Brickdoctor

You hadn't seen them before because this topic is from 2005.

I place the Tan and Royal Blue papers in the Ship folder and the Red and Grey papers in the Lightning Bolt folder.

So close to 1K Fame, too.

I have a very lazy setup. Few pieces of 8.5"x11" white paper laid out and taped where necessary. No lights, just one window off to the left. Nowadays, I use an entry-level Nikon DSLR and Photoshop CS5, but when I first started in the RA, I used a point-and-shoot and Paint.NET. If you have good lighting, the other stuff is pretty easy to take care of. I adjust things in Curves first, and sometimes I'll get lucky and that's all I'll have to do other than color adjustments and cropping. Otherwise, I use the Lasso and Wand tools to select and delete the background and select any rough, unnatural edges, which I usually just Gaussian Blur until they look good. (I could use Masks and the Pen tool if I wanted a really clean composite, but since I'm doing this with every single photo and all I'm doing is replacing one white background with another white background, it's not necessary)

Yeah, it looks like a really small Atgar P-Tower. Overall, I think the minis are better than last years, and the Snow Astromech at least would be somewhat useful for MOCs as far as exclusive minifigs go. The GNK Droid doesn't look too good, though.

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

If I had written all of the Arena rules, it would.

That would be my fault. I don't think I've created an enemy that wasn't at least partly Humanoid since the beginning of Q4.

"I'll pass on Triple Magic." I look at the papers and try putting the Royal Blue and Earth Blue papers in the Ship folder, the Tan and Grey papers in the Lightning Bolt folder, and the Red and Black papers in the Shield folder.

Party: Skrall, Level 17 Hunter (Waterbrick Down) *Party Leader* *Favors Humanoid Enemies* Power: 27 Health: 30/30 Defense: 0 Gold: 19 Inventory: Heavy Crossbow (WP: 8; Knock-back), Hunter's Crossbow (WP: 10; +4 vs. Beasts), Greatsword of Lion Nobles (WP: 20; User is Slowed), Potion, Tonic, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, Telescope Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 11.5 Mage (Flipz) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 18 Health: 15/15 Ether: 9/15 Defense: 1 Gold: 20 Inventory: Arthur's Staff of Elven Necromancy (WP: 5), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7; 50% chance of Fleeing instead of being KO'd), Robe of Magi (SP:1), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal (Ice), Potion(x2), Bedroll, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Shovel, Grand Tonic Isabella del Toboso, Level 10 Rogue (Dharkan) Power: 17 Health: 16/16 Defense: 1 Gold: 247 Inventory: Fauxthril Dagger (WP:7), Golden Dagger (WP:3), Cloak of the Invisible Elf (SP: 1; untargetable for first 2 Rounds of every Battle), Venom, Potions (2), Bedroll, Fire Bombs (2) Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 11.5 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) Power: 17 Health: 20/20 Defense: 7 Gold: 100 Inventory: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 6; ignores SP), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 7), Potions (2), Fire Bombs (2), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb Luke, Level 17.5 Sage (controlled by Waterbrick Down) *Pacifist* Power: 18 Health: 32/32 Ether: 15/24 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP: 1), Diamond (Light) Count Lewis Knyghton, Level 12.5 Engineer (controlled by Flipz) Power: 15 Health: 19/19 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Spatha (WP: 3) "Sirs, we've spotted intruders on the other side of the fort! They've broken into the armory!" You run to the armory, and, looking into a corridor leading to it, you can see a knight with a red cape, followed by a roguish sort of fellow in a dark green cloak, and a huge hammer poking out which you can tell is being held by whoever is behind him. Prepare for battle!

In the future, you should always max Def first, and Wis is not that important. Hope you come back soon.

[Fastest fingers first? Less than a minute apart] From Fangy. I ninja'd him in updating the list of active students in the RA.

Were you maxed?Let me know if there are any equips you need. I've got a GBow and Sup Def you can have if you're going back to Archer.

