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You are Jareth, Disciple of Elshhu, and currently killing time. You think you've earned it considering that you've probably done more fighting in the past week than you've done in months before. Well, it makes for a nice change of pace, and you'd swear the mana's flowing a bit easier from all the workouts.

“So I'm gonna need to get back to the chapterhouse, before there's too many questions,” Hilda frowns, the powerful dwarf rolling her shoulder as she stretches.

“Fair enough, wouldn't want to get you in any more trouble,” you smirk, as the two of you step back out into the cool streets. It's definitely deserted now, the only sound being the faraway and muffled noises of partying over on Grail Street, which will keep going until the sun's up, as you recall all too well.

“So listen, the Sisterhood might hate your guts, but they don't have a very long memory. You keep your head down and they'll stop looking for you in a month or so when someone else steps on their toes,” Hilda explains, stuffing her hands in her pockets as she walks along the street next to you.

“Even Skayra?”

“Oh yeah, no, she'll remember the shit you and Rihara pulled forever, but she won't be sending out people to look for you at any rate.”

Speaking of Rihara, you still haven't asked Hilda about getting Rihara's stuff out of the chapterhouse for you. While your sister isn't acting all that bothered about it, you suspect it's annoying her more than she's letting on.

>Ask about Rihara's stuff
>Not right now
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[Mana: 52/52]

Due to added flexibility in your mana use, you can now add an additional ability, when you have some free time to do so.

>>41745471
>Twitter:
https://twitter.com/BrightTegu
>Archive:
>http://pastebin.com/TrD5P340
>Ask
http://ask.fm/BrightTegu
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>>41745471
>>Ask about Rihara's stuff
I mean, we might as well.
>>41745486
>you can now add an additional ability
Will we get a list, or will we have to suggest stuff?
You should probably give examples of such abilities when the time comes, you know how anon is.
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>>41745486
Nice
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>>41745471
>>Ask about Rihara's stuff

I have free time now, QM.
>inb4 we spend it all on increased girth
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>>41745471
>Ask about Rihara's stuff
>>41745486
Haste or celerity would be nice.
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>>41745471
>Ask about Rihara's stuff
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>>41745471
>Not right now
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>>41745471
>>Ask about Rihara's stuff
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Okay, asking about Rihara's stuff wins.

Writing.

The upgrade selection will come a bit later on, since Jareth needs an hour or two to work out all the finer details, feel free to keep tossing out ideas in the meantime though, if they're reasonable I'll add them to the list.
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Mention our temple could use a little touching up, if we happen to find some tools, we could put in a good word for her.

Sisterhood just doesnt seem her
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>>41745798
Well, if you're fishing for ideas, I can do that, but can you tell us what sort of abilities we DO already have? Just for reference and to get an idea on what they're like, what you consider an "ability" and such.
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>>41745869
So far Jareth can use his mana to enhance his strength, agility and overall unarmed combat skills. He can also use it to make himself more charming and personable, and has the basics of healing down.

Honestly abilities can be just about anything, except that obvious one cannot jump straight from one thing to something completely different, so they should be at least somewhat related to existing abilities. It's more like expanding upon what you know and testing out new ways of using it, or just getting more efficient and powerful at what you can already do.
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“Hilda, do you know what happened to Rihara's stuff after she left the sisterhood?”

Hilda frowns, looking up at you.

“Her stuff? She had two changes of clothes, some gold, and an old journal. The gold's gone, but the other stuff's still there, Cormiza tried looking at the journal, but Rihara must've gotten it warded somewhere, because it knocked her out cold when she tried breaking the latch.”

Sounds like your sister's diary, you can't believe she's still carrying that thing around. Of course when you were little she didn't exactly have access to wards, so she just threatened horrible violence upon those who dared to touch it, and followed through on those threats too on a couple of occasions.

“You think you could get it back for me without getting yourself in trouble?”

“Yeah, sure, I mean it's probably just going to get thrown away anyway. Not tonight though, if I go in, grab it and go back out again, people are going to wonder what's going on,” Hilda replies, as the two of you round a corner.

“Good girl,” you grin, putting a hand on her head, the powerfully built dwarf flushing deeply.

“Not now, damn it, especially not when we're being followed,” Hilda mutters.

“You noticed that too, huh?”

“Of course I did, fucking amateurish.”

“You think it's the sisterhood?” you ask, as you count the footsteps, four... no wait, five of them, yeah, you may not have enhanced senses, but damn they're bad at this.

“If it was the sisterhood, they'd already be attacking us, so no.”

Well, sounds like you've got five people following you of unknown origins, the question is how you want to deal with it.

>Ignore them, just keep going
>Turn around and confront them
>Outrun them
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>>41745894
can it be an aura that enhances our allies? we're the party leader after all.
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>>41745806
Oops, sorry anon, missed your post there. I'll bring it up later.
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>>41745937
>>Turn around and confront them
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>>41745946
Sure, you could probably work something like that out, it won't start out as a particularly large aura though to start with, since projecting his powers like that is still new to Jareth.
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>>41745937
>you may not have enhanced senses
let's fix that. perception is and always has been OP.
>Ignore them, just keep going
split up. have Hilda abscond. if word get out that we fought side-by-side with a dwarven Sister, someone who was there when we kissed Hilda mid-fight will probably connect the dots.
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>>41745937
> double back around behind them
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>>41745937
>Casually walk, turn corner, disappear from followers, confront them from their backs.
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>>41746011
>>41746046
Looks like this wins.

Writing.
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>>41745894
How about enhanced reflexes/sense? If cast prior to action, it would help react, and also help inspect stuff, see through deceit, see intent from body language, etc.
Or maybe slight "telekinesis" by projecting our magical strength or whatever outside of our body a bit, maybe help keep our throws more accurate by manipulating them mid-air?
Or maybe just infusing melee weapons, projectiles, and other objects with our magic better, for easier use or even limited manipulation for a while after infusal.

>>41745937
Ah, nice, you just mentioned enhanced senses too.
>Keep going until we turn a corner, get on the roof, and ambush from above.
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>>41746002
>have Hilda abscond
I support this, we don't want her to get into trouble.
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Okay, since a couple of people have brought it up, do you want to do this alone and tell Hilda to abscond in case she gets noticed fighting alongside you, or keep her around to help.

>Hilda Abscond
>Power of Teamwork
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>>41746119
>>Power of Teamwork
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>>41746119
>Hilda Abscond
We have enough mana just in case we get stuck in a sticky situation.
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>>41746119
>Power of Teamwork
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>>41746119
>>Hilda Abscond
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>>41746119
Hmm, while 4 of those people seem like scrubs, the spooky one seems like he could be trouble, and we did just get full on mana, would be a shame to waste, but then again if we let these guys go Hilda could get in trouble IF Skayra actually gave a shit about what some random mooks say about her girls.
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>>41746119
>>Hilda Abscond
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Writing.
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>>41746208
>That metagaming
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>>41746269
Wouldn't it be more metagame-y to tell Hilda to go because we know that 4/5 of these fucks are scrubs?
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>>41746119
>Power of Teamwork
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>>41746287
No since we assumed they're scrubs by the way they're following us.
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>>41746266
Just wonder, but once we eventually decide on what ability to add, will the process of adding it be skipped over, or will we suggest ways to figure out how to do what we want and such?
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>>41746366
I'll have a post of Jareth figuring it out, maybe doing a few tests, but I'm not going to dwell on it for long.
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[Mana: 52/52]

“Hilda, you head back, I'll take care of them.”

“What the fuck, Jareth? I can fight too,” Hilda hisses, looks like you hit a sore nerve there.

“Didn't say you couldn't, but fighting's going to attract a lot of attention, which could mean it getting back to the sisterhood that you and I were fighting together, which would be bad for you,” you explain.

“Oh, yeah, right, that's true. Okay, I'll see you later... master,” Hilda mumbles, looking a little sheepish as the two of you turn the corner, Hilda sprinting off as step round into a side alley and wait.

Sure enough, the group soon rounds the corner, moving pretty fast as they do, they must've head Hilda's footsteps and figured the pair of you were making a break for it. You recognize these five all too well from earlier, those four idiots and the freaky robed guy. In their hurry they look like they're about to rush straight past your hiding place, so what do you want to do?

>Grab a hostage, demand answers (DC 18, 14, 10)
>Take down the scrubs (DC 16, 12, 8)
>Surprise attack on the big robed guy (DC 18, 14, 10)

and how much mana do you wish to spend?

