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 Video: Overture Music: Overture IX What is this game? This is the ninth game in the main Dragon Quest series, and the first to be released on a handheld (not including remakes or spin-offs). It was released in 2009 in Japan and 2010 everywhere else. The Dragon Quest series as a whole is all about being incredibly traditional JRPGs, although this one is something of an exception in that it started out as an action RPG for some reason before shifting back to the series' standard gameplay later in development. In any case, this was also the first main-series Dragon Quest game to feature multiplayer features, and this was pushed as one of the main selling points. Why are you LPing it? This was my first Dragon Quest game, and I kind of love it even though it's got some big flaws. As such, I know a lot about this game and will be trying to go over the mechanics in detail. How far are you going to go? I'll be trying to see everything the game has to offer, but there's no way I'm doing certain things such as fighting the Legacy Bosses at level 99 or getting all the Accolades. That's a level of madness even I'm not willing to go to. What will be the format of the LP? Since the entire party in this game are completely blank slates, this will be a narrative SSLP where you, the thread, will be submitting character ideas when prompted and I'll attempt to write them into the game. Party composition will, of course, also be voted on. Dialogue I've added to existing characters as well as my own interjections are in italics. What's your spoiler policy? Please, no spoilers. Discussing other games in the series is fine, but please don't talk about future plot events from this game. This should probably go without saying, too, but really blatant hinting isn't welcome either. Related LPs Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker by Epicmissingno - My last LP. Forums/Archive. Etrian Odyssey III by Araxxor - a very similar format to what I'm going for here. Not yet archived. Thanks should go to Dragonic77 and Nadea3609 for helping with proofreading and generally being friends. Thanks should also go to yab over on GameFAQs for providing me with an AI script for this game as well as various bits of information. In fact, thank the GameFAQs board in general, since there's a lot of knowledge stored on there. Updates  Part 1: Nine's Non-Canon Adventure Part 2: Solitaire's Big Break Part 3: Bloom and Bust Part 4: Rocks Fall, No-one Dies Part 5: Horrors of the Hexagon Part 6: Inn Intrigue  Part 7: We Like To Party Part 8: The Daily Grind Part 9: Wight Knight Fight All Night, Alright? Part 10: Zere We Go! Part 11: Doom and Gloom Part 12: Thrown in the Brig(adoom) Part 13: Less is Morag Part 14: Failure to Launch  Part 15: An Alchemical Adventure Part 16: The Lethal Cough Epidemic of '09 Part 17: Quarantomb Quarrels Part 18: The End of Ragin' Contagion Part 19: Saviours of Coffinwell Part 20: Back to Base Part 21: The Big Backtrack Part 22: A Rest from the Quest Part 22.5: More Rest from the Quest  Part 23: Vocation, Vocation, Vocation Part 24: Trading Spaces Part 25: The Trade-Off Part 26: New Faces, Old Places Part 27: Seeking Employment  Part 28: Naff All in Llaffan Part 29: The Whorlleater (Hard) Part 30: Side Stuff at the Seaside  Part 31: Thieves' Town Part 32: Oh, Lonesome Me Part 33: Climb Every Mountain Part 34: Stone Free Part 35: A Range(r) of Activities Part 36: A Glimpse of the Future  Part 37: Dark Days in Flower Fields Part 38: Valley of the Dolls Part 39: The Men from F.I.C.K.O. Part 40: Taking Down Tyrantula Part 41: Memento Marionette Part 42: Around the World in Eighty Deaths Mechanics Character Creation Barrels, Pots, Cupboards, and Blue Chests Battle Formulae Style Status Effects Fountain Group Vocations Minstrel Warrior Priest Mage Martial Artist Thief Gladiator Paladin Armamentalist Ranger Sage Luminary Epicmissingno fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Oct 23, 2022 |
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Characters The Hero, Solitaire (submitted by FoolyCharged):  Solitaire, being the daughter of one of the most influential Celestrians, has an incredibly high opinion of herself which was raised further due to her recent appointment as Guardian of Angel Falls. This is not an opinion shared with most of the other Celestrians, who prefer to call her by her real name, Ginny. She aspires to one day be in charge of the Observatory. The Warrior, Slasha (submitted by Jeabus Mahogany):  "You want To Fight? Slasha vill Fight. Slasha iz STRONK. STRONKER zan any ozzer zat vould DARE to APPROACH Slasha's turf. You point Slasha at problem? Slasha vill Fight it. Slasha vill Vin. Because Slasha iz STRONK." The Priest, Healie (submitted by Rabbi Raccoon):  Healie is a wide-eyed, cheerful young man. Something in the way his smile flickers for just a second and his eyes darken and turn sad when looking at certain things indicates he's definitely got a story to tell. Somehow both very open and friendly but closed off at the same time. Utterly average looking in every way. Height, weight, hairstyle all scream he'd blend into any crowd in moments. The only thing that stands out is his blue hair, which he swears he dyes but the store doesn't sell that color. Claims he's always been a healer and gives a little giggle after mentioning it. The Mage, Freddy (submitted by Dance Officer):  Freddy had always been drawn to the pretty flames, so his concerned parents had their little pyromaniac trained as a mage in hopes of him putting his fascination to some good use. He may or may not have been forced to flee his home after an incident involving a cake, a policeman, a pretty girl and his flames. He often sneaks out to light a match, to get his daily dose you see. The Martial Artist, Steph (submitted by Toyotasomi no Miko)  When you hear the phrase 'Martial Artist', what do you expect? Someone who's quiet, a rule follower, and thinks heavily before they act, perhaps? Steph is none of that, despite being from "a place far away, where everything is peaches and roses" since she'd then go on to say she hated that place. She's undoubtedly boisterous and lives by the phrase "Speak harshly while carrying a big stick." Sugarcoating isn't something that Steph does in the slightest, so taking her with you on a mission where you need someone gentle is... not a good idea in the slightest. In fact, keep her far, far, far away from them. The Thief, Reona (submitted by Kemix)  Reona: Thief extraordinaire! She's the type to not only charm the pants off of someone