>>3418224
Hello, QM!

>Take inventory first, then decide where to go. How much of Alexia's stuff was she carrying and didn't drop when she was being chased? Does she have a coin purse or something? Is the crossbow with the focus in the stock still intact, or at a bare minimum the focus?

>Also, I'm assuming the spell list is limited to Generic Necromancy Bolt and Animate Skeleton right now.

>>3418233
I forgot about Bone and Potentially A Little Flesh Mending, that's there too.

>>3418233
>>3418238
It's different, here's your spell list

>>Spells

20/20 Stamina

Necromantic Blast: A blast of Necromantic energy. 1d6, ranged, 1

Spookstidigitation: Prestidigitation but powered with necromancy. Ranged, free

Charge: Either empower a necromantic material or creation, causing it to deal more damage and heal slightly. Ranged, 1

>>3418233

>>INV
Blackwood Staff, 1d6, spellcasting focus
20GP
Padded Robes, 11AC
20 Bolts
Crossbow(2d6)
Apothecary’s kit

>>3418264
>After taking stock of her meager supplies, Alexia decided to head towards potential civilization. The Orcish Wastes are deadlier at night, and even bunking with a tribe of nomadic Orks would be better than being exposed like this.
>Those tents in the distance

>>3418233
>>3418363
roll 2d20

Rolled 17, 20 = 37 (2d20)

>>3418367

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>>3418378

>>3418389
Henri's dice curse seems to have faded.

>>3418367
>>3418378
You get to the tents without incident. Well, except for...

"OI HUMIE! YOUZ ONE O THEM WIZERDS?!"

Apparently, they set up a sentry with one of the smaller Orks

>Action?

>>3418436
>Projecting more confidence than Alexia is feeling: "Yes, I am!" Orks respect strength, right? So look strong.

>>3418436

>>3418438

"Yes I am!"

"GET CLOZER, OI CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

You get closer and repeat yourself.

"Oi, whot kind are yu den?"

>Action?

>>3418594
>I am a Necromancer.
Continuing with the bravado

>>3418594
>>3418594
"I am a Necromancer"
He does a little happy dance, which looks odd when he's 6ft tall

"Da Boss is gona loik dis!"

He takes you inside the camp, the object of stares. You are brought to the biggest tent, more of a house on wheels, guarded by 2 10ft tall Orcs, armored all in black plate. you are waved in and meet "Da Boss". He's an Orc. Orc, not Ork, but still rather large.

"You are a Necromancer, no?"

>Actions?

>>3418738
>Yes, I am.

Did I wander into a death cult or something?

>>3418747
Still with the false bravado?

>>3418749
It's been working so far. And honestly, Alexia is still pissed from being chased by a mob into the Orcish Wastes. Anger has a way of making people bolder.

>>3418738
>>3418747
"Yes I am"
You say with false bravado and confidence

"Cut the bravado, and tell me, are you a capable, functioning Necromancer?" he says, leaning off of his chair.

>Action?

>>3418799
>Right, truth time. "I can animate corpses and cast necromantic spells, but I'm still relatively new at this."

>>3418799
>>3418815

"Are you capable of preserving a corpse?"

>Action(you can't, not properly)

good day to all

>>3418862
I probably know the theory (at least the non-magical theory, since I'm a skeleton necromancer), though, and could probably learn, right?

>>3418946
This

>>3418862
>no but we can make bonybois

I am BACK!

And to answer this
>>3418946
No, you were never a mortician, and therefore don't have any idea.

Asking for a revote, seeing as you never actually voted.

>What do you say to the Orc?

>>3420580
>No, I'm a skeleton specialist.

>>3420580
>>3420605
"Disappointing"
Despite not even knowing his name, you still feel rather hurt.
"You have access to any 2 bodies from the corpse pile that you choose each week, produce soldiers of high enough quality and you earn your keep."

>Action?

>>3420654
>"That sounds fair to me. I didn't catch your name?"

>>3420910
Roll a 1d20 and a 1d2

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3421020
Here's the d20, don't know how to do different kinds of dice in the same post, so the d2 is next.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>3421020
Oh no is it the Henri Dice Curse again?

>>3421034
>>3421042
roll another d2

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3421058

>>3421020
>>3421034
>>3421042
>>3421121
"The name's Kruk." It was pronounced Kruk he says, leaning further forward into the light...
...
...
...Is that a bag wrapped around his head? You catch a whiff of rot.
"Kruk Blood-axe"
He says with a knowing, almost evil grin.

You don't recognize the name or "face", seeing as it's a small burlap bag that he wrapped around his head with some string to keep it tied on his face.

"Do yeh have any other talents?"
He says in a rasping voice.

>Action? I can give a list

>>3421178
Yes please, a list of what Alexia is good at aside from Necromancy would be great.

>>3421182
>>Skills
Necromancy(below average)
Crossbow(average)
Staff(average)
Apothecary(excellent)
Field medicine(average)
Surgery(below average)

>>3421188
>Apothecary(excellent)
Nice, we can better preserve the bodies so they won't smell/

>>3421194
well, all you know about is things to keep people alive, not to keep them from rotting.

>>3421197
Potatoes, ground tubers.

>>3421198
excuse me, what?

>>3421178
>>3421188

>"I'm an excellent (Apothecary Title, probably Healer or Alchemist, maybe Herbalist?), and I know a bit about surgery and field healing."

