Actions?

Sireyi?
>Melee Attack (target?)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Isla
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Tania (Succubus Priestess of Sireyi, access to rank 1 and 2 priest spells)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Battlefield

12 Other Islas
60 Mutated Monsters
40 Automata

50 Bystanders

[Meta]

Mili spells added to Junior Paladin Character Sheet

Power Armour updated in Realm Pastebin

Azure Empire updated, mines are still in development, will be added once complete.

[End Meta]

>>40573538
Can we purchase Life to the Lifeless and use it here? Sadly we didn't get around to doing so last thread, and I would far prefer that over killing these people.

>>40573574
No

Because its already scheduled to make an appearance when its needed for plot purposes.

>>40573538
Sireyi
>Missile Storm (Other Islas)

Isla
>Supreme Arcane Might

Tania
>Consecrate(Mutated Monsters)

>>40573538
>Sireyi
>Holy Song
>Spell Turning(R)
>Move towards the pools to prevent them from getting more people in
Isla
>Supreme Arcane Might

Tania
>Consecrate around the pools

>>40573625
Changing to >>40573644

>>40573538
Sireyi
> Holy Song

Isla
> Lightning Halo
> Supreme Arcane Might
Prioritise might if we can't do both

Tania
Fuck ifI know
> What someone else suggests, try to free the prisoners?

Please roll 1d20+17 to use Holy Song, and vote on extra arcane energy used.

Best of 3 rolls

Average of 3 votes

Is it worth trying to keep an Isla to study or will something make that a bad idea?

Rolled 12 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>40573705
10
Maybe we can break the magic of the pools.

Rolled 14 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>40573705
20

Rolled 4 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>40573705
25

I thought it was possible to overcharge TAM spells with Divine Energy as well?

Rolled 5 + 17 (1d20 + 17)

>>40573705
20

>>40573706
It would be mighty awkward in any case.

>>40573725
It is, my apologies for not mentioning.

18 average will be from arcane, but in future players can choose to use divine if they prefer.

>>40573735
But our sister got us that nice book. We should get something for her.

>>40573763
>But our sister got us that nice book.
What book?

>>40573753
I'm unsure if "constant verbal component required" means we can't cast any other spells except specifically silent ones, or we can cast regular spells, escept those explicitly having a verbal component?

>>40573770
>What book?
She picked up a book on holy symbols for us when she went to buy the Heart.

>>40573705
Do Succubi register as evil still due to not having Welcoming Light or is that just for other demons with the domain itself taking care of Succubi?

This isn't going to vaporize the unwillingly mutated victims, right?

>>40573807
It mentions being able to cast other magic due to working it's words of power into the song. The constant verbal component just means we can't cast the spell silently even if we had the feat for that.

>>40573819
I'm not sure if gifting her a horrible mockery of the woman we love is the right response to that.

>>40573807
For that spell specifically you have to make some noise, it cannot be used as a Silent Spell

>>40573825
Succubi domain means your spells and the spells of your priests, paladins etc no longer treat them as evil.

Other gods spells plus arcane magic still treats them as evil.

>>40573825
>This isn't going to vaporize the unwillingly mutated victims, right?
It will, sadly. Since it would have hurt that Drow girl back then too.
I was banking on the mutation being a enchantment the Song would break.

>Line of people in chains being led to their fate
>defeat their jailers through song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh3lv3ANlCA

just popped into my head, writing update

>>40573837
>I'm not sure if gifting her a horrible mockery of the woman we love is the right response to that.
I was thinking we use the horrible mockery to target the first copy and port it to us, still a bit of a fixer uper but I'm sure our sister would like her own and it deprives the LOLs of their Isla.

>>40573867
Well, Deific Restoration can fix it if it does kill some of them. Given that a fair amount of the refugees are being lost to the ooze instead of mutating, we'd probably wind up using it anyway.

>>40573921
>Well, Deific Restoration can fix it if it does kill some of them.
Sadly, we don't have Deific Restoration right now. Not sure if its barred under the same reason as Life to the Lifeless.

>>40573920
>I was thinking we use the horrible mockery to target the first copy
That would still work, if it does at all work which I doubt, after we cleansed the copy of the mutations.
Since the LoL explicitly keeps the original Simulacrum with him personally, I don't have much hope to pierce his wards against teleportation though.

>>40573920
>I was thinking we use the horrible mockery to target the first copy and port it to us
I'm torn between the awkwardness of it, and the amusement I get from imagining we cleanse all those Isla copies and our sister gets a harem of Islas.

>>40573966
>That would still work, if it does at all work which I doubt, after we cleansed the copy of the mutations.
I have no problem with cleansing them, I was asking if we should try and keep one alive (or even just the body)
>Since the LoL explicitly keeps the original Simulacrum with him personally, I don't have much hope to pierce his wards against teleportation though.
We just need someone with a lot of DP to help us.
>>40573997
>I'm torn between the awkwardness of it, and the amusement I get from imagining we cleanse all those Isla copies and our sister gets a harem of Islas.
Do we have to give her all the Harem?

>>40574081
>Do we have to give her all the Harem?
I'm fairly sure Isla would not like Sireyi marrying her a dozen more times.

>>40574081
>Do we have to give her all the Harem?
Assuming they're even going to decide they want to stay with a Sireyi instead of just pursuing their own path in life, yes due to Sireyi's views on relationships. She wants to spend a lot of time with all of her loved ones and to make them feel special, she's already having trouble with doing that.

>>40574081
>We just need someone with a lot of DP to help us.
The LoLs magic is so absurdly powerful he considers Deific Power worthless and just hands it to his minions.

>>40574127
Or his being/magic is incompatible with Deific Power for balance reasons.

>>40574146
>Or his being/magic is incompatible with Deific Power for balance reasons.
The exact mechanics are rather irrelevant beyond the fact that he wrecks deities with ease.

-Isla I’m coming!- you send a message to your paladin as you fly towards the pools of toxic green whatever-it-is.

-Just remember- Isla sends back –I’m the pretty one, don’t get me confused with these things- But you can feel strain in her mental voice.

-I won’t forget- you promise, as you land in front of the crowd being herded into the pools, your wings spread and your halo dancing and crackling above your head.

As the automata point their staves at you, you raise your own protective spell to turn back any magic they might use, and at the same time you open your mouth and you start to sing!

[AE 75/97]

As the sound of your voice spreads throughout the area, the power of your angelic magic accompanies it, bolstering your allies, and harming your enemies.

Several of the monsters simply drop dead and the others stagger back, bleeding from ears and mouths.

The automata likewise stagger, though they seem sturdier than the monsters.

The Isla’s seem unaffected. One of them turns her attention from Isla and Tania to you and says without expression, in a hollow voice “we know how you fight Sireyi, we were prepared for this.”

The pools of green slime and magical energy grow dim, and those emerging from them are no longer mutated, though they are crying and swiping at their eyes and ears. Your sight reveals that the pools are no longer magical, but whatever the mixture is in there, it’s not benign. Still, no one else is being forced into the pools, as you’re standing in the way. Indeed the captured people are trying to flee, though being all chained together this is more of a shuffle. The guards ignore them and focus on you.

Isla casts her spell and fills herself with magical power, her eyes glow and her voice takes on an echoing quality when she speaks.

Tania casts her spell and holy energy washes into the area around you. Curiously the only ones affected are the automata, slowing as they advance, but still coming.

The automata fire bolts of arcane energy at you from their staves, focusing their energies on you. Soon your shield against spells is at its limit, but it does its job, reflecting their own arcane energy bolts back at them, slaying several.

[Spell Turning exhausted]

Then this Isla’s cast their spells. They make no attempt to hide what they’re doing, Dimensional Anchor spells and....Walls of Stone.

Soon you’re trapped alone within a hemisphere of stone, you’ve no idea how thick it is, but several of the Isla’s were using that spell so...at least 5ft of stone between you at the rest of the battle. Ordinary teleportation won’t work in here, but you can bypass that using your deific power, and the Islas must know that. Are they relying on your distaste for being underground? It’s hardly a phobia after all.

You can hear Isla narrating her fight via your link –Feeblemind spells, do you really think that will work on me, do you think any magic will work on me? *Me!*- She sounds like she’s getting over-excited.

Actions?

