Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Cheesecake]

You are a steampunk demon pactmaster! Welcome to the world of Matera, on the mining outpost of Aston, a small colonial mining town in the desert. The main exports are coal and tin, and the population reaches around a thousand or so. Your nameless cult reside in an abandoned mine-shaft and perform their sacrilegious activities there, but they assume normal identities when they return to Aston. Your true name is an unpronounceable secret, but your followers know you as Zurqueos, the Mighty, the night lord of Aston.

Your cult consists of 15 men and women of different ages and backgrounds. Chief among them is the cult leader Zachary Reed, an influential young noble with an affinity for the occult and strange. His second-in-command is Ahmed Abdul, a native of the desert. He was once a witch-doctor of his tribe but was banished for consorting with evil spirits. He is the only one in your cult who can actually hear you and see you.

Your cult was recently established a month ago when you surfaced to the world and met Ahmed, who corrupted the promising Zachary Reed and his flock of friends. They have been idle all this time, but now you strike at the world and make the heavens tremble.

Spoiler: Mechanics (click to show/hide)

As I've said before this was inspired by Evil Overlord, so most of the gameplay mechanics is based on that.

There are three types of Quest: Domination. Devastation. Mixed.
Domination quests convert a person, group or area to your will, making it effectively yours. These quests range from possession, raiding, and stealing.
Devastation quests annihilate a target, building, or area. These range from burning down buildings, assassination, and rioting.
Mixed quests are whatever doesn't really fit between the above two and have many sub-types.

Ahmed communes with you in the altar in the center of the conclave. "Master, I bring you requests from your humble servants. It will further our goals," he says in his raspy, old voice. He bows and opens up a scroll with the three choices he has given you.

Quest I: We need more money. Rob a mine. Devastation.
Quest II: We need more souls. Kidnap a human. Mixed.
Quest III: We need more followers. Corrupt more people in the streets. Dominion.

Spoiler: Your humble servants/More mechanics! (click to show/hide)

There are different degrees of minions you may have.

Creatures are inherently stupid minions. They can be used to defend your lair, or defend key locations, but are generally usable only on Devastation quests otherwise. Examples include dire wolves, giant scorpions and red demons.

Cultists are the 'grunts'. They can do groundwork, both for Devastation and for Dominion Quests. Examples include human cultists and imps.

Dark Minions on the other hand are intelligent creatures, which can be used for Dominion Mission. These include succubi and black demons.

(Using a D12 table)
1) Horrible thigns happens to your minions. (Utter failure+Heavy backslash)
2) Bad, utterly bad fortune comes to you. (Utter failure)
3) You fail, badly. (Bad failure)
4-5) You fail, go home. (Normal failure)
6-7-8) You succeed, but nothing special happens. (What it says on the tin)
9-10) You succeed, and you earn a bonus of sorts. (Extra stuff, extra minions, etc.)
11) You succeed tremendously! (Like before, but your bonuses have bonuses)
12) You're on a roll, baby! (A twelve is the automatic win. You cannot lose this mission.)

Your minions you have with you:

Creatures: Giant Cave Scorpion It resides in the abandoned mine-shaft (it's the reason it was abandoned) and scares off any curious enough to enter. It looks pretty cool too.

Cultists: Human A pretty average minion who can do a variety of tasks.

Dark Minions: None for now. They can be summoned with souls.

Spoiler: Even more borrowed mechanics (click to show/hide)

Commanders grant bonuses/penalties depending on what/who they are. More than one commander might be unproductive, because they will fight one another for 'supremacy' and to establish a chain of command.
You have two for the time being, Ahmed and Zachary. Ahmed specializes in Devastation while Zachary is more Domination minded.

Spoiler: Last time (click to show/hide)

1) Upkeep. Generally, this is the roleplay and fluff part. Talk with your minions and plot nefariously. You can a la Evil Overlord become a character in the game if you want.
2) Choose a quest/Upgrade your conclave. You can't do both in the same turn. Upgrades are generally left in your 'imaginative' head. Think something, I give you requisites. "Disguise the base" would be relatively simple compared to say, "build a summoning circle of demons and evil souls."
3) Assign People/Minions/Things to your quest. A maximum of TEN people can be assigned, of which there MUST be One Dark Minion/Commander/Yourself at the very least. Dark Minion (Unless they have a specific bonus to it) Give +0 to success of mission. Dark Advisor gives +1, you give +2.
4) Enjoy the resulting carnage.
5) Weather the Storm. Aka: The Hunters' turn! Every action has a consequence, and the holy warriors of light and holiness will stop at nothing to foul your evil ploys.
6) Downkeep. More fluff.
7) Turn Results. Afterwards, we begin again with the upkeep and the new day.

Resources in your Dominion:
1 Giant Cave Scorpion (GCS)

13 Humans

2 Commanders (Ahmed and Zachary)

You (incorporeal)

Pick a quest and rule the world!