>0 Mana
>4 Mana
>8 Mana
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>>41746393
>Take down the scrubs (DC 16, 12, 8)
4 mana
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>>41746393
>Surprise attack on the big robed guy (DC 18, 14, 10)
>4 Mana
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>>41746393
>>Surprise attack on the big robed guy (DC 18, 14, 10)
>4 Mana
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>>41746393
>Surprise attack on the big robed guy (DC 18, 14, 10)
>4 Mana
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>>41746393
>Surprise attack on the big robed guy (DC 18, 14, 10)
>8 Mana
We do have full mana, and Jareth likely will target what he sees as the leader. These are those idiots from earlier arn't they haha. So the robed one is possibly not the leader, but jareth doesn't know that.
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Okay, targeting the big robed guy with a surprise attack wins.

>4 mana spent

[Mana: 48/52]

>roll 1d20
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>>41746393
>>Surprise attack on the big robed guy (DC 18, 14, 10)
4 mana
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>>41746393
>big guy
>4 mana
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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>41746533
rolling
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Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>41746533
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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>41746533
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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>41746533
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>>41746560
>>41746570
>>41746560
>>41746578
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
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>>41746560
>>41746570
>>41746578
>1 degree of failure

Writing.
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>>41746560
>>41746570
>>41746578
>>41746588
Fuckkkkk.... these rolls.
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You send a pulse of mana crackling down your legs, into your feet, launching yourself forward straight at the big robed guy at the centre of the group. The group seems none the wiser as you close the distance, the four thugs arguing amongst themselves as to which way you went.

You are mere inches from your target when the robed figure spins on his heels, a strange metallic sound accompanying his movements as he draws a heavy metal staff out of his sleeve, your fist colliding with it, sparks of crackling blue and gold mana bursting from the point of impact to rain down upon the streets as the cobblestones beneath the figure's feet crack from the force of impact.

“What the fuck,” one of the thugs wails, covering his face against the mana discharge. Despite the force behind it, the robed figure has barely budged, his beady yellow eyes staring out at you through the tiny holes pointed facemask.

With a rough grunt, he swings the staff, throwing you back with brute strength, thankfully out into the street where you can roll to a soft landing. You hop back to your feet as you tumble out of the throw, dusting yourself off and smirking as you drop into a combat stance. Looks like you're going to have to take this one a little seriously.

“You're in trouble now, fucker, should've run,” one of the thugs shouts, pointing at you from behind the safety of his larger ally.

The robed figure slams the end of his staff down into the ground, it looks kind of priestly, with some strange holy symbol like a lizard on the end. It's no regular priest's staff though, you figured that much out already, felt like solid steel, or some fancy magical metal.

Well, you've lost the element of surprise, so what now? It's a big open street out here, without much in the way of obstacles.

>Run for it, this fight is pointless
>Try to draw him into the side alleys
>If he wants a fight, you'll give him one
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>>41746820
>>Try to draw him into the side alleys
That staff sounds expensive, we should point it out to some alley scum or gang members.
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>>41746820
>Try to draw them into the alleys
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>>41746820
>>Try to draw him into the side alleys
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>>41746820
>Try to draw him into the side alleys
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>>41746820
>Bait the big guy away, take out the scrubs.
In boss fights, take out the squishies so you can lower the overall DPS
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Drawing into the side alleys wins, writing.
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So guys, shadowrun time, its pretty clear some cults going for a power play right now, the question is, why are they trying to get us out of the picture? I mean you should all think on this for a moment, we actually haven't done anything to directly interfere with this group, so that would mean that they have a motive other than revenge or obstruction removal to kill/capture us.

Its possible they're trying to take out the priesthoods to remove other divine competition.

Alternatively its also quite possible that this is an ancient feud of some kind, presumably our deity has a bad history with many other gods. Its possible this is one of those cases.

Its also possible that they might just be a specific leaders grudge against us, and that leader might be manipulating the group to there own means.
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>>41746995
maybe they are after Jareth beacuse of who his family is is, mom is a bigshot in the largest sect in hte city after all
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Gah, sorry everyone, I have suddenly been called away to help move a harpsichord down the road, of all things.

Hopefully it shouldn't take too long, but I can't say for sure, so next post may be a little while.
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>>41747016
Yeah, but we also turned our back on that religion and are probably shunned/hated by the majority of the religion, its a 50/50 chance our mother would leave us to die if blackmailed with our life at this point.
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>>41747024
THE QMs CURSE STRIKES AGAIN!

Try not to get hit by a car or shanked or something.
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>>41746995
Or more simply, since it's obvious this cult is about being the sexual cumdump of their god, it might be because we're also a priest very familiar with pleasure and are in their way to their goal.
The family thing is also true, since I think there was mention of "lost some to HER last week" at some point.
Of course, this is all OOC info that Jareth doesn't know, so we will have to interrogate these fuckasses.
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>>41747122
"HER last week" probably goes back to the mystery vigilante that was socially awkward, taking down a group of their kidnappers
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You know when someone asks you to help them with something quick, then once you start they keep adding more and more steps onto the process that they didn't see fit to mention beforehand?

Anyway, I still have a bit more to do, but hopefully it shouldn't be much longer before the post is up.
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Lordy is dead, killed by a falling harpsichord.
May he rest in peace as he is forever remember by the gifts he has given us.
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>>41748852
The QMs curse is real!
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>>41748852
Bugs Bunny would be proud.
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>>41748852
>"It'll be easy, I'll drive you down the road, we'll load the harpsichord into the back, drive back, and put it in here."
>"Oh, yeah, it won't fit in the car without being disassembled, let's just do that quickly."
>"So bad news, even disassembled, we have to move the passanger side front seat all the way forward to make it fit, you're going to have to walk back."
>"Okay, now we just need to put it back together in here... but it won't fit unless we shift everything else in this room around."
>"Great, now we can start putting it back together."
>"Now you can help me put all the other things we shifted into better places now that we have the harpsichord in."

...and that's how a ten minute job became a two hour one. Well, I'll start writing now, but I'm going to be doing my usual hour-long disappearance before too long too. At least it's saturday, which means that once that is done you can all have my undivided attention until the early hours of the morning.
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>>41749082
your friend sounds like kind of a dick
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>>41749082
>once that is done you can all have my undivided attention
oh Languid, you poor, naive soul.
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“So who are you guys supposed to be? If you're looking for my deadbeat masters, they're long gone, and I've got no gold on me,” you shrug, stepping sideways as you speak, lining yourself up with the alley.

“You messed with the wrong cult, that's all you need to know,” one of the thugs yells, earning a snarl from the robed figure.

“That was more than he needed to know, ignorant one,” the figure hisses.

“Yeah, well, it doesn't matter, he's dead anyway,” the thug smirks.

They sure are confident when they're standing behind the big guy. You don't recall upsetting any cults though, at least not recently, so you really have no idea what this is about, unless it's someone mom got on the wrong side of, which is a possibility.

You swing an arm up, pointing at the thug, who flinches at the gesture.

“Don't be so sure, how will you handle this?” you grin, turning on your heels and sprinting off down the alleyway.

“Oh shit, he's getting away,” one of them yells, as you hop over some crates, taking off down the narrow, dingy street.

(cont)
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>>41749245
Looks like they're taking the bait, as you hear the crates reduced to splinters by the robed figure as he charges after you, the thugs hot on his heels. It's going to turn into a bit of a maze back here, which would make it easy enough to turn things around, provided you pick a good moment. You skid around a corner just ahead of the robed figure as the staff knocks a chunk out of the brickwork just behind your head, not only is he freakishly strong, but he's quick on his feet too.

Looks like you're in gang territory, you start spotting the familiar graffiti marking the boundaries of their turf, not a gang you recognize, but then you don't really go out of your way to learn about every joker with an attitude problem in the district. You spot some of the gang members lazing around in the street as you duck under a clothesline, drinking and playing some sort of dice game, you doubt they'll be happy to see you or your pursuers.

>Just run on past them
>“Hey, how'd you all like to make some gold?”
>Other (write-in)

>>41749160
It's worse than that, anon, I was helping family.

