>>37752832
I missed you.

You are Vlad Tepish.

Your holdings: an ancient elven ruin. Well-hidden and fortified cave (on loan to liberated human slaves).

Your minions: 37 normal undead (orcish, elven and human skeletons and zombies, 13 armed with bows, rest with crude melee weapons). Undead orcish shaman. Skeletal elk mount. You control 40/40 minions. Your control is absolute.

Your relationships: Lathrien, your apprentice (agreeable), Ragda and Gerda, liberated old ladies of your tribe (friendly(ish)). Bathory, the spirit of your lover housed in her skull (unfriendly). Bound spirit of an elven scout (bound). Bound spirit of a gnoll pyromancer (bound). Bound spirit of an orc demonologist (Bound). Bound spirit of a black dragon (bound). Elven tribe (open diplomacy), Gnoll tribe (allies/treacherous bastards), Human liberated slaves (likely allies).

Your skills, stats, traits: In the pastebin above, along with your available spells and equipment.

Your goals: Find a body for Bathory, achieve immortality, grow your legacy.

>>A memory of a dream from between chapter V and VI<<

You called rain for your tribe for the first time today. You teacher didn't show it, but you know he was proud of you. What is more, for only the second time in your life you have crossed paths with another human tribe. The trade and information is always worth it, but what you care most about are the people. Between your two tribes there are nearly forty. More than you are used to seeing in one place by far.

You see a young woman, not much older than you among them. She is telling tales you cannot make out from a distance. Everyone around her is laughing, sighing and in suspense at the right moments.

She has coal black hair, her skin is a shade darker than yours. She wears clothes made out of the furs of several wolves. She is more beautiful than anything you had ever seen before. She feels familiar, and you feel a little melancholy seeing her, though you do not know why.

>Approach her
>Look on from a distance.

>>37753190
>>Approach her

>>37752832
Woho! Feral necromancer quest

>>37753190
>Approach her

>>37753190
>Approach her

>>37753190
>approach her

>>37753190
>Approach her
ayyy gurl lemme get dem digits

>>37753190
> Approach her.

Time to waifu Bathory.

>>37753244
>>37753225
You are to be the shaman of your people. You have been taught from a young age to speak impressively and confidently, to best carry your message and to best influence the elders. Now you feel like you were born with a foot in your mouth, and left for the wolves. You walk awkwardly, you do not know what to say, but you know you must say something. Your teacher would remind you that unions of strange tribes makes for the strongest children, then elbow you in the ribs and laugh.

You have never been more thankful he is not around.

You walk up to the girl and you just stand there. There are four more eligible men around her, clearly amused by your stories. But she speaks to you.

'I am Bathory, what's your name?'
'Vlad. I...'

Years pass. Bathory is laying on the floor of the plain. You are sitting next to her, dread in your expression that you cannot hide. It is not just a cold. She is growing weaker every day.

'Vlad, I am so sorry we never had babies.'
'As soon as you get well, love.'
She coughs. And smiles.

Weeks pass.

You are standing above Bathory's body. Nothing makes sense. There has been some horrible mistake. The world does not work like this. She must be alive, it is just her body that has failed.

Just the body.

The spirit is still in there.

You bind her to her skull. You cannot let her go.

Time stops.

You hear a voice.

'See, this is where I got you.'
'Who is it? What is happening?'
'Your magic. It is not like the magics of other mages. Nor am I as petty as a demon that bargains for a soul. I am a god.'
'Bullshit. It is my magic, extension of my shaman training.'
'No, it is not.'

>'What does this mean?'
>'Get away! It is my own magic, and you will have no impact in my life.'
>Prove it.

>>37753607
Oh right, twitter @DeadQM for updates and quest start notifications.

>>37753607
>Prove it.

>>37753607
>Get away! It is my own magic, and you will have no impact in my life.'

>>37753607
>>Prove it.

>>37753190

>Approach her

>>37753607
>Prove it

>>37753607
>Prove it.

>>37753607
>'Get away! It is my own magic, and you will have no impact in my life.'

>>37753607
> Prove it.

>>37753797
>>37753746
>>37753725
>>37753700
>>37753827
'Get away! It is my own magic and you will have no impact in my life!'

'But I already do.'

'Yeah? So prove it!'

'This is a dream. You could write off anything I do as your imagination.'

'Prove it.'

The dreamscape shifts. The skies turn red, the ground turns black. There are thousands, tens of thousands of dead standing around you. A massive figure, naked skeleton with a black scythe is dominating the landscape. It speaks.

'In your next great battle you will learn more of MY magic, whether you try to or not.'

You woke up.

It happened just as the entity had said. It might have been your subconsciousness, of course. You hope it was, but you are far from certain. It might be worthwhile to look into the gods that the ancient civilizations worshiped.

Nonetheless, you are in your ruin, although you are restoring it day by day and soon you won't be able to call it that. Many duties call to you.Tomorrow. You go to sleep, and wake up without further intrusion in your dreams.

>Timeskip (this will include training Lathrien, researching magic, and any chats you might want to have with those dwelling in your ruin)
>Visit the humans in your old cave
>Explore further out than you have before
>Visit the elves
>Visit the gnolls

>>37754066
>Timeskip (this will include training Lathrien, researching magic, and any chats you might want to have with those dwelling in your ruin)
Also research old gods, seems important to figure out headvoice.

>>37754066
> Explore further out than you hav before. Time for a map?

>>37754066
>Timeskip

>>37754066
>Explore further out than you have before

>>37754066
>>Timeskip (this will include training Lathrien, researching magic, and any chats you might want to have with those dwelling in your ruin)

>>37754066
>Timeskip (this will include training Lathrien, researching magic, and any chats you might want to have with those dwelling in your ruin)
I'd like to put this up for consideration, but I don't believe we need that bound elf skull scout anymore, shall we release him?

>>37754273

probably.

>>37754273
We can use him for practicing moving spirits into things.

