Doomed princes, cunning vagabonds and greedy mercenaries try to prevail in a decaying world. Amongst all men You are Doomed to Greatness, cursed and blessed in equal measure. You will learn: There is no Truth but that of Eternal struggle. You were born to a people considered… >Barbarians >Decadant >Civilized>Please roll 1d20 when you vote.
Rolled 14 (1d20)>>6451636>BarbariansI'm feeling barbarious
Rolled 1 (1d20)>>6451636>DecadantPleasure Palaces ahoy!
Rolled 4 (1d20)>>6451636>CivilizedI think normal can be good
Rolled 18 (1d20)>>6451636>Civilizedfeudalmaxing
Rolled 3 (1d20)>>6451636>Decadant We are the best, and thus must go on...perhaps after a nap...and some grapes...
Rolled 13 (1d20)>>6451636>Civilized
>>6451636>Barbarians
Rolled 14 (1d20)>>6451657
Rolled 1 (1d20)>>6451636>Decadant
It's all pretty close, surprised by the amount of votes, I hope people aren't going through the effort to samefag. I'm going to sleep, feeling under the weather, will close vote at around 8am EST tomorrow. Post questions if you have any, I will answer them later. I feed off comments, dopamine goes up.
Rolled 14 (1d20)>>6451636>Barbarians
>>6451666Too early for questions, for me.
>>6451666We ain't got enough stuff to ask questions, dog.
>>6451666What level of fantasy are we operating at? High or low?
>>6451666What's the tech level of the setting? Medieval, Renaissance, other?
>>6451666Do we have siblings? Older, younger, a twin?
Any inspiration going into this one from Soulsborne, The Wanderer's Choice, Berserk, Dark Sun, Sworn to Valour, or the Thorns Book Trilogy?
>>6451677Definitely lot's of fantastical elements. Mercurial Gods, monsters, demons, Fae, spirits, Mad Sorcerer, Decaying Magical Empires, etc. Tone itself is inspired by Berserk, Conan, Elric of Melnibone, The Broken Sword, Bran Mak Morn, Thorgal. Traitor Son Cycle, Warhammer Fantasy, I recommend them all as good reads. >>6451681Ranging from Early Medieval to Early Renaissance, depending on location and society. >>6451682Maybe? I don't know so I guess the MC doesn't know yet. >>6451686See above for some of my primary inspirations. Berserk is in there. There is a region similar to the Canton from Sworn to Valour, but definitely more darker in tone, think dark woods and false knights. As for some of the others works you list, I def love the dark fantasy of Dark Sun, but I have not read The Wanderers Choice or the Thorn books.
>>6451692>BerserkBased>Elric of MelniboneBased >The Broken SwordBased QM have you read Song of Swords by Saberhagen? Or The Worm Ouroboros by Eddison? You might like both. >>6451686>Dark Sun I am thinking heavily about running a fantasy quest soon in a homebrew setting that takes some heavy inspiration from Dark Sun...
>>6451692>There is a region similar to the Canton from Sworn to ValourBased Knigga
>>6451636
Rolled 19 (1d20)>>6451636>Decadant
Rolled 15 (1d20)>>6451636>Decadant
Rolled 13 (1d20)>>6451636>>Barbarians
Rolled 11 (1d20)>>6451636>BarbariansBetween the time when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas...
>>6451692>Bran Mak MornOh hell yeah, someone who's read more of Howard's work beyond Conan, this is going to be good.
Rolled 8 (1d20)>>6451636>Civilized
Rolled 15 (1d20)>>6451636>>6451666>Civilized
Honestly I'd rather be part of the ancient decaying society or whatever than not knights or not Conan.I think we've seen the latter way more than the former.
>Decadant"All of you are degenerates and i am d'Artagnan."
Rolled 10 (1d20)>>6451636>Barbarians
Rolled 16 (1d20)>>6451636>>Barbarians
>>6451636>DecadentI want to play as someone cunning and amoralAnd then to die in a poetic avoidable way, due to greed or similar
>>6451871
Rolled 2 (1d20)>>6451871My phone capitalised the co
>>6451666My guy, no one is gonna samefag for a quest that has a couple lines of intro. Likewise no questions on my part for the same reason.>>6451692Oh nice, guess we'll have something for our dark fantasy fix.
Rolled 2 (1d2)I believe Barbarian and Decadent are tied. 1 for Barbarian. 2 for Decadent.
