>>1618951
>using enemy art from kibgdom Hearts 1

I legit thought I was seeing a Keyblade quest.

20+3= 23
Critical taunt!

"With how you let her die, I doubt very much you'll find much of it left." You say to the Cleric, noticing a break in his cool "Some friend you were, abandoning your comrade to die when she called for your help. I may be a soul devouring monster, but I stood by my allies when I was alive, even in the face of a far greater evil. What have you ever stood against except small fry monsters?" You continue, the cleric's control wavering.

"You are a failure as a cleric, as an adventurer, and as a human being. You should just surrender now, and make your worthless life of some use."

The cleric charged, his arm ablze in golden fire and his eye exploding with holy rage. "Die you abomination!" He cried, only to recieve a Spirit bolt striaght into his face and sending him to the ground.

[Enemy Reduced by ten due to critical taunt]

[Dex roll total 21, Overhwleming success]

[20 damage dealt!]

The cleric slowly rose from the ground, shaking as he tried to focus himself and get his bearing. He was trying to mumble his Hymms, but seemed to be stumbling on the words.

[Cleric is stunned!]

>What do you do?

>>1618966
Go in close since he is stunned, then Cold grip, then Soul Siphon II
He seems to be at deaths door anyhow

>>1618966
>Soul Rend (Wis): At close range, attack an opponent's soul. Deals high damage if opponent fails to resist.
then
>Soul Siphon II: Can consume the souls of others. Success depends on state of victim. Range is 10 feet, and can consume souls from those who died up to an hour before.

>>1618966

Soul Siphon, time to suck out every drop of purity from the little cleric.

>>1619007
Supporting

Roll will

Supporting this then >>1619007

>>1619007
Supporting

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1619018

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1619018

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1618962
More or less what I thought we looked like anyway
>>1619018

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1619018

Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1619018
Lets hope he sees his friend soon.

>>1619032
No need to roll.. We already had at least 3, and they were all good.

>>1619035
I like to live dangerously

Rolled 4 (1d10)

[New rule btw. Since people seemed to think the old system was to slow, i will only be counting the first three rolls.]

>>1619046
ENGAGE MAXIMUM SOULRAPE

>>1619024
10+5= 15

Failure

The cleric's Will is still strong, and he manages to fight off your attempts. Slapping himself in the face, he let out a sigh and stood strong, bringing his mace up to bear and staring at you.

"Got to admit. You're smarter and tougher than what I'm used to. I guess me and my team got complcent, picking on weak monsters..." he said, glaring at you.

He then turned and began to run, sprinting away towards where the rest of the humans were, onc emore showing his cowardice. For some reason, the cleric's willingness to retreat angers you on a deep level

>Pursue?

>Ranged attacks?

>Something else?

>>1619053

>Ranged attacks?
Quickscope him with a Spirit Bolt V2

>>1619053
>>1619060
this

>>1619060
Supporting.

>>1619060
360NOSCOPE

>>1619053
>ranged attacks
We don't wanna chase him because that warrior is somewhere around here and that would be asking for trouble

>>1619053
Spirit bolt him. We can't let him get to the rest of the people. If they learn about us, our amulet is fucked.

>>1619053

Can we channel the voice of the dead elf mage? A plea of "Don't leave me again!" If not that then just an insulting soul bolt.

Roll Dex

Also
>>1619073
Your character hasn't tried to do anything with the souls they've eaten besides digest them. You do not have an ability for it yet from what you know though.

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1619075

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1619075

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1619075

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1619075

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1619075

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1619075

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1619075

>>1619083
sad

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>1619075
This is why i prefer multiple rolls. I enjoyed the system before.

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>1619096
If it becomes an issue, I'll change it back. I did liek the old system to, but Let's just see how this works

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1619075

>>1619104
By the by, could someone point to an explanation of the current system?

I'm having difficulty understanding where the hell the QM is getting these numbers. It definitely isn't Bo3...

>>1619077
5+5=10

Flanking bonus = 15

Success

Your throw your magic, smacking the cleric in the middle of his back, causing him to scream out.

He stumbled to the ground, falling to a knee.

