>>39381023

You’ll have to bring it up. But first, you look back at Tarris the goblin trader. “So magical caravan of magical merchants,” you say shrewdly. “You got to have some cool stuff for sale around here. Like. Magical stuff. Or like, cool crafty kinds of things. Right?”

Tarris nods. “Mine occupation is the fashioning of precious stones and ornaments,” says the goblin, “though for thee, I would imagine other interests.”

Frederick gives you an impatient look. “We’re not here to shop,” he says.

Tarris waves him off with a sharp gesture. “There is no need. I know what Sierra seeketh.” The merchant beckons you closer and tells you briefly of a few interesting buys.

-Ye Oldde Caravane-
>Obsidian jewelry (70$) – Not magic, but pretty cool anyway for the price.
>Secured Pouch (75$) – A small drawstring bag that will not open without the owner’s permission.
>Wily Satchel (700$) – A leatherwork satchel that has twice as much room on the inside as on the outside.
>Ring of Warning (1200$) – Warns wearer when in imminent danger.
>Sotark Elixer (3000$) – Brings supernal clarity to the imbiber’s thoughts for three hours.

“Seriously?” you ask. “Three thousand dollars? I doubt you guys take debit out here.”

“Thou canst pay at a later time, if not here, straight away,” says the goblin.

You’ll have to give this some thought.

Farren bips on over around now. “Who’s this?” she asks, sizing up the goblin. “A secret envoy?”

“Tis so,” says Tarris in a mysterious tone, stepping over to Sunrise the unicorn to lay a hand on his shoulder. “I am the envoy of secrets.”

>>39381031

You snort. “Tarris is kind of a friend I guess,” you say, not quite sure. “Actually, now that I think about it, you mentioned falling in with a caravan.” You gesture to the carriages and carts and stuff. “This looks like a caravan to me, and Tarris could make sure you’re not totally on your own.”

Farren considers your position. “Tis a proper proposition,” she says. “I wouldn’t mind staying on till Pelheft, if it’s no inconvenience. If you need my help avoiding trouble with the Seraphis, it would be no trouble on my behalf.”

Hmm.

>I guess if you don’t mind. Kind of useful to have a local onboard.
>I’d rather not drag you into mortal peril. We’re going to get into trouble sooner or later.
>Well, maybe we’ll go along with the caravan all the way to Pelheft. Might be slower, but I doubt the Seraphis will be as suspicious.
>This isn’t your show. See what Frederick wants to do.
>Buy crap (?)
>Other (?)

>>39381052
>>I guess if you don’t mind. Kind of useful to have a local onboard.
>Buy crap (?)
>Obsidian jewelry (70$) – Not magic, but pretty cool anyway for the price.
>Secured Pouch (75$) – A small drawstring bag that will not open without the owner’s permission.
>Wily Satchel (700$) – A leatherwork satchel that has twice as much room on the inside as on the outside.
>Ring of Warning (1200$) – Warns wearer when in imminent danger.
>Sotark Elixer (3000$) – Brings supernal clarity to the imbiber’s thoughts for three hours.

>>39381052
>Buy crap: Wily Satchel
>I’d rather not drag you into mortal peril. We’re going to get into trouble sooner or later.
>Other: Perhaps when this is done with, we'll see what's what?

>>39381052
id rather nor drag you into mortal peril
> buy the ring of warning

>>39381132
oh and willy satchel

>>39381052
>Ring of Warning (1200$) – Warns wearer when in imminent danger.
This sounds cool

>I guess if you don’t mind. Kind of useful to have a local onboard.

>>39381161
heh, willy satchel

>>39381052
>I guess if you don’t mind. Kind of useful to have a local onboard.
>Other (?)
>>But let me warn you, it's going to get dangerous.
>Buy crap (?)
>Obsidian jewelry (70$) – Not magic, but pretty cool anyway for the price.
>Secured Pouch (75$) – A small drawstring bag that will not open without the owner’s permission.
>Wily Satchel (700$) – A leatherwork satchel that has twice as much room on the inside as on the outside.
>Ring of Warning (1200$) – Warns wearer when in imminent danger.
>Sotark Elixer (3000$) – Brings supernal clarity to the imbiber’s thoughts for three hours.

How much money do we have? If we have enough we should grab everything in case we can reverse-engineer the stuff. Also, the obsidian jewelry might be useful later as a gift or if we can enchant it.

Can the Sotark Elixir give us control during our blood rages?

>>39381052
Ring of Spidey Sense? Neat. Really like that thing.
Really hoping that it's not operating on a charge system like nearly every other magic item. That'd suck if it turned off at the start of every single fight as soon as they get one good swing in that we could have dodged without it.

The Elixer would probably help quite a bit with deciding what to do with the landwell. Or, since it seems we're siding with Freddy, dealing with the Eclipse goons. Not sure if I wanna buy that, but I wouldn't be opposed if others wanted to.


As for what to do with Farren... Well we really shouldn't take her with us. It's not the right thing to do and she's going to freak out about it eventually.

>>39381292
Sierra won't be able to reverse engineer it because she's piss poor at magic stuff. Outside of innate racial powers, she can reliably do the most basic cantrip there is and that's about it.
Also, meta, it would be busted as fuck and Languid would just say no.

>Can the Sotark Elixir give us control during our blood rages?
That would be so broken god damn. Let the rage build up, then pop the bottle towards the end and let the anger flow. It'd be one hell of a way to deal with the Eclipse of we need to.

>>39381368
Well, I was kind of hoping that any of our demon buddies would know how to work with these enchantments.

Also the elixir would help us avoid a situation in which our luck ran out and we actually killed someone important to us.

>>39381052
>>Secured Pouch (75$) – A small drawstring bag that will not open without the owner’s permission.

>>39381382
It'd be really finicky to actually drink it to counteract a bloodrage we aren't intentionally causing.

That Elixir sounds neat, but having complete clarity might reveal truths one would rather not think about.

>>39381404
Mm, true, but a chance of Sierra remembering she had the elixir and drinking it last-minute is better than nothing.

Also, you think the secured pouch is damage resistant? Else someone'd just cut it open. And what happens when you cut the wily satchel open? Does it explode?

>Not using the elixer to get perfect info out of the Shadows about some stuff

oh what if we made that potion into like tranq dart for isaac to use if we ever start to loose it

>>39381452
I'd worry that it wouldn't penetrate our skin since we tend to wear armor on our torso, have armored flesh everywhere else, and once a bloodrage starts our PP skyrockets and our powers get stronger, which means we're going to be spamming explosions and the shadows will act as armor if we're not.

>>39381052
>I guess if you don’t mind. Kind of useful to have a local onboard.

>>39381052

>Ring of Warning (1200$) – Warns wearer when in imminent danger.
>I guess if you don’t mind. Kind of useful to have a local onboard.

>>39381477
that reminds me, are we weak vs tactical flashlights?

>>39381590
Sort of? If it's dark enough that a flashlight is an advantage, we can just use the shadows behind the light beam to turn the thing off or yank it out of the hands of the person using it.

But yeah, a flashlight attached to a gun would give us a hell of a lot more problems than just a gun.

>>39381622
this makes me giggle

>>39381622
On the other hand though, as long as we're wearing clothes we can use the shadows under our clothes as armor right? And same thing if we're wearing a mask.

>>39381127
>Ring of Warning (1200$) – Warns wearer when in imminent danger.>Sotark Elixer (3000$) – Brings supernal clarity to the imbiber’s thoughts for three hours.
How much cash do we have?

>>39381658
I don't think those are "thick" enough. Every other time we've tried to use the shadows inside of things in an otherwise light area, it hasn't gone too well.

>>39381658
>stuffing our bra with shadows.

>>39381669
We don't have to pay now.

>>39381669
We could always ask Freddy to take what we spend here out of our payment and give it to Tarris

>>39381052
Hey, I have to sleep, it's not an option any more. But if it comes up, I will always vote against betraying Frederick in this situation. We took a job, we're doing the job, and if the other side wants to negotiate with us for other contracts later that's fine but I feel strongly that so long as Freddy plays straight with us we should play straight with him.

Sierra ain't no fucking snitch, not since day 1 with her old gang.

