Weekend Quest Discussion Thread

>>46563900
Nice job copying the last OP's Saturday excuse.

>>46563900
>Player question
My notes on the quest I'm making are 1/3 of the way done, so yes.

>>46563900
>Do you aspire to becoming a fully fledged writer after ending your current Quest?

No.

BBEG is begin, is you're interested
>>46564172

So is QTG back or are we on weekends only?

>>46563900
>Do you aspire to becoming a fully fledged writer after ending your current Quest?
Writing stories and being a QM are totally different things.

>>46564529
Probably just weekends still

>>46564552
How so?

> QM question
I tried that once. It didn't work out. Fuck, even QM'ing I feel like E.L. James and Stephanie Mayer are better than the shit I put out.

>>46564606
Story = total narrative control, you can play with a metric tonne of stuff you can't in quests 'cause you railroad harder than a Victorian on steroids, and you don't have to give a shit about your audience.

Quest = less than total narrative control, you have to play with other stuff -- that relies on audience participation, and you have to give a shit about your audience because your medium relies on them to work.

how do you deal with people samefagging responses?

>>46564665
This guy gets it. Being a good QM and being a good writer looks similar at first , but in reality they require different skillsets.

They are like a rouge and warrior. Sure they are both martial, and for while can pretend to be the other class, but on the long run they cannot keep up like the other would.

>>46564815
And also one of them is a dirty fucking rogue.

>>46564529
Just weekends, thank god.

>>46564917
Fucking sucks if you're an "aspiring" QM who has no idea what the shit they're meant to do, though. You've got to wait until the weekends to ask anything.

>>46564776
>like, do you just go with the general feel of the clamor?

>>46565078
>I don't know why I greentexted this, disregard its green appearence

>>46564776
If it gets too bad or too obvious, just do Final Destination or something.

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The King of Fighters Quest: Reborn #6 is live for anyone interested: >>46565312

>>46564965
Any aspiring QM should have at least the patients to wait 5 days.

>>46565078
That's essentially what I do. Final destination is incredibly easy to get around and if anything it just encurages more samefaging instead of discussion.

Usually, I find that if you just let the players hash it out, they will tend to come to some level of agreement eventually.

>>46565383
>patients

tiddys

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Totemist Quest is live.

>>46565721

>>46565383
Doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

Works as a filter for the ones that fizzle out early, though.

I always wanted to run Warhammer Dwarf Hold quest.

My Idea was you'd start small in a mine your clan found, rolling for minerals and then slowly build it into a mighty hold .

You'd start as the son of a thane, following your father to find more prosperous regions and it would be a civ builder type thing as well as character centric, you control the son for day to day things but anons would vote as the father for Hold matters (Until he died or is killed).

I'd throw in the occasional green skin attack for fun as well as taking the son on adventures, however if you took the son on said adventures then you no longer get to roll on Hold matters till you return, I'd roll some dice secretly while we were off to determine what happened or got done.

>>46566095
>dorfs
No thanks.

>>46566095
>dorfs
Fuck yeah!

>>46566095
>dorfs
Indifference

>>46566095
>dorfs
Neutral curiosity

>>46566095
>dorfs
maybe

>>46566095
>Occasional greenskins
HELL YEAH

>>46566095
>Occasional greenskins
Disdain for savages

>>46566095
>son of a thane

Thath inthane

Not even 50 posts in and we've already devolved down to shitposting.

Good job guys

>>46566791
Do you know what shitposting is anon?

>>46566791
Congrats on turning it around with that quality contribution.

>>46566791
>shitposting
guilty pleasure

>>46566095
>you control the son
Gross.

>>46566791
Thanks, anon! I try hard.

But it's really more 40 posts + the 320 earlier.

>>46566791
>shitposting
FUCK YEAH

>>46566791
>shitposting
Indifference

>>46565805
>Diarca isn't dead
What the shit is this nonsense.
How long have you been back?

>>46566979
Months nigga, have you been under a rock?

>>46566979
August of last year...

>A quest based around mixing together all of the shitty LN/Anime cliches
I'm not sure if this is genius or an abomination

>>46566095
Sounds pretty fun actually.

>>46567207
Already been done

>>46567077
>>46567097
I haven't looked at quests since early 2014. I was only hanging around still because Diarca was running, but when he disappeared in fall 2013 I slowly stopped checking and eventually just forgot about the questing scene.
I only recently decided to come take a peek and what QTG is up to, and... Diarca!

>>46566095
>memebeard civ builder
No thx

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Sadly there is no thread today for Death Among the Stars.
Completely forgot its a friends birthday today. I'm a bad friend.

I'm actually going to be switching from running Thursdays to Wednesday since my Thursdays keep getting taken over by irl stuff

>>46567372
Huh. I, too, completely forgot it's a friend's birthday today.

>>46567372
>Wednesday
FUCK YEAH

>>46567473
Friend named Paul perhaps?
That would be freaky

>>46567500
Nah, just an Italian-Australian in the UK.

I guess it's like that "100 people in a room are 99% likely to share a birthday" thing, only more so 'cause we're taking friends into account. Still.

have there been any good rome quests?

>>46568907
Such a thing is not possible, because it would be run by Romaboos. And Romaboos are mentally challenged in all things, preventing them from ever running a good quest.

>>46566095
>as well as taking the son on adventures
Only for you to come back and find your hold has acquired a cultist problem, and then you're neck deep in claw armed nuts'os before you know it.
Going out to have fun bonding time with your kid? This is Warhammer! You can't have nice things in Warhammer!

