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Snugglecakes
Dec 29, 2008

:h: :glomp: :h:

How dare somebody try to raise the dead. thats our job!

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Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

Pfffff.

ThatPazuzu
Sep 8, 2011

I'm so depressed, I can't even blink.

quote:

The attacking cultists were shocked when the target of their magic got to his feet at my command. The battle was short; they could do nothing to harm my little minion. Once all of the cultists were dead, my undead halfling fell back onto the altar. The cultists' magic and my own had done something strange, and the halfling's skull floated away from the rest of the body and into the air! I knew that I had the opportunity to create a special bond with this strange entity. But since I already had George, my rat, I couldn't bond to the floating skull too. The skull floated back down and rejoined the dead halfling.
(Necromancy +10, Willpower +2)

The halfling who had hired us returned to the crypt.

"I am ashamed to say that those cultists are relatives of mine," he said, his eyes on the dead halfling on the slab in front of us. "This was my great-great-grandfather. I believe that they were planning to raise him in order to have him retroactively change his will and give the estate to their side of the family."

"Please clean this up before you leave," he said as he handed over a large bag of gold and left the crypt.
(Gold +180, Fame +1)

I studied the undead halfling, curious as to the powers being used.
Loot! He asked us to clean up, so I really cleaned up.
I took the gold and left things where they were. I wasn't a maid or an undertaker.
I tidied up the crypt, being careful to leave all of the valuables with the deceased bodies.


That's right. If we had stolen the witches glass ball instead of her rat, we'd have a floating skull companion.

STATS posted:

Krogg the Romk, a troll necromancer
Age: 21
You are destined for hell: 112 evil karma
Body: 52%
Personality: 16%
Willpower: 22%
Fame: 6%

Gold: 430

INVENTORY:
A magical amulet that my grandfather used to own.
My wizardly robes

MAGIC:

Alchemy: 7%
Conjuration: 2%
Divination: 36%
Enchantment: 16%
Healing: 35%
Illusion: 16%
Necromancy: 55%
Summoning: 12%
Transmutation: 16%

KNOWLEDGE:

Arcana: 55%
Agriculture: 10%
Diplomacy: 25%
Economics:10%
Fighting: 100%
Geography: 10%
History: 40%
Nature: 15%
Religion: 5%
Smithing: 42%
Thievery: 0%
Warcraft: 50%

FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Familiar: George the rat
My horse named Horse

MY PARTY
Fighter: a golem named iGor of power: 9, wielding his sword
Thief: a human named Maris of power: 2, wielding her dagger
Fighter: My girlfriend, a dwarf named Sheri of power: 3, wielding her mace

FACTIONS:
Kingdom Citizens: 40
Royal Family: 20
Elves: -50
Dwarves: 10
Orcs: -30
Thieves Guild: 0
Mage Guild: 25
Fighter Guild: -15

Bobbin Threadbare
Jan 2, 2009

I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

My Necromancy still needs more work.

Hamilcar
Oct 18, 2012
Clearly we need to study this curious corpse.

Readingaccount
Jan 6, 2013

Law of the jungle
15 Warcraft for stoning a guy? Hot drat!
It's nice to see a world that's so literal about creature XP, nevermind that the guy was helpless (then again we did capture him). Good thing we farmed him for chess lessons first though. ;)

Pity about not getting to take the skull for our familiar.
Study Necro

Readingaccount fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Aug 9, 2014

Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

Loot! :circlefap:

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!
We left the tomb much later, carrying a bag with a large dollar sign drawn on it.

FlocksOfMice
Feb 3, 2009
Let's turn that Necromancy BA into a MA.

Pump it up! Do it!
Oct 3, 2012
Let's improve our necromancy.

Galick
Nov 26, 2011

Why does Khajiit have to go to prison this time?
Wait gently caress, we could've gotten Mort as a familiar? :argh:

LOOT IN PROTEST

Kanthulhu
Apr 8, 2009
NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!

IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.

BUT NOT HALF AS PISSED AS I'D BE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SPOIL VARYS KILLING A LANISTER!!!


(Dany shits in a field)
I think we can still learn more about the dead.

By the way, our Necromancy, Healing and Divination seem to be Ok or progressing fairly well but I'm afraid all our other skills are stuck and won't be able to be increased anymore. We really will become a one trick Lich.

ThatPazuzu
Sep 8, 2011

I'm so depressed, I can't even blink.

Kanthulhu posted:

I think we can still learn more about the dead.

By the way, our Necromancy, Healing and Divination seem to be Ok or progressing fairly well but I'm afraid all our other skills are stuck and won't be able to be increased anymore. We really will become a one trick Lich.

The game thought of this and there's occasional "I decided to focus on X" sections to boost things to usability.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

sugar and spice
and
ethanol slammers
Study

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

Let's bone up on our necromancy. :yohoho:

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013

ThatPazuzu posted:

That's right. If we had stolen the witches glass ball instead of her rat, we'd have a floating skull companion.

I regret nothing! :colbert:

Necromancy will not raise our finances. Loot the place!

