Haven't run a civ since I got a new PC, and they all seem to die when they begin.
First to 3 votes picks race
First to 3 votes picks place
No Instects - they are way too overdone
No Unseen - Not a huge fan of them
No Celestials/Demons - I find them OP and boring
Since people seem to want loxo lately, lets go with aquatic loxo.
That, or naked mole rat-folk.
>>46718923
>loxo
What race is that?
>>46718923
I'd second either of these.
One's mermaid ogres, and the other's a chaotic evil cultist skaven.
>>46718956
>mermaid ogre
what the hell
>>46718947
Loxos are humanoid elephants.
I'm twisting the concept and making it elephant seals.
>>46718947
>>46718887
Gnomes
Islands
>>46718990
Let's try to stick with the stuff on the chart, I don't see Humanoid Elephants anywhere
>>46719023
In which case, (even though loxo are an unofficial addition to the chart) just change my vote to the naked mole rat-folk skaven. There's already a second for it.
Maybe set it in the desert.
Still kinda want loxo though...
>>46719050
I didn't even know what Loxo was. I have no idea how to run it, what their stats would be, pros/cons, etc.
>Current votes
Races:
Gnome +1
Skaven +2
Place:
Islands +1
Desert +1
>>46719102
I respect that you're uneasy about loxo, but I found the copypasta if you're interested:
>Loxodon
>Breeding: struggle
>Melee: Specialist
>Ranged: Abysmal
>Magic: Average
>Technology: Exceptional
>Diplomacy: Struggle
>+Natural Armor (Small weapon resistance due to thick, tough skin)
>+Trample (Can trample smaller creatures for automatic bonus damage)
>+-Eidetic Memory (Bonus when researching or crafting; minor diplomatic penalty for condescending nature of Loxodons
>+-Voracious Herbivore (Can survive off almost any vegetation, although requiring huge quantities)
>>46719102
Hell ya! It's about time naked mole rat-folk won the majority!
Glory to the Queen and Hive!
>>46719102
Gnome island
>>46719139
Thanks for that, I'll save it to my notes and probably wait to see a Loxo thread run before I try my hand at it
>>46719198
That's the sad part. No one's run one yet.
It looks like mole rat-folk though.
>Current votes
Races:
Gnome +2
Skaven +2
Place:
Islands +2
Desert +1
>>46719183
Is this a vote for Skaven, or a voter being hyped?
>>46719249
In any case, here's another vote for skaven
>>46719249
Voter being hyped. I do think it's actually three for skaven though. Hope you know enough about mole rats OP.
>>46719283
You'll need this OP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole-rat
Guess we're running Naked Skavens
Now we just need to agree on a place! Please try no namefag for my ease of voting
>Yes I changed my name
>>46719332
Naked mole rats are native to Africa, so desert or savannah.
>>46719249
Skaven island!
With more plague and molerats then anyone would care to have
>>46719381
It can be a savannah island. Lets just get this rolling.
(bummed that I can't give myself a super naked name)
>>46719381
That's the 3rd vote for Island.
(Naked) Skaven Islands it is!! Gonna start writing now, might be a second, I'm gonna take a shit before I start.
Why are you naked?
Skaven: all the better to give you chlamydia my dear!
Did we unintentionally make a lepper island civ?
>>46719431
The vote was for specifically naked mole rat-folk.
Since we're a desert/North African species, I think it's fair to say we have our religious vibes already settled:
HYPE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8GDLy9K2Fk
>>46719249
Skaven (though already set)
Islands
>>46719473
AlluhaRATBA!
Plague everywhere
>>46719516
MAY THE QUEEN LIVE FOREVER AFTER DEATH!
>>46719608
Upon reaching paradise the faithful mole rat is given 42 unsullied pants
>>46719669
That's the dumbest one IMO.
Suicide bomber jokes are okay because that's actually based on fact. I'm pretty sure though that the whole virgin deal is either completely made up, or misinterpreted by the West.
