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How To Rule the Multiverse (Evil Overlord Quest)

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[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy)
[X] Intrigue Option. This will be a quick in and out - kill him, bug the place, then leave and see what happens.
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy + 10 prep)

If you pick 'disrupt the spell' choose from the following:
[X] Intrigue Option. Knock out and kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, then get out. Find a safe place in order to interrogate him
-[X] Interrogate him for any useful information he has about this world, its inhabitants, their general capabilities, any persons or factions capable of adversely impacting our interests, any opportunities ripe for exploitation, etc.

@FixerUpper Are write-ins permissible?

Is this one OK?
 
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Skewfiend said:
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy + 10 prep)

If you pick 'disrupt the spell' choose from the following:
Write In: Intrigue Option. Burst your way in, kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, and get out. Scope out a safe place with your All-Seeing Eye, in order to interrogate him.
Interrogate him for any useful information he has about this world, its inhabitants, their general capabilities, any persons or factions capable of adversely impacting our interests, any opportunities ripe for exploitation, etc.

@FixerUpper Are write-ins permissible?

Is this one OK?
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Write-ins are totally permissible, however we are currently at X thousand feet above the ground during this scene:



Momonga just left and Demiurge is covering his retreat. This would make 'bursting in' somewhat odd.
 
FixerUpper said:
Write-ins are totally permissible, however we are currently at X thousand feet above the ground during this scene:



Momonga just left and Demiurge is covering his retreat. This would make 'bursting in' somewhat odd.
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Perhaps I am misunderstanding things, but what I was envisaging was basically the intrigue option but with capture, not kill.
 
That's what I figured. Try-

[] Intrigue Option. Knock out and kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, then get out. Find a safe place in order to interrogate him.
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy + 10 prep)

If you pick 'disrupt the spell' choose from the following:
[X] Write In: Intrigue Option.Burst your way in, kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, and get out. Scope out a safe place with your All-Seeing Eye, in order to interrogate him.
-[X] Interrogate him for any useful information he has about this world, its inhabitants, their general capabilities, any persons or factions capable of adversely impacting our interests, any opportunities ripe for exploitation, etc.
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy + 10 prep)

[X] Diplomacy Option. Open up negotiations. Not your forte, but...

That's how Diplomacy works, right? You punch people in the face, and they become your friends. Repeat until it works.
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy)

[X] Diplomacy Option. Open up negotiations. Not your forte, but...

Can we please say "Denied" when we punch him?
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy)

[X] Diplomacy Option. Open up negotiations. Not your forte, but...
 
Unelemental said:
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy + 10 prep)

[X] Diplomacy Option. Open up negotiations. Not your forte, but...

That's how Diplomacy works, right? You punch people in the face, and they become your friends. Repeat until it works.
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I think that only works for shonen protagonists.

But hey! Shonen protagonist, evil overlord- same diff, right?
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy)
[X] Diplomacy Option. Open up negotiations. Not your forte, but...

Poor Momonga-san
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy)
[X] Intrigue Option. Knock out and kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, then get out. Find a safe place in order to interrogate him.
 
[X] Disrupt the spell
No. of votes: 16
Zaratustra, veekie, Ultra Meh, Lord Samiel, Gunman, AZATHOTHoth, BlackTitanOdin, Derkan, Skewfiend, Happerry, lordZeddthedrunk, Unelemental, WanderingEye, NoisyMatchStar, Loktarogar, silentspirals

-[X] counter it harmlessly (+20 occult bonus)
No. of votes: 3
Zaratustra, BlackTitanOdin, Happerry

[X] Diplomacy Option. Open up negotiations. Not your forte, but...
No. of votes: 7
Zaratustra, Lord Samiel, BlackTitanOdin, Unelemental, WanderingEye, NoisyMatchStar, Loktarogar

-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy)
No. of votes: 10
veekie, Ultra Meh, Lord Samiel, Gunman, AZATHOTHoth, Derkan, WanderingEye, NoisyMatchStar, Loktarogar, silentspirals

[X] Martial Option. You're not impressed by what you've seen so far. After dealing with the frog wizard you'll follow the signature of the skelemage. You'll stay at arm's length, but if you see an opportunity to strike, you're taking it.
No. of votes: 2
veekie, Ultra Meh

-[X] keep the frog alive
No. of votes: 1
veekie

[X] Retreat
No. of votes: 1
mrttao

-[X] kill the frog
No. of votes: 1
Ultra Meh

[X] Intrigue Option. This will be a quick in and out - kill him, bug the place, then leave and see what happens.
No. of votes: 3
Gunman, AZATHOTHoth, Derkan

