Dwarves are as strong as trolls? Huh.

Let's go with Nomads. I've always liked exploring.

Orcs iz da best.

Gnoll

>>227543
Nomads are excellent traders, they dont like wizards or magic very much tought

>>227547
Orcs are mostly a tribal society

Barbarian! we must be the ultimate shaman for our clan.

>voices orb
Well, that's a perfectly good quest idea ruined.

>>227550
I don't see how that defines Nomads a race at all. Are they like humans? Those little desert guys from star wars? What?

And whats a Klackon?

>>227555
TRADITION MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU RESPECT IT?

Lizardmen, if you insist.

>>227540
Yeah I think I'll second lizardman.

I don't see any kobolds! I can't choose!

TROLL

Let's never ever die.

>>227557
Klackon are insect people fashioned after scarabs

nomads are diferent set of humans raised in the vast deserts

Gnoll.

>>227549
Seconding this.

Gnoll... wizard? Sure why not.

A Gnoll Wizard? Hey, why not?

Eh what the fuck. Lets go with the Gnoll.

Then, hmmm, one troll follower (stupid smashy one), one draconian follower (healy augmenty and slightly smashy magic one) and one Dark Elf follower (that flips out of the shadows and kills things all ninja like). Which adds up to 9 points for the followes and 1 point for the gnoll so 10 points. Then lets add in one soldier Klackon and one lizardman Shaman.

There, that should make for an interesting party. Very diverse and stuff. Lets hope they don't all kill each other immediatly.

Gnolls forever.

please describe high elf and dwarven.

i am to understand its going to be a magic oriented adventure/quest/thingie?

Gnoll Wizard? Sound like fun!

gnoll wizard. yiff yiff :v

Female Halfling.

Is Barbarian a race? Seems more like a lifestyle than a race, really.

Gnoll wizard is going to be absolutely horrible/awesome.

I too vote Gnoll.
The world needs more sadistic laughter and horrifying humor.

Looks like gnoll is inevitable so I'll vote Lizardman.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)16:56 No. 227691 ID: 43ec75
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our followers are the Gnolls.

Must Use the remaining points to buy magic books on any of the five magic realms
you cannot mix life and death magic, also there are titles available for sale

Points (11)

- Alchemist
- Channeler
- Warlord
- Channeler
- Conjurer
- Archmage
- Artificer
- Famous
- Charismatic

>>227691
Six in SORCERY, two in Life and Chaos, then one in nature.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>>227691
8 in Chaos
1 in Nature
1 in Life
1 in Sorcery

Generalists are for pussies

you are the Charismatic, Famous Archmage Warlord!

who has 2 Life, 3 Chaos, and 2 Sorcery books

6 points in CHAOS
4 points in NATURE
1 point in LIFE

Chaotic nature is the best nature.

>>227691
What do titles do/how do they work?

Lots of chaos and sorcery.

>>227691
>titles
Read that as titties, left disappointed

>>227691
Death 5
Chaos 5
Sorcery 1

>>227706
- Alchemist (can change certain materials)
- Channeler (Magic power Range is greater)
- Warlord (Better Military Units)
- Archmage (Harder to counter and dispel magic)
- Conjurer (Stronger Summoned Creatures)
- Artificer (faster creation of magic items)
- Famous (Twice as easy to get propositions)
- Charismatic (Charisma Bonus)

they are pasive skills

>>227691
On a more serious note:

4 Sorcery
4 Chaos
2 Life
1 Nature

Artificer

This will give us a nice balanced skill set, as well as a good title. (Remember: Famous people tend to make lots of enemies, we want to avoid that until we're stronger)

>>227717
>>227718

Change my title to archmage.

this sounds like zangband.

sorcery 4
chaos 4
life 2
Artificer

How much does it cost for a title? I assumed 1 point, and we had unlimited ability to choose them. Is it limited to one only like everyone else seems to think?

>>227724
each title costs one point, and you can get any combination of them

Channeler, Archmage
Then 3 of each of Chaos, Nature, and Sorcery.

5 Chaos Adquiered
2 sorcery
Death dropped

2 votes for artificer

4 points left

>>227738
4 nature

11 Life!
INVULNERABILITY from the start!

11 Death!
IMMORTALITY from the start!

>>227738
Two points into Alchemist, if we're going for Artificer.
In fact, use the last two points to put them both at three.

artificer, 2 natures and 1 more sorcery then

>>227738
Alchemist and Artificer
2 Life
1 Nature

>>227755
sure fine whatever

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)20:19 No. 227812 ID: 43ec75
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Final Stats
Alchemist, Artificer
5 Chaos, 2 Sorcery, 1 Nature, 1 Life

Fire Claw The Gnoll has raised to Matriarch status after defeating the old matriarch, an easy accomplishment, Fire Claw has been blessed with the power of magic, and while young no other gnoll can oppose her power in the tribe, it is now up to her, to take the savage tribe and raise them to be a great army...

okay cool. so what do we have at the moment?

