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GAME OF DISTORSION (1/3 road events)

The wind carried the smells of the coming summer.
You followed the dirt path on horseback, the expedition had left the city earlier in that day.
As a member of the scouting team, it was your job was to make sure the road was safe.
It was a quiet job for the most part, barely doing anything other than advancing in silence.

You heard Ghal coming up to you, while eyeing the two people he didn’t know.
He leaned a bit closer to speak, fearful others could hear him.
“Master, should you not get further away? These men might see through your disguise.” He said whispering


You looked back that the other riders.

The lanky one was giving a blank stare to infinity, you were pretty sure he had fallen asleep with his eyes open.
The only reason it hadn’t gotten lost was because his horse was following the others.

The other was talking with Emilia, or more precisely, Emilia was weathering his rant on the best way to kill ferals.
He had an extremely long hair that had several leaves and sticks stuck in it.

“I don’t think that will be a problem.”
Ghal did not argue back, but tried to position himself between you and them as an extra measure.
“You could eat them and hide the bodies in the forest.” Potato chirped from his new hiding place inside your jacket.
The spriggan solution to everything was not worth considering.
“We are not doing that.”
“I could make the roots hide them, why don’t you want their sweet flesh?”
“We already had this conversation, no.”

It grumbled and went back to chewing a pinecone he had.
The rest of the journey went without incident until you spotted a fallen wagon.
Taking a slow approach, the group dismounted the horses and sneakily approached.
It was a fancy carriage that had fallen on its side and a body laid face down in the middle of the road.
The person was wearing a gold trim dress.
The thing smelled like a trap, and it was.

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A group of bandits had poorly hidden itself in the bushes nearby, counting them was a bit hard but they were at least seven…

You started looking at their equipment and immediately realize they were the same idiots that had tried to mug you a few days prior.
They were had some better armor but they were still just villagers with farming equipment.


Your companions debated on what to do.
“Let’s heal the wound of society and erase the bandits!” Said the maniac, who you had learned was named David
“What? That’s not our job, let the mercenaries deal with this.” Emilia argued.
“The truth carries no words. I must cleanse their lives from sinful existence with a conflagration!”
The sleepy looking stayed quiet while his stomach grumbled.

What will you do? (Roll 1d20 Bo3)
>Just sneak behind and kill them (stealth)
>Go back to the expedition and let the mercenaries deal with it (Auto success)(possible loot will be lost)
>Go talk to them (what do you say?) (speech)
>Use a spell (Which one?)
> The Spriggan will scare them with illusions. (Auto success) (Group suspicion +2)
> Write in

[Group suspicion: Right now everyone believes you are an elf.
If you draw attention to yourself this counter will increase.
If it reaches 10 they will know you are a human, and the result will depend on other variables.
This stat can be lowered in the downtime. ]

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5197011
>Go talk to them
"Hey, remember me? I'm coming back this way again, and this time I have a company of mercs, including a religious zealot who wants to murder you all. Can we just pass by and skip all this?"

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>5197307
>Skip all of this
Nah, we already talked to them and they are still trying to rob people. We should threaten them with calling onto the big guys and giving them a taste of our instakill polearm if they don't strip down and leave while naked. Also tell them their flashbang spell won't work on us, and that there will be no third chances.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5197011
>Go talk to them (what do you say?) (speech)
Oh hey lads, nice to see you all again. We are off to investigate more ruins, and this time with fresh party demonkiller mercenaries. So this time I will offer another deal, you just let us pass for free and I hold back my new bloodthirsty comrads!
And here's a free tip as well: you should quit this bandit business, there will be more mercs, soldiers and inquisitors on the roads soon.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5197011
Oh snap I forgot there was a new session.

>Just sneak behind and kill them (stealth)

>>5197307
>>5197349
>>5197354
Is it not strange that they've already killed someone and knocked over their wagon? They're clearly not apologetic about what they've done, so would it not be better to kill them all and be done with it?

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>Go talk to them (convince them to fuck off)

You dismounted you horse and told the rest to wait a bit behind while you talked to them.
The group looked at you confused but they did have the time to stop you.

Walking up to the trap you waved at the bushes you saw them.
"Hey, remember me? We are off to investigate more ruins, and this time with a company of mercs, including a religious zealot who wants to murder you all.
So this time I will offer another deal, you just let us pass for free and I hold back my new bloodthirsty comrads!”

There is a moment of silence
>[ Roll 18 + 6 ; DC 18 (they are getting bolder); Result: Success ]
And it was interrupted by the body lying in the middle of the road speaking up.
“Hey boss, do you know this guy?”

You looked at the fat man wearing a dress that was pretending to be dead.
This guy is new.


Another voice them came from the bushes as the rest of the bandit group got out of hiding
“God dammit fat ass! Your only job is to pretend to be dead.”
“Yeah, boss, because he was going to fall for it when he knew where you were.”

They kept arguing over whose fault was it the ambush failed.
When they got that out their system, they turned to you.
“Sorry about this, it was not professional on our part. We will try to aim for a better mugging experience next time.”
The leader said, you were unsure if he was serious.


“You should quit this bandit business, there will be more mercs, soldiers and inquisitors on the roads soon.”
“Yes, that’s why we are planning on recycling our brand and becoming pirates. They are classier.”
“They are not. Just stop robbing people.”
“Your suggestion is noted, well pack up boys, we are stealing a boat!”
After that comment the wander off, discussing how to increase their brand value.

Emila step close to you once they were gone.
“That was odd…do you want to loot the carriage.”
The thing was empty with the exception of a suitcase the bandits had ignored.
It had a few silk clothes, the lucky find being a coin pouch they had missed.

[+10 coins]
[Silk attire; no practical use but it can reach a good price on the market.]

After that the rest of the journey was quiet.

….

After making sure the way was clear, the expedition caught up to you without incident.

They made camp on a clearing next to the road by the time the sun was setting.
It was nice atmosphere. The mercenaries played cards while betting and the eggheads kept to themselves in small groups.
Everything was kept in check by the mercenary commander, Nhave, silently eating alone and glaring to whoever started making a ruckus.

You grabbed dinner from the assigned cook, a sort of brown stew .
With your grub in your hand, you had some time socialize, or just eat quickly and rest for the next day.

What will you do?
>Go to sleep (well rested bonus; : +2 to your next roll)(-1 to group suspicion)
>Sit with the archeologists, they ar-

As you weight your options a hand was placed on your shoulder.
“HI! I forgot your name, but where do we eat.” It was David, the maniac
He gave you a toothy smile with several missing teeth in it.
You were going to answer but he quickly began to wander off.
“Diya! I haven’t seen you since morning, how are you?” He said, approaching a group of dwarven woman that gave him a confused look.

*Should I follow him?* you wondered as he sat down next to them, seeming to forget about you.

What will you do? [Group suspicion = 0]
>Go to sleep (well rested bonus: +2 to your next roll) (-1 to group suspicion)
>Try to get some extra food (roll 1d20 bo3)(Speech)
>Sit with some of the archeologists, you could ask questions.
>Go with David, meet some mercenaries, play cards maybe (you have 37 coins)(-1 to group suspicion)
>Go talk with someone (Who?)
>Write in

>>5197965
>Go to sleep (well rested bonus: +2 to your next roll) (-1 to group suspicion)

>>5197965
>Go to sleep (well rested bonus: +2 to your next roll) (-1 to group suspicion)

>>5197965
>Go to sleep (well rested bonus: +2 to your next roll) (-1 to group suspicion)
Why do you guys not want to kill those bandits?

>>5198059
We're just a regular student from Earth, presumably in q cozy and stable country. Most such people have an aversion to killing.

>>5197965
>>Go with David, meet some mercenaries, play cards maybe (you have 37 coins)(-1 to group suspicion)

>>5198007
>Why do you guys not want to kill those bandits?
because every fight has the potential to be our last, or someone elses.
also these guys will make for fun reoccuring characters

>>5198059
Because I would rather the mercenaries be at top condition to fight the undead horde.
Also they are funny

>>5198131
>>5198136
>>5198151
Those are all valid points I can agree with, but the next time we see then we should strong arm then into teaching us more magics, or how to fight better. Better yet if we steal one of their sandwiches.

>>5198158
I doubt the bandits know magic, but they may know a few dirty tricks.
If we manage to get a few bonus to our hit chance, we can mitigate the downside of the chad polearm

>>5198165
Dirty Tricks is just the thing we need, and we did learn that flashbang spell from their leader. With any luck we might learn a think or two from these pumped up farm boys.
Honestly a (-3 to hit) isn't the worst, and thanks to our Basic weapon training the penalty is mitigated down to a -1. With our strength of 6 we'll be rolling 20+5 to attack on average which is where we started I think. Not bad all things considered.

>>5197965
>Write in
>Try to seduce Emilia
>Spill spaghetti in the process
>Spill spaghetti so hard you make it into a spell

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>Go to sleep (well rested bonus: +2 to your next roll) (-1 to group suspicion)

You decided not to mingle for now. Eating your food quickly you got to the "tent" first.
It was a waterproof fabric roof tied between several trees.
There were no walls.
Thanks to being one of the first to arrive, you were able to choose one of the hammocks that were set up.
It wasn't ideal but better than the floor with a blanket.

The noises of your companions were drowned out by howling wind and sleep.
[Well rested bonus: +2 to your next roll]

...

GAME OF DISTORTION (2/3 road events)

You woke up to the sounds of Nhave screaming orders.
“Wake up ladies! You have to pack up all this before the sun rises or you will walk all the way to the next camp!"

A few minutes later you were on your horse and riding away from the camp.
The best way not to be dragged into chores.

The trail was clear, giving you time to get to know those around you a little better.

David was… enthusiastic when explaining his quest to kill at least one of each creature in existence.
It was an immature goal but you were not going to tell him that, it was surprising he had managed to make it this far.

The quiet one was called Ihlist, you weren't sure how to pronounce it or what its sex was.
The only thing it shared was that it was a northern elf, which explained some differences with your other companions.
Like the tail and the fangs.

>>5198450
You also tried to flirt with Emilia.

"If you were a vegetable, you'd be a cutecumber!"
She looked at you for a while processing your sentence.
"What is a cutecumber? Are you trying to insult me?"
You panic slightly when you realize they don't have that here.
"If I were a door...i would...uhh."

She didn't try to hold back her laughter, which hurt your feelings a bit.
she patted you on the back while she calmed down.
"You're bad at this, charmer. You can practice your swearing with me, maybe I will teach you."

...

You were a bit distracted by the conversation when you were forced to stop.
You had arrived at the stone bridge you were supposed to cross.
All of you stood in silence observing the pile of rubble that remained.

"We'll have to turn around."
"Knocks and bells will not impede the passage!"
"David, shut up." Emilia said as she checked a map.
"We can take a detour here and go through this village. That way we will reach another bridge.
Although one of us has to go back to the group and report the detour."


Who will you send back to notify the change?
>Ghal
>Emilia
>David
>Ihlist
>you (this event will occur from the perspective of others.)

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Your little group advanced through the forest.
You had found the detour but it felt strange, the monotonous undergrowth felt more repetitive than usual.
And the road became a dirt path the snaked is way around massive trees.

You finally reached the village you had to cross.
Decrepit moss-roofed buildings leaned toward the newcomers.
The only indication that this place was not abandoned was the smoke from the chimneys.