with her fiery passion, but she's also the type to steal them off of someone's body just to get a quick gold out of them! Unfortunately, her charm has long since...dissipated. After a horrific accident with eyedrops, knives and a slime (don't ask, you're liable to wind up with a shank between your ribs if you ask), she wound up captured by the local guards and her eyes permanently opened wide and make her look souless as hell. But due to a clause in Stornway's laws that she managed to lawyer her way to, she was let free...on the added clause that she become an adventurer and join the group of whoever is willing to take her, otherwise it's back to the slammer. The Minstrel, Ron (submitted by BlackPersona)  Ron was always a sucker for stories, so it was natural for him to always attend church to devoutly listen to all the sermons, or badger every traveler that came to his little village about the outside world. He loved the romance of the Celestrian Guardians who watched over every part of the world, and stopped at nothing to chronicle everything that came his way while he grew up. Unfortunately, that helped him grow to become a very gullible man, who had very... conflicting lore of the world, shall we say. For example, he's absolutely convinced that the creators of the world ran out of ideas for life and made all the varieties of Slimes in the world, or that the Celestrians sleep in those statues they have in some towns ("That's why that earthquake was so awful! Destroying the statue here, that's caused all these monsters to come out!") It did not help anyone when he decided to pick up the lute and travel 'round the world, spreading his (unintentionally tall) tales to all that would listen to him. Since he claims to be a lover, not a fighter, he's been run out of many towns thanks to all the angry townsfolk he spread misinformation to. As a result, he's gotten quite good at defending himself with the least lethal weapon he could find, a fan. Has recently heard about an amazing fellow Minstrel that had done many heroic deeds in one part of the world, from defeating a knight to stopping a disease from destroying an entire city. In honour of that Minstrel, Ron decided to style himself in a similar style to her. That has unfortunately led Ron to being mistaken for a relative of hers (If not the very Minstrel herself, in some ungodly way!), though he tells himself that it's one step closer to becoming a hero himself. Probably to help cope with all the people that call him a liar or a con artist for trying to crib on another person's deeds. The Gladiator, Axander (submitted by werbear)  War is Art and Art is War. The straight cut of a sharp blade, the thundering smash of a heavy hammer - overpowering your enemy is just the first step to victory. You have to look good when winning. And winning will make you look good. Axander has a fascination for skilled warriors and strong monsters alike. The more varied and fancy the fighting style one shows off the better. His goal in life is to find the Ultimate Technique, a skill that truly takes your last breath away. The Paladin, Valeria (submitted by Sordas Volantyr)  For as long as she can remember, all Valeria has wanted is to protect people. For most of her childhood, her diminutive stature meant that nobody took her seriously, but she put serious effort into working out, until eventually, come one winter, she was hoisting more firewood over her shoulders than most any man in the village could. After that, people started taking her seriously, and started getting her caught up on the art of combat. Everything was going well, and it looked like she would be able to accomplish her dreams. In a way, she was right - when a rabid bear attacked the village, she held it off long enough for the rest of the guards to arrive. The bite wounds and broken bones healed, but her eyes, brutally raked by the bear's claws, did not. Still, she pressed on - now using the sound of her opponent's movements to guide her through a fight. Her upbringing means she's rather simple-minded (no schooling at all, but at least she can do basic math), but is warm and considerate for friends. She uses hammers, as fine aiming isn't exactly her forte - it wouldn't be yours either, if you were blind! The Armamentalist, D'Art (submitted by BadgerKingX)  Bonjour Mon ami! Despite being from a poor family D’Art was never in want of literature. He grew up with the stories of the brave Armamentalists of old. Because of growing up with only these stories the D’Art may not have the firmest grasp on reality. Despite his tendency to relate most events to the stories old Armamentalists; D’Art is brave, a crack shot with a bow, and above all fashionable. Just as any proper Armamentalist should be. The Ranger, Hannah (submitted by MightyPretenders)  Animal lover who turned to thievery in her teenage years upon seeing a lack of actual employment possibilities (though also for fun), then twisted those skills into the ability to survive in the wilderness. Read philosophy in her spare time, but gave up on it for a while when she noticed a few things that frustrated her as a person and an animal lover. * Why was it that the divine insisted on addressing humans as "Mortals?" Was it that they were the only kind of being that could die? (That was obviously not true, as any hunter or guard who squished a slime could tell you.) Or did they mean that limitation in comparison to Gods and Celestrians was what mattered? * On closer inspection, a lot of celestial messages had quite the egotistical subtext, and it was difficult to see what they'd actually done to justify that attitude. (The Almighty created everything, yeah, but what did the rest of them actually do to justify those statues?) * Why wasn't there any mention of dogs, cats, bears, lizards, ect, anywhere she could find? Monsters, at least, were mentioned as things to beware of and that the righteous were protected from, but there wasn't much about them either. Eventually she set those questions aside for a while while she tested what made crime bad, what uncivilized spaces were actually like, and overall finding a life she could enjoy. But she hasn't forgotten them. The Sage, Theo (submitted by Gilgamesh225)  You would think that, with his hair color, his red eyes, and that expression on his face, that he'd be a trusted backstabbing lieutenant for some overlord somewhere; but no, his heart is set on the path of being a sage; to seek enlightenment, and help his fellow man...not that this dissuades people from thinking less of him. ...Okay, so just MAYBE he's seeking enlightenment for power, and is going to point and laugh at those who mocked and derided him, saying he'd never be anything more than some jerk with a chronic backstabbing syndrome. But those people are rude; it's not like he's going to blow people up, just the monsters! And besides, it was his late uncle with the aforementioned syndrome! Currently deciding between the tried and true approach of a bow, or the novelty of a boomerang, because like heck he's going in close to whack a monster. Ewww. The Luminary,  A young lady with a stubborn desire to be more flashy and popular an entertainer then any mere Minstrel, with a bad sense of direction, and a worse sense for punny names and jokes, she ends up joining because it gets her out of town she's been stuck in Epicmissingno fucked around with this message at 17:27 on May 20, 2019 |
