KotZ

Sunny Day Sweepin' the monsters away On my way to where the mead is sweet Can you tell me how to get, How to get to Heroica Hall There's the opening for the quest...

Kiray swings at Barghest B from the front. Repeat order.

Yes! Я хачу водку! It is good to mhave more of us strong, manly Russians here.

Da, I am here, Yakovlev Ivankov. Let us hurry this up. I have appointment at banya soon.

What class would you say is the hardest then?

"I've got the beasts, then," Kiray calls out. She attacks Barghest 1 from the front with her katana. Battler order Miderun Kiray Germ Na'im

"Let's go the pumpkin patch, same challenge," Kiray confirms. How bad could some pumpkins be, she reasons.

I agree. Can you imagine if Sandy tossed Ellaria out the door right away or Guts or any of the other characters we've grown to love over these past five (five?) years? The game would be radically different and I think it would suffer. Sometimes toughing it out will fix the problems. And it's a roleplaying game. There's (nearly) always ways to fix somethings you messed up on.

Miderun-bone Na'im- raw meat Germ- bone "So where should we go next?"

Quest #146 First, I want to say thanks again to the questees and Sandy for letting me go back to Tridentia and have the penultimate quest in the arc I've been working on. Another thanks to CJP for taking the pictures for me (although my photoshop abilities are still lackluster, but eh, good enough for right now); they're certainly the best ones I've had on my quests so far. If there was any of the Tridentia quests that the players are really important, it's this one. This quest had the most player agency I've given and you guys really shaped what is going to happen in the final Tridentia quest. I want to start with the bad first. Pacing; I felt like I was a little slow this quest in responding and just how long the quest took. That maybe why the quest seemed to have ended abruptly. Yes and no. I was seeing lack of comments (Scuba, and where in the world has TCM gone?) and I guess general fatigue. I was feeling it, too, but I think ending the quest and letting the final bit be much more optional was the right choice. As for battles, I'm not sure how I feel about most of the battles, so I'll put this tentatively in the bad category. The final battle was loads of fun to plan and organize, but I could have explained everything better, and I should have made either more ballistae and/or lowered both ships' health to make the battle more intense. The sidequest felt a little tacked on (something I've always had a problem with), but it mainly served as a way to get you to understand the town more and interact with the NPCs more than just "train them and fight with them". For the good: I'm really glad I got to expand the cast of Tridentians more. A good 75% of them will reappear in the final quest, so I hope they're fun to interact with. Depending on the feedback, I'll adjust who exactly will be in it, where, etc. I like how I've been able to grow Luke and give him more of a family, be it with William and Lacy or with past Heroes who have come to the island. The final battle, as I said was loads of fun to plan and organize. Although after it ended I realized just how much loot I was giving away. I wanted to give a seperate section for player agency/improv I had to do. Originally, the party wasn't supposed to split, but Calamity went off and did it and I'm glad she did. I actually didn't expect that to happen so I adjusted for her miniquest as best I could and made up a few ways to give her something to do without the others that they couldn't see, and that would affect the outcome of the quest. You guys have no idea how much you've influenced the final quest, which I'll reveal when that quest is over in the future. Also the jokes. I really enjoyed making my atrocious jokes with you guys on this quest, be it with the horses, etc. Heroes Annie- I always liked QMing for Annie. It's great to see how she's grown over the past quests and how much she remembers about Tridentia and other characters. Mystic Knight is a strong class for her and I'm excited to see where you take her. This is my personal opinion, but I'd love to see her take on Battle Mage, especially as she grows in confidence. Warlen- Warlen is a unique case. Warlen (and Quarion) were on my second quest as Kiray and Warlen participated on the second Tridentia quest, so I've been on both sides with him. I'll admit, I didn't like Warlen in the beginning but he has grown on me. I think you did a fine job of leading the party this quest (although you went missing in the middle of the final battle so ). Aside from that, I hope to see you and Warlen more. Avalanche- Avalanche is a cool character. I like the fact he's a yeti, and he's a raider which just seems like an awesome class. You were great to QM; you always posted and did so in a timely manner for the most part. Avalanche seems like an intelligent character and I like him. Keep taking him where you're taking him, is my suggestion. Calamity- I'm so-so on Calamity still. The questee in me likes Calamity because she's Wolfgang so I hope in a quest she and Kiray get along well. As for QMing, there are some suggestions I have like using/posting her a bit more. I do really like how you seemed to take Luke under her wing and give a different mentor role than he's had with Vindsval, and I'm excited for how that will play out. As I said above, this party had the most player agency and I gave you the most, especially with Luke. Comments and criticism is more than welcome, be it from questees or spectators.