>>6451874>My guy, no one is gonna samefag for a quest that has a couple lines of intro.Sure, but also? How often does any quest around here get 18 votes at a time? Or even just 8 inside of an hour?
>>6451884It's not that uncommon to have a surge of votes on the first post if the premise activates the neurons of many people. It usually decreases to the standard 3-7 over time.
Rolled 18 (1d20)>>6451636>DecadantNo 20 eh
>>6451884True, but seemingly low effort quests can attract a lot of votes on the first decision because of the low attachment/effort to read, especially on char gen-esque votes.
>>6451636You were born in a jeweled tower, where all the heirs of the empire had been born for all memory. In a chamber sheathed in amethyst and gold. It was the greatest symbol of the Porphyrian empire, which foreigners in their various tongues called simply the Purple Empire. Once Sorcerer-Emperors had sat the throne and ruled half the known world. But that was long ago, and the empire that remained was a parody of its old self. Shrunken in everything but its ceremony, deluded like the very old lingering on their once great youth.Your father was a usurper. A peasant's son who had risen through the ranks on talent. First a soldier, then a general, and then, on a single red morning when he opened his master's throat and lifted the diadem from the dead man, an Emperor. The old emperor's blood did not lie quiet. His kin gathered in the provinces, and from among them they raised up the most charismatic and the most battle-proven: Andronikas Xeros, who governed the eastern themes and was loved there. From his provinces he raised an army. But the sinews of war demand much, and the imperial treasury sat behind the walls of the capital in your father's hands.So Andronikas made a bargain. The armed retinues of Ordolan were forever passing eastward in those years. Knights on pilgrimage and crusade in the name of their Virgin Goddess, men of war, men with holy debts–crusading was always ruinously expensive. And it happened that a great host was upon the road, the greatest in living memory, and its captain was Prince Robert of Ordolan, called the Red. To him Andronikas offered a sum so ludicrous that it could only be believed because it came from a noble of the Purple Empire. Robert the Red weighed his options and decided the offered gold would serve both his interests and his goddess’ and accepted.They came to Chrysera, the golden city and understood it could only be taken by storm—once and twice, three times, four times—until on the fifth assault a gate was breached.Andronikas had negotiated for the preservation of his city. It was to be his, whole and unharmed, but he died in the final assault within sight of the breach, and with him died the bargain. The people of Chrysera were proud, they fought the Ordolanes in the streets, preferring death to conquest. Your father, viewing from the palace as his city was overrun, summoned his court warlocks and commanded them to summon a demon of Wrath. All knew it would demand blood as its payment>The Warlocks, fearing the dangers, decide the Emperor is mad and refuse the order. Enraged, the Emperor orders them massacred, the crusaders reach the Palace to find it in chaos. >Reservations are set aside and a summoning circle is drawn, Gorgo the Wrathful is summoned and imbues all the citizens of Chrysera with a portion of his wrath and power, impossible to survive but each man made temporarily unstoppable.
>>6451903>>The Warlocks, fearing the dangers, decide the Emperor is mad and refuse the order. Enraged, the Emperor orders them massacred, the crusaders reach the Palace to find it in chaos
>>6451903>Reservations are set aside and a summoning circle is drawn, Gorgo the Wrathful is summoned and imbues all the citizens of Chrysera with a portion of his wrath and power, impossible to survive but each man made temporarily unstoppable.They are doomed either way, but this way they may take the enemy with them at least. They prefer death to conquest after all.
>>6451636hehehe I remember your last quest..
>>6451903>Reservations are set aside and a summoning circle is drawn, Gorgo the Wrathful is summoned and imbues all the citizens of Chrysera with a portion of his wrath and power, impossible to survive but each man made temporarily unstoppable.And so the long twilight of our age begins.Do we weaponise warlocks in the future or distrust them?
>>6451903>Reservations are set aside and a summoning circle is drawn, Gorgo the Wrathful is summoned and imbues all the citizens of Chrysera with a portion of his wrath and power, impossible to survive but each man made temporarily unstoppable.The Empire will not yield to these invaders. Let it all burn, give these invaders a brutal execution as the city they sought to conquer burns around them.>>6451921Maybe we hold some suspicion towards them after this, but personally I feel we would likely have our hatred focused on Ordolan and their knights who came here to burn our city to the ground at the behest of the traitor Andronikas.
>>6451924excellent point, Crusaders get sent to the many hells and traitors and usurpers suffer the earthly delight of sadistic sacrifice to our many demons
>>6451903>Reservations are set aside and a summoning circle is drawn, Gorgo the Wrathful is summoned and imbues all the citizens of Chrysera with a portion of his wrath and power, impossible to survive but each man made temporarily unstoppable.