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Part 1: Nine's Non-Canon Adventure Music: Intermezzo (IV)  Welcome to Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies! Upon starting up the game, you get to see that video in the OP. It's a bit disjointed and not particularly representative of this game's contents, so I won't be transcribing it. Sorry! Instead, let's begin a new game.  Immediately we're prompted to create a character. Since this is the first update, I'll just go with the defaults. Don't worry, I'll go over character creation in a separate post. The name the main character goes by in the manual is Nine (technically NINE, but who cares) so that's what we're going with for now. Music: None  After finishing the selection, Nine sprouts wings and a halo. As you do.  He must go now. His planet needs him. Video: Welcome to Angel Falls  The game opens on a cloudy sky, which pans up to reveal the stars above.   If you're there, say something. Show yourself. Thus do the voices of the mortals plead, ever hopeful of proof of our existence... For how long now have we watched over their realm...? For how long have we Celestrians existed...?Music: The Sun Gathering Village  The scene cuts to a village at sunset, where birds are sitting outside a house.  They're scared away when a boy and his dog run out. We're never seeing those birds again, are we?  On his way across the village, the boy stops to wave to this guy over by a stable.  The dog runs over, too. He's a good dog.  More camera panning! This screenshot highlights one of the weird things that this game does: mixing NPC sprites and models. Also, there's a named character here! See if you can tell which one it is.  There's also a fisherman here. He does fisherman things and makes the camera zoom out.  In fact, it zooms out so much that it reveals our temporary hero, Nine, as well as this bald guy.    But its inhabitants' continued peace and safety is proof of your devotion. When Apus Major bade me, "Aquila, take Nine as your apprentice", I never imagined I would see you bloom so. Especially on account of your...affliction. ... I never realised before how little talking contributed to fulfilling our duties. In any case, you are worthy of your title indeed, Nine, Guardian of Angel Falls.Music: None    Aquila notices these two walking along the road to the village. I'm not surprised; that girl's clearly a Plot Character. Is it the purple hair? I think it's the purple hair.    And now we're looking at some shrubbery. Hopefully Nine's tasks as Guardian won't include cutting down trees with a herring.   Oh, it's just some monsters. There's a musical sting that plays when these guys leap out of the trees, and it's way too dramatic for what they look like. One of them's a cucumber, for goodness' sake!    Unfortunately it looks like they've spotted Erinn. Nine and Aquila might want to do something about that.  Come, Guardian of Angel Falls, it is time to fulfil our duty as Celestrians!    They've noticed us, Nine! Draw your sword and defend yourself!Music: Are You A Loser   Let's talk battles, shall we?  This is the battle menu. Picking Fight moves us on to the next menu, so we'll go over that last. Examine gives us an idea of what ailments or effects the enemy are under. We won't be seeing any of those in this battle, though, so we just get a generic message. Flee does the obvious and lets us escape from battle, although of course it won't work in this fight. Misc. is less blatant, but it lets us change characters' weapons, tactics and row. Aquila is permanently set to Focus On Healing here to stop the battle ending in loss. It's not like we need healing or anything, since the battle will always end in at most three turns when Aquila kills everything for us. Oh, and we can change characters between the front and back row. Monsters are slightly less likely to attack party members in the back row, but the exact probabilities don't seem to be documented.  The Fight menu has a few more options to choose from. Attack is, well, an attack. It's exactly what you'd expect: damage to a single enemy based on your Attack and their Defence. Nine currently has no Spells or Abilities, so those options currently do nothing. Defend will simply halve damage done to whoever uses it for that turn. Items lets us use items, obviously. Again, Nine doesn't have any right now. The final command here is Coup de Grâce and, er, it's something that shows up randomly and probably deserves its own mechanics update. Let's not talk about it here.   The cruelcumber goes first and attacks, doing pitiful damage to Aquila. He's level 20, so it's not too surprising, but let's take a look at this monster's stats, shall we? #002 Cruelcumber posted:
I know all that is a lot to take in, but the main thing to take away from that wall of text is that cruelcumbers are weak to all elements and immune to fizzle, the muting ailment. That's almost certainly not going to matter because they're so weak, though. I'll go over all the ailments later, but the elements are Fire, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Dark and Light, in that order. Cruelcumbers can either attack or flee, but they'll only try to do the latter if they're faced with an opponent far stronger than themselves.  This is the sort of damage Nine does at this point. He's attacking a Slime, though, and they're really bad. Let's take a look. #001 Slime posted:
