Endgame

Because a 130 page quest is the best of ideas. I swear, if one of those is a certain Paper Mario boss I will either laugh maniacally or cry as I relive childhood trauma.

Tell me about it... I'm all for more bite-sized quests, now. But maybe that is just because 48 nearly exhausted me. Lesson? Never put more then 2 boss battles in one quest.

I have about... 30?

Hopefully just temporary brainwash residue? Also, darn it. I built my bow for werewolves, and I'm not in the theatre to shoot them out.

Just drown out the sound of Baba's singing - set off bombs, bang the pots and pans in the kitchen, have Barty whine really loudly, something! Also... Sorrow basically just dropped a cluster f-bomb in Necromancer cant. There is a pattern to how I write it, for the most part!

I groaned as Arthur revealed one of his orb's tricks. Feeling the dread and anger slowly rise, now seemed like a good time to exercise my knowledge of Necromancer cant - it'll sound better then it would it normal English, anyway. Ahem: "Xre'travitri ergr'hox ren'om'urnman oom'robic xre'tarta'diolon gal'olunum gresolar'abab xre'travit!" My eyes are downcast as everyone -even the wolfgang goons - stare intently at me, wondering hat gibberish I just spewed. "...Please, don't ask for a translation."

Patricia just makes the entire scene so much better. This question goes to all QMs, actually: do you keep quest important minifigures assembled always? As a digital QM, I just build them once... and duplicate them as much as it is needed.

I snap out of my musical stupor to look at Arthur. "What...?! How did you figure that one out?"

A few notes of the song drift through the cracks of the door - nearly silent, hardly audible. It sounded divine...My hands fall limp for a second, nearly dropping the bow. I quickly steady myself and grab the bow, trying to block out the snippets of the song that managed to reach me. "Do... do you fellows hear that?"

Hey, you're the one who introduced androids into the gameworld. Whose to say Legonardo got bored and decided he wanted to rock out? But what the hey, the lyrics fit. Sorta.

If you were to challenge him, I would've dropped you to level 1 and copy+pasted the final battle of 48. Yep, this isn't going to end well. At least she isn't singing Collective Consciousness.

Perhaps it is all 3! ...Pretend I never wrote that.

What? Make some mighty big acclamations? If you want to fight him in PM, be my guess. His illusion, his rules.

Aaaand that is the sound of the odds of killing Barbarracia plumetting to zero.

Come on now - if you use the words enchanting and enthralling to describe a singer's voicer, it is a dead giveaway she is evil!

I'm actually an AI, quickly growing intelligent beyond human comprehension. Right about what?

Stealer 2 (Party of 5, 4-5 battles) will probably start by the end of this month... with Progg 0 (Party of 4, 4-5 battles) in the summer. After that, I'll probably do a few one-offs.

Said it before, I'll say it again: All of my antagonists were legitmately nice people before they went off the deep end of villainy - some more then others. The Apprentice was insufferable, but the Stealer still has a heart. Good luck digging it out though. Font size 48, red color, or bust! Sandy, I can still hear the warning bells going off in my head. How far away are we from the theatre?

More ammunition for Syndicate/Stealer 2! Just a warning, both Stealer 2 and Progg 0 are basically going to be RP improv night.

...I had a +2 power bonus? "How does Wolfgang's recruitment process work, by the by? Do they just pluck anybody with a scowl off the streets, do they hold a census and find the most inept of the inept, or...?"

Yes, because that is the worst thing that can happen in Heroica... when we currently have an omnicidal maniac count of about 11 and 3 god-like bosses.

Alas... where's Hyperion when you need 'em?

Sandy, you never factored in my level, or the fact that my bow is ranged. It should be 22x2=44+20=64x2=128x2=256 damage. I survey the battlefield as more goons pour in. Just one good assassination... this battlefield was mine to dominate. "Hmph, okay. We have a few new faces, but we can still win this. Assuming that the flow of mooks is not constant...." Flipz handed control of Arthur over to me, so... Battle Order >Arthur casts Scroll of Blindness on Crosette (back) >Arthur drinks Smelling Salts from his Hollow Blade, then casts Blindness on Crosette (back) (or Bowen, if previously succesful) >Sorrow vs. Cedric (back) >Nagure vs. Ajax (front) >Sorrow vs Burlesque (back) >Arthr casts Scroll of Blindness on Crosette (or Bowen, or Arrowic, if both Crosette and Bowen are blind) (back) >Arthur vs. Arrowic with Unlucky Horseshoe (back)

As I step back into the back row I veer towards the door, nearly pressing my frame on it. "They'll have to mow me down before they get in."