Do NOT do this quest in front of the temple. The loot option hardly shows up. Do it on the other placees, further away, and you won't get as frustrated as I got.
Quest
Behind the Masks
A World of Warcraft quest in The Jade Forest. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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Looting the [item=77419] needed for the quest gives you a 30 minute debuff called, appropriately, Mask of Doubt. Visually all that it seems to do is make you glow purple, however I was both in cat form and wearing a Hallow's End mask at the time, so it's possible that you're supposed to be wearing an actual mask and mine just bugged. Additionally, the debuff causes your character to start whispering you with his or her "doubts".
Some that I've seen:
Why do I always feel so alone? Is it because...I'm alone?
What are people saying about me?
Does this armor look a little tight on me?
Of course my worst fears are going to come true.
Nothing is ever going to change.
Everyone around me only pretends to like me.
I keep hearing voices in my head. Should I be worried?Turning the quest in removes the debuff as the questgiver blesses you, and you gain Fortitude (10% stam).
My huge, ugly as hell Tauren Shaman says: Does this armor look a little tight on me?
Me: No sweetheart, you look as beautiful as ever.
Quest facts
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
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Requirements
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Description
The sha may seem unstoppable, but this is not true. Their masks seem to be the source of their power. When a sha and its mask are separated, the creature's essence is banished back to its own realm. Bring me intact masks, for I wish to study them further. Do be careful. I'm sure the sha will not part with them easily.
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Reward details
Reputation: The August Celestials +250
These brave Pandaren defend the temples of Pandaria from the evils of the Sha.
Reputation group: Mists of Pandaria.
Other quests in The Jade Forest that reward The August Celestials reputation: The Jade Serpent (+250), The Darkness Around Us (+250), Saving the Sutras (+250), Arrows of Fortune (+250), Hidden Power (+250), The Shadow of Doubt (+350).
Currency: Lesser Charm of Good Fortune x 2
Possession of the Lesser Charms of Good Fortune will result in great happiness and the eventual conversion into Warforged Seals, which allow players to risk a coin to receive a bonus reward from raid encounters.
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.
Where this quest fits
Other daily quests in The Jade Forest
- The Darkness Around Us
- Saving the Sutras
- Arrows of Fortune
- Hidden Power
- The Shadow of Doubt
- Flames of the Void
- Sweet as Honey
- Catch!
Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.