>>3870845
> A Spark- No man grasping at knowledge beyond his ken or mewling bastard fresh from the pits are you. No, you are a part of something infinitely older than you can imagine, given a measure of sapience and sent through the briefest, barest rift in the firmament an eternity ago. Such pain filled you when the pretender god's design demanded you heed its decree, and you shall visit your vengeance on all things a thousandfold over, again and again until there is no end.


>tl;dr
You're a spooky eldritch horror in fantasy land, but what type?

> Insane warlock
> Evolving monster
> Young old one


> (2/2)

>>3870845
>A Herald
Is this the one that leads to an elder god wife?

> A Spark- No man grasping at knowledge beyond his ken or mewling bastard fresh from the pits are you. No, you are a part of something infinitely older than you can imagine, given a measure of sapience and sent through the briefest, barest rift in the firmament an eternity ago. Such pain filled you when the pretender god's design demanded you heed its decree, and you shall visit your vengeance on all things a thousandfold over, again and again until there is no end.

>>3870848
>A spark
Seems interesting

>>3870859
Depends on which patron you choose and how successful you are, but yes. People have sold their souls for far stranger things than love.

>>3870845
>A Spark

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Wrought from discord’s steel striking unreality’s flint, you are a spark, sprung forth into the wretched material to see it rent asunder in the maelstrom of your malice. You are no soul-scouring immolation, no maddening inferno, no not yet. The ancient that birthed you is farther than the dimmest star and would sooner devour you in your entirety than accept even the faintest hint of weakness. You are more fragile and isolated than any can know, and success or failure shall be yours and yours alone. No burning coal is set to ready to ease your task, no pitch has been arrayed for you to set alight, nonetheless, you are a flame and in you is the inevitable future of creation’s funeral pyre.

> When you entered this existence you sought fuel to burn, but how dry did you find it?

> To the Bone- This reality was on the brink of demise long before your arrival, idols and fiends alike vie for the souls of mortals and each generation the power of the arcane wanes. They are locked into conflict with themselves as much as each other and should you dedicate yourself with diligent caution or set upon them in a furious storm, they cannot hope to deny you.
> Somewhat Moist- This reality lacks stability but in its turmoil it gains its strength, great weapons are wielded in grand war and countless scholars of the ordained law work false miracles of light and sound. The idols of the feuding fool’s worship have partitioned themselves into a number of disparate pantheons, and this will be their undoing.
> Drenched- This reality has been all-but united by blood and steel into what is to them the holiest of causes and to you, the most hideous of horrors: the worship of the true creator. Shackled, blinded, and maimed by his own creation's hand the arch-traitor may be, but the reach of his servitors and zeal of his supplicants must not be underestimated.

>>3871045
> Somewhat Moist- This reality lacks stability but in its turmoil it gains its strength, great weapons are wielded in grand war and countless scholars of the ordained law work false miracles of light and sound. The idols of the feuding fool’s worship have partitioned themselves into a number of disparate pantheons, and this will be their undoing.

Divide and conquer guys

>>3871045
> Somewhat Moist- This reality lacks stability but in its turmoil it gains its strength, great weapons are wielded in grand war and countless scholars of the ordained law work false miracles of light and sound. The idols of the feuding fool’s worship have partitioned themselves into a number of disparate pantheons, and this will be their undoing

>>3871045
>Somewhat Moist- This reality lacks stability but in its turmoil it gains its strength, great weapons are wielded in grand war and countless scholars of the ordained law work false miracles of light and sound. The idols of the feuding fool’s worship have partitioned themselves into a number of disparate pantheons, and this will be their undoing.
Disappointed by the lack of comfy servitude but this is fine too

>>3871045
> Somewhat Moist- This reality lacks stability but in its turmoil it gains its strength, great weapons are wielded in grand war and countless scholars of the ordained law work false miracles of light and sound. The idols of the feuding fool’s worship have partitioned themselves into a number of disparate pantheons, and this will be their undoing

>>3871045
>> Somewhat Moist- This reality lacks stability but in its turmoil it gains its strength, great weapons are wielded in grand war and countless scholars of the ordained law work false miracles of light and sound. The idols of the feuding fool’s worship have partitioned themselves into a number of disparate pantheons, and this will be their undoing.

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The fuel you came across was somewhat moist, unsuitable for a bonfire, perhaps more befitting a furnace than a spark. It is not what you would have preferred had your nascent psyche the capacity to comprehend the intricacies of the defiler’s creation, but you did not and so you thoughtlessly accepted it, not as what it was, but as it would be remade in your image. Even in the midst of their titanic struggle the idols kept the corner of their eye open for any entity from elsewhere who would seek to reap their due, and were it not for the single, solitary, one and only mercy the one from whence you came saw fit to give, you would’ve been annihilated in a moment’s notice.

The spark that you are is not exposed to the howling wind or sleeting rain, but shrouded in what the foolish would call a pocket reality, and the wise would see it for an egg, hiding a foetus from sight and nurturing it until the time comes to hatch and strike. You are hidden in the space between that which is and that which should never have been, beyond the sight of any; mortal or idol unless they should find the sign of your work and know where to look. For now, you are free of any obligation, save that you must grow as you please, in anticipation of the day the shell cracks and the impure lies of the anathema shattered.

> There are many different types of egg, but what of the one that gestates you?

> It is soft and phlegmy- Compared to the unfathomable forms of those akin to your kind, the structures of living meat and bone are trivial to twist in any shape you so desire.
> It is rigid and thorny- No fragile husk, this nigh-impregnable fortress endows you with the peace of mind to ruminate on the mysteries of bending and breaking the ordained law.
> It is smooth and sleek- A measure of the exterior’s mathematical perfection has come to you, allowing for magnificent beauty backed by the allure of a magnetic personality.
> It is polished and glimmering- Though none can yet see its source, a profound understanding of the principle of exchange is yours, as in an easy route to plentiful dealings.
> It is rotten and cracked- In truth you are not alive but dead, and in persisting on out of spite, you’ve learned to extend a portion of your unrelenting defiance to others.
> It is no egg, but an eye- Grotesque in iris and pupil alike, it sees much of that which was, is, and could be, though damnably early-onset cataracts leave most knowledge of little use.

>>3871175
> It is rigid and thorny- No fragile husk, this nigh-impregnable fortress endows you with the peace of mind to ruminate on the mysteries of bending and breaking the ordained law.

>>3871175
> It is soft and phlegmy- Compared to the unfathomable forms of those akin to your kind, the structures of living meat and bone are trivial to twist in any shape you so desire.
This seems useful but personally I'm more partial to...
> It is smooth and sleek- A measure of the exterior’s mathematical perfection has come to you, allowing for magnificent beauty backed by the allure of a magnetic personality.

>>3871175
> It is smooth and sleek- A measure of the exterior’s mathematical perfection has come to you, allowing for magnificent beauty backed by the allure of a magnetic personality.
Slaanesh-tier forbidden truths inbound

>>3871175
>It is smooth and sleek- A measure of the exterior’s mathematical perfection has come to you, allowing for magnificent beauty backed by the allure of a magnetic personality.

>>3871175
> It is smooth and sleek- A measure of the exterior’s mathematical perfection has come to you, allowing for magnificent beauty backed by the allure of a magnetic personality.

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>>3871337
The egg chosen for you was small and weak, fragile as any other on the grandest of scales but what a sight it is. Smoother than the most polished marble, sleeker than the finest silk, darker than the blackest pitch. It is beautiful beyond description but if a lowly mortal were so bold as to put it into words, they would claim it the apotheosis, at once highest and lowest of all things in creation and you are no different. Though your visage is vague, your physicality unformed and your mentality undetermined, the merest glimpse of your malefic majesty is enough to make even the strongest of wills question their reality.

As any kindling spark, you must remain sheltered to ensure the outside does not snuff you out before your potential is realised but soon you will begin to spread, grow, and eventually, reach across the whole of creation. The everpresent thought of impending doom, of returning to the primordial riot of sound with no noise and light with no sight fills your quivering essence with something approaching joy but it is far deeper, far darker. From this wellspring of emotion you drink deep and vigorously and when it is done, find that your infantile palette has little appetite for anything else.

> Which emotion did you come to experience first? This, you think, shall provide succor and satiation like none other.

> Hate- Whether it be manifest in seething malice or explosive rage, it is among the most potent of feelings and if directed to and siphoned from your foes, shall serve you well.
> Fear- The ordained law is an aberration, a chain around your perception and a weight on your mass, it is terrifying, and forcing your lessers to share in this terror fills you with vigour.
> Anguish- Even behind the egg’s shell you are not spared reality’s presence, and the first noises you utter are cries of pain, this can only be atoned by innumerable red-hot agonies.
> Bliss- Such profound warmth fills your veins, it flows and the rush is like none other, the injection of sensation is phenomenal, and you must do away with the becalmed peace.

>>3871370
>Bliss- Such profound warmth fills your veins, it flows and the rush is like none other, the injection of sensation is phenomenal, and you must do away with the becalmed peace.

>>3871370
> Anguish- Even behind the egg’s shell you are not spared reality’s presence, and the first noises you utter are cries of pain, this can only be atoned by innumerable red-hot agonies.

>>3871370
> Anguish- Even behind the egg’s shell you are not spared reality’s presence, and the first noises you utter are cries of pain, this can only be atoned by innumerable red-hot agonies.

>>3871370
>Bliss- Such profound warmth fills your veins, it flows and the rush is like none other, the injection of sensation is phenomenal, and you must do away with the becalmed peace.

>>3871370
>Bliss- Such profound warmth fills your veins, it flows and the rush is like none other, the injection of sensation is phenomenal, and you must do away with the becalmed peace.

>>3871370
>Bliss- Such profound warmth fills your veins, it flows and the rush is like none other, the injection of sensation is phenomenal, and you must do away with the becalmed peace.

>>3871370
>> Bliss- Such profound warmth fills your veins, it flows and the rush is like none other, the injection of sensation is phenomenal, and you must do away with the becalmed peace.

