Inactive [LP CYOA] Overlord

[treave]

I kinda want the Barzam forces to be killed, all of them to the last man. Wasn't that why we came here in the first place? Damn prince, stealing our thunder and spoiling our fun!

You could always try talking to them.

Well, why don't we kill everyone except the adjutant and the twins then? blood for the blood pigeon.

treave?

You chose to save the kids. That rules out any immediate choice where you change your mind for some reason and automatically decide to kill everything that moves. Too bad.

 

[Nevill]

Nevill, Well, why don't we kill everyone except the adjutant and the twins then? blood for the blood pigeon.

Meh. Too banal and GRLLLBRLLL for me.

The world is stressful.

Triggering. The word you are looking for is triggering.

You could always try talking to them.

Errr, what for? I mean, we just ignored the Barzam diplomacy and Jesus route.

Edit:

Spoiler

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

treave, with A can we lie to the prince and tell him that we do know a spell that would destroy the enemy, but that it would require a royal blooded male to sacrifice his life as a reagent for the casting at maximum power?

If he wants to be noble, he dies. If he refuses, he can't prented to be quite as self righteous as he could have otherwise.

 

[Nevill]

treave, with A can we lie to the prince and tell him that we do know a spell that would destroy the enemy, but that it would require a royal male to sacrifice his life as a reagent for the casting?

What for?

Why would we actively want the prince dead? Are you that triggered by the memory of Kyle?

It wouldn't change that you killed the Prince by casting a spell as far as his family is concerned, y'know?

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

I just want to kill him so we can get at his adjutant better, that's all. Also, it's fun to get princes killed.

He would kill himself so his family can sit and spin.

 

[treave]

Errr, what for? I mean, we just ignored the Barzam diplomacy and Jesus route.

You know more about them than you did the first time now. That'll give you some advantage.

treave, with A can we lie to the prince and tell him that we do know a spell that would destroy the enemy, but that it would require a royal blooded male to sacrifice his life as a reagent for the casting at maximum power?

If he wants to be noble, he dies. If he refuses, he can't prented to be quite as self righteous as he could have otherwise.

Uh, what's the point? Just outright say that you'll save his men in return for his life as payment. Not like he can stop you from collecting on it afterwards even if he lies.

Refusing to give a strange mage your life and entrust the lives of your men to his goodwill on the first meeting isn't being ignoble, it's being not retarded.

 

[Azira]

I wonder when Erdrick starts to level up. The lowly humans he has been trashing so far is just that? Trash mobs? Would it take a bossfight to level up a Seraphic Lord?

 

[Nevill]

You know more about them than you did the first time now. That'll give you some advantage.

The only thing we need to know about dealing with them is where to find Rin.

Uh, what's the point? Just outright say that you'll save his men in return for his life as payment.

Can we make it his adjutant's life instead? Well, in a package with the adjutant herself, of course.

That'd be a much better offer than some title. Would be a much greater incentive for me to vote A.

 

[treave]

I wonder when Erdrick starts to level up. The lowly humans he has been trashing so far is just that? Trash mobs? Would it take a bossfight to level up a Seraphic Lord?

It would, but you can also slowly level up with time(skips) as you get acclimatized to your new form.

 

[lightbane]

Looks like lightbane doesn't get his Shinji-sexuality.

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll have other chances in the future, as long as our heart doesn't pop
So the Prince seems to be a fedora-man white knight Lawful Good Prince (unless he's very good at acting). Hm, perhaps if he survives we can corrupt him, Arthas style. Either way...

A. You decide not to let past experiences bias your judgment. Helping out a prince of the kingdom would be more useful than merely helping out a village chief, which is one possible outcome you had considered coming here. Besides, you can't let a potential cutie die before you've seen her face. Judging from your battle in the ruins, you doubt it will be anywhere near as risky as the prince thinks unless they pull out some trick that you have not seen before.

We need to spill more blood/devour more souls for us to level up. Besides, that way Rin can also work out her frustation before she "accidentally" kills the twins somehow. Should the battle be too much for her, we can join in and start casting spells. It would be interesting to see how do mage duels work here, although we should be careful to not let the bloodlust take us over, or worse, receive "clothing damage" and le our halo and wing show up... Bah, who am I kidding? We'll just cast Gygadine and turn everything into ashes, right?

Alternatively:

A>D. Relax, take our time and wipe out the survivors.

EDIT:

“There is that creepy look on your face again,” says Rin, appearing from the trees...

Rin is truly a supreme body language reader, considering he could see our expression while she was some distance away us and we were wearing a heavy hood that conceals our features

 

[treave]

Can we make it his adjutant's life instead? Well, in a package with the adjutant herself, of course.

That'd be a much better offer than some title.

I never intended to lock you into his choice of reward from the start.

 

[Nevill]

Can we make it his adjutant's life instead? Well, in a package with the adjutant herself, of course.

To elaborate on this thought - if she is a 'noble' sort that has sworn her service to the Prince, she would comply with his order to serve us instead and would not betray it unless it goes against her prince or her country. And if we word our request to the prince just right, it may just bind her into our service unconditionally, regardless of whether we are a human or not.

It might end up as a relationship between Leto II, Nayla and Siona, where Nayla was ordered by Leto to obey Siona even as the latter planned the Emperor's assasination, effectively having a fanatic murder her beloved God out of faith in his own omnipotence. Depends on how blindly the adjutant follows the Prince's will, I suppose, or how seriously they treat their oaths.

