>>5928164

Dorota carries you in tendrils formed from her divinity as the three of you fly to Innsbruck, masked by your <Guerilla Tactics>. You and Isabella make casual small talk, but Dorota seems uninterested in such things. Eventually, the three of you set down on the outskirts of a small nearby town, making sure to evade the sight of passersby as you let down your authorities. You check into a quaint bed and breakfast (Isabella, possessing <Polyglot>, does the talking), and the three of you are once again left alone.

Dorota and Isabella remain at an impasse on the matter of attempting negotiations. They seem to have come to the understanding that your vote will decide the course of action. You check your influence:

Influence: 24,809/25,600
Seems like it should be a day, two at most, before you hit incarnation level 10. You lean back in the surprisingly comfortable rocking chair in your shared room, considering the next optimal step. What should you do?

>Assassinate Lethe as soon as Pheme gets you her details
>Create a thrall with your <Whispers> and have them strike up negotiations with Lethe
>Send her a message in the same way that Eris did
>Halt all planning until you hit level 10
>Write-in

Relevant Links:

>Past Threads
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=Olympus+Incarnation+Quest
>Rentry masterlink, includes character sheets, shop information, inventory, and general information
https://rentry.org/olympus-quest-links

>>5928165
>Create a thrall with your <Whispers> and have them strike up negotiations with Lethe

Oh man Eris is hot
Hope we can subjugate her rather than exterminate

>>5928174
I'm partial to our girl Ate. But I wouldn't turn down double trouble and all the detriment to my body and mind it entails.

>>5928165
>>5928174
>Support

Welcome back qm gonna be another lit thread.

>Let's get lethe on our side we could use her to mind wipe the others with lethes help.

>>5928174
>>5928204
>>5928225

>Create a thrall with your <Whispers> and have them strike up negotiations with Lethe

You propose using an authority to control someone and use them as a proxy for negotiations. Isabella seems somewhat uncomfortable with the notions but can’t articulate an objection. Meanwhile, Dorota raises some points of concern:

“Seeing as Lethe is working with the law, it is more likely than not that she places at least some value on societal convention and the intrinsic value of people. It’s possible that she might take offense to your use of another person as a puppet or, worse, see it as a thinly veiled threat.”

You shrug, “You were the one who said we couldn’t be sure we could safely contact her remotely. If we want to try recruiting her, this is probably the safest way to do it.”

“I still don’t like it. It is safer to just kill her off.”

“Uh, guys?” Isabella meekly raises a hand, “what if I go?”

An interesting proposal. Lethe’s authorities are inclined towards memory erasure, not mind control, so you wouldn’t have to worry about her being turned against you. Plus, it’s even better that she would, seeing as it would give you a great excuse to kill her.”

“I still don’t like it.” Dorota says, “It is entirely possible that, if she can wipe memories, she can also look at them. The possibility of information regarding our identities being is considerable.”

“The system generally keeps things pretty balanced,” Isabella continues, “There’s no way she can just instantly wipe my brain without any resistance. I’m stacked up on protective items and I’m confident in fighting.”

“We can have this conversation after we get some information from Lethe. For now, I’m going to get myself a pawn, in case we like my plan.”

You take the face of Rosa- the real Rosa- gaining an instinctive understanding of German (and a bit of French). You tweak your appearance a bit to avoid any possible recognition by distant relatives or, much worse, related parties, before slinking off into the night.

The night is young, and though the town is small, it’s chock full of potential targets. Who would make a good one?

>A retired senior citizen (specify gender)
>A young, working man
>A college student (specify gender)
>Write-in

>>5928244
oops

*being leaked is considerable

First update of the thread, ladies and gentlemen. Drawing really does fry my brain

>>5928244
Uhhh I'm not super tied to this vote so qm you can tie my vote to someone else's if there's a tie.

>young working man

>>5928244
>young, working man

>>5928244
>>A young, working man
>and reassure Lethe that we will release this man early on in our conversation before she can bring it up

>>5928326
+1

>>5928244
>A young, working man
A little torn here. Lethe, at heart, is an old woman, so an old woman might be best. But she might perceive someone so similar to her as a threat.

>>5928244
>Young working man
If Lethe cares say we paid him

>>5928640
Support

Let's definitely pay him

>>5928265
>>5928310
>>5928326
>>5928480
>>5928640
>>5928669

>A young, working man

Like a wolf among sheep, you stalk through the bustling nightlife of the town, getting a slight kick out of just how oblivious they all are. Despite everything, the emergence of incarnations among law enforcement seems to have, broadly speaking, assuaged the anxieties of the general public. You scoff to yourself: even if people like you are caught eventually, there’s absolutely nothing standing between the average person and the hungry jaws of an incarnation on a day by day basis. But, you suppose, you can only be grateful for this fact.

You make your way into a club, flashing a fake id and making your way to the dance floor. You set your eyes on your target: a young man, maybe in his mid twenties, with a solid build and rugged features. You make your way to him and, with the power of your <Whispers>, command him:

“[Let’s get out of here]”

Powerless to resist, he follows you like a dog seeking a treat. Once he’s out of the club, you tell him to give you his contact information and await further instructions. He obliges and makes his way home.

On your way back to the inn, your phone vibrates, You check it and are met with a message from Pheme.

Lethe’s name is Helena Preisinger, and she celebrated her 94th birthday a few weeks ago. Interestingly, upon becoming an incarnation, while she did regain her mental faculties, Lethe completely lost any and all memories of her life before becoming an incarnation. She decided not to change her name as a sign of respect to who she once was, but, broadly, she considers herself to be a new person.

As far as the government is aware, she needs to make prolonged physical contact with a person by touching their forehead in order to permanently wipe their memories. This ability does not seem to allow her to search through these memories. She can induce temporary difficulty regarding memories similar to the late stages of dementia at a much wider range and instantaneously, but these effects are both seemingly temporary and can be resisted by higher level incarnations or through the use of <Breath of Serenity>. She also has the ability to manipulate water.

Pheme also includes a phone number, email, address, and some photographs. One is of her wedding photo in the early 1950s, just after the war. The picture is poor quality and lacks color, but the girl in it is pretty, if not somewhat plain, with curly, mid-length hair and a bright, genuine smile. The second is of an old lady, barely recognizable as the same woman, with a certain anxious vacancy in her eyes that would instill in anyone the fear of old age. The last is of her recently: hair cut into a neat bob, wedding dress replaced with a well cut pantsuit, and a melancholic look that’s a little difficult to place.

>>5928702

You have decent intel, although it is possible that some of it is inaccurate on account of Lethe hiding the extent of her abilities from the government. As of now, you’re on the cusp of a level up but you’d still have to wait a short while before it comes.

What should you do?

>Wait for a level up
>Send Isabella to meet with Lethe
>Stalk her for a while to try and get a read on her personality
>Send in your thrall to negotiate
>Write-in

>>5928705
>>Wait for a level up
tell us what whese double D's can do
and I mean double digits of course

>>5928729
+1
check these dubs too

>>5928729
>>5928733

>Wait for a level up

You decide to kill time before you hit level ten, taking a break and doing some tourist activities with Dorota and Isabella- checking out markets, seeing the landmarks, and trying out some restaurants. At around 9 pm two days after your arrival near Innsbruck, you get the level up notification

Influence: 25,600/51,200

You have leveled up! 9->10

>You have gained 5 authority slots! (15/20)

>Your divinity has increased! 350->500

>You have unlocked <Miracles!> (0/5)

Miracles: A much more powerful application of divinity. Created by combining the aspects of 2 (X) or (EX) rated authorities. You do not lose the related authorities when the <Miracle> is created, but you will lose the <Miracle> if either of its parent authorities are lost

>Congratulations! You are one step closer to reaching your full potential. The system has provided you with suitable rewards. You may select from the following:

><Atë>'s Authority: <Inner Cacophony (1)>
>An <Epithet>'s Authority (Specify which Epithet)
>The <Divine Weapon> "Folly's Chains"
>An increase to the level of all existing authorities
>The Trait <No True Face>

>>5928776
>with suitable rewards
you used the plural here, can we pick more than one of these?

can you also give us a FAQ on Miracles?
we only have a single X or EX rated authority
would it be far fetched to assume X meaning level 10 of that authority?

>>5928776
>The <Divine Weapon> "Folly's Chains"

oh wow miracles seem cool
now to find some way to get more than one EX ability

>>5928784
+1, clarify first please!

>>5928784

You only get to select one of the listed options. Apologies for the ambiguity.

Regarding Miracles:

>What is an X rated authority?

Once a non-(EX) rated authority reaches level ten, its level changes to (X) and it may no longer be upgraded

>What happens if I store one of the authorities in an authority crystal?

If an authority is no longer able to be used by you, whether it be stored or lost, any of its related <Miracles> will be immediately lost

>Can I use the same <Authority> for multiple miracles?

Yes. If you so desire, you can create multiple miracles from the same two authorities with slightly different effects

>How much does it cost to gain/level a miracle?

It costs 5,000 influence to gain a <Miracle> and, as with levels, the cost doubles for each level up (1->2 costs 10,000, 2->3 costs 20,000, etc.)

my analysis of each option:
><Atë>'s Authority: <Inner Cacophony (1)>
sounds like another way to make people go mad, likely through music, which we're already doing, so that could synergize, or be wasteful to have multiple things that do the same

>An <Epithet>'s Authority (Specify which Epithet)
I went over most of what we could plunder from killed incarnations and I don't see one that actually catches my eye that we really need
but not all of our epithets were from kills so the others are unknown
If so I would like to check Atalanta and again push for some ranged weapon

>The <Divine Weapon> "Folly's Chains"
we have yet to actually use any divine weapon, and so far they were only names and we haven't seen them have effects. Though I imagine this one to be a sorta Wonderwoman Lasso of truth, but the other way around. Maybe corrupting people as long as they are bound up? I don't know

>An increase to the level of all existing authorities
that would be worth 17100 influence
seems like a boring option, but also quite worth it
I suppose QM wouldn't allow us to level something up first before this takes effect, right?


