Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)11:13 No. 325370 ID: c811c4
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It's a new day, and Fraga says he can teach me an advanced supportive spells. Which one should I take?


- Imbue an inanimate object with healing energy so that it heals instead of damages people. This takes a moment, so I can't just negate on offensive blade swinging on me.

- Gain strength. This is self explanatory, but apparently it occupies all your magic, and so I can't cast any spells while my (or other's) strength is high!

- Invisibility. This has even more drawback than the strength. Apparently it takes so much concentration, it's near impossible to cast other spells or do anything complex. I guess if it was second nature though, I could do it while invisible.

take imbue, would let you imbue a throwing knife and throw it at a undead thing.

I say go with imbue. We were already on the path of healing and helping people, so let's continue that plan.

Fraga's such a good person, although I suppose it's all for the sake of everyone being the best that they can be. With everything you guys have to put up with, I can understand why that rule is in place.

Imbue. We will be the holy scourge against undead! And also make other people holy scourges against undead! How long does imbue last by the way?

>>325370
Imbue, then Invisibility.
If you combine those two then you'll be able to imbue a bunch of blow-darts, hide somewhere above a battlefield invisibly, and heal your allies at a distance.

>>325370
Gain strength, so you can kick Chop's ass.

Does imbuing allow you to enchant items and to make them into healing accessories? Ask him to teach you imbuing regardless; once you master it, you'll be even more valuable for the camp, which will cement your position here and discourage any further thoughts of your banishment.

I don't see much value to imbuing, almost any situation where we could use an imbued item to heal, we could just do it manually.

I say invisibility.

I say go with strength so you can throw things and swing stuff really hard. And beat the shit out of Chop hopefully. Imbue is good too, how long does it last? Do enchantments stay forever?

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)11:45 No. 325381 ID: c811c4
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These are some good questions! Let me ask...

>>325373
>>325380
>"For you dude, I'd say an imbue would last a few good minutes after you cast it. It's a real quick spell too, so so long as you got a warning you'll have some ammo. Preferably soft ammo. Normally this is a pretty useless spell, because it has to heal the damage caused, by, ya know, stabbing someone as well. After that, all surplus power goes to where they were hurtin before. But man, your heals are so good, that's no prob."

>>325377
>"Certainly dude, this is kind of the fundamental spell for that. Later on we can get you magicing up an item with more permanent heal charges."

>>325376
>"Uh, no offense there, but even with your magic you may have trouble with 'im. Now, if you casted some strength in Chop... well, I'd rather not think 'bout that."

"Well, I'll keep all of that in mind, but I'd really like the imbue!"

>"Nice choice, specially what with the necromancers. That would cause damage both from the ammo and the heal.

Frankly, you look pretty awesome.

Admire your reflection at the first chance you get.

Admire it.

>>325381
Ask about using healing magic at a distance. Even if it's harder to do and weaker, sometimes you'll want to heal something you can't hit or get into a fight without warning.
Actually, aside from challenging Chop all your fights have been without warning. That could be an issue.

>>325381
Well lets get this show on the road then. Ask him if the imbuing also works for other spells, like if you can imbue a fireball into something now and what effects that would have.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)12:15 No. 325386 ID: c811c4
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It takes a few hours, but I'm really getting the hang of it!"

>"Yeah man. Geez. We're not supposed to feed your ego too much, but geez. Just a couple days of practice at that and you'll be able to put in the full power of your heal into whatever."

"Is it possible to heal at a distance?"

>"Oh absolutely. I couldn't teach you though, I can barely do it past arms reach, so you'll need to find someone else."

"How about imbueing stuff with fireballs?"

>"Sure, sure. That's a little advanced for your fire skills though, so let's wait on that. Doesn't do anything unexpected though, just acts like the item is on fire. Pretty awesome."

"Okay! Um.. is it just me, or does it sound like footsteps are coming up t-"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)12:17 No. 325388 ID: c811c4
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"WE GOT DWAAARVES!!"

DWAAAAARVES!

>>325388
Aw fuck, gather up your stuff and prepare to fight. Them dwarven fucks are merciless in their genocidal rage against kobolds and hard fighters. Better ask Fraga to give you a crash course in how to get stronger fireballs. Everyone able to light a beard on fire is going to be needed.

>>325391

>setting a dorf's beard on fire

don't listen to this guy, Chee. he's suicidal.

>>325388
Prepare for annihilation.

Scatter socks everywhere as a distraction. They'll never find you. Light the socks on fire when they get close, just in case. Um, failing that, perhaps you could try diplomacy?

Demand instructions from Fraga. He must know what to do.

Also: You can imbue things with healing now, right? With your accuracy, that+thrown objects could be a very powerful combination, getting around the fact that you don't have distance healing yet. You can sit at the back of battles and pop your allies with little bursts of healing whenever they get hurt.

Yell "DWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARVES!" at the top of your lungs. This is important, because it appears your alarm system is based on shouting. Then, make sure you have your ranged weapons. If you don't have any now, pick some up. Then get to where the dwarves are at.

>>325388
If they're still outside then go out there, have somebody point out their leader and his officers, take a bow, and go from highest to lowest rank putting as many arrows into their dwarf eyes as it takes to make them fall over. Eventually one of them will realize that they're now the ranking officer and order a retreat.

If they're inside then take a bow and start killing dwarves and healing kobolds as you find them.
Keep count of how many you kill, and when the battle is over have somebody tell BeardWizard how many kills you racked up. They'll have a hard time banishing you if you were the most valuable kobold in that fight.

Hit the big red button that sounds the DWARF ALARM, then head to the firepole I mean stick with Fraga unless instructed otherwise. Don't go off on your own if you can help it!

>>325396
We'll have to make sure to use relatively small rocks for this though, to waste the lease amount of healing.

Also lol healing shiv.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)12:41 No. 325401 ID: c811c4
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"DWAAAAAAAAAAAAARVES!!"

"Hey Fraga, what's a dwarf?"

>"Shit, dude. It's something that's marginally taller than us yet somehow is four times as big. You'll know when you see 'em. Let's go."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)12:54 No. 325403 ID: c811c4
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Oh, it seems Kradis knows what's going on and is telling Chop and... is that the chief?

>"Alright, tis not a normal attack. They bring with them the standard fare of two to three dozen, but such are different. Armed and armored to the beard, and discipline to boot. Worse yet, it is my belief a good four of them were full fledged paladins. Nary the paladins that fool around with kobolds and goblins either!"

>"No. These are the Silver Cross. They've taken on rampaging orcish hordes that crushed standard armies, and slain legions of demons and undead beside. We may not be doing battle with the full Cross and instead are looking at four, but what they are doing with us, I am truly afraid to know. They are typical to only be deployed to fry the big fish."

>"Be truthful with me, Kradis. What losses are we looking at?"

>"... with the normal dwarven force, we could expect to lose a few dozen in equal trade, and with excellent deployments of traps and terrain advantage. But the paladins are fearsome. I expect our traps to hardly be a bother, and many kobolds would be needed to give but a chance. We may not afford the luxury, this time, to hide our number as always."

This.. this sounds serious!

>"So dude. You're good at healing and sniping. You have your sling and daggers. You want to be positioned to snipe or to catch our wounded?"

>>325403
Both, you sling and they take wounded to you, you heal them and then you sling some more.

Snipe the enemies with Daggers of Death, snipe your comrades with Daggers of Healing!

We should be sniping, except also imbuing ammo with healing occasionally to heal people.

