>>32295572
Run, if you must. take as many people with you as possible.

>>32295572
"Kid ... I'm sorry. Grab your 'brother' and get out of here. Whoever these guys answer to, you don't want him to get what he wants."

Glad to see you back so soon Force!

>>32295930
Later start than I was expecting, but I took third at draft, pulled complete garbage, but that's life.

>>32296000
Third's pretty good. I'm lucky to get second to last.

>>32295572
God damn, I love that picture so much.

Well, I was gong to hold out for a third suggestion, but I don't have all night. Time to get writing.

>>32296293
Yeah, I was trying to come up with something more than mine here >>32295930
but I needed to catch up on the other 4 quests I'm apparently participating in tonight.

Do you know how many I expected? Maybe 2 tops. The hell?

>>32296366
I know, right? It's downright insane. And on a Thursday, no less.

>>32296414
Might even go up to six if GBFQ actually does happen tonight.

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>>32296414
I've got six open right now and I'm going to see a movie in a couple of hours

>>32296447
GBFQ? damn you people and your acronyms!

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>>32295930
"Yeah, they have to be after him. I can't protect the entire village, but I can still thwart them somewhat. But... they may just keep pursuing us until they get him," Azreal says as he gets back to his feet, dragging the head of his axe along the ground. "It would probably be safer if we just left him behind, or maybe I take him somewhere else. The villagers will probably make a run for The Wolf Fort. Two thousand blins wouldn't be able to breach those walls... well, that big thing probably could but I don't know."

>>32295695
"We'll see, but first I have to get the brat. I should probably get Naomi first too. Not exactly the victorious hero, but a savior is a pretty good role to play I suppose. Shame about that pie though; I was really looking forward that," he grumbles as he starts putting one foot in front of the another. Slowly he starts to speed up, before he’s all out sprinting towards the mill, leaping over fences and dodging between startled livestock.

He sets his eyes on his brother, ignoring the fight on the hill. “Come on! Get down here brat! We have to get out of here! Now!” he shouts as the tide begins to turn for his father. Azreal’s father clearly hasn’t fought a serious battle in years, except maybe in training his son, and only old traces of form still remain in his heavyset body. His armor is good and strong, but the men around him are just farmers.

The kid jumps down from the top of the water mill without a word, as the big blin stomps out of the woods.

>…

>>32296509
They're looking for your brother. If you get their attention, and ride as fast as you can, you might be able to get them away from the village.

>>32296488
Sorry! I forgot how much that annoys me as well. Gundam Build Fighters Quest. Merc said he should be running sometime soon (TM).

>>32296509
"Goddesses damn. If you can, try to get to Naomi's house and get out of here. But, you will likely have to fight this guy in order to escape.

>>32296509
"Take the fastest mean of transportation. Get the leader's attention, and flee with the boy."

>>32296570
>>32296712
The girl! Remember the girl, my brothers. We have already guessed the other boy's destiny, Naomi's is likely connected.

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>>32296570
>>32296712

"Yeah, yeah, that might be a good idea. Drag their forces apart, pick them off as I can. Guerilla tactics, I can do that. I can win like that. But it'll be hard to protect people while fighting," Azreal says as his brother despondently holds up his empty quiver. "Alright, look," he says as he kneels down next to the kid. "Take this," he presses the hunting knife into the blonde kid's hand. "Go get us that stud the Jones' bought a few years back."

"The one that broke Mr. Jones' leg when he tried to ride it?"

"Can you think of another horse that can carry the both of us? I have to get you the hell out of here and fast," Azreal explains, pointing at a nearby barn that the blins have yet to plunder. The men on the hill held off more than it had seemed.

"Why me?"

"Because they're looking for you for some reason," Azreal says, getting back to his feet.

"But I'm nothing special."

"Doesn't mean I can explain it. Now go get that damn horse. I'll keep them off you," Azreal declares, hefting the axe in his hands.

"Please," his brother mumbles. "You gotta help dad. He can't do this alone..."

Azreal grits his teeth and groans. "Just go get the horse."

