Endgame

Goddammit, I thought Sapphires were Water too. i guess Terry is a wind mage right now?

<If that is what it takes, then yes.> <The direwolves, the bears... Everything bigger than us is frenzied! They've all gone mad. We're being driven out by them, they're being driven out by SOMETHING, and they have the audacity to head out and loot the cornfields! Everything is eating everything and running away from something, and we're no different!> <Well, I have wings... I'm just in it for the food, caw...>

<We must feed!> <And we gotta flee, caw!> <And doing this fulfills both... Assuming the direwolves left us any, we'll have some crops for desert, too.> "Yes- y-yes, please! They must've already chased us down a fourth of a mile... I don't know what made them act this way, but they're set in their new ways, it seems..."

The young spellslinger startles back in surprise as his stream of water actually manages to dismantle a spider. "Did I get one?!" Terry fires a water spell at Spider 7 from the back row.

"...If you keep talking like that, yeah. Well, if you folks or good to go, thanks, and good luck! Just following this trail should take you to the Barrier Mountains. After that, though, you're going to need to do some searching of your own." The party sets off, walking along the trail. Here, Uland was far more quiet, with only the sounds of birds chirping and footsteps disturbing the silence. They look to the farmland, expecting the crops being ready for harvest... But it was all barren, the crops seemingly plucked out prematurely... How'd that happen? Eventually, they come to the edge of the forest. A group of animals - snakes, birds, and wild dogs - approach the pair of frantic travelers. They backpedal, gasping, apparently having already fled from the beasts for some time. "Help, help, please!" "This... A Ulandian Azurefang and Limefeather Sparrow attacking humans? This is unprecedented!" says, the woman, sounding more surprised and curious than actually scared.

"They were taking the same path I was gonna point you towards." *says Manny, gesturing towards the trodden dirt road with one hand.* "They were all dressed in the same white uniform and were talking about stuff I couldn't understand. They were talking about a gift. Whether they were giving one or getting one, I dunno. Uh, if it makes you feel any better, I can't imagine this being the dangerous sort of quest..." says Manny, clearly noticing Annie's anxiety.

Terry gasps and backpedals, frantically grabbing his staff. "Can't you barbarian folks hit everyone a once or something?! Squish 'em all, or something! Meanwhile, I see if I can, uh, douse them..." Terry fires a water spell at Spider 3 from the back row.

"You guys talk serious, just like the other people who walked by this morning."

"Awesome, you're all here! All you gotta do now is decide who will be leading you, and head out... That is, assuming you don't have any more questions."

Terry wipes the sleep and (some) of the drunken stupor out of his eyes. "Hey, guys? Think we should make a map or something?" The yung mage looks at his reflection in the globes on the wall, seeing if they contained anything.

"Yep, I'm Manny Brixby. The fort isn't the meteorite, that's just where it crashed. It was hard to judge how big it was - it was super bright when it came down. Anyway, nice to meet you, Throlar Wingdings." Either the boy didn't hear Throlar correctly, or he was poking fun at his surname.

Manny is taken aback a little bit by the intimidating frame of the druid, before continuing. The druid's voice seemed to succeed in calming the boy. "Well, uh, miss - or sir, if I get it wrong I'm sorry - I was stargazing right here about a day or two ago when I say one of the stars, well, move. But it wasn't a star! I saw a white streak plummet right down from the night sky, and I even managed to get a glimpse of where it hit. Take a look through the telescope..." Sylph looks into the barrel of the telescope. Manny jostle and adjusts the other end of it, before it is aimed squarely at where Manny say the meteor crash. A fort nestled in between two mountains. "See, those are the Barrier Mountains, but I don't know what that building is. Looks mighty old. I borrowed Pa's atlas of Uland and such, but I found no mention of any forts up there..." "I bet anyone is a "small one" compared to you! Wow, I bet you could smash that meteor in two if you tried. Wat I want you to do? Well, it isn't every day that a kid sees something fall from the sky! I want you guys to check it out for me, see if you can locate whatever dropped. Maybe bring me back a chunk, if you're feeling charitable, heheh..."

I'm imaging Sylph's iron armor suddenly being as pliable as rubber as he just rolls away at the first sight of danger, arms and legs flailing all the while.

