Author Topic: Quest Brainstorming Compilation OFFICIAL (Read 1799 times)

Dossta · « **on:** July 05, 2012, 01:20:56 PM »

UPDATE: Added Citadel poll for voting. You can vote up to 40 times, and can change your votes as the list changes over time. To avoid people "queueing" quest submissions, the next quest will always be chosen randomly from the top 5 or so most popular. Perhaps we'll make it a d6 and Strolen can announce the winner at his leisure.

If you would like to add any ideas to the list, post them on this thread and I will modify the poll.

Alright, here's all of the holdovers from the previous quest brainstorming sessions (minus repeats and quests that were actually created):

Summer Quest Thought (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,5939.0.html)
Create a Mentor
Campaign Starter
Genre-Bender
Religions and Cults
Greys, Space Vixens and Bug-Eyed Things - alien cultures and species to populate the universe

Spring Quest? (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,5836.0.html)
Parasites and diseases!
The nasties every space explorer and dungeon delver dreads, becoming infected (or infested) by something rarely (or never before) seen by civilization!
Automata: Clockwork men, steam mecha and cyber-golems!
Not every windup toy and clockwork invention is benevolent, some will cheerfully saw through your home with a buzz blade, and others can give mere mortals more power then they dreamed!

Autumn/Winter Quest Brainstorming (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,5744.0.html)
Halloween (Dark Fae)
Call a Rabbit a Smerp (take something mundane and utterly normal and make it fantastic)
Cartoon Characters made Game Characters
Film Noir
Vampires
30 Somethings
World Building (http://strolen.com/viewing/World_Building_102_Environment_building_the_MoonHunter_way)
100 Word Submission (http://strolen.com/viewing/100_Word_Submission)

Summer 2011 Quest Brainstorming (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,5585.0.html)
5 in 1 sans heavy rules
Tattoos and Magic
Aerial/sky
Genre Franchise (trek etc)
Summer Festivals
Alcoholic beverages
Rebellion/Revolution/Revolts
Agricultural/farming
Way of the Fist', gear and systems for the hand-to-hand fighter
sentient clothing
Graphic Attachment required
brains

Summer Shopping (come up with your best urban setting shops)
What the Heck is That?! (where an unusual image is provided and everyone has to write up a sub on it)

Spring quest options! (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,5329.0.html)
The End of all Days: apocalypses, doom-sayers and world-enders!

What will the next Quest be? (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,5035.0.html)
Exotic Cavalry (mounts and units)
Voodoo

Winter/Spring Quest Brainstorming (and Poll) (http://strolen.com/guild/index.php/topic,4957.0.html)
Bizarre Holidays
Secret Societies

Here's what I would like to see:
Each of these quests should have a short blurb to tell Strolenites what it's all about. Look at the ones in the "Spring Quest?" thread for good examples. If you can think of a good blurb for a quest idea (especially if you came up with that idea in the first place), please post it here and I will update the list.

I will update/reformat this master list any time someone posts to this thread with a new idea. I will also remove ideas that have already been done.

Strolen · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:51:12 AM »

+25 XP for this quest consolidation goodness as well!

(I like this one better

)

MysticMoon · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2012, 01:45:58 PM »

Does this get sticki-ified?

Dossta · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2012, 04:39:56 PM »

Thanks, Strolen! Both for the XP and for the sticky.

Dossta · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2012, 12:02:26 PM »

Check out the new votable list here: http://www.ranker.com/list/citadel-quests/dossta

Strolen, could I perhaps get access to some of the site's graphics to help prettify this thing a bit? Also, you should be able to embed the list somewhere if you like.

valadaar · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2012, 12:17:43 PM »

That's a rather lot of ads.

Strolen · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2012, 12:32:47 PM »

Not that I don't appreciate the effort as it is sort of cool.

But you could also create a forum poll with all the options and allow changing of votes, remove options when used and keep the poll updated here.