Right, that seems about right. Not overstating our abilities, but we seem valuable. Healers would be important in the back end of nowhere, right?

>>3421203
Potato, another name for potato
Keeping one healthy is ensuring the bacteria doesn't eat them, almost like stopping something from rotting
>>3421210
Good suggestion
Supporting

>>3421210
just apothecary

>>3421213
I debated adding something about actually knowing how to use the weapons I was carrying, but I decided that would probably be taken as an invitation to get into a fight, and we are a scrub necromancer.

>>3421178
>>3421210
"I'm an excellent Apothecary, and I know a bit about surgery and field healing."

He raises an eyebrow(you think)

"Come back here later this week, get situated, you don't have to earn your keep this week."
He starts coughing and waves you out.

You are escorted to a tent near a large pile of corpses, and get a bodyguard in the form of an orc with a well-made club with 2 triangular iron blades on the front.

"I'm *mumbles* and I'm to be your bodyguard."

>Actions! You get 2, one is taken up by visiting The Boss.

>>3421235
You gotta remember, there is a difference between Orcs and Orks.

>>3421243
Well, we better study some to be- A PILE OF CORPSES
WE NEED TO DO SOME NECROMANCY!

Rolled 75, 77 = 152 (2d100)

>>3421243
>>3421255
Minion time go! Also, how long is a turn? A day? Two days? A week?
>Find a pair of good corpses and animate them
>Find a pair of good corpses and animate them

>>3421255
Also! How the necromancy works!
>1 Action: Mooks
>2 Actions: Shock Troops
>3 Actions: Personal Bodyguards

>>3421328
It's a week

>>3421337
Alright, I guess I know what we're doing next turn! At least for one of the actions. But hey, lab assistants.

>>3421328
Roll 2d100

Rolled 36, 58 = 94 (2d100)

>>3421350

Rolled 1, 83 = 84 (2d100)

>>3421350

>>3421396
>>3421407
You found a dwarf skeleton, rather rare for an encampment ruled by an Orc. You also find a gretch (young Ork) who thinks you are grave robbing "his" section of the pile.

>Response? Anything from popping him with a crossbow to telling him that the boss said you could is cool.

>>3421427
Do you want a skeleton buddy too?

>>3421427
Also, remember that you have a bodyguard.

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>3421427
Tell him the Boss said I could. Have Mumbles back me up.

Good night to all

>>3421623
Goodnight QM

I'm Back and eating a cupcake!

I'll get to writing for>>3421552 (they rolled)
unless someone changes their mind.

>>3421427
>>3421435
>>3421552
d20 next time I ask for a roll that isn't for, the turn please

"The Boss said I could"

He blanches and backs off

>You have a dwarf skeleton and need to search for another skeleton. roll another d100

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>3423413

>>3423597
Roll a d10 please

Rolled 2 (1d10)

>>3423603

>>3423413
>>3423597
>>3423689
You find a giant of a creature, it stands at 11 ft,
and has the head and tail of a dragon, it appears that this camp has recently killed a Dragonborn, and an old one at that.

>Massive Dragonborn skeleton acquired

You ask your bodyguard to carry it back, and get to your tent, which you have noticed has a large space out back, probably for reanimation circles.

>2 choices, wait and do the best job you can on the Dragonborn, or do both at a more average quality right now, remember that you don't have to put out any bodies as of now.

>>3423716
>Wait and do your best.

>Do an average job immediately.

>>3423720
>Wait and do your best

>>3423720
>>3423729
Seeing as you don't have to do anything this week, You decide to prepare massive, concentrically layered circles of reanimation to funnel as much power as you can into this as efficiently as you can

After you spend 5 days on the circles, your bodyguard tells you that the boss needs you.

You enter the Boss' chamber, and ask what is required of you.

"First, let us come to a more... appropriate area"

He leads you to a brightly lit, well-ventilated room with a leather covered slab in the center and some counters surrounding it.

"I need some medical attention"

>Action?

>>3423768
"I'm not the best for surgery, far from it, so if that's what you want I could try, but you would be better off with someone better skilled."

>>3423768
>>3423793
"I'm not the best for surgery, far from it, so if that's what you want I could try, but you would be better off with someone better skilled."

"I'm not looking for surgery"
He says with a grin.

He takes the bag off of his head.

>Roll d20-3

>>3423814
And I am back from class! Hello!

Rolled 6 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>3423835
And the roll didn't take. Let me try again.

>>3423814
>>3423837
You vomit on the ground

His face is a patchwork of cut and burn scars, marks of various poisonings, and strangely, the marks of an attempt to forcibly affect his mind.

This wouldn't be bad or explain the bag on his head alone, but the fact that about a third of the former injuries are festering to some degree... yeah.

"Weren't expecting this eh?"

>Action?

>>3423848
(Probably still a bit shaky from the three) "No, I wasn't. This definitely needs treatment. How clean have you been keeping the wounds?"

>Prep disinfectants/antibiotics and stuff for minimizing scar tissue

>>3423848
>>3423917
"No, I wasn't. This definitely needs treatment. How clean have you been keeping the wounds?"

You say as you check the counters and find them full of every herb that you would need and get to work.

"Changed out the bandages once a week and washed the bag during then."

You know that that is nowhere near clean enough.

>Action?

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>3423932
"It's a start, but you should really (insert healing information here, probably something involving disinfectant and more bandage changes). I'll do what I can, though."

