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I am Sief Atanor of House Atanor, and heir to the golem Raziel. Two days ago Qualaji and I left the Iquani camp heading towards the lair of the giant matriarch Mama Stump and her inbred clan, which turned out to be holed up in an abandoned Imperial fort from the first Imperial-Iquani war. Most of the journey was quiet, at least until last night, where we were forced to camp a short distance from the old battlefield adjacent to the fort. The night was memorable for several reasons, though thankfully both of us came out of the experience unscathed.

Today we cross the battlefield in the hope of sneaking up on the giants undetected. Hardly an easy task for a golem and a giant lizard, but Qualaji assures me that the rugged terrain of the battlefield is enough to obscure Raziel and her behemoth Kajilapa on the approach.

It is still early morning by the time we've finished a quick breakfast of vegetables and some leftover zebra meat, and the strange mist from last night has cleared, which could be a good thing or a bad thing. The sky is grey and overcast, which Qualaji informs me is fairly common at this time of year, and may be a storm front rolling in, though according to the princess we should still have plenty of time before it hits.

(cont)
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>>40491994
“You ever crossed a battlefield before, Sief?”

I shake my head. I am aware of the dangers that can arise from old sites of carnage and suffering if left to their own devices from what I have read in books, but I don't have any practical experience. If last night is any indication, it won't be pleasant.

“Daytime is okay, though we'd have been safer if it was a bright day. At the very least we won't have to worry about ghosts or ghouls... probably.”

“Probably?”

Qualaji shrugs, giving a sheepish grin, she seems to have gotten over her awkwardness from first thing this morning at least.

“It's a foolish person who believes they understand how dead things think. They don't like the daytime though, so with any luck they'll be hiding away until the sun sets.”

I climb up into Raziel, powering up the golem as Qualaji's behemoth lowers its head to allow the princess to step up and walk down to her steed's back.

“You think the basilisk will be out?”

“It could be, just keep an eye out... but not AT the basilisk, you understand.”

“I understand.”

The battlefield is eerily quiet save for a slight warm breeze rolling in from the south, skeletal remains and rusted metal crunch underfoot as Raziel picks his way between rocky outcroppings and crags. Tattered remnants of banners for dead Imperial houses flutter in the wind amidst rusted shell pieces and shattered arcane stone fragments. In places massive skeletons jut out of the landscape, behemoths picked clean by decades of scavengers. Kajilapa gives a low moan in her throat as you pass by a gigantic skull, Qualaji patting her mount on the back, making comforting noises to the great beast.

While much of the equipment here is rusted and broken, you can't help but notice that there is still a wealth of equipment which could be usable, weapons and intact components scattered amidst the wreckage.

>Press on
>Check through the potential salvage quickly
>Check through the potential salvage thoroughly
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>Twitter:
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>>40492002
>>Press on
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>>40492002

> Check through the potential salvage quickly

Just a quick look. It can't hurt to take a peek.
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>>40492002
>Check through the potential salvage quickly
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>>40492002
>Press on

We can't really refit things seriously right now and our pick of gear was pretty reasonable.
Better not to waste time, daylight and carrying capacity on things that will be of little help at best.
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>>40492002
>>Check through the potential salvage quickly
It's morning right? We have time, and we could use a ranged weapon.
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>>40492002
>>Check through the potential salvage quickly
Might want to archive early in case the douche anon strike again and misarchive.
Though it seems he stopped for now.
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>>40492002
Actually, thinking about it, you said Sief "can't help but notice that there is still a wealth of equipment which could be usable, weapons and intact components scattered amidst the wreckage" so does that mean he can already see good stuff just be going the way he's heading? Can't we just keep an eye out for things and grab it real quick if we see something? Wouldn't even have to waste time looking for things.
To clarify, I'm >>40492060
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>>40492027
>Just a quick look. It can't hurt to take a peek.
Of course it can.
The entire point of going through here is to get there without being seen coming, but every minute we spend here we are in danger.
Staying longer in an attmept to salvage incredibly old shit is a dangerous waste of time.

>>40492060
Not really.
We can't afford to have the princess be the frontline so opportunities where we use a ranged weapon instead of standing in the front with a shield will be few and far between.
We cannot carry any more large weapons either, otherwise we wouldn't have had to choose between the secondary equipment options in the first place.
And we can't equip anything sophisticated enough to require more than picking up because we are in the field and not a mechanic, so wrist mounted cannons or other things like that are useless as well.
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>>40492002
>>Check through the potential salvage quickly
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>>40492110
>We can't afford to have the princess be the frontline so opportunities where we use a ranged weapon instead of standing in the front with a shield will be few and far between.
Opening ambush from afar without being in danger.
Fleeing enemy.
Scaring the Basilisk into going into the Giants' den.
An enemy with a ranged weapon.
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>>40492002
>Press on
Further desecration of a battlefield may anger the undead.
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>>40492175
This is true though, if we end up picking something up, be sure to give a prayer and respect and shit to the fallen, just to have a bit more security.
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Checking quickly wins.

Writing.
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>>40492201
Warlord, is >>40492099 an option?
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>>40492213
Well, quickly looking is pretty much this. You can't just grab things you find off the ground without spending a few minutes checking over them though, because you do need to check it over for damage.
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>>40492138
>Opening ambush from afar without being in danger.
Gigantic completely unstealthy golems aren't really going to bea ble to ambush all that often.

>Fleeing enemy.
Enemies will still be able to flee because giants are just that tanky and the princess will not be able to pursue without seperating from us, if we decide to stand still and shoot at the giants instead of following.

>Scaring the Basilisk into going into the Giants' den.
Herding with a ranged weapon is anything but easy.
It's probably a lot simpler to beat it up in melee and then drive it before us.

>An enemy with a ranged weapon.
Our enemies are giants.
Their ranged weapons will more or less amount to throwing rocks and if you're reaction to being in range of massive thrown rocks is to stand still and shoot at them, you're not going to have a happy day.
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>>40492250
>Gigantic completely unstealthy golems aren't really going to bea ble to ambush all that often.
But ambushing them is exactly the plan, anon, and it's not like Giants have 360 degree vision.
>Enemies will still be able to flee because giants are just that tanky
You mean like that giant whose leg we shot and he couldn't make the distance of a couple dozen meters in several minutes?
We have no idea what ranged weapons giants have, Mama Stump was confirmed to be smarter than most giants.
And don't even act like a giant is going to be able to throw boulders at us faster than we can shoot them with a bow.
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>>40492250
Keep in mind that the giants we are facing are considered cunning and have been entrenched in their lair for a long period of time. They could potentially have some decent primitive range weapons or salvaged tech.
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I don't want to stray too much from our path, but it would be a shame to abandon potentially useful information, especially if it could help us against the giants.

I veer off a little to take a closer look at a few pieces of equipment that stand out, I find a pair of golem arms, ward-inscribed plates still fitted to the forearms and barely clinging on by residual magical energy. It's good stuff, powerful defensive warding, but it's not fitted right for Raziel right now, so I'd just be carrying it with me until I could get an artificer alter it.

I also spot two other things which could be of use on a more immediate basis, pushing aside a fallen rock I come across an old Hand Cannon, the mana ignition runes still intact, the firing mechanism isn't jammed either, it's even loaded. Looking around though I can only find two more shots for it unless I want to spend hours digging through wreckage.

The final thing I notice is an old Golem Skullpick, a little dented and rusty, but still looking like it could do some serious damage. The pick is still clutched in a golem's hand, torn from the body halfway down the forearm, the point buried into a rocky crag. The whole thing is surrounded by scraps of shell, crushed and scattered bones and mangled metal, in the looming shadow of a rocky overhang. Something about it makes me uneasy, but a Skullpick is an exceptional weapon for fighting giants, do I want to risk it?

Ward-Inscribed Bracers
>Take
>Leave

Hand Cannon
>Take
>Leave

Skullpick
>Take
>Leave

To give you a better idea of what they look like, the hand cannon is basically a gigantic single-shot pistol, and a Skullpick is a golem sized military pick, popular for fighting monsters and titans with very tough hides and thick bones.
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>>40492407
>leave
>leave
>take
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>>40492407

Ward-Inscribed Bracers

>Leave

Hand Cannon
>Take
>Leave

Skullpick

>Leave
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>>40492407
take them all but instead of carrying them with us all the way to the giants lair, hide them away from the graveyard.
Take the cannon with us into the lair though
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>>40492407
>The pick is still clutched in a golem's hand, torn from the body halfway down the forearm, the point buried into a rocky crag. The whole thing is surrounded by scraps of shell, crushed and scattered bones and mangled metal, in the looming shadow of a rocky overhang. Something about it makes me uneasy
Guys holy shit this is so obviously haunted or something, please don't risk this.
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>>40492451
The battlefield stretches from where you are to the fortress, so if you want to bury them outside of it you'd have to double back.
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>>40492472
Can we note this place in our mind and maybe come back for some stuff later?
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>>40492484
You can.
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>>40492484
Well, it is supposedly the path between the giant layer and the settlement, right?
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>>40492407

>Take

>Take


>Leave
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>>40492498
Okay then, changing >>40492441 to just the handcannon, we can come back for the bracers afterwards, and the pickaxe is too spoopy for me
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>>40492503
Dude, we can't even use the bracers, and we can come back for them afterwards.
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>>40492498
Then take the hand cannon only
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Taking the hand cannon and leaving the rest wins.
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The bracers will just weigh me down, and the Skullpick... I think I'm going to just go with my gut on that one, since I am in a haunted battlefield. I pick up the handcannon, peering down the length of it, clipping the weapon and spare ammo to one of the storage runes at the base of Raziel's back.

