CYOA Discussion

>>25340354
>everything you love is dead

But Nips is back with a schedule senpai.

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Whispen is a pretty stallion.

>>25340374
Surely you know better by now than to believe the Nips, Anon.

>not using the pone march

>>25340385
>>25340354
>Remember: There is still hope

>>25340400
>non-nips art
We know better than that, anon.

Nips is love. Nips is life.

Reminder that satyrs are indeed for sexual
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Xth for sundance is biggest mare UUUU

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>>25340495
Reminder that Halley is weirdly lewd for her age

>>25340638
I'm mildly disappointed there's not a tank in the background. 'Armoured' division and all.

>>25340638
>"Sweet Celestia she's as big as Boulder."

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>>25340639
Must have been hanging out with Em.

So according to the archive we've had 25 threads active in the last month, 4 cancelled quests, 17 completed quests and 14 quests that aren't completed, cancelled, or active in the past month.

Weird distribution.

>>25340669
>little did everyone know, about 2 clicks out rolled the biggest mare of celestia''s armored forces
>Treads excited giggles could be heard over the rumble of the steel beast's powerful engines
"I hope we aren't late for the sortie!" She exclaims popping open the top hatch
>After all, at a meeting of the heaviest troops of celestia's finest, everybody knows no pony can beat a fucking tank.

>>25340722
What's weird about it?

>>25340639
Reminder that satyrs are disgusting abominations

>>25340820
>Little did she know the meeting was actually an intervention where the ponies she cared about would confront her over her autism.

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>>25340844

>>25340693
Is Emery lewd? I haven't seen much evidence of it in the quest.
>>25340838
Reminder that satyrs are adorable abominations and should be cared for.

>>25340495
What do you think Nina told her?

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>>25340887
Other Em.

>>25340887
>posts a picture of emerald.
>still thinks Em refers to irrelevant quest.

>>25340903
Oh, Emerald! Yeah, I can see that. What do you think the MCs do during a break in the quest?

Reminder that when you fuck up drawing a satyr it's your civic duty to take it behind the barn and end it with a tear and the thunder of a shotgun shell, knowing full well that since the satyr did nothing wrong it's going to a better place.

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>>25340927
The only relevant quest is a Nips quest

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>>25340927
More relevant than the one Emerald's in.

>>25340948
What's with the bash on Cotquest again? The art's decent, the character's are good, and there are some interesting events in the story.

>>25340844
>"Treads"
"No"
>"Treads"
"No"
>Sundance just looks down at the cardboard tank as it keeps hitting her shins, trying to run her over.
>Steel is standing next to the tank.
>"Get out of your 'tank' Treads"
"No"
>Sundance picks up the cardboard tank and flips it over, unceremoniously dumping Treads and a pony plush almost as big as her onto the ground.
>The little mare immediately jumps up.
"Hey! Why did you-"
>"We need to talk about all this tank stuff Treads"
"No! Me n' Little Star are going to be the best armor crew in the whole world! We don't need to be a big armoured... meanie!"
>Treads grabs 'Little Star' and runs off, undoubtably to fashion another 'tank'.
>Steel just sighs as he watches her disappear.
>"That filly. I swear"
>Sundance grunts in agreement.

>>25340958
The players like to get into inane arguments.

>>25340898
"Ah told ya. This little exercise helps with ya stave enrgy flow."
"Yer mum showed me how ta do it."

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>>25340930
Emerald spends his time educating the other kids about reading and safe sex.
When he's not doing that he discuses horsecocks and marehoods with Deep Blue.
I also just realized we never got any Coltquest chibi pones. Fug.

>>25340962
That made me weirdly sad

>>25340962
>Anonpone looks on, contemplating how far she would go for such a destructive device.

>>25340983
Probably the part about the only pony she shows affections to turns out to be a plush.

>>25340948
I wonder how the curwhibble players feel about having less players than coltshan.
The three of them must be devestated.

Active threads

Hijack: >>25268522
Coltquest: >>25333560
FOE: >>25340943
Vampony: >>25307011
Curwhibbles: >>25223082
Herblore: >>25031143
Space: >>25307074
Urban Survival: >>25300004
Threshold: >>25309188

>I don't know how to run a quest for a week so I'll just have them navigate a maze

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Reminder that CYOAs are for pure canon species snd not for autistic races like satyrs and bat ponies

>>25341102
Wow, active thread guy.
That was pretty fierce.

>>25341102
>>25341132
Who's the maze master?

>>25341102
Wow, that's pretty slim. Maybe I should have just started a new thread with a short session last night.

>>25341140
Inept

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>>25341154
fug, Chubbypon and the Temple With a Weird Name and Dandy Quest are next on my list of shit to catch up on

>>25341204
Temple of Titties is ending soon, I'd suggest catching up on that so that you can participate.

