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>>1372129
The light fades for Lieutenant 'Prince'. You have faced death before, on a dozen battlefields and more. But not like this. You were so cold, at your feet the infinity of nothingness... or Below.

7th Kriegstrom Platoon
Comprised of the most well-armed and armoured troops, 7th Platoon offers the meanest, fiercest and, given the mortality rate, dumbest soldiers to be found in the Black Company. A more bizarre collection of fighting men and women has likely never been seen. Down-on-their-luck heroes with a magic swords and brooding pasts like Cairsun; escaped slaves with a penchant for magik like Nissar; disgruntled veterans of the Nuemunster Legions like Corporal ‘Jack’ Marcus; Scarred Wildborn ‘Smiles’ (because fighting is really all a Wildborn knows); aging Skald huscarls like Hirstun of Ligh that should have retired long ago. You even have a mute rotten undead warrior, ‘Mask’, which is one even you haven’t heard before. Nevermind the fekking Dragon.

They’re your men (and women). Mercenaries, that kill for money. Warriors, with the right degree of pride and stubbornness. Soldiers, that fight for the man next to them. You never wanted this position, deciding who dies where. Dark Father knows it’s only a matter of time before you get them all killed.

Recap
Following the fall of the Neumunster city of Sarsburg several weeks ago, your Employer has sent his unholy host spread throughout the entirety of the western and northern reaches of the Neumunster Nation. While the main part of the Company and the undead went west to Oxenfurt Bridge, you were tasked with the seizure of the northern town of Kresden.

You've done that. And better yet you've taken it almost entirely intact, protecting both buildings and inhabitants alike from the violence (sort of) and the unsavoury attentions of your own reinforcements (mostly). And now the whole of what's left of Northern Nuemunster stretches before you undefended. Your forces have struck out all across Northern Neumunster. Sword, fire and fang all declare the same truth. This land belongs to the Necromancer now.

But the Free Alliance is not done yet. A final roll of the dice, all their might mustered into one army on one front. Already they have battered the Wild and bloodied the nose of the Warlord. If they can break the Necromancer before winter sets in.... there may still be a Free Realm left to defend come spring.

How was brekky?

I am harder than the blade that pierced Prince's face.
Let's roll.

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>>1372188
The Free Alliance Encampment, No More than a Days March from Kresden

The Paladin half-turned to pass his gauntlets to his ever attentive page, Michael, but there was no one there. He gave a sad sigh, he keeps forgetting that young Michael died at Oxenfurt Bridge weeks ago.

”Black Company?” One the Neumunster officers speaks up from the crowd gathered around the War Council. ”We showed them our steel at Oxenfurt Bridge and they scurried away like dogs!” Several other officers speak up in agreement, but not all are so overconfident.

”In Kresden province it’s a different story. This ‘Dark Prince’ of theirs seized the town overnight. He leads an elite unit, the 7th Kriegstrom. There was a full complement of Grenn stationed there, and we’ve had no word from the others in the region, bar what panicked refugees can tell us.” Liuetenant Leopold rubs his jaw as he looks at the displayed map. ”You’d think they were devils of Below from the way they speak.”

”They say he drinks the blood of his enemies, and his own men if he’s hungry enough.” The Knight scoffs. ”They say he has a Dragon.”

”Men say many foolish things short-ears, but I am afraid that last one is true.” The Sniper grimaces from his spot in the corner, elven eyes lazily regarding the Chevalisse nobelman. ”The Dragon fights for them, our scouts report that the XII Legion remnants and a whole contingent of our own Helenwood Arbalests were annihilated by it at Manzer Pass. No coincidence it chose that spot.”

”It matches up with what Herman dan Jorst’s spy has told us. He’s must be some right bastard, no doubt.” The Sergeant rubbed his nose, it was getting colder each day outside. ”He still bleeds though.”

”We can expect precious little more on that front, our turncoat has not made contact with me in some time. The mission to rescue His Grace may have left them exposed. This Prince does not strike me as the forgiving sort..” The speaker Helmer dan Jorst, leader of the Northern Resistance, was an unassuming man. He’d retired twice now, the last thing he was in this for was the glory. ”The Heir-Apparent… I fear he will soon suffer the fate of his late-grandather…”

A pained groan erupts from almost every man of Neumunster birth. The Imperial Family was almost worshipped, the boy was the last direct descendant of Skarling Kingbreaker. Other claimants existed, but their bloodline was questionable or remote. Even if the Free Alliance was victorious against the Necromancer, Neumunster might be wracked with civil war in the aftermath.

Wow prince still lives? How the hell a guy survives being pierced by a dagger un the head...

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”I see.” The Knight is not so boastful now. ”… well, I would be remiss if I did not confess that I had always wanted to test the mettle of our Archangels against a Dragon.”

”Get him close to the ground, my marksmen will make it count.” The Sniper’s elf’s ear twitches, a sign of anticipation.

”The Dragon isn’t the worst of it, they’ve hit the grain stockpiles.” Mutters his companion, an elven Major.

”They targeted the granaries? I thought it was only one or two they raided.” Lieutenant Leopold frowns.

”I’m afraid it’s much worse than that.” A white-robed Heigelen Captain Beatrice von Harti grimaces. ”That was only to cover what they did to the others. The heretics have tainted some of the stockpile, enough to render it all suspect. We’re still trying to get the word out but… people are hungry. Those who eat the tainted grain die in a matter of days… and then rise again.”

Neumunster Officers, Elven Captains and Chevalisse Lords alike all voice their outrage.

”Monsters!” Lieutenant Herman shouts.

”Blasphemers!” Snarls Sir Eilen.

”Terrible! A crime against all sentient life!” Hisses the Elven Petty-Officer.

”May this ‘Prince’ burn in Below!” Captain Torstweiser cries.

”…Seven-hundred Saint’s help them come winter...Gods… Is there nothing we can do?” Shouts another.

”We must protect what little provisions we have.” The brow of The Generalhardens, steel in his voice as he orders the death of countless of his countrymen. All for the greater good. “Refuse any who ask. Use force if they persist… kill them if necessary. We must win at any cost.”

The Paladin places a hand on his shoulder. It’s trembling. ”This sin is his alone. Not yours, General. The Gods will punish them for this tragedy, not us.”

The General’s shoulder slumps, the hard lines on his face alleviate. He is no young man, but for a single moment he looks many years older. ”Sometimes I think the Gods are already punishing us, old friend…”
He says it softly enough for only The Paladin to hear.

