Rolled 2, 8, 2, 5, 3, 8, 10 = 38 (7d10)

>>41493314
I feel good about this.

Rolled 3, 1, 4, 8, 6, 7, 1 = 30 (7d10)

>>41493314

Rolled 10, 9, 4, 7, 5, 8, 8, 9, 2 = 62 (9d10)

>>41493314
[Rolling 9d10, with a +6 Bonus to his defense.]

>>41493369
so did we do well or are we a bloody splat on the wall?

Rolled 1, 3, 8, 3, 5, 9, 1 = 30 (7d10)

>>41493314
For Vastov!

>>41493369
I... think we are good, if i understand the mechanics correctly

>>41493369
[Also, target number is 7's or lower, since he's a Rank higher. So I get 10 Successes.]

>>41493350
>>41493347
>>41493391
[Best result is 7 vs 10]

He whips his axe down towards in a bolt of steel. You try to parry it, but his strength is gargantuan. The steel of your spear is pressed against your chest as the weapon bites into your arm. The plate armor bends against the attack, but fortunately, it doesn't give in to the assault.

[Plate Armor: 3 Damage Reduction -> 1 Damage Reduction. Next hit will be a partial one.]

You step back from the blow and aim your spear at him, stabbing swiftly as he slaps it away, barehanded, and laughs. "You don't stand a chance!"

Looking over the scene of the fight quickly you try to think. In a straight up fight he'll kill you, maybe in a moment, maybe in a minute, but eventually, he'll break through your armor and with his incredible martial training, you will fall.

>A) Analyze his weakness, try to find an opening (7d10, <=6, +3. Target 5)

>B) Attack again, that one was just unlucky! (7d10, <=6, +2, vs my roll)

>C) Call for Thorn
>D) Call for the Goddess
>E) Try to reach out for the magic inside of you (7d10, <=6, +??, Target ??)

>>41493507
>>A) Analyze his weakness, try to find an opening (7d10, <=6, +3. Target 5)
>>E) Try to reach out for the magic inside of you (7d10, <=6, +??, Target ??)

Rolled 6, 4, 1, 7, 5, 7, 1 = 31 (7d10)

>>41493507
>>E) Try to reach out for the magic inside of you (7d10, <=6, +??, Target ??)

>>41493507
>>A) Analyze his weakness, try to find an opening (7d10, <=6, +3. Target 5)
PLease no magic trap option you guys

Rolled 5, 7, 8, 5, 5, 8, 9 = 47 (7d10)

>>41493507
>>A) Analyze his weakness, try to find an opening (7d10, <=6, +3. Target 5)

Rolled 3, 10, 7, 5, 7, 6, 7 = 45 (7d10)

>>41493507
>E) Try to reach out for the magic inside of you (7d10, <=6, +??, Target ??)

Rolled 5, 2, 4, 10, 3, 7, 5 = 36 (7d10)

>>41493507
>>A) Analyze his weakness, try to find an opening (7d10, <=6, +3. Target 5)

Rolled 6, 8, 9, 1, 5, 4, 9 = 42 (7d10)

>>41493507
>>>E) Try to reach out for the magic inside of you (7d10, <=6, +??, Target ??)

>>41493584
>>41493566
>>41493539

You scan him up and down, trying to find a weak-point. Your eyes identify pure power and strength, and his gear appears completely normal, yet, despite that, this man is no mage, you know that for sure. He came in here somehow, and perhaps that is the key. Your eyes eventually snap, focusing on a danging delicate chain around his wrist, far too delicate for a warrior to wear as a sign of pride of strength. It is there that you will aim next.

[Make an attack roll, same as before, 7d10, <=6, +2 (Swordsmanship) +3 (Analysis Successful)]

Rolled 10, 6, 3, 6, 9, 10, 1 = 45 (7d10)

>>41493625

Rolled 2, 4, 5, 6, 2, 1, 7 = 27 (7d10)

>>41493625

Rolled 70, 58, 73, 110, 56, 21, 76 = 464 (7d110)

>>41493625
Never have I wanted 1's in my life.

Rolled 2, 10, 8, 7, 7, 3, 1 = 38 (7d10)

>>41493625

>>41493659
This is the third time in a row we've gotten seven successes.
Weird

Rolled 1, 3, 8, 2, 4, 3, 10, 8, 4 = 43 (9d10)

>>41493659
[Total: 12}

vs my Roll
(+5 now. Targeting 7 or less)

>>41493664
well...fuck me then.

>>41493688
6...
So we won that one right???

>>41493712
7, the 1 counts for 2 successes. I think we're tied.

Rolled 8, 9, 7, 2, 10, 7, 9 = 52 (7d10)

>>41493688
[12 vs 12. Ties go to the attacker.]