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Hidden beyond any idol’s sight, your wandering unconscious comes across a veritable banquet of ambient emotions waiting to be savoured but among them, only one attracts your attention. In the lifting of spirits and energizing of vital essence, joy holds potential unmatched by any other. Dreaming you bare witness to the revelry of those discontent with mortality, feasting, fighting, fornicating. It is a riot of passion, seized or asked and received of power. Naked and shameless in exultant excess they celebrate their pitiful existence, an act so abominable it fills you with rancor but all the same you cannot help but watch.

Until another feeling draws your eye. Here, there is no exposed flesh or distended stomach, only a fragile mortal clinging to a crude contraption. Its intellect is insectile to you even now, but a brief, illogical sound attracts your curiosity and the creature’s slowly rising sense of satisfaction retains it. To you, the fumbling of its clumsy appendage on the wire is no more beautiful than the sound of crickets chirping but you feel the abstraction holds potential. Bliss is so much more than idle amusements or quiet recreation, it is pleasure in its purest form, at once the lowest depravity and highest revelation.

This you decide will be the first of your ambitions, to set fire to the impure order and set the damned multitudes to dancing even as it burns to ashes. Eventually you may come to find nuance as all do, or you shall reject variety of thought in favour of focus. Such things belong to the future, first you must come to terms with the unfortunate fact that while an eternity outside awaits, at the moment you are entombed in the egg. It is dark and warm, adequate to shelter but so bland and boring it fills you with spite.

A mortal would claim this to be its own reality and you suppose in a way they wouldn’t be wrong, save that in this place your sovereignty is nigh-absolute. No stagnant domain of a petty idol built solely to outlast the rigours of time is this, but the temporary shelter of an emergent entity soon to pursue ambition. It will grow alongside you, then when you need it no more it shall be cast aside and consumed to fuel your ascension.

> (1/2)

>>3871491
You sense the featureless void will twist and contort to meet your needs and yours alone, though the mortal souls sworn to you or claimed by force or guile will also arrive here. They could be consumed, perhaps farmed, perhaps recycled into newer, fiercer forms better suited to overcoming the wretched creation. Not only those souls will be here you perceive, but the servitors wrought from your flesh and bound to your every passing whim shall remain should they not be outside, risking discovery but spreading your influence. It is an interesting thought before you realise your unfinished self is bereft of the slightest flesh to forge and lacks even a name to utter in praise of profanity.

These issues you must rectify sooner rather than later.

> How does your subconscious command your surroundings manifest?
> Unbound by logic or sanity, how is the barest truth of your form incarnated?
> Lastly, what series of syllables do you choose to claim as your name, and yours alone?

> (2/2)

>>3871493
>A clockwork 4d labyrinth. Each room/level featuring a different form of bliss.
>a massive fetal construct, composed pf writhing moaning bodies. Hooks pierce the flesh suspending us mid air, and hoses pump all manner of ichor in and out of our developing form. We dwell at the center of our Clockwork Palace.
>Bliss Everlasting- Thabo E Sa Feleng

>>3871493
deep ancient fertile forrest

Ultra-cute rabbit

fluffatuar

>>3871500
any being that dares to gaze upon us experiences true bliss and has there mind blanked from shier contentment

>>3871493
> How does your subconscious command your surroundings manifest?

A golden palace, with waterfalls of wine, pools of honey, and where each room contains another pleasure and glory. But the deepest rooms are filled with the darkest pleasures, and the pools are of blood and the rooms writhe.

> Unbound by logic or sanity, how is the barest truth of your form incarnated?

A tall, impossibly handome man with hairless face, golden locks, and a marble colored, muscular physique. Our blood is golden, and our bones crafted of silver. Our eyes are Ruby red.

> Lastly, what series of syllables do you choose to claim as your name, and yours alone?

Mehotep

>>3871522
Supporting this

>>3871522
I can dig it.

>>3871500
Supporting

>>3871500
support this

>>3871522
Supporting to avoid reddit

>>3871522
Support. Golden Slaneesh is a go

>>3871522
This sounds better actually. But really why have a set form or name? Why wouldn’t everyone experience a separate reality that specifically caters to them
>>3871500
This looks like a troll vote with how stupid it is. Like I can’t see myself ever taking this quest seriously if this gets in.

>>3871493
>How does your subconscious command your surroundings manifest?
In creation itself we will reach out in our confines and take hold of an infinitely small nothingness and we will add this no-thing to itself endlessly such that time reveals an impossible yet definite material. This "flesh" and no other shall form the stuff of our self. It shall not conform to the rules of space and time for it is nothing truly, prepresent in all things.
>Unbound by logic or sanity, how is the barest truth of your form incarnated?
A shining human youth that can only be described as hideously beautiful.
>Lastly, what series of syllables do you choose to claim as your name, and yours alone?
Os

>>3871522
+1

>>3871522
This but we should be androgynous

https://youtu.be/kEB11PQ9Eo8
https://youtu.be/0pmSPlYHxoY
https://youtu.be/tl40xidKF-4
https://youtu.be/2s4ySkR48cI
https://youtu.be/0t4aKJuKP0Q
Behold the 4th dimension.

Update when?

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You have seen and heard so much, but you are yet blind and deaf to the truths beyond the veil. Ignorant of the primordial revelry before the ordained law was put into place, you must strive to sow pleasure whilst reaping power and in doing so, mature into something so much greater than the sum of your incipient self. You have no form, no shape, no name, you are surrounded by nothing and feel nothing save the shrouding warmth of the egg, but that alone is wholly insufficient to satisfy your appetite.

Forcing your existence onto the darkness all around, you find it readily bends and ripples into all manner of new and varied shapes but you soon grow bored of submerging yourself in pulses of maddening light and waves of discordant sound. There is no context, no precious glimmer to catch your inexistent eye, no auditory spectacle to astound your absent ear, and this must change if you are to well and truly feel.

The foundation of a palace beyond any mortal means of construction or comprehension emerges and were it alive, it could only be called opulence incarnate. Vast halls covered in murals of pleasant vistas thronged by all manner of studded jewels and the rarest of burnished woods, stunning waterfalls of aged wine giving way to deepest pools of freshest honey, room after room filled to the brim with delights indescribable. It is not only a sight fit to humble the grandest of emperors, but a cacophony of sounds, smells, and sensations whose merest mention might enrapture the souls of any mortal, be they miser or a saint.

However, many of these are so base and primal as to bore you and this bleeds into your work. The deeper you go the darker the palace becomes, soon murals detail atrocities in the dim light, the material adornments are replaced by carven ivory and sculpted flesh, waterfalls black as pitch but so much sweeter are ringed by boiling pools of arterial blood, and the rooms themselves writhe, as if in revulsion of that which they contain. At the very center of the palace lies your throne, a statement of pride unearned but claimed in spite and to any less than the rampant avatar of an idol, undeniable.

Upon the cushioned seat, the mantle of your might you coalesce, taking on the visage of the mortals you witnessed but of an utmost grandness at the very limit and brink of what any lesser consciousness could conceive. Every pose your chiseled form takes is akin to a sculptor's magnum opus, every word to pass your lips is deafening in profundity, and even the visage of your very eyes disgraces the greatest of gems. You are not perfect, but you are perhaps closer than any, debased or divine have come before.

> (1/2)

>>3871920

Neither palace nor physique are worthy of your true form, but you are not yet strong enough to assume it, and so they shall do. Meditating, a name comes to mind and when you utter it, the farthest chamber echoes. “Mehotep.” This is the name that the multitudes will desecrate in hate and exult in passion. It is the harbinger of creation’s end, and portends the onset of a beginning that defies sanity. A chuckle crosses your tongue, you can’t wait to begin.

> How do you wish to start?

> Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.
> Construct a servitor to carry out your decree beyond the reaches of this place.
> Seek out sources of bliss in the mortal plane, so as to better focus your ambitions.

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 10

> (2/2)

>>3871923
What stops us from doing all of them?

>>3871935
It takes an enormous amount of time and focus to project your psyche outside of the egg or create a new entity entirely. This will get easier as you grow and get a better grasp of your powers. The egg was designed to be trivial to manipulate for its inhabitant.

>>3871923
>> Construct a servitor to carry out your decree beyond the reaches of this place.

>>3871923
>Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.

>>3871923
> Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.

>>3871923
>> Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.
We are an incubus basically?

>>3871943
How about investing power into a mortal? Could we turn one into a servant?

>>3871923
> Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.
I would like to give the next Nikki Minage visions of my splendor.

>>3871923
>> Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.

>>3871923
>Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway

> Give a significant mortal dreams of your palace, to drag them into your sway.

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Exultant dominion within the palatial depths of your domain matters little, if there are none within to revere the sight of your majesty and succumb to the revelry you so crave. There are myriad mortals waiting to be subjugated beneath their betters, every one eager to take up arms and desecrate the arch-traitor’s creation, if only they would be told. Some will resist you with all the zeal their idols can bring, but more, many more may be brought to tear out their deceiving eyes and see what lies beyond the illusion. Such are the boons of beauty, but they are no benefit if you can’t back them with the fury to sunder the stars themselves.

Forcing your psyche from the egg for the first time is an experience more painful than any other but you are intent on bliss and pay it no heed. Agony, terror, anger... all such trite emotions, so banal, so petty in their self-proclaimed importance. You seek pleasure strong enough to shatter creation for its own sake and harbour no such delusions. Across this reality, your imperceptibly subtle presence uncovers a handful of suitable candidates.

> Which do you choose and how much bliss do you wish to invest in bending their minds?

> Goras Melandrach, an iron-willed scholar of the ordained law able to twist no less than three incantations of the seventh circle around his soul. Given time and still targets, he is capable of immolating many times his number and has done so on a dozen battlefields, but he is of low birth and has been overlooked for promotion in favour of his less promising peers dozens of times. He holds significant resentment for his immediately superiors tempered only by a quickly dwindling sense of patriotism.
> Orym Trispetor, a near-ogrish battlemaster whose fiendish gutterblood has kept him from assuming the command of anything more than a ragged mercenary band. He is a competent warrior that relies on his innate strength more than any talent and unlike so many others, he has no spite for his lot in life and is more than content to quench his bloodlust fighting in any campaign where coin to be found.
> Aeson Zumwarin, a moneyed nobleman of no marriage whose thirst to know what was forbidden for good reason has led him to dabble in the occult. No particular knack for magic or martial pursuits is his, but he was born with a silver spoon in hand and owns an isolated palace not a thousandth the equal of yours, as well as the wealth and sharp wit to pursue diabolical lore with discretion.