Sireyi? (within stone dome, under dimensional lock)
>Melee Attack (target?)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Isla (Supreme Arcane Might)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Tania (Succubus Priestess of Sireyi, access to rank 1 and 2 priest spells)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Battlefield

12 Other Islas
56 Mutated Monsters (wounded)
37 Automata (lightly wounded)

50 Bystanders

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>40574211
We could use Phase Door to make a passage through the stone, or use Titan's Strength to bust out. Turning into a Huge Seraphic Dragon might also work.

>>40574211
Sireyi
>Take Seraphic Dragon form and Titanic Strength to break through the Dome

Isla
>Starstorm(Other Islas)

Tania
>Magic Circle Against Evil

>>40574211
Seconding >>40574261

>>40574211
I don't know if calling in our angels and our sister to out number them is a good idea or not.

>>40574113
>>40574125
OK so no Isla harem for us.
>>40574127
>>40574146
>>40574161
This is something we need to look into.

>>40574211
Sireyi?
>Use Titan's Strength to bust through on the other side
>Spell Reflection(R)

Isla
>Starstorm

Tania
>Help the panicking prsioners escape
Isla
>Starstorm(Other Islas)

Tania
>Magic Circle Against Evil

>>40574211
>>40574293
Ups, thats what I get for copypasting others

was supposed to be

Sireyi?
>Use Titan's Strength to bust through on the other side
>Spell Reflection(R)

Isla
>Starstorm

Tania
>Help the panicking prsioners escape

>>40574301
Seconding.

Ok, seems to be 2 votes for each of 2 (similar) options, casting tie-breaker

Going for:

Sireyi - Titanic Strength and Seraphic Dragon

Isla - Starstorm

Tania - helping bystanders escape

Please roll 2d20 (Sireyi, Isla) and vote on extra Arcane or Divine Energy used by Isla.

Isla has 21 DE and 95 AE currently

Rolled 5, 2 = 7 (2d20)

>>40574386
15AE
Her DE is far more limited.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>40574386
15AE

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d20)

>>40574386
0 DE, she should save it for Titan's Endurance.

21 AE

Rolled 6, 11 = 17 (2d20)

>>40574386
20AE

>>40574398
>>40574417
>>40574418
What a bunch of shitty rolls.

Rolled 6, 1 = 7 (2d20)

>>40574386
>>40574413
whoops

Oh and additional option:

As standard you are a human-sized dragon, but do you want to be Huge-sized?

>Y/N

5 minute vote

>>40574398
>>40574417
>>40574418
"Best of 3 is overpowered"

>>40574417
>>40574430
Kek

>>40574437
Statistically it is, this is noticeable because its a exception.

>>40574435
>N
Not now, don't want the debris raining on the prisoners

>>40574435
>Y

>>40574435
Y

>>40574435
>Y

>>40574435
>Y

For some reason, I imagine Sireyi making the Godzilla roar when she breaks out.

>>40574453
>>40574458
>>40574466
Welp, prepare for innocents being crushed by stone shrapnel

>>40574435
>N

>>40574490
If that was going to happen, it'd happen anyway. Our regular dragon form is still very big (Young Adult size, IIRC) and we're using Titan's Strength for dome-smashing.

Going large and in-charge it is

>>40574509
>it'd happen anyway
Not really, we could have just have broken it slowly as long as our form wasn't much larger than the dome. Regular Seraphic Dragon wouldn't have been, busting it wide open with Huge from will ensure the stone pieces fly wide and with a lot of force.

>>40574490
If I had known people would be this dumb and ignorant, I would have left out the seraphic dragon Transformation.

>>40574527
>slowly
This is a time for dramatic action! Go big or go home!

>>40574560
>murder of innocents is okay as long as its cool
How about you fuck off?

>>40574527
Regular form is already way bigger than the space inside the dome. We'd have to break it open quickly or risk getting crushed to death by our own transformation either way.

This is assuming that Titan's Strength doesn't vaporize the dome entirely. If we can throw an ancient wurm into a high earth orbit, it's entirely possible it would.

>>40574560
It really isn't, its time for well thought out action, because peoples lives are at stake.

>>40574571
>Regular form is already way bigger than the space inside the dome
>>40574435
>As standard you are a human-sized dragon
>human-sized

>>40574571
>Regular form is already way bigger than the space inside the dome.
>Your look like a true dragon: you are a quadruped black dragon, though you gain no extra mass;
>though you gain no extra mass;
>no extra mass
Does literally no one read the fucking pastebins around here?

>>40574580
>>40574607
To be fair, he's contradicted himself on that before. AskFM has an answer saying we're a Young Adult dragon when in 3rd level dragon form.

>>40574619
He literally wrote it in the choice itself.

You reach deep within yourself and draw forth another shape you can wear. Your angelic appearance morphs into a more draconic appearance, though retaining your feathered wings.

At the same time you swell in size, until your shoulders are pressed against the room of this rocky dome. Then you keep growing and pit your magically-enhanced strength against mere stone.

The rocky dome explodes around you as you break free with a deep roar, scattering fragments of stone everywhere. You also manage to collapse a large chunk of it on yourself, making your exist from your rocky prison painful and undignified, but you escape. Your healing powers quickly deal with the scrapes and bruises you pick up as you struggle free.

[AE 63/97, DE 162/172]

Now that you’re out in the open you can see Isla’s spell hammer at her doubles with crystalline projectiles, tearing into them and killing some of them. The others swoop out of the way, or quickly cast spells to protect themselves, either way Isla has them on the defensive, for now.

[Isla AE 74/108]

Tania swoops down towards the people in chains and starts yelling at them, getting them to follow her lead away from the fight. Thanks to her, they are far away enough that the larger chucks of stone you fling about don’t go near them.

The mutated monsters rush at you, biting and clawing at your limbs. Their bites are painful and the burning sensation that quickly fades tells you that they’re poisoned as well. Had your exit from the stone trap been quicker you would be in flight and away from such annoyances. Still, your ability to heal is easily keeping pace with the damage that you’re suffering from.

The Automata switch tactics and point their staves at...the other Isla’s...?

The other Isla’s fly close together and start group-casting some sort of spell that mixes arcane magic, divine magic, and some sort of horrible twisted mess that you can only assume is the Lord of Lifes own powers. Blasts of pure arcane energy from the autamat’s staves seem to be enhancing their powers somehow.

All around you magic writes and burns. You’ve no idea what they’re doing. But its probably not good.

[Wild Magic in effect; a single 1 activates Perils of the Arcane]

A dark smear appears between the Islas, like a gateway opening to another plane, but all wrong somehow.

-Sireyi!- you hear your Isla’s voice in your head –We need to stop them, now!-

An ordinary dispelling attempt would likely be futile against the Lord of Lifes own magic, but one enhanced by deific power might work...

Actions?

Sireyi
>Melee Attack (target?)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Isla (Supreme Arcane Might)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Tania is leading the chained people away, but can be given orders.

Battlefield

8 Other Islas
56 Mutated Monsters (wounded)
37 Automata (lightly wounded)

50 Bystanders

>>40574619
This is correct, my apologies.

Aspect of the Dragon 3 default size is about 12ft long, not human-sized

>>40574750
How many of the Automata could we body slam/unbalance?

>>40574750
Sireyi
>Holy Breath Weapon: Automata
>Deific Disjunction (R): Other Islas' combined spell
Assuming the Automata and the Refugees aren't occupying an overlapping area anymore, otherwise target the Other Islas.

Isla
>Starstorm: Automata

>>40574737
>as you break free with a deep roar
Classic or 2014?

>>40574750
Sireyi
>Falling Stars(On the Islas)
>Fast as the Stormwind/Speed of the Storm(Attack all the Islas)
Isla
>Starstorm(The Islas)

>>40574803
Almost all of them

>>40574832
1990's

>>40574750
Sireyi
>Disjunction(R), Deific
>Breath Weapon(Holy)
Can we do breath Weapon while using Holy Song?

Isla (Supreme Arcane Might)
>Starstorm(Islas)

>>40574833
Attacking all of the Islas would require using Live Like Lightning.

I wonder, could we use a regular spell, a rapid spell and then use FatS to also make a melee attack?

>>40574854
>Can we do breath Weapon while using Holy Song?
Yes

>>40574867
>I wonder, could we use a regular spell, a rapid spell and then use FatS to also make a melee attack?

Yes

Voting time extended to 5 minutes from now to allow people to consolidate or switch votes, because this next round could get messy

>>40574880
Can we use the extra attack from FatS to trigger the area attack of Live Like Lightning?

>>40574899
Nope

>>40574867
They're prepared for how we fight (i.e. vaporizing shit with lightning bolts once it annoys us) and Live Like Lightning only does electrical damage. It won't work.

