Rumble Strike

Know your audience, Brickdoctor!

I played all 3 Mass Effects but don't recognise any quotes. Some great stuff in the Hall regardless. That table is rocking!

Tarn laughs loudly and awkwardly at Guts' joke in order to try and shift the mood around the table. "You're a handcannon, Guts, you're really funny!"

"Atramor, you look... Different," said Tarn, who had seen his friend seem to go off the rails, leave the Hall, and come back a changed person.

And likewise, some great exchanges with the Copper Fox in the Training Room

Two very worthy winners! Kudos to everyone who took part, and to the staff for arranging it all in the first place. A nice way of celebrating the anniversary of the Heroica RPG

Love that description of Atramor's experience CMP!

Now that'd be a party!

Tarn grinned at Nyx. It was great having the fiery Battle Mage, Atramor and Tesni all sat at the same table. "You're right, we should all go to Dastan together!" he said.

He chuckled with Atramor. "Together we have helped Dastan and Xu, the boy from a Titaanian village and the roge from Draida Bay. Where will we go next, in all of Olegaia? Heroica's influence spreads wide now."

Tarn blushed at Guts' crass comment, but found himself in agreement with Atramor. "What else could she have been talking about? We lost Jun, and we found him again when everyone thought he was dead. And maybe I will return to Dastan one day. Being friends with the new Emperor doesn't hurt, either."

"Or love to find..." said the young Raider wistfully. "I miss Ella, Atramor. And she was absolutely correct about us rescuing Jun, wasn't she?"

"That's right Guts, it's a miracle I have survived this long!" answered Tarn with a smile.

"It was a mistake, as you said at the time. The Jade Flagbearer lined up once again with the other Stars, even after we gave him clemency in the pagoda. It would have been nice to reattempt the Quest with the same group, especially with your prowess at assassination, but the heroes that signed up all did magnificently."

"Hybros! Nice to see you again. You will be pleased to know that Tesni and I went back out to Xu along with several other fine heroes, and this time we defeated the remaining 108 Stars of Destiny! We took on around 26 in one huge battle. Luckily we had Atramor with us and his plans got us through the battle. Then we took on the Constellation, the inner circle of the bandits, who were secretly trying to overthrow the aoi. We found Jun as a prisoner, killed the Constellation and got Jun back to his mother. All in all, a very successful Quest. Tesni got the Qu'lan Blade, with the kill of the leader."

"Ah, events are turning interesting! I will Cover Luridan and also Encourage Swinehurst."

Tarn looked up. Despite the hubbub of the Hall, which was slowly filling up with heroes once again, he thought he heard his name mentioned.

"Wether, just to clarify. Retak 'cleared' Emmanuelle via the magnifying glass. Emmanuelle says she was attacked in the night by Fernandu, which makes Fernandu look very scummy. However, with Retak a known Nephilim, it casts a bit of doubt on the clearing of Emmanuelle as Heroica. However, the sequence of events and his lack of participation and reasoning allow me to attack him with a clear conscience today."

"Thank you for confirming that, Luridan. Keep at it!"

"Wether, there are also several of us attacking Fernandu Elysiam, based on his involvement with the Nephilim Retak/'cleared' Emmanuelle situation and his lack of discussion and reasons for attacking. If you believe this avenue of attack is less critical than finding the allegience of Maxi, then I am happy to change my attack. Swinehurst, I see you have now bought a Phoenix Essence and there has been discussion about who to bring back. I am unsure as to the final target of Luridan's Phoenix Essence, I think both Calico and Heron have been named as possibilities. I would be in favour of either, whilst Calico was a focal point for the hall, perhaps Heron is the better pick, especially if Heron could pinpoint his attacker. Please make sure we are not trying to raise the same hero!"

Yes that scared little boy is Tarn, and the Cleric is Rystael

I liked the other voting style where we have 10 points to distribute however we like, narrowing these down to 2 is very tough!

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"Swinehurst says he only needs 10 more gold to get a Phoenix Essence. I will give 10 gold to Swinehurst so he can bring someone back, although I think who this is should be discussed with the group. I also see that Fernandu has garnered some offensive actions against him, and as he has still not bothered to defend himself I shall use my Phalanx attack on Fernandu. As for the investigation result on Brienne, it should be considered, but we are dismissive of a Heroica alignment pronouncement of somebody as we cannot verify the source, so we should be equally wary of this. If Brienne is indeed a Nephilim, then she has done far more for the heroes cause thus far than most. I agree that Scamander and Karyblis come across as very confrontational, but that's just how they are. Again, if they are Nephilim then their actions have only helped the Hall so far."

"As mentioned, Emmanuelle, if Retak had pronounced you Nephilim when you were in fact Heroica, we would have found this out upon your death, incriminating him. But with a pronouncement of Heroica, this is either true (Retak trying to ingratiate himself with you by confirming) or false (Retak aiding a fellow Nephilim by making her appear Heroica). But thank you for at least acknowledging my quandary. Just now Fernandu simply bought some potions and said absolutely nothing, did not give any reasons whatsoever why he attacked you, nor complain that I unjustly attacked him. I'd certainly say that is more incriminating than anything you have done so far. Also you have the Pantolan vouching for you, a brave thing to stick ones neck out, but sadly we have no way of corroborating that as yet."