Great, a QTG right as I'm about to go to sleep. I'll pose a question and maybe have an answer when I wake up.

How many weeks should I wait before I start shouting the name of the QM I am missing desperately into the QTG, like a widow staring into the sea?

quests have been very detrimental to my sleep and performance. I panic whenever QMs fall ill or disappear, and lose entire days I had planned to do productive things in to unexpected threads.

>>28064001
I'd say one.

https://github.com/MayhemYDG/4chan-x
Just leaving this here. I don't think many fa/tg/uys use it yet (for a time it used to be almost exclusively the domain of /g/ and /a/) but it would definitely help both QM and players enjoy the threads better.

>>28064019
okay. panic ensues in THREE DAYS.

>>28063977
>Players: Has following quests ever been detrimental to your sleep schedule or performance?
Quests helped me keep calm after I quit smoking. Lost sleep vs Nicotine addiction. I think the trade-off was worth it. Thanks for saving my health, /tg/.

>>28064036
>>28064001

What's her name, Anon?

>>28064070
since you asked, CanidChemlab ended a thread after talking about how he was having computer issues along with wild animal issues, and has been entirely silent since. I fear the worst.

>>28063977
>QM: How many units of mind altering substances do you consume per session (coffee counts)?
One of these days I want to QM while tripping on mushrooms.

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>>28064086
>computer issues along with wild animal issues
What in the name of fuck...

>>28064113
he had to shoot coyotes, deal with a police call, and a computer crash. All in short succession. I fear full QM cursing.

John Michaelis @SeraphTM 13h

Fascinating what practical applications people can think up for Divine Breath... [cough] #lewd #exploitable #why #magicalrealm

I think we broke his mind...

>>28064132
Good. Thats what he gets for fucking with our SAN points.

>>28064094
How did it go?

>>28064163
So far it hasn't even been detrimental.

>>28064121
Well damn.

>>28064121
>god hates lamias
It is a good feeling.

>>28064210
thanks for commiserating with my lost QM, anon.
If he shows up this thread, or you see him, tell him to update his twitter with whether or not he is alive. I'm going to bed.

I wrote up and uploaded the Electronic Warfare Officer Quest combat rules draft (quest concept: you're an EWO on the Not!Enterprise). I'd like someone to look over them and tell me what they think. Please note that although the rules are fairly long and somewhat involved, from the player side of things, all you do is play one or two of 5-ish cards each turn; everything else is me, the QM, doing stuff and should take 2-3 minutes of crunching/table referencing based on some quick practice.

http://pastebin.com/sChFr7Yr

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>>28064215
I think it is something far more sinister, anon.

>>28063977
>Players: Has following quests ever been detrimental to your sleep schedule or performance?
Is there a word that means "yes" more than "yes"?

>>28064260
"Of course"
Or if you need one word, "absolutely"

>>28063977
>Players: Has following quests ever been detrimental to your sleep schedule or performance?

Earlier this week, I woke up late for a midterm because I stayed up later than intended keeping up with a quest.

I'd argue that was my own stupidity being detrimental to my sleep schedule, but I think it's still applicable.

I've been thinking about running a quest based on Leo Frankowski's Conrad Stargard series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Stargard

The basic premise is that a modern polish engineering student finds himself in 13th century Poland, a few years before the Mongols invade.


What does /tg/ think?

I'm about to crash, but if it looks like there's interest when I get up in the morning, I'll run it.

>>28064375
Well, okay, but are you Polish and an engineer?

Does MHQ have a Twitter yet? Boss said they'd get one but nothing has turned up.

>>28064402
>but are you Polish and an engineer?
I thought DataDisk quit questing.

>>28064408
I'm always pretending that I'm working on something.

All in all, I'm not the one that proposed that.

>>28064402
No, but I did say loosely based.

I don't have to know how to personally plan out an industrial scale water pump, or a wind powered loom to know that it's possible, given time and resources.

>>28064453
but how will you ignore /tg/'s silly experiments to break the laws of physics if you can't prove that something is impossible?

>>28064462
Yeah, what he said. I'm not telling you should have engineering degree outright, but some knowledge would clearly help your ass.

>>28064408
no he is just paralytically afraid of the number 3 and kills any quest he runs before the 3rd thread

>>28064462
>>28064481
I'm not completely oblivious. I've got a pretty good grasp of physics. No perpetual motion engines, or ignoring the square cube law for you. Failing that, I can always phone a friend one of my engineering bodies.

>>28064551
>one of my engineering bodies.
Borg pls.

>>28064132
>>28064163

>Voice
>>loligagging
>Voice
>Is it really "gagging" if they don't need air?

>Voice
>I'm waiting on the day somebody tells us to not hold our breath over something.

He'll never live it down.

>>28064243
Anybody? I was shooting for something simple to play but with interesting decisions to make in combat.

Ok, I've done my best to avoid qtgs, but Twen's twitter is dead. Where the fuck is he?

>>28064677
Gave up on questing.

>>28064683
He's back, but all his old quests are kill.

>>28064677
>Ok, I've done my best to avoid qtgs, but Twen's twitter is dead. Where the fuck is he?
Threadly dose...

>>28064605
I think the 5-9th episodes of Morestsu (aka Bodacious) Space Pirates had electronic warfare in some interesting situations.

Mostly, it comes down to defenses (firewalls, trap options, mirroring programs) and attacks (infiltrators, codebreakers, detection systems for traps). You might also consider looking into some of the Ghost in the Shell electronic warfare (barrier mazes, external brain sub-boxes for trapping black ice, etc).

>>28064724
>He's back
oh, please elaborate, cause I've seen nothing to indicate the sort

>>28064878
>oh, please elaborate
We've been asked not to. Sorry.

>>28064886
Why? And also, whatever happened to him handing off his notes for WQ and that?

