quick, check all the houses for survivors!

Take the sword, if you can overcome fear. Then quietly stride into the cover of the trees and walk away. Seriously don't investigate, find a new village to live in and live the rest of your life without anymore adventure bullshit.

Also pick up that food you dropped. It's going to be a long night.

check for survivors. if you don't find anyone salvage what you can (be sure to take a weapon) and head out into the forest.

So... you smelled cooked meat you say?

Check for survivors, cry some.

Check if anyone survived, salvage what you can, keep in the shadows so that whoever did this can't do it to you too, sneak back into the forest, and have a good cry once you think you're safe.

Checking for survivors is obviously imperative. That looks like a perfectly good sword sticking out of that dead fellow's back, so go ahead and liberate it, just in case. Keep your guard up.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

(Just what is that up in the guard tower?)

Take sword, vow revenge in the cutest way you can, cry.

check for survivors, but do that while also checking for remaining threats.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)01:52 No. 320565 ID: c811c4
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Poor Lifi.. but you are right, the sword might be helpful. Even though I don't know how to use it, really...

I hope someone survived. I'll check the first house...

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)01:53 No. 320567 ID: c811c4
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Ah--! Um, um... no survivors in here... uh.. the blood is dry, so it must have happened... right after I left.

I don't think I want to check on every house. I think whoever did this is gone, but.. I don't want to check on every house anyway! I'm going to leave, now.

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)01:54 No. 320568 ID: c811c4
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...but I don't want to. I'm tired of running. They should at least get a burial! But it's getting too dark anyway. I got what food I could, and dragged the sword. I don't think there would be much else to bring. I don't think. Maybe. Maybe...

...it's getting cold.

let it out... and sleep, you will feel better in the morning.

We could better help you if you share with us what you know. Your village, or whatever you called it, was it the only one you know of? Are there other places you might find refuge? Relatives you could go stay with? You said that this happened to you before, so this isn't your homeland or your original family, so I'd guess not... But is there any place you know of where there might be others, like yourself, who might've been absent when whoever attacked did? Speaking of that, do you have any idea who might've been behind the attack? Any evidence left behind by the perpetrators? Perhaps a sigil on the sword or something?

what level of tech/magic is your world? that sword is a murder weapon, and can be traced to both "parties of the transaction". however, the fact that it was left suggests it was not something the murdrer cared enough about to hold onto for any length of time, or to form any emotional connection with.
shit
were dealing with professionals.

Who leaves their sword behind during a successful pillaging? Unless they needed to leave before picking it up, it is a waste of resources to just leave it there. Is there any reason you can think of that the attackers would leave in a hurry?

Try to cover yourself with something and rest. In the morning, bury your friends, then head towards nearest town.

How do other races and peoples usually regard kobolds?

>>320568
Okay, first things first. You might be able to use that sword and a rock to start yourself a small fire. Find some leaves, some twigs, and some branches. Use the rock and the sword to make sparks to light the leaves, and then the twigs, ect until you have yourself a nice warm fire. Dont forget to make sure you have a supply of fuel to last till the morning.

And in the morning? REVENGE.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)03:16 No. 320589 ID: c811c4
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>>320581

I... I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS.

>Animated

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)03:19 No. 320591 ID: c811c4
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Oh, yes! It's good to keep you up to date! Let me draw all of you a map so you can see! Um.. I'm not very good at this, hold on...

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)03:33 No. 320593 ID: c811c4
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Okay... the X is where I'm at. Well, where I was. That is.. the place that was just.. you know. The place I wrote A at was my first home.. I think it was too close to the human lands. Maybe they thought we were enroaching.. I don't know, I was only a month old at the time. My parents survived, and brought me to another camp.. somewhere to the west? I don't know where it is, anymore.

In fact, I don't remember anything before my parents left, again. They said I was sick, and needed to be brought elsewhere.. they really didn't like talking about it! And then they left me a month later without a word. I don't know why, either.. but I had to fend for myself, but I don't have many survival skills. I found a dragon, also marked on the map here.. it didn't care about worship of us kobolds, but it kept me around to do menial tasks in exchange, for scraps of food and a place to sleep.