You advanced to the center of the village when you realized that the road ended here.
"Wait, the map says we have to continue forward." one of you said.
You were standing there for a few minutes, trying to figure out where you had gotten lost.
Meanwhile the figures at the windows increased in number.
What will each character do? (Choose one of those present and what it will do)
>Go to the Inn, see who you find.
>Visit the church.
>Knock on the doors of a house (which one?)
>Go back the way you came in
>Write in

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>>5198450
I dont want to force players on a romace they dont choose so you get general banter.

>>5198131
*checks notes*
how did you guys avoid so much violence?

>>5198883
>Ihlist
Send this dude back. They're less noisy than David and will hopefully not draw attention.

>>5198884
>Go to the Inn, see who you find.

>>5198886
lmfao that pic

>>5198883
>Ghal
He is the other one with a disquise, so let's minimize the chances of discovery or suspicion
>>5198884
>Inn
We and David
His nature will work in our favor to draw attention away from us
>Church
Emilia and Ihlist
I wanted to got to the church first, but I worry about the whole demon thing
Deleted my old posts to remove confusion

>>5198908
Ghal has a disguise?

>>5198922
ever since the inquisitor followed him to find you.

>>5198922
He is the ex-prisioner tree man isn't he? I think we tried to hide it to make he look like a normal Tyr.

>>5198883
>Emilia

>>5198884
>Go to the Inn, see who you find.

Rolled 1 (1d3)

Who goes back?
>Ihlist - 1
> Ghal -2
> Emilia - 3

I was expecting the group to split up and do their investigation but since the vote is:
>Go to the Inn, see who you find.

I will asume you all go there.

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>Go to the Inn, see who you find.

You decided to go into the Inn to see if you can ask for directions.
It is a large stone building with a small sign reading "The Golden Hog"

Opening the door you were greeted by a large dimly lit room with three empty tables and a bar.
There are no decorations, it’s the bare bones of what you would consider a tavern.
Behind it was a pale man drinking from a bottle.
"morning, what can i serve you?"

"Yes, I think we've gotten lost. Which way to the village of Rozas." Emilia said while showing him the map.
"You're in it. I would recommend the mead."
"No, we're just passing through, but what happened to the road? We are supposed to cross the village."

The man staid quiet for a minute.
He looked like he was going to cry at one point but he took a drink from his bottle.
"It's gone, what can I serve you?"
"We know it's not there, but why?" Emilia insisted, getting irritated by him.
"If you're not going to drink anything, I'll ask you to leave." He said turning back and picking up a new bottle.
“It’s not even noon, do you seriously expect us to start drinking?”
“Then I recommend you try to leave our little town. After that you will want a drink.”

You were interrupted by the sound of the door closing and the sound of small footsteps running away.
"Shit. That's the kid, it's the first time he sees travelers. Forgive him." The man said.


“Speak devil’s harlot! Where is the path!? I will fill you eye sockets with iron!”
You tried to restrain David, but he was halfway up the counter.
The bartender ducked trying to escape him.
“I don’t know, just leave me alone.”

What will you do?
>Buy mead and ask questions (cost's 2 coins)
>Keep asking your question (roll 1d20 Bo3)(speech)
>Let David do his thing, maybe you get answers. (auto success)
>leave this place and go to another one. (which?)
>Write in

Since this is very small I will try to make a second update today.

>>5199842
>Buy mead and ask questions (cost's 2 coins)
Look at my friend David here. He's practically frothing at the mouth at the chance to purge monsters and such. Deny such zealotry will do you nothing but harm, so why don't you tell us what happened? Bandits? Monsters? Is the threat still around?

>>5199842
>Keep asking your question (roll 1d20 Bo3)(speech)
Look please just answer our questions it's getting hard to hold this maniac back, if it's some sort of danger on the road we have a bunch of mercs waiting to earn their pay ready to deal with it

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>5199842
>Keep asking your question (roll 1d20 Bo3)(speech)
>David, calm yourself, your targets are the monsters, not the one terrorized by them.
>Everyone seems to be afraid, the village looks like a ghost town and the roads are destroyed, did something happen?
>What is so bad outside here that would make us want to drink? Is there any way we could help?
>We are here on a expedition, we are simply ahead of our escorts. I'm sure they will want drinks, and will be atrong enough to lend a hand if us four are not enough.

>>5199842
>>Buy mead and ask questions (cost's 2 coins)
but don't drink it, something's awfully wrong in this village

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>5199842
>Buy mead and ask questions (cost's 2 coins)

>>5199991
Supporting this approach, essentially, but I also want to pay the man for his time.

>>5199842
God I hope there's something here we can kill. We can butcher it with Emilia for gainful profit, plus it would be a good chance to test out our improved weapon.

Any of you anons have any galaxy brain ideas?

>>5200072
My tiny brain can only think of tripping the monster and then hitting it really hard while it's down.

>>5200101
My galaxy smooth brain thinks we should apply flanking tactics, so even if we don't hit, someone else will. We could also fight dirty buy hitting it with a light spell. Depending on how deadly the monster we come across, we can cast Vicious weapon, Rending aura, then flash if we need to kill something in one hit.

Rolled 18, 11, 8 = 37 (3d20)

I'm going to lock it, since i will start writting.

>Buy mead and ask questions (cost's 2 coins)
>Keep asking your question (roll 1d20 Bo3)(speech)

there is no diference between this two, so i dont care.

>>5200058
Good instinct, but this is a world of magic.

Rolling:
Emilia, Ghal, David

>>5200232
>Good instinct, but this is a world of magic.
so when we make a deal we are already in its grasp, alright

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You pulled David off the counter and tried to calm him down.
“David, calm yourself, your targets are the monsters, not the one terrorized by them.”
“The harlot is aligned to them, let me bleed his truth out. I shall read his entrails if necessary.”
“Sure, but let me try first.”
He seemed to calm down a bit after that so you began your interrogation.
“Look at my friend David here. He's practically frothing at the mouth at the chance to purge monsters and such.
Deny such zealotry will do you nothing but harm, so why don't you tell us what happened?”
The man sighted, then looked out the window to something you could not see.

“I don’t know how it started, I was just a traveler that got stuck in this town.
If you try to leave you will walk in circles and end up back here.
As far as I know, the Witch in the woods did this.”
He took another gulp from his bottle.

“And as you can imagine, a town without good crops or trade can’t survive, so we make deals with her.
Offering what we can scrape by in exchange of essentials.
She accepts everything. If you offer enough to her she will let you leave this cursed place.”
“How did she do it? And why?” you asked a bit intrigued.
“How? No one is sure. The why… I think she just wants to be entertained, the only one that has spoken to her is the priest.
and he won’t tell anything. He is the worst of us, but it’s not personal, we just want to escape.”

“I understand, we are here on an expedition, we are simply ahead of our escorts.
I'm sure they will want drinks, and will be strong enough to lend a hand.”
“I’m sorry.” He said looking down.
[“Soulless” trait activated, there’s been an attempt to put you to sleep by magical means.]


You suddenly feel nauseous; the world spins for a few seconds.
When you return to your senses you see David out cold on the floor.
Emilia was helping Ghal up.

“Please, we don’t want to kill you. Just let us offer you to her.” The bartender said.
You looked back at him.

He was holding a mace and you could hear people come inside the bar.
Looking around there are only four of them, all equipped with leather armor and swords.
They seem frail but experienced.
The priest is among them, with a serious expression and holding a book in his hands.


What will you do? (Roll 1d20 Bo3)
>Try to talk them out of this (speech)
>Ask something (what?)
> [Improvised flash] Cast Improvised flash and run (auto success)(1d4; 4-You also blind yourself.)
>Fight
>Jump out the window.(leave the others behind)
>Write in

>>5200232
Can we descretly ask potato if he notices anything weird about this village?

>>5200240
nah, he was trying to kick you out so he wont have to deal with this.
since you stayed he needed to stall the group.

all the magic contract bullshit needs an actual fisical thing.
like the contract they made you sign in the first thread.
spoken word has the same worth as in Earth.

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>5200254
>Try to talk them out of this (speech)
They have numbers, but we have strength and vitality. A fight with us will end in a great many deaths of their friends. We can help them with the witch if they only listen. She is one. While we are many.
If talking fails warn Emilia and Ghal to look away.
> [Improvised flash] Cast Improvised flash and run (auto success)(1d4; 4-You also blind yourself.)

Rolled 87 (1d120)

>>5200259
Forgot to roll

>>5200255 (good catch)

As you were surrounded by these villagers in a standoff you slightly tap Potato’s pocket, waking him up.
“What?”
“This town, does it feel weird to you?”
He looked around.
“The roots of the trees are making runes underground. Looks like moms handwriting, why?”
“Nothing, just go back to sleep.”

*well fuck* you though to yourself, this was the second time the road was not there.
and for the same fucking reason.
Okay, I'll see you guys tomorrow.

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>5200254
>Try to talk them out of this (speech)
>Are you dumb? I had just offered to go deal with the problem, and my friend there was pratically jumping at the opportunity. All you had to do was ro point us in the right direction and we would have offered ourselves without you doing all of this.
>I don't know if you noticied, but your sleeping spell just made me a bit nauseous. And we fight Rot Eaters for a living. So how about you put your weapons down, let my friends get better and we go deal with this witch our own terms, and neither party here gets hurt?
Yeah, we are getting reparations from these idiots after we are done.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>5200254
If the witch is potato's mother, then common sense indicates that her powers are only "Illusions but more believable" and therefore is fucked bigtime if we see through her illusions and turn her into a punching bag.
Being brought to the witch doesn't sound that bad since it saves us on some time and we can leave earlier if we defeat her.
>Try to talk them out of this (speech)
We could convince them to fight the witch and give us some extra time before going to the witch so we can make a flamethrower spell (sticky napalm kind) just in case. It doesn't matter anyways, if we fail to convince them just tell them that we will comply and go visit the witch.
Also how do we use the soul battery OP?
>>5200281
Also this.

>>5200285
>Also how do we use the soul battery OP?
outside of combat,in the most convenient way possible you can think off, i dont care.

in combat, as an item (takes 1 of the 3 actions you have. I have been working on it while on break)

>>5200254
>>Try to talk them out of this (speech)
"Look Guys, We are scouts for a party to venture into demon lands, we are prepared to handle witches, that's literally our job. And in case you're worried she might take offense to you letting us go to deal with her, in the odd chance that we lose, we can all pretend that we overwhelmed you and that you were powerless to resist us, so no harm will come to you."

Rolled 2 (1d4)

>>5200254
>Try to talk them out of this (speech)
"Are you dumb? I had just offered to go deal with the problem, and my friend there was pratically jumping at the opportunity. All you had to do was to point us in the right direction and we would have offered ourselves without you doing all of this."
"I don't know if you noticed, but your sleeping spell just made me a bit nauseous. And we fight Rot Eaters for a living. So how about you put your weapons down, let my friends get better and we go deal with this witch our own terms, and neither party here gets hurt?"

if that fails...

> [Improvised flash] Cast Improvised flash and run (auto success)(1d4; 4-You also blind yourself.)
Rolling for flash?

>>5200297
If we beat up Potatoes mom, can she teach us some magic?

