Wait, surgery?

Yeah I got my gallbladder removed because gallstones.

Good. Welcome back.

I have no idea what to say so I'm just going to say glad to see you're back and glad that you're feeling better. this place just wasn't the same without you.

>>83723
Removed due to gallstones? I thought those could be dealt with without removing the whole thing.

>>83763
Depends on the number and size of the stones. Numerous or large stones cannot be effectively broken up by ultrasound into small enough pieces to pass.

Slinketza 2014/07/21(Mon)16:59 No. 83961 ID: 61da19
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>>83769
Yeah they were kinda bad.


Anyway, Retcon quest is go! For the newer audience, here are the first two Venji Quests (the first thread is ...a little rough, so be aware that it's an older quest).

Venji http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/247108.html
Thread 2: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/233213.html
Thread 3:http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/270556.html

Venji 2: Boatface Adventures http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/413494.html

My patreon has hit the second stretch goal! So look forward to color!

We also hit the goal where I update three times a week. It'll usually be mon-wed-fri, but that will change around depending on how I feel. sometimes I might update daily and take a big break, and sometimes I'll just feel bad and end up going into the weekend. but three a week is something I intend to keep up!

ok after actually seeing that tezakians have guns in the draw thread, it remind me of a question I had awhile ago about the tech in the tezakia quest universe.

The Tezakians seem to be somewhere around WW1 tech (based off that I've only seen them with bombs and now what look like bolt-action rifles and seem to be wearing something similar to old fashion British uniforms I've seen)

Lains seem to be around our tech level but with older model computers/software but kick ass stealth tech

Diubans I have no idea on other then they have some really good dart guns

and finally Klis-Khar seem to be just way the fuck out there in levels of tech as in lasers and shit. so if you wouldn't mind telling just what are each races tech levels... and if you want just any world building info you have I'd be grateful.

Also figured since you had a discussion thread up I'd post the question here instead of fulling up your art thread with text walls

Sgt. Iskali 2014/07/30(Wed)22:52 No. 84324 ID: 9b35bd
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"..."

"You're on, ma'am."

"You gonna' help me? Whatever."

"Okay! Sergeant Iskali, Finch 2.3. So you wanna' know about tech levels? Well the first thing you gotta' realize is technology in out world is a bit anachronistic to your world, big surprise with bird people and venomous spinetails, so technology does not follow any specific period, but I'll try and provide a rough estimate or something ask Kizina for her notes later.

Tezakia, may Mother forever watch over us, falls roughly into the Fifties and Sixties with some variance. Tezakia is a large, populous, and primarily agrarian nation with something to the tune of 80-90% of our civvies living rural. While boastin' plenty of birdpower, a combination of said large population and an unwillingness from the Father to increase industrialization at the risk of starvation make us the least industrialized nation. Your Soviet union went much the opposite way, rampin' up industry at the expense of food production. That said, what industries we have produce things sturdy and reliable, rigorously tested and made cheap, so we take a while to field something new, but good luck permanently breakin' it once you finally get one. Yeah, we still use bolt-actions and have crappy radios, but we have television and portable recording devices and simple vacuum tube tech too. We can fly too! Only the Klis-Khar have powered flight and even they haven't really developed it much. I mean why would they when you can just hire a Tezakian to carry your stuff? We also leech fancier electronics from the Klis-Khar, but more on that in a moment.

Lialisandi is a bit more advanced than us, but don't go thinkin' they're all stealth devices and Diubanshit. Those fancy cloakers they buy 'em from Klis-Khar arms dealers and they ain't cheap! Pity the companies that sell to Lialisandi don't sell to Tezakia and vice versa, Akiyatat would kill for a cloaker fit for a peep. Tangent aside, Lians are closer to the Eighties and early Nineties. They have computer technology from about that time period, but even that level has amazing technological capabilities compared to our vacuum tube stuff. They try to advance as quickly as they can, often fieldin' things that are barely tested. That, along with their strange feudally industrialized society, leads to wildly different standards of production, with some lines being somewhat hardy but a lot being very fragile. They are much more industrialized than the Tezakians still.

Diuban isn't too much different from Tezakia or Lialisandi in terms of development. Just slot em where you like on a time scale. That said they are largely peaceful and neutral in the conflict. Lucky them.

The Klis-khar are a bit a a mystery. They got better toys than all of us and they ain't sharin' any of it. Well most of it. Put them some time ahead of the present date. Two-thousands and forward. From computers to energy weapons to magic science crap they got it. Sometimes they might even deign to sell it to another nation but only at a hefty price knowing full well no one else got the chops to copy their stuff yet. Their warmongers sell to both sides bigger and better stuff to keep the war going and the cash rolling not that either side'd stop until we draw our last breath or the lizzie menace is removed. Remove Lian!

I hope this answered some of your questions. Iskali, signing off."

Gee golly, that sure is interesting! Gosh, I wonder what the differences in male and female heights are!

>>84428

Why, that's a plum hum-dinger of a question! If there was only some kind of comparison of the two side-by-side!

[Thinly veiled request for exposition]

Trp. Ikessa 2014/08/04(Mon)21:49 No. 84457 ID: 98ecbf
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"Ma'am, they're making 'thinly-veiled requests for exposition...'"

"About what?"

"Bird bits."

"Not my job. IKESSA!"

"Don't you have enough experience with bird bits to explain, sarge?"

"Yeah, yeah. Utilize that wonderful personality of yours and explain them some anatomy."

"I don't see why this needs explainin' to anyone with eyes, sarge, but whatever.

Okay, Trooper Ikessa here, medic of Finch 2.3 and former civvie surgeon. You want to know some basic stuff like gender differences? Alright, whatever.

The first difference you'll probably notice is coloration. Males are generally very brightly colored, with feathers of red, gold, et cetera. Females tend towards darker hues of similar colors, along with drab colors like brown. The more brightly colored a male is, the better they look, while females generally aren't judged on color. I know this guy, a fellow doctor and real prick named Salati, who's bright enough to rival the damned sun. The guy gets a fucking line o' peeps at the bath when he goes to wash himself; shows how far nice plumage goes.

The second obvious difference is size. Gals average about 5'9" and naturally have more muscle mass. That's not to say dudes can't be strong as well; even if they average 5'6" and are a bit more flighty, I've met a few with a mean right hook. Hell, my squad has some tough-ass girls, but when we did melee training the other day, the one (besides yours truly, o' course) who made a perfect run through the course was a dude. Hit like a freight train, but I still beat 'em when we sparred.

There's also a difference in how the feathers sit. Males have feathers that point upwards; some males might have tall enough feathers to where they can go over a girl's head. The tail is the same, as they're perky things. They stick up all the time, stiff. Good ta grab 'em by, make 'em flustered, but ya might get whacked with one if a guy is rushin' around in a hurry. And as ya might have guessed, females are the opposites, with their feathers pointed downwards. More bushy. Guys have a tail ya'd play with when idle, but gals have a comfy cushion.

'N lastly, probably the most minor difference is that males have longer ears than females. The former are kinda flappy and taper more noticeably to their point; you could smack 'em in the face with their own ears. The latter are a bit more stout n' thicker, but not hugely different. Not really much to say on 'em, it's hard to nibble when you have a beak.

I think that covers the obvious stuff. I won't go into the dirty, as even y'all would know that. If ya don't, I shouldn't be explainin' it. Trooper Ikessa signin' off."

>>84457
neat... so what about Lialisandi, Diuban, and Klis-khar? I mean Lialisandi aren't to hard to tell the difference unless the check is flat but there could be subtle things that I'm messing, Diuban seem pretty easy to tell apart but might as well hit all the bases, and Klis-khar... I have no earthly clue when it comes to Klis-khar.

Shela 2014/08/05(Tue)11:53 No. 84463 ID: 61da19
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>84458
Lians of the nation Lialisandi have been known to bounce a check or two. I hear their economy is a little touch and go right now. Diubans, however, almost never have their checks bounce. They've got some serious accountants over there.

The Klis-Khar, well, they have their own issues...

Anyway, we tell genders apart via pheromones. We judge each other not by looks, but by smell. Or taste. I'm never sure how to explain it to the mammals. The better someone 'smells', the more attractive they are.

For those incapable of knowing our gender through pheromones, your choices are to suffer an eternity of never knowing, or to simply ask. We don't worry about it as much as mammals seem to. All I know is female mammals are rounder and female tezakians are bitchier.

Birds: who's the brown voice? Do you have anything like cloaking?

Bugs: what kind of issues?