Some of those numbers should look very familiar, and that's because slimes have the exact same resistances as cruelcumbers. Somehow they're even weaker, though, and do 1 damage to even Nine. They're also the mascot monsters of the series, so that's something special about them, I guess. As for what they can actually do, they've got the exact same abilities as cruelcumbers: attacking and fleeing. Boring, yes, but what do you really expect from the first monsters in the game?  Anyway, this is the sort of damage Aquila can do. Considering that he's level 20, this is kind of awful, but it's enough to one-shot everything in this battle nonetheless. Music: None  Soon enough, the monsters are all defeated. It's the tutorial battle, so it's impossible to lose. Music: The Sun Gathering Village  With the battle over, Nine and Aquila stand victorious over the now-gone bodies of their enemies.  Just in time, too, as Erinn and her grandfather arrive almost immediately.    The village Guardian will have been watching over us all the way. Nothing bad could ever have happened to us.   Ooh, a glowy floating thing came out of Erinn. If I know my video games, and I think I do, glowy floating things are generally good.  The crystallisation of the mortals' gratitude towards we who watch over them. As Celestrians, our cardinal duty is the offering up of this sacred substance unto mighty Yggdrasil, the Great World Tree. I almost cannot believe I have to tell you this every time we collect benevolessence from the mortals. Is your memory truly so terrible? Nevertheless, come, Nine. Let us return to the Observatory, that you may make your offering.  Music: None Nine and Aquila launch up into the sky. What could the Observatory be like?       A massive sky castle, you say? Okay, then. Music: Heaven's Prayer   Nine and Aquila fly in through some portal on the ground floor. There's no explanation for how these connect to the outside, or why everyone comes in and out through these and not, you know, the doors to the outside of the building. Maybe the Observatory is in a different dimension or something.  As unchanging as the North Star, you shall find him in the Great Hall. I have other matters to attend to. You must excuse me.Video ends  Aquila departs, leaving Nine to his own devices. This is the perfect time to take a tour of the Observatory and chat to people, so let's get to it!  There's a guy over at the southwest corner who will heal Nine for free. He was hurt a bit by the slimes and cruelcumber, so it's appreciated.  (nods) Truly? So they do not see us, even if we stand right before their eyes? What feeble beings!  Why, because it is the will of the Almighty, child. What more reason do we need?The Celestrians here on the ground floor aren't exactly the nicest people. They're obviously far superior to those stupid humans, though, right? That makes this justified!  (In the beginning, the Almighty created mortalkind. Later came the Celestrians. Their long life span, their graceful wings, the halos above their heads - all bear testament to their vast superiority. The Celestrians are a gift from the Almighty, bestowed upon weak, foolish mortals in order to guide and protect them.)See? It's perfectly normal to be a massive racist. I don't see the problem at all.   Aquila is your teacher, is he not? I pity you. He is unrelentingly strict.Putting aside all that awfulness, it's nice to lean a bit about how exactly Celestrians interact with the world below. A lot of it will be made more explicit later, but we might as well get it out of the way early.  On a completely different subject, there's some treasure to loot in the Observatory! Chests, pots and barrels all have the potential to contain items. Red chests in particular have fixed contents and can be looted once, whereas pots, barrels cupboards and blue chests (which we'll see later) have random contents and refill upon saving and resetting. The range of stuff you can get out of these is pretty big, and probably deserve its own mechanics update. All you need to know right now is that each pot/barrel/cupboard has its own rank of stuff they give out. The stuff on the Observatory ranges from 1 to 3.  The chest has a chimaera wing, which is a consumable item that lets Nine warp between the towns he's visited.   Having done so, He entrusted its care to the Celestrians, and returned to the Realm of the Almighty, whence He had come.Now that that's over with, how about some lore? The Almighty is the god of this world and is the subject of praise in the world's only religion.  Speaking of religion, the way we save the game is through confessing to a priest. Churches have a few other purposes, too; Divination tells us how many experience points Nine needs to get to the next level, while Benediction removes curses. You'll probably never use the latter.  Hm? You are returned from the Protectorate, bearing benevolessence aplenty? Then it shall not be much longer.Oh yeah, this is the Celestrians' goal, by the way. Get benevolessence to make Yggdrasil bear fruit so that they can meet the Almighty.   Anyway, we're getting sidetracked. Apus Major is upstairs, so that's where Nine's going next.   They were gits bestowed upon us by the Almighty Himself when our realm was created.It'd be great if Nine could simply take these treasures, but unfortunately that won't be happening. The chests are behind bars and there's no way in without unlocking the door.  Moving on, Aquila is talking to someone on the western side of the hall. Let's listen in, shall we?  You assume too much, Columba. I also believe it is too soon for him to take on a Guardianship. It was Apus Major's decision. Indeed? How amusing! I might have known. Although I would have thought that your other apprentice would have been a far more worthy successor. I agree. But it is no laughing matter. Nine is but a fledgling. What if something were to happen to the Protectorate? Do you forget the tragedy of Corvus so soon? ...we have been forbidden to talk of that matter here in the Observatory, have we not? ............   You have yet to make your report to Apus Major. Do you really wish to keep him waiting? Make haste. He is in the Great Hall just beside us here.Nah, we've still got Columba to have a chat to before that. Speaking of which...  Of course, I never doubted you. You are Aquila's hand-picked apprentice after all. To be chosen by one who refused for so long to take on a pupil speaks volumes of your ability. But for him to pick two at once is unprecedented. I wonder how Apus Major decided on which of you should become Guardian.There's much less of interest on this floor than the previous floor, unfortunately. The only thing left to do is to consult Apus Major.    My congratulations on successfully completing your first task as a Guardian, Nine. You have performed your duties well thus far, albeit under Aquila's watchful gaze. ... ... ... ...I've made a terrible mistake.
