Endgame

QM Note: Then I'll get the library update up quick, so Claire can turn back into Erdathcath! Loot disbirution will be editted onto this post. With the loot distributed, the party decides to return to the room with the locked door, and find it open. The mural on the wall flinches as the light enters its "eye", its twisting causing the door to churn open. The party ascends the spiral staircase stored inside, escaping from the hellish basement. They force open the locked door from the other side... ...And find themselves in the foyer they were in orginally. They approach the locked door, and key in the password: F O R E V E R M O R E With the password keyed in, the door springs in. Gears grind and hiss, and the door opens, revealing the library... Books are piled up as high as the eye can see, surrounding the spherical room. There was only two breaks in the cascade of literaturer: A table, holding a journal entry and some sort of glowing mushroom... And a door to the north. The Bookmark pipes up again. "The green tendrils on that mushroom, the Sporecelius Mycelium - that's the antidote! Just get them to swallow it, and they'll be back to normal in no time."

"Glad that is over with... Now, the Faculty Office and whatever room that insipid door is guarding are the only rooms left, correct?"

It just seems like artificial difficulty, in my mind. I'd prefer 3,000 HP and only some immunities to 2,000 and immune to everything.

Wouldn't relying on the party's strength include the items and weapons they have obtained? Using "immune to all negative effects" rarely increases the challenge, it just makes them a lot less approachable. It simplifies what may have otherwise been a good fight with a few tweaks to severals rolls of the die for a week or two. It removes a significant amount of strategy, and can just make battles long slogs. Also, now that poison stacks, it can actual deal a fair bit of damage, while not being crippling. Had we been allowed to use poison on Aureole, it would've made the fight so much less stressful.

"...I... want to escape this. I don't want to live like this... Please, whatever you are, cast the spe-" "Not so fast. Unfortunately, the only female personality i know how to immerse so far is Claire's. So, if you don't mind, Lynne, I'm going to wait until Erdathcath gets the antidote." "O-okay... Lets... Move on, I suppose? Head up?"

"Quite the opposite. I realize it is something of a... breach of contract, so to speak, but I think immersion could actually be used medically here. She is clearly mentally distrubed. It'd be delicate, but I may be able to meld her mind with another character from literature to cure some of the trauma... So, I suppose I am proposing a partial immersion. Big difference is, if we were to leave the druid alone for about a week, she would forgot her old self entirely and permanently. With a partial immersion, Lynne will remember herself, just with some new quirks and less trauma."

"You... Don't understand... There is still a huge portion of my mind right now, screaming "Get in the chair! Get in there, and wait for your Master!" It keeps telling me to obey, over and over... But I-I'm trying to fight it. If I ever attempt to pledge my allegiance to The Regret again, I want that woman... Claire, right...? To shoot me. I want her to shoot me... And kill me, just like the other Devils, if I regress. ...O-okay?" The Bookmark pipes up. "I may have something of a solution for this..."

"T-thank you, I... I can't believe I've gone so many years like this... I used to be royalty... And, Dodekka, I think... I think he was too... I think he was my husband. But I... I can't remember. The Regret took everything from me, even that memory... Everything..."

He was not! Only machine in the quest that doesn't, for whatever reason, despite the fact The Giant has more organic speech... You are correct about my fonts, however. How did quoting something cause the font to change?

It really is frustrating. The worst way to make a battle is to make a battle where players don't have options. One or two, maybe, all of them, no. And Poison should almost never be an immunity, unless it fits thematically.

