Endgame

We need to stop talking to ourselves. I do have some RP planned about Violetta's appearance (her face, not her body ).

There is no escape!

Prepare for curbstomp! I predict this battle will be over and done within 4-5 rounds.

"Skipping right to the werewolf form, I see? No need to waste time, I suppose... Our victory was certain to begin with." I should be Lucky, Encouraged, and Hastened, and have the Shackles of War equipped over my Armor of the Croise. Nagure should be Hastened and Lucky as well. Sandy, I have currently been given control of all other heroes, and I already talked strategy with Flipz, so we should be able to run this. Battle Order: >Arthur seals Violetta (back) >Arthur uses Jinxy Juice on Violetta (back) >Arthur seals Violetta (or blinds Donny) (back) >Arthur uses Jinxy Juice on Donny (back) >Nagure vs. Donny (front) >Nagure vs. Donny (front) >Sorrow vs. Violetta (back) >Sorrow vs. Violetta (back)

To prepare for the incoming brawl, I dump a Nostrum down Nagure's mouth, and hold a Smelling Salts up to his fur-covered nostrils. "Free of charge, old friend."

...And then the entire concept gets borked by some guy with a magic compass.

Another option: scenery shock. Do something that so utterly rocks the world around the heroes that it becomes downright scary. Imagine if heroes were inside a city when it suddenly is about to be evacuated due to a giant flood (which the heroes are in the path of), or they suddenly got flung into The Regret's delusion of the "Perfect World". That'd be downright scary.

The horror genre doesn't do it for me. After I saw the model of Slender in Slender's Woods, he officially became a joke. And Sorrow isn't taking you to the Kitty Kennel after we stomp Violeta and co. if you don't play the Paper Mario series. Speaking of horror, however, I'd be interested in creating a horro-esque quest down the line. I feel as if there is always going to be some sort of disconnect or barrier in the immersion since you never see the direct result of your actions immediately after, so you'd have to rely on tension and paranoia... things many QMs have created. You'd just have to play your cards correctly to actually scare people. Congratulations, you may be the first QM to succesfully utilize the childhood trauma of one of your players. Damn you.

Gimmiegimmiegimmiegimmie! Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is just amazing. I have played through it completely... 17 times, now? A lot of it has oozed into my work over my quests.

...I don't follow?

It's everyone's favorite undead assassin!

But there was probably just one stupid sheep that wandered into Donauld's hunting fields, and the rest of the bloody folk followed. Sheep are adorable but stupid.

May I once again reitarate "Why would you kill cute little sheep?!"?

Their ship is the Green Croc, not the Red Lion.

I've only driven a motorboat, not a sailboat. Perk is that sailboats always have the right of way, legally.

I just realized that - should Sorrow put on a shirt and tuxedo - he would look strikingly like Slenderman.

Sorrow really never gets angry now, not in the normal sense. He'll enter tranquil furys, and that is when you know he is pissed off.

I stare at the two generals, serene... With a roll of my shoulders the layers of cloaks roll off my body, carried away in the evening winds. Beneath the layers of black were simple peasant clocks, old and faded beyond belief. A ashen skeletal frame lies beneath them, singed in appearance. Bandages run up and down my arms, coils of cloth covering my scarred forearms. I go up to Arthur and lay a hand on his shoulder. "Good call. Broken souls are led astray, Arthur. You weren't." I turn my gaze to Donny and Violetta - bow in hand, arrow pulled back. "To kill for your own ideals is a crime... to kill for another's is a cardinal sin. I dislike putting others through the death I endured - but I have no qualms dispatching pawns. May Helvetia have mercy on your souls, and may the afterlife be a good place to reflect on when Violetta and Donny died... and the pathetic thugs before me were born. EN GARDE."

Of course! I can't wait to show what happens when the Wolfgang and The Stealer are in the same room...

Also: Q70 isn't just meant for low-level heores - I just wanted to keep the level range reasonable, so I didn't have to balancd for Level 1s and Level 20s.

He has grown! Only wish he had dual katanas to carve up those generals - its hard to act cool with bow unless you're on a moving train or something.

Gah, the fact it was Baba was actually obvious from the beginning. The Black Night completed the Morning Sun (I think that was his name?) and the Red Dawn trio from Quest 14. Cool move, Sandy. Hope he doesn't, I need his Jinxy Juice to murder some wolves!

"Ah, actually, no." I tap the side of my helmet with my index finger. "Immune to blindness, actually. What is the point of trying to recruit us if you're not going to actually tell us what the hell you're up to? Your cloak and dagger mannerisms grow ever so tiresome... Perhaps you'll be a bit more honest in your final moments. I'm not siding with your gang."