>>39381784
Fred's not that bad a guy either. And Eclipse seem to assholes, oppressing people for what they are and whatnot, stuff that really grinds our gears

>>39381784
>Sierra ain't no fucking snitch, not since day 1 with her old gang.
True dat

You figure it’s not bad having Farren along, at least until Pelheft. “If you don’t mind, I guess,” you say. “Useful to have a local onboard.”

Frederick nods in agreement. “We’ll see you to the fortress, but from then on, you’re on your own path,” he says.

“I have no argument with that,” Farren replies.

You turn your attention back to Tarris, and decide that you have plenty of cash to burn – after upgrading your wardrobe and buying a laptop and stuff, you still have somewhere around 8k in the bank. It’s not every day you talk to a magic merchant, so you take the goblin up on all recommendations. “Make it quick though,” you say, “we’re on a tight schedule.”

“At once,” says the goblin, bowing slightly before taking off to make the requisite purchases from the other caravaneers. Caravanists? Whatever. Anyway, a minute later, the goblin reappears with a cool leatherwork satchel thing and hands it to you.

You take it and rifle through its contents – though the interior space is, as promised, at odds with the dimensions of the bag itself.

You find everything inside. There’s a teensy glasswork bottle stoppered with a cork full of a light, airy liquid, which you guess is the 5 hour brain energy potion thing. Then there’s a little pouch, also leather, that has the same style as the satchel itself – probably made by the same craftsman.

Finally, beneath a wicked set of shiny black bracelets and stuff, you find a curvy braided silver ring, which you guess is your magic spider sense charm. You pluck that one out and slip it onto a finger. You don’t feel any differently, but you suppose it only works when you’re about to get into danger.

You are pleased with your purchases. (-5045 Cash Money: 2955$, -6 Stress: 8/103) “Thanks a bunch,” you say, smirking at the goblin.

Languid is awesome

>>39382002

The goblin bows again in reply. You kind of like people bowing to you, now that you think about it. (-2 Stress: 6/103) You notice that the others are already walking off, leaving you behind. You wave goodbye to the goblin and the unicorn, and take off to catch up.

You go to stuff your new things into your backpack as you go, though to make room you have to throw a few more things into the satchel. Kind of weird, but it works.

--

You soon leave the caravan behind, with Ranthix setting an uncompromising pace. The rest of the morning and some of the afternoon pass by easily, with you spending most of the time chatting away with Ro and Farren. Good people.

Anyway, the road bobs and weaves through the hilly, brush covered landscape, at least until you get to a particularly big hill. When you reach the top, you’re rewarded with a commanding view of a vast, frigid plain. To the north, you spot a huge lake frosted over with shimmering ice. Tiny buildings and houses dot the landside.

Following the road directly east, there’s another sizable hill, almost the last in sight. Great walls surround this hill, and the interior is crammed with tall, slightly crooked buildings. Buildings crowd aroudn the exterior as well, tanneries and crafts shops and churches. A picturesque castle sits atop the crest of the hill.

Hundreds of smoky grey trails rise from hundreds of chimneys, signs of busy townsfolk and industry. The road heading forward seems particularly crowded with merchants, refugees, and random people.

Your party heads on toward the city, or more appropriately, toward a junction in the road.

“The landwell is on the other side of the city, several miles further on,” Frederick tells you, careful not to be overheard by any passersby.

>>39382019

“Sounds good,” you say.

Coming closer to the fork in the road, Rowan gets your attention with a wary look. “Seraphis,” she says.

“PRETENDERS,” Ranthix corrects her, glowering at the pretenders in question.

You squint, and just barely make out the impending danger. A dozen knights with silvery armor, faux-wings, and white double-crosses emblazoned on their shields ride up the road. Travelers part way for the procession. They’re still a long ways off.

Zote growls something to Frederick, and the latter nods. “I know,” he tells his robot sidekick.

“We’ll make sure we don’t stick out,” says Scott, not looking too concerned. “Don’t sweat it.”

>Sure thing.
>Aren’t they all magic? What if one can see through illusions? We’ll just look more suspicious.
>>If we hurry, we can get to the fork before they do, we’ll be out of the way.
>>Let’s get off the road. We can follow one of those wagon trails for a minute.
>>There’s all kinds of people on the road. Let’s just act natural, they're in a rush to go smash beetles.
>Other (?)

>>39382031
>Sure thing.
>>There’s all kinds of people on the road. Let’s just act natural, they're in a rush to go smash beetles.

>>39382031
>>Aren’t they all magic? What if one can see through illusions? We’ll just look more suspicious.

>>39382002

> Eclipse have someone who is capable of tracking us by magic

> But they aren't doing so

Smart money says that they're using another way of tracking us, then.

> Farren.

I mean, I'm not saying we should murder her in her sleep or anything, but all in all she seems to be taking everything that's happened surprisingly well.

We should consider focusing on spying on her or trying to scry her for magical items, or rooting through her stuff if she's staying with us. I mean, this is kind of a dark ops thing we're going on and she did show surprising skill a couple threads earlier in sneaking.

Just . . . lets do a little bit of thorough investigating here.

>>39381784
I'd say Sierra would forego personal gain at this time to help Freddy out. I hope it pays in the end.

>>39382070
Why would they track us? They know where we are going.

>>39382031
>>Aren’t they all magic? What if one can see through illusions? We’ll just look more suspicious

.>>If we hurry, we can get to the fork before they do, we’ll be out of the way.

>>39382085
If they win we have a place to run and live freely, if they fail then no big loss.
If they lose because of us, no haven, no reputation and a little bit of info. If they win WITHOUT us, we have an entire plane hating us and a little bit of info
It's kinda obvious which to pick, imo

Later on we should go on world tours battling landmasters and claiming landwells, i wanna know just how much more cute Sierra can get

>>39382091
We're a hostile force on a mission that could seriously impact them.

You don't assume in that case, and you would want to get an accurate and up to date assessment of their parties composition, capabilities, and current location.

Like I'm saying, we don't have to go full shadow-run, but we seriously don't know anything concrete about this chick. Everyone that could verify her story is dead, and we stuck with Freddy instead of Farren last time so we didn't get to interact with these "Friends of her Fathers" who could easily be her contacts IF she is a spy.

>>39382031
>Sure thing.

>>39382070
I don't know, we rescued her from a burning building. It stretches disbelief that they could plant her there.

>>39382031
>Sure thing.
>>There’s all kinds of people on the road. Let’s just act natural, they're in a rush to go smash beetles.

>>39382070
>Farren

Nuoh my god. No way, man. That kind of set up would take a lot of crazy work. Then again, we didn't really see her folk dead, did we?

Baron is love
Baron life
Baron saved Sierra from drowning
Baron should not be abandoned for freaking out

>>39382031
>Aren’t they all magic? What if one can see through illusions? We’ll just look more suspicious.
>>There’s all kinds of people on the road. Let’s just act natural, they're in a rush to go smash beetles.

>>39382171
I agree with this anon. We need to do a full background check on Farren or at least spy on her to see what she does when no one is looking.

Also, when is she going to realize what's happened and break down in tears? Or has she already mourned, accepted, and moved on?

We should really ask about her future. What marketable skills does she have? What is she going to do once we leave? She's a few years younger than Sierra and it'll be hard for her to survive on her lonesome. We could also sniff out her emotions and try to determine whether she's being shady or lying during this time too.

>>39382228
If Baron sorts Baron's shit out.
Baron gets love.
If Baron can't sort Baron's shit out.
Baron ain't gettin anything

So, have we had the 103 stress threshold for some time or is it something new due to our wish last time around?

>>39382264
Was that a mistake or Unicorn magic?

I'll be back in about 2 hours.

>>39382276
Unicorn magic. Did you skip the previous thread or something?

>>39382315
No, but I assumed the Unicorn magic would be less concrete in the benefits it added.

>>39382137
>i wanna know just how much more cute Sierra can get

Can't get lesbian cute, so we know there is a limit.

>>39382171
>>39382229
Maybe have Orias look into it? He seems the kind of guy who might be able to do some snooping - even on such a short notice.

>>39382323
I'm sure she'll experiment after a few thousand years.

>>39382371
I wonder when this quest will end, assuming we don't fuck up, go mental and die at some point soon.

