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You find the teleporter leading out the hellicarrier, and proceed to enter your postal code. You step onto the platform and blue light begins to surround your being. In a flash of white, you’re suddenly transported to the outskirts of Somerset. This is less than convenient as your house is all the way on the other side, bordering Franklin Center. Damn it. Guess you’ll just have to bus. You should really learn how to fly soon, what the hell kind of super hero buses around town?

10 or so minutes later your feet hurts and your knees are kind of creaky. Super powers your ass, Psychic shit doesn’t help with cardio it seems. Maybe you should set up a sort of workout routine? After all, your psychic prowess (or at least, what you’ve mastered) can only go so far. Little exercise never hurt anyone. You look up from SHIELD HUD that you’ve been using as a GPS and notice you’re in a kind of rundown neighborhood. There’s a car not too dissimilar to the one those Hydra assholes smacked you in during your first run in with them. In fact it’s actually dented, you must be getting close!

Just then, you hear someone scream. It’s not even that distant either, not a black down from you, coming from that alley! You rush forward at top speed, lungs pumping and breath heavy as you skid to a halt at the entrance of the alleyway. You see three guys backing a woman into a corner, she’s clutching her purse as they try to wrench it from her. The gleam from the sun alerts you that two of them have knives, the other clutching onto what you think is a gun.

Should you save her? If so, how?

>Announce your presence! Auger is here!
>Shout out to startle them, then ask they let her go.
>No warnings, get in there and start psychic blasting these fools!
>On second thought, is it worth getting shot? You could totally block it but it’d be a hassle…

>>1496593
Fucking messed up my own goddamn quest name, it HAS been a while.

>>1496595
>>On second thought, is it worth getting shot? You could totally block it but it’d be a hassle…

Seymour Butz

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>>1496014

"Seymour..."

The boatcat seems to do the closest equivalent of an impressed whistle.

"Never heard of a name like that. Why do you travel to a land such as ours?"

...You remember your reasons, and why they're your own, don't you?

I left to escape my humdrum life of work and loneliness to pursue adventure and new horizons. And to hang out with the chibi animals

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>>1495151
>You'll need an accompli- er, some help for this. Go bother Kayda, she's always helpful!
>Well first, make sure you're properly dressed and have your weapons before you leave your room.
>You first need to wake up. Go downstairs to the bar and get that stuff that Jack usually drinks in the morning! That seems to wake him up!
Crashing this quest with no survivors. Let's do the first thing last.

>>1495151
>There's no time to waste, rush outside the castle and immediately get to searching for Odelle!
>You'll need an accompli- er, some help for this. Go bother Kayda, she's always helpful!

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>>1494676

Somewhere in the forest, there was an oni sleeping like a stone, great snores escaping her open mouth and an empty bottle clasped in one hand as giggling lamia bind her long hair into twists and braids that wouldn’t be discovered till morning light. Her brother meanwhile continued to chomp away at scraps of what must have been the leftovers from an incredible feast, a massive crab’s shell hollowed out husk, bereft of its contents and legs, telling a tale of battles fought and won.

The second-hand sight is bizarre to say the least, more like an incoherent blur than the smooth progression of a film reel. Nevertheless, it somehow conveys its full meaning before a different scene abruptly takes its place. Now come the roaring seas and churning waves, the smell of burning oak and the sound of screaming over rough water filling the air as metal rings on metal.

“I’ll not bow to you, boogie man!” shouts a voice full of false bravado, a streak of yellow running through a man made of iron. “Ye’ll have nothing from me save a second death if ye come any further, ye understand?”

“Monster?” comes a question, a familiar voice twisted into something terrifying that speaks of fire and fear from all directions. “Oh, heaven’s no. It’s not me you should be worried about… It’s him.”

The man turns and his spirit dims. Fire and flames, burning eyes like coals set in the visage of a lion grown monstrous and terrifying: it roars with a sound that shatters the world and sends the vision spinning away into darkness, turning now to a pair of travelers on the starlit road.

“There’s no need to worry,” one form assures the other amidst the moonlight, body weaving a fluid trail where hips merge into scales and sinew. “A few more days on these gods forsaken country roads and we’ll have what we came for.”

“Or maybe we’ll have more trouble than we bargained for,” corrects her smaller counterpart, red eyes seeming to shine even in the dark.

“True,” amidst the larger woman. “Ever the stubborn girl, if I’m remembering her correctly. But that’s why we have the mirror, isn’t it?”

“Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that, for everyone’s sake…”

The way she says that final line, sanguine eyes meeting with something that isn’t there: Cici shivers in her sleep as she realizes a looking glass works both ways, Vivi’s unconscious wings holding her more closely until visions pass once more into pleasant, aimless dreams.

--

The rest of the night is peaceful from there on out, whatever fear from the visions may have come forgotten in the morning light. Perhaps the rest went with it as well as Cici, Vivi, and Iris all awake with a yawn, not a start, lazily squirming from beneath the same blanket as they rub sleep from tired eyes.

“Good morning, voices,” Cici greets, for the first time in what seems like ages.

> QM returns from the warp
> Write-in

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>>1494677

For everyone:
Apologies that it's been a while, but I've had a lot of stuff to deal with. Moving out roommates, finals, getting sick, and I haven't been able to work up the time to really sit down and write. In any case, hope I didn't lose too many folks and let's make the best of things.

For any new players:

Welcome to Gorgon Child Quest! Where-in you take up the role of a magical talking artifact being wielded by a young gorgon girl named Cici. Living out of the remains of a once great dungeon, the game will focus on exploration, character interaction, and learning as the voices of the players within the amulet help guide her along.

For news about quest updates, my twitter can be found here:
https://twitter.com/bananon_QM

And the archive can presently be found here:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=gorgon+child

>>1494677
Good Morning! Whats for breakfast today?

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d20 + 10)

>>1500700
>[] Just swing my hammer around a bit 1d20+might
>[] Give this big lug of metal a name
>[] head back to my room
>[] Teach Seigheild how to be a girl?
Have some fun, then FIELD TRIP!

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1500700
>[] Just swing my hammer around a bit 1d20+might
>[] Give this big lug of metal a name
>[] wander around the forest thinking, and pretending to be a fantasy warrior
>[] Teach Seigheild how to be a girl?

We did promise her after all.

And evening HM, how'd you sleep?

>>1500719
Fuck me

>>1500301
this is quests bud, take that to /b/
or make a doom quest, don't think we have one

>>1500301
They're fine as long as they work well. Also if they don't but are fun anyway.

Disregard >>1500461, sucks cocks.

So, what determines how many pieces can be on the board?

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>1496150
O'sarin kingdom

>>1496168
You are a human, born on the peaceful shores of O'Sarin. This kingdom is ruled by the level-handed King Alexandros O'Sarin VIII.

>I am male
>I am female

>(Choose your name)

Feel like this is just dying in the water... I'll wait another 10 minutes before I just pack it in.

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>>1494051
Such is it that you find yourself now atop an old world Railroad Boxcar, filled to the brim with frightened but greatful refugee's from Old World Fort. Against the advice of your disembodied Brain in BigMT, your heart or your empathy reached out to these and the followers, as your securitrons bring additional Box Cars to load them up. They are a mixed bunch, NCR citizens, freesiders, even wounded Kings and Troopers. Those who are weak or wounded are given priority inside the box cars, while those healthy and strong are asked to cling unto the ceiling and sides of the train, as a dozen Securitrons on either side lift up the boxcar and carry it to Cottonwood Cove where the main body of your settlement is. In addition to these many refugee's you also bring all the followers of the Apocalypse.

The smell of wounded and dying, of blood and gore, and the cries of anguish are heard all around. You wonder about your prospects of keeping them and your settlers alive, you had stockpiled food for the great Journey to BigMT but that was only with your settlers in mind, as now you bring twice that number with you towards the settlement alone.

Arriving at Cottonwood Cove you see your Securitrons had secured the area and fended off a legion attack there. The place is burning, and in flames, and you spot some casualties but otherwise your companions held the line enough for the Securitrons to win and ward off the Legion.

Dawn arrives, the shelling from Fort Nellis continues but no doubt the Legion march on New Vegas, unopposed and in force, as the city is left defenseless. Now is the time to take one last look at Cottonwood Cove and the Mojave, before you begin the great exodus to BigMT.

All food that could be harvested from the farms has been done, all supplies and items of note within the buildings of Cottonwood Cove have been loaded up, its Chaos but its organized Chaos, and the Securitrons are ready to begin ferrying your people west to BigMT whenever you are ready. Just give the signal (vote). Unless you have any reason to stay.

