>>3639213
Explore the forest

>>3639213
Eat. You need to grow larger

>>3639232
Supporting
And if we come across something delicious, then all the better.

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>>3639232
>>3639236
>>3639251

Hmmm... I could do with something to eat...

Indeed you are not that big, not remotely as big as mother at least. You wouldn't want to be outdone by your siblings (having similarly emerged into the world around this same time) so eating and growing is important. The best place to start based on your draconic wisdom then, the nearest expanse of forest you can see many, many miles down the mountain range in the distance.

Partly because you expect prey to dwell in the forest, partly because you've seen trees up close before so are curious. And thus you stretch your wings, and take flight! After a few attempts that is, you've never truly flown before beyond some minor practice within mother's lair... so you crash land a few times. Let that be left out of your legend, of course. But before long you're soaring through the air, a red dash of color against the blue descending from the mountains. Feeling the wind, the openness of the sky... so much more freedom than the dark caverns of mother's lair. Over the rocky rises, over the foothills, and down into the verdant green of thick forest.

"Ah! Too fast!"

In your... completely justified and deserving draconic hubris, you were so elated to properly take flight for the first time that you hadn't bothered to learn how to land! Thankfully in your infinite wisdom, you chose the forest of course in order to have trees to break your landing. Thus you smash through several smaller trees on the way to a solid once which you collide with and painfully halts your path. You shake your head, stretch your wings, try to work out the soreness of the impact but otherwise you're fine.

And for the first time in your life, among trees! Strange things, all this green is a bit much for you coming from caves, and their size as some of them to make you feel small seems like an insult! Apparently they ignite easily? But then what doesn't... the important thing is you can't eat them, you don't think. Listening to the sounds of wildlife in the forest, your mighty stomach growls in anticipation. Though, along the way you had noticed some sort of artificial structure... a house, you think it's called?

>What do you do? If you want to go hunting through the forest you can make a roll of a d100 for the effort, to see what you find.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3639317
Munch munch

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>3639317

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>3639317
let's hunt some animals!

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>>3639331
>>3639335
>>3639388
>87

Your size and your color doesn't help the process of hunting, especially in a forest it seems as you end up scaring away most sizeable prey. Fortunately it seems your reputation precedes you, for after awhile of traipsing through the trees, you catch a different scent on approach and happen upon a humanoid in fact. A human probably, it looks like a human, and they've killed some large woodland creature with antlers for you! A fine offering from this lowly biped, as you stomp out of the trees to grace the person with your presence.

It's only natural that your glory would be too much for their feeble form to handle at first, as they scream and run away upon witnessing you. You humbly accept the offering though and hungrily tear into the freshly killed animal. Quite different from the goats and sheep you were used to when dwelling with mother, but a hearty meal all the same. More in fact than you can actually stomach, as you end up eating your fill, perhaps too much but there's still a whole portion or so left of the carcass. You consider maybe taking it with you, but you can always find more later you suppose, and who wouldn't bend over backwards to give you more offerings upon witnessing your majesty?

Well the important thing is you're fed now, as the sun rises further in the sky visible through the treetops. With that out of the way, you can focus on pursuing your destiny once again... or simply satisfying your curiosities towards this brand new world of yours.

>What do you do?

>>3639405
Let's soar high in the skies and look for a suitable cave, or ruin to serve as our lair, are we far away from mother that we won't trespass on her hunting grounds?

>>3639405
Look for an abandoned fortress. We can get a lair AND additions to our treasure stash

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>>3639422
>>3639431
In theory, the way dragons operate would mean that the whole world is mother's domain, only to be contested by other dragons. But she's old enough and big enough (too big to fly anymore, even) that she doesn't venture out of her lair anymore, she is brought tribute instead. So even if you were to found your own lair right nearby her mountain she would probably never even know unless you impacted her tribute.

Though of course you want to move free from beneath mother's wings, so you're not going to settle near to her, but you also don't need to worry about where you settle... at least from her. The real threat you know, would be roaming dragons like what father was, ones that aren't powerful enough or don't care enough to get tribute so they have to travel around in search of food or whatnot, and because of this never grow big. Currently what you are in this case, a roaming dragon now that you've left mother's protection, but of course there are dragons around not as powerful as mother but still greater than you.

In any case, your ambition like any dragon worth respect, is to end up like mother; having a lair and tribute so that you don't have to lift a talon to do anything! Just centuries or even millennia of lazing about atop mounds of riches and being waited on and fed. So with that in mind, sufficiently fed for the time being you leave the forest behind the same way you entered and seek enough room to take flight, in search of a place you can call home for the time being. You don't expect it will become your permanent lair but it's something to start with.

Why, by now you expect your siblings have their own similar dwellings already!

>In search of a place to call home, for now, have you a preference about the surrounding territory? Like if it's inhabited or not? And of course, for the effort go ahead and make a roll to see what you can find.

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>3639481

seek somewhere secluded but not too far away from a human settlement, we will need their riches and tributes too

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>3639481
Lets leave our mother's influence, then find suitable lodging, like an abandoned fort or castle.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>3639481
Yeah, away but still close enough to others that we can have minions

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>3639481
Ok, we need to be more powerful, but eating and waiting is boring.
So, what if...wait...just hear me out...what if we found a town, and a bunch of those adventurers that sometimes came to bother mother?
They often go to places where we can find powerful stuff and being a majestic and powerful dragon they cannot deny us from coming along, then we can demand the lions share of whatever pit they choose to sack and we can even take the place as our own after they help us clean it.

I'm such an enterprising dragon!

>>3639528
I like this more than I should

>>3639528
>>3639572
Certainly you're not limited in what you can do, you're a dragon after all! And not all dragons just snooze in caves all day. Some even interact with the lesser races, the thought!

Though, if you were to do such things, there's no telling how you would be received...

>>3639528
We should be wary though. Humans and potentially other kinds of people would definitely not think at first sight of a dragon “oh look an ally”. It’s probably going to be pretty hard to do. Maybe for now we try and find something simple where we can hunt and grow strong in our own before risking too much

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>>3639522
>>3639511
>>3639498
>>3639528
>82

You've lived under mother's wings for so long, that you want a chance to spread your own! This is your first true experience of freedom, and you want to embrace it! So you will travel far and wide in search of a place you can call your own, out of mother's shadow so that you can cast your own. Maybe in time you decide that dwelling in a lair isn't the sort of life for you, but at the very least you can first establish your own lair to begin with.

So you spend the better part of a day soaring the skies, reminding the dwellers of the ground of your majesty, and searching for a new home. The more you do though, the more you come to truly realize the extent of your freedom and why you don't even need to remain around this region. So feeling bold, you simply pick a direction on a lark and start flying till the sun starts to set and you begin to feel tired, and hungry. Choosing some arbitrary point on the ground far below, you do a little more aerial exploring till night sets in. Finally settling on a target, you begin to descend.

---

A nice little valley that is roughly half-split between forested highlands then giving way to expansive farmlands the farther down you go and eventually extending out far enough... the sea. You've never seen the ocean before, the blue mirror to the sky stretching beyond the horizon. There's a decently sized settlement bordering the approximate "halfway" of the transition from higher forested land and lower cleared land. A nice little river running down through as well which goes all the way to the coast, at which point there's another similarly sized town. And all in between, a collection of smaller hamlets and outlying homesteads, and points of interest. By a passing glimpse, some sort of mountainous dwelling at the height of the valley.

But your focus, was what appears to be some sort of constructed fortification nestled in the higher portion of the valley where the forest is dense. Almost overgrown to a point, but it seems like a lovely little spot for you to look out over what you could claim to be your domain. Just out of curiosity you do a passing sweep of the small castle and while it looks to be in good condition (apart from the encroaching wilds), it seems eerily uninhabited. You know little of the outside world, but you wouldn't expect the lesser races to build something like this and then just abandon it.

Fortunately you can choose to explore at your leisure if you wish! It's just a choice of where you land, because not too far away from the castle farther down the valley and on the other side of the river, is some sort of encampment. No significant constructions beyond everything crudely made of wood from the surrounding forest, but it looks like a bustling little community as you do one sweep overhead...

>With this little valley then, and a nice-looking little castle, where do you land and how do you proceed?

>>3639628
>>3639628
Risk? What risk can a bunch of flashbags pose to a magnificent lizard like us? We are using them as guides! To point us to where trasure and magic items lie!

>>3639612
I'm certain we would be recieved with reverence and offerings like those hunters did.

Let's be cautious after we learn things the hard way is what I'm saying.

>>3639647
>castle
We Dragon Queen now

>>3639647
Visit one of the hamlets nearby, demand information to one of the lesser humans about the castle.

