Stumbling your way to the town your keep had overlooked, it seemed that there was little to nothing left alive in the valley – whether that be plants, animals, or fellow man. There was obviously no saving that place. Ever since you've just been wandering, completely at a loss as to what the next step should be. A few days ago you had entered a small city along the coast, and earned some coins performing a few minor blessings with what little divine power you could call upon; all you could muster was just curing mild colds and closing small cuts really. No matter how many times you've tried, your prayers remain unanswered and the god you once communed with daily has remained silent. Trying one more time couldn't hurt though.
>continued

You pray to...

> Pasifitor was one of the numerous sun gods with a penchant for smiting and order. Not necessarily good, but had little tolerance for actions outside his inflexible code of ethics, making him closer to such ideals than most. As a result of his rigid discipline and militarism, your martial skill is unsurpassed among mortals, but the hatred of socery that has been embedding in you would make it difficult to use magic to replace your lost divine powers.

>Archaeus was one of the few remaining gods devoted entirely to knowledge and the pursuit thereof. The collective of half-mad scholars his teachings attracted made his moral standing dubious at best, but you definitely wouldn't classify him as being “evil”. Spending your days shut up in the endless libraries that filled your fortress, you can't exactly claim to be much more than an above-average swordsman, but you already know the foundations of magic and find it easy to learn more.

>Lusitan was the patron of no small number of assassins and thieves. The third great teaching of his code reads as follows: “It's best to kill a man when 1.) He is unaware that you are there, and 2.) He owns a lot of shit.” As a result of living a life devoted to the shadows, you wear considerably lighter armor than your knightly fellows (read: chainmail) and don't have much brute strength; you are, however, extremely dexterous, and mildly capable of learning magic.

>>36467330
> Pasifitor was one of the numerous sun gods with a penchant for smiting and order. Not necessarily good, but had little tolerance for actions outside his inflexible code of ethics, making him closer to such ideals than most. As a result of his rigid discipline and militarism, your martial skill is unsurpassed among mortals, but the hatred of socery that has been embedding in you would make it difficult to use magic to replace your lost divine powers.

>>36467330
> Pasifitor was one of the numerous sun gods with a penchant for smiting and order. Not necessarily good, but had little tolerance for actions outside his inflexible code of ethics, making him closer to such ideals than most. As a result of his rigid discipline and militarism, your martial skill is unsurpassed among mortals, but the hatred of socery that has been embedding in you would make it difficult to use magic to replace your lost divine powers.

>>36467330
> Pasifitor was one of the numerous sun gods with a penchant for smiting and order. Not necessarily good, but had little tolerance for actions outside his inflexible code of ethics, making him closer to such ideals than most. As a result of his rigid discipline and militarism, your martial skill is unsurpassed among mortals, but the hatred of socery that has been embedding in you would make it difficult to use magic to replace your lost divine powers.
Hard Mode.
Gotta learn that magic tho.

>>36467330

>Archaeus

>>36467355
>>36467392
>>36467421
>>36467469

“Pasifitor, the sun that shines over a thousand planes, please hear my call. Your defenders are shattered, and I don't know how I could possibly rebuild our order. All I ask is some sign that you still remain somewhere in a weakened state, and I shall continue my life's work and bring justice to this world in your name...”

Still, you are met with silence, not even the sense of presence that used to be a constant remains. There really seems to be no hope for your god, and it might be time to just move on with your life. It's not like you were always a paladin, though adjusting again will probably prove difficult.

The sound of someone shuffling through the undergrowth snaps you out of your reverie, and you grab the sword from your side – ready to strike at a moments notice. Sure enough, opposite from you a heavily armored man enters the range of your fire's orange glow, bearing the stylized wolf of Hjar proudly on his chest – holding a massive sword in his hands. Your armor was defaced by numerous war scars in the battle for your fortress so there's no visible iconography of Pasifitor, but it'd still be quite a risk to try and pass for an adventurer since Hjar's followers are probably well aware of your likeness.

> Assume that he isn't going to recognize you and offer him a place by your fire.
> Get the fuck out before he even has a chance to identify you – maybe he won't give chase.
> He worships the god that killed your god, there is no room for mercy.

>>36467330
Pastifor

>>36467489
What are the tenets of Pasifitor?

>>36467489
No mercy,let's unleash the anger of losing our god.

>>36467489
> He worships the god that killed your god, there is no room for mercy.

running is still foreign to us atm

>>36467489
>> He worships the god that killed your god, there is no room for mercy.

>>36467489
> Assume that he isn't going to recognize you and offer him a place by your fire.

>>36467489
> He worships the god that killed your god, there is no room for mercy.

>>36467489

> Assume that he isn't going to recognize you and offer him a place by your fire.

>>36467521
Pasifitor values order over all else, which is why it's not exactly correct to call him "good". His worldview would require you to to perform unsavory actions if it meant achieving the ideal of a centralized and all-encompassing society so long as he was the most venerated god. This does not include outright evil actions though, like massacring innocents.

>>36467604
Any oaths of chastity or poverty?

>>36467616
Chastity yes, as your position required you to be completely devoted to his will, but there weren't many restrictions on property save you couldn't own land.

>>36467544
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>>36467584

Bloodlust it is then.

>>36467676
I think this is an awful idea

>>36467489

“I am Kaeso Sertoria, the last of my order, and I shall have justice!”, you rumble, frothing with visible rage in the dramatic fashion only a paladin is capable of.

He is taken aback by your rebuke, and doesn't even spring into action as you barrel towards him, sword in hand. It isn't until you've cleared the fire and are in the middle of a hefty swing utilizing all of your momentum before he raises his sword in defense; it was almost too late – but not quite – to stop your strike before it sliced into the gap between his open helm and his breastplate, and although he was able to parry it, the blow carved a chunk out of his weapon in a flurry of sparks. You are the first to recover by a considerable margin, his wide eyed look of horror and lack of any divine invocations marking his status as a initiate, and you pull back your blade for another arching assault. He does get a hold of himself after a momentary shock, and begins to ease in to the pace of combat as your onslaught continues – obviously calling on some past experience or training.

This continues for what seems like some time, probably a couple of minutes, and overall you are quite impressed with how well he is able to keep up. Finally you see another opening, a simple lapse in form, that you can easily gut the bastard through. Pulling a short feint, you prepare to thrust forward with all of your might.
>Roll 1d20, will take best of three. DC 15

Debating on whether a 1 should be made into a regular fail by a success just to cancel out the possibility of bad luck fucking everything up.

>>36467704
Everything in our life has been taken away by this man and ones like him. What do you expect us to do

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>36467720
No crits, /tg/ dice only brings pain otherwise

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>36467720
smite for right to party

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>36467720
Fighting on yeah LATEX

>>36467720
What does Hjer stands for?

>>36467810
Hjer is basically the foil to Pasifitor; he rules over a hardy nordic people and as a result values sovereignty and individualism. There's also elements of martial focus in his teachings, but unlike your own they are less about discipline and more about savage displays of prowess.