>>46568907
>have there been any good quests?

Do you have to ask?

The _____________'s Wife Quest.

>>46569068
only yours

>>46569171
The Yacht's Wife Quest.

>>46569171
Scotsman's

>>46569171
>BBEG
>Amazon Queen
>Emperor of Mankind

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For those interested, an update on the Paladin of Avalon is up.
http://anonkun.com/stories/the-paladin-of-avalon/-JRvxJl3loGBg9Bo64XE/25-seekers/7nJaEpe86aer5Sn74

>>46569171
Wife

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>>46569207
>Emperor of Mankind's Wife Quest
Sororitas Quest would be nice, though keeping the players from going scourge and purge would be a pain

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>>46569252
That'd belong on /u/ mate

>>46569171
>Cosmonaut
>Lich Queen
>Catgirl
>Penguin
>Mistress

>>46569296
Well obviously the wife wouldn't know you're their *wife*.

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>>46567239

Sup, my man? Come join the party.

>>46569273
>would be a pain
You misspelt "plan"

>>46569171
Dornishman.

We play a cucked fantasy Spaniard that murders the dude that cucked us.

>>46567372
Are you ever going tobring back Ghoul Quest or just let it die off hanging ike that?

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>>46569273
>keeping the players from going scourge and purge

>>46569340
Can I trust you?
You broke my heart when you disappeared at the end of 2011.
And again at the end of 2012.
And in 2013.

Catching up on the archives; it looks like you would have hurt me again in 2014.

>>46569452
Someone's sensitive.

>>46569427
>>46569366
sorry anons, but scourge and purge is just murderhoboing.

Did AM in PM die?

>>46569452
Pain is a part of living.
If you can't accept pain once in a while then you'll just miss the good things in life. One of those good things is Diarca. Now, anon, go to him. Go to Diarca and participate or lurk to your hearts' content.

Know that the loss you feel from hiatus is the pain that confirms your love.

>>46569524
Yes.

>>46569065
No, only you, (The son) would go, the father would stay behind but you would play from the point of view of the son, with management rolls being done offscreen until you return to the hold once more.

Sorry if I didn't make it clear anon.

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>>46569452

Who knows? Life is short and full of surprises. Enjoy yourself.

>>46569171
Swordwaifu

>>46569812
You're just like my ex. Every time I come back to you, it's beautiful for a few months before you punch me in the face again and we separate.
But I come back to you anyway.

Fuck you, Diarca.
I'll catch up and join you on your next run.

>>46569171
Fisherman

>>46569825
Really, it works with any of the memes.
>the Autistic Star Waifu's wife
>the [Grease Princess Lorelei]'s wife
>the sawmouthed ojou-sama's wife
>the Pizza Racer's wife
>the Spacemaid's wife

Wood Elf Quest

"One bone broken for each twig snapped underfoot."
HUMANS GET OUT OF MY FOREST REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>46570507
>violent hippie elves
This shit never makes sense you strawman HFYfags. Does that mean they also murder deers and snakes for disturbing the underbrush? Do squirrels and woodpeckers suffer systematic genocide for abusing trees?

Fucking memefags need to just die already

>>46570507
Post yandere elf pls

>>46570507
you are the worst for using the term ree
>>46570599
you are the worst for not realizing the orogins of these sayings and that they were more of a measuring stick for distance
>>46570618
you, while a deviant, are within acceptable tolerances for 4chan.

>>46570676
>Wanting a sexy elf to hold you as her love slave for 5 to 10 years before she kills you and moves on is deviant

>>46570618
>yandere
Worst meme
>>46570676
And you're a faggot for trying to act above it all despite being a filthy goddamn memefag. Having vaunted and ancient origins doesn't make a shitty, stale meme any less shitty or stale.

>>46570882
anon, either you don't know what meme means, or you are using it in the scientific meaning which covers literally all word based concepts.

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>>46570618

>>46570676
>I hate memes that make a point in quick and simple formats
>>46570856
It's not deviant so much as short-sighted.

>>46570987
>defending /r9k/posts

>>46570599
>This shit never makes sense you strawman HFYfags.
u wot
>Does that mean they also murder deers and snakes for disturbing the underbrush? Do squirrels and woodpeckers suffer systematic genocide for abusing trees?
It's only a way to justify the eradication of what they deem invaders, you utter moron. It's a fucking slogan.

>Fucking memefags need to just die already
u wot m8

>>46571010
>implying origin determines quality

>>46570987
Jokes on her; she doesn't know that I have cancer.

>>46570987
>short-sighted
it's longer than most "normal" relationships last

>>46571034
>implying quality

>>46570936
>LIKE A FUCKING ELK!
Everytime.

>>46571068
I'm more concerned with the individual than their relationships.
>>46571073
Yes.
>hating memes that make a point in quick and simple formats

>>46571068
Could we not do this? There are at least three or four shitposting threads up about this already.

>>46571110
>This meme is okay, honest!
get out of here /mlp/ /r9k/

>>46570936
Ebin XDDDDD

Well meme'd, my friend!

>>46571110
look what you've done
>>46571160

>>46571029
>It's a fucking slogan.
It's a fucking retarded slogan. Just like your shitty memes.

>>46571143
All unforced memes are useful within the contexts they were created. They were created to fulfil a need, and they do so.

REEEing depicts an intrusion of the individual's private/safe-space hobbies. It takes the form of a short, stock phrase. I don't have a problem with it. Why do you?