>>3639647
Scout the place, look for signs of activity around it or nearby.

If that thing is abandoned maybe something is already living inside.

>>3639647
Build a lair. Every dragon needs a cool lair.

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>>3639705
>>3639689
>>3639669
>>3639734
While making your presence known to your new subjects seems sensible, before anything else you would at least like to know you have a place to live. Maybe you could ask the dwellers down in the valley what they know, and the thought crosses your mind but you're here now so why not see for yourself.

"No no no bad angle!"

Still getting the hang of landing, you try to make a precise drop between the trees near to the little castle but instead just crash straight into the river. Emerging from the waters with a gasp, you struggle to stay afloat as you paddle over to the shore and clamor onto the bank. Something... else, that will be left out of your legend!

In any case you can shake yourself off before glimpsing around the area, a dense forest at night with the little castle just visible further upriver. Immediately though you feel... not afraid, dragons are never afraid! But unease, as besides the water of the river you hear nothing. No sounds of the forest, no wildlife. The more you look around and your eyes adjust, you think you might know why. A canopy of webs, a white network through the trees and choking the forest of life, many dead... things seen hanging from the trees and webs between them. This extends as far up as the castle, leading to concerns about what might dwell in these woods let alone the fortification itself...

...no, you're not afraid. Not at all! But perhaps... there are more pressing matters that demand your attention? Then again, the castle is right there.

>What do you do?

>>3639765
Breathe fire on the webs

>>3639765
fly over it to the castle, leave the webbed area first, don't burn the webs, it will cause a forest fire

>>3639765
Skip the forest. Don't need to fight giants spiders yet

>>3639765
Lets find those adventurers to clear our castle
We are not afraid, nope, we just want to give the lessers a chance to prove themselves!

>>3639765
Fuck spiders. Go back to our castle.

>>3639824
But whatever we do, do not set fire to the webs and trees

>>3639765
Go directly to the castle

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>>3639831
>>3639808
The castle is only like a couple hundred yards away or so, it's not really that far to warrant flying unless you really want to.

>>3639831
>>3639824
>>3639814
>>3639778
>>3639850
Your first instinct is to set the webs alight. You know what spiders are, they were present in mother's lair. But tiny little things, just bugs. If there's some nasty big crawler around here, why not just burn away all it's influence? Channeling in your chest then, you spit some flames at a hanging webbed up... something, which causes it to ignite. Not as well as you would have thought though, whether it's the river or something else, the webs are actually pretty moist so they don't just go up like a torch. Feeling insulted, you consider really breathing fire on it all, but your infinite wisdom causes you to remember that you're in the middle of a forest. While fire is no danger to you... it would be a shame if you burned down your potential new home.

So you resolve to just proceed onward, following the river the short distance to the castle overlooking it on the bank. The closer you get though to the castle, the more you start to encounter the webs. Forcing your way through at first easily enough but you start to accumulate webbing along and between your scales which starts to get caught on ever more webbing. Pretty soon it's starting to hurt to pull your wings free, and not much longer still you're having trouble moving! Naturally you thrash about to try and free yourself, but all that shaking causes you to get more stuck and also vibrate through all the webs in the area. You'd think nothing of it... until you start to feel vibrations coming back through the webs.

"Argh! This... this damnable forest!"

No... no threat to you! Of course not! But your castle is so close now, it's only just there some hundred feet away stand the walls! It calls you enough that you don't care... well, care less, about the looming shapes moving through the trees in the moonlight.

>What do you do?

>>3639884
Set ourself on fire and run!

>>3639884
the logic of flying there was avoiding the webs and getting on top of the castle, burn ourselves free with a small fire and go there from the air

>>3639911
For as much as it was overgrown in your sweep overhead, it seems a certainty that landing from above, you'll just land among the thickest portion of webs.

>>3639884
FIRE TIME

>>3639920
Ok, lets start cleasing then, free ourselves and lets start kicking some spider but with teeth and claw.

>>3639884
Burn them all

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>there's probably some spider queen living in OUR castle

>>3639926
>>3639941
Do you not care about spreading fire around? Because in order to free yourself/fight back you can start breathing fire every which way, but as said it's probably going to cause a forest fire.

>>3640005
Fire can't hurt us. We're a dragon!

>>3640005
Well it seems like we either free ourself with fire or get eaten and I have to admit that I'm a bit biased against getting eating by spiders

>>3640018
I meant in the capacity to fight back, which some people seemed keen on. Freeing yourself is one thing, staying and fighting and breathing fire everywhere is another.

>>3640005
do we have anyway of putting that fire off?

anyway, we should at least free ourselves, and maybe try to fight the spiders using our body to limit the damage we are doing, but if survival is at stake, fire it is

>>3640020
That's fair. Personally, I'm against setting forest on fire. Better to just get out and make some adventures clear it out for us

>>3640005
We can't have giant spiders living in our future home. Do it.

>>3640053
>>3640032
If you're going to stay and try to fight then, go ahead and make a roll for the combat!

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>3640056

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>3640056
Let's try to not burn everything if possible

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>3640056
Limit fire use

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>3640056

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>3640056

>>3640082
Someone called the exterminator?

Pff, we don't even need fire

Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>3640082
>>3640078
>>3640071
>>3640061
>>3640058
>97

Now time for the spiders!

>>3640106
Spider scum are thoroughly punished for dirtying our domain

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>>3640106
>97, 52

Exercising as much restraint as you can afford then, you start spitting fire enough to be able to move your head around. After that, simple enough to just coat yourself in flames to burn away the webbing but without setting the whole forest ablaze. While you're freed thankfully, the fires do illuminate the area to something quite horrible. Fanning your wings and rearing up to make quite the fearsome display, you give a draconic roar to face down come what may but it's not just one spider...

Infernal depths... there's too many!

A horde of arachnids the size of dogs issue forth from the castle, skittering through the webs and trees and hissing, shrieking all the way. It's more disgusting to you than it is particularly scary, and you prepare to fight but your stomach turns as the wave of legs and sickening bodies stampedes over you. A moment of worry, panic as you feel overwhelmed and are completely covered in the nasty things. But you feel little nudges all over, feel them probing at you with their fangs and have to hold back laughter.

"Pa... Pathetic! You can't even pass my scales!"

Indeed, your draconic hide is simply too tough for the spiders to even have a hope of biting through. Your underside is your weakest, you know the tales of humanoid knights on horseback skewering lesser dragons through the heart with a lance. But these spiders are nowhere near that amount of force, so as long as you keep your eyes and mouth closed, there's... nothing at all really that they can do. Which is perfect for you! As you simply just roll around on the ground a few times and crush a great many of the spiders crawling over you. Those that aren't killed in that manner, you simply pound into the dirt with the fists of your forelimbs, your tail, and even your head and horns. It's quite a ghastly display for sure but the triviality of it doesn't even stir your rage, it just feels like a chore to you.

And in the end, you're left glistening blue from so much spider blood in the moonlight. Ironically you probably didn't kill even half of the total number but they seem to recognize a losing fight when they get one and the rest flee. Nothing to stop you now from approaching the castle... at least nothing you know of. But these spiders had to come from somewhere...

>What do you do?

>>3640165
March on to the castle! Kill the mother and burn their nest!

>>3640165
You can't start forest fire by burning things inside of castle!

>>3640211
This

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>>3640211
Sure but you don't want to burn your new home down right?

>>3640197
Pushing onward then and feeling emboldened by your success so far, you approach the castle and enter through the gatehouse into the courtyard. It's not a big place so you probably couldn't make it your permanent lair if you intended to grow much bigger than you are. But for the time being at least, and your current size, it's quite nice for sure.

If only you had more time to appreciate it though, but movement through the webs everywhere alerts you to the one remaining threat.

"Fire-maker... trespasser... killer..."

The hissing words of the common language creep from the darkness, as legs begin to emerge and a grotesque, hulking form crawls through the webs and out of the castle interior to the courtyard. Afraid? No, of course not! But you are startled by the sheer size; you're not used to things being bigger than you apart from mother. And this spider is as big as an elephant at least, perhaps more if you consider as far as the legs can reach.

And this one, you feel probably could bite you and break through your scales, given the size... the spider is all that stands between you and your castle, but is it worth risking your life?

>What do you do?

>>3640364
NOPE, I vote we GTFO leave this cursed place to the spiders.

>>3640399
I agree, we should leave. We barely know how to fly. I doubt we can fight very well besides breathing fire if we’ve been with our mother up until this point. We need to get stronger first before we start fighting dangerous enemies.

>>3640364
Fuck that. Burn it down. Even if we do not acquire this castle it'll be service to the world.