You stab your spear, faking a jab at his chest, which he easily parries to his left, perfectly in line with the chain. You snap the spear upwards, shattering the chain. Nearly instantly he heaves forward, his axes suddenly much heavier in his hands. The delicate chain falls to the ground and lays there, broken, hissing softly and leaking blue smoke. "What have you done, you whoreson!?!"

He drops one of the axes and picks the other one up, in both hands now, resting it against his shoulder, as if he were carrying a great weight. He then takes a swing at you!

[Roll vs my new stats! Targeting 7, +3 now.]

Rolled 7, 7, 4, 10, 6, 1, 4 = 39 (7d10)

>>41493771

Rolled 3, 8, 3, 10, 9, 9, 9 = 51 (7d10)

>>41493771

>>41493783
7
That's crazy

Rolled 3, 4, 9, 6, 4, 7, 2 = 35 (7d10)

>>41493771

I'm so glad the smart option won and the the stupid magic trap option.

>>41493878
we'll chose that later. Don't worry.

>>41493783
[Whoops, meant 6. He dropped rank from the loss of the item.]

[4 vs 7]

You swipe the axe away and he steps forward, off-balanced by the act and you plunge the spear deep into his side. He roars like a wounded beast and you feel your muscles burning suddenly. Afraid that this is a bad thing, you start to pull the spear out as a voice, this time deep and male, orders, "Think of the following, in the order I describe them. The capital, the Khazidite tribal homes, the spear in the city, and the crown. Do it now, Valorian!"

>A) Obey the voice
>B) Pull the spear out, it may be a trap.

>>41493878
Also before any one says, i'm all for the magic option, but that shit is too unreliable we need to unlock it first.

>>41493878
stfu magic would be baller and that was the way to get it

>>41493897
>>A) Obey the voice
YES MISTER SPEAR

>>41493897
>A) Obey the voice

>>41493897
>>A) Obey the voice
Its Thusk!

>>41493897
>>A) Obey the voice
sure why not.

>>41493897
>A) Obey the voice
>>41493914
no anon it wasn't, but what spear is telling us to do was.
The option was to tap into it.

>>41493930
>>41493928

Your mind flashes to the images, focusing on them hard as quickly as possible. A click, loud and heavy as if a massive lock were turned, fills the air, at least to your ears, and the spear grows light in your hands, as if it weren't there. You pull it, not out, but towards his back. The spear moves, as if moving through butter, and rends a clear line through his back. A massive space, at least ten inches deep, of just nothingness where once flesh and bone were. He gasps, spitting blood instantly as he collapses onto a knee.

You step back and find, to your amazement, a small field of twisting wind, wind that you can see, around the spear. It forms a beautiful tunnel around the spear, and around the tip it is focused to a singular point. Bjorn tries to stand up, managing to get on his feet.

Yet, you know now, that HE is the one who is overmatched.

[7d10, <=7, +2 (Swordsmanship), +3 (Analysis Successful), +3 (Sirocco Spear)]

Rolled 9, 5, 5, 5, 9, 4, 10 = 47 (7d10)

>>41494045

Rolled 10, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4 = 26 (7d10)

>>41494045

Rolled 4, 7, 1, 5, 7, 5, 2 = 31 (7d10)

>>41494045

>>41494058
>12

>>41494065
>14

>>41494072
>16

He dead.

>>41494072
[We got a Crit here! All successes! 16 base + 5 Critical]

[Can't even beat it]

You thrust the spear forward and he puts his axe in the way. It doesn't help him.

The metal of the axe is twisted and warped away in a hellish scream in an instant as it becomes absorbed into the spear. An entire axe, as long as your feet to torso, vanished in a moment. However, the spear does not stop there. It soars forward and a loud whining sound fills the air before it bursts through his now significantly thinner back. He is blasted away from it against the keep of the fortress, a gaping ugly hole where once his chest was. He didn't even have a chance to scream as his huge body falls to the ground.

A moment of shock silence is thick in the air before Thorn lets out his battle whoop again and calls out, "Valorian King! Hail Valorian King!" The same cheers fill the entire fort as you raise the spear, which quickly loses its swirling wind, it vanishes in a puff of air and returns to normal as you rest it on your shoulder.

[Valorian Vastov has ranked up to Rank 3. Your new target number for all rolls is 7 or less. He gains 20 Experience and his first Heroic Ability, as well as the ability to use Energy.]

[Energy is built during combat. Your standard attack, determined at this time, builds energy. You may spend Energy on Heroic Abilities. You get 1 Personal Heroic Ability for single combat, and 1 for Army Combat.]

[What should we spend our Experience on? Respond with suggestions. Options include:

1) Learning a new skill
2) Improving current skills
3) Increasing stats (which increase the number of dice we roll)]

>>41494045
Won this 1 on 1 and we possibly learned how to use one of the effects of the spear. Nice.

With the lost battle and the loss of their commander, enemy should have shit moral.

http://www.komquest.net/
Here's the website, for those who want to check stats and shit.

