Also, the who do the orcs and humans enslave? Because if it's goblins I vote that we go there first.
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Seeker extends a thin tendril and shakes Prometheus's hand. It's not nearly as moist as the glistening surface would seem to imply.
"Glad to meet cha." The ooze then retracts the tendril, and proceeds to roll onto the ship. For it's part, the levitating pack follows dutifully. Bouncing down the stairs, the purple ball disappears. A moment later, "Anyone call bunks? Like, I'm not gonna use one, but I kinda don't wanna put my stuff in someone else's spot. Actually..." trundling back up the stairs, this time not followed by the floating pack, "Do we gotta ship's cook? Not that I'm offering, and I mean, not that I'm not either. I'm basically neutral there. Just thought I might run an idea by whoever's going to be in the mess the most. Kinda wanna empty out the lowest cupboards in their to use as my room. And commandeer that large tin mixing bowl I saw."
(I’ll try to fill in my destiny and whatnot by later today)
”I am tempted to place my vote on the goblins, just to spite the rude one, but I find the creatures quite foul, and far too scrawny for my taste. Orcs, on the other hand, are exactly what I’m looking for. As for bunks, I will take anywhere capable of housing one of my... unique stature. And if we require a cook, I have some experience with the culinary arts.”
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
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(I’ll try to fill in my destiny and whatnot by later today)
”I am tempted to place my vote on the goblins, just to spite the rude one, but I find the creatures quite foul, and far too scrawny for my taste. Orcs, on the other hand, are exactly what I’m looking for. As for bunks, I will take anywhere capable of housing one of my... unique stature. And if we require a cook, I have some experience with the culinary arts.”
Your kind have enslaved us before. The one good thing the Gith did was take it from you
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"Mmm? I'm afraid "my kind" have done no such thing. Mostly because "my kind" is one of a kind." Prometheus chuckles at his own little joke. "In fact, I must admit that I have never touched a hair on a goblin's head before. Mostly because I didn't want lice, but also because your kind are simply... not the most impressive of physical specimens. Anyways, there is no need to get worked up about such things, I've resisted the aforementioned temptation, and still have my eyes set on the orcs."
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
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The instant I here about the west I stand up. "We will NOT be buying ANY goblin scalps. However, I vote we go there eventually when we're more powered up to kill their oppressors"
This is in an Irish Brouge
That's OOC (at least the part I posted). I'm assuming PCs roughly know about the surrounding areas.
Info on goblins in Q'rath Set;
In the Iron Empire, goblins are second-class citizens or slaves. For them, that's as good as it gets, because outside of the Iron Empire goblins aren't recognized as citizens, and in most of Q’rath Set, goblins aren't recognized as people. This sometimes goes so far as to mean that they aren't recognized as sentient. Only inside the Iron Empire is it normal for a person to know that goblins have a language, and in some places it's unusual to know that they're capable of speech. Goblins speaking their own language are usually assumed to be engaging in mindless gibbering, only appearing to talk because they are imitating speaking beings, much like an infant might.
Outside of the Iron Empire, it’s assumed that goblins don't organize or congregate, and that this is due to their inherent nature as antithetical to social order. Partially this is because there are no goblin cities and no goblin nations, at least not since antiquity. When goblins are found to have created a settlement somewhere, non-goblinoids view this as a fault in the local government, who must have overlooked the ‘sanitation problem’. In fact the characterization of goblins as vermin is so widespread that it is actually entrenched in the language and religions of Q’rath Set.
Another major factor in the public image of goblins is the existence of vedekain syndrome, a dominant congenital defect that causes a deformation of the skull and endocrine system problems. Goblins afflicted with the syndrome have a distinctive look; The nose is larger and is set higher, between the eyes, the teeth are more pronounced and the top of the skull is concave. Many can’t completely close their mouth or eyes. A goblin with vedekain is more aggressive, is vastly less intelligent then normal (Intelligence 1-3, not suitable for PCs), and has an increased libedo. Most have only a hundred words in their vocabulary, and none make or use tools more complicated than a club. Several million vedekain goblins swarm the northern plains and coastlines. When racist caricatures of goblins are created, they invariably look like vedekain goblins.
Despite being the subject of so much bigotry, non-vedekain goblins in this world aren’t actually typically much nicer than goblins on other worlds, which doesn’t help things.
Within the Iron Empire, goblins take a sociological place usually reserved for gnomes and albioni, being somewhat technologically inclined, fairly ubiquitous, and inclined to business enterprise.
Make a History check if you wish to know more about why the scalps fetch a price in the region.
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Setting Info: The most famous slavers in this setting are the Aboleth and their minions, who, at one point, almost achieved world domination.