>>32296584
"Yeah, I gotta go get her before I leave. But I have to take the fight to them now. I have an axe, I can take my share."

>...

>>32296859
haaa, forgot the name field.

>>32296859
"Alright. If you are resolved, then combat we shall join! As for luring some of them off... Perhaps look for any trying to search the houses. They should be in small groups.

>>32296859
"What this one says >>32297010. May Din guide your blade"

Rolled 1 - 2

>>32297010
Alright, combat it is

A reminder, I'm ripping off the /tg/ homebrew you can find here http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_Zelda_RPG

Azreal has the following stat spread

B 2, A 1, W 1, G 2, S 1
Melee 2, Heavy 2, ranged 1, shields 2, instruments 1, tools 1, athletics 1, riding 1, perception 1

Rolls are my 1d6-2, and the highest of your first three 1d6+attribute+skill (in this case +4)

>>32296859
"Distrstract the ones fighting your father by harrassing them from a distance.If you don't have a ranged weapon, throw stones. Or you could try the trick with the lantern again, if there is one nearby"

Rolled 5 + 4

>>32297298
Here we go!

Rolled 6 + 4

>>32297298

Rolled 2 + 4

>>32297298
I see you're keeping with your traditional 1s

>>32297356
Oh boy

>>32297370
Actually his 5s are more common.

>>32297356
you know, if it didn't fug up the DCs so much, I really wish there were a way to explode natural 6's

regardless

>9 on fight good

>>32297417
I must check this tidbit. be right back.

And now GBF is up. And a New quest has started and looks interesting. No sleep for me.

>>32297425
Maybe decrease the dice size?

>>32297440
Verified. weird. I thought he rolled more than 2 1s last thread.

>>32297444
1d6 is good, i think

>>32297444
Well. Now I have to ask what the new one is.

What the new one is?

>>32297476
I mean for an explosion. If we get a Nat 6, we get to roll a d4 or something.

>>32297492
Fading Republic Quest caught my attention. I've only gotten a few posts in (so many quests...) but it's an interesting concept so far.

>>32297516
Man. if only there was a thread that could help us keep track of this.

That wasn't 90% shitposting.

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>>32297320
>>32297010
"Yeah, yeah I can do this. A small band of them are running away, easy prey," Azreal says as his brother runs off to the barn and he walks around the edge of the mill. He sticks his hand in his mouth, twisting his tongue in that arcane manner to whistle loud enough to wake the dead. The blins see and he waves them over. His father sees as well, distracting him as the war leader charges up to him. But a knight is still a knight, and he won't be caught off guard.

>9 Fight Good
Hearts : 2

The pig creatures start running towards him, cackling in anger and likely cursing him for killing their comrades. Fear should have taken hold of them if they were beings of good, but creatures of evil seldom flee into the night if they can yet have blood.

The first to challenge him has but a sword and a shield, but the wood is rotten and splinters apart beneath Azreal's strikes. The other two blins move to flank him as he finishes off their over eager friend, prodding at him with spears until the finally catch his leg when he closes the distance. Azreal cleaves one's head off in a single stroke despite the injury, and impales the other on the fallen spear. He's a vicious fighter and the shadows seem to bath around him, clinging to him like the grasping dead.

"See? This is why I wanted a fairy, what good are you to heal me in the middle of a fight?" Azreal asks as he wipes the sweat from his brow. The full moon is out, but the night grows darker with every blin slain. "Father!" he roars as he watches the big blin power through his father's defenses and send the man flying.

>...

>>32297516
Thankfully, PPQ just finished, so its just Q&A for that one now.

By the way, have any of you taken a look through the 1d4chan page? I am trying to contribute some publicity for the project. Never made it out of Beta because no one ever rooted out the last balance issues.

>>32297619
"HEY! LISTEN! OVER HERE! HEY! HEY! LISTEN!
Trust me, you DON'T want a fairy."

"Now would be a good time to distract them."

>>32297619
"Boy, run to your father, keep the flames of life burning. Keep his flame burning. but do not allow this effort to extinguish yours."