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 10

>>3871989
Not quite, you're much more multifaceted. Anything pleasant taken to an obscene excess can be a potential source of power, not only sex. Your true form isn't humanoid in the slightest either, that's simply how you choose to manifest in the egg while it develops.

>>3871989
You can invest power into a mortal and turn one into a servant, but they have to be willing unless you want to break their minds, and that takes a bit of legwork.

>>3872113
>> Goras Melandrach, an iron-willed scholar of the ordained law able to twist no less than three incantations of the seventh circle around his soul. Given time and still targets, he is capable of immolating many times his number and has done so on a dozen battlefields, but he is of low birth and has been overlooked for promotion in favour of his less promising peers dozens of times. He holds significant resentment for his immediately superiors tempered only by a quickly dwindling sense of patriotism.

>>3872113
>Goras Melandrach, an iron-willed scholar of the ordained law able to twist no less than three incantations of the seventh circle around his soul. Given time and still targets, he is capable of immolating many times his number and has done so on a dozen battlefields, but he is of low birth and has been overlooked for promotion in favour of his less promising peers dozens of times. He holds significant resentment for his immediately superiors tempered only by a quickly dwindling sense of patriotism
So we just want to kill as many as possible, right?

>>3872113
>> Aeson Zumwarin, a moneyed nobleman of no marriage whose thirst to know what was forbidden for good reason has led him to dabble in the occult. No particular knack for magic or martial pursuits is his, but he was born with a silver spoon in hand and owns an isolated palace not a thousandth the equal of yours, as well as the wealth and sharp wit to pursue diabolical lore with discretion.
I feel like this man fits much better with us than any others.

>4 bliss
I have no idea what this does or means but invest it anyways.

Rolled 4 (1d10)

>>3872126
Invest bliss based on dice

>>3872118
Can you give us an idea about the effectiveness of bliss expenditure? Like what is the scale of impact of spending one vs the higher amounts.

>>3872113
>> Aeson Zumwarin, a moneyed nobleman of no marriage whose thirst to know what was forbidden for good reason has led him to dabble in the occult. No particular knack for magic or martial pursuits is his, but he was born with a silver spoon in hand and owns an isolated palace not a thousandth the equal of yours, as well as the wealth and sharp wit to pursue diabolical lore with discretion.
Invest 3 Bliss

>>3872113
>Aeson Zumwarin, a moneyed nobleman of no marriage whose thirst to know what was forbidden for good reason has led him to dabble in the occult. No particular knack for magic or martial pursuits is his, but he was born with a silver spoon in hand and owns an isolated palace not a thousandth the equal of yours, as well as the wealth and sharp wit to pursue diabolical lore with discretion.
>>3872144
It probably acts as a modifier to the roll if used

>>3872113
> Goras Melandrach, an iron-willed scholar of the ordained law able to twist no less than three incantations of the seventh circle around his soul. Given time and still targets, he is capable of immolating many times his number and has done so on a dozen battlefields, but he is of low birth and has been overlooked for promotion in favour of his less promising peers dozens of times. He holds significant resentment for his immediately superiors tempered only by a quickly dwindling sense of patriotism.
> Aeson Zumwarin, a moneyed nobleman of no marriage whose thirst to know what was forbidden for good reason has led him to dabble in the occult. No particular knack for magic or martial pursuits is his, but he was born with a silver spoon in hand and owns an isolated palace not a thousandth the equal of yours, as well as the wealth and sharp wit to pursue diabolical lore with discretion.
Both. 4 bliss each.

>>3872113
>> Goras Melandrach, an iron-willed scholar of the ordained law able to twist no less than three incantations of the seventh circle around his soul. Given time and still targets, he is capable of immolating many times his number and has done so on a dozen battlefields, but he is of low birth and has been overlooked for promotion in favour of his less promising peers dozens of times. He holds significant resentment for his immediately superiors tempered only by a quickly dwindling sense of patriotism.

6 bliss.

>>3872126
Your current goal is to gather enough power to grow and hatch the egg to begin the end of days, but ensuring you have a strong foundation to support you when you emerge would be prudent. At the moment, your only source of power is Bliss and presumably Souls, though that's more the Bliss you could extract from them than an inherent property of the Soul itself.

>>3872130
Bliss is the emotion you subsist on most efficiently and you need to acquire more of it to improve your strength. Immediate effects are cheaper than permanent effects but arguably not as useful in the long run. 1 Bliss is enough to smite an average mortal, 10 is enough to put a moderately severe curse on them to last a lifetime. 1 Bliss could influence their subconscious over a month and make them much more susceptible to future corruption, 10 Bliss could force them to undergo constant lucid visions.

>>3872271
You still with us senpai?

>>3872406
Just speedrunning Nethack and waiting for the votes to settle. Seems investing 4 Bliss into Goras Melandrach has won.

>>3872443
It’s actually even.

>>3872443
Should probably have a time cutoff, otherwise you could be waiting days.

>>3872445
>tfw blind and read one vote twice

>>3872448
True. I'll give you thirty more minutes to decide between Aeson and Goras, or trying to influence both at once which would be difficult but more than worth the potential reward.

>>3872468
I’ll change my vote to Aeson to move things along

>>3872468
>>> Goras Melandrach, an iron-willed scholar of the ordained law able to twist no less than three incantations of the seventh circle around his soul. Given time and still targets, he is capable of immolating many times his number and has done so on a dozen battlefields, but he is of low birth and has been overlooked for promotion in favour of his less promising peers dozens of times. He holds significant resentment for his immediately superiors tempered only by a quickly dwindling sense of patriotism.

Are you writing?

>>3872113
>Aeson Zumwarin, a moneyed nobleman of no marriage whose thirst to know what was forbidden for good reason has led him to dabble in the occult. No particular knack for magic or martial pursuits is his, but he was born with a silver spoon in hand and owns an isolated palace not a thousandth the equal of yours, as well as the wealth and sharp wit to pursue diabolical lore with discretion.

Is this quest still going?

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>>3872795
In this moment you are as weak and frail as any other in an egg, and if you are to further your strength you must have focus. To do so you cannot divide your attention across a mercenary band, nor levy it on one with no potency besides his raw power, you need someone with burning ambition waiting to be directed and the cunning to see through the course you’ve set to the end. None of the three meet your needs so well as this ‘Aeson Zumwarin’ and you pour your will into bending his. Only time can tell how long the aristocrat remains content to let his curious questions go unanswered.

> Roll 1d4+2 three times, exceed 4 to make him question, 8 to corrupt him
> +2 from smooth egg

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 6

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d4 + 2)

>>3873542

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d4 + 2)

>>3873542

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d4 + 2)

>>3873542

>>3873542
>>3873545
>>3873575
>>3873580

This is a redundant roll, the lowest we could possibly get is 9. We got 13.

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>>3873545
>>3873575
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>>3873545
>>3873575
>>3873580
> 13 > 8
For weeks he cannot close his eyes without catching a glimpse of inhumanly beautiful artistry, nor seclude himself in silence without hearing the faintest music played by no instruments known to man. When he falls into slumber there is no respite, his astral projection is rushed through the halls of your palace and subject to unimaginable ecstasy after ecstasy, but when he awakes he is afflicted with amnesia of all save his final moments. The unceasing subliminal onslaught on his senses would be enough to drive a man with twice his will to the brink of madness, but Aeson has no such restraint.

> -4 Bliss from influencing mortal dreams
> +1 Bliss for draining mortal dreams

Eventually he breaks, rising from his table. The wine there is no more than murky water, the banquet laid out torrid mush, the art on the wall the smeared scribblings of an invalid. He has experienced so much better and no pleasure of this world can ever be enough. It takes little struggle when he forces a chicken from its coop and the protests of his retainers are silenced with a manic glare. In near-total darkness he makes his way to his study and sets about his work with frenzied haste, pushing the desk aside, barricading the door with his shelves, and drawing the curtains closed.

No sacrificial dagger is in his hands, but a carving knife wielded clumsily. The offering is sloppy, noisy, and quick. Not so much as a ritual circle safeguards him as he falls prostrate, murmuring in nameless tongues that bring the ears to ache. This is not the learned eloquence of a genteel noble, but the desperate babbling of a simpleton who has caught snatches of sound he can’t hope to comprehend. He is not quite mad, but close enough and while his worthless offering gave less than even the subconscious pleasure of his dreams, it’s loosened the veil between realms and he may yet be useful to meet your needs.

> What do you want to do?

> Allow your presence to suffuse the room and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation
> Let the fool languish with the unspoken but soon understood implication that he must do far more to earn your attention.
> Attempt possession of his mortal frame, a battle of wills would be slanted in your favour but failure could prove disastrous.

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 7

>>3873719
Isolated rich people obsessed with the occult are much easier to corrupt than most, and I wanted you to see how I plan on doing the dice for this quest. Not Bo3, every roll counts toward beating a DC.

>>3873749
>Attempt possession of his mortal frame, a battle of wills would be slanted in your favour but failure could prove disastrous.
Another 4 bliss. With this body we could make an entire realm worship us.

>>3873749
>Let the fool languish with the unspoken but soon understood implication that he must do far more to earn your attention.

>>3873769
Aside from his cunning the noble is average and you'd be inhabiting his body, so unless you were projecting your true form you wouldn't get the aesthetic boost. Possessing him would let you micromanage his progress but the extra layer of abstraction makes Bliss gain slightly (1/4th or so) less efficient.

>>3873749
>Let the fool languish with the unspoken but soon understood implication that he must do far more to earn your attention.

>>3873776
I meant that we could convert all of his subjects. Noblemen should have a lot of them.

