Join the group.

>>44430034
>Join the group

Join the group

>>44430034
>Join the group

Good to see you RWB, hope your holidays went well

>>44430034
>Join the group

>>44430389
I don't like all the time and fuss with my family; my grandma had a small stroke; and now I'm sick so I'm fragile and tired (this quest won't run too long tonight) and hungry and dehydrated, but it hurts to swallow. I've got half a leftover pizza here I can't eat.

Beside that? Yeah, it was alright.

Votes called. Writing.

>>44430034
>Join the group

Happy Holidays RWB

>>44430551

Damn, I'm sorry man, thanks for running what you can and I would suggest tea, herbal tea high in vitamin C and with some honey. I think I am one of the few Americans who holds to the idea that tea can in fact fix everything.

>>44430709
except stomach wounds, tea fucks up stomach wounds.

>>44430911

Everything fucks up stomach wounds, the stomach is a prissy bitch is what it is. Not as bad as the appendix though

>>44430944
True, you would think that an organ thats only job is to serve as a repository for bacteria would be less prone to inflamtion and rupture at the least sign of a little blockage.

You immediately put yourself forward to be a part of the group that meets the herders. The elders agree that a volunteer is probably better than the unwilling and accept. The rest of the day, you spend preparing and saying your goodbyes to your family. Come morning, Ebba doesn't want to let go of your legs.
"Ebba, I have to go..."
"Nuh-uh! I want you to stay!"
"I have to talk to those people with the goats that your mommy told you about. Are they bad people?"
"Nope. I just want you to stay with me!"
"I have to go."
"No! Stay!"
"Go."
"Stay!"
"Go."
"Stay!"
"Stay."
"Go!"
"Alright then, let me go."
Ebba unwinds her arms from around your legs and you kiss the top of her head before she realises she's been tricked. "Heeeey!" She laughs and gives you one more goodbye kiss before you head out.

A few of your clan are keeping watch at the river. Not many are fishing, with the herders within slingshot on the far side, but a few of the hunters crouch with javelins and slings, keeping an eye on them. The trouble is that the river here at the bend is wide and deep. You're in a group of seven men and women. One man is an elder.

What will you do?

>Swim the river
>Try to make a nest, like for funerals and float across
>Shout across the river
>Go upstream until you find the crossing point
>Call on Nila to lower the waters for you
>Try to lower the waters yourself, with magic

>>44431446
>>Try to lower the waters yourself, with magic
Practice makes perfect right?

>>44431446
>>Try to lower the waters yourself, with magic
I feel like we're gonna scare the shit out of them, but hey.

>>44431446
>>Try to make a nest, like for funerals and float across

>>44431446
>>Try to lower the waters yourself, with magic
I feel like this is a trap option but the bait is too tasty

>>44431446
>Go upstream until you find the crossing point
While I'm all for practicing our magic, we have to remember that there are people around that, should we fail, could be seriously injured.

>>44431446
>Try to make a nest, like for funerals and float across

The world's first boat?

>>44432061
boat big enough to to hold 7 people, made out of twigs? No thank you.

Votes called. Oh you poor dumb bastards.

There's no changing your fate now.

>>44432647
did we just kill ourselves with magic?

>>44432647
hello darkness my old friend...

>>44432647
wait we're just trying to clam the water down right? Because I didn't vote to attempt a Moses.

>>44432647
Guessing that even if we roll well Nila won't be quite as forgiving of our recklessness as she were last time.

>>44432647
It can't be helped

Reaching out for the magic in your heart, you direct it towards the river. You have a simple plan; if the river is shallow enough, you can just wade across. Bit-by-bit, you push an indentation into the water on your side of the bank, your hands outstretched, your brow furrowed and sweat beading on your skin. The water ripples and shivers, shaking under your pressure, as the effort builds and builds. Through your connection to the river, you suddenly feel Nila's alarm as she feels what you're trying to do. She desperately tries to stop you, but it's too late; you're already too committed. Pain roars in your head and magic burns in your veins like liquid agony! The river is slowly being pushed down, forming a narrow path for you, but you can barely stand upright and your vision is blackening! Even so, only one thought is foremost in your mind...

Why were you so STUPID as to ignore Nila's warning?! You can feel her now, trying to lend her strength to the effort, but even though she is rushing downstream, she's so distant and it may not be enough...

>Roll 1d10+6 (Spirit +Assistance)

Rolled 4 + 6 (1d10 + 6)

>>44432912
Rip Trym, he was an hero.

Rolled 10 + 6 (1d10 + 6)

>>44432912

God dammit guys

Rolled 3 + 6 (1d10 + 6)

>>44432912

>>44432956
you the man

>>44432956
Nice save.

Rolled 6 + 6 (1d10 + 6)

>>44432912
oh christ...

>>44432956
...I love you

+1 Spirit pls

>>44432956
We Moses now.

>>44433018
Brit should take away one point of wit and give one of spirit after this.

>>44433054

Honestly I am kind of worried that Nila is going to end up hating us now

>>44432956
Your luck is just off the damn hook, man.

If only that was enough...

Writing.

>>44433068
Maybe. Britfag even stated that our character comes across as proud and stubborn.

>>44433089

Wait ... it's not

Oh god we're all gonna die

>tfw Ebba thinks the reason we don't come home is that she made us mad.

RIP Trym, you were a great shaman and a loving father

>>44433089
>If only that was enough...
Well shit
So we will live, but miss a limb or something?And take on the role of an honorary elder allowing us to muck about and invent stuff as we please.

Whatever happens, it better not be >>44433184
My heart wouldn't be able to take it.

>>44433215
>>44433089
Yeah I'm hoping the crit success keeps us from being killed/potato'd. RWB Isn't THAT evil after all...
r-right guys?

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>>44433184
>>44433215
>>44433240
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh you guys think I'll be lenient. That's just ADORABLE!

Didn't anyone tell you? Make a dumb choice and IT'S BRITFAG'S WILD RIDE NOW, FUCBOIS!

I'm kidding. I wouldn't do something that horrible. There's punishment and then there's just tragedy!
Storing that idea away for later though. you guys are lucky the dawn of civilization is a time of innocence.

Power rages out of control through your body. For a brief instant, you feel everything align just as you want. The river parts and grows shallow; a path as wide as a man's shoulder forming, right to the other side..! Then all at once the pain returns, branding you for your arrogance in over-reaching your abilities! You can feel the insideous crawl of the black spiderweb veins creeping towards your chest. Nila's words echo in your mind, "You mustn't ever, EVER let them reach your heart!" For a split second, you panic. This is the day of your death; there can be no question!

But in the next instant, you reject such a fate. You are Trym, the shaman and godspeaker of your clan! You slew the wolf god and lead your people to plenty! You created slings and tamed wolves into companions for men! This will not be your end! Not here and not today! With a force of will that leaves your body feeling like every bone you possess has been shattered and re-made, you focus your spirit inwards. The spiderweb lines shift and move, crawling over your body, stabbing at your heart and seeking your life, but you will not let them! Yet all the same, they twist in your mental grasp, wriggling free like snakes. This is your judgement, your punishment for abusing powers beyond your understanding! A price must be paid! It must!

Suddenly, the serpents give a great heave and spring free from your grasp! Before you can respond, your entire world is consumed by pain that you have never dreamed in your darkest nightmares could be possible! Your skin is flayed from the inside out; your bones cracked in a fire and sucked for marrow; your heart and lungs filled with ice water colder than the most frigid winter river! You cry out in a screech of agony that rebounds from the walls of the valley and then... Everything goes dark.

>>44433499
whoops

>>44433499
oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit

>>44433499
RIP

>>44433499

Oh FUCK we summoned the bad magic into the world

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>>44433499
Darkness brings no immediate relief from the anguish. You can still feel your body being ravaged by the burning lash of magic pushed too far. Your world remains shrouded as you are dimly aware of hands carrying you, the world spinning and lurching sickeningly. Something cold and soothing is slathered over your arms and body, over your neck and head, but it brings no relief from the pain that has pushed its way inside you. Voices you half-recognise speak words you cannot understand... Words of comfort, words of anger, words of fear and sorrow...

Over an unknowable span of time, during which you can neither move, nor speak, nor comprehend anything but a single, dire truth, that magic is nothing to be taken lightly, the pain slowly, oh-so-slowly subsides. Finally, the day comes when you hear life, birdsong, the sound of feet and the soft rustle of clothes. You painstakingly flex the fingers of your left hand, your right feeling oddly hollow and numb, as if you've slept on it... Your voice croaks as you try to call Beren's name. Immediately, you feel your woman at your side, sobbing her heart out and bringing a gourd of water to your lips. Your thirst is quenched, but something is wrong. Why can't you open your eyes? Why can't you see Beren, your home, your children?