--CONVOY TO BIG MOUNTAIN--
!!ALERT!!
>>>>>Food: Low
>>>>>Water: Average
>>>>>Morale: Unstable/Fearful
>>>>>Medicine: Critically Low
>>>>>Armaments: Low
!NEW!
>>>>>Current Pop:
109 Cottonwood Natives
+250 Various New Vegas Refugee’s
!NEW!
>>>>>Military:
6 Devils Brigade - Power Armor
16 Couriers Companions - Arcade, Doc Delilah, Willow, Ares, Cass, Raul, Veronica, ED-E, Rusty, Wendy Gilbert, Hazel, Desmond Harper, Vanessa, Joana, AXE MAN, Milton+Hans
20 Child Soldiers “Freeside Rats”
17 Settlement Militia (Firearms)
11 Ad-Hoc Melee-Armed Militia
8 Fanatical Civilians
540 Securitrons MK2
>>>>>Prisoner: 1 Legionaire Recruit
>>>>>Fuel: Airplane Fuel (Below Average)
>>>>> Infrastructure: 15 Rail Cars
>>>>>Defenses: None
>>>>>Vehicles: 1 Vertibird, 1 Fuel Economic Semi Truck
>>>>>>Power: None
!NEW!
>>>>>>Materials: Scrap Wood (tiny) Scrap Metal (++Huge) Electronics (++Extra Abundant) Hygiene Supplies (Abundant) Hazmant Truck Container. Radioactive Liquid Tank. Irradiated Water Tank (Intact) Clean Water Tank (Intact)
+180 Securitron Wrecks
>>>>>>Weapons: Average Legion Melee Weapons (+Moderate, Pristine) Average Legion Firearms (+moderate, Pristine). Mercenary Battle Rifles (Moderate, intact) Average Plasma Rifles (+Moderate, Intact) Average Laser Rifles (+Moderate, Intact)
>>>>>>Ammunition Reserve: Conventional (Low) Energy (Moderate)
>>>>>>Armor: Average Leionaire Armor (+Moderate, Pristine) Good Centurion Armor (+Tiny, Intact)
>>>>>>Technology: *1 Sierra Madre Vending Machine*
>>>>>>Sierra Madre Chips: None
!NEW!
>>>>>>Other:
+Julia Farkas
+Arcade Ganon
+30 Allied Followers
+25 Herd Animals (Brahmin/Bighorn)
>>>>>>Research Items/Items of Interest: none
>>>>>>Communications: (Devil's Brigade Radio)
>>>>>A. Scavenge (for what)
>>>>>B. Try to improve (which) base
>>>>>C. Try to improve weapons (where).
>>>>>D. Research technology.
>>>>>E. Explore in a direction/something.
>>>>>F. Scavenge for raw materials (where/what)
>>>>>G. Your choice/Write in
>>>>>Turn: 30

>>1494079
>>1493533
What about Russel? Can we go over our plans with our companions and see if they have any input?

You dump out whatever old fish piles, clunky equipment, and extra nets there are over into the ocean. Randy manages to awkwardly fidget with the controls until he starts the boat and coasts it off shore. He reports the tank is completely full.

After a safe distance away and a beautiful view of the setting sun over water, you address your crew once more. You tell them of your passions in pirating, that you wish to emulate the cult of personality that had come to Sir Francis Drake, Captain Morgan, and Billy Kidd. Your crew seem riled with enthusiasm (even Shaun, who laughs end in hilarious sounding ‘r’s) and discuss their fantasies as well; Randy, who wants to circumnavigate the world, Jimmy, who wants to embark on a journey of self discovery, and Shaun, who as far as you can tell, wants to destroy large Japanese whaling ships.

The storage closet and bridge are both transformed into crew quarters. Nets from the deck are assembled to support you and your crew as makeshift hammocks, but when one breaks, Jimmy simply uses it as a cover. The cool sea breeze makes for a nice environment to sleep, so the crew doesn’t mind the inadequate cover.

You and Randy are left mulling over the map he has in his explorer’s book.
“Its good you chose this ship Theo, since we can approach other vessels we find and they’d think we were just another helpless trawler with low fuel, or a broken rudder. We could just meander up north or down south to one of the other profiles we noted on the forums. The guy up north is in Alaska, I think he said he’s a photographer or something? The other guy’s in Mexico, from what I read he said he’s a real good cook. Here, you can take a look at the profiles if you want.