That being said, it'd be interesting to run a Not!Islamic civ not saturated with terrorism references.
We are Skaven, and you are the Queen of your small pack.
At one point, we infested the sewers of a major human city. At night, we hunted, stole, kidnapped, whatever we wanted to make our lives happy. It’s our nature! How can someone blame another for being just who they are. Then he came… that new “Governor”. He formed that militia, he was what started it all, he was what pushed us out. At first, we tried to form back with the Mother Pack far to the south, but we were shunned. Our prolonged time in those sewers, the ones with the acidic waters, made us lose our fur. To us, it was joyous, we were unique and set apart from the other Skaven, but they too shunned us and forced us out. So we came back north, and headed east. Soon, we found our true home… these islands. We are just settling, but I will lead us back to what glory we used to have.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!! OFF WITH THE FUR!!!
What do you do?
>Explore (N,S,E,W?)
>Hunt
>Repopulate
>Build
>Other
All votes must be accompanied by a 1d100 roll. First option to reach 3 votes will have the rolls averaged together, and then the outcome will be decided. Some events will have a DC which will be declared when there is one. Stats will be posted after every story post.
Rolled 38 (1d100)
>>46719767
>Explore West
>>46719767
Build.
First thing we need to do is establish our "anthill". Then we can start on the tunnels!
Rolled 50 (1d100)
>>46719767
>Repopulate
Rolled 36 (1d100)
>>46719804
Looks like people are just rolling upon choosing an action. I don't know what OPs thoughts are on this, but oh well.
Stats:
>Population: 65
>Weapon Tech: Shap Sticks (-2 Combat Rolls)
>Building Tech: None
>Food: Average (5 rounds Worth)
>Magic: Pitiful Plague Spells (-2 Magic Rolls)
>>46719895
Do we choose new actions now? Sorry if we totally messed up the system.
>>46719930
Yea go ahead, if you wanna change your mind. I didn't mention the stat thing in the original post
>>46719930
Maybe just list the options suggested
Number them
Roll a dice
>>46719987
I'll end up doing this if there isn't a choice made after a while
Rolled 48 (1d100)
For the sake of progressing things, I'll roll for hunting. Who knows, maybe we can catch something alive while we're at it.
Rolled 44 (1d100)
>>46719895
roll for a general
Wow all of these rolls are shitty.
Rolled 1 (1d5)
1: Explore West (38)
2: Build (36)
3: Repopulate (50)
4: Hunt (48)
5: General? If picked please elaborate (44)
>>46719767
For the "build" option, do you have something in mind or should we specify?
>>46720156
I had mentioned starting on our "anthill" and underground tunnels.
>>46720156
Specify. Naked Mole Rats live underground, so most building would probably be done underground. A general commune will be provided in a second. But say, you want a place to keep prisoners, you need to tell me that. Or maybe the queen needs her own chambers? Let me know that as well
>>46720201
Underground meeting quarter. Large, simple, and round.
>>46720217
Seconding this. I think immediate build priorities should be building some living quarters, a meeting hall, and a food storage area. We'll need to explore for a food source first, though
We have finally reached a place suitable enough to settling.
You decide it would be best to get a feel of your surroundings while you decide what the next steps are. You choose one the younger Skaven and send them west, in the direction of the human city. We need to know what lies between us and them. While he is gone, you have the able bodied Skaven begin digging. They dig far down, and then build a decent enough hole where the Pack can sleep safely enough.
Who are you?
>Sqeek the Plague Mage: Young, Ambitious, and Naive (Comes with Magic Item)
>Dozz the Plague Warrior: Middle Aged, Strong Headed, and Traditional (Comes with weapon)
>Tolak the Plagued Diplomat: Young, Deceptive (for a Skaven) and Cowardly (+5 Diplomacy Rolls)
What do you do?
>Explore (N,S,E,W?)
>Hunt
>Research (Military, Magic, Other?)