>Try to talk them out of this (speech)

"You dicks! I had just offered to go deal with the problem, and my friend there was practically jumping at the opportunity.
We are scouts for a party to venture into demon lands, we are prepared to handle witches, that's literally our job.
All you had to do was to point us in the right direction and we would have offered ourselves without you doing all of this, we fight Rot Eaters for a living.
So how about you put your weapons down, let my friends get better and we go deal with this witch our own terms, we can all pretend that you got overwhelmed and neither party here gets hurt?"

[Roll; 13 + 6 DC; 20 Result; failure.]

The priest had a severe expression when he began to speak.
"And what is your master plan? What are you going to be able to do that we can't? Are you going to go into the woods and scream until she comes for you? The only time we see her is when she comes to us.
We have tried to burn the trees, poison the land and at one point twenty people entered together hoping to kill it.
Nothing has worked, and I will not allow everyone to die here.”
He turned his gaze to the other villagers. None disputed what he had said, so he continued.

“The fact that more people are coming is terrible. Supplies will begin to run low eventually and she will tempt the weakest and we will end up having to cannibalize each other to survive.
So put down your weapons and let the family escape.”

*Well shit, it didn’t work* you thought taking out the flash rune you had been searching for in your pocket while the priest ranted.

[Improvised flash used] 1d4 - >>5200340 You are not blinded.

Raising your arm up in the air, you poured energy into the rune, creating a white sterile light.
The villagers cursed while Emilia picked up David and run out with you.

As you bolted out the front door you startled the onlookers that had gathered there.
An old couple and a woman with her child.
Once they saw you, they all began to run back into hiding.

What will you do now?
>Go hide/barricade yourself in, wait for the rest of the expedition. (>>5198884 Where?)
>take some hostages (who?)
>Escape into the woods
>Walk into the woods
>”Come into the woods, ALONE, demon.”
>Flee into the woods
>EESLJDH into the wooddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

“Fuck” you say with a sudden painful headache that last a second.

>Write in

This is a tough encounter so I will hang around to answer questions.
>>5200714
Maybe? She can teach you tricks, are you planning on capturing her?
Patato is not very dangerous ,but he is less than a kid.
This is a grown adult with experience.

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>>5200870
>Escape into the woods
>”Come into the woods, ALONE, demon.”
Bring them to the woods, but once we have them safe we go deeper alone to deal with her

>>5200870
>Patato is not very dangerous ,but he is less than a kid.
>This is a grown adult with experience.
>Patato is an adult, meaning his mom is an aged milf
>sexy milf dryaid witch lady
HMMMMMMMM this is doing numbers for me.

>>5200891
+1 but start using our Gaint killing polearm to chop down trees. She might be magic, but you cant unfuck trees.

>>5200891
Support. Chop down trees as we go.

>>5200870

>>5200891
support
fuck those trees too
>>5200979
Huh

>>5200891
>>5200979
+1.
Fuck her (maybe literally) for trying to play god on her little town.

>>5200870
Yell nigger really loudly. No one will get the reference, and you are free to say whatever you want.

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>Escape into the woods
>”Come into the woods, ALONE, demon.”

“Lets hide on the edge of the forest. If they say the truth they won’t dare to go near it.”
You said that with enough confidence to convince the others, but you knew this was not your best plan.
But you didnt have many options left and staying in the town would lead to violence.

You only looked back once while running to the trees.
And to your delight you had been right, a few of the villagers had gotten outside of the bar but didn’t pursue.
Wait… is that a good thing?

You didn’t have much time to ponder it as you started going through the thick undergrowth of the forest.
After a few seconds of relocating to a place where you can still see the town but are hidden, you can breathe easily.
“Master, I propose we abandon this town to its fate.
With your skills we could attempt a real escape, we would have to be quick in returning to the expedition, there must be other paths.”
Ghal said very plainly while Emilia woke up David by slapping him repeatedly.
“It’s a option, let me think about it, I need to do one thing so stay here.”


Taking out you pole arm you began to make the most absurd breadcrumb trail possible.
Chopping down the young trees as you went deeper into the woods.
You will definitely find you way back, illusions or not.

The trail of destruction you made grew, and the forest became wilder, less tidy.
Looking back you realize that the forest surrounding the town had been grown on purpose with a pattern.

Then you heard laughter.
“When I saw a demon fall into my web I expected a few things, but not that you would run away from creatures weaker than you.
And definitely not that path you made, it’s hilarious! Are you pretending to be an elf? Oh my, that’s even funnier! Such a proud monster reduce to pretending to be prey.”


You turned to see a topless elf emerging from the dark.
“I assume you are the witch.”
“And you are going to spoil my pantry with your antics.”
She kept a cheery smile
“your pantry? Is that the reason you have a town hostage?”

She burst out laughing at that
"Well, more of a slow cooker. Hopelessness gives a special flavor, if you behave I might be willing to share…
Well no, I have been preparing this batch for some time, if you want a bite you would need to help.”

You were stuck in silence, unable to speak as you searched for ideas on what to do.

[You have been exposed to the illusions of the forest for some time.]
[“Soulless” 2/3 now, 1 more for next level]


What will you do?
>Cast Anti-magic sphere (and then what?)
>Use Potato as a hostage, (and demand what?)
>Ask some more questions (what?)
>Make a deal with her, you won’t interrupt her thing if she lets the expedition pass.
>make a deal with her, what does she want?
>Attack now
>[fuel*2] Lets take a page of the inquisition manual, torch this and pray it works.
>Write in

>>5201292
BOOBA

>>5200979
It’s the fault of that one dude that submitted the hot elf to the game of distortion.

>>5201291
In the silence of the forest you take the oportunity to scream slurs at the top of your lungs.
noone is there to hear them, so what was the point?

>>5201292
>Cast Anti-magic sphere (and then what?)
Then chokehold

>>5201292
>No wonder that Potato can't understand morals, his mother is an absolute bitch
>Cast oil at her feet, then anti-magic, and then I G N I T E.
Suffer not the witch to live.

>>5201292
>Ask some more questions (what?)
"I do not speak riddle, could you please explain what you're doing exactly?"
She's obviously being a jerkass to the townspeople, but I would like to know why before beating her up.

>>5201303
Actually, let me change my approach a bit
>Cast anti-magic field
>So what does you really want witch? It can't be just to have them despair, with your illusions you could have done that in mere days. You are obliviously toying with the town for more than that. Is it merely boredom?
>I ran away because I would rather NOT kill the townsfolk. You seem to know of humanity only as much as the normal people do, we are much more than mere monsters.
>No wonder Potato can't understand morals, if that's how his mother behaves. Do you just sow them randomly, letting them the weak be culled, like an animal would?
>Be ready prepared to burn a bitch witch depending on the answers
I might have gone way overboard in number of actions for only one post.
She may be hot, but she can be hotter.

>>5201292
>Cast Anti-magic sphere
>Cast oil at her feet, then anti-magic, and then I G N I T E

>>5201305
She east people, anon. She likes eating them more when they are hopeless and miserable, so she is making these people hopeless and miserable.

>>5201295
>game of distortion
Out of curiosity, how did the first event connect into that ring? Did we miss loot?

>>5201319
By the way, if this is too many actions OP, could you just count my original plan?

>>5201321
Ah right, I forgot that Devolved Vodka (Potato) ate people.
I still want to tie her up, drag her around the ground, parade her around the village, and steal her spells before killing her though. It may also be useful to keep her around as a slave, or we could also give her to the townspeople for some sweet revenge.

>>5201339
Keeping her as a slave sounds found, like a turret we can use for additional firepower.

>>5201339
>>5201344
But how would we keep her contained? Potato is small and weak enough we can bully him around, but she seems to be way more of a hassle for anyone that isn't soulless.

Anyway, one thing I look foward is talking to someone about how our home is Earth, not Averno (a entry to hell in Dante's Inferno), and that name comes from Terra in latin, and more importantly, Gaia in greek.
We only have Emelia to talk about that though, since she is the one that knows who we are.

>>5201292
Step 1: pull out Laptop to play John Cena's theme song on max volume
Step 2: cast anti-magic on her ass
Step 3: SQUARE UP NIGGA!

>>5201360
we can attempt to make a spell to help or maybe buy something that is used for slaves?
I really want to yoink those spells she has

>>5201360
>Can't bully her around because she's an adult
Yeah but we are a demigod from her POV. Also we probably have enough spells to back our claims up.
>Can't bully her around because she's an adult
Yeah but we are a demigod from her POV. Also we probably have enough spells to back our claims up.
>she seems to be way more of a hassle for anyone that isn't soulless.
I dunno how she casts magic but it is unlikely that she would be able to cast anything if we put a blindfold on her eyes.
If she tries to flee, just tie her up and have Ghal watch her over while we sleep.
There's also no reason why we couldn't also use the same box as we did with potato but bigger.

>>5201295
>It’s the fault of that one dude that submitted the hot elf to the game of distortion.
Thank you for sexy hot milf elf bobba

>>5201321
>>5201303
Do we even have enough magic to do all of that after using the flash spell?

>>5201339
I think it would be cooler if we kept her as a servant.

>>5201360
>But how would we keep her contained?
We can't contain her, but what we can do is leash her. Remember when the elves tried to make us sign a contract? We can do the exact same thin on her, except we can kill her with or without a contract.

>find someone to talk about home.
Me too anon, me too.

>>5201371
>>5201374
Remember the first few posts when we were presented a contract, buy we "ayyy lmao" out of the circle? We could do the same to her, but better.

>>5201295
Actually, are we able to make Patato and his milf moment sign contracts with us?

>>5201374
The bullying I was talking about phisically dragging potato around, she is probably weaker than us due to the whole demonic thing, but there is still a size sifference between a woman and a pocket size thing.
And hiding her might be way harder, we could disquise her as a normal elf, but if we shove her into a cage it will draw attention.
>>5201397
>Forcing her into a contract
Holy shit, I forgot about that, and it might actually work in making her cooperate. We will probably need to beat her up a little first, and convince David to not go monster hunter on them.

I just realized, the villagers are going to tattle us to the inquistion when they pass by aren't they?

>>5201412
>hiding her
Both her and Patato are adept at illusion magic, her more so than her son. She could easily hide among people if she wanted to, and even if her magic disguise failed we can give her a psychical disguise as a backup.

beating her up is the easier part. David is going to require a strong speech check, maybe we just need to bullshit him hard enough. We could whip out the amulet and say we're part of the inquisition, and the dryad only thought we were a demon because of a demon artifact we were carrying.

>I just realized, the villagers are going to tattle us to the inquistion when they pass by aren't they?
They don't know that we're human, so we're still safe.

>>5201397
I still don’t know what aberrance is
>>5201412
Contract actually sounds quite good but we will need to weaken her first. Also we can totally bully her what are you talking about? Just kill more trees.

>>5201419
Of course, we would only need to hide her if we put her in the no magic cage or another method to stop her spells, if we got her to a contract it would not be nescessary.
Also, I think David does not know we are a demon since he got knocked out by the sleep spell, while Emilia and Ghal didn't, but convincing him is going to be hard anyway.

The villagers will definatly talk about the group that stopped the evil witch though, unless the priest tries to cover up the story so he doesn't get backlash for cooperating with her.

