[Thirr Region][House Hlaalu?] The Hlaalu, the Hetman, and the Squirmy Scrib Pie

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Quick idea while I was running around looking for good locations for my other quests.

Assets Needed:
Hlaalu NPC in the Gol Mok mansion
completed molecrab farm: NPC and interior needed
Squirmy Scrib Pie item
Hetman’s Wife NPC

Reward:
150 gold pieces
bottle of Flin

Premise:
A Hlaalu noble is bored, for nothing ever happens in the sleepy fishing village of Gol Mok. He asks the player to help him play a prank on his Indoril cousins in Vhul by delivering a Squirmy Scrib Pie to the Vhul Hetman’s wife.

Details:
A Hlaalu nobleman lives up in the mansion at Gol Mok and is terribly bored. He has heard of the famed Baker’s Hall in Vhul and wants to embarass the Hetman by playing a little prank. He asks the player to bake some molecrab eggs into a scrib pie and offer it to Hetman’s wife.

First the player must gather molecrab eggs. There’s an incomplete molecrab farm located southwest of Gol Mok that could be used, but any batch of molecrab eggs will work.

Next the player is to go to the Baker’s Hall in Vhul and steal any one of the Unbaked Scrib Pies scattered about in the shop.

They must then find someone willing to bake the pie for them. (The Hlaalu noble explains that if the heat is just right, the molecrabs begin to hatch, making in a squirmy dish for the unfortunate prank victim. The player isn’t expected to know this technique, so cannot cook it themselves.) There are four possibilities:

1)If the player asks Golyn Volor (the Baker’s Hall merchant), they are turned away in anger and the quest fails.
2) If they ask Marayn Voldal (the Howling Hound innkeeper), he explains he doesn’t know the technique, but wishes the player luck in their prank.
3) They can ask Falas Othril (town apothecary), who will hand them back a Squirmy Scrib Pie to deliver to the hapless victim.
4) With a disposition check, they can ask Imeni Volor (Golyn Volor’s wife, located in his house) to bake the pie. She doesn’t want to shame her husband, but also isn’t terribly fond of the Hetman.

The player then must give the Squirmy Scrib Pie to the Hetman’s wife. After hilarity in the dialogue, she forces a Goodbye and the player is free to return to the Hlaalu noble. The noble gives the player a small gold reward and a bottle of flin to celebrate the successful prank.

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I can imagine this being a low-level Hlaalu faction quest. There could be some build up to make it seem like a dangerous infiltration mission: “You’re looking for business? I hear [Gol Mok NPC] is looking for someone for some sort of secret mission in Indoril lands. It’s all very hush hush...”

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Yeah that would make it even more hilarious, making the player expect that he’s wanted for an important and dangerous mission and than this...

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I like this; a more lighthearted take on the Thirr River Conflict. Might actually have a bit of fun investigation such as villagers mentioning that the baker’s wife didn’t get along well with the hetman.

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Since it seems everyone likes this concept, what is our current process to turn it into a claim? Create Asset?

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The creation of claims is still handled by leads as it was before. If no other lead steps up I might turn this into a claim myself, but as usual I’m afraid there’s always the chance I’ll end up forgetting to.

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Already in the asset browser. Note I haven’t incorporated any of the suggested edits. While I think any or all of them would work great, I just don’t know what would be “best”. Quests involving humor often need a special flair for them to come off right, which the suggestions may or may not be conducive towards.