Endgame

The position of King, or Boomingham's ego?

"...You must be very, very careful. Man rarely beats nature when nature decides to go all out, and its even rarer that nature loses when it has an elder dragon backing it up." ...I don't suppose those are angel feathers, dear? There is... Some sort of divination I can do, if you are wiling to burn them in the cauldron. And, ahem, 30 gold. I can try to derive an omen or two from any object burnt in the pot." "...He got my wife." "...Yeah. A lot. Don't worry about staring, I've been checking out Vindsval's mechanical arm since I've met him. So. Things that changed. Married the most wonderful woman I can imagine, she became the mother of my child... But, the arm thing too. I feel like half the man I was before, in a lot of ways, to be hones-" The purple clad (former) paragon notes Gabriel still lingering around the potions. "For the love of Ennoc, quit looking at those, Gabe! Especially the pink one." Gabriel shrugs and walks back to the piano, eyeing the keys. Masson seems to shrink back after his outburst.

"I must be going senile, because I don't follow, dear."

"Dan right. He marched us all to a damn genocide in Luosh, and when he came back? Killed or brainwashed a third of us. We're endangered because of him. He set us back, and left scars. ...What'd he do to you?"

"You... You fought The Regret?" says Anemos. His eyes would have gone wide if Karie could see them. "I agree with you, big fella! The potions actually washed up here from gods know where. I mean, I can see the usage for some of them - Anger, Determination, and Love especially, heh - but they're dangerous. I was the one who made the antidotes, to counteract 'em. That way they can be used "safely"."

Gabriel stands up for a moment and chooses to look at the potions himself. He reads the labels. "Stupidity, anti-stupidity, anger, anti-anger, love, anti-love, nervousness, anti-nervousness... Quite the assortment. I don't suppose that the anti-potions work without consuming the original potion?" "Nope, son, sorry. The anti-emotions are meant to cancel out the potion's effects, not legitimate emotions, y'see." Masson eyed the potion shelf with some distaste. "Well, she sails up here every so often and heads off to her own little grounds, I think... Cut through the forest to the left of my front door and you should find her eventually, especially if you got yourselves a magic compass of some sort. Me, dearie? Hah, retirement. Just me and White now - Black used to be here too, but she wanted to travel - livin' the quiet life. I tinker, White patrols, and we're all nice and happy. Til' this storm hit... God awful, yeah." Hilda hears a drip drop coming from inside the house. She frowns. A leak. "White! Be a dear and patch that, would you? Step ladder should be behind the hut." "Certainly, madam." White obedient marches out, never sheathing that sword of his for a second.

Each vial was labelled with an emotion, but interestingly, half of them seemed to cause the labelled feeling, while the others were antidotes. Every potion had an opposite. "Don't know anyone like that by name, so no... Blue mask with a beak, that the person?"

The compass wavers slightly to the Northwest, while Severa Whit was leading the party Northeast. They stop through the doorway of the hut, sans Anemos and Karie, and found it was indeed much bigger than the tiny little structure outside suggested. It was also far, far more cluttered. Cauldrons, stools, scepters, crates, treasure chests, potions, books, suits of armor, and even a dusty looking piano - not to mention two flames and a crystal ball. The place wasn't dirty, per se, it was just filled to the brim with junk. "Ah, I did not expect visitors today!" "Would you have tidied if I alerted you, madam?" "I suppose not. Take a seat, dears - what do you need from I, Hilda Severa?" Gabriel takes the stool next to the piano, while Masson sits near the door. --------------------------------------- Anemos and Karie linger outside. Anemos taps his tail against the ground, perhaps anxiously, perhaps impatiently, as he watches the churning sea. "I haven't gotten a chance to talk to any of you yet, thanks to the whole drain and collapse thing. What's your story?"

