Heroica RPG - Quest #141: A Bone to Pick

[JimBee]

"G-guys... Those you without elemental attacks, beat on the main body to lower that defense. I'll work on freeing Mac and Kiri." Terry said, trying to avoid the fat he was simply afraid of facing the beast head on.

"Look kiddo, if you don't want the battle to go like last time, the only one who should be attacking that walking pile of bones is me. Let me go first and take its hit."

[Endgame]

"Look kiddo, if you don't want the battle to go like last time, the only one who should be attacking that walking pile of bones is me. Let me go first and take its hit."

"You've already got the main beast covered, and the other spurs are slowed, and the main beastie can only hurt those its attackin'. It won't do anything.

U-unless you're telling me I should stand down. Appreciate the offer, but, uh, no, that'd look pretty bad..."

[JimBee]

Jinnipher rolled her eyes. "I need the sword first so I can do some real damage."

[Endgame]

"...Oh. This better?"

Battle Order:

Jinnipher

Terry

Torald

Kheyli

Ezeran

Boris

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris shakes his head at the resurrected dinosaur, "Dry bones to life, just like Zeeliek, never learn do they." The cleric moves in on Bone Spur C from the front row.

[MysticModulus]

Ezeran sighs "Some people seems to have real popr judgement, I knew she meant trouble..." Ezeran casts a wooden spell at Spur B from the back row.

[Alfadas]

"Damn! Well I guess we have no choice but to take this monster down, or leave here poor. Not that I mind a good fight."

Jinnipher drew The Beheader, but realized that the vorpal blade wouldn't do much to the undead enemy. "Hey you, Torald. Considering how easily those spirits took you down last time, I think I'd better handle the big guy this time. Let me borrow that Ignis Blade and I can take him down quickly."

"Sure, Here you go." Torald hands Jinnipher the Ignis Blade.

[K-Nut]

"In all my years, I've never seen that..." Kheyli uses the Gelum Blade on Bone Spur A from the Front Row

[Flipz]

QM Note: Just like Sakurai, Kiri uses Marauder rolls for physical attacks and Necromancer rolls for spells and revivals. Also, to answer Torald's question from last battle: melee fighters can indeed fight from the Back Row, it just halves their attack damage.

Round 1 of the Bone Tale Boss Battle!

>Jinnipher receives Ignis Blade

>Terry (Wind) vs. Bone Spur A - Great Spell (Bone Spur A: 10*2=20+8=28 damage; Terry: -1 Ether)

>Torald lends Ignis Blade to Jinnipher

Kheyli vs. Bone Spur A - SHIELD (Frenzy - Bone Spurs: 5+4=9 damage (Spur A destroyed! Kiri freed!); Undead Tyrannosaur: 5+4=9*2=18 damage)

>Ezeran (Wood) vs. Bone Spur B - Great Spell (Bone Spur B: 7*2=14+3=17 damage; Ezeran: -1 Ether)

Boris vs. Bone Spur C - Hit (Bone Spur C: no effect, undead)

>Kiri uses Smelling Salts

>Kiri arc-casts Scroll of Lichen Shielding - Success! (Terry, Boris, Ezeran, Kiri: Lichen Shielding for 3 Rounds; Kiri: -20 Ether)

Undead Tyrannosaur Free Hit vs. Jinnipher: 16/2/2=4-9=0 damage

Terry tries his hardest to free the party's employer, and nearly succeeds, but it is Kheyli's Frenzied attack that finally shatters her bone spur. Ezeran neatly halves the health of the second spur, while Boris, perhaps forgetting the nature of undead enemies given his own vulnerability, fails to attack with the requisite Ether-based might. Recovering quickly, Kiri sniffs some Smelling Salts and successfully shields the party's spellcasters.

"If you can get my weapons loose, I've got a shot to Weaken and Confuse this thing. Should let us all pile right on, no problem."

"Poison!" Mac manages to shout before having to dodge yet again.

