions.

>>31679170
I can't find a picture to show my glee at this getting used.

>>31679214
Yeah now this I can go with. They need more fire power but they don't need all our fire power.

Well at least we got new fluffytail inhabitants soon in these threads.

I am happy about that. Makes it feel like more of an empire when multiple races work together to me.

Also the little thing about the Darlesians being confused because of the mix of Vitrian and Darlesian plate really solidifies the idea we should get our own specific look. I mean we do have MMK factory now, tiny tweak for aesthetics shouldn't be hard.

>>31679258
Been thinking about this. Honestly I've been thinking of a pure silvery white Griffin like look. Angled edges to bounce things off.

>>31679258
I agree on both accounts.

File: 060.jpg (61 KB, 491x799)

61 KB JPG

I'm not sure I did the suggestion justice, but I tried.

>2.

“Vad,” you say, voice completely level as you grip Vad’s shoulders tightly. “I want you to listen to me. This is very serious.”

Vad stares back at you, more confused than anything else, but nods slowly. You nod back at him as grimly as possible and pause for several moments, as though you were struggling to put your thoughts into words.

“Vad,” you say again, noting the way the fox’s ears twitch slightly when you say his name. “Tsucchi told me what grabbing a tail means.”

You withdraw one of your hands to hold on your chest as solemnly as possible as you say, “I’m going to take responsibility.”

To say Vad is dumbstruck would be too kind. Instead he appears to have fallen into a stupor. You shake him, pounding your fist on your chest to emphasise how serious you are.

“I mean it, Vad – I mean, Vadoric. I need to use your proper name going forward. It’s only right,” you say, nodding enthusiastically. “I didn’t mean for this to happen but now that it has I will make everything right.”

Vad somehow gathers up the ability to open his mouth but no words come out of his mouth. You place a finger over his lips, continuing with your absurd charade.

“Hush, Vadoric,” you say in a whisper. “Let Papa Talon take care of everything now.”

That does it. Vad snaps.

“What the fuck!” he shouts, leaping back and banging his head against the doorjamb and falling to the ground. He rubs his head, watching you warily, wild-eyed. “Who the hell are you? You can’t be Talon!”

>How do you proceed?

>>31679258
>multiple races
You just reminded me we need to get some dorfs up in Harrowmont.

>>31679170
>FTB announced
>when it's finally finished (after several nights of pure, nonstop, breathy typing), it's 10 gigabytes of raw text describing Talon passionately stroking Vad's tails with his hands and sometimes using interesting implements

Incredible.

>>31679315
And this is the point where we bust up laughing hysterically.

>>31679315

I can't even come up with anything.

I'm laughing too damn hard, literally crying.

>>31679315
>“Hush, Vadoric,” you say in a whisper. “Let Papa Talon take care of everything now.”

Losing my shit over here.
Literally can't breath.

>>31679315
>You place a finger over his lips, continuing with your absurd charade. “Hush, Vadoric,” you say in a whisper. “Let Papa Talon take care of everything now.”
I lost it. My sides are ruined

>>31679320
>10 gigabytes of raw tex
That'd be something in the ballpark of like ten trillion characters. Without exaggeration.

>>31679315
"You..You don't love me anymore Vad? Is this all our relastionship meant for you?"

>>31679284

I dig that idea. Get some gold inlay on the breast plate with the griffon.

No expense spared for maximum swag.

>>31679315
Well Aspirational, the anons have spoken.

Talon shall laugh his heartiest laugh he has ever uttered. Think Satan and Joker combined.

>>31679348
Actually come to think of it we maybe should go with. "Is this all our relationship meant to you Vad? I know it wasn't a long time but I thought you enjoyed every moment of it....I know I did."

>>31679354

I imagined Talon laughing so hard he accidentally activated his empowerment and it literally shakes the room.

>>31679315
"I know this is happening so fast but, we can take it slow. Or maybe we need to just go all out..." *Spread arms out and summon some astral power*

If only we weren't in our armor but regular clothes, coulda ripped outa our shirt.

>>31679354
Feels too soon for me. The amount of Vad pain this could be milked for is amazing.

File: 066.jpg (111 KB, 970x547)

111 KB JPG

Hilariously, I'm listening to Bon Jovi's 'Always' right now.