"Some context on this fellow's "brother's." I went on a quest with Jinnipher and Lind to get a gift for my brother's birthday - ended up being that fancy blade that's strapped to his arm. The Severa Knights - five of 'em, multicolored - guarded the premises for their owners. And I'm not sure what Lind means by no danger, because all five of them tried to beat the crap out of us. This one seems more levelheaded, at any rate, but that holy blade has me nervous. He's tougher than his little brothers, I think. Much tougher." "Hm. So he can turn on us either way? I don't like that." The party was starting to get the feeling Anemos had been a subordinate under Fydelle for a bit too long. "Basically, yeah, but it's one of him versus a dozen of us. He's not that tough looking." Masson clears his throat. "I didn't know you went through all that trouble to get me this blade - you said you commissioned it at the smith's." Gabriel shrugs. "It was true. I never said which smith. But don't go getting sentimental on me, not now. Clutching onto your wife's hand is bad enough." Gabriel rolls his eyes and turns away, marching near the front of the party. Masson's face looked stoic enough, but the slight shakiness of his hand told a different story.

"Certainly. I imagine Madam would be willing to spare an umbrella, as well." "...Fair enough." "Ah, no, I do not believe so. We have a potion that makes one temporarily dumber, but that would remove the drinker's foresight, not the storm's, unfortunately. Follow me." The ethereal knight spins on his heel and gesture sfor the party to follow. From the back, it was clear he was essentially just armor connected by an icy blue mist. "Are we truly following this bizarre knight - who happened to be waiting for us - to a magic hut? Did we really drain the tunnel and condemn all of those Proggs to get tricked like this?" whispers Anemos to the party.

The rest of 147 will be me connecting dots for 2-3 months, with every third dot being a boss fight.

"Ah. Did you meet my younger brothers? Red, Blue, Purple, Green, Orange? I must assume it is, since my sister is no gentleman. How are they? Madam Severa is quite the mage, the hut has a couple tricks up its sleeve."

Despite bearing its weapon, the apparition seems completely non-hostile. "Ah, you wish to see Madam Severa? Her hut is small on the outside, but it can certainly offer you some refuge from the rain." Severa White gestures towards the churning sea, the wind and rain whipping up huge, black waves. They cascade onto the nearby shore. "I have seen the storm cripple a dozen boats already... Dangerous. I did not know storms held grudges against boats, or could aim..."

The knight in shining armor did not seem intimidated, but obliged. "Angel? Oh, no, sir. I like to remain pious, but divinity I am not. I am Severa White, second eldest of the Severa siblings." There seemed to be the silhouette of some sort of shelter not far from here, but with the rain, it was hard to tell...

"Puns? You're dead to m-" before Gabriel could finish, the Progg squadron brought down the wall blocking forward progress. They give a scaly thumbs up, their fingers looking more like the sheath of dagger rather than digits. "That's your cue. You'll find a circle of stone on the roof of the cavern when you hit a dead end - climb up the stairs and lift it, it's artificial, it's light. And bring back The Falconer." That was an order, and the party quickly obeyed. The tunnel slanted back up, and soon they cold swear they heard the pitter patter of rain above them. They reach the end of the tunnel, and shove over the lid. A breeze flows in - or so they wished. Instead it was a torrent of wind, sharp and cold. Moonlight creeped in as the party exited the tunnel, finally on Billow. A figure on white greeted them. He cocked his head, looking confused. He was heavily clad in armor, but notably, where the human frame should've been showing in the gaps of the armor, there was only a shimmering ice blue mist. Rain pounded down around them, droplets hissing into nonexistence as they collided with his sword. "...Well. Greetings, under-dwellers. This is a... surprise. Welcome to Billow." the armored figure bows graciously.

"As much as I disagree with his reasoning, I can't argue with his power. Taking him on solo would be a rather... quick and electric suicide, I imagine."

Fydelle listens closely to the series of points that the heroes describe. "Way I'm seeing this, sounds like Arthur, Jinnipher, and Siercon got it. Karie, Thormanil, you were close, but you seemed to have missed that we can only destroy pieces on the ground. Me and my men will see what we can do here..." Arthur, Jinnipher, and Siercon get experience as Fydelle and his men work on tearing down the wall! Before long the wall falls, and about a half dozen armored Proggs run through the wreckage to set to work on the barricade blocking the way forward. Seems like they could handle it by themselves. "What's the situation like back home? Why'd you only bring half a dozen men?" "We heard the collapse. I rounded up thirty Proggs to go in - there were four winged fellows, angles, nondescript, blocking the entrance. We thought we could handle them. They said they were sticking to nonlethal, but we did not have the luxury of having a quiet debate. By the time we incapacitated one, another got some sort of spell off, and suddenly half of my men got sapped of their strength and knocked out. A fair number of them got beaten badly by a couple of them before we brought them down. Solon is having a conniption back home." "...I need to go home. If just four of his angels can do that, you need as many hands on deck as you can have. This isn't-" "-Your place? We didn't drain this tunnel and tell you to go along just so you could get scared and double back. You're capable. There's nothing you can do for those men, though. Good thoughts only go so far, and I don't think you can swim your way to a cure. You're better off with the heroes. That's a direct order." Anemos seems to freeze, thinking things over, before giving a salute. "That direct order goes to your heroes too." barks the guard captain gruffly. "Soon as my men finish unblocking the path - good job on the first wall, by the way - you're all getting your asses to Billow. I don't think I need to tell you twice."

