>>20398
We dont have to actually help them. We'll kill them all for threatening our true worshiper. We just need the power right now. Let them think we're being honest.

As for the nature of the toll. see >>20391

>>20402
Furnshakt is not territory of any particular god, it's full of lots of little spirits. That's a big part of why I started you there.

brb, drawan

Cruxador 2009/08/02(Sun)01:28 No. 20412 ID: 13034c
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You disappear from the side of your follower, and appear amidst the confused search party.

>"A SKULL OR A SOUL
>FOR THAT IS MY TOLL
>IT MATTERS NOT WHOSE
>SO QUICKLY NOW, CHOOSE
>LEST YOU ALL FALL PREY
>TO THIS FOREST MOST FEY"

The sergeant steps forward.

>"I'll not let you harm my men"
Though his words are brave, his voice quavers
>"But if an elk skull will do, we should be able to pay you. Please just give us time to hunt one."

>>20412
How much energy will that give us? Enough power to destroy these people?

>>20416
if you use it wisely, yes. Not enough to make them all explode, though. Keep in mind that you do have a warrior at your disposal, too.

The whole of the elk, sacrificed in my name. Hunted by you alone in this forest untame.
We keep the spirits from ripping out your chest,
only while you serve us or in this place rest.

(Go now, hunt us an elk to pay your toll. But leave your men here for we will only protect one of you)

>"The whole of the elk, sacrificed in my name.
>Hunted by you alone in this forest untame.
>We keep the spirits from ripping out your chest,
>only while you serve us or in this place rest."

>"Y-yes, of course."
The sergeant lays down his shield and blade and strings a light hunting bow, then heads back from whence he came. His men shuffle their feet awkwardly.

Just grin creepily at them. Tell them you can grant good luck in exchange for minor sacrifices of trickets and goods. Also, make sure that our worshiper is not in the same direction the guy is going.

Cruxador 2009/08/02(Sun)01:55 No. 20436 ID: 13034c
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>>20427
pic was missing :/

>>20428
The sergeant went back the way he came, presumably to a place where he saw elk. Our worshiper went in the opposite direction.

It might be worthwhile to explain rank insignia at this point. The only distinction in field uniforms is shield designs. This is how you recognized the Sergeant's rank. The two remaining soldiers are of the same rank as the one who summoned you.

>>20455
Good to know. Guess we just stand here creepilly until he gets back then.

Cruxador 2009/08/02(Sun)11:24 No. 20695 ID: 13034c
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The sergeant returns with an elk, dead but uncleaned. He kneels before you.

>"I have acquired your sacrifice. Please, allow myself and my men to go about our business unhindered."

>>20695
Um...
'eat' sacrifice, disappear back to original soldier.

Maybe tell them to stay put while you hunt down the things in the forest.

Tell him he must perform the sacrifice properly. In the ritual. Only then will we have the power we require to guide them safely to their dstination.
(also, tell us how much power we get from this sacrifice)

Cruxador 2009/08/02(Sun)14:34 No. 20829 ID: 13034c
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The sergeant seems unsure as to how to properly prepare a sacrifice, but after a moment's hesitation, he among the incense, then slits its belly and pegs its skin wide. You feed on the power of the sacrifice, and the elk corpse dessicates before the frightened soldiers' eyes.

>>20829
Does that make us powerful enough to destroy these guys yet?

>>20850
Should be, yeah. For reference, in the arbitrary power units I made up, you have so far expended .2 power. This sacrifice granted you 3.

>>20829
Apologise for prearranged deal.
Kill sarge in as horrible a manner as you can manage.
Eating him from the feet up sounds good.

Outstanding. Let us be kind... escort these people through the forest, being sure to keep the "there are things in the trees" act up. If they try to go towards our worshiper we'll just tell them that way lies certain death. If they insist and go off anyway, we'll kill them.
We'll also tell them, after escorting them through that they should pass on the word to any more of them that a sacrifice is required to pass through these woods.

>>20883
The only killing sarge idea intrigues me - where are you going with this?

>>20939
It's more efficient to have the others run away in terror than to kill all three of them.

>>20941
I think we'll want to keep up the illusion of the benevolant spirit for now. If we stay kind to them, then whenever this army goes to go through the forest, they will pay tribute.

Cruxador 2009/08/02(Sun)16:32 No. 20987 ID: 13034c
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>"Follow then, and I will guide
>through this forest fell and wide"

>"Ah, thank you. We were tracking a deserter. Molakad, they called him. A bandit from somewhere in Vilous, before he was brought in."
The sergeant pauses.
>"Ah, his tracks go that way."