>The Trait <No True Face>
Traits are hard to come by, and this one sorty seems like it could have a similar effect of Guerilla Tactics or the utility of not needing fake IDs anymore as things regarding our identity would be taken care of

I actually don't know, so I'll go to sleep and hope this is a big enough vote that it'll not be already done with in the morning. I'd like to see other opinions, but I'm actually tending towards the boring 'all authorities increase'

either way, 5 more authority slots are also massive

>>5928776
>>The Trait <No True Face>
Traits are rare, and given how much we rely on our ability to change appearance, I reckon this will really help us if we meet someone who can see through glamours

>>5928776
>The Trait <No True Face>

>>5928776
>Trait no true face
>Upgrade whispers

>>5928776
>>The <Divine Weapon> "Folly's Chains"

>>5928776
> No True Face

Itching to make our ultimate weapon ourselves anyway.

seems like no true face is winning out.

>>5928793
any shop updates?
since we now seen another authority of our primary epithet, is there another way to get it, or any other things related to our primary epithet, like how the divine weapon seems?

also the rentry has no description on our thrall making ability

>>5929326

On the last line of the <Whispers> text

>Individuals who succumb to this authority will feel a sense of reverence for you if they are aware of your existence.

The extent of this ability seems to vary slightly from person to person, but generally, it seems to be the case that, if a person is aware of your divinity, they follow your whims with a religious fervor

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Picrel is a more fully rendered version of the OP pic. I was in a bit of a rush to finish it so I could start the next thread, so I didn't do as much with it as I would have liked.

>>5928821
>>5928866
>>5928957
>>5929137
>>5929186
>>5929250
>>5929326

>The Trait <No True Face>


>Trait: No True Face
You are capable of maintaining a form of a persona fabricated using your transformation authorities that a sufficient number of people recognize as your persona (and not as another person) at no personal divinity cost. Additionally, as far as the system is concerned, you do not have a <True Name>.

You also decide to check out the shop:

>Items:

>Ritual Wine: 500

Consumable. Upon drinking, you gain influence proportional to the number of people who willingly listen to you with the knowledge that you are engaging in some kind of religious ceremony

>Pact of Submission: 700
Makes the signatory completely unable to disobey the owner of this item, or attempt to harm them in any way, directly or indirectly. This criterion is based on the intent of the signatory, so it does not serve to prevent incompetence

>Drop of Inner Chaos: 1,000
Grants a random item, authority, title, or trait directly related to your primary <Myth>. 20% chance of a <Dud> effect, regardless of rank.

>Authority Crystal (High Grade): 1200
Can store an authority up to a maximum level of 9

Authorities:

Stealth (1): 500
Makes it difficult for you to be seen by mortals and incarnations below a certain level

Divine Armor (1): 700
Wraps divinity around your body like armor, protecting you from physical harm

Faustian Bargain (EX): 2,000
Allows you to claim ownership of an individual’s soul if they willingly sell it to you. If you do so, you must fulfill your end of the bargain to the best of your ability. Gaining a <Soul> provides regular <Influence> as well as permanently increasing your divinity

Having leveled up, you decide to finally spend some of your influence. What should you do? (select as many as you wish)

>Upgrade authorities
>Purchase items
>Write-in

>>5929468
questions:
the Induct authority "Allows you to grant an authority to a mortal", does that mean we lose that authority or will we and that individual have them?

in the Faustian Bargain authority, we know what the other side will ask for before it's sealed, right?
Do we have control over these individuals afterwwards? For an individual who has their soul owned by another person, what are the downsides?

>>5929476
>the Induct authority "Allows you to grant an authority to a mortal", does that mean we lose that authority or will we and that individual have them?

You will lose that authority until the inductee either dies or has their power revoked

>in the Faustian Bargain authority, we know what the other side will ask for before it's sealed, right?

Yes, the terms of the arrangement must be agreed upon before the deal is struck

>For an individual who has their soul owned by another person, what are the downsides?

The individual in question will lose a chunk of their <Divinity> proportional to the power of the person who now owns their soul. Additionally, they will become subordinated to the owner of their soul as if they had signed a <Pact of Submission>

>>5929468
>Faustian bargain comes at EX tier and can immediately make miracles
Buy that shit right now

>>5929488
do inductees have shop access?
my guess is not, and since they don't have their own influence either, I guess their god would have to level up their authorities for them too, right?

can authorities to an inductee be granted, leveled and revoked at any time?


I'm thinking of engineering a perfect follower through by making a miracle of Induction(EX), and Faustian Bargain(EX), and stacking them up with some shop authorities

and/or Whisper of Temptation once it's X where they don't even ask anything in return
what's more self destructive than signing your life away for nothing?


so my initial plan is;
>Faustian Bargain (EX): 2,000
>Induct (EX): 1,000
>Create Miracle 5,000, Faustian Bargain & Induct

so 8k influence
that's quite a lot more than Induct for 1k plus 700 for a pact per follower, which would pay off after 10 followers.
while of course the base price of follower authorities per follower applies to either
But I really want to see what a miracle can do

>>5929545
>support

Seems kino

>buy stealth
>buy divine armor

>>5929545

>do inductees have shop access?
No, they lack any influence of their own

>can authorities to an inductee be granted, leveled and revoked at any time?

They can be leveled and revoked at any time, but in order to grant new authorities to an inductee, <Induct> must be purchased and used again. However, you are capable of using the shop on behalf of your <Inductee>, so shop authorities can be purchased and granted at any time

>>5929516
our only other authority at EX or X is Divine Folly (EX) which reads as:
>You may copy one Authority from any incarnation that falls victim to your directive. The authority you copy is random, and you may do so only once per incarnation, and all authorities are copied at level one.
I have two guesses:
1.) allows us to buy authorities from other incarnations
2.) allows us to, same as if we'd kill them, take their authorities without needing to kill them or forcing them to store their authorities in a crystal and giving it to us (which would only allow one copy of the authority between us, while the miracle allows a second one to exist)
damn, I'm coming up with more questions.


>>5929557
can a a second miracle be created with the same authorities and have a different effect?

>>5929569

Yes, it can. As stated:
>Can I use the same <Authority> for multiple miracles?

Yes. If you so desire, you can create multiple miracles from the same two authorities with slightly different effects

However, the extent of the difference cannot be predicted beforehand, so doing so is something of a gamble

>>5929476
>>5929516
>>5929545
>>5929555

Seems like people are generally in favor of purchasing <Faustian Bargain>.

Influence: 25,600/51,200->23,600/51,200

Of the following, choose as many as you can afford:

>Purchase Induct (EX): 1,000
>Purchase Stealth (1) and Divine Armor (1): 1,200
>Create a miracle (Specify authorities): 5,000
>Purchase other items or authorities (specify)
>Upgrade authorities (specify)
>Actually, I don’t want to spend any more influence

>>5929646
>Purchase Induct (EX): 1,000
>Create a miracle (Faustian Bargain & Induct): 5,000

I also want to get Whispers up to X soon
>Whispers 7->8 (6400)

>Purchase Stealth (1) and Divine Armor (1): 1,200
>Stealth 1->3 (300)
>Divine Armor 1->3 (300)
(combined 1800)

leaves us with about 14k, enough for Whispers 9
but I also want to pop some inner chaos, stuff relating to our primary myth sounds good
>4x Drop of Inner Chaos
save the remaining 10k for now

>>5929654
>support

>>5929646
backing >>5929654

Rolled 12, 70, 92, 86, 62, 75, 70, 88 = 555 (8d100)

Rolling for type and grade of <Drop> drops
Reminder: 1-40: Authority, 41-70: Weapon, 71-90: other relic, 91-97: trait, 98-100: directive

0-20: dud, 21-50: common, 51-70: uncommon, 71-80: rare, 81-90: super rare, 91-95: legendary, 96-100: mythic

>>5929725
That's pretty lucky. A super rare trait even. Neat.

>>5929729
The precedent has already been set that the first half represents the types, and the last half represents the grades

>>5929654
>>5929700
>>5929718

>Purchase Induct (EX): 1,000
>Create a miracle (Faustian Bargain & Induct): 5,000
>Whispers 7->8 (6400)
>Purchase Stealth (1) and Divine Armor (1): 1,200
>Stealth 1->3 (300)
>Divine Armor 1->3 (300)
>4x Drop of Inner Chaos

Influence: 23,600->5,400/51,200

>An <Uncommon> Authority
>A <Rare> Weapon
>An <Uncommon> Trait
>A <Super Rare> Relic

>Around Every Corner (1):
Allows you to observe any individual who has succumb to your divinity within ten miles, multiplied by the level of this authority

>Gloves of Ruin (Rare)
Silken scarlet gloves with fingertips that can sharpen into deadly claws at will. Imbues the effects of <Touch of Madness> upon the target. If the incarnation using this weapon does not possess the authority <Touch of Madness>, it will imbue the effects of that authority at level 1

>Downfall of the Proud:
Increases the power of your authorities when facing an incarnation of a higher level.

>Brace of Ampelus (Super Rare)
Consumes 1 divinity per hour. When equipped, authorities which read intentions, discern lies, or judge morality will show you as earnest, honest, and good, unless there is a substantial difference in incarnation level.

>Stealth (1->3)

Makes you and any objects or persons with whom you make physical contact invisible to mortals and incarnations below a certain level. Consumed 1 divinity per minute.

>Divine Armor (1->3)

Wraps divinity around your body like armor, protecting you from physical harm and negating some or all of the effects of authorities used against you below a certain level. Protection is directly proportional to divinity used. Consumes up to 1 divinity per second

Having purchased two <EX> rated authorities, you decide to create your first <Miracle> from <Induct> and <Faustian Bargain>.
>Divine Servant (1):

Allows you to <Deify> an individual in exchange for their soul, using one of the <Epithets> you possess. You may spend their influence as if it was your own. You may have a number of <Divine Servants> equal to this miracle’s level. If an individual is already an <Incarnation>, you may still undergo this process, and, when they are granted with your <Epithet>, they will instead gain all of the authorities that a new incarnation would have gained had they deified with that epithet.