Namely, I'm trying to remove the double spacing (which I don't even know how that happened).

And we are good to go. I need to dig through Warlen's stas, because they were supremely buggered even after I did some bbcode-fixin'.

Shit, I tried to type the word "another" and apparently the keystroke registered as pressing the "post topic" button. Please hold for a couple of moment while I get the thing actually ready...

The alpha direwolf tears through the brush, it's legs carrying it as fast as possible. The sense of urgency and danger was foreign to the great creature, and so his mind was only focused on one thing: fleeing. An ear-splitting noise booms from behind him. His brain can only process it for a moment before the sound crashes into his body. Bones break, muscles snap, and the direwolf meets his end. It's early morning when five adventurers set out. Another day, another quest, and another uneventful trek through the streets of Eubric. Now perfectly familiar with the winding corridors of the city, they keep their eyes on the road, trying to avoid confrontation with Eubric's more eccentric denizens. Their luck pulls through, and the group of five heroes have already almost made it to their rendezvous with the young boy. Those five were... The Party: Sylph Solanum (Dannylonglegs) unknown age, unknown race Druid *Immune to Sealed* Level: 25 Health: 35/35 Ether: 30/30 Gold: 85 Equipment: Shrapnel Bow (WP: 10, Bow. Every successful hit drops the target's SP by 1), 20-20 glasses (headwear, +1 turn of effect for scrolls), Robe of the Archmagi (Bodywear; SP: 3; Max Ether +5, immune to "Sealed") Inventory: Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Ice Armour, 2 Potions, 1 Grand Potion, 2 Tonics, 1 Venom, 2 Fire Bombs, 1 Ice Bomb, 3 Water Bombs, 2 Lightning Bombs, 1 Floral Bomb, 7 Bones, Trial Brew x3, Helmet (Max. health +1)), Emerald, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Signet Ring, Saber Teeth, Journal of The Bleeding,Tale of the Invincible King, Psych Documents, Journal of The Wound, Suffering's Journal, Robe of the Magi (Bodywear, SP: 1), Smoke Bomb, Ranger's Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows), Orcish Morning Star (WP: 9, mace), Mulled Wine, Spinning Bolas (WP: 8, deals the Slowed effect, but the effect is removed when retrieved, throwing weapon), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), Hide of The Suffering (Bodywear, Power +7 when under a negative status effect. Doesn't stack.), Merry Bow (WP:7, ranged, steals 1 gold with each successful hit except Shield-skills), Emerald Hood (SP: 4, headwear, protects from Fragile), Sterile Gloves Annienal Anavir (Kintobor) "19" year old elven female Knight *Bonaparte Reputation* Level 13 Power: 30 (12+18) Defense: 7 (2+5) Health: 24/24 (13+10+1) Equipment: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Plain Shield (SP: 5), Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Helmet (Max Health +1, headwear) Gold: 660 Inventory: Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Wicked Javelin (WP: 7, throwing weapon, retrievable, 1/6 chance to slow), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Throwing Knife (WP: 3, throwing weapon), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), Tobacco Pouch(1/2 Chance of Blinding with attacks, accessory), Locustoid Greaves(+4 Ether, immune to Earth Class, usable by all Ether-based classes) Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Amethyst (Darkness), 5x Potions, Grand Potion, Field Rations (Restore 15 health), Banana (restores full health to the user), 2x Phoenix Essences, 3x Remedies, 2x Mead, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Pickaxe Scrolls: Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether) 37 year old, Male, Half Giant, Level: 21 witch *Gains Triple XP* *Immune to Fire, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, and Sealed Effects* Attacks Are Poisoned by 11, Dual Striking Power: 31 (21+10) (+10 to healing) Defense: 3 Health: 37/37 (9+20+8) Ether: 30/30 (5+20+5) Gold: 562 Equipment: Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger) Medal of Glory (accessory, mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles, immunity to Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, and Weakened effects)(lent by Benji) Fiery Robes of the Archmagi (SP:3 Bodywear +5 Ether, immunity to Sealed Effect and Fire) Gloves of the Hypocritical/Hippocratic Oath, Handwear, (Adds +10 to healing for characters with the Healing job trait and + 10 Poisoning for characters with the Wicked (or future equivalent) fighting style ) Inventory: Consumables: 5X Remedy, 5X Potion, Grand Potion, 3X Smoke Bomb, 4X Mead, 5X Tonic, 3x Venom (poison -1), 3X Deadly Poison (Poison -10), Banana, Poison Bomb, Grand Potion, 4X Hurricane - This exotic drink grants the Hilariously and Luckily Drunk-effect, doubling the power of every attack, provided the consumer can state a pun related to his attack with every attack for the duration of one battle,3X Smelling Salts, Grating Stone, Weapons: Spark Hammer (WP:8, (X2 against Aquatic, Flying, and