Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)17:17 No. 365897 ID: 25d645
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Against thousands of heroes and even some of his own men.
Hopelessly outnumbered he continued to fight. He had slain hundreds before he was finally put down.
The once mighty Overlord, arbitrator to the other Demon Lords, was killed.

They say that within his castle there is still treasure guarded by his most loyal servants. They continue to maintain it even long after his death.

Having come into possession of his most powerful blade, The God Slayer, I have decided to come and claim the rest of his treasure as my own.

charge in recklessly

>>365897
That's cool, I guess. Have you spoken to anyone else who's been to his castle recently? Learned anything about these supposed servants still guarding his stuff?

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)17:34 No. 365907 ID: 25d645
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>>365901
>>365904

"OH SHIT!!!"

Wandering Hero tosses you away

"D-did you just talk to me...?"

did you honestly think a super powerful sword wasn't going to be possessed? we turned on cause you brought us home, DURRR.

WE WILL DEVOUR YOUR SOUUUUUL.

>>365907
How long ago did you acquire this sword? Ah, it doesn't matter. I would not advise you enter the Overlord's castle with hostile intent. There is more inside than you expect.

>>365912
Or at least lick it. Mmmmmmm...

>>365907
What are you, an idiot? You're pitching away your primary weapon when standing in the demon world in front of a castle known to be inhabited by hostiles who have somehow survived through fighting an army of thousands and successfully defended a position known to everyone to contain valuable treasures?

Go home. You're obviously too incompetent to pull this off.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)17:47 No. 365917 ID: 25d645
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Wandering Hero falls back and crawls away

"T-the Elders said they took away the spirit in the sword!"

>>365912

"Oh god please don't eat my soul!!"

>>365913

"I-I don't know! Like a month ago maybe!? I didn't mean to steal you! What's in the castle!?"

The God Slayer now knows all that the Current Overlord knows due to being near the castle.

why SHOULD we tell you anything? you just threw us away, pretty sure that makes you not our owner. besides, what would we get out of it if we told you anything?

>>365917
Christ, your Elders must be as incompetent as you are.

Look, here's what you do. Pick us up. Go up to the castle. Knock politely, and go from there. It will end a lot better for you than what you're planning.

THEY TOOK OUR SOUL AND NOW WE SHALL TAKE YOURS.

>>365917
Lets do this nice and easy.
Knock on the door and ask if they would mind a guest for tea.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)18:03 No. 365925 ID: 25d645
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>>365922
>>365919
>>365920

"No no no no no! L-look, see? I got you! I have my weapon and now I can be a hero. So just... Just don't eat my soul okay? I really need that. Listen, if you help me you'll go to Sword Heaven. That's where all the good swords go when they are melted down and used to make other metal things and stuff. Don't you want to go to sword heaven?"

*STARE~~~*
fine

Sword heaven? What the HELL are you talking about? Well we aren't getting melted down and we don't need your stinky soul anyway so knock it off.

So your thing is just want to be a big damn hero right? Well you're going about it all wrong. If you try to sack this place you'd either be hurting other heroes or their friends. Go down knock on the door and talk to them. You'll find your opportunities for wealth, power and glory after that.

No, you fool. I'm not just a damned sword.

But fine. Let's go in the castle. I'll tell you what's in there, too. His most loyal minions that stayed behind when he was defeated are a half-demon spearmaster, a flesh golem with two blade arms, and a tinker that you probably won't ever meet anyway.

>>365925
No, I don't want to go to Sword Heaven. What kind of bullshit is that, anyway? If you had the power to send us to a beneficial afterlife we'd smell it on you. You're just a lying git who can't even lie well.

And you really don't need your soul for anything.

By the way, are you male or female? I can not really tell..

dudes, seriously. she goes in their, we betray her, bad bing bada boom, overlord gets a new minion. DURRRRRRRRRR

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)18:20 No. 365934 ID: 25d645
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"I'm uh... Female? That's a weird question.. I have breasts and everything."

"And Sword Heaven is real! The Elders told me so themselves!"

Wandering Hero picks you up and begins climbing down the slanted rock plates.

>>365929
"They sound tough.. You seem to know a lot about him, how is that?"

>>365934
You don't? You should become better informed.

And we're a sword. We have no eyes. How are we supposed to tell if you have breasts unless you're rubbing us against them?

Anyway, get up there and knock on the door. Ask for tea, like we said, and everything will go well. Call it a code phrase if that makes you feel better.

DURRR because we were with him until he died. you would learn a lot about someone if they were with you for a long time.

>>365934
Sword heaven is a lie the elders told you when they also lied about getting us out of the sword.

