Make a quest, and abandon it after the OP.
Make a quest, and railroad the entire thread.
Make a quest, and punish the protagonist for suggestions that don't fit your idea of what should happen.

Make a quest, and only plan one path for the plot out; wing anything that diverges from it.
Make a quest, and wing the entire thing.
Make a quest, and write up three pages of personality and history for every named character.
Make a quest, with a plot outline written out for at least 9 threads.

Dare to be stupid; make a quest at all.

>>133407

Someone's probably said it before, but honestly, it's very similar to running a tabletop game, like D&D, except everyone's controlling the same character. So really, the secret is remembering that the random elements in the game are the fact you've got potentially dozens of people coming up with things to do.

Pick what works, roll with the rest. And remember: you can always give characters agency. If people aren't playing along or just being butts, the character can point that out. If anything, it's a good way to handle it:

https://questden.org/kusaba/questarch/res/809939.html#862127

(I can't remember the shorthand for cross-thread references)

Don't mind me, new to styling the text.

Test, did I do it right?

Another test, pay no attention.

>>Newbie's first green text.

>>133807
for green text all you need to do is put > at the front of whatever you want to wright and the site does the rest for you

>like so

>>134235
Just to be clear, my intent is to remove their influence on our Vessel, on ourselves if there is any, and from our home, and make it unlikely we will be attacked again. Either without the URC getting involved, or with the URC on our side.
It doesn't have to result in killing the Being, if that was even a possibility to begin with.

>>134238
If we could force it to break Promises (possibly repeatedly) then annihilation should be possible, though we have no other confirmed methods of killing

Come by my office with Your Vessel, and we can set up a ‘data plan’ for both You and it. The rates will vary depending on how much coverage You want.

But if You want to contact me directly, feel free to ‘reach out’ like You’ve done here.

I will try to look into how one might ‘excise’ this ‘darkest colour’ from Your Vessel and domain. Just know that ‘killing’ is easy, annihilation is much harder.

But catching it in a bad Promise could go a long way towards that goal, if not annihilate it outright. Just… be careful.

Now, I better start looking into this matter, otherwise I won’t have much for You when we next meet.

I’ll keep Your remaining questions on file.

Until then.

Transmission End: >>/quest/979807

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((translation: She feels powerless. We can help with that, I think. If you know our ritual, please tell it to her. Or, we can send you a letter with our blood on it, which she can ingest to become a Vessel.))

Arhra 2020/10/27(Tue)19:05 No. 134207 ID: 03a123
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Larro kindly drew this Deem derriere recently!

>>134206
>Post some ass.
So what just pictures of myself?

Anonymous 2020/10/28(Wed)02:27 No. 134212 ID: 5fc3a0
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Opinel from Moot Point https://tgchan.org/wiki/Moot_Point

BiteQuest!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2020/10/28(Wed)13:17 No. 134223 ID: 12b116
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Here's some smokin' hott lyluk ass.
Pilluk from Shitty Lyluk Quest
https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/975908.html

>>134223
it is always excellent when you post, bite

Team Port Echo: Script Sarcopholacooda 2020/07/25(Sat)07:54 No. 133502 ID: 11f77a
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I finally got around to (what I hope to be) the final draft of the planned graphic novel. The dropbox link should work and there is a way to download the pdf in the sidebar somewhere. There's still a bit of character design and concept art to do before I start illustrating the first page. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hkmsynjb5pqvbs5/TPE101_script.pdf?dl=0

Patreon Question Sarcopholacooda 2020/09/22(Tue)11:58 No. 133844 ID: 11f77a
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Driga looks back on what prompted her to go merc.

Patreon Prompt Sarcopholacooda 2020/09/22(Tue)12:00 No. 133845 ID: 11f77a
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So I'm starting to allow random ideas (sfw) for the characters in my universe. Someone requested Key with one of Veisar's legs for some unusual purpose. Hmmm...

Sarcopholacooda 2020/10/08(Thu)20:10 No. 133911 ID: 11f77a
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New quest idea. Huron High School with all your favorite mercs!

