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QUESTBOARD
⋆✩ quests ✩⋆
One of the core responsibilities of guild members within Bottlecap Bay is to complete quests from the Questboard. Located in the center of the city, the questboard is a physical board where Pokemon can submit requests for help, resources, exploration, and all sorts of things. Each quest rewards characters with points to not only increase their member ranking, but also raise the guild ranking, thereby having a direct effect on the direction of the game!
QUEST TYPES
LIGHT QUESTS
These quests are simpler, RNG-style quests that are far more straightforward and don't require a summary or a thread! Light quests are available every month, but during TDM months, they are the only type of quest available, meaning that nothing plot heavy or significant will be placed into the quests. They also typically reward 50 points to characters, but occasionally reward 100 points.
HEAVY QUESTS
Heavy quests are more intensive, thread-required quests that often hold bits of plot or more intrigue, and are only available every other month. They are also often more dangerous than light quests, and unlike light quests, are not guaranteed to be completed when submitting for them! Depending on the results, these quests can reward anywhere from 200-300 points each depending on success! Characters may only participate in one heavy quest per month.
PLAYER QUESTS
These are quests submitted by other players, available as players come up with them. A player may submit a quest during any month, and may even post the same quest again on a subsequent month, when it makes sense ICly to do so. They are otherwise very similar to Light Quests; more information can be found below, but as a rule, they reward 50 points to characters.
ALL QUESTS
So what do all quests have in common? They must be submitted by the deadline date on the quest itself, and each character may claim points from a given quest only once, though they may repeat the quest with other teams as many times as they like.
Mod quests in particular will have difficulty levels, determined by the filled in stars on a scale of 1-3, with three filled stars being the most difficult. Difficulty can mean anything from physical danger to intensive puzzles, depending on the quest! Mod quests of both types may also sometimes have claim limits, with the number of teams allowed listed per quest.
Lastly, players can feel free to roleplay any of the NPCs that are not listed on the Locations page under the NPC section! If it's not game breaking or contradicting anything in the information available to players, then we generally play by the "do what's most fun!" rules.
AVAILABLE QUESTS
ICE TO SEE YOU
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Spheal
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by MAY 25th 11:59 PM EST.
We were originally just going to continue to our usual shores, but we heard there’s a place covered in ice right here! Please show us!
POINTS REWARDED: 100 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: A Yache Berry
GUARD TO PORT
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Raichu
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by MAY 25th 11:59 PM EST.
Since we’ve largely had to start from scratch with the teleporter project, I need strong Pokemon who can stand watch over the destination points being tested with items. Please be ready to contact back on your pearls to confirm the arrival of our test goods!
POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: None.
FLOWER POWER
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Lurantis
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by MAY 25th 11:59 PM EST.
Lately, there have been swarms of Floette attacking Pokemon in the Heavy Downmoor area! Locals have requested our aid, so please help fight them off!
POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No.
SIMMER DOWN
QUEST TYPE: LIGHT
QUEST GIVER: Pidgeot
CLAIM LIMIT: None
DIFFICULTY: ★✩✩
THREAD REQUIRED?: No
DEADLINE: Must be submitted by MAY 25th 11:59 PM EST.
We’re at our wits end with the woods! All efforts to perform the burn-off have ended in failure, and we need to ensure that should the worst happen, the canopy doesn’t go up in flames. Help gather and dispose of any dry, dead wood we can find!
POINTS REWARDED: 50 points
EXTRA REWARDS?: No.
PLAYER QUESTS
Player Quests are now open! These are quests ICly posted by your character to any of Bottlecap Bay's quest boards. They may be quests that are meant for the benefit of the city (or outlying outposts, or good relations with local Pokemon), or they may be quests for a character's personal concerns... and even joke quests are very welcome, for CR purposes!
(Just keep in mind IC reactions while devising a quest - guild leaders may choose not to reward points for "come perform a handstand for me," and there may be negative consequences for posting "assassinate my annoying guild coworker!")
Some general guidelines:
- To respond to a player quest, other players may use the same submission form as for mod quests; they do not have to provide a thread, but do have to fill out the summary.
- For all quests, quests may reward 50 points! Points track how helpful a character is overall, so they may be awarded for (reasonable, non-joke) personal quests as well!
- For quests for the benefit of Bottlecap Bay, guild leaders will generally also allow for item rewards from guild resources. These rewards should be restricted to a single item or type of item chosen by the quest-writing player, and can be one of: berries, basic stones, basic accessories (with no special effects), or small furniture items. A character may also offer handmade items that they are able to make/obtain the resources for.
- For personal quests, guild leaders will not allow for item rewards from guild resources... but a character may still offer handmade items that they are able to make/obtain the resources for!
- Characters who are ICly posting the quest obviously cannot join their own quest! However, at mod discretion, posting a quest may result in extra points in the next point tally, particularly if the quest is for the benefit of Bottlecap Bay - the guild leaders will reward someone looking out for the success of the city.
- Quests may not have limited entry slots.
- Quest-writing players will decide whether responses pass or fail. (They may choose to respond with a blurb with more flavor details, or just a note saying pass/fail.)
- Posted rewards will be fully awarded regardless of pass/fail. If a quest says the reward is 50 points and a berry, then even failing teams will get those rewards.
- It is fine for personal quests to have a biased pass/fail outcome for CR purposes, such as a designated team being pre-arranged to be the only one who succeeds. However, this must be made clear beforehand OOCly, and the above point must be followed.
- Players may decide whether their quest is worth 50 points or 0 points. We're trusting players to use their best judgement! (ICly, points are always awarded by the guild leaders, but will still be awarded for non-joke personal quests that take effort. For example: "My important item is missing, please help me search the woods" or "I want to make a feast to cheer up my friend but I don't know how to cook, please help.")