>>25341204
The maze will be a quick read. It's not like there's nothing happening there.

>>25341220
most of it could play itself since its just find sign -> follow sign to next sign, repeat.

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>>25341216
I will, thanks for the heads up

>>25341148
No, we have to give 'cyoa is kill' anon every scrap we can

startingCYOA was a mistake

>>25341004
Perhaps Treads obsession could be redirected towards something productive.
Like, maybe instead of a rotating church on the top, we could convince her to imagine a large drill on the front of her machine. This drill could perhaps be used to bore into the center of the earth because that's fucking cool! purely for scientific purposes of course.

>>25340983
Maybe that was what she was like before her mom died.

>>25340495
I want a version of this where Nina is gently licking and kissing her.

>>25341258
I think you're being too harsh. Many of the puzzles have been quite fun.

It is linear as all fuck kinda funnily for a maze section but that's not always a bad thing.

Whatever happened to that cutequestria War guy?

>>25341609
tomorrow. :^)

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Unlike quotes from your favorite QM

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>>25341659
It continues.
Also should I post everytime I run or one time per thread is enough?

>>25341640
"Hey guys, i've been really happy with the last few sessions and I'm excited to continue telling your story"

>>25341640
"Just a heads up, I'm going to run today."

>>25341640
"I fucking hate all of you"

>>25341640
>I'm going to set a schedule and and finish my other 4 quests after I finish my Halloween one.
Oh wait.

>>25341640
"Yo I decided to make my quest at a reasonable hour"
Guess who.

>>25341640
"Your group deserves a break."

>>25341792
Nips?
Hijacker?

>>25341609
I already said before, horrible cold had me in bed for days, decided it was better to wait it out than whine here, now I'm gonna start as soon as I have the time for it.

>>25341810
The ded one.

>>25341816
Storyteller?

>>25341828
Nips.

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I finally decided how I will plan my quest: Dia.
1 are the rooms, with text describing their interior. 2 are the obvious actions in the room (Check X). 3 are small details (Items and events). 4 are progression related details, like "Password is used in room X".
And since they are in diferent layers, I can just toggle them and be left with only the rooms and their connections.
It feels good to finally nail down how you plan things.
Does anyone remember me? I am that guy who was planning this one quest were you'd get the main six+Spike+Celestia and Luna in the party, and the idea refuses to leave my head.
I never mentioned that I plan to have two Lunas, too, even if one of them is rather suicidal.
And that each character has only three lifes.
And for fuck sake if the spoilers decide not to work again I'll kill mootwo even if he seems like a pretty chill guy.

>>25341810
>9pm pst
>unreasonable
are you yurop

>>25339848
Other than HP and AC most stats are handled by "weapons" Of course this includes innate weapons like hooves. The best way to increase stats is to get better weapons. I'm using a D&D like system and basically Mango currently only adds her Proficiency Bonus (or BaB if you're thinking in 3e terms) to her Fangs or Hooves. You'll need to get training in a weapon type to add your BaB to it. For example if Mango attacks with her fangs she gets a d20 +2 against the AC of the enemy.
Where as her shotgun is just the d20. Some weapons are hard to use and thus subtract your Proficiency if you're untrained. This includes pistols, and maybe some larger or unbalanced melee weapons.

Mango can increase her proficiency bonus, but
only in certain ways that I'd rather leave for the players to find.

This is pretty standard D&D 5e, I'm just hiding the mechanics most of the time. I'll let you know if a failure comes out of left field, like that tube trap, but almost all posts have had at least one die roll on average.

I've got a google doc with a lot of such info.
It's kinda meant for QM use at the moment.
I think I'm going to make a 'player version' that only includes stuff you guys should know.

And of course, this is simply how I run the quest's combat and checks, I have no control over Vampanon nor do I want to. I think the variety of QM style is an interesting part of the quest I wouldn't want to mess with.

>>25341938
> you'd
You could*

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>>25341938

>>25341938
>Does anyone remember me?
Can't say I do mang. And saying "you get these guys in your party" is pretty unhelpful.

>>25341954
>Uses random bullshit numbers without telling anyone.

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>>25341938
What is this?
A QUEST FOR ANTS?!
How do we expect to get a lot of players if they cant even see the MC?

>>25342044
>Quest for breezies
>Players are expected to find ways to read things from thumbnails if they want to play.

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>>25341970
>>25342044
>Implying I'll reveal VITAL QUEST INFORMATION.
I am autistic about spoilers. I am the kind of guy who will get mad if you mention the name of a character that hasn't appeared.
And that's just a diagram I made in Dia, you sillies.
>>25341983
Yeah, I never got to be relevant really, and it was months ago, when the thread was new. I was just curious about that detail.
I was a pixel art guy, if it helps. I don't really know if I'll go with images or no images tho, since I am slow as fuck and rather bad at it. Pic related.