>>28064886
that feels incredibly lame and depressing

>>28064895
>Why?
He made careful to keep his identities separate.
THINK for a second.
(Not him)

>>28064895
>Why?
Iunno. Maybe because (>>28064899)?

> And also, whatever happened to him handing off his notes for WQ and that?
No idea, deculture says he didn't get anything.
>>28064898
>depressing
That would be right.

Either way, let's break off right here. I'm sad too but the constant QQing about it isn't going to help matters in the least.

>>28064899
>THINK for a second.
It ain't helping, and honestly I'm starting to feel like one of Gotham's citizens when Bane took over and batman was rockclimbing

Its kind of insulting really, I genuinely enjoyed his writing and to be constantly denied the slightest sliver of information as to where more can come from is infuriating rude

>>28064925
> a QM doesn't belong to himself, he belongs to the people
How impressively communist of you.

>>28064942
the guy is running new stuff, that much has been admitted, and any attempt to find out what or how or when is met with being treated like a child who is too young to know what sex is, it ain't communistical at all, hell if anything it sounds like theres a special super duper fan club who are the only ones who can get their fix and all others are treated like peasants

>>28064925
>is infuriatingly rude.
...I was afraid of that reaction. That's why I asked to break off this discussion. You will find your way into his quests again, light willing. Apologies if anything I or the other anon said came across as insulting.

I bet Twen is Herodotus, the QM for Last Companion Quest.

>>28064958
> this entire post
kek'd.

>>28064963
>apologizing for other people
Why?

>>28064963
It does not matter whether anything you say is insulting or not, the fact that you refuse to enlighten us, who are just curious and want to enjoy his work, is insulting itself, and dragging this out longer and longer just makes it worse.

>>28064966
No, he's GermanSchteel, the Lafayette Girl's Academy Quest QM.

>>28064895
>And also, whatever happened to him handing off his notes for WQ and that?
I suspect it became too long to write out.

>>28064976
Okay, I acknowledge that.

>>28064981
Now you're just making me think you're rubbing it in my nose

Just leave IR and those he asked to keep his secrets alone, this is getting really tiresome.

>>28064979
>No, he's GermanSchteel, the Lafayette Girl's Academy Quest QM.

That would be hilarious.

>>28064998
> IR and those he asked to keep his secrets
And thats the whole problem, the fact he needs to do that...

>>28065008
It's 4chan, you should be used to no/shifting identities, no?

>>28065012
> no/shifting identities
Except he's holding onto that one and only allowing privileged few into his fan club, if he just throw them away and started fresh, I'd have no qualms, but he didn't, and I do.

>>28065005
>>28064979
I can see it, too. It's known that Twen legitimately likes anime and cute things so after mocking it in WQ he could very well play it straight in GuP: LGA.

>>28065048
also the fact he's a hell of alot better a QM than BJ lends more credence to the notion

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>>28065048
>he could very well play it straight in GuP: LGA.
Oh, I know whose face will look a lot less cute if a certain SCP steps out of line again...

>>28065061
Not raping the setting and its core ideas helps too.

>>28064998
>Those he asked to keep his secrets.

wat

Well, that hasn't happened(Aside from one friend who i spoke to face to face who was more bored than anything else by my writing), at least to my knowledge. Though, I suppose this has served to flush me out.

WQ notes are still being worked on, in the middle of my shittyunproductive mood. uBut, things have been busy on this side of the screen. I am sorry. probably shouldn't be up this late watching 4chan at any rate. Go talk about real people with real quests already, shoo, shoo. And while I do appreciate the sympathy, I am earnestly not suicidal, and QFGs should be about fresh ideas instead of tired ground.

tl;dr nobody invited me to the secret clubhouse if one exists.

>>28065075
well this anon is glad to know you're still kicking around

in more a more ontopic vein of discussion, does anyone know when the next Warlock Quest (the eldar warlock one) session is running? the QM said he was going to get a twitter for it but didn't post it

>>28065075
If only it were this easy to summon Diarca...

>>28065091
>the QM said he was going to get a twitter
Scratch that just my brain imagining things

>>28065091
>does anyone know when the next Warlock Quest (the eldar warlock one) session is running? the QM said he was going to get a twitter for it but didn't post it
Didn't that one die really, really early?

>>28065074
>>28065072
>>28065061
>>28065048
So regardless of who runs it, is it good? Is it actually about girls and tanks? GuPQ was a huge disappointment

>>28065111
>Didn't that one die really, really early?
uhh no? the first thread went well and the QM said he was gonna run another a sometime in the next week

>is it good?
massive improvement over GuPG, the players actually have agency amazingly enough, also, the QM has a unique and interesting way of dealing with dialogue that seems to be working very well, he presents 3 choices when its time to speak; "Boast", "Neutral" & "Polite" or variations using latin for when we need to get sufficiently wordy

>>28065111
>is it good?
It's fun on any count and rather well-paced, all things considered.
> Is it actually about girls and tanks?
Yes.

>>28064189
>>28064094
I'm not sure such a quest would really "work"...

>>28065100
Being a fan of outsider QMs who spend more time on their home planes than here must be suffering.

>tfw all of us could be in the same situation

>>28065134
I fucking love the dialogue system. Avoids misunderstandings, is fast and keeps TEE-HEE~ SO SILLY~ suggestions out.

>>28065141
More than you could imagine. Nrvnsqr/ReADS is similar but at least the ritual works reliably once a month.
Diarca's more like "If somebody outside the hall coughs at the wrong moment your three weeks of preparation were all for nothing. Good game, faggots".

>>28065139
> I'm not sure such a quest would really "work"...
Changeling: the Lost. Escape from Arcadia.

>>28065182
For gods sake, don't let XQM run that.

>>28064979
See, I have doubts if Twen would be capable of delivering a reference to show that plenty of Poles would recognize from a mile.

>>28065225
I'm not even questioning it anymore. GS fucking violates you with references.

