KotZ

Kiray's eyebrows furrowed at the ogre. "Right."

"Everyone has value, even the Houses. It's just how much value one has decides if someone is an asset, liability, or target."

"No doubt hey have secrets," Kiray responded. "I did some work for the Shadeaux with Diana recently. I could only guess at the secrets just they have. My view is that criminality is all a point of view. Some things are certainly wrong, no doubt, but hell some probably consider us criminals, and I'm not talking about what the Wolfgang think about us. I mean the House rivalries keep each other in check, but who keeps the houses overall in check? Certainly not themselves or even people outside of Eubric."

"Nowhere specifically, I wasn't born in Eubric" Kiray answered. "A family friend taught me most of the basics and everything I know so far about a year and a half ago. My mother was killed, though it seemed more like an execution, two years ago. So he taught me how to fight, hopefully to get back at whoever murdered my mother." Kiray thought about how easily it had come out. She barely knew this man, but he was in the same organization as Diana, who she had grown close to over her most recent quest. "So now I'm in Eubric trying to become better and find who killed my mother. Maybe someday I'll find out, maybe I won't." Kiray paused a moment, "As for us Heroes, it's just a job, I guess. We're glorified mercenaries, be that good or bad. I guess I've just picked up some leadership traits from the man who taught me. He was... commanding. Not in a bad way, mind you. He just had this air of authority to him. I do agree, we are a wide group, be it for better or worse. How'd you end up with the Wolfgang, if I can ask? And these guys here? I'm pretty glad we have you on our side right now. You three are capable fighters."

Loot distribution Actaeon- Soma, 25 gold, 1x Inert Sword Kiray- 3x Inert swords, 10 gold Francis- Ambrosia, 25 gold, Fileting knife Mizuki- Grand potion, 30 gold "Lane, if you want a sword from me or my gold, you're welcome to have some," Kiray called out to the cannoneer. "Well, now that these thugs are out of the way, shall we head in? Reg, you and me lead the way? Actaeon and Mizuki, take up the rear just in case. Everyone else file in."

"Red, could you heal our two fallen friends?" Kiray asked. She looked around at the loot in front of her. "Anyone have any special requests? Reg, I was thinking you, Briar and I take the inert blades. Also I think it would be good for Francis to have the knife, so he can have his own throwing weapon at the end of the quest."

Reg and Kiray repeat their attacks. Battle order Actaeon Mizuki Kiray Lane Reg Red

"Can somebody get Barkley up?" Kiray shouted. Reg attacks Ethereal Blade B from the front. Kiray attacks Ethereal Blade C from the front. Same battle order.

Reg keeps the same target and row. Kiray targets Anora from the front. Same battle order.

Kiray notices that Actaeon suggested to the cleric he should heal. Nothing that, she shouted out the new battle order. Battle Order Briar Kiray Mizuki Reg Actaeon Francis Lane Red

Reg, attack the Ethereal Blade A from the front," Kiray shouted. Kiray attacks the Ethereal Blade A from the front with Fleuret. Battle Order Briar Kiray Red Mizuki Reg Actaeon Francis Lane

OoC: I'm blaming autocorrect on my phone for that one

"Let's fight!" Kiray agree with Barley.

"Right, sorry, Reg," Kiray said sheepishly. "As long as you don't mention we're heroes, we'll be fine. And that goes for the rest of us, too. Is it a Wolfgang base? Let's go to the Lady Luck's Locale."

"Alright, then," Kiray replied. "Let's get a move on then."

Guess she's in high demand now

"You guys have any ideas?" Kiray asked her party members.

Kiray shot Reg a look. She then glanced over to Lane. "Do you suggest anything or anyone else?"

"Fine, come with us," Kiray replied. "But if any of you try anything I don't like, our deal is voided. Understood?" Kiray stuck out a hand. "Welcome aboard."

"We're not looking for a fight, Reg," Kiray said in an even tone. "You want to fight? Come with us, take down this beast and then you can continue to take from the Houses and give to the poor or do whatever your organization does. That's not my business. My business-and those with me right now-is to take down this beast."

Especially on a forum, been through the same situation haha. Well i your movies are as good as your quests, I'm sure they're excellent.

Really? I thought I was the only one here.

No they have no effect, essentially just like the bones but probably less useful. You should be able to sell them in the market for some pocket gold so they're not clogging up your inventory. And thanks guys for playing.