[Cleric took five more damage. 40 damage total]

He looks weak, his body shaking as he tries to stand once more and escape while he can, his mouth mumbling something you can't quite hear.

>Finish with Soul Sphon?

>Double tap?

>Soul rend?

>Leave him be?

>Other?

>>1619125
>>Finish with Soul Siphon?

>>1619120
Currently, the first three rools are considered in a poo. I then roll a dice, a 3 sider, and use the result to pick which of the rolls i use.

However, additional rolls can increase the final result. 19 and 20s increase the final result by two each.

2s and 1s decrease the final result by 2 each

Thus, critical that did not make it in the first three are still counted.

>>1619125
>Double tap?
Just finish him and eat his soul on death, no need to get needlessly close and get hit with a cleric trick.

>>1619125
>>Double tap
we'll get his soul soon, let's not let him aloha snackbar us

>>1619125
>Double tap
never gonna pass a zombieland reference

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1619125
Then we helping the humans yes?
>Finish with Soul Sphon?

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>>1619125

Double tap

Let The feast begin!

>>1619133
Okay, thanks for the primer.

>>1619125
>Double tap
I'm honestly curious how he'd react if we just up and disappeared at the moment of truth, though.

Double tap wins, roll Dex

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1619153

Rolled 20 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1619153

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>>1619143
Double tap, then soul siphon

>>1619153
inb4 1 and he magically disappears in a cloud of fairy dust

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1619153

>>1619167
How about a 20
Same thing happens right?

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>1619153
Oh lawd these rolls

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>1619162
>>1619172
Holy shit.

Rip cleric

>>1619162
20+2=22
22+5=27

Overwhelming critical

With the ease of swatting a fly, you send a final spirit orb at the cleric, The instant it collides, the cleric is killed, the adventurer falling to the ground dead and his spell fizzing out of existence

You've won, and now two of the three Adventurers lie dead.

You fly up to his body, smelling the soul that still clung to the mortal coil and the physical realm.

His body seemed to be glowing still, and you sensed divine magic at work.

>Devour the soul?

>Leave the soul?

>Other?

>>1619190
>Devour the soul?

>>1619190

This mother fucker blue balled us in death! See if we can raise him as an undead if it goes fucky we'll have to think before we eat.

>>1619190
>Leave the soul
I don't trust this.

Chances are, his deity wants to take him to his afterlife, and I don't want to piss off his god or run into a divine safeguard.

>>1619190
>Devour soul

Wonder if holy spirits taste good?

>>1619190
>His body seemed to be glowing still, and you sensed divine magic at work.

Poison Apple, lets raise him as an undead instead.

>>1619198
Yeah, changing to this.

>>1619190

>Devour the soul?

>>1619190
>Devour the soul
Fuck it, we earned that soul

>>1619190
>other?
Lets Take the safe option and Raise him as undead

closing vote in ten minutes

>>1619190
It's probably best to not mess with divine magic as an undead. Leave it.

>>1619190
>Leave the soul?

not worth the risk of angering whatever god the guy worshiped

After this, lets return to the amulet for the time being, then try to eavesdrop on the humans in the morning

It might also be in our best interest to assist them against the goblins in the next skirmish, too maximize the amount of death, i don't see the villagers winning without our support, and if we can kill the head goblin the fight will become more even and thats more tasty souls for us

>>1619190
>Leave the soul
we can kill all the village now

As much as it pains me
>raise as undead

>>1619235
why not just grind civillians and homeless people souls at night? we can just move onto the next village once goblins win

>>1619190
Devour+undead like the goblin

Looks like a tie between devouring the soul and leaving it

[SPECIAL EVENT]

So, You aren't just another mindless undead after all

A voice in your mind speaks, the voice familiar and yet unknowable.

Maybe you are still in there, deep down...Or maybe I'm just foolishly optimistic....

The voice laughs sadly, a presense being felt around you. The Cleric's soul begins to rise in a golden column of light towards the sky.

Do you even remember....Remember my voice?

Your food begins to slowly rise.

Those sun filled days...will we ever see them again?

>What do you do?