Patreon Question Sarcopholacooda 2020/10/29(Thu)11:03 No. 134237 ID: 11f77a
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Veisar, Victor, and Cybil all answer short questions from September's poll!

WIFE WIFE WIFE WIFE WIFE

nice

https://strawpoll.com/b3ahukva4
next pin up poll. please keep in mind you can vote for multiple adventurers, so don't feel like you have to go for the popular choices.

>>134216
Oh, this is wonderful! Makes me wish we could get a follow-up where somebody sneaked up and put a blanket over her and her reaction to that in the morning.

LW 2020/10/16(Fri)20:33 No. 134018 ID: 6f7a5a
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The time of monsters is return and a floating fortress arrives on the horizon

LW 2020/10/16(Fri)20:35 No. 134019 ID: 6f7a5a
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. . . bearing the wielder of the kraken.
a champion who welcomes all challengers

Sarcopholacooda 2020/10/20(Tue)22:06 No. 134106 ID: 11f77a
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>>133885
Driga: Ah, I'll be taking payment in the form of credits. Hmm, you're not a returning customer, are you?

Njar: Oh, hey Argine...

Njar: She cool, Dreeg. Give her somethin'.

Driga: Well~ I've been experimenting with a new, uh--cleaning solution meant for removing tough irradiated stains from satellites bleached from the sun.

Driga: Perhaps you can test it on someone who spilled some barbeque sauce on their pants.

>>133886
Driga: I'll be right with you, strange Chupian. You ask for quality? I'll try to scrounge up a good one in a moment.

Sarcopholacooda 2020/10/21(Wed)20:34 No. 134120 ID: 11f77a
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>>133886
Driga: Ah, I knew I'd find it eventually!

Driga: Here you go, sir. I've been trying to make it a get-away solution when in a hot spot but it won't pick up anything heaver than a person.

Driga: For now--do what you can! Let me know what you discover.

LW 2020/10/28(Wed)16:22 No. 134227 ID: 6f7a5a
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>>133598
Ulric:"Lab grown tissue? you call this slop meat, My father is a butcher and he'd throw you out of town for such a claim! You mush brained lop-ears could never know the value of a fresh kill, to feast on the death of another. I spit at your stall and all your garden wrecking kind."

Buckwheat 2020/10/08(Thu)18:12 No. 133910 ID: 15a025
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Sprited up a portrait of Aira from Fen Quest. Been trying to get better at drawing bigger.

https://questden.org/wiki/Fen_Quest

Buckwheat 2020/10/10(Sat)19:44 No. 133916 ID: 15a025
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Some of the 2 frames gang share one last goodbye to the tower that brought them all together.

https://questden.org/wiki/2_Frames_Quest

>>133910
Cute Aira.

Buckwheat 2020/10/27(Tue)15:31 No. 134205 ID: 15a025
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Raven from 2frames

BiteQuest!!Z0Mwx3ZJZj 2020/10/28(Wed)14:18 No. 134226 ID: 12b116
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Best girl from Lazy Fairy

In case you're randomly curious.

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Perfect majibeasts: Sekani, Tayza, Jiniki, Dilia until chapter 9, Iiji until chapter 12, the tezakian majibeast in chapter 3, the Klis-khar who escaped the base before the events of Tezakia Quest.

These majibeasts look more feral, and are more powerful. The symbiosis of majicka and flesh is more complete.

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Imperfect majibeasts: Kinasa, Delkin (maybe you'd be perfect if anyone liked you!), The Diuban majibeast, the two majibeasts who joined Iiji in the final battle, that one klis-khar scientist in chapter 12, the Lian majibeast seen with Delkin.

The symbiosis of majicka and flesh didn't take quite so well, leading to weaker majibeasts who retain more of their original look.

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You didn't even try majibeasts: The flesh blobs????

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...Except Amiel became a majibeast again in Tezakian Slumber Party but the joke doesn't work if I tell you that part.

(She's considered imperfect)

I must sadly report that due to the loss of an animal companion and dear friend, all questing activity is paused for a little while. I will keep you posted on when things will resume.

