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In the land of Ibellica the Empire is dying. It has been for some time now, but things have only gotten worse. The civil structure is collapsing, civil war is constant, plagues and famines are an everyday aspect of life. The world is cold and summer is short. To the East, rumor and fear drive whole nations westward to save themselves. Every day the weakened Imperial borders are beset by ever-increasing numbers and ever more powerful invader kingdoms looking to escape and rebuild in the carcass of the dying Empire. Where do you stand?
In this version of Nation Builder...
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>>306420
Nation: The First Emperor
Color: Red
Everyone knew the empire was dying from the highest of lords to the lowest of slave scum. The Imperial line has grown weak and tainted through inbreeding and had gifted the empire with incompetence and corruption. As a desperate measure the Archmage of the Empire launched a desperate plot to stop the fall of the Empire. Using dark magics and the sacrifice of the last of the inbred imperial line to rip the soul of the First Emperor back for the realm beyond and bind it to a...
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>>306420
Invader
The Lakesiders are a nation of farmers and fishermen. There is little centralised government and even an element of libertarian paranoia, with towns often constructing defensive foritifications such as trenches. The Lakesiders have a rich culinary culture, making use of their farmland and fishing waters to produce food, alcohol, pickles and biscuits. The Kingdom of the Lakesiders is currently 'ruled' by a young king who wants to rule as a just king but lacks experience. The Lakemen have recently...
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>>306449
Defenses: 1 [x2]
Troops: 1 [x2]
Resources: 3[+1/T]
Food: 2[+1/T]
Technology: Imperial Administration II Construction I Necromancy I
Bonuses
Imperator Primus - The First Emperor was a consummate military genius when he forged the Empire from blood and bone. You receive a +3 bonus to tactics rolls.
Deathlord - The Emperor can be fielded on the battlefield as a x5 unit free of upkeep, but he can be killed if used in this way.
Dark Legacy - The Resurrection of the First Emperor has been opposed by...
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“It’s confirmed.”
The voice barks through your room.
“Impact of Celeste will occur in 7 weeks. Should touch down in central asia. The results are in from the Council. You have been elected by popular vote Commander of the Legacy project. Congratulations. We’ve forwarded dossiers and new clearances to your terminal. Your XO is en route to Legacy Actual. Planetary riot level is anticipated to be in the 90th percentile once the news goes public. We’ve already had several desertions from all levels of command.
It’s grim out there and it’s going to get worse....
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>>303767
>Military
>>303767
>>SCIENTIFIC
>>303767
>Political
You remember feeling pain all over your body, and feeling dizzy. Memories of your mediocre life flashed before your eyes; friends who never bothered to stay in touch, a family that tolerated you at best, and treated you like dirt at worst, living every day feeling tied and alone, wondering when you would find the drive to change your life…
The last thing you remember was the hospital ward corridor lights whizzing by overhead, each one growing fainter as the pain in your chest built until it was all you could feel…
And then you open your eyes to find yourself still lying on your back, but not cold anymore, but warm all over, and very comfortable. You ease back bed covers you’re furled in to find they’re baby pink and very soft.
You gently push away the bed covers, feeling groggy from a deep sleep, and slowly come to the realization that you’re not in the hospital anymore…
You sit upright as you take in the room you’ve found yourself in. It’s shabby, with peeling baby-pink wallpaper revealing a bland tan-brown plastering underneath; this is a teenage girl’s room with a flavour of the month boy band posters on the wall, and clothes, most consisting on baby pink, littered on the floor.
Your gaze lowers to your own body.
You suck in a sharp breath as you see you’re wearing a baby-pink onesie with a capital A printed on the front in white.
You get out of bed, finding you’re a lot shorter than your old self used to be, finding the balance to your walk is way off, and that your hair won’t stop falling in front of your eyes.
You make it to a mirror. There you can see what you already knew.
You’re a teenage girl. Fifteen, maybe older.
Above all the question you ask yourself: How did this happen? And why?