>>227812
Awesome.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)20:26 No. 227817 ID: 43ec75
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The barren Lands
Gnoll Population: 100

Spells:
- Warp Wood
- Disrupt
- Fire Bolt
- Hell Hounds
- Earth to Mud
- Resist Magic

obviously, first order of business is to scout out the 8 squares around us. get the fastest runners of the tribe to explore the area.

>>227817
Question: Can we use Earth to Mud to irrigate land for crops?

>>227817
what are the limits to hell hounds?

>>227829
this and can we please have a list of our people, like what are their professions?

>>227820
I support this, and bolster the scouts with a Hell Hound or two, just in case.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)21:01 No. 227848 ID: 43ec75
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Mana Capacity = 4
each hell hound cost 1 permanent mana

scouts have returned, the mountanious area has a giant spider nest... we lost 3 gnolls scouting there... also, these gnolls dont have jobs, they just idle and eat small rats or animals... no farmers, no builders, no anything, i could order some to start those jobs, the more doing something the more sucessful a job can be...

i can also research new spells, but during the research time i cannot be bothered watching over the gnolls...

bah, tell them to begin the land for farming, while you whip up a spell to deal with those puny spiders! they shall burn before your might.

>>227848
Summon 4 hellhounds and send them to kill spiders.

not four. making ourself have no mana left is a bad idea. three should be plenty.

>>227848
let's get some docile animals that can provide a lot of food and just herd them together into a pen near our base. We should also take the largest and most aggressive of our gnolls and train them to be professional hunters/soldiers.

is anyone else interested in forming a caste system?

>>227864
ye, herding would be good, gnolls are primarily a carnivore.

>>227848
we should further explore to the east

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)21:34 No. 227875 ID: 43ec75
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The BARREN LANDS are kind of barren of herdable animals... we could try the rats, but beyond that, nothing much around here.

three hellhounds whent inside the spiders caves, they killed 3 but where bested by the rest, i could count 15 before the magic link fell...

hmm, okay then. the cave is bust for now.

send scouts in the directions away from the spiders, research magic (Chaos) preferably fire based.

>>227875
>>227875
Would nature magic allow geomancy? With that we could irrigate the land and maybe collapse the spiders' caves. But right now we should just ignore/ avoid the spiders and focus on improving our home. We should evaluate our followers to see if they have any potential for magic and organize our followers into workers, hunters/soldiers, shamans?, and hunters/scouts.

the grassland probably has larger animals.

>>227848
Of your 97 Gnolls, set 10 to secure, patrol and hunt around the mountains. Take 7 to go along with the remaining hell hounds and yourself to destroy that nest. If they are in one area use your fellow gnolls toll fill the cave with burnable vegetation, then burn the lot of them. If there are many exists for the spiders, collapse all but one with earth to mud first.

20 gnolls will explore and secure territory in the plains. 30 should be organized to begin constructing simple shelters for all the gnolls, and the remaining 30 should begin to develop farmland in the newly secured plains areas. Herding can come later.

>>227887
good plan except how about we leave the spider cave alone. our best weapon is currently the pointy stick. no armor and sticks against giant poisonous spiders? no thanks.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)22:05 No. 227895 ID: 43ec75
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I dont really know what the next spell will be, they appear as criptic letters and symbols on the magic book...

these gnolls are pretty dumb, and none of them has any magic power at all, good thing too because i dont want anyone trying to steal my place...

i sent some scouts while researching the next chaos spell in the book, it took them a long while to be back, at least i learned the firewall overland enchantment...

i dont know if going to the spider caves myself is a good idea... are you sure?

NO ONE in the spider cave, that place is currently a deathtrap.

>>227895
We really shouldn't go to the spiders, that is something we should avoid for now. Are we in any need for more resources or are we doing ok?

>>227895
>>227895
I think that we should slowly resettle by that river to the east

>>227901
Maybe not resettle, but at least build up a fishing camp

Certainly burninating all of the giant spiders with your amazing powers is on the 'to do' list; however, that does not mean it must be done now. Its much more appropriate to wait till conditions are right, and your spells cause much more pain.

Besides, it'll help keep anyone who thinks they can rise up against you in line when your tale include Spider Queen Slayer as a title.

Until then, have the Gnolls prepare for movement to a more habitable area. Towards the river seems fine.

Also, what does disrupt do?

>>227902
>>227902
that river just seems like a genuinely great place to build an empire since it brings a steady supply of fish and water and it is farther away from the spiders

>>227895
I don't want this idea to come off as some weird fetish but how about we cross breed some gnolls with the hellhounds to create an elite warrior/hunter caste?

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)22:23 No. 227909 ID: 43ec75
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*BARK* >_< i ordered some gnolls to start preparing the area near the river for settling, and some weird things started appearing walking over the river water, they killed 7 gnolls.

Why must everything be hostile! How many are there? Maybe we can destroy them on our own.