>>41494243
>2) Improving current skills

>>41494243
If we spend it to improve a current skill, can we improve arcane or would that be a new skill?

>>41494243
>1) Learning a new skill

>>41494243
>1) Learning a new skill
lets see our option first.

>>41494243
>3) Increasing stats (which increase the number of dice we roll)]
Body

>>41494326
[That is a new skill, and we that we cannot just train at will.]

>>41494340
>>41494338
[We can, for example, learn Spear Training which would improve our fighting ability, as well as grant us extra cool stuff with spears, (not magic stuff, just combat maneuvers and shit)]

>>41494343
This vote to
>>41494356
Spear training

>>41494356
Spear training it is, i have already forsaken any other weapons for the MC the rest of the weapons shall be used as loot for our heroes.
>>41494340
is me

>>41494356
SPEARS!

>>41494400
might want to have swords be our secondary anon.

>>41494356
you said rank 6 and above are considered gods right?

>>41494243
>1) Learning a new skill

>>41494461
[8 is Gods, We're now 3. Thorn is 4. Followers are 2, non-combatants are 1.]

[Alright, going to increase Body by 1, Cost 8 Points. Then buy Spear Training to 4, which costs 10. That leaves us 2 points, which we can save, or we can spin the roulette and get a Perk or a Flaw, based on our actions since we last leveled (IE, since we started the quest.)]

>>41494356
How long would it take to get trained in spears the normal way, by having a warrior who uses spears teach us?
>>41494400
>forsaken any other weapon for the MC
Now, now, anon, the windcutter spear is fun for sure, but it's not exactly an AoE pubstomper, don't say things youcould regret.
The sword could be very useful against crowds of weaker enemies, for instance, we just need to learn how to use it.

>>41494496
i'd roll if anons wanted to

>>41494496
WHEEL
OF
FORTUNE!

>>41494356
Will there be anymore war stuff or will we go back to empire building?
>>41494496
bank it.

>>41494496
save it.

>>41494496
I thought you would give us options? And their costs.
What does the spear training unlock?

>>41494552
I assume whether or not we get more war stuff depends on how we decide to build our empire.

>>41494592
i was talking about since we killed the enemy leader will we need to play the part where we chase away the enemy army.

>>41494588
Might be good to put a "Levelups" section on the sight with the available options, maybe? Or somethig so OP doesn't have to type everything out.
Well, either that or we can just suggest stuff like this and wing it.

>>41494496
WHEEEEL
OFFF
FORTUNE

>>41494496
might want to add a section about leveling up on the webpage later on.

>>41494496
Shit deleted my vote accidentally.
Save it, I don't recall any act thatd give superb perks atm, and we need more basis things like stats first.
Might be best to wait until we unlock our magi to get a perk.

>>41494552
[Oh we have more war. Though not as much as you may think.]
>>41494497
[1 Week at minimum to see any improvement. Not the whole week, just regular training will bump us from 0 to 1. Then the week cost goes up, 2 weeks to get from 1->2. Etc, and we have to find a master who is qualified.]

>>41494564
>>41494561
>>41494533
[Conservative bunch. Very well, the 2 points are banked. I will note it on the sheet.]

>>41494588
[I will give you options for Heroic Abilities. Select one from each category.]

[Personal Heroic Abilities:

>A) [2 Energy] Parry of Kings: Negate the next Round of attacks, regardless of their rolls.
>B) [4 Energy] Analytical Mind: Instantly gain the "Analysis Successful" benefit against all combatants you face.
>C) [6 Energy] Vastovan Ancestral Might: You gain +1 to Body, Mind, and Spirit. Additionally, you enjoy a +3 Bonus to all Rolls during this combat Scene, which decreases by 1 each Round. When the bonus vanishes, the bonus to Body, Mind, and Spirit also disappears.]


[Army Heroic Abilities:

>1) [3 Energy] Charge Through!: All Cavalry Units in your army gain their Charge bonus during this round.
>2) [5 Energy] As I Stand, Do Not Falter: During this Round, all Units in your army become Fearless.
>3) [7 Energy] Surgical Strikes: Instead of comparing CAV vs CDV, you may assign specific units to attack specific units of the enemy, and determine the order they receive damage.]

>>41494670
>>41494637
[I will do so!]

>>41494728
>>B) [4 Energy] Analytical Mind: Instantly gain the "Analysis Successful" benefit against all combatants you face.
2

>>41494728
>B) [4 Energy] Analytical Mind: Instantly gain the "Analysis Successful" benefit against all combatants you face.
way too good.
Invaluable
>2) [5 Energy] As I Stand, Do Not Falter: During this Round, all Units in your army become Fearless.
fantastic espcilly when fighting larger forces.

