So, yeah. Totally called it.

>>316055
because it was obvious

So... what's to stop us from using the information we gain in these hero's minds to deliberately undermine them by reporting back to Muschio?

Hell, with proper timing we could lead them into an ambush.. perhaps Muschio's true power and influence is coming to the fore.

But Muschio should watch out... if he should loose favor with the orb we can easily have him deposed via such underhanded methods. His own greatest enemy so to speak.

I'm liking this, except for how he tends to pick long, awkward dialogue suggestions. The main character is neat looking.

So, will this be continued in Knight Blades 2, or will these guys be the next baddies in Dive Quest?

>So... what's to stop us from using the information we gain in these hero's minds to deliberately undermine them by reporting back to Muschio?
I don't know about Ridder but personally I'm gonna just have Muschio outright ignore any metagaming.

>I'm liking this, except for how he tends to pick long, awkward dialogue suggestions.
I dunno I think all his dialog was quite fitting except that one time he went on and on, but even that seemed appropriately in-character. What did you want him to say?

>except that one time he went on and on
Yeah, that's kinda what was on my mind. That and how blunt he was about Arabella's evil fetus.

This sounds like this is going to lead in to some wacky Weaver/Reaver double team quest. And that sounds like it has a great deal of potential to be A-FUCKING-MAZING.

>>316061
That was the one part that just kinda bugged me. He was so polite before that. I'm hoping either he joins up with Muschio, since Boss is kind of a noble evil, or it goes all Dorf Quest and he leads an army against him for the glory of his father. Either way, awesome will ensue.

>>316056
Let me feel important, damn you!

>>316059
I can understand that... we can hardly justify such meta through the Voices of the Orb as obviously the Orb has not been in contact with Ridder or Tim as of yet.

Why are we using an OCDNS renamon again?

>>316062
Or a complete and utter pile of steaming shit because of forced bromance or something

wait...
If this and Divequest are paralellish...
Where does that place Ridder and Muschio?
Cause Ridder is at a burning village...
And Muschio... he's back worrying about Nymph's Jinx.

>>316098
I think this is some point in the near future compared to Dive as it is now. Weaver would need to finish up this current chapter, do a bit of a timeskip to where Boss's plans start to unfurl (and he hires an ogre) more to catch up or something.

>>316095
What's OCDNS?

>>316100
Original Character Do Not Steal.

Speaking from experience, it's very difficult to make species that don't look like SOMEthing.

He doesn't even look like Renamon. Besides, Renamon is a generic golden fox/ninetails thing. The only things that make her unique are markings, clothes, and fur patterns.

>>316099
Honestly, all that's required is for Ash to return with an Ogre, and Muschio to go to town for whatever reason.

>>316110
He reminds me more of like, those rat-dudes from FFIX. Burmecians or something. He even uses a spear.

>>316116
That was my first thought, but the tail and legs are wrong.

>>316095
>>316096
You mad.

>>316116
Me too. He's either Burmecian or Faestir, I'd think.

Glad to see you're using thicker lines. With some of those early pics it's hard to make out the image clearly.

You made a halfling thief that's not annoying. I didn't think it possible (and Montaron doesn't count, he was half fighter).

Anonymous 2009/11/18(Wed)15:20 No. 6373 ID: dda9dd
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>>316124
Knee joint is different I think, and the tail is too short and thickly furred.

>>316173
Hmm, you're right. Some kinda... Iunno, kangaroo thing?

>>316173
plus he isn't queen shittingly British and wearing a hat. Or raincoat.

Nahkh!7BHo7QtR6I 2009/11/18(Wed)17:57 No. 6385 ID: 426169
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Someone on IRC complained about the lack of Sticks fanart. I'm here to remedy that.

>>316185
This lil' girl, she played six, she played knick knack on my dick

On a more related note...
There hasn't been a single drop of blood shed yet!

>>316253
This may have to do with actually being the good guys.

>>316254
good guys tend to shed blood too!

>>316255
Yeah, their own.

>>316256
Emo isn't good!

>>316255
But not when they can help it. As the protagonists are aided by wonderful voices, they are unlikely to be unable to help it.

>>316259
exactly. With us in their brain, that which is cruel is for the forces of good!

>>316277
Conversely while in Muschio's head that which is kind or merciful is for the forces of evil.

>>316278
Like I said, Ridder's more foil than a thin sheet of aluminum.

>>316279
That's oddly true. Muschio is relatively nice for the devil. Even as he does good things to achieve 'bad goals' he seems to be making more order that cahos recently

Ridder, on the other hand, is creating a bunch of schisms all around by accident. And pissing people off.

>>316300
This could change all with Muschio's most recent declaration of intent...

You know? I wonder if Finesse is really okay with Muschio being truly wicked as opposed to being somewhat melodramatic?

We've seen parts of her past and while she 'claims' she is 'has no personal stake in the matter" I think there could be a problem (as despite the saying.. it isn't generally the evil that girls what in the 'bad boys'...)

She admire his drive... and likely still associates him with the noble acts of his family so long ago. If he discards his nobility... what then?

>>316302

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MyMasterRightOrWrong

>>316303
That could happen too... I am just consider what/who it was/is that ultimately prevents Muschio from ruling most of world as "The Supreme Master of Wickedness... and Peculiar Halfbreed Progeny" (a duel title 'we' already know ultimately falls into bolder hands than his, within less than century.)

Ultimately he is going to fail or be turned aside from his quest. I am merely attempting to guess as to what will be his ruin; the blade, the pen, time, his own madness?... or perhaps even that most terrible of all powers, love?

Would it be safe to say that while he is no stranger to the rites and fires of passion, he has not yet been broken upon the unyielding stone of love?