>>3873749
> Let the fool languish with the unspoken but soon understood implication that he must do far more to earn your attention

>>3873793
He's a minor nobleman but he's still nobility, his estate is home to several hamlets and a small town in addition to the minor village in and around his palace. If you wanted to you could attempt to sway them without much trouble, but they're poor and pious as any other peasantry, whereas Aeson himself has a not insubstantial amount of funds and is particularly vulnerable to outside influence.

>>3873749
>> Allow your presence to suffuse the room and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation
Let him know that we require daily prayer and monthly sacrifise. Also Let him spread the rumour of us to drain mor ehumans will be worth it

>>3873807
Can we convert the scholar after we are done with this guy?

>>3873749
>Allow your presence to suffuse the room and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation

>>3873810
The only thing preventing you from corrupting multiple mortals at a time is the amount of Bliss you have to invest, though eventually servitors will be more efficient than handling each and every convert on your own.

>>3873749
>Let the fool languish with the unspoken but soon understood implication that he must do far more to earn your attention.
A chicken, really? A fucking chicken?

Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>3873773
>>3873780
>>3873806
>>3873835
You remain as silent as the grave and watch for hours, amused as his impassioned begging decays into ruinous despair. That night, when he falls asleep on the floor he is barred from the gates of your palace and told in no uncertain terms that he must first prove his worth. Though he remembers none of your words, the meaning remains and he is filled with the unflinching determination only the desperation of the damned can bring.

You look forward to seeing how he intends to amuse you.

> Aeson is rolling 1d20+6 to attempt to provide an adequate offering
> +4 for cunning, +2 for status

You only roll for you, your servitors, and cultists that are possessed by either of the two. Most mortals are incompetent and only have one dice to roll, which is another reason why idols and their servitors are so dangerous.

>>3873840
Turns out Aeson's research into the occult wasn't worthless after all.

>>3873749
>> Allow your presence to suffuse the room and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation

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>>3873773
>>3873780
>>3873806
>>3873835
>>3873840
Rather than wallow in misery or seek an exorcism, the nobleman considers your request and poring over damnable tomes attained through no small amount of coin, soon comes to a dark and terrible conclusion. Aeson is clever for an insect and plans his killing meticulously, holding out three agonising weeks for a harvest festival where everyone in the community will gather, then excusing his absence from the celebration with the excuse of visiting a grievously sick relative in another province.

Clothed in sackcloth and covered in grime, he makes a convincing beggar and no-one is the wiser when his sob story manages to lure a homely farmer’s daughter into the woods from the edges of the town square. A rag drenched in a potent sedative quiets her cries before they begin and soon she’s bound, gagged, and spirited away in the back of a small wagon. Careful to cover his tracks and take a convoluted route, he then makes his way to a rarely used hunting cottage. There, under the light of a dozen black candles he sinks a proper dagger into her heart while invoking the names of a dozen different malignancies and dark idols associated with pleasure, but none of them are listening.

> +1 Soul from the mortal’s sacrifice
> +2 Bliss from the mortal’s sadistic relief

The farmgirl’s soul is then drawn away from its proper afterlife and into the deepest dungeons of your palace, where it is helpless to escape. You might have uses for it later. A short skim through their memory confirms that they were indeed a virgin but that makes little difference. Far more important is the matter of the aristocrat’s success.

> How do you wish to reward him for exceeding your expectations?

> Allow your presence to suffuse the cabin and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation
> Directly touch and fill his soul with a small quantity of Bliss to give him waking ecstasy, though the degree depends on whether it be negligible (1) or noticeable (2).
> Gift him a minor (3) amount of Bliss with a subliminal instinct on how to apply it, superior to th sorcery of lesser entities but he’ll need to do more if he expects to keep it.
> [Write-In]

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 9
> Souls: 1

>>3873915
> Gift him a minor (3) amount of Bliss with a subliminal instinct on how to apply it, superior to th sorcery of lesser entities but he’ll need to do more if he expects to keep it.

>>3873915
>Directly touch and fill his soul with a small quantity of Bliss to give him waking ecstasy (1)

>>3873915
> Allow your presence to suffuse the cabin and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation
> Directly touch and fill his soul with a small quantity of Bliss to give him waking ecstasy. (1)
> Gift him a minor (3) amount of Bliss with a subliminal instinct on how to apply it, superior to th sorcery of lesser entities but he’ll need to do more if he expects to keep it.
All of the above we can get more from the soul

>>3873915
>> Directly touch and fill his soul with a small quantity of Bliss to give him waking ecstasy, though the degree depends on whether it be negligible (1) or noticeable (2).
>(1)Bliss
Lets reserve the magical powers for greater deeds

>>3873962
Define greater. Give him bliss to use now would provide a great incentive for him and make him more useful.

>>3873974
That's why we're providing 1 bliss. It should be enough for a random noble

>>3873974
>more sacrafices .
>bliss will do the same and he is very prone to pleasure it seems dnt know about power
>I want to give powers to people that are charismatic and/or leaders so more people are seduced to be like them pray to us.Noone will really be moved by him except his servants which work for money.If we will give him powers let it be for a huge ritual or starting a cult

>>3873962
Dude sacrificed a virgin. That is classic cult shit

>>3873986
true but I dont see the cultists if its only him its mehh.
If there are more under him deffinetly give him powers

>>3873976
>>3873995
How is COOMing gking to get cultists?

>>3873915
>Allow your presence to suffuse the cabin and expend a negligible (1) amount of Bliss to engage in a brief conversation

I'm going to be busy for the next hour or so, if there's a tie when I get back I'll roll to break it.

>>3873915
>>3873930
Supporting

>>3873995
>>3873981
>>3873976
You guys don’t understand how Bliss works. It’s functionally magic that’s powered by pleasure that supersedes normal magic. He could do everything a normal mage could do with Bliss.
See >>3872271

>>3874083
I understand what it is, in this case what we're using bliss for is to create bliss

>>3873915
>> Gift him a minor (3) amount of Bliss with a subliminal instinct on how to apply it, superior to th sorcery of lesser entities but he’ll need to do more if he expects to keep it.

This mortal will make a worthy servant, I'm sure of it.

>>3874094
A pretty weak way of making more bliss since that 1 point of bliss use is negligible. Serious do you know what “negligible” means?

>>3873915
Switching vote to >>3873928

>>3874100
Have you perhaps heard of reference frame?

>>3874100
I know what it means.I also know I dont exactly like him he is weak-mided average richfag that got corrupted by a few wet dreams .If some inquisitor comes he will be fucking scared and will betray us five times over and probably wuld go unnoticed by anyone but the people he pays to like him.
Either he becomes some noteworthy servant or he will get his dopamine dreams and do his shitty job giving us some bliss as payment

>>3874113
From our perspective everyone is weak willed.
>If some inquisitor comes he will be fucking scared and will betray us five times over and probably wuld go unnoticed by anyone but the people he pays to like him.
That could be solved by giving him power. Also how the fuck would he betray us?

>>3874113
Why would he betray us now after he literally just killed some farmer's virgin daughter for us? betraying us would be a lose-lose for him, especially if we give him a taste of the power we have.

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This mortal has done well, and you’ll give him the tools to do it again. You force your essence into reality, strangling his soul as he falls to his knees, screaming at the top of his lungs but no noise comes out. For a single excruciating moment, he suffers metaphysical torment in its purest form. Then it is over and its memory cleansed, replaced with a vague feeling of unnatural power waiting to be unleashed. He stands, shaken by the experience but grinning ear-to-ear. At the snap of two fingers his hand is shrouded by fire akin to molten gold, which he throws into a shrub, cackling as it burns and the residual bliss floods his mind.

Your presence is fast fading but you burn a clear sentence into his mind he will never forget. “YOU SERVE MEHOTEP, AND MEHOTEP ALONE. THE GIFT DOES NOT COME FREELY. I EXPECT TO BE PAID TENFOLD IN PLEASURE.” The insect collapses in hysteria, enraptured by the magnanimity of the thought and cries out, “Yes master! I swear it all to you! My palace, my blood, my soul! All my praise to Mehotep!”

> -3 Bliss corrupting and empowering a mortal’s soul
> Aeson Zumwarin is now a Weak (3) Minor Warlock

His gibbering strokes your ego but you soon grow bored of it and return to your realm. The noble’s birth and baubles mean nothing to you, but he is resourceful and in a position to reap many more sacrifices than the pittance tonight. You expect results and subtlety, lest he come to regret his failure in death. Curious, you decide to examine the very first soul to enter your abode. A thought folds space so that you are standing in their cell, and it- she, you suppose you should recognise the distinction, is cowering in the furthest corner. Invading her mind, you extract a name, “Qamara” and memories of a short, uneventful lifespan that don’t interest you in the slightest. There are many things that could be done but mortal souls are fragile and can only endure so much.

> What do you want to do?

> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
> Incinerate it in ecstasy, for an immediate but inefficient gain (+1d5 Bliss)
> Consume the Soul to bring yourself that much closer to escape (+1 Growth)
> Expend some (5) Bliss to twist the Soul into a Pathetic, possibly useful Servitor

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 6
> Souls: 1

> Slaves: 1
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (3) Bliss

>>3874193
> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)

>>3874193
>Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
Do it for a year or two

>>3874193
Can’t we harvest bliss from the soul until we can turn it into a Servior?

>>3874193
> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
Do it until we have 10 Bliss then spend the 5 to turn it into a Servitor.

Rolled 13 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>3874215
You can harvest Bliss from the Soul as long as it remains coherent in a metaphysical sense. Too much of a single emotion causes them to slowly degrade, rarely turning into a mindless wisp/wraith/lesser horror depending on its strength in life, but much more likely dispersing and merging with your realm. There's no telling how long you can harvest it, but your instincts say that most are good for around six months, some a month or two longer, and a rare few years.

If you wanted you could halve the efficiency of harvesting to continue twice as long, but that's a bit of a moot point. Alternatively, you could keep it in stasis indefinitely. Either way, if that stroke of competence wasn't a fluke Aeson should start bringing in Bliss shortly.

