Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens - Choose Your Own Adventure

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Successful Businessmanga: Mar 28, 2010

Obscil posted:

Choosing C is a bad decision. There is no way to hide the fact that you healed a wound that big, and there is no way you could have done it through any holy means. Your balls are happy to die for a noble cause. Using witchcraft to save a life turns it into something ignoble. I think Ira would probably rather die than be saved by witchcraft. That is how much it is reviled here. It is an unholy thing and this act will probably weaken our relationship with all of our balls, and if it reaches the city it will completely ruin any reputation we have and possibly get us sent into exile. What will happen to our son if we do this? Our wife? Our daughter? This act can only cause trouble.

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 00:28

Dog Kisser: Mar 30, 2005; But People have fears that beasts do not. Questions, too.

A

Too bad, no take-backs.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:24

Obscil: Feb 28, 2012; PLEASE LIKE ME!

DCBomB posted:

Mercy is never misplaced?

Yeah, your probably right. But, I'm an idiot and too invested in this game to let things even possibly go wrong.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:31

Vagon: Oct 22, 2005; Teehee!

Changing from E to A.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:42

Vavrek: Mar 2, 2013; I like your style hombre, but this is no laughing matter. Assault on a police officer. Theft of police property. Illegal possession of a firearm. FIVE counts of attempted murder. That comes to... 29 dollars and 40 cents. Cash, cheque, or credit card?

Yeah. Thinking about it, no rewind feels better.

Changing from C to A.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:46

Obscil: Feb 28, 2012; PLEASE LIKE ME!

I'd rather not retcon anything, so I'm changing from E to A.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:50

White Noise Marine: Apr 14, 2010

No rewinds sounds good actually.
Switching my vote from C to A.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 02:55

Arkanomen: May 6, 2007; All he wants is a hug

C
"No Rewinds" would be a good policy, but the reason for the dagger and the medicine is for situations like this. That is why we held on to it, smuggled it around, etc. It would be a shame not to use it and I think we should have been offered the chance to use it. Its an important decision and it should be open to a vote. If people ask we tell them it was a gift from someone we met along the road. Witchcraft or not, the loss of a Blooded Man hurts the whole of Ur and if we can stop it we should do so.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 03:05

Algid: Oct 10, 2007

C

I would have used it even earlier actually. Things like this are meant to be spent, we're going to be feeling pretty stupid when we end up with a useless magical trinket when the whole word ends up being a barren ball of dust or something.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 03:18

A RICH WHITE MAN: Jul 30, 2010; See them other chickenheads? They don't never leave the coop.

Diog: I'm assuming the sum of the various "don't use the dagger" and "don't use the dagger and do x instead" votes will be counted together against the single "use the dagger" option? In any case, I'm changing my vote from E to A, no retcon. People die, them's the breaks, and I'd much rather save that dagger for whenever we inevitably need it to save our own rear end.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 03:34

paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

Yeah on second thought C to A please.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 03:42

Soylent Pudding: Jun 22, 2007; We've got people!

# ? Aug 7, 2014 03:49

GloriousDemon: May 1, 2009

A RICH WHITE MAN posted:

I'd much rather save that dagger for whenever we inevitably need it to save our own rear end.

That's a nice idea, but since we're likely the only ones who know to use it that way, good luck having a Ball accidently using it on us after we get cleaved in half with a great sword.

This is the pimp cane of healing all over again! Use it if ya got it for christ sakes. I'm voting 'C'!

# ? Aug 7, 2014 03:51

ArbitraryTA: May 3, 2011

A

Normally I'm all for this kind of stuff, but Ira doesn't deserve it. He fell in battle. Like a true warrior. He knew the risks when he signed on.

Keep the dagger for someone else. You'll regret it if we use it here, I swear it.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:10

Raserys: Aug 22, 2011; IT'S YA BOY

You have a healing item, use it. C

# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:14

hollylolly: Jun 5, 2009; Do you like superheroes? Check out my CYOA Mutants: Uprising

How about weird historical fiction? Try Vampires of the Caribbean

A - no take backs

_{sorry Ira}

# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:21

Diogines: Dec 22, 2007; Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

Missed one.