>>316307
>falls into bolder hands
>bolder
i c wat u did there

>>316307
Erm... he seems to be shrugging off his sexual and mental desires often... even the ones we give him.

but this begs the question

Muschio is of the bloodline. When Ridder sees his enemy, the choice will have to be made.

This will make Ridder either one of the evil, or a revolutionary. So Ridder's final phycological state depends on the situation of his first encounter.



Realistically, his downfall will be on his own choosing. All people fall eventually.

>>316310

Don't be so cynical.

>>316311
scuse me princess -_-

Btw: We messed up somewhere. Ridder now has no following, and no use. Back to being a hobo.

>>316312
He's an errant knight. Stop trying to turn everybody into an overlord of some kind.

It's always nice to read a quest by someone who knows how to write.

So.... Are we gonna wave under Muschio's banner, or become good guys?

>>316379
We shall see.
We
shall
see.

>>316312
We screwed up by treating Tim and Sticks as minions instead of party members. We should've decided to take them everywhere with us at least until we had a militia of some kind. Then Tim could train them while we go out with Sticks to do whatever. It's not like there was anything to protect in our 'base' that we couldn't have brought with us everywhere.

Ridder was definitely getting ahead of himself by even making plans to convert the church into a base. It really should've been a hideout at most.

We were nudged in that direction by the quest's author, of course. It's rather clever what he did; Ridder's desire to fortify the base put us in the mindset of a dungeon master, which pissed all the other NPCs off. Tim and Sticks got bored just standing around the base doing nothing, and the rebel lady got angry because a Malto planted his banner at the church.

Well, at least Ridder has a mount now! He did say he was trained for mounted combat.

Anonymous 2009/11/27(Fri)22:48 No. 6679 ID: dda9dd
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Μοῖραι – "the apportioners"

i-in-inn-inni-innin-inning
A Lot of Moss keeps winning
And voices guide the sinning
A darkness just beginning
The Reaver adds the trimming
To what the Weaver is a spinning
Him in Black still a glimming
At walls about them thinning
Hear now the dreadful dinning
Scent the molten tinning
Feel now the thorny pinning
Red Wheel of Fate now Spinning

>>316479
Is it wrong that I read that in Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka voice from the trippy boat ride scene?

I would just like to add, the main character looks like a fucking lucario.

>>316486
All we need to do is train Ridder until he gets Aura Sphere, then we'll be invincible.

>>316486
This is like the third or fourth different thing I've heard someone state the main character looks undeniably like.
I don't think it looks like Lucario, Renamon, or Freya, to be honest.

I think Ridder looks like a Ripper from Monster Rancher 4.

>>316480
Not at all... now that you mention it, the progression between cheery singsong and apparent mania fits the tone quite nicely.

>>316527
Am I getting this right.
You say Nedynvor are, unlike your "creation", a mashup of random furry shit?

Wait, is my equation wrong
Let me try again

Ridder 2009/11/29(Sun)06:53 No. 6730 ID: fb5d8e
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Is this better

Anonymous 2009/11/29(Sun)07:02 No. 6731 ID: 44cc6c
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>>316530
You're not very good at this.

Ridder 2009/11/29(Sun)07:05 No. 6732 ID: fb5d8e
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Possible new outfit.

>>316530
I dare you to explain in which way Nedynvors inspired your stuff.

Oh you boys are insatiable. <3

Lawyer Dog 2009/11/29(Sun)07:17 No. 6735 ID: 8ce2bf
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you guys are all wrong he looks like KING KAZUMA

>>316535
Oh fuck, you're right. Everyone loses.

>>316531
I find this hilarious, and I'm not sure why. I blame math.

>>316537
>I find this hilarious, and I'm not sure why
That's simple: You are, in fact, the guy who writes XKCD.

>>316538
My god. I've been doing it all this time without realizing! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>316532
lol, I like it. This outfit should show up in the quest, even if it's just a brief thing. I think it'd be hilarious

>>316554
Makes me think they'd be at home on the steppes.

>>316557

steppes = plains

Ridder said his people are plains hunters.

>>316554
Mongols... some of the most fearful conquerors have hailed from those bleak, empty spaces between settled civilization.

>>316559
Yeah, I was thinking Mongols but forgot what the hell a steppe actually was.

I think they look neat.

>>316785
That is indeed quite awesome.

>>316785
Reaver do you have a gallery somewhere?

That armour looks out of perspective, man. It looks flat where it should be curved.

>>316785
Reminds me of the art from Final Fantasy Tactics.

>>316789
Not overtly so. Only real oddity I see is the way the chest plates overlap upward, which isn't something I've seen on real armor, but it makes some sense on a cavalier, as it allows for greater torsion. Doesn't really seem consistent with the use of a spear, but whatever.

>>316790
Now that you mention it, between the mount and that picture, he'd be right at home in Ivalice.

Try to guide the lines that go through the center of the breastplace and compare them with the lines that define the edges of the armour. You will notice that the way the armor is drawn is totally off, making Ridder look like he's about to fall back rather than stand. Pauldrons look very off as well, again - their perspective makes it look like Ridder is leaning towards the audience and it's about to fall in that direction.

>>316793
I see what you're saying, about perspective, except your key point is wrong because he doesn't look like he's falling at all. He looks quite balanced, and if you pay attention to the shapes and positions of things, you'll notice that everything actually works out quite nicely.

oh my god you guys nevermind
i thought i'd make a nice picture but nooooo
geeeeezzz

>>316798
God, man, what's wrong with you?
/tg/chan demands nothing less than ARTISTIC PERFECTION.


And tits.

I suddenly got a theory on the 'evil' in Orc gal.

From the Dive Quest perspecive:
Post sex, we got to see Arabella(right?) talking with the commander. So she has to have had a orb peice.