Masson goes pale at the mention of that night. His lone hand, still twitching at his side, seems to instinctively move to grip one of Karie's palms. Gabriel rolls his eyes. "Enormous leverage, most influential force on Olegaia, huh. You sound a bit like Immortalis." QM Note: Just a quick post from mobile... Puzzle results will come this afternoon.

"Don't be too sure of yourself... Arthur, right? that that's his sole reason. He told me he was afraid of war. Even as someone in this city for only a few months, I can see where he's coming from... I did not think it was worth blowing us all up over, though. Looks like there's a lot of ways we can botch it all up in his eyes, though, eh?" QM Note: Yes. To be exact, "crushed" is having a piece dropped onto the red piece without being stopped by another - it can still, say, hang a block over it if stopped.

"The absurd number of powers he has... I asked him about that too. Not all of them are his. The storm, the visions, are his. But the dream connection the strength sapping spells? Those are all his "angels". Looks like he's pretty strict on who he recruits." The party can practically Fydelle freeze up as he hears the mention of a pickax and shovel. "Wait! Wait... Listen, I've seen a collapse or two. Those angels did a shoddy job, perhaps on purpose... Tear this thing down wrong and there's gonna be a lot of rock pouring down on you. Let's do this in a more... controlled way, then just smashing it with a pickax." Breaking Barriers -The five red pieces of rock are collapse points. The objective of the puzzle is to get all three of these onto the ground without crushing them. -Any piece that is on the ground can be destroyed via tool usage. -However, gravity applies; any pieces that piece was supporting will fall down. They can stack on top of each other, or catch on the edges (e.g. the top left of the barrier). Collapse points do not support other pieces, they merely get crushed by them. Allowing a collapse point to get crushed will fail the puzzle. -Solutions should be PMed to the QM within 24 hours as a list of pieces to break, listed in order. If you have any questions please post them here.

QM Note: How could I forget such a dye job? Fixed. The way backward was blocked. The way forward was blocked. The only directions they could go at the moment where the winding tunnels they had been scattered into before, but none of those led to Billow... "That you, Moon Elf?" says Fydelle, hearing Jinnipher's voice from the other side of the rubble. "Any casualties?"

Might want to check your inventories 147ers, make sure I didn't screw anything up/everyone's items are still there.

