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Eren Lapucet

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About the wyrmwood he says "Well I heard there is a patch of land on the southern shore of the lake to the south of Taverley where the ground is so fertile the plants can get up and walk. You can't really miss it because of ... you know ... all the plants walking around."

About the fish though he says something really interesting: " The magic in the lake to the south of Taverley makes the stone fish appear from time to time. The pebbles at the bottom of the lake just up and start swimming about, and before you know it, they've turned into a fish. They love gold, so go down there and bait a hook with a gold coin and you'll be sure to catch one." If this isn't a good indicator that there's something special about the lake, I don't know what it. I'm too Unaligned to have a forum signature.

22-Nov-2015 22:22:19 - Last edited on 22-Nov-2015 22:34:49 by Eren Lapucet

Wahisietel
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Good thoughts. I'm doubtful that the lake is connected due to what's in the game itself not really implying a connection, and Xau-Tak tends to stick to the east of the map. Shouldn't really have a major presence in Taverley.

The Bringing Home the Bacon machine is a more promising lead - at the moment it's just a malevolent spirit that's not really explained, so ***-Tak could definitely have something to do with it. Not sure it really fits Xau-Tak's MO though. Needs further investigation. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

23-Nov-2015 13:50:45

Cybernet377
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I believe that Rabid Jack's Resurrection and the ships in Olaf's quest can be tied together.

The ship in Olaf implies that the "Cursed Treasure" was responsible for the deaths of the crew, abut I believe that the real culprit is the treasure chests that it was found and transported in.

Reasons:

1. All of the crew aside from Olaf's grandfather turned into undead.
2. The treasure itself is mundane, we looted it without care or repercussions.
3. Ulrich appeared when we touched the chest, not the treasure.


Tying this to the Pirate quests is what Rabid jack had with him when he was turned undead by Xau-Tak. He had his clothes and his weapon, but before jumping overboard, he specifically grabbed a small treasure chest that wasn't kept in the belly with all the other things his ship likely had, but next to the ship's wheel, so that it would constantly be next to him while he was on deck. An odd choice of a last thing to grab when cornered by the biggest powers in the eastern sea.

Unless he needed the chest in order to be revived from death.

23-Nov-2015 17:24:55 - Last edited on 23-Nov-2015 17:26:34 by Cybernet377

locodave

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Wahisietel said :
Good thoughts. I'm doubtful that the lake is connected due to what's in the game itself not really implying a connection, and Xau-Tak tends to stick to the east of the map. Shouldn't really have a major presence in Taverley.

The Bringing Home the Bacon machine is a more promising lead - at the moment it's just a malevolent spirit that's not really explained, so ***-Tak could definitely have something to do with it. Not sure it really fits Xau-Tak's MO though. Needs further investigation. someone should do a thread only about the bringing home the bacon machine,its intresting and we dont now much about it,there might be more clues somewhere.

23-Nov-2015 21:55:25

Wahisietel
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The thing is, Eli claims that there's so much spiritual energy in the cellar due to the amount of "accidents" that have occurred there - doesn't seem to be any Xau-Tak related object or anything connected to it. But I guess since this would be Sixth Age content, Xau-Tak itself could have taken up residence there after it noticed how many people Eli was killing - more death for it to empower itself, I guess? You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

23-Nov-2015 22:06:21

locodave

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Wahisietel said :
The thing is, Eli claims that there's so much spiritual energy in the cellar due to the amount of "accidents" that have occurred there - doesn't seem to be any Xau-Tak related object or anything connected to it. But I guess since this would be Sixth Age content, Xau-Tak itself could have taken up residence there after it noticed how many people Eli was killing - more death for it to empower itself, I guess? not to mention how many pigs,hundreds daily.

23-Nov-2015 22:40:23

Wahisietel
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Cybernet377 said :
I believe that Rabid Jack's Resurrection and the ships in Olaf's quest can be tied together.

The ship in Olaf implies that the "Cursed Treasure" was responsible for the deaths of the crew, abut I believe that the real culprit is the treasure chests that it was found and transported in.

Reasons:

1. All of the crew aside from Olaf's grandfather turned into undead.
2. The treasure itself is mundane, we looted it without care or repercussions.
3. Ulrich appeared when we touched the chest, not the treasure.


Tying this to the Pirate quests is what Rabid jack had with him when he was turned undead by Xau-Tak. He had his clothes and his weapon, but before jumping overboard, he specifically grabbed a small treasure chest that wasn't kept in the belly with all the other things his ship likely had, but next to the ship's wheel, so that it would constantly be next to him while he was on deck. An odd choice of a last thing to grab when cornered by the biggest powers in the eastern sea.

Unless he needed the chest in order to be revived from death.

Yeah, seems likely that Jack's chest contained more than his lunch. And it could very well be connected to the cursed treasure.

Serenist Elf said :
not 100% sure if it's relevant since its a future update, but the underwater boss (if it is to happen) might have something to do with all this

The underwater city (and boss) is almost certainly connected to Xau-Tak, we know from The Great Brain Robbery that Rabid Jack, Mi-Gor and co are currently based underwater. And if a livestream from a while ago is to be believed, they're based in the underwater city itself.

We need to get Underwater city to win next year's new area poll! But sadly I think Menaphos will probably win - and while that is nice... it's just another desert city - we've got plenty of those already. Would be nice to have something unique. You never were our brightest star, Khazard. 'Vermin slaughtered like lambs'? What does that even mean?

24-Nov-2015 13:31:22 - Last edited on 24-Nov-2015 13:32:45 by Wahisietel

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Wahisietel said :


Not every single gameplay mechanic needs an explanation. We don't even have explanations stuff like why eating sharks in one bite heals our wounds.

An artefact imbued with the power of a god increasing your strength against monsters you're assigned to kill doesn't really need explaining, and I don't think anyone expects it to be.

Wouldn't it be great if there was an explanation for everything though? And it all made sense? And everything was perfect and wonderful and I could sleep at night because my ocd didn't plague me with questions?

And I think (as well as anyone not biased against the argument for some reason also probably will think) that the reason why Xau/his followers would have an artifact imbued with powers against slayer tasks or that works on specific monsters selected with the same mechanics as slayer tasks could have a very interesting explanation (possibly opening up whole quests) and potentially be very rewarding to explore.

25-Nov-2015 02:36:13 - Last edited on 25-Nov-2015 02:36:45 by Jakir

Lord Drakan
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Mod Wilson said :
Hi there. Just a quick post to try and clear something up. Obviously I can't go into spoilers, but all the Xau-Tak references I have been working into the game have been in content I have worked on as a major contributor, as other posters have noticed. Or not noticed, as the case may be. ;) In any case, I didn't work on the slayer helmets, core slayer skill or desert quests. So the Amascut storyline is, as it stands, not connected to Xau-Tak.

Keep looking though, you've not found all the clues yet!
Yeah, I was just reading the Amascut discussion. It's hilarious how one person is spewing nonsense from his self-elevated pedestal.

Anyway, Summoning dialogue indeed probably has some references... Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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