>>331928
Aww. I was expecting someone else to be buried here. But take heart, Chee. If that's your original body in there, it just means that nobody can steal your soul. You're still yourself. Maybe after the liches are all dead, we can see if it's possible to get your old body healthy again, and put your soul back in it.

As for the necromancer, he noted that he can just dispel enchantments and can see invisible stuff. So imbuing's right out, and so is Invisibility.

Ninja dash back and try to catch him on the stairwell so you can jump/walldash over him. Casting strength on yourself may enable you to move faster.

After we're in the clear I want you to try blasting him with a direct heal spell.

>>331930
This is the ninja way to deal with a dead end.

>>331928
Dig! Dig!

NOT COOL.

exit through the window, use Ninja skills to stick to the wall!

if you can catch him in the stair well there this effect called the chunky salsa rule. basically an explosion in a confined space is much more powerful than one in an open space. you could try throwing a few blast spells at the necromancer while he's in the stairwell.

Dig up the grave quickly, if you can.

Argh, guys, we don't have anything to dig with! It would take AGES to get that body up and this is a dead end! We could be trapped here if there's no window. Even if there is a window, we don't have any confirmed way to fly, and climbing as a ninja may work but we don't really be able to climb while carrying a corpse!

Guys, Chee nearly died when she found out she didnt have a soul. Yeah, she's stronger now, but I dont think anyone could handle seeing their own decomposing dead body well.
Do. Not. Dig.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:51 No. 331955 ID: c811c4
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With a strength spell I can dig on my own! The ground is very soft. And.. whatever is in here is shallow.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)18:51 No. 331956 ID: c811c4
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...well, this is it. It has no latches or locks, just a plain, scuffled wooden coffin.

Open?

yes.

The necromancer may have stashed himself here, knowing you would hesitate. Just try not to lose who you are and open it. Use some of that Paladin Willpower.

>>331956
Pandoras box did contain hope... Open.

>>331956
If it smells like there's a dead body in there, do not open it. If you can't smell anything, then there could be something else entirely in there. Something that could be important.

This smells like a bad idea, folks.
I dont like this.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)19:05 No. 331972 ID: c811c4
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It's... I'm... small. There... there aren't any bones in me... that. It doesn't smell like anything, either, as though the flesh is preserved, somehow?

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)19:06 No. 331973 ID: c811c4
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I... I need to look away.

>>331973
Much as I thought this was a bad idea, this could be crucial information when the time comes to kill the liches, Chee.

Speaking of the liches, there's a construct outside the window. You can blast it with a heal spell if you need to blow off some steam. Then we should relocate, likely out the window. Do you think you can wallclimb?

that's how they control you. you have to ether take it or destroy it. use a heal to remove the negative energy preserving it, then burn it. and ninja to the other side of the grave to dodge the thing behind you.

Maybe....

Try healing yourself, er, the thing in the box?

>>331976
Oh damn you're right, they've surrounded us. One at the window, and one behind.

Dont heal the thing. Our one chance at killing the liches is not having a proper soul in the first place! If we get your body back now, you'll never be able to destroy them! That, and healing it might just kill you.

>>331981
She does have a soul, though. It's just hidden deep inside the Devourer, so that necromancer before couldn't see it or grab it.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)19:27 No. 331988 ID: c811c4
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Oh, gosh.. it's taking all I have to keep my souls intact. I don't know what to do about my body, if anything. It could be very good or very bad to do either.

... That's not a normal construct out the window!

Oh, it's starting to talk!

>"We await your decision, Chee. Know this. Conserve your body, and you may yet have a resurrection by the hands of this lands' lich. Destroy it, and be a tool of the Lich King."

>>331988
Choose neither. Tie your body to your back. You will will live on your own terms, if at all.

>>331988
Being a tool of the Lich King sounds pretty terrible.

But resurrection? How can you want that, now? Go back to being a normal kobold, unskilled in combat or magic or anything at all really? How could you help anyone ever again like that, or indeed accomplish anything at all? It doesn't seem like that great of a choice either.

yeah... destroy it. it may be a zombie dragon but it's still underestimating you. it is saying that they can jam your soul back in there. but you will be even MORE undead then you are now.

>>331988
Trick question. You don't want either outcome at the moment.

