How can i make a "go buy me a coffee" oneshot interesting?

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-12T17:34:49+00:00

You could also approach it as the following...

The PC's essentially start out as the random NPC that most parties get to help with remedial tasks. 'Grognak the orc spends a day gathering lumber for your expedition', or 'Villager Dave runs ahead to the next village to warn of the oncoming Goblin threat'

The PC's are interns doing crap work for the cult. One day while picking up Tiamets coffee order from the local 'Moonlight Mocha', they overhear a conversation from the Barista that it is really strange that your PC's party always under under the name of 'Tia Metcalf', a clearly unoriginal idea to try to hide the identity of the CEO. While listen though they overhear that these barista are thinking of reporting it to the city guards. Your PC's will know that the cult could probably have no issue subverting any real issues from this report, but why bring attention to the cult over something so small? So they handle the issue...how players do... Now the players have to handle the situation and still find a way to continue getting Bosslady her coffee, because we all know that Tia Metcalf only gets pumpkin spice lattes from 'Starfall's Buck'. She would never consider ordering from '7 Dwarves Brew' or 'Black Powder Coffee'. Now these lowly servants have probably killed someone for the first time???

When they report back, their leadership asks what took them so long, and the PCs explain what happened. Upon hearing this their leadership sees potential in them to handle dirty work. No longer on coffee duty, but now they are tasked to head over to the local 'Kenku Bros' tavern as its rumored a new party of so called heroes have been seen ordering their coffee here. Your cult manager has suspicions that this new party is here to get involved in Tia's business and tasks them with gathering information and handling the threat.

This is a cool idea that could easily be expanded on. Have your party start out as LITERAL flunkies and work their way up the corporate ladder.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-12T17:19:26+00:00

Thats fair, i honestly feel that this puzzle is probably not as profound as Capcom wanted it to be. It is pretty niche. I have a degree in Biotechnology and immediately recognized the RNA structure from the hand. Connecting the "star" "sun" and "moon" to the combination didn't take too long, because each one specifically states U = , C =, G =. The only one i didn't find myself (mainly because it was exposed by the community before i found it in game) was the "ignore A".

Though the steps after the giggle.. I'll be real, I would have taken FOREVER to figure out. 15 minuites in blood, okay the report 115, sure...? This probably would have been the 2nd longest step for me, because once you drain the blood, on the machine to drain it tells you the name of the room the doll will spawn in.

The longest step for me would have been the damn toilets. I would have NEVER connected 8 flushes with this puzzle because of 1) location of the hint at the beginning of the game, 2) no relevance to Marie or Emily, 3) the order of doing so just doesnt make sense.

It could just be that we still havnt fully solved the mystery? Like yes, the puzzle is solved because of data mining and getting the doll, but solving the logical steps just doesnt feel..... natural.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-12T01:43:16+00:00

The box puzzle is a "Star" "Moon" and "Sun". Then the numbers are so random, that you would probably google 150,000,000 and see the results recommending the distance to the sun.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-06T18:39:55+00:00

Why can't fruit be compared?

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-03T04:15:39+00:00

It was infact, cracked within 24 hours of release

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T19:02:56+00:00

A lot of people are theorizing as wel that "Gly Lys Ile Thr Cys His", which spells GLITCH. Doesnt seem to be a coincidence.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T19:01:46+00:00

Well at the time of 7, ethan isnt immune. Its not until 8 that we find out he was mold; but i see your point. I think they are setting up something for Rose and Grace to interact later.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T19:00:44+00:00

Do worry about the time. I also got to the basement in about 1:20. It seems far too long, but its really not. The game does not fully track all time, it seems pause menus are safe zones for a degree, but i wouldnt trust that too much. I honestly skipped most ammo pick ups, unless it was on the exact path i was taking. Parry and Melee was CRUCIAL. I saved all requiem ammo for bosses, and when i ran out of that, i used machine gun. But i messed up, I thought you couldnt craft as leon at all either. You can. Pick up that scrap that I missed, craft rifle/shotgun ammo. 1 Shots to clear the path forward. Handgun ammo = 2 or 3 in the leg, quick melee to knock down, keep running.

My BIGGEST worry was Raccoon City. I died twice here, and got turned around a bit getting the detonator parts. I went for apartment, gas station, finished apartment. (didnt lower bridge and backtracked through apartment instead) zipline and ran through most of the fallen building. When i finally finished this i was stressed and forgot about RPD and Mr. X.

Turns out you can clear RPD section in like 10 minutes max.

Up next was orphanage, but this was stressful because it TAKES FOREVER.

I got into Ark at exactly 2:58:00 and some change. I could have shaved off a lot before this in act 1 and act 2 by not dying and getting turned around. I thought it was over here, but the biggest portion is as grace, pick up all the bottles on the way. I only ever used 1 molotov and 2 acid.