I have a whole lot of stuff to get done fairly quickly, so I'm pausing the quest until Monday. But worry not, I'll try to make up for this by having a 4th update next week!

Tiny pile Captain Venji 2014/08/25(Mon)15:18 No. 84941 ID: 61da19
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RETCON QUEST UNDER CONSTRUCTION



Ludum dare is tiring. This MINOR PAUSE will be a little longer, then we'll return to our regular schedule, with maybe some bonus updates!!

>>84941
Link to the game?

>>84983
We um... didn't quite get to the game part yet. the LD technically ended in failure, but maybe the game will see light anyway.

Sorry, but I need to pause the quest for a week. I've learned about my sister's struggles with the mental hospital the police forced her to stay in, the drugs they forced her to take, and the control they all took away from her, in response to someone being suicidal.

I'm going to be spending the week figuring out a way to help her, and getting my own life in better gear to make it more possible for me to do so.

You can read about her situation here: http://hungerinnashville.tumblr.com/

Commissions are open to help me get money to help. My paypal and e-mail are Slinkoboy (2+shift) gmail.com

My prices are listed on my FA page: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ourhero/

Donations are also appreciated if you're feeling super generous, at the paypal above. Right now I'm focusing on both regaining and saving my sister.

Retcon Paused until next Tuesday

There's a mountain of IRL stuff going on, and it's going to require my focus for a little bit.

Retcon is going on a brief Hiatus, probably a week. This isn't ideal, but hopefully doing it this way will mean coming back strong and doing the proper update schedule.

Slinko 2014/12/12(Fri)21:24 No. 87746 ID: 8a9edc
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You may have noticed a very long period of silence from me. Long story short: Life is hard.

I'm really not in the place to run a pure comedy quest like Retcon currently, and there's some things I want to try, so I'm going to do something unprecedented to slinkoboys: I'm going to let Retcon fall into the Graveyard. Not abandoned, merely... resting, for a better time.

My patreon fell below the 200 level, but Retcon will still be in (relative) color when it returns. But for now, I feel like I need to do something different.

I'm also super indecisive.

Here's a list of things I've been considering:


Ditto Quest 2 - easy to draw, and the ability to double the number of currently running ditto quests with some adorable ditto adventures!

Dragoness Quest (...or whatever i call it) - A dragoness has successfully given herself a smokin' hot (get it) body, and now she has a new mission: Fuck all the man-bitches. Watch as Slink throws away the last of his dignity and draws a sus quest! Could it be that he finally got that 'stick' out of his posterior ??

Tezakia Xmas Party - We come in just before the events of Tezakia 2 to witness the gang celebrate chirpsmas the anniversary of Zalika's forming in a way that's suspiciously close to certain holidays but totally isn't you guys



Of course, it's possible what I really need to do is begin what should have started 4 years ago...

SUS QUEST AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>87746
Tezakia Xmas Party!!!!!

>>87746
Fuck it let's go Tzatziki Quest Xmas Special.

>>87746
>Not abandoned, merely... resting, for a better time
as a participant in many of Cirr's quest I have no problem with this, seeing as how he will sometimes abandon a quest for years only to pick it right back up as if nothing has happened. and besides this quest are as much for your enjoyment as they are for us so if you're not enjoying yourself by all means feel free to take a brake.

Also Tezakia Xmas Party

Sus Quest.

>>87746

Tezakian Xmas Party!

Tezax-mas!

Chirpsmas.

>>87746
Look, do you remember last time there was a tezakia interlude? I'm not sure there's any reason to believe that the chirpsmas party won't be just as lewd as any sus quest you try. Probably even more so: in an explicitly explicit quest people will likely ignore all of that and try to make plot happen. Whereas in Tezakia people are going to be trying to do nothing but screwing [s]around[/s].

Which sounds fun. Chirpsmas go!

Dat Sus quest tho

Slinko 2014/12/14(Sun)18:17 No. 87824 ID: 8a9edc
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Sus quest totally will might possibly run at a future time. But for now, we must consider whose viewpoint to witness this celebration from!

Sekani, the Tezakian Fire Majibeast

Amiel, the Lian Ice Majibeast who i guess i have to reveal now huh

Dilia, the boringly non-majibeast Diuban

Jiniki, Klis-khar Transdimensional Majibeast who's 83 and what is this

Tayza.

or Kinasa, the Tezakian ???? Majibeast who has yet to discover her powers.

>>87824
Kinasa, so the christmas miracle can be the manifestation of her powers!

well last time we did a thing with the cast we played as Amiel so I'm going to have to go with Kinasa, mostly because if we went as Tayza she'd probably kill everyone when we eventually drive her insane.

The others have all gotten their times to shine at one point or another. Where's Kinasa's quest? (Right here. This one.)

Kinasa is still the most adorable.

Tayza.

Dilia. The others can moo-ve over.

I am insulted that I can only vote for Tayza once.

>>87824
Kinasa!
Peep Peep slinkoboy!

Dilia

Kinasa

>>87824

Kinasa.

>>87824
Kinaaasa

Slinko 2014/12/16(Tue)12:28 No. 87901 ID: 8a9edc
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Kinasa!!!

We've hit a snag, sadly. My tablet's USB port decided not to work no more. This kinda sorta gets in the way of me drawing, like, anything.

Thankfully I don't need a new 400 dollar tablet because of this, as there is a workaround: making my tablet wireless with one of these http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Wireless-Accessory-Tablets-ACK40401/dp/B006MRAVFE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=141875953
5&sr=8-1&keywords=intuos+5+wireless

Um... oh gosh. um, if anyone is feeling super generous during this holiday season, you'd have my super duper omega appreciation for any donation towards this workaround goal. my paypal is at slinkoboy atsymbol gmail.com. t-thanks

Slinko 2014/12/16(Tue)15:01 No. 87911 ID: 8a9edc
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It's taken care off, so you can disregard the above post. The quest will hopefully begin before we run out of holiday season!

ADORABLE PEEPS AND REVEALING AMIEL 4.0 IS GO

I think most of the folks who care know what's up, but just in case:

Life got really uh, life-y. This sapped me of any motivation to draw or quest.

But things are getting better! I intend to see about reviving my quests and redoing my patreon to give a proper reward that doesn't overwhelm me (patreon-only comic, maybe?)

So just sit tight, and hopefully my longest hiatus to date is nearing its end.

>>92069
glad to see you're back, sorry life got crummy for you for a bit there.

MOVING COMPLETE

I'm going to be easing back into things! For the moment, TEZAKIAN HOLIDAY will run kind of alone, likely to completion

Slissa and Retcon! might run along side each other once things get rolling!

The Patreon is going to be redone. For the moment it just means: Slissa is in color, Retcon is in limited color, and Holiday is in black/white.

Hooray! Welcome back, slinko.

Hi! just some basic stuff:

Slissa Quest is going to start MONDAY, though I am going to wait on setting an update schedule as I'm still getting things together.

The patreon is going to be redone soon, with the rewards being easier for me to handle. One of those rewards will be a comic! I'm still figuring out what that'd be about, so stay tuned!

So um.

I may have played undertale so much that the controller usage aggravated a wrist problem I have to the point that drawing is pain so um

slissa quest paused for a couple days while i recover sry

Riotmode 2015/09/18(Fri)16:04 No. 94924 ID: a19cd5
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HEY SPEAKING OF UNDERTALE

i've been ill for a few days so i'm going to rest a bit, so SQ might be (even) slower for a few days s-sorry

also if you really really hate jiniki as a spoiler image, clear your cache and she'll vanish forever yaaaaaay

> clear your cache and she'll vanish forever yaaaaaay
Noooooo, I like her. We can take it down when goes all evil overlord but that's still a long ways off

>>95705
Is that why it got changed? Did people really complain? Jesus.

>>95710
Naw, that wasn't it. What happened was there was a discussion yesterday on IRC that the old spoiler image having Jiniki didn't make sense to newcomers who haven't read Slinko's work. That led to a thread on replacing it being made in general discussion (>>/meep/27356.) Pop over there if you want to throw your two cents in.

Awww, I liked the old spoiler image.

The old spoiler was nice

Slinkoboy 2015/11/10(Tue)09:53 No. 95992 ID: 395c02
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Speaking of things an 80 year old child would cover her eyes over, i was urged to make this pack containing nearly every naughty image i drew from 2008 to today.

The pack is full of personal art, so it's mostly F, F/F, and F/M. There's a couple of dicks and even 2 animated dicks, but this doesn't have much beyond that for people who like M or M/M. Sorry!