>>227909
>>227909
what abilities do we have from Alchemist and Artificer?

have 10 of the larger and stronger gnolls spar with each other so that we can get some experienced warriors.

>>227915
This, then try and talk to the creatures. If that doesn't work, have your entourage (an honor gaurd of the biggest and most awesome males) kick their ass.

Why must everything be hostile! Kill them all.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)22:34 No. 227918 ID: 43ec75
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ordered all gnolls to get some militia training, and a 10 to train using simple spears...

according to the book, those things are phantom warriors, a sorcery creature, they keep multiplying in the area until there are 20...

the disrupt spell has a chance to bring down a construction.

i casted a firebolt on the phantom warriors, took down 5, but the next day they where already replaced...

also ordered one of the female gnolls to take one for the tribe,..., apparently we are not compatible with the hellhounds, and several burns where the only result of the experiment...

>>227918
Oh well. Worth a shot.

Time to talk to the ghost warriors themselves. Bring along the dudes who seem most promising.

>>227916
>>227918
can we use our Artificer skills to rune our weapons or maybe change their material?

ok, more spell research, can you do firewall around the village and stay alive while this happens?

if not, head in the one direction that dosen't have discernible enemies at this time (id call it north-east for now), though there is no compass.

>>227918
maybe we should use a male gnoll?

oh yes, add a mild chaos energy to the spears so that the gnoll warriors can fight the things well.

>>227918
maybe we should use a male gnoll?

we should use the surrounding trees to create a palisade around our camp

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)22:52 No. 227928 ID: 43ec75
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first... i dont think i am very good at diplomacy... second, i dont think they understand us at all, while we where at distance they ignored us, but when we got closer to the river, they inmediatelly attacked us, i tryed a firebolt, but couldnt take out enough, my gnolls where slaughtered, but at least i was able to escape...

i affect the weapons made in the city, while im in there, the weapons are a little magical, but not chaotic...

the firewall spell would defend a city, and allow passage for my gnolls, but maintaining it drains a permanent 3 mana.

im down to 80 gnolls... i wont risk burning a perfectly fine member of the tribe... especially now...

god damn. may as well never taken over this stupid tribe. the entire countryside is out to get you.

>>227928
WELL FINE THEN

Head North, away from both the ghosts and the spiders.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)23:04 No. 227931 ID: 43ec75
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There is desert to the north... and a ruined building...

also, i can enchant certain magical weapons... but i dont have any yet...

SOUTH THEN

>>227928
>>227928
our immediate area is a deathtrap and our followers are dumb. I think our best bet is to send some scouts farther north and maybe encounter some sapient races to breed with. I really think that creating a caste system would help us create more specialized followers. Divide thirty gnolls into a Worker caste ,and twenty into a Solder/hunter, and thirty Hunter/scout caste.

>>227931
we should personally check out this building along with five other gnolls.

how much mana do we have now?

Also, cut down some damn trees and make a palisade! We're utterly undefended at the moment!

just stay here and subsist until we learn the "i win" spell.

>>227933
the hunter/soldier caste should be comprised of the larger gnolls, the hunter/scout caste should be comprised of the faster gnolls and the worker caste should be made up of the more docile members

>>227940
this, maybe use some nature or life runes to strengthen it

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)23:22 No. 227948 ID: 43ec75
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40 gnolls became farmers at last, they might be not too bright but these plants are at least god for substenance, with the extra food... i might allow breeding...

to the south there is a cave and a forest

i still have only 4 mana available...

ill order the cut of trees around to see if we can defend the caves better

>>227948
Send in a party of gnolls to the cave, while we clearcut the trees around here to at least set up a boundry and begin planning things before we lay into the forest and use it to make a wooden wall.

what does Warp Wood do?

>>227949
I agree with this plus I also think that we should make a fishing outpost near that body of water up north.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/07(Tue)23:39 No. 227959 ID: 43ec75
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The scouts are getting better at the not getting killed while scouting thing, the cave is infested by doombats, they are guarding some kind of shrine...

defenses are set, population is happy about the recent changes and the caste system is working

>>227959
Yes! Progress! Keep those peasents working on the fence and turn it into a wall. There's still more trees we can use up.

Have a few scouts go into the forest and see about hunting possibilities and if there's elves. If there's no elves, then COMMENCE CLEARCUTTING.

could we use warp wood to strengthen the palisade? If not it whatever but I think that we should explore the ruined building to the north and ignore the cave for right now. I also think that we should set up a fishing settlement near the body of water in the north.

>>227948
Use the fire wall spell to box in the phantom dudes and finish them off. Either by forcing them into the flames or tossing fireballs at them.

Tell the farmers to get busy and produce 20 new gnolls for the greater glorious gnoll empire.

Give 10 gnolls orders to start building shit out of the wood and make useful crap out of it. You know become woodworkers and crap.

>>227963
maybe instead of clear cutting we can see if any of the plants contain anything useful. Then we can commence with the clear cutting !

