Fetch quest. Sigh. Best break out the traveling montage, and a song. Given the present season, how about “Frosty the snowman, was a jolly happy soul..”
Well 75% of all quests (mythologically speaking) historically were fetch-quests. The other 25% were kill a beast quest, which were often disguised as fetch-quests.
“The artifacts can only be brought together on the Ancient Sacred Redundantly Named Divine Holy Altar in this castle’s East wing, but I’m not telling you that till you return”
And he expects them to not use the artefacts to kick his ass,again?Why would he give the three locations to someone he’s trying to annoy into doing the quest?
Because (1) he has no choice: he’s too powerless to get all those artifacts even with his army, and (2) he thinks he has the LSRH trapped by their desire to go back home (the LSRH also think that so far, it seems, so all is good for evil king who never gets his ass away from his throne).
Or (3) he knows they can’t use the artifacts against him because there’s some special condition for controlling them, like knowing a secret phrase, or belonging to the right bloodline.
Unlikely for one reason…for them to keep them they’d need to be smart enough to realize they don’t need to give them to him. If you need a second reason, Good girl wouldn’t likely let them keep the items unless said items bond to them in some way preventing her from being ‘good’ and giving him the items.
No, the easiest would have been to ask them to kill a Spider Queen. After LP blows up the King’s castle, he just helps them go home for free to get rid of him.
I beg to disagree, but since BGG and Keith are not there, they won’t be able to suggest that. The members of this party are either too clueless or too goodie two shoes for that.
Guys, guys! C’mon! You’re forgetting the most obvious situation: The king wants to either:
a) get this relics he couldn’t get before
b) get rid of these annoying “intruders”
But he’s holding back the most useful answer: Does he really know a way to get them back?
He could be just sending them to a trap to test their usefulness. IF they get back, he can send them into another quest, and another, ad infinitum, but withholding the fact that he neither has or knows a way to get them back home.
ArtEfacts strikes me as the more interesting option; it’s where the underlying mechanics of the universe doesn’t work quite right that you can get some really interesting effects. (Of course, the likely outcome is that those effects will kill you in very horrible ways.) But considering that the “it’s” in panel two should be an “its”, it’s probably a typo.
Artefact is an acceptable alternative spelling for artifact. By which I mean that the correct English* spelling is artifact, but people who spell it artefact should not be penalised for doing so. Except when it would be ambiguous in the context of whether the object is an artifact or an artefact.
*English meaning English, sometimes called UK/British English. The definitive English.
Other forms of English, such as US/American English, Australian English, etc. need to explicitly show their regional variation.
The fetch quest is only a third of the adventure, the next third will be about fetching items to craft, and the final third will be split into three third’s, first being an expansion pack, next dlc’s that follow it, and not finally, some micro-transactions. Good luck consumer..erm, gamer!
Good Girl seems to have gone Awol, we haven’t seen her since before Alex beat up the guards. So the two hotties would be Alex and Bucky, with the third hottie, Good Girl, having gone missing.
Fetch quest. Sigh. Best break out the traveling montage, and a song. Given the present season, how about “Frosty the snowman, was a jolly happy soul..”
STOP! Do you REALLY want that GG enter full Holiday mode?
…Thinking it better, that would annoy the king so much that he’ll send them home immediately.
I kinda do. Sounds like it will be fun to watch.
Well 75% of all quests (mythologically speaking) historically were fetch-quests. The other 25% were kill a beast quest, which were often disguised as fetch-quests.
And then there is cleaning the stables of Augias, which is lots of menial stinky work.
Oh, well, like killing a thousand rats in the sewers, I guess.
It was solved by fetching a river, still.
That’s putting it mildly
False, there is also small percent known as persuasion quest where you kill nothing and fetch nothing but get person do something
Am I the only one wondering if the delivery part of this fetch quest is REALLY necessary to return home?
“The artifacts can only be brought together on the Ancient Sacred Redundantly Named Divine Holy Altar in this castle’s East wing, but I’m not telling you that till you return”
If all they needed to do to return home is click their heels, I reserve the right to laugh myself silly.
Plot necessity. Not necessarily in-world necessity.
Anyone wonder if rats have a quest to get rid of whoever is sending people on quests to kill them?
That’s the mutant rat, which actually is a “cleverly disguised” adventurer from rat world. It sees you as “mutant humanoid” BTW.
And he expects them to not use the artefacts to kick his ass,again?Why would he give the three locations to someone he’s trying to annoy into doing the quest?
Because (1) he has no choice: he’s too powerless to get all those artifacts even with his army, and (2) he thinks he has the LSRH trapped by their desire to go back home (the LSRH also think that so far, it seems, so all is good for evil king who never gets his ass away from his throne).
Or (3) he knows they can’t use the artifacts against him because there’s some special condition for controlling them, like knowing a secret phrase, or belonging to the right bloodline.
Like “Klaatu… Veranda?… *cough* *cough*-an!”?