Scalps on the Northern plains, DC12:
Goblins had been considered vermin for sometime in a few towns to the west, and those few started the scalp-pricing. The people of Can Tinodeus are an enterprising sort though, and in the poorer areas they started raising goblins in cages to turn in the scalps. They didn't know about vedekain syndrome, but noticed a certain 'look' of goblins bred faster and escaped less. The breeders favored the vedekain, and in a generation, the fecund v-gobs had almost entirely replaced the normal goblins in the cages. When the scalp-breeding was discovered, the government outlawed paying for goblin scalps. The result is that entire farms turned out their 'livestock', and the plains swarmed with goblins. The ban on scalping was quickly rescinded, replaced with a law on breeding goblins.
"I'd prefer a real prize for our firsst voyage. Ssomething to tesst the crew and ssee what we can do. Slavers are always a good choice. There are also the dwarven settlementss if we feel like going after ssomething likely more defended."
I roll my eyes: Freeing people is a prize in it's own. Especially if their goblins.
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Uh... Hi there, actually, I don't belive I know your name. Mine's Knicknack.
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The glistening ball is currently poking it's narrower end into a low cupboard and pulling pots and pans out it, in the messhall (really more of a room than a hall) below deck. Still holding a colander, the violet egg contorts, bending it's top in your direction.
"Eh, hello? Eh! Hello! Kinick Nap you say? I'm Amaranth Seeker, fortune chaser and researcher into the occult. Oh, who leaves a monocle in a frying pan?" One tendril removes a small glass disk and places it just above and to one side of Seeker's central mass. It stays there, apparently held by surface tension. "Wadda think?"
The glistening ball is currently poking it's narrower end into a low cupboard and pulling pots and pans out it, in the messhall (really more of a room than a hall) below deck. Still holding a colander, the violet egg contorts, bending it's top in your direction.
"Eh, hello? Eh! Hello! Kinick Nap you say? I'm Amaranth Seeker, fortune chaser and researcher into the occult. Oh, who leaves a monocle in a frying pan?" One tendril removes a small glass disk and places it just above and to one side of Seeker's central mass. It stays there, apparently held by surface tension. "Wadda think?"
A glassjewler?
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Sarcastic in Irish brouge (always assume it is an Irish brouge)
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Also, the who do the orcs and humans enslave? Because if it's goblins I vote that we go there first.
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Seeker extends a thin tendril and shakes Prometheus's hand. It's not nearly as moist as the glistening surface would seem to imply.
"Glad to meet cha." The ooze then retracts the tendril, and proceeds to roll onto the ship. For it's part, the levitating pack follows dutifully. Bouncing down the stairs, the purple ball disappears. A moment later, "Anyone call bunks? Like, I'm not gonna use one, but I kinda don't wanna put my stuff in someone else's spot. Actually..." trundling back up the stairs, this time not followed by the floating pack, "Do we gotta ship's cook? Not that I'm offering, and I mean, not that I'm not either. I'm basically neutral there. Just thought I might run an idea by whoever's going to be in the mess the most. Kinda wanna empty out the lowest cupboards in their to use as my room. And commandeer that large tin mixing bowl I saw."
(I’ll try to fill in my destiny and whatnot by later today)
”I am tempted to place my vote on the goblins, just to spite the rude one, but I find the creatures quite foul, and far too scrawny for my taste. Orcs, on the other hand, are exactly what I’m looking for. As for bunks, I will take anywhere capable of housing one of my... unique stature. And if we require a cook, I have some experience with the culinary arts.”
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
I call top!
Yep this guy's still a kid
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Your kind have enslaved us before. The one good thing the Gith did was take it from you
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They aren't choosy.
"Mmm? I'm afraid "my kind" have done no such thing. Mostly because "my kind" is one of a kind." Prometheus chuckles at his own little joke. "In fact, I must admit that I have never touched a hair on a goblin's head before. Mostly because I didn't want lice, but also because your kind are simply... not the most impressive of physical specimens. Anyways, there is no need to get worked up about such things, I've resisted the aforementioned temptation, and still have my eyes set on the orcs."
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
I really need to remember who the Yuan-Ti is
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Also, can I go and talk to seeker?
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That's OOC (at least the part I posted). I'm assuming PCs roughly know about the surrounding areas.
Info on goblins in Q'rath Set;
In the Iron Empire, goblins are second-class citizens or slaves. For them, that's as good as it gets, because outside of the Iron Empire goblins aren't recognized as citizens, and in most of Q’rath Set, goblins aren't recognized as people. This sometimes goes so far as to mean that they aren't recognized as sentient. Only inside the Iron Empire is it normal for a person to know that goblins have a language, and in some places it's unusual to know that they're capable of speech. Goblins speaking their own language are usually assumed to be engaging in mindless gibbering, only appearing to talk because they are imitating speaking beings, much like an infant might.