As you stand and stare at your reflection you try to think back to what might have caused this. Memories flicker at you; sitting on cold grass looking at hazy figures shouting and laughing, a song with a tune you can’t quite place, and a girl in a green dress…
You take a step back, your barefoot creaking on the floorboard as you watch the teenage girl with the short brunette hair and blue eyes copy your movements.
You can see she is cute, and kind of pretty, although she has a bit of an overbite, and her button nose is covered in a heavy dosage of freckles.
You look around the room, finding a Barbie alarm clock. It’s 7:30am.
A woman’s voice from another room makes you jump in fright.
“Ellie, breakfast is ready, you don’t want to be late for school again.”
A) Look for school clothes and get dressed
B) Head into the next room wearing PJ’s
C) Get back in bed and hide from all this.
The option with the most votes after 10-15 minutes wins.
>>303059
>B) Head into the next room wearing PJ’s
>>303059
>A) Look for school clothes and get dressed
>>303059
>A) Look for school clothes and get dressed
You are a (I think yet unnamed) travelling merchant, travelling the sea in a sailraft, currently with a cargo of honey.
>Previous threads:
1: https://warosu.org/tg/thread/S45781348
2: https://warosu.org/tg/thread/S45842387
[Log of raft sail north from Wrinkles' bay]
Day 1: Good wind. Made good distance. Saw an unfamiliar seabird.
Day 2: Good wind. More unfamiliar seabirds.
Day 3: More good wind. Heavy, cold rain, though.
Day 4: Strong wind. Put reef in sail. Saw a small familiar shark pass under...
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You're alive! You survived you first northern storm and made it into port. Now to check what the storm's done to your sailraft and its cargo.
You drag the sailraft away from the churning water of the water as the wind blows, blows, blows, BLOWS, pummeling and pushing at you and trying to snatch the raft from your hands as you struggle to hang on.
Once the raft has been dragged out of the wind, you examine it carefully.
- Sail: Torn. Fixable with thread or string. Will need fixing before you set sail again.
- Base: The ropes have badly frayed...
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>>302170
What should we be? Chinese?
The town is made up of light pine-wood houses, surrounded by the conifer forest that has been ever-present along your journey north up this coast. You've dragged your sailraft up a beach of light grey pebbles and into a gravel street; the water is still agitating violently and the wind is blowing strongly.
(Sensible write-in is always an option in this quest.)
>Head into the town
>Look for someone in the immediate area
>Drag the raft further into town
Once upon a time, there were four high school students in a place not quite like planet Earth, but not quite so different from it either.
That means there are four slots for this one. Name yourself and tripcode to join.
>>312207
Barry Ferguson. Store Clerk at the local JihadiMart
>>312230
Greetings, Barry Ferguson.
You have gained (1) stat point.
Spend it or save it.
>STR 1
>AGL 1
>CHA 1
>>312240
I shall use it for Charisma. People wont buy from people who can't even handle a glance.
Link to previous thread: >>298039
Ten years ago an ORION Colony Ship was commandeered by a collection of miners, scientists and civilian workers in an effort to escape the reaches of Earth’s tyrannical governments, and her power hungry corporations. The ship landed on a lonely, ice choked planet orbiting a young star further than any human had dared to go before. The colonists named the planet Last Hearth, a testament to how far they had come. The early years were hard, but an abundance of natural resources...
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Setting Notes: The Church of the Stewards of Jesus Christ and the Illuminated Buddha
The Church of the Stewards is a new sect of Syncretic Christianity that refers to itself as Third Testament Christianity. The holy scripture contains three main books; the Old, New and Third Testaments. The Third Testament tells of the truths revealed to Bodhisattvas throughout human history and explains how they, like Jesus Christ, and the rest of Humanity, are the Children of God. What makes the Bodhisattvas unique is Enlightenment, a Spiritual connection to Nature and God that transcends Knowledge, and even Faith. Bodhisattvas, in their Enlightenment, are able to perceive beyond Reality, the Body of God and into Samsara, the Mind of God. At this point the Enlightened ascends, escaping the wheel of Reincarnation, and becomes a Deity themselves, subservient only to the Supreme God, Jehovah.
