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Outlands chessboard; Giving rewards for information
Topic Started: Sep 18 2011, 10:39 AM (218 Views)
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Noticed a strange bug the other day with my outlands chessboard where all the pieces were doubled up. Shouldn't have happened. So, its obvious still got some issues with the scripting.

So, i'm looking for players to help me out here finding situations where things go wrong and under what circumstances.

So, if you go to the outlands and try the chess quest (suggested level range 10-15) and post here your results and what happened, i'll give you an XP reward. The more detailed and useful your information, especially if you find a new bug, the more XP ill reward you with, up to a maximum of 1000. Mutliple attempts/posts are allowed but it must be new information or bug to receive additional rewards. Sorry to US based players in that its rare i actually see you in game, you may have to wait for your rewards.

Here is what I am looking for, please use this format:

Number of characters in party:

Levels of characters in party: (individual please, not average)

Side chosen: (ie: white or black)

Result: (eg: easy win, total defeat, escaped without killing everything, tough battle, etc... more detail the better, this will help with future tweaks to balancing)

XP: (I'm not bothered about what you got for the pawns, they are meant to be worthless, but i am interested in what you get for the king and queen)

(Possible) bugs noted: (note: less pieces on the allied side are normal. The more combined levels your party has, the less allied pieces you receive)

Any other useful info:


In addition, the first person to show me in-game they have won a chessboard (random chance of getting it) will get a one-off reward of 1000 XP!!!. You can catch me if you want as my player account to show me. For those who don't know, this is Loki_999.
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When you went there with me (involuntarily i should add) i got 500xp for the king i killed.
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nuthouse2k,Sep 18 2011
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When you went there with me (involuntarily i should add) i got 500xp for the king i killed.

Yeah, but you were lucky, we were both well below level... and the second king screwed it for us.... anyway, thanks for letting me know how much you got.
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Played the board with. zinex solo lvl 15 warlock did not run into. Errors, difficulty was relatively easy. Of cource it was using tentacles without second thought to ones own allied pieces.
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Thanks Plaxy. I presume you have warlock invisibility as well? That would make it a cakewalk, but maybe an idea then to give a couple of the pieces true seeing or something. Level 15 is kinda upper end as well, so no surprise there.

What about XP?
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XP counts
Zinex Solo ECL 15
Black king 454 XP
black queen 130 Xp
Black rook 14 Xp
Black Knight 12 Xp
Black Bishop 10 XP
Black pawn 8 Xp

Will play black next time to see if XP values are the same also this run through did not produce Errors that I noticed. No chess board yet.

This is also a pure class build no Xp penalities were assessed.
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Excellent, thanks for the details, exactly what i'm looking for.
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Same character this time chose black
White king 360Xp
White queen 130Xp
White Rook, did not personally kill
Whight knight 10xp
White bishop 5xp


hmmm gonna chalk it up to the good old XP bonusses emptying out on the queen.
Still no chessboard.
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Plaxy100,Sep 19 2011
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hmmm gonna chalk it up to the good old XP bonusses emptying out on the queen.

Or i set a different CR for the white and black kings...
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Okay I can verify that the black king is worth more than the white king, black king 454 xp white king 360.
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Cheers. Well, the white king is easier than the black king at least until you can close with the black king, i think he has less AC, but wasn't my intention to make one side easier than the other. Anyway, will keep it in mind for a possible fix. Cheers.
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Nobody got a chess set yet?

I haven't either... beginning to suspect something is wrong with my script for that. I've been through the game a dozen times now.

Speaking of which:
Cleric 1/Warlock 10 Water Genasi (effective level 12)
Slightly tricky, almost died when got surrounded and was getting blasted by the bloody black queen with her ILMS but made it out thanks to rejuv tattoo and warlock regen.
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