Rumble Strike

It's amazing how much I just took for granted when I was Questing! In my defence as a barbarian I've not really worried about healing. When Clerics heal someone outside of battle, how many health points do they regain?

Sorrow takes Guts to one side and whispers to him. I saw how you took on the leader. Bold, decisive, strong. I have my eye on you, Guts, I think you are the star of this party." Feminor Vish stands over the body of the Sharkling, still bleeding from the puncture wounds his trident had inflicted. No-one can read the Sargassen's body language, but he is a still figure. After what seems like an age, he looks across to Nerwen, and in the hideous language of the Cho-Cho, speaks to her: "Oh she of the wonderous ear, I must offer my most sincere contrafibularities, but I cannot continue this Quest. It is highly visible to me that the one who has an ironic name is not the sort of person one should be dealing with. I must therefore regretfully withdraw from this quest. The regret is that I will not be able to feel my snout against your earlobes, I can assure you. Good day! With that, Fenimor Vish leaves the party. The others, unable to speak Cho-Cho, look to Nerwen for a translation. He is leaving us. She didn't mention his distrust of Sorrow. Sorrow snorted in disgust. If you threw a rock in Eubric it would hit 4 Barbarians before it even changed direction. We will go back to Heroica Hall and I will get us a new one. Sorrow led the party back to the Hall. She looked at the Quest board, noticing that several Quests had been put up since she had left, but found the parchment for Quest#13 in a corner. She looked down the list and sighed. The next Barbarian was another Orc. She looked around for Gorg to see if he was in the Hall. QM Note - Please stay in here rather than goimg to the actual Heroica Hall thread. This is just so you can meet up with Gorg.