>>227959
Fire Claw should get pregnant and set herself up a dynasty/ royal family and maybe in the long run this can form a shaman caste.

You guys hear me out. LET'S TATOO CHAOS RUNES ONTO THE ELITE WARRIORS!

>>227973
Yeah sure. Nothing bad can probably come from that.

>>227971
if we find a male that is strong AND smart then sure. no brains = no go.

>>227974
fine. Nature tatoos

>>227979
I was actually serious. Lets go with the chaos runes. That should make sentient enemies shit themselves with fear.

>>227983
do we have any other runes?

>>227975
Don't forget loyal. If she's going to have herself a litter, she needs a mate that will stick by her in times of need.

>>228064
It doesn't need to be a permanent relationship.

>>228064
As if she's going to raise them herself. She's got an empire to build, servants can keep track of the day to day stuff while she pops in to shower them with affectional platitudes and maybe crush their self confidence from time to time with her expectations.

>>228071
She's the matriarch. She's got plenty of people she can call on to babysit if she needs to.

>>228074
Should probably have made it clear that I was talking about the kids. Not running the future empire. Little brats can deal with shit on their own, the strong and cunning ones will thrive and the rest can go die in a pile of garbage.

>>228075
>>228075
hey man, our magic potential may be genetic so we need those kids for a potential shaman/leader caste.

>>228079
And for that we need the strong, the cunning and the ruthless. The rest can rot on the garbage pile of history and become fertilizer for our fields.

>>228081
>>228081
I'm all for making a gnoll master-race that operates on a caste system.

>>228081
No.

>>228081
No gnoll will be left behind to rot, it is our job to take care of the tribe.

Looks like some people don't know what bg based this quest on.

Game:
http://www.abandonia.com/games/189/MasterofMagic.htm

Manual:
http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/25934_game_extra_1.pdf

And list of spells:
http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/25935_game_extra_1.pdf

Obviously, he doesn't run it precisely same way game would do, but most information should be reasonably accurate.

Oh hey. MoM. I haven't played that in a long time. We have the surrounding threats identified, so lets start developing the camp.
Do we have a barracks up for our warriors yet?

>>228132
The only method of acquisition revealed at that link requires the expenditure of jewgolds.

>>228124
>>228129
Taking care of the tribe means not wasting resources on worthless individuals. Those who can't contribute in any other way can do so through being food. It's a harsh and unforgiving world out there and we won't prosper if we coddle our weaker members.

>>228198
>Those who can't contribute in any other way can do so through being food.

You could say it's a dog-eat-dog world out there.

>>228212
I want to high five your arm off. But yeah, right now we need quality followers more than anything until we can get a more stable supply of food which is why I am pushing so hard for a fishing outpost near the body of water towards the north.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/09(Thu)18:13 No. 228791 ID: 809b15
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hear me wise voices... i dont wanna get pregnant and we are not gonna eat ourselves >_<

i sent some gnolls to make a camp on the north shore, the builders, 10 gnolls, are reinforcing the wall, they also wanna build a structure where they could make plans out of wood... which is kinda odd, since we have lived in caves all our lives...

the warp wood spell, according to the magic book, is primarely used to waste arrows and bolts made of wood...

>>228791
Let them plan! Planning is grate! Also, being able to build building instead of dig caves is great!

>>228791
Well you don't have to eat them directly. Just let them decompose and use them to fertilize the fields. And you will need a heir eventually, but we can leave that for later.

That warp wood thing seems like it could be useful for then we encounter someone else.

For now lets send our scouts further south to see what they find in that direction.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/09(Thu)18:55 No. 228827 ID: 809b15
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well, good news and bad news, there is wild game, and the scouts where killed by a hail of arrows...

why is it raining arrows, and WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!

>Giant water monster.

Well, good thing we have some defense. Which with out luck, will probably get demolished right before the water monster decides to visit its neighbors.

>>228827
how many scouts, plus damn this place is a hell hole we need to encourage the other women to repopulate and maybe scout further north.

we really need to get around investigating that ruined building

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/09(Thu)19:25 No. 228842 ID: 809b15
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well... its like a reinder? just know i can hunt and eat good meat there... ._.

meant the GIANT BLUE MONSTER

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/09(Thu)19:31 No. 228848 ID: 809b15
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what? where?...

btw, the fishing camp is ready, we are receiving a small but steady supply of fish...

>>228842
Put on a shirt, you tart.
Speaking of which, do you have the tech for simple wooden shields?
If not head the other way to the game, and start mining for fish in that river.

Once the soldiers are ready. you should send them with hellhounds to clean out the spider area.

>>228853
we CAN'T, until everyone is like lvl 3 badasses i don't think we have a chance at clearing any area.

>>228848
Send some more gnolls to the fish area. begin MOAR agriculture there, using some of the fish as fertilizer, and the river to irrigate. Scout the building, if empty, take for yourself.

Begin work on smoother roads and paths between settlements.