A huge chunk of this pack is slinko quest ladies (amiel, dilia, nokizanya, etc)

I also drew 5 new images specifically for this pack. How exciting!

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED YOU CAN GRAB THIS OMEGA PACK HERE: http://slinketza.itch.io/the-missing-slink

ok back to drawing slissa quest

>>95992
Hey, you didn't say it was 10 bux.

>>95993
Whatcha mean? That the post itself doesn't say?

>>95995
Yeah. I mean it's not super important but I thought it was gonna be just a download link.

Ah, I'm sorry, it just didn't occur to me. Well, anyone reading now knows, r-right?

>>95997
Yeah.

Slinkoboy 2015/11/10(Tue)21:18 No. 96008 ID: 395c02
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i've been told to clarify that this pack, which is 10bux (or more if you feel generous!) is largely made up of images that have never been posted anywhere, and will never be posted anywhere.

Still, if this isn't your thing, but you still want to support me, there's always my patreon.

Either way, I hope you continue to enjoy my quests! <3 <3 <3

</shameless shilling>

>>95993
Uh, now that I read that post I realize it doesn't actually say it costs money, but, y'know, I kind of assumed my first time through it was just a for-money pack.
Especially since it was implied that these were "missing" from free works.

SlinkoB 2015/11/19(Thu)17:07 No. 96127 ID: 395c02
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So! In actual quest news:

My main computer (laptop) is in for repairs! And the backup computer is really hard to draw on! The sai pen hates me and all I stand for, so the art comes out worse and it's much harder to form coherent lines. You may or may not have noticed this in the recent slissa quest update.

Either way, this is your chance to help me decide what to do for the .5-1.5 months my actual good computer is actual gone!

http://strawpoll.me/6049952

If SQ keeps going, I'll do my best to fight against the machine.

Hugs 2 (aka GIANT KETZA QUEST) is written by Typo, it's the one with the big ketza and female chei! ("CHEI WASN'T ALWAYS FEMALE????"),

a Tumblr ask was a Patreon Goal! I will likely do a single one for all characters, and it winning the vote means I do it like next week, instead of "kinda soon maybe possibly"

Retcon Quest is this one: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/graveyard/res/585201.html

YOU HAVE SPOKEN!

SOON: TUMBLR ASKS AND KETZA COMICS OH MY

Slissa quest will pause for now, but I'll try to work on ~something special~ for it in the meantime. Tilde.

http://askslinkochars.tumblr.com/

WELP PATREON GOAL HAS LED TO ME GOING ALL SOCIAL MEDIA

IT ITCHES

SlinkoB 2015/12/07(Mon)14:47 No. 96396 ID: 395c02
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MY COMPUTER HAS BEEN RETURNED WOO.

But now I'm HORRIBLY BEHIND ON ALL THE THINGS

Slissa Quest is going to revive around January 1st and will hopefully enjoy a nicer update schedule for a while since I was getting kind of burned out near the end anyway.

I'm not doing an x-mas quest this year, but uh... i guess you can ASK x-mas type questions on the ask Tumblr linked above????

Also have this FUTURISTIC KLIS-KHAR ROBOT.

SlinkoB 2016/01/04(Mon)19:33 No. 96847 ID: 395c02
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"It's January! That means we get to come back, right!?"
"I sure hope so."

I'M WORKING ON IT
QUEST SOON

SLISSA IS BACK

ADULT NATURED PATREON DRAGONESS QUEST SOON

I MIGHT DIE

>>96917
DON'T DIE

IF YOU'RE DEAD YOU CAN'T DRAW PORN

>>96917
Don't worry, you'll survive (probably)! The dreaded nsfw patreons didn't kill Lago at least, so we know they're not guaranteed lethal.

Okay! So you know, it's prooobably going to be two Dragon Romance updates to 1 slissa quest update.

Slissa quest is very slow to make due to all the shading... so I might actually stop shading it if/when we actually make it to "outside". It looks pretty, but each slissa quest update takes the better part of a day if I don't take a bunch of shortcuts!

But I'll try to do 2 dragonesses and 1 slissa a week for now, depending on what else is going on.

speaking of other things, I randomly update my ask blog so you can get more Slinkoboy Shenanigans there! http://www.askslinkochars.tumblr.com

so far I've answered every question I've gotten (even if just to have someone go 'wat') so don't be shy~!

Good luck sorting through all of these combos Slinko.

With this many votes, maybe it would be best to tally up the most popular for each slot and then ask to vote again among just those?

It might have been better to have one vote for the primary and then another vote among the remainder for secondary.

Voting systems in quests get pretty messy.

>>97104
or you could just grab a piece of paper, right down all the powers and just put a P or something for primary every time someone voted it for a primary and a S for secondary then just count them up.

In my defense I normally get 5-10 suggestions, not 40. <:3

In general though I have a loosy-goosy style to questing. It's less about numbers or hard limits and more about what general ideas are agreed on and how they fit into some kind of story.

So what I end up doing might not always be the best way to do things, but I try in the end to go with the idea the suggestors end up presenting to me the strongest.

...That and I assumed nobody would want 5 updates of chargen before we get to the proper quest. But maybe you do???

I wanted double fire :(

>>97111
looking back fondly on the days of kirby 64 are we?

SlinkoB what do feminine and masculine mean exactly, here?

>>97467
whoops i should probably look over here more. uh basically how "girly" or "tomboy" she's going to act. her tastes in clothing (dresses? suits?), body language, even how she talks.

it doesn't affect sexial orientation or anything like that. I mean, given the nature of the quest, she's probably Bi anyway ~

or you could see it as "she turns out more like jiniki or tayza". the votes landed on her being...uh... dilia? i should make a lady-ness chart

----
Anyway. My PARTNER IN CRIME, Typo, is gone for a week, so I'm going to focus on catching up on things I fell behind on. Dragon Romance is semi-paused for a week. It might update once or twice, depending how i feel, but it might not!!!

but it'll definitely resume a normal schedule next MONDAY.

turns out i took a proper break after all.

ASK BLOG STUFF TOMORROW, QUEST RESUMES MONDAY



Slissa quest I guess is just paused until I'm in a better place mentally to handle its super workload, or I just give in and stop shading it

but consistencyyyyyyyyyyyy~

>starts a patreon funded lewd quest
>/quest/ decides they'd prefer to delay that to play games with adorable babies
We really do just subvert everything, don't we.

I'm not sure anyone expected the baby-guidance to be quite this involved.

I think most everyone would of picked baby guidance anyway

wow i wrote the update before looking over here, apparently 6 years of questing has lead to me having a sixth sense for "i wonder if i should maybe pick up the pace"

The pace will increase either way, but I'm offering you guys a choice between highway speed and Voyager 1 speed.

>We really do just subvert everything, don't we.
Mmhmm.

Slinkoboy no

>Slinkoboy no
>If OP was uncomfortable about writing it, then they wouldn't have made it an option in the first place.
or they don't know what they're doing

I didn't think about the implications of the situation at the time-- I was trying to have my cake and eat it too (fun kid adventures, while not making everyone mad at how little porn my porn quest had)

but it'll be fine ok

Its a damn fun quest regardless, even if we are about to discuss the penis of a small child...

Slinko 2016/03/09(Wed)07:50 No. 98276 ID: 395c02
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I SHOULD NOTE THAT CHEI IS A GROWN-UP I DIDN'T LITERALLY DRAW CHILD DICK HE'S JUST NOT VERY "ENDOWED" FOR HIS SPECIES AND KETZAS AREN'T SUPER ENDOWED IN GENERAL

In our defense we did meet him at like an elementary school so it was a fair assumption

With shapeshifting, do physical stats stack with the form's stats?

Also, since we never got the chance to ask, why was he staring at the robot?

>>98277
yeah i shoulda said somewhere

>>98278
When you press a button on its back it says "BRING IT ON LITTLE BIRDIE" and chei is not a bird

but then it started glowing and moving and that's pretty scary

>>98279
will we see the prince again in the future? he seems like some who would be fun to tormenthang out with.

Why was he even hanging out in the bushes behind a school in the first place. Even without stopping to consider the kinky ribbon, that's odd.

>>98280

Yeah, despite the awkward (albeit entertaining) introduction I'd really like to see him become a recurring character/deuteragonist/future love interest once Ceri's of age ofc or something

or tritagonist or something, as it seems Skif might be a more likely deuteragonist. What do I know though, just throwing ideas out there

What gender is Skif?

