CURRENT INVENTORY

>Weapons

- Magnius Tertius EQUIPPED [Tome, has arcane blasts, arcane protection, illusion]

- Halberd of the fallen EQUIPPED [Value: 50 coin, +4 Dice rolls against the ethereal, Certain options unlocked when encountering the Viper's men ONLY if you have it equipped, +2 long reach bonus only against close combat weapons]

>ARMOUR
Armour of Inspiration EQUIPPED [ Value : 50 coin .Heavy [-2 in rolls with finesse/dexterity[, +4 in rolls against arrows and light weapons, +2 in rolls for companions, +2 long reach bonus only against close combat weapons]

>HELM
NONE


>RINGS

Eye of malice EQUIPPED [UNSELLABLE, Reveals all encounters with possible curses, unable to equip any ring afterwards. can be removed at the cost of max health. It has a very small chance to absorb the properties of any discarded ring (+18 in 2d20) ]

>CURSES
NONE

>BLESSINGS

The sunken sun : each 5 kills grants a gain .it. will be determined by a QM's roll

The sunken thirst : each 5 kills grants an extra reroll chance. max stack rerolls is now 5

Shadyah's embrace : Each blessing you have will add +1 to non combat rolls. Pagan shrines will have more available options

Radiance: Any OVER CRIT/CRIT will grant you 1-3 supplies or coin.

Scent of Avarice: Can detect any hidden Mimic in later encounters. grant 1-7 Coin ONLY from looting/uncovering a treasure...etc (not from lets say selling items/as a reward). , QM'S roll will determine how much

Radiance: Any OVER CRIT/CRIT will grant you 1-3 supplies or coin. Gain determined by a QM's roll

Dragonkin :IRREMOVABLE, adds +30 max health and removes the old malice in combat rolls. Can intimidate lesser/ servile races.


>OTHER
NONE

so? map?

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WORKING ON IT
>>3013672

>>3013626
>It has a very small chance to absorb the properties of any discarded ring (+18 in 2d20)
Do we get to roll for that ring we had to discard in the dungeon?

>>3013682
damn that's big

A brief respite

After crossing Gullum's passage, you finally found yourself in the torn land of the sunken tree. The two divines of war and death have some intrest in ongoing conflict.

The divine of the red fury, the mangler of the sun start Othleria wishes the war to be eternal while lady death considers it as a simple mean of entertainment. She wants to have agency at the final outcome.

You sit by the fire, watching Gunhild sleeping soundly. You two have been through a lot, she has to learn about your darkest secret eventually. Perhaps now is not the time.

Eye of malice has revealed the following encounters:

Undead Queen [1]
Untouched encounter will automatically affect the viper's territories
------curse
+gain
+++++weapon
---Injury
--Max health

The blightfields [2]

+++renown
---gain
+gain
------curse
+++Armour
+/- Removes an encounter

Peckish cat [2]

+++gain
---gain
-curse
+blessing
-Loss

The dawn serpent [3]
Untouched encounter will automatically affect the hound's territories

--curse
-gain
+++gain
++renown
+ring
-----Injury

Endless duel [4]

---Injury
----Curse
---renown
-Blessing
++Weapon
++Armour
++Ring

>>3013683
NO THIS APPLIES FROM NOW ON

>>3013714
North I guess.

>>3013716
agreed
>>3013714
reminder to talk with our shield maiden

>>3013683
>>3013684
CAN SOMEONE TELL THE OTHER ANONS TO MIGRATE? I CANT POST ON THAT THREAD FOR SOME REASON
>>3013716
WE ARE NOT DONE JUST YET WITH THE ENCOUTER AAA

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As your were about to have a shuteye, The shrubs surrounding your camp withered at an alarming rate, You readied your tome to strike any potential foe

It was no one other than the sun's husk

One of the many agents of Lady death. Normally, a chosen one who has been granted the token of spite to act as a herald for the divine. They often sleep for centuries until awakened by a huge loss of life.

Mindless and Vacuous, they act as an imposing force claiming the lives of the diseased and the blighted. The Sun's husk rides its horse down the road in silence without noticing your or your sleeping companion.

>Let it be, nothing good will come out of interacting with it
>Wake Gunhild up, Attack the sun's husk
>Attempt to interact with it
>WRITE IN


120/150 health, 13 coin, 8 supplies, -20 renown
80/160 health for companion

>>3013759
>>Wake Gunhild up, Attack the sun's husk
we are not diseased nor blighted and he may drop something

>>3013759
>Attempt to interact with

Did we face any of her agents before?

>>3013779
NO, CRITTERS/DEAD BODIES DOESN'T COUNT.

>>3013783
ok,
>interact first
if it goes south we kill it

>>3013779
>>3013789

A great sense of nausea bubbled up inside you the moment you met its rotting gaze. You collapsed on the ground surrounded by your own puke and blood.

You lost 20 health!

One of its many many rats hopped from its shoulder skipping towards you "Oh ho ho~! What you did expect to achieve? My husks are instruments of doom. I swear on my rotten heart i have nothing to do with it! They...eh, pop up on their own every now and then."

You glanced over the last shield, she was still drifting in her blissful sleep "You are welcome to try and kill it for a very special reward... or you can let it roam the land and weaken both sides. The blabbering followers of my brother will try to 'purge' him soon enough." The rat stood on its hind legs waving at you before crumbling into rotten bits.

The Sun's husk will move randomly throughout the map increase the weakness counter of the hound and the viper .

There is a chance for the Sun's husk to exhaust and replace the encounter he is currently at with The husk's mark encounter . This chance increases the longer he remains alive.

Optional Objective: Kill/find a way to kill The Sun's husk

CURRENT COUNTER
The hound
STRENGTH: 0
WEAKNESS: 0

The Viper
STRENGTH: 0
WEAKNESS: 0

I SLEEP
GOODNIGHT

>>3013840
>Trying to interact with an undead horror
It's like you guys never learn your fucking lesson.

>>3013840
KILL/FIND A WAY TO STOP
AAAAAAAAAAAA

HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU FUCKERS

>>3014386
HAPPY HALLOWEEN YOU BIG FAT NIGGER!

I AM WRITING THIS FOR TOMORROW OR TODAY IF YOU GUYS WANT TO

The road home

The continuous war has shredded the lives of many from both sides. It is not uncommon to see caravans of refugees seeking shelter with most trying to escape the conflict by going to Gullum's passage. Others who are more optimistic will attempt to survive long enough to reach Delenvale ; a large neutral elven city at far edge of this domain.

Both factions respect the ancient trading ties between them and the elves. While it is brimmed with resources, neither is willing to attack it for the time being.

You stopped with Gunhild to inspect the caravan. The sickly, mostly underfed guards gave you a wary eye but nothing more. The majority of them used to be farmers, blacksmiths and so on. They are doing what they can to protect the weak and the ill. You found a lot of children from both sides playing games across the camps, their smiles and laughter hide a horrible truth.

Almost all of them are orphans.

Such is the nature of war. It drives men mad, whole villages has been wiped out and yet it keeps on going. It is an inevitable for one of the many refugee caravans to get plundered by bandits or slaughtered by all manner of beasts roaming about. Of course, there is a chance for the Sun's husk to whisk their sickly lives away.

>>3014415
THANK YOU HAVE FUN ANON

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>>3014634
AAAAAAAAAAA

>>3014634
GOODNIGHT AND SLEEP WELL CUNT

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FUCKED UP THE FONT

"Oi, haven't i seen you before?" One of the malnourished guards approached you, his hand already on the hilt of his sword.

Though you didn't need it, Gunhild stepped in assuming an aggressive stance. This caught the attention of more guards. As the current situation was about to escalate, a woman in a greyish blue garb stopped them with a quiet hush "Leave them..."

The guard obliged, they quietly left you with her. She closed her eyes briefly, a moan of pain escapes her pale lips; She clutched to her spear dearly before addressing you " You don't look like the banditry types...are you here to help us?"

"Depends on what you are offering, Karnishel." Gunhild retained some of her aggressiveness in her tone.

The woman took off her hood revealing a relatively young maiden, her vigor consumed "I am Orsla, a priestess of the guiding moonlight. " You have heard of the followers of this pagan divine. Long ago, a devoted follower of the scathing sun has attained divinity through sheer dedication. As a divine, she grants immense health to her followers who 'absorbs' injuries and curses into their soon-to-be frail body. It is no surprise that those priestesses suffer insurmountable pain with each breath. They often wind up dead at very young age from enduring the suffering of hundreds if not thousands lifetimes. The order of the scathing sun barely tolerate this pagan worship only because of their services.

