The Eternal Empire has stood for 14 millennia and has endured hundreds of wars, calamities, and rulers of every type. For the first time under the reign of House Heinrich, an armed expedition has been sent into the Lost Reaches.Far from an exploration attempt, it's chasing the promise of piratical treasure.>Previous Threads:>https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Simple%20Space%20Empire
Rolled 39 (1d100)>>6105614
Rolled 27 (1d100)>>6105614Time to suffer.
Rolled 63, 51, 85, 20 = 219 (4d100)>>6105614>Roll ninei'll roll 4 more to speed this up
Rolled 25, 43, 14 = 82 (3d100)>>6105614Gotta plot the course of the remaining three fleets before we end up with another two week hiatus.
Rolled 3, 2, 5, 2 = 12 (4d6)
First thread: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2024/93614781/#p93651974Choosing not to hijack another thread because the mods will probably not be too pleased (I think it only worked / went under the radar for the original thread because it was already about evolution games, so it got traffic from people who play evolution games). I'm not the original hijacker, but I'm keeping the same rules: Go evolve, one alteration at a time.Cladogram attached; if you evolve from something in the first thread, please specify which one you're evolving from. After that, reply to your chosen ancestor for each evolution.
Good time for an update on the state of play?
>>6105212Two of the mouths become grabby and feathery to better sift through detritus. The third mouth remains the same and is mostly used for locomotion
>>6105977They grow even more fur to deal with the cold. These "neckbeards" also have a more saw-like jaw, which allows them to tear the bark off of trees and eat the wood inside
>>6107216The upper eyelid becomes calcified, allowing the eye to be fully protected when closed
>>6107158The upper fin elongates even further, becoming something almost akin to a lure. The tip of the feeler is less porous than the middle because prey keeps biting onto it and that's no fun.They also develop a skin flap between their forelimbs that makes it less likely for prey to slip past their jaws.
AKA: “Meguca Royale: UK Edition”, because why not.
A couple minutes of hugging later, and Stephanie is recovered to sniffling instead of crying. She wiping her tears with a cloth that Megan conveniently brought, like she knew this was going to happen.“Okay, last thing: We do have another sibling back at home. Her name is Elizabeth, Liza for short”“Oh, you already have a kid? Why adopt us?”“Well, we’ve been having… trouble lately. But we wanted a child and even Liza wanted a brother or sister. Adoption seemed like the most obvious choice.”“How convenient for us. We get to be part a big, happy family. Isn’t it great, Steph?”“Y-yeah, it’s great.”Webster clears her throat. “Now that we’ve let the two parties meet and the two children have shown enthusiasm for having an adoption opportunity, we can get them ready to leave the Orphanage.”“Are there any last things you want to do before leaving this drab place, Stephanie, Megan?”Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Viktoria WalkerViktoria takes a few seconds to breathe in the air. So clear! How luxurious! Truly a sign that things are better now, the Miasma is cleansed from this land at least.“Uh, hello? Earth to lady?”Upon being beckoned by the girl near her Viktoria glances and prances in her direction. Hmm, very light clothing on this girl. Her legs are completely exposed and her shoulders are bare. Do all ladies dress this way now? What do they do when their clothing is damaged? Do they just acquiesce to being indecent?Viktoria decides to levy all of the questions swirling in her mind onto the modern girl in front of her.“Excuse me, but do all girls your age dress like you do?”“...Yeah? Why are you asking me this, you look the same age as me.”Viktoria feigns clearing her throat.“I am not a… normal girl. I am new to this place.”Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
“Young girl, I have an offer for you.”“And that is?”“I want you to work under me.”The girl looks at Viktoria with a face of pure confusion.“Huh? Was this really an impromptu job interview?”“Yes!” Viktoria lied as easily as she breathed.“Uh, hmm… Yeah, alright!”It was that easy?!Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Abigail was very lucky that roll was above 40, or something bad could have happened.Onto more important things:Why was I so slow with this? That's a funny (read: frustrating) story. My laptop is an old fossil (it's literally discontinued and unsupported) and it started overheating during completely regular writing sessions. I tried getting some new thermal paste, but it came to me completely empty.The result is that I had to write most of this update on my phone, which is an unenviable position.Tl;dr: Amazon is now my most hated enemy behind Entropy.This isn't an excuse for being slow though, I will speed up the updating schedule with slightly smaller updates.
>>6106347And he's back! Amazon be like that sometimes. Let's keep it rolling.>>6106343Seeing as there wasn't much packing in store for her, Stephanie stuck around to apologize to Webster and the Imeredalas (strange name. Wonder where they're from? That and other questions could most certainly wait, though) for making a scene. With that done, it's time to finish packing and leave this place for good!Despite bursting at the seams with joy, Stephanie managed to compose herself upon walking back out into the hallway. Excessive celebrations after being adopted were bad form, after all. She remembered how some kids gloated over it to her, complete with the implications that it was something she'd never experience. Though she wouldn't wish on them to end up back in the system or to have been adopted by bad people, Stephanie did very much hope that those little shits stubbed their toes very painfully with greater regularity than average.>Apologize for making things awkward. It usually isn't like that (back me up, Webster!).>Head back to the room to grab what meagre possessions there are.>What's up with Megan? Best check in on her before we go.
