...Wait, this isn't where you were before.

Hell, you aren't even the same main character!

That dashing fool on the left there is Aldwin, a rogue who is rather new to this whole 'adventuring' business. He is also you.

That human child to your side has just saved you from a net you were entangled in. Unfortunately, the net was disintegrated in the process. Shut up I don't want to draw a net.

[For any who care - after I got the driver updates for my tablet, my old art program decided to say "Fuck you I don't support your tablet anymore." That would be why it has been 2 weeks since the last Dorf Quest. Terribly sorry, all.]

The child says to you "HEY ALDWIN, HEY! Lets go on an adventure!"

looks like an elf, Dorf punches taldwin in half, then dorf eats the child.

Aldwin walks around searching for adventure. he is carrying the child between his teeth.

>>3481162
Dorfs? Those angry drunken little men? I suppose fighting one would count as an adventure, but Aldwin is quite sure they would not be in a forest!

>>3481187
I already hate that kid, ditch him whenever possible

or equip as shield

>>3481187
A rogue in the forest? Clearly the solution is we're looking to rob someone or something and unless we can find a wizard's tower out here, I saw we just get WALKING FOR CIVILIZATION because this is a lost cause.

Make all movement via tumble. You never know when you may need to avoid AoOs!

>>3481176
But that would probably hurt her!

He lifts her onto his shoulders, and marches onward. The child seems pleased.

check inventory. dashing cape, :3 face and messy hair just aren't going to cut it unless this is king's quest, in which case we probably died from a broken spine after attempting to lift the child.

>>3481222
damn we're playing a fag

Dont walk in the open, your a rouge for shits sake

be sneaky

>>3481187
Aldwin look for elves to punch instead, he is still carrying the child between his teeth like a mother cat.

>>3481216
ONWARD TO CIVILIZATION!

...That wasn't so hard. You seem to have found a WINDMILL.

>>3481232
Seriously. Have the child carry a bush or some branches or something at the least.

>>3481245
Go inside windmill.

>>3481245
tell kid to wait, pick lock

loot everything to shit


wait a sec....what's our alignment?

>>3481245
CHAREDIT_NAME_NEW: DON QUIXOTE
ATTACK WINDMILL.

>>3481245
Okay, do a full recon of the windmill and check the security on the door and see if there's a way to get in without using the front door like via the windmill's turning blade things.

>>3481260 here
>>3481264 's is better

>>3481245
Play the "Lets grind wheat into flour" game with the small child.

Our movement isn't tumbling enough. We need to practice those cartwheels or all the other rogues will laugh at us!

Bah, rogues can't be sneaky in the forest.

Besides, why would we bother?

>>3481315
practice

>>3481231
Beyond the aforementioned face, hair, and spotless white cape, you seem to have a dagger and a money pouch. The pouch seems to be empty.

>>3481257
You begin to enter the front door, and the kid says "What the fuck are you doing? You're a rogue!" The child explains >>3481260 and >>3481264 to Aldwin.

>>3481325
i now like this kid, do that rouge shit

Dorf: Find Dragon.

Aldwin: SNEAK DAT SHIT.

>>3481325
You run around the windmill to search for alternate entrances. You feel so sneaky!

The child angrily reminds you to "TUMBLE MORE FAGGOT!"

>>3481325
attack the windmill

The adventures of Normal Character and his partner Tiny Pink Bundle of Neckbeard.

>>3481369
In due time.

Beardbeard found a drinking buddy, he's busy.

>>3481371
Grab the blades and swing yourself up onto the low roof, or a window.

>>3481389
she's not a kid...she's a dorf!

>>3481385
meet
>>3481262

>>3481146
What program do you use now?

>>3481302
Tumble tumble tumble, all the way around the windmill.

>>3481371
Check those windows! CAREFULLY! WITH PEEKING!

Ask Kid for name.