>Focus on the festering bits first. Probably a d20?

Actually do people know that germs are a thing in this world? Would my excellent Apothecary skills let me know that? Because I was suddenly thinking of a germ-killing spell with necromancy.

Good day to all

Rolled 19 (1d20)

Rolling

>>3423974
Goodnight, QM.

I actually have an idea for when you're back- how feasible would it be to have a swarm of skeletal insects? They're tiny, so they shouldn't really be much of an investment, and while they probably won't retain any real damage dealing potential like poison, they'd still be excellent as cover or distractions.

>>3423970
Probably need to remove dead tissue, followed by disinfecting.

>>3424386
Pretty sure an undead insect going up a nose, or into an eye would be pretty distracting.
And we could use them for super delicate works, like repairing someone's face from rot.

I am Back! and very happy to see that there's more than one player.

To answer
>>3424386
No, you would either have a giant pile of insect plates assembling themselves to become insect Voltron, or reanimate each bug individually. Having a few for spies is a good idea if you can develop a mental link though.

>>3423970
Very few if any, you aren't one of them. The spell would probably still work though, lay it on me.

>>3423970
>Because I was suddenly thinking of a germ-killing spell with necromancy.
Well, antibiotics are types of poison, so a necromantic spell would work.

>>3425404
It would probably require knowing what actually caused sicknesses to work, but basically an extremely weak (non-damaging) layer of necromantic energy coating the insides and edges of the wound, killing all the bacteria/viruses/whatever but not harming the patient.

>>3425465
You would require research and test subjects, but you would know that killing the rot is a good thing, and so making a spell to do as such would work.

>>3425495
Shelving it for now. We got a 19 plus bonuses out on a d20 to clean out the Chief's face.

>>3423932
>>3423970
>>3424120
"It's a start, but you should really change the bandages more often. Daily. Soak them in-"

"Guess you're coming in daily then."

"... soak them in this, and put a second layer of bandages"
You say, handing him a bottle of now finished antiseptic and disinfectant, normally the kind of thing you use to clean out a chamber pot, but you figure he can handle it.

"This is going to hurt"
You place the bandages on his head, after which he washes his bag and puts that over them, which you protest to until he responds;
"They'll think me weak otherwise"

You are about to leave unit he asks if you got started yet, and if you have any questions about the job.

>Well, do you?

>>3425597
>I did get started. I picked out two promising-looking corpses from the pile and was setting up the circles before I came in.

>I'm assuming "Keep" does not include anything from any combats unless I participate in said combat?

>>3425597
>>3425655
"I did get started. I picked out two promising-looking corpses from the pile and was setting up the circles before I came in."

"Oh? what were they?"

"A dwarf and a massive Dragonborn"

"Ah, I actually kept their things for myself, I can give them to you if you need equipment for them."

"To change the subject, I'm assuming "Keep" does not include anything from any combats unless I participate in said combat?"

"You can loot, it's just rude if you didn' contribute, spect someone to challenge you over it. Thas what Giggles' for."

>Action?

>>3425679
>Are we going to be moving around a lot?

>>3425689
"Are we going to be moving around a lot?"

"Depends on whether we keep getting attacked. If we do, yes. If not, no."

>Actions?

>>3425696
Does Alexia know anything about magic items?

>>3425733
She knows roughly and vaguely how they are made, and that her staff is one by technicality.

>>3425740
Ah. So probably no making magic items for awhile, at least until Necromancy gets a skill-up. Skills get leveled up by practice and teaching, and magic gets leveled up by spell creation, teaching, and practice, right?

>>3425746
I'd say so, In the case of necromancy, I'd say it just sums up how good you are at it.

>>3425756
How much practice would it take to get between each skill tier, roughly?

Also, I'm assuming "go in and treat the boss once a day" takes one of my three actions for the week?

>>3425763
No, you are basically dropping off bandages and antiseptic, the ingredients for which you get daily.

>>3425780
Ah. So two actions a week on "Actually Good Troops" and then one free action. Okay! I can work with that.

>>3425782
One unit is perfectly fine for troops, 2 is for elite, 3 is basically a masterpiece(s), one is entirely okay

>>3425796
You know the dice curse that followed Henri around? Don't want to lose the spot in the Orc/Ork band because I rolled badly. Two actions, can drop it to one if I really need to. Besides, it trains Necromancy.

How much training does it take to level up a skill, again?

>>3425864
You don't really level up skills by any set measure, if you've done a lot of forging recently, I would bump your metalworking skill.

Magical skill is just a representation of how many spells and what quality of spells you have, as well as your stamina. A man who has been an Invoker for 20 years but only knows fireball because he only uses fireball, but has massive stamina and can cast all day is average. A man who knows how to cast every spell in existence but doesn't have the stamina to cast most of them is also average. A man who can cast all day and nows everything is legendary, someone who can only cast one spell and only cast it once is a dabbler.

>>3425890
Ah. Well, two minions at Shock Trooper a week for the foreseeable future should help a lot. And since next turn I'm going to try for an AoE damage spell, that should work nicely for getting my skill up.

>>3425903
Well, unless you have another question, we can just advance the turn by replying here
>>3425696
With your actions.

>>3425912
*facepalm*

>>3425679
>Shock Troop Go!
>Shock Troop Go!
>Spell Development: AoE Necromancy- working name Necromancy Fireball

Rolled 83, 75, 70 = 228 (3d100)

>>3425927
And I forgot to include rolls.