You are Uzumaki Naori, and your name is both respected and feared for good reason throughout the shinobi world. Your encyclopedic knowledge of forbidden shinobi techniques and your prowess as a Sage allowed you to stand alone against the revived ‘demon’ Ōtsutsuki Kaguya-hime for a time – a feat which led even that being to refer to you as a ‘God of War’. But for all your power to be a ‘vengeful god’, you’d vastly prefer to be a ‘compassionate god’ of the sort that Kaguya-hime failed to be.And so while you could easily have invaded the mind of Kaka Hana-han, an instructor at the Konoha Academy who has been identified as an unwitting assassin planted there by the Land of Bamboo years ago, you instead chose to ask her permission to search for the information you need.“Then yeah,” you begin, “I’d like your permission to sort through your memories from the Land of Bamboo. I think you may be blocking a lot of useful information subconsciously.”“Useful?” she repeats, uncertain. “Useful in what sense?”“So if it were me, right?” you clarify. “If I had a program that could churn out capable incognito assassins, why would I stop at the one?”“You believe I may know something that could keep other people safe.”“Including the target you were meant to go after,” you add. “Yeah, that’s exactly what I think.”“Yukiwari Kae-hime,” Hana-sensei frowns.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Rolled 3 (1d6)>>6106011
Rolled 5 (1d6)>>6106011
>>6106011“I’m still not convinced of the underlying premise,” he insists curtly. “Assuming you’re telling the truth about natural energy why wouldn’t taking clippings and propagating them work?”“So yeah, we killed it,” you observe. “You’ve just been messing around with its corpse.”“How can you know that?”“Kaguya.”“The clan?”“The Ōtsutsuki princess,” you correct him.That elicits a slight, but noticeable to your eyes, nervous response. “You’ve spoken to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya?”Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6106504bro is fucking with shit he literally does not have the firmware to comprehend
Previous chapters: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Heretic%20Cultivator%20QuestMC info Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/x5rCdZpqSect/ disciple info Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A0Yghkqs4WxALnnlVJ2uPpphQk9NQ4ME32DzC1qWp7Q/edit?usp=sharingFolklore: https://pastebin.com/AnbsrDcd_It is a time of celebration! A grand festival of talent that has swept up all of Chuan, and not just those dwelling within the world of cultivation. The regal and resplendent tournament hosted by your dignified and majestic Palace of Natural Laws Sect (宫殿的野生彝宪, Gōngdiàndīyěshēngyíxiàn) that had excited everyone from the meagerest of pauper to the most venerable of daoist sages, has truly begun, with the little people of Chuan being given precedence and a chance to prove their worth to the arrogant and haughty cultivators, a group whom surely you the ever humble Huanliuxue (欢流血, Happy Bloodshed/ Happy to Shed Blood) the peerless genius founder of the heretical ghostly technique the Ruler of the Great Wheel's Law(统治者的这重大轮回法律, Tǒngzhìzhědīzhèzhòngdàlúnhuífǎl) cannot possibly be counted among. Already, two of the initial contests have produced winners, The tactician's trials narrowly being won by your first disciple, Fu of the two axe's, somewhat delinquent but well meaning little sister Ju, and a true genius emerging in the scholar's tests in the form of Ma Wencheng, former tax collector and imperial scholar.Though while they have earned themselves a place amongst your disciples, you've found several other competitiors from both of the completed pre Qi condensation contests who could serve you and the palace of natural laws in ways besides filling its roster and becoming your students. Five scholars and eight strategists, much to the indignation of the other sect heads of Chuan, who had been ready to recruit the best of the runner ups before you pulled rank and used your privilege as a host to snatch the best of the losers and bring them into your employ.And the most annoyed of the venerable, sagacious masters who are supposedly are your peerage, The Current Weiwupo (Great Witch, 伟 巫婆) of the innocent witch court (清白巫婆宫廷, Qīngbáiwūpó gōngtíng), was given the honor of observing the next two contests at your side, along with your friend, Lian Tianhua (莲 天花, Lotus Heavenly flower), the head of the thousand hall (千莲花殿堂, Qiānliánhuādiàntáng) and matriarch of the Lian clan, to whom your genius student Lian Luli, her little sister, unfortunately belongs to considering the inheritance she received from it.And while the alchemist trials and crafting contests were partially meant to be a way to show off the material wealth of your heretical temple, both of them have proven to be far more exciting than even the most pitched battles of the tactician's bouts! What wonderous treasures these mortals have crafted with materials too rare to be found even in the nine heavens!Cont
>>6107082>>Shrug and say that five colors would never tolerate the actions of the five wise immortal sages, but don't answer how you know this. A girl needs to keep some mysteries to herself after allHe got distracted, he can ponder that.No need to spill too many details outside of that.
>>6107082>>Laugh and explain you reached the moon by sprinting through all nine of the heavens. Turns out, the only thing keeping mortals out, is the belief they cannot fly high enough to reach it. And that when you ran through the temple at its peak, the only thing there was dust and cobwebs
>>6107082>"It is a long story, but it starts when I saved Ping, Feiqing and Lei from a bunch of cultists, and... It really is surprising I haven't bragged about this to anyone before, huh? Anyways, our journey together ended when I found an old man atop a mountain..."Is there really a big reason to keep this under a huge amount of concealment? It's not like either of these guys are gonna go telling everyone about it.