"You are welcome to stay...among us. We have little to offer but company and misery. " The woman coughed for a good minute with black blood trickling from her eyes. She wiped it off as if it wasn't out of the norm " I feel ashamed to ask...will you spare a blessing? Your body shines with the grace of the divines. They..they are eating me from the inside. Your blessing, It will not go in vain."

CURRENT COUNTER
The hound
STRENGTH: 2
WEAKNESS: 0

The Viper
STRENGTH: 0
WEAKNESS: 1

105/150 health, 13 coin, 7 supplies, -20 renown
85/160 health for companion.

[3 ACTIONS LEFT]

>Offer a blessing to the priestess [BLESSING]
>Donate _____ to the caravan [LOSS]
>Rest, heal your wounds [2 SUPPLIES=5 HEALTH]
>Offer more serious help to the caravan
>Steal anything valuable around.
>Speak with the children
>Explore the tents about
>WRITE IN

>>3014839
If we offer a blessing, can we choose which blessing we give away?

>>3014855
YES

>>3014839
>>3014857
I'll suggest
>Offer more serious help to the caravan
and
>Offer a blessing to the priestess [BLESSING] (RADIANCE)
as Radiance seems at the moment to be the blessing that gives us the least.

We haven't the flat bonus to consistently crit right now, so 1-3 coins each time is pretty insignificant (unless it stacks with Scent of Avarice? I can't remember if it does). And I kind of want to see how the supply mechanic holds up without it, as I feel it was the main cause of us having far more supplies than intended at the end of the previous run.

But because giving away a blessing is quite a serious decision, not least because it effectively gives us a -1 penalty on non-combat rolls, I want to wait for at least one other anon's opinion.

>>3014839
>>3014875
I agree with you
>>Offer a blessing to the priestess [BLESSING]
but I would like to offer more
>Offer more serious help to the caravan

if possible too, that looks like an encounter unlocker for a side quest, and we need to gather some renown, which I think both options will deliver

>>3014954
>but I would like to offer more
You want to offer more than one blessing? I'm not sure we can afford to take a -2 penalty given the DCs we've been seeing, and all our other blessings are pretty decent, apart from maybe Scent of Avarice.

Do we actually NEED renown? It seems negative renown opens some options up to us as well, even if it closes others.

>>3014954
>>3014954
WHAT IS THE THIRD ACTION?

>>3014983
Can we decide on the third action after we complete the first two? If not, I'll write-in:
>Speak with priestess Orsla
She seems to be the leader of this caravan. Doubtless she has seen things of significance during their travels, and may have knowledge or wisdom that she can share with us.

>>3014875
>>3014983
>>3014990
OKAY

>>3014875
Please don't purposely nerf us for some stupid fucking reason. We've been purposely collecting blessings and I don't wanna throw our viability straight into the garbage for nothing.

>>3014839
>Offer more serious help to the caravan
Do NOT give any Blessings.

>>3014875
>>3014954
>>3014990

After giving her the permission, Orsla uttered words unbeknownst to you. Something felt amiss afterwards. You felt...incomplete somehow, she certainly could have sapped you of all of your blessings but she didn't. Her pale face looked more alive,

"Allow me..." In mere seconds, you and Gunhild felt refreshed and reinvigorated. For a split second, a black gashing wound had appeared on her cheek before vanishing the second after. " I will not forgive your kindness."

You lost Radiance!
Your health is now fully restored!
Your companion's health is fully restored!
You gained +10 renown!

You had to wait for a bit until she was finished attending more sickly refugees. The people were more than grateful for your indirect assistance. When asked about providing more serious aid, she had the following to say "Brave men die for our sake each day, Another burden to ask...accompany us, the meek and the broken. for a fortnight. I know of a ruined sanctuary, there, I can gladly pay you."

>Accept her offer, escort the caravan until they reach their destination [ UNABLE TO CONTROL YOUR MOVEMENT FOR THREE TURNS, ALTERED ENCOUNTERS ]
>Accept her offer, asking for something upfront
>Politely refuse her offer.

AND

[1 ACTION LEFT]

>Donate _____ to the caravan [LOSS]
>Rest, Prepare for what is up ahead [2 SUPPLIES=FOCUSED BONUS FOR 2 COMBATS]
>Steal anything valuable around.
>Speak with the children
>Explore the tents about
>WRITE IN

>>3015088
>You lost Radiance!
>Your health is now fully restored!
>Your companion's health is fully restored!
>You gained +10 renown!
Kill me now. There goes all that work to stack blessings and our best method of gaining bonus FROM those blessings.

>>3015088
>Accept her offer, escort the caravan until they reach their destination [ UNABLE TO CONTROL YOUR MOVEMENT FOR THREE TURNS, ALTERED ENCOUNTERS ]
It won't be even slightly worth it, but let's get as much value out of this dumb choice as possible.

>>3015088
That... feels not worth it. I suppose it was too much to hope that trading a blessing would give a commensurate reward. Can't do anything about it now though.
>Accept her offer, escort the caravan until they reach their destination [ UNABLE TO CONTROL YOUR MOVEMENT FOR THREE TURNS, ALTERED ENCOUNTERS ]

For the third action, I'm suggesting >>3014990 again.

>>3015092
Radiance isn't the blessing that give us +1 per blessing. That's Shadyah's Embrace. Radiance gives us supplies or coin on a crit. Still not worth the heal in hindsight, but I'm not sure why you're freaking out as hard as you are.

>>3015099
Because all the effort of the first two threads was put into stacking blessings. Radiance is what gives us bonuses on OVER CRITS which was buffed by Scent of Avarice.
All that hard work is gone for absolutely nothing. Just like the dumbass decision to try and reason with the necromancer, talking to the dwarf or interacting with the husk. These are all lessons that we've already learned.

>>3015106
>All that hard work is gone for absolutely nothing.
The way you're reacting makes it seem as though our blessing bonus went all the way down from +7 to 0 instead of +6.

It was a gamble, knowing that we'd lose +1 off our non-combat bonus and some miscellaneous bonus I don't particularly care about. It didn't work out, and I apologize for that, but not for whatever catastrophe seems to be happening in your eyes.

>Just like the dumbass decision to try and reason with the necromancer, talking to the dwarf or interacting with the husk. These are all lessons that we've already learned.
I'm not sure what you're on about with this one. This quest is about exploring and taking risks. It's easy to look back in hindsight and wish we hadn't done something, but at that point in time, we had no way of knowing whether an outcome would be good or bad.

Sure, we're going to make decisions that don't pan out, but that's no reason to avoid all risks and never actually engage with OP's content.

>>3015139
The problem is that all three of those are examples of us not taking risks and instead getting punished because people are trying to ride the fence.

This choice was also not a gamble, it was upfront and obvious that it was charity. We were never going to make a good return on it. It wasn't a shot in the dark or a risk. It was just another of the many stupid decisions to add on to our record.

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>>3015099
>>3015092
"There is little to be said, kind stranger. The land is torn, the food is scarce...only sold for extravagant prices or looted from corpses. The wild life is tainted with disease and the beasts are drunk with our blood." the priestess stare at her hand for another wound disappearing in a heartbeat "The Sun's husk shall commence his reaping. An unsightly abomination, We are helpless against his glare..it melts flesh and bone alike. There was a knight riddled with curses who made contact with the sun's husk. He defended us from a band of bandits a month earlier. Maybe he will be of use to you...that is if he is alive."

With that said, the caravan was packing up. It was time to leave

>DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR EQUIPMENT BEFORE MOVING?

>>3015172
No

>>3015172
There isn't really anything to change to. The only thing would be to unequip the Armor of Inspiration, and there's no reason I can see to do that.

>>3015159
>it was upfront and obvious that it was charity
Except that Orsla explicitly said
>Your blessing, It will not go in vain.
which heavily implied, to the point of practically stating outright, that we'd get something in return.

The Moonlight Man event that we got Radiance from? That was charity. There was no guarantee at all that we'd get anything from it, and we had to choose multiple times to throw resources at a literal beggar before we got anything out of it.

>>3015187
No, it wasn't lol. Our ring literally told us the outcomes. It was an informed and weighed decision.

Sacrificing a Blessing on the other hand was clearly stupid but that's not why it bothers me. It bothers me because it directly goes against all the decisions for our character that have been made up to this point. We've gone out of our way to make a build revolving around stacking blessings, chasing blessings, choosing blessings as all our rewards etc etc and you just... shit all over it.

