KotZ

That was savage.

Round 2 of Training Annie vs Traci: Guardian Angel (All of the enemies are protected from damage and negative effects next round; Warlen gains +1 power) Avalanche vs Traci: Extra Critical Hit (Rolled a 2 and 3, 2 was selected; 9x3=27+17=44dmg; 44-8=36 dmg; 48-36=12HP) Warlen casts Frail on Jackson: Success (Needed to roll an even, rolled a 4; Jackson is Fragile; 11-1=10 ether) Warlen vs Jackson: Deflected damage (needs to roll a six to deflect, rolled a 1; Warlen gains +1 power; 16/2=8dmg; 8-10=0 dmg) Calamity vs Rex (back): Barrage (Calamity is struck three times by Rex; 16x3=48; 12-48=0; Calamity KO’d; Warlen gains +1 power) Traci gains 7HP (12+7=19HP) The Tridentians gain the upperhand this round. Traci manages to call upon Ennoc to protect her friends the next round of attacks. As she does, Avalanche comes in and critically injures her. Warlen succeeds in casting his scroll but Jackson still manages to break through the lines and smash into Warlen. Luckily Warlen’s armor absorbs the blow. Calamity, her attention taken by the unconscious Luke doesn’t see Rex level his cannon at her. In a somewhat cheap shot, Rex brings the mage down. The Enemies Jackson *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 58/58 SP: 8 SPECIAL: Aura - Jackson's current health doubles for the rest of the round. He keeps whatever is not above the maximum at the end. Drops: Nothing Traci *1/2 chance to prevent blinded* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health 19/72 Ether: 18/18 SP: 8 SPECIAL: Guardian Angel - All party members are protected from damage and negative effects next round Drops: Nothing Rex *Immuned to weakened* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 52/52 SP: 10 Power: 2 SPECIAL: Barrage - The Hero is struck by Rex three times Drops: Nothing 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 19 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 17 Health: 32/34 Ether: 5/19 Gold: 175 Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:10, 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), Plain Shield (SP: 5), 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) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Mythril Shard, Ruby Consumables: 2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Phoenix Essence, 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) 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 21.66 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* *1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits* Power Bonus: 4 Health: 33/33 (5+20+7+1*) SP: 10 (6+4) Ether: 10/27 (5+20+1+1) Gold: 150 Glory Points (GP): 15 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP: 7, 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), 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 x2, 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 x4, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb), Smoke Bomb x3, Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), Soma, Ether core 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), Bones x8, 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* *Lucky* Level 17 Power: 26 (17+9) Health: 32/32 (17+14+1*) SP: 12 Gold: 51 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, Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Whip(WP:5; suitable for rogues, artisans, beast warriors, harlots, marauders and necromancers.) Consumables: 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x 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) 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), Calamity (Scubacarrot) KO'd 24 year old human Mage Level 12 Power bonus: 10 (spell) Health: 0/16 Ether: 17/18 Gold: 241 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)

I mean, better to do it in one fell swoop than drag it out right?

Round 1 of Training Annie vs Traci: Hit (20+19=39dmg; 39-8=31dmg; 72-31=41HP) Avalanche drinks a Nostrum: becomes Lucky Warlen casts Frail on Jackson: Failure (Needs to roll an even, rolled a 5) Warlen vs Jackson: Deflected Damage (needs to roll a 6 to deflect, rolled a 5; Warlen gains +1 power; 16/2=8dmg; 8-10=0 dmg) Calamity vs Luke (back): Hit (20+12=32x2=64dmg; 48-64=0HP; Luke KO’d) Rex vs Annie: Free Hit (18-17=1dmg; 33-1=32HP) Traci gains 7HP (41+7=48HP) Both sides take to training with great speed. Annie targets the paladin and manages to land a strong hit. Warlen struggles on his end with the warden. Calamity downs Luke in one hit. Rex barely grazes Annie with a shot from his cannon. The Enemies Jackson *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 58/58 SP: 8 SPECIAL: Aura - Jackson's current health doubles for the rest of the round. He keeps whatever is not above the maximum at the end. Drops: Nothing Traci *1/2 chance to prevent blinded* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health 48/72 Ether: 18/18 SP: 8 SPECIAL: Guardian Angel - All party members are protected from damage and negative effects next round Drops: Nothing Rex *Immuned to weakened* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 52/52 SP: 10 Power: 2 SPECIAL: Barrage - The Hero is struck by Rex three times Drops: Nothing 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 19 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 17 Health: 32/34 Ether: 5/19 Gold: 175 Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:10, 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), Plain Shield (SP: 5), 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) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Mythril Shard, Ruby Consumables: 2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Phoenix Essence, 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) 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 21.66 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* *1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits* Power Bonus: 1 Health: 33/33 (5+20+7+1*) SP: 10 (6+4) Ether: 11/27 (5+20+1+1) Gold: 150 Glory Points (GP): 15 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP: 7, 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), 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 x2, 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 x4, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb), Smoke Bomb x3, Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), Soma, Ether core 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), Bones x8, 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* *Lucky* Level 17 Power: 26 (17+9) Health: 32/32 (17+14+1*) SP: 12 Gold: 51 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, Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Whip(WP:5; suitable for rogues, artisans, beast warriors, harlots, marauders and necromancers.) Consumables: 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x 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) 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), Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 12 Power bonus: 10 (spell) Health: 12/16 Ether: 17/18 Gold: 241 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) PArty leader, please choose a battle order. Everyone please choose a row and action.