Mechanical) lightning-elemental hammer), Very Pink Parasol: Broomstick, WP:1, Male enemies are Enamored with the hero, Verkenner (WP:10, Darkness elemental Broomstick,(X2 against Humanoid and Holy/Luminous)ranged) Artefacts: Wonky Shoes (footwear, SP: 3, suitable for all classes)(lent by Benj), Toxic Hood: (Headwear. The green hood worn by the Rosalia Pestilence. Changes the poisoned effect, to Blessed for the duration of the battle if poisoned while wearing the hood, Usable by all.) Ten-Gallon Hat: Gives the wearer the "Tourist" effect, causing no one to take them seriously) Witch's Talisman (Causes the witch's poisonous attacks to deal poison 10 instead of poison 1; suitable for witches, accessory) Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers, scholars and weather mages; backwear. Raw Horsehide (Worth 10 Gold, or can be worn by Barbarian classes for SP:1) Gems: , Topaz , Emerald X2, Diamond, Opal, Aquamarine X2, Garnet, Sapphire Decamon Cards: Cherub (Luminous 3) Tools: Bed Roll and Shovel Warlen Melimane, The oft-drunk gladeborn. (The Chosen Minifigure) Attacks deal *Enamoured* *Immune to Darkness, Fire* 23 year old male half-elf Mage Level 14.5 Power: 23 (14+6+3). Health: 23/23 (5+14+1+3*) SP: 6 (3+3) Ether: 28/28 (5+14+4+3) Gold: 101 Equipment: Charred Love (WP:6, deals *Enamoured* effect, wand), Fenarian Robes of the Vampire (SP:3, Max. Ether +4, Immune to Darkness, backwear), Anniversary Medal (SP+3, Power+3, Ether+3, Health+3, immune to Fire, accessory, belongs to Lind). Inventory: Weapons- Eagle Shield (SP:4, protects from ether reduction), Plasma Shield (WP:3, absorbs electricity, belongs to Lind), Sean Cole's Sword-handcannon(Can be used alternatively as either a Handcannon or as a Longsword; each function can only be equipped by classes with the pre-existing ability to equip it; WP:8; as Longsword, pierces SP, as Handcannon, deals Bleeding-effect by 1) Artefacts- Magicians Glove* (Power +10 to spells), Feathered Cap (SP:1, Head-wear, wearer is immune to Petrified), Counterstike Gloves, 7x Ten-Gallon Hat (Gives the wearer the "Tourist" effect, causing no one to take them seriously), Locustoid Greaves(+4 Ether, immune to Earth Class, usable by all Ether-based classes) Warlen's Spellbook- Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Scroll of Sleep (1/2 chance to make target fall asleep at the cost of 1 Ether), Scroll of Antimagic (1/2 chance to make the target *Immune to magic* at the cost of 1 ether). Must be RPed-Fireball (25 fire elemental damage to all opponents, bomb), Lightning Ball (25 lightning elemental damage to all opponents, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice elemental damage to all opponents, bomb). Consumables- 2x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, Health Core, 2x Tonic, 2x Remedy, 3x Mead, x2 Smelling salts, Nostrum x2 Smoke bomb, 2x Banana, 2x Milk (15 HP+Ether), 6x Hurricane (This exotic drink grants the Hilariously and Luckily Drunk effect, doubling the power of every attack, provided the consumer can state a pun related to his attack with every attack for the duration of one battle). Other Junk- Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, 6x Bones, 2x Shiny Gold Rocks(worth 1 each gold at normal shops, or worth 5 at magic stores for the mica). Throlar Wineghilm 135 year old male Dwarven Knight. *immune to ice and weakened* *Counterstriking* Level, 13 Power, 26 (13+12+1) Defense, 5 (5+0) Health, 27/27 (22+5) Gold, 50. Equipped; Mopagsaber (WP 12, ice elemental longsword), Poncanis Shield (SP 5, ice elemental), Lion's Plate (Max health +5, Power +1, Immune to weakened, suitable for knights and barbarians, body wear), Counterstrike Gloves (if the wearer is damaged by a free hit they counter with strength equal to their level, handwear). Inventory; Weapons; Elven Sword (WP 5, longsword). Shields; Elven Shield (SP 5, All elves in the party gain an equal amount of SP so long as the wielder is standing.). Artifacts; Crow Helmet (SP 1, flying enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer, suitable for Knights and Dragoons, headwear). Consumables; x2 Potion, Remedy, Hint Coin (Gives the user a hint about a puzzle or a tricky situation, Useable only once, Has no monetary value.), Bone, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Water Bomb, Lightning Bomb, x4 Fire Bomb, Ice Bomb, Holy Bomb, Smoke Bomb x2, Deadly Venom, Phoenix Essence, Feather of Flight (allows the user to flee the battle when used), Ambrosia (causes the reinforced effect, double the targets SP for the duration of one battle). Equipment; Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Level up Mushroom (for The Demon Germ). Treasures; Amethyst. Decamon Deck, Magic Carp (Aquatic 1), Volt Ant (Electric 1), Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), Tweetybird (Flying 1), Toxic Toad (Plant 1), Ursa Minor (Eithereal 1), Specter (Dark 2). With only a minute or two more trekking, they find a young boy perched by his telescope - presumably, Manny. "You guys are the heroes I hired, right?" QM Note: You folks have 24 hours to confirm. Let the fun begin.

