I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
Here's a buttload...
Since I have an Adventurers' Guild, I need to be ready with quick quest ideas. Most of these are ripped off from Final Fantasy Tactics, which has your party able to take side-jobs in bars. I'm not through the game yet, so expect more. ^_^
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-Trade Ship Salvage 1: A trade ship is wrecked carrying a brand new product to shore. Sabotage by their rivals is suspected. Recover the cargo and find the cause of the wreck (it's not sabotage).
-Trade Ship Salvage 2: In a dangerous region, a ship is wrecked. You play the role of a salvage company, because the local salvage company is extorting the locals. Find some way to free the town from the nessecity of the salvage company, and recover the ship's cargo.
-Embassy Ship Salvage: A ship carrying goods to be donated is obliterated in a storm. The place it was to be donated to suspects lying on the part of the donors, who wanted to avert a war with their gifts. Many priceless items were lost. Recover what cargo you can to sew good relations.
-Stolen Ancient Writings: The Magic University has had some arcane texts recovered from an archeological dig stolen. The theif leapt out the second-story window, and escaped to sea on ferry. Find and return the writings (the ferry sank during a storm, destroying the writings).
-Mine Collapse: Negiligence has caused a gold mine to cave in, and you are recruited to help rescue folk trapped within. The mining company is responsible for the negilicence, but refuses to take responsibility, saying that miners know it is a dangerous job. Help the miners out, if you can.
-Girl of Flame: A young girl made of fire has been spotted by some towns near a volcano. Legends connect her to a girl who fell into the volcano many years ago. Investigate the matter, and stop the haunting so mining can begin in the area.
-Sealed Cavern: A mythril mine is going out of business due to the expense of adventurers to protect the miners from subterranian monsters. Before they leave, they want to explore a sealed door they found there, which they believe leads to a seceret ore deposit. You are to explore this (the door leads to a ghost-miner who gives the party ore if they're kind enough).
-Tears of an Ex-Miner: Mt. Uvros, a gold-bearing peak, has been mined clean, and the gold rush has left, leaving towns impovrished and deserted. An old man at the local tavern weeps for his lost home. Find a way to restore it, or at least cheer up the dude.
-Discovery Race 1: A race sponsored by a city to find new and exotic lands, only allowing the use of various scriptures, legends, and documents. Be the first to find a new land, win prestige, prize money, and an unparalleled exploration opportunity.
-Discovery Race 2: Vehicles now expand the searching area of the race, making it that much more difficult to come in first.
-Discovery Race 3: As before. Yay! But future ones will be held only when the exploration on these is complete.
-Flies to Honney: A brewery makes a sweet-smelling beer from a sugary fruit. Monster groups have been striking at the brewery and the carried shipments, led, it appears, by a rather intelligent demon.
-Pet Monster: A young monster owned by a rich family has gone missing in a populated area. Discover the monster, and return her to the family (or convince them that it's a bad idea to keep monsters as pets)
-Message in a Bottle: A strange object has been spotted floating off the coastline. (Amongst the trash and refuse from city life, a particularly beautifully made bottle bobs in the current. Though the letter is faded, the writing holds some key significance...)
-Artist's Slump: A famous actor, Mameko has been in a slump ever since he won the ultimate artist's award, unable to reproduce what once made him famous. Bring him out of the slump.
-Artist Leaves: The artist who was once in a slump is back at it, becoming the king of late night entertainment. He's going to travel the world as an actor, now, and fans have gathered to see him off. Because you're responsible for his success, you can go, too. In fact, he's asked you to appear in his show!
-Martial Arts Contest: Fairly simple and straightforward. The city is sponsoring a martial arts contest. Win first prize, yo!
-Machinist Contest: Help someone build a great machine! Item usage a plus. They're building a chocobo cart!
-Ship of the Righteous King: Save who you can from a salvage on a ship that contained a well-respected religious figure who has been credited with miracles. Turns out it's from a trading company, not a holy man.
-Infamous Outlaw: An outlaw has sent a note warning that he is going to steal from a noted noble. Defend the noble and his goods!
-Bibid the Greedy: A merchant is concerned only with money, and runs out to explore a reported "waterfall of mithril." Help him along, eh?
-Last Will: A miner discovered a new vien of metal before his death, and left the location in his will. When the PC's get there to help the family clear the area, the will has been stolen. Find the theif, recover the will, and be careful of forgeries.
-Salvage Tours: Recover stuff from a sunken ship while gonig on a tour about the dangers of sailing. Also available in Mine format
-Magic Tournament: A magic contest to cast spells and make people fall down!
-Guard the Cart: A shipment is put out on chocobo cart. Guard it from theives that have been menacing the highway. (It just so happens that the shipment is illegal drugs, put there by the president of the company)
-Deep Within the Woods: A secret area is hidden within a deep, swampy forest. Find it!