>>3481441
check those corners

>>3481407
Updated version of GIMP. ::awesomeface:: I am getting accustomed to all these fancy new features. Like variable line thickness, and different method of reading my tablet. The old way worked like a draggy mouse - which I liked because it let me use one part of the tablet for everything.

Now it works like a normal, absolute-point tablet, so it'll take a little getting used to, but I am starting to get the hang of it.

/end my opinions

>>3481424
You have tumbled entirely around the windmill! Man, you are so sneaky. But now you're also dizzy. But its okay, you're pretty sure you can be both sneaky and dizzy all at once.

The child asks you if you found any other ways in. You realize you didn't notice ANYTHING around you the whole way - you were busy tumbling.

>>3481503
WINDOWS! I SAW WINDOWS! Check them dows for the win. dows.

>>3481503
Kid: swift kick to the shin, then kick down the door

Kid: Find way inside yourself.

Aldwin: Follow, ready Dagger.

kid is now the main character

>>3481443
Trying to stall for answers, you ask the child her name.

She says it is "Lily." At the sight of the badly-mangled latin in her introduction picture, she adds "It's only a training neckbeard."

>>3481548
female dorf, i called it

>>3481547
Honestly I think WE are the kid.

Oh my god /tg/ is the little girl.

SUDDENLY, ELVES.

tell aldwin to stop messing around and spy in the windmill and look for an entrence

>>3481521
>Shins, kick them.
However, Lily doesn't let her introduction stop her from doing what must be done. A swift retribution is delivered to the rogue.

Aldwin was dismayed, but more because he failed Lily than because it hurt. After all, as angry as she may be, she is still a kid. That didn't really hurt. He promises to himself he'll do better next time.

Can we just go check the windows now to see if there's someone in the windmill or if there's anything worth stealing.

>>3481627
indeeeeeeeeeeed

see if its even worth sneaking it

>>3481627
Yes, before we need to get a new meatsa-I mean Rouge.

>>3481520
>>3481591
>>3481627

"Stop screwing around!" she shouts.

While Aldwin scrambles to check the window, Lily affirms the audience that she's not a Dorf, just genre savvy.

>>3481644
GET TO PEEPING YOU SKINNY SON OF A BITCH

>>3481644
Rocking Lilly,

Tell him not to run up to it like a faggot (wich he's doing) afirm he must come from the side, low so people in the windmill wont see him before he knows what's going on. perhaps throw in a tumble

And thus, /tg/ begins to train the rouge

>>3481389

>>3481644
Aldwin: GET THE FUCK IN THERE, FAGGOT.

Wait, we can talk to Lily directly?

Lily, go kick Aldwin for not tumbling.

>>3481520
>>3481591
>>3481627

...You're not quite sure what you're looking at.

>>3481680
Oh crap, it's John.

Quick, kill him.

>>3481680
mind blown

>>3481680
Okay abandon the window. Let Lilly know what the fuck you just saw and let's check to see if that Windmill door is locked.

>>3481703
Also we have a new mission. BURN DOWN THE WINDMILL.

Suddenly the windmill violently shakes from a sudden impact!

>>3481680
Inform Lilly that you have used your finely tuned Rogue instincts to discern that the windmill has nothing, NOTHING, worth stealing. Then GTFO before John starts some shit.

>>3481710
RUN TO THE TREES

check Lilly, investigate

Investigate window, report back to Lily.

The window has cracked in rather unexpected ways. Strange, you can't see through it anymore. Aldwin is quite sure Physics Do Not Work That Way, but what does he know, he's a failure of a Rogue anyway.

He goes to report back to Lily.

>>3481745
I'm still worried about what hit the windmill to do that.

Wait, wait... What race is Aldwin, any way? Hunam? Gelf? Halfing? Failure?

>>3481763
I think it was the computer exploding or something.

Don't remember, should probably check suptg.

"Ah, umm, I saw a cat."

"And?"

"And then the windmill shook and he was gone."