Maybe summon maximum Lanterns and have them attack the Islas instead.

>>40574916
>Maybe summon maximum Lanterns and have them attack the Islas instead.
Not fast enough.

>and Live Like Lightning only does electrical damage. It won't work.
They would have prepared for Starstorm than too, which obviously they didn't.
They clearly could not prepare for everything and blank electric immunity is fairly hard to come by for 12 people.

Sireyi
Holy Breath Weapon - Automata
Deific Disjunction (the spell, 3 Deific Power)

Isla
Statstorm (Islas)

Please roll 2d20 (Sireyi, Isla) and vote on extra DE/AE for Isla only

Using extra DE/AE will not affect what Sireyi is doing, so no vote.

Rolled 17, 1 = 18 (2d20)

>>40574961

Rolled 2, 14 = 16 (2d20)

I consider killing the Islas more reliable in preventing this spell than trying Disjunction, clearly he knows we would try that, and he knows how to fight gods.

Oh well, too late.

>>40574961
30AE

Rolled 2, 10 = 12 (2d20)

>>40574961
34AE

>>40574933
>Not fast enough.
Summoning is a free action.

>They would have prepared for Starstorm than too, which obviously they didn't.
It's easier to get electricity immunity than it is to get Holy immunity, which is Starstorm's primary damage type.

>They clearly could not prepare for everything and blank electric immunity is fairly hard to come by for 12 people.
We already know Isla can make bracelets that can no-sell a set number of elemental attacks without too much difficulty - bracelets she makes with the Arcane knowledge of the Lord of Life.

>>40574961
Can't we overcharge the breath weapon?

26 AE.

>>40574980
One of us is targeting the Islas, the other is targeting the automata, both are components in this spell, Deific Disjunction is a free action so we may as well try.

>>40574996
>>40574980
two 2's

so close!

>>40574970
Perils of the Arcane!

>>40575004
>One of us is targeting the Islas, the other is targeting the automata, both are components in this spell
The Islas are the more vital component, Islas one Starstorm won't kill them, and just wounding them doesn't matter.

>>40575016
I assume the one 1 for Isla doesn't trigger PoA because of Careful Casting, just like in the Wild Magic Zone when we retrieved the Scythe?

>>40575004
>Can't we overcharge the breath weapon?

Good point, yes you can

30 AE used for Isla's spell

please vote on extra AE used for Sireyi's breath weapon

average of 3 used

>>40575004
>than it is to get Holy immunity
We know they have Holy Immunity, I was talking about the Piercing component.

>>40575041
30

>>40575035
>I assume the one 1 for Isla doesn't trigger PoA because of Careful Casting, just like in the Wild Magic Zone when we retrieved the Scythe?

Correct

>>40575027
http://pastebin.com/DMfRaXQV line 332
Careful Casting 1: Isla only activates a Perils of Arcane Magic roll if all 3 of the dice rolled for her are 1’s.

>>40575035
Killed four of them last time she did it.

The automata might be just as much of a vital component, though I admit it's somewhat unlikely. It could be that without their staves fueling it, the spell would go wild or dissipate due to the arcane energy shaping it not having enough fuel. It'll at least slow the spell down or make the end result weaker.

13 minutes and only 1 vote for Sireyis extra breath weapon Arcane energy, so 30 it is.

You pause in your singing for an instant to breath out wave of holy energy all over the automata, dropping all of them. Whatever they are made of simply disintegrates under the might of your holy magic.

Around your legs, the monsters continue to bite and claw at you, to no real effect beyond being painful annoyances.

[AE 32/97]

At the same time Isla casts her spell, launching more crystalline projectiles at her dark reflections.

[Isla AE 39/108]

The projectiles slam into them, occupied as they are by their spell, they can spare none of their attention to dodge, so focused are they upon their spellwork. Your Isla easily cuts them down, until only two are left.

Then you concentrate and unleash your spell, tearing apart theirs.

[Deific Power -3, AE 28/97]

The dark smear rips apart and a gigantic malformed limb that’s part claws, part hand and part tentacle reaches through, grasping at whatever is nearby. It’s easily a hundred feet in size, and not all of it is through the portal.

The two Other Islas fly well back as it reaches through and fumbles around.

-What is that?- Asks Isla, as Tania continues to hurry the chained captives further away.

-I don’t know- you send back. To your sight it doesn’t make much sense, radiating arcane ane divine magic in a manner reminiscent of the Huroni devices, and its physical form is like nothing you’ve ever seen. Some sort of experiment perhaps?

The portal it has reached through is closing slowly, as the massive limb flops and scrabbles on the hard ground.

Suddenly one of the Other Islas casts a simple magic missile spell at it, and it lashes out towards her. She dives out of the way, and it continues in that direction...heading for the captives. It moves fast for its size too.

Oh great, clearly they want you to get in the way or burn that thing with a spell so it tries to grab you. The portal will close on that thing soon, but in the meantime, people could be killed.

Actions?

Sireyi
>Melee Attack (target?)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Isla (Supreme Arcane Might)
>Spell/power (target?)
>Other (what?)

Tania is leading the chained people away, but can be given orders.

Battlefield

2 Other Islas
56 Mutated Monsters (wounded)

50 Bystanders

>>40575389
Sireyi
>Resilient Sphere around the arm

Isla
>Starstorm(Mainly the other Islas)

>>40575389
Sireyi
> Magic Missile on it from a direction in which no one is
> Fly up

Isla
> Starstorm, make sure they don't hit the hand

>>40575389
Sireyi
>Lightning Bolt the tentacle from a direction in which no one is, then evade
>Prepare to use Stormwind Avoidance, just in case

Isla
>Starstorm: Other Islas
>Don't hit the tentacle, reposition by flight if necessary

>>40575389
>>40575460
Okay, I just realised Sireyi can, oddly enough, not actually cast magic Missile.
So changing to
>Lightning Bolt

OK so lightning bolt to draw it away and Isla uses what is clearly her new favourite spell.

Please roll 2d20 (Sireyi, Isla) and vote for extra AE for Isla only

Rolled 20, 20 = 40 (2d20)

>>40575550
Its a pretty awesome spell, to be fair.
0

>>40575565
>Its a pretty awesome spell, to be fair.

not a bad roll either

>>40575565
Heh.

Rolled 10, 3 = 13 (2d20)

>>40575550
None, we don't need more for the last two, I think.

Rolled 3, 16 = 19 (2d20)

>>40575550
3

Rolled 10, 14 = 24 (2d20)

>>40575550

Spend 1 Deific Power to activate critical success for your lightning bolt?

Surely this could have no additional effect....

>Y/N

5 minute vote

>>40575607
>Y
This looks like a trap, but I'm going to fall for it.

>>40575607
>Y
With all the nat20s Isla gets all the time, we should seriously consider giving her some DP.

>>40575607
>>40575621
Didn't we give all our wives a little DP or did we not get round to that?

>>40575632
We never did that, I'm fairly sure we never even seriously considered that.

>>40575607
>Y
If it's a trap I want to know how it works,

Ok, opening the mystery box it is.

Still, an interesting idea. Something to discuss whilst I write the update:

Do you want to DP your wives?

>>40575673
>Do you want to DP your wives?
I like the idea in theory, but it has a lot of issues that could come with it.
Mostly that it paints a huge target on their back, even more so than just being our wives anyway.

>>40575673
>Do you want to DP your wives?
That one has to have been intentional.

>>40575673
>DP your wives
Hell yeah.

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>>40575673
>Do you want to DP your wives?

>>40575673
>Y

>>40575673
My answer is the same as Jal's.

>>40575673
>Do you want to DP your wives?
I would assume so, we married them.

>>40575673
The fact that major deities don't have Avatars leading their churches or anything, makes me think there are downsides to this we aren't completly aware of.

>>40575691
On the other hand, as you said, they're already being targeted for being our wives and DP would give them better odds of surviving the plans of our enemies.

>>40575745
>they're already being targeted for being our wives and DP would give them better odds of surviving the plans of our enemies
Not really by that much, as it were.
And the enemies that would target them for their DP would be absurdly dangerous.
Theere aren't really all that many enemies that would target them for being our wives, there are definitly far more powerful ambitious people who would try to grab some of that easy DP.

That DP can be sensed would also be another issue, especially for Jal.

>>40575744
OK so we need to ask about the pros and cons first.

>>40575786
Yeah, thats the thing. Its not a bad idea or anything, but I feel like we don't really understand all the implications of avatarhood yet.
Its something we should ask anyway, because of the two we have already.

