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>>32050478
>Target met

You can’t see through the illusion on the nervous young man’s body but from the way it’s focused you don’t need to. You can’t imagine many races from the south-west with a need to place an illusion on their ears. Combined with the talent at archery and strange technique it’s a no-brainer.

“I have to admit that I’m surprised an elf could somehow wind up all the way to the north-east and then join my army as an entry-level archer,” you say. “What’s your name?”

“Eh?” he responds, staring at you in horror and you raise your palms in a peaceful gesture.

“I have nothing against elves. I just saw through your illusion,” you say. “So, what’s your name?”

“O-oh, it’s Tarfinn,” he says. “Um, I’m actually registered as Finn Tarrn but I just made that up.”

“Using a great deal of imagination, I can see,’ you say, unable to help yourself. Finn winces, looking obviously embarrassed. “I didn’t mean to pry, I mostly wanted to confirm that you weren’t hiding anything serious. If this is all it is, you can go about your duties, soldier.”

>continued

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>>32050571
You gesture a lazy salute before turning to leave. Before you can so much as take a step Finn shouts to stop you – he seems to be good at mustering his courage when your back is turned.

“Imperator Talon, I want to be your squire!” he shouts, despite the fact you’re maybe two metres away from him in an enclosed room. “I can keep up with you in combat. I can use magic. I can learn strategy and tactics. I can clean your room. Polish your boots and armour. Keep diplomats busy. Distract women while you’re busy with another one. Cover for you when you’re sleeping in for a meeting. Teach you elven techniques. Umm, umm…”

You stare at Finn, bewildered by both his weird list and the fact he wants to be your squire – or whatever you would call the position given you’re the ruler of an empire. You’re not really certain.

It deserves serious thought, though, given the lad’s talent. Depending on his competence he could really help you and possibly even more later when you need to deal with the elves themselves.

Just accepting him may not be wisest, though, even if you’re quite certain Finn has a level of talent every other potential candidate for squire has lacked. Perhaps you could test him first…

>1. Spar with Finn
>2. Test his tactical intuition
>3. Test his magical capability
>4. Just accept him as squire
>5. Custom

>>32050591
>1. Spar with Finn
>2. Test his tactical intuition

>>32050591
1
We can test his tactics later, and pitting our magic against his wouldn't be fair, what with the astral-ness of it.

>>32050591
1 and 3

>>32050591
>5. Custom
"Why do you want the job?"

>>32050591
1

>>32050591
Just to clarify, is he a regular elf or whatever Merce is? (I think we've seen enough of her magic to be able to tell if they are fundamentally different)

>>32050591
>1. Spar with Finn
>2. Test his tactical intuition

And later, we'll test his sexual capability! That's a joke

>>32050651
Going to guess not what Mercie is. I don't think he could even tell if he was different.

>>32050687
There may be physical differences between the races. Skin tone, hair facial structure ect

>>32050651
her elf call to fame is a high percentage of transmuters born to them.
Humans can be transmuters too.

Also, we most likely can tell race by the physical appearance. You know, skin/hair/eye color. Ear shape and length. etc

>>32050591
>1. Spar with Finn
>2. Test his tactical intuition
Surprised there isn't an option to teach him how to please a women.

>>32050727
that comes later.

>>32050724
>her elf
her race i meant

>Humans can be transmuters too.
by that i mean that their magic isn't unique to their race, much less species
... actually, what is the race/species definition here?
Are elfs/dwarves/dragons etc considered different species or different races of humanity? Because we already know that dragons can breed with humans

>>32050727
Ad number 3 to this vote.
Why not test all his skills.

>>32050591
Do
>1, 2, 3
and ask
>>32050625

>>32050757
>Asking about the biology behind fantasy
Oh tg. Never change.

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>>32050651
If there's physical differences you can't pick them.

>>32050724
Aefir are basically enormously powerful magic-users and transmuters. You don't know how regular elves compare or if there are other sub-species of elf.

I'll be going with the spar choice for now as doing multiple will slow things down a little. You can assume the others are down behind-the-scenes.

>>32050757
Most racial magic seems to have some differences. Dwarfs, vamps and dragons can't summon familiars even though their magic is very similar to human sorcery or transmutation.

>>32050727
>Surprised there isn't an option to teach him how to please a women.
why would teaching him anything be an option for our TESTS of him? We will teach him that if we take him on as a squire.

>>32050759
I'm mainly just wanting to see how he fights and how tactical he is. If he is good with magic after that then that's a good bonus.

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>>32050737
PLEASE like that is not the most important thing to do, hell we can teach him how to WAKE UP a women in the morning.

>>32050813
if he isn't good with magic, than no matter how tactical and good with the sword he is he could never keep up with us.

>>32050790
By the way, how does the average "normal" dragon stack up to say a daywalker or "God"

>>32050838
>Normal dragon

We know most of the named dragons can fight the archmage. So unless you like meant the beast dragons pretty damn well.

>>32050880
>We know most of the named dragons can fight the archmage. So unless you like meant the beast dragons pretty damn well.
All the named dragons have also undergone magical enhancement. Sorta like how a human gets turned into a god.

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>>32050821
Man i love images like these, that make you paranoid.

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>>32050838
Well, an adult dragon is at least two centuries old and strong enough to stomp most daywalkers (save truly powerful ones like Volante and Blackwater) and Gods. Younger ones (which is most nowadays) are a little weaker. And, of course, really powerful people like the archmage, Gnome, Great Knights etc can stomp most regular dragons. Feldragons and helldragons are academic as the only remaining ones are absurdly powerful

>>32050838
You know, i am not sure if i started the whole "they are not gods, just ascended humans" thing or one of the first on the bandwagon (its been a while).
But thinking about it, why does being born a human and then ascending via magic make you a non god?

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>1.

You find a large empty room underground and decide to spar with Finn to test his melee ability. He ducked off to fetch his full equipment and you’ve been meditating her since. You’re genuinely interested to see how an elf might fight you, particular as he’ll likely have to use some magic to keep up.

Finn ducks into the room, a scimitar at his side with an elegant black-wrap around its hilt. You stand and gesture to him to take up a position opposite you while you ready yourself – you’re not too worried about how dangerous it is to use real swords in a fight like this. You’re skilled enough to hold back and he’s not talented enough to truly threaten you.

Taking up a guard stance with one hand outstretched towards you, Finn slowly edges towards you as you maintain the defensive. Your enormous tower shield and armoured bulk is no doubt intimidating to him, given the size difference, but if he can’t overcome this then there’s no chance of him being your squire.

[DC11/16 Testing]

>>32050973
Actually, I'm the one who came up with the name Astral adapt
>But thinking about it, why does being born a human and then ascending via magic make you a non god?
Because you're apparently still weaker than a random dragon.

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>>32051005

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>>32051005

Rolled 6

>>32051005

Rolled 5

>>32051005

Rolled 13

>>32051005

Rolled 6

>>32051014
>>32051017
>>32051019
>>32051021

these rolls...

