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Some suggestions

Unstructured ideas, requests and suggestions for the development of the game.
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Eurase
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Some suggestions

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In March I've written an email with suggestions to Oskar on andor@andorstrail.com with suggestions, but never got a reaction on it. So I post my suggestions here as well:
Very big quest – besieged town / city

Andor’s brother comes nearer to some city / town which has a city wall.
Very close to the city, the road to it is closed, the guards who closed it are somehow strange

Andor’s brother can find a cave, that leads down, then in direction of the city and then up and ends in some cellar of a harmless citizen of the town. So Andor’s brother comes into this town by an inofficial way.

In the town he finds out that it is in a very special situation – it is besieged and in true difficulties. (Maybe by pirates, if it is on the sea side)

Whatever Andor’s brother wanted to do here – he can’t as long as this town is besieged (e.g., nobody can trade or talk about Andor, as long as the town is besieged. )
Andor’s brother can meet the headmaster of the town. Here he can agree to the quest „Helping to break the siege and to revive the town“. Sounds like 2 little steps. If he agrees he finds out step by step what this means.
At first he shall go to the cook. The cook tells, that there is a lack of food to give the soldiers the strength for an outfall. He needs 50 meat, 10 raw perch, 5 breads, 5 eggs, 5 milks and 5 mead.

When he brought this all, he then shall go to the arsenal boss.

The arsenal boss tells him, that there is a lack of equipment to make an outfall with all available men. He needs 2 helmets, 2 shields, 4 armors, 10 gloves, 2 shoes, 5 daggers, 10 swords, 5 axes, 1 scepter. (of any kind)

When he brought this all, he then shall go to the gold smith.

The gold smith tells him, that there is a lack of talismans to make an outfall. He needs 20 rings, 10 necklaces, (of any kind), 50 glass crystals, 20 rubies, 5 cut gems.

When he brought this all, he shall go to the tower guard. And the tower guard tells him, that there is a lack of ammunition for the tower sling to start a battle. He needs 100 little stones.

When given, he then shall go to the alchemist. And the alchemist says, that there is a lack of potions to start a conflict.

To brew enough he needs 10 insect wings, 10 bat wings, 10 khakin eyes, 10 venomscale scales, 10 mudfiend goos, 10 insect shells, 10 burnt ashes, 10 redfoot beast hair, 10 animal hairs, 10 poison glands, 1 irdegh poison gland, 10 empty glass tubes.

When even this is all brought, the outfall can start - if Andor’s brother is willing to make 1 door alone. It could be his part to destroy the besiege engine.

The besiegers will move and encircle Andor’s brother as well as they can. The battle could be finished when the besieger handling the besiege engine is killed. They are hard enemies, but do not resurrect.

When the battle is won he shall go to the farmer. The farmer tells him that they have nothing to grow. He needs 5 green apples, 5 red apples, 5 pears, 5 carrots, 5 strawberries, 5 radish, 5 mushrooms.

When this is done, the headmaster or financial boss tells him, that the town needs investment to revive. He should give a loan of 10.000 gold. („If everything goes well you get it back“)

When the loan is given, the trade must be supported by informing people all over the country, that the town can trade again. Andor’s brother shall bring letters to people of all so far known towns and villages.

When he brought all the letters and returns the quest is finally finished.

He gets back his investment (but no additional coin) He gets experience points (maybe a lot) can now trade with many interesting people and has some special position

The cook offers to teach a skill (the most important skill not yet realised!) The skill allows to transform meat to roast, and raw perch to grilled perch ;-)

The military boss offers to teach a skill „hurrican attack“ (Or „7 in one go“) – It might help whenever encirceld by several enemies. Whenever hitting there is a 10% chance (per rank) to automatically additionally hit the next one on the left hand side as well. (and if hitting, then 10% per rank to continue and so on) (If rank is 3 – it is always 30% chance)

The alchemist sells nice potions, like liquid courage. And especially for him he can brew some very specials if bringing the ingredients (like a potion of speed – the bigger brother of the already existing minor one)

Same with the gold smith (creates special stuff if he brings specific items)

One could be a „critical ring“ – a ring that not only increases the chance of a critical hit but also the multiplicator of damage when landing one.

The arsenal boss is usually not allowed to sell equipment of the arsenal, but Andor’s brother is an exception now.

There is a „helmet of fear“ – it might inflict „fear“ to an enemy if he attacks, but does not hit.

There is a special scepter. When hitting with it, there is 10% chance each of 10 different effects. (effects that already exist at enemies, like poison, bleeding, ...) So it always makes any effect, but always another one.
The quest can be made even longer
The people might need some old banner to find courage for an outfall. This banner seems to be hidden somewhere in the cellar of the palace. ( a dungeon)

The dungeon is structured like this: some levels quite straight downward. Then a big hall. From the big hall some openings in the center downward to one smaller hall. And around the big hall many side chambers.

In the lowest hall there is a giant toad. It makes tongue attacks to swallow Andor’s brother in whole. He is then inside the giant toad (you see pink circles around the figure, if you look on the map you see you are in a toad)

The attacks of the toad are now only corrosive slime (trying to digest its prey) – the effect already exists at some little slime things calles Jelly. Maybe some not very serious „pressing“ attacks come in addition. It is quite a usual battle, one just can’t escape it. Andor’s brother needs to defeat the giant toad from inside (to slit it from inside) so he can walk out of it. He then finds a coloured key in the body.

In some of the chambers around the big hall are chests with locks in colours. So he found maybe a red key that opens a chest with a red lock and finds inside a yellow key and so on. He needs to cross the central hall several times, and here are monsters (similiar to the dungeon to Lodar’s place) that move and encircle. In the last chest there is the old banner the people need for their courage.
If you dislike the concept in ist total feel free to pick out details.
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Re: Some suggestions

Post by ace »

Oskar is not attending this project for now (may be in future). your suggestions are nice but needs a lot of work.
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