Respond with a question of your own. Why would they want to resurrect you? Aren't you their phylactery?

Wait
You can send us to people you know. You know yourself. Send us to your body?

>>331996
This is a terrible idea.

Lets do it.

>>331996
>give us complete control of a mindless vessel, allowing us to kill Chee and one day become a god

Nah, let's just send us to Voxol to call for backu-
>send Tom to Voxol
Or we not do that either.

Okay, we pretty fucked. HOLY LASER BEAMS AT DRACOZOMBIE

>Option C: Take it with us, get raised on our own terms.

Getting the body is easy enough, but how are we going to get out of here with it? Chee, you need to find a way to teleport back to the wizard tower. Remember what if felt like and reverse it, or just figure it out on your own somehow. Maybe there is a soul in you that knows how to that you haven't noticed? Ask Tom about that. Buy time by asking the dragon about why they would bring you back at all.

no matter what, it doesnt seem we have a backup plan.

ressurecting us would be the way to go. the lich would lose control over the souls we possesed thus a insurgency is more likely to happen and we would have a good chance to actualy be their phylacteries. however i do not see why a random lych would do that, as he would favor getting the power for himself.

for the moment i have to admit we are also lych in nature, meaning a good chance we can survive muscling this encounter since we have no way out. try to protect the body somehow, its time for holy lazer disco deathball dance with undead dragons.

Guys, I think this 'resurrection' would either
A) enslave Chee to this lich
or
B) bring Chee back as a normal kobold, meaning we can't kill the liches.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:10 No. 332035 ID: c811c4
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I should clarify. The souls that give me talent, give me the ability to be so good, but I don't rely on them entirely! If I were to lose the great healer inside me, I would lose some of my healing power, but it wouldn't be as though I couldn't heal anymore! I would still be quite strong. Although, I may never improve again afterwards.

Also, Tom is like the carrier of souls for me. But when I send souls to other people, I create a temporary bubble that shifts between people and gives them select souls, so I never have sent Tom.

And yes I can send my souls to living people, but I'm pretty sure my body is dead! So maybe if I reanimated it and... that would be weird. But I don't know how to reanimate it so it doesn't matter. I should ask the dragon some things, though."

"Hey, dragon! Um.. why would you want to resurrect me? I'm the phylactery, right?"
>"Correct. Because our lich and his enemy lich are both inside of you, our lich cannot properly slay the other, and vice versa. So, we must switch phylacteries. There are many ways, yet all are complex. Our lich knows how to pick apart souls upon your proper resurrection. He himself will be moved to a proper phylactery, the enemy lich slain, and your own soul to your original vessel. With this, all other souls will be freed, and you will live as a real kobold for the rest of your mortal days. I am afraid I have no proof to my word, other than the evidence of our attempts to subdue, not slay."

"What happens to Tom?"

Hmph, subdue my ass. All the bird constructs did was kill kobolds while trying to get you to come with them. The only other necromancer- the kobold necromancer- didn't attack ANYONE. Don't believe this guy for a second, Chee. Though I'd like to note that this guy isn't the lich, he's another servant. So maybe he doesn't know what the other constructs have been doing outside the castle. He might not intend to deceive you, but what he says is wrong.

This lich seems very interested in getting you back in your old body.

You should consider holding it hostage.

>>332035
"What is your master's name?"

"Look, I'm sorry, but I can't trust just your word. My soul- all my souls- have been toyed with too much already. I can only get out of this and know what will happen by becoming strong enough to be a player instead of just a piece."

>>332035

This option is too easy and lacks EPIC ADVENTURES.

So no, refuse.

It's probably a trap anyway.

Also, "At least three have tried to kill me now."

chee, your body is just a container. your old body isn't you, you are you. I don't know what destroying your old body would do, but right now we have a lich to dust and an evil fortress to destroy.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:20 No. 332051 ID: c811c4
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>"Tom is kept alive only through the state you are currently in. I do not know what magic precisely the Lich King has employed, but I am confident Tom will die through the resurrection. The constructs behind you are getting restless. Make your decision."

I.. need to make a call, now.

Live the rest of your life as weak kobold, or stay powerful and try to defeat the lich? This is really Chee's decision, but I prefer the latter option. We don't know what truly happens after either of these decisions, but doing the opposite of whatever these constructs and liches want you to do sounds good to me.