>>3640413
we can come back later to do that, for now, lets fucking run

>>3640364
Let's flee like cowards because I don't wants eggs or spider digestive juices enema'ing up our dragon's anus.

>>3640364
Ask her if she has a name and excuse ourself. Don't show any fear.

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>>3640451
>>3640446
>>3640413
>>3640409
>>3640399
As much as you'd like to burn this monstrosity alive and possibly the castle down on it, you're not sure what it's capable of and it's not worth risking your life. Not when you've learned pretty much everything you want to know already and could return later, prepared. Though, you're not afraid, never! You're just exercising your wisdom here, not showing an ounce of fear.

"In this common tongue, I am called Riona. What is your name?"

Proudly you introduce yourself, and bravely challenge the great monster to an introduction. While you don't detect a hint of civilization from the creature, your response is so... odd, so direct that it almost seems to confuse the spider. Long enough at least that it hesitates to immediately attack.

"...Tryxalan... name... die no-"

"Well Trickalick, it was an honor to meet you but if you'll excuse me, I need to wash off the blood of all your children!"

The most blood-curdling shriek of rage as the spider's many eyes seem to turn red, in her immediate charge towards you. Expecting as much though and with an excited smile, you jump back out of the way and rush for the gatehouse. You're fast for your small size but the spider in short distances seems faster still... yet just barely in time are you able to leap through the gatehouse as the giant arachnid crashes into it and can't fit out that way. You look back with a laugh of ridicule before continuing down to the river to take flight and escape, before the monster can climb over the castle walls and chase you. An attempt is made to ensnare you by hurling great strands of spider silk skyward at you, but they simply fall short as you beat your wings and soar off into the night with a roar of triumph and laughter.

Maybe it's not total victory, you don't have the castle... but you will, you feel infinitely confident of that now, knowing what you're up against. Just a matter of returning with the right preparations and finishing the job. In the meantime though, without the castle you'll need someplace to stay, to rest after that fight. And the forest below... you'd prefer not to take your chances after that little exchange with the spider.

>What do you do?

>>3640503
Find another place to build lair, preferably spider less and totally abandoned.

>>3640511
sure but we are going back for the castle at some point. support

>>3640503
Visit the hamlet and see if there's a reward for killing Trickalick

>>3640534
changing to support this
inb4 we become the adventure dragon

>>3640511
This

>>3640534
There's more than just one. The settlements you're aware of, that you saw from an overhead flight of the upper valley;

>2 big towns, one in the upper valley, one down at the coast
>4 villages here and there up and down the valley
>10 or 20 or so of individual farms or homesteads
>1 sort of settlement up in the mountainous rise at the head of the valley
>1 encampment within the forest
>1 hamlet within the forest
>Various assorted points of interest, things like watchtowers scattered about.

Do you actually want to approach a settlement with multiple dwellings, or something smaller?

>>3640558
>>10 or 20 or so of individual farms or homesteads
we can ask to sleep in there barn for the night, in return we can offer to do some manual labor for them.

>>3640575
now thats not very dragon like of you

>>3640575
Don't be ridiculous. We're a proud dragon not some vagrant peasant bum.

>>3640558
Do not do it.

>>3640558
>3640558
I say we go to some poor sods house out of now wear and highjack it just for the night

>>3640575
Pfft, they'll make room for us or face our wrath!

>>3640578
>>3640580
Bro, we can still maintain our dragon pride while also not being a dick. this option will also keep us from having to sleep in the totally not terrifying forest.

>>3640583
>>3640584
>>3640580
Well, it comes down to taking accomodation by force from someone, or seeking accommodation in the wild, like a cave. You could construct your own lair eventually but for tonight you can't exactly just build yourself shelter, you'd either have to get it from someone, clear out say a bear cave, or just sleep exposed.

>>3640589
yeah, we could threaten them into submission or we could build up a good reputation and become an adventurer dragon admired and worshiped by all.

>>3640596
>to to one of individual farms that has a barn ask to sleep in there barn for the night, in return we can offer to do some manual labor for them.

>>3640596
Find a nice cave. We can deal with lions or bears.

>>3640597
Ww can be both feared and loved

>>3640596
Search for an isolated homestead, eat the occupants and sleep in their barn.

>>3640611
bro chill if we eat them then no one will know of our greatness and benevolence. let's just chill in there barn for the night and leave in the morning to find our long term base of operations.

>>3640596
Find a cave, but if we go barn don't ask for permission

>>3640622
I don't want to be a benevolent dragon I want to be a one princess sacrifice every year dragon. And don't bro me.

>>3640628
ah then we are going to be in conflict quite a lot then as I want to be benevolent

>>3640601
I'll change to barn to break tie but don't be nice.

>>3640628
Bro

>>3640628
Bro

I will protect our dragon's anus no matter the foe.

>>3640635
I'm fine with being benevolent but I'm not interested in bending the knee unless someone's earned it. Even then it's a maybe.

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>>3640636
>>3640625
>>3640611
>>3640600
It seems seeking shelter from some of the lesser races is your best bet for tonight, maybe ongoing even... heck, if you get the castle, technically you're getting shelter from the lesser races.

All that matters though, is what you can take. You could be good about it, you could be evil, but that's the dragon way. You don't ask, you don't borrow, you take. Let the lesser races squabble about things like laws and morality, the world is yours for the taking... it's just how you do it, is up to you.

So then, you'll have shelter from one of the isolated farms. And given that it's night, you can approach without anyone aware. Just checking then, are you going out of your way to be brutal, or are you just not taking any shit from anyone in getting what you want?

...or, as it were, being nice and friendly and asking/letting them know?

>Whether or not you're setting the bar for yourself for your life going forward, specifically in regards to this valley you may end up claiming, you might want to decide in what manner you intend to act towards the occupants.

>>3640669
>being nice and friendly and let them know that we will be spending the night in their barn.

I say that we be friendly in general, but when someone tries to fuck us over we fuck them up.

>>3640669
>be brutal

>>3640669
Do not ask. Find farm, eat everyone inside, sleep in the barn.

>>3640669
Let them now we'll be using it for a while. Don't ask but don't threaten them or anything
Friendly is fine, but more in a "friendly for a dragon" kind of way

>>3640680
lets just break into the barn their payment it to not have their house set on fire

>>3640689
yeah i like this

>>3640690
yeah that's the idea, notice I posted

> let them know that we will be spending the night in their barn.

we are not asking to stay we are telling them we are staying.

>>3640669
Just break inside the barn and rest. If anyone is foolish enough to disturb a dragon eat them.

>>3640669
go out of our way to be brutal

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>>3640669
And perhaps, an idea of your family might influence your choice?

>Enlyth, mother - The great red dragoness, above such petty notions of morality, her will was absolute and she got everything she ever wanted in life. She didn't go out of her way to be good or evil, she just never hesitated to act as she wanted to, and never compromised in enacting her will.
>Andrier, brother - The very portrait of an evil, destructive dragon. All force and show, no subtlety and forever a chip on his shoulder for something to prove.
>Illyrie, sister - A sly and deceptive type, she always caused trouble and strife in the family and manipulated and controlled mother's servants. Her interests towards the outside world and lesser races were always to gain more lives to play with. Although not as blunt as her fellow black dragon brother, she was the crueler of the two.
>Ymirro, brother - Intelligent and curious, and the closest to "good" but punished for it and always the black sheep of the lot. He always sought cooperation and understanding with the lesser races and thought they had something to offer, but was clever enough to maintain the upper hand.

And your father, you never knew. Just that he was a young black dragon, hence two of your siblings being black dragons themselves while you and Ymirro are red.

Just something to think about, as you achieve your legend in the world. You and your siblings all left mother's care around the same time, so they too are off in the lands seeking their own destinies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS6Nc56k_jo

man, I'm going to have to wear some thick gloves when in this thread.

>>3640689
This is fine

>>3640704
support. Let's be like mom. do not take anyone's shit

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>>3640704
>>3640684
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>>3640689
Having crash landed among a crop field, you consider what sort of action you will take against these lesser race occupants of the farmstead. It's a bit of a dilemma actually because you'd not considered it this seriously before, and you get caught up in the pros and cons of many things. In the end though you decide the worst thing would be to get caught up with indecision like that, so you'll just act. The shelter is yours to take, and while you won't butcher everyone automatically, if they bother you at all you'll give them fire.

So without hesitation then you approach the little farmstead of a house, barn, and a couple other buildings. You can see lights inside the house but that doesn't concern you much, you want a place for yourself and you'll choose the biggest one of course! The barn, as you near the doors and curiously investigate what sort of mechanism the occupants have of closing the place off. Growing impatient, you just force the door inward enough to break it with your head.