>>39382323
Maybe if we get 3 crits in a row we'll find the potion of Lesbos(the island)
But i'm content with her getting more demon like

>>39382408
That IS cute anon. I'm hoping at some point all our skin falls off, nothing screams demonic like bare muscle and blood vessels.

>>39382031
>>>There’s all kinds of people on the road. Let’s just act natural, they're in a rush to go smash beetles.

>>39382408
>and die
If this happens i will most likely have a talk with Languid irl so no worries comrade

>>39382453
Is it you, blowjob anon? Following another quest, are you?

>>39382321
It literally said in the post it happened "+3 Stress Threshold"
Or, well, something to that effect. It did outright state that there was a mechanical increase of 3

>>39382465
Okay, you caught me, I never pay attention to meta stuff. I've managed to zone out all of the little stress and bloodlust counters and now no longer notice them until everyone else starts freaking out

>>39382432
Skin falling off is a Hellion thing and is unlikely to happen to Sierra. Inferni have thicker, armored skin. Belphegoran's have greyscale shin that's otherwise human. Verwelken are barely even really corporeal, but Sierra's VE heritage seems to have manifested mainly as an external shadow organ outside the skin.

>>39382432
Doesn't she onöy get features from the demon parts she have? I've fapped to worse so it'd be okay for me
>>39382462
I don't think i am, you'd have to ho into details as my memory is pure shite

>>39382243
Baron can't handle the Imperatrix. It was cute going on a date, but we're in a deeper end of the pool than he can swim in.

>>39382510
The guy who said he was going to find Fallguy and give him a bj.

>>39382362
He might already be on it, but it's worth talking to him about.

>>39382528
Well, it depends if he doesn't man up then he'll surely sink, but there's no need to discard him just because he's mundane.

>>39382228
Baron fucked up. He can save a girl from drowning, but can he kill a beetleman? Or treat us like an angel?

>>39382531
Yes, i think that was me
I recognise the name but could i have the name of the quest so that i can be certain

>>39382393
After many years, I hope

>>39382578
It was in Deniable Assets Quest, about a super future space merc, sadly dead now. He's running something new now.
It probably is you, he couldn't spell either.

>>39382550
It's a pretty good reason, actually. I mean, we're a teenager for one, a demon for two, and royalty for three.

I mean, I guess we could casually date him, but MUH INTIMACY issues. Second of all, it could fuck up our standing with the other demons, which is shakey enough already due to age. Finally, he's just a meat target.

Also, he goggled over To and flipped over us. And we didn't even get to the murdering people or drinking blood part. Baron is a total good guy Paladin type. He ain't gonna handle that well, or our plans for lots of murder in the future.

Fuck, indirectly we're going to cause a lot of death. I mean, lots.

>>39382564
We can probably find him some magical steroids so that he doesn't die if he is with us

>>39382613
First, I don't understand why everyone has an issue with him reacting better to Ro. Ro is part angel, traditionally the good guys. We are mostly demon, and look fucking horrifying. I don't think Sierra really cares about our standing with other demons and I doubt the ones we know would care much (Ranthix might have an issue if he keeps being weak).

If they guy mans up, I don't see why we couldn't try.

All that said, I would prefer all romance would be kept causal, Sierra is NOT ready for that sorta thing yet.

>>39382596
English is my second language and i've spent the last 5 hours on buses and trains but yeah that was me, unless there has been another anon that has done thesame thing

>>39382669
Nope, blowjob anon, no one would dare infringe on your territory.

>>39382408
>But i'm content with her getting more demon like
I could go for some demonic tattoos.

>>39382658
Also, we can't let him weaken ourselves morally, in the sense that we should care for every individual life that we take. Sierra has wantonly slaughtered everyone she considered to be "evil" or an enemy, and I doubt Baron would let that continue.

At the very least, he would make Sierra start doubting herself, and if Sierra hesitates during a critical moment she could easily die.

>>39382796
I don't know, I think Baron might be a good influence on Sierra. He would check her faster than Wolfgang and Co. would if she starts to descend into fuck-murder-torture style and lose all sense of morality

>>39382842
Well, I feel like she's going to need to have some of that mindset if she wants to follow in her mother's footsteps. And Ranthix is already pretty good at keeping Sierra humble and on the "right" track. I doubt he'll let her descend into madness.

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>>39382658
>angel, traditionally the good guys

>>39382876
Madness perhaps not, but why do we want her to become like her mother. Ranthix won't let her become a raging psycho, but probably wouldn't care too much if we offhandedly killed innocents. Most of the demons don't seem to care too much. I think the arguments over who we should waifu are pointless, as we shouldn't get into any sort of romance for the sake of our sanity and everyone else's safety.

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>>39382796
>I doubt Baron would let that continue.
He is an American, we know how to smite our foes.

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>>39382928
>who we should waifu
>waifu

>>39382930
Ineffectually, at great cost, and without regard to long term consequence?

>>39382949
Husbando, my mistake

>>39382963
>Paladins in a nutshell.

>>39382928
You don't want power and the ability to take anyone as your consort by force?

>>39383116
Well, that part ain't too bad. But the dying part sounded pretty shitty

>>39383133
Well, I think the dying part probably had something to do with her trying to protect her daughters. Something happened during the boat incident while her daughters were present, and her consort mindwiped her daughters so the details of the incident wouldn't get out and so they wouldn't be scarred for life/in danger.

As long as Sierra becomes more powerful than her mother, protecting the people valuable to her shouldn't be an issue.

>>39382687
i can't remember the reasons for that post but i am very passionate about the quests i like and will go to great lengths to secure their continued survival, especially this one as it got me through some though times
i've been planning to run my own quest about a special viking with lowish fantasy, high violence and high sexual content but i am worried that it will attract the wrong crowd of people and go a different way then planned, and i also don't have anywhere i'm willing to run it, it will most likely be on tg because of the samefaggotry on akun but the stupidity of some people on here scares me

>>39383414
I kind of want to run a quest but I'm not really sure how to go about it. Do you know of any guides or anything for tips on running quests, since you're planning on running one yourself?

>>39383494
There was /qtg/'s guide, but it's pretty shit iirc.
Basically, don't have open ended chargen, don't be afraid to rule out options but remember the ability to choose direction is the reason people play quests. If you suspect samefaggotry, close the vote and decide for yourself, either use a good system or no system, and for the love of god, never use anything but majority vote in most cases. Rolling, first to X and co. are all shit.

>>39383556
>open ended chargen

I just read the first thread of Paladin of Joy, hahaha

What system would you recommend to use?

>>39383720
I really like d100 roll under and dicepoolsmmmmm, dicepools. There are plenty of good systems and honestly I'd recommend most of them, just avoid 3d20 crits override, as while it can lead to some amusing critting it's kinda shit. Honestly it depends on the type of quest, action quests do best (In my opinion) with Fallguy's system, d100 like this quest seems to be pretty good, dicepools are simple and the Monsterhearts system Tartarus uses is simple and pretty good imo.

>>39383779
spoilers wtf man, why you do this to me?

>>39383720
>I just read Paladin of Joy

oh you poor bastard

>>39383831
I like that QM, PRQ is really good, but I refuse to read PoJ. If it wasn't for AA none of that guys quests would ever work

>>39383831
>oh you poor bastard
i was just about to start reading it...

>>39382031
>Let’s get off the road. We can follow one of those wagon trails for a minute.
Better safe and late then dead.

>>39383854
Truth
>>39383864
don't, save yourself the pain

You are not so sure. “They’re all magic though. What if one can tell we’re magicking around?” you say. “It’ll just make us stand out even more.”

“They’d need to be looking for that to work,” says Alan. “It won’t be a problem.”

Well, the Gracies are the resident illusion experts, so you allow their point to stand. “Do your thing then, I guess,” you say.

The brothers go to work.

You feel a gentle staticky field fall upon you, though otherwise you don’t seem any different. However, looking around, everyone looks more or less like the peasants you’re passing on the left and right. Ranthix and Rowan appear in dull, hardened leather armor, Rowan being rendered somewhat more plain, Ranthix less tall. Everybody’s clothes take on a greyish, worn look, and their skin seems an unhealthy bluish shade from the frost. You can still recognize faces, but everyone has a sense of belonging among the crowd.

Neat trick.

