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petrol blue: Feb 9, 2013; sugar and spice
and
ethanol slammers

goons posted:

No helping the low-effort hag

I'm starting to think that last book broke something in the goonmind. Ignore the trollhag.

# ? Aug 22, 2014 21:10

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Whybird: Aug 2, 2009; Phaiston have long avoided the tightly competetive defence sector, but the IRDA Act 2052 has given us the freedom we need to bring out something really special.

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# ? Aug 22, 2014 21:20

JosephWongKS: Apr 4, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

Section 270 posted:

If you help her, turn to Section 230.

If you decide to ignore her and hurry on, turn to Section 65.

Section 65 posted:

Eventually, the hills give way to a desolate grey moor stretching out to the west. After half an hour or so, you see a cloud of dust ahead.

You can soon make out a group of twenty mounted persons. They wheel their steeds towards you and the drumming of hoofs carries to you over the breeze.

As they get nearer, you can see that this is a band of women, clad in chainmail and studded leather armour, carrying two-handed swords in scabbards on their backs. Their faces look grim and unwelcoming as they wheel around you, forming a closed circle.

Their Captain spurs her horse forward and tersely demands to know what you are doing out here, alone on the edge of the moor.

Will you:

Tell them about your quest? Turn to Section 101.

Say that you are from another world? Turn to Section 73.

Tell them that you are the last survivor of an ambushed caravan? Turn to Section 322.

Pretend that you are deaf and mute? Turn to Section 35.

Demand that they escort you to Greyguilds-on-the-Moor? Turn to Section 95.

Character Sheet posted:

Name = Hero Main Character
Skill = 9/10
Stamina = 20/20
Luck = 9/10

Inventory

Sword
Leather armour
Shield
Provisions x 9
Potion of Fortune x 2 doses
Torches x 5
Flint and tinder
Talisman of Death
10 Gold Pieces
1 Golden Apple (+4 Stamina, can be eaten during a combat)

# ? Aug 22, 2014 23:58

inflatablefish: Oct 24, 2010

Guys, you're forgetting that we're in a different book now - maybe Hags are good in this world! Let's try to make friends with the hag!

EDIT: Dammit, not fast enough. Let's be honest and tell them about our quest, warrior women dig heroes, right?

# ? Aug 23, 2014 00:00

Bobbin Threadbare: Jan 2, 2009; I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

Nothing about black cloaks or ragged bandit clothing, so let them know about the quest.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 00:02

Lunethex: Feb 4, 2013; Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.

I'm surprised we didn't get a knife in the back from that last event.

Quest!

# ? Aug 23, 2014 00:21

Comstar: Apr 20, 2007; Are you happy now?

Tell Zena about your quest.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 01:55

JosephWongKS: Apr 4, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

Section 65 posted:

Will you:

Tell them about your quest? Turn to Section 101.

Say that you are from another world? Turn to Section 73.

Tell them that you are the last survivor of an ambushed caravan? Turn to Section 322.

Pretend that you are deaf and mute? Turn to Section 35.

Demand that they escort you to Greyguilds-on-the-Moor? Turn to Section 95.

quote:

The Captain and other members of the patrol start to laugh at you. She throws her head back with her hands on her hips and stares at you.

"Give me your sword and climb up behind Elvira here," she says, pointing to one of the younger women. "We must take you back to Greyguilds."

Will you hand your sword to her? Turn to Section 155.

Or refuse to give it up? Turn to Section 142.

Character Sheet posted:

Name = Hero Main Character
Skill = 9/10
Stamina = 20/20
Luck = 9/10

Inventory

Sword
Leather armour
Shield
Provisions x 9
Potion of Fortune x 2 doses
Torches x 5
Flint and tinder
Talisman of Death
10 Gold Pieces
1 Golden Apple (+4 Stamina, can be eaten during a combat)

# ? Aug 23, 2014 02:17

Comstar: Apr 20, 2007; Are you happy now?

That's a double entr�e right? Hand your sword to her.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 03:32

Lunethex: Feb 4, 2013; Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.

How about you hand over your weapon?

Crap. Hand it over.

I'm switching my vote. We're keeping our weapon, lady.

Lunethex fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Aug 23, 2014

# ? Aug 23, 2014 04:02

Cornwind Evil: Dec 14, 2004; The undisputed world champion of wrestling effortposting

Give your weapon to the hags so we can get killed and get on with it.

petrol blue posted:

I'm starting to think that last book broke something in the goonmind.