"Oh, the animals sleep here? Wait... the lesser races make homes for their animals?"

It seems you're not alone, as there's some cows and horses in here which are obviously spooked by a dragon forcing entry and start to panic. Well, you are hungry, but these animals are a bit big, killing them would go to waste when you only eat some. Perhaps you could find a sheep or a goat? While you further investigate the interior of the barn, having never seen the structures of lesser races before, you hear some calling in the common language from outside. You pay it no mind till you hear a scream and see some human standing at the broken door in shock. Must have heard the animals or your forced entry.

Seized in fear, they fall to the ground in disbelief at the sight of you... yes, you like that.

>Your first encounter with the occupants here... not really bothering you but you ponder killing them anyway, this one at least. They're smaller than the big animals here, less would go to waste.

>>3640794
yes good. very good. we're hungry from the fight and we could use a cow or two.

>>3640794
get right up in there face loom very menacingly and say "ah, man my bad didn't mean to scare you. I'm just going to sleep in your barn for the night. I'm also going to eat one of your goats."

I yearn to see the fear mixed with confusion.

>>3640810
Nah man that would wast meat, let's go with a goat. waste not want not.

>>3640794
Eat a goat and sleep.

>>3640794
Tell them we'll be staying and demand a sheep/goat

>>3640833
+1
If no goat take a cow and eat the leftovers in the morning.

>>3640794
If they get annoyed with us shit on their bed or something.

>>3640860
nasty bro

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>>3640833
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>>3640860
The horses and cows are bigger than you, how insulting! But to kill them for sure would be a waste of meat. A goat is the going rate, at your current size. So you menacingly approach the human who cries and whimpers and crawls away from the barn as you emerge, feeling so big, so proud. Your heart is delighted at their deference to your glory.

"I am taking this barn... where are the goats?"

"AAAAAHHHHH!!"

It seems your speaking is the final straw, as the human panics and flees in fear to the house. Shortly after there's yelling and screaming, and clattering inside.

"Did I say something wrong?"

You know the common language, you learned it from Ymirro however you've never had an actual conversation with a lesser race before so you wonder if maybe you spoke wrongly? Well whatever the case, the occupants all share in the same panic and shortly after flee for their lives out the back of the house and off towards the hills, humorously dragging some few belongings with them.

"I suppose that makes things easier..."

It's not difficult then to find where the goats are, a little pen around the side of the house, and to drag one out to eat your fill. Feeling satisfied, you give another look to the little lantern of the humans, still fleeing as it gets farther away. Very funny to you, you can't help laughing to yourself a little on your way back to the barn...

...although, their house is empty now.

>What do you do?

>>3640905
Rest

>>3640905
make sure the animals in the barn can't escape by blocking the entrance and sleep in the house for the night.

>>3640905
Welp, that's on them. Sleep in the biggest bed you find and block the barn so the animals don't run off

>>3640905
>"I am taking this barn... where are the goats?"
I like this line, also holy shit look at that goat!

>Another dragon based quest
Is this gonna end with us having 2-5 wives, a mutated cow girl letting it all hang out, and Sweden as a global super power or is this gonna be more grounded?

>>3641016
...I want to know what quest you were in.

>>3641016
What the fuck. Sweden as a world super power? That's just not realistic.

>>3640931
this

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>>3640919
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>>3640931
You check the barn then and to make sure the animals can't escape, you drag the broken door back into place. After that though, you curiously approach the house and after looking around inside for a bit you finally enter. What a strange but interesting place these lesser races dwell in, with all sorts of... things, all over the place! You just know Ymirro would love it here, if you yourself are already curious at what everything is and does, and part of you kind of wishes you'd grabbed one of the humans before they all fled just so you could get them to tell you what everything was and to give you a tour of the place.

So cute, so quaint. Not really appealing to you since none of it is a display of power, but it's delightfully interesting to see how the other side lives and devotes their lives to. Like wearing clothes, it's something that is so very curious to you.

Well, one thing that does appeal to you, the humans know a thing or two about comfort. While exploring the place you can find a bed, you know what beds are, and you can climb onto it and slump down as the wood creaks. But so used to sleeping on stone, furs or leather, to have an actual bed is an incredible feeling. Something amazing indeed, as you stretch out against the softness and lift up the covers in curiosity about what they're for. Eventually though you can find a comfortable position and rest your head on some pillows, taking off the tension of a long, busy and tiresome day. You don't much like the smell of the humans on the bed, the sheets and pillows, but it's a small price to pay for this comfort.

"Ahhh... now this I could get used to..."

So much too, most of the day spent flying, only to soon after get into a fight for your life! It's amazing to think that only days prior you'd been living under mother's wings as you ever had. Such a strange and expansive new world, and if it's all to be as enjoyable as your first day in it was, then you're looking forward to experiencing it all.

---

"-I say, come out dragon!"

You startle awake, having had a long and deep sleep it seems and finding yourself drooling on the pillow. Dreary-eyed you look around and are startled at first as you fall out of the bed with a slam, confused as to where you are.

"Your reign of terror has met its end!"

The yelling voice outside though gradually reminds you of where you are. It wasn't all just a dream, you aren't still living with mother, you did indeed set off into the world to find your destiny. And struggling to right yourself on all fours and knocking things over, making a mess of the bedroom, you can move to the window (displeased by the bright morning light) and see that there is indeed a mounted knight with a lance waiting outside the farmstead yelling for you. Him and a few others father back and watching.

"...I hate Morndays."

>What do you do?

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>>3641016
Only if you want it to end that way.

In any case, I think this will probably be my last post of the night. Thanks all for playing, and we'll continue here tomorrow probably around the same time. I'll try to post beforehand, ahead of when we'll resume.

>>3641036
Shout back with our head barely looking out the door"Why don't you come in here! coward!"

>>3641036
A Knight in armour? Easy peasy. Spew fire and roast him.

>>3641043
thanks for running

>>3641036
Stupid humans. Roast him and teach them a lesson to worship you.

>>3641036
Calmly explain that the residents left of their own accord
>>3641043
Thanks for running

>>3641049
Support ++

>>3641036
A Knight in armour? Easy peasy. Spew fire and scare him off

>>3641036
just go outside and say

>"why cant a dragon get beauty sleep around here?"

>>3641095
+1

>>3641095
changing to support

Oh, and in preparation for tomorrow, if you do intend to engage with the knight, feel free to make a roll! Which can apply to whatever your action is, be it hostile or otherwise.

Though, player majority still applies as always.

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>3641107
Taste fire!

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>3641095
support roll

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3641113

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3641113
watch this

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>3641057

>>3641057
this
or
>>3641095


explain that the lesser humans fled after seeing us.

I actually want to find 3 or 4 more like this guy to kill that giant spider living in our castle

>>3641349
quest to kill spiders yeah im in

>>3641036
burn the fools.

>>3641036
>>3641095
Supporting this for maximum sass-blasting.

>>3641095
this

Going to be resuming in a bit now.

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>89

Maybe the best sleep you've had in a long time, you're a little annoyed to have had it cut short as you trundle through the farmhouse and knock things over as you go. Fitting out of the door, you shy to the morning light at first but step fully outside and stretch a little now that you have the room. Like watching a cat stretch, except a big fire breathing lizard, there's some hesitation from the knight over such a strange sight.

"Why can a dragon not get some beauty sleep around here?"

"...hold on, it can talk?"

You notice the few gathered humans at the back murmuring among themselves, as if they're all a bit taken aback, the knight included that... well you seem sapient to them at least. Probably expecting some animalistic monster, hearing you speak what you assume to be decent common, has confused them.

"Well... you had best find someplace else to sleep! What say you?"

"The humans who live here left on their own, I had nothing to do with it. I fail to see how this is not my farm now."

Your own farm, that has a nice ring to it. In any case the knight is wholly unprepared for this exchange, perhaps even would withdraw for a time to consider the situation, till those at the rear goad him on.

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"Just kill it!"

"Why are you even talking with the thing?"

Consternation perhaps, for a short while till the jeering spurs the knight onward. He gives you an order to retreat and follows by hefting the lance and urging his horse on. Of course you instantly take that as hostility then, and draw in a deep breath, heaving your chest and channeling your throat to spew a torrent of flame at the knight when he draws close enough. To your surprise though he just holds up his shield which the stream of fire collides with and sets ablaze, but otherwise doesn't burn much else and merely spooks the horse. Compared to mother who can melt stone or anything else she pleases, you feel a little humbled and figure you've got some growing to do.