>>6451903>>Reservations are set aside and a summoning circle is drawn, Gorgo the Wrathful is summoned and imbues all the citizens of Chrysera with a portion of his wrath and power, impossible to survive but each man made temporarily unstoppable.
Looks to be pretty decisive. VOTE CLOSED. The demon Gorgo comes forth. >Please roll 1d6 x 3. >If a 1 appears in any of the rolls, the summoning circle wavers and Gorgo is let loose upon the world.
Rolled 5 (1d6)>>6451936Dangerous.
Rolled 6 (1d6)>>6451936
Rolled 3 (1d6)>>6451936Gorgo moment
Gorgo power rangers *guitar riffs*
Seems we're safe from Gorgo's wrath for now.
Get fucked, Gorgonzola.
QM do you have any other quests up on the archive for us to check out, or is this your first?
QM?
>>6452372Gorgo must have got him and put him in the circle of torment
>>6452373Man FUCK Goggles
>>6452004I did run one quest called Brave New World. Corpoos and superpowers, only 1 thread before life got busy. >>6452372Don't worry I'm still here, just busy editing, didn't get the chance to post cause of work. Expect it sometime before I go to Sleep.
>>6451903The warlocks stood in their dark robes and looked at one another in silent conversation, weighing oaths, fear, and ambition. Until wordlessly, they bowed in acquiescence. The summoning was to be performed in a vast dungeon chamber below the palace. A bound nameless prisoner was slain and a circle was drawn with the blood of that unfortunate man. Within the circle they inscribed the infernal constellation, a map of hell so that the demon might find its way and back. At the center they fixed a focus point through which it would be drawn out of the darkness and contained. From among all the demons the empire had consorted with, Gorgo the Wrathful had been chosen. They began to chant his true name; the chant began as a crowd of voices, some lagging a half breath, others rushing, until slowly the many voices closed upon each other to become one voice. The warlocks stood utterly still, If the circle broke and one foot shifted and brushed a line of drying blood then nothing would contain what was coming, and every soul in that chamber, and in the palace above it, and perhaps in the burning city above would be doomed.Demons rarely take corporeal form in the world. Their presence alone is enough for all but the maddest summoner's purposes, and so Gorgo came as a smoky haze — the burning residue of something long rotted, thick and foul, filling the chamber to its corners. Out of the smog peered two eyes, red and gleaming, and there was nothing in them but hate. It was Gorgo's nature to hate, as it is wolf's nature to hunt; and had he not been bound, he would gladly have feasted on the souls of every man present and gone rampaging up through the palace like wild fire. The warlocks stood like statues at their places, red-faced, sweating, utterly still. The emperor was brought in. He wore the full regalia of his office. Gorgo's infinite memory recognized the diadem of the Purple Empire at once. "Ah," said the voice out of the smoke. "Another one. So soon after the last?" The last summoning of Gorgo had taken place more than three centuries prior. But for the demon it seemed scarce a week ago. "And how your people have diminished," Gorgo said, "that their emperor is no longer capable of standing within the circle and facing me himself. Speak, man. Ask me what you want, and pay your dues."The emperor asked for the demon's power. That his wrath might smite his enemies sacking his city.Gorgo laughed, genuinely amused. His price would be the souls of the Ordolanes, to feast upon. It would be a trifling thing to drive every invader from the city. But the people of the empire would sacrifice too. Each of them would be touched with demonic power, and each of them forever changed — those, that is, who survived it. For many would die in the throes of their wrathful trance, but Goro did not see fit to share that knowledge.->->
>>6452388Above, in the burning city, the eyes of the citizenry began to glow: red, gleaming, hot as lava. A man was run through with a spear but did not succumb to his wounds. He felt no pain, only anger, even as his blood leaked from his body. Inhuman strength flooded into the men and women of Chrysera, they needed no weapons, they tore the crusaders apart with their bare hands: a punch enough to dent steel, a yank strong to pull a head from its neck or an arm from its socket.The streets were painted red, but the blood was no longer the citizenry's. The hunters had become the hunted. Like a flood the Ordolanes ran for the gate through which they had come swarming in, and of the army that had entered the city, three men in every four now lay dead. By some miracle the Prince of Ordolan had survived. With the sun beginning to set and his men in a fearful fit, he abandoned his camp and his provisions and contented himself with his own life and the lives of the men who still had theirs.They were gone from the city. And then those citizens who had felt neither fear nor pain finally succumbed to their wounds. And there were those who could not withstand the touch of hell, and went mad, ultimately killing themselves. As for those who survived, they were forever changed: a dark shroud upon the heart, and a wrathful whisper in the ear.A whisper that spoke of who was responsible. The usurper emperor, who had subjected them to this madness. And the hate that lingered inside each of them pushed them, one by one and then all together into a vengeful mob towards the palace. >Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.>A warlock carried you out of the palace, the blood of the purple-born was valued deeply in the arcane circles. He got as far east as the hill country. There an assassin of the mountains killed him on the road and took you for his order. >You went out in plain swaddling, carried by your nursemaid and a eunuch of the household. The mob killed them both before you reached any gate. In the chaos a woman rescued you, she had lost her own infant in the sack. The city was a ruin and its survivors scattered, you grew up anonymous in the rural country as a shepherd boy.
