Tell her to quit being stubborn and eat.

>>334285
"Are you alright, Alice? You look unwell..."

Nice, she gained half a star.

"You look awful. Have you slept?"

"Kitchen looks good, but you look like shit. Clean up I'll be back for you later."

Re-equip her top then float on over to Emily. "Keep an eye on Alice for a while, be sure she rests and bathes and stays here."

Re-equip her top and ask how she's feeling.

Poor thing; she must have been up all night fixing up the kitchen. We should tell her she did a good job and give her some time to rest.

Also, give her back her clothes.

I think she gained the half-star from the thing with helping the healer.
Unless we are being intentionally sarcastic, we already know why she is tired: we assigned her to do most of the work on the kitchen.

Say: "You look tired. It is a pity you are determined to labor rather than fight."

Don't give her the top back until she apologizes to Kassandra.

Hey now, we told her that she can't have her top back until she shows remorse for not helping Kassandra. Let's not go back on that.

No re-equipping top.

"You seem unwell. I will return your top if you apologize to Kassandra."

"The kitchen looks very nice. What room do you want most next? There's more to be done today."

Remember guys, sleep-deprivation is a great tool for brainwashing/reprogramming. We should keep her up today too. A day without sleep won't kill her.

oh give the poor girl her top back.

the boobs must stay free.

>>334303

With the exception of giving back her clothes. She still hasn't apologized for her earlier rudeness.

Okay, but don't taunt her about it.

Also, spend a bit of time to talk to her and Styx about how the repairs went.

>>334303
No clothes giving until she apologizes to Kassandra.

I agree, no taunting.

>>334359

Who said anything about taunting her about her top?

We already have her will weakened, and she did technically work on our behalf last night. Giving the top back now would work well with something like this: "Good work, you get your top back for now. After all it's a new day, and you haven't defied me yet. Now go apologize to Kassandra." If she still is unreasonably stubborn about that we can go back to punishing her.

No, we are not giving her top back UNTIL she apologizes.

Yeah, she hasn't apologized to Kassandra yet, she doesn't get the top back.

Still, she did a good job with the kitchen, you at least need to acknowledge that. Still, we don't want to be too much of a dick either, she's earned her keep (For now), so she gets to rest, just like the rest of the crew got to rest when the day's work was done. Hard labor is one thing, working someone to death is another thing entirely. Regardless of whether we go good or evil, we need to at least be /Fair/, or we see more mass desertions going on.

No returning her top until she apologizes to Kassandra for leaving her to suffer, and to us for defying our orders. Personally, I'd hold off until she actually kneels and swears loyalty, as that was the standard we used for Ruby and it strikes me as a good one.

Still, she can have some kind words and get some rest. She did good work on the kitchen without significant complaint as far as I know.

>>334440
no no, ruby got her top back when she said sorry, and her CLOTHES back when she kneeled.

I say we keep her top, show concern, and offer rest, since she completed a day's hard work. Even if it was overnight.

Remind her that should she die here, she dies forever, so she has good reason to accept the food and rest, rather than continue her defiance.

Wounded Overlord 2011/07/31(Sun)01:37 No. 334507 ID: 6b0a72
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"You look rather tired. You know if you apologize to Kassandra I will return your top."

She glares at you.

>"You you think a little tiredness and toplessness will break me? You're a... Fool. I'm tougher then that.. I can do this all day if I-all day if I have to.."

As she says this she keeps tilting back and forth

>>334507
Sigh heavily.
"This is not a contest." say this with simple finality. "I will not have you unready. Enemies could attack at any time, and if they do, I want you awake, aware, and fed. Defying me will get you killed, not because I will kill you, but because you're being an idiot. Now eat up, bathe, and go to bed. Or I'll have the other girls force-feed you, and I don't want to do that."

>>334507
I never said you couldn't eat or sleep. You're the one making yourself miserable. Just make yourself comfortable. I have time to wait.

>>334507
"There's nothing preventing you from resting and eating."

>>334507
She'll pass out eventually. Maybe you should just giver her top back and call it. The humiliation has probably been enough.

>>334510
Or this.

'taint about breaking her
her current attitude implies she came already broken, alone and asleep in the woods. She may as well have written a damn sign "i'm not a team player. I've developed skill because i'm such a bitch that no one would ever party with me and the reason I didn't totally own the overlord in the past was because no one picked me in overlord kickball. Please kill me and loot/enslave me or if your not an overlord maybe worse" but then not really because holy shit that's a long metaphorical sign
a healer has to be culturally important in general for human heroes, not to mention Kassandra is a human and almost in the same boat as she is, barring loyalty she's gained.

>>334514
>Maybe you should just giver her top back and call it.

If she'd simply been defiant, sure. But she put someone else in danger. Not even someone all that evil or mean, either!

We certainly can't break before her. That's crazy talk. We keep the top. She's free to rest or eat as much as she wants, though.

We certainly can't break before her. That's crazy talk. We keep the top. She's free to rest or eat as much as she wants, though.

>>334507
Break her? Oh no, we're not trying to do that. Tell her that if we did, we'd just give her this bring at the potion of corruption and put it in front of her. Right to her lips. Calmly explain what it would do to her or anyone else, that even angels can become demons by it. It creates tools for us to use and abuse however we like. It is valuable and it is the only one we have.

Then take it away from her, and smash it. Say nothing more.