"..."

Lily is unamused.

>>3481789
TO THE DOOR! IT'S LISTENING, LOOKING AND UNLOCKING (possibly) TIME!

i draw this

Lily should assert her dominance again.

Shin, kick, you know the drill.

Break in window, but don't go in.

Instead, use window to get on roof.

after said shin kick lilly shoud do >>3481662
he's not going to get better on shin kicks alone

>>3481796
TO THE DOOR!

Lily isn't really angry with Aldwin - at least the kid's trying - but Aldwin feels the need to flee her wrath regardless. Lily gives chase, reminding him to "TUMBLE, DAMMIT!"

>>3481828
Always one to please, Aldwin tumbles!

...And slams into the door with his back. That was uncomfortable.

>>3481828
It's his own fault for getting caught in the bloody net earlier. LET'S SEE SOME ROGUISH WAYS.

>>3481841
That's one way to let everyone know you're coming. IDIOT.

>>3481814
>>3481826
>>3481841

Aldwin Yell out "DRAGON INSTALL!!!!" and punch through the windmill's door with a flaming kick, then jump and hide on the ceiling.

Can we sneak inside now?

>>3481860
Don't take that shit from her! Kick her right back!

>>3481894
No you fuck! Kicking her will only get us killed!

We aren't Beardbeard. We can't expect Zombification if we die.

Pick the lock and TUMBLE inside.

>>3481894

Fuck that, show her how badass you truly are by kicking the door down, and then mercilessly shanking whoever's unlucky enough to get in your way! (Well, except for the kid, obviously.)

>>3481873
"If anyone's in there they know we're coming NOW."

Lily opens the door, letting Aldwin fall on his back. Aldwin is very sad at his own incompetence.

>>3481918
Aldwin, find any enemies, NOW get init or a suprise round. SNEAK ATTACK FOR at least +1d6 damage if not more.

Lily: Use Aldwin as a meatshield, protect training neckbeard.

>>3481918

So much for "show her how badass you are" plan. Well, maybe the thief can still get a good silent shanking in on someone other than the kid.

Oh Jesus... Aldwin and Lily are eventually going to run into BEARDBEARD and form a party. I imagine we'll play as a magic user next.

>>3481916
Aldwin firms up his resolve. He needs to show Lily he CAN do something right! "I'm not a failure!" He says aloud, clenching his fist, ready to pick the next lock and shank the next guy to look at him funny.

Well, wait. No. You don't want the guy to see you before, you, umm... no wait, I'll get this.

In the meantime, Lily looks around the room. There are 6 mirrors hanging from the walls, and a door is across the way.

Quick, check the mirrors. There could be dopplegangers.

>>3481976
UNLESS LILY IS A MAGIC USER! Quick, ask her! After all, she KNOWS that WE are here!

>>3481978
CHECK THE MIRRORS AND BEHIND THEM.

Mirrors are dangerous.

>>3481978
Aldwin, Steal the mirrors, sneak along the side of the wall, cut it/unhang it, and loot it, repeat with it's fellow, then go for the next farthest. they may be traps, use rogue skills.

>>3481991
Lily is an apprentice Neckbeard. She knows how shit is supposed to go.

>>3481988
>>3481993

Time to show her you're not a failure! You'll get this right for sure! ROGUE POWER: TRAP SENSE!

>>3482022
Darting from important and suspicious object to important and suspicious object, you dance from mirror to mirror, darting through the room as a blur.

Within moments, you have detected the SHIT out of any traps that may be in this room.

>>3482047
now check for hidden doors and false walls

>>3482047
...There were no traps in this room. Hell, the next door isn't even locked.

Lily almost wishes there HAD been a trap for the poor guy.

mirrors are worth cash. steal them, buy feathered hat, lute, take level of bard. also, buy some meatbread for the childus neckbeardius.

