Task Board: November

[empevents]

In addition to the standard business jobs, there are also independent jobs, or "tasks," that can be done by anyone. These jobs are posted in a large central bulletin board located in a building called The Task Center in Merchant's Square. It's overseen by a group who collects the fees, posts the listings, monitors who takes what, and gives the appropriate payment. These are more "mercenary" like in the sense that anyone can post one and anyone can take it. They range from asking for a helping hand to run an errand to gathering a hard to get item to exterminating a dangerous monster roaming too close to farms. Some jobs may even be related to the plot or an event. Jobs are an excellent way to not only get money, but also to create emotion drops because most jobs require more than one person. Even if the job itself could be done solo, it is still possible to bring in a friend to help. Unless the job specifies, there is nothing preventing the job taker from asking for aid. We do encourage that those taking the more "quest" like jobs to bring in a partner. In addition, characters are free to create their own businesses (and subsequently their own tasks), and we double the task board as a way to keep track of them. Feel free to play around with the jobs. Some can even become mini plot events with the right people, and players can create jobs in relation or as a reaction to a posted job. You don't have to feel like you need to restrict yourself to the small blurb in the description, either, so have fun with it! For more information on the task board, see this post.

LEGEND: White for Verens. Yellow for Sharnaath. Pink for Theasthai. Red for Plot. Purple for Excursion. INSTRUCTIONS: Each task has a code that is linked to its own top-level in the comments section of the post. If you'd like to sign up for a particular task, click on the link for the respective task and put your character's name on the subject line. If the task is done by multiple characters, put all the character names in the subject. When applicable, threads will be frozen once sign-ups for that particular task are closed. Questions about the tasks can be directed here. Suggestions can be made here.

GENERAL TASKS
GT1101	Gene Kelly	Wild animals are menacing our farm! Oversized deer have been harassing our workers, and recently they've been reporting sightings of a blue-furred mountain lion and some kind of coyote or wolf with twelve tails. Someone bring these varmints to justice so we can all breathe easy!	1,000 sylvs per deer, 5,000 sylvs per predator	Open
GT1102	Rosey Cran and the Gildenstorm Farm	My precious bees have produced a surfeit of honey this year and I need someone to escort me and the surplus jars from my farm to Verens so I can sell them. I will be making multiple trips.	700 sylvs	Open
GT1103	The Ten Tenacious Tenors	We require no less than two eager individuals to deliver our sheet music and lunch orders to Theasthai's amphitheatre no less than a week before our big debut.	400 sylvs/hour	Open
GT1104	Xandania the Dark Lady	It is time for my yearly gyrations of splendor, but I’m afraid I’ve broken my hip. I need two to five capable individuals to dance in my stead. Midnight to four a.m. only. The night must be moonless and there must be a body of water nearby.	400 sylvs per person/night	Open from November 15th to 25th
GT1105	The Alchemist Formerly Known as Franklin	I was testing a new alchemic theory and accidentally spilled my growth potion (may cause blindness if ingested, consult your doctor) on my poor house cat. Now he's about the size of a house himself, and I can't climb up him to give him scritches! Can someone climb up my cat and ensure he's given the affection he needs? I don't want him to become depressed.	200 sylvs and a year’s supply of my stain-be-gone super elixir	Open
GT1106	Lord Luscious	I am the best candy maker in town! However, I have been sick these past few months and I have not been able to make as much candy as I should. Come to my factory and make candy. Those who introduce a new kind of candy that's very delicious will receive a higher payment!	300 sylvs/hour, 5,000 sylvs for a new type of candy	Open from Nov 7 onwards
GT1107	The Sunset Cirque	Our two most talented acrobats have recently suffered terrible injuries. While they recover, we will need some part-time replacements throughout the month. Please apply at own risk!	Magic kit for beginners	Open from Nov 7 onwards
GT1108	Shaarnath Intermural Sports League	Calling all Otherworlders! We're recruiting for a dodgeball league! We need players, referees, and of course an audience! Come sign up for a few games or just cheer on your favorite teams!	5 drask sign up fee, trophies for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams	Open from Nov 7 onwards
GT1109	Tony Wyvern	Hey Otherworlders! Are you guys good at skateboarding? Bet you can't finish my Dunamis obstacle course.	Bragging rights and 20 drasks	Open from Nov 7 onwards
GT1110	Concerned Citizen	I've been noticing that someone keeps leaving trash everywhere and it's starting to attract sand worms. Can you pick up the trash? Or get whoever's leaving it around to knock it off?	10 drasks and free trash!	Open from Nov 7 onwards
GT1111	Boreas Festival Committee	We need some people to help us out with this year's corn maze. Please come to the fields hack some of the plants to create the paths.	200 sylvs and a basket of corn	Open until Nov 20