Knight Blades:
We see evil on stomach area, but the orc said she knew what she was doing. If true, than it's orb

>>316804

no Orb of Infinite Psyche, you are the demons

Where dat pic go

>>316805
This could make some sense... but where would she have picked up a shard?

>>316807
From the shard injector thing, perhaps?

>>316807

Muschio had one in his urethra for such an occasion?

Hey, where'd the picture go? I quite liked it.

Anonymous 2009/12/02(Wed)23:23 No. 7043 ID: 2dd482
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oh hay

>>316843

love it.

So does this mean that Sticks is now a Cat Burglar?

Hiro!J02Ujjg4Nw 2009/12/03(Thu)21:45 No. 7079 ID: fc93c8
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>>316878

Anonymous 2009/12/03(Thu)21:48 No. 7080 ID: f44349
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>>316878

>>316843
Very, very, VERY nice. Yeah, I could see how some might complain about perspective, but it seems to do well for me. His breastplate probably doesn't need to be bent out as far as humans does.

Hey, two things:

One, Orange Fang isn't with the main group of mercenaries, like Black Fang. Maybe we can find and recruit him too?

Two, I noticed that Ridder isn't getting any extra input from his ring. All they're doing is letting us transmit to Black Fang. If we weren't involved, would the rings do anything at all?

Aarno 2009/12/05(Sat)16:25 No. 7146 ID: 04bd7e
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i KNEW i saw that armor elsewheres..

>>/quest/89277
...Date Rape? Seriously?

Jesus.

>>317153
Muschio is an evil, evil man with evil, evil plans.

>>317155
Evil evil plans yes...

but as I remember a certain Reginald Jeeves once said,

"Any undertaking that requires four people to be in the same place at the same time, while two of them are unaware of the fact, is fraught with the possibility of mishap Sir"

Anonymous 2009/12/13(Sun)01:34 No. 7563 ID: e024d0
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Anyhow, it seems even our usual task of creating love has become somewhat harder than it usually is. Ridder's and Sticks' encounter has left him rather worse for wear (a lot of that previous fire in his eyes is faded and worn.) As for Sticks, while she seems to have come out better from it, she isn't exactly into the whole 'romance' thing beyond it's purest physicality.

It occurs to me only now but have the Voices/Orb ever really had to work to make a relationship work once such physical contact has been established? I can think of only one previous example, Mudy (and boy was making that work hellacious.)

It seems that while we are prememenant matchmakers, we don't actually have much experience in the whole relationship working thing beyond: make friendly, spend time together, screw like rabbits...

I am mentioning this because we will presumable have some time before Sticks and Ridder meet face to face again and we have somewhat established where they stand on the mater. Sticks in noncommittal though infatuated, while Ridder feels committed, yet would have preferred someone rather more... 'idealistic? honorable perhaps?"

It would be in our favor to discuss future planning and what exactly we intend to do (if anything) before we do it.

Our primary difficulty is this fact, contrary to popular theory, opposites do not actually attract. People tend to those people who vindicate their own viewpoints and lifestyles instead of ones who rock it.

As for making a relationship work beyond attraction, well, this is picture is kinda what we're looking at. Neither of them are technically 'in love', they just have perhaps one or two of the components necessary.

>>317363
Thanks! I've kind been debating posting something like this. We really should decide who we want to get togeather in this thing, if anyone.

Romance wise, I don't like Sticks. She seems too jaded. I suggest we need to find her somebody she likes and somebody she can be open with. She's quite the yoai fangirl, so maybe a guy who likes lesbians? I don't know, blue skying here. Anyway, Sticks so much a tease and plays a much better role as a tease then an actual romantic partner that I'd rather just leave her as a free agent for now. I haven't seen anyone she's compatiable with, and having her trying to get all the boys in bed with each other is funny as hell.

Personally, I actually do favor Ridder and Muschio for tragic and humor (Mostly because Muschio is the world's most evil spazz, and Ridder has a white knight complex you can see coming for miles away that will eventually turn evil, if only because we're the voices in his head), although I want the boss to get with Finnie so bad. Ridder and Black Fang would work, I think. Needing to fight the Rainbow Fangs with Black Fang helping us will be intresting.

>>317366
See the thing here is is that honestly Sticks is about as good a choice for Ridder, as Muschio is for Finesse (actually that's a lie, Stick's should not be compared down to a bastard like Muschio despite her flighty nature). Finnie deserves rather better and may only like the guy because she's build up this insulated fantasy around him because of his family's past nobility. She can't afford not to like him because otherwise all of her time, all of her life's work to get noticed, to be successful... was meaningless. She never may have really expected, but when Fate/We dropped a curveball in her lap like she could have never caught on her own she has clung to it an will not let go to save her life. I only want to see Muschio get a good end, not for his sake, but for her's alone. If he... if he fucks up the 'only' GOOD thing he has going for him, my pent up wrath and spite will drop on him like a load of lead bricks!

Thus if we admit the validity of Finnie and Muschio we are almost forced to stay open to the validity of the the rather less precarious Sticks and Ridder.

See part of the problem is that both Sticks and Ridder believe in the love at first sight "I will know I want to be with this person forevern'evers, ect, ect."

That isn't how love works, it would be a lot easier if it was, but it isn't. Consider the fact that countries with arranged marriages often have higher satisfaction down the road than ones where your expected to start out in Romantic or Fatuous Love and simply stay there happily.

One of the key components 'both' of them are missing here is Intimacy. Intimacy is built only through one way... being together, you love those you are around, those you do things for (not necessarily those who do things for you note), people you know and understand. At this moment I doubt Ridder or Sticks could name each-other's favorite food, or how they like their coffee in the morning, much less their life goals or values are (if they even know themselves.)

