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# Templated missions
# Key:
# M:type,mission template name
# D:description (multi-line)
# where "type" is a char from locations.txt
#

M:D,Quest for the lost ${item1}
D:One of our returning clients, has managed to loose his ${item1},
D:somewhere in the bowels of his now abandoned lair. Your
D:job is to fetch this object and bring it back here.
D:Our client (a magic user of sorts) has promised a handsome
D:reward. He also noted that the item is more important
D:than it appears and is therefore under the protection of
D:an entity you may not wish to disappoint...
Y:Excellent job! Our client told me to pass on his warm thanks
Y:to you for recovering his lost ${item1}.
N:Remember, you still haven't found the ${item1}!

M:C,Seek out the ${item1}
D:A new client with an unhealthy look in his eyes
D:requested that we retrieve his lost ${item1}.
D:Apparently, the object is quite valuable. What makes his case
D:unusually interesting is that everyone who has gazed upon this $item1
D:has gone mad. If you should meet some of these unfortunate souls while
D:on your mission, do dispatch them quickly.
Y:Many thanks for completing this mission. One more unsavory client is off
Y:our backs for now, happy with his recovered ${item1}.
N:Please complete this mission quickly! Remember, you're looking for
N:the ${item1}.

M:C,Haunted monastery: kill ${creature1}
D:Should you accept this mission, you would be asked to
D:teleport into a haunted monastery nearby and neutralize some monsters.
D:In particular, our client wishes for you to terminate the ${creature1}
D:which has taken residence on its lowest level underground. Should you...
D:er, die, while on your mission, your belongings will be transfered to
D:the Corporation. (In fact your items will be inventoried while you are
D:away.) Best of luck, and no need to sign the timesheets this time.
Y:I can't believe you managed to complete this mission... er... I mean
Y:I never had any doubts at all! ${creature1} is a tough opponent.
N:Ah, so you're still alive and at it... Good! Remember you're out
N:to slay ${creature1}.

M:D,A vampire's quest: eliminate ${creature1}
D:A vampiric client delivered and urgent request to exterminate the 
D:pests in the underground structures of her forest castle. She is 
D:most interested in acertaining that the ${creature1} is removed and is
D:paying in real gold for this job to be done. She has agreed to not
D:haunt the premises while this work is underway as long as you are done
D:by nightfall.
Y:Finished just in time! Good job! ${creature1} must have been hard to defeat.
N:The time draws near when our vampiric client must return to his domain.
N:Trust me you won't want to be around him, so get on with killing {$creature1}.


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# Storyline missions
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# Key:
#   T:Mission title
#   S:level,stories
#   S:description (multi-line)
#   I:required items in level (multi-line)
#   C:required creatures in level (multi-line)
#   Y:success text
#   N:failure text
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T:Greasy porkchops with turned milk 
S:2,3
D:Early this morning a tall and obviously non-human creature stood waiting for
D:me at headquarters. It's gaze shifted nervously from side to side as it
D:recounted the tale of his master's lost wand. It seems, his master working
D:late one night conjured up a creature he could not control. While 
D:wrestling with the demon, he managed to entrap himself and the creature
D:in the dimension of Excrutiating Nausia. Between fits of gurgling 
D:regurgitation he asks that we retrieve and bring him his Wand of Nausiation.
D:He believes its power can be reversed and used to extricate himself from
D:this situation. I believe we can make a powerful friend here if your mission
D:succeeds!
Y:Thanks to your heroic efforts $Sabien (the hapless wizard) is safely at home
Y:again! He vows to "do something grand" for us in the near future.
Y:Actually, this worries me far more than most missions we accept...
N:Remember to find the wand for $Sabien! He is an important client and
N:he's in deep trouble at the moment.
I:Wand of Nausiation

T:Maw of the Grizzled Beast!
S:4,4
D:Perhaps you remember Sabien the wizard whom we rescued from the dimension
D:of Excrutiating Nausia. It seems he is in trouble again, this time he has
D:been kidnapped by a maruding group that calls himself the Order of the
D:Grizzled Pony. While it is unclear why a group of aimless highwaymen would
D:trouble themselves with kidnapping the aged magic user, he asks that we
D:pay the Order off from his treasure chest and keep the rest of the money as
D:our payment. Unfortunately for us, the chest is in Sabien's other workshop
D:and is guarded by hordes of monsters. Good luck!
Y:The mysterious $Order (which it turns out is composed entirly of dwarven 
Y:poets) has accepted the payment and let $Sabien go. I have a feeling 
Y:this won't be our last dealing with the $Order!
N:Please hurry and rescure $Sabien! The $Order of the Grizzled Pony is a
N:a group of dwarven poets... they keep sending me threats... their letters
N:rhyme and the poetry is $awful!
I:Treasure Chest

T:The Mysterious Benefactor
S:5,2
D:Sabien the wizard sent word that while he was being held by the Order of
D:the Grizzled Pony, he overheard a conversation. He asked us to enter
D:the Order's now abandoned lair and search for clues regarding who or what
D:their mysterious benefactor is. The tunnels used by these dwarven terrorist
D:poets should now be empty as their recitals were moved elsewhere.
D:Of course no cozy underground dwelling stays empty for
D:long... who knows what creatures moved in to replace the dwarves. At any
D:rate your job is turn up documents, maps or other clues that might shed
D:light on who the Order works for.
Y:Boots of $Mycotharsius and a map of the $Abyss?! This does not sound good... Ask $Melathor about 
Y:information on $Mycotharsius. As far as I know he's long been dead. Killed
Y:in a battle by his own greed for evil magic. He cannot possibly be behind
Y:the $Order... unless... unless the he's joined forces again with an Abyssal
Y:being. $Melathor should know more about this.
N:$Sabien is still waiting for any info you can dig up about the $Order.
N:He needs to know who the dwarves are working for.
I:Boots of Mycotharsius
I:Abyssal Map

T:Among the Groez-Duil
S:6,3,thuzgol
D:You must travel to $Thuzgol the city of the mountain dwarves, or the Groez-Duil as
D:they call themselves. Once there, look up my old mentor $Orhithales and show
D:him the map you recovered from the lair of Order of the Grizzled Pony. If
D:time permits, ask around about Mycotharsius and the Order. However, this is 
D:a more delicate operation than you may think. Be careful in your dealings with
D:the Groez-Duil, as among them the Order is thought of as mystic heroes,
D:legends from the golden age of the dwarves. $Orhithales you can trust. He understands
D:the true nature of the Order and he might be able to shed light on their connection
D:to $Mycotharsius.
Y:Dragonscale armor?! I have not see one of these since the $end of the $Guards of the
Y:Realm. I'll have to think about what to make of this... Good work nevertheless! It's
Y:good to hear from $Orhithales again! We were quite close for a long time, perhaps he
Y:told you.
N:Remember to journey to $Thuzgol and talk to $Orhithales.
I:Dragonscale armor