M. Morgan
May 9, 2012
Spiritual (read: magical) richness shall always triumph over the material.

ThatPazuzu
Sep 8, 2011

I'm so depressed, I can't even blink.

quote:

I saw that the cultists had gotten a few things right but still wasn't convinced that they would have been successful. I learned a lot from what I saw.
(Necromancy +20)

It was a nice, sunny day when an old man came into the Full Cup Inn with a job for us.

"My name is Gorion. I'm a former member of the Thieves Guild," he told us. "I need an escort out of Tornassa. I'll be honest with you, I stole a large sum of money from the guild, and they're hunting me down."

We did as he asked and tried to escape Tornassa.
I cut his throat and took his stolen money for myself.
We took him directly to the Thieves Guild for a reward.


STATS posted:

Krogg the Romk, a troll necromancer
Age: 21
You are destined for hell: 112 evil karma
Body: 52%
Personality: 16%
Willpower: 22%
Fame: 6%

Gold: 430

INVENTORY:
A magical amulet that my grandfather used to own.
My wizardly robes

MAGIC:

Alchemy: 7%
Conjuration: 2%
Divination: 36%
Enchantment: 16%
Healing: 35%
Illusion: 16%
Necromancy: 75%
Summoning: 12%
Transmutation: 16%

KNOWLEDGE:

Arcana: 55%
Agriculture: 10%
Diplomacy: 25%
Economics:10%
Fighting: 100%
Geography: 10%
History: 40%
Nature: 15%
Religion: 5%
Smithing: 42%
Thievery: 0%
Warcraft: 50%

FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Familiar: George the rat
My horse named Horse

MY PARTY
Fighter: a golem named iGor of power: 9, wielding his sword
Thief: a human named Maris of power: 2, wielding her dagger
Fighter: My girlfriend, a dwarf named Sheri of power: 3, wielding her mace

FACTIONS:
Kingdom Citizens: 40
Royal Family: 20
Elves: -50
Dwarves: 10
Orcs: -30
Thieves Guild: 0
Mage Guild: 25
Fighter Guild: -15

T-man
Aug 22, 2010


Talk shit, get bzzzt.

I doubt he has the money on him. Let's be a good troll and Help Him Escape.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

sugar and spice
and
ethanol slammers
"Hiding you in the thieves guild is the last thing they'll expect!"

Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

quote:

We did as he asked and tried to escape Tornassa.
I cut his throat and took his stolen money for myself.
We took him directly to the Thieves Guild for a reward.

Funny, to me this read as a single course of action. Pretend to agree, cut his throat one night on the road, deliver him to the Guild. No muss, no fuss.

Arglebargle III fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Aug 9, 2014

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!
We helped him escape. Thus he started to respect us, decided to become a wizard, and some years later became a foster father to a half-god.

Ovo
Dec 20, 2008

Life Rules
Cut his throat. You're a necromancer, be evil!

Slaan
Mar 16, 2009



ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH
As a future evil overlord, we need to get in good with the thieves guild.

Nyaa
Jan 7, 2010
Like, Nyaa.

:colbert:
Help him

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


Help the guy out

Dallbun
Apr 21, 2010
Helping him out sounds like a good opportunity to stretch our various skills. EXP is more valuable than gold!

A Tartan Tory
Mar 26, 2010

You call that a shotgun?!
Were an evil troll necromancer, kill the idiot.

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

A Tartan Tory posted:

Were an evil troll necromancer, kill the idiot.

Is that quite necessary? We're already destined for hell.

ThatPazuzu
Sep 8, 2011

I'm so depressed, I can't even blink.

quote:

We took him to our room to make a plan. The Guild was powerful, and it wouldn't be good to cross them, but the man was willing to pay, so we took the job.

I cast an illusion on him. (Needs 30 Illusion)
I knew the guild, so I went to the Guildmaster to discuss leniency. (Needs 20 Thieves Guild Faction)

I bribed evert thief I saw on our way out of the city. (Needs 90 Gold)
We put a disguise on him and tried to get out of the city.


I'll take the only option that works.

quote:

It wasn't the most cost-effective method, but it worked. We met up with three different groups of thieves, and each of them wanted a cut. There certainly was no honor among thieves that day.
(Gold -90)

Gorion was happy that we had gotten him out of the city.

"I used to be the Guild's top poisoner, but it's a terrible line of work. I'll use this money to retire. You know, I can offer you more than money."

He taught me the Alchemy needed to brew poisons.
He taught me the Healing needed to heal poisons.
I didn't accept the trade. I wanted money.
I told him that no reward was necessary.

I'll do whatever you guys vote on but this is a great opportunity to boost our terrible Alchemy score.