>>334552
If we are going to do this, can we at use a potion which is not worth 1000 gold. It proves a point sure, but can we not throw a whole bunch of cash down the drain so to speak. Use an old bottle someone threw away and coloured water.

>>334510

This.

sigh and send her to sleep.

>>334557

*Pointing out that we got that potion for free*

*Pointing out that it is still worth 1000 gold*

>>334567
>>334568
indeed, we got THIS ONE for free, but if we ever want another it takes 1000 G. and if we want to recruit something, that is otherwise un-recruitable, we need it.

>>334569

I was just saying that we wouldn't be losing any money if we decided to go through with that plan.

But I still like >>334510 better, anyway.

>>334570

Opportunity cost. We lose the opportunity to achieve a 1000G effect, thus effectively losing 1000G.

Consider breaking it as an alternative to making her drink it. We're still "using" it towards the same ends. Doing it the normal way is easy, but we still have our other servants to think about. This little act will do some good for loyalty as a whole, using it on common units will hurt that.

By the time we have to deal with converting angels or powerful demons or whatever we decide it really is worth using it on, I think the potion will be affordable enough.

>>334570
I fully support trying the other way first.

She's about to fall over. Catch her... somehow.

>>334510
+1

Wounded Overlord 2011/07/31(Sun)16:29 No. 334671 ID: 416e35
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"Listen, I can tolerate you sulking but I will not let you weaken yourself like this. There is nothing preventing you from sleeping and eating. I need you ready for whatever may happen to this castle and-"

>"ZZZZZZ."

She's fallen asleep.

Tell Rose to get her to a bed. And have some food there for when she wakes up.

>>334671
Hahahahah.

Get her to bed, carefully. She should be sleeping like a stone after such exhaustion.

Anyway, let's get out there and fightan! Time to recruit more folks!

Wounded Overlord 2011/07/31(Sun)16:43 No. 334680 ID: 416e35
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"... Rose, please take her to a bed and place some feed beside her for when she wakes up."

>Rose: "Right away my Lord."

As she drags Alice away Styx approaches you.

>Styx: "My lord look what I found. It is your old skeleton. I modified it so your current form can fit in the head. However... It lacks a power source. A Dark Mana crystal is needed for it to start running again."

>>334680

"And where would we find one of those?"

>>334680
Amazing work, Styx! Where can we get such a thing?

>>334680

where to find a such thing?

lots go find a Dark Mana crystal

Notice: she has a gunshot wound.

Of course. Where do we find one? Or is this just another matter for money to solve.

>>334687
Alice that is. Next time ask her who shot her.

It will be interesting I'm sure.

>>334680
"What would I do without you Styx?"

Wounded Overlord 2011/07/31(Sun)16:59 No. 334693 ID: 416e35
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"Amazing Styx, I've said this before but we would all be lost without you. So, where can I get this Dark Mana?"

She shows you a map.

>"I've marked all the locations where you might find one. However they are very rare and only dropped by certain monsters. I'm not a Demonologist so I don't know exactly which one but they are native to these lands."

"Can't I simply buy one?"

>"Yes, for G10,000"

Describe these places and their dangers as well as you can.

>>334693
"Can you tell me a little about each area? Just what lives there and potential dangers?"

>>334693

To the lands of Abel! It sounds promising, after all.

Abel was the good guy in the biblical story, I don't know if that should be significant in this choice.

Wounded Overlord 2011/07/31(Sun)17:15 No. 334697 ID: 416e35
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"Tell me a little more about each please."

>"As you wish. Alemor was once a fishing community until another Overlord, Silva the Wicked, took it over. The place was almost completely corrupted, it's residents turned into demons. However you and your minions had a battle with her. The place is mostly empty save for a few demon towns and various trading spots.
>The Violet Shore is the biggest shopping district in the entire nation with traders from all around the land going there to sell their goods. All trade routes are said to pass through this land.
>Roseywn and Icefall were once the same land but a small group of people found what they call a Sun Shard with allowed what is now Roseywn to escape the eternal winter that Icefall suffers from.
>The Lands of Abel are ruled over by a mere human known as Abel the Savior. His land was the only one that we could never defeat, no matter what we threw at it. Abel placed giant walls around the main kingdom. Most of the monsters and heroes there are holy in nature."

>>334697
Lands of Abel, please. Just for a bit. You know, long enough to see an angel.

>>334697
>Most of the monsters and heroes there are holy in nature.
Eep. Why is that considered a good area?

Regardless, I think Alemor is best. Ruined demonic lands sound more appropriate for me right now.

Alemoor, because it's the furthest away from Abel. seriously, fuck that guy.

Alemoor

>>334697
I like the sound of Icefall. A change in scenery is nice, and the cold might convince Alice to warm up to us. (oh puns)

Alemor~!

Bring a balanced party.

I wonder if we can recruit a Demon, or if we have to Enslave an Angel and feed them the potion to get a Demon...

Alemoor

>>334706
Demons and Angels probably come in stronger and weaker sorts, I'm sure we could recruit some demons easily enough. I imagine they would be less opposed to us on principle but that wouldn't mean they were actually more loyal or reliable.

>>334697
Icefall sounds interesting.

My vote is for Alemor

I gotta say that Violet Shore is probably the best place for us to raid at the moment, being very rich, a trading centre and close to our base of operations. However, its closeness may mean that people are gonna suspect us or at least those close to us are making a comeback, as they may not know our survival.

