>>362282
i regret nothing

>>362282

this is tgchan. if anything, they've been planning this all along.

>>362282

You are a genius.

Slinkoboy 2012/05/12(Sat)21:48 No. 54565 ID: d6ae01
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Ashela (from Venji) sitting pretty, by request. Boring plot stuff in the spoiler.

Venji's plot was hurt near the end, but I think the biggest casualty was Ashela's character.

I tend to start characters as "gimmicks" and flesh them out as the quest goes, and Ashela's "gimmick" was "near-blindness makes her very touchy-feely. It was meant to be ambiguous if she was attracted to Venji or if they were just BFFs and she's like that.

I was told to come up with a backstory for Ashela in the middle of thread 3 because I was told she was too much of a blank slate. The result was a character that 180'd because I had to write her to fit the new story, rather than letting her grow from her starting gimmick.

Fleshing out a character is never a bad idea, but it's something that should be done before they're introduced-- not after they've already established themselves as something else. In hindsight, I would have been better off keeping her cheerful... certainly would have fit a parody quest better than all the abloo bloo bloo.

This is one thing Tezakia actually did better. Kinasa is similar to Ashela's original concept, and while Kinasa has a really sad backstory, it isn't brought up or focused on-- it just makes her who she is.

This is a lesson I will try to take to heart for Slissa.

>>362282
This is great. You are great for thinking of and/or applying this idea.

>>364457
I think she's tried all of the drugs. But the question is if she's had a prescription for her issues, provided by a responsible and well informed doctor. And stuck to it.

>>364458
If a doctor was responsible and informed wouldn't he know she was a supervillain and bring in heroes ?

Anonymous 2012/05/14(Mon)00:01 No. 54662 ID: 5c94e7
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Guys
Baron OBSIDIAN
You know what must be done.

>>364462
uhhhh. yeah that is kinda what he does when he makes longer range portals.

>>364462
Our portals where ever we want though, rather than hell. And presumably they have fire instead of purple. See my boss-as-fuck depiction way up here:
>>348673

DID YOU DIE. SOME ONE FIND IF REAVER DIED.

I'm also wondering if he's well. brofist is down, we can do nothing but wait for some news.

reavz is still alive, he has his own channel you know

Maybe some day... Reaver will love us enough.

>>364372
Actually, I didn't.

uhh... interesting? name.

wat

>Translator's Note: youkai means demon.
Oh, you!

Anyway, what's the reason for a discussion thread here?

>>/quest/409922
Why is everyone offering the mortals deals and promises and concessions?

>>362298

I think it's called not being a dick.

>>362300
And seeing if we can get what we want without using too much mana.

>>362300
Offering them free stuff they don't deserve to convince them to do something they would anyways is how you define not being a dick?
I didn't complain about people talking and diplomacy, I am saying too many people are out there offering them very one sided (to their advantage) deals and gifts.

>>362301
Those gifts being offered to them would take more mana, not less.

>>364387
I wasn't thinking of just creating bountiful crops out of thin air, and shit like that. More like they'd get the benefits of the geomancy working right again, with good weather and fertile land, and all that jazz.

Sounds like a pretty decent starting loadout to me, except you didn't cheese for any free barrels.

>>362071
Can probably do with a few less farmers, and even an earthbold, and replace them with a slightly greater number of villager bolds that can be adapted to whatever situations that present themselves when we get there.

how about less bolds with more skills? you know, multitaskers. leave us room for more food and supplies.

How about dropping two farmbolds and have the macebold and crossbowbold work as basic 'bold unskilled farmhands when there isn't a threat around. That'll free up 150 coin.
Spend 50 on upgrading the partial leather and copper armor to full versions, 50 on more food for the trip, 25 on another set of farming tools, and 25 on various supplies: 2 more crop seeds (10c), 1 more rope (10c), and 1 more bucket (5c). (The ropes and buckets are for wells, BTW.)
Oh, and buy 2 fewer mugs. That leaves 2 coin in the leader's pocket to buy rolling tobacco and rolling papers, to add to his theme look.