>>41749239
I do not know who that is.
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>>41749267
author of Hellborn. I've been archive-binging. sorry.
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>>41749267
>>“Hey, how'd you all like to make some gold?”
>>"That guys staff is made of magic metal, its gotta be worth a small fortune".
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>>41749267
>“Hey, how'd you all like to make some gold?”
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>>41749311
On the note here, these guys are clearly committing an illegal act on behalf of a shady organization clearly outside of the law. This is a golden opportunity to shank them and rob them blind if you're a criminal, as nobody will be bringing the guards down on you for it.
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>>41749267
>>41749311
This
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>>41749267
Maneuver so at least one of our pursuers runs into the gang members, or at least interrupts their game.
If the one that does so is the big guy, then try to go back and take care of the scrubs, just knock them out.
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>>41749160
tenants gonna ten
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>>41749267
>Just run on past them
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>>41749267
>Just run on past them
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>>41749267
>“Hey, how'd you all like to make some gold?”
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>>41749267
>“Hey, how'd you all like to make some gold?”
Some wealthy guy with a expensive stick is coming. He also won't complain to anyone.
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Writing.
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You pick up your pace, the gangers turning to look as you pelt down the alley, the cultists snapping at your heels.

“Hey there, how'd you like to make some gold?” you shout, as they start to pick themselves up, some of them reaching for weapons.

“That staff is expensive magical metal, you help me take these idiots down, it's all yours,” you call, ducking under a swing of the staff as it cracks the brickwork of the wall beside you.

“How expensive?” one of them calls back, looks like you got their interest.

“My friends, that right there is solid mithril,” you lie, because you have no idea what mithril looks like, and neither do they most likely, the only thing most people know about mithril is that it costs a fortune.

The cultists slow as they realize your plan, the gangers starting to form up into a group, looks like there's around a half dozen of them, mostly humans, with a couple of orcs in their number. They don't look any tougher than the cult thugs, and you seriously doubt they'll be any more than speed bumps to the robed guy, but you'll take what advantages you can get.

“You fuckers don't know who you're messing with, you best get out of the way if you know what's good for you,” one of the cultists shouts, bringing a slight smile to your face, he's making this too easy.

“You think you can come in here and threaten us?” one of the gangers roars, a heavyset human clutching a hatchet.

Looks like it's about to turn into an all-out brawl, the robed figure shifting his grip on his staff as he slams it against the ground once more, kicking up a small cloud of dust as the stone beneath cracks.

>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
>Take out the cultists while the gangers attack the robed guy
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>>41749802
>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
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>>41749802
>>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
We should minimize casualties, if thats still a concern.
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>>41749802
>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
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>>41749802
>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
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>>41749802
Fun fact: in the gang world, not knowing who you are messing with is an encouragement, not a deterrent, if you've never seen a rich swanky fellow with an expensive cane chances are they are extremely lost and/or in over there head.
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>>41749802
>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
He's the only real threat here.
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>>41749802
>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
spend 8, he's no pushover
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Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>41749802
>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out

But do it sexually.
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>>41749802
>>Take out the cultists while the gangers attack the robed guy
The gangers get taken out, and we don't have to pay them!
We win!
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>>41749926
I think we need to level up a bit more before we get to seduce robutts.
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>>41749802
>>Go for the robed guy, let the little people brawl it out
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>>41749968

Oh, ye of little faith.
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Okay. Going for the robed guy wins. How much do you want to spend on the opening move?

>0 mana (DC 18)
>4 mana (DC 14)
>8 mana (DC 10)
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>>41750034
>4
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>>41750034
>4 mana (DC 14)
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>>41750034
>>8 mana (DC 10)
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>>41750034
>>>8 mana (DC 10)
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>>41750034
>8 mana
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>>41750034
>8 mana (DC 10)
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>>41750034
>4 mana (DC 14)
this is just the opening move, after all
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>>41750034
>8 mana (DC 10)

Blow his shit up.

Sexually.
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>8 mana spent.

[Mana: 40/52]

>Roll 1d20
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Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>41750263
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Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>41750263
breaking his shit.
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Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>41750263
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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>41750263
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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>41750263
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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>41750275
whoops
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>>41750282
>8 degrees of success

Writing.
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>>41750323

One hit-KO with a penis helicopter punch?
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Right, the forewarned second gap is now happening, should be back in an hour or so, then it'll be all questing for several hours to come.
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>>41750492
sure it will.
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Hilda a qt, we'll need to get a messahe to her that we got out ok.

I say we go punch more of the sisterhood in the face later.
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>>41750939

Option to seduce Hilda entirely out of the sisterhood and have her adventure with us when?
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>>41751127
Hopefully never. We don't need the character bloat.
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>>41751127
Worried about stacking our deck, definitely getting her out of the red sisterhood but more lead her back to her hobby of stone carving, keep an eye out for tools and offer her the chance to touch up our temple.
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>>41751127
I'd be more for the redhead we met a while ago. If she has a skill we can use.
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>>41751228
she's also totally into us.
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>>41751228
>>41751254
Don't forget the creepy one who had an ominous atmosphere about her, she's trouble.
>>41751183
Agreed, at most I'd agree to Hilda joining the party temporarily (if the setting wasn't just one city and there were deserts and such) as she acconpanies us on our way to the dwarven capital where her original home is, and she leaves the party when we arrive there and do a quest related to her arc.
But, that won't happen.
>>41750492
Not to be rude, but I have a question.
Ash thinks her body is a work of art, and the rest of the coven have the divine beauty boon too, which is why they deemed each other attractive enough to have sex with, right? So, since Ash also has that boon, would she have sex with herself if she could, like if she was temporarily magically cloned or something? What I'm asking is, would she kiss herself because she's so pretty?
Also, now that the joke is done, did the coven sleep together nonsexually too, or did they sleep separately?
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Waaaait a second...
Did they say we messed with the wrong cult because our magic is the same as the masked vigilante who fights against them because the masked vigilante IS ACTUALLY THE LOCAL ELSHHUAN PRIESTESS?!
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Back and writing, hopefully for good this time.

>>41751316
Yes, yes she would.
Sometimes, but not all the time.
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>>41751316
>kiss herself because she's so pretty
You mother fucker, it took me a full minute to get that.
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You have a pretty good idea of how things would go if you relied on the gangers to take out the robed guy, and while you may not know them or have any reason to give a damn about them, getting a bunch of people killed covering your ass still doesn't sit right with you.

Smirking, you move into a combat stance as you square up with the robed figure.

“Let's do this, I won't be going easy on you this time.”

The figure gives a hiss, not much of a talker this one, as he leaps forward, bringing the staff down at your head. He's damned fast, but you're faster, a jolt of mana snapping through your body as you step to the side, the staff crashing down into the cobblestones, leaving a gouge where it lands. Before he can bring the staff back up for another attack, you hop up onto it with one foot, using it for added height as you spin around, driving your heel into the facemask of the robed figure.

The blow snaps his head back, staggering him as he clutches his face in one hand, which now that you get a good look at it out of his sleeve is awfully scaly and clawed looking.

(cont)
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>>41751584
You see specks of red soaking through the white cloth, looks like you busted his nose, or snout, or whatever he's got under there, because it sure didn't feel like a human face you just kicked. You step into follow up, striking into his unguarded midsection while his hands are raised, two sharp jabs in the gut with a little extra mana behind them to add to the force.

They were good, solid blows, and you know he felt them, but he's still standing, and as you go in for another shot, a hand snaps out, grabbing the end of the staff and ripping it from the ground, forcing you to dodge away to avoid getting a heavy lump of metal in the skull. The robed figure snarls, swinging the staff around into a two-handed grip as he recovers. Around the two of you, the cultists and the gangers are duking it out, and the extra numbers of the gangers seem to be winning the day, the cultists just barely holding on.

The robed figure looks around, taking in the brawl, he must realize as well as you do that soon the odds are going to turn against him.

>Strike again, keep up the aggression
>Duck and weave, wait for the gangers to finish their fight
>Other (write-in)
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>>41751603
>Other (write-in)
maneuver! he's going to try and escape in typical recurring villain fashion. no way, snake dude. we're gonna interrogate the everliving crap out of you.
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>>41751603
>Strike again, keep up the aggression
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>>41751603
>>Strike again, keep up the aggression
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>>41751603
>>Strike again, keep up the aggression
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>>41751603
>>Strike again, keep up the aggression
Sup War
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>>41751603
>Strike again, keep up the aggression
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>>41751603
>Strike again, keep up the aggression
>>
Okay, how much mana do you want to spend?

