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> QM question
From what sources do you draw inspiration for the villains/BBEGs in your quests? How much forethought is there put into how they will affect the player character and the world at large?
> Player question
Best antagonists?
> Bonus questionWhy aren't you running yet? Why do you keep putting it off?
PBQ.
>>44671265
>Bonus question
Because I get paranoid about my quality, speed, and accuracy and want to make the first update post as perfect as possible, so I keep setting the next date a long time away.
>>44671265
>Best antagonists?
Sorry for not being quest-related, but this is just goddamn obligatory.
>From what sources do you draw inspiration for the villains/BBEGs in your quests? How much forethought is there put into how they will affect the player character and the world at large?
From the bees of course. Cordelia, the Beelicious Queen of the Deathbees Hive is the BBEG of my Quest.
>Why aren't you running yet? Why do you keep putting it off?
I want to run a 'Dark Times' era Star Wars quest that follows a Seperatist General refuse to surrender and on the run with his frigate. Sort of like imagine similar to Thrawn and his efforts of building a navy, surviving, hit and run, capturing resources etc. I haven't started yet cos I am already running the Hogwarts Interbellum quest.
>>44671265
>Why aren't you running yet? Why do you keep putting it off?
1. I have no writing ability.
2. Nobody likes my premises.
3. The audience here is toxic.
>>44671265
>Why aren't you running yet? Why do you keep putting it off?
I've run a quest before with 15+ players, but I'm not sure I can keep up the resolve to run a long-term quest again and my ADD makes me switch interest between two quest settings day out and day in.
>>44671265
>Best antagonists?
The ones not in direct opposition. Sure the guy rubs people the wrong way, but he's focused on more important things that have nothing to do with you feelings.
Favorite currently running quest so far?Least favorite?
>>44672066
>Least favorite?
Fuck off with the shitposting bait.
>>44672066
Quest you hateQuest you like
>>44672066
>Favorite currently running quest so far?
I can only think that there are some small things that I'd hate to exacerbate by mentioning it
>>44671265
>Why aren't you running yet? Why do you keep putting it off?
Because I'm afraid it'll suck shit, and having others bash it will only make me want to run it less. I want to create a quest that's pretty much a fusion of Verdict Day and For Answer, with a little bit of outside interference thrown in.
Idea is that Humans went MAD in the 23rd Century, after the advent of mechs and a massive shift in power away from governments to a few megacorporations. With the world already facing severe climate changes and food shortages from an unsustainable large population, most of the population was wiped out in the following two hundred years. Those who have survived until now are either Normals, Nexts, or Post-Human, with players choosing which one they'd play.
-Normals are baseline, with no genetic degeneration or mutations
-Nexts are Humans who have developed neurological mutations, giving them psychic abilities and are better adapted to Earth. This gives them better tolerances and reaction times, though they will naturally go insane over time from constant brain fluctuations, overuse of their psychic abilities has the chance of outright frying their brains.
-Post-Humans are those who have forsaken their mortal forms to become cybernetic intelligences. They have the ability to directly interface with mechs, granting them (usually) unrivaled control over their machines.
Which would lead to the present, with Earth as a poisoned and radioactive wasteland, the industrial warmachine still geared towards driving constantly warring city-states, and where the last bastions of man are being assaulted from something beyond the stars. Players would take on the role of a fledging, unaligned mech-merc in a world out to destroy them without mercy.
>>44672356
>chargen
>hypergranular customizaton and micromanagement
You have to be JQOP or Fall Guy for the quest to survive such mechanics.
>>44672496
The only chargen would be which kind of Human you are, though I suppose I could solve that myself with a coinflip.
>hypergranular customizaton and micromanagement
I don't how I could streamline it, but I was thinking that people are coming mainly for the battles, not the micromanagement. Having situational weapons/parts become available from contractors when necessary seems like it might offset the biggest issue of choosing shit you don't need when you don't need it.
I imagine it'll be insanely difficult, but even with some hiccups at first, I think I could handle it in time. And I'm not one to overestimate myself.
What is the optimal amount of posts before a quest thread should end?
>>44672732
Depends on the quest, but I think hitting the double digits is the bare you should hope for.
I've been fancying the idea of two different quests.
>Fantasy Dreadnought Quest - Inspired by the story of Bjorn
You are Gorgotz Ironfist. You were one of the toughest bastards in your time. Many songs were sang after you exploits, stories of great heroism. The clan you raised an collected from nothing soared high in the fields of glory. However all those who live by the blade, usually die by the blade.
That's what almost happened to you, but for some reason you can't quite remember, you didn't want to die after you recieved a crippling injury. You have been placed in a hulking metal golem, created by the strongest magic, and under the keep of you clan you've been placed, waiting for a time when you could take a fitting doom.
Every fifty year you have been awakened, to impart you wisdom to the new generation of warriors.
However this time you woke up by yourself quite relaxed. Turns out a you have been asleep for over 200 years. Approx. 100 years ago there was a great war, which was underestimated at first.
Causing your warriors to move out, and meet the foe without waking you. They got slaughtered to the last men. The women and children fled, the fort fell into disuse, the armoury emptied, the rest fell to scavangers.