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Slavers

The caravan stopped to a halt as a large group of Orc raiders had ambushed the slow trail of refugees from both sides. A good chunk of orcs were armed with nets and catch poles, the rest had battle axes and the usual orcish arsenal. They were led by a well dressed orc, he stood in the center yelling as loud as he could "HUMANS! I'm here for your tiny gut-gots...the girls and the boys. You know there no zuggrah, no chance. I'll sell them to LOOOORDS and NOOOOBLES. A LIFE BETTA ten GAT GAT than here."

The head slaver had disciplined his men, slavery in general is not a concept of life here. It is more glamorous in the eastern and southern lands where life is harsh and unforgiving. "WELL? Where's yo LEADAH? "

Orsla almost tripped as she was approaching the slavers. She leans on her spear barely able to stand up. Her appearance made the slavers laugh hysterically. It is no surprise, Orcs value strength over everything. She is showing none. The guards ready what little rusty weapons they had, some were shaking from the thought of clashing against the burly masses of green muscles.

CURRENT COUNTER
The Sun's husk has claimed the lives of everyone in a lone fort!

The hound
STRENGTH: 3
WEAKNESS: 3

The Viper
STRENGTH: 3
WEAKNESS: 1

150/150 health, 13 coin, 6 supplies, -10 renown
160/160 health for companion.

>Let Orsla address the slaver leader
>Charge at the orcs [DICE]
>Try to sneak around using the trees as cover, strike the leader from afar [DICE]
>Escape while you can
>Attempt to reason with the leader
>WRITE IN

>>3015302
>Orcs value strength over everything
>Charge at the orc leader [DICE]
Take the leader out immediately. A sneak attack would just piss them off more.

>>3015302
>>3015310
Sure, seconding.

>>3015349
>>3015310
You didn't wait for Orsla to address the savage, instead, you charge forwards with you halberd . Gunhild was already by your side roaring at the enemy.

ROLLING TIME

D20

ARCANE SCH-

"Forgive me..."

A Miasma of oozing blight burst uncontrollably from the priestess' body, guided by her spear while she kept twirling it in the soil. Her gaping wounds continue to reopen and close within seconds.

The unholy projectiles contained thousands of intertwined screams, All the orcs struck by it were screaming in agony. Some started to tear their eyes off while other started to stab themselves to get rid of the pain. Twitching, Orsla had collapsed on the ground, alive but unconscious.

" KILL'EM ALL, BRING ME DAT WITCHESS HEAD NAOWWWWWWWWW" The numbers were more surmountable now. The leader had backed away from danger , surrounded by the very best of his men.


>Back up, stand by Orsla and defend her during the fight
>Clash against the orc up ahead
>Go for the leader
>WRITE IN

>>3015404
>Back up, stand by Orsla and defend her during the fight
The other guards are clearly untrained, and Orsla is the most significant part of this whole caravan. Our agreement won't likely come to anything if she dies.

>>3015404
>Back up, stand by Orsla and defend her during the fight

>>3015404
We can leave our last shield with her while we go to twn on the other orcs, they will be charging the priestess body apparently

>>3015414
>>3015419
You fell back, the last screams of the fallen ringing in your ears from all around you. Gunhild was already deep in the fray, it was almost impossible to call her back. You blasted the leg of a charging orc before finishing him off with your halberd.

The lifeless corpse of a little girl clutching to her doll twitched for a moment, her flesh started to peel off "What do we have here? I am astonished to be honest. The girl's a clever one, she figured out how to expel all the pain inside, this is a grand feat buuut her heart is...sigh...'pure'. I want her to worship me. She doesn't have much long to live at that rate... Corrupt her for me. . "

Four guards stood by your side. They might as well fight with their bare fists inside of rusty broken plows and broken swords.

ROLLING TIME

ARCANE SCHOLAR

ARCANE SCHOLAR

+4 Strength in numbers
+3 Arcane spells
+1 Arcane protection
+2 Long reach
-2 Unreliable allies

ORC SLAVERS

-5 plenty
-3 Heavy weapons
-2 crippling weapons
-3 Orcish bloodlust
+2 shaken by the witch's act
+2 Plenty of weaklings to kill in the way

OVERALL MALICE= -1
GET 14 OR MORE

>>3015515
INSTEAD OF
NOT INSIDE OF
>>3015510
WHOOPS

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3015515

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3015515

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>3015515

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>3015515

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Rolled 11 (1d20)

ROLLING FOR GUNHILD
>>3015533
>>3015536
>>3015541
>>3015544

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>3015515
Too bad I was late.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

[you gained an extra reroll from the sunken thirst. Sunken sun will give either 4 supplies if roll is 1 or 5+3 coin if roll is 2]

Your comrades were picked off quick easily, the orcs are cunning and brutal in the battlefield. A single swipe of one of the orc's axe would have lobbed your arm off had it not been for your arcane shield. The dying orc has left you with a deep wound instead.

You lost 35 health!
115/150

After this dizzying blow, your eyes caught your companion fighting an orc thrice her size, she was injured but she still managed herself

Your companion has lost 40 health!
120/160

While the number of orcs was dwindling at an acceptable rate, the caravan was suffering from serious casualties. Those oafs won't give up until they or their enemies are dead.

>Pick the priestess up, retreat from the carnage
>Hold your ground, This will be over soon enough
>WRITE IN

>>3015585
>>3015561
>>3015544
>>3015541
>>3015536
>>3015533
IF ANYONE IS NEW HERE IT IS BEST OUT OF THREE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EXTRA REROLL OR SOMETHING SIMILAR

>>3015585
She's probably get really bothered if we left everyone here to die.

>>3015585
>Hold your ground, This will be over soon enough
>WRITE IN
Attempt to rally the caravan around you to defend their leader and gain the companion bonus from Armour of Inspiration maybe?

>>3015617
+4 BONUS IS NOT APPLIED ON OURSELVES SINCE WE ARE DEALING WITH HEAVY WEAPONS NOT LIGHT ONES
UNLESS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE +2 BONUS TO OUR COMPANION

>>3015585
>>Hold your ground, This will be over soon enough

>>3015628
I'm talking about the +2 bonus to companions. I realize it's intended to specifically refer to companions in the mechanical sense; but given the presumable flavor, I figure I may as well ask if we can also gain it when in a situation where we can inspire and lead a significant number of NPCs.

guys, as a strategy to get that priestess on our side we can say that the goddess of death sent us to end the war by killing both leaders, which is not a lie

>>3015635
>>3015628
>>3015617

With so many corpses on the ground, it was easier to focus on who is attacking who. more orcs were aiming for you and the unconscious woman.

ROLLING TIME
D20
ARCANE SCHOLAR


+3 Arcane spells
+1 Arcane protection
+2 Long reach

ORC SLAVERS

-3 Heavy weapons
-2 crippling weapons
-3 Orcish bloodlust

OVERALL MALICE= -2
GET 10 OR MORE
BEST OUT OF THREE
>>3015645
ACTUALLY YOU DO MAKE A VALID POINT, THE EFFECT WILL BE APPLIED ON BOTH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ALLIES

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3015656
nat 1 incoming

>>3015664
oosh dead orcs here we come bois

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>3015656

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>>3015664

>>3015672
>>3015670
you can use mine for Gunny dear

I WANT TO ADD MORE FLAVOR TEXT TO THE SUNKEN THIRST SO ILL DELAY ITS REWARD IF WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE IF THIS IS OKAY WITH YOU

>>3015664
>>3015667
>>3015670
>>3015676

CRIT
More orc blood to seep in the soil, you didn't allow any of them to touch a strand of her hair as you blasted them with the arcane and sliced whoever comes close.

Gunhild had actually managed to cut off the leader's hand after dealing with some of his guards. Huh, he ordered his men to retreat. How dare he call himself an orc after this?

Gunhild has lost 10 health!
110/160

>Chase him with Gunhild
>Loot the dead orcish corpses
>Try to reorganize the caravan, finish off any living orc...etc
>WRITE IN

>>3015724
>Try to reorganize the caravan, finish off any living orc...etc
Even though the orc leader ordered a retreat, there's nothing to say opportunists won't try to take advantage of the caravan's weakened state right now.

>>3015724
>>Chase him with Gunhild

don't let her alone, she is a companion, the other is just a possible one and she may fuck herself hard there alone

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>>3015736
>>3015751

>>3015751
do this

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>>3015783
>>3015751
With only a handful of guards, hunting him should be an easy task.