Kinda want to teach her a lesson in humility...

However, I suspect that their relationship is of another sort. We'll have to see, I guess.

Will go for a reward. A.

We'll just cast Gygadine and turn everything into ashes, right?

I would vote for the adjutant's outfit to be among 'everything'.

We must know if the goods are worth it before we place the order.

 

[treave]

Rin is truly a supreme body language reader, considering he could see our expression while she was some distance away us and we were wearing a heavy hood that conceals our features

You're right in front of her. Walking back, the kids are near where you started, you're facing the woods, and the hood isn't actually that concealing thanks to the halo propping it up, the adjutant was just overreacting.

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

I would vote for the adjutant's outfit to be among 'everything'.

We must know if the goods are worth it before we place the order.

With our luck she won't be hot at all.

Meh, this is all getting to be such a bother for an uncertain reward.

Flopping my vote to D>C1>C5>A

 

[Nevill]

Our luck have secured us a 10/10 demoness, a 8/10 head for a jar, and a 9/10 loli.

I see no reason for you to complain.

 

[Kayerts]

It may not be in my power to grant you a full title of nobility, but I can assure you some riches, at least... perhaps a lesser knighthood, if that is what you desire.

Bros! BROS! Now's our chance to be a paladin after all!

As much as I like to save the day, I don't trust this prince to make good on his word after he finds out *what* we are.

Why would you not trust this proud scion of a cadet branch of the Theseus Dynasty?


So, the prince seems like the most competent person here, is a lesser heir to an empire that seems to have found a way to exert leverage over angels, and, most relevantly, was about to start asking awkward questions about whether we've seen anyone using Wuxiang Qiankun. Seems like it's in our best interests that he not make it home to his dad. On the other hand, the HBE bros seem like dicks.

I like the idea of us maturing into the sort of villain that the good guys consider one of their own until it's far too late. Can we choose a cross between A and D, with the goal of maximizing the number of dead humans on the field? We pretend to help the brave prince as an incompetent wizard, mumble something about needing to "charge up," and maybe cast a magic arrow at the enemy a a display of our tenuous control over the arcane arts? Then, after they slaughter him, we hulk out and start tossing thunder dragons around. Ideally the kids survive and aren't too angry at us. The adjutant is probably going to heroically sacrifice herself to (fail to) save the prince, though.

 

[Nevill]

Meh, this is all getting to be such a bother for an uncertain reward.

Also, isn't it a bit hypocritical to say how Rin killing people is your favorite part of the LP and then deny her just that?

 

[treave]

I like the idea of us maturing into the sort of villain that the good guys consider one of their own until it's far too late. Can we choose a cross between A and D, with the goal of maximizing the number of dead humans on the field? We pretend to help the brave prince as an incompetent wizard, mumble something about needing to "charge up," and maybe cast a magic arrow at the enemy a a display of our tenuous control over the arcane arts? Then, after they slaughter him, we hulk out and start tossing thunder dragons around. Ideally the kids survive and aren't too angry at us. The adjutant is probably going to heroically sacrifice herself to (fail to) save the prince, though.

10 on one side, 100 on the other. They'll likely protect the prince to the last man, so unless you're holding out till he dies for a 0:70 survival score then mop up the other side yourself (in which case you might as well pick D), or have an elaborate plan to kill the prince in the middle of battle (badly triggered by Kyle, I'll assume, though I thought you guys were previously very adamant it shouldn't happen this way), I'm not sure what sort of maximization can be done here.

 

[Smashing Axe]

C7>A>D
No real reason. I like the prince, we need a bro after all the Theseuses we've faced. Surely if we give this man our blind trust we will not regret it!

I also get the feeling this guy might be a bit more forthcoming with information than the zealot opposition.

Edit: Stockholm syndrome is a thing, so...

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

(badly triggered by Kyle, I'll assume, though I thought you guys were previously very adamant it shouldn't happen this way)

lol, no, Kyle and any character that is similar to him just naturally repel anti-heros with obvious authority issues like us.

It's like Anomen in bauldur's gate 2. He says one sentence and you already know he's douche.

edit: btw, I can't be the only one who picks him up just to cause him to fail in his life's ambition and then disintegrates him immediately afterward.

 

[treave]

edit: btw, I can't be the only one who picks him up just to cause him to fail in his life's ambition and then disintegrates him immediately afterward.

After you romance him using a male Bhaalspawn and the gay romance mod, right?

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

of course

edit: actually if you do romance him as a female it's pretty awesome. He calls you a 'bitch who ruined his life' and tries to kill you. such epic levels of butthurt from our young squire.


edit: I haven't done it, but bonus points if you turn him into a woman first with the cursed girdle

Spoiler

 

[treave]

edit: actually if you do romance him as a female it's pretty awesome.

I'm glad you have such fond memories of romancing Anomen, I never managed to complete that questline.

So what you're saying is that we should romance the prince and steal him away from his adjutant, and then ruin his life?

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

So what you're saying is that we should romance the prince and steal him away from his adjutant, and then ruin his life?

No. No, I'm not. As a matter of fact, forget I said anything. I'm just going to sit in the corner and fingerpaint until the update...

 

[Nevill]

edit: actually if you do romance him as a female it's pretty awesome.

edit: I haven't done it, but...

...I know a friend of a friend.

Goddamn it, Lambchop! You were the chosen one! We trusted you!