Quarryman

"So close.. and yet so far." Saladdin kills Ghoul F. Namyrra prepares two Light spells at Ghoul E from the back row. "Byblos, seal Ghoul E, wouldn't want him to ruin everything now that we're almost done." "Catnip, shoot Ghoul E from the back row please." Battle order: Undead horde Byblos Namyrra Namyrra Docken Atramor Catnip Nyx

Saladdin attacks Ghoul C Pyromancer, Ghoul A and Scorpion A attack Ghoul D "Catnip, if you'd be so kind, shoot Ghoul E from the back row, please." "Byblos, it would be great if you could use scroll of frailty on Ghoul E, but stay in the back row." Namyrra sends one Light spell at Ghoul E, and one Light spell at Ghoul F, both from the back row. Battle order: Undead horde Byblos Namyrra Namyrra Docken Atramor Catnip Nyx

"Almost there now, this is starting to look very nice." Saladdin, Pyromancer and Ghoul A attack Ghoul C "Catnip, finish that Sand Devil from the back row please." "Byblos, use your scroll of frailty on the Sun Elemental from the back row." Namyrra sends two water spells at Sun Elemental from the back row. Battle order: Undead horde Docken Atramor Catnip Nyx Byblos Namyrra Namyrra

OoC: looks like the un-undead ghoul was raised with wrong level, should be level 38. "Yes, Atramor, they could, but that would be an unnecessary large drain on my ethereal energies, I'd rather spend one turn extra killing that ghoul and use quite a bit less ether." Saladdin, Pyromancer and Ghoul A attack Ghoul B "Catnip, keep shooting that Sand Devil from the back row please." Namyrra uses remedy on Byblos, and sends another water spell at Sun Elemental from the back row. "Byblos, I think this should get you going, so please, throw the Pandemonicon at Ghoul D from the back row now" Battle order: Undead horde Docken Atramor Namyrra Catnip Nyx Namyrra Byblos

"Right, this might be going in the right direction now. And Catnip, it's really too bad we can't overcome our disagreements, that was an excellent shot." "Now, to business." "Catnip, keep shooting that Sand Devil B from the back row." "Byblos, if you can do something now try throwing Pandemonicon at Ghoul D from the back row" Saladdin and Pyromancer attacks Dune Ghoul B Namyrra prepares a water spell at the Sun Elemental, and a Light spell at Sand Devil A, both from the back row. Battle order: Undead horde Docken Atramor Namyrra Catnip Namyrra Nyx Byblos

OoC: answer is fine, I just forgot that he couldn't spend the previous round to recover from being stunned due to being slowed. Battle order: Undead horde Catnip Nyx Namyrra Byblos Docken Namyrra (Atramor)

OoC: seems we keep running into weird corner cases.. will taking a free hit from a blinded enemy remove stunned? And, can Byblos act this round? "Nyx, it's a waste of time for you to attack Ghoul A, my undead can take care of it. Go for Ghoul B instead." "Catnip, since you insist on attacking the demons you might as well keep shooting at Sand Devil B from the back row." "Byblos, I'm not sure if you're capable of doing anything, but if you are, try throwing Pandemonicon at Ghoul E from the back row." Saladdin, Scorpion A, Scorpion B and Nomad A all attack Ghoul A Pyromancer attacks Ghoul D Namyrra uses smelling salts and attempts to revive Atramor, all while staying in the back row. (Battle order will come later, need answers to those questions first)

OoC: can a blinded hero attack and thus negate a free hit? Namyrra groans as the stubborn demon hunter ruins her carefully laid plan. "Catnip, if you're going to keep megablocking up so we all get killed you might as well leave now. If not, drink a remedy, get back in line, and follow my orders from now on. I'm trying my best to keep us all alive here, but that won't work if you don't stick to the plan. If you can't stick to the plan feel free to megabluck off now and die alone in the desert." "Guys, I think we'll be taking a hell of a beating from free hits this round, just can't see any way for us to avoid something like seven of them getting free hits on us. Docken, Atramor, it looks like you'll be the only ones attacking this round, so you might as well ensure that the free hits we take are from the weaker enemies. That is, attack the Sand Devils. Next round I'd like to use some smelling salts, can't do it this round or I'll have to take two of the free hits, and I'm afraid I can't handle that." Saladdin and Pyromancer attacks Dune Ghoul A Namyrra summons Mediq to heal herself. "Byblos, I suppose you won't be able to do anything this round, so just stay in the back row and do nothing." Battle order: Docken (free hits from Ghoul A and Sun Elemental) Catnip (free hit from Ghoul B) Byblos (free hit from Ghoul C) Nyx (free hit from Ghoul D) Namyrra (free hit from Ghoul E) Atramor (free hit from Ghoul F)

"Docken, yes, I think you should attack Ghoul D, that leaves only two ghouls untargeted." "Atramor, I understand why you want to go after Docken, but we really need you to take one of the free hits, Nyx just doesn't have enough shielding to withstand it." "Now, let's see if we can get things rolling here.." "Byblos, throw Pandemonicon at Ghoul B from the back row." "Catnip, it would be nice if you could shoot Ghoul C from the back row." "Since I'm lucky I think it's safe-ish if I attack a sand-devil, so one light spell at Sand Devil B from the back row coming up." "Luckily my undead can damage other undead, so Saladdin and the Pyromancer will attack Ghoul D. Should at least be able to wear them down a bit." Battle order: Undead horde Atramor Namyrra Docken Nyx Catnip Byblos

"Master Docken, I was thinking that we could have you take the free hits from it, so if that's okay with you I will plan for that."