>>28065212
Why not?

I'm not Twen, I kinda wish I wrote like him, but I'm not him.

As for the topic question: I don't actually consume any stimulants or mind-altering substances. For some reason, running a Quest for 7 hours straight with regular 10-20 minute updates seems to come naturally to me.

>>28065246
>. For some reason, running a Quest for 7 hours straight with regular 10-20 minute updates seems to come naturally to me.
Do you perchance have a background in law or engineering?

>>28065246
i have never seen GuP. what can you say to advertise your quest to me now i have two months free before i return to gainful employment?

>>28065237
The cannibal scene was bad enough.

A True Fae victim in XQM's hands would be tantamount to handing someone over to Hannibal Lecter and saying "don't kill him, but everything else goes". (People who read Hannibal as opposed to seeing the movie will understand this).

>>28065246
Where do you find the time for this? I mean, you're not archelon, with his all-nighters almost every day, but still.

>>28065260
Is that the guy running Loli Cannibal Quest?

>>28065252
No but I'm looking into switching my major over into Civil Engineering/

>>28065259
I run as scheduled.

NO EXCEPTIONS

Unless there is an exception in which case, yeah, I'll be sure to alert you. Honestly, I'm kind of bad at advertising my own stuff, so just check it out and judge it on your own merit.

>>28065261
No social life.

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>>28065212
Oh come on, don't you want a break from the mindless depression and sadness of WoD and experience the true joys of fairyland?

>>28065182
...well damn. That would probably be amazing. Both written/read on shrooms and with both audience and QM stone cold sober. DRYH too give MC a red shirt with a chess pattern, because that's totally not going to get pointed out.

>>28064029
Reason I use foolz, actually. Suptg's archived pages are 2bland4me.

>>28065279
running as scheduled is a damn good advertisment, on /tg/. consider yourself having gained a reader, in four days

>>28065269
Ran.
Not a guy.

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>>28065279
>No social life.
That would explain a thing or two.

>>28065279
>No social life.
QM with a life beyond a job/school are kind of suspect~

>>28065072
>SCP
Loli SCP Quest when?

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Okay, industrial mogul quest? Pretty crude idea right now, but would be hideously complex and look something like on the left.

Builan' factories, powerin' powerstations, exploitin' resources, gougin' prices...

y/n?

>>28065439
Eh, Civ kinda sucks.

>>28065418
NEVER.

Only gay men.

>>28065455
You have three stats.

FAB

MUSCLE

POSE

>>28065439
Management quest end up boring to me, but you will probably find a niche target audience.

Are there / have there been any quests where the mc was just a normal dude, but his friends / companions were the powerful ones?

>>28065439
Make it like magical industry.

>>28065502
Tons. They usually end up dating above their weight class.

>>28065506
Ooh, that I do like the sound of...

>>28065509
Could you list some examples of ones that did it well? I'd like to do some research.

ABC wasn't on last Sunday, is it going to run this Sunday?

>>28065534
Not if IRC is to be believed.

Speaking of quests that did well, what are folks favourite civ quests?

Which quest character (PC or NPC, not that I think there are any PCs really likeable enough) would you adopt?

>>28065622
Cerulean from AoPH

>>28065622
Max Power and Quinn Taylor

>>28065622
magic girl sparkle.

>>28065622
Sara from Seraph:TC.
Polite, a bit shy, diminutive and adores TMNT. What's not to like?

>>28065666
Doesn't have to eat or breathe either.
We know what you want, you sick fuck.

>>28065685
"Please store your loli in a dry place with enough space to stretch her legs for optimal results".

>>28065685
Whoa hey, stop assuming things.I'd love her tenderly, no skeevy shit involved.

>>28064404
>Does MHQ have a Twitter yet? Boss said they'd get one but nothing has turned up.
No, I think Boss is too old-fashioned for Web 2.0, bro.

>>28065746
>>28064404
> boss
Which other active quests have pet names for their QM?

>>28065758
Nrvnqsr goes by "Professor", AFAIK

>>28065758
Pretty much all of them abbreviate

Other than that, Froink

>>28066045
cause thats his name...

Currently running Magus Quest, for those who are interested.

>>28065919

>>28065622
>which would you adopt
Shaana from lamia vagrant.
Because fuck.

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>>28066899
>Because fuck.

Well, since humanity's vanguard isn't here yet and it's already 9:30, I will instead talk on QTG about problems.

Hey QTG, I hate two quests I sort of want to run. One features monstergirls doing cute poverty things. The other features cyberpunk, paranoia, and illicit activities.

Is it wise at all to merge these?

Exclamatory fuck, not verb fuck. Different fucks.
She had a harsh quest.

>>28066993
goes to
>>28066966
because my links keep getting eaten.

>>28066980
It will either crash and burn or get super-popular. Which depends on your ability to write and plot out these ideas together, the other on whether MG-fags and waifufags play nice with operators and murderboner anons.

>>28066980
>hate
I mean have. Fuck.

>>28066980
>cyberpunk monstergirls
...I never knew I wanted this until you said it. It could be great. It could be a trainwreck. It could be both.

Without mincing words, FUCKING DO IT.

>>28066980
Sure, do it.
Young Lamia runner (crawler?) who has to enter the web in order to get out of the ghetto and proclaim money, discovers that dragons are running the world, and has to avenge her best friend.
Shadowrun Monstergirls edition.

>>28067029
>>28067019
>>28067061
well, shit, a positive response. I guess I'll get to mergin' the two. I'll get to thinking of ways adorable moneymaking and begging techniques turn into shadowruns. Also possibly creating and killing a best friend for more vengeance.

>>28066980
>cute poverty things
>paranoia, and illicit activities
not sure if this work well together

Hey guys, a bunch of stuff came up last minute and I cant run Humanity's Vanguard Quest this weekend. I'm shooting for next Thursday or Friday, though, so I'm not just gonna disappear on you guys.