>>228848
use fish bones as fertilizer for the main base because the river would supply fertile soil for farms on the fishing base. By the way, how would you feel about breeding with another sentient species?

Nature and Life magic should be a priority to study for now

Scout further north

Have a couple people focus on doctoring and first aid and such.

>>229195
this is a good idea, also have some people scout the forest for medicinal herbs, ect.

Main Base:
- reinforce pallisade
- continue with training
- find mate and encourage other followers to mate to bring up population
- use fish bones to fertilize soil
- looks for plants in forest that could be used for food or medicinal purposes.
-
Fishing outpost:
- use river to irrigate the nearby land
- expand outpost and build road between this and main base
- maybe build a second pallisade?

I agree with her decision not to take a mate right now.

This is someone wielding destruction in their hands, and you want to make them hormonal, easily irritated, and prone to mood swings at the drop of a hat?

For now, we need to train our forces so they can eventually remove the hazards immediately around us. Bows would be good if we don't already have some bowgnolls.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/11(Sat)18:40 No. 229711 ID: 547e8d
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my scouts report a encounter in the forest...

some kind of hairless gnoll...
"we apreciate your new interest in knowing the world and the forests, but this forest should be for the time being, offlimit to you, i ope you understand"

i... mmm... how should we proceed... ._.

notice his hand is glowing, he is a mage too. and perhaps more powerful then you. agree to his terms.

>>229711
Offer trade and information about the phantoms to the east. Try to work up some good relations and maybe trade info about magic.

Say that unless the phantom warriors guarding the river can be defeated we NEED to cross through the woods. Hint that we would leave the forest alone if they could help us with the phantoms.

Say that unless the phantom warriors guarding the river can be defeated we NEED to cross through the woods. Hint that we would leave the forest alone if they could help us with the phantoms.

>>229721
that would come off as intimidating. We should just trade info about the area or magic.

>>229713

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/11(Sat)21:30 No. 229747 ID: 547e8d
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i... mmm... i... gnolls are not really know for theyr diplomatic skills...

should i invite him to here, or should i go there? how should i behave ._.

help >_<

>>229747
What kind of gnoll are you? Rip him to shreds, bathe in his blood and dedicate the kill to your demon god while you devour his flesh. God damn.

>>229747
You should put a shirt or something on and go to them. Tell them you wish to open trade and diplomatic ties. This is obviously a dangerous area, sentient races need to band together!

...For now.

>>229750
This, except without a shirt. Wonder why all these hairless people are covering themselves.

>>229747
Go to him and flaunt your tits while asking for information or help.

>>229747
Invite him over. Show him your hospitality, give him good food and the use of your own (presumably glorious) lodgings. Discuss the possibility of open borders and hunting rights, and see what sort of compensation he wants. Somewhere during the discussions, you should end up in bed with him. If he's amenable to the treaties we desire and the price he requires is amenable to the Gnoll nation, then sex is merely part of your hospitality. Otherwise, play like it's merely your own lust, and use it as an opportunity to rip his pale weak throat out with your strong gnoll teeth.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/11(Sat)22:11 No. 229779 ID: 547e8d
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fine, i put on a cape over myself and whent to talk to this e l f person... do you know how much hot is here?... so, he sayd practically the same stuff as before, and explained everything like i was a pup ._., he didnt even looked at me like a female...

these hairless people are weird...

he drew stuff on my map too, and sayd that while we stay away from the river, there should be nothing to worry about...

he also sayd we had nothing worth to trade... but if we pick a gnoll, they can teach him something to help us or something... ._.

>>229779
Give them a gnoll, a trustworthy one, One likely to resist any brainwashing

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/11(Sat)22:26 No. 229785 ID: 547e8d
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i have 4 options, the captain of the speargnolls, male, one of our bests farmers, female, one of the builders, male, and one of my personal assistants, female...

>>229779
Okay. Send him an gnoll, I suppose. We don't stand to lose much, at worst. But insist that he not interfere with our hunting, we need it.

We want the sorcery node on the map, but we can't really take it yet, so it'll have to wait. Don't tell him that bit.

>>229785
Personal assistant. And let her "personally assist" the elf as well. It can't possibly go wrong.

>>229785
Personal assistant with instructions to seduce.

The Farmer. They're elves, after all, I'm sure they know how to grow great food. I laugh at their military teachings, laugh at their tree-architecture. I guess if we send our assistant they might teach her better diplomancing, but pssh.

Also seducing won't work, they're not into Gnolls.

Send the builder or the farmer. Your infrastructure is what you need the most help with.

Switching vote to Farmer.

Your personal assistant, but these elves don't seem interested in gnolls so skip the seducing part

farmer.

personal assistants

Making your personal assistants better at assisting is a good thing. do this.

farmer. the personal assistant may be turned into a magical bomb.

personal assistant

Send the farmer, because FARMERS GONNA FARM!
And if they teach her something related to farming, then FARMERS GONNA FARM EVEN BETTER!

