Quarryman

After refilling her canteen Namyrra swaps it for her medal of glory.

"Right, so that's it then." "Catnip, as agreed you get one third of the gold, so here's 60 gold for you." "That leaves 120 gold to distribute among the rest of us, so that's 40 gold for me, Docken and Nyx. Nyx, you can have the cloak, and Docken, you can take the large canteen. I'll hold on to these swords for now, don't think they're of any interest for any of us, but we can always sell them once we're back in Eubric and share the money. I'll also take the Agni bomb." Loot distribution: Namyrra: 40 gold, 2 x sabre, Agni bomb Nyx: 40 gold, mirage cloak Docken: 40 gold, large canteen Catnip: 60 gold. "Now, let's refill our canteens, and I'd like to rest a bit before we head out to find Atramor."

"Hmm. And what would stop you from trying to backstab us again, leave us to die in the middle of this unforgiving place of heat and pain? No miss, you had your chance, and you wasted it. And if I'm to have any chance of taking care of the demons that plague this place I'll be needing the extra powers your undead brethren are giving me." Namyrra orders Saladdin to kill Ororo.

Yes, that would probably be a good idea.

OoC: Doh. "Catnip, I think you shouldn't do anything for the rest of the battle, and Byblos, that goes for you too." OoC: oh I will. New plan: OoC: I have a feeling that I might regret this, but the odds that it will go bad are something like 0.69%, so I want to give it a shot. If you guys think the risk is still too great feel free to say so and I'll play this safe instead. But I really think three more undeads in my arsenal and 75 more damage on critical hits is worth such a tiny risk. This round: Namyrra drinks a nostrum. Nomad B hits Pyromancer Next round after that: Namyrra switches canteen for medal of glory. Following rounds until Namyrra gets a shield or triggers Follow the mirage: Namyrra hits Ororo with empyreal staff from the back row. If Namyrra takes damage so she gets down to 19 health or below (that would be damage two times) she'll summon Mediq to heal herself. Following rounds after Namyrra has gotten a shield: Saladdin hits Ororo (this should take 19 rounds at most, depending on whether Namyrra triggers Ororo's healing special) Battle order: Docken Namyrra Nomad B Nomad A Sabredancer A Nyx Catnip Byblos

"Yeah, we definitely will go find Atramor and his bar once this sillyness is over, stupid bandits not realizing what they got themselves into."

"Right, this is almost over now I think, would be great if I could raise Saladdin though.. everyone, stand back, we don't want miss annoying brat over there to trick us into running off into the desert like poor Atramor did." OoC: we're almost at autoroll time now I think, so see below for suggested actions to last until the end. but I'd like to see what happens in the next round first please. Brickdoctor, Pandora; it would be nice if you guys could just post that you'll do nothing for the rest of the battle, the undead can take down Ororo, the only thing that makes a difference is whether I roll a shield on the next round. (updated plan below)

"Right, this should be manageable. Docken, you can keep off Saladdin now, my zombies will take care of him. Would suck a lot if mister overheated over there gets fancy with his encouragement spell, but I hope we can avoid that. We'll be rid of the strongest enemy before that anyway, so Docken, I don't think you should do anything, or, you might want to put your medal back on actually." OoC: can we rest in the oasis? And, we can un-equip the canteens as long as we don't try to move without equipping them again, right? Nomad A, Nomad B and Sabredancer A all hit Saladdin Namyrra prepares for a Darkness spell at the Pyromancer from the back row "Catnip, it would be nice if you could try to hit the Pyromancer from the back row too, but don't do anything if he's already dead." Byblos goes to retrieve 100 venoms for beginners Battle order: Docken Nomad A Nomad B Sabredancer A Namyrra Nyx Catnip Byblos

"Now we're talking! Nyx, that was excellent! Do it again please!" "And guys, I think we might want to go easy on that pyromancer, wouldn't want him to encourage all the others, so we might as well wait with him until we're done with the rest, Byblos can put him to sleep when needed. We need to keep Saladin occupied though, else the free hits will become painful. Nyx, I think you should try to hit the last sabredancer as well." Nomad B, Nomad A and Sabredancer A all hit Saladdin. Namyrra casts a darkness spell at Sabredancer B from the back row, does nothing if he's already dead." "Catnip, it would be nice if you try to hit Sabredancer B from the back row again, but don't do anything if he's already dead." Byblos uses scroll of sleep on Pyromancer from the back row. Battle order: Docken Catnip Nyx Namyrra Byblos

