Every other newborn must be sacrificed to the sun in order to sustain it's favor.

> Thread 1-3: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Creature%20Quest

>>5767093
kill this heretic, put his body next to the last one

>>5767093
>>5767123
Alas, the schism continues.

>>5767093
That is not necessary in the least! Neither the sun nor the prophet would ask such a thing!

>What happened to Khornab!?

>>5767123
Warrior Krab, the scouts say we'll need to stay in the trees overnight to catch up with the heretics. Do you think we'll be safe? We do not know how many moonkin could be waiting for us.

also, if it is pleasing to the Prophet and elders, I would volunteer to lead a band of the faithful on a longer mission to search for our missing searcher and/or follow the heretecs inland

>I think we woke up early, Warrior Krab. The others seem to still be asleep.

>>5767180
>I know not.

>>5767240
Most of your followers are tied up in other work (either guard spawning pools, working, or out searching for the heretics). Would you like to change this?

>>5767259
>Can you refresh us on how many workers/other krabs we have and what they're doing?

>>5767259
I was suggesting that I could lead a search party on a more long term search (and destroy if any moonspawn are encountered)

>>5767257
yes, it does seem that the others are still tired from the tribulations of yesterday

>>5767282
I have been worrying about our missing search Krab... If it is still alive, what could be happening to it? Perhaps I would be better suited joining you on this search.

>Detective spin off side quest time oh boy

>>5767271
1 missing
17 War Party
9 Out in the surf, working on farming sea plants
12 Guarding Spawning Pools
15 Working on Tools
6 Scouting the nearby Jungle

>>5767301
no doubt your rhythems would bolster our parties morale on this long journey into the jungle depths, where the light of the burning disk seldom shines; however, we should await approval (and a blessing upon) this endeavor from the prophet before we depart I believe.

>>5767323
>Ah.

Warrior Krab, perhaps while the Prophet and BOSS KRAB prepare for war, we could rally the current search party and direct them to helping us find the missing searcher... If we come upon moonkin, we could of course alert The Prophet.

If the War Party needs to stay away over night, Sun guard them, then perhaps they could use some of their own members are lookouts and scouts.

>>5767347
>all you have to do is tell me how to reassign workers/warriors (except for those guarding spawning pools, those will not move).

OY! IZ IT KRAB TIME?!

>>5767347
A trip into the wilderness... You're right, we should definitely wait for blessing and soak up as many of the sun's rays as we can before entering a place where we will no longer be able to.

>>5767366
perhaps we should re-adjust the numbers, say 10 in the search part and 13 in the war party, then the two of us lead the search party, leaving BOSS and the Prophet to tend to the war party?

>>5767381
>Looks like it's about that time again!
>>5767371
>How many krabs does it take to build a bone tool in a given amount of time, and how much do we have in terms of materials?

>>5767395
The prophet's yearning to find the moonkin is strong... I don't think he would accept taking numbers from the war party. We don't even know how many they're going to find and fight.

If anything, we should adopt a few from the worker krabs that are changing the bones to tools.

>>5767381
GLYPH!! good to see you awake sun-brother! As the prophet gifted me with items to absorb the rays of the burning disk, and reflect its wrath upon the moonkin, could you place the glyph of the burning disk upon my back before this long time away from its light?

>>5767402
>Tool build time is variable. Your workers are only just learning how to fashion these things; sometimes it'll take a couple of hours, sometimes an entire day.

>>5767381
>>5767434
Excellent idea! If you have the time, Gliff-Krab, I would be honored if you would place your pious art on the rhythm shell that the Prophet gave me.

>>5767434
WAT?! WAT YOU SAYIN'? YOU KEN USE DA SUN TO BURN FINGS?! WAT DID I MISS?

>>5767418
a fair assupmption, but we must be careful to not to greatly degrade our rate of tool production. An idea! we could take one of the newly converted BIG KRABS with our party, with his superior size and strength we could make clearings in the forest as waypoints in the darkness!

> are there any big Krabs not in the war party that could be added to the search party without greatly hurting the effectiveness of their current group?

>>5767449
Perhaps we can afford to spare some of the krabs working on bone tools then.

The whole idea of bolstering our numbers is dangerous, though, as we will be out overnight and may need to bring food. The more we take, the more supplies we need...