>With shapeshifting, do physical stats stack with the form's stats?
They are added to or subtracted from them, so yes??

>>98280
Prolly~

>Why was he even hanging out in the bushes behind a school in the first place. Even without stopping to consider the kinky ribbon, that's odd.
He's odd.

Also always has the ribbon equipped. I mean, it does stop all ailments.

>What gender is Skif?
dude guy. CURSE YOU SECOND PERSON PERSPECTIVE AND LACK OF PRONOUNS

Okay, cause I coulda sworn it was a guy but during the part where we met the prince there was a post where it sounded like he was a female. Thanks for clearing that up, awesome quest BTW :D

Why are people acting like they know who Zesmirl is?

He's a character I just made up for this segment, so... I dunno, maybe they're trying to forge what kind of character he'll be? sometimes stuff like that works in slinkoquests!

I kind of really want to see that magic snake with TROGDOR arms made out of the noodly magic energy arm stuff.

What happened to her fangs? They were really prominent before then suddenly disappeared.

EveryZig!Ac/akrMPao 2016/03/19(Sat)22:02 No. 98621 ID: e2db64
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>>98619
Snake fangs that fold back when not in use are a thing.

Slinkie 2016/03/20(Sun)11:48 No. 98630 ID: 395c02
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She'll probably show them again if you make her mad! But... you won't do that, r-right?

>I kind of really want to see that magic snake with TROGDOR arms made out of the noodly magic energy arm stuff.
ok

>>98630
I don't see any consummate V's

Slinkie 2016/03/21(Mon)12:01 No. 98648 ID: 395c02
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The arms are...!

ok fine

>>98648
now it looks like he's sweating

Slinko 2016/03/24(Thu)15:50 No. 98689 ID: 395c02
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i thought about it

Dragon Romance will pause for about a week. I need to take some time to catch up on other owed images!

btw it was really hard to count that many votes i'm used to 5 not 50 suggestions what's going on where am i

>>98766

Hey, count yourself lucky they weren't having lively, multi-paragraph discussions about long-term character growth plans and the morality of eating souls, Slinko.

Instead, I seem to get talks of incest and underage shenanigans.

Maybe I should skip to adult-hood already?

>>98784
I thought the Chapter 1 End meant that childhood was already over.

>>98784
i'm 90% positive that it's just a shit poster and you should ignore it. The other 10%... well this is the internet, you're bound to come across at least one creepy fucker. Still ignore it and it will get bored and leave.

>>98784
But, awkward teenager stuff! And when I say "awkward", I'm talking about Kinasa levels of awkwardness!

>>98788
Found the 10%.

>>98789
Seriously? Kinasa level awkwardness, she would freak out, get nervous, etc, nothing creepy about it.

I dunno, she doesn't seem to be that awkward. Seems kindof *good* at social situations actually.

Slinko 2016/04/02(Sat)15:56 No. 98798 ID: 395c02
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>>98785
shh don't tell anyone but i'm kind of winging it

i wing most quests because bird peep peep get it hahahaha ...

I originally meant to jump to 16-ish, but I also didn't expect to write a moment that screamed "you should end the thread here!!!" at me.

But really, most (all?) of the things we could do at 16 we could just as easily do at 18. It's not like Ceridwen has to immediately drop everything she's doing and go on an adventure just cause she's a young-adult.



Wait, she does? It's actually illegal to not start the adventure the second you hit 18???

WHO WROTE THIS LAW

>>98798
Well in most states 16 is fine but we have to go with the high end.

Also you keep neglecting to say exactly how old Ceri is dangit.

>>98798

Well sure, Slinko, if you want to be the main character! Just look at every JRPG ever, the protagonists are all high school age or lower. If you're older than 18 then you're the grizzled veteran with years of combat experience who serves as a foil for the younger characters. That's how things go!

Seriously though it depends. If we're talking adorable stumbling awkward first experiences in romance then I for sure want to see some of that go down, and 16 or 17 is about the age for it. In regards sexual content, I think 16 is about the cut-off point where it starts being acceptable. Like at that age for sure they're going at it with each other, and while it's still wrong for older people to go after them it's like understandable that the attraction would be there. Younger than 16 it's still pretty creepy but after 16 is like, well it can be a little uncomfortable but they're fictional and it's ultimately ok.

Basically I want to see the cuties struggle with their awkward teen feelings and first kisses and such. If skipping ahead means skipping that then I object!

WELP I CAN'T DECIDE HELP ME DECIDE

http://strawpoll.me/7263439
OFFICIAL? HOW OLD TO BE NEXT THREAD STRAWPOLL

>>98802
16 is legal most places, and I don't want to skip an important part of her development!

>>98803
Agreed!

>>98803
>>98804
How about you just keep it in your pants until we're out of the character building phase?

>>98802
The simple thing is to just say she's an adult when she's an adult, and not even mention years, which dodges people's ideas about the exact number all together. (Nevermind that a year could be a different unit of time on a different planet and that we're dealing with non-human species).

>>98805
Also that.

I voted 18 because I want to get to the porn and not worry about the NSA adding me to sex offender list

I think cuteness is important, naughty bits or not.

Slinko 2016/04/02(Sat)22:10 No. 98810 ID: 395c02
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.....

>>98810
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Wow, that's unexpected! XD

Slinko 2016/04/02(Sat)22:42 No. 98812 ID: 395c02
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Really dodged a bullet there.

COMP+!

>>98812
No! Not a rebellious teenager stage! Anything but that! An awkward teenager stage I can handle, but this is too rebellious! Please Slinkoboy, have mercy! D8

>>98813
Pretty sure we can still guide her. Tell her how to be rebellious. Like, my rebellious teenage years? I just yelled more. Still do, actually. I guess I never ended my rebellion.

I would very much like to finish this journey (growing up) before the story reaches its destination (smut)

>>98816
Yeah, I don't really care about smut. So far this has been a really cute coming of age story and I'd rather not skip over any of it if at all possible.

As for underage shenanigans, it's ultimately up to Slinko and what he's comfortable with. Sex among 16 year olds is highly likely, especially in a multi-species society, but that doesn't mean it has to be shown.

But in case you want to appease both sides, I'm pretty sure Rynh and Jehral are 15/16 and no one's made a peep about that.

>>68455
Found it!

>>98819
Kobolds are a fantasy race and do not hold to the same age ranges humans have.

>>98821
Do you see any humans here?

>>98821
>>98822
In any case, I don't know where I'm going with this and I definitely don't have the final say in these affairs.

>>98822
I see a bunch of characters of non-established races who are a heck of a lot closer to humans than kobolds are.

>>98824
Gonna call YMMV here and let Slinko have the final say. It's his quest, it's his boundaries.

In case I muddled my perceived opinion, journey > destination. We've gone this long without the promised lewds, we can go a bit further. What's important is seeing Ceridwen's journey towards adulthood all the way through, not stopping at the 3/4 mark and skipping ahead.

You know, originally when I hit the Patreon Goal of doing an "Adult Quest", I was strongly considering doing something shallow and mindless. A bunch of sex with some barely existing half-assed plot connecting the sex.

And indeed, many times through this I kept going "you're going too slow. They don't want kid adventures, they want sexy times"

But seeing a large number of you legitimately care about the character we've made, willing to put off the "adult" part of this quest just to continue shaping who she is and what she becomes... it means something to me on a level I can't explain.

I think I chose correctly in giving this quest some depth and care.

Thread 2 will begin on Friday.

Your characterizations tend to be the sort of thing people come to your quests for no?

>>98829
You chose perfectly, personally I wouldn't of cared at all if it was something mindless. But now this is quickly becoming one of my favorite quests and already is one i look for everytime I get on the site

>>98831
Yep.

>>98841
Agreed. Mindless is fine for the sake of mindless, but the more emotional investment, the better. The more we know about who they are, how they got there and where they'll go, the more we care. And the more we care, the better the eventual porn is, no matter how long it takes to get there. Porn or no porn, I love this quest and it's been an amazing ride so far, SO looking forward to how it'll continue on Friday.

Slinko 2016/04/06(Wed)20:36 No. 98918 ID: 395c02
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Part of the Tezakia expanded universe ?

The top image was drawn by trout, and I drew a little reply :3c

Slinko, the OP image, it's kindof... pushing the definition of SFW. Which OP images are supposed to be.

I like how the end of the first thread devolved into incest discussions (kind of) its like phone with Toriel

Also I love the little face on the C in Romance on thread two title card
I raughed.