Have you tried embedding it somewhere? PM me the embed code and I can see if I can get it at least in the forum to see what it looks like.

Dossta · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2012, 12:45:28 PM »

I thought about creating the poll here, but had a few issues. One, I don't think our polling allows for downvotes. And two, I wasn't sure if there was a limit to the number of options we could create (there usually is). Also, how would we handle the number of votes per user? If this runs long enough, they'd eventually use up all of their votes and we'd have to create a new poll, wouldn't we? All of that said, I'm happy to try creating the poll here if that is the Will of the Citadel.

Strolen · « **Reply #8 on:** August 04, 2012, 12:58:11 PM »

It doesn't allow downvoting but why would you need it?

I didn't see a limit on how many choices a poll can have.
Give each user as many votes as you want.
They always have the option of changing their vote which would keep it fresh or if you needed to add more. (as long as you enabled the option to change votes)

I am fine with the way we are doing it though. Depending on our mood and the season, pick out a set that people are interested in and vote on them.

I was hoping to be able to shove that code in this thread but it won't work. I wouldn't really want to start a new page just for the poll either, thing is starting to get scattered. So not sure what we want to do with that at the moment. Leave it where it is and see if it get used?

Dossta · « **Reply #9 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:40:12 PM »

Added the poll to the Citadel proper. I think I would like to modify it a little though, and restrict it to 10 votes per person rather than 40 (since people can change their votes anyway). Can anyone with admin access do this, or do I need to recreate the poll again?

Strolen · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:44:23 PM »

Modified it to 10 votes for you/us!

Dossta · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2012, 01:46:41 PM »

Thanks! Let's see if this list gets used. I'd like to start the next quest soon.

Murometz · « **Reply #12 on:** September 14, 2012, 02:56:36 PM »

well, this is fun. Off to vote!

Murometz · « **Reply #13 on:** September 14, 2012, 03:01:48 PM »

What is the "Brains" one exactly anyway?

I must say, I voted for it and it has me intrigued.

Dossta · « **Reply #14 on:** September 14, 2012, 05:14:27 PM »

Quote from: Murometz on September 14, 2012, 03:01:48 PM

What is the "Brains" one exactly anyway?

I must say, I voted for it and it has me intrigued.

The original post on it was simply "Brains? Anything related to brains?

". So really, it's pretty open to interpretation. Brains as food, brains as captives, a society of brains, nifty brain medical procedures, types of brains . . . ? If you like any of the quest ideas ideas and want to come up with a coherent blurb for them, I'll update the list with the new info.

Murometz · « **Reply #15 on:** September 14, 2012, 08:14:42 PM »

Not sure about blurbs, but I can adlib a few

Greys, Space Vixens and Bug-Eyed Things.
(Wulfhere's quote comes to mind)
"Grab your blaster pistols and check your silver jumpsuits, boys! We've got work to do!"

Alcoholic Beverages
"Last Call. *Hiccup*"

Film Noir
"Frankly my dear, I don't give..."
oops wrong genre, make that...
"Yeaaah, see, we're gonna do it my way, seeee? Yeah, yeaaaah. Mugsy! Bugsy! Get them!"
nope that's just edward g robinson

Bizarre Holidays
"And Festivus doesn't count!"

Way of the Fist
"Avoid, rather than check. Check, rather than hurt. Hurt, rather than maim. Maim, rather than kill. For all life is precious, nor can any be replaced." Master Kan
or
"Kuen yau sum faat - the punch starts from the heart."
or
"Self-defense is an illusion, a dark cloak beneath which lurks a razor-sharp dagger waiting to be plunged into the first unwary victim. Whoever declares that any weapon manufactured today, whether it be a nuclear missile or a .38 special, is created for self-defense should look a little more closely at his own image in the mirror. Either he is a liar or is deceiving himself. Wing Chun Kung Fu is a very sophisticated weapon, nothing else. It is a science of combat, the intent of which is the total incapacitation of an opponent. It is straightforward, efficient and deadly. If you're looking to learn self-defence, don't study Wing Chun. It would be better for you to master the art of invisibility." Bruce Lee

Sentient Clothing
"Shut up, shirt!