I think at this point we really need a tech tree of who makes what where from what if we're going to make any useful suggestions. Or, barring that, a cheat sheet of differences between how this quest and DF work.

Will do! Like... Sunday. Kinda had this whole big trip/major illness/ooh distracting Diablo 3 beta weekend thing and... yeah, shame on me.

Poke the giant stick with the help system!

Not much to this one:
>HUGE STICK: Can bridge long gaps.

Poke the Simple Pack with the help system. I'm interested in what it does if it can't be worn.

>SIMPLE PACK: Holds up to seven objects.

And it seems to work just fine, only catch is you need to stick it in a hand and hit the use button instead of opening the inventory the normal way.

Sorry, if that came of as defensive/pendanty . . .I was fairly tired, still am actually.

Okay, I am planning a new quest..but hmm. Do I need a plot?

I still dont feel like I get the objection about toomany people..

>>364311
No, it was a perfectly fine explanation.

I think that "too many people" complaint might've been about introducing too much too fast, essentially. As for a plot, you mainly just need a goal (or problem) or two for the protagonist to start out with. You can introduce more later on.

> I think that "too many people" complaint might've been about introducing too much too fast, essentially. As for a plot, you mainly just need a goal (or problem) or two for the protagonist to start out with. You can introduce more later on.

That makes sense.

Okay I think I will start to night.

There's another way to put the too many people concept that maybe you'll understand more fully: How hard your quest is to follow is an exponent of how many details the players have to keep track of.
If there's no stats but yes a fair number of developed, reoccurring characters with their own character development and agendas, that can work as long as we don't go into the Russian novel problem of too many names to remember at once.
If there's complicated stats and economics/strategy at work then the characterization and personalities should be kept light and supplemental to figuring out what's going on.
Highly developed sociopolitical combat and strategy settings are difficult not just for you because we have to keep track of the overall map, the overall alignments, the specific alignment exceptions and personality clash/infighting issues, and we haven't even gotten to what they're using to fight, who their minions are, who the neutrals are, why they're fighting, what the spoils are, and maintaining an understanding of who knows what and how they act on that knowledge.

Nothing tonight because _Avengers_!

pretty funny, I love it

Thanks! I honestly have no idea what I'm doing. This is my first quest, and I've never drawn anything before.

>>362319
woah woah woah. you actually didn't draw anything before this? holy crap. this is REALLY good then.

>>362359
Yeah, I never really drew anything aside from occasional MS Paint scribbles. For the art direction I kinda look at Order of the Stick for shapes of things and stuff. Other than that, I have to guesstimate.

It's been really fun, so far, but I have issues drawing motion and stuff like that.

>>362400
That was one of the ABCD plans offered up near the start of the thread, and came at the disadvantage of having no rearguard. Without the fear of Penji put into them, the army could have advanced a lot faster.

>>/quest/410510 etc.
Mitzi's ability to change shape is barely voluntary. She is not Mr Fantastic. She is unlikely to suddenly become Mr Fantastic in the space of thirty seconds.

-There's a roll of cable in the room. I've technically drawn it there, but it's just been a scribble.

-Most of the time was spent on blasting her way through the first doors with thermite and explosives so she wasn't in range of the first displacer, then on figuring out how to actually fire them, including disabling a safety range fuse.

>>362416
Thank you for clearing that up. A few more questions, if I may:

- How wide is the shaft? Back here >>319854 it looks pretty narrow.
- What was the plan to get the counter-suppress crate down the shaft? Just rope and lower it?
- What form is the trigger on the displacer launcher? Is it a pull trigger, like on a pistol, a button, or something else?

-It is pretty narrow. That's why Mitzi doubts her ability to fire a rocket down it a significant distance without hitting the sides.
-She dumped a bunch of tubes in a bag.
-I can't imagine how that could possibly matter, but there's a little flip-out targeting thingy with a button.

>>360594
Oh crap, my bad! Mate is listed under herbal and the vast majority of herbal teas are caffeine free, so I didn't even think about it. Nice catch, changing the description now.

>>360593
You could just brew it really weak, I suppose.