>>28067136
>wake up early specifically for my SAAAAAD
>it's not even here
>won't be for a week
Oh. Okay.

>>28067123
I'm going to let you in on a secret:
I have no idea what I'm doing.

>>28065758
He probably hates it, but IR/Twen will always be KQQM to me.

Hey, /tg/, how often would you say a QM manages to run two quests without burning out or overstretching?

>>28065685
If she doesn't need to eat, then she doesn't need to poop
Suprise buttsex with no fear of fudgecicle, whenever you want
You can even dress up as Michelangelo and shout COWABUNGA as you j-j-jam it in to make it enjoyable for her.

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>>28067167
The underhive of Megalopolis 5 became home to thousands of refugees after the collapse of the Northern Union at the hands of the Dragon Lords. One of the refugees is the MC, who's stuck there, trying to earn for a living in a town slowly going to hell. Everyone wants to leave, no one succeeds.

Doing various jobs, the MC discovers that the Dragon Lords are coming for Megalopolis 5 next, and that the government is planning on leaving the refugees there to fend for themselves while the rich corporate fucks flee. And she soon finds a reason for the Dragon Lords attack - a mysterious warrior with powers that could turn the tide of war is stuck there with the refugees.

She must find the warrior, get out of the city, and bring down both the corrupt government and the Dragon Lords before the its too late.

It's KotOR meets Shadowrun meets monstergirls. Go nuts.

>>28066980
>>28067145
It was gonna be at 8-9 PM, anyways. I really shoulda been more specific, so sorry for ruining your day twice over like this. I will try to find some way to make it up to you guys.

>>28067259
>a mysterious warrior with powers that could turn the tide of war is stuck there with the refugees.
I don't care if it's the MC or a secondary character, this one has to go.

>>28067167
Although I'm not really a fan of Star Wars it was the first thing to come to mind when i think about monstergirls and cyberpunk together.

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>>28067259
Throw in a little kung-fu magic, too, for crazy wuxia flying fights through a giant megacity.
>>28067278
I think Shadowrun. Even though that technically isn't monstergirls, its the easiest cyberpunk setting to translate monstergirls into.

>>28067304
This is a silly picture, why not just do some surgery and make her human looking. Once less set of legs and a hell of a lot less energy wasted.

>>28067319
And replace the horse pussy while you're at it.

>>28067277
Fair enough. Not-Bastila was just an idea. He can have Star Wars Shadowruns with Monstergirls without her.

>>28067304
>I think shadowrun
Yeah, I was thinking of running the thing in a shadowrunknockoff type of vibe, yeah. Adepts do kung fu magic, right?
>>28067277
>has to go
Explain your reasons for dislike, I demand it.
>>28067259
I like the premise and setup, but fuck if I've decided which way the plot will go. I was thinking something more episodic in nature than an over-arching goal like finding a lost warrior.

>>28067319
For the same reason that when a human loses both his legs, we dont cut off his head and stuff it in a jar.

Theres organs in that horsebutt, holmes.

>>28067319
some people just want to have their limbs back, not have a completely different limb setup.
Also, she keeps her organs in there.
>>28067369
horse pussy

>>28067406
Maybe have the MC be a part of some band of mercenaries. It's easier to get a job done when you're not alone.
So you get smaller arcs focused on getting individual shit done, while you devise an overarching plot that somehow connects all the threads together.

>>28067415
>For the same reason that when a human loses both his legs, we dont cut off his head and stuff it in a jar.
So about your application to the Adeptus Mechanicus... IT'S BURMED.

>>28067406
>Explain your reasons for dislike, I demand it.
Not that anon, but it's quite trite and treading into Mary Sue territory.

>>28067406
>Explain your reasons for dislike, I demand it.
That descriptions is pretty much 'chosen one' territory, and while that can be done okay/subverted, I really don't like them in my cyberpunk (or cute monstergirls for that matter), even if that were to turn out to be the case.

>>28067429
I'm currently planning on having her be a bit younger, with a focus on doing odd jobs for groups LIKE mercenaries, dropping packages or fixing minor things and the like. This would allow embroilment with shadowruns and corporations without actual involvement.
This stuff is all still very wishy washy and undecided at this point.

So I ran kind of a pilot for OperatorQuest. I didn't get to any action (but rest assured, there WILL be some in the next session) but does /qtg/ have any constructive crit for me?

https://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/28057578/

>>28067242
WHY.

Just... WHY. That's like sexualizing Otto.

well, QTG, thanks to you I'm writing notes for a game in the first time in half a decade.
Maybe I'll actually do this one.

how do you create interesting NPCs, anon?

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>>28068123
base them off people i know in real life and then pretend what they'd be like if i talked to them

>>28068123
Read a lot and emulate the characteristics that you find interesting or likable in those characters.

Just a reminder, Girls Und Panzer: Lafayette Girls Academy Quest will be running in about an hour-ish.

>>28068123
Sex sells, but there should be a distinct personality behind it.

Try taking cliches, bashing two or three of them together, and what comes together is a character that's easy to write without being a full stereotype.

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>>28068144
>and then pretend what they'd be like if i talked to them

>>28068149
Waiting warmly.

>>28068144
what if I don't know anybody in real life?
>>28068147
>read a lot
Fuck, I've been slacking ever since I ran out of friends. I have nowhere to get good book suggestions.
>>28068158
I've been thinking about using cliches melded together, it seems best for an amateur like myself.

>>28068149
Awww yissss.

>>28068190
Reading anything at all will help you become a better writer.

Hell, read the Redwall series if you're not really a reader, the characterization and fantasy elements are really good in those.

>>28068214
>anything at all
Does that count the hours and hours I waste reading 4chan and quests?