Before you have much a chance to react though the knight charges onward and close enough to deliver a blow with his lance! Fortunately he hits your shoulder, not your underside which would have been bad, so while you feel the pain of the blow it doesn't cause you any actual harm as the weapon splinters against you. Angered, you wince from the attack but follow up with a pounce right for the knight now that he's so close, colliding with and knocking him and the horse to the ground with you. While the horse rights itself and flees in a panic though, you've got the knight pinned to the ground and are trying to bite him but again have trouble getting through his shield, the only thing between him and your bashing head and teeth.

"Good Sir! I'll save yo-"

Seeing this unfold, most of the other humans are quite shocked but one foolishly runs towards you to help the downed knight, though you just swat them away with your tail. Given the chance the knight, with great difficulty since you're more or less perched on top of him, reaches down to try and draw another weapon. Seeing this though you just step down on his arm, producing a yelp of pain from the metal-clad warrior. You've got him at your mercy now, your anger over the attack mixed with an intense pride... and even some humor, at your peerless triumph over the best sort of warrior the humans have to offer. If this is the best they can throw at you... well, you can't imagine how the legends speak of knights slaying dragons.

>What do you do?

>>3642463
"well now that all that unpleasantness is done with I am going to have to ask you to tell your militia to stand down, you are beaten."

>>3642463
I'm recruiting people for something, can you point me to stronger humans than this one?

>>3642463
"You tried to kill me, now i return the favor"
breath fire

>>3642474
This

>>3642463
>>3642474
+1

>>3642481
also

"Your shield, how does it do that?"

I want magical items for our dragon, it's the fastest way to get powerful while we wait to grow up

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>>3642474
For his impudence you would very much like to roast the knight alive, channeling the fire in your throat as smoke billows from your mouth and nostrils. Before you vomit burning death all over him though, you wisely recall your relatives in this moment, and how they would act...

"...well... now that all that... unpleasantness is done with... I am going to have to ask you to tell your militia to stand down, you are beaten."

You could just burn and kill everything and everyone, and part of you very much wants to. But you recall your feeble red brother Ymirro, and his strange belief that dragons could use cleverness, charisma and charm as weapons just as effective as fire, teeth and claws. Normally you'd snort at such ridiculousness, but when else might you get the chance to try as you have in this moment, and what have you got to lose now that you're victorious? Besides, you do fancy yourself as charming and charismatic.

In any case you swipe away the sword from the knight, and step off him, much to his disbelief.

"I... uh... st-stand down... men?"

"You coward! I'll see it done! Hotulemec!"

In defiance, another fool from the small group of onlookers rushes closer. A very strange manner of dress you think, not armored but robed in rich colors and patterns of the cloth, he opens a book and utters some strange incantation from which violet streaks of energy coalesce to his hands and then at his direction bolt towards you in a magical blast! Which... dissipates in an almost comical puff of smoke when it hits you. The fool must not realize that magic doesn't work against dragons, but seeing it for himself he immediately raises his hands up and drops to the ground.

"I surrender!"

It seems seeing a knight and a wizard ineffective against the beast they'd set out to slay, the rest of the small gathered group about six humans in total, all similarly set down their arms nervously and raise their hands in surrender. Well, almost all of them. The only other human with a horse, and well-dressed at that, sees this and insults all of them before hastily retreating. Of course doing so is an insult to you as well, and you consider pursuing him... but standing victorious, you also have these defeated humans to consider. You cannot imagine their loyalty or servitude so easily, if you were to leave them be. And to be fair you are more than a little curious about how the knight withstood your fiery breath.

>What do you do?

>>3642538
"If you want me to move out that much I could consider it if you remove certain spider nest for me, that or I could just eat you all"

>>3642538
make Who was your former lord, what can you tell me about the local land, and finally what is up with the spider castle?

>>3642557
This

And ask about the shield and if they have any other magical device.

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>>3642583
Let the fool run, you've got all the humans you need right here. Taking the knight hostage then in a sense, in as far as that you drag him with you and don't immolate him as long as there's cooperation, you give the others a deathly glare and... encourage them to draw near.

---

Probably the last thing you expected when waking up was to have yourself a little audience of lesser beings, but there's a first time for everything. With the threat against their lives, you command them to bring a bed outside for you to sit on through these... negotiations, as well as a goat for your breakfast. You feel quite regal then, sitting proudly atop the bed while the humans all stand or kneel humbly about you. You can recall the rare occasions when lesser races would seek diplomacy with mother, sending groups of fearful people to sing her praises and bring many gifts, just for a chance to beg her for something. Even if this can't really compare to that, you still feel special for it as you peruse over the magic items gathered from among them and placed at the foot of the bed for your viewing. Though oddly, the shield isn't there, apparently it's not magical?

"Who is your mothe- your ruler, what can you tell me about this land, and finally what is that castle in the... highlands? I believe is the word."

To show off you try to speak more dominantly over these worms, your voice rumbling in your chest, but it seems you may have overdone it as they're too afraid to speak. Impatiently you look at them with hostile intent till they stumble over each other to answer.

"Ah, we... have no ruler... your-"

"-eminence."

"Y-Yes, your eminence. We simply serve the landlord."

Eminence. You like that.

"There had once been a baron many years ago, but he vanished in the upper forests along with his castle... your eminence."

Hmm, why does that sound familiar... you continue to look to each of the humans as they give stammer to offer up their answers to you.

"N-Now we pay tribute to the Duke of Seward... these aren't his lands truly, but the duchy keeps things running and defends the land from... enemies, your eminence."

Bah, such complicated politics of these lesser beings. It's so tiresome and aggravating, they'd do so much better with a dragon to pay tribute to... or even a dragon queen to rule them.

"If you want me to leave that much I could consider it, if you remove a certain spider nest for me... that, or I could just eat you all."

>If you like you can try to convince them, with a roll. Otherwise you can simply rely on threats and fear, and see which of them remain to do your bidding.

>>3642671
Also I'm going to duck out for a little while to get dinner but we'll continue here when I return.

Another thing, if you want to actually keep the items they offer up to you, you can make a separate roll as well for what items there actually are.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>3642671
rolling the dice

Rolled 6, 44 = 50 (2d100)

>>3642671
Tell them we can be benevolent, and evem see to those enemies, but first, they must do our biding or we shal become one of those enemies, and our wish, no our decree is to have our castle rid of a certain spider infestation.

They are to take us to where we can find more capable knights and mages so we can gather them and send them to battle the spider, we would do it but we don't want to burn the castle to the ground.

First roll is for convincing secong is for items

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>3642671
Hell yeah minions

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3642671

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>3642671

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>3642671

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>3642671

Rolled 38 (1d100)

We are truly master of diplomacy

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>3642671
Items

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>86, 93

You have a nice collection of items before you, you're not sure what they are or what they do, but you'll take them! As payment for their lives perhaps. You also make your ultimatum to them, and when they realize you aren't just speaking rhetorically, they show their submission.

"Y-Yes your eminence!"

"Whatever you say!"

"So you'll be giving back the farm?"

This is pleasing to you. Maybe it would be more fun to have just burned them all alive and left a smoking ruin in your wake, to prove your dominance through might. But there's something rewarding you find about them admitting your dominance, in a way that a charred corpse cannot.

"I can be kind, as I can be cruel. Do this service and you shall see benevolence instead of death."

It seems you're able to convince most of them into helping you, if not serving you. Not all of them, and not all of them you'd want to it seems; a few are just some local farmers who'd showed up to witness what they expected to be a dragon slaying. Those you can dismiss since they're of no use to you. But the remainder, the knight, the wizard, the local sheriff, and a wandering bard, you can press into temporary alliance for one reason or another. Some out of fear, some out of respect, or even promise of reward.

"I want others, like yourselves. Capable humans-"

"-actually I'm an elf- uagh!" the wizard speaks up to correct you, for which you smack him off his feet with your tail.

"...those capable of combating spiders. Giant spiders."

You give your decree though they look nervously to each other.

"Ah... your eminence, we're... about the best the landlord has to offer. If you want others, you... or, we would have to go to town."

"Also, the high forests, that's orc territory. The brutes have an encampment up there, it won't be easy to travel through the area."

While they have been forced into service for the time being, and are willing to do your bidding or lead you where you want, there is a bit of a difficulty in the way of collecting potential others like them. You wonder if you could complete the task with just these humans, but the alternative would be... well, in some way or other, risking approach and exposure to more people.

>What do you do?

>>3642893
You will have to do then, and about those orcs, no need to fear, if they opose me they'll burn

I think with these guys plus ourselves we can take the spider.

