Cornuthaum
Be kind to each other.
- Location
- Austria
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Ah, Cattleya has acquired a Blando of her own! Magnificent!
Overlady: Attack of the Minions (Thread II)
- Thread starter EarthScorpion
- Start date
- Fantasy
Salty
Shadow Cabal Assumptor Supreme
- Location
- Sun, Moon, Talia
- Pronouns
- I/Me
So.
I've got ten dollars that says the young lord of Cathay ends up attempting some half-assed murder-suicide on Cattelya after he discovers her true nature but alas, he is far too enamored of her and her bosom to let them go alone into the night.
I've got ten dollars that says the young lord of Cathay ends up attempting some half-assed murder-suicide on Cattelya after he discovers her true nature but alas, he is far too enamored of her and her bosom to let them go alone into the night.
Pffft.
Might as well not even be imprisoned. I see Eleanor is continuing the long and storied tradition of villains managing to run their entire plot from a cell.
(Hey. Just because she's Good doesn't mean she isn't a villain.
)
Also, with regards to the stone-eating lions in the stone cave: you utter cad. >.<
Might as well not even be imprisoned. I see Eleanor is continuing the long and storied tradition of villains managing to run their entire plot from a cell.
(Hey. Just because she's Good doesn't mean she isn't a villain.
)Also, with regards to the stone-eating lions in the stone cave: you utter cad. >.<
Sinsystems
Patron Librarian
I have to say that fallen angel is becoming less and less impressive by the second if she can't even keep up a proper act. Seriously even I can tell that the generous offer she made was a bit too generous and completely out of character.
NecroMac
Shiroe vi Akihabara Commands you...
1 it might be a ruse. Monkey might be just trained, a construct or enslaved with magic but not a familliar.
Or 2 monkey is disguised as one of the minion, which is not hard
- Location
- Germany
It's going from ignorance to outright denial that Louise now even spends time thinking about harems and still doesn't recognise when her sister is building one.
And getting epic melee weapons when you made a caster-build with strenght as dropstat is one of the most annoying things in games ever.
And getting epic melee weapons when you made a caster-build with strenght as dropstat is one of the most annoying things in games ever.
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
... or, alternatively, not. Because we've seen her familiar. And she would be acting very differently if she knew the overlady was her sister. And both of those ideas are stupid and make no sense.
Now, I was wondering why ES was having Catt be so, uh, obviously lesbian, and it appears we've found out! In the games, you can actually lose her to the young lord of Jiazha if her Opinion stat for you is too low (eg: if you've been neglecting her). Which is why I tend to avoid capturing him and go for Goicang's lord instead. It takes way longer to punch through his resistance to interrogation, but it means that Catt doesn't wind up getting seduced to the side of Good and abandoning you, and why risk it, right? I mean, the lord of Goicang comes with his own risks, but I find those to be far more manageable.
However, in this runthrough @EarthScorpion seems to have been making sure to keep Catt's opinion as high as possible, meaning no chance of Rutik spiriting her away. And he seems to be using the fact that the poor boy doesn't stand a chance as an excuse to show it by having her be entirely uninterested in men.
I'm surprised that you went to the trouble of ghost-infesting the city, though. That Spirit Bomb isn't cheap (and really, whoever came up with the item names in this game was just... terrible on so many levels, not to mention possessed of a very literal sense of humour). And... hmm, well, I suppose I've never played around with deliberately provoking Lee. Is he one of those characters whose Opinion actually rises when you work against him to some extent? Hmm. I guess that would fit with his portrayal. I just never really felt it worth risking exploration.
Oh, and the mace. Lol. Of all the things the RNG could have given you (and I still find the nod they give that with Gnarl not remembering what it is to be funny), that mace is perhaps the... hmm. Okay, not the most useless, that'd be the you-know-what from the elven lands. But the mace is certainly among the top three. How many Physical dots below the threshold even is your Louise? Even my Melee-focused build had to adjust her item loadout to include a magic ring that boosted Physical by another dot to wield it comfortably, and it was mid-late game when I got it.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
The game actually won't let you sign it, but you get a series of increasingly hilarious dialogue (as Louise reads out the fine print and the Delivery Boy tries to rationalize it) if you try - also if you push too far you don't get your delivery (because the Delivery Boy decides you weren't available to sign for the receipt, so drops the delivery off at the nearest pick up point).