>>1619341
I love the twist burden jesus christ, gonna let some other anon write-in

>>1619341
Ask who it is.

>>1619341
Who are you? do we met ?

>>1619341
new phone, who dis?

>>1619341

ask his name

>>1619341
>Try to remember

>>1619293
How close or far away is the next village?
Wouldn't Goblin and Human souls be better than just Human?

All i'm saying is, i'd still like for us to keep that ticket to city and go from there

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>>1619341
What are you?

closing vote in ten minutes

>>1619341
"Um..Excuse me I wasn't finished with that!"

But seriously, ask who this is

>>1619341
"Oi! That's MY soul!

>>1619341
>that's your soul damn it! Try to eat it before it gets away

>>1619341
Leave the soul alone, ask who the voice is and, try to remember anything related to this from your past life.

>>1619407
>>1619424
Read the atmosphere We might have been worshippers of this god.

>>1619455
This

You let the cleric's soul go, looking around you as you seek the sourc eof the voice.

"Who are you? Whose talking?" You say aloud, rapidly searching the area for the presence.

There's silence for a few seconds, making you think the voice disappeared, but then it spoke, sadness in its tone

I guess it was to much to hope for...you remembering me...

A bitter laugh is heard, the cleric's heavenly light disappearing and the soul vanishing to whatever afterlife awaited him.

But you're here...after so long, you're starting to return...You don't know how long I've waited...

You growl, confused and also filled with grief, yet anger at the same time. "Who are you? Do you know who I am? Who I was? Tell me!"

The voice is silent, but you wait none the less. And then, you eel a gentle caress on what could be considered your cheek, its source invisible and yet warm.

...You'll remember me...If the gods have any sense of responsibility, you will remember...but until then, I can only help so much...

You feel a peck of lips on your ghostly head, before the presence began to melt away.

Please...don't lose yourself...Don't leave me again...

A flood of warm enters your mind, and as the presense leaves, you sense something returning. Within your mind, something returns that was lost to you.

You remember:

>Your face

>The face of someone you cared for

>The face of your killer

>>1619467
>The face of your killer

>>1619467
>The face of someone you cared for

>>1619467
>>The face of someone you cared for

>>1619467
>The face of someone you cared for

>>1619467
>the face of someone you cared for?

>>1619467
>>Your face

>>1619467

>the face of your killer

>>1619467
>The face of someone you cared for

>>1619467
Cared for

>>1619467
Face of a loved one.

Also, this quest just got alot more depressing

>>1619467
>>The face of someone you cared for

>>1619467
>>The face of someone you cared for

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>>1619506
>>1619503
>>1619500
>>1619494
>>1619482
>>1619479
>>1619478
>>1619474

The fog clears, just a little more, within your mind. memories come to you, then slip away forgotten. You try to grab them, but they slip through your fingers like sand. It's frustrating, and bombards your soul with sadness and loss as you watch each memory come and go, forgetting what it was you were feeling pain for mere second after seeing it.

"Enough!" You cry out, grabbing hold of a single memory with everything you were. Everything you knew, everything you've done, and everything you were, you threw at the memory to weigh it down, holding onto it with the desperation of a dying man.

This memory stayed...A dace...

You cared for this face, the person that it belonged to. You cared for them deeply...but who were they?

Why did you love them so much?

what happened to them?

The question fill your mind, as the face merely smiled at you, making you feel warm and want to smile back, despite not knowing why...

You're alone now, hovering over the corpse of a man who died trying to do his duty, and a face of a loved one taunting you with its lack of context and meaning.

The Barrier falls, and the roar of the goblin hoard is heard, along with the frantic cries and screams of the villagers...

>What do you do?

>>1619527
>Assist the Villagers/Kill some of the Hoard

milk the situation for all its worth, the Village has lost this battle anyways

>>1619527
Go help the villager and ensure the girl is not killed.

>>1619527
Im guessing we cant eat no cleric no more? Go possess the weapon of the fighter I guess

>>1619527
Lets kill some gobos.

>>1619527
Sneaky breeki our way to the fighter's weapon, and help it kill goblins.

