quick, check all the houses for survivors!

Take the sword, if you can overcome fear. Then quietly stride into the cover of the trees and walk away. Seriously don't investigate, find a new village to live in and live the rest of your life without anymore adventure bullshit.

Also pick up that food you dropped. It's going to be a long night.

check for survivors. if you don't find anyone salvage what you can (be sure to take a weapon) and head out into the forest.

So... you smelled cooked meat you say?

Check for survivors, cry some.

Check if anyone survived, salvage what you can, keep in the shadows so that whoever did this can't do it to you too, sneak back into the forest, and have a good cry once you think you're safe.

Checking for survivors is obviously imperative. That looks like a perfectly good sword sticking out of that dead fellow's back, so go ahead and liberate it, just in case. Keep your guard up.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

(Just what is that up in the guard tower?)

Take sword, vow revenge in the cutest way you can, cry.

check for survivors, but do that while also checking for remaining threats.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)01:52 No. 320565 ID: c811c4
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Poor Lifi.. but you are right, the sword might be helpful. Even though I don't know how to use it, really...

I hope someone survived. I'll check the first house...

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)01:53 No. 320567 ID: c811c4
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Ah--! Um, um... no survivors in here... uh.. the blood is dry, so it must have happened... right after I left.

I don't think I want to check on every house. I think whoever did this is gone, but.. I don't want to check on every house anyway! I'm going to leave, now.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)01:54 No. 320568 ID: c811c4
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...but I don't want to. I'm tired of running. They should at least get a burial! But it's getting too dark anyway. I got what food I could, and dragged the sword. I don't think there would be much else to bring. I don't think. Maybe. Maybe...

...it's getting cold.

let it out... and sleep, you will feel better in the morning.

We could better help you if you share with us what you know. Your village, or whatever you called it, was it the only one you know of? Are there other places you might find refuge? Relatives you could go stay with? You said that this happened to you before, so this isn't your homeland or your original family, so I'd guess not... But is there any place you know of where there might be others, like yourself, who might've been absent when whoever attacked did? Speaking of that, do you have any idea who might've been behind the attack? Any evidence left behind by the perpetrators? Perhaps a sigil on the sword or something?

what level of tech/magic is your world? that sword is a murder weapon, and can be traced to both "parties of the transaction". however, the fact that it was left suggests it was not something the murdrer cared enough about to hold onto for any length of time, or to form any emotional connection with.
shit
were dealing with professionals.

Who leaves their sword behind during a successful pillaging? Unless they needed to leave before picking it up, it is a waste of resources to just leave it there. Is there any reason you can think of that the attackers would leave in a hurry?

Try to cover yourself with something and rest. In the morning, bury your friends, then head towards nearest town.

How do other races and peoples usually regard kobolds?

>>320568
Okay, first things first. You might be able to use that sword and a rock to start yourself a small fire. Find some leaves, some twigs, and some branches. Use the rock and the sword to make sparks to light the leaves, and then the twigs, ect until you have yourself a nice warm fire. Dont forget to make sure you have a supply of fuel to last till the morning.

And in the morning? REVENGE.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)03:16 No. 320589 ID: c811c4
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>>320581

I... I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

>Animated

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)03:19 No. 320591 ID: c811c4
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Oh, yes! It's good to keep you up to date! Let me draw all of you a map so you can see! Um.. I'm not very good at this, hold on...

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)03:33 No. 320593 ID: c811c4
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Okay... the X is where I'm at. Well, where I was. That is.. the place that was just.. you know. The place I wrote A at was my first home.. I think it was too close to the human lands. Maybe they thought we were enroaching.. I don't know, I was only a month old at the time. My parents survived, and brought me to another camp.. somewhere to the west? I don't know where it is, anymore.

In fact, I don't remember anything before my parents left, again. They said I was sick, and needed to be brought elsewhere.. they really didn't like talking about it! And then they left me a month later without a word. I don't know why, either.. but I had to fend for myself, but I don't have many survival skills. I found a dragon, also marked on the map here.. it didn't care about worship of us kobolds, but it kept me around to do menial tasks in exchange, for scraps of food and a place to sleep.

Then one night, about a month ago, it called me a parasite on the earth, and kicked me right back out! I tried to plead, but it started getting all this fire in it's mouth and I left. And then I barely found the new village.. about 2 weeks ago.

Ah, sorry, I'm really talking all of your ears off! I'll keep the rest short. There's no sigil on the sword, I have no idea why it would be left behind, or who was behind the attack! Maybe it was one of those crazy people with like 7 swords and he didn't care to lose one. Revenge, um.. I'm not skilled enough for anything like that. And for refuge.. I think there's a spot, marked B, that's actually a kobold fortification I heard about in passing. If there's a safe place, it might be there!

Also, there's a human town at the southeast, at the base of this mountain range. That might be the hostile force, but I don't know.

I just.. don't know much about this world. I know magic exists, and I've dreamed of being a mage, but I've only seen little parlor tricks. On the other hand, I've also dreamed of being a swordsman, a wizard, a chieftain.. ah.. but look at me.

I'm almost alone again, but not entirely, because of your voices! You've been around for as long as I can remember, and I owe you just about everything. Thank you! I have another favor to ask, as usual, though, where do I go from here? I'd like to know, before I go to sleep. If I can. Maybe I can. I don't know.

Well it seems that kobolds are treated as vermin to be exterminated, so going to the human settlement should be the last place you'd want to go. The dragon seems temperamental, and I doubt we really have anything to offer it for it to take us back in (if it could even tell whether we're the same kobold), so that leaves the kobold 'fortification'. The terrain's a bit rough but you've had some time to sharpen your skills and you've got a bit of food with you. We should definitely head there... it's good to be around your own people, and they might also need to be told that there's some group out there killing kobolds for no good reason.

There were some fires in the distance past the town. What was in that direction?

>>320593
ho shit bro
your cursed. probably. so we've been with you a long time? What stuff do we usually help you with? How many girls (or dudes) did we try to get you to flirt with in the past two weeks? what explanations have we come up with about your problem and why can't we remember anything past this morning!?
to the fort b, motherfucker.
But be alert, I got a bad feeling about this area.

You have many dreams, but considering you have a sword now, the path of a swordsman would probably be the best place to go.

Head to the fort, but be careful about it. Practice your swordplay as you go.

maybe the humans weren't responsible. you should visit their town before you make your way to the refugee and find out for sure. maybe if it's something else they'll take up arms against it too.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)05:11 No. 320612 ID: c811c4
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>>320596
Yes.. when you say it, it doesn't make much sense to go anywhere else. It's hard to explain, but it feels as though I have to be told to do something, in order to do it. Not in the normal sense.. it feels like my being depends on it.

But that's enough of that. I've spent almost all of today giving my thanks to this came, as well as taking enough proper meat provisions to last, the ones that weren't taken already. I'm really no good at hunting! I've taken to eating lots of fruit, even though I'm supposed to be carnivorous.. but it's better than nothing. I can't cry over this forever, so I'm going to the new home, I hope.

Maybe, just maybe, they can act out that REVENGE that's been mentioned! Or at the least, make me less useless...

>>320605
Ahhh don't tell me that! And.. I don't know why you can't remember anything! In fact, it was pretty quiet during my stay at this village, when I was just beginning to relax... Before, you helped me survive the wild, but there was no one to flirt with. Is that a problem?

>>320600
That was.. the rest of the town behind the lake. I didn't want to look too long.