>>5767476
not burn my sun-brother, but dazzle their moonloving eyes

>>5767479
Perhaps the current size of the search party would be acceptable... Our current searches have been spread out. If we focus our resources to have those six with us two, we'll have 8 combined with one goal.

We're not a war party, after all... If we find too many moonkin in one place, we should probably flee. It may not be your favorite thing to do Warrior Krab, but I think it would be smart...

>>5767477
There are two larger krabs in the group out in the surf, given that the tides have not proven to be overly strong there is no real need for their larger bulk to anchor their fellows.

I START A REVOLUTION AGAINST THE OPPRESSIVE KRAB LEADERSHIP!

>>5767526
>Rodney Dangerfield.jpg
>Ah jeez... Not this shit again.

>>5767507
if I recall properly, a small portion of the party were warriors, but yes, I suppose we may need to withdraw for a time. We must also take into account that there may be heathens who worship the jungle within that places depths as well as moonkin, we must truly be careful.

>>5767526
and I add another heretic corpse to the current pile...

>>5767548
Many place in the jungle could be completely devoid of the light of the sun or its rays stolen by the moon!

I guess we really don't know what we'll be dealing with.

Maybe bringing one of the BIG KRABS from the tide would be wise. We should advise the smaller krabs to be extra careful in the event of rough tides, however.

>>5767569
agreed.
GLYPH KRAB, perhaps you should begin to scribe a series of glyphs upon the shells of slain heretics that we are accumulating to teach our religion, and tell of the punishment for heresy.

>>5767061
Hello again, GoTD! Good to see the quest starting right on time. Now then, I've a question I'd love an answer to. So some of the most active posters last time were Krabhommad, Warrior Krab, Krhornab, BOSS KRAB, etc, but are they actually "in-game?" Like, do these players have separate control of individual crabs? I was under the assumption we were all collectively controlling the first sentient krab, the prophet.

Do you think I should teach one of the workers to make rhythms like I do and send it with the war party?

>>5767631
>Well we had Warrior Krab fight a big krab, the propert adorn himself with shells, and we all together took the legs off Khornab, so I'm pretty sure we're our own krabs.

>>5767631
This is how I've been playing it. Once you have a larger population They might become actually figures.

I'm new to this quest. Could someone fill me in the it so far without me having to go back and read through all the past threads?

>>5767631
>excellent question. I think we may have ended up 'in character' at some point... but that leaves the question as to who now controlls the first, or if Prophet just kinda lucked out and gobbled that one up

>>5767656
see:
>>5767122

>>5767677
>Could someone fill me in the it so far without me having to go back and read through all the past threads?

Just a quick summary?

>>5767659
>The alternative is that the prophet suffers from severe dissociative personality disorder and is constantly arguing aloud with/threatening himself, and at one point even tore off four of his own legs.
>Awesome?

>>5767656
err, Krab becomes sentient, gets a few followers, starts a relegion. slowly builds up converts, oversees the cunstruction of an alter and totem, other personalities surface. Tools are developed, a different subspecies of larger Krabs is currently being indoctrinated, we have one missing member whom we are searching for, and we still have yet to hunt down a fleeing band of heretical krabs

>>5767694
>We're expanding. We recently kicked a bunch of heretics (moon worshippers) off the beach. We worship the sun, vehemently. Our spawn are in the process of maturing, we're harvesting plants and small animals. We've prepared a war party to chase the heretics inland and convert/massacre them. Warrior Krab and myself are forming a search party to try and find a missing searcher in the jungle.

>>5767695
> on a disturbing level, yes.

>>5767491
DATS NOT KRABBY BUT IT'S RIGHT KUNNIN! ERE YOU GO! I PUT DA SHINY BITS ON YUR SHELL AND SUM MORE ON YUR ARM, DAT WAY YOU KEN BLIND DEM MOONIES!

>>5767647
>Actually the Prophet took on that big krab. As for the rest of it I'll just have that (SPOILER) be your origin myths when you get a little higher up on the ladder (actual cities, etc).

>>5767656
You are the first of your species to become intelligent. First you were a little lizard, amphibian thing but you killed yourself, then you were a dolphin/squid and you killed yourself again. Now you are a krab, you found the corpse of the dolphin//squid, and started your own religion (Sun good, Moon bad). You are building a society (all members of your species are 'female'; three partners, two donate DNA to the dominant and then raise the ensuing offspring).