"I don't know if I could do that." She shifts uncomfortably. "Are you sure? Well, alright. Thank you very much. I'm sure we'll see each other again." "Here's the armor back." Jackson returns Avalanche's armor. "I should have enough money to buy some new armor for myself. Thank you for letting me borrow it." The party Annienal Anavir (Kintobor) "19" year old elven female Mystic Knight *Bonaparte Reputation* *Immunity toSudden Death and Fragile* *Takes half damage from elemental attacks* Level 20 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 17 Health: 34/34 Ether: 7/19 Gold: 406 Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:11, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Crescent Shield (SP: 9, Halved Damage from elemental attacks; shield), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immunity to fragile, body wear, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators, and vindicators), Lethauros Fellwings (SP: 3, wearer is immune to Sudden Death, backwear Inventory: Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Anointed Gladius (WP: 8, deals damage undead; great sword), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), ), Tobacco Pouch (1/2 Chance of Blinding with attacks, accessory), Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Lethauros Mask (SP: 2, wearer deals double damage to Beasts and Vermin, headwear, suitable to everyone), Locustoid Greaves (Max Ether +4, immune to Earth, suitable to ether users, footwear), Tap Shoes (Footwear; Has a 1/6 chance of dealing the Enamored effect on each attack), Gnarled wand (WP: 7, deals Wood damage; Wand, suitable for ether users), Captain’s Leather Helm (Immune to Stunned, Blinded and Sealed; Headwear suitable for Cannoneers, Rangers, Rogues, and Marauders) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Mythril Shard, Ruby Consumables: 2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonic, 4x Remedies, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Pickaxe, 4 Depleted Ether Cores (Restores half the user's max ether), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Tonic, Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect), Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence Scrolls: Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Lapis Lamp of Summoning (Summons the djinn Mayrene to conjure an Ethereal Barrier around the target at the cost of 5 ether, giving them a 50/50 chance to avoid Damage, Free Hits, and Special Damage. The barrier dissipates when the target takes damage from any source.) Roleplay: Underdeveloped Organ Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) *Party Leader* 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 22.33 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* *1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits* *Hastened* Power Bonus: Health: 20/33 (5+20+7+1*) SP: 10 (6+4) Ether: 6/27 (5+20+1+1) Gold: 371 Glory Points (GP): 15 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP: 9, staff, heals instead of damaging), Eulalia Shield (SP: 6, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed, bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear), Wizard's Hat of Quick Reading (SP:1; [Scroll of Frailty]; one scroll can be attached to the hat outside of battle. During battle it can be used in addition to a normal action once per round; suitable to classes with ether; headwear) Inventory: Weapons: The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 9. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode), Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses). Artifacts: Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove* (+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent), Marauder’s Heavy Armor (SP:6, protects from fragile-effect, suitable marauders, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; body wear.), Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Antimagic, Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x5, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x5, Grand Tonic, Remedy x8, Banana (Full Health), Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether), Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Hurricane x3 (Grants *Drunk* effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled), Mead x2, Smelling Salts x3, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), Smoke Bomb x3, Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), Soma, Ether core,Smoke Bomb, Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb), 8 bones Other Junk: Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Decamodifier, 10-Gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear), Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores), Avalanche, the Super Sleuth (Dragonfire) 30 years old male yeti Raider *Natural Respite* *Immune to Ice* *Counterstriking* Level 18 Power: 26 (17+9) Health: 32/32 (17+14+1*) SP: 12 Gold: 405 Equipment: Frostbite (halberd, WP:9, damages undead), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken), Yeti Fur Coat (SP:12; immunity to Ice, suitable for yetis only; bodywear.) Artefacts/Weapons: Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Decamodifier, , Whip(WP:5; suitable for rogues, artisans, beast warriors, harlots, marauders and necromancers.), Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5) Consumables: 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 2x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone, Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect), Neutralizer, Nostrum, Venom Bombs: 2x Smoke Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents), Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), 1x Skadi bomb, Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 13 Power bonus: 10 (spell) Health: 16/16 Ether: 10/18 Gold: 462 Equipment: Renegade’s Crook (WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff), Magician's Glove* (+10 spell power) (loaned from Warlen), Devilish Pointy Hat (Max Ether +2, demon-type enemies are automatically enamored with the wearer for 3 rounds at the start of battle, suitable for mages, necromancers, and weather mages, headwear) Inventory: Bedroll, 7x Potion, 3x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Amethyst, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Garnet (loaned from Warlen), Gold skin Gloves (Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear), Topaz, Focus Sash (Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons), Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect), Ornate dagger (WP:7; suitable for mages, rogues, alchemists, harlots, infiltrators, marauders and regulators.), Scroll of Confusion, Aquamarine, Smoke Bomb