>>37754066
>>Timeskip (this will include training Lathrien, researching magic, and any chats you might want to have with those dwelling in your ruin)
with regular visits to gnolls and elves to see whats going on with them both.

>>37754161
I am literally the worst artist in the world. I could describe the area the best I can and hope someone here feels like making a map and/or MAYBE try to do a rough map in paint.

>>37754273
>>37754229
>>37754164
>>37754126
Timeskip time!

You are in a well established position. There is plenty of food, shelter and water here. Not to mention the library and your allies. You decide to let some time pass, there is much you should do around the ruin before you make any further plans. A month passes, during which you:

>Train Lathrien
>Learn of the fate of your old tribe from Ragda and Gerda
>Reinforce and renovate the ruin
>Research magic
>Research religion
>Research basketweaving
>Research something else
>Talk to Bathory
>Talk to other bound spirits

NOTE: You are more than likely to do multiple of those things. Do not despair if your option does not win the vote.

>>37754412
>>Research magic
necromancy.
If we have to specify more magic into giving Bathory more senses. And overall knowledge of the dead.

>>37754412
>Train Lathrien
>Learn of the fate of your old tribe from Ragda and Gerda
>Reinforce and renovate the ruin
>Research magic
>Talk to Bathory

>>37754412
>Reinforce and renovate the ruin
>Research magic
>Research religion

We're a shitty master. Lathrien better git gud at training himself.

>>37754412
>Research magic
I'd like to delve deeper into Necromancy

>>37754499
Also learn some fucken pyromancy

>>37754482
>>37754484
>>37754488
>>37754499
>>37754542
Errbody wants to research magic.

The library is massive and finally you have the time to delve in the stacks properly. You read a large number of books on necromancy, and try to learn a bit more about pyromancy, although it is a nightmare to find any coherent notes about the volatile form of magic.

Roll 1d20+3 research DC 18, taking first five rolls this time.

Rolled 14 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37754621

Rolled 5 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37754621
Research!

Rolled 11 (1d20)

>>37754412
HexMapper, bro.>>37754621

Rolled 14 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37754621

Rolled 11 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37754621
Prepared to fail.

Rolled 1 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37754621
lets do this

>>37754721
I'm not happy we got 2 17's on a dc 18, but I am happy this was roll 6

>>37754644
>>37754695
>>37754684
>>37754715
Double doubles?
>>37754721
Thank god that doesn't cou

>>37754721
Glad we dodged that!

>>37754721
god that was horrible. and thankfully out of the first 5.

Why does everyone refuse to study ancient elven basket weaving? There wouldn't have been an entire section of the library devoted to it if it wasn't important.

What? I want an army of basket weaving skeletons.

>>37754770
We are not ready to control the ancient and deadly art of basket weaving yet. Soon anon, soon.

>>37754721
>>37754715
>>37754695
>>37754684
>>37754676
>>37754644
17 Marginal failure- the worst kind of failure.

First you need more power. Pyromancy makes little sense to you still. Necromancy is clear, but it is also clear that the advancement beyond your current level would require more experience and training, and not just what you can read in books. There are some notes about a darker force guiding necromancers, but nothing specific. You would dismiss it entirely, if not for that dream you had.

While you are fairly certain you understand the theory of transferring souls from one vessel to another, you make little actual progress in your mastery of necromancy over the month. It is somewhat irksome, but perhaps having a more solid theoretical grounding is going to pay off later.

>Try to learn pyromancy from the gnoll spirit
>Research something else
>Speak to Bathory
>Train Lathrien
>Practice Alchemy
>Talk to Ragda and Gerda
>Other

>>37754887
>Speak to Bathory

>>37754887
Can we start learning smithing and mining techniques and such?

>>37754887
>Other
Read up on something more mundane, ancient elven basket weaving

>>37754887
>Reinforce and renovate the ruin

>>37754887
>Learn infernal magic from orc shaman

>>37754887
>>Research something else
into the death god.

>>37754887
>Reinforce and renovate the ruin
Let's clean this place up, get it more comfortable.

>>37754887
>Try to learn pyromancy from the gnoll spirit
Fuck you fire you will do what I tell you!

>>37755063
hahahahahahahaha no

you have no idea what that shit does, do you

>>37754887
>Practice Alchemy
Gotta get our skullfu that body....

>>37755086
I actually do have an idea. We have talked to him before.

>>37754887
>>Train Lathrien

>>37755070
>>37754979
I'll go with reinforce and renovate for now, as it could cover a few of the other options, and there really doesn't seem to be a consensus forming.

In your research you kept coming across ancient building techniques, lost arts of engineering and construction. While the magic is keeping the ruin safely together, you cannot rely on that forever. You think you should reinforce the walls and renovate it to suit your purposes better. You do not have great tools for such work, but you have better than nothing.

Roll 1d20+4 DC 16, degrees matter. Taking five rolls as long as the timeskip keeps going.

Rolled 10 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37755208

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37755208

Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37755208

Shazam!

Rolled 10 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37755208

Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37755208
critfail

Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37755240
>>37755208
Swaggggg

>>37755240
19! Decent success.

You have a workforce of tireless, obedient undead at your call. They turn out to be the perfect workers, even if the tools are not ideal for the work they are doing. The rooms, the halls and the hallways are all cleared of rubble, and repaired to the best of your ability.

The doors that had rotten away you replace by doors of strong, solid pine. They would not keep a siege at bay, but they are much safer than open doorways.

Most importantly, the place starts feeling less like a ruin and more like a dwelling. You know it well now and it has become light, warm and comfortable. All of your living allies feel much more at ease in the place.

>Talk to Ragda and Gerda
>Train Lathrien
>Talk to Bathory
>Learn pyromancy
>Research History
>Research Religion
>Research Basketweaving
>Research Other
>Practice Alchemy
>Other

>>37755400
>Practice Alchemy

>>37755400
>Practice Alchemy

>>37755400
>>Train Lathrien

dude must be feeling neglected by now. and we did promise the elves we'd train him.

