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The tension is palpable as you navigate the chilly limestone corridors of the Hall of the Elders, ascending the now-familiar staircase and crossing over the blue carpet which leads to the massive oaken table in the shape of a half-circle. 'Sindiira Torani, Speaker of the Town,' reads the steel placard set before your designated seat. Assuming your place, you double check the fastening of your gauntlets and await the arrival of the other members of the Council of Elders for this morning's meeting, shifting your armored weight uncomfortably. How the High Captain attends every meeting in full plate without fail is a mystery.

It was established last night that an army of forces most nefarious marches on Everlund, House Delyl's own forces amongst them. While the possibility of petitioning neighboring cities for reinforcements was raised last night, the High Captain remained adamant that Everlund's army is sufficient to defend it from any threats that may arise. 'We can't run crying to to Alustriel every time the city is in danger,' he stated verbatim.

One by one your peers shuffle in. Prompt to arrive is Sten, who has refused to abandon his armor, opting to drape a fur cloak over himself and consider the matter concluded. Likewise, the Priestess of Corellon attends in her ceremonial armor, foregoing protection from the cold entirely. Minutes later, Emitia arrives, favoring a coat of dark fur over a midnight green dress, as befits the season. The Keeper of the Bridgers assumes his place, wearing black padded armor over a wool shirt to retain his warmth.

Predictably, the High Sorcerer arrives late, and has not altered a thing about his attire, arriving in the audacious marigold robes that befit him, his black gloves pulled securely over his hands. Taking his seat, he leans the chair back, resting his feet on the table and folding his arms, rocking to and fro.

"Shall we get started?" He asks.
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(Perception 14) Success on 14 or lower.

Hmm, going to make a Perception roll here.
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Seeing an opportunity to decide the battle now, you trudge through the snow, urging your legs to carry you swiftly to the orcish warlord and his retinue. Weapon at the ready, you draw near, beholding them properly up close. With him he has a pair of ogre mages, as well as a host of his most elite fighters. Two dozen strong, give or take, they are equipped with that same crude, heavy iron as their peers, although they carry with them arms of fine steel that share no uniformity between them, plundered treasures awarded to those who will no doubt make the most use of them.

At the center of it all stands Wurgoth Twice-Scarred, his features obscured by his closed helmet. Ordinarily those of orcish blood consider scars a sign of prestige, endurance, and experience, though so horrific was his mutilation in the past that he elects to conceal his visage, or so he alleges. Though his profile is noticeably leaner than those surrounding him, he is no less imposing, remaining deathly still with his double-axe resting comfortably over his shoulder. Contrary to what you had expected, the warlord does not attack during your approach, his warriors likewise holding their position.

The slight incline of his posture indicates that he recognizes you. Speaking with a steady cadence, the armor lends his baritone voice a metallic hum that can be felt in your bones. "The gods have seen fit to bring us together again as enemies, drow. I will accept no surrender from your ilk, though I can promise you a glorious death should you fight well," he says, though retains his neutral stance.
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>>6462639
You consider your options. You feel reasonably confident that his intention is to duel you, although you did not have the opportunity to get the measure of his strength during your previous encounter. Moreover, there is also the matter of your sisters to consider. Vierna is at least as strong as you, as you recall, and has Lolth's favor besides, whilst Phaere assuredly has several contingencies planned. Expending too much effort here may prove unwise.

A glint in the corner of your eye draws your attention away from the orc momentarily. Following the light, you are able to make out a pair of lustrous green dots from a nearby patch of forest. Perhaps your eyes deceive you, but you suspect that you can make out the silhouette of a large feline, joined by several other creatures. Patiently, they lie in wait, making no movements. It could be that they have been stalking Twice-Scarred and his retinue long before your arrival here, and perhaps even before the start of the battle.

"You hesitate. Is it fear that stays your hand, or are you considering the best way to strike at me?"
>It is time to sever the serpent's head. I shall duel you, orc, and mount your weapon above my fireplace.
>[Intellect] The battle is already won, and Everlund's army is the victor. He and his merely need to understand this.
>He believes that I am alone. If I am right, I have reinforcements lying in wait if I feel inclined to call them down upon him and his retinue.
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>>6462512
I recall keeping up with a Warcraft quest quite a few years ago that I don't recall the name of. It never finished, ultimately, but I quite enjoyed the writing and it was sad to see it go. I don't know why this specific image reminded me of that.