“You ready to go?” Qualaji calls, looking a little unnerved at the delay.

“Ready,” I reply, as we push on through the battlefield. The clouds grow heavier as the day goes on, the wind picking up, whipping Qualaji's hair as we traverse the gloomy battlefield. The mesa looms larger and larger on the horizon as we approach, and only the slight movements on the edge of my vision, skittering between the wreckage, keeps my eyes from being fixed on the ominous edifice.

Picking my way between two crags, I find myself at the edge of a crater scarring the earth from some ancient arcane weapon, a pool of fetid water gathered at its center. The water bubbles slightly, dyed a dusty brown mixed with sickly green. Qualaji wrinkles her nose, standing up on the saddle for a better look.

“Poisoned. We must be getting close to the basilisk.”

I frown, scanning the terrain, though given how rough it is even from my vantage point I can't see far. More pools of foul water have collected in cracks and sunken terrain, and even the shell fragments and old weapons are pitted and misshapen from the basilisk's acrid venom.

>Stick together
>Tell Qualaji to stay put, scout ahead
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>>40492754
Can the Behemoth smell the Basilisk, or does it not know its smell enough to recognize it?
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>>40492772
Quite possibly, yes, behemoths do have an excellent sense of smell.
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>>40492783
Are Basilisks known to attack behemoths, or ambush their prey?
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>>40492754
>Stick together
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>>40492754
>Stick together

And here I was thinking it was Monday
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>>40492797
Basilisks prefer smaller prey, but they will go for a behemoth if they feel threatened/annoyed, which is to be honest a state that basilisks spend about 95% of their lives in.

Just to remind you of course, making eye contact with a basilisk is fatal. Fortunately not through your viewing screen, but for Qualaji or Kajilapa it would be.
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>>40492754
>Stick together
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My worry is as follows.
If we leave Qualaji alone, then she'd have basically no way of defending herself against the basilisk(assuming the basilisk stare/curese/magic/whatever works on behemoths too).
But if we stuck together, she would have a higher chance of encountering the basilisk, but we, someone who won1t be bothered by the magic thing will be there to handle the fight itself.
>>40492842
Just to be clear, is it eye contact only? So it looking at you, or you looking at it is fine, as long as your eyes don't meet?
Do Behemoths know not to look basilisks in the eye?
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>>40492754
>>Stick together
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>>40492875
You have to lock eyes with the basilisk, which basilisks actively try to do, indeed their preferred hunting method is to burst out of a hiding spot and lock eyes with something.

Behemoths are trained to close their eyes when confronted with a basilisk (unless taken by surprise), but then of course they are blind and fighting something which still has very potent venom.
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>>40492875
We might probably have to fight it with Qual sticking back and just taking swipes while we keep its attention
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Sticking together wins.

>Roll 1d20
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>>40492903
Does the petrification wears off with the basilisk death or is it permanent?
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Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>40492903
How sneaky are basilisks?
Can the creep silently through the battlefield trash?
Do ghosts fuck with them?
>>40492914
Ah, hell
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>>40492903
Does the Bask have to be alive for its eyes to work?
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Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>40492914
weeeelll
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Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>40492914
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>>40492918
Were we told that it's petrification, actually, or just that it's lethal?
>>40492929
That's a dangerous line of thought, anon.
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>>40492918
It's not petrification, you die.

>>40492923
>How sneaky are basilisks?
Quite sneaky when they want to be.

>>40492929
Yes, the eyes are no longer fatal after death, but the basilisk's venom, not to mention its blood, saliva, and everything else, are still lethal on contact and remain as such for months.
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>>40492943
I mean it worked for Kratos
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>>40492923
>>40492933
>>40492939
>18

Writing.
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>>40492952
Could we harvest any of its fluids or is it oh shit levels of poison that would destroy anything we have to contain it in?
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I really doubt a basilisk's head is small enough for that strategy to be viable, and extracting an eyeball without getting yourself cursed is quite difficult, I'd imagine.
Actually...
>>40492962
Warlord, does the basilisk's stare work even through mirror reflections?
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>>40492952
>you die.
Aww, noted.
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>>40492969
You really don't have anything capable of storing basilisk poison for any length of time, no.

>>40492987
No, you have to look directly into its eyes, that's why you're safe from behind your viewing screen too.
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>>40493070
Okay, then get QUalaji a mirror if she doesn't have one already.
And tell her this too, in case she somehow doesn't know about it.
She probably does, but let's make sure.
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Kajilapa sniffs the air, ponderous footfalls picking a path between the wreckage and noxious waters. I stick close, the last thing I want is for either of them to encounter the basilisk first.

The behemoth follows whatever trail it's picked up for quite some time, drawing closer and closer to the mesa until we are practically at its base, seeing jagged paths and tunnels carved into the side, the fortifications on them long since demolished.

Kajilapa stops, eyelids drooping, and Qualaji gestures for me to stop in turn, pointing over to a cluster of rocks a short distance away. At first I don't spot it, then as I watch the rocks, I see one of them shift, sandy brown scales camouflaged against the terrain as the basilisk pushes itself lazily out from beneath its hiding spot, gulping down a dead boggart in one fluid motion. The basilisk looks half-asleep, its bright yellow eyes staring idly ahead, stunted legs lying flat against its long serpentine body.

It seems we have the drop on the basilisk, so how shall we proceed?

>Write-in
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>>40493163
>Shoot an arrow through it's head
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>>40493182
We don't want to kill it, retard.
>>40493163
Do we know where the entrance to the giants' den is?
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>>40493070
If we get the poison, coat the cannon's ammo in it. Shoot the giants at least once and we have confirmed kills.
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>>40493163
>>40493182
seems good, also would we know how loud a hand cannon is, like alerting the giants loud? Or would it not be much louder than a scuffle involving our huge and heavy golem in the first place?
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>>40493198
>We don't want to kill it, retard.
YOU don't want to. I vote for killing it. Please fuck off and keep to yourself when you're not voting
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>>40493198
>Do we know where the entrance to the giants' den is?
The fort built into the mesa, presumably any of the carved paths or tunnels would get you there.
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>>40493163
How big is it? could we theoretically as a golem just stomp around behind it and drive it towards the fortress?
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>>40493198
Why wouldn't we want to kill it? Trying to direct it to the giants seems unfeasible, and wasn't there a nest of something else we were gonna use for that if memory serves?
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>>40493163
That's a bit meta, but are basilisk pack hunter or solitary? before attacking if they are pack hunter we should check the surounding for others lying in wait.
If they are not, arrow either through the throat/eyes/head
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>>40493163
Are behemoths strong enough to Fastball special a golem?
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>>40493231
It's around twenty foot long, it's a bigass snakemonster.

>>40493237
Solitary.

>>40493243
Behemoths are quadrupeds, so they can't really fastball special anything.
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>>40493234
No, driving the basilisk to the giants was the plan.
>>40493163
Do we have any big ol' chains around us? If not, just maybe pick up a rock or something, and scare it in the direction of the giants' den.
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>>40493198
We can weight the risks of injuring it enough to heard it towards the fort.
Or, make use of it's Highly poisonous blood, salivia, and other body fluids that are still deadly for months.
Coat our weapons in it and we're deadly as fuck.
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>>40493260
How territorial are basilisks? Could we challenge it, maybe throw some rocks at it, and have it come after us, lead it to the entrance to the giants, and then get it to rampage in there with some good combat rolls?
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>>40493260
twenty foot from tip to tail is vastly smaller in mass than the golem. We could easily manhandle it if it came to a wrassle. The golem would take some minor damage though.

As such, after its gaze does not work, we should be easily able to scare it towards the fortress.
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>>40493271
>Do we have any big ol' chains around us?
You could probably find some if you want to spend some time salvaging the battlefield.
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>>40493277
Very territorial.

