It was interesting to see the way your termite mind works, but it is sorta hard to deal with from a reading and story-telling perspective. That stark, flavor free style is best done in small chunks. It is a spice, not a main course.

Not that I don't want to see more of this story, but... not right now.

>>316443
I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't particularly like the termite thing.

>>316443
Yeah, the mechanical mind of the termites (while an interesting change) was too much of a change for me, and I'm sure others felt the same. Getting back to a relatable, organic feel would likely bring the posting and interest back.

>>316445
>>316448
Okay then.

Choose one:

Follow a small yet savage and bloodthirsty ant tribe in Brocas Helm as it struggles for greater prominence in a world where they no longer understand the rules.

Follow The Beatles as newly matured members are ranked and assessed via a series of tests, competitive evaluations and tournaments prior to the Rite Of Apprenticeship. Bob Marley will be attending.

Follow the spider Slipknot as she tries to find a new home after her old home was razed by towering monsters.

See life from the perspective of an inhabitant of the ancient forest neither The Collective nor The Mandarinain Empire can claim. (cannot choose Mr. Crowley again)

Peer back through time at the Psycho Mantis Empire's bloody march across the land.

Observe the Battle Angels, a killer bee hive excommunicated from The Collective.

Vote for the one you want to see, first one to get three votes wins.

>>316450
follow the beetles

>>316450
Since there will be an upcoming bit in the main quest with The Beatles and Scars, I vote we Follow The Beatles. It could give us some insight and ideas when it comes to training the apprentices in the future.

Here they are...

The Beatles!

>>316457
>>316458
>>316459

Focus chosen:
Follow The Beatles as newly matured members are ranked and assessed via a series of tests, competitive evaluations and tournaments prior to the Rite Of Apprenticeship. Bob Marley will be attending.

Choose a path:

The Loyal (Apprentice: In The Way)

The Unyielding (Apprentice: Blind Guardian)

The Prodigal (Apprentice: Excalibur)

The Bold (Apprentice: Steppenwolf)

The Brutal (Apprentice: [UNNAMED])

The Judge (Guest Judge: Bob Marley)

Picking 'The Judge' will give a general feel of each of the apprentices, whereas picking any given apprentice allows a thorough, in depth look at their talents and traits, as well as any information gleaned on fellow apprentices.


Vote for the viewpoint desired.

The Judge

>>316460
THE BOLD
SINCE THE BRAVE ISN'T AN OPTION

>>316460
The Prodigal

>>316460
the bold

can we name the bold holy diver? :D

>>316463
1 vote for Bob Marley, The Judge
>>316465
1 vote for Excalibur, The Prodigal
>>316464
>>316466
2 votes for Steppenwolf, The Bold

Okay, I'm going to give a brief description of each of the three choices to get votes so far.

One sec.

Bob Marley, The Judge Bob!t/UKid4z5s 2009/11/27(Fri)20:07 No. 6669 ID: 6164e0
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The smallest living member of The Beatles, Bob Marley is nonetheless a respected member with fairly high status, thanks to his tactical prowess and debilitating rather than direct Valiance capabilities. This is the first time he will be playing the role of judge, and looks forward to the chance to nurture newly matured members into capable and competent warriors for hire.

Bob Marley has been gaining familiarity with the leader and founder of The Beatles, The Ace Of Spades, but at the expense of friendly relationships with several other elder members.

Personally, Bob Marley finds Metallica detestable, as in his eyes the mighty warrior causes far more grief than he is worth for The Beatles.

Next one incoming

Steppenwolf, The Bold Bob!t/UKid4z5s 2009/11/27(Fri)20:13 No. 6670 ID: 6164e0
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One of the most defensively oriented of the current apprentices, Steppenwolf has become accustomed to her natural durability that borders on invulnerability, and shows little hesitation to engage in even the most reckless of pursuits, and keeps emerging relatively unscathed.

Particularly adept at erecting defensive formations from earth and mud, Steppenwolf does not perform as well as she would wish in the direct martial talent evaluations, but her boldness compels her to through herself at challenges again and again, without flagging or doubting herself. So far, this has led her to eventually succeed at any challenge given to her.

Excalibur incoming.

i think that Bob Marley would be the most interesting to play as

Excalibur, The Prodigal Bob!t/UKid4z5s 2009/11/27(Fri)21:07 No. 6674 ID: 6164e0
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(Didn't feel satisfied with the prior summary, edited it)

Excalibur is technically not yet old enough to conventionally qualify for the Rite Of Apprenticeship, but his prowess at combat and his thus far perfect record in martial contests has led several members of The Beatles to suggest him as ready despite his dearth of age or experience.

While radically competent and level headed in battle, Excalibur frequently becomes bored and dismissive when confronted with lessons on tactics, and has issues learning from those he has bested in practice fights. Normally this would necessitate reprisals for insubordination, but the talent displayed in besting some of his teachers, all graduates of the same program he is part of, has led to several members to suggest his talent should be allowed to grow as far as it can.

Excalibur is distant from his fellow apprentices, partly due to the difference in age, and partly due to the envy directed at him from the more conventionally paced learners. Despite his air of disinterest in social interaction (made manifest in a cavalier, rude and arrogant behavior set) with his fellow apprentices, Excalibur does not stand alone by choice, and hopes to find someone to call his comrade.

