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>>44019979
>>Accept the Oath

>>44020741

A defiant look in your face, you say "I accept your Oath, Saber. Rise as my Servant".

The other girls look at your general direction with hostility, and for the first time you feel like you have a bargaining chip in this complicated matter.

"I think I deserve an explanation now. What is this and what are you doing?"

"Right now", says the blind girl, "we're trying to settle the rules. As usual me and the deaf girl you see over there disagree."

'Oh, she's deaf' you think. 'Not talking with her was probably a good idea then. It also explains why the pink-haired girl talks in her place'

"You see, I try to always be moderate in my proposals, my wisdom always falls on deaf ears", she says with a mean half-smile.

The whole time, the pink-haired girl is signaling back and forth, probably translating for the deaf girl.

"Shicchan says that she's just proposing what's best for everyone, but you fail to see that. Whahaha Shicchan, that was funny!"

Clearly those two hate each other's guts. You presume that the topic of the conversation is the same as the last time.

"So, newbie: Shicchan wants to know what you think", screams the bubbly girl. "Don't you think everybody should contribute to the safety of the students?"

"Or do you think those not involved should not be dragged in against their will?", interjects the blind girl.

>Support the deaf girl
>Support the blind girl

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>>44021492
>>Support the blind girl
"You girls are fucking nuts, you know that? I just wanted to go to school and ever since I got here I've been being bothered by some nut job screaming about feminist agendas and what not, the fucking kicker was that he was right."

We need to go get a chocolate bar and calm down op.

Maybe consider what resources are available in each location and where theyd be. A city would probably be around that

>>44019889
Hmmmm. I guess so. Since I'm not that great at resource allocation, I'm not sure how to distribute them.

>>44019843
You should have placed cities at points where cities should logically be before drawing up provinces.

just as it turns midnight .-.

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As a small baby, your found yourself sleeping for the most part of the journey to the looping worm. The child carried you with care making sure he won't wake you up.


Alas, the road has ended. The looping worm stood before you. It looked strange, you saw no mouth or anything of a similar ilk, just one whole Bizarre loop. The gigantic Mons eyed you both with his hollowed eye. It didn't seem to care much about your presence, some of its pore opened up in the lower portion of its lower body. It would fit you just right. A scent of death and decay came from said pores.

>try to communicate with it [-10 Candy , roll]
>Enter the pores
>Ask/Say something to Child of Uzn
>Cry
>Smile!
>Consider other options
>Give it candy?
>other

>>44019227

sorry anon, go to sleep if you have work or something important by tomorrow.

>>44019383
>>Smile!
and then
>Give it candy?

might have to go soon, but I'll stay for a bit

Bonus info:
Instead of giving plot and in-game reasons for a change of heart, the DM preferred to just prohibit me from doing it.
He didn't move a finger to change his story or anything at all. He just threw it at me.

>>44018961
Raise an undead what?
Also: which god are you fanatical to? Does your god have a specific standing on undead? Many neutral and lawful gods have no stance on undead.
Has the party offered you the "paladin's distraction" route, where you turn your head while they do the awful thing? Or is your magic specifically required for this abomination?

>>44019047
Yes, specially my char.
It was created to be a first front one-man army against undead and heretics.
Pretty much space marine.

AND NO. Not even a distraction or something. They just want me to stop or kick me out.

>>44018826
Bonus points if it's free/ogl

Savage Worlds if done right.
Magic has a one in (however good you are, it's a dice size-based game) chance of backfiring catastrophically, each blow you take could be the lucky one that puts you down, and it's really fucking cheap. Like, ten bucks for the core rules cheap.

>>44018879
Thanks. Will eyeball wikipedia on it. I've heard of a few low-fantasy games in the past but just have been out of gaming too long and my Google-Fu was leading me to strange places.

Bump
>Summon players

there?

>>44018196
>>We've got enough iron for a while. We should do something with it first

extract the iron ore to pig iron first, can the goblins produce steel?

You expected horrors, perhaps, or some other terrible surprise. What you got, on the other hand, was almost pleasant. Warm sunshine, the sound of distant birds, and the sensation of grass tickling the back of your head. This is... the fairy kingdom, you realise as you look about at the wild, overgrown trees. You've been here many times before, and you know it to be a place of relative safety. As much as anywhere within the demon world... no, the world of transition, can be considered safe.

Groaning softly, you heave your aching body up and give yourself a quick check. Your phone is still here, with everything as you left it – the blacked out Gateway app, though, is a grim reminder that you no longer have a home to return to. Midnight, your enchanted dagger, is still strapped to your hip, just in case you need to defend yourself against anything else. You are, it must be said, as good as you're going to get.

Through the birdsong, you grow dimly aware of another sound – a low, slightly rough humming that comes drifting through the trees. Like someone in a trance, you stumble through the forest in search of that mysterious sound. Soon, your pace turns stealthy and sly, allowing you to slip through the undergrowth without making a sound. It's this advantage that lets you draw close, hiding behind a tree as you spot the source. It's... human. It's Petra.

The redhead is squatting, the posture perfectly natural to her, at the base of a great and ancient tree. She hums as she stares up at it, her eyes flickering across the scars carved into the trunk. You've seen her like this before – this tree is special to her. You almost rush to meet her, but you hold back. Amelia advised caution, didn't she? But this is Petra, she has to be safe...

>Approach Petra
>Observe a moment longer
>Retreat into the forest
>Other

>>44018151
Alright, a new thread!
>Observe a moment longer

>>44018155
>>Observe a moment longer
New OP image huh?