>>41494728
>>2) [5 Energy] As I Stand, Do Not Falter: During this Round, all Units in your army become Fearless

>B) [4 Energy] Analytical Mind: Instantly gain the "Analysis Successful" benefit against all combatants you face

>>41494728
>A) [2 Energy] Parry of Kings: Negate the next Round of attacks, regardless of their rolls.
>2) [5 Energy] As I Stand, Do Not Falter: During this Round, all Units in your army become Fearless.

>>41494637
Also a section for updates on the site, so we know what to check.
>I updated oour stats!
>I updated the map!
>I added a new follower!
>X's loyalty leveled up, I unlocked more of his skills!
>>41494728
>A
Let's go for something a bit smaller for now, this has a definite benefit every time. Next best thing is B, C would take a long time to build up, and we might fail parry rolls with it anyway, while A and B givebsure successes.
>2
Fearless is good.

>>41494820
>>41494807
>>41494797

[Very unanimous. We're going with Analytical Mind and As I stand, Do Not Falter. Adding to sheet now.]

>>41494836
[Excellent idea, updates section is a will-do starting tomorrow when I'm at the office.]

Your soldiers move the body of the now-dead Zestreid king away and finish repairing the door. You feel a deep exhaustion within you, nearly to the point of collapse, as Thorn supports you. "Sire, such magic was incredible. However, you do not appear to be a mage, and I would advise you rest as best you can." You nod, thanking him as he puts you atop your horse and you slump over, but give the impression of being ready and waiting for the enemy army.

Your scouts, ten minutes later, call, "Sire, they approach!" You quickly dismount, feeling a bit better, and get up to the ramparts. There, in the distance, you can see a vast grey and black horde of men, each of them as large and mean looking as their friends, strolling towards you to an ominous war drum.

A messenger of theirs comes forward, but turns around quickly at seeing your soldiers still on the walls, he was apparently scouting under a messenger's banner. Their army starts getting close and your archers begin to fire upon them. And then, something happens.

A high-pitched, definitely feminine, laugh, fills the air and all can hear it.. From each of the men's mouths a black miasma is pulled from their mouths, up into the air. The giants who pull the Volfebuss fall over from the sudden loss. The collective miasma forms a great black mass and then drifts away over the sea, before vanishing into the distance, and with it the laughter.

The Zestreid warriors are now no larger than your soldiers. Their giants who pulled the Volfebuss can no longer even budge them, and it takes nearly twenty of them, in tandem, to even make the massive things budge forward. Their strength has been robbed from them, and many of them can no longer hold the armor and weapons they once carried.

(cont)

>>41494991

Your Khazidite Raiders laugh uproariously, "As if we would spare them at this point! Let us out, sire King, and we shall show them the grave with all haste." Elsabeth frowns and shakes her head, "Please, sire, they are no more willing to fight than your people in these lands, imprison and punish them, but do not engage in wholesale slaughter, please."

Thorn laughs, twirling his knives in his hands, such that they form black whirlwinds from the speed as he tosses them, then lowers his war mask, "Look at all those delightful bodies ripe for the slaughter! If you wish it, King, I will lay them low!"

>A) They deserve no quarter, kill them all
>B) Take them prisoner, be the bigger man

>>41495042
>>A) They deserve no quarter, kill them all
No peace for the sea cunts

>>41494991
so thats what happens if you fail
>>41495042
>B) Take them prisoner, be the bigger man
her.
These niggas are now slave.

>>41495042
>>A) They deserve no quarter, kill them all
"Mercy? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH kill them all"

>>41495042
Decimate them, roman style

>>41495042
>>A) They deserve no quarter, kill them all
They would have done the same to us

>>41495074
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_%28Roman_army%29
>A cohort (roughly 480 soldiers) selected for punishment by decimation was divided into groups of ten; each group drew lots (sortition), and the soldier on whom the lot fell was executed by his nine comrades, often by stoning or clubbing. The remaining soldiers were often given rations of barley instead of wheat (the latter being the standard soldier's diet) for a few days, and required to camp outside the fortified security of the marching camp.[3]

>>41495042
Would be nice labor force, but the goddess would not be happy about us not killing them.
Decisions, decisions...
I wonder if gods are bound to their word, she DID say we would be favored if we won, regardless of if it was in a way that's pleasing to her or not.

>>41495042
>A) They deserve no quarter, kill them all
They seized what is rightfully our land, failed in their duties as liege lords, and have spent the last several decades raping and pillaging across our lands. The punishment for their crimes in every corner of the world is death.

>>41495042
>B) Take them prisoner, be the bigger man
But can they hold picks, for the mines? And working the farms. And general labour.

>>41495116
We aren't going to worship her, at least not exclusively, she is way to inflexible and unreliable

>>41495116
We're not worshiping this goddess, we're going to tell her to fuck herself once it's all said and done.

>>41495136
Could give them a life sentence and make them work the mine that they had the people here working in.
Also I don't think this was ever our land.

>>41495164
lets not piss her off ok anon.