>>37755400
>Practice Alchemy

>>37755400
>Practice Alchemy
>>37755432
Has he called down some rain yet?

>>37755400
>>Research Religion
death god.
>>37755432
we taught him what he should be doing for self training. He should be progressing by himself. if only more slowly.

>>37755400
I concede that alchemy has won this round, but I'm still voting for the basket weaving.

>>37755400
>Learn infernal magic from orc shaman
Seriously, OP magic for the cost of our soul after we die, which we don't plan on doing.

>>37755544
Let's make sure we can't die before learning it.

>>37755432
This is not chronological, but if we do end the timeskip without training Lathrien, it might not be the wisest choice.

>>37755500
>>37755493
>>37755430
>>37755421

Alchemy seems to be the best way to create a body for Bathory. You actually believe you have some of the theory down for creating a homunculus, but for now the materials required to create a full human body are very prohibitive. You are going to have to do some exploration, possibly even some mining to find everything you would need for something as large and complicated as that. Nonetheless, you need practice. Theory will only get you so far.

>Try to make a healing potion
>Try to make a more potent version of Alchemist's Fire
>Try to make corrosive acid
>Try to create a simple, animal homunculus for practice
>Try to make something else

Roll 1d20+6 DC 18. Highest roll of first five wins and so does their suggestion (barring extra-stupid write-ins.)

>>37755400
Practice alchemy niggaaaaaa

>>37755544
no no no and hell no anything but that.

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37755655
>Try to create a simple, animal homunculus for practice

Rolled 11 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37755655
> Try to make a solid essence of magic or whatever.

If this doesn't work, just make a potion, nigga.

Rolled 15 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37755400
How big is our place?
How many can it hold with out being crowded?
>>37755655
>>Try to create a simple, animal homunculus for practice

>>37755655
>Try to make something else
Create a god damn clay/earth golem

Rolled 10 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37755655
>Try to create a simple, animal homunculus for practice

>>37755655
>Try to create a simple, animal homunculus for practice
Would this possibly be slightly easier thanks to shaman magic?

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>>37755719
YOU BEAUTIFUL MOTHERFUCKER!

Rolled 14 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>37755655
>Try to create a simple, animal homunculus for practice

Rolled 1 + 6 (1d10 + 6)

>>37755735
oops forgot to roll

>>37755799
fucking dice gods i swear to god

>>37755799
>>37755828
I don't know what you're talking about. That's twice a 1 has been the 6th roll, just outside of the first 5. Dice gods have blessed this thread.

>>37755719
21! Blackjack.

You put the theory to test. You feel much more comfortable substituting components when creating something not human. The result is superb, the experiment turned out wonderfully. You created a fully functional

>Cat
>Raven
>Dog (small breed)
>Lizard
>Squirrel
>Other small animal

You decide to

>Program basic animal behavior
>Experiment by binding one of your spirits to it (who?)
>Bind Bathory to it. It might not be a human body, but surely it is better than sitting in a skull.

>>37755889
>Dog (small breed)
>Program basic animal behavior

>>37755889
> Small dog

Bind the elf to it.

>>37755889
>Lizard
>Experiment by binding one of your spirits to it (The elf we bound.

>>37755889
>Lizard


>Program basic animal behavior

>>37755889
>Dog
>Basic Animal behavior

Seriously why the FUCK woudl be bind bathory to this?! She'd hate us even more! Though this is agood step to giving her flesh again. We're getting there slowly but surely.

>>37755889
>Lizard
>Basic animal behavior

>>37755889
>Lizard
>Program basic animal behavior
although I would be down for a jack Russel.

>>37755889
We made a kitty. Just a Kktty.

>>37755889
>Raven
>Basic Animal behavior

unless we're 100% bound spirits will obey us fully in homunculus body, in which case pyromancer

>>37755889
>>Dog (small breed)

>>37756003
Fuck that, pyromancer lets us shoot fire at fuckers. Experiment with the useless elf first if anything.

>>37756028
>>Program basic animal behavior
my bad.
>>37756040
I thought once we bind something they're under full our control? But can say think for themselves. unless we give direct commands to do otherwise?

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>Dog wins

Revote for

1. Try to re-bind elf
2. Program animal behaviour.

>>37756040
I'd rather we made sure we konw what we're doing first. This is the first one we've attempted the flesh is strong but we've no idea how the mind behaves or an animal will take a soul properly.

>>37756095
>2

>>37756095
Just a dog.

>>37756095
2

>>37756095
2

>>37756095
1

>>37756080
>>37756110
All I'm saying is that we should test with the elf before we risk something useful.

>>37756095
1

>>37756095
1
>>37756153
yeah im down to try.
Since it's something we may be doing with out beloved. We should try it on someone less important.

>>37756095
1

>>37756153
Still think a humanoid is a better test. as it is the elf would likely stumble around completely confused. It'd be in the body and senses of a dog. Hell what little crap is left of its mind might break to that.

No big loss but it'd probably make for loss of a dog and I'm not wanting that. fluffy dog to be companion and possibly save us at critical moments!

>>37756261
Well what I was thinking was this one would just be a dog, then the next one we stuff the elf into. If he can still think and we still control him then cool and if we cant then nothing of importance was lost. Then we can see about the others.

Okay, I THINK I'm getting bind the elf, and it's kinda my favourite choice.

On the one hand, you feel that it could be nice having just a simple pet around. On the other, you are experimenting with the goal of giving Bathory a living body and that requires learning both to create a body and to transfer a soul to it. The elf will just have to get used to it if it works. If it doesn't well, you were considering setting his soul free in either case.

If it fails you can still program the dog to be a dog.

'Elf, I am going to give you a body. It is not humanoid, but you will be able to move about at least.'

'What will you turn me into?'

'A dog.'