”Damn them!” The Knight slams his gauntlet on the table in fury. “Baise leurs mères putain et leurs pères de merde pour donner naissance à ces méchants!”

Everyone pauses as a booming chuckle from outside the pavilion answers his Chevalisse curses.

[2/3]

>Hopefully though we will make room for a cheeky Monday sesh!
Prince got stabbed in the face.
>cheeky

Is this what being triggered feels like?

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>>1372248
Maybe it was a very small dagger

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>>1372255

[3/3]

”Oh, Ah dannae fear no Black Company Boogieman. Me and the lads ‘ere will fix him for ya.” The Highlander says with a beaming smile as he enters, the flash of white sleeves and rustle of green kilts as a dozen of his men follow the towering warrior into the pavilion. ”Aye, him and his wee lizard.”

”Thrice-damned Clansmen. What the fek are they doing here?” The Sergeant growls at the disorderly soldiers and their ad-hoc uniforms. Those not jostling and shoving each other are looking around at the other pavilion occupants with fierce grins and a fire in their eyes.

”Ahm ‘ere cos I bloody feel lahk et, don’t ay? Took a wee stroll and decided to pop by. Ahm a free man, ye ken?” The 7-foot-and-some-change giant has to lean down to get in the Neumunster NCO’s face, to his credit he doesn’t bat an eye. ” Ah go where Ah please. Yew got a problem with that, laddie?”

”Ah, you’ve arrived. Please, Sergeant-Major, give the man some room.” The General motions for the red-haired giant to join them at the War Council. “I must say I’m somewhat surprised that the Isabella Clans have lent their aid to the Free Alliance in this late hour.”

”Oh I wouldnae be reading too much into it. The Lady Isabella is nae a fan of yew lot, her worshipfulness just dannae want this gobbledegook sorcerer keelie to get too big fer his britches. Such is The Lady’s will. Uaine Nighean.” The giant makes a sign and kisses his open palm.

“Uaine Nighean.” The clansmen behind him unanimously follow suit, kissing their hands as they murmur deferentially. A pray, a ward… it’s anybody’s guess.

”The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend. I shall fight beside you with pride.”The Paladin grasped the forearm of the giant in a warrior’s handshake.

”Aye. Well now, et’s some kind o’ start…” There’s a mad glint in The Highlander’s eye as he accepts the warriors handshake with glee. It had been too long since he’d had a real fight…

[3/3]

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>>1372266
Nah man we are in a story with gods,paladins and demons. Surviving a stab wound isn't that much surprising.

At least we didn't try to jump over a lava pit after killing the White Bitch.

>>1372271
Fucking scotman!!

>>1372293
You say that, but I'm still guessing we're going to have gruesome scars from it. Just look at what happened to "Smiles", and that dude didn't even kill the anti-christ alongside his own kid.

>>1372309
>Didn't kill the antichrist
He did get attacked by daemons from Below.
Poor bastard.

>>1372309
So white bitch was expecting twins?

>>1372329
The +3 HP was because a fifth of White Bitch's total HP is 3 HP. That's how "His Blood for Mine" works. There is no evidence to support the theory about twins.

>>1372329
I'd have to go through the archive to prove it, but from what I recall she wasn't expecting it. I remember last session that the amount of hp Prince got back from killing them indicated there were three lives, not two. Do not remember if Forgotten confirmed it or not.

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>>1372219
It was good. I ran out of bacon unfortunately.

>>1372293
>>1372302
>>1372309
>>1372325
>>1372329
>>1372231
>>1372248
>>1372266

I did read over some of the concerns listed in the last thread. I will try to address them now.


1) Crit-Fail. I have never had a rule requiring rolls to be linked in unless we were rolling for different matters simultaneously (like the missions). I'm not so spiteful towards your success so far as to accept a potentially lethal invalid roll out of spite.

2) Stabbed through the helmet?
I could say you forgot your helmet in the rush. But you didn't, I explicitly wrote that she was close enough to feel her breath on your visor. Certainly White Bitch didn't have the insane strength just to stab straight through it That said, what exactly our Blackthorn armour looks like has never been definitely clarified beyond the purchase picture. So, to cover my own sick-sleep-deprived mistake I'm going to go with pic-related. Plenty of stabbabilitynew word, it will catch on there if you flick the visor up. Still retains it's scare factor as well.

3) Poison. Fast-acting yes, I honestly don't have a reference point for how long it would take to feel the effects of a poison coated weapon on a physically active person. The poison was partially burnt out by MBFH, but it would have taken a more dedicated

If we are still unsatisfied with that as an explanation, SGT Bad Hand served with White Bitch for several years and would know her preference in this matter. He may have searched her body for the antidote. At the time you bleeding out was a bigger concern.

4) Casualty roster. I did fail to properly update it, that has since been corrected. Cheers.

5) Twins? No, the foetus/child/thing/anti-christ whatever was barely a week or two old. Not quite enough to get some life-force juice out of it, independent from the mother. As >>1372355 the HP gain is 20%.

Neat theory though, maybe I should have just ran with it. You fekking baby-killers.

6) But did you died? No, I reckon killing off Prince because of exactly one crit-fail (you didn't fail any other rolls leading up to it either) would be a little harsh. There are permanent consequences for this though, and on the eve of 'The Big One' to boot.

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>That's cool. Now get on with it, Forgotten.

>Now wait just a cotton-picking minute, faggot... [write here]

>>1372367
Nice , but can I read the story now or are we still waiting for 4/3? I don't see a decision at the bottom

>>1372367
>Now wait just a cotton-picking minute, faggot

Are you saying we're going to be up and fighting by the time the big one rolls around? We just got a poisoned knife stabbed right through our face. Unless we start living vicariously and or literally through the dragon, why would we be up? Saint was a shit and her healing failed, which was the only real possibility for recovering quickly we had.

Sidenote: will our grievous wound lower our HP total or inflict a malus?

>That's cool. Now get on with it, Forgotten.

>>1372404
Hold your horses nigga, you'll see.

>>1372390
Working on it.

>>1372367
[Write in]
>That's cool, now get on with it you cotton-picking faggot
<3

>>1372367
>That's cool. Now get on with it, Forgotten.

>>1372367
>That's cool. Now get on with it, Forgotten.

If Prince is too injured to fight in 'The Big One', I wouldn't mind us shifting pov to Kiranofu for the big battle. I would understand if you don't want to go full Commander Quest mode though. Juggling that many units fighting in a siege situation might slow things down by a lot, and you pretty much told us that the attack would come in waves.