>>41495166
Nigga you is dumb the entire reason we are fighting is because this was our land

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>>41495166
Nah, it was. Check the map. All of Lost Vastov is rightfully ours.

>>41495136
You say that like death is a better punishment than life long hard labor. Increasing production of wealth and resources.

Sp guys what should we do with the pit they have been making slaves dig?
Should we change it into a prison where they continue to keep digging?

>>41495074
>>41495073
>>41495064

"This is no group of innocents, they are slavers and murders. We will show no mercy! Open the gates, we will deliver them death!" The repaired gates are flung open and your army surges forth, not disordered, but as a unified body.

In short term your army rushes forth, a mass of steel and courage, against their already wavering, and now instantly panicking army. Many die in the attempt to gather them, and those that finally do surrender are divided into groups, and decimated. Now, only three hundred Zestreid raiders stand before you, their weapons bloodied from the essence of their kin.

You address them from horseback, "You are murders, thieves, and cowards of the worst sort, Flying a white flag when your strength leaves, and expecting mercy? Pathetic." One of the men, the last leader of them, raises his hands, "Please, sire, mercy. We have done such dark things, today, I slew two of my cousins at your mercy, please, allow us life. We shall work, we shall toil and struggle for you, but please, let us keep our lives."

There are three hundred left, a mere fraction of your force, their deaths would be nearly instant.

>A) Kill the last 300, no Zestreid may live another day.
>B) They have suffered enough, and the punishment was dire. With their goddess' blessing gone, they are a force without teeth. Put them to hard work.

>>41495155
>>41495164
Sure, I'm not telling to worship her, but keeping at least a cordially pleasant relationship, pleasing her whem it's not inconvenient for us and the such.
Regardless, too good of a labor force, I'll say.
>>41495042
>Kill half, give the other half life sentence in mines
They can draw lot or we can just approximate, or toss up a coin for who djes.

>>41495211
>>B) They have suffered enough, and the punishment was dire. With their goddess' blessing gone, they are a force without teeth. Put them to hard work.

>>41495211
>B) They have suffered enough, and the punishment was dire. With their goddess' blessing gone, they are a force without teeth. Put them to hard work.

>>41495211
>B) They have suffered enough, and the punishment was dire. With their goddess' blessing gone, they are a force without teeth. Put them to hard work.

>>41495211
>B) They have suffered enough, and the punishment was dire. With their goddess' blessing gone, they are a force without teeth. Put them to hard work.

>>41495211
>>A) Kill the last 300, no Zestreid may live another day.

>>41495211
>B
Do you give votes that come in sooner priority? You might want to extend the voting period a bit if you're just going off of majority.

>>41495236
why am I the only one who wants to see the job through? Anon's I am disappointed.

>>41495262
Nigga we kill 6000 of them. These are the people that survived the decimateing. They can live

>>41495262
because free labor is well free. We hand them off to the duchess, and have her work these men till death. Increasing our own wealth, because taxes.

>>41495211
can we turn their pit into a prison where they keep digging?
Can we name the pit Furnace, or Hell?
I can see it where all criminals are sent to the pit for lengths of times.

>>41495211
Actually, we already killed hundreds, might as well.
Changing >>41495246 to
>A
How many of them have we killed so far? If more than 600, then I say finish it I guess.

>>41495262
We are russians, not mongols

>>41495296
There were 6 thousand men here. Now their is only 300

>>41495235
>>41495234
>>41495233

"Though you do not deserve life, I shall grant it. You are hereby sentenced by the Crown of Vastov to a life of hard labor." Your men quickly tie them in ropes and march them towards Hoogstrad.

[Shall we skip the next few days, or do you want to handle the minutia over the next thread?]

>A) Skip a few days
>B) Let's go through every step.

>>41495246
[I try to do majority, but in the case of a tie I pick by priority. I'll slow down my response times a bit to allow more votes.]

>>41495295
The pit is already a prison, they kept their slaves there to work, now they will be the ones to work there. I can see it becoming our empire's designated prison for srrious criminals, at least for a couple months as a taste of the hard life.
Call it the Pit of Regret of Pit of Atonement.

>>41495327
>>A) Skip a few days

>>41495327
>>A) Skip a few days
The burning and razing of hoogstrad should be where we start up.

>>41495327
>>A) Skip a few days

>>41495327
>A) Skip a few days
>>41495341
my thoughts exactly lets just send most of the criminals there.

>>41495327
>>A) Skip a few days

>>41495344
its poor economics to raze cities which we have conquered

>>41495327
>Let's go through the steps!
I want control of how we do things.
hoogstrad can become a regional and administrative center under our control, as well as a military base, possibly naval too.

Quetion, so did we counter just essland, or the Western Raider Lands on the shore as well?

>>41495344
>burning a perfectly good coastal/fishing city.
Nigga that shit prints money.

>>41495344
why..?These are our lands.
We plan on holding on to them. Not just pillaging and shit.

