Before heading to the table Garagas approaches Antonia and says, "I'm glad to see you."
"Did you not expect me to survive?"
[[OOC: Garagas is more charismatic than me and since I'm not sure which words to use, I'll have him take over.]]
Garagas replies to Antonia in such a way to defuse the implied "You think I'm weak?" in Antonia's question. He smooths over a way to not doubt the strength of Antonia while by noting the difficulty of the fights as a testament to her skill. He then probes for interest in conversing at the table, perhaps sitting near Lazaren.
Before heading to the table Garagas approaches Antonia and says, "I'm glad to see you."
"Did you not expect me to survive?"
[[OOC: Garagas is more charismatic than me and since I'm not sure which words to use, I'll have him take over.]]
Garagas replies to Antonia in such a way to defuse the implied "You think I'm weak?" in Antonia's question. He smooths over a way to not doubt the strength of Antonia while by noting the difficulty of the fights as a testament to her skill. He then probes for interest in conversing at the table, perhaps sitting near Lazaren.
Antonia seems completely at ease, and even allows herself a smile at the end of your little speech. She sits down at the table next to you and waits, as if expecting you to say more. [[The wonders of a persuasion crit]]
Once everyone has sat down a man saunters in from the passage opposite the giant stone with the golden hand embedded in it. He is lean, with short scruffy black hair, dirty white skin and is covered in shining gold armor. An mocking smirk covers his face. He steps up onto the table and walks along in front of you all. "Hello you little shiteaters. Many of you may think that first test was more of a culling than anything else." Many students nod and small whispers and even a few sobs go through the table. "And you may think it a waste of good golds, but you're an idiot if you think 50 children make an indent in our numbers. There are more than one million golds on mars. More than one hundred million in the solar system. But even being golds, not all get to be at the top of the food chain, eh? We take the best and cut the rest. That way all the top drafts come through and become better. Except that idiot Piram. Yeah, there's a lesson for you lot. He was a brilliant boy- beautiful, strong, fast, a genius that studied day and night with a dozen tutors. But he was pampered. Someone, I won't say who, because that undermines the fun of it all, knocked him down to the stone and stamped on his head until he died."
He reaches the end of the table and takes a seat on the chair at the head of it. "Now, this is your new family! Group Augustus. You are the Lancers of Augustus, and will be fighting against the Lancers of houses Bellona and Acros in a dummy war. And we have a special treat this year. A son of Lorn au Acros," He looks at Amethyst, "Is on our side, and two sons of Bellona," He looks at Cassius, "Will be on the side of Augusts! Oh but wait, only one Bellona made it through our last test. Julian au Bellona's itty-bitty head was kicked in by a high draft." You see Cassius tense up, looking around the room to see if he can glimpse any reactions so he might get an idea on whom to take revenge for his brother. "Obviously, as you have probably guessed- well, at least the clever ones amongst you- the remaining son and daughter of lord Augustus have been sent over to bellona and augustus, and so they won't be joining us. The rules for the dummy war itself will be explained 1 hour before it starts. Any questions?"
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Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
At the numerous mentions of death, Lazaren's face doesn't change, he just leans forward over the table, staring hard at the man.
When Amythest raises her hand, Lazaren sees, but decides to just ask out loud. He thinks it would seem childish to raise his hand [[No offence, that's just how he is]].
"Will the dummy war involve, or require, more killing? And, who are you?"
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[[OOC: Homebrewed in a scorcher attack to the Goliath. At the time of writing this post there's still some issues with not being able to reflect my abilities scores accurately. (Hoping it's just taking a little time for DDB's servers to be like "Oh... you get +2 CHAR not +2 STR" and fix it.) So I might have to manually override that to have 8/18 STR/CHAR instead of 10/160. But looks like the Scorcher works.
@Zeus and Yondor, if you join the campaign link it would be easy enough to homebrew in the Scorcher for you guys too using the race you're using. (As I recall half-elf and Aarakocra.)
That said, what's the range on it supposed to be? I defaulted to 150(500) just as a guess.]]
[[OOC: Homebrewed in a scorcher attack to the Goliath. At the time of writing this post there's still some issues with not being able to reflect my abilities scores accurately. (Hoping it's just taking a little time for DDB's servers to be like "Oh... you get +2 CHAR not +2 STR" and fix it.) So I might have to manually override that to have 8/18 STR/CHAR instead of 10/160. But looks like the Scorcher works.
@Zeus and Yondor, if you join the campaign link it would be easy enough to homebrew in the Scorcher for you guys too using the race you're using. (As I recall half-elf and Aarakocra.)
That said, what's the range on it supposed to be? I defaulted to 150(500) just as a guess.]]
[[Okay, cool. Feel free to override any ability scores, I'll check your character sheet afterworlds just to make sure it's not underpowered. Also, you got it right with the scorcher range.]]