>>44018149
if you read the appendices in the back of his books he explains it himself you lazy turd.

>>44018149
>What's the original source for tolkien-esque lore. Is it Tolkien or did he draw from something else?

Seeing that the tale of a war for a magical ring which gives power to control a world filled with magic was a favourite of the Nazis, and The Lord of the Rings was published in the 50s, yes, I would say it has some influences.

And that same story has it's roots on another tale about a cursed ring, a broken sword which has to be rebuilt to recover a lineage and a grey wandering wizard and god with many names.

Now go take a look at some basic mythology books.

Norse myth, Saxon myth, and Catholicism.

Eh, not feeling it.

Nod would fit better with traitor guardsmen or xeno cultists.

>>44018132
Nah. Depends how you could play them.

Here we're doing a more heroic take. As in:
- No mutations
- Causing uprisings on planets that were conquered/annexed by heretics/xenos or seceded from the Imperium
- Being the natural enemies of Tau when it comes to stealth and counter propaganda

They also have cyborgs, stealth tanks, and a giant murder scorpion that dwarfs over The Brass Scorpion of Khorne.

The Inquisition is kinda mixed about them due to their affinity with cyber warfare.

>>44018176
So what you're saying here is the only thing resembling Nod about them is the colorscheme.

Why bother, then?

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>>44017968
While in the city, the party will encounter all manner and strange forms of the undead.
The King himself has become a massive, hulking behemoth of an undead capable of summoning new undead each round as well as changing one element of his surrounding reality a turn.
He is very resistant to damage and the crown itself has embedded itself into his swollen skull.

As they party search the city for the crown, they have a chance to encounter one of the gods.
Each of whom might attempt to convert members of the party or attack them.
Although the gods cannot be destroyed without the power of the crown, if they take enough damage they will no longer be able to prevent themselves from being thrust out the field protecting the city.

Each god has their own unique traits:
Dark Alliance:
Soulfire:
Clad in flaming armor, this figure of terrifying light wields a powerful cosmic energy that he can harness to lash out in a soul-destroying beam or create orbs of temporal discordance that can incapacitate enemies.

Nepheline:
An eldritch being resembling a large, anthropomorphic cat with wings, she can infuse energy into objects to add melee damage or throw them for explosive damage. She also has complete power over the elements.

Ichor:
A dark entity of death that slides across surfaces and generate dark, caustic ooze that radiates a deathly aura as well as allow him to negate and mimic any powers used against him.

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>>44018029
Light Alliance:
Icarus Strobe:
The fiery winged embodiment of anarchy, he can generate whipping tendrils of shadow and light energy attacks while also imbuing a mortal with their peak level of power.

Zealous Trunk:
A oddly shaped god that resembles a massive, bipedal walrus, he is the embodiment of strength and is a master of combat, able to focus on all aspects of a battle simultaneously, despite having flippers for hands projecting powerful balls of lightning on command.

Cecaelia, the Lady of Luck:
The focus of a major fate based religion, Lady Luck in fact brings equality to all matters of chance and by spilling drops of her blood, she can generate celestial winged serpents that fight in her stead, although she herself has the form of a beautiful woman with her lower form emerging into powerful tentacles.

>>44018097
That's as fleshed out as I got it.
Generating three characters on each faction, a mcguffin, and three plot tropes to tie them together worked nicely I think.

>>44017920
Well, it's not as if it references obvious pop culture of the time.

It might have made slightly more sense to veterans of the First World War, maybe

>Has Tolkien's work aged well?

>>44017920
People are still half assingly copying it so i'd say yes.

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>>44017887
>tfw I have read FlatLand
>tfw I thought I could be a triangle
>tfw disappointed

>>44017887
wew let's try this again

>>>/fit/35153517

>>44017913
You can still be a sphere.

>>44017472
Whores. Ale. Drugs. Novelty shop crap. An increasingly large house/mansion/doom fort with secret passages and shit in it.

>>44017472
Take your gaming group camping, no cabin, no bathroom, just the wilderness and them, for 3-5 days.
Then see how happy they are to see food they don't have to catch, a warm bath and bed, and their significant others if they have any.

That aside, in sword and sorcery (as opposed to fantasy) the reward is geared towards living the good life until out of money. Creature comforts. Good food, obsequious toadies, npcs treat them with fawning adoration. Perhaps a triumph or party in their honour.

>>44017500
I know, but I need more specific descriptions than that. Like how D&D (or dwarf fortress) likes to meticulously detail every expensive treasure the heroes find. It makes finding it feel like more of an achievement. You didn't just get "50 GP in precious stones", you get a whole variety of beatifully cut, large, shining rubies and emeralds and sparkling diamonds and golden rings...

"Ale and whores" might be great in theory but to hear the description isn't by itself very exciting.

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>>44016897
Thorin, dwarf, shortsword and shield. Killing goblins and reclaiming homelands.

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>>44016924
>>44016897
I have him a few points in singing aswell so he can charm a posse to join him

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>>44016971
There's nothing for you in Bitegravel, a couple of miners and farmers holed up in the snowy hills, complacent in this position across the sea.

you immediately pack up and head somewhere you can recruit more allies, after the first few hillocks it's clear the adventuring spirit has died out in these parts, you'll stick it out on your own and cross the glaciers into no-mans land

You stay at Giftcaves, the last dwarven settlement you will see for a long time, you sleep up and prepare, as you consult your map you see there is a small group of elven villages before the goblins, elves have never been kind to your people but it might be the only place to get more fighters.
what do?