>>40575744
Most Gods don't give their highest servants godly power then assign them a desk job, I guess. Or they just don't have enough presence on this plane to think it warrants an Avatar as overseer for their religion.

>>40575771
>Not really by that much, as it were.
Weren't Delax's weapons also enchanted to be able to kill our wives?

>>40575803
It is a pretty bad idea.

>>40575822
>It is a pretty bad idea.
Why do you think that?
Besides the obvious of making them a especially attractive target for power hungry wanna-be gods, of course.

>>40575822
>Weren't Delax's weapons also enchanted to be able to kill our wives?
My mistake if you read my response about the weapons. I confused something there.
They were enchanted against our blood relatives. Which our wives aren't.
Though Isla 'might' count, depending on how it works.

>>40575849
That's the only reason I need, really. It would also make kidnapping attempts on our kids more likely, as a way to get to the mother.

As Isla takes care of her duplicates, you fly some distance away from the fleeing civilians. When you’re far enough away you fire off a lightning bolt at the grasping arm. It doesn’t seem hurt but you do get its attention and it lashes out in your direction, again moving much faster than it should be able to.

With your speed you simply swoop around it, not giving it a chance to get close to you. Finding nothing, the arm waves around, meandering, looking for something, anything, as the portal closes around it.

You hit it with another lightning bolt as it moves in the direction of the chained prisoners again. This time you put a bit more *force* behind the bolt, to keep its attention.

[Deific power -1]

The arm twitches and instead of lashing out at you, it simply falls limp, hitting the ground. At the same time the portal constricts around the base of it, and whatever it is attached to starts to drag it through to the other side of the portal.

“Wait!” yells Isla, diving down and taking a knife out, sawing off a chuck of flesh “I want a sample!”

Oh Isla, you roll your eyes, ever the scholar. You dive down after her and pull her away before she’s dragged into the portal. Still, she’s got her sample of...whatever it is, wraps it in cloth and casts a spell to preserve it, for later study no doubt. The tear in reality seals up, watching it, you realise that its not magic that’s required to open the portal, but magic is sealing it.

So using a Disjunction spell...damn, the Islas really have been studying how you fight. You’ll have to be more careful in future.

The various Other Isla’s are dead, the Automata are dust, and the monsters...are milling around, confused, some start fighting each other.

“Found it!” says Tania, taking a key from the remains of one of the automata. She starts freeing the prisoners, whilst at the same time healing the burns and rashes.

Her sample preserved, Isla gives you a triumphant grin, before looking around. She sees all the dead version of her, and walks over to one, her grim fading and looking sombre.

You’ve got several immediate concerns: The monsters, the bodies of the Isla’s, and you’re in a big camp full of refuges, more guards will be on their way soon no doubt. You can’t see any more guards right now, all around you are tents and temporary wooden buildings, and a high wall of logs, the edge of the camp most likely.

What do you do?

Please pick only 1 from each category

About the Monsters
>Chase them off
>Kill them
>I think I might be able to fix this (Life Domain)
>Other (what?)

The Dead Isla’s
>Leave them
>Take 1 for study
>Take them all
>Other (what?)

General Situation
>Just leave, you can come back later
>Look for the camp commander
>Rip a hole in the outside wall, lead the refugees out
>Other (what?)

>>40575947
>I think I might be able to fix this (Life Domain)
>Other (what?) Ask isla what we should do with them. If she doesn't want to take them, burn the corpses.
>Look for the camp commander

>>40575947
>Kill them
>Take them all
>Just leave, you can come back later

>>40575947
>I think I might be able to fix this (Life Domain)
>Take at least 1 for study maybe all.
>Look for the camp commander

>>40575947
>I think I might be able to fix this (Life Domain)
>Ask isla what we should do with them. If she doesn't want to take them, burn the corpses.
>Look for the camp commander

>>40575947
seconding>>40575967

>>40575947
>I think I might be able to fix this (Life Domain)
>Other (what?) Ask isla what we should do with them. If she doesn't want to take them, burn the corpses.
>Look for the camp commander

>>40575947
>I think I might be able to fix this (Life Domain)
>Take them all
>Rip a hole in the outside wall, lead the refugees out

I'd also like to take parts of the automatas, but since they're dust...

>>40576088
Maybe one of the ones that died was out of the range of the atomic fire bre- err, I mean, holy breath weapon.

>>40576088
They were undeads anyway.
Nothing we could have done much with.

So using Life Domain
Asking Isla, and
looking for the camp commander the guy with the pink clothes is your best bet

Writing

You look at the poor mutated monsters, who were once people. Now they seem mindless; concerned only with base urges such as hunting or killing.

They no longer look human, and there is no uniformity in their appearance: though all are brutish monsters, some have recognisably animal features, and some are simply unnatural.

Unnatural, yes, that’s the key. You are a Goddess of life, the natural world, and you cannot tolerate things like this.

You reach out with your deific powers instinctively, fixing what has been broken. As you watch the mutations and deformities of these creatures fade away, until only the original people they once were are left.

[Manifestation: Deific Restoration gained]

At the same time, from within the pool of foul alchemy, dozens of people emerge naked and shivering, tears running from their eyes from chemical burns. Not only did you undo the mutations of those who survived, you saved those who did not.

You are witness to tearful reunions as families reunite and people hug loved ones they thought had gone.

When they notice your mighty draconic form towering over them, some back away in fear, though Tania cajoles and encourages them, telling them you mean no harm.

Since your priestess has this in hand, you turn to Isla “Are you ok?” you ask quietly, or at least, quietly for a dragon.

Isla stares down at a face so like her, and yet so different, still and dead. Your restorative powers have not bought back her doubles from the grave.

“Does that really look like me?” she asks, staring down at not-Islas you fought.

“No” you say firmly “They’re not you.”

Isla is quiet for a long time then says “I want to take one back to study” she says “The rest...we’ll burn the rest.”

“Alright” you say calmly, it might take her a while to come to terms with this after all, for now she seems ok.
---
One short impromptu cremation later, you leave the freed refugees in Tania’s care, whilst you and Isla seek out the camp commander.

Unfortunately it seems that he, and the soldiers guarding the camp, have fled. You find only a group of clerks. Talking to the head clerk you discover some sickening truths about this place.

These camps started as simply places to contain and shelter the refugees and keep them from flooding into nearby villages and towns. But several months back the *Sorceresses* turned up and through bribes and threats, took over. They turned the camps into places to create their monstrous creatures. And not just this camp, but dozens like it.

“And you knew?!” asks Isla, almost yelling. The clerk, a Mr Forey, cringes “I’m sorry Sorceres- er, Lady. I had no choice, the Commander was in charge, we was just following orders.”

You motion Isla back with a gesture, you’ve resumed your own form for convenience.

“He was just scared” you say to Isla. You ask Mr Forey a few more questions. It soon becomes clear that from the reports going from the camps to the capital, it is highly unlikely that the Nobles Council was entirely ignorant of the situation– the commanders of the camps were appointed by them, and a portion of the bribes paid went to nobles on the council.

You wonder if they knew what was happening to the Anrugal people, but then, it’s not like it was happening to their own citizens, you think bitterly.

Once you’ve finished talking to the clerk, you head outside, with Isla.

“What are we to do?” you ask, partly of Isla, partly of yourself

“I can set up a temporary circle” says Isla “We can get everyone in the camps to Oreia.”

“And Natolone?” you ask

“What about it?” asks Isla, giving you a grim look.

“Isla...” you start.

“No Sireyi” she says with determination “They did this to these people. And right now you don’t have a big enough army, or are you going to confront the Lord of Life on your own? Save who you can, don’t worry about the rest.”

What do you do?
>Just leave, nothing for you here (exclusive)
>Get the Anrugal refugees to Oreia (or other nation?)
>Go back to the capital, talk to the Nobles Council
>Go and gather information on the warfront, in Anrugal
>Other (what?)

15 minute vote due to update delay

>>40576664
>Get the Anrugal refugees to Oreia (or Dalvin if Sofia agrees and they prefer not living among demons)
>Go back to the capital, talk to the Nobles Council

>>40576664
>Get the Anrugal refugees to Oreia (or other nation?)
>Go back to the capital, talk to the King first then the Nobles Council
>Go and gather information on the warfront, in Anrugal

>>40576664
>Get the Anrugal refugees to Oreia/Dalvin
Depends on wnats more convenient at the time, though in any case they need to stay in some temporary lodgings, so we can subtly screen them for infiltration.
>Go back to the capital, talk to the Nobles Council
They do realise that army they helped raise was meant for them, yes?