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Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[Amythest, not Amethyst. Yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose.]]
Amythest raises her hand.
[[Okay, I'll try to remember to spell it right from now on, but if I get it wrong it will only be me rushing it because some of these messages can take a while to write]]
The man doesn't even look at you, pretending that you didn't just put your hand up.
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Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
At the numerous mentions of death, Lazaren's face doesn't change, he just leans forward over the table, staring hard at the man.
When Amythest raises her hand, Lazaren sees, but decides to just ask out loud. He thinks it would seem childish to raise his hand [[No offence, that's just how he is]].
"Will the dummy war involve, or require, more killing? And, who are you?"
"The name is Fincher, and you would do well not to talk to an Olimpic knight like that." He pulls out his razor, and with a flick from his thumb it bursts into flames. You all know who the Olympic knights are. They're the most elite killers in the system, all owned by the sovereign and tasked with keeping order amongst her people. And that razor confirms that Fincher is the flame knight, one of the 12 others different knights under the order of the sovereign.
"Most of the war will be fought by firing dummy nukes at each others vessels. If the AI confirms that you got a kill, the other ship will go dark, all lights, guns and engines off. When boarding parties are launched, if they make it onto the enemy ship then you may fight with the crew of that ship, but you will only be using stun weapons. The only way of golds actually dying is in a freak accident whilst fighting or if you try to use damaged machinery."
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Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[Amythest, not Amethyst. Yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose.]]
Amythest raises her hand.
[[Okay, I'll try to remember to spell it right from now on, but if I get it wrong it will only be me rushing it because some of these messages can take a while to write]]
The man doesn't even look at you, pretending that you didn't just put your hand up.
Amythest raises her hand higher.
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remember that my PMs are always open to anyone who needs someone to talk to, vent to, or just shout at, and i'll always respond relatively quickly
[[Yes, exactly 50 seats. We will just wait for the others to finish up their conversations and sit down and then we can continue.]]
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[Okay]]
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...and started me on my way into my next chapter in life...
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[[Just bumping this so Vitus and Zeus remember it exists]]
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[Good idea :) ]]
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...and started me on my way into my next chapter in life...
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Before heading to the table Garagas approaches Antonia and says, "I'm glad to see you."
This is a signature. It was a simple signature. But it has been upgraded.
Belolonandalogalo, Sunny | Draíocht, Kholias | Eggo Lass, 100 Dungeons
Talorin Tebedi, Vecna: Eve | Cherry, Stormwreck | Chipper, Strahd
We Are Modron
Get rickrolled here. Awesome music here. Track 48, 5/23/25, Immaculate Mary
"Did you not expect me to survive?"
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
"Good to hear." Amythest sits down in an empty seat.
[[Sorry, weekends are hectic for me.]]
I'm Hecate! I've got a lotta titles, and there's no way this sig space would hold them all lol
remember that my PMs are always open to anyone who needs someone to talk to, vent to, or just shout at, and i'll always respond relatively quickly
The Younger Twin (by ten minutes)
Extended signature: Here
[[No worries.]]
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[OOC: Garagas is more charismatic than me and since I'm not sure which words to use, I'll have him take over.]]
Garagas replies to Antonia in such a way to defuse the implied "You think I'm weak?" in Antonia's question. He smooths over a way to not doubt the strength of Antonia while by noting the difficulty of the fights as a testament to her skill. He then probes for interest in conversing at the table, perhaps sitting near Lazaren.
Persuasion: 20+10 = 30
This is a signature. It was a simple signature. But it has been upgraded.
Belolonandalogalo, Sunny | Draíocht, Kholias | Eggo Lass, 100 Dungeons
Talorin Tebedi, Vecna: Eve | Cherry, Stormwreck | Chipper, Strahd
We Are Modron
Get rickrolled here. Awesome music here. Track 48, 5/23/25, Immaculate Mary
Antonia seems completely at ease, and even allows herself a smile at the end of your little speech. She sits down at the table next to you and waits, as if expecting you to say more. [[The wonders of a persuasion crit]]
Once everyone has sat down a man saunters in from the passage opposite the giant stone with the golden hand embedded in it. He is lean, with short scruffy black hair, dirty white skin and is covered in shining gold armor. An mocking smirk covers his face. He steps up onto the table and walks along in front of you all. "Hello you little shiteaters. Many of you may think that first test was more of a culling than anything else." Many students nod and small whispers and even a few sobs go through the table. "And you may think it a waste of good golds, but you're an idiot if you think 50 children make an indent in our numbers. There are more than one million golds on mars. More than one hundred million in the solar system. But even being golds, not all get to be at the top of the food chain, eh? We take the best and cut the rest. That way all the top drafts come through and become better. Except that idiot Piram. Yeah, there's a lesson for you lot. He was a brilliant boy- beautiful, strong, fast, a genius that studied day and night with a dozen tutors. But he was pampered. Someone, I won't say who, because that undermines the fun of it all, knocked him down to the stone and stamped on his head until he died."
