DDO Quest Creator -- Special Anniversary Edition, Part 4

[MysticTheurge]

So, we had a slow week last week (maybe cause Mr. Barry was too busy to poke his head in ), but still, even slow week's count.

As a result of last week's vote, our Tangleroot Gorge quest finds the party sent to rescue someone from the clutches of Troglodytes dwelling in a set of half-sunken caves. In addition to the Troglodytes themselves, the party must face off against mephits.

Meanwhile, our Searing Heights quest requires that the party stop some sort of an event from happening and must battle their way past the Sulatar Drow and their fiery allies, through a canyon area of some sort, to prevent the impending disaster.

This week's questions will flesh out the party's motivations and also cover some details of the "bosses" in each of these quests.

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?

A) Giles Goodman (4 votes)
B) Cheif Ungurz's Daughter (2 votes)
C) A scion of House Phiarlan (1 vote)
D) A missionary of the Silver Flame (2 votes)

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?

A) Ch'golik the Black, fiendish troglodyte warrior (2 votes)
B) Niklaus Drexelhand, human priest of the devourer (1 vote)
C) Dark Mardza, troglodyte conjurer (4 votes)
D) Grimbel the Mad, tiefling assassin (2 votes)

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?

A) A ritual designed to cause the volcano to erupt, bathing Stormreach in lava (4 votes)
B) A summoning spell designed to bring forth demons to overrun Xen'drik
C) An dark rite designed to draw the manifest zone of Fernia closer, expanding the drow's territory (4 votes)
D) A ceremony designed to awaken an ancient Fire Giant lord who will usher in a return to the old ways. (1 vote)

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?

A) Kaxx'ek, Sulatar firebinder, master of the fire elementals (2 votes)
B) Xev'asa, Sulatar paladin with the flaming blade. (3 votes)
C) Xekker Tor'thac, Scorrow cleric of fire and destruction
D) Sekara, Sulatar druid (4 votes)

(As a note, selecting the druid here may be a risk, but I think that there are enough spells in the gave from the druid list to allow for the creation of a Druid NPC. There is some risk, though, that such a thing is not possible given the current way NPCs are created and, as such, you should carefully consider which option you prefer.)

Polls will be open through 5 PM Eastern, Sunday, March 23. So go ahead and vote!

Next week, we'll finalize any additional details on the party's motivation and further flesh out the bosses. We may also cover some optional objectives throughout the quests.

[VonBek]

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?

A) Giles Goodman

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?

B) Niklaus Drexelhand, human priest of the devourer

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?

C) An dark rite designed to draw the manifest zone of Fernia closer, expanding the fiery territory of the drow

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?

B) Xev'asa, Sulatar paladin with the flaming blade.

Good to see you running the quest creator, again, BTW

[Vorn]

1) B The cheftain's daughter provides for some nice 'human' dimension, as well as the possiblity of parental/child humor.
2) C I think it would be nice if the Trogs could do something on their own rather than be the pawns of outside influence. Perhaps the conjurer is seeking leverage for a power play, perhaps a love potion/spell went astray (Mid-Tangleroot Night's Dream?), ransom demand....
3) Tough call, but I'm going to go for C. Burning up up Stormreach...meh...demon horde...the devils have a jump on that one already...a giant summoning...we have lots of end fights with misbehaving giants, if they could all get their act together they wouldn't need the Drow's help...now, bringing Fernia closer is interesting and given the nature of planar influences could serve as a good education piece for low level folks on the planar influences.
4) A would be the logical choice given my choice in number 3 above, but I'm going to go for D just because it sounds cool...err...hot!

[DagazUlf]

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?

D) A missionary of the Silver Flame

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?

C) Dark Mardza, troglodyte conjurer

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?

D) A ceremony designed to awaken a Fire Giant lord from the Age of Giants who will usher in a return to the old ways.

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?

B) Xev'asa, Sulatar paladin with the flaming blade.