Then one night, about a month ago, it called me a parasite on the earth, and kicked me right back out! I tried to plead, but it started getting all this fire in it's mouth and I left. And then I barely found the new village.. about 2 weeks ago.

Ah, sorry, I'm really talking all of your ears off! I'll keep the rest short. There's no sigil on the sword, I have no idea why it would be left behind, or who was behind the attack! Maybe it was one of those crazy people with like 7 swords and he didn't care to lose one. Revenge, um.. I'm not skilled enough for anything like that. And for refuge.. I think there's a spot, marked B, that's actually a kobold fortification I heard about in passing. If there's a safe place, it might be there!

Also, there's a human town at the southeast, at the base of this mountain range. That might be the hostile force, but I don't know.

I just.. don't know much about this world. I know magic exists, and I've dreamed of being a mage, but I've only seen little parlor tricks. On the other hand, I've also dreamed of being a swordsman, a wizard, a chieftain.. ah.. but look at me.

I'm almost alone again, but not entirely, because of your voices! You've been around for as long as I can remember, and I owe you just about everything. Thank you! I have another favor to ask, as usual, though, where do I go from here? I'd like to know, before I go to sleep. If I can. Maybe I can. I don't know.

Well it seems that kobolds are treated as vermin to be exterminated, so going to the human settlement should be the last place you'd want to go. The dragon seems temperamental, and I doubt we really have anything to offer it for it to take us back in (if it could even tell whether we're the same kobold), so that leaves the kobold 'fortification'. The terrain's a bit rough but you've had some time to sharpen your skills and you've got a bit of food with you. We should definitely head there... it's good to be around your own people, and they might also need to be told that there's some group out there killing kobolds for no good reason.

There were some fires in the distance past the town. What was in that direction?

>>320593
ho shit bro
your cursed. probably. so we've been with you a long time? What stuff do we usually help you with? How many girls (or dudes) did we try to get you to flirt with in the past two weeks? what explanations have we come up with about your problem and why can't we remember anything past this morning!?
to the fort b, motherfucker.
But be alert, I got a bad feeling about this area.

You have many dreams, but considering you have a sword now, the path of a swordsman would probably be the best place to go.

Head to the fort, but be careful about it. Practice your swordplay as you go.

maybe the humans weren't responsible. you should visit their town before you make your way to the refugee and find out for sure. maybe if it's something else they'll take up arms against it too.

1/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)05:11 No. 320612 ID: c811c4
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>>320596
Yes.. when you say it, it doesn't make much sense to go anywhere else. It's hard to explain, but it feels as though I have to be told to do something, in order to do it. Not in the normal sense.. it feels like my being depends on it.

But that's enough of that. I've spent almost all of today giving my thanks to this came, as well as taking enough proper meat provisions to last, the ones that weren't taken already. I'm really no good at hunting! I've taken to eating lots of fruit, even though I'm supposed to be carnivorous.. but it's better than nothing. I can't cry over this forever, so I'm going to the new home, I hope.

Maybe, just maybe, they can act out that REVENGE that's been mentioned! Or at the least, make me less useless...

>>320605
Ahhh don't tell me that! And.. I don't know why you can't remember anything! In fact, it was pretty quiet during my stay at this village, when I was just beginning to relax... Before, you helped me survive the wild, but there was no one to flirt with. Is that a problem?

>>320600
That was.. the rest of the town behind the lake. I didn't want to look too long.

2/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)05:15 No. 320613 ID: c811c4
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Three days pass uneventfully.

Ah.. I've tried swinging my sword around, but I get tired really fast! And after I accidentally hit a tree I could barely pull it out again, and I gave up. I think I need a mentor, for this.

But right now, I'm nearly out of food. I would be more worried, but the cave should be right around here, so I've left the main path.