It's OK, Creeper made up for it with his news story

Results of Round Three of the Hovel Battle: Knifk vs Sharkling Thug - Hit Nerwen vs Sharkling Thug - Damage Fenimor vs Sharkling Thug - Extra Critical Hit >Sarick vs Pegleg - Special Damage Dak vs Pegleg - Miss Guts vs Pegleg - Special Damage The heroes square off against the two remaining thugs. Knifk attacks first and the Orcish Knight actually scores a hit on the Sharkling Thug, causing 4 damage. Nerwen tries the same thing, but the Sharkling Thug is enraged and hits her with his khopesh for 3 damage. Seeing this, Fenimor unleashes a mighty swing with his trident, impaling the Sharkling into the wall for 10 damage, taking him out. This leaves the nearly-dead Pegleg thug facing 3 of the party. Sarick attacks him with his dagger, but amazingly the Pegleg thug dodges and returns with a huge swing of his pegleg, stunning Sarick. Dak steams in next, his anxiousness to finish the fight causing him to miss. The reliable Guts saunters up, fresh from dispatching the female thug, but he is overconfident and manages to get hit with the pegleg, stunning him. Astonishingly, the Pegleg Thug is still standing! Enemies: Pegleg Thug (Trident) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 1/12 Special: Leg Hit – The thug hits the attacker with his wooden leg, stunning them for the next round. Drops: 10 gold Party: Guts Holla (played by Scubacarrot) **STUNNED** Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Rusty Shortsword (WP:3), Potion, Venom, Bedroll Sarick Lanse (played by Xarrzan) **STUNNED** Level 1 Mage Power: 4 Health: 2/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 10 Inventory: Healing Staff (WP:5, healing effect), Shark Fang Dagger (WP: 3),Opal Gem (Ice), Potion, Staff of Healing (HP:5) Dak Nikolus (played by darthnihilus) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 0 Inventory: Twin Longswords (WP:3), Venom, 2 Potions, Bedroll Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) ** Party Leader ** Level 1 Cleric Power: 4 Health: 6/9 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP:3), Potion, Remedy, Fire Bomb Fenimor Vish (played by Jorgevorg) Level 1 Barbarian Power: 4 Health: 4/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Golden Trident (WP:3), Bottle of "Archebus Brine's Special Reserve" Clam Mead, Potion of Healing (x3) Knifk (played by Bioniclover) Level 1 Knight Power: 4 Health: 9/10 Gold: 10 Inventory: Morning Star (WP:8), Wyrm Shield (SP:2), Potion Vres Halpo (NPC) QM Note - Vres will not be targetted by the enemy. He will also not be able to help in any way during the fight. Sorrow (NPC) QM Note - Sorrow will not be targetted by the enemy. She will also not help during the fight. In fact, she's looking forward to seeing how you all do The battle continues! QM Note As there is only one enemy left with one health point, I will automatically play the next round with the same party actions as before. Both Sarick and Guts are stunned. Results of Round Four of the Hovel Battle: Knifk vs Pegleg Thug - Hit Nerwen vs Pegleg Thug Fenimor vs Pegleg Thug Dak vs Pegleg Thug Knifk, having got the hang of actually hitting an opponent now, wades in and dispatches the troublesome Pegleg Thug with one hit. The battle is victorious! Everyone gains one level: Guts Holla (played by Scubacarrot) Level 2 Rogue Power: 5 Health: 8/8 Gold: 5 Inventory: Rusty Shortsword (WP:3), Potion, Venom, Bedroll Sarick Lanse (played by Xarrzan) Level 2 Mage Power: 5 Health: 2/6 Ether: 6/6 Gold: 10 Inventory: Healing Staff (WP:5, healing effect), Shark Fang Dagger (WP: 3),Opal Gem (Ice), Potion, Staff of Healing (HP:5) Dak Nikolus (played by darthnihilus) Level 2 Rogue Power: 5 Health: 8/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Twin Longswords (WP:3), Venom, 2 Potions, Bedroll Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) ** Party Leader ** Level 2 Cleric Power: 5 Health: 6/10 Ether: 6/6 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP:3), Potion, Remedy, Fire Bomb Fenimor Vish (played by Jorgevorg) Level 2 Barbarian Power: 5 Health: 6/9 Gold: 0 Inventory: Golden Trident (WP:3), Bottle of "Archebus Brine's Special Reserve" Clam Mead, Potion of Healing (x3) Knifk (played by Bioniclover) Level 2 Knight Power: 5 Health: 9/11 Gold: 10 Inventory: Morning Star (WP:8), Wyrm Shield (SP:2), Potion Party Leader, how will the spoils of the battle be divided? 30 Gold 1 Potion

I hope to be done in about 4 weeks so you probably won't make the signups for Quest#17.

The first round Sarick specified his dagger and got hit for 3 damage. The second round he used the Staff and rolled Shield, but I am treating it as a successful Hit on his target (ally) because it would be overpowered if he could also hurt enemies as listed in his Shield roll for Mages while using it. However if Sandy confirms exactly how it works, that will clear things up for everybody. In terms of the battle, with 6 of you against 2 enemies, I don't think it will make a critical difference to the course of the battle.

That isn't right, because he can't attack with the Staff. That's my reading of it anyway from these discussions.

A fantastic review, darkdragon. Amazing pictures and very informative. I have to admit that I like the colours of the raptor in the HQ set a bit better than the green one here, so this set isn't high on my purchase list but would certainly make a good purchase in a sale.