[Mana: 40/52]

>0 mana (DC 18)
>4 mana (DC 14)
>8 mana (DC 10)

>>41751708
Sup anon.
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>>41751767
>4 mana (DC 14)
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>>41751767
>>8 mana (DC 10)
When is Lamb running I wonder?
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>>41751603
>Strike again, keep up the aggression
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>>41751767
>8 mana (DC 10)
seriously. beat him down before he can escape.
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>>41751767
>>8 mana (DC 10)
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>>41751767
>4 mana (DC 14)
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>>41751767
>8 mana (DC 10)
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>>41751767
>4 Mana
He should be trying to escape, so we just need to be annoying and cut off his path when necessary.
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>>41751767
>8 mana (DC 10)

Smash him.
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>>41751767
>4 mana (DC 14)
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>8 mana spent

[Mana: 32/52]

>Roll 1d20
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Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>41751797
What? Who?
>>41751950
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>>41751950
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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>41751950
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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>41751950
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>>41751956
>>41751969
>>41751972
>2 degrees of success

Writing.
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>>41751228
Theres the adventurer Redhead, her spear weilding quiet one, The barmaid and her delicious brown roommate, the redheaded ganger and her elven friend we humped silly, and Troll-Matronfu with Maplewhore.
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>>41752133
I was referring more to the adventuring partner part, so you may want to nix the barmaid, and the brothel workers. unless we decide to hire them as staff in the not so near future, assuming we both buy a place and it's large enough.
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>>41752172
The matron is a good one to keep in pocket though, since she implied no paid transactions with her next time around.
The gangers are a good thing to follow up on too, seemingly good at what they do, were going to be hired to come after us if we didnt settle the debt, and are as much into eachother as they were with us.
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>>41752172
>open an inn
>cute costumers get 50% off if Jareth can "talk" with them in their room for a few hours
The discount is just for the talking, it's just that the talking leads to other, more exhausting activities.
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No point in giving him time to get away, so you sprint back in, the robed figure swinging the staff again, spinning it around in two hands, guy's got some moves, but he's never tangled with someone like you before. Letting the staff swipe past you, you push it aside with your palm, using his momentum against him.

The figure gives a hiss as he overextends, straight into a followup jab to the chin, the facemask twisting out of place, blinding him as you jump over a clumsy swipe, driving a kick into his stomach and knocking him back against the wall of the alley. He scrabbles at his mask as you close in, tearing it away with an enraged hiss, his hood falling down to reveal a narrow reptilian head. He's no troglodyte, you guessed that much from the lack of a smell. You have no idea what he is though, you've certainly made an interesting enemy this time.

(cont)
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>>41752369
You swing a blow at his jaw, hoping to strike before he can find his bearings, but he jumps to the side, your fist slamming into the stonework, a spiderweb of cracks spreading out from the point of impact as you turn to face him. The lizardman steps back, just in time for one of the gangers to charge at him from behind, a skinny guy with a scraggly mohawk swinging a club at his back. The club slams into him, the lizardman barely even noticing as the wood splinters against his shoulder, with a snarl, he drives the staff back, the end with the lizardlike symbol slamming into the ganger's stomach, lifting him up off the ground.

The ganger gives a wail, shrivelling up as he flails on the staff's head, water pouring down the metal to pool at its far end, twisting and shimmering as it forms into a long and sharp liquid blade.

“Yeah, that's what I'm talking about,” one of the cultists cheers, as the gangers recoil from the sight, the wrinkled remains dropping to the ground, exploding in a puff of dust as the lizardman swings the staff around, gripping it more like a polearm as the water blade snaps into shape. Looks like you can't count this fight as won quite yet.

>Try to disarm him (DC 20, 18, 16)
>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive (DC 20, 16, 12)
>Go on the defensive until you can gauge what he's capable of (DC 18, 14, 10)
>Nope, time to leave (DC 18, 14, 10)

[Mana: 32/52]

>0 Mana
>4 Mana
>8 Mana
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>>41752384
>Disarm
>8 mana
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>>41752384
>Try to disarm him (DC 20, 18, 16)
>spend 8
Whelp time make sure the bangers are an the come up and earn a favor
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>>41752384
>>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive (DC 20, 16, 12)
>8 Mana
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>>41752384
>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive
>8 Mana
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>>41752422
>>41752427
you guys have seen how we've been rolling right?
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>>41752384
>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive (DC 20, 16, 12)
>Spend 8
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>>41752384
>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive (DC 20, 16, 12)
>8 mana
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>>41752384
>>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive (DC 20, 16, 12)
>8 Mana
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>>41752384

>Dodge the blade, stay aggressive

First we beat the lizard.

Then we fuck the lizard.
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>8 mana spent

[Mana: 24/52]

>roll 1d20
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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>41752545
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Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>41752545
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Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>41752545
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Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>41752545
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>>41752573
Saving roll. nice.
The dice are not kind this thread.
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>>41752573
Oh thank fuck
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>41752448
Have you?
>>41750282
>>41750298

>>41752545
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>>41752573
Either DC matched, woo!
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>>41752553
>>41752554
>>41752573
>4 degrees of success

Writing.
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>>41752573

You're a hero, anon.
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>>41752573
Well look at that, we could have disarmed him if anons weren't so paranoid
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>>41752623
we can disarm him after his face is pudding staining this back alley
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Guys, we've managed to piss off the Reptillian Jewish Society, who are clearly living in the hollowed out ruins of the underneath of the city. Now, as anyone knows, the best way to kill reptillian jews is to tempt them with large amounts of gold into traps, and we should act accordingly.
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>>41752672
Fetch Iden!
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>>41752672
Why would we let them near Iden? He's ours. Hire a street trap.
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>>41752672
Damnit, who let /pol/ out of the pit again?
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>>41752672

Please let their patron god be a hook-nosed merchant.
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>>41752911
and please let his name be Goyvei.
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Looks like the gangers are starting to back off, looking ready to run, one of them helping another to his feet. Two of the cultists are down, dead or just out cold, you can't say for sure, and another one looks injured enough that he won't be doing much to hinder you. The lizardman swings the blade around, catching one of the unfortunate gangers as he tries to run past, taking his head clean off, flecks of red drifting in the air around the blade as it whips away from the decapitated ganger. Okay, you definitely do not want to get hit by that thing, losing your head would be a tragic loss for the whole city.

“Filthy unblessed, to strike at the blessed, the Scaled God will have your heart,” the lizardman snarls.

“Uh, hey, I thought we weren't going to tell him anything else about th-” the injured cultist starts as the lizardman stalks forward, cut off halfway, in more ways than one, as he drops to the ground in two vertical slices, severed straight down the middle. Dozens of tiny blood bubbles drift through the air, coalescing into larger orbs of red liquid, orbiting the lizardman as he walks.

“Okay, this is getting creepy,” you sigh, cracking your knuckles as you crouch down low, readying yourself to strike. He's quick with that thing, and you don't have any margin for error, if you weren't so damned good, you'd think things were hopeless.

“Yes, cower before the power the Scaled God brings,” the lizardman hisses.

“Who's cowering? I know a surefire way to stop you being so creepy,” you smirk, raising your heels, as you put your fingertips to the ground, feeling a burst of mana spark through to the tips of your toes, kicking up a cloud of dust as you launch yourself forward.

(cont)
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>>41753203
The lizardman jabs at you with the water blade, the edge twisting and writhing, slicing a thin cut into the meat of your arm as you pass. It's a shallow strike though, no muscle damage, no bone damage, and it didn't hit an artery, it'll hurt like a bitch when the adrenaline wears off, but you've had far worse.

Your enemy snarls as pulls the staff back, trying to bring it around to swipe at you, but you're already inside his reach, your elbow hammering into his solar plexus, doubling him over. Giving him no time to rest, you grab hold of the top of his snout as he leans forward, slamming mana down into your soles as you push off from the ground, driving your knee up into his jaw with explosive force. You feel bone snap from the impact, hopefully he'll still be able to talk well enough to answer questions, but you can't worry about that right now. You release your grip as he crashes to the ground.

“Now, are you going to be good, or do I have to slap you around some more?” you grin, the lizard struggling to pick himself up, his brain still rattling from the impact.

“No surrender, glory to the Scaled God,” he roars, raising a hand. The orbs of blood floating above him start to twist into thin red blades, circling you, quivering with pent up energy. You can see where this is going.