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)05:15 No. 320613 ID: c811c4
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Three days pass uneventfully.

Ah.. I've tried swinging my sword around, but I get tired really fast! And after I accidentally hit a tree I could barely pull it out again, and I gave up. I think I need a mentor, for this.

But right now, I'm nearly out of food. I would be more worried, but the cave should be right around here, so I've left the main path.

Perhaps after I get settled in I can visit the human town. But as a pup, I was always told scary story about humans and dwarves and elves! Especially the elves! It might not be true, but.. better safe, after all.

Now, back to looking...

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)05:16 No. 320614 ID: c811c4
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Ah--?!

>>320614
Get down! Look where the arrow came from, to see if you can find whoever shot at you.

oh shit, take cover!

>>320614
Drop down to the ground and cover your head and pray that it's not elves, especially not the elves that might have hit your previous camp. If you're lucky then it might be a patrol from that fortified camp.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)06:26 No. 320620 ID: c811c4
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"Ahhhh!"
>"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaahh?"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)06:29 No. 320621 ID: c811c4
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>".....What IS this tiny little thing that curls up so pathetically at my feet?!"

>>320614
HIDE IN BUSHES

>>320621
Introduce yourself to the nice murderous thing. Also check if the sword is reachable, you might have a chance to go for a groinstab if things turn to shit.

>>320621
GO FOR THE JUNK! ENSURE HE NEVER HAS CHILDREN!

You seem to have lost your sword, somehow.

Not sure if you have any more viable options than "beg." :/

try to be a bit more dignified, won't you?

>>320621
Tell him you're a kobold.

Fight for it. Judging from his face, he's unlikely to listen to your pleas of mercy, so you wouldn't have much other ways to survive than fight desperately, cling to every bit of hope you can find and refuse to go down!

Go for the junk.

Start bawling your little eyes out and apologise for being so puny.

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)07:35 No. 320631 ID: c811c4
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I.. I accidentally flung my pack while diving! And this is the biggest kobold I've ever seen! Um, um, um!

"HELLO MY NAME IS CHEELOP please don't kill me!"

>>320631
That's not the best way to make your introduction. Scramble over to your pack and then try to hide.

oh wow. quickly, grab ye sword.

>>320631
Jump on his back and strangle him! Yell "I won't let you kill me like the others!"

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)07:43 No. 320637 ID: c811c4
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That didn't work at all! Packpackpack I can't see- ah!

>"Such a show, the little thing gives! To think, it thinks it can get away from ME?"

"D-don't! I'm a k-kobold! I'm sorry for being punyyy!

>"A kobold? HAHAHA! I see not but a kitten in my grasp. Behold, as I perform the magic spell of 'sleep!' upon this bread crumb!

Wha?! He know ma-

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)07:44 No. 320638 ID: c811c4
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That magic spell felt very very similar to being punched in the face.

>>320638
A good and easy to use spell then.

>>320638
Wake up!

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)08:08 No. 320641 ID: c811c4
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>"You're waking up, aren't you."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)08:10 No. 320642 ID: c811c4
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Oh! Oh.. sorry, voices! I'm just not a very good fighter...

>"Yeah, you're definitely awake."

A girlybold? Make passes.

>>320642
what is happening
inquire

Ask what's going on?

>>320642
Female sighted. Now is the part where we do what we do best.

compliment her nose.

Wonder if tat earlier kobold was a muscle wizard in training? In anycase, this clearly is going to call for crossdressing (no idea how that works with kobolds though), you know it's going to happen. You woke up in a room with a random girl that most definitely is stronger than you. Compliment her ability to use a pickax since she has one on her.

>>320642
Ask if you're safe from the elves yet.

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)08:56 No. 320658 ID: c811c4
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She...she's staring right at me.
>>320644
>>320650
Passes? She's kind of intimidating! She still hasn't even said anything!

"What... is going o-"
>"What's going on is that Chop comes barreling in here saying 'The rock eater has a new roommate of the most miniscule kind!' That means we're in the same room.

"O-oh. Well, my name's Cheelop. And.. my back hurts. Am I on wood?"

>"You want a mattress? Put some dirt under you. Now, let me get to the point. This den has held its position for 15 years. That's a record, in this region. And we didn't do it by being a bunch of sissies! If you want to stay, and by the way, since you know where our hideout is, you HAVE to stay, you're going to need to help out. What can you do?"

"...... I like your pick axe."

>"..... what. You know what, pick something. I don't care. We need help from every angle, fighting, magic, skilled trade, and we've got people to teach it to you. You just have to pick. And once you pick, you're going to either become damn good at it or your new occupation is wolf food."

This isn't good! These people don't seem nice at all! But, I did want to be useful, so... I have a lot of questions still, but she doesn't seem to be in the mood to talk more until I've made up my mind so suddenly. What kind of skill should I pursue?

>>320642
I hope that you find another kobold named something similar to Chong. That'll be cool!

What are you good at?

skilled trade
your going to be able to haggle everyone out of their goddamn pants and master economics like some merchant from a misleading piece of fiction some may think is an erotic one. Your too physically wimpy to be a good swordsman. On your breaks you can take swords as a hobby but trade is up your alley because lets be honest you're a scrawny little shit.
then again you've probably already met the swordmaster here and crazy shenanigans could happen due to personality differences.
and there's this hot intimidating babe picking the walls goddamn the possible mentor conflict fun is going to make everything so difficult.

Ask if you can meet the mentors or get a basic list or description of them.

fishing, you can catch fish right?

YOU'RE A WIZARD CHEELOP.

>>320658
Mining! Let's do Chee-Minecraft.

On second thought, forget that. Well, you aren't really cut out for fighting. I'm not saying you couldn't do it, but it would be more dangerous and difficult for you to be successful, and not dead.

Magic is one option, but also likely to be very difficult. Still, it's better than fighting.

A few other options, you could work at trade. It's simpler, and only requires a bit of wit.

You could learn medicine. I'm sure with all the fighters they have, they need kobolds to patch them up.

If you wanted to help out with the 'fighting' but not actually fight as much. You could go be a scout or something. You would learn the art of moving quickly, seeing things before they see you, and how to not die.

I'm not sure if they would let you work towards a leadership position at this point, since you just got here. So we can forget about that.


All in all, I vote becoming a doctor. It's a good way to get people to like you too! People kind of grow fonder of you when you make them not bleed to death.

Magic sounds like fun.

You totally want to be an engineer. Long, and complicated to get there, but fuck if you won't be useful to anyone you work for. In a mine that's mostly going to involve designing minecarts and means of removing water that tends to accumulate in lower sections of mines. On the plus side? You'll have the skills to figure out how to make stuff like trebuches eventually.

well you tiny physich shouldnt allow mining so soon. you dont seem to have affinity with people handling, and DONTLETTHEMKNOWYOUHAVEVOICES or else they may kill you before you even choose a profesion.

if you want revenge. if you truly do. its time to pursue something that can maximize what you are, and how you want to do it.

magic is a good start choice. HOWEVER if their guard was any indicative of their seriousness, you will learn trickery and deceit. your best bet is if we could somehow get you magic, or possibly magical help.

the second best option is to use your innate small size and become a rogue/thief/assassin/whatever. with body paint, a nice blade and some quickness on your feet, i bet you can assassinate and steal whatever isnt bolted down.

since it feels like you are a kid. theres a good chance you can become a accomplised swordsman. you might need to cross train for this one, get some mining and track running going on. maybe even get exotic weapons and kick 5 types of different ass.

trading sounds unecessary. at least in this fort, unles its trading for the internal economy. crafting can net you a pretty penny but it would become worthless quite quick. diplomacy sounds irrelevant as well.

