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Re: D I A B L O: Does a specific Level Seed generate the same Quests?

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From: Trevor Bolianatz
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:00
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On 29 Jan 1997, Base wrote:

> Hmmm, well, all I can say is that I played the single player game only once
> and have not heard about any other quests than the ones I encountered.  In
> other words, I don't think that there are any other quests.  I found all that
> have been mentioned so far, and I was able to complete all of them.  Everytime
> I came up from the dungeon, I talked to every person in town.  Sometimes they
> did not tell me anything usefull, sometimes I got a quest.  Even though I
> played the single player game only once, I did end up starting the game over a
> couple of times until I chose a name for my character that I liked.  Everytime
> I restarted, I got the quest for the Butcher.  You get it from the half dead
> man in front of the church.  Every game that I have been in - in multiplayer -
> has always had the dead man in front of the church.  The inkeeper always says
> the same thing to me in each game.  If you did not get the Butcher quest, then
> it is because you did not talk to anyone.  As you have said yourself, the
> Butcher is always there, therefore, the quest is always there.  Same with the
> Skeleton King.  If you don't talk to anyone - like the inkeeper -  you will
> never know about that quest.  However, he will be down there waiting for you.
> These two quests are always in the single player game, and always in the
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> multiplayer game.

I agree that these two are 'always' in the multiplayer game (I've never 
seen one without them), but I have a single-player game with a Rogue in which
I did get the King Leoric quest but not the Butcher.


Trevor
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From: Trevor Bolianatz <boli...@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA>
Subject: Re: D I A B L O: Does a specific Level Seed generate the same Quests?
Date: 1997/01/29
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