Neraren posted:

"Ish, a number of my common Balls have grown tremendously in strength over the last few years, to a point where they are performing as if they were more strongly blooded. Is this something I am doing unconsciously, as it was with Snarls, or are their own actions causing their blood to gain potency?"

Ishamal told you that "Even lesser Blooded men may have their blood gain potency as they age."

# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:25

Neraren: Sep 15, 2006; Random Nerd #753897

Diogines posted:

Missed one.

Ishamal told you that "Even lesser Blooded men may have their blood gain potency as they age."

"But every one of them developing a presence, to a man? Is that something I am doing, or something they are doing?"

# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:41

Crudus: Nov 14, 2006

A sorry Ira, we're just not that close.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:04

Lanky Coconut Tree: Apr 7, 2011; An angry tree.

The angriest tree

Voting to save the dagger for Snarls or Danal only!

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:18

Task Manager: Sep 5, 2008; A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope.

All this "no take backs" B.S. - all you gotta ask yourselves is, if Diog wouldn't have goofed, and Ira laid there bleeding to death, would you have voted to use the dagger, drat the consequences?

I've gotta think 8 out of 10 of us would have, and there would have been none of this "saving it for Snarls" shenanigans. We're being disingenuous now to go "Oh it was only Ira and he died once and it wasn't that bad."

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:28

FoxTerrier: Feb 15, 2012; Perfectly logical poster who uses the tools available to him to come to solid conclusions

C. We felt it was important somehow to keep our balls from death; let's do so. Try the sword on Ira (hope it works), and arrange for a quiet, private hunting trip with Puabi to replenish our healing supplies later.

Diogines posted:

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Sorry, minivote . You know, the whole "telling, not just asking" thing. Do people want to do this?

Yes, ask Zeb and Ish if there is any truth to the Kardamim claims of having heroic men and having won victories over the men of Ur.

FoxTerrier fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Aug 7, 2014

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:32

Task Manager: Sep 5, 2008; A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope.

Zybourne Clock posted:

3. At Indor's house:
* Indor once mentioned she could try to divine our father's identity if she had the proper materials. Ask her for a list of ingredients, then go fetch them.

Diogenes posted:

If there is a significant expressed amount of support for this, sure.

It is probably more complicated than a shopping list and a few days hunting.

I still support this. No harm in asking what she needs...right?

# ? Aug 7, 2014 05:50

Vavrek: Mar 2, 2013; I like your style hombre, but this is no laughing matter. Assault on a police officer. Theft of police property. Illegal possession of a firearm. FIVE counts of attempted murder. That comes to... 29 dollars and 40 cents. Cash, cheque, or credit card?

Task Manager posted:

I still support this. No harm in asking what she needs...right?

I also support asking. I'm curious. I expect, when she answers, that I'll not support getting all the supplies for one reason or another, but I'm kind of curious what she'd say.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 06:01

Mexican Deathgasm: Aug 17, 2010; Ramrod XTreme

Yes to all minivotes.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 06:02

I ride bikes all day: Sep 10, 2007; I shitposted in the same thread for 2 years and all I got was this red text av. Ask me about my autism!; College Slice

Task Manager posted:

All this "no take backs" B.S. - all you gotta ask yourselves is, if Diog wouldn't have goofed, and Ira laid there bleeding to death, would you have voted to use the dagger, drat the consequences?

I've gotta think 8 out of 10 of us would have, and there would have been none of this "saving it for Snarls" shenanigans. We're being disingenuous now to go "Oh it was only Ira and he died once and it wasn't that bad."

Part of the interactive nature of the game is working within the mistakes of both the players and the narrator. If Diog didn't goof, do you really think Bareen would have chosen the one day twice the number of supermen were in town to culminate her grand plan?

