Re: QUEST: Getting a QUEST

From: quirke_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz (Tony Q.)

Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1993 13:51:33 +0000

Brian Carpenter <btc2@cornell.edu> writes:

> H'okay.  Besides the temple Quests (611) which are for sale and which my
> newly created itty-bitty party can't do yet, where are these supposed
> Quests?  I get the sense that random people in shops or such will offer
> them to the party, but no-one's heard a peep.  Do I have to do something
> like put 'QUEST' on my chat list (which occured to me 2 hours after I
> dropped my turn in the mailbox), or is it more involved than that?

Quests are usually offered when you buy something from a merchant, and
sometimes when you sell something to them. It may be worthwhile to buy
some low-priced item (such as slings or backpacks) for everyone in the
party.
   I suggest that you look for Quests to towns which are mentioned on the
"Journeys" offered. A trip there and back usually costs less than the Quest
offers you. Any Quest offering money for an item bought back probably
means you'll have to pay 2/3rds that offer to get it.

> So far, I've been wandering around the starting city, getting information
> on who offers which at what prices, and blowing lots of cash on getting
> my mages a few spell powders to experiment with.  The group needs a job
> to support this habbit...

I find clerics far more use at the moment. Try buying some backpacks,
slings, or helmets for people. In combat, always have a large number of
people swinging swords 8-).

> Any information regarding how to do this is appreciated.  I'm not looking
> for other things, like spell lists and all, as part of the fun is
> definitely the thrill of discovery of new spells and information.

Send me some email and ask to be put on the list for the short FAQ. I
realised there were people with your attitude, so two versions of the FAQ
are in production, with the shorter having spell lists and the more tricky
hints deleted.

--
Tony Quirke, Wellington, New Zealand (email for phone no.)
"I can't believe this. Trapped in Ryoval's basement with a sex-starved
 teenage werewolf. There was nothing about this in any of my Imperial
 Acadamy training manuals..." - MVN, "Labyrinth", Lois McMaster Bujold.

References

QUEST: Getting a QUEST
Brian Carpenter <btc2@cornell.edu>
Wed, 01 Dec 1993 17:24:58 +0000

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QUEST: Getting a QUEST
Brian Carpenter <btc2@cornell.edu>
Wed, 01 Dec 1993 17:24:58 +0000