>Repopulate
>Build
>Other
Stats:
>Population: 65
>Weapon Tech: Shap Sticks (-2 Combat Rolls)
>Magic: Pitiful Plague Spells (-2 Magic Rolls)
>Diplomacy
>Building Tech: General Commune Hole
>Food: Average (5 rounds Worth)
Outcomes of choices made come every other turn, just an fyi (exploration outcome will come next post)
Rolled 92 (1d100)
>>46720423
>Tolak the Plagued Diplomat: Young, Deceptive (for a Skaven) and Cowardly (+5 Diplomacy Rolls)
>Research Arcane magic
>>46720423
Dozz the warrior of our lord.
I say we focus on tunnel expansion away from the center room. Maybe we'll strike ore/tubers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fehLYL4CCs
Rolled 45 (1d100)
>>46720492
Rolled 7 (1d100)
>>46720423
>>Sqeek the Plague Mage: Young, Ambitious, and Naive (Comes with Magic Item)
Hunt
>>46720459
LET PLAGUE TAINT THE SUNSET AND HEAVEN!
Rolled 44 (1d100)
>>46720459
>>46720612
Good thing he had already rolled first.
Rolled 1 (1d3)
1: Arcane w/ Tolak (92)
2: Build w/ Dozz (45)
3: Hunt w/ Sqeek (7)
Here we go
>>46720767
May our plague martyrs rise!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lPVJLABvo
Just as the Commune is finished being dug, you see your Skaven scout come scurrying back to the settlement. He seems a little worried, as well as overly excited about something. He tells you, Tolak, that your island isn’t that small! There is very little room on land for you to expand, but that shouldn’t be an issue if you go far enough below ground. But, on the other hand, there seem to be familiar looking tree species to the western islands. He thinks those trees are the same kind of trees thats’ roots grew into the sewers of your previous home. With this news, you decide that the group should rest for the night and proceed to carry on in the morning. The pack gathers into the Commune, and you all squeeze together comfortably, with you directly in the middle gathering the most heat. During the first night, you have a dream. You dream of the human city, full of bursting boils, the entire city reeks of sweat, and it’s wondrous. You then see yourself, standing atop the central castle tower, your hands outstretched, with greenish-black tendrils of smoke protrude from your palms.
What do you do in the morning?
>Explore (N,S,E,W?)
>Hunt
>Research (Military, Magic, Other?)
>Repopulate
>Build
>Other
Stats:
>Population: 65
>Weapon Tech: Shap Sticks (-2 Combat Rolls)
>Magic: Pitiful Plague Spells (-2 Magic Rolls)
>Diplomacy: None (+5 to rolls)
>Building Tech: General Commune Hole
>Food: Average (4 rounds Worth)
Rolled 20 (1d100)
>>46721052
>>Hunt
Rolled 44 (1d100)
>>46721052
Start mining
Rolled 45 (1d100)
>>46721052
>Hunt
Since we apparently don't have enough players to get a good vote of 3 goin on, I'm gonna keep doin my rolling. In the case of >>46721089 and >>46721138 do you guys want me to average them together or roll them separately? This decision will carry on for the rest of the game when we have decisions to make like this, so choose wisely.
>>46721254
Separate.
>>46721254
Separate. There was at least 11 people here.
Rolled 3 (1d3)
>>46721331
I think people funneled out, but oh well, we're goin seperate
1: Hunt (20)
2:Mining (44)
3: Hunt (45)
Tolak wakes snickering, and very excited. You feel different, but what that means, is beyond you… for now. You tell the pack to start getting organized, because soon we will begin working at double the efficiency! You don’t become a force to be reckoned with by being lazy. Your first order of business is to get food. Some of the surrounding rivers are shallow enough to trek across, so you decide to head west towards the trees. While you’re hoping to find those delicious roots, it would also be nice to find some game. You gather the scout from yesterday (Name him maybe? NPC’s are cool) and a few other able bodied Skraven and head west. You travel for a while, maybe a few hours, and finally come across the trees that were spoken of. When you get there though, you notice some giant frog looking things picking at the trees and the surrounding grasses. They haven’t noticed you yet.