Please just tell us that Prince is still a handsome boy,

https://youtu.be/eTnNekvfJFI?t=11s

>>1372367
>That's cool. Now get on with it, Forgotten.

>>1372367
>That's cool. Now get on with it, your cotton-picking faggot.

>>1372430
Also, don't forget you miscounted the MBFH modifier

hey anons long time lurker first time poster and it's my birthday today I hope Prince doesn't critfail this time.

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>1372605
Let's check out our prospects

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>1372605
Good job jinxing it

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>1372605
>>1372628
>>1372639

Fuck off faggots.

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>>1372628
>>1372639
>>1372667

>PANIC

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Kresden, Mid-Morning

You were so cold. You thought death would be warmer, more fire and brimstone like they say in the sermons. But it was icy… like a flat lake before the frost has fully taken hold. You wanted to dip your toes into that lake. Submerge yourself into nothing and leave it all behind. You’re not sure why you didn’t. Or couldn’t, to be honest. Below knows you wanted to.

Voices…

”=== I vould not vorry, Beati. Very gut, such a thing has not been considered for medical use before.” A western Neumunster accent

”But… the after-effects. I fear I-” A woman’s voice. Soft as milky and honey.

”You have saved zis man’s life, madame. ========= ill turn. I vill be nearby should zere be any change.”

”Thank you, Herr Doktor. For everything.” A gruff voice. Yes… your old friend…

The light between you fluttering eyelids. And the same time both not so different from a hangover, and altogether something else entirely. You've never been so relieved to feel pain at sunlight from a hangover after all. Doctor Kurerfitz, ‘Saint’ and ‘Bad Hand’ are all standing on the foot of your bed. It looks like CPL ‘Jack’ Marcus is on the balcony with someone else… and of course Kid is sitting on the chair in the corner. They’re the first one to notice you shifting.

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DARK DEBTS
”You think you can make these bargains and not be beholden to them one day? Fool.”
>Additional 5% HP cost to MBFH powers. Permanent.

LOYAL TO THE COMPANY
”The Company is more than just a band of mercenaries. It’s a family, a brotherhood. No one quits. No one leaves.”
>Prince GAINED +1 Kreigstrom Skillpoint

(1) What’s the first thing you say?
>”Can’t keep a good soldier down…” [Elite]
>“Thought I was a goner for sure…” [Courage]
>”Seems like you lot won’t be rid of me that easily…” [Experience]
> [Other/Clever]

(2) Spend your Skill Point
>Tier 2:Face Me!
"Two men enter, one man leaves. The songs are full of ballads such as these.”
FREE Action: You may select an opponent of note from the enemy ranks. They cannot refuse your challenge without forfeiting orders and imposing a -5DC on their own ranks. This will stack the longer they refuse the challenge.

>Tier 3: Steel Brothers
”The bonds of brotherhood are sturdier than the finest Albani steel. You fight as one.”
PASSIVE Ability: +10DC to Battle Progress.


>>1372605
Well now you've gone and done it.

>>1372529
I did and that was my mistake. But since we used it there will still be a price. Just not such a steep one.

>”Seems like you lot won’t be rid of me that easily…” [Experience]
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

>>1372686
>”Seems like you lot won’t be rid of me that easily…” [Experience]
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

>>1372686
>“Thought I was a goner for sure…” [Courage]
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

> [Other/Clever]
"Father fek why is it so bright? Someone close it."

>>1372686
>I AM FIRE, I AM DEATH. ASGORGA LIVES AGAIN.
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

>>1372686
>"Okay, Saint. I'm not mad, but what did you do to my face?"
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

>>1372686
>”Seems like you lot won’t be rid of me that easily…” [Experience]
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

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>>1372271
>WHAT DO YA THINK A THAT? MR. DARK FATHER WORSHIPIN'

>>1372686
>”Seems like you lot won’t be rid of me that easily…” [Experience]
>Steel Brothers

>>1372686
>"Fekking bright. Dim the fekking sun please." [Clever]
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers

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>>1372946
>>1372736
>>1372693
>>1372697
>>1372710
>>1372758
>>1372763
>>1372771
>Tier 3: Steel Brothers
”The bonds of brotherhood are sturdier than the finest Albani steel. You fight as one.”
PASSIVE Ability: +10DC to Battle Progress.

You can dislike a man, hate him even. Their snoring, smell or penchant for cheating. Your comrades can drive you up the wall with their bickering. And yet you can still trust them with your life in battle. That kind of pact is not easily broken. Your Kreigstrom are among the best of the best, fighting in unison with complete and utter faith in the man beside them.

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”Seems like you lot won’t be rid of me that easily…” Your voice is raspy and weak. It hurts to even speak. Gods, why is it so bright?

”…!” Kid uncrosses their legs with a start.

”Prince!” Saint gasps.

”Sir!” CPL ‘Jack’ Marcus and Cairsun rush in from the balcony.

"Fek me, can't someone dim the lights..."

”BROTHER!” The other three have to physically restrain SGT ‘Bad Hand’ from lifting you out of the bed in a crushing embrace. He settles for a hearty slap on your shoulder, your good shoulder. He’s grinning down at you like a child that found a dropped Gelt-piece.

”Haha! Gods one of these days I swear we’ll be done with you, maybe. But not yet, pal.” The dishevelled moustachioed madman is most definitely not crying. Absolutely. There’s just the wind from the window or something in his eyes. ”Not yet…”

You smile up at him, or try to. The right side of your face won’t respond. Bandages still cover it but that’s not the problem. You can’t even feel most of it, from your ear to your chin. The last thing you remember was Saint’s fingers digging in there…

”Okay, Saint. I'm not mad, but what did you do to my face?" You glance up at the shamefaced ex-Heigelen Captain.

”Ah… sir. You see you were bleeding out from your face and your armpit…”

”I’m sure the Lieutenant remembers where he was stabbed. Not likely to forget that.” CPL ‘Jack’ chuckles at her side.

”Just tell me, Saint. Did you use your magik or not?”

”I mean, that is to say my powers still haven’t returned to me. I had to resort to using wards. They’re usually benign things, like dispelling magik. Or sealing a gateway, or making sure a door won’t break down. Or ensure the rafters of a newly built barn don’t collapse…”

”…You turned my face into wood?!” A panicked hand tries to clutch at your face, but the stinging ache in your shoulder and armpit stops that movement in it’s tracks.