>>320658
You're too tiny and wimpy for fisticuffs. So go with magic. I got it on good authority that even wimpy 'bolds who have had their camp wiped out by elves or something can become pretty cool magicians and get their revenge that way.

We've had too many mages recently. Same with fighters and assassin characters. I really think we should do something different. Like Doctor.

Man, seconding the doctor suggestion

yeah, doctor.

>>320658
It's pretty obvious that you don't exactly have the stature for most physically-intensive work.

From gathering food for your homes and suchlike (as in what you were doing before coming back to... well, disaster), perhaps you'd have some minor skill already in recognizing foods and maybe also medicines that you'd be able to expand upon?

Insofar as we have that, going for medicine, herbalism, etc. is probably the path of least resistance. So I guess I support becoming a doctor?

it goes like this:

1. become a magician.
2. specialize in healing spells.
3. become a mage doctor.
4. offer your skills for a fee.
5. become merchant of healing.

maybe you'll pick up additional skills like herbalism, hexes and some offesive wizardry for self-defense as well, and be pretty much everything every voice inside you wants. I think. it's kinda ambitious, but I believe in you.

Yeah im liking the idea of doctor but magics always cool. >>320686 has something there; what about being a doctor but with healing magic to?

>>320689
Ah point. It depends what their primary method of healing is, magic/herbs/whatever.

I still think it could be ever so slightly easier to go along with a herbalistic approach to medicine. I can't help but imagine a helpless Cheelop waving his arms around ineffectually in a futile attempt to use magic he doesn't actually know. Of course, they have teachers, but why not capitalize on possible prior knowledge?

>>320699
And in terms of more offensive and defensive things, I suppose herbalism could go in the directions of poisons and the like too. So you do still get variety in the potential applications... admittedly not as much of a variety as magic would be.

>>320700
There might be opportunity to learn new things once Chee gets trained and settled in. As they said he needs to be the best as he can be at what he does. Once he's mastered one thing, then we can worry about dabbling in other stuff.

>>320658
You're not big enough to be a fighter. You're gonna want to deal with magic or trade.

I don't think you're gonna become a Muscle Mage like Chop though. Casting FIST is not in the cards for you.

So, I suggest trying magic lessons first. If you have any talent AT ALL then stick with it.

...on the other hand, we could probably make you a very clever inventor. HMMMM. Yes, we could do that if you want to cheat.

Magic! Develop a magical shrinking spell to shrink all the mean kobolds!

>>320658
You are tiny and weak. Magic it is.

MAGIC! Be a wizard dear Cheelop. You are tiny and weak and as hard as you train you will not master fighting, but with magic you could be the mightiest of all. Don't just specialize in healing though, be an archmage supreme ruler of all.

was there a previous thread in this quest or is this thread #1?

Welcome to Kobold Efrafa.
What do you do well, Cheelop?

MAGIC!

>>320747
My best suggestion is to ask to be their receptionist. You know... to like... welcome people back and make certain everyone is supposed to be there. Yeah...

your small and physically frail, seeing if you have an aptitude for magic might be a good idea.

>>320658
The other option for a tiny cute useless person is whore. Ask her if you can trade your body for food.

I'm coming in late to the party this time but after a brief perusal of the suggestions I'm going to second the plan listed here. >>320686

Also, are we definitively sure of Cheelop's gender?

>>320779

forget everything I said. let's make Cheelop a whore.

while I am not keep on whoring, I should note that being a mage or a fighter doesn't stop you from whoring yourself.

In fact whoring is a great way to get those really expensive reagents, books, etc that an apprentice wizard needs.

What is your gender

...Can we please have at least one quest where we don't try and seduce everything that moves?

...But if we can't, then can we at least be a magical hooker?

>>320686
Supporting this plan.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)15:40 No. 320806 ID: c811c4
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Oh yes oh yes I get to be a doctormage wizard person! This is a good idea, voices!

>be a whore
Wh-what?! I'm a virgin!

>>320799
I.. I don't know how to tell.

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)15:43 No. 320808 ID: c811c4
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This place is really confusing! It's much bigger than I thought it would be.

"Um.. can I ask your name?"
>"Shabin."
"O-okay."

As usual, she's not very talkative. But I'm too excited! I get to visit a real mage academy! I wonder if it has towers and floating gems and...

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)15:44 No. 320809 ID: c811c4
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...oh.

>"I'm not going any farther. Good luck, runt. Registration is in the big cave, there."

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)15:45 No. 320810 ID: c811c4
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Inside is.. someone. I'm not sure how to go about this.

>>320806
Grab the area behind your loincloth, is anything there?
>>320810
"Can I register here for the magic training?" Bam just like that

>>320806
stick your hand down your pants, what do you find there

>>320810
"HOW DO I FIREBALL"

>>320810
Introduce yourself and then ask if you can learn how to set shit on fire, like an entire forest. Burn it all down and watch the elves cry delicious tears of sorrow and regret.

>>320811
>>320812
Okay, wait - do this AFTER you register and no one is looking. You need to make a good first impression with this person, and you can't do that with your paw jammed in your crotch.

>>320817
This is wisdom.

Say: "Hello, I am here to study magic"

>I don't know my gender.
When you next meet that cute but angry bold girl (or another suitable one) ask her to explain how you could identify your own gender.

>>320810
Do NOT check for gender here/yet. Knowing is only a matter of health, at this point, and taking up a profession is currently your primary survival concern.


When speaking to a spell caster, be nonthreatening, clear in meaning, and polite. Be completely honest with your emotions, and be ready to accept strange behavior.
Heck, you may be indoctrinated into their faith.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)16:25 No. 320823 ID: c811c4
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>>320811
>>320812
There's.. nothing. No, not girl nothing. Nothing at all! I don't seem to be a gender...

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)16:27 No. 320824 ID: c811c4
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>"Excuse me."

>>320817
>>320818
>>320819
>>320822

OH GOD OH GOD I DIDN'T LISTEN I'M SORRY I JUST

"Um um um!! How do I fir- I mean hello my name is Cheelop I would like to register here and be a doctor mage and register here! Or doctor wizard! Possibly with fireballs if that is possible!"

What.


...You know what, nevermind. Just go become a wizard. And never mention that again. Ever.

you guys are nuts. Everyone knows that kobold reproductive organs are in their noses.

>>320824
>>320824
Also ask how you determine your gender because it just occurred to you that you don't know.

You know, I'm FINE with Cheelop here being genderless. It means there's going to be less drama when it comes to sex and relationships, which is NOT our goal here. We're trying to help our adorable kobold protagonist have a LIFE and perhaps be HAPPY, and that does not mean we have to pair Cheelop up with anything else that has compatible genitalia. Let's FOCUS, PEOPLE, on the task at hand. We've found Cheelop someplace that might be a good home, but now we have to help the kobold gain the skills to be able to stay there. Anything else comes AFTER.

Explain to the registrar that you intend to help out the kobold community by being a healer/doctor with the use of magic, and ask where to start your illustrious career.

>>320827
This might answer the question and divert attention from the possibility that you're whacking it.