What do you do?
>Approach and speak to the Frogs (+5 to the roll)
>Launch an attack!! Those are our roots!! (-2 to the roll)
>This reminds you of the dream you had, use the plague! (-2 to the roll)
Stats:
>Population: 65
>Weapon Tech: Shap Sticks (-2 Combat Rolls)
>Magic: Pitiful Plague Spells (-2 Magic Rolls)
>Diplomacy
>Building Tech: General Commune Hole
>Food: Sparce (3 rounds Worth)
Rolled 48 (1d100)
>>46721691
>Approach and speak to the Frogs (+5 to the roll)
We can eat them if they're not friendly.
Rolled 90 (1d100)
>>46721691
>>Approach and speak to the Frogs (+5 to the roll)
Scout's name is Edun.
>Approach and speak to the Frogs (+5 to the roll)
cautious of frogs, but not overly aggressive unless need be
Rolled 18 (1d100)
>>46721801
When we get a Roll from this guy, we will average it together, add 5, and see what happens!
>events are exciting
The average came out to be a 52, with the bonus it is 57!! Without knowing whether or not you passed or failed the DC, what do you want to say to them? I should have had you mention it in your initial vote, so it's my bad. The highest roll wins, if you want to second someone saying something, just let me know and I'll add +10 to that total.
>>46721966
Greetings brother of the earth! How may we serve in the progress and pleasure of your day?
>>46721966
>"Greeting, my friends. We are the Skaven. It is an honor to meet others on these islands."
>>46721966
Ill hop in this, just got caught up.
As for what to say, I guess your generic passive aggressive who and what the hell are you/you doing? or Shouldnt frog things eat bugs, not root?"
Rolled 11 (1d100)
>>46722011
Forgot my roll.
>>46722018
Though, we're Skaven, we might want to make friends first.We could eat them later if they're enemies
>>46722048
this will be awkward to ask, but how do i roll?
>>46722048
Our heavenly Father has forsaken us.
>>46722083
type dice+1d100 in the chat
Rolled 45 (1d100)
>>46722083
Here you go.
Rolled 55 (1d100)
>>46722092
>>46722101
thanks.
If it isnt too late then here you go.
Since we're gaining people (I think), I'm gonna ask you guys to name yourselves. I'm pretty sure I can keep track of who is who for these current rolls. but from here on out, please name. Thank you!! Off to type stuff
>>46722145
I like to make things shiny.
I have never used this before, hope it works.
>>46722244
Dubs and trips of working.
May the sky's wisdom bless our transcendence.
You approach the Frog-people, this is what you were born for.
“Well… hello, Frogs. You seem to be digging through what we were going to eat for dinner tonight! Now, I speak for my entire pack when I say this, but we don’t appreciate that much! Now, who are you, and why are you eating our food? We had thought frogs ate bugs and other nasty little things like that, would you say we are wrong?”
With obvious hostility in your voice, you try to make yourself seem approachable. You must claim dominance, but not scare them too much. As you speak, they jump and fall to the ground. They jump high, very high, but you caught them off guard. There are 3 of them, and 10 of you. Their mouths open and close before one of them speaks,
“We… are Bullywug. We new to islands! Home float away… we hungry! Hope find…. bug in root. We not know that this your food!! We ask mercy!”
Their common is not as good as your, almost every word had a ‘ribbit’ in between it, but they managed to make some sense to you. Your common on the other hand is honed and refined nicely, since you lived beneath the humans for many years. They begin setting roots at your feet, as well as some bugs that they found.
>Last round of event
What do you say to them in return?
Be sure to roll!!
Stats:
>Population: 65
>Weapon Tech: Shap Sticks (-2 Combat Rolls)
>Magic: Pitiful Plague Spells (-2 Magic Rolls)
>Diplomacy
>Building Tech: General Commune Hole
>Food: Sparce (3 rounds Worth)
Rolled 67 (1d100)
>>46722344
We'll take the roots, they can keep the bugs.