So I vote Violet Shore. Hopefully we can get enough money in this so we can build the barracks.

>>334697

Alemor is the logical next step. It sounds like it would be naturally friendlier (or at least not more hostile) than the human-dominated lands. Just traveling into Abel would probably set off alarms.

It also sounds like a place where treacherous ex-servants might be hiding. Emily and Rose should be ordered to keep an eye out for them.

>>334697

Alemor seems ok, but if we're going to take Alice with us I want to go to Violet Shore.

>>334895
Alice appears to be asleep.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/01(Mon)14:43 No. 335096 ID: 9ea385
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You decide to leave the sleepy Alice behind and go to Alemor.

Choose where you want to go in Alemor
>Battle Field
>Town

Town to see where those dark mana crystals can be found. Maybe there's a special kind of monster that has it.

...those are giant tentacles out there. Let's visit the ruined town.

Hey, we DID leave someone behind to watch Alice, right? I suggest Emily.

battle field we are hunting monsters.

I believe Styx is back at the castle as always.

Town

>>335099
Yea, don't worry, Styx is enough to keep Alice from causing trouble (since Alice can't attack us)

Yea, let's see what is in town and see what we can find out. If we can find a demonologist, they might be able to tell us where to find the dark mana crystal.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/01(Mon)15:19 No. 335114 ID: 9ea385
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You decide to go to the town for now. As you and your minions go through the deserted town you hear something shatter.

You rush to find the source of the noise and stumble upon a girl scooping up pieces of broken clay. She stares at you.

>???: "Oh hello. I didn't think anyone else would be here. Just collecting samples, pay no mind to me."

>>335114
Give her a job offer. Fun and excitement and 200 gold a month with a 100 immediate signing bonus.

>>335114
"Oh, hello. We're looking for a Dark Mana crystal. Would you happen to know good hunting grounds for one?"
Maybe we can ask about what samples she's collecting, as well. Possible fetch quest?

>>335117
I don't think we have 100 gold to spare at the moment.

down voting trying to hire him. we are not yet established enough to afford to start hiring people. maybe once we have the flotation device fixed. though we should ask him if he knows what monsters drop dark crystals and where to find them.

>>335119
Oh, sure, we'll have to kill some stuff, but she'll be USEFUL! Demonologist, man!

>>335118

>>335114
"I'm looking find a Dark Mana crystal and hire a demonologist. Not in that order.
I was here when Silva the Wicked fell, so could probably answer some of your questions about this place..."

>>335125
No we couldn't.

Bad memory, remember?

>>335127
No, but his faithful minions would still remember.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/01(Mon)16:30 No. 335138 ID: 9ea385
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"Oh, hello. We're looking for a Dark Mana crystal. Would you happen to know good hunting grounds for one?"

>???: "The area around this village is a good. spot. There are quite a few monsters who drop them. Dark Slime, Den Hiders, Behemoths. They all drop this crystal. I happen to have one or two myself."

"Thank you. If you don't mind sharing, what is it you need samples of? Perhaps during my search I can look for some samples for you."

>>335138
"We're willing to help you gather samples, especially if we can get a Dark Mana crystal in the process."

Ask her what she would ask for a crystal. We've heard they are quite expensive, but perhaps we can negotiate a trade of services instead.

something about this guy make me think fighting him would be more trouble than its worth. we should see if he would be interested in trading one of the crystals to us.

>>335155
She's a girl. EVERYONE IS A GIRL. Even we are a girl.

>>335160
What about Fabio?

>>335173
Transsexual?

Anyway, let's go with this: >>335147

>>335160
There is also Able and maybe that gunner who was with our healer.

>>335173
Oh, I guess he's not. That must be why he's grinning all the time. He's surrounded by women!

>>335176
And the Great Defender

>>335179
The GD and Time Mage were both girls.

>>335180
>>/questarch/332678
>his

Oh. Well that's odd.

Well that doesn't sound too difficult at all, I was afraid they were rarer. Say... you are a demonologist, correct? Would you be interested in a job? I could use someone of your talents. I can offer many opportunities gain knowledge, power and glory, whatever most suits your desires.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/01(Mon)21:56 No. 335252 ID: 6b0a72
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"We're willing to help you gather samples, especially if we can get a Dark Mana crystal in the process."

>???: "I am quite capable of gathering materials on my own. However there is one thing I am willing to let go of a Dark Mana crystal for."

"And what would that be?"

>???: "Silva's Wine. It is considered an Artifact due to it's rarity. Since the Overlord defeated her none has been produced. I was unable to get my hands on one and still am not able to. If you could acquire just one glass for me... I would do anything."

>>335252
"We'll see what we can do."

Interesting. Anything, she says? That'd be a good way to recruit her. Ask her name for future reference.

Then we shall try our hand at hunting around the village. Just to see if we get lucky. Afterwards we should go back to Styx and ask her about that wine.

>>335252
Interesting... very well I will acquire this wine for you. Tell us what you know of it.

well, let's check the area's lvl map first. if the LOWEST is a 10 then yeah, we need to negotiate. if not then we can find some critters that may have a crystal.

>>335258
Don't make promises when we don't know if we can keep it or whether we'd want to. If once we find it, someone else would join us for it, or it gives some massive bonus, we may not want to hand it over.

A smart Overlord doesn't commit until' he has all the details.