Then it hits you... Through some miracle, you're alive, but you're blind. Forever more, the world will be nothing but darkness for you, deprived of light and colour, or the faces you know and love. This is the punishment, the price that had to be paid for your life.

>>44433734

Oh fug. That really puts a damper on a lot of things.

>>44433734
well shit new character when?

>>44433812
We still live, you know
Think it would be intresting playing as one of our children? For maximum feels when interacting with our father Trym?

>>44433734
I know this sounds really dangerous (and pretty cocky) after we nearly died from trying to magically move a bit of water, but how about we try to gain some kind of magic vision?

>>44433734

Well. We can make it work. We can still do this. Just need to figure it out. Also I kind of want to hear what happened with the tribe after that

>>44433881
That would actually be pretty cool. I mean even if we didn't get another point of spirit, we can probably try praying to the forest god (I think) and try to reach out and sense the wills of other things.

>>44433734
It is late summer.

What do you wish to do?
>Try and find your way in the dark
>Talk to Nila
>Talk to Beren
>Talk to Elia

>>44433881

Yeah I'm going to go with a no there

>>44433881
Nah, I think this is enough to convince Trym that magic shouldn't be mucked around with. And besides...
...that's for when we truly are on our deathbed

>>44433917
>Talk to Nila

>>44433917
>Talk to Nila

>>44433917
>>Talk to Elia
Sorry for putting such a burden on you.

>>44433917
>Try to move your right hand some more

>>44433917
I wonder if MAGIC CAN DEFEAT MAGIIIIC!
Take the Geode and use it to channel healing to our eyes.

>>44434028

Jesus guys, stop fucking around with magic. We're already blind and thus useless to our family

>>44434085
So we become useful again. Get back on that horse as they say.

>>44434085
>We are useless
>Lets not attempt to become useful again

>>44434119
>>44434201

Totally, yes, let's work on becoming useful again. The solution however is not killing ourselves which I am pretty sure is what will happen if we keep fucking around with magic

>>44434119
It was when we tried climb that horse that we were kicked in the face. Let's just see where this goes. IC I doubt Trym is all that eager to try his hand at magic again.

>>44434243
Ok man let me just call the optometrist and see if he can give us a star trek visor.

>>44434243
We're blind Anon. We can't invent as well anymore because we can't see what we're doing or what others would need. We can't move around without someone making sure we don't trip. Being blind in the stone age is a death sentence.

>>44434250
We ARE Trym though. Trym is a man who has at least 14 voices floating around in his head guiding his decision making process.

>>44434271

Well I was just blinded from using magic too much again and that was after the first time backfired and almost killed me as well. You know what'll fix this. More magic, my god I'm a genius.

>>44434298
> splitting a river in half is the same thing as trying to heal our-self
Not to say one is easier than the other.

>>44434335
there's also the fact that using the geode should greatly lower the amount of energy we need to expend.

Well, whatever we do in regards to our eyes, should the concensus be that we try to fix them, can we at least ask someone more familiar with it for a go ahead. What ever you do, do not mention any of this to Nila for now. For obvious reasons.

Votes called.

>>44434290

We are still the shaman though, we still have the closest communication with the spirits of anyone in the tribe. Hell we just became a cliche by become a blind shaman from overstepping our bounds with magic. We are still useful there and need to prove it and we're not going to prove it by not learning our lesson and dying. We need to talk to the spirits first and be humble about our mistake. Maybe a little ways down the road they can help

>>44434350
I'm all for using charms but I am kind of worried about our crafting ability at the moment. Maybe we should practice making crafts before we use our precious geode. And I mean hey, if this all works out in the end we'll have more points in crafting.

>>44434431
I meant using the Geode as is as a magical battery. not making it into anything but expending it to fix our eyes.

>>44434431
Oh. Then yeah, lets do this. While wearing the charm of healing.

>>44432326
I bet you feel pretty dumb right now

>>44434497

Can we please not jump straight to that. Let's talk to the spirits first at the very least

>>44434561
Nope. Twig boat was a stupid idea. This was a stupid idea that was just crazy enough to seem like it might work. But hey, you just gotta roll with the punches.

>>44434591
oh of course. RWB already called the votes, I'm just thinking about the future.

>>44434602

You've got a weird definition of just crazy enough

With great hesitation and difficulty, you rise from your bed. What was once a simple act for you causes you to grasp blindly, second-guessing your every movement. Beren takes your arm and guides you, step by faltering step. You jolt slightly in shock, as your two young daughters take your other hand in theirs. It feels muted and still not-quite-there.
"The river," you say, your strength still not fully returned to you. "I have to- Nila..."
You cannot see Beren, but you can hear the hitch in her voice. "Children... Take your father to the river. I... Need to look after Noh."
Before you can ask what's wrong, she leaves your side, the void left by her lack of presence cold and unwelcome. Ebba and Sera take your hands in theirs and slowly guide you to the river, step by terrifying, unknown step. You can hear the clan whispering too, muttering about what can only be you. On your way, you find that you can still move your right arm, but to your shoulder, you've lost much of the feeling in it and your fingers.

Finally, you leave them behind and feel the brush of long grass against your thighs and hands. The sound of running water and the soft chirp of insects comes next and your daughters slow to a stop.
"We're here, da..." says Sera, quietly. You can't hear any fishermen, strangely enough... Not even the few who were here last time.
"Are we alone?" you ask, the sheer scale of your disability starting to dawn on you.
You hear the soft movement of Sera's hair. She must have nodded. "There's no-one else here."
You hesitantly take a step forward and kneel, as you feel your feet crunch into the course, gritty sand of the river's edge. You crawl forward on your hands and knees, until you feel water lapping against your fingers and you call, your voice quiet. "Nila? Nila, are you there?"

Silence greets you.

You try again, putting a little of your spirit into it this time. "Nila, please, answer me."

Again, silence.

>>44434671
"just crazy enough to seem like it might work"
>seem like

>>44434708
"Nila, please..! Please, I know I was-" Anything would be better than this. You'd take any kind of anger and ire over this simple, mute rejection. "Please..."

Nothing but the cool flow of water over your hands answers you.

Burning tears of shame sting your eyes and cheeks, as your head drops. She TOLD you the price of abusing magic and like an arrogant fool, you thought yourself immune to any harm. "Nila, PLEASE!" you cry, your voice breaking. "Please, just say anything-! I did wrong, I know! I just..."
"I-I think mommy is mad at you, Daddy," Ebba quietly whispers.

Overhead, you hear the cawing of a crow, which sounds horribly like the mocking laughter of someone amused at the plight of the great, wrought by their own hands.

You have never felt so alone, so abandoned, in your whole life.

>>44434742
>Overhead, you hear the cawing of a crow
of fucking course he would be here to laugh at our expense.

>>44434742
ugh great now we're going to have to figure out this healing thing on our own. Like hell I'm accepting this fate like some pussy ass bitch.

Damnit, just got here. Fuck RWB, if magic was going to get us fucking maimed regardless of success, then it shouldn't be a fucking option. It was a trap option doomed to fail and we'd have no idea to gauge our limit. In short, fuck you

>>44434880
Bitch please. It was IC to try it and it failed. Don't blame the QM for our own mistakes even if you weren't there to vote.

>>44434880
>We've been told numerous times not to fuck with magic
>Last time we almost lost our lives
Don't start shit over this, please.
We voted for it (well, not I), and now we'll have to deal with the consequences

>>44434742
I guess the magic boner was greater than the water-wiafu boner. :^)

>>44434911
Sure, trying magic again should be an option, but if it's bound to fucking fail then the DC should be known. There's a reason dice checks are stated up front and it's fucking shitty to have no idea we'd fail from the get go

>>44434971
What? Why should we know the DC to something we've never done before?

>>44434971

Look, it's already happened and it's not like we can go back and change it. We just have to move forward from here. Which in my opinion involves talking to the spirits again. Not asking for our eyesight back, possibly ever. Learning more about magic from the spirits, using them to help our tribe and then making sure we pass that knowledge down to probably Ebba but really whomever shows an aptitude with the spirits

>>44434926
We were told not to go over our limit, not dabble with magic ever. If not fucking with magic means not experimenting with no margin of success then it needs to be said up front.

>>44435014
Because if there's no margin for success then it needs to be said. It's like 'hey, its not within your means to learn this thing', tons of game systems and quests do this up front before rolling

>>44434971
>>44434880
You were told by Nila about the risks. She made it ABUNDANTLY clear what over-stepping your limits would mean.

I put the option there, because it WAS an option. It wasn't a GOOD one, but not every decision someone makes is the smart one and not every choice will lead to success. You were WARNED about fucking with magic and you decided to go with it anyway. This is what choosing your own adventure means. I will not hold your hand through this; sometimes you can and WILL make the wrong decision and depending on the stakes, you WILL pay for it. Likewise, you will not be told numerically how hard something is - you have to figure it out on your own, much like in real life, there's no handy numbers to tell you that you have a good chance of fucking this up.

