Escort Quests are WORTH IT.

[Repton]

My mage is having much more luck completing them,

The ability to pick up the poor lost soul and move him somewhere else is extremely handy

[Gwai]

It's got to be an undead thing then since I've spent a decent amount of time in many of the dungeons listed. Is that intentional, DG?

[Fela]

Got a couple in Carn Dum. One wasn't so bad, but one was a deathtrap.

Haven't seen any in Sandworm Hole or the Maze yet. I'm hoping they simply don't spawn in either of those, as I think they'd be pretty much impossible given the nature of those dungeons.

Why would the Maze be such a bad thing?
Ok, pathfinding AI might pose a problem and you'd have to be able to disarm traps, but other than that..

[darkgod]

They can not spawn in the sandworm lair (that'd be SO unfair) or the maze indeed.

As for being undead yes it prevents the quest although that was not intended, sorry :/

[Feanor.81]

So what dungeons are you all receiving the quests in? I ask because I haven't seen one escort quest yet!

Well this is section spoilers, so here you are

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random_escort_possibilities = { {"trollshaws", 2, 5}, {"tower-amon-sul", 1, 4}, {"carn-dum", 1, 7}, {"old-forest", 1, 7}, {"tol-falas", 1, 8}, {"moria", 1, 1}, {"eruan", 1, 3}, }

At the moment this is identical for all characters, but has been implemented to be customizable by race.

[yufra]

I thought the escort quest on the boss level of Carn Dum would be dangerous, but dropping an OOD major demon into the mix and my poor alchemist is now toast.

[Final Master]

Actually I've gotten some generated as a skeleton, but there isn't a portal generated and the escortee won't move. Also, there isn't a discussion prompt either. It's only happened with undead characters.

Along with that, I've had several generated with hobbits in Amon Sul that didn't function correctly. Three levels in succession with one character. The prompt was generated, but the escortee wouldn't move and there wasn't a portal generated.

[darkgod]

THe AI will now beeline for the portal if in sight and the path is clear

[Fela]

You should also make sure that all the rewards are actually rewards

I just had an escort offer to teach me technique/combat training at 0.7. That is actually worse than the 1.2 it is at and taking the offer really overwrites it.

[Shoob]

yeah, maybe if you have it add a small number to it current_mastery * 1.07 maybe?

[Final Master]

Are there any plans to make a penalty for failed escort/quests? Maybe mark the failed and successful quests in character dumps?

[yufra]

Already done here.

[Final Master]

The escorts are still running past me in a blocked corridor, and still blasting me with mana*BOLT*. Along with that, they seem to be even braver, running towards the highest level npc to fight it weather the escort is a melee class or not.

[Sirrocco]

quick fix for the "standing on trap" issue. If you're standing on a trap, and swap with someone who is not, the trap won't trigger on them.

[kingvictory2003]

I was hoping the swapping position to prevent escort-trap-death was a feature and not a bug Especially for those seers, which have to be one of my very favorite for rewards.

Re: penalties--if there are any, I would hope they are not more than a slap in the wrist (seeing that red failed text is bad enough for me) as some of the escorts are just retardedly impossible (i.e. Carn Dum).