In any case, we have other adventures ahead of us.
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>>6462640
>He believes that I am alone. If I am right, I have reinforcements lying in wait if I feel inclined to call them down upon him and his retinue.
Hey, Alantha! Here, kitty kitty...

>>6462647
Warcaraft does have some cool lore behind it and a distinct feel, even if it's not my fave. I just posted the pic for the classic battle of elf and orc.

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The Outriders have recovered from their last hunt for research artifacts and are ready for another assignment. Meanwhile the recently-cured Fogland refugees have been developing their crafting, engineering, and farming skills, while their raptors fed upon the bodies of all The Tribes' many would-be-conquerors.

What comes first for The Three Tribes of Raptor Fields?

>1) Our research is nearly complete.
Send The Outriders out again to track down the last few ancient science books we need to understand all the technology currently available to us.

>2) The refugees are ready for a new home.
A contingent of fogmen have been cured of their madness, and their pet raptors have since consumed the enemies of The Tribes before our gates while our riders were abroad. They are ready to reclaim their home and establish safe trade to the city of Mongrel.

>3) Return to our roots.
The nearby town of hilltop was hastily abandoned during the famine, and some valuable resources may yet be recovered by retracing our steps.

>Write-In)


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>>6438895
>>6439797
The Cyan Hive is setting out on their pilgrimage to their overrun homeland for the first time as a fully trained and equipped unit. They've already crossed paths with another band of Hungry Bandits, and the raptors feast once more before Beep stepped forth to the West, once again victorious.

Will Beep...

> follow the plan, settle between home and the city of Mongrel, and establish trade?

> conquer all before him and saturate the region with fogmen?

> pass through The Foglands, and face The Cannibal Tribes of the western plains?

> [Write-In] :
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>>6439829
>Picrelated
Beep has taken control of the tribe's fogmen and their raptors, now they head off into the Northwest. An errant Slavemonger patrol has already crossed their path and been put down like the dogs they are. They pause just long enough for the ever-hungry raptors to reduce one of them to nothing but his metal plated boots and a puddle of blood seeping into the sand.
Beep takes the lead once more with his faithful red raptor Ignicauda at his heels, will he..

> follow the plan, settle between home and the city of Mongrel, and establish trade?

> conquer all before him and saturate the region with fogmen?

> pass through The Foglands, and face The Cannibal Tribes of the western plains?

> [Write-In] :
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> pass through The Foglands, and face The Cannibal Tribes of the western plains?
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>>6440590
Perhaps it's the yearning for central leadership inherent to all hivers, perhaps it's the void left behind by the fogmen's lack of a queen, or maybe it's simply the raw charismatic gravity of Beep's strong and direct leadership style, whatever the reason, the hive falls into line behind Beep quite naturally as they make good time on their journey.

The Fog Hive passes successfully through the regions of Heng and Vein before tragedy strikes just of the edge of the Foglands.

Wandering bands of starving bandits have been harrying the hivers since leaving the walls of Raptor Fields, and each has fallen before the might of Beep and his entourage without posing much challenge. However, upon inspection, our own strength appears to be our undoing. A highpower heavy bolt from one of our newly equipped masterwork springbat crossbows (specialized for close range targets), was found in the dismembered leg of one of our noble princes. An apparent case of friendly fire, born of poor marksmanship and bad formation lines.

The esteemed Praetorius now lays unable to walk or run on his own. And the gauntlet of the Foglands still lays between the hive and it's destination in the cannibal plains.

What are The Mighty Beep's orders?
> Have one of the heavy drones throw the prince over their shoulder and press forward. The hive is strong, and we shall not be stopped! The city of Mongrel lays ahead, we can check their robotics shop for a new leg along the way.