'I see. It could be a lot worse. Please get me out of here.'

Roll necromancy, 1d20+7 DC 20. Higher rolls will make the transition less traumatic. Only taking first three rolls as this is a single action.

Rolled 6 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37756391

>>37756261
thats the only thing I worry about.
But we could transfer him from the dog to a human.

What I wanted to do,was work on soul transferring necromancy. We could really use that, instead of moving her into something unaturally made.
We could put her into the body of a live human.
Or pretty elf whatever she wants

Rolled 9 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37756391

Rolled 16 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37756391

>>37756458
thank you anon

Rolled 2 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>37756391

Rolled 7 + 7 (1d10 + 7)

>>37756391

>>37756479
fucked up but it doesn't matter really.

>>37756391
I almost feel bad for him. At this rate though he'll make an excellent test subject for human transference and he'd probably be useful if he minds his manners and is grateful.

at that point we'd basically resurrect the son of a bitch after killing him in misunderstandings. I hope he'd be fucking grateful.

Just hope the transfer doesn't have complications like I assume it will.

>>37756528
He can suck it up. Teach him not to shoot people for speaking a different language.

>>37756458
23! We science magic now.

It is complicated magic. Binding a newly dead soul, confused and malleable is one thing. Moving a dead and bound one around is much harder. More than that, simply binding the soul to the homunculus would be easy. You have to make sure that the soul is actually in control of the body.

Nonetheless, souls are your speciality. You drag the elf out of the skull with very little tearing and transfer him to the dog. He shivers. The legs move one by one. His eyes open. He barks and then he stands up.

>'Can you speak?'
>'Sit!'
>'Well, that worked. Run off, do whatever you like.'
>'It worked! Good, now go explore.'
>'It worked! Good, now stand guard by the entrance.'

>>37756562
All we'd really need to say is

>Dammit do you WANT to go back in the skull again I can totally do that with your new one!

>>37756597
>>'Can you speak?'

>>37756597
>'Can you speak?'

>>37756597
>'Well, that worked. Run off, do whatever you like.'
He has suffered enough

>>37756597
"How are you feeling? Any pain discomfort? Come to think of it, can you even speak?"

>>37756597
> 'Well, that worked. Run off, do whatever you like.'

>>37756597
>'Can you speak?'

>>37756597
>'Can you speak?'

>>37756687
>>37756640
>>37756621
'Do you feel any pain or discomfort? Can you even speak.'

The sound that comes out of his throat is not exactly speech, but it is comprehensible.

'Throat bad for speech. No pain. Better than skull.'

'Feel free to do what you want for now. If you hang around I might eventually get a better body for you.'

'Thanks. Will stay in woods nearby.'

That went just about as well as you could have expected. You have a very workable theory in how to create a human body and bind someone to it. You just need the raw materials now. You will get to it in time.

2 more timeskip actions available

>Train Lathrien
>Talk to Ragda and Gerda
>Research something
>Take a break. Have a picnic with your living buddies.

>>37756811
>Train Lathrien
need more spell support.

>>37756811
>Train Lathrien

>>37756811
>Train Lathrien

We honor the deal now.

>>37756811
>>Train Lathrien
I mean the QM himself said it's bad if we don't do this

also,
>Research basketweaving

>>37756811
Research complex crafting techniques, e.g., smithing, etc.

Can we research mining as part of that?

>>37756811
Lathrein

>>37756811
>>Research something
Not giving up on the death god.
He spoke to us, we should learn about this god. possibley may give us some insight into necromancy.
He may even visit us, for looking into him/learning his name
but I know training won

>>37756811
>Train Lathrien
>Take a quick look at our magic orc zombie.

>>37756868
>>37756863
>>37756859
>>37756857
>>37756843
You have your obligations to the elves, especially now that so many of them have died in your service. Besides, after some initial thorniness Lathrien has been nothing but civil. He has been trying to call the rain every morning, but you decide that you should get a little bit more hands on.

'How are you doing?'
'It's... Frustrating. It's just within my grasp, but I can't quite get it.'
'Shamanism is all about patience. You are actually advancing quite fast. It took me years to get there.'
'Yeah, but I was supposed to know basic magic already.'
'Shamanism is very different from illusion, which is very different from necromancy. Try to see the spirits more like people. They are not incomprehensible. They may respond to that better than commands.'

Roll for Lathrien 1d20+3 DC 20. Failure will still be significant progress, success will straight up give him Shamanism I.

>>37756913
We made a deal man. If anything I want Vlad to be the honorable sort. Make a deal he keeps it.

Fuck him out of a deal or force him into it you're going to be his favorite corpse puppet to experiment on while your souls trapped in it and fully aware

Rolled 8 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37757010

Rolled 3 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37757010
critfail inbound

Rolled 20 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37757010

at least we tried.

>>37757054
and succeeded!

>>37757054
Yes we did

>>37757054
im crying anon

>>37757054
we best teacher

>>37757010
>Failure will still be significant progress
I think you should meet >>37757054
failure is not an option.making money rain is how we teach.

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>>37757054
Holy shit a competent elf!

>>37757129
Don't forget the Lich, he knew what he was doing, sort of.

>>37757054
Teaching him..we may learn something.

>>37757158
He bound his soul to his own head. We can do better than that literally right now. Using shit we found in his own library no less.

>>37757186
That's why I said "sort of." He knew what he was doing, just not what it would actually do.

>>37757054
>>37757036
>>37757029
Critical Success!

Your hands on approach works. Very well. Once Lathrien realizes the nature of the spirits around he learns to speak to them. First it takes almost a full day of meditation, but by the end of the month he can call the storm as quickly as you can. You are certain the spirits of earth would answer if he called as well. He is a better Shaman than most tribes ever get to have. Not as good as you, but gaining.

He also seems to have an affinity with the spirits of plants you never seemed to have, and now even with the necromantic energies permeating the ruin, he manages to establish a small garden for herbs and vegetables.