Truly, it is an Aspiring Emperor quest.

Rolled 6

>>32051014
>>32051017
>>32051019

Murder the most badass daywalker with no problem, get reckt by our elf squire.

Just another day in the life of Imperator Talon

Rolled 11

>>32051005
ahahahha

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>>32051014
>>32051019
>>32051034
>>32051036

>All those 6s AHAHAHHAH

Turns out 10/10 squire. Somehow we always get wrecked by our inferiors

>>32051005
>Underestimating people we spar with
>Ass kicked
oh god, its the lynn fight all over again

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>>32051064
I think the RNG is broken.

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>>32051036
Forgot your pic

>>32051067
more like we accidently kill him

>>32051069
Good thing we have 2 more test left.

>>32051067
We endear ourselves to our subjects by being hilariously incompetent at times.

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>>32051064

Don't forget all these heretical reverse 6s.

>>32051076
>>32051017

>>32051014
>>32051019
>>32051034
>>32051036
>6666
mark of the beast!

>>32051014
>>32051017
>69
dice chan you are so naughty

Rolled 9

Wonder what a nat 1 would do here.

Rolled 9

>>32051157
We accidentally stop holding back and kill the kid.

Rolled 13

>>32051157

We trip, the blade slips out of our hands, and right into elf bro's face

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>>32051157
Elf trips and we get caught in a very compromising position by Lynn and Undine

Talon never lives it down

>>32051157
The Spanish Inquisition

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>Target not met

Your first mistake was assuming that Finn would fight you using a style similar to Salamander’s, simply from the way he used his weapon at first and the geographical closeness of her old hunting grounds.

As Finn, suddenly darts around to your left, trying to shift around your shield you clunk backwards and try to sweep him with your sword. He comes to a swift halt and his scimitar blurs towards your sword. Your clash of metal on metal resounds through the room, echoed further by the boom of your plated boot on stone as you quickly advance on the boy to bash him with your shield. You’d expected him to immediately slip into your guard, taking advantage of your sword leaving an opening and using his speed to his advantage.

Instead he rolls around the arc of your shield bash before snapping up onto his feet with a heavy chop from his blade. A very amateur move, but effective simply because you’d foolishly positioned yourself as though you were fighting a much more talented opponent. The blade bounces off your armour and you waste no time immediately backtracking and cleaning Finn up with your shield. His balance thrown by the failed attack on you, he’s knocked aside by the blow.

Your second mistake was under estimating Finn’s talent at fighting – he had successfully put two arrows into a target at medium range while firing at a rapid rate, that his melee ability would be that much worse was a foolish assumption.

>continued

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>>32051396
You pause momentarily, raising your guard while waiting for Finn to stand back up. There was a rush of magic that started the instant Finn took the blow and it fades by the time he edges close to you again. His stance, faltering at first, straightens up and he tries again but instead attempts a feint that will let him slip around your right-hand side and leave you open underneath your arm. You play along, wanting to see if he can capitalise on the opening but he predictably attempts to thrust in between the joints of your armour between your right arm and torso. As his sword scrapes against the secondary plates within the armour, supported by your maille, you clap your right arm shut, trapping his blade and attempt to backhand the elf.

Instead, you strike nothing but air and the momentum of the move makes it easy for Finn to trip you and leave you on your belly. You immediately stop your fall and roll yourself over, your strength making it an easy feat despite your armour. Finn’s blade, not-quite-lightning fast, strikes the stone where the opening between your helmet and armour would have been.

Your third mistake was… well, things didn’t get that bad. If you had to pick one, it would be leaving the very possibility open.

As your rise to your feet, Finn snaps forward in an attempt to stop you. Against most other foes, this would result in his victory – you had risen too close to him and in an awkward position with your equipment. If Phrace or any of your heavy knights had ever done something this foolish, you would have slapped them upside the head with your gauntlet.

>continued

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>>32051417
Unfortunately for Finn, you’re not Phrace or one of your knights. As the elf closes, you drop your equipment and engage hand-to-hand. You bat his sword to the side and grab him by the neck with your other hand, raising him off the ground. The next step in a fight would be to either through him to the side or into a hard object or to deliver several hard blows to his chest to disrupt his breathing further. Instead you simply release him.

“Spar’s over, Tarfinn,” you say gruffly. “Damn good fight.”

Recovering his breath, you don’t get a reply for some time. You slip out of the room to fetch some water and when you return he looks as good as new.

>1. Talk to him about why he wants to be your squire
>2. Talk to him about where he learnt to fight
>3. Ask him why he’s not in Terrnaine Forest.
>4. Custom

Just pick one for now, please. I’ll be doing the ranger order part and then probably finishing for the session. Sorry it’ll be shorter than usual. I’ve been finding it hard to concentrate and I worry it’s affecting my writing and response rate very heavily.

>>32051435
>1. Talk to him about why he wants to be your squire

>>32051435
1
all the other options can wait for other times.

>>32051435
>1

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>>32051435
>3


>Trouble concentrating
Something going down?
Did a giant spider sneak into your house or something, man?

>>32051435
>1. Talk to him about why he wants to be your squire

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>>32051435
>>1. Talk to him about why he wants to be your squire

>>32051435
say aspir, how do we go about training more battle mages?
we have been recruiting and training more mage knights and men at arms but our battle mages have just been stretched thinner and thinner

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>>32051554
Nah, it doesn't really have an explanation. Maybe just a mood thing or something. It's happened before but it usually doesn't stick around the whole session. I should be fine next week.

>>32051725
Something that will come up in future sessions.

>1.

“So, why do you want to be my squire, Tarfinn,” you ask, leaning against the floor as the elf slakes his thirst.

Gulping down the water, it seems that other than being thirsty Finn isn’t hindered at all despite the recent exertion. You felt that same magic from when you struck him with your shield earlier when you dropped him – in fact, that same magic seems to just linger on him. You had thought at first it was just a natural thing for him but it had increased ever so slightly in the fight. Regeneration of some sort?

“I want to be somebody who can say they really mattered,” Finn says suddenly, shaking you from your idle thoughts. “When I return to my home, when I talk to my children – I want to be able to talk about things they think actually matter. I just… I don’t want to merely exist. To just be one of the people.”

He looks up at you with a determined face. You recognise the look and the feelings – you’d felt the same things when you looked his age. You don’t know if he had the same difficulties you did when you were even younger but you do know his feelings about mattering, about achieving something of note are what drove you to where you are now. If he can channel those feelings like you did then perhaps he can achieve just like you have. You can even guide him there.

Do you accept Tarfinn as your squire?

>1. Yes
>2. No

>>32051756
>>1. Yes

Rolled 17

>>32051756

>1

>>32051756
>2

>>32051756
Ah. Well that's a shame, I hope you feel better then
2
Pfff, ha, no. Talk about crushing dreams.
>1 for real

>>32051756
1. Yes

A kindred spirit in a land far from home. Come on. I'm waiting for the inevitable scene where Undine dots on him more than Talon after a fight. The jealousy shall be hysterical.