> Send for an outrunner to retrieve on of our tribe's artisanal specialist-grade legs to be delivered from Raptor fields, a short delay and a fast runner should be all it takes to make the delivery and have Praetorius running faster than ever

> We do not need the tribes, our hive is strong! We can rebuild him, we have the technology. The most skilled robotics expert in all the three tribes is our own Principo, who crafted the stockpile at Raptor Hills himself. If we settle the edge of the foglands, as we planned before Beep's ascendancy, Principo can build a new limb himself.

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>>6438902
>>6439770
>>6439788
Sanguine & Seto sidle up to the morning muster, both riding chainmail-laden bulls. Gecko lumbers up behind them, armed, mailed, and saddled, but without a rider.
It's been days since Beep and the hivers all suddenly geared up and left yelling "Beep is the strongest!"

>Sanguine: "Alright you lot, Chief says you've dragged your feet long enough. We've got one empty saddle left for the salvage ride. Either one of you steps forward now, or we all draw straws."

> [Choose the last Jr. Outrider for the salvage mission, and view stats.]

> "Beep and The Hivers are still one of the three tribes!"
[Step forward and volunteer to lead a new mission a new mission]

> [Write-In]

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HISSSSSS!
CLANK!

The bars to your cell slam shut. Some of the other inmates in your unit are still rowdy as they taunt and jeer at one another or the prison staff.

"NIGHTTIME! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO TO SLEEP!" one of the guards yells before stepping back into the control center of your unit.

Yeah, just another typical day has gone by here. It's been a long time now since your sentence first started—at least a little over a year, anyway. You sigh deeply, reminiscing about the way life used to be.

One of your first nights here, you remember crying, never thinking things would end up like this. Looking back on it now, you had things locked down at least somewhat decently. You had a promising career path, you were in a relationship, and you had your own place.

"Shut the fuck up," you say to your inner monologue, trying to stop the thoughts from invading.

Christ, not again... you think to yourself, the tears welling up in your eyes. A single tear trickles down your cheek. How long has it been since you had a reaction like this? What's the fucking point in getting all sentimental again? You know all too well how that went the last time. Nobody cares about your feelings here. You've been forced to keep your survival instincts at their maximum for a long while now.


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>>6439262
>>I'm trying to better myself, that's the goal
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>>6438328
Thanks for running.
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Rotation please come back and run more marvel so these freaks can't frontload your quest with cringe
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>>6441575
+1
Yeah man, come back to Marvel, I'm excited for the first Spider-Man encounter
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QM, new Marvel thread?

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Your friends and family slowly stopped associating with you. Something about a social media bubble you were supposedly in, which caused you (once an almost-respectable and mild-mannered young man) to become a jaded and paranoid college drop out who constantly talked about increasingly fringe and controversial obsessions (the WEF, Soros, et al.). You also became obsessed with an imminent end-of-the-world event. You weren't sure when or how it was all going to crumble. But you knew it would happen sooner rather than later.

You got a miserable job at Amazon and worked as much overtime as you could and bought some land a few miles off a state highway in Kentucky. Over a few months, you spent every extra dollar buying supplies and stocking them up at your land.

You thought you had at least a year or two before you'd need to move up there permanently. But, as it turns out, the "happening" came far sooner than even you expected. You're still not really even sure what's going on. But the power's flickering in and out, buildings are blowing up, and people are panicking. You barely made it out of town, and the journey up the interstate wasn't easy. But you finally made it.

It's mid-March. So weather won't be a problem. Yet.

You had shared your plans with a handful of other people, mostly people online. It looks like some of them actually made it.


(Pick 3)
>Anthony Pierce- Fellow chud. Big muscle-head, strong as an ox. Decent shot. Warrior mentality. Age 26.
>Kelly Liu- Daughter of a Chinese oriental doctor. Knows a decent amount about traditional medicine, botany, and mushroom foraging. Knows how to make fermented foods. Age 23.
>Ernie Goins- Older, spent his life as a handy man. Jack of all trades. Age 58.

