Winter has come: Christmas, or whatever the eqivalent, is nearing the fantasy land as it is nearing our real life. And there comes an instance where she takes on a group of hobgoblin mercenaries by herself... he is no longer here to protect her. She puts up a fine fight, but eventually loses due to a lucky shot by the remaining foe, and falls down bleeding.

The next thing she knows, she is returning to consciousness in a crude makeshift tent, with the kobold nearby. Almost as badly injured as her. As he tells her, he had been nearby (coincidentally, this time) and heard the fighting, stabbed the remaining hobgoblin in the back, tied up her wounds, and carried her to relative safety. So where'd the injuries come from, she asks? A pack of wolves ambushing them from the woods, he responds. He says tonight they will eat wolf.

So, while the rest of the party is busy trying to get a bit of a Christmas Truce going on, possibly involving soccer between the enemy armies, the kobold and the barbarian have spent the last two sessions in the woods, badly hurt, trying to get back to the civilization. She doesn't mind him protecting her this time: it's a bit of a special case.

We still have one session coming up: it still looks a lot like these two will spend their Christmas alone in the wilderness, or at the very least without the rest of the party. What is a small kobold mercenary to do?

Oh yes I remember that thread. Just enjoy the time and celebrate that you're still alive with her.
>Christmas Truce going on, possibly involving soccer between the enemy armies
I see what you did there.

Is this part two? OH SHITS.

Noserubs.

>>13237378
If you think you can manage it...

Oh yeah you did make that thread. Disregard my deleted post.

Nice to see how it worked out well since this is a pretty awesome story. To be honest I couldn't come up with a more beautiful image in my head than the Kobold and Elf barbarian sitting in a tent in the snow while a campfire nearby is cooking the wolf meat a cold dark and silent December night with no human civilisation for miles around.

Wait this is starting to sound romantic in my head. I gotta get away from this before my mind conjures up Kobold/Elf porn.

You're trying to understand, I told you your egg brother had been killed,
Yet here he stands in the very shadow of the dragon you came here to destroy.
You came here to avenge His burning, you came here to save Koboldkind...
Can you see now, you cannot do both?

Tell me now, is there a reptile among you here,
Is there no one who will stand up and try to fight?
Tell me lizards, is there not one in all your tribes,
Is there no one who values ‘boldness over life?

They looked to me once, now they turn to you
Do you understand now, do you see that the truth is
They don't want to change this, they don't want a hero
They just want a martyr, a tale to raise

I've given everything I can, there are no heroes left in Snb’venden.

So it begins, no matter which one of us wins
The tunnels we're standing on will break and cave away.
You will slay, and when you slay you slay alone,
And in the end you'll see there was no other way.

I've been here before, I've stood where you stand,
They've come for the hero, the hero of Snb’venden,
But why should we save them, when they stand for nothing;
If they do survive let them stand for themselves.

We've given everything we can, there are no heroes left in Snb’venden.
They'll watch you die to save their lives,
They will not stand here by your side.

We've given everything we can, there are no heroes left in Snb’venden.
Surround and watch as we decide,
The very fate, of all our kind.

>>13237409
Sine I'm not sure personally.

WW1 right? Pretty sure that's when they started playing football with the enemy for shits and giggles.

>>13237433

>>13237441
Yes. Western Front Christmas Truce of WWI. Most of the officers invole in the truce got punish though and yes they play soccor.
Eastern Front got one on Easter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5iDz8Ul_AQ

>>13237432
Too late

>Thappon which
Good one Captcha

Have them make a secret pact. Your kobold will allow short reciprocal hugs in private and they will protect each other in the field. No one must ever know this dark secret.

At first I thought, "Copypasta already?"

And then I read on.

Then I smiled and was pleased.

>>13237432
>Kobold/Elf porn

must have, now!

>>13237473

What's this from?

In the middle of the night when they're sitting around the campfire in a moment of quiet, start telling this story.