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>>25342073
Wrong pic
Also I got a captcha for ants. Oh irony.

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>>25342063
Why does that sounds like a good idea?

>>25342063
I would play the hell out of that as long as it was short and cute.

>>25342073
>I was a pixel art guy, if it helps
No, it really doesn't.

>>25342095
Because you expect cute art (once you zoom in on it somehow), undecipherable borkbork swedish babble from breezies and some silly little adventure in it?

>>25342106
Wouldnt we all...

>>25341938
If I may repeat what you just said:

>bla bla bla yadda yadda something about another quest bla bla

fucking JUST. Then we'll see where we'll go from there.

>>25342123
I know, I am just fooling around while I build the place.
Right now I am in the intro area, stablishing the rules early in a place were dead isn't punished yadda yadda.

>>25342073
>I never mentioned that I plan to have two Lunas, too, even if one of them is rather suicidal.
>And that each character has only three lifes.

Sounds like spoilery, quest vital information right there

>>25342145
You still haven't really said what this is about.

>>25341991
>random bullshit numbers

How else am I supposed to brutally kill the MC without the players bitching a fit?

>>25342155
The three lifes thing will be said in the OP because I am not that much of an asshole, and the "Clones" posibility is stated pretty plainly near the start.
>>25342160
About shananigans.
But seriously tho, the story is kind of a really trippy sci-fi anime, the characters themselves don't understand shit at the start and have to investigate. Hell, the players themselves are weird voices in the characters' heads that they were told not to follow.

>>25342183
Throw a bomb at her/him.

>>25342183
Do it anyway, and pretend that you were rolling so the players blame the dice instead of you.

>>25342214
you've discovered my cunning plan

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>>25342073
>I was a pixel art guy, if it helps
Get on my lvl

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>>25342319
I hope I could be assed to.
But for now Discord is my greatest artistic achivement. Sadly.

>>25342335
Needs more of a curve instead of straight angles for the lower waist and tail.

>>25342319
A PIXEL CAN'T BE CUT

>>25342408
Yeah, but you know how it can be with pixels. One is too little and two are too much.

>>25342442
Well, its always good to give it a try

>>25342319
Is this from that outpost game I saw here a while ago? The one with all the trees and rocks?

Alchemy continues >>25342502

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>>25342498
Forgot pic, like a god damn retard
>>25342500
And yes, Im making the spritesheets for a mare outfit model, even when the OP never asked for it

>>25342527
Neat. Is there a way to put your own outfits ingame?

>>25341938
Is it about sucking dicks?

>>25342651
Why wouldn't it be?

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>>25342541
Yes. Complete the spritesheets and send it to OP (or the purple Alicorn)

Currently working on this one

>>25342657
I thought it would be polite to ask.

http://strawpoll.me/5930398

>>25342750
Where is option "none"?

>>25342750
>Everyone voted for everything
Obvious, in retrospective.

>>25342766
Faggots don't get to vote.

>>25342768
I didn't check it was possible, else I would have.

>>25342768
I did not realize it was multiple choice. So in at least once instance that's wrong.

>>25342783
You broke it.
We are condemned now, our d20 shan't even roll above five.
You hearthless monster.

>>25342781
>>25342783
You've ruined everything.

>>25342804
CYOA was kill anyway, anon.

>>25342810
It was going to be a good death. Now there's less cock than pussy and some will go into the black unsatisfied. What a terrible fate.

>>25342775
Fuck your shit.

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>>25342750
>Tie
/mlp/'s not dead

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>>25342991
>I unironically don't like horse parts

>>25342810
Cyoa has been kill for what, 3 months now?

>>25340638
Pots fetish is property damage, thats why Sundance is his one true love.

>>25342750
>People unironically choose horsecock
I want faggots to go and stay go

>>25342750
Futa quest when

>>25343129
someone vote manipulated to make them all even.

>>25340962
Sundance needs a stap-on connector with her armor

>>25343129
Anon it is the year 2015 you don't have to hide your bonerlust any longer.

>>25343144
Who would vote manipulate on 4chan?

>>25342750
>Faggots prove they have to cheat to win

>>25343160
Lovers of thick, throbbing horsecocks.

>>25343177
Everyone on 4chan?

>>25343129
>Being this insecure.

>>25343177
>He doesn't desire equine phalus
You gay son?

>>25343217
You make a convincing argument, I'll go google how to rig strawpolls.

>>25343227
You would rig a strawpoll? We're above that here anon.

>>25343156
I, for one, live in 1917.

>>25343227
See >>25343255
The glorious horse dong raises us beyond the heavens, powered by spiral power.