The war passed, and the survivors, and refugees rebuilt some of the settlements in the nearby caves, but no one ever returned to the keep. They live as scavaners now, not knowing how to read the ancient text (your text!), abandoning the ways of the warrior.
This shit cannot stand! Time to take matters into your tonne-heavy hands, and teach these stupid fuckers that there are better ways to live than living off on underground mushrooms, and taking shit from goblins.
>Another magical girl quest
YES!
>It's Grim-edge
No..
>>44672837
Which one?
A little quest idea I have.
Year 20xx. London, England.
Over the years, a new bacteria has been spreading through the population that targets both males and females. The bacteria doesn't make you ill nor does it have any side-effects to your own body or psyche. So far it's been untraceable by modern medical technology. However, off-springs of those infected with this bacteria are born with symbiotic parasites developed from the bacteria within their mothers or passed onto their mothers from their fathers through sexual intercourse.
The Parasite develops at the same pace as its host and eventually gains a sentient mind between the host's puberty and its early adulthood (Early 20's). When it inevitably gains a will of its own, it always tries to take control of its Host, turning what had once been considered a Human being into a blood-thirsty predator that hunts humans. There's two kinds of Parasitic predators; the Red ones who have lost their mind to the parasite, and black ones who have either successfully kept the parasite under control or reached an understanding with it. These 'people' can shift between their human forms and their parasitic forms.
The MC is a High school/Uni student and the first Red one that has ever successfully been able to regain control of his mind again after his parasite took over for a brief moment.
Now he must learn to survive in a world where humans hate his kind and other parasitic predators either wants him dead or wants to capture and study him. He must overcome the psychological obstacle of feeding on human flesh to survive, and try to preserve his life as a student while trying to understand all the aspects of his new role in this world.
>>44672864
>a new bacteria has been spreading through the population that targets both males and females
>targets both males and females
Sounds like the premise for an Akun smut quest where the uninfected are all traps and futas.
>>44672952
I can assure you that's not the case.
>>44672864
That sounds cool, but where would it develop/end? This sounds like a story that could go on till the MC hits 80 and dies in a nursing home.That is if the parasite doesn't lengthen lifespan.
>>44672997
That's definitely something I'll have to think about. The end-goal could be to get full control of the parasite and finding your part in the world of parasitic predators?The parasite would probably lengthen the lifespan of its host as much as possible. It also acts as a symbiosis in that regard. When you die, it dies as well.
>>44672864
Sounds a lot like GraveQM's Red Throat Ghouls and the sentient Red Rot bacteria that empowered/controlled them
>>44673137
Oh really? Never read any quests by GraveQM. Neat.
>>44671265
>Why aren't you running yet? Why do you keep putting it off?
When I only had to deal with school, running was easy. When I now work a 48 hours a week desk job I don't even want to be near the computer when I'm home.
Is there anyone with a full time job that QMs successfully? I don't see how you can plan and have the energy to QM on your 1-2 free days, said free days where you also might have to visit family and friends, do the house chores, go shopping, etc other errands.
>>44673208
Quest Drone used to do that, RIP.
>>44673180
well it was back when he was JyotiCM I think
>>44673395
Hm, you did remind me that I should name the bacteria, so thanks, mate.
>>44671265
>Sources for BBEGs
Metal Album covers, music, and video games provide good inspiration for raw aesthetic and personality. As for impact, they're the reason the main character, or most characters in the quest, does anything at all.
>Bonus questionI am.
What are the keys to having a good Quest anons?
Storytelling?
Good players?Waifus
>>44673208
>Is there anyone with a full time job that QMs successfully?
I've done it for the last two years (barring the recent few months but I'm back now). It's hard and often requires scheduling life around your QMing as you'll need to set aside at least one day of your weekend. Timezones also matter a lot, running late at night wouldn't work if you need to be at work at a reasonable hour and productive.
Also, I sometimes put off sessions where I was burnt out from a week of work (or had other events on all weekend) but those didn't occur too often.
>>44672864
>red ones are crazy
>black ones are in control
>you are a red one that isn't crazy
Whatta fuck man? Why aren't we just black like everyone else?
>>44673832
Probably so that the MC needs to be careful and not just whip it out whenever because otherwise everyone will think he's just a monster.
Or so that he's *~*~*~special~*~*~*.
One or the other.
>>44673832
Makes it more interesting in my opinion. Having the MC be a black one works too of course, but I prefer the plot opportunities and character interactions a Red one who hasn't gone insane could present. Also gives room for character growth alongside a more rebellious and cruel parasite.
Holy hell that was annoying.
Setting up thread, long delay means late night run if people are up for it
>>44671265
http://peek.usertesting.com/result/17430141538397?autoplay=true
Hilarity half way in.
I have a concept for a quest, or rather for a series of possible quests. The main character would be a person whom fights in alternate worlds WW1 and receives a injury, stopping him from continuing service.
At this point TG would choose the characters background; His family, his interests and profession before deciding the project they would under take to assist the war effort.
The MC could create tanks or planes or other such equipment to help, maybe their background would tie into which they choose, I am uncertain at this point and that is where you come in.
(cont)
>>44674797
And it's up!