I think you people are taking this just a wee bit too seriously...

>>317363

Where are Penn and Teller with the hacksaw to disband this?

>>317371

They're probably just being ironic and shit.
Probably.

It's kinda hard to tell with these people.

>>317380
Actually I just took a social psychology final so it all just wandering around in my brain waiting for the opportunity to jump out.

Besides, crazed discussion and mass random guessing is what these kind of threads are for.

>>317381
Okay, I'll accept that reasoning.

Well, Gunpowder was a bad idea.

We should have just gotten her to put a bucket of her brew on top of some blocks of ice for a boom, before trying to get anything fancy. Now we're not going to be a fancy ring! We'll probably just be a magic blob of metal.

>>317384
Yeah, she seems to be the... Anti-Finesse in more than one way. Not very accommodating is she? Granted we did try to flood her skull with alien knowledge, but still.

Besides, where were we going to get and store blocks of ice?

These are the same voices as the ones from Dive, right?

Ergo, the voices speak to both Ridder and Muschio, and know everything from both Quests.

What's stopping the voices from divulging information to either one about the other?

>>317386
The voices are time-severed? There all all kinds or reasons, but the actual reason is that Reaver and Weaver want to keep this stuff in-character.

Ridder doesn't have an Orb... he just hears the Voices (not that Finnie wasn't doing this while she was young but still.)

>>317386
No, they are not the same voices. Muschio's come from the part of himself he placed inside the orb, and Ridder's... well, we don't really know where Ridder's come from. The ring just allows the voices to talk to people other than Ridder.

But the point is that they're not supposed to be the same voices.

>>317388
for all we know... Ridder could have accidentally managed to get a shard in him by accident in that random town...

We technically can seep info from either side...

But the consquences would probably be brutal

>>317391
As our contact with young Finnie shows, the Shards nor the Orb are not necessary to speak with us (she called us Mojo then, and mentioned we sound just like the Lord Volto.)

However, It would be quite unsporting of us as the Echos of Fate to share such data and thus we shall not (and Weaver won't take it even if you 'do' post it.)

Pretty sure any incriminating info we feed in either quest will just be ignored anyway.

I'm not entirely convinced with this idea that Muschio would leave an overpowering aura of horrific evil everywhere he goes. He's really bad at this whole evil thing. My guess: It's either the orb or a "real" evil wandering around, somehow connected with the knight blades or whoever hired the fangs to kill them. Probably the orb, given Muschio's vague statements about the circumstances under which he acquired it.

>>317406
Plus the fact that, as a whole, we're totally evil.

>>317407
Indeed. Have you considered the possibility that we are legion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_(demon)

>>317414
Oh goddammit I fail at linking

>>317415
yes you do...
but I see the point...
we are gluttonous and lustful as a whole...
Don't know about demonstration of other sins.

I bet we have virtues though... of some sort.

But what about Arabella? The "evil" inside of her is surely the work of Muschio. The orb certainly didn't, ah, leave anything inside her, and I doubt it could have come from anyone other than Muschio. Perhaps Muschio is more evil than any of us realize.

>>317418

Wait! Maybe Muschio's testicles are the source of the evil!

... It was like that in "My Balls"...

>>317420
No, the evil was external, it was just in his testicles.

>>317418
I think his earnest attempts at evil store up Chaos Karma or something- nothing evil came of his intentions for a long while, then the mess with the city.

>>317420
Perhaps we are one of Muschio's testicles.

>>317417
We're definitely proud. We haven't had a whole lot of need for envy, but we tend to take anything we want, so that's at least greed, and arguably envy as well. We're not really given to wrath, though we do indulge in it in extreme instances. We never do anything ourselves, and most of us probably wouldn't even if we could, so that's sloth.

A couple are stretching, but we're definitely sinful. If we tried to do the same thing with the cardinal virtues, we'd have a much harder time.

Orb of Infinite Psyche

Psyche was a mortal woman so beautiful that Eros (the son of Venus) was enthralled with her and took her away to marry (after being told by his mother to kill her.) She was made to promise that she would never attempt to see his face.

After being convinced by her sisters that her husband must be some kind of monster she disobeyed his wishes and took a lamp to see him, she fell hopelessly in love with him but he awoke and flew away.

She in revenge tricked her sisters into jumping off a cliff, and proceeded to go on a series of quests to win back her love (directed by Venus) culminating in a descent to the Underworld to beg for some beauty from Persephone as gift for Venus.

She failed this final task, but Eros returned to her and lifted her our of the Underworld and is taken to Olympus to drink Ambrosia and become one of the gods. They have a daughter named Voluptus (pleasure.)

Their story is one of the few of faithful love in the entire Greek Pantheon, despite being considered on the folk tale level of canon.

Perhaps this story bears no relevance, but I find it significant that Muschio may be incapable of love and many of the better emotions. Remember that a great many terrible and mad things are done for love.

Sooooooooooooooooo.... Petal.

Ridder's one and only dearheart or should we wait for something more furry to ship?

>>317582
Ridder x Muschio OTP

>>317583
Pretty much this

>>317582
She certainly seems a more compatible choice at this point. She is rather snippy (understandable being an elf.) She seems far more honorable, less flighty ect, ect.

However, I can't really help but feel sorry for Sticks.

>>317583
Yeah, this is canon. IT IS.

I only meant, you know, for us shippers... And for now, at least Petal and Ridder are at the same eye level.

>>317583
Very true. Well, that or Black Fang.

>>317586
Short girls are fine too.

Ridder x Everyone OTP

We're getting him a harem end whether he likes it or not.

>>317591
The bisexual harem to end all bisexual harems!