Quest 101 QM Thoughts First off I want to thank again the four players and Sandy for letting me host a quest for the first time. I had a lot of fun and a lot of stressful times getting this quest going, and clearly it was not the best or perfect quest, but honestly I'm happy it had the flaws it did, because it allowed me to learn more about hosting and playing Heroica as well. And Don't worry Flare, no offense taken, I'm happy with the criticism. The quest was hectic for me to post because BS went down once or twice for a while and I didn't have access to my camera and collection until this past weekend when I went back home and that's when I took all of the villages headshots (cards?) So everything had to be done before I went back to university and if I had more time, the sets would have been better, although in retrospect I should have asked someone here to take pictures and all. That weekend, my laptop also broke so posting was a mess and EuroBricks doesn't allow good typing on mobile, even if you do the desktop version so updates in a car couldn't happen. Battles Those were probably the hardest for me, especially since I put a level 40+ character with three Level 1 characters. That was quite a bit of headaches. The balancing (especially the first two battles) was a challenge, but I think I found my footing at the last one, even if the battles weren't challenging for one player, but it was either make it extremely difficult where only he would most likely survive and level, or play to the lowest common denominator which is what I ended up doing. I have to thank Capt.JohnPaul for giving a little guidance regarding the design of the battles, as he kind of gave some nods of his head or shakes before I even pitched to Sandy regarding NPCs and battles. Story The story was something that popped in my head as something that could be a simple quest that wouldn't affect the lore of Heroica too much, especially since this was my first quest. The minimal story and sets were also in case other QMs ever want to host a quest in Tridentia, there's a launching point for them to build off of, especially since that whole area around Tridentia seems to not have been explored much, which is why the town was also a trading colony. It's also part of a story I'd like to build on in the next few months if I host another quest (which at the earliest would be mid December). I love editing and coloring my own films (go film majors) an this seemed like something that was--not easy--but accessible to me. The story and characters took their own shape as I began writing more and more. The first part was the whole Zent thing. I wanted something surprising and I originally was going to have Daniel Caso also have some problems, most likely a form of dementia but I couldn't think of a way to make that seem reasonable so I left it out of the pitch entirely and now can't see a place I could have added it. The Zents sidequest was the hardest dialogue for me to write for some reason. The Lacy Lane/Letter sidequest was designed as a fetch quest that would have helped the party (well, if they were all low level) gain access to the items in the store cheaper, but Benji's high gold intake and generous loaning made that one pretty obsolete. Still, it was a small bit I wanted to tell to help give Lacy some backstory for upcoming quests involving Tridentia. Calder Den was the one who wrote himself, I didn't intend for him to go as he did, and his background was an inkling in my head that seemed to grow as soon as you all met Captain Terrence. Calder originally was to have been on good terms with his family but somehow he wrote himself out of that, sneaky little devil. It actually became difficult to reel Calder's persona in, and originally there was never going to be the choice of siding with Calder or the town. I added it in as Calder was written during the quest, and was going to have a coin flip on who attacks first, Calder or the Town. But I realized if Calder attacked first, you would have ended up with a failed quest, I didn't want you guys to have a 50/50 shot on succeeding a quest. If you were able to side with Calder, you would have gotten more loot, most likely in gold. The only thing you would not have earned would be the Robes of the Archmagi as that only came with Calder. Now if the battle went more rounds and you let Calder call in more discolored townspeople you would have earned a lot more loot, balancing out the not letting you fight with Calder. If you did side with Calder, the only villager to live would be Luke, who would then be taken under Calder's wing as an acolyte and the future quest would involve Calder and Luke wanting to take down Calder's family an restaking his claim, but that quest is not happening now, reason being Calder is dead. Party Flare- I know you've been around for quite awhile, especially your character Benji. Obviously taking Benji along made my life much more difficult but I'm glad you went along, especially towards the end with Calder. I'm glad you helped correct me and pointed out what was wrong at every turn, because now I know the pitfalls to avoid. CMP- I think Miderun can be an interesting character, although she needs work. Where she needs work I cannot say. You and Bobby seemed to get the short end of the stick in the battle way too much, an there were times when I was rolling the dice saying to myself "Please don't be a 6 or a 5, please don't be a 6 or--megablocks..." Zepher- You weren't around as much, but it's understandable, especially with your weekends and your laptop going down. I originally wanted to avoid using Bobby on the quest as he reminds me way too much of the people I see here on my campus, which means you're doing something right with Bobby. I really look forward to what you're going to do with him in future quests. He was, as Bobby would say, "tight" and "dope". Asphalt- I think Vindsval was my favorite character to take on the quest. I think the whole devout religious aspect to his character is cool and I think you played the whole player-knowledge vs character-knowledge really well, if you know what I mean. I think you have a great character that you can mold in upcoming quests. OVerall, was the quest perfect? No, not by a long shot. But I had a great time hosting and learning and really look forward to doing an even better job next time. Thanks everyone!

It's all his. He got all of that from 110, aside from the spark hammer.