Question about spoils

[Breaker]

I feel like I should know this, but I don't, so here it is.

If I write two seperate quests (in this case, ones is a solo and the other a co-op), can I have both of them work towards the same spoil? I'm looking to get Josh a six shooter, which is pretty high up among the list of difficult spoils.

The reason I ask is that the quest he actually gets the gun in is turning out to be shorter than I originally thought it would. I'm writing a simultaneous prequel to said quest, so if I request to receive no spoils or GP for the prequel, can it "help" me get a big spoil at the end of the second quest?

I know there's a more articulate way to say what I just said, but I couldn't figure it out.

[Cyrus the virus]

Yes. That's how Izvilvin got his Mjolnir sword.

[Breaker]

Word. Thanks dude.

[Seralcard]

I have a quick question:

Offhand, does anyone know what the largest number of posts written for a deferred spoil was?

ie: "So-and-So" passed on gold and spoils for five straight quests to get that full suit of Mythril armor with matching sword and towershield he always wanted. "So-and-so" was level "X" at the time.

Sorry if that's not very clear, I'm just trying to get a ballpark figure for how much work is involved in getting certain spoils. The reason I ask is because, eventually, it might be nice to do a very large series of threads in order to get something cool. However if I wrote say, over 150 pages across however many quests and however long it takes IRL to accomplish that, I'd be "disappointed" if I didn't get the spoil lol

[Serilliant]

A good way to handle it if you're aiming for one big prize (like a six-shooter), or a collection (like the mythril armor, sword, and shield) is to get each spoil incrementally. For example, you get a six-shooter in the first quest, but it doesn't work. Then, in the second quest, you find someone to repair it. Or in your example, Seralcard, quest 1 you find a sword, quest 2 you find out it's mythril, quest 3 you get some steel armor, quest 4 an elf upgrades it to mythril, quest 5 you get a matching shield.

That way there's no ultimate end that you could be "disappointed" about. Instead, you just get everything you need along the way. It's less "all or nothing" that way.

There are a number of different ways to go about getting a spoil, and this is just one suggestion. Feel free to do it in any way that makes sense to you. There are rules for quest rewards, but we're willing to bend them and we always recognize creativity and ingenuity in the process.

[AdventWings]

Either that, or buy them all in the Bazaar. :p

[/selfinsert]

Serilliant basically hit it straight on. It's almost easier to get a spoil in a series of quests, one piece of the puzzle per quest or perhaps from one state to another, than to get everything in one go. Partly because it's usually very expensive and it might be too powerful right off the bat.

Plus, you get to grow accustome to using it and experimenting with its incorporation into the storyline as well.

[Cyrus the virus]

Basically, if you're going for a really cool weapon and you're doing a series of quests, include a note at the end of the initial quests that says you want to not get any spoils for it, but at the end of the series you'll request something good. Then when you request the spoil, provide a link back to those quests and explain the situation in an OOC note.

It definitely can't hurt!