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>>6440855
Current Food: Three square meals
>Maintain
>Decrease (specify)

Current Water: Well hydrated
>Maintain
>Decrease (specify)

Hygiene: Frequent use
YOU ARE OUT OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS

Current Tasks:

Eric:

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waiting for great minds to solve this
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>>6440860
Maintain food
Maintain water

Add to eric tasks fishing

Add to kelly tasks make hygenie products
Soap from animal fats , shampoos from plants , her needs from plants

New structure
A bathroom: bath/outhouse

Expedition
Eric and butch to survey the surrounding area
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>>6440860
We still good?
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>>6440860
Thanks for running. I had fun.

Bread buest is a quest where you... you... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.


I forgot, do you remember ?
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>>6452499
try squeezing in
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>>6452960
The next png is not going to take like 30 years to come out.
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>>6456288
Ask if anyone's down there before continuing.
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>>6456552
After getting your head down you try to call for anybody down there, but even if anything was down here, it's not anywhere you can see it.

You could ether press the red button, try to get closer to the burning smell on the right or left through the darker area on the right.
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>>6460304
Let's go left

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The First of Her curses was a variant of toxoplasma, which turned people into mindless zombies. The Second of Her curses was that 80% of humanity turned into trees. The Third of Her curses was the resurrection of the Fey.
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>>6438816
Not a runner just giving advice. Do your own thing or with OP
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>>6438791
Come draw in my quest >>6437631
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>>6438837
Nice, I'm coming to draw too.
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>>6437917
THAT'S the damn quest name! I forgot that ho.
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>>6437757
Thanks for running.

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A post-apocalyptic Earth has been swallowed by a supernatural forest known as the Whispering Weald. Can you survive the unnatural horrors lurking within the woods, and can you overcome the personal trauma that haunts you?
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Bump
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Bump for AD&D
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Simon Coe
His father was a groundskeeper at the Biltmore Estate, and he was living there while enrolled in online classes for college to get an English degree. His traumatic event was when an AI datascaper copied the manuscript of what would have been his first novel (working title: Gaia's Apocalypse) and made it publicly available.
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Rolled 1, 1, 9 = 11 (3d10)

>>6438367
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>>6438922
Burning Hands
Comprehend Language
Sleep

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>This is a quest taking place in an alternate version of the Naruto world several years after the conclusion of the main story. It is a sequel to Leaf Ninja Quest, and you will be playing as the son of the main character of that quest. Your character is defined by your choices, so write-ins are always encouraged. And remember to have fun!
>You do not have to read the previous quest in order to participate in this one, but if you wish to do so, it can be found here: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Leaf%20Ninja%20Quest
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>>6461285
There will still be some stuff drawn from Boruto, but there wasn't really a reason to use any of it here. Note that the latest I've gone is watching the movie, so very little beyond that is even in my knowledge

Well he did actually acknowledge another sibling during his self introduction earlier, but don't expect a proper meeting until Chunin Exam time

The tailed beasts are pretty much doing what they wanted at the end of the original, save for perhaps one. Most decided to stay with their jinchuuriki, and the others just have a place in the wild they live in peacefully. There has only been one new jinchuuriki since the end of the original series, and you'll meet them soon enough
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Also I've got bad news, the new thread will be pushed back one day. Work tomorrow is going to absolutely obliterate me, and I will be in no condition to get a new thread up
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>>6460723
Thanks for running, Laze! It's good to have you back. Admittedly, I wasn't around for much of this thread, but I hope to be around for the next. Between this quest and Bloodline Survivor, I always find myself rooting for more and more Naruto Quests to succeed.

We've got a pretty interesting cast of OCs, shaped by the changes in the first quest too. I haven't really gotten chance to sit down and parse it all now that I've actually read the manga, but man, it's pretty crazy how much a few changes can affect the setting.

In any case, great first thread, and hoping to see more of it in the future!

>>6461536
No problem QM, take it easy!
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>>6461749
Thanks, it's great to be back and writing again. Also good to see people still around from the old days that are interested, hope you can keep following along
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New thread is up >>6462235 just in case anyone hasn't seen it

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The superyacht Bayesian was swallowed by a freak storm off the coast of Sicily. It sank to the bottom of the sea. Or... did it?
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>>6440172
15 people are said to have survived, but there's only 11 in the list. And what's with the baby? Is there really nothing known about it except the age?