>>32051756
>1. Yes

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>>32051756
>1. Yes

>>32051756
>1. Yes

>>32051816
>mfw undine does it on purpose to get our attention

Why are we against a threesome, if llyn wants one?

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>>32052056
>Sharing Dragon girl
>With another dude

>>32052056
talon is rather firmly established as straight. Which is fine. OP needs some people he can be sure we won't get involved with romantically.

>>32052056
That came out of nowhere. Also probably because Talon is what one would call jealous. Oh so very Jealous.

>>32052056
tg doesn't like to share.

>>32052095
>>32052099
Reminds me of that /fit/ NTR story where a guy losses his girl to a lesbian, because he wanted a threesome.

Rolled 7

>>32052099

Devil's Threesome isn't gay, bro

Just slightly homoerotic

>>32052126
...
Ross?

>>32052126
Friends?

>>32052117
and by talon you mean you and most of /tg/

>>32052126
That's an amazing amount of fail.

>>32052144
>>32052156
>Someone recycled a friends episode as a 4chan original story
heh

>>32052163
Well anon that too, but Talon strikes me as the jealous type.
He seems like the "When I'm with a girl, I've got to KNOW I'm sleeping with more people then she is." type.

>>32052163
Oh yes. I know for sure I am given I've been in a situation like Talons been. Shit sucks when your girlfriend tries to get another chick in with you. Most people just don't realize it.

>>32052211
That's shockingly clever.
It makes me want to go deeper, and see how many stories are recycled from older stories.

Is everything I know a lie?

>>32052133
>It's not gay, if it's in a three way
>With a honey in the middle there's some lee-way
>The area's gray in a one-two-three way!

>>32052156
>>32052144
Funny enough no, and he asked /fit/ on how to fix it, like a dumb ass he listened and threatened the lesbian, but she got him back by changing her FB pic to her making out with his girl/also being in a relationship there and his girl/friends texting him asking if he really did threaten to rape her(he told her something about lesbians needing a good dick), theres more to the story and how he had a chance to stop it before it got to that level.

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>1.

“I get it, Tarfinn,” you say quietly. “Let’s try some tactical exercises next…”

It’s several hours later, over some lunch, that you break the news to Finn.

“Really? I can really be your squire?” he asks eagerly.

“Yes. I don’t know how many things from the list you reeled off earlier I’ll have you do but you’ll be my squire from today onwards,” you say, taking a break from your steak sandwich to talk.

Finn wolfed down his lunch, thanking you profusely between nearly every bite and it was afterwards when you were drinking some ale and talking about some random topics that you asked the elf how he got here.

“Oh, well, I was travelling with a group of travelling soldiers,” he explains.

“Mercenaries, you mean,” you say. “You fought with the RSK?”

“No, no, not mercs – they didn’t fight for money,” he says, shaking his head wildly. “Hartman always talks about wanting to find a place he can call home and be a knight in or something.”

“Travelling wannabe knights then,” you say lightly, waiting for Finn to angrily correct you.

Instead, “Yeah, pretty much. We joined up with you at my urging, though it wasn’t hard to convince Hartman given your, uh, origins. Sir,” Finn says, his voice becoming very uncertain towards the end. You wave off his concern and he continues, Mind you, I’ve never met any knights that favour the bow so much. Hartman always talks about it being ‘the true weapon of gentlemen’ and such. Seems a bit silly to focus on the weapon and not the result.”

>continued

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>>32052274
“Welcome to nobility and aspirationals in general,” you say, frowning. “Say, is your group here in Harrowmont?”

“Should be. They were even watching you shoot earlier,” Finn says. “Might be a bit worried about me.”

You get Finn to collect Hartman and his band of would-be archer-knights and meet them at the now-empty practice range. There’s some greeting all around, and you have them shoot for you. Between their attitude and talent with the bow, as well as the ease they show around you despite your rank, it’s clear these men and women are veteran soldiers.

You watch as one of them uses some magic to steady her bow so she can fire accurately as she runs. Another easily replicates the magicks your arcane archers usually use with a mundane bow. Not only that, but several of them are obviously suitable for command roles and they’re all trained with the sword. If you want a solid foundation for a ranger order, even if you supplement it with your most talented arcane archers like knightly orders do, then these soldiers are your best bet.

“I have to admit, Imperator, your shooting technique is impressive,” Hartman, an old soldier that’s clearly maintaining his health with magic, says to you. “I’m talented with a bow, I’ve been shooting since I was little after all, but even I would have trouble getting five dead-centre bulleyes in a row. You fire every shot so smoothly it’s almost as though you know it’s already going to hit before it strikes the target.”

>continued

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>>32052298
“Technically, it’s because he probably does,” comes Vad’s voice from behind you. “It’s an old Pharos technique, though I haven’t seen a fox able to do it as smoothly as Talon does.”

“Pharos? I was going to suggest it was from the god-knights of the west,” Hartman says. “I saw one shoot in a competition in Sortaine a decade ago. Not as impressive as our Imperator, mind you, as he was a bit slower – he shot huge steel bolts, though. The way he described it was exactly like I was suggesting.”

You raise an eyebrow at both suggestions, Finn standing next to you looking at you in wonder. “While I do visualise hitting the target in my head, that’s not exactly a groundbreaking thing. I don’t even know where I picked it up, though I do remember being a good archer even before using it.”

You banter with Vad and Hartman a bit more over the technique, and although yours, the Pharos and god-knight technique is the same nobody is certain whether there is some possible central origin.

>Last bit of discussion re. ranger order. Feel free to propose some questions to ask Hartman if you’re uncertain about him or his men.

I'll call a vote on any options proposed regarding this shortly and do one last post in the thread. Sorry this is both a short thread and with slower updates.

That was a solid transition Aspirational. I like how that all worked.

As for Hartman I don't know, I'll let the others hash that out.

>>32052316
It's cool man. Take your time, n' such. I love reading through these. All these write ups must be tough.

>>32052316
Looks good to me. Ridiculously convenient mind you, as you've basically done all the work for us.

Rolled 15

>>32052316

Ranger Order sounds like a good idea.

Few things to clear up: I'd like to speak with our top bro Moss to get his thoughts/make sure he's on board with a ranger elite order.

After all, Moss has been in charge of all our arcane archers/longbowmen so we don't want to step on his toes.

The ranger order should probably be an independent entity on paper, but it would report to Moss when deployed in an army.

Maybe also speak to our Knight Order grandmasters to let them know this is a thing and that they should recognize them

>>32052316
Ask them how good their survival skills are. If we want to go full ranger we will need someone who knows the basics.

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>>32052386
The issue behind the ranger order was always that you didn't have any soldiers competent enough to maintain one. Many knights use equipment but the masters are usually very capable warriors without it.

Somebody mentioned something about one of Neir's sisters I don't remember though.