Namyrra puts away her water canteen, carefully corking it so it won't lose the water, and instead puts on her medal of glory. Then she switches her desert cloak for her ethereal cloak, and drinks a nostrum. "Right, I guess we're ready to go kick some demon megablocks."

Namyrra quietly mutters something about "that's what she said.."

"So, that should mean we're either facing north or west. In that case we should be good by trying to go straight ahead."

"And now that we're good to go I'd say we should go east again."

"Great job Nyx! Now, let's try to move east again."

As I told you elsewhere, I'd like Mickey, and the monkey, lion and pig from the third picture.

"I think we should make an attempt at decoding the message, it can't be that hard."

"Nah, if the body had ruined the water we would already have been in trouble, so I'm sure we're fine." "Now, let's fill our canteens, Docken, you should fill yours too. And afterwards I need to take a short nap in my bedroll, wouldn't want to run into more demons without first replenishing my ethereal energies. Then, once we're all rested and with full canteens we can go east. And go east again afterwards if we don't run into a sandstorm or demons, and still keep going east after that too, with the same conditions regarding sandstorms and demons."

"Right, I don't think any of us has any need for the normal, weak venom, so I'll just hold onto those and sell them once we get home and split the gold between us. As for the deadly venoms I'll take one myself, and Atramor, you can have the other one." Loot distribution: Namyrra 6 venom (for selling later), 1 deadly venom Atramor: 1 deadly venom "Now, as soon as Docken gets his canteen ready again I say we go east. If we don't run into a sandstorm or get attacked by demons there I say we go north immediately."

OoC: in the interest of getting this done, actions until Scorpiodemon is dead: This round: Namyrra revives Atramor, Byblos seals Scorpiodemon B from the back row, undead horde does as already specified, Catnip does nothing. Next round: if revival failed Namyrra tries to revive Atramor again, if it didn't fail she switches her water canteen for medal of glory. Byblos does nothing, undead horde does nothing, Catnip does nothing. Next round after that: if revival failed in first round Namyrra switches water canteen for medal of glory, else Namyrra tries to cast a Light spell at Scorpiodemon from the back row, Byblos blinds Scorpiodemon from the back row, Catnip shoots at Scorpiodemon from the back row. (this should be enough to kill the Scorpiodemon, and give Namyrra a chance at raising more undead, but I don't think it's worth having this drag on for ages just to get more undead).

"Doh, you are very correct. For some absurd and illogical reason that may indicate that there is a God and that he has a weird sense of humour I can revive people in battle, but not when we're not fighting. ( ) I shall attempt to revive Atramor right away." "Catnip, this means you shouldn't do anything this round."

"Okay, so we're almost done here. Nyx, could you get Atramor up again? He's never going to learn anything from these battles if he's either running away or getting knocked out all the time.." Saladdin attacks Scorpion E Scorpions A and B attacks Scorpion F Namyrra switches medal of glory for water canteen Byblos seals Scorpiodemon B from the back row "Catnip if you'd be so kind, go ahead and shoot that silly Scorpiodemon from the back row." Battle order: Undead horde Byblos Namyrra Docken Nyx Atramor Catnip OoC: I guess you might want to autoroll after this, so just keep the same battle order and have Namyrra cast Light spells at the Scorpiodemon until it's dead. If there's as much as two more rounds after the next Byblos will blind the Scorpiodemon again. Namyrra will also keep asking Catnip politely to keep shooting at the Scorpiodemon from the back row. The undeads will do nothing after this round.

"Right, definitely getting somewhere now. Guys, leave scorpions C and D alone, my undead will take care of them." Saladdin and Pyromancer attack Scorpion D Scorpions A and B, and Nomads A and B attack Scorpion C Namyrra sends Light spell at Scorpiodemon A, if Scorpiodemon A is dead wind at spell Scorpion E, if Scorpion E is also dead wind spell at Scorpion F, if all three are dead does nothing, and everything from the back row. "Byblos, I guess you'll need to rest this round to recover? But if you're feeling up for it it would be great if you could seal Scorpiodemon B from the back row." "Catnip, repeat please." Battle order: Undead horde Docken Atramor Nyx Catnip Namyrra

"Master Docken, you do have a very good point there." "Byblos, change of plan, throw the Pandemonicon at Scorpiodemon A from the back row instead." "And I'll change to sending a wind spell at Crimson Scorpion E from the back row."

"Yes, I think they'll be able to do so now." Saladdin, Pyromancer, Nomad A and Scorpion A all attack Scorpion B "Byblos, it would be great if you could seal Scorpiodemon B again, and stay in the back row." "Catnip, repeat please." "And I shall try again for a Light spell at Scorpiodemon B from the back row." Battle order: Undead horde Docken Atramor Nyx Byblos Catnip Namyrra