[Mad_Bombardier]

1) b
2) c
3) a
4) d

[Karranor]

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?
A) Giles Goodman

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?
D) Grimbel the Mad, tiefling assassin

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?
A) A ritual designed to cause the volcano to erupt, bathing Stormreach in lava.

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?
A) Kaxx'ek, Sulatar firebinder, master of the fire elementals

[geoffhanna]

1 D
2 D
3 A
4 D

Notes:
1D indicates the quest should include Silver Flame favor
4D "Fire Shaman" of some type could be replace "Druid" if the word is problematic

[CrazySamaritan]

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?

A) Giles Goodman

Free Agent favor

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?

C) Dark Mardza, troglodyte conjurer

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?

C) An dark rite designed to draw the manifest zone of Fernia closer, expanding the fiery territory of the drow

Because it has to do with planar conjunctions, Twelve favor?

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?

B) Xev'asa, Sulatar paladin with the flaming blade.

[Yaga_Nub]

1 - C
2 - A
3 - C
4 - D

[sirgog]

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?

A) Giles Goodman - love that idea!

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?

A) Ch'golik the Black, fiendish troglodyte warrior - gotta vote for the things closest to the ideas I sent you before week 3

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?

A) A ritual designed to cause the volcano to erupt, bathing Stormreach in lava. - We have this fantastic-looking volcano in the zone - let's put it to use.

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?

A) Kaxx'ek, Sulatar firebinder, master of the fire elementals - again, let's go with my suggestions or the closest thing to them

Next week, we'll finalize any additional details on the party's motivation and further flesh out the bosses. We may also cover some optional objectives throughout the quests.
Suggestion for these (obviously impacted by this week's results): One cavern near Kaxx'ek, the Sulatar firebinder, contains a portal to Fernia through which swarms of mephits, fire elementals, a trio of Fire Giants and a Fire Reaver will come to attack the party. If the party drop into this cavern (which they can easily avoid), they must survive eight minutes of relentless attacks from these foes. If they do, they receive a substantial reward - +75% XP for the ENTIRE quest and a chest with +2 loot and potent (for the level) named items such as a 1/day clicky of Good Hope.
Suggestion for Tangleroot quest: The Mephits, save their leader, are unwilling allies of the Troglodytes. Optional objective: Slay the mephit leader and no other mephits. Reward: Substantial XP bonus, worth about 35% of the whole quest's XP, plus a bonus chest (which, of course, is standing next to a statue of a mephit, like the Spider chest in Sleeping Dust)

[MysticTheurge]

Remember to vote!

[Xandhor]

1) Tangleroot Gorge - Who has been kidnapped?
A) Giles Goodman (4 votes)

2) Tangleroot Gorge - Who is the leader of the troglodytes?
C) Dark Mardza, troglodyte conjurer (4 votes)

3) Searing Heights - What event must the party stop?
C) An dark rite designed to draw the manifest zone of Fernia closer, expanding the drow's territory (4 votes)

4) Searing Heights - Who is the leader of the drow?
D) Sekara, Sulatar druid (4 votes)

[MysticTheurge]

Only two days left to vote!

[Dragon.Star]

A little late but oh well

1-A
2-D
3-A
4-B

[MysticTheurge]

Just a heads up guys, I have a really busy week this week, so part 5 may be delayed a bit.

[pwrslyd]

1) Giles Goodman

2) Troglodyte Conjurer

3) Definitely the dark rite to bring Fernia closer...that's exactly what the Sulatar are trying to do in Eberron, right?

4) Don't really care, but the druid sounds good.

[sirgog]

Just a heads up guys, I have a really busy week this week, so part 5 may be delayed a bit.

We close to Week 5 yet?

[MysticTheurge]

We close to Week 5 yet?

Yes, sorry.

I've stalled a little bit. I'll try to have it up by Friday.

[MysticTheurge]

In case you hadn't noticed...

Part 5 is up.