>>31679354
Well, Talon's made of pretty stern stuff to be able to openly tease a cute foxboy like that so I'll offer a choice of unleashing the Laughter of the Imperator and continuing to taunt Vad with >>31679371 or >>31679366.

REACTION VOTE
>1. Laughter of the Imperator
>2. "Is this all our relationship meant to you Vad? I know it wasn't a long time but I thought you enjoyed every moment of it....I know I did."
>3. "I know this is happening so fast but, we can take it slow. Or maybe we need to just go all out..." Then you spread your arms out wide and summon your astral power as visibly as possible.
>4. Custom

>>31679315
1d20 chain to not laugh and have a straight face.

>>31679395
>3

>that fucking spoiler
I didn't know I had any laughter left in me.

>>31679395
3

>>31679395
>>3. "I know this is happening so fast but, we can take it slow. Or maybe we need to just go all out..." Then you spread your arms out wide and summon your astral power as visibly as possible.

>>31679395
>1

>>31679395

Why not all three?

2, 3, and 1

>>31679439
That could work too...

>>31679395
>3
followed immediately by
>1

>>31679395
Actually come to think of it. Lets got with

>2.
>3.
>1.

In that order. To really fuck with him.

File: 067.jpg (239 KB, 1020x613)

239 KB JPG

>>31679457
I might roll with this idea with a twist. There'll be some comedy rolls, naturally - trolling somebody this badly doesn't come easy.

>>31679474
but t should

>>31679487

Anon you're drunk go home.

>>31679474
We are bad bad people, but dammit if it isn't hilarious.

>captcha 89 6528666
666 indeed captcha

File: 068.jpg (223 KB, 1023x976)

223 KB JPG

>2. Followed by 3. Followed by 1.

After Vad shouts at you, you put on the most hurt look you can muster.

Staring at the fox sprawled on the stone floor, you whisper loud enough for him to hear, "Is this all our relationship meant to you Vad?”

“Huh?” Vad responds, ever the figure of eloquence, and you shake your head wildly.

“I know it wasn't a long time but I thought you enjoyed every moment of it...,” you say, hurt oozing from your voice as you gesture wildly to the fox. Then you collapse to your knees and whisper, “I know I did.”

“W-what? Wait, this – this is really you, Talon?” Vad utters ,ears flat against his head as he stares at you with wide eyes.

You decide to delivery the coup de grace with some fake tears.

[DC12 Fake Tears]

Rolled 16

>>31679537

Please don't fail me now

Rolled 14

dice I will give you my fucking first born child for a 20 here!!

Rolled 46

>>31679537

Rolled 9

>>31679537
It's time to critsuccess.

Also would like to point out we're sweaty from the training we were doing.

Rolled 15

>>31679537

>>31679558
wat

>>31679558
SHIT! I had my dice on from another thread!

Rolled 10

>>31679551
>>31679554

The dice god takes and the dice god gives

Rolled 12

>>31679537
>Dat picture

I bet that's what's going on in Vad's head right now.

Oh man this is gonna be so good. Gonna be even better if the girls have been spying, emotions running wild

>>31679597

I'm just waiting for Lynn to walk in.

File: 072.jpg (451 KB, 2000x1250)

451 KB JPG

>Target met

You muster your will and summon tears to your eyes. Damn, if you weren’t already an emperor you’d seriously be rethinking your life plans right now. You could probably earn a fair living as a stage actor in Spitzeilig.

You let out a sob, tears dripping down your face. You hold your face in your hands, turning away from Vad. There’s several long moments punctuated only by your fake sobs.

“Oh jeez, don’t cry. Don’t cry,” Vad mutters as he rushes over to you and awkwardly swings his arms around your armoured frame. “Please don’t cry?”

“I know this is happening so fast, Vad, but,” you start to say, punctuating your sentence with a loud sob as you look deep into the fox’s eyes and lean into him. “But we can take it slow.”

“Slow,” Vad repeats, sounding stupefied. “Yeah, slow. Glacial, even. So slow it’s like we never started.”

You shake your head wildly, trying to ignore the weird sensation of Vad’s tails enclosing over you as he continues to try to awkwardly comfort you. “No, no. Maybe we need to just go all out…”

Then with that you spring to your feet and thrust your arms as wide as possible, pulling Vad upwards with you. Then, you summon your power and show Vad what an Imperator is made of.

[DC12 FABULOUS]

Rolled 2

>>31679643