- Readingaccount
- Jan 6, 2013
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Law of the jungle
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infinite power & corpses
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Apr 26, 2024 07:02
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- lardnar
- Feb 28, 2011
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That's way too blatant evil. Amorality is much more fun.
As long as they give me interesting work, I'll do it.
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Aug 20, 2014 12:41
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- vetinari100
- Nov 8, 2009
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> Make her pay.
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I want to make partner.
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Aug 20, 2014 13:21
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- Automatic Slim
- Jul 1, 2007
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Interesting work.
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Aug 20, 2014 13:35
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- Lazaruise
- Jan 25, 2009
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But we really aren't joking... posted:
"A traditionalist," says Pat, with a wide smile.
"I'm not joking," Chen says.
"Neither am I." You try to keep a straight face, but can't manage for long.
She wads a napkin up and throws it at you.
polite conversation posted:
"I," Pat says, "will make partner. Once I have established a place for myself and my family in this city, then my children can concern themselves with personal gratification, not to mention this nebulous 'giving something back' with which Cassowary seems so concerned."
"Now you're just being mean," Cass says. "And it's not like I don't want to succeed. I just think there's more we're supposed to do here than try to get as big as we can until we explode."
Pat raises his beer in a salute. "Bigger is better."
"You know what I mean," Cass says.
"Not really."
The conversation spins on for a while, but time's wasting and you're all more than fashionably late already. You get the check, and head out to Casino Night!
keep establishing that setting baby oh yeah posted:
Varkath Nebuchadnezzar, Kelethres Albrecht & Ao, and a few other firms have rented out a swanky waterfront restaurant. A chandelier dangles from thin gold chains over a room swarming with Craftsmen and Craftswomen clad in pinstripes and slick silk. Cocktail glasses clink. Dice thud and roll over green felt tables. Everywhere you hear the flushed-bird sound of shuffled cards.
Outside and overhead, a few stars have survived the onslaught of the city lights. They glitter over the black waters of the lake.
So how are we going to spend the rest of our evening? posted:
You wander the floor for a moment to take everything in, and score a drink from the bar. When you turn back, you take inventory of the room. The ever-practical Pat Ngabe is playing blackjack—the best odds on the floor given perfect play. Cass Chen flits from conversation to conversation; she's on her second cocktail of the night, not counting her dinner's drinks. This may not end well for her.
Ashleigh Wakefield should be milling with the rest of the KAA crowd, standoffish and superior as always, but she's not. You find her at one of the poker tables, seated next to… Oh. Gods.
That skeleton in green, with the hands of cold iron and the glyphs burning on the pate of his bared skull, and the mask of cured leather—that's Golan Varkath. As in, the named partner Golan Varkath. You've seen his portrait, but you've never seen him in person before.
So, what do you do next?
Mill around for a while. Talk to people.
Try to network with senior partners.
I want to win all the souls I can.
Find a true test of my mental fortitude.
I head straight for the poker table.
Stats posted:
John Cavendish
Charm: 62%
Craft: 37%
Cunning: 11%
Determination: 20%
Sleep: 99%
Gunner: 40% Socialite: 60%
Soul: 2447
Debt: 100000
Ngabe: 37%
Chen: 52%
Wakefield: 64%
Vega: 35%
Varkath: 20%
Nebuchadnezzar: 20%
Stone: 20%
A brief guide to the Choice of the Deathless statblock:
Charm: Your personal style, savoir faire, empathy, and social acumen.
Craft: Your facility with the sorcerous Craft, used for magical battles and a range of professional tasks.
Cunning: Your native cunning, wit, and raw intellectual ability.
Determination: Your bullheaded determination, will to power, and stick-to-it-iveness. Everything your hypothetical football coach wanted you to "bring onto the field."
Socialite / Gunner: Are you clawing for advantage, desperate for work experience, eager to gain partners' approval? Or are you more of a people person?
Sleep: The less you sleep, the harder everything is.
Soul: The Craft can accomplish miracles—or great blasphemies—so long as you have the soulstuff with which to fuel it.
Debt: Your student loans are a daily drain on your life and sanity.
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Aug 20, 2014 22:31
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- paragon1
- Nov 22, 2010
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FULL COMMUNISM NOW
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Let's play Poker
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Aug 20, 2014 22:41
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- Ghostwoods
- May 9, 2013
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Say "Cheese!"
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Poker is where it's at, with the terrifying lich-partner.