>>46571182
stop spouting memes, anon.

>>46571175
See >>46571110
>hating memes that make a point in quick and simple formats
His meme hating meme is no different than your faggy strawman elf hate meme

>>46570936
Are there any quests about escaping from her?

>>46571220
No but there should be.

>>46571197
>>46571215
see
>>46571143
stop intruding into the safe space of this hobby with your /r9k/ /mlp/ shit.

>>46571220
Sure, there are plenty of meme quests.

Try pizza racers

>reefags invading again
Goddamn, I wish they would just leave people to their hobbies.

>>46571247
NO U

That meme conveys the fact that your post didn't contain an actual argument.

>>46571279
But anon, what if memes are our hobbies?

>>46571280
Please re-read the post, you missed the argument.
Which focused on how invading other boards with your hot /r9k/ memes is an intrusion of the private/safe space of the boards.

I've never seen people so mad so frequently as they do in FAD quest. This is art.

>>46571220
I can think of couple quests where avoiding crazy lover / ex / stalker is a sub-theme, but not a single one where it would be the main thing.

>>46569656
I'll miss you.

>>46571316
Memes are like animals, boards are like ecosystems. And they all play the natural selection game.

The strong thrive, and beat down the weak. They flourish, propagate, fall behind the times, and new memes wrest their places from their control.

Hot /r9k/ memes deserve to be used. They deserve to disturb the stagnation of this backwater board, and their disturbance keeps us turning toxic. Memes, and crossboard culture, are what keep us alive.

>>46571435
>I deserve to shitpost toxic memes
This is the exact argument furries and /mlp/ made.
/r9k/fags have graduated to /mlp/ tier.

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>Elves
>Anything but busty and cute

Lewd Elf Swordie Quest is seeming more and more tempting.

So hows the progress on Arc trooper quest going?

I'm real excited for it, can't wait to REMOVE CLANKER.

>>46571466
Where would we be if we didn't evolve our memes?

Ragefaces. Lolcats. Angrymarines, 1d4chan. Stale copypasta.

>>46571513
Go back to /mlp/, anon.
On other boards we realize that cross-board invasion generally is a bad thing, as board-differences are all that keeps us from being /b/.

>>46571485
POPFUL!

>>46571182
Alright, shitposter, alright. I don't know why I'm even arguing, there's no convincing a triggered HFY-fag.

>>46571485
Why lewd, exactly?

>>46571485
Hey now, they can be lithe and cute too. Like Elf from Dragon's Crown.

Either way I'd totally pick it up so long as you kept posting pics of 80's/90's anime fantasy/scifi fashion. That shit was the best.

>>46571513
>Ragefaces. Lolcats. Angrymarines, 1d4chan. Stale copypasta.
So.../tg/'s current state?

>>46571381
Just using that image as a prompt might make for a fun one-shot.
We'd need more substance if it's going to be a serial quest.
>Caravan merchant traveling through the woodland realm during the spring festivities
>A raucous night with a pretty elvish lass celebrating youth, love, life, fertility, and the promise of renewal sees you greeting the morning with a mean hangover and a tangled bed
>She groggily awakens while you're dressing
>She has become very, very attached. The festival means a lot more to her than it does to you.
>Violently attached.
>You must escape the forest; after that you must try to make a living as a transient merchant while evading your ex-lover who is trying to kill you, trying to destroy your livelihood (directly and indirectly), and trying to fuck you.
Like Spice and Wolf, except Holo is a dangerous sociopath that wants your dick and Lawrence just wants her to fuck off already.

>>46571624
Does it end with the girl's death, just like Spice and Wolf?

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>>46571589
It's a gimmick, she isn't actually lewd but she thinks she is.

>>46571648
It's a quest, anon. That's up to the players.

>>46571335
I dropped it when the MC was revealed to be a trap. That shit's just too gay for me.

>>46571648
>just like Spice and Wolf?
What the fuck are you talking about? S&W ended with them living happily ever after and Holo giving birth to a bunch of kids. Or maybe only one, but that doesn't really matter.

>>46572048
Sequel soon by the way.

>>46572127
And Holo is dead in it

>>46572127
What the fuck are you talking about? Season 3? Ain't headr 'bout that.
I was talking about the novels.

>>46572187
Yeah, takes place after they got married and had a kid, it's going to tie up the missing bits.

Go google my man, the creator confirmed it.

>>46572317
Wait I'm retarded, it was for the novels not the anime.

Sorry anons.

>>46571197
All memes are forced memes.

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>>46571612
>>46571513
DOAN U BE HATIN ON LOLCATS.

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>>46571590
Oh good, because I have lots

>>46569296
Wife's wife could mean that you are the the greatest of all wives (like mans man for an example)

>>46572767
Does she always know what her husbando wants for dinner? Is that why she's the Wife of Wife's?

>>46572964
one of the many reasons

>bump

>>46566095
But yeah if anyone wanted to make something out of this feel free, don't think I'll ever be able to.

I had a roll chart somewhere with minerals on it for first generating the mine but I lost it.

Basically all you need to know from it was Gromril was a nat 100 and stuff like Tin also has a chance to have silver with it.

I was going to let the anons roll 5 times on it to see what we got.

>>46574323
Damn you. That would be really useful for my worldbuilding.
Did it have important stuff on it, like alum?

>>46574412
Tin, copper, iron just regular minerals that you'd normally find in a mine, I also used some of what I learned from books, like how silver is found with tin some times.