>>320824
Make sure to tell them you're really eager to learn! Maybe even say you're happy to be here... but make a jab at how that one guy really hurt you...

It wasn't very nice.

>>320819
Yes. Chee, make sure you ask her and only her. She seems to be the person we want to be our friend right now, and even if she doesn't seem like it, I think she'll be happy to have a friend, too.

If she asks why you need to know, tell her that you want to be a doctor, and you heard sometimes people need different things because of their gender.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)17:08 No. 320835 ID: c811c4
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>>320827
>>320829
I think I'd just like to forget about it for now! I'm embarrased enough already.

>"..."

"Ah.. I'd really like to help out! I've dreamed of being a mage and am eager to learn and am really happy to be here and where do I sign up?"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)17:16 No. 320838 ID: c811c4
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>"....how old are you?"

"A- a bit over two years old, sir!"

>"Just came of age, then? And you're so small. Let me guess, you came here because you were afraid you wouldn't be any good in the fighter's guild, and came here to bunker yourself under some books. That's not how we work. We're not a human academy! Here, we train for fighting, because that's what you're going to do if you pursue this. You think when someone needs a medic, they get carried nice and easy over to you with all the time in the world? No. You have to run in, often in the middle of the front lines, and work your skill right there. That's nothing you can get from a book."

This.. isn't what I imagined, either.

>"Listen. If you mean well, we'll accept you. But I don't want to see you coming around here if you can't give it your absolute all, because there's nothing worse than a medic with cold feet. If you're certain, go out the door and to your left, to the open field. We're going to have a physical training session in two hours, with magic and all. If you impress us, you're in. If you don't show up, no one will think worse of you."

Do it. Be the most badass medic available. They'll need you for when their 1/8th CR asses get handed to them by a platoon of irate paladins.

>>320838
Frankly, you don't even know what you're capable of. Tell him you came here because you don't think you could do anything else, this is your last chance, and you don't want to be tossed on your ass.

If he can think of anything that a small person would be GOOD at, then he's free to offer!

this is exactly what you want. its much better to run towards a injured friend that a enemy soldier.

also, just think of this, when you become accomplisehd, there wont be noone in the fort taht wont consider you a great person.

ask her if you guys teach weapon handling too.

>>320840
People need to stop suggesting the protagonist do things like being 'badass' when they're clearly not suited for such behavior. Go with someone's strengths, don't try to make them into something they're never going to be.

As for you, Chee, we indeed might have been operating under false assumptions. While you're small and (possibly) quick, I'm guessing that the battlefield is the last place you'd want to be. And it'd be terrible if you had to go out into the middle of a battlefield to magic someone to health only to freeze up out of terror and ended up costing lives. That'd be terrible, wouldn't it? So let's examine our other options instead. You need something a bit more peaceful, and while you might not be the most physically fit kobold, you don't need to be anything but hard-working to be something like a farmer, right? The girlbold DID say that they needed members of 'skilled trade', and while you might not have trade skills at the moment, I'm sure they'd teach you as long as you put your full 100% into it. So let's do that. Politely take your leave of the CAVERNS OF MAAAGIIIIC and ask where you might find where you can be apprenticed to a suitable trade master.

You chose this because magic is awesome, not just as a last chance.

Also, aren't there combat mages who shoot fireballs? I mean there is literally a sign that says beware of fireballs.
You want to use magic for healing and for blasting.

Anyways, prove yourself the most dedicated of them all.

>>320838
Wait.... "magic and all"? But how do we use magic to impress them if we don't know any yet?

>>320838
Okay Cheelop. One question: ARE YOU BRAVE? At all? If so, you can probably manage this.

If not you're better off as a craftsbold.

>>320838
You could take motivation from the fact that if you don't give your all that girlbold is going to shove her pickaxe up your ass. Unless you like that sort of thing, in which case it's going in your eye.

>>320841
Good question, here!

i think you can do it.

>>320838
Ok, just ask yourself this question: Do you or do you not want the ability to heal your frail, smashed body when something really big gets you? And do you perhaps also want the ability to set that big thing on fire?

>>320838
Ask him about the bold whose cave-thing you were in. Maybe she does something cool? This could make a good backup.

Do IT.

Really guys, how determined can Chee be after being chucked into this place with no real warning after his SECOND home was destroyed? This place isn't exactly somewhere that I'd have any particular desire to work for. On the upside Chee could use "magic = i could escape!" motivation to do better.

I say first: tell us, are there any things you're good at or would WANT to work for that you can think of off-hand?

I told you about being a trade merchant dawg. Up the charisma and shit. You can get a lot of dough, especially with us heightening your intelligence and wit above other kobolds, hell, with enough cash you could end up living in a nice wealthy mansion with the other humans getting a bunch of mad pus...

oh right, you got no gender. HOW DO YOU PISS SON?

"uh what do you guys usually fight anyway"

Screw that and learn 2 magic anyway, You're still a child so it's perfectly normal to still be a bit afraid. But once you start getting to work you'll find yourself more confident.

...Hopefully.

Also go versatile and Red-Mage that shit so your prepared for everything.

>>320895

osmosis through the skin

>>320838
I liked the engineer plan. Can we reconsider that?

>>320918
You REALLY think that this kobold who doesn't know how to determine gender is going to be a great Engineer?

PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TRYING TO SET SOMEONE UP FOR SOMETHING HE/SHE ISN'T SUITED FOR

. . .Learn to use magic. Become limber. Do some free running on the side. Learn some wrestling. Cast slow fall on yourself and BAM. You can be a Luchador mage.

Or you could just learn Wrestling magic, grow a moustache and get a pipe. Nothing would be able to stop you then.

>>320838
Go. Try. These people need you to take up a profession, and he's clearly willing to teach you. If you have any ability at all for magic, finding out as soon as possible will only help.

Ask him what he thinks you're best suited for! He's a mage, he should know these things!

>>320838
Magic healer medic thingy plan is a go.

Probably going to be useful once this village gets eradicated as well.

>>320946

You're right. We don't even know where we are right now. Ask clerk-guy where you are and why you guys have lasted for so long if other villages get ... removed so often.

We're obviously underground, just... where?

1/5 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)23:59 No. 320955 ID: c811c4
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It seems most of you want me to go on through with this. I feel reluctant, and many of you have good reservations.. but he never said I couldn't quit after this little exercise. At least this way I can make sure, instead of giving up before I've even begun! Besides, I think Shabin would drag me back here if I backed away...

"Ah.. what do I look like I'm good at?"
>>"Honestly, you'll probably have to try harder than your best to be good at anything."

>>320878
Of course! At least the healing, and others. Maybe that's why I'm glad for your decision for a doctor, to be able to help. Maybe then I wouldn't scavenge away, and could help my home.

"Where are we, what do we fight, how has this place lasted so long--"
>>"Please! I'm busy, here! Ask your roommates such questions."


I'm given time to think, but the more I do, the more I feel I have to try this! Where would I be if I didn't try something because it would be hard? I wait out the time at the entrance of the labyrinth, before going back. He's already there at a large door past the reception room, and actually smiles at me! It's the first time I've seen a smile in here...

>>"The rule is simple. The only thing you need to do to pass this test is NOT to come back out of this door. You'll know when the test begins."

That's not comforting at all, but I'm going to do it!"

2/5 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)00:01 No. 320957 ID: c811c4
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It's such a huge room! And there's no one else here! It's scary, and the door shuts behind me. So.. I just have to stay in this hall? Why would I leave, then?