>>6107082>Tell him five colors gifted the gege's their cultivation methods and techniques and that they used to live in his personal garden, and he's been there all this time but you have no clue where he is currently
>>6107036And I just realized I miscounted by one and it should've been 5. How truly shameful
You are Noel Tiberius di Hazaran, the silver-eyed warrior queen of the kingdom whose name you share as your regnal title, and after years of conflict with the Organization that created you and your cohort things appear to have finally hit peak madness.Using the flesh and blood of monsters to create monster-hunters with supernatural powers was one thing. Using the flesh and blood of monsters to create the monsters your monster-hunters were ostensibly created to hunt was quite another. Somewhat convoluted if you’re honest, but to be fair there’s a series of internally-consistent reasons behind that which the Organization believed made it necessary. And now that you’ve seen one of the ‘asarakam’ – the monsters used to create the yōma used to create warriors like you – you can’t say you disagree with the conclusion.So far you’re the only one of your kind who’s actually tried to attack an asarakam, and while you can’t say it was ‘harmless’ the fact remains that you actually bounced off its armored body. That means a large number of warriors here with you won’t be able to do much of anything at all – the ducklings, the former trainees, and even several of the survivors from your initial suicide mission would struggle to make a difference. That means asking them to charge across open ground with you would be asking them to take on a meaningless risk, and you’re not going to do that.“Anyone want to run across that open field with me?” you ask aloud. “Half-awakened and awakened only please.”Hands go up instantly.“Helen,” you decide. Her ‘Echo Sword’ helps her change directions rapidly even without partially awakening, which means that in terms of slippery targets for human riflemen and artillery she’s one of the best to call upon.“Serana.” The Earthbreaker can also be used defensively, even one-handed, to raise a massive cloud of dust and debris. And if you’re being honest, you’re not sure that you can deny her.“Sabela.” Your mother is pretty much immortal, so asking her to follow you this time is hardly an imposition.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Rolled 4, 1, 3 = 8 (3d10)>>6106012
Rolled 5, 5, 3 = 13 (3d10)>>6106012
>>6106012There are two options here that are tempting to your mind – the first is that you could keep driving hard alongside Justina then rest during Serana’s turn. That has the draw of giving you the most in terms of immediate results, but has the downside of leaving two of your warriors tired in the instance that something goes wrong for Serana. Backing off now means less damage in the short term, but continues your tactic of wearing the asarakam down gradually. If this were to work, at least in theory, you might even exhaust your enemy to the point that you could calmly snap its neck without facing any resistance. But that’s only if the plan works the way you would hope. The alternative possibility is that you could end up wearing yourselves down as well to the point that you too would become vulnerable, or to the point where you might not be able to take advantage of the unequal situation you’ve worked so diligently to create.With your decision not to chase either of those options, your plan emerges. When Serana steps up, Helen and your mother will have rested – and if you manage to still be rested enough yo go all-out that will mean all your strongest offensive fighters will be cooperating to take down a foe that you’ve spent all this time and effort to wear down. By your estimate that’s when the balance will have shifted in your favor – you can’t be sure that you’ll have maximized that payoff of course, but you can be sure that you won’t have overworked yourselves in the process.And so you back off slightly during the next mortar barrage, and signal your intentions to Justina.[Backing off – final push with Serana.]She nods. [Agreed.]After another minute or two of supporting Justina – this time returning to lobbing mortars at the asarakam – Serana partially-awakens and steps up. That’s your signal to do the same, allowing the yōki which flows through your body to transform it into something barely recognizable as human. Helen does the same as you and Serana, while your mother shifts her stance and yōki flow to a more offensive posture.The first indications are good as Serana takes the lead, using her earthbreaker technique in a way that only her degree of awakening could allow. First she ducks low and aims all her power at the asarakam’s feet, the spiderweb of cracks spreading and throwing her victim off balance. Then she reverses direction, stepping under her blade as it rises again and aims the same technique upward. The result is far more effective than simply being a powerful attack, and causes immense damage to the asarakam where the blade bites into its torso.>Strike at the joints with your White Strikes technique, counter its ability to maneuver and respond.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6107232>>Strike at the side opposite from Serana’s strikes, in the style of a hammer against an anvil.
>>6107232>Strike at the joints with your White Strikes technique, counter its ability to maneuver and respond.
Past Thread: >>6049681Archive: https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=MissvalGeneral Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/5hFQZtc3Character Sheet (As of the end of Thread #3): https://pastebin.com/fSCfX2eHNEW: Twitter account for important announcements, contact and stuff. https://x.com/MissvalQMYour name is Shelly Suzume. You are an ex-huntress. Not that you disliked your job or anything (Quite the opposite. You really liked helping people), but some health issues and bad cards dealt by life forced you into a temporary early retirement. Nothing too major, at least you think (And hope).Due to life’s circumstances, you ended up in a crime-ridden city south of the Mistral’s capital. This infamous city is known as Kuchinashi, and it doesn’t get any better no matter how much you try. Banditry, poverty, drugs, scams are things seen on a daily basis. You no longer care that much for it, which means you’re getting used to it. A bad sign overall.After dealing with some crime syndicates and families, you encountered some bad luck, and due to many unfortunate events, you ended up heading towards the local “White Fang” establishment. Sure, the “you” from your past would wince just at the thought. Those guys are terrorist, after all. But you have two things going on for you. For starters, you’re almost out of options, so it’s not like you approached them with a happy smile. Not only that, but the place doesn’t look so bad at all. The people are nice, orderly, and it looks like there’s a real sense of community.Yet you still have that nagging feeling in the back of your mind that something is wrong. You’re unsure if this feeling has any real basis, given that your mental is not at its best. You feel jaded, tired, disillusioned. Things are not that bad, but they are far from good.Oh, and did I mention that you’re officially “dead”? Or at least that’s what some official Hunters and Huntresses channels say. Yeah, that doesn’t make it any better. Isolation will really take a toll on you, so there’s no time to waste.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6103389>>Agree to his proposal. You already had an amazing lead, might as well dwell on it with a fresh mind. Maybe they were willing to help you out even more?
