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>>903713
IT BEGINS

Harem route is go

"As I said, my relationship with my father is at best, strained." Baratsuchi continues, "It really all started around the time my mother died."

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You are Baratsuchi, you are also three years old. You are the bright-eyed young heiress of the Kanameishi Organization. Well, you were the sole heiress until your brother Oritzenbi was born a few months ago. You thought that people were supposed to be happy when a baby was born into their family; you certainly were. Despite this, you haven't seen much of your mother since your brother was born, she's spent a lot of time in bed, and your father has been rather cold.

Today, the doctors are visiting your mother again. You like when this happens, because it means that your mother is getting better. There are even ninja doctors today, they're the best doctors because they can make people better with their chakras. You're in the gardens right now, under the supervision of your nanny and a few of your family's maids.

>A) Try to sneak away and see what the doctors and your mother are doing

>B) Ask to go see your brother

>C) Try to sneak away to your father's office

>D) Keep playing here

>>903431
Welcome to Shadowrun Occultist Quest!

>What is Shadowrun?

Shadowrun is an RPG series set in the world of 2072, 60 years after "The Awakening", the return of magic, spirits, and fantasy races into the world. Metahumanity now lives in a world of advanced technology and magic, where megacorporations are above the laws of nations and one-third of all humanity have no legal rights. Crime and corruption run amok, and mercenary operatives known as "shadowrunners" ply their services to both the criminal underworld, and to the very corporations that officially fight against them.

>How are success and failure determined?

A number of d6's are rolled equal to the relevant attribute+the relevant skill. 5's and 6's are successes, and the dice are rolled against a target threshold (1 for something trivial; 6 for a highly difficult /intricate task. 10 for something next-to-impossible). Each 6 rolled results in one additional die being rolled in the pool. Results are as follows:

Target number of successes is met: the action is a success.

Target number of successes is not met: the action is a failure.

Target number of successes is met, but more 1's are rolled than any other number in the pool: a "glitch" occurs: a minor outside complication arises that prevents success.

Target number of successes is not met and more 1's are rolled than any other number: critical glitch. Your actions fail in a way that is potentially disastrous for your long-term goals or your health.

You will have 2 points of Edge each "session" that you can spend to tip the scales in your favor. When requesting an action, you may specify that you want to spend a point of Edge to add "luck" or "effort" to a roll. "Luck" will add five dice to the roll's pool (great for situations where Redd is forced to work out of his depth). "Effort" will re-roll all failed dice on a roll if it does not meet the threshold, glitches, or critically glitches (the point will be refunded if none of these happen). This is good when you are playing to Redd's strengths, but want to make sure you don't botch something.

Good luck, and remember the fundamentals of shadowrunning:

>Shoot straight!

>Conserve ammo!

>Never make a deal with a dragon!

>>903431
>What do you mean, 'don't want them looking that dirty right now'?
>Write-in
"Any known ways that Ares handles its deniable assets, something we could do to set up a false trail leading back to Ares Entertainment?"

>>903509
This.

>>903313
I'll give you guys about 45 minutes to decide this.

we need a ton of security
i say 13 of the unalocated guys on security and 2 on crew
we need that security running

>>903429
How about 10 to Security, 5 to Merchant?

BOOMERS ARE ADULTS
Year 58
Population:90 elderly. 3150 adults+1700boomers. 2500 minors.Births = (adults)/10 14 hum'locks, 30 murlocks.
Resource and food stocks: 3 years siege. Net gain 1000.
660 horses.
Trade: Trade with Dwarfs and Elves and Centaurs as needed.
Culture: One Basket, Many Strands of Genocide Any Threat. Red Temple library. Leadership council. Interbreeding with Elves and murlocks okay. Monogamy only, though polyamorous relationships allowed. Women are submissive lustful housewives. Military culture.
Religion: Web of 'Life' and Progress. Gives bonus action and +10 to all rolls. [orange]Weavers of Death cult (onstensibly wiped out)[/orange] Some shamanist influences.
Government: Council of 60 experts and heroes and talented.
Military (2 major victories): 320 spearmen. 50 full time heavy infantry swordsmen. 30 weak holy mages8 catapults and 30 ballista. 300 archers 220 light cavalry.Rolf and Wyrm mount. 80 stealth units.
Technology: Tools and clothing. Wicker everything. Basic farming. Food storage. Climbing hooks. Basic education. Literacy. Jungle gyms. Early Archery. Medieval Metallurgy+. lotsa husbandry and fish. Wheel and chariots. Fireproofing. Saddle and reins. Light siege. Stone architecture. Beer. Improved pottery. Gong movers. Okay medicine. Adding and minusing. Crude research labs.
Traditions: Basket Weaving. All are fighters (some prof). Red Boxes are a commodity, most things communistic. Diplo and Subterfuge followed by complete utter merciless genocide. Interbreeding. Orgies after big battles. Records of everything
Alliance: H.E.D.A. Accomplishments: genocided Murlocks. Barely on speaking terms elf-dorf.
Magic: Lesser enchantments. A variety of personal abilities from reliable weak ones to unreliable stronger ones. The population's basic magic is used as a battery for holy magic. Bones and boxes.

