Stats:

STR: 13
DEX: 15
INT: 12
FTH: 12

Souls: 1000
________
Spells known:

>Fireball
>Perseverance


_____

Equipped items:

>Red Scale Set
>Divine mace
>Twisted dagger
> x3 homeward bone
>Swan ring
>Ring of thorns
>Ring of betrothal
>Round shield
>Tailsman

In bottomless box:

>Ivory Fang
>Suicidal dream
>Hopeful scroll
>White Soap stone
>Shivering eyed orb

>Plague knight set
>regurgitated dress (Badly damaged)

>Greataxe [20 STR]
>feathered Rapier
>feathered dagger
>feathered Short sword
>Othlom's whip [20 DEX]
>Red Scale Katana [20 DEX]
>Greatsword of Coris [30 STR]


>Twisted Soul of Shard Othlom
>Twisted Souls of the Jailors
>Soul of Ioa, Father of many

_________

Areas:

>Ashen End (Mostly Explored)
>Pilgrim's Wood (Somewhat Explored)
>Ioa's sea (Somewhat Explored)
>Chasm of Vorrem (Barely Explored)
>Black Marshes (Inaccessible, Unexplored)
>Fallen Coris (Accessible, Unexplored)

_____

Shard Boiel leaped into the air, His mighty fists were ready to plummet your face into the ground. There was little time to react.


>Block with your round shield [17-20]
>Roll away [16-20]
>Trade his hit with a stab in his chest by your twisted dagger [18-20]
>Run [14-20]
>Something else?

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>54717
>Roll away [16-20]

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>54717
>Roll away [16-20]

>>54723
>>54731
you were too slow to escape his fists. He plummeted you the ground, breaking a good sum of your bones.

You twitched in pain. Shard Boiel cracked open your bottomless box. He snatched the soul of Shard Othlom.

"Forgive me..." His words were full of regret "May you never cross my path again...."

He left you to die alone.

Before you let out your last breath, You crushed your homeward bone. The last thing you saw was the troubled face of the firekeeper.


_____YOU DIED_____

You were reborn in the fires of the sanctuary. As from Othlom shard and your souls, you lost nothing in this death.


>Speak with____
>Head to____
>Something else?

>>54837
shoot

>>54837
>Speak with Negeel

>>54957
The pyromancer looked perturbed "Back from another death i see, I think you ought to check on the girl you brought here....and the black marshes..."

You were surprised by his second statement " The wall gate has been opened. I don't know why. Just be careful; My kin isn't only the menace of the Marshes."

>Speak with____
>Head to____
>Something else?

>>55068
>Speak with the legless maiden

>>55068
>speak with the fire keeper

>>55073
this then fire keeper

>>55073
>>55075
>>55084
You approached maiden Lostrea, her skin was pale, her hair was messy. She panted heavily while holding a brilliant soul next to her Bosom.

"Brave savoir...I present you this soul. It is all yours."

>Purify Twisted Souls of the Jailors
>Offer Purified Souls of the watchdogs to the divines
>Something else?

>>55140
>>Offer Purified Souls of the watchdogs to the divines

>>55140
>ask her all we can do with a soul like that
i'm sure there's more to it than just offerings

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>55157
>>55169

>>55157
>>55169
You offered the Soul of the watchdog to the divines, the maiden did her best to chant prayers unbeknownst to you.

You gained the Blessings of the Watchdog


>Blessings of the Watchdog

A blessing from Maiden Lostrea, All dogs will not attack you unless you provoked them.

The dogs sense a noble beast inside you and thus you gain their respect/Fear.

You left the Maiden in peace and headed to the firekeeper who was sitting by the bonfires "Greetings, Vessels of Ash, how may i serve you?"

>Say something to her
>Level up [20,000 Souls required]
>Something else?

>>55290
>What do you know of this place?
Where is everyone else?

>>55665
maybe we should start another time; all left for some reason.

>>55665
This

>>55810
I see a new player as come. Hope you're still here.

>>55919
>>55665
"That my souls is bound to it....or rather..." She looked at the bonfire "Such is my duty...."

>Speak with____
>Head to_____
>Something else?

>>55982
>Head to the Village

>>55982
>Head to the Village

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Also, map.

>>56004
>>56023
You gathered your strength and headed to the last place you haven't explore, The Village.


You heard the ramblings of the madman "You again? You still didn't have you share of deaths yet? No matter, no matter....heheeee" He pointed his greatbow at you. Like last time, he had a great advantage topping you on a hill.