You could certainly try.
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>>40493260
Are basilisk fluids corrosive?
In the case that we can't herd it to the the giants, could coating our weapons in its fluids work? Would coating a handcannon ball in it make the ball deadly, or would it burn up when fired or something?
If only we had a bow...
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>>40493297
Somewhat corrosive, it's not like your weapons will melt on contact, but there would certainly be some damage to the weapons from the experience.
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So how bout this we send Qual back for chains while we disable the Basilisk?
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>>40493295
Combine >>40493277 and >>40493281 maybe?
>>40493222
How close by are these tunnels to the basilisk itself?
>>40493306
Can Qualaji's arrows penetrate Giant skin? Does the venom work on contact, or only when it gets in the blood stream? Would it coming in contact with the skin let it work itself into the blood stream because of its corrosive quality?
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>>40493306
How do basilisks move? Do they slither like snakes, or do they use their legs?
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>>40493323
>How close by are these tunnels to the basilisk itself?
Fairly close.

>>40493323
>Can Qualaji's arrows penetrate Giant skin?
Highly unlikely.

>Does the venom work on contact, or only when it gets in the blood stream?
Contact, at least with people, giants have very thick skin and are highly durable though, so don't expect them to drop from a single fleck of venom on their skin.

>Would it coming in contact with the skin let it work itself into the blood stream because of its corrosive quality?
Yes, over time.

>>40493347
Slither, only some basilisks even have legs at all, and those are vestigial.
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How about we shoot it instead of bothering with baiting a strong enemy that can kill a foreign princess we're travelling with VERY quickly?
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>>40493389
We could send her back for some chains while we disable it
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>>40493389
We are in a comparatively massive golem. Keep it in our sights and drive it towards the fortress.

The thing won't try to attack us after the gaze fails because even aggressive fuckers are not suicidal. Given the choice between flee or get killed, it will flee. The princess and behemoth do not even have to be close to us while we do this.
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>>40493407
How would we disable it? Just hold it so it can't get away?
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>>40493372
Okay, so here's the plan, since chains wouldn't work well to restrain a snake.
>We go there, challenge it, get it aggressive, throw some stuff at it maybe.
>We lead it to an entrance to the giants, we beat it back, throw it into the tunnel, and get it to flee into the mesa itself, maybe have Qualaji pepper it with arrows to get it angrier and more deadly(deadly blood)
>We go in afterwards, wait till the Basilisk is dead to call Qualaji in.
>>40493407
I'm not sure chains would work on a snake, anon.
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Okay, since I'm seeing a few options, let's have a vote.

>Shoot it
>Send Qualaji looking for chains, subdue the basilisk
>Scare it off towards the giant lair
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>>40493437
>>Shoot it
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>>40493437
>Scare toward Giants.

It'll get spooked when it cant take down the Golem with it's gaze.
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>>40493437
>Scare it off towards the giant lair

we can resort to shooting it if push comes to shove.
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>>40493437
I'm really quite tempted to capture a live basilisk for study and fame, plus farming its venom, but right now
>Scare it off towards the giant lair
If this doesn't work, we can always just have it follow us into the giants' layer, since we're immune, but giants aren't, and they're stupid enough to get its attention once we're inside.
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>>40493437
>Scare it off towards the giant lair
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>>40493437
>Scare it off towards the giant lair
I'll laugh if this is thier pet.
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>>40493437
>Send Qualaji looking for chains, subdue the basilisk
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>>40493419
>>40493420
Tie its mouth lead it like a dog?
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>>40493518
Troublesome to set it free, no?
Well, I mean, maybe.
>>40493437
Is the above viable?
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>>40493545
>Is the above viable?
Not really, a bad tempered monster is not going to cooperate at all.
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Scaring it towards the giants wins.

>Roll 1d20
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Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>40493602
spirits give us strength and charisma
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Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>40493602
The spirits are dead
Long live the gods
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>40493602
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>>40493612
NO!
>>40493628
YES!
You're still wrong, heretic.
>>40493629
Wow, you rolled even worse than I did.
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>>40493628
>>40493642
LONG LIVE
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Sorry for the delay there.

>20

Writing.

>>40493628
Oh anon, you're lucky I'm not the sort of cruel QM who would make something of that post.
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>On in time for Golem Quest
Yeeees...
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>>40493866
> make something of that post.
You mean like not accept it or have Sief be cursed by the spirits?
Please do excuse anon's heresy regardless.
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>>40493866
Of course you aren't
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>>40493955
The real question is which part would be worse.

Implying the spirits are dead.
or
Implying the gods are real and alive.
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I hold out one of Raziel's arms, gesturing for Qualaji to stay back, the last thing I want is to get her killed after all.

I crouch low, eyeballing the distance between myself and the beast, the mana currents through the cockpit running hot with the tension as I take a deep breath. Leaping from cover, I charge as soon as Raziel has landed, covering the distance in a few powerful strides. The basilisk's head jerks up, pulled from its slothful state by the sudden burst of movement.

It hisses, rearing its head back, eyes bulging as its fixes its piercing serpentine gaze on me. It's a strange feeling, looking into those eyes over the viewing screen, knowing that I'm seeing a sight which can kill a man. Fortunately, from within the cockpit, the stare does nothing, and I backhand the basilisk with one metal-plated fist, sending it slithering off north.

That's no good, I need it to go east into the mesa, so I heft a chunk of rusting golem shell, slinging it over the fleeing beast, the metal crashing to the ground in front of the basilisk, which veers away from the sudden threat and to the east.

It looks ready to try and break south straight past the entrances, but I cut it off, Raziel slamming to the ground in front of it, the panicked monster swerving sharply up onto one of the paths up the mesa. I watch its panicked flight until it disappears into a carved tunnel entrance, vanishing into the giants' lair.

Qualaji joins me once the basilisk is gone, circling around the spatter of smouldering blood left from where I struck the beast.

“Nice work, Sief, those titan bastards are about to get a nasty surprise,” the princess grins, neck craning as she looks up to the top of the mesa.

>Follow the basilisk right away
>Wait here for a while then follow the basilisk
>Pick a different route from the one the Basilisk took
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>>40493985
Well, the former is of course factually incorrect, since spirits are demonstrably real, and the latter is just an insult to all humanity.
I think they are roughly equal, though the latter is more offensive.
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>>40494011
>>Wait here for a while then follow the basilisk
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>>40494011
>Wait here for a while then follow the basilisk

Maybe find a spot to hide in case it gets chased back out somehow.
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>>40494011
>>Follow the basilisk right away
Sief in front, princess and behemoth do not look ahead unless told it's safe.
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>>40494011
>>Wait here for a while then follow the basilisk
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>>40493985
The Gods imprisoned the spirits
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>>40494011
>>Pick a different route from the one the Basilisk took
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Writing.
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“We'll give it some time, then follow the basilisk,” you explain.

Qualaji nods, and the two of you settle in to wait, eyes scanning the mesa. It's early afternoon now, and getting greyer by the second, you can definitely see the thicker clouds starting to roll in, and hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.

“It stinks like basilisk here, I bet you can't even smell it in there,” the princess sighs, sitting cross-legged on the saddle, chin in her palm.

Kajilapa gives a disapproving groan, exhaling heavily through her nose. One more reason to be relieved to be in here I suppose, the only smell in the cockpit is the scent of ozone and magic residue, which after the past few days I don't even notice any more.

Qualaji pulls a hooded cloak from her belongings as tiny flecks of rain start to fall from the sky, heralding the coming storm, the princess frowning as she looks off to the south, the gloom interrupted only by the occasional flashes of lightning far to the south.

(cont)
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>>40494332
“Ready?” Qualaji calls a little while later. She's probably right, it's been enough time by now.

“Let's go, just stay behind me until we're sure the basilisk isn't around,” I reply, moving Raziel off towards the path up to the tunnel the Basilisk disappeared into. The path was solid once, but it feels more than a little treacherous underfoot, especially with the persistent drizzle, over the past few decades the outer side of the path has started to crumble, a long drop and one which could do a lot of damage to Raziel, and especially to Kajilapa, if they were to slip.

We take the path slow and steady, Qualaji making reassuring noises to keep her behemoth calm. Despite my concerns, we make it to the tunnel without incident, gesturing for Qualaji to wait as I peer in.

There's no sign of the basilisk, or anything else for that matter, just a long subterranean path stretching out ahead of us before turning sharply. I step into the tunnel, the walls still scored with signs of the battle that once took place here, Kajilapa reluctantly following me inside under the princess' guidance.

“Sief, you hear that?” Qualaji hisses as we turn the corner, and I can, echoing voices from further ahead, coarse and guttural, giant voices without a doubt. It's still too far away to make out what they're saying however.

As we draw closer, the tunnel splits up, a sign long since rusted beyond recognition on one wall. The voices sound like they're coming from straight ahead, so we could keep going towards them, or split away down the other passage and see where it leads.

