QuestBoard - April 2021

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QuestBoard is an app you can download onto your smartphones. Each month, people around town will posts jobs asking for help with various tasks like building furniture, running errands, pet sitting, and more. Characters can make a living off of this if they choose to and assume normal day-to-day tasks you would normally find on an app IRL like TaskRabbit. Handwaved tasks do not earn credit toward gaining a title, but the special tasks labeled as this month's "Top Tasks" in the app will gain clout for your character.

 

QuestBoard Top Tasks are the ones that are posted at the start of each month. Any character may complete them, even if they seem like a unique task, because time being frozen and magic mayhem are a recipe for weird time pockets resulting in multiple occurrences in the same space. (Tl;dr there are no dibs, just have fun.) There are three kinds of tasks, each labeled with a symbol for its type:
 

 

= COMBAT QUEST (counts toward Knighthood OR Unseelie)
= ASSISTANCE QUEST (counts toward Nobility OR Arcane Mage)
= SPECIAL (see quest details)

Combat and assistance quests are the most common and will appear every month. Specials are tasks that either fit both categories, neither category, or has some kind of exceptional reward. Special tasks are uncommon, so do not expect to see them all the time.
 

 

Each quest is worth 1 Rewards point unless your character has achieved Knighthood or Nobility status (See FAQ for more information), which both double rewards points.
 

 

Do not reply to this post to do a quest. Just thread out the quest and turn it in as instructed on the Rewards Points (Elphame Traders) page when you are ready to redeem. Threads must be started in the month that the quest was announced, though it may start at any day during the month and you may backtag as necessary. Feel free to reply to this post with questions about Top Tasks.

🌼 April Top Tasks 🐣

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Task Name	Details
🌌 The Librirynth (Part 2)	It was a little too much for everyone the first time around, but now that people have their new powers... maybe it's time to try again!? Infiltrate the labyrinth beneath the library. For every 30 slimes you defeat, I will give you a batch of my special pumpkin pie! Make sure you bring back some of the slimes for analysis. (Note: Now that characters are able to make it through the library's labyrinth, they will be able to unlock a second layer of the dungeon that takes place in what appears to be sewers with iron cages in the walls. Most of them are empty, but the last one seems to have a huge hole in it, like something burst out?! Uh oh... Most of the enemies encountered will be slimes, fire elemental monsters, lots of ghosts (which may be a problem if you can't see them), and hog-sized bugs (your choice, deal with whatever does/doesn't creep you out as you see fit).
Not-So-Humble Bumble	The Red Springs has been infested by a hive of giant Humilibees, so called because their flesh secretes a substance that causes people to physically shrink. While the honey they make is tasty, it's not worth the giant bees making it impossible for guests to enjoy their stay. Figure out how to relocate the nest without harming them if you can but honestly.. as long as they're gone, that's that. Doesn't matter how it happens, just get them gone!
Vital Venoms (CW: Arachnophobia)	To the south-east of the Red Spring, there are hills. Deep within the one of these hills are caves, within which resides burrowed nests of venomous spiders. They usually never venture out and pose no real threat to day-to-day life in Avalon. Their venom when combined with the other ingredients can be restorative, or when injected through their teeth a paralytic, as these spiders eat their prey alive. The arachnids' venom can only be captured through the use of magic, as they are immune to weapons and getting close enough will result in being bitten. While they tend to avoid humans, if you walk into one of their sticky webs they won't hesitate to turn you into dinner. But before you go torching them, don't forget: they need to be captured alive or otherwise have their venom coursing through the veins of a host... so all is not lost if one of your teammates is bitten. Time is of the essence, though: once they are caught or the venom injected make haste to return to the healers. If the venom goes bad, the spiders will explode into thousands of smaller spiders and begin spraying their captors with fresh venom. Characters who host the venom will need to be healed, but the venom is immune to healing-- so it will simply spill out of the character's pores and will need to be collected promptly.

🌱 Dark Web Tasks 🦔

Not the goody two-shoes type? Every realm that has the internet also has a dark web-- a place where illegal opportunities are rife for the taking. Characters may hear about how to access the dark web if they are going around trying to get involved in criminal activity. This is an alternate option for characters who would not seek out nobility or knighthood and wish to take a darker path toward the titles of Unseelie or Arcane Mage.

Note that while characters may complete tasks from either the QuestBoard or the Dark Web, they can only choose either Nobility/Knighthood titles OR Unseelie/Arcane Mage titles.

Task Name	Details
Clue, Do Them In (CW: Murder)	Help wanted immediately! Head over to the MagiCast (TM) office building. A murder has occurred and we've locked down the building, but due to the nature of some of the clientele here, we need an investigator to sort this out outside of the bounds of the law. The possible rooms the murder took place in include the Conference Room, the Custodial Closet, the Break Room, The Executive Office, the R&D Test Lab, and the Public Restroom. The possible murder weapons are the Phone Charger Wire (Strangulation), the Scissors (Stabbing), the Open Window (Push), Blood Magic (Puppeteering someone else to kill), and #1 Dad Coffee Mug (Poison). The suspects are Dr. Julius L'orange, Office Manager Sirius Sage, IT Specialist Lavender Trickle, two CEOs from other companies Poppy Periwinkle and Faustus Salmon Nuncock, and Defense Lawyer Nora Gray. This must stay out of the public eye! Use any means necessary to find out the truth!
Boxed In (CW: Ghosts, disrespecting the dead)	Go to the Ash Mountains. At the base within the Land of Rot, far below where dragons roam, there is a cave. Within that cave live screeching souls, those whose lives were lost in the Land of Rot and their souls were trapped within the cave by a creature intent on eating them. The creature was long since slain, but the souls were still trapped for hundreds of years until they were nothing more than bloodthirsty, vengeful demons. Collect a bone from a creature in the Land of Rot and grind it into dust. Place the dust inside of a wooden box, then capture one of the spirits. Seal the box with candle wax along the entire edge. Break into the Underhill Tavern and Inn and leave it in room 3. Crack just the corner of the seal and run, lest the spirit latch onto you instead of the room. (OOC: This task will be much easier for those with Death Magic, but not impossible without it. It will be impossible to solo, however, as it is very difficult to prepare and seal a box while fighting off other spirits.)
Salacious Sailors	It's time for the annual Pirate Party Rager at a club called the Salacious Sailor. Though it's usually a little bigger since time isn't normally frozen and chosen visitors from across the multiverse are invited to swap fish tales and party like there's no tomorrow before the Lady of the Lake magically transports all the otherworldly pirates back out of the island (they're such a pain). The event is still being held this year with a smaller crowd of only the pirates and thieves (they're like pirates, but on land-- they'll do in a pinch for a good party) who were already hanging around Avalon's lake, including a pirate captain by the name of Enrico Riverbird. He'd taken up residence in Avalon and had been traveling around the island's waters since before time was frozen. The major rule of the party is that all the pirates dress up in sailor's costumes to make fun of the lawful men of the sea. Don a sailor's uniform and go undercover to get close to the pirate captain. Kidnap him from the rager and bring him to us alive for the minimum payment of 500,000G. The truly brazen of you may try to bring him to his lead ship as a hostage to clear out the crew. Once the ship is yours, send words to the other two ships in his crew that they're to abandon ship or go down with it. If they refuse, relieve the captain of his life and take as many ships as you can. Each ship you turn over to us is worth 1,500,000G so try not to sink any. (Just kidnapping = 500,000G, taking all three ships totals 5,000,000G.)