He reaches the end of the table and takes a seat on the chair at the head of it. "Now, this is your new family! Group Augustus. You are the Lancers of Augustus, and will be fighting against the Lancers of houses Bellona and Acros in a dummy war. And we have a special treat this year. A son of Lorn au Acros," He looks at Amethyst, "Is on our side, and two sons of Bellona," He looks at Cassius, "Will be on the side of Augusts! Oh but wait, only one Bellona made it through our last test. Julian au Bellona's itty-bitty head was kicked in by a high draft." You see Cassius tense up, looking around the room to see if he can glimpse any reactions so he might get an idea on whom to take revenge for his brother. "Obviously, as you have probably guessed- well, at least the clever ones amongst you- the remaining son and daughter of lord Augustus have been sent over to bellona and augustus, and so they won't be joining us. The rules for the dummy war itself will be explained 1 hour before it starts. Any questions?"
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[Amythest, not Amethyst. Yes, I spelled it wrong on purpose.]]
Amythest raises her hand.
I'm Hecate! I've got a lotta titles, and there's no way this sig space would hold them all lol
remember that my PMs are always open to anyone who needs someone to talk to, vent to, or just shout at, and i'll always respond relatively quickly
The Younger Twin (by ten minutes)
Extended signature: Here
At the numerous mentions of death, Lazaren's face doesn't change, he just leans forward over the table, staring hard at the man.
When Amythest raises her hand, Lazaren sees, but decides to just ask out loud. He thinks it would seem childish to raise his hand [[No offence, that's just how he is]].
"Will the dummy war involve, or require, more killing? And, who are you?"
⌜╔═════════════ The Board ══════════════╗⌝
...and started me on my way into my next chapter in life...
⌞╚════════════ Extended Signature ════════════╝⌟
[[OOC: Homebrewed in a scorcher attack to the Goliath. At the time of writing this post there's still some issues with not being able to reflect my abilities scores accurately. (Hoping it's just taking a little time for DDB's servers to be like "Oh... you get +2 CHAR not +2 STR" and fix it.) So I might have to manually override that to have 8/18 STR/CHAR instead of 10/160. But looks like the Scorcher works.
@Zeus and Yondor, if you join the campaign link it would be easy enough to homebrew in the Scorcher for you guys too using the race you're using. (As I recall half-elf and Aarakocra.)
That said, what's the range on it supposed to be? I defaulted to 150(500) just as a guess.]]
This is a signature. It was a simple signature. But it has been upgraded.
Belolonandalogalo, Sunny | Draíocht, Kholias | Eggo Lass, 100 Dungeons
Talorin Tebedi, Vecna: Eve | Cherry, Stormwreck | Chipper, Strahd
We Are Modron
Get rickrolled here. Awesome music here. Track 48, 5/23/25, Immaculate Mary
[[Okay, cool. Feel free to override any ability scores, I'll check your character sheet afterworlds just to make sure it's not underpowered. Also, you got it right with the scorcher range.]]
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
[[Okay, I'll try to remember to spell it right from now on, but if I get it wrong it will only be me rushing it because some of these messages can take a while to write]]
The man doesn't even look at you, pretending that you didn't just put your hand up.
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
"The name is Fincher, and you would do well not to talk to an Olimpic knight like that." He pulls out his razor, and with a flick from his thumb it bursts into flames. You all know who the Olympic knights are. They're the most elite killers in the system, all owned by the sovereign and tasked with keeping order amongst her people. And that razor confirms that Fincher is the flame knight, one of the 12 others different knights under the order of the sovereign.
"Most of the war will be fought by firing dummy nukes at each others vessels. If the AI confirms that you got a kill, the other ship will go dark, all lights, guns and engines off. When boarding parties are launched, if they make it onto the enemy ship then you may fight with the crew of that ship, but you will only be using stun weapons. The only way of golds actually dying is in a freak accident whilst fighting or if you try to use damaged machinery."
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
"Alright. Thank you... sir."
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...and started me on my way into my next chapter in life...
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"My pleasure, child."
Long live the dragon slayers, long live the spider guild, long live the forums.
I want you to know. You are going to lose. You are going to lose badly. You’re going to lose badly and it’s going to be awesome.
Lazaren leans back, content to keep watching the man.
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...and started me on my way into my next chapter in life...
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Amythest raises her hand higher.
I'm Hecate! I've got a lotta titles, and there's no way this sig space would hold them all lol
remember that my PMs are always open to anyone who needs someone to talk to, vent to, or just shout at, and i'll always respond relatively quickly
The Younger Twin (by ten minutes)
Extended signature: Here