My desk top got nuked and I lost it, sorry anon. This was a year or so ago too, all I remember is that some of the more useful materials were near the top and that the multiple rolls would ensure you get at least some.

>>46569384
I've been really struggling with myself if I should wrap it up with a thread after writing it all up to show the tribes eventual progress

or doing a small timeskip in the story and resume it. Either running Ghouls one day of the week and DASQ on the other or alternating months/weeks.

I don't know yet

>>46571624
>Just using that image as a prompt might make for a fun one-shot.
If crazy obsessive girls are what tickles your fancy, Larro did run pretty good one-shot on that note. It was two or three years back and was called "ordinary life" or something along those lines.

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That concludes Mortal Kombat Thief Quest for this weekend. To anyone who reads or plays, thanks, hope to see you next time.

>>46563900
>Do you aspire to becoming a fully fledged writer after ending your current Quest?

But I am a writer, I have published work.

>>46575685
Everything that Larro ran tickled my fancy, anon.

>>46564650
>Thinking those authors are better than you.
Come on, don't be so hard on yourself, it can't be that bad.

>>46572667
Perfect.

>>46566095
>guaranteed_replies.png

>>46575716
Like what?

>>46574668
>timeskip in the story and resume it
do it fucker
I want more bellyrubs with the gator family

>>46577602
There's a conspiracy for your annoying ass to butt into every thread with this statement and try to derail things EXCEPT in threads where what you have to say would be actually fucking relevant for weal or woe you annoying shitposting fucking fuck!

>>46577602
I don't disagree with your post, but it's clearly meant to be inflammatory and shit up the thread.

>>46577647
>>46577602
So you know what, I'm engaging you. I want you to fucking respond in some way other than your fucking copy pasta and tell me fucking WHY you shit up so many unrelated threads with this issue to be an inflammatory fuck. Come on. Shit up our thread a bit more with your fucking shit you shitting fucking fuck!

I am here for fucking quests and quest accessories so I tell you what you best explain your pompous ass.

>>46577723
>Not just sticking him in your filter?

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>QM question
When I was younger I did, even wrote a few short stories and such. But nowadays? Nah.

>>46577568
Pandora Quest is up!
(You are the head researcher at a government facility. Your sole responsibility is to teach the world's first autonomous AI, nicknamed Pandora, about life, the world and her existence.)

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>>46577647
>>46577657
>>46577723

>>46563900
>> QM question
>Do you aspire to becoming a fully fledged writer after ending your current Quest?
I aspire to becoming a fully fledged writer regardless of whether I run a quest or not.

>>46577794
Oh you're back this time? For real?

Is this first thread since haitus?

Mecha Space Pirate Quest over here >>46573862

We're only on session 3 right now, so if you're interested, catch up while you can.

>>46578223
Nah, I just accidentally destroyed myself last time staying up late and working out too hard, so I had to cancel due to passing the fuck out.

Also I've been doing Beast in the Sky, too.

What is, in your opinion, the best rules system for quests? The best system for rolling?

>>46579014
There isn't one, for either question. Use what works for your quest.

>>46579096
Fair enough. A better question I suppose would be: what systems have you used for your quests, and how did they turn out?

I'm trying to start discussion, not fishing for specific answers.

>>46579252
Good luck getting anything other than a vague, strictly non-helpful response. I asked a similar question yesterday about what a healthy amount of game mechanics to include, and how much people liked aspects of the game being strictly down to game-related rules or DM creative discretion, and I got "Use what works for your quest" which is super helpful because if I knew what worked for my quest why the fuck would I even ask

>>46580107
The reason no one will give you a "good" answer is because we have no fucking idea what your quest needs. If it's not covered in the OP pastebin, chances are it's something you need to go with your gut feeling on. If you really hate the idea of mechanics, don't have any. If you love mechanics, go and make something civ-like. You'll probably get players no matter which you pick.

>>46580200
I wasn't even asking for any specific quest. I was looking for an answer like "I used X system for Y quest, and it did or didnt work, and here's why I think why"

You know, conversation.

>>46580200
So what sort of things do YOU enjoy? Have you been a part of a quest where there were just too many mechanics to remember? Do you like narrative-based combat or numbers-based combat more? Do you think major decisions coming down to dice rolls feel like sort of a let-down? Have you ever followed a quest that handle dice rolls really well, and if so, what quest was it? Have you ever been a part of a quest where there was basically no tension because the way the narrative was driven, it felt like you couldn't fail no matter what you did?

These are the sort of responses I'm looking for. I know there's no absolutes in...basically fucking anything ever but if you're not willing to at least talk about past quest experience then why the fuck does this thread even exist?

Any word on REQM?

What are some quests with cute girls

>>46580582
Nixon Quest

>>46580435
no.
I wish there were.

Want to try my hand at playing a quest, but..how exactly do these things work? The OP gives options, various players choose but how does the OP decide on which one? Whichever one gets the most votes? Do OPs give themselves a set time before tallying the votes?

>>46581493

In the game I play, the OP gives the options, we vote on them, he choses the most voted on option or options (sometimes he combines multiple) and sometimes (for things like combat) there is a time limit.

Really, it depands on the QM running the story, there's no set standard.

>>46581493
Most do "most votes in a time period wins". Some try to wait for a consensus. A few pick really stupid things like "first post ending with a 5 wins".

>>46581493
Lurk the fuck more.