You have no idea. When the first thing you run into is an elaborate hag trap, and then like two choices later you find random hag-poisoned apples floating in a barrel, that pretty much sets the tone entirely. Every trick? A hag. Every bullshit death? Hags. It wouldn't surprise me if the two beings who summoned you were secretly hags. Or if Death is a hag.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 05:17

Lunethex: Feb 4, 2013; Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.

My favorite was the one where you get blinded as a result. Wonder if something similar happens here.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 05:54

Pooncha: Feb 15, 2014; Making the impossible possumable

They're clearly going to mock and parade you because they don't believe you. Also, you need that sword to kill things, unless you can still do combat with your bare fists?

Don't give up your sword!

# ? Aug 23, 2014 07:50

Whybird: Aug 2, 2009; Phaiston have long avoided the tightly competetive defence sector, but the IRDA Act 2052 has given us the freedom we need to bring out something really special.

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This sounds like a really good way to get us to hand over our weapons before they execute us. Don't give our sword up.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 14:11

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

You can have my sword when you pry it out of my cold dead hands.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 14:21

Bobbin Threadbare: Jan 2, 2009; I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

Give up your sword you big baby.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 17:54

Cry Havoc: May 10, 2004; This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

There are twenty of them. Hand over your weapon.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 18:53

NAME REDACTED: Dec 22, 2010

We need to find out exactly how bullshit this book is going to be after being ruined by the last one; we're going to be pretty angry if we miss all the useful hints and neat treasures because we assume everything is another hag.
Give up your sword. Let's make more and more daring decisions and find out where the line is.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 21:06

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

NAME REDACTED posted:

We need to find out exactly how bullshit this book is going to be after being ruined by the last one; we're going to be pretty angry if we miss all the useful hints and neat treasures because we assume everything is another hag.
Give up your sword. Let's make more and more daring decisions and find out where the line is.

I'm down with this approach.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 23:06

JosephWongKS: Apr 4, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

Section 101 posted:

Will you hand your sword to her? Turn to Section 155.

Or refuse to give it up? Turn to Section 142.

Section 155 posted:

Elvira helps you up behind her. She appears none too pleased at the prospect of sharing her horse with her and you ride in silence across the wilderness.

Lose 2 Skill points until you acquire another sword.

Turn to Section 257.

Section 257 posted:

You ride on into the late afternoon, moving from the wilderness to a grey and desolate moor. Ahead, you can see the walls of a large city. A salute is given as you approach the huge arched gate in the fortified wall.

The Captain details half her patrol to remain on guard at the gate. Turning to you, she says, "We are taking you to Hawkana - she will want to ask you some questions."

Do you want to seize the first opportunity to fight your way out? Turn to Section 318.

Or go quietly and see what happens? Turn to Section 334.

Character Sheet posted:

Name = Hero Main Character
Skill = 9/10 - 2 (No sword)
Stamina = 20/20
Luck = 9/10

Inventory

~~Sword~~
Leather armour
Shield
Provisions x 9
Potion of Fortune x 2 doses
Torches x 5
Flint and tinder
Talisman of Death
10 Gold Pieces
1 Golden Apple (+4 Stamina, can be eaten during a combat)

# ? Aug 23, 2014 23:46

Bobbin Threadbare: Jan 2, 2009; I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

Let's wait.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 23:49

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Punch the guard in the boobs and then make a run for it.

# ? Aug 23, 2014 23:57

Grimwit: Nov 3, 2012; Those eyes! That hair! You're like a movie star! I must take your picture!

Well, now that we're swordless, it's a bit harder to fight. We should wait.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 00:12

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

Let's play nice for now.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 00:32

RefinedUndefined: Jan 1, 2013; Just burn everything, that'll solve your problems.

Wait and see what happens next.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 00:33

JosephWongKS: Apr 4, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

Section 257 posted:

Do you want to seize the first opportunity to fight your way out? Turn to Section 318.

Or go quietly and see what happens? Turn to Section 334.

Section 334 posted:

You ride into the City of Learning, Greyguilds, along a street called Moorgate. Many of the buildings are grand multi-storey constructions, built of light grey stone.

You see a mixture of people in the streets. There are some people wearing light blue togas who are Sages and professors from the Guilds of Learning. Other groups of young men and women are carrying books and scrolls.

You are taken along Moorgate, past various food and pottery shops, and then down bustling Store Street. The warrior women take you right down Guard Street and come to a halt outside a squat grey building. It is the watch-house.

The patrol dismounts, and you are ushered inside.

Turn to Section 78.