>>1619527
>Goblin Hunter I: Bonus damage against Goblinoids.
lets harvest some souls

>>1619527
The party is essentially done for and with them gone the village is no longer a real threat to you, focus on the goblin hoard and their important figures now

>>1619527

Get to a high place and observe the carnage.

>>1619537
>>1619535
Supporting

Work with the village against the goblin hoard chosen.

How will you do this?

>Try to possess the warrior weapon?

>Attack thr goblins yourself?

>Try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard?

>Other?

>>1619609
>Try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard?
stealth to win, just atack when the kill is right
or Soul Sphon the fallen

>>1619609
>Try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard?

We should target ord first to make it easier for us since he can make ordinary weapons magical.

>>1619609
>try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard?
Targeting the shaman first

>>1619609
>Try to possess the warrior weapon?
Once we do this, we can always choose to later reveal ourselves and directly fight the goblins if things are getting grim, and we can boost his attacks in the meantime.

Remember that assassinating key figures is going to be tough; we have to expect a long slog with any of them alone, and working together with the warrior (even without his knowledge) will go a long way to easing that difficulty.

>>1619609
>Try to possess the warrior weapon?

>>1619609
>Try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard?

>>1619609
>>Try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard

>>1619686
>>1619648
>>1619635
>>1619627
>>1619625
With a determines look in your cold eyes, you fly off towards the goblin camp.

The face flashes in your mind, and you can't help but wonder what they would think of you, what you were and what you've done...

>Who do you Target?

>Vark, The Hobgoblin Warrior

>Jala, The Hobgoblin Ranger

>Ord, The Hobgoblin Shaman

>The chieftain

>>1619609
>>Try to assassinate the key figures in the hoard?

>>1619737
THE CHIEFTAN

>>1619737
>shaman

>>1619737

Go after the chieftain and have Ratman distract the shaman so they won't get in the way.

>>1619737
>Ranger
Let's save the shaman and chieftain for last

>>1619737
>>Jala, The Hobgoblin Ranger

>>1619737
>ranger

Having an undead ranger could be very useful.

Closing the vote in ten minutes

>>1619737
>Ord, The Hobgoblin Shaman

G A N K

T H E

M A G E

>>1619790
>>1619779
>>1619765
Three for the Ranger

>>1619755
>>1619807
Two for the ranger

>>1619761
>>1619749
Two for the Chieftain

The choice is made. Give me time to write

>>1619822
We voted for the magic user, not the ranger Burden.

>>1619869
there are only two votes for the shaman

There are three for the Ranger

>>1619889
I understand that, but you put down in your post that the two of us voted for ranger.

>>1619913
That was just a typo, he clearly meant the shaman with those two votes

>>1619913
Oh whoops sorry, I mistyped

You know which of the Hobgoblins you have to target. Jala, with her Hobgoblin eyes and deadly aim, there's no telling the devastation she could reign on the village's defenders.

You fly off towards the camp, going through the buildings and staying as unseen as you could.

>Roll Wisdom for search

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1619936

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1619936

Rolled 4 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1619936

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1619936

Rolled 12 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1619936

Rolled 3 (1d3)

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>>1619971
4+5= 9

Success

You find her, Jala the Hobgoblin, staring off into the distance with her eyes glowing brightly. She wasn't moving, and she didn't seem to realize you were there. If she did, she at least didn't seem to react.

Her stillness is interrupted by her grabbing her bow, notching an arrow, and firing in one fluid motion. The action made you flinch, but you saw she had fired it off into the distance. There was silence, before she nodded and looked in a new direction, scanning the village.

"So, you're the ghost that jumped out of the boss' sword?" She said, not making an hostile move to you.

>What do you do?

>>1620077
"Yeah."

>>1620077

"Yes that would be me, I imagine everyone has orders to make me die a second time?"

Element of surprise is gone, might aswell test for potential allies

>>1620096
supporting, let's see if we can get her to challenge/scheme against the chieftain

>>1620096
This

>>1620096
Supporting, maybe we can compel her after she let's her guard down.