>>325407
>>325406
This but rocks instead of daggers for healing when we can. Less healing wasted on the wound caused by it.

>>325403
Snipe, but have them give you two quivers of arrows. One with piercing tips, and the other with the arrows they use for shooting each other when they do live target practice. You know, the kind with balls instead of points?
Put arrows into the paladin's eye-holes and whatever dwarves come within range, and use the blunt arrows to heal the kobolds.

>>325403
Sniping. You can enchant your ammo with healing if someone on your side gets wounded within your sight.

I wonder if they're really here to fight. I can't think of any crime this camp would have committed that warrants for the attention of paladin elites.

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)13:24 No. 325418 ID: c811c4
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>"Alright dude, here's an alcove that overlooks the entrance where they're showing up. Just do what you can, it's enough to simply break their formation. We wont' be engaging them out of doors for long though, so when it looks like they're about to reach the entrance, start runnin' for us. If you have any second thoughts about this post, you're free to come back to what will be the front line."

I'm pretty nervous.

>>325418
Don't be. Just aim your shots around the area at the start of their beards. And maybe toss a fireball or two at their beards. With the amount of alcohol that should be soaked up there they should be very flammable.

yeah man. just do what you can. when you can.

>>325418
Uhh... what kind of ammunition and/or weapons did they give you?

>>325418
Go for the Paladins.
Go for the eyes.
Go for their necks.

Kill or cripple as many as you can.

Commanders and non-coms are the keys to any organized army. Well, their elite troops as well. SO basically, treat the pallies as most likely to be the non-coms/commanders.

These dwarves are going to be armored up. Aim for anywhere there's a chink or gap in the armor, likely around the face or joints. If you think you can manage, throw fire at them.

But, honestly, I think fire is a bad idea. Dont throw fire unless you really think you need to, otherwise you could do more damage than good.

Don't wait until the last second to fall back. Closing the door on you would be a very easy way for them to get rid of their necromancer problem. For that matter, go with a buddy; there's bound to be someone else who wants to do some sniping.

>>325418
How much ammo do you have? I'm betting we could take out each and every one of them if you have enough throwing daggers or other lethal projectiles.

Don't worry Chee, you are awesome. You're gonna show everyone you're worth keeping.

>>325432
I'm pretty sure we're still inside the caverns.

Don't be nervous. Stay far enough back and behind cover and nobody will be able to do anything at all. Also I think those necromancer dudes would probably do something to keep you from being killed if something DID somehow happen. Don't be nervous, be relaxed and focused, so you can throw like you did earlier.

Perhaps imbue a few bullets with healing, since it seems that there will be some fighting outside, before the fighters pull back into the caves. Might save some of them while retreating.

1/6 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)14:38 No. 325453 ID: c811c4
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Alright! I'll keep all this in mind. I have 15 daggers and 15 sling bullets. I'll keep 3 sling bullets ready to be used to heal at a time.

And yes, this is still inside the same cave system, it just branches off a little ways.

As for a buddy, well.. I sort of don't want to miss anything because I went off looking for someone. I only know my way back anyway, not any of those winding side tunnels!

Oh, I.. off in the distance, I think I see some...

2/6 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)14:38 No. 325454 ID: c811c4
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Those must be dwarves!

Um...

3/6 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)14:39 No. 325455 ID: c811c4
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Ummm....

4/6 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)14:39 No. 325456 ID: c811c4
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UMMMM!

5/6 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)14:40 No. 325457 ID: c811c4
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thunkthunkthunkthunk tink

6/6 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)14:41 No. 325458 ID: c811c4
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Oh gods.

Oh gods.

That paladin was- is- really really strong.

>>325458
Aw shit dude, he stopped a fucking dagger by sheer force of will. And he can probably sense that shit the necromancers were talking about. Fucker is likely to make a beeline for you. Check quickly to see if he's coming right at you, if he is then it's time for a hasty retreat and tell your friends that you got a paladin coming right after you and help is needed because he can stop projectiles by staring at them.

>>325458
What? That paladin... What is UP with his head? Something is wrong with these dwarves! Withdraw to the next position, then kill MORE OF THEM.

Don't worry, don't be scared. You're really strong too. Chuck a couple more at him at the same time and see if it works, but be ready to dodge if he tries to throw them back at you.

Okay, focus on the other dwarves and let Chop deal with that guy. Unless you killed all the dwarves?

run back and inform them that you think the paladin is actually a demon. when you were looking at him horns seemed to appear on his head for a moment then disappear.

I think he just saw the dagger coming and moved his head. Or did you miss because he psyched you out? I agree that we should leave him for Chop, and maybe take out a few more of the others. Or, we could lend support in the form of healing...

Do you think you could get back to where the healing would take place before the really strong guy got there? Or just after? Your healing talents might be needed.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)15:17 No. 325470 ID: c811c4
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Ah! The paladin healed two of them and they're starting to run! I hear yelling from them as well as a couple other spots, it's probably the other dwarves!

I won't wait around though, I'll run back to let others know about the horns, then I'll start trying to snipe some more.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)15:24 No. 325472 ID: c811c4
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"Kradis! One of them had horns!"

>"Aye. More actually. It's an ornamental piece they oft put on their helms."

"No, no! I mean, he doesn't have horns, but then his helm had them for just a minute, then they were gone again! He might be a demon or something!"

>"... I am half suspect ye merely saw things in the chaos. We are about to engage, judging from their cries. However, what ye describe... tis no demon, lad. T'was a cursed helm placed upon a dwarven paladin some years back in a great battle against an unspeakable force, if my books are to be trusted. And if that is the same paladin as which ye say... I will not give it a thought, because it is the same thought as giving up. I do not think so, however! He only does battle with the greatest of evils, and to show up here? I definitely do not think so."

Maybe it's kind of self centered, but, the way that paladin was looking at me...

>>325472
Dude. HE STOPPED A DAGGER WITH HIS THOUGHTS. This is THAT GUY. I suggest you draw the paladins away from the Kobold home, and allow the normal dwarves to be killed while you lure the Super Dwarves away. Also, BE CAREFUL. At that power level, paladins can shoot HOLY LASER BEAMS from their hands. You don't want to get hit by those, as they obliterate creatures of your specific nature.

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)15:34 No. 325477 ID: c811c4
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>>325473
HOLY LASER BEAMS?!

Oh god but that's the best idea isn't it to get those paladins away!

>>325473
oh no, they WOULD if chee was a zombie, but isn't isn't and also not evil. they obviously just know that necromancers are here for some reason. need to take one for the team... put other hat on and run outside. maybe get a necromancer to show up and have them fight eachother.

>>325472
Aw crap, Chee, you need to lure him away. The others won't be able to fight him, if he comes they will just throw people into the grinder to no use. You need to let him see you leave the battle and take a way out of here that won't take you or him through your own forces. Then maybe the others will have a chance to win.

Well, looks like we'll need to take a page from Tucker's Kobolds/the vietcong. Traps, choke points, fucking burning barricades, continuous fire, doesn't matter if it's weak or unconcentrated, will wreck havoc with moral or at least order. Oh, and totally tell them about the stopping the dagger with his mind. We might have someone who can kill you with his brain on our hands.

>>325472
Um... oh dear.

Maybe you should steel yourself for potential major revelations. I know I am.

Uh, aren't Paladins supposed to be good? Because if so, a Paladin really shouldn't be going around slaughtering villages and such.