Assets:
Capital of Wicker Town on the Fork: Stone wall and towers, inner wood and gate. Red Temple. Livestock and horses. Agriculture. Sailing and fishing boats. Forge District. Grand Dojo. Brewery. LOTS of houses. Canals finished in 2 years. Shaman and Shadow etc magic scrolls in a large vault including other writings.. Basic hospital. Medium Sewer system. Mausoleum.
Amazing roads connect the Capital and Helgen, and Capital and murlock capital. And capital to the dwarfbros.
Helgen second village: VolfHalla and FiskHalla(Crypts), shops, houses, mine, guard posts.
GMC: a 'lock temple, houses a watch tower, store houses. Scrolls of watermagic. Human population 300.
GBLC: lots of houses, watch towers, tree fortification.
Special Resources: unchanged much
Anti-Fire runes. +1 set of runed gear a year (14 atm).
Heroes/Named-people: Quite a lot of them.
Pick Four. Hero bonnii. Religion +10 to everything.

A:Construction
B:Food
C: Military
D:Culture:
E:Religion
F:Technology
G:Magic H: Scouting
I: Diplomacy
K:write in

oh yeah, the map is not fully completed and is still being worked on

>>903095
>C: Military
We should modernize our military. Make every weapon that we have steel, as well as regularly changing the shoes on our horses, as well as training every man in the nation in a basic form of war, and keeping an armory in the town center.

F:Technology
I know last time this roll kept getting shit on, so lets go for it again. We should institute a standard measure of weights and measurements across the nation to better facilitate the government and Trade.

F:Technology
We should finally look into a common currency too, to break away from the barter system that has it's flaws. We will mint coins from the many mines we have, and give them the Government. Gold will be the highest denominator, with Silver next, and finally copper coins as the lowest.

I: Diplomacy
We should keep pushing the Dwarven and Elven relationship. It is important that every member of HEDA is close in relations, and willing to help each other at a moments notice.

D:Culture:
With Currency being created, we should start the move away from a Communistic society to a capitalistic one. With the standardized weights, as well as a currency, we should encourage the common man to go out and pursue his own fortune, by whatever means.

>>903095
>Scouting
Continue to search for explosive powder
>Diplomacy
Try to restore HEDA
>Diplomacy
Try to befriend dragons again
>Military
Train the AIDS-free Murlocks and Hum'locks on how to be aquatic soldiers

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Type: Native (Acid Girl)
Powers: Glasses

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Name: Klowdy
Type: Native (Acid Girl)
Powers: Magic

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Name: Skribl
Type: Native (Acid Girl)
Powers: Graffiti

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In this game, you take control of a single character in a battle against corruption. Generally, the further down this list you go, the more familiar you should make yourself with the rules. Don't be afraid to learn on the fly, just expect surprises.

Ask questions!

>Dying rules should be a bit clearer. Overbear has been changed. Urgency is now labelled as Swift as it was always meant to be.

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A grating sound to the east, and victorious cries to the west.

>Noble turn

>>902413
A^toe-to-toe 2E
A^toe-to-toe 2E
A=Guard

[Valor] 5.Dmg 1.Def Brace | 4.Dmg Swift
HP: 1/6 | MOV: 4 | A: = = | B: ^ =
Inventory: [Clad in Blue]
Skills: Toe-to-Toe, Rally

>>909267


Well?
[] <Control Mali>
[] <Control Iris>
[] <Control another miller>
[] <Control one of Mali's babies


Also, sorry its taking me so long to get started on the lewd bin. BUT I finally have enough ideas to get working on it, when I have time!.

>>909269
Also, sorry I'm a little late

>>909269
>[] <Control Mali>

>BUT I finally have enough ideas to get working on it, when I have time!.

Excellent!

> as the scar over her throat, and heart showed through her thick fur.

Not excellent

>>906916
Find crabs to eat

>>906930
seconded

>>906916
Go to the beach and find a warm, wet, small cavity to hide in.

