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Quests are separated into five categories and all have flat point values: General (4pts), Corsair (4pts), Paladin (4pts), Bounties (6pts), and Specials (12pts). Note: characters helping opposing armada quests will only be rewarded 2pts for participation unless specified otherwise. Special quests won't always be available so it may appear blank at most times. These can range from group quests such as for special ship upgrades or island related quests, or they could be special event quests. All quest points can be used for the Rewards Shop.
For this month's board update, the quests have been updated to reflect progress from last month, with some carrying over as is. Of note, the Two Truths and the Lie quest has its own network post for players to use!
If you have any questions, comment to this entry.
A widower alchemist is requesting assistance in gathering the necessary materials to create the perfect wife. He is convinced that with the use of the correct combination of ingredients and alchemic power, he will be able to craft the perfect woman. But since he is unable to do any ocean travelling himself, he is requesting travellers to do the collecting for him.
Bring him anything that would constitute what a woman’s beauty and soul is. Be it flowers, gemstones, spices, sweet things, written poetry, locks of hair, silk ribbons, soft supple flesh, animal claws and more. What ingredients would make up the perfect wife is entirely up to your interpretation.
Even through his grief, he is entirely convinced that this experiment will work. He will craft a perfect body and insert all the necessary personality traits inside of her as well. He will create her soul. And once she is brought to life… she is sure to take his pain away. How far are you willing to go for someone you love and miss? How important is it to learn to let go? ... Or not let go?
A recent trend has exploded where everyone is attempting to create the next best mate-attracting perfume, perhaps thanks to the recent dragon migration. Everyone wants to create something special and sweet that will attract another person with one whiff of it. People are using anything from flower pollen to bugs to powdered dragon’s claws to mix into the liquids. Some are even using dragon’s sweat and other bodily fluids to make it just right.
Create or test perfume to see if the mixture does the trick and lures in a special someone or just another person nearby. If you can get the perfume just right there may be a reward for you.
Just be aware that using anything farmed from a dragon or any hormone-inducing plants will make the perfumes especially potent. Anyone sprayed with the perfume will suddenly smell irriestably sweet. In some cases, the wearer will feel the effects themselves and want to present themselves to others at all costs. And anyone inhaling the sweet hormone-laced scent will want to ravish them like a wild animal in heat. Or in some cases the perfume won't work well at all and you'll just feel pretty beta.
Spring has sprung! And with that a huge algae explosion in the water as well. Green and blue algae blooms are everywhere, even sticking to the side of ships and all over dock . It’s a mess.
Because of the huge amounts of available food, it seems that there has been an explosion of sea slugs in the water as well. They are everywhere, eating algae and multiplying by the thousands. These cute little slugs are sticking to every surface imaginable even ship masts and buildings near the water.
Strange, there must be another reason why these sea slugs have exploded in population. It’s the same sea slugs that can secret a potent slime that has strong healing properties. Maybe because the population was never cut down in the first place and now the ecosystem is entirely out of wack?
Clear out the sea slugs and the algae from the dock areas of all of the leviathans, your ships and any affected waterfront buildings before everything is overrun by sticky slime and algae!
There have been a lot of riftfarers arriving lately. It seems like there have been more arriving than usual. So many different kinds of people from different kinds of worlds with stories to tell and experiences to give.
A little game has appeared on the shellphone network in hopes of getting to know just a little more about these otherworlders. You might find it on your shellphone as you’re scrolling through one day.
Tell the world two truths and one lie about yourself. And let others try and decipher which of the three is your lie. If they can guess right, perhaps you’ve been able to make a new acquaintance. Or in the least learn more about someone from another walk of life.
Find the mega post here.
Researchers have been trying to find different ways to search the bottom of the ocean, lately. Many of them are determined to find out just what is to be discovered at the bottom of the various tropical waters surrounding all the leviathans and islands out there.
Since there is no concrete way to safely search underwater yet the researchers are asking sailors to use any methods they have to go searching themselves. Use magic, scrolls, or other skills to hold your breath underwater and swim down as far as you can. They can provide a few scrolls for those who are unable to hold their breath long enough, as well. See what you can find.
Searching the depths will allow swimmers to find a collection of new and rare underwater pineapples that have been plentifully growing at the bottom of the sea. These beautiful plump pineapples are just like regular pineapples although they come in a variety of extra colours like purple and blue. Bring as many as you can to the surface. Upon taste testing, eaters might find that they have the miraculous ability to give you underwater breathing for an hour. That might do well for the researchers and might prove useful for future exploration.
Content Warning: drug use
Reports are arriving of a den hidden somewhere on Nogard that has been harbouring thieves who have been stockpiling some sort of new black market drug.
The details of this drug are still unknown, but some reports are detailing that this drug is a magic-enhancement drug that is particularly addictive. Abusing this substance seems to induce an addiction to magic, placing individuals in a hypnotic state. However, the complete side effects of the drug remain entirely unknown. On the streets, this drug is being called “Enchantidrone,” or “Enchanti” for short.