SPECIAL TASKS
ST1101	Countess Bela Nosfer Countings	I want numbers. Deliver numbers to 666 Renfield Crescent on a full moon. Do not ring the doorbell. If you ring the doorbell, payment - as well as your life - is forfeit. (OOC Note: As the count doesn't specify in what form he wants the numbers, feel free to get creative!)	6,000 sylvs or a healthy goat will be delivered to your door on the next full moon. (Player’s choice.)	Open
ST1102	Very Serious Researcher	I'm doing a field study on people's levels of embarrassment. I need some people to come up to others (whether they be strangers or friends) and pull down their own pants. Yes, I am asking you to moon someone. Record their reactions with this special crystal!	30,000 sylvs	Open
ST1103	Verens Enforcers	It's only happened recently, but the kids who were suddenly found at the bottom of the well have been acting weird lately. They're a bit more impatient and aggressive… not to mention, they seem to have turned into night owls! When you ask them why they're acting like that, they will say that it's because Samantha told them to. Can anybody help us investigate on who this Samantha is? If you catch her, please bring her to us! (OOC Note: Samantha will not yield much results. However, if someone asks the hospital staff about a Samantha, they will suddenly turn skittish and will try to avoid conversation. More inquiries will result to either being kicked out of the hospital or a nurse or doctor breaking. They will tell the character that they once had a patient named Samantha who passed away after a failed operation. They will say nothing else about this for now. If your character was found in the well last month, well free to opt-in to these changes or not!)	7,000 sylvs	Open from November 17-24
ST1104	A life drawing class	I need people to pose for my class! Give me your gingers, your blushers, your uneven shoulders, your unibrows… and my class will celebrate the beauty in everyone. Nudity not mandatory but extra generously compensated.	4,000 sylvs for a clothed model, 7,000 for a naked model, and a copy of the best artwork done that class.	Open
ST1105	An anonymous member of Briarlan’s Mercenary Guild	We need someone to deliver a package. Don’t open it. Don’t talk to anyone while making the delivery. If you ask someone if they are law enforcement, they have to answer you. If not, spit in their face. I mean it!! Require multiple deliveries.	10,000 sylvs per delivery	Open
ST1106	Duster Mews	I've discovered a new species! My mother won't let me keep it in the house, though. Can you look after the little creature for a few days while I find a new home for my mom? Thanks! (OOC Note: The little creature is a strange land-based polliwog. It's irritable and feeds on negative emotions. It will also grow more limbs and to the size of a dog overnight, in which case it will want to feed on humans with its razor sharp teeth! It will escape its glass tank, and if you manage to subdue it, it will get angry and quickly grow to the size of a horse! This is not a pet. It must be killed before it grows even larger.)	3,000 sylvs	Open
ST1107	Beastmaster Hunting Guild	We heard these creatures' meat are really good, so we want to try and bring them into the markets. We know we've mostly been killing creatures and all, but we gotta try these exotic meat! a) Vimon: These are small blue pigs that can travel 170 mph with just their legs. They're easy to find in the swamps, but their instinct is to run away as much as they can if they feel a threat. When cornered, they go crazy and start headbutting their enemy. Watch out! Bring them to the farmer's market dead. b) Pandolpha: Go to the lake and catch these pandolphas! They're about the size of a standard dog and are black and white, not silver! They only show up when they hear good music, so try to have good vocal chords if you're hunting them. They look weak but they actually put up a good fight. They're able to spew webs from their mouths and drag their prey into the deep waters. Bring them to the farmer's market alive. c) Dworsey: These are really tough to find creatures. You have to be dreaming to be able to kill these. They visit people in their dreams so they can eat the energy that's created by it. They don't mess with your dreams, but they do insert themselves in it. You might find a baby elephant suddenly in your dream. That's it - that's the Dworsey. It looks friendly, but if you anger it enough, it'll grow two more trunks and turn yellow. Once it's in its true form, kill it! Just make sure you don't think of your fears, because whatever those are will make it stronger. Once it's killed and you're awake, you're going to find a dead feline with two tails at your doorstep. That's the Dworsey. Bring it to the farmer's market. (OOC Note: Here is more information regarding how to fight a Dworsey.)	a) 2,000 sylvs/Vimon b) 4,000 sylvs/Pandolpha c) 20,000 sylvs/Dworsey (non-repeatable)	Open to groups of 2 or more.
ST1108	Tom Duckdaughters	I'm a woodcutter who has been having a difficult time cutting trees lately. The trees have been possessed by weird spirit creature that's making the them dance. I can't cut trees when they're moving! I think you have to recite poetry or sing to the creatures to make them leave the trees.	A canoe of your own! Tom will mail the canoe to you a week later	Open from Nov 7 onwards
ST1109	Scientific Explorers	A rare venomous insect has recently resurfaced and poisoned some of our citizen. While the patients are being assisted and the insect has been neutralized, we are in dire need of a certain ingredient to craft the antidote. What we need is Mercy's Polkweed, a herb that will only grow in a desert oasis. Time is of the essence, and if you're willing to help, then you must head out YESTERDAY! That means now.	15,000 sylvs	Open
ST1110	Derisson Mining Company	We've recently discovered a new kind of stone deep in our mines, and we need some help in excavating pieces of it. Please come to Sharnaath and to our humble mines. (OOC Note: the elevators leading to the mines will ALWAYS malfunction mid-way, meaning people will get stuck in the elevator for an hour or two. Upon closer inspection, one of the elevator walls has some etching on it: "No one ever said that love was going to be be easy. Gotta take the ups and downs, the in-betweens". It seems like you will have to jump up and down and shake the elevator while talking about something or someone you love to get the elevator working again. Also, those are not Christina Aguilera lyrics. What are you talking about?)	3,000 drasks	Open from Nov 7 onwards
ST1111	The Dunamis Instructional Academy	Some of our students have been asking if we can introduce moving targets into our advanced classes. Please bring us some of those elemental nanobots that were running around Verens earlier this year so we can try incorporating them.	100 drasks	Open

( PAST TASK BOARD PROMPTS CAN BE FOUND HERE )

Comments

[helpatheias]

If someone tries to find the house for any purpose other than completing the task, they will find that the address does not exist! This also applies for anyone who tries to return after successfully completing the task. Should Eikichi try to ask around, the neighbours will helpfully inform him that there was never any such resident. :)

[deathboss]

HAHAH amazing. He'd be so angry.