You realize they already know you're here, right?
Seriously, go ask if you can enter for tea so they won't attack you for being a spy or assassin or something.

>>365934
Your loose clothing was the problem. It's not hugging your form very much. You should try a change of wardrobe someday. Say... you're not human, are you? Tell us about yourself a bit, won't you?

And yeah, we were with him when he died. Stands to reason we'd know who his most loyal minions were.

>>365934
Are you sure this guy even has any money anymore? This place is a total wreck, I can't imagine that they'd live here if they could afford repairs.

Yeah... no offense or anything, but even with us, it's not a good idea to charge in and go 'I'M A HERO!' and proceed to loot everything. Last time that happened... well, it did NOT turn out well.

Just... just do us a favor and try not to open any sealed doors, anything with warding glyphs, DO NOT ENTER signs, or the corpses of at least 5 other adventures ok?

Also, many of the people in there are innocent. REALLY suggest you don't try to kill them. Can't be a hero if you hurt those you are suppose to help.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)18:40 No. 365944 ID: 25d645
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>>365942
"I can only hope. I mean I'm stuck in the Demon World so this is probably the only place I can do Hero stuff without getting killed."

>>365940
"Ah I see.. My species is known as the Eiridi. Uhm... Okay differences between us and humans... Well we don't have a face. I mean we have a head and hair and ears but no like facial features. We talk through a smaller hole located low on our neck. Uhm... We have two ears and under each of those ears is a thing. I don't know what it does honestly. The Elders said I would find out when the time came. We have three fingers on each hand and our feet can double as hands if need be. We 'see' through our tails which is split off into three smaller ends. Our tails are extremely tough and don't break or burn very easily. I think that's all?"

>>365935
"Still working on reaching the castle, it's a ways off."

>>365943
"Right, only attack if they attack first and avoid any obvious traps and stuff."

Since you guys know so much let me ask.. Is it possible for a Demon to become a Hero?

And besides, the Overlord isnt much of a evil demon lord, not anymore at least. More pragmatic than anything. And besides, you plan to go fight him AND his servants? Alone? Dont adventurers normally travel in groups?

>>365945
[shut up we have no way of knowing that, would make her suspicious]

yeah sure. the only requirements is how you act.

>>365944
Stuck in the Demon World? How'd you get stuck?

Actually, would you mind going through your whole recent history here, just to get that out of the way?

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)18:53 No. 365953 ID: 25d645
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>>365948
"Okay... Great.."

>>365949
"Well I can't exactly go to the human world. I thought it was obvious.. I'm a demon. Or was. Well... Soon will have been a demon. I have no means on teleporting to the human world to be with the other Heroes until I become one myself. That is why I'm on this quest.
Also you really wanna hear what I've been up to recently? It's really not to exciting. Mostly it was fighting other demons and stuff to get to this point. It wasn't until I got you that me beating up other demons was even possible. I mean, I could fight but not this well.

Still got a ways to go... Any other questions before we're there?"

>>365953
Why do you want to be a hero, anyway? Why not just take the usual path and shoot for becoming a badass demon and setting up down here?

Hmmm... let me guess, you want to do the sort of things only a hero can do. From what we know, heroes don't tend to take kindly to things not human or demi human. You do enough good, you become a hero, then you can leave and do whatever you have planned.

Well, whatever the reason, being heroic is different than being a hero. We've seen several heroes who acted in a villainous manner and demons who have saved many lives. You may learn something here.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)19:17 No. 365962 ID: 25d645
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>>365959
>>365956
"No no no I want to be a Hero. I want to do Heroic stuff and be with other Heroes.
Being a demon... It's hard.
Especially for someone like me."

Wandering Hero leaps down and approaches the castle.

"Here we are."

She knocks on the door.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)19:17 No. 365963 ID: 25d645
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"Hello? I would like some tea."

The door opens showing a empty chamber.

>>365962
What exactly do you consider "Heroic stuff"? What are you looking to do, to accomplish with your life? What makes Heroes worth hanging out with more than anyone else? Some are cool, but a lot of them are total dicks. We should know.

>>365963
Curiously empty. Also curiously unlocked. I would have expected someone in the entranceway... you might as well come in. Personally, I'd recommend calling out loudly to attract attention- it's both more polite, and if it turns out that they do want to attack you it would be better to fight in here where you have an easy line of retreat.

they must be out. just wander around.

Take it slow and keep calm. Keep us by your side as you enter, but try not to be threatening. Best to keep level headed in this sort of situation.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)19:29 No. 365968 ID: 25d645
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"Level head.. Keep a level head..."

>>365965
"What do you mean what sort of stuff is Heroic? It's like... Beating bad guys and finding awesome treasure. That's heroic. You ask the weirdest-AH A DEMON!!!"