-Thing in the Swamps: A rare plant is blooming in the swamps - discover why.
-Strange Rites: Some strange ritual involving farmers and elementals is happening. Find out what's going on, eh?
-Sailor's Tour: Another in the series of "tour" quests, in this one you have to help the commoners and kiddies from being *too* beat up by the ravages of the high seas.
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Also, interesting places:
-Floating Castle: A castle constructed by a race of winged people that have been lost in the mists of time. With their dissapearance, the technology to build floating castles they constructed was also lost.
-Falgabird: A villiage where magic swordsmen used to live. The swords they used sapped the life-force of the user, so their numbers gradually decreased. Now, all that remains are empty houses.
-Touzas Village: A villiage of dwarves, Touzas was under the dictatorship of a cruel dwarven king before the giant Atlas liberated it, and became venerated. Dwarves worshiping giants. Whodathunkit?
-Semite Falls: A giant waterfall within which Mythril can be found. It's water was used as fuel for the steam-powered airships of the age.
-Shrine of Chaos: Long ago, ancient gods sealed a King of Hell (named Jade) deep underground. On that spot is the Shrine of Chaos, an evil shrine with an air of decadence.
-Mirage Tower: This tower supposedly connects a floating castle(of the Ronkan Empire) to the ground. Ancient magic on it's walls keeps it hidden, though it is sometimes still visible as a mirage, faintly glimpsed on the horizon.
-Chocobo Forest: A thick forest which light barely penetrates, it is said a great World Tree grows at the center. Many rare, exotic, and unique chocobos live here.
-Crystal Tower: An ancient town (Baron) was built like a labyrinth to keep strangers out. It's castle was a pure blue crystal spire, representing the power and wealth of the royal family...but it was built entirely at the people's expense.
-Magic Continent: A floating island once believed to be a gate to either Heavan or Hell. Scholars now agree it was the result of a great impact throwing the magical ore Floatstone into the sky, where it formed the island.
-Castle Pandemonium: The former castle of an ancient empire. Surrounded by a mountain range so high even airships couldn't access it, the only way to reach it was through a corridor that passed through Hell.
-Tower of Babel: A legendary tower that reaches to Heavan from deep underground. It's also known as the Giant's Tower. It serves as a valuable record of ancient civilizations.
-Ronkan Ruins: At it's height, the Ronkan Empire (known for it's capacity to build flying islands) covered the world. But because of a mysterious disease, the entire civilization was destroyed. Today, only an empty castle remains, floating barely above the ground in the arctic North.
-Forbidden Land Eureka: According to legend, Eureka was the once prosperos capitol of the Kashuka kingdom which collapsed due to the enourmous debt of the royal family. Today, it's a ghost town, a memory of its past glory.
-Matoya Cave: The ancientcave where the magician Matoya who served the ancient kingdom of Ronkan lived. He was well-liked by the people, but after creating a demon he was feared as a sorcerer (also the cavern of the blind witch who loved to animate brooms and could only see with her crystal ball)
-Castle of Trials: In the past, this was a military school for the kingdom of Baron. an exceptional group of airship piolots called "The Red Wings" graduated from this academy. Even a great institution like this now lays destroyed.
***
Also, interesting items:
-Black Cat: Ornamental black cat with eyes of lapis lazuli and claws of diamonds.
-Materia: In an ancient city (Salonia), people sealed their wisdom in magic orbs for posterity. The orbs are called materia, and they raise the skills of whoever posesses them.
*Blue
*Black
*White
-Taurus: A golden crescent representing the bull.
-Scorpio: A crimson teardrop representing the scorpion.
-St. Elmo's Fire: A light produced by a particular virus within human beings, captured in a globe and placed in a wand.
-Rat Tail: Since ancient times, magicians have used this as a magical medicine, and it's delicious taste has been known to start wars.
-Yurgeivogue: Extremely complex marionette puppet made out of valuable materials. Making them is a lost art.
-Four Gods Set: A set of jeweled miniatures of a blue dragon (west), green turtle (north), white tiger (south) and red bird (east), representing four gods in the mythology.
-Parasite Tree: A tiny tree that feeds on the bark of the World Tree. Once attatching itself, it grows and dies within a day. It is said to contain the secret of eternal youth.
-Magical Gun: An ancient pistol believed to be magic, because its bullets contain magical power. Later, bullets containing Summoned monsters were invented.
-Wyuvle: An ancient manuscript recording the life of a noble woman. If published, this book would have changed the course of history
-Calcobrina: A traditional dress-up doll popular among girls when there wasn't much entertainment, the Calcobrina is a special doll that contains the memory of those girls.