Would you like to do anything else?
>Upgrade an authority
><Enchant> a relic or weapon
>Resume plans regarding Lethe
>Write-in

>>5929729
>The precedent has already been set that the first half represents the types, and the last half represents the grades
Oh is that right? I had thought they were sequential pairs. I must have gotten confused again. My mistake.

>>5929741
oh dude
based
around every corner 1 -> 5

>>5928174
Get your mind out of the gutter we got business to take care.

>>5929824
Get your own mind out of the gutter, and onto the subject of the sheer amount of info this gives us access to.

>>5929824
>>5929869
I for one am absolutely swan diving into the gutter to make up for the both of youse guys getting out.

I generally don't like to decide things with one vote so I'll wait until morning for more people to chip in and I'll resolve things regardless in the case that nobody does

>>5929741
>>Resume plans regarding Lethe
10 miles is already plenty within the small cities that austria has to offer
the distance from Hall to Innsbruck, whose Metropolitan area haalready grown together is just 5 miles

>>5929948
let me make it a tie then

>>5929741

>>Resume plans regarding Lethe

I bet the boys in the cult would sell their souls for our nude Livestream

>>5929757
>>5929777
>>5929824
>>5929869
>>5929963
>>5929977

>Resume plans regarding Lethe

Satisfied with a substantial increase in power, but still wishing you had some more authority slots to work with, you decide to turn your attention to Lethe.

You take the gloves from your inventory and they appear on your hands- or, rather, arms, as they stretch up past your elbow and halfway up the length of your upper arm. You concentrate on them a bit and find that you can effortlessly change their color and shape, as if they were a part of your own body. You pop the claws, blood red and razor sharp, and observe the slight red glow they emit, presumably conducting your <Touch>.

You meet with Dorota and Isabella, confirming that you decided to go through the plan with your thrall. Neither of them seem particularly enthusiastic about the prospect, but they seemingly both see it as a reasonable compromise.

You call your puppet after his work ends at 4 pm and he promptly begins to make his way to innsbruck. You watch over him with your <Around Every Corner> as he proceeds, driving to the address you provided. He knocks on the door upon arrival, and is met with a voice asking him to wait for a second.

Should you watch the interaction between him and Lethe?
>Yes
>No

What did you have him do?
>Carry a handwritten letter
>Carry an audio recording
>Memorize the vague details of your proposal
>Write-in

>>5929988
>no
>have him on the phone, so he'll have to repeat play middle man while neither of you can hear the others voice directly.
Basically extending the same safety you have to her.

>>5930013
why do I have a new IP again?
I'm this >>5929963 guy

>>5929988
>>5930013
Supporting this, respect is important to lure in the weak

>>5929988
>>5930013
yeah, +1

how luxurious is Lethe's residence?

we should discuss on what we even want to say to her
I'd say the approach of her coming to her family
If she does not agree come with a different argument
There's enough misery to go around for us to garner influence almost passively, but none of us wants to see the world as we know it to come to an end. We like music, TV-shows, coffee, spices in our food, all the systems that are required to live in such luxury. We don't want to live like gods in a ruined kingdom.

Dorota and Isabella don't feel super invested in Eris' plan, so we can say we'd like her help to stop
Isabella has family she values
Dorota is just in for the giggles, likely rather wanting to see the effects of her work up close, rather than doing it en masse

If Lethe is entirely unwilling we'll just have to kill her, unfortunately she has likely already informed the government after she asked the visitor to just "wait for a second" and before she'd open the door.


>>5929741
>>Downfall of the Proud
>>Brace of Ampelus
I think I just creamed myself
we should roll more often
we got to play poker with Saanvi again


>Divine Servants
I have two immediate ideas:
Dysnomia, symbol of lawlessness
get someone who is already an RX Influencer, give him command and just rake in influence from stochastic terrorism

Epimetheus, perfect recall
get a hacker and equip them with a few polyglot levels too, make them an ace for information warfare and protect our online persona(s)

either way we need to find the right person first.

>>5930075
Lethe lives alone in an apartment that, while nice, isn't exactly a penthouse suite.

>>5930013
>>5930023
>>5930030

>No

>Use your thrall as a medium of communication, texting back and forth for each response

You have him explain to Lethe that he is a mortal sent to negotiate on behalf of the pantheon <Spawn of Discord> so that neither of you can be harmed by the other’s mind altering authorities. He texts back an acknowledgement, saying that he was let inside.

How are you going to sell this?

>Try to sell Eris’s plan
>Emphasize how the association is loose and how you don’t need to participate in any of the group activities to join
>Emphasize the power she’ll get once the pantheon is complete
>Write-in

>>5930228
>Emphasize how the association is loose and how you don’t need to participate in any of the group activities to join

>>5930228
>Emphasize that the pantheon is her divine family
>Emphasize how the association is loose and how you don’t need to participate in any of the group activities to join

>>5930228
>>Emphasize how the association is loose and how you don’t need to participate in any of the group activities to join

>>5930232
>>5930235
>>5930253

>Emphasize how the association is loose and how you don’t need to participate in any of the group activities to join

“Essentially,” you say, “The only thing we really want from you is to join the pantheon through the system. While we do the occasional task as a group whenever our goals happen to align, doing so isn’t a requirement or anything. Ultimately, even if you prefer to play things solo, the only thing we’ll be doing is, once everything is assembled, getting you a nice power-up”

“You say “occasional task,” but what does that involve?” She replies, “If you guys are planning on destroying the earth or something then I’d rather not be involved with all of that.”

“We’re not idiots. All of us enjoy the fruits of society- nice buildings, good food, modern medicine, electronic devices, and much, much more. Ultimately, we might be aligned with “Chaos”, but that’s just what the system says, right? At the end of the day, we’re all still people.”

You blatantly lie, but the spirit of what you’re saying is broadly true. After all, even though the pantheon as a whole is down to destroy the world, that’s going to change very soon.

“...and we both know what’s going to happen if I say no.”

“If we wanted to fight you, we would have done that out of the gate. I want you to join us, not just <Lethe>”

“I’ll consider it, but I have a question.”

“What would that be?”

“I- well I should say a good friend of mine- has some personal matters to settle with an incarnation who I’d guess is in the list of gods in our pantheon. Is <Atë> a member?”

Well shit. What should you say to that?

>Yes
>No
>Write-in

>>5930284
I assume Dorota and Isabella are present and have all the same information here as we do
>tell them that Lethe is not gonna bite
>tell Lethe that the pantheon approached Ate too, but she proved hostile, so we had to kill her.

>>5930284
>Yes
I wanna see where this goes - who could hold a grudge against us, and also know our identity through all the safeguards we've maintained?

>>5930306
Braun, german incarnation who hunts rogue Incarnations for the government. We killed one of his waifus. How he got our identity though...

>>5930306
my guess is Braun from german law enforcement, but he shouldn't know that, at that time, it was Ate who fought with him
fortunately now the system doesn't think we have a true name anymore

>>5930300
changed my mind.
That sounds too much like an excuse

>>5930284
>no
>Ate has refused to join is likely hostile to us, we assume something has to be done about her sooner or later

>>5930284
> Yes.
> She's a crazy bitch though. I can arrange a meeting if you want, I don't really care much for her.

>>5930310
>>5930313
>it's actually just a random government guy who really liked cyber_syren until he got an ability to see passive divinity use and got really upset his waifu had fake tits (and everything else)

>>5930313
If we're going to lie I'd rather say we haven't been able to locate her to get in contact yet

>>5930284
>Yes
I have no idea where this goes but I want to move along

>>5930345
I was trying to set up a future project we might cooperate on

>>5930348
It's a little crazy, but I kind of want to see if we can rope Braun and Lethe into helping us destroy Eris, while someone orchestrating the death of everyone except us.

>>5930313
>support
>>5930284

We have no true name. No sell it. We can force her to be a Thrall with the submission item stuff.

Fuck lethe. Find out who her friend is with a meeting.

>Let's meet with your friend let's get that ugly cunt Ate. She's already hostile to us.

Time to clean up loose ends.

>>5930284
>>No
We have no true name, so use that to say that Ate is not here.

Also use the thing we just got that says whatever we say is determined to be honest, earnest and truthful

>>5930516
>whatever we say is determined to be honest, earnest and truthful
as far as others authorities are concerned, a blatant lie is still a blatant lie
were not even there so she couldn't use an authority to discern our lie but only her own human abilities.
those braces kinda only help us against people who trust in their authorities to tell them the truth

Seems like a tie between yes and no. Will wait a few hours for a tiebreaker and flip a coin if one is not made

>>5931251
Do a meta thing and have us player's indecision come out as taking too long, giving Lethe all the answer she needs.
I'm game for whatever you think makes for good story

>>5931251
I can change to No to move along

>>5930300
>>5930306
>>5930310
>>5930313
>>5930316
>>5930326
>>5930345
>>5930347
>>5930348
>>5930358
>>5930513
>>5930516
>>5931116
>>5931255
>>5931268

>No

“No, we haven’t made contact with Atë yet. We haven’t been able to locate her.”

“Makes sense. From what I’ve heard about her, I couldn’t really see her being much of a team player.”

“So, are you interested in joining?”

“I’m certainly considering it, but I can’t trust a group of people who I haven’t met in person.”

“Would you like us to go to your place then?”

“No, in case you really are on the wrong side of the law, it would be bad for my position if I was seen associating with you. There is a location I have in mind, though. My- or I guess I should say the old Helena’s- husband used to own a small furniture company. His old workshop-cum-warehouse is still standing, but it’s been long since abandoned. We can meet there.”

She sends the address, and communicates the date and time: tomorrow at 8 pm.

You tell Isabella and Dorota. Isabella is in favor of going, but Dorota is hesitant, worried that this might be a trap.

What should you do?
>Hunt down Lethe yourself
>Go to the warehouse at the agreed upon time
>Write-in

>>5931280
does Stealth and Guerilla Tactics synergize?

>>5931292
Yes, they do.