>>3482066

Lily: Nickname Aldwin "Starscream." He'll think you're trying to boost his morale with an awesome name, while you'll know truthfully it's the name of a being whose failures are numerous.

>>3482066
Oh well, keep them sense going for the next room. Which we will now explore.

>>3482059
"You gonna give up that easy?" Lily goads him. Aldwin is at first confused, until Lily explains the possibility of hidden doors, and false walls!

The search is far from over!

Also Aldwin finds Lily to be more than a little frightening.

>>3482087
No I checked those too. Trapsense is but a name, its not the ability's limit.

ON TO THE NEXT ROOM.

inb4 elves

>>3482080
Lily reminds Aldwin that he'd better remember to take those mirrors on the way out. Them's good loot.

Aldwin opens the door... stealthily. Lily almost sheds a tear.

>>3482122

This is a windmill! If anything, it's full of grain farmers.

That, or vengeful grain-monsters who were the cause of the explosion/shaky thing.

he didn't search for invisible incorporeal traps.

>>3482131

Flaming box? Debris from the earlier KABOOM?

...The hell happened here?

Flour in air + fire = boom

Investigate the smudge. See if you can recognize what it was.

>>3482159
search the desk, check the grate on the ceiling.

>>3482168
this ain't no detective quest, this here's thieves quest. we're here to take stuff and run away.

...Someone seems to have come in to the first room. Someone very loud.

>>3482131
FLAIMING BOXES

>>3482168
It appears to be a hole in the ground. It looks like it goes a very very long way.

>>3482187
Grab desk and throw through window, tumble through with Lilly, then abscond with loot

>>3482213
if your too weak just tumble through window

>>3482187

If the door opens quietly, open the door enough so you can look through it, and ready your weapon, just in case.

Aldwin: PREPARE FOR BATTLE.
Lily: Protect Neckbeard, be ready to tell Aldwin what to do.

>>3482213
>>3482214
TOO WEAK? Hell no. You've been failing all day long. You have to succeed sometime!

But one step at a time.

1) Throw table through window.

Lily is amused that Aldwin34.png has come and gone, yet it did not involve porn.

>>3482249
YOU BETTER LOOT THAT DESK AFTER YOU CHUCK IT!

For your convenience, Dorf Quest threads have had their tags updated to "Dorf Quest, Collective Adventure" in the sup/tg/ archive. You can now find all DQ threads with the following tag search:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Dorf%20Quest

>>3482249
...Well this day has just been full of surprises. The table is much too big for the window, and you have now blocked off your escape route.

>>3482276
LOOT IT WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME!
Then jump down the hole (IF you can not get to the grate)

>>3482276
Do we even know WHO is in the other room?
CHECK OTHER ROOM!
Then close and lock door if its bad.

>>3482276
Bullshit, if you can lift it you can break a few legs of

shit you have a knife

best get going

Break off a table leg and drop it down the hole! Check for depth, etc.etc.

Maybe do this after you see who's in the other room.

>>3482270
>>3482292
While you still have the chance, you check the drawers. You find a LARGE RUBY and a BAG OF DUST. Checking it, you find the dust is a dull gray color. You take both regardless.

You suddenly feel something at your side. Lily seems to be hugging you. She looks quite worried.

>>3482317
CHECK LAST ROOM! Your mirrors are in there!

>>3482317

Get in front of her, and ready your knife, just in case. If it's enough to worry HER, then shit's about to get real.

Hug Lily, fight whoever's in the other room.

>>3482326
>>3482329
>>3482330
...I wonder how long he has been standing there.

There seems to be an old man in plate mail with a broken lance on the opposite end of the room. He seems quite upset with something.

>>3482354
Well... Aldwin you've failed at everything so far... meaning you must be CHARISMA BASED!
DIPLOMACY HIM!

>>3482354
DON QUIXOTE!?

