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Rules!
Current rules! note that some of these are subject to change, especially the dice. cause fuck /tg/ dice.
>10 minute voting period, may be extended in case of clever write-ins
>Write-ins are ALWAYS a valid options I don't care if you're just going to sleep, if you have a write-in, you can vote for it.
>Try not to bitch at people for namefaggin. I'll restrict it if it becomes a problem but right now I don't care.
>d100 for dice rolls unless told otherwise, counting the first three.
character sheets!
http://pastebin.com/u/QMEclipse

>>40800364
awwww yessss! How you doin?
>Just watch, no need to get involved

>>40800392
Real life finally stopped happening, so I got my lazy ass around to updating the pastebins and starting up a thread

>>40800364

>mostly SoL

I'll skip this one then. When are you running again after this?

>>40800445
I'd advise against skipping it, since SOL in a blackguard quest still involves some shit. Basically it just means that stuff is happening in the town. You may not want to actively participate, but I'd advise at least lurking. As to your question, I'll probably make at least two threads today.
Hell I may even make three depending on whether or not everyone can keep up with me

>>40800364
>>Move to back up the armored man, he's outnumbered 5 to 1

>>40800364
>Other
>Send Karin up to your room and keep watch in case things get out of hand.
Wouldn't want Karin getting hurt in a brawl, but we also wouldn't want to leave a brawl unchecked and find the inn burned to the ground in the morning.

>>40800364
>Just watch, no need to get involved

your twitter link is just the mainpage, might want to fix that, it has been that way for the last threads.

>>40800530
Aw shit, didn't notice that.
ACTUAL TWITTER

https://twitter.com/EclipseQM

I'll fix that next time

>>40800392
>>40800514
>>40800530
Looks like watching takes it

>Send Karin up to your room?
>Y/N

>>40800595
>Y

>>40800595
>Y
if we get involved, s/he might get hurt, and we don't want that. I guess.

>>40800595
>>Y

>>40800649
>>40800651
>>40800655
Sending Karin up takes it. writing.

>>40800364
Well, you're definitely not getting involved in this. If things turn to ugly you might step in, but until then you're more than content to watch. You shoo Karin off to your room with some reluctance, so adorable... Ah, no. Watching the fight. The armored man is now surrounded by the drunks, and one reaches out to shove him. He catches the burly mans hand, and throws him bodily over his shoulder into one of the tables, turning around quickly to stop another mans fist, punching him in the gut. The fights on in earnest now, but the armored man is taking out the rest of the drunks with ease, Where did he learn to fight like that? He's outnumbered and surrounded but he's throwing them around like ragdolls, you catch something glint around his neck, an amulet, three golden rings. You recognize that symbol alright, you'd have to be stupid not to. A member of the lady's church, probably a paladin if he's in armor. This...this is not good.

>Try to make your way up to your room without being seen
>Just sit calm, eat. He has no reason to suspect you of anything, and he was leaving when the drunks attacked him
>Other?

>>40800933
>>Try to make your way up to your room without being seen

>>40800933
>>Try to make your way up to your room without being seen
Just walk nonchalantly up, with your food as if you are trying to eat in peace.

>>40800933
>>Try to make your way up to your room without being seen
Fight's over. nothing to see here.

>>40801002
The fight isn't actually over yet, it will be real soon at this rate though.

>>40801020
Yeah, unless a Drunken Master stumbles up and throws down, it's already dea- I mean over.

>>40800933
>Try to make your way up to your room without being noticed
Play it casual. Being noticed while sneaking up makes us look suspicious. We're just some patron, heading away from a fight.

>>40800933
>>Just sit calm, eat. He has no reason to suspect you of anything, and he was leaving when the drunks attacked him

>>40800933
>Try to make your way up to your room without being seen
We don't want to get pinged on detect evil.

Also, is Karin using some sort of illusion magic? Seems that way.

>>40801045
>>40801002
>>40800985
>>40800975
>>40801068
Nonchalantly leaving takes it give me 1d100
>>40801068
You sent Karin off to your room. Unless that's not what you meant?

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>40801102
Let's see if the dice are with us today.
>>40801068
They're just a trap.

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>40801102
Nat 1 baby!

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>40801102
These rolls a shit.

This roll a shit too.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>40801102
I meant the gender switch, and suddenly finding her so adorable

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>>40801138
Uh huh sure it is

>>40801118
or reverse trap, Avitus thinks Karin is male, Jasmine thinks Karin is female, you the players don't know because I'm messing with you and you haven't had the characters try to find out yet.

>>40801138
apparently not, writing

>>40801157
Karim is a fucking ghost!

I know it! It's a damn androgynous spirit that is too conflicted and damaged to move on properly!

And it's our fucking squire. Gender is irrelevant.

>>40801146
The suddenly finding Karin adorable is an unrelated matter. Pretty sure you can guess why though.

>>40801157
Jasmine will find out eventually, I'm sure. Devotee of hedonism and lust and such.

>>40801146
Haha, I wouldn't worry about it anon.
There's nothing out of the ordinary with Karin.
Nothing at all.

>>40801191
Yeah not gonna lie, probably shouldn't have put a god of earthly pleasures in a /tg/ quest. Ah well, I've made my bed I'm not gonna back out now. If lewds happen, I'll deal with it.

>>40801189
Or that's what you want us to think.

I know Karin is actually a shapeshifting lizardman from hell.

alright I gotta hit the can real quick, then back to writing. feel free to discuss whatever it is you people talk about when i'm not here

>>40801215
>Ah well, I've made my bed I'm not gonna back out now.
Good on you.