You tilt your head, a bit confused at the Hobgoblin's lack of hostility "Yes, that was me. I assume your chief has put order to make sure I die and stay dead again?"

She fires another arrow then turns her gaze, briefly glancing at you. The look lasted half a second, but you can tell she sized you up and that was all she needed to get a read on you. She then looked at the horizon again "Yup. You really pissed Vola off. Haven't seen her like this since we were unblooded." She said, her face like stone. "Also made Ord smile...First time in years..." she said, before turning to look at your

"What's your end goal here? Starting this fight, attacking the strong people seemingly at random...What do you want?"

>reply?

[gotta clock in for work. Expect slow replies if at all. Should have more time to post since I'm on graveyard]

>>1620154
Chaos, and to see how they compare to this form

So, do we want to kill her, or make her into a servant? A good archer wouldn't hurt, and I'm sure she'd be happy to be leading the tribe

>>1620154
Self-preservation. A powerful necromancer gave me the choice of either starting a race war or being purged from existence.

>>1620154
"The sight of 'Mortal' Peril makes me feel rather Mortal myself, Getting stronger from victims of the situation doesn't hurt either, i'm a Pragmatic Phantom"

>>1620154
>>1620169
Support.

>>1620154

"That's quite a pity, I rather like being undead. As far as goals go, you should worry about what's lurking in the old god crypt. Seeing as it's keeping most of us alive for it's amusement."

>>1620196
Supporting

>>1620169
This

>>1620169
"Self preservation simply enough. A necromancer forced my hand, and this was the only path that allowed me to survive."

Jala nodded, then let out a sigh "Is survival that important? Is worth doing things you don't want to do? Is it worth sacrificing your life as long as you can live?" She said, seeming confident in her confusing words

>What do you so?

>>1620277
If the things i'm forced to do make me stronger, then i won't be doing them for long

>>1620277
Well it serves my purpose for getting stronger, not for the sake of being stronger but...remembering who I was...

>>1620277
Well getting stronger brings back my memories, perhaps I'm doing this to remember the meaning of my life.

You consider her words. Being forced to do these deeds, by threat of death, made the whole ordeal seem lifeless. You did it because you had to, not because you wanted to. Weather or not you would have done it yourself is irrelevant.

please don't forget yourself...

You remember the voice, and all the scraps of memories that you held onto like treasures.

"Surviving means I grow stronger...strong enough to find a life to live.... and to remember the one I lost...." you say, the hobgoblin's cold expression breaking to show a bit of interest.

"I already have fragments...I just need to keep going...maybe one day I'll be able to remember my name...or the name of the faces that taunt me..."

The Hobgoblin stares at you for a bit, then nods. "You wanna get back something you lost. That's reason enough to fight." She said, then looked behind you. "Wouldn't you agree Ord?"

With a start, you turn and come face to chest with the massive Hobgoblin Shaman, the man staring at you with a serious expression "Yea, more than enough." He said, seeming to stare at you in interest.

>what do you do?

>>1620362
Dive into the ground, and obtain a more advantageous position, between an Archer and a Shaman that is not

>>1620362
Speak with them, if he starts casting something then retreat underground.

>>1620362
>stay cautious, but listen to them
It seems to me that ord is curious of us and we should listen to what he wants.

>>1620402
Supporting. If it looks like they're going to start attacking in general we should ditch.

>>1620402
supporting

>>1620402
Support

>>1620402
>>1620404
>>1620407

You stare into the eyes of the Hobgoblin, seeing their age but also seeing the resolute soul the lies behind them.

"You know, sneaking up on something that eats souls isn't the soundest strategy." You say, lazily drifting to the side so that Jala and Ord did not have you surrounded.

Ord chuckled "yes, but it's good for making the message clear." He said, letting out a strained grunt as he lowered himself to the ground, dropping to his rear so that he could sit. "I have a request for you, somehing that can easily serve both our desires." The shaman said, Jala turning away from the conversation and firing another arrow.

"Your desire to grow strong, and find the keys to the treasures you've lost." Ord placed his crutch to the ground, leaning forward and staring you in the eye "and we want that mongrel Vola dead and buried."