Only thing to say:

Ranger Order Get
Everybody else
Sod the fuck off

>>32052424
>Somebody mentioned something about one of Neir's sisters I don't remember though.
You told us they were very competent in battle, and that RSK nobles frequently use bows. 1 + 1= 2
Plus, people have been expressing interest in meeting the rest of that family for a while now so it would tie up some loose ends. Oh well, we can invite anyone applicable over anyway

>>32052456
>sod

Oh no. We have a brit in thread. Everyone clear out!

>Ranger order falls into our lap
well, damn, slaughter a calf. we got lucky here
then again, it might be they heard of our AA thing going on

>>32052424
>You watch as one of them uses some magic to steady her bow so she can fire accurately as she runs. Another easily replicates the magicks your arcane archers usually use with a mundane bow. Not only that, but several of them are obviously suitable for command roles and they’re all trained with the sword. If you want a solid foundation for a ranger order, even if you supplement it with your most talented arcane archers like knightly orders do, then these soldiers are your best bet.
This bit is a bit blatant though. I mean, its a whole paragraph basically saying how these random people we just met are perfect for the job.

>>32052473
>tfw I am a fucking American
>tfw I have carribean and Irish blood

>>32052553
Do you know the story of the gift horse in the mouth?
Then shut your face, anon.

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>>32052557
>American

Nice try brit. We all know we sent the Irish back to the hellhole they belong in.

>>32052553
It's almost like you people don't want some sick ass rangers.

The dice are going to kill half of them anyways

>>32052602
>The dice are going to kill half of them anyways

Why anon. Why must your remind me of the cruel truth.

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>>32052585
B-b-but I am a American

My parents are Jamaican and Trinidadian though

>>32052553
I thought the same at first, but then I realized we have been doing the AA thing for a while and actually told them we want to make a new knightly order.
This can draw forth people with similar interest. In this case, wandering wannabe knights who don't have a real order yet but hope to get noticed.
I will remind you we have over 10 thousand LIVING soldiers and our empire has 6.900 million people living in it

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>>32052633
Because when you quest anon you treasure everything. Let them know how much you care. Shelter them, provide for them, an love them. Why? Because anon the dice gods are huge dicks, they give and they take, they take a lot. All you can do sometimes is grit your teeth and endure until you can't anymore.

Rolled 14

>>32052658

>10 thousand LIVING soldiers

Not for long!

>>32052602
I do. I just would have preferred to get them through one or more of the several means that anons asked about earlier rather than have them randomly show up. (Off the top of my head, we asked about: Merc contacts, internal candidates, random Seraphi nobles, Neir's sisters)

>>32052634
I don't see why you guys are bullying this fine american lad for trying to speak cooler english

>>32052670
I made the living note for a reason. we lost a LOT of soldiers thus far...
I would really prefer it if we kept our casualties down further. it hurts recruiting and morale otherwise

>>32052634
>American
>Knowing about Trinidad.

Okay I'm done laughing now.

>>32052671
Well it does make sense there would be wandering warriors running around and coincidences like this do tend to happen sometimes.

>>32052658
Then have them say that. A bit more effort to integrate them into the story goes a long way.

Look, I'm not trying to rag on OP here, I'm trying to give constructive criticism. Is this a disaster, nope. Could it have been done better, probably.

Rolled 7

>>32052706
>Trinidad

A true New Yawker would know about Trinidad, anon

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>>32052553
Well, it would have been true about any person competent enough for the position. The alternative was to continuously refuse suggestions to set up a ranger order (or imply it's a bad idea as is) or give you ten guys who could form the order and train the rest without enraging the knightly orders (too much). Everything else would have been mere sophistry as far as differences go.

>tenatively set-up ranger order

“How are your survival skills, Hartman?” you ask.

“As good as any travelling soldier’s,” he says. “The worst we’ll get is recognising regional flora and fauna but that’s mostly a matter of finding villages that might help us.”

You go through some more little things, including where most of his band of ten are from. The two nobles in the bunch make for an interesting story.

“It’s easy enough to become a knight in most places. But specialising in the bow? Not so much. None of the nobles were born in the RSK where it’s consider okay to do so, though I dare you to find a knight doing as such rather than the nobles themselves,” Hartman says.

“Finn told me about your interest in becoming knights. I’ve had my own thoughts on the matter and you might just fit the bill,” you say. “I need to talk with a few people and put things in place, but try to stay in contact. You might find yourself in somewhere a little more interesting than Harrowmont.”

“You say that like it’s not interesting, Imperator,” Hartman says, smiling slightly as he shakes your hand. “We swore our fealty so we’ll serve you. Regardless, I sincerely hope to hear more positive news from you.”

Afterwards, you slip back into the keep with Finn and Vad, realising you’re going to have to explain to people what the elf is doing.

>That’s the thread.

I’ll be around for questions and such as usual.

Next thread is May 17th at 6pm EDT. More empire stuff probably. It may transition into a trip to Ahm depending.

>>32052671
If it makes you feel better, I find the tale of a group of damn good rangers finding and making their way to Talon far more likely then him, for some strange reason, having Astral powers.
Or having a dragon join his side (Lynn)
Or defeating Volante without much of a scratch

>>32052723
thx 4 runin budi gud thred

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>>32052723

Thanks for the thread, good thread as always

>>32052723
Good thread man.
>Another week
The pain...
I need mah fix man.
But no, seriously, I hope you feel better and all that.

>>32052723
>Well, it would have been true about any person competent enough for the position. The alternative was to continuously refuse suggestions to set up a ranger order (or imply it's a bad idea as is) or give you ten guys who could form the order and train the rest without enraging the knightly orders (too much). Everything else would have been mere sophistry as far as differences go.
See the thing is, the players did in fact come up with numerous suggestions to how we could either acquire the trainers, or even entire orders. I'm just stating that in the future I would prefer that one or more of the players efforts to find a creative solution succeeds rather than they all get rejected, and having coincidence save the day.

>>32052786
Eh, all the ideas that we came up with are still valid though. I mean, sure we've got the core of a ranger order, but there's nothing stopping us from inviting Neir's sisters over, talent hunting RSK nobles and mercs and promoting from within.

>>32052723
How many points do we have with Mercenie now?

How many times did Gnome slam her head in a wall?

Why is our squire somehow more adorable then the girls?

>>32052723
thanks for running aspir. pleasure as always

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>>32052786
None of them would have made any real sense. There's reasons I don't want to use the RSK and Neir's sisters as the source, the merc suggestion may have worked but still has issues (like magic archers being outlandish, plus Talon's merc contacts are terrible as he worked for the RSK army the entire time as a general) and this basically is internal candidates.

Personally I find it amusing that this is the convenience being complained about, as it's really minor in the scheme of 'things I've made very convenient to keep things going'. Arguably it could have been better but it's not something I'll lose much sleep over - elf archer travelling with skilled archers from the south-west isn't too outlandish and Hartman gives some useful links to Malataine and the Astral Adepts I intend on exploiting.

>>32052830
>How many points do we have with Mercenie now?
Still negative.

>How many times did Gnome slam her head in a wall?
haha, what?

>Why is our squire somehow more adorable then the girls?
You remember the gender choice, right?