>>25343190
HA!

>>25343321
Wouldnt a spiraled dong be painful for all parties involved?

>>25343355
But it's so cool we don't feel the pain.

>>25343355
Depends on how tight the spiral is and how it got that way.

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>>25343355
Nah, it's like a horn, only hot and throbbing.

>Gayfags shoving their fetish in everyone's throat
>Again

>>25340638
>tfw you realize steel is the highest ranking guard we've had so far

that is, unless I missed a guardpone

>>25343393
We're secretly the batfags too. Everything Shiny hates is a small group dead set on terrorizing him and forcing him to hate everything he loves.

>>25343393
Is this your new thing Shiny?

>>25343393
Well the fetish kind of involves shoving things into another things.

>>25343396
We've played Twilight. I'd assume 'Princess' falls into the guard structure somewhere.

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>>25343393
Shiny is going all out

What is the single most evil thing a GM can do to it's players?
For me it'd be
>They enter a room
>Room is empty for a huge pedestal in the center, with a minuscule red button in it's top
>No clue is given of what it does
It'd be a hexen kind of hell.

>>25343452
So your concept of the most evil thing is to be inept?

>>25343452
>We'll start earlier tomorrow

Unlike quotes from your players.

>>25343501
"I remember when X was good"

>>25343501
>Let's charge the sirens

>>25343501
"Let's not release the chained, tattered behemoth that has a god sigil on him."

>>25343452
Too obvious, the players are bracing themselves for catastrophe.
What I'd do is have the waifu kidnapped, then make them slog through a long whole bunch of bullshit to get them back.
After that I'd wait a while, then have the waifu betray them.
Later on, they discover the waifu was replaced by a changeling.
A long quest to catch up to the changeling follows.
At the end of it they discover where the changeling left their actual waifu.
When they get there they find them curled up in the corner of a cell.
After beating themselves bloody on the door they had starved to death some time ago.

>>25343574
>Too obvious, the players are bracing themselves for catastrophe.
Precisely, they press the button and nothing happens

I don't even made waifus.
Time to do the noose.

>>25343452
>What is the single most evil thing a GM can do to it's players?

favorite character goes out in a blaze of glory

said character's sacrifice is made meaningless by the end of the cyoa.

>>25343597
>lurker takes out caravan because muh charisma
>our next mission has almost zero interaction with other ponies

>>25343501
"Let's fuck those horses."

>>25340962
>laugh
>>25340983
>stop laugh
>>25341004
>start cry
Trying to remember why we made treads so distant from everyone
İt seems to have a lot of effect on everything and making some decisions difficult
Guess thats what makes her interesting

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>>25343501
"I liked it"

>>25343766
Treads' abundant flaws and quirks make her my favorite MC, right beside Chalk.

>>25343501
"Arguing over this is pointless. Let's agree to disagree."

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>>25344091
>CYOA character is Boris the Animal

>>25344065
Which MCs need more intersting quirks and flaws?

>>25344207
Every MC needs some interesting quirks.

>>25344207
That one MC

>>25344207
non-Nips ones

>>25344207
None of them.

>>25343501
>Treads tears off another piece of tape as her new tank comes to life before her.
>She brushed the dirt off her hoof before hesitating and rubbing it into her hair.
>You were supposed to get dirty when working on stuff after all.
"Isn't that right Little Star?"
>The large plush, now with a wrench weighing it down, doesn't reply but Treads nods as if he did and keeps working away.
>The wrench slowly starts to pull the plush down, eventually causing it to topple over and knocking a Neighponese action figure, over.
>Treads doesn't take notice of 'Kimono's distress as she focuses on her work, propping another cardboard box on top of the larger one.
>She'd show them that she didn't need to be big, her armor would be better than all of theirs.

>>25344312
I made a cardboard tank when I was a child.
I was beaten up and it got torn.

Quick question, say I had a CYOA that got cancelled due to my incompetence. And say I wrote an ending to it and just finished illustrating this ending. And lets also say that I am not starting another thread for this dead quest. Should I post it here or just save it for myself?

>>25344362
Hypothetically, you should post it here, BWH

>>25344362
Post it here you sweaty mooseknuckle

>>25340962
>>25344312
Is this some spinoff where Treads actually drove all her friends away, her mental state spinning into delusion and hallucination?

>>25344312
>The other guards proceed to dump her out and fold her cardboard boxes up.

>>25344431
I was going to an autistic and delusional kid, but take it how you like.

The void of alcoholism.

>>25344431
>>25344451
I was seeing it as a filly Treads if Star was never there for her.

>>25344439
>Anonguard pours lighter fluid on the cardboard and lights it up like the voices tell him to, ignoring the filly crying and pounding on his leg.