Maybe if we hit them with a moral logic bomb they'll A) lose their alignment and powers or B) Have mercy.

>>325478
Aye, Chee is NOT a zombie. Chee is a soul-lacking magical construct animated by dark necromantic energies. This is also known as a PALADIN MAGNET.

>>325483
>>325478
Yeah, if worst comes to worst we could use Bad Hat to summon the legions of evil to fight the dwarves. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll kill each other off!

>>325472
Sounds like he is after you. Cripes, what ARE you, Chee?

Maybe you should just go out and give yourself up. Or run off to draw them away. I mean, according to this guy, the paladin's unstoppable, and you're very likely the target of his ire so getting the hell out might be a good idea.

OOOOOOR you could go out, put on the hat willingly and thusly summon necromancers. They'll fight it out, so one problem would solve itself.

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)15:51 No. 325487 ID: c811c4
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"U-um, Kradis, I think I'm going to go run out there! The paladins might be after me, an-

>"Lad. Even if I wanted you running out there all by yeself, ye can't. We're arming the traps. All we got. Fire in the thin tunnels where they can't dodge, boiling oils and our poisonous bugs. We've got pitfalls, barricades and more. Ye aren't getting too far, I'm afraid."

ask if there are any other ways in. if not then say "then i'm gonna call reinforcements" and put on the other hat.

>>325487
Go vietkobolds!

...are we, uh, going to do that necrobold-summoning thing? cause that really makes me nervous but at the same time, it seems like they'd do some damage...

wait

yes

throw the hat at them

>>325487
There's still a way out. There must be things like escape tunnels and stuff. All you need is to get the chance and you will make atleast one paladin follow you, possibly even more and there's a chance they will make other dwarfs follow them after you.

>>325491
Specifically the one who can alter reality with his mind. Throw the hat at him. Three things could happen.

A) It appears back on you anyways
B) The necromancers are drawn to him
C) He destroys it with HOLY LASER BEAMS forever

>>325485
That is what I like to call PLAN OMEGA.
...Where is that Necro-bold anyhow?

>>325487
All right then, Chee. If you can't get out, then you'll need to be on the front lines. That way you can distract the paladins as soon as they make it through, and let your kobold brethren deal with the rest.
As for HOW to deal with them... We'll burn that bridge with holy energy when we get to it.

Would creating an aura of healing magic work well enough to make them confused?

>>325487
Blargh. Then we'll have to meet him when he gets past all the traps. Meanwhile go back out and snipe some more. Keep the numbers down just in case.

>>325493
Never mind, switching my plan to this.
It is awesome and practical.

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)16:25 No. 325501 ID: c811c4
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I'd definitely like to keep the plan of putting on the hat at the back.

"Okay, I'm going to go back to sniping! Um, tell me honestly.. how good of a job will our traps do holding them back...?"

>"Honestly? If it is the same paladin, lad..."

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)16:25 No. 325502 ID: c811c4
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>"...then nary a moment."

It's Kore. Run for your fucking lives.

FFFFFFFFFFFF, okay charge forward. when in range put that love potion in sling and launch it at his face. just a few drops in his system should mess with him long enough that you can get an opening.

>>325502
Initiate PLAN OMEGA. The longer you wait, the more of your friends will die.

Everyone who can't take on the paladin (i.e. everyone) and isn't willing to spend their life buying time for the others to escape needs to run. Now. The kobolds can re-occupy these caverns once the dwarven strike force has moved on.

go to the paladin, Chee.

its not chees place to dictate the tribes strategy. we could probably slow him a bit. we can heal very well and are fairly hard to hit. we could harry him and slow him down for a bit. maybe let other kobolds escape, and i'm, fairly certain that the paladin code of conduct means they have to spare an enemy who surrenders.

>>325502
We can't win this fight. The most you can do is heal someone who is about to die, and accept whatever fate the paladin has in store for you.

You should try to talk to him though. Ask what he wants. Tell him nobody knows what you are, and you don't even know!

Let's keep summoning the necromancers as a last resort, they will after all, go for us afterwards.

supporting plan Ω

1/5 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)17:13 No. 325519 ID: c811c4
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>"Kradis, sir! Most dwarves have taken the alternate route! We're having a tough time, but we only see two dwarves heading this way, and they're unstoppable!"

>"Aye. Let us retreat this position. Come, lads, we will pick up the fight in the next series of chambers!"

2/5 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)17:14 No. 325520 ID: c811c4
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... I think I will stay.

>>325518
Remember, before we initiate Plan Omega, we need to try using the hat on the uber-paladin. If we are lucky, it will deal with that problem once and for all.

>>325521
yes, that.

aaah i'm too absorbed in this, chee you are making me emotional

3/5 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)17:17 No. 325523 ID: c811c4
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>"Where tis' tha evil creature that brought me...?"

4/5 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)17:19 No. 325525 ID: c811c4
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>Tis' could not possibly be a kobold th-!!

>>325525
THIS IS THE BEST WORST STRANGEST PLAN

5/5 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)17:28 No. 325529 ID: c811c4
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>"Whit foul play tis' on my eyes?! A kobold and yon' hat, so great ah' evil, and tah think ah would love at first sight?! No! This cannot be right! No longer tis' ah mission of extermination and smiting! Tah think, my own love could beh ridden' of such evil! Ah shall end thy torment! An' whit heresy is this?! Ah sense naught but broken souls trapped within yeh, yet ye have no life! More evil tah boot in ye, a poor wee kobold, than ah've seen in grea' orcish warlords, eternally hungry trolls and even tha servants o' mad liches! Ah shall deal wi' this mockery o' life an' free an' cleanse tha lost souls', before freein' yeh! Worry not, thou shall be mah first destination in mah journey beyon' death!"

Great. Now we're fighting Good and Love.

"it tis a powerful curse, it can only be removed if the creator is slain. but alas they are a lich of great power, that hat is used to track me, perhaps you can use it to track them"

>>325529
Tell it how sad it would be for you to be unmade before you ever experience love-in his current state he might give two shits about that.

>>325530
Ah but you forget! Love is what makes Good so dumb!

Hey we aint that evil! Though I suggest at least taking a few steps back.

>>325529
Damn, more knowledge you shouldn't have. Hold onto yourself Chee. Don't worry, you're still the same person. You are alive, no matter what anyone says, and I believe you are a good person.

Tell him you don't want to be like this. You want to be normal. You don't want to be evil. Give him a sadface and ask for his help. Ask him to set you on the path for good. Also tell him that you can tell his helmet is cursed- ask what it does.

Above all, be adorable. MAXIMUM CHARM, Chee.

>>325531
>>325537
supporting both of these.

>>325529
Keep your distance
"STOP HURTING PEOPLE!
I'm not evil, just cursed!
Two liches keep fighting over me and they need to be stopped! I can help you find them!
Just leave these innocent kobolds alone!"

If he doesn't go for that, then put on your hat and unleash hell.

>>325539
And remember, the hat is part of you, so even if he's holding it you can simply will it onto your head.

>>325537
Please specify that when you ask for his help it doesn't involve killing you because you enjoy life and would be a very sad, innocent cutebold if you couldn't enjoy life anymore so don't think that you'd be happier being slain.

or something like that. Just convince him your happier and gooder alive and nice and animate then dead and inanimate and slain. We don't knwo the consequences if you "die" per se, honestly let's not think what would happen if you "died" because I don't think an ordinary death (even as unordinary a death by HOLY BEAM LAZERS is too simple for whatever you are) would end you.