The collapse that Charon triggered had altered the tunnels - the combination of flooding and collapsing it so many times created new branches, warped old ones, split the party's slumbering forms across a new spiderweb-esque of tiny tunnels. Stumbling through darkness, they reunite as small clusters, before the two groups finally rejoin. Some feathers from Charon's wings were where they stood, marking the area as the site of the collapse. The Party: Karie Alderflask-Cour, A True Hero (Kintobor) *Party Leader!* 24? Year Old Human Female Minstrel Level 33 *Permanently Nimble* *1/3 Chance to Weaken targeted enemy on successful hits* Power Bonus: 0 Health: 45/61 (7+8+11+33+2) Defense: 7 (4+3) Ether: 17/39 (33+4+2) Gold: 1657 GP: 36 Equipment: Fine-tuned Guitar (WP:15, user is lucky; instrument), Encore Plectrum (If the same song is sung for more than one round of combat in a row, the song's ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable for minstrels, accessory), Catsuit (Wearer becomes nimble and has a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER, DAMAGE, and FREE HITS, suitable for women only, body wear), Vorpalis Crown (SP: 4, the wearer has a 1/3 chance of dealing Weakened to the targeted enemy on successful hits. Headwear, suitable for anyone.), Fenarian Robes of the Vampire (SP:3, Max. Ether +4, backwear) Inventory: -Weapons: Angelic Trumpet (WP: 5, user is blessed, instrument), Vagrant's Guitar (WP: 5, user is lucky, fire and wind elemental instrument) *Artefacts: Glittering Dress (The users job traits are replaced by those of a Harlot: Promiscuity, Flee, and Money Maker, suitable for women only), Skull Mask (SP: 1, wearer can pose as undead, headwear), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes user's appearance into that of an elf of the same gender, accessory), Snake Eyes Charm (Provides immunity to petrified, accessory, suitable for anyone), Mage's Muffler (Provides immunity to sealed, accessory, suitable for anyone), Medal of Valor (This pendant is awarded by the Bonapartes to those who show their heroism in the battle against piracy. The wearer gains double experience in battle. Accessory), *Scrolls: Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Newtity *Battle Songs: True Loves Serenade (restores 50 health to the rest of the party, costs 2 ether per healed ally, Battle Song), Murder on the Dancefloor (Has 1/6 chance of instantly knocking out each opponent (unless immune to sudden death) when sung; costs 5 ether per non-immune enemy; Battle Song), Serene Etude (Removes negative effects from the rest of the party instantly. Costs 1 ether per negative effect removed; Battle Song) *Consumables: Grand Potion x11, Tonic x3, Grand Tonic x10, Remedy x8, Phoenix Essence x4, Phoenix Incense x2, Nostrum x4, Smelling Salts x5, Mead, Fire Bomb, Neutralizer x3, Herbal Infusions x3 (Removes Negative Effects and causes Blessed and Transcended effects), Oculoid Miasma (Consumable, reduces level of one enemy by 10.), Elixir x2, Tiger Balm, Ether Core, Health Core, Potion x2, Mead x4, Venoms x16, Deadly Venoms x2, Jinxy Juice, Mulled Wine x2, Bone *Tools: Magic Compass, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Decamodifier, Empath Glass *Sheep: Baaffy (Pet Sheep; whenever unleashed deals the fast asleep effect to one random opponent once per battle, unlimited use) Weapons No Longer Usable: Blazing Palm (WP: 14, Fire Elemental whip, successful hits lower the target's level by 1), Oculoid Palm (WP: 11, successful hits lower the target's level by 1, whip) Spring Staff(WP: 12, healing someone else through this staff also heals the user by the same amount, water elemental staff), Sexy (WP: 11, disregards SP, longsword), Heirloom Dagger (WP: 3, dagger) Quest/Roleplay Items: Masson's Journal Entry #11, Map of Brendenton, Spider Coin (worth 1 gp), Forest Journal, Blue Syndicate Outfit, Kayla's Mask, Ulric's Letter Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer, Orc-kin (swils) 24 years old male vertically challenged giant Dragoon Level 48 4/5 *Immune to Darkness, Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile, Slowed, and Weakened* Power: 65 (48+16+1) Defense: 13 (10+3) Health: 70/70 (8+47+15) Gold: 1999 Equipment: Shishkebab (WP:16, dual-strike, darkness-elemental, lance),Skirmisher's Shield (SP:10, shield), Bright Armor (SP:3, Wearer is immune to Darkness, bodywear), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, and Lightning, and the Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile, Slowed, and Weakened-effects; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Gladiator Trident (WP:11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Guardian Halberd (WP: 5, target's defense is used as additional WP, halberd), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, deals Stunned, halberd), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP:9, longsword, Stuns