>>5931301
>Stealth 3->4 (400)
>Stealth 4->5 (800)
>Stealth 5->6 (1600)
>Guerilla Tactics 1->2 (100)
>Guerilla Tactics 2->3 (200)
>Guerilla Tactics 3->4 (400)
>Guerilla Tactics 4->5 (800)
combined 4300 out of our 5400 Influence

at 6 and 5 respectively I think it sill ward off quite some incarnations, however which are working for the Austrian government
I do hope they are not explicitly feeding their incarnations tho

>Go to the warehouse immediately under our new authorities and stake it out

>>5931280
>Go in with Isabella, but have Dorota on lookout duty

>>5931313
I'll support this plan. Sneaky powers are useful powers.

>>5931280
>>5931313
This is a good idea too - also if Braun somehow got our name and that's how Lethe heard of us, we should stop using the name Huber

>>5931318
...you don't suppose we have a mole in the pantheon? That's the only place we've used the name.

>>5931326
A mole? Silly, Eris is playing both sides to feed her megalomania. She doesn't want to lord over a little kingdom, she wants to play GOD. This whole thing is just so that she can come out on top of everyone. Never trust crazy.

>>5931280
>>5931313
+1

>>5931326
We didn't tell them about what happened then, and Lethe then would probably have already known about the rest too and hadn't asked this question

>>5931335
It's all in the name though, the details don't matter. We killed Rosa Huber, then used her name to Pantheon members. If there's a mole they would have reported a new member, one "Rosa Huber, Incarnation of Atë." Whoever our mole works for would have recognized the name, known that Rosa was dead, and assumed Atë killed her.

...if all of my flimsy assumptions are true then Lethe might know we're lying, and this is a trap.

>>5931382
yeah but that girls name was Rosa Beisel, not Huber
and still, the Mole would also have told them that Ate is already in the pantheon, and Lethe would have had no reason to ask if she was

>>5931334
Part of playing god for her is assembling the whole pantheon, I don't think she'd jeopardize that for kicks.

>>5931313
>>5931280
>Support

>>5931313
>>5931314
>>5931316
>>5931318
>>5931334
>>5931335
>>5931420

>Upgrade stealth authorities and stake out the warehouse

Over the intervening time, you have gathered some influence:

Influence: 5,400->5.482

You decide to use most of your remaining influence to upgrade your stealth authorities:

Guerilla Tactics (1->5):

Hides the presence of yourself and designated allies. Additionally, obscures the information that can be gleaned about you or your <Myths>. Consumes influence proportional to the number of targets. Also shields you from the passive effects of authorities at lower levels by incarnations who are not aware of your presence. Can fail against higher level authorities. Negates the information gathering effects of shop items available below level 5, as well as similar effects provided by divine relics below uncommon grade.

>Stealth (3->6)

Makes you and any objects or persons with whom you make physical contact invisible to mortals and incarnations below a certain level. Consumes 1 divinity every two minutes. Also masks non-visual indicators of your presence to all of those with whom you are not sharing the benefits of this authority, such as sounds, smells, and, to a limited extent, the effects you have on the world around you.


5,482-> 1,182/51,200

Now that you’ve improved your stealth capacity, what should your plans for the encounter at the warehouse be?

>Have all three of you enter
>Have Isabella go in alone while you and Dorota stake the building out from outside
>Go in with Isabella while Dorota keeps watch
>Write-in

>>5931390
>Part of playing god for her is assembling the whole pantheon
You believe her just from her word alone? She doesn't want to be head of a pantheon, she wants to be above everyone. Think about it, man. Her ambitions have no limit. Her vanity has no limit. I don't trust her further than an armless corpse could throw her.

>>5931427
>all three

We invis and guerrilla we should be fine.

>>5931427
>Go in with Isabella while Dorota keeps watch

>>5931441
Being head of a pantheon is a big help towards getting head of everyone though. Sure she's untrustworthy, but that doesn't make her irrational. What does she gain from sabotaging this mission?

>>5931568
An in to start fucking with the people of Law that can actually impede her. It's classic double triple agent bullshit from schizoid egomaniacs.

>>5931582
So she's selling out her pantheon here to get on the side of law, where she will be alone, distrusted by everyone due to her nature and being a known traitor, and still with an incomplete pantheon. Yeah I mean I guess it's possible, there's always missing info that we don't have, but I just don't think it's all that likely.

>>5931613
Always remember that narcissists regularly overestimate their own abilities.

>>5931468
So should I take this as a vote for any of the options or all of them all at once? I'm assuming the latter but a clarification or 3rd tiebreaking vote would be appreciated

>>5931634
You're correct I wanted all three to go in at once. But I'm not super fussed. So if mine makes a tie just go with two and leave 1 outside.

>>5931441
>>5931468
>>5931582
>>5931568
>>5931648

>Go in with Isabella while Dorota keeps watch

You inform Dorota and Isabella of your plans, and they agree to them. Before you both leave, Isabella tells you to give her some time to equip some gear: a full suit of bronze armor surrounds her body before it partially melds into her skin, almost resembling the exoskeleton of an insect.

The three of you approach the warehouse, a hulking structure of wood and rusted metal that stands alone atop a hill at the end of a wooded road a couple miles from the city. Isabella and Dorota fly around the structure, but you don’t see any signs of life. Then again, none of you have any long-range perception authorities, so somebody could have easily been hiding in the shadowed crevices of the dense forest.

You land near the entrance of the building and have Dorota, still obscured by your <Guerilla Tactics> keep watch from outside while you and Isabella enter the building. Upon walking in, you’re met with a wide open space, a dusty carpenter’s workshop lit by dim fluorescent rods that seem like they should have burnt out half a century ago. You see a shadowy figure at the end of the hall which seems to Helena- the height and build check out, and are met with the message:

>Notice! <Guerilla Tactics> has blocked an analysis authority

You whisper to Isabella: “Somebody knows we’re here.” and, as you turn your attention back to Lethe, you find that she’s begun to… sink? Her body seems to plummet into the shadows, completely disappearing from sight. You look around: lavender mist begins to fill the room from all directions as several, maybe dozens of figures begin to emerge from the shadows before being obscured once again by the mist.

You’ve been had.

<Omen> and <Preservation Instinct> kick in as bullets bathed in radiant white light shoot out from the depths of the fog, piercing with pinpoint accuracy through the places where your vitals just were. Isabella seems less concerned, deflecting the bullets with the plating on her arms. A radiant orange warhammer almost twice her height appears in her hands.

Her eyes begin to burn with a marigold light as she casually looks around the room.

“11 military guys and three, no, probably five incarnations. Lethe seems to have fled. It seems like an incarnation among them can hide people in the shadows.”

“How the hell can the mortals see us?”

“I don’t know, but my guess would be that they can’t.”

“What?”

“The mist is divinity. You can’t see their faces, but the mortals seem to be… affected by it. Seeing things that aren’t there. So someone who can see us-”

“-Is creating illusions to give the army boys something to shoot at.”

>>5931681

Another volley of rounds powerful enough to tear through the concrete floors rains down as you once again barely manage to dodge the bullets thanks to your authorities.

You get a message from Dorota:

“It’s a trap. At least two incarnations and five soldiers. Their guns can hurt us.”

Divinity: 450->389/500

Using so many authorities at once is quickly draining your divinity reserves. There are a lot of targets and, by extension, a lot of divinity to be gained here, but you’re severely outnumbered. What should you do?

>Ready a <Breath> and charge into the mist
>Use authorities (Specify)
>Retreat
>Ask Isabella for orders
>Write-in

>>5931682
>Titanic strength + supernatural speed yeet things at the soldiers. We should be able to throw things strong enough insta kill anyone hit.

>use our specters wail

That should clear out the chaff.

And retreat out of the building see if they follow. We should be able to pick them off.

>activate stealth and guerrilla tactics they should lose sight of us. Including the other incarnations.

The goal is to knock out their supports and force the incarnations to come closer.

We can also kool-aid man the building to get out. I don't want to touch the mist. Well force them to leave the mist to engage us or we'll just keep sniping them with thrown bricks at mach 3.

Anyone that gets close gets touch of madnessed into wanting to defend us and kill the ones attacking us.

>>5931707
Missed the fact that we're in the room and mist is coming towards us. So jump up through the roof with titanic strength to get away from the mist. Then do the original thing I said.

Also, taking (sfw) pinup requests for the characters of this quest. Might only get around to one or two, but, if things go well, it might help me actually have an OP pic ready next time around. Only requests attached either to a vote or to an ip with at least one previous vote will be considered

>>5931746
Clearly it needs to be Ate staring at a glowing golden mountain in the distance. The shock of pink/purple contrasting with the gold is rather eye catching, as we see with the OP this time. Alternatively, Ate presenting a gleaming knife to the viewer ala the sacrificial deer. I say without a vote and thus invalid.

>>5931682
> Have Isabella punch through the roof
> Drop all remaining influence into Spirit Wail
> Scream, laced with whispers to demoralize them
> Use our illusion piercing relic? Maybe?
> Follow Isabella

>>5931682
>specters wail to cause ear damage to all the soldiers
>Chuck whatever we have at them
>retreat

>>5931714
>bust through the roof
European houses are not build like that

>>5931758
It's an old decrepit warehouse, not a house, but yeah, I definitely want the armored war goddess to go first in case the building is sturdier than it looks.

>>5931760
I mean I doubt she's stronger or faster than us... and this isn't the first time we demolitioned a building...

It's a warehouse it's more than likely a thin tin roof... even if it was a commieblock we're incredibly strong...

And she's not a war goddess... she's just wearing magic armor... I doubt she's super strong... Isabella was immune to mind effects (mostly she told us) and she had some combat authorities.

We're more than likely double her level and have more than double her authorities.

Do what you want though....

>>5931760
And why waste all our influence on a scream? It's literally lvl 1 it probably won't do much to any of the other gods...

Like seriously mate... we need influence for all our shit and wasting it on our weakest ability isn't smart at all...

I was just using it to distract/hurt the mortals while we left the mist area and could start yeeting Mach 3 bricks at people...

>>5931785
Influence is the currency we upgrade abilities with.

Divinity is the resource we spend to use abilities.