Tfw you write up a bunch of notes for a quest and then they never get used

Now I'm too afraid to actually make notes

>>28068305
At least you can write notes
I'm trying and I'm just too nervous to put things down

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>>28068305
Do what I do, don't write notes until the very last possible minute.

LIKE I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.

>>28068328
How the fuck can you be nervous just from that?

>>28068328
I know how you feel

>>28068348

Social anxiety is a bitch. Hell, it took months for me to get OperatorQuest off the ground and even now I'm internally sperging about how I couldn't find it in the catalog and no one's responding to my post about constructive crit.

>>28068348
I've literally not written anything since college when I had a nervous breakdown revolving around homework and the like. I'm not good at making notes any more. Because of brain.

>>28068370
sorry I'm not responding to your criticism, I'm too nervous to give legitimate advice, and I'm not nearly operator enough to be your demographic

>>28064310
Not strong enough.
I skipped an exam because I deemed 15% of my grade to be an acceptable loss to avoid missing the thread.

>>28068347
Do what I do and keep a vague notion in your head, while your notes are just a summary of what you made up on the spot so you don't contradict yourself.

>>28068405
You can't just say that without naming the quest.

>>28068409
but what do I do about making NPCs?

>>28068405
See this man? He has Dedication with a capital D. I don't know about others, but if I were the QM of your quest, I'd be proud to have such a player.

Just don't let it happen too often.

>>28068423
suptg has a ton of DMing advice threads archived.

>>28068447
what would you say if I told you I've given up on job interviews because they were scheduled at the same time as the quest I run?

>>28068122

Armored Renegade Quest is up

It was December 1944 when you, Fritz Heller, last took up arms as part of Operation Samson against the Sidarxi Empire. It's been six years since Earth fell to the fae-like aliens, and five years since you moved to America to escape the purges of the renegade human soldiers. However, as the century comes to its midpoint, the voices of the underground are organizing one final assault. Just when you thought the skeletons in your closet were buried, a Sidarxi intelligence officer barges in and she knows what you are: a renegade. It would be fine if she just wanted you dead, but she wants you to put on the armor again.

>Fun Version:
Space elves invade earth in late 1930s. Earth bands together and invents power armor. However, resistance is eventually crushed, and earth is under alien control. You used to wear power armor, but fled to America instead of surrendering. Now, an alien intel officer wants your skills for some inscrutable purpose.

>>28068423
For a brief second I read that as 'SCVs' and was very confused.

>>28068405
I had a math class that had all the homework done online. It was 15% of the grade for the class I guess 15% is just one of those numbers..

I'd planned to do it all in one day because it was easy as fuck, but I ended up doing quests instead and totally forgetting about it.

Wasn't even that mad about the grade, still got a B for the class, but I was fucking pissed that I wasted $50 for the access code thing for the site.

>>28068460
Depends. Were they good jobs? I'm going to go with the same Dedication.

Just don't go bankrupt and lose your internet connection. The quest ain't gonna write itself without you.

>>28068467
For you, it was the day humanity fell.

For the brown space elves, it was Tsunday.

>>28068423
I'm the one who said you should kitbash cliches, and sex selling was relevant. For my quest.

Besides that, I dunno. Just make sure people are somewhat realistic. Talk to people. Learn about people. See different personalities and motivations. Some people are very logical, that's usually a fault. Some people aren't logical at all. Design characters who are hard to deter, and ones who aren't. And recognize that these things are a spectrum.

I guess my biggest advice is to just go out and meet people until you've seen enough human behavior to make characters that are understandable, while still being engaging. Empathy is pretty important for writing characters. At least, it is for me.

Try observing a flame war. Take the side you don't agree with and think of why they agree with it. Try to understand their point of view, because you can use this. Do this until you run out of things you disagree with.

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>>28068505
I like it

>>28068499
Jesus christ fucking access codes.
Is it not enough that I buy your book that's anywhere from 80 to 200 dollars? Is it not enough that I'm paying 300 to 500 dollars per credit hour to sit there and listen to you suck at facilitating my learning?
do i also have to pay you an ADDITIONAL FEE for the right to submit my homework, because you don't want to assign book problems because grading by hand is hard?
Sage because off-topic as fuck.

>>28068503
>were they good jobs?
For me, sort of, but not really, because I can't get good jobs. Or any jobs.

I really fucking need a job, I have no idea how I will keep internet

>>28068503
oh, and I meant read, not run. I just made a slip because I woke up HOURS earlier than I normally would for humanity vanguard, which didn't happen.

>>28068575
Just get a laptop and hang out around McDonalds or some other building with free, lax wifi. Can shower at the YMCA if you want to go full technobum. If you have even a modicum of 'cool', you should be able to get some free burgers or lettuce or something from the stoners that work at fastfood places.

>>28068467
I read the first two threads, but then forgot about this quest.
How did the elf bitch from the early threads play out? I've been considering picking the quest up again (mostly because I've got a lot of free time lately), but if we're not getting any tsundere space-nazi-elf pussy then I just can't be bothered.

>>28068608
You seem to speak from experience.

>>28068595
>I woke up HOURS earlier than I normally would for humanity vanguard,
One day I might do this for one or two quests I normally never catch, but want to. For me, it's a sacrifice because I like sleep.
>which didn't happen.
I bet this will happen on the day I finally wake up earlier.

>>28068575
I pay $500 per month for a pretty okay apartment, utilities included. $65 for banging internet. I eat rice, pasta, and beans and buy orange juice in bulk. I sustain myself on less than $1000 a month.
I am... content.

>>28068663
>$500 per month for a pretty okay apartment
Where?

>>28068663
Dude, where? Is it in a shitty neighborhood?

Thread up.

And I might've forgotten to label it beforehand, that totally fucking sucks.

>>28068729

QTG, gimme a hand with a few things.
A. what are some good girl names with a lot of sibilance?
B. What's your favorite name for currency?

