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Gonna laugh if half the guys in the room pull off their wigs. And they were very bad, unconvincing wigs we didn't notice because the concept of fake hair is totally alien to our culture. What I'm saying is we should rip off the high priests wig with all our strength.
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John_A_Tallon posted:This is going to end in tears. We have no backup here. It's us: Enkidel and Uriah and that's it. We don't have sanction from the priesthood. It's throwing around accusations with very little proof. Whatever's happening in the back room is in direct response to us and can be nothing good for us. If we have to fight a bunch of good human beings who are following a bad King, Uriah will be pissed forever. I think we come at this from different perspectives. We don't *need* sanction from the priesthood to do what we're doing. Nothing we've said is something the priesthood needs to be included on or requires their authority to do, and we've done everything in a culturally acceptable way. We also don't really need backup? What would we need it for in this city? What's happening in the back room is probably because of us, but that's good. If we can find it in time to save the poor soul fueling the magic great, but if we can't (which I view as the most likely 'negative' outcome at this point, I think getting jumped by mighty men or this king is unlikely, like being afraid Esau is going to pop out of the ceiling and hit us because we shot his arrow) we still prevent this Anaki from doing it again by introducing him to our friend high-velocity-brick. Pinging our presence sense is *exactly* what we needed. We would be in rougher shape if the Anaki DIDN'T ping it, because then we would have to say 'let us look around please, we don't have a reason yet but we'll find one'. As it is, we can say "I can show you cultist infiltrators right now, come with me. That's my proof they exist." and have about 95% certainty that we're going to find something of interest. Remember that El-Altars don't usually vary in strength. The times we've felt pulses are when we have detected magic in progress. All this cultist had to do was hold it in for a little bit until we wrote a check with our mouth that we couldn't cash and he pissed his pants like it's everyone's worst middle-school nightmare. Also, if we end up fighting mighty men here Uriah won't be pissed forever, just pissed at us for walking him into a lions den. Assuming we get out without him being maimed, he might even just mock us a little for it, we escaped the clutches of demons what else is he gonna do? What would have ruined our relationship with Uriah last city was that we broke into a palace and the Mighty Men would be completely justified in attacking and killing us, so we'd be fighting them because of our own poor choices, no demonic influence needed. Fighting mighty men here in Larsa, after we have done everything 'right' means if they attack us they are supporting demons. He might not be happy with killing men, but he can't carry nearly the same kind of grudge as if we had gone on a rampage in the palace last city.
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+1 plan theglavwen -1 strike down part
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BoyG posted:I smell demons! Follow me! Lol drat it no we can literally just walk across the balcony and probably figure out the exact location hopefully also, lmao
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lenoon posted:Thanks mate I was super worried that it would come off as a really weird present! The scribbly lines on Uriah and enkidel are supposed to be muscles. Hope that many tales are told! It is a very weird present, which is a large part of its awesomeness.
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Diogines posted:You tell the man that you are demon hunters on a long journey and planned to visit Karnak on your way home for its fame is known even among your distant people. Yet on your way you heard rumors most foul concerning High King Kenaz and were loathe to not look into them. You explain to the silent Jeter that you found this woman, Hoshana, being used in a sacrifice by demon cultists you had encountered before, she was bleeding to death before you rescued her. This demon, which you dare not yet name is clever and cunning and uses subterfuge and human cultists to infiltrate cities to gain gold, precious things and blood. You tell Jeter that the proof is hiding in his very palace and you will bring it bare before your eyes right now! This is met almost in unison with a "What?" from Diamekan, son of Kurakh, Uriah the Hammer, several of the Mighty Men of the Grand City of Larsa and those standing beside King Jeter, though Jeter himself is silent. You do not wait for permission but instead take several large, confident and very possibly excessively aggressive strides towards a reigning monarch when the usual response to such a thing is immediate and lethal violence and indeed the Mighty Men of Larsa are in an instant on their feet and drawing their weapons to protect their King but Jeter holds up a hand and says "Let us see this proof." The man in the robe beside Jeter says "Your Highness, this is highly irregular!" You confidently stride past the throne and towards the balcony behind it and close your eyes to concentrate.  The Presence has grown tremendously and it is... bubbling... shifting? You do not have the vocabulary to explain to yourself what it is you feel, yet alone to someone else but you have a terrible and sickly feeling in your stomach that if you are not too late you will be very soon, you are not going to make it in time. You know where the Presence is coming from now and it is close! You turn and run not even pausing as you declare that "They move against you this very moment, oh King!" You are in fact bluffing and know no such thing but if you are wrong you are very hosed anyway and if you are not this may help win him over? At this Jeter finally shows a hint of emotion, finally and jumps from his throne as he draws his sword and shouts "Follow him!" Diamekan shouts to one of his Mighty Men to "Seal the gate and let NO ONE in or out!" You race out of the throne room followed by the Mighty Men of Larsa and its king, much to the surprise of the hundreds of soldiers who fill the hallway outside of it. At first they raise their spears as the doors to the throne room fly open in front of them and then rush out of the way as best they can as you and those behind you barrel past!  