Now, that will be it for tonight. I don't want to stay up too late, as I want this foul lurgy expelled from my body as soon as possible.

This marks the end of a chapter in Trym's history however! So if you've been paying attention, you'll know what that means! That's right: Next thread (or tomorrow morning, if the thread is still alive) will start with a TIME SKIP!

And yes, by the way... Had Trym died as a result of his magical fuckery, you would have continued playing as one of your children.

>>44434971
I get what you're saying and I find myself thinking that it is kind of stupid to have a roll option, that was given by the GM, that was bound to fail, even on a crit success. But shit happens, and RWB is a good GM, so there's not a point in complaining about it any longer.

>>44435087
Thanks for running, Time skip should really be interesting.

>>44435027
Dude, we tried to lower the water level of a river. That's not "dabbling", that's pretending to be Moses Jr.

>>44435087
Thanks for running.
I will fix those eyes if it kills me.

>>44435027
>>44435093
You were told to start small, like minor blessings and healing for your clan.

Draining a river to cross to the other side is NOT starting small! If you couldn't catch some fish, there is no way you would be able to achieve that. The moment you rolled, you weren't rolling for success, but to not balls it up so horribly you die.

>>44434926
That was due to a critical failure I thought, that's how RWB seemed to imply when he quoted the one we rolled last time. Then Nila taught us some, and we critically succeeded in our roll this time. The circumstances were different

>>44435087
Thank you for running RWB. Has this soiled our reputation with the spirits?

>>44435143
Honestly though like I said near the beginning I thought we were just going to calm the waters to make it easier to cross, I didn't expect us to pull a Moses.

>>44435087

Thanks for running man, I hope you get better soon. Looking forward to the fallout and the new character

>>44435143
I just got here, I'm not even mad. This will make gameplay and narrative interesting, and we might even learn some cool oracle shit. Either way, fisherman and Hunter just became pretty worthless, we need to spec into wiseman or something.

>>44435183
So be it. We will use the magics of man. Fire, Forged Iron, Blood, and Bread.

Oh gods no, we may be blind but surly we can work out something, we are cunning, but im sure this will taint our peoples view of magic. So long as during the time skip we stay in character (a caring man whom would do anything to seek forgiveness from his ethereal lover.)

I like to imagine he goes on some pilgrimage where he seeks out each spirit in turn before fading into myth, the man whom became the very concept of a Legend. He is the first legend a man who did strange and sometimes impossible things, he faded into myth his end unknown there are many suspected ends, but no one knows. Whatever it is he became something more the very spirit of mankind, endlessly reaching, its never enough, that drive to more forward whatever the cost.

It'd have been better for MC to die than to become blind to be honest

>>44441765
At least he can be built into the world still, would have been a lame as fuck end. At least now there are options, maybe w can hear what happened to him, him seeking the River Spirit to say he is sorry for reaching too far. Maybe him going to the Wolf Spirit and going on a quest to regain his sight, kinda like Orion in Greek mythos. He could become the basis of an entire mythos, the first part that creates th idea of myths. He is our Gilgamesh.

>>44441779
>would have been a lame as fuck end
Better than the shitty drama that is incoming.

>>44441795
drama makes a character, besides we will be playing as someone else so you wont even suffer through it. we could peas together his story, hell imagine if another character goes on some journey to find him, that weird old hermit in the wilds or something.

Four years pass as you slowly grow used to being unable to see. According to Beren, your eyes have been turned completely and unsettlingly black and the marks on your right arm refuse to face, scarring you halfway past your elbow. Given how it seems to scare both your family and the rest of your tribe, you take to wearing a blindfold across your eyes and a lopsided cape that hides your arm. At least you have lost none of your strength or mobility along with your feeling, but unable to see, you are no worse than useless on the hunt. You have to learn to define things by touch and by sound and the first thing you re-learned was Beren's face. You pretended not to notice the tears.

The wolf-dogs, oddly enough, prove a great help during this time. In your clan's wanderings, those who were stricken blind or otherwise crippled, were a drain on the clan's resources and were quietly left behind, no-one speaking much of their fate. You presumed that among the wild and savage society of the wolves, it would be much the same, but they not only still accept you as their alpha, but take to nudging you as you try to find your way around, guiding you away from obstacles and dangers. They are not the only one of your discoveries that potentially saves your life either; the fields continue to increase, feeding your family when you can't hunt. It's fortunate, as Elia tries his best, but is woefully inadequate for keeping any more than himself and his woman from hunger. Farming and grinding the grain is hard, time-consuming work, but there is now just enough each year to keep your family from starvation. Mesut has indeed taken over the harvesting and handing out the grain in gourds and the duty (and the power that comes with it) has given him much stature in the clan.

Friggin finally, I can post again! What the hell happened?
>>44442046
Thankfully, your relationship with the gods hasn't been damaged by your blunder. Awak continues to laugh at you every time you go to make offerings, but the rest of the gods are not so rude. You suspect they regard you as somewhat foolish, but as long as they are made offerings, they are content and continue to watch over the clan. The Strangers have also taken to making offerings as well, you notice, especially to Ursa, the bear. His speech is improving markedly, although it's smattered with as many of the Strangers words as yours. Apparently, in addition to teaching them how to mimic his strength, Ursa has been teaching them how to find good honey as well; the strangers coat themselves from head to toe in mud, before breaking open beehives and stealing the golden honeycomb within. Despite the risks, it's a practice that soon catches on among your clan - honeycomb is sweet and rich, a far cry from your usual fare and that justifies the stings, at least for some. The only exception to the spirits acceptance of you, is Nila. In four years, you've never once heard her voice, or felt the cool touch of her skin. She refuses to answer your call and offerings you make are always left, even as the others are accepted. You're not sure if she's angry at you, disappointed, or just grieving for your foolishness, but the result is the same.

Your children have grown up well, at least! Sera is now twelve and learning to cast a spear or a stone, whenever she isn't helping Beren winnow the grain or grind the flour. She's maybe a few years from adulthood still, but her sharp features already have caught the eye of some of the boys her age... Or at least so she brags to you. The fact that you can no longer see your children aging cuts deeper than you like to admit, but they seem to realise that and do not talk about it for long.

>>44442158
Ebba is now ten and just as placid as ever. It is she who spends most of her free time describing things to you, picking out colours and lights you can no longer appreciate, giving a little more detail to what you can feel with your left hand. Your son, Noh, is too young to remember a time you could ever see clearly. Five years old, he just accepts that you cannot see him and is constantly touching your legs, "So you know where I am and don't squash me!" As the chubbiness of his infant years starts to fall from his face, you can just about tell that he's going to look rather drawn, taking more from his mother's hooked face than your own. Strange for someone with such melancholy features to be so happy all the time, but you suppose that's one of the benefits of childhood.

It is now late spring. You have enough food stored to last your family until early fall. Grain keeps a lot better than even smoked meat does, but keeping it in gourds is a little limiting.

What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Fisher +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new
>Make something special
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs and examine your inventory (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation
>Other

>>44442158
So that's it? We can't ever be with Nila again? I didn't even vote to do the magic shit. :\

>>44442232
>>Make something special
Craft a figure of Nila out of the geode we have left

Rolled 8, 9, 9, 8 = 34 (4d10)

>>44442261
forgot dice

>>44442232
>Change your active jobs and examine your inventory (free)
Let's have a look at our stats first

>>44442273
>>44442261
Holy hell anon, second. Remember to pour our feelings of grief and love into it

>>44442279
Trym
Jobs: Fisher 1 Craftsman 2 Leader 3
Inactive: Hunter 3
Injuries:

Strength: 2
Speed: 2
Skill: 2
Spirit: 0
Wits: 2
Charisma: 3
Traits:
Experienced Fisher: Gain a +3 to any attempt at fishing and a +1 to resist the effects of negative events while fishing

Equipment: 4 javelins
Flint fishing spear
Flint knife
Flint spear
Hide pants
Hide tunic
Goatskin jacket
Sling
Wolf-claw knife

Belongings:
Two white leaves
A few great wolf’s teeth
Great wolf’s head
Fine Charm of Healing
An empowered geode

These are our stats from last game

>>44442273
You wish you could still roll that many...
>>44442280
God dammit, why am I a sucker for emotional things like this? Fine...

>>44442240
Now I didn't say that, did I? I just said she's not answering your calls, not that she'd never forgive you.

Rolled 9, 6, 2, 6 = 23 (4d10)

>>44442232
>>44442261
>>Make something special

>>44442279
>>44442289
Not quite. I updated some stuff which I've apparently been neglecting. My mistake.