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>>40801215
>If lewd happens.
There is no 'if'. There is only 'when,'

>>40801293
Jesus fucking Christ, is he made of granite? Dude's chiseled as all fuck!

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TODAY I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT HONEY-ROASTED PEANUTS DO HORRIBLE THINGS TO YOUR COLON AFTER EATING BACON! OH GOD THE PAIN! anyway...writing

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>>40801311

>>40800933
Well, you're not sticking around here to find out if he recognizes you, THAT'S for damn sure. You begin to make your way over to the stairs that lead to the second floor, out of the corner of your eye you see one of the drunks stumbling backwards towards you, thrown by one of the paladins punches, if you hadn't noticed he likely would have fallen on top of you, you have a quick second to react

>Step out of the way, make for the stairs
>Shove him back at the paladin, make for the stairs
>Other?

>>40801490
>>Step out of the way, make for the stairs

>>40801490
>Step out of the way, make for the stairs

>>40801490
>>Shove him back at the paladin, make for the stairs

>>40801490
>Shove him back at the paladin, make for the stairs
Distraction time

>>40801490
Well shit we're bad at stealth. Given that the paladin just punched this dude, his attention will probably be in this direction anyway, so it looks like we're probably getting noticed regardless.

Let's just
>Step out of the way
so as to not needlessly antagonize him if that turns out to be the case.

>>40801490
>>Other?
Detect good

>>40801490
>Step out of the way, make for the stairs

>>40801536
The roll was more to see if you noticed the drunk hurtling towards you, the paladins back is actually turned away from you because he's surrounded, and needs to move quickly.

>>40801560
> the paladins back is actually turned away from you
That came out wrong, basically the paladin punched the drunk, and then turned to take care of the others. He's not facing you.

>>40801215
>You've made your bed, now fuck in it.

>>40801594
kek

>>40801490
>Step out of the way, make for the stairs

>>40801624
>>40801554
>>40801505
>>40801503
>>40801536
Not dealing with this it is. 1d100+10

Rolled 75 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>40801659
...

Rolled 56 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>40801659

Rolled 23 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>40801659
Crit 1

Rolled 50 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>40801659

>>40801671
85 DC passed, writing

>>40801157
>write in
FIND OUT IMMEDIATELY!
Soon

>>40801490
You quickly side-step out of the way and make for the stairs, the sound of the fight raging behind you. You make your way up the stairs and into your room, closing and locking the door behind you.

The fight sounds like it's dying down. Karin jumps up from the chair she was sitting on as you enter, but relaxes when she sees it's you,

"What's wrong? You look scared or something?" Karin asks, before apparently remembering you can't talk, her face going red as she awkwardly mutters an apology. So adorable.

You can hear the sounds of the fight below you stop, and you think you can make out muted hints of conversation from below.

Oh godsdamn! Avitus and Ergon are probably going to be back soon, you don't know how much this paladin knows about you yet!

>Make your way partway down the stairs to where you can hear, but not see into the main room

>Go out the window and climb down the tree outside (will require dice)

>Just go out through the front door, the paladin probably won't recognize you

>Just stay here, they can handle themselves
> if this option, switch to Avitus POV?

>Other?

>>40801908
>>Just stay here, they can handle themselves
I don't see any reason the Pally would suspect Jas.

>>40801908
>Just stay here, they can handle themselves
>>Switch PoV

>>40801908
>Other
Send Karin to warn them, write a note.

>>40801920
That's what
>Just go out through the front door, the paladin probably won't recognize you
is relying on, unless he's suspicious and detect evils you, you probably won't be recognized

>>40801920
Or Avitus, for that matter.

It's not like he has "Fuck the goddess" tattooed across his forehead".
Unless, of course, that's how detect evil works.

>>40801942
this

>>40801908
This >>40801942

>>40801908
Does detect good need line of sight? Or does it work across walls?

>>40801957
I can think of worse forehead tattoos.

>>40801957
Detect evil is not a passive ability. Of course if he does use it, you're PROBABLY fucked.
>>40801942
>>40801959
>>40801969
You don't actually have any paper, this town is pretty backwoods and nobody was selling any
>>40801980
It works through most materials up to a certain point, but it's stopped by lead.

>>40801908
detect good, then
>>40801942

>>40802007
>You don't actually have any paper, this town is pretty backwoods and nobody was selling any
Note to self: get a slate and chalk at the next opportunity.
How the hell do they keep any form of records, though?

>>40802007
Fucking hand gesture

>>40802100
>Jasmine: Play charades with Karin to try and get him(Her?) to go find Avitus. Don't get the message across until Avitus arrives.

>>40802054
>>40801969
>>40801959
>>40801942
two things
1: How are you communicating to Karin, (You don't have any paper but if you can think of a reasonable substitute I'll roll with it)
2: Switch POV to Avitus Y/N
3: You sure you should be sending a 11-12 year old out right now? it's about 9:00 PM and it's already pretty dark

>>40802085
They pretty much don't, this town doesn't really have any stores, just a small market with individual stalls set up by the road, you pay in coin, or you move along.

>>40802158
Thats three things

Fuck it just
>Just go out through the front door, the paladin probably won't recognize you

>>40802158
three things I guess, point remains the same.

>>40802158
Just wait there then.
It's unlikely he would recognize us but if he does it will be a mess.

>>40802158
In that case, how are we expected to communicate with Avitus if we find him?