>>335252
"I'll bear that in mind. You have my thanks for your advice."

Make no promises, since obviously we don't know if we'll be finding that. But if we do get some, trade it to her in exchange for eternal loyalty. We can farm up some dark mana crystals on our own.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/01(Mon)22:41 No. 335279 ID: 6b0a72
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"I'll bear that in mind. You have my thanks for your advice."

She nods and goes back to work. You decide to check the monster ranks in the area.

>Emily: "My lord there's a ! there! That means there's a really tough boss battle there!"

Let's check out that 1. It's weird out there next to all those 10's.

I'm sure we could handle a 10 at this point but I'm just too damn curious.

well fuck me with a spoon. that is a lot of powerhouses. yes check that one, it is odd.

Seems difficult, and the rest of these are all rather challenging areas too. I'm afraid we might not be able to... wait, is that a level 1 area? Huh. Let's check that out I guess.

Go to 1
Obtain ambush

lets take a look at that one. things out of the ordinary are usually worth looking into.

Level 1. It might be someone lost and confused who needs our help!

Go to 1, obtain newbie.

Proceed to 1, examine frownie-face.

Go to one. Be surrounded by the four or five encounters closing in on the 1, who's probably a thief or something.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)00:02 No. 335320 ID: 6b0a72
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You decide to go the the level 1.

There is a single girl standing in the middle of a filthy swampland.

"What the... Emily, what is that?"

>Emily: "I dunno"

"Rose?"

>Rose: "I'm no demonologist my lord."

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)00:07 No. 335324 ID: 6b0a72
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The Field surrounds you.

>Rose: "She's hostile!"

"Hmph, everyone get ready."

-Placement Phase-
-Limit 3 Units-

>>335324
Rose, Ruby, overlord with guncannon. We want to be nowhere near this girl.

i only trust us. the robotic overlord, and emily, the construct, to be near this thing. so just us two.

>>335324
Overlord, Emily, Kas. Keep space between everybody.
Since we want to stay back and see what she does so we're not going in blind, lets make our first turn action "Subjugate".

its called a plague spreader, lets assume it's a bio hazard. keep everyone who can get sic back.

Seconding the Overlord-Emily-Kas combination. Place Emily in the top-most square, place us behind her, and place Kas in the square farthest away from the Plague Spreader.

We'll attempt to Subjugate it first, then Kas can try a Cure.

If that fails, we let Emily slice-and-dice.

Ourselves, Emily and Kassandra. We and Emily go toe to toe... so to speak. Kassandra heals and supports from a distance behind. We keep the plaguespreader boxed in as well as we can to keep it away from her.

>>335326
This seems best. I doubt this thing can do much damage. Emily could probably take it out by herself, actually.

>>335320
Oh shit, stringy-haired ghost girl.

I don't like this. I bet it's using illusions to conceal its full strength. Be careful!

Too bad we didn't bring Alice. Well, stick to the plan here >>335327

Can we scan it with that scroll? We should do that.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)12:18 No. 335502 ID: 9ea385
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You attempt to subjugate by... Well by asking it very nicely to join you since you don't know what else to say.

The Plaugespreader simple gurgles our a reply. You assume it's not a Yes.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)12:19 No. 335503 ID: 9ea385
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It moves foreword and spits out a green goo at you.

It doesn't seem to have any effect.

okay, if that was anyone other then a construct it probably would of been BAD.
anyway, kas tries to heal IT. may cause damage then em and overlord smack it.

yeah just kill it.

Deal death to it. Kassandra healing it first may get somewhere, who knows. It's worth the attempt, anyway.

"Bitch, I'm the goddamn Overlord!"
Emily: One square up left and attack.
Overlord: use Sword to attack.
Kas: Stay out of range of Plaguespreader, buff accuracy for Overlord.

>>335502
Back off. It might actually smack you and overlord is made of wet tissue paper. Kas can heal it and then Emily should shank it to death. Make sure Kass is out of it's movement range.

Yeah. Have all the Fleshy people RUN FOR THE HILLS. Then SLASH IT TO DEATH. Then ENSLAVE IT.

>>335503
Yay being a robot and thus immune to disease. Slash the hell out of her.

>>335511
Actually, we got the Dark Energy Shields, so we actually have hit points now.

First off move Kassandra a square closer and have her try to cure it. If that fails, rely on melee attacks.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)12:46 No. 335524 ID: 9ea385
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You order Kassandra to retreat and heal the Plaugespreader. Nothing seems to happen to it.

You slash at it with your blade cutting it's torso.
You hear a sizzling sound and notice the blade beginning to melt in places.

"!? Emily!"

Emily slashes at the Plaugespreader.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)12:47 No. 335526 ID: 9ea385
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You hear that same sizzling sound and see her blade hand begin to dissolve away.

>Emily: "..... This hurts."

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

Emily retreat, Kassandra heal her, overlord move above this thing and blast it.

>>335526
Kite her and shoot her until she dies, then enslave. Kass and Emily should go nowhere near her. Keep Emily in between Kass and the plaguespreader, but make no attempt to attack her unless she tries to get past Emily. Have Kass heal Emily.

Ugh. Just use the blaster, nobody else attack. This may take a bit. I kinda wish we had brought Ruby along. In fact I am starting to wonder if only magic would do anything to this thing.