>>6103389“Before I go,” you started to explain, “I’d like to help you with all this… mess. Sorry, I just got too carried away and I don’t want you to think I’m into not cleaning up after myself.”“You heard her, boss. She has to clean up. After you’re done with this you think you can give me a hand with my chores for tomorrow? Maybe also make me breakfast?” Sora replied to your statement with a smirk. There was an obvious hint of sarcasm in her voice.“Just go, Sora. I appreciate when people offer to help, so I’m not going to turn down. Unless you’re interested in helping us as well?” Tay replied, still sitting on the sofa with his eyes half closed.“Oh, sorry. I don’t like doing grunt work. That’s boring and dumb. Bye bye, mister. Bye bye birdie. I’ll try to spare you a blanket if I find one. No promises.” Sora exited the room, laughing to herself.Tay sighed. He stood up from the sofa, heading straight towards his desk, grabbed some papers and began stacking them, trying to rearrange the order you carefully undone. He was silent while doing so. Maybe he was angry.You did the same, trying to make sense of the scattered mess. You felt inclined to use your semblance to make your work easier by having the papers float around, but you decided against it. It was better to keep that surprise factor hidden for now.“So, go on. Speak your mind.” Tay interrupted your thoughts, still rearranging the papers and putting them on the drawers.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
“Hard to agree to your terms knowing that you’re working with ‘psychopathic bosses’ and criminals. I thought you said this place wasn’t all that bad?” A moment of weakness. Time to drive the nail in.Tay sighed. “Look. I’m against the wall here. There are seriously people in need in this city. Faunus included. Especially them. I genuinely want to help them. However, the cards I was dealt aren’t the best. I’m in a predicament, same as you. A part of me wishes you would just agree and join us, but I also don’t want you to be, let’s say, ‘stained’ by all the awful things that surround us. Besides, I don’t think you’re in much of a position to go and do things on your own.”Offended was the right word.“I’ve been doing fine so far. I don’t think you understand me that well, or my situation, or what I’m capable of.” There was no point in hiding the anger in your voice. Fixing some papers on the desk and cleaning up his office while feeling angry felt ironic.“You’ve been lucky so far. Keep going alone and you’ll end up dead in an alleyway or something. There are some truly awful monsters hidden in this city, and no, I’m not talking about Grimm. I want to help you because you’re still young and… ‘clean’, so to speak, but I also don’t want you taking advantage of me. That’s why I can’t just simply hand you everything on a plate. You get me?” His voice was becoming sterner. You felt a strong similarity to him. You did want to help the people in this city, find out more about your situation and uncover the truth. But you also didn’t want to be taken advantage of.“Let’s make a deal. You help me keep my community safe, you do some jobs for me here and there, and in the meantime, I’ll try to find out more about this scientist you found out about. It will take some time, since I’d need to convince Carmine to help me, but trust me, I’ll do my best to keep your hands clean. No criminal or, ‘unethical’ jobs for you. How does that sound?” Tay turned towards you, closing a drawer. He waited for your answer.>We both want the best for ourselves, and his promise sounds sincere enough. Agree to his offer.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6106446>We both want the best for ourselves, and his promise sounds sincere enough. Agree to his offer.>But could we still talk about the 'monsters in the city' tomorrow?He's been pretty forthcoming with us thus far, and not wanting to be taken advantage of is a fair point. He's got a better lay of the land than we do, more connections, more resources-- and to be honest, he's probably a better fit than doing out-and-out criminal activity with Sora.
>>6106446>>We both want the best for ourselves, and his promise sounds sincere enough. Agree to his offer.