Trym
Age: 33
Jobs: Fisher 2 Craftsman 2 Leader 3
Inactive: Hunter 3
Injuries:

Strength: 2
Speed: 2
Skill: 2
Spirit: 1
Wits: 2
Charisma: 3
Traits:
Experienced Fisher: Gain a +3 to any attempt at fishing and a +1 to resist the effects of negative events while fishing
Blind – Maximum of 1d10 for any task requiring sight. Other penalties may apply.

Equipment: 4 javelins
Flint fishing spear
Flint knife
Flint spear
Hide pants
Hide tunic
Goatskin jacket
Sling
Wolf-claw knife

Belongings:
A few great wolf’s teeth
Great wolf’s head
Fine Charm of Healing
An empowered geode

>>44442315
Only a maximum of 1d10? Does crafting with wits count? I figured we'd be crafting based on our memories of Nila

>>44442331
Your good. I'm a sucker for sob-stories so allow you to use full dice this time...

>>44442346
Aw, thanks RWB, you're too kind

Rolled 8, 1, 10, 4 = 23 (4d10)

>>44442232
>Make something special

>>44442346
Hear that? We just have to do more feels-y stuff.
I too am a sucker for sob-stories. Despite the tragedy we''ve encountered I can't help but love the drama introduced.

Alright, votes called and writing, as apparently everyone wants to make it up to fishwaifu.

>>44442587
well, I know I am, especially since I wasn't there for that dumb magic vote. I want to fix what anons dun broke

>>44442232
>>Other
>commit sudoku

Now you've regained enough of your dexterity to try, you want to make your mistake up to Nila. Her rejection is half of the pain you feel, easily equal to losing your sight. But how could you possibly..? The memory of the glowing, crystal-filled rock comes to you as the solution for your worries. You might just be able to turn it into something worthwhile...

The process is slow, extremely slow. The crystal snaps and sheers at awkward angles that force you to work around it, into the stony shell. You can't afford to waste a single chip, as you carefully scrape away with flint and bone tools, pausing every few seconds to run your fingertips over the surface and make sure it's still perfect. Ebba sits by you most evenings, as you retreat into your own, tiny world of darkness. Your focus is so great, every sense in your body seems to be trying to make up for your blackened eyes. The heat of the fire; the scratch of your clothes; the path of a bead of sweat down your neck... The almost imperceptible sound of Ebba's breathing; the smell of the food Beren cooks; the scrape-scrape of your tools over the precious stone. "I can see colour," Ebba speaks up, softly, so as not to break your concentration. "Where you're scraping it smooth, it's showing layer after layer of colour. It's beautiful!"

You smile and show your daughter your creation so far. She carefully turns it over, never taking it from your hands, as she looks closely at the slim waist and the long, finned tail.
"Is it going to be my mother?" she asks.
"It is," you nod. "I hope this will show her how sorry I am for ignoring her warnings."

>>44442970
Ebba regards the small idol for a little longer, then nods, her hair brushing ticklishly against your arm. "I think she'll like it. She'll have to talk to us again after this."
"She hasn't been speaking to you either?" you ask, surprised. "Why? You've done nothing wrong."
"Mother and you are fighting," she explains. "But you're sorry and my mother won't hear it. I'm not saying she HAS to forgive you; you were REALLY stupid, pa... But she should at least listen. It's childish! So I'm not talking to her until she stops acting like a baby."
You blink behind your blindfold, a hollow thud echoing in your chest. When did your little baby girl suddenly start acting so adult? There's times when she seems more mature than her sister even...

Despite your best effort, your tools mean the small statue is not finished by the time summer comes. What you have started looks beautiful, according to Ebba and you can tell by touch that you're on the right path, but you just need more time.

Fishermen say the wandering herders have returned to the valley. Your spectacular display frightened them away last time, but now they've returned. Apparently, they look wary and hold their hunting weapons tightly. The elders are considering sending a small group to show you mean no harm.

What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Fisher +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new
>Make something special
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs and examine your inventory (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation
>Go with the group to visit the herders
>Other

Rolled 10 + 3 (1d10 + 3)

>>44443009
>>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Fisher +Trait -Blind)

>>44443098
ha, nice!

>>44443078
changing to >>44443098

Rolled 8, 8, 8, 5 = 29 (4d10)

>>44443009
>>Make something special
>>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)|
Finish the statue and see which of the tribe is most willing to hear the herders out

>>44443098
What the ACTUAL fuck?! If you were at my table, I'd be telling you to swap dice by now, the amount of crits in this quest is unreal!

>>44443174
the dice gods must be pitying us because of what happened, though I don't expect it to last

Only three votes, huh? I guess interest has dropped off after last night. Hope the blindness didn't scare anyone away...

I wonder how the drawfag's going to record this little step in our history..?

Ah, anyway, votes called? I guess?

>>44443629
sorry, just woke up.
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Fisher +Trait -Blind)

>>44443629
Hey I thought you were writing. Sorry sooo this then >>44443098

>>44443629
>needing more than 3 votes once a majority had been reached for over 40 minutes
C'mon, Britfag, a lot of people would've just lurked and waited for the next vote.

>>44443765
I dunno, I guess I just saw the vote as atypical...

You probably caused enough problems last time with your display of magic... You decide it's probably better if you didn't try to accompany the small group that heads upstream to find the ford the next day. Instead, you keep yourself busy by fishing. Without your sight, you dare not use a fishing spear, for fear of catching someone's foot. Instead, you simply dip your left hand into the water, wait until you feel the disturbance of a fish swimming nearby and immediately smack it out, onto the bank like a beat. Before humans learned how to shape flint, you think, this must have been how we did everything... Just by hand and cunning. You've come a long way, you reflect.

Amazingly enough, either luck is on your side, or you're a natural at this, as soon you've amassed a pile almost as respectable as if you'd used a spear all along! Even Elia and Galit are impressed when you return with your daughters and dogs guiding you.
"That's actually quite amazing," Galit admits. "Maybe you could teach Elia some time."
"I doubt it," your brother shakes his head. "I'm getting much too slow for that sort of thing, these days." It's true that, at 40 years old, he's soon going to be considered an Elder.
"Pa's hands are very fast," Ebba nods. "Pa, you should try grabbing birds out of the air next!"
"Birds are too jumpy for that," disagrees Sera, a little sulkily. "I've tried! They just fly away as you try to sneak up on them..."

You've gathered enough food for three, but that still leaves one person going hungry before the harvest comes in.

The group sent to the herders returns, saying that while they're wary, they aren't hostile. They even agreed to trade goat meat, skins and bone, in exchange for grain. Given that Mesut controls the clan's grain, he readily agrees to this! The first signs of wealth start to appear...

>>44444271
It is now late summer. What will you do?

>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Fisher +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new
>Make something special
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs and examine your inventory (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation
>Other

>>44444288
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Bring more land under cultivation

while
>continue carving statue of river girl
in down time.

>>44444376
Please remember that, while talking is a free action, attempting multiple actions will make each one less effective.

Rolled 9, 5, 7, 5 = 26 (4d10)

>>44444288
>>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>>Finish statue

>>44444406
We can't carve the figurine at night time other unproductive down time?
Then
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Bring more land under cultivation

Rolled 4, 4, 2, 4 = 14 (4d10)

>>44444288
>>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>>Make something special

Rolled 3, 2, 9, 6 = 20 (4d10)

>>44444288
>>44444412
this

>>44444271
Holy crap, Elia's forty? I always thought he was younger then us. Also, does he have kids yet?

>>44444590
No he doesn't. Strange, isn't it?

Votes called and writing!

>>44444740
That is strange, and a bit worrying. Is he sterile? Is Galit barren? Is something supernatural at work?

>>44444878
Maybe he's just gay. You don't have to force your heteronormative agenda on everyone, anon.

>>44445036
Sorry anon, I forgot to check my privilege.

>>44445036
speaking of, when do we invent stone age tumblr?

>>44445277
I'd rather invent fucking rockstop. Captcha is crazy right now.

Rolled 6, 10, 8, 6 = 30 (4d10)

>>44444412
Yes, let's finish it.

RWB still there? :(

Fucking hell, I think I fell asleep there. What is wrong with me? I must be getting old

The clan's attitude towards you is unusual... A good deal of your mysticism was stripped away by your accident and subsequent blindness, but the marks it left on you cause some of the more nervous of your kin to recoil outright. This makes information gathering somewhat difficult, but overall, you get the opinion the clan is relatively happy. The gods haven't turned their backs on them due to your mishap (even Nila still accepts offerings from the rest of the clan) and despite initial reluctance, everyone agrees that not having to worry about the herds being hunted out of existence is definitely a plus. There's still some stigma surrounding "Eating grass like a dumb animal," as some of the more hidebound elders put it, but by and large, people are just glad to have enough to eat. With plenty of food, there's more room for children too, so within a few years, the clan should see a veritable population explosion!