While we are going there discretely ask the wizard to explain us the usefulness of the items

>>3642941
support

>>3642941
Support

>>3642941
this

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>>3642966
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>>3642941
Well you had considered taking your chances with the spider before, so even just this little extra help should be enough right? There's talk of orcs as well but you can't imagine them to be worse than a giant spider.

So then after making preparations you can depart. The humans had wanted to go to town to get some but you're smarter than that, to let them out of your sight. You've a ripe farmstead here so tell them to take what they need from here. Something they don't seem to happy about, some of them, but if it means getting you out then they're willing to follow through with it. So! After ransacking the farm a little bit, the rather odd little group follows the road from the farm towards the forested highlands of the valley.

"Well I don't know their names, some items have names but this one... ah, it purifies water-"

"Bah, I have no need of that!"

"...c-can I have it?"

Along the way with the knight at the head of the strange procession, you tell the wizard to assess what he can of the magic items. Some are completely worthless to you, and some are simply the wrong size for you to use. But some might appeal to you. Dragons are such naturally magical creatures that magic itself doesn't work on them, nor can they use magic themselves. But magic items are totally fine to make use of, if you know how;

>A water skin which duplicates whatever liquid is stored inside to limitless potential
>A small lens which can allow for clear vision up to many miles away
>An amulet of warning which vibrates when ill-intent towards the wearer is detected
>A flask of vanishing oil which renders something coated in it invisible for a time
>An acorn which if eaten will cure any poison, disease, curse or otherwise ailment

None of these things are fantastically wonderful, compared to the things mother had in her treasure lair they're not even worth notice. But for things collected from just an assortment of humans, it's not a bad start.

>Go ahead and make a roll for your travel up to and through the forest, and on to the castle.

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>3643057

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>3643057
where's the one that purifies water?

put the amulet if we can, maybe find a bigger rope at the farm before leaving to tie it on our neck

>>3643075
It's just a rock which purifies water it's dropped into. Though you can drink most any water just fine, boiling it with fire if need be.

As for the amulet, it was being worn as a necklace so for now you can wear it as a bracelet, or on your tail.

>>3643057
dice+1d100

you can have the water purifier

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>3643086
derp

>>3643081
boon the rock to the wizard then

for his item identifying service
we are such an awesome eminence

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>78

Well it wasn't actually the wizard asking for the rock but you can give it away anyway. Normally you'd never give anything away, mother never did. But you don't yet have a lair you can deposit treasure nor something like a bag to carry it in, so it could hardly be considered a loss if you were just going to discard it.

In any case the lot of you can reach the forests by about midday, and begin the difficult trek through the wooded highlands on towards the castle. For the rest of the day things are fine, you encounter no trouble and are even able to help hunt a boar that the the group will be dining upon come dinnertime. As night settles in though, you start to get deep enough into the forest where there's signs of spiders and gradually increasing amounts of webs.

"...I'd prefer if we camped for the night."

"No, either we go deeper or go back but we're not far enough where the orcs wouldn't attack us."

Your wish of course is to just push onward as much as you can, not stopping till you reach the castle and engage in the fight to reclaim it. However, some of the group doesn't want to be venturing into spider-infested forest at night, and so would want to camp till morning and continue in the day. Others though, express concern about the orcs if you should camp since you're within the range of their territory.

Of course, naturally your decision will be the deciding factor.

>What do you do?

>>3643143
Let's camp and rest, obviously not because we are afraid of the spiders at night, no way

>>3643143
So we are in range of the Orc's territory while in Spider territory? Is it possible that the orcs have figured out some way to deal with the spiders? Do the peons have any ideas?

If not I would say to camp and rest, but make sure to gather extra fire wood to keep a fire lit. The spiders don't seem to like fires.

>>3643161
They don't know about the orcs in regards to the spiders. In fact, none of the group were even aware that giant spiders lurked up here (or existed), they were just following and listening to you because of your dominance over them. But seeing the webs everywhere, now they're starting to believe the old stories... though they still don't actually believe there's a castle somewhere up here, lost to the forest and time.

>>3643161
nope
no fire, it will attract the greenies,

>>3643143
Camp for the night

Does the amulet work while we sleep?

Rolled 1 (1d2)

Coin toss for fire since it seems an even split for preference.

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Camping for the night seems like a good idea. You wonder if the amulet will work while asleep, well only one way to find out. There's also some discussion about the fire, which you make the decision to keep it lit; for one thing before going to sleep you're not just going to all be sitting in the dark together, but for another thing you'd rather keep the spiders away than the orcs.

So you find a relaxing position to recline in while the others busy themselves with gathering things for the camp, and you can breathe to start a fire. After that, it's a pleasant enough evening together, enough to take your minds off the spooky surroundings. You can tell after awhile that the others are measured in their enjoyment, more than anything they're still nervous towards you and not wanting to offend or upset you with anything. But there's still some fun to be had, between chowing down on the boar and them swapping stories, and the bard playing her music and singing her songs. The most enjoyment is probably yours, observing them quietly and learning about the lesser beings from up close and personal experience.

"What is that noise?"

"What noi- the music? It's music."

"And where did you see a three-legged dove?"

"I-I didn't, I heard it from someone else. It's just a song."

Interesting, you'd never really heard music or songs before. Noise that isn't random, and stories to go along with it in the same tune. It's enjoyable enough that you don't roast the bard for annoying you. Another thing you learn as well, these humans have males and females as well... you can't really tell the difference, just that apparently most of them are males and the bard isn't. Does she lay eggs? What do human eggs look like? What do they taste like?

Things to ponder, while you eventually drift off to sleep.

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"...mmmhh?"

Who knows when, later, but you're awakened by some suspicious sounds. You decide not to jolt awake yet, just keep your eyes mostly closed while pretending to be asleep, and look around. By the look of things, the sheriff who was on watch has fallen asleep. Which would explain the presence of others... little humanoid things, quite small and greenish in color. Several of them, probably about five that you can notice, sneaking around the periphery of the camp and seeming to investigate what they can, probe for what they can steal as you see one lifting away the bard's shoes left beside her.

Interestingly, the amulet you notice doesn't start to vibrate until a goblin you hadn't noticed actually takes action specifically against you; cautiously, slowly, trying to pry free one of the scales on your tail with a small knife.

>What do you do?

>>3643332
eat the fucker!
he is goat sized, nice breakfast

and not we like music! good thing we have a minion for that

kill the little thieves with claw and teeth, how dare them steal from us?

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>>3643359
Having pretended to be asleep, it's easy enough for you to suddenly bring your tail up and slam it down on the little creature, crushing it with a shriek. Screams from the others as your servants awaken with a start and scramble to defend themselves. While you're crunching the impish little thing between your teeth though, there isn't much a fight as the others just get scared off for the most part.

"Damn goblins, lucky they didn't try to kill any of us."

"Goblin? Is that what they are?"

Some other lesser race, and they don't taste too good either. Well in any case, this time you can keep watch since you're probably not going to get back to sleep. You just watch and wait till morning, a couple more times seeing goblins in the dark forest just waiting for you to go to sleep but you never do, and come the light they're gone.

You just wait impatiently then while the humans prepare to go, and you're off together once more, venturing into the deepest parts of the forest. Perhaps they were right to wait till daytime because you encounter hardly any spiders and though the humans are very scared by them at first, the oversized arachnids don't pose much a threat against the group so you all can kill the few foolish enough to attack.

Till finally, once again you find the river and follow it the way till you see the castle through the forest in the near distance.

"Oh... so the old stories were true?"

"Well who would ever come up here anyway? People hardly even bother to trade with the dwarves anymore."

A small temporary camp is made, as the humans consider what they have to work with and plan some sort of strategy. Lesser beings and their planning, always their planning. How many similar adventurers came trying to slay or steal from mother? You lost count, over the years, and their plans never made a difference. Since you told them of a giant spider bigger than you though, after having come all this way and seeing everything you said so far to be true... now they're a little worried about how to actually fight a giant spider...

>What do you do?

>>3643332
Say "What you are trying to do little one is a very bad idea." loud enough for the party to hear.

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>3643489
help them with the plan of course.

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3643489
we give fire support and claws and bites, they support us on our glorious victory!

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>3643489

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>3643489

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>3643489

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>>3643976
>>3643964
>>3643924
>>3643922
>>3643507
>60

You observe these humans and their planning, scheming for the sake of victory. Your victory of course, they think they're doing a service to the land. No service that doesn't benefit you of course. In the end though, it seems like a decent method to follow and together you should manage to be stronger than on your own.

"Alright then, sounds good to me!"

"Let's kill some giant spiders!"

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"AHHH! I'M BEING KILLED BY GIANT SPIDERS!"