"...that's right, poison'll rip right through those bones. Guess I'll have to rethink that Fields strategy... You can still apply negative effects to your enemies, even if the attack itself deals no damage. I've learned that the hard way--this kind of undead is powerful, but not exactly the sturdiest summon around."

The Enemies:

Undead Tyrannosaur

*Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death*

Type:

Undead/Beast

Level:

16

Defense:

32

Health:

142/160

Special:

Hunger of Death

– Devours the target, removing them from the battle. The devoured target is returned after the end of the next Round or when a new target is devoured; while devoured, the target takes 10% of all damage dealt to the Undead Tyrannosaur.

Drops:

Ancient Bone Fragments

Note:

Fragile Bones

- The Undead Tyrannosaur loses 4 Defense for each non-elemental strike dealt. This number can go negative, adding damage to all damaging attacks dealt against the Undead Tyrannosaur.

Bone Spur B

*Permanently Slowed*

*Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death*

Type:

Undead

Level:

0

Health:

4/30

Special:

Sharpened Spur

- The Hero misjudges their attack, landing a Hit but getting speared on the spur and beginning to Bleed by 2.

Drops:

Kiri's Weapons (suitable for Kiri only), Kiri's Remaining Rewards

Note:

Uses Special for rolls of Damage as well as Special Damage.

Bone Spur C

*Permanently Slowed*

*Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death*

Type:

Undead

Level:

0

Health:

21/30

Special:

Sharpened Spur

- The Hero misjudges their attack, landing a Hit but getting speared on the spur and beginning to Bleed by 2.

Drops:

Mac

Note:

Uses Special for rolls of Damage as well as Special Damage.

The Party

Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame)

*Party Leader!*

*Lichen Shielding (3 Rounds)*

Male Human Mage

Level 8

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

12/12 (5+6)

Defense:

2

+1

Ether:

1/14 (5+5+2)

Gold:

23

Equipment:

Grumpy's Staff

(WP: 10),

Robes of the Murine Chieftan

(SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants

Command

over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes),

Inventory:

Ether Lash Wand: (WP 3 Wand, at the cost of 1 ether per WP the Wand becomes dual strike for one attack.), Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3), 3x Potion, Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), 2x Bat Guano (can be thrown at an enemy to cause the Blind Effect), Bedroll, Ancient Amber (Makes a weapon deal double damage to Ancient-type enemies when merged into a weapon at a smithy; can only be merged once per weapon, and never into shields; the weapon must be renamed to include "ancient" and "amber" in the name.), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Leather Cap (SP: 1), Grand Tonic, Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone)

Jinnipher Buchaire

(JimBee)

76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight

*Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin*

Level 9

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

9

Health:

18/18

Gold:

75

Equipment:

Ignis Blade

(WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, cannot be disimbued; greatsword) (loaned from Torald)

,

Natural Shield

(SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield),

Moone Mail

(SP:3; bodywear)

Inventory:

Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword), The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from

Hexed

-effect; accessory), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Venom, Bone, 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Opal (Ice), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear),

Boris Bruhalv

(Waterbrick Down)

38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to

Stunned

and

Poisoned

*

*Lichen Shielding (3 Rounds)*

Level 10.5

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

2

(2)

+3

Health:

16/18

(9+8)

Ether:

3/14

(5+8)

Gold:

303

Equipment:

Simple Mace

(WP: 3, mace),

Rusty Chainmail

(SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison),

Defender's Ring

(Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"),

Inventory:

Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 2 Potions, 2 Remedies, 4 Tonics, Ether Core, 1x Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Dirt Bomb (Deals 10 Ground damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, 3x Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals

Cursed

; dagger), 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Emerald (Wood),

Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus)

*Lichen Shielding (3 Rounds)*

42 year old male human mage

Level 3

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

+3

Health:

7/7

Ether:

3/7

Gold:

50

Equipment:

Ancient Sapphamber Staff

(WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff)

Inventory:

Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, 2x Grand Tonic, Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals

Poisoned-by-3

; dagger), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Torald Waruelf

(Alfadas)

20 year old male Human Barbarian

Level 3

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

3

Health:

10/10

Gold:

10

Equipment:

Ebony Scorpion Spear

(WP:5, deals

Poisoned-by-3

; spear),

Tricorne

(SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone)

Inventory:

Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores defenses of foes weak to Wood, cannot be disimbued; greatsword),

Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, cannot be disimbued; greatsword)

lent to Jinnipher

, Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100

wind

-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Kheyli

(K-Nut)

327 years old female fairy Barbarian

*Damages Undead*

Level 4

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

Health:

11/11

Gold:

0

Equipment

:

Rat Club

(WP:5, deals

Afraid

to Vermin-type enemies and

Poisoned-by-1

to enemies of all types; club),

Cultist Cap

(regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone),

Inventory:

Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, cannot be disimbued; greatsword), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, cannot be disimbued; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100

wind

-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Kiri Murasaki

(NPC, uncooperative [currently listening to: Kheyli])

*Lichen Shielding (3 Rounds)*

Female Necromancer/Marauder

Level 10

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

+5

Health:

25/25

Ether:

5/25

Gold:

0

Equipment

: Cloak of the Lichen Necromage (+6 max HP, +6 max Ether, Scrolls with "Lichen" or "Necrotic" in the name may be cast as Arc scrolls; Backwear, suitable to Kiri only)

Inventory:

Scroll of Lichen Might (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their spell power for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Lichen Shielding (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their SP for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Suppression (When cast on an weapon, causes its attacks to deal the Weakened effect for one battle; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), 9x Ether Core, 5x Myrrh

Party Leader, choose the order of action.

All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking.

Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

Edited October 8, 2015 by Flipz

[JimBee]

"Sure, Here you go." Torald hands Jinnipher the Ignis Blade.

"Thanks." She takes the blade and swings it at the Tyranosaur from the front row.

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris's mace goes tumbling to one side of the monster, useless. "'My fight is against the royalty, the principalities, and forces of the void and the ethereal powers of wickedness, not against sinew and bone.' Sianephes stanza six, line twelve." The cleric stretches out his palm and imparts healing energy at Bone Spur C from the back row.

[K-Nut]

Kheyli attacks Spur B from the front row with the Gelum Blade.

[MysticModulus]

Ezeran repeats.

[Alfadas]

Torald attacks Spur C, front row

[Endgame]

Terry switches to Spur B, and repeats the battle order.

"Kheyli, if you can convince Kiri to slip me one of those ether cores, I'd mucvh apprecaite it!"

Edited October 9, 2015 by Endgame

[Flipz]

QM Note: Description of the elemental blades has been tweaked for clarity and for consistency with similar past items.

Round 2 of the Bone Tale Boss Battle!

>Jinnipher vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Jinnipher: Devoured; Warlen: +1 Power oh wait...)

>Terry (Wind) vs. Bone Spur B - Miss (nothing happens)

>Torald vs. Bone Spur C - SHIELD (Frenzy - All enemies: no damage + Poisoned by 3; Undead Tyrannosaur: -4 SP; Jinnipher: 5+3=8/10=1 damage)

Kheyli vs. Bone Spur B - Extra Critical Hit (Bone Spur B: 5*3=15+4=19 damage (KO!); Kiri's weapons dropped, remaining rewards dropped)

>Ezeran (Wood) vs. Bone Spur B C - SHIELD (Magic Burst of Fire - Bone Spur C: 7+3=10 damage; Undead Tyrannosaur: 7+3=10*2=20-28=0 damage; Jinnipher: 7+3=10/10=1 damage; Ezeran: -1 Ether)

>Boris heals Bone Spur C - Special Damage (Sharpened Spur - Bone Spur C: 3+10=13 damage (KO!); Boris: Special Guard!; Mac freed; Boris: -1 Ether)

>Kiri picks up her weapons

>Kiri uses Ether Core on Terry

Mac Encourages Boris - roll of 2, success!