>>41495393
Just our lost lands, if you look at the map this guy made a new city.

>>41495344
Why the fuck would you want to raze a perfectly good city?
Nigga that's dumb, just fuck up some of their cultural shit and then use the city as our own.

>>41495379
Fine.

>>41495400
Can we at least decimate the majority of the population and mount their heads on pikes creating a forest of severed heads?

>>41495415
I was under the impression that it was filled with raider scum.


Why am I the Khorn aspect of our hivemind?

>>41495440
They are raider scum. But now they are weak, forsaken by their goddess, an they are OUR raider scum. They are men, and we are the King of Men!

>>41495483
IF we must have them, then they better be worth the resources to turn em into something worth having.

>>41495440
The ones in the city are likely noncombatants.
I say have the civilians work for us, and if the city guard surrender then have them work the Pit as well.

>>41495344
>>41495353
>>41495344

Resistance falls quickly in and around Hoogstrad. The people in the city are overjoyed to see the defeat of the warrior upper-class that spit on all other members of the society. Your soldiers free the peasant workers trapped in the Void, and you place the newly prisoner Zestreid in the pit. After all is said and done in Hoogstrad, six hundred Zestraid sit in the pit, trapped and awaiting the order to begin their labor.

You dispatch scouts who return with news that what is marked as Western Sea Raider lands to the west of Hoogstrad is largely abandoned. A few cells of guards, but not much else, occupy the dying land. However, they report, the soil is still tillable, and with time and attention, it can yield beautiful bounties of rich crops, as it is enriched by ash from the massive fires that took place here years ago.

And, such as it was, the war against the Zestreid ended. For, under duress and willingly, they all disclosed the same story. Though their kind came here across the sea, it was many many years ago, and none of their blood remain over the seas. You have reduced the entire Zestreid warrior class to six hundred men. The women and non-combatants do not share the same lust for blood as their warrior kin, and are nearly a different race of entirely normal people, same as yours.

When you go to the dungeons of the capital, however, it is with great sadness that you see the body of a creature made of living breathing stone. The last Earthfolk, afloat in a pool of its own golden blood. However, your mages reach him quickly, and manage to stabilize him, though he is unable to act as he recovers.

[Holdings gained: Lost Vastov, Vastov Minor, and Western Raiders Lands.]

[Population increased from Above-Average to Great.]

(cont)

>>41495509
I'm all for a purge, a decimation

Mow that I look at the map, it's a shame I wasn't awake for the negotiation with the grandmaster, I would have suggeted giving the northest coastline of Vastov Minor to the Order so we have a straighter border, as a "gift of gratitude for their help". Could've given us a better relationship with them.
Also they are dirty fuckers, our father worked hard to have them not consider us heretics and yet they already "helped" our brothers without telling us.

>>41495523
[New stat in Ledger to be added- Imperium. With the acquisition of so much land and potential power, Vastov is no longer a mere kingdom, but an Empire, should you wish it. Regardless of your decision, the eyes of the world are now turning upon you. The Order, now firmly aware of your presence, is beginning to look towards its own borders in fear of your army rolling across it. The Centaur Warbands, formerly a dire threat, now are awed by your size, and no longer demand a tribute. Other nations and forces around the world are beginning to take notice, and as your Imperium Rating grows, more friends and enemies will become available.]


[Would you like to rename Vastov to the Vastovan Empire and become an Emperor, or would you like to remain a Kingdom, keeping your head low for the moment, and claim Emperor status further down the road?]

>A) Become an Empire, with all the ups and downs
>B) Remain a Kingdom, Great Vastov is reunited once more.

>>41495557
>>B) Remain a Kingdom, Great Vastov is reunited once more.
When we have the centaurs and the Fey with us then we can proclaim ourselves a emperor.

>>41495523
damn we really need some nobles to turn into counts with all dat land.
>>41495555
they were planning to kill us and our father.
>>41495557
>B) Remain a Kingdom, Great Vastov is reunited once more.
we aren't big enough yet.

>>41495557
>>B) Remain a Kingdom, Great Vastov is reunited once more.
We aren't that big nigga

>>41495557
did you update the website with all the new info this kingdom brings to us?

>>41495575
We need to marry that queen and get all those sweet juicy nobles she has

Who here thinks we should deal with the mountain demons?

>>41495618
No thanks brah I want to marry that QT3.14 queen before any of that shit

>>41495618
that can wait, maybe to be used as olive branch to the Order while killing demons.

ALSO FEY WIFE OR BUST!

>>41495618
Diplomacy first

We have to deal with La Faresse and ally with them before the Order attacks

>>41495582
>>41495575
>>41495569

Politely, you tell the historian who pouts a bit at the response, the term Emperor will have to wait until another time. He writes down your descriptions of the events and gives them the..."favorable spin" that it will need to really reach the ears and hearts of those who read it.