>Keep on towards the voices
>Head the other way
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>>40494345
>Keep on towards the voices
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>>40494345
>Head the other way

We don't want to take on the more than one Giant
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>>40494345
Which way did the basilisk go?
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>>40494376
No way of telling, there's no marks that you can see down either route.
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>>40494376
Injured, the basilisk would have fled down the quiet side most likely.
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>>40494345
>Keep on towards the voices
I rather not get ganked by these two.
>>40494370
nigga this is a family of giants we are lucky to find so few right now.
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>>40494345
>Head the other way
Then try to make a bit of noise so a giant will come to investigate, to pick one off
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>>40494388
Can't the behemoth tell?
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>>40494345
>Keep on towards the voices
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>>40494345
>>Keep on towards the voices
We came here to kill giants and fukk princesses and we can't fukk the princess.
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>>40494428
Behemoth seems rather focused on the tunnel with the voices, which could be because that's where the basilisk went, or because of the voices.
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>>40494345
>>Keep on towards the voices
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>>40494450
Qualaji can't ask her where the basilisk went?
Damn, I thought it was smarter than that.
Or you're just being intentionally vague, which is understandable I suppose.
>>40494345
>>Keep on towards the voices
Better to know if they took care of the snek
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Towards the voices wins.

Writing.
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Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>40494494
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>>40494494
BFQ is gone
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I head towards the sounds, being as quiet as it's possible for a golem to be. Still, with the obnoxiously loud voices of the giants, it may be enough. The path winds around for quite some time before opening out into a large chamber carved out of the rock. I slip out from the tunnel behind a pillar, large enough to hide Raziel, Qualaji hanging back in the gloom of the tunnel.

Glancing out from around the pillar I spot the giants of Mama Stump's clan for the first time, one lies dead on the ground, eyes bulging, froth still clinging to his thick beard, fingers still curled into claws.

Next to him stand three other giants, one is pale and hairless, his chinless head and watery eyes giving him a miserable countenance which is only exacerbated by his current state, clutching his arm, the skin peppered with bite marks, the skin already turning black and necrotic from the basilisk venom.

Another of the giants stands next to him, a flabby and hursuit female, face pockmarked with the aftermath of boils and spots burst or scratched away, clutching a heavy club in one hand which looks to have been modified from an old Imperial mana cannon, I suppose it's a relief that figuring out the cannon was beyond the giants, though it still looks heavy enough to do some serious damage.

The female is arguing with a larger male, and it's pretty obvious from how he carries himself that he's the one calling the shots here. The left side of his face is a mess of pale burn scars, the eye a ruined mess at its center, a third, vestigial arm twitches uselessly against his potbelly, but the layers of fat do nothing to disguise the muscle beneath. He looms over the other two giants, even hunchbacked, his body covered with chunks of golem shell strung together roughly with chain to form primitive armor.

By his feet lies the remains of the basilisk, a rusted golem battleaxe buried in the beast's skull.

(cont)
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Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>40494494
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>>40494812
“H-hey Mauler, I dun feel so good,” the pale giant whines, prodding at the rancid flesh of his arm.

“Shut the fuck up Runt, one of us gotta go tell Mama that Horsebiter got his stupid ass killed, and that someone's you, Gibbet,” the larger giant rumbles.

“My arm feels real bad,” the pale giant whines again.

“Shut the fuck up Runt, don't see why I gotta go tell Mama 'bout Horsebiter, she's been real mad, don't wanna get beaten no more, you're her favorite, she won't hurt you,” the female growls.

“I'm her favorite because I'm the oldest and the strongest, that means I tell you what to do.”

“H-hey Pa, I think I'm real sick,” the whining giant continues, his good hand slapped away as he clutches at the larger giant's armor.

“Make Runt go.”

“Yeah, Runt, you go,” the big giant growls, jabbing a meaty finger into the chest of the sickly giant.

“W-why do I gotta go, I'm sick.”

“Cuz I'm yer big brother, that means I call the shots.”

“I don't wanna go, make Tooth go.”

“Tooth ain't here, stupid, you go 'fore I break yer face again,” the female snarls, Runt shrinking back from the threat, turning and limping away, clutching at his dangling arm.

“Stupid Horsebiter, getting done in by some snake, as if Ma wasn't in a bad enough mood already,” Gibbet snorts, giving the giant corpse a kick.

“This is what Mama gets for listening to some human, it's all been shit since then, ” Mauler grumbles, wrenching the axe free from the basilisk's skull, turning and heading for a tunnel on the far side of the chamber, the female lumbering along after him.

>Attack the two giants now
>Wait for them to leave
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>>40494681
But it lives on in my heart forever.
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>>40494828
>Wait for them to leave
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>>40494828
>Attack the two giants now
interrogate one if we can keep one alive.
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>>40494837
it lives on in us all!
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>>40494828
>Attack the two giants now
Send Qual back to the entrance
Shoot the Axe holder
Taunt the survivor and kite him or her back to the entrance or both if we don't get a headshot and Qual will ambush either the survivor or the wounded one
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>>40494828
>>Attack the two giants now
We're going to have to fight multiple giants might as well fight now.
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>>40494828
>Attack the two giants now
>>40494885
I don't like taking on two at once, but i like the idea of her going after the one we hurt with the canon.
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>>40494828
>>Attack the two giants now
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>>40494828
>Wait for them to leave
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>>40494828
>Attack the two giants in a little bit
Wait so we have enough time to walk up and dip our sword in the basilisk corpse to get some venom on it, because of the short duration it shouldn't damage our weapon too much.
>basilisk took out 2 giants
Ah well, I had been hoping for a more significant result, but that's something at least.
Did you make him weaker because of the heretic comment?
Actually, are there any spikes or such around? Did the dead giant have a weapon? I wanna try to get a stake venom'd up if we can to keep our sword intact.
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>>40494828
>>Attack the two giants now
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>>40494922
We already have giantsbain on are weapon
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>>40494908
We'd just be taunting them and running away we'd stay to tank only after we left the tunnels

>>40494828
What's our load out again?
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>>40494960
The basilisk poison is very effective and would take care of stragglers though.
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>>40494976
And fukk our sword
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>>40494922
>Did the dead giant have a weapon?
Looks like he had a short-bladed sword taken from the wreckage of the battlefield, it's still on a makeshift belt made of chain hanging from his waist.

>>40494966
>What's our load out again?
War Sword (with giantsbane runes), Shield, Hand Cannon with three shots.
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>>40494989
That's why I suggested some kind of stake or spike we can find in the environment, like a piece of steel beam warped into a spikey end, or a huge nail or something.
OH!
>>40494837
Could Sief use regular sized swords as throwing daggers when in Raziel?
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>>40494976
I just don't want strange venom on are sword when we already have a fuck giants up rune on our weapon
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>>40494989
so we take a few teeth combine with evil tree heart wood and make one hell of a bow later
remember always collect rare components when you see them it beats searching for them later .
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>>40495019
No, they're not weighted for it, and rather small.
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>>40495011
Is that shortsword golem sized? What quality is it?
I'm thinking of using that as a secondary hidden behind our shield coated in venom.
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>>40495031
Oh god we really should do this if we find some container for basilisk parts.
Teeth, venom sacks/glands, eyes, all sound great.
Maybe even dragging the whole corpse back could work, if we could actually carry it, shame we have to be satisfied with some components.
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>>40494837
You might say, Tattooed in your heart
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>>40495067
>if we find some container for basilisk parts
Just saying, but Giant hide was said to be very tough and Lordy said it would resist the corrosive effects of Basilisk venom for a time.
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>>40495067
We should worry about that after we finish our job.
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>>40495042
Yes, it's obviously an old golem weapon, since giants cannot into metalwork. It's solidly built, if a little chipped and rusty.

>>40495074
Plz no.
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>>40495085
Cut off the belly, enough flabby skin for a makeshift yet gross basilisk head sack.
>Sief's growing trophy collection
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>>40495088
So you're saying my plan is doable?
Actually, how hard would it be to repair damage from Basilisk venom on a sword? Doable for Virgil?
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Rolled 20 (1d20)

Does warlord count crits?
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>>40495130
Yes also fukk u
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Attacking wins.

>Roll 1d20

>>40495124
It's doable, repairing the damage would possibly be something Virgil could do as long as it wasn't serious.
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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>40495136
>>40495130
Kek>>40495165
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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>40495130
No but you just wasted an autosuccess.
>>40495165
Can we nab the shortsword too?
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Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>40495165
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>10

Writing.
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>>40495130
LONG LIVE
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>>40495130
This is for the previous heresy.
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>>40495212
How funny do you find this?
>>40495130
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>>40495238
Hilarious.
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>>40495212
We at least have bonuses from surprise attack and giantbane
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Pulling the hand cannon out, I gesture for Qualaji to wait for my signal, swinging out from behind the pillar and aiming it at the larger giant. The hand cannon fires with a thunderous roar, a spray of blood erupting from the giant where the shot impacts.

Whether my aim was off for the gun is firing crooked I will never know, but the armored giant spins around clutching at the mangled remnants of his ear, the shot embedded in the wall of the chamber behind.

“What the fuck,” the larger giant roars, the hairy female turning as well, both of them staring straight at me.

“It's a fucking ghost, Mauler, a ghost.”

“It's not a ghost, stupid, it's some stinking imperial meat,” Mauler snarls, charging across the chamber axe raised high.