>0 Mana (DC 20)
>4 Mana (DC 18)
>8 Mana (DC 16)
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>>41753226
>>8 Mana (DC 16)
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>>41753226
>8 Mana (DC 16)
after this we need to have the orgiest orgy
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>>41753226
>>8 Mana (DC 16)
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>>41753226
>8 Mana
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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>41753226
>8 Mana (DC 16)
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Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>41753226
>>0 Mana (DC 20)
I BELIEVE!

We must bank our mana
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>>41753226
>The orbs of blood floating above him start to twist into thin red blades, circling you, quivering with pent up energy.

>8 Mana (DC 16)
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>>41753226
>8 Mana (DC 16)
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>>41753309
>We must bank our mana

And lose a valid excuse for glorious smut later? No offense, anon, but you suck.
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>>41753347
No goyum, it is you who sucks.
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>>41753226
What's our mana looking like?
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>>41753226
>>8 Mana (DC 16)
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>>41753430
I think we have 16. 8 after this vote.
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>>41753430
after this, 24, i believe
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>>41753471

24 currently, 16 after our next action.
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>>41753430
This anons are correct: >>41753480
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>8 mana spent

[Mana: 16/52]

>roll 1d20
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Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>41753537
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Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>41753537
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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>41753537
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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>41753537
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>>41753545
>>41753546
>>41753555
>4 degrees of failure

Writing.
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well shit
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>>41753545
>>41753546
>>41753555
shiit
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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>41753545
>>41753546
>>41753555

you goddamn double niggers. you should've let me roll instead.
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>>41753568

This isn't a complete disaster. Once we wake up in the hospital, we just bang the nurse before heading out. Full mana.

>>41753577

Apparently not, triple nigger.
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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>41753537
calling a 20
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>>41753597
the nurse will probably be a troglodyte, though.
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>41753603
calling triple 7
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fucking scale god messing with our rolls when they matter
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>>41753610

Elshhu would love it if we bedded down a trog, and you know it.
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>>41753597
doubt 4 degrees of failure will end us in the hospital when we've taken essentially no damage so far, still gonna hurt before we smack him back down thou
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>>41753650
I'm fairly certain we would literally puke. you need to read up on standard d&d troglodytes, son.
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>>41753670

Don't lie to me, anon. This pic is boners.
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>>41753712
I'm talking about the smell.
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>>41753738

Sweet, sweet pheromones.
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>>41753738
all cats are grey in the dark, and don't smell in the absence of air?
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>>41753775
We're all the goddesses children when the lights are off
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This guy has way too many creepy tricks up his baggy sleeves. You dive away as the blades slice through the air, trying to twist between the countless shards of razor sharp blood. Some slam harmlessly into the ground, bursting into spatters of gore on the cobblestones as the mana holding them together is disrupted, but even with the mana hammering through every fibre of your being you can't dodge them all. A blade slams into the meat of your thigh, ripping straight through to the other side, another carving a bloody gash along your shoulder as it narrowly misses your neck, a third carving into your side, slicing straight to the bone on your rib. Dozens more blades rain down around you, nerve endings screaming as countless tiny cuts are opened across your body.

You drag yourself up, it's been a while since you got hit that hard, it's almost enough to make you nostalgic for the cheerful days of your youth... or not.

“You're fucked now,” the last remaining cultist cackles as you stand, your leg shakes from the ragged hole torn through it, but it'll hold for now at least.

Emboldened by the turn of events, the cultist charges at you from behind, swinging his dagger, and catching the back of your hand with his face for his trouble, knocking him out cold on the ground.

"Please, I could be unconscious and still kick your ass," you smirk, keeping your voice as level as you can in your condition.

(cont)
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>>41753929
The lizardman picks himself up, his snout a mangled mess from the punishment you've inflicted on him, dragging up his staff. It's lost the water blade, you suppose it must've lost cohesion when you knocked him on his ass. Neither of you is in great shape, if this was a more sane enemy, you'd probably suggest calling it a day, maybe grabbing a drink, but something tells you that isn't likely to work on a fanatical cultist lizard monster.

“So, don't suppose you feel like surrendering?”

All you get beck is a snarl, as he swings the staff at you, a clumsy swing, but you aren't exactly at top speed right now.

>Go for the snout again (DC 20, 16, 12)
>Disarm him (DC 20, 16, 12)
>Throw him (DC 20, 16, 12)

[Mana: 16/52]

>0 Mana
>4 Mana
>8 Mana

[Condition: Major Wounds]

You can spend 4 mana to improve your condition by one step, which will drop the DC of your action by 1, if you wish.
>Heal (4 mana)
>No healing
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>>41753952
>>Go for the snout again (DC 20, 16, 12)
>>4 Mana
>>Heal
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>>41753952
>Throw him (DC 20, 16, 12)

>8 mana

Like a scaly football.
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>>41753952
>Go for the snout again (DC 20, 16, 12)
>8 Mana
>No healing
full nova- break him, victory at any cost
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>>41753952
>>Go for the snout again (DC 20, 16, 12)
>8 Mana
we need to finish this quick
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>>41753952
>Disarm him (DC 20, 16, 12)
4
>Heal (4 mana)
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>>41753952
>Go for the snout again (DC 20, 16, 12)
>8 Mana
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>>41753952
>Disarm him
>8 Mana
>Heal
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>>41753952
>>Go for the snout again (DC 20, 16, 12)
>>8 Mana
>>Heal (4 mana)
maybe not the smartest move burn thru our mana, but if we end it here we can get answers, find some bitches and be right as rain by tomorrow
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>>41754039
Better to heal if we need to flee as well.
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>>41753952
>Throw him (DC 20, 16, 12)
>4 Mana
>Heal (4 mana)

A DC of 15 is pretty damn solid, we can't afford to keep splurging this much if we actually want to get home safely and even if 8 mana would end the fight quicker we'd have to operate under the full penalties for the entire time.
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>>41753952
If we needed to flee who would be closest to us? We should head to our nearest ally/bedfellow anyway after to laid low
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>>41754086
>If we needed to flee

And let this Scaled God enjoy a victory over glorious Elshhu? Shame, anon.
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>>41754086
Well, since Hilda is out for obvious reasons, you suppose it would be the barmaid Isea.
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>12 mana spent

[Condition: Minor Wounds]
[Mana: 4/52]

>Roll 1d20
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>>41754172
so we get beat up, knock on her door and say"Hey, i need some loving so i can heal my grievous wounds?" sound legit.
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Rolled 15 (1d20)

FOR THE EMPRAH
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>>41754130
Worst case.
>>41754172
Eehhh, how about the gangers? Arnt they about the same? Dont want to bring anyone to that home.
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Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>41754201
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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>41754201
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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>41754201
First roll of the day.
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>>41754211
Gangers are further away, and are also staying near your sister, so she would be just as close.
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>>41754216
DICK SWOL, DICK SWOL, DICK SWOL!
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>>41754207
>>41754214
>>41754216
>9 degrees of success

Writing.
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so after this we should find a girl that's a sure thing to recharge, I say we hit up that tavern with the cute waitress from before
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>>41754333

>not wanting to have a loving, romantic tryst with Valia as she ruminates on her shithead fiance.

The fuck, man.
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>>41754250
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx4rMVCAdHw
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>>41754374
>not wanting to fuck the heterosexuality out of said shithead fiancee
get on my level, pleb
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>>41754374
dude, we already walked her home for the night. I'm itching to get her just as much as you, but walking into her parents house covered in blood after smashing a magic lizard isn't the best time
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>>41754401

Actually, I can get behind this.

Well memed.

>Hey Valia, great news! I got your fiancee to call off the wedding!
>What?! J-Jareth, how did you manage that?
>I fucked him in the ass!
>Y-you...you what?
>I plundered his booty so good he's sworn off women forever
>I...I...uh...
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>>41754401
>wanting anything besides cockblocking her shitty fiance while she screams Jareth's name loud enough the Demon in the undercity hears it
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>>41754427
>>41754417
Sigh, we obviously either have to go for Rihara or Razi.
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>>41754401
>not wanting to fuck the parents of Valia or the fiancee.
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You know you don't have much mana left, but there's no point in saving it if you get your ass kicked doing so. Drawing on the dwindling reserves, you feel the power ripple through you, taking the worst of the sting from your injuries as it arcs in crackles through your muscles. It won't close up most of the wounds, especially not the three particularly nasty ones, but it'll keep you from bleeding out for now at least.