Kiray bows again as she feels restored by the queen. "Your Highness is wise and just. Thank you. If I may add, I hope your people--and all of Spesialia--can keep the Nekrastones in their respective grasps. Too much blood has been spilled. And I hope us Heroes are not called on again to right this. I don't mean to blame you or your people for this debacle; I hope that al parties come to realise this sooner rather than later."

So noww I'm in the clear. Two short films are done shooting and my life is 100% easier now. If Scubacarrot doesn't post soon, TheChosenMinifigure can choose Calamity's action/row.

"Oh, I like this already." "Alright you three," the captain calls out, "form up! Luke, get in there too! Let's see what you can do." Rex, Traci, Jackson and Luke have left the party. The four Tridentians all drink down an ambrosia, mulled wine and soma that the captain hands them. PREPARE FOR BATTLE! The Enemies Jackson *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 58/58 SP: 8 SPECIAL: Aura - Jackson's current health doubles for the rest of the round. He keeps whatever is not above the maximum at the end. Drops: Nothing Traci *1/2 chance to prevent blinded* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health 72/72 Ether: 18/18 SP: 8 SPECIAL: Guardian Angel - All party members are protected from damage and negative effects next round Drops: Nothing Rex *Immuned to weakened* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 52/52 SP: 10 Power: 2 SPECIAL: Barrage - The Hero is struck by Rex three times Drops: Nothing Luke Zent *Immune to Cursed and Blinded* *Blessed* *Reinforced* *Inspired* Type: Humanoid Level: 16 Health: 48/48 Ether: 24/24 SPECIAL: Miracle - All party members are healed by 28HP Drops: Nothing 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 19 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 17 Health: 33/34 Ether: 5/19 Gold: 175 Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:10, 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), Plain Shield (SP: 5), 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) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Mythril Shard, Ruby Consumables: 2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Phoenix Essence, 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) 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 21.66 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* *1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits* Power Bonus: Health: 33/33 (5+20+7+1*) SP: 10 (6+4) Ether: 13/27 (5+20+1+1) Gold: 150 Glory Points (GP): 15 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP: 7, 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), 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 x2, 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 x4, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb), Smoke Bomb x3, Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), Soma, Ether core 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), Bones x8, 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 17 Power: 26 (17+9) Health: 32/32 (17+14+1*) SP: 12 Gold: 51 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, Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Whip(WP:5; suitable for rogues, artisans, beast warriors, harlots, marauders and necromancers.) Consumables: 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 3x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone, Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect) 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), Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 12 Power bonus: 10 (spell) Health: 12/16 Ether: 18/18 Gold: 241 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) PArty leader, please choose a battle order. Everyone please choose a row and action. The rest of the quest should go relatively smoothly regarding real life, everything has mostly settled down now.

Kiray, weary from the trip still manages a nod of the head. "Your Highness. I pray you are doing well."

"Don't think of it as a compromise, Annie. Think of it as... well, I guess it is a compromise."

Who else was on that run?

"I do, in fact," Captain Greyson says as he reaches into a pouch and produces the map. "You see Tridentia here?" Most of the time, their boats approach from the southeast if they're going to make landfall. Only once when they came ashore did they send a small group to flank us. That group crossed across the forest and attacked from the northwest. Otherwise, they've been on their ships at most ten miles north, which is the the direction most of the shipping lanes go." "That could work." "I'm not a big fan of leaving us defenseless. We need some training on the others." "We could always have some barricades," Rex starts, "and have some armed men here and place the rest of us on the merchant ships." "Keep going..." "Well, what we could do is make sure us here are up to snuff. Then Traci and Jackson are assigned to ships and they train their own forces, maybe six or so men per ship. Then you and I lead the defenses on the island. My cannon can do some good work, but if they get close, that would be your specialty. And when some ships aren't being sent out, their defense forces are stationed on the island." "That could work. Thoughts, Heroes?"

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Kiray gives the Lord a quick, not so deep bow of the head. "Hopefully Lyrion and Hung had less trouble than we did."

"That could work, if we make them useful enough. We'll need men to man them though." "We're about two hundred civilians here. Around a fifth are children, and another are unable to fight. The remaining could but if they would pick up arms, I can't say if they would. We could muster a good force. What we need are guards on the trade ships to protect those on the high seas." "I like the idea of keeping them at bay with magic if we can," Traci says, a gleam in her eye. "Would you be able to keep up a spell for that long? Would you be safe" Luke questions, a hint of concern in his voice.

"I'm not singing if we build anything." Ignoring Traci's remark, the captain replies, "I've seen a mage once and they certainly have archers. Barricades could be useful for the town."