PICK A CARD
2 SUCCESS
1 HUGE SUCCESS
1 FAILURE

Rolled 3 (1d4)

>>3015803

Failure

The bleeding orc was quick on his feet. Exhausted from the constant fighting , you could not catch up with him, the same can be said with Gunhild who was clutching to her most recent wound.

You returned back to the caravan, the weeps of the living embrace the dead. You saw children clutching to the gutted corpse of their mothers and fathers, their fragile minds unable to comprehend the mangled reality around him. It was dangerous to sit idly like so; the stench of death will soon attract those who are far more worse than orcs. Unmarked graves were dug, those who had no relative were burnt in on big pile to save time. The caravan must move while there is still light.

The tension was palpable in the air; an old woman was tending to the priestess while scornful eyes floated about. They have never seen such an unholy display of power from the way they look at her. Dark whispers started to brew in the shadows...

As for the slavers themselves, they carried little of use to you. They traveled light, those who were able carried bits of dry food and serviceable weapons. The rest was too heavy or too unyielding. You picked off a peculiar ring off the leader's hand with the ring of malice snarling loudly in response. It was...

>A ring made from black stone, a heavy one engraved with orcish words
>A fancy delicate ring made from silver and gold, with a tiny pig head ornament
>A ring made from strings of unknown red hair, emits warms
>A ring made from a special kind of eastern glass. It constantly reshapes itself.

ROLL 2D20

Rolled 20, 19 = 39 (2d20)

>>3015907
>A ring made from strings of unknown red hair, emits warms

>>3015915
>almost a perfect roll
wew

>>3015907
>>3015915
The dice gods have spoken.
>A ring made from strings of unknown red hair, emits warms

>>3015907
>>A ring made from black stone, a heavy one engraved with orcish words

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>>3015915
>>3015919
>>3015922

Ring of malice has been upgraded!

Eye of malice EQUIPPED [UNSELLABLE, Reveals all encounters with possible curses, unable to equip any ring afterwards. can be removed at the cost of max health. It has a very small chance to absorb the properties of any discarded ring (+18 in 2d20) , Any encounter involving resting will have +1 Action ]

DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR EQUIPMENT?

>>3015966
nops

>>3015966
No, we're good.

>>3015966
nah

>>3015966
Nope.

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>>3016042
>>3015993
>>3015977
>>3015972

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WRONG FONT
Eastern promises

Days has passed, the caravan marches almost non stop. Few has succumbed from disease, or starvation during this time. You were among the decision makers while Orsla was still in her state, sleeping and regaining her strength very slowly. Though she didn't like it, you asked Gunhild to keep an eye on her.

The caravan had ran into another caravan of the wealthier seemingly out of place, an eastern one riding otherworldly beasts of burden, thrice as big as an ox. There were heavily guarded as it would be expected.

Their leader dropped down from her majestic steed-like beast with two of her men behind her tail. All wore colourful and baggy clothes, it didn't fit well with the current weather. She addressed you and Molath, the current leader of the caravan, a good fellow he is " Shobha Ka'laam, I am Siyah of..." She paused, her eyes fixed on your ring "The Tarkaas deserts, We come in peace bearing wonders from our home. Blood and coin runs together, we provide w-"

"P-please m'lady, look at us, our children! anything to fill our bellies, anything! The land is diseased, we can't forage or hunt. please!" A man crawled towards kissing her feet in desperation.

Her guards didn't flinch, Siyah crouched to meet his eyes "We can spend weeks without a drop of water or a curb of Mashkani. We rebuilt our broken lands many a-times. All by our strength, alone. We have no term for the word 'charity'. We trade with blood and coin. Nothing is 'charity'. " With a snap of her finger, all manners of weapons, armour , trinkets and exotic food was on display through portable stands on the beasts themselves. It snapped shut a few moments later.

"Pay us, Kharieebs...do you have 600 coins?" All the refugees pitched what they had, it didn't break the 100 threshold.

"A shame. Though i have Kaalbi vin asaal... a merciful heart. This ring, belongs to me. Stolen by a dark elf and a shape shifting Wahaaksh. Give it to me, 800 gold , your people get to eat food meant for kings and you can spend the rest on my outlandish wares. That or...." The ring started to purr slightly, you never saw it in this state before

Her eastern eyes were locked on a small boy, a sinful smile grew on her face "We buy this delicious boy from you, same price. Your choice, Ibayadii."

The one armed mother of the child coiled him around her in fear "Pray be quick, we have other customers in the horizon. "


CURRENT COUNTER
The Sun's husk, attract to the recent onslaught has replaced the previous encounter with the husk's mark encounter!

The hound
STRENGTH: 3
WEAKNESS: 5

The Viper
STRENGTH: 4
WEAKNESS: 1

120/150 health, 13 coin, 9 supplies, -10 renown
115/160 health for companion.

[1/2]
WORD LIMIT AAAAAA

Gunhild was utterly disgusted by the sight of these people, the feeling was mutual.

>Haggle for more, sell your ring [DICE, HEALTH, COIN]
>Sell your ring [HEALTH, COIN]
>Refuse to sell your ring
>Rally the battered men to attack the caravan and reclaim all the goods inside
>Think of another way to repay the easterners for food
>WRITE IN

>>3016216
>LAST BIT
GOOD ENOUGH

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>>3016216
MIGHT AS WELL
SKULL=HUSK'S MARK

>>3016230
So what do you want to do guys? If we're gonna sell it we should haggle. We could rally the troops and attack them but I'm not sure how well it'd go over.

>>3016269
How about we think of another way to pay them? We can ask tondo a service to them somewhere, some magic or some other thing they might want, she did mentioned blood sonwe can offer some of that too, we are dragonkin and that may amount to somethibg

>>3016269
IT IS REALLY LATE AND I TOOK A MILLION YEARS TO WRITE THIS. THOUGH I WANT TO SEE WHAT OTHER ANONS WOULD SAY

>>3016230
seduce the lady with your huge man dong.
pay thru flesh ayeee

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>>3016269
>>3016289
>>3016344
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Well I'm a violent fuck so I'll prefer combat, but I'll go with other ideas too.

>>3017294
>>Think of another way to repay the easterners for food

let's try this, offer our blood or some service we can do after we escort these people

>>3016216
I have no preference between the two choices which are currently leading.

>WRITE IN
>Speak with Siyah of the dark elf who stole this ring from her. If it is the same elf who we encountered - that trickster who gouged weary travelers with her prices in a scorching desert, and so blatantly lied of the impossibility of escape from that place which we managed to depart so easily - then we have little more love for that drow than she does.
Gotta keep digging for that lore.

>>3017333
>>3017298

I'll support these two

>>3017294
>>3017298
>>3016289
>>3016269
"You have met her as well? Most intriguing. She goes by the name of Anlune . She used to be a slave of pleasure until she escaped with some of my wares. Her filthy soul is bound by Haylaames , powerful words of what you call arcane. It is not of your concern, we will capture her and skin her alive for her misdeeds. " The way she uttered those words had terrified the starving refugees. She and her company are capable of horrible and vile acts in the name of coin.

"The blood of dragons runs in my veins." You stated, hoping to have another option in the matter.

"Your blood? What do you think it will be of value?" The easterner almost mocked you "Fine, then. Tala'oh Wahaaksh. "

The beast of burden at the end of the caravan had numerous cages covered with colourful carpets. One of the guards unlocked a medium sized cage, a human like creature stepped out of it, shackled with magical chains. Its three lanky arms were tightly folded with the bone jutting from the skin.

It had hollow insides, by all laws of nature, this thing should not be alive. This wasn't necromancy either, their magic remains a mystery for the most part. It exposed a very thin and long hollowed finger after it got unchained, It pierced your neck with precise accuracy, you didn't feel a thing the moment it sucked some blood of yours in mere seconds.

A fleshly eye burrowed out of its chest with the colour blue. The creature shivered in what seem to be disgust.

"Kharieebs, you weren't lying. I applaud you for your honesty. However, you blood is murky and impure, fit for uncommon rituals. Hardly worth my time....hmm, In larger quantities, it can be an acceptable trade. I should warn you about my servant, she... will absorb your essence the longer her finger is in contact with you. 600 gold, final price."