"I am a Kobold. We are the joke of the world. We're either slaughtered for being somewhere we didn't know we should be, treated as pests by more established 'civilisations' and exterminated or... seen as pets. 'Cute' is the term. But we are not mindless drones to slaughter. We are not pests to exterminate. We are not 'cute'. We live, we love, we laugh, we die, often in a period of time all too fleeting. We've come to accept that death awaits us possibly at the next heartbeat.

"I say 'we'. I lie. I am not content with this lot in life, I will not die wishing I had one more moment before some fool cut me down as carelessly as you would put down an insect that bit you.

"I will meet death screaming my rage in it's face, I will let flecks of spittle marr its vision as it tries to claim me, I will meet my maker screaming my defiance of my species lot in existance, and I will do so with a straight back and my weapon in hand.

"But I would prefer to do so side by side with warriors who respect me."

>>13237374
dear lord I wish my groups had character development like that

>>13237503
My group never has it either, its always combat and arguing

>Kobold
>Reptile
>not Dogfaced

>>13237527
Well, there's the difference between roleplaying and rollplaying.

>>13237503
Then roleplay with each other more.

>>13237374
Honestly, OP. You two should FIGHT. You think I am kidding? Think about that time you got into a fist fight with your friend or even your worst enemy back in school.

For me, right after we got done wailing on each other we were immediately best friends. You know someone after you fight them, you are bonded with them on an entirely new level as soon as your fists start clashing.

Battle isn't always about winning, sometimes its about learning.

This should work the same way for her. She wants to be treated like a strong fighter, a powerful and respected warrior. She's a woman in a man's game for the most part. Show her that you respect her enough to fight her.

>>13237498
Blue Submarine 6. Mutio. Genetically engineered mermaid. Based on cat.

So, technically, and aquatic catgirl.

>>13237545
Yes I agree, mostly its the two grognards arguing, we don't get to try many games since they only want to play WFRP 2e

Goddamnit, I lost my picture of protoman w/ "HOPE RIDES ALONE!"

>>13237531
Older editions had them more focus on doglike.
Newer editions took the old joke about kobold sorcerers and ran wild with it.
Doglike and Reptilelike are both acceptable descriptions for koboldoids.

>then Reways

I've read this post before.

>>13237603
>old joke about kobold sorcerers
What.

>>13237374
>mfw OP uses the picture I posted in that first thread to start this one

>>13237566
You should do this. As soon as you're both out of the immediate danger and back in the best shape, at least.

Later, hugs.

>>13237432
Kobold/elf porn

Not porn. Sweet, sweet loving.

>>13237481

>>13237628
Before 3rd Edition, there were a few rumors about sorcerers, including that they had the blood of dragons and that kobold sorcerers loved that idea.
It was laughable at the time, these floppy earred doglizards' sorcerers trying to puff themselves up with this draconic wivestale.

Then somebody went 'THIS IS SERIOUS BUZNESS' and went crazy with the reptile side and dragons.

>>13237640

That is clearly the face of a Cat FULLY aware of just how fucking good of day he is about to have.

>>13237500
Do this, and then, when you are both healed, challenge her to a duel. Then do
>>13237566
Tell her of your respect for her strength.
She will likely tell you of her respect for your skill or tenacity.
Everyone gets what they want out of it, and it's closely bonded BATTLE BROTHERS time.

>>13237503
Same. My DM only ran munchkin games.

>>13237602

Am I the only one who doesn't see any romance in this situation at all? Simply two warriors, through misunderstanding and accidental humiliation, come to learning of each other better and become capable of working together well. Warrior bonding. No romance.

That said, go with >>13237837.

>>13238120
No romance would be epic, because "We're alone in the woods, let's fall in love" is cliché.

shouldve done the bit where you start leaving dead animals in her tent

>>13238544
Not to mention because they're both of very different creatures.

"Don't take this as an offense or anything, but you're like three times my size, you have no nose to speak of, you're missing scales, there are absolutely no nice pretty nubby horns to play with, you have no hot long flexible TAIL, and then there's those two round, squishy... things, what do you call them...? Mammaries? That's the word! Right, well... they're fun to poke and make for nice pillows, but they look totally weird and silly."