>>325529
Reminder: Paladins hate the undead. It also seems that our paladin is undead, seeing as he's on a journey "Beyond death".

Undead paladins are an oxymoron and cannot continue to exist D:

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)18:07 No. 325560 ID: c811c4
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>"Ah! Ye found the lil' bugger! Let's git that hammer down on 'em and be done with the lil' wretch!"

>>325560
who'th thith dou'thbag

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)18:09 No. 325563 ID: c811c4
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>"Ol' friend, why do ye hesita-"

>Do not speak ill of my love, wizard!

>>325563
"NO! STOP HURTING PEOPLE!"

>>325564
No
Kill EVERYTHING

>>325566
No! No cleave and smite!
Peace and love man! Peace and love!

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)18:15 No. 325568 ID: c811c4
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>>325556
I think he means he'll come to me after he dies himself!

"A-ah! Y-yes! I-it is a powerful curse, it can only be removed if the creator is slain. B-but alas, they are a lich of great power, that hat is used to track me, perhaps you can use it to track them? I don't wanna be evil, I want to be normal! Please, stop hurting everyone! I can tell your helmet is cursed, what does it do?!"

>"Ye break my heart. Tis' a point of redemption, but ye're passed it by leagues. Now, let meh see tha hand, an' I shall begin tha cleansin'."

Um.. I have my hat. Maybe... maybe this is time for.. omega?

>>325568
Tell him to Cleave and Smite the dorfs! Only then will you be safe.

yep, plan omega, switch hats.

Part of me thinks it might be for the greater good just to accept this paladin's 'offer'

Naw, Chee your boyfriend is doing you a favor.

>>325568
I wonder if he could 'cleanse' us without killing us... no that is ridiculous he is an insane dwarven paladin that has fallen head over heels in love with us, that is stupid

let's see what crazy stuff the badhat can do

>>325568
"I've never done anything evil, sir. Just been used by evil against my will.
If you have to kill me, then at least let me help you destroy the evils that have tormented me."

Ok, Plan Omega time!

Guys, he plans to kill her in order to free her, then find her in the afterlife.

I'd like to note that everyone is off fighting the paladins. If we put on the hat, and a necromancer comes, then there will probably be no collateral damage.

give him your hand, Chee.

if that doesn't work he's probably going to focus on killing us to the exclusion of all else. you could probably lead him away from the settlement.

nnnnnNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>325568
a single man who is not a victim of the evil one can't decide who is and who isn't past redemption, that level of hubris is itself an abominable sin

while overall supporting omega, i do feel the need to point out that they're attracted to chee. while the paladins would almost definitely go after the necro-stuff, we can't be sure if that's what they'd do first, and furthermore given the necro-stuff is only really interested in chee, it might end up being worse for the kobolds (like fighting on two fronts) than for the dwarves.

um

i just totally threw myself off-balance, i don't know if i support this anymore. they're both going after chee, not each other...

>>325585
i am too late

oh good lord


aaaaaaaaaaaa

so we run off while they fight and take the hat off somewhere else so they lose track.

Alright now, Let's just run away from the kobold cave so they don't all get murdered.

fffffffFFFFFFFfffffffffffFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUU-

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)18:47 No. 325597 ID: c811c4
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>Ah, Chee! It has been awhile. You are stronger, but not strong enough for me to take such strength to slay this one. Do not worry, I will still kill him, and we can go back to master.

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)18:48 No. 325599 ID: c811c4
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I... I didn't even get a chance to run.

>>325599
wait

use this

use it to your advantage, tell him that that's the power of the hat and not you, beg of him to destroy the hat

You SEE?! I told you, if we increase Chee's power/magic, we're only making ourselves into a more powerful weapon that the necromancer skeletons can use! It's how they killed that one kobold! If we continue to get stronger, we'll just give THEM more power to use!

Er
Any way we could maybe, like, inch out of the Kobold camp?

Perhaps request of your new boyfriend there to see the daylight? I just don't feel comfortable so near to the camp anymore.

run like hell. you should be able to draw him away from the settlement, possibly long enough for the battle to end one way or another.

>>325599
"I was going to destroy it, but ok.
Those things keep trying to take me back to their master. They're the greatest evil I know of, and if you'll let me help you destroy it then I'll go with you without a fight."
Is that wizard still alive? Heal him if he is, since healing magic is something necromancers hate and it'll look good.

...maybe we can just kill the paladin? Like, shove a dagger in his face? You could generate the opening by asking for a kiss.

This is, seriously, a huge risk though. We need to somehow block the necromancers' ability to steal your power or else all is lost. We'll have to consult someone who doesn't immediately want to kill you. A very powerful mage, perhaps... a dragon?

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)19:06 No. 325612 ID: c811c4
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>>325607
"Those things keep trying to take me back to their master. They're the greatest evil I know of, and if you'll let me help you destroy it then I'll go with you without a fight."


>"I am sorry. Yer hand, lass. Tis' for the best, please, trust me."

He sounds sincere... like this is really how he shows his love.
It's either this, or run!

>>325612
fine

hand give

Give him your hand but say "but I'm not a girl". Maybe his conservative head will explode

i.. i guess.

>>325599
Where's your wizard hat?
Don't lose the wizard hat!

And agree to go with him on the condition he helps you destroy the liches.

>>325584
Unfortunately for your argument, this is a world where paladins have the ability to cast *Smite Evil* at will, and if he says she's past the point of redemption, it's because he can look at the little gauge on her soul and see that it's all the way to empty.

I'm betting he thinks your an undead and is about to pull some paladin healing. Either that or some soul cleansing spell/ritual

You give your hand and he will probably be confused to no end on why you didn't disintegrate

>>325621
Also Chee still has the wizard hat, no worries.

Um... mention that you were told you don't have a soul. Ask if he could really meet you in the afterlife if that were true.

>>325621
Woops, late post.

Wait I rethought the big pally speech. DON'T TAKE THE HAND.

HE IS TRYING TO GET RID OF US.

>>325624
[silence this post]

Seriously, man? Are you suicidal?

I also support running, by the way. He is probably not as fast as you. I mean, he's a dwarf.

>>325630
We don't have a choice, man! At least this way there's a chance the others will survive!
Hell, you never know, Chee might be functionally immortal!

give him your hand. don't tell him you aren't a girl. you just might be.

>>325633
*addendum*
Remember what Necro-bold said, about Chee's purpose? This is also a good way to undermine that nefarious purpose.

fuck that, you are did not go though everything to lay down and die without a fight. At least lead him on a merry chase.

>>325612
"But I love life! I love my friends! I don't want to give them up. I'm not evil! I'm not evil I'm not evil or tainted please your just a man you don't know what's best for others, maybe yourself and your children but not for others! Each life is granted by the creator for a reason please just let me fulfill it, I'm not ready for the end, I'm just 2 years old! Just a kid!" (Don't care even if this isn't true for the kobold age range, he probably doesn't understand their culture very well) Remember to break down Chee halfway. There's a flawed human in every paladin, even in the most hardened, strictly lawful one. It's just hard to reach.

Yes, tell him that you don't have a soul, only the shards that are in the hat. Make sure to explain that this is part of the curse, because he will probably flip out a bit.

also
>>325640
Chee also reach for his hand and heal it.

Cheelop 2011/07/12(Tue)19:40 No. 325648 ID: c811c4
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Alright.. it sounds like in favor to give my hand. I'm sorry, I have no words for this. But thank you, everyone, for everything.