>>40802158
I missed the no paper part, so I'm changing >>40802054
to
detect good, then
>Just go out through the front door, the paladin probably won't recognize you

>>40801930
>>40801920
>>40802226
just stay here

>>40802171
>>40801953
>>40802242
go through the door

tie, if we don't get more votes in the next 3 minutes i'll coin-flip

>>40802230
I dunno, pull on his arm, lead him away from the inn, look scared, it'd be up to you.

>>40802275
OKAY! apparantly I'm stupid as hell, and didn't see that I was quoting my own post. staying here wins it
>Detect good? Y/N
>Switch to Avitus Y/N

>>40802275
Given that we won't be able to communicate enough to enact any sort of proper plan anyway, I'll vote
>Stay here
and not risk us getting spotted.

>>40802275
>>Just go out through the front door, the paladin probably won't recognize you

>>40802315
>>Detect good? Y/N

>>40802315
Y
Y, but only after one more Jasmine post because I just want to see what you'll write for it

>>40802315
N
Y
What if they can detect detect good?

>>40802315
N
Y

>>40802315
>Y
>Y

>>40802357
That would be detect magic, and that's not a passive spell so they'd have to cast it at pretty much the same time as you.

>>40802395
>Detect Magic detecting Detect Magic magic detecting Detect-

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>40802343
>>40802374
yes detect

>>40802357
>>40802370
no detect

>>40802342
I dont know what this is.

In the interest of time, I'm coin-flipping
1: detect good
2: nope
If yes, one more Jasmine post then switching to Avitus

>>40802446
Detect good wins it, writing. Sorry for the slow writing today guys

How evil are we?
Also lawful or chaotic?

>>40802507
Technically OOC knowledge, but lawful evil. as to a scale of some sort, it's hard to say, given you're kind of biased

>>40802534
Well, does Detect Evil detect magnitudes of evil, or does it just give a binary answer? Or, how evil does a person have to be to detect as evil?

>>40801908
Alright, calm down. Those two can take care of themselves, they might not even come back for a while yet.

First things first, you don't KNOW that the man in armor down there was a paladin, for all you know he was just religious, you need to know, it might not confirm anything, but it'll definitely help.

You take a second to calm your breath, and stare down at the floor in the direction of the bar, calling on you magic to enchant your vision. You can see a light, dancing like a little golden flame in the main room below, you feel a little sick looking at it.

Definitely "good" then, pretty strong too, as you watch, the little golden flame moves towards where you think the door is, and outside towards the stables, where another, larger golden flame dances.

Then the magic ends, and the golden flames disappear from your vision. You heave a mental sigh of relief that the man seems to be leaving. and sit down at the small table in your shared room.

Karin's already climbed into bed, probably to escape the awkward moment. So cute, you could probably just... No, no, not doing that.

Cont. With Avitus in the next post.

>>40802604
Basically the stronger the individual is, the brighter the little "flame" appears. Detect alignment works kind of weirdly. If you recall, Avitus showed as "Evil" when Jasmine used detect evil on you back in the bandit camp

>>40802534

Lawful evil is great. It's also pretty much the only evil alignment i can rp.

>>40802749
Neutral Evil's pretty fun. If you're smart about it you can justify pretty much anything.

>>40802743
Avitus POV

You and Ergon have been walking for a while, and you can see the village now, it's small collection of buildings twinkling like little lights in the night. As you approach, you can see an armored figure, mounted on a white horse, ride off in the direction of the burnt down village you used to live in, that's odd. Could it be that one of the paladin's is returning to the cathedral? There shouldn't be any heading back that way for a long time yet. Anyways, there're things you need to do, but what will you do first?

>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave
>Go back to the inn, you need to heal and rest.
>Other?

>>40802819
That's why i don't like it. To me neutral evil and chaotic evil just feel like, "always be selfish about everything no matter what"

>>40802879
>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave

>>40802879
>>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave

>>40802884
Well, not to mention CE can quickly take a turn into "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!" territories.

>>40802879
>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave
Also, lay on hands Ergon.

>>40802879
>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave

>>40802879
>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave

>>40802884
That's neutral evil. But the thing about selfish intentions is that you can generally twist them around enough such that you're motivated to do almost anything.
Spare that man? Having someone in my debt is always a good card to have up my sleeve.
Save that orphanage? All part of my long term plan to ingratiate myself with this community and gain political power.
Save the world? Well, I obviously can't rule over it if it's already been destroyed, can I?

>>40802934
>>40802884
>>40802973
To be fair, I'm not really using a strict alignment system. The lines are kinda blurred, your morals are yours to decide. If you can come up with a good reason to kill an evil cult, go right the fuck ahead.

>>40802879
>>Go get your reward from the village warden for clearing the goblin cave

>>40803034
Because their god is a piece of shit, and ours are cool, would hang with 8/10.

Fuck false deities.

>>40803040
>>40802973
>>40802968
>>40802955
>>40802932
>>40802914
Warden it is. writing. Also, how do you guys see Avitus? Is he a manipulator, a leader, does he believe he's doing the right hing, or is he just out for revenge. I'm asking because having a basic framework for what you guys want the character to develop as will help me to structure your thoughts, and write options that fit what you might be likely to do. Just toss some ideas out for how you see the character forming.

>>40803034
The thing is that as far as I'm reading them, neither Avitus, Jasmine nor Ergon see themselves as evil. Instead, they see their former goddess (whose name escapes me at this moment) as evil for unjustly spurning them - and therefore any would-be evil actions they take against her are righteous, since she is the greater evil.