With Noh quickly growing enough to become a burden on your food, you try to look to the fields to expand, but your attention is too divided. Without any kind of direction, the workers you can assemble to expand their fields and yours soon drift away to their own devices. You, meanwhile continue work on the statuette for Nila. You've never worked with something like the geode before... The smooth, very slightly abrasive surface of the river-rounded stone gives way to something glossy and almost slippery where you polish it.

>>44446441
Speak of the devil
>>44446475
And he shalt apear

>>44446475
Little by little, you grind away protruding crystals, Ebba carefully collecting the glittering dust. That blessed girl has become your eyes, telling you how the powdered crystal sparkles like the stars as she carefully catches it on a smooth sheet of leather and stores it in a gourd for later use. Finally, the offering is complete. You've never made anything as fine as this and with your sight gone, it is likely you never will again, but your sorrow, regret and love all went into making this statue, guiding your hands until you have shaped the geode into a coiled likeness of Nila, in her form of a half-fish, half-woman. Your entire family is quietly awed by your work.
"If not for you giving this to Nila," Beren remarks, "That would be passed down to our grandchildren and beyond. It's beautiful..!"

You have captured Nila's likeness well (if slightly stylistically). You have crafted a Small Masterwork Stone Idol.

Do you wish to name your creation?

>>44446485

A Fool's Solice

>>44446485
I'm shit at naming objects but probably something having to do with our agony over her leaving us, without becoming to edgy.

>>44446485
>>44446521
*solace

Otherwise, I second this

>>44446485
The River's Jewel

>>44446521
Yeah, Supporting "A Fool's Solace"

>>44446521
this

>>44446485
Masterwork? Hot damn

>>44446853
Just so you're all aware? The success levels for crafting items are as follows:
>Shoddy (only revealed after it fucks up the first time)
>Average
>Fine
>Superior
>Masterwork
>Exceptional
>Legendary
>Transcendent

We should make something nice for Beren next. No doubt she is as rocked by our disability as we are, and she has been a good wife. I wonder if all our pining for Nila makes her jealous?

>>44446993
Well, she actually encouraged us to screw her so I dunno

>>44446993
Beren likes confidence, so lets just take up a leading role in something suitable. But then again, gifts couldn't hurt.

>>44447014

Yeah but ever since we became blind we've been worrying nonstop about getting back into Nila's good graces without considering how this tragedy has effected our loyal wife. I think Beren deserves something, a personal crafted gift and perhaps a heart to heart talk.

Should research another crops and "give" it to another tribe member to counter Mesut's growing hold of the wealth it brings

>>44447071
I still think it was a bad idea to give Mesut control over the harvest. It wasn't even a player choice if I remember correctly. He just said he wanted control and we almost eagerly agreed, which was surprising, because we had a relatively high charisma/persausion roll.

>>44447070
I agree that she does deserve something, but what?

>>44447150
Yeah I never understood why the decision was left out of our hands

>>44446924
The fact that we crafted a masterwork idol while blind is impressive.

>>44447150
That's because you only JUST passed. You got his support, but with stipulations. It was a brand new, revolutionary idea and Mesut is no push-over, if a little conservative.

>>44447285
Damn right it was. I'm impressed and I EXPECTED it to be good, with your whole dice pool. Maybe I should have raised the barrier... Naaah.

Okay, We're going with A Fool's Solace then. Votes counted, called and writing!

My suggestion for now onwards is to either focus on experimenting with magic so we can do something even while blind. Finding out more about what you can safely and can not would also be useful for future generations. Or we can discard that and involve ourselves completely into the tribe politics since we have high CHA and leader skill.

>>44447788
this a thousand times. We're ineffective for anything else now...

>>44447696
WAKE UP YE BASTARD!!!

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>44447696
Wake up fucker

Rolled 510 (1d1000)

>>44447696
rolling for RWB to wake up

>>44448567
failed, take 10 damage

>>44448567
You failed and you are now blind.

>>44578490
>>4442R459
SDJc jhqwid h

>>44448838
Dafuq?

>>44448874
He's blind

>>44448874
Makes sense

>>44448492
>>44448567
FACKOFF YA CUNTS! I DON'T DO MORNINGS!

A statue like this needs a name... There's almost something alive inside it, but not quite. Knowing the emotions you poured into, there's only one appropriate name. You carefully wrap the Fool's Solace in soft leathers and stand, telling your daughters to remain behind this time. You take only a handful of the dogs with you, for guidance and protection. Making your way to the river's edge, you sit quietly until the sun begins to dip and the fishers take in their nets and spears to head home. A few call out to you, asking if you'll need help, but you re-assure them. One of the very few advantages of your injury is that darkness no longer holds the terror for you, that it would for any right-thinking human.

Alone at last, you un-wrap your precious bundle, running your fingers over it one last time to ensure it is perfect. You carefully place it on the altar the clan has set up, the river just lapping at its lowest stones. The soft glow of the statue's exposed crystal gently illuminates the humbler offerings around it, not that you can see any such thing. You sink to your knees and for what feels like the thousandth time, recite how sorry you are, how much you want to hear something, anything from her... And unlike hundreds of appeals before, you are answered...

>>44449082
>Mornings
I thought you were a, you know, Britfag?

>>44449082
>>44449234
Yeah it's what, 22:45 over there?

>>44449277
48*

>>44449299
Nice catch man I don't know what would've happened if that'd been ignored. :^)

If we have honey, Then we have mead.

Just got back home from vacation with the family, and while it would be polite to refrain from comments i have to.

People are fucking stupid. A fucking bar of dynamite equivalent explosion nearly killed us. Any attempt to calm a deep river involves orders of magnitude more and continuous application of energy. Fucking think people. Don't be morons ffs!

And we wasted fucking years with no gain, and will soon have to retire our inventor and focus on wealth gathering.

Magic research after what we learned should have been done only on disposable assets, and not actually used without testing or in moments of absolute desperation.

Fuck.

>>44449896
The bait was too tasty to resist

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>>44449896
/tg/ sometimes gets dumb in its quests, like "I try to eat Erebus" dumb or "I put on the mask" dumb

>>44449896
Too late mon. Now its magic or bust. Got to get rid of Blind ASAP.

>>44449896

>>44449963
>>44450029
>>44450083
These sum it all up pretty well.

>>44449234
>>44449277
Details. Urgh... Sorry.

>>44449082
"Why?" You didn't even hear her emerge from the river; there must have barely been a ripple. "Why did you do it, after I warned you not to?"
You can't read her tone, but you can tell Nila is struggling to hold back some kind of emotion. "I-"
"Did all of my care, all of my affection for you really mean so little that you'd just ignore me?" she spits, interrupting your attempt at explanation. "I gave you my first and only child to raise; I fed you; taught you; aided you and you repay me by ignoring everything I said and the spirit in which I gave it, throwing your own life away?!" You can't see the blow coming, nor brace for it, so the heavy, razor-edged smack of her tail and fin across the side of your face knocks you sprawling. You hear your dogs start to bark and snarl in defense of their 'alpha' but suddenly, a split-second of heart-stopping dread washes through you, blotting out any kind of reason but the piercing, ice-cold thought that you need to RUN. Just as quickly as it comes however, even as you're rising shakily to your feet, it passes and you hear the dogs yelping and whining as they back down.

The cold, clawed, webbed feeling of Nila's hand closes about your neck, not quite tight enough to strangle you, but more than enough to lift you clean off the ground, your feet kicking in the air as your hands scrabble at her grip. She shakes you like a doll, screaming into your face. "YOU! STUPID! THOUGHTLESS! SELFISH! THICK-HEADED! ARROGANT! MORTAL IDIOT!" You're weightless for a moment as she hurls you through the air, slamming into the bank with enough force that you feel one of your ribs crack. You struggle to regain your breath, as you hear her slither towards you at a horrifying pace. You've never fully appreciated before the gulf between a new, nameless, ill-formed god and something that has had time to grow into itself; it's like comparing an infant to a grown hunter!

>>44450029
So basically /tg/ is Magicka.


BANANA.

>>44450029
That shit with Erebus was fucking mind boggling stupid. Why did anyone think consuming our progenitor was a good idea?

>>44450366
We love you too Nila.

>>44450029
>I put on the mask
No one cared about BQ until we put on the mask.

>>44450366
Well fuck, rub it in why don't you, we're already fucking blind.

>>44450366
Slithering, eel-like coils wrap around you from your waist down, Nila herself pinning your arms to your body. Your head starts to swim and in a moment of airless levity, you think that you're lucky your vision can't get any darker... Until you hear the sobbing.