Finally, you have been spending much time with him and any resentment he might have had with you has faded. Your relationship has improved.

Lathrien learned Shamanism I

>Talk seriously about the fate of your old tribe
>Have a picnic party. You've earned it.
>Research stuffs.

>>37757186
You would have severe trouble binding your own soul without dying in the process and souls are your speciality. For him it was just a last ditch effort for immortality and messing with magic he did not in any way understand. Not saying he was an uber-lich, but he knew more shit than you do now.

>>37757054
we just unlocked
Shamanistic Magic III.

>>37757237
Research crafting. We armor now.

>>37757238
It is going to be VERY rare that you learn ranks in magic during play, even with criticals.

>>37757237
To the basket weaving.

>>37757237
Well having a hard time sticking our soul into a small animal is still way better than being stuck in a skull.

>>37757237
>Talk seriously about the fate of your old tribe
>Have a picnic party. You've earned it.
Both everyone at the picnic!

>>37757237
>Research stuffs.
Basket weaving.
Its time.

>>37757297

I think we're finally ready. let's weave the shit out of those baskets!

>>37757237
>Basket weaving resarch

This has been BUGGING me for ages. maybe the covers a fake and it holds something more useful? An insight into something else maybe?

>>37757348
You know what I will support this. since it seems this might be technology that could help "improve"civilization.
if there are no such things as even pouches this could be game changing.. for everyone but us..since we're not doing trade or gathering much of anything.
but fuck it.

>>37757365
Bitch, baskets are useful as fuck.

Welp its a landslide.

WE OPEN THE BOOK! WE DISCOVER THE TRUTH!

WHATS IN THE BOOOOOOOOX??!!!

>>37757365
>>37757362
This has been bugging you for a long time, and as the month draws to a close you dive into reading the many many basketweaving books in the library. There are dozens. They are very well structured books with a lot of information on basketweaving. By the end of the month you can make some pretty decent baskets. If you kept working at it, you could even make them underwater.

You have gained Basketweaving 1! World shall tremble! Think of the implications!

If that wasn't enough, something is bothering you a little about the notes, seemingly written in margins by their previous owner.

Roll 1d20+2 DC 18

Rolled 11 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37757568

Rolled 18 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37757568

>>37757611
nice

>>37757611
Whoot

Rolled 2 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37757568
sorry for the crifail

>>37757568
I didn't realize how many books we had on basket weaving. That shit is hilarious.

>>37757670
almost but we're good.
>>37757611
unnatural 20 is always nice.

>>37757611
As much as I would love to wait for a potential critical fail at Basketweaving research...

20! Success!

Yes, of course. You knew there must be hidden rooms and tunnels in this place, but this is how they are opened. You have noticed strange indentations in the walls. You might have considered that they are slots for doorhandles, except no door handle you have encountered in the ruin would fit those indentations. Here are the instructions for woven handles for the secret passages of the ruin.

ROLL BASKETWEAVING! 1d20+3 DC 15 (Critfail pls)

Rolled 15 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37757678
The Lich had an entire section of his library devoted to basket weaving. No idea why, aside from my insistence that there had to be cook books and basket weaving books in there.

>>37757720

Rolled 2 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37757720
that was interesting. lol

>>37757743
Annnd the hot streak continues.

No whammies no whammies no whammies

>>37757761
NO WHAMMIES NO WHAMMIES

>>37757743
> critfail pls
too pro

Rolled 13 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>37757720

Now the worrying part since our victory is assured.

>>37757720
>Critfail pls
Was this him wanting to write hilarious failings or... is there something we're about to unleash and hes warning us?

>>37757825
Something we're not supposed to be into yet, methinks. Give us an advantage early, maybe.

>>37757743
>>37757761
>>37757799
Success!

The rigidity is a problem. The walls of your ruin have always been stone and the woven handles have to be strong enough to be able to twist the mechanisms in the walls. The trick ends up being slightly alchemical and slightly magical. You have to create a strange, alchemical glue that makes the woven handles rigid as stone.

You approach one of these indentations, a large part of the floor way at the back, and insert the newly made handles. It fits like a glove. There is a dark passageway underneath.

>TREASURES! Get in there.
>Who knows what might be waiting down there. Bring backup of all of your undead.
>Bring Lathrien
>Turn back, do something else for now.

>>37757857
>>37757825
Nah, if I just didn't want you to go there yet I'd just wish for a failure. Writing a critfail for basketweaving would've been fun 's all.

>>37757825

bitch please. we enslaved a dragon.

>>37757922

>Who knows what might be waiting down there. Bring backup of all of your undead.

>>37757922
Play it safe. rally the minions. we don't konw whats in there.

And if its loot we need minions to haul it out into proper areas.

>Would of been fun to write critfail
I bet. "DAMN YOU WEAVE BEND TO MY WILL! I COMMAND YOU!"

>>37757922
> Bring Lathrien.

We have our sword, and are decently(?) competent with it.

>>37757922
>Who knows what might be waiting down there. Bring backup of all of your undead.

>>37757922
>Who knows what might be waiting down there. Bring backup of all of your undead.
>Bring Lathrien

>>37757922
Mysterious hidden passage, this calls for undead scouts.

>>37757948
I forgot about the dragon, I've been focusing on the baskets.

>>37757922
>>Who knows what might be waiting down there. Bring backup of all of your undead.

>>37757922
> critfail basketweaving
> wrap up our fingers so tight we lose circulation
> no more fingers
> evil dead god reanimates all baskets in our vacinity to attack us
> burst into flame
> skellingtons go crazy
> lathrian loses his mind, stabby stabby
> "NOW YOU KNOW MY TRUE POWER"

>>37757984
>Bring Lathrien
do both.
Could be nice to see our apprentice in action.