-[X] punch him in the face (+20 martial bonus + 20 occult bonus + 10 genre savvy + 10 prep)
No. of votes: 3
Skewfiend, lordZeddthedrunk, Unelemental

[X] Intrigue Option. Knock out and kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, then get out. Find a safe place in order to interrogate him
No. of votes: 2
Skewfiend, silentspirals

-[X] Interrogate him for any useful information he has about this world, its inhabitants, their general capabilities, any persons or factions capable of adversely impacting our interests, any opportunities ripe for exploitation, etc.
No. of votes: 2
Skewfiend, lordZeddthedrunk

[X] Write In: Intrigue Option.Burst your way in, kidnap the frog-mage, bug the place, and get out. Scope out a safe place with your All-Seeing Eye, in order to interrogate him.
No. of votes: 1
lordZeddthedrunk

I probably shouldn't be surprised, but Plan: Fisticuffs Diplomacy appears to have won. Votes locked, this post'll be used as the dice rollin' post.
FixerUpper threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Evil Overlord PUNCH!!! Total: 75
75 75
FixerUpper threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Demiurge FAAACE!!! Total: 81
81 81
FixerUpper threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Catch? Total: 55
55 55
FixerUpper threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Attempt at Diplomacy Total: 18
18 18
FixerUpper threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Demiurge Retreats Total: 29
29 29
FixerUpper threw 1 100-faced dice. Reason: Catch Demiurge? Total: 27
27 27
 
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1.2 World One: Overlord
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    • You subvocalize a word and your zero point energy field dissipates dropping you into the local planet's gravitational embrace.

    In other words, you fall. With another word, thrusters kick in and propel you foward. You take a classic superhero pose, one gauntleted hand stretched out before you in a fist, the other at your side, dark mantle streaming behind your back. This isn't the smart move, necessarily, but it sure as hell is going to be satisfying. Besides, if you did smart things all the time, you would never have bothered to conquer the world, let alone go on this harebrained scheme to conquer the multiverse.

    You can see him reacting. He's not great, but to shift to defensive casting while you're rocketing towards him at uh - 200 hps? something like that - that deserves some kudos. You show your appreciation by giving him a shiner right on the jaw. It's a real beauty: you see a tooth go flying, and his glasses are knocked askew, falling to the ground earth. He spirals away in one direction, his glasses another.

    A ring in his hand - for some odd reason not attached to his finger - goes flying away as well. You reach out for the fallen objects, your visor's readout making it obvious where they are, and their probabilistic threat assessments, and catch them and toss them into a dimensional sampling pot for further analysis. Elsewhere, Frog-Face catches himself, heaving himself up with desperate wingbeats.

    "I am," you begin, fighting the urge to slick your hair back.

    "_____ _____ _______!" he says, in a voice that's not a croak.

    Huh. Foreign language. Gnarly complication, that.

    Oh and he's got some sort of mind-voice mojo going on. Well, it's nothing to you, but that's not usually a good guy ability. You reassess your evaluation of him as one of the white hats.

    He tries to teleport.

    It's a close thing - you wouldn't have gotten him if his missing tooth hadn't slurred his spellcasting. You lay down a dimensional anchor and the area locks down, magically speaking.

    "Well, this speaking thing probably isn't going to work," you complain. Your eyes light up. "But that's fine, all that means is I need to do is-"

    [] "kill you and do a brain scan!" (fight to the death) +60 bonus
    [] "beat you up and do a brain scan!" (continue the fight!) +40 bonus
    [] "take you with me! Unconscious, of course." (continue the fight, then kidnap him) +40 bonus
    [] "Run away! Muahahahahahaha!" (flee and run off elsewhere)

    You could just speak to him for like ten minutes and let your automated program try to do some linguistic backtracking, but where'd be the fun in that?

    Plus, you're ninety percent sure that the two of you are going to have company in about thirty seconds, so whatever you do, you better do it fast.

    Punch: 75+20+20+10+10 vs 81 + 3 Great Success
    Catch: 55+20 vs Difficulty 15 auto-success
    Diplomacy: 18 vs Difficulty 80 fail
    Catch Demiurge: 27+20 vs 29 success
     
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    • [X] "take you with me! Unconscious, of course." (continue the fight, then kidnap him)

    We're taking him home!
     
    [X] "beat you up and do a brain scan!" (continue the fight!)

    Loving this guy already
     
    [X] "kill you and do a brain scan!" (fight to the death) +60 bonus

    They can always revive this guy later on and also could we get an interlude of the guild leader reacting to us killing the guy?
     
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