Round Nine of the Primordial Pummel! >Arthur retrives Zoot's Rebel (back) >Claire (Tritech Handcannon) VS Trian (back): Aim Aim Hit Critical Hit (15x2=30+21=51x4=204-6=198 damage, 144 gold Overkill) >Grimwald (Knotted Broom) VS Pont (back): Miss >Minoid VS Pont (back): Critical Hit (6x2=12+20=32x2=64 damage) >Arthur VS Pont (back): Critical Hit (20x2=40+31=71-6=65 damage) >Pont VS Arthur (back): 5 HP healed Trian is fatally shot, Claire repeaing some gold from his corpse. Round Ten of the Primordial Pummel! >Erdathcath VS Pont (back): Special Damage Critical Hit (15x2=30+21=51x2-102-6=96 damage, 9 gold earned) Like the other two devils before him, Pont is felled by a handcannon shot from Claire. the savage viking girl lets loose a shattering blast, the cannonball tearing through Pont's head. he collapses to the ground, black ooze slowly bubbling out of his neck. The party steps back to bear witness to the inky carnage. Grimwald, struggling between his two personalties, grips onto his weapons, and clutches his scrolls. he had seen many horrors these past few hours, but now the gnome - or, perhaps, the ogre - felt ready for a new job class. The Battle Was Victorious! All Heroes gain EXP. Party Leader, please distribute the loot: Smelling Salts x2 Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile-effect, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators.) 120 gold The Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 32.25 Skirmisher, 22-year-old male Human *Immune to Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* [ Currently in: Six Thousand Feet Under] *Party Leader!* *Hastened!* Power: 42 (31 + WP:11) Health: 54/54 (Basic Health: 5 + Level Bonus: 30 + Class Boost: 15 + Permanent Boost: 4*) Ether: 36/36 (Basic Ether: 5 + Level Bonus: 30) Defense: 20 (Arm Shield: 14 + Duke's Coat-of-Arms: 5 + Unicorn Helmet: 1) Gold: 233 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Arm Shield (SP:14), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (Protects against Fragile and all Poisons, SP; 5, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators; bodywear), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors; headwear), Zap-Tap Badge (Artefact, Accessory. Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level.), Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent Inventory: Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 broomstick, suitable to Arthur only), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia] halberd),Spider Leg (WP:8, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (Spear, WP: 8, WP dobuled against humanoids) (Unsuitable weapons: Ammit (Greatsword, WP 6, gains 5 Ether for each kill), Artifacts: Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Shackles of War (Accessory, Prevents anyone from fleeing battles), Jester's Hat (Headwear, Wearer may choose to gain one immunity from targeted enemy), Stingy Gloves (Handwear, wearable by everybody. Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you.), Minoid Card Key, Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent (Unsuitable Artifacts: Sticky Gloves (Handwear, Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up), suitable for rogues and beast warriors) (sent to Isaac Shawe) ) Gems: Opal (Ice), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass Scrolls: All Lent! Consumables: *Healing: Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic , Ether Core, Remedy x6, Elixir x4, Sushi x3 *Status: Nostrum x2, Hurricane, Mead x2, Ambrosia x2, Dragon Scale, Jinxy Juice, Blind Fury, Love Potion *Venoms: Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round) *Permanent Improvement: Bright Polish x2, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), *Bombs: Smoke Bomb x5, 3 Bones, Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), *Currency: Scrap Metal x2, Silver Ore x2 Bookmark is hitching a ride. Claire, 23 Year Old Northern Human *Immersed!