>>36467756
I can live with that, so long as no one has any objections.

>>36467720
Your blade slips into a gap in his armor with the horrific shriek of metal sliding against metal, meeting with a wet thump as he is impaled by your sword. Strength flees from his arms almost immediately and his legs give way – leaving only a crumpled mess on the ground where a warrior once stood. A twang of guilt rushes over you momentarily as you see his pitiful state, but you quickly dismiss it.
“Why was I the one?” he mutters repeatedly as he rocks back and forth, clutching the wound on his torso with all of his strength. It's probably not a fatal blow if it was treated quickly, but at least he doesn't seem to realize that.

He's immobilized for now and if he didn't pull himself together he'd probably just bleed out; however, if you just leave him here there's the chance that travelers might find him and send Hjer's servants on your path. There's also the possibility of using your remaining divine power to stop the bleeding – thus saving his life and allowing him to potentially alert your enemies. That's probably what one of those Lawful Good paladins would do, but that isn't exactly where you lie on the spectrum.
> Mercy kill him at least. This is all a matter of justice after all.
> Allow him to suffer, that should be enough retribution for now.
> In your infinite benevolence you will save the poor bastard.
> Write in.

>>36467947
> In your infinite benevolence you will save the poor bastard.

>>36467947
> Mercy kill him at least. This is all a matter of justice after all.
we justice, not cruelty

>>36467947
Tell him to renounce Hjer, and we may give him mercy

>>36467947
>> Mercy kill him at least. This is all a matter of justice after all.

>>36467947
> In your infinite benevolence you will save the poor bastard.
So he can answer questions.

>>36467972
Dude, he's a paladin they value their god over their life

>>36467947

> In your infinite benevolence you will save the poor bastard.

>>36468001
He's an initiate, His faith to Hjer may yet be broken

>>36467947
>> Mercy kill him at least. This is all a matter of justice after all.

>>36467330
Pastifor

The only true paladin's choice.

>>36468019
Then what would we want with a traitor? As our old god was one of order, Pasifitor's teachings would be to kill him after he repents his god.

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>>36468010

Alright, since it's sort of a tie would it be okay to see if he'll talk and then kill him?

>>36468091
Sure.

>>36468091
As long as we keep the questions quick and succinct yeah.

>>36468087
Who says we don't kill him once he has renounced his god, just to deprive Hjer of his soul.

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>>36467947
“Will you renounce your god in return for your pitiful life?”, you ask, prodding him with your foot. In response you get an agonized moan and a quick glance of defiance. At least he has some integrity left in him.
You excise some of your power to staunch the bleeding and try another approach. “Could you at least tell me where the rest of your order is?” you inquisite, holding your blade to his neck. Utilizing what little control he's capable of he spits blood onto your greaves; this isn't going to work. Summarily, you swing your sword in a short arch, chopping off his head in a single blow.

With justice served and Hjer's servants no doubt close behind, it's probably time to continue on to Berenice – where you hope that you can start turning around some of your bad luck. It's one of the largest settlements in entire peninsula, and is most definitely only second to Oescus in its position as a trade center. You've been there twice previously, both times with pressing business disallowing a close inspection, but you remember there being several powerful factions that you might find refuge in; if you play your cards right, you might even convince one of them to share their power with you.

On the modestly maintained road there you pass few fellow travelers – giving you yet more time for introspection...

As dusk nears you approach the monolithic gates of the city, manned with at least ten guards. Obviously they're looking for something – or someone – as they take turns peering at the lethargic flow of traffic coming in and out.
> There's nothing to fear, the goddess Postumia has control over this region and she certainly has no love for Hjar or his followers.
> Perhaps they're not even looking for you – but its better safe than sorry. Try to slip through the gates as the next large wagon comes through.

I'll make a not-shit map if this quest goes on for a while.

>>36468244
That map is pretty good.
> Perhaps they're not even looking for you – but its better safe than sorry. Try to slip through the gates as the next large wagon comes through.
Better safe than sorry, plus we likely don't know much about politics and political shifts.

>>36468244

> There's nothing to fear

>>36468244
> There's nothing to fear, the goddess Postumia has control over this region and she certainly has no love for Hjar or his followers.

Hard to be inconspicuous in a full suit of (plate ?)armor.

>>36468244

>>36468244
>> There's nothing to fear, the goddess Postumia has control over this region and she certainly has no love for Hjar or his followers.

>>36468298
You're definitely in plate armor, and before the battle at your fortress it was gilded all over and shiny enough to blind regular men.

>>36468244
What kind of sword do we have?

>>36468334
It's an admittedly regular steel longsword that your peasant parents had given you when you were inducted into the order.

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>>36468307

Fuck the police.

>>36468388
When was the last time Kaeso saw his parents?

>>36468408
It's hard to say really, he was pretty busy with order related business the past couple of months and he rarely visited them even when he was given the choice between doing Pasifitor's work and taking time off. Judging by what he's seen that was left of his hometown after the battle though, it's likely they're dead.

>>36468244
Taking a glance at your heavy plate armor and considering how difficult it'd be to sneak past, you stride through without a care. Well, perhaps you did so too casually as your gait earns you a few cursory glances from the guards, but you get past unaccosted.

Entering into the great marketplace that straddled the road right out of the gate, you shuffle amongst the crowd as inconspicuously as your hulking figure allows. If you remember correctly you're in the foreign district right now, or one of three actually. The strange composition of people seems to complement your guess – there even seems to be a band of dwarven monks proselytizing their strange philosophy on a street corner. You never quite grasped how they could shirk the gods that created them like that; life seems like it would be quite empty without a deity to bow before – although you suppose that now you're in the same position as them.
>Continued

You exit the cacophony of noise and movement almost as quickly as you entered it, moving into the residential areas of this district. The architecture here seems to be more permanent – as in not a collection of stalls and tents – featuring the same plaster and roof-tiled style as your hometown. If you were going to find an inn, this would probably be the place, but all of the serious factions like the mage college were in the inner rings of the city. What do you do?
> Try to gain access to the city proper. You'll probably be accosted by guards on the way in, and while you can't exactly tell them your story, it shouldn't be too hard to convince them you're important.
> Inn first, shenanigans later. You haven't slept with a roof over your head for a little over a week, and damned if you were going to spend another night in the open.
> Look around for work, or maybe recruiters for one of the factions. You've only enough money for a few days of food and shelter, so best get started searching now.

>>36468550
> Look around for work, or maybe recruiters for one of the factions. You've only enough money for a few days of food and shelter, so best get started searching now.

>>36468550

> Inn first, shenanigans later.

>>36468550
>> Try to gain access to the city proper. You'll probably be accosted by guards on the way in, and while you can't exactly tell them your story, it shouldn't be too hard to convince them you're important.
We should see if we could become someone who is importants personal guard as there would be a lot of money from that

>>36468550
> Inn first, shenanigans later. You haven't slept with a roof over your head for a little over a week, and damned if you were going to spend another night in the open.

shelter first, then work

>>36468550
> Look around for work, or maybe recruiters for one of the factions. You've only enough money for a few days of food and shelter, so best get started searching now.