"I just want to shoot her in the knee." Jala said with a smirk, letting another arrow fly, this time a scream being heard before she fired another and silenced it.

You stare at these Hobgoblins with a bit of surprise, focusing on Ord "Why do you want to kill your chief? I mean she seems cruel, but doesn't that make her a strong chief?"

"Strength has nothing to do with it. She's the best chieftain we've had in generations. I still want to rip her bloody head off for what she's done to us, and what she's done to our traditions."

"And I want your help to do it"

>what do you do?

>>1620439
Interesting, but you DO know that not all goblins will side with you right, this could turn into a small civil war.

>>1620444
The perfect thing to turn a booded war bloodier.

>>1620439
Agree to help kill the chief

>>1620439
Agree to help with the plan

>>1620439
Depends on how you want to frame it. What has she done?

>>1620469
Supporting, we need to learn their backstory.

>>1620469
"She is tossing aside our desires for her 'strategies'. I was once one of the tribes greatest warrior, bringing Our god's terror down upon our enemies with my own blade. She felt that I'd serve better in the back, bringing enchantments and support to our forces. I disagreed, she had my leg broken in ten places to I could never fight on the front lines again." Ord said with growing anger.

Jala glanced back "She killed my mate cause she thought I was to focused on protecting him." She said plainly, staring back ahead "I also think she was jealous he chose me over her..."

Ord crossed his arms "Personal reasons aside, our god has yet to recognize her as chief. She's had me keep quiet about it, but without the god's blessing, only calamity can follow her ascension. she's convinced she can earn their favor, for whatever foolish reason."

[some inform to answer the question]

>>1620490
Seems like a good reason. Glad to work with you.

>>1620490

"So when would you prefer to retire your chief? Let me possess one of the arrows you want to pin her with and I'll suck her soul right out. Of course I'll fully take the blame for this to prevent any unrest amongst your people. Mind you may want to use a humans arrow to prevent any fuss."

>>1620490
Ok what's your plan

>>1620501
Did you guys wanna suggest this plan or do you wanna hear their plan first?

>>1620538
Lets hear their plan first.

>>1620538
Hear it first.

>>1620538
Let's hear it.

"What's the plan?" You ask, watching as Ord smiles and Jala seems to refocus on the conversation.

"Vola and Vark are the strongest Hobgoblins in our tribe, however Vark is weaker than the chief and is also much dimmer. We take him out, than we'll have a much easier time taking on Vola, especially if we can convince the Hobgoblins who follow her that she isn't the rightful chief." Ord explained, pointing north of your location "We can cut him off there, and with your help, we should be able to take him down easily."

Jala nodded "I can distract him to give you an easier time getting close."

>thoughts?

>>1620577
Oh yes this plan will definetely lead to civil war
>support

Alright let's go for it.

>>1620577
Great just what we need.
We could rise goblin corpses and thrown them at Vark to weaken him while staying at range, untill our zombies are killed (again)

Although if the two hobgoblins support us, I quess there is no real need to use other undeads.

>agree with their plan

But let's try to keep a constant eye on Ord. He might try to betray us because he thinks we will betray him.
Same for the ranger, but Ord is the bigger threat.

Alrighty, sorry guys. I'd keep going but I'm tired as fuck, and as soon as I get home I gonna go to sleep.

Hopefully when I wake up to can do I bit better with my posts

>>1620577
>>1620577
can we negotiate with him? like can he teach us some skills so we can further help him? maybe magic books? he seems like he knows strong front line spells he WAS blessed by the gob gods right?

>>1620577
>agree with their plan
maybe if we sneaky and wait we can win on 1v1, with a bonus fist attack because of stealth

>>1620577
Become the arow to the knee

>>1620577
>>agree with their plan

>>1620597
This. Also this all could be a one big elaborate ruse set up by the chief.

This took an interesting turn. Helping the hob resistance could get us more souls, but is there any other benefit? Our goal was to start a race war or the necromancer would do some damage to us in three (now two?) days. Technically, mission accomplished, but would turning this into a hob rebellion disrupt that? On the plus side, there seems to be only one human remaining that knows about us. Unfortunately, almost every ranking (hob)goblin knows about us.

