Assistance Needed

[Krok]

We went to the Orc Mines. Few weird mobs met us there:

the digal clan chief : immediately to the north
Bahgtru, the Leg Breaker : immediately to the north
a digal hero : immediately to the north

After we killed them, we noticed a monster, who was sure looking dangerous.

Vouhx-t, avatar of the Bloody Head Tribe, growls at you and attacks.

That was a very diffucult and entertaining fight, the mob (should I mention it was hitting hard and had lots of hps like all the other quest mobs we killed?) liked to toss the tanks out of the room, had the proc, which killed Polk, the fearless leader, but take a look at this:

Blood hails down upon you, as Polk crushes Vouhx-t of the Bloody Head tribe with his Morylthen! :)

Avatar uncovers an old iron-bound chest.
An enormous creature appears and begins to survey the area. .

and here is another massive black doggie :)

Sneaky Avatar looted the chest without killing the naughty pet.

Lytharen is ours now!

ADDITION:
Splork hinted the dog was very angry at us for stealing its treasure.
So...

You receive 4791348 experience points as your share.
Your blood freezes as you hear a massive black dog's death cry.
Polk gets gold coins from the corpse of a massive black dog that's on the ground.
Polk splits 2500 coins. Your share is 67 coins.
Polk gets a glinting shield of silver from the corpse of a massive black dog that's on the ground.

[Jother]

You are now well armed! However, I fear that Baraneth and her pride are alerted to your actions. Slay her and perhaps there will be some small redeption for Cannactum. Perhaps she even has a nice hoard gathered from the remains of the city.

Jother

[Krok]

Edd found the area where Baraneth is, Drexel and Volcano. While we were enjoying the moment of another victorious step, a massive dog came to the Island, and started killing Polk's followers. Polk decided to move away to Bal Harbor in order to avoid fighting with the furry creature, but it kept chasing us.

You receive 6293607 experience points as your share.
Your blood freezes as you hear a massive black dog's death cry.
Osric gets a horned helmet from the corpse of a massive black dog that's on the ground.
Osric gets gold coins from the corpse of a massive black dog that's on the ground.
Osric splits 2500 coins. Your share is 71 coins.

Here's an example round of a fight with Baraneth.

You slice Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness very hard.
A strange blackness arcs into Cicada's weapon from Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness!
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness viciously massacres Alias with her claw.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness viciously massacres Alias with her claw.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness viciously massacres Alias with her crush.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness viciously massacres Alias with her bite.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness brutally massacres Alias with her bite.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness brutally massacres Alias with her bite.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness viciously massacres Alias with her rake.
A strange blackness arcs into Igorvas's weapon from Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness!
Alias massacres Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness to small fragments with his slash.
Alias massacres Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness to small fragments with his slash.
You slice Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness very hard.
You slice Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness very hard.
You slice Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness very hard.
You slice Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness very hard.
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness is blasted with frost from Brady's weapon!
Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness spins surprisingly quick and whips her gargantuan tail around, clearing the area.
You feel bones snap like twigs as you are slung out of the area and sent sprawling on the ground!
You are viciously massacred by Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness's crush.
A mirror image of Grapenut wavers from existence!
Evelyn's aerial servant valiantly stands in front of a blow.
Draco's aerial servant valiantly stands in front of a blow.
A mirror image of Gwiem wavers from existence!
A mirror image of Hakon wavers from existence!
A mirror image of Clue wavers from existence!

Nice mass toss.

Our first attempt of killing the dragoness wasn't too successful, she was very-very thick. The second attempt got her to 'pretty hurt' condition.

Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness is dead! R.I.P.
You receive 24950004 experience points as your share.
Your blood freezes as you hear Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness's death cry.
Lis gets gold coins from the corpse of Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness that's on the ground.
Lis splits 1000000 coins. Your share is 29411 coins.
Lis gets a glowing sliver of steel from the corpse of Baraneth, the golden scaled dragoness that's on the ground.

A glowing sliver of steel explodes in a blinding purple light, scattering shards of steel about the room.
The hot shards of steel slice through your skin. It burns!
You have gained 50 drachma.

Avatar uncovers an old iron-bound chest.
An enormous creature appears and begins to survey the area. .

And here is another chest..

Splork gave us the key:
iron (here):
a token of recollection [3]..It emits a faint humming sound!
a diamond bracer [4]
cloak of the serpent [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
a diamond studded clasp [2]
a crystal ring [4]..It has a soft glowing aura!
steel spiked arm guards [2]
the Axe of Fortune [2]..It emits a faint humming sound!
a large diamond stud
an onyx necklace of demons [2]
a crystal helm..It emits a faint humming sound!
Axe of Eternal Damnation
a pair of velvet gloves..It has a soft glowing aura!
a pair of thick iron leg plates [2]
volcanic shoulder guards..It has a soft glowing aura!
mithril shoulder guards..It emits a faint humming sound!
a silver torc [2]
obsidian guards [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
shoulder guards of a mystical yooper [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
a crumpled map [8]
an amulet of protection [2]..It emits a faint humming sound!
a ring of ancient evil [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
an evil eye necklace..It has a soft glowing aura!
a dragon skull helmet
the Crown of the Dark Magi..It has a soft glowing aura!
Talons of the Dragon Lords..It has a soft glowing aura!
a holy bastard sword..It has a soft glowing aura!
Ring of the Sun Wizard [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
titan boots..It emits a faint humming sound!