* Level 22 Druid Power: 37 Health: 36/36 Ether: 15/25 Gold: 958 Equipped: Tritech Handcannon (WP:15, Fire-elemental *Poisoned 10!*), Satchel of Awesomeness (Permanent Lucky-effect; bodywear), Overkill Gloves, Mage's muffler (protects from sealing) Inventory: Longbow (WP:7), Helmet (+1 max. health), 6 Potions, 3 Grand Potions, 6 Mead, 2 Smelling Salts, 15 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venoms, 2 Floral Bombs, 2 Ice Bombs, 2 Lightning Bombs, 1 Fire Bomb, 3 Smoke Bombs, 2 Water Bombs, 2 Holy Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, 2 Air Bombs, Bone, Skeleton Decoy, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Saber teeth, Scroll of Weakening, Snake Eye Charm (protects from petrified), , Jinxy Juice, Grand Tonic x2, Love Potion, Blind Fury, Grating Stone, Jinxy Juice, Mythril Shard, Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable, causes Jinxed-effect; throwing weapon), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Silver Ore, Amulet of Optimism (Adds the confused-effect to all attacks; suitable to Erdathcath only; accessory), Elixir, Emergency Essence, Qlice (WP: 8, permanent Poison 4, Club), Agni Bomb Cliff, 42 Year Old Ogre *Immersed!* *Poison 10!* Level: 15 Power: 23 (14 + 8 + permanent boost of 1) SP: 0 Health: 13/23 Ether: 7/19 Gold: 271 Equipment: Knotted Broom (WP: 6), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Accessory, Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action. Suitable for scroll users.), Inventory: Shovel, Pickaxe, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Sleep, Mead, Remedy x3, Potion x2, Bone x2, Grand Potion, Bunch of Cherries (10/10 cherries that each restore 1 ether when eaten), Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bedroll, Ice Bomb, Root beer (Restores 10 health, or can be used as a bomb against Undead enemies for 20 damage (Does not affect non-Undead enemies)), Ambrosia, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Weakening, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Smoke Bomb, Plague Venom, Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd; suitable for Mages and Clerics), Tricorne (suitable for anyone, SP: 3, headwear), Grand Tonic x2, Pugilist's Gloves (+2 power/immune to Weakened), Scarf of Misfortune (Accessory, Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round), Splinter Broom (WP: 8, defies SP), Opal, Amethyst, Diamond, Nostrum "VICTORY: Achieved." Minoid, Level 20.33 Drilling Automaton HP: 32/32 Power: 33 SP: 2 Equipment: Minoid Drill Arm (WP: 13), Iron Shell (SP: 2), Scanning Eye (Allows the Minoid to analyze most foes before battle. If in battle, it can spend a turn to analyze the fight) Inventory: Remedy x2, Hollow Blade Dagger (WP:6, dagger, hollow-blade [Phoenix Essence]), Quick bow (WP: 6, Suitable to rangers, provides hastened effect for one round each battle) Lynne looks around the room like a frightened child. "Take me with you, please... I can't be alone... Not here, not now..." "STATEMENT: The door upwards should be open. The six pedestals have been pressed, and the light seems to be reflected properly."