You should defiantly hold your body as a hostage, seeing as destroying would kill both necromancers. Hell, as a last resort you could destroy it and eat their souls.

HOLY LASER BEAMS

I'd like to note that if you were resurrected you would become immediately vulnerable to the soul-drain attacks necromancers have. You would probably be unable to fight them.

I say leave the corpse, and escape. They can't resurrect you while you're here, but one day you will want that to happen so that the liches could die. Or you could find a way to manipulate souls finely enough to separate the lich out on your own.

This would be a shortcut only to making the liches vulnerable, which would then leave you vulnerable. Not a good trade.

Tommy boy
tell me
are you hungry?

Because I sure am
Do you smell that dragon?
IS there a hint of a whiff because Mmm-mmm look at that undead homemade cookin'

>>332051
"If you want to convince me of your honesty then allow Tom to take your souls. If your words are true then your master can fish your souls out later, but if you refuse then I'll know you're lying and take my body and leave."

We're taking your body and leaving anyway, but a dracolich's soul would be pretty nice.

>>332051
Request to be sent back, as your friends worry and this is a lot of information to take in. But resurrection does sound kind of nice.

Eat the dragon

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:54 No. 332094 ID: c811c4
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"There is no skeleton inside my body."
>"We know. We have sent agents everywhere attempting to locate this, as it is required for the resurrection. We may ask of your assistance for this."

The real Chee died over a year ago, I am simply a memory. I feel there are other ways of resurrection. I am now fully a ninja wizard doctor, even if my magic isn't varied, and ninja wizard doctors will not play the lich's game, turning to their side for the chance of becoming real! I came to kill them! Destroying my original body will not kill them, their souls are in my constructed body. Yet, destroying it will give me no choice but to see this through to the end. I'm sorry, for those voices I am disobeying.

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)20:54 No. 332096 ID: c811c4
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I am going to kill the liches, even if I never live again.

KSHOOM

"Tom?"
>"Ayep?"
"Are you hungry?"
>"Ayep!"

Dragon or lich, dragon or lich, who should I fight?

Both.

Dragon first for extra soul power, then lich. Make sure his constructs don't get in the way.

>>332096
We can't feed the lich to Tom. Right now we don't even know how to kill a lich since you are its phylactery and we'd have to figure out how to disrupt that part of you to win. Part of why we were in the mage city was to find that out, wasn't it? Never quite got around to it.

Let's fight that dragon.

Dragon. Let's get the hell out, and get the hell on the path to redemption for crimes we never committed in the first place, and maybe a couple we did commit.

Fuck yeah, Ninjwizardoctorpalabold!

>>332096
Did you just destroy your original body?
Well, that's REALLY going to mess up our long-term plans. We weren't going to let you resurrect yourself like that anyway, but we kinda needed your body no matter what method we wanted to use.

Eat the skeleton dragon first, then the constructs, then the lich.

>>332096
TOM: EAT FUCKING EVERYTHING

D'awww Chee, we love you even if you disobey us.

>>332096
Hooray, dumb plans involving body thwarted.
Draaagon.

i'm proud of you chee. on choices like that we can only advise. no need to apologize for doing what you think is right, even if we disagree with you. now lets go explode an undead dragon.

>>332105
>needed your body no matter what method we wanted to use
Chee seems to think otherwise, and you're no mage, Advisor. Know your station.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:42 No. 332142 ID: c811c4
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It does seem rash to take out the body, but.. it seems to be part of the plan of the liches, and is more important to destroy it than my own secondary wishes! Perhaps the second lich has the skeleton, and is seeking my flesh? It's a long shot, but destroying my body is what my gut told me to do. I hope it wasn't a mistake.

The dragon is going down first! It hardly even tries to fly away before Tom catches up. That doesn't seem right, such a dragon should be more powerful? It's like it's giving up.

A dragon's soul feels odd. I'll need to figure out how it helps me later, but for now, I have to find the lich. It's true, I'm not sure how this would work. I mean, I could kill him, but he'll just get resurrected through me. I don't know how. Tom?