Thanks.

How many types of dragons are we going to see on Dragon Day?

So how bout dem slinkos ey

BAN 2020/10/09(Fri)09:22 No. 133912 ID: e30795
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In the middle of a pandemic, I manage to go and catch a common cold... There'll probably be a couple extra updates this weekend, since I'm not doing as much extra work IRL.

>>133912
A refined taste in musical instruments

>>133248
Was that cat dude originally going to be his partner instead of the lovely Sgt Dane?

BAN 2020/10/24(Sat)08:55 No. 134160 ID: 88966b
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>>134124
Digging through my sketchbooks, Dane predates him by a bit, but I was kicking the idea around for a second. As time went on, he sort of evolved into KYLE.

>>133697
It's definitely very frenchy. I'm reminded of a lot of those more cartoony Metal Hurlant strips, and other stuff from the 60s-70s.

also something i forgot to type just now updates have been slow this month since i'm also working on a porn comic on the side, and they'll probably continue to be slow until i finish that. i expect to have it done by mid-november though, so i'll try focusing on switch act more heavily then.

>Weblure made a survey for some reason, when it seems more reasonable to just start up a discussion thread at this point imho.

But muh analytics!!

In seriousness, a dis thread is a good idea; hopefully it'll help make up for not being able to directly answer questions in the comic itself

>>329970
Good, I was worried this was dead.

Still worried this is dead? Been a while since the last update, huh? Well here's an update for you.

>>331779

I wasn't worried it was dead, because I know it'll just come right back if it does die

time skipping and switching characters really confuses people.

You've got one of these two wrong.

>>134142
Which session are you talking about? Did the Void session start a second game?

>>134150
Wait, did the void session end?? Could have sworn it was still going, guess I'm wrong.

>>134157
I don't know, I haven't kept up with it, but I do know that maxed out on TCPs in the first session. Can't make any more.

>>134157
>>134168
See >>131764

>>134168
Yeah I'm talking about if we do get anymore TCP, not when.

>>133728
I dig it, approved!!

Buckwheat 2020/10/06(Tue)19:33 No. 133906 ID: 15a025
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Icon for The Herd 9.
https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/950771.html

Buckwheat 2020/10/24(Sat)20:20 No. 134178 ID: 15a025
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Icon for That Forgotten Road
https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/900061.html

Approved!! Now THATS cute

>>133727
Should point out now that link 404's without the .html now for some reason?

Here's the fixed link: https://questden.org/kusaba/quest/res/968318.html

Nobody 2019/11/23(Sat)13:16 No. 131493 ID: 853489
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I checked back here out of curiosity and it seems like someone bumped this thread. I don't know if anyone is still curious, but if you are, here's a status update.

The tech stuff went more or less according to schedule. I didn't finish what I intended to do, but I was progressing along at a good pace and I didn't hit a road block or anything. Still, it's clearly a losing proposition to try and make environments in CGI, since it takes too much time to prepare which nullifies any time savings down the road- I think it would be a smarter idea to switch the workflow and instead prepare the characters in advance and render them, while drawing the environments myself.

Anyway, problems with the tech stuff aren't why I haven't been updating the quest. I'm a very private person and I don't want to get into personal details but this has been an extremely difficult year for me, beginning from around February and going straight through to now. In all honesty the difficult circumstances have been going on for longer then that, although it progressed to a worse stage in February. I tried to write it off as time consuming 'hobbies' in one of the first posts in this thread. I'm not entirely sure why I did that except that I really don't want to depress people or involve them in my personal life... although it has the unintentional effect of making me look like a lazy, good for nothing asshole, instead of a stressed out asshole that's in a bad place. Anyway, that was responsible for a lot of the slow down last year, which progressed into a total stoppage this year.

I'm sorry for not coming back on here to give an update until now. I am still interested in continuing this, although it won't be for awhile yet. I still need to take care of a few things more before I can settle back into updating this. I think I'll also have to change my plans a little for the ques

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Nobody 2019/11/23(Sat)13:17 No. 131494 ID: 853489
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>>131493
(For comparison, this is the same village from the christmas comic I did awhile back.)