We need paladins to infiltrate this drug den or the black markets in Nogard and find out as much as they can about this drug. Who are the suppliers, and where is this drug coming from? Pick to either go in undercover or find this den through force and return with as many samples of this strange drug as possible so it can be properly tested and locked away safely.
The black markets and the den itself will have many thieves and corsairs lurking around. Some of them will be using this new drug which will give them access to powerful destructive magic or enhance their own. Be careful when investigating.
The conservatory on Elah is in a bit of a pickle. One of its mega-large goldfish specimens seems to have had a growth spurt overnight. The goldfish has grown so big that it barely fits in the outdoor pool that it lives in. The poor bloated fish can barely move its fins, and its round belly is sticking out of the water. It’s gasping for air and more importantly, it’s screaming and screeching loudly and if someone doesn’t move it to one of the bigger outdoor specimen pools soon or everyone’s going to have terrible migraines.
Worse yet, it seems to be ravenously hungry. This massive goldfish will eat literally everything that comes even close to its gaping mouth. Be it inanimate objects or people or animals, it will eat anything! And in particular, it seems to be very satisfied when it gets to eats cats.
The blacksmiths at The Nodding Kettle are bit in over their heads with work orders lately. They need an extra hand in finishing the latest batch of swords, spears, and axes they’ve been working on. They need people to finish sharpening the blades and testing the integrity of the spears and axes.
With a partner, take a handful of weapons and finish sharpening them on the hard whetstone. Once finished, test them on the training dummies to ensure they are combat-ready.
Additionally, there is a special order from Lord Hunberct Longhaft who is requesting a special type of great axe that has been inspired by a ship’s anchor. It is a very unique request, and the blacksmiths are unsure if a giant axe in the shape of an anchor would be a plausible weapon. They’ve made a heavy prototype and are requesting any paladins with enough grit to test it out. Just don’t break your wrist or put out your back when you lift it.
Recently, corsairs have started to get a bit more crafty with their magitech. Some of them have started to craft upgraded magitech cannonballs that explode on impact. These are leagues more effective than your average iron-made cannonballs. And every corsair worth their salt loves a bit of extra dynamite going boom.
Now they have a very ambitious project they want to undertake. They need corsairs who aren’t afraid of a little backlash to take their ships out to Elah waters and to attack the paladin ship The Royal Fortune with these cannonballs directly. Any corsair who can blast a proper hole through the paladin ship's hull will get a very generous reward.
Furthermore, if anyone wants to raid The Royal Fortune and steal some paladin stores and weapons, who’s stopping you? The corsairs aren’t.
Every so often the taverns on Nogard like to hold a special little competition for the tavern-goers. Every few months they hold a special Bar Fight Competition to see which drunk corsair can hold their own the most through various bar brawls.
If you want to strut your stuff as the top drunken monkey there is, it’s simple. Join in any of the brawls happening in the taverns around Nogard by picking up a chair and smashing it over someone’s head. Or start your own bar fight brawl by calling someone a scallywag or a scurvy dog. Better yet, insult their mom.
The only requirement is that you are drunk off your ass before you start throwing punches. So start guzzling that grog and get wailing!
One of the ladies in Naughtilust recently complained about how dirty corsair ships have been lately when docking for a night of pleasure. She says that if the corsairs don’t shape up and clean their ships from top to bottom, they will deny any services to any corsairs for the foreseeable future.
For the sake of Naughtilust’s respect for the corsairs alone, get those ships cleaned as soon as possible. To help out with the task, the ladies have supplied corsair ships with giant paintbrushes that can be used to swap the decks with a powerful cleaning paint that will leave the ships glistening and glittering (literally) when they are done.
A mythical wolf-fish beast seems restless and has recently started to attack various ships and docks. This creature is highly aggressive and extremely strong and can rip a ship to shreds in an instant. This wolf beast can control both wind and water.
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✦ Size: Large
✦ Type: Aquatic/Land
✦ Strengths: Wind control, water control, sharp claws, powerful jaw
✦ Weaknesses: Thunder magic, piercing weapons, blunt force
Sharks have been appearing on the levianthans and have been wreaking havoc by attacking innocent travellers and preying on the local farm and ranch animals. They silently prowl and attack without notice, eating and ripping everything to shreds with their shark teeth and giant paws and claws. … Paws and claws? On land? Is it a shark? Or is it a bear??
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✦ Size: Medium
✦ Type: Aquatic/Land
✦ Strengths: BEAR, SHARK
✦ Weaknesses: Most weapons, ice magic, pots of honey
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Just to check if the suanni depicted is gonna be a 1:1 of the one that exists in Genshin or is it more like a close-ish but not really thing. Just want to be sure in case I hit it up. 👀
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