Having character development that involved, that almost reaches the point of ROMANCE, it just seems a little... I dunno. Overly intimate with the other player?

I'd feel uncomfortable at least. It'd be like we were making one of those silly romance books for middle aged women, except fantasy edition.

It's embarrassing.

>>13237374
Hey OP what happened to My Idea Of setting up traps all around her during the Night to show that you are a True Warrior? And yeah also should have gone with the Dead animals thing too

>>13238778
Traps were put around once or twice, in the dangerous wilderness, where they could not hurt a friend by accident. The closest he came to dead animals was when he caught and cooked a deer, and offered her the best bits.

>>13238544
Yeah that's exactly why that jumped up in my head, its so cliché that it hurts and you can't help but make the connection.

>>13238544
>>13239065
It's cliché because it is pretty logical and can happen. They wouldn't stop because it's already been done or whatever. Most likely, they'd stop because of >>13238610.

>>13237374

Can't something just be cute without you faggots ruining it with hurr durr kobold romance?

>>13239094
But there isn't any kobold romance.

>>13239094
There is no romance. While it could go that direction, and cliche implies that it should, nothing has forced his hand into it.

>>13238691

There is a reason romance on the table is almost always a bad idea.

Two fat neckbeards role playing romance is both laughable and awkward.

I mean, I've seen it work, but the people involved were mature and natural actors. Its kind of rare.

Is the elf still pretty weak? If she is, I would suggest having the your character hug her from behind. It looks like you had this argument with her defending all of the hugging she has given you. If she begins to struggle, then let go and ask why she struggles. If she starts going on a rant about her being a warrior that kills and slaughters, then refer to the opening lines that you gave to her when she first hugged you.

And no romance. That will be all sorts of uncomfortable for everyone.

>>13239411
They've just worked out the tension between them and resolved the situation and you want to start it all over again?

I'm deeply disagree with what you are thinking.

>>13239411
If she doesn't struggle, ask her why she lets him hug her. If she starts getting all romantic like, cut her down with a simple "That is disgusting!". Then use something like :
>>13238610
For added insult, say that you used her round squishy things for leverage, when hoisting her into the tent. Make it so that you held no pleasure in holding them whatsoever.

>>13239450
The tension doesn't look worked out yet. The elf is still only letting the kobold protect her as a special case. This means that there is still some turmoil going on here. There was also a past argument, where a fight occurred between them. The kobold could be hugging her, trying to bring back that argument and winning it through action, instead of dialogue.

>>13239520
a fight occurred between them about her hugging him

>>13239353
Post a bigger picture troll

I can't help but imagine this as being something like that time Casca fell off a cliff and Guts fell with her.

>How many female elf barbarians have you people seen?

None. But they still nearly TPK'd us several times. Under my DM, not even bears shit in woods.

>>13239520
>>13239522
Yes, the tension between those two specifically seems to be worked out. The thing to do after this is to slowly work her towards a mindset that is less "OMFG SO KAWAII :3" to "Kobolds are cute but intelligent creatures".

Lizard penis goes in elf vagina.

>>13239622

Goodnight internet!

>>13239643
may flocks of sage sing thee to thy rest!

Can you have a bromance when one of the two is a girl?

>>13241589
Of course! Bromance is a gender neutral concept!

banp

I love the collective implication that this perfectly set up tale of romance waiting to happen is in fact a real gaming story.

>>13237500
Well? Don't tell me that's it, I want to hear the rest!

>>13244580
They had sex.
Teh Edn

>>13244404
/tg/ are romantics at heart. Neckbearded, number-crunching, fantasy-loving romantics

>>13244632
I think something about the hobby brings it out in people. one of the guys in my group is more of a /v/ kinda guy, but when I pointed out that as a party of nobles, the group has obligations to get married, he invented a romantic backstory involving his fiance getting killed in war on the spot.
Mi frente cuando.

>>13237649
>>Sweet loving.
*thumbs up*
Because this is /tg/

>>13244632
Yeah, that.