Sorry to hear you've been going through a rough patch lately and hope it get's better soon. Just remember though that you should worry about yourself first and if life is kicking you in the groin don't feel bad for taking time to try and let things sort themselves out. While I wouldn't mind seeing this quest come back the idea of a quest is to be fun, for both YOU and the reader. So don't feel the need to force yourself to do something if you're not enjoying it.

Again though, glad to hear that you're alright even if things haven't been going to smoothly and hope that it clears up soon. The 3D looks great.

Well, even if it didn't solve the problems you hoped it would, the work you did in 3D looks amazing. I hope what life throws at you sorts out, and remember interest in ROCK is not dead.

>>131493
Hey it's pretty stellar seeing you around again at the very least

Like I said in the thread, I do not agree with your interpretation that she was using threats to get head scratches. She directly prefaced that request with the suggestion that she could put in a good word.

In short, head scratches were a bribe for a political favor. Not extortion.

>>134117
The coercion had nothing to do with the head scratches. She threatened to take action if we tried to scam or hurt her grandson. What about that seems remotely evil to you?

>>134117
But what would she have to gain by manipulating us? We have nothing she doesn't already have more reliable access to. It's not like she's gonna have us deliver unscrupulous packages. Nor is it likely that she'll coerce sexual favors out of us, as that would hurt Ztolt and is antithetical to her character.

However, I will grant that we'll need to be more assertive on the future, if we keep seeing Ztolt.
I'll also grant that Zalia is a terrifying, inhuman, semi-immortal space Kennedy who's peerlessness has surely been gnawing away at her sense of identity and moral fiber for generations the states of which are unknowable for the countless practiced faces learned over the years enclose here decaying heart in a shell born of necessity, the likes of which likely hasn't seen the light of day in over a century.

Or something like that.
In any case this is a person we should choose our battles with, and so far we've been presented no hill worth dieing on.

>>134117
Like. I know this meta, but 2 Things.
First, Zalia is a returning character from the original boldly coming. Many of us already know she's pretty cool and are already disarmed around her. Take that as you may.

Second, Boldly Coming isn't Coxxwette, Enemy quest, or a Smik Dating quest. Your level of paranoia would be welcome in any of those, but BC has never in tone or narrative suggested that it's in any way like those quests. While Kaktus can write any story he wants, you seem to be expecting scenarios outside the apparent scope of the quest.

>>134139
Indeed, its a dating quest. We're not going to suddenly have Sloth pop out of nowhere and it turns out we've been under a True Illusion all this time.

So, there's going to be an art change. Maybe smaller or big, depends on how I feel. Also a small writing change, everything was in second person before for the characters, now it's in third person.

>>132069
I like the first change! ANd i don't mind the second one. Glad to have you back.

So killer7, Yume Nikki and now Little Nightmares?

Someones got good taste in vidya

ok i just want to say that this new quest is very good, and while i expect the other shoe to drop and for the story to just entirely shift away from where it's heading at some point, if you actually end up making an adventure about sburb (or some game like sburb) here, on questden, while continuing to take commands, i will be flabbergasted and amazed, and i will support it at every step.

The Song of Roland- A song written about a Frankish knight of the same name, and nephew to king Charlemange. This version just has such a western sound to it, somehow it just works.

https://youtu.be/lNrzCoASqSI

Also if Roland in D3 ever does get a battle horn like the one in the legend, it should summon a horde of demons to aid him.

>>132399
Sorry it took me so long to see this! Thank you so much! In canon Im operating where trans identity is totally valid and an accepted part of society. I had actually considered a storyline that went into the mechanics of physically transitioning a bit, but dropped it in favor of helping miki find the missing fire ward. Essentially it boils down to using magic to change as much or as little as the person wants, but is done over a period of time and requires occasional check ups to refresh the magic and see if theyre comfortable with the progress. I had imagined it to be roughly comparable with modern methods of transitioning and that pretty much everyone in the culture knows at least someone whos trans.

