QuestBoard - May 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.

🌼 May Top Tasks 🐣

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Task Name	Details
No Buccaing Out (CW: Animal extermination, skinning)	Our small aquatic community just off of the Silent Shore has been invaded by a colony of man-eating nudibranchs. They're absolutely terrifying as their skin emits a paralytic, then they take hours slowly eating the skin off of their victims while they're alive and awake. They only operate at night, and we're close enough to the Silent Shore that victims cannot call for help. They do not communicate, they don't have brains big enough for it, they only eat and destroy. Please exterminate these pests from our underwater community. We will provide anyone who wishes to try with a potion of Underwater Breathing that will last for 1 hour. We are limited in supply, so we can only give one to each party willing to try. (Note: The community is essentially an underwater village with a cute old Danish aesthetic called Bucca. It's filled with a special variety of naga that is half-eel that lives underwater. They are largely friendly toward strangers, though may let out a surge of electricity if startled.)
Party Rock Anthem (CW: Alcohol, drugs, and partying)	A huge party has been raging in response to the political arguments going on around town; why speak politics when you can speak party? Unfortunately, someone's desperate attempt to avoid political discussion has resulted in them cursing their party to never let the good vibes end. The house's doors disappeared and the windows won't open or break. About 4/5 people in the party are party drones, a party hivemind that will attack if the good vibes stop. So drink, do drugs, dance, and be merry like it's the last day of your life! Unless you can find out the vessel the caster used to keep the party going in the house and break it, you'll never make it out. Don't worry-- if you get into trouble, performing a duet will get the hivemind to dance with you if you get into trouble. Good luck!
Holo,  Goodbye	Head up to the river just north-west of Camelot's farmland. This time of year, the river will sparkle with holographic shine. Prismatic rainbows dance across the surface of the water, and fairies of all kinds enjoy drinking and celebrating. This comes from a special spirit that goes around purifying stones that gather natural energy throughout the year. The spirit spends most of the year in Elphame and the Mountains, so it only spends one week a year near Camelot City. Unfortunately, my grandmother is ailing this year and is unable to come. I have to take care of her. If you could get one of the holographic rocks and bring it to us before the holo wears off so she can see them one last time, we'll be eternally grateful.

🌱 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
Heist Stakes	Sneak into MagiCast and implant a nanotracker under the keys of their R&D division Julaun Anders. In order to get into their top secret R&D lab, you'll have to get past multiple levels of security systems. The first step is to walk past the physical guards, for which you will need disguises to look like you work there (suits, ID badges) and disable the security cameras (easy with technomancy, dark magic, light magic). To get to the secret lab, you'll need the retinal scans of two people with access (light magic glamours will work fine, or whatever other method you can think of). At this point, you'll run into curse-based wards designed to keep unauthorized magicians out. Either counter-curse potions or a siphon magic user can handle this portion. After that, the pressurized floor panels will lockdown and flood the room with sand like a giant hourglass if you step through the entry hall without having the device of authorized person on you to detect. So you can either steal that ahead of time or you're going to have to find a way to get across without touching the floor. (Kinetic magic or a float spell from February's rewards will do the trick.. or you can go old school and try a harness/wire/grapple hook combo.) Once you get through that hall, you're in the clear as long as you're not seen by anyone. Try to cause a distraction or evacuate the room somehow to clear it out so no one who will recognize you as an imposter will see you while you implant the tracker. The more people you involve, the more you'll have to split the 100,000,000G reward with, and you only get the reward if you succeed and you don't alert anyone at MagiCast to something happening.
A Polite Pyro	Please burn down any building completely. I just want to watch something burn. Text the address to me so I can watch.
Incubabes (CW: Murder)	Twenty or so years ago, I had a wonderful, passionate night with a rich and glorious incubus who sired a child with me. I just got intel that he's dying and has placed our daughter third in line. I need someone to kill the first two heirs so I can ensure my daughter's future. The first one works in the castle kitchens as the head chef and is married to a rich man, they have no business needing incubus money. She's not particularly skilled in combat, but sneaking into the castle to get to her will be a real feat. The second heir is a fire-breathing wizard known for his skills using elemental and kinetic magic with a rapier to direct precise flame shots at enemies. I'll double your pay if you eliminate the incubus himself while making it look like an accident so that the will is not put into question.