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Mechanics: Character Creation I should go into character creation so you guys can actually make characters for me to use, shouldn't I?  The first item on the list is character gender. This is the only thing with effects on gameplay, so choose wisely! For the most part female characters get slightly better exclusive gear than male characters, but the difference is pretty much negligible.  Body type is next. These are numbered from 1 to 5, and are ordered from tallest to shortest. Technically these are just the male options, but female body types are broadly similar in this game. The differences aren't that noticeable anyway.   Hair is separated into male and female styles. These are the male ones...   ...and these are the female ones. Both are numbered from 1 to 10.  And, of course, you can change the colour. They're numbered in the same way as the hairstyles.   As well as gender-exclusive hair, there are gender-exclusive faces. Again, the male ones come first.   Some of these are kind of creepy, to be honest. They've got the same numbering system as usual.  Skin colour is up next. It's exactly what you'd expect, and numbered from 1 to 8. Nothing unique or interesting about this option.  Eye colour, meanwhile, does have something mildly interesting about it. This also affects the colour the character is denoted by both in battle and in the menus. It's a shame that two of the options are missing compared to hair colour, though. Again, they're numbered 1 to 8. And, finally, we come to names. We've got an 8 character limit to deal with. Pretty standard stuff. So, if you want to submit a character, just use the following format: quote:Character name Epicmissingno fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jul 1, 2020 |
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To start off, we'll need a replacement for Nine. This character will always be in the party. They're also the only character that's going to multiclass when we get to the point where that's possible. I'll decide on which one to use. Good luck!
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I always name my character in DQ games Ryu because I'm unoriginal. Male, body 1, hairstyle 5, face 2, skin 2, eye color 9, hair 6 Ryu is the most naive angel of all time. The wool gets pulled over his eyes pretty easily. He's incredibly sarcastic, but doesn't understand what sarcasm is in the slightest, to everyone's chagrin. Rabbi Raccoon fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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I played the main quest not too long ago and had a lot of fun with it! Can be very grindy though if you want it to be XD Lucia Gender: Female Body type: 2 Hairstyle: 7 Hair colour: 9 Face: 1 Skin colour: 1 Eye colour: 5 Lucia is very naive and helpful to a fault. She hopes to one day travel to the moon in search of someone. Zanzibar Ham fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Lets keep up the bird themed names for celestrians. Cygnus Gender: Male Body type: 1 Hairstyle: 6 Hair colour: 10 Face: 3 Skin colour: 1 Eye colour: 8 Cygnus tends to have questions about everything he is told about or told to do. This questioning attitude can be annoying but it is balanced out by his strong conviction in completing any task given to him. If you want him to do something he'll ask you a lot of questions about it but he will get it done. savixeon fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Since we're all going with oddly-familiar characters for our protagonist, what the hell, why not? Souji Gender: Male Body Type: 1 Hair: Style 4 Hair Color: 10 (Gray) Face: 1 Skin Color: 1 Eye/Menu Color: 8 (Gray) Souji is an apprentice angel, who just transferred to Angel Falls for a full year. Due to a mix-up, he wound up moving in with Aquila instead of his uncle and young cousin. He's relaxed and easy-going, and has a dry sense of humor.
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Let's give solitaire her position of hero she rightfully deserves. female size 3 hair 6 Hair color 7/9 Face 4 Skin 1 Eye color 6 FoolyCharged fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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May I suggest the name Altair for our hero regardless of appearance? IRL it's a prominent star in the Aquila constellation, so it's a perfect fit for the Celestrian naming scheme.
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FoolyCharged posted:Let's give solitaire her position of hero she rightfully deserves. 
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Shin Body type: 4 or 5 Hairstyle: number 9 Hair color: number 10, the white/gray one Face: number 3 Skin color: any Eye color: gray 8 Due to his incompetence, Shin was reassigned to angel training until he proves to be competent enough to retake his position as a Supreme Kai. Shin is easily distracted, happy and tends to be amazed at other people's feats. He is very responsible but due to incomplete training he is very incompetent and needs someone to keep him on top of things.
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FoolyCharged posted:Let's give solitaire her position of hero she rightfully deserves. I don't think anyone can trump this.
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What's Solitaire referring to? Google didn't help.
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Freya Gender: Female Body type: 5 Hairstyle: 9 Hair colour: 10 Face: 4 Skin colour: 3 Eye colour: 3 Freya is always up for the challenge no matter how big or small. A kind-hearted soul despite outer appearances, but she isn't afraid to give her friends a harsh talking to (or a punch to the face) when they need to straighten up and fly right. Knowledgeable in many fighting styles and despite her looks, she can take a punch and still stand tall little worse for the wear. Zanzibar Ham posted:What's Solitaire referring to? Google didn't help. The Dragon Quest Monsters 1 LP that finished up last month. Kemix fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Kemix posted:The Dragon Quest Monsters 1 LP that finished up last month. Oh, neat!
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There's a very slight problem with making the main character Solitaire...her name is nine letters long, and the character limit is eight. It'd have to be shortened. Maybe to just Solitair? Oh, and it's most definitely winning right now. No question.
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Epicmissingno posted:There's a very slight problem with making the main character Solitaire...her name is nine letters long, and the character limit is eight. It'd have to be shortened. Maybe to just Solitair? Well, there is another name you can call her... (You could also do 'Agnes', since that's the name of a series of solitaire variants, thanks Wikipedia) e: though of the three, I think just dropping the e would be best.
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Leraika posted:Well, there is another name you can call her... Unfortunately Ginny Rummy is even longer. Agree on just dropping the e. e: also I don't own the game so if you can get a better likeness than my blind guess you should use that. FoolyCharged fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Alcor Gender: Male Body type: 2 or 3 Hairstyle: 1 Hair color: 10 Face: 3 Skin color: 2 Eye color: 10
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Siegkrow posted:Shin poo poo, I was going to do a similar reference too but this one is so much better, there's no point whatsoever in doing so. Instead, I'll put my full support on the Kaioshin that couldn't even be a good GodTuber like my man Gowasu.