Results of Round Two of the Hovel Battle: Knifk vs Pegleg Thug - Damage Nerwen vs Pegleg Thug - Critical Hit Fenimor vs Sharkling Thug - Special Damage Guts vs Female Thug - Critical Hit Sarick vs Dak - Shield (Taken as a successful Hit) The heroes face off against their thuggish opponents once more. Knifk doesn't conect with his swing again, and the Pegleg Thug gouges him with his trident for 3 damage, although his Wyrm shield takes the bulk of the hit. The Pegleg Thug isn't so lucky when Nerwen attacks, the Elf clobbering him hard for 7 damage. Fenimor attacks the Sharkling once more, but the thug surprises him with his straight-line speed and sinks his teeth into the Barbarian, viciously tearing at him for 4 damage. Guts follows up his last attack on the female thug successfully, plunging his dagger deep into her side with a wicked grin for 7 damage, finishing her off. Sarick uses the power of the Healing Staff to heal Dak, who gains a point of health as he was nearly at full health anyway. Enemies: Pegleg Thug (Trident) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 1/12 Special: Leg Hit – The thug hits the attacker with his wooden leg, stunning them for the next round. Drops: 10 gold Sharkling Thug (Khopesh) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 10/14 Special: Sharkbite – The thug bites the attacker, causing 4 damage. Drops: 10 gold Party: Guts Holla (played by Scubacarrot) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Rusty Shortsword (WP:3), Potion, Venom, Bedroll Sarick Lanse (played by Xarrzan) Level 1 Mage Power: 4 Health: 2/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 10 Inventory: Healing Staff (WP:5, healing effect), Shark Fang Dagger (WP: 3),Opal Gem (Ice), Potion, Staff of Healing (HP:5) Dak Nikolus (played by darthnihilus) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 0 Inventory: Twin Longswords (WP:3), Venom, 2 Potions, Bedroll Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) ** Party Leader ** Level 1 Cleric Power: 4 Health: 9/9 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP:3), Potion, Remedy, Fire Bomb Fenimor Vish (played by Jorgevorg) Level 1 Barbarian Power: 4 Health: 4/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Golden Trident (WP:3), Bottle of "Archebus Brine's Special Reserve" Clam Mead, Potion of Healing (x3) Knifk (played by Bioniclover) Level 1 Knight Power: 4 Health: 9/10 Gold: 10 Inventory: Morning Star (WP:8), Wyrm Shield (SP:2), Potion Vres Halpo (NPC) QM Note - Vres will not be targetted by the enemy. He will also not be able to help in any way during the fight. Sorrow (NPC) QM Note - Sorrow will not be targetted by the enemy. She will also not help during the fight. In fact, she's looking forward to seeing how you all do The battle continues! Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, 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.

Thanks for the clarification Quarryman, you've been a great help to this newbie Quest Master

QM Note - My thoughts exactly. I have PMed Lordofdragonss to see if he is still interested.

QM Note - I have talked to Jorgvorg and sadly he has had to pull out of the Quest due to time issues. It is a real shame as I love his character. I will look to bring in another player for you guys. Nerwen, are you fighting from front row or back? I assume front, like before? Once I get confirmation on the powers of the Healing Staff, I will update the battle. I was hoping that having a group of level ones would ease me gently into the Quest Master role, but no such luck

Great review Masked, it covered everything very well with some lovely pictures. The dinos are very photogenic, aren't they? Superb, can't wait for this line to come out.

Thanks Cornelius. Sarick has rolled a Shield. Does it then heal everyone in the party for (WP:5+level 1) points?

Can anyone point me to where Sandy said how the Healing Staff works? I've gone through about 20 pages here and on the Marketplace thread and can't find it.

Thanks for the T-Rex pic Masked, you did a fantastic job with it

Masked, take a picture of the T-Rex eating a minifig

Phew, what a long day this has been, with so much talk already. I have no idea why it's been stated by Creeper that the Ventriloquist targeted me, I have no recollection of that from the night. The first I knew about it was when it was being talked about. We seem to have some very exotic abilities in this room so perhaps Ventriloquist's claim that his action was hijacked is correct. I was suspicious of him on Day One for his very educated guess at the Scum numbers, so this is another thing for us to keep an eye on. However, from the dialogue today, and the evidence presented by Baby Doll, it seems the more Bane opens his mouth, the more he is coming across as scum, or at the very best, someone not paying enough attention, so I shall have to: Vote: Bane (Masked Builder)