>Charge towards him [18-20]
>Strafe left and right [17-20]
>Wait from him to shoot, dodge the great arrow [17-20]
>Run
>Something Else?

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>56094
>Strafe left and right [17-20]

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>56094
>Strafe left and right [17-20]

So should we roll another one?

>>56170
no. every anon can roll once

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>56170
I don't know. The dice gods hate me. ;_;

>>56170
We should probably ask someone at the sanctuary for some tips or something to beat this guy.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>56094
>Strafe left and right [17-20]

>>56115
>>56135
Again, you were pierced with a gigantic great arrow made out of bones.

"Again! Aaagain and Again! Come, come and die a thousand deaths!" The madman laughed at your last moments on this world.


________YOU DIED________

You were reborn in the sanctuary, you felt naked without all of weapons and rings. You had to wear the plague knight set but aside from your fireball, you had naught to protect yourself.

>Speak with_____
>Head to_______
>something else?

>>56214
>>Speak with Negeel
Help us with this bully.

>>56214
well, we need to get rid of that dick, maybe our pyro friend can help
>head to the forest and pick up the bow that we forgot AGAIN

>>56214
>head to the forest and pick up the bow

>>56243
>>56247
>>56256
The trek wasn't easy but you made your way to Pilgrim's wood. you grabbed the longbow and 20 feather arrow

On the way back you found a lone figure near the bridge. A slim man who obscured his face under a silver mask with lots of engravings. He wore a silver robe of the same fashion. He wore a black gauntlet with harps talons for fingers.

"What do you have here?" his voice was somewhat sinister "Yet another lamb lost in woods, hmmm...."

He saw the hostility in your eyes "There is no need to fret. I am Silverarm Regras." He spotted your soap stone dangling your side.

"A soapstone, have we? What good comes out of 'helping' folks in other worlds? By helping them...you are making them weak. Reliable to outside aid. Take this peaceful gesture of mine and allow me to crush this symbol of weakness..."

he had a red eye orb in his grasp.

>Take the red eyed orb, crush the soapstone
>Take it, don't crush the soapstone.
>Refuse taking it
>Attack him
>Ignore him, leave
>Something else?

>>56371
>Refuse taking it

>>56371
>Refuse taking it

>>56371
>Refuse taking it

>>56394
>>56456
"A pity. Mind the dark brute in the southern end of these woods, i might have to venture through the Mad's descend instead if i am to reach my destination. Gods, what a tiresome journey...." he chuckled to himself.

He continued "My,The whole area is a ravenous sly. Perhaps you know somewhere for me to rest?"

>Invite him to the sanctuary
>Don't

>>56504
>Invite him to the sanctuary
Unless you guys don't want to

>>56504
>Invite him to the sanctuary
he sounds like a troublemaker, but... i don't know

>>56589
>>56603

"Ashen End you say? Sounds plausible, I shall see you soon in the sanctuary. I need to deal with someone here first."

Armed with a longbow, you headed back to sanctuary. you considered your next step.

>Speak with____
>Head to______
>Something else?

>>56621
>Speak with Negeel
maybe he can help us, directly or not

>>56621
>Speak with Negeel
Then off to defeat that bully.

>>56636
>>56641
you told the pyromancer the whole ordeal.

"As much as i would love to help you. I can't partake in this dispute; I am a man of my word. He promised me safety in his village when i delivered the chest to him. And i promised him the same."

>Speak with_____
>Head to_____
>Something else?

>>56666
>Head to the tower

>>56666
>Head to Tower

>>56681
>>56703
You headed to the tower.

you found nothing new or interesting in it, it was in the same state you left it last time. With no Bolts for Ballista resting on the top of the tower, it was pretty much useless.

>Head to____
>Something else?

>>56737
>Train with the bow
If we can. If not,
>Head to the Black Marshes

>>56752
Let's go with this

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>>56752
>>56756
This land was barren, you had nothing to train yourself with.


Ignoring your previous corpse with of of its treasures, you headed straight for the Black Marshes.

In your first steps, you smelt the stench of rot, death and decay. Green fumes were among the unrelenting fog. You coughed greatly as your lungs were contracting on their own refusing to absorb this noxious fumes.

Black tar made from corpses of beast and men made small Isles up ahead. You could barely see what was ahead.

>Head W/E/N/S
>Leave Black Marshes
>Something else?

i will have to end it here since i am not feeling too good. We will continue by tomorrow.