>"If thence he went, you need not fear
>he's already lost a thing most dear;
>his body's lost its only breath
>for forward there lies only death"

A look of consternation crosses the sergeant's face.
>"Ah, we're supposed to bring him back to be hung. Deserting is a pretty serious thing."
One of the soldiers nudges him.
>"Hey sarge, I don't wanna go back empty-handed neither, but I reckon it's better than death, you know what I'm sayin'?"

>"Ah, yes. Perhaps it is best if we simply report this turn of events. Ah, spirit, perhaps it might be best if you escort us out of this area in the direction from which we came."

You do so.

>>20987
Right.
After that, sit and wait for an hour or so, then find whatsisface.

"And don't forget to tell your friends... dont pass through this forest without making a sacrifice, or else the woods will eat you whole!"

Cruxador 2009/08/09(Sun)12:43 No. 25697 ID: 98dab8
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The soldiers depart on your warning, and you return to Molakad.

>>25697
"The soldiers are gone, my worshiper, now... you must return the favor... Make us a sacrifice... bring us more worshipers!"

>>25697
He already gave a sacrifice, but asking him to recruit worshippers is a good plan. Or we could just follow him for a while.

Cruxador 2009/08/09(Sun)13:32 No. 25758 ID: 98dab8
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Back in the clearing, you sense the incense running out. If you a more permanent place of worship is not constructed, you will soon be bound to remain only where your body is, like a mortal.

>>25758
Ask for a small shrine.
If asking does not work, nibble a little.

Cruxador 2009/08/09(Sun)14:30 No. 25836 ID: 98dab8
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Molakad is glad to hear that he is unpursued. He is quite happy to piles stones atop one and other in your name. The central stone has a dimple in the center, ideal for sacrifices.

>>25836
See what his plans are now.
Stay here?
Keep moving?
Become a high priest?

In any case, that altar could use some burnt offerings on it.
It might be best to let him rest first, though.

>>25850
And keep looking for enemy soldiers, maybe their superiors will decide to send more.

Offerings are always good. We will need more worshipers though to make the offerings. Have him tell us of the surrounding area. Maybe there is a nearby town we can claim or something.

Cruxador 2009/08/09(Sun)15:32 No. 25953 ID: 98dab8
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Molakad has no immediate plans. He explains that his company in Mensala was entirely killed or captured when he was. He is now a deserter in a foreign land. An army hostile to him is in the forest, and while the natives are not unlikely to shelter him, he sees no future there. As such, continuing to serve you in exchange for continued protection is no worse an option than any other, at least while the Vyntric army yet travels through Furnshakt.

>>25953
Lets start by getting him to a native village so that he can rest and recupperate a bit. While he's there we'll get him to spread our good word a bit and get some converts.

Cruxador 2009/08/11(Tue)01:31 No. 27510 ID: 98dab8
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You bring Molakad to a Furnshakti longhouse.

Cruxador 2009/08/11(Tue)01:47 No. 27512 ID: 98dab8
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As you approach, a Furnshakti barbarian wrapped in the fur of a wolf emerges.
>"A spirit comes, and a soldier of Vyntril. We want no business with the Vyntric army, but we would hear why a god is before us."

>>27512
This warrior is Vyntril no more. He is ours now, to do with as we please. We would have you give him aid. And to make sacrifice to us...

Cruxador 2009/08/11(Tue)19:01 No. 28012 ID: 98dab8
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>>27605
>"Very well, we will afford what aid we can. You are welcome to enter into the house. Please enlighten me as to your name, so that we may sacrifice to you at the proper time."

We are... umm...

Lo'lie of the many mouths, known as the grinner, the laugher in the trees, bastian of the condemed, confounder of the hunt.

Lirin the Smiling Lady

>>28164
yes.. subtle

Cruxador 2009/08/12(Wed)02:31 No. 28395 ID: 98dab8
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>>28059
>"Very well, Lo'lie of the many mouths, your respects will be paid, and this man will be fed in your honor."

Now what? You still have plenty of energy from the elk, you could make yourself considerably more inherently powerful.

That wasn't enough to decide on a name.

>>28404
I don't tend to get many suggestions.

>>28404
You take for granted your crowded threads, sir.

>>28395
Then lets do that. What are our options?

