Christmas 2009

Just a page to start jotting down ideas for this years Xmas quest. Will also place final details in here (when there are some!).

Probably need something with varied difficulty. Maybe between Halloween and Thanksgiving in terms of quality/quantity/difficulty.

Be wary of mud-wide or easy zone random loads. Maybe mix it up this year, try to get people in places they don't normally go?

Don't forget a poem!!

Do I want to consider using the quest system? Would help in limiting the potential for good items, but it's more of a pain to create...

As much as I'd like to, I probably shouldn't dust off an old quest and recylce it .. unless it got a major overhaul..

Hmmm... never did a Dickens/Christmas Story themed quest before... 3 ghosts? Tiny Tim? Scrooge? Has some promise... Maybe two parts ... Ghosts load pieces to make a floating item, intended for higher levels. Tiny Tim/Scrooge/Bob Cratchet/others(?) load pieces that assemble other medium->lower level items?

Dickens Christmas Carol Chars:

• Scrooge
• Jacob Marley (dead partner)
• Tiny Tim
• Bob Cratchit
• 3 ghosts (past, present, yet to come)

Maybe some random loading food quest items? Christmas Cookies?

Using zone 334 for items/mobs.

All mobs/items should have keyword christmasquest2009

Quick item notes:

LOW LEVEL ITEMS:

• green scarf (assemble from 2 halves)(tim and bob)
• red scarf (assemble from 2 halves) (tim and bob)
• ghostly chains (marley)
• scrooge cane (scrooge)
• sleeping cap (assemble from 2 parts) (scrooge)

HIGH LEVEL ITEMS:

• spirit of holidays (assemble from 3 parts) (one on each ghost) - item itself is usable
• essence of christmas (assemble from 3 parts) (one on each ghost) - item itself is usable
• Christmas Spirit - assemble from spirit and essence

Also made a Christmas Cookie - 3 items to assemble. spec_proc'd as quest point berry - should award 1qp on eating it.

All item pieces should be !locate

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Poem

'Twas right around Christmas

And all through the land,

A new quest was unleashed

With a wave of my hand.

I'm tapping on a Classic

For the enjoyment of all

This quest is intended

For levels great and small.

For the vets of the MUD

Three ghosts are now free

To wander our lands

And spread holiday glee.

For ghost number one,

You'll have to be crafty,

He's from Christmas past

And he's definitely nasty.

According to legend,

The ghost that is second

Has always been found

During Christmas present.

The biggest unknown

Is ghost number three,

Since he is the spirit

Of Christmas yet to be.

For those of our players

Whose remorts are few,

Part two of this quest

Is specially for you.

Remember the story

Charles Dickens created.

The rest of this quest

Is "Carol" related.

You might start looking

For a boy using crutches.

It's Tiny Tim you seek

To get in your clutches.

That's all I'll reveal.

There are a few more.

It would be no fun.

Without surprises in store.

Every year a new poem,

It sure does get tiring,

Luckily for you,

This guy's not retiring.

So last but not least,

Be sure to have fun.

A very Merry Christmas,

To each and every one!