Well it's a good thing you brought some help, to say the least. Following after the odd assembled group, the lot of you once more enter into the castle courtyard and keep eyes out amid the eerie silence. After disturbing enough webs though, before long a familiar face emerges from the keep, many long legs dragging the grotesque form. The humans of course panic at the sight, but with you behind them and ready to burn them alive, they don't have much a chance to retreat.

The first to act then is the wizard who casts a blinding spell, causing the monster to shriek aimlessly charge for him, and by her size she's too large to avoid so suddenly so the wizard is crushed against the interior walls. Now that the enemy is close, the rest of you make your attack on the spider but her injured cries summon many of her young. As the farthest apart and trying to attack the rear, the sheriff gets overwhelmed by many smaller (though still giant) spiders. Meanwhile the spider can catch the knight from feeling attacks by his sword, and attempts to bite him after picking him up. It takes three times though for her to penetrate his armor and she ends up breaking either her fangs or her jaw in the process. Unfortunate for the knight, discarded to die to the venom but perfect for you since the only thing the spider had to harm you, has been disabled. After that it's just a matter of time till your clawing and biting harms the spider enough to bring her down, particularly biting and shaking at her legs so that she can't even support her own body. You might have fared badly on your own, but again after her maw being disabled by the knight she simply can't fight back against you in any way as you harm you.

Panting for breath then, your mouth dripping with rancid blue spider blood, the monster finally lays dying. To show your dominance, you stand up against the fallen horror and give a mighty draconic roar skyward that echoes about the castle and carries through the surrounding forest. At this the many other spiders finally retreat, and you can remove the surest sign of their taint by igniting the great grotesque mother herself, the carcass of the giant spider writhing and contorting inward against the flames... but eventually nothing more than crackling, sputtering and hissing as it burns.

"Victory! Of course it is victory... and something you can make music about!"

Your rage from the fight subsides as you catch your breath once more, settle down. A wide-fanged grin to the bard, the only survivor of your group. She appears too traumatized from all that transpired to respond much though, shaking and feebly trying to load her crossbow out of habit rather than thought, despite the combat having more or less concluded. Well no matter, if she is the only survivor you could just eat her and be done with it all. Something to consider, as you look over your new castle.

Lot of webs though... might need some cleaning up here and there...

>What do you do?

>>3644706
Give her some time, she has a song to write about our victory, while she recovers we can start cleaning these webs with controled fire, maybe see if the spider left any eggs, eggs should be good, if they are not just burn them

>>3644706
Explore the castle!
Clean up any spiders left inside and eggsacks.
Make sure bard lives to tell the tale of your victory.

>>3644706
>>3644745
>>3644749
+1

Give her some time alone and go explore the castle a little bit. Later we should escort her back to her village so she doesn’t die alone and can make a song about our victory.

>>3644745
Oh, and she cam have the water cleaning stone we gave the wizard, he's not using it anymore

We should see if there isn't anymore dead adventurers here, with magic items maybe

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>>3644816
>>3644781
>>3644780
>>3644749
>>3644745
If you'd like you can make a roll for exploring the castle, to see if you turn up anything of particular note.

Otherwise, you can go looking around your new hold, clearing away the most restrictive areas of webbing and sure enough, burning away the many mounds of silken eggs you find. You keep the bard close because while you've killed the spider queen herself, there's still plenty of giant spiders skittering about the area and you wouldn't want the bard to get killed just because you left her behind... probably some time before you can kill all the remaining spiders, or they get the idea to move on from this land.

Same thing with the webs, you can clear out the worst parts, but if your goal is to avoid fire (and thus burning down place down) then you'll probably end up needing some servants to clear the place. Since of course, you wouldn't demean yourself to such tasks.

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>3644889
>f you'd like you can make a roll for exploring the castle, to see if you turn up anything of particular note.

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>3644889
Lets hope the previous lord of the castle didn't have time to clean the treasure before becoming spider food

If we find gold we should take bard to a city to buy(hire is the word they use but...) so they can finish cleaning up for us.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>3644889
Lots go, claws crossed!

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>3644889
>If you'd like you can make a roll for exploring the castle, to see if you turn up anything of particular note.

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>>3644909
>>3644988
>>3644993
>>3645068
>83

While searching through the castle then, you uncover various interesting things, somewhat like exploring that farmhouse. Lots of items, decorations, belongings and whatnot of human make and high quality; the castle is well and fully furnished and since none of these things are of any interest to spiders, a little cleaning up and they'd mostly be in excellent condition. Not that these things are of particular value to you either beyond making the place look nicer, though the bard... having had a chance to recollect herself after the fight, reacts quite amazed at the things you find and according to her they're valuable. You'd prefer plain treasure but maybe these things could fetch a price if you cared to part with them?

The best thing you find though to your personal preference, is a nice little crown on a long dead and web-covered skeleton in a fancy chair. You're not that familiar with clothes of lesser races, but crowns you do know about, some having been in mother's lair. Your dominance of the castle is obvious, but picking up the crown with a claw and setting it on your head feels right... and you're even small enough in size where it's not such a terrible fit! Though, your horns don't help.

In any case, you imagine obtaining other servants. You could release the bard but she could make a good first one. Same as others, though you don't imagine to part with even a single coin if you had such. Why bother paying for servants when you can just take them? Sure as you convinced those dead humans to serve you, you could do the same with others. Or even just go down to where they live and physically kidnap them. If a measure of draconic success is royalty of lesser races kidnapped, then what's some commoners to you? Not like they could stop you, anyway.

>What do you do?

>>3645154
"So, musical servant! A song about my victory!"

"Find yourself a place to rest, I'll gather some more servants to clean this place up, where could I find those?"

>>3645174
support

>>3645154
Did mother have servants? How did she kept them fed and content in servitude?

March to the town where these people came from, the bard will be our herald singing praise to us, and we collect the people we need there.

>>3645154
>>3645174
we can do better then that anon

"So, tell me my little Bard have you already a song about my victory in mind?

"Let's find a place to rest for the two of us. I really bee to get some servants who can clean this place up, do have a idee where i could find some?

>>3645184
We have the castle and the crown that makes us the new ruler...right?

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>3645174
>>3645191
Cleverness roll for the bard!

>>3645215
she is not a smart gal

but at least she is not smart enough to betray us! I think if she rolled well enough she could try something

>>3645184
Mother had a host of servants, from willing ones like worshiping cultists, to intimidated ones like those who brought tribute, or even forced ones like slaves. Keeping herself fed was the bigger issue, but the amount of tribute she received was enough food for all to go around. As for contentedness, at most mother only ever had servants for which it didn't really matter if they were content and she didn't care. Subjects is something different, for which it would make sense to care if they were content, but mother never tried her hand at ruling anyone or anything. At least not in your life. Rulership, was more Illyrie's interest, but that doesn't mean you couldn't try yourself if you wanted.

It's just a choice, if you want to be a tyrant or a queen, when it comes to dominance.

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>>3645174
>>3645178
>>3645184
>>3645191
>>3645192
>>3645215
>38

"So, tell me my little bard..." having found the courtly room and surveying your new domain from the windows, you wrap your tail around the bard and drag her to your side, "...have you already a song in mind? A song about my victory!"

Your fanged grin and hungry gaze startle her, as she stammers a reply. You've spent time with these humans now, to know the smell of fear on her. Not that you intend to scare her though, but it does remind you of your majesty and dominance. Hopefully in time she can become used to your presence, if you are to keep her.

"A-A-Ahh... w-well your... y-your eminence, I was th-thinking of something, yes! I call it, the Dragon Caught in the Spider's Web!"

"...well? Go on!"

With a gulp from not expecting to have to actually play anything, shakily the bard strums out a tune and tries her best to feebly sing some words past a throat choked by fear. Sadly she's not the wittiest musician around so the song isn't great, pretty bad in fact... but considering your complete lack of experience in things musical, you couldn't tell the difference.

"Delightful! Now, let us find a place to rest while you tell me, where I could find some servants to clean my new home?"

You drag her along with you while she stutters something about one of the settlements bordering the forest or farther down the valley. Of course she couldn't imagine that one of your considered options is to just fly down there and snatch people up to kidnap here. On the other hand maybe it would be better, or easier to use the bard to gather you help? Either dressing her up in some of these fancy human clothes and acting as your herald, or perhaps having her to con people into coming with her up here?

Who knows, things to consider as you explore the place some more and find what you assume to be the main bedchamber... that is, has the biggest and comfiest bed. You have the bard clear off the webs while you explore the room some and find what she calls a "fireplace" which you light, then fwump down on the fantastically comfortable bed.