>>5201427
That's still a different kind of bully though, threats and hurting things someone cares about, while effective, is on another level as being able to hold them like a squeaky toy. Actually, does Spriggans even care about trees that are not part of their territory?

So what's the new plan? Pop the anti-magic field, beat her up and them try to make a biding circle and contract?

>>5201442
I wanted to do some pro wrestling moves. If you want a different type of bullying though why don't we tickle her till she cries? Or just verbally abuse her. We have decades of media with bullies, we can figure something out.

>>5201459
I think we have a misunderstanding, the bullying I meant was in a continued kind of thing to keep her under control, before the contract idea was raised.
Because right now I'm all in for giving a suplex followed by the People's Elbow

>>5201470
Tickling still works. Though remember, we are a 'demon' so using that to scare the shit out of her can probably do it.

>>5201427
That's pretty much how much magic we have and our magic potential.

Beating her ass is par the course.

>>5201428
Obviously that'll mean we're too cool to be beaten by a witch.

>>5201442
Anti magic, ass beating, and contract. Yep.

>>5201470
>>5201489
Keep this gay ass bullying for later. For know +1 the peoples elbow.

>>5201561
I will support you on that, we get there when we get there. Until then let's show her why no one should catch these hands.

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>>5201575
Amen

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>>5201575
>>5201609
Let's go my dudes

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Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d20)

>>5201292
Fokin I dont know here some dice ignore them if you want. First if magic, second is these hands.

Patato pay attention. Where I'm from we call this domestic abuse.

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Counting votes:

>>5201302 magic, then beat her up (qGUMc2Kr)
>>5201366 magic, then ass whopping (VHdU8AuB)
>>5202036 magic, and beat her up (wiFqboHe)

>>5201303 and >>5201319 / magic + fire (RGmP87+l)
>>5201321 Magic + fire (O2zMME3h)

>>5201339 beat her up? (zFneq9Sx)
>>5201470 open a can of whoop ass (FnRRwNEv)

CONCLUSION:
>magic and beat her up.
ROLL 1D20 Bo3

You have 3 actions to select.
-Strike again (1 action) Add another 1d20
-Defend (1 actions) reduce incoming damage by 1
-Cast a spell ( 1-3 actions)(1 aberrance spells cost 1 action, 2 aberrance cost 2 and so on)
-Precise strike (1 action) (+2 to hit)
-Dodge (1 action) (for every point of damage you take roll 1d8, on a 8 ignore that point of damage) (For every additional time you choose dodge, add +1 to the roll)
-Aimed damage (1 actions) (if you hit, roll 1d6, 3-6 you cause an additional lingering injury)(this action can only be taken once)
-Use item ( 1 action)

The guys at the general didnt realy help developing this so lets do the test run now.

Questions made:
>>5201305
yes to >>5201321

>>5201321
>Out of curiosity, how did the first event connect into that ring? Did we miss loot?
yes, the bulk of the loot was carried by the bandits, including that ring and other things they had stolen.


>>5201397
>Do we even have enough magic to do all of that after using the flash spell?
This is what the soul battery is for. You will need to refill it later tho.


>Actually, are we able to make Patato and his milf moment sign contracts with us?
if you are ready to deal with them on a regular basis

>>5201419
>Both her and Patato are adept at illusion magic, her more so than her son. She could easily hide among people if she wanted to.
She is not wearing an illusion anon, she is wearing a skin suit. Similar to Ghal but the plant is on the inside.

>>5201427
>I still don’t know what aberrance is
it’s your mana and [redacted] , normal humans have 0

>>5202036
>Patato pay attention. Where I'm from we call this domestic abuse.
lmao

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Rolled 11, 7, 11 = 29 (3d20)

>>5202068
>https://pastebin.com/ySWTxeFs

Well shit you mean we can't cast anti-magic in this combat turn? Okay.

-Cast a spell (Improvised flash) 1 action
-Strike again (1 action) Add another 1d20
-Strike again (1 action) Add another 1d20
She'll be blinded for three turns. The only place Patatos mom needs to be is in the kitchen making my food.

>>5202068
if the three action selection phase is separate from the 1d20 rolls, feel free to ignore my other two rolls.

>>5202068
>>5202072
Shouldn't we play safe by casting anti-magic, and THEN beating her up the next turn?

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5202068
just rolling since they wont

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>5202068
Wait, since we have only 3 actions per turn, does that mean we can never cast anti-magic sphere, since it costs 4?
If this is a mistake:
Anti-magic sphere and pass turn.
If not this anon's plan works
>>5202072

Rolled 20, 15 = 35 (2d20)

>>5202160
And rolling 2 mores times because of the 2 strike again

>>5202162
Oh shit, she is getting a destroyed.

>>5202132
I'm assuming that's what the 1d20 is for, then the 3 actions vote is what we decide to do afterwards.

>>5202163
Right in the pussy!

>>5202339
If that's the case we still need someone to roll one more 1d20, and a 2d20 if we fo for the strike twice plan.

>>5202362
You could

>>5202413
I can't, I already rolled.
>>5202160
>>5202162
>>5202163
I'm this guy

>>5202362
This is was me on my phone's mobile data by the way.

Rolled 16, 15 = 31 (2d20)

I'm going to lock it and beging writting.
since you would tecnicaly miss one roll i will remove one from hers.
not sure if this combat system is better than the simplified version from before.
maybe i will remove it.

>>5202132
The antimagic spell has been cast, that tip her off and now you fight on equal terms.

Rolled 3 (1d8)

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>>5202459
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3DimVmKwE4

>>5202483
>Image is Anon dealing with Potato
>Video is him dealing with the witch
What a harmonious family

>>5202483
I got no idea if she beat us or not so according to your reaction we beat her ass

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You decided that neutralizing the witch was your best option for now.
You weren't really sure how you were going to do it, but you could buy time.
"It can't be just to have them despair, with your illusions you could have done that in mere days. You are obliviously toying with the town for more than that. Is it merely boredom?"

"Flattery? Well done. But no, it takes longer to make a lasting impression, although I'll grant you it's quite entertaining. This skin suit was actually the priest sister, it’s been amazing torturing him with it since she volunteered to sacrifice herself so they could get through a winter."

As she started to tell you about the things she's been up to, you took the opportunity to grab the aberration battery from your backpack.
You didn't know how to use it but luckily it was intuitive, so you were able to cast the spell.

Soul battery; (Contains 1/5 Aberrance)
[Anti-magic sphere is in effect]


You didn't notice anything when the spell took effect, the only difference was the dust motes increasing in quantity in the air.
"You motherfucker! You want to take me out so you don't have to share!"
She started coughing, spewing some golden liquid onto the forest floor.

You both looked at the amber stain.
Realizing what you had done, she lunged at you.

[Roll 20 + 5 (the Bo5) DC 16 + 3 Result: success; 6 damage]

You're not sure why she did that.
Dodging her first attack you easily moved your polearm over her and hit her on the head.
Without magic her body wasn't that different from an ordinary person.
Maybe it was her ego, but she pounced on you again and this time your swing cut her open.


You both stared as the blood began to come out of her body.
The golden liquid ran down your weapon, reminding you more of tree sap than blood.
At first she was in shock, but she quickly calmed down.
"I'm a fucking idiot, but had a good run." She said between chuckles.
She collapsed on the floor, letting more of her blood spill out in the process.
She was still conscious, but not for long.

"What? Are you going to just stare at me while I die?"
You hesitated, she was still dangerous, probably.
"Afraid I will bite? I won't do it if you don't offer a chance."
You still had the contract Niven tried to get you to sign.
Why you hold on to it, you're not sure.
Maybe you could get her to sign, although you had doubts if it was a good idea.

While you decided Potato decided to peek out.
"Hi mom!"
The witch looked at her offspring in surprise.
"Look at you, so much potential reduced to so little. You were supposed to be better."
"I'm sorry mom. Are you alright?"
"Yes, of course" she lied


The monster that had tortured countless lives was about to die at your feet.
What will you do?
> Finish her off and take her body back to the village.
> Ask her a question before ending her life.
>Leave her there (1d6, 1-5 she will die)
>Make a deal with her. (She may accept or reject it)
> Bring Emilia, see what she can get out of her corpse.
>Write in

>>5202572
We have these rolls on a Bo3
11, 7, 11
15
4
20, 15
So we get a 15 for the anti-magic, 20 to strike her once, and 15 to strike her again.
But I think we may be missing a 1d4 to see if we blind ourselfs with the flashbang

Meanwhile she rolled a 16 and 15, with a mystery 3 on a 1d8

I also got no idea, but high has been good so far.

>>5202586
>not catching these hands
disappointment
>Make a deal with her. (She may accept or reject it)
If she accepts, she will live another day and we will heal her wounds. If she rejects it, she perishes, maybe we'll even eat her soul. Take a note from her son: he's not terrible uncomfortable or despairing over our arrangement. Are we not hospitable?

I mean she's free to die that's more money for us to make off her corpse.

>>5202586
>Make a deal with her. (She may accept or reject it)
Full obedience or death.
>>5202588
Ah it was the lone 15 that confused me
Also I think the 1d8 may have been a resist or something with her lunge but I think since we crippled her we should be safe

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>>5202604
>>5202586
>Make a deal with her. (She may accept or reject it)
>Full obedience or death.
Weeeeell the original contract was pretty darn strict. We could give her a quick look at the contract (like 10 seconds to look at it) before taking it away and offer to rework the contract to give her some wiggle room. Within reason. That's only a suggestion if she finds the original contract less enticing than death.

At least this way she might be more willing to accept the deal of signing the contract know, with the cavate of signing another contract that's less suffocating at an undisclosed date down the line. Eventually.

>>5202586
> Finish her off and take her body back to the village.
> Bring Emilia, see what she can get out of her corpse.

>>5202586
Hey OP, do we get the chance to customize the contract, or is it the one Nieven was going to make us sign?

Anyway, the deal is simple: Sign the contract and live, refuse and become kindle

If we can customize the contract, make it as follow
1 - She must obey us, and whoever else we give the title of companion
2 - Our order superceed the ones of a companion
3 - She may not reveal our nature, not allowed to refer to us a human or demon, obly our name or as an elf.
4 - She must protect and help us or a companion should we be endangered
5 - She may not attack anyone unless in self defense, ordered to by us or a companion, or to fullfull clause 4
5 - She is prohibited for using magic, unless in self defense, ordered to by us or a companion, or needed to fulfill clause 4
6 - She is not allowed to eat people, drain their energy/soul/abherrence, unless ordered by us or a companion
7 - She must always directly tell the truth to us or a companion
8 - She must hide her nature as a spriggan.
9 - In case of our incapacitaion or death, a companion will become the holder of the contract, with an order to be determined
10 - If us and all companions die, she is bound to never cause harm to others, must not eat people, take their skin or allowed to trick people, by lies or illusion, ever again.
11 - She is prohibitted to intentionally cause harm to anyone indirectly, unless ordered by us or a companion
12 - She may not cause any damage to property, unless orsered by us or a companion
13 - We hild the right to add or remove companions, and change the irder of inheritance, and so can any future contract owner.
14 - Simply having the contract does not make the contract holder, they must have been us, or added as a companion, and in order of inheritence
The companions shall be, in order of inheritance/obedience
0 - Us, the owner
1 - Ghal
2 - Emilia
3 - Our cat

>>5202622
Oh yeah, 11 and 12 are missing the
Or needed to fullfil clause 4

>>5202586
>Make a deal with her. (She may accept or reject it)
>Full obedience or death.
Could we save her with one charge of the medkit? I still want a witch bitch.