>>56890
Thanks for running. Hope you feel better.

>>56890
Thanks, see you tomorrow.

>>56890
Reallocate all stats into luck

>>56890
Looking forward to it.

Was too occupied playing ds2 for the first time.

>>56846
Oshit marshes, here we go.
And I have a bad feeling about inviting Silverarm to the Sanctuary.

Alright we are back

we can continue from here.
>>56846

>>59154
Head east

>>59646
As you were taking your first steps, You were knocked on the ground; something was slowly dragging you to the tar. You couldn't see it but you could feel its slimy texture coiling around your feet.

>Throw a fireball at it [5-20]
>Accept your fate.
>Something else?

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>59744
>>Throw a fireball at it [5-20]

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>59744
>Throw a fireball at it [5-20]

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>>59779
You hurled a fireball at the invisible foe. It backed away, you could heard it whispering 'mother'


You found an Emberless Ash at the very start the second Isle. It would prove valuable to you.


>Head W/E/N/S
>Leave Black Marshes
>Something else?

>>59945
>>Head E

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>>59972
You took a few steps to the east. From the small bushes around you. You were sprayed by heavy black tar. It slowed you do immensely.

A savage wearing a garb similar to Neegel showed himself, he wielded a handaxe, nothing more. He was about to throw a fireorb at you.

>Dodge the fire orb [15-20]
>Run [13-20]
>Hurl a fireball at him [15-20]
>Something else?

>>60086
>Dodge the fire orb [15-20]

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>60169

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>60086
>>Dodge the fire orb [15-20]

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>60086
>>Dodge the fire orb [15-20]

>>60169
>>60180
>>60267
>>60271
You dodged the fire orb, some of the tar was starting to fall off.

The savage was about to breathe something at you.

>Hurt a fireball at him [15-20]
>Snipe him with your longbow [17-20]
>Run
>Something else?

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>60315
>>Hurt a fireball at him [15-20]

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>60315
>Snipe him with your longbow [17-20]

>>60331
>>60456
your fireball missed him entirely. You were welcomed by a cloud of noxious gas.


______!POSIONED!________


As you were in the heart of the poison cloud, the savage struck you from the back with his axe. However, the plague armour proved to be sturdy enough to withstand the blow.


>Roll away, try to hit him with a fireball [15-20]
>Roll away, try to snipe him [17-20]
>Run
>Something else?

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>60593
>>Roll away, try to hit him with a fireball [15-20]

>>60633
This one went charred the flesh on his face. It wasn't long before the savage met his end.


+1000 soul

You found:

>Tar Breath Memory

A pyromancer developed by the savages of the black Marshes. Release a torrent of tar on foe, making them slower and easier to ignite.

Deliver this memory to a pyromancer to use it.

>Savage Hand axe

A rather weak, some primitive handaxe wielded by the savages of the black marshes. Can be thrown as a ranged weapon.


>Head E/W/N/S
>leave
>Something else?

>>60840
East

>>60840
>Head East

I waited for about an hour and a half for someone to reply then i closed the tab

jokes on me , i guess.

we will continue tomorrow

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we are back

>>62471
>>61772


The poison running in your veins blurred your vision. As you progressed further in the Marshes, you started to pant heavily.

You found the savage's village down the road, the wooden palisade surrounding the village didn't provide much of protection in its current state. there were a lot of corpses littered around the village. Their attire looked very similar to brother Dannol

None was guarding the gates of the village; All of the savages were gathered in the middle of the village Witnessing a brutal fight between two beasts.

None of them was chained or something, these beasts ignored the cheering crowd entirely.

>Watch in silence
>Assault the village.
>Ignore the village, Head E/W/S/N
>Something else?

>>67317

>>67326
Eh. I'll bite. Watch in Silence.
Heading off for shopping, though. Good luck on getting others, op!

>>67820
You watched the two beasts slashing each other with brute strength. The shorter one did manage to gnaw to other's throat. Moments after, Only one stood victorious.

The savages split into two groups, one group started to feast on the fallen beast while the other group hurled fireballs at the victor. Soon, it was lit on fire but it didn't mind its charred flesh, instead, it exited the village. It was slowly heading east leaving a trail of fire behind each step.

>Assault the village
>Follow the charred beast
>Attack the charred beast
>Ignore them, head E/W/S/N
>Something else?

>>68047

>>68047
>Follow the charred beast

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>>68315
You started to follow the charred beast, The poison caused you to grit your teeth out of pain.


