Detailed Version:
This would be an item that tracks your progress as you work towards killing every creature in Elanthia. I've noted points to each main point of the item, and if you feel like this is or could be something you'd like, please feel free to post suggestions and feedback. Even if you have no suggestions, just posting a simple yes or no to indicate your interest would help GMs to gauge interest in this project. Thank you!
Hunter's Ledger/Book/Log
- Ideas for nouns?
- I'm no good at descriptions, actual item would need to be designed by more creative types.
- Character specific. Yours should not be able to be completed by someone else.
- Should be replaceable if lost (or at the very least, rewards only obtainable once per character).
Contains a list of all creatures that are accessible to ALL guilds.
- This means if only guild A can get to the creature, you will not find it in the ledger.
A chapter for each province.
Each chapter divided into multiple tiers. Lower tier is easier, higher tier is harder.
- How to decide on where to place monsters within tiers? Training Ranges? Monster levels?
- Should you be able to work on a higher tier if lower tier not yet complete?
Successfully killing the monster marks it as complete in your ledger.
- This could be as simple as [ ] for unmarked and [X] when marked.
- Like having a list of outstanding tasks, and turning them in as you complete them.
- Should this involve an NPC style turn in like a task?
- Should you only be able to do one at a time, or multiple?
- Should it be the last thing killed (if one at a time), or something killed in the last X minutes/hours?
- Can you have help from other players? Should it need to be a solo kill?
Completing a tier within a province should offer a reward
- This way rewards can be obtained throughout the completion, not just at the end.
- This also allows rewards to be progressively better for higher tiers.
- Reward ideas? Platinum. Low/mid tier starter weapons / armor. Simucoins. Passes to events. Spell slots. TDPs. Titles. Rare crafting materials. Unlock new verbs for the Ledger.
Renown list sorted by # of tiers complete
- Bragging rights. Proud of accomplishments.
Room to expand [ OPTIONAL ]
- This could be taken to an extreme level of depth by giving each creature its own page where bestiary type descriptions can be found.
- Total number of a particular creature killed could be listed by the creature's name.
Pros:
- Rewards to earn!
- Reason to explore the world and see every creature.
- A new system that provides something to do.
- This can work as a sort of in-game hunting ladder to help people learn of options to try hunting.
- A reason for Free to Play characters to get passports or register.
- This could be a fun thing to introduce at a festival.
Cons:
- Non-combat types will not like this.
- High level characters might clear their book very fast and lose interest since they have no new creature to look forward to.
- Free to Play characters will only be able to clear Zoluren chapter.
- If you can have help in killing the creature, and the rewards are tradable, there is potential for high level characters to run new characters through the whole book again and again by remaking the character, in order to farm the rewards. (Although, there's a lot of creatures, maybe this won't be a problem? You have to assume someone will make a script that clears the book, though.)
Examples:
Please excuse the formatting on the below samples, as spacing gets lost. The templates/layout are pulled from a crafting book.
| -= Table of Contents =- |
| Creatures are separated by province and then by danger they pose. |
| Foreword: An introduction to the Hunter's Ledger |
| Chapter 1: Zoluren |
| Chapter 2: Therengia |
| Chapter 3: Ilithi |
| Chapter 4: Qi'Reshalia |
| Chapter 5: Forfedhdar |
| -= Chapter 1 Zoluren =- | ||
| Page 1: Tier 1 | Page 5: Tier 5 | |
| Page 2: Tier 2 | Page 6: Tier 6 | |
| Page 3: Tier 3 | ||
| Page 4: Tier 4 |
| -= Page 1 Tier 1 =- | |
| Rat [X] | Musk Hog [ ] |
| Sleazy Lout [X] | Pale grey death squirrel [X] |
| Zombie Goblin [ ] | |
| Silverfish [ ] |