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Aug 20, 2014 22:58
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- Grouchy Fish
- Aug 24, 2006
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Lets play poker
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Aug 20, 2014 23:05
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- Nyaa
- Jan 7, 2010
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Like, Nyaa.
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Poker is my game.
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Aug 20, 2014 23:18
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- Lokapala
- Jan 6, 2013
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Let's test our might mind!
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Aug 20, 2014 23:43
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- Sighence
- Aug 26, 2009
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A 'harvest souls' option and we're not chomping at the bit for it? Y'all are slipping.
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Aug 21, 2014 00:09
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- macfam
- Dec 22, 2012
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Talk to people
Gossip is the strongest dark art of all.
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Aug 21, 2014 06:18
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- vetinari100
- Nov 8, 2009
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> Make her pay.
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Try to network with senior partners.
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Aug 21, 2014 08:27
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- Lazaruise
- Jan 25, 2009
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pah pah pah pokerface posted:
You join Varkath, Wakefield, and a few other monsters at the table. The goddess of the game hovers above the felt, shifting and glorious, calling each player in turn to his or her destruction.
No sense waiting. You sit down.
Wakefield looks up from the cards. "Decided to button up your trousers and play in the big leagues?"
"Shame you can't play as good a game as you talk."
"I wanted to give you a head start. And a chance."
To the rest of the table: "Has she been this bad all night?"
I say nothing and let the dealer deal me in.
No stat changes yet.
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Aug 21, 2014 14:30
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- paragon1
- Nov 22, 2010
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FULL COMMUNISM NOW
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2nd option
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Aug 21, 2014 14:37
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- vetinari100
- Nov 8, 2009
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> Make her pay.
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"I wanted to give you a head start. And a chance."
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Aug 21, 2014 14:56
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- Nyaa
- Jan 7, 2010
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Like, Nyaa.
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I will give you a head since you could use more
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Aug 21, 2014 16:45
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- Automatic Slim
- Jul 1, 2007
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Say nothing.
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Aug 21, 2014 16:59
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- Lazaruise
- Jan 25, 2009
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Lets get this game started posted:
Varkath says nothing; neither does anyone else. The big blind this deal is a Craftswoman who's replaced her skin with scales, and the little blind's Varkath. You glance at your cards when the bet comes around to you, and raise.
What's your plan for the evening?
I want to win. Why else would I be here?
I'm here to talk, more than to play.
I want to get Wakefield. I don't care about the rest of the game.
I want to beat Varkath.
I want to taste as many souls as I can, and see what I can learn.
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Aug 21, 2014 23:27
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- Automatic Slim
- Jul 1, 2007
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I want to taste as many souls as I can, and see what I can learn.
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Aug 21, 2014 23:55
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- Lokapala
- Jan 6, 2013
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Wakefield shall be ours.
(Hopefully that option doesn't mean we want to enslave her soul...)
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Aug 21, 2014 23:55
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- Tyrone Biggums
- Mar 5, 2013
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soulssssss
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Aug 22, 2014 00:33
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- Lord Cyrahzax
- Oct 11, 2012
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Use poker to taste souls!
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Aug 22, 2014 01:12
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- malkav11
- Aug 7, 2009
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Talk more than play
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Aug 22, 2014 02:57
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- Nyaa
- Jan 7, 2010
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Like, Nyaa.
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Soul
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Aug 22, 2014 03:15
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- JosephWongKS
- Apr 4, 2009
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by Nyc_Tattoo
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Souls!
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Aug 22, 2014 03:42
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- Lazaruise
- Jan 25, 2009
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Your Soul is Mine Liu Kang posted:
Here's the thing about playing poker: every time you bet, a portion of your soul flows into the goddess in the center. It doesn't leave until you fold, or until you lose. Which means that, if you're careful, and you go in a lot, you might be able to feel the contours of the other players' souls. Who knows what you might be able to learn?
So you throw yourself into the game, not because you want to win, but because you want to know.
Well that didn't go well posted:
But what is there to know? The pot's an angry roil of soulstuff and ambition, conflicting dreams and deadly will. You try to mix yourself with their minds, but how, and why? You're torn and tossed on the tempest of your fellow players' minds, and in the end you're drawn too deep. You bite on a bad play, and then, the world goes gray.
That's the night's big play, for you. You're not dead, nor are you so far reduced as to qualify for zombie-hood, but you feel low and bruised. When the game breaks up and the goddess dissolves back into the players from whose souls she was formed, you're only too happy to push yourself away from the game and stagger off toward the bar.
Before you travel far, though, you hear a voice behind you, harsh and melodic in weird directions, like a house key scraped over a violin string.