3/5 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)00:03 No. 320958 ID: c811c4
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Oh, I see some shapes over there! Several kobolds up on that wall. Um... I don't see a ladder, so I don't think they're coming down with me. Ahhh, I'm really feeling like I'm up on stage here! Except the stage is lower but that's the same idea and such so I still feel all nerv--

>>"Begin practice!!"

"...what?"

4/5 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)00:04 No. 320959 ID: c811c4
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"Ah?!"

5/5 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)00:04 No. 320960 ID: c811c4
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"AHHHHHHHH"

now, this may sound crazy but run TOWARDS the other bolds. as you get closer they will get a better shot at you until you reach the wall then they will have no shot at all. you can also do all you can to make a magic shield or something. you just NEED to get to the wall.

Oh goodness they're using you for target practice for the other more advanced wizards. So either you'll spontaneously develop some defensive powers willed into existence by your desire to survive or you'll no longer be a mouth they need to feed. How coldly cunning. I'm not entirely sure there really is any designed manner for your to survive this test, but we'll operate on the chance that there is. He said not to leave via that door, so are there other entrances/exits that you can see? How far is it, roughly, to the platform/balcony the others are on? It may seem ludicrous at the moment but if you're able to reach that balcony, there should be a great deal of blind spots at the bottom of it. Or at the very least, the other kobolds will be better able to see and hear you and may actually show some compassion when they see a fellow kobold sobbing rather than some speck in the distance they've been told to blow up. Zig-zag your way towards them if you can and there's no other cover or anything for you on this side of the room.

>>320960
*Sniff* only 2 years old and walking away from explosions
a 'bold after my heart

It's a test of courage, they PROBABLY aren't going to really hurt you if you fail to dodge... then again, there is a small chance they might.
You fail if you run away (aka, leave the room). There is probably a combination of illusions and/or real magic blasts being thrown at you.

But yes, run towards the other kobold's; if you see a ball of fire coming towards you, dodge.

looks like you're being used for target practice. Do your best not to get killed, eh?

DO A BARREL ROLL! PRESS A AND B TWICE!

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)02:28 No. 320983 ID: c811c4
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>>320965
>>320962
>>320961
AHHHH
NO THESE ARE NOT ILLUSIONS THESE ARE DEFINITELY PYROMANCERS.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)02:31 No. 320984 ID: c811c4
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Okay, okay, okay! They've stopped firing, but they can definitely reach me. I think it's because this wall is made out of wood. No, no, that would definitely be a reason.

We're at a stalemate.. and they're starting to whisper to one another.

>>320983
i said a combination of illusions and real spells.

Well, its target practice for the other bold mages and you are the target. Dodge for dear life but don't give up, you MUST succeed, you must learn magic and throw your own fireballs. One day you will be a powerful wizard. You could get revenge, you could protect your loves ones... and right now this means you need to dodge fireballs.

Try running in a zig zag pattern to make you harder to hit.

>>320984
oh hey, update while I was typing...
See if there are any loose rocks around, pick them up. Be ready to throw at pyromancers.

Talk to them: "So, what is the next test?". If they do start firing at you again you can try throwing rocks back at them.

Tsk; that is the problem with fire magic. It is just so messy, which can hugely limit its usefulness.

Ask them: "So... Are you going to continue backstabbing the recruit or not?"

>>320984
They want determination, give them determination.
"Hey! One of you help me up. The guy said I can't leave through the door I came through, so I'm going through the one you came through! I'm gonna be a mage, dammit!"

Alternately, just: "So, what's the next test?"

Peg the first one who looks like he is casting a spell on you in the face with a rock.

Ask what you're supposed to do.

>>320993
Actually, cancel my previous suggestion. The best way to go for guilt is to innocently ask what to do next.

Jump up and grab that hat of his head!

>>320992
Do this while shouting "Abracadabra!" so they'll know you're practicing highly advanced Rockamancy and not just chucking rocks like some hick 'bold that can't even cast Mundane Missile.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)05:34 No. 321003 ID: c811c4
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It's an awkward silence, before the wizard with the hat I really want speaks up.

>"Well this is embarrasing. We have half a dozen 'bolds up here, and not ONE of us could hit him!"
>"I'm pretty sure that that is a dude, there."
>"That doesn't matter! We've got to get.. it off the wall! Any bright ideas?"
>"Yeah, stand back. I'm going to smoke him out!"

"W-wait!! What am I supposed to do?! What's the next test?"

>"...hey, dude. This is standard stuff, it's not li-"
>"Fraga! You're not supposed to talk to it!"
>"Right, right. Smoke time, then."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)05:35 No. 321004 ID: c811c4
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>something about a rock

"Abracadabra!"

Now gather more rocks while they're distracted. Shout, "DEATH TO THE VILE OPPRESSORS!" and throw many rocks at them.

perfect!

>>321005
No, no, it's rockamancy, he needs to yell more magic-sounding things!

>>321009
Actually on reflection assaulting the people we're going to be learning magic from with rocks is probably not the best idea. I hope they don't get angry.

>>321010
>"The rule is simple. The only thing you need to do to pass this test is NOT to come back out of this door.
assault on the shooters isn't against the rule.

Take deep breaths to survive the smoke while looking for a way to get to the top of the way, then run up to the door on the west side like a good boy...girl?

>>321004

Forgive this one, but it is very confused. Perhaps it has missed something while it was resting.

This one suggests asking why this is happening.

agreed, keep up a rock barrage while yelling things like hocuspocus, simsalabim and kazaam.

There's a door on top of the wall. Your task is to make it through there.

Well this is hardly hospitable. Anyway, their smoke idea is just stupid, as smoke rises and all you'd have to do would be to hold your breath for a reasonable amount of time while hunkering down. Anyway, let's look for alternate solutions. The wall is long, so you should be able to edge along it. Any sign of other ways to get out, or parts of the wall that look climbable?

>>321004
That was awesome, man. You're awesome.

Grab a couple more rocks, hit anyone else who looks over the wall with them. While you're doing that, look for a place in the wall that might be climbable; you've got to go on the offensive here. They must have an exit up there; only by reaching it will you be able to escape and claim victory.

>>321004
Tell them that if they don't tell you what you have to do next, you'll keep casting Rockomancy on them.

>>321030
They were genuinely trying to hit Chee with their giant blasts of fire. The win condition was
>The only thing you need to do to pass this test is NOT to come back out of this door.

Put those two together, and it's likely that this "test" was more of a way to get Chee killed. There is no next step for them to tell us about because no one is supposed to survive the first step, if they do decide to tell us something it might well just be more deceitful, murderous shit.

We need to exit this room through someplace other than the door we came in, as soon as possible. No one can be allowed to stand in our way. That is what we do next.

Well, we found one of your skills: agility.

Yell up to them and ask if they're actually trying to kill you, because you kind of don't want to die

Seriously you'll find a better job if they are, if they're trying to just "test your mettle" under stress YOU DO NOT USE SMOKE LIKE THAT

>what's the next test
>"...hey, dude. This is standard stuff, it's not li-"

I don't think this is an unwinnable trap to kill him based on that part of the discussion.

Grab a few more rocks but rather then throwing then say "you admitted you can't hit me but I can hit you, surrender now"

>>321022
There IS an exit over there, I can see a door. So yea, definitely climb up if you can.

>>321021
that is a good point. Now do we impress them by telling them that or do we let them accidentally smoke themselves?
Although it could be MAGIC smoke...