The Seraphis ride forward and those on the road scramble out of the way. You step aside, along with your friends and companions. The knights ride by at a canter, flecks of frozen dirt flicking up under the torrent of hooves. The sound of jangling metal fills the air for a minute, as well as the sensation of intense power. A few of the Seraphis spare a glance in the direction of your party, but none seem unduly surprised or suspicious.

A moment later they’ve past, and are rapidly growing smaller. Your group moves on for a few minutes and reach the fork. Your group moves to the side of the road, and the Gracies drop the illusions. This garners a few looks, but the process is so fluid and subtle that you doubt anybody really noticed.

“That worked out better than I expected,” says Scott, letting out a relieved breath.

Orias gives them a curious look. “You expected worse?”

“Like Sierra said. They’re magical,” he replies.

>>39383884
only if you spoil it for me

>>39383942

“ENOUGH YIP YAP,” Ranthix says. He scowls at Farren and points toward the walled city. “THERE IS YOUR PELHEFT, URCHIN. GO YOUR WAY.”

Farren looks over at you and Rowan. “I thank you for your help,” she says flatly, not really smiling. Although you guess she doesn’t really have much to smile about. Maybe the fact she’s on her own is catching up to her.

“We’ll drop by if we ever come back this way,” says Rowan, giving the girl a gentle hug. “Things will get better. I promise.”

“Right,” you say, carefully keeping your distance. “Ditto that.”

Meanwhile, you can hear Frederick discussing things with the Gracies. “At this rate we can get there before sundown,” he says. “The less time we give the Eclipse, the better.”

You find yourself wandering over. “Almost there, huh?”

“It’s somewhere in the Field of Rust, a few miles east of the city. How near do you need to be to the landwell to locate it?”

>Wait. You don’t know where it is?
>Point me in the right direction and I’ll sniff it out.
>Let’s move. Time is of the essence, whatever that means.
>Hold up a second. We’re getting there before sundown? (If there’s trouble waiting, you’ll be at a disadvantage.)
>Other (?)
[Fooled all twelve knights. Not bad.]

>>39383854
Sorry, new here, what does AA mean?

And why doesn't Pally use punctuation?

>>39383957
>Point me in the right direction and I’ll sniff it out.

>>39383957
>Point me in the right direction and I’ll sniff it out.
Eventually. It might take a bit.

>>39383957
>Point me in the right direction and I’ll sniff it out.
>Let’s move. Time is of the essence, whatever that means.

Did we successfully hide from them because of a sweet roll?

>>39383982
AA (Autism Anon) is Pally's co-QM. He handles a lot of the sperg, hence the name.

>>39383957
>Point me in the right direction and I’ll sniff it out.
>Other (?)
>>Let me scout ahead.
>>Send Monster to keep an eye on Farren.

>>39383957
>point me in the right direction and I'll sniff it out
>I'm not going near it earlier than sundown though

>>39383947
spoiler

its shit

>>39383957
>Point me in the right direction and I’ll sniff it out.

>>39383982
I'm not great at English, other than apostrophes what does Pally screw up?

Waiting around is asking for an ambush. Fighting at night will give is an advantage though.
>>39384021
>>39383957
Changing my vote to wait till sundown.

>Sense Land Magic: Sierra can feel and see landwells and the ley lines that lead to them.
Ok, Sierra. Get rolling.

>>39384021

More like a multitude of average rolls.

>>39384075
No capitalization sometimes, lots of dropped periods, a few lines just end abruptly, odd grammar, run-on sentences. This is from a few posts I just skimmed through.

>>39384090
Us. Not our allies. Nobody but us can see in the dark. Maybe Ranthix if he brought some night vision goggles.

So, before we actually do anything, do you want to wait for nightfall, or do you want to rush to get there as soon as possible?

Make your decision.

>>39384129
Thanks for the feedback anon

>>39384090

Nightfighting means that SIERRA gets an advantage. I'm worried about the others what can't see in the dark.

>>39384158
Rush rush rush, sleep is for the week.

Oh god I am so tired

>>39384158
wait for nightfall, lets be all sneak like

>>39384141
Some of us gives an advantage over none of them. Besides, the gracies already flew their death flags

>>39384141
>>39384168
Don't worry about it, as long as we don't die everything will be fine.

>>39382002
>a wicked set of shiny black bracelets
Do they match our claws?
Would it be possible to enchant them ourself later?

>>39384158
>rush to get there as soon as possible

>>39384158
Rush!

We can't assume the Eclipse aren't tracking any of our other party members and Farren might be some sort of spy/related to Eclipse members. If we wait we might be ambushed or find that the entire area is saturated with enemy troops.

>>39384160
No problem. If that's you, Pally, I think your writing in terms of content is pretty good. I'm just a stickler for grammar and punctuation, sorry.

>>39384158
Rush I guess.

>>39384158
Wait for nightfall

>>39384158
Rush

>>39384233
Its me, I'm not going to put on my trip and shit up Languids thread though.

And thanks for the feedback, seriously, I won't improve unless people tell me what I'm doing wrong (and right).

Languid, I'm a huge fan, keep up the good work.

>>39384233
>the scared farmgirl that barricaded herself in a burning building is an eclipse spy
Now this is shadowrunning

>>39384438
We didn't see her parents, she's awfully stealthy for a farmgirl—enough not to be noticed by Ranthix, she hasn't broken down in tears yet, she really wants to follow us, and we didn't see her dead parents, etc...

Also:
>"“I thank you for your help,” she says flatly, not really smiling."

That's her sociopathy and/or spy status showing through.

Little slow, but roll some dice for that landwell searching.

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>39384497

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>39384497

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>39384497
Rollin

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>39384497

>>39384506
Well done mate.

>>39384506
"You begin searching for the landwell when you suddenly trip on it. You go, Sierra! +5 Sanity, -20 stress, +3 love points."

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>39384616
Rolling for true love

>>39384486
>knows the land better, probably hunts with that crossbow
>shock
>everyone she knows is dead
>hold on let's go back to that village to look through rubble for some charred corpses

>you're a sociopath if you don't smile for being handed off to some random goblin following the whole "everyone you know is dead and you don't have a cent" thing
Revisit your introduction to psychology courses.

>>39384670
I don't think they teach that in intro. It's mostly just names of people who did something with their lives and specific disorders from what I remember.

“Point me in the right direction is all I need,” you say.

Frederick nods. “Let’s move out,” he says, leading the way.

You lag behind with Rowan to say goodbye to Farren. “See you later I guess,” you say.

Farren watches the others leave. “You have your task, whatever you’re here for,” she says. “I don’t expect your business will bring you back this way.”

“Well, probably not,” you say. “Still.”

She smiles a little. “Still,” says Farren. “Good luck.”

“See ya,” you say.

Farren waves and sets off down the road toward the city.

“I bet she’ll do all right. She’s nice,” says Rowan.

“Unless she’s an Eclipse spy,” you say ominously.

Ro rolls her eyes, and you laugh.

“Whatever. Let’s find your landwell already.”

You follow Frederick along the road leading past the city for some time, leaving the castle and its hill behind you. Looking back, it seems small and almost toylike in comparison to the distant mountains at its back. Before you, meanwhile, are desolate hills, gullies, and streams that stretch out as far as the eye can see, underneath a bone-white sky.

You keep at this for a few hours, while the sun starts sinking in the sky. You haven’t seen a single person since you set off into the depths of the rolling landscape.

Frederick walks along, consulting his map. “We’re nearly there.” He pauses, consults a compass, and points off the road. “That way.”

He leads the way off road. Reeber shoots ahead, chasing after a murder of angry crows.

Crunching through the dead grass packed under the snow, you find you have to watch your step. Gaps in the snow mark dark, frozen pools.

Orias picks his way around a prickly batch of rigid reeds, iced by the cold. “This place reminds me of the Chthonian lowlands in winter,” he says.

Ranthix scowls back at him, and jerks a claw toward the white clouds above. “THE SKY IS WRONG COLOR,” he shouts.

Orias looks upward. “It could be an overcast day,” he replies.

>>39384646
The challenge is -30 due to trait: cannibalism

>>39385173

“OVERCAST DAYS BRING ASHFALL,” argues Ranthix. He sticks out his tongue for a brief moment, as if trying to catch a raindrop. He gives up with a scowl. “I DON’T TASTE ASH.”