>>37758046
> Scrub Lathrien fails his call earth shamanism
> Traps us in underground cave full of who knows what

I'd prefer not

>>37757984
>>37757980
>>37757976
You make a dozen of the fattest orc zombies go in before you, and you light the staff with the bound gnoll pyromancer it, providing you ample illumination. You are quite surprised by the smell there. Anything organic should have rotten by now. But it smells like rot, and fresh rot too. You are used to the smell of death, however and so you keep going.

You bring Lathrien too, and set most of the skeletons behind you as rear guard. It is cramped, but you can walk with fair amount of safety.

There is some liquid, ankle deep under your feet, and solid stone walls with no inscription or ornament on it.

Roll 1d20+2 DC 15 Awareness

Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758110
oh god pls pass

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758110
That better not be blood down there.

>>37758136
aww yeah

Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758110
critfail

Rolled 15 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758110

>>37758110
well..>>37758136
I was going to roll but then I saw that.
shit anon.

pretty bad ass day today.

>>37758136
21 Great Success!

At first you worry about the fluid under your feet. You are fairly certain it is mostly water, however. You keep moving, and you feel metal under your feet, trinkets and coins and odds and ends. Under the light of your staff it is clearly gold. You know the ancient civilizations used them for trade, but you have little use for it, aside from using it for alchemy.

The smell does not let up. It takes some twenty minutes of walking for you to find a floating carcass of a large deer, being eaten by a hundred rats. Eesh. Death is nothing new to you, of course, but it is worrisome that the body is here. There must be some other exits. What's more something else is using it.

You focus harder on looking about. You might have missed it, with the wall of undead ahead of you you almost do. Something grey, and just barely humanoid skitters across the ceiling of the tunnel. He is followed by another. You look behind you and more of the strange ghoulish creatures are there. It reminds you of the alchemical experiments a little.

Fight time.

Roll 1d20+4 combat DC 15

Rolled 18 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758341
>rrear

>>37758341
SHIT ROGUE HOMUNCULI!

That ratbastard dumped his failed experiments in here!

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758341

Rolled 10 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758341
Cleave them down.

Rolled 1 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758341
Maybe we can dissect the corpses once we've killed them for additional alchemical insight.

>>37758396
Thank fucking god your roll doesn't count.

>>37758376
>>37758380
>>37758382
Damn but those things are fast. You quickly decide that precision is not going to get you anywhere, and that you need to overwhelm the creatures with numbers and area magic. Thirteen arrows leave bows and one hits one of the creatures. Five zombies dogpile on another. You are thinning their numbers quickly. You dodge and stab and kill one yourself.

You indulge in a feeling of smug satisfaction, but then you look up. Two of them are dropping on you from above.

Dodge! 1d20+2 DC 15

>>37758411
yes
I too am happy I rolled late
The main point was the corpse dissection idea anyway.

Rolled 13 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758457

Rolled 12 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758457

>>37758457
Oh god I hope I won't screw up.

Rolled 12 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758457
Those sneaky buggers.

Rolled 6 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>37758457
o shit
too bad our meatshields can't jump and intercept

>>37758457
Make like Gohan lls

>>37758487
ya dun goofed

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>37758487
Dammit!

>>37758478
Marginal Success! Best success.

You fall on the floor, but you manage to not get hit. You realize they are attacking with iron teeth, sharpened but rusted. They seem to ignore you once you hit the ground and turn to Lathrien.

>Command all the undead to protect Lathrien (DC15 1d20+5)
>Get up quick and attack (DC15 1d20+3)
>Make Lathrien attack (DC 15 1d20+2)

>>37758537
Options section only hombre, leave name blank unless you wanna be a fag.

Rolled 15 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758578

>Command all the undead to protect Lathrien (DC15 1d20+5)

Rolled 5 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758578
Keep our new shaman friend safe.

Rolled 13, 2 = 15 (2d20)

>>37758578
> Get up quick and attack!
> Command all undead to protect Lathrien.

Rolled 20 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758578
>Command all the undead to protect Lathrien (DC15 1d20+5)

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Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758578
>Command all the undead to protect Lathrien
dice+1d20+5

>>37758593
20! Success.

You make all the undead pile on the melee between Lathrien and the two remaining enemies. They drag Lathrien down into the muck, but at least he is safe. You are left undefended for a little while, and in the melee with one last ghoul gain a few scratches and bruises.

You have won.

>Keep going
>Gather the bodies and the gold and go back
>Other

>>37758640
Im so sorry anon
>>37758688
> Keep going.

>>37758688
Forward to... something!

>>37758688
>>Keep going

>>37758688
>Keep going

>>37758688
>Keep going

Rolled 14 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758578
>>Command all the undead to protect Lathrien (DC15 1d20+5)
>>Get up quick and attack (DC15 1d20+3)

>>37758688
>Keep going

Obviously theres a source for these...probably it might be the reject dump but thats a damn weird dump using your secret tunnels.

TO LOOT SCIENCE AND GLORY!! Oh and magic too.

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>>37758775
You leave the bodies of the creatures behind you. There must be something more here. You have been walking for nearly an hour by the time you reach the central hall. Where the small, ghoulish creatures were disturbing, what you see in the central hall of the complex is downright horrific.

It is clearly a chimera, something you read in the alchemy books. You take one animal, add bits of other animal, make it alive. Except in this case, the alchemist had not stopped. There are fifteen, sixteen different animals spliced together there. And that is just the ones you recognize. The room is large, but the creation fills most of it.

It moves and your mind can barely comprehend how quickly it moves, in relation to its size.

>Fight defensively (1d20+4 DC 18)
>Strike fast and hard with overwhelming force (1d20+5 DC 20)

>>37758688
>>Keep going

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758872
>Strike fast and hard with overwhelming force (1d20+5 DC 20)

Rolled 13 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758872
Charge!

>>37758872
Can we burn the shit out of it and run? Holy motherfucking chirst on a pogostick man

Rolled 4 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37758872
>>Strike fast and hard with overwhelming force (1d20+5 DC 20)
I saw we have our undead attack and keep it's attention.
We use all 3 fireballs in our staff to attack and deal as much damage as possible.
have our apprentice back us up dishing out what ever damage he thins he can.