The beast has sensed your presence , it was actively searching for you.

>try to hide between the bushes [15-20]
>Play dead [15-20]
>Run [17-20]
>Attack the charred beast
>Something else?

>try to hide between the bushes

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>69478
mb, forgot to roll

Attack the beast

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>69511
>>69516

>>69511
>>69516

Your attempt to hide yourself was an utter failure. The charred beast howled upon spotting you. Its human sized talons almost sliced you to bits if it weren't for your clutch dodge.


A booming growl echoed from afar, The charred beast ignored you and continued heading east.

This whole ruckus has alerted the Savages of the Black Marshes. You glared at you with pure hatred as if you have ruined something important.


After a deafening warcry, all the pyromancers were charging towards you with their axes

You coughed more blood; Your time in this world was dwindling.

>Run [15-20]
>Fight the pyromancers [20]
>Something else?

just to be clear, are you going to continue or what?

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>69674
>>Run [15-20]

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>69674
>Run [15-20]

Rolled 16 (1d20)

I ain't no bitch,
Fight the pyromancers

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>>69706
>>69736
A axe made its way to your back as you were trying to outrun the horde of savage, Ultimately you collapsed in the tar, unable to get up.

You felt something coiling around your leg, it slowly dragged you into the depths below....


____


You opened your eyes, you haven't died just . You were inside a cave of sorts filled with putrid stench. You found a small deformed child who had lots of unnatural orifices and yellow blisters all over his body. Small tendrils would occasionally poke from said orifices.

The child was kissing the feet of a once majestic creature resembling a slender woman. She was in decay and yet you could fear some faint breathing...mostly expressing pure pain and agony.

"Mother! Mother! I-I brought another one! Another who will serve you most esteemed flesh!" The child kissed the rotten feet of his 'mother'.

You looked at you left arm , it was oozing with yellow pus, you could feel something trying to get out of arm.

The child waved one of its tendrils "Come now, Bringer of flesh, bow to mother! Come now!"

>Bow to Mefew, Queen of husks
>Refuse

Refuse

>>69886
You stood defiant against the queen of husks, suddenly, you were slammed to the ground by someone from behind.

"Such arrogance, to deny the gift bestowed upon you..." A woman stepped out of the shadows, she wore a terribly worn knight's armor with a menacing twisted spear strapped to her back.

She had a visible hole above her breast, you could hear something slithering in said hole. The child wheezed " Lady Nisn, please! be gentle to the new one. I sense some great potential in her!"

The knight ignored the words of the child "You, you are bound to serve our queen whether you liked it or not. Her children in your arm will provide you immunity to various toxins in this world. The very sight of our queen's children will scare off many bastards from above like those savages."

She paused for a moment "Bring the flesh of great beings, feed it to our queen to gain more of her children . Or if you that much of a fool, bring more flesh of great beings to 'get rid' of this glorious gift."

The deformed child use a lever to open a hidden passage "Now begone, come back when you have flesh of great beings."

>Leave
>Say something to Lady Nisn
>Bow to Mefew, Queen of husks
>Attack Lady Nisn
>Something else?

>Leave
I ain't messing with the abyss motherfuckers, let's get the hell out of here.

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>>70161
As you left the cave, you felt a spike of pain in your arm. Soon Various tendrils sprouted out of your arm. they flailed wildly until they calmed down by themselves. You felt like you assumed total control on these tendrils.


>Children of the Husk


A gift bestowed upon members of the covenant of Flesh. The tendrils can prove useful in various situations. They are terribly weak against fire so caution is advised.

Mefew was a beloved queen of Worria. The Holy dream of Livendagen left her and her people as lifeless husks, devoid of fire instead of outright consuming them as some sort of a twisted joke. A fate worse than undeath.


>Head E/W/N/S
>Leave Black Marshes
>Something else?

Start heading west

>>70309
There was nothing for you in the west but the cave you had just exited.

You pushed onwards to the east hoping to escape these untamed land in one piece.


And concludes our. thread. Having to wait and 1 hour and then 2 hours for a single reply, I think i am spent.

See you tomorrow , i guess.

Sleep well op.