Results of Round Seven of the Battle of Fort Drakon: >Arthur Justus Regulus VII vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman B - Magic Burst (7+11=18 base Darkness Elemental Damage) Alexandre le Chevalier vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman B - Hit (6+11=17 Damage) >Skrall vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman A - Stick Together (Special Damage) Isabella del Toboso vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman A - Stick Together (Special Damage) Count Lewis Knyghton vs. Lion Pikeman A - Damage (10=10 Damage) >Luke vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman A - Magical Vortex (1=1 base Light Elemental Damage; 1+17=18 Health) Arthur, annoyed at all of this, you destroy what remains of the Rogue Lion force in a burst of magic. "We are victorious!" Isabella, you gain a full Level of XP, while the rest of you gain a half of a Level of XP, so update your signatures accordingly. The enemies drop 40 Gold. Party: Skrall, Level 17 Hunter (Waterbrick Down) *Party Leader* *Favors Humanoid Enemies* Power: 27 Health: 30/30 Defense: 0 Gold: 9 Inventory: Heavy Crossbow (WP: 8; Knock-back), Hunter's Crossbow (WP: 10; +4 vs. Beasts), Greatsword of Lion Nobles (WP: 20; User is Slowed), Potion, Tonic, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, Telescope Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 11.5 Mage (Flipz) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 18 Health: 15/15 Ether: 9/15 Defense: 1 Gold: 10 Inventory: Arthur's Staff of Elven Necromancy (WP: 5), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7; 50% chance of Fleeing instead of being KO'd), Robe of Magi (SP:1), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal (Ice), Potion(x2), Bedroll, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Shovel, Grand Tonic Isabella del Toboso, Level 10 Rogue (Dharkan) Power: 17 Health: 16/16 Defense: 1 Gold: 237 Inventory: Fauxthril Dagger (WP:7), Golden Dagger (WP:3), Cloak of the Invisible Elf (SP: 1; untargetable for first 2 Rounds of every Battle), Venom, Potions (2), Bedroll, Fire Bombs (2) Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 11.5 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) Power: 17 Health: 20/20 Defense: 7 Gold: 90 Inventory: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 6; ignores SP), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 7), Potions (2), Fire Bombs (2), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb Luke, Level 17.5 Sage (controlled by Waterbrick Down) *Pacifist* Power: 18 Health: 32/32 Ether: 15/24 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP: 1), Diamond (Light) Count Lewis Knyghton, Level 12.5 Engineer (controlled by Flipz) Power: 15 Health: 19/19 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Spatha (WP: 3) Party Leader, please divide the loot: 40 Gold

One hundred. You can read about ranks here.

Happy birthday, Big Cam!

Yes, I was talking about the shield. Thanks.

Quick question: I'm building the Kingdoms Joust, and, naturally, I'm starting to think about what parts of it I want to integrate into Heroica quests. So, Sandy, since the new Falcon Knight's coat of arms is so similar to that of the Black Falcons, is the new Falcon Knight to be associated with the Bonapartes, or is it okay to use for other factions/independent knights?

QM Note:Wait, what? I was under the impression that the Healing Staff was calculated using its own WP of 5. That's how I've been doing it. (otherwise, why does it have a WP stat?)

QM Note:Did I mention that I love QMing you?

QM Note:MegaBloks. I have no idea how much that affects this battle, so if you've got nothing against it, I'm going to assume that you just switched to it now. Otherwise, I can go back and change things.

I can get on now.

Yeah, I do.