>>25344439
>>25344515
>then they took away the plushie and the toys
>it was time for Treads to grow up

I don't like your headcanon. Treads drives the real tanks that are real. They are not fake and she is good at it. Shut up.

>>25344535
Treads pls

>>25344523
No... not Little Star...

>>25344523
>Steel turns away and pulls Treads away with his magic.
>He ignores the strangled cry as Treads watches 'Little Star' get tossed on the fire behind him.
>"It's ok Treads, we're helping you."

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>You sneak back towards the spire to find the source of the screaming. Really, at this point any distraction form the thought of this town never ending is a welcome one. Your attempt to stay as low key as possible is a failure however, as one of the red clouds that have been haunting you since you left the arena appears opaque in front of you.

You had your chance and you have proven to me that not only are you unfit for redemption, but you are also useless to me.

"Wha-What are you talking about?"

I gave you a short break from your eternal punishment in exchange for your services, you where also given the opportunity for redemption as part of our agreement, but I see now that no matter how many chances you are given you will never be anything more than an unclean soul.

>You draw your sword as the entity begins to stretch it's tendrils toward you. You begin to think a back on your life, all of the ponies you've killed, the deal you made with you former owner to make a spectacle out of killing more ponies in the arena. You begin to ask yourself if you enjoyed it. You choose not to answer yourself, out of fear that this might just be. No, you can't be dead, you're a survivor... right?
"This isn't fair! I didn't know! You can't hold me responsible for something I don't even remember!"
>The world begins to tear apart around you. Slowly everything but you and this entity begins to be consumed by darkness. A feeling of dread begins to wash over you. Have you been lying to yourself?

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>>25344570
It's funny, The pony that was given special privileges questions me about fairness.

"I can change, Just let me try again! I can do it now that I know! I'm adaptable, I'm a survivor!
>You slash your sword at the entities tendrils, but instead of cutting them, the entity grabs your sword and rips it from your grasp. In desperation you try to run but the entity wraps it's tendrils around your neck and fore-hooves and strips your shield from you.
"Please, I'm not a bad pony. I can prove it to you! I'm I'm..."
>Your pleas are cut short as some tendrils tear through your shirt and begin to tear into your flesh with their serrated tips. The tendrils holding your forelegs begin to pull to the side you feel a growing pain as your shoulders begin to extend further than they were ever meant to. You shut your eyes and begin to pull all of your strength.
>You let out a grunt as you try to pull your hooves back down, but your earth-pony strength is no match for this entity's other worldly strength. Your shoulders pop out of pace and you feel the flesh under both of your shoulder's armpits begin to tear. The tendrils digging into your belly shoot through your back you begin to dig a wider and wider hole. You've lungs begin to fill with blood which your promptly cough up.
>You wait for the sweet release of death, but it never comes. You are already dead, and this is what you have to show for it. You begin to remember everything, all of the suffering that you had endured and you know that there is no escape. Maybe you will be given another chance someday but for now, there is nothing you can do...

>>25344578
Ded.

>>25344578
>"Please, I'm not a bad pony. I can prove it to you! I'm I'm..."
Pretty sure he wanted you to be a bad pony.

>>25344207
What are some quirks some MCs have?

Blitz likes to crack puns under pressure.
I'm pretty sure Fruit is claustrophobic.

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>>25344570
>>25344578

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>>25344555
can anyone give me a steel's reference
I need it for reasons

>>25344648
second one in this picture:
>>25340638

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>everyone picking on Treads

>>25344555
Steel would never let a civilian's plushie be taken away.

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>>25344648

>>25344570
>>25344578

What is this edgy shit? I never read the quest. Can someone give me a plot summary?

>>25344555
OUR WORLD IS GETTING COLDER.
BUT THERE'S NO NEED FOR ALARM
JUST SIT BY YOUR FIRE
BURN *ALL* OF YOUR TOYS
AND STAY WARM

>>25344666
Satan confirms that Steel is a good pony.

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>>25344666
Actually canon.

>You move over to the earth pony stallion who is desperately cramming his belonging into a saddlebag.
>You end up stepping on a stuffed doll
>A small squeak escapes its plush body

"And we DO NOT leave our plushies out on the ground! Plushies are only out during cuddle hours and for NAPPIES"

>The stallion looks genuinely hurt.

>Instead of tossing the toy like you had planned, you hand it back tenderly to the earth stallion.

>>25344666
Thanks satan

>>25344685
Entrapment was the original quest. It's a pretty short read, I'd recommend it.

It was a spoopy spinoff thing that failed. Both threads are still on the archive.
>>25259262
>>25287054

Short things, won't take too long to catch up on.

>>25344666
Steel's lawful good, it'd be easy to convince him to take a plushy away if it served the greater good.

>>25344732
He's lawful soft, he'd give it right back.