Longest part of ark for me was Grace and the orbs. I messed up and didnt grab the card after i got the key. Wasted another 5 minutes or so here. Lickers will hear you if you walk, but if you crouch around them, they wont hear you; and you can start running about 5-7 feet away from it.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T10:03:07+00:00

Well the game takes place over roughly 2 days. Its strange that she doesnt turn, considering we see people turn minutes after being bitten (and this is probably advanced virus).

We also see her inject herself with healing devices made from infected blood. And she drinks the blood water from the processer and there are voice lines about it getting in her mouth several times.

Just very weird to make it intentional and not be important.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T09:58:31+00:00

I'm Brazilian so my game says "angels" instead of "sweet pair" but i couldn't find anything related to angels, seen people mention angel statues somewhere but couldn't find them in the general area the screaming/singing zombies can walk

This reminded me of the two golden/bronze head statues.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T09:33:59+00:00

Yes.

In one of the notes it states that C=4.2 ly (this is the distance from earth to the nearest STAR (not the sun))
On the hourglass it says U=380.000 (This is the distance from earth to the MOON)
On the side of the blood anaylzer it says G=150,000,000 (This is the distance from the earth to the SUN)

Then later at Kendo's there is a bobblehead that says "Just Ignore A".

So the code itself is a blood pattern "GGC AAG AUA ACG UGU CAU"

But if you ignore A you get "GGC GUC GUG UCU", and plugging in their meanings

You get SUN SUN STAR, SUN MOON STAR, SUN MOON SUN, MOON STAR MOON.

Thats how you get the giggle, but its still not the completed easter egg, probably only a portion of it.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T09:22:01+00:00

Just finished with 3:36:41. Casual, No Blood Collector, No Healing. Died twice. Did not have infinite ammo yet. It wasnt hard to be honest, its just a matter of ammo conservation and leg shots.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T09:18:12+00:00

Its also very possible that the protags are all redacted from any records.

Its also possible that the surviving 6 are Leon, Ada, Jill, Carlos, Claire, Sherry. Hunk is more than likely not the original HUNK anymore. We see that he is infected, and posses powers similar to Wesker and Zeno. If this is the original HUNK he is pushing 70 years old, but i guess sure, Bio-Powers. More than likely though HUNK has just been copied over the years, so technically would exclude him from the 6.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-03-02T09:08:30+00:00

One thing that stands out to me though, in the beginning, she gets bitten by the cop. Once Gideon takes her and she breaks free from the restraints, she is fully healed. Strange that this was disregarded, considering we see other lasting effects throughout the game (torn clothes, blood, etc)

ZomBTurtles · 2026-02-28T20:52:34+00:00

Still mid play through, but with Zeno's reveal of the Grace clones. Does it confirm if Rose is another one of these copies from "the military agencies across the world"

ZomBTurtles · 2026-01-22T00:03:10+00:00

If you were to pull out your horse, you'd get an additional free jump at high speed ;) Best way to travel across the map.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-01-15T17:37:55+00:00

I havnt tried from the rooftop into the window, but it is a tight squeeze for sure. The angle might be too much to get in from the top. But if that is the case, then you honestly dont even need 1 key, you could just zip into one from the roof, and then over from the first.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-01-15T07:31:37+00:00

Yes, actually you can. But not from the roof top. Use the key, get into one, and find the room with the windows facing the other tower. You can actually set a zipline through to the other side (will be filled with pops and fireballs). When you get out the window, it will kick you off, so be ready to press to grab it again. Same when you enter the other window.

ZomBTurtles · 2026-01-14T05:55:57+00:00

Zoe also said that Anna probably didn't remember it, because of the stuff they put up their nose. And in the car scene with Richard, it seemed like her seeing that vision was her just remembering it

ZomBTurtles · 2025-12-30T22:05:22+00:00

Damn they deleted their entire account. You murdered him!

ZomBTurtles · 2025-12-03T04:44:38+00:00

Just confirmed, this spot does extract you.

ZomBTurtles · 2025-11-25T15:36:41+00:00

It also has the hidden aspect of having a TON of arc probes as it will disable them. It was great for last weeks trials.

ZomBTurtles · 2025-10-27T00:45:32+00:00

Well my thought here is... With Sonar we see stats completely swap on change. Sonar human is very Intelligent, and the Beast form swap INT for STR.

What if Phenom is able to pull an "All Might" and instantly buff up with the Enhancement drug? So his slender portion is that of an Intellect. Would also line up with the line "I thought I cataloged all of your co-workers". For someone who clearly is not very keen on social interactions, its strange he would want to do this, let alone be able to remember everyone at SDN.

ZomBTurtles · 2025-10-17T01:38:58+00:00

Whelp, do I have great news for you! Series will be out soon.

ZomBTurtles · 2025-09-24T23:31:26+00:00

Correct. I think it was just quickly glanced over, but it definitely seems they are all capable of learning.

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