Perhaps after I get settled in I can visit the human town. But as a pup, I was always told scary story about humans and dwarves and elves! Especially the elves! It might not be true, but.. better safe, after all.

Now, back to looking...

3/3 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)05:16 No. 320614 ID: c811c4
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Ah--?!

>>320614
Get down! Look where the arrow came from, to see if you can find whoever shot at you.

oh shit, take cover!

>>320614
Drop down to the ground and cover your head and pray that it's not elves, especially not the elves that might have hit your previous camp. If you're lucky then it might be a patrol from that fortified camp.

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)06:26 No. 320620 ID: c811c4
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"Ahhhh!"
>"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaahh?"

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)06:29 No. 320621 ID: c811c4
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>".....What IS this tiny little thing that curls up so pathetically at my feet?!"

>>320614
HIDE IN BUSHES

>>320621
Introduce yourself to the nice murderous thing. Also check if the sword is reachable, you might have a chance to go for a groinstab if things turn to shit.

>>320621
GO FOR THE JUNK! ENSURE HE NEVER HAS CHILDREN!

You seem to have lost your sword, somehow.

Not sure if you have any more viable options than "beg." :/

try to be a bit more dignified, won't you?

>>320621
Tell him you're a kobold.

Fight for it. Judging from his face, he's unlikely to listen to your pleas of mercy, so you wouldn't have much other ways to survive than fight desperately, cling to every bit of hope you can find and refuse to go down!

Go for the junk.

Start bawling your little eyes out and apologise for being so puny.

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)07:35 No. 320631 ID: c811c4
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I.. I accidentally flung my pack while diving! And this is the biggest kobold I've ever seen! Um, um, um!

"HELLO MY NAME IS CHEELOP please don't kill me!"

>>320631
That's not the best way to make your introduction. Scramble over to your pack and then try to hide.

oh wow. quickly, grab ye sword.

>>320631
Jump on his back and strangle him! Yell "I won't let you kill me like the others!"

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)07:43 No. 320637 ID: c811c4
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That didn't work at all! Packpackpack I can't see- ah!

>"Such a show, the little thing gives! To think, it thinks it can get away from ME?"

"D-don't! I'm a k-kobold! I'm sorry for being punyyy!

>"A kobold? HAHAHA! I see not but a kitten in my grasp. Behold, as I perform the magic spell of 'sleep!' upon this bread crumb!

Wha?! He know ma-

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)07:44 No. 320638 ID: c811c4
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That magic spell felt very very similar to being punched in the face.

>>320638
A good and easy to use spell then.

>>320638
Wake up!

1/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)08:08 No. 320641 ID: c811c4
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>"You're waking up, aren't you."

2/2 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)08:10 No. 320642 ID: c811c4
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Oh! Oh.. sorry, voices! I'm just not a very good fighter...

>"Yeah, you're definitely awake."

A girlybold? Make passes.

>>320642
what is happening
inquire

Ask what's going on?

>>320642
Female sighted. Now is the part where we do what we do best.

compliment her nose.

Wonder if tat earlier kobold was a muscle wizard in training? In anycase, this clearly is going to call for crossdressing (no idea how that works with kobolds though), you know it's going to happen. You woke up in a room with a random girl that most definitely is stronger than you. Compliment her ability to use a pickax since she has one on her.

>>320642
Ask if you're safe from the elves yet.

Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)08:56 No. 320658 ID: c811c4
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She...she's staring right at me.
>>320644
>>320650
Passes? She's kind of intimidating! She still hasn't even said anything!

"What... is going o-"
>"What's going on is that Chop comes barreling in here saying 'The rock eater has a new roommate of the most miniscule kind!' That means we're in the same room.

"O-oh. Well, my name's Cheelop. And.. my back hurts. Am I on wood?"

>"You want a mattress? Put some dirt under you. Now, let me get to the point. This den has held its position for 15 years. That's a record, in this region. And we didn't do it by being a bunch of sissies! If you want to stay, and by the way, since you know where our hideout is, you HAVE to stay, you're going to need to help out. What can you do?"