Thanks, else I think you would have gotten 93 rounds of autorolling once we'd managed to poison her. "Dearest Nyx, I think you should heal yourself then, if I summon Mediq to heal you I'll have to focus entirely on that, whereas if I do something else I might be able to summon some more undead to come to our aid." Byblos uses scroll of sealing on Sabredancer B Namyrra casts Darkness spell on Sabredancer B from the back row Nomad B attacks Sabredancer B or Ororo if Sabredancer B is already defeated "Catnip, I think you should also attack Sabredancer B from the back row, but don't do anything if he's already defeated." Battle order: Docken Byblos Namyrra Catnip Nomad B Nyx

"Yeah, that woman will be a tough nut to crack, can't have an undead punch her to death either." "Anyway, we can worry about her later, first of all we need to get some healing done so we don't all get knocked out." Namyrra summons Mediq to heal Byblos "Byblos, use scroll of sleep on Pyromancer." "Catnip, try hitting Nomad A again, please, but if he's defeated you should probably do nothing instead" Nomad B hits Sabredancer B Battle order: Namyrra Docken Byblos Nyx Catnip

OoC: undead can't be used to soak up free hits, right? "Hmm, I think taking down the poisoned sabredancer is just as good, another dead enemy is always good, even though he'll drop dead soon from the poison anyway." Nomad B attacks Sabredancer A Namyrra casts darkness on Sabredancer B "Catnip, repeat please." Byblos uses scroll of sleep on Pyromancer Battle order: Nomad B Docken Namyrra Catnip Byblos Nyx

"Nasty cough you have there Nyx, remind me to give you some medicine once we're done killing these idiots."

"Oh crap, why did he have to run away now? This battle really isn't going our way.. I guess we should leave Ororo alone until we have an undead or two to deal with her." "Catnip, repeat please." Namyrra sends a darkness spell at Saracen Sabredancer A. Byblos throws 100 venoms for beginners at Saracen Sabredancer A Battle order: Namyrra Docken Byblos Catnip Nyx

"Dearest Nyx, that does sound like a brilliant plan!" "Byblos, change of plan! Throw 100 venoms for beginners at Ororo instead! Still from the back row though!"

"And that's one down at least, time to get started on the others." "Byblos, try retrieving the pandemonicon" "Catnip, repeat please." Namyrra tries yet again to cast a darkness spell at Sabredancer B from the back row. Battle order: Docken Atramor Nyx Catnip Byblos Namyrra

OoC: where did it say that Byblos got slowed anyway? Is he always? "Crap, that was stupid of me, I really should know better." Namyrra uses a phoenix essence on Byblos. "Byblos, once you get up I think you should try to use your scroll of blindness on Saracen Nomad B." "Catnip, repeat please." Battle order: Docken Atramor Nyx Catnip Namyrra Byblos

"Yes, Atramor, I think that might work." "Byblos, use your scroll of sleep on the Pyromancer, while I send a darkness spell at Saracen Nomad B from the back row." "Catnip, just repeat what you did." Battle order: Docken Atramor Byblos Nyx Catnip Namyrra

"Well, that's a decent enough start." "Catnip, try shooting at Saracen Nomad A from the back row." "Byblos, I think we'll be fine if you spend this turn retrieving the Pandemonicon." "I shall send a Darkness spell at Saracen Nomad B from the back row." Same battle order.

"Right, this lot doesn't look too difficult." "Catnip, it would be nice if you could shoot at Saracen Sabredancer B from the back row." "Byblos, throw the Pandemonicon at Saracen Nomad B from the back row." "And I shall send a darkness spell at Saracen Sabredancer A from the back row." Battle order: Docken Atramor Nyx Catnip Byblos Namyrra

"Yes, let's go forward."

"Right, my necromancer skills seem to fail me here, I guess I need the rush of battle to be able to focus my powers like that. Oh well." Namyrra uses a phoenix essence on Docken.

OoC: crap, I was sure I had equipped the damn cloak. And two more questions, can we do unlimited actions while we're not moving? And, it's only if we try to move after the water is down to 0 that we get knocked out, right? Namyrra equips the desert cloak, and summons Mediq to heal herself. "I can try to revive master Docken, yes."

"Right, I believe we are ready to go then. Let's head outside and go find Nizam, have a feeling we'll find him at the edge of the desert."

Still whispering "Well, that's two for letting her have one third, and two for giving her one sixth. I guess I as party leader will have to be the tie breaker then, so I say she'll get one third. Master Docken, miss Nyx, if this turns out to have been a horrible judgement on my part I'm prepared to compensate your losses somewhat." And then, addressing Catnip. "Mistress Catnip, we accept your offer of giving you one third of gold and treasures we come across." OoC: two questions; a) when it's said "gold and treasures I assume that means gold dropped plus drops with only a gold value, right? and b) the 1000 gold quest reward, will that be split five ways and thus include Byblos, or only four ways?