QM Note: Ironically, I managed to delay the quest enough that we now have to catch up to one of the other quests, so I'm just going to update this next Round now. Results of Round Five of the Battle of Fort Drakon: >Alexandre le Chevalier vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman D - Sentinel Count Lewis Knyghton vs. Lion Pikeman B - Damage (10=10 Damage) Isabella del Toboso vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman A - Critical Hit ([7*2]+9-2=21 Damage) >Arthur Justus Regulus VII uses a Healing Staff on Alexandre le Chevalier - Critical Hit ([5*2]+11=21 Health) >Luke heals Alexandre le Chevalier - Heal (17+1=18 Health) Count Lewis, Pikeman B's attack comes too fast for you to block or dodge. Isabella, you go for the kill, but your aim is just a little off and the slash is not a fatal one. Arthur and Luke, you both heal Alexandre successfully, and, Alexandre, you quickly assume the Sentinel position. "The battle continues." Enemies: Rogue Lion Pikeman A Type: Humanoid Level: 10 Health: 6/50 Defense: 2 Special: Stick Together - All Pikemen present huddle together, halving their Damage taken during the next Round, but also making them unable to deal Free Hits. Drops: nothing Rogue Lion Pikeman B Type: Humanoid Level: 10 Health: 19/50 Defense: 2 Special: Stick Together - All Pikemen present huddle together, halving their Damage taken during the next Round, but also making them unable to deal Free Hits. Drops: nothing Rogue Lion Pikeman D Type: Humanoid Level: 10 Health: 33/50 Defense: 2 Special: Stick Together - All Pikemen present huddle together, halving their Damage taken during the next Round, but also making them unable to deal Free Hits. Drops: nothing Party: Skrall, Level 16.5 Hunter (Waterbrick Down) *Party Leader* *Favors Humanoid Enemies* *Slowed* Power: 36 Health: 29/29 Defense: 0 Gold: 9 Inventory: Heavy Crossbow (WP: 8; Knock-back), Hunter's Crossbow (WP: 10; +4 vs. Beasts), Greatsword of Lion Nobles (WP: 20; User is Slowed), Potion, Tonic, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, Telescope Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 11 Mage (Flipz) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 16 Health: 15/15 Ether: 9/15 Defense: 1 Gold: 10 Inventory: Arthur's Staff of Elven Necromancy (WP: 5), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7; 50% chance of Fleeing instead of being KO'd) Robe of Magi (SP:1), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal (Ice), Potion(x2), Bedroll, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Shovel, Grand Tonic Isabella del Toboso, Level 9 Rogue (Dharkan) Power: 16 Health: 15/15 Defense: 1 Gold: 237 Inventory: Fauxthril Dagger (WP:7), Golden Dagger (WP:3), Cloak of the Invisible Elf (SP: 1; untargetable for first 2 Rounds of every Battle), Venom, Potions (2), Bedroll, Fire Bombs (2) Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 11 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) *Sentinel* Power: 17 Health: 20/20 Defense: 7 Gold: 90 Inventory: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 6; ignores SP), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 7), Potions (2), Fire Bombs (2), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb Luke, Level 17 Sage (controlled by Waterbrick Down) *Pacifist* Power: 18 Health: 32/32 Ether: 16/24 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP: 1), Diamond (Light) Count Lewis Knyghton, Level 12 Engineer (controlled by Flipz) Power: 15 Health: 9/19 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Spatha (WP: 3) QM Note: As the party is unable to take Damage, I will auto-play the next Round. I assume that with the commander down, Skrall will switch back to his Hunter's Crossbow. Let me know if that's not what you would have done. Results of Round Six of the Battle of Fort Drakon: >Alexandre le Chevalier vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman B - Miss >Skrall vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman D - Hit ([(10+16)*3]-2=76 Damage) >Count Lewis Knyghton vs. Lion Pikeman B - Disable (3+12-2=13 Damage) Isabella del Toboso vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman A - Damage (No Damage) >Arthur Justus Regulus VII vs. Rogue Lion Pikeman D - Stick Together (Special Damage) >Luke heals Count Lewis Knyghton - Heal More ([1*2]+17=19 Health) Alexandre, you try to protect everyone and attack at the same time, but your attack falls short. Skrall, you drop your blade and raise your crossbow to your shoulder, firing and hitting Pikeman D square in the chest. Count Lewis, you continue to battle hard, landing a hit as Luke heals you. The pikemen, low on Health and without reinforcements, huddle together and prepare for a last stand. "Finish them!" Enemies: Rogue Lion Pikeman A *Sticking Together* Type: Humanoid Level: 10 Health: 6/50 Defense: 2 Special: Stick Together - All Pikemen present huddle together, halving their Damage taken during the next Round, but also making them unable to deal Free Hits. Drops: nothing Rogue Lion Pikeman B *Sticking Together* Type: Humanoid Level: 10 Health: 6/50 Defense: 2 Special: Stick Together - All Pikemen present huddle together, halving their Damage taken during the next Round, but also making them unable to deal Free Hits. Drops: nothing Party: Skrall, Level 16.5 Hunter (Waterbrick Down) *Party Leader* *Favors Humanoid Enemies* Power: 26 Health: 29/29 Defense: 0 Gold: 9 Inventory: Heavy Crossbow (WP: 8; Knock-back), Hunter's Crossbow (WP: 10; +4 vs. Beasts), Greatsword of Lion Nobles (WP: 20; User is Slowed), Potion, Tonic, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, Telescope Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 11 Mage (Flipz) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 18 Health: 15/15 Ether: 9/15 Defense: 1 Gold: 10 Inventory: Arthur's Staff of Elven Necromancy (WP: 5), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7; 50% chance of Fleeing instead of being KO'd), Robe of Magi (SP:1), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal (Ice), Potion(x2), Bedroll, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Shovel, Grand Tonic Isabella del Toboso, Level 9 Rogue (Dharkan) Power: 16 Health: 15/15 Defense: 1 Gold: 237 Inventory: Fauxthril Dagger (WP:7), Golden Dagger (WP:3), Cloak of the Invisible Elf (SP: 1; untargetable for first 2 Rounds of every Battle), Venom, Potions (2), Bedroll, Fire Bombs (2) Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 11 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) Power: 17 Health: 20/20 Defense: 7 Gold: 90 Inventory: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 6; ignores SP), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 7), Potions (2), Fire Bombs (2), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb Luke, Level 17 Sage (controlled by Waterbrick Down) *Pacifist* Power: 18 Health: 32/32 Ether: 15/24 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP: 1), Diamond (Light) Count Lewis Knyghton, Level 12 Engineer (controlled by Flipz) Power: 15 Health: 19/19 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Spatha (WP: 3) Party Leader, choose the order of actions. All of you, choose your targets and the Row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, move, 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.