>>5202644
Forgot to add: If she refuses and decides to die, use her soul to charge our battery. The witch deserves it for being a jerkass, leaving his child, and making us waste aberrance.

>>5202588
this system is even confusing me now.
I should have stayed with the simplified.

>>5202622
>do we get the chance to customize the contract
why not

>>5202644
>Could we save her with one charge of the medkit?
She would fall unconcious and get a minor lingering injury but survive without need for a roll.

>>5202650
Alright, nice
>>5202622
>>5202625
So anons, what are ypur opinions ont he contract? Full obendience ua obiviously what we are demanding, but we need to hammer out the rules so she doesn't pull a sneaky on us.

>>5202656
We should also add punishments for breaching the contract, like rapidly intensifying pain followed by death for disobeying an order. Or we could replace "must" by "will" so she is physically unable of breaching the contract and freezes or something every time she tries to.

>>5202622
Restate 3 to be called whatever we want to at the time. For 8 add on: unless stated otherwise. Other than seems good

>>5202622
>>5202684
She should also not be capable of harming us or a companion directly even if is in self defense. (This is so she doesn't summon an anihilation spell if we spank her)
We should also have her stay within communication range so she doesn't walk away until she can't hear our orders.

>>5202622
>>5202684
>>5202687
>>5202691
Seemed legit, with these addenda.

>>5202586
>Make a deal with her, as per above.

Ok, contract mk 2

1 - She must obey the contract holder, and whoever else is given the title of companion, and stay within communication range to at least one of them at all times
2 – The contract holder orders will always supersede the ones of a companion
3 - She is prohibited from revealing the contract holder’s nature, only calling them by their name, alias or whatever title they give themselves
5 - She must hide her nature as a Spriggan, unless ordered otherwise by the contract holder or a companion
6 - She must protect and help the contract holder or a companion, and must try to rescue them should they be endangered
7 – She is prohibited from intentionally harming the contract holder or a companion, directly or indirectly
8 - She is prohibited from causing harm to anyone, directly or indirectly, unless in self-defense, ordered to by the contract holder or a companion, or to fulfill clause 6
9 - She is prohibited from using any magic, unless in self-defense, ordered to by the contract holder or a companion, or to fulfill clause 6 or 5
10 - She is prohibited from stealing or causing damage to any object or property, unless ordered by the contract holder or a companion, or to fulfill clause 6
11 - She is prohibited from to eating people, draining their energy/soul/abhorrence, unless ordered by the contract holder
12 - She must always directly tell the truth to us or a companion, unless ordered otherwise by the contract holder
13 – In case of the contract holder’s incapacitation, she is to prioritize the orders of our companions following the inheritance order
14 - In case of the contract holder’s death, a companion will become the new the contract holder, following the inheritance order
15 - The contract holder is allowed to add or remove companions and change the inheritance order as they please
16 – Possession of the contract does not make on the contract holder, they must either be the original, or have inherited it
17 - If the contract holder and all companions die, she is bound to never cause harm to others, eat people, take their skin or trick anyone, by lies or illusion, ever again.
18 – If any of the previous clauses are broken, she will suffer rapidly increasing pain followed by death in a period of one day, unless pardoned by the contract holder

The companions shall be, in order of inheritance
0 – Anon, the original contract holder
1 - Ghal
2 – Emilia

I removed the cat from the companions list because I realized she could kidnap him and run away since a cat can’t talk, so I added a object or property rule instead. I also didn't add David or Ihlist since we don't know them well enough.

>>5202723
seems good to me

>>5202721
>>5202723
Breddy gud.
What happened to clause number 5 though?

>>5202762
If you meant number 4, it seems I miscounted (tree times), if you meant the attack clause, I reworded it to cause harm, so it's even more restrictive.

Here's my third (fifth if you count the two deleted post) attempts

1 - She must obey the contract holder, and whoever else is given the title of companion, and stay within communication range to at least one of them at all times
2 - The contract holder orders will always supersede the ones of a companion
3 - She is prohibited from revealing the contract holder’s nature, only calling them by their name, alias or whatever title they give themselves
4 - She must hide her nature as a Spriggan, unless ordered otherwise by the contract holder or a companion
5 - She must protect and help the contract holder or a companion, and must try to rescue them should they be endangered
6 - She is prohibited from intentionally harming the contract holder or a companion, directly or indirectly
7 - She is prohibited from causing harm to anyone, directly or indirectly, unless in self-defense, ordered to by the contract holder or a companion, or to fulfill clause 5
8 - She is prohibited from using any magic, unless in self-defense, ordered to by the contract holder or a companion, or to fulfill clause 5 or 4
9 - She is prohibited from stealing or causing damage to any object or property, unless ordered by the contract holder or a companion, or to fulfill clause 5
10 - She is prohibited from to eating people, draining their energy/soul/aberrance, unless ordered by the contract holder
11 - She must always directly tell the truth to us or a companion, unless ordered otherwise by the contract holder
12 – In case of the contract holder’s incapacitation, she is to prioritize the orders of our companions following the inheritance order
13 - In case of the contract holder’s death, a companion will become the new the contract holder, following the inheritance order
14 - The contract holder is allowed to add or remove companions and change the inheritance order as they please
15 - Possession of the contract does not make on the contract holder, they must either be the original, or have inherited it
16 - If the contract holder and all companions die, she is bound to never cause harm to others, eat people, take their skin or trick anyone, by lies or illusion, ever again.
17 - If any of the previous clauses are broken, she will suffer rapidly increasing pain followed by death in a period of one day, unless pardoned by the contract holder

The companions shall be, in order of inheritance
0 – Anon, the original contract holder
1 - Ghal
2 – Emilia

I'm fucking up a lot today

>>5202774
Contract writing is cancerous, who would have guessed?
I think we got the important bases covered though we may be missing something. Maybe write something like cannot use a clause to circumvent another clause?

>>5202776
I don't know if that one could really work out since it would depend on intent rather than language and magic is programming in this world.
Also I don't want to rewrite that cursed thing again.

>>5202780
fair enough, you got my +1.
Also in all the years she has been consuming, where does she keep all the equipment, treasure, etc, of her victims?

>>5202774
Yeah, I think it looks fine. Support

>>5202586
TOUCH
MILF
BOOBIE!

>>5202774
+1

>>5202813
-1

>>5202813
It's literally a dead womans skin stretched around a plant monster so
>-1

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>>5202586
So if Patato's mom can wear the skin of a dead elf, could we give Patato the skin of an animal or something? I was thinking something him sized like this world's equivalent to a guinue pig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ytG0dD2RA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfUSJ-Wg0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upr8tdfsGXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdqCY_DBbs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhpu50tFOHg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W36BkY0hZP0
Here's my submission for the next game of distortion. Have a happy Tomboy Tuesday.

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>>5203068
>It's literally a dead womans skin stretched around a plant monster so
“Wow, that’s rude , Anon. This skin is mine, I earned it fair and square.”


>>5202774
Impressive, I was not sure if it was a good idea to carry such a dangerous monster around but this might be able to contain the worst of her.
I will lower the DC as a reward for your effort.

NOTE:
I'm a fucking idiot.
I forgot the well-rested bonus here:
>>5200254
I will further lower the DC, now its basically “Do you crit or not”

------

>Make a deal with her. (She may accept or reject it)
>Full obedience or death.

You changed the contract quickly.
Comparing it with the original, your version was much stricter.
But you had a lot more leverage than Niven had on you.
Ironic that you are the one binding other creatures now.

You presented the contract to her.
"If you submit to these conditions I will save your life. There is no possible negotiation."
She studied it for a bit.
As she was reading, she changed her expression of to show frustration.
"You really are a demon, forcing me to decide between dying or living like a dog."
"Do you think your son lives like a dog?"
"Yes."

You were silent a little longer.
The bloodstain below her body continued to grow.
With tears in her eyes, she accepted her defeat.
"Fine, I will do it. But get me the Priest soul, you have a nice container where you can put it."
"I said I wouldn't negotiate. I won't kill an innocent man."
"But he isn't! He has sacrificed far more than he needs trying to fuel his vendetta."
"Don’t try to pin this on him, you killed a lot of people."
"You can't… take it away from me."
Her voice began to fail her.
“You don’t have much time left.” You said.


“If she dies, can I eat her soul?” Potato asked
You stared at him in disbelieve, what kind of relation did this two have?
“Of course honey.” She responded before you.

What will you do?
>Agree to get the priest soul (+3 to group suspicion)
>Agree to get the priest soul (lie) (+3 to group suspicion)
>Sign or die (Speech)(DC 11)(Roll 1d20 Bo3) (+3 to group suspicion)
>You will die here. (+1 to any stat from your choice)
>Write in

[Group suspicion = 0]
I’ll make another update late at night

note.2
If you went to school and someone brought a tiger you would pay atention to that kid.
Group suspicion goes up.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5203208
>Sign or die (Speech)(DC 11)(Roll 1d20 Bo3) (+3 to group suspicion)
Lmao if she dies we still get the +1 to a stat.
Mind if I throw in my two cents? In addition to her signing our contract, we can make an alibi. We heal her up, she uses her magic to make a life like replica of her corpse plus slathering a bunch of blood all over it for that extra authenticity.
She then disguises herself as a different elf but appearing wounded. We could say she was fleeing from a forest monster that talked about "flavors of fear" or something. Honestly we can work out a better alibi with her if she tells us more about her hunting methods.

>>5203163
are we really going to abuse the fabric of reality for muh dick?

>>5203215
You dont have to, but I will. The QM probably wont even acknowledge that post, but I dare to try anyways. Because it is Tomboy Tuesday.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>5203208
>>Sign or die (Speech)(DC 11)(Roll 1d20 Bo3) (+3 to group suspicion)

>>5203214
only if she can "join the group" at a different time, now would be much too suspicious

>>5203220
>1 - She must obey the contract holder, and whoever else is given the title of companion, and stay within communication range to at least one of them at all times
Like join us down the road as the travel out the village? She'll have to use her magic to keep herself hidden, but that shouldnt be too hard, so long as she "stay within communication range."

>>5203228
yes, some when down the road.
Just immediately after one guy goes to solo fight a forest witch the group gets a new member? Anyone would be super suspicious of us and her, and rightfully so.
(not sure if I have a different IP now)

>>5203208
>Sign or die (Speech)(DC 11)(Roll 1d20 Bo3) (+3 to group suspicion)
Winners don't take negotiations

>>5203208
>Sign or die (Speech)(DC 11)(Roll 1d20 Bo3) (+3 to group suspicion)

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5203250
Forgot to roll
The +1 to any stat is really tempting, and so is bot rasing suspicion, but sunken cost makes me want to atleast try.

>>5203251
Sucks to be her, jobbed in the fight and now jobbed in the negotiation.

>>5203251
LMAO.
Now we've got a dishwasher.

>>5203252
>>5203261
Shes going to be the very best dish washer.

>>5203465
With added floral essence.

>>5203261
>>5203465
Might even make sandwiches too.

>>5203474
Might? That's not a possibility. It's a fact. She will make our sandwiches when we ask, whenever we ask.