Orias takes a deep breath. “You can almost smell it though, if you use your imagination,” he says.

“IF YOU USE YOUR IMAGIANTION, ANYWHERE IS THE CHTHONIAN LOWLANDS IN WINTER,” Ranthix accuses.

You smirk at the conversation, and consider the harsh landscape about you. You don’t really smell any ash, but you do smell the dank murkiness of stagnant water. Despite the dead things everywhere, you can also feel a hint of life buried beneath the snow, like seeds and crap, probably.

Wait just a second. You’re not on your territory, you shouldn’t be able to sense life at all.

You’re not feeling seeds, you’re feeling a ley line. Or at least a hint of one. Like, a minor tributary. If you weren’t paying attention you would have missed it entirely. You concentrate on the feeling, and manage to pick up its general direction.

Feels like its flowing off at an angle, between two hills on your right. Part of you wants to take off like a bloodhound, but if you’re getting close to the landwell, you might want to exercise caution. You don’t know if the Eclipse might be waiting for you.

>Do stuff (?)
>Other (?)

>>39385198
We should probably get underneath an illusion, and then send our little imp out to scout out the area before proceeding.

>>39385198
Have monster go in that direction by air, high up?

>>39385198
>Do stuff
Take off like a bloodhound that's also on the lookout for scouts

>>39385198
Send our imp and proceed with caution. Tell everyone we found it.

>>39385198
Adding to >>39385246
Tell the others we found a leyline. Have one of the Gracies illusion Monster to look like a bird or some shit. Then we can do the assume direct control thing and follow the direction.

>>39385198
I agree with everyone saying to send Monster out to scout it. Let's not do a repeat of Philo.

Claiming a landwell is like instant right?

>>39385311
>>39385198
Layering an illusion on top of the imp sounds like a good plan. Supportin'.

>>39385366
Unless another landmaster fights us on it or we roll horribly bad.

>>39385174
We should also get a -10 to trait: demon
Demons can't love after all.

>>39385434
>Demons can't love after all.

I want the church to leave

>>39385476
She can still be saved of course, I said -10 rather then -100. Sarah just needs to renounce her heritage and report to her nearest empowered priest for a little purifying.

>>39385616

Who the fuck's Sarah?

You stop in your tracks. “Found it,” you say.

Everybody turns to look at you.

“FINALLY,” Ranthix says.

“Where?” asks Frederick, looking around as if he might be able to see it.

“Over there someplace,” you say, waving in the general direction. You raise a hand, and Monster crackles into existence perched on your wrist. “I’ll scout it out. Alan, can you and your brother make this guy look like a bird or something?”

Alan performs a brief calculation in his head. “As long as he stays within a half-mile,” he says.

“Don’t think it’s that far off,” you say.

“Then it’s no problem,” says Scott. He steps forward and reaches a hand out toward your imp.

Monster snarls and hisses at the incoming hand. “He’ll freak if you touch him,” you warn.

Rowan chuckles at this comment for some reason.

Alan joins his brother. “No touching necessary. Just have to get close.”

You make Monster calm down, and allow the hellborn to do their work. In about half a minute, you no longer have an imp on your arm, you have a feathery and disgruntled magpie or whatever. The illusion’s no glamor, though. It still feels like you’ve got a bitter imp clinging to your hand.

“Go scope out the bad guys,” you say, throwing Monster upward. The imp squawks angrily and zips off into the sky with a rapid flutter of wings. Once he’s gone, you wave to the others to follow you. “Need to get closer to know specifically where to send Monster.”

Zote heads out before you, pulling out his submachine gun. The robot is not taking chances. He gives a couple brief hand signals, pointing at the Gracies. The two brothers fan out as well, Alan producing a revolver from a pocket and Scott shouldering his shotgun.

Ranthix creeps forward, Reeber staying on the Thultal’s heels, and gives you a nod.

Everybody’s still in their glamors, which you suppose will give your side the element of surprise if you do run into any trouble.

>>39386114

“I’ve got your back,” says Rowan, drawing her two-handed sword. White and grey reflections shine clearly in the long blade.

You move forward, following along the ley line to its destination, or perhaps to its source. The feeling of life intensifies the further you follow the line, giving you good indication you’re going the right way. You begin to see the energy manifesting in silent, cold capillaries hovering just above the ground. Definitely the right way.

You get enough of a direction to put Monster on the right track. His little imp eyes scour the countryside from above, detecting a family of winter rabbits, a white snow fox, and a deer carcass.

Meanwhile, you lead the rest of the party along the ley line, past the hills and into a low meadow.

Great hulks of rusted iron lay here and there in the clearing, each iced over. Tufts of rugged swamp plants jut out from chinks in the corroded metal. From the nearest, you feel a hint of something. An emotion, almost too faint to even count as such.

Ranthix you and the others to steer clear of the wreckage, affording the things a wide berth himself.

Orias spares one of the hulks a cautious glance, and adjusts his dragon gun in his grip.

“What are these things?” asks Scott.

“Memories,” says Frederick. “The fighting was centered on the rift, we’re on the right track.”

You carry on, and begin to notice the hulks of iron aren’t the only remnants laying around. You spot irregularities in the snow – steel crossbow bolts sticking out from the snow, or snowy mounds with shields propped up on their sides.

>>39386156

Rowan gets your attention and points to a small hill to the side. Except now that you’re looking at it, it’s not a hill. It’s a set of bones, big as a whale’s. An icy, inhuman skull the size of a Volkswagen beetle rests on its side by the whalebones, half of its jawbone missing. What teeth remain are the size of your forearm.

A nagging feeling nudges against the edge of your consciousness. Monster’s found somebody.

You look through his eyes. In a large, snowy clearing, by a mountain of wrecked, rusting iron, you see a figure. He’s sitting with legs folded, leaning back against a huge ram. The ram is huge, just shy the size of a horse, with massive, curled horns twisting on either side of its head.

Looking around, you can see the top of the rusted heap beyond a low hill. Though distant, it looks to be in the exact direction your ley line is leading.

>Do stuff (?)
>Other (?)

>>39386197
I'd like to vote that we grab the party and check out what's up with the goat guy, possibly sending one of our stealthiest to get into ganking position just in case.

>>39386197
>Do stuff (?)

Try to get a better look at the guy with Monster. What he's wearing, any obvious weapons.

Tell our travelling companions that there's someone ahead of us, sitting, on the way to the Well. Ask if anyone knows about special about huge rams.

>>39386197
So, Languid, if I understand this correctly there's a dude with a huge goat sitting plop in the middle of the direct path between us and the landwell?

>>39386197
>Alert the others of his presence

>>39386360

Yep.

>>39386197
>Yo, Freddy, do Eclipse guys ride huge goats?
I have a horrible sneaking suspicion that this dude is a landmaster who already claimed the well.

>>39386197
>say stuff
We should take a detour around a guy. I think he might turn out to be a rude dude.

>>39386197
Circle around him?
Keep monster looking for more of the buggers. There might be more and hidden but at least we would have eyes on the goat man.

>>39386447
And if you're right, he already knows we're here.

If he's a landmaster then he'll feel us here. If he's not a landmaster, then he's much less of a potential threat.

You send Monster in for a closer look. The guy looks normal enough, with furry winter clothes. The goat has a kind of saddle thing rigged up to it, with a big round shield hanging from one side. The dude meanwhile polishes the blade of a short spear. All in all, you’d say he’s just some random Cerran dude, except for the fact that he’s got an old rifle slung over one shoulder.

“Hey Freddy. Do Eclipse guys ride huge goats?” you ask.

“They ride drakes,” he replies. “Why?”

“There’s a dude with a goat between us and the landwell.”

Frederick nods, and gives Zote a few hand signals. The robot signs back, and Freddy looks ahead and motions around the mound of metal. “We’ll go around,” he says. “If everything works out, we’ll hit the well and get out before he ever knows we were here.”

The group shifts course to take a detour around the stranger. Except after a hundred feet, you realize all the ley lines in the area are actually leading to the jumbled mountain of rust, rather than to someplace on the other side.

The dude’s actually chilling at the landwell itself.

“Going around’s not going to work,” you say. “Goat guy’s on top of the landwell.”

This gives Frederick pause. “Is he a landmaster?”

You shrug. “Maybe,” you say.