That's all I got!
Since I have an Adventurers' Guild, I need to be ready with quick quest ideas. Most of these are ripped off from Final Fantasy Tactics, which has your party able to take side-jobs in bars. I'm not through the game yet, so expect more. ^_^
***
-Trade Ship Salvage 1: A trade ship is wrecked carrying a brand new product to shore. Sabotage by their rivals is suspected. Recover the cargo and find the cause of the wreck (it's not sabotage).
-Trade Ship Salvage 2: In a dangerous region, a ship is wrecked. You play the role of a salvage company, because the local salvage company is extorting the locals. Find some way to free the town from the nessecity of the salvage company, and recover the ship's cargo.
-Embassy Ship Salvage: A ship carrying goods to be donated is obliterated in a storm. The place it was to be donated to suspects lying on the part of the donors, who wanted to avert a war with their gifts. Many priceless items were lost. Recover what cargo you can to sew good relations.
-Stolen Ancient Writings: The Magic University has had some arcane texts recovered from an archeological dig stolen. The theif leapt out the second-story window, and escaped to sea on ferry. Find and return the writings (the ferry sank during a storm, destroying the writings).
-Mine Collapse: Negiligence has caused a gold mine to cave in, and you are recruited to help rescue folk trapped within. The mining company is responsible for the negilicence, but refuses to take responsibility, saying that miners know it is a dangerous job. Help the miners out, if you can.
-Girl of Flame: A young girl made of fire has been spotted by some towns near a volcano. Legends connect her to a girl who fell into the volcano many years ago. Investigate the matter, and stop the haunting so mining can begin in the area.
-Sealed Cavern: A mythril mine is going out of business due to the expense of adventurers to protect the miners from subterranian monsters. Before they leave, they want to explore a sealed door they found there, which they believe leads to a seceret ore deposit. You are to explore this (the door leads to a ghost-miner who gives the party ore if they're kind enough).
-Tears of an Ex-Miner: Mt. Uvros, a gold-bearing peak, has been mined clean, and the gold rush has left, leaving towns impovrished and deserted. An old man at the local tavern weeps for his lost home. Find a way to restore it, or at least cheer up the dude.
-Discovery Race 1: A race sponsored by a city to find new and exotic lands, only allowing the use of various scriptures, legends, and documents. Be the first to find a new land, win prestige, prize money, and an unparalleled exploration opportunity.
-Discovery Race 2: Vehicles now expand the searching area of the race, making it that much more difficult to come in first.
-Discovery Race 3: As before. Yay! But future ones will be held only when the exploration on these is complete.
-Flies to Honney: A brewery makes a sweet-smelling beer from a sugary fruit. Monster groups have been striking at the brewery and the carried shipments, led, it appears, by a rather intelligent demon.
-Pet Monster: A young monster owned by a rich family has gone missing in a populated area. Discover the monster, and return her to the family (or convince them that it's a bad idea to keep monsters as pets)
-Message in a Bottle: A strange object has been spotted floating off the coastline. (Amongst the trash and refuse from city life, a particularly beautifully made bottle bobs in the current. Though the letter is faded, the writing holds some key significance...)
-Artist's Slump: A famous actor, Mameko has been in a slump ever since he won the ultimate artist's award, unable to reproduce what once made him famous. Bring him out of the slump.
-Artist Leaves: The artist who was once in a slump is back at it, becoming the king of late night entertainment. He's going to travel the world as an actor, now, and fans have gathered to see him off. Because you're responsible for his success, you can go, too. In fact, he's asked you to appear in his show!
-Martial Arts Contest: Fairly simple and straightforward. The city is sponsoring a martial arts contest. Win first prize, yo!
-Machinist Contest: Help someone build a great machine! Item usage a plus. They're building a chocobo cart!
-Ship of the Righteous King: Save who you can from a salvage on a ship that contained a well-respected religious figure who has been credited with miracles. Turns out it's from a trading company, not a holy man.
-Infamous Outlaw: An outlaw has sent a note warning that he is going to steal from a noted noble. Defend the noble and his goods!
-Bibid the Greedy: A merchant is concerned only with money, and runs out to explore a reported "waterfall of mithril." Help him along, eh?
-Last Will: A miner discovered a new vien of metal before his death, and left the location in his will. When the PC's get there to help the family clear the area, the will has been stolen. Find the theif, recover the will, and be careful of forgeries.
-Salvage Tours: Recover stuff from a sunken ship while gonig on a tour about the dangers of sailing. Also available in Mine format
-Magic Tournament: A magic contest to cast spells and make people fall down!
-Guard the Cart: A shipment is put out on chocobo cart. Guard it from theives that have been menacing the highway. (It just so happens that the shipment is illegal drugs, put there by the president of the company)
-Deep Within the Woods: A secret area is hidden within a deep, swampy forest. Find it!