>>28068758
>B. What's your favorite name for currency?
Space bucks

>>28068460
I'd say that you were dedicated, but somewhat retarded.

>>28068758
>B. What's your favorite name for currency?
Kroons

>>28068749
Unfortunately I lack any sort of bg info on your world, so I need to archive binge before joining. But if you continue running at these times, I'll be joining in the future.

>>28068758
>A
Sam(antha)
Sally
Zoe(y)
Sara
>B
Dubloons.

>>28068700
>>28068719
West Virginia. If you're content with doing a menial labor job and knowing your career is a dead-end, it's not at all a bad place. Quiet, surrounded by nature. I work six hours a day (though a good deal of it is spent goofing around), come home and just chill. Play some vidya, right stories and poems I'll never publish, fuck around on the internet. The "city" is so small that I can walk across it in an hour, so I don't need a car (though I do own a bike - good exercise).

Apartment isn't bad, either. Comes fully furnished (fridge, oven, microwave, dishwasher, washer+dryer, queen size bed, couch, and comfy chair), good neighborhood. TONS of space. Kitchen so damn big the four people could fit on my granite counter comfortably.

State is a shit hole, bit if you want to just peacefully exist and do whatever... it's alright.

>>28068758
B. Gronch

>>28068824
I never thought I'd say this, but I kinda want to go to West Virginia.

>>28063977
>Players: Has following quests ever been detrimental to your sleep schedule or performance?
Oh god yes. Shadow Quest has kept me up late at night, and away from finishing homework and projects.
Speaking of Shadow Quest, was anyone else pissed that we lost the Palace of Shadow?

>>28068758
>B. What's your favorite name for currency?
Credits

>>28068846
>was anyone else pissed that we lost the Palace of Shadow?

It was bound to happen with our track record for breaking everything even marginally cool (I'm looking at you, multiple airships), so I'm not too bummed.

Who else is following Saiyan Quest? It's pretty fun.

>>28068846
Not really. Shit happens.

>>28068846
Yeah. I won't lie - I did feel that SM was a bit obtuse about that (he should know by now that we're going to poke at magic stuff we find), and that the password should have been something we had a shot at. I'd have rather left the altar alone entirely for the nonce, but Shadow has never been the sort to squash his curiosity.

>>28068846
Not really. I think it's kinda hilarious how the entire thing wen't off like a nuke. I got enough enjoyment out of knowing that the Black Lady and her mooks would have been goin on their way, suddenly heard a massive fucking blast, and looked back to see a giant purple mushroom cloud right in the spot they were at 10 mins ago.

Slightly disappointed that we tried to guess the password instead of just going for the insta consume for more xp, but oh well.

>>28068874
Well, I'd say all of those broken airships were a pretty good trade for the new ultimate airship.

Speaking of that thing, it never did get renamed.

>>28068891
>>28068903
Gonna be honest, I don't actually think there was a password. SM knew we would interact with it and planned to have it explode, I reckon.

>>28068904
I don't think anyone will ever manage to outvote the lingering hilarity that is the Nyxstyx.

And agreed, it's a fucking awesome airship. The whole shadow-winds thing was simply epic in that we told the laws of the universe to go fuck themselves.

I've been considering following it, but I keep being taunted with quests I really want that suddenly dry up.

Think SM gonna actually run tonight, or he just gonna sit around rubbing his nuts and feel good about not having to work for the first time in months?
>>28068904
>Speaking of that thing, it never did get renamed.
It did. But it's a really, really long and stupid name that I can't remember off the top of my head.

>>28068904
I want to name it something Void themed. Partially because of the name I run with (which apparently fits thematically into the quest) but also because I feel like the Void thematically combines both the sky and shadow.

>>28068942
I'm leaning towards the latter outcome personally. Let the man have his rest, we can wait another day or two.

Noobie QM here, thinking about running a quest, but don't know what a good day of the week would be. What is the best time for questing?

>>28068942

Can't a man rub his nuts in peace?

I'm gonna run at about 5. I have to write the intro for the next thread and play Fire Emblem.

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>>28068998
Peace? There can be no peace.

I know that people tend to hate on quests without rolls because >Why even run on /tg/ or >NOT A REAL QUEST!!! , but I think that having rolls is often detrimental to roleplay. People know that /tg/dice will fuck them over and so they're forced to MAKE ALL THE PERFECT CHOICES so that they don't die.

Or maybe it's just that a lot of QMs can't into proper dice.

>>28068998
>and play Fire Emblem.
Which one?

>>28068942
I wouldn't mind him taking a break. He deserves a chance to sit back and curl up with something warm and read Princess Guard Quest

>>28068998
However, SM appears to not rest even on his days off. Better not be sustaining that good work ethic with stolen pills.

>>28068998
>Reading the QTG
>While rubbing your nuts
That's a recipe for disaster. Eventually, you'll either get so mad or laugh so hard that you accidentally squeeze them too hard and throw up on your keyboard. It's really hard to clean puke out of a keyboard.

>>28068943
>>28068904
Feel free to poke holes in my stupid as fuck names, but what if we called the ship "Hammer of the Void", or Voidhammer

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>>28069086
God. You're worse at naming things than Shadow is.

>>28069086
If only I could countenance "Hyperion-Blessed Tits" as an appropriate in-character suggestion.
In lieu of that, I'm actually fond of "Ship."

>>28069026

I struggle with this problem, but I'm a little far committed to change things now. I think dice are important; they add the element of random chance into the system. But I also think player decisions and preparation should be important, too. Finding the right balance is very difficult.

>>28069027

Awakening.

>>28069029

The last thing I want to do is to ingest anything found in my pharmacy. There are WAY too many people on Adderall.

>>28069071

Sounds like you're speaking from experience. I'll be sure to relinquish my grip on my nuts going forward.

>>28068942

Nyxstyx Abby Sabbatical Number 6?