>>40576633
>“I want to take one back to study
I can already picture it, you guys. Mili finds her mama Isla dead in the lab and goes full Simba. And then resurrects with her amazing necromancer powers.

>>40576664
>Get the Anrugal refugees to Oreia (or Dalvin if Sofia agrees and they prefer not living among demons)
>Go back to the capital, talk to the Nobles Council

“Set up the circle” you say to Isla “We’ll house them in Oreia temporarily, and then we’ll give them the choice of Oreia or Dalvin – if Sofia permits.”

“Right” says Isla, nodding. The two of you and Tania spend about three days visiting various refugee camps and setting up temporary teleportation circles, talking to refugees, healing and restoring those you can.

All across the camps, the same thing occurs. Shortly before you arrive the *Sorceresses* leave, taking their monsters with them, and killing or chasing off senior guards. Many times cryptic messages are left in the guards blood, smeared upon whatever surface is handy.

*You will fall to the Lord of Life*
*Surrender to Fate, it is inevitable*
*The Lords of the Elements Cometh*
*Mourn your Children, their Fates will soon be consumed.*
*Death Without End*
*One Desolation is not the End*
*Even Gods can die, beware those who killed their own*

And similar, ominous words. It seems they knew you were coming, somehow.

With that done, you thank Tania for all her hard work (causing her to blush and stammer), and bid her and your other priests look after the refugees, whilst you and Isla return to the Nobles Council.
---
Once again, getting an audience isn’t difficult. Getting them to listen to you however...

“Would you repeat that?” you ask. You can’t be sure, but it sounded like Baron High Moor just accused you of-

“Murdering guards and refugees!” the Baron says to the council “This Queen of a nation of demons comes to us under false pretences of friendship, only to slaughter the guards tasked with caring for the people of Anrugal, displaced by this terrible invasion. No doubt she plans to sacrifice the innocents she has captured for the amusement of her infernal subjects!”

You share a look with Isla, seems someone has been giving an interesting version of the truth. It’s no coincidence that *Baron High Moor* was mentioned by some of the clerks you spoke to in the camps.

What do you do?

>Leave (exclusive)
>Give your side of the story
>Summon refugees as witnesses
>Use spell/power (what?)
>Accuse Baron High Moor of being involved in the camps
>Other (what?)

>>40577063
>Give your side of the story

>>40577048
>Accuse Baron High Moor of being involved in the camps
Can we use that mind control thing on other people so that they fuck him up?

>>40577075
>Can we use that mind control thing on other people so that they fuck him up?

Sure, which one?

>>40577063
>Give your side of the story

>>40577063
>Give your side of the story
>Summon refugees as witnesses

>>40577048
>Give your side of the story
>Summon refugees as witnesses
>Accuse Baron High Moor of being involved in the camps

>>40577063
>Give your side of the story
>Summon refugees as witnesses
>Geas Tell the truth of what happened.
I'm also thinking maybe Seeds of Destruction as we leave?
>>40577048
>Mourn your Children, their Fates will soon be consumed
Who do we know who can consume Fate?

>>40577063
>Give your side of the story

>>40577150
>I'm also thinking maybe Seeds of Destruction as we leave?
Don't be retarded. We are not going to use hostile mind-influencing magic.

>>40577063
>Give your side of the story

>>40577150
Yeah, no, let's not use Geas or Seeds of Destruction. Those are dumb ideas.

>>40577180
>>40577191
OK Seeds of Destruction withdrawn.

Tell your side is the only option with over half the votes, so going with that only

Please roll fellowship 1d20+26

Use Angelic Voice? (for another +10)

>Y/N

Rolled 12 + 26 (1d20 + 26)

>>40577234
>N
We had this before, it will just be like with the nobles in Dornmer.

>>40577234
Y

Rolled 2 + 26 (1d10 + 26)

>>40577234
>Y

Rolled 10 + 26 (1d20 + 26)

>>40577234
>N

Rolled 19 + 26 (1d20 + 26)

>>40577234
>Y

Rolled 7 + 26 (1d20 + 26)

>>40577234
>N
They definitely have ways to detect mind-influencing magic, and Angels Voice trips those, even if it's not one. Voting for yes is criminally stupid.

Rolled 11 + 26 (1d20 + 26)

>>40577234
>N

>>40577234
five minutes from post calling for the roll is the voting time limit.

>>40577234
>N

>>40577254
>>40577258
>>40577261
Yes, lets give them reason to dismiss our argument by letting them accuse us of influencing their minds.
Brilliant guys. Its not like we had this literal exact thing happen before.

>>40577281
Just enthrall them and it won't be a problem.

No angelic voice it is

>>40577303
Wrong quest.

>>40577281

I'm honestly surprised they didn't call I refugees as witnesses. As it is, it's Sireyi's word against the Baron's, and he's much more entrenched in the local politics than she is.

>>40577310
>I'm honestly surprised they didn't call I refugees as witnesses.
Because their opinion is worth even less than Sireyis?
She is the Queen of a nation of succubi. It wouldn't even be farfetched if they would just claim we altered their minds or deceived them somehow.

>>40577310
>As it is, it's Sireyi's word against the Baron's, and he's much more entrenched in the local politics than she is.
I'm not sure what makes you think the witness account of the refugee is worth a shit to them?

>>40577310
>>40577329
>>40577349
We can always do it later.

>>40577402
Eh, I see no reason to expose any of the refugees to this bullshit circus.
Their input doesn't matter at all, if they don't believe Sireyi, their account won't change anything.
It would be trivially easy for Sireyi to make them believe whatever she wants if they suspect her of malicious intentions.

“Lords and nobles all” you say “You have been misinformed, that is not the truth of what happened.”

You declaration meeting with a lot of shouting, quelled only by one elderly noble at a lectern slamming a small wooden hammer down in front of him, until they all shut up.

“Continue lady” he says stiffly.

You talk about what you saw there, about the appalling state of the refugees – little shelter, rotten food...and the pits of dark magic that turned them into monsters. You are careful not to use any of your supernatural persuasion techniques, for you are aware of several wizards in attendance, but you use every bit of your oratorical skill and sincerity to convince them of the truth.

Many nobles seem convinced by what you say, and Baron High Moor and his cronies are the target of many angry glares. You don’t mention him by name, but it seems many know he has been involved.

When you have finished, and take your seat, the Baron rises “I deserve a chance to answer these empty accusations!” he says, despite you not accusing him openly, only speaking of conditions in the camps.

“These lies are gross exaggerations of the truth, and are completely made up!” he declares.

“They can’t be both” whispers Isla to you, as the Baron continues.

“Our brothers and sisters from Anrugal were cared for” insists the Baron “given food and shelter whilst long-term accommodations could be found but instead this *monster*” he points at you “broke into the camps and used her hellish powers to slaughter the guards and abduct the refugees!”

There’s a lot of shouting. Although you have clearly won a lot to your way of thinking, Baron High Moor has allies in this chamber.

“You have no proof!” yells someone, it’s unclear which of you he is yelling at.

“Not true!” yells the Baron “I have witnesses!”

Your heart sinks; you know where this is going...

The Baron produces several *witnesses* who claim to have been in the camps, despite looking better fed and healthier than any of those you rescued.

They tell near-identical stories of you turning up, killing the guards (who fought bravely and heroically against your army of ravenous demon whores)-

Isla makes a note of that “Jal’s been working on recruiting her own adventuring party” she explains “she’s looking for a name for them.”

And after your army had committed atrocities *too horrible to describe* the refugees where enslaved and taken too your hellish realm – which is apparently on fire, not covered in snow.

From the shouted arguments, its clear that these witnesses have swayed few, however...

The old noble leading the proceedings the *First Lord* you think his title is, stands and addressed you.

“Your Majesty” he says “you have made serious accusations against unknown parties,” he looks at Baron High Moor “and accusations have been levelled against you. The Law is quite clear in that we cannot detain a foreign ruler without their consent, so I must ask you: are you willing to voluntarily remain custody, whilst these accusations are considered before a court of law?”

“They couldn’t keep you even if their stupid laws would let them try” whispers Isla.

“If I don’t agree” you say to Isla “then we might never learn any more about how the Lord of Life corrupted these people, nor will they be punished.”

“Don’t put your sense of right and wrong above your family or your people” pleads Isla, as you stand to answer.