>>98986
Is it? She's actually a barbie doll in that version of the image, and that kinda stuff usually seems fine... does the C make it too lewd?

I could go with the other plan I had, which was drawing a new image for thread one (which is all child Ceri) and use the current thread 1 image for thread 2.

Thoughts?

>>98988
A more appropriate image for thread one would be nice, but I also see nothing wrong with the current thread two image.

Slinko 2016/04/09(Sat)13:40 No. 99001 ID: 395c02
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one down

>>99001
Unless you object, I'm going to use the original titlecard for the wiki article. Maybe it doesn't fit as well what actually happened in thread 1, but it should be fine for the quest overall. And hey, why waste it.

>>99002
That's fine! I think it's still a pretty decent representation of the quest as a whole, if not the first chapter of it <:3

Slinko 2016/04/09(Sat)15:23 No. 99005 ID: 395c02
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And here's the old thread 2 image for posterity.

I'll miss you, >:3 joke

hahaha
i'm guessing you had to change thread 2's titlecard because it was too lewd?

Slinko 2016/04/11(Mon)21:46 No. 99064 ID: 395c02
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>>99009
I chose to replace lewd with cool, because at the time "EXCITED FOR DRAGON" was winning and the previous might be too lewd???

Anyway, for those unsure how voting works in Dragon Romance, here's some info.

Each choice begins with 1 vote, so they don't feel lonely (and to help with allignment).

Each person gets 2 votes, unless it specifies (VOTE 1). If someone votes for a single thing, I count it twice (double-voting).

Sometimes the winning vote is what happens, and sometimes the post is written around the ratio of votes each action has vs each other.

Suggestions for what to say are typically used as in any previous Slinko-quest, where I'll typically go with one the most people seem to >this at, but sometimes I'll go with what feels best for the story.

side note I know some people don't like >this, but I'm fine with it-- it helps me see what people support, and a post with lots of >this can become a SECRET EXTRA OPTION in dragon romance if it's not a normal choice.


I'm on the fence about allowing voting against something (removing votes rather than adding them), you can try to sway my opinion here if you want.

Oh, and finally... Dragon Romance is a patreon reward. Even so, it's considered a Major Quest, meaning it has a major plot that will likely spawn many threads, but I will be trying to guide it to an eventual ending. What happens after that is a bridge I'll cross when we get there.

>>99064
What happens when someone votes for multiple things on a vote 1? What happens when someone votes for more than two things in a regular vote?

>>99072
Every time you ignore the instructions when voting, a ketza loses their feathers.

>>99064
> I'm on the fence about allowing voting against something (removing votes rather than adding them), you can try to sway my opinion here if you want.

Just voting against something, without giving a good reason or a good alternative, shouldn't count extra, though a significant sentiment against something should probably matter. Matters a lot more if it's something more irrevocable that you can't twist into giving everyone what they want; matters a lot less if you keep managing to give everyone what they want like you have thus far. (For instance, the half-joke about gym equipment, which doesn't have to progress past a joke and a contribution to Ceridwn's internal confusion unless people want it to later. Or learning about dragons, which a few of us wanted, and you even through in a MIND bonus based on that.)

Along the same lines as your previous point that the answer doesn't always depend directly on the votes, and that a good argument with a bit of support doesn't need to win a vote to work out as part of the story. You've definitely shown that already.

Man this quest was entirely worth it just for that adorable picture of her in dragon form, giving cute rawrs and rolling around like a dog.

And There's still more to go too! So much awesome.

Slinko 2016/04/12(Tue)23:30 No. 99104 ID: 395c02
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>Every time you ignore the instructions when voting, a ketza loses their feathers.
Poor Chei...

>>99089
T-thanks~

>>99072
If they provide a good reason for why they're choosing more, or explain how one can lead to another, I'll tick the extra things. But if I don't think it's a good narrative reason (example: they just pick 2/3 without a reason), the vote is skipped over. I wouldn't try it unless you're really sure about what you're doing!

Of course, people with good narrative reasons for things can affect the quest in subtle and sometimes less subtle ways, like in all Slinko-quests. After all, my main goal is to tell a good story. To this end, sometimes I'll use suggestions outside the voting system, and sometimes I'll take the "spirit" of suggestions and use them to form something a bit different from the literal "intent" of them.

Basically at the end of the day, I'm not "running" a "game", we're forming a story together and telling it. I'm not a GM, I'm simply a guide. Who draws cute things.


SIDE NOTE: Ceridwen's getting complicated enough that it's growing more difficult for me to say "obviously if you choose to do this, she'll act X way and gain Y stat", so pretty soon stat-ups are going to start being a result of events rather than me trying to see into the future. Stat training opportunities will still happen, but it's getting harder to put "STAT+" on every single choice.

Besides, you don't always need me to tell you that being selfless will increase your COMP, right?


(wow i typed a lot... do... do i legitimately care about this quest???)

>>99104
Welcome to Tgchan, we make porn quests plot quests and vice versa

>>99072
>>99073
o..o I don't think I've ever followed instructions when voting.

Its kinda a gamble. Sometimes I'm ignored. Sometimes cool shit happens.
Sometimes stuff happens and I'm not certain if I was part of the cool shit or not but am satisfied anyway.

In anycase, Slinko here does this so well that I never feel the need to do what he tells us to do.

That's a good thing, Right?

Slinko 2016/04/13(Wed)08:40 No. 99110 ID: 395c02
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>>99105
ain't that the truth.

>>99108
I hope so??


Some of you seem kinda new! And while the focus lately is largely on Dragon Romance, if you are in fact reading Slissa Quest and enjoying that one, I just want to mention that there is a prequel of sorts that might help give some bits of context for some things if you haven't read it. It's also a quest I'm pretty proud of.

It's here: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/505569.html

>>99104
>If they provide a good reason for why they're choosing more, or explain how one can lead to another, I'll tick the extra things.
Oh, then we should be fine, I think people kinda do that naturally


>(wow i typed a lot... do... do i legitimately care about this quest???)
I sure hope so, because I know I do! If anything it'll at least be remembered as an interesting experiment in tgchan child-rearing.

>>99110
I will be reading this with much enthusiasm.

So, Slinko, why do you like putting little tendrils on everything?

>>99129
Little tendrils are the most magical of appendages.

Also i just read 'the creator' and i'm glad I did, it certainly gives context and now i'm really excited for more updates of the quests.

>>99129
They're easy and fun to draw! In general I feel the most bogged down when doing lineart stuff, so the Creator's lack of any made it a pretty enjoyable character to draw. (I mean it's literally my fluff/hair method expanded and you know i love fluff)

It's also why slissa quest doesn't often have line-art backgrounds. I hate drawing backgrounds in general but doing it in line-art is its own special level of slinko-hell.

>>99131
I'm really glad you enjoyed it!!

Creator was a test-bed for Slissa in a way Tezakia was supposed to be but ended up not being :x

At that point, aside from my original quest, everything I did was goofy and comedic. Creator was me trying to see how it'd go if I tried to tell a serious, thoughtful story.

Now, slissa is obviously sillier than Creator, but there's some pretty heavy stuff in its future that I now feel much more confident tackling.

Slinko 2016/04/14(Thu)16:50 No. 99141 ID: 395c02
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Time to tally votes!

haha sorry for spam but one more thing:

>DRAGON HIM

in some cases I will in fact make an assumption. In this case +1 vote for MEET and +1 vote for DRAGON FORM!

>>99142
yes that was the plan

>>99141
SLINKO, ARE YOU OK!? YOU LOST YOUR BEAK!

>>99141
Hey, wait a minute! That was a fake beak! You're not actually a bird! You're a phony! Hey everybody! Slinko is a phony! A big fat phony!

wow that update sure took whatever the time difference between this post and my previous post to write and draw

it was very hard to write this and i'm sorry if it sucks ;-;

>>99147
N-no! It-- uh--

>>99156
THE BEAK IS REAL

I AM A BIRD

I AM A BIRD

>>99157
what even is that on your head? a sombrero? turban? egg? combination of the three?

>>99159
Afro

>>99160
eggfro

Anonymous 2016/04/15(Fri)15:37 No. 99164 ID: 395c02
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>>99157
Look you just gotta try a little harder OK?

Slinko 2016/04/15(Fri)21:41 No. 99178 ID: 395c02
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>>99159
I think it might be a basketball...?

i should cut my hair

>>99164
Look if i literally am a bird or ketza then i have a fursona and we can't have that!!!!