>>28533
Well, pretty much anything, really. You could build a more physically useful physical form, or enhance what you have. There were some good ideas before:
>>19873
>Can we bite people at range? Talk to people remotely using a mouth? Can we make our mouths creepier by giving them fangs and such if we so desire?
Those could be made inherent abilities. The first two, at this point, are worth 1 power point each. The third is worth .5, because it's not very useful.

Other than physical stuff, you could grant yourself new abilities. Any DnD spell would be a good example, or make something up. Cost depends on power, naturally.

Any other ideas that make even the least bit of sense are good.

You have 3 points of power, btw.

Remote talking's pretty good. I say we grant ourselves the ability to talk to people in vastly different locations just by manifesting as a mouth (which is worth 1 point, I believe?) and then give our mouths creepy vampire fangs for extra intimidation factor (half a point?) -- and then save the remaining 1.5 points for an emergency / a rainy day.

>>28574
how many power points do we have?

Also, can we gain the ability to manifest as JUST a smile?

>>28574


I'm >>28579
didn't see the three point thing.

Anyway, are you guys attached to the little girl form, or could we be some kind of floating detached smile? Also, how many points would the ability to possess people via covering their mouth with a smile cost?

I'm guessing that the ability to remotely manifest talking smiles covers the ability to manifest ONLY as a talking smile for all practical purposes, since we DO have the invisible god-form still.
And honestly, floating smiles can be pretty darn creepy even WITHOUT fangs. I like the "something is subtly yet terribly wrong here" form of scary quite a bit more than the "big scary monster" approach.

In the long term, we need some form of smiting to enforce our will. I recommend swallow whole.

>>28583
I second swallow whole, possibly with the ability to leave behind a corpse covered in bite-marks after it falls out the back of our one dimensional mouth. completely optional.

Well, being able to bite people from a distance sounds pretty useful, as does remote communication. Remote communication could be vary usefull in messing with our opponents. Swallowing someone whole seems pretty useful, but we need to be able to... say... just consume someone's arm or something too...

Should we consider some peacful powers? So that we can be a kind god if we need? Healing is always nice, though something really minor wouldnt be half bad either... say... giving people nice, clean, strong white teeth? We could be the god of dental hygene and it wouldnt really cost us that much, i dont think.

>>28598
Spooky teeth aside, we are sorta pointed at being a goddess of the hunt so far, as our primary action has been to affect the outcome of a manhunt, and our largest sacrifice was a freshly hunted woodland creature.

Asking for a token sacrifice from all game freshly killed in the area would not go awry. Something small and mouth related probably. Cut out the tongue? Necklace of the teeth?

I vote trying to add eloquence to our portfolio.
Maybe communication in general?

God of: the mouth(dental hygene other reasons obvious), hunger(hunting, mouth related), communication (eloquence, mouth related).

Anything else sound like our portfolio?

>>28625
Maybe elemental fire or void, what with the DEVOURING MOUTHS OF DOOM, but that's a longshot.

Unrelatedly, what about minions?

>>28630
void sounds okay, but I don't think we can really claim that. some shadow god probably does.

>>28633
And there are probably quite a few gods of the hunt around here, as well as ones of communication and hunger.
At this point, we should just gra a bunch and fight for them later.

>>28630
like, our own brand of angels? I think we're a bit low on the totem pole for anything like that quite yet.

>>28663
I mean some mouths that don't require us in the immediate area to function.

>>28664
we'd need whole souls for that.

>>28636
good point. let's claim the void too. Do we have everything we think fits us?

We could go for trickery as well, given that we tricked those soldiers. That also ties into eloquence.

>>28671
I thought trickery fell under communication? but yes, trickery somewhere in there sounds good.

Well... we all know what Freud saw the mouth as... but maybe we should hold off on fertility, aye?
though you know... we are a little girl... that could also be seen as a symbol of fertility, or childish innocence at least.
And didnt we chose the form to put him at ease? Perhaps we should claim protection or safety or something as well.

>>28579
>Also, can we gain the ability to manifest as JUST a smile?
yes

>>28580
>Also, how many points would the ability to possess people via covering their mouth with a smile cost?
one if you're just going along for the ride, seven to take full control.


And swallowing whole would be five points.

>>28753
well, we claim hunger, communication, the mouth, the void, and trickery as our domains then, unless anyone disagrees.

so, what were we taking? Biting people and communicating at a distance, for 2 out of 3 points?

>>28768
"the mouth" and its related "dental hygiene" sound pretty lame to me, especially compared to the others. Appearance doesn't NEED to have anything to do with our areas of influence anyway.