“Is Monster seeing anybody else? Anybody at all?”

You shake your head. “Nope.”

>Come up with hot plan (?)
>Other (?)

>>39386699
If he's the landmaster stealth won't work, but we should probably go in quite in case he's not.
And there's always the possibility that he's not hostile.

>>39386699
It's pretty obvious that there is literally no-one friendly who would park themselves onto a Landwell with a bunch of weapons.

I'd like to send Monster in as a messenger with a note; something to the point like, "Get the fuck out."

If he blasts the imp, that's that. We spread ourselves out and hit him from two angles. If he makes to skedaddle, we let him go.

>>39386699
Have Orias and Ranthix set up where they've got sights on him but are decently spaced apart. Ro too if she's got a ranged weapon, can't remember. Once they're set up, go say hi.

>>39386699
Tell everyone right now, for the love of god, don't let him know that we're a landmaster. Dude will probably try to kill us if we do.

Freddy doesn't seem to know much about this shit, so we should probably go ahead and tell him that this dude could be anywhere between novice mage and one-man army. It'd probably help if we got a look at him to see his magic PP stuff so we have an approximation of how many wells he has claimed if he is.

>>39386699
How big is this mountain? Are there enough obstructions to sneak up it, or would it be obvious to anyone on the mountain who bothers to look?

We'll probably want superior numbers. Maybe have a main group going up a more obvious way, while us, Ranthix, and maybe one other who is good at sneaking take a back route.

>>39386826
I'll agree to this.

>>39386699
He knows we're here already if he's a landmaster. Just warn the group, set up traps and contigencies in case you need to kill or retreat, and send out someone to approach him while keeping guns aimed on him.

He might just be some mage who wants to use the landwell for things, like Freddy or Philo.

“If he’s in our way, we’ll have to deal with him somehow,” says Frederick.

“Look man,” you say, “if the dude’s a landmaster, there’s no telling how powerful he is. I mean, you might be able to whoop his ass by yourself, or maybe he’s so strong he can sweep us aside with a backward glance,” you say.

“What do you think we should do then?”

“Well, we do have numbers, and we might have surprise. I need to get a look at him myself, though, so I can tell what kind of ballpark we’re talking about.”

Frederick nods, and you take the group closer, the ley lines growing more powerful with every step.

As the base of the hill, Ranthix crouches down, his spear-gun thing in hand. “I and Orias will take up positions on the Ram-man’s flanks. Make no move until I give the signal,” he says in a low, urgent tone.

You nod.

“You. Stygian halfbreed,” Ranthix says, pointing to Scott. “You go with Orias on the north side.”

“Sure,” he says.

Ranthix gives everyone one last scowl before taking off. Orias and Scott go off in the other direction.

A minute later, a quiet click sounds on Frederick’s radio. “That’s the signal,” he says.

You creep toward the top of the earthen bank on your stomach, shedding your fur coat so as to be lighter weight. It’s cold, but the excitement lends you some warmth from the excitement.

>>39387423

Pushing carefully through the grass, you reach the crest of the hill, Rowan not one foot below. The first thing you notice is the colorless white star of the landwell, glowing steadily in the center of the clearing, ringed by dead hulks of metal and the mountain of snowy wreckage behind it. It’s about seventy yards off. Ley lines converge in the sky around it, feeding into the silent well of pure energy.

Your immediate concern, however, sits on a little rug blanket thing about fifty yards from you, twenty from the landwell. He currently up his spear for examination. At his back, the ram’s ears flick in different directions, like little radar dishes. (Big Ram: 25/25 HP)

The creature’s master doesn’t look strange in any way, but there could always be a glamor or something going on. You’d have to get closer to be sure. (Goat dude: 10/10 HP)

“How much magic does he have?” Rowan whispers from below.

“I can’t tell from this far away,” you say, “but the landwell’s right there.”

“Did he already claim it?” she asks.

You squint back at the silvery landwell, small as a pintpoint. “I’m not sure,” you say. “Maybe not?”

Should you go down there and go chat him up? Your spider sense ring isn’t really doing anything at the moment, which might be a good sign, and Ranthix and Orias are on standby just in case.

>Head down and say hi.
>Drop your glamors and head down, so this guy knows you’re no pushover.
>Approach with Rowan. You could use an invincible buddy if things get dicey.
>Send Monster in to see what happens.
>Maybe you should go ahead for a preemptive strike? No telling what this guy’s capable of.
>Tell Frederick to go talk to the dude. He’s the one that’s all over the landwell thing.
>Stand up and wave. See if he'll come to you.
>Other (?)

>>39387455
>> Head show and say hi
No need to either show our hands or be rude quite yet

>>39387455
>Head down and say hi.

Hopefully things go smooth, maybe he's just a friendly goat dude, or a local druid.

>>39387455
>>>Head down and say hi.

>>39387455
>Maybe you should go ahead for a preemptive strike? No telling what this guy’s capable of.
Dragon gun to the dome should solve the problem.

>>39385788
Sierra with a good Christian name.

>>39387455
>Head down and say hi.

>>39387455
>Approach with Rowan. You could use an invincible buddy if things get dicey.

>>39387455
>Maybe you should go ahead for a preemptive strike? No telling what this guy’s capable of.
If he is the landmaster he already knows how many of us there. He isn't here for a bloody picnic.

Our fancyass chainmail is recharged, yeah?

>>39387455
>>Head down and say hi.

>Hey, whats going on?
>Not much
>That's a really nice landwell you have there. Mind if I grab it?
>Sure, go ahead. I was just about to head home anyway.
>Cool.

>>39387455
>Head down and say hi.
>Approach with Rowan. You could use an invincible buddy if things get dicey.

The only way forward is to get closer, and the only way to do that is to reveal yourself. “Stay here,” you tell Rowan, standing up and working you way down the hill.

The ram pops up and watches you with silent eyes. Its master notices you a moment later, and stands up. He begins folding up his sitting blanket as you walk over through the snow.

This is pretty dangerous, but you’ve done dangerous stuff before. Still, you’ve never really met a landmaster before, so you’re not sure exactly how much danger you’re dealing with here. (+4 Stress: 10/103)

You find Reeber joining you at your side, though you don’t have the heart to shew him away. (-1 Stress: 9/103) Maybe if you’re lucky it’s not really danger. Maybe the guy with the animal sidekick isn’t a landmaster at all. Or maybe if he is, he just wants to talk or something.

The man throws the folded blanket into a saddle bag on the ram’s side, and pulls off the round shield. He props it neatly against his companion’s shoulder, and looks to you.

You get to the standoff distance, about midway between him and the hillside at your back.

The dude stands idly with arms folded, giving you an evaluating look.

You do the same for him. While he’s mortal, or something near to it, power wafts off of him in droves. (Goat man: 38 PP) Chances are he is a landmaster, you guess.

“Hi,” you say.

He watches you with an indecipherable expression. He replies with a rough voice, one that doesn’t see much use. “Hello,” he says.

>Introduce yourself.
>Who are you supposed to be?
>Do you know who I am?
>So how much are the Eclipse paying you?
>Your ram is pretty cool.
>Nice landwell you got there. Mind if I grab it?
>I’m going to be honest. I’ve never met another landmaster before. Are we supposed to duel to the death or something?
>Just so you know, I’ve got like, eight guys with guns on you. If you don’t want trouble you should probably walk away from this one.
>Ask questions (?)
>Other (?)

>>39388251
>Introduce yourself.
>Who are you supposed to be?

>Could you, uh, step to the side for one second? Like, just a foot.

>>39388251
>>Introduce yourself.

>>39388251
> Introduce yourself
> Your ram is pretty cool

>>39388251
>Introduce yourself.
>Who are you supposed to be?
>Your ram is pretty cool.
>Nice landwell you got there. Mind if I grab it?

>>39388251
>Introduce yourself.
>Introduce Reeber
>Your ram is pretty cool.

>Do you know who I am?
>I’m going to be honest. I’ve never met another landmaster before. Are we supposed to duel to the death or something?

>>39388251
>Cool goat thing. Does he have a name?

>>39388251
>>Introduce yourself.
>Your ram is pretty cool.
>I’m going to be honest. I’ve never met another landmaster before. Are we supposed to duel to the death or something?