CONTINUE USING GEOMANTIC ATTACKS.

Cutebolds are adorable! Does the artist have an art site or anything? (It's the downside of chan-type boards.)

Oh, and if they drop smoke, remember, they're trying to get you to leave the smoke so they can throw fireballs at you. Use your loincloth to cover your nose and mouth so you can breathe. (Don't worry about modesty; if they can't see you, they can't see you naked!)

Nice throw, right in the face. That was you, right, not another recruit they tossed in? Maybe you should have gone into archery or something like that?

Anyways, throw some more. Imagine their faces if you knock out their wizards when you're supposed to be target practice! And maybe ask the receptionist if there actually is some kind of archery or ranged weapons training around here, cause damn, that really was a mighty fine throw.

>>321092
Forget archery, he just needs to throw fireballs with the same accuracy he can throw rocks :)
Also asking such a question after passing is a good way to undo your hard work and get refused magic teaching.

>>321092
Small little arms are bad for bows too, fireballs do not require manly muscles, bows do.

Also the only rule was not to come back through the door you came in, so going out via another exit is fair game.

>>321003
Not supposed to talk to it? That hardly seems like they're trying to test you so much as kill you off...

>>321106
Or scare you off. Remember what the guy said about running through combat? The exact wording of >"...hey, dude. This is standard stuff, it's not li-"
Suggests that killing you isn't the goal

>>321114

Seeing as how they were throwing FIREBALLS at our little friend I don't see how they're NOT trying to kill, or seriously maim, Cheelop.

Throwing fireballs and being told "not to talk to it" doesn't sound like they want him perfectly healthy.

>>321121
i didn't say that the test didn't have death as a possibility. I am saying that its not their explicit and only goal.

besides they have magic healing so they don't have to coddle recruits as much. "Oops we set you on fire, mmm, third degree burns eh... someone cast cure medium wounds on him"

>>321121
In whole, this settlement is larger, more military, and more organized than Cheelop's village. Thus, things are greatly desensitized, especially towards a newcomer. Everything here has a place, and these wizards' place is magical combat. If the recruit, in this case Cheelop, cannot keep their cool when in the middle of a magical firefight, this probably not the job for them.

It is harsh, but it makes sense.

>>321127
Haha.... that's literal, too.

Though... what do we do next, scale the wall?

>>321127
Haha.... that's literal, too.

Though... what do we do next, scale the wall?

>>321127
It makes less sense when we end up a fried corpse for just wanting to be useful.

Look for other exits or grooves in the wall

Scale the wall.

Eh, or you could just keep throwing rocks, whatever works.

I vote we tell them about the smoke.
"Umm... Doesn't smoke rise?"

Some of them seem to be on the edge of being sympathetic, and being helpful should help with that.

I'd assumed the wall was stone, but it's too thin for that to be the case. I'm guessing it's wood, which would also explain why they're not throwing fire now that he's pretty close to it. You should be able to get through with a good kick, but if it's too solid for you, you might want to see if you can light it on fire.

>>321121
The fire is probably not hot enough to incinerate him instantly. Even if it's as hot as a bonfire, it wouldn't do him any permanent harm, since the fireballs appear to dissipate on impact.

>>321032
Why the fuck would they want to kill us? That's stupid. However,
>We need to exit this room through someplace other than the door we came in, as soon as possible. No one can be allowed to stand in our way. That is what we do next.
I concur.

Not to burst you bubble, Chee, but someone shouted
>>"Begin practice!!"

They said you pass by not coming back. They're aiming at you and don't want to talk, nor ruin their wall.

You're the target. I think they plan to kill you. I truly do.

>>321249
two birds one stone. gives target practice to the older students and a test for anyone new.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)19:14 No. 321263 ID: c811c4
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I have a second to think while he recovers! I don't know if I can scale the wall. It's wooden, but my claws are tiny, and they might just push me back down. To the side, though, is the rock cliff, which would be easier. I'd be even more vulnerable, but maybe if he does use smoke I could use that as cover!

Speaking of cover, I see a few rocks that I could hide behind. Again, if he uses smoke, I might be able to sneak behind one and they won't know where I went. But what I would do then, I don't know.

Also, I don't think he's in any mood to listen to me, even if I did warn about the smoke!

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)19:16 No. 321266 ID: c811c4
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Ah! He's starting..

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)19:18 No. 321267 ID: c811c4
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Ow, it stings the eyes! The loincloth does help, thankfully.

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)19:23 No. 321271 ID: c811c4
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While all of you tell me what my next move is...

"Kazaam!"

>>321266
The enemy have deployed Aerosol Gas Weaponry! DO NOT INHALE! RUN horizontally along the edge of the wall! SHUT YOUR EYES to keep it out!

You'll want to flush your eyes with water later. Get that sulphurous crap out. However, these seem to be Draconic Kobolds. Be careful. As long as you can survive like this, launching guerilla strikes on their face, eventually they'll crack and screw up.

OH! And try to edge along the wall to find a gate. If there is no gate, point out the ridiculousness of a fortification with no gate to the morons guarding it. Then throw a rock at them.

>>321272
(okay seriously, did you not notice the meter on the top left saying 2/4? as in 2/4 panels poster and still more to come?)

okay get to the rocks! hunker down behind them and they will be confused.

>>321271
Awesome job with the rocks. Keep hitting them with those whenever they poke their noses out over the wall; hopefully you'll be able to get them to keep their heads down. Suppressive fire is a wonderful thing.

Keep low and move quickly down the wall away from where most of the smoke is. It's covering a relatively small area, so it shouldn't be too hard to get out from underneath it. Then they'll have to lean over the wall again- hit them with another rock- and then seize the opportunity to climb up that cliff. If you move fast, hopefully you'll be able to get up it and over the wall before they realize what you're up to and act to blast you down.

Do not try to hide, except as a strictly temporary measure. The moment you take cover, they'll start blasting your cover with fire bolts and you'll be pinned, then eventually killed.

>>321283
hmmmm. good point.

>>321271
Climb the stone wall to get to the door.

>>321283

I'm inclined to agree with what has already been posted.

>Ow, it stings the eyes! The loincloth does help, thankfully.

Hold up, did you remove your loincloth to wipe your eyes with it? Being naked is sometimes a good psychological tactic in a battle. Just so you know.
Anyway, look for an entrance or something along the wall, and if that fails, try climbing the cliff thing.

>>321311
He means the smoke I think.

And wow you have good aim to hit him right in the nose through his smoke spray.

>>321316
>Agility, good aim through smoke.

If the whole mage thing doesn't work out. Ninja could be a good thing for you Chee.
That said get to the climbable area as fast as you can. Don't bother with the cover. You get behind there they'll start firing and that will deteriurate after so many blows. At least with that you may be exposed, but you can keep moving.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)20:42 No. 321320 ID: c811c4
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>>321272
I've never seen a draconic kobold, before! I'm pretty sure that one isn't though. I think it's just magic breath.

>>321311
>>321272
I never saw any gate.. I think this is just a shooting range. A big one.

>Climb the rocks
Alright! It's easy enough to climb, it wasn't smoothed or anything... and I'm getting out of the smoke's range, but I might be able to sneak by...

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)20:44 No. 321323 ID: c811c4
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ohgodohgodohgod

can you find a way to lock the door? if so then lock it. if not then try to pull the knob off. and grab that paper.

and read it! bluh.

