Quests & Challenges

@Rhowyn I asked the same question! This was the response: [quote name="3idolon" date="2023-07-30 19:51:18" ] In regards to your question, just seeing the trade is enough (more chances to pass but also more chances to die). Since you don't actually receive an item (like you do with Pinkerton) you just throw an equivalent item in Baldwin in the event of a bone item. I hope that makes sense! [/quote] @3idolon I also had a different question--I have a very particular "goal Necromancer" in mind at the moment unrelated to my original basis for doing Necrolockes ("unfortunately" I got a little too inspired by perusing the Council rules and now I have more ideas and want to play a specific character there but want him to organically go through the Trials first). Say for example I wanted to end with an Aberration based on this particular lore piece: [quote name="Aberration Necromancer Lore"]Necromancers who stand sentry over the Trial Grounds warn that some untested dragons have also attempted the Trials and changed before their eyes, as if pushed by Mother into a higher level of evolution.[/quote] Is there a method in mind for simulating that? There are a number of ways it could work, but I'm not sure which one would be best in terms of play.

@3idolon Thank you!

My thoughts were, regarding a potential RNG event, it could be like the eye drops, where it's an option at the end if you get the drop, but not mandatory. Since it's niche lore and it's very rare, maybe it's only one specific Aberration gene that drops in the Coli? Out of the four (Diamond, Spade, Flecks, and Polkadot) Flecks feels the most appropriate to me personally.

Insofar as a goal, I would say probably that they would have to be played on Normal or Hard, since that indicates a "similar temperament." Apart from that, maybe something related to the Determination dragon since that comes up in their lore as well? I'm struggling a little on this part because I was thinking maybe it would trigger after a certain number of consecutive battles without the Determination dragon fainting, but I just made it through 6 consecutive battles with Concerto (admittedly at level 2) with zero faints on the team at all and I'm not sure if I just got lucky or it's related to being in the Training Fields or what (I admittedly don't Coli much for grinding reasons). Maybe Determination has to level up three times without fainting and can't faint in the Trial of Contagion? I'm not sure; most of the difficulty for me so far has been rarity of drops rather than death in the Coli itself, but I've also been probably over-cautious before today (and may have still been today).