A mimic looks up at the Wandering Hero

>"Oh joy, another one. I thought we ran out of room. So you here to serve the Overlord?"

"W-w-what!? T-the Overlord lives!?"

>"Ah shit.. You're a hero huh?"

Oh hey she thinks I'm a hero~

NO WAIT!!! This is bad, really really really bad!!!

hey, yeah let this doof pass. got stuff to do.

>>365968
You think we ask the weirdest things? You are a demon who just screamed "AH A DEMON". That's just sad.

Anyway, you can beat up bad guys and find awesome treasure regardless of whether you're a hero or a demon or whatever. Just make sure that whoever you beat up is always richer and more of an asshole than you, and you're good.

...right, situation.

This is not really bad, because she asked if you're here to serve the Overlord, which means that you can diplomacy your way through this. Say that you'd like to speak with him.

Say you are so totally here to serve the Overlord.
Play this cool, if you get an audience you can assassinate him in a totally badass and heroic fashion. Probably.

Calm down, ask for tea and try to control yourself.

As for why we ask that question, well... if you heard a lot of stories of heroes, you probably heard the ones involving opening sealed evils and the like. We like the virtues, we just don't like the current crop of people who use that term.

Maybe, maybe not. It could be another building on the ruins. At any rate it doesn't look like much evil has been going on. The mimic here isn't attacking you just yet so keep talking. Ask her what the hell is going on around here, and say you are trying to be a hero but didn't come here to fight the overlord. That should get you out of any immediate altercation.

As for being a Hero, I really don't think it works that way. Sure you can be heroic all you like, but trust me many so called heroes aren't anything more than hunters and thugs. What you are wanting is more like an allegiance. You need to go there and be part of it, by doing missions and stuff.

Come to think of it... an overlord should be able to teleport to the human lands. Maybe you can work something out?

>>365968

Say this, "I'm here on the advice of others. I didn't believe the Overlord himself lived; I was looking for his servants, but if he lives, I would like to speak with him."

Hey! Do you happen to know who made the overlord?
Also, he's virtually unkillable so it's not surprising that he is still alive.
What's your name anyways?

>>365968
Be up front, and say you were gonna just loot the place, but now that you know he's still alive you changed your mind. Now you're just curious.

That'll make you sound like a demon but not a threat.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/15(Tue)23:10 No. 366013 ID: 787e02
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"Ah well uhm.. I was going to uh... Loot the place. Cause I'm like a demon and stuff and that's what we do right?"

>"Yeah I guess."

"But now that I see your here I guess I'll just uh... Ask the Overlord if I can join him or something. He around?"

>"Nope. He went out training in The Wild a few minutes ago, just missed him. Some of his group is in the barracks though. And his tinker is up in her room as always. Oh I think Megan is still here, she's his demonologist."

Oh man... There's still a lot of people here.. Okay, time to Hero this place up.

What should I do first?

let's see the demonologist, could tell you about demons turning into heroes and stuff.

First, feign interest and ask for more info on the other people here, what they are and what they do. Supposedly to help you with applying but it will help more if you run afoul of them. And find out where the barracks are so you can avoid them.

Then just go where nothing and no one else is. This place probably has areas with hidden goodies. Even occupied ruins are like that.

>>366013
What do you mean by "Hero it up"? Don't think you can get away with harming any of the Overlord's troops. He'll find out, and will hunt you down. Trust me on this.

But I guess you might be able to get away with a little sabotage. Or theft. Want to go talk to the tinker or the demonologist? Or meet his troops to gauge their strength in case you have to fight them in the future after doing something really really stupid?

Hey, when was the last time you had a bath? There was totally a kickass bathhouse here back in the day, it might still work. I mean, who would wreck a bathhouse? You should take a bath.

Hey hero, do you have any kind of abilities to detect evil? Sniff out treasure? Danger sense?

Or is your only skill your ability to wield us?

Wandering Hero 2011/11/16(Wed)14:04 No. 366090 ID: e85cf5
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>>366035
Uhm.. I have no abilities.. But I have you guys. So yeah.

>>366033
Do you want me to drown!?

"Yeah I'll uh.. Go see the Demonologist I guess."

>"Oh man, well good luck.. She's downstairs."

"Thank you."

Okay, I have successfully infiltrated the evil Overlord's castle.. Now if I can possible take out his demonologist.. Heroes kill demons right? I mean she'll just respawn here anyway so...

Wandering Hero heads downstairs. She stops in the middle of the stairwell

Oh god..

Wandering Hero 2011/11/16(Wed)14:05 No. 366092 ID: e85cf5
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Rust monsters! There must be dozens of them!