You have no fear of a law court, but it could take weeks before a trial, weeks you’d have to spend in custody. But are you, as a goddess, above these laws, or do even the ignorant and foolish deserve a chance to save themselves from what is to come?

“Your Majesty” the First Lord prompts again.

How do you answer?

>I am not subject to your laws
>I will stand trial
>Other (what?)

>>40577698
>I cannot remain in custody, the Lord of Life moves his armies and we must prepare for it.

>>40577698
>I am not subject to your laws
>"I'm willing to aid in any trial, but I will not remain in custody. I have a people to rule, and the Lord of Life, who is our all enemy, and his servant the Killing Frost need to be fought. I can't waste the lives of people that depend on me by letting myself hindered from my duties."

>>40577698
Guys, I know that all of you are pussies, most of you, and you try your absolute best to avoid even the slightest possibility of conflict, but please, just this once, think. What Would Konig Do?

>>40577698
>I am not subject to your laws
Yeah, no, fuck that. We have a lot of work to do.

>>40577741
>What Would Konig Do?
Stand Trial.
Which you would know if you would pay any amount of attention to the quest beyond your shitposting.

>>40577741
>What Would Konig Do?

Ask a nine-year old to solve his problems for him?

>>40577741
Introduce his church into the realms nobility, resulting in it becoming completely corrupt and ineffective as a conduit of his will?

No, wait, I've got it, we need to rely on a little girl to do our job for us.

FETCH ME THE NEAREST LOLI

>>40577737

>>40577757
>>40577764
Good, I'm glad we have an understanding. We leave one of our kids as collateral here, we're used to that, right?

>>40577698
>"I'm willing to aid in any trial, but I will not remain in custody. I have a people to rule, and the Lord of Life, who is our all enemy, and his servant the Killing Frost need to be fought. I can't waste the lives of people that depend on me by letting myself hindered from my duties."

>>40577798
Considering we have never done that before, I don't know how we would be used to it.

>>40577698
>>40577737
Supporting.

>>40577798
I guess this is Vivi's turn?

Not subject + write-in

Ok, writan

>>40577825
Yes, because Mili went to paladin's school where we can't even visit her because we fucking wanted it so much, you passive-aggressive dipshit?

>>40577867
I wanted her to go to the paladin school.

>>40577867
We wanted her to go there all along actually.

>>40577867
Not getting visited is perfectly normal for Paladin training, and Mili needs that training to deal with her powers.
So, yeah. We absolutely wanted that.

>>40577879
>>40577887
And did Sireyi want her kid fighting the unfey and discovering evil conspiracies? Considering that she is forbidden from seeing her daughter for six months, is this something that you actually believe?

>>40577887
Not there precisely, but we did need a place to teach her how to fight and use her paladin powers due to her fate to fight and slay Hanandrirac.

>>40577923
Yes. She would be proud of her daughter.

>>40577923
>Considering that she is forbidden from seeing her daughter for six months, is this something that you actually believe?
Again, thats perfectly normal for paladin training and Sireyi knew it was going to happen, since Mili always would have gone to some paladin school.

>And did Sireyi want her kid fighting the unfey and discovering evil conspiracies?
Probably. I mean, its Sireyi we're talking about. She'd rather evil is fought than that it isn't.
Its not like Sireyis own paladin training was all peaches and roses.

“It sounds as though my participation in this is entirely voluntary” you say to the First Lord.

“It is Lady Valyenya” he responds.

“Then whilst I am willing to aid in any trial, I cannot remain in custody. I have a people to rule. The Lord of Life, who is the enemy of us all, and his servant the Killing Frost both need to be fought. I cannot waste the lives of people that depend on me by letting myself hindered from my duties. I cannot subject myself to your laws and do what I need to do."

As you sit, Isla takes your hand in hers and squeezes it tightly, giving you an encouraging smile.

“See, see?” yells Baron High Moor “one rule for mortals, and one for demons!”

“Sit down!” says the First Lord sternly “by the law, no ruler of a foreign nation can be arrested, and you know why!”

“So demons count as people now?” ask one of the Barons cronies.

You and Isla leave shortly afterwards; nothing of substance gets discussed whilst you are there.

---

And that’s it for the main quest. Please stand by for Mini Palading.

>>40577923
>And did Sireyi want her kid fighting the unfey and discovering evil conspiracies?
Are you seriously trying to claim Sireyi would have preferred the unfey to keep eating children?

>>40577903
And of course being a paladin, a servant to the good gods, can only be taught in Dormer, by the asshole trainers that worship demons, try to assassinate their students 47-style, and generally are incompetent and malevolent assholes. And not by, oh I don't know, other paladins, that we have, angels, that we have, or a literal god, that we are?

>>40578012
>And of course being a paladin, a servant to the good gods, can only be taught in Dormer, by the asshole trainers that worship demons, try to assassinate their students 47-style, and generally are incompetent and malevolent assholes.
All the better to understand what it means to be a paladin, to see how deep such corruption can go.
A paladin that has seen all these things is definitly far better equipped to fight evil than one that only was trained surrounded by sunshine and happyness.
So again, yes, it is actually better she is trained there.

>And not by, oh I don't know, other paladins, that we have, angels, that we have, or a literal god, that we are?
We only have two paladins, neither of which would be capable of teaching Mili much about being a paladin. Our angels are not paladins, and Sireyi is way too busy to teach her properly.

>>40578012
You have literally no argument. Evidently Sireyi and Sofia believe exactly that, thats why Mili still goes to that school.
Mili is not there under force or as collateral of anything. She is there because her mothers want it so.

You are Milerna Jalweyen, angel-blooded and born paladin of Konig. You are 9 years old, and are attending paladin training at a church of Konig school.

http://pastebin.com/RE8br4uf

You wake up in a bed, in Oreia you think, no wait, this looks nothing like your bedroom in Oreia.

You’re fully healthy, no cuts or anything. But you’re alone. You climb out of bed and go wandering around in your nightshirt, it’s daylight, you shouldn’t be asleep and-

The patter of running feet is your only warning.

“Oooof!” you exclaim, the air is knocked out of you as three small girls run into you and try and hug you at once. You tumble down, with all three atop you, your sisters: Neyma, Salicia and Fulima

“Mili! Mili!” they chant “You’re ok!”

“Get off, brats!” you grouse at them. Your little sisters are so annoying!

They climb off you stand there as you get up. “Where are we?” you ask as you stand, none of this place looks familiar.

“Snake River Castle!” says Fulima “It’s huge and its got orcs and beastmints an stuff!”

“Beast-men!” insists Salicia, her wings twitching as she rolls her eyes at her sister.

“How are you feeling big sister?” asks Neyma, the slightly less annoying little sister.

“Confused” you say “what happened, where’s Chesi?”

They all exchange looks.

“Chesi is fine” says Neyma “As for what happened-”

“There was a Rack-Sassy!” blurts out Salicia “and some undeads and explosions and-”

“Mama Reyi is talking to Aunt Bluey!” says Fulima “I bet she wants to see you.”

“Or we can go see your friends” suggests Neyma.

Wait, *we*? What *we*?

What do you do?
>Go see Mama Sireyi
>Go see your friends
>Wander ‘round the castle
>Other (what?)

And the Annoying Triplets?
>Go away, they’re annoying
>Can come with
>Other (what?)

>>40578143
>Go see your friends
>Can come with

>>40578143
>Wander ‘round the castle
>Can come with

>>40578143
>Go see your friends
>Can come with

>>40578143
>Go see Mama Sireyi
>Can come with

>>40578057
>All the better to understand what it means to be a paladin, to see how deep such corruption can go.
>A paladin that has seen all these things is definitly far better equipped to fight evil than one that only was trained surrounded by sunshine and happyness.
>So again, yes, it is actually better she is trained there.
So, let me get this shit straight. What you're saying is that a child growing up in a hostile environment, where all the role-models are evil assholes, and good paladin-like behavior saving people from monsters, telling the truth, helping the weak and all the shit we've been going is punished, while being a sleazy bastard is rewarded, is going to have a better chance at growing into an upstanding citizen because of it? Cause that sound fucking dumb as shit.
>>40577993
Well if only you are trying to claim she wanted her daughter to get eaten.

>>40578143
>Go see your friends
>Can come with
First checking on Chesi being okay, then we go looking for Mama and Aunt.