>>44675582
>>44675517
What direction would the quest go, should stats be abstracted, what kinds of things should be available in the back-story to choose from, can such a quest be ran effectively?
The stats for a tank or other such projects could probably be dealt with via abstraction to a grading system of "abysmal" to "perfect" or using a modified version of some pre-existing system but i have no idea what.
>>44675517
>>44675631
I just need to tell you know that Robert Heinlein did this already and it wasn't that bad. You just won't be able to live up to that standard.
>>44675758
I know that but we must always strive to be great or else we are nothing. This is easier to do than beating an athletic record
>>44675517
>The main character would be a person whom fights in alternate worlds WW1 and receives a injury, stopping him from continuing service.
Can you rephrase the premise of your quest, to clarify?
>>44672066
I discovered Azure Quest this week, it's quickly become my favorite new quest. Alternates well between action and comfy.
>>44672864
Sounds like the setup for a shounen manga. Is his childhood friend a black predator, and the MC gets into awkward situations trying to hide his transformations from her during the early story arcs before she learns of his true nature?
Poking fun aside, it could be interesting. Seems potentially combat-heavy though, which is a personal negative for me. Still, good luck with it!
I'm just the worst, a weaboo faggot and a gun nerd and a QM. Literally worse than Hitler
>>44675876
>>44676147
I've been waiting for this all week thanks anon
>>44676170
I goofed and thought I had time on Tuesday, when it turned out to be significantly busier.
>>44675891
They are conscripted to fight in the war and during the fighting are injured somehow, the result being them unable to fight but since they still want to help their friends out in the field or are patriotic, decide to make something to help them.
>>44676413
That's not really a quest premise. That's like, a half-page short story or something. Even TV guide listings give more detail.
>>44676547
Nah, it's fine as a premise. It just lacks much of a hook to get people interested, is all.
>>44676600
Which is the entire point of pitching a premise.
>>44676600
There lies the problem; I have never ran a quest and have no real skill here, honestly I decided to put the idea out there in case someone more experienced would take it further than I ever could
>>44676647
But I still don't know what the idea is.
Injured man makes something for a war effort.
This could be anything from a mash of Iron Man and Captain America to a Huey Emmerich Quest or anything in between. It could be literally any genera, style, or tone imaginable. I don't even know enough to give you feedback on it.
Is there still any love for Last Exile? How about a quest that's a bit like the premise of the setting?
>>44676744
Like Iron Brigade?
Guy stuck in a wheelchair makes MAD SCIENCE to fight a war?
>>44676766
I was thinking along the lines of the old quest about mechwarrior, where in the MC deigned mechs and via rolls could give it particular features.
I'll find a link.
Honestly if you want to take it in the direction of super-science then that is fine by me. Honestly thinking about it i doubt that I'd be able to run it well for long.
>>44676902
Found it
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=MechEngineer%20Quest
>>44676948
rip ip
>>44673300
uuugggghhh don't remind me.
What do you guys think of using 1d4chan or something to store quest information and possibly reviews and such? Do you think the guy who runs it would be fine with something like that?
>>44678538
I'm pretty sure a quest already does that. A.I. or Hive Queen or one of those spreadsheet as fuck ones.
>>44678538
Expect resistance and sperg from the anti-quest brigade.
I was expecting something titled Naruto Sniper Quest to be more cringeworthy than it actually is
Shamelessly plugging Orc Bouncer Quest since I never get a chance to advertise on the weekends. Also cuz it's a good time.
>>44671546
>>44676147
>Naruto sniper
I DONT UNDERSTAND
>>44679356
OwTheEdge.jpg
But I do have a pretty cool backstory to explain, but I'd rather introduce that organically. I will say that, at least in my vision, black powder guns exist as something of a novelty
https://anonkun.com/stories/my-life-with-a-serial-killer/yYk3TBPa8EfCXRo6q/home
>>44679711
what the hell is wrong with Anonkun?
>>44679792
They just do whatever they feel like.
>>44679792
>why is this toilet filled with shit?
>>44679792
When smut quests were banned from /tg/, the smutposters got together with other smutposters and discussed what they wanted to see more of. Cue LISA-esque mutation of questing.
>>44679792
I haven't seen much there that I wouldn't expect people from here to come up with too(which makes perfect sense since the userbase is from here)
It just ends up on Akun because apparently according to mods it's too hardcore for 4chan.
>>44680006
akun has become its own horrifying entity.
How does set the right DC ( out of a 100) is the roller very random or lean toward the high end numbers ?
>>44679792
Some off the stuff on there is quite icky desu. Plus it's generally hard for me to find something I like that last more than two sessions. Though more and more the same can be said here I guess.
>>44680079
It does not horrify me at all though.
All I see is /tg/ after they've loosened their tie.
>>44680108
So I'm not the only one that feels finding ANYTHING on Akun is a fucking disaster and that a standard catalog with active quests would yield better results?
>>44680142
You're projecting your own fetishes on the rest of /tg/
>>44680189
The only quest I read over there right now was on /tg/ for like 2 years anon.
>>44680209
I'm talking about anonkun as a whole, not the single quest you're assuming I know about
>>44680238
You mentioned me projecting my fetishes and the only quest I enjoy(and thus would contain my fetishes) was something /tg/ also enjoyed for 2 years.