Or how to pull the trigger of the gun…
I get your point. There’s no other condition than knowledge. There never is (and if there is it’s “unrealistic magic”).
Calling it right now, if these items actually do what he says they do that the LoSRHs will keep them for themselves.
Hope so, it’s about time Eva gets some real powers other than mysteriously burning food and boobs that grow every new strip.
Unlikely for one reason…for them to keep them they’d need to be smart enough to realize they don’t need to give them to him. If you need a second reason, Good girl wouldn’t likely let them keep the items unless said items bond to them in some way preventing her from being ‘good’ and giving him the items.
I woul,d have thought that LP would find it easy to kill a swarm of rats.
As someone else implied, going after rats might be the same as being in the sewers …
No, the easiest would have been to ask them to kill a Spider Queen. After LP blows up the King’s castle, he just helps them go home for free to get rid of him.
And when you have all three together, assemble them into a mighty item of power.
Then you won’t need me to get you home.
Nah. The ‘great power’ is that when presented before the king, he’ll actually take his lazy royal butt off the throne in surprise!
I say lazy, for all I know the rule of law is whoever’s sat on the throne is king. Probably be LP at some point.
I really want them to just start beating up the king there until he says he’ll send them back.
It’s not that I don’t like the storyline, but rather that’d be hilarious and very in-character for everyone except Laserpony.
I beg to disagree, but since BGG and Keith are not there, they won’t be able to suggest that. The members of this party are either too clueless or too goodie two shoes for that.
Well, there is always the less violent option: brainwashing via magic halo.
Guys, guys! C’mon! You’re forgetting the most obvious situation: The king wants to either:
a) get this relics he couldn’t get before
b) get rid of these annoying “intruders”
But he’s holding back the most useful answer: Does he really know a way to get them back?
He could be just sending them to a trap to test their usefulness. IF they get back, he can send them into another quest, and another, ad infinitum, but withholding the fact that he neither has or knows a way to get them back home.
We know that there is a way: but it’s not the way anyone expects. Like knocking the heels of some red shoes twice while thinking in Kansas…
… or waking up from a weird dream.
Well, thanks Mr. Sausage for getting this song stuck in my mind for the rest of the day. Bravo… *slow clap*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg
I get that the 3rd quest is a reference to LoTR, but I can’t put my finger on the reference regarding the 2nd quest.
Peer Gynt might have some useful advice for the 1st quest.
Yup. Didn’t follow your link before I posted. :P
For the last: I wonder if somebody else finds it weird that he’s asking them to go on a quest for “artEfacts” and not “artIfacts”.
Here is the difference, so you can understand better my confusion:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/37903/difference-between-artifact-and-artefact
BTW English is not my mother language, so that sounded wrong to me, so I’m not sure if it’s because Mr. Sausage is using UK English.
ArtEfacts strikes me as the more interesting option; it’s where the underlying mechanics of the universe doesn’t work quite right that you can get some really interesting effects. (Of course, the likely outcome is that those effects will kill you in very horrible ways.) But considering that the “it’s” in panel two should be an “its”, it’s probably a typo.
Artefact is an acceptable alternative spelling for artifact. By which I mean that the correct English* spelling is artifact, but people who spell it artefact should not be penalised for doing so. Except when it would be ambiguous in the context of whether the object is an artifact or an artefact.
*English meaning English, sometimes called UK/British English. The definitive English.
Other forms of English, such as US/American English, Australian English, etc. need to explicitly show their regional variation.
The fetch quest is only a third of the adventure, the next third will be about fetching items to craft, and the final third will be split into three third’s, first being an expansion pack, next dlc’s that follow it, and not finally, some micro-transactions. Good luck consumer..erm, gamer!
Oh, just beat up the king already, throw him in the dungeon, and usurp the throne. He’ll soon be wanting to tell you how to get home. XD
I just realized that the king looks just like that one famous Nazi propaganda leaflet with the offensive caricature of a Jew
Maybe the hunched posture and a bit of the nose shape, but I don’t think it’s an especially striking resemblance.
No, no not at all.
At least it’s not one of those lame “Kill 50 [insert monster name here]” quest.
Unless each of the artifacts is guarded by 50 rats.
So, stupid king has two hotties before him desperate to get back home and he asks for mythical artefacts that may or may not do anything.
Well, perhaps he swings with the left. Why do you think we have not seen other… wenches? lasses? ladies?… around?
Two? Of the three that should be there- Good Good Girl, Buckaress, and Defendress, WHO are you saying ISN’T a hottie?
Good Girl seems to have gone Awol, we haven’t seen her since before Alex beat up the guards. So the two hotties would be Alex and Bucky, with the third hottie, Good Girl, having gone missing.
Hey hey hey, “Find the Three MacGuffins” is a totally acceptable Grand* Quest
* “Epic” is a fancy way of saying “really damn long.” Grand things happen in epics, but grand happenings can be covered in a highlights reel.