>Haggle for more, sell your ring [DICE, HEALTH, COIN]
>Sell your ring [HEALTH, COIN]
>Refuse to sell your ring
>Rally the battered men to attack the caravan and reclaim all the goods inside
>Sell your blood [HEALTH, COIN]
>WRITE IN

>>3017371
>Sell your blood [HEALTH, COIN]

>>3017371
>>Sell your blood [HEALTH, COIN]
this gonna hurt

>>3017415
>>3017476
As promised, the guards unload dishes of food never seen in this land. There was food for everyone, decency was thrown out of the window as everyone was filling their gullets like swines while the creature was draining you to the last drop.

You lost 70 health!
50/150 health

You collapsed on your knees, the warm embrace of Gunhild was the only the stimulus you can receive from the outside world. She was trying to say something but you were drifting to unconsciousness, unable to hear her words.

ROLL D20 TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH MAX HEALTH IS LOST

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3017502
Is high good or bad...

>>3017503
GOOD

>>3017506
Alright well... Concerned.

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>3017502

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>3017502
Sweet Gunhild, save us from our own selflessness

We should cone ckean with her about what we are doing, she deserves as much after we hunted that proto dragon

>>3017503
>>3017506
>>3017516
>>3017522
>>3017527
You lost 20 max health!
30/130 health

DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR EQUIPMENT?

IT IS ANNOYING I KNOW BUT I HAVE TO ASK REGARDLESS

>>3017535
Nope.

>>3017535
No, we're good.

I'm sure it'll be less annoying when you get to fold the question into the same post as the 'Which way do you want to go' question.

>>3017544
I CANT RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON AUTOPILOT

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Ruined sanctuary

It was over, what was left of the caravan had reached the ruined sanctuary Orsla had talked about. She is slowly recovering, too weak to walk on her own.

The sanctuary itself once had a blessed well but as soon as it dried out, the elves has abandoned the area leaving nature to claim it over centuries.

Hundreds of refugees had already been here, slowly being treated by other priestesses of the guiding moonlight, This was a temporary holdout, they were probably waiting for other caravans before moving out. The chaos instilled here was more organized solely by the presence of both hound and viper deserters (although the hound deserters outnumbered those of the viper). It was ironic to see both factions united like so bearing no amenity to each other. Rations were distrusted justly while some of the soldiers were attempting to train the rather dim witted peasants.

"Speak of my name to the high priestess, she will...reward you for your valiant efforts." said Orsla. With Gunlid, you explored the sprawling chaos ahead.

The hound
STRENGTH: 4
WEAKNESS: 5

The Viper
STRENGTH: 6
WEAKNESS: 4


35/130 health, 13 coin, 8 supplies, -10 renown
120/160 health for companion.

[3+1 ACTIONS LEFT]

>Speak with the high priestess
>Speak with some of the hound's men
>Speak with some of the viper's men
>Humbly ask for supplies
>Humbly ask for a heal from the other priestesses
>Steal for the unwary
>Speak with the non refugee looking individuals in the camp
>Rest, heal your wounds [2 SUPPLIES= 5 HEALTH]
>WRITE IN

>>3017608
>Speak with the high priestess
>Speak with some of the hound's men
>Speak with some of the viper's men
>Humbly ask for a heal from the other priestesses

>>3017613
+

>>3017613
heh why not

>>3017613
>>3017632
The soldiers guided you to the sole tower standing in the sanctuary where the high priestess resided. the room was dimly lit with cracks of lights seeping from the recently installed wooden boards. The air was heavy and really hard to breathe , you coughED a couple of times before covering your mouth and nose.

The high priestess sat alone on a wooden chair, seemingly praying to the pagan divine. When she turned her head towards you, you found a withered old woman, her eyes were constantly leaking black ooze. In fact, her own dress was drenched completely...you thought it was just a black dye at first.

She stood up, facing you despite her blindness and leaning on a spear similar to that of Orsla. The droplets of ooze pitter-pattered on the wooden floor.

"You...are..the one...with the girl...Orsla" Her speech was slow and slurry "You...take...you all take...The girl was not meant...to live. How...did you survive...?"

>Tell her about the orc and the caravan encounter, include Orsla's incident
>Tell her about the orc and the caravan encounter, don't include Orsla;s incident
>Make up a story of your own [DICE]
>WRITE IN

>>3017686
>Make up a story of your own [DICE]

>>3017686
>>Tell her about the orc and the caravan encounter, don't include Orsla;s incident

>>3017699
wait

change to

>Tell her about the orc and the caravan encounter, include Orsla's incident

the old lady certainly knows

>>3017686
>WRITE IN
>'Not meant to live'? Explain, please.

>>3017702
include this on mine,
she knew the girl wasn't supposed to live and only because of us she got here
and if the priestess is banished or something she can come with us, healing is always useful and she will not be mad for us telling the truth, being the pure thing that she is

>>3017695
>>3017699
>>3017702
>>3017705
It was difficult for the woman to form a coherent line of though "The guiding moonlight...It grants us strength to...to..heal the people. The girl...she is not fully blessed by the moonlight..the pain..will kill her..sooner than...any..any.." She started to cough violently , more splatters of the black ooze to spread across the floor. The guard standing outside of the room called another priestess, she was in no shape to speak with you for that long.

"With me, " the guard , accompanied by another priestess had lead you to the underground level of the tower to an elven armory containing all sorts of baubles and trinkets.

"Choose one." the woman said, reluctantly.


>Choose a weapon [Determine its type: sword, shields, bows...etc or light, heavy, crippling weapons...etc no staves or wands, tomes are ok]
>Choose an armour [Light, medium, heavy]
>Choose a ring
>Choose a helm [Light, medium, heavy]
>Choose a pile of coin instead
>Choose other [One time use item ]
>Attack the unsuspecting guard and priestess, claim what you can [DICE]
>WRITE IN

>>3017737
When choosing items or using the write-in option, should we assume that we're limited to non-magical items without specific effects that you will decide the benefit of, or can we specify some extent of the bonus the item grants us? For instance, I'm considering a tome similar to the Tome of Arkaani we saw earlier.

>>3017751
HMM, I COULD JUST STATE THE REWARD OR I COULD CONTINUE IN ANOTHER PROMPT LIKE >>3015907

FINALLY, I CAN DO >>3015907 + STATING ALL OF ITS EFFECTS THOUGH THAT WOULD BE MINMAX-Y

WHAT DO YOU GUYS PREFER?

>>3017737
If we don't write in then >Helm whichever weight
If we do
>Ask for something that can give us a Blessing

>>3017766
NO BLESSING IN AN ARMORY

>>3017766
>>3017751
agreed with helmet if no write in comes up

>>3017770
I had to try

>>3017763
So basically we pick a category, and then get to see what the possible items we can actually get are?

In that case, helmet, since we lost ours.

Though I'd personally still like to get an item that'd grant us some healing capabilities (especially since it'd fit that the keepers of this sanctuary would have such an item), I'd understand if we can't do that.

>>3017783
I still want to drag that priestess along, but at the same time I don't, godess said to corrupt her but I kinda pitty the gal

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>>3017787
That's part of the reason why I was hoping to pick up healing.

I /think/ Vaithela meant corrupt in the sense that we are to turn her away from her deity, the guiding moonlight, and towards worshiping Vaithela instead. Which, if you think about it, can only be a good thing for the wellbeing of the girl herself, even if everyone around her suffers more for it.

And especially considering that the guiding moonlight has not b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶l̶o̶n̶g fully blessed her despite her selfless devotion, does it really deserve her worship in the first place?

>>3017766
>>3017775
>>3017783
There were a lot of elven helms around. It was hard to pick one but eventually, you settled with...

>A Masked light helmet , beautifully crafted for a infamous elven assassin who always caught his targets unnoticed
>A Medium helmet made from an unknown blue metal, it resonates with your tome
>A heavy helmet with an outstanding plume fit for a commander, fit for leading the masses

>>3017827
>>A Medium helmet made from an unknown blue metal, it resonates with your tome
or
>A heavy helmet with an outstanding plume fit for a commander, fit for leading the masses

>>3017827
>A heavy helmet with an outstanding plume fit for a commander, fit for leading the masses
Helmet of Inspiration BOI

>>3017827
>A heavy helmet with an outstanding plume fit for a commander, fit for leading the masses
Guess we're going to have to commit to the companion strategy now.

>>3017846
>>3017853
You gained a new helm!
Northern Kielith
+2 against light weapons and small projectiles
+3 in combat rolls to elven companions (+1 to non elven companions)
-2 from heavy in encounters with dexterity/finesse.
-5 in encounters against non drow elves (elven pride)

After this generous reward, you approached a handful of the hound's men who were having a rest after a hard day.