>>317591
Don't you have to beat the game once for every characters' romance subplots first to unlock the harem ending?

>>317626
Nah, that's just the easy way.

Fuckin Sgt. Dokes

Bawww, how dare you guys make Grey Fang innocent a likable!

>>317875
There's time for killing later, when it doesn't involve getting thrown out of town.

Pardon my ignorance on the current situation, but...
Knight Blades and Dive Quest both grinded to a halt at the hot springs scene and have not updated for about two weeks now... Did the holidays get too busy for them, or is something else up?

>>318411

They're on vacation.

>>318413

I'm guessing they told us in IRC? If you know dates it might be an idea to post them so people don't fill up the thread with WHEN ARE THEY COMING BACK WHEN ARE THEY COMING BACK WHEN ARE THEY COMING BACK or something.

>>318418
They were never really gone from tgchan while on vacation, just from Knight Blades and Dive Quest. Weaver did more Atophane's Tales and Reaver did Gift Quest. They are both back from vacations now I believe, though.

Ridder 2010/01/07(Thu)15:30 No. 8697 ID: c16184
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>"Son, age will not make you a man. You decide when you take those responsibilities."
>"What your father is trying to say is that we will still be here for you after your coming of age ceremony."
>"Yes. I just did not want it to sound like we think you are weak."
>"Now why don't you turn that frown into a smile, Ridder?"

>>318497

Does their whole species have that expression?

Man, can you imagine going to one of their settlements and trying do some street performance or something? All those eyes. Staring. JUST LIKE THAT.

>>318500
Only crowd harder would be a mixed Talyxian settlement. Of course there they can probably outdo any street performance you care to preform short of actual magic.

What would a Leferran - Talyxian hybrid be like...?

>>318504
A furry.

>>318504
It would stare the stare that would rend your soul asunder.

Hey. We should ask Black Fang if he saw the hooks when he went in to 'clean up' the base after we first claimed it... and if he did, how he got them to go away.

Ridder 2010/01/09(Sat)05:51 No. 8771 ID: c16184
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As requested

Okay, I gotta know, was Tchergat destined to die or was there a way for us to save him?

>>318849
I think we may have been able to if we had suggested that they be on their guard and that the dead creature was a trap.

>>318851

No, I think it'd be hard to be on your guard while you're trying to stop someone from bleeding to death, I think we should have fallen back and at least wait till Tchergat was more stable.

>>318856
I believe he means to say that Tchergat could possibly have been saved if Ridder had been on his guard before they were attacked.

>>318859
Sorry. I mean to say, "if you had suggested that he be on his guard."

We could've saved him if we had gotten Ridder to stay behind with Iesgip, probably. He would've been badly wounded anyway, and Grey/Yellow would've put up more of a fight at their base though.

We screwed up twice. Once when failing to notice that a dead creature next to a campfire means there's people nearby, and another when we left the wounded behind to go chase after a fleeing enemy.

>>318862

It seems to me that Tchergat took damage pretty swiftly. Even if we were on high alert at the time, could we have reacted fast enough to stop the blow?

You have a point there. Maybe we only really had one chance to save him, then. Or maybe we would've just been there to see him die.

I think as soon as he mentioned the fact that he had a wife and kid waiting for him back at home he was dead.

>>318906
The only way he would've been dead sooner would be if he was two days from retirement.

>>318912
and was the only one with a helmet.

In before these three turn out to not be the real advisers.

Not saying to refuse, having been tricked by three of her subjects can gain sympathy from the Matriarch. Which can be used to your advantage to convince her to join your cause.

>>318935
You know... if I had made a bet as to which one would violate their relationship first... I would be out of some cash right now.

Not that Sticks is likely to be particularly hurt over it (although one should note that she tends to put guys with other guys, not other girls, specifics can be very important in relationships.) I just know that this isn't isn't how Ridder would prefer to handle his diplomacy (being willing to do something doesn't mean that one "wants" too).

What saddens me is that I am not really seeing a "good" end for Ridder at this time. Even if he militarily wins against the "Boss" he will be made a dead man walking by the knowledge of what he has done and what he sacrificed to do it... nothing left but a dried up husk of empty pretensions and tactical training.

Also... on a lighter note I find it hilariously ironic that Ridder is apparently everything Dompag wishes he was as a mere addition to his character and talents (and considering the song that Weaver said inspired Dompag, I reserve doubts about his actual... "conquests.") Hell, its even something Ridder's struggled to avoid but he does it effortlessly, while Dompag has made it the sum of his nature.

>>318973
Huh, that actually sounds like that would be a neat ending.

>>318974
It would just be him, staring out into nothing...

Perhaps his children would be see him sitting on the porch some days... just staring out into the horizon with those eyes of his, trying to focus on anything but where and who he is.

They won't notice that he's more distant.. colder these days... they never knew him otherwise. Maybe their mother will know, he's only going through the motions these days, living on autopilot... whoever he was, just turned out the lights years ago and never came home.

>>318973
I think we will find out that Ridder is in fact Calevara. Or atleast related to him in some way. Could be that Timotei becomes the lich.

I think it's incredibly dramatic and reactionary to call Ridder a dried-up husk who sacrificed everything just because he had a fling here and there.

I mean I see what you're going for but really that's pretty out there.

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

>>318985
Well, that's something I could've lived without knowing.

>>318984
Not referring to a fling here and there.. more the fact that the man he is doing everything to defeat... is the same one who has inspired every hope action and dream he's had since.. well forever.

He could easily live with all the rest of his sacrifices, but to complete his mission he's going to have to destroy the thing he holds most dear to him.

>>318988
Well, if Muschio ends his Heel Semiface Turn, will Ridder even have a mission to finish?