Next, the whole crew except the chef survived, while almost every passenger died. This is a very weird outcome. I wonder about the circumstances of the sinking

>>6440173
>Look for info on the other 4 survivors
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>>6440175
Also, what's the date of the Telegraph article?
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>>6440177
Mr. Souvarine didn't include the publication date for the Telegraph article.
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>>6440175
The owner is British, but the yacht is under the Dutch flag. I don't know what advantages there are to registering a vessel in the Nederlands, but it's notable that the dead diver was also Dutch, despite the wreck occurring in the Mediterranian
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Well, first move is to comb through mountain of data.
>Search for data about Mike Lynch's enterprises and lawsuit.
We heard "enterpreneur", but unlike Jonathan Bloomer we have no idea, what exactly it entails in this particular case.
> Search for data about Mike Lynch's personal enemies.
> Search for data about Jonathan Bloomer's personal enemies.

Only them are high profile enough to warrant assasination with a lot of preparation and high victim count. If primary target was someone other then them, then there is probably not a lot of primary perpetrators and the crime might be personal.

Then,
> Search for data about Captain James Cutfield
because if it was a conspirasy with that many crewman surviving it`s highly likely he either was on it or had a very timely suspicion.
Also, +1 to
>Look for info on the other 4 survivors
They are probably not that important, but it`s better to tie up all loose ends.

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
One day, a mighty King named Nimrod rose from among humanity and created a great city of technological progress. He named the City Rapture and decided to build a tower dedicated to the LORD our God
the LORD looked down from heaven & said,/
>Look! If we dont stop them now, nothing will be impossible for them
& so the LORD intended to scatter the city of the King had the King not petitioned the LORD our God to have mercy
[TETRAGRAMMATON]
>Get thee behind me, Satan! Behold, I shall spare that city which you hold so dear and allow you to build your utopia but I curse thee to thy face for you resisted my will; you shall forevermore be known as Dormin, a walking abomination banished from the earth.
Dormin's form became corrupted and his heart full of darkness. He erected the tower in defiance of the LORD our God and cursed the earth as he took his people into the ocean, never to be seen or heard from again
it is current year
we are Cloud, a morally ambiguous mercenary for hire who has taken a job by Shinra In© to privately investigate and look into the rumors of the legendary lost city of Rapture.
[CLOUD]
>...
[PRESIDENT SPIKEMAN]
>what's wrong, son?
[CLOUD]

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;___________;

the chimera advances
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>>6440589
ANON ROLLS >>4
E V E N F L O W B E G I N S >>2 P L A Y
will our shell pierce the skull of the Chimera or will he strike beforehand? we roll to find out...
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>>6440589
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**Necro II

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Previously on With Great Power Quest: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=With%20Great%20Power%20Quest
and Rites of the Red Wizard Quest: https://archived.moe/qst/thread/5043544/#q5045606

Julian Dodd's bad day was getting worse. It started with a real ass fucking from the investors, every whiny little rich boy who thought his billion dollars bought him access to the cutting edge in biotechnology. Each of those mewling pukes wanting to know where their money was going and when it would be ready. It would be ready, when it was ready. That's all they needed to know. It's about all they deserved.

Then it had followed with a much more chilling meeting with the Board of Governors, and what they expected of him. The new data in from the usual places, Copernicus, NOAA, what have you, and their own private trackers, had them...concerned. Their concern was far more frightening than the high pitched legal threats of some finance bro in Maui.

They wanted to know the current status of the Cereal Department. They wanted to know why every prototype had so far failed, with their one success being at best flawed. He had no real answers for them, other than he had brought in the best experts from China to help crack the problem. It had not been mollifying.

"We are not impressed." Their final words before the transmission had been cut. They were never impressed. Not by his band t-shirts. Not by his company. Not by his pedigree. A lesser version of his father, they said. Which meant an even more watered down version of his grandfather. A generational disappointment.

He thought 'fuck them' but he'd never dare say it. Not about them.

