The Mad Slayer

The Mad Slayer is a quest.

Details

Property	Description
Giver	Nobility
Membership	Male only
Requirements	Level 1+
Summary	Hunt the serial killer called the Slayer with help from a scientist and his vampire colleague, bringing a red poppy to a widow.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step	Objective	Optional
1	Visit the scientist your contact at the quest destination	No
2	Meet your contact's colleague, the vampire, at the quest house	No
3	Bring the red poppy to the widow at the quest house	No
4	Kill the Slayer, the named man, at the quest house	No
5	Return to your quest giver for your gold	No

Choices

Decision	Choice
The vampire, the vampire who slew your contact, would reward you as well for the Slayer's death.	Go back to the vampire for the vampire's reward
The vampire, the vampire who slew your contact, would reward you as well for the Slayer's death.	Report to your quest giver alone

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome	Gold multiplier	Gear choice
The Slayer is dead, and both your quest giver and the vampire paid you for it.	100% of each scripted payment	Yes; one choice total
The Slayer is dead, and the quest destination is at peace again.	100%	Yes
The Slayer still stalks the nights of the quest destination.	No added payment	No

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

Possible quest foes

Foe	Group size
Vampire	1

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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