"We're a band of blood brothers, the hound is going mad bleedin' our families dry. We didn't join the war to pillage and rape. We stick to our families and those of our lost comrades. Least we can do. The hound will doom us all for that damn fruit." One of them said, you sat down with them drinking and toasting for the dead. Their minds were swimming in ale, same can be said about their tongues....

>Ask them a confidential question [DICE]
>Rob them while they are half blind [CHANCE]
>WRITE IN

>>3017887
>Ask them a confidential question [DICE]

>>3017887
>>Ask them a confidential question [DICE]

>>3017895

SPECIFY EET
>>3017887
VALUE IS 75 COIN

>>3017896
any weakness they know about him?

>>3017887
>>3017895
>"For certain, protecting this sanctuary is a noble cause, but it won't put an end to the war; the Viper and Hound will continue bleeding the land and its people dry for as long as it keeps going. If you feel so strongly about the suffering the Hound and Viper're causing, maybe you should go find a way to do something about it?"
Trying to persuade them to mobilize against the Hound and Viper. Dunno exactly what they'll get it into their heads to do. Perhaps to perform hit and run attacks on their supply lines? Perhaps speaking to their armies and persuading them to desert? Perhaps forming up into their own army and marching against the Hound and Viper directly?

>>3017908
>>3017896
>>3017895
ROLLING TIME
D20
YOU HAVE 1 REROLL

ARCANE SCHOLAR

-2 Tipsy
+3 Silver tongue
+5 Shadyah's embrace

DRUNKEN HOUND'S MEN

+3 Drunk
-5 Confidential information

OVERALL BONUS=+4
GET 17 OR ABOVE

>>3017914
I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT YOU PROBABLY CANT PERSUADE DRUNKEN MEN TO DO SOMETHING, THEY'LL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID LATER ON. POINT HERE IS TO CATCH A SLIP OF A TONGUE.
MAYBE MORE BANDIT LIKE DESERTERS MIGHT BE PERSUADED TO DO SO NOT ONES TIED WITH FAMILIES.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>3017928

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>3017928

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>3017928

>>3017949
Nice crit

>>3017935
>>3017937
>>3017949
CRIT

One of them whispered "You see the fellows over there?" he pointed at the viper's men " Soak yourself in their blood, 'pecially their spies. The words travel fast, if you are good at killin', he'll invite you to his Keep. There might be other means for the same goal"


Optional Objective: Kill enough viper's men to get an invitation.
0/100
Viper Common soldier=1
Viper Captain=5
Viper spy= 10
The Viper himself=100


You left the hound's men to speak with their once sworn enemies. They were properly geared, their weapons were polished and ready. Currently, most of them are training any able man to carry and swing a weapon.

"Bastard! That's son's Halberd! " One of the viper's men rushed at you, almost knocking you down had it not been for Gunhild's shield bash.

"Back off Grokenshiyl, he found it in the battlefield unclaimed by any man. It's his."

"You give it back right now! I lost my home, my wife, my son. I have NOTHING LEFT." His friends were holding off the enraged father. More eyes were focused on you. The spirit inside couldn't talk, it had lost it sentience.

>Hand it over to him
>Refuse
>Hand it over, demand a compensation
>Call him a liar
>Convince him that the weapon is haunted
>WRITE IN

>>3017996
>>Convince him that the weapon is haunted

>>3017996
>Then you have nothing with which to reclaim this with either.

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>>3018006
>>3018024

>>3018041
both can work, he has no claim in it and the thing is indeed haunted

>>3017996
On what I assume is a similar line of thinking as >>3018024, persuade him that, as long as he stays here doing but wallowing in his own sorrow, the halberd is no good with him. If he wishes it back from you, who cremated the corpses and avenged the dead on that battlefield, he will have to earn it.

>>3018043
I would say that we very specifically should not tell him that the halberd is haunted, because who else would it be haunted by but his son? And who knows what he would do knowing that his hitherto-lost-to-him son's spirit is within his grasp?

>>3018046
>>3018044
I can go with this then

>>3018006
>>3018024
>>3018044
You struggled with persuading the solider to calm down and listen to reason.

ROLLING TIME

ARCANE SCHOLAR

-1 tipsy
+3 Silver tongue
+5 Shadyah's embrace

GRIEVING FATHER

-3 insulted
-2 Grieving

OVERALL BONUS= +2

GET 12 OR MORE

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3018070
nat 1 incoming

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>3018070

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>>3018074
>>3018075
OVERCRIT

You defused the situation rather quickly, everything went back to normal. One of the viper;s men apologized on his comrade's behalf "You know, with this slimy tongue of yours, you can make wonders. I used to spy for the Viper till my they cripple my legs. You'll find our posts everywhere, hidden in pure sight. Offer strategic information and you'll be rewarded, you may never know; the Viper himself might take a liking to you. There is more way to slip a dagger between his ribs. Think about it"

Optional objective: Gather enough strategic information for the viper to invite you to his keep.
0/100
Each information will vary in its worth.

1/2
NEW REPEATABLE ENCOUNTER FOUND: The Viper's post
you can go there [green flipped card] at any time by spending 1 supplies and getting +15 in a dice roll.
strategic information can be gained by spying on anything related to the hound without resorting to bloodshed

OY WHILE I WRITE THE NEXT PART, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS LEVEL SO FAR? IS IT BETTER THAN THE TUTORIAL? IS IT TOO GIMMICKY?

>>3018114
I'm liking it, I only go on the tutorial by the end

You had to wait in line with Gunhild for your turn, It was a long one but you finally made it. You and your companion's wounds were particularly closing by themselves afterwards.

You gained 20 health!
55/130 health
Gunhild has gained 20 health!
140/160

It was understandable for her not to fully heal you with dozens of more urgent cases.

....

The moon has taken his place in the sky, it shines upon the ruins with a very faint gleam emitting from the elven bricks. Most of their constructs has a scent of imbued magic in it for aesthetic and protective reason. You'll rest here for the night before resuming your journey.

"Sir, are you awake?" You didn't really went to sleep just yet, you looked up... it was Molath with a dozen of more refugees "You and Mistress Orsla have saved our lives, it is only just we return the favor..."

"What do you mean?" puzzled , you asked.

"The black ...blasphemy, s-someone ratted her out to the other priestesses! She's branded a heretic! They are calling her the black witch accusing her for acts she did not commit. Worst of all, she went with the guards willingly. They'll burn her on a stake, sir. Please help her!"

The man was on the verge of tears. The rest looked at you pleading for your help.

"Corkenshal, Let her burn. She brought it on herself. We are not risking out lives for her." Gunhild objected fiercely.

.>Agree with Gunhild, there is no way to save her from demise. Return to sleep
>Agree with Molath, She must be saved.
>WRITE IN

>>3018157
>>Agree with Molath, She must be saved.

"Come now Grunhild, I'm hurt and could use some healing"

>>3018157
>Agree with Molath, She must be saved
Convince the high priestess that exile is more fitting as a punishment.
Argue that she has a short remaining lifespan anyway.

>>3018114
Seems fine so far. The constant updates of things going on elsewhere on the map is an interesting change, as it makes the world feel less static. I like it.

Apart from that, I also appreciate implementing the whole 'offering us choices for what rewards we get' thing discussed last thread.

>>3015907 was a good variety of choices, though it was more or less impossible to work out what the intended bonus would be from the descriptions; I don't know if that was your intention.

>>3017827 was a fair bit clearer. As a player making decisions, I like the transparency here. It strikes a good balance between being upfront about the nature of the item's primary bonuses and not breaking the immersion (or causing players to spend time doing math) with actual mechanical stats.

>>3017737 was clunky. There were too many options, and the choice itself was essentially blind, because the actual items we would get and their bonuses were behind a second layer of choices. So, for instance, we could only pick 'armor' and assume that the bonus would be related to providing some defensive benefit, maybe?

Not to say that multiple-layer choices for rewards are bad or undoable. I would suggest you have the first layer be less indicative of the item type, and more indicative of their bonuses and/or supported playstyles. So for instance, perhaps:
>Choose a defensive item
>Choose an offensive item
>Choose a utility trinket
>Choose a consumable item

Again, this is only a suggestion for an alternative; I give no guarantee that it will work well.

>>3018157
>>Agree with Molath, She must be saved.

>>3018157
>Agree with Molath, She must be saved.
"I cannot abandon someone who walks so willingly into the embrace of Death."