>>5767695
>I was also considering this.

The sun is growing stronger... We need the prophet to bless us before its light begins to dim!

How about expanding further down the beach?

>>5767725
If it's not too much to ask, how about my rhythm shell, gliff-krab?

>>5767732
>I really can't wait for us to become space krabs. Hopefully, it'll be a WH40k universe. BOSS KRAB vs. Orkz.

>>5767732
... so, are we an insane prophet, or have we split to an in-charater and Prophet was the one savy enough to grab the biggest hat?

>>5767725
thank you GLYPH, I shall have the prophet bless the new glyph and shiny bits when he awakens from his slumber

>>5767775
>I don't think we're quite at a cultural level to question why someone just started preaching "WORSHIP THE SUN OR ELSE." When we heard or else, being naive krabs, we said "HOLY SHIT YOU GOT IT!"
>I favor us being different krabs as I view it as more awesome but the insane prophet thing works for me if god wills it :D

>>5767650
Ok, so all of the characters are imaginary, good. It would be impossible to keep track of all these characters running around. I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

Anyway, it sounds as though we cannot kill the unbelievers without spending multiple days abroad. HOWEVER, we have to leave our beach some time. The question is whether now is the correct time to do so. I vote... no, now is not the time to attack.

The unbelievers are not even our enemies, strictly speaking. They haven't shown us ill will, just distaste for our religion. Traveling through the unknown jungle to fight a battle against the biggest members of our species of unknown number, overnight, is just asking for a critical blow to our forces. We need to build up the faith of our new members so as to expand our forces. That should be our first order of business.

>>5767742
Your altar and Shrine are down that way, you have 'control' of all the beach down that way (ends shortly after corpse)

>You're a prophet, might be insane, or it might just be making origin myths.

>>5767806
How would you like to accomplish this?

>>5767806
That... is wise, when you put it that way. I hope the prophet will hear your words and the sun will guide him in the right direction.

>>5767813
>So the part of the story we're playing right now is like, past tense, a story being told by the prophet? Holy shit, awesome.

>>5767806
THEY MUST BE CRUSHED!

But not right now. We need to build up our...town/city/empire whatever first.

Make it self sufficient and able to defend itself. Then we should strike without mercy and destroy these heretics.

These trips into the jungle seem more and more dangerous... Perhaps we should devote the search party to scouting as much of the beach as possible. We should get to know our SAFE surroundings.

We cannot expand too far, however, until our numbers are higher. If we spread ourselves too thin, we'll have trouble holding together.

>>5767836
>Your in-character squabbles, conversations, etc will be past tense in the future. The things I describe are for the most part present tense.

>>5767844
If you mean an attack in the future, we'll need to continue scouting and find them first. We don't know what will be waiting for us in the jungle at that point.

Then lets keep our warriors at home for defense and send out some scouts to map out as much area around us as possible.

We should really consider the possibility that some of the moonkin are angry at us for removing them from the beaches. While our warparty is out warring and our search part is out searching we could be attacked by heretics!

>>5767849
You've only lost one follower, and that could just have been stupidity on his part, besides you've been garnering a significant pile of fruits/meat from your forays into the jungle.

>>5767880
This seems to be the general consensus.

Your war party is itchy to do something, you will have to find other activities for them.

>>5767762
ERE'S DA GLIFF FOR YA!

Then I will lead them on a longer journey to find and either convert or destroy whomever we meet (.keepin in characterish for the sake of the fuckawesome myth we're currently building)

>>5767925
Your skill with the gliffs is unmatched!
>>5767909
>Do we know how long the beach stretches in either direction? Have the scouts who walked up trees seen lots of sand past our altar?

We do need to keep the Warband content.. We should have them scout the jungle's edge just inside the trees and run off or convert any heretics too close to the beach.

Maybe some non lethal gladiatorial games at home.

>>5767962
CUZ KRABZ IZ MADE FOR FIGTHIN' AND WINNIN'!

>>5767946
I can join you, and we should have Glyph Krab make some large designs on larger shells or rocks and bring them with us. Such displays of devotion and the beauty that comes from the acceptance of the sun's dominance may sway them towards our lord.