Outside of the Iron Empire, it’s assumed that goblins don't organize or congregate, and that this is due to their inherent nature as antithetical to social order. Partially this is because there are no goblin cities and no goblin nations, at least not since antiquity. When goblins are found to have created a settlement somewhere, non-goblinoids view this as a fault in the local government, who must have overlooked the ‘sanitation problem’. In fact the characterization of goblins as vermin is so widespread that it is actually entrenched in the language and religions of Q’rath Set.
Another major factor in the public image of goblins is the existence of vedekain syndrome, a dominant congenital defect that causes a deformation of the skull and endocrine system problems. Goblins afflicted with the syndrome have a distinctive look; The nose is larger and is set higher, between the eyes, the teeth are more pronounced and the top of the skull is concave. Many can’t completely close their mouth or eyes. A goblin with vedekain is more aggressive, is vastly less intelligent then normal (Intelligence 1-3, not suitable for PCs), and has an increased libedo. Most have only a hundred words in their vocabulary, and none make or use tools more complicated than a club. Several million vedekain goblins swarm the northern plains and coastlines. When racist caricatures of goblins are created, they invariably look like vedekain goblins.
Despite being the subject of so much bigotry, non-vedekain goblins in this world aren’t actually typically much nicer than goblins on other worlds, which doesn’t help things.
Within the Iron Empire, goblins take a sociological place usually reserved for gnomes and albioni, being somewhat technologically inclined, fairly ubiquitous, and inclined to business enterprise.
Make a History check if you wish to know more about why the scalps fetch a price in the region.
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Saleadon Morgul Battle Smith Artificer 11 Tyranny of Dragons (In Person/Over Zoom)
Hurtharn Serpti Ghostslayer Blood Hunter 7 Spelljammer (Over Zoom)
Ex Sig
Setting Info: The most famous slavers in this setting are the Aboleth and their minions, who, at one point, almost achieved world domination.
Scalps on the Northern plains, DC12:
Goblins had been considered vermin for sometime in a few towns to the west, and those few started the scalp-pricing. The people of Can Tinodeus are an enterprising sort though, and in the poorer areas they started raising goblins in cages to turn in the scalps. They didn't know about vedekain syndrome, but noticed a certain 'look' of goblins bred faster and escaped less. The breeders favored the vedekain, and in a generation, the fecund v-gobs had almost entirely replaced the normal goblins in the cages. When the scalp-breeding was discovered, the government outlawed paying for goblin scalps. The result is that entire farms turned out their 'livestock', and the plains swarmed with goblins. The ban on scalping was quickly rescinded, replaced with a law on breeding goblins.
"I'd prefer a real prize for our firsst voyage. Ssomething to tesst the crew and ssee what we can do. Slavers are always a good choice. There are also the dwarven settlementss if we feel like going after ssomething likely more defended."
I roll my eyes: Freeing people is a prize in it's own. Especially if their goblins.
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Nothing stops you.
Uh... Hi there, actually, I don't belive I know your name. Mine's Knicknack.
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The glistening ball is currently poking it's narrower end into a low cupboard and pulling pots and pans out it, in the messhall (really more of a room than a hall) below deck. Still holding a colander, the violet egg contorts, bending it's top in your direction.
"Eh, hello? Eh! Hello! Kinick Nap you say? I'm Amaranth Seeker, fortune chaser and researcher into the occult. Oh, who leaves a monocle in a frying pan?" One tendril removes a small glass disk and places it just above and to one side of Seeker's central mass. It stays there, apparently held by surface tension. "Wadda think?"
"I... fail to see it's use, seeing as you lack traditional eyes. However, it looks quite dashing, so who am I to judge?"
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
A glassjewler?
Helper of Create a World thread/Sedge is Chaotic Neutral/ Mega Yahtzee High: 34, Low: 14/I speak English, je me parle le Francais, agus Labhraim beagan Gaeilge
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'Yes, Bloby Boy, my name's Kinick Nap'
Sarcastic in Irish brouge (always assume it is an Irish brouge)
Helper of Create a World thread/Sedge is Chaotic Neutral/ Mega Yahtzee High: 34, Low: 14/I speak English, je me parle le Francais, agus Labhraim beagan Gaeilge
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Saleadon Morgul Battle Smith Artificer 11 Tyranny of Dragons (In Person/Over Zoom)
Hurtharn Serpti Ghostslayer Blood Hunter 7 Spelljammer (Over Zoom)
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