im presently in one of the quest threads and it is kind of shitty, way too many players, taking forever to update, rules aren't really clear.

what's merc quest?

Wow, very few pics on the laptop. Have to show support, though.

The MC would be a Merc, new to the company and still a little green, as far as badass motherfuckers are concerned.

To start off with I'd let the players build the character from a list of nationalities, backgrounds, and occupations to get a basic skill set down. Then I'd let them run with it however they want, providing missions/contracts for them to do.

I'm a big fan of ZeonQuest, and would probably run it similar to that, maybe with a die roll here or there added in. You could think of it as STALKERQuest-light almost.

And that's it for all the pictures I have.

>>12629746
Tell me more

Going to half-heartedly contribute. Loving the topic of the image dump though and looking forward to what else appears.

Hmm sounds sweet. I would play if you have a regular schedule.

Also the character should totally be a sniper, shit would be cash.

Tell me more, OP.

>>12629746
Every time I see that set of pics, I fall in love again. And then I promptly lose them.

This shall be your Paladin.

>>12629796
Well, there really isn't much more to say. I've got a good idea of how character generation will work, and a rough idea of how I would run "The Company", but I haven't put any real hard work into it yet simply because I was unsure if anyone would even want to play. I also have the problem of inconsistent computer access; it would be difficult for me to gain several hours of time regularly on a specific day at a specific time, but if there really is interest in it, then damn it I'll make it work

Found some extra stuff rooting around DA.

>>12629844

Yes, because hiding in the woods for two weeks without moving, and then having the mission get scrubbed due to bad intel and then having to extract without doing anything is certainly cash.

>>12629866
>Character generation
>The Company

Sounds like a full-blown party quest, OP. Please, please make it so.

>>12629857
Here, all the SKS-girl pics, +extra.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unit18_nate/4191696776/

A merc quest would be awesome, so it. As long as you have a regular schedule.

I'd be down for it, OP

Sniper would be one possible background pick. My general idea was to pick Nation>Military branch/unit>Specialty within said group.

An example could be: Russia>Spetsnaz>Sniper

Also depending on your country/occupation would determine what kind of contacts you hvae, because being a merc you're nothing without contacts to hook you up with jobs and gear.

>>12629953
Doing this on 4chan would be REALLY hard, unless you've got the mechanics down flat, OP. Maybe a forum or IRC channel instead?

>>12629968

Not really. Take a look at STALKER Quest, or the early Zeon Quest. Or shit, CorpQuest or Frontier Quest. All of them had a lot of 'crunch' if you will. I don't want to run this in IRC because a big reason I am doing this is to work out my writing muscles and try and get back into the groove. I used to write a lot of stuff, but recently I've been in a slump, and I want to try and get out of it. The BBS allows me to write paragraphs at a time in a format that I like.

>>12630002

I think Titus thought you'd be making it a group RP thing.

>>12630029
What he said. :|

Alright then, so there seems to be at least a moderate amount of interest in this. That makes me glad. I'll start working on it right away then.

Are you guys more interested in just flying by the seat of your pants, or do you want me to come up with a more definite list of choices for you all to pick from?

>>12630072
Whatever you're comfortable with is probably best

I'm fine with either, but I want to players to have fun with this. I don't want to try and shoehorn them into anything. From experience, I've learned that if you leave /tg/ alone to do its own thing, you can sometimes get some truly bizarre and amazing shit from it.

>>12630072
I'd say, come up with a skeleton list with a few countries and their options to give us an idea of exactly what we're looking at, and then we'll either go with one of those or choose a country you haven't thought of and go from there. I mean, things like Sniper are going to be fairly universal, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say.

And now I face a conundrum. I need to find a suitable picture to start a thread with that hasn't already been posted.

>>12630243
Just MS Paint the words "Merc Quest" over a white background. It'll do for now.

Can I get some more pics please while I work?

kontributin'

Things are coming along nicely. Or at least they were. I've hit a bit of a snag on Germany, but I'll just skip over them and finish the others.

A little bit of a teaser: The countries and groups I've got worked out so far. If there is anything you would really like to see added, just say so and I'll do my best.

United States of America:
-Green Berets
-SEALs
-SOAR
-Force Recon
Russian Federation:
-Spetsnaz
-VDV
Germany:
-KSK
United Kingdom:
-SAS
France:
-FFL
Israel:
-MOSSAD

>>12630868
I vote the FFL.

>>12630868

SAS, or SEALs

>>12630833
I fuckin love Freedom Fighters!

>>12630895
It's dice 1d100, not roll 1d100

rolled 29 = 29

>>12630895

forgot to roll

rolled 35 = 35

>>12630899

yeah I fucked up, haven't rolled on anything in awhile

Keep in mind each organization has it's own special skill sets, not to mention each nation has it's own list of unique perks.

>>12630868
My vote's for either FFL or SAS

where are you planing the campaign?
globetrotter style or single country?

>>12630917
Can France's perk be "Yeah, you fuckers think we suck just because of WW2. Well remember the 100 year war? And how that guy, Napoleon, conquered almost all of Europe, stopping at Russia and then only the battle of Waterloo? Yeah. That's what we thought. Also, I seem to have lost tract of what I was doing."

Wha was I saying again?

All depends on what jobs the players take. Sticking in one place has the benefit of not having to transport your gear across boarders, but there might be some really well paying jobs on the other side of the world.

The FFL is going to be unique in the fact that who won't play a Frenchman, and will get some sort of special skill to reflect whatever you did before joining. They will also have some very powerful limited use perks.

All the other nations give perks that can be used over and over, that mostly are helpful in the long run, where as the FFL will get a get out of jail free card so to speak.

Well, I'm just about done.

When would be a good time for me to run it? I know a lot of quests normally run later in the week in the after noon and evening, so I was thinking about doing it earlier in the week.

Where everyone go?

>>12631146
Likely couldn't handle that it was 0600.
The only two quests that have a consistent update schedule are Zerg Quest and Zeon Quest, Wed. 9PM and Sat. noon, respectively.

Well, I'm back from some much needed sleep, and am happy to see this is still around, even if it did sorta die.

Anyway, I'm back, and I'm ready to go. Anyone else around who wants to play this later today? I was thinking of starting up around 1700.

>>12633573

If I don't see any activity in my quest-thread, sure. Would be fun to try.

Pre-voting for Icelandic merc broski.

>>12633573
Might hop in if the ICC25 fucks up
the premise looks interesting

>>12633607
Holy shit, you're not dead? Where is Con-Quest?

>>12633573
Sounds good.

nothing?

>>12635000

Nothing.

Quest soon fellow gentlemen...

>>12635112
most excellent
it's 11pm here but I'll try to be on for a while

Yea, dinner took a little longer to make than I though it would. Putting the finishing touches on the OP right now, expect it up in 5-10 minutes.

If things go well, I might run this a little earlier tomorrow as well.