>>39388251
>Introduce yourself.
>Your ram is pretty cool.
>Ask questions (?)
>>Whatcha doin' here?

>>39388251
>>Introduce yourself.
>>Who are you supposed to be?

>>39388251
>>Introduce yourself.
>I’m going to be honest. I’ve never met another landmaster before. Are we supposed to duel to the death or something?

I really, really hope this guy is a cool guy. If it turns out that he's a cock, this ain't gonna be a fun fight.

>>39388753
I wonder if Languid is the type who would account for us having a party with us, when he balanced the potential fight.

Wait. Why did we walk up to this guy alone if we're just going to say "Yo, I never met another landmaster. We deathmatch now?"

>>39388841
Sierra, man, it's Sierra

Wait guys, for Form of the Unseen, what if Sierra had a self-propelled vehicle, like a car with no motor and pedals instead, that covered her completely and hid her from other people? Would she make the vehicle go a lot faster than it would normally? How distorted does her form have to be until she receives the benefits of FotU?

>>39388753
Please, this is Lawngod. He will be a noble ramguy who has a wife and kids waiting for him to return. We'll feel like an asshole for having to kill him.

>>39388841

For one, we aren't invitiing the fight, we're asking him if that's what we do.

Going in alone is probably going to be a slight advantage if such conduct is normal, because he might underestimate us or think we're as naive as we're coming across.

>>39388841
>>39388865
They just end up fucking anyway

>>39388901
>underestimate
>think we are naive
Anon, we are naive

>>39388905
Sierra and the guy will hate each other. The ram and Reeber, however...

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>>39388905
I'd fuck a ram guy for a landwell.

>>39388937

I meant he might be "Wow, this girl might actually not know." instead of "She brought an armed posse with her. Yeah, she /totally/ wasn't expecting a fight."

“I’m Sierra,” you supply. “I’m from California.”

“Good farmland there,” the guy replies.

“I guess,” you say with a shrug. “I like your ram goat thing. Pretty cool.”

He nods. “She’s loyal,” he says.

“So uh. Who are you supposed to be?” you ask.

“I’m Hugo Faustler,” he says. “I have designs on this landwell. I take it you’re the one Frederick hired instead?”

>That’s me.
>I think you have me confused with somebody else.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?
>Is this the part where we try to cut off each other’s heads and steal their powers?
>You know, I got a big group of guys who can mob you any second I want.
>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.
>Other (?)

I just noticed that nobody referred to Languid's lawn when he disappeared for two hours.

What the hell's happened to us?

>>39389139
>That’s me.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?

>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.

>>39389139
>>That’s me.
>>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?
>>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.

>>39389139
>>That’s me.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?

I guess we should put off the subject of murdering each other as long as possible.

though I suppose that might give time for eclipse commandos to take out everyone else.

>>39389139 #

>That’s me.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?
>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.

>>39389139
>That’s me.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?
>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.

>>39389139
>I have designs on
not-good-at-english-fag here. What is he saying?

>>39389139
>That’s me.
>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.
>Is this the part where we try to cut off each other’s heads and steal their powers?

>>39389139
>Could your designs fit in me getting the landwell if I agree to help you with your thing?

>>39389139
>That’s me.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?

>>39389278
Plans/claims/it's mine fuck off

>>39389278
He has his own plans/motivations for the Landwell.

>>39389278
>>39389300
"I have planes for it." Seems closest.

>>39389139
>That well appears unclaimed. You must have been here more than long enough to take it yourself, so why didn't you?

>>39389318
>planes
Damnit man you know Sierra sucks at math

>>39389346
Eh I just got up.

>>39389139
>That’s me.
>So are you here on your own or did the Eclipse hire you out?
>Is this the part where we try to cut off each other’s heads and steal their powers?
>I’m guessing you’re not going to let me have the well if I ask nice.

It'll suck if we have to kill him. We probably have to kill him.

>>39389397
This is /tg/ murder is our go to problem solver.

>>39389139

>>39389331
This raises a good point.

>>39389139
Yep, I'm Sierra. I met a Unicorn today, she was pretty cool too. If we don't kill each other, can I hug your ram?

Must touch the fluffy. Besides, if Unicorns are like traditional ones it might throw him off that it liked us.

>>39389451
Even if we don't want to kill him, him actively opposing Fredrick's play here is going to cause a clusterfuck.

>Yo Freddy I can't claim the well.
>"What? Why?"
>Well that dude who you were going to hire before showed up. Remember, the one I said might try to fuck you over?
>"THAT MOTHERFUCKER!"

>>39389331
Whatever we say, ask this question.

>>39389331
I'm betting that he's more apprehensive about claiming them since he's human-tier squishy. 10hp, no regen and none of the damage reduction or magical resistance afforded to Sierra by her demon heritage.

Dude probably just doesn't want to get flung 20 feet and break his arm right before a fight he knows is gonna happen.

>>39389139
>Ask him if he's already claimed the landwell.

>If he has, tell Frederick he's gonna have to deal with Hugo now to open the portal.

>Don't kill unless you have to.

>>39389576
He seems to have enough magic to deal with it.

Oh shit. Is Hugo going to try to undercut us by offering to open to portal for keeping the landwell?
We might have to reveal that Ranthix and Orias are on our side sooner than we'd have liked.

if we drop all our glamours foes he have to roll for san loss? cause i remember something about our shadows causing san loss

>>39389576
I dunno, he might be a druid and shapeshift in to something more durable. Or have something else up his sleeve. Or maybe he is just really good at bluffing.

>>39389617
You remember wrong. They're spooky as shit and scare the hell out of normal people, bt they don't cause san loss.

>>39389139

Freddy Mercury pose, start singing Masters of the Universe as we strip away our glamour.

Tell him to rejoice, because he is the current to offer tribute to the new Imperatrix.

Or talk to him about what he means by Designs, and if we can somehow work together. Still hum Masters under your breath though.

“That’s me,” you say, kind of sheepishly. “So. You come on your own or did the Eclipse hire you?”

“I needed the Eclipse to lead me to the general area. Frederick wasn’t specific in the job description,” he says. “They’ll be along sooner or later.”

“I’m guessing if I ask really nice, you’re not going to let me have the well,” you say.

“No,” he says. “You haven’t run into many landmasters, have you.”

“Not really. But you haven’t taken the landwell yet from what I can tell, so I’m guessing there’s something else going on.”

“I knew there was another landmaster headed here, so it does me no good to claim it with you on your way,” he says. “No landwell’s worth fighting over forever. Things like this generally call for a duel.”

Heh. You knew it’d come down to something like this. “Duel, huh?”

“The fight stops when somebody yields,” he explains. “If I yield, you take the landwell and do what you want with it. If you yield, you stay out of my business for good.” He gives you a wary look. “Agreed?”

>Sure. Agreed, I guess.
>Give me a second. I kind of have somebody to talk this over with.
>Is this a no holds barred deal?
>Are you sure you’re up for a fight? I mean, I could really mess you up, even on accident.
>How do I know you won’t cheat?
>Other (?)

>>39389687
>Imperatrix
I see this misspelling every single time anyone makes a cheesy-ass autism post like yours and it's making me think you're the same guy every time. Or the original guy infected the other cheesemakers.

>>39389719
>General terms and stuff? Like, guns, no guns, swords, weapons in general? Animal friends and whatnot?

>>39389719
>>Is this a no holds barred deal?
>Are you sure you’re up for a fight? I mean, I could really mess you up, even on accident.
Also
>Give me a second. I kind of have somebody to talk this over with.
Just to warn them that Eclipse are on the rendezvous.

>>39389803
Second

>>39389719
>>Is this a no holds barred deal?
check for any other rules, then
>shout back at everyone It's cool, you're just gonna duel this guy.

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>>39389719
>Sure. Agreed, I guess
guess what time it is...

>>39389719
There's no way I could just stay out of this. The Eclipse are coming to ruin my day and they don't care about who wins the duel.

>>39389719
>>Give me a second. I kind of have somebody to talk this over with.
>>Is this a no holds barred deal?
>>Are you sure you’re up for a fight? I mean, I could really mess you up, even on accident.

>>39389719
>[sucker punch]
He's vague about when Eclipse is going to arrive. He knew when we would be here. He wants a duel where if he wins we leave him alone forever and if we win we get one landwell. He didn't take the landwell yet so that we would be drawn in.