>>25344732
No, Steelie is neutral good. He'd compromise the mission if it meant for the good of the civilians he's protecting.

>>25344685
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkQcao5gD1E

>>25344663
Treads is not for total misery.

The scrunch flashback can attest to that.

>>25344578
Shame. I know you really like Nadine but she keeps getting the shaft.

>>25344663
You've got to admit that her personality is perfect for writing a sad alt. Other MCs going insane would take different routes. Like an omnicidal Chalk Dust.

>>25344799
If Bath says he likes a character you should immediately decide you don't like the character.

>Planning quest
>Writing all the notes for the players to find
>Plan all the scripted scenes that may or may not happen
>Play with character relationships in a thousand situations
>Try to plan for the unexpected
This is fun.

>>25344839
>planning quest
>can only get basic start down
>have no idea how the hell to come up with stuff
This is stupid

>>25344839
I can barely wait to make it all go wrong.

>>25344855
Start it and try to stay one step ahead of your players.

>>25344837
>omnicidal Chalk Dust
I don't know about that.
Chalk likes control, not killing.

>>25341008
Coltshan only has 2 players, and one of them rarely posts. I've been his only active player for like half the thread.

>>25344570
>>25344578
Did you really have to do this? You admitted that the quest fell apart at the seams. It is documented that some of the critical decisions that were made was based on your mistakes and not the actual player input. Do you honestly believe that your players and your character deserve this ending?

>>25344855
>This is stupid
The trick it's not trying to worry about making it deep or meaningful or epic. Just have fun and prepare for >>25344862 , because it's the most fun part of it all. Personal experience on this one:
>Make this silly stick figures about Discord fucking around
>He peeks down in the Everfree
>There is a bear, a tree, and a obsidian pilar sorrounded by impalled skulls
>The bear turns into Discord's new friend, Sir Bearinghton
>It all spirals down into me turning it into a feelsy quest to make up for fucking up with Fluttershy and Celestia that I was honestly surprised at
That's the magic. Seeing it just happen, and realize that the audience is the actors is the direcors is the spectators is the weird dude that looks at me creepily while eating popcorn very slowly.

>>25344900
He's BWH, and he loves Nadine as a character.

This is how he shows his love.

>>25344799
She is legitimately the least lucky character I've ever written.
>>25344837
I do like Nadine, but the more I'm around her the worse off she is. It's probably best I don't write her into anything else.

>>25344666
This is what happens when you try to hang out with the wrong "armored group"

>>25344837
>Fruit going insane
>Blitz going insane
>Easy going insane
Oh baby

Treads is for bully

>>25344875
If things she thinks are firmly under her control keep getting away I could see her beginning to think that anything that's too important to let get away should die. The Pitch situation by itself has probably increased her paranoia tenfold.

>>25344788
>scrunch flashback
Still makes me a little teary
İts the music that comes with it that gets me

>>25344900
Having no ending was bothering me more than having a bad and abrupt one.
I legitimately lost sleep due to how frustrated I was with that non-ending.

>>25344914
I want to force her to have a good end.

>>25344983
>you're gonna be happy and you're gonna like it!

>>25344941
No doubt. The one pony she really trusted and this shit happens. At least know she knows it's not totally his fault and I think she's willing to try and help him.

Speaking of, which quests actually had a bad end?
How many of those would you say wrote their ending well?

All this talk of box tank Treads is making me desire a cameo in my quest.

And steelie would never bring a tear to a filly's eye if he can help it. He would likely play along and be utterly defeated by the cardboard leviathan

Man is it wrong I want to work on this more than battle sprites

>>25345038
Do it fagola.

>>25344914
Seems like a cliffhanger ending really.

>>25345049
But pokie monster versus slutbat is gonna be the first battle in a long while

One with post quality based mechanics, too

>>25340962

Somebody needs to draw a picture of this, NOW!

>>25345038
Not that I mind, but how many more characters are gonna wind up just dropped off in your little world?

>>25344969
Giving us (what I'm going to assume) the bad end when the mistakes that lead to it weren't player decisions seems like a pretty shitty move. I would have preferred if you redid the quest (hopefully with fewer mistakes) and took it to completion.

>>25344924

>AU Fruit Flank

His sisters caught him trying to leave at the start of the adventure. He's now permanently ties to his sister's bed, with a diet of mare pussy, ponut, and lovingly made home cooked meals.

All the while slipping into a psychotic delusion that he's on an adventure with friends he met that decided to join him for arbitrary reasons trying to stop the apocalypse.

>>25345138
Don't be silly. Every night before he goes to bed his sister tells him a story about a half changeling hero who's out saving the world with a group of plucky females. Every night she gets a little further into the story and every night Fruit Loop has a dream.