>>32052715
>Then have them say that
They did. or rather, our squire did. He was traveling with wannabe not-yet-knights who specialize in the bow. heard about what we are doing, and convinced them to join up with us.
see >>32052274

>>32052894
>You remember the gender choice, right?
I had a very strong feeling we will regret choosing male. He is adorable... oh god, imagine the prehensile elven ears we are missing out on now :(

>>32052894
>haha, what?

After the entire "Teasing Mercenie" lines. I imagine she wanted to slam her head into a wall after that.

>Still negative.

;_; Though this makes me wonder where the archmage is points wise. But I get the feeling we won't know that till we meet her.

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>>32052920

He's daug...son tier, and not for hareming.

>>32052894
>Personally I find it amusing that this is the convenience being complained about, as it's really minor in the scheme of 'things I've made very convenient to keep things going'.
Honestly, as complaints go, this is pretty minor. Nobody seems really mad at you, more mildly irritated. Probably the politest case of negative feedback I've seen on /tg/ in the last month or so/

>>32052908
Where does it say that he heard about our bow stuff?

>>32052935
>Still negative
I honestly wonder if that remark we made caught her off guard, or if she was disturbed by it.

It's hard to tell if she finds us disgusting, or just below her half the time.

>>32052940
>son tier

I'm honestly kind of hoping we will get to see him like 50 years or something from now. Just to see how much he changes.

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>>32052954

This whole quest is one of the most reasonable and polite one in /tg/

>>32052954
Actually it's more like just one guy who seems to have trouble buying it.

Not totally sure why. I didn't bat an eyelash when it was mentioned. We have god powers, for fucks sake.

>>32052894
>(like magic archers being outlandish, plus Talon's merc contacts are terrible as he worked for the RSK army the entire time as a general)
This has always confused me. Wasn't he a mercenary before he was a mercenary general? Shouldn't he have contacts from back then?

>>32052981

She's just tsuntsun, anon.

>>32052994
That and it is kind of reasonable. I mean I can understand it at least and it isn't like he is going on about how bad it is. He probably just doesn't want a ton of luck helping us each time.

>>32053025
>Doesn't want luck helping us
>Our core power is based around roll of the dice
But seriously, I'm just splitting hairs. Guy can talk to Aspir all he likes about it, but I personally didn't mind one bit, since it's so incredibly minor, and all.

>>32053012
All tsun, no dere.
Just how I like em.

Honestly, earning her praise feels strangely good. But I look forward to the day we must do battle.

>>32052997
AFAIK he was an adventurer.
Then he enlisted in RSK army
Then he quit when offered to be the leader of a knight order in RSK and became a mercenary general for darlesia

>>32052997
Pretty sure he burnt most of them. I mean RSK tends to hire like mad so a lot of his contacts could be dead. That and Mercs tend to disband and move everywhere.

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>>32052981
Merce reacts to very particular things. She's also one of the only characters whose attitude is completely separate to her respect meter.

>>32053025
Eh, I can understand his point of view. It's just that it's always more complicated behind the screen. Most of my prep this week has been laying out my plans and trying to cram so many of them together - hence elf squire (to cram the elf character I need for a planned plotline together with the squire you guys want) and the travelling archer-warriors from Malataine (this combines a few things). It's arguably overly convenient and I'll wear the complaint but I can live with that.

>>32052997
He's been a general for a long time. Most of the mercs he fought with are dead or retired.

>>32053055
>Honestly, earning her praise feels strangely good. But I look forward to the day we must do battle.
not necessarily going to happen
her master is an altruist and her empire is about to collapse. we might not ever have to fight her

>>32053084
>Merce reacts to particular things
I noticed. I am curious if anything implying deviancy is what gets her goat, or if it was something else.

I suppose we shall see. I look forward to it.

>Respect and attitude unrelated
Pfff. That doesn't surprise me. She will probably still try and rain on our parade when we kill the Lord of Ember in one on one combat.
>So you killed a god.
>Yep
>You know he was going crazy, and way weaker then normal right?
>Yep
>Are you upset yet? Please say yes
>Nope

Oh speaking of, I wanted to ask, mate. I gave the respect level things a look, and I wasn't entirely sure what was 'highest' or whatever. Is there a max? Or do you just change it abstractly?
Just curious.

>>32052994
I am not that guy and at first I also had the same complaint. But then I thought about it and figured out it did make sense when I think about it.
I can understand his point of view on how its almost too convenient.
Part of it is also the excellent story telling so far by aspir. he has raised the bar. If this was most other quests nobody would bat an eyelash here
so really the criticism here more of a "its not as awesomely good as the rest of your work". Part of why its so cordial.

>>32053084
Well QM got to do what you got to do. I don't really mind because there is tons of good and bad coincidences in any heroes stories.

>Merce reacts to very particular things. She's also one of the only characters whose attitude is completely separate to her respect meter.

Tsun-Tsun. So Tsun it hurts.

>>32053146
The tsun, it calls to me. I want to keep our harem numbers down but... there is sooooo much tsun here.

>>32053084
>About over convenience
You know, it's probably better not to pick apart things with that thought.
I mean, there is a lot of stuff you could do that for. Way too much. Sometimes, you just gotta wave your hand and say 'it's a quest, man, things just roll that way sometimes'.

I honestly feel bad for all the prep-work small ideas like that cause you.

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>>32053134
>respect

R < -10 : Hatred
-10 <= R < 0 : Antipathy
0 <= R <= 5 : Apathy
5 < R <= 10 : Respectful
10 < R <= 20 : Highly Respectful and Supportive
20 < R <= 30 : Reverent

Attitudes aren't monitored by numbers, though.

>>32053088
>Not fighting the last of her line elf lady ever
>Not even as a sparring match
Comon anon, where is your sense of gradious? Blackwater sure had it.

>>32053084
>It's arguably overly convenient and I'll wear the complaint but I can live with that.
You should probably have put a bit more effort into disguising the entrance. Like, have them show up because we had been setting out feelers for elite archers. An extra sentence to smooth things over and acknowledge the effort the players put into trying to find guys like these.

>>32053201
Neat.
>Reverent
>Notice we don't have anyone by that just yet
Well, now I have a new goal...

>>32053191
So, I have been looking at the name votes.
Anyone else notice how radiant suddenly went from 1 to 10 votes in only a couple of minutes (last 9 votes were all for it).

Also, radiant and york are currently tied at straw poll. with total vote count of 43

Demochoice poll is still at 13 votes (it might have actually closed by now). Very interesting results on that one. united duchies starts at the lead on first round. but after eliminations ends up losing to Verum Imperium

>>32053201
Going to guess we are between -10 to -5 with her. Though now I'm paranoid about meeting the archmage face to face. We know the elf doesn't like us and being in her territory makes me paranoid.

>>32053218
I don't consider sparring as "doing battle"

>>32053265
That strawpoll went to hell a long time ago. United Duchies seemed to consistently be the top choice until long after it was obvious that samfaggotry was rampant.