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Crap. it's probably already too late for anything that isn't Solitair to win, isn't it? Oh well, might as well make a suggestion anyway. Angelica (come on people, it's Dragon Quest, go for the pun) Gender: Female Body type: 3 Hairstyle: 7 Hair Color: 5 Face: 6 Skin Color: 3 Eye Color: 6 Angelica is a very big believer in Love, Justice, Puppies/Kitties, etc. Very idealistic. While not necessarily stupid, she is often described as naive when people are being charitable.
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I tried to lp this back in 2012. All I can say is good luck. I may still have my files from that if you’re interested.
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FoolyCharged posted:Unfortunately Ginny Rummy is even longer. Agree on just dropping the e. Of course the Celestians call her Ginny. It's her name. Why wouldn't you call someone by their name?
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Glazius posted:Of course the Celestians call her Ginny. It's her name. Why wouldn't you call someone by their name? I'm totally down for this.
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Glazius posted:Of course the Celestians call her Ginny. It's her name. Why wouldn't you call someone by their name? Do this.
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Yeah! Looking forward to FashionQuest IX. I played this years ago and had some pretty fun times customizing and dressing up my party of adventurers. Since Akira Toriyama did the character designs for DQIX, why not have a guest character from another game he did the designs for: Chrono Trigger! Crono Gender: Male Body type: 2 Hairstyle: 5 Hair colour: 3 Face: 9 Skin colour: 2 Eye colour: 5
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Edvarius posted:Crap. it's probably already too late for anything that isn't Solitair to win, isn't it? Oh well, might as well make a suggestion anyway. Always go for the pun. ALWAYS.
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FoolyCharged posted:Let's give solitaire her position of hero she rightfully deserves. Yep, voting for this. With Ginny as the name.
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Krillin Gender: Male Body type: 5 Hairstyle: 10 Hair Color: 1 (doesn't matter) Face: 9 Skin Color: 2 Eye Color: 1 If we're gonna do an Akira Toriyama game, we might as well go full DBZ.
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Edvarius posted:Crap. it's probably already too late for anything that isn't Solitair to win, isn't it? Oh well, might as well make a suggestion anyway.  ing this.
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Edvarius posted:Crap. it's probably already too late for anything that isn't Solitair to win, isn't it? Oh well, might as well make a suggestion anyway. This.
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I think that's enough for now. FoolyCharged's idea of making Solitaire the hero seems to be very popular, and I like it too! We're going with that. Solitaire, being the daughter of one of the most influential Celestrians, has an incredibly high opinion of herself which was raised further due to her recent appointment as Guardian of Angel Falls. This is not an opinion shared with most of the other Celestrians, who prefer to call her by her real name, Ginny. She aspires to one day be in charge of the Observatory. Epicmissingno fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Apr 7, 2018 |
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Part 2: Solitaire's Big Break Music: Heaven's Prayer  Ginny. I wish to speak with you. I keep telling you not to use that name! My name's Solitaire, got it? If that will finally get you to listen to me, so be it. Solitaire, Apus Major has summoned you. I bet he wants to congratulate me on how much benevolessence I collected! I deserve to be a Guardian so much more than that idiot Nine. Whatever the case, you will find him in the Great Hall as always. He was very insistent that you see him as soon as possible. Alright, alright. Keep your hair on. Hey, old coot. Finally ready to make me a Guardian, are you? Well met, Apprentice Ginny. That is indeed what I wished to speak with you about. I keep telling you people, my name's Soli- wait, what? It has come to light that your fellow apprentice, Nine, may not be suited to the job of Guardian. It is fortunate, then, that Aquila took on two apprentices. Are you ready to undertake your duties? You bet! I'm going to be the best Guardian ever! Hohoho! I see you are a confident apprentice, Ginny. And so we come to the first of your duties. I believe you have acquired a crystal of benevolessence, have you not? The essence of mortal gratitude. You must offer it unto the Great World Tree, Yggdrasil, who shelters us with Her nurturing boughs from atop the Observatory. She will soon bear fruit at last. Go now, and do as I have instructed. Oh, this'll be easy. Just one thing, though: would you mind calling me Solitiare? It's just, you know... I would be happy to do so, but in return you must promise to be more polite to your fellow Celestrians. Is that satisfactory? Fine by me. I'll be off to offer that benevolessence, then.This is Solitaire. She'll be taking over from Nine as our protagonist, although text boxes will refer to her as Solitair because of limitations on name length. It's unfortunate, but hey, that's how things go. Just assume it's saying Solitaire and everything will be fine. Probably.  Okay, so the way out to Yggdrasil is through this door past the stairs back down. I remember having issues finding it on my first playthrough. I was something like 12 at the time, though, so I'll chalk that one up to my own idiocy.  The outside of the Observatory isn't a particularly interesting place. There are a bunch of stairs with a few Celestrians wandering about, but there are a few chests sitting in corners as a reward for exploring.  What's this, a flower? Who'd bother putting something like this in a chest?Wakerobins are consumable items that cure sleep. Unfortunately, despite having an unlimited bag size, characters in this game can only carry eight items on-hand to use in battles. This makes a lot of items like this one considerably less useful than they would be otherwise, and sleep isn't even that common anyway.  What's this doing here? Only the mortals use this stuff.50 gold is nothing to sneeze at right now - the starting cash is only 100 - but there's nowhere to spend it at the moment.  Oh, and some water too? No wonder nobody's taken these yet.Holy water lowers the encounter rate in every other Dragon Quest game, and it does something similar here. I'll wait until we get to an area with monsters to explain what the main difference is, though.   