>>25345138
Neat

But I like that his sisters were never actually real. He's been mad the entire time, hallucinating some things.
It will only take "meeting the family" for his perception to be absolutely shattered and possibly become a danger to the team.

>>25300004
Urban is back

>>25344924
Blitz never really left the lighthouse.

The sirens took hold of his mind, made him think he was leaving with his team, but in reality, the sirens drove him away from the rest.
Eve's screaming was really her.

Now he's simply curled up in some corner in the lighthouse hallucinating the rest of his adventures.

>>25345111
As many as it can handle (read: all of them)

There are obviously some restrictions, though.

>>25345126
No. Nadine died to a mistake, is suffering for likely eternity due to another mistake, and the quest is over. There will be no more mistakes leading to things getting likely worse.

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>>25345069
>post quality based mechanics
I'm listening.

>>25345165

This is actually really sweet and touching. So why is it making me sad?

>>25345111
You do realize that he called it HIJACKED for a reason.

The trinkets are all stolen from other things, including CYOAs

>>25345216
you should include something based on RubyQuest.

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>>25345180
>Fruity's past is just him lying to himself

>>25345270
I'm fully fucking aware dumbass. I knew some trinkets were based off other adventures, but I never thought he would straight up rip characters.

>>25345294
Tell that to Squishy, Grandma, and Pupkin.

>>25345294
He's already done it though.

>>25345294
You make it sound like all I do is steal shit. Do you honestly think that?

>>25345294
ur dumb

>>25345294
He's been straight from the beginning. It's Reference: The Quest

>>25345329
we KNOW all you do is steal shit

>>25345329
Ignore the shitposter Hijuniper

>>25345289
>Continuing adventure after getting to the mainland.
>Get close to home, so they decide to stop there.
>It's some broken, abandoned building all alone.
>Fruit greets all his sisters with glee, ready to tell them all about his adventures so far.
>The others see him talking to nothing but air and making motions like he's touching someone.
>They suddenly become very worried about who they've been with for the past week.

>>25345306
To be fair, I think getting referenced on another CYOA is something of an honor if you're good.

May I see the updated trinket sheet?

>>25345446
I definitely don't doubt that.

>>25345446
Depends which CYOA.
Getting referenced in a Coltshan CYOA isn't an honor, I imagine.

>>25345457
Same link as always. The alphabetized and revised list was set back because of the hdd failure.

http://pastebin.com/PsjGQq8s

I believe the pastebin has maybe 90 of the 100 items so far.

>>25345481
I still think it would feel pretty neat to be referenced, regardless of whether or not the quest is shit.

>>25345481
Yup, I've referenced other quests a few times in mine and no one even noticed.

>>25345446
References are the reason why Gar and Blitz are brothers and Eve and Shade are cousins

>>25345505
Or no one said anything. I'm not about to spout out 'Hey, I get it' if I recognize something.

>>25345524
Maybe.
I was just being self deprecating.

>>25345541
It's not like that's anything new.

>>25345507
So is Blitz's full name 'Biltz Iceon'?

>>25345615
MLP families don't always have to have the same last name.

>Blitz Wind
>Gar Iceon

>Twilight Sparkle
>Shining Armor

>>25345615
It's Blitz Wind

>>25344889
I've been lurking.

>>25345637
Good. Gar doesn't need his name tarnished by a filthy pegasus

>>25337167
Seems I'm late. Thank you Hijacker.
Now I need to write something for you too...

>>25345710
Gar would love to be tarnished by a filthy pegasus.

>>25345710
Yeah, he's done a good enough job of that himself.

>>25345765
Dont sweat it

>>25345637
Gar has always had such a weird name. Is there a story behind that?

>>25345822
Bastardization of Garrison

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>>25345822
I'll give you one guess

>>25345803
>Blitz used to hold little Gar in his wings and read him bedtime stories.
>When he left to go adventuring, Gar felt betrayed and began lashing out at other ponies.
>But deep in his subconscious he still associates the feel of feathers with being safe and loved

>>25345637
This. They do seem to have similar naming conventions though though. Like all of Pinkie's family has rock names, though she does not, however she has 'Pie' in it to show she still is close to them even if she doesn't really share their common interest. Same thing with the Apple family though a bit more blatant. Sparkle and Shining are synonymous too even though the second part of their name isn't the same.

Blitz' real name is most likely 'Blizzard Wind' which fits with 'Iceon'

>>25345822
>Gar Iceon
>Garrison
>Ben Garrison
It's a /pol/ meme. Ben "gas the kikes" Garrison.

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>>25345822
It's how his dad lost his hoof. Figured it would be fitting for the cause of all of his suffering in life to have the same name.

>>25345839
Dawww

>>25345840
Rarity's parents are named Hondo Flanks and Cookie Crumbles, so there's definitely no hard and fast naming rule at play here.