>>36468550
>Inn first, shenanigans later.
Naptime for Kaeso.

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>>36468714

Look around for work, but inside of whatever inn you come across.

>>36468550
You decide that getting a place to sleep is your first priority, and you might find some job offers while you're looking around. And look around you do, after sifting through every building with a crescent moon, bed, or star on its sign it seems that there's some sort of public address soon so every peasant and his mother has congregated to hear it; moreover, it means there's no work to be had on top of the lack of accommodations. After exiting the tenth inn you'd come across however, a robed man lunges forward at you, grabbing on to your armor before you can either step back or draw your sword on him.

“Yes... you're the one aren't you?” he mutters, shaking his pale head back and forth fervently, “I was told that it would be in this lifetime, but I didn't see it coming so quickly. Yes, yes, I had no time to make arrangements! Oh, but that's not your fault most venerated one; of course not!”.

“You have some business with me?” you ask, looking around to see the reactions of the crowd moving around you. Mostly it seems as though the man's antics are being ignored, perhaps a sign this happens more often than you'd think.
>continued

>>36469089
“Me? No, such a humble servant as I would never ask anything of you! I only wish to inform you of an invitation – an offer you mustn’t refuse.”

“And what would that be?”

“A free pass to visit our circle, a place few can go and fewer still dare to. Our all-powerful patron will be glad to see you; yes she will! And in return you ask? Power! All the power you could need, and more still if only you come along,” he exclaims, pushing an envelope into your hand and jumping away.

You watch him as he ducks into an alley, reflecting on his strange actions. From the sounds of it, it's probably some sort of demon cult – which definitely stimulates your purging instinct, but you'll dwell on that later. Going around one of the many twisting corners of the chaotic streets of the city you find exactly what you're looking for, an inn with a “open rooms” notice in front of it. So what if it looks as though it's going to collapse in the near future?
>continued

>>36469124
Inside the building is pretty much what you'd expected – a grimy, overly crowded room illuminated by a fireplace with a low ceiling hanging overhead. You really wonder how it isn't cost effective to at least clean up a bit when you already have so many patrons. Is it something to do with petty pride or just negligence? Regardless, you shuffle through the tables, revelers, and drunkards to the bar counter, behind which is the most average looking old woman you've ever seen.

“The sign outside says you've got vacancies?”

“That w'do young man, at only seven copper a'peice no less! It'sa steal an you know it!”, she beams cheerfully back at you. Well, you've been in worse places you suppose.

She leads you to your room, after which you sink into the bed – it's been a long few weeks. Absentmindedly you tear open the letter you'd been handed earlier and leaf through it. All that is inside were some directions and a small note, “We'll not wait long”. Great. Before you go to sleep you want to decide your course of action, however, so you don't waste time.
> The time for work is now, you have three days of room and board here and the fleas might just kill you first.
> You need to get to the Mage University if you want to have any chance at getting back at Hjer and his servants – the sooner the better.
> The cult comes first, if there's really a demon cult you need to deal with it quick. Although, you know firsthand how powerful demonic pacts can make someone...

>>36469155

> The time for work is now

>>36469155
> The cult comes first, if there's really a demon cult you need to deal with it quick. Although, you know firsthand how powerful demonic pacts can make someone...

PURGE

and if it goes badly there'll be no point in planting roots in town

>>36469155
> The cult comes first, if there's really a demon cult you need to deal with it quick. Although, you know firsthand how powerful demonic pacts can make someone...

>>36469155
>> The cult comes first, if there's really a demon cult you need to deal with it quick. Although, you know firsthand how powerful demonic pacts can make someone...

>>36469155
>The cult comes first,
Our god would not be pleased to see his last follower shirking his duties.

>>36469227
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>>36469186

Demon cult first of course.

>>36469325
Shred those fools. Also btw what do we look like?

>>36469436
I'm waiting until his personality is fleshed out a bit more before deciding, but he's definitely pretty big.

>>36469155
After a somewhat troubled rest, horrific images of your order, hometown, and god being slaughtered and whatnot, you force yourself to get out of bed if only to escape the parasites that you shared it with. The cult is the first thing on your mind – demons are the natural enemy of the order you hope to personify, and with the rest of Pasifitor's followers dead the task falls upon you. You exit the inn after putting on your armor and sharpening your sword and try to find the “main street” the directions start from; it's difficult to tell which street is more “main” than the rest when every single one is packed with people, but eventually you make your way to where the letter leads with the help from no few locals.

Taking a quick glance around, you've brought yourself to a relatively calm backstreet cast in the shade of the buildings that border it. The last directions bid you to “lower yourself down into the deepest darkness”, which you suppose is the worn steps in front of you leading to a cellar door. Deep, calming breaths all the way down, you knocking on the rotten wood tentatively, ready to smite whatever evil leaps out; you're almost disappointed when it's just the man you met earlier that ushers you in down a long, damp hallway.
>continued

>>36469606
“Yes, it is good that you come so soon,” he heaves as a visible shudder wracks his robed form, “our lord – I mean mine and soon to be yours – doesn't like to be kept waiting.” Eventually you emerge into a dim chamber filled with at least seven other cultists all standing around a circle carved into the stone floor.

“Meet our brothers now, they'll help you on your journey. Yes, yes, it is good that you're here, so we don't have to wait.” He mutters, pushing you into a place at the head of the circle – which looks familiar to you now that you can see it up close. You aren't quite sure who it's summoning – but you know from the number of protective layers that it's not some lower demon or imp.

“All you need to do now is give some of your life essences, yes. Just the seal on the contract with our bountiful patron is all. Yes, yes, all the power is in your reach revered one!”, he exclaims with more force than you thought him capable, making a motion for you to slit your wrist. What do you do?
> Now you have all the cultists in one place, you can probably take them all out, thus putting an end to their demon worship.
> Start the ritual but end it prematurely, from what you know of these kinds of things it'll probably stun the cultists and allow you to get a few free hits in.
> Summon the demon, you've never actually conversed with your enemy, and now that your god is dead it seems like the opportune chance.

>>36469627
>> Start the ritual but end it prematurely, from what you know of these kinds of things it'll probably stun the cultists and allow you to get a few free hits in.

>>36469627
Were a fallen paladin who wants revenge
>converse

>>36469627
> Now you have all the cultists in one place, you can probably take them all out, thus putting an end to their demon worship.
We are bad at magic, do not want to jinx ourselves.

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>>36469627
>Now you have all the cultists in one place, you can probably take them all out, thus putting an end to their demon worship.
Kill all demons and their worshippers

>>36469627
>> Summon the demon, you've never actually conversed with your enemy, and now that your god is dead it seems like the opportune chance.

Maybe if we kill a demon we can use its power to restore our god. I'm not sure how this stuff works.