enemies), Repeater Crossbow (WP:7, crossbow. Hastened for first round of combat while equipped.), Mercutio's Dagger of Mugging (WP:5, +5 gold from stealing; dagger), Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores defense, bow), Crystal Shield (SP:2 multiplied by the amount of gems imbued; cannot be upgraded otherwise; shield) Artifacts: Bejeweled Collar (Amethyst, Emerald, For each gem imbued into the collar, the pet dragon gains the ability to attack with the respective element instead of their natural one. Both the pet dragon and the dragoon also become immune to the imbued elements; suitable to dragoons only; Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Handwear, Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water-elemental damage, accessory) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Opal (Ice) Consumables: 2x Potion, Diluted Arc Tonic, Grand Tonic, 4x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, Neutralizer, Milk, 2x Elixir, Nostrum, 3x Smelling Salts, 3x Mulled Wine, Soma, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Jinxy Juice, 2x Feather of Lithe, 3x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, 2x Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, 3x Smoke Bomb, Ice Bomb, 4x Water Bomb, Doomsday Bomb (99 damage to all enemies), 2x Grating Stone, Teleportapple, Sam's Flask Tools etc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Magnifying Glass Arx the Youngling (Pet Dragon controlled by swils) Level: 48 4/5 Health: 54/78 (30+48) Element: (Ice, Darkness, Wood) Lind Whisperer *Encouraged at half health* * *Immune to Dark* *Double damage to humanoids* *Halved damage from Holy/Light enemies* *1/3 chance of dealing Fragile* *STEALS on rolls of Hide* 22-year-old Human Class: Black Knight Level: 23.66 Power: 34 (12+22) Defense: 13 (3+4+6) Health: 12/39 (7+23+9) Gold: 23 Glory Points: 14 Equipped Gear: Gladius (WP: 16, darkness-elemental greatsword, 1/3 chance of causing Fragile on successful hits), Invader's Armour (SP: 3, wearer is encouraged when their current health is at half or below the wearer's maximum level), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; suitable to rogues; footwear.), Vorpalis Netherwings (SP: 4, the wearer deals double damage to humanoid type enemies and takes half damage from Holy/Light enemies. Backwear, suitable for anyone.), Skull Shield (SP:6; immunity to dark-elemental damage; suitable to Black Knights only; shield.) Unequipped Gear: Steel Knife (WP: 12, throwing weapon), Star-Breaker (WP: 5, darkness-elemental halberd *1/2 chance of stun*), Trickster's Mask of the Human (suitable for anyone, changes users appearance into a human of the same gender, accessory), Mugger's Mask (Protects from loss of gold from gold stealing enemies, headwear.), Akrone Fez (Artifact; SP: 1, Max. Health: +1, Headwear, suitable for anyone), Plasma Shield (SP: 3, user absorbs electric attacks) Unequipped Weapons: Darker Ethereal Deck (Playing Cards) (WP:7, throwing weapon), Ethereal Deck (Playing Cards) (WP:7, throwing weapon), Wind Spitter's Deck of Cards (WP:10; wind-elemental; causes triple damage to mobs; suitable to Lind only; throwing weapon) Gems: Ruby Potions: x3 Potions, Bone, Last Wish Powder, Military Grade Firebomb x2, Grand Potion x2, Remedy x4, Mulled Wine Tools: Bedroll, Shovel Things: Quest/Role-playing Items: Newspaper with Picture of Lupine, Alfendi's Cape, Alfendi Lupine's Blank Calling Cards, Map of Olegia, Arena Pass x2 Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight Level 13 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 22/22 Defense: "6" (1 through 11) Gold: 110 Equipment: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5 and Bleeding 3; greatsword), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield), Black and Blue Hair Dye (accessory - females gain 1/2 chance of enamoring enemies on successful hits, males 1/2 chance of confusion), Helmet of the Tactician (SP:-5, Power +5 when fighting in the front row; SP:5, Power -5 when fighting the back row; cannot be upgraded; headwear) Inventory: Weapons/Artifacts: The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP, ice-elemental; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from Hexed-effect; accessory), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear) Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear), Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP:3, grants Special Guard against undead enemies; backwear) Consumables: 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Mead, Venom, Bone, Fire Bomb Other: Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation Siercon (Siercon and Coral) Male, Age and species unknown (Visual appearance of hollow black smoke in human form.) Level 21.33 Battlemage (Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness, Asleep) Power: 