>>46581702
S-s-sorry ;_;

>>46580227
>>46580200

Personally, I always try to stick to one rule: As few mechanics as possible. If something can be done without introducing a mechanic and numbers, I'll probably do that, because on a design-level I feel that mechanics without a direct and clear purpose for existing are just holding back the quest needlessly. Most things do not need anything more complicated than rolling dice against a check scaled by difficulty, and then improvising the result based on the difference and write-ins.

What quest has worst mechanics?

>>46581493
Honestly, just read some quests, either ongoing ones here or on the archive. There are numerous different ways voting works. Just as long as you don't do one of the retarded "first post ending in X" or "first reply" ones, you'll do fine.

tl;dr: Lurk moar.

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Which plot is more interesting to play through in a quest if you're a sort-of special forces agent? It's the first "chapter" of the quest.
>Hunt down several individuals who has proven to be a danger by the virtue of what they know and what they've done to the ones you're loyal to. Each of these individuals are connected to each other by their employer and they each carry a puzzle piece to the location of said employer who you've been tasked with either eliminating or capturing. Each kill brings you a step closer to the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. There might even be a special forces agent from another organization who's after the one you hunt for different reasons and in the end they might obtain one of the puzzle pieces as well. [Search and Destroy]
or
>Several key figures of the organization you work for has been kidnapped and is held for ransom, both for money and political gains. It's up to you to find them with the help of Intelligence agents. Each individual is protected by something different and it will take all your wit and skill to find them and and overcome them to do your job. [Search and Rescue]

>>46583891
Search and Destroy seems more interesting, if only with the promise of actual adversaries

>>46583252

Shinigami Quest had big reveals about the MC last thread. Did anyone see those coming?

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For the sake of worldbuilding for my semi-strategic quest, what kind of resources would a medieval society value the most (not per se stuff like grain, I'm talking about rarer commodities not every realm would have access to).

>>46584911
From miles away. Still better than Yachiru being Kenpachi's zanpakuto.

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>>46571612
Nonsense. We've evolved past all that. We became a second /pol/.

>>46585690
>All that political illiteracy
>All those normies who never read a book on politics or economics pretending they have

>>46585281
What section of society?
What part of the medieval period? Start of industrialization?

Review Anon needs status updates, twitter, or something.

>>46585863
No he doesn't.

>>46585708
>people who think they're educated because they compare books to other books and come to a compromising opinion between them

>>46585905
Anon, learning knowledge from books is the definition of education.

>>46585912
if that means you never investigate anything for yourself and cherry pick from other people's opinions then education is a false god

>>46585863
It's funny how /tg/ seems so split between people who REEEE over any kind of namefagging or status updates, and people who want updates on when things are happening, or whether someone is who they claim to be.

Truly, there is no pleasing us.

>>46585927
It doesn't mean that.

>>46585934
No shit.

You never heard the term "you can't please everyone"?

>>46585942
You're oddly hostile, considering I just said it was funny.

Have a good day though, I guess.

So I guess no JQ this week, huh?

When's Review Anon gonna make his miraculous appearance and which quest will he review today?

ARC trooper quest when?

>>46585863
I know you're the same person every time and you need to chill the fuck out.

RA isn't even very good for the amount of poets you waste sucking off his ego.

>>46585690
More like a second tumblr

>>46586490
No.

>>46563900
>QM Question
I don't think I have the chops, and I really don't think I have any original ideas.

>>46587122
rip

>>46587122
Why would you need any original ideas to become a successful writer?

Have you LOOKED at the best seller's lists?

>>46587385
And why would I want to punish people with more trite junkfood? I'm fine writing things for myself to enjoy, I just save them and put them away, instead of forcing others to confront them

>>46587591
>Exaggerated Self Depreciation

You ARE a writer.

>>46586084
I'm half way through AT-TE, and it might be done before monday/the monday thread dies. I feel like I'm missing out on a lot by having not really been into Star Wars enough to appreciate the differences in clone types and mech designations, but it's been interesting. Since I heard AT-TE was coming back, I thought I'd go ahead and read up on it and put it out there as a "welcome back" for the QM.

If it isn't done before this weekend's thread wraps up, I'll try and have it wrapped up with Badge and Bullet next weekend (Which I noticed in an earlier thread might be having a sequel soon? Figured I'd take a look at it before the QM starts their next quest endeavor).

German Hollow Quest 9 is live

>>46587752

>>46587591
>I'm fine writing things for myself to enjoy, I just save them and put them away, instead of forcing others to confront them.

Haha, the writer that thinks he isn't. Only thing more common in the professional publishing world than you are people that overvalue their own scribles.

>>46584911
Not the specifics, but generally yes. I am surprised that he seems at least tenuously connected to how Urahara beat Aizen though.

>>46585644
It's not like that wasn't foreshadowed.

>>46587903
>>46587681
Alright, I'll admit I'm being overdramatic. I just don't think highly enough of any of the things I've written to put them out. Maybe someday

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>>46589164

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Fellow board members, I know you are aware of the plight that has been plaguing our business this last quarter. In order to combat this record drop of quest production and customer appreciation, it has been deemed necessary by the CEO to expand the quest markets.

So, fellow board members: how are we going to save /tg/ Quests Inc. from its impending bankruptcy? How can we make Quests great again?

>>46589249
You seem to be mistaken, anon. This isn't a corporation, it's a loose union of egoists.

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>>46589249
Waifus.

>>46589249
Perhaps new blood that's not of the "Generic dark fantasy" variety?

>>46589344
On the contrary, some may argue that waifus, and the countless arguments about them, is part of why our PR is so unstable.