I was presenting evidence to counter your statement.
>>44680175
No not at all. But after a certain amount of time I have found it easier to keep track of the things I do enjoy. Like growing up in a warzone you quickly find out where the mines our.
>>44680079
At least it isn't Spacebattles
>>44680512
reeee
>>44671265
>Bonus question
I need to get my life in order.
Pic related.
>>44680613
>the pepsi cans say homo
>>44680571
>he """"likes"""" Spacebattles
Is it worth running a nonsmut and nondrama quest on akun, then?
I just want goofy sci-fi fun.
>>44680921
It'll need genderbending or some shit like that if you actually want players.
>>44680921
Probably yeah.
Akun definitely has certain trends and popular subjects but I've noticed quests outside of them have a pretty good chance of surviving thanks to just how all over the place the community is.
>>44680921
Be prepared to ignore detractors who want to change your quest into something it's not until all the people who aren't into goofy sci-fi fun leave.
Run it consistently and write something even moderately interesting and you'll have plenty of players.
What does spooky even do anyway other than being a bunch of bitter shitposters? Didn't they raid /wst/?
>>44681186
Nah, that was just one guy.
I just go done watching the new mission impossible movie. It was like Mission Impossible: The Quest: The Movie with how Hunt kept insisting that the Spyfu was on his side even after she demonstrated otherwise at least twice.
Don't die on me!
Historical Fiction
I summon ye!
>>44680189
Literally all of /tg/ does that
>>44671265
Could I get added to the twitter directory? I'm koh, and run Scholomance Quest over on Anonkun. My twitter is @KoH_QM
For those of you who haven't yet seen it, Scholomance Quest is set in the Scholomance that /tg/ developed back in 2011 and that was used by Blatant Fetish Quest in 2013. The protagonist is Max Benson, a boy of no discernible talents who is struggling to survive in the cutthroat environment of a magical murder academy. Typically runs Tuesdays and Saturdays; next session is the 12th at 1700 EST. Link to quest:
https://anonkun.com/stories/scholomance-questbr/qPBxReghjne6hRqC7/home )
>QM Question
Mostly villains are based on players from my real life RPGs. I've been a Forever!DM for almost a decade, and my playgroup is consistently Neutral Evil. It gives me a lot of material to work with. It also encourages me to make the villain more than just a villain - I know the guy who played that character, so it's easier for me to get in their head.
>>44684842
Also I fucked up my tripcode in that post. Man, and I went to all the work of making sure it matched my name.
>>44676125
That parasite guy here. Yeah, I can agree that it looks very combat-heavy, though I'm aiming for a more psychological-horror feel next to combat, but understand what you're getting at.
>>44671265
In my fallout quest, there is no BBEG. Everyone tries to survives. Most people are right in their own way.
In Livendagen, I haven't decided yet, but it will come from Mythos. The BBEG's actions might be justified since the PC fucked up everything in the past.
In XCOM,Well, It is something else. We are dealing with two separate forces, The Advent who are a puppet organization for the true alien overlords. The BBEG isn't the main focus of the campaign.
I need a small advice.
Like i said before, I am running an XCOM quest which is in a way an alternative start of XCOM 2. It is a hybrid quest where we control both the commander and a foot solider. This whole thread is experimental to me, it is bound to have mistakes so:
How to handle the difficulty curve? We are a small guerrilla force fighting a superior force with full control over earth.
For those how are familiar with Long war from XCOM: EW,do you think it is for the best to implement some of its elements in the quest?
Is implementing Loss opportunities a good thing? for an example, you have x,y,z. You chose X which gave you certain edge in the fight but Y and Z were lost for good.
Should i focus on more interactions between the soldiers/Commander and his officers?
The tactics in the field has been simple so far, should i make it a bit more complicated? (designated movements for every soldier, more detailed maps....etc)
Base Management is in important part in the quest, how should i handle it correctly?
Should i stick into the main game parameters, go wild or something in between? I implemented few subtitle things but after a certain mission, I am not so sure about it.
So yeah, any reply should be greatly appreciated.
>>44685826
Just run it and figure out what to chuck.
>>44685826
Nobody knows the answers. XCOM quests are infamous for all crashing and burning and the (probably) most successful to date is the quest that only took place in the setting but wasn't really XCOM at all. And that didn't last long either. So just do whatever seems right because fuck knows you can only exceed expectations at this point.
Good luck, commander.
>>44685988
>>44686113
thank you anons.
>>44686169
I honestly wish I could offer better advice but after running a couple quests myself I've given up on extensive in-depth mechanics and any sort of systems that spiral forth from them. I've chucked quite much indeed.
At least for me the simpler it is the more I can focus on why choices can matter, everything else is an accessory mechanic to the player factor and if stuff doesn't engage the people I want or presents an unnecessary drag during interim prep or writing then gone it goes, too troublesome for me. Substitute it with simpler ideas and easy to absorb dice.
Luck be with you in any case.
>>44672066
Crusader quest. A rare case of convincing narrative and none of that reveling in power or waifu shit circlejerking.
>>44686321
>Cucksader Quest
>no [...] waifu shit circlejerking
HAHAHAH
>>44686331
.....well there are Waifu's it's just that they aren't the focus point of literally every single action the players do
>>44686351
Let me laugh even harder.