A pair of guards bring forth a Mage, one of the few in the city, who claims that with enough time and most importantly, resources and mages, he can create a portal that would allow transit between Hoogstad and Cernorian. It will take him a month, he claims, but the end result will be very worth it.

>A) Accept
>B) Decline

>>41495603
[Good lord no, I'm gonna be doing that much of tomorrow. I'll post on twitter what I change and do. For now, just the Imperium Rating is added. There's a lot of numbers and stats to be changed.]

[Ralero has taken care of our weekly commands in Vastov, not knowing that there is a whole new set of weekly orders that we will handle next quest.]

[After I get the responses to this one, I'm closing down the run for tonight, but opening up Q/A and post-thread discussion.]

>>41495557
>>B) Remain a Kingdom, Great Vastov is reunited once more.
No reason to stir up trouble. Have the duchess, make these land start producing. She has 600 men as her disposal, to till and mine. We best be getting a huge increase in resources and income.
I think we should send Catherine Russovi into the centuar lands. They at least respect us not to demand tribute. And we have a diplomat there already. So things should turn out well.

>>41495628
really?
That shit sounds like a ticking time bomb.
>>41495557
>>41495644
Did we get any good loot?

>>41495557
>A) Become an Empire, with all the ups and downs
Imperium Vastovum is go.

>>41495638
We've been over this, no

>>41495557
B
We ain't a super big boy yet. we jist took back what is ours, when/if we conquer others, then we can be an empire.
I'd love to visit La Fayette and be perfectly respectful and humble even as we now hold a kingdom thrice their size.

We need to visit the Centaurs later on, get a good relationship going, find out about their neighbours, gain traditions, etc..
Maybe get the Seelie as a vassal state since they don't care all that much for reality? Just an alliance might be fine, though.

Cool shit.

>>41495644
>A) Accept

>>41495644
>A) Accept

>>41495644
>>A) Accept
>>41495660
it could be a tryst and hell who knows...maybe if our great kingdom falls again we have the knowledge that a blood line of ours survives ready to take the lands and make them great again.

>>41495644
>>A) Accept

>>41495644
>A) Accept

>>41495644
>>A) Accept

>>41495644
are you gonna keep running or is this the last post?
Also next thread when?

>>41495644
>>A) Accept

I was going to say build a road there, but this is much better for trade and diplomatic missions.

>>41495644
Actually no, changing >>41495686 to
>Decline
We can just get communications up and rule that way, a portal, if it can't be close, is too dangerous.

>>41495702
should still build a road for trade.

>>41495698
Read, nigga
>[After I get the responses to this one, I'm closing down the run for tonight, but opening up Q/A and post-thread discussion.]

>>41495702
We should still build a road to diffuse whatever we transport to Hoogstad into the rest of the lands around it

>>41495683
>>41495681
>>41495678
>>41495677

Though resources are thin in these lands, you tell the mage that he may have whatever he needs to order from the homeland to make this a reality. He thanks you and starts to fill out orders, which you tell him to pass along to various messengers and courtiers. The count, at the end of his notes, stands at 3 and one half weeks since you have so much magical infrastructure in Vastov.

>>41495698
[I'm done running for tonight. As usual, my thanks to everyone for playing. Please sign up for the twitter for updates, I post there first, and to the ask.fm to keep me entertained and keep your excellent questions answers while I'm at work. I'll archive this one, and I'll hang around for a bit to answer questions. Starting with this one.]

[I think I'll run the next thread either Tuesday or Wednesday, but keep your eyes on the birdie, I'll let you know there first.]

>>41495656
[Loot will be added to the Treasures section of the site.]

[Open Q&A is on!]

All in favor of renaming the city Valoria?

>>41495702
Actually, a road would be better, I think.
A portal could imply that this is like a secon capital, when really, it should be Vastov Minor that has the second capital.

>>41495743
Eh...
>>41495735
What's the name of the city in Vastov Minor?
Is it possible to cross the mountains between Vastov Minor and the mainland, or would we need to tunnel through them?
Portal might be better there in the north imo, as this place is reached easier on foot.

>>41495735
So is the raider culture changed for the better? How much can we reasonably change their culture to benefit the kingdom.

>>41495735
what did our loyal servant do while we were away?
Also how much time has passed?

>>41495745
Thats already an autonomous Duchy its just poor planning to give it too much authority

>>41495735
Was the voice we when fighting the king from the spear or from the god?

What administrative differences are there when we are a empire and not a kingdom?

>>41495735
your time zone?

>>41495799
EST I think.
>>41495735
Are these trade/travel routes(in blue) doable? As in, do we have a coastline in the south of the mainland?
In the future we could do trade with centaurs too if we get a good enough relationship, of course, but that's in the future.
I wanna get a small navy going at least.

>>41495735
>>41495735
I hate to ask since the website is already so great, but is there any chance that we could get a better map? Is there a brave anon who could get to work on that?