>>46589249
convince that anonkun website to disenfranchise channers so they come back

>>46589427
Akun has too many mega popular QM's and people for that to happen

>>46589427
The only quests there are smut quests, which are banned here. They'd all have to go to QQ instead.

>>46589479
Curses! A niche market we can't capitalize on!

But there must be something we can do that Akun can't

>>46589545
>But there must be something we can do that Akun can't
Good quests

>>46589577
But how do we increase the production of good quests without increasing the number of bad quests?

>>46589633
We talk about what makes a good quest, and what makes a bad one. We use examples to show what we mean by this. In other words, we all become reviewanon.

>>46589670
...Brilliant!

Board members, I believe we have a solution! Any further comments or disagreements?

Will those who do it for free bat an eye at a (new) lewd quest where all the lewdness is fade to black + pastebin?

I'm doing some stuff for a Courtesan Quest somebody pitched last week.

>>46589757
Honestly speaking, it seems to me that quest would be much better *without* lewdness at all. With the focus on the court intrigue, the spying, who you seduce and for what purpose rather than how you seduce.

>>46589545
>But there must be something we can do that Akun can't
Having a functioning site?

>>46589799
>courtesan
>without lewdness
It's half the fun. I mean, I get that you may not like that, but that is why the lewd will be kept to pastebins.

>>46589799
What would be the point of "How" if we had no "Why"?

>>46589829
I meant more from a narrative standpoint. I don't have anything against smut in general. It's the focus on smut in a quest that has the potential to be a great intriguefest that I think could be a waste.

Of course, that's just me. I've got a thing for medieval/courtesan based politicking.

>>46589757
>>46589799
You don't 'need' sex scenes, but honestly there's no point in the premise without pillow talk.

>>46589863
I think that a woman in that life who has nothing but her body and her wits and who uses her body to help her wits is interesting, narratively speaking.

>>46589879
This.

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Can I ask about Hellborn Quest?
I want to know more about Hellborn Quest.

>>46589906
Yes, so do I. I just don't think porn is. I mean, I can get porn anywhere, I can't do *this* anywhere.

Focus on pillowtalk is great, it's just a focus on smutting it up I think might not be best. It'll still be a great idea either way, though.

>>46590027
What do you want to know?

Wolfgang a best

>>46590045
Did Lawngod twitter a date yet? Away from my stuff and I don't touch twitter with a ten-foot pole, normally.
I am somewhat disheartened that I finally finished the archive. Wanted to praise Languid for his good work and offer some fanart.

>>46590170
Today sometime

>I don't touch twitter with a ten-foot pole, normally.
Just do it faggot, its not a big deal.

>>46590189
Thanks mate, I will keep an eye out.

>Just do it faggot, its not a big deal.
But I am a Moriah-like sloth creature! I already have whatsapp, telegram, facebook, blogspot, linkedin, deviantart and check 4chan, giants and /quest/. I don't need anymore!

>>46590277
Just bookmark Lawnguide's twitter page if you're too much of a fag.

>>46575716
Really? But you didn't become a writer because you were running Quests, right?

>>46590415
Not that guy, but I became a QM because I'm a writer and was curious about the format.

>>46589670
Further, we shouldn't be afraid to comment and critique new QMs early on. Better they learn soon than later, and not wait for them to come to us for advice.

>>46590336
Never thought of that (i can be terribly dense sometimes). Will do, thanks anon.

>>46589281
Nice try, Stirner. >>>/lit/

>>46590764
Well I can certainly imagine it happening the other way around, since QM-ing only asks improvisation and timing from a writer, but professional writing would require much more from a QM

How many QMs also GM real games?

>>46593126
>QMs having friends

>>46593126
I'm not the main DM of my group but I am the substitute one.

>>46586499
Yeah, pretty much. /tg/ is tumblr as fuck.

>>46593348
No.

>>46593126
I am. But I'm not a QM yet. I'm still on Zahir's questionnaire for two out of the six most prominent peoples in the setting.

>>46593126
Hex's abandoned us for his real game, so...

>>46586479
>jelly as fuck

>>46593126
I'm getting into QMing because my local group has three DMs that we all switch campaigns between

>>46593558
Cucked by a QM, how shameful

I think this idea has already been pitched, but what about a superhero/sentai quest where the hero the players control never gets unmasked, their identity is never revealed, not even to the players, until the end?
A White Ranger Quest, in other words.
I'd think that any slice of life would be taken from the point of their partners.

>>46595390
Ambivalent. I'd need to see its execution to be sure.
I'll catch your quest at 7:00pm tonight aspiring QM, see you then.

>>46595499
...Maybe a little later than that, but I'll see what I can throw together.
Not sure if I'll be able to put it together into something playable by tonight, but that's mostly because I'm a perfectionist who spergs out if I forget a single period in three 2000-char posts made at top speed.

>>46595562
Aha, you're already a QM!
You're mistaking procrastination for the false veil that is perfectionism!

I see your misdirection well, don't think you're fooling anybody, we know these things.

>>46595698
I tried to get into AToW but didn't get very far, so I couldn't tell you if you're missing out on anything.

The way it was written, at least in the beginning, was really off putting. It was just weird. Couldn't really follow the dialogue.

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I'll be going soon but I've got one thing to ask.
Would there be demand for a Dark Souls Quest? More or less in the lore of the first one.

>>46596114
Only if you cross over with XCOM.

