Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-35456756-20180914212606/@comment-31507215-20180915040827

While I agree that this is frustrating, it makes a certain amount of sense that intoxicated people wouldn't be able to properly accept completed quests, so I don't think this is the best solution.

My suggestion:
 * 1) Drunk NPCs will still give quests, but the requests would be absurdly large, such as collecting 50 apples, or absurdly small, such as killing 2 Dunlendings.
 * 2) Drunk NPCs will still give rewards for completed quests, but the rewards would be disproportionately large or small.
 * 3) If you talk to an intoxicated NPC who has given you a miniquest, if you haven't completed it yet, there is a chance that they will give you the reward as if you had completed it, but also a chance that they will get very angry with you for not completing it yet. The chance would be proportionate to the percentage of the quest you have completed.

This would give players the option of a sort of gamble; they could try to accept/fulfill quests from drunk NPCs, or wait for them to sober up. Both would have potential benefits, but also risks.

For example:  Bodo Sackville of the Shire has been enjoying a few too many pints of perry recently, and is asking people for a favor. I walk up to him, and he says to me, "Good *hic* day, shir. You l*hic* like a helpful short of *hic* fellow!  I'm needn 20 apple crumbles for a *hic* party I'l be having neksht week.  *hic*  If you bring *hic* the food, I would *hic* evr sho grateful!" Much later, after he has sobered up to some extent, I bring him 20 apple crumbles, as he requested. He looks a little puzzled that he would have asked for twenty large pastries, but pays me anyway, and I go on with my life.

Example 2: Bergil of Gondor has asked me to slay 20 Mordor Orcs. When I return to fulfill the quest and collect my reward, he is deep into his fifth mug of ale. As I relate the story of how I slaughtered the orcs, he looks at me, slaps me on the back, and hands me 100 silver coins for a job well done.