I second the power choices though. It occurs to me that "bite" probably counts toward eventual "swallow whole" point cost too

>>28807
Never underestimate the power of strong teeth. Especially in a fantasy setting where people don't have the best of dental care. Its a relatively minor sphere, but think of what we can do with it. We can melt the teeth from peoples mouths, we can sew the mouths up, we can give people fangs and venomous maws, we can cover our worshipers in mouths to create horrible monstrosities! What is a dragon without its teeth, I ask you? Plus we can cure toothaches and help old people eat things other than soup. For those of you familiar with discworld, I remind you of ol' Cohen and his Troll Teeth dentures.

...actually now that I think about it, I suppose it would be up to our followers what our domains are. Whatever the sort of things they ask us to help them with turn out to be. We can tailor abilities to meet certain needs, and give them some prods on what we could do, but I don't think we can just stake claims and have them be true.

>>28812
allright, well, those are our vague goals for now then. I want to at least have mouth-significance, I like the creepyness of it.

>>28821
Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm the one who *suggested* the floatingmouthloliform, on account of creepiness. I just don't know how creepy it is to be called the god of molars when "hunger" and "the void" are on the table.

>>28824
What, we can't tack Goddess of Grins onto the end of our title? If its too costly we can drop it, but I figure it would be a nice little cantrap to add to our resume.

I think we should find/subvert/make catlike minions.
Then give them grins and invisibility.

>>28829
I was gonna leave that open because I imagine later on the chesshire cat will be one of our mid-range nemesises

You will eventually be able to get minions by shaping the souls of your passed followers, or if other spirits swear fealty to you. I suppose you could also make some sort of construct, were you so inclined.

>>28867
Oh god. Denture-bots.

>>28870
That hop, of course.

I think we'd need Artifice in the portfolio, though.

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>>28870
Oh god oh god what have I done.

we need moar souls. Begin patrolling forest.

Demand sacrifice from the village. The first kill and all the teeth of each hunt are to be ours. Additionally, the when a child loses his teeth, those teeth shall be sacrificed to us in return for some token wealth.

>>29046
I think we might step on some toes if we just barge in and ask for the first kill or something.

>>29444
Definitely. You will have to step on toes eventually, though.

>>29473
So claiming the children's teeth (and some token blood) and some blood and teeth from kills should be sufficient to start with.
Also, find out the other deities this particular tribe worships.
We might be able to step in as the main hunt deity.

Cruxador 2009/08/14(Fri)15:12 No. 29498 ID: 98dab8
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The Furnshakti Barbarians agree to dedicate to you the teeth of each creature they kill in hunt. The Vyntric army will sacrifice to you for protection as they pass through thus area. You have a shrine, in a clearing now dedicated to you. Your mouths speak your will and bite those who would not pay your respects.

You are established.

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>>29498
BEGIN CHAPTER TWO IMMEDIATELY DAMNIT

So much better than black and white

Yeah, seriously, this is pretty good. When can we expect the next little bit?

Gather up all the teeth, and use the ones we don't put in the mouths to build something.
Maybe armor?
Armor made of milk-teeth?

>>29544
I say we make teeth golems. They shall be our minions.

>>29544
>>29545
I say we grind the teeth up and use the powder as an all purpose magic device/flour/tea

We bake it, drink it, use it fo' magic, whatevs. but the other ideas are interestin' too.


Also, hell yeah, deity quests.

We'll build a pool of them and go swimming.

>>29544
>>29545
If I had to choose between these, I'd go more for tooth-minions than armor, as I don't think dental armor will work well.

Also, tooth minions- just grins? on legs? that hop?

>>29562
A cat and a fox.
And we shall name them chessie and crimson.
It will be glorious.
Hits the hunt, teeth, and hunger all at the same time.

>>29564
chesshire cat is something I want under our control, most certainly.

Unless it's already another spirit.

who's the fox?

>>29566
You'll never figure it out.
NEVER NEVER NEVER

>>29567
ah, I remember now.

>>29541
When I have time. School is about to start up for me, so that'll be a few days of driving followed by at least a few days to get set up. But before that comes packing, and after that I need to be sure that I know wtf am I doing in my classes. Could be as much as two weeks.


As far as constructs, something made of the bones and antlers and tied together with sinew, but with huge mouths filled with teeth from all manner of beast could work quite well.

The ability to create constructs would take a considerable amount of power, though, and as such is unlikely to come into play for a while.