>>3425696
>>3425927
>>3425932

Seeing as you have technically done 4 turns of prep for these 2, you get to do something special, welcome to the Create-An-Undead!

>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
>Jaw

>Oral Cavity

>Eyes

>Skull

---

>>Torso
>Chest

>Stomach Cavity

>Hips

---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons

>>Limbs
>Right Arm

>Left Arm

>Right Leg

>Left Leg

>Tail
------------
>>Intelligence
>Mindless
>Animal
>Semi-sentient
>Sentient
>Sapient
>Sapient(Memories)
Now you can tell me exactly what you want to bolt on to the skeleton and how smart you want it to be without vague description, just write what you want the attachment to be (if any) below the appropriate part.

>Customize Skelly, The Armorer is at your disposal.

>>3425970
>>Oral Cavity
Very lewd

>>3425970
I'm a bit confused, could you elaborate?

>>3425970
>>>Head
>>Jaw
Very bity
>>Torso
>Chest
More robust
>>Limbs
If possible, do both legs, if not then just the tail.
>>Intelligence
>Semi-sentient

>>3425970
>>3426003
>>3426007
Okay, I should explain further, You copy paste the entire thing, then write in upgrades to be done by either magic(Breath weapon) or bolting Iron to it than magically fixing the hole to make the iron a part of it. Like this:

>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
>Jaw

>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack
>Eyes

>Skull

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Plates over Ribs
>Stomach Cavity
Sandbags for weight
>Hips
Metal reinforcement
---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Arm Blade
>Left Arm

>Right Leg

>Left Leg

>Tail
Tail Blade
------------
>>Intelligence
>Sentient

>>3426032
>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
reinforcements
>Jaw
Iron teeth

>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack
>Eyes
visor
>Skull
reinforcement and horns
---

>>Torso
>Chest
Plates over Ribs
>Stomach Cavity
Furnace to blow fire also?
>Hips
Metal reinforcement
---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
modular weapon attachment, so we can switch them out.
>Left Arm
Modular attachment point shield
>Right Leg
armor
>Left Leg
armor
>Tail
Tail Blade and hook
------------
>>Intelligence
>Semi-sentient

Like so?

>>3425970
>>3426032

>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
Reinforce this!
>Jaw
Metal Teeth
>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack
>Eyes
Visor
Room for potential "false eye" magic items for eye laser shenanigans or something like that
>Skull
Armored- Horns work, yes

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Plates over Ribs- SPIKES- Make it hell for someone to get into melee with this guy
>Stomach Cavity
Sandbags for weight- good idea, solidity
>Hips
Metal reinforcement
---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons- Modular again

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Modular Arm Blade
>Left Arm
Modular Arm Blade

>Right Leg
Armored

>Left Leg
Armored

>Tail
Tail Blade- Make it modular
------------
>>Intelligence
>Sentient

So basically it's a Death Knight Non-Abomination Lite. It will charge at you and slice your face up, and because it still has hands it can wield a weapon there in addition to all the modular stuff. If you try and get behind it it will lop your ankles off. It's smart enough to learn to use other weapons and to pull the trigger on a magic item, too, but not smart enough that other necromancers will get together to lynch us. Because it's modular, it can swap out equipment for better stuff as needed.

>>3426054
Oooh, I like the modular.

>>3426054
Yes, with the formatting excepting:
>>Head
reinforcements

That's a category, not a body part (Not in this context)

With actual capability:
>Stomach Cavity
Furnace to blow fire also?

That's a bit heavy to go inside of anything short of a dragon or giant


Other than those 2 It's fine. If you make mistakes such as the first, I'll just ignore them and assume you mean reinforcement for anything not listed as having upgrades.

For impossibilities, such as the second, I will suggest a similar and possible option, such as a torch or small brazier and bellows rather than
a full furnace.

>>3426062
We could have a small barrel thing to shoot kerosene like a flamethrower then.

Everybody, Keep brainstorming, I have to go and do homework.

>>3426067
Where do we get the kerosene though? Would Apothecary cover the fuel for that?

>>3426071
Hmm, we could use fat from corpses, cook it in a pot till it breaks down into oil.

>>3426075
That works. And oil runs under armor easily- this could be an anti-armor thing if we do it right. Switch out the sandbags for an oil reservoir, and make the chest plating removable in order to refill it- that could actually be really good.

I wonder if we get to keep the circles around, since we're going to be mass producing undead?

>>3426083
Hell, we could even invent greek fire by adding sulfur.

>>3426083
Hmm
We could add some alchemecal ingredients to the oil to make it "stickier" and since it's rendered fat we could also enchant it with necromantic energy to cause that extra damage

>>3426088
I like the way you think, Anon.

>>3425970
>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
Reinforce this!
>Jaw
Metal Teeth
>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack
>Eyes
Visor
>Skull
Armored- Horns work, yes

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Plates over Ribs- SPIKES- Make it hell for someone to get into melee with this guy
>Stomach Cavity
Sandbags for weight- good idea, solidity
>Hips
Metal reinforcement
---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons- Modular again

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Modular Arm Blade
>Left Arm
Modular Arm point shield

>Right Leg
Armored

>Left Leg
Armored

>Tail
Tail Blade- Make it modular
------------
>>Intelligence
>semi-Sentient

>>3426095
Hello new Anon!