I'm playing an Elf barbarian in a game currently (We're actually playing right now, maptools game).

She likes how kobolds hearts taste. In fact most creatures we kill have very taste organs!

>>13244996
Obvious troll is obvious.
Don't make be set down my cereal spoon, bitch.

>>13244632
This is largely true. I don't speak for all of /tg/ but I'm a young adult, working through the world, living at home and wrangling with shitty part-time jobs, parents bitching at each other (but being too cheap to get a divorce) and shittons of schoolwork.

When I play an RPG, I wanna cut loose. I don't want to be a single 20-something hoping against hope that he just might get accepted into the professional program he wants so that he can quit working at the shitty burgerplace.

Make me a hero.

Make me a villain.

Make me a valorous knight who cleave through evil, make me a fearful wizard who can the warp the laws of death world around his withered fingers, make me a cunning rogue whose chutzpah is such that he can trick the gods themselves, steal their treasure and live to laugh of it.

For just one night, just one out of the week, I want to abandon the bullshit slog of my tiring day-to-day life and revel in the what-could-be.

I think, to some degree, /tg/ shares these sentiments, and I think THAT is why, when we're faced with characters like this, so unique and alone who still happen to bond and form a friendship (or maybe more?), it's only natural that we feel for them, identify with them and wish them well.

Hell, I sure hope if I were an RPG character, MY player would want me to have a happily ever after.

>>13245082

Not trolling, game has been going on for several months now. Although I'm the only player left from the original group.

OP, thanks for giving us an update on your game. I remember the original thread.

Now, I wouldn't got for the romance (while it's a concept that would work well in the situation if it were a piece of writing, in a game, not so much), I hope you go with some of the anon's ideas of doing something along the line of the two of you reconciling your differences and becoming epic battle companions. Hope you can make it back to your group in time for fantasychristmas.

>she was strong enough to have him by force

banp

>>13245095
Manly fucking tears.

This is why we game.

>lieratu remember
Yes captcha. I will remember.

>>13250055
Second.

So... what was the result, OP? How did this end?

Bump

>>13251663
We are to have a session in a couple hours. If the thread is still up by the time it's over, I will tell you.

After that there will be a short Christmas break, though we're likely to play more before New Year.

I shall keep it bumped, then.

>>13251780
You have my bump.

>>13251849
and my axe!

>>13251859
>>13251849
and his samefaggotry.

>>13251864

...

Guys, this is all very touching, but quite pointless. There's no need.

If it falls to page 15 or something, then go right ahead, but otherwise... don't.

mary-sue faggotry my god what the fuck is wrong with you people

Cute lizard.....
WTF

>>13251917
"Mary Sue" is an original character in a fanfiction, designed to hog all the attention from the so-called main characters. She is usually incredibly beautiful, talented, and perfect, and manages to solve everything by herself and defeat all foes and is otherwise quite indestructible. She tends to have a long elaborate name and tragic backstory, and often wields a katana.

I don't see any here.

>>13251928
"Mary-Sue" from how I've seen it used means something like: "Any fictional character that is more interesting and has more depths and personality than a strip of cardboard." Actually, I think the word has the same meaning as 13-yo's shouting "FAG!" And you don't take 13-yo's seriously, do you?

tl;dr Ignore all accusations of mary-sue, as anyone using the word are knuckle-dragging troglodytes worthy only of scraping off the bottom of your boot.

>>13251928
Then why the fuck do people cry "mary-sue" when it's the actual fucking main characters being kickass and awesome? Are they SUPPOSED to be boring and stupid? Why would anyone want to watch fiction of people just like themselves?

>>13251941
Because those people are idiots.

>>13251917 here.

Thread successfully derailed. It will never be the same again.

>>13251928
>>13251932
>>13251941
>>13251950
Ignore him, guys. He's been posting that shit to literally every thread. Dunno what the deal is.

kobolds: More awesome that other monstrous races.

I can never decide if they should be a full player race or if that would defeat the point.