Do we have meta knowledge on vampire weaknesses? Do the goblins have tunnelers? Is there a river near the God's Grave? (Not entirely serious)

>>1620741
Think about it this way: starting a war was only for her amusement, and she never gave a crap about what happened to those involved so long as she got a good show. Now her fun's over, she might approach us again. If we depose Vola (the chief) and befriend Ord and Jala, we have ourselves a powerful ally. If it comes down to the crunch, we can call in a favour from them and boom, we have an army at our disposal for a little while.

>>1620636
Guys please notice, we might be able to learn some cool ass magic!!

This is a great quest.

>>1620803
We have no reason to believe that we can even use that magic (he invoked his deity when using it), and there's no reason for him to impart such knowledge to someone who might not even be an ally.

And from our perspective, we still have misgivings about trusting them at all, seeing as this may just be a trick to figure out our intentions and eliminate us as a threat.

>>1620808
One of the only good quest which is still alive. Jesus I swear out of 10 quests only 1 survives.

>>1620770
>we have ourselves a powerful ally.
I don't think a group of goblins can do anything to a vampire necromancer, just don't pike a fight with her

>>1620839
She may be a necromancer, but there's only so many goblins she can kill before she simply gets swarmed.

>>1620862
If she's dumb about it, yeah.
But she's not. It's hard to swarm something out of arm's reach.

>>1620839
This,
We should just keep our distance from the vampire for now

You think on their plan, your emotions behind the fact you had no face. You had already completed what you had set out to do, starting a small war, and bringing ruin to the region for the entertainment of a powerful being.

You could simply abandon these Hobgoblins, treat the situation as to much trouble and mov eon to greener pastures. However, you can't help but wonder at the rewards that could come of it.

Namely, allies. Thus far the closest you've had to an ally was a little girl, and things were looking to be closing on that little journey.

With a nod, you see Ord smile "Alright, I'm in. Let's go take down Vark and your Chief."

With that, you and Jala rushed off, you flying low over the buildings while Jala hopped and cleared them with surprising agility. Along the way, to saw both human and goblin corpses where arrows had pierced their body and left them dead.

As you grew closer to Vark's location, the streets progressively grew more red, until the ground had become a hellish bloody mud pit, goblin but mostly human corpses littering the ground. Finally, you found Vark, currently charging a location of what might have been the last couple of guards and over thirty villagers, all trying to keep the armored Hobgoblin and his entourage of goblins from advancing.

One villager with a spear foolishly charged, only to be lifted up by his spear and thrown into a building. Vark then grabbed the village rby the legs, and began to use him like a large flail, batting aside weapons and men with his attack.

Beneath the sounds of screams and terror, Vark was chuckling.

Jala quickly separated from you, off to try and find a good position.

>What do you do?

>>1621087
Fire a spirit bolt straight into his anus

>>1621087
How hard it would be to possess an armor that is being used at the moment?

>>1621087
Spirit bolt the back of his head, divert his attention from the villagers

>>1621087
Spirit bolt him, make him divide his attention between us, Jala and the villagers. Can't take us all.

>>1621125
It'd be about as hard as it would be to possess the weapon. Controlling though, would requiring making opposed checks against the hobgoblin

>>1621140
Fair enough.

I'll vote that we possess his armor. It will be worth of the show, for just seeing an goblin fighting against his own armor...while we rip his soul apart.

>Spirit bolt Vark, and then, once he is weak, soul siphon him.

>>1621125
Plus if our allies try to attack him through the armour they might damage us in the process. While it would be cool to crush him like a can and make all the gore splurt out, it can't be done.

>>1621087
>>1621146
this + Soul Rend when on the amor

>>1621118
+1

Ending vote in ten minutes

>>1621146
Supporting

Rolled 12 (1d20)

People have voted for spirit bolt. Rolling

>>1621130
Support

>>1621204
need two more rolls

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1621233

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1621204

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1621204

Rolled 1 (1d3)

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>>1621204
12+5=17

Success!