"Aaahhh... so much better than that farmer's bed!"

"Sh-Should I..."

"Rub my wings! They are still a little sore after flying all day... two days passed now. Then you can sleep there, on the floor. Best not to leave, there could still be spiders around."

"Y-Yes your eminence."

Defeated, dominated, the bard clamors onto the bed and tries to find a position without sitting on you where she can rub your wings on command. A chance for you to relax after the fight, and consider your options now that she's told you some possibilities.

>What do you do?

>>3645311
>Rub my wings!
kek

I liked the fancy clothed herald idea, let's move to the nearest village and declare it ours, and enlist the servants to come to clean this up

we should probably eat the knight come morning before he spoils

>>3645311
>Rub my wings!
LEWD

>>3645350
Wouldn't hurt to get the armor off, might get something out of them.

>>3645311
WE formed a party to clear the Castle, WE slayed the spider queen, and WE are now the ruler of this castle. by right of conquest, the nobility of the local land WIll recognize us.

we shall start by informing the village at the edge of the forest of our new rulership with the help of the bard. we are a queen dragon now

>>3645532
also ask the bard
"Bard I don't think you ever gave me your name, what is it?" then " [bards name]...what is it like to be a non-dragon?"

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>>3645350
>>3645360
>>3645496
>>3645532
>>3645551
Laying on the bed getting your wings massaged, this is a lot nicer than you expected. You can see now why mother always had servants to do the same for her, though because of her size she had many more to do it. But with your own castle now to show for your efforts, you're feeling quite accomplished, and deserving of such treatment. Why shouldn't you be right to rule, when your might is obvious? And at your young size no less, just imagine what it could be like if you grow bigger.

"Is that your name, Bard?"

"Ah, no your eminence."

"I do not think you ever gave me your name then, what is it?"

"Lila... is my first name."

It takes some explaining to you that some of the lesser races have two names or more, sometimes. In her case, one name for herself and one to show what family she comes from. It all seems terribly complex and foolish to you, when you only have one name. However to be fair, it seems human names at least are quite short and so even though she has two names they are still shorter together than your full name.

"Lila... what is it like to be a lesser... a non-dragon?"

"Ah... forgive me for saying, but are we so different? I thought dragons were giant mons- well, very big and did things differently. You aren't very much bigger than I am, you talk like people do, and right now you're in a bed in a home. I can't fly or breathe fire, but..."

The sheer insult! You want to incinerate her this instant for even suggesting such a thing! That is... if she wasn't massaging your wings. But for her to suggest that the two of you could be at all similar, is a revoltingly offensive thought. Why, you couldn't be more different! Though... she might not be... entirely, completely wrong. For as superior, glorious, majestic, grand, beautiful a creature as you are compared to these lowly worms, you have been consorting with them as of late. Not to mention living as they live and benefiting from their efforts and works. Sure, you fancy yourself as their ruler. But a queen, for which there are human queens.

Well, it's all nonsense you're sure. You're a dragon, you're superior, and that's that. Who is anyone but your own kind to judge you, and you see no other dragons around here.

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After simmering at Lila's suggestion but tempered with a nice wing massage, you take a nap for awhile then in your new bed, fairly tired after that fight. When you awaken, you can look out the window and guess it to be afternoon, so just a few hours asleep but you feel much better for it. Especially your wings! Caring not to wake the human sleeping on the floor for now then, you try to climb out of bed and leave the room without making so much noise or knocking things over. You can find your way to the courtyard again, noticing the dead humans you'd recruited scattered about. Doing something about the bodies seems like a good idea but while you're doing so you notice beyond the gatehouse some figures.

"Hmm... green-ish humans? Bigger too."

If you had to guess, perhaps those orcs that live in the forest? Because you see goblins with them. It looks like about ten of them plus as many goblins, and they're all armed but seem hesitant about actually entering the castle.

>What do you do?

>>3645660
Breakfast.

>>3645660
Hmm this complicates things, if we leave the castle the green shits will steal our things like they tried to do when we camped
Kill the thieves

>>3645801
>>3645753
If you're taking action against then, you can go ahead and roll for the attack!

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>3645660
>>" YOU DARE TO TRY AND CLAIM MY DOMAIN LEAVE OR PERISH"

>>3645801
>>3645753
Guys please roll

>>3645753
+1

>>3645861
roll the dice we need a better score.

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>3645872
just for you anon

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>3645829

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>3645829

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>>3645841
>>3645885
>>3645888
>>3645897
>66

Seeing some potential challengers on the bridge to the gatehouse, and after you only just got rid of the spider, causes quite a bit of rage in you.

"YOU DARE TO TRY AND CLAIM MY DOMAIN LEAVE OR PERISH"

Roaring as you stampede through the gatehouse and across the bridge at them, you cause quite a bit of panic as they obviously didn't expect to encounter a dragon, even a small one. Seeing you running towards them and spitting up flames, they all stumble over each other to try and flee. You manage to catch the unlucky fool who had been at the back though, pinning him to the ground and spewing flames at the rest as they retreat.

The one you caught yells something after his comrades in another language, but they only stop for a moment to yell back before disappearing into the trees from whence they came. Well you caught yourself... you think it's an orc. You're prepared to just bite his head to kill him, and have yourself a hearty lunch. Seeing the other orcs though, maybe it would be best to hang his body up for any to see? As a warning.

For what it's worth, you notice they had some dead spiders with them, carried or hung from their clothes. But this one, you've got him now to decide how to treat.

>What do you do?

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>3645829

>>3645920
eat the body and leave the head as a warning, it's crunchy anyway and I don't like heads

>>3645930
I was thinking servant but these green guys proved to be thieving bastards and they don't even speak our magnificent language so I support eating and leaving a warning, maybe it will prevent others from trying to get our stuff while we are away.

>>3645962
>>3645930
Now hold on I think these guys may have been trying to worship us. Let's take this guy to bard and ask what he is saying.

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>3645980
>>3645920
I'll support this unless they choose to be suspicious and unruly, then we chomp their head off.
Orcs get Bork'd.

>>3645980
if they were trying to worship we will discover if they bring offerings, let's just eat this dude

>>3645991
Read the post bro they had dead spiders with them I'm pretty sure that was the offering

>>3645995
I'm pretty sure that was they killing spiders while they came here and bringing back to eat, if it was an offering they would have left them

>>3645930
I agree, we should eat him and leave a warning, we are going to town now and I don't want anyone coming in.

>>3645985
>>3645980
Oh dear seems some disagreement!

>>3646000
Not so we came charging out breathing fire at these guys I'm pretty sure they got scared shittless and ran home the point still is I'm pretty sure those are offerings and if we play this right we still might be able to get them as followers to do our bidding eating this guy will only serve to lower our relations with an even more to the point will probably launch a guerrilla war against us

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>3645980
This

>>3645930
I dont think the head would be more crunchy than the rest of the body

>>3646013
>showing strength
>lowering relations with them
are you even reading what you are writing? if we show weakness that's when they won't respect them, I'm telling you, kill and eat and they will leave offerings next

but whatever dude, do as you will

>>3646023
Let's just agree to disagree I see it differently you see it differently and let's just move on

Rolled 2 (1d2)

Guess it will come down to a coin toss!

1 kill, 2 not.

>>3646053
this pleases me, greatly

>>3646053
Does this mean that we're going to interrogate the shit out of it?
Because chomping it's head off is still on the table if the interrogation doesn't go too well.

>>3646061
Yeah if they aren't here to worship us as we deserve then we should feast on them.

>>3646053
>2

In a display of force you scared them away, and feel like leaving a message would be good. So prepare to bite and kill the orc. As he struggles beneath you though, you hear some panicked muttering.

"Knew the goblins were right... a damn dragon!"

"...you know the common language? What is your purpose here, speak quickly."

Well if dragons have their own language then maybe orcs do as well, but you know more than one language so why shouldn't others? You just hadn't expected the orc to speak it, but keeping him pinned to the ground you demand an answer.

"Uh, what? Can talk? We saw the crawlers leaving around here... wanted to see what caused it. Figure maybe the big spider up and died... look like a dragon done and kill her."

It seems then that they weren't even aware of you at all, they just noticed that spiders through the forest were withdrawing (probably through the orc's territory) so came to check on the obvious source, having killed some more spiders on the way that you saw them with. Not an offering or even hostility though, they were simply investigating when you happened to notice them.

Well that's a bit of a letdown. Neither positive nor really negative, just a natural occurrence of some folks checking on their neighbors... whom they probably were at odds with. With that in mind, do you still have any use for the orc then, or just be done with it? Not like he has any greater message or offering to give you.

>What do you do?