It was a race now. A race with that mad german bitch and her government funded mad science bunker. A race with irritating start ups mushrooming out of the ground left and right. A race with time itself. The clock was ticking.


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ball aching
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fail!

not a critfail but

pretty bad
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>>6463017
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>>6463073
How can this shit always happen in this quest? Wtf
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I don't mean to disappear on an ominious note but the next update is going to be delayed. I'm very, very busy over the next few days.

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You are a PATRIOTIC MEMBER of the shapeshifting SKRULL RACE. Your benevolent EMPEROR has decreed that, due to an ongoing skirmish abroad, it would be wise to DIVERSIFY their species with all manner of SUPERPOWERS. To this end, they have sent you to a little planet called EARTH that is overflowing with these SUPERPOWERED BEINGS.

Your job is to bring back a FULL TEAM'S WORTH of SUPERPOWERED BEINGS. (According to your superiors, a full team constitutes at least four SPECIMENS-- superpowered beings.) At least one of these SPECIMENS must derive from your own successful EXPERIMENTS (but you shall be rewarded handsomely if you can replicate all of your captives' powers). This must be accomplished within the next TEN YEARS, or else you shall be UNCEREMONIOUSLY EXECUTED for your PATHETIC FAILURE. The more captive SPECIMENs, the better... but they must all be returned to the Throneworld ALIVE so that you can properly demonstrate their capabilities to THE EMPEROR.

<><><><><>

To acquire SPECIMENS, you must take advantage of your THREE MAJOR STATS: CHARISMA, MIMICRY, and GADGETRY.
These MAJOR STATS are more thoroughly explained in the RENTRY, but, put simply: CHARISMA will help you lure in your victims. MIMICRY will help you hide from the authorities. GADGETRY will help you experiment upon your captives and turn them into SUPERPOWERED BEINGS.
In addition, major stats must be balanced with two MINOR STATS: POPULARITY and SUSPICION. A high POPULARITY can supplement your CHARISMA by making people more willing to trust you, but may also attract unwanted attention. High SUSPICION means GAME OVER-- avoid increasing it as much as possible.

GADGETS are the key to your SUCCESS. They bestow POWERS upon your captives, after all. What POWERs, exactly? You can't know until you use them at least once!
The application of these POWERS is somewhat reliant on a GADGET's QUALITY, which is determined throughout its creation through a series of rolls. A low-quality GADGET will malfunction very often, leading to very suspicious EXPLOSIONS coming from your headquarters and possibly harming your SPECIMENs, while a high-quality GADGET will rarely malfunction and sometimes grant BONUSES to particularly successful rolls.

Rentry for further reference: https://rentry.org/skrullquest
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Rolled 9, 46 = 55 (2d50)

>>6455676
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So, much to my dismay, I think I'm going to have to put this quest to rest.

My schedule has not cleared up; my real life has been intruding more and more on my free time. This quest, although I've really enjoyed running it, demands an amount of time that I cannot dedicate to it anymore. Most entries take 2-4 hours at minimum, with some tougher ones taking up to 5-6, and my current options are either to keep running (by heavily rushing and/or condensing entries so that they only take 1-2 hours to make), stressing myself out and leaving me unsatisfied with my work, or to put this down and maybe come back to it in the far future (when I'm hopefully good enough at writing and drawing to make entries a little quicker and/or better).

This really was intended to be a one-shot, and more comedic and lighthearted than anything else, but I overestimated the amount of time I'd have left to dedicate to it past the first month or two and underestimated just how much time it'd take to even put out one entry a week (let alone every one or two days). Hopefully I won't make that mistake again.

All that said... thank you all for reading, no matter how brief this was. This quest was blessed with an enthusiastic audience that stuck around until the very end, and I couldn't have asked for more. Hopefully I'll be able to do you all justice someday.

-Z'RIM THANKS YOU FOR YOUR STALKING EFFORTS AND HOPES TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.-

GLORY TO THE EMPEROR AND G'OME DEPOT
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>>6457504
It happens, QM. I appreciate this and hope you return to it or one of your other quests one day. Though is I may offer a word of advice, maybe start small with something with a very condensed scale and less art and mechanics? It was all very good, but no wonder it ended up being so high-effort.
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>>6457504
Thanks for letting us know and thanks for running! I definitely had fun and would welcome it if you ever came back to this quest.