Good job Cheelop. Nice work. Read the paper on the table if you can, then go over and see what those bottles are. If we can weaponize them, it's revenge time. . .Also, put your pan-Loinclith back on. I know nothings there but please.

>>321323
If that door locks, lock it immediately. Because screw them.

Then put your cloth back on, since you're out of the smoke.

And start poking around, I guess. You left the testing room and didn't use the door that they said you couldn't, so you pass the test. And as you're off the practice range, they no longer have any reason to blast you with fire. Might as well see what's going on. There's a note on the table you can read, and another door to go through when that's done.

If the door opens inward and you can't lock it, you could try to move one of the furniture items in front of it instead. Just remove whatever's on top before you do.

If the door doesn't close, avoid the doorway.

So read note, hug wall.

move the empty table against the door.

>>321323
maybe we are supposed to go out the other door?

Read Note is our LAST priority, as it's doubtful that it'll contain anything that'll serve us in the life and death situation we think we're in. The Table should be the easiest thing for you to knock over in the way of the door. After you do that you have a few moments perhaps to examine the chemicals on the dresser thing and perhaps see if you can shove/pull it in front of the door as well.

I disagree, its possible its says something like congratulations for completing the test, and we have some time before the realize we are gone.

>>321342
That still doesn't say anything that'd affect us in the here and now. If we read the note last, the worst that could happen is that we go "oops, i guess it was silly for me to barricade the door like that", while if we read it first, the worst that could happen is we get killed because we could've used the time defending ourselves rather than reading (assuming the kobold can read)

Alright. Put your loincloth back on, barricade the door, and read the note. In whatever order you think is best.

They currently seem unaware of where you are, which seems more useful than a barricade.

>>321348
You believe that all of them staring at us (or at least the camera) rather than paying any attention at the firing range suggests they don't know where we are? Note: >>321322

>>321350
I had missed the direction they were staring in. Barricading it is then.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)21:54 No. 321366 ID: c811c4
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>>321348
They were staring at me for sure! I don't think they were expecting me to be up there, though. Not naked, any- ah, they saw me without my loincloth! Let me put that back on!

>>321326
I have no idea what these bottles contain. They're not marked at all, and I could do just as much damage to myself as I could to them.

>Barricade the door
"HRRRRNG!"

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)21:56 No. 321368 ID: c811c4
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"NNNNGGGGGGG"

>"Should we follow it?"
>"Yeah man. Geez that thing can throw."
>"... what IS it doing in there?"

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)21:58 No. 321369 ID: c811c4
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[i]Thunk.[i]

>"What was- oh. OH. It did NOT just barricade our own door against us!"
>>>>>>"WHAT?!"

Uhm.. I don't want to be in here too long, but I'll get the note real quick!

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)21:59 No. 321371 ID: c811c4
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I can't read, but you guys can!

>"Hey, kid! Open up, we're not gonna actually kill you! Just our crazy ass teacher that's always saying, 'You haven't tasted combat till you've been set on fire'!"

>>321371
Tell them that you don't like being burned. It isn't nice.

Well that good to know. Wait, is there such a thing as a "Non-Lethal Fireball"?

>>321371
Go to the door and tell them your name is Cheep. Make them say your name before you let them in.

>>321375
A really weak fireball probably.

>>321375
probably ones that result in burns but not fried crispy.

anyway, the note says it was supposed to scare you and then when you pass out from pain they fix you up. i think you passed even more then they did.

>>321371
"That's great, but I'm not terribly fond of being burned. Why don't you all use the door I came in instead of this one? I promise I won't throw any fireballs at you while you're on the practice range!"

I'm forced to wonder what they would have done if you hadn't gone through the door. They clearly had enough time to set this all up, but if you didn't go through the door yourself then it looks like none of their preparation would've gone to use. Still, their methods are... not exactly kind. Regardless, the best possible outcome has been achieved, at least when it comes to possibilities for why they were shooting fireballs at you. And if you look at it another way, not only have you passed the 'test' but you've conquered it in a way no other has ever done (presumably). You'll be the talk of the town, or at least the mage-table. So I suppose you can turn yourself in without further fuss... but of course only if think they're sincere and you still want to go through with all this.

its their orders, it says to not use lethal fire. I am assuming they have magic fire that hurts a lot but doesn't kill. Specifically it orders "Goal! Give recruit a taste of fear. Do not talk to him/her. DO NOT USE LETHAL FIREBALLS. Once subdued bring recruit to medical bay."

So it was all a test after all, they wanted to scare you and maybe cause some pain but not kill you. They were just gonna knock you out and then heal you. Tell them "I found your orders and they say non lethal so I am opening the door". Then open it and come outside. I think the test is over.

You know Cheelop, those were some impressive moves out there. Dodging fireballs, using your wits, scaling walls like a ninja.

Maybe you're not meant to be a mage, maybe you should look into something that better uses your quickness and agility.

Oh, and see where that other door leads.

Suggestion 2011/07/03(Sun)22:45 No. 321406 ID: 1cce0a
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>>321400
NINJA KOBOLD!

Don't open the door, it might be an ambush! Ask for the instructor and confirm that your test is indeed finished.

>>321400
why are the two mutually exclusive? Ninja wizard doctor!

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)22:54 No. 321410 ID: c811c4
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Th-the adrenaline just wore off.. I feel dizzy. And all those burns and scrapes are really starting to sting.

>>321376
That's not even my name!

"It's not nice to burn people! But.. I'll let you in."

They move through the room. Four of them just go right by, and the looked pretty angry! The other two stick around, and the hat girl speaks up.

>"Hey! I'm Tlimbus, and this here is Fraga. We're both pyromancers, but Fraga also knows some light healing magic. I'm going to go report this little fiasco to our teacher. And don't worry, he's a mean old coot, but you won't get in trouble!"

>"Yo. I was told you wanted to be a healer, yeah? Don' worry, I'll show you the ropes, an' try to get some magic outta ya."

>>321408
Polymath kobold, is pretty damn polymathmatical!

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/03(Sun)22:55 No. 321413 ID: c811c4
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>"So, like... how do you piss, dude?"

...I've never had to do that before.
"I'd rather not talk about that, please?"

>"Suit yourself, kid. Ain't any of my business. Before we start up the magic glow though, I'm sure you got a ton of questions. You just ask, and I'll see if I can't get you a little less confused."

>>321413
First you need to ask the most important question: Where do you get that really cool pointy hat that Tlimbus has?

First, apologize if the rock hurt. You were hoping it would make them less inclined to lean over the wall and throw fire at you.

Then, questions...

-Why were all of them so angry when I was the one being fireballed?

-Where the heck am I? I was carried here unconscious.

-How many people live here?

-How many mages are there? What do you normally study?

-Who do you fight?

-How long will it take to learn magic?

why is it rare for a settlement to last 15 years around here? what destroys them?

Apologize for rocks.
Ask if you can learn more than one type of magic, can you learn both healing and pyro for example?

Stare at Fraga for a few moments, then wordlessly walk up to him/her and bury your face in his/her torso, sobbing cutely as you let yourself finally relax for just a moment after all you've been through for the past few days. You've seen everyone you knew murdered, trekked through wilderness on your own, and had to adjust yourself to a kobold society far unlike any other that you've encountered thus far, and had to prove yourself worth their notice, but you've finally done it. Time to let it all out.

>>321413
Are we a classical homonculi? You know, unliving thing given life, an artificial being?