>>316474
Still voting this.

>>316473
(Vote change noted)
2 votes for The Judge
1 vote for The Bold
1 vote for The Prodigal
0 votes for anyone else

Three (3) votes minimum are required to choose a path.

The Judge.

>>316483
The Judge, Bob Marley chosen

Just an FYI, I should be back to updating at least once a day now.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)02:56 No. 7764 ID: 6faa8c
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Heya Bob. Thought I might drop you a few bug fotos.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)02:57 No. 7765 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317564

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)02:58 No. 7766 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317565

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)02:58 No. 7767 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317566

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)03:02 No. 7768 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317567
This one's got an artist's name in the corner.
:3

By the way, I'll be trying to come up with Sta-er, Valiences for these fellows once I'm finished. Not many more.

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)03:02 No. 7769 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317568

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)03:03 No. 7770 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317569

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/17(Thu)03:03 No. 7771 ID: 6faa8c
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>>317570

>>317564
This one has the Valience Run For The Hills, a powerful sonic attack that inspires incredible fear in its victims. Only those with specific traits (Merciless, Do6L, Heroes, and TMBG) are not automatically affected, and those who aren't must make a d10 roll. On a 2 or lower, they are shaken. This sonic assault is created with vibrations along those longass spines.

>>317565
Not sure on this one...

>>317566
Mr. Crowley controls the Valiance Breadfan, which, when used, exudes a sticky, thick coating. He usually uses it before battle, gaining a strong, thick sort of secondary hide.

>>317567
Blind Gaurdian uses the Valiance Dead Sound of Misery. This valiance allows it several things: First of all, it is used as echolocation for the creature, as the name implies, it is without sight. Secondly, when focused, the ability works somewhat like a sonic Cry of the Brave, a powerful, short ranged shockwave that can be used at various levels with various dangers to both target and user. Lastly, the creature's trilling voice can be heard from great distances.

>>317568
Knorkator has another sonic Valiance (perhaps these three should be grouped, idunno) that seems to do nothing initially... until creatures attempt sonic communication. The sound interrupts and scrambles communication to the point of incomprehension. If it's near enough, it can also disrupt pheremones.

>>317569
I have no idea.

>>317570
Dragula for a name, but I can't think of much more.

>>317571
It's interesting to note, there are insects with bioluminescense, but not spiders. perhaps a light-based valiance?

How do I shot trip?!H508X.HbJ6 2009/12/20(Sun)18:57 No. 7936 ID: 6faa8c
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MOBEL FORTREZ BETEL

Anonymous 2009/12/21(Mon)22:10 No. 8000 ID: 45be60
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Man, as long as we are throwing cool bug pictures around, I kept seeing these bastards around my house this fall. Always make me think of AntQuest. Sawblade back ridge, gold sparkly bits in the middle of the abdomen. Anybody know what they are?

>>317800
Assassin Bugs

Anonymous 2009/12/22(Tue)00:07 No. 8003 ID: ba41e5
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These little guys are like STDs for bees.

OH GOD

>>317803
Makes the crabs seem not so bad in comparison...

I just got a really stupid idea. Bob, would it be possible to refine Roots of Chaos into some sort of a portable liquid which could then be utilized as a projectile weapon to lower enemy troops' morale with sporadic mutations and other nasty scary things? For example usage, maybe we could get to a high elevation with a flying bug or tree-climbing and then sprinkle it down on an enemy army or something, then watch the mutants destroy each other.

>>317835
Very much so it can. The only problem is that to do this, it needs to be crushed to extract the fluids within it. The problem is that any organic material that touches this fluid, other than the innards of the roots and the root's exterior, will also be mutated. So, if you could refine the material, and store it safely, then yes, you very much so could.

The feck mate. What's up with Ant quest?

>>317861
So, we could, technically speaking, wait until we had a boost in intelligence and make something of a combination between an olive oil press and a foot-powered grain mill out of stone or tougher wood than the roots and just have a chute to funnel it away toward something to catch it in?

I'd also like to know what's going on with Ant Quest.

Anonymous 2010/02/19(Fri)20:14 No. 10933 ID: 710bf8
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Me too.

Sooo... Is Ant Quest oficialy dead-and-buried?

>>322174
I'd wait on word from the creator before saying so, but he's been busy with other things I believe.

>>322195
*AHEM*

Currently, college and work are kicking my ass, so I only have time to run one quest, and I was starting to feel a distinct lack of creative juices concerning Ant Quest (a good bit harder than I had thought it would be to convert normal events into bug equivalents), so rather than grind it into the ground I am taking a hiatus from it.

Not what you wanted to here I imagine, but I won't run a quest if I lose the creative juice, so until I have both time and ideas for a bug setting, Ant Quest is on break.

I do, however, really, really want to come back to it, so I do intend to revive it, but be forewarned I intend to redesign it a bit when I do. For instance, all of what happened in Ant Quest transpiring in less than half a day? Clearly, I need to retool things.

Anyway, bottom line, Ant Quest is on leave 'till creativity/a new way to run it occur to me.

Know it's not the answer you want, but there is it.

>>322241
At least it's a better answer than saying you won't continue it at all. Or just never giving an answer.

Works for me

>>63853
Damned Spammers, getting our hopes up.