>>40578143
>Go see your friends
>Can come with

>>40578191
>So, let me get this shit straight. What you're saying is that a child growing up in a hostile environment, where all the role-models are evil assholes, and good paladin-like behavior saving people from monsters, telling the truth, helping the weak and all the shit we've been going is punished, while being a sleazy bastard is rewarded, is going to have a better chance at growing into an upstanding citizen because of it?
Clearly it works for Mili, I can't see any way in which it has impacted her character for the worse.
Quite the opposite, it allowed her virtues to shine all the more.

>Well if only you are trying to claim she wanted her daughter to get eaten.
I'm claiming she would want the innocent protected, and is very proud of her daughter for doing so.
If Mili wouldn't have been there, then Sera would have died and the Unfey would have terrorized the region for who knows how long.
Clearly Mili having been there was for the better.

>>40577923
So long as she starts up her own lesbian harem she'll be following in mommy's footsteps.

>>40578234
Sireyi doesn't have a harem though.

>>40578012
>other paladins, that we have
Who? Isla isn't very experienced in regards to her paladin abilities, Sofia's powers are almost entirely instinctive and the paladin with the Belt Notchers was relatively new to being a paladin.

>>40578057
>Our angels are not paladins
It's pretty likely that at least some of them have paladin abilities, the Archons in particular, and angels tend to understand divine energy and it's uses much better than mortals anyway.

I don't think Milerna is actually being taught how to use her paladin abilities at school beyond the theories of divine energy (which angels would know better anyway), since she's at the school for people who want to *become* paladins, rather than the school for how to use one's paladin abilities.

It's still a useful knowledge base though, which is getting an unfortunate amount of on-the-job experience due to Milerna being in the most corrupt school in the country.

>>40578104
It was agreed that she be sent there so Konig would tell the nobility to fuck off and let Sireyi be a demon queen and continue her relationship with Sofia, IIRC, so technically she was collateral, even if it aligned with something we needed for her anyway.

>>40578191
She's been responding to it pretty well so far, not standing for injustice and continuing to do good in spite of being punished for it. If anything, I'm worried she'll wind up even more of a rebel against corrupt authority than her dad-mom.

I can't tell what sleazy bastard you're talking about. The bad people have been getting punished.

>>40578104
>Mili is not there under force or as collateral of anything. She is there because her mothers want it so.
She's there because it let muma Sofia keep her home and people from being given to some random idiot.

>>40578250
It's a small harem but she has one.

Who are these other three sisters? I've been catching up on the threads, but I can't seem to remember who their other mother is.

>>40578271
>>40578276
>It was agreed that she be sent there so Konig would tell the nobility to fuck off and let Sireyi be a demon queen and continue her relationship with Sofia, IIRC, so technically she was collateral
Collateral would imply something would happen to Mili if we would not keep our ends of the bargain. Which is not the case. If anything, Sofias rulership of Dalvin is the collateral, because its what we would risk by breaking the agreement.
Konig would not get to keep Mili, which is what a collateral means.

Not to mention Konig HAS broken his side of the agreement and Sofia and Sireyi could get Mili out of there anytime they wanted because of that, as per our conditions.

Checking on your friends before going to see your mother.

Disappointedasianlady.jpg

And you want the triplets to come with too? Ok...

>>40578316
They're the kids we got after the wedding.

>>40578315
Its a polyamorous relationship, its not the same as a harem. Her wives are just as much in a relationship with eachother, even if in reality Isla and Jal don't get along that well.

>>40578316
They are Islas kids we gave her after the wedding night.

>>40578316
Isla is their mother, Sireyi is the father, she had triplets. A half-dragon, a half-angel and a storm genasi.

>>40578315
Polygamy isn't necessarily the same as a harem, and they're definitely not the same in this case.

>>40578230
>Clearly it works for Mili, I can't see any way in which it has impacted her character for the worse.
>Quite the opposite, it allowed her virtues to shine all the more.
Can you guess why? I'm gonna give you a hint: she's a PC. She's played by us, all her emotions and reactions are chosen by us. An we want her to be shiny and good and perfect in every way. We don't want her twisted and evil. A real eight y.o. child would have come out of that school so fucking corrupt that any sensible paladin would preform what is called a "smite-on-sight". Now, I'm exaggerating, but I hope you see the point.

>I'm claiming she would want the innocent protected, and is very proud of her daughter for doing so.
>If Mili wouldn't have been there, then Sera would have died and the Unfey would have terrorized the region for who knows how long.
>Clearly Mili having been there was for the better.
You're right, all's well that ends well, but I think it's not the perfect solution. Instead of children and a bunch of goblins with sticks and stones, these monsters should be dealt with by trained professionals.

>>40578271
>and the paladin with the Belt Notchers
There was no Paladin with the Belt Notchers, she was a priest.

>>40578431
>Can you guess why?
Because she has been raised well by four wonderful and very good people, one of which has literally supernatural skill at properly raising children.

>A real eight y.o. child would have come out of that school so fucking corrupt that any sensible paladin would preform what is called a "smite-on-sight".
Yeah, surely the half of the yxear she spends with her paragon of goodness of mother and the 8 years she raised her mean nothing by comparison. Makes sense.
Do you not realise how nonsensical this stuff is you claim?

>but I think it's not the perfect solution
But it is. People grow in adversity.
Its the sheltered and pampered ones that more often turn out bad or useless.

>>40578353
>>40578362
>polygamy =/= harem
Given how the word gets used we can argue this till the thread dies. Also harem means forbiden IIRC so arguing over it's meaning will get us nowhere.

>>40578486
>There was no Paladin with the Belt Notchers, she was a priest.
I mean the one they found, the human that worshiped a dead God.

>>40578497
I don't see how she matters to Milis paladin training, we only met her after Mili already went off to school.
The only paladin we 'had' that knew anything about paladin training was Blue.

Is it just me, or are a lot of posters in this quest kind of... well, mean? I know shit talking is par the course for 4chan but you guys throw a lot of hate in a thread about a paladin of joy and life

>>40578550
Maybe you are just thin-skinned?

>>40578486
>Because she has been raised well by four wonderful and very good people, one of which has literally supernatural skill at properly raising children.
And now they're gone and she's being raised by a bunch of assholes.
>Yeah, surely the half of the yxear she spends with her paragon of goodness of mother and the 8 years she raised her mean nothing by comparison. Makes sense.
>Do you not realise how nonsensical this stuff is you claim?
I don't mean it instantly, but over time. If you had to choose between homeschooling your kid and sending him to a soviet gulag, would you hand your child to mr. Stalin? Again, exaggerating.
>But it is. People grow in adversity.
They also sometimes die when faced with challenges they can't overcome.

>>40578525
And also Sireyi, who
> has literally supernatural skill at properly raising children.

>>40578566
>And now they're gone and she's being raised by a bunch of assholes.
What? How are they gone? She is with them literally the exact same amount of time as she is in the paladin school.
Not to mention not all teacher there are assholes. Thats why we send Philly there afterall.

>I don't mean it instantly, but over time. If you had to choose between homeschooling your kid and sending him to a soviet gulag, would you hand your child to mr. Stalin? Again, exaggerating.
You realise your exegerrating makes your 'argument' worthless? Because its not even remotly comparable?
Also homeschooling is illegal in most sane countries for a reason.

>They also sometimes die when faced with challenges they can't overcome.
Good thing she is well equipped to deal with these challenges, and safety measures are in place to prevent that from happening in the most dire circumstances.

>>40578584
Sireyi doesn't have the time to properly school Mili like a school can.

>>40578525
That's why I was eliminating her as a possibility when questioning anon about the paladin that he thought we had that could've schooled her.

>>40578143
So, what happened to mister Death of Mountain? Can we feel him with our necromancy feels?

>>40578566
>And now they're gone and she's being raised by a bunch of assholes.
I like how you completly ignore that we know teachers that aren't assholes too.
We get snapshots featuring mostly the asshole ones because thats what the story is about, not all of them are like that.
Such as the one we met literally just two threads ago who was very invested in finding out the truth of what happened in the fire.

>>40578604
>Also homeschooling is illegal in most sane countries for a reason.
Did those countries also manage to completely eliminate bullying? Because if not, enjoy the suicides.

>>40578694
>Did those countries also manage to completely eliminate bullying? Because if not, enjoy the suicides.
>Children should not go to school because bullying might happen
I think at this point we reached the insane troll logic level of dicussion.

“I want to check on Chesi first” you say “and everyone else, before I do and see Mama Sireyi.”

As you head off in the direction of Neymas pointing finger, you are aware of a certain wide-eyed, silent pleading.

“You can come too, I guess” you say grudgingly “if you behave.”