[1/2]

>>1372912
BABY MURDERIN'

>>1373012
DRAGON VIOLATIN'

>>1372912
>ERHU PLAYIN'

>>1373012
Bad Hand best bro.

>>1373012

Ohohohoho.

Splinterface when?

I'm new to all this how do I find old threads where you left off before.. ? Is it possible?
I love stories with Paladins...

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>>1373032
>>1373044
GRAIN POISONIN'

>>1373012
[2/2]

GRUESOME
”It’s not so bad if you smile. …Oh Gods, please stop, I was wrong. Smiling just makes it worse.”
‘Cold-Eye Prince’. ‘Stoneface Prince’. ‘The Black Lieutenant’. You’re not hard to recognise. Half the world thinks you’re a devil from Below and the other half wants to send you back there.
> -10DC when dealing with mortal beings.
>+1 Discipline damage to enemy from Orders/Powers that affect it (i.e. ‘Onwards You Dogs’ and ‘Fear Me’)
>+5 ‘Fear’ DC if you have twice the health of your opponent or more.

OLD WOUNDS
”I’m getting too old for this shit.”
> -5 Personal Combat DC. Permament.

FRESH WOUNDS
”Rest und light duties for three weeks. Zis is a minimum, Herr Prince!”
>-10 Personal Combat DC. Temporary.

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”No! No, sir! But… your flesh reacted something like it.” Saint tries to reassure you.

Bad Had ruins that quickly enough. ”Certainly wasn’t fekking pretty, I’ll tell you that! Hahaha, like turning over a dead branch and finding all the creepy-crawlies underneath.”

Clearly Trooper Kid remembers it all too vividly, turning a little green at the gills.

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(1) First things first.
>”The fair Ladies of the realm will weep, I’m sure.” Make light of things. Try to laugh. [Clever]

>”Status update. Who did we lose? What’s our current situation?” Back to work. [Elite]

>”How long was I out? Did I miss anything?” From the look of the room, this is Kresden Manor. [Courage]

>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]

(2) Your face.
>”Never mind that, I’m starving. Let’s get some food in here.”

>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373075
It's in the archive. Check the OP

>>1373080
>”Status update. Who did we lose? What’s our current situation?” Back to work. [Elite]
>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373075
Check the first post.

>>1373080
> -5 Personal Combat DC. Permament.

Ouch...well guess is time to increase our HP.

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Grabbing a bite to eat, shouldn't be too long.

>>1373075
Ah, fresh meat for the grinder. It's in the OP as well.
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Black%20Company%20Quest


So far we haven't actually faced a Paladin. They've been off in the fringes, beating back or forces on other fronts or making valiant last stands against vampiric strike teams. Soon though, we will have to face them.

>>1373080
>”Status update. Who did we lose? What’s our current situation?” Back to work. [Elite]
>"Maybe I can just always wear my helmet? I heard concealing scarves are the new fruity fashion in Helenwood."

Wow, Prince is completely fucked. If he hadn't been built up, he's be unplayable right now.

>>1373080
>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]

>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373080
>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]
>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373080
>”Status update. Who did we lose? What’s our current situation?” Back to work. [Elite]

>>1373108
>"Maybe I can just always wear my helmet? I heard concealing scarves are the new fruity fashion in Helenwood."

>>1373080
>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]
>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373012
>just dimming the light
>not the sun
There goes my plan for blowing up a stellar body.

>>1373106
So are we plague knight ugly or demon knight ugly now?

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>>1373108
>>1373125
These niggas get me. Masks are fashionable, doncha know?

>>1373127
For years the Father has yearned to destroy the Sun. His Avatar shall do the next best thing, block it out...

>>1373132
Not nearly so bad. The scar is awful, but the process of 'healing/binding' that Saint did was much worse than the end result.

>>1373144
Considering we're dealing with elves here, I wonder why you felt the need to specify "ladies"

>>1373144
>For years the Father has yearned to destroy the Sun. His Avatar shall do the next best thing, block it out...
Close enough.

>>1373080
>fek get me something warm
>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

It's a shame Saint is such a shit at everything. If we had more time beating the stupid out of her, she might have been able to fix our face. Instead we had to rely on her and, lo and behold, she failed us.

That she kept us alive is the only reason I didn't vote to crawl out of hell and haunt her. Doubt she'll be able to fix it either now that it's healing.

>>1373080
>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]
Then
>”Status update. Who did we lose? What’s our current situation?” Back to work. [Elite]

>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]
>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373157
Oh, it's universal fashion in Helenwood. But they have to clarify it for optimal sales in their foreign markets.

>>1373193
QM do we get a roll in the future to fix Prince's ugly face?

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>>1373183
Well fuck, Bad Hand went and promoted her.

Pretty even split between gratitude and straight to business, so I'll write it like that.

>>1373201
No. No roll.

Deal with it, fugly. There may be a chance at something later on, a one-time thing.

>>1373080
>”The fair Ladies of the realm will weep, I’m sure.” Make light of things. Try to laugh. [Clever]


>”If I’m going to throw up it should be before breakfast. Show me.”

>>1373209
Is it bo3 or literally one roll?

>>1373216
No, there will be no roll for this. It will be a choice, a boon. Though I imagine you may pick another option...

>>1373204
I only care about any of that because of all the maluses we've accumulated from it. Considering our entire strategy is pretty much MBFH all the way, we can't play him like that any more. We also took some hefty hits to our combat (and social) effectiveness.

Seriously though, has Saint done anything right? (It's been a while, I may be forgetting a moment of awesome, but for the life of me I cannot remember her doing something noteworthy).

>>1372686
>>1373080
All of this just means that we must be more conservative with MBFH in the future, or else we'll bleed ourselves to death in short order.

I'm pretty sure we're doomed.

Will this quest continue after The Big One?

>>1373209
hypothetically, what happens if we crit fail that

>>1373080
>”You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. [Experience]
>"Well sadly the ladies will now only have my personality to fawn over. Show me.”

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1373258
Yeah. Don't know for how long, though. Will all the nerfs we received.

Also rolling for probability that we get some ultra boost that offsets all of this.

>>1373245
She kept us alive? Despite a dagger placed firmly in our face?

Rolled 66 (1d100)

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>>1373245
Saved your bacon from a possessed Neumunster.
Saved your life.
Kept you morally grounded on occassion (Could be a bad thing, could be good)
Didn't panic as hard as Bad Hand when you were down.

>>1373275
Hypothetically? 'They took my FACE!' tier shit.