>>46722344
My brothers, come work in our mines, and we'll guarantee you shelter and food. Pesky things you're struggling to get right now by yourselves.
Rolled 40 (1d100)
That's better, just don't let it happen again. Go find crawly things elsewhere next time!
Rolled 5 (1d100)
>>46722344
>"Since this is our land, we keep the roots but you can keep the bugs. We are a generous people."
Rolled 62 (1d100)
>>46722399
>>46722399
>come work in our mines
I don't know if even a zombie is dumb enough to go along with that.
Rolled 14 (1d100)
>>46722344
What made you leave your home to be lost from it?
>>46722420
I rolled a 62, and they're obviously cognitively challenged. I think I know what kind of frogs we're dealing here.
Rolled 62 (1d100)
>>46722344
I can't believe I missed this much.
They may keep the insects. If they're struggling so much, offer that they can come work with us in exchange for food and shelter.
>>46719760
You're actually right, it is misinterpreted by the West, and the Imams aren't helping since they purposefully spread that misinterpretation to appeal to a younger generation. They're not "virgins" in the way we understand it, but celestial beings meant to make your existence comfortable in death.
As they are talking, you grow bored very quickly of them talking. You begin thinking about your new home and what needs to be done, when you get an idea. Just as they finish putting food at your feet, you look to them and say,
“My brothers, come work in our mines, and we'll guarantee you shelter and food. Pesky things you're struggling to get right now by yourselves!”
There is a lot of ribbiting very quickly after that, but it ends just as soon as it starts. They jump up to their feet, gather what pitiful belongings they had, and pledge they’re loyalty to you. It is only 3 of them, but they are willing to work. Two of them begin marching in the direction of which you came, but the last one extends his hand to shake yours. You take his hand, hesitantly, and shake. During so, you begin to think about the dream you had. Nothing seems to happen immediately, but as he departs, you see a boil beginning to form on the back of his neck.
This makes you smile.
>MAGICS UNLOCKED: Plagued Touch
Stats:
>Population: 65
>Weapon Tech: Shap Sticks (-2 Combat Rolls)
>Magic: Pitiful Plague Spells (-2 Magic Rolls)
>Diplomacy
>Building Tech: General Commune Hole
>Food: Sparce (3 rounds Worth)
Rolled 85 (1d100)
>>46722732
Expand the tunnels!
Alright guys, I'm calling it here for now. I' don't want this to die, as i enjoy running games. But this is a good spot for us to end, as I have work in the morn! Good game guys, I might be around for a little bit longer, so if you have any comments/questions/concerns just let me know and I'll hope to be here to answer them!
>>46722759
Thanks for running.
>>46722759
1. Will you take note of the roll that just happened?
2. How frequently will this be run.
I'm super hyped about this quest. You did a good job man!
>>46722759
I participated!
Thanks for running, friend.
Any idea as to a game schedule, or plans for a twitter for announcements?
While OP answers our questions and leaves, I'll feel this thread should now be devoted to working out our Not!Islam religion.
I don't feel like they see their plague powers as evil you see, but more of a passive form of warfare that returns their enemies to the earth to continue the cycle of heaven.
>>46722787
i will, I have a little notepad going! I can go make a twitter for game announcements. I can't give an exact game schedule, as things are a little hectic right now with my scheduling. I hope to do it once a week.
>https://twitter.com/Civ_Master_Farm
>>46722879
Seems fair.
If we can develop a way for our plague to confer benefits and minimize suffering for our new frog-friends, that'd be pretty neat. We could chalk it up to utilitarianism which we'd use in both burrow-building and dealings with other races.
We rummaged through the humans' garbage, they killed some of us. We sought recompense and agreement, and they killed some of us. We hid in the sewers. They killed some of our children, we took their children.
Letting thread die now, pick up where we left off later. Goodnight and thanks for joining me!! Be sure to follow my twitter for game updates
https://twitter.com/Civ_Master_Farm