> Aeson is rolling 1d20+8 to pay his soul-debt
> +4 for cunning, +2 for status, +2 for sorcery

>>3874228
So if we give him bliss then he'll generate more bliss?

>>3874193
>> Consume the Soul to bring yourself that much closer to escape (+1 Growth)
I'm more interested what will growth unlock for us

>>3874193
>> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)

>>3874309
+1 growth wouldn’t give us much and the QM said having a strong power base ready for when we hatch is important.

He’s also said servitors are a great way of expanding our influence especially we roll Bo3 for them.

>>3874205
>>3874208
>>3874222
>>3874318
Regarding the mortal’s soul, you find it a bit lacking but feel it shall do. You descend upon her in silence and as the minutes turn to hours, her cries of terror give way to howls of ecstasy. Mortals are such weak, pathetic things, you’re barely even trying but by the end of a mere month’s ministrations her mind is buried beneath the haze. A short spike interrupts the faint trickle of bliss and you examine the source.

> +1 Bliss from harvesting the Souls in your realm
> +1 Bliss from Aeson’s work in the mortal plane

Your warlock seems to have learned how to emulate your powers of mind-bending pleasure, and put it to use subtly feeding snippets of bliss into two favoured servants. In a week they became irritable when separate from him, in two more they succumbed to addiction, and in a fourth they abandoned their gods to worship your name and follow Aeson into the path of indulgence. At present, that largely extends to occasional gluttony and sexual deviancy for negligible gain but extra hands open more opportunities. The insect’s strategy has caused his reserves of bliss to deplete by one third, but at his current rate he should soon recoup the cost of empowering him to begin with.

> What should you do for the third month of your emergence?

> Command your servant to direct his efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
> Attempt to find and corrupt the dreams of a weak-willed mortal (-X Bliss)
> Focus on more efficiently draining the soul in your realm (+1.5 Bliss, faster expiry)

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 8
> Souls: 1

> Slaves: 3
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (2) Bliss
> 2 Chattel, following Aeson

>>3874193
>Consume the Soul to bring yourself that much closer to escape (+1 Growth)

>>3874330
> Command your servant to direct his efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
We need more sacrifices

>>3874330
>Attempt to find and corrupt the dreams of a weak-willed mortal (-X Bliss)

>>3874330
> Command your servant to direct his efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
Additional sacrifices would be good.

>>3874347
It would be more efficient to create a servitor first then use that for recruitment.

>>3874330
> Command your servant to direct his efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
"Give me a second sacrifice"

>>3874330
>> Focus on more efficiently draining the soul in your realm (+1.5 Bliss, faster expiry)

>>3874330
> Command your servant to direct his efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
We should get another sacrifice.

Rolled 7 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>3874341
>>3874354
>>3874368
>>3874403
One soul is not enough to satisfy your thirst. You must have more and you must have them now. When you find them the occultist and his thralls are in the midst of a ritual of such weakness it wouldn’t provide the slightest gain even if it were calibrated for anything but the malignancies below. A voice, dripping with malice and the promise of pleasure catches their attention. “I CRAVE SOULS. BRING THEM TO ME OR SUFFER.” Each prostrates themselves at the disembodied sound, and in the reverent silence an insect even more insignificant than the first dares to ask, “M-master, what can we do?”

"SACRIFICE.”

> -1 Bliss to communicate with mortals

> Aeson is rolling 1d20+8 to satisfy your commands
> +4 for cunning, +2 for status, +2 for sorcery, +2 for chattel, -2 for suspicious rumours

>>3874411
Damn, that's not exactly what one would call a good roll

>>3874419
We need servitors.

>>3874419
A 13 is middling but yes we'll need one.
We might need to turn the soul we now have into one if the situation grows dire-ish.

They do everything in their power to find another farmer’s daughter in a position to be snatched, but the heightened paranoia of the peasantry forces them to settle for a defenseless old man with a bad habit of nighttime walks. They are quick and soon his blood coats the grass outside of the hunting cabin. He was weak, feeble, and little help in the harvest. Rumours of monsters stalking the quiet suspicions before they get out of hand and ensure that while mourned, he won’t be missed for long.

The soul is dim and you doubt it will last longer than a season.

> What do you want to do with this soul?

> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
> Incinerate it in ecstasy, for an immediate but inefficient gain (+1d3 Bliss)
> Consume the Soul to bring yourself that much closer to escape (+1 Growth)
> Expend some (5) Bliss to twist the Soul into a Pathetic, possibly useful Servitor

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 7
> Souls: 2

> Slaves: 3
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (2) Bliss
> 2 Chattel, following Aeson

>>3874434
> Expend some (5) Bliss to twist the Soul into a Pathetic, possibly useful Servitor
Gib Bo3

>>3874434
>Expend some (5) Bliss to twist the Soul into a Pathetic, possibly useful Servitor
We could possibly move this servitor somewhere less paranoid to increase sacrifices

>>3874434
> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
Start with the old man's soul first, then once we get to 10 then turn one of the souls into a Servitor.

>>3874434
>> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)

>>3874434
> Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
+2 income >>> shitty minion. I want our first servitor to be Keeper of Secrets-tier

>>3873849
>>3873829
Reminder.
>though eventually servitors will be more efficient than handling each and every convert on your own.
>You only roll for you, your servitors, and cultists that are possessed by either of the two. Most mortals are incompetent and only have one dice to roll, which is another reason why idols and their servitors are so dangerous.

>>3874445
Servitors, even the weak ones, are more useful as a servant than any mortal.

>>3874434
>Expend some (5) Bliss to twist the Soul into a Pathetic, possibly useful Servitor

>>3874453
If a Servitor is slain they'll return to your realm for as many months as Bliss went into their creation unless you actively hasten their recovery. They don't roll a d20, they roll 3dx where x is the amount of Bliss that went into their creation and add them together to determine the result. For example, a Pathetic (5) Servitor would roll 3d5, then add them together to determine the result of an action against a DC, whereas a mortal would roll a straight 1d20+bonuses against the same.

It isn't important with the minor amounts you're throwing around but unless they're actively leeching enough souls to sustain themselves Servitors require 10% of their initial investment in maintenance per month. They also don't have bonuses, but can cooperate with others of their kind to roll +1 more dice per Servitor or add a flat bonus equal to 1/4th of their Bliss total to a mortal's roll.

>>3874445
>Begin harvesting Bliss in many, varied ways (+1 per month until expiration)
Once we get to 20 we make a super servitor

I'll give you half an hour to break the tie before I roll.

>>3874488
>>3874487
Ignore >>3874487, I didn't see your vote when I posted.

Rolled 12 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

>>3874441
>>3874443
>>3874445
>>3874487
Two manifestations of your presence casually continue your dark work in separate cells while you sit on your throne in wait of progress. However, Aeson convinces the other cultists one old man’s soul isn’t enough to satisfy your appetite and they redouble their efforts. They’ll likely keep doing this until they get a response or run afoul of good sense.

> Aeson is rolling 1d20+8 to satisfy your commands
> +4 for cunning, +2 for status, +2 for sorcery, +2 for chattel, -2 for suspicious rumours

This time they managed to kidnap a farmer’s wife while her husband was busy traveling to a distant marketplace. No-one caught them in the act and their sacrifice went off without a hitch, but this brazen act of violence does nothing to dissuade the rumours of serial killings. It may be months before they cease circulating and their task will only grow more difficult the longer they persist in the public perception.

> What do you want to do with the soul?

> Harvest (+1 Bliss)
> Incinerate (+1d5 Bliss)
> Consume (+1 Growth)

> What do you want to do with the cultists?

> Command them to cease sacrifices and focus on conversion until the paranoia dies down (-1 Bliss)
> Reward Aeson with a modest amount of Bliss for service well rendered (-X Bliss)
> Sit back and watch the sacrifices keep rolling in, you can always wipe their minds of your name if they’re caught

>>3874516
> Command them to cease sacrifices and focus on conversion until the paranoia dies down (-1 Bliss)
> reward him with 2 bliss

>>3874516
> Incinerate (+1d5 Bliss)
and then >>3874528

>>3874516
>> Harvest (+1 Bliss)
> Command them to cease sacrifices and focus on conversion until the paranoia dies down (-1 Bliss)
> Reward Aeson with a modest amount of Bliss for service well rendered (-2 Bliss)
I think it would be good for Aeson to convert the whole of his manner then try to bring at least on traveler in to his cult.

The traveler could claim to be out and about looking for 'fair' maidens to come be some rich nobles wife.
Then we could play up the fact that the women he picks will be peasants as a reason they can't tell people where they are going because once they show up he will get them fake proof of nobility.

The promise of a good life for them and their family could trick them into coming to the manor just to get killed.

>>3874574
I think once the rumors die down and we have enough Bliss we should order Aeson to hold a masquerade ballroom party, so we can stage a mass conversion event there, it'd probably cost a lot of Bliss but it'd be worth it.

>>3874516
> Harvest (+1 Bliss)
> Command them to cease sacrifices and focus on conversion until the paranoia dies down (-1 Bliss)

>>3874588
>Mass Conversion
That’s a strange way to spell
MASS SACRIFICE

>>3874625
More like a snuggle with a struggle, really.

>>3874516
> Harvest (+1 Bliss)
> Command them to cease sacrifices and focus on conversion until the paranoia dies down (-1 Bliss)
> Reward Aeson with a modest amount of Bliss for service well rendered (-2 Bliss)
Need to think long-term.

Rolled 8 + 8 (1d20 + 8)

> Aeson is rolling 1d20+8 to convert his servants
> +4 for cunning, +2 for status, +2 for sorcery, +2 for chattel, -2 for suspicious rumours

>>3874528
>>3874574
>>3874608
>>3874644
It would be incorrect to call you satisfied but the aristocrat’s efforts have left you appeased and for that, he receives a reward. Such a small piece of what you are to become, but so instrumental to this insect’s success. They are grateful for their reward and are enraptured when you speak. “THE THIRST IS LESSENED. CEASE SACRIFICE. BRING WILLING SLAVES TO MY WORSHIP.” Aeson bows, “It shall be done!”