>>1373258
This campaign, or our following of it, will conclude around there. To be continued, or not. If Prince survives, his choices (both in the past and in the next few threads) will determine the fate of the Company, and in part the World, after The Big One.

>>1373283
Fairly average. You do have the fear and additional discipline damage.

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”Well, let’s get this over with. If I’m going to throw up I’d want it to be before breakfast.” Your weak hands paw pathetically at your bandages. ”Bad Hand, help me get these off.”

”Right away, brother.” He’s always grinning, the loon. But the Doctor objects.

”I zink it may be too early for-“

”Cool it, Doc. He isn’t getting any prettier.” Bad Hand waves him off as he unwraps the bandages covering your head. Worryingly enough, though you can feel the fabric move you can’t see any better out of that side.

”…Hmph. Very well. Here.” The bespectacled physician hands you an operating mirror.

You stare at the reflection for a while. So, this is you now. It could be… worse. You could be dead. You try to think of a joke, something to ease the mood. But nothing springs to mind.

” You saved my life, Trooper Saint. Thank you. You too, Kid.” Gratitude is a virtue they say. Kid nods in return. They pat you on the foot underneath the blanket and heat out to the balcony for a smoke. Saint doesn’t look convinced.

”I couldn’t save the Corporal though.”

”Hmm?”

”CPL ‘White Bitch’. She was dead already. The Neumunster commandoes must have finished her off before we got there.” Saint says with downcast eyes. ”The two of you must have fought bravely though, they fled before they had a chance to look for the… well, the heir.”

”Right…”

SGT ‘Bad Hand’ and CPL ‘Jack’ exchange a surreptitious glace with each other and you behind Saint’s back. Clearly they could guess at how things had gone down, but why keep ‘White Bitch’ Tara’s betrayal a secret?

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>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

>>1373312
*possessed Nissar

>>1373312
...That's not that bad actually, QM.

>>1373312
>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]
>>1373319
I would have felt devastated if we could never again hear his very un-fluent speech.

>>1373312
>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

>>1373312
>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

>>1373326
We just need a wicked awesome eye patch now. Enchanted even!

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>>1373326
Chicks dig scars, right?

>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

The truth matters

>>1373312
>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

>>1373312
>I'd be a damn shame if you could save her, given I'm the one that choked the bitch.

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>>1373312
>>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]
I honestly expected Prince to look worse

>>1373349
I'm not going to complain especially as ,with the exception of smiles, all our troopers who got maimed lost arms or legs.

>>1373312
>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

>>1373312
>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

>>1373312
>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

>>1373312
>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

The other two have their reasons for keeping mum, even if it was just waiting for us to break the news.

I'd rather the company heard it from us rather then in the middle of a fight with the neumunster

>>1373312
>“…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” Better the rank-and-file remember her for as a fallen comrade, not a traitor. [Secret Softy +1]

>>1373312
>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

>>1373312
>>”I wouldn’t be shedding any tears over her, Trooper Saint. She had it coming.” Below-damned woman stabbed you in the face. You’re not interested in covering for anything. [Black Heart +1]

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Given the split nature, I'll go with not revealing it for now. But it may come up again later.

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"…That’s a damn shame. I’m sure you did what you could, Trooper.” You'll go along with your NCOs story for now.

”Yes, sir.”

”Okay. Status update. Who did we lose? What’s our current situation?”

”The Bitch *cough*, sorry CPL ‘White Bitch’ was the only casualty in that ambush, Prince.” SGT ‘Bad Hand’ grunts. For it to have been Tara must have surprised him, she’d been his 2nd for years now. ”And it’s CPL Saint now. Earned her spurs out there, I reckon.”


”You were out, and we were still nearly two days from safe harbour.” SGT ‘Bad Hand’ shrugs. ”I admit I underestimated the lass. She kept her cool better than me when you were in the muck. I needed someone for 3rd Squad that I could rely on.”

There is another factor, he can’t have been sure at the time whether or not White Bitch’s 2nd, ‘Murder’ Meriam, had been in on it. But you don’t say as much. Wouldn’t want to dampen Saint’s spirits about the whole matter after all.

”Well, congratulations CPL Saint.”

”Thank you, sir. I won’t let you down!” The whitehaired newly-made Corporal salutes you with drill parade composure. Cute.

”Lerrek Jurgensen, that redhead Skald fella, was also promoted.” CPL ‘Jack’ pats Saint on the back, welcoming her to the grim ranks of the NCOs. ”CPL Hirstun asked for him as his second. We’re still missing a few Blackguards, and a LCPL for 1st Squad. I love my boys but… I’m not convinced they’re 2nd material. Can you imagine Nissar, or Smiles? Hmm, with the rest of the Company here we can probably get some transfers over. You’re unit has quite a name for itself now, sir.”

”The rest of the Company is here?” That was good news, good news indeed.

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>PROMOTIONS!
Trooper Lerrek Jurgensen promoted to LCPL in 3rd Squad.
Trooper ‘Saint’ is promoted to CPL in 2nd Squad.
Unless you object to SGT Bad Hand’s decisions. If so, say as much now. Saint won’t be doing so much paperwork now, at least not for you.

>”Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.” Will senpai notice me? [Courage]

>”Ah, our old buddies Whisper and Trots. I wonder how they’ve been, eh Bad Hand?” [Experience]

>”You know what… I’ll even be glad to see Page #137, that bastard daemon.” [Clever]

>”What’s our current standing strength?” You need cold hard facts, not familiar faces. [Elite]

>>1373505
>”Ah, our old buddies Whisper and Trots. I wonder how they’ve been, eh Bad Hand?” [Experience]

>>1373505
>>”Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.” Will senpai notice me? [Courage]

>>1373505
>”Ah, our old buddies Whisper and Trots. I wonder how they’ve been, eh Bad Hand?” [Experience]
How did 'blind' griff die again?

>”What’s our current standing strength?” You need cold hard facts, not familiar faces. [Elite]

>>1373505
>”Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.” Will senpai notice me? [Courage]

>>1373505
>>”Ah, our old buddies Whisper and Trots. I wonder how they’ve been, eh Bad Hand?” [Experience]

>>1373505
>>”What’s our current standing strength?” You need cold hard facts, not familiar faces. [Elite]

>>1373505
>Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.” Will senpai notice me? [Courage]

Whisper and Trots? Is this Gardens of the Moon?

