Mythics: Stagnant Discussion

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I've changed the title of the thread because the apostrophe wouldn't behave.

The twelve labours, inspired by both mythology and our unofficial mascot Dark Sylvania;

Nemean lion	Nemyon	Guantlets	Written by Jeeves.
Lernaean hydra	Lernos	Diadem	Written by Jeeves.
Cerinean hind	Cerina	Helm
Erymanthian boar	Erymont	Axe-hammer	Written by Jeeves.
Augean stables	Augo	Helm	Written by Trixtor.
Stymphalian birds	Stympho
Creten bull	Cretos	Mace
Mares of Diomedes	Trace
Shield of Hippolyta	Hippolyta	Rising Sun
Cattle of Geryon	Geryon
Apples of the Hesperides	Ladon	Golden Apple
Cerberus	Cerberus	Staff/Whip

Timeline of the Mythics' Quest;
• Grandeur, the gateway to the Mythics' Guild, must be appeased. The requirements for this section are merely the skill requirements for the quest, having completed the Legends' Quest and having a certain number of quest points. The plinth that Grandeur stands on has three icons connected by rivulets. You need them all to light up.
• Through the gateway you can see the image above, basically. Only, the warrior is also a statue and facing the other way. These thirteen statues are, in effect, Hercules and the twelve labours. Accompanying them is a fourth character, imposing as a thirteenth labour - Durial, our antagonist.
• "Herclues" will introduce the labours, and what they are for. It should be noted that the labours themselves, and Herclues, are irrelevant to the quest at the moment. Players can complete them now or later. It should also be noted that Hercules does not mention Durial, our 13th Labour. Trying to make him stick out.
• Each labour would be based on the labours from Greek Mythology. This is the guild of Mythics after all, and Greek wouldn't be the only source when we finally have access to the guild. "Completing a labour" involves retrieving a lost relic that has been hidden in your time. These tasks take place in both RuneScape, and bespoke instances.
• Durial requires three items; the Blades of Eleyon, the Cloak of Shadows and the Potion of Vulnerability. Each item will require utmost knowledge of RuneScape, as no requirements are officially given. This quest may seem long - but the labours aren't required at this point.
• After obtaining all three items for Durial he will exit the guild - returning to his own time. In the same cinematic, future-you will arrive; panting hysterically and cursing that he took too long (mentioning something about other future-yous and how he failed to improve... which you will also say).
• Future-you, though you don't know it yet, will tell you what you need to do next; which of the three labours you should complete. You require the Rising Sun, the Hydra's Diadem, and something defensive to counter the Blades of Eleyon. Future-you will also tell you what Durial's true intentions are.
• After having obtained these, your next mission is to activate the Chronarch's Throne, an altar capable of reversing the flow of time within the guild. *insert more on this segment*.
• Successfully rewinding time, you most exit the guild into the past and locate Durial. The fight will be epic... think Nomad, just harder (or perhaps not, Dark's still killing himself trying to kill Nomad). During this fight Durial will accuse you of being Guthix, among other interesting foods-of-thought.
• Return to the guild and fast-forward to the present. On your way to Grandeur, to speak with your future-self, you will notice two omens - Durial and yourself. Panicking, you run forward to try and stop yourself handing Durial the items. You will, of course, fail... and, well, you can probably see where I'm going.
• This segment is surprisingly easy, merely tell your past-you what to do.

The quest needs to end somewhere. Possibly when you exit the Guild and Grandeur's gargoyles will laugh at you, seemingly aware of you you'd just done. Or... the moment you return to the present it's quest-over, with aiding past-you merely being a required postal-script. I suppose that's the only issue with having a quest with no true questmaster.

February 14th, 2010;

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February 13th, 2010;

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October 1st, 2009;

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Welcome anyway!

I forget, did we actually have any of the parts of the quest written or was it all still in the idea stage?

I had some part written, someone wanted to make the Shadow Cloak, but we didn't like the start, so I offered to do something, but the thread died before you commented on it

Wow..reading back through the old thread sure was nostalgic.

Ya, it was good times. But there is still tons of work to be done here. Now someone just need to pull Ark Von Doom to from the Roleplay forum.

*hands ruy a tranquilizer gun and a guide to Roleplaying*

I do not dare enter the Roleplay forums, I tried twice, got mocked twice, please do not force me back there. It is surrounded by barbed iron walls, I am not going back there! They are mean!

Just jump my boy! And by jump I mean short-distance teleport.

Yeah, I just had a quick flick through... nostalgia indeed.

So, can anyone think of a good place to start?

anyway...

We have

Potion -
Cloak -
Sword -
???
Battle back in time -
Guild -

I think the first step is to try and find every bit of actual quest we've written and compile it just to see what we have and what we still need. Then, just list what else we need, assign folks to it, and let the writing commence!

Potion - I know I wrote the Bloodyield and the Pure Ectoplasm bits. I think we still had the nightshade, the starlight, and the hellfire left.
Cloak - Ruy wrote most of this, I think
Sword - Nothing, as far as I know
??? - There was something else, I think
Battle back in time - Nothing
Guild - Nothing besides concepts

Can i make a request? NOT ANOTHER SWORD!

Weren't we going to do something with the Sword of Elyeon? Or did we scrap that?

Mace of Elyeon? B-axe of Elyeon?

I think it should be some completely unexpected weapon...Throwing Knives of Elyeon.

Throwing axes would be less expected

I think that could work. The legendary Lost Throwing Axes of Elyeon. And each one could be its own miniquest.

I never said it was a sword, I said it was the Blades of Eleyon. They are, in effect, thrown melee weapons.

*reads last page*

I sound so dylexic... Am I always like that?

It would indeed be interesting if there were say...3 blades located at different places

The weapons would (if we ever got them, or for use in durial fight) be three boomerang like projectiles, each has an attack cycle of three clicks, so if you imagine each hyphen in this to be .6 s (a click) then here is how hte weapon would change base don number of blades

1 blade: Attack---Attack---Attack
2 blades: Attack-Attack--Attack-Attack--Attack-Attack--
3 blades: Attack-Attack-Attack-Attack-Attack-Attack (basically throwing knives)

At present Eleyon's blades are chain daggers/daggertails, although I like the idea that the player doesn't have to collect all the pieces for the actual quest [although if there's a pair or chaindaggers then that could be something?]. The blades would be held a cut-out hilt [gap in the blade] and the blade itself resembles a huge caricature dagger. When in combat the blade separates from the hilt and shoots out on a chain. Swinging it around like helicopter blades, veering forward like a whip, etc. Even swinging your arms around parallel to your body and having the blade come down on your enemy.

Okay, I remember that now. I seem to remember comparing it to God of War or Prince of Persia or something...

Both, I think.

It's nice to see Mythics' quest back. Before we do any work on the actual quest, I suggest we create a full outline of what will be done in the quest. For example, we should compile a "timeline" of when the events of the quest take place. Of course, this is only if Mythics' quest isn't supposed to be completed along the lines of RFD. In that case, we should at least decide on the items needed.

Indeed we should.

I would say that the first event in the quest is meeting Durial and "volunteering" to obtain the items that he needs.