You race down the halls of the palace until you come to a door guarded by two modestly Blooded soldiers in expensive looking armor bearing a sigil of a tree with one large apple hanging from it on their breastplates and shields who hear and certainly see the tremendously Blooded caravan racing towards them and look rather surprised at this unexpected appearance. One of them says "None may enter on orders of the High King!" Both of the soldiers bar the way despite being ludicrously and obviously outmatched. Jeter, King of Larsa says "I am king here, stand aside or fall where you stand." Larsa looks to you and says "If you are wrong I swear I will have your head delivered to the High King." When the soldiers actually draw their swords two of the Mighty Men of Larsa grab the soldiers and wrestle them to the ground. You try the door, it is barred so you violently kick it off its hinges! The door explodes into the room with you and the others right behind. You are in a richly decorated and fastidiously clean room which seems to be split between a bedroom, storage for shelves of clay tablets and storage for a very large amount of treasure and coins. There is another door at the end of the room, you pull it open. You see an enclosed courtyard with the other doorways to it and windows overlooking it having been bricked up. In the middle of the courtyard is man in a robe similar, but not identical to the ones you saw the men in the throne room wearing, the robe has a hood and the hood is down, the man is bald. There is a sigil of an apple tree with one large apple on the back of the man's robe.  In his left hand is a golden knife with a ruby on the end of it and in his right is a woman, whose bleeding wrist he is holding over a brazier. A spiraling flame twists within the brazier...  Though one far smaller than the last you saw! 1. You.... A. KILL THE ANAKI! B. Let THEM kill the Anaki! C. Try to STOP them from killing the Anaki! You want him alive! D. Break the brazier! E. Mystically snuff the fire out! F. Rush to the woman's side and try to stop her from bleeding to death! G. Rush to the Anaki's side and push him into the brazier! H. Do nothing, you are not the king and Jeter probably has his own ideas! I. Pray to El! J. Something else! Fill in! Diogines fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Dec 12, 2019 |
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Yell to take him alive, he might have useful intel, while we personally rush to secure the girl
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Crazycryodude posted:Yell to take him alive, he might have useful intel, while we personally rush to secure the girl This Let the King do the heavy lifting in his city.
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Dec 12, 2019 00:15
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A. KILL THE ANAKI! Or uhh throw something at him to just knock him out and not kill him. Probably.
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C, incapacitate him but keep him alive a live Anaki we can put to the question is a priceless resource also destroy the brazier once he's down and shout EL HAMMOCK KABLAM* *- you know what I mean Goatse James Bond fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Dec 12, 2019 |
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Dec 12, 2019 00:16
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D to prevent the foul sorcery and get up in their faces. Yell to take him alive if possible and to save the woman.
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J: Use one of our arrows to shoot the hand holding the dagger so he cannot finish what he has started!
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Dec 12, 2019 00:19
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Let everyone witness the scene in front of us, then smash the brazier and capture the Anaki.
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I think we can afford to let the brazier stand for the ten seconds it'll take everyone to pile in and make sure everyone is a witness to the obvious demon sorcery just in case they're still not convinced. If the fire pillar suddenly quadruples in size and/or our presence sense gets all fucky and/or whatever else that might signal some Bad poo poo being channeled through it we can probably have a flash vote to smash it then, for now I'm comfortable letting it stand this specific vote cycle.
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Nonlethally incapacitate the Anaki and deform the rune-encrusted brazier as quickly as possible. Probably by throwing projectiles. A brick at the Anaki's legs should be sufficient to pulp them and interrupt any spellcasting.
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Dec 12, 2019 00:21
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C, have Uriah get the woman while we smash the brazier. Hard.
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Dec 12, 2019 00:22
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J. Shout SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER (or the Urian equivalent) as loud as we can to *stun* the Anaki, then tag-team interrogate him with Jeter
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Ok, now we start composing an essay about how we're going to pass this off as normal mighty man abilities.
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vorebane posted:Ok, now we start composing an essay about how we're going to pass this off as normal mighty man abilities. We don't need to normalize it. It can be just a weird thing that we're able to do.
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F. We can hand the woman to Uriah or a local MM and go back up the king if the Fiery Bullshit gets out of control, but until then lets let the king call the shots in his own palace.
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We really need to try and get this motherfucker alive, this is probably about the best place we could ever hope to capture one. Heart of his inner sanctum, completely off guard, back to us and we have the advantage. Going straight to killing him seems like a waste, who knows what useful things Jeter could potentially wrench out of his brainpan with a destructive mindread or something. Hell even a good ol' fashioned "alternate questions and punches until it's clear he's making poo poo up or not gonna cooperate ever" could be very enlightening.