Well there's SOMETHING actually evil in Muschio's base. We all know it ISN'T Muschio. And there's no such thing as an evil baby who can't even think so no that evil stuff in Arabella is not his evil seed... must be something else.

There's probably some horrible demon under Mushio's base and anyone that's been inside it for even a little bit gets infected with Evil that paladin's can sense.

>>318991

Wait... what about the minion portal? It essentially leads to hell, and Muschio broke one. Maybe when it shattered, all its infernal magic spilled on him, so he registers as strongly evil, just as anyone who associates with him too much.

>>318992
Maybe his weak mind has been corrupted by the portal's magic which makes him want to be evil. But now that he has been cleansed by the hot spring he now has second thoughts about turning evil.

>>318993
Maybe Tim's evil sense can tell intent as opposed to actual competence?

Technically the only superpower we've seen timotei demonstrate is convincing people of what he thinks via strange mental flashes.

We're talking about the same guy who chopped up some hedges thinking they were goblins.

>>319108

I lol'd.

>It's physically impossible for you to be smooth right? There has to be some reason you're incapable of learning how to speak with people.

Ridder has assburgers.

>>319324
Could be. But I have known people with assburgers who are smoother.

I think he may have been cursed by gypsies as well. Cursed with failure in nearly everything he attempts. Especially anything like a non professional relationship.

>>319326
Are you telling me that people with mental problems can be different and aren't all identical? WHOA.

>>319340
I know. Mindboggling isn't it!

But I think our dear Ridder may be suffering from a stressbased schizofrenia. He couldn't handle that the real world was different from his ideal world so his mind snapped.

>>319342

He could be schizoid, too.

But you know, I don't think Reaver has given it much think. Think of KB like an anime: sometimes it just doesn't makes much sense but it's so awesome.

>>319347
Just because it's awesome on a superficial level doesn't mean it's not awesome on a deeper level~

>>319347
If this were anime like, there'd be a "IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!" moment every here and there...
The only one we have so far is that we're his schitzophrenia acting up...

>>319377
He created us to serve as his kind of council I suppose.

But to me it seems that we are also a blame shifting device, he likes to follow orders and part of that may be because he isn't as responsible for his actions when "just following orders."

Ridder has the worrying capacity to do almost anything (for a short while) because he can simply detach himself from his emotions and desires.

Even Muschio was incapable of proceeding with Arabella until they had formed some kind of bond (and exercised what I suspect to be his power and control fetish) but Ridder, no such barrier.

To work off the anime comparisons in a way I can see him as a kind of critique of the Buddhist warrior-hero ideals, detached, yet just, dispassionate yet caring.

>>319394
KABROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!

>>319407
Cannot un-imagine.

Reaver 2010/01/24(Sun)16:25 No. 9611 ID: c16184
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Hey guys,
The current chapter is getting a lot of confusion, so I'll try to clear things up.
The last chapter there were a lot of suggestions asking to get in Grey's mind to understand her better. Therefor, this chapter is about uncovering Grey's troubled past, through her flashbacks and well-put questions.
There were a few very good questions, that led to more of her flashback being unlocked.
However, most suggestions seemed to be of a 'You are thinking wrong and should think like this' kind, which is a terrible way for a psychologist to work, so those were ignored.
The flashbacks have now come to an end and reveal that her obsession with fire began when her house was burned down. It is some sort of Stockholm syndrome with fire. In the last image she is holding her brother to keep him from being burned, hence he is 'cheating' and is not really the fire's friend like she considers herself to be.
Now that her past and problems have been revealed, you can work on having her face the issues and hopefully draw her out of the though-pattern she build to defend herself from pain at loss or fear.
So, good luck. Next time something like this happens I'll just break the suspension of make-believe to make an explanation post at the beginning.

Thanks to Weaver for helping me figure out how to deal with this, and apologies to those I got into fights with about this.

>>319411
Also, White Fang... a cool looking muthafucka... well till he died, but still.

Anyhow I think we may have the full list now:
Black=Heavy
Yellow=Soldier
Green=Sniper
Purple=Medic
Red=Scout
Grey=Pyro
Blue=Spy
White=Engineer
Orange=Demoman

Also, I didn't imagine Yellow could get much creepier... then in this chapter, he did. From the grave even.

>>319411
Most of us aren't psychologists, so I really doubt we'll be able to, well, "fix" her.

We can beat her until she starts accepting our views as he own.

We could try yelling at her over and over again for a long time. We're good at that.

>>319435
"You don't really like the fire!
This isn't love, it's lust!"

Well, when she brings up the RAPE ME RAPE ME stuff we can just say Predators only have sex to procreate. That'll psyche her out. I like her older predator personality then her current fucked up personality anyway.

Why don't we just set her on fire? Just a little.

vytalibus 2010/01/28(Thu)18:44 No. 9804 ID: f35d0a
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Mhm.

Muschio is going to be going to Ridder's base soon. There are a few things I'm looking forward to:
1. Muschio's reaction to him being told that there were more Fangs
2. Sticks's reaction to seeing Muschio again
3. Finesse and Grek meeting
4. Ridder telling Muschio he almost banged his mom
5. Muschio telling Ridder of Tislomer's accident
6. Ridder's reaction when Muschio asks him what he was doing at Coriander's tower

>>319712
You forgot Ridder dumping Grey on Muschio.

>>319712
None of those will necessarily happen.

Anonymous 2010/01/30(Sat)16:40 No. 9950 ID: 5b76f8
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Ridder's mom's name is so very obvious that simply mentioning it is like Captain Obvious working at the Department of Redundancy Department, but is Black Fang's name intentional?

Pic delicious but potentially traumatic if considered from a certain perspective.