>"Yes. Dun'na worry, lass. I shall explore yer inner being, and smite which holds such evil and chains down tha souls.

.... 2011/07/12(Tue)19:42 No. 325649 ID: c811c4
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.........................................

Oh, hey. Been awhile since we chatted. Not like you'd remember when we last did. What happened? I didn't think Chee could look inside herself yet. I'm not in the loop, mind you, just... hangin' out. Anyways.

sup inner Chee

we gots a paladin. managed to trick it into trying to free chee from torment rather then slay. anything we need to do to help?

>>325649
Dwarven Uber Paladin accidentally Chee's hand.

>>325649
herself






ladies and gentlemen we have a gender

>>325649
Sup.
Since you know we've forgotten stuff, mind filling us in?

We've just been chillin out, maxin, relaxin all cool and all trying to figure things out. No idea what happened, do you have any sort of hunch?

Anyway, we're only here right now because Chee tossed a love potion on a dwarf paladin to keep him from killing her and now he's exploring her soul to destroy some evil chaining down her soul or something.

I dont know, he's hard to understand.

If mister paladin is already eavesdropping... please don't smite wildly.

Otherwise, Inner Chee could we get a reminder on why shit is going down like it is? Would be a big help. We've been specializing in anti-undead wizardry.

>>325657
The accent doesn't help either.
http://instantrimshot.com/

>>325649
Ah, so Chee is a girl after all?

Before we answer any questions, who are you? Also, what is Chee exactly?

Um... Hello? What did we do? Did we break Chee again?

>>325654
(Well, people are really just using that as a placeholder because saying "it" or "they" sound funny when speaking of a person, and directly of a single thing, respectively. There isn't an ACTUAL gender, they're just using that word to make grammar easier.)

>>325661
i think inner chee would know best! but yeah i suspect this is the case, i just personally get amusement out of pushing the matter

.... 2011/07/12(Tue)19:56 No. 325664 ID: c811c4
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>>325654
>>325661
Good guess, but yup. She was indeed a she, prior to, ya know, the whole dying thing. A shame really. Well, not really, she wasn't about to add up to much as it was. Probly woulda died anyway soon after if we hadn't gotten to her first.

Eesh, you guys want a year long backstory or something? I sit here all alone all the time, but not even I wanna yak on for that long. 'sides, didn't that necromancer say anything about 'knowledge is power and power is dangerous'? Heh, always did say that like it was going outta style.

Wait wait a paladin? LOVE POTION?

That is the most hilarious thing I have heard of.

Wait. If you were brought here by a paladin, that means the paladin is here. Hold on I gotta see this. Just a sec. Gotta undo myself here...

Not just any paladin, a legendary paladin of doom +6.

I would like to call him: "Sir EveryoneElseShitsThemselves"

sure, whatever. give us a name to call you by, will you?

>>325664
We? So you are allied with the necromancers. I'm not surprised.

What is she, some kind of seed of power, designed to grow ever stronger until she can act as a magic battery for the foulest of necromantic spells?

>>325664
Okay

Morality

Let's get this bitch out in the open

Chee's not primarily good, is she? At least in purpose, I mean, she's obviously angelic in her innocence.

Devourer 2011/07/12(Tue)20:08 No. 325673 ID: c811c4
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Just call me, uh... hm. Well, I wasn't really given a birth name, ya know? But some peopled took to calling me the Devourer. Pretty flattering, but it makes me sound like a glutton.

>>325670
>>325672
Hold on hold on. I have got to see the look on the paladin's face when I tell him what he just did.

WHOA WHOA WHOA. Is that- that- Kragnar?!

Wow. That's.. unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. Hehehehe...

>>325673
Hey, Devourer, don't eat him just yet.
He may be useful...
Somehow.

>>325673
>Kragnar

A'splain.

I'll call you Tom :3

>>325677
>>325673
Say, I don't suppose you would happen to know about his curse helmet, would you?

Also, the scrying hat, how do we get rid of it?

>>325673

it's that horny helmet guy. is that his name? tell us about him. also, you're welcome.

>>325673
Okay, you definitely look evil. Just saying, Tom.

Oi, dont kill him! We have plans for this guy, he's madly in love with Chee, y'know. He's useful.

>>325688
Love potons are temporary, dummy.
this one was a prank sample that Fraga gave Chee, and the only reason it's having such an effect is because the target is Lawful Good and a Paladin to boot.
Don't expect it to last.

Devourer 2011/07/12(Tue)20:19 No. 325695 ID: c811c4
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>>325677
One and the same concepts, my dear man.

>>325679
Oh, back in the good ol' days when I roamed the earth, Kragnar here and his order managed to stop my fun. It's a whole other tale that I won't recite.

Oh, I did curse his helm too. Wonder how that works out for 'im. I guess I'm what he sensed in Chee, and thus why he came. My bad.

>>325684
You realize you're in my stomach, yeah? That they call me the devourer, cau- nah just kidding, you're cool.

Also, the scrying hat ain't any of my business.

>>325694
>>/questarch/324200
that's not fraga!

So Tom, are you really here at the moment, or is that just some kind of ethereal form or somethin'?

Cause if you're really here and stuff, mind taking care of this guy for us? At least get him out of our hair - if you can, that is.

>>325698

why kill him? he seems to be a cool enough dude.

hey Devourer, do you know what we are?

Ask him to start by cleansing the hat, then hand the hat to him! (Last time we tried the hat, he was... distracted... by the love potion.)

>>325701
Whether or not this is what you're asking, your post gave me a thought:
Where are we, what with being scattered soul fragments and all? What's out actual link with Chee - I get our that our purpose to keep Chee from breaking apart with all that unstable magic, but I mean, how are we actually connected? What mechanisms? The hat's irrelevant to us being in Chee, and we got shafted off to Shabin earlier, so I'm kind of wondering how we actually work.

Oops, late post. (wow this thread moves fast.)

>>325695
Tom, hope you got a shield or something ready, because he's about to spot you, and happens to have HOLY LASER BEAMS at his disposal.

>>325706
>>325695
Incidentally, what would happen to Chee if Kragnar here managed to wipe the floor with you again?

So Dev, why is it you are sitting around inside a synthetic Kobold rather than being in a body that you directly control?

>>325695
Hey Tom, I know you've been out of the loop but you should know that Chee is the most adorable goddamn thing ever. Do you know she can throw things with unerring accuracy? People seem to really like her.
[take control of the tentacles and wiggle around]

>>325695
You know what. We're not calling you Devourer.

We're gonna call you Devona. Or Devin if you're male-associated. Maybe just Devvy for short.

Tom, is it okay if I imagine you with a cockney accent? 'Cause that's exactly what I'm doing.

>>325713
Sorry, GammaLeftBracketRightBracketSigma, but majority rules him to be named Tom, despite his lack of extra arms.

>>325695

You're oddly cute for some gigantic "evil" of some sort.

Why are you so cute?

>>325713
You of course mean Tom?

Tom 2011/07/12(Tue)20:55 No. 325729 ID: c811c4
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>>325708
>>325706
Man you guys are worrying too much. This wasn't just Kragnar, this was Kragnar and pretty much the entire Order.

>>325719
Guv'nah.

I think I can handle a lone Kragnar with homestage advantage while he's high on love.

Now, I think a lotta your questions'll get answered, but I wanna tell them while looking at lil' pally here.

"Yo, Krag."

>"By tha gods! The Devourer?! Impossible, I slew ye back in the mountain homes!"