But apart from that, the ways they have presumably been raised - which motivated them to join an order of paladins - mean they are far more likely to do things which can be considered good, though perhaps now in ways that may adhere less strictly to the creeds they had previously been taught.

>>40803123
For the moment, he believe's he's doing the right thing. Revenge is a driving force, but the lives of him and his friends come above the lives of all others.

>>40803174
in this region, your former goddess is known as "The Lady" the names of the gods and goddess's may be different depending on where you are.

>>40803123
Leader, firmly believes he's doing the right thing, rooting out the corrupt, hunting the evils that mask themselves in a false veneer or righteousness. The brutal revenge is just a happy coincidence.

>>40803226
this is good

>>40802879
First things first, you need to go see the town warden about your payment. Now that the rest of your party is dead, you won't have to split the reward of course.

Now that you think of it, you can turn in that bandit leaders head if he had a bounty on him. You could end up a good deal richer after this. You make your way to the wardens office.

The warden is an older man, whose easy life is clearly getting to him, his stomach hangs over his belt, and numerous glasses of alcohol lay scattered about the room. You enter, and he stand up

"Ah, the adventurer's, yes. Here for your payment no doubt? Where's that bald feller who was with you? Ah no matter, no matter. So long as you brought me the head of the ugly brute who was leadin em, eh?"

Several minutes later, you leave the building, short the hobgoblin and the bandits head, but with quite a large sum of riches instead. The bandit was apparently named Scarface Ugo or something, and had been terrorizing the area for some time.

The Warden was a little quicker to hand over the money when you gave him the big lunks head.
>You have gained, 600 GP as payment

Well now that that's taken care of, what do you do next?

>To the inn
>Other (Give me something you might want to do first)

>>40803498
>To the inn
We need yo discuss our next course of action and see what we need to buy for everyone

>>40803498
>To the inn

>>40803498
>To the inn
Would it be too meta to grab that chalk and slate I mentioned earlier first?

>>40803498
>To the inn

>>40803562
eh, you can see if anyone's selling one. I'll need a d20 though

>>40803612
as in, roll me 1d20 please

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>40803667

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>40803667

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>40803667
Fuck yo chalk, critfail!

>>40803678
On your way to the inn, you notice a slate, and stick of charocoal sitting outside of a store, the slate is small enough that it looks like you could carry it around quite easily, you don't see the store owner

>Nab it, you need it more than they do
>Better not, it's not THAT dark out

>>40803770
Call for the store owner, if no one comes just take it and leave what you think it's worth in its place.

>>40803770
>Nab it, you need it more than they do

>>40803770
>>Better not, it's not THAT dark out

>>40803770
>>40803832
Supporting this.

>>40803832
This we are doing what WE think is the right thing

>>40803832
Agreed. 'It's not that dark out' shouldn't even enter into Avitus' thought process.

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>40803854
>>40803832
>>40803845
>>40803883
ignore me

>>40803899
Ignore what?

Who am I responding to?

Where am I?

>>40803899
You call for the store owner, and after some time, nobody comes outside. Leaving behind what you think is a decent amount for the slate, you continue on towards the inn
>Lost, 1 GP
Cont. with inn in a second

>>40803899
Indefinitely? If you insist.

Who was I talking to again?

>>40803929
You make your way towards the inn, dodging the drunk men lying in the mud outside the door, you step inside. The inn is a mess, picking your way through the broken tables, no doubt the work of some bar-fight that got out of hand, you pick way towards the stairs that lead to the second floor. It's pretty late now, and you're quite tired.

>Knock on Jasmine and Karin's room, you need to give Jasmine the slate and talk about what you're going to do next (You don't know why Jasmine insisted that she and Karin share a room, but you sure weren't going to argue, she can be scary when she has her mind set on something)
>Just go to sleep, you can talk in the morning
>Do something else before going to sleep (Talk to Gnir for example.)
>Other

>>40804095
>Knock on Jasmine and Karin's room, you need to give Jasmine the slate and talk about what you're going to do next (You don't know why Jasmine insisted that she and Karin share a room, but you sure weren't going to argue, she can be scary when she has her mind set on something)

>>40804095
>>Knock on Jasmine and Karin's room, you need to give Jasmine the slate and talk about what you're going to do next (You don't know why Jasmine insisted that she and Karin share a room, but you sure weren't going to argue, she can be scary when she has her mind set on something)

>>40804095
>Knock on Jasmine and Karin's room, you need to give Jasmine the slate and talk about what you're going to do next (You don't know why Jasmine insisted that she and Karin share a room, but you sure weren't going to argue, she can be scary when she has her mind set on something)

>>40804095
>Knock on Jasmine and Karin's room, you need to give Jasmine the slate and talk about what you're going to do next (You don't know why Jasmine insisted that she and Karin share a room, but you sure weren't going to argue, she can be scary when she has her mind set on something)

>>40804095
>Knock on Jasmine and Karin's room, you need to give Jasmine the slate and talk about what you're going to do next (You don't know why Jasmine insisted that she and Karin share a room, but you sure weren't going to argue, she can be scary when she has her mind set on something)

>>40804127
>>40804135
>>40804136
>>40804166
>>40804203
Planning it is, writing

Who are you guys replying to?

>>40804233
I dunno, man, think they're collective dropping acid.

>>40804095
You knock on the door to jasmine's room, and before long, it opens, and Jasmine comes barreling out, locking you and Ergon in a hug.