- If a player would like to have their character ICly post a problematic quest and receive consequences from their guild leader, please contact the mods on the mod contact beforehand! (This is for quests that would be viewed as actively harmful, rather than silly ones.)
- Players may not have their own characters, even their other character, submit for a quest that they posted.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Please use the following format to set up a player quest!
If you would like, you may also use the following format when responding with quest results (but this is not required)!
QUEST SIGN-UP
To claim and sign up for a quest, simply fill out the form below and reply to the current month's thread for mod quests, or to the individual quest for player quests. All quests require at least 2 characters to complete, with no maximum unless specified. Keep in mind that for quests requiring threading, 3 is probably a good number. Multiple quests can be signed up for in one comment.
PLAYERS: Players involved.
CHARACTERS: Characters involved. (2 minimum)
QUEST: Name of the quest you're signing up for.
SUMMARY: (Optional for light, required for heavy or player quests.) How will the quest be tackled? Write a short summary of how the characters intend to succeed and include any relevant details (tensions within the team, particular skills or weaknesses, any relevant triggers to avoid, etc.)
After claiming a quest, a mod will reply with confirmation and/or more details, and may request more information on how the team tackles the quest. For quests that are limited in some way, players who manage a sign up one month will be required to wait for 24 hours after quest posting to sign up for a limited quest the following month.
FULL NAVIGATION
(frozen comment) no subject
CHARACTERS: Firepaw, Junpei, Akechi and Ren
QUEST: Exploration: Northern Forest
SUMMARY: First of all, masks! All of them are going to seek out face coverings that are meant for their face shape, except Akechi who is going to use his scarf. Firepaw has been burnt badly by getting separated during his last exploration quest, so he's going to be very careful about making sure they all stay together. Since Akechi wouldn't be as comfortable staying on the ground with them, Firepaw's plan is to jump from tree to tree so he can stay near Akechi, while Ren and Junpei stay on the ground so everyone has a buddy if something happens. (If we need extra drama, Firepaw isn't used to wearing clothing and might end up knocking off his mask so he can breathe easier.)
PLAYERS: Bones, Usagi and Pyra | Elaine | Terry
CHARACTERS: Firepaw, Emporio and Anasui | Firoza | Siffrin
QUEST: Mush to be Done
SUMMARY: Firepaw's gonna be out foraging a few times, with multiple people. The roots and mushrooms he's bringing back are notably worse-looking than everyone else's, but he's doing his best.
(frozen comment) MUSH TO BE DONE
The forest floor of the Canopy is filled with plantlife that's far more safe than the plants of the deeper forest. Mushrooms can be found gathered in groups along the roots of trees, and certain roots and plants have curved up in a way that makes them easy to harvest. The team works well to gather relevant roots and mushrooms into their provided gathering bags, returning with a plentiful foraging harvest. Upon turning these in, each member is rewarded with 50 points! Thanks for the help!
(frozen comment) EXPLORATION: NORTHERN FOREST
The morning light is swallowed quickly as the team ventures deeper into the northern section of the forest. Dense, dark foliage stretches above them, blocking out much of the sun and casting long shadows across their path. The air is thick and heavy, almost suffocating, as though the forest itself is holding its breath. The scent of decaying plant matter fills the air, and underfoot, the ground is slick and uneven.
As they move forward, the air thickens with the pungent scent of what seems like death. Ren and Firepaw stumble, their legs weakening as they try to push through the overwhelming stench. The sudden surge of dizziness overcomes them, and the world tilts. For a moment, everything goes black. Junpei and Akechi manage to stay steady, but the disorientation from the overwhelming fumes is enough to knock their teammates down for the next handful of minutes — longer if they can't get their bodies away from the mass outbreak of Gloom causing this overwhelming stench. Slow moving and so focused on their own pack movements that they pay no mind to the standing team members, these Gloom will prove a difficult mess to navigate through and beyond. Somehow, through largely Junpei's assistance (Akechi is just too tiny, isn't he?), the bodies of their collapsed teammates make it through with them.
But that's not the only struggle they face today. A much smaller group of Amoonguss and Foongus prove to be an even larger problem than the mass of Gloom left behind. Effect Spore is an ability held by these Pokemon that can cause other Pokemon to be poisoned, paralyzed, or even fall asleep. Something in the way this team moves forward through the dense forest triggers a fear reaction in this small family of fungus Pokemon, and the ability is triggered. Through it, Firepaw and Akechi are both poisoned. Ren is also hit by the Effect Spore, but is unaffected by it and manages to shake it off. Somehow, once again, Junpei manages to avoid being affected.
But there's only so much Junpei and Ren can do. They struggle to keep pushing forward while Firepaw and Akechi's strength is rapidly draining. Whether they try to or determine immediately that they should turn back, the result is the same: another team runs into them by chance. It's Shoka, Anasui, and Conrad! After their own chaotic entrance into the forest, they reveal that they've cleared an easy, alternate path back towards Bottlecap Bay for Junpei and Ren to lead their teammates back for treatment.
Unfortunately, this does result in a failure for this team, and no points are rewarded. Upon returning to the city, all four of them are rushed into treatment at the Pokeclinic. Poison is cured from the two afflicted, and Junpei and Ren are advised to rest for a few days after pushing themselves too far. Because of this, all of them are recommended to stay in the clinic a few nights just to be sure they recover fully.
Thank you for your patience! Due to such heavy delay in our responses, you do not need to link a thread this time around. Please feel free to thread out the quest or handwave the rest of it as you feel comfortable, and let us know if you have any questions!