>>5767962
while we do wish to spill heretical blood, ritual combat could both keep us sharp and strangthen our skills with our bonespears and shellsheilds

>>5767962
This would be great for the warriors! We could have a few unsharpened bone weapons made for practice.

>>5767909
Hrm. We do not want rebellion from our bored warriors. Now here's what I'm thinking. We are not an empire, we are not even a town. We're at best a village, or better still a band of nomads in the first stages of developing agriculture. We cannot afford to support a professional military. Instead, I suggest we form a militia. All of our "warrior" caste should also double as heavy workers, who in times of trouble can be quickly assembled and used for defense or limited offense. Sort of like Minutemen from the Revolutionary War. So let's get half of our current war party and start them drilling. They will spend today mock-fighting each other with the weapons to acclimate themselves to them. The other half should be sent out into the sea to get that farm fully established

WHERE'S DA PROPHET?! IZ HE MUCKING' ABOUT?!

>>5767958
Down towards the corpse site the beach dwindles to nothing, but upwards where the long jut of rock is it continues for a long while, eventually turning.

>>5767962
You have had mock battles before, they were fairly well received.

Your warriors quickly take to this sport, happily wailing on one another non-lethally. Their devotion to the Sun also seems to be growing.

>>5768003
Oh, second part of my idea. The next day our warriors should switch out, so that every other day is a training day, while the time in between is resting and working

>>5767980
Large shells would be better, as a normal sized krab could carry it easilly. Perhaps we could use sticks from the jungle to hoist the glyph high into the air, so that all may see it

>>5768003
These warriors have been promised for for a full two sun passings that they were going to get to hunt heretics. They'll be very very upset if some of them are sent to the kelp pools...

I still think we should send the war party through the edges of the jungle to convert heretics.

>>5768024
DA BIGGER, DA BETTER! CAN'T HAVE NO PROPER CRAAAGH WIFFOUT PROPER BANNERZ!

>>5768023
excellent idea. Perhaps our most fiathful and fastest krabs should go on longer scouting runs (as a group, of course) to find the fleeing heretics so that our warriors can engage them?

>>5768035
There are no non-believing krabs anywhere on the beach, that you can see at least.

>>5768024
I merely suggested a few rocks because of the scarcity of our large shells.

The banners are a great idea. Perhaps other krabs will see them and approach us peacefully. We could discuss the Sun with them!

>>5768068
I meant edges of the jungle, like, on the inside of the jungle. We should have them go in further than our food harvesters do making in depth searches for heresy.

>Well I gotta be off, I someone archives this I'll check it tomorrow and incorporate any ideas into Wednesday.

>>5768077
They have been going in as far as they can searching for the fleeing heretics, they are reasonably confident that there are no other krabs in the immediate vicinity.

>>5768077
agreed. once again, only the hardiest and most faithful, so that the dark of the jungle and the night will neither sway nor frighten them.

We should make the gladiatorial games more of a ceremony. Praise to the Sun and all that.

>>5768103
It seems since if there are any heretics in the jungle that they're too far away to find without staying overnight, we should send out search parties with food simply to find them. Then when they return they can guide a war party to the heretics.

>>5768119
Warrior Krabs will want to practice their fighting quite often... But we can make big deals out of some of the fights with more notable contenders.

We really should practice small krab on BIG KRAB combat, to train our warriors for war against the BIG HERETICS.

>>5768069
WAT?! DAT AIN'T KRABBY! WE USE DA BIGGEST BANNERZ!

>>5768140
Include strategic training. Different maneuvers. Basically a public forum for war training.

>>5768152
Can you make a gliff for the gladiatorial arena?

Maybe we could have all of our krabs practice in a few fights, just in case we're attacked and many of our warrior krabs are away.

>>5768174
Never ask gliff krab if he CAN make a glyph... Just hope that your request is important enough for his genius!

Haha.

>>5768165
perhaps we could use this as an excuse to try to 'taim' a protion of jungle in anticipation of jungle-dwelling heretics and also to create a 'safe zone' for the jungle gatherers

>>5768174
WATSIT S'POSED TO LOOK LIKE?!

>>5768203
LIKE SOMETHING AWESOME I SUPPOSE

>>5768203
I guess it would be a big glyph...

Two krabs each with bone and shell shield in a large circle under the sun? Maybe the bone weapons could be crossed.

>>5768341
GOOD ENOUGH!