Rolled 12 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758872
>>Fight defensively (1d20+4 DC 18)

Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758872

>Fight defensively (1d20+4 DC 18)

>>37758872
>Fight defensively (1d20+4 DC 18)

>>37758872
What if we made a chimera from the dragon?

Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37758872
>Fight defensively (1d20+4 DC 18)

>>37758909
>>37758922
>>37758939
18 (DC20) Failure!

You command your undead to overwhelm it, and channeling your most powerful magic through your sword you charge it. You knew it was fast, but you couldn't know how durable it would be. Only damage done by your minions comes from obsidian spears, which rapidly deteriorate. You decide you are going to have to do it on your own, but you overreach. A mouth of a creature strange to you lashes out on the end of one of the creature's many hands and bites you. It starts sucking your blood. You slice off the appendage, but it's done some damage.

>You have one wound. You are still in mostly good state.
>You have dealt one wound to the creature. The damage is insignificant.

>Press through the disadvantage. Stay agressive (1d20+5 DC 20)
>Fall back, fight defensively (1d20+4 DC 18)
>Blast it with all of the fire in your staff (1d20+4 DC 16) The fire will go out for the day.

Rolled 19 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37759068
> KILL IT WITH FIRE

Rolled 16 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37759068
>Press through the disadvantage. Stay agressive

Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37759068
FIRE ALL THE FIRE!

>>37759068
>Blast it with all of the fire in your staff (1d20+4 DC 16) The fire will go out for the day.

Rolled 11 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37759068
>Press through the disadvantage. Stay agressive (1d20+5 DC 20)

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>>37759110

>>37759068
>Fire fire FIRE!

Seriously fuck this thing its way too big and many limbed t ofight up close jesus christ.

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>>37759110

>>37759110
KILL IT WITH FIRE
23! Great Success!

You command the gnoll's spirit to unleash all of its fire in one great inferno. You hear the cackles of the bound spirit and have but a second to consider whether or not this was a good idea.

The world is on fire. You are suddenly very happy you managed to take on the old gnoll by surprise. The entire room is filled with bright, yellow fire. The few zombies and skeletons you had not called back to retreat are incinerated.

The chimera lets loose a terrible scream, as if a thousand inhuman throats trying to replicate a human agony. Its skin has burned fully off, its tendons and muscles, organic in parts, metal wires in others are fully revealed. The fire dies down, although anything flammable in the room had been caught on fire. Air gets sucked in from somewhere, luckily, but it is hard to breathe for a long while.

>You have lost five undead
>The chimera has taken five wounds. It should be dead, dammit!
>You are not further harmed.

The flames will go out in one turn and it will be pitch dark then.

>Stab at it with swords a lot (1d20+4 DC 14)
>Throw all of your undead at it. Death by a thousand cuts (1d20+5 DC 16)
>Use up the gnoll's soul completely in a final inferno

Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37759434
>Throw all of your undead at it. Death by a thousand cuts (1d20+5 DC 16)

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>>37759434
Mostly inaccurate picture of the chimera

Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37759434
Stab it in the everywhere!

Rolled 15 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37759434
> Stab it with your swords a lot.

Welp.

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>37759434
>Stab at it with swords a lot (1d20+4 DC 14)

Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>37759434
>Stab at it with swords a lot (1d20+4 DC 14)

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37759434
>Throw all of your undead at it. Death by a thousand cuts (1d20+5 DC 16)

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>>37759481

>>37759481

it's been nice, everyone.

>>37759532
it was 4rth roll, calm down

>>37759532
Don't think it counts. past three and no modifers

>>37759471
21! Blackjack!

You will stab the thing in every orifice it owns. Every. Orifice. You shout out a battlecry with no words and charge. It is still strong. But it is in a lot of pain, or at least acting as if it were. You cut tendons, slice muscle, stab in anything that looks like an organ. Some of those organs have a nasty surprise of acid in them. They do not harm your sword, but some of it hits your hands and gives you some serious wounds.

By the time it gets dark, the beast is extra dead. You have done your best to chop it up in little pieces. Then it goes dark.

>Leave. Return with light and more fire
>Achieve light somehow
>Try to find something in the darkness

>You have taken two wounds. The pain is slightly distracting.

>>37759551
>>37759562
Oh sweet.

>>37759589
> Achieve light somehow.

Surely we know how to create light, at the least?

>>37759589
>Achieve light somehow

>>37759589
>>Try to find something in the darkness

>>37759589
>Achieve light somehow

>>37759618
We sure do! With a flint and some rock like regular people. Thats why the gnoll pyromancer was such a big deal.

>>37759589
Make some light and tend our wounds. Also check on Lathrien.

>iplan
Silly captcha, we don't plan.

>>37759589
>gain light somehow. you need it to stumble back out anyway.

>>37759589
>Achieve light somehow

>>37759618
>>37759638
'Lathrien. You studied illusion, correct?'
'Yes, Vlad Tepish.'
'I understand that there is a light spell very early in that school.'
'Yes, I never mastered it though.'
'Tell me, how did your master describe the spell to you?'
'Well he said it is not about true light. You just have to trick the eyes of people that they see the light.'

That makes sense, sort of. You focus your magic. It is dim, and like no light you know. If you knew what a blacklight was, that is what it would remind you of. But you can see to a passable degree, so long as you focus.

The room, mostly taken up by the chimera seems to have been the alchemy lab of the man you took the ruin over from. While all of the research notes and such would have burned in the inferno, there is a good number of tools here, and even some of the reagents you would need to create a human body.

There is also a lot of gold. You might as well bring some of it with you. Then there are the remains of the creature.

>Leave it here, come back later with more fire.
>Gruesome it might be, but it is some advanced alchemy, take samples with you.