>>335533
Actually, scan the thing. Rest as before.

use scan and everyone else back off.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)13:28 No. 335561 ID: 9ea385
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You order Emily to retreat. She falls back and has Kassandra start healing her arm.
You spend your round casting Scan on the Plaguespreader.

--------------------------------------------
Attacks:
Spit Poison: Inflicts Poison on target. 1-2 spaces.
Zombie Touch: Inflicts Zombie on target. Touch attack.

Special: Immune to bladed weapons. Slash wounds open up acidic sacs under her skin which can dissolve most material.
When killed will explode dealing 20 damage to anyone within 1 space of her and spreading poison/acid to anyone within 2 spaces.
Immortal rank 3- Will never age, will regenerate from most wounds but can be killed by complete disintegration or burning.
Plaugespreader Curse, when someone is killed with a plaugespreader's poison or while under the Zombie affect they will be brought back as a Plaugespreader.

use gun from three spaces away. make sure others stay out of range.

Bang bang.

NOPE. We are gone, fuck this bullshit.

Also new rule: we ALWAYS scan before battle. This was just terrible. Ruby could take it down but I don't see a point. Just blast it from a distance and get out of here before it can get back up.

Can I pose a question: how do you kill what is dead?

YOU JUST SHOOT FROM THE HIP, AND YOU AIM FOR THE HEAD.

So an enemy that Emily can't defeat? A living bomb.

Well if Emily and Kassandra stay away then the dark energy blaster will finish this one off!

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)13:43 No. 335575 ID: 9ea385
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You have everyone back away and fire at it dealing ten damage.
Nix explodes and dies.

You can see the pieces starting to move back together though..

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)13:43 No. 335577 ID: 9ea385
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>Emily: "That was a tricky one my lord... what shall we do with it?"

no loot, broad immunity's and it does status aliments. Not to mention a dangerous self destruct. but it'll explode once we shoot it. get everyone as far away from it as possible. then shoot it.

>>335577
Enslave! She's a powerhouse and that's a bunch of crap anyway.

Let's not recruit this thing. It will just create more plaguespreaders if we use it in combat. I don't like the idea of that, I mean aren't we supposed to be trying to unite the land? Using this thing would destroy the land.

Have Ruby step in and burn the corpse to ashes now that combat is over.

Kill it with fire.

>>335582
We deploy it against constructs and others that are immune to its effects, not against living creatures.

What a miserable creature. I've half a mind to enslave it, just to have Ruby reduce it to ashes. Still it may be a useful tool, even if only once. Just need to find somewhere to keep it that doesn't cause problems.

Do we really want this thing around the base?
Also, get Styx to repair Emily.

Burn it, we don't want to have to deal with a zombie apocalypse... Actually, that sounds kinda fun, can we start the apocalypse?

>>335583
>>335582
Yeah. Burn it, for the good of the world.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)13:52 No. 335590 ID: 9ea385
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=Note, if you decide to loot Nix will be teleported to the spawn point instantly=

>>335590
If only to not make our human servants disgusted with us, we will enslave it rather than do that. Then Ruby can destroy it.

>>335590
...WHOA.

Enslave, then burn it.

>>335590
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE

Enslave her! Save the town!

Enslave it. It'd make an excellent biological weapon if we level it up and unleash it deep in the heart of enemy territory. Only the people that really piss us off, though.

>>335590
Enslave it, take it to the demon world, and destroy it forever.

>>335590
ok if looting it would dump it on a town we should enslave it and either use it in a purely defensive way or burn it to ash.

oh god. that would not be good for anything. enslave it. and then overlord bobs in front of it a bit to see if it is really under control. if not then ruby needs to cast fire on it a few times. if it is then we can just put it somewhere.

>>335595
If we keep it we should at least tell our humans that we will try and find a way to cure it. And maybe we really should, after all the only thing better than releasing a plague on your enemies is to hold the cure as well.

>>335599
>Create cure for Plaguespreaders
>Become loved by populace
>Use as leverage for our world domination scheme

Would it be possible to purify her? returning her back to nein human?

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)14:08 No. 335612 ID: 9ea385
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You decide to enslave the thing.

Ruby comes up to you with her staff.

>Ruby: "Shall I burn the thing?"

Nix stands there staring into the empty space before her

>>335612
"No.
I'm going to put her in a cage away from everybody else and have people work on researching a cure.
Also, I can send her out against teams of constructs."

>>335595
Yes, she would be, but she's not invulnerable. If she was sent out alone, she might get some, but they would be able to stop her, and then we're down a minion + the effort we put into her.

I vote loot. We don't need to enslave everything we see. Since they're all interesting in their own way.

>>335612
3 loyalty stars? That's unusual. I would expect either maximum loyalty or just above baseline. Makes me wonder if there's a mind in there somewhere.

...maybe we should just lock it up in a cage and inquire as to whether or not there's a cure. It used to be a swordsman, and we don't have one of those yet. If we cured her, then we would have an EXTREMELY loyal unit.

>>335612
"Very tempting. It makes a poor weapon for my purposes, even if it weren't so vile. But I wonder if such a thing can be studied and cured? Such knowledge may be of use. That is if there is even anything of a person left there..."

Order it to speak with you, find out if there is any semblance of thought or emotion remaining to it.

>>335612
need more information, restrain and lock it away back at the fortress for further study.

Well Nix is quite loyal so might as well put her in a corner somewhere if she follows order and cares for little else. Who knows when you'll need a surprise shock trooper. Or a source of strong poison and acid.