>>6452390>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.
>>6452386>Brave New WorldThat quest was cool. It feel really different from most superhero related quests and reminded me of Guyver. Glad to see you're still around.>>6452390>>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.The voice of one crying in the wilderness
>>6452388Damn, demon summoning is scary.>>6452390>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.Mystery Box.
>>6452408>Mystery Box.>inb4 it is a troll and it took us just because it thought our crying was a decent song but it could teach us to sing better
>>6452390>You went out in plain swaddling, carried by your nursemaid and a eunuch of the household. The mob killed them both before you reached any gate. In the chaos a woman rescued you, she had lost her own infant in the sack. The city was a ruin and its survivors scattered, you grew up anonymous in the rural country as a shepherd boy.I wouldn't mind living among our own people.
>>6452390>A warlock carried you out of the palace, the blood of the purple-born was valued deeply in the arcane circles. He got as far east as the hill country. There an assassin of the mountains killed him on the road and took you for his order.I like this vibe.
>>6452390>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.Spooky...
>>6452390>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.Yeah this is based.
>>6452410Would be kino.
>>6452390>A warlock carried you out of the palace, the blood of the purple-born was valued deeply in the arcane circles. He got as far east as the hill country. There an assassin of the mountains killed him on the road and took you for his order.I love demons holy shit.
>>6452390>A warlock carried you out of the palace, the blood of the purple-born was valued deeply in the arcane circles. He got as far east as the hill country. There an assassin of the mountains killed him on the road and took you for his order.Nothing is true, everything is permited.
>>6452390>You went out in plain swaddling, carried by your nursemaid and a eunuch of the household. The mob killed them both before you reached any gate. In the chaos a woman rescued you, she had lost her own infant in the sack. The city was a ruin and its survivors scattered, you grew up anonymous in the rural country as a shepherd boy.
>>6452390>>You went out in plain swaddling, carried by your nursemaid and a eunuch of the household. The mob killed them both before you reached any gate. In the chaos a woman rescued you, she had lost her own infant in the sack. The city was a ruin and its survivors scattered, you grew up anonymous in the rural country as a shepherd boy.
>>6452390>>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.I'm curious, now.
>>6452390The forest mystery boxI need to see what’s in it
>>6452390>>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.>FUCK I LOVE A MYSTERY BOX
>>6452390>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.WEIRD THINGS LURK IN THE WOODS
>>6452390>Your father gave you to a pair his Northmen bodyguards, to safeguard and carry you beyond the great river to your Aunt who had married one of their Kings. Their god sworn oaths forbade them to kill you. But the whispers that haunted them compelled them to open their own throats. You were left crying among the trees and something in the wood took an interest.OH MY GOD ITS MORGO WITH THE STEEL CHAIR
After a quick cursory glance the Baby in the woods option wins by a landslide. VOTE CLOSEDAlso, appreciating the support, I am pleasantly surprised by the interest in the quest.