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Empire:
- The first 'moving' region you begin with has to Settle, then it can expand. Your moving region can also construct a Boat.
This Boat has only 1 ''charge'' instead of the normal 2. With the Boat you can decide to instantly Settle a coastal region, or just to disembark and continue on foot.
- You can claim up to 4 regions per turn.
Rolling 00 grants 0 regions.
Rolling 01-33 grants maximum 1 region.
Rolling 34-66 grants maximum 2 regions.
Rolling 67-98 grants maximum 3 regions.
Rolling 99 grants maximum 4 regions.
- When you have 8 regions you can set 1 region as your Capitol*.
- Boats can Colonize 2 regions, after that the Boat is depleted.
- Ships can Colonize 3 regions, after that the Ship is depleted.
*A Capitol takes atleast a roll of 70 to take, nomatter the roll of the defender.
All adjecent regions take atleast a roll of 50 to take.
Once a Capitol has been captured by an enemy, you can not set a new one. You can only (try to) retake it.
- If you are part of an Alliance you can trade/give Boats/Ships and regions with/to eachother.
You can not trade your Capitol Region nor its adjacent regions.
- Resetting a new Capitol is possible after 8 turns. Your old Capitol Region will return into a normal region and its adjecent regions aswell.
- If you decide to claim land through a Boat/Ship (colonize) your maximum expansion is that respective region, no matter if your roll is for 2 or 3 regions.
(Thus if your roll is 56, and you wish to expand with a Boat, you can only claim one region that turn; the region the Boat colonizes. But if you decide to just expand, you claim 2 regions.)
- You can always decide to move your Ship or Boat, no matter what you did in the turn.
- A tribe may not settle too close to the Motherland.

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War:
- If you attack another tribes territory whoever gets the highest Roll wins.
If the defender wins he keeps the territory. Attacking or defending is decided by who declares the first.
If the defender wins the roll by more than 30 extra (att. rolls 40, def. rolls 70) the defender gets a Counterattack Bonus*.
If the defender with the Counterattack Bonus attacks the tribe which attacked him in the last turn, his roll can be 10 lower than the attacker and still be succesful.
If a defender gets attacked by more than one faction, he rolls a seperate defence-Roll for that attack.
If an attacker loses the roll with more than 30 (att. rolls 40, def. rolls 70) the attacker gets an Attack Penalty on the respective defender.
If the attacker with the penalty attacks the same defender again next round, his Roll gets a 10 penalty. (86 -> 76).
Thus per turn a tribe can attack once per turn, and defend as much as he gets attacked.
*The Counterattack Bonus also applies to any Allies of the attacker which the defender wishes to counterattack.
- Succesful Naval Invasions (attacking from a Boat or Ship) requires that the Attackers Roll is atleast 15 higher than the defenders Roll.
- A tribe cannot declare war on the Motherland. However, the Motherland may well declare war to a tribe.

And since this board does not have the highest activity and postnumbers can be close to eachother, rolling is done by actual rolling and not by looking at the last two digits of a postnumber.

He's got his back towards you, ready to walk back to the front it seems. There's only a few feet worth of distance between the two of you, and it would take no time at all to cover it. You take a moment to prep yourself up, trying steady the racing heart in your chest before even trying to rush in. There's been guys bigger than him in the past, ones that had friends to back them up, and you went into those fights head-on and came out alright in the end. This is just one guy, that's nothing. Any other time and you wouldn't even be having second thoughts about it, so just go.

Go ahead and do it, and you damn well better do it right


Sneak forward, watching every step you take. You even hold your breath, everything to keep your noise down. The man is trudging forward through the snow, taking his leisure. Every high step her takes out of the snow is matched by one of your own, working to edge in the distance. Once he rounds the corner you can move in quicker and nab him, easy enou-


He comes to a sudden stop, and you prepare to rush him. Just as you have began to to move a warm glow lights his face, the low flame of a lighter at hand. Far too late to stop, you still attempt to reel back your hard step forward only to fumble and fall against the house. Once the man looks back, wide eyed and cigarette hanging from his mouth, it becomes too late for any sort of retreat or planning. All you can do is sprint forward and pray that you're faster than the hand reaching into his coat.


The first thing you come to realize upon grabbing the man is that he's not frail, not in the slightest. He's forced to take steps back, but he sure as hell isn't knocked to the ground like you wanted. Your focus is on his right hand, the one tucked away inside his coat. A gun can't get involved with this, not like this. Despite his struggling you manage to pull his hand away, but the only sign of silver comes from the watch around his wrist. This only leaves you with mere seconds to prepare for the fist coming from his left, knuckles cracking from their connection to your face. You grit your teeth past it, refusing to lose your stance or hold on him.