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

GTFO, rouges can't fight and he's insane RUN RUN RUN

>>3482329
Pushing Lily behind you, you draw your dagger and approach the intimidating figure. You may be a failure, a klutz, and altogether useless, but you won't let anyone get hurt while you're around.

Hey OP, do these on the weekends next time, some of us have school, and it sucks leaving right as the good bits come around!

>>3482390
dude im staying up all night, fuck it i'll sleep in class
>>3482384
we should really bluff or DIPLOMACY

>>3482409

Agreed. Keep the knife drawn, though, just in case, unless the old man's already attacking.

>>3482390
Was going to do this last Saturday, and start doing a weekly-on-saturdays thing [I have class too actually ::awesomeface::], but the aforementioned tablet troubles delayed that. And so, started it as soon as I could. Sorry about that.

>>3482370
>>3482409
You ready your wits and guile. You shout out the command to open negotiation that has been passed from Rogue to Rogue since 2nd Edition. "DIPLO-" you begin, but he's already charging! Ho fuck.

>>3482414
no, its don quixote, He's crazy

we could talk it out, but with a blade out its quite pointless

>>3482430
GRAB LILLY AND TUMBLE MOTHER FUCKER

>>3482430

>>3482414 here. Fuck, I knew it! If there's anytime to prove you're a badass to Lily, now's the time! Start praying he's not several levels above you, and start shanking! ...Or trip his ass into the hole.

>>3482447
TUMBLE TUMBLE TUMB-

...

LILY OHFUCKOHFUCKOHFUCKOHFUCK.

>>3482473

THAT BETTER HAVE BEEN A "OH SHIT I ACCIDENTLY TOOK LILY WITH ME INTO THE HOLE, OH FUCK," RATHER THAN "OH SHIT I FORGOT TO TAKE LILY WITH ME, RESULTING IN HER GETTING IMPALED ON AN OLD MAN'S BROKEN LANCE, OH FUCK," MOTHERFUCKER.

>>3482473
No one touches a friend of Aldwin!

>>3482497
What? No! I stabbed you in the neck! You should be dead!

>>3482494

here. Disregard my comment, I suck cocks. Now raging for different reasons.

>>3482519
...OH. Oh right. Oh fuck.

When you left to go adventuring, you didn't want to hurt anyone. You bought the trick knife.

>>3482519

Fuck, he's got a high hp count! He won't go down from that one backstab! Keep whittling away at him!

>>3482529
That idiot son of a whore. Throw the bag of dust at the old man.

>>3482529

>>3482529
Die horribly as he crams Lily down your throat, suffocating you.

>>3482529
GOD DAMN MORON

Break off a desk leg, improvised stake

>>3482542
You fall to the floor, hopeless, tears in your eyes. You have failed. You are ready for him to end it.

...You mutter something to the DM. Don Quixote doesn't quite catch it, and proceeds forward so that he may beat you senseless with his fists.

>>3482558
NICE BLUFF

>>3482558
AHA! The dust catches the knight in the eyes! He lets out some old exclamation in Spanish.

>>3482577
A little late for that, but Aldwin's trying.

>>3482558
>Don Quixote

AWESOME

>>3482586
Part of me really doesnt want to kill Don Quixote so 2 options
A) loot his spear, helm and chain while blind and run
or
B) use spear to kill him

>>3482586
Lily: STAB

>>3482595

Or C) Bash him over the head with the lance until he's unconcious, strip him of his gear, and hightail it out of there.

>>3482605
>>3482595
Doink.

Before Aldwin could even finish putting away the dust, DQ was impaled by a little girl with a broken lance.

>>3482637
oh well, LOOTN TIME

>>3482637
Aldwin is more than a little shocked. No one has ever died in front of him before.

>>3482637
She's not just a training neckbeard, she is mastering the mighty tonberry class.
It's time to go kill some level 20 paladins.

>>3482637

Aldwin: Gush at how glad Lily's alive.

Lily: Call him a faggot and remind him that there's looting to be done.