“We’re playing with the big kids!” yells Fulima excitedly
---
You find Chesi, Thomas, Michael, Sera, Jenny and Gilly in the infirmary “for observation” says the big green-skinned lady in charge.

Still, you and the Three Annoyances are allowed in to see your friends. All of them are in their bed, wearing their nightclothes, even though its daytime, and they all look bored.

“Chesi!” you yell, happy to see she’s ok, as you run towards her

“Mili!” yells Chesi excitedly, getting out of bed to meet you partway.

“Mili!” yells Thomas “Good to see you!”

“Thomas” you say with a nod, as Chesi hugs you almost painfully tight.

“Milli!”

“Gilly!” you respond

“Milli!”

“Michael!”

“I’m Fulima!” says Fulima.
---
The next several minutes are spent checking that everyone is ok, and introducing your little sisters to your friends. And then figuring out what happened.

“I got hit in the head!” says Thomas proudly, the stained bandage around his head testament to that fact. “But I got up and charged at the monsters anyway!”

“Only to be scooped up by a guard” says Gilly with a smirk

“Wow!” says Fulima, sat on Thomas’ bed “That was really brave of you” she adds, her eyes wide.

“I got to hold a sword” says Michael “Except I knew the monsters were really tough so I was giving orders to the skellingtons on how to beat them, and they listened!”

Salicia is sat on Michaels bed “that sounds really smart” she says admiringly

“I just hid” says Jenny, shrinking a little.

“Don’t be so silly” says Gilly to Jenny “after it was over you were healing people – that’s really useful!”

“I guess” says Jenny, blushing and smiling “But really it was Sera who was the best?”

“What did you do?” you ask Sera. Sera looks embarrassed “I uh, I used my powers to protect some of the guards who got hurt” she says “The tiger-monsters can’t break through my shield.”

Neyma is sat on her bed, her eyes wide “can you teach me?” she squeaks.

“I dunno” answers Sera honestly, but seeing Neyma about to burst into tears she pats her head and says “but we can try.”

You also hear Sera whisper to Gilly “One of the guards I saved said she has a daughter my age and was I promised to anyone?” Sera sounds shocked and...some other emotions you aren’t sure of “A succubus asked that!” Sera says, again sounding shocked.

You’re sat on Chesi’s bed with her as you all talk about the battle you were in. For once the three annoyances are actually quiet!

Maybe your friends have special little-sister controlling powers?

Eventually the big green orc lady comes back and says you’ve visited for long enough.

“Five more minutes, please?!” begs Fulima, clinging to Thomas’ arm.

The green lady grins a grin full of teeth “Of course” she says, taking out a big glass bottle and some spoons “but is medicine time, make them better, make you grow up big and strong with muscles yes, stay if you want.”

Your friends all groan, apparently they’ve tried the medicine before.

“Bleh!” says Salicia, abandoning Michael and heading for the door.

The green lady looks at you, and shakes the bottle at you, encouragingly.

What do you do?

>I’m staying, medicine doesn’t scare me!
>Um, is that my mama calling? Gotta go!
>Other (what?)

discussion is fine, but you're going to push the thread past bump limit

>>40578677
Not right now....

>>40578708
>Children should not go to school because bullying might happen
I think they should have the option of receiving education in a better environment than a public school without being criminals.

>>40578728
>Um, is that my mama calling? Gotta go!

>>40578728
>Um, is that my mama calling? Gotta go!

>>40578728
>I’m staying, medicine doesn’t scare me!

>>40578728
>Um, is that my mama calling? Gotta go!

>>40578728
Is it just me, or our sisters acting like succubi towards our friends?

>>40578811
Its just you.

>>40578728
>Um, is that my mama calling? Gotta go!

>>40578811
What.

>>40578811
They act like excited little children...

>>40578728
>Um, is that my mama calling? Gotta go!
I want to find out what happened to our skeletal army.

>>40578826
If they were older, their behavior would be considered flirty.

>>40578859
But they are not older.

>>40578811
Please, masturbate before playing Paladin of Joy.

>>40578728
>I’m staying, medicine doesn’t scare me!
Find out why it was after Thomas.

>>40578876
Or after, works too.

>>40578859
No, it would be considered showing interest in someone, which in older people is considered as a sign of potential romantic interest.
This is even then not always true.
Its certainly not true in three year olds.

>>40578728
>“One of the guards I saved said she has a daughter my age and was I promised to anyone?”
I'm certainly shocked she cared about that sort of thing. Must be one of nthe Reborn, I wonder how fast that movement is growing.

>>40578910
Especially if they were raised in a nation of succubi and have friends like Chesi.

>>40578811
Yeah, I think they are too. This will be good.

>>40578969
>Especially if they were raised in a nation of succubi
That means absolutely nothing in that regard. Its not like they had much contact with them, they were mostly raised by Sireyis Aunt, Sireyi and Isla.
So no. Its just three year olds behaving like three year olds.

>>40579004
That's what the unaware think. These kids are going to become the most famous pseudo-succubi ever, mark my words.

>>40578936
Succubi usually practice romantic monoamory and they understand that humans equate love and sex, so she isn't necessarily a reborn, though it's definitely possible.

>>40579060
Stop shitposting already.

>>40578936
>Must be one of the Reborn
That would explain it or maybe she just knew how the Reborn did stuff (or has a wrong idea about it but thinks it's like this) and thinks all angel blood will be like the Reborn/Royal Family.

>>40579060
I'm sure.

>>40579072
I actually hadn't considered it was that, because I assumed it would be something succubi usually take some time before commiting to, and Sera is pretty young.
But its also possible.

“Uh, I think I hear my mama calling me” you say “I don’t want to get in trouble” you say as you back slowly out of the door, heading after your little sisters.

“I hear nothing” says the big green lady, tilting her head “maybe you is hearing things, yes? Medicine will fix you” she advances on you with that grin full of big teeth. She opens the bottle and you get a whiff of the medicine.

YUCK!!!

“My Mama has magic powers!” you yell as you flee “If she wants, only I can hear her!”

You and the three pests flee until the foul-smelling medicine is far behind.

“Ok” you say, a little shaky on your legs “Where did you say Mama Sireyi was?”

“On the balcony” says Salicia “This way.”
---
You and your sisters head up to the balcony. Where you can see Mama Sireyi, and Aunty Empress. They both look a little mad, and on the way up you heard raised voices. Maybe now is a bad time?

“Mili!” says Mama Sireyi, hurrying over to you and hugging you tightly, her warm wings wrapping around you “what are you doing out of bed, its freezing out here, you’ll catch cold!”

Or maybe not.

“I came looking for you Mama” you say truthfully.

“Whose my favourite nieces!” yells Aunty Empress, scooping up all three of the Annoyances using her arms and wings, sheltering them from the cold winds this high up. All three of your sisters are laughing and shouting.

You cast a glance over the parapet, wow, you’re really high up, like, maybe there are clouds up here?

Down below there’s an army camped, building stuff.

Your Mama drags your attention away from the view “How’re you feeling Mili?” she asks, her face inches from yours, as her wings shield you from the cold and wind. You feel the warm fuzzy feeling of your Mamas powers as she uses her magic to check your health.

How do you respond?

>I’m fine, really
>I’m *cough* really *cough* sick, I need more bed rest, and ice-cream
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?
>Other (what?)

>>40579233
>I’m *cough* really *cough* sick, I need more bed rest, and ice-cream
And Chesi to keep me warm
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?

>>40579233
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?

>>40579233
>I’m fine, really
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?

>>40579233
>I’m *cough* really *cough* sick, I need more bed rest, and ice-cream
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?

>>40579233
>I’m fine, really
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?

>>40579233
>I’m *cough* really *cough* sick, I need more bed rest, and ice-cream
Deploy transparent childish shenanigans

>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?

The the serious stuff about necromancy and Thomas.
Sieryi should not have problem with necromancy what with the Beltnotchers and generally having a very live and let live perspective, but still some reasoning as to the how and why should help build ub Milis integrity.

>>40579233
Forgot to add
>Has Thomas seen that army? he likes them for some reason.
to >>40579323

>>40579233

>I’m *cough* really *cough* sick, I need more bed rest, and ice-cream*biggest grin*
>I’m fine, really
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?
>Was summoning undead bad?
>Why did the tiger-man want Thomas?

>>40579233
>Ask about the undead you summoned – what happened to them?

Sick + all the questions, writing

Paladings don't lie.

>>40579454
But they can make jokes.