After a few seconds she breaks her grip, and starts frantically motioning with her hands, you can't quite make out what she's trying to say, but you know it's something to do with danger.

You hand her the slate, and she grabs it, looking relieved. She quickly scrawls out, ~Paladin of Lady just left town~

Well, this could change things. How exactly it changes things, you're not sure. You can't even be sure if he's after you, but either way it's not good news. You make your way over to the table, spreading out the map you retrieved from the hobgoblin lair
"That's probably going to be a problem, but for now we need to figure out where we're going next"

Make your plans

>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map
>The port city of Rillukar, 5 days ride, but it follows the trade road
>The inland city of Grunwher, 5 days ride, at the center of a large cross-roads

>>40804479
>>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map
Possible future base of operations?
Though we don't necessarily have to go there now.

>>40804525
Ah, that's the other thing. This quest might gain some base management aspects if you follow certain paths. does anyone have a problem with this? Or does eventual global conquest sound fun.

>>40804479
>>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map

>>40804560
Let's just see where the road takes us.

>>40804560
Eventual global conquest ALWAYS sounds fun.

>>40804479
>>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map
>>40804560
Yes, conquest sounds wonderful. Base management is half the fun.

>>40803883
Agreed. The most "evil" thing we've done is "murder" some of The Lady's greedy lying followers, after which we turned to dark powers, because The Lady deserted us, in order to save our friend's life.
We were planning on lying to that guy in the goblin caves, but honesty is a luxury of the "good" followers of the Lady and those like her.
Now we can add "buying" a slate to our list of evil acts.

>>40804479
>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map

>>40804560
I would personally prefer not to go too mechanics-heavy into things, but if that's how the votes end up swinging, then I suppose I can't complain.

>>40804479
>>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map
Base go

>>40804479
>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map

>>40804479
>The port city of Rillukar, 5 days ride, but it follows the trade road
Lets get on a boat and leave the area before Mr Paladin decides to search the nearby spooky castle.

>>40804479
>>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map
We want to get stronger. what better way than clearing out an old castle?

>>40804479
>Ravenchain Castle, deep in the woods nearby, 3 days on horseback, but monsters are known to lurk in the woods. You've never heard of this place before you found it on the map

>Reasons to have a castle

>Fuck you, that's why

>Get a wizard to enchant it to punch things

>Why?

>Fuck you, that's why.

>>40804635
>>40804629
>>40804605
>>40804603
>>40804602
>>40804597
>>40804572
Mystery castle that you've never heard of before it is then. Writing
>>40804602
You'll still have adventures with a small party, I wouldn't take away your dungeon-crawling if you want it.

>>40804671
It isn't not having adventures in a small party that's the problem. It's that, as far as I've seen, having extensive management tends to involve detailed systems of mechanics which bog down quests as players debate over the fine details of each decision.

Of course, if you can institute a means of managing a large army that won't run into this problem, (perhaps by making only the large decisions and leaving the minutia to a secretary?), then I suppose that should run far more smoothly.

>>40804479
You point out the castle in the woods to your friends. "I've never heard of this place before, I'd be willing to bet there's something we could use in there. And we need to get stronger." Ergon and Jasmine look like they agree with you, so that's THAT settled at least. Now comes the next part, your rations are starting to get low, and you could use some more carrying space

>Buy enough rations to get you back from the castle 60 GP
>Buy saddlebags for all your horses 200 GP increases your carrying slots by 10
>Buy something else you think you might need? (what)

Current loot
http://pastebin.com/fuPZ3T9k

>>40804745
I wouldn't make you handle every little thing. your companions/generals would take care of most of the smaller stuff.

>>40804783
>Buy saddlebags for all your horses 200 GP increases your carrying slots by 10
>Buy enough rations to get you back from the castle 60 GP
The saddlebags will be very useful if theres good stuff in the castle. Even if not we can bring more supplies there with the saddlebags.

>>40804783
>>Buy enough rations to get you back from the castle 60 GP
>>Buy saddlebags for all your horses 200 GP increases your carrying slots by 10
>>Buy something else you think you might need? Some basic medical supplies. Bandages, salves... maybe some changes of clothes?

>>40804783
>Buy enough rations to get you back from the castle 60 GP
>Buy saddlebags for all your horses 200 GP increases your carrying slots by 10
Also buy some spare rations in case things go awry.

And rope, grappling hooks, torches and lanterns, really long poles, chalk, several extra pints of oil, etc, etc.

The usual adventuring gear for clearing out a dungeon, basically.

We're on /tg/. This should be obvious.

>>40804783
>>40804861
Oh, and see if we can't find anyone discreet to identify those potions for us.

>>40804861
>no emergency dragon dildos

>obviously on /tg/

Right.

>>40804783
>>Buy enough rations to get you back from the castle 60 GP
>>Buy saddlebags for all your horses 200 GP increases your carrying slots by 10

>>40804901
again, backwoods. a town this small wouldn't even have a local hedgewitch

>>40804907
I did say et cetera.

How can we have emergency dragon dildos when we don't even have non-emergency dragon dildos yet?

>>40804959
True. Jasmine needs to get equipped with her patron's holy weapons!

>>40804861
>>40804848
>Basic medical kit x3
>Changes of clothes
>Chalk
>Torches x4
>oil pint x3
Buying this extra stuff will run you about
46 GP assuming you buy in these amounts
buy?
>Y/N

>>40805032
Y

I can see it now.