>>44686321
yup, the questing scene is indeed full of people who jerk it to seeing their waifu getting raped.
>>44686351
>Waifu's
>capitalization AND apostrophe
....why would you go the extra mile to write something wrong?
>>44686351
Keep talking anon, I want to see how deep of a hole you can dig yourself.
>>44686371
>waifu
>raped
different character
Have there been any news from the qm who ran Dungeon Delve? Does he even have a twitter?
>>44686577
>Dungeon Delve
Dungeon Life Quest? Or is it another quest altogether?
>>44686632
Ah, shit, meant to say Basement Delve in >>44686577
He ran two threads as far as I know but I have heard no news of him since.
Hey, anon about 'monster' quest here, got a name already but I am facing a problem.
what kind of stats I should have for playing a beast/monster? I was thinking about having 'main' stats (Str, Agi etc.) and then substats would be the sum of the main stats, such as size being STR+CON and so on and so on, but I am not exactly sure how and what I should have.
Tl;dr: Character sheet for playing a feral MC pretty much?
>>44687645
If you're not sure what you should have for stats why not just look at the attributes of other creatures in your setting?
>>44687715
Not the problem. I'm not sure how I should stat something like that, THAT'S my problem.
>>44687855
Well, what've you got to work with otherwise?
Within what context do stats change [increase/decrease]?
You have hit points, a stamina system, granular damage malus modifiers, etc?
Do you have a history or personality preferences described in bullet points?
All a character sheet is something that shows what the players need to know about their character. Whatever you think they need to know is what you should show, so it all falls within the context of the limits you've got on your setting and systems and is up to your judgement.
>>44687855
More simply put, just research WoD character sheets and simplify something from those. There's a fuckhuge amount of variation there for inspiration on monsters.
Or any other settings that stat monsters are good inspiration really.
>>44687957
>>44687934
Thanks, I looked the sheet up and here's what I got:
ATTRIBUTES:
STR:
CON:
DEX:
INT:
SKILLS:
Survival(DEX+INT):
Stealth(DEX+INT):
Intimidate(STR+CON):
Size(STR+CON):
Perception(DEX+INT):
Stamina:(STR+CON):
Does this make sense?
AT-TE Commander Quest will be up in a few hours for anyone interested.
>>44688712
I'unno about the other anon but having that many interconnected stat reliant skills is a good way to condense a character into becoming and everyman who has no great specialization.
And if you're gonna do votes with experience points or something similar then you can rely on your playerbase to make that true.
It makes logical sense, but if it were a part of a system I'd have the stats only be slight boosters to the skills [survival,stealth,intimidate], while the attributes [size, stamina, perception] get hard influenced by the stats.
That way skills can be something that upgrade with what choices the players make and what their monster experiences with minor boosts from their stats. While their attributes are slightly separated in that they only really increase majorly when their stats increase, or when they've been boosted by something else.
The example I would use is a potion giving a temporary boost to STR & CON and therefore affecting both Size & Stamina. Or a mutagen that increases only their stamina, but I'm not sure what other modifiers your setting has for things like that or what you've got in mind for an upgrade system.
>>>44688925
XCOM thread is up
>>44688885
Not sure if I'm following here exactly.
To start off, no exp points, stats are directly related to what kind of beast players choose for an MC.
As for the part I don't follow, you suggest splitting off skills into two categories and change the attributes into Statistics?
>>44688976
That's what I'd do, it ain't necessarily what you should do.Keep in mind I'm going off on zero baseline context as to what world you've got going, and this is the first time you've mentioned ITT linking stats to what beast the players have chosen.
As for splitting them or keeping them the same, I really can't help because I know fuck nothing about the intricacies of your system man. Do as ye shall and be met with thine fervorful efforts.
>>44680921
>nonsmut and nondrama
There are some like that. Tief's does fine, for example.
>>44689079
My problem is that I don't have a system. I just want something that will hold in the little bits as I try to scramble something bigger.Sorry, but as I said, it's gonna be a quest where the MC is the 'mount' per say. You start off as wild beast/animal/monster and shit happens as you go on in your life.
Well.
>I'd have the stats only be slight boosters to the skills [survival,stealth,intimidate], while the attributes [size, stamina, perception] get hard influenced by the stats.
That sort of implies what I said; splitting skills in two. I suppose I could let players also increase their skills separately from attributes to specialize in something?
>>44689212
I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW YOU WANT FROM ME ANYMORE I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WRITING LESBIANS FUCKING HELL
From /a/:
>>>/a/135929274
I'd sure love to run a quest like this. It's all dramacomfy in that weird A-1 Pictures sort of way.
>two quests about little girl witches in the catalogue
>>44690101
Which thread is gayer?
>>44690138
Gayer as in FABULOUS or as in cute girls doing cute girls?
Reminder to report all sightings of /pol/ Civs and quests
If they want to run their racist garbage they can do it on /b/
>>44690194
Either.
>>44690217
What would you consider to be pol civs and quests? I don't recall seeing anything like that around.