I bring my shield up to block, the force of the blow damn near driving Raziel to his knees, the joints of the arm screaming through the cockpit at the pressure being put on them.

“Gonna rip ya out of there and give ya to Mama, then she'll be happy,” the giant leers, and I just barely get my sword up in time to stop a heavy blow with the armored fist of his free hand, the metal sparking where the blade scrapes off of it.

I spy out of the corner of my eye as the female giant, Gibbet, circles round to the side clutching her club. While I know Qualaji is nearby ready to jump out in a hopefully more successful second ambush, this is still not a favorable situation.

>Battle Plan (write-in)
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>>40495375
Knee to the groin and head but the fucker since our arms are occupied.
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>>40495375
How well hidden is Qual? And had far is she?
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>>40495375
Get in, shield bash his chin Hard, follow up with a hard stab with the sword to get through his armor, keep him between us and Gibbet
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>>40495375

>>40495438
Backing

Then we go for a disabling swipe, if we cut his leg we can slow him down, work our way around on his bad side and wittle his strength to naught.
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>>40495441
She's reasonably close by, since she's in the tunnel entrance just far back enough to be hidden, and you fired from next to the pillar near the tunnel.
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>>40495375
Try to wait for the big one to strike, then move away so that his momentum carries him into the female one.
Slash at legs or stab at abdomen/back.
If we have time, get some Basilisk fluid on the tip of our sword, and aim for an area close to the heart/brain.
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>>40495375
>Make ghost noises
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>>40495375
Head but then Knee to the groin, sheild him while he recoils, then slash him with the blade.
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The key here is to avoid direct strength battles as much as possible. hit and dodge are our allies. Even shallow cuts using the Bane should be worthwhile.
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>>40495503
this works, also pay attention to the female and say shes pretty to distract her.
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>>40495552
>avoid direct strength battles
Like in >>40495474?
Use their strength/size against them?
Some Asian shit where you redirect the enemy's energy?
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>>40495375
supporting >>40495474
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Okay.

>Roll 1d20
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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>40495764
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>40495764
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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>40495764
damn
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Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>40495764
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>13

Writing.
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Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>40495764
"I am going to plant my sword in your mom's cunt and split her in two"!!!!!!!!
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>>40495785
>>40495786
god damn it
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Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>40495786
>>40495784
write something with the post dice gods hate just a roll and a quote.
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Oh wait, what am I doing.

Golem Knight is d100s, I'm getting mixed up with other quests.

>Roll 1d100
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Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>40495888
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Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>40495888
ty
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Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>40495888
Glory Or Death
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Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>40495888
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>>40495900
>>40495909
>>40495914
Kek
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Well then, now that we're on the right dice.

>98

Writing.
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>>40495900
>>40495909
>>40495914
HOLY SHIT
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>>40495942
Rolls truly blessed by the Gods and themselves
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>>40495966
>Rolls truly blessed by the spirits themselves
ftfy
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Raziel can't match strength with this giant, not for long, and as Paxton is so fond of telling me, getting into a brawl with a giant is a fool's gambit. Once again I'm glad for Raziel's sealed cockpit as the giant breathes his rancid breath across the golem's face, grinning a rotten grin. I suppose he thinks he's overpowering me, but there's more to fighting than brute strength.

It's hardly honorable, but quite frankly who cares about treating a giant with honor, I let my arm relax just enough to make Mauler overextend, pushing forward enthusiastically, which puts him in the perfect spot for a heavy metal-plated golem knee in the groin.

Mauler's good eye goes wide, a strangled wheeze rattling up from his throat as he tiny brain registers what just happened. Taking advantage of the momentary reprive, I drive the shield up into his throat, wrinkling my nose in disgust as a gob of phlegmy saliva bursts from the shocked giant's mouth.

(cont)
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>>40496152
He staggers back, and I hear a shriek from behind as Gibbet charges, brandishing her makeshift club, only to have her charge cut short as Kajilapa bursts from the tunnel mouth with a bellowing roar, head down, slamming into the giantess' side. I hear ribs cracking through the thick blubber from the impact of the behemoth's skull against Gibbet's side, the female giant howling, staggering back.

I have no time to look however, as Mauler shakes off the pain, even by giant standards, he's a tough bastard, no denying it. The hulking giant bellows, axe held high, I let him come, the axe sparking off Raziel's shield as I sweep past him. The clumsy titan loses his footing, stumbling forward, his uncontrolled charge stopped as his axe bites deep into flesh.

“What the fuck, Mauler, you prick,” Gibbet groans, coughing up a thick glob of blood, the axe lodged down to the handle in her shoulder, down through the ribs and into the lung.

“Oh shit, I didn't do it, it was their faults,” Mauler growls, ripping the axe free, leaving Gibbet to slump to the ground clutching at her ruined shoulder, breath coming in short ragged gasps from her slashed lung.

He looks from you to Qualaji and back again, breathing hard, then he throws the axe, the blade bouncing off your shield as you raise it to block the throw, the force rattling the cockpit.

As you lower it again you see him lunge for Qualaji, hand open wide.

>Write-in

Got to step out for an hour or so, back in a bit.
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>>40496174
Intercept his shit
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>>40496174
God damn it Lordy I need info.
Are we close enough to reach him?
If not, throw our shield at him.
I would say throw his own axe at him, but I feel that would take time.
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>>40496174
Do NOT block, but instead turn the blow aside. Follow up by applying sharp bit to jugular until dead.
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>>40496174
shoot him with the canon, i don't think we can catch up.
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>>40496174
>From "I" to "you"
What are the odds of Raziel being able to tackle the big bastard?
I'd rather not use our remaining cannon shots.
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>>40496174
Intercept that shit
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>>40496174
Disarm him.
Literally.
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>>40496301
We only have two and expect there to be, Mama, another girl or two and Runt? And this mystery human
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>>40496390
>mystery human
Jackal, who else?
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>>40496390
Runt is as good as dead from that deadly poison.
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>>40496390
Depending on how the cannon works we might be able to get our bullet backnif it just uses mana to propel the shot
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>>40496490
Point. Could probably fire Maulers skull toon
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>>40496174
"your fighting me " stab him w/ giant killing sword in back? did he really just turn away from a guy with a sword? that normal means you die.
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Okay, let's give it a quick vote.

>Shoot
>Intercept
>Stab
>Tackle

>>40496301
>From "I" to "you"
Yeah, this is the only quest I do in first person, mainly just as an exercise to try something different. That does mean that occasionally I slip back into second person out of habit.
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>>40497091
No option to Throw?
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>>40497091
>Stab and Tackle
Cut off the arm if it's more convenient.
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>>40497091
>>Tackle
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>>40497091
>Stab
Shoulder of outstretched arm.
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>>40497111
Yes, you can do that too if you want.
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>>40497091
>>Intercept
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>>40497091
>Intercept
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>>40497091
What is the difference between Intercept and the other options?
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>>40497091
>Intercept
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>>40497091
>>Intercept
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>>40497091
>>Intercept
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>>40497091
>Cut
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>>40497182
Intercept is trying to get between Mauler and Qualaji and cut him off.
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>>40497091
>Tackle
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>>40497091
>Intercept

Damn it Warlord, why do you give me feels for the giants? I want Stump's head on a pole, but that poor poisoned giant whining like a baby gives me all the feels.
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>>40497220
So that would actually take more time/distance and be harder to pull off than straight up tackling him?
>>40497091
>Tackle
Use sword to stab if possible at the same time
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>>40497091
>>Intercept
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>>40497236
If it makes it any better, Runt has probably killed a whole lot of people, even a puny giant is still a giant.

>>40497238
>So that would actually take more time/distance and be harder to pull off than straight up tackling him?
Yes.
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>>40497145
>>40497168
>>40497185
>>40497195
>>40497202
>>40497236
>>40497246
Can you tell em why you're voting for this?
see: >>40497267
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>>40497202
changing vote to
>Tackle
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Intercept wins.

>Roll 1d100
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Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>40497298
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Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>40497298
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Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>40497298
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>>40497281
Feels-anon here, I'll change to tackle, then.
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Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>40497298
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>70

Writing.
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>>40497281
I have a terrible sense of spatial awareness and was thinking intercept was only slightly more time consuming. but was overall safer for the squishy human girl.
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Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>40497298
intercept head from shoulders?
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>>40497317
This is fine
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>>40497298
You could have waited a bit more, since you gave more info in >>40497267
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>>40497350
Sorry, I figured it was probably pretty obvious that intercepting would take more time.

You succeeded anyway, just barely.
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>>40497335
>trying to stop a several tons heavy giant straight up from moving
>changing the course of several tons of giant to the sides
You really thought the former would be safer? Even if we did stop him, she would still be right in the middle of things and be withing arm's reach of the giant if he got through us, and we know from experience our golem can't stand up to him in strength.
>>40497366
Whatever, I had a hunch anons were not being very bright as soon as the votes for intercept started flooding in.
Out of curiosity, what were the DC for the other options? I assume Intercept was 65 or something.
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>>40497400
Intercept was 70.