There are many in the Protectorate to whom Celestrians are entirely visible. You must take care. Why are you telling me this? I'm a Guardian now! I already know all this! The aeons-held dream of the Celestrians is to be realised at last! Praise be to the Almighty! Huh, really? I hadn't noticed. I guess that throws a wrench into my plans of taking over this place, then...Oh yeah, the fyggs are the fruit of Yggdrasil. Of course it's a pun. Why wouldn't it be?   Then you may pass. After talking to this guy, he moves out of the way of the stairs. If Solitaire had come here before talking to Apus Major, he wouldn't have let her through. Not just anyone can visit Yggdrasil, after all.   Oh, and there's Yggdrasil. I'd have thought it'd be, y'know, fancier. Whatever. That benevolessence won't offer itself.Music: None     Is Yggdrasil, unto whom we offer the benevolessence we gather, not truly beautiful? Eh, it's not really my thing. All that sparkly rubbish isn't for me. Gathering and offering up benevolessence is the most sacred duty with which we Guardians are charged.  Music: Heaven's Prayer And so ends that cutscene. It's kind of weird how abruptly it is, isn't it? Aquila's still around, though, so the conversation can sort-of continue.  To address you as "Guardian of Angel Falls" is both convoluted and inconvenient. You will henceforth allow me to use this form of address only when formality dictates, I take it? What? No! I'm not going to let you take this away from me. Do you forget that which I teach you so swiftly? You know that the law forbids a Celestrian to stand against his superior. Now, go to Apus Major and tell him of the successful completion of your task. Hmph. Spoilsport.Dialogue hasn't changed significantly on the way down, so I'll just skip ahead to the Great Hall where it has. I'm sure nobody minds, right? Right.  No, I've never heard of them. What's the story? Tales tell of a Guardian of the Protectorate who went missing long ago. Many Celestrians were sent down from the Observatory to look for him, but he was never found. Enough! I know not where you heard this tale, but we do not speak of such things! Hmph! Now my master is angry with me again! But please, you must take care when you descend to the Protectorate. You might go missing too! You needn't worry about that. I'll be the greatest Guardian the world's ever seen! If you say so, Gin- I mean, Solitaire.A Celestrian disappearing in the Protectorate is concerning, but obviously not a concern to Solitaire. After all, what are the odds of anything like that being important?  My place is here in the Observatory, mapping the lands below, compiling histories, recording the names of mortals... My task is to create written record of all that comes to pass in the mortal realm.Oh, also, here's Columba's job. As you'd expect from her lack of a character model, we won't be seeing much of her, but she can probably be relied on for information in the future.  She was fiercely aglow? Ho ho ho, it seems the time may soon be upon us. As I am sure you are aware, it is we Celestrians' duty to tend mighty Yggdrasil until such time as She bears fruit. It is to this end that Guardians watch over mortalkind and gather benevolessence. You are to return to the Protectorate and continue to gather benevolessence. ...This time without Aquila to accompany you. Make ready, and then speak with the female Celestrian who stands guard over the great portal on the floor below. May all the bodies of the heavens watch over you. I sincerely hope that you will not disappoint us, Solitaire, Guardian of Angel Falls. Me? Never! I'll be the best Guardian the Protectorate'll ever have! Before doing what Apus Major asked, let's pick up some more treasure. This one's even well-hidden! The wall to the south of Solitaire in that image has a door in it that was locked until now. I'm not sure why it's suddenly open, but hey, it works for me.  Ooh, nice! I've heard of these things.Inside is a single chest with a seed of life. This is one of those ever-elusive items in RPGs that grants a permanent stat increase. Seeds of life in particular increase maximum HP by 3. All the stat-increasing items in this game can be found either in red chests or as 1/256 drops from certain monsters. I'll be saving this one for later.  Come on, open the portal up already. I haven't got all day. Good luck, Guardian Solitaire. May the assistance you bestow upon the mortals of Angel Falls give rise to galaxies of benevolessence!  Music: The Sun Gathering Village      I think it had something like "Nine" on it for a bit, too. What kind of name is that? Really? Well it's said "Solitaire" for as long as I can remember. Er...I... That's funny... I, I can't say that I do. You see? Everyone around here's weird. It's only just changed, and everyone thinks it's been like that forever. Ah-ha! It must be the work of the village Guardian, then! It's only Erinn who believes in that nonsense. She's such a dumb, er...brunette. Someone already changed the name on the statue? I wonder who it was. They even put the right one on there! Anyway, what was it I had to do? Oh right, help the mortals. I guess I'll take a look around first. If this Guardian really exists, then why doesn't she introduce her to me, eh? What part of "invisible" don't you understand? Whatever, it's no use trying to talk sense into someone so stupid. And it's not like you can hear me anyway. Funnily enough, though, she doesn't seem to have realised at all. It could be a hard road ahead for poor Ivor. And you're talking to yourself, within earshot of the person you're talking about. The stupidity of these mortals never stops being amazing.  Please, Guardian Solitaire, can you answer my prayers and teach him a lesson for us? I'd love to play a prank on that Ivor guy, but it probably wouldn't get me any benevolessence. A shame, really.  Huh? There's something on the ground over there. Maybe somebody lost this thing. I bet I could get a ton of benevolessence if I returned it! I wonder if there's something in this well. It's not exactly likely, but it never hurts to check. Every well in the game except one can be entered, and most of them have something of value in them. This one is no exception.  It's got a blue chest in it, as well as some barrels. For whatever reason, Solitaire can't smash barrels or pots in the Protectorate. In any case, this antidotal herb is the poison-curing item. Unlike wakerobins, though, this is actually useful! Not as a consumable, but for something we'll see later. The barrels down here are ranks 1 and 3, and the blue chest runs off a different rank system and is rank 1.  It doesn't look a lot like me, though. Wait, what am I thinking? This is the same statue that every Guardian gets. This house looks pretty important. Maybe someone inside will need help.  