"Yeah well, Lich King came along. He went "Hey, how'd you like to be a key part in my latest experiment?" then I was all "Sure, I ain't going anywhere but dead."

>"Lich King?! Ye mean to tell me that this kobold is a tool of the Lich King?!"

"Well, more like fun n' games. See, a couple liches wanted to be the new lich king, right?. The king caught wind, and said "That's cool you guys but there can only be one King. Hey, I know how to move your souls across phylacteries. And hey, I got a half living kobold in my hands capable of holding more souls. I wonder how things would go if you both had the same phylactery? And then he put me in charge of both containing, and protecting, all sorts of souls. It's a party in here, and you're invited, Krag!"

>"Filth! Git outta my beloved! I'll slay ye again!!"

"Actually, you probably shouldn't."

Oh, man. Love potion. This is gonna be good.

"She kinda needs me. First off, I'm the container of souls for Chee's well being. I am also the protector of them against beings such as yourself. Oh yeah, and Chee's soul? She's in here, too, just an insignificant mess in all the plethora of souls wandering about. You'll be with her forever, if you allow me to swallow your soul."

All of that is true, by the way.

"Kill me though, and you'll never be with her."

In actuality, I don't know what happens if he manages to kill me.

>>325725
He is cute. He looks like an enormous kobold born form some horrific union between some poor kobold cultist and an elder horror.

I wish for you to be destroyed, Devourer.

>>325729
Oh great, more knowledge.
hey Devourer, you know how Chee almost fell apart when she learned she had no soul, right?
What do you think would happen if she learned this load of bad news?
Also, what would happen to all the souls if she did fall apart completely? Would there be a magical nuke-splosion or something?

You are the best incarnation of evil ever, Tom.
Can we talk to Krag before you, well, devour him? We should totally hit him with some moral logic bombs so he loses his paladin powers.

"come on krag, do it, it's your only hope"

>>325729
So are we the souls, or are we somethin' else? And even though you have Chee's soul, she's still calling the shots on the body, right?

In any case, devour Krag's soul. Tell him to bring beer.

>>325729
That was very revealing. So, what would happen if Chee got strong enough to overcome you? Could she control what souls you hold?

Personally I think that if you were destroyed, most or all the souls would fly out of Chee back to where they came from. But that isn't going to happen. Pallie here can't kill you, and will probably elect to be devoured!

Wait... Does that make us a collection of amnesic reformed lich souls? That's hilariously awesome. Way better than the thoughts of a schizophrenic kobold. Is that why she's so unnaturally good at magic and... throwing things?

...Wow, this love potion is a lot stronger than I thought it was. Usually their power stops before "killing allies and friends, and recklessly endangering your life" Heck, most mind control isn't even that strong! I need to keep reminding myself that the dwarf's not actually like this and that he killed a bunch of innocents to avoid being troubled by his coming demise.

>>325730
Seconded.

wait, we're an amalgamation of souls? awesome. I wonder if all of us came from phylacteries...

Are you really "Evil" or is this one of those matter of opinion things? Wait, you died? Can you tone down the evil emission thing or is that totally involuntary?

>>325736
Tom, can you spit out souls you have devoured in the protective sense?

>>325729
Couldja tell him that Chee's as pure and good as they come, and she's the one in control?
Explain how the Lich King thought it would be hilarious to put all this evil on an unsuspecting kobold and have the liches play rugby with an uncooperative proverbial egg.
Then consider letting him go, since it would be terrible for Chee's mental health to SOUL VORE somebody.

Or just eating him. Whichever.

Oh, by the way, do you know how we could give Chee's gender some definition? Mostly just curious, since I like the whole 'genderless abomination of love and peace' thing she has going.

So I take it we are made from more than just lich souls? We seem to actually care about the well-being of mortals, which seems rather different from most of the necromancers we have had experience with.

>>325741
Maybe it isn't just the potion~

Tom 2011/07/12(Tue)21:35 No. 325771 ID: c811c4
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>>325732
Man that is nostalgic.

>>325733
No idea. I just shepard the souls, I don't plan on the sheep escaping. Ah, not that I'm equating you guys as sheep or nothin.

>>325734
You can relay questions through me if ya like. Can't actually put you guys in.

Actually, that's a funny catch 22 there. See, you guys are indeed the souls, specifically, souls patched to give advice. Most other souls are there for their power. Ever think it was ridiculous how Chee was able to cast heals and throw crap with such accuracy? That ain't her talent. She really is a pretty pathetic kobold without modification. There's a soul of a legendary marksman and cleric in here, along with some pretty good mages and the like.

And when I devour Kragnar... well, let's do that right now!

"How does it feel, ol' Krag? Helpless to save your love, yet relenting will make you a paladin that helps a lich's tool to no end! She'll gain your talents at dealing with souls. Oh, not instantaneously, she'll need practice, like she did with healing! But she'll have such amazing talent, she'll get the hang of it fast."

See, catch 22. I, rather, Chee, can only put you guys in Krag after I've already eaten him.

Ah, poor Chee. If the King installed a heart in me, I think I'd feel sorry for the little tyke.

>>325737
Strong enough? That's possible, it's a question of how she uses that power. Will she fight me, the liches? Maybe the King himself?

>>325738
Well, the Paladins sure had some evil-bane that sure hurt, so I guess I'm pretty evil! May have had to do with that one time awhile back I sucked the souls out of half a kingdom, and then pair everyone's souls up with people they hated. Hilarious.

It's not that Chee is sealing me, it's that I'm sealed in Chee. I dunno how she's held together, that's all the King's business.

>>325751
I guess I could. Then they'd go back to their bodies. Oh wait, they're all dead. I guess they get to rest in peace then.

>>325765
Oh, to give her some definition of female, she'd have to be a real live kobold just like she always wanted! Who knows how she'd pull that off.

Heya Krag, welcome to the club! Hah! But I kid the dwarf.

So what's our endgame here, Tom? Other than sealing away meddlesome souls, are we here just for shits and giggles? That necrobold seemed to imply Chee had some other functions as well.

>>325771
>I sucked the souls out of half a kingdom, and then pair everyone's souls up with people they hated.

Tom, you are the best evil guy ever.

>>325771
Oh, so you don't... eat souls. You just sortof imprison them. And you're a trickster. Okay, we can deal with that.

We're here to give advice, you say? How come we managed to hop to someone else while Chee was having an episode? I wonder if we could control that somehow, now that we know what we are.

Man, this is a lot of information. GUYS, we CANNOT tell Chee this all at once, she will DIE.

>>325771
Welp. There goes Ol' Kraggy. I don't suppose we could talk to guy, could we?
You said we get his body, right? In what sense?
And you still haven't explained the helmet.

>>325771
Becoming a real girl is too much effort. Lets just have Chee learn some fleshshaping magic and be done with it.

So, what, is Krag's body going to die or something? Could you reach out and grab it so we have some control?

>>325771
>a whole kingdom
at first i misread that as kindergarten

i don't know how i manage to do these things

>>325771
By the way, you never mentioned if you approved being named 'Tom'.

Tom 2011/07/12(Tue)22:00 No. 325798 ID: c811c4
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>>325793
Read above the lines.

>>325797
Nah, I don't have their souls. It's just coincidence I have Chee's soul in here, but the host can be whoever.

>>325779
The black tumor I have going where my heart should be is skipping like an excited schoolgirl. Thank you.