>>6452390The White Hart is a creature of elusivity, and in all the ages of the world few had ever been slain. Across half the continent a hunting party of Elves had chased it: amaranthine riders and horses, tireless but not so swift as the creature they pursued. They passed through the mortal world unseen and untouched, as though the forests, roads, and towns of men were painted on a veil between them. The Hart outpaced them always. They found more pleasure in the ritual of the chase than in the expectation of the kill. Any notion of success had been abandoned long ago. But then the Hart slowed, it caught a scent: something foul, something rotten. Two northmen lay sprawled with their throats opened. Wrapped in cloth between them was a crying babe stinking of a demon's miasma. The White Hart was not a creature of curiosity, it knew only that no taint of hell should be suffered to fester in the wild. It reared above you, hooves high to smash the corruption. It was the first pause the Hart had made throughout the long chase. From the distant treeline, the most skillful marksman drew back his bowstring and loosed, the arrow pierced the Hart through its heart.The Elves trotted forward on their silent horses to admire the kill. All half stunned at the good fortune and also curious to see what had distracted their prey. Like the Hart they too perceived the reeking of hell emanating from the three humans. "Demon born," said the huntsman who had shot the Hart, already fitting a second arrow."Wait." It was the Elf Earl among them who spoke. He dismounted and loomed over you, he spent a long time turning your face this way and that, touching your clothes and then inspecting the dead men. "There is no demon in the child," he said at last. "The stench is on the cloth, and on those dead men beside it. The creature itself is only dirty." He rose. "Nothing a good bath cannot remedy.""And then what?" the huntsman said, not lowering his bow. "We bathe it and leave it for the wolves?""We keep it," said the Lord."Keep it?" another repeated. The Lord looked at them as though the reason were obvious. "We have needed one for some time. You all know this. In a scant few years it will be grown. In the north there are those cave trolls who have begun foraging into the forest, no?” The others nodded “Then it will be a perfect champion to set against them when the time comes."Who knows where it has been. We could take a changeling — ""And go to all that trouble? Deceive some peasant mother, craft a substitute?" The Lord gestured at you. "This one has already been left for dead. It is free."The huntsman stared at you. "It stinks.""It stinks," the Lord agreed. "That is what the bath is for."And so you were taken…->
>>6452898>Roll 3 x 12d6. Will determine your stat array. We are getting into a little nuanced char creation. I’ll use QM discretion to pick the most suitable array of the three.
Rolled 4, 3, 3, 1, 5, 1, 6, 3, 5, 1, 6, 1 = 39 (12d6)>>6452899
Rolled 5, 6, 2, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3, 3, 2, 4, 6 = 48 (12d6)>>6452899
Rolled 6, 5, 5, 2, 2, 4, 1, 3, 1, 1, 5, 4 = 39 (12d6)>>6452899
>>6452899>>6452902Solid result. Rolls are d20, roll UNDER the relevant stat. Critical rolls =1. STR 12 +2 = 14DEX 10CON 11WIS 11INT 9CHA 12 +1 = 13TRAITS GAINEDFosterling - Taken as a baby, raised by very different folk. (+1 CHA)Vicious - Weapon damage die is now d8 (d6 unarmed). (+1 STR)Champion - On a critical hit, inflict damage equal to your Strength score. (+1 STR)DOOMYou're doomed to greatness. Able to perform heroic feats and endure what would break other men. It's the in-universe reason why you can fight a monster down to 1 HP and walk it off after a nights rest and why strange things happen around you.Magic and heroic feats require calling on your Doom. It's a roll of d6.Anything but a 1 or 2 succeedsOn a 1 or 2 the die degrades - d6 to d4 to d2. Fail on the d2 and you are DOOMED, with consequences to follow. The dice resets after a scene resolution. ELVEN FOSTERAGE- Your fosterage with the Elves has left you with two special abilities and/or artifacts..- CHOOSE 2>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.>Skinwalker - You know the spells to take an animal's form, wearing specially prepared cloaks.>Silversmith Sorcerer -. You can bind spells into a piece of your jewellery for 1d6x200 coins and an uninterrupted season of forging. The bearer casts it as a sorcerer would.>Elfin Secrets - You learned to speak to birds, command plants with a single word, become invisible to mortals, enthral a lover, divine a secret desire. Using the talent more than once per scene requires a Doom roll.>Cold Iron Sword - A legendary blade with a name, a legend, and perhaps a dark prophecy. Deals an extra d6 damage to folkloric beings.>Cauldron of Gold - A magical coin (worth 100 coins) that always returns to your purse. It's part of a far greater hoard, if only you knew the charm to find it.>Barrow Wisdom - Rudimentary necromancy. You can speak with the dead if the body or soul is near. They rarely cooperate and may demand a price; forcing them requires a WIS test and degrades your Doom die.
>>6452927>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.The needed weirdness for someone who was taken away by Elves.>Elfin Secrets - You learned to speak to birds, command plants with a single word, become invisible to mortals, enthral a lover, divine a secret desire. Using the talent more than once per scene requires a Doom roll.Need me a quick witted snarky bird companion for our doomed adventure.