>>32297693
I skimmed over it. Mostly just the dice mechanics, though I do intend on talking to my group about its possibility.

>>32297619
"Fairies in general are useful allies, true. It's the bonded companions that are terrible."

"Quickly, head for your father. The big one should be easy enough to distract. He'll want his target more than anything else."

>>32297693
Going to look over it later. Got it opened, but a little too much going on right now.

Rolled 3 - 2

Azreal charges in to the fray!

Roll for combat

>>32297619
"Actually, once a fairy bonds to someone it loses the ability to heal. It's really not a very good deal for anyone involved."

Rolled 2 + 4

>>32297865
Here we go!

Rolled 2 + 4

>>32297865
Luck if you've ever been a lady to begin with, Luck be a lady with me.

Rolled 5 + 4

>>32297865

Rolled 5 - 2

>>32297947
Right, forgot to post the DCs, you made your hit though.

Mind giving me an athletics (dodge) check while I get writing?

Rolled 6 + 2

>>32297977
Sure.

>>32297991

Rolled 6 + 4

>>32297865
"Try to make the big blin lose balance. He uses huge swings, it should be simple enough. don't hesitate to go for the legs, the back of the knees in particular. If you could reiterate your trick with the lantern, it would be good, too."

Rolled 2 + 2

>>32298006
...How'd I manage that? I was still typing.

>>32297977
Here you go.

>>32297991
Nicely done.

Rolled 5 + 2

>>32297977
Here we go!

>>32298013
Darn, i suppose it is +2 then, not +4. Or should I reroll?

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>>32297739
>>32297897
"Oh, that is a rip off. Why would they do that?"

>>32297741
"Please? You think I'll fall with my father at my side?" Azreal asks before he starts running up the hill. All the men of the village have fallen or fled for their own lives by now. Only Azreal's father remains standing, and several arrows are sticking out of his chest plate. Azreal is gripping his axe tight, too tight for proper combat but it'll be a hell of a hit.

>10 Dynamic Entry!

>>32298013
"Don't got a latern any more, but the knees I can do!" he shouts as he he runs under the creatures arm. The blin mumbles something in surprise, but your wielder is fast. Too fast for the lumbering monster to react, and the head of the axe bites into the back of the blin's knee as if it were a tree trunk.

The blin howls in pain and blindly kicks backwards, spinning around on its good leg to swipe at the boy, but Azreal springs free himself and dives under the massive club to roll to his feet next to his father. He grins and stands up, puffing his chest out for his father.

"What are you doing? This battle is hopeless you buffoon!" his father shouts as the blin limps back around to glower at them. "Flee here at once! Take your brother and your girlfriend and go!"

"She's not my girlfriend and I can't just leave you!" Azreal shouts before his father's mailed fist slams into his jaw.

"Get out of here!"

>...

>>32298120
>Why would they do that
"Simple, really. A fairy uses a lot of energy when it heals a person. It can really only do it once, at which point they have to return to a fountain to regain their power."

"Your father is right. This isn't a fight that can be won. You, and the other two need to escape. Don't let him sacrifice himself in vain."

>>32298120
"Neither of you are going anywhere until you get rid of the big blin. Double-team him, your dad can keep its attention while you come around to get its other knee. Then the both of you flee."

>>32298120
"Might be best to listen to your dad, kid. If your dead set on doing something, focus on the big guy, then run."

>>32298120
"Keep pressing at the injured leg. When the blin start to protect it, switch to the other"

Rolled 1 - 2

Alright, I need a dodge check

Azreal gets back to his feet, determind to prove his father wrong and charges the blin, easily scoring another hit on the creature, but it was a ploy...

DC 7 for light injury, DC 9 for no injury

Rolled 3 + 2

>>32298369

Rolled 1 + 2

>>32298369
Here we go! And not the time for you to roll a 1 friend.

Rolled 6 + 2

>>32298369
Diiiiin, why you do this?

>>32298408
Hey, that's only 3/4 H damage

You could also use your reroll

>>32298408
Whew, that was close.

>>32298408
The reroll is once per thread, right?