The staff swings at your head, but it's a weak swing, unfocused, and you let it glide past you, bringing your palm up underneath the bulky weapon as you bring the other hand down on the far end, hard, the impact knocking it from the lizardman's hands, the far end smashing up under his jaw with a sickening crack.

The staff clatters to the ground, rolling out of his reach as the lizardman crashes to the ground once more, spitting teeth. You slam your heel down on his chest, ribs snapping from the impact as you stand over him.

“So, you ready to start talking now?”

The lizardman snarls, his face a bloody mess from the repeated punishment you've inflicted on it, but even strong as he is, he doesn't have the stamina left to push you off of him.

>Write-in questions
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>>41754483

>What is your fucking problem, man? Because I KNOW I didn't sleep with your sister.
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>>41754483
What cult, and what did I do?
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>>41754483
So what's your cult, the fuck are you, why were you after me, and how do you work that neat staff?
>>
So what did you all think of your first actual boss-tier fight with a guy on Jareth's level?
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>>41754538

It was good. Thought the difficulty was reasonable, even if we had to blow pretty much all our mana to avoid getting rekt.
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>>41754538
it was a very good fight.
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>>41754538
the encounter almost draining us of mana to win makes it pretty satisfying. also a bit pants-shitting, considering we had some help.
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>>41754483
Who do you work for and why do you hate me?

How did you find me? How long have you been following me?
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>>41754483
GRAB THE STAFF
>Who Sent You?
>Why're you targeting me?
>What us your cults next target?
>Those robes look good on you, theyd look even better on my floor ;)
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>>41754483
Who put the hit on me, what cult are you affiliated with, and how valuable is the staff (so we can sell it for the trouble he caused us)
>>41754538
It was good, I liked it. It made me realize we should be smart with our mana. fucking dice
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>>41754620
you know, normally I'm all for seducing my enemies, but you used a smiley. and he has scales, just imagine how badly those could chafe.
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>>41754483
>what are you
>when did we mess with you cult
>what were those powers
>wanna help me refill my mana pool?
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>>41754636

>"I could heal you, Scaley. But only if I get some of that sweet reptilian booty first.
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>>41754659
>>41754674
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>>41754742
I guess now I have no option left but to call for an official vote for seducing the lizardman.
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>>41754773
I'm sorry anon, right now Jareth lacks the mana to bring seducing the lizardman down to a reachable DC.
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>>41754773
>>41754801
not enough mana
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>>41754801
can we rape him instead? I hear rape is emotional.
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>>41754822

Elshhu don't play that game, sadly.
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>>41754822
Elshhu doesn't dig rape, even if she does have a very wide margin for what constitutes consent.
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>>41754822
Warlord has always refrained from writing rape in his quests and i doubt he is going to start now
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Anyway, writing.
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>>41754868
>not reading pretty much any posts in Orc Warlord Quest
c'mon man, you're telling me those captives were asking to be fucked?
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>>41754900
I follow OWQ and there has not been a single instance of nonconsensual sex
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>>41754900
>>41754921

Technically some rape, but the Orc fertility goddess approves of it so it's all gucci.
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>>41754900
>>41754921
>>41754939
Remember the old orcish adage: if they aren't strong enough to make you stop, it's consent.
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>>41754921
maybe we disagree on what constitutes non-consensual? pretty sure literally the last female we had sex with didn't want to get banged in the slave pens in front of the whole clan
Not saying it wasn't hot or anything
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>>41754955
If you don't want it, do something about it?
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>>41754921
The first time we fucked all of our non orc slaves was non consensual.
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>>41755192
key word consensual
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>>41754955
Well, without a bunch of other orcs holding down best girl we probably wouldve been hurled off.
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>>41755229
Having subordinates who will follow your commands is also part of a chieftain's strength, anon.
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We're getting way too semantic about this whole thing.

OWQ - rape is okay. They're fucking orcs, rape is their middle name.

DOEQ - rape is not okay. Goddess says no, so the world is safe from non-consenting Jareth dick.

We good, anons?

Good.
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>>41755215
....What?
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>>41755277
Drunk consent and magically manipulated consent are both considered consent, so technically speaking Bill Cosby is perfectly fine in the eyes of Elshhu
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>>41755327

Then I guess Cosby isn't a rapist. You should start a petition, anon.
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>>41755327
Ehhhh, drunk is a matter of degrees.

And Elshhuan magic seems to be more about making the user more charming and attractive, not bending someone's will.
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“So what's your problem? I know I didn't sleep with your sister, because I'd definitely remember that.”

“You are an enemy of the cult,” the lizardman hisses.

“Right, what cult, you said something about the Scaled God?”

“We are the cult of the Scaled God, whose form I have been blessed with, birthed of his divine seed. Jareth the unblessed is an enemy of the cult, and for that, you must die,” he snarls.

“Very dramatic, but why am I an enemy of the cult? Who sent you after me?” you sigh, leaning down a bit more to cut off his struggling.

“I was not made aware of your exact sin, only that you were interfering with the divine plan of the Scaled God.”

Well that sucks, looks like he's a little too low down the ranks to get all the information.

“So how long were you looking for me anyway?”

“We were informed of your sins today, and as such we commenced are operation to end your sinful and unblessed life immediately, despite unfortunate setbacks as a result of the foolishness of the unblessed.”

So, some guy from higher up in the cult came to him today and told him that you were an enemy of the cult, so he should go kill you. That's a bit strange to say the least, you've never even heard of this cult before, so you couldn't really be considered their enemy, at least not until now... you hope this isn't one of those self-fulfilling prophecy things, gods those are dumb.

(cont)
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>>41755367
“Alright, I think I've got the picture now, so what was the name of the guy who told you to come after me?”

The lizardman doesn't reply, snarling at you, looks like there's a limit to what he's willing to say. You shrug, moving on.

“Okay, nevermind that, kind of curious about the staff, what's the deal with that and your freaky magic?”

“There is nothing to say, the staff amplifies and focuses my magic and allows me to channel my blessed magics into more dangerous forms. It would not work for a filthy unblessed mortal such as yourself, so don't even think about it,” he spits, coughing up a tooth as he gets a little too animated.

“You know anything about your cult's next target?”

He's back to silently staring now, great.

“So what am I going to do with you, then. I could let you go, but something tells me that would bite me in the ass later. I could turn you over to the gaolers guild, let them lock you up for a while for disturbing the peace, but considering that I have no proof, they'd probably charge a lot more gold than I've got. So unless you're down to fuck...”

“Enough, I will not be questioned and... and propositioned by a perverse mammal,” the lizardman snarls, grasping his throat in one scaly hand.

“ALL GLORY TO THE SCALED GOD,” he howls.

By the time you realize what the crazy bastard's about to do, it's already too late, his throat ripping open with a jerk of his clawed hand, gurgling as a gout of blood drenches his chest.

(cont)
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>>41755380
Oh my.
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>>41755380
“Well shit,” you sigh, removing your foot, never thought you'd see a man looking so smug as he died.

Glancing around, it seems that the gangers have made themselves scarce, and the cultists are dead, except for that one you knocked out cold, sneaky little fuck slithered away while you were occupied with the lizardman, it seems. Your body still stings like hell, your side, your shoulder, and especially your leg, you're going to be feeling that until you can get some rest and do some proper healing. You walk over to the staff, limping a little, bending down to scoop it up. It weighs as much as you'd thought, and you strain to heft the solid metal pole, this thing was not designed for human hands, that's for sure.

Slinging it over your shoulder, you head back towards the main street, wincing as a cool breeze stabs at your injuries. The question now is where you go from here.

>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
>Head back to Gurby's, it's the longest walk, but your sister and the ganger girls are both there
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>>41755380
Hey, Free robes! Hey, Free staff!
Hey, Free new boots!
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>>41755403
>>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
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>>41755403
>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
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>>41755403
>>Head back to Gurby's, it's the longest walk, but your sister and the ganger girls are both there
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>>41755403
>Isea the barmaid
Hopefully her roommate is home too.
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>>41755403
>Grab the Staff, cover your wounds with the robes
>Make for Valia
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>>41755403
>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
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>>41755403
>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
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>>41755403
>>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
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>>41755403
>>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
We should probably give her a heads up in the off chance that it was something we did as a party, its unlikely but it is a possibility so she should keep a heads up.
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>>41755403
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
Hopefully her roomate is there as well
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>>41755403
>>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
Let me in, I'm a fairy?
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>>41755403
>>Head back to Gurby's, it's the longest walk, but your sister and the ganger girls are both there
Or maybe the brothel with the madame troll?
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>>41755403
>Go see if the necromancer twins are willing to help you when you're this bad

Failing that
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
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>>41755403
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
c'mon fellahs lets be sensible here, don't wanna freak valia out
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>>41755477
That's a very long way away.
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>>41755403
>>Valia's family's house isn't that far from here
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>>41755488

We don't know where they live. Which is probably intentional on their part, since they're hiding something.