Undead Tyrannosaur poisoned: -3 health

With an arrogant flourish of her borrowed weapon, Jinnipher charges straight for the Tyrannosaur...'s open jaws. The Moon Elf drops into the beast's bony rib cage, finding herself trapped in a uniquely undignified position; it will take quite some effort to escape, especially with Torald and Ezeran launching powerful blows upon her as they attack the Tyrannosaur. Meanwhile, all business, Kheyli completes a crushing blow upon a Bone Spur, blasting it to bits and freeing the equipment snagged on it. Kiri takes a moment to reclaim her weapons.

"Lady, you're a lifesaver," she says, hefting the dual staves. "Kheyli, was it? If you've got any suggestions, I'm happy to hear 'em. Otherwise, I'm going to use an Ether Core and try to attack this thing, try to Weaken and Confuse it."

Boris sends forth a stream of healing power, the net effect of which weakens Mac's bone spur enough to break free of the Tyrannosaur from which it sprang. At first, it appears that the spur will spear the Cleric, but in the final moment a tiny aura appears in front of him, deflecting the blow. As the bone crumbles, Mac stands up and dusts himself off.

"Thanks, Boris. Without your help, I woulda been...boned."

Against all odds, the horrible pun seems to Encourage the vampire, his healing power prepared to dish out even more damage to the undead dinosaur.

The Enemies:

Undead Tyrannosaur

*Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death*

*Poisoned-by-3*

Type:

Undead/Beast

Level:

16

Defense:

28

Health:

139/160

Special:

Hunger of Death

– Devours the target, removing them from the battle. The devoured target is returned after the end of the next Round or when a new target is devoured; while devoured, the target takes 10% of all damage dealt to the Undead Tyrannosaur.

Drops:

Ancient Bone Fragments

Note:

Fragile Bones

- The Undead Tyrannosaur loses 4 Defense for each non-elemental strike dealt. This number can go negative, adding damage to all damaging attacks dealt against the Undead Tyrannosaur.

The Party

Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame)

*Party Leader!*

*Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)*

Male Human Mage

Level 8

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

12/12 (5+6)

Defense:

2

+14

Ether:

14/14 (5+5+2)

Gold:

23

Equipment:

Grumpy's Staff

(WP: 10),

Robes of the Murine Chieftan

(SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants

Command

over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes),

Inventory:

Ether Lash Wand: (WP 3 Wand, at the cost of 1 ether per WP the Wand becomes dual strike for one attack.), Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3), 3x Potion, Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), 2x Bat Guano (can be thrown at an enemy to cause the Blind Effect), Bedroll, Ancient Amber (Makes a weapon deal double damage to Ancient-type enemies when merged into a weapon at a smithy; can only be merged once per weapon, and never into shields; the weapon must be renamed to include "ancient" and "amber" in the name.), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Leather Cap (SP: 1), Grand Tonic, Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone)

Jinnipher Buchaire

(JimBee)

76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight

*Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin*

*Devoured (1 Round remaining)*

Level 9

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

9

Health:

16/18

Gold:

75

Equipment:

Ignis Blade

(WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) (loaned from Torald)

,

Natural Shield

(SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield),

Moone Mail

(SP:3; bodywear)

Inventory:

Brine Blade (WP:5, deals

Poison 5

; greatsword), The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from

Hexed

-effect; accessory), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Venom, Bone, 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Opal (Ice), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear),

Boris Bruhalv

(Waterbrick Down)

38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to

Stunned

and

Poisoned

*

*Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)*

Level 10.5

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

2

(2)

+2

Health:

16/18

(9+8)

Ether:

2/14

(5+8)

Gold:

303

Equipment:

Simple Mace

(WP: 3, mace),

Rusty Chainmail

(SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison),

Defender's Ring

(Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"),

Inventory:

Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 2 Potions, 2 Remedies, 4 Tonics, Ether Core, 1x Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Dirt Bomb (Deals 10 Ground damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, 3x Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals

Cursed

; dagger), 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Emerald (Wood),

Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus)

*Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)*

42 year old male human mage

Level 3

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

+2

Health:

7/7

Ether:

2/7

Gold:

50

Equipment:

Ancient Sapphamber Staff

(WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff)

Inventory:

Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, 2x Grand Tonic, Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals

Poisoned-by-3

; dagger), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Torald Waruelf

(Alfadas)

20 year old male Human Barbarian

Level 3

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

3

Health:

10/10

Gold:

10

Equipment:

Ebony Scorpion Spear

(WP:5, deals

Poisoned-by-3

; spear),

Tricorne

(SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone)

Inventory:

Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores defenses of foes weak to Wood, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword),

Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword)

lent to Jinnipher

, Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100

wind

-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Kheyli

(K-Nut)

327 years old female fairy Barbarian

*Damages Undead*

Level 4

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

Health:

11/11

Gold:

0

Equipment

:

Rat Club

(WP:5, deals

Afraid

to Vermin-type enemies and

Poisoned-by-1

to enemies of all types; club),

Cultist Cap

(regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone),

Inventory:

Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100

wind

-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Kiri Murasaki

(NPC, uncooperative [currently listening to: Kheyli])

*Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)*

Female Necromancer/Marauder

Level 10

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

+5

Health:

25/25

Ether:

5/25

Gold:

0

Equipment

:

Akahi to Aokaze

(WP:10, dual-strike; first strike is fire-elemental and deals Weakened, second strike is wind-elemental and deals Confused; gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; staves),

Cloak of the Lichen Necromage

(+6 max HP, +6 max Ether, Scrolls with "Lichen" or "Necrotic" in the name may be cast as Arc scrolls; Backwear, suitable to Kiri only)

Inventory:

Scroll of Lichen Might (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their spell power for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Lichen Shielding (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their SP for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Suppression (When cast on an weapon, causes its attacks to deal the Weakened effect for one battle; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), 9x Ether Core, 5x Myrrh

Mac

(takes suggestions) *currently listening to Boris*

Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired

Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged

Inventory:

3x Tonic, 3x Potion,

Party Leader, choose the order of action.

All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking.

Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

[Endgame]

Terry watches in horror as Jinnipher manifests in the beast's exposed ribs, only for Kiri's ether core suddenly make him feel... Well, invincible.

"Thanks, Kiri."

Terry chooses to use a physical attack on the Undead Tyrannosaur from the front row. Repeat battle order.

[Waterbrick Down]

The vampire stands surprised at the protective aura, but quickly helps Mac to his feet. "Couldn't leave you hanging there now could we? How about a little encouragement for Jinnipher, Mac?" Boris smiles and downs a tonic from the back row.

Edited October 10, 2015 by Waterbrick Down

[MysticModulus]

Ezeran and his symbiont gasps as the Moon Elf gets trapped. Ezeran mutters something degrading about neceomancers and casts a wooden spell at the undead tyrannosaur from the backmrow.

Edited October 10, 2015 by MysticModulus

[Flipz]

The vampire stands surprised at the protective aura, but quickly helps Mac to his feet. "Couldn't leave you hanging there now could we? How about a little encouragement for Jinnipher, Mac?" Boris smiles and downs a tonic from the back row.

Mac looks at Jinnipher and gulps.

"Nothin' against our lady knight, but somehow I can't seem to find anything encouraging nor inspiring 'bout her predicament." He glances at Boris' Tonic. "I got some o' them, want me to use them on ya instead?"

QM Note: Jinnipher cannot target nor be targeted by any actions while devoured, aside from the splash damage. EDIT: For the record, this also means that she will not be healed by a roll of Miracle, in case anyone's wondering.

Ezeran and his symbiont gasps as the Moon Elf getting trapped. Ezeran mutters something degrading about neceomancers and casts a wooden spell at the undead tyrannosaur from the backmrow.

Kiri looks at Ezeran in annoyance.