>>3426054
>>3426061


Revised Build
>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
>Jaw
Metal Teeth+Sparker
>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack (Natural)
Secondary Breath Attack- Corpse Fire
>Eyes
Visor- Room for later "false eye" magic items in sockets
>Skull
Armored- Horns work, yes

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Plates over Ribs- SPIKES- Make it hell for someone to get into melee with this guy- also removable for access to oil reservoir
>Stomach Cavity
Oil reservoir- for secondary breath weapon
>Hips
Metal reinforcement
---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons- Modular again

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Modular Arm point
>Left Arm
Modular Arm point

>Right Leg
Armored

>Left Leg
Armored

>Tail
Tail Blade- Make it modular
------------
>>Intelligence
>Sentient

So we have the corpse fat greek fire, and the extreme modularity- what else?

>>3426095
>>3426088
Also also, why Semi-Sentient as opposed to full Sentient? It's not in the Abomination category until it's Sapient, so why not make it smarter?

>>3426104
lets also plate his hack and spine so he wont get broken in halve.

>>3426112
Eh, if we plan to upgrade it we might need to make it sentient, I just don't like the stories where the creation destroys the creator.
>>3426117
Good idea

>>3426122
>>3426117
Yes, definitely armor the spine.

Not sure it can betray us unless we critfail creation, which we didn't.

>>3426112
full sentience means the ability of thought , and with that comes the chance of disobedience

>>3426160
This.

>>3426166
True, but how well can it learn as a semi-sentient as opposed to a sentient?

>>3426160
we just created a war machine at this point lets not let it ask why.

>>3426173
How sentient is a dog or bear?

>>3426173
I mean animal intellect is just below this and you can train an animal so semi sentience with just speed up the process

>>3426180
>>3426179
>>3426175
>>3426160
>>3426122
Alright, these are good points. Semi-Sentient it is.

Anything else we want to add onto the Death Knight Lite?

>>3426187
swap the sand bags for the oil reservoir maybe cover the stomach cavity with leather too

>>3426199
Already swapped that out in the revised build, but why leather as opposed to metal armor? It may be more flexible but it's a big gaping weak point around the thing that's full of deliberately extremely flammable liquid.

>>3426206
no i mean just covering the reservoir so it wont be a visible, one well placed flaming arrow and boom!

>>3426215
like corset style

>>3426215
Ah. Yeah, extra padding is good. Do we have asbestos or gypsum? We can use those to add fire-retardant materials.

>>3426231
man why did become a necromancer, with this knowledge we could have made it big in the city!

>>3426244
Because we were in a random village in the back end of nowhere and then we got chased out by an asshole with power and a grudge?

Also, maybe our Apothecary stuff means we know some fire resistance stuff, or maybe the blacksmith knows how to treat his apron or whatever to be flame resistant. Just throwing out ideas with what I find on Wikipedia that we could realistically do.

>>3426255
i'm just being a shit.

>>3426259
Nah it's a good point, do we actually know how to make fire resistant leather?

>>3426273
Honestly I see the last bit being true
>>3426255

I AM BACK! And wow, when I said keep brainstorming you did. to answer questions, Sentience, in this case, is basically all intelligence but no emotion, like a robot bound entirely to your will. For comparison, Alfred was
>Sapient(Memories)

for the oil reservoir, you can't make greek fire,
as you're no alchemist, and you can't make a flame thrower, as you are no engineer. You would have to find and collaborate with others who have those skills, maybe ask the boss.

An oil reservoir that you have spill out on command, however? Totally workable.

Also, know Dragonborn can have different breath attacks, not just Fire.

Now, keep arguing until you can settle on something.

>>3427868
Right, so table the flamethrower for now, although we can ask the blacksmith or the Boss if there's anyone who knows engineering.

Any other ideas? I think that Death Knight Lite with the modular and maybe flamethrower is good, but probably we should bump it up to Sentient since it'll be smart enough to follow complicated orders and learn but not able to disobey.

>>3427887
Well, did the oil reservoir have any other purpose than the flamer?

>>3427925
No, it was there to feed the flamethrower with thin boiling oil that would dribble under armor and barbecue people.

>>3427939
Ah, I understand.

When I see Armor, I see, "Coat it in bolted Iron and enough padding to put actual armor over it", when I see Reinforcement I see "Strips of Iron bolted on to keep it from snapping"

>>3427959
So you may or may not want to change it.

Also, Roll a d20

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>3427969
Changing it.

>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
>Jaw
Metal Teeth+Sparker
>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack (Natural)
Secondary Breath Attack- Corpse Fire? (Only if there is a flamethrower)
>Eyes
Visor- Room for later "false eye" magic items in sockets
>Skull
Armored- Horns work, yes

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Plates over Ribs- SPIKES- Make it hell for someone to get into melee with this guy- also removable for access to oil reservoir if there is one- SPINE REINFORCEMENT
>Stomach Cavity
Oil reservoir- for secondary breath weapon- if flamethrower not possible, Armor
>Hips
Metal reinforcement
---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons- Modular again

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Modular Arm point
>Left Arm
Modular Arm point

>Right Leg
Armored

>Left Leg
Armored

>Tail
Tail Blade- Make it modular
------------
>>Intelligence
>Sentient

>>3427977
The finding of a specialist would take a turn

BTW
The thing for the roll was to tell you what the dragon was, it's a silver dragon, and it has a beard of spines. You can't remember what breath attack type it has, but you do remember that they live way up north.