Also, nipples!

>>335612
I wish we didn't enslave her, but now that we did, I won't take it back. If we use her in combat, it will be with no other melee units, in other words, just Alice, Ruby, and Kassandra

Actually I just had a thought. What about one of the cures from the Wizards tower for zombify? I mean, she is an undead of sorts.

>>335638
Good luck getting HER past the doorman.

>>335612
The thought of burning the vile thing is... tempting.

But let's keep it for studies for now.

Hold on people, if we EVER use this in combat, it's going to die. Then we'll loose control of it. And then it respawns in town.

No.

>>335641
We don't need to. They're potions/consumables from what I understood, so we can just buy one and take it with us.

>>335644
Actually, we can just re-enslave it.

Kill it to death. In the face.

>>335651
Why do you think we would lose her if she died in combat? I was under the impression that if any of our guys died, they respawn at our castle.

Also, if we DID need to bring her to the wizards tower, we could always say that she was one of our allies who got killed by a plaguespreader, and needs healing. That could work.

>>335647
We can enslave the last thing that falls in combat. I don't think allies would be any different there than enemies. Given that it blows up it might still work but it is damn risky.

>>335646
They have cures for poison and zombie, I don't think this is quite covered by either. Asking Fate about it might prove useful, but we are more likely to get information out of that demonologist.

>>335647
That only works if we are the ones killing her.

I say we keep her both to keep her from trashing any towns, and for SCIENCE.

>>335612
No, we should hold on to her. She is under our control and thus not going to hurt our own people, and this sickness is worthy of study.

keep it, and be nice to it. don't dissect it. the Wizard Tower has a cure for zombies. we'll go there after we get enough monies.

for now, worry about Emily's arm. did Kas heal it back?

I vote for studying it but not for using it in combat.

"We keep it locked away for now. We may be able to cure it. If not, then we will destroy it in such a way it never respawns."

>>335644
If we ever use the thing immune to a form of damage, and can only be permanently put down by two types of damage, she's going to die? Really? We pull it out against things that use slashing weapons, and it's pretty much an I win button. And as long as our enemies can't use fire or disintegration, even if she hits 0 hp, she shouldn't actually die. Also, she can inflict a status effect on touch that, traditionally in vidya games, makes heals hurt the creature. She has her uses, we just have to be careful with her.Plus the whole loyal unit whom we may eventually be able to cure.

And maybe I was wrong, but I was under the impression that things we enslave that die, die for good.

>"Okay. Also what happens if one of us dies in battle? Do we respawn?"

>Rose: "Good question my Lord. In this world if we were not enslaved we would simply die. Likewise humans who die in our world vanish forever unless brought back by powerful magic. We are safe in our own world though."

>>335679
Demons who die in human world die for good.
Humans who die in demon world die for good.
(Unless extremely powerful magic is used)

This thing is undead though, not human or demon. Honestly, I'm not sure what it would qualify as. We should keep it locked away for now and ask Styx to be Mrs. Exposition some more, and if she doesn't know we can ask that demonologist later.

Also note, anyone who dies while poisoned becomes a Plaguespreader. We could accidentally start a zombie apocalypse when they respawn in town, depending on the area we're in and their defenses against stuch things. That would pretty much mark us 'threat to the world'.
On the flipside of that, if we cured them or eliminate them permanently, we would be doing the world a favor. Let's see Abel rally the peoples against us once we become a hero among them.

>>335626

+1 vote

>>335684
It doesn't say demons and humans. It's referring to our people. Which at that point we've got Ruby, who is not in fact a demon, but the enslaved soul of a human. Mage. Thing.

>>335694
As Rose, who appears to be a demon, was giving the explanation, I assumed 'we' meant her people, as in demons.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)16:12 No. 335703 ID: 9ea385
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You remember the rules being as such
If one of your demon minions die here then they're gone for good, vice versa.
Enslaved Heroes who die here can be Enslaved again to prevent them from spawning.

"Very tempting. It makes a poor weapon for my purposes, even if it weren't so vile. But I wonder if such a thing can be studied and cured? Such knowledge may be of use. That is if there is even anything of a person left there..."

You fly up to Nix

"Can you tell me who you are?"

She opens her mouth making that same gurgling sound. Copious amounts of acid and poison drip out of her mouth.

You see Rose cover her nose.

>>335612
Try to talk to it. Worst comes to worst, let's sell it to BM tower.

Attempt to access the innate mindreading powers of floating eyeballs. They all have them, trust me. Just try.

>>335703
We'll have to go for yes and no questions. Ask her if she remembers being a swordsmaster. Ask her if she wants to be cured. If no, ask her if she wants to die.

>>335703
Ugh... maybe it can't talk, but one last test...

"...How old are you, count each digit with your fingers."

>>335703
Yes or no questions. She blinks once for yes and twice for no.

>>335705

I though it was laser beam powers.

>>335713
Shh! The universe doesn't know that yet.

hmm, that looks like it's TRYING to talk to you, but it's too full of ooze to get any air on the vocal cords. there is definitely SOMETHING still in there.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)16:34 No. 335721 ID: 9ea385
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"How old are you? Just hold up fingers."

She just stares drooling more poison.

"Do you want to be cursed? Do you want to be Cured? Do you want to die?"

She makes that gurgling sound and spits out more green goo.

>Ruby: "Please... Stop making her do that.. It reeks."