>>32053265
Strawpoll is shit, man.

>>32053265
can we do contentious vote between winner of straw poll and winner of demochoice poll?

>>32053292
>That strawpoll went to hell a long time ago. United Duchies seemed to consistently be the top choice until long after it was obvious that samfaggotry was rampant.
yea, also notice just how many people voted total. A LOT more than we usually get in quest

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>>32053292
>>32053297
>>32053304
Once you guys decide on the structure of your empire I'll probably do a contentious vote between Verum Imperium, Archduchies (if applicable) and one of the empire choices (probably the York one).

>>32053247
Yeah, if I'd thought a bit I'd have fleshed out the introductory lines from Finn. I wouldn't have changed much else, though. Hindsight is 20/20, after all.

>>32053358
Do YOU have a preference for a name, mate?
Just curious.

>>32053358
I thought you were running tomorrow I mixed up the days and missed the thread, just got here. Thanks for running anyways. Was a fun read.

>>32053358
minor question: Why did you change your mind on Niers' sister, being one of our rangers anyway? You did seem a lot more enthusiastic about the idea last thread.

>>32053358
The only reason I'm arguing (sorta) against the guy who had a problem with it is because writing all this stuff out in thread in a reasonable time takes enough time as it is. Trying to pick at every little detail you don't like about something just seems like it's gonna bog stuff down, is all.

I guess I get why he didn't like it, but it's not worth raising a stink over it, especially not with the limited time these posts are created.

>>32053358
Now I"m wondering. When the foxes walked in what did they feel? I know the source but what does that feel like to them?

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>>32053383
I removed a few names I wasn't super keen on. What's left is stuff I'm not worried about using, so long as they make sense in-quest (like with the archduchies one).

>>32053413
I was?

>>32053441
Crossing that line is comparable to suddenly being teleported onto a busy manufacturing factory floor without hearing protection (I was going to use a generator room comparison but I can't remember if large turbine generators are safe to be around when on, I only vaguely recall when I visited a power plant).

>>32053477
Well that helps explaining Vads what the fuck reaction.

>>32053477
So I'm curious how all the behind the scenes work is going.
You always talk about the massive crunch behind the scenes. Is it any better yet?

You know thinking on it when we finally bond a POW to Talon I think we should fuck with mal to test our powers.

"Hey Mal do me a favor and toss a fire ball over there." While turning off evocation magic.

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>>32053541
The crunch is pretty smooth. It's actually just planning all the other events, especially pacing. Like this thread where I had to pick a bunch of things and put them together. Kind of was a bit of disaster in terms of scene transitions and wasn't exactly helped by my not being on top of my game today.

There's a lot of stuff I'm planning to happen over the next in-game year or so. Pacing is the main issue (especially because some of it will be pretty crazy if I have it all happen too closely together).

So how old is our squire in human years? Do elves age slower? How's that all work?

Also his fighting style seems familiar or maybe I'm just losing my mind

>>32053609
So Pacing is your main foe today then.

Eh, I think all things considered things are paced nicely. I mean, I haven't been disturbed or anything by it.
I am sad we couldn't host a huge 'Taour's dead, yay' feast, but hey, public order comes first.

My main goal, or at least, where I hope to steer things, is to fix public order to at LEAST Moderate on all our lands. Hopefully, civic improvement, and vampire executions (and big speeches) will help with that.

>Picking up pieces and putting them together was the hardest, not being on top of game.
Hey man, don't be too hard on yourself, I know exactly that type of pain. So many people throwing in all sorts of ideas that may or may not conflict with things in ways they can't know about, so you have to try and work it all together into something coherent.

It's not easy. One of the hardest parts of being a QM.
But I think you do it quite admirably.

>>32053477
>I was?
Two weeks ago actually, though it was brought up again last week
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31723169
You're exact reaction to the suggestion was
>That's a very good idea.

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>>32053673
There'll be an in-quest scene on that. There's a few peculiaries around elves and his sub-species in particular.

>>32053679
My pacing for the whole quest is kind of screwed, really. I'm merely trying to prevent it from getting worse.

And yeah, downtime-wise there'll be a whole lot of stuff potentially related to developing your lands. I'll be trying to intermix the management stuff with venturing out, the Termina stuff and other world events. We'll see how much I stuff it up.

>>32053693
Huh, interesting. I must have gotten my wires crossed because that's more recent than I would have expected. Essentially saying that was a mistake.

>>32053756
>Pacing for the whole Quest is screwed
Really? I quite like how things have gone. Too slow, or too fast for you, or something?
Because some of it is probably our fault too.

>>32053756
>Huh, interesting. I must have gotten my wires crossed because that's more recent than I would have expected. Essentially saying that was a mistake.
Really? Damn, was looking forward to seeing more of Neir's family. I think they're about the most requested characters for more screentime.

>>32053756
>Pacing
Eh. It's better to not dwell on it man. Call it what you want, but this shit here is still one of the best and most well written quests on tg.

>>32053832
I just want to chime in and say:
I'd kill to see this quest in video game form. There hasn't been a good 4x game with an interesting and fulfilling RPG and story elements mixed in properly in...well, ever that I can recall.

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>>32053821
I know. I need to think hard on that.

>>32053807
Too slow. We're about nine threads behind right now. (Well, only six if you include Farun.) I'm fiddling a bit behind the scenes with some of my mechanics as the slower pacing means these things can potentially happen too fast if I'm not careful (and then I need to be wary about maknig them too slow etc).

>>32053756
Hmm. Just to ask since it mainly happened in the backscenes. Just how good is that elven friend of ours magic?

>>32053821
This is true. If its feasible, I'd like to see them relatively soon, hopefully on a semi permanent basis.

>>32053871
>9 threads behind
...
Projections?
Or do you have a set schedule for how long things will take and everything?
Shit, you're an incredibly organized person dude.

I'm honestly more interested in the archmage then neirs sisters. When they show up though I imagine it will be hilarious.

>>32053871
>Slower mechanics
I imagine you mean things like world events. I get ya. I'd say go with the flow and do what feels right, but I feel like that's the least helpful I could possibly be, so I'll say:

I look forward to whatever it is, whenever it happens, at whatever speed!

There, SECOND least helpful thing I could say.

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>>32053878
He can only use combat magic and he regenerates injuries at a rate similar to a healing spell idly. More details on this next session when I do a scene about his sub-species (Daerfir).

>>32053910
Projections I formed after the first few threads so that I could roughly map out a bunch of stuff.

>>32053921
Well, depending on how organised I am this week (as a lot of stuff I'm putting off is numbers heavy among other things) you may get the Ahm visit (and Alyce) next session or the one afterwards (assuming you guys don't vote it down for some reason).

>>32053871
>I know. I need to think hard on that.
From my vague and probably inaccurate memory of medieval history, nobles fighting on for other countries wasn't that uncommon. Felix might encourage them to hang out with us for any number of political reasons.