100 Word Submission
"And not a single comma more!"

Agricultural/Farming
"Zzzzzzzzzzzz..."
er, i mean
"An Agronomist's Gambit. Do you dare take the Farmer's Challenge?!"

Scrasamax · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2012, 08:47:52 PM »

1. Take popular genre/setting/material
2. Add zombies
3. ???
4. Profit

As seen on Face Off, the zombie virus infests Alice in Wonderland. Other fun ideas: Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, the A-Team, Cops, The Dukes of Hazzard, Seinfield (anyone notice how bad zombies really smell? whats up with that?)

And then I imagined Zombie Kramer crashing through the door while Jerry and the short bald guy run screaming for their lives

Strolen · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2012, 02:46:14 AM »

Tales of Terror Format is awesome:

http://strolen.com/viewing/4528

Actual rules: http://www.talesofterror.net/submissionguidelines.html

Dossta · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2012, 11:00:17 PM »

Quote from: Scrasamax on September 22, 2012, 08:47:52 PM

1. Take popular genre/setting/material
2. Add zombies
3. ???
4. Profit

Added to the poll as "Just add Zombies"

Dossta · « **Reply #19 on:** October 13, 2012, 11:09:21 PM »

The old 5-in-One quest got me thinking a little about adventure design, and I remembered reading something on critical-hits.com about using a 5x5 grid to plot out a campaign. To me, this sounds like a perfect idea for a challenging quest:

Original aritcle

So the quest would be thus: plot out a whole campaign using 5 quest ideas/seeds. You must post the grid, and a short paragraph explaining each adventure you come up with (one for each cell in the grid = 25). Remember that the whole point of using the 5x5 method is to create points at which your quests intersect, so don't plan on submitting 5 stand-alone quests in one submission. They have to be interrelated.

What do you guys think of this one?

Scrasamax · « **Reply #20 on:** October 14, 2012, 08:14:00 AM »

Quote from: Dossta on October 13, 2012, 11:09:21 PM

The old 5-in-One quest got me thinking a little about adventure design, and I remembered reading something on critical-hits.com about using a 5x5 grid to plot out a campaign. To me, this sounds like a perfect idea for a challenging quest:

Original aritcle

So the quest would be thus: plot out a whole campaign using 5 quest ideas/seeds. You must post the grid, and a short paragraph explaining each adventure you come up with (one for each cell in the grid = 25). Remember that the whole point of using the 5x5 method is to create points at which your quests intersect, so don't plan on submitting 5 stand-alone quests in one submission. They have to be interrelated.

What do you guys think of this one?

Neat idea!

Strolen · « **Reply #21 on:** December 03, 2012, 02:16:48 AM »

Do we want to pick a quest?

Or we can do round 2 of Citadel Guild submissions and give bonus points for those again?

Dossta · « **Reply #22 on:** December 03, 2012, 10:46:43 AM »

I'd prefer to pick off the list. The guild quest was fun, but I like to have actual voting at the end of a quest. Why don't you throw the top 5 into a random generator and see what we end up with?

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #23 on:** December 19, 2012, 10:41:17 PM »

"What the heck is that!?" Sounds awesome. If a suitable picture could be drudged up I think it would be a lot of fun!

Shadoweagle · « **Reply #24 on:** January 28, 2013, 04:47:29 PM »

Oooh, so when's the next quest start? Do quests start at any particular point in the year, or just when it's arbitrarily decided?

Poll

What should be the next quest? Quest chosen randomly from top 3 most popular.

Author Topic: Quest Brainstorming Compilation *OFFICIAL* (Read 1799 times)

Author Topic: Quest Brainstorming Compilation OFFICIAL (Read 1799 times)