I would vote for builder, but no one seems to want that one.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/12(Sun)11:14 No. 230008 ID: 4c9deb
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ok, sent the farmer... told her to seize any opportunity she might have for making the relations better...

the fishers wanna make floating wood thingies to be closer to the fish... i dont know if that is a good idea...

>>229785
farmer definitely

>>230008
let the fishers do it but we seriously need to search that ruined building.

>>230008
so we have run out of wood right? We should have some gnolls learn to craft with clay and stone.

>>230008
tell them to make fishing nets instead

Show us your assets! By which I mean your village. Is there anything being built? What's built already?

your fishers are probably going to drown themselves with rafts unless they know how to swim and actually build better boats and rafts, deny it for now.

Also, learn a new Chaos spell! your clan will be fine until then.

>>230010

Rafts might not be a good idea, but what about a bridge? They could fish off of it, and it would let us explore the other side of the river.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/12(Sun)18:14 No. 230125 ID: 4c9deb
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well, i researched the most easiest spells in the books! i got Heal, Resist Elements and Eldritch Weapon :D

get your hell-hounds and a group of warriors. cast eldritch weapon on the leader warrior's spear and check those ruins.

>>230125
>>230128
this. stop putting it off.

>>230125
see if you can teach heal or resist elements to the other gnolls.

>>230128
Forget the ruins. go kill the spiders, they are a threat you already know exists they could be holding some treasures or something.

>>230131

>>230140
nah man not yet

>>230132
we should secure food supplies. if we cant get food from the plains we should clear the river for the fisherman to work.

after that we can check the ruins.

Hey... the phantom warriors are gone. Maybe we should take our warriors and check out what happened to them.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/15(Wed)22:39 No. 231222 ID: 3cf06d
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the warriors are bitching about a place to train and store their spears...
the elves are bitching about the plain trees...
and everyone else is bitching about how the more we grow, the less rats are there to eat :/

>>231222
go north into the desert and explore the giant wall. :v

begin expansion to a + shape village. taking one area on each side and constructing in them. east will be more farm, west will be mines. north will be training grounds and south will be houses.

also have a scout put on a cloak and check out the big wall to the north.

Tell the builders to build a storage shed by asking wood pieces or clay and making it into a rectangular shape, tell the farmers to expand due east.

Make the next person to complain eat a Fire Bolt to the face.

Then relax for a moment, study some more magic maybe if it takes your mind off things? If not, just rest, you deserve it.

If the warriors can CLEAR OUT THE RUIN WE KEEP TELLING YOU TO INSPECT, they can use it as a fortress, a sparring area, and storage.

Tell the elves that you're sorry, but you need a roof over your head to live.

Tell everyone else to go farther abroad to hunt.

If you build a place to store grain and 'accidentally' leave a few holes, the rats should get more widespread?

They're like... the easy meal for the gnoll on the run. Fry one up, put it in a pack, and mmmmmmm. Lunchtime for later.

Also, armory. ...you might need a smithy to make better weapons, too.

Rats? Fuck rats. Start eating elves. No more bitching from the elves, no more bitching about hunger.

Problem solved.

>>231342
Wait, you mean we're not eating elves already? Fuck! This must be corrected at first oppurtunity.

>>231342
>>231353
Uh, attacking the fancy elves without knowing how strong they are sounds like a bad idea, to me.

Yeah, go clear out those ruins.

>>231353
Why eat the elves? They have been pretty cool with us, providing information and offering to teach our farmer some new tricks. The humans though, they killed some of our scouts without warning, let's eat them.

>>231363
They're elves. That's reason enough, but the humans should damn well be on the menu as well. Anything that's not a gnoll should be filed under food, and anything that is a gnoll should be filed under potential food.

Try domesticating rats and breeding them.

>>231372
yeah that might work with them being fast breeding and not needing to each much.

>>231222
build a barracks, organize the warriors and whatever you can do to help them take a river section. we need either fishermens or cattle to get more food.

tell the elves we will only take if we need to live, and for them to stop whining or we will start whining too.

ok, what the hell? rats as cattle will never work. they are a plague and unless we manage to feed them on the remains of our food it will end in disaster.

we should herd cats. maybe dogs, of all irony.

Are we confident in our military yet? Because maybe we can hunt those bats in that cave south.

Lets teach some gnolls our Alchemist, and Artificer skills.

Inhabit the ruined building and build a farming community around it. That building will help be our first step in colonizing that desert. Also plant trees along the river to make the elves happy. Encourage the builders to use mud and stone as a building material as opposed to wood seeing as we are running out of that.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/17(Fri)14:45 No. 231520 ID: a09c57
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i dont wanna teach anything to the other gnolls, maybe healing... but nothing else...

i sent scouts to the desert and sent the captain of the guard with a bunch of speargnolls to the ruined building...


???: begone beasts... this building is claimed by our people...