>”Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.” Will senpai notice me? [Courage]

>>1373505
>”Ah, our old buddies Whisper and Trots. I wonder how they’ve been, eh Bad Hand?” [Experience]

>>1373505
>>”Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.” Will senpai notice me? [Courage]

>>1373505
>”Did the Captain ask after me? How did she react to our report.”

>>1373522
Sarsburg. They never found his body.
He was the only one you knew 'from before'

>>1373575
then his not died
body wasnt found
well come up on the other side

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”Did the Captain ask after me? What about our report.”

”We delivered your report. You know how she is, dismissed without so much as a please or thank you.” SGT ‘Bad Hand’ sniffed. A fine leader sure, but he never did understand what you saw in her. ”As for you personally, what with you being near-dead and all, she didn't ask.”

Figures. It’d take more than a near-death experience for you to grab her attention. Even actual death might not cut it. ”Well, at least we'll see our old buddies Whisper and Trots. I wonder what they've been up to, eh Bad Hand?"

A sad twitch of his ruffled whiskers. ”Trots didn’t make it, brother. Free Alliance got him sometime after the Battle for Oxenfurt Bridge. He’s dead, Prince.”

Damn. Another one. Another friend back to the mud. Time were there was nearly a whole squad of you. Griff, Damien, Smyth, Hadrien, Kiranova and others… So few these days. Not much of the Old Guard left at all.

”Sir, that goes for the rest of the Company too. All up we have less than 6 platoons worth of fighting men, most of that infantry.” CPL ‘Jack’ interrupts your malaise with new Officer business, welcome for once. Anything to stop thinking about your dead friends. ”Plenty of leftovers, remnants from mauled squads. Command is squaring them off into more functional units like ours.”

”2nd and 3rd Squad are without Blackguards, sir. We have a list of some without functioning units to be attached to.” CPL ‘Saint’ hands you a sheet. ”Here, take a look.”

Great, back to the world of the living for all of five minutes and already neck-deep in paperwork.

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(Choose Two)

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Eater’: A Vampire. Doesn’t play well with the other bloodsuckers, or anyone really. She has all of their strength, their speed, their unnatural life. All of their hate.

>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Bluebird’: A fine man carrying the weight of the world, a good soldier with a bad Torkrum habit. But damn that boy can play.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

>>1373505
I thought Hirstun was CPL of the 2nd squad and White Bitch was the CPL of the 3rd?

>”What’s our current standing strength?” You need cold hard facts, not familiar faces. [Elite]

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Bluebird’: A fine man carrying the weight of the world, a good soldier with a bad Torkrum habit. But damn that boy can play.
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Bluebird’: A fine man carrying the weight of the world, a good soldier with a bad Torkrum habit. But damn that boy can play.

No more waifu plz. We have plenty.

>>1373815
There are other female members of your Platoon that you haven't been trying to woo. Their mere presence won't factor into the waifu-wars. Unless you guys want it to.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

Fuck I love this Quest.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

Maybe she can give us pointers to keep our gun from misfiring again.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

No bloodsuckers lovers here.

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>>1373832
Me too, anon. Me too.

>>1373769
Is it "Kreigstrom" or "Kriegstrom"? With all the little german things I'd wager on the latter, but not sure.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Eater’: A Vampire. Doesn’t play well with the other bloodsuckers, or anyone really. She has all of their strength, their speed, their unnatural life. All of their hate.

>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

A lonesome vamp and a berserker. Just the sort of batshit we need.

>>1373843
What about Schuster?

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Bluebird’: A fine man carrying the weight of the world, a good soldier with a bad Torkrum habit. But damn that boy can play.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

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>>1373855
I keep fekking it up. It's a made-up word, but yes the latter is what it should be. Kriegstrom.

>>1373862
No fraternisation in the ranks, lad! Definitely not after how that worked for you last time anyway.

>>1373870
The joke was that Schuster fucks vampires. But I can get how an Aussie wouldn't understand jokes like that.

>>1373769
>>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Eater’: A Vampire. Doesn’t play well with the other bloodsuckers, or anyone really. She has all of their strength, their speed, their unnatural life. All of their hate.

>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Bluebird’: A fine man carrying the weight of the world, a good soldier with a bad Torkrum habit. But damn that boy can play.
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

>>1373831
Prince (and by that, I mean we) seem to like'em crazy or otherwise psychologically damaged.

Schuster has physical scars but seems like a sane and normal woman in comparison, *including* that vampire fetish. I can imagine her geeking out over Twilight, if she could read.

Meriam goes berserk around Chevalisse but is otherwise fairly low key. Maybe if this campaign was in Chevalisse lands and her psychological baggage was on better display, we would have been all over her.

What I'm trying to say is, we're horrible, horrible people.

>>1373769
>>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.

>>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Bluebird’: A fine man carrying the weight of the world, a good soldier with a bad Torkrum habit. But damn that boy can play.
I wonder what instrument he uses

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Eater’: A Vampire. Doesn’t play well with the other bloodsuckers, or anyone really. She has all of their strength, their speed, their unnatural life. All of their hate.

>>1373769
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari

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>>1373782
Errr... I'm not sure now. I was going off >>1354756

>>1373878
Yes, I understood. I was saying that her fekking vamps was all fine and good so long as they weren't in the platoon with her. That was the joke.


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Kriegstrom 7th Platoon GAINED:
>Knight-of-the-Line Regrets-the-Rain: A Wildborn warrior, large even for his kind. He refuses to wear armour and you can tell as much from the scars.
>Knight-of-the-Line ‘Spitfire’ Spicari: A Sabari musketeer that turned down a comfortable Palace Guard gig for adventure. She’s not afraid to even the odds with those pistols of hers.

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”Fair enough, the Kriegstrom is all about the hard-hitters.” SGT ‘Bad Hand’ that big bastard will stop a few arrows at least.”

”Don’t forget the musketeer. Those pistols are becoming more prevalent these days.” Saint remarks. ”Might be that one day everyone will be carrying them.”

The others snort at this. Maybe gunpowder will play a bigger role in the future, but replace blade and bow entirely? Hardly. The world will always have a demand for cold steel, magik and beast. The blasted things were too unreliable as well, unless you had Albani working on it.

”Fine, see if I’m wrong.” Saint smiles, a genuine one bright as day. Hurts your eyes, damn her gleaming white teeth. ”To be honest I’m just glad Sir didn’t pick the Vampire. Can’t stand those things. Either way, Durvano will be glad for another Sabari face around, at least.