>>46596114
There would be but I really don't know how you'd make it fun without just having a quest version of dark souls where we romance the Fair Lady and Quelagg because fuck you I want to but then it's just another monstergirl waifu quest.

>>46596114
Not really. I know you are hyped for the third game, but Dark Souls and it's getting killed a lot/not dead permanently wouldn't translate well into a quest.

>>46596261
Actually I think it really could work well.

The whole dying over and over again

Worked well in Blood Moon Quest

>>46596114
>Would there be demand for a Dark Souls Quest?
Yes. The real question is - can you do the lore justice?

>>46584911
How is Shinigami quest going? I remember there were player complaints about being unable to make any meaningful difference due to being shit tier on the power scale.

What happened?

>>46596186
You mean pectoids would be invading?

>>46596234
I have an idea, and don't worry I calculated in the waifu possibilities.

>>46596261
>I know you are hyped for the third game
Got that right. Pity I didn't even get around playing the second one yet, and I'll probably won't by a ps4 for Bloodborne alone.

Still maybe if I implement a stat for going hollow, there could be a "Game Over" scenario with lots of dying still.

>>46596301
Only one way to find out. But I gotta warn you tough; I'll take certain liberties in translating and modifying.

>>46596355
>Only one way to find out.
>I'll take certain liberties in translating and modifying.
I will take that as a no.

>>46596387
Time is convoluted. The Dark. You are going to lose all your souls.

>>46596344
The big "reveal" was basically that LOL U NOT A REAL BOY, and that to become a real boy we had to give up the only power that made us special with no recompense, so we'd literally turn into a generic mook shinigami.

A direct translation of the way Dark Souls does lore to a Quest would be shit-tier though. That kind of stuff doesn't work in a Quest or indeed, any medium where the main character is not a complete mute unable to ask NPC's pertinent questions.

May as well talk about my idea

Want to do a game based on the Atelier series, but it won't have anything to do with pre-existing story/characters. Story takes place in a border town after a really bad war, and you're an Alchemist that got sent by the central government to help the place get back on it's feet. It'd be more focused on "gamey" aspects, where you have to go out into the world to find synthesis materials so you can craft shit to help out the town, and in turn you'll gain influence and eventually have a say in what facilities to build, on top of expanding your own workshop. There will be a final challenge at the end of the three year timer that you need to prep for, but otherwise I want it to be a comfy time - I've been collecting books with edible plant and wildlife illustrations to make it feel more like you're actually going out and discovering cool shit

>>46596355
Why not just run a "Souls-Like" quest in a setting of your own creation?

Decaying ancient kingdom because of even more ancient fuckery, humanity possibility in danger because of their origins and creation, gameplay requiring observation and attention with knights/clerics/mage/pyromancer options, description of what world you're getting into coming from scrawlings in the world or from items you find that are hints to areas or characters that help you if you assess them right, meaningfully placed items/corpses/chests etc.

I mean the mechanics of the games themselves can be applied to most well though out settings, so why not just have your own?

>>46596387
Look, Dark Souls lore is hazy at best, always been. The creative imagining of the player takes huge part in it. and what people imagine changes from player to player.

Like >>46596424 says, since the Quest won't feature a mute guy it is evident players will ask about things that have never been covered in the game. I cannot not invent stuff here.

>>46596418
It's even worse than that, it's that becoming a human could literally kill us. Though it is true that getting stronger seems to make us more of a sociopath

>>46596424
Each of the MC's of Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls II could talk and ask questions and share their opinions and tell other characters what to do as well as acquiesce to joining covenants.

They just didn't have a voiceover, they weren't mute in a complete sense.

>>46596508
True, but I've been looking forward to breathing life into certain NPC's, and I think most of the other players would too.

But you might be right, that could be the way that I could still get something similar to what I wanted without making fans butthurt.

>>46596424
You could talk to other characters in Dark Souls.

>>46596569
Alright true, what I mean is that the Souls style is keeping things vague and mysterious at first glance to the player themselves. This helps build atmosphere and lets you piece together what happened yourself.

Only here's the problem. Most people don't piece together what happened. They go watch a lore video on youtube instead. That is the way people want to learn. If the players in your Quest are interested in the lore then they're going to vote for interrogating the fuck out of the first NPC they can spend extended lengths of time with. Because an atmosphere is great and all but to be honest? Most people just want to know what's going on in straightforward terms.

>>46596598
>breathing life into certain NPC's

Not only is that fanfiction tier.

But I'm also gonna hella judge you depending on who you're talking about.

Solaire, Siegmeyer, Lautrec, Laurentius all are super filled with life.

Maybe if you want to set it WAY in the past when Gwyn was still king nigga or something and have Havel and a still sane Seathe as characters it could be cool

>>46596639
Yes, that is what they'd want.

Alright, I have an idea.

REFUSE THEM THAT LUXURY.

The other character's don't know what's going on entirely, because honestly who does? They each have contradictory tales that carry shades of their perspective and insistent interrogation just leads to them saying "That's also something I'd like to know."/"I haven't discovered yet."/"Let us search for that knowledge in jolly co-operation!" and more besides.

I mean, fucking A, that's what normal QMs/DMs do when they don't want to write text walls of lore.

So I am going to do a trapped in a large house with a group of people and people are getting murdered short quest.

Do you think /tg/ would rather try to stop the murders or commit them.