>>3018170
>>3018173
>>3018165
>>3018161
Gunhild sighed deeply "This is the last time i'll agree with you on something so...dense and reckless. Do not make me regret this."

Near the tower, a gathering was already taking place. Logs were brought from all over the camp to this very spot.

"We don't have much time, we'll follow your plan whatever it may be."

>_____

>>3018175
>Convince the high priestess that exile is more fitting as a punishment.
>Argue that she has a short remaining lifespan anyway.

tell the people to create a distraction away from the pyre, if nothing els we grab her and shield ourselves while running madly

>>3018184
>Convince the high priestess that exile is more fitting as a punishment.
If they refuse well... It won't be pretty.

>>3018184
>>3018194
Molath nodded " We'll set fire in the solider's tents when it is needed."

You left with Gunhild to get to the gathering, almost everyone was watching Orsla in sadistic glee. She was stripped naked and strapped to the pyre silently praying for forgiveness.


"...THIS is not the work of our most holy divine! WE are to claim the pain of the world NOT TO UNLEASH IT!!!" The crowd roared and cheer to what you assumed to be the second in command priestess.

"Heretic!"

"Burn the witch!"

"STOP!" You cried at the top of your lungs. The guards were about to intervene but the woman stopped them "YOU! We tolerate your presence no longer! The lack of evidence against you swaying her to blasphemy doesn't mean you are innocent. No, I see a malignant soul inside who REVELS in the pain of others! You must leave for us to conduct JUSTICE of the heretic."

"Please, let me be... i am guilty. My sins must be cleansed with fire.."

"SILENCE! YO-"

"Let...him...speak..." The high priestess' voice was barely audible. The rest went silence, You had one chance to pull it off...

ROLLING TIME
2D20

ARCANE SCHOLAR

+3 Silver tongue
+5 Shadyah's embrace
+2 If you write a really good speech as a write in

THE HIGH PRIESTESS

-5 Zealous
-5 Punishing a heretic

Overall Malice= -2

GET 19 ON EACH ROLL OR MORE

Rolled 5, 8 = 13 (2d20)

>>3018245

>>3018245
"You speak of justice. Indeed, this woman has committed a grave sin by your precepts. But how many among us here has never been tempted by sin? And how few can claim in truth never to have succumbed?

"What she did, she did to spare the lives of many that would otherwise have suffered and died at the expense of the lives of the few. Is that not the essence of the teachings of your Guiding Moonlight? In passing this judgement, you refute that, and tell the members of that caravan that you'd rather they be dead.

"And in claiming that her death is justice for her wrongdoings, you scorn all the good she has done. Look at the wounds that mar her flesh! Can you deny that, save this one mistake, she has done the work of the guiding moonlight as best she could? Or that by condemning her to death now, you deny salvation from the lives of many others she would aid in the future?

"High Priestess, you told me that she was not blessed fully by the Guiding Moonlight. I do not deny the Moonlight's judgement; no, I say that there may be reason there which escapes our understanding, though I would not presume to guess as to what it is.

"If you find it so repugnant to look upon her for this one wrong she has committed, then send her away. Let her once more find the guidance of the moonlight. Excommunicate and exile her if need be. But do not take her life for making a judgement that you oppose. Because then you deny the Moonlight's wisdom in blessing her in the first place."

Rolled 14, 11 = 25 (2d20)

>>3018245
nat 1s anyway

tfw i would have written more but it was already getting long enough that i felt the need to shorten it and cut bits out and now the flow is awkward and there's bits left hanging that don't make sense

>>3018308
ROLL
>>3018245
THERE IS NO MORE MALICE
THERE IS AN EXTRA REROLL

Rolled 9, 19 = 28 (2d20)

>>3018245

>>3018352
>>3018308
using this write in!

I think I got it guys

Well that's one 19, at least. Do we want to spend our reroll? Do we have to get both the passes on the same set of rolls?

>>3018357
It's 2d20 rolling for 19+ on EACH roll.

>>3018363
>>3018367
IF YOU GOT A 19 ON THE EXTRA REROLL, YOU ARE GOLDEN. IT DOESNT HAVE TO IN THE SAME ROLL

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>3018276
Reroll lmao
We've already pour so much time into this cunt so let's go all out.

>>3018385
OY
ROLL 2D20 LIKE THE REST

Rolled 1, 16 = 17 (2d20)

>>3018388
Ok. Don't count that first one then :^) Still won't get it.

Rolled 13, 3 = 16 (2d20)

>>3018245

>>3018388
does 1 19 gets us something or is it for the second plan? the distraction thing?

Rolled 19, 6 = 25 (2d20)

>>3018308
NEW BABE TO BANG!

>>3018397
PRAISE BE!

>>3018397
Gunhilde may waifu still tho

>>3018397
That's not how it works bruv.

>>3018405
just you wait
we be making her leak black pus out of that womb

>>3018390
>>3018385
>>3018367
>>3018363
>>3018352
>>3018316
The old woman considered your words but ultimately chose to continue with her plan. It was then when Molath has lit the tents, the raging fire caused a great disturbance among the crowd. Gunhild knocked out the man with the torch hurrying towards the unlit blaze pyre.

" KILL THE HERETICS"

The last shield cut through the bindings in a tick carrying Orsla on her arms "COME ON!"

The number of angry mob and guards were frightening, the only option is to run away and disappear in the woods.

>ROLL D20 AAAAAAAAAAAAAA


>>3018396
YES
>>3018397
>>3018392
BEST OUT THREE (FOUR)

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>>3018421

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>3018423

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>3018423

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>3018423
COME LIVE WITH ME AND BE MY LOVE!

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>3018423
>the only option is to run away and disappear in the woods.
>Magnius Tertius EQUIPPED [Tome, has arcane blasts, arcane protection, illusion]
>illusion
Hopefully this should be doable.

Talk about running,

Now we tenderly nurse the naked priestess back to health while Gunhilde watches jealously lol

>>3018433
I think you're skipping several steps, like talking her out of the suicide she thinks she deserves.

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>>3018428
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>>3018437
tell her giving us head and taking our seed will cleanse her lmao

Now we only need that elf that robbed us to vompleate the party

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>>3018433
>>3018431
>>3018428
>>3018429
>>3018430

Utilizing your illusion skills, you managed to stall them long enough for you to escape unharmed by the arrows primed at your backs. The thick woods provided the cover you needed to slip into the shadows.

An hour later, you and Gunhild were in the heart of the woods surrounded by sleeping critters and bird. It was amazing how the Skraalieg kept her pace with you while carrying the priestess. She rests on the ground, panting "Ishekoshyr! Madman! You.."

Out of nowhere, she started to laugh. You were embedded on the floor, without an sliver of stamina, unable to see her shining laughter "You..madman. I came to this land to find venture and you continue to dip in it."

New encounter added: The lamenting priestess
1/2

>>3018431
ALSO THANK YOU FOR WRITING THE SPEECH

The lamenting priestess

The next morning, you had to seek shelter in somewhere proper. A small village under The viper's control. Together, you took off parts of you attires to give Orsla some decency, her mind is mostly clouded. The guards gave you a suspicious stare, nothing else.

You wasted all of your coin on a week's worth of rent (admittedly, it was dirt cheap since the whole village is secluded from the outside world thanks to war) and a poorly made dress. There was no use to buy food. A single egg for 20 coins? Madness. Part of you wished to have that 200 coins from the eastern merchant.

You lost all of your coin!

Luckily, you had supplies on your own. Nurturing her back to health while remain inconspicuous was a difficult task.

You lost 4 supplies!!

Orsla had finally started to speak properly "Thank you, both of you. I...the pain was tremendous, still is. It is...smoother with you by my side. I..i know i am a burden, i will offer my life as a payment. That way, i can redeem myself for what happened."

You have gained a new companion: Orsla the priestess of the guiding moonlight
Health : 2000
Guiding moonlight: Unable to heal, any sort of damage (inflicted by self or others) will decrease her max hp. Blessings increase her max hp by 200
Healing touch: Consumes 2X of her max health to heal X of her allies
Withering wail: consumes 10X of her max health to add X to combat rolls
Defenseless: Add -4 to combat rolls to whoever is protecting her (unless she uses withering wail)

CURRENT COUNTER
The Sun's husk has wiped out one of the viper's towns!

The hound
STRENGTH: 6
WEAKNESS: 5

The Viper
STRENGTH: 7
WEAKNESS: 6

OPTIONAL COUNTER
VIPER: 0/100
HOUND: 0/100


60/130 health, 13 coin, 3 supplies, -10 renown
145/160 health for Gunhild
2000 for Orsla

[1+1 ACTION LEFT!]