Results of Round One of the Hovel Battle: Knifk vs Pegleg Thug - Miss Nerwen vs Pegleg Thug - Hit Fenimor vs Sharkling Thug - Hit Guts vs Female Thug - Hit Dak vs Pegleg - Special Damage Sarick vs Sharkling Thug - Damage Sorrow watches with interest as the heroes face their first battle. Knifk takes the usual Knight position and leads from the front, sadly in his excitement he swings wildly at the Pegleg Thug, missing him. The Pegleg Thug grins a wicked grin, but Nerwen seizes an opportunity whilst he is distracted and ironically hits the Pegleg Thug with her wooden staff for 4 damage. Fenimor wades in next, it's fish versus fish in a battle for the ages. Fenimor nips his trident into the Sharkling for 4 damage. Guts, clearly stung by the woman's taunt, runs in and stabs her for 4 damage. Dak, emboldened by the previous hit on the Pegleg Thug, goes in close to attack, but the Thug grabs his own wooden leg and clocks him with it. Dak crumples to the floor and is stunned for the next round. Sarick slithers up to the Sharkling, shark fang dagger in hand. However, this enfuriates the Sharkling, who lashes out, causing 3 damage. Enemies: Female Thug (Cutlass) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 6/10 Special: Retreat – The thug moves to the back row for the next round, halving any incoming damage. Drops: 10 gold, 1 Potion Pegleg Thug (Trident) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 8/12 Special: Leg Hit – The thug hits the attacker with his wooden leg, stunning them for the next round. Drops: 10 gold Sharkling Thug (Khopesh) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 10/14 Special: Sharkbite – The thug bites the attacker, causing 4 damage. Drops: 10 gold Party: Guts Holla (played by Scubacarrot) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Rusty Shortsword (WP:3), Potion, Venom, Bedroll Sarick Lanse (played by Xarrzan) Level 1 Mage Power: 4 Health: 2/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 10 Inventory: Healing Staff (WP:5, healing effect), Shark Fang Dagger (WP: 3),Opal Gem (Ice), Potion, Staff of Healing (HP:5) Dak Nikolus (played by darthnihilus) **STUNNED** Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 6/7 Gold: 0 Inventory: Twin Longswords (WP:3), Venom, 2 Potions, Bedroll Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) ** Party Leader ** Level 1 Cleric Power: 4 Health: 9/9 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP:3), Potion, Remedy, Fire Bomb Fenimor Vish (played by Jorgevorg) Level 1 Barbarian Power: 4 Health: 8/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Golden Trident (WP:3), Bottle of "Archebus Brine's Special Reserve" Clam Mead, Potion of Healing (x3) Knifk (played by Bioniclover) Level 1 Knight Power: 4 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10 Inventory: Morning Star (WP:8), Wyrm Shield (SP:2), Potion Vres Halpo (NPC) QM Note - Vres will not be targetted by the enemy. He will also not be able to help in any way during the fight. Sorrow (NPC) QM Note - Sorrow will not be targetted by the enemy. She will also not help during the fight. In fact, she's looking forward to seeing how you all do The battle continues! Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, 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.

I would like to look in both refrigerators ;)