Quick recap

Stats:

STR: 13
DEX: 15
INT: 12
FTH: 12

Souls: 1000
________
Spells known:

>Fireball
>Perseverance


_____

Equipped items:

>Savage Axe
>Long bow + 20 arrows
>Children of the husk
>Plague knight set (badly damage)

>Blessing of the Watchdog

In bottomless box:

>Tar memory
>Ivory Fang
>Suicidal dream
>Hopeful scroll
>White Soap stone
>Shivering eyed orb


>regurgitated dress (Badly damaged)

>Greataxe [20 STR]
>feathered Rapier
>feathered dagger
>feathered Short sword
>Othlom's whip [20 DEX]
>Red Scale Katana [20 DEX]
>Greatsword of Coris [30 STR]
>Twisted Souls of the Jailors
>Soul of Ioa, Father of many

_________

Areas:

>Ashen End (Mostly Explored)
>Pilgrim's Wood (Somewhat Explored)
>Ioa's sea (Somewhat Explored)
>Chasm of Vorrem (Barely Explored)
>Black Marshes (Somewhat Explored)
>Fallen Coris (Accessible, Unexplored)
>Mad's descend (Accessible, Unexplored)

>>75619
Our last corpse remains pinned near Ashen End's village

We belong to the Flesh Covenant (Rank 0)


This thread will set tone for a lot of things so yeah.

continuing from
>>70299
>>70299

>>75648

>3 hours

Well that seals the deal.

I already notified you via my twitter and the ongoing quest thread. Friday usually harbors good traffic but not for me apparently.

I don't know what to say really.

What a shame.

>>77563
I'm the guy that went off to buy groceries the other day, op.

I'm gonna give you a couple tips here, no offense.
First, as someone who's done shit like this themself, here's a good tip. More details.

Describe the areas you're in, somehow, better than this.

You write of beasts, and then those beasts aren't described well. Just that they're "huge and fighting". In a dark souls quest.

Does one have massive teeth, that look to be the size of daggers? Does another have wings, that can be used to dodge attacks?

The key to make this quest interesting again is to elaborate. Elaborate on the fights.

For example, you wrote earlier, "Witnessed a brutal fight between two beasts. None of them was chained or something, these beasts ignored the cheering crowd entirely."

Something closer to this could have been more effective.

"Two monstrous beasts laid in the center. One resembled a massive dog, drooling and ravenous for the flesh of it's foe. It's foe resembled nothing more than some flightless bird, it's wings long ripped out, desperately trying to fight the beast before it. They circled, snapping at each other, desperately trying to get in blows to devour the other first as the croud cheered them on. Faintly, you can spot the bloodstains showing that the dog had ripped out the wings of the bird beast long before."

You're in dark souls, but for all that's holy, use enemy designs loosely based on it, and be DESCRIPTIVE. Elaborate. Elaborate everything, even if you don't think you need to.

Next? You're on /qst/, not on /tg/. Right now, this is a very experimental board for everyone involved. That means most of the readerbase you'll have is still back on /tg/ no matter how many trolls insist people take it to here.

>>80537
First of all. Thank you for taking your time to write this down. It shows that you actually do care.

While i think this is an issue, it doesnt fully justify the loss of intrest by anons. I should mention that i write almost everything on the go. As you know, these things takes a lot of time. Prewritten stuff doesnt work out for me due to the nature of the quest. That and the demand for quick updates.

Nevertheless, you gave me a trickle of hope. I am grateful for that. I will give this quest one last chance before abandoning it thanks to you

Go easty

>>80940
You headed to the east, The children inside your arm kept wiggling giving you a sense of unease. This part of the marshes had thicker tars and various pits waiting to gulp unsuspecting travelers.


A savage who had a couple of small dogs strapped on his back spotted you. Crude and unrelenting words escaped his mouth. A torrent of tar followed his words but the children of husk deflected it. You and the savage were surprised by this revelation.

The pyromancer gasped. You could see conflict burrowing in his eyes. He chose to turn his back on you . he was fleeing the scene.

>Let him run
>Hurl a fireball at him [13-20]
>Throw your savage axe at him [15-20]
>Loose an arrow [17-20]
>Grab him with your children of husk [5-20]
>Something else?

should i start all over again? a clean better slate ?

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>>80994

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>Grab him with your children of the husk
Gotta test it out.

>>81042
You tried to grab him but the savage managed to free himself from your slimy clutches. In mere moments, he fled the scene.

Your tendrils slammed the tar in front of you in fustration, they slimed back to your arm afterwards. a red glow was below your feet.

It was a summon sign for a dark spirit.

"Silverarm Regras"


>Summon the dark spirit
>Ignore the summon sign, Head E/W/S/N
>Leave Black Marshes
>Something else?