-Thing in the Swamps: A rare plant is blooming in the swamps - discover why.
-Strange Rites: Some strange ritual involving farmers and elementals is happening. Find out what's going on, eh?
-Sailor's Tour: Another in the series of "tour" quests, in this one you have to help the commoners and kiddies from being *too* beat up by the ravages of the high seas.
****
Also, interesting places:
-Floating Castle: A castle constructed by a race of winged people that have been lost in the mists of time. With their dissapearance, the technology to build floating castles they constructed was also lost.
-Falgabird: A villiage where magic swordsmen used to live. The swords they used sapped the life-force of the user, so their numbers gradually decreased. Now, all that remains are empty houses.
-Touzas Village: A villiage of dwarves, Touzas was under the dictatorship of a cruel dwarven king before the giant Atlas liberated it, and became venerated. Dwarves worshiping giants. Whodathunkit?
-Semite Falls: A giant waterfall within which Mythril can be found. It's water was used as fuel for the steam-powered airships of the age.
-Shrine of Chaos: Long ago, ancient gods sealed a King of Hell (named Jade) deep underground. On that spot is the Shrine of Chaos, an evil shrine with an air of decadence.
-Mirage Tower: This tower supposedly connects a floating castle(of the Ronkan Empire) to the ground. Ancient magic on it's walls keeps it hidden, though it is sometimes still visible as a mirage, faintly glimpsed on the horizon.
-Chocobo Forest: A thick forest which light barely penetrates, it is said a great World Tree grows at the center. Many rare, exotic, and unique chocobos live here.
-Crystal Tower: An ancient town (Baron) was built like a labyrinth to keep strangers out. It's castle was a pure blue crystal spire, representing the power and wealth of the royal family...but it was built entirely at the people's expense.
-Magic Continent: A floating island once believed to be a gate to either Heavan or Hell. Scholars now agree it was the result of a great impact throwing the magical ore Floatstone into the sky, where it formed the island.
-Castle Pandemonium: The former castle of an ancient empire. Surrounded by a mountain range so high even airships couldn't access it, the only way to reach it was through a corridor that passed through Hell.
-Tower of Babel: A legendary tower that reaches to Heavan from deep underground. It's also known as the Giant's Tower. It serves as a valuable record of ancient civilizations.
-Ronkan Ruins: At it's height, the Ronkan Empire (known for it's capacity to build flying islands) covered the world. But because of a mysterious disease, the entire civilization was destroyed. Today, only an empty castle remains, floating barely above the ground in the arctic North.
-Forbidden Land Eureka: According to legend, Eureka was the once prosperos capitol of the Kashuka kingdom which collapsed due to the enourmous debt of the royal family. Today, it's a ghost town, a memory of its past glory.
-Matoya Cave: The ancientcave where the magician Matoya who served the ancient kingdom of Ronkan lived. He was well-liked by the people, but after creating a demon he was feared as a sorcerer (also the cavern of the blind witch who loved to animate brooms and could only see with her crystal ball)
-Castle of Trials: In the past, this was a military school for the kingdom of Baron. an exceptional group of airship piolots called "The Red Wings" graduated from this academy. Even a great institution like this now lays destroyed.
***
Also, interesting items:
-Black Cat: Ornamental black cat with eyes of lapis lazuli and claws of diamonds.
-Materia: In an ancient city (Salonia), people sealed their wisdom in magic orbs for posterity. The orbs are called materia, and they raise the skills of whoever posesses them.
*Blue
*Black
*White
-Taurus: A golden crescent representing the bull.
-Scorpio: A crimson teardrop representing the scorpion.
-St. Elmo's Fire: A light produced by a particular virus within human beings, captured in a globe and placed in a wand.
-Rat Tail: Since ancient times, magicians have used this as a magical medicine, and it's delicious taste has been known to start wars.
-Yurgeivogue: Extremely complex marionette puppet made out of valuable materials. Making them is a lost art.
-Four Gods Set: A set of jeweled miniatures of a blue dragon (west), green turtle (north), white tiger (south) and red bird (east), representing four gods in the mythology.
-Parasite Tree: A tiny tree that feeds on the bark of the World Tree. Once attatching itself, it grows and dies within a day. It is said to contain the secret of eternal youth.
-Magical Gun: An ancient pistol believed to be magic, because its bullets contain magical power. Later, bullets containing Summoned monsters were invented.
-Wyuvle: An ancient manuscript recording the life of a noble woman. If published, this book would have changed the course of history
-Calcobrina: A traditional dress-up doll popular among girls when there wasn't much entertainment, the Calcobrina is a special doll that contains the memory of those girls.
That's all I got!