"I agree, Avalanche." He motions to Traci, Jackson and Captain Grayson. "Go put him in a cell until we can get him a trial." After the four of them walk off, William turns back to the Heroes. "We'll give him a fair trial, no worries. If he's smart, he'll give up some information. At worst he'll be executed, and I'm sure many of the villagers would like that. If he's lucky, he'll be exiled. There's a lot to prepare for on our end now." "What are we to do now?" "Go help Rex and Captain Slate. Let me finish up with the Heroes." Luke bows and heads off with Rex to the docks. "Thank you, Heroes." The mayor pulls out a coin purse of 600 gold and gives it to the party. "Your reward. Slate can take you back to Eubric when you all are ready." THE QUEST IS SUCCESSFUL! QM Note: You're welcome to stay around in town and talk to any of the NPCs you've met during the quest or head back to the hall. I'll post final stats once the reward of 600 gold is divided. Thanks for playing! I'll post my thoughts soon.

Jebediahs, that was the trippiest change I think we've had.

"That's a big foot." "Don't quit your day job, Rex." "We've got enough rope." He turns to his crewmembers and shouts out commands. The ships get underway and head back to port. Once there, all of the Heroes, Tridentian soldiers and their captive return to the town square. Before going, Traci brings some rope to tie Luthan's hands. "You've got nothing to worry about. I'd be a simpleton to try to escape now." Back in the town square... "So," the mayor begins, "this is who has been harrassing us." "As instructed by the Den clan." The mayor curses under his breath. "What would they want from us." The beaten raider only shrugs. "I'm not one for talking, so let's get to this. What will happen to me now?"

I would assume so. Unless it only affects staves/wands/etc.

The Drop was a pretty good film. Weird to think Gandolfini is no longer with us.

What a gorgeous ship! The rigging is coming along nicely. This thing is a monster.

I didn't secure the parts of a modular castle I made a few years ago and when I tried moving it, the top towers fell. Luckily I was able to rebuild.

Wow, I can't believe this is the first time I've seen this. I would love to see it in real life and study everything. Lots of recognizable scenes from the PT. I love it.

1. Many times on EB. 2. Yup. I'm working part-time right now so I'll have access. 3. Ivankov, пожалуйста

Love the concept; I hope to see more people using similar ideas.

Great work! Would love to see more similar models.

I'm surprised we haven't had a reference to that before, unless I missed it.

I used to have anywhere from the Harry Potter hair to the Frodo hair for a long time. Now, It's closer to these: Although when it's cut it's a shorter version of Agent Dash's hair from Alpha Team.