The others were a bit lower, but some would have put you in better situations than others.
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>>40497417
>Intercept was 70
Jesus Christ that was close
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>>40497400
I wasn't thinking block like an american football player. I also said nothing about it being safer for Sief. Just the person on a giant lizard instead of a not!mech
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>>40497417
Would have tackle left us grappling with a freaking giant?
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>>40497468
Yes. A particularly large giant at that.
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>>40497439
I said nothing about ti being safer for Sief either, anon.
If Sief was overwhelmed, then the person on a giant lizard would have been in a lot of trouble, and Sief being overwhelmed in a pure contest of strength is highly likely.
Logic, see?
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>>40497491
We would have a giant lizard right behind us. one that had someone to direct it.
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Qualaji's eyes go wide as the giant lunges for her. Cursing I leap across the distance, shield smashing into Mauler's jaw as I push him back away from the princess. Mauler staggers back, nose flattened and bloody, face in a rictus grimace.

I bring the sword around to strike, but his arm swings up, the blade sparking off the steel plate chained to his forearm.

Mauler swings a heavy fist at Raziel, the blow catching the golem in the shoulder, staggering him, the cockpit shaking wildly as I slam the foot down to steady myself. I see him coming in for a second strike and I hammer on the controls, feeling the currents of magic swirl and crackle around me as the golem tries to force the power to the limb in time. Then Mauler stumbles, howling in pain as Kajilapa clamps her jaws down on Mauler's other hand. I see the behemoth's head jerk in one sharp motion, two fingers tearing loose and pulling Mauler off balance.

With a roar, Mauler kicks at Kajilapa, his foot catching the behemoth hard in the shoulder, Qualaji clinging on as her steed is thrown onto her side with a pained groan, but the giant doesn't follow it up, instead he starts to back away.

It looks like Mauler has lost his taste for this battle, sweat pouring down his half-mangled face, smearing blood across his cheek as he wipes his nose with a ruined hand. I can see it in his face, he's about to run.

>Cripple him
>Stab him
>Shoot him
>Pursue him
>Let him go
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>>40497572
>>Shoot him
kneecap him
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>>40497572
>>Stab him
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>>40497572
>>Cripple him
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>>40497572
>Cripple him
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>>40497572
>Stab him
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>>40497572
>Cripple him
WHERE IS MAMA STUMP HIDING
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>>40497572
>>Cripple him
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>>40497572
>Cripple him
>Pursue him
We got questions and we don't want him warning thier mom.
Also tell the princess to go after the female giant.
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>>40497572
>>Cripple him
Running costs an arm and a leg
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>>40497639
If you mean Gibbet, she's dead. Mauler accidentally axed her in the lung.
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>>40497572
>>Cripple him
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>>40497572
>>Cripple him
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Crippling seems best because we want to deal lasting damage and get out of here for now.

Their internal cohesion depends a lot on the stronger ones pushing around the weaker ones so the formerly strongest being crippled could mess with that, meaning there is damage to be done even beyond just crippling this guy.

Otherwise, Kajilapa just suffered a heavy hit and Stump has probably already informed the rest of the giants of the basilisk attack, which together with the noise our cannon made should have alerted the rest.
We'll probably want to get out for now, see if we can come up with a way to catch another one or two alone and otherwise pick up Ratu after all before coming back.
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>>40497572
>Shoot him
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>>40497572
>>Stab him
or
>>Cripple
Info might be good, but he doesn't seem the type to talk.
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>>40497572
>Shoot him
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>>40497690
Nah man, we can deal with the rest, trust me.
Take the shortsword and dip it in venom, take the axe and dip it in venom, throw them at giants, use War Sword with giantbane in melee, simple as that.
>>40497594
>>40497692
>>40497709
Why waste our 2nd to last shot?
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>>40497672
I thought she was still alive (Gibbet to slump to the ground clutching at her ruined shoulder, breath coming in short ragged gasps from her slashed lung.), but hardly since the amount of time since the ax and this was only around a minute or two at most so i figured she might be coherent and alive.
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>>40497740
She may be barely alive, but she isn't going anywhere and she's probably got a few minutes at most.
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>>40497572
>Cripple him
>Pursue him
Gotta get that info and find out how many are left and who this person was.
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Crippling wins.

>Roll 1d100
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>>40497740
Except the qm said she died. We were a tad busy to notice her deathrattles
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Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>40497778
legs
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Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>40497778
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Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>40497778
Invoking Spirits
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Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>40497778
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Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>40497778
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Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>40497778
so, interrogation?
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>85

Writing.
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>>40497788
Look here anon
>>40497755
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>>40497798
>>40497803
FUCKING...
Ah well, surely >>40497795 will see us through
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>>40497817
See: typed it out, sent, and saw qm responded 1 minute before i did
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As the hulking giant turns on his heels, I strike, closing the distance, thrusting in low with Raziel's sword, driving it into the meat of the back of Mauler's leg, tearing through fat and muscle, cracking bone. The wound burns with a blue embers as the runes on the blade taste giant blood, tearing and scalding the flesh.

Mauler crumples to the ground, bellowing, clutching as his ruined leg as I wrench the blade free.

“I'll kill you, you fuck, I'll eat you alive,” the giant barks between howls of pain, rolling on the stony ground.

Spirits, he's being so damned noisy. Every giant in the mesa's going to hear him if he keeps this up.

>Interrogate (write-in)
>Put him down
>Let him crawl away
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>>40497979
>Interrogate (write-in)
Who's this human you mentioned earlier? What does he look like? Did he come alone or with an escort? What does he look like? How many of you are there left in this place, where are they and how much do you think it will hurt if I ram this sword through your nose?
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>>40497979
>Interrogate
One chance Mauler. Tell me about the human Mama Stump is working with, tell me and the behemoth doesnt eat you, Starting from your legs up!
>We'll kill him anyway
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>>40498031
>What does he look like? Did he come alone or with an escort? What does he look like?
Whoops, didn't mean to repeat myself there
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Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>40497979
>Put him down
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>>40497979
Tell the princess to keep lookout.
>Interrogate (write-in)
Who is this human you spoke of?
What did he look like?
What was his full name?
What did he promise?
Did he say why he asked your mom to send your brothers?
Do you know where he came from?
When was he last here?
How many gaints are left?
Whats in the cave?
What can you tell us of your mother?
Also torture him.
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>>40497979
>>40498031
this Plus where's Mama stump and did they kill the snek.
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>>40498158
It had an axe buried in it's skull, the snake is dead.
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>>40497979
>>Interrogate (write-in)
keep stabbing & legs arms one to each

"Now if you want to survive to be pappa Stump you better anser fucking question I ask"

find out haw many giants there, ask about the human him mom was dealing with.

then end him
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>>40498187
>>40498158
Basalisk.
>>40497979
See if the beast the princes has can slowly eat the giant.
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>>40497979
>>Interrogate
>>Put him down
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>>40497979
>Put him down
>>
Interrogation time.

Writing.
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>>40497979
>How many family members?
>Weapons?
>Human?
>Do you know of a Bonesnapper? You do? Great, I'll let you meet him then.
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>>40498386
We roll?
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>>40498428
Not yet.
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>>40498435
Huh i figured he might have been more reluctant, what questions we asking?
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>>40498465
Or the action might simply autofail.
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>>40498465
I assume asking about the human is easy enough since he hates them, his family would require rolls or threats
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I glance back to Qualaji, it looks like her behemoth is back on its feet none the worse for wear for the blow, they're as hardy as I'd heard.

“You both alright?”

“Just a little rattled, thanks Sief,” Qualaji grins, Kajilapa giving a snort.

“Keep an eye out, I'm going to question our friend.”

Qualaji gives an affirmative wave, sitting down in the saddle as Kajilapa sniffs the air. I turn back to Mauler, the giant still howling and swearing vengeance on me. I'll admit, I find the idea of torturing something, even a giant, unpleasant, so let's hope it doesn't come to that.

“Quit whining Mauler, I have questions for you,” I sigh, touching the tip of the blade to his throat, the runes glowing lightly along its surface, hungry for more blood.

“Fuck you, human, I won't tell you shit,” the giant growls.

“I want to hear about the human you said came here, are you really going to die defending him?”

Mauler snarls, locking his good eye on Raziel's face.

“That fuck, what about him? Should've just eaten all of them, don't know why Mama was listening to no puny human.”

“What did he look like? Did he give you a name? Did you say 'all of them', was there more than one?”

“I don't know, he looked like a fucking human, didn't he, bite-sized,” the giant sneers.

I press the tip of the blade a little closer to his throat, the skin sizzling where a trickle of blood meets the runes.

“Alright, fuck, fuck, he was... I dunno, pale, not a local human, even if he was with some local humans. He said his name was Gloam or some shit like that, yeah, no wait, he said he was a “Man of the Gloam”, I dunno what the fuck that meant, but Mama did, said we were gonna talk to him, not eat him.”