End game level, entire world against us, pushed back to our last stronghold.

Our BBEG and his party break in and attack, BBEG kills our Hellkitten.

We go full rage mode and end up glassing half of the world's surface with angry magic.

>>40805032
Y

>>40805032
Y

>>40805032
Y
Though I have to wonder exactly how much a gold piece is worth in this setting.

>>40805064
>not BBEG attacking us
>not Hellkitty glassing the world in its endless rage a͘t̶ ̴thes̵e̶ m͜ére̴ morta̵ĺs̀ ̀w͘ho da͞ŗe͟ to ̕t̴ouc͟h ҉ẁha͏t iş ͏M͢ÍNE͘

>>40805131
Like Hellkitten will ever match us.

It will be a VERY close second, and the BBEG is too much of a shite to attack us and just wanted to fuck with us.

He's one of those white knight pricks, he also hits on Jasmine all the time.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>40805129
>>40805096
>>40805131
>>40805052
alright then
Gained
>Basic medical kit x3
>Changes of clothes
>Chalk
>Torches x4
>oil pint x3
>enough rations to get you back from the castle
>saddlebags for all your horses

Spent
306 GP

Let's see how smoothly your trip goes eh?

>>40805205
Alright, looks like no random encounters this time. Give me 1d100 to see how long it takes you to find the place

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>40805225

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>40805232
We had GPS on our horse.

>>40805225
Critfail to ruin his day!

>>40805232
what nobody's gonna try for a 100? you're all content with this? Be back in a few minutes to write, need a bathroom break Why the fuck didn't I stop eating the peanuts?!

Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>40805225
Critfail GO!

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>>40805346

>>40805232
>>40805346
God damn. I rolled even better the second time.

>>40805346
*sigh* fucken hell. Will you spend mana to turn this into an unnatural crit?
>Yes, spend 1 to turn it into an UC
>Yes, spend 5 to turn it into a lesser crit
after resting at the inn, all of your stats are full, so you are at
17/17 mana

>>40805464
>Yes, spend 1 to turn it into an UC

>>40805464
>>Yes, spend 5 to turn it into a lesser crit

>>40805464
>Yes, spend all our mana and turn it into not even the gods know where we're going but there are no brakes on this train choo choo motherfuckers
fuck it spend 5

>>40805540
You currently have a cap of 5 mana you can spend to enhance rolls. This cap will increase as you progress

>>40805464
Can I get some more votes on this? this is kinda important seeing as how you probably won't be able to regain mana for a while

>>40805464
>>40805660
>Yes, spend 1 to turn it into an UC
Given the regen concern.

>>40805464
>Yes, spend 5 to turn it into a lesser crit

>>40805660
>Yes, spend 1 to turn it into an UC

>>40805464
>>Yes, spend 1 to turn it into an UC

>>40805464
>>Yes, spend 1 to turn it into an UC

>>40805701
>>40805724
>>40805740
>>40805677
>>40805483
1 mana it is, you are now at 16/17 writing
By the way, did you guys check the character sheets for Avitus's new spell?

>>40805774
>Screaming Void: Conjure a thrashing abomination of magic in your hand, for every point of HP you feed into the magic, it does an extra point of damage, there is a chance that you lose control of this spell and it drains you down to one HP, causing you to pass out when the spell is done.
That one?

>>40805796
yeah that one

>>40805796
>>40805813
Sounds a little too risky to use very often....

>>40805851
It's really kind of an anime-style finishing move. You want to be pretty damn sure it'll work in case you pass out

>>40805871
Mechanically speaking, we may as well grapple with Vampiric Touch for one-to-one mana to damage conversion (with the added benefit of healing ourselves), so unless the base damage for Screaming Void is really high, there's not much reason for us to use it, especially bearing in mind the risk involved.

>>40805954
Screaming Void's base damage is 10

>>40805954
Whoops, I read that has every point of mana. My bad. So Screaming Void has no mana cost?

What's the probability of the spell exploding in our face like?

>>40805982
Whats the mana cost?

>>40805988
Mana cost is 7 chance to backfire depends on the situation. Basically it's your Deus Ex Machina spell

>>40805954
>>40805796
Well it depends if its an aoe or one target attack. Slaying, or messing up, a group of enemies could be very worth it even if its at the cost of putting a party member, aka us, out of a fight. That and I'm pretty sure the red potion we have are health related.

>>40806015
Magic has kind of a tier system, you can actually upgrade spells as you get better, one of the upgrades for Screaming Void lets you choose to turn it into an AOE, one of the upgrades for Dark Lance let's you conjure multiple at once, etc. There's some pretty badass upgrades

>>40806057
Wicked, in both senses.

>>40806013
>Mana cost is 7
Best put that in the pastebin, then.
inb4 we end up running around at 1 hp, getting our allies to beat people up a little before blasting them

>>40804783
Your trip through the forest is uneventful, the forest is oddly silent, and as you travel you notice that you don't see any animals, other than Ravens. Large, black ravens with shining feathers and hooked beaks, if you didn't know better, you'd swear they were watching you, this forest is putting your nerves on edge. Your nights are silent, only the crackling of your campfire making any noise, ravens can be seen in the branches of nearby trees whenever you make camp.

By the second day, you're tired from the travel, and you push a little man into your eyes and limbs to keep yourself fresh, as you do, you think you feel something touch you, almost as if somebody had reached out and tapped your soul. You see the ravens more often after that, but they continue to do nothing. You could swear some of their beaks have blood on them, but they're to far away to tell.