I'm so frustrated with myself for being too weak to help her. If only my son was still alive. So this is that Erinn girl's house? It seems a bit much for just two people. But hey, if her father's dead, she's sure to need assistance with something. And that means more benevolessence for me! Oh, but she's not home. I'm sure she won't mind my taking some of her funds, though.Cupboards are here to dispense even more random items. Don't worry, this is the last type of these! These go off yet another ranking system, and this one is rank 4. Weird, I know, but that's this game for you. The pots and barrels down on the ground floor are rank 1 and 2, but Solitaire still can't break them.  And what's this place? That sign looks like a wing, but it could mean anything.Any building or stall marked with a wing is an item shop, and this is no exception. Unfortunately Solitaire, being invisible, can't buy anything. Later, weapon shops will be marked with sword signs and armour shops will be marked with shield signs. You know, standard stuff.   Come to think of it, there are rumours about a ghost prowling about the place at night. Ha ha ha! Not that I believe in all that nonsense, of course. You just keep telling yourself that.The cupboards in the shop are rank 4 and rank 6, by the way. Neither is very impressive.  I think this is where the mortals go to worship the Almighty, right? If benevolessence is going to be anywhere, it's here. That ring I found probably belongs to this woman, doesn't it? Might as well slip it into her pocket.   Lord Almighty! It's, it's my Bruce's ring! Well I just don't understand it. I searched high and low for this old thing before, and I couldn't find it anywhere. It must be Solitaire's doing. Aren't we lucky to have a Guardian who watches over us so well? Thank you! Thank you, Solitaire!  Score one for Solitaire! I knew picking up that ring would help. But now what? That's the clearest sign I've seen all day. There's probably nobody here who needs help, but it never hurts to check. If only we had some meat. It's no good serving the same old stuff every time... I'm sure it would be a roaring success if it was a bit bigger and in a more popular destination. Well, crap. Everyone seems to be happy in here. Oh well, on to the next house. This must be where the mayor lives. It's the biggest house in the village, after all.  He'll never be able to follow in my footsteps and take over as Mayor if he carries on like this.Oh look, a terrible pun! Since this is Ivor's father, Ivor's full name is Ivor Litlun. Yep.  Oh, and there's another cupboard upstairs. This'll be the last one for a while, and it's another rank 6.    (yawn) I'm ever so sleepy, though. My body feels like it's made of...lead... Zzzzzz... Ugh. I'm going to have to clean all this up, aren't I? Well, I'd better get this over with. It's horrible and slimy and why am I putting it in my bag aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaYou get five pieces of horse manure out of this. It doesn't do anything and can be sold for 1 gold. Yeah, we won't be finding a use for it any time soon. The pots here are rank 6, meaning that they can only contain more literal crap. Great.  Ach, no... I can't believe I fell asleep again!  Ah, that must be it! The Guardian's been helpin' me while I've been asleep! Thank you, Solitaire! I'll work harder from now on, I promise. I'll have me another horse in no time, you'll see!  Another...horse? Oh, Almighty, please no more of this...Music: Evening in the Village   Never again. The stench'll cling for days... Wait, what's baldy doing here? You seem troubled. What is it? You feel that your old master does not trust you to work alone? I...I don't want to talk about it. It is my duty to patrol the entire Protectorate. Though you guard it well, I must sometimes revisit my old territory. And as I am here, Solitaire...there is one last lesson I must teach you. Sometimes we must help those who have passed away, but whose souls continue to roam the land. I don't know about a voice, but there's a guy over there glowing blue. Is that good enough for you? Indeed. Go to him, and listen to his concerns.    Listen 'ere. Can you tell me 'ow come everyone's ignorin' me? ...'Ang on a minute... W-Wot's wiv that get-up, eh? Y-You ain't a... Oh, my days, you are! Yer a Celestrian, ain'tcha? So I've... I'm already... I've breaved me last, is it? Go on, you can tell me. I can take it! That's wot's 'appened, innit? Yeah, you're dead as a doornail. I swear, you mortals are just useless, not knowing if you're dead or not... Cheers for bein' straight wiv me, Miss, er...Celestrian. So basically, I've kicked the bucket, right? Well, it's a good fing you told me. When I thought everyone was jut ignorin' me, I was about ready to do meself in anyway! But now I know wot's wot, I can just get on wiv it and... Well, you know. Rest in peace an' all that.    Thanks to your intervention, a mortal soul has made its peace, and is now at rest. The benevolessence of a departed soul shines more brilliantly than any. You will be returning to the Observatory with it post-haste, no doubt? Might as well. It's not like there's anyone else down here who'll give me benevolessence right now. Then I shall bid you farewell for now. I have much to do here in the Protector- Hm? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's...a train? That's a bit unusual. The Starflight Express... Indeed, it has been unusually active of late... I have changed my mind. I shall accompany you to the Observatory after all, Solitaire.  
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Ah, solitare, you really have a sharp tongue, even as an angel.
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Oh my god I didn't realize that the fyggs were a pun, and I played through this whole game and was expressly looking for the various puns in it. I just thought it was a funny Y spelling because "it's not "i" anymore, get it!?"
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This is an interesting little "walk around and talk" tutorial. I like how there are hints of bigger concerns beyond the little problems you solve, and I look forward to seeing how the game lets you start playing Dragon Quest to get at 'em. ...it's always tough to figure out how to start an RPG, but DQ7 and 9 both seem to have rather slow beginnings.
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Charlett posted:Oh my god I didn't realize that the fyggs were a pun, and I played through this whole game and was expressly looking for the various puns in it. I just thought it was a funny Y spelling because "it's not "i" anymore, get it!?" I can't see the pun at all, help.
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Blaze Dragon posted:I can't see the pun at all, help. fyggs from yggdrasil
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