(cont)
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>>40498914
“How long ago was this?”

“I dunno, a long time ago, years and years, he came and told Mama she had to kill someone, and she sent Bonesnapper to go do 'em in, then Bonesnapper didn't come back, then Gutrocks and Lugger went looking for 'im, and they didn't come back, and then we lost Scabs and Manglefoot to them big lizards, and now fucking Horsebiter and Gibbet are dead. It's all that fucking human's fault, we were doing fine until he came along.”

“When was the last time you saw him?”

“We only saw him once, he ain't been back since.”

“You don't remember anything else strange about the humans?”

“No, uh, I mean aside from how Mama was so excited to see a human she weren't gonna eat.”

“Fine, enough about the human, I have other questions. How many giants left? I want to know about the rest of the fort and its defenses, especially where your mother is holed up.”

“Fuck you, I ain't telling you shit,” Mangler spits.

He already told you plenty, even if he didn't realize it, but it seems that the giant has some vestiges of loyalty towards Mama Stump. I suppose I'm going to have to get a little violent after all.

>Roll 1d100
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Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>40498940
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Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>40498940
Don't get angry... get sadistic
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Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>40498940
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>76

Writing.
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Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>40498940
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>>40498977
Can I suggest positioning the sword on his crotch and lightly leaning on it, then increasing the pressure as he refuses to answer?
If we want to be less savage, then do the same with his hand/arm/leg/knee.
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>Do you know why Gutrock and Lugger didn't come back?
>I do.
>The reason is standing right in front of you.
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I will not let this giant hold out on me, if I have to hurt him to get answers, then so be it, it's what I have to do, for my mother, to give her peace. I draw the blade back from his neck, Mauler breathing a sigh of relief, at least until I bring Raziel's foot down on his injured leg, hard.

Mauler screams as I dig in the heel, feeling the cracked bone splintering beneath.

“Do you know why Gutrock and Lugger didn't come back? I do.”

Mauler howls, fists slamming against the stone.

The reason is standing right in front of you. I'll ask you once more, Mauler, how many giants?”

“F-four, fuck, four, there's four, Runt, Tooth, Skinner and Mama,” Mauler howls.

“Good, next question, how do I get to Mama Stump from here?”

“Fuck you, human!”

I step off of his leg, bone fragments jutting from the wound, and bring the sword down on his other leg, rune-coated steel blazing with hungry blue flame as it nails the giants to the stone.

“Where is she, Mauler.”

Mauler roars, pushing himself up from the ground, lunging for me, the blade tearing through flesh, shearing bone as he rips himself free. I rip the sword back as mauler's hands reach the top of the chest, clawing at the steel shell, searching for purchase, the weight of the giant starting to pull me down.

Swearing I drive the blade forward, up into his gut and into his heart, the blade scraping off the shoulderblade to burst out from the back. Mauler's roar gives way to a death rattle, the giant giving me a look which borders on a sneer as he slides back down off the blade, dead.

(cont)
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>>40499419
I take a step back, catching sight of the giant's ruined legs. I turn away, I did not enjoy that, at all, there's nothing honorable about it, nothing knightly, I feel a pit in my stomach, telling myself over and over that it had to be done.

“Sief?”

I open the cockpit, desperate for some air, but the stink of blood throughout the chamber only makes me feel worse.

“Sief, are you alright?”

I look up, Qualaji staring at me, an expression of concern across her exotic features. Something tells me I don't look like a man who just defeated two giants right now.

“I... don't think I'm cut out for torture.”

“That's probably a good thing, Sief,” Qualaji smiles, gesturing for me to come closer.

I kneel Raziel down, the edge of the cockpit coming level with Kajilapa's head, the behemoth giving a low moan as she nestles her snout against my chest. Qualaji walks up along Kajilapa's neck to her head, balance perfect, the behemoth lowering her head so the princess can stand level with me.

I feel warmth around me, and in my dazed state it takes me a moment to realize the cause, Qualaji's arms wrapped around me in a tight hug.

“Princess?”

“Quala, call me Quala. Thank you Sief, for saving me.”

In the back of my mind, some small part is screaming something about diplomatic incidents, but it's all too easy to ignore as I wrap my own arms around the slender body against mine, the pit in my stomach fading as I feel Quala's breath against my chest.

>End of Thread
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Thank you all for playing. Next thread in around a week. I can hang around for some Q&A now, if people would like.
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>>40499469
Thanks for running, Lordy.
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>>40499469
Please tell me they're not going to do anything more than a kiss in a live combat environment.

Is Runt dead?
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Every time I see lordy I laugh at the thought that the players in these quests are all middle aged southern women
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>>40499469
How wet is dat pussy?
for both beast and rider
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>>40499469
Is there people doing scavenging runs into the battlefield for weapons and shit like house crest/sigil whatever?
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>>40499419
>F-four, fuck, four, there's four, Runt, Tooth, Skinner and Mama
Okay, Runt will be taken care of by the Basilisk venom, so we have three left.
>>40499450
Aw, how adorable.
Next time, back to giant killing!
>>40499469
How cute is Kajilapa for a behemoth out of 10?
How wet is the princess right now?
How good of an idea was setting the basilisk at them?
Will Sief have the guts to skin the giants and make a makeshift container for the basilisk's head out of it?
Don't answer the second question.
>>40499550
I'm the one who satrted calling him Lordy, I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that it's caught on.
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>>40499551
That beast is ready to show us her soft underbelly Quala too
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>>40499469
How would this mission have went differently if we'd brought Ratu?
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>>40499550
My sides.

>>40499551
Probably not particularly, I mean watching real torture is one of the things that is pretty much the opposite of sexually exciting for the vast majority.
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Counting down to something damaging her tent "in the fight" so we'll "have" to share
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>>40499649
"princess" I can sleep in Raziel if need be"
"Oh, but I insist you join me Sief."
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>>40499685
Ayyy yo Imperial u want som fukk
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>>40499545
They aren't going to fuck in a room full of dead bodies if that's what you're worried about.

>>40499551
>>40499617
You are without a doubt Kajilapa's husbando, but her love for you is pure.

>>40499571
Not really, until a couple of years ago Iquani lands weren't open to Imperials, at least not officially.

>>40499598
>How cute is Kajilapa for a behemoth out of 10?
According to Qualaji, 10/10, maybe more.

>How good of an idea was setting the basilisk at them?
It took down one giant and quite likely a second, evening up the odds is always to your advantage.

>Will Sief have the guts to skin the giants and make a makeshift container for the basilisk's head out of it?
Possibly not, you might have to roll for it.

>>40499625
It would have mostly gone the same, with a few differences. You would have had more support, but on the other hand you would have had a gloryhungry young Iquani warrior throwing himself into danger and dragging you with him.

He also would have quite possibly been half-dead by this stage after a night of torrid passion with ghost-princess.

He would also have been too dumb to realize that she was a ghost-princess and put his enervated state down to exhaustion or sickness, so he would have also been insufferably smug about having banged the princess, at least until he tried talking to her about it later and she explained to him that he actually fucked a ghost, then probably punched him in the face.
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>>40499748

and on that day Sief learned, chicks don't dig premature ejaculation
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>>40499751
>He would also have been too dumb to realize that she was a ghost-princess and put his enervated state down to exhaustion or sickness, so he would have also been insufferably smug about having banged the princess, at least until he tried talking to her about it later and she explained to him that he actually fucked a ghost, then probably punched him in the face.

Fuckin' gold
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>>40499751
>Possibly not, you might have to roll for it.
Damn, don't really wanna strain Sief's psyche more than we have to.
Is it possible that we might find something in this old imperial mesa that could be used to contain and transport a basilisk head?
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>>40499751
Would he have messed with the Basilisk portion of the plan?
Like, required a roll to convince not to YOLO in the firt place, required a roll to convince not to prove how badass a Basilisk herder he is himself, etc.
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>>40499751
How much trouble would Sief be in f he did have sex with the Princess?

What would the various people of ranks/family member's reaction be when they found out?
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>>40499923
Problly death. fukking a princess is a big deal dude
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>>40499923

I figure it depends on how much they respect his bravery here. Imperials probably full cluster fuck.
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>>40499751
>He also would have quite possibly been half-dead by this stage after a night of torrid passion with ghost-princess.
Really gotta get the details on how far things got along before she realized it was a ghost and not really us.
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>>40499751
>Kajilapa's husbando,
aw yiss best behemoth, we shall soon have one for us to use as a mount for our golems.
Can we tame Behemoths?
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>>40499885
If Sief was alone certainly. I doubt he'd go full retard if the Princess tells him to sit his ass down.
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>>40499751
How much mass could Kajilapa carry/tow while keeping a speed that could reasonable let you get out of the danger zone of the battlefield in a day?
Thinking of that fat LOOT!
Is behemoth riding like horse riding in that it can tear the hymen?
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>>40499977
I doubt it, we wouldn't smell like clan.