>>6452927That's an extremely interesting stat system. We're a strong, gregarious, shrewd and tough warrior that happens to be a bit slow. Sick.>>6452929I'll agree with this. It's the deepest connection to the elves.
>>6452927>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.>Cold Iron Sword - A legendary blade with a name, a legend, and perhaps a dark prophecy. Deals an extra d6 damage to folkloric beings.I actually like >>6452929 the best, for the connection to the elves, being able to perceive magic shit, and the general narrative potential and versatility of the elfin secrets.That being said, I think someone should present a proper set of choices appropriate for a champion, which seems to be what our Doom is all about and what the elves wanted to raise us to be. Another good set of choices for this would be the sword and choosing to be a silversmith sorcerer, sword and sorcery, with the sorcery making up for the lack of Witchsight with a bound spell. Another pretty cool set of choices would be Silversmith Sorcerer with the Cauldron of Gold. We'd always have a minimum amount of cash on hand to prevent poverty, and if we found the greater hoard we could basically have a pure sorcerer build with all our money fuelling our spells with all the jewellery we could ever ask for.
>>6452927>Witchsight>Barrow WisdomWitchsight is essential, for the second pick I was considering the sword but chose what I did in the end.Also I don't understand how the stats were allocated, as in how the rolled numbers translated into STR DEX, traits etc. Would be great if you explained this, Brave. Maybe just the general process if you rolled for traits on a secret table or something.>>6452937I don't think we need to spec into full warrior-champion with the sword or smithing, we've already got traits playing into this and can afford to pick up some cool little things that don't necessarily conform to the archetype.
>>6452948Lifted from one of my favorite rpg systems. 2d6 on a table to roll stats (check pic attached.) 6 stats, so 12d6 in total. Each pair of numbers corresponding to a stat etc. I had a qide array of possible triats but I rolled on a random table for the reason the Elves picked you up and tailored the traits to suit that purpose. They wanted to make you into a child soldier so a strong human you shall become.
>>6452958Alright, thanks. I was trying to figure out how they added up or maybe were deducted from some fixed number, the idea that they translated to a smaller set with a lower and upper boundary didn't occur to me at all.
>>6452927>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.>Barrow Wisdom - Rudimentary necromancy. You can speak with the dead if the body or soul is near. They rarely cooperate and may demand a price; forcing them requires a WIS test and degrades your Doom die.
>>6452927>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.>Cold Iron Sword - A legendary blade with a name, a legend, and perhaps a dark prophecy. Deals an extra d6 damage to folkloric beings.
>>6452927>Elfin Secrets - You learned to speak to birds, command plants with a single word, become invisible to mortals, enthral a lover, divine a secret desire. Using the talent more than once per scene requires a Doom roll.
>>6452927>>6453021Fuck, forgot my second choice, forget my first vote>Elfin Secrets - You learned to speak to birds, command plants with a single word, become invisible to mortals, enthral a lover, divine a secret desire. Using the talent more than once per scene requires a Doom roll.>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.
>>6452927>Witchsight>Elfin Secrets
>>6452927>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.>Elfin Secrets - You learned to speak to birds, command plants with a single word, become invisible to mortals, enthral a lover, divine a secret desire. Using the talent more than once per scene requires a Doom roll.Honestly I was somewhat tempted for the others like Barrow wisdom but they are honestly pretty crappy. Might as well lean into our origin and get something that is otherwise impossible to acquire later on.
>>6452927>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.>Cold Iron Sword - A legendary blade with a name, a legend, and perhaps a dark prophecy. Deals an extra d6 damage to folkloric beings.Gnomes shall stand no chance against us.
>>6452927>Cold Iron Sword - A legendary blade with a name, a legend, and perhaps a dark prophecy. Deals an extra d6 damage to folkloric beings.>Witchsight - You see through the veil hiding the realms of faerie. Elves, trolls, and other folkloric beings are always visible to you. Magical auras and illusions may be detected with a WIS roll.Seems like a good combo.
Alright looks like Witchsight and Elfin Secrets win the vote. VOTE CLOSED.
did QM die during the sack?
>>6453876QM DOOM
I hope this isn't another Wux quest, like the cyberpunk one or the orc antipaladin one. It does follow some similar patterns...
>>6454300Don't think so, but this exact quest premise has been run at least two times by my memory, and subsequently dropped fairly quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if QM doesn't have what it takes to consistently write a quest, whether because of IRL scheduling issues or writer's block.