>>44690261
There was an upswing of quests and civs on /pol/ and the mods are banning them saying they have to run here or on /b/
We don't want that scum here especially if they're running shit like >>44679020
>>44690217
>>44690261
>>44690291
Report them. These fuckers may be the final thing that makes the mods make a quest board so we'd have to share with them
>>44690291
Don't like it, don't read it. I personally think it looks awful but I don't care about it at all.
>>44690319
Why. They aren't bothering me.
>>44690291
>>44690319
Eh, it'll fizzle out on its own. Honestly I feel like you're giving them more attention than they deserve.
>>44690003
>servicing a lone high school girl
L-lewd
>>44690101
Which ones?
>>44690813
I'm assuming A Tale of Witches and Witch Apprentice Quest.
I still find it ridiculous that both those and Elder Loli over on Akun all came back at around the same time. It's some sort of cute witch conspiracy.
Hard Science Fiction Quest when?!
>>44690920
When you run it.
>>44690920
What would it entail?
>>44690941Is it all right if it's also post-apocalyptic?
>>44690962
Not dying horribly in space?
>>44690983Yes, but it makes the hard sci fi harder to buy into
>>44690920
Clockwork in the Void Quest paid lip service to hard sci fi... at first. It's about as lip servicey to hard sci fi as Interstellar.
>>44690217
Reminder to tell all tumblrfaggots to fuck off and die, and then hide their posts.
>>44690886
All three QM are friends in the Cabal, it might be. I'm happy either way.
Thread is up.
>>44691260
I have a new quest up for those interested.
>>44691367
>>44690886
Butwhich witch is cutest?
>>44691928
The most dysfunctional one, duh.
>>44692481
AT-TE Commander Quest is up. Welcome to conspiracy number 2, perhaps.
When will some good quests appear?
>>44692979
Why do you think that would ever happen?
>>44692979
When you and I start running our quests.
>>44693016
That's a bold-faced lie and you know it.
>>44693047
At least I believe in my dream.
>>44692979
When you save questing. Get to work, anon.
>>44693069
Because you'll always let it remain one.
>>44693138
That's the attitude of a loser, my friend.
>>44693016
>>44693109
You can't save those who don't want to be saved.
>>44692979
You make the quests you want to see. Just like people writing the stories they want to read.
If you're gonna be a bitch about it, just run your own quest with blackjack and hookers.
Quest
noun
1. a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something
2. Medieval Romance. an adventurous expedition undertaken by a knight or knights to secure or achieve something
>>44693529
Princess Guard was the last true quest, everything else is written by knaves for the rankless masses.
>>44693622
>shit opinion
>>44693622
>Princess Guard
>quest
>>44693622
For a quest, you need to be able to choose.
For those interested, an update on the Paladin of Avalon is up.
http://anonkun.com/stories/the-paladin-of-avalon/-JRvxJl3loGBg9Bo64XE/24-at-a-crossroads/sapx8AG4ee26JRMpR
>You are just an average ninja
> you win the chunin exam
Wew lid
>>44695034
Shounen quest at its finest, mate.
>>44695034
>You are just an average Shinigami
>you really are just an average Shinigami, what the hell
>>44693622
When I think "Last True Quest"
I think first of SEQ which ran back in 2014
and then I realize AT-TE Commander and that it's pretty good. Princess Guard is Read The Whole Thing Just To Hate It More tier
The fuck is a true quest?
>>44695286
Dankest new meme.
Basically you pretend there is no good quests now and you look to the past and find one you really like and claim thats the last 'true' quest.
>>44695503
Oh boy do I love the smell of fresh dank memes in the morning.
>>44696204
Sometimes love hurts.Blood Moon's up
>>44695503
Ruby Quest was The Last True Quest.
Why don't more QMs run one shots? I feel like the board is cluttered with quests that might have operated better as one thread games.
How would a GATE quest work?Would you play it?
>>44696857
What the hell is GATE?
>>44696814
I've had an idea about running one-shot quests that each connect to each other only through the "history" of said world all the one-shots take place in.
For an example, one quest could let the players chose whether they're protecting or laying siege to a Keep and they can fail or succeed. In the next one-shot quest, it could take place in the same world, but 100 years later and the outcome of the previous one-shot reflects some changes in all forms of manners in the new one-shot while that one still has a short story with a goal of itself.
Essentially Fantasy world/history-building through one-shots.
>>44696870
Shitty Japanese nationalist propaganda using a shitty modern people trapped in fantasy setting premise.
>>44696857
There was already a Nazis in Fantasy Land quest. Same shit, different country.
>>44696857
A GATE quest would work best if you're one of the people captured and brought into the GATE during the introduction, and not attached to anything back home. Then you break out. That way you're not beholden to any superiors.
>>44696870
GATE is when a magical gateway suddenly appears between modern japan and a generic dragons-and-elves fantasy setting. On one side, /k/, japanese variety, and on the other, elves and wizards and shit.
>>44696899
>I've had an idea about running one-shot quests that each connect to each other only through the "history" of said world all the one-shots take place in.
Isn't that basically what GermanSchteel does with that one fantasy setting he has? Provided those quests are more like 3-10 shots over just one thread.
>>44696870
I think anon is refering to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_(novel_series).