Don't put more Overkill Gloves into the game, goddammit!

Terry's eyes glaze over as only some of the ruler's (rather extensive, in Terry's altered state) words enter his ears, only some of them finding purchase in his jellified mind. He startles back to attention when feels the heat of the flame portal apparate before him. "Mishter Magus guy, how many of these tricks do you have?!" With an intoxicated stumble, Terry hops in through the fiery portal, nearly tripping and landing his face directly in the (literal) line of fire.

The same young boy hops into Heroica Hall, overjoyed to see that the number of sign-ups had spiked. He posts another notice on the board before leaving. Chosen Heroes for Quest #134: The Sky is Falling -Vindsval Half-Born (Asphalt) -Annie Anavar (Kintobor) -Warlen Melimane (The Chosen Minifigure) -Sylph Solanum (Dannylonglegs) -Throlar Wineghilm (Lord Duvors) I'll be waiting on the Western outskirts of Eubric, heroes! Just go to the treasury and take the nearest exit out of the city. I'll be there, and I can tell you more about the meteor thingy. -Manny Brixby QM Note: Quest thread coming up in a few hours.

Before you even discover his stats, you first have to convert all of the hexadecimal (which is scrambled in an anagram). And yes, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are two keyboard shortcuts the RTE doesn't like that I abuse endlessly.

Sometimes when I'm bolding stuff using the RTE it randomly switches to a completely different font not available in the dropdown menu. The RTE is the true villain of Heroica.

"Whudduzz that mean? Is it good?" "Suh-shorry, mister Caliph..." I whisper to Kelim. "Ask him waht shtuff may be in the Parlor place, please..."

Terry feels what can only be described as a "bubbling" in his head, the process of teleporting bringing an all new demeanor over him. "Pleashure to meetcha! Yeeeppp, I went through all of that warpulation businesh with alllll of my pride!" Terry turns towards the rest of his party. "So, how'd you guyysh do?" He looks at Calamity like he noticed her for the firt time - and being through the eyes of a drunk, it was partially true. "Woww, I didn't notice we had such prettinesh in our party..."

Current Sign-Ups for Quest #134: The Sky is Falling Vindsval Half-Born (Asphalt) -Annie Anavar (Kintobor) -Warlen Melimane (The Chosen Minifigure) 24 hours to go/1 slot availible!