Nila is sobbing, wailing, bawling into you as you realise that, through some miracle, her anger is at last spent. You can't even wriggle your arms free to pat her back, as she screams into your shoulder, venting four years of pent-up anger, frustration and worry. Little by little, the coils loosen and shift into legs; her cold river-water blood becoming red, warm and human. You can feel the light and warmth of the sun slip over the horizon and still she continues to cry.

Finally, after what seems like an eternity, you feel her hands reach up and gently pull at the blindfold covering your eyes. At once, you snap them shut, afraid of what she'll do if she sees them, but you feel Nila's hand on your cheek, her grief-wracked and broken voice imploring you, "Please... Let me see."
The sight of your broken, blackened eyes brings yet further tears to her own. If only... If only you could look into them once more, see that strange honey-amber yellow... Something less physical than your rib shatters inside you and you join her in your mutual misery.

Once eyes are dried, she at last releases you and delicately fixes your blindfold. "No more, Trym," she says with a shaking voice. "No more. Not ever again. I can't take this... Call and... A-and I'll answer, but I'll never again lo-" You hear her voice muffle as she presses a hand to her mouth and stifles a new sob. "I was an idiot to think a mortal would ever understand..." Your ears twitch at the soft scrap of stone on stone, as she picks up A Fool's Solace. "...It's beautiful," she says at length. "I've never seen its equal. I shall treasure it, always."

>>44450558
For a half-moment, your heart can almost see, almost FEEL her clutching the precious statue to her breast.
"Nila-" you try to begin, but you are once again cut off.
"Just go," she breathes. "Please... Just... Go."

You haul yourself to your feet, wincing at the pain in your chest and click your tongue for your dogs, who hesitantly approach, still wary of the supernatural terror Nila instilled in them.
"Trym?" she says, just as you start to walk away.
"Yes?" You turn your head, as if to look back, praying and hoping against all reason to see her just once... Only to be met, as ever, with darkness, without even a star's gleam for light.
"...I forgive you," she whispers. A soft splash breaks the night's quiet. A fish jumping, or..? You wait on, counting your heartbeats for time. At over a hundred, you are forced to realise that Nila is gone.

>>44450558
Dammit Red, this is too much

>>44450513
This isn't really about rubbing it in. This is more about how she feels.

>>44450466
You may, but she can't... Not anymore. Not after what happened to you.

>>44450639
It is early autumn. One of your family will go hungry unless you can find some food for them, somehow.

What will you do?
>Hunt the aurochs 1d10 (Strength -Blind)
>Fish in the river 1d10 (Skill +Fisher +Trait -Blind)
>Explore the forest
>Explore up the valley
>Explore the hills
>Try and investigate something new
>Make something special
>See what the mood of the clan is like, talk to people and get to know them (free)
>Change your active jobs and examine your inventory (free)
>Try to summon a new god
>Make offerings to a god
>Bring more land under cultivation
>Other

>>44450558
>>44450639

So she'll never love us again? Doesn't seem like she forgives us

>>44450677
>You may, but she can't... Not anymore. Not after what happened to you.
well good fucking job guys, you broke her

>>44450677
Damn, I'm sobbing. Badly. And this is pretty much my first time I'm here. Thanks for the feels to begin with.

Also, I would like to
>Fish in the river
We're still somewhat good at it, right?

>>44450677
>we still have to get food despite being blind
Where's our welfare pay?
Being blind is making me laugh more than I expected.

>>44450712
My ex forgave me for my mistakes, too. Still, she doesn't love me anymore because of them. Feels bad, but is completely reasonable.

>>44450677
>Try to summon a new god
We need a new God, the God of Man

>>44450677
Really? Then >>44442240
was right, because this isn't being with Nila. I wouldn't call this forgiveness either. Fuck, this really puts a bad taste in my mouth

I guess some girls can't handle stuff when the going gets tough, it's a sad kinda feel.

Maybe we could talk to the Stag, go for the pride wounded man is ready to accept his scolding and seeks advice route, maybe ask if they know a way to restore our sight? Maybe get more magic rock and make an eye outta it or maybe some paint that goes over and around our eyes.

>>44450797
Backing this. If we don't, someone else will.

>>44450677
>practice magic

Drawfag here, holy shit what did I miss! Well I guess I got some chronicling to do. This may take a bit not home yet. Wonder if we have seen Sqode about of late and what he thinks?

>>44450677
I think the time has finally come to ask for help... As demeaning as it can be, we need it

>>44450819
We should become that God. Forgive a quest for each of our deities to get a little power and become more spirit than man, recover our eyes, reclaim all.

>>44450889
Imagine the fables about our relationship with nila

>>44442291
>>44450677
We were trying to get back together, not forgive us. She beat the shit out of a blind man and took the statue that we made while fucking blind, and all we get is a 'I forgive you but don't actually?' Fuck that, she's still being childish and that isn't forgiveness

>>44450677
>demand welfare pay from the elders and tell them to check their privileges

>>44450889
I like this idea

>>44450925
I like THIS idea

>>44450925
don't forget to dye our hair with blue berry juice.

It'd interesting if we started the common myth element of losing sight to obtain knowledge/wisdom

>>44450889
This sounds like the perfect end to our final arc someday. Maybe Red will think about this.

>>44450889
A blind cripple god huh? God of the year award. GOTY™

She beat the shit out of us and took our shit that we offered as an olive branch. What exactly is forgiving about that? Why should we even call her? We're barely better then we started

>>44451019
Think about Hephaistos or Tyr. Hephaistos was badly crippled and Tyr was blind and missing a hand, if I remember correctly. Still, they were gods. And not just some minor ones.

>>44451019
Who loves crafting stuff. And hooked up with the hot God, whom will likely hook up with someone else now. I thibk we all know whom we would be

>>44451019
Blind gods are a thing in many religions.

>>44451040
Meant to quote >>44450795
Reasonable this is not

>>44450919

Well what the fuck did you want to happen, break ups suck man and shit doesn't get fixed because you want it to

>>44450925
>>44450967
Aha. Ahahaha. Ahaha. Hahaha. Ha.

No. SJWs wouldn't survive in the stone age. They contribute nothing and drain the resources and patience of everyone around them.

Honestly, they'd be shocked: When a society has less to go around, people tend to be very egalitarian. Notice how there's no legal or societal difference between men and women in your clan (yet)? That's because everyone works, or dies. If you lose a part of the group, you risk losing all of it. So everyone helps, everyone pulls their own weight.

>>44450919
>>44451040
Humans are complicated creatures and gods even moreso. She vented her anger and frustration on a 'cause' but didn't finish it, as she knew you weren't honestly to blame (at least to her). She didn't scorn you or turn you away; she accepted the gift you made for her as an apology and she forgave you.

But (Spoiler alert) she's hurt. She trusted you and you just blithely disregarded her, showing an utter lack of concern for her advice and feelings. Then you nearly died and she was TERRIFIED you would. She did her best to save you and you were still crippled. The fact that you nearly died also hurt her, even as it hurt you. She doesn't want to risk that hurt again, especially as you're a mortal. She'll just return after death - you can't.

>>44450997
I'll certainly consider it, but you don't even know if it's POSSIBLE yet, in general, or for Trym specifically.
And while I'm sorry I may have broken a few hearts, at least I know my writing's effective. Nila may not be lost to you, or to humanity forever, but it's going to take some time for these scars to fade. Keep in mind, she's still mentally rather young. Human thoughts and emotions are less than a decade old to her.

>>44451099
Not to get our shit beat in and walk away with nothing? I'd have preferred if she just refused our statue and told us she'd never see us. That's like taking a dude's jewelry that he gave to help mend the relationship and then break up with us anyway. She didn't have to accept

Can Trym just die already so we can start over?

>>44451130
So... Let me get this straight.. We just fucked, and had a baby with what is essentially a kid? A god kid yeah but still... We are become pedobear! Destroyer of tight anuses

>>44451130
I like it.

Ok let's ask some spirits for help as to become more spirit like or if such a thing could be possible. I think I feel the Crows clawing at us... Darn it all

>>44451194
In time anon, in time. There's still plenty of chances to turn things around. Or fuck up worse

Of course, if you WANT him to die right now, vote for it! If it gets a majority, we'll skip ahead to a child. That's how this quest goes; one bloodline throughout history.

>>44451195
Well, she has an adult's capacity to process information and input, but not the experience. It's hard to draw a parallel to humans, as much as it's sometimes hard to forget, she ISN'T one!

If it helps, remember she's been the spirit of that river and every river-beastie in it for thousands upon thousands of years. She knew EXACTLY what doing the do was about!

>>44451194
Not like this. He did well over a lot of time and because of a 'minor mistake' that even a critical success couldn't prevent from happening won't stop at least me from trying to get this guy back on the tracks again. He will be alright, better than ever before. Trust the dice and our decisions, dude. It worked for sixteen and a half thread.