>>99178
Oh no a furry on TGchan what a scandal.

>>99178
I mean, if you want people to keep thinking you're literally Chei...

>>99178
Is having a fursona worse than having a persona who wears the bird equivalent of cat ears?

>>99178
Hey, Trout has a fursona. Two of them, even. He's still a human and identifies as such though. Sometimes it's less about believing you are something, and more that it's easier or more fun to draw yourself as that something.

>>99179
I KNOW, RIGHT!?!?!?!?

>>99180
I-I'm not literally chei! (oh no that's something chei would say)

>>99184
........................goddammit

>>99200
..........

oh no is this how the reign of slinkoactualbird happens

>>99207
what if the persona is a human wearing a birdsuit

>>99207
Slinkobird best birb

Slinko 2016/04/20(Wed)14:56 No. 99314 ID: 395c02
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I spent 4 days doing nothing but drawing. Aside from switching to dragon romance for a bit yesterday, my week has been filled with sad slissas and my hand is about to fall off.

It took 4 hours to get a passable (not great) video on youtube, and this might be the last thing I make using my old flash 8 program.

Next time you want to laugh at MSPA or whatever for not having much animation, I want you to remember: animaton is fucking hard.

4 days for what amounts to about 20 images. There's a reason I'm going to stop shading the quest once they leave the caves!

If you want to see a nice crisp flash version, I'll include it here. Say hello and maybe goodbye to the Tezakia loader!

>>99314
>4 days
>20 images
>current date
hurr

Slinko 2016/04/20(Wed)18:11 No. 99323 ID: 395c02
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>>99319
Haha, what a coincidence!

man, like... what if I did make a bird fursona, man?

Or, like... a ketza? I should like, make a strawpoll and then end up doing what I want regardless of what wins, man.

Slinko 2016/04/20(Wed)18:14 No. 99324 ID: 395c02
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Hehehe, wait, I'm right handed.


i promise i'm not actually high

Slinko, you gotta tape your hand on again.

>>99323
>>99324
IT HAPPENED AGAIN!!!!! THERE'S NO BEAK!!!!! YOU'RE NOT A BIRB!!!!! IMPOSTER!!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL SLINKO?!?!

Anonymous 2016/04/20(Wed)20:43 No. 99330 ID: 5042bf
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>>99326

Squawk Squawk Squawk

Slinko 2016/04/26(Tue)08:42 No. 99448 ID: 395c02
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FRIENDS VISTING

NEXT DRAGON ROMANCE IN A COUPLE DAYS OK

and after that, a slissa update???

Slinko 2016/05/09(Mon)15:39 No. 99673 ID: 395c02
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So it took over two hours to tally the votes, and I'm not sure I even counted right. TGCHAN also suffered a DDOS and spam attack, making links to posts no show the post in question when hovered over.

As such, I'm simplifying the vote system so i don't just die when we approach 100 suggestions oh my god what's even going on

Also, I know some of you want to do 500 things at once, but the point of dragon romance is I don't kill myself doing giant 10 image updates that handle a lot at once

So if a thing fails to happen, it might mean I intend to go into it later. Just try to keep it in mind for next time.

>>99673
>Approach 100 suggestions oh my god what's even going on?

You made a popular quest that everyone enjoys, that's what's going on!

>>99673
>filename
Capture 39? Is this a picture of a captured leprechaun?

>>99673
Is it a Slinkocon?'
A Leprislink?
Lepinkocon?

>>99678
>>99687
yes

uh oh, a lust tilde bar in the date!

Are we 18 yet?

I suspect the tilde bar won't be able to get very high in this date.

I google searched these here glaucomas, Slinko.

Are the wings part of Skif's biology or not?

>>99726
Consider this the tutorial level.

>>99727
The wings seem to be part of their biology. He can't actually take them off unless some godlike being allows it by forgetting to draw them.

Anyway.

My computer exploded a little, DR paused for a day or two. Sorry!

>>99673
Would you find it helpful if someone tallied and summarized the responses after a certain amount of time (either in the main thread or in this discussion thread)?

>>99745
That'd be super helpful ! Especially when there's a whole whole lot going on

>>99748
OK, I'll try to do that when I can. (I'm the same person who did that in the past thread.)

What's the approximate amount of time you want to wait after a post before getting a summary?

>>99749
in a perfect world I update every two days ( ;-; ) but I tend to do so towards the afternoon...

so earlier on that second day would be a prime time to to so

Of course, even if the votes were tallied at the halfway point, that's 50% less brain I have to break counting numbers and not losing my spot oh god don't lose your place oh i guess i'll start over

>>99749
Thanks~

Okay. The computer is almost done being restored. This train gets moving again tomorrow!

>>99757
so like how did you fuck up your computer slinkonerd?

>>99762
Basically, Venji got mad that her quest is now a "Dead Quest" and she broke Slinko's computer in a fit a rage.

And that's the story of how Venji got her Re-Venji-ance! (I'm not sorry! XD)

Slinko 2016/05/22(Sun)19:25 No. 99890 ID: 395c02
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Trout and Lawyerdog said to post links to my patreon everywhere because i made it hard to find oops

here you go https://www.patreon.com/Slinketza?ty=h

look i have a patreon how neato

>>99890
Hey! It's Speeple!
Giving us the Double Speeps?

>>99890
But it's right there in the beginning of the thread already?

Also I'd suggest doing like Lagotrope does and add it to your quest beginnings as well. You honestly deserve to advertise a bit man.

>COMP+, ROMANCE++, APPEAL++

don't vote like this, it won't be counted. I have a hard time not losing my place, and I'm not going to scroll back up to figure out what you intended. Always quote or paraphrase the options in bold

Slinko 2016/05/27(Fri)18:02 No. 99996 ID: 395c02
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WHILE I'M HERE. Some of you seem to want to do things that would slow the story down a whole lot in order to have me explain things, which always seemed like a bad idea (people often complain about "plot dumps")

But there's no way to explain the ritual stuff AND dragon stuff AND life-magic stuff in a way that gives you something to vote on every update but also isn't a giant plot dump.

Truly it is a challenge even the greatest writers struggle to solve.

So, have a bonus vote.

HOW MUCH PLOT SHOULD I DUMP IN THE NEXT UPDATE http://www.strawpoll.me/10328287

>would you like some plot with your porn
>yes please!

>>99997
We don't want a premature ejaculation.

Or any at all.

Slinko pls.

>>99994
do you mean don't vote with green text or don't throw random ++ into votes? Cause I can stop with the green text.

>>99996
well if you want to give details about the world without dropping plot dumps in quest you could always just link something in your quest and write out the plot here or somewhere else so as to keep the quest moving smoothly.

I'm just giving my 2 cents on the mater, you can just ignore me if you don't want to do something like that.

>>100009
I think he means don't vote with just +++ options divorced from the actual actions.

Slinko 2016/05/28(Sat)11:57 No. 100013 ID: 395c02
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>>100003
What'd I do?????

>>100009
Voting for stats is what I mean. I write down the votes in short form based on action, and I don't often remember which stat went to which action.

>>100010
The weird thing is, DR's world is the least complex of the four 'slinkoworlds' (Tezakia, Slissa, whatever it is Venji inhabits are the others). Granted, most of Tezakia's complexity came in the years after the quest ran.

It's just much harder to sprinkle out the world plot because we're speeding past childhood at a rapid pace and most of my words need to go to keeping things moving along (thread 2 isn't even NSFW, is it?)

I don't really like the idea of posting a bunch of bonus content off to the side as semi-required reading-- a quest should contain all the information you need to make a decision.

But the rapid paced childhood is almost over so maybe it'll be fine if I slow down and explain wtf is going on in a little more detail.

>>99996
I voted in the strawpoll, but I wanted to elaborate further.

In general I think it makes sense to ration out some of the details as the plot develops. But we've definitely steered Ceridwyn into a thoughtful, conscientious dragon; the kind that values and hoards knowledge (among other things). And you've built a fascinating world for her, with interesting depth, mysteries, fun and nuanced characters, and opportunities for meaningful, potentially life-altering choices. Finally, we're about to go through what may be one of the last major time-skips in the quest, and it looks like we're going to spend most of it gathering information.

It looks like the players in this quest are the type that like to explore all the dialogue trees, background, and other material. Personally, I love researching this kind of information in a quest (or in a tabletop RPG), both because I love seeing the bigger picture of the world, and because it makes for richer possibilities in the future; we may well reference it later to consider our options and come up with new ones.