>>5931760
>>5931782
>It's a warehouse it's more than likely a thin tin roof
no, it was built as a workshop, it was later made a warehouse

>>5931760
she's Amphillogia, disputes, not war

>>5931785
just to disoriented the soldiers while we escape.
were not fighting on their terms

>>5931682
>Ready a <Breath> and charge out
we can't say for sure if we're not already under some influence
>retreat
I thought for a while but I really can't come up with something more. I had wanted to get there first to stake out the scene and observe the surroundings well, not to just go there at the agreed upon time only, but I was already in bed as the previous vote was held

>>5931793
I think he meant to quickly upgrade the authority before using it
hey, QM, can we get an overview for secondary characters on reentry with what we already know about them? I keep on confusing which char is which and what authorities and items we have seen them using.

>>5931746
Ate in demon girl cosplay at a convention with sign:
I recieve: your soul
you recieve: I step on you

>>5931808

>hey, QM, can we get an overview for secondary characters on reentry with what we already know about them?

https://rentry.org/olympus-cast

>>5931682
>Retreat
Not much to gain here and we’re low on divinity. Do what damage we can while leaving but do leave

>>5931707
>>5931714
>>5931757
>>5931758
>>5931808
>>5932197


>Burst through the ceiling

You yell to Isabella, asking her to retreat upwards through the ceiling. She grabs onto your waist as shimmering wings sprout from her shoulder blades. She spins her hammer with the other arm, shattering the wood and metal of the workshop’s roof. You release a <Specter's Wail> imbued with a <Whisper> to demoralize and stall the mortal soldiers.

"[STOP FIGHTING]"

Some clutch their heads, recoiling from the pain and mental assault, others comply, dropping their weapons onto the dusty warehouse floor.

Divinity: 353/500

The mist creeps upward as if it were alive, pursuing you, but Isabella’s flight is far faster than its progression. Out from the mist, a figure flies to meet you. A muscular man wrapped in deep blue light rockets from the pinkish fog and thrusts a spear at Isabella. She parries with her hammer, knocking the enemy incarnation backwards.

You sweep the area for Dorota, but you see no trace of her. You check the pantheon’s location function, and you see that she’s lurking in the forest nearby. Gunshots and screams ring out from below you: it seems like Dorota is making full use of the dark environment and your <Guerilla Tactics>.

Isabella says to you: “I can take this guy, but it’ll be hard to do that and carry you at the same time.”

You scowl: there are still incarnations lurking in the misty warehouse, but it’ll be difficult to get at them with all of those soldiers involved.

What should you do?
>Signal a full retreat
>Ask Isabella to drop you back into the fray
>Ask Isabella to toss you towards the group hunting Dorota
>Write-in

>>5932198
>stage a fight between you
>have her just call shout "well fuck you then!" and drop you
>drop near Dorota
we should be able to handle a fall with divine armor and regeneration
maybe a future advantage if they think our group cohesion is abyssmal

>>5932212
>Support

Make it look like the fall hurt us. Bait some yummy food to us.

>>5932198

>>5932212
>>5932229

>Ask Isabella to toss you towards the group hunting Dorota
>Stage an interpersonal conflict

You propose a bit of a charade in order to fool the authorities regarding group cohesion. You engage in a theatrical shouting match before Isabella chucks you to the forest floor. You break your fall with <Divine Armor> and by managing the recoil with <Supernatural Strength> and <To Mortals, A Scourge>.

As you fall, you identify some key targets: a group of soldiers being led by an incarnation glowing a light yellow, and some hairy four legged beast prowling through the dark woods.

You survey your surroundings: while you are theoretically undetectable, somebody among the incarnations present was able to keep track of your location. You look up at Isabella: it seems like the spear wielding incarnation she was fighting has been joined by the somewhat humorous sight of a giant flying crab. You turn your attention back to the warehouse: the mist is beginning to creep out from the now open doors, presumably along with the figures hiding in it. Some of the soldiers peel off and fan out, presumably hunting for you and Dorota.

You smirk to yourself, filled with the giddy joy of a kid in a candy store. How should you go about this?

>Pick off soldiers one at a time, restraining them and then flipping them with your <Whispers>
>Stake out the warehouse and hunt down the two bigger fish: the source of the mist and the shadow manipulator
>Go for the group hunting Dorota
>Go for the four legged beast
>Chuck a tree at the crab
>Write-in

>>5932245
>>Pick off soldiers one at a time
like in the dysnomia case they could be already "servants" to one of the incarnations there who will be notified if their servants have a change of heart
we only got to get close and do touch of madness/whispers to then give them the illusion of what they should see and hear, and in that illusion they can then shoot at the incarnation, mistaking it for us.
that way they never technically stopped being that incarnations servant?
well, it works whether or not these soldiers are servants or not.

>>5932263
>>5932245
>support

>+ Yeet the occasional rock at incarnations with titanic strength and supernatural speed if the opportunity arises.

Priority is flipping the mortals to ourside/ see things that are the enemy so they attack their allies.

>>5932303
I don't think we should give away our real location by having projectiles emerge from that direction

>>5932324
Stealth makes the object invisible.
It's fine bro.

>>5932245
>Pick off soldiers one at a time, restraining them and then flipping them with your <Whispers>
heuheueheuhe

>>5932263
>>5932303
>>5932324
>>5932366
>>5932597

>Pick off soldiers one at a time, restraining them and then flipping them with your <Whispers>

You stalk through the woods in search of prey, locating stragglers- those who go too far ahead or lag behind, those who go off on their own or in small enough groups, and hit them with your <Whispers>, giving orders based on your <Assess Hamartia>. If they resist for too long, you simply eliminate them. If one of the incarnations can break illusions, keeping them alive is nothing but a liability.

As you move through the woods, you launch an occasional rock at the incarnations fighting in the sky. While the objects you throw eventually reveal themselves, the process is slow enough that small objects launched with your <Titanic Strength> hit their marks before anyone could see. While you don’t deal major damage, you do distract the crab long enough for Isabella to land a direct hit with her hammer, cracking the beast’s shell and sending it plummeting to the ground.

Eventually, you manage to accrue a total of seven mortal followers, each still armed with their divine relic firearms. Both the hairy beast and the incarnation who is supposedly hunting for Dorota still seem to be alive.

Before you can plan your next step, a massive explosion sounds in the forest nearby, somewhere on the opposite side of the warehouse. You check your map and find that Dorota is sitting at almost the exact epicenter of the blast. However, if Dorota had died, the system would have informed you of the loss to your <Pantheon>, so you can safely assume that whatever happened, she survived it. However, as you check your pantheon’s member location function through the system, it’s clear that she has left the area, probably due to a <Lizard’s Tail> or <Hydra’s Head>. She sends you a message.

>Eliminated the shadow manipulator. Be aware that any or all of these people might be armed with explosive vests

Shit. As if being outnumbered wasn’t enough of an issue, now you have to worry about them going kamikaze on you first. You turn to one of your thralls and ask:

“Are you rigged to explode,”

The soldier, a young man, replies, “Yes ma’am.”

You scowl: if you had rushed into a group of these soldiers, they probably would’ve detonated their bombs and blown you sky high.
“Are the explovies relics?”

“We’re not sure, ma’am. We were just told that they could hurt gods.”

>>5932599

You can't be certain whether that means that they’re laced with divinity or merely powerful enough to bypass an incarnation’s natural defenses. Annoyingly, it doesn’t matter: you have to assume the former, since, if you assumed you were immune and guessed wrong, you might not be as lucky as Dorota was.

There are still at least five incarnations left standing- 6, if the crab managed to survive that hit. Worse still, you have absolutely no idea of the nature or capabilities of one of them, or if they’re even still on the hunt. What should you do?

>Hunt an incarnation (Specify which)
>Use your new men to stage a betrayal
>Ask Isabella to retreat
>Write-in

>>5932600
>Hunt an incarnation (Specify which)
Beast. Use Faces to get in close as one of the soldiers, then sink our madness into it.

>Use your new men to stage a betrayal
Shadow manipulator.

>Issy
She's a big girl, she can make her own decisions.

>>5932645
>Support
>>5932600

Let's use faces and our soldier squad to get closer to the incarnations so we can assess them and then pick a target. Try to have our soldiers get closer to any of the incarnations to suicide vest. With priority on the shadow incarnation.

>>5932645
>>5932651

While you haven't confirmed it personally, Dorota claimed to have eliminated the shadow manipulator. It can be presumed that the explosion of his vest was the one that Dorota got caught up in

>>5932659
Shit. Mist boy then. Blow him to bits, then try to drive the beast mad enough to attack the others.

>>5932645
+1

Thankfully the one weapon that can kill me, the BBEG, is right here in my castle so nobody could ever use it against me.

>Hunt an incarnation
Beast

>Use your new men to stage a betrayal
whoever the incarnation in the forest with us besides the beast is.
>Give one of the soldiers a Trapper, and go suicide bombing

>>5932600
Set the men after the yellow glowing incarnation leading the other squad - instruct them to approach as friendlies and use the vests

Go after 4 legs yourself while they do that

>>5932600
>>5932645
>>5932746
basically the same thing
+1

>>5932651
Switch to >>5932746
Oops I missed that she "got" him

Kek with a trapper I like it.

Off topic question, when we use an epiteth for Divine Servant do we keel it? Or does it transfer to the servant?

>>5933011

You lose the epithet

>>5932645
>>5932651
>>5932661
>>5932733
>>5932746
>>5932869
>>5932917
>>5933009

>Hunt an incarnation (Beast)
>Use your new men to stage a betrayal (Against the commander incarnation)

You give one of your new soldiers a <Trapper> and send him, alongside two of your other men, to blow the first incarnation they find to kingdom come. You send the remainders to go double cross the commander incarnation.

>This will be the first roll of the game, so I’ll explain the dice mechanics we’ll be using.

In this quest, the first three rolls will be taken into consideration when calculating the final result. Before every roll, players will vote whether to roll <Recklessly>, <Normally>, or <Cautiously>.