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Temes1066
To Defy Gravity you must Let It Go
- Location
- Coleraine
This is a very good story, however I have one question.
"Proper Gander" is for finishing this mission. "Jailer" is for imprisoning the Lord of Jiazha and "Nice to Mace your Acquaintance" is for getting the Mace of the Overlord but what is the achievement "Can't Fill These Boots" for?
"Proper Gander" is for finishing this mission. "Jailer" is for imprisoning the Lord of Jiazha and "Nice to Mace your Acquaintance" is for getting the Mace of the Overlord but what is the achievement "Can't Fill These Boots" for?
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- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Finding an item you don't have the stats to use.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
In this case physical...Finding an item you don't have the stats to use.
ES's Louise is a mage build, right?
In't possible to have Henri make a necromantic construct that can wield the Mace for Louise to wear/ride - not to mention the other items you're stat-blocked from?
Or was that a mod?
Needs opening quote. Extra space.
Oh my... did she just...
Oh. Right. Of course, what was I thinking?
I figured it was because the lesbian vampire is an ancient literary trope, and ES is trying to hit them all in this story.
What I'm looking forward to most in this fic is when Eleanor figures out that Louise is the overlord. And that her princess is a necromancer.
Sasha
Not the Leader
- Location
- The Ever After
I doubt she would really care about the princess being a necromancer other than it being confirmation that the council was right to lock her up. I don't recall her having any strong ties to Henrietta that would make her reluctant to believe the princess has been seduced by Evil.
As for Louise being the Overlady, I'm sure that will be a major surprise to her, but I don't think it's the kind of thing that would make her hesitate to take her out in the name of Good. I've been getting vibes of Karin-lite plus large quantities of meanness and snark. She just seems like the type to prioritize eliminating Evil over family ties.
Then again, I could be misinterpreting Eleanor's character.
Jonen C
F.M.D.G.
- Location
- Lincopense, Ostrogothia, Suecia
As if he would have left it up to doubt.
So, all I did for Louise was raise her Strength at Chargen enough so she could use the Old Traditional armour set, because it's my favourite. So she's still Strength and Endurance 10 - just enough that she can wear heavy armour, although that means her stamina regen is shit and she basically has to use a staff because any other heavier item puts her above the weight cap.
It's just part of the continued "the Abyss is modern" running joke. Therefore the incantation to set off an Abyssal weapon is an alphanumeric command code in the Dark Tongue.
And yes, Louise managed to use the Spirit Bomb successfully.
Imrix
Periodically Malevolent QM
... You know, as hilarious as the minions constantly inventive misunderstandings of words is, I kind of want to see somebody explain the proper meaning.
"Panacea, all one word. It's... A fancy word for 'cure'." "There's a lot of fancy words for simple stuff, huh?" "Yep! S'a form of looting. They started as other peoples words, but we stole 'em cause we liked how they sounded." There was a general hubbub of agreement at this. Looting was just how the world worked.
It's all about speaking their language, she thought. Then she paused, and went back over that thought. Wait. Oh no, I'm starting to speak minion.
"Panacea, all one word. It's... A fancy word for 'cure'." "There's a lot of fancy words for simple stuff, huh?" "Yep! S'a form of looting. They started as other peoples words, but we stole 'em cause we liked how they sounded." There was a general hubbub of agreement at this. Looting was just how the world worked.
It's all about speaking their language, she thought. Then she paused, and went back over that thought. Wait. Oh no, I'm starting to speak minion.
.... on a side note, I'm looking forward to the "wait hold up this is Brimir's diary" revelation, because after that dismissal it'll be hilarious.
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I think it belonged to one of his Void familiars, actually.
Mm, could be. That hint about their "right hand" is interesting. That'd be the ... man, it's been years since the ZnT craze. Whatever the name of the animal controlling one. ... Windalfr, that was it.
Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
Which makes sense, since he's hanging out with a very large dog.
(Yes, I know what he probably really means, but I wouldn't put it past ES to be messing with us on that score.)