>>231520
Kill them. take the ruins.

hmmm. say "why? what's so great about this run down place?"

I see one faggot with one bird.

Kill him dead as doornails. You'll be eating chiken, tonight.

I say, our guys are going to get killed if we attack.

>>231520
>>231520
Apologize. Seriously. Offer trade and ask if we can build a farming community near the building. He probably knows magic so trade so info.

>>231520
We should apologize.

Tell them to put a sign outside. How were we to know it wasn't just abandoned or something?

>>231520
when you get back try to teach ten of the smarter gnolls healing.

>>231531
I see a powerful mage and a powerful beast, don't anger them.

Let's not anger these guys, he seems to be speaking for a higher group that we may not want to piss off yet. Back to the base we should concentrate on using stone,mud and clay as alternatives to wood as a building material. If not already implemented we should use the river to irrigate the crops near the outpost.

We should send a scouting party further west past the mountains. Send with them guards.

Build an official barracks/armory for the warriors and find some gnolls capable of learning healing magic and build them a healers hut.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/20(Mon)01:47 No. 232134 ID: a2dbba
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you do remember i dont go generally with the gnolls right? i stay mostly in my circle of magic... tought its true that my magic is more powerful if im present, i will only go if you advice it... i kinda like the security of my town ._.

i advise the captain of the guard to apologize and get out of there, sent scouts around, and made build orders...

...there was something else but i forgot...

>>232134
Do gnolls just dislike clothing, or something?

>>232134
>i kinda like the security of my town
what security? we lost almost half of townsfolk just by exploring.

if you dont want to teach magic to other gnolls, it would be time to arrange a food expansion. we may need a brick oven to make walls and housing eventually, since wood is out of the question.

>>232160
And what do you suppose we heat the brick with? Magi- oh.

>>232134
Could it be the fact that the ruins they claimed is right next to your fishing outpost? This is going to cause some chafing. Especially if Griffindor there realizes that a wizard is in charge of the little scraggly gnoll tribe.

>>232134
>>232143
yes this is a good plan. Getting clothing.

>>232134
Maybe we can explore to the northeast of the building, the wall. As for studying magic maybe we should go for studying Life. Maybe that would lead to golem crafting.

>>232134
What, what did you forget?

>>232304
her clothes, you silly.

Clothing is for insecure pansy elves.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/25(Sat)12:36 No. 233781 ID: cd2315
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*bark* SHUTUP im alone in my casting room, cave, whatever...

there are some impassable mountains to the west, and a city right in the desert, full of covered people... they sayd they wanted food from our farms... and that they would give stuff in return... or some little shiny round flat rocks...

the gnolls are dumber than i tought, they cant understand a word of magic... but, while trying to teach them... i noticed one gnoll farmer in particular... there is something diferent about her... :/

>>233781
>>233781
That farmer just focus on her, teach her healing. Trade food with the covered people and in turn they can teach us math, stoneworking and maybe iron working.

>>233781
increase farming to the north of the river.

Ask the people what is further north.

So what is our population and mana?

see more about the special farmer. also make a reverse granary, store the grains but leave it open. letting the rats at it and causing their pop to spike for the gnolls to eat.

Does she have spots on HER butt?

My vote is to do some trading with the people to the north. Send your assistant and a few guards.

In the mean time, have the main builder work with your captain to make training space.

(Naked gnoll chick ftw.)

>>233850
You are a symbol of knowledge and power.
The tribe needs a symbol of heroism and courage. I think you should look among the tribe for anyone who is hero material. Then as a test suggest they go and slay those spiders. Make sure to be subtle about it a hero must act on there own and watch the progress and if they end up dieing...well worth a shot.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/25(Sat)17:01 No. 233853 ID: cd2315
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fine, ill try to teach that dumb gnoll healing ._.

the covered people sayd the desert is theyr territory and that we dont need to know what is there, that, they dont like rats with theyr food, which is odd, and that the can either teach us how to make use of stone, or how to use metal, but nothing else...

i have 6 available mana and there are 90 gnolls...

ill make arrengments to send my assistant with our reply for trade...

[also i forgot the spots on the picture, shutup >.<]

Metal is all fine and good, but stone's going to be a LOT easier to get a hold of. So, let's rock it. (Tee hee)

>>233853
Go for stone. We need stone walls and shit!
WE NEED STONE EVERYWHERE!

Go for stone. It's easy to find, and it means we have less to worry about regarding the elves and their trees.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/26(Sun)12:18 No. 234222 ID: 75194f
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ok, updates, the covered people taught us how to work stone, we had to use part of the wall to set up the quary, 'bittergrass' the newly named gnoll farmer i sent to the elf people returned and improved our farming systems... she is bitching a lot about how much trees we cut... so i prefer to keep her busy on the fields north of town...

who would have guessed, that other farmer is starting to understand magic... maybe i should name her too...

the training area is complete, and we have a regular speargnolls army, composed of 20 gnolls and the captain... maybe we have enough strenght now...

my assistant has established regular trading routes with the covered people, and the elf people seems interested in trading too...

she sayd we should build a market place... or something like that...