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:44 No. 332147 ID: c811c4
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Yep! This is the breakdown of the souls. First tier below Chee herself is me and the liches. We got barriers between each other to prevent me from just going and eating up the liches. No idea how to break the barrier! And of course, inside me, are the souls for talent and the souls for advice, you guys.

Lich King seems pretty crazy to come up with this stuff for a little kobold!

3/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:45 No. 332149 ID: c811c4
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I won't know, but if I can kill him, perhaps it takes some time to resurrect, and any time without getting hunted like this will be nice!

The constructs.. aren't doing anything. They're just watching. They have no souls, and it seems like the lich isn't having them do anything. I can get to the top of the tower without trouble, like this.

4/4 Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)21:46 No. 332150 ID: c811c4
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>"So, you've done it, Chee. You've destroyed your body. I hoped that you would fulfill your own wish at the cost of fulfilling mine, as well. There is no point in fighting. If I kill you, I will die. If you kill me, I will resurrect. But the balance of power is thrown off. I can no longer become the new Lich King, because I cannot switch phylacteries anymore. This was my last hope, no other method of phylactery moving is within my power. I hoped to make up for this shortcoming with cunning and raw necromantic power. I have failed, and do not wish to fight a losing, pointless battle with you or the other liches."

"So what will you do now? Terrorize the countryside? Give up and sit here forever, king of nothing?"

If only we had more love potions!

Well then the answer is to ride the dragon to the ground. Clearly.

>>332150
Ask him what his ambitions were. Why did he want to become lich king? Just power? You can afford to be friendly now.

>>332150
"Hey, you're a lich. It's not like you're going to run out of time to research a new magical solution to this problem. And I certainly have no plans to get destroyed any time soon, so your phylactery will be fine with me."

your obsession is what led to your downfall. you wanted it so badly you didn't think straight. an army of skeletons could till thousands of acres of land and fed nations, they would of all become to see you in a positive light. perhaps so much so that you could even got the paladins to help take out your rival. heck, if you were a nice guy even i would of helped you. but you weren't, so i didn't.

Tom, does that dragon soul taste as mind-meltingly delicious as the other one's?

>>332150
Then tell him to give up and help us destroy the other Liches, or at least his rival. Can he break the barrier inside you keeping Tom away from the lich souls? Can he teach you magic of any sort? If he cannot do any of that, then he should teleport us back until we can deal with this stalemate on our own. But rest assured, we will return and end his existence one day.

OH OH OH

Also punch him in the face because his constructs desecrated your friends' bodies and almost killed Fraga.

>>332150
"I am curious. Why did you decide to become a lich in the first place? Beyond simply avoiding death, I mean.
Was it the power? The joy of experimenting? Something else?

...

I don't intend to kill you. I intend to absorb you, and with your aid I will defeat your rival and the lich king."

Ask questions then kill him anyway for shits and giggles.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)22:01 No. 332173 ID: c811c4
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Tom feels like he's doing a happy jig inside me. It's actually a little uncomfortable.

"Why did you want to be the lich king?"

>"The current is insane. It feels like every year, his priorities change. It has been chaos for other liches for decades, I would simply keep things more orderly. I did not have ambitions to take over the world, or anything of the sort.

"What now then, Lich? Terrorize the countryside, give up and sit here, king of nothing?"

>"No, only death. If you kill me, I do not have the heart to resurrect. You have gotten lucky with me, the other lich does not know when he's been defeated. I said if you killed me, I would resurrect. That was assuming I had anything to stay for. I do not, anymore, and so you may kill me if you wish, and I will let my soul rot and disappear from within you. That is very depressing, but perhaps I can live on through you. I will break the barrier between Tom and I, and he may devour me. From there I will give you great necromantic power, and you may do as you will, giving my power your purpose. It may sound evil, but it is not as though it must be. Many subjects of mine willingly had their bodies reanimated to serve beyond death."

>>332173
Walk up and hug him
"It's alright, I know. Magic is a tool that's neither good nor evil, and I'll show that to the world. I'll defeat your rival and the lich king, and perhaps when this is over I can manifest you again."

"Had you used different methods of getting me here, you may have been able to persuade me to help you. Unfortunately, you chose poorly, and this is where you ended up. Don't you just love karma?"

>>332173
If he willingly gives his soul to us, we should take it.