"I'm standing right here, you know." She rolls her eyes. "I mean, I probably deserved that, but still."

Edited October 10, 2015 by Flipz

[Alfadas]

Torald attacks the Undead Tyrannosaur, Front row.

[Waterbrick Down]

Mac looks at Jinnipher and gulps.

"Nothin' against our lady knight, but somehow I can't seem to find anything encouraging nor inspiring 'bout her predicament." He glances at Boris' Tonic. "I got some o' them, want me to use them on ya instead?"

QM Note: Jinnipher cannot target nor be targeted by any actions while devoured, aside from the splash damage. EDIT: For the record, this also means that she will not be healed by a roll of Miracle, in case anyone's wondering.

"That'll do." Boris stows, his tonic and focuses his healing on the Tyrannosaur from the back row.

[Endgame]

Ezeran and his symbiont gasps as the Moon Elf getting trapped. Ezeran mutters something degrading about neceomancers and casts a wooden spell at the undead tyrannosaur from the backmrow.

"Gonna have to agree with you there, Ezeran... Why d'ya have to go and play to the stereotype, Kiri?"

[K-Nut]

"Who, me? Thanks!" Kheyli smirks. "You can try and weaken it I guess. I mean, it'd probably help." Kheyli attacks with the Gelum Blade from the Back Row.

[Flipz]

Round 3 of the Bone Tale Boss Battle!

Jinnipher

Terry vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Miss (nothing happens)

Torald vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Miss (nothing happens)

>Kheyli vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Extra Critical Hit (Undead Tyrannosaur: 5*3=15+4=19*2/2=19 damage; Jinnipher: 19/10=1 damage)

>Ezeran (Wood) vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Great Spell (Undead Tyrannosaur: 7*2=14+3=17-28=0 damage; Jinnipher: 7*2=14+3=17/10=1 damage; Ezeran: -1 Ether)

>Boris heals Undead Tyrannosaur - Heal Less->Heal (Undead Tyrannosaur: 3+10=13*2=26 damage; Jinnipher: 26/10=2 health restored; Boris: -1 Ether)

>Kiri uses Ether Core on self

Kiri vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Dual Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Kiri Devoured, Jinnipher freed)

Mac uses Tonic on Boris

Undead Tyrannosaur poisoned: -3 health

Unfortunately for Terry, his own arrogance leads to little more than an elaborate miss. Toral, too, tries to trip up the Tyrannosaur, but also fails in his attempt. Kheyli makes up for both with a resounding Extra Critical Hit that even shakes Jinnipher, while Ezeran summons a similarly powerful spell...that fails to penetrate the Tyrannosaur's defenses, only injuring Jinnipher. Boris' healing, however, weakens the creature greatly, and even manages to patch up some of Jinnipher's wounds. Finally, it is Kiri's turn. She dances in close to try and get in a Weakening hit...

"...oh, Hel."

...before she is devoured. Her presence forces Jinnipher free of the Tyrannosaur's entrapment, but too late to attack, as she had been passed up already in the Battle Order. Mac, somewhat at a loss for what to suggest, administers a Tonic to Boris, bolstering Bruhalv's Ether reserves.

The Enemies:

Undead Tyrannosaur

*Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death*

*Poisoned-by-3*

Type:

Undead/Beast

Level:

16

Defense:

28

Health:

91/160

Special:

Hunger of Death

– Devours the target, removing them from the battle. The devoured target is returned after the end of the next Round or when a new target is devoured; while devoured, the target takes 10% of all damage dealt to the Undead Tyrannosaur.

Drops:

Ancient Bone Fragments

Note:

Fragile Bones

- The Undead Tyrannosaur loses 4 Defense for each non-elemental strike dealt. This number can go negative, adding damage to all damaging attacks dealt against the Undead Tyrannosaur.