Section 78 posted:

After a short delay, you are taken into a large office. Inside is a tall, striking, raven-haired woman, dressed in a long black cloak which parts to reveal the polished hilt of a longsword. Her bearing suggests great personal power.

She stands and greets you. "I am Hawkana, High Priestess of the Temple of Fell-Kyrinla and Marshal of the Watch. You have been telling some unusual stories."

She nods once, and the guards begin to search you. You try to resist but are held tightly, powerless to resist.

The Talisman is ripped from its place of concealment and handed to Hawkana. She recognises it immediately, and laughs with rapturous delight.

She turns away and says, "I am going to the temple. Throw this fool out into the street."

You are hustled out and the door of the watch-house slams shut behind you. You have lost the Talisman!

What will you do next:

Go back down Guard Street to Store Street? Turn to Section 357.

Turn down Smith Street? Turn to Section 303.

Walk down the Street of Seven Sins? Turn to Section 264.

Character Sheet posted:

Name = Hero Main Character
Skill = 9/10 - 2 (No sword)
Stamina = 20/20
Luck = 9/10

Inventory

~~Sword~~
Leather armour
Shield
Provisions x 9
Potion of Fortune x 2 doses
Torches x 5
Flint and tinder
~~Talisman of Death~~
10 Gold Pieces
1 Golden Apple (+4 Stamina, can be eaten during a combat)

# ? Aug 24, 2014 00:50

Lunethex: Feb 4, 2013; Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.

Well no wonder everyone was laughing at us, they're all evil. Our quest just became more important.

Clearly we need to wander into the oh-so ominous Street of Seven Sins

# ? Aug 24, 2014 01:00

RefinedUndefined: Jan 1, 2013; Just burn everything, that'll solve your problems.

[b]To the Street of Seven Sins we go./b]

# ? Aug 24, 2014 01:29

Cry Havoc: May 10, 2004; This cyberpunk cartoon avatar is pretty dang ol' good, I tell you what.

Smith street for a new weapon.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 01:30

Comstar: Apr 20, 2007; Are you happy now?

Dammit, we met EVIL Zena. Turn down Smith Street and get a new sword.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 02:37

Cornwind Evil: Dec 14, 2004; The undisputed world champion of wrestling effortposting

drat typos. Her name is clearly supposed to be Hagkana.

Well we may as well see if Smith Street has a new sword.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 07:42

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Told ya.

Let's get a new sword in Smith Street.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 09:55

Anticheese: Feb 13, 2008; $60,000,000 sexbot

Sin City

# ? Aug 24, 2014 10:40

inflatablefish: Oct 24, 2010

Oh well, looks like we've failed our quest and doomed the world. Let's go console ourself on the Street of Seven Sins.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 10:45

Ghostwoods: May 9, 2013; Say "Cheese!"

I'm kinda getting the feeling we should just bash our own brains out on a nearby wall and try again.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 14:40

silversatyr: Jul 29, 2014; Go on an adventure ordained by fate?
-->Okay! I'll grab my stuff!
-->Eh.

To the street of Smiths!

# ? Aug 24, 2014 15:15

JosephWongKS: Apr 4, 2009; by Nyc_Tattoo

Section 78 posted:

What will you do next:

Go back down Guard Street to Store Street? Turn to Section 357.

Turn down Smith Street? Turn to Section 303.

Walk down the Street of Seven Sins? Turn to Section 264.

Section 303 posted:

You stride down Smith Street. Next door to a tinker's shop, you see what appears to be an armourer's.

Do you wish to go in? Turn to Section 139.

Or pass by? Turn to Section 104.

Character Sheet posted:

Name = Hero Main Character
Skill = 9/10 - 2 (No sword)
Stamina = 20/20
Luck = 9/10

Inventory

~~Sword~~
Leather armour
Shield
Provisions x 9
Potion of Fortune x 2 doses
Torches x 5
Flint and tinder
~~Talisman of Death~~
10 Gold Pieces
1 Golden Apple (+4 Stamina, can be eaten during a combat)

# ? Aug 24, 2014 16:54

Bobbin Threadbare: Jan 2, 2009; I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

No harm in looking.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 17:38

inflatablefish: Oct 24, 2010

Section 303 posted:

You stride down ~~Smith~~ Hag Street. Next door to a ~~tinker's~~ Hag's shop, you see what appears to be ~~an armourer's~~ a Hag's.

Do you wish to go in? Turn to Section 139.

Or pass by? Turn to Section 104.

I suppose we might as well go in and get it over with.

# ? Aug 24, 2014 17:41

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# ? May 4, 2024 14:47

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

# ? Aug 24, 2014 17:53

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