In the last thread, QM got his IP toggled and lost his powwuz.test test test test test
>>610670520hrsbuilding BS meter
Rolled 3, 1, 2 = 6 (3d3)In your downtime you kludge an altar for Seafood, nuffin speshul: sum plankies for a base and roof at the foot of a tree, a dishy for offerings, two candles yez juzt chop a short one in half; he won't know, and a little act-him figgy of him in the middle, painted red and decorated gnarly like with quwayal bones and shiny bugg shells n fings like that.You've got tiles n bricks n all from looting the constructions at the Plague Town Cherch, but you think you shouldn't built big, since you're here just for three days, and you carnt pick up and keep Seafood's altar like you do Gui Li's: Seafood's a kindy god wot yez getz zappies from, and shifting his altar counts as a sackky legg. It sounds bad, and you don't want it.So you build cheap and small, just enough to do you a few days. After chanting a short henlo chant, you spend a Time (40min) bugging the act-him figgy at the altar for zappies like it's really Seafood. You don't need to use your Outside Voice like you do with Gui Li, so it's more sneeki n low-key than the Ceremony, but you do need to mean it.>ooh Goody Goody Sweety Sweetfuddz gimme zappies>I needy needy zappy zappies>ter sneekisneeki killykilly>for yez, 'course>gimmegimmegimmegimmegimmegimmeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6107175>Take a bath>Get cleaned up real nice>+10 Charisma>Charisma score is now 12>Mod of +1 in dnd terms>Nice
After washing, you start making yourself smell like a dorf: you smear metal and leather polish paste on the outside of your Light Kludge Armor, quench oil here and there, some storage grease an oil+tar mix, keeps rust off big manual tools, like spades and pickaxes; sticky and awful and works , and a goody splash of Toebend's Delectable across your back. You don't think Dorfs got schnozzes as good as Gobbs'; you just don't want to get outed for smelling like YOU. All these strong smells on you will interfere with your schnozz some, still not enough to keep you from sniffing out Dorfs around a corner: Dorfy sweat smells like stew 1 all wear mixt meddl bin-cans steelplate, n soljahs wear lots. Even they Dorfy Sissies jangle like bags of change. Them getting a drop on you is not likely. They could still charge you into a corner and thrash you though. Or chop yer; more likely chop yer. Dorfs is big on choppan. 20 Dorfs in bin-cans might be the end of you, if they twigg you.Now kitted and prepped proppa, you dig Moar Oww out of the Pouch and send him a biggy biggy round through the forest to the Foit Place that the Dorfy Fort's stone-blocky defenses are facing. While Moar Oww's off, you creep with a grass blankie over you until you're within sprint of the walls, just out of bowshot.From what you can see, the Fort's evenly made, same height and thickness all around; no obvious weakpoints. That leaves only the Dorfs themselves to exploit.From your observations, you guess at the best time to try them: the most drinking's from moon-up to moon-drop, so the most hangy pukey's probably about sun-up to just before high-sun. 2You time Moar Oww's appearance at the big Foity Grounds to be around that time.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6107201lol it's going to take more than a handsoap wash to give Toady charm and appeal.He's barely housetrained right now.Interested anons will need to write in on how to make Toady Gobzanova.This might go anywhere.>we wantza HEIST>n we wantza doit ZEXEY
When the emperor wants someone dead he only has to send a message. The bearer of that message needs to witness the suicide of the undesired individual. Once death has been confirmed, the witness will report the done deed to a questor, who will report to a praetor, who will report to a magister, who will report to the emperor, if he is in a proper state of mind.A man is traversing a main street in the middle of the night, wearing his black toga and a long broom on one shoulder - signifiers of his position as an imperatorial witness. Black toga for the black news that he carries, a broom - for the trash that he helps remove from the world of the living. At least that was emperor Nero's interpretation. People distance themselves from the man and his ilk, naturally, but he doesn't mind. People say that the man was a retired legionary, a career that explained his limping, others said that he was some Phoenician, because of his unusual features. The man doesn't bother with trifle gossip. He is on his way to the temple of Mors, leaving a memento from the last suicide he witnessed. It was an old patrician, 'an enemy of the state', proud until the last moment. Soon the task is complete.The man fingers a final letter on the inside of his toga, one last state sanctioned death is to be carried out until the night is over. He reaches an oakwood gate surrounded my high marble walls and knocks, a slave's voice is heard from inside - "Yes?""I'm carrying a degree, approved and sealed by our Pontifex Maximus and Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, addressed to...">Xanthos, the Athenian philosopher>Flavia Florens, the matrona of this house>Decimus Bubo, the satirical actor
>>6085365>Araca the Christian
>>6085371 | >>6085372 | >>6085401 | >>6085690 | >>6085723 | >>6085967The government sanctioned persecution of the followers of this new cult made them weary and, just as the man in black toga, they preferred to do their dealings at night. The Nazarenes they call themselves and worship a god made flesh.The trusty broom is on one shoulder. The state appointed witness enters an underground cave, somewhere on the outskirts of the City near a road on which some decades ago someone called Peter laid on a cross upside down. It's humid and dark, there are several people in there, all facing in the same direction, looking. At the very back of the cave multiple chains can be seen hanging, their start is beaten deep into the surrounding rock foundation, attached with iron chisels. Their ends are profoundly piercing the flesh of a naked woman all over, a method of penance applied by the most austere ascetics. The woman has wild hair, around her hair - a glowing halo. Come she says, inviting the witness. I was looking for a reason to join my husband, you are one that is good enough.Who is your husband?The one with no beginning and no end.Are you Araca?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Thanks for playing, that was a quest more on the experimental side for me. I could have prolonged it but I thought that a finish that includes some gnostic early Christianity would be proper way to end it.
>>6086069That you for running, this was an interesting experience and I enjoyed it greatly.
>>6086069I liked it
Do you ever want to just . . . go live innawoods?
Rolled 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6 = 35 (9d6)>>6093824[24 CP]>Copycat Galium: Mesh Los Uplink [Systemics 11 + 4CP]>Copycat Gallium: Electricity Modulators [Systemics 11 + 5CP]>Manifest: Radar Pulse [Senses 9 +5cp], A radar that detects elecrical sources nearby, distinguishing friend from foe through heartbeats, etc...[10 CP] left
Rolled 3, 3, 3, 4, 6, 6, 2, 3, 2 = 32 (9d6)>>6093824Alright, now that the brain-bleed has stopped (it has stopped, right?), let's try this again.>+1 MP, +1 to PsychoGenesis, added Push meta-trait.>8 CP, 1 Mutagen, Manifest: Manifest an enhancement to the Haywire Switching feature to make it wreak greater havoc more readily. A bonus to the skill test or the effect sounds about right. There's also the Mutagen boost to mitigate any hardcap-related snags along the way. (8 CP + PsychoGen 12, !Existential Dread). - first set of rolls. Universe, please handle the Aberrancy roll on your end. Six sets of dice will make this post pretty confusing to read.>6 CP, Manifest: for the third fatherfucking time, Manifest the ability to create telepathic auras of dread that induce despair and smother the will to live in those that are caught in them. I swear, this manifest is cursed or something. Haven't been able to get this one right on both maps. (6 CP + PsychoGen 12, !Existential Dread. Does the fact that I used to have Anxiety Churn (before a certain elevator-related incident) do something for us here? If so, I'm stating that fact for the record). - second set of 3d6>4 CP, Manifest: re-develop the ablative psionic shielding that got lost in a certain transportation-adjacent mishap. (4 CP + PsychoGen 12). - third setSheet:#NadirVit 8/12 SP 3/12 CP 14DR 0 AP 6 MP 4-Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>>6094341Tallying the last few notions from this thread, and then Command assumes we're good to proceed.