>>3427987
If we're going by D&D, then it's cold breath, and the fact that it lives up in the north seems to support that. Eh, I'm fine with delaying the Fireball-Equivalent a turn for flamethrowers.

>>3428014
How big are you imagining the spikes?

ALSO! I FORGOT TO MENTION SOMETHING IMPORTANT!

You can put magical upgrades on skeletons.

You can, for example, cast Charge on it while channeling and give it minor regen.you can only put a total of one(1) for now.

>>3428069
*While channeling the magic of the reanimation ritual.

>>3428150
yes lets add that

>>3428159
Just remember you are only getting this much because you spent a full 4 actions on it.

>>3428181
yeah so lets take advantage of it

SO! All in favor of:


>>>Dragonborn
---Unique Upgrades; Necromantically affected breath attack, Oral Cavity
>>Head
>Jaw
Iron Teeth
>Oral Cavity
Breath Attack (Natural)
>Eyes
Visor- Room for later "false eye" magic items in sockets
>Skull
Armored + Draconic Horns

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Rib Plating + Spine Reinforcement
>Stomach Cavity
Armor Covered Sandbag
>Hips
Armored

---Unique Upgrades; Tail Weapons, Tail

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Armor + Modular Arm point
>Left Arm
Armor + Modular Arm point

>Right Leg
Armored

>Left Leg
Armored

>Tail
Modular Tail Weapon
------------
>>Intelligence
>Sentient
------------
>>Magical Enhancement
>Charge

Just a note, I saw a thing for padding and a thing for spikes, which are incompatible. The padding lets you wear armor and increases AC, the spikes have a chance to deal damage in melee but don't let you put the original armor over the upgrades.

>Choose between: Spikes/Padding/No, I Want an entirely Different setup.

>>3428275
Regen good! And alright, Armor No Spikes.

>>3428275
I like the armor, and regeneration sounds good so we dont have a high maintenance skeleton.

>>3428275
>>3428278
>>3428295
Would you like to do the same for the dwarf(Adjusted thematically) or would you like to have a different setup?

>>3428306
I want to make the dwarf our servant skele and make him sentient and just plate his every thing with added regen

>>3428339
We must obtain a small suit for him

We should give the Dwarf elbow and knee spikes.... A Horn/Spike on the Forehead for headbutts too.

>>3428339
>>3428340
You only have the capability to put one magical enhancement on but you can add more later.

The Boss also said that you have access to his armorer, specifically the skeleton's armor and weapons, but you haven't told the armorer that, hence why he's making all of this stuff for you.

>>3428348
Ok no Regen for the dwarf.
>>3428347
but I like the horn on the forehead

>>3428361
one per skelly I mean

>>3428369
Yeah, the same thematic thing is good.

>>3428376
When I saw adjusted thematically I mean it looks vaguely dwarvish instead of vaguely draconic.

>>3428385
so good setup for the dragon born and I'm going for plating the dwarf in metal and making him sentient

>>3428385
I am fine with the (sentient) builds as-is right now.

I'll take this as consensus for"The Same But Dwarf".
He can't wear his helmet if he has a forehead spike, so unless you don't care about that I will take it as no horn, but extra forehead reinforcement for superb headbutting. I'll still add that even if you choose helmet over spike

>Helmet or Spike?

>>3428551
spike for aesthetic we should keep the dwarfs normal hands.

>>3428551
Helmet, We can just put a spike on the helmet.

>>3428568
supporting

>>3428568
ok fine I change my mind

>>3428551
>>3428560
>>3428568
>>3428577
>>3428582
This look right?

>>>Dwarf
---
>>Head
>Jaw
Iron Teeth
>Oral Cavity

>Eyes
Visor- Room for later "false eye" magic items in sockets
>Skull
Armored, Extra forehead reinforcement

---

>>Torso
>Chest
Rib Plating + Spine Reinforcement
>Chest Cavity
Armor Covered Sandbag
>Hips
Armored

---

>>Limbs
>Right Arm
Armor + Modular Arm point
>Left Arm
Armor + Modular Arm point

>Right Leg
Armored

>Left Leg
Armored

------------
>>Intelligence
>Sentient
------------
>>Magical Enhancement
>Charge

>Y/N?

>>3428551
Helmet

>>3428627
No lets give him normal hands

>>3428662
The dwarf will be utility.

>>3428662
He still has hands, he just has modular arm points to attach extra stuff to. Or the hands are a module.

>>3428662
He does have normal hands. The points are arm attached.

>>3428759
ok then were good

>>3428627
Yeah, that seems about good.

>>3428759
I also think the current build is good.

>>3428627
>>3428662
>>3428663
>>3428744
>>3428759
Now to actually write
You have the best of ideas, Why set up so long when you use normal skeletons, why not use improved skeletons. You head to the armorer to get the helmets and armor, turns out the dwarf had a spiky one. You may have lied just a tiny bit and got him to make a bunch of things for you to bolt on to the skeletons.

He tells you to come back in 5 days, during which you spend the time further preparing the circles, mixing up curatives and medicinal bandages for the boss, and unsuccessfully trying to get to know your bodyguard.