...I just realized that if he just lost the battle to become the Lich King, then the other lich will attain that title. Will that make them more powerful? Will they automatically gain the ability to lead the other liches to do stuff? What would they do, in that case? We should ask that, to know what to expect.

Also ask if there's any chance that you could become the Lich King, and make sure necromancy could never be used for evil.

Hug Necromancer.

While doing so, slowly thrust your healing-powered swordstaff into his heart.

It would be so cool.

Chee will need all the power she can get to defeat the other lich. Take his soul and thank him for it. Ask him how the other lich's barrier can be brought down so he himself cannot be resurrected. Also a map or way to get back to shabin would be good.

>>332180
No see there are three.
Lich King the Mad, who built Chee for the lulz.
Emobird, who we are speaking to.
Whoever Necrobold works for.

Agree on asking about becoming King though.

>>332180
no, the currant lich king would still need to be beaten.

>>332186
Well sure, but after that? I'm just wondering if Chee can *ever* become the Lich King as she is now, or if we'll have to resurrect her before going through whatever stuff is needed to become a lich or whatever.

>>332198
We could always just become a god.

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)22:43 No. 332208 ID: c811c4
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"Will the other lich become lich king? And, could I be lich king?"

>The other lich has a clearer shot, as the phylactery is no longer shared, though I am out of the way anyway. However, he must still overthrow the current king, and that is no easy feat. The Lich King has toyed with us more than fought us. It is possible to be Lich King yourself, but you should not aim so high as you are, as attempting to become a lich may be complicated for the likes of you.

"If you acted differently, I may have helped you, but now..."

>"I doubt it would be different. We will never know for certain. I should be sorry for your friends I have injured or killed. But I am not, my ambitions were greater than they, as cruel as it may sound. I do not have regrets. Show the other lich my power, and give the King regret at making his creation that fought back."

Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)22:43 No. 332209 ID: c811c4
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This is not what I had in mind, but the first lich is gone, and I have his power. Most of his creations are crumbling, but I do sense some stable ones independent of his power, I'll ask them about maps and maybe other things. I should go back to the mages tower and study different kinds of magic eventually as well. I'll tell Shabin and Tae of course where I am at, and we'll decide a meeting place later. But for now, I have to get my bearings! Maybe I can teleport back, maybe I can get a dragon to ride on.

CheeQuest - Part 5 : End Cheelop 2011/07/26(Tue)22:44 No. 332210 ID: c811c4
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But now, I've taken over this tower, and I'm not going to let it go to waste.

Base of operations! Woooo...

Soooooooooo are we gonna fight fire with fire? Necromancy vs Necromancy?

>>332210
You've got a lot of work here.
You have his knowledge, so set about cleaning up the various magic things that would detect as evil. Besides the minions, I mean.

Find out if there are any settlements nearby. If there are then craft minions and send them to inform people of the change in management.

I wonder if white necromancy is a thing. There must be some benign uses at least, but if not we'll just have to try and not be overly vile.

>>332217
Zombies can destroy zombies well enough but it sounds like a messy affair. We should see if we can subvert necromancy to anti-necromantic ends.

>>332227
farming. an army of skeletons can work thousands of acres of land without rest

>>332210
We need to clean this place up, yeah. Also make it perfectly clear to your constructs that they are not allowed to attack anyone on their own under any circumstances. They will flee before any hostility unless they are under your supervision.

Start finding books and practicing what stuff you can do with the resources on-hand. See if you can manipulate your souls to put them into constructs.

we should talk to the stable constructs. if the litch was telling the truth about many of them agreeing to serve beyond death they may take issue with you killing there old boss. also, maybe redecorate.

Oh yeah, redecorate the halls with boughs of ho-

I mean, some nice bright wallpapers for start.

>>332210
Wooo, you got your very own doom tower. Set up some guards and traps and stuff before you leave to make sure nobody loots the place while you're out.

Elephant Guy 2011/07/27(Wed)07:57 No. 332308 ID: e3a949
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yessss

You know, he created an item that teleported you here. Using his power, you should be able to teleport back, grab your friends, and then bring your friends and yourself to the tower. Then do the same with the others still in the village. This place is probably much more secure then their old home, and there will be paladins looking for what happened to their missing champion. Relocating everyone here might let them develop in a more peaceful area.