Now I know it’ll be a long trek either way in this rusty tub, so I’d say we try looking when we’re better off supplies wise, or with a faster boat maybe. We can start by either raiding some shores, or boats. Boats would be active in the day, so we could wait it off it until morning and then make our luck out there. Its hard to be caught in the middle of the sea, so theres low risk, but then again theres no guarantee we’ll find a ship. If we look to raid a coast, we’d best go while its still dark. A bunch of the north towns ain’t got many eyes on them since no illegals come in that far up, but raiding north still carries a lot of risk. I know at least three ports most likely abandoned or completely empty if we go right now. We’ll be able to raid boats, cargo, hell even buildings are rotting in the rockier areas. So what do you wanna do boss?”

> Wait until morning and try to raid a ship [Estimated Time 14 hours]
> Go to one of the sitting docks right now [Estimated time 2 hours]
> Look into the Alaskan profile
> Look into the Mexican profile
> Set course (Alaska, Mexico)
You may choose multiple options. Time can be passed by talking to crewmembers to improve relations, or working on skills.

>>1493933
Raid the docks up north for more supplies. Also use this time to study your China talk with Shaun.

Guess a slow day to start a thread huh.

I got one for docks and studying chinese
>>1494049

>>1493910
>>Get everyone up and on the road, NOW. You’ll use force if necessary.

5 more and calling it.

Writing.

>>1492297
>Do you believe players have a meaningful effect on the direction a quest has? Do you honestly believe you can control the train?

In the very few quests I play in, yes I think so

>>1492297
>What drives you to keep running quests. Like seriously, spill the beans you masochists.

I like the immediate feedback when I write something, instead of it sitting on my hard drive. It's also nice to add pictures and songs.

My question for QMs:

Have you ever had to change or modify your stat system mid-quest? How did that work out?

>>1490566
Yes this is a shameless self plug.

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>>1474902
You attempt to entangle him in an intricate web of mind numbing verbal pontification.
You don't think the Butcher is processing this master dialogue you beseech onto him.

Tell him you'd rather have your sausage cut off

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>>1491623
You offer the a cut of your sausage instead of your arm. It seems to offend him.
"Look here I'm taking your arm, and if you bleed out and die from fidgeting and blood loss that's your fault. I'm just doing my job."

Previously:

>>1468689

Grand Admiral Thrawn, ostensibly an independent warlord, made overtures that he may prefer to reconcile with the Emperor at some point. Grand Admiral Zahn is leading a council of Admirals to determine the course of the war for the Empire. This meeting is intended to handle the course of the war for the near future.

***

While the meeting continued, you briefly considered having the navy dole out a punishment to Chandrilla for being a traditional hotbed of dissent. Instead, rather than punish them, you opted to attempt to quash their beliefs using your propaganda machine. Only known rebels would be overtly targeted.

"Before we begin to discuss our future plans," Zahn says, "Are there any other matters of discussion?"

>Yes (write in)
>No

>>1491187
>Ask if there is anything else they would like to present and if not, We can move on.

>>1491187
>No

Where we attack or consolidate next is obviously important, but I would rather have that discussion take place without Thrawn present.

Stat:
Arien Fisher

HP: 25
Faith (Used for casting angel Spells): 30
Emotions (used for casting demonic spells):10

Spells:
-Holy water ritual (Faith:3)
Create a holy water from ordinary water
-bindings rites (F:6)
Bend the light to bind your enemy. Less effective on Angels
-Spirit Healing Rite (F: 4)
Heal your target. Demons are damaged

Skill:
>Angel-touched: Half of Arien soul's is replaced by the Archangel Zachariel. Boosted Arien's Faith and reduce requirement to cast Angel's spell.

>Eyes of the angel: Arien can see the flow of data throughout the world but it will drain his health.

>Basic detective mindset: Taught by his father, he could collect info and see things that are normally missed

>Bracelet of Gaia
Given by Ian. The runes inscribed on the bracelets can hide you from spirits. Takes time (6 round) to recharge.

>>1500665

"So you are saying that Angels and Demons are secretly fighting in this world?", You scratch your head. This is a bit too much for your young mind to comprehend."It's like the stories from the bible..."

"Yes. The bible merely guide us and tell us about the past...like stories from mouth to mouth, the truth are hidden upon deviated stories. The First and Second kingdom can only influence us and never directly interact with us. To disobey this is to break the Truce of the Third Kingdom.", Your father stroke his graying hair."The Balancer is more of a police task to root out those who break the truce."