>>44451253
I will actually vote to sabotage as much as possible

>>44451253
Admit it your just as salty as the rest of us. RWB fucked us over and he doesn't give two shits. It's not going to get fixed

>>44451290
Alright, saltlick, you want it in black and... Slightly off-blue?

There is a way to recover your sight. Looking at the vote, you're on track for it, maybe.

>>44451253
No fuck you, I'll samefag and sabotage until Trym and his line are dead. If even one misstep gives RWB the go ahead to fuck us over completely then fuck that I will actively ruin this questbecause RWB's a cunt

>>44451315
Sounds like spirit and magic is the way to go.

>>44451345
Dude, chill.... It's just a game.. of words... over the fucking internet.

Wtf dude?

>>44451345

Calm the fuck down, it's called consequences and we are on the shit end of the stick for them. Life's tough, deal with it

>>44451264
>>44451345
Honestly guys... If you're rustled this badly because of something someone on the internet wrote and which is even reversible, maybe you're not old enough for the internet yet.

>>44451414
When has that stopped anons from being mad? People can get mad at anything

>>44451448
Nope I want to start over, I don't accept these consequences because it was a shit decision

>>44451345
And then god said: "Let there be that guy!"
Shortly thereafter, he regretted it.

>>44451503
Haha

>>44451451
Ruining a quest is fun though, even if at first it was because your salty.

>>44451498
well, deal with it

>>44451539
Alright, votes called! This is a lively thread alright; we might even hit auto-sage... Now let's see here...

>>44451498
>The other anons decided to do something I didn't agree with.
>Therefore, I shalt cry. Cry until I silence all others
>>>tumblr

In all seriousness, this is part of a quest. You aren't roleplaying a character. WE are. WE are in this together. And personally, I accept the challenge that we've been given.

Look at it like this, we've just entered hard mode. It's our job to make it our bitch.

Has Red fallen asleep again? Or is he writing down the most epic recovery since Britney 2007?

>>44451130
She broke our ribs in anger, that's scorn. She didn't turn us away, but she did injure and scare us. Nila should be the one aplogizing to us, especially as you said she doesn't really think it's our fault.

Voting for calling out to the crow that chaotic neutral douche is likely our best hope for now. Ask him about regaining our sight and becoming a spiritual being. Humour him some but cut to the chase...

>>44451580
I have followed this quest for a while, in the past i have read many other but this is the first time a GM has made this sort of choice. I must say that i asked someone un-invested in the character about this and they agreed that you should not have offered the choice to use magic. I will stand by what i imagine is a fair part of the people watching this quest and say that you have made a bad choice but how you deal with this will decide if you are a good QM

>>44451863

Well the other half of the equation is that she is essentially a fey spirit, not quite a human at all and her reaction seems to match up with the tales and fables relating to fey spirits

>>44451887
Honestly, I think what RWB has done here is great, and something that most QMs fear to do. He gave us a choice that was extremely risky. Now usually, if this something like this happened, I'd be pissed, but in all fairness, we HAD the context to prove how risky this was. A n expert on the use of magic told us how dangerous this could be, and the outcome for the action we undertook was totally justifiable. But either way, shit happens, it always has and always will, so we can either sit here and cry for a Retcon (which will not happen) or we can try to salvage the situation at hand, which has been confirmed possible by >>44451315

Also, on the off chance that anyone is interested, I had a fundamental misunderstanding of that vote option, I had assumed we would simply throttle up on our magic as far as we safely could and see what effect it would have on the river. To see what we were capable of; not to prove that we were capable of something specific.

>>44451887
I'll agree that it was a stupid decision, but it shouldn't have been ignored entirely. Anons should have known better. I did. I voted for the boat. Lifting 30 fish blew us off our feet and knocked us out cold. Jumping to trying to split a river as the next step with LITERALLY no extra training was stupid. It was very stupid, and RWB is right to punish us for it.

Just out of curiosity, RWB, what did we have to roll over to not die?

>>44452108
>He gave us a choice that was suicidal
Fixed.

>>44452167
> and we took it..

>>44452167
It wasn't suicidal though. We lived. In the literal sense it was just risky as shit. It wasn't 100% pepsi time.

>>44452108
I don't care about the sight, I'm more miffed about what happened with Nila and her violent non-forgiveness. I don't think there's a way to mend that

>>44452199
>and lived to tell the tale!
Always look on the bright side of life~

>>44452167
God damn it this again? We already went through it beginning here >>44434880

>>44452233
Tell that to Trym. You monster!

>>44452221
There probably isn't. At least without a hyper experienced playwright-fag to come along and make RWB cry dramatic tears of sadness all over his keyboard. But hey, on the bright side, this will make a great story for generations to come. And the BEST part is, we can still shape it into something beautiful in its own right.

>>44452199
From what I gather, there was a severe misunderstanding going on as to what we were capable of, and RWB fucked us over on it with even a critical success. That's not good game design, no DM I know pulls shit like that. It's not cool to pull running a game with friends, and it's certainly not cool to pull it during a game with collective strangers. It was a trap option, and he was not brave or inventive for including or allowing it. If I told a DM I wanted to jump off a cliff and fly and had no ability that allowed me to, he'd tell me 'fuck no, that's retarded, you'll die'

>>44452233
Life's a piece of shit,
when you look at it.
Life's a laugh death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you!

>>44452341
But he DID specify that it's fucking dangerous and will most likely kill us in past threads... If you're so ass-hurt about this why are you still here fucking up our fun?

>>44452313
>remember that guy that found out how plants work? He became blind and shit

>>44452313
why? I spent a lot of my own time suggesting to make Nila's first gift, I was the one who suggested her name after one anon suggested she be named Nila, and I was the one who suggested making the geode into a statue so she'd forgive us. Why should I put with a decision that tanked that invested with one bullheaded decision I wasn't even a part of?

>>44452437
*she be named Nile

>>44452382
who said I was here to fuck up your fun? I'm just pointing out the bullshit, as I did earlier.

>>44452437
Because this is a game that involves the cooperation of many individuals and grow the fuck up.

>>44452108
>>44452149
I react to your statements and agree, we can't ignore the fact we made the choice and the penalties it bring but i'd like to ask if in future we can have three things things; one we are show if we can even pass an option, two that we are given a chance to re-vote, even if just this once. i also think that we should change the penalty to something a but less destructive. we could have lost a arm and/or part of our eyesight but this is incredibly limiting as we can't do much of anything. We could have retained control of tyrm and gained control of our "descendant" or instead been offered a choice of results like death or different wounds, i realise that you, running this quest have made your mind up on what shall happen, and that everyone watching has too but i just want us to consider that this was a major vote that passed by like the vote for our child's name. something which almost killed us received the same attention as something that is purely "visual" if that makes sense, it held no value. i am rambling now and chances are he won't see this so see you all next thread or maybe i won't

New thread soon?

>>44452512
Ok then. Bullshit acknowledged. Now can we go back to the quest?

>>44452383
Remember Trym? The slayer and lover of gods. The man who united the tribe in one of its hardest times. The man who allowed our tribe to grow and flourish with the invention of farming. The man who tamed the wolves to be our loyal companions. And who could forget his lesson in humility, that even the greatest of men can fall when they become too prideful.

And this is only what we've done so far, we have a chance to continue and leave a great legacy, lets take that fucking chance.

>>44452437
Because we're all equals here. It doesn't matter if an anon has been here since thread one or or thread sixteen, all we are are players, there are no ranks among us. Plenty of decisions I haven't agreed with have passed, but once they're chosen, you don't see me whining about them.

>>44452532
You should stick around. I have faith in both RWB and the playerbase to fix things. Don't give up hope.

>>44452525
And a decision that fucks over many individuals is fair? >>44451345 >>44451264
these two chucklefucks are saying they will actively fuck us over and samefag a vote to kill us off, and given the way participation works and how informed we are on a vote they could do it. That's bs.

>>44452597
Man... get over it. Quests come and go, enjoy them while they last and don't sweat the samefags. They will get their's one day.

>>44452532

We're too far on the other side of this storyline to pull off a retcon now, to be honest I'm pretty torn on how to feel, on the one hand our hubris was struck down with appropriate legendary splendor but you're right on the fact that the vote didn't appear to have much weight to it and if it was going to be such a huge turning point in the story then there might have been more to give that impression.

It's not like the story is ruined though. I just know that personally I am going to be more cautious in my voting since there are landmines like this around

>>44452593
Maybe I will stay, honestly It'll take more than this to shake me but this all reminds me of the AI quest fiasco about the ending but that is what is affecting me to make sure this goes better, even if only slightly.

Not bad for my fist posting on 4chan.