>>36469627
>> Now you have all the cultists in one place, you can probably take them all out, thus putting an end to their demon worship.

>>36469679
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>>36469784

Bloodlust wins yet again.

I'm suprised tg isn't leaping at the possibility of INFINITE POWER.

>>36469743
This.
Purify its power and use the fallen souls to restore our god. In the end its in the name of "order" so our god wouldnt care.

>>36469822
The real plan is to become a GOD obviously.
tg is just using its limited patience to achieve this end

>>36469822
Faith isn't glass being shattered, its a stone being erroded.

Pasifitor will have to screen our calls longer before we give up.

>>36469822

It makes sense, that if we follow a now dead god that gets just a touch pissy in regards to magic and such, and represents martial might, that we'd take the option that involves us taking out some understandably pent up aggression over the death of our god. Especially since that's what said god would seem to want if I'm reading the description correctly

>>36469822
We don't know we've fallen yet or that our god has spurned us. We think we're its last disciple, so we must carry on by its teachings as much as possible.

>>36469822
/tg/'s too up on their "must smite EVIL" memes to actually do anything fun.

>>36469930
Or maybe we're just playing the role of character.

>>36469968
You can have what ever excuse makes you feel less like a loser.
Won't change the facts of the matter though.

>>36469870
I completely agree who better to replace our god than us

>>36470089
>Stop wanting to take the character a different direction then i want it to go

Your duty is not done until you are dead knight

>>36469627
As the cultist turns from you to take his place in the circle, you draw your blade like you have a thousand times previous and cleave his rakish form almost in two. The ensemble of robed men stop for a moment, taken aback either by the savagery or righteousness of your onslaught allowing you to slash at yet another before anyone even springs into action. Eventually a grizzled old man opposite to you begins moving, taking his knife and pouring blood onto the grooves of circle which many of the men respond to by launching into a deep chant, although the three closest to you pull away from their positions, obviously intending to hinder you with their ceremonial daggers.
>continued.

>>36470162
Suddenly you hear a screeching sound coming from your side, and you dodge just in time to see a deathly black bolt in the corner of your vision. If these cultist are the followers of who you think they are, this fight could end in the destruction of much of the city if they actually manage to complete their ritual. This in mind, you charge the cultist nearest to you, impaling him on your sword even as he slaps his weapon against your armor to no effect. You quickly tear it out of him, and turn to face the other two aggressors, one readying another shot of demonic energy and the other having procured a sword. You meet the latter immediately and easily outmaneuver him, allowing you to slice his neck without much trouble; the former, however, charges his bolt, hurling it at you with a velocity you couldn't easily dodge. Luckily his aim seems poor, and you only feel it burn your left side as you make your way towards him. With him dispatched, you see of the cultist all but the old man turn towards you.

Roll 1d20, DC 16.
Character limit makes it difficult to write paragraphs.

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>36470188
gotta smite all the evil son

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>36470188

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>36470188

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>36470188

CLEAVE AND SMITE

>>36469870
I'm sincerely hoping you'll actually try to become a god now, although I'd be fine if you took another direction entirely.

>>36470210
Bless you anon

>>36470210
Pasifitor wills it... probably

>>36470228
We will become an angel of our lord's vengeance, whether figuratively or Literally

>>36470286
either*

>>36470308
I think we should aim for straight up god. Come on tg lets do it!

>>36470539
God of order and anit-magic? sounds attainable.

Your side definitely hurts, and the demonic energy gathering before you might be putting you off, but you just barely force yourself into action. The first couple blindly rush towards you, hoping that you'd be overwhelmed no doubt. With another forceful slash you disembowel two of them in one stroke, and cause the third to swerve awkwardly out of the way of your blade. As he latches on to you, attempting to force his blade into the gap between your helm and breastplate you feel a surge of adrenaline run through you and accordingly shake him off violently. You crush the neck of your fallen foe under your heel and swing around, ready to slaughter whatever evil stands in your way.

What stands before you however, is not quite what you had expected – it seems as though one of the cultists was a mage of some variety and had summoned a lesser hellhound to get in the way of your righteous fury. With a guttural growl it leaps at you, clamping down on your left arm, causing the both of you to fall back in a downward spiral. The force of the beast's blow had knocked your sword from your hand, but you lay a shower of blows on its unprotected neck with your armored elbow. A satisfying crunch is followed by the release of your arm, now slightly dented, allowing you to rise up once more to face the cultists.
>continued

>>36470653
The intense purple glow tells you that the ritual is almost complete, so you follow the most natural course of action and hurl the hellhound's corpse at the three remaining robed men with all the might you can muster. It crashes directly in to the old man and one of the others, knocking them back with the added effect of dissipating the collected demonic energy. There's only one left standing, but he's at least a few yards away and you don't know where your sword has gone. What do you do?
> Rush across the room and smash the life out of them with your righteous fists.
> Search for your weapon, you're just not as effective without it.
> Just pick up one of the cultists' daggers along the way; all bladed weapons are the same right?

>>36470672
>> Search for your weapon, you're just not as effective without it.

>>36470672
BATTER THEM TO DEATH WITH OUR FISTS

>>36470672
> Search for your weapon, you're just not as effective without it.

>>36470672
> Rush across the room and smash the life out of them with your righteous fists.
he who dares wins

>>36470672
> Rush across the room and smash the life out of them with your righteous fists.
So how do we become a god?

>>36470672
>> Rush across the room and smash the life out of them with your righteous fists.
Killing someone with a cultist's blade may not be the best idea.

>>36470672
> Rush across the room and smash the life out of them with your righteous fists.
as a paladin we should have basic unarmed training and metal on flesh is still lethal as all hell.

>>36470672
>Rush across the room and smash the life out of them with your righteous fists.

RIGHTEOUS FISTS

>>36470732
Half the fun is figuring that out. Fuck if I know, that's up to you guys.

>>36470680
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>>36470817

Righteous fists it is.

>>36470871
Wait, will that lead us to barrel through the circle?

>>36470885
Who cares? We're a (fallen) paladin of Pasifitor, no magic can truly stop us.

>>36470672
There's clearly not enough time to find your sword before one of them starts shooting demonic bolts at you, and the theological implications of using a cultist's knife to kill someone over a summoning circle are best left untouched, so you recklessly charge forward. The residual demonic energy stings you as you run through the circle, cutting off a bit of your bravado. Not enough to stop your fist from slamming into the still standing cultist's face however, with enough impact that you're sure you broke at least a few bones. You allow yourself to fall over with him, making it so your remaining momentum was expended as your knee collided with his ribcage; gracefully snapping his neck and returning to your feet, you see that the old man was still struggling to gain his footing while the other cultist was readying himself to flee.