Ridder, Ridarre and Ritari are 'knight' in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish.
Terva is 'tar' in Finnish I think. I gave him that name because I have that exact bottle on the left right here on my desk.

Anonymous 2010/01/30(Sat)20:24 No. 9970 ID: bd36a1
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>>319761
Like tiny... little... corn NIBLETS...

>>319761
i uh

oh fuck i think i need to change shorts

>>319761
reaver pls stop making me attracted to every part of ridder

Hey anybody, whats Ridder's age right now?

Allotter 2010/01/31(Sun)12:11 No. 10024 ID: a56bd0
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so... bout them Knights Blades... yeah.. this could be a problem. Also... called it on Ridder's group not being them (although I suppose Ridder may count as an unwitting member)

...is anyone else getting a "League of Shadows" from Batman Begins vibe from the Knight Blades? The whole 'secret society seeking out to destroy whatever is on top, when they grow too powerful'? Which of course lead me to this thought...

WHO IN KNIGHT BLADESDIVE QUEST IS GOING TO BECOME BATMAN?

>>319825
Well Tislomer is already Two-Face, so...

I'd say Buster is going to become Batman.

Anonymous 2010/01/31(Sun)13:23 No. 10030 ID: 62489a
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"Alas poor Ridder... I knew him, Muschio, a fellow who lusted after the cunt of his birth."

You know, if Ridder were a Pokemon, he'd have the Cute Charm ability.

Okay... just for fun... From her reaction's to our people for some reason I think the girl's Ritari is impressed with so far are Petal and Iesgip, likely due to their wide variety of skills.

As for the other person she "reacted" to... well lets just make a note to keep an eye on Black Fang in the future. He's kinda... well it would be harder to command Black Fang's respect when he can just tell Ridder "I fucked your mum.. now get out boih."

Also, her reaction to Grek was quite amusing.

>>319845
Sticks is too fat and sassy for Ritari to approve of.

>>319824

Since the Templars are already taken, how about some guy start up some Freemason-like group?

>>319845
Well... we just need to make it so that he can go 'So? So did I.' right back if that happens.

Only seven knight blades in the whole world? And mommie and daddy are two? So... find five more, and we are good.

>>319850
Just seven "Knights", and then an untold number of "Knight Blades". From what I gathered, the Knights make the decisions, and the Blades do the dirty work - Ridder's parents were Blades.

>>319852
still though, remove the knights and the blades will have no one to swing them.

Well, we can probably guess that someone destroys them within the next century or so. So we might be looking at the beginning of their end.

>>319877
Haha sticks is fat

>>319878
I knew she was getting chubby but damn.

>>319877
GET SOME MEAT ON YOUR FUCKING BONES GREK DAMN

>>319885
sticks is absorbing grek's biomass.

>>319886
Sticks and Ritari's boobs both are, apparently.

>>319877
It isn't fair... Iesgip has no right to be that ripped.. and look that cute.

Reaver 2010/02/02(Tue)10:44 No. 10096 ID: c16184
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Hey guys,
I'm sure you noticed that little intermission where Nakraska was DMing a tabletop RPG for Grek, Sticks and Iesgip. While I felt like it would be funny and cute, I really hadn't put any thought into it, so I had no idea how it'd turn out.
Sorry if you made suggestions or had high hopes.
Perhaps we'll try again another time?

Q 2010/02/02(Tue)10:45 No. 10097 ID: 44ad00
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The picture of them at the table is great too.

Reaver 2010/02/02(Tue)10:46 No. 10098 ID: c16184
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Here's the big one.

>>319877

Hm! To be frank I expected Ritari to be slimmer, from what we've seen in the quest itself. I was under the impression that their species tended to be quite thin in general.

>>319901
Good point. I think I just suck a teensy little bit.

it's common knowledge that armor tends to have a slimming effect

I think its easier to believe that, to give her attractive boobs, Reaver simply enlarged her frame.

>>319904

Perhaps, but I am under the impression that Reaver's quite capable of having given her attractive breasts without quite that body size.

But then, the picture as a whole seems a little odd to me because more detail has been given to the bodies than the heads, creating the slight impression of a mismatch. The extra shading and lines makes them look more "rough", whereas in the normal course of things a person's head, being more exposed to the elements, picks up small details and lines more quickly than their body. But considering the purpose of the picture, that's really to be expected.

well I think that that picture is fine and funny

>>319902
I dunno it makes some sense for an older female of a species to be better suited for the rearing of young. Leferran young and older males can stay typically thin.

>>319908
She's got childbearing hips and such... so yeah that probably makes some sense.

I thought I'd point out that since kobolds in this universe are apparently human-sized, Mudy was not purebred kobold. He was half-halfling.

That also means Raital could've been pure kobold, or still half-human since they're basically the same size.

You might be onto something here. Of course, it is most likely plot hole.

I thought it was implied that he was just a part of Raital that they took out... her heart or something.

They thought it was too dangerous to leave it in or something (what exactly that makes their relationship now is beyond my grammatical expertise or even desire to pin down.)

However it is worth notating the his/their father is likely Ruddy Mann (the vision at the hotsprings.)

The Rudy/Skulking relationship likely happened long before the semi-modern age Rudy Quest seems to take place in (note that he was being transported in a plane in a box among historical artifacts...)

>>319967
I think it's a different universe altogether. Who knows where the Cjopaze portal sent the kobold-soon-to-be-Skulking.

Also, that was an excellent tie-in.

I'd like to note that Iesgip is 3 years old, yet is skilled in a WHOLE TON of stuff, as well as having muscles of a professional bodybuilder.

How on earth did she get so good at so many things so quickly? Perhaps she's smarter than we give her credit for.

>>320095
She is... note that when we told her about Ridder wanting a woman for a family... but not a family right, now she immediately came to the conclusion that the entire contest was ineffective.

