Weekly Quiz!

[cidbahamut]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

Oh goody, another batch of bonus exp for me.

[Firewind]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

Answers sent. I was actually not drunk enough to forget the end of the last session too!

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

MATHAFACKIN WEEKLY QUIZ!!!

1. What is the name of the entity who wrote the letter found in Sinruth's pocket?
Worth 100xp

2. What is the one weakness of Borden's Watch that the Dwarves are afraid the Goblins may know of and be planning to exploit?
Worth 150xp

3. What is the name of the name of the pompous mercenary group who stormed out of the Great Hall in a huff after Mezlo and the rest of the party volunteered to take the job of informing the priests at the monastery?
Worth 250xp

Bonus Question: What is the name of the young Dwarven male of the elder counsel who addressed the gathered mercenaries in the Great Hall?
Worth ???xp

You must each answer independently of one another and I will only accept your first answer for each question. Precede each of your answers with FINAL ANSWER.

This is not multiple choice, spelling does not count, I will answer no inquiries about these questions and YES... I have given you these answers in the previous session. If you were paying attention closely, you'll know them.

I will award experience once everyone has given their final answers.

Begin!

EDIT: Send all Final Answers in a PM to me... to avoid others copying your answers.

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

Weekly Quiz 2: RESULTS!!!

Question 1: What spell was the Alchemist in the Feywild bottling when the party first arrived in his shop?
Reward: 150xp

Question 2: What lame joke did Lord Oran tell when describing his preparations to receive the party?
Reward: 200xp

Question 3: To the best of your ability, describe the other passengers on board the Yaggerbad Sky House during the party's return trip to the Realm of Existence. (Accuracy and detail determine your final xp reward)
Reward: 100-250xp

Armando

Final Reward: 400

How I got there: (500+400+450+400)/4 = 437.5 rounded down to the nearest number divisible by 50 for a final value of of 400.

Cid

Question 1: Final Answer: Fireball O

Question 2: Final Answer: I don't remember the setup but the punchline was something about sprucing the place up a bit. "It's a spruce, get it?". Yeah, definitely made a note of there being a bad pun, but it took me a while to remember what it was. O

Question 3: Final Answer: There was an elf with tattoos and sais. There was also a lizardman with tattoos, but instead of sais he had two bodyguards and told us he was transporting secrets for his lord if I recall correctly. O

Final Reward: 500xp

Fire

Question 1: FINAL ANSWER: Fireball O

Question 2: It's probably wrong and I can't fully remember since my sisters were distracting me but he thought we were awesome for saving faries so FINAL ANSWER: something along the lines of being "fairy busy"[B] X

Question 3: I can remember the Lizard guy since he's the only one we spoke to. I also remember the angry tavern guy with the Boston accent if that counts for something

FINAL ANSWER: Lizardfolk and a bald guy. Partially O

Final Reward: 400xp

Mezlo

Question 1: Final Answer: FIREBALL O

Question 2: Final Answer: He talked about Sprucing things up a bit and isn't that funny because a Spruce is a tree. O

Question 3: Final Answer: There was a lizard guy and his 2 body guards. i went up and introduced myself to try and pass the time and Cid was scared and piddles himseld. Cid said "way to upset the other passengers." I said I'm not trying to upset anyone I'm just introducing myself. He said what business did we have on Jaggerbad. I told him we were going on a quest for Lord Oran, we were going to help stop an invasion, how about yourself? he said he was on carrying some sensitive information back to his homeland. Conversation was going nowhere so i said great, nice to meet you and moved on.[/COLOR] Partially O

Final Reward: 450xp

Lyulf

I was kinda paying attention this week.

Question 1: Final Answer: He was bottleing a fireball spell. O

Question 2: Final Answer: Derp wut? there was a joke in there? X

Question 3: Final Answer: I dont remember much but I do remember that we talked to a nagini or lizard folk or whatever they are called. He was bringing back sensitive information to his relm. I dont remember much else on the ship. Partially O

Final Reward: 400xp

[lyulf]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

ewww ham... I was thinking that whoever played our character would represent the XP score we got. so if I Andy was played by Armando. I would score the same as him by default.

[Mezlo]

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I'll just wait for my trip to England then and try 1.

[Firewind]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

You could just follow the wiki links...

Swede - Rutabaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gherkin - Gherkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And it goes great with a ham and cheese sandwich. Make sure it's a sharp, mature cheddar though. Also the ham we use here is what is known as "Wiltshire Cured Ham"

[Mezlo]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

Does the sandwich come with Yyg's pickle or do I have to put that on myself?

Branston Pickle is made from a variety of diced vegetables, including swede, carrots, onions, cauliflower and gherkins pickled in a sauce made from vinegar, tomato, apple and dates with spices such as mustard, coriander, garlic, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg and cayenne pepper with sugar. In recent years high-fructose corn syrup has replaced sugar in the product sold in the American market. Sugar is still used in the British version.[2]

First off, wtf is swede, and why is it listed first in the vegetable list like it's the most common diced vegetable used in this concoction? Secondly, wtf is gherkins? This definitely looks like a UK delicassy. I can't wait to ty it! I dont think they'd have this in San Diego though...

[Firewind]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

Think of it this way. If you were to have to miss a session, which would you rather?

Option 1: You get nothing. Not a thing. Zip.

Option 2: You get the same amount of experience as you were awarded for the last quiz.

Option 3: You get an average of everyone else's score.

Option 4: You get an average of your own past scores.

Option 5: You get a ham sandwich.

You guys pick.

Does the sandwich come with Branston Pickle or do I have to put that on myself?

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

This weekend's time is yet to be determined. Likely it'll be another early day as it's been in the past few weeks. I'll get back to you on that.

[Armando]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

You guys pick.

If this shit mattered, I'd be inclined to agree that it's unfair for a missing person to perform better than someone who was there. Here's my proposal:

The smallest of:
1) The average of the missing person's last 3 scores
2) The lowest average of the last 3 scores of the attending members

It takes the missing person's performance into account. It ensures he can't advance advance more being absent than anyone who's present. By capping to the lowest average instead of the lowest score, you avoid the problem of more people taking the quiz = higher odds there'll be a low score. Considering only the last 3 scores avoids the problem of the average becoming too hard to change after a large number of sessions.

[Mezlo]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

What time for this weekend?

[cidbahamut]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

Oy!

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

the XP disparity among party members...

Experience disparity is inherent in any campaign. You want to bridge the gap in xp? Do something spectacular or think wildly out of the box in such a way that it turns the tide on situation that seems otherwise cut and dry.

An enemy twice your size is rushing at you and Cid and you've got no real way of stopping its advance. Rather than bracing for impact or casting a spell that you know can't possibly kill him before he collides with you, why not swipe the Immovable rod from Cid's bag and activate it in front of you before taking a 5 foot step back? An idea like that would prompt me to not only reward you for creativity... but likely wave any rolls required to perform such a slight of hand move.

[cidbahamut]

Re: Weekly Quiz!

I want a ham sandwich.