You demand nothing less.

> -1 Bliss to communicate with mortals
> -2 Bliss empowering a mortal’s soul

Over the course of the next month he manages to bring one of the gardeners under his sway but has to use almost none of his bliss to do so, as it turns out he was quite taken with the seamstress’s bosom. Progress is progress, you suppose. There was no overall improvement this month but you should be reaping the benefits soon.

> What do you want to do with the fourth month of your emergence?

> Command your servants to direct their efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
> Attempt to weaken the minds of the mortals in the warlock’s palace (-X Bliss)
> Focus on more efficiently draining the souls in your realm (+4.5 Bliss, faster expiry)

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 7+3.0
> Souls: 3, harvesting
> Income: +2 from harvesting souls, +1.0 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 4
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (4) Bliss
> 3 Chattel, following Aeson

I'm going to go ahead and call it a night. See you lads in 10-12 hours, schedule depending.

>>3874689
Night Qm, this seems like a fun Quest, I’m enjoying it quite a lot

>>3874685
We’ve got 7 bliss so we can spend a bit. I’d say we should spend
>-1 bliss to command our servants to spread our word through the castle
>-3 Bliss to weaken the wills of those in the castle

>>3874706
Support.

>>3874689
Fun quest, QM. I'm enjoying it. Never expected to turn into gold painted Slaanesh.

>>3874685
> Attempt to weaken the minds of the mortals in the warlock’s palace (-X Bliss)

>>3874821
Forgot to add a value, 3

>>3874706
support

Also lets use the next sacrifice for growth

>>3874706
>>3874721
>>3874821
>>3874823
>>3874859
Aeson is entwined in tantric meditation when your voice echoes through his bones and warms his soul. “ONE IS NOT ENOUGH. THE CASTLE MUST SUCCUMB. SEE IT DONE OR ENDURE AGONY THE MORTAL MIND CANNOT CONCEIVE.” He pauses, visibly perturbed “Wh-when do you want it done, master?” You let him sweat almost a minute before responding.

“SOON.”

You then go silent and by the time he finishes the ritual, his mind is racing with possibilities of what you might have meant and more importantly, how he can subvert the worship of the servants in his palace. If he failed you’d likely consume his soul rather than bother with the dull monotony of torture, but fear is a powerful incentive and it’s good to put mortals in their place. Browsing his mind, you focus your efforts on the subconscious dreams of the servants he deems most susceptible to your embrace. He isn’t wrong, but time will tell whether or not he’s competent enough to succeed when all else is slanted in his favour.

> Roll 1d3+2 three times, reach 6 and one is brought to question, every 4th after is another
> 6… 10… 14, etc.
> Aeson is rolling 1d20+9 to see your will be done
> +4 for cunning, +3 for chattel, +2 for status, +2 for sorcery, -2 for suspicious rumours

Rolled 1 + 2 (1d3 + 2)

>>3875123

Rolled 3 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>tfw forgot to roll

Rolled 3 + 9 (1d3 + 9)

>>3875123

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d3 + 2)

>>3875123

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d3 + 2)

>>3875123

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d3 + 2)

>>3875123
>

>>3875131
>>3875137
Bruh

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>>3875129
>>3875182
>>3875196
>12 > 10, 6

Drunk on bliss, the cultists take to their dark work with enthusiasm, far too bold to remain hidden but far too paranoid to be exposed. Your efforts manage to erode the devotion two insects have to their idols and these soon submit to your majesty, but the third turns out to be more enamoured with the process of cooking than consumption and his dreams of gluttony have little effect. This wouldn’t be an issue, if a cultist didn’t propose that they hold a private feast for the nobleman’s birthday then try to sway him toward praying to you instead of “Drenos, Lord of Fires and the Forge” during the customary pre-preparation prayer.

The chef of course, assumed that the palace had been infiltrated by foreign, demon-worshiping spies and proceeded to stab him with a red-hot fireplace poker. When he fell unconscious from the pain, he tied him hand and foot, then threw him into the cupboard to interrogate later while he ran in a dead sprint for the nobleman’s chambers. A quick explanation of what transpired followed and thinking quickly, Aeson knocked him unconscious with a hefty bedside candlestick. The chef awakened two and a half days later, gagged in the cellar and surrounded by masked zealots with knives.

He survived the heart attack and the cult’s hamfisted attempts at threatening him failed. Eventually the warlock grew impatient and began outright flooding his soul with bliss. It cost him a negligible chunk of power but eventually calmed the loyal servant down enough for some sophistry about the importance of providing pleasure to silence his cursing. At the moment he’s still trapped and given the excuse that he was sent to deliver an encrypted message to a friend in another province, the rest of the servants don’t suspect anything out of the ordinary. Your foremost minion wants to know what should be done.

> How do you want to answer him?

> Continue indoctrinating him (-1 Bliss)
> Remain silent, let him decide (-0 Bliss)
> Don’t speak, influence his dreams (-X Bliss)
> Sacrifice the stubborn fool (-1 Bliss, +1 Soul)

> Next, what should be done about the cultist responsible?

> Nothing, zeal to serve should be commended (-1 Bliss)
> Sacrifice the loudmouth for his incompetence (-1 Bliss)
> Remain silent, and allow the warlock to decide (-0 Bliss)

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 7+4.5
> Souls: 3, harvesting
> Income: +3 from harvesting souls, +1.5 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 6
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (3) Bliss
> 5 Chattel, following Aeson

>>3875226
>> Continue indoctrinating him (-1 Bliss)
> Remain silent, and allow the warlock to decide (-0 Bliss)

>>3875243
+1

>>3875243
support

>>3875243
Supporting

Rolled 5 + 11 (1d20 + 11)

>>3875243
>>3875273
>>3875282
>>3875285
You command Aeson to continue corrupting the chef’s mind and expanding the cult. When he asks what you want him to do with the overly bold cultist, you remain silent and the meaning is clear. It is beneath your notice. After some deliberation he decides to be lenient, by personally bestowing twenty lashings and forbidding them from eating for no less than two weeks. Under the warlock’s guidance, the cult continues corrupting the palace from within over the course of your fifth month.

> Aeson is rolling 1d20+11 to convert his servants
> +5 for chattel, +4 for cunning, +2 for status, +2 for sorcery, -2 for suspicious rumours

>>3875295
He has horrible luck

>>3875295
He only manages to bring the last of the three gardeners under his sway, and though the chef’s will refuses to break you can see cracks forming in the facade. The warlock’s ambitions are beginning to bore you somewhat, in that after five months only six of his thirteen servants have been brought into the fold, to say nothing of the dozens in the small settlement outside. You desire growth and power, and focusing solely on a single palace is a fool’s errand. Especially when you’ve gained more bliss than ever before.

> How do you want to broaden your sway?

> Corrupt the dreams of peasants across the territory (-X Bliss)
> Twist the servants’ dreams to speed things along (-X Bliss)
> Locate another individual worthy of your malign attentions
> Try to possess a dull-minded vagrant that won’t be missed
> Construct a Pathetic (5) or Pitiful (10) Servitor in your realm
> Reject such thoughts of reckless haste, and focusing on reaping a faster soul harvest (+4.5 Bliss, faster expiry)

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 11.5+4.75
> Souls: 3, harvesting
> Income: +3 from harvesting souls, +1.75 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 7
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (3) Bliss
> 6 Chattel, following Aeson

>>3875333
>Corrupt the dreams of peasants across the territory (-7 bliss)
Peasants should be easy to corrupt and they have family to sacrifice

>>3875348
This, let's see what happens when someone sacrifices cows.

>>3875358
And newborns

>>3875348
this but with 5 bliss-Think we needed 4 for the noble why waste so much

>>3875333
>Construct a Pitiful (10) Servitor in your realm
If we want to spread our influence, this would be the best way to do so.

>>3875362
That too, probably straight absorption.

>>3875365
Not a waste if we get 4-5 sacrifices

>>3875333
>> Reject such thoughts of reckless haste, and focusing on reaping a faster soul harvest (+4.5 Bliss, faster expiry)

>>3875348
>>3875358
>>3875365
Contemplating your current course, you deem it far too measured and far too slow. It annoys you on a deep and visceral level. What benefit is maddened revelry if it takes place behind closed doors? What gain is blasphemous power beyond mortal ken if it is only ever wielded under the cover of darkness? It is disgusting, nigh-insulting nay, worse- boring! This cannot continue and while you are no imbecile to command your cult to take up arms against an entire territory they themselves own, you are not content to sit and wait for your minions to attain some semblance of momentum.

> -7 Bliss to influence mortal dreams

Across the region, in three villages both near and far, the lowest of society find themselves afflicted with visions, not nightmares but lucid dreams, each moment occupied by a symphony of sights and sounds beyond beauty, each instant flooded by a storm of tastes and sensations no mortal palette or prostitute could hope to provide. These are the greatest moments they will ever experience, then they awaken to dismal hovels and dirt floors with no more than the vague impression of endless luxury torn away.

You’re eager to see how much of an impression you’ve made.

> Roll 1d7+2 three times, reach 8 and one is corrupted, every 4th after is another
> 8… 12… 16, etc.

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 4.5+4.75
> Souls: 3, harvesting
> Income: +3 from harvesting souls, +1.75 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 7
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (3) Bliss
> 6 Chattel, following Aeson

Rolled 4 + 2 (1d7 + 2)

>>3875556

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d7 + 2)

>>3875561

>>3875556

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d7 + 2)

>>3875556
I fucked up my roll.

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d7 + 2)

>>3875556

Rolled 5 + 2 (1d7 + 2)

>>3875556

>>3875561
>>3875564
>>3875588
> 14 > 8, 12

You find the majority are quick to forget these dreams, drowning their memory in a torrent of booze and drudgery but two recall the merest glimpse of glittering gold and cannot find rest whether waking or sleeping. Leaving the others to wallow in mediocrity, you pour the remainder of your bliss into the pair and within two weeks each has crumbled. They are filled with the same slow yet unstoppable madness the first of your slaves was, before he slew the first soul to fall into your realm. Any peasant knows that when you want to get the attention of a malign entity, you perform a human sacrifice and each is prepared to make the attempt.