>>39389719
>You ever play basketball?
This is probably monumentally retarded, but I figure it could be fun.

>>39389719
>Give me a second. I kind of have somebody to talk this over with.
Warn allies of incoming eclipse
also guy.
>Is this a no holds barred deal?
>How do I know you won’t cheat?
that guy has 38pp, that's DEFINITLY NOT weak.

>>39389719
>Sure. Agreed, I guess.

i wonder what landmaster tastes like

>>39389861
Supporting. Duels take all kinds of forms.

>>39389732
That's not a misspelling. It's a real word, the feminine of Imperator.

But it is the wrong word.

>Damn I'm Good Tier: unarmed fighting, knife play, dance dueling, artistic creativity
>dance dueling
Just throwing it out there.

Also inquire how outside interference counts, since eclipse might not care about them duels

we should totally poke his eyes out with our shadows, or bondage him

>>39389935
Ain't dark yet. It's, like, sunset.

>>39389732

I felt it was pretty clear the first part of that post was not meant to be taken seriously. Look in the mirror for your autism, anon.

>>39389719
Warn Allies, agree if he also promises to help Freddy, also we get to hug the ram. These are nonnegotiable.

Otherwise we snipe him and wreck the ram with an Alpha strike.

Tell me we have radios, please, so we don't reveal the position of our friends.

>>39389719
>>Sure. Agreed, I guess.

>>39389924
>>39389719

Yes. Dance dueling, let's go!

>>39389978
If he wins he helps Freddy, that is. Otherwise fuck him. We aren't here just as a random land master, we have a job to do.

>people want to duel a guy on his terms and with an expectation that he will keep his word

>>39389978
>agree if he also promises to help Freddy
+1 but after talking to them

>>39390068
we're going to rape him with our tentacles

>>39390068
We have overwatch, and there's probably some sort of magic contract we can get him to sign.

>>39389719
Let's tack on some conditions s that if he wins, he still has to help Freddy, and in return if we win we'll give him some sort of bro-help.

>>39390068
We have a Ranthix.

Cheeki breeki, motherfucker!

>>39389916
Wait, what is the right word?

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>>39390124

Iv Damke!

I really see no reason to play this guy's games. He says nothing is worth fighting over forever, and he might not age, but he dies just fine, right? We seem to have an overwhelming advantage here, can snuff him and take the well because he's working with the Eclipse and he's an enemy combatant.

>>39390177
Needs more guns and swords while jumping at you.

“Are there rules? Like, is this no holds barred or what?”

The landmaster shakes his head. “No holds barred,” he says. “If you want, we could throw out firearm. Makes no difference to me. But if you want to include your friends, then I’ll have to ask to wait for my Eclipse friends to even it out.”

“Maybe not,” you say. You don’t really like the sound of that, and you also don’t like how he knew you had backup. “Hey. If I let you have the landwell, just hypothetically speaking, could you open it up for Frederick’s people?”

“I could, but I won’t,” he says. “The Eclipse want the well sealed. Wouldn’t do for me to turn on them after they helped me find it.”

Damn. “All right. Uh. I’ll be back. I kind of have somebody I need to talk this over with.”

Hugo nods. “Take your time,” he says.

You retreat from the clearing and rejoin Rowan, Frederick and the others that are still there.

Rowan watches you intently “What did he say?”

You briefly summarize the situation.

“Can you beat him in duel?” Frederick asks. “And if you can, can you do it quickly? We don’t know how long it will be until the Eclipse arrive.”

>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.
>I don’t know. Maybe?
>I don’t like it. Let’s just chase him out of here, take the well, and head home. He’s not that powerful.
>If it looks like I’m about to lose, just start shooting.
>Other (?)

>>39390203
Well personally I feel that since he is the only real Landmaster (at least he claims to be, maybe he is just a powerful eclipse goon) we have actually ever met, has so far been mostly cool about this whole deal and appears to have a wealth of experience, it make me think he could prove useful for Sierra as a mentor on Landwells.

Or we can just beat him up and not care about it. I'm fine either way.

>>39390306
>>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.

>>39390306
>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.
>I don’t know. Maybe?
Go for a legit fair duel, unless he cheats, in which case, allies.
No loss here.

>>39390306
>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.

>>39390306
>>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.
You folks need to be ready for the Eclipse. Hunker down, prepare an ambush. Have monster do recon in disguise and fly back to others when he sees something approaching.

>>39390306
>I don’t know. Maybe?
>If it looks like I’m about to lose, just start shooting.

>>39390306
Nope, sadly this is enemy combatant territory. It makes me sad, but we gotta take him out. Agree to the duel to get close, then Alpha strike the ram with Ranthix and the Gracie's, while To helps us out and Orias holds back for a kill shot if he tries to magic fuck us.

>>39390140
In this setting, the rank is Imperiate. Which is Italian. It means 'you rule/you reign' and is plural.

>>39390306
I mean...he did just say that his eclipse mates are *coming.* We could just dogpile him right now.

>>39390306
>>If it looks like I’m about to lose, just start shooting.

>>39390306
>I don’t know. Maybe?
>Dude's got more raw power than I do. Not much, but he does. He looks squishy, though. Normal human squishy.
>If it looks like I’m about to lose, just start shooting.

>>39390306
Fuck, why are we giving up our advantage here? We could just mob him and take it and NPT have to fight the Eclipse still.

If he wants to have a duel, he needs to sweeten the pot.

Let's not be morons here.

>>39390306
I'd assume he can hear us, give he knows we have backup.

>>39390306
DUDE IS STALLING. Fuck his duel, he's outnumbered and out gunned. He can duel us for it later, but right now he walks or drops.

Still, it does speak well that he wasn't willing to sell out the Eclipse.

If it looks like we're losing, they're going to come to our aid no matter what we tell them.

Fred's come too far to turn around just cause we couldn't win a 1v1.

>>39390306
So, everyone who's talking about piledriving this guy, start fucking voting to do it. I'll start.

>I don’t like it. Let’s just chase him out of here, take the well, and head home. He’s not that powerful.

>>39390306
>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.

>>39390431
>>39390463
>>39390306

Agreed. Either mob him or get him to teach us how to landmaster if we win.

Hell, just leave Monster behind and tell everyone to fire when Monster gives the signal. Then approach him under the guise of a duel and fill him with lead.

>>39390306
>>39390463
Have to agree with this guy.
>I don’t like it. Let’s just chase him out of here, take the well, and head home. He’s not that powerful.
We might want to finish him off, though, or he'll be an immortal with a grudge against us.

>>39390306
>>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.

>>39390306
>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.
can we eat him after? i wanna find out what his blood tastes like

>>39390516
That's why I said he can duel us for it later if he wants, but getting the well is secondary to getting the job done. We got other powers, magical and political.

Job first, loot after. If all we wanted was the well, we could have just sold out Freddy.

>>39389719
This
>>39390582
Negotiations have yet to break down, but if he says no then we wreck him before his backup arrives.

>>39390582
You got that backwards, mate. We came because we wanted a landwell. We didn't even give enough of a shit about the politics to learn why this was even happening until a few (in quest) hours ago. We didn't even decide to not betray Freddy until after that.

Yeah, we want him to succeed now, but we don't think it's likely and it's not our main goal.

http://ask.fm/HellbornQM/answer/126119861555
>In other words, as long as Sierra's the one picking her battles, the battles in question will be balanced.
Hope you like imbalanced fights.

>>39390306
>>I think so, but you guys got to stay out of it.
>>I don’t know. Maybe?
If Eclipse show up, start shooting.

>>39390306
>>I don’t like it. Let’s just chase him out of here, take the well, and head home. He’s not that powerful.

I'm gonna head to bed, but I will say one thing before I do. Ganking the guy will give Sierra a reputation of an effective operator who takes her Job seriously and its a good reputation to have.

However, Sierra is much more than a mere operator. Coming out a winner in a single duel against her peer can sement Sierra's reputation as a power to be reckoned with, beyond what she can do in a group and what she can do on her own. She is destined for greatness and her path should be paved with great deeds.

I'll leave it up to you guys to figure it out I'll be content either way.

>>39390306
>>I don’t like it. lets just kill him, take the well, and head home. He’s not that powerful.