>"MMMPH!"

And there's someone trapped under them!!! What do I do!?

put us high up the wall and dig them out. they are completely harmless to no metal things.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/16(Wed)14:10 No. 366095 ID: e85cf5
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>put us high up the wall and dig them out. they are completely harmless to no metal things.

MY NOW BLEEDING HAND SAYS OTHERWISE!!

yeah, don't let them touch us and help her

well then kick the shit out of them. honestly, a hero who can't take a few bites?

Wandering Hero 2011/11/16(Wed)14:19 No. 366099 ID: e85cf5
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You're an enchanted sword!! You don't rust!

I'm entering battle mode!!
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Rust monsters, Lv 2 HP 23

Placement Phase, Limit 3 Units.

you want to start in the top corner. minimize your chance to be surrounded.

>>366101
this

No, get in the center. This is what our special attack was made for.

>>366103
Seems like overkill, but why the hell not? Saves on getting hurt.

Best location for that is on the left part of the bottom righthand area. Every square is covered by that one 8 square ranged attack.

>>366103
Agreed.

>>366103
>>366107
This.

>>366107
>overkill
there is no such thing as overkill, there is just reload and open fire.

>>366174
Perhaps, but there is the matter of wasting limited ammo. We'll see how quickly this fighter can recover her limited mp before shooting off our special ability twice every battle. If there are many more of these things she may not be able to at all.

>>366183
Yeah but this our first battle together with this hero guy, let's give it our all and see how well it goes. In the centre, all the special abilities, OVERKILL TIME!

change my vote to OVERKILL!!!

>>366183
Assuming the rules are the same as for mages, Wandering Hero recovers 1 MP per turn.

>>366183
actually its a matter of wasting infinitely rechargable ammo (full MP at combat start and may recharge 1MP per turn instead of attack). Besides its better to use consumables then to end up under leveled under powered and with a ton of consumables.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/19(Sat)21:22 No. 366576 ID: 9da432
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Wandering Hero deployed.

Wandering Hero uses Divine Slash!

All rust monsters in the area are slain!

"Yes!"

Wandering Hero 2011/11/19(Sat)21:23 No. 366577 ID: 9da432
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A Giga Rust Monster enters the battlefield.

"D:"

>>366577
Wipe that look off your face. Show no fear in the face of the enemy.

just stab it in the face until it dies.

Giga Rust Monster? More like Giga PileofXPandloot.

Don't let it touch you, the more advanced models of rust monsters can corrode unliving material of organic origin.

Tell it the Overlord is behind it.

if >>366641 work attackis back

>>366577
Let it come to you, so you can strike first.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/20(Sun)00:52 No. 366668 ID: 9da432
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"The Overlord is behind you!"

It doesn't understand!
I'm moving a few spaces!

Wandering Hero moves.

Giga Rust Monsters moves.

Wandering Hero's turn.

charge in and shot it our stabs.

Smack it one.

It's not like you have a lot of options on this carrier path of yours. Run up and hit it like the professional meathead you are.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/20(Sun)01:28 No. 366677 ID: 9da432
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>>366675
Whatever!

Wandering Hero goes up and slashes the Giga Rust Monster dealing 20 Dmg.

Wandering Hero 2011/11/20(Sun)01:29 No. 366678 ID: 9da432
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The Giga Rust Monster attacks dealing 42 damage!
Wandering Hero is bleeding!
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Oh god.. I think that broke something..

Well shit, unless you have some kind of strong potion handy you better get the hell away. Or you can stay if you really want to fall in battle in true heroic fashion: mutilated beyond recognition by shit you shouldn't be messing with.

Anyways, you can get away with one move so use our special attack again first, it should do a bit better than your flailing about and it won't miss. If your lucky it'll be enough to do some good, but I rather doubt it. Then get us the hell out of here.

yeah, better try the special attack, if it's not dead run...fast

This is why the old boss had minions, well except during that last battle but we all know how that went.

Anyway you can't beat this one like this hero, time to leg it.

slash it a billion times in a single turn. you can do it, I believe you.

There is absolutely no way you can kill this thing. Run!

(Divine Slash does 32 damage right now.)

do you have healing potions?
Can you do a called shot to the eyes or legs?
If you run around it, how fast can it turn?
I have a feeling that the game-y mechanics we are using will screw us from any classic effective small humanoid vs large monster strategy, in which case run... run run run!

run like hell, this thing is way to strong for you to just trade hits with. however if you can get the other inhabitants of the castle to help you might stand a chance.

jump on it's back and stab it in the back of the neck!

Abscond!

Cast Divine Slash.