>>41755403
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
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>>41755488
>Go see if the necromancer twins are willing to help you when you're this bad

You still don't actually know where they're staying, they've been kind of secretive about it so far.
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>>41755403
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
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Counting up the votes now.
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>>41755403
>Head back to Gurby's, it's the longest walk, but your sister and the ganger girls are both there
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>>41755403
>Isea the barmaid might be willing to help your mangled ass
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Looks like Isea just barely wins.

Writing.
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>>41755610
Fuck!

By the way, since the jewish reptillians are now against us, they will likely use there conspiracy powers and jewish physics to fuck with us and our dice rolling.
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>>41755610

Phew.

We dodged a bullet, there, anons. If we would have run off to Valia's place we would have just spooked her parents and maybe forced them to tell her not to see us anymore.

Also, we should really be at full HP for when we rail Valia in front of her fiancee as he cries and jerks it
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>>41755681
Yes, just as /pol/ foretold.
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>>41755712
I disagree, we don't know why they're after us, I have about five good theories why and one of them puts Valia in harms way, so she deserves to be warned in the off chance that one theory is actually correct.
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10 bucks says it's Valias fiance that told the guy to kill us.
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>>41755834
>10 bucks

ill take that bet if you convert it into Vietnamese Dongs
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>>41755898
You can have all the Vietnamese Dongs you want, I don't like them, they leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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>>41755834
Either that or Scaled God just saw us gank his lil bro Stone-Swimmer and wants revenge/thinks that we'll come for him next.
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>>41755834
That lowers my theory that valia may be endanger from a 13.333333333% chance that valia is currently in harms way to a 1/7 chance of it. Current big theories.

1. Iden and Razi are fleeing members of the cult, and/or are hoping to leave, we are an obstacle to bringing them back into the fold and must be removed.

2. Valias boyfriend is a member and called them out on us.

3. Our party is one of several that have been singled out as potential threats, they are attempting to wipe party leaders to throw adventurer groups into disorder.

4. Our mentors have pissed some people off, they're cracking down on the entire Elshhu cult.

5. Our sunbringer relatives have stirred up some shit, they are going after us and our sister to get back at them.

6. The sisters are in on it, they used our death as a bargaining chip to contribute support.

7. We kept mocking the Unity as a bunch of losers, someone decided we should be shut up as we were lowering they're recruiting rates.

8.The Sansha's Nation wishes to expand its borders, and this continent is one of its targets.

Note, of these theories, two of them put our sister in harms way, and three of them put other party members in harms way.
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As tempting as going and knocking on Valia's door to meet the folks right now is, you don't want to freak the poor girl out. Isea should be home, it's too late for her to be working, you just hope she isn't too annoyed at you turning up on her doorstep in the early hours of the morning bleeding all over the place.

You glance down at the robe, considering its use to hide your tattered condition, but something tells you that wearing a white robe with copious bloodstains on it would not make you any less conspicuous, so you leave it, starting the long walk to Isea's apartment.

It feels like it's ten times the distance, feeling as you do, but the upside is that there is no-one around on the streets save for a couple of people who either didn't notice the bloody man limping down the road with a giant staff slung over his shoulder, or were doing their very best to pretend that they didn't.

You finally reach the nondescript door to Isea's apartment, rapping your knuckles on the wood. You hear grumbling from within, but a few moments later, you hear a key turning in a lock, the door opening a crack to the face of Isea's housemate... Elsie, if you recall, and you do recall, because you never forget a pretty face.

Elsie stares at you in silence, eyes drifting across your injuries and up to the staff across your shoulders.

“What's with the staff?”

Well, not exactly what you were expecting for a first question.

“Took it from a guy who was trying to cave my skull in with it. Is Isea in?”

“She is, you just woke her up,” Elsie frowns.

“Who is it?” a familiar voice calls from behind her.

Elsie stares at you, one large, dark eye squinting as her frown deepens.

(cont)
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>>41755974
“Jareth?”

“Jareth,” you nod.

“It's Jareth.”

“Oh, uh, bit late for a booty call isn't it,” Isea groans, pushing the door open a little more to peer out, gasping as she sees your state.

“Oh gods, Jareth, what happened to you?”

“Bad night, don't suppose I can come in and get off my feet for a while can I?”

“Yeah, of course, jeez Elsie, what're you doing? Let him in,” Isea huffs, pushing her housemate back inside to let you through.

“He looked okay to me,” Elsie shrugs, as the three of you wander back inside.

You feel a tug on the staff, Elsie taking it from you and setting it down against the wall. Damn, girl's stronger than she looks.

“Sit down, come on Elsie stop playing with that, go boil some water, is it infected? What happened? Are you in trouble?” Isea rambles, looking a little panicked at your condition as you slump down in a chair, Elsie stifling a yawn as she walks over to the fire, pouring some water into a pan.

Seems that Isea wants to know what happened? The question is how much you want to tell her.

>The whole story
>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
>“Got attacked, not really much to say.”
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>>41755994
>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
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>>41755967
>Valia may be endanger
doge plz
in danger, or endangered

my favorite is 1
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>>41755994
>>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
Lets not mention information that may get others killed until we actually know the story ourselves.
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>>41755994
>>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
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>>41755994
>>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
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>>41755994
>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
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>>41755994
>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God

almost time for the smut which will take up the rest of this thread
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>>41755994
>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
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>>41755994
>The whole story
Maids often know about shit. Rumours and stuff.
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>>41755967
I would say 6 7 and 8 have a very low likelyhood of being true.

5 is iffy, The sunbringers could probably smite these guys no problem.

2 and 3 seem most likely, 3 with the caveat that we did just kill the brother of this Scaled God so that puts us pretty high up on the list.

With 1 I just can't see Iden and Razi in with these guys, really just doesn't click.

4 is always possible, Elshauns have a propensity for pissing people off. But if that's true there's about to be a war. The Church of Elshhu is no small order. I kinda hope it's this one simply because it means we'll get to meet a bunch of really experienced Elshhuan members.
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>>41755994
>The whole story
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>>41755994
Elise is the mysterious HERO OF JUSTICE for the end of thread thing a couple threads ago.
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>>41755994
>>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
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>>41756127
when a guy knocks on your door, and is all beat up, would you rather hear that he was mugged by random blokes, or that a snake cult is after him specifically for unkown reasons?
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>>41756120
>get to meet veteran Elshuuans
Don't you mean get to watch people who can actually give us pointers and/or get a real challenge at sex?
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>>41756120
Once again, these were the theories I picked because they are all relatively possible.
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>>41756166
honestly, either one.
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>>41756169
Yep, and the nonsexual side of it all. Would be great to learn magic and fighting techniques from them.
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>JJ offers making fuck with lizard man
>Lizard commits Sedoku
>A simple no wouldve surfised...

>>41755994
"The short version is something painted a target on me and sent some well to do goons after me. I'm not an easy target. Add in some help from the local teamsters union gave me enough to even the odds, ill be out of your hair after i finish bleeding on your nice carpet."
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>>41756166
The second one, seems like more fun.
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>>41755994
>>Keep it quick and simple, avoid mentioning the Scaled God
>>
Writing.
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>>41756169
>watch
are you high?
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>>41756237
I'm sleep-deprived. Does that count?
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>>41755967
>>41756120
I kind of really want to participate in a war between orders on the side of Elshuu, seems like it'd be really fun.

Barring that i think it's because we just killed Stone-Swimmer who happens to be in the same forgotten/overthrown Ancient Numerian pantheon as the Scaled God. And it's either out of fear or just retaliation.
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>>41756269

No one is talking about the simplest explanation for this.

A case of mistaken identity. They think we're someone that we are not. Now that we ran a murdertrain on one of their priests, it probably just confirms that for them.
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>>41756297
Well with most of theirs boys sent after us are dead in a gang alley we still have some deniability
They were hunting us by name with a picture though, mistaken identity is pretty far fetched.
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You wince as you lean back in the chair, your ribs reminding you all too clearly that there's a chip in them from where the water blade scraped the bone.