Also... drive and self-discipline can make up for even a sub-par intelligence and if there is anything Iesgip has it's those two attributes.

Sorry to change the subject but, What are the religions of this world.

So far there seems to be one that worships the Sun/Light. Any others?

The Cult of the Barbed Wheel... sure its a lost cult but the High Roller mentioned their sunken temple a tapestry from which he had acquired.

The Sungod is the most accessible because a lot of people rely on sunlight. Crops need to grow, travelling during the day is less dangerous, and so forth.
Therefor the other religions tend to be more specialized. Perhaps you should ask one of the characters about their religion.

So... tired of adventuring and decided to go into fetish mode?

>>320151

┐(๑◕ˇڡˇ◕)┌

乀(◐‿◐乀) Suddenly, depression! (ノ◑‿◑)ノ

contrast is good, fetish mode will pass and we can get back to enemy hordes and ancient evils and dirty doublecrosses

Yeah... so... age differences... yeah.

Yeah! Age differences! YEAH!! haha...

Anyone else feel like Reaver needs a side project until Dive quest can catch up?

I think a new Gift quest could work. Obviously not a new episode of Gift quest since they're all dead or captured. But something similar, maybe in a dwarf fortress.

Allotter 2010/02/08(Mon)14:39 No. 10373 ID: 817cd3
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Once again.. it's spot the reference time.

Did Ritari guest-star in DQ at some point? Y;know, foreshadowing?

>>320163
But then we'd just rape and kill everything again, except with more dorfs.

Well... Gustave quest with translator?

let him take a break geez

>>320188
Nono, it needs to have an even thicker accent. Maybe detail his dealings with other people who have completely different unintelligible accents. It'll be great!

>>320185
You're saying that like it's a bad thing.

rape and killing is a bad thing

>>320200
But it's fun. Atleast for one part most of the time.

Anyway, I had an idea for Ridders next big quest after Mushio visits him. Ridder could mount an expedition to go and save some Gnolls. They have after all been wandering around in a desert for a couple of years after the Paladins decided that ethnic cleansing for Lebensraum was a good idea.

So Ridder could get out there with some faithful chums and find some gnolls to give some living space. If they keep to the edges of the forest they shouldn't have problems with the elfs and there seems to be nobody else to worry about in the immediate area.

It also sets the stage for a nice conflict between Ridder and the Paladins that could generate alot of worthwhile drama.

>>320163
>Anyone else feel like Reaver needs a side project until Dive quest can catch up?
I don't think it's absolutely necessary - Knight Blades has more content, certainly, but much of it is just day-to-day interaction. And time passing is never explicitly quantified, so we don't need to worry about small breaks. In essence, though, this means that Reaver's ability to run the quest while waiting for Dive is limited by his ability and willingness to get away from higher adventure, and become more banal. Considering the Romanticars, I'd say that this is not too much of a limitation.

Of course, that's not to say that a different type of thing wouldn't be cool too.

I hate sheep all dressed alike with no room for personal preference or role type.

How about each member design their own armor to their style but have an overall design that is shared amongst armor. (same type joints, same chain link size and color, similar embelishments (pick one to put on all the armors: frilly, leaf, demon, etc.), same coloring for the banner/tabard/logo.

I'm thinking strictly utilitarian stuff. Aesthetics cannot infringe upon the ability to function well. If you can change the look without affecting the function in a signotable* way, then that is ok.

[Signotable: The smallest unit of change that matters. Anything less is negligible.]

>>320378
He did. The uniform is just a base template, everyone dresses up in practically any way they want.

Hell I think Iesgip is the only on who takes the uniform seriously... By contrast Sticks doesn't wear any of it, she happened to conveniently be away while they were being passed out (coincidental I think Reaver loves putting girls in turtleneck sweaters.)

Reaver, I'll buy you a sandwich if you'll update Knight Blades again. :o

>>322636
And I'll eat it for you.

Anonymous 2010/03/18(Thu)11:25 No. 12860 ID: b55efd
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Reaver, I'll buy you a sandwich if you'll never update Knight Blades again.

>>322660
Shut up, you.

>>322660
And I'll eat it.

>>322660

Not HELPING...

Knight Blades is almost over anyway.

Reaver, I'll eat SO MANY SANDWICHES if you give KB a bittersweet ending.

>>322681
Ridder dies, but Muschio realizes that Ridder was not the true adversary. Ridder's conflicting emotions regarding the discovery of Muschio's identity are not laid to rest prior to his death. Most of the Knight Blades characters die, a few escape, perhaps one defects to Muschio's side.
Muschio feels like a dick about the whole thing.

>>322700

You.

Yes you.

Shaddap. Right now.

Totallynotsamefag!!V1AJL5LzHl 2010/03/20(Sat)03:11 No. 12914 ID: 37ab54
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>>322681
>Reaver
>Ending

I lold

Reaver, I will LOOK AT PICTURES OF SANDWICHES if you draw the KNIGHTS BLADES CAST in some sort of SCI-FI SETTING.

Reaver, can you make me a sandwich? A tuna melt would be good.

I could go for a beef brisket, honestly; can anyone get a note pad? looks like we're ordering for a party.

I will make sweet, sweet love to a sandwich, then proceed to eat it if you update KB. Or anything else for that matter. Come back to us ;_;

Reaver, I will update KB for you if you draw a picture of Ridder making sweet, sweet love to a sandwich.

Reaver, if you make me a sandwich I will eat it.

>all above

Oh lord what have we done

>>322762
Goddamnit, now I want that.

Red-5 2010/03/21(Sun)12:15 No. 12989 ID: 9263b5
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>>322729
That gave me a sudden inspiration to doodle something odd.