>>13252011
my eyes.
THEY BUUUURNNN

>>13252011
Holy shit the stars

I kinda want to know if they survive or get eaten by bears or what.

Archived: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/13237374/

>>13252369
>Archive shit fetish thread with porn

GOOD JOB FAGGOT

>>13239353
Can someone link me to that in higher resultion?

>>13252398

>>13252407
Thanks!

>>13252407
You bastard.

>>13252398
It's on rule34.paheal.net/post/list/kobold/1 . I'm not sure what page.

>>13252385
I'd like to think it was archived because of character development and warrior bromance.

Bump

spess mahreens

bump

>>13237378


you son of a bitch. I fucking saw that!

Story?

>>13254703
Patience, grasshopper!

So I've returned. And I can see the thread is still up, so might as well post some continuation.

While the rest of the party - containing an orc shaman, a dwarven paladin, and an elderly half-elven sorceress - had a fun Christmas time, playing soccer and singing carols and having a feast with the two armies that were supposed to oppose each other, the elf and the kobold were close to hundred miles to the north, walking through the forest, and trying to avoid wolves and enemy patrols. We had no healing among us, which also made things trickier.

There were a couple little squabbles, nothing interesting there, but of note was the time we ambushed a party of six hobgoblins and a cleric. We pulled out a few improvised traps, including the beartrap we got from a smaller patrol earlier on, and the last remaining alchemist's fire. It was an impressive bit of teamwork, lost us only a couple hit points, and sent one hobgoblin running for his life and the priest caught as a prisoner. We forced him on spearpoint to heal us a bit, then tied him up a a portable healbot.

Christmas night was nice, even in the middle of a cold forest without anything to eat or warm ourselves on. At least the sky was nice, with not a cloud on sight, full moon, and one very big star in the middle of it. There was some more wolf for dinner, and the kobold pulled out the speech >>13237500, to which the elf responded, not with a hug, but with a brofist. She apologised, he told her to think nothing of it, and the snotty hobgoblin moment killer made yucky noises and insinuated all kinds of bullshit, so that we gagged him too.

>>13255025
In the morning, we got him to heal us to full health at last! It would still be two days to the next town, though. Let it also be mentioned that it is under the enemy control, and we were sent here in the first place to liberate it. Anyone in the party could do it even alone (hey, we're almost level 5!), but they put two on the task just to make sure. Unfortunately, as soon as there was another enemy patrol, our new hobgoblin friend, whom we had forced to follow us tied up and to heal us when applicable, shockingly and totally surprisingly betrayed us at the first opportunity! The rat bastard!

Well, at least he didn't have any spells left for the day, so we more or less slaughtered the bunch of 'em, him included. Unfortunately, this would only be the start for today's problems... thing is, the next thing we faced was a dozen or so enemies, on higher ground, with longbows. Run away! Run away! Both of us turned into pincushions, with less than half the HP left and no longer an abducted healer with us, we were forced to jump down an icy waterfall, into the water below, and hide in a small cave, all wet and cold and hoping they would go away.

And that's the end of that. Most of the focus was on the rest of the party anyway, but that's fine, they deserve that much. Probably not as much personal stuff and (b)romance as some of you might have hoped for, but maybe you'll enjoy the story anyway.

Crocbolds are bullshite.

Dogbolds with a few scales forever!

And Cutebolds...

>>13255041
Pretty cool. Keep us updated when next session rolls around.

I'm gonna check the archive has been updated.

>>13255041
>jump down an icy waterfall, into the water below, and hide in a small cave

Do I see getting rid of wet clothes and sharing the body warmth in the future?

>>13255507
Given the previous events, I sense a 'no'.

>>13255785
But that might result in death, especially with the cold-blooded kobold! Surely they might compromise, and simply decide to never bring it up again and feel really awkward about it for a few sessions?

Bump!

Seems like more hugging will follow.

>>13237500
As >>13255025 here, I am extremely flattered. Hope it went down well.

>>13255025
>the elf responded, not with a hug, but with a brofist.

Bromance ensues!