“Long story short, I was walking home when five guys jumped me over near Golem Way. Had some sort of grudge or something, who knows. Since they didn't seem to be in the mood for talking, it turned into a fight, a fight which I won, but at least one of them knew what he was doing, so I got a bit scratched up before I put him down,” you explain, smiling.

“That's a lot more than a bit scratched up Jareth, gods, most people wouldn't be walking around like that.”

“As you well know, Isea, I am not most people,” you smirk, as Elsie hands you a mug of... hot soup from the smell of it.

“What the hell Elsie, that water was to deal with infections, not for soup,” Isea huffs, throwing up her hands.

“They don't look infected to me,” Elsie shrugs, taking a sip of her own mug.

“I did some quick healing after the fight, it wasn't much, but it would've dealt with any potential infection,” you smile, trying the soup. Tastes good.

“Well that's a relief, damn near gave me a heart attack when I saw you looking like that,” Isea sighs, rubbing her hand on her forehead, Elsie placing another mug down next to her.

“Good soup, thanks,” you comment, taking another sip.

“S'no problem. What happened to the guys you were fighting then?” Elsie shrugs.

“One of them snuck away while I was distracted, the rest, probably still where I left them,” you shrug.

“You want to sleep here tonight Jareth? I don't mind, I could get my shift covered maybe if you need to stay here tomorrow,” Isea asks.

>What I need right now isn't sleep
>Some rest sounds good
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>>41756466
>Some rest sounds good
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>>41756466
>What I need right now isn't sleep

We are very low on mana. See if there's a clever way to invite Elsie into the festivities.
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>>41756466
>What I need right now isn't sleep
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>>41756466
>>Some rest sounds good
We need sleep. Sex in the morning.
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>>41756466
>>What I need right now isn't sleep
Out of mana! Disciple needs sex badly!
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>>41756466
>What I need right now isn't sleep
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>>41756466
>>Some rest sounds good
We got to sleep and I don't want to look like a douche we can fuck in the morning
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>>41756466
>>Some rest sounds good
We can fuck all day tomorrow.
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>>41756494
>>41756516

We will literally be able to heal ourselves back up to full if we get the mana we need.

In this case sex is a medical necessity for us.
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>>41756466
>Some rest sounds good
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>>41756466
>>Some rest sounds good
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>>41756466
Some rest would be good, but i could use some help getting word to my sister and my group, they might be part of this too.
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>>41756556
We need to get word to our party, you know what they say, dont screw the messenger silly.
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>>41756466
>What I need right now isn't sleep
>>
Rest wins.

Do you want to ask them to get word to your party? Or at least the members of it you know the locations of? As suggested by >>41756671

>Yes
>No
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>>41756690

heh

>>41756727

>Yes
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>>41756727
>Yes
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>>41756727
yep
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>>41756727
Yes.
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>>41756727
>Yes
Imouto must be protected, and she might have followed the twins home to try for wincest, so she might know where they are
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>>41756727
>Yes
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Okay, that's pretty decisive.

Writing.
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>>41756727
>>Yes
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>>41756841
Portal smile must be protected
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When we get the chance, we should try to do some research on the Scale God cult. Hopefully he/she/it has some sort of "holy symbol," if Valia's fiance is part of the cult he strikes me as the kind of douche to get his cults secret symbol tattooed on him somewhere and boom instant proof
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>>41757083

Let's just ask the crew if they've ever heard of it. Valia, Razi and Iden are all pretty bookish.
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>>41757083
>if Valia's fiance is part of the cult he strikes me as the kind of douche to get his cults secret symbol tattooed on him
tramp stamp
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“Some rest does sound good, but I'm not sure I can stay here long. If there's more of those guys, they might be going after the rest of my party too,” you frown.

“Are they far from here?” Elsie asks, her hands wrapped around her mug of soup as she blows on it.

“Valia's over in the Spark District, my sister Rihara's staying at Gurby's, you know it?”

“I know it. I was going out soon anyway, for work, I don't mind stopping by there to let them know,” Elsie shrugs.

“You sure that's a good idea, Elsie? Sounds like there's some real crazies out on the streets tonight,” Isea asks, putting a hand on Elsie's shoulder as her housemate turns to head to her room.

“I'll be fine,” Elsie replies, patting Isea on the hand before disappearing into her room.

“I don't have a change of clothes, sorry,” Isea gives you an apologetic smile as she turns back towards you, looking at your shredded outfit.

“No problem, I won't be wearing them tonight anyway,” you grin, Isea giving you a playful punch on the shoulder, wincing and giving you a hurried apology as she notices the nasty scar there.

Elsie reappears a few minutes later with a bag slung over her back, and you give her some exact directions to Valia's place.

“I think I got it,” Elsie nods, heading for the front door, and despite your discomfort, you take a moment to admire the curvy woman's magnificent ass as she walks away, Elshhu be praised.

(cont)
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>>41757225
“Checking out that butt, huh? Guys are always staring at that, makes me kind of jealous,” Isea giggles as Elsie shuts the front door, disappearing off outside.

“Oh, you've got a pretty amazing ass yourself,” you grin, giving it a light pat as you pick yourself up, drinking down the last of your soup.

“Not that amazing, I swear, if she wasn't so weird with people sometimes she'd be getting all kinds of action.”

You smile, leaning on Isea for support as she helps you to her room. You don't necessarily need the help, but it's a good excuse to put your arm around her. As Isea undoes her robe and slips into bed, you're more than a little tempted to hold off on sleeping quite yet, but as you hit the mattress, you drift off within moments, it's been a long day.

>End of Thread
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Sorry anons, kind of flagging, and I don't think I can handle a second thread or write good smut right now. Blame harpsichords.

Funtimes can come next thread, final post incoming, and if you have any questions in the meantime, I can stick around for a little bit.
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>>41757281

It's okay Lordy, was a good thread. We had a godsdamned boss fight after all.

Any idea when the next OWQ is going to run? I've had a civ management boner for like a week now and the lack of blood around my brain is beginning to take its toll on me.
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>>41757330
Most likely tuesday, though it may be wednesday depending on how things go.
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>>41757330
ditto
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>>41757363
Pls have luck for once in your life, you've earned it
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The roomate is the vigilante, right? i'm 76% sure if it hasn't already been said and i'm slow.
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Deger stumbled, his foot catching on a pile of rubbish by the side of the alley, a cat shrieking as the displaced waste clattered to the ground. This was such bullshit, they should've sent more guys, that fucking lizard was useless, all talk, and then he got his ass kicked.

“Ahh, fuck, my nose,” Deger groaned, prodding gingerly at the flattened and bloody stub, that asshole, he'd busted it for sure, felt like he'd damn near squashed it flat.

This was not how today was supposed to go. He'd thought it would be a nice change of pace, sure grabbing women for sacrifice was a sweet gig, and paid well too, but sometimes you just wanted to let loose, fuck someone up, and the cult got mad at him if he roughed up the girls too badly. So when they showed him that picture, with that smirking asshole thinking he was oh so great, Deger was stoked, finally he could just brutalize someone without the priests getting all pissy at him.

No-one had seen fit to mention that the smirking asshole was some kind of hardcore fucking battlemage or some shit, what the fuck, seriously, he was flipping all over the place and punching stone walls and he'd slapped Deger down like he was nothing.

“What the fuck is going on,” Deger shouted, swinging his foot at a skittering rat, which darted out of the way of the clumsy swing, Deger losing his footing as he damn near tumbled over, before something soft stopped his fall.

He felt a hand on his shoulder, looking around to see a masked face staring back at him.

“That's a good question, perhaps you can help me answer it,” the figure whispered.

Deger felt a warmth spreading down his trouser leg.

That wasn't fair, hadn't his day been shit enough already?
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>>41757549
kek.

>>41757419
yea i has
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>>41757737
Where?
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Since there's no more questions, I'm going to go get some sleep.

Thank you all for playing, thread's archived here:

>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Disciple%20of%20Elshhu%20Quest

See you all next time.
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>>41757549
Thanks Dark Mongoose!
Because she's hunting a snake cult, mongoose, ehy? Ehy?
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So...Elsie is the masked hero?
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>>41758408

Yeah, I'm thinking the token comment about her having an amazing ass is due to her jumping from rooftop to rooftop and such.
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>>41758426
He did also say she was surprisingly strong



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