"...... I like your pick axe."

>"..... what. You know what, pick something. I don't care. We need help from every angle, fighting, magic, skilled trade, and we've got people to teach it to you. You just have to pick. And once you pick, you're going to either become damn good at it or your new occupation is wolf food."

This isn't good! These people don't seem nice at all! But, I did want to be useful, so... I have a lot of questions still, but she doesn't seem to be in the mood to talk more until I've made up my mind so suddenly. What kind of skill should I pursue?

>>320642
I hope that you find another kobold named something similar to Chong. That'll be cool!

What are you good at?

skilled trade
your going to be able to haggle everyone out of their goddamn pants and master economics like some merchant from a misleading piece of fiction some may think is an erotic one. Your too physically wimpy to be a good swordsman. On your breaks you can take swords as a hobby but trade is up your alley because lets be honest you're a scrawny little shit.
then again you've probably already met the swordmaster here and crazy shenanigans could happen due to personality differences.
and there's this hot intimidating babe picking the walls goddamn the possible mentor conflict fun is going to make everything so difficult.

Ask if you can meet the mentors or get a basic list or description of them.

fishing, you can catch fish right?

YOU'RE A WIZARD CHEELOP.

>>320658
Mining! Let's do Chee-Minecraft.

On second thought, forget that. Well, you aren't really cut out for fighting. I'm not saying you couldn't do it, but it would be more dangerous and difficult for you to be successful, and not dead.

Magic is one option, but also likely to be very difficult. Still, it's better than fighting.

A few other options, you could work at trade. It's simpler, and only requires a bit of wit.

You could learn medicine. I'm sure with all the fighters they have, they need kobolds to patch them up.

If you wanted to help out with the 'fighting' but not actually fight as much. You could go be a scout or something. You would learn the art of moving quickly, seeing things before they see you, and how to not die.

I'm not sure if they would let you work towards a leadership position at this point, since you just got here. So we can forget about that.


All in all, I vote becoming a doctor. It's a good way to get people to like you too! People kind of grow fonder of you when you make them not bleed to death.

Magic sounds like fun.

You totally want to be an engineer. Long, and complicated to get there, but fuck if you won't be useful to anyone you work for. In a mine that's mostly going to involve designing minecarts and means of removing water that tends to accumulate in lower sections of mines. On the plus side? You'll have the skills to figure out how to make stuff like trebuches eventually.

well you tiny physich shouldnt allow mining so soon. you dont seem to have affinity with people handling, and DONTLETTHEMKNOWYOUHAVEVOICES or else they may kill you before you even choose a profesion.

if you want revenge. if you truly do. its time to pursue something that can maximize what you are, and how you want to do it.

magic is a good start choice. HOWEVER if their guard was any indicative of their seriousness, you will learn trickery and deceit. your best bet is if we could somehow get you magic, or possibly magical help.

the second best option is to use your innate small size and become a rogue/thief/assassin/whatever. with body paint, a nice blade and some quickness on your feet, i bet you can assassinate and steal whatever isnt bolted down.

since it feels like you are a kid. theres a good chance you can become a accomplised swordsman. you might need to cross train for this one, get some mining and track running going on. maybe even get exotic weapons and kick 5 types of different ass.

trading sounds unecessary. at least in this fort, unles its trading for the internal economy. crafting can net you a pretty penny but it would become worthless quite quick. diplomacy sounds irrelevant as well.

>>320658
You're too tiny and wimpy for fisticuffs. So go with magic. I got it on good authority that even wimpy 'bolds who have had their camp wiped out by elves or something can become pretty cool magicians and get their revenge that way.

We've had too many mages recently. Same with fighters and assassin characters. I really think we should do something different. Like Doctor.

Man, seconding the doctor suggestion

yeah, doctor.

>>320658
It's pretty obvious that you don't exactly have the stature for most physically-intensive work.