Its something I thought about addressing more directly when talking about mikis childhood, but felt that Miki’s transness isnt really her story, its who she is. Her story is that she had a magical ability she couldnt control and her parents taught her a skill that helped her make friends. I wanted it to be clear that she was trans from a very young age and that the support she got let her grow into the talented and happy person she is

>>133840
Yeah, ive never really gone into it, but essentially magical contraception is a pretty common thing. its a simple charm that requires an occasional renewal and is easily removed if someone wants to get pregnant. While the main cast is obviously way more sexually active than the average citizen, the culture has a more relaxed view on casual sex than what we’re familiar with: in part because unwanted pregnancy and venereal disease is so rare.

I'm guessing that fey, elementals, and mortals can't interbreed?

Is there a missing chapter or do we actually jump from chapter 2 to 4?

>>133903
I would say that there’s some degree of interbreeding possible. Mostly between fey/elementals and fey/mortals. Though fey and elementals are so long lived, that its fairly rare for them to have kids in the first place. Cross planar children would be even rarer but still possible!

>>133997 chapter 1 and chapter 2 are both in one thread, it’s possible thats where the confusion is? The wiki has links to every thread

>>134091
Aaaaah yes indeed!
Because I was just adding the latest thread on the wiki and saw the discrepancy so I wanted to check.
If you guys are ok with it I might take a minute to fix the numbering

If this gets out the Crows are just done. They're on thin ice with the nobles already.

If they really are trying to kill Cheese and Moss, we can expect their efforts to get increasingly desperate if they know we're getting close to escaping.

Hey so fuck the Crows man. I thought they were underdogs, not backstabbers.

Well, I kindof understand why they're doing it. From their perspective, they're worse than underdogs, they are persecuted and mistreated. If the necromancer uprising is successful it creates a whole new society for them to live in, and the necromancers have likely promised them they will be treated well.

>>134085
Judging by the latest accidental reveal, they might also be closer tied to necromancy than anyone originally thought.

The crows are trading one abusive master for another. At least the empire doesn't have the tech to soul-chain them to an undead HUSK.

It's great seeing you make a return, teegs. And as previously said, that title card is excellent!

I hope this isn't 'too putting on the spot', but I'm curious what projected lengths you have in mind for your current quests. While Quests are akin to Webcomics in that they run for very extended periods of time, you've got a lot on your plate - and I find it difficult to imagine that all of them are as in-depth and lengthy as Dead Dust, (or the Arzfayz-verse, once that eventually gets the reboot). Would it be fine if you gave us your thoughts on what the relative ratios of story length you imagined for your quests are? I'd ask for time estimates but life is busy, and there's no real guarantees on things getting done when you want them to.

>>134061
>I hope this isn't 'too putting on the spot', but I'm curious what projected lengths you have in mind for your current quests.
Hmm, let's see:

>Dead Dust
Hard to say anything more definite than "long"
>Flora
3 threads, maybe 4 tops
>Null and Void
It's a bit open ended so I'm not completely sure, but most likely shorter than Dead Dust
>Folly of the Temptress
Probably about the same as Null and Void
>eventual Arzfayz reboot
This could change, but right now I think I'd probably shoot for about 5 threads.

Good to see you back! Really enjoying the updates lately!

>>134092
Thanks, glad to hear it!

>>134087
Thanks for the detailed answer - I'm actually a bit surprised by some of these. I was expecting Flora to be longer, but 3 threads is quite interesting. Still, either way, it's good that you've got this all planned out. Best of luck to you - I'll certainly be watching and seeing things play out.

LW 2020/09/25(Fri)00:22 No. 133850 ID: 6f7a5a
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Without Armour

Bonus Image: Sezeda on Sale LW 2020/10/15(Thu)21:35 No. 134013 ID: 6f7a5a
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she hopes she at least fetches a high price

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I really like Ulric, is he planned to show up more later in the story?

>>134088
Yes Ulric will be showing up later.
He'll also be showing up in bonus content

>>134090
Im very glad to hear that