Although it's implied that at least one of Gars parents is an Iceon. Maybe thats where the pure unicorn lineage thing comes from despite having a pegasus brother? unicorns born in the family inherit the Iceon name and all Iceon's going back were unicorns.

>>25345838
OK but where did the iceon come fr-

>Gar
>Iceon
>ice-on
>gar-ice-on

Oh my fuck l'm retarded.

>>25345839
Ghey

>>25345839
Drawfriends.
Pls.

>>25345873
Brutal

>>25345839
Could we have some artfriend draw this?

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>>25345873

Are there any other quests besides Urban and M&M that are kind of like sister quests, as in they're unofficially intertwined and are associated with each other?

>>25346028
No

>>25346028
Hijack and everything :^)

>>25346028
from different QMs where both QMs give a subtle nod to the connection? none that i can think of.

Obviously reference quests exist and are generally one-sided.
and from the same QM there can be connections between quests, like entrapment and 11-54 occurring in the same universe.

>>25346028
Delta P and Sub Quest.

>>25346140
Delta P was never a quest [it was a hard railroad with the excuse that the real quest hadn't started] and there weren't any actual connections in what little content we got.

>>25346028
Space Bug and Space Horse are.
Other than that, Hijack has the whole 'magic dumping ground' thing.
Unique has characters from alternate Equestrias, so that would be fairly easy.
Threshold's premise would likely allow for crossings.

>>25346163
I think inept said she wanted there be some weird multi-faced surface that could allow you to jump realities and they would go to other CYOAs.

>>25346140
>tfw divan pone will never come back

>>25346198
Gotta feed those immigrants.

>>25346207
TAKBIR

>>25346502
back up

ur art a shit

>>25346589
I know.

>>25346589
That's why I run a text-based quest, bruv.

>double xp in bf4
>blops3 releasing in a few hours
>friends begging me to suqad up with them
>supposed to run quest today

[SCREAMING]

>>25346658
You're taste in vidya a shit.

Mendacity when?

>>25346658
screw cyoas

>>25346658
good. i wont be here tonight, tell your friends they're good people.

>>25346658
Pffft, who needs quests?

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>>25346658
>bf4
>copypaste3

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>>25346589
Well, it's done using the equivalent of ms paint, so it's to be expected.

>>25346968
>Reading by the light of a little Gar flame.

cute as fuck.

Thanks Craft.

>>25346742
>>>/v/

As long as you have fun no one should care what you play

>>25347119
I'm hardcore judging you right now.

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>>25347119
Damn straight.

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>>25347119
>stopped having fun
alright, time to see if I can make up for lost time.

>>25347119
>having fun
disgusting

>>25347119
>stop laughing at someone paying for the same game several times
No.

>>25347203
To be fair, Pokemon doesn't get the same bad rap as cawwadooty and bf, but it's just the same game released every couple years.

>>25347249
It has a single player campaign that isn't god awful.

>>25347249
I think most people have forgotten Pokemon exists at this point.

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>>25347135
Judge away, I'm playing AoE2 in 2015 and you can't stop me.

>>25347282
It's also a children game so there's an expectation of new audiences experiencing the gameplay for the first time.

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Can you run a CYOA if you can't draw at all?

>>25347312
>judging you for playing a quality game
Still on the fence about whether or not to fork out for that updated AoM.

>>25347321
Can you write?

>>25347321
Refer to the OP.

>>25347321
What are text quests?

>>25347328
I'd like to think so.

In particular, I've written a couple of fanfics that were fairly popular and fairly well-received, and people especially liked the worldbuilding I did. So I've had the idea to run a CYOA in that world, where people get to poke around it a bit and discover some of the details that don't pertain to epic-quest, defeat-the-dark-lord scenarios.

>>25347341
Then give it a shot. You'll never know how good you are unless you try.

>>25347341
Then as long as you don't forget the CYO in CYOA, you should be fine.

>>25347341
I'd recommend lurking and participating in a few text quests to get the feel first.

>>25347349
>>25347350
Cool, thanks for the encouragement, guys! I'll definitely start working on it.

>>25347355
That sounds like a great idea.

>>25347355
this

>>25347341
Just don't assume that anyone will have read your fanfics or make them a prerequisite for playing, because that will very much kill any initial playerbase you might get.

>>25347341
Go for it.

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>>25347366
No, there's no need to have read them for some of the things I've got planned. I mean, people who have read them will know a little bit more going in, but I'd definitely make it non-reader friendly.

>>25347391
For anyone that doesn't like beating around the bush, the image ends up going to
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/182859/its-a-dangerous-business-going-out-your-door

>>25347406
Huh. Heard of it, never read it.
The things i heard were positive though.