>>3482660

Aldwin: Um....break down, and cry like a little bitch.

Lily: Smack him back into composure (or for being failure, pansy, whatever) call him a faggot, and remind him there's looting to be done.

dorf: last call.

>>3482660
You were supposed to protect me, and I saved your life. Your life was saved by a GOD.

DAMNED.

GIRL.

Faggot.

C'mon, you need a lot of work before you can go around calling yourself a ROGUE. Now lets go loot some shit, before I kick you in the shins.

>>3482693
aldwin: admit to girl you're actually a bard.
the spotless white cloak gives it away.

LOOTING IS BORING.

But it does need to be done.

Aldwin's total assets at the end of today's adventure include:
-A Ruby. Not a rabbit.
-A Lily. Sidekick/mentor, not flower.
-5 Mirrors. Looks like Don Quixote broke one.
-A note Don Quixote was carrying. It appears to be sealed with wax, and is labeled "Dulcinea"
-A trick knife
-A white cloak that is somehow still spotless in spite of that blood spray.

It turns out DQ's equipment was a good 50 years old, and was not tended too. Other than the note, he had nothing of value.

>>3482748
now to pawn it off, might be better to invest some cash into fixing up the armor before selling it

at the very least get rid of the rust and oil the poor stuff

>>3482752

Would our severely naive rogue even know how to properly pawn something? Would he understand what a haggle is?

You've seen the field info firsthand.

What the hell am I supposed to do with this guy? I'm not even sure where to start. Any ideas? He clearly needs guidance. A hella lot of guidance.

And don't worry, I'll be doing the selling. We should make a decent sum.

>>3482781
that's what Lilly's for

>>3482796
Well training is the first thing Lilly, you should give him all the tips you know

Even the basic crap, stick to the shadows and what not

>>3482823
better idea, we now have an abandond windmill, you can set up training in there

have him sneak up on ya, loot while your on premise, pick pocket

we have a toy knife, have him practice that too

>>3482832

>>3482748
he lost his :3 and hair?

>>3482844
thanks lilly, you're too kind

>>3482832
>>3482844
MONTAGE!

>>3482847

Aldwin's innocence is broken now now. There will be no more :3 face for him...

>>3482823
>>3482798
M'name's got only 2 L's, guys. Not 3. Lily. We aren't doing that Red/Redd crap again.

>>3482862
sorry

>>3482858
*cue montage song*

>>3482888
S'cool.

Alright, Lily out. Gotta drag this dork back to bed - he's had a long day. You can have your stupid Dorf back.

See you Saturday.

>>3482924
The hours approaching, to give it your best
You've got to reach your prime.
That’s when you need to put yourself to the test
And show us a passage of time
Were going to need a montage (montage)
Ooh it takes a montage (montage)

Sure a lot of things happing at once,
Remind everyone what’s going on (what’s going on)
And when every shot you show a little improvement
Just show it all or it will take to long
That’s called a montage (montage)
Ooh we want montage (montage)

And anything that we want to know
From just a beginner to a pro,
You want a montage (montage)
Even rocky had a montage (montage)

(Montage...montage)

Anything that we want to know
From just a beginner to a pro,
You need a montage (montage)
Ooh it takes a montage (montage)

Always fade out in a montage,
If you fade out
It seem like more time has passed in a montage
Montage

>>3482976
Till then Lily

Rock On

>>3482976
Oh, and I asked the faggot about that white cloal, since you guys seemed to think it made a big deal. Yanno what he told me?

"Well every Rogue I've seen had a cape, and every rogue picks a black cape. I think Black's too depressing, though, so I picked white."

What a faggot.

G'night /tg/.

>>3482990
ALDWIN IS A BARD.
PROOF:
faggot
white cloak(spotless!)
incapable of hurting folks
failure all around
all the useless aspects of rogue, none of the cool bits (he searchs and talks, but can't stab or tumble when it matters)

derp.