>>32298397
Well, I probably shouldn't roll anymore.

>>32298437
Soooo tempting. We'd be down to 1 1/4 hearts right? Odd are, you probably wouldn't roll a one again, so I vote:

>Reroll.

>>32298461
Yes. If you gather more Power you will get more rerolls

>>32298472
Keep in mind, if you reroll, you take the new roll, not the better of the two

>>32298494
Hmm. I'm gonna vote no.
1/4 heart isn't too bad, we should save it for if the kid decides to stick around.

>>32298408
Light injury that is

>>32298494
I'm aware. That's usually how these things work.

>>32298494
I vote to not reroll. Unless you're willing to let me grab my statistics textbook and run some numbers. Wait, no, I rented that this semester, I had to return it.

>>32298549
well. to match we'd have to roll a 7 on the dice, counting bonuses, so the odds are... Pretty even to meet light injury, and the odds are lower to hit 9.
I wouldn't chance it.

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>>32298235
"No, I can do this. I'm a man grown and can prove myself!"

>>32298251
"I'll have to run eventually, but they'll just come after us if I do nothing. This guy is going down," Azreal says as he rolls his shoulders and takes the axe in both hands.

"So the coward has come back then?" the big blin asks as he shakes his injured leg. Azreal’s father hadn’t fought without success as well. Numerous sword wounds cover the monster’s shoulders and elbows, despite the black armor. “Small people like you like to work together, right? Well, that’s foine by meh,” the blin says as he starts stripping off his damaged armor. “Let’s have some fun,” he says, hefting the club over his head.

>7 Close encounter

Azreal ducks his head and lunges forward. The blin doesn’t even move back, the strain on his knee obviously great. Rather than try to dodge, the blin just swings down for the counter attack, and Azreal doesn’t see it in time. “You stupid fool!” Azreal’s father roars, and the kid looks up just in time. He pulls his swing, still slicing through part of the blins knee, but he gets his feet under him again.

The club is fast though, and if his father didn’t step forward and throw him away, the blow would have crushed him rather than just bash into his shoulder and blow the joint out. Azreal shouts in pain, but his father remains stoic, and it takes a moment for your wielder to realize that his father’s arm is snapped backwards.

>…

>>32298606
Did some more crunching. It'd be a 1/6 chance to hit the next tier, and a nearly 50% chance to miss the 7.

Why do I get so caught up on maths?

>>32298663
Math is love, math is life

>>32298622
"Okay, well, now you have an excuse to drag your father away. Not the one we would have preferred, but he can't claim that he can still fight in that condition. Grab him, put him on the horse with your brother, and take off. You'll probably have to go by foot, though, we don't want to overload the poor horse."

>>32298622
"Boy, Nayru would be screaming at you to run for your life right now. But, if you must, do your best to get behind it. He's not going to want to move his knees much, what with the pain, so it's much safer that way."

>>32298714
"We mustn't forget the girl, Naomi."

Rolled 6 - 2

Needing a combat roll for pulling off your father's plan

DC 5 for minimum success, DC 8 for standard success, DC 12 for brilliant success

Rolled 3 + 4

>>32298926
Let's go.

Rolled 5 + 4

>>32298926
Here we go!

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>>32298714
"Where is that brat with the horse anyways? Even if I could drag my father away, it would be hopeless. The village has been destroyed, and they'll be coming for us. Have to settle this now..." Azreal says as he gets back to his feet, dropping his injured arm away from the axe.

"You've gotten strong son, but you're still foolish," his father says as he lifts up the sword in his good arm. "I'll give you the oppurtunity, and you run like hell. Don't mourn for me, this is a better death than I ever thought I'd have after I watched your mother die of illness," his father says as the blin chuckles.

"Fiesty little things the two of you are. What are you going to do with one arm? Pinch me to death?" the blin asks.

>>32298759

>13 Dismemberment

"Hmph." His father smiles. "The one with one arm," he says as Azreal takes the cue and dashes behind the blin. The creature growls and tries to swing at your wielder, but his father lunges forward. "Is you!" he roars as both he and his son cleave down. The blin is too distracted by Azreal’s attack, trying to defend his legs, and doesn’t account for his father. The edge of the sword bites into the blin’s arm, shearing through the flesh and straight through the bone.