>>32053961
Or just to gain firsthand knowledge of how our military reorganization and new equipment works and how effective it is. Espionage under the pretense of assistance is a very old trick

>>32053951
Yeah. Though I imagine fitting in FR points, Vampire, Foundry, construction, research, military and finance and Ahm would be pretty hard.

Though I'm honestly the most interested in that right now. Hah.

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>>32054082
WEll, if I wasn't organised enough to do the empire management stuff (or not in the mood) I'd probably do the Ahm stuff and have some of the decisions be retroactive in effect if necessary. Some stuff, like the vampires, isn't going away any time soon, though so it can be put off for a little bit.

>>32054122
>Ahm stuff

Thinking on it I'm honestly unsure thinking on it who we should bring with us there. I imagine Gnome would be useful but it leads to high odds of her and the elf fighting. Undine is a no. Salamander..maybe?

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>>32054231

Lynn's probably a no go unless she wants to be forthcoming about her heritage.

Vad probably can't go because of fox alliance secrecy

Mal, Felix, and Elf Squire?

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>>32054349
Gnome would be very, very unhappy if you went to Ahm without her. Undine you at least have a good reason to keep behind but Gnome doesn't (unless you can think of a good one).

Mal would want to bring along Sala mostly for reasons of pride. Ahm's the capital of magic and summoning Sala was a big achievement for him.

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>>32054416

Could you remind us whether Alyce knows we have Sala summoned or not?

>>32054349
Oh dear.

>Vad/tsucchi=fox so no
>Caitlin=dragon so no.
>Undine=source so no
>Gnome=Really really angry so maybe.
>Salamader=Well can't see much reason not to since she doesn't seem to care about the past. Though it might reveal more about us.
>Mal=Well mage so he might do well depending.
>Elf=Could be hilarious depending on how Mercie reacts to another elf.
>Felix=Why not?

That leaves Felix, A random elf, and mal with two maybes. That's not a lot of protective power to be in territory like that.

>>32054416
>Gnome really wants to go
Heh. Because of what we said, or because she wants to see old faces?

Funny how she mentioned how 'selfish' our elf friend is, I find.

>>32054455
>Bringing Felix
More like why.

He'd rather be training then come with us on a diplomatic mission.

We'll just take Gnome, Mal and Salamander. that's plenty. I'd say to bring Undine, but people seem against that for some reason.

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>>32054462
Her justification would be about needing to protect you but she would also want to see Alyce again (remember, she did just admit to you that her behaviour towards Alyce wasn't merely friendly).

>>32054450
Merce never met her and you didn't mention her but that doesn't mean Alyce won't know. You've used Sala in some very flashy ways.

>>32054497
Undine was dead and summoned by the Source. Alyce and Merce know her by sight and will also know something is up if they see her serving you.

>>32054497
>For some reason

Well because she is a undead water elemental that they where friends with and know she is dead. Which means they know we have a source the moment they see her.

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>>32054497

He's our bodyguard, he needs to guard our body against lewd elves and mages.

>>32054539
>You've used Sala in some very flashy ways.

Not that I can think of. I mean other then the Tar pits. And the burning people to death in Taour. Or the slaughtering she did that one- Come to think of it never mind.

>also want to see Alyce

Makes me paranoid now.

>>32054539
Yeah, people seem way to into keeping some stuff secret though. Everyone and their grandma must know by now that we have some sort of explosive fire magic, earth magic, and water magic by now.

I look forward to when the secret is blown.

>>32054582
Actually, Lynn is our bodyguard. Felix is just one of our Knight Order generals, or something.

>>32054539
Yeah, I remember. I wonder if everyone that summoned the elementals banged them...

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>>32054627

Our bodyguard consists of: Lynn (Head), Felix, Felix's two bros

Lynn was just the first and the best

>>32054627
>Felix
Also a bodyguard. Under Lynn actually.

>>32054608
They probably would assume mages. Till they saw Salamander and Gnome do it.

>>32054649
Wait, Felix is a bodyguard?
...
The guy that wanted to kill us for glory?

That seems like a stupid idea.

>>32054663
We keep him around so we know exactly what he is doing at all times.

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>>32054663

Felix is a cool dude and we should talk to him more to be honest

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>>32054539
So Asp. I remember you telling that griffins are rare what is our chances gettin our hands on few of them so we can have a hobbie for Talon as a breeder of those majestetic beasts.
I wonder if anyone in our court has some idea or info where we might find them.
Finding them would be an awesome side quest during some downtime

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>>32056817
Strictly speaking, griffins don't exist naturally anymore (though there may be a few spirit beasts that appear similar to them, of the sort you found travelling down to the PoP). That doesn't mean they didn't exist and they might not reappear though, but it would be a mystery as to how and when.

In other words, it's on my brain and I'm undecided as to how you might be able to have them. Whether I limit them to having to be patterns/summons or give you the ability to somehow reintroduce them or find them I don't know.

>>32050821
Man thats nice. I have never seen a picture that unexpected on 4chan I think

>>32056862
>Battlefield Control I – increases all attributes by one when fighting in a battlefield of own creation.

Just going to bring up that new PC sheet doesn't have the upgrade to 2 listed.

>>32058129
Good catch. Thanks. I've updated the latest char sheet now.

Oh, wow. I just realized that Gnome was born when Kushan was running around. Jesus she is old as fuck.

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>>32058413
that is what makes her beautiful

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>>32058413
She has experience in many matters

>>32058817
Makes me wonder how old Sylph is. Gnome is 800. Salamander is 300 and Undine is 50. So Sylph is between 799 to 301. I want to think I heard a 500 but I don't know where.

>>32059099
She also won't tell us anything about a couple dozen things. ;_;

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>>32059115
Moar ancient boobs !!!


>>32059144
which in my eyes gives more worth to her. She is pure and loyal to the core.

>>32056862
>a few spirit beasts

So clearly what we need to do is have Talon do mass amounts of hallucinogenics and we'll have our Griffon.

I think a lot of people would be behind the idea of reintroducing them into the world. Especially the breeding idea. I mean Harrowmont has that cliff behind it that would be a pretty awesome Griffon Roost. But yeah I can see the issues you might have with that if you agonized over the squire so much I can only imagine the depression and despair you would have spiraled into if we had said Nah we don't want that.

I think it would be a fun side quest thing during downtime. Look into leads from books in that library, put our ear to the ground in locales, ask some mages who might specialize in olden day creatures. It would be fun, but I'd be happy with any sort of inclusion

>>32059744
I'm thinking we could use patterns for this. Mean it's one thing to find a griffin. But figuring out how to build one is much more amazing.

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>>32060025
well am the opposite, I'd like the real thing more. For some reason the patterns dosn't give me the hard on some of us are getting. Also patterns seem to me like some kind of robots, while I imagine Talon to have a great noble and intelligent beast made of flesh and bone with a real soul.
For some reasons I imagine the difference between real griffin and a pattern griffin to be just like the difference between a pure elemental and normal elemental. So I'd rather bang Gnome than a lump of rock. But thats me

>>32060220
Patterns are just using a object as a center to make a magical summon. So they can be flesh and be built anyway needed. Robots would be more constructs. It's pretty much just a copy of elemental creation in a way.