Do the speargnolls have shields? Without them, they will be slaughtered by arrows.

Usage of the farm-mage should be kept to areas of safty until there's a bigger army atleast.

Why not build a marketplace? Is there something else you could do with the builders? If not. Build it.

>>234222
Name the farmer Curiosity
and name that Gnoll captain so his heroism maybe remembered.

> and name that Gnoll captain so his heroism maybe remembered.

If it's male, name him Mohammad.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/26(Sun)14:15 No. 234242 ID: 75194f
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*size chart

No, the speargnolls dont use any shield...

i approved the construction of the marketplace

...curiosity... is still learning to cast the healing spell... she is not ready...


>>234236
[dont bring that into the thread please]

capture the giant spiders, tame them and use them as mounts. conquer everyone with your spider mounted warriors

>>234236
seconding this

>>234236
Good name. If that's not acceptable then name him Yusuf or Timur.

hmmm, let's add sharpened rock tips instead of sharp wood tips to the spears. would make the spears a lot better at armor piercing. keep some wood ones for sparing. add a small chaos rune to each rock tip of the spears so they do extra damage and can hurt those phantom warriors. then send the squad to the river with the hounds to engage the phantoms.

>>234247
i disagree with that. Remember the giant one, the are probably more like that beyond the rive. We should just go domesticate the bats in the cave to the south. We should ask the farmer ifs he learned any druidism that could help with that. Maybe we should get her to teach some of that elf magic with us?

>>234242
so what is up with Fire Claw's size? Is she just young?

>>234286
Could just be small, it would explain why she is a the leader. None of the males want her, so instead of taking on the responsibility of mothering children she becomes a spiritual leader.

>>234257
Crap that's a good idea. Domestic bats have all kinds of potential/nutritional value. So, big agreement there.

Surely your Gnolls can handle that though, I'd toss the order on down the line and train Curiosity.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/09/26(Sun)19:02 No. 234354 ID: 99b467
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WHAT DID YOU JUST SAYD!

grrr... its not giant bats, its doombats! they are creatures of chaos, i dont know if i can tame them...

i do the naming here >_<, the captains name will be Grey Claw, so shut up ...

now... what to attack? the bats, the spiders or the phantoms?

>>234354
spiders. >:V

Market should be built east of the center of your empire.

i say the phantoms. and then prepare some river crossing craft and assault the node. it may not be the same magic you got but the raw energy should give you a boost.

ooh... is it getting hot in here guys or is it just.... OHHHHH!!! OWWWWW BURNING!!!!!!

do please stop that, I dislike the burning.... and deal with the spiders please OWWWWW!

Whoaaa Girl, you're getting us... B)
All fired up.

Also, let's go attack the bats because spears could be used as ranged in a pinch.

>>234354
You're adorable when you get angry~

>>234354
so yeah, sharp rocks for spear tips, chaos runes on spear tip then go out and kill phantoms.

We should go after the phantoms, they could offer some knowledge into magic. We shouldn't go after the bats or spiders yet because there is no need to. They haven't interfered with us and east is the only possible route to expansion. Also we should work towards replacing the palisade with stone walls.

>>234354
I said your small, and clearly the best qualified for leadership. Did you misinterpret what I was saying somehow?

>>234391
The phantoms mysteriously disappeared without any mentioning or explanation, quite some time ago.

I say go for the spiders.

>>234354
I have no idea, what DID we just sayd?

>>234680
I think she took offence to the size discussion, better not talk about it anymore just to be sure.

>>234707
Well, small stature looks good on her, I don't see why she would take offence.

Wherever we choose to go you and curiosity should tag along.I mean your speargnolls would probably get hurt and practise is the best teacher.

using Resist Magic for our soldiers seems like a good idea.

bg!!MzZmEwZzAu 2010/10/02(Sat)16:01 No. 237430 ID: 2e8fd3
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please decide on what to attack, im confused...

resist magic makes me permanently lose mana to maintain it, 1 for each person thats under the spell power...

also sent the gnolls to start building an awesome wall

>>237430
spiders. clear out the area near the village.

Attack the spiders! The gnolls need a bit of combat experience, Curiosity needs some experience, you'd have access to that area and all the good it gives you!

>>237430
>>237430
I would go with the spiders and try to capture some first. Then ask Curiosity if they can be tamed.

>>237430
That earth to mud spell would be quite advantageous when fighting in the caves. So I choose spiders.

>>237430
attack the spiders

bg!5E5cOpffmA 2010/11/03(Wed)15:34 No. 251890 ID: c7da95
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fine, ill go fight the spiders, any last minute advise? battleplan or something?

>>251890
Bring some chaos hounds and enchant the guys spears.

stab them fuckers in the face.

Bring fire? On long sticks? Spiders are hairy and spider webs will shrivel from the heat.