A <Reckless> roll will take whichever of the three values is MOST different from the expected value of the dice. For example, if 3d6 were rolled. the EV would be 10.5. Therefore, if the player rolled a 17, a 3, and an 11, with the differences (6.5, 7.5, 0.5), the result would be a 3. In the case of a tie (for example, 18, 3, 11; 7.5, 7.5, 0.5), the higher value will be accepted, in this case, an 18.

A <Normal> roll will simply take the median of the three rolls. Considering the previous example of (17, 3, 11), the <Normal> roll would resolve in an 11.

A <Cautious> roll will pick whichever of the values is LEAST different from the expected value of the dice. For example, given a 3d6 roll resulting in (16, 17, 18), the <Cautious> roll would select 16, since, though it might be the smallest of the values rolled, it is closest to the expected value of 10.5. Similarly, given a roll resulting in (3, 4, 5), the <Cautious> roll would resolve in a 5, the closest to the EV. In a situation where two values are equidistant from the EV (for example, 1, 10, 11), the roll will favor the player, providing a value of 11 rather than 10.

For the purposes of this quest “Normal” will be considered the default. In the case of any tie, a <Normal> roll will be used. Going forward, whenever a person makes a vote for an option that involves dice, they will be asked to specify between the three options. In the case that they don’t specify, a vote for <Normal> will be assumed.

The betrayal will be a roll of 3d6. How would you like to roll?
>Reckless
>Normal
>Cautious

The kamikaze will be a roll of 3d6. How would you like to roll?
>Reckless
>Normal
>Cautious

>>5933011
I'd like to follow up
question to QM(1):
what happens when a divine servant dies? both when
(1a) they get killed by someone else, and...
(1b) if we kill them ourselves in case they are incompetent and we'd like that divine servant slot back

Induct (authority) grants us the ability to give mortals /authorities/ to become /cultist of [your name here]/, they can betray us
Epithet Holder (shop item) allows us to store epithets and sell or give other incarnations, or to a mortal, deifying them in the process, they can betray us
Divine Servant (miracle) alows us to give /epithets/ to other incarnations or mortals while they can't betray us

the phrasing is somewhat ambiguous.
question to QM(2):
Divine Servant will properly deify someone, like Epithet Holder would, right?

question to QM(3):
how would this scenario work:
We deify someone with the Dysnomia epithet, they will get all the authorities that Dysnomia should have
which for the last guy were: Symbol of Lawlessness (EX), Mob Rule, Explosion, Divine Allure, Divine Body, Omen, and To Mortals, A Scourge
we took "Symbol of Lawlessness", which depricated to "Scribe of Dysnomia"
if we store Scribe of Dysnomia and give it to someone else, can we kill our Servant and plunder their authorities to get another "Scribe of Dysnomia" authority?
both our "Divine Folly" and our "First Blood" should be unique, so I guess that scenario is a rare case
Is this a loophole the devs overlooked and we can found an authority duplication glitch?

>>5933048

1a) If the divine servant is killed by another incarnation, then the rewards will be granted to the killer as if the servant were a free incarnation
1b) The system keeps track of the <Ownership> of a myth. The <Ownership> history is wiped if and only if a myth should become owned by no incarnation at all. A person who is in the <Ownership> history of a specific instance of a myth may not own it again until the history is wiped. This only applies to specific instances of a myth (for example, two <Dryad> incarnations have different instances of the <Plural Myth> Dryad, and thus have completely separate ownership histories).

2) Yes.

3) As stated above, this set of circumstances is impossible because you cannot gain the same instance of a myth twice. Additionally, the specific way in which a <Myth> manifests is somewhat dependent on the nature of the mortal prior to deification. Two mortals might <Deify> to the same myth but end up with entirely different traits and authorities.

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>>5933046
not sure what I should think of this method
two options are the median of the median, one even more mediany than the median
the other's basically a coin flip
>Reckless
>Reckless

>picrel is simulation of 1000 3d6 rolls and what each of the roll types would result in

>>5933046

> Reckless
Direct combat against an incarnation is tricky business. Go big or go home.

> Cautious
Incarnation grade explosion, from an unexpected place? Feels like an average roll would get the job done here.


Another random question QM: Can we buy and store authorities from the store multiple times? Like for instance purchase Fear, level it, store it, then purchase another, level it, store it, repeat until we have five Fear(3) crystals, then enchant an item with those?

>>5933082
>Can we buy and store authorities from the store multiple times?

Yes, you could certainly do that. The only restriction is that you can't have two of the same authority in your actual layout at any given time (not sure why you'd even want to though).

>>5933046
>Reckless
>Reckless
we don't care about those losers

>>5933086
obviously so we could bestow an authority on our slaves without losing it ourselves

>>5933091

Yep, provided it was a shop authority. However, it should be noted that you'd need to repurchase <Induct> (a stated exemption to the rule stated here >>5933086) each time you wanted to do that.

>>5933073
>>5933082

Locking in <Reckless, Reckless>. I'll need 3 rolls of 6d6, the first three representing the betrayal and the second three representing the kamikaze

(Also, it's really cool to me that >>5933073 went into excel and ran the simulations to demonstrate the probability curves. God, I love /qst/)

Rolled 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2 = 15 (6d6)

>>5933099

Rolled 4, 5, 3, 5, 1, 1 = 19 (6d6)

>>5933099
>God, I love /qst/
thanks, I took my meds today

>>5933101
lol, fuck

Rolled 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 2 = 22 (6d6)

>>5933099

Ok, with level 5 enchanting, 5000 influence, and an open authority slot we can (probably) create Mythic+ items based on Fear, Weapon Mastery, and/or Polyglot. Mythic Weapon Mastery would seriously up our lethality in close combat IMO.

>>5933101
>>5933107
>>5933111
yay, two 7's

>>5933111
I rather set up a few followers first who can rake in more passive influence income for us.
generally lay low again for a while and do some private projects

>>5933114
No reason we couldn't do both. Enchanting burns influence, but Divine Servant burns divinity, unless we're kitting our fledglings out with gear and authority crystals.

Hmm, going to need to be careful with epithets though, we give away the ones the pantheon needs we'll have to bring them into the group too.

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>>5933073
redid it with properly taking in that if two deviations are the same, the larger one is taken
and a sample size of 10k

>>5933132
Looks like we want to be cautious, or reckless, but never hesitate one way or the other.

>>5933127
sure
>Divine Servant burns divinity
no it doesn't? neither does induct or faustian bargain alone. Only if we want to give them and level up some authorities

I was more thinking doing the Faustian Bargain as I joked about here >>5931821 or you yourself said >>5929977
We can have a few fan meetups in a few major cities and just rake in the ones that already try to follow us to the ends of the earth.
if some of those are competent, we could use the Divine Servant. But as I said previously I want an influencer and a hacker as our first ones.

>>5933145
Does it burn any resources at all, except the epiteth?

> Servants
I want to comb a cancer ward for a bitter and dying young woman and give her Pandora.

> Philotes, Spirit of Friendship and Intercourse
Could make a good base set of skills for an influencer, and it's not like we're going anywhere with that Epiteth. Maybe find a down on her luck influencer and corrupt, enthrall and elevate her?

> Hacker
Pheme already fills that role doesn't she? Why not get someone to handle finances and really let us flex the power of money with
> Chrysus, Spirit of Gold
His baseline power was guaranteed good luck on investments. With our money to start them off a servant dedicated to material assets could be super useful. Enough money could even let us purchase divine relics and authorities from other incarnations, and mortal specialist like hackers.

> Wrath of Artemis, Calydonian Boar
> Tisiphone, Avenger of Murder
> Phonoi, Spirits of Murder
Could all make good fighters too. Can't have enough muscle after all.

>>5933167
>Does it burn any resources at all, except the epiteth?
I don't think so?

>Hacker/Pheme
we definetely need to talk to her about this
I don't think it was explicitly stated that she can hack? maybe she's just good at using social media
either way, we can't yet fully trust her, while someone whose soul we own would be 100 percent controllable and available all the time

>Influencer
I was thinking Dysnomia. Someone else whose voice recordings and writing also goes towards our directive
also meaning someone who is an Influencer already, where my first go to was RX (right wing accelerationism)

>>5933240
Will Dysnomia really aid our cause that much? Molotov definitely seemed more mafia boss than influencer, whereas a god of friendship probably gets powers related to making friends. Dysomia is about disrupting united groups of people, an influencer wants to build a united group of people.

>>5933101
>>5933107
>>5933111

Betrayal: (7, 12, 12) <Reckless>: 7
Kamikaze: (8, 7, 10) <Reckless>: 7

Your soldiers go off to do their assigned tasks while you track down your target, the four legged beast. Eventually, you find it: The creature is big, a bit larger than the size of a large pickup truck, with a mop of shaggy brown fur and oozing a greenish slime. The smell as you approach the incarnation is absolutely rank, somewhere between rotting eggs and concentrated vinegar.

As you approach it, you can make out its face beneath the long, oily strands of its hair: the monster’s face is more human than animal, but the sight of it is absolutely repulsive. Before you can get much of an impression of it, you instinctively turn your head away, retching violently as you struggle to avoid throwing up.

The beast hasn’t detected you, but it seems on edge. Probably something along the lines of <Omen> or <Preservation Instinct>. You keep your eyes locked on its body as you consider your next move.

>Activate your combat authorities to their maximum and launch a surprise melee attack (roll 8d6+2)
>Assault it with your <Touch of Madness> (roll 9d6)
>Command it with your <Whispers> (roll 10d6)
>Activate your <Titanic Strength> and throw a projectile at it (roll 7d6)
>Write-in

(Remember to specify between <Reckless> <Normal> and <Cautious> with your vote. Do keep in mind that, just because an option has more dice or modifiers, that doesn’t necessarily mean a higher chance of success. Different checks have different DCs depending on the nature of the enemy.)

>>5933474
>>Activate your combat authorities to their maximum and launch a surprise melee attack (roll 8d6+2)
>>Assault it with your <Touch of Madness> (roll 9d6)
with Gloves of Ruin

>>5933474
Does our relic bow come with arrows?

