Dr. Boneflute/Gameplay

## Tuba Warriors: TBRPG

### **Prehistoric Dig-Up**

If the player approaches his facility and knocks on the door, He will open a small gap in the door, speaking through it to the player. After some introduction, he will invite Maestro inside. If the player talks to him again, he will mention to Maestro that he is missing a few fossils in order to complete his research and that Basel Drummer, the archaeologist from Tambourine Town, has the fossils he needs. If Maestro agrees to help, Dr. Boneflute will give Maestro a list of what they need, this will begin the "Prehistoric Dig-up" side-questline.

The player must collect 1 of each of the following fossils before continuing:

* Tubasaurus Rex Tooth
* Tricerakey Horn
* Bongylosaurus Spike
* Dipiccolodocus Spine
* Guiteradactyl Claw

If the player brings all of these fossils to Dr. Boneflute, Dr. Boneflute will take them from Maestro and then ask for Maestro to help protect them as they travel to their research station which is on the west edge of the Darbuka Desert. This will then begin a fairly-easy escort mission where you and Dr. Boneflute could be attacked by Metal Vultures, Tambourine Cobras, and Sonar Scorpions. If Dr. Boneflute's health gets too low during this escort mission, he will go unconscious and the player must pick him up and carry him the rest of the way. Upon reaching the research station, there will be an automatic healing airlock, which will bring Dr. Boneflute back to consciousness if need be.

Once you both reach there, Dr. Boneflute will insert the fossils into a large machine located in the middle of the room. The machine will writhe and make strange noises. Dr. Boneflute will then say that this will take some time, and to return in a day or two. Though as thanks, Dr. Boneflute will gift the player a Boneflute Wand. The Boneflute Wand is a very weak offensive weapon that allows Maestro to summon Skeleflutes in place of defeated, or missing, party members. When only equipping the Boneflute Wand, Skeleflutes are very weak.

### **Prehistoric Reprise**

After 2 full in game days, if they return, the player find the research station in shambles, with almost no remnants of what once stood there. If they return to Dr. Boneflute's facility in Bingo Bongo, they will find him inside, clearly anxious. He will then inform Maestro that he brought back these ancient species in order to study them, not realizing just how powerful they were. He will then inform Maestro that they have scattered themselves all throughout Orchestria and Maestro must help him recover them, as the fate of Orchestria itself relies upon it and no one he has already sent has been able to do it. If Maestro accepts, this begins the "Prehistoric Reprise" side-questline.

* The Tubasaurus Rex is found in XXX in the Brass Kingdom.
* The Tricerakey is found in XXX in the Keyboard Kingdom.
* The Bongylosaurus is found in the Tambourine Tunnels in the Percussion Kingdom.
* The Dipiccolodocus is found in XXX in the Woodwind Kingdom.
* The Guiteradactyl is found in XXX in the String Kingdom.

Each of these creatures drop armor pieces that help buff the Skeleflutes summoned by the Boneflute Wand.

Once Maestro has killed all of these creatures and returned to Dr. Boneflute, he will gift to Maestro a large amount of money as well as the Skeletal Inspector, which is an offhand item that, when equipped, makes fossils more likely to appear when using the Drummer's Dig Site in Tambourine Town.

This will also unlock the ability to turn in the other fossils to Dr. Boneflute in order to get rare skeletal variants of different pets and mounts. These skeletal variants work the exact same, with the only difference being their design.