As you travel through the forest, you could swear that you feel something guiding you, subtly showing you a path that you think you might have missed otherwise. You make good time through the woods, and on the third day, you see the castle.

Cont. in the next post.

I don't think Karin is human

>>40806257
Haha, I wouldn't worry about that, anon.

some advice for you Ecliplse. post pictures with main story posts for lurkers like me it helps keep atention on the story. someone who does well at this is Soma who is the OP for Banished Quest

>>40806257

Ergon isn't human any more either.

>>40806291
Maybe have Blackguard on the picture, if your'e decent with paint or whatever.

>>40806257
Turns out they're so androgynous because they're a FILTHY ELF!

>>40806342
fanart of characters donated by kind people
yes im talking about you drawfag who is currently lurking/playing

I mean that think Karin made Jasmine want to sex her

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>>40806342
We'll probably look like this fuck mothering vampire sooner or later.

>>40806471
.... again, Jasmine is pledged to the goddess of lust. She's has thoughts of having sex with all of the party members already since her fall.

>>40806571
You sure

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>>40806135
The land slowly sinks away beneath you, leading to a massive valley hidden in the forest, no wonder nobody could ever find this place before, the way the land is shaped perfectly hides the castles tall spires from view, the castle looks ancient, made of black stone, many towers look as though they have collapsed under the strain of years.

The castle is sitting on top of a large rock deposit, almost like a small mountain rising in the middle of the bowl.

As you stand there, an odd feeling develops inside of you, something about that castle feels... Right, you can't think of any other way to put it.

Small dark shapes wheel around it's tallest spire. From where you stand at the edge of the bowl, you can see a paved road, leading up the side of the small mountain towards the castles front gate.

It seems the map was not completely accurate, understandable given how nobody has ever explored so deep into the woods before.

You estimate that it will take you another day an a half to make your way to the castles front door, you are beginning to run a little low on supplies, and you estimate that you have enough to feed the four of you for another three days.

Do you push on?
>Y/N

For those of you confused, the land gradually slopes downward so that the castles tallest spire is about as tall as the trees around at the edge of the bowl, which is why nobody knew that there was a fuck-mothering castle in the forest

>>40806571
yeah this guy's right

>>40806597
Y

>>40806597
Y

>>40806597
>Y
We can't ignore this feeling

>>40806597
So fucking edgy
It's perfect

Y

>>40806597

Y. Keep an eye out for animals to hunt and kill for food though.

>>40806597
Y
Hunt and consume on your way there to try and stretch your supplies!

Y

>>40806597
>Y

>>40806640
>>40806630
You haven't seen a single animal other than the ravens on your trip through the forest. And you get the feeling you shouldn't hunt those

>>40806518
While I find that the characters should be vastly different, I have to admit, that look is fucking awesome.

>>40806671
Fair enough! worst case scenario, going hungry for 3 days isn't exactly fatal.

Kinda feel the sentiment of this song fits the quest thus far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bPIgJSg00

>>40806699
I was mostly just posting that for the look, not to imply we are the same personality as him.

>>40806606
>>40806623
>>40806625
>>40806629
>>40806630
>>40806640
>>40806651
>>40806662
Proceeding into the mystery castle of blackness it is then

>>40806716
"Last in the line" huh? You're going to find that title ironically hilarious in a bit.

>>40806765
I was just preempting someone suggesting we should go full Hellsing.

A badass cloak is mandatory for evil dudes.

>>40806597
Over the course of the next day, you pick your way down the side of the bowl, making your way through the open fields that surround the castle, and heading towards the road leading to it's drawbridge.

As you draw closer, you can clearly see that the pinwheeling shapes are more ravens, huge ones judging by how well you can see them from here, spinning in great circles around the tallest tower, you could swear you see a light at the top.

You approach the castles front gate, it appears that lieu of a moat, the castle has a massive gap in between the entrance and the end of the road, the large drawbridge has long since fallen down, spanning the gap and acting as a bridge for you and your friends to cross.

You enter into the castles walls, crossing into what you assume is the main courtyard, a large area of dead grass and withered shrubs. I front of you, the door to the castles main hall stands slightly ajar, to your left, a set of stairs leads up the inner wall of the castle, and to your right, a path leads of around a corner

>Enter the main hall
>Go up the stairs
>Follow the path

>>40807000

Main hall.

>>40807000
>>Enter the main hall

>>40807000
>>Enter the main hall
Have a careful peek first.

>Enter the main hall

>>40807000
>Enter the main hall

>>40807138
>>40807107
>>40807037
>>40807033
>>40807031
Main hall it is then. writing.

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>>40807000
You walk forward towards the grand doors leading into the main hall, pushing them open with little difficulty, you enter into a massive room, a huge dead firepit filled with ashes long since burned out sits in the middle of the room, with six large tables sitting around it in a ( O ) pattern.

A second floor can be seen above, with a balcony lining the two sides of the walls, massive columns hold the balconies in place, bearing banners so faded you cannot make out the pattern on them.

At the opposite end of the room, at the end of a raised dais with stairs leading up to it, sits a Large throne, lava running from the massive fixture behind the throne, through cracks in the ground, and draining off into a pair of culverts set on either wall.

Some magic keeps the lava from melting the rock on either side, and you'd be willing to bet that you could walk across it as though it were stone.

Multiple smaller thrones sit at either side of the foot of the dais, apparently reserved for high-ranking members of the former rulers court.