>>46596647
The more I think about this the more this sounds fucking awesome

>Dragon Hunting
>Hitting on Gwynevere when big poppa ain't watching
>Hitting on witches of Izalith when big momma ain't watching
>Banging firekeepers
>Havel and Seathe calling each other fuckbois
>Broing it up with Gwyns 4 knights and Sif
>Shittalking Smough
>Trying to move up the ranks so Gwyn gives you a piece of his lord soul
>Hitting on Gwyn's qtpi daughteru Gwyndolin
>Talking to the Firstborn of Gwyn before he loses the annals
>Giant Blacksmith upgrades your shit still

>>46596647
>Maybe if you want to set it WAY in the past
Nope sorry, dying world is a must.

Seath would be sane, and a lot of other things would be mixed up, so meta knowledge wouldn't be so useful. Like Gwyndolin wouldn't hide behind Gwynevere's illusion. Heck, maybe Gwynevere would be alive and well.

>>46596690
I like the sound of that. I mean come on, most of the people wounding up in the game are there looking for something, and their whole motivation is that they are lost as fuck

>>46596811
>>46596647
So technically everyone who was just a trashing boss, or a mini-boss would posses some semblance of intractable intelligence and personality. Looking at you Havel

What's important to include in a quest about an operator operating operatively in a war-themed quest? What should you not touch with a ten-foot long pole?

>>46596783
>Kingseeker Frampt is the equivalent of that cool white kid
>Darkstalker Kaathe always gets pushed around and bullied and constantly mutters "You'll regret this some day"

>>46597295
What kind of operator are we talking about?

>>46597295
>important to include in a quest about an operator operating operatively in a war-themed quest
GUNS AND TICTACS
>What should you not touch with a ten-foot long pole
THE MINES
USE A 14' POLE MINIMUM

>>46596469
Interested, but I just woke up so I'm concerned about what time you'd be running this.

That said, a lot of the gamey aspects don't translate well to questing. Spreadsheets end badly more often than not.

My 2 cents is to never put "gather stuff" as an option. It happens, and there's no way to do more or less of it unless in extreme scenarios. Things need to regrow everyday, and one person can only do so much walking before getting sick of it.

Rather, do your rolls behind the screen and display it at the start of the thread as a kind of "allowance". If you go as far as to have different locations supply different materials, I guess you could put up whether prioritizing materials for government jobs is more important than seasonal/unique resources.

The only Atelier series I'm really familiar with is the Iris one, though, and as I recall there's not really any Mana or overtly magical stuff in the regular titles?

>>46597468
see
>>46583891

>>46597488
Of course!

Skirmishes are addicting.

Starting my Worm-inspired capes quest in a half an hour or less, if anyone's interested.

>>46598158
I wish I could run one.

Jedi Knight quest, yay or nay? Which era is best for it?
>Rise of the Empire
>Old Republic

>>46598312
We currently have a padawan one that seems to take place during the Old Republic, so not Rise of the Empire might be better to keep from too much overlapping, but I'm not 100% sure I'm right guessing the era.

>>46598312
Yay
Depends on what kind of story you want.

Rise if you want to be a fugitive.

Old if you want to be part of the Jedi Community and interact with them on a daily basis. Also in a war.

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Eclipsed Moon Quest Episode 126 is up and live.

>>46598328
>>46598328
>>46598328

Come on in long time players, returning players who've let slide because I suck, and new players who may or may choose not to go slogging through the archive.

>>46598401
>>46598427
I feel like the Old Republic era gives me more freedom than the Rise of the Empire since then it's either clone wars (which is pre determined and all its battles) and then you're a fugitive and it's all about running and hiding until you're inevitably hunted down by an Inquisitor or Lord Vader.

Since there's already a quest about a Jedi Padawan, I'll start the MC off as either a fresh knight or a seasoned knight.

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>>46598176

>>46599132
>>46599132
>>46599132

There was an unforeseen delay in the form of my brother's cat peeing on my sofa.

>>46598312
Clone Wars era

>>46598312
Jedi Quests always seem to get a good bit of initial traffic

Do what you want im bound to pop in and have a flick through regardless and so will many others im sure

But they are really easy to just lose interest and sadly thats all player side with what they want from a character so nothing you can do if your unlucky

>>46599235
That's Rise of the Empire era.

>>46599320
I think the main reason some Jedi Knight quests lose players is because it has more character/moral restrictions than a Sith or a Bounty Hunter for an example.

>>46599630
A lot of the jedi quests in the first few threads do have a lot of people asking when they can go bad

Its odd

>>46599658
That's just stupid though. If they want to be bad, go play a Sith quest. As far as I see it, Jedi Knight quests are for players who like Paladins. Lawful good.

Now if the MC is a Jedi Knight that would rather execute a Sith he just defeated who was going to do something horrible instead of sparing him and arresting him etc. that would at least be an interesting character. He's good, but he's willing to go to great lengths to bring hard and cold justice to his enemies.

>>46599658
That's not how you play a Jedi quest. A Jedi wins by repeatedly resisting temptation. You get offered hundreds of easy solutions, refuse them all and earn your [Good End] as a result.

Nothing good happens to Dark Siders. Not even by accident. They're powerful, but never happy.

>>46599876
>A Jedi wins by repeatedly resisting temptation.
This is the downfall of many a jedi quest though.

>>46599876
But Dark Sliders are the delicious new item down at Darth Gravy's House of Eats.

>>46596774
Depends on the appeal of the waifus, I'd imagine.

Mecha Space Pirate Quest IV has started! >>46599011

Hopefully in the next couple months there will be a new magical girl quest based on the works of Borges.

>>46601612
Still waiting on the magical boy quest.