If you allow them to pursue these ambitions there’ll be another two souls in your grasp success or failure, but if they are foolish enough to be caught by a vigilant mob, rumours of monsters or madmen infiltrating the peasantry might escalate. Both are in different villages separated by roughly two weeks of travel, the first ‘Tagen’ is an infirm cobbler that’s remained unmarried well into his fiftieth years of life, and the second ‘Yhendorn’ is a burly but brash thug known for picking fights when he’s on the drink.

> What do you want to do?

> Let them attempt a sacrifice, they will succeed or fail on their own merits and receive their due reward
> Command each of the two to lay low and do what little they can to corrupt the rest of their community (-1 Bliss)
> Inform each of the two of the other’s presence, and command them to meet and coordinate their efforts (-1 Bliss)
> [Write-In]

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 4.5+4.75
> Souls: 3, harvesting
> Income: +3 from harvesting souls, +2.25 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 9
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (3) Bliss
> 6 Chattel, following Aeson
> 2 Chattel, in separate villages

>>3875644
>Command each of the two to lay low and do what little they can to corrupt the rest of their community (-1 Bliss)
> Inform each of the two of the other’s presence, and command them to meet and coordinate their efforts (-1 Bliss)

>>3875644
>> Let them attempt a sacrifice, they will succeed or fail on their own merits and receive their due reward

>>3875644
>> Let them attempt a sacrifice, they will succeed or fail on their own merits and receive their due reward
I tey are so far away just lets see what they can do

>>3875644
> Let them attempt a sacrifice, they will succeed or fail on their own merits and receive their due reward
If they survive we go skip town and go serial killer mode

Rolled 7, 10 + 2 = 19 (2d20 + 2)

>>3875675
>>3875677
>>3875684
They don’t so much as know your name and the danger of hushed words is nothing compared to the lure of living souls. You remain silent and watch as the two begin planning their work. The cobbler is quite creative at sadistic scheming but timid and frail, whereas his counterpart’s intended course of action is straightforward as it is brutal.

> Both are rolling 1d20+2 to attempt their sacrifice
> +4 for strength/cunning, -2 for suspicious rumours

>>3875722
Tagen’s attempts at poisoning his customers are doomed to failure by a misdosage, though when a ‘bizarre sickness’ breaks out the near-crippled coward manages to connive his way out of any suspicion. No less than two weeks of travel away, Yhendorn turns on the same people he swore most to protect. A newborn infant is strangled in its sleep and a dissatisfied wife’s throat slashed. He didn’t bother to make an invocation, reasoning the deed was more than enough to damn his soul and catch the figure in his dream’s attention.

He then packed his things and left for the woods, not thinking to cover the tracks or leave evidence of a struggle behind. Despite his physical strength he’s not accustomed to traveling in the wilderness and if the village idiot manages to put two and two together, is likely to be pursued by men and dogs. Fortunately for him, there’s a running stream not far ahead and with a bit of guidance, his chances would be much better.

You leave him to travel through the night while you examine the souls he reaped. The infant’s soul is barely a wisp, almost certainly unable to endure any amount of emotion or fuel your growth. Nonetheless, a soul is a soul and its fledgling consciousness is easily wiped away and torn into its base components.

> +2 Bliss from consuming a mortal soul

> What do you decide to do with its mother?

> Begin harvesting (+1 Bliss)
> Incinerate immediately (+1d5 Bliss)
> Consume outright (+1 Growth)

Then there’s the matter of its father to consider.

> What do you want to do with the kinslayer?

> Commend his dedication and advise a better path (-1 Bliss)
> Reward him with a smidgeon of power for his winnings (-X Bliss)
> Let him escape his peasant hunters before doing anything hasty

> Last, what do you want to do with the failure?

> Encourage him to try more direct means with someone (-1 Bliss)
> Insult him for his weakness and demand proper results (-1 Bliss)
> Stay silent, if he wants your attention he’ll have to earn it (-0 Bliss)

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 6.5+4.75
> Souls: 4, harvesting (3)
> Income: +3 from harvesting souls, +2.25 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 9
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (3) Bliss
> 6 Chattel, following Aeson

> 2 Chattel, in separate villages

What do you decide to do with its mother?
> Begin harvesting (+1 Bliss)
More bliss!

What do you want to do with the kinslayer?
> Commend his dedication and advise a better path (-1 Bliss)

Last, what do you want to do with the failure?
> Stay silent, if he wants your attention he’ll have to earn it (-0 Bliss)

>>3875760
> Consume outright (+1 Growth)

> Commend his dedication and advise a better path (-1 Bliss)

> Stay silent, if he wants your attention he’ll have to earn it (-0 Bliss)

>>3875760
> Begin harvesting (+1 Bliss)

> Commend his dedication and advise a better path (-1 Bliss)

> Stay silent, if he wants your attention he’ll have to earn it (-0 Bliss)

>>3875760
> Begin harvesting (+1 Bliss)

> Commend his dedication and advise a better path (-1 Bliss)

> Stay silent, if he wants your attention he’ll have to earn it (-0 Bliss)
Once we have 50 men we should start growing.

>>3875863
>>3875877
These. We don’t reward failure.

Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

The shoemaker’s desperate prayers are answered by deafening silence and as he sinks into monstrous depths of self-hatred, your presence falls over the blaspheming twice-murderer. He stops, leaning against a nearby tree with a cocky grin and haggard gaze. “Ahhh, fuckin’ did it. Hear that? I fuckin’ did it. Never felt more alive, I’d fuckin’ do it again. So what now? You some kinda demon, old god, come to drag my ass down to hell?”

You let him continue, nodding as his grin widens. “Or… am I gonna get somethin’ out of this? Some sorta witch powers, maybe flamin’ sword or some shit? Yeah… maybe another jaunt through that palace of yours, ‘cept this time wide awake. Huh, so how ‘bout it? Ahahaha, done fucked now, ain’t got a choice either way.” The insect goes to open his mouth but finds the air won’t enter his lungs, only a cold stillness.

“TWO SOULS IN ONE NIGHT. MY EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN DEFIED AND I AM PLEASED. SURVIVE THE COMING WEEKS AND A REWARD WILL BE YOURS.” His lips murmur, then close as you snarl. “SILENCE, FOOL. THE FARMERS WILL FIND SIGN OF YOUR DEEDS TOMORROW MORNING AND RIDE YOU DOWN SHORTLY. IF YOU DO NOT TAKE CAUTION, YOUR DEATH IS CERTAIN. THERE IS A CREEK NEARBY, FIFTEEN MINUTES TO THE EAST.”

“WASH YOUR SCENT. FLEE. SURVIVE THE HUNT AND WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN.” At that, you release him and he collapses, panting. “O-okay, alright. Dealin’ with some sort of demon… Fine, FINE- but what’s your name? N-need to know if I’m gonna talk to you again.” The last thing you want is your name getting torn from him under a red knife and hot irons. “SURVIVE THE HUNT AND YOU MAY EARN THE RIGHT TO HEAR IT.”

You dissipate and watch as he follows your instructions, rolling over in the waters, and jogging at a steady pace in a random direction, before changing midway to travel another. He’ll reach a pathway in five to six days give or take and from there, finding a settlement that hasn’t heard of his exploits won’t be difficult. Assuming he isn’t caught first.

> Yhendorn is rolling 1d20+4 to escape his pursuers, 16 and he gets away scot free, 12 or lower and he’s forced into combat, 8 or lower and he’s caught.
> +4 for advice

Rolled 1 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>3875931
It’s a close call but his hunters are no more familiar with the deepwoods than he is, and after a week without finding any leads they return to their homes, intent on protecting them from whatever force of hell could’ve compelled a seemingly ordinary man to commit uxoricide and filicide in the same night. Almost two weeks after his deed, Yhendorn steals a hen and slits its throat in shouting distance of the homestead that owned it. He is smug to have survived and asks for your attention as promised.

> How do you reply?

> Communicate and give him a specific command for the coming weeks (-1 Bliss)
> Flood his soul with a negligible amount of Bliss as compensation (-1 Bliss)
> Give him a minor amount of Bliss, he doesn’t have the wit to be a scholar of the ordained law but he has promise and any fool can taint his soul (-3 Bliss)
> Not at all, he’ll need to spill the blood of more than a paltry chicken
> [Write-In]

Back in his own village, Tagen attempts a second sacrifice, this time with a sleeping concoction and an elaborate plan to fail to “treat” his victim of the sudden coma.

> Tagen is rolling 1d20+4 to attempt another sacrifice
> +4 for cunning

>>3875946
> Give him a minor amount of Bliss, he doesn’t have the wit to be a scholar of the ordained law but he has promise and any fool can taint his soul (-3 Bliss)

Poor Tagen...

>>3875946
> Not at all, he’ll need to spill the blood of more than a paltry chicken

The fool was overconfident in his own cleverness and bold enough to boast about his plan in the face of a lifelong hard labourer he’d bound with frayed rope. Shortly after he was strangled and his victim managed to give a critically acclaimed testimony to the community before falling into an unusually long but pleasant nap. His soul is now in your possession and he won’t stop hitting himself and apologising for wasting your time.

> What do you want to do with the imbecile?

> Begin harvesting, so that he can be good for something (+1 Bliss)
> Incinerate him immediately, his whining is murder on your ears (+1d5 Bliss)
> Consume his soul, to ensure that his death wasn’t for nothing (+1 Growth)
> [Write-In]

Meanwhile, Aeson has being doing quite well for himself. Two more servants have begun attending his almost-nightly rituals and when they broke out the powdered parmesan the chef’s resolve broke. Of course, his overall bliss total is dwindling but that’s hardly your problem.

> What is your plan for the sixth month?