”Not if he owes her money, which he seems to be with everyone. Vendis Durvano is cunning, but more on making a bargain than measuring a fight. Nissar can barely speak the language, friendly guy but I’m not trusting him to relay commands to the rank-and-file let alone execute them. ‘Smiles’ is a damn good fighter, but no leader. ‘Joker’ maybe could if she took herself seriously for a moment.” CPL ‘Jack’ Marcus scratches the back of his neck, looking at Kid. ”Below, this one shows more promise than them. Give it a few years and… Anyway sir, here are some suitable options I’ve singled out.
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(Choose One)

>LCPL ‘Knuckles’: This gregarious Isabella Clansman prefers to solve his problems by hitting them. He’s good at that.

>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

>LCPL ‘One-Fifty’: Great, another Elf. What does her nickname mean? 150 kills? 150 years old? 150 times she’s punched someone for asking that question? Too damn smart for her own good.

>Deny his request. Force him to choose from his own squad.

Regrets and Spitfire.

Regrets and Smiles can become a duo.

>LCPL ‘Knuckles’: This gregarious Isabella Clansman prefers to solve his problems by hitting them. He’s good at that.

>>1373980
>>>LCPL ‘Knuckles’: This gregarious Isabella Clansman prefers to solve his problems by hitting them. He’s good at that.
Been waiting for the highlander for a while now

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>>1373980
>One-Fifty

>>1373980
Oh great. More potential waifus, including a fekking knife-ears.

>LCPL ‘Knuckles’: This gregarious Isabella Clansman prefers to solve his problems by hitting them. He’s good at that.

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

>>1373980

>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

Knuckles

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.
Eh, the higher in the ranks you go, even if its just to LCPL, the better you should be at leading. So this gets my vote. Curse you Forgotten Qm for making use choose when they are all potentially interesting!

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘One-Fifty’: Great, another Elf. What does her nickname mean? 150 kills? 150 years old? 150 times she’s punched someone for asking that question? Too damn smart for her own good.

We need a new elf in case we need to reestablish discipline

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘One-Fifty’:

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>>1374000
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Look at all those filthy elflovers

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.
She's the only one that seems to have any leadership experience.

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>>1374019
Reminds me of the anon from RIP N' TEAR thread.

>>1374013
Heh, the description makes her sound like a smart-alek too. I almost want to switch my vote just to have a certain scene. "What's wrong, never had to deal with an elf before!" Laugh it off then her expression later when troopers inform her of why prince found that hilarious.

Hmm

>>1373980
>>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

>LCPL ‘Knuckles’: This gregarious Isabella Clansman prefers to solve his problems by hitting them. He’s good at that.

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

Damn this is a tight vote, right before I need to sleep

>>1374067
Forgot my actual vote

>LCPL ‘Knuckles’: This gregarious Isabella Clansman prefers to solve his problems by hitting them. He’s good at that.

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>>1374032
Drakengard had the good ideas

>>1374053

Rolling for potential waifucandidate who'llbetray us again.

>>1374084
>>>1374053
Forgot roll

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>1374086
Dang son I'll roll for you

>>1374086
Yes. Clearly.

I think CPL 'Hard' Hida takes it by a slim margin. Don't fret, you will have your fill of Highlanders by the end of this.

Just for reference I was NOT influenced by the latest Samurai Jack episode at all. I was always going to include these guys, I love the highland warrior trope.

>>1372912
>YA NECROMANCER SERVIN'

>>1374122
>ORPHAN ABANDONIN'

>>1374133
>SAINT LEWDIN'

>>1374137
>TRAITOR FUCKIN'

>>1374137
>LATE TERM ABORTAN'

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>>1374137
>>1374133
>>1374146
>>1374147
>WARMACHINE RUININ'

>>1373980
>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.
Stubborn determination is a go

>>1374152
>VAMP POLITICS DERAILIN'

>>1374152
>CHURCH RECKIN

>>1374122
6-6

>>1374160
>DRAGON POSSESSIN

>>1374165
>GRENN PISSIN'

>>1374160
SKALD WIDOWER

>>1374152
So what are the chances of The Highlander launching into a thirty second long insult upon meeting us and inflicting -1 DC for every insult he spews?

>>1374170
>PRINCE SUBSTITUTIN'

>>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

>>1374182
Do NOT give him ideas to fuck us over and more chances to critfail

>>1374186
>ZOMBIE SOOTHIN'

>2 days without shaving and having tea?
It's gonna be a bitch handling the ptsd.
>Prince having to learn how to shave his fucked up side without cutting the skin.

>>1373980
>>LCPL ‘One-Fifty’: Great, another Elf. What does her nickname mean? 150 kills? 150 years old? 150 times she’s punched someone for asking that question? Too damn smart for her own good.

I noticed that we haven't played the urhu for Mask yet.

>>1374205
We did. His bonus is that he is basically un-killable until he fulfills his mission in life, whatever that is.

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>>1374194
>SYKA ANNOYIN'

>>1374205
It's become a part of your daily morning routine where time allows. I'll be sure to include it next time we cover that. Rest assured you have been keeping your word so far.

>>1374196
Damnit, I was going to sneak that one up on you guys.

>>1374182
Higher and higher the longer this goes on. Ah well, there'll be some insulting going on at least. Maybe I'll let you lot write it in. It'd have to be based purely off stuff that would be common knowledge.

>>1374161
Ah yes, I missed yours. Hida still takes it though.
>>1374154
>>1374187

7th Kriegstrom Platoon GAINED
>>LCPL ‘Hard’ Hida: Her squadmates died to a man at Oxenfurt bridge, mostly because of her. The retreat didn’t turn into a full-on rout, also in part because of her.

This is it. There will be no more reinforcements after this. You can expect no more replenishments or fresh recruits until after the Big One. Perhaps well after.
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”I heard she got her squad killed in the rearguard action at Oxenfurt.” SGT Bad Hand doesn’t look convinced.

”I heard the same SGT, but I also heard that’s what saved the rest of her platoon.” Saint looks from her senior-NCO to you and back. ”If Sir has taught me one thing all this time, it’s that sometimes you have to make hard decisions. The ones that don’t go down easy, with you or anyone.”

”That’s exactly the kind of leadership I’m looking for. I’m after someone who will make the hard calls, not a fighter or trickster.” The door to the room opens behind him, CPL ‘Jack’ Marcus half- then snaps to attention. ”Stand fast!”

The whole room stands at attention at the new arrival. Lord-Captain ‘Cutthroat’ Kiranova, in the flesh.