STATS posted:

Krogg the Romk, a troll necromancer
Age: 21
You are destined for hell: 112 evil karma
Body: 52%
Personality: 16%
Willpower: 22%
Fame: 6%

Gold: 340

INVENTORY:
A magical amulet that my grandfather used to own.
My wizardly robes

MAGIC:

Alchemy: 7%
Conjuration: 2%
Divination: 36%
Enchantment: 16%
Healing: 35%
Illusion: 16%
Necromancy: 75%
Summoning: 12%
Transmutation: 16%

KNOWLEDGE:

Arcana: 55%
Agriculture: 10%
Diplomacy: 25%
Economics:10%
Fighting: 100%
Geography: 10%
History: 40%
Nature: 15%
Religion: 5%
Smithing: 42%
Thievery: 0%
Warcraft: 50%

FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Familiar: George the rat
My horse named Horse

MY PARTY
Fighter: a golem named iGor of power: 9, wielding his sword
Thief: a human named Maris of power: 2, wielding her dagger
Cleric: My girlfriend, a dwarf named Sheri of power: 3, wielding her mace

FACTIONS:
Kingdom Citizens: 40
Royal Family: 20
Elves: -50
Dwarves: 10
Orcs: -30
Thieves Guild: 0
Mage Guild: 25
Fighter Guild: -15

Bobbin Threadbare
Jan 2, 2009

I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

90 GP isn't a bad price for Alchemy lessons.

Automatic Slim
Jul 1, 2007

Alchemy

Pyroi
Aug 17, 2013

gay elf noises
We will convert wine into DEADLY POISONS. Alchemy.

Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

You fooools! Maybe we can still kill him with poison!

Scaly Haylie
Dec 25, 2004

Arglebargle III posted:

You fooools! Maybe we can still kill him with poison!

So alchemy, then.

Darth TNT
Sep 20, 2013
Please teach us how to turn lead into gold.

Dallbun
Apr 21, 2010
Yeah, Alchemy.

A Tartan Tory
Mar 26, 2010

You call that a shotgun?!

Lizard Wizard posted:

Is that quite necessary? We're already destined for hell.

You can never be evil enough.

Learn how to poison and if it comes up, poison him!

T-man
Aug 22, 2010


Talk shit, get bzzzt.

Alchemy. So we can transfuse the blood of our dead army into GOLD.

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ThatPazuzu
Sep 8, 2011

I'm so depressed, I can't even blink.

quote:

It was really interesting to see some of the herbalism and mixtures that he used.
(Nature +15, Alchemy +15)

I continued to hear terrible stories about King Gareth's reign. He had raised taxes every year since coming into power, but nobody knew where the money was going. Sheri, my girlfriend and traveling companion, heard that he was simply stockpiling it in his treasury for reasons that nobody knew. Public executions had become commonplace in the capital city, yet the dungeons were still overflowing with prisoners from everyone the king had imprisoned. Even the other nations around Daria were beginning to become leery of Daria's monarch. People had already started to call him the Mad King at that time. It was a name that would be on everyone's lips as the years went on.

We had a very surprising visitor enter the Full Cup Inn one day. She was in disguise at first, asking for a private meeting. We took her up to our rooms before she removed her disguise. It was Princess Emily, the king's sister! Once she had removed her costume, I was surprised that I hadn't recognized her beautiful deep-brown eyes.

"I'm afraid for my life," the princess stated bluntly as she flipped her long brown hair away from her slender neck. "My brother has always been troubled, but since he gained the crown, his moods are even darker. He's suspicious of everything and has become increasingly cruel."

"He's planning to kill me. He doesn't want me to bear children since he has no heirs of his own. He's afraid that any child I have will become a threat to his reign."

"I intend to go to the elves. I know that they will grant me refuge in their forest."

I said it was a bad idea; the elves couldn't be trusted ever since their attacks upon the kingdom.

"This is different. The circumstances surrounding those attacks were unique; the elves are actually very trustworthy. Perhaps my presence there will also help to mend the bad blood between our nations."

I decided to take Princess Emily to the elves.
I decided not to help her.


STATS posted:

Krogg the Romk, a troll necromancer
Age: 21
You are destined for hell: 112 evil karma
Body: 52%
Personality: 16%
Willpower: 22%
Fame: 6%

Gold: 340

INVENTORY:
A magical amulet that my grandfather used to own.
My wizardly robes

MAGIC:

Alchemy: 22%
Conjuration: 2%
Divination: 36%
Enchantment: 16%
Healing: 35%
Illusion: 16%
Necromancy: 75%
Summoning: 12%
Transmutation: 16%

KNOWLEDGE:

Arcana: 55%
Agriculture: 10%
Diplomacy: 25%
Economics:10%
Fighting: 100%
Geography: 10%
History: 40%
Nature: 30%
Religion: 5%
Smithing: 42%
Thievery: 0%
Warcraft: 50%

FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS:
Familiar: George the rat
My horse named Horse

MY PARTY
Fighter: a golem named iGor of power: 9, wielding his sword
Thief: a human named Maris of power: 2, wielding her dagger
Cleric: My girlfriend, a dwarf named Sheri of power: 3, wielding her mace

FACTIONS:
Kingdom Citizens: 40
Royal Family: 20
Elves: -50
Dwarves: 10
Orcs: -30
Thieves Guild: 0
Mage Guild: 25
Fighter Guild: -15

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