Notable Bodhisattvas in the Steward Tradition are the Buddha, Zoroaster, Enoch, Abraham (and the other Abrahamic Patriarchs), King Solomon, Elijah, Moses, Jesus, The Virgin Mary, Muhammad, Rumi, Joan of Arc and Haile Selassie among many, many others.
Stewardship holds that there is a spiritual hierarchy emanating from Jehovah with Bodhisattvas ruling directly under him. The Bodhisattvas (and Jesus Christ, the King of the Buddhas) in turn rule over Angels, who do their bidding as well as that of the Supreme God. Lower than the Angels, but beholden to no one, are the Kami. The Kami are “Gods” of Nature, who bless and curse as they please. Though the Kami are to be venerated, they are not to be “worshiped,” for they are fickle creatures. Kami are generally thought to be the Gods of Old (Odin, Thor, Zeus, Osiris, Izanami and Izanagi etc.) before the truth of Jehovah was revealed to Abraham and the Old Covenant signed.
The exact tenets of the Stewards are up to individual congregations (Stewardship draws its overarching structure from Congregationalism), though most agree on everything listed above. The Ten Commandments and Mosaic Law are generally seen as guidelines, with more importance placed on community consensus than strict hierarchy. For instance, Divorce is permitted by most Congregations, especially in the case of abuse. Since Stewards believe the Soul enters the body at the moment of birth, Abortion is frequently also permitted. Homosexuality tends to accepted as well. However, the key Unifying Tenet of Stewardship is that other systems of belief are “Unhealthy.” Since these false faiths frequently do not accept the teachings of even a few of the Bodhisattvas, they are necessarily diseased. Stewards therefore take it upon themselves to act as the Spiritual “Stewards” of Humanity, saving others from their narrow-minded and false beliefs. So far this takes the form of proselytizing, of which Stewards have proven to be very effective, but who knows how this may change in the future.
>>305258
Send a spy ship next to the colony. Also change our political system to have a consul for the military affairs and another leader in charge of domestic issues, Both are elected for 4 years periods
>>305258
Can we develop some form of technology to evade their sensors so we can have basic information on our neighbours? Doesn't need to be completely stealth, just minimal presence on their radar.
You are Peter Hornberg. You entered a Virtual Reality game called ‘Legends of Zeltanna’ from which you are now trying to escape (kind of).
So far you've:
So far you’ve:
Become a Wizard
Encountered a dragon
Escaped a dragon
Found a town troubled by a dragon
Left a town troubled by a dragon
Killed some baby gatorants
Met a nigger elephant man
Sold carapace dust/cocaine to nigger elephant man
Met a ranger named Lelogas
Befriended a ranger named Lelogas
Grinded at Gatorant Hill
Met a pretty rogue named Robin
Got robbed...
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Right now you're in front of Wartun Tower trying to decide what rituals you will perform before going in:
>Bind Fallen Foes - Allows you bind the spirit of an enemy you have killed onto an object for a time.
Needs 'essence of enemy'
Needs 2 gold coins
Needs runes to be drawn
Repeating releases former spirit
Spirit is bound until the next full moon (30 days) or object is broken, or the ritual is performed again
>Bind Lesser Elemental - Allows you to bind a summoned lesser elemental onto...
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>>302355
yay first love this quest
>>302374
>Summon common flame elemental
We'll summon something more powerful if it is needed.
Welcome to legacy quest, a dungeon crawling adventure spanning several generations of heroes.
Your protagonists will die, permanently, but fear not! Before each hero embarks on their quest to free the land from evil, they marry and have children, ensuring their bloodline will not die with them, and providing the next intrepid adventurer to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors when they come of age.
Unfortunate and stupid heroes might face insta-kills, unwinnable situations, and general doom. The best and brightest will slowly progress through the dungeon, but will still likely face their inevitable death.
No one hero will beat the dungeon, only by building up a strong family of heroes, investing in your hometown/stronghold to acquire better resources, passing down knowledge, wealth, and loot.
Last time on legacy quest: >>290011
>Svard II powered through to the third sanctuary, resisting every attempt to kill him!