QM Note - Thanks for spotting the mistakes. I did use your signatures to compile the initial list and the staff and 3rd potion were not on there. As QM I should have checked everything, so I apologise. Dak's health was a c&p error Bear with me as I learn, this is my first Quest too Updated party list: Party: Guts Holla (played by Scubacarrot) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Rusty Shortsword (WP:3), Potion, Venom, Bedroll Sarick Lanse (played by Xarrzan) Level 1 Mage Power: 4 Health: 5/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 10 Inventory: Healing Staff (WP:5, healing effect), Shark Fang Dagger (WP: 3),Opal Gem (Ice), Potion, Staff of Healing (HP:5) Dak Nikolus (played by darthnihilus) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 6/7 Gold: 0 Inventory: Twin Longswords (WP:3), Venom, 2 Potions, Bedroll Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) ** Party Leader ** Level 1 Cleric Power: 4 Health: 9/9 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP:3), Potion, Remedy, Fire Bomb Fenimor Vish (played by Jorgevorg) Level 1 Barbarian Power: 4 Health: 8/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Golden Trident (WP:3), Bottle of "Archebus Brine's Special Reserve" Clam Mead, Potion of Healing (x3) Knifk (played by Bioniclover) Level 1 Knight Power: 4 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10 Inventory: Morning Star (WP:8), Wyrm Shield (SP:2), Potion Vres Halpo (NPC) QM Note - Vres will not be targetted by the enemy. He will also not be able to help in any way during the fight. Sorrow (NPC) QM Note - Sorrow will not be targetted by the enemy. She will also not help during the fight. In fact, she's looking forward to seeing how you all do Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, 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.

QM Note - Apologies for the double post, but I want to keep things moving. As the group run out of questions for the breathless Vres, they continue on towards the medicine man located nearby in the Hovel. They delve deeper into the mazelike streets, pushing past people giving them strange looks. Just as they begin to relax, a loud sneer is heard. A trio of armed thugs accost the party. Dak and Sarick were right to be cautious earlier. The woman in the middle appears to be the leader, speaking for the group. "Oh look, fresh meat! Whoa, Gronz, look at this weird lot! Barely a human among them. Hey, Staj, that one there looks fishy just like you! Maybe you can wear his head as a hat after we are done!" Prepare for battle! Enemies: Female Thug (Cutlass) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 10/10 Special: Retreat – The thug moves to the back row for the next round, halving any incoming damage. Drops: 10 gold, 1 Potion Pegleg Thug (Trident) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 12/12 Special: Leg Hit – The thug hits the attacker with his wooden leg, stunning them for the next round. Drops: 10 gold Sharkling Thug (Khopesh) Type: Humanoid Level: 3 Health: 14/14 Special: Sharkbite – The thug bites the attacker, causing 4 damage. Drops: 10 gold Party: Guts Holla (played by Scubacarrot) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 Gold: 5 Inventory: Rusty Shortsword (WP:3), Potion, Venom, Bedroll Sarick Lanse (played by Xarrzan) Level 1 Mage Power: 4 Health: 5/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 10 Inventory: Shark Fang Dagger (WP: 3),Opal Gem (Ice), Potion Dak Nikolus (played by darthnihilus) Level 1 Rogue Power: 4 Health: 7/7 15Gold: 0 Inventory: Twin Longswords (WP:3), Venom, 2 Potions, Bedroll Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) ** Party Leader ** Level 1 Cleric Power: 4 Health: 9/9 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Inventory: Wooden Staff (WP:3), Potion, Remedy, Fire Bomb Fenimor Vish (played by Jorgevorg) Level 1 Barbarian Power: 4 Health: 8/8 Gold: 0 Inventory: Golden Trident (WP:3), Bottle of "Archebus Brine's Special Reserve" Clam Mead, Potion of Healing (x2) Knifk (played by Bioniclover) Level 1 Knight Power: 4 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10 Inventory: Morning Star (WP:8), Wyrm Shield (SP:2), Potion Vres Halpo (NPC) QM Note - Vres will not be targetted by the enemy. He will also not be able to help in any way during the fight. Sorrow (NPC) QM Note - Sorrow will not be targetted by the enemy. She will also not help during the fight. In fact, she's looking forward to seeing how you all do Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, 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.

That treacherous feline, I knew she couldn't resist the Bat. I'm so glad we managed to get one agent, and maybe two if Ra's was also undercover. Quite the first day for us, let's see if we can do it again and set our sights on more scum! It'll be interesting to see what happens with Baby Doll's prediction. Spill the beans, doll!

"I am not... familiar with the stock of... the magic shop... You will have to ask... Laxadaisi. My wife... was just an assistant... she's no mage."