Rolled 6, 4, 1, 4, 5, 6 = 26 (6d6)>>6094359MANIFEST - [NANOLATHE] - Dedicated suite of nano, micro, and macro machinery for fabricating equipment from greygoo mass.>[Conversion 15(of 18), Focus 1, Change 15, Penalty -2]ABERRENCY ROLL
>>6094414Conversion is 10, not 15. Change is 15/18
With the Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa dethroned, the Demon God Dumplin beaten, and Karn's whole family now able to live in his timeline, things have been looking up for the Saiyan General. But all good things can't last forever. And when conflicts arise between deities, mortals are inevitably caught in the crossfire. Does Karn, the Berserker God possess the strength to protect his family, people, world and reality from their fickle nature? Or are the beings above mortal ken also beyond mortal reproach? This outcome may be up to you.You the players control Karn, wielder of the mighty Berserker Soul. Granting him the power to fight against gods and other divine beings, to resist their influence and strengths. From his lowly beginnings as a Saiyan Brawler with a sub-3000 powerlevel in Age 733, only a few years into his time as a member of the PTO, he has now become the strongest Saiyan of his time. With the power of the Berserker God, combined with That Which Should Not Be and having devoured a soul born of the Abyss itself, his strength is now unlike anything before seen in his reality. But will this newfound strength be enough to overcome the threats headed his way? Only time will tell, your choices can spell the difference between success and failure.Character sheets and other info: https://controlc.com/46ec566dhttps://pastebin.com/u/GrandDragonQMArchive:http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=Saiyan+Conqueror+QuestHelp fund quest art commissions and get exclusive side stories as well as artwork here: https://www.patreon.com/GrandDragonQMQuest rules are as follows(unless otherwise noted):>30 minute vote times>Pick ONLY ONE option when voting>Dice rolls are all best of first three correctly-rolled diceComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6093230Its gonna be fun.>>6093246Dunno if luck transfers between arcs, much less threads but I guess we’ll see
>>6093246Dad capacitors look to be charging up nicely.
Idea for fun family activity; making Wookie pelt kilts and bone tools.
soon
It's time! >>6093528
Inspired by martial arts cinema, shonen, Exalted, and One PieceAcross the Gemstone Seas, islands are strewn upon the waters like fallen leaves in autumn. They are nigh countless, but despite that, nations come from all over to conquer and control trade routes and raw resources. Pirates, kaiju, and the independent Gemfolk keep these empires at bay. But encroach they do, entering a cold war after breaking the Sea-Khans of the Golden Horde…But none of that really concerns you. At least not now. The seas beckon to you - the clarion call of freedom upon the waves. You’ve dreamed of it. Charting and exploring the unknown, finding ancient treasure, battling imperial or pirate ships… All of it. You want all of that and more.You were an insightful little tot. You knew you had to make yourself the best you can before finding a ship and a crew. The streets of Koulay were rough for anyone. Defending oneself was a requirement. Luckily, you were born and raised there, the mecca of martial arts. Koulay is an independent city state, and has the only open sea route between all the Gemstone Seas. A nexus. You trained under your shifu for years. Regal Ox was a harsh but caring mentor. You got to calling her “grandma” which she always hated. Unlocking your physical strength alongside the mystical powers of the Gnosis was her goal with you. You were a teenager when it happened, the mana wrapping around your fist. You could see it! You could feel it swelling and flowing within you! It was a triumphant moment. You finally felt like a full grown… >Choose your gender>Man>WomanComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>Name: Violet Dawn>Scroll: Sapphire LeagueYou picked up the scroll inscribed with a dolphin jumping over a glacier. If any of the powers were to keep their word, the Leaguesmen would. Although Edo has an honorable warrior class, they don’t seem to be steering the country right now.”I think the Leaguesmen would be our best bet,” you say, also swiping up the crumpled scroll. Regal Ox’s eyes widen at your action but she lets you read it. Pulling the scroll taut, you see a human skull with demon horns sticking from its head. You blink as you read. “Who are the Circle of Onyx?””Dread shapeshifters and devil summoners,” Ox said, sighing. “They’re relatively new. They come from the Onyx Sea, south of Edo. I hear they’re trying to recruit as many Gnosis users as possible.”Just then, a ruckus is heard from downstairs. You share a glance with Regal Ox before moving to the parlor. The cerulean drapes and striking scroll-art adorn the walls as you descend to the entry of the House of Celestial Delights.Three burly men stand at the bottom of the stairs, one grasping a worker by her long hair. “As of today, this is our territory! You harlots are ours to use for free! So say the Grinning Devils!” Sure enough they each had a pair of hatchets on them.”This isn’t Reek Street,” you refer to their home turf, standing a few steps above them. They turn, and the one holding your co-worker sneers up at you. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6084826Pretend to comply to get their guard down and fight?