>>5203251
Wow mission accomplished

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Rolled 3, 5 = 8 (2d6)

Since I've had time to mull over this contract I'll exercise my power and add this.
"Impossible orders can be ignored."
You can complain but it's fair.

>Sign or die (Speech)

"Am I really going to die here?"
"That depends, all you did to that village was force them to choose how much they were willing to sacrifice to continue living.
Now I'm asking that question of you.
Are you going to leave behind the life you had or be a hypocrite and let your pride kill you?


[Roll 20 + 6 DC 11 Result: Critical success]
[Crit: your standing of her with her will be neutral, instead of hostile]
[New companion/slave acquired]


Your frankness caught her by surprise, and she gave you a smile.
"I'm afraid you're right. It's the same test I gave them.
Does that mean you're going to eat me?"
She tried to laugh at her joke but coughed up more amber blood.

Extending her arm, I sign the paper in blood.
You turned it out of curiosity, to see what her name was.
"The witch" was the only thing you could read.
"You don't have a name?" you asked him, remembering that Potato didn't have it either until you gave it to him.
When you looked up from the paper, she had fallen unconscious.

"Oh shit!" you yelled taking out your first-aid kit
beginning to heal her wounds with a mixture of surgery and esoteric ointments.

[Medkit (2 charges left)]

> What is her lingering injury? 2d6
1-Mangled body (permanent)
2-4- Broken Ribs
5-8-Internal Injury
9-11- Major blood loss
12- Fractured spine (permanent)

After half an hour of work you managed to stabilize her.
she would be unconscious for a couple more hours... if she was lucky.
so you carried her on your shoulders and headed back to the group.
This was going to be a little difficult to explain to David.
Lucky for you, he wasn't there.

The first to see you was Emilia.
"Anon, what the hell have you been doing!? And who is that?"
"Master, please tell me you haven't collected another parasite?" Ghal appeared, making the situation a little more awkward.
"Let's just say she's not going to be a problem anymore... it's quiet, where's David?"
Emilia pointed to a path of felled trees that you were not responsible for.
"He really liked your idea and wanted to beat you to it by killing the witch first."

Emilia circled around you, seeing the body of the witch.
"There are times when I forget that you are a demon. What are you going to do with her? Maybe-"
"Preferably kill her." Ghal interrupted Emilia before she started talking about her fantasies.
"Master, this creature is very dangerous, you have the right to ignore me but I ask you to get rid of it."


"You always say the same thing, so I'm going to put you in charge of Potato."
You took the little spriggan out of your pocket and put it in his hands.
"I need you to go destroying the illusions that prevent us from passing. With the witch is bound so it wont be dangerous."
Ghal looked with some revulsion at the creature saying goodbye to you in its hands.
"it will be done." he said he before setting to work.

Only you and Emilia remained.
"And we still have to think about how to hide your new pet, right?" she asked you
"First we have to tell the village that the witch is dead... but yes."
"This is going to be fun."

What will you tell the village?
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
>Tell them that you have driven off the witch, so they should leave town
>Tell them David killed her.
>Tell them the truth.
>Write in
(I don't know how important this is.)

What is the plan to present it to the expedition?
> Say she is a victim of the witch (1d6-1 Group suspicion)
> Make her appear further down the road. (+1 permanent group suspicion)
>Tell the truth (+4 Group suspicion)
>Write in

I had to rewrite this to many times.
there will be a few mistakes.
I'm to tired to care.
enjoy

>>5203610
>The blood on your gun will be proof enough.
What? when did we get a gun?
>Tell the villagers that we defeated the weak ass bitch from the woods, and that she is coming with us because we were missing someone to wash the dishes.
Gigachad moment.
Maybe the same story would work with the group?

>>5203610
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
And add that we burned the body to be sure she would be cleansed, so the priest doesn't go looking for
For payment, we want the 2 coins from the drink back and an apology.
>Tell the truth (+4 Group suspicion)
Wait, is the +4 on top of the +3? Or is it the same, but with one point more for some reason?
Anyway, this one we have to tell, because the moment we start ordering her around or she cast powerful magic, they will get really suspicious. And they will either think that we have been tricked and try to kill her, or be angry that we tried to lie to them, making us even more suspicious.
Better to be seen as an insane man like David, but capable to actually do what we want, instead of someone that hides secrets (so they don't dig for other ones)

Rolled 3 - 1 (1d6 - 1)

>>5203610
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your POLEARM will be proof enough.

> Say she is a victim of the witch who couldn't bare to stay in the village that had her sacrificed

>>5203637
I think it's just a matter of speech.
>>5203640
Actually, fuck, changing to
>Tell them the truth.
Just tell them that killing her won't do anything to undo the pain she caused, but her being forced to help us in solving problems in the future for others will.
Also they don't have the right to complain, since they took our money, doubted we could do this, tried to attack us and were planning to sacrifice us, and we disn't even try to defend ourselvea, even though we could have easily defeated all of them.
I still want the fucking 2 coins

Rolled 6 + 1 (1d6 + 1)

>>5203610
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
>Say she is a victim of the witch (1d6-1 Group suspicion)

>>5203652
>how do I minus
dice+1d6+-1

>>5203610
>Tell them that you have driven off the witch, so they should leave town
>Make her appear further down the road

>>5203637
>gun
QM is ESL, and the translator sometimes messes up "weapon" as "gun"

>>5203644
> POLEARM
thank you

>>5203637
>What? when did we get a gun?
I write in my native tongue and then translate, then rewrite.
its better if i need to describe things a lot or i'm short on time.

if I'm tired and dont pay attention the translator gets the better of me.
Weapon is just translated to gun.

>>5203640
no, its not on top, just +4
>but with one point more for some reason?
yes, I considered to ramifications of telling them the truth.
It deserves being more expensive since the fuckers would be a little afraid of you.

>>5203647
>>5203640
>For payment, we want the 2 coins from the drink back and an apology.
>I still want the fucking 2 coins
very fair, granted

I'm very tired. goodnight.

>>5203667
Nice, my cheapskate ass is pleased by gaining this very small amount of money back.
And it being just +4 makes sense, I just got confused because the amount was different. Mases sense it would be that after the curbstomp we pulled.

>>5203667
Oh, and goodnight OP, see you tomorrow.

>>5203610
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
I want my two coins back.

>Tell the truth (+4 Group suspicion)
I know how we can make up for that +4 sussiness. We can ask her to make runes.

>>5203659
Yeah I know but I forgot and I refuse to care about it.
>>5203667
Its fine QM we still get the idea

>>5203713
>I want my two coins back.
My miser brother!

Rolled 4 - 1 (1d6 - 1)

>>5203640
>>5203647
I nust remembered David, his murder quest and zealot faith.
Better to not have othe people know while we have the inqusition on our ass.
So last vote change, I promise
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
>Say she is a victim of the witch (1d6-1 Group suspicion)

Rolled 6 - 1 (1d6 - 1)

>>5203610
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
> Say she is a victim of the witch (1d6-1 Group suspicion)
This is the best way about it. Theres only a slight chance it'll do more than the +4 sus option, but other than that we're likely to roll a 3 or 4 tops. Do we roll or you?

>>5203610
>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your gun will be proof enough.
> Say she is a victim of the witch (1d6-1 Group suspicion)

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>Tell them the witch is dead, the blood on your weapon will be proof enough.

Was it wrong to lie to them, maybe? But when you told them you had killed the witch you confirmed it was probably the best course of action.
At first they didn’t believe you, and the excuse of needing to burn the body so the forest would be cleansed was meet with skepticism.
But Ghal and Potato had been doing their job so the illusions placed on the missing road fell.
The townsfolk weren’t really sure what to do after that.
A silent panic settled when they realized the implications.

After an apology and giving you some random trinkets and spells, they quickly began packing their stuff.
Always wanting, but never planning on leaving this cursed place, now they rushed.
Most of them left before the expedition arrived.

[+7 coins, +5 Rations]
Spells learned:
>Sleep = [3 Aberrance] (Range: Short) (creatures that fail their Insight save will fall unconscious for 1 min) (Save DC = to 10 + caster Insight)
> Fire bolt = [1 Aberrance] (Range: Medium) (2 fire damage)

>>5204662
post part 2 incoming?

> Say she is a victim of the witch (+2 Group suspicion)

A couple of hours passed after that.
Emilia and Ghal kept going down the road to check that the path was clear.
Meanwhile you waited for the witch to regain consciousness and for David’s return.
It was a quiet wait, until he appeared.

David had come back from his adventure covered in blood and announcing that he had killed the witch.
You weren't sure what the blood was from, but you decided not to argue with him.
You hopped it would be easier to introduce him to the spriggan that way.

But when he saw her, he began to howl and proclaim that the beasts wanted her guts.
He couldn't elaborate beyond that.
You distracted him with the alcohol the barkeep had left behind in his rush to leave.


An hour later you were sitting before the three leaders of the expedition with the witch sitting next to you.
Trying to bullshit your way out of this.

It was a familiar situation.
Sat at a table, being judged by the people in front of you.
Now it remained to convince them.

"Assuming what you report is true, why should we accept the presence of this woman? She is not prepared to enter the demon lands."
"Leaving her in this village would be a death sentence and she needs help"

They considered your point and turned their attention from her to her.
“Apologies, we have been a bit rude, what is your name?” The woman said.
“The Witch didn’t need one, so I do neither.”
“I’m not buying that, but what do you think of this situation?" another of your bosses said.
"I should stay with him because I’m his sex slave."
It was the first time she had spoken at this meeting and you were already regretting bringing her here.

"Excuse me?!"
"Since Master defeated the Witch now I belong to him!"
"Okay, I won’t buy that either, Is that the extent of your relationship with him?"
"He was also my first time. I felt as if he was going to split me in two ~"
There was silence in the room

"JOHN, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" The bearded elf looked like he was going to burst a vein.
"She attacked me and I stabbed her!" You tried to explain, even though the truth was just as bad.
They stared at you in disbelief, deciding whether to believe you.
"It's true, I jumped on him and Master touched my heart~" she said, you didn't know if she was helping you.
But she enjoyed their reactions.

"John, she obviously has some mental problems and I don't want to deal with them.
We will assign her kitchen duty and her actions will be your responsibility. Now please go away." The bearded man said.

“Wait! We need to talk more about this.” Another one said.

After leaving the tent two hours later you sighed.
Somehow you had made it, but you were exhausted.
And the nudist next to you, she was basking in your suffering.
"Did you think I wouldn't find ways to enjoy our arrangement?"

[Witch illusion buff: You will no longer need to roll for disguise as long as she is in your party.]
[Group suspicion = 2]
[The Witch has been assigned kitchen duty and laundry]

What will you do?
>Go to sleep (well rested bonus: +3 on any roll made, 1 use) <I'm removing the -1 group suspicion and buffing this>
>Create a spell (describe it)
>Spend your free time talking with the witch.
>Meet some mercenaries, play cards maybe (you have 42 coins)(-1d2 to group suspicion)
>Go talk with someone (Who?) (-1 to group suspicion)
>Write in ( -X to group suspicion)

Since this would be short, tell me interactions you want to see between characters in the down time.
I won’t be able to do them all at once but it will be a change of pace.

>>5204668
I go excited and wrote a lot

>>5204203
always the first roll made is needed.