>Svard and Kazgrub finally parted ways. Kazgrub led a small band of now friendly goblins to find refuge in Angorvil, at Svard's invitation.
>Svard finally reached Sanctuary Citadel!
Now his adventure continues...
After a helpful feedback session at the end of the last thread, the popular consensus is to ramp the difficulty up a little, after Svard II has been fucking evil up a little too successfully. There have been some tweaks to various mechanics since last time, which I'll let you know about when they become relevant.
We'll continue after 3 bumps, as usual. Until then I'll dump character sheet and current map.
Here
Here is Svard II's herosheet, after all items transferred from Kazgrub.
Here's the current (unexplored) map: Sanctuary Citadel!
The feedback seemed to be split between:
>People who were pretty happy with difficulty, although acknowledged that Svard II has been really lucky with rolls.
>People who wanted it to get a little harder.
The most common concern was the exponential increase in power with subsequent generations, so this has been addressed. Heroes will likely be a little more likely to succeed than their parent, but they're not going to cruise through...
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Or learn more about the quest on the pastebins or feel free to enjoy our plethora of adequate soundtracks (wip) as you wait for my lazy ass to post: https://youtu.be/tr8kKkFQYVI.
Character Sheet: http://pastebin.com/yfmLxnyr
It's legend (wip): http://pastebin.com/p7J6hKUr
The Bestiary: http://pastebin.com/aJLCtvhJ
More Lore about Kith: http://pastebin.com/E65YEAL6
Other random exerts: http://pastebin.com/87kdQZYp
Rules: The quest is roll under (picking better of 3), it has no limits to the number of suggestions you can pick or make yourself and it will follow somewhat majority vote (depending on how much suggestions and players we have I might roll sometimes to decide in the side of fairness).
Please enjoy your stay. All contribution, questions and criticism are dearly welcome.
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You are Maellan Kane, a novice warlock and bumbling sorcerer and hexer. You enjoy memorancy and dislikes not knowing things. You were an average Telkine boy like a dozen others, but one day a fallen star stole your soul and left you fateless, Exarch. You now have a roiling molten yellow and evil light in the place of your soul and it hungers for all things known. You fed it all you could, you learned to control it, now you want to get rid of it. You traveled following rumors of a fallen star sighted in the northern shores. Thus your journey to the Sea of Fallen Gods began.
Yesterday you were resting, putting yourself into order, when night fell terrifyingly quickly. When you rushed out the door to the public hall where all the gods laid vigilant you were met with a high-pitched scream, the vicious murder of priest Jarred Ramn and the glamoured sight of a Vanir warrior, decked in weird shimmering full plate. It held a sword that looked absurdly long and had many copies of itself arrayed in a mimicry of its own fighting stance.
The air is cold. Rime gathers at the ceilings and the civilized god's altars, snuffing candles, braziers and censers. It points the wicked blade at your head. "I have come for the Exarch." it says in a sharp and melodious voice "Surrender and no more harm shall come to you."
You are in a veritable pickle.
>>302052
>"Who are you? Where do you come from?"
You force yourself to think about what you know of the Fey. They are users of Glamour and have unspoken and unbreakable rules, but other than that and their names you are at a loss. You step back a little to reacess your situation. You are wearing nothing but a shirt, holding your Black Glass dagger and almost out of breath [3/11]. You don't have your focus, having been caught unguarded. On the floor the priest Jarred's dead body has fallen on top of an acolyte, pinning her to the floor. His head is nowhere to be seen. You recognize the acolyte as the girl that was...
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Rolled 3 (1d20)
>>302117
Faith
what dice are we using? d20?
"Black Hearts. Cold Steel. Dark Deeds."
These are the words of the Black Company, the infamous band of mercenaries that has been on one side or the other of every major conflict on the continent since its founding.
The Company has seldom cared who they fight for or the cause so long as they are paid, and paid well, when the killing work is done. Though they may be considered by some to be little more than glorified brigands, it cannot be said that the Black Company is not good at what they do.
Recently the Company has taken...
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