There is no escape from order and justice. With a half leap, half sprint, you tackle him to the ground, knocking him unconscious instantly. Perhaps he'll be a useful source of information if you can bring yourself to keep him alive after this. A horrific scent of rotting flesh assaults you before you can make a decision, and you turn your head to see the final result of the half-completed ritual up close.
>continued

>>36471240
The old man's basic features vaguely remain, but his skin has turned a sickly green and half of his teeth have become gnarled fangs – you hesitate to think what the end result of his invocation would have been. He lashes forward with determination, but all he is equipped with is his disfigured hands and they have no more affect on you than the daggers did. With a slight twang of pity, you smash the abomination's face in with a powerful blow killing it instantly. Before anything else however, you should decide what to do with the unconscious cultist.
> Question him when he wakes up. (What do you ask?)
> Kill him now before he has a chance to conjure up some other trickery.

>>36467309
>Venturing out from your post, you found that you were the only survivor on either side of the battle.
badass

>>36470732
>>36470871
Heres what we do to become a god.
We get people to not only acknowledge our prowess and skill in a concept or subject but get them to WORSHIP us when it comes to that. When they go to practice their swordsmanship they should pray to us. When hey face demons they should pray to us. And when they pursue order they should pray to us.

To put it simple people not only have to think were a god but BELIEVE were a god and pray to us so we collect their spiritual power.

Step 1: Get an item that fits our future theme. Imo we should get magic gauntlets to punch with
Step 2:Do something amazing-slay all the evil mages in a corner of the world with just our fist and make sure people know.
Step 3: Convince people we are divine through tricks and proving our skills.
Step 4: Establish our concepts like if we are a god of order,good,war,power, or justice for example
Step 5:Do the impossible: Commisar style execute Hjer...with our fists
Step 6:???
Step 7: Ascention

>>36471263
>> Question him when he wakes up. (What do you ask?)
Who this demon was and why they invited a paladin to their summoning.

>>36471318
This sounds like a good line of questioning.

>>36471318
This

>>36471318
This

>>36471263
> Question him when he wakes up. (What do you ask?)
What where they summoning an why they were doing it

>>36471263
>>36471318
This is good, also ask their motives too.

>>36471318
This.

>>36471317
>trying to punch a god when you aren't one yourself
Kek, good luck with that

>>36471411
Step 1 said get MAGIC fist. Then this can be exalted

>>36471317
That might work, I'm not sure what brought on this whole "god of fists" thing though.

>>36471318
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>>36471384
>>36471393

Interrogation time it is.

>>36469822
>I'm suprised tg isn't leaping at the possibility of INFINITE POWER.
I don't think people really believed a demon with a few addled cultists will really give you infinite power. the demon seeks to exploit you for its own gain. not give you gifts.
tg wants infinite power and probably intends to ascend to godhood and replace our fallen god. But getting suckered by a demon into its servitude is not the path for that

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>>36471609
Exactly

Pic not related. I thought I would get more use out of it to be honest.

>>36471432
Still magic vs gods isn't doing to go down well for us. Maybe we should kill all their followers to see if it decreases the gods power. Also when we have our own religion maybe we should make deals with other gods we like

>>36471317
I honestly prefer we stick to our sword, better than fisting everyone.
also, you are assuming that apotheosis occurs when people believe you to be a god. That might very well not be enough. We are probably going to have to involve some magic in this.

maybe if we study the clerical magics of many different gods and the nature of religion, as well as more academic magics, we could find a path to ascension (which obviously is going to include actual belief and proving ourselves like you said. also, study the magics does not mean "fireball". but study of the planes, the source of clerical magic, how we manipulate mana to cast minor healing spells even though our god is dead, etc.)

>>36471672
both of those are good ideas. exterminate their followers and make alliances with like minded gods. or just any gods who are enemies with that hjalwhatever prick.

>>36471556
Because le epic fist mage me-me

>>36471795
I gotta admit I am getting tired of "lol fist mage I cast fist!"
it was fun and cute at first but its getting overdone.

>>36471240
You need information, and you don't suspect that any of these dead bodies are going to have a convenient note or journal on them explaining what in Pasifitor's name just went down. Poising yourself above the prone cultist, you wait until he regains his senses before you attempt anything. After a few moments his eyes hesitantly open, only to widen in shock when he sees your fist ready to cave his head in at the first sign of foul play.

“Who were you summoning?”, you hiss under your helm, to the satisfying affect of even further terror making its way across the young man's face.

“It was... you don't know?”, he mutters in disbelief, “You mean you came here without even knowing that you were going to call on Gaeius?”. The name sounds familiar, definitely one of the demons the clerics lecture you about before you're allowed to smite evil. A demon of decay and petulance you think – one of the seven higher demons at that; this cult wasn't bad catch for having little to no divine powers.

“You expect me to believe that, scum? Why in the world would a demon, especially such a powerful one, ask a paladin to preside over a summoning ceremony?”, you growl, laying it on as thick as you possibly can.
>continued.

>>36471836
“He – our lord – heard of what happened to your god and thought you might like to...”.

“What?”.

“Form a pact, follow a new, stronger leader. Paladins have the juiciest souls you know – or at least that's what he said – and the fallen ones tend to be power mad. I mean, I guess he was wrong right? Hehehehe...”.

> Put the bastard out of his misery, there is no saving the soul of a willing demonic cultist.
> Let him go, he's not your problem anymore, and he's probably learned his lesson about doing such irresponsible things.
> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.

>>36471861
> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.

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>>36471556
Every other hero ever who wasnt from exalted used either a sword, a staff, or a spear. Trust me it would be WAY more unique to a "western" fantasy universe to hear about The Holy Fist of Kaeso and how he singlehandedly beat a god to death.
Pic related but by the time we ascend we should look like this.

>>36471861
> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.
It will also earn us brownie points with postumia and hopefully get us some connections. We could perhaps work with/for them in a mercenary fashion without officially joining and converting?

>>36471861
> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.

>>36471861
>> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.
Paladins gonna paladin.

>>36471883
There's a reason they all use them. That's because they're practical.

>>36471883
Why does it have to be unique?

Plus, if you try to punch a man who actually knows how to use whatever weapon he's wielding, you're losing that arm. Maybe if we actually had some divine energy to give us some oomph, but right now we're just a man with training and a bible.

>>36471861
Hand him to the temple, they will cleanse him

>>36471861
> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.

Also my vote is for a two handed axe. Because we are srs biznes

>>36471883
>sword, a staff, or a spear.
sword is common as all fuck. but staff and spear is pretty rare.
Also, even if you want to do something rare. fist is not it.
Fist is not exotic, its not rare. its not nearly as clever as people make it out to be.

also, there are other weapons out there.
mace? wahammer? axe?

that all being said, we are a paladin dammit, we will use a sword and be proud of it.

>>36471883
You're forgetting maces. Maces are badass.

>>36471861
> Take him to the nearest temple of Postumia to have his being cleansed; it's no Pasifitor but it will have to do.

>>36471883
A Mace, plain and ugly but it will wreck armor shits and turn average men into paste. But we keep our sword it's what we most proficient in atm.

>>36471964
The spear has been one of if not the most commonly employed weapons in armies until muskets became standard. For good reason of course.

That being said I'd vote to stick with the sword our parents gave us, it's common because it's a very well rounded weapon.