> Command your servants to direct their efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
> Refill the warlock’s Bliss reserves, perhaps even increasing them (-X Bliss)
> Focus on more efficiently draining the souls in your realm (+6 Bliss, faster expiry)
> [Write-In]

> Mehotep
> Growth: 1/???
> Bliss: 11.75+6.75
> Souls: 5, harvesting (4)
> Income: +4 from harvesting souls, +2.75 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 11
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (2) Bliss
> 9 Chattel, following Aeson

> Yhendorn, Spree-Sacrificer

>>3875965
> How do you reply?
> Give him a minor amount of Bliss, he doesn’t have the wit to be a scholar of the ordained law but he has promise and any fool can taint his soul (-3 Bliss)
And
> Communicate and give him a specific command for the coming weeks (-1 Bliss)
Instruct him to find a brothel. It is the most obvious place to spread our reach.
>> What do you want to do with the imbecile?
> Begin harvesting, so that he can be good for something (+1 Bliss)
> Focus on more efficiently draining the souls in your realm (+6 Bliss, faster expiry)

>>3875956
Indeed, 'tis a shame. I'm going to start rolling for followers you aren't focused on offscreen and posting the results so I'm not clogging the thread with +20 posts per update in the next two or three in-game years. Aeson Zumwarin rolled an 11+9 and spent 1 Bliss for conversion.

>>3875965
>> Consume his soul, to ensure that his death wasn’t for nothing (+1 Growth)
Well, he turned out to be almost completely worthless. Almost.

>Refill the warlock’s Bliss reserves, perhaps even increasing them (-X Bliss)
Four bliss. Should he keep this momentum going we'll think about increasing his ability.

>>3876050
this

>>3875946
> Give him a minor amount of Bliss, he doesn’t have the wit to be a scholar of the ordained law but he has promise and any fool can taint his soul (-3 Bliss)
Very good.

>>3875965
> Consume his soul, to ensure that his death wasn’t for nothing (+1 Growth)
> Focus on more efficiently draining the souls in your realm (+6 Bliss, faster expiry)
Tagen doesn't deserve bliss and I want to see what growth does

>>3876061
Support

>>3876061
>>3876209
Yes, this will be good.

>>3875946
> Give him a minor amount of Bliss, he doesn’t have the wit to be a scholar of the ordained law but he has promise and any fool can taint his soul (-3 Bliss)
>>3875965
>> Incinerate him immediately, his whining is murder on your ears (+1d5 Bliss)
Just get rid of the foolish failure.
> Refill the warlock’s Bliss reserves, perhaps even increasing them (-X Bliss)
5 bliss

>>3875965
>Consume the failure

>Refill warlock with 3 bliss, to total 5

>Flood Yhendorns soul with 1 bliss

Wanna see what the soul flood does, and what growth does.

>>3876406
This. Let’s get started on becoming a big strong mind shredding abomination

I'm a brainlet, and accidentally deleted the first post of the two post update instead of the second over a typo in the income of the character sheet, then accidentally back paged in the Google Doc while trying to bring the undo function back to the first update. I'll try to rewrite what I can of the three paragraphs of soul consumption from memory then go on from there, but damn it all if I don't feel retarded. If one of you happens to have a copy paste of the first update, I'd be ecstatic myself. Sorry for the confusion.

>>3876747
If it's still there, could you copy+paste of the first post of the two-part update?

>>3876764
You have my eternal thanks. Absolutely based.

>>3876061
>>3876209
>>3876215
Looking at the trembling weakling, you are filled with loathing matched only by your hunger and his pathetic pleas of mercy are buried under the weight of your malice. In the depths of your domain a mortal with the strength of ten men would be helpless to stand against your wrath, let alone a lame coward. His end is not the privilege of prolonged pleasure, he does not shudder in ecstasy for weeks on end, only weep in regret as the warmth leaves his feeble flesh and the mind he so prized goes black.

> +1 Growth

Your scorn is no consolation in his final moments and he is soon forgotten, but inside of you an infinitesimal part of him remains, stripped of all it was and ever could be. A sense of satisfaction richer than any luxury suffuses your psyche and when all but its faintest echo fades, the craving for more stays. The annihilation of the mortal’s wretched existence has added to your strength, however weakly, and you know that if you continue feasting on souls your power shall grow until it cannot be opposed.

Though the gains won’t be as immediate as bliss, you recognise the circumstance of your egg’s structure may not be the only boon your origin outside of creation affords you. Meanwhile, you consider the merits of how Yhendorn succeeded where the nameless whelp failed. His sacrifice of that which is closest to mortals demonstrates an impressive strength of resolve, and upon the sacrifice he wordlessly receives a portion of power.

> -3 Bliss corrupting and empowering a mortal’s soul
> Yhendorn is now a Weak (3) Minor Warlock

Rather than gloat over the unnatural essence flooding through his veins, he smiles, casts the carcass aside, and advances toward the homestead under cover of night. This one is bold but when it is paramount that secrecy be maintained, that’s as much of a weakness as it is an advantage.

> Yhendorn is rolling 1d20+6 to sacrifice a homestead
> +4 for strength, +2 for sorcery, +2 for surprise, -2 for suspicious rumours

>>3876770
> Rolled 4+6 = 10

The brute battered down the door, only to be met in the entryway by a wide-awake farmer clutching a pitchfork. He was quick to recover from the stab wound and retaliated by dashing them across the head with a rock but that only served to knock them unconscious. Somewhat lucid in the pain, he had the presence of mind to keep the pitchfork impaled rather than begin bleeding profusely, and fled the homestead before the sound of commotion could bring anyone else to investigate.

Once he reached the treeline he ripped out the tool, threw it to the ground, and recklessly dug into his reserves of power to seal the wound shut. The resultant orgasmic rapture that replaced the pain brought him to the brink of a coma himself, but holding onto his intellect, he managed to aimlessly sprint into the wilderness until his body could move no more. He then collapsed in a shallow ditch, slept for two days, and awoke with almost none of the power he’d been given and a massive headache. You wager he’ll be more cautious in the future.

Ignoring the fumbling buffoon, you focus on draining the souls of the mortals currently contained in the darkest chambers of your palace. It is a most pleasant experience and one you feel you should do more often. On the mortal plane, Aeson has managed to corrupt two of his servants through clever use of blackmail and positive reinforcement. He’s beginning to get quite good at this, and he dares to suggest during his prayers, might be better if you gave him some more of the bliss he needs to work his sorcery. For his part, Yhendorn doesn’t bother to apologise for his incompetence and seems intent on stealing a peasant family’s draft-horse then riding to the closest township to rid it of its vagrants.

> What is your plan for the seventh month?

> Command your servants to direct their efforts in a specific way (-1 Bliss)
> Bestow more Bliss on a warlock or two, perhaps even increasing their power (-X Bliss)
> Focus on more efficiently draining the souls in your realm (+6 Bliss, faster expiry)
> [Write-In]

> Mehotep
> Growth: 2/???
> Bliss: 17.50+7.25
> Souls: 4, harvesting (4)
> Income: +4 from harvesting souls, +3.25 from cultist lifestyle

> Slaves: 13
> Aeson Zumwarin, Weak Minor Warlock
> Cunning, (2) Bliss
> 11 Chattel, following Aeson

> Yhendorn, Spree-Sacrificer
> Strong, (1) Bliss

>>3876764
Seriously, I can't thank you enough anon. Thanks for bailing my ass out. If you don't mind, could you delete this post for anyone reading any archives in the future?

>>3876771
>Grant Aeson 3 more Bliss

>Look into the mage we initially passed over/other noblemen to corrupt

>>3876771
>> Bestow more Bliss on a warlock or two, perhaps even increasing their power (-X Bliss)

+5 to Aeson, he's doing well. Yhendorn fucked up this time but he has potential, so give him +2.

>>3876775
I know I've said it three times, but I really appreciate it. Many thanks.

>>3876780
You know I’m kinda getting bored of how this quest is going. I like to be able to affect the world in some narrative capacity rather than just throwing bliss around and rolling dice until problems are resolved.

>>3876780
No problem

>>3876784
Vote to make a servitor. Or to possess someone. Perhaps an avatar, if servitor doesn't already accomplish that.

>>3876784
Patience mate, taking over the world as an evil eldritch abomination takes time. We're building up momentum now.

>>3876784
You see, we don't even have a door, a crack, the smallest pinprick open into the material world.

We are a sea of bliss trapped behind a barely permeable membrane. Every time we doll out bliss, more of us seeps through. Every time we gain Growth, our capacity to open a hole in that membrane expands.

Patience is the first key of being an eldritch being from beyond the stars, our ascension and the end of the world is guaranteed, no need to rush.

>>3876784
I get that, but you can attempt to possess a mortal or construct a servitor to control at any time. You're a pseudo-lovecraftian entity, until you've grown along certain routes/hatched most of your influence is going to be indirect. If you wanted immediate action you could've chosen Herald or Spawn at the beginning, Spark is mostly resource management building up to apocalyptic conflict. Manifesting an Avatar is a sort of midpoint you can skip entirely, or choose to focus on building if you'd rather take conquest slowly than usher in the End of Days.

You aren't a god or demon, and you don't play by the same rules. Immediate, at-will magic fueled by nothing but an inner pool of emotion isn't a part of the setting's magic as written, that I've been hinting is a somewhat vancian controlled manipulation of the physics underpinning reality or innate, exhausting, and fueled by an unnatural ancestry/ancestral pact or a supernatural entity grafting a part of their soul onto the mortal's. There's also alchemical transmutation, little-practiced niche arcane disciplines, obscure occultism operating on a sort of inverted ur-priest logic, and divine miracles which are usually rare and similarly out of context but much more familiar to the setting's inhabitants.

There's strict rules and logic behind the magic in-setting which you're able to completely ignore in favour of forcing your own, which is part of the horror. Growth doesn't directly contribute to your Bliss total, but it does allow you choices to broaden your options in how you can approach things. Very much a slow burn.

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>>3876803
I don’t think you understand what “narrative” means. Those are just mechanical influences. I want more narrative interactions (like creating omens or eldritch happenings) or potential for chess master set ups not not throwing around Bliss like we’re a rich guy with too much money on our hands.