How did i get into this? <suggested mini-quest or event&

sproutly · Staff Member Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 16

this is an odd idea i had one day while playing with the toolset. i cant master it but i liked the story i was building. im sure there will be some Inns in the towns and such. inside of the Inn there is a cranky wizard. He is not much of a ladies man and he is trying his hand at meeting a young lady to settle down with. well, he fell out of the ugly tree and he hit alot of branches on the way down. and his fall was broken by a dung pile of totally bad personality. ok so you get the idea.

your character walks in and is givin a charisma check. if your character beats the cranky wizards by X then he is bothered by your skills as a ladies man (i suppose you could also make it to where if your male the wiz is male and your female the wiz is female). if your charisma is so much higher then he will cast a spell on you (a charm spell). you then go to a cut screen with out knowledge of what happend to you.

slowly the events of the previous night begin to unfold in your mind. as you begin to come to you realize that you went home with the bar's dishwasher who of course is naturally a half-orc. suddenly you realize your still with the half-orc and to boot your standing in a chapel! the whole idea of course is to use diplomacy and bluff skills to get out of it. and if you have to and nothing else works. make a run for it! of course running out could have adverse results the next time you wander into that inn

i knows it difrent but it is something that just popped in my head.

SorceressAshura · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

LOL Now that's what I call a sticky situation. I love it, I must use it. I think humor is very important angle for any module and PW to have. If the player can't laugh at somethings, then there's no use in having all the drama. Very good sproutly, thank you. Is there any way I can get you to write the dialoge for the conversation? I can then cut and paste it into the file.

Be rest assured that in the OOC area of the PW, everyone who has worked or contributed to make up of the world will be mentioned there.
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sproutly · Staff Member Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 16

i assume this is how it would play out. the character enters the Inn. instead of doing an automoatic check for charisma maybe make to where he/she has to talk with a few NPC's inside the bar first. then as the cranky wizard takes notice it then begins to infuriate him which would trigger the check ( i dont know how to do such a thing but im not good wiht the toolset or any such thing). naturally the bar will need a wizard and other such patrons and of course would need a half-orc cook or or dishwahser or something.

if you fail the check then the screen would cut to black almost as if passing out. the next scene is in a chapel area. i would maybe keep the camra close so as to not give out too much info real quick and start with mostly dialog.

i see the dialog being something like this (im open for improvments so no worries that and i cannot spell real well so be warned)

ill put side notes inside of ( ) , things that would maybe shown more through the camara than through talk.

Character in thought only;
“Where am I?...”
“What happend to me? The last thing I remember was being at an inn.”

Character still in thought;
“Who are these people? And why is that half-orc looking at me?..!”
“Hold on here! Who is this guy talking about being joined together as one!”

(Suddenly almost as in a flash your character is instantly aware of his surroundings
You see the half-orc from the inn. and you also see a clergy man. behind the half orc is another Half-orc that looks a bit older and looks to be in a not so pleasent mood).

clergyman
“Is there any here who object to the joining together of this couple?”

character - multiple options
“Yes! I do!”
“Excuse me, but where am I?”
(stay silent)

If “Yes! I do!” then,

clergyman
“What is this none sense! Are you not the one who proclaimed his/her love just a few hours ago when you came into this building?!”

character
“I did what!?!”

clergy
“Thats it! Get out of my chapel! Out! Out! Out I say!”
(your character is quickly seen leaving the chapel. the clergyman angered at the whole ordeal. In close pursuit is the half orcs. once outside an encounter starts with them)

older half-orc, AKA. your love interests dad
“You mocked us! You make my child sad! i knew you trouble when i caught you in barn!”
(he then attacks you. is not a battle to the death but rather wants to teach a lesson.
if you defeat him then he walks away with the other half-orc, if you are defeated your knocked down into the street and he says the same line and then walks away)

the father in law Wink

- final line in series.
“We no want to see your face no more. Stay away from us.”

If “Excuse me, but where am I?” then

clergyman
“are you ok? you look a bit... out of sorts.”

character
(fake faint, requires some kind of check to see if successful)
“Oh no im fine. Continue on” (same as staying silent)

(if faking fails then the same route as saying Yes! I do! where you will wind up fighting the dad again)

(if faking is successful)

clergyman
“Quick! lets get him to the chambers in back!” (fades to black and reopens again quickly with the character in a room by himself. two doors are in the room. one leads out of the building and to a safe escape. the other leads back to the auditorim which is naturally not the way to go).

If (stay silent) then

clergyman
“Now then, if no one objects then.....!”
(the chapel doors fly open as a young half orc, aka the jilted lover, comes rushing in)

jilted lover
“you leave me for him/her? she/he pibsqueek!”
“he/her never make happy life!”

character - multi response
”she/he is all yours!”
“i love her/him!”

If “she/he is all yours!” then

Jilted lover
“I teach you lesson good!”

clergyman
“not in my chapel you do not! take this outside!” (exit as before but with the extra half orc. fight as before. win or lose the final statment from the jilted lover is the same)

jilted lover
“come honey, lets go home. we not see that person no more”

If “i love her/him” then

jilted
“we settle this like orc do. i teach you lesson real good!” (all exit and battle once more. if beaten then are left behind as before with the final statment being as same as before. if you win however. the half-orc stays true to you and goes to wait at the inn to be joined together at some other time)

Wink

SorceressAshura · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:47 am Post subject:

Had to move these to the "Staff Development Team" boards. Since the storyline Center are more for players, not so much team members.
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sproutly · Staff Member Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 16

Woot!!! im on the staff development team! Cool