>>36472006
Shit, can you imagine what it must have been like, being a soldier back then? Actually swinging a mace at another man and breaking his ribcage?

>>36471883
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>>36471825
Even if we do go down the whole "arcane monk" path, I promise it isn't just going to be some stupid out-of-this-world shit.

>>36471877
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>>36472006
Is this... mercy instead of bloodlust?

>>36472059
>>>In fiction, heroes always use swords, spears, and staffs
>>No they don't
>The spear has been one of if not the most commonly employed weapons IRL
Yes, IRL
The anon I replied to was saying that "heroes" in fantasy always use a spear, staff, or a sword and "never fists". I was disagreeing with him on that.

>>36472081
This is spite, depriving a daemon of it's believers, with the bonus of getting in good with the church

>>36472081
Everything has it's season. We are still LG brah, it's going to take more than our god dying to completely go off the deep end.

>>36472081
its about proving that guy wrong for the wrong reason of "fuck you"

spite makes right

>>36472081
>Is this... mercy instead of bloodlust?
Practicality. We earn brownie points, and get to "brag" about what we did without actually bragging.
Also, ideally we get some connections with the local churches.
We need to study different religions for our plans to succeed.

>>36472171
>We are still LG brah
no we aren't. we and our god were firmly lawful neutral. the law is everything.

>>36472171
>We are still LG brah

Is it tough living life without being able to read?

>>36472081

If we turn him in, we get good rep with the temple and establish ourselves as a dude who can fuck up demon cultists pretty good. If we're getting a fresh start, that's a pretty good line to have on our secular and divine resume.

Hey, I had another idea. we could also look into resurrecting our god.
That will be a useful excuse for studying those aspects of divinity that we must learn.
And it might be more practical than outright personal ascension and if we do resurrect him, he will probably be grateful enough to make us a follower deity in his pantheon... or heck, we might just use it as part of our own ascension "X is so awesome he resurrects deities"
... what is our name?

>>36472398
Our god proved he didn't deserve his power when he get killed. We can become more powerful than him and rise as his successor.

>>36472398
Kaeso setor or something

>>36472398
see>>36467720

>>36472460
>Kaeso setor
what?

>>36472451
>>That will be a useful excuse for studying those aspects of divinity that we must learn.
>Our god proved he didn't deserve his power when he get killed
can you not into english?
we don't have to resurrect him. but studying the methods is the fastest way to figure out apotheosis. Surely the process of a mortal becoming a god is similar or can be discovered via the studying the methods via which gods may be resurrected.

>>36472491
oh, thank you.

>>36472460
>Kaeso setor
oh, that is our name
I went and googled it to try and figure out wha ti meant and got no results

Giving the man as piercing of a glare as you can through your eye-slits, you motion for him to get up. “You've got two choices: I take you to the nearest temple so that you can repent your treacherous alignment, or I beat the life out of you right now; do you understand?”. In response he just nods fervently.

Surveying the bloodbath you had strewn across the room, you instantly spot your sword in a pool of blood and gore. First though, you rip some shreds of of one of the cultists' robes to tie the cultist's hands together as well as linking his legs, which he passively allows you to do. There's possibly some loot to be had in the corpse piles, you think as you retrieve your sword and head for the entrance with the cultist in tow, but it's not worth getting your armor dirtier than it already is. As you enter the slightly brighter light of the outside world you check your injuries to see if your armor was ruined; luckily it seems as though the demonic energy had just passed through your armor – which makes sense considering Gaeius' domain over living things – and the only new scar was the dent on your arm. It didn't change the fact your side still hurt like hell though.
>continued

After several minutes of wandering through the streets gaining a growing number of onlookers as you searched for the iconic flames of a temple devoted to Postumia, you finally come across a small place of worship a few streets down. Upon seeing you, and the man you were dragging, a priestess runs inside and brings out a much older cleric to meet you.

“You bear the faint presence of Pasifitor upon you, but that order's name has been struck from the halls of the divine for some weeks. Also, you come with a robed man in bonds, which hardly curries trust; care to explain what you require of us?”.
> Just tell him what happened, avoid any questions about your order as you're still not sure what news has been circulating.
> Tell him everything, a cleric that old, even if he worships Postumia, is probably sharp enough to see through any omissions you make.
> Write in.

>>36472618
> Tell him everything, a cleric that old, even if he worships Postumia, is probably sharp enough to see through any omissions you make.

>>36472618
> Tell him everything, a cleric that old, even if he worships Postumia, is probably sharp enough to see through any omissions you make.

>>36472618
>> Just tell him what happened, avoid any questions about your order as you're still not sure what news has been circulating.

>>36472618
> Tell him everything, a cleric that old, even if he worships Postumia, is probably sharp enough to see through any omissions you make.
I'm loving the little slights at the gods.

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Alright never mind. Since we have such martial prowess we should use a whip sword.
Pic related

>>36472656
It can't penetrate anything heavier than medium armor unless it has a shit ton of pluses though.

>>36472656
No. They're stupid and unwieldy. Just as likely to cut your allies as they are to cut you. Plus, can you see a platoon of men using those?

>>36472618
>> Just tell him what happened, avoid any questions about your order as you're still not sure what news has been circulating.
I'm cool with telling him we're the only surviving member of the order, but best not tell him that we used to be the head paladin just yet.

>>36472618
> Tell him everything, a cleric that old, even if he worships Postumia, is probably sharp enough to see through any omissions you make.

besides which, postumia is an enemy of hjasshole. and they are already hunting you.

>>36472656
Personally I'm hoping for a 'master of all weapons' kind of thing.
Would be even more impressive if we get a subspace armoury.

>>36472687
Why the hell would a platoon of guys be using it?

>>36472656
We could also fight with one arm tied behind our back, that doesn't mean we should or that it would be "cool".

As the best paladin of pacifitor, we use proper paladin looking tools. Shining fullplate armor and a sword.

>>36472719
>Personally I'm hoping for a 'master of all weapons' kind of thing.
>Would be even more impressive if we get a subspace armoury.
ok, I have been insisting on sword thus far. but this idea I can actually get behind.

>Why the hell would a platoon of guys be using it?
why the hell would anyone? its not a real weapon. it exists only in japanese vidya and nowhere else. It is one of the most impractical "weapons" to ever be conceived by anyone.

>>36472743

Or some sort of multi-use weapon. There's a tyep of poleaxe or something that also has a pretty hefty blunt end for bashing, isn't there?

>>36472719
That'd be pretty cool, although it could get kinda cluttered in there if we go for a full armory. How about a shape shifting weapon that takes whatever form we will it to?

>>36472509
>>36472535
He comes from a roman-derived culture so his name Kaeso Sertoria is simply a name used in the early republic.
>>36472719
That's sort of what was going for anyway, he was the champion of Pasifitor so he can handle pretty much anything with some degree of competence.

>>36472630
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>>36472713
The truth will set you free.