QM Note: Something came up - nothing bad, though! I'll autoroll in a bit.

Like I said: If you have good strategy in my quests, you will be able to get through without eating too many Phoenix Essences. If you wing it, you will die.

Your trump card being those silly healing staves? Also, just a fair warning: The boss of 99 is going to have one of the most gory ways to hit a enemy, ever, in Heroica. Also, interesting to note: The devils have less collective HP and SP than the Dauntlets, if I did my maths right.

One reason is that many healing classes have healing specials that heal the entire party. if the attackers go first and get beat up, the cleric has the potential to patch them up. You can also set conditional actions, allowing clerics to heal whoever gets wounded. However, in later quests, with introduction of new QMs, battle styles, passive specials, items, classes, etc., battle orders are now a lot more variable.

Imagine 99 without you strategizing, Flipz. It's one of my personal beliefs that battles should be able to be trumped without too much damage if strategized for well. That's why you only have suffered one knockout out of 5 battles in 99. Except bosses. My bosses are always a constant game of "Minimize your losses and just try to survive!"

QM Note: My mistake. I'll autorun the rest of this battle soon.

QM Note: Back to the regularly scheduled programming! Round Eight of the Primordial Pummel! >Grimwald casts Frailty on Trian (back): Success! >Grimwald uses Scroll of Poisoning on Tritech Handcannon (back): Success! >Claire VS Trian (back): Special Damage Damage Damage Critical Hit (15x2=30+21=51x4=204-6=198 damage) >Arthur retrieves Zoot's Rebel >Arthur VS Trian (back): Miss Critical Hit (20x2=40+31=71x2=142-6=136 damage) >Minoid VS Trian (back): Critical Hit Critical Hit (6x2=12+20=32x4=128-6=122 damage) >Trian VS grimwald (back): 5 HP healed, Poison 10 inflicted. >Pont VS Claire (back): 5 HP healed Trian recieves a thorough pummeling. "Auuughgggghgg..." Primordial Devil Trian, Level 50 Mechanical Human *Jinxed!* HP: 54/600 SP: 6 Immune to Sealing and Sleep! Specials: Battle Frenzy: In a delirious frenzy, Trian hits all heroes for damage equal to their level, disregarding SP. Calculated Risk: Trian puts all of his effort into one attack, halving his current HP but instantly knocking out the hero who rolled Special Damage. Specials alternate. Passive Specials: Mimicry: If hit with a weapon with a passive trait, that trait is added into Trian's list of passive specials for the rest of the battle, which are activated on rolls of damage and free hits. Hastened: Trian is Hastened. Toxic: Trian deals Poison 10. Healing: Heals 5 HP on rolls of Damage. Jinxed: Trian is Jinxed. Drops: Smelling Salts x2 "Die already...!" Primordial Devil Pont, Level 30 Mechanical Humanoid *Hastened!* HP: 216/300 SP: 6 Immune to Jinxing and Fragile! Specials: Hand To Hand: Pont delivers a swift punch to the gut to the hero who rolled Special Damage, dealing 40 damage and making them dequip their artifacts. Battle Cry: With a roar, Pont makes all Devils Counterstrike for 1 round. Specials alternate. Passive Specials: Mimicry: If hit with a weapon with a passive trait, that trait is added into Pont's list of passive specials for the rest of the battle, which are activated on rolls of damage and free hits. Healing: Heals 5 HP on rolls of damage. Hastened: Pont is hastened. Drops: 60 gold The Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 32 Skirmisher, 22-year-old male Human *Immune to Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* [ Currently in: Six Thousand Feet Under] *Party Leader!* *Hastened!* Power: 42 (31 + WP:11) Health: 54/54 (Basic Health: 5 + Level Bonus: 30 + Class Boost: 15 + Permanent Boost: 4*) Ether: 36/36 (Basic Ether: 5 + Level Bonus: 30) Defense: 20 (Arm Shield: 14 + Duke's Coat-of-Arms: 5 + Unicorn Helmet: 1) Gold: 233 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Arm Shield (SP:14), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (Protects against Fragile and all Poisons, SP; 5, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators; bodywear), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors; headwear), Zap-Tap Badge (Artefact, Accessory. Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level.), Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent Inventory: Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 broomstick, suitable to Arthur only), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia] halberd),Spider Leg (WP:8, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (Spear, WP: 8, WP dobuled against humanoids) (Unsuitable weapons: Ammit (Greatsword, WP 6, gains 5 Ether for each kill), Artifacts: Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Shackles of War (Accessory, Prevents anyone from fleeing battles), Jester's Hat (Headwear, Wearer may choose to gain one immunity from targeted enemy), Stingy Gloves (Handwear, wearable by everybody. Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you.), Minoid Card Key, Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent (Unsuitable Artifacts: Sticky Gloves (Handwear, Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up), suitable for rogues and beast warriors) (sent to Isaac Shawe) ) Gems: Opal (Ice), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass Scrolls: All Lent! Consumables: *Healing: Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic , Ether Core, Remedy x6, Elixir x4, Sushi x3 *Status: Nostrum x2, Hurricane, Mead x2, Ambrosia x2, Dragon Scale, Jinxy Juice, Blind Fury, Love Potion *Venoms: Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round) *Permanent Improvement: Bright Polish x2, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), *Bombs: Smoke Bomb x5, 3 Bones, Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), *Currency: Scrap Metal x2, Silver Ore x2 Bookmark is hitching a ride. Claire, 23 Year Old Northern Human *Immersed!* Level 21.66 Druid Power: 36 Health: 35/35 Ether: 14/24 Gold: 805 Equipped: Tritech Handcannon (WP:15, Fire-elemental *Poisoned 10!*), Satchel of Awesomeness (Permanent Lucky-effect; bodywear), Overkill Gloves, Mage's muffler (protects from sealing) Inventory: Longbow (WP:7), Helmet (+1 max. health), 6 Potions, 3 Grand Potions, 6 Mead, 2 Smelling Salts, 15 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venoms, 2 Floral Bombs, 2 Ice Bombs, 2 Lightning Bombs, 1 Fire Bomb, 3 Smoke Bombs, 2 Water Bombs, 2 Holy Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, 2 Air Bombs, Bone, Skeleton Decoy, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Saber teeth, Scroll of Weakening, Snake Eye Charm (protects from petrified), , Jinxy Juice, Grand Tonic x2, Love Potion, Blind Fury, Grating Stone, Jinxy Juice, Mythril Shard, Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable, causes Jinxed-effect; throwing weapon), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Silver Ore, Amulet of Optimism (Adds the confused-effect to all attacks; suitable to Erdathcath only; accessory), Elixir, Emergency Essence, Qlice (WP: 8, permanent Poison 4, Club), Agni Bomb Cliff, 42 Year Old Ogre *Immersed!* *Poison 10!* Level: 14.5 Power: 23 (14 + 8 + permanent boost of 1) SP: 0 Health: 12/22 Ether: 8/18 Gold: 271 Equipment: Knotted Broom (WP: 6), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Accessory, Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action. Suitable for scroll users.), Inventory: Shovel, Pickaxe, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Sleep, Mead, Remedy x3, Potion x2, Bone x2, Grand Potion, Bunch of Cherries (10/10 cherries that each restore 1 ether when eaten), Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bedroll, Ice Bomb, Root beer (Restores 10 health, or can be used as a bomb against Undead enemies for 20 damage (Does not affect non-Undead enemies)), Ambrosia, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Weakening, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Smoke Bomb, Plague Venom, Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd; suitable for Mages and Clerics), Tricorne (suitable for anyone, SP: 3, headwear), Grand Tonic x2, Pugilist's Gloves (+2 power/immune to Weakened), Scarf of Misfortune (Accessory, Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round), Splinter Broom (WP: 8, defies SP), Opal, Amethyst, Diamond, Nostrum "Back to battle." Minoid, Level 20 Drilling Automaton HP: 32/32 Power: 33 SP: 2 Equipment: Minoid Drill Arm (WP: 13), Iron Shell (SP: 2), Scanning Eye (Allows the Minoid to analyze most foes before battle. If in battle, it can spend a turn to analyze the fight) Inventory: Remedy x2, Hollow Blade Dagger (WP:6, dagger, hollow-blade [Phoenix Essence]), Quick bow (WP: 6, Suitable to rangers, provides hastened effect for one round each battle)