Given all that, I think it makes sense to spend some time answering questions and providing the results of our research at this point. You don't necessarily need to write all of it in advance (especially if you're still developing much of it) or dump it all into a few posts. Instead, if it's easier for you, you might turn it into a Q&A format. We've asked some fairly specific questions in the thread; you could quote and answer them, and respond to follow-up questions that the answers lead to. If there's something significant and relevant that we didn't think to ask, you could add that if it makes sense for us to have encountered it naturally (for instance, if any decent research into the topic would have turned it up), but otherwise if we didn't think to ask a question then the answer doesn't need to exist yet.

For that matter, if it helps, the Q&A doesn't necessarily need to have an image with every post; it seems fine to have a few "montage" images for "conversations with Ceridwyn and Skif", or "Ceridwyn and Skif at the library". That would make it easier to do some back-and-forth.

Most of the good quests (and tabletop RPGs) I've participated in occasionally get to a point where the players can seek a large amount of information at once; that tends to happen whenever there's an opportunity to talk to someone who knows significant information that we don't, or to read or research information in a directed fashion about a topic we don't know much about. It seems fairly normal that a conversation-heavy segment may turn into Q&A. That won't turn the whole quest into a plot dump, or even this section; you've done some fascinating worldbuilding here, and we'd like to go poking around in it.

Thanks again for a fun quest!

>>100013
When I'm putting together the tallies, I tend to grab the whole choice line from your original post, including any hints at stat changes, for exactly that reason.

That said, I think there's a more important reason to avoid voting using stats rather than choice descriptions: we're roleplaying here, not rollplaying.

You suggested a while back that you'd stop mentioning exact stat changes for each option; you might want to go ahead and do that, and we can just see how our choices play out after the fact. That would also give you more flexibility, because we tend to supply write-ins for extra flavor, dialogue, or variations on the choices, as well as entirely new ideas; you might decide that our particular approach to a situation or twist on a choice you offered warrants a different stat change.

Huh. And here I thought this was the same world as Slissa Quest, only displaced in location and time.

Slinko 2016/05/29(Sun)14:00 No. 100023 ID: 395c02
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>And you've built a fascinating world for her, with interesting depth, mysteries, fun and nuanced characters, and opportunities for meaningful, potentially life-altering choices
(see image)

>Instead, if it's easier for you, you might turn it into a Q&A format
We have a thread on /dis/ specifically for this, but... I dunno. Yeah, I guess I could devote a couple updates to just information and reactions to information, without the constant pressure of moving a plot along. Indeed this might be less of a time skip and more of an actual 'montage' of information!

>>100017
Those tallies got rather important this time around! My own counting lead to a tie (I'm not good at counting!), and when faced with doing a complete recount vs just using the tally and counting the posts after it...


>>100021
The quest is similar to Venji, in that it's sort of a hodgepodge of random elements from other worlds. The main difference is Venji had elements from other quests, but DR is going to be mostly slinkostuff(.../typostuff??)

Of course, there's two reward tiers on my patreon that let people insert their own characters, so the quest could become quite a melting pot indeed.

Slissa and Tezakia have very specific ways that magic works, but DR is playing more loosey-goosey with it.

>>100023
what the hell is that pick from?

>>100026
El Goonish Shive.

RedGreenBlue 2016/05/31(Tue)19:11 No. 100037 ID: 93244f
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I'm too late to make this joke but

this is like my 20th attempt to upload this why won't it work

Is there a reason pangolin form was chosen for Ceri's experimentation? Like is there something special about their reproductive systems?

>>100043
(i wanted to draw a pangolin)

>>100047
A good excuse.

Slinko 2016/06/03(Fri)19:58 No. 100075 ID: 395c02
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>Focus today on talking with your parents, and finding 'E'.

...I DIDN'T THINK THIS THROUGH

>>100075
lmao slinko, wasting no time getting to the nsfw part of this entire quest. I didn't expect it considering the rest of the quest managed to deftly avoid it, and then BOOM

>>100075
Damnit, you beat me to a joke about Amiel's hatred of the letter E! DX

I... wonder how the parental talk would go.

"Mom, dad, I'm gonna be a real dragon AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!!!"

>>100079
look i'm not that big a troll that i'd make a porn quest wherein the protagonist is never ever seen naked

.... and that's not because i hadn't thought of it until just now!!

Oh my god it all makes perfect sense now, we are Amiel cross dimensional time warphole dancestor clone!

Slinko, are we ever going to stop gaining stats? I thought it was going to stop after Ceri grew up.

Or is this because she still has more growing to do?

I actually thought that stats grew so fast because they were gonna go extremely slowly after adulthood. That would make sense as to not make Ceri OP. But idk what slinko would do.

Slinko... What the fuck is with the breasts? Like do dragons lay eggs and then nurse their young? Or was the snake such a pervert as to figure out a spell to turn her into the one kind of lizard with breasts?

>>100185
If you go back one thread, you'll find the story deals with this very topic.

Slinko 2016/06/07(Tue)15:09 No. 100195 ID: 395c02
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>>100169
Did you stop learning and growing the second you turned 18?

For most people, the answer is no. Stats will go up till the cows come home, but their growth is much slower now and much fewer decisions will have stat changes attached. (The main problem right now is if I attach statups to a single choice, people will likely pick that choice over anything else... or maybe I'm overly worried?)

Besides, do you really want to keep her stats as-is with that pitiful level of D? And that pretty bad level of APPEAL?

IS THIS THE WORLD YOU DESIRE

>>100185
See thread one

Short answer: It's very probable the snake goofed

>>100195
If you care about audience opinion: I think that stat ups that represent our physicality should grow extremely slowly, however I feel that magic is learnt (albeit slowly) with study and practice, while the D stat and Appeal stat do not represent our physical being, but instead our mannerisms and mental state. Therefore, they should change roughly more or less the same as the magic stats with practice and experience.

With the stat ups, I say that you declare in the thread that Ceri can't work with stat ups in mind anymore, and you should instead divvy up stats when you feel that it is proper, and dont particularly assign any actions with any stat ups. As (I think?) you said, story mainly comes first, so stats should totally piggyback off of that.

So yeah.

>>100197
Also by 'physicality' I mean Vigor, Mind and Speed, which are stats that people in real life can only change with dedicated training and determination. But you learn new things and become more skilled every day. (Appeal, D, Magic stats)

>>100195

Well, in the case of Appeal specifically, one would expect it to only start really going up during her college years equivalent.

This all makes sense to me. I guess I also have to wean myself off of statups all the time and make actual points where people can go "hey let's train at the gym and hit on the equipment", leaving plot decisions largely unstatted.

And yeah, I guess this WOULD be the age to be raising appeal, so maybe it's ok it's low for now :x

That D tho. That D's gotta happen. This quest is so lacking in D.



ragon.

>>100195
>or maybe I'm overly worried?
No you are perfectly worried CONTINUE BEING WORRIED

Also I think I've noticed something.

Self gets raised when were an asshole Selfish.
D seems to get raised when we act Self Important.

Are D and SELF related stat wise?

And will we have to subsume Ceri's Mind With Megalomaniacal Delusions of Grandeur to fully unlock the D?

...Because that sounds fun.

>>100234
They are not directly related!

One can be self-important while still being selfless... oddly enough Tayza might be the best example of this. She pretty much DR. Cox's everyone into shape while still kind of believing in them.

on the other end is someone like Venji, who's all about her own importance and awesomeness without giving many cares about those around her.


It's kind of hard to see someone who turned out as selfless and nice as Ceridwen turning into an actual villainess... I feel like you guys kind of missed the bote boat on evil town population dragon.

Maybe she could turn into an anti-villain? Like an antihero except the other way around.

>>100258
Who knows, maybe some sudden events will happen and then suddenly "THE WORLD DESERVES IT'S DRAGONESS OVERLORD OF LOVE/LUST"

>>100259
About that...

>>100258
> anti-villain?
That sounds awesome.

All this Plot breaking speak in thread reminds me of a question...

Ceri's Adoptive Father (Sheriim, was it?). Whats up with him.
Cabinets full of Guns and Weapons.
Understanding and capability to break the 4th wall.
Proclivity for kinky sex.

What was he in the past?
Wielder of the DM lightning?
Bounty Hunting Meta-mancer?
This universe's Deadpool?

And what manner of insidious creature is this Myra, Who is somehow able to constrain and control him?

>>100258
>Maybe she could turn into an anti-villain? Like an antihero except the other way around.

ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!