"This sparring ring should be big enough. How many people are you thinking of?" "A lot of them use longswords and axes. I've seen a few scimtars. Pretty much anything that allows them to board more easily. I've seen them use one large ship and then use rowboats to get on the other side of the ship and board behind the sailors, so we'd end up fighting surrounded. They're brutal."

"Perhaps," she says as she returns the smile. "Part of life, isn't it?"

Warlen finds nothing of note, no traps, just dirt, dirt, and more, well, dirt. "That settled?" With that, Jackson and the others returned back to the sparring ring, finding the Captain seemed to had not left his spot. "I was beginning to worry about you," the captain sighs. "I was beginning to consider getting another group of Heroes out here to find you!" "It certainly wasn't easy," Traci replies. "At least you're all in one piece."

"We should probably get back to the captain and see what he thinks we should do. When do you want to return?" Traci, Rex and Jackson join the party! 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 19 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 17 Health: 33/34 Ether: 5/19 Gold: 175 Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:10, 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), Plain Shield (SP: 5), 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) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Mythril Shard, Ruby Consumables: 2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Phoenix Essence, 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) 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 21.66 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* *1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits* Power Bonus: Health: 33/33 (5+20+7+1*) SP: 10 (6+4) Ether: 13/27 (5+20+1+1) Gold: 150 Glory Points (GP): 15 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP: 7, 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), 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 x2, 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 x4, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb), Smoke Bomb x3, Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed), Soma, Ether core 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), Bones x8, 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 17 Power: 26 (17+9) Health: 32/32 (17+14+1*) SP: 12 Gold: 51 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, Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Whip(WP:5; suitable for rogues, artisans, beast warriors, harlots, marauders and necromancers.) Consumables: 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 3x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone, Wine from the Vine (Consumable, restores full health, but causes Confused effect) 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), Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 12 Power bonus: 10 (spell) Health: 12/16 Ether: 18/18 Gold: 241 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) Luke Zent (NPC) (Takes suggestions from Calamity) *Immune to Cursed and Blinded* Human Cleric Level: 16 Health: 24/24 Ether: 16/24 Equipment: Colorful Healing Staff (WP: 4, Wood elemental), Vindsval’s Totem (Protects from Cursed; accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max ether +3, immunity to blinded; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear) Inventory: Potion x2, Tonic x3 Jackson (NPC) (Takes suggestions from the Party) Human Warden Level: 16 Health: 29/29 SP: 4 Equipment: Short-Sword Bow (WP: 10; Sword mode has 1/6 chance of ignoring row; suitable for knights; Bow mode has 1/6 chance of causing a second hit; suitable for rangers), Bladed Armor (SP: 4; suitable for knights) Inventory: 2x mead, 3x smelling salts Traci (NPC) (Takes suggestions from the Party) *1/2 chance to prevent blinded* Human Paladin Level: 16 Health 36/36 Ether: 18/18 SP: 4 Equipment: Holy Handaxe (WP: 8; Has a 1/3 chance of causing the blinded effect, deals Light elemental damage; sutiable for paladins); Eyepatch (1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect; headwear.), Paladin's Armor (SP:4, Max. Ether +2; suitable for paladins; bodywear.) Inventory: 3x ambrosia, 1x soma, 2x mulled wine Rex (NPC) (Takes suggestions from the Party) *Immuned to weakened* Human Cannoneer Level: 16 Health: 26/26 SP: 5 Power: 2 Equipment: Little Friend (WP: 13; cannon, suitable for cannoneers), Flexible overcoat (SP: 5; bodywear, suitable for anyone), Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened-effect; handwear.) Inventory: 3x Smoke bombs, Agni Bomb, 5x Fire Bomb, 2x Blind bomb, Confuse Bomb, 2x Ice bomb, Ambrosia, 1x soma, 2x mulled wine

"There will be an uproar no matter what we do, Na'im," the black knight responds.

"Honestly, we should just get rid of these nekrastones. Hide them or destroy them. Forget giving them to the Guardians or anyone else."

"All of you act like children, none of you deserve the nekrastone," Kiray harumphs as she wipes the blood off her blade. "I actually am surprised here, but I find myself agreeing with the Star Elves, even after all they did. Sorry Lord Fenari, Eckmar, but the brown nekrastone should go to the Guardians." She equips her Never Blessed Helmet.

"I hope yo're able to do it. I know the mayor can swing a sword, but how good he is, I can't say. Right now, this defense is the four of us, Luke, and probably the mayor. You've got a lot of work to do."

"Oh, don't get her started on her armor," Rex jokes. "Well at least some of us wear protection," Traci replies with a smirk. "Seriously, you think that jacket and bandanna will protect you from a sword?" Her gaze returns to Annie. "It's actually from my grandfather in Eubric. He made it for me. He came and visited Tridentia and designed it for me." "After the recent raids we started losing a lot of militia. There's just not enough people on the island that can form a full-time militia. So it's just us four as of now."