I signal for Heckz to quiet down, and pull out a piece of parchment to write a note. "Thalion: Throw the Sleep Bomb in to the breach."

I whisper so that the Rogues cannot hear me. "When Thalion arrives, we throw his sleep bomb into the gap.Or, we throw in a smokebomb, and send in Karie to sleep anything that isn't her. Or, Karie gets the door to open, and she sleeps everything. We have options witht his plan."

"One last thing. Humor me here. How are you planning on killing the dean, anyway? Tell me. I'm not slipping you a magic lamp on a bluff - and I'm sure you know, Grant, that one wish can go a long way. Tell me, and maybe I'll bring in the "hottie", too. Fair?" I whisper so only Karie can hear. "Karie, I regret saying this, but... Go near the slit in the door and try promiscuity again."

"Your school is currently being raided by demons. If you don't think genies are real, I find it surprising you believe in the soul sucking abominations that are currently roaming the halls of this academy. Now, I ask you again. Do you want to get your chance at a wish?"

"Noel, gonna have to ask you stop looking at my granddaughter like that. Now, Rogues. I have something better than a million gold. How would you like getting a look at a magic genie?"

Any reason? Alexis has been consistently good, if not a bit quiet.

QM Note: Yes, Battle Frenzy does not defy row. In all likelihood, I will be unable to roll another round tonight, so: Round Seven of the Primordial Pummel! >Arthur VS Trian (front): Critical Hit Critical Hit (17x2=34+31=65-8=57 damage) >Claire VS Arthur (back): Damage Damage Damage Shield: Roots Of Life (15+21=36 HP healed to all) >Arthur does nothing >Grimwald VS Pont (back): Hit (5+14=19 HP healed) >Minoid VS Pont (back): Critical Hit (6x2=12+20=32x2=64 damage) >Pont VS Arthur (back): 30/2=15 -20 =0 damage Claire finally manages to trigger the Roots of Life. They slither in through the cracks in the basement, healing each and every wound with a mere touch. Minoid and and Lynne stagger up, back in action. Lynne, however, seemed unable to fight, merely watch and hope. "STATEMENT: I owe you thanks, Erdathcath." "I'm... alive...? Where... am I?" "NOnonnononononononono..." Primordial Devil Trian, Level 50 Mechanical Human *Jinxed!* HP: 530/600 SP: 6 Immune to Sealing and Sleep! Specials: Battle Frenzy: In a delirious frenzy, Trian hits all heroes for damage equal to their level, disregarding SP. Calculated Risk: Trian puts all of his effort into one attack, halving his current HP but instantly knocking out the hero who rolled Special Damage. Specials alternate. Passive Specials: Mimicry: If hit with a weapon with a passive trait, that trait is added into Trian's list of passive specials for the rest of the battle, which are activated on rolls of damage and free hits. Healing: Heals 5 HP on rolls of Damage. Jinxed: Trian is Jinxed. Drops: Smelling Salts x2 "This can't be happening..." Primordial Devil Pont, Level 30 Mechanical Humanoid *Hastened!* HP: 216/300 SP: 6 Immune to Jinxing and Fragile! Specials: Hand To Hand: Pont delivers a swift punch to the gut to the hero who rolled Special Damage, dealing 40 damage and making them dequip their artifacts. Battle Cry: With a roar, Pont makes all Devils Counterstrike for 1 round. Specials alternate. Passive Specials: Mimicry: If hit with a weapon with a passive trait, that trait is added into Pont's list of passive specials for the rest of the battle, which are activated on rolls of damage and free hits. Healing: Heals 5 HP on rolls of damage. Hastened: Pont is hastened. Drops: 60 gold The Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 32 Skirmisher, 22-year-old male Human *Immune to Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* [ Currently in: Six Thousand Feet Under] *Party Leader!* *Hastened!* Power: 42 (31 + WP:11) Health: 54/54 (Basic Health: 5 + Level Bonus: 30 + Class Boost: 15 + Permanent Boost: 4*) Ether: 36/36 (Basic Ether: 5 + Level Bonus: 30) Defense: 20 (Arm Shield: 14 + Duke's Coat-of-Arms: 5 + Unicorn Helmet: 1) Gold: 233 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Arm Shield (SP:14), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (Protects against Fragile and all Poisons, SP; 5, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators; bodywear), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors; headwear), Zap-Tap Badge (Artefact, Accessory. Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level.), Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent Inventory: Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 broomstick, suitable to Arthur only), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia] halberd),Spider Leg (WP:8, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (Spear, WP: 8, WP dobuled against humanoids) (Unsuitable weapons: Ammit (Greatsword, WP 6, gains 5 Ether for each kill), Artifacts: Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Shackles of War (Accessory, Prevents anyone from fleeing battles), Jester's Hat (Headwear, Wearer may choose to gain one immunity from targeted enemy), Stingy Gloves (Handwear, wearable by everybody. Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you.), Minoid Card Key, Cloak of Deception (Backwear, Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent (Unsuitable Artifacts: Sticky Gloves (Handwear, Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up), suitable for rogues and beast warriors) (sent to Isaac Shawe) ) Gems: Opal (Ice), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass Scrolls: All Lent! Consumables: *Healing: Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic , Ether Core, Remedy x6, Elixir x4, Sushi x3 *Status: Nostrum x2, Hurricane, Mead x2, Ambrosia x2, Dragon Scale, Jinxy Juice, Blind Fury, Love Potion *Venoms: Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round) *Permanent Improvement: Bright Polish x2, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), *Bombs: Smoke Bomb x5, 3 Bones, Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), *Currency: Scrap Metal x2, Silver Ore x2 Bookmark is hitching a ride. Claire, 23 Year Old Northern Human *Immersed!* Level 21.66 Druid Power: 36 Health: 35/35 Ether: 14/24 Gold: 805 Equipped: Tritech Handcannon (WP:15, Fire-elemental), Satchel of Awesomeness (Permanent Lucky-effect; bodywear), Overkill Gloves, Mage's muffler (protects from sealing) Inventory: Longbow (WP:7), Helmet (+1 max. health), 6 Potions, 3 Grand Potions, 6 Mead, 2 Smelling Salts, 15 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venoms, 2 Floral Bombs, 2 Ice Bombs, 2 Lightning Bombs, 1 Fire Bomb, 3 Smoke Bombs, 2 Water Bombs, 2 Holy Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, 2 Air Bombs, Bone, Skeleton Decoy, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Saber teeth, Scroll of Weakening, Snake Eye Charm (protects from petrified), , Jinxy Juice, Grand Tonic x2, Love Potion, Blind Fury, Grating Stone, Jinxy Juice, Mythril Shard, Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable, causes Jinxed-effect; throwing weapon), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Silver Ore, Amulet of Optimism (Adds the confused-effect to all attacks; suitable to Erdathcath only; accessory), Elixir, Emergency Essence, Qlice (WP: 8, permanent Poison 4, Club), Agni Bomb Cliff, 42 Year Old Ogre *Immersed!* Level: 14.5 Power: 23 (14 + 8 + permanent boost of 1) SP: 0 Health: 22/22 Ether: 10/18 Gold: 271 Equipment: Knotted Broom (WP: 6), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Accessory, Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action. Suitable for scroll users.), Inventory: Shovel, Pickaxe, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Sleep, Mead, Remedy x3, Potion x2, Bone x2, Grand Potion, Bunch of Cherries (10/10 cherries that each restore 1 ether when eaten), Chaotic Bomb (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bedroll, Ice Bomb, Root beer (Restores 10 health, or can be used as a bomb against Undead enemies for 20 damage (Does not affect non-Undead enemies)), Ambrosia, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Weakening, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Smoke Bomb, Plague Venom, Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd; suitable for Mages and Clerics), Tricorne (suitable for anyone, SP: 3, headwear), Grand Tonic x2, Pugilist's Gloves (+2 power/immune to Weakened), Scarf of Misfortune (Accessory, Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round), Splinter Broom (WP: 8, defies SP), Opal, Amethyst, Diamond, Nostrum "Back to battle." Minoid, Level 20 Drilling Automaton HP: 32/32 Power: 33 SP: 2 Equipment: Minoid Drill Arm (WP: 13), Iron Shell (SP: 2), Scanning Eye (Allows the Minoid to analyze most foes before battle. If in battle, it can spend a turn to analyze the fight) Inventory: Remedy x2, Hollow Blade Dagger (WP:6, dagger, hollow-blade [Phoenix Essence]), Quick bow (WP: 6, Suitable to rangers, provides hastened effect for one round each battle)