Something about this place feels so familiar, as though you lived here your whole life, and are just now remembering, you could swear you'd seen that throne before, somewhere. You feel yourself drawn to the throne.

A pair of staircase's lead behind the throne to two doors, one going to the left and one going off to the right.

>Go through the door leading to the right
>Go through the door leading to the left
>Sit in the throne

Sorry I'm slowing down guys, family are here and my chances to type are getting a little less frequent

>>40807585
>Go through the door leading to the right
Lets have a little self restraint, explore first.

>>40807585
>>Go through the door leading to the left

>>40807585
>Sit in the throne
What could go wrong?

Okay seriously, is everyone asleep or something?

>>40807772

Go left.

I'm still awake

>>40807585
>>Sit in the throne
I have a feeling we will level up just because of this
I'm still awake just had to go eat.

seriously, the hell. is it dinner time where most of you live?

>>40807634
go right

>>40807739
>>40807812
go left

>>40807755
>>40807901
throne

Any lurkers want to throw their hat in?

>>40807924
Probably yes, I just ate, just go on

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>40807996
Sure
1: Left
2: throne

>Sit in the throne

>>40807585
>>Go through the door leading to the left

Oh for fucks sake people, tie breaker!

The throne isn't moving, and who knows what might happen if we sit in it, check out everything else before you set off ancient magical mechanisms!

>>40808020
>>40807901
>>40807755
alright, I'm just going to write for the throne, writing

>>40808099
Nevermind, didn't see
>>40808060
writing for taking the left door

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>>40807585
You walk up the steps to the left of the throne, heading for the door, and your friends follow as if in a daze. The doorway leads into a passage that eventually opens into what appears to be a massive ballroom, the large windows letting in light are in disrepair, and everything speaks of incredible age. Several ironwork chandeliers hang from the ceiling. As you enter the room, you see several more doors leading off in various directions,

>One door is open, and leads to a passageway, that turns to one side before you can see where it leads

>One door is torn off it's hinges, and you think you can hear the sound of something large in the room behind it

>One door is slightly ajar, and leads to a flight of stairs going down.

Which doorway do you go through?

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>40808282
1: One door is open, and leads to a passageway, that turns to one side before you can see where it leads
2: One door is torn off it's hinges, and you think you can hear the sound of something large in the room behind it
3: One door is slightly ajar, and leads to a flight of stairs going down.

>>40808282

Creep towards the big beastie.

Have our squad back us up.

>>40808282
>One door is torn off it's hinges, and you think you can hear the sound of something large in the room behind it
might as well see what it is so that we can avoid getting flanked

>>40808282
>One door is torn off it's hinges, and you think you can hear the sound of something large in the room behind it

>>40808282
>2: One door is torn off it's hinges, and you think you can hear the sound of something large in the room behind it
If anything lets tame or dominate it so it can become our guardian to the castle

>>40808282
How are you approaching the door

>Stealthily, see it first
>Violently, catch it off guard
Using
>Axe
>Hammer and shield

>>40808376
>>Stealthily, see it first
>Hammer and shield

>>40808376

Stealthy with hammer and shield. Can't be too careful.

>>40808398
>>40808408
Stealth and shield it is then
Give me a d100

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>40808460

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>40808460
Oh yeah, time to show my bad luck.

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>40808460

>"ALRIGHT GUYS! Be sneaky, okay?" CLANG CLANG CLANG "I knew I should have worn my sneakers."

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>40808460

>>40808492
It's showing anon

>>40808479
>>40808492
>>40808506
yeah... yeah you're not sneaky. Writing.
Are there actually enough people here for me to keep going, or should I call it for the night and run again tomorrow? This castle is kind of an important segment

>>40808556

Give us a cliffhanger and have the monster charge out. Then call it a night!

Better to catch everyone tomorrow

>>40808556
It seems like there are only a couple people. So if you would be more comfortable wait on more people then that's fine.

>>40808556
Lurking

>>40808556
I would like to continue, but its your call in the end.

>>40808556
I would like you to continue

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>>40808282
You approach the ruined door, hammer and shield in hand.

As you draw closer, you can definitely hear the sound of something large behind the door, moving around.

You look inside the door, and there, laying in the middle of the passage, is a massive, starved looking purple cat-like monster, with two long tentacle like apendages on it's back, ending in pads covered in nasty looking spikes.

It's gnawing on what appears to be an old skeleton, and as you look, it's ears prick up, it's head swivels around to face you, it comes to it's feet, and it lunges at you, its mouth opened wide!


And that's where we stop for the night folks. I'll answer any questions comments etc.
Sorry for ending so early, but I don't feel comfortable going through this segment with a small number of people. If you guys can keep this bumped until others show up, I'll just continue on here, but I'll probably keep going in a new thread tomorrow. any appropriate scenery art would be greatly appreciated.

>>40808854
Looks like my ex

>>40808854
Thanks for running.

>>40808854
Thanks for running

>>40808854
>I came back
thanks for running

If enough people show up again, I'll resume running. so

>Roll call, respond to this post so I can get an idea of how many people are here and interested in playing, only respond once, feel free to respond if you're late

>>40809460
Here Sir!

>>40809460
I figure unless other people randomly decide to come back nobody else will show up.

>>40809829
yeah it was a faint hope. Threads archived anyways, goodnight guys

>>40809460
hello i'm here.
If i were you i'd make another thread if you were going to continue for significantly more.

>>40811599
It's been two hours mate, pretty sure he's dumped the thread.