Farewell Z'Rim and GLORY TO THE EMPEROR AND TO THE SKRULL RACE!
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shame

Earlier Threads: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Halo:%20Spartan%202%20War%20Reports
Active Spartan Roster: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eO7rkImgBlWVU-gdeY4-e5qp3pC8IiGApewbHqlnRq8/edit?usp=sharing
Spartan Sven-033 Dossier https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jR1N--hxRrd9QZ0l6UmrcOkFfKNrXvHGRvVemdNE3y4
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[ Current Mission: Mission 7: Operation: CROWS-NEST
DIFFCULTY: HEROIC/ LEGENDARY
[ CAMPAIGN : Diversionary Actions ]

[ Primary Objective 1: Disrupt and Sabotage Covenant Activities on Former Colony Alpha Corvi II ]
[ Secondary Objective 1: Destabilize local Covenant Chain of Command / Neutralize Area Leaders & Commanders ]
[ Secondary Objective 2: Gather intelligence concerning the Covenant non-military aspects/ Operations ]
[ Optional Sub-Objective: Find out the fate of Alpha Corvi II's Civilian Population, and if possible, rescue any survivors ]

Secret Objective 1: [File Encrypted]
Secret Objective 2: [ Neutralize the Yanme'e Queen below Jamshid ]

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>>6462342
>[Wunderkind+ Maverick + Artificial Artisan 3 + Diplomat 3!] Attempt to communicate with the Huragok and convince them to provide assistance to your team, using what you learned from Pufpuf and your own Artificial Intelligence expertise to talk with the strange aliens
Easiest vote I've ever seen. Sven is a rare individual perfectly suited to tardwrangle an Engineer or two.

>>6462909
Take it easy QM, we'll be here whenever you're up for it. No rush.
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>>6462924
I think if we put a volitional AI into an engineer it would probably super nerf their mental capacities. But if it meant preserving them as "people" it'd be nice for an end of service deal.
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>>6462924
>>6462939

This is an interesting thought, but the real question is whether we'd end up inadvertantly creating the UNSC's version of Petey from Schlock Mercenary this way.

Pic related.
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>>6462961
An A.I. to engineer procedure would be interesting. Depending on if the engineers were willing, we could probably do some research on their anatomy and create specialize inplants, cyberware, and bioware to make them smarter and more robust. Enough so that they're more emotive maybe. For fun we could attach AR / hologram projectors so they can emote with stuff like
:D
:O
;n;
:(

Or stuff like that.
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>>6462909
feel better 404, I nearly almost died myself.

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Welcome to /qtg/, a place to talk about quests.

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>>6407330

>What is a quest?
An interactive story in which a Quest Master (QM) writes and provides the readers with options on how to proceed — similar to a choose-your-own-adventure book or an old text adventure.

Questionably Useful links:
>QTG discord: https://discord.gg/dZavHuK
>Skirmish discord: https://discord.com/invite/DZCVvVU
>Evo Game discord: https://discord.gg/xGZAX9tAvx
>Old pastebin containing advice for QMs:
https://pastebin.com/Z78p8gXf
Badly in need of renovation.

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>>6462378
Maybe the cup will help. I hope so. I don't run here anymore, but the quality of quests per capita is still tops.
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>>6447748
>AI slop is not welcome on qst
I somehow missed this earlier. I didn't want to shit up and active thread but now...
how common is this perspective on /qst/?

I understand hating it if the art was in any way an important to the quest. Aside from drawquests done in the past, mygeneral approach has always been to find whatever image fit best on the internet. Just to liven up the page. I've used watermarked stock photos.
But I barely have time to write let alone devote much time to bonus images.