> ASSESS HARMATIA
> Assault it with your <Touch of Madness> (roll 9d6)
> From range, we get six inches per divinity, use em!
> Cautious

We sneaky, no need to rush in and lose the element of surprise. This thing screams unpleasant to melee, drive it mad at a safe distance.

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>>5933474
>novel roll system that also can use different amounts of die
you sick deviant, do you enjoy making me open matlab?

>>5933538
+1
we should stay clear of the stench
assess hamartia should improve our chances for touch
I kinda want to have the balls and do the coinflip reckless again
but as opposed to manipulating humans, an other incarnation could actually become dangerous to us
cautious is just a guaranteed mid result
I'm also not worried about burning some more divinity for the extended range

>>5933597
and I misspelled distribution
god, I haven't done statistics in so long

>>5933533
>>5933538
>>5933597

>Asses Hamartia
>Touch of madness (at a range) <Cautious>

You use <Assess Hamartia> to get a look at the target

Jaques Baudin
Hamartia: Insecurity, Lust, Spite
Deepest Desires: Beauty, Desirability

I'm gonna need 3 rolls of 11d6, only keeping the 9 highest results. For the sake of this roll, the EV will <Still be considered as if you had only rolled 9d6>

Rolled 6, 6, 3, 5, 5, 2, 4, 4, 1, 1, 4 = 41 (11d6)

>>5933786

>>5933786
shouldn't we also get what his incarnation is?

Rolled 2, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 6, 6 = 36 (11d6)

>>5933786

Rolled 1, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 1, 5, 3, 3, 2 = 35 (11d6)

>>5933786

>>5933805

>Domain: Monster

>>5933797
>>5933806
>>5933807

>Touch of Madness (33, 33, 39) <Cautious>: 33

Also, I’ve been using more dice for higher level authorities rather than bigger dice, which is marginally lower variance. Let me know if you’d prefer fewer but bigger dice (with DCs adjusted to match) for a riskier, more dynamic system.

You extend your gloved hand towards the unsuspecting creature, sending your <Touch> outward. The beast turns to meet it but has noticed far too late. He collapses to the floor, reveling in illusions of a world where he is handsome, charming, and surrounded by adoring friends and beautiful women. Giant olive green horns resembling those of a wildebeest sprout from his head and begin to grow with a divinity that carries a sort of intrinsic grossness, similar in some ways to Dorota’s.

He begins to drool, saturating the ground in rancid green saliva that bubbles slightly upon contact with the loamy forest floor, filling the air with the smell of putrefaction.

An explosion rings in the distance, even more powerful than the one that took down Dorota. However, you don’t receive any notifications regarding a slain incarnation. It seems as if your kamikaze plan didn’t pan out.

The monster is at your mercy, but the thought of approaching it is deeply unpleasant. What should you do?

>Shoot it with your bow (3d6+1)
>Throw a rock at it with <Titanic Strength> (5d6)
>Try to use your powers to manipulate it (Specify)
>Write-in

>>5933836
>Try to use your powers to manipulate it (Specify)
Twist the illusion toward his downfall of Spite, make him believe his friends and companions take his beauty away and send him into an insane rage toward them. With any luck either he dies or they do.

>>5933836
>ready breath of serenity
>hold your actual breath to not smell it, but I expect it to be more metaphysical
>rip its throat out using our gloves and titanic strength


>dice system
as it stands you seem to aim to a very balanced regarding the range of possible roll outcomes, where they are very mid or basically a coin flip
adding something like "roll 11, keep highest 9", does change that massively tho
Quests more often than not have a best of three system, it is fantasy escapism, we want to feel powerful.
More importantly, in bo3, there is the possibility for a critfail and a critsuccess too which make more fun narratively, which this system currently lacks

>>5933847

I think going forward I will change to authorities increasing dice size rather than dice count: it keeps the mostly balanced statistics without basically erasing the probability for higher variance. This also allows for a crit success crit fail system, since those are basically impossible when any given check could have upwards of 20 dice. I'm gonna say that, for <normal> or <reckless> checks (but NOT for cautious), if any person gets the maximum or minimum value, that's considered a critical success or failure respectively, overriding the <Normal> check's usual rules

>>5933836
>Also, I’ve been using more dice for higher level authorities rather than bigger dice, which is marginally lower variance. Let me know if you’d prefer fewer but bigger dice (with DCs adjusted to match) for a riskier, more dynamic system.
Maybe? We only just started rolling, not sure if the current system is too cautious or not yet. I will say crits can be fun and it doesn't look like the current system really has them.

Backing >>5933844, based and domain pilled

>>5933836
>>5933844
>Support

Uh I'm not really a numbers person. I do like lodestones trying to get doubles or better and the better you are the more dice you get to roll. It seems to work really well imo.

>>5933844
>>5933847
>>5933865
>>5933921

>Try to use your powers to manipulate it (Specify)

You assault the beast with your <Whispers> and <Touch>, telling it that its problems- its ugliness, its loneliness, its palpable anti-charisma, are all the fault of society in general and its superiors specifically; you exacerbate his current paranoia and weaponize his tendencies to blame the world for his flaws rather than introspecting.

This will be a roll of 4d19, dropping the lowest value. Would you like to roll <Cautiously>, <Normally>, or <Recklessly>?

>>5934054
if the lowest is dropped, recklessly is overpowered
I did the math
>Recklessly

>>5934054
Actually, I miscalculated. It should be 4d16 (6+ (highest value authority) + 1/2(other authorities) + other modifiers))

>>5934054
RECKLESS

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>>5934056
>the math

>>5934056
>>5934065

<Reckless>
I'll need 3 rolls of 4d19

>>5934079
4d16 or 4d19?

>>5934080

You're right, 4d16. Thanks for catching that

Rolled 13, 18, 7, 15 = 53 (4d19)

>>5934079
Reckless

Rolled 6, 9, 10, 2 = 27 (4d16)

>>5934079
Le sigh

Rolled 16, 16, 11, 15 = 58 (4d16)

>>5934079

>>5934086

Good lord. Gonna wait for the third roll but I doubt anything's beating this

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>>5934089
>Ate be like

Rolled 12, 10, 9, 11 = 42 (4d16)

>>5934083

>>5934085
>>5934086
>>5934102

>Manipulate (25, 33, 47) <Reckless> (47)

The creature seems to have not only given into his spite and rage completely, but he seems to be almost fueled by the volume of his envy and rage. The light of his divinity brightens, illuminating the entire forest in a mucousy green light. The monster, presumably gifted with some sort of tracking ability, stalks through the trees with a cold fury about it.

Divinity: 353->307/500

You decide to collect your thoughts for a moment. The crab seems to have been slain, while the battle between the spear wielder and Isabella rages on although it seems to be heavily favoring Isabella. Dorota has not come back, and it can be assumed that that fact won’t change. You still haven’t had any notifications of dead incarnations, so the thralls’ betrayal plot has probably failed.

Things are going badly enough for the enemy that, if you were in charge, you would have already ordered a retreat. Maybe they have retreated- the purple fog is nowhere in sight, so that incarnation may already be gone. What should you do?

>Follow the beast
>Look for other incarnations
>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded
>Go back to the inn
>Wait for Isabella to finish off her enemy
>Write-in

>>5934124
>>Follow the beast
hope it can kill the other incarnation and then we get it too for the double

>>5934124
blinded by emotion, huh?
>try to make a Faustian Bargain with it for the promise of dealing with all those who have wronged him in the past

>>5934124
>Look for other incarnations
Could they have slipped away so quickly?

>>5934133
+1 MORE MINIONS MORE SOULS LET'S GO

>>5934124
>Look for other incarnations
>Around Every Corner the beast and other minions
Can't let the girls show us up.

---

You know what I want? Whispers/Spirit Wail Miracle.

>>5934133
oh boy... will that work?
I'm switching to this to break the current tie
but also using Around the Corner to check up on the others.

>>5934126
>>5934133
>>5934138
>>5934138
>>5934151
>>5934160
>>5934621

>Try to make a Faustian Bargain with it

You use your <Faustian Bargain> authority, hoping to strike a contract with the beast. Translucent crimson chains begin to appear from your fingertips, wrapping around your wrist before extending outwards like the tendrils of a hungry predator.

“[I have an offer for you]” you tell the creature. It turns to you, completely entranced. In this state, you have full confidence that the creature would do anything for you. As your chains approach the creature, the system interrupts.

>Error: one or more signatories is incapable of consenting to the contract

You frown. It seems like not only do they have to agree, they have to be “capable of consenting” as determined by the system. Obnoxiously, the system has most likely determined that anyone in the grip of your authorities lacks the capacity to sign a contract.

You make use of <Around Every Corner>. Aside from the beast, it seems like all of your thralls are either cured or dead.

What should you do?

>Follow the beast
>Look for other incarnations
>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded
>Go back to the inn
>Wait for Isabella to finish off her enemy
>Write-in

>>5934734
>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded
I hope they aren't routing to help fight Isabella

>>5934734
that is excellent information to have
it basically means that we can't make our regular simps into signing their souls away either.

>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded
get that other incarnation and do the usual again, assess hamartia, and make docile for long enough for a one-hit kill
I don't want to take many chances in combat.

>>5934734
was worth a try
>>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded

>>5934734
>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded

>>5934734
>Look for other incarnations
Highly unlikely the other incarnation just sat still after almost being suicide bombed

>>5934734
>Look for other incarnations

HUNT HUNT HUNT

>>Look for other incarnations
>>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded
they aren't really mutually exclusive, are they?

>>5934738
>>5934748
>>5934805
>>5934846
>>5934882
>>5934910
>>5934925

>Go to the location where your soldiers exploded

You make your way to the site of the detonation. The ground is peppered with debris, scraps of metal and plastic and, interestingly, two mostly intact guns. You suppose that, since these are divine relics, they have a durability that surpasses that of their materials. You decide to pick one up and inspect it:

>Cyclops’ Eye (Uncommon Firearm)

A modern weapon mass produced in the forge of a divine craftsman. Dramatically increases the effectiveness of the bullets against incarnations by imbuing them with divinity.