>>36472796
Again, axes would be cool

>>36472835
>although it could get kinda cluttered in there if we go for a full armory.
Not if the armoury has some kind of enchantment on it so that we could pull out exactly what we wanted just by willing it to be there.
Also, a shapeshifting weapon loses out on some of the varying magical effects an entire armoury could have.

>>36472856
>That's sort of what was going for anyway, he was the champion of Pasifitor so he can handle pretty much anything with some degree of competence.
wonderful.

although personally I would have preferred Archaeus. shame I missed that vote

>>36472784
>its not a real weapon
Actually, it is. Or at least something similar to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi

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>>36472908
So we want to play a grittier Erza?

>>36473001
Personally I was thinking more a competent Gilgamesh.
You know, with the whole golden armour and laying down the law on filthy mongrels and their inferior gods.

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>>36473039
That's cool. Sounds fun to me.

>>36472970
>Actually, it is. Or at least something similar to it.
If by similar you mean "very different". You might as well call an axe a sword since both have a sharp edge.

also
>Extreme lack of sources
>Zero historical use
>Only use is in mcdojos
>A real weapon
kek

>>36473072
I love that guy

>>36473072
>pictured: a barbarian of Hjer
>most definitely not a Paladin

>>36473118
Nah hes more in line with Archaeus than hjer

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>>36473118
More crazy science than Viking really

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>>36472835
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>>36472856

Alright i submit we should use real weapons. BUT i want this pic to happen when we go full blown paladin.

>>36472618
“Hmph, where to start? I'm fine with explaining myself so long as we do this somewhere less public,” you sheepishly offer, pointing at the growing crowd who no doubt heard of the 'blood soaked fighter dragging a hostage to the temple'.

He considers your words for a moment before replying, “I suppose that would be... prudent. Even if the stories are true, a servant of Pasifitor, no matter how mad, would never disrupt the order of this city.” You nod and follow him into the cramped place of worship, past the shrine to Postumia and into a back room that seems to act both as an office and a bedroom. The priestess that you had seen earlier staring disdainfully at the tracks of blood that followed you all the way in.

Launching in to a narrative of loss, sorrow, and despair, you explain your journey from defending the sanctum of your god to arriving at the gates of Berenice. He seems skeptical of your version of events – and makes no effort to hide it – but listens silently nonetheless. When you pause to gather your thoughts, he launches into a question he'd obviously been sitting on for a while.

“You expect me to believe that Hjer knowingly disrupted the balance of power, even going so far as to kill another god?! I know better than anyone that his brutish demeanor knows no bounds, but the very concept is absurd!”.
>continued

>>36473287
“I realize that, which is why I've done my best to not advertise my story. You don't have to believe me on this anyway, I expect no help from Postumia or her followers; my interest here is getting this man,” you explain, gesturing to the cultist, “cleansed of his transgressions. He was apart of a cult that I came across just a few streets away – Gaeius worshipers. I did my duty and purged those that could not be saved, but I thought that this man might be.”

“Gaeius, this close to our temple? If that is true, then we owe you a great deal, regardless of your affiliations. Where is this den of demons that you speak of?”, he questions, filling with eagerness at the mention of cultists. You hand him the letter with the directions, only half illegible from bloodstains, and he sends his priestess to go check it out. After which he begins shuffling around with the papers at his desk, obviously distracted.
> Say or ask him something. (What?)
> Slip out while he's distracted, he has too many questions that you don't want to answer.
> Stay Silent.

>>36473310
> Stay Silent.

Think about Pasifitor

>>36473275
That is a pretty cool picture

>>36473118
nah, check out
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021104#.VHp33cjQr4Y

steampunk world where people are born with the "spark" which lets them do abominations marvels of SCIENCE!(TM)
The got super soldiers, robots of every size and shape, energy beams, mind control locusts, and so on and so forth.

Sparks also have innate aggressive tendencies and other "madboy/girl" so they tend to be at each other's throat with a constant war for dominance.

>>36473310
> Stay Silent.

Let him say something. We did our job

>>36473310
>> Stay Silent.
Maybe if we stick around he'll give us a reward for slaying the cult.

>>36473310
you said that my order's name has been struck from the halls of the divine for some weeks. yet you find it hard to believe that Hjer attacked us. What then did you think happened to us? what has your goddess told her faithful?

>>36473310
Stay silent

>>36473338
>>36473398
>>36473424
>>36473459

Silence is golden.

After this scene I'm thinking about calling it as my writing is getting sloppy and updates are taking longer. Everyone okay with that?

>>36473543
No problem.

>>36473543

Sure. Get plenty of rest!

>>36473543
4-6 hour run time is the average I get from my usual QMs

no complaints with your five.

>>36473543
When is the thread starting again because i want to catch it next time?

>>36473611
best to get a twitter m80

>>36473543
sure, do you have a twitter for posting updates on when the next time is?

“You say that my order has already been taken from the halls of the divine, if it were not Hjer then what do you suppose happened to us?”.

“Madness of course, you know how smaller faiths can get when they feel they've been backed into a corner. After the loss of Balsa a few centuries ago, everyone has just been counting down the days until Pasifitor tried an all-or-nothing strike against Hjer. If what you say is true then, there might be some significant ramifications of his actions,” he explains curtly as he goes about his work shuffling through endless stacks of paper; you allow him to work in silence until the priestess returns, looking rather ill.
>continued

>>36473790

“There was certainly a cult in there, and the runes seem to point to Gaeius, like that man said.”

“Ah I see, in that case I must apologize to you friend, for you have done us a great service. I can't give you church funds as a reward but here,” he states, pushing a piece of paper from the pile into your hands, “this permit should get you in to the inner city which you're no doubt in Berenice for. I can also put in a good word with the church hierarchy to overlook you if your identity is revealed. It's not much, but it's all I can offer.”

“Thank you kindly, now if you may excuse me, I have business in the Inner City,” you reply, leaving through the open door and walking out in to the street once more. Today has been a good day, and it's not even noon yet. What would you like to do?
> Go rest, now your adrenaline has worn off, your wounds are starting to hurt.
> Straight to the inner city, if you can gain entrance to the mage college they'll surely heal your wounds.
> Other.

And with that I'll call it a thread; I want to thank everyone for participating thus far. I'll stay around for some helpful criticism and Q&A for a while if anyone's interested. We'll pick this up again at around 3:30 EST tomorrow. Will look into getting a twitter account for future threads.

Also if anyone knows how to archive a thread, help would be appreciated, never done this before.

>>36473812
Thanks for the thread. What description should I put for the archive?
What would have happened if we cooperated with the cult?

>>36473812
> Go rest, now your adrenaline has worn off, your wounds are starting to hurt.


also

what tags do you want?

Why hasn't anyone tried checking out the wound? We obviously have an infection in our side.

>>36473895
eh, rub some dirt on it. It'll be fine

>>36473871
>>36473889
Anything would be fine, I'm fine with doing it myself but am not sure how to go about doing so,

>>36473812
> Other.
Tell the priest you got hit with some magic ask for them to take a look at it. It'd be a poor thing indeed if you died because you didn't check you wounds.