37 (19 levels + WP 17) Spell Power: 47 (Magicians Gloves +10) Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 30/30 (5 base + 19 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 26/26 (5 base + 19 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Equipment: -Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding, Hollow upgrade [Potion Stored]) Sven's Dagger (WP: 14, Fire- and Earth+Sealed Elemental) -Dark Phibbian Cloak (SP:5, Adds Darkness-element to attacks and protects from darkness, suitable for magic users, body wear, Immune to Sleep,) -Magicians Gloves (Spellpower +10, Artifact, Hand Wear) Gems: Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Ethereal Opal (Ice+Fragile), Garnet (Earth), Ethereal Topaz (Lightning+Stunned), Sapphire (Wind) Bombs: Cataclysm Bomb 200 (200 damage to all enemies with all elements [except darkness], ignores row and SP), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and poisoned by 3 to all foes),Confuse Bomb (Deals 5 damage and the confused-effect to all opponents), 7x Bone (Distracts monster for 1 turn when thrown), Smoke Bomb (Allows party to flee from 1 battle) Consumables: 8 Potions, 5 Remedies, Tonic, Venom, Phoenix Essence, Everlasting Venom (Adds Poisoned +10 effect to one weapon permanently; consumable), Mead x2 Inventory: Sylvania's Cowl (Artifact, Head Wear, Animal Talk), Sanctified Rito Spear, (WP:4, doubled against Flying enemies, Hollow upgrade [ ____ Stored]), 2x Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril), Crystrow Feather (half damage from Electric and Flying type enemies, accessory) Tools: Magic Compass, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Decamodifier For Sale: (Message if interested): Chain Scythe (WP:6, applies Enamored), Hood of the Dark Druid (wearer absorbs Wood- and Darkness-elemental damage; headwear, suitable for druids only), Quest: Good Rep: Shadeaux, Rito Glory Points: 41-Decamodifier-Phoenix Essence Vindsval Half-Born (Asphalt) 39 year old, Male, Half Giant, Level: 31.75 Paladin *Gains Triple XP* *Immune to Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, and Weakened, Effects* (Attacks cause bleeding in Humanoids, 1/3 chance against all others) When Poisoned becomes Blessed Power: 57 (31+24+1+1) Power Bonus +2 (2015 Henry Awards) Defense: 30 Health: 19/50 (9+30+11) Ether: 35/35 (5+30) Gold: 359 Equipment: Vampire's Court Sword (WP:12 (24); 1/3 chance to cause bleeding; always causes bleeding to humanoids; great sword.) Mythril Mail (SP:10; suitable to knights and barbarians only; bodywear) Mythril Shield (SP: 20 Shield) Mechanical Arm (Doubles WP for the equipped weapon; wearer cannot become disarmed; suitable for Vindsval only; handwear) 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.) Medal of Glory (accessory, mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles, immunity toAsleep,Blinded,Confused, Fragile, and Weakened effects)(lent by Benji) Inventory: Consumables: 4X Mead, 4X Smelling Salts, 5X Remedy, Potion, 6X Grand Potion, 3X Smoke Bomb, 4X Tonic, 4x Venom (poison -1), 4X Deadly Poison (Poison -10), Banana, Poison Bomb, 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, Bone, Jarate (deals the Fragile effect to all opponents for three rounds, Consumable Bomb), Fenghuang Essence, Agni Bomb, Elixir, Myrrh, Ambrosia, Mulled Wine. Misc: Mythril Shard, 4X Grating Stone Weapons And Shieds 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) Xeno Whip (WP:4, poisoning the Xeno Whip doubles the poison output, whip) Leets d’Loc (WP:9, ice-elemental longsword) Simurgh Wingblade (WP:12, cannot be used with a shield; greatsword) Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, (Beasts, Icey, and Plants) gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores SP foes weak to Wood,(aquatic and Rock) gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword Twin Sai (WP: 12, dual strike, dagger) Artefacts: Wonky Shoes (footwear, SP: 3, suitable for all classes)(lent by Benj), 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) 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 ) Lethauros Mail: SP: 4. Prismatic armor bright enough to banish darkness. You can feel the dragon watching you as your continue on your journey, aiding you in your hunt. The wearer takes half damage from Demon and Dark type enemies. Suitable for anyone, bodywear. Shikokku's Stealth Suit (SP:6; Power +6, User is immune to Dark & Demonic enemies; Body, Head and Backwear counts as 1 Artefact) Anniversary Medal (Power +4, SP +4, Max Health +4, Max Ether +4. Values increase by 1 with each passing year; Accessory) Gauntlets of the Legionnaire (Power +5, immune to Petrified, Handwear) Gems: Emerald X2, Aquamarine X2, Garnet X2, Ruby, Opal, Diamond, Topaz Scrolls, Scroll of Poisoning. Can be cast on a weapon to give it Poison 10, for the duration of the battle at the cost of 5 Ether. Scroll of Frailty (Enables casting the Fragile effect to one target for three round. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.) Decamon Cards: Cherub (Luminous 3) Tools: Bed Roll, Shovel, Magic Compass Masson Emeritus Cour, Level 50 30.25 Paragon Barbarian *Phantom Pain - Incurable! 2 damage per round* *Can't equip any shields, or weapons other than the Brace Blade!* HP: 70/70 SP: 7 Gold: 50 Equipment: Brace Blade (WP: 20, Longsword, suitable to Masson Cour only) Syndicate Cape Deluxe (SP: 7) Wedding Ring (Immune to Hexed, Confused, and Enamored) Inventory: Grand potion x3, Phoenix Essence, ??? x4 Gabriel Cour, Level 31.5 Sniper *Immune to Sleep/Deep Sleep* HP: 46/46 SP: 4 Gold: 300 Lethality: 1/6 Equipment: Somnamblast (WP: 13, 1/6 chance of inflicting Sleep on succesful hits, handcannon), Sandblasted Helmet (SP: 2, immune to sleep/deep sleep), Sandblasted Robes (SP: 2) Inventory: Grand Potion x3, Old Guitar (WP: 0), Phoenix Incense, Cigars x2 (Smoking them permanently boosts Sandman's lethality by 1 for the battle.) Arthur Justus Regulus VII Ziegfried, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 42.6 Dragoon, 24-year-old male Human *Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, Stunned, Slowed, Hastened, Blind, Confused, and Defense Reduction* *Immune to Magic and Healing* *Takes Half Damage from Free Hits* Power Bonus: +1 Health: 68/68 (5+15+41+7) Defense: 58 (15+2+[6*2]+[13*2]+3) Gold: 42 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Dauntlet Index (WP: 20, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Blue Hand Shield (SP:15, Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Tin Armor (SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped [current: 2]; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear), Shadeaux Cape (SP:13, Immune to Blind, Confused, and Defense Reduction, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Tin Greaves (Immunity to Stunned-, Slowed-, and Hastened-effects; footwear), Coat Hanger (Allows wearing a second bodywear artifact regardless of the amount limit for artifacts; accessory), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone) Abilities: First Breath (Arthur may sacrifice a turn of combat to focus and gain +3 power. Power resets at the end of a battle or when the hero is KO'd) Inventory: Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, Light-elemental, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies, Lightning- and Wind+Slowed-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [--]), Artifacts: Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), Tin Gloves (Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear), Overkill Gloves (Grants Overkill gold on kills; handwear, suitable for anyone) (currently loaned indefinitely to Namyrra), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory), Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3, Free hits deal half damage, Bodywear) Unsuitable Weapons/Artifacts: Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear), Spell Items (unsuitable): Ethereal Opal (Ice+Fragile), Garnet (Earth), Ethereal Topaz (Lightning+Stunned), Sapphire (Wind) Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Of Power and Mortals (+1 power each successful quest) Consumables: Adamantite Shard, Potion, 14x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 10x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 9x Mead, 6x Nostrum, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, 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), Blind Fury, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), 3x Stun Bomb, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Bone, Negative Nelly (Causes 30 damage and jinxed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), 1x Silver Ore, Trial Brew, Henry Award, & Miirym, 17-month-old Dragon youngling (dragon companion controlled by Flipz), Level 42.6 Dragon Power Bonus: 0 Power: 42 Health: 51/72 Element: Darkness Abilities: May pay 10 health for a 2/6 chance to make a party member Lucky. ------------------ "Well, looks like the gang is finally back together." "Ugh, I can only imagine how much time has passed... How much worse the storm has gotten." Masson's hand twitches at his side. "Everyone OK?" "...Is this what human hangovers feel like?" says Anemos, clutching his head, reeling the tiniest bit. Behind them, the party can hear stones shift and move. Two tiny holes had been poked in the vast pile of rock blocking the path backwards. "Anyone alive in there?!" shouts Fydelle, his voice faint through the tiny hole he managed to pierce.

Group PMs have a habit of doing that, I think? I would encourage all 147ers to have a glance at their inboxes, in case this issue persists.

Hosting is more fun than being a player character, in my experience, anyway.