Disappointment Quest

A quest by Psithief. Known as Bad End Quest for the first two threads, before it was reinvented to focus less on the main characters' actions and emotional problems. Its new iteration focuses more on directing the characters' actions step by step through the mechanical morass that is D&D 3.5.

Disappointment Quest by Psithief
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Synopsis

Graced with a clear initial goal of achieving the most spectacular bad end possible for the main character, this quest took a slightly surreal turn as the main character proved increasingly violent, immoral, and desperate yet completely failed to get himself rapidly killed. With that goal basically completely discarded, the quest rapidly evolved into the Adventures of Abed the Killer Slut Adventurer, who developed a thin veneer of emotional justification for her actions and eventually teamed up with Versparki, an undead elf who originally wanted to sacrifice her, so that the pair of them could destroy the world together in some kind of twisted pseudo-romantic bonding activity. General activities involved adventuring, pretending not to be horribly evil, and sleeping with gullible elven psionicists.

Presumably because writing that no longer appealed to the author, shortly after the recruitment of a third party member the quest was abruptly reinvented as the mechanics-heavy Disappointment Quest, likely named for the fact that everyone who still read Bad End Quest was shocked and disappointed by the sudden dearth of pornography and need to worry about directing individual actions in combat instead of just getting results. It sputtered along for a while trying to focus on a more standard D&D plotline of solving the mystery of a plague, then stalled out and was put on hiatus.

Player Characters

Abed

Name	Abed Decimus
Archetypes	Warrior (Warblade), Psionicist (Egoist)
Sex	...currently Female
Race	Human
Templates	Half-Vampire
Alignment	Chaotic Evil

Versparki

Name	Versparki Arisha
Archetypes	Arcanist (Dread Necromancer), Soulshaper (Incarnate)
Sex	Female
Race	Wood Elf
Templates	Necropolitan, Evolved Undead
Alignment	Neutral Evil

Boose

Name	Boose
Archetypes	Warrior (Ranger), Thief (Psychic Rogue)
Sex	Male
Race	Human
Templates	Dark
Alignment	Neutral

Bazerl

Name	Bazerl
Archetypes	Priest (Druid), Soulshaper (Totemist)
Sex	Male
Race	Mountain Dwarf
Templates	Woodling
Alignment	Neutral

Non-player Characters

• Thaae
• Maldrimir
• A dragon

Interface

Goal

• Sandbox-type exploration (plundering), with occasional stumbling over plots.

Update Schedule

• Often once per day.
• Does not update on Sundays.

Character Ability Scores and Skills

Ability Scores

Ability \ Character	Abed	Versparki	Boose	Bazerl
Strength	16	16	14	12
Dexterity	16	12	17	12
Constitution	14	—	12	18
Intelligence	16	10	16	12
Wisdom	10	16	10	17
Charisma	12	22	8	6

Skills

Skill \ Character	Abed	Versparki	Boose	Bazerl
Movement Skills
Balance	+10	+1	+3	+1
Climb	+3	+3	+2	+1
Hide	+5	+1	+17	+7
Jump	+3	+3	+2	+1
Move Silently	+2	+1	+17	+7
Swim	+3	+3	+2	+1
Tumble	+10	—	+5	—
Knowledge Skills
Appraise	+3	+0	+6	+1
Spellcraft	—	+2	—	+4
Psicraft	+12	—	—	—
Decipher Script	—	—	—	—
Arcana	+4	+2	—	—
Dungeoneering	+4	—	+5	—
Geography	+4	—	+5	—
Religion	+4	+2	—	—
Local	+4	—	+5	—
Nature	+4	—	+5	+8
The Planes	+4	—	—	—
Psionics	+10	—	+5	—
Perception Skills
Listen	+2	+5	+9	+7
Search	+3	+2	+12	+1
Spot	+2	+5	+9	+7
Social Skills
Bluff	+3	+7	-1	-2
Diplomacy	+8	+6	-1	-2
Intimidate	+1	+6	-1	-2
Sense Motive	+0	+3	+2	+3
Miscellaneous Skills
Concentration	+11	+13	+10	+11