>>36473812
there are two archives

https://archive.moe/tg/
automatically archives all threads. it is in many ways better.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html
requires manual archiving. it should be done. because 2 archives are better than one (since occasionally stuff gets lost or deleted)
To archive in suptg you simply click on the bottomost button on the left, the "click here for request interface" under the "add thread" heading.

Where it says thread # you put the number of the first post off the thread.
in this case >>36467309
without the >>

Title is "Fallen Paladin Quest"
preferably in the future you should number the threads, so next thread should be
"Fallen Paladin Quest 2" than "Fallen Paladin Quest 3" and so on and so forth.

In description you give a small summary of what happened in the thread (optionally), keep it short and not too specific.

Then come tags, you must put "collective game" and "quest" in every quest, and should include your name and main character name. so for this one it would be:
Collective Game, Fallen Paladin Quest, Zarathustra, Kaeso Setor

>>36473986
You don't need to put quest, just collective game.

>>36473986
Thanks for the information, I greatly appreciate it. In hindsight I probably should have figured this out previously.

>>36474019
see the rules
>Note: Quest threads must include the tags Collective Game and a descriptive, unique tag to associate a quest line (Lonely Guardsman Quest, Bloodaxe Quest, etc.)
as a quest, the rules of the archive requires it have the tags "collective game" and "something-unique quest"

>>36474056
No rush. we can help and there is 24 hours after a thread is locked before its purged.

Also, another thing is that its customary for quest masters to make a twitter account just for quests, and post updated on it. namely
>Will be running tommorow at 12pm CST
or
>Thread cancelled today, life happened
or
>Thread is up (insert web address for the thread)

>>36474057
Yeah, you worded it strangely. I thought you were saying you needed 'quest' as its own separate tag.

>>36474056
announce day, then hour or so heads up, then post a link to the thread

cancellations should be announced ASAP

>>36474100
I'm roughly familiar with quest threads in general, but I can see the necessity of a twitter account now that you mention it.
>>36474131
Sounds good, I'll open the next thread with the account after the recap.

Any general complaints about the actual quest itself? I'd like to know what's working and what isn't.

>>36474122
oh, you are right. I DID say that, its not what i meant, but it is what i said. a bit of fail on my part

>>36474197
So far its pretty good, once you run more their might be issues but so far so good.

>>36474197
so far so good.

>>36474197
I can only provide generic advice like "read other quests" and "kill your darlings"

>>36473986
one more thing, on suptg there is voting for threads. don't be disheartened if there aren't many votes, the UI for voting is pretty awful so many people don't bother. but that doesn't mean they don't like it. just that they can't stomach jumping through hoops just to vote

>>36474257
Thanks for the positive outlook, but what exactly do you mean by "their might"? As in fighting more enemies or making more significant progress.
>>36474271
Nice to hear I didn't totally fuck it up.
>>36474288
No problem with that, I enjoy reading quest threads when I get the chance.
>>36474308
Yeah, I've noticed how erratic the voting system can be, even with popular quests.

>>36474388
don't fret about popularity as long as you have a sizeable playerbase.

5-9 is the sweet spot imo

big enough for the occasional anon to miss and not take a dent but not too big to be out of control

>>36474388
>what exactly do you mean by "their might"?
not him but questers are retarded as a rule
eventually someone will hate something you do and will kick up a big fuss that'll make everyone unhappy

>>36474552
IKTFB

happens once every 30-50 threads in HQR

>>36474518
That seems like pretty solid advice, thanks for all the help.
>>36474552
I'll try keep that in mind, though I figure just straying away from waifus and letting people name things would be a good first step.

>>36474707
also avoid votes on hair cuts and sexual orientation

>>36474730
and gender
especially gender
dear god never gender not even very first post it's just too big a risk

>>36474730
>>36474766
So basically anything abstract will cause a shitstorm? Awesome.

That's it for me tonight though, need eat and prewrite a bit for tomorrow.

>>36474826
Char gen is a shitstorm because people will want to waifu it or turn it into fap bait. Also keep the tone from shifting too quickly. If a waifu or beloved character dies there will be a shitstorm no matter what so fair warning.

>>36474388
>Thanks for the positive outlook, but what exactly do you mean by "their might"? As in fighting more enemies or making more significant progress.
he meant there not their
and as for might, he meant as in "maybe" not as in "strength"

>>36474826
you should also be aware that when certain contentious issues arise. such as fetish stuff (ex, people suggest we raid a town and rape all the women) it will not only trigger a shitstorm, but no matter how you rule it you will lose readers (don't worry, more will come back over time). Be aware of that and remember in such cases you don't have to go with the majority, but with what you want your quest to be like and who you want your players to be.

>>36474826
not a guarantee but best not to risk it.

>>36474826
>So basically anything abstract will cause a shitstorm?
No, its not abstract stuff, its specifically this aspect of character generation.
Whenever there is character generation you are going to have about
>20% voting male
>20% voting female
>60% voting write in: hermaphrodite loli
if the QM explicitly chimes and and says no to the write in they will switch their vote to woman, and you will get a shitstorm as they whine about how unfair you are as a QM.
if you allow hermaphrodite most sane people leave and some bitch about it too as well.
if female or male wins, some people will leave
No matter which of the three wins, it will be played as if it is a straight man.
There will be massive samefagging on all sides.

Names don't generate shitstorms at all, in fact tg is quite good with names

>>36474826
Honestly the shitstorms are inevitable unless you're doing a comedy quest. Might as well plan around them.

>>36475108
False, I've seen fusses thrown up over names.

>>36475354
>Honestly the shitstorms are inevitable
FTFY

a lot of times its not even a shitstorm but just two guys getting into an argument., they will quickly abandon all relationship to what is going on in the quest and simply yell insults at each other and dissect each other's posts. some might start samefagging as "impartial third parties here to tell you that you are a retard"

>>36475445
I was gonna say it was inevitable, but I've never seen a shitstorm in any of Larro's quests.

>>36475501
His academy quest just had one over science club vs dungeoneering club.

>>36475518
Our definitions are different then, that didn't seem disruptive enough to qualify for me.

>>36475518
looks like one is brewing over the insane murdergirl

>>36475562
People outside of thread were bitching up a storm til QTG started getting deleted. I mean much more so than usual anyways. All the "muh railroading" was hilarious to watch.

>>36475607
Oh isn't it? way too many yandere fetishists going there. They don't realize she going to be far more yan than dere. Put an orb in your mouth and be up for a few kinks and most anons would follow to their graves.

>>36475608
I've never really gone in QTG, and I wouldn't really count that either. For me shitstorms disrupt the thread and the experience of other players. If people are being considerate enough to take their arguments somewhere already worthless (QTG) then it isn't a shitstorm.

>>36475685
Fair enough still there are enough hurt feelings that one will likely erupt over Vaisi.

>>36475704
If it does I'll have to drop Larro as my example.