...yeah, she can't talk or really understand us, apparently. Just lock her up for now.

"well, looks like we wont get any information, but i cannot tell if it is opening it's mouth just as a reaction or if it is actually trying to talk but can't due to being full of ooze."

>>335721
Welp. Bring her to black mage tower.

just kill her

Friggin' kill her already. Stop making her live as a toxic diseased husk.

We could seal her in an airtight room and use her as a punishment?

Okay that's a little too mean

"Wait wait wait... Ruby, you have a nose?!"

On a more serious note, destroy it in whatever way is permanent.

... and have them start throwing fireballs at us? Lets not go to the black mage's tower. Plus am pretty sure that they can't do anything. The zombie cure would probably only work on the zombie status. She turned into a Plaguespreader because she had the zombie status and then died.

>>335721
"We'll take her back and lock her in a room until we can start researching cures.
Don't worry. I have no intention of letting this spread."

don't destroy it! keep it to cure it for later. we'll get a super loyal swordsman.

first, get some money.

Send her back to the castle, with a note for Styx that she's to be studied for a cure.

We should keep fighting in this area. We need to find either a dark mana crystal, or the thing the demonologist needs. We came here for it, and we're not leaving without something to show for our efforts, more than Nix.

I say we take on that 12 on the map if it's still there.

Yeah, keep it locked up tight, but let's make researching a cure a priority, that could really be leveraged in the long run--plus, you know, Loyalty x Infinity probably.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/02(Tue)17:08 No. 335754 ID: 9ea385
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You send Nix back to the castle with a note saying to lock her away for the time being.

Where to now?

>>335751

This.

Let's try 8.

Assuming Emily is healed, that is.

aye. heal up and go to the least dangerous one.

this place might get just a tad overleveled for us pretty soon.

lets hit that 8. a seven caused some problems so lets not risk anything higher than we have to. also ask your minions if they remember anything about Silva.

8

go back to the easier area and train to make your people stronger, a better body isn't worth their lives

>>335771
Ah but we have scan now, and remember we can always make a run for it if we think its out of our league.

8. Cmon' Tamer

Let's go to 8 regardless of Emily's status. We still have Rose and Ruby.

>>335754
I'd like to make a note of something, as Nix can't really communicate with anyone at the moment. So my idea is this; we give her chalk and a light slate board so she can write down her answers without anyone getting fumigated. Furthermore it'll probably be a cheap investment for a lot of loyalty stars.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/04(Thu)14:47 No. 336495 ID: 03212a
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You decide to go to a Rank 8 Area.

There's a odd girl with a animal skull on her head. She stares at you.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/04(Thu)14:48 No. 336496 ID: 03212a
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>???: "..."

SCAN: Beast Tamer

Placement Phase, Limit 3

well we need to overlord to recruit. want to cycle our guys. so this time ruby and rose with us.

>>336497
Sounds good.

>>336497
Dammit, why do we need to recruit everything we come across?

I say Ruby, Kassandra, and Rose.

>>336499
Because building an army allows us to have more people and more people means easier money? I don't see why we would ever turn down a free dude.

>>336497
Good team. Us in middle front row, Rose to our left, Ruby right behind us.

Oh and lets make sure Emily goes back to the castle, so she can maybe get fixed up and maybe help keep an eye on things. I'm assuming her blade didn't just heal back.

>>336500
Because wouldn't it be better to have a smaller more elite team? If we keep recruiting we have to manage the exp gain between them.

I also don't want to shove the ones we already have aside. I want them to all feel important to our plans. The more we recruit, the more they'll just blend into the crowd.

>>336502
If we have more people, we can send more of them out to get more money, which we DESPERATELY NEED. TO LIVE.

Everyone will get their due. But we need loyal manpower to get to that point!

>>336496
Whatever we do, we need to get in there and scan her for our first move.

a beast tamer would let us recruit monsters. that is a very good thing. i'm guessing monsters would not be as hard to make loyal as people.

rose, overlord, emily. because of the bonus.

Emily just got hurt badly in the last fight and might still be affected by the zombie status, so bring anyone but her

NOTE: I just figured out that if Rose dies in the human world- like out here- she doesn't respawn. Soooo she's kindof vulnerable.

Emily is actually the only (non-plaguespreader) unit we have that can't die permanently. We can always repair her for a fee if she falls apart. All our enslaved heroes risk permanent death when fighting in the demon world (we only know one location of note there- our castle).

Overlord, Rose, Ruby.

Scan dat shit.

>>336496
Overlord, Emily, and somebody who won't die permanently if they fall here. Kas, I think!

Rose, Overlord, Kassandra.

Put in Emily, Kassandra, and Overlord. Kassandra way in the back, Emily/Overlord in front.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/04(Thu)23:35 No. 336719 ID: e889e9
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Units placed

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/04(Thu)23:44 No. 336720 ID: e889e9
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Overlord casts Scan!

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Attacks:
Whip and Claw attacks do the amount of damage stated.
Bite- In Berserk Mode a Beast Tamer can spend their round grabbing an opponent and perform a bite attack. The grapple takes a round and the opponent can attack and cast spells but can not escape. The next round the Beast Tamer will bite their neck and tear. This is usually an instant kill. This does not work on Constructs or units without a neck.