>>5204676
>Meet some mercenaries, play cards maybe (you have 42 coins)(-1d2 to group suspicion)

>>5204676
>Write in ( -X to group suspicion)
Try to see if anyone has spare clothes that could fit the witch, we are willing to pay for it. Also give her a name, I suggest Flora.
>Spend your free time talking with the witch.
She has to teach us her spells, and explain how Spriggans work
>Go talk with someone (Who?) (-1 to group suspicion)
Emilia, got to tell her the contract, and that we trusted her enough to let her order the witch around.

>>5204676
>[The Witch has been assigned kitchen duty and laundry]
YES!
>>5204693
I guess this works. +1

>>5204693
Support
And if we haven’t told Ghal do that too

>>5204693
Also, was Dabid lying that he "killed the witch", or was there something else in the woods that he mistook as her?
The answer will help me deicde if he is just a crazy idiot or an asshole gloryhound. God help us if he is both.

>>5204703
I have bad news...

>>5204703
He found something, its a given since he apeared covered in blood.
And he asumed it was the witch since he was looking for her.

>>5204693
thank you for putting a name on her, i cant fucking decide.
if there are any more proposals go ahead.

>>5204737
Flora is good.

>>5204693
+1

>>5204737
In that case it might be good to talk to him so he can tell the story.
>inb4 he just killed a boar
>>5204720
I'm trying to have hope.
I'm failing

>>5204693
+1
>>5204703
talk to David

>>5204676
>Try to see if anyone has spare clothes that could fit the witch, we are willing to pay for it. Also give her a name, I suggest Flora.

>Figure out if David killed a rando, and if we need to do SOMETHING about his lunatic

>Go talk with Emilia [got to tell her the contract, and that we trusted her enough to let her order the witch around]

Also, flirt with the witch a little

>>5205080
No to the last part. Shes literally wearing a dead woman.

>>5204737
Can Flora add runes to our poleaxe to make it stronger?
Can she teach us more about the ar of life drain?
How does our cat feel about Flora? Is Flora equally terrified of our cat Lucy?
Can we turn Lucy into a big cat? Like say a Bobcat or Lynx?

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You had a lot of things to do.
And the first one would be to get some clothes for the witch.
“Why do you want to put cloth over me, master? Do you dislike my peltry?”
“Are talking about the skin. Don’t refer to it that way.”
“Fine, I can change if you ask me.”

You were going to respond, but then you realized what she was trying to make you say.
“You are not changing into anything, just cover yourself further. Here put this on.”
You passed her a shirt one of the mercenaries had donated to the cause.
Apparently Nhave didn’t like how the “new recruit” was distracting her girls, so you had plenty of cloth.
All of them were too large her, and the elves were not keen on sharing so you ended up recruiting Hildra to the effort.
In her words “If you end up sewing your own wounds a piece of cloth is not that hard.”

The result was a modest dress reminiscent of a toga.
The witch seemed to like it a lot, she twirled around in it for a bit.
And then she whispered something into Hildra’s ear before you could stop her.
Hildra laughed awkwardly and moved away.
“Hey Anon, your friend is disturbingly straightforward. Not even dwarven gals are this blunt.”
You sighted, knowing she was probably talking about eating her soul.

(-1 to group suspicion)


The second thing on the to do list was talk with Emilia and Ghal about the contract.
You gave them a explanation on what was happening.
Ghal wished you luck and ordered the witch to avoid him if possible.
Then he wandered off.
Meanwhile Emilia was excited.
The power went immediately to her head.

She played a few rounds of Simon says to see if you were serious.
Then asked about the tribute the villagers had been paying her.
You learned it was either throw away or used to lure people.
When she was satisfied she ordered the witch to address her as “your grace”.
(-0 to group suspicion, you have been with her all day)

Rolled 3 (1d8)

After that you went alone to talk to David, trying to learn what exactly he had killed.
“The witch was standing on all fours and had many eyes. She judged me insane and I drew steel.”
You decided to not ask further.
[Note: this was a deus ex machina so David does not do something reckless, if you want tell him the “truth” I will allow it, but he is unstable enough at it is.]..

...

After dinner you were able to have a real conversation with the spriggan.
“You are a wicked creature, Master. Putting me to serve food to the other mammals, it’s a waste of my power.”
“Yes, sure. Tell me you name, your real one.”
“Spriggans have no need for them.”
“Well, I do, so I’m calling you Flora. And here we do the standard test to judge your character.”

>What is Lucy’s reaction to the spriggan?
1-4 Lucy attacked her
5-7 Lucy ignored her
8 they actually get along fine.

With that done you start your questions.
>Can Flora add runes to our poleaxe to make it stronger?
“Best I could do is adding runic circles to the handle of the weapon.
Most of my magic is centered on illusions so don’t expect anything grandiose.
And if you gave me enough souls I could pour a lot of aberrance into the metal, the result would be random and possibly worthless.
but it would be something permanent.”


> Can she teach us more about the art of life drain?

“oh, are you finally going to listen to common sense and take the power you should have?”
“I’m interested in the theoretical knowledge for now.”
She blew a kiss you way.

“They all say something like that at the start.
Anyway, it’s not a life drain. Everything has a “soul” if you want to be technical.
That includes stones, trees and water, but organic life serves as something of a magnet so it gathers more.
What we call a soul is just the imbalance produce by the accumulation of aberrance in one place.
To take that aberrance the guy must be dead or you are going to spend a lot of energy ripping it out.

she continued
"Why does that happen? Don’t know, don’t care.

Next you will ask about the flavor. This imbalance is not equal, there are different types of aberrance.
That’s why some people are better at some types of magic, they physically attract one type more suited to produce certain effects.

In the village I created a certain state of mind that would affect their bodies, and so attracting certain type of aberrance.
If you want to learn how to do it I could teach you, but what will you give me in return?”

“An order to do it.” you said
“Oh fuck you!”

> She has to teach us her spells, and explain how Spriggans work

“Spells, that’s easy. But you won’t be as proficient as me when applying them since I have them build into my body.”
< Invisibility = [3 Aberrance] (self or other) (+15 to stealth rolls for 15 min)>
<Illusion = [X Aberrance] (range: long) (create a visual or auditory effect of your choice, realism depends on the aberrance put into it and the spell) (1 h duration)>

“How? And did you do that to yourself?”
“Think of a book, its pages have different information stacked. Now imagine that pages are living tissue.
That is a spriggan, we should technically be considered constructs.
To the second question… yes and no. Spriggans don’t reproduce sexually, we build more.
Once a spriggan has enough technical knowledge and magic it can create offspring, I build “Potato” from scratch.
The body I inhabit was built when I wanted something better.”


“What about food, Potato is doing fine without souls.”
“Spriggans bodies need more aberrance that what they naturally absorb.
Potato is an infant, I made his body so he could survive starvation. But if you don’t give him any, not even animals ones, he will die in… two years?
If you don’t make him cast any large magic maybe three.

And until I find a new stream of souls I will need to drain trees from time to time, that will kill them but I won’t diminish in strength… but I won’t be able to recover quickly.”

You started thinking about your next question when she surprised you with one.
“Your other slave, uh, Ghal? Where did you find him?”
“Why?”
“Most of his body is build similar to a spriggan, and I would like to study it.”
“is there a way to turn him back?”
“HA! No , no, no. that’s very permanent.”


[Group suspicion = 1]

>>5205108
> Can we turn Lucy into a big cat? Like say a Bobcat or Lynx?
Don’t try, the unspoken rule is that the cat can’t die. But if you bring it into combat I might need to.
If you mean just for aesthetic, it’s easier to draw the orange blob.

You can ask more questions if you have them.
this took me almost 3 h
Tomorrow we start with road event 3 so you have time to chew trough this info-dump

>>5205544
I see no harm in letting Potato drain plants and trees then.

>“Most of his body is build similar to a spriggan, and I would like to study it.”
Why does she want to study him?

>>5205546
We should ask if she knows something about Gaia or the other gods just in case. Also I would like to know her age; she may get angry, but will end up responding.
>>5205575
Maybe we can also give them animal souls when we fillet a cow or something.
On a similar vein of thought, do rot eaters give aberrance?

>>5205544
>Ghal was made that way by ancient humans, I reshaped his body so he could walk instead of being imprisoned in one place.
>You are now prohibited of talking about what I just said. And you if you want to inspect him, you will have to convince him. Good luck with that, since he just ordered for you to stay away from him.

>I will allow you and Potato to drain trees and stones, but do it away from camp, and in ramdom intervals so we can't be easily tracked.

>By the way, how old are you? I know that it's bad form to ask a lady her age, but I was too busy patching up your insides to count the rings.
>Do you know anything about a multi-eyed, quadruple beast on the forest? What about humans, demons or creatures deemed magical monsters?
>And of the gods? I find it odd that this planet has a goddess that fits the same greek narrative of the titan, Gaia.

>Lucy has deemed you of bad moral character, while she has accepted Potato. Try to be more like your son.

>>5205640
Support

>>5205546
Can we absorb aberrance from trees or animals?

>>5205575
Animals, too. Why not? We aren't vegetarians, right? The animals we ate in our world had no soul, sharing our [soulless] trait, so letting potato and Flora eat animal souls does no greater damage than our thousands of regular Earth lunches.

>>5205546
Supporting:
>Ghal was made that way by ancient humans, I reshaped his body so he could walk instead of being imprisoned in one place.
>You are now prohibited of talking about what I just said. And you if you want to inspect him, you will have to convince him. Good luck with that, since he just ordered for you to stay away from him.

>By the way, how old are you? I know that it's bad form to ask a lady her age, but I was too busy patching up your insides to count the rings.
>Do you know anything about a multi-eyed, quadruple beast on the forest? What about humans, demons or creatures deemed magical monsters?
>Lucy has deemed you of bad moral character, while she has accepted Potato. Try to be more like your son.

Adding:
>I will allow you and Potato to drain trees and stones, but do it away from camp, and in ramdom intervals so we can't be easily tracked.
>Animals, too, but NEVER Lucy or any other pet of myself or a companion, and only after getting my explicit okay in any given instance

>>5205971
Not because of vegetarians, because there are obviously more trees than animals in the forest, in case there is an urgent need for aberrance and there are no animals around?
By the way, how fast is the absorption rate?
If we absorb enough, can we increase aberrance to 2?

>>5205544
Can we attempt to drain a tree away from camp if we have the chance? Maybe with the excuse of needing to go pee?

Have been petting and feeding our horsies?

Flora responds:
>Why does she want to study him?
You give her a short explanation on your shared history with Ghal and ask why the interest.
“Well, he is a mammal with spriggan parts while I’m a spriggan with mammal skin.
I’m kind of curious to see how much we share in common and how long will it take till his body collapses.
Plus, maybe I could learn something. ”

“His body might collapse?”
“It will, but I don’t know when. Maybe tomorrow, maybe in five years.”


>You are now prohibited of talking about what I just said. And you if you want to inspect him, you will have to convince him.
Good luck with that, since he just ordered for you to stay away from him.
“yeah, yeah, super-secret, pinky swear.”


>By the way, how old are you? I know that it's bad form to ask a lady her age, but I was too busy patching up your insides to count the rings.
She snorted holding her laughter.
“When did you get a sense of humor? I thought you were as bland as a white wall paper! Damn. I’m around 120 years, after certain point you don’t count.