From gathering food for your homes and suchlike (as in what you were doing before coming back to... well, disaster), perhaps you'd have some minor skill already in recognizing foods and maybe also medicines that you'd be able to expand upon?

Insofar as we have that, going for medicine, herbalism, etc. is probably the path of least resistance. So I guess I support becoming a doctor?

it goes like this:

1. become a magician.
2. specialize in healing spells.
3. become a mage doctor.
4. offer your skills for a fee.
5. become merchant of healing.

maybe you'll pick up additional skills like herbalism, hexes and some offesive wizardry for self-defense as well, and be pretty much everything every voice inside you wants. I think. it's kinda ambitious, but I believe in you.

Yeah im liking the idea of doctor but magics always cool. >>320686 has something there; what about being a doctor but with healing magic to?

>>320689
Ah point. It depends what their primary method of healing is, magic/herbs/whatever.

I still think it could be ever so slightly easier to go along with a herbalistic approach to medicine. I can't help but imagine a helpless Cheelop waving his arms around ineffectually in a futile attempt to use magic he doesn't actually know. Of course, they have teachers, but why not capitalize on possible prior knowledge?

>>320699
And in terms of more offensive and defensive things, I suppose herbalism could go in the directions of poisons and the like too. So you do still get variety in the potential applications... admittedly not as much of a variety as magic would be.

>>320700
There might be opportunity to learn new things once Chee gets trained and settled in. As they said he needs to be the best as he can be at what he does. Once he's mastered one thing, then we can worry about dabbling in other stuff.

>>320658
You're not big enough to be a fighter. You're gonna want to deal with magic or trade.

I don't think you're gonna become a Muscle Mage like Chop though. Casting FIST is not in the cards for you.

So, I suggest trying magic lessons first. If you have any talent AT ALL then stick with it.

...on the other hand, we could probably make you a very clever inventor. HMMMM. Yes, we could do that if you want to cheat.

Magic! Develop a magical shrinking spell to shrink all the mean kobolds!

>>320658
You are tiny and weak. Magic it is.

MAGIC! Be a wizard dear Cheelop. You are tiny and weak and as hard as you train you will not master fighting, but with magic you could be the mightiest of all. Don't just specialize in healing though, be an archmage supreme ruler of all.

was there a previous thread in this quest or is this thread #1?

Welcome to Kobold Efrafa.
What do you do well, Cheelop?

MAGIC!

>>320747
My best suggestion is to ask to be their receptionist. You know... to like... welcome people back and make certain everyone is supposed to be there. Yeah...

your small and physically frail, seeing if you have an aptitude for magic might be a good idea.

>>320658
The other option for a tiny cute useless person is whore. Ask her if you can trade your body for food.

I'm coming in late to the party this time but after a brief perusal of the suggestions I'm going to second the plan listed here. >>320686

Also, are we definitively sure of Cheelop's gender?

>>320779

forget everything I said. let's make Cheelop a whore.

while I am not keep on whoring, I should note that being a mage or a fighter doesn't stop you from whoring yourself.

In fact whoring is a great way to get those really expensive reagents, books, etc that an apprentice wizard needs.

What is your gender

...Can we please have at least one quest where we don't try and seduce everything that moves?

...But if we can't, then can we at least be a magical hooker?

>>320686
Supporting this plan.

1/4 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)15:40 No. 320806 ID: c811c4
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Oh yes oh yes I get to be a doctormage wizard person! This is a good idea, voices!

>be a whore
Wh-what?! I'm a virgin!

>>320799
I.. I don't know how to tell.

2/4 Cheelop 2011/07/02(Sat)15:43 No. 320808 ID: c811c4
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This place is really confusing! It's much bigger than I thought it would be.

"Um.. can I ask your name?"
>"Shabin."
"O-okay."

As usual, she's not very talkative. But I'm too excited! I get to visit a real mage academy! I wonder if it has towers and floating gems and...