It's an anime about how an interdimensional gate to a fantasy world opens up and the Japanese government sends in their not!army (since it appeared in Japan of all places). Intresting premise but bogged down by stupid Japanese nationalism and /k/ shit
>>44696857
How about an Overlord Quest which instead of YGGDRASIL, zaps players from Metal Gear Online into the New World instead?
>>44696952
It isn't the same thing if the quest takes up to 3+ threads. Never read any of GS' quests anyhow, so I couldn't tell.
Light novels are already an abomination. Why would you mix them with quests anon? Why would you do something so terrible?
>>44696965
>>44696927
>>44696909
Sounds interesting but your claims of it being garbage are all too plausible.
Personally, I wouldn't run a quest in that. Too much work to required to meet even my minimum standards of quality (I doubt I have the /k/red to do the weapons properly and clashing modern japan with western fantasy seems like it would result in ignorance).
I'd suggest running something original that actually captures the tone of whatever you're imagining a GATE quest would ideally be like.
Naruto Sniper Quest is running in its second installment. Allow me to introduce my muses, pic related.
>>44697056
>>44697103
forgot picture
>>44697061
It might be intresting if you were part of another nation that wasn't Japan. On the other side, you could play as a native on the fantasy side of the GATE as a superior military invades. Might be an intresting POV
>>44697025
At least there hasn't been anSAO or Rakudai quest
>>44697061
Revamp it so the MC is one of the fantasy worlders and there is some sort of proxy war between Earth powers. Then you can have an interesting sort of thing as both sides learn to into guns.
>>44697175
It would be interesting to have both sides of the GATE being two seperate fantasy settings with their own types of magic or tech or whatever. One stops working the further into the other you go, Abhorsen style.
... Speaking of Abhorsen, Abhorsen Quest When?
>>44697133
>SAO quest
There has been. Samuel was the MC's name. There was like 13 threads I think.
>>44697175
>>44697133
Again... it has little appeal for me. But those ideas may work for the OP who asked the question originally. Your suggestions certainly show that somebody cares about the setting.
>>44697133
There have beenon other sites
>>44697133
>On the other side, you could play as a native on the fantasy side of the GATE as a superior military invades. Might be an intresting POV
I feel like playing as an evil wizard overlord trying to protect your dark realm against modern day humans coming through to try and force democracy on you at gunpoint could be fun.
Trying to desperately modernize and reorganize your massive but completely underprepared, undertrained and underequipped dark forces once you realize that you can't just solve everything with waves of orcs and a few spells.
>>44693481
>You make the quests you want to see.
See >>44671526
>>44696814
I tried that. Nobody played.
>>44697252
What about spooky skeletons, lots of spooky skeletons?
>>44697221
I sincerely doubt my writing ability to execute a GATE quest wellespecially given my current proformance on the quest I'm running currently
>>44697133
The SAO quests have actually been okay-ish, at least the ones that reached thread 2. Better than crossover bullshit, at any rate.
>>44697379
I think it would be intresting to have quests in the other games featured in the LNs (like GGO or ALO). Alicization definately has some potentional for a good quest
>>44697061
I thought it was neat at first but it quickly dove into "Every protagonist from Earth is secretly a /k/ommando with 300 confirmed kills and can easily slaughter Delta, Spetsnaz, and whatever the Chinese Equivalent is with their eyes closed isn't Japan amazing?!?!?!?!"
>>44697321
When did you run it? What was the premise?
>>44697416
>GGO
it's got a good balance of /k/ and scifi guns, so if someone wanted to run something with shooting it could work. Kinda meh on any kind of plot, though.and it's going to be hard to sperg about guns just as well as Sigsawa
>Alicization
No. That one's an irredeemable mess of mechanics, with literally only 2 stats: HP and User Level. I don't want to play Bankai Spam: The Quest
>>44697489
True the plot might be hard to come up with, but a simple quest about a hunting party or mercenary force would be intresting to play with.
>Alicization
Meant more so the world than the mechanics. A fantasy world with a strict hierarchy and rules that has thinly veiled psudo-computer mechanics might be good to mess around with.
>>44697328
>wanting an audience of pun spamming memeturds
No thx
>>44697702
you are literally better off using Ar Tonelico, UNCHANGED. Even with the fanservice stuff, it would still be better presented and solidly constructed than Alicization.
>>44686646
so I asked, and OP was apparently less than pleased with how it went. Jury's out on whether it'll continue.
>>44697133
To be fair, I think an SAO thing could work, but with more of an original spin on the universe and a protagonist who isn't capable of one-shotting everything with ease.
>>44698884
>more of an original spin on the universe
What do you mean?
>>44698884
Have the MC struggle a lot to survive and grow stronger. Let him lose his friends and guild mates along the way. Remove the harem and romance factor and just make it a dark tale about a lone gamer trying to survive and beat a twisted VRMMORPG death game.
>>44698939
I think that's really what would happen from the get-go if there was to be an SAO quest. The real problem would be how to advance the plotline without it seeming slow (remember that 2 years passed between the game starting and them reaching the 50th or so floor).
>>44699047
Have it be different story arcs that takes place during certain time intervals.