>>32060602
At least I think so with my half dead brain.

>A shell is just the physical representation of the pattern, but it also needs to sort of match the pattern itself

Sounds to me like that.

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>>32060739
>>32060602
Yeah I get your point, also checked the bastepin, but still it leaves a bad taste in my mouth, it's my personal bias, idk why but patterns just dont feel so lifetrue to me, more like objects and an alternate for the real deal.
In the end its up to Asp. to work it out as he sees fit or there will be a poll and I will accept the result of either of them. I just really want griffins to be a thing

>>32061059
I kind of want to mix both if they are a thing. Pattern based ones can be mass produced which has uses for building corps.

I've also got an idea for mageplated constructs maybe. Though to be honest we really don't know how our mage situation looks right now. Mainly because Taour's mage situation and all.

>>32059744
>>32060025
>>32060220
I am wondering if a pattern can have the ability to reproduce. Like, create a human pattern and have real regular humans born from it reproducing rather then more patterns.

>>32062390
Theoretically I think it should be possible. Just pretty much impossible to pull off.

>>32062428
ah, the old "everything is possible with magic... just many things are impossible difficult for YOU to achieve"

>>32062465
I think it's more a case of "It's possible to solve world hunger theoretically." Now write down exactly how to do it and enact it.

Hmm. You know rereading the old threads is kind of interesting. Mainly because paying attention Aspirational pretty quickly added in the Fire/Power/Death threeway choice around the point Gnome showed up. The first decision seemed to be Fire. Then we choose life at the Fort. Then we choose fire at Blackwater.

Though I haven't really checked a good chunk there to see if there was any decisions effecting that afterwards.

>>32062821
Okay so far I think we choose.

Life/Life/Fire/Fire.

First Life was with Gnome when she asked us what we want and we said to destroy and create better life. Second life was when we choose power during the fort siege. Then right afterwards we choose fire when we choose that the scars of battle would make them stronger. Then the last one I remember if fire with blackwater.

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I think I aswell should re-read all the threads and take some notes. Been mostly reading because of my timezone, sure it runs on the weekends but I am a drunkard and usually get myself pissed in some shitty pub or a club when the thread is on.
Gotta fix that shit

>>32063468
We've chosen Water at least once in the shrine

>>32063712
>Water at least once in the shrine

Wut? Which part of the quest was this again? I'm half dead and probably forgot where this happened.

>>32063665
>drunkard

Get drunk while on the quest anon. Quests are ten times better when you're wasted.

>>32063802
When we were in that spooky area we went with the flow magically.

>>32063871
The monastery? I'll check then.

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>>32063826
sure if you want me to start speak Estonian, am pretty sure I would be unable to speak any English when am smashed.

>>32064505
>Estonian

Some random anon posting in Estonian. This sounds hilarious. I'm sure one of us would google translate your votes for you anon.

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>>32064842
hah, it sure would be hilarious, especially when you consider the fact that google translate can't actually translate Estonian correctly 90% of the time, mostly because of the 14 cases and tons of irregural words that just dosn't give fuck about the rules. Estonian is as fucked as Finnish.

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>>32062821
>>32063468
The four paths are basically:
Life/Fire
Knock-downRebuild/Power
Ruin/Death
Balance/Water

The only one you don't have any points in is Ruin and there's been 7 path decisions (maybe one less? I know there were 2 decisions that affected more than one path).

>>32059115
I'm pretty sure one of the sisters has mentioned Sylph being about 500-600. Also, Gnome popped up shortly after Kushan was dealt with and because she was the first sister she also had some development time so she wasn't active until about 1200PC (start of the Golden Age).

I won't be around for very long right now but if there's any questions then post them here and I'll either answer them later (about ten hours from now) or in a pastebin posted on Twitter.

>>32066756
We should try and get some death magic up in this bitch. that could be really fun.

>>32066756
It's interesting to me that life and fire are so connected. I'm also amused I'm missing 3 of them though I only read though half the threads.

Though just out of curiosity which has the highest number of points? Some of the options can be read two ways sometimes. Though I"m going to guess balance is pretty high considering a lot of write in options that win choose one then add some balance to it.

>>32066896
Honestly I"m more interesting in Fire/Power. Death is awesome but that combo is just godly if used right.

>>32066966
>godly
I c what u did thar u cheeky fuck

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>>32066933
The top 2 are currently tied. I won't go into more detail than that right now.

Also, I'm using fire in a creation sense which is also why Power was healing at Castle Gimbon rather than Fire/Life - Fire is more about creating than restoring.

>>32067038
I am hoping we can pull our own process out with that combo. But it also seems like a good dynamic as well as maybe helping us out with Raphael later on. Astral life might win us some points for being aligned with it's element.

>>32067121
I think it's interesting how you're doing our astral tree thingie.
Where most would lay out the upgrade branch for us, you just make it based on decisions we make.

In other quests, that is a recipe for paranoia. But you seem to make it work.
Good job.

>>32067121
I see. Another thing I was just randomly thinking about with my half dead brain. How good of a healer would Sylph be compared to Undine? If I remember right the sisters mainly explained her as a teloportation healer type. Which makes me curious if she would do any better when Talon is in his half dead states that he seems to get in every other week.

>>32067180
>that is a recipe for paranoia

We know there is a route that ends with tossing Gnome into the ground and Trying to drop Salamander into a volcano. So I"m still pretty paranoid.

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I may or may not talk to you guys again in 10 hours or so (depends if the thread is still up).

>>32067273
You'd know if you were on that one pretty quick.

>>32067250
Sylph is a better healer than Undine as she can do it on the run and to many people at once as she';s not replicating sorcery.

>>32067325
>Sylph is a better healer than Undine

Time find her and glue her to Talons back. Dear lord no wonder our Endurance shot up. For the last 3 fights baring that absurd luck with that one Talon has been near dead after each fight.

>>32067325
>You'd know if you were on that one pretty quick.
Evil Talon?
Creationist Talon?
>THE WORLD IS MINE AND I SHALL RESHAPE IT ALL IN MY IMAGE
>Talon why are you crushing your steak sandwich?
>IT WAS NOT REMADE IN THE IMAGE I FORSAW
>Do you want me to remake it?
>NO ONLY GODS MAY GRACE THEIR HANDS UPON A SANDWICH THIS FINE

>>32067432
That route honestly feels to me more like full Balance. As in nothing but balance so the elementals cause him to have a OCD seizure. Though this is just a guess on how Aspirational explained that route.

Also guys I noticed something interesting for Talons development.

Salamander has Weaponry 3, Gnome has Martial arts 3 and Our elven friend offered to teach us Elven tricks. So from the looks of it training wise we can go Bow,Hand to hand, Or weapons will ease.

>>32067432
Whats hilarious is I can see Talon later on claiming to be a god. That is once he owns about half the Continent or so. Though I couldn't see him ever getting that bad.