Every time I start a quest someone messes up the thread..

>>28068995
Days don't matter. There's always people on here willing to quest.

>>28069114
sorry about that anon, we have a lot of shitposters who like to fuck up quests. They don't get banned enough.

>>28069114
>Welcome to /tg/

If you can survive the first thread intact, your quest will probably go places.

>>28069113
>Awakening.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb

>>28069126
>>28069131
Not my quest but look at this.

>>28069052

>>28069125
Ok, but are some days typically going to yield more responses than others?

>>28069113
>Awakening.
>Not playing shadow dragon
It's like you're not even Shadow Master

>>28069106
>God. You're worse at naming things than Shadow is.
Never said I wasn't

>>28069114
Link? Maybe you're doing something wrong.

>>28069026
I feel like multiple dice are a good way to smooth it out. Bell curves are far less swingy than singular rolls.
You should make sure to never set up a situation where a single bad roll can kill the MC. That's really asking for trouble.

>>28069137
W-what if he's like me and has played every previous FE except 1 - 3 because I'm casual and just hasn't been able to get a DS/Awakening before now?

>>28069113
>Nyxstyx Abby Sabbatical Number 6?
Pretty sure there was a "Ship" somewhere in there to help with the flow of the syllables.

>Sounds like you're speaking from experience. I'll be sure to relinquish my grip on my nuts going forward.
You have no idea.

>>28069151
I imagine so, though you'd need to look at the demographics to make a decent estimation of when the best time to run quests would be.

>>28069150
What a horrible opening post.

It's not Berserk Quest-tier, but damn if it ain't trying.

>>28069151
Not that I'm aware of. We're all here forever, there aren't any days where the board as a whole suddenly partakes in social activities away from their PCs. The only thing amount of responses depend on is how interesting your idea is.

>>28069137
>>28069154
>>28069164

I've never played Fire Emblem before. Friend of mine said that if I liked tactical RPGs, then I would enjoy it. I do, so I bought it.

The story is a more than a little bland, but the gameplay is fun. And just so you know, I put it on Hard difficulty with Classic-mode 'if people die they stay dead' activated, because I'm not a bitch.

It's still pretty easy, actually. I heard there's an insane difficulty, I think I'll try that.

>>28069150
report them. They deserve a ban.

Would you rather play as:
>Android that gets delivered to the house of some dude that's really confused because he didn't order you.
or
>The confused dude to which the android gets shipped.

>>28069229
What sort of android?

>>28069190
>>28069198
Alright, thanks for the info

>>28069137
I've only played FE: Sword of Flame, personally. I did really enjoy it, some maybe I should pick up vidya again. Which ones would you recommend?

>>28069207
Personally I'm waiting for Intelligent Systems to get around to making a 3DS sequel to Days of Ruin. FE is well and good, but unless they're willing to make another Genealogy of the Holy War it just doesn't keep my interest.

>>28068123
I'm lazy for my own quests, but when somebody else asks me for help I kit out the NPCs using trashy sitcom archetypes and people I met IRL mixed with a splash of anime/VN characters.

>>28068254
Is that a serious question? Because yes, it does.

I think the google doc in the OP has a big-ass charsheet linked. Use that one and fill it out gradually.

>>28068328
...
I want to cuddle you.

>Finally work myself up to get into MGNQ
>Download the .mobi compilation, spend the last 3 days reading it on kindle
>Holy shit this is great I want more of this
>Get to an active thread
>Literally 10 story posts, then some kind of fanfiction

...Maybe I'm just going to fuck off until the quest is done.

>>28069320
>all those responses are to me
Uh, er, thanks. I think I'm going to go look up that charsheet. Maybe it will help make up for my generalized lack of media input.

>>28069207
Try Sacred Stones and Blazing Sword, afterwards. Then maybe Seisen no Keifu.

Play Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn last, because fuck those games. OH HEY LET'S JUST HAND MY FUCKING KINGDOM OVER TO FANTASY DR MENGELE WHAT COULD GO WRONG.

Everything. Everything can go wrong.

>>28069359
Apparently the post thread fanfic stuff is run by Deculture before it gets posted and is all canon within the universe.

I wish I'd known this when I started reading the archives, because I skipped all of it and CBA to go back and read it.

>>28069359
You know, I never thought about it before, but I think MGNQ has sort of become a self sustained fanfiction loop. There's fanfiction of a fanfiction, and then Deculture includes that fanfiction in the canon of the original fanfiction and expands on it.

What this essentially means is that it is fanfiction of a fanfiction of the original fanfiction. This is a self sustaining entity now.

>>28069238
Oh, you know EXACTLY which kind of android, anon. >implied smile

>>28069238
This is /tg/. What kind of android do you think it is?

>>28069437
I see no problem with this. It is in fact the healthy state of a fandom.

>>28069359
The writefaggotry tells us about what else is happening in the world. What are you bitching about?

>>28069437
Well, the write-ups are kind of murky in whether they count as fan-fiction. As mentioned they get run by Decu before they're started (and for each installment) to make sure they match the established MGNQ canon in his notes where appropriate, and isn't stupid otherwise. They vary a lot in relevance (some pretty much irrelevant, others super-relevant) and quality though.

>>28069388
I tried to read it, I did. It's not BAD writing. It's just... not what I came to the thread to read about - even if the lack of user-input wasn't damning it already. It's like when an anime goes off on a tangent and ignores the MC for a while.

It's a QUEST. I want to participate in us DOING STUFF. But there's 10 posts, maybe 3 or 4 chances at user input, and then fanfiction time.
It... it was a let down.

>>28069382
But anon, Sacred Stones does the exact same thing.

>>28069458
>>28069445
Neckbeard 9001?

how big a region should I prepare for a quest? I want to make a "city" but I really have no idea of how much scale that is.