You finally pick up the parts, bolt them on(Read, hammer it in messily then wait for the ritual to repair it for you)and assemble the skeletons.

You chant the Ritual words, and even put a Charge spell into the fabric of their forms, allowing for slight healing

The 2 inert forms rise and come to their feet, each stomping over to their respective armor piles, The Dragonborn and Dwarf picking up a Greathammer and Axe/Towershield respectively, raising their arms in salute and affirmation of your control

>These are the 2 best you'll make for a while, seeing as The Boss will have his armorer only give you what he says to, unless you can give him a reason to give you access.

>Names for them?

Jesus Christ Anons, You've gone and created absolute monsters, they'll kill just about anything that 's at relatively normal difficulty.

>>3429007
Muahahahaha!

That was the point. Umm...

I am so tempted to name them Chris and Leon.

>>3429007
The Dragonborn shall be Brile
THe dwarf with be named Bartholomew we will call him Bart

>>3429007
For names, I like Brile for the dragonborn and the Dwarf's name could be Jepp.

>>3429028
Brile and Jepp.. I like it

>>3429028
>>3429034
Sure. Better than my suggestions.

>>3429007
>>3429019
>>3429023
>>3429028
>>3429034
>>3429054

Brile and Jepp then?

>>3429056
Why not.

>>3429056
Seems so.

>>3429056
Yep.

>>3429056
>>3429060
>>3429076
>>3429103
Brile and Jepp, got it.

Do you want to go to the AOE spell next or showing off B&J to The Boss?

>>3429114
B J fuck that was not intentional but lets Get an AOE since the boss might give a actual job to do

>>3429114
Yeah, AoE first.

>>3429114
AOE Spell

>>3429114
>>3429119
>>3429134
>>3429138
Okay then, what Kind of spell are you looking for, is it fireball style AOE or cone AOE, things like that. I need details.

>>3429172
How about a cone AOE that suck the life force of though within it. You know like Soul Vacuum. and maybe it can heal us?

>>3429172
Didn't actually think of that... Well, the first thing that pops into my head is an AOE charge, that charges all of our undead within the area (like fireball), though I don't know how we would do that.

>>3429172
I was thinking of a crowd control spell, like Fireball.

>>3429189
Actually, it could be like this? Heals undead and damages living in the area, due to dropping a big ball of necromancy on the place?

>>3429189
Combat sacrifice- You suck the Life force of the surrounding area, and twist it sending necrotic energy to undead bolstering the abilitys

>>3429188
That's advanced kind of stuff, you don't know how to do it to a mouse, much less a group of people. You also don't know how to heal yourself off of it.

>>3429189
This, however, is very viable, you already have a spell that does that to one undead so it's not a stretch to do it to multiple. would probably even do some damage to living creatures.

>>3429230
Lets go with this then.

>>3429230
And then we can make a pure DPS version later. I like.

>>3429230
I like this idea too. ( mainly cause I suggested it in the first place )

>>3429242
It actually does do damage, it just so happens to heal undead.

>>3429248
Even better.

>>3429230
I put my weeb shit away for later then.

>>3429172
>>3429188
>>3429189
>>3429215
>>3429227
>>3429237
>>3429242
>>3429246
>>3429260
>>3429263
You Decide to turn charge into an area spell, instead of sending a small amount of energy to one specific undead, you center a large amount between Brile and Jepp, then release it slowly, as it would be rather explosive if you didn't, And we wouldn't want that now would we?It ends up energizing them, as they are infused with Necromantic energy.

>Name it and then we head off to The Boss.

>>3429296
I was thinking Life for Death, as it deals damage to living and powers up undead. How does that sound?

>>3429300
Apologies, that's but that's so edgy I cut myself reading it. At least save that name for something more fitting.

>>3429300
Life Transfer or Necrotic surge.

Goodnight, It's 1 AM over here.

Necro Surge

>>3429396
>>3429311
>>3429296
Sure, Necro Surge is good.

I'm Back! It seems Necromantic Surge has won. A fitting name. New spell list.

>>Spells
20/20 Stamina

Necromantic Blast: A blast of Necromantic energy. 1d6+3, ranged, 1

Spookstidigitation: Prestidigitation but powered with necromancy. Ranged, free

Charge: Either empower a necromantic material or creation, causing it to deal more damage and heal slightly, if done to a living creature, has the opposite effect. Ranged, 1. 1d6+3 HP, (3) damage mod.

Necromantic Surge: A more powerful AOE version of Charge. Ranged, 5 2d6+3 HP, 3 damage mod


>After this you guys are showing off the Skelebois to The Boss, are you inviting him to your tent or going to his?

>>3429889
Let's parade around with our killing machines

>>3429889
Let's go to him.

Also, do we get to keep the prep circles or do we have to make new ones every time we want to animate stuff?

>>3429926
Go to the bosses tent

>>3429937
You have to either make new ones or buy some much higher quality chalk.

>>3429889
>>3429926
>>3429937
>>3429938
You call for Brile and Jepp, and ask your bodyguard to go and get someone to tell the boss that you're coming, which he does and returns to your side.

You show up at The Boss' tent, and the Ork guards step aside to let you in, having been told beforehand.

"Well, well, well, What have we here?"
The Boss says as he walks in.

>Action? Anything from saying that you're in charge now to showing off his new war machines is okay.

>>3430015
quick question how many orcs/orks are in this camp?

