Lucius Cypher

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Darc Matter

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0 / 6 Stress || 0 / 9 Wicked XP || 0 / 3 Reckless XP || 1 / 2 Dark Hearts

While his mask stayed in place Darc Matter was looking at Krieg. The brute from the dungeon who somehow managed to escape instead of die fighting. Maybe he was smart, or maybe he was a coward. And now he was being annoying. His size didn't intimidate Darc as he rose to meet his height, his slime-like body enabling him to manipulate his size and shape with ease. Despite his pragmatism telling him to let bygones be bygones, Darc's Big-Mouth just couldn't keep shut (Dark Impulse). "My problem is that I am no mere beast. If you want to roam the wilds, eating grass and banging your head against rocks, that's your prerogative. But if you plan to be more, to be a true Monster Lord, we need to focus on the task at hand!"

After his little outburst Darc glanced towards the others. They seemed to be distracted or at least not particularly focused on the conversation, so Darc just kept talking. "I remember being sent to this area to scout for the old lord. I know there's a few hamlets and remote villages even we four could take on our own. But we need to focus on which one we plan to take over for ourselves so we can gather information and make the preparation we need. Though we aren't dealing with a militia or adventurers, usually these frontier farmers are retired soldiers or at least expect some danger. Even if we manage to take a place for ourselves there's also other monsters in this area who might try and pick a fight with us. But they might also be allies if we want to try and talk to them. Though considering that most of our wealth was left behind at the dungeon I doubt we have anything they want." Darc returned to the fire, throwing some sticks into the flame to keep it going. He wasn't about to become a servant again, so he was more than willing to start calling the shots if no one else was going to bother taking the lead. And he'd probably still boss people around even if someone did decide to become the leader.

"So yeah. We need to decide what sort of base we want! Again, I vote for a workshop or a forge. It doesn't need to be anything too fancy, just somewhere we can gather gear to prepare for bigger raids and jobs. But once we start gathering more resources and minions we ought to be able to expand. Darc pointed a bony hand over at Zaz'ak, who was muttering something. Workshops attract all sorts of monsters, kobolds in particular, so it ought to be easy for Zaz'ak to gather some minions for raids. Darc turned towards Krieg, still defiant but now cooperative. "And better equipment means you'll be more effective in the field of battle, Krieg. Weapons to cleave your enemies, armor to break their blades, all that good stuff. And finally Darc moved towards the woman dancing around the campfire. Darc didn't dance with her but he at least followed her along. "I'm sure that Baganaria dark rituals will also need things that have to be made, so again, a forge will make sure we're able to make whatever we need to fuel out efforts. Iron idols to your dark god for our minions to venerate, effigies and symbols to show the mortals that their gods won't save them in our territory. Very essential stuff."

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That might be the reason then. RPGuild isn't too friendly on mobile. If you're not getting a popup sorta thing your tablet probably is blocking it. You'll need a browser app like chrome or firefox and try it.

Well scratch didn't see your other post. GG.

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You on a tablet or PC? There should be a popup where you could title your campaign and add a description and such.

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Tempted to post a responses, but I ought to wait for Veyrin to post at least.

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@Mae

Don't know what the tech level of your world is, but I'd like to see a sort of industrial waste/abandoned laboratory. The sort of place where there's loads of mutated monsters and science stuff to loot.

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Darc Matter

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0 / 6 Stress || 0 / 9 Wicked XP || 0 / 3 Reckless XP || 1 / 2 Dark Hearts

It's been too long since Darc has feasted upon flesh. He had to get by consuming mere insects and plant matter, biomass which barely sated his hunger for meat. He knew he had to be conservative with his meals because the rest of his companions certainly wouldn't have survived this journey if Darc ate his fill. But that consideration was only out of pragmatism: he's already seen what happened when the last Lord failed to gain the cooperation of his minions. He wasn't about to repeat his mistake. Those days in the dungeon were a complete bore to Darc, a waste of his talents. His lord had created him, enlighten him, to be more than a mere slime but all that lord did was make Darc clean the dungeon and take out trash. Like some imp! It was demeaning.