>>321413
Ask the kobold how you did, since you figure from the notes and their reactions that most trainees don't do what you did to make it through the test.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)00:14 No. 321440 ID: c811c4
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>>321415
>"Aha. She says she got it off a wizard she slew herself. Me? I think she got it off the tailor here. If you get accepted though, we'll let you have some robes. We've got pride here, and no magic mates are going to be wandering in tattered loinclothes."

>>321417
"I'm sorry about those rocks!"
>"No problem dude. I'm more impressed than anything. Now, those other guys... well, there were six of us. It was s'pose to be a turkey shoot out there, and we got completely shamed by.. well, no offense man, but look at you."

>"As for location, just a den in the mountains. Real nice defensive terrain, and for most of us, like yourself, it's not our first home. Like a permanent refugee camp, so there's about 600 of us in here. Not like we keep records. About 50 of us are able to use magic at least a little bit.

>"We fight a lot. 15 years, it's hard to keep the location a secret. Humans, a small band of paladins, and dwarves wanting to claim this cavern all come by every once in awhile. Some pack of necromancers think it holds some artifact. Can't be anything awesome though, we've never got assaulted by, say, liches. You'll def'nitely be fighten 'em, magical healer and all."

>"How long's it take to learn magic? Lemme put it this way. Humans often grow old still learning it. We don't got that luxury; hence the brutal training regiments. We gotta pack it in with a fraction o' the time. Either you get good, or you get dead. I give my whole hearted guarantee that one of those things'll happen before ya know it."

>>321421
>"Much the same reason we're always under attack. Either some paladin or dwarven group tromping through. Sucks."

>>321424
>"Oh absolutely, dude. Long as you don't split yourself thin and suck at everythin', you can be a real versatile mage. Oh, and you're good to go into weapon training areas too. No good if all you can do is cast spells, and suddenly you get a jinx of Silence placed right on ya.

>>321435
>"Wouldn't worry 'bout that. Physically, you pass and then some. If you do half as well with magic as you did out there, you're in easy."

>>321425
I could do that! I really could! But I'm just so.. confused, right now. But he looks at me with such concern... I think he can tell I've been through a lot. That's good enough for me, right now. I don't want to crack and make things awkward!

>"Alright man. Woman. Man, whatever you are. That's enough talk, let's see if you got magic in you. Then you're off for today, and you can go back to wherever you stay at. We'll send a note whether we accept you or not. Don't sweat it, even if you can't cast a damn worth of magic, you can sure make it as a scout or assassin or some'at.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)00:16 No. 321441 ID: c811c4
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The rest of the day is in a daze. I feel like I'm going to pass out. He stopped healing me halfway through, and told me how to do the same thing he did. It took awhile, but I think I was able to do it! It was really slow and I couldn't focus, but I hope it's enough! He sent me on my way, and told me to wait for a message.

>"How'd it go, runt?"

>>321441
Tell her you can heal now! Ask if she wants a massage.

I like this one... Ask if you can hang out sometimes, like friends.

>>321444
aww, posted too late, he already left... well look him up later and make friends.

>How did it go
"It went well."
"Say, I... um, how can I tell if I am a boy or a girl?"

>>321441
"Well. I think. They said they'll send a message about if they accept me. What about you? How was your day?"

>>321441
I wonder if she knows enough about the test for a statement like "I beat the first test" to mean anything to her.

You should say it regardless.

(A question for Cheelop, not for Fraga):
Um, do you need to eat regularly if you don't... you know...

Well you're not sure, really. And I'm not sure, really. I mean, he said "let's see if you got magic in you" and then sent you home. I really didn't get any confirmation on whether you even had the potential for magic in you. As for your roommate... Well she's being rather mean and intimidating, and while some may like the 'tsundere' stereotype you don't seem like the type of flower that'd bloom under that constant criticism and cynicism. Either she's interested in being friends with you or she isn't, and quite frankly with her attitude she doesn't deserve any special attention from you. Tell her things went 'fine' and then the ball's in her court when it comes to whether she wants to pursue further conversation. Talking her ear off without that invitation, however, just invites further scorn.
>>321443
And no, Cheelop can't heal i'm pretty sure.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)00:51 No. 321461 ID: c811c4
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>>321444
Oh, apparently there's only 50 mages, I think I'll be seeing him again. You're right, he was a pretty nice guy!

>>321452
I still have to eat. Not nearly as much as other kobolds, but maybe that's just because of my size.

"I can heal now! Well, sort of. A little. Barely. And I passed the first test! How was your day?"
>"I mined out the wall so we both had room to sleep without being in each others space."
"Oh! Also, um.. Shabin?"
>"What?"
"How do I tell what gender I am?"
>"... look under your loincloth."
"Well, no-I mean, but... nevermind."

>"Anyways, you apparently took a lot of time to get back. This came shortly before you arrived. It's probably meant for you."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)00:52 No. 321462 ID: c811c4
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>"Congratulations, Chee."

>>321461
Ask her if she wants healing for any aches and pains! You need practice and she needs to be thanked!

Congratulations!
Now might be a good time to pick a color scheme, so you can be Cheelop the [color].

How about Cheelop the Genderless. Functional and to the point!

Turn the letter over, see what is on the other side. Also maybe ask the headmaster about your genderless issue. That is something of interest.

>>321462
"Thanks! Now I just need an awesome hat. And to actually learn magic."

>>321462
Celebrate with dancing!

Actually you're probably exhausted after all that crazy.
Sleep sounds good.

Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)01:12 No. 321470 ID: c811c4
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OH MY GOSH

"Shabin do you want healing I mean if you want a massage or have pain or something maybe just a little scratch or so-"

>"No, I'm fine. I tell you what, I'll help you train tomorrow!"

"Thatwouldbefantasticthankyouu!"

>>321464
I didn't hear anything about that but if they do then I'll think about it!

>>321466
There's nothing and maybe it's interesting to you but not to me and I'd rather just be learning magic please!

>>321467
>>321465
Stop ruining this for meeee!

Ignore genderlessness. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Anyway, thank your roomie for giving you both more room, ask if there's anything you can do in return. (do not say you've got 'magic fingers' and she looks like she needs a massage) and then go to bed.

daww, you are so cute cheelop. Congrats on passing the tests and becoming a wizard.

>>321470
Dancing dancing dancing whee!

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)02:22 No. 321484 ID: c811c4
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>"Thank you for more room! Is there anything I can do for you in return?"

>"Go to bed."
>Go to bed.

I'm going to bed!
I'm hungry and excited but more than anything I'm tired. Shabin seems to be having trouble to go to sleep too. She insists I face the other way, and I can't shake the feeling I'm being stared at. I'd be even more nervous, but I'm still too tired, and I'm right about to fall asleep. I hope tomorrow is as productive as today, was.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/04(Mon)02:22 No. 321485 ID: c811c4
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Goodnight!

But seriously, the gender thing is weird. Everyone has a gender. If you don't have one... then what are you?

Seriously, the gender thing is immaterial. Cheelop is Cheelop, and whatever genitalia he/she does or doesn't have is irrelevant to who the kobold is. Admittedly it'd make it easier were we able to use a simple pronoun, as saying 'it' doesn't feel quite right, but defining someone by their gender is also not quite right. Let's just simply appreciate Cheelop for who he or she is.

Also it seems that your roommate may have problems with nightmares. Or... stomach cramps... or something.