>>6084826>>6084841 +1
>>6084826Pretend to comply to get his guard down. Maybe seduce him into taking us somewhere alone to “revel in his spoils” so it’ll be easier to subdue him, if he’d buy it.
>>6084841>>6084911support
https://files.catbox.moe/zlhesx.mp3You kept your arms straightened and down, trying to blend as an object. Why did the demon stop? He had noticed, something. You withheld your breath and stiffened your stance, wishing not to move an inch, imitating a panoply: a suit of armour on display. He turned his head, his face and eyes hidden by the faceguard’s swallowing shadow. He stepped towards you, his sabatons echoing against the gleaming marble floor. Stopping again, the weight of his archaic armour shifted with a clank, thrashing back and forth.The helm gravelled his voice. “What’s this?” he asked, his tone searing your eardrums. “What an odd place for you to be at …”He leaned closer, placing two of his iron-clad fingers on his chin, nearly grazing you through the slits of your veiling visor.“What a mismatched mess,” he said and shook his head. “And all those dents, and marks, shoved away in this haphazard spot. This couldn’t have been at my command.” He pondered—aloud—himself. “It figures—a mistake, by one of the keeper.”“I wonder what was the intent, yet I’d rather not raise an mass inquiry just to find out.” He stepped back, lowered his hand, and unclenched the rest of his fingers. With an extended palm, he began to etch patterns in the air before your eyes. Amethyst streaks clung to and traced behind fingertips, a finished rune, followed by a second, appeared as if drawn on a parchment. With a forward wave of his hand, he sent the arrayed runes one by one, each striking your cuirass with a ghostly zing, branding it as if with hot iron.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6106364Alright, thanks for the heads up, QM!
>>6105296> Use the knife you got from Grub Hag to stab inside Mountain Eater’s nail, aiming to make it very painful.
>>6105325>>6105335>>6106513>>6106529https://voca.ro/1lG4NTtBO43hLeaning away, you turned the twisted blade and placed your hand atop the myriad of vermin eyes on its hilt. As the giant’s hand reached out to envelop you, you caught sight of the nail bed and swung to pierce the knife through the yielding skin.Mountain Eater’s fingers flung open, either from pain or your hubris, lifting you above the floor along with her palm, shaking it as if trying to rid of an ant. You tightened your grip on the hilt and drove it deeper, shedding a trickle of her blood. She lifted her hand higher and then threw it down, dislodging the blade and sending you flying through the hall.Your back slammed against something solid—Miranna’s chest. She caught you by the elbows, her wings hovering still as if petrified.“I’ve got you!” she said, shifting her claws for a firmer hold.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Miranna shook her head, a strand of her ashen hair slipping as she turned her ear to the new voice. Pausing on her fiddling with the lock, she looked back.“Wait, Sarem? You were in Banefroth?”“Sister?!” —the vampire shifted his attention from you to her— “What are you … doing here?” He wheezed, gasping out one word and then choking over the next. “What do you … mean? Of course I … was here. I’m the Warden … of the prisons!”“The prisons are in use?” she said, tilted her head innocently.“Yes and there … will be demons there soon to jail!” Sarem insisted. “And what are you doing … with the human here?” With a sharp exhale, he sliced the air with his hand just inches off your face. “Do you not see … that he is holding my axe?”Miranna glanced quickly at the bone-hilted saw-edged weapon in your grip. “That is yours?”Sarem tensed, a loud crack of his bones echoing as he balled his fists. “I showed it to you … when I had it made! Sister, do you not remember?!”Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6105325That's like debating with DM whether you get an advantage!>>6106513Sorry for not enough of those.
A world where might makes right. A world of Jade and Gold, of Phoenix and Dragons, of Pills and Talismans, of Martial and Spiritual arts.A world where diligent training yield strength, meaning freedom. A world where loneliness means death, meaning social chains.A world still unfair, as the ones reaching the heavens are most likely born rich - be it political riches of the aristocrats, power of secret knowledges and hidden realms of clans, or lucky enough to be born one-in-a-thousand genius.This was not the case of Quiet Word - that is, (You).Your current skill level being on par with said genius of your age? Lucky encounters and a knack for navigating social situations.You know a fair amount of technic for such a young cultivator, but your strength lies in the impressive amount of Bonded Spiritual Beasts - A no-longer Hawk spirit, a Horse spirit, a Snake spirit and a Wolf spirit.Speaking of that last one, you didn't told a world about him to anybody. As a scion of the Primordial Wolf spirit, its father warned you of its worth and how people could want to rip it away from you.Said worth comes from its ability to Fuse without restriction - fusion being a secret of the higher ranking of your sect, secret you have almost completely rediscovered on your own. Alright, the Primordial Wolf might have helped you on that point.Recently, you discovered a dao more than well suited to you : the way of the Rising Phoenix. Your Hawk spirit evolved into titular Rising Phoenix, the Hawk's Wide Ballet turned into the Rising Phoenix's Wide ballet and you discovered a new mind tempering technique in the Poem of the Rising Phoenix. You are half a step away from opening the Mouth Aperture, the latest small realm before 2nd stage. This is mainly thanks to insane gain reached while you were in your first ever seclusion. Right now, you are getting ready for the Yearly Tournament.Said Yearly Tournament you fully expect to win brightly : one of your trump is strong enough to take down anyone barring Dhundan.