If she’s been worn down from the defeats, the long march here and the losses… it doesn’t show. She’s as beautiful to you as you can ever remember. More so perhaps, because of the time it’s been since you last laid eyes upon her. So cold. So striking. So dangerous. Like the hint of springtime still in the clutches of winter.

More winter than spring you suppose, these days.

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>Attempt to rise from your bed and salute. [Courage/Foolish]

>”Hey boss. Did we do good?” [Experience]

>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]

>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]

>>1374210
>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374210
>>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

the only chocie

>>1374210
>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]
Around Her it's always stupid.

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>1374210
>>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]
Rolling to charm anyway

>>1374210
>>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374210
>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]

>>1374221
y would you waste this rolll

Captain good to see you

>>1374210
>>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]
Don't try to get up but snap a salute from the bed, sit straighter.

>>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]
we dominated a dragon
killed two skald warriors and fought off the grenn we can be as cocky as we want

>>1374210
>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

Fuck it.

>>1374210
>Attempt to rise from your bed and salute. [Courage/Foolish]
while saying
>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374210
You're waving choking hazards in front a bunch of mentally retarded children, QM.
>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]

>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]

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>>1374210
>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

Delicious chocking hazards

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>>1374257

Oh, I know. But you can't blame this on me, no sir.

>>1374210
>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]
I'd rather other die today.

>>1374210
>KIRANOVA HEART BREAKAN'

>>1374210
>”No one mentioned the nurses here would be so pretty.” [Clever/Stupid]

Hopefully our new face grants damage reduction to being slapped.

>>1374210
>>”Captain! Good to see you.” [Elite]

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Wew, lads. 9/9 split. I know what I want.

>Intelligence Check (Hard)
>Clever +10DC
>50DC

No MBFH, no other modifiers. Success = Professionalism. Failure = Can’t resist.

First roll of 1d100 accepted.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>1374320
Witness me

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>1374320
Dark Father protects.

>>1374328
Well done

>>1374328
The ONE time we needed to roll a 100.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1374320

>>1374337
It's character development. Prince is slowly catching on that Kiranofu does not appreciate all this flirting in public.

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>1374320

>>1374329
>>1374343
>>1374351
All good rolls and the only one that passes is mine >>1374328
Sorry brothers, I have failed you

>>1374362
this the best time we have ever rolled this well for her
so il say that this is character development

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>1374320
not counted but let me try and rawl

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>>1374328

”Captain! Good to see you.”

You try to sit up and give something resembling a salute, but your wounded shoulder results in you just shuffling a little. You feel the urge to say something, some comment. She is beautiful after all… but then again, you have zero chance of running if she draws her sword on you. Best not.

Captain Kiranova ignores the others and stares at you. Your bandaged shoulder. Your face. Your eye… a part of you resists the urge to turn away your bad side, to escape her scrutiny.

”Leave us.”

In moments the room is emptied but for the two of you, Kid meekly shutting the door behind them. Nothing is said for while.

”I have to admit, it was hard to keep going during that trek from Oxenfurt Bridge. Forced marching the whole way, not sure if we were heading to any sort of sanctuary…” Captain Kiranova nods, absently taking her gloves off and pocketing them. ”It was good to see the the Black Banner over Kresden’s gates. I know it wasn’t easy. You took on the Grenn, I hear. That can’t have been easy, dogs always did scare you.”

Fek. You’d forgotten you’d told her that. She’d gone and tried to foist a half-breed camp mutt on you the next day as a prank.

”Kresden taken, intact. The Vampires toe the line all of the sudden. Even some of the cultists...”

”And the Dragon. Asgorga follows us now.” Well, follows you at least.

”Yes, though the Dragon was your mess from the start in any case.” The Captain doesn’t smile as she looks out the window over Kresden. But maybe you’d have seen the ghost of a grin if you had a better angle to look at her from. ”And the Skald have been delayed I hear, killed their leader in one-on-one combat. The amateur bards are already struggling to make it into some kind of song.”

”Eh, we were short on song material for the band anyways.” You can definitely spot the spectre of a smirk as she turns to you, almost.

”Kresden, the Abbey, Manzer Pass… And the grain, even I may never have thought of that. You’ve done well, Lieutenant.” She lets a hand lean against one of the bedposts,. ”You’ve done well.”

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>”I just did what you would have wanted me to do, boss.” [Experience]

>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

>”It’s good to see you again, Kiranova.” [Courage/Foolish]

>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374403
>>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

Dat professional aura tainted with sexual tension

>>1374403
>>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

>>1374403
>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374403
>>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374403

>”I just did what you would have wanted me to do, boss.” [Experience]

If we can, let's tell her we named a lake after her. If these aren't mutually exclusive choices at least.

>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374403
>>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

>>1374415
>>1374409

You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed....and named a lake after you.

>>1374403
>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

>>1374403
>>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

>>1374403
>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]
And by the way...
>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

If she gets angry, remind her that we rooted out a traitor and prevented the heir from escaping.

>>1374403
>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]
I would like a mix of both if possible

ask her if she would liek to go for a boat ride

Shiiit. Do I read the whole thread and catch myself up, or do I spoil the drama and contribute?

>>1374460
y dont you play and read once you did the vote?

>>1374403
Also QM? I'm not sure if we EVER saw Kiranova in action, but in vague, non-spoilery terms, how would you describe how Kiranova fights?

>>1374473
Did we get a scene where she was on a horse at the bridge?

>>1374403
>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]

>>1374403
>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed. I also named a lake after you.” [Elitely Stupid]

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>>1374473
Not during this campaign no, but you did see her singelehandedly taken on several assassins just as naked as you were. You're actually the fiercer fighter now in all likelihood, but you're geared towards that. But she's the commander, the ruthless tactical genius that pulls wins out of frikkin nowhere.

>>1374445
>>1374438
>>1374433
>>1374428
>>1374423
>>1374420
>>1374419
>>1374415
>>1374414
>>1374413
>>1374411
>>1374409
>>1374408
>>1374447
>”You gave the orders, Captain. I obeyed.” [Elite]
>”I named a lake after you.” [Clever/Stupid]

Okay...

>Heroic DC 20
>Leader of Men +20
>Gruesome (For you) +0
>How many girls have their guys name a geographical landmark after them? Not many. +5DC
>DC 45

0 = You’re an idiot.
1 = You’re wounded, so she goes easy on you.
2 = That’s… sweet of you.
3 = …???

MBFH? Not a chance.

3 rolls of 1d100. Time for CAPTAIN WOOIN’

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>1374491
Will senpai finally notice us?