"Mr. Cavendish. A pleasure to play with you."
You turn, and see Varkath.
I'm pretty sure if our craft was a little bit higher that would of went better.
Some advice from our boss posted:
"Sir."
His mask is painted to resemble a young man's face. Perhaps his, from a long-vanished youth. You think the mask's made of cowhide. You fervently hope it's made of cowhide.
"Next time, try to achieve what you set out to do."
"I'll remember that, sir."
"Better to experiment in a casino than in a courtroom, sir."
"Some people are never happy."
"What were you hoping to see?"
Stats posted:
John Cavendish
Charm: 62%
Craft: 37%
Cunning: 11%
Determination: 20%
Sleep: 99%
Gunner: 40% Socialite: 60%
Soul: 2047
Debt: 100000
Ngabe: 37%
Chen: 52%
Wakefield: 64%
Vega: 35%
Varkath: 20%
Nebuchadnezzar: 20%
Stone: 20%
A brief guide to the Choice of the Deathless statblock:
Charm: Your personal style, savoir faire, empathy, and social acumen.
Craft: Your facility with the sorcerous Craft, used for magical battles and a range of professional tasks.
Cunning: Your native cunning, wit, and raw intellectual ability.
Determination: Your bullheaded determination, will to power, and stick-to-it-iveness. Everything your hypothetical football coach wanted you to "bring onto the field."
Socialite / Gunner: Are you clawing for advantage, desperate for work experience, eager to gain partners' approval? Or are you more of a people person?
Sleep: The less you sleep, the harder everything is.
Soul: The Craft can accomplish miracles—or great blasphemies—so long as you have the soulstuff with which to fuel it.
Debt: Your student loans are a daily drain on your life and sanity.
So basically we just lost some souls and gained nothing there becuase our abilities weren't high enough, but lets see if we can curry some favor from the higher ups, maybe the night won't be a complete wash.
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Aug 22, 2014 04:39
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- Automatic Slim
- Jul 1, 2007
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"What were you hoping to see?"
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Aug 22, 2014 04:46
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- Maylo
- Nov 5, 2010
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Experiment
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Aug 22, 2014 06:39
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- Nyaa
- Jan 7, 2010
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Like, Nyaa.
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Experiment
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Aug 22, 2014 14:12
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- paragon1
- Nov 22, 2010
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FULL COMMUNISM NOW
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Ah that sucks, if you succeed you impress Varkath and get a massive boost to your craft. You can leave this party with Craft in the high eighties.
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Aug 22, 2014 14:21
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- Nyaa
- Jan 7, 2010
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Like, Nyaa.
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Craft in the high eighties.
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Aug 22, 2014 16:20
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- Lazaruise
- Jan 25, 2009
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Shall we continue the debauchery? posted:
"Perhaps." He shrugs, and turns away.
You feel exhausted. Long day, long night, and more long days to come. Many more of them, if this life works out the way you've planned.
Chen and Pat are talking at the edge of the dance floor. They look like they're ready to go. Meanwhile, the dance itself is heating up, and you see some people there you wouldn't mind heating up as well. And there is always the bar. Not to mention your bed, though it seems so far away now.
I catch up with Chen and Ngabe, and walk them to the trolley.
The night is young! I try to drag Chen and Ngabe out for drinks.
Let's see what we can do on that dance floor, shall we?
I need to get some rest.
Stats posted:
John Cavendish
Charm: 62%
Craft: 37%
Cunning: 11%
Determination: 20%
Sleep: 99%
Gunner: 40% Socialite: 60%
Soul: 2047
Debt: 100000
Ngabe: 37%
Chen: 52%
Wakefield: 64%
Vega: 35%
Varkath: 40%
Nebuchadnezzar: 20%
Stone: 20%
A brief guide to the Choice of the Deathless statblock:
Charm: Your personal style, savoir faire, empathy, and social acumen.
Craft: Your facility with the sorcerous Craft, used for magical battles and a range of professional tasks.
Cunning: Your native cunning, wit, and raw intellectual ability.
Determination: Your bullheaded determination, will to power, and stick-to-it-iveness. Everything your hypothetical football coach wanted you to "bring onto the field."
Socialite / Gunner: Are you clawing for advantage, desperate for work experience, eager to gain partners' approval? Or are you more of a people person?
Sleep: The less you sleep, the harder everything is.
Soul: The Craft can accomplish miracles—or great blasphemies—so long as you have the soulstuff with which to fuel it.
Debt: Your student loans are a daily drain on your life and sanity.
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