The Party

Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame)

*Party Leader!*

*Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)*

Male Human Mage

Level 8

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

12/12 (5+6)

Defense:

2

+14

Ether:

14/14 (5+5+2)

Gold:

23

Equipment:

Grumpy's Staff

(WP: 10),

Robes of the Murine Chieftan

(SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants

Command

over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes),

Inventory:

Ether Lash Wand: (WP 3 Wand, at the cost of 1 ether per WP the Wand becomes dual strike for one attack.), Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3), 3x Potion, Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), 2x Bat Guano (can be thrown at an enemy to cause the Blind Effect), Bedroll, Ancient Amber (Makes a weapon deal double damage to Ancient-type enemies when merged into a weapon at a smithy; can only be merged once per weapon, and never into shields; the weapon must be renamed to include "ancient" and "amber" in the name.), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Leather Cap (SP: 1), Grand Tonic, Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone)

Jinnipher Buchaire

(JimBee)

76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight

*Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin*

Level 9

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

9

Health:

16/18

Gold:

75

Equipment:

Ignis Blade

(WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) (loaned from Torald)

,

Natural Shield

(SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield),

Moone Mail

(SP:3; bodywear)

Inventory:

Brine Blade (WP:5, deals

Poison 5

; greatsword), The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from

Hexed

-effect; accessory), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Venom, Bone, 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Opal (Ice), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear),

Boris Bruhalv

(Waterbrick Down)

38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to

Stunned

and

Poisoned

*

*Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)*

Level 10.5

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

2

(2)

+6

Health:

16/18

(9+8)

Ether:

6/14

(5+8)

Gold:

303

Equipment:

Simple Mace

(WP: 3, mace),

Rusty Chainmail

(SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison),

Defender's Ring

(Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"),

Inventory:

Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 2 Potions, 2 Remedies, 4 Tonics, Ether Core, 1x Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Dirt Bomb (Deals 10 Ground damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, 3x Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals

Cursed

; dagger), 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Emerald (Wood),

Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus)

*Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)*

42 year old male human mage

Level 3

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

+1

Health:

7/7

Ether:

1/7

Gold:

50

Equipment:

Ancient Sapphamber Staff

(WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff)

Inventory:

Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, 2x Grand Tonic, Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals

Poisoned-by-3

; dagger), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Torald Waruelf

(Alfadas)

20 year old male Human Barbarian

Level 3

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

3

Health:

10/10

Gold:

10

Equipment:

Ebony Scorpion Spear

(WP:5, deals

Poisoned-by-3

; spear),

Tricorne

(SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone)

Inventory:

Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores defenses of foes weak to Wood, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword),

Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword)

lent to Jinnipher

, Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100

wind

-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Kheyli

(K-Nut)

327 years old female fairy Barbarian

*Damages Undead*

Level 4

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

Health:

11/11

Gold:

0

Equipment

:

Rat Club

(WP:5, deals

Afraid

to Vermin-type enemies and

Poisoned-by-1

to enemies of all types; club),

Cultist Cap

(regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone),

Inventory:

Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100

wind

-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.),

Kiri Murasaki

(NPC, uncooperative [currently listening to: Kheyli])

*Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)*

*Devoured (1 Round)*

Female Necromancer/Marauder

Level 10

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

0

+25

Health:

25/25

Ether:

25/25

Gold:

0

Equipment

:

Akahi to Aokaze

(WP:10, dual-strike; first strike is fire-elemental and deals Weakened, second strike is wind-elemental and deals Confused; gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; staves),

Cloak of the Lichen Necromage

(+6 max HP, +6 max Ether, Scrolls with "Lichen" or "Necrotic" in the name may be cast as Arc scrolls; Backwear, suitable to Kiri only)

Inventory:

Scroll of Lichen Might (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their spell power for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Lichen Shielding (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their SP for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Suppression (When cast on an weapon, causes its attacks to deal the Weakened effect for one battle; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), 7x Ether Core, 5x Myrrh

Mac

(takes suggestions) *currently listening to Boris*

Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired

Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged

Inventory:

2x Tonic, 3x Potion,

Party Leader, choose the order of action.

All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking.

Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.