>>3430015
Showing off the new war machines. I like this guy, and he likes us for treating his face. No reason to upset the apple cart when we could be using our time for necromancy. Besides, I'm not sure that we could take on the ENTIRE camp.

>>3430030
Lets ask if he has some P.O.Ws we can slaughter.

>>3430027
Over a thousand Orks, 100~ Orcs

>>3430035
Not really many prisoners when your main body of warriors are Orks, the POWs are all high ranking and needed for either ransom money or information.

How about we challenge a warrior of the bosses choosing to fight them.

>>3430061
Sure, that could be a good demo.

>>3430015
>>3430030
"Your new war machines."

"Oh really now?"
He says looking them up and down.
"They look more than sufficient, but we need to test them. Tell me, can you heal them?"

"Yes."

"Great! RATBAG! GET MY ARMOR YOU LITTLE SHIT! I NEED TO DO SOME TESTING!"

"Make sure to tell it to stop if I look like I'm going to die or tell you to."

>>He appears to be going to test them by having a no holds barred spar with one.

>Brile(More Damage and Health)
>Jepp(More AC)

>>3430067
Brile.

>>3430067
Yeah Brile

>>3430067
"Try Brile right here "
You say, patting the Dragonborn on the shoulder, or his arm rather, as you can't reach his shoulder.

"Ohoho, the big one?"
He says as a goblin, presumably Ratbag, comes in with a mountainous suit of armor and assists him with putting it on. he goes back to his throne, which looks a bit... Square.

The blade is a square, rather than the crescent that is normal, the spike on top is occupied with a steel covered skull.

As you get to the dueling field, Brile and Kruk square up, then fight.

Brile opens with his necromantically enhanced ice breath, catching Kruk off guard, seeing as he didn't expect him to be capable of that after death. Kruk responds with a masterfully executed jump strike, one that would have killed anything not so comprehensively clad in iron, but that doesn't even hurt one such as Brile. Then Brile strikes a mighty blow with his Greathammer, but misses an attempted bite. Then Kruk gets angry. He unleashes a mighty bellow of rage, and striking like a rabid animal faster than you could see, takes off the head of Brile. He unleashes a bellow of victory, then calms down.

"Can you fix that?" he says breathlessly as he walks to the grog barrel, like he didn't just kill something that would give a small army trouble single-handedly.

>Kruk did not become The Boss with his brains alone

>Action? Brile is fine, you just have to put his head back on and cast charge, which it is presumed to be being done anyway.

>>3430197
"Yes, just let me put the head back on."

You guys want to bring up that if he gives us two weeks between keep requirements instead of one, we could be pumping these out instead of standard skellies?

>>3430202
That's already done, I need either an affirmation of going to the next turn, or what you want to do right now.

>>3430240
Mention that it took two weeks to make them, so if he wants them at "give armies trouble" every time either we need better chalk or a two week interval.

>>3430251
Well, that was exaggerating a bit, in reality, an army has mages and siege engines for the purpose of killing these things. You would need like 9-10 actions worth of set up, Blacksteel parts, an engineer, and to make them Sapient and give magic training to have ONE kill an ENTIRE army. But a squad of these Briles and Jepps? definitely a high priority target, the kind of thing that calls for danger close magical artillery.

>>3430275
Could we move on now please?

>>3430275
Still, if he wants them at this level every time, then that's what we need.

>>3430282
And yeah, after we bring this up for consideration, move on.

>>3430197
>>3430202
>>3430251
>>3430282
>>3430284
"If you want them at this level every time, we need 2 weeks, unlimited access to your armorer, and possibly an engineer if you have one."

"Slow down there, I do like these, they could go toe to toe with an Imperial Mage-Knight, if those were still around. But I need quantity, not quality. it would take years to get a sizeable unit of these, but if you do mass production, I get a small army over the course of a year."

>>3430297
"Alright, mass produced it is." And turn?

>>3430297
Okay then, but I still want access to the armorer so that they don't die in one hit. It would be a bit of a waste if they die so easily, wouldn't it?

>>3430307
Cant we just enchante them with charge or necrotic surge

>>3430297
>>3430305
>>3430307
"Alright, mass produced it is"

"Remember, the Armorer is still something you have access to, ask after his brother if you need an engineer."

>>3430307
Don't we already have access to the armorer? Here, at the bottom of this post.

>>3425970

>>3430313
That was possible because of the time spent in preparation.

>>3430316
>>3430317
Ninja'd by the QM. And yeah, can we enchant them with the two-action version? Anyway, next turn!

>>3430319
>>3430318
Ninja'd by QM twice. I am slow today.

>>3430316
>Action? You now have unlimited access to the corpse pile, and limited access to the Armorer. Now that we are dealing with mass production, you should know every "Reanimation" action can reanimate up to 5 undead.

>>3430338
>5 Dudes
>5 Dudes
>Spell Research: Buff of some kind

>>3430344
Support

>>3430338
>>3430344
>>3430351

Roll 5d100
First 2 are for the circles, second 2 are for finding the bodies, 5th is for the research

Rolled 4, 44, 71, 13, 60 = 192 (5d100)

>>3430422

Rolled 41, 73, 7, 37, 65 = 223 (5d100)

>>3430422

>>3430444
>>3430457
Need a third

Rolled 85, 57, 36, 81, 69 = 328 (5d100)

>>3430422
>>3430502