Archaeology Quest

The **Archaeology Quest** is a side quest in the **Desert Zone**. After completing the Pyramid Quest, the Player can find the Paleontologist in the Desert Expanse.

Find him in the Desert Expanse and talk to him, he will say that he's a Paleontologist and believes that the recent earthquakes have exposed some fossils and asks the party for help in looking for some. if the party agrees he says that he will search the desert and asks for the party to search in any nearby caves.

## The fossils

There are 4 total possible fossils to be found with the Crown, Frill, and Curled fossils being in the Desert Underground and the Horn fossil in the **Volcano**, the only differences between them occur in the bad ends. Another thing of note is the fossils will only be collectable once the quest is started

Once the party has a fossil they can return to the Paleontologist talking to him allows you to give him a fossil, upon doing so he will say thanks and that he can procced to his next step. Talking to him again will cause him to say he needs a Lizard Woman the player will comment that they aren't very cooperative and the paleontologist agrees so he shows and then gives the party a capture sphere telling them to just defeat one than use it on them.

The party must than go to the volcano and defeat a Lizard Woman, upon victory the capture sphere will automatically be used. Afterwards return to the Paleontologist, he will say thanks and when the player asks what its for he says its secret however after a bit of prodding from the party he will say he plans to use the Lizard Woman to bring the fossil back to life and that the party can't stop him and the player agrees to the surprise of both him and Kim. The party then leaves and Kim asks the player why he didn't stop him and he will say he doesn't see the point as he will either fail or end up as a love slave to the dinosaur as that's how this world works and the party agrees with the opinion.

## The 'Mad' in Mad Paleontologist

If the party returns to his house he will be gone and there will be a ladder, going down it leads to the Basement. In the basement the party will encounter the Paleontologist whose mad that's its not working and will then fight the party, in battle he's a slouch with one of the worst special skills in the game giving him a chance to self paralyze each turn. He does summon a Lizard Woman here that has slightly better stats than normal but lacks resistances. Losing to him will result in one of two bad ends depending on which fossil was given to him either It’s only Natural or Go Down in Prehistory. The first ending is achieved with the first three fossils with each giving slight variance on the ending. The Horn fossil will lead to the second ending.

Beating him will cause him to run off and disappear, talking to the Lizard Woman will have her comment that the player brought her here and the player will than free her, she then proclaims that since he defeated her he is her master the player and Kim are offput by this and ask her to go home to which she replies that she cannot as her place is at the players side, the player realizing he won't win in an argument commands her as her master to wait at home.

If the party returns to the volcano they can find her there and she will ask if he's there to take her with him and after learning that he's not she gives him the Green Ribbon and prays that he will cover it in his seed as though it were her.

## Bad Ends

* Ending E18- It’s only Natural
* Ending E19- Go Down in Prehistory