Special: Immune to Poison and Sleep.
Can cast Tame on defeated Beast Type Units at the end of battle. Limit 1 per battle.
Berserk Rage- When a Ally Beast Unit dies within the Beast Tamers Line of Sight the Tamer will attack any and all units around her except Allies and other Beast Units (friend or foe). This rage lasts rounds equal to her level.
Beastial Attack- Can give up a Beast Unit that is not in battle to perform a special attack. Changes depending on the unit sacrificed.

this ring is WAY too small to let her go first, double attack with a boost on... em.

oh uh, em rushes and kas casts acc+

Right, this is a straightforward battle. Just have Emily start attacking right away. May as well go up right in front of her.

Kassandra can stay where she is for now. May as well cast Accuracy on Emily.

ummm don't most of our units have around 20 hp? cause i think she can one shot our minions if she rolls well.

>>336726
Ruby has 15 hp, Kassandra has 11. Overlord has 31 (30 shield, 1 floatation device). Emily has like 60+.

Emily attacks, Kass stays back and casts speed, then damage buffs.

>>336499

This is a valid point. After we get this tamer, we should focus on loyalty and leveling instead of recruitment, until everyone's up to speed. Having a bunch of low-loyalty minions is asking for trouble.

>>336720
Ask if she wants to be immortal and serve an ever-growing empire in a privileged position.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/05(Fri)00:35 No. 336739 ID: e889e9
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Kassandra casts +Accuracy on Emily
Emily moves foreword and slashes at the tamer for 17 damage!
The Tamer slashes at Emily but misses!

we should move to the square opposite Emily. that way when she attacks she will have to expose her back.

Open fire! Emily keeps slashing, Kassandra stays put.

No, we should move to the square diagonal of Emily and have Kassandra move closer. That way Kas can heal or buff as needed and the beast tamer can't get to her without going around us. And we need to start remembering to have Kas charge if she isn't going to move anywhere on a given turn, since she only has a few MP to use.

>>336745
This.

>>336745

going around us? what makes you think she won't just go ahead and one-hit-kill us? no, I say only Emily stays within the tamer's range.

>>336757

We have 31 hp and the tamer's max attack is 23.

If I understand the mechanics correctly, she can't one-hit us (and her two-turn insta-kill can't affect Emily or us).

Also she can't Berzerk unless an allied animal dies near her. That won't be happening here.

>>336758
>>336762
If she rolls well enough, she can do 2x damage. And while her berserk isn't going to apply, for all we know she has monster allies off field ready to sacrifice to use specials. Neither of these is something we can reliably plan against though, so I agree with using Overlord as a shield for the healer who will get one-shot if attacked.

Keep in mind whips can attack one square away though, and even her weakest hit with a whip will kill Kas.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/06(Sat)17:31 No. 337361 ID: 3e4057
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You move up to lock in the Tamer. Emily tries to slash but the Tamer doges it!
Overlord slashes at her and hits for 19 damage!
The Tamer tries to slash him but misses!

More of that.

Em and Overlord: Continue cutting.
Kas: Move up just out of range of the Tamer and cast Accuracy+ on Emily

>>337363
This. Kass only needs to move forward one space to target either, so lets do that.

Kas: Charge and cast +Accuracy on Overlord.
Em and Overlord: Keep attacking.

>>337366
Kassandra's spells have a range of 1-4, so she can already cast on both of them.

>>337377
...Durr. I thought she was a square further away, never mind.

overlord: switch to ranged attacking.

>>337472
Why would we want to do less damage and give the Tamer more freedom to move?

>>337723
I guess because the tamer can potentially oneshot Overlord with a critical hit?

No stay close, but have Kass use +Defense on Overlord so he can take any potential hits better and retreat only to heal if necessary.

>>337728
This sounds reasonable.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/09(Tue)17:11 No. 338360 ID: 2b9f56
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You and Emily continue to hack and slash at the Tamer. After being brought down another 35 health she glares at Emily and raises her hands.
She chants a spell and before she can react Emily is slammed with a giant fluffy thing.
You hear a terrible cracking sound.

Emily sure isn't having much luck lately.

damn. she probably can't perma-die due to being a construct, but still, ow. probably out for the rest of the day though.
overlord: LIMIT BREAK! or just use a slash attack. kas, more ACC+

>>338360
Emily! Dammit, why must she suffer such abuse? And she'll probably feel terrible, like she failed us.

Nothing for it but to have Kassandra buff us while we keep hackin', though. The tamer shouldn't take more than one or two more hits to bring down.

I am now very glad we didn't bring Rose.

Keep attacking, she's on her last ropes.

>>338360
Shiiiiiit! Is her HP at zero or -5? Kassandra might be able to heal her back up. Keep attacking this bitch... hopefully she can't pull that shit again. Apply RAGE FOR LIMIT BREAK if you can.

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/09(Tue)17:38 No. 338374 ID: 2b9f56
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You focus all your rage into one single attack..

OVERLORD BEAM!

The beam hits the Tamer and instantly vaporizes her.

You get the feeling that you can probably only use that attack when someone really loyal to you is killed..

You see Emily weakly sit up.

>>338374
"Emily, you're alive! Kassandra, she needs healing, quickly!"

Wounded Overlord 2011/08/09(Tue)17:44 No. 338379 ID: 2b9f56
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"Are you okay?"

>Emily: "No.. I failed you."

"It is okay, we still won the battle."

>>338379
Another unique class, and a very powerful one at that. Better enslave this one.