FRACTAL 2012/04/03(Tue)10:46 No. 50923 ID: 519ce1
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Miriam blend complete! http://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=20752

Hey guys, just to make things a little more regular, I'm gonna try to start updating FQ on a schedule - probably every Wednesday and Saturday.

>>359433

So... I can't help but notice with recent updates, showing up under the title screen and all... Harriet used to be significantly... taller.

>>362344
Yep! I've ended up exaggerating all of the character's features a lot - Harriet is short and fat, so I made her shorter and fatter; Miriam is tall and skinny, so I made her taller and skinner; Fudge has big hair and round hips, so I gave her bigger hair and rounder hips, etc. I was actually going through my first few pictures of Harriet because someone needed a reference, and I realized that they're all pretty off-model now because I've exaggerated the designs so much! I like them better this stylized, though.

Allotter 2012/04/08(Sun)15:30 No. 51082 ID: 62f6a4
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Happy Easter Quest.

I'm sure someone out there may have offhandedly noticed my lack of updates recently, but such a state is very likely to continue for the month of April due to my continuing attempt to graduate this semester.

>>360882

Good luck with your degree!

>>360882
You can do it! fuck yeah!

>>359172
Aha! That one.

Allotter 2012/05/09(Wed)10:52 No. 52483 ID: 5bd648
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I have completed my classes, all that remains is for the grades to come in.

I'll likely be preparing to move over the next two months, but aside from that and some celebratory shenanigans (perhaps some preliminary job-hunting as well) I am free. Thus updates should be resuming on some level shortly.

IdiomAlpha!a1..dIzWW2 2012/04/16(Mon)14:20 No. 51418 ID: 067a04
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>>361217

IdiomAlpha!a1..dIzWW2 2012/05/01(Tue)00:37 No. 52100 ID: 067a04
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Just a heads up, I'll be going to Ashland for a while to go watch some plays and whatnot for the next week or so.

Also, here's the doodle which inspired the art style for Think.

Whim 2012/05/06(Sun)13:24 No. 52317 ID: b0d466
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New guy proposal.

What do you Think?

>>362117
I approve.

>>362117

Extremely awesome. So awesome I can't really replicate it. I'll try for a simulacrum, I guess. Whimbrel, you are the best!

>>360505

Personally, I have a google docs account that I use to type up all my updates. It has a spell check feature for extra laziness, and you can bring it up anywhere that you have the internet.

>>360505
>>I do apologize but I will probably miss a capital 'i' a lot.

This is super, super annoying. Don't do this.

I type shit in notepad, but when I paste it into the "message" box I read over it and firefox will tell you if something is spelled wrong.

The problem with making excuses like this is that there is no reason to spell things wrong. using googledocs or firefox is insanely easy, so what it really does is make it look like you don't give a shit about your quest. If the author isn't willing to spend five minutes making sure his text is readable, why should a suggester bother reading it?

No one is going to jump down your throat about the occasional mistake, but saying that you aren't going to bother is an entirely different issue.

I apologise.

>>360506
I’m using google docs now, to write this post, and it seems like this will be a large lifesaver, thank you for letting me know.

>>360508
My apology for spelling seems to have flown itself wildly into the great yonder... I don't mean that I didn't care about spelling or the quality of my quest, but that it hadn't been prioritized as it should, your meaning in that regard is clear now so I will be fixing this all for future updates.

EmotivePanda 2012/05/04(Fri)11:24 No. 52210 ID: 3f47eb
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So hey, here are some of the sketches I've done for this. (not all but some, the rest aren't really sketches)

EmotivePanda 2012/05/04(Fri)11:26 No. 52211 ID: 3f47eb
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and the other.

>>361903

how do you accidentally read a quest

>>361903

he made something other than june quest??

just minding my business oh no what are these words going into my mind oh gosh oh golly im seeing all these pictures oh no this is recognizable what am i reading words stop going into my brain and making sentences oh boy im enjoying this though gosh i have a word boner maybe i should continue reading this looks fun i orgasmed paragraphs.

>>361919

sounds like someone is off his/her medications.

>>361919

That happened to me like three times last week.