>>41495853
I suppose I could give it a try, but I'm busy until until Friday.

>>41495853
hope to god it won't be a hex map.
They are usually shit.

>>41495784
[We will find out when we return to the capital. About a week has past since we made it through the mountains.]

>>41495773
[The cultural issue was the warrior class, which we frankly decimated. The non-warriors have a culture remarkably like ours, since they adapted to the native population's.]

>>41495767
[The capital city of Vastov Minor is Alesvi. Crossing the mountains is possible, we did it after all, but carts are going to have a rough time of it. Tunneling would be the easier option.]

>>41495787
[We cannot say where the voice came from, only that it came unbidden. Administratively, the rank below us becomes Dukes/Duchesses, who own Counts, who own Barons. As opposed to starting the rank beneath us at Counts. They own more land and are more independent.]

>>41495799
[EST]

>>41495828
[We absolutely can start doing trade. Shipyards will need to be maintained and sailors trained, though the people of our new lands can help with that.]

>>41495853
[Never fear, loyal reader, for the map will be improved! I would have worked on it this weekend, were it not for my business, and I will endeavor to have it much better come the next run.]

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>>41495828
>>41495873
forgot to upload pic kek

>>41495887
[The Hoogland-Vastov South land is not going to cut it, but it could easily go through centaur lands. Also, the Vastov Minor-Anevsky is blocked by mountains. Let's review trade routes again when I refurbish the map.]

>>41495903
how many times can we fix the roads?
Do roads need to be maintained?

>>41495903
I'm thinking, if I'm imagining things right, build a shared city right on the coast in the centaur lands near our border and use it for diplomacy and trade.
But you're right, let's wait for the reviewed map.

>>41495929
anon that would be where the khazador city would be.

>>41495924
[At a certain point they need to be maintained and will drain from our resources. They can be upgraded to Roads V, which are cobbled, tolled, and patrolled roads that reduce corruption hugely, increase trade, and decrease travel time. The next step is Sorcerous Roads, which have an swift-foot enchantment on them that allows for truly rapid transit, but that's quite a hefty order. The day may yet come.]

>>41495929
[That is possible!]

>>41495948
What is the Pit, anyway? Is it a mine? Why did they make it?

>>41495948
wouldn't that city be basically be a khazdor city?
Also i remember you saying their villages were near the mountains so we would need to upgrade a village.

>>41495948
Will there be options about the pit next session?
Thoughts on todays session?
Sexy water goddess thoughts on us?

>>41495984
The Khazadite area is not on the coast, anon.

>>41496006
check the map again
Also i might be wrong, but didn't they say that their people came by boat?.

>>41495984
[It could be, the Khazidites would be interested in such a thing. And it would go a long way to showing support in their being part of the nation. But it would have to be stretched a bit further south than their current lands.]

>>41495977
[From your observations, it's just a huge hole. Not even a mine, as there are no signs of using much of the ore, outside of iron, though there is quite a bit of silver laying around. The purpose, from a glance, appears to be digging for digging's sake.]

>>41495997
[We can certainly investigate it! Today's session went great. When everyone decided to go toe to toe with Bjorn, I thought us guaranteed dead. Thorn was "supposed" to fight him. The Goddess is very pleased with your vicious and dominant military strategy. You have not heard from her for the last time.]

[And with that I gotta close it up for me. I'll read what's posted here after I leave, if anything, or if you wanna make sure it's seen, post to the ask. Anyway, thanks again for the game, you guys, good night!]

>>41495948
Are gods known to just talk to mortals like what happened today with presumably the water goddess of bloodshed.
>>41496034
QM said the sea trade route can't work from our lands, hence I believe that we have no sea coast there, otherwise I don't see what the problem would be in building a city there.

>>41496043
night

>>41496043
We shall fuck and marry that goddess.
Fuck fucking a fae wife, lets just get a god wife.

>>41496090
B-but, I don't want to marry a sadist...

>>41496105
goddess waifu shall win.
End game would be becoming a god or convincing her to make a mortal form to spend time with us.
Its been proven that an S can easily become an M anon.

>>41496105
Just do it.
You know what happened to Cuchulain when he refused the Morrigan?
Yeah.

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>>41496130
>tfw we change a whole domain of a god and her religion with our dick
We could just marry the goddess of simple agricultural life, you know or keep her as a mistress.

>>41496161
Hopefully we can keep this thread alive for Tuesday/Wednesday.
Reminder only bump if we are on pages 8-9.

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>>41496187
What would this whole knew domain be about?

>>41498018
Let this be a lesson to any women thinking about breast enhancement. Don't cheap out, spend a little extra so that they look good.

>>41496130
>>41496187
Sorry lads but I doubt there will be smut in this quest, if that's what you were looking forward to.
>>41498018
Love
And sexual submission

>>41498273
Don't know about you but literal son of a god sounds like Right to rule if there ever was one.