As Vark was getting ready to aquaint a villager with the back of their own head, he suddenly felt a massive blow hit his back and sent him a step forward.

The spirit bolt hid him dead center, and went right through his armor...Vark then slowly turned his helmeted head towards you. He threw the villager to the side, cracking a stone wall as he turned and began to charge at you, lifting up a massive battle axe that was stained with blood.

His let out a massive roar that shook the ground, his form slowly growing as he rapidly approached.

>Roll will against fear affect

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>1621265

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1621265

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1621265

Rolled 9 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>1621265
I swear, if a ghost is scared of a goblin.
Also, we get a bonus to goblins, right?

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1621265

>>1621265
All the rolls are done. I suggest we wail at him after - see how he likes making will checks.

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>1621309
To damage them yes

>>1621283
5+5=10
Partial success

You flinch from the creatures roar, but manage recover in time to throw an attack or retreat at the same time his attack would connect.

>Wail?

>Soul Rend?

>Retreat?

>Other?

>>1621336
>Soul Rend
Rip his spiritual insides apart

>>1621336
Wail
Might as well try something new, plus i cant imagine he has great wisdom.

>>1621336

Stand and wait for him to swing, just as his axe goes into motion possess it. Using the swinging force to make it rotate and embed ourselves in him.

>>1621336
>Soul Rend

>>1621396
Supporting

>>1621380
Switching vote to
>>1621396

>>1621396
Clever route chosen

Roll strength with a plus 10 bonus

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1621426

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>1621426

Rolled 1 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>1621426

>>1621396
Well we mostly need to keep her busy. So it could work.
Support

Rolled 1 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>1621426

Rolled 13 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>1621426

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>1621436
>>1621433
Fuck

>>1621441

Hello darkness my old friend

>>1621433
1, critical failure

You try to possess the goblins weapon, but instead take the full blow of his attack, your body cut into my the wicked axe that screamed red from the slaughter it has caused.

You hit the ground hard, your form screaming as you try to reorient yourself.

[you have taken 10 damage]

Vark didn't waste anytime, swinging his axe downward to finish you off. Only a trio of arrows hitting the axe head and knocking it off course saves you, Vark looking up to one of the roofs to see Jala. A bestial growl escapes the hobgoblin, before he lift his axe and seems to charge for Jala.

>What do you do?

>>1621448
>spirit bolt

>>1621448
Possess his armor and constraint his movements

>>1621448

Fade into the ground, enter his armor starting from the boots. If nothing else we'll hold him in place to be a pin cushion.

>>1621460

This

>>1621448
supporting >>1621460

>>1621460
Alright, Strength check

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1621480

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>1621480

More crits

Rolled 18 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1621480

Dark father give us strength!

Rolled 2 (1d3)

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1621480

>>1621487
19+0=19

Success

You shoot into the ground and make a quick dash towards the warriors armored feet. In a flash, you've posses his gr eaves, and begin to use all your strength to hold him down.

Vark let out and roar, and began to tear at his greaves, trying to remove them, as Jala began to pump arrows into him.

[Vark takes 20 damage from the arrows]

Strength check to keep him from removing the gr eaves.

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1621503

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>1621503

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1621503
Also, since were holding him, can we start draining his soul? Heal back some of the damage he did?

Rolled 12 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1621503

The Darkness is with us!

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1621503

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>1621505
failure

With a grunt, the goblin tore off one of his greaves, freeing one of his legs and allowing him to dodge out of the way of half a volley of arrows.

[Vark took ten damage]

>Roll str to hold onto the last greave?

>New plan?

>>1621554

Does he have arrows in him? If so start possessing one and let's drive them deeper, or rotate them to gouge out the wound.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1621554
rollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

>>1621554
Does he have arrows in him? If so start possessing one and let's drive them deeper, or rotate them to gouge out the wound.
Lets try this

>>1621577
he does have arrow sin him

>>1621554
>hold

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1621554

>>1621577
this is good to

Rolled 14 (1d20)

Merciful void that harkens our demise show us mercy, so we may rip these insides.

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1621577

>>1621554
What if we work on blinding him? Zap him in the eye?