>Do you know anything about a multi-eyed, quadruple beast on the forest? What about humans, demons or creatures deemed magical monsters?
“What are you going on about? What did you smoke to see that?”


>Lucy has deemed you of bad moral character, while she has accepted Potato. Try to be more like your son.
She muttered something about how it was a stupid test, you can’t hear it well. Looks like you struck a nerve.


>And of the gods? I find it odd that this planet has a goddess that fits the same greek narrative of the titan, Gaia.
“Spriggans are considered a one of the monstrous creations of the All Mother, so my interactions with religion has been short lived.
But you were going to the demon lands right? Maybe you could find answers there.”

_Game of deduction_
Congratulations, you asked about one of the biggest mysteries this world has.
If you ever guess it, you can have +1 to three stats.
But I warn you, the answer is strange and the only ones who know the truth are the gods.
The only clue: I have built into the lore a reason why I suck at naming things.

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OP responds:
>Have been petting and feeding our horsies?
Yes, and there are several horses on the expedition so they are meeting new friends

>On absorbing aberrance.
When I said everything has a soul I don’t mean they have useful one.
A elf might give you 5-9 aberrance, a tree might give you 0,1 and a stone 0,005. Animals can give you 0.1 – 2.
Nothing will give you absolute 0 but well damn near it, I spent a lot of time making this world a big unfair mess. There are no easy choices.


>If we absorb enough, can we increase aberrance to 2?
The aberrance stat is not how much you can have is how much you can hold.
You could absorb the soul from someone and have 8 aberrance but by the end of the day it will have trickled back to 1.


>Can we attempt to drain a tree away from camp if we have the chance?
Yes, in future down time you can spend it training and learning how to do it.


>On a similar vein of thought, do rot eaters give aberrance?
[Redacted]

….

GAME OF DISTORSION (3/3 road events); the crash, the blood and the monster.
You woke up and got ready for the last part of the journey.
Having presented Flora as a victim of the witch bit you in the ass when you realized you had to leave her behind with the expedition.
You ordered her to behave and asked Hildra to keep an eye on her since she could wrestle her out of any situation.

The road was peaceful for the most part.
Emilia had the brilliant plan on challenging David to a push up contest and exhausted himself, that way he would spend the rest of the trip quietly resting.

And when the forest ended and the path between the mountains began, you expected something.
a military blockade, some ruins, some grand structure that parted the stone.
Something that would make a transition between the ash desert and the green that you have been traveling for so long.


You only found a well-defined line where the barren land began.
And a ravine opening that was the only way forward.
It's been about a week since you escaped from this place, and it seemed like it had gotten more hostile since then.
But the land had not changed, you had just become unaccustomed it.
“The demons call to us, I can hear their churches.” David was the first to notice.
Once the blue sky was left behind, you could all hear the faint sound of bells in the eerie silence.
You all agreed to ignore it.
It was better to not think of it.
You also ignored the tire tracks in the soil, you prayed they were something else.


Once you exited the ravine you saw the wasteland in all its barren glory.
And a kilometer down the road you could see something not so gray.
Ihlist took out a spyglass that wouldn’t look out of place in a pirate’s movie.
“We have a problem.” It said, passing it to you.

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Looking yourself you saw what looked like a modern era truck flip over.
There was a bit of smoke coming from the engine and three figures around it.
“Those are chimeras.” Ihlist explained “Demon creations used as infantry by their dark masters.”
David was not very thrill at the prospect, as he kept very quiet.
You passed the spyglass to Emilia.
“They seem to have come back from a raid.” Your ranger said.
“If we don’t want the expedition to deal with them we will need to find a detour.”
You took one good look at them before stating your opinion.


What will you do? [Roll 1d20 Bo3]
>Find a path to avoid them (Instinct)
>Go talk to them, you are a demon after all (speech)
>Deal with them yourselves (How?)
> Use Potato so he cast invisibility on you (then what?)
>Sneak closer (Instinct) (then what?)
>Write in

>>5206232
> Use Potato so he cast invisibility on you (then what?)
>Sneak closer (Instinct) (then what?)
Try to knock one out and pull off the beaten path. Disarm it and question it for answers. The fuck are you?

Rolled 70 + 9 (1d120 + 9)

>>5206232
Forgot my dice

Rolled 10 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>5206252
FUCK!

>>5206232
> Use Potato so he cast invisibility on you (then what?)
then
>Go talk to them, you are a demon after all (speech)
if they are anything like Ghal, they will probably obey us, since we are human

Rolled 8 + 9 (1d20 + 9)

>>5206251
Supporting

>>5206229
>_Game of deduction_<

Humans ascended to godhood and assumed the identities of familiar mythological figures from Earth?

>>5206229
>_Game of deduction_
well, for one thing time passes differently, there's little to no chance that modern era technology was there a few hundred years ago. so first I thought maybe the old demon war sorta coincided with nazis messing with the occult, thule society stuff.

a modern era truck now? well seems like time really is passing still much more differently than I thought, or even linearly.

ok, anyway.
Why does OP suck at naming things?
because he's not a native english speaker
which leads me to believe that neither were the humans from ages past, which is why the people of this world weren't able to write down the proper names to the stuff, maybe because it was written in a different script.

>>5206229
>_Game of deduction_
Heck if I know but here goes? Is the Question what Gaia or the All Mother has a similar name and role as the Gaia from greek mythos? Both sort of helped made mortals, or made the means to which mortals were eventually made i.e. she made gods that would then make mortals?

Thread 1: Metis
"I fear that humanity are considered demons.
But I know the truth, you were chosen by the All Mother.” he says with confidence
“The All Mother?” you begin to have suspicions that he has some lose screws
.
“Your people called it Mother Nature or Gaia, I suppose.
Do you really think we just, one day for no reason, started summoning demons?
No, the only logical explanation is that she whispered the rituals of invocation.”

Maybe this world's Gaia is the moon sister equivalent to our earth gaia or something?

>>5206434
You sound like you're on to something.

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>5206229
>game of deduction
The external god (or some other, dunno who is the god of knowledge) was really unoriginal and started recycling names from earth into all of existence, Included other gods?
>>5206251
Seems alright.

>>5206452
Hmmm. Yeah, maybe it's part of something to do with the External God that died of old age and humans? Maybe the External God originated from our part or reality or universe, hence why Gaia knows about us humans. The external god could had imparted to her a bunch of foreign ideas she didnt consider. Heck maybe she only called herself Gaia because of her husband.

>>5206232
>Sneak closer and take down the big guy

Well, I have a few ideas:
Collective human uncouncious psyque may be controlling this world, after all we are soulless and still can have aberrance, everything is distorted like a dream, and the universe follows the rule of programming, which is basically math + languagez the 2 most basic concepts of human understanding.

Another one is that earth is Gaia, and we live in her body. Humans are untouchable by the gods because we are not demons, but on the same powerlevek as them. Kind of like evangelion were all of humanity is an angel.

Last one is that humans are indeed demons - but the greek concept of Daemon - minor spirit and divinities, and that animism, ancestor worship and polytheism was right. Perhaps even kabalistic doctrine with math as magic as well.

On another note Metis is the name of a greek titan, daughter of Thetys and Oceanus, who in turn are children of Gaia and Uranus. I find it intresting the the madman servant of Gaia can see the future and shapeshift is named like that - and had the wrong gender. We need to be on the lookout for a character named Theia - the titan of vision - because if this naming convention continue, they will be the ones that supply Metis with the prophecies.

I'm on the fence about the sprrigans, and if they are closer to dryads, which were forst nymphs, than the cornish tomb monters. Then being children of Gaia makes then more dryad like, but being monsters and not nescessarily bound to nature also makes them more like the cornish ones.

We need to check the dates, humans were defeat 500 years ago, but they may have been brought even earlier.

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I put a high reward on that game because I thought we would take at least another thread until you guys had enough information.

I thought wrong
I’m still on /qst/? The same place were retarded decisions are taken daily?
You guys had 3 puzzle pieces and a box of gum, how did you put it together?

>>5206458
>>5206452
>>5206295
The external god was a human, THE FIRST HUMAN to cross over to this fucked up place.

>>5206434
>so first I thought maybe the old demon war sorta coincided with nazis messing with the occult, thule society stuff.
That would be cool for a quest, I need to write that down.

>which is why the people of this world weren't able to write down the proper names to the stuff, maybe because it was written in a different script.
The old demon contracts did work base on names, that’s the origin of the myth that names have power.
Don’t worry is not relevant, but it will make some things have sense down the line.

>>5206463
*looks down at notes*
*furiously looks at wiki articles for the ones i dont understand*
anon, your ideas are better than mine.
the magic system is another can of worms. Not related to Gaia.

also, the greek daemons werent just from the realm of ideas?
that would be funny becouse it would imply this world is real and ours is just an abstraction.
maybe for another type of quest.
probably a oneshot.


fuck, enjoy your reward.
[+1 to three stats of your choice ]

>>5206519
Voting Strength, Instinct, and Aberrance. Grug is sneaky barbarian wizard.

>>5206519
>Strength
We CANNOT be weaker than Hildra.
>Instinct
Muh stealth or something.
>Charisma
We seem to use this one a lot.
Aberrance is a dump stat. Just use soul duracells for fuck's sake.

>>5206519
Daimon were minor tutelary gods and mistery cults that were imported to greece from asia through their colonies at asia minor and alexander's conquest.
More or less like muses, spirit animal, totems or guardian angels, everyone got one, every house has one, every family ahs one.
Socrates was big on them, putting them above the dorian pantheon. The whole ideas things was because of Plato, his student, and the guy who rote about him.
In this case the daimon would be from the realm of perfect idea, how things are really syposed to be. Our realm is the real one and they live in the cave seeing shadows.

And if there is one thing that /qst/ is food at, is rampant paranoia and creative schyzophrenia.

Anyway, we need
Charisma to convince people, either to lie or diplomance
Strength to smash if we fail
And Abherrance to cast spell
Human demon paladin

>>5206526
Speech is this system's Charisma.

Hey man high Aberrance is cool. We can only hold so much stuff in our soulacells. The higher our Aberrance, the more soul juice we can hold, which we can then poor back into our soulacell batteries.

>>5206529
At least we all can agree that strength is great.

>>5206541
>Some puzzles give +1 to a stat
>Gaining stats is difficult; we don't always find puzzles, nor do these always have stat bonuses
>Only the shittiest spells cost 1 aberrance
>1 "El generico" battery can hold 5 aberrance
Yeah man, not worth it. We are better off trying to find more batteries.

>>5206519
Strength, Instinct, Speech

>>5206549
I don't know, oil, flash, armor and heal have a shitload of utility for shitty spells.
Mage armor is like having an extra 0 to 3 corporeality, and minor heal a fixed extra one.
And there is no need to remind how useful oil and flash have been.
More aberrance mean we can recharge the batteries without having to kill something.

>>5206564
Come on man, that baterry can hold more aberrance than what we could have received from all prior stat bonuses combined. Don't you think we could find some more?
I think that OP means (please clarify if I'm wrong) the aberrance stat just refers to the internal aberrance capacity. And even if increasing aberrance gives us 1 aberrance for free, that's still around a cow's worth of aberrance.