>>6447852
>The creator of Cutemon went over his process, which involved a fair amount of actual creativity and effort. His stuff is more like a manual collage of AI generated pieces
I can absolutely appreciate the that kind of image creation. I think it's perfectly valid for some media. I wish I had time to do that.
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>>6462610
Cowboy Vampire The Masquerade! Some anon floated taking over, hope they do.
>>6463252
>how common is this perspective on /qst/?
More common than not, but there's definitely not a consensus. Far be it from me to assert what is it isn't welcome. I avoid it in my own quests (as far as I know, maybe I've been duped by art I have posted at some point) because I find the whole institution of AI odious. It's a net negative for my craft and, I think, the human spirit. I also tend to be wary of quests that overly rely on it for images, because it makes me suspicious they will use it for the text as well, which I just can't really abide. I have never played a quest with AI art and felt like it would have been inferior without it in any way, yaknow? But obviously plenty of anons don't care, and it's ultimately not a big deal. It may be a continual place of fracturing for interest from voters, but I doubt it will ever fully take over or alternatively that it'll ever be driven entirely from the board, either.
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>>6463259
that just reminded me of the quest that was the cowboy who got put in a fantasy world as a skeleton cowboy after being brought in by i think a necromancer but kept his guns and just shot the necromancer
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>>6463267
That fucking rules dude wth

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Previous chapters: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Heretic%20Cultivator%20Quest
MC info Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/x5rCdZpq
Sect/ disciple info Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A0Yghkqs4WxALnnlVJ2uPpphQk9NQ4ME32DzC1qWp7Q/edit?usp=sharing
Folklore: https://pastebin.com/AnbsrDcd
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An innocent and curious witch is looking up at you, with eyes so bright that they almost contain as many stars as your hair does. However, while you do want ghost cultivation to spread, nothing good will come from giving away a blueprint or step by step guide for other daoists to practice, making it easy or cheap goes against your ambition and would kneecap these young, newly minted ghost fanatics before they could even dream of retracing your steps through the graveyard! In a mischievous mood, and wanting to scare off those dabblers who were only caught up in the excitement and don't really have the mindset or half the courage necessary to follow the Dao of Ghosts, let along the dao of grudges as well, you decide to give the students from the other sects a little scare.

"Here is one" You say, beckoning the excited witch closer, not missing the smug look she shoots her martial siblings and peers from other sects. Her confidence and big head both deflate as you slap an open palm on her meager chest and use a principle you use to trap rebellious or annoying ghosts into specially prepared pots or boxes, trapping them inside. But rather than forcing something in, or pushing your way to take residence yourself, you instead grab hold of her soul directly, covering your hand in a gossamer thin glove of pure ghostly yin Qi as you grab and yank out her soul.

"This" You tell the flaring, living soul in your palm, spreading out just enough ghostly yin Qi into the air to pull down the curtains between life and death enough for the other disciples trusted to you to see her as her body goes limp and falls into your arms "Is what it feels like to be a wandering soul"

Cooing and purring, you stroke and pet the soul held in your hand, eyes glowing with gravetorch fire as the rest of the crowd of novices goes quieter than an empty grave. "Isn't the sensation enlightening?"

You stare down into the witch's spirit, cackle and shove her back into her mortal vessel, the red strings tying her soul to her body going slack the moment you release your grip on her soul. Then you drop her, leaving her to blink awake as her body remembers it is supposed to be alive, her sun kissed cheeks drained of color and a bit of drool crawling out of the corner of her mouth. Certain you've taught her a lesson in prudence, you turn to face the other students whose eyes flick between her and you as you place your hands on your hips and cackle as creepily as you can manage, while haughtily declaring "Heh-Heh-Heh! I'll do it for free, if any of the rest of you wish to experience it"

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Rolled 99, 39 = 138 (2d100)

>>6463151
>>6463151
Rolling again!
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>>6463155
Roll again, or I will in half an hour.

I dislike rolling more than twice.
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Rolled 53, 92 = 145 (2d100)

>>6463200
I am taking a third, but no more. Someone else must manage the 5tj roll. 3 is as much as any one anon should have.
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Rolled 33, 98 = 131 (2d100)

>>6463151
Rolling once!
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Going out to get lunch, I'll write the update when I get back. Just noticed the fifth roll came in when I was checking on the thread right before heading out


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