You will not be blind for the rest of your life. You refuse to let that fate rest. As the warmth of summer starts to turn into the colours and cold of autumn, colours you can never see again, your detrmination turns hard as stone. None of the gods can help you, but Nila mentioned once that you might be able to call one forth to help Beren in childbirth. Perhaps, just perhaps, if there is a god of humans, as there is one of stags and birds and bears and of course, the river, he (or she) could be called forth and asked to heal you?

You have precious little idea how to begin, but you know where. The glade where the gods assembled and you named them was special; you're certain of it. Hastily, you gather your things, give your family a swift farewell and whistle for the dogs, making all speed possible for the glade. Once there, you carefully start a fire, the dogs watching your back as you make offering after offering, sending your silent call out into the True Wild, as Lugal had named it. Your cry for help however, is not answered by any man. Instead, two much more familiar figures find you at almost the same time.

"Long way for a blind man to be from home, isn't it human?" growls Soqed's voice, as he pads around you. "You're calling for someone, hm? A spirit of humans? Now I wonder why that might be-?"
"Isn't it obvious?" cackles another voice, this one from high above you. "He fucked up and now he's trying to dodge the consequences! Typical human! Kahahaha!"
You can feel Soqed instantly sag. His display of predatory pacing stops and you hear the smack of a hand across his face. "Oh goodie. You're here too."
"Of course I am!" Awak chuckles, "I'm never going to miss a chance to watch him scramble out of this one! Human! I'll say this much for you: I was wrong! You ARE interesting after all! I cannot WAIT until they send YOU down the river! I'm longing for a chance to really pick your brains, heheheh! But for now, I'll settle for watching."

>>44452532
Why should we be given more knowledge than our character?

>>44452684
That's a lot of red.

>>44452593
I'm 'whining' because I care about this quest, and I'm disappointed that one decision irrevocably changed it and we had no chance in succeeding whatsoever.

>>44452532 <--(me)
well this is interesting, I think the crow is implying he eats our dead. we should tell our people that.

>>44452771
huh... good point. Might need to look into that since that crow is an asshole and denying him pleasure will be enjoyable.

>>44452771
>>44452793

That's not RWB

>>44452793
>>44452771
He is definitely god of death...

Possibly Nurglebird?

>>44452810
Could of dropped trip man.

>>44452762
Why would I be here if I didn't care? Also, RWB HIMSELF stated that we can reverse(or in some way fix) our blindness. Stop complaining, most of us care, and we aren't going to fix anything if we don't work together.

>>44452771
I think he was implying he was going to defile us specifically, but hey, lets invent propaganda while we have the chance, it's not like the crow has any redeeming qualities. That we know of.

>>44452825
RWB does not use a trip.

>>44452856
shit, you're right still an interesting thing

Also, thread is autosaging, it'll probably be a bit before we need a page 9 warning but I just thought I would bring it to everyone's general attention.

>>44452836
I don't care about the blindness, it's the relationship with Nila I care about, which you admitted was likely not possible to mend. That said, I've already aired out my criticism so I'll stop here. I'm not going to stop criticizing him in the future though if I think he fucked up

>>44452884
We will go down with the thread, i give her a few hours at most at our current rate of posting.

>>44452810
>>44452825
>>44452856
>>44452883
https://twitter.com/Line_of_Heroes/status/682018664942546944

>>44452908
gentlemen it has been an honour bickering over something so small and petty.

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>>44452836
see pic

>>44452903
Honestly I don't have a problem with criticism, I just don't like people clogging threads with it, but by all means, if you're pissed let it be known.

>>44452726
because this is a game, not just a story. There's things that a player character can and cannot do, and games generally define those things from the start. It's an acceptable break in verisimilitude, just as having stats is.

>>44452939
huh, beat me to it, gg.

>>44452983
While I do support us having a little bit of extra knowledge now and then, most of this stuff is "behind the curtain", so to speak. It's stuff that only the QM and spectators should truly know.

>>44452684
"Why are you here?" sighs Soqed, "I know you're calling for someone new, but why here?"
"It's just like Awak said," you admit, "I want my sight back. I want to be able to see again, to see the colours of the leaves in fall and to see my family and my clan... I'm not trying to dodge the consequences for my actions; just to repair them. A spirit of humans could help me do that."
"Hmmh," Soqed grunts, "Well, I could help you. It's certainly within my power to do so. But it's not in my nature; a blind human makes so much easier prey than a seeing one." You feel his breath hot on your neck as he leans in from your side, "And in the end, that's what really matters to the pack... Prey."
"Oh pay no attention to that over-excited fleabag," snorts Awak, "Why don't *I* lend you a hand instead? I'll tell you this for free, human, if you're looking for a spirit of your kind, you are in the wrong place! I've been all over the True Wild and I've not seen even one of your kind anywhere. A few who LOOK like you, at least to your eyes-" he stops and sniggers, "Ooops, sorry! Sore spot? Anyway, there IS another place you could try."
"Where is it?" you ask, but Awak cuts you off with a tutting sound. You can almost see him shaking a feather like a finger.
"Now now, remember what I said about payment up front? Raw meat. Pony up, mortal."

Luckily, you came prepared for something like this. You pull a rabbit corpse from your bag and place it on the ground. Given you ARE dealing with a god, even one as belligerent as Awak, you think it best to say a few words. "Awak the trickster, sharp of tongue and dark of wing, accept this offering of life and flesh. Your insight is needed, your far-seeing eyes are needed. Accept this offering and in turn, I pray you give me your assistance."

>>44453069
He's gonna laugh at us and want human sacrifices right?

>>44453069
I would go with soqed's help in this situation really. I absolutly HATE that nigger

>>44453107
kek

>>44453069
Just out of curiosity, would our wolves fight soqed if he were to attack us?

>>44453135
They would most likely be dead by the time he breathes out. Not Britfag btw

>>44453135
Did you see Jurassic World. The velociraptor vs the Indominus rex... it would be like that.

>>44453069
A clapping of wings almost sounds like applause for your sanctification, as Awak leaps down form his perch and you are forced to endure the sound of him ripping into the rabbit's carcass for a while, complete with tearing skin and ripping sinew, breaking bones and you SWEAR you hear both the rabbit's eyeballs pop as Awaks beak stabs down, once-twice! Finally however, it seems his hunger is sated.
"Aaah... You people need to give me stuff like that more often. Here's a little bit of wisdom from the 'trickster'. Well, three pieces actually! How's THAT for a bargain? First, I never lie when asked a question. Second, I will never tell you the truth. Third, when you humans offer it like that, you'd do well to remember what that watery bint said about names."
"In other words," coughs Soqed, apparently he hasn't left yet... Maybe he doesn't trust Awak not to say something stupid? "Keep doing it. We like it better that way."
"And now for the location!" caws the bird. Follow my voice, blackeyes! And do try to keep up! Bring those little puppies of yours too!"

Following Awak's calls of mixed encouragement and insults, you leave the grove behind you, trekking blindly through the forest. Thank everything for your dog pack, or you're sure you would never find your way home. With them keeping you from walking into trees, you blindly make your way over several days, Awak roosting sometimes right on top of your sleeping form, until you lift your head, sniffing and catching woodsmoke on the breeze. "Awak?" you ask, "Is that a forest fire?"
"What? No no, don't be daft," the crow scoffs. "We're near your village."
"What? If this is a trick-!"
"I don't lie to you, remember?" Awak's voice is suddenly so uncharacteristically serious, you're taken off-guard.
"Sorry... But, why here?"
"Well, OBVIOUSLY, this place has an absolutely GORGEOUS view of your little patch of the worl- Oh, whoops~!" The crow god is back to his usual mocking ways. "Nevermind. Not far now!"

Well remember the Crow is the literal incarnation of Chaotic Neutral, so remember we are dealing with the Joker. Soqed not be a definite ally but we do know his character

>>44451130
>Nila may not be lost to you, or to humanity forever, but it's going to take some time for these scars to fade.
I've been meaning to ask, what do you mean? Do you mean it's not improbable to win her heart back or whatever, and put her faith back in humanity?

>>44453212
WE are becoming the first god of mankind aren't we? I'm so excited!! EEEEK

>>44453224
I think that it may take generations for her to recover, but keep up the good work. Do not sacrifice our Wolf/Dogs, ask Soqed what he suggests for our eyes. Also maybe we can do something like give the one whom helps us a title or better yt a shape, a shape that means them, a rune if you will. Something to mark something as theirs.

>>44453224
All my sympathy for Nila was lost when she decided to first tell us that "She had the experience of several lifetimes" and then proceeded to throw a hissy fit better suited to a teenager when we took a risk and it backfired on us. Seriously who the hell gives the silent treatment for four years?

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>>44453312
Four years is like a day for a spirit.

>>44453312
Also she seems to forget that we are mortal. We are meant to die, and our deaths are very small matters.