>Loot everything your undead can carry.
>Take the tools and the surviving ingredients. Leave the gold.
>This place is a fucking nightmare factory. Come back and burn it all down properly later.

>>37759806
>>Gruesome it might be, but it is some advanced alchemy, take samples with you.
>Loot everything your undead can carry.

>>37759806
>Gruesome it might be, but it is some advanced alchemy, take samples with you.

>Loot everything your undead can carry.

>>37759806
> Loot everything your undead can carry.

Let's see if we can find any other hidden places like this.

>>37759806
Samples and tools, the gold can stay put for now.

>>37759806
>>Gruesome it might be, but it is some advanced alchemy, take samples with you.
>Loot everything your undead can carry.

Rolled 17 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37759806
>Gruesome it might be, but it is some advanced alchemy, take samples with you.
>Loot everything your undead can carry.

>>37759806
>Gruesome it might be, but it is some advanced alchemy, take samples with you.
>Loot everything your undead can carry.

>>37759806
>Take samples from the creature. carefully. maybe make sure its not trying to regrow itself.

>Moral quandary overridden. Theres too much knowledge here to learn from including in human body creation. Remember Bathory. Take the tools leave the gold for later if not enough carrying space.

Abomination or not theres something to learn here. lets take it and do something better with it. or at least work towards our own goal.

>>37759941
>leave the gold for later if not enough carrying space

agreed.

>>37759850
>>37759863
>>37759879

'I call this a success. Lathrien, take whatever you think looks valuable, let's loot this place and get out.'

'Yes, Vlad Tepish.'

You take some samples of the acid, the tissue and the metal tendons of the creature. You also take the finer tools with you, especially the heavy leather gloves that seem to have survived the ravages of time. You do not contemplate what kind of skin it might be, but you dearly hope it is too rugged to be human.

The walk back is mostly uneventful, and in daylight the recovered gold looks rather impressive indeed. And there is a lot of it too. If you understand the old books right, the old necromancer must have been very wealthy indeed to acquire so much gold.

>Get to researching the chimera.
>Talk to Ragda and Gerda about the fate of your old tribe. You've been meaning to, but you're afraid you know the answer
>Heal your wounds (find something to life-drain)
>Heal your wounds the old fashioned way- rest and hope they go away.

Dont forget the ghoul bodies either.

>>37760004
>Get to researching the chimera.

>>37760004
>Talk to Ragda and Gerda about the fate of your old tribe. You've been meaning to, but you're afraid you know the answer

>>37760004
>Talk with the crones. You can't avoid it forever.

and maybe check the wound we took. if its discolored all plans are off and emergency triage time is go.

>>37760004
Some good ol' healing, with Ragda and Gerda's help.

Rolled 1 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>37760004
>Get to researching the chimera.

>>37760004

>Talk to Ragda and Gerda about the fate of your old tribe. You've been meaning to, but you're afraid you know the answer

>>37760004
>>Talk to Ragda and Gerda about the fate of your old tribe. You've been meaning to, but you're afraid you know the answer

unattended guests make for deadly traitors. it would be a shame if they just decided we were more useful to them dead than alive, and slit our throat while we sleep.

>>37760004
>Get to researching the chimera.
Oh shit.....I can't stop thinking about giving bathory kitty ears now.....SEND HALP!

>>37760086
>unattended guests make for deadly traitors. it would be a shame if they just decided we were more useful to them dead than alive, and slit our throat while we sleep.
lol what? it's ok if you want to do this, but don't post retarded reasoning

>>37760086
....dude abandon this thread jump into the warp and get spit out in the 40k universe.

You'd make an EPIC inquisitor with that level of paranoia.

Seriously.

>>37760086
Right yeah, the two little old ladies will decide this and magically get past our undead and kill us, the man who rescued them from slavery.

>>37760181

you would dare talk of conspiracy!? *BLAM*

>>37760004
>>Get to researching the chimera.
the closer we are to making a better body for bathory.

You find the old women arguing comfortably in one of the larger bedrooms.

'Ragda, Gerda, I hope you have been settling in well.'
'Pah, this magic here buzzes in the back of your skull soon as you let it. It's fine enough, I suppose and Ragda refuses to leave, so there we are.' Gerda says.
'Oh don't listen to her. It is perfectly fine. The magic does not bother ME anymore at least.' Ragda says.

'So, about the tribe. I guess, if you were with the orcs that means...'
'It bloody means that new 'elder' left us in the forest to die.' Gerda says.
'Hardly an elder, no older than Vladdie.' Ragda says.
'Don't interrupt. The 'younger' decided that he was going to lead the tribe now. Said he'd bash in any head that refused. When Ragda spat on his feet he said he didn't need no crones in his tribe. Last I heard he was planning to 'unite the tribes'. That is some moose-shit, if I ever heard it.' Gerda says.
'So I guess you could say you guessed right- they're probably all dead by now.'

And with that I shall conclude this installment of Feral Necromancer Quest. It is a bit of an early finish for me, but it's a breaking point and we're past bump limit.

You got shit done! Definitely a 3 exp session. You have 4 exp! Levelling rules: http://pastebin.com/vBRyBWfK

Thread archived here. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=feral+necromancer A vote for Feral Necromancer Quest is a vote for Feral Necromancer Quest!

Twitter @DeadQM for next session announcement. Might do a game tomorrow, if not then Thursday. Likely at around 10PM GMT either way.

You've got a lot of options for leveling, so I'll just step out for a while.

>>37760335

good thread, OP. bracing for plot. voting for necromancy 5.

>>37760335
Get that shaman magic 3 son. Easier soul stuff.

>>37760335
Gr, awkward leveling numbers, can really only spend 3 this session (unless you want to get 2 stats up to 2).

It's almost like I'm not a game designer or something.

Decent options imo:

>2 stats raised from 1 to 2
>Necromancy 5 Bank 1
>Shamanism 3 Bank 1

>>37760335
Boost alchemy