>>100205
I'd agree with this. Dole out stat-ups whenever you feel like Ceri has trained/exercised one, but don't label options with them anymore.

At a few points in the story, there have been a few questions about the tech level of this world that have gone unanswered. Where is this world on the spectrum from medieval to modern? Or does the world run on Sufficiently Advanced Magic instead of technology?

Related to that, is there such a thing as a Sending spell?

In this case, I'm asking because the current choice has a mention of "Send Skif a message"; what form would that message take?

After talking with Slinko, I believe the setting for Dragon Quest is roughly a modern-ish MagiTech-based setting, with a slightly different basis of what is or isn't useful and what sorts of technologies and magics dominate society, politics, economics, military, etc.

It does seem to be a modern first world country, in that it has suburbs and a middle class that could only exist if certain criteria are met.... Though the exact tech/magic/magitech mix seems unclear.

>>100294
It's kept vague because I'm not 100% sure where I want it yet. After thread two, I'll likely spend some time building up the world in preparation for when things spread out.

I'm currently doing the Final Fantasy 5 Four Job Fiesta charity event, so updates will be delayed. I'll try to get one up soon!

>"Oh, hi Mr. and Mrs. Fonzarelli!"

>Skif's last name is strange, almost as if it was made up on the spot, but it's the name they gave you and you're going to assume it's real for now.

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

> What's a writer to do when a minor character that they created for a show suddenly becomes much more popular than the other members of the cast? Why, re-write them as a main character of course!

How much of the "dragon rider" stuff did you have before Skif became a major focus?

Slinko 2016/06/21(Tue)03:24 No. 100616 ID: 395c02
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>>100611
none, but not for silly reasons like fonzie tropes~

the name exists for the same reason "Magic Johnson" is the name of the magic tentacle beast in this thread's OP image (no, no, the one on the right).

Skif is not a character of my creating, he is a character added via my Patreon, and his owner suggested that last name

Suggest goofy names and I will use them. Such is my way, such is my calling.

The astute of you might have noticed a dramatic drop in art quality in recent updates. The reason is that I haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks and it became quite torturous to do the quest, on top of the fiesta and such.

So Dragon Romance is paused for a bit while I try out some sleeping pills and recover from this mess of "OWE MY EYES AND BRAIN AND BRAIN EYES"

hopefully the pills mean I can get back in action in a couple days.

>>100681
Go ahead and take a break if you want/need it. I think most questers prefer quality over quantity, on top of it simply not being good to rush yourself.

>>100681
Welcome back, Slinko!

Random quest question: about how fast does Ceridwen regenerate MP?

For instance, for the amount of MP burned in https://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/src/146715657754.png , about how long would that take to regenerate?

Asking because that could help determine how often we use magic. If we regenerate it reasonably quickly, then it makes sense for us to use it frequently even for minor amusements. If it takes the better part of a day to regenerate our MP, then we may want to use it more judiciously.

(Also, for this kind of question, would you prefer the /quest/ thread or this /questdis/ thread?)

>Random quest question: about how fast does Ceridwen regenerate MP?
As fast as the plot requires.

>>101042
I'm sure that's the right general rule, yes. A rough order-of-magnitude concept would be helpful to guide decisions, though. Ceri would probably know from personal experience about how long she usually needs to recover from casting a spell.

>Random quest question: about how fast does Ceridwen regenerate MP?
Every 2.15 minutes she regenerates 1.43--

>As fast as the plot requires.
W-what no! O-of course not!

once again slinko with the SAVE.


Basically it depends what she's doing. Sleeping 8 hours fills it to full, of course (of course!), naps also give increased regen, as does eating.

It is slowed by physical activity, like running around or things that may or may not involve tildes. It's sort of the Tezakia system where magic is a "muscle" that can "tire out" and needs to absorb energy from your body to recover. If she over-exerts herself to 0, her MP regen is greatly slowed until she sleeps.

If she's just standing there, not moving, eating, or sleeping, she can regen about 30% of her current max every day. This might be subject to change if I add numbers.

Speaking of which!


The stats and mechanics are a thing that are turning out to be way more important than they're meant to be (since when did Venji actually use all her points in bird???), which means I actually have to consider attaching numbers to them.

The problem with this, and the reason I hate doing it, is I'm Very Bad at math. And some of you guys are Insanely Good at math. If I make numbers and actual mechanics, you WILL find a way to break it in ways I couldn't even begin to fathom. So long as it's kept vague, I can at least make up a reason why X action doesn't actually work.

However, since Dragon Romance is a little less flexible than usual due to its Choice Vote system, maybe it will actually be fine...

Maybe you guys can voice an opinion on NUMBERS vs EASY PEASY VAGUENESS? If I do decide to start attaching real numbers to things, it'll likely wait for thread 3, when the quest opens up a bit more.

>>101046
I'd absolutely agree that this shouldn't have any hard numbers. Much like in a tabletop RPG, finding and exploiting a loophole isn't generally fun for everyone. And there's little else to be gained from precise figures here. The fuzziness also leaves more room for you to allow unusual and creative things as you see fit. ("That sounds fun, sure, let's go with that.")

The same thing goes for the rest of the stats. I think the current level of importance attached to them is OK (now that you no longer mention possible stat changes with every choice). I don't think attempting to precisely quantify stats like Dragon or Mind any more than your current fun spirals makes sense. They just give you room to consider proposed courses of action and say "sure, that's reasonable" or "Ceri is unlikely to be able to pull that off".

For instance, with how we've raised Ceridwen to have a high Mind and low Vigor and Speed, it's reasonable to think she could come up with creative ways to use portals, win at a game of strategy or reasoning, carefully have a conversation without giving away a secret, or come up with a clever scheme to gain power and influence. It's not so reasonable to think she could outrun an athletic pursuer on flat ground, free-climb up a mountain, travel cross-country at a fast pace for 16-hour days, or take on a group of fighters head-on without pulling any tricks; if we tried to suggest things like those, you'd either tell us that Ceridwen isn't capable of it, or let us try and most likely fail. If we're in a situation like those, we'd have to come up with some other solution instead.

A Ceridwen from an alternate universe could have been a skilled warrior who thinks three-on-one head-on fights are a fun challenge but not so fair for the three, but that Ceridwen wouldn't have been able to get away with some of the things we've done.

So please do keep stats at about the current degree of vagueness; more precision would just make things more complicated, both for us and for you. (You might even consider renaming "MP" and "HP" to just "Magic" and "Health", to avoid suggesting they have "points".)

The only reason I'm asking about her rate of magic regeneration is to get a rough idea of how to evaluate and discuss ideas like "let's randomly use some magic for something amusing", and comments like "do we want to use MP on a game?".

The premise you suggested where magic regenerates non-linearly, with smaller amounts regenerating quickly and larger amounts straining us and taking longer to regenerate, makes perfect sense; I like the idea of magic working more like a muscle, and it's an approach that isn't used nearly as often. (That also might allow for the idea of adrenaline in an emergency situation, and would suggest that working out with our magic to its limit would be the right way to train ourselves to have a higher capacity.)

And that's a system that would be hard to put precise numbers to, but that's reasonably easy to hand-wave; I'd leave out even the numbers you mentioned in your post, because that might vary depending on how Ceri has used her magic, and how much she's strained herself. Lifting a 2-kilo weight 100 times doesn't require anywhere near as much strain as lifting a 200-kilo weight once. And a single burst is quite different than long-duration endurance. (More "precise" magic systems have to add things like "cantrips" to approximate things like this.)

The analogy to a muscle also gives some good rough ideas about how to think about using magic for random things. Does the following roughly correspond to the model you have in mind?

If we're doing something that seems like it ought to be trivial (for instance, polymorphing a funny face for a moment, or making a brief small portal that doesn't move anything but sound and light), we can probably recover that almost immediately, as long as we don't want to do it for a long time without stopping; so, quick gags when we're not already "tired" don't need us to worry about magic usage. Doing something major (like a portal across town for two people) or high-endurance (like maintaining a major polymorph for a while, especially one with a physical, non-cosmetic component) isn't something we should plan on doing many times per day, just like we wouldn't expect to maintain a fast running pace for a long time. (More so if we're doing something physically active at the same time; physical activity with a polymorph on might be like running with ankle weights, though it's possible the polymorph would also be making the physical activity easier for us in ways that compensate.) And if we do something that takes all the magical strength we've got, we're not only going to need to cool it for the rest of the day, we'll probably go to bed exhausted and want some extra sleep (an early night or a late morning).

Does that sound about right to you?