For a fight between two grown men, it's rather silent. Maybe you both know what's at stake, that there is no withdrawing or truce to be had. Someone has to win in this fight and by god it has got to be you.

[1/4]

One thing you've come to notice is that every move this guy makes is precise, knowing how to keep from being cornered or held down. He's quick at recovering from everything you throw at him, much more than you had expected. Either you can't land a hit on him or when you do it barely grazes him. This is going to get fought to the tooth and nail, it's taking everything you can to keep him from escaping to the car. You realize that the house can serve as an advantage right now, and prepare your footing once again. A punch comes your way again and this time you willing accept it, pushing past the pain in your shoulder as you move. The man has to recover from the swing, and so you take the one chance you have. His nose is your first target, getting crushed beneath your forearm. As he attempts to recoil your arm goes lower, leaning against his throat now. You recognize his choking as getting the damned air knocked out, something you're rather familiar with.


His hands try to reach inside his coat once again, but the growing pressure you exert on his neck becomes worrying. His nails scratch against your coat in vain and as painful as it might be he manages to mouth 'I give'.

With just enough slack he can breathe again, but you are quick to motion for him to remain silent. He follows your direction fairly well, not putting up a struggle as you lead him to the window. Your arm remains locked around his neck, making sure to keep your grip extra tight as you knock against the glass.


"Hey there cowboy," John says as he helps pull the man inside, "You and us bout to have a little talk."

"A uh...a talk sounds rather nice right now." He responds, blood stained teeth as he no longer tries to stop the bloody nose you gave him.
When he's told to raise his arms up high he complies, blood dripping down his face and to the floor as he's frisked. Eric and Mabel stand at the stairway, there's no doubt that Aria is trying to keep the kids in check.


"Don't know what you were thinkin'," John says, pulling out cigarette box from the man's coat. "You come up here with tools to jimmy the look, but you don't bring anythin' to defend yourself? You know, they been talkin' about a buncha thieves running around these streets. " He opens the box and examines the contents, moving them about. "Looks like you're runnin' pretty low here too, you really come that unprepared?"

[2/4]

"Mind passing one up then? Lost mine out in the snow." John follows the request, putting the cigarette in place for him. "Now, you think you could light it?" I would, but uh..." He looks back to Mabel, who works on securing his hands behind his back with zip ties.


"I'll help ya with the lighter if you play nice." John flips the small piece of plastic between his fingers, taunting him with it.

"I guess if them are your rule-" He flinches as Mabel finishes the secures, his arms now kept behind his back. "Think you could get 'em any tighter?" His attempt at friendliness gets shot down by her dark glare, tightening what she can further in spite.


"Fucking creep." She spits, moving back towards John. He sets the lighter on the table, opting to hold a pocketknife instead.

"You can start talkin' whenever you like," the blade flicks out enough to show it's silver blade, John holding it with a steady hand, "But you outta know, I got a much bigger one of these waitin'."


"I gotcha I gotcha, just give me a sec..." he takes a moment to spit, dark red making its stain on the wood. "Well, guess I should introduce myself. If you check out my wallet you got there, you'll see that I'm one Mr. Crockett, and a, well a private investigator."

"Okay. Now tell us something we want to know."

"Well let me start with, I'm awfully sorry this is how we had to meet. But you wouldn't answer the door, so had to do what I do best. Really do wish it could have been better though."


"God, just get to the point of it man!" Mabel says annoyed and anxious.

""Sorry bout that ma'am, just a bit hard to think when all my blood is making a puddle on the floor..." You take the obligation, bringing a rag to his face and attempting to help with the bleeding. "Thank you, didn't think you'd be the one doing this." You give a light squeeze with the fingers touching his face, letting him know that you're more than willing to return to how it was outside.

"Alright alright how about this, you got any buddies headin' this way to back you up?" John asks, irritation leaking in his voice.


"No sir. Usually do work best alone, and tonight's no different."

"And why was your work here?"

"Been hired by a very lovely customer, just trying to do what she's paying me for-" The squeezing continues, harder than before. "-ah. Well then, I don't suppose you folks have seen a young lady named Delilah, have you? Just trying to get her back to family."

[3/4]

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>>904599
Time for swords.

>>904677

God fucking damn it I love swords so fucking much.

>>904599

Also enclosed in the envelope was a key, which suspiciously matched the one that Kiritsugu always used to open the safe in his and Irisviel's room.

You begin to read the letter.