As tough as it was, the attack on the dungeon really let Darc show what exactly he was capable of. While the dungeon lord cowered in his safe room, Darc and his brethren were among the first to attack the adventurers. Originally, his slimekin were just suppose to charge right at the adventurers to slow them down with their bodies. But Darc had a better plan. He had taken large barrels of oil to a narrow hall where the adventurers were suppose to meet them. Taking advantage of his amorphous shape to position himself he broke open the oil barrels as his kin charged, slithering across the ground. The confusion on those adventure's faces as the tunnel was flooded with oil and slimes put a nonexistent smile on Darc's grotesque mass. Afterwards he himself snuck closer, his blacken mass hidden underneath the tide of glistening oil. His slimekin simply attacked whoever was closest but Darc knew that he needed to sneak past the frontlines to attack the ones in the back: the ones armed with ranged weapons and magic. In particular he spotted the priestess: the one who would keep this group alive after each gruesome combat.

Darc struck hard and fast. As the priestess was about to cast a spell, Darc rose from the oil slick and wrapped his claws around her throat, cutting off her incantation. His slimekin distracted the warriors from being able to stop him, and the ranger wouldn't dare take a shot at Darc while he used their precious priestess as a human shield. Darc retreated back from the battle, taunting the adventurers about what would be the priestess' fate as he slowly choked the life out of her. Once he was safely away he lit the oil on fire to buy more time and possibly even kill some adventurers, whilst he voraciously dined upon the body of healer. Of course his little fire trick also ended up causing a bit more collateral damage than Darc had anticipated, but at that point he didn't care too much about what happened to the dungeon. It was already chaos and Darc simply planned to fulfill his own bestial desires, and shortly after he broke into the larder to dine to his heart's content. He wasn't even sure what happened to his Lord; Darc had already escaped the dungeon by the time the adventures managed to get to him.

Darc sighed wistfully at the thought of consuming mortal flesh. He'd settled for beasts too. And despite being a slime, he knew the delicacies of cooking. If he were a mortal, Darc figured he would make a good chef. Alas. He looked to the others around him. Frankly speaking, he didn't know them. Certainly he knew their names, and vaguely aware of their abilities, but he didn't know them personally. He stayed with his slimekin and the only other person he had extensive conversations with were the lord. He doubts he could trust them, but then again they'd also be right not to trust Darc. Ultimately however, they'd need each other if they wanted to survive. It would have to be a give or take relationship. And so Darc spoke up. "We need to find a proper refuge. Skulking about underneath trees and rocky overlooks is for beasts and barbarians. We'll never be able to make a dungeon if we're living like vagabonds. We ought to look for a forge or workshop: we need equipment if we're going to start raiding the mortals properly. Since unlike myself, most of you lack naturally lethal weapons to protect against mortal steel."

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@VeyrinDay

Page 111 in the book as an example of your items a zealot might have. Specifically they mention: ceremonial dagger, unholy symbol, vestments, simple sickle, scripture, golden bell, blessed wine, box of incense, quill & parchment, torture tools, anointing oil, and wax candles. Basically notably things that you think your character would have that is useful. Perhaps she wears a perfume that's makes humans intoxicated around her. Or maybe she wears a very seductive nun outfit that does the same. Perhaps her holy symbol looks like one for a god of light, but is actually one for your dark god and also a knife.

Your defense comes from said items. For example if you ever flub a roll to talk someone into falling for your lies, perhaps you have an item that protects you from that failure in a way that makes sense. Using the previously mentioned example, you have that intoxicating perfume. You try talking to an adventurer to trick him into thinking you're an innocent woman kidnapped by monsters but he see's through your lies. You can then invoke your defensive item i.e. the perfume and say something like it's scent makes the adventurer forget his doubts and thinks you're telling the truth, this time at least.

That's just an example of course. Page 53 has more specific information about what defenses are so you could pick and choose your defense from there. You just need to make sure you have an item that could facilitate that defense happening. Specific examples of defenses are the following: minion mistakes, detection, magic, being caught lying, wounds, enemy movement, or containment. Though I imagine that you can choose based off your abilities as well. Dark Cloud for example is going to have a Defense due to his naturally small size that gives him a better chance of defending himself against ranged attacks.

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Could be something that gives you a defense against ranged attacks. Since you’re so small you’re a harder target to hit, and most objects are big enough to give you full cover.

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@Mae Cool. Just hit me up whenever.

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Cool. I guess I'll just wait for you to finish the first post and then I'll dive in, right @Mae?