Unless of course we had a child with an Iquani, then at least we would smell like someone who smells like clan.
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>>40500022
Hey, if Kajilapa is anyone to go by, behemoths would love Sief!
>>40499751
Is there some superstition about behemoths and the people they take a liking to, like, well the only thing that comes to mind is Prison School with the crows and the asses.
Like, do people say that if a behemoth gets attached to someone, they can't be bad, or something?
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>>40499751
What did the Princess see exactly when they were separated from the mist and saw the illusions.
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>>40499869
Entirely possible, yes.

>>40499885
He might well have done, yes.

>>40499923
Well that depends on numerous factors, like if he got caught, and whether the Khan considered it more valuable to have Sief marry his daughter rather than demand Sief's head. Right now, it would probably cause you some serious problems if found out.

>What would the various people of ranks/family member's reaction be when they found out?
Well, your father's reaction would be trying to high five you for one.

Most other people would be... less positive about the whole thing.

>>40499968
Well, since she wasn't looking half-dead the next morning, obviously not that far.

>>40499977
Behemoths are generally raised from birth by their rider, it's why they are so closely bonded to them. Losing ones behemoth is a big deal because you can't really bond with another one without spending another ten to fifteen years raising it.

>>40500011
Quite a lot, Behemoths are definitely endurance animals.

>Spoiler
Could happen.

Of course most Iquani women also ride horses from a very young age.

>>40500073
A rider's behemoth liking you is generally seen as a good sign, so yes, the fact that Kajilapa liked you helped a lot.

>>40500079
Ghost-Sief tried to talk his way into her tent.
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>>40500108
>Well, your father's reaction would be trying to high five you for one.
I don't know if sief would be happy or upset at this happening.
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>>40500108
>Well, since she wasn't looking half-dead the next morning, obviously not that far.
But at the same time obviously far enough to embarrass her, unlike our "immediately salt her just to be safe"
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>>40500108
>Behemoths are generally raised from birth by their rider, it's why they are so closely bonded to them. Losing ones behemoth is a big deal because you can't really bond with another one without spending another ten to fifteen years raising it.
How much would an egg/babe cost?
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>>40500168
Pretty sure they are pretty much literally priceless
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>>40500146
Annoyed probably, it's be hilarious all the same.
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>>40500168
Your life Imperial
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>>40500108
Would there theoretically be less dire consequences for an Iquani who manages to do the princess or would Ratu just have been too busy being insufferable to think of the consequences of sleeping with the princess?

Also, how salty is Ratu going to be when we come back?
How much trouble could he actually cause us if he's really pissed?
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>>40500108
She seem flustered though but I just caught up to this series

Also how old is the maid.
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>>40500261
I think Lordy said she has a good 15 years on Sief.
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>>40500261
First thread says she's well into her thirties.
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>>40500250
>Would there theoretically be less dire consequences for an Iquani who manages to do the princess or would Ratu just have been too busy being insufferable to think of the consequences of sleeping with the princess?
The second one, yeah, Ratu is nowhere near renowned enough that the Khan would be cool with him getting it on with one of his daughters.

>Also, how salty is Ratu going to be when we come back?
Pretty salty

>How much trouble could he actually cause us if he's really pissed?
Well he's the son of a chieftain, so he's not without power, he's not going to be raising an army against you or anything though.

>>40500261
In her mid-thirties.
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>>40500108
>Well that depends on numerous factors, like if he got caught, and whether the Khan considered it more valuable to have Sief marry his daughter rather than demand Sief's head. Right now, it would probably cause you some serious problems if found out.
What about if we just made out a bunch
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>>40500338
So sief can't acquire behemoths?
>>40500387
Thinking savages will stop at being kissed, its called desert fever for a reason anon.
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>>40500387
Do whatever you want, just don't get caught doing it.

That's the noble way.

Alternatively do something impressive enough to convince the Khan that it's totally worth it for him to let you marry one of his daughters. The Iquani do value glorious achievements very highly after all.

>>40500418
Sadly not, at least not any that would be of any use to him for the next 10+ years.
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>>40500455
Single handy destroying mama stump count?
Cause right now the princes only led us an head butted a guy.
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>>40500455
So where do Iquani draw the line between "harmless youthful indiscretions, just don't get ahead of yourselves and take it further" and "off with your head"
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>>40500498
The line would be at Imperial anon.
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>>40500338
Well, that's certainly going to be annoying to deal with.
Is he likely to be his father's only, first or most impressive son though?

I mean, the Khan has shitloads of children so I'd suspect chieftains have similar arrangements if in smaller scale.

Given that I also don't really suspect that he'll rise high on his own (seems way too stereotypical hotheaded Iquani for that), I'd guess the most trouble he'll cause will by spreading the salt, which isn't nice but someone else would have done anyways.

>>40500455
How glorious is this current adventure anyways?
Is it just small scale stuff for up and coming badasses to cut their teeth on or are these genuinely impressive achievements?
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>>40500492
Probably not, Mama Stump's head would get you a lot of respect, but you'd probably have to do something like killing an infamous Jotunn warlord from beyond the borders of the Iquani expanse to have a shot at being given permission to marry an Iquani princess.

Better yet, take down a leviathan, that'll get you some serious respect, and of course if you took the head of a dragon, then the Khan would probably offer you a daughter without even having to ask, because that's the kind of hardcore genes you want in your bloodline.

>>40500498
Hard to say, in some ways the Iquani seem a lot more laid back than Imperials, in other ways, far, far less so.

>>40500536
You don't really know much about Ratu or his clan, it is likely that his father has at least a couple of other children though, most chieftains tend to have more than one wife.

>How glorious is this current adventure anyways?
>Is it just small scale stuff for up and coming badasses to cut their teeth on or are these genuinely impressive achievements?
It's impressive enough in an up and coming badass sort of way, but it's not going to win over the hearts and minds of the Iquani people or anything.
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>>40500585
How hard is it to tame a Leviathan?
How much does a batch of eggs cost?
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>>40499469
Thanks for running, Lordy.>>40500585
>Probably not, Mama Stump's head would get you a lot of respect, but you'd probably have to do something like killing an infamous Jotunn warlord from beyond the borders of the Iquani expanse to have a shot at being given permission to marry an Iquani princess.
What if we kill that imperial golem guy who's wrecking Iquanis near the border?
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>>40500650
Don't even think about that for the next couple years, we are nowhere near his level.
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>>40500628
Leviathans are a form of titan, they cannot be tamed, they are highly intelligent, gigantic, monstrous assholes.

Kraken on the other hand can be tamed, sort of, you know that back when the Sea Princes were at war with the Empire they made use of trained Krakens. You don't know what the cost on Kraken eggs is, probably tens of thousands of gold at least.

>>40500650
It would get you respect in a certain sort of way, but it would also be seen as "Imperials dealing with the problems Imperials caused us", so don't expect anything beyond respect for it.
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>>40500585
Thinking about stuff Iquani do for glory, what kind of cred would taking that rogue imperial shithead give anyways?
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>>40500711
This (>>40500725) was meant for if an Iquani does it.
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>>40500766
Oh yeah, if an Iquani put down Jackal they would get mad respect.

Plenty have tried. The results have been... messy.
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>>40500824
Is his back story punisher like or just a crazed ass hole?
is he on a crazy oath/mission?
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>>40500824
What the tech level on Jackal's mech?

What chance would we have against the higher end titan kin right now?
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>>40500824
What chance would have Dad at his height have had against the higher tier shit?
>>
Don't forget to archive
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>>40500824
Nigga we ain't letting you sleep.
What does seif and the sandnigger princess think of our odds?
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>>40500860
Sief doesn't actually know much about Jackal, he's kind of a black eye on the Empire that they're eager to forget about.

>>40500871
Jackal's golem dates back to the second Iquani war, so it's a bit outdated, the fact that it's still running either means he's scavenging parts from the old battlefields and knows how to maintain it himself, or he's being fed new parts and maintenance from somewhere.

>What chance would we have against the higher end titan kin right now?
Giants you've already fought, cyclops you could probably take, a bit bigger and smarter than giants, but not by much. Jotunn, maybe, it would be a tough fight. Anything tougher than that Sief would need some serious help for if he wanted to get out of there alive.

There hasn't been a confirmed Leviathan or Dragon slain in just over one hundred years, not since Zorakkian the Righteous Heart of the Forest Made Manifest (Yes dragons do love ridiculously overblown titles) was slain at the cost of countless Imperial lives to claim the eastern frontier.

>>40500890
He could handle a Jotunn, probably more than one. Leviathans and Dragons were always out of his league though, as they are for most people.

>>40500922
No worries anon, I remember.

>>40500947
Odds of what? Beating Jackal? Low.
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>>40500965
I was talking about the mama stump situation.
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>>40500999
Oh, right, yeah, they're both fairly confident that it can be done if they're careful.
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Thread archived:
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Golem%20Knight%20Quest
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>>40500965
>Beating Jackal? Low.

Why does he move at the speed of sound? is he the quickest jackal around?



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