Dear Shirou:
We were hoping this day wouldn't come, to be honest, the Holy Grail War was something we were going to try and bury in history after the end of the last one by destroying the Greater Grail for good. Sadly, things started up way sooner than anyone predicted and we were unable to stop it in time. Your father and I are too busy making sure that worse things aren't happening to actually help you with this constantly, however if you absolutely need us, we will come right back, and remember, we're always just a phone call away if you need to talk to us or want advice. I asked your father to get in contact with Maya and have her come back to town in our place to help you out for a bit, but so far he hasn't been able to contact her as of my writing this. She usually picks up right away when he calls, but she didn't this time. One of us will send you an email when we manage to get through to her. Anyway, your father and I are both genuinely sorry you got involved in this mess, but you've got one of the best servants summonable by the system, so you're sure to win as long as you apply yourself. We wish you nothing but the best of luck.
-Love, Mom

Well, that was a thing. You wonder what else they hadn't been telling you, but decide that overall, it's probably not important. You instead turn your attention to Saber and ask if she's seen any cool swords in her combat experience.

"I've seen plenty of cool swords. A good lot of them were magical, too. There was this one sword that didn't really look like a sword, it looked more like a really twisted lance, but you could stab people with it and it would always pierce their armor."
"Wow. That sounds really useful."

And the conversation goes on like this for a while, Saber recounting tales of swords much like Excalibur, a sword that, at the cost of the user's life, could destroy anything within a radius of the user, and a sword that would never break, no matter how much damage it took.

>What will you do?
Get dressed and go out for the day (It's sunday)
Stay in and do research on these swords Saber is telling you about
Go hunting for other masters
Other

>>904687
Stay in and do research on these swords Saber is telling you about

>Salvage one on the way out
only if all other objectives complete.

>>903322
>>Salvage them [One, or both. You carry it, or have someone else carry it - will need a flat Athletics check if you do].

>>903322
>Salvage them [One, or both. You carry it, or have someone else carry it - will need a flat Athletics check if you do].
Just one on the way out. Also
>903322
Would that be double dubs or quads?

>>902519

Artemisa

>>902519
Belinda

>>902519
Streak

aww yiss, SSQ

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>>901636
The leaves on some of the trees have just started to turn in the Seireitei: the seasons here have always begun earlier and ended later than anywhere in Japan, and the fall foliage is no different. Soon enough your Division's grounds will be filled with crimson and golden foliage, enjoyed both by your own subordinates and by visitors who come to see the large, open gardens with their groves of maple and ginkgo trees set amidst the now-dormant fruit trees and the evergreen cedars. In contrast, what few gardens the First Division's grounds actually has are much smaller and more secluded, tucked away into courtyards amid and sometimes atop the high towers that are common here. These are owned by individual officers and their families, and probably the largest of these belongs to the office of the Head Captain.

The white gravel here has been flattened at some point recently, probably in preparation for raking, so you don't feel particularly bad about walking out into it. At the center is a lone pine surrounded by an arrangement of three hard, dark stones of some sort of igneous material, dense and smooth despite their angular lines. All around the gently undulating margins of the gravel sea are more rocks of a similar material, and enough trees to shade the adjoining portico from the most intense hours of sun. Only a few are turning right now, the rest mostly being pine or cherry trees, whose branches are already beginning to shed their leaves. The smell of the trees and the moss growing between the stones gives the air a wonderful scent, meaning it would be a shame to put your time here to waste.

Shinrin-yoku: the 'new medicine' name for an activity that nobility in Japan have enjoyed for centuries but proposed in the 1980's as a form of stress-management. The essential oils and the clean air are good for the body, particularly when combined with a derivation of the old practice of kaihōgyō by which a monk was meant to walk 'with awareness'. Basically... it means a stroll through a forest, or else a garden with dense enough foliage to achieve the same effect. While you've never been one to stroll you do have a similar practice, one more suited for someone of such a martial bent.

Setting aside your zanpakuto, you begin your own sort of meditative exercise. It's similar to tai chi in its pace and fluidity, but instead focuses on movements and positions that are derived from typical hakuda training sets: specifically those that can be easily performed with a sword in hand. The wonderfully fresh air, the late-morning calm, and your own focus on the practice all work in concert to heighten your awareness of every small aspect of your routine... except for the passage of time.

You don't know how long you've been at it when you're interrupted by a familiar voice.
>2/?

>>901636
Great to see you KoH.

Last week I finally got the SoZ read. Now eagerly waiting for new installments of SSQ and Aphelion.

>>901272
>>Or a gal?

>>901272
We are both

>>901272
>Are you a guy?