There are other examples, but why bother recounting them? It's actually a good thing. Real people make mistakes, fail to think through all their options, or hesitate.

A. No retcons.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 06:08

knaelidos: Dec 29, 2012

Breaking my long dry spell of not voting and simply observing the story to throw in my opinion that we should use the curative, we can always work for another emergency cure, screw the time continuum, give destiny a wedgie till it cries uncle Jonah. We caused this with our carelessness. Let's make things right. C

# ? Aug 7, 2014 06:29

Cathair: Jan 7, 2008

Obscil posted:

Choosing C is a bad decision. There is no way to hide the fact that you healed a wound that big, and there is no way you could have done it through any holy means. Your balls are happy to die for a noble cause. Using witchcraft to save a life turns it into something ignoble. I think Ira would probably rather die than be saved by witchcraft. That is how much it is reviled here. It is an unholy thing and this act will probably weaken our relationship with all of our balls, and if it reaches the city it will completely ruin any reputation we have and possibly get us sent into exile. What will happen to our son if we do this? Our wife? Our daughter? This act can only cause trouble.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 06:44

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

A No take backs. Besides, I don't want to have to "forget" burning like a sun. Ira is fine, he's gone the the mountain and everything is okay.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 08:21

Rahul: Dec 10, 2004

A I was going to vote C, but i think I've been convinced to go for no retcons instead.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 08:24

unimportantguy: Dec 25, 2012; Hey, Johnny, what's a "shitpost"?

C. If I'd been caught up at the time, I would've voted for more careful preparation before Big Game Hunting. :colbert:

# ? Aug 7, 2014 08:45

Pump it up! Do it!: Oct 3, 2012

# ? Aug 7, 2014 09:12

Morand: Apr 16, 2004; _{1: Start New Game

2: Start New Game

3: Start New Game}

knaelidos posted:

Breaking my long dry spell of not voting and simply observing the story to throw in my opinion that we should use the curative, we can always work for another emergency cure, screw the time continuum, give destiny a wedgie till it cries uncle Jonah. We caused this with our carelessness. Let's make things right. C

I agree with this. I am also voting C

# ? Aug 7, 2014 10:25

Daned: Jan 14, 2008

Angela Christine posted:

A No take backs. Besides, I don't want to have to "forget" burning like a sun. Ira is fine, he's gone the the mountain and everything is okay.

+1 vote to A

# ? Aug 7, 2014 10:50

Affi: Dec 18, 2005; Break bread wit the enemy

X GON GIVE IT TO YA

A. No take backs

I don't want to have to forget a cool line like "You're burning like the sun!"

We were too late, the dagger was with the mules, and Ira dies before we can save him.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 11:32

Magnus Venator: Jul 17, 2006; Trekker p� 1/5 sek. Svak for kvinner og hasard. Nerv�s, innesluttet, med psykopatiske trekk.

Affi posted:

A. No take backs

I don't want to have to forget a cool line like "You're burning like the sun!"

We were too late, the dagger was with the mules, and Ira dies before we can save him.

Fully agree with this.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 12:52

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

Cathair posted:

C

# ? Aug 7, 2014 13:39

spacetimecontinuu: Dec 31, 2004

Affi posted:

A. No take backs

I don't want to have to forget a cool line like "You're burning like the sun!"

We were too late, the dagger was with the mules, and Ira dies before we can save him.

Yeah it was such an awesome scene that I feel it cannot be undone.

A

# ? Aug 7, 2014 13:40

Jesus is colourblin: Apr 13, 2008; Being colourblind ain't easy

Affi posted:

A. No take backs

I don't want to have to forget a cool line like "You're burning like the sun!"

We were too late, the dagger was with the mules, and Ira dies before we can save him.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 15:45

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 00:28

Cornuto: Jun 26, 2012; For the pack!

I would have voted to use the dagger had we been given the chance. However for the integrity of the story I'm going to switch from C to A.

# ? Aug 7, 2014 15:54

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