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A quest idea I call "The Lorekeepers"
lonnehart
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I wish I knew what chemical my brain is producing that keeps my own imagination drive on "hyper mode". I get quest ideas that I can't keep to myself. So I'll go ahead and share it in hopes that someone else can use it.
So here goes...
The Foundry is a place full of creativity and fun. Foundry authors are free to create any sort of quest they want, and players are having fun doing these quests. But a dark cloud will soon dampen everyone's spirits...
Soon many of the more popular quests start recieving tons if 1-stars and bad reviews. Two of Dzogen's quests are especially onestarred to death (Bills Tavern is untouched). Other quests such as Tired of Being the Hero get the same treatment until soon the Foundry becomes a grey boring place.
Cryptic investigators show up and find a glaring similarity to the quests being onestarred... they all deviate from Dungeons and Dragons lore. The group responsible? A guild calling itself the Lorekeepers, made up of hardcore D&D "nerds" who feel that Cryptic's opening of the game to casual gamers was wrong and that they're protecting their precious D&D lore by attacking any Foundry members who deviate from it.
Cryptic then tasks the player with finding out more about the Lorekeepers and thwarting them...
After defeating a few mobs and gathering evidence, the player finds out that the "Lorekeeper" guild is actually one guy utilizing a lot of bots. The player confronts him, but as he's hacking the game he's nearly invincible. Until at the end of the battle he stands in front of the player like some sort of soulless zombie. Only to reactivate... and being told that it's the police. Thanks to the players delaying action the detectives have found the hacker's house and he's under arrest for hacking into Cryptics servers.
Now maybe I should go see a doctor to find out why my brain keeps coming up with this stuff...
So here goes...
The Foundry is a place full of creativity and fun. Foundry authors are free to create any sort of quest they want, and players are having fun doing these quests. But a dark cloud will soon dampen everyone's spirits...
Soon many of the more popular quests start recieving tons if 1-stars and bad reviews. Two of Dzogen's quests are especially onestarred to death (Bills Tavern is untouched). Other quests such as Tired of Being the Hero get the same treatment until soon the Foundry becomes a grey boring place.
Cryptic investigators show up and find a glaring similarity to the quests being onestarred... they all deviate from Dungeons and Dragons lore. The group responsible? A guild calling itself the Lorekeepers, made up of hardcore D&D "nerds" who feel that Cryptic's opening of the game to casual gamers was wrong and that they're protecting their precious D&D lore by attacking any Foundry members who deviate from it.
Cryptic then tasks the player with finding out more about the Lorekeepers and thwarting them...
After defeating a few mobs and gathering evidence, the player finds out that the "Lorekeeper" guild is actually one guy utilizing a lot of bots. The player confronts him, but as he's hacking the game he's nearly invincible. Until at the end of the battle he stands in front of the player like some sort of soulless zombie. Only to reactivate... and being told that it's the police. Thanks to the players delaying action the detectives have found the hacker's house and he's under arrest for hacking into Cryptics servers.
Now maybe I should go see a doctor to find out why my brain keeps coming up with this stuff...
*sings* "I like Gammera! He's so neat!!! He is full of turtle meat!!!"
"Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
"Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*
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After receiving a PM last week that contained the legendary line "omg, I can't believe I accidentally deleted the door", I had my own vision of a Foundry quest following a day in the life of a Rincewind-like Foundry author 'able to solve minor problems by turning them into major disasters'.
Unfortunately I have no toolset knowledge so it was a very swift vision, but I still think "omg, I can't believe I accidentally deleted the door" would make the coolest Foundry quest title ever!
Try experimenting with the Foundry. You know... dabble in it. You'll find that the tools are pretty easy to use.
"Hah! You are doomed! You're only armed with that pathetic excuse for a musical instrument!!!" *the Savage Beast moments before Lonnehart the Bard used music to soothe him... then beat him to death with his Fat Lute*