You point the gun at a tree and fire it. A crimson streak leaves the weapon as the bullet blows through a tree. However, unlike divine bows, it seems like these weapons need physical ammunition to run. You speculate that, if you were to use relics for bullets, the effectiveness of the weapon would increase considerably. You decide to keep the weapons, placing them in your inventory alongside your other weapons.

Unexpectedly, your <Preservation Instinct> and <Omen> activate. Moving quickly, you launch yourself away from where you were standing as quickly as possible and clad yourself in <Divine Armor>, avoiding the blunt of a sizable explosion. You tumble through the undergrowth before twisting your body again to avoid an arrow-shaped streak of pale blue divinity.

“Impressive,” a female voice rings through the trees, “to think you’d be able to dodge the arrow as well.”

You look around, trying to pinpoint the source of the voice, but it seems to be coming from every direction at once. Two more blue flashes rocket towards you from opposite directions, forcing you to hurl yourself to the side. One of them grazes your shoulder and, while your armor prevents it from drawing blood, the force of the impact knocks you backwards.

You can’t detect a trace of your enemy- maybe some sort of stealth skill? Regardless, as long as she has somewhere to hide, it looks like the advantage rests with her.

What should you do? Remember to specify between <Cautious, Normal, or Reckless>
>Retreat
>Extend your <Touch of Madness> outward and hope she’s in range (3d12)
>Use your <Whispers> to demand a one on one duel (3d13)
>Rampage with <Bane of Calydon>
>Write-in

>>5934939
we're still running our own stealth and guerella tactics, right?

>>5934939
>Retreat, or at least feign a retreat until we can pinpoint her location better

>>5934939
>Extend your <Touch of Madness> outward and hope she’s in range (3d12)
Worth a shot

>>5934959

Yes. It would seem that this incarnation is the fifth incarnation Isabella mentioned and has some way of spotting you. You can guess that this incarnation was working in tandem with the mist maker, which would also explain why she wasn't shooting at you back in the warehouse

I'll wait a few hours for a tiebreaker and roll for it if one isn't made

>>5934939
>Use your <Whispers> to demand a one on one duel (3d13)

Them hit her with the big stuff.

>>5935115
>>5935110
I can swap to this to avoid a three way tie

>>5934993
>>5935000
>>5935115
>>5935118

>Use your <Whispers> to demand a one on one duel (3d13)

I'll need 3 rolls of 3d13. Since roll type wasn't specified, a <Normal> roll will be made

Rolled 11, 8, 1 = 20 (3d13)

>>5935126

>>5931821

Also, is there a specific type of outfit you had in mind for this? I've tried a couple and none of the sketches really turned out, so an external reference might help

Rolled 2, 10, 2 = 14 (3d13)

>>5935126

>>5935174
Ahh forgot to say reckless.

Sorry

Rolled 9, 11, 11 = 31 (3d13)

>>5935126

>>5935142
>>5935174
>>5935269

>Use your <Whispers> to demand a one on one duel (3d13)
> 3d13 (14, 20, 31) <Normal>: 20

The woman laughs, scorn evident in her tone, before responding: “You’re challenging me to a duel while you’re hiding with stealth skills? That’s so shameless, I almost admire the guts!”

More arrows, three this time, hurtle towards you, aimed precisely at your vitals. You once again evade, this time managing to do so completely unscathed.

“You can see me fine, can’t you?” you reply, “Makes it fair, doesn’t it?”

Your reply is three more arrows, this time staggered slightly to make them more difficult to dodge. This time, you use your <Gloves> to strike one of the arrows, deflecting it as you dodge the other two.

It seems like she might fight if you lower your stealth skills, but you aren’t sure why she’d even want to do that. You used to think of perception skills as simply breaking through illusions, but now you’re considering the idea that that might not be the case. It’s possible that she might have some ability that shows your vitals, and, rather than circumventing stealth completely, it only tells her where to shoot.

You smirk, realizing that your enemy’s advantage might not be as absolute as you thought. Still, it’ll be difficult for you to take advantage of that fact while she remains hidden amongst the trees. What should you do?

>Try to locate her (specify how)
>See if you and Isabella can make this a 2 on 2: she has some kind of perception authority after all
>Release your stealth authorities and restate your challenge
>Flee
>Write-in

>>5935316

> "I'm headed toward downtown, stop me if you can"
> Head toward downtown and start blasting spirit wails of suicide across the town
> Upgrade Spirit Wail with any spare influence

Stop fighting on her terms. Duels? What are we, a hero? At the very least lure her toward the rampaging beast.

>>5935316
>>5935353
based, minus the upgrade part
base skill should be plenty against normies

>>5935316
>> "I'm headed toward downtown, stop me if you can"
>> Head toward downtown and start blasting spirit wails of suicide across the town

>>5935353
>>5935367
>>5935471

> "I'm headed toward downtown, stop me if you can"
> Head toward downtown and start blasting spirit wails of suicide across the town

Divinity: 307->286/500

You shrug your shoulders and begin making a break for the city.

“Running away, are we? Didn’t you want an honorable duel?”

“You said you didn’t want to fight so I’m giving up on that. There’s more fun to be had downtown.”

“You crazy bitch!” She roars, “Are you really taking an entire city hostage for something as petty as this?”

“Petty? This is life and death. Nothing less petty than that, right?”

Arrows, 4 this time, shoot at you from the cover of the trees. This time, though, there’s no subterfuge. They all approach from roughly the same direction. Based on their trajectory, you could easily locate the incarnation given enough time. However, if you start going after her, she might start to believe your threats are a bluff. What should you do?

>Pursue the incarnation by following the arrows
>Run towards the city, focusing on evasion, until she shows herself
>Write-in

>>5935471
+
>"Or would you rather stop Jaques Baudin's rampage?"
I think he doesn't quite have beef with regular citizens, but luring her to him would cause them to fight at least.
She will probably try to feed him a Breath of Serenity, but we can continue our influence to make him think they want to poison him.

>>5935626
>Run towards the city, focusing on evasion, until she shows herself
>"Or would you rather stop Jaques Baudin's rampage?"

>>5935626
>Pursue the incarnation by following the arrows
We have enough to find her now, that was the goal. Killing an incarnation is worth more than a group of normies.

>>5935626
>Run towards the city, focusing on evasion, until she shows herself

Having to worry about collateral damage is her problem.

>>5935630
>>5935708
>>5935772

>Run towards the city, focusing on evasion, until she shows herself

You continue moving, simply dodging the arrows fired at you without retaliating. By the time you’ve made it about halfway to the town, you get some system notifications:

>Congratulations! You’ve subjugated the incarnation of…
>Congratulations, You’ve successfully destroyed…

You decide to resolve them later once you have some room to breathe. The incarnation speaks again:

“Fuck, fine. Let’s dance, Bundy”

A figure, cloaked in dazzling blue light, vaults towards you with staggering velocity. Thanks to your authorities, you barely manage to evade the edge of a razor sharp hunting knife.

She’s fast, marginally outmaneuvering you even with <Supernatural Speed> at maximum output. You scowl: by all accounts, this incarnation should be weaker than you: after all, your new trait has shown no signs of activating. Despite that, however, you feel completely outmatched. Every vicious swipe of your claws or bone-shattering kick is avoided effortlessly and, as the battle continues, you begin to rack up a series of tiny wounds while you have yet to touch her.

You remember the harsh lesson you were taught by Braun: incarnation power is far from everything. Real, mortal skill can bridge the gap between even incarnations of significantly different levels. You managed to beat those cops because the gap was just that massive, but now that you’re on something of a level playing field, you face a significant disadvantage. You grimace as her dagger slices through your shoulder, drawing the most blood you’ve seen since your fight with the boar.

She smirks, “Not so tough when you’re picking on someone your own size, are you?”

You kick her, this time extending the length of your leg using your <Thousand Faces>. She dodges, but not quickly enough, as your kick sends her tumbling backwards into a tree. Blue light caresses her body as she stands back up, a small streak of blood and spittle dribbling from between her lips.

You grin, “You’ve got me there. My turn to ask a question: you can’t really see me, can you?”

Her eyes narrow, confirming your suspicions. She’s been predicting your movements based on the locations of a few key vital points: heart, eyes, arteries, and tendons probably, but she can’t actually see much in the way of your real shape.

Divinity: 231/500
Regeneration progress: 83%

Even with this new advantage, the fight isn’t in your favor. What should you do? Specify between <Reckless, Normal, and Cautious>

>Use <Asses Hamartia>
>Try to affect her with <Touch of Madness> (3d12)
>Press your new information advantage to try and win a melee confrontation (4d13+2, ignoring the lowest number)
>Retreat
>Write-in

>>5935807
>Use <Assess Hamartia>
>Banter back at her based on her Hamartia
Wow ok you guys were right way way before. We seriously needed these defensive authorities because we're becoming a jobber in the face of these heavies

>>5935807
>assess
to evaluate, judge
>Asses
multiple butts

>>Use <Asses Hamartia>
It's never not time to use Assess Hamartia
>Press your new information advantage to try and win a melee confrontation (4d13+2, ignoring the lowest number)
Reckless

>>5935807
>Use <Asses Hamartia>
it's free real estate

>Press your new information advantage to try and win a melee confrontation (4d13+2, ignoring the lowest number)
Reckless, if a stretch kick hit her that hard we just need one good blow to win

>>5935853
Support. We've got divinity burn and nectar on top of that.

Definitely need to get weapon skill, either by making a relic or forfeiting another authority

>>5935859
shop has Weapon Training as an authority
and something tells me we might soon get an authority to find weak spots, but we'd need to drop two authorities for it.
We need a Lydia that is sworn to carry our burdens, whom we can chuck some authorities to that are good to have in our general repertoire, but we don't need to have ourselves, like enchant item.

we should also look to carry authority crystals with which to respec from general to combat
then again, except for enchant, induct and faustian bargain, every single one of our authorities has combat potential

the exponential nature of upgrade cost also doesn't make specing in one direction an easy choice, because upgrading from K to K+1 costs more than upgrading anything from 1 to K
but we still think about a level gain to only be marginally better than the one before