>>325782
Ah, the helmet was more just a practical joke anyway. Occasionally, it causes one to cast Reanimate Dead by accident. Heh, try explaining that to the order, Krag!

Except, I guess he did somehow, still a paladin.

Anyways, this guy ain't going to the voice department. He's going right to the talent hole, where all the souls give Chee natural ability.

>>325780
Yeah, the process just looks an awful lot like eating.

And to answer both 'end game' and how you popped out of her body... well, I'm just under the Lich King. What jobs the pair of usurpers give Chee I'm not privy too. But having your mortal enemy and rival share the same container for soul? That must be awkward. They both sometimes give souls for me, maybe give some other magic, but of course they don't check for each other's... well, compatability. And hence, she gets real unstable. And somewhere along the line I fell out. Didn't even notice, honestly. I'm a real insulated system.


Oh man! Been yappin for so long I forgot about Krag.

"How ya doin, pal? Just another moment, and y... wait... are you.. are you weeping? Aw man come on, you're not the same paladin that charged at me without fear! Come on now, this is actually embarrassing. Okay okay, we're ready to seal the deal."

>>325786
Nope, need the soul to control, but I need him dead. But his body is still out there standing like a fool in front of Chee, so she's gotta kill him.

Oh.

Oh, geez, has she ever even killed before? She'd better not get cold feet.

>>325798
She'll do it to protect the other Kobolds. Ya know, if she wasn't, ya know, evil by nature... the construct that is now Chee might have made a damn good paladin. All that power, accompanied by morals, innocence, and guiding voices to keep her from going astray.

Oh well, maybe we can be a Dark Paladin! Or something.

yeah she just killed a bunch of dwarfs with throwing knives in the eyes.

>pair everyone's souls up with people they hated
Do you mean put them in a 'room' in your stomach, or do you mean put them back in their bodies?

What happens if pally here doesn't have his body killed?

What is your opinion of the Lich King? Would you be averse to the idea of screwing over his plans?

While we are here, could you tell us how we could keep a certain bird faced usurper-spawn from siphoning our energy?

One last quick question before you motor, Tom.

Since Chee is the phylactery for the two usurpers, that means you occupy the body with them, but don't possess them, right? Can we chat with them the way we chat with you?

>>325798
She threw some daggers in some dwarves' eyes. Does that count? Probably not. This is up close and personal. We'll have to talk her through it.

...but yeah, what happens if we don't kill him?

>>325798
Her feet will be so cold she'll be warming them by the fire while Snoop Dogg drops it like it's hot.

She will be that icey chill. Close to absolute zero level of cool, if you get my drift

I don't suppose you'd know anything about how mutable Chee's form is? She doesn't have a physical gender now, which implies she's fairly mutable. Will eating strong souls make her physically larger and stronger?

Tom 2011/07/12(Tue)22:32 No. 325810 ID: c811c4
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>>325799
Ah man, don't be unfair to Chee. She wasn't inherently evil even as a construct until liches started packing her full of evil-stuffs. She would've made a good anything really, especially now.

>>325801
Nah, in my stomach. That was before Krag came along though, so they're no longer around in insufferable company. If the paladin doesn't get killed, well.. I'll eventually lose grasp on his soul and he goes back. Dunno how long the love potion lasts, but you better hope it lasts.

My opinion of the Lich King? I don't care. We just have an understanding, you know? I get to take care of what I always took care of, and we both benefit. I won't hinder you if you wanna take him out.

And lastly.. well, the whole scrying hat and its mechanisms are foreign to me. Ain't too bad though, it's not like it permanently saps her energy, it just acts like she casts a spell against her will. It's a bench mark the bird face uses to check out how strong Chee is.

>>325802
Correct, they are more alongside me rather than in me. The paladin could have easily confronted them if he looked harder, but, well.. I'm the bigger target!

>>325803
Been so long since I tried understanding morals, but yeah I think you're right.

>>325807
Ya know, I don't think so, but I'm not too sure. This whole soul-talent-skill business is actually pretty new to me. A Lich King add on, if you please.

Anyhow, I'm losin the paladin's soul here, and I gotta go.

Remember, if we DO get his soul, Chee'll be able to get all sorts of soul related talents! This includes passing me off to others while maintaining her stability, and, in the same manner as to how this happened, take ones souls for talent. In that regard, you can seek out a mage skilled in scrying magic, and if he doesn't help you out with your hat problem, you can just send 'im my way and we'll have a chit chat. Off we go, then!

>>325805
Stay frosty!

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Ah! What just happened? I'm still okay! And the paladin is just... standing there?

WE DISTRACTED HIM, PUT A KNIFE INTO HIS BRAIN BEFORE IT WEARS OFF!!

I fucking hate this now

>>325811
The love potion is going to wear off soon, you have to kill him now! We looked at some other options, but we have no other choice.

If you don't, he WILL kill you.

>>325811
We've got his soul bound up. He needs to be killed before his soul escapes. Try throwing a knife through his face. With luck soullessness means he won't be able to do that thing where he stares the knife down and it decides to go pick on someone less badass.

>>325811
You gotta take him out, Chee. He may seem like a nice guy, but look at what he did to all your den mates back there - they didn't do anything to deserve that.

You're a good kid, but the Dwarves are your enemies. Finish him while we have him distracted.

>>325811
His soul's tied up inside you. The potion's gonna wear off and he'll kill you. Trust us, you need to kill him. Fast.

Remember how he said this was a 'simple extermination mission'? He thinks kobolds aren't really people. This paladin has done enough. Time to send him off.

If it makes you feel any better, he did help us quite a lot. You could even do it lovingly. Like, tell him thank you just before you kill him quickly and possibly painlessly... though I'm not sure if he can hear you or feel any pain right now.

Wait! Do we have to kill him?
Is there no way we can turn him to our side?
Or, at least, knock him out?

Maybe we have little choice, but it still feels -wrong-. We're killing someone who is utterly defenseless. Perhaps we should consider this more..

We got in his head and paralyzed him! Quick, before he wakes up and kills everyone!

I think the friendly monster that lives inside you ate his soul. He was nice, we named him Tom. We've got lots of stuff to tell you after we finish with this guy. Either put him out of his apparent misery, or get some friends to tie him up.

>>325813
Quickly Chee! You've only got a second before he regains consciousness, and after that he'll go slaughter you and everyone else here by affiliation!

>>325824
This is also an option. Find some of your pals and immobilize him. Although bear in mind, the rest of the tribe may want him dead anyway.

It's up to you, Chee.

>>325824
When he wakes up, ropes ain't gonna do shit. This guy stops weapons with sheer willpower. We aren't going to be able to hold him. Now is our only chance, or everyone dies.

>>325824
[Silence this post]
Gah, do you WANT Chee to disintegrate?

>>325811
Push him over onto his back.
Take off his helmet.
Slit his throat.
Apologize for things winding up this way.

>>325829
isn't that helmet cursed on?

Quick, tip him over and run! Killing him would probably make the other paladins really angry, but we don't have a lot of options.

I hate to say it, but him and his came here with the intention of killing ever man woman and child in your home, more or less because they were kobolds. kill him, or he's going to kill you and everyone you know.

>>325836
The other paladins are ALREADY angry. And while a pissed off dwarf is certainly a major threat, if we don't kill this guy he will kill US!
And Chee!

Suddenly this quest just got a load better

>>325841
there's like 10 people yelling at a tiny cutebold to kill a paladin

fuck yeah this quest is awesome

>>325844
>there's like 10 people yelling at a tiny cutebold to kill a paladin

Well when you put it like that...

