Magus's story

[Agent 12]

I've decided to work on magus's story

Ithought it could take place after he passes out, I have an old man come save him and take him to the now bigger last village

I need plot people to help out here.....All I know is that the water is receding so there's more land to explore.  I figured the player can play magus for awhile and then meet up with the party later

So if anyone has ideas for what they want to see here speak up.  I was thinking of having someone maybe have found a "healing square" but is charging money to have people use it.  Maybe a return of Dalton?  And Does anyone know if that "lost zealian" dungeon is in here...maybe that could show up somehow....


--jp

[Agent 12]

I thought I'd put an outline of what I'm doing for Magus so far

1.  Magus pass out in mountains
2.  Old man finds magus takes him to the larger last village
3.  Magus hears about a man named Zargon who has come across some Zealian artifacts, notably a healing square
4.  Magus visits Zargon and he says that he is searching for some sort of amplifier that he overheard a zealian talking about, this amplifier will help his "healing square" make him immortal.  He tells magus that if he returns this part he will tell him where he is getting all the zealian parts from.
5.  Magus goes to a forest where alot of the "beasts" are he fights them off and retreives the part
6.  Zargon is happy and gives him the password and tells him where a cave is
7.  In this cave Magus finds Dalton

I have made rough drafts of Zargon's place and the beast place, I'm gunna add enemies there tonight.

I urge people to tell me add ons to the plot

--jp

[Janus Zeal]

I like the idea of Dalton returning, as well as a "Zargon" character (though I'm not sold by his name). However, a fetch quest for Magus seems a little unrealistic, given who he is. It's unlikely Magus would go off to find some relics.


My take:
- Magus wakes up, meets old man
- Old man debriefs Magus on what is going on
- The leader of the Village has found a healing square among the wreckage and is using it to help out the survivors
- after the first night, jugglers (the old guards of Dalton I believe) attack the village.
-Magus defeats some of them, but not before the old man is killed,  the healing square stolen and the Village Leader kidnapped
- Magus follows the trail into the forest, where he encounters "beasts" (the same animals in the Earthbound cave and Mt. Woe)
- eventually Magus reaches a cave, where inside is a new Zealian dungeon (lost Zealian dungeon perhaps)
- after fighting his way through, Magus encounters Dalton, who is trying to gain immortality through the use of the healing square
- Magus saves the day, blah blah blah

[Chickenlump]

.... However, a fetch quest for Magus seems a little unrealistic, given who he is. It's unlikely Magus would go off to find some relics.

I agree, it wouldn't BE Magus to do a fetch quest, but I can see it working out great. Magus, all disgruntled, asked to do things that just seem beneath him, grumbling beneath his breath,  and then doing it anyway.  

It would be nice to see all the characters break out of their set molds and enter situations that you wouldn't think of them being in.

[Daniel Krispin]

I like the idea of Dalton returning, as well as a "Zargon" character (though I'm not sold by his name).

Then make it Sargon - after the first king of Akkad - or maybe yet give it a masculine Greek ending Zargos.

[Agent 12]

Yea I'm definately not attached to the name.  I've added the encounter with dalton at the commons and the old man dies.  I think I'm still going to do the fetch quest, but Magus won't be happy about it.  

I still need plot once Magus does find Dalton though...what is Dalton doing/hiding and is he working for someone?

--jp

[Janus Zeal]

What is Dalton doing? What he's always been doing, trying to gain immortality. Using the healing cube to gain immortality sounds about right.

Perhaps he could be working with one of the main enemies in the game (or is being used by said enemy).

[Agent 12]

Consider his name Sargon, Daniel you are so amazingly useful to have around

--jp