The monster bellows in pain as Azreal’s axe cleaves apart the tendons in the back of his knee, dropping it to the ground. The beast hits the bloody dirt, hardly able to move at all. The surrounding moblins are all terrified, too scared to appraoch, and Azreal manages to retreat to his father's side before the big blin throws back his head. “The hounds!” the blin roars as he grabs at the stump of his arm, spilling shadow over the ground “Just release the hounds already!”

“Az! Run!” his father shouts as chains begin to rattle and moblins squeal in fear.

>…

>>32299037
"Hounds? Oh yeah, definitely running time kid. Let your father claim his Warrior's Death."

>>32299037
"Finish the job. They're scared and panicking. Seeing their leader take an axe to the head should cement that. Then run, of course. You should definitely still run. This is just to buy you a little more time by routing them."

Rolled 6 + 4

>>32298926
Might as well roll the bones, see what I would've gotten.

>>32299068
What this guy said.

>>32299163
Oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
This is why I don't leave threads for more than 10 minutes.

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>>32299068
>>32299163

"No, he won't die, he can't die. But I'm not sticking around. What good's a fighter with one arm anyways?" Azreal says as he starts backing away from the fight.

"Go Az, get out of here and protect the villagers," his father commands, and he finally turns his back on the fight, tears streaming down his face as soon as his father can't see, but his father knows, and smiles.

"Over here!" the blonde kid shouts as moblins start organizing on the edge of the forest. Th ey loose arrows after him, but their crude branch bows have no accuracy at this distance. "That was amazing! But is Dad going to be alright?"

"He'll be fine Link, we just have to get out of here," Azreal says as he grabs onto the saddle of the massive, black horse, and jumps on. When the hounds start howling together, the horse rears up and tries to knock the two of them off, but the brat easily keeps control of the wild animal. "Go now," Azreal commands as he reaches around his brother to snap the reins. "Where's Naomi?"

"I don't know, I never saw her leave her home," Link responds.

"Maybe she left in the beginning..." Azreal says before two screams shake him to the core.

His father screaming in pain.

And Naomi screaming for help, on the far far side of the valley.

"Oh goddesses no."

>>32299174
On the plus side, it wouldn't have changed much of anything.

>>32299317
Whaaaaat, it's link? What a twist!

It's after two am for me, sorry for being short, but I figured a micro thread would be better than no thread for a week. Also, wanted to finish up what I had hoped to finish last thread.

I'll archive in a moment.

>>32299355
Eeyyy, I love ya for it. You managed to fit in plenty of content, after all.

Captcha: you triedpar
That makes no sense, and you know it. We're not even playing golf.

>>32299355
Thanks for the run, Force! Really enjoyed it so far, and I'm looking forward to more.

>>32299355
That's fine, Force. This was still fun. See you next time.

>>32299482
>>32299429
>>32299392
If the thread survives till tomorrow, I can chat proper with you guys

>>32299501
I would recommend something less spoilery for the archive description next time. Sure, we all figured the village was lost, but you never know.

Admittedly its 2:30 EST, so I'm not going to bitch at you for not being creative with the description.

In case the thread does die during my slumber, do tell me what I'm doing well and what I need to change.

>>32299677
The only thing I can think of is this:
When Az is speaking to us, you say he says whatever it is that he's replying with. I assume that he doesn't say it aloud, but, this makes reading with him replying to us, and talking to someone else awkward to read. Maybe use another verb for it? I don't know.

Other than that, keep up the good work. I love your writing.

>>32299948
Ok. I did not explain that very well. If you need me to try again, just say so.

Bumping before I go to bed.

>>32299948
He is saying it aloud though. It'll be interesting when he gets into a city

>>32305196
And now Link being a silent protagonist makes so much more sense.

By the way, pretty soon you're going to have to start speccing Azreal for success. I can adapt anything you want from the 1d4chan page, any build is legal.