swils

Third* Though I haven't stuck with it, I did enjoy it and may switch back for an actual quest once I've done some upgrading with my roguely gains.

"Bah, what's the worst that can happen? I'll fight til I'm in danger of being knocked out!" Thormanil attacks Cheshire Cat A from the front row.

Bah, but there's so little risk here. I say we just attack and get it over with. I'd let the Healer get a free hit so that Docken can counter it and eliminate it, but the other 2 shouldn't be too difficult to just roll out.

Thormanil turns his attention back to Cheshire Cat A from the front row.

Right, right. I forgot about that.

Psh, perhaps. But somewhere along the line, his upgrades and immunities are going to start getting costly, either from mechanical costs or people just refusing to sell to him except at exorbitant prices. Where's he gonna get all that extra gold?

Marveling at his moderately good fortune, Thormy attacks Cheshire Cat B from the front row.

Don't throw em too much fancy loot, either. I don't want to be seen as that stingy QM who only offers coins and consumables when the last QM gave them all Swords of Awesome Effects and Power!

Thormanil repeats his attack.

I've got mine mapped out. Need to build, balance, and make the official pitch to Sandy. Endgame, don't let this crop of new heroes get too leveled on your quest, I want lowbies!

"Aye, I dread the day we stumble across one of those beasties. Swilsbears.. just the name has a horrible ring to it!" Thormanil shudders before returning his attention to Cheshire Cat A, readying an attack from the back row.

Thormanil attacks Cheshire Cat A from the back row.

Aw, Pie, why do I get the feeling that you hate the extra gold hoarding rounds?

Sorry, I meant to reply earlier, it's even still on my ctrl+v: "Thormanil does nothing from the back row." but then my internet kicked out as I was posting and I went elsewhere.

Heh, I agree it's a lame cut, but then, Flare didn't specify how even a split he was looking for, so I think it's a perfectly fair share! I believe that his main aversion to it, though, is the time it takes to roll extra rounds all for the sake of trying to squeeze out some extra gold that only I would benefit from. I can understand where he's coming from, but as long as he's not the one doing the rolling, there's no harm done (Right, Pie? ), so he should shut his trap and let me live the heroican dream. But he is the party leader and we are here for glory points and not a gold run, so I'll completely defer to his decision on this and opt to only joke around about it in R&D. No harm, no foul, no hard feelings. Just some less-heavy pockets!

Six, actually. The second approximation is a rounding down, not up

Psh, the last time I suggested that Rogues might consider sharing their pilfered riches, the notion was promptly shot down by rogues and nonrogues alike. If Flare so desires, then Benji may take a cut of precisely 15.29% of the total gold Thormy steals, multiplied by 8, rounded up to the nearest integer-value, then divided by 18, rounded down similarly, all numbers to be calculated by the ever-gracious QM, of course! Now get to rolling, ya bum!

Part of me feels as though CMP will make us regret it later on. The other part, however, keeps reminding me that he did ask for strategies that didn't involve counterstriking...

"B..b..b...but Docken, what about all my gold?!" Thormanil whimpers.

Thormanil attacks Unicorn B from the back row.

Just woke up, I meant to type "B" Thormanil changes his target to Unicorn B.

Thormanil attacks Unicorn A from the front row.

Thormanil attacks Unicorn A from the back row. Gasp! I still have all of my gold and items and haven't been thrown under the bus! You guys are the best

Yeah, it's an extra annoyance to type the bracket characters, but it'll format it properly for you. That's why most of my recent posts have been strictly italicized and bolded and not much else. Speaking of mobile devices, I'll be at my parents' house for the better part of the day, which will leave me with limited internet at best. Party Leader is free to dictate my battle actions as they see fit, within reason until my next post.

I was reading over past quests to get a feel for entry-level encounter balancing, and I saw this... oh, what naive fools they were to let the ranger eat the apple!