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1A+J. Shout EL HA MELEK KOL HA OLAM.
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Diog are there any cages or scorch marks on the floor of the courtyard?Crazycryodude posted:We really need to try and get this motherfucker alive, this is probably about the best place we could ever hope to capture one. Heart of his inner sanctum, completely off guard, back to us and we have the advantage. Going straight to killing him seems like a waste, who knows what useful things Jeter could potentially wrench out of his brainpan with a destructive mindread or something. Hell even a good ol' fashioned "alternate questions and punches until it's clear he's making poo poo up or not gonna cooperate ever" could be very enlightening. There's a body of water nearby...
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AJ_Impy posted:D to prevent the foul sorcery and get up in their faces. Yell to take him alive if possible and to save the woman. This
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Crazycryodude posted:Yell to take him alive, he might have useful intel, while we personally rush to secure the girl This sounds good. Just say something about taking him alive, but let the King make the decisions in his palace. Seems like the local king didn't know what the gently caress was going on, just had to collect taxes and the High King's soldiers were running everything?
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C but defer to Jeter if he issues orders
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Also, while I'm testing whether the forums can handle cuneiform, here's a brief lesson in Sumerian.  Let's talk about 𒂉, transliterated variously as bid, bid3 or bed3, dur, šed, šed6, or še10. In descriptions of cuneiform, you often see images like the following, showing how a pictogram of a head or an ox got transformed into wedge-shapes:  Well, turn 𒂉 90 degrees clockwise, and you very clearly get a butt. The glyph's meanings can be "butt", "poop" or "fart" (either verb or noun). There are derivative words, like: 𒂉𒂉, durun, "butt-butt" ("poop-butt"?) meaning "sit", 𒂉𒂉𒊑, DUR.DUR, "poop-poop-that", meaning "bird", 𒂉𒃻, durĝar, "butt-implement", meaning "chair, I feel like I've also seen 𒍑𒂉 (dick-butt), meaning "young labourer", but I'm struggling to find that now, so don't quote me on it. There's a dictionary online that can be fun to peruse: http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/ Anyway, please resume your Mesopotamian Muscle-wizard game.
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D. Gotta stop the ritual/sorcery/fire. Yell to take the High King's agent alive.
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E. + tell Uriah to do F. God willing we can use our fire control powers to explode another altar, then use our brick-control powers to explode another Anaki. I'd suggest trying to take him alive, but hoooooooo boy, I dont' think that's in the cards. King Jeter is probably about to have just the mother of all angry beatdowns on this guy and his two mighty men bodyguards and I'm not really gonna try to get in his way. Crazycryodude posted:We really need to try and get this motherfucker alive, this is probably about the best place we could ever hope to capture one. Heart of his inner sanctum, completely off guard, back to us and we have the advantage. Going straight to killing him seems like a waste, who knows what useful things Jeter could potentially wrench out of his brainpan with a destructive mindread or something. Hell even a good ol' fashioned "alternate questions and punches until it's clear he's making poo poo up or not gonna cooperate ever" could be very enlightening. Yeah, getting him alive would be great, but I don't think we should try giving orders to a king that just got exposed to having been duped by sorcerers.
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Crazycryodude posted:Yell to take him alive, he might have useful intel, while we personally rush to secure the girl Yup
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vorebane posted:Ok, now we start composing an essay about how we're going to pass this off as normal mighty man abilities. we're demon hunters, we can sometimes sense major demon magic, end
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vorebane posted:Ok, now we start composing an essay about how we're going to pass this off as normal mighty man abilities. The same kind of setup existed in Zera, though the Anaki escaped while we tended to Hoshana's wounds. We did not wish for the same thing to happen here. Everything explained - we just had a hunch and got lucky.
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Just checking. Do we still have the ruby? If we do, we really, REALLY should get rid of it before it gets us blown up. Z the IVth posted:J - Apply high speed brick to hand holding dagger as Uriah goes to grab the girl. I vote for this. RadicalR fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Dec 12, 2019 |
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Also, while I'm testing whether the forums can handle cuneiform, here's a brief lesson in Sumerian. lol "bring me my butt-implement!"
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AJ_Impy posted:D to prevent the foul sorcery and get up in their faces. Yell to take him alive if possible and to save the woman. This Even if we can't get anything out of the priest, hopefully his guards will have some beans to spill.
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J - Apply high speed brick to hand holding dagger as Uriah goes to grab the girl. I'm making a reasonable assumption that being able to dig handholds into stone walls with our bare hands means we can swipe at the doorframe as we pass through and use the debris as an effective weapon against a very squishy target. We need to let the king see the demon brazier (even for a moment) before we trash it. Edit: +1 to take him alive Z the IVth fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Dec 12, 2019 |
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