>>6106935>Pheonix.I like them odds.>silver gold martial-prowess Pheonix
>>6106935>Phoenix stuff (Bo3 roll, lower than 50 is nothing)Lets goooooo!
>>6106981Flying Giant Thunder Gold Pheonix
>>6106935>Phoenix stuff (Bo3 roll, lower than 50 is nothing)For the sake of progress let's gamble
>>6106937Quiet Word doesn't know.
prepare for the dumbest fucking quest you've ever played
>>6104932nah i kinda fucked up, there's only 18 official rooms, school trio is 3 rooms with 6 challenges so you could generously call that 21 rooms, then there's 4 extra rooms from the labyrinth alternatives and the rest vs shop room so you could say there are 25 different "rooms" we know ofthat being said there's almost certainly a witch arena which could count as a room, this is only level one of three, and we don't know what the red circles are or do, so there could conceivably be 31 rooms planned out
>>6104888>you can always write up little fairy tales or short scenesthat's the thing: i can't. writing silly low effort shit was the point of this quest, and look how that ended up lawl. im starting to believe that, for artists of all sorts, lowering your standards is nothing short of physically painful. i can't. it's either full retard or braindead drooling>The main thing is having time where you don't feel like you have to continually be keeping up with everyone's expectationsthat may be a valid impediment for other persons, but for me it's the other way around. it's my own expectations that weight the most. there's no escape. no half-assing. some people are good at ignoring their concience, while others are its bitch; this is kinda similar and i lean for the later>Everyone needs a break from that ride, especially with work already having expectations to meet well- that is the actual, real, true problem. that's why i wish i was a cat. going balls deep with the first quest was a blast cause i was jobless and living off my savings, but now i actually have to put the time- and worse, the energy. im sure many, like me, write in vengeance to how unfair it is to have your energy sucked so hard>That being said I'm not you and I dunno what burns up your mental fuelyou aren't me, but that doesn't mean I can't learn from your experience. it's still good data. even if it doesn't solve my or someone else's problem, saying things from your perspective helps others understand other people- or even the very basic fact, often very fucking ignored, that different people think different things>>6104937all of the rooms in the map were plannedComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6104946Fair enough, I'm definitely the type of person who wishes he could do the right thing when he already knows what that is/I'm too good at ignoring my conscience, so we may be on opposite ends here lolWhat I meant more with the expectations statement though was the timing/pacing of it all. I think keeping standards for your writing and making sure whatever you write meets them is a good thing, but you can do it more on your own time when you're not writing for 3-5 other strangers. Meaning that instead of having to plan and pump out quality posts every evening for 5 different gucas and use energy that's hard to muster up, while you're not running you just gotta muster up the energy for one guca's worth of quality planning and still feel pretty fulfilled/productiveSo basically simply just not running a quest may help you recharge enough already? I dunno. Again, I'm not you :PAnd yeah, planning may or may not be the bitch of it. Far be it from me to suggest anything here, these are all just my random observations from a third-party perspective that I'm basically just thought-dumping, but from what I can see, the more planning is done, the less effort you gotta do while running the quest itself, which means things run smoother and you theoretically feel less energy-drained forcing yourself to come up with as much stuff on the fly (though of course there's always a baseline level of energy/adaptability required). The flipside of course is the fear of accidentally 'railroading' or feeling like the plans you made are now useless because people did something you didn't expect, but for the second point, the plans you made are never useless since it was still valuable characterization/motivation for the NPCs you made, and for the first point, well yeah that kinda just requires letting yourself go with the flow of natural consequences and trying to leave options as open as possible, probablyDon't really know what I'm trying to say here, but yeah
>>6104953>So basically simply just not running a quest may help you recharge enough already? I dunno. Again, I'm not you :Pi think i speak for many other qms when i say that the only way you'll get me posting is under pressure. left to its own devices, the lumina will continue to perfect the same story over and over until it looks nothing like the initial concept and has nothing to do with it anymore- and makes no sense whatsoever. at this point it's like i need people to dissapoint- but i think i could give it a shot regardless>the more planning is done, the less effort you gotta do while running the quest itselfthis is true. the more you structure the setting, the faster you'll post because all that time spent worrying about plot-holes will be writing bea trying to catch a grasshooper. however, knowing how much to plan is hard. plan too much, and you'll end up with no energy- and a LOT of wasted lore that nobody will ever touch. plan too little and you run into plotholes. what i do is set the base mechanics / underlying conflicts / personalities in stone and then just fucking go>there's always a baseline level of energy/adaptability requiredadaptability is half the cake. clear rules make adapting easier, but you still have to make sense and make it interesting. if everything is already predictable then there's no point whatsoever in playing the quest- it has to be like a laboratory>The flipside of course is the fear of accidentally 'railroading' or feeling like the plans you made are now useless because people did something you didn't expect,even if you have a great idea of where to take the story and are praying that the niggas go down that road, it's never worth the freedom of the players. when it comes to that, the mistake of being too stiff was yours in the first place- players are there to make the direction unpredictable, after all>the plans you made are never uselesssometimes they are and you just have to suck it up. you learn to not build castles on mud very fast when you qm. but here's the comforting reality: half the time, the road your players want to take is more fun, or makes more senseComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>6105001Thanks for the glimpse into the inner workings of the Lumina, it's pretty cool to seeHopefully it's been at least a little more relaxing with this off your back for the last few daysDon't really know if I have much left to say but it felt wrong to have no response to this, so thanks for everything Lumi-chan, and see you around