Nope. Still awesome.

Chee, I'm just one voice, but from what we've learned from the creature that's inside you, the one that's manipulated what you are and knows all of what you're capable of... It would be better if you let the paladin destroy it and perhaps you. The world is bigger than yourself, and even bigger than the entire kobold society. It's only natural to seek your own survival and happiness, but if your purpose is ever brought to fruition... if the goals of that which made you as you are ever were realized, then much more than you can ever conceive of will be doomed to torment, misery, and ultimately the greatest expression of evil you can conceive of. Some of these people, these dwarves, are misguided, but ultimately the paladins came because they know that here there exists an evil that would taint the world were it to continue to exist. Go with them, Chee, no matter how hard it is, or else the alternative will bring much more pain and suffering to so many more others.

>>325847
[silence, this is not the time for a long winded discussion about how chee is evil]

>>325847
Don't listen to this guy, Chee. You have a greater destiny ahead of you, and that ends now if the Dorf destroys you.

>>325848
>>325847
[Silence this post]

Z, the problem is that, the more Chee knows about herself, the more she liable to become a magical Chernobyl.

At least Tom can help us with fixing that instability, if we can keep the paladin soul.

>>325847
>>325814
[Also Silence]
If you don't like it, no need to ruin it for everybody else.

>>325847
>>325850
Woops, sorry Z, I misread your post.
Sure if we die, it'll take two more uber-liches with us, as well as the Devourer 'Tom', but hear me out.

Chee as created by the Lich King, and by our guidance it will be her that will succeed in at last destroying the Lich King once and for all, and perhaps truely abolishing the art of Necromancy for centuries more.
Isn't that worth fighting for?
Isn't that worth living for?

Yeah, Chee, you should kill him now. That potion may not last, and if it doesn't he'll basically be out to kill you and everyone in this cave, which would be a bad thing. Kinda feel sorry for the guy, but it's got to be done.

>>325847
The evil Chee was created for relies on necromancers being able to control her. SOUL MANIPULATION POWERS may be exactly what we would need to subvert the bonds of the assorted necromancers. Some of whom happen to keep their souls in Chee's body.

>>325847
Please stop trying to kill the protagonist. This isn't Bad End quest y'know :V

This is one of the Highest Paladins of a Divine Order that dedicates itself to eradicating evil. You think if Chee surrenders to him he's just going to bat her over her head with a hammer? I'm sure they are very well knowledgeable in what can be done in order to alleviate Chee's condition, to remove the influence of necromancers and liches and lich kinds from her, and to liberate all the trapped souls within her to their rightful states of afterlife. Perhaps even be able to repair Chee's soul and put it in its rightful place. They're FAR more likely to be KNOWLEDGEABLE and HONEST than a bunch of kobolds and a parasitic demon that DEVOURS SOULS. But instead of trying to advise Chee to ally herself with them you'd rather tell her to murder him in cold blood when all he's tried to do is find and exterminate evil. Yeah, I'm really the bad guy here.

>>325862
No, Z. You aren't the bad guy. You are the good guy.
However, our survival counts on us being a good little kobold and killing a mortal enemy, and where fight-or-flight survival comes into play, good and evil really don't matter.

Also, a few pointers you should note:
A: Chee is a Kobold, and not one of the in-world 'civilized races', and will be chosen for extermination rather than purification.
B: The paladin in question is pretty much the best in the known world, and even HE said that Chee was beyond redemption, even when under the influence of the love potion.

In short: we want to live.

[Silence ALL, especially the silencers because they're abusing the ability to silence. It's just a way to make each voice listen to them and I shall now silence them hypocritically Seriously guys, your being faggots with silencing all the suggestions. it's like "HEY MOTHERFUCKER, YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SUGGEST ANYMORE, NOTHING YOU SAY CAN CONTRIBUTE!" even if some slinces are practical I mean, come on, silencing a post because he doesn't like the dilemma we're facing? What the hell?]
Chee, kill the paladin.
We are in war with the paladins and Dwarves and seeks to harm you. Nothing else matters, we've fixed everything Chee and disabled him from the inside. This poor sap is a miserable, self-hating undead wreck unable to die because of his cursed helmet. Put him out of his misery.

Free him, free him with your stabs

>>325862
I am completely convinced by what we've seen that they would outright kill Chee.

They apparently have no qualms injuring kobolds that are completely unrelated to Chee who was their goal (>>325502).
Even big boss pally right here had no qualms in attacking a comrade for so much as bad-mouthing a love interest (>>325563).

>You think if Chee surrenders to him he's just going to bat her over her head with a hammer?
>>325560
>Let's git that hammer down on 'em and be done with the lil' wretch!

Frankly, all evidence we have here (of the behaviour of the paladins themselves no less) points to yes, they would kill Chee.

>>325865
Woops, clarification needed.
>Chee is a Kobold, and not one of the in-world 'civilized races'
To clarify, Kobolds as a race are Chaotic Evil, and Paladins are required by divine right to kill them for being innately Chaotic Evil creatures.

This isn't the real world. This i a world where magic and gods are obvious and real and at war. Paladins are soldiers, and their mission is to Smite Evil in all it's forms. There is no ambiguity, no shades of grey like what we live by.

I understand where you are coming from, but this is a fundamental fact of nature of this quest world, as intrinsic as gravity or the speed of light.

Give the paladin some room, and let him come to.

Remember, if we take the soul of the greatest dwarf paladin, that means the liches and necromancers also get his power. Which is bad. Think EVIL-HOLY-LASERBEAMS.

>>325866
Woops, you have a point there. Sorry about that Dirtbag.
I was just trying to keep Chee from self-destructing again because a poster or two didn't read or something. Wasn't trying to oppress opinions.
We cool?

>>325870
that isn't how it works. chee has healing powers but the necromancers don't.

>>325862
Look, I see your point but this guy massacred these kobolds without mercy. Thats not justice or good at work. Plus the outcomes of doing that are:
A-Chee dies and the necromancers arn't stopped.
B-Chee lives but loses all the souls and therefore her powers and skills. The necromancers arn't stopped.
...Although there is
SUPER HIDDEN SECRET OUTCOME: CHEE BECOMES A PALADIN.

>>325873
Or maybe they just don't ever use it. After all they did rip a dude's soul straight from his meat.

>>325870
>Remember, if we take the soul of the greatest dwarf paladin, that means the liches and necromancers also get his power. Which is bad.
No, that's not correct. According to Tom, it is Chee alone who gets such power, and our only correlation with the liches as that our body is housing them as a shared phylactery with no connection otherwise.

>Think EVIL-HOLY-LASERBEAMS.
Awesome.

>>325873
the healing powers have been shown to kill necro-stuff, so like >>325877 said they probably just don't use it

Then how about we just knee-cap the poor sucker, and cut his arm tendons. Then try to negotiate and heal him back up if it works out.

>>325882
because he also has healing skill so he could just fix any damages.

>>325882
No good. He's still an Uber Paladin, and did you see that holy aura he had going earlier? He either shielded himself from the traps, or more likely, just regenerated from the slight damage he took.
As soon as he wakes up he'll just heal himself right back to normal, bust the ropes and then everyone's skulls.

I think Lagotrope is either asleep/busy, or eating popcorn while watching this little shitstorm, and waiting for it to resolve itself. You there, Lago?

>>325889
i vote shitstorm watching

i have actually been eating popcorn during this so that's a brilliant coincidence