[Jother]

Congratulations!! Even though I am a descendent of the throne and
perhaps rightful heir to the weapons, I trust you will make better us
of them for now.

I feel satisfied at uncovering the truth about Cannactum for the world
to see. Perhaps we will meet again some time, as I believe I will now
endeavor to discover the story behind how these great weapons came to
be and found their way to Norythen

Jother the Archeologist

[Shyla]

<697hp 490ma 195mv>
l in chest
iron (here):
a token of recollection [3]..It emits a faint humming sound!
a diamond bracer [4]
cloak of the serpent [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
a diamond studded clasp [2]
a crystal ring [4]..It has a soft glowing aura!
steel spiked arm guards [2]
the Axe of Fortune [2]..It emits a faint humming sound!
a large diamond stud
an onyx necklace of demons [2]
a crystal helm..It emits a faint humming sound!
Axe of Eternal Damnation
a pair of velvet gloves..It has a soft glowing aura!
a pair of thick iron leg plates [2]
volcanic shoulder guards..It has a soft glowing aura!
mithril shoulder guards..It emits a faint humming sound!
a silver torc [2]
obsidian guards [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
shoulder guards of a mystical yooper [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
a crumpled map [8]
an amulet of protection [2]..It emits a faint humming sound!
a ring of ancient evil [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
an evil eye necklace..It has a soft glowing aura!
a dragon skull helmet
the Crown of the Dark Magi..It has a soft glowing aura!
Talons of the Dragon Lords..It has a soft glowing aura!
a holy bastard sword..It has a soft glowing aura!
Ring of the Sun Wizard [2]..It has a soft glowing aura!
titan boots..It emits a faint humming sound!

[osric]

This was a great quest guys, I really enjoyed it, group ran smooth, a few good deaths, great rewards, etc. Great leadership from Polk, deadly tanking skills from Alias, Atwell, Tin, etc. Nonstop posting from Krok (not to mention some area running). Great detective skills from the group as a whole, Lis did some good running too as I recall. And it was all tied into the new look for the website, great way to get everyone involved! Thanks Leaders! Thanks Imms!

[Elsie]

Agreed, it was a great quest, it was nice to be a part of it until technical problems with the site interrupted. As the talk was of it not being back up for a couple of days I went out for a meal, when I came back quest was over.

Admittedly it felt very harsh, mostly as very few if any quests are run at the times I log in, but then I do understand that as I wasn't there at the end I had no complaint.

Is there any idea when the next one will be run? or is there a time / day when you're more likely to run them?

[Avatar]

There were several things I really enjoyed about the quest. I don't need to list them all here for discussion, maybe I'll post more thoughts later, but it was really fun and everyone involved seemed to have a good time.

Of course, we had technical difficulties with the connection, so some people weren't able to play when the quest resumed. It's understandable to be discouraged by that, but it seems pretty unavoidable - there's always the possibility that something will break and we can't play. It was down for several hours, but a lot of people reconnected within minutes of it being back up.

One of the things that I liked was that the quest activities were broken up into multiple tasks, and the tasks didn't have to be completed in one 10 or 12 hour session. It's hard for some people to dedicate that amount of time to one sloth session for whatever reasons. I always felt sorry for people who (for example) participated for 8 hours but then couldn't stay for that last 2 hours of a quest. Since they had to leave, they wouldn't be able to see the completion or get rewards. The current quest, we participated over two days and got some dr for each of the subtasks. If you only participated the first night, at least you still got some partial reward - and if you participated the next day for some part of the quest you still had very good chances of being included when we found a chest or two - and got rewarded for those.

On the same subject, the total dr awarded depended on the number of players in the group. This encourages us to gather as many players as possible...if the dr rewarded per chest was set to a specific amount (ex. 100) then if we recruited additional players our individual reward would have decreased. I think the dr amount per player works better.

Further, after each chest was found, battle was fought, and dr was rewarded Polk and I made specific efforts to advertise that the group was open, unlocked, and that people who wanted to join could. During the searches it may have been difficult for everyone to participate (limited number of rods) but we only locked the group after a chest was found and during that fight. I hope this means that more people were able to participate. During other quests I've seen the quest groups were locked in the first ten minutes - and anyone who arrived late was not allowed to join.

[*Splork*]

Please check out the below link, it will explain to some degree why there was a limited number of rods and the process that we all went through to get the quest movng and this site finally launched.


http://slothmudiii.blogspot.com/2006/10 ... -good.html