You nod. Still, it cant be help that your father was one of these so-called Balancer.

>Ask more about:
>The balancer
>The First Kingdom
>The second Kingdom
>Write in

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Ember’s Character Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXWZDf90yNXctCA3HlAlBuwKLc9xfhlVpkBXKmjvzB4/edit?usp=sharing

G-Doc Archive/Summaries:
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Previous Thread: >>1445601

If you’re a die-hard lover of canon, I suggest you turn away now. Like all things 40k, the gauntlet runs from “worshiping the printed, grimdark word” to “over the top silliness.” Most of the time it’s somewhere in between. Others it swerves hard to one side and/or breaks this model entirely. You’ve been warned in advance. I do try to keep things fairly reasonable though.

Alternatively, if you’re not at all familiar with canon or want more details on something, just ask! You don’t need to have played the original Khornette Quest to play and enjoy this one. I’m sure someone (or I) will explain any cameos that come up if you’re lost.

All rolls go against a specified characteristic in the style of Black Crusade. You’ll want to roll under the characteristic value in order to pass the check. The more degrees of success (every multiple of 10 counts as 1), the more awesome of a result. A 1 or an 8 is a guaranteed success, and a 100 is a guaranteed failure. NPCs I roll for only crit succeed/fail on a 1 or a 100.

Best of three rolls when it’s called for, with a 1, 8, or a 100 instantly taking precedence. If multiple characteristics are being rolled for each 1d100 counts for its respective test. Any rolls prior to the call for one and those not linking said post will be ignored.

I realize that /qst/ is much slower than /tg/ ever was, but I’d like to keep things moving. Voting windows will be a maximum of twenty to thirty minutes after the first vote. Same goes for dice rolling. This week we’re going to be running Wednesday (tonight), late Thursday night, and Saturday.

That’s it housekeeping-wise for now. Onto the quest!

“...and the Bridge can be blocked off by bulkheads here, here, and here.” Niazach points out several places on a holo-map of the Inferno as you, Rikiar, Eraric, and Crocus crowd around a table. “There’s a dedicated lift that runs from the Bridge to Deck 6 where the voidsmen are quartered. It’s large and fast enough to deliver a full platoon in under five minutes. There’s always a battalion of about 800 voidsmen on duty at any given time. Like with the bridge, Deck 6 has special lifts that can get them anywhere in the ship in a hurry.”

You cross your arms and think. For a ship of the Imperium, they seem to actually have their shit together. Well, about as much as humans can anyways. There’s still exploitable holes in their security which should make crippling or taking the Inferno over fairly simple for you. Before you can voice this, though, Rikiar speaks.

“I’m not so sure I want to risk giving ourselves away,” he says to the group at large. “I mean granted, we were able to take Desoleum down pretty easily. But this is different. We don’t know the place well enough to be able to escape if something goes wrong, and once we go loud there will be no turning back.”

“Weren’t you just saying that the men were bored?” you point out. “And besides, you should know by now that loud is my style.”

He scratches the back of his head as everyone present looks at him. “I just wanted to voice that concern, that’s all. I think the best course of action would be to infiltrate Deck 6 to try and take over the lift network. If we can fool some voidsmen over to our side in the process, so be it.”

You motion at the holo-map. “There’s also the main Gellar Field generator, the Engine Room, and the Bridge itself. All are crucial areas that can be used to affect the ship at large.”

Niazach brightens up at the mention of the Gellar Field generator. “Oooo, I like the way you think, Mistress. We could disable the generator and plunge this vessel into Chaos. Even a brief exposure to the Warp unshielded will greatly dwindle the amount of resistance we would face.”

“You mean human resistance,” Eraric points out dryly. “If we do that we’d have to stay here and make sure the random forces of Chaos didn’t overrun our position. Though granted, the bridge’s separate Gellar Field stretches down to Deck 4. We’d probably be fine. Mostly.”

“I’m not sold on the Engine Room either,” voices Crocus. “Based on these maps, it’d be far too easy to get lost in the twisting corridors both to and from the main Engine Room. And that’s not even addressing the hellish conditions that Niazach’s told us about.”

You rub your chin in thought. What area of the ship should you focus on?

> [1] The Bridge
> [2] The Engine Room
> [3] The main Gellar Field generator
> [4] Deck 6 and the lift network
> [5] Write in

>>1494965
> [4] Deck 6 and the lift network