>Start pilling up Viper corpses
>Explore the Village
>See if anyone wound up in the ghost of an inn
>Visit the village's pagan shrines
>Look for work to gain coins
>WRITE IN

I SLEEP
GOODNIGHT

>>3018591
>Visit the village's pagan shrines

>>3018591
0 COIN INSTEAD OF 13
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>3018591
>Visit the village's pagan shrines

>>3018591
>>Visit the village's pagan shrines

>>3018605
>>3018743
>>3018864
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA POST SECOND ACTION TOO AAAAA

>>3019665
not until we see what this one is
it matters
a lot

>>3019681
ALRIGHT FINE

Look like the zealots of the scathing sun had paid a visit recently, the pagan shrines were scattered to bits. About three were intact, dried blood splattered at the bottom of these statues.

Broken pieces of clay bowls littered the ground some had few coins; an offering to the divines, untouched by the rest of the villagers.

A small malnourished cat rubbed itself against you, it meowed weakly expecting some food. When you were considering to feed it, the cat twitched in utter pain. Its flesh is now a vessel for a higher being...

"You have done well, oh youthful and ugly scholar. The girl is on your side. Do not give her a single blessing, i want her to wither so slowly for me. N-"

"Khyayayaaaa!" An old crippled man pointed his finger at you while sitting dormant on a wooden plank. "Yer finished! finished! i see you , whore of blackness! You think you can hide for me eyes???" The man threw a small rock at the undead cat which has dodged it with grace. He drew a pitiful long stick "Come closer, closer! Khayayayaaa!"

" Another opportunity to show your devotion to me! Make a tapestry out of him."

>Kill the old man with a stab for a blast
>Kill him, be creative with it [SPECIFY]
>Leave the shrines
>Shove him aside and pray to one of the pagan divines
>WRITE IN

>>3019985
>>Kill the old man with a stab for a blast

>>3020002
LOOKS LIKE IT IS YOU AND ME HOSS

>>3020002
A single arcane blast splattered his head in a split of a second. His body dropped instantly, no one will miss this riff raff.

"Hmph, your heart is still soft. It is a start..." The cat licked its rotten paw "Now what was i saying? Oh, the girl...Starve her of blessings, she will crawl to me. It will be delicious, I will see you soon."

Just like that, the cat went limp. You examined the shrines, One belonged to Derdienn whom you knew little of other than its affinity to weather.

The second one had the first elf who reached divinity long ago. Ayreth has quite a following here in the village since the pagan divine is often related to prosperity and good yield, beautiful flowers sprouted around it.

The final one was a legit pagan ; it was more of a bloody totem with dozens of black nails sticking out like a thorn. Some nails had human fingers screwed into them. You could sense a plethora of curses hiding inside. It had a name you never saw before 'The two'

>Pray to the shrine of Derdienn
>Pray to the shrine of the two
>Pray to the shrine of Ayreth
>Allow Shadyah to guide you to the most beneficial shrine [-1 ACTION]
>Leave, before the guards would find out about your recent bloodletting
>Write in

>>3020126
>Allow Shadyah to guide you to the most beneficial shrine [-1 ACTION]

>>3020132
A gentle embrace has enveloped you from behind. For some reason, you were urged to make contact with the two's shrine. You can foresee every possible outcome from interacting with it.

>Offer nothing, gain a curse [random curse]
>Offer blood, gain a weapon [-50 health, gain a fleshy dagger with a lifesteal property ]
>Offer flesh, earn flesh [-20 max health , adds a summon spell to your tome]
>Offer finger, gain a bond [-5 max health, more rewards from future shrines of the two]
>WRITE IN

I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO STOP NOW ORANGE ANON, COME BACK TOMORROW

>>3020209
>Offer finger, gain a bond [-5 max health, more rewards from future shrines of the two]
pinky

>>3020209
>Offer flesh, earn flesh [-20 max health , adds a summon spell to your tome]
I'm assuming here the summon will benefit from our Armor of Inspiration's and Northern Kielith's companion bonuses.

>>3020225
This

>>3020225
this

>>3020225
Ouch.

But yeat

>>3020602
>>3020435
>>3020278
>>3020225
>>3020215
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN ? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ITS TOO LATE TO WRITE ANYTHING

>>3020602
>>3020435
>>3020278
>>3020215

The flesh is torn and offered. A dreadful vision burrowed inside your mind, that of a putrid twin fused and mangled together with cattle and swine under a tree of rotten hands "Feast on our sacred flesh, spill it over the seven lands. The bone yearns, the skin whimpers. The claws peel. The maw, ever.so.hungry..."

Your tome starting to ooze thick red blood, you opened it taking note of the new pages. The mindless scribbled started to make sense...a summoning spell. Your murder shall not go unnoticed by the tight community here.

You lost 5 renown!
You lost a 20 max health!
40/110 health
You gained a new spell modifier!

Pagan effigy: -10 health are required to cast it, adds +4 in combat rolls, +3 if the enemy is not intimidated by its presence . Dissipates after a single roll outcome but can be reassembled by sacrificing -5 health (As long as it is close enough and it is contained in one encounter). Follows only the most basic commands outside combat.

You had to leave with your companions after the cloud of suspicious was growing heavier with each passing day.

FINALLY WE ARE FREE TO ROAM AGAIN.
A REMINDER OF ALL OF OUR ACTIONS BEFORE MOVING TO ANOTHER ENCOUNTER

>>3018479
>>3018479
>>3018479

>CHOOSE A DIRECTION
>CHANGE YOUR EQUIPMENT
>CAMP [ONCE EVERY 5 ENCOUNTER], ORSLA CAN FREELY HEAL THE PARTY THERE
>BURN 1 SUPPLY TO GO TO THE VIPERS POST + DICE ROLL >>3018106 BEST TO GO THERE WITHOUT BEING EMPTY HANDED

I SLEEP
GOODNIGHT

>>3020779
>>CAMP [ONCE EVERY 5 ENCOUNTER], ORSLA CAN FREELY HEAL THE PARTY THERE

>>3020779
>>CAMP [ONCE EVERY 5 ENCOUNTER], ORSLA CAN FREELY HEAL THE PARTY THERE
let's have a chat with party members

>>3020780
>>3020999
Camping

A pillaged farmstead provided shelter for the night. The roaming bandits had picked it clean. The previous owners were rounded up and slaughtered in a brutal fashion, the woman and children were defiled while the men were beheaded. Their corpses were left to rot.

45/110 health, 0 coin, 2 supplies, -15 renown
150/160 health for Gunhild
2000 for Orsla

[2+1 ACTIONS LEFT]

>Heal your wounds [2 SUPPLIES= 5 HEALTH
>Ask Orsla to heal you and/or Gunhild for x at the cost of 2x of her max health
>Search the farmstead, maybe the bandits have overlooked something [DICE]
>Bury the dead, give them some decency
>Chat with Gunhild
>Chat with Orsla
>Keep an eye on the road, maybe someone else will stumble across the farmstead as well [DICE]
>WRITE IN

OY I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
CAN SOMEONE ARCHIVE LAST THREAD? SAME TAGS PLEASE IF POSSIBLE

>>3022301
>Ask Orsla to heal you and/or Gunhild for x at the cost of 2x of her max health
I assume this means if she heals us for 65 she'll lose 130 of her max? If so have her heal just us.
>Search farmstead [DICE]
>Keep an eye on the road [DICE]

>>3022301
>>Chat with Gunhild
>Search the farmstead, maybe the bandits have overlooked something [DICE]
>Ask Orsla to heal you and/or Gunhild for x at the cost of 2x of her max health
heal us

>>3022301
>Chat with Gunhild
>Bury the dead
>Ask Orsla to heal you and/or Gunhild for x at the cost of 2x of her max health
Get us to full

>>3022425
>>3023260
>>3023305
I AM BACK BUT IT IS LAAATE AAAAAAA

>>3023467
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>3022425
>>3023260
>>3023305
All the pain and wounds inside dissipated as Orsla healed you completely enduring it for your sake. She squirms briefly, black wounds reveal themselves to the world before vanishing a moment later.

You are now at full health!
Orsla has lost 130 max health!
Current max health= 1870

If you have some luck by your side, you might find something hidden; many farmers resorted to such means to hide what little did they have from ravenous tax collectors.

ROLL A D20!