[flame99]

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

[Cheesecake]

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

One quest at a time, my boy, one at a time. (Just saying, you're incorporeal, so basically you'd just float around while everyone else did things, which won't give a bonus. Later on in downkeep or the next upkeep you can try to possess one of your followers to get a body)

[flame99]

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

One quest at a time, my boy, one at a time. (Just saying, you're incorporeal, so basically you'd just float around while everyone else did things, which won't give a bonus. Later on in downkeep or the next upkeep you can try to possess one of your followers to get a body)

...Er...That *IS* one quest, it's just a very detailed description of how I'd like said quest to be done. Unless you mean cultists looking into wildlife. I meant that as more of an RP thing, I didn't expect anything to actually come of it.

Also, assuming we wouldn't give a bonus if we're disembodied, wait in the mine shaft. If we do still give a bonus sans body, then follow along.

[Cheesecake]

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

One quest at a time, my boy, one at a time. (Just saying, you're incorporeal, so basically you'd just float around while everyone else did things, which won't give a bonus. Later on in downkeep or the next upkeep you can try to possess one of your followers to get a body)

...Er...That *IS* one quest, it's just a very detailed description of how I'd like said quest to be done. Unless you mean cultists looking into wildlife. I meant that as more of an RP thing, I didn't expect anything to actually come of it.

Also, assuming we wouldn't give a bonus if we're disembodied, wait in the mine shaft. If we do still give a bonus sans body, then follow along.

Yeah, I meant the wildlife thing, sorry. That makes sense.

[Tomcost]

Dominion mission.
Send all the cultists + Zachary

[aattss]

Corrupt people. Send Zachary and the cultists.

Doesn't getting more followers automatically lead to more human sacrifices?

By the way, let's not do the thing where we decide we're not actually evil even though the point of the game is that we're evil.

[Tomcost]

Why would we do that? We are a spawn of satan.

Also, there is no story to justify such a decision yet.

[Criptfeind]

Quest III! Send 9 humans and Zachary to convert more humans to our cause!

[aattss]

Why would we do that? We are a spawn of satan.

Also, there is no story to justify such a decision yet.

It happened with the Evil Overlord game, so I just hope this game won't be ruined as well.

[The Froggy Ninja]

((What kind of hellbeast would be a mad tinkerer type? I'd think imp but you're using a different demonic hierarchy from what I'm used to.))

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

+1

[Lyeos]

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

+1

+1

[Salsacookies]

Let's check out the mine.

Take Ahmed, your scorpion, five cultists, and yourself to the mine, attempting to kill anyone inside. Once we're done, safely trigger a cave-in if possible. Have the remaining cultists look into any other particularly dangerous wildlife similar to the GCS in the area.

+1

+1

+1

[Cheesecake]

"Ahmed, my pitiful insect, I deem that we shall rob the mine!" you whisper in his head.

Ahmed is filled with fervor. "It will be done, great one!"

Your cultists saddle up the scorpion and Ahmed takes the mount and leads your raiding party. You tag along with them as they make the short trip to the other mines nearby. You spot the one you were looking for, a mine that lucked out and found silver in it. There's one guard right now, since it's midnight, and he seems to be reading a magazine. You can hear the clanging of picks and the buzz of drills deeper in the mine.

Ahmed gives a nod to the hiding cultists. "Kill everyone. Take everything of value."

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

1d12=3+1(Ahmed)+1(Scorpion/Devastation)+2.5=7.5=8
vs
1d12=10-2(unaware)-1(outnumbered)=7

The guard puts down his magazine just in time to see your cultists coming down on him. He draws his rifle and is about to press the alarm, but Ahmed kills him with his blowdart just in time. The ensuing chaos begins as your cultists kill the miners inside and steal the silver and mining equipment. You are pleased with their work. Just the mere bloodshed and chaos fuels you and you feel powerful. When you are done, you order Ahmed to plant explosives around the mine to simulate a cave-in. The rocks come falling down on the mine while your forces wait safe outside. Your first act of terror is a success!

Gained fortune of silver!

Gained mining equipment!

You left no survivors nor witnesses!

Downkeep

You return to the conclave, your cultists reveling in the night's bloodshed and flaunting their spoils. A few other cultists also returned from scouting the area. They found a few camels but there were no giant animals. The GCS was a pretty lucky find in these parts. You now have a huge amount of valuable silver to do whatever your satanic heart desires. You also have mining equipment, in case you want to maybe mine.

[flame99]

Have Ahmed choose the most physically fit cultist at our disposal. Tell the (un)lucky cultist that he has been chosen for ascension to the rank of Champion of Zurqueos the Mighty. Possess the cultist. If there's still time, find where he lives and leave a note with the following:

To whom it may concern,

I cannot take another day of life in Aston. I've fled my life here and went elsewhere to seek glory as a tinker under a new name. Do not come searching for me. Goodbye.