First Story Arc - Day 1 to Day 7
Second Story Arc - Day 30 to Day 34
Third Story Arc - Day 57 to Day 64
Possibly have each day or two be one thread in itself and have every Story Arc take place between these days and have a clear goal that the MC is supposed to fulfill and smoothly fill the players in on what has happened in between the time-skip etc.
Golem Quest will continue tomarrow at noon, for the first time in a long time.
Join our hero Gabriel as he begins his mission to The Line to find the truth about his past!
And, ya know, romance dat elf.
>>44699241
Fuck off shit qm.
>>44698884
SAO does not work as a quest because the inherent game is incredibly poorly thought out.
The death game concept is just used as a nice backdrop to the core shoddily done romance plot.
If any of those games were real and playable, people would be making fun of them because of how terrible their mechanics are.
>>44699268
>SAO does not work as a quest
This has already been proven wrong before though. Your point is unfortunately moot.
>>44699294
Oh yes, look at how many great SAO quests there are.
>>44697465
>Every protagonist from Earth
No, only the Japanese. All the other countries are kids cartoon tier villains.
>>44699317
No need for an attitude like that.
Rather, look at the SAO quests that were successful for the period of time that they ran. Honestly, don't be so narrow-minded when it comes to what can or cannot be done as a quest.
>>44699265
yeah, I am pretty shit.
But, I will finish what I started. For the sake of story. And fun!
HEY, NARUTO SNIPER FAGGOT! WHERE ARE YOU?
I WANNA SHOOT FAGGY NINJAS LIKE AN OPERATOR
>>44699357
SAO is a terrible game. Not talking about the show, but the game. The show is terrible too, but that's another matter.
There's no class options, everyone has to be a swordsman or some type of melee fighter, there's no magic, no support classes or skills and people can mess with your menus when you're asleep. It's an incredibly shoddily thought out game written by someone who either doesn't know how games work or doesn't care.
The "successful" SAO quests were riding on the popularity of the series or the gimmick of being stuck in an MMO, but the thing is SAO is a really shitty MMO to get stuck in to the point if you want to write a stuck in an MMO story you might as well come up with your own game than deal with the total mess that is SAO.
>>44699442
What IS Naruto Sniper about?
I've seen it about.
Is it just adding guns to Naruto?
>>44699477
>The "successful" SAO quests were riding on the popularity of the series or the gimmick of being stuck in an MMO, but the thing is SAO is a really shitty MMO to get stuck in to the point if you want to write a stuck in an MMO story you might as well come up with your own game than deal with the total mess that is SAO.
I suppose that's true. In the end, it is better to create your own game world to run your quest in rather than doing a fan fiction quest.
>>44699501
Guns were already in Naruto they are just OUTFUCKINGSKILLED by ninja shit. So you're an asshole with a gun fighting super ninjas.
>>44699527
THERE WERE?
The fuck.
Alright, what ever. That kinda sounds entertaining.
Shooting edgy 'ninjas' from two miles away with a high powered sniper rifles is something I can get behind.
>>44699584
That's not realistically possible. You would need something antimaterial grade to make such a shot, which doesn't even get into mechanical accuracy.
Two miles is about 3500 yards. If you have a .25 MOA gun, in terms of mechanical accuracy, a bullet can end up anywhere in a circle approximately seven feet in diameter, and that isn't even getting into the real devil of long range shooting -- wind.
>>44699527
To be fair, it's just one panel and it was basically an accident by one of Kishimoto's assistants. I'm just rolling with the idea, even though it's canon basis is dubious at best
>>44699782
They have fucking laptops and smartphones by the end of Naruto. I think you're good.
>>44699782
It wouldn't be that far of a stretch for guns to exist in Naruto.
It's just that when your average 12 year old can instantly replace themselves with a log or make duplicates of themselves and a person twice that age can do even more then the strategic value of firearms decreases a lot.
OOOOOH.
Now I know why I can't build up a playerbase and have next to no players every time I have a quest.
It's because I wipe everything and come up with a new trip and name for each new quest I run.
So everyone thinks it's some new obscure QM when it's been the same QM in a disguise since 2012.
>>44700241
And the fact that you drop a quest that they might enjoy due to you not taking your ADD meds, faggot.
>>44699519
This is true, but it makes it easier to worldbuild if everyone knows the world and what they will be getting into before they start playing (this is why quest titles are usually very self-explainatory)
>>44700328
Worldbuilding isn't hard, unless you're seriously uncreative.
Using a pre-established setting also encourages metagaming.
>>44700328
>Online Death Game Quest
>ODGQ
It rolls off the tongue nicely, but sounds cringy at the same time.
>>44699717
Good to know.
>>44697133
>Rakudai
What is this mongolian cavepainting?
>tfw no spitalian quest today
Suffering.
Is it safe to assume XS is innaward getting a lung check?
When will femcock return?
>>44690886
>>44691928
>>44692098
Which one has the most interesting writing and characters?
>>44700795
More quests based on RPG settings would be nice, as long as it's not more generic Forgotten Realms garbage.
>>44700939
I have heard vague legends of this Femcock. Did they really run every day for three months?
>>44701017
It is true.
Exabutt actually ran daily without breaks for only two days longer than femcock did. That's supposedly the reason Psion Quest was so terrible.