>>28069468
That's just because Decu writes really slow, anon. And his scenes are really, really detailed, so you get stuff like spending one whole session just talking to Kyuubei, then the next is just walking to that other girl. MGNQ is really a quest that's better marathonned, but that doesn't let you vote, so...

>>28069542
I guess I'll just wait for the manga.

Hello /tg/!

I'm an aspiring quest runner and have been told to ask for advice and suggestions here. I posted a thread here >>28067124 asking two questions. My intention is to possibly run a quest based on the Oni setting, a PC and PS2 third-person beat 'em up game. For those who don't know about the game, here are two links to the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni_(video_game) and http://wiki.oni2.net/Main_Page. The two questions would be the following:

1. How interested would /tg/ be in seeing a quest based on this game be?

2. I'd like some suggestions or ideas as to the actual mechanics of the quest. I have a draft based on the WoD dot system, but any advice would be more than welcome! The more simple, the better.

>>28069697
>The more simple, the better.
Minisix or ORE.

>>28069026
>Or maybe it's just that a lot of QMs can't into proper dice.
There's a shitload of this. I like me some good system, but "no system" is better than "bad system".

>>28069086
Go full Exalted. The Refulgent Maharani In Whose Left Hand Rests the Slavering Hammer of the Vainly Whirling Emptiness.

I don't even know what quest this is for.

>TFW when a quest you follow isn't really popular anymore, or more like almost dead now and the QM could end up quitting from a lack of following

>>28069748
>those feels.

I miss you GrotQuest.

Fuck you, real life.
Give me back mechengineer quest. Or give me another thing half as interesting as that.

>>28069271
Radiant Dawn is best Fire Emblem.

>>28069807
I do not read or like that quest, anon, but I feel your pain.
The quests I like are also gone.

The worst thing a QM can do, is never say goodbye.
To so entertain me, to move me, to have me anticipating the next thread with every breath.
A thread that never comes.
First some minor confusion about why you're not on schedule, followed by worry and doubt - will you come back?
Then I tell myself a few lies, tell myself that something must have come up and you'll come back soon.
And then, every day, I die a little inside.
I watch weeks turn into months.
It hits me, one day. That you're not coming back.
And I sit down at my computer.
I open sup/tg/ and read the old archives, cat perched on my lap and a fresh cup of coffee in hand.
And I cry.

>>28069881
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qerg0LyLi6c

>>28069872
The worst part is that I thought I liked quest threads
Turns out most are pretty shit, and I just liked making battlemechs with people.
There's always /btg/, but its just not the same.

>>28069881
Truly only the most black-hearted among us can be QMs. Only true fiends could leave their fans in such a state and not care.

Don't trust your QMs, they are too alien to understand our pain.

>>28069895
Anon stop, you're making me cry.

>>28069881
>QM ends thread
>never comes back
>never updates twitter

JUST TELL UUUUUS

TELL US YOU"RE DOOOONE

>>28069946
This is why I couldn't bear to try running a public quest on /tg/. I'd feel like utter shit if things were going downhill and I decided to give up.

>>28069944
I don't like quests either, I just like discussing monster biology, wacky plans, and cute things.

Inconsistent single threads on /tg/ just... aren't the same.

>>28069881
>>28069895
>>28069980
NOPE NOPE NOPE, fuck you, I never asked for any of this. I come to QTG to laugh at silly ideas and rage at idiots, not to cry.

>Come to /qtg/ to talk about quests
>Only get feels
Well fuck you too, /tg/. I wanted to do stuff today, but I guess eating ice cream and wallowing in my baaaww folder is fine, too.

>>28069992
>I'd feel like utter shit if things were going downhill and I decided to give up.
You know it would be better if you could at least tell us you're done, right? Just don't vanish like a ninja. Other than that, try running. Things might not go south.

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Question:
If I made the "nice" policeman who lets you off with just a warning foghorn leghorn
Would I derail my own quest?

>>28069807

Agreement.

Anoncheftech, stop cooking so much and come back.

Or at least say SOMEthing if you catch this

>>28070021
>>28070017
lamia vagrant quest

>>28070026
In the past when I've decided not to give up when things were going downhill in games I've GM'ed, it ended up being me dragging the game through the mud and things not really picking back up again. It's hard to get the feel right sometimes, whether it be campaigns or quests.

That's not to say I haven't had good campaigns run before, its just disappointing when a initially neat idea doesn't pan out the way you want it to.

So, AoPH ended with a bit of a cliffhanger last time. We got separated from our squad, Goldenrod went into his abra-coma, Janine's missing, but we have the bird.

I get the feeling that more just might go wrong.


Also, Cerulean is fucking adorable.

Anyone else following it from Akuma Quest? Trying to figure out where our "family" is.

>>28070043
Depends on the crime doesn't it?

>>28070093
Did our family even cross over with us?

>>28070049
He's working with ShimmeringSword and that one anon what makes all the 3D models to make a battletech mini of HZP/Phobos, at least.

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>>28070093
>Also, Cerulean is fucking adorable.
>adorable

>Anyone else following it from Akuma Quest? Trying to figure out where our "family" is.
No. I liked Gargoyle Quest, but D-Grayman is such shit that I refuse to read anything based off it. Including Akuma. Also, Mason/Duke/Professor/whatever turned into such a massive faggot when he ran it. But whatever.

>>28070127
the crime of being suspicious near a crime scene, of course.
Or the crime of not fetching him some coffee.

What are some kind of unpopular quests that just kept on trucking? I'd like to brace myself for my future.

>>28070043
Yes.

Hero Quest Rena when?

I know it's not been that long, but I'm already in withdrawal dammit.

>>28070093
Still in retrospect I think we made the right call in not looking for Janine ourselves.

Like for starters, Goldenrod is currently mostly helpless, and is depending on us to keep him from harm.

Endangering a helpless teammate to find another teammate doesn't really make sense.