Endgame

"Not really. She's an alchemist, I'm a blacksmith. Her sister lived with us for a bit, and she took the liberty of animating some of my old work. She put a bit of an ego in the damn things too, hmph. Would you mind giving me a quick rundown on who I'll be dealing with here?"

"Nope. I pretty much went here to retire. I got restless, though, so me and the missus opened up for business for anyone who could make it out here." "Your teammates have, uh, quite the chemistry, I've noticed."

"I would like to hear what he says first, Jinnipher. I don't think I'll really like the answer, but I'm not going to be that trigger happy making decisions. You alright, otherwise? No breaks, sprains, things like that? That purple bastard had an arm on him. I'm more concerned about having everyone in one piece then whoever doles out the goods."

"I don't believe there is. I'm fine just waiting for you to get some rest, these old bones are getting tired of walking."

Round Two Of The Severa Smackdown! >Pretzel throws a Firebomb >Lind throws a Military Grade Firebomb >Gabriel throws a Sleep Bomb The Severas find their otherwise immaculate formation going up in smoke, as the party bombards them. Their armor pieces scatter, multicolored mist of the specters looming pitifully over them. The Battle Was Victorious! All standing heroes receive EXP. Party Leader, distribute the loot: Grand Potion x2 Remedy x3 Mead 60 gold Ectoplasm - Raises maximum ether by 2 permanently. The pruple knight begins to reform first, staggering around as if drunk. It was a pointless gesture, as he had forgotten to pick up his weapon. "We.... Will not... Be defeated! *huff, huff* The Severa Specters are..." The sound of incoming footsteps is punctuated by the yell of an old man. "ARE YOU FOOLS HARASSING SOME POOR FOLK AGAIN?!" "M-master Flavius, we found these trespassers climbing up the-" "You dolt! Normal folk climb up that wall up the time. It's called rock climbing, and some people like the sport. And they're not even on our property yet!" "But, sir-" "No buts! Pick up your borthers' junk and haul yourself off to the shed, and stay there." The dejected, mighty Severa Purple began to pick up the armor remnants, while Flavius turns to the heroes. "Sorry 'bout that. They get sassy after they don't get to hit something, the delinquents. Me sister in law made 'em before she left to travel, and the missus demanded that I keep 'em handy, the little bastards they are." "You wouldn't be Flavius the Blacksmith, would you? And your wife, Marionne, the alchemist?" "We sure are. Looking for our services? You must've trekked a fair way to get to our little cottage. I'll lead the way when you get all of your affairs straightneed out. Feel free to take the stuff those little blighters left behind - that's a good punishment for being so nasty." "Thank you." Gabriel heads over to Jinnipher, bends down, and offers her a hand up. "Sorry about that. I should've realized the plan put you in hamr's way, or at least taken the hit myself. The rest of you, do what you need to before we head to Flavius' cottage." The Party: Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Played by Palathadric) *Party Leader!* 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan *reinforced* Level: 34.75 Power: 46 34 + 10 + 2* Defense: 32 Health: 62/62 9 + 15 + 33 + 3 + 2** Gold: 2303 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 10; Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; Dual Strike; Staff), Darksteel Armour (SP: 6; Max. Health +3; Bodywear), Armour of Dark Arts (SP: 10; Takes up: Bodywear, Handwear, Footwear slots; counts as one artifact; Suitable to Knights, Dragoons, and Skirmishers), Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced effect; Suitable to Marauders; Backwear), Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, each of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); Accessory) Inventory: Weapons and Shields: Flying Cross (WP: 11; Darkness; Broomstick), Splinter Broom (WP: 9; Broomstick; defies SP), Whip of Savage Overlords (WP: 9; ⅙ chance of inflicting the Slowed effect; Whip), Steak (WP: 1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits; suitable for all), Staff of the Necromancer (WP: 12; damages Undead; +1 Level to raised Undead; Staff), Shadeaux Mace (WP: 9; deals Fragile effect, Mace), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Artifacts: Strategist's Shako (+5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back; Headwear), Duplovian Helmet (SP:2; Immune to Magic and Healing; Headwear), Burning Knuckle Helmet (SP: 10; Wearer suffers Burning -3 effect; Suitable for Anyone; Headwear), Bumble Fanshirt (SP: 1, Vermin with level less than half of the wearers are scared and won't directly attack the wearer; Bodywear), Order Imperial Prophet's Armor (SP: 8; Grants Command; Suitable for Prophets; Bodywear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; Suitable for Knights, Dragoons, Skirmishers and Regulators, Bodywear), Cloak of the Barbaric Runecaster (SP: 3; wearer creates and deploys a Skeleton Decoy at the start of every battle; Suitable for Battle Mages, Necromancers, and Scholars; Backwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, Max Ether +4; Backwear), Rock Gauntlets (Grants the wearer Iron Fist at no ether cost; Suitable for anyone; Handwear), Counterstrike Gloves (Handwear), Soothing Slippers (Meditation restores 5 ether; Footwear), Shackles of War (Accessory), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Gems: 2 Amethysts, 2 Emeralds, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Diamond, Ruby Scrolls: Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness x 2, Scroll of Confusion x 2, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Arc Sleep Consumables: 8 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), 2 Tonics, Ether Core, 9 Remedies, 3 Neutralizers, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 2 Phoenix Incenses, 5 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrums, Soma, Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Tiger Balm, 5 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, 2 Paralyzing Venoms, 3 Jinxy Juices, 5 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb, 2 Blind Bombs, 2 Seal Bombs, 2 Sleep Bombs, 6 Bones, Raw Meat (+5 max. health upon consumption), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects permanently), Strong Wasabi (-2 Poisoned permanently), Grating Stone Tools: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Shovel, Magic Compass, Magic Shovel (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest) Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 10.5 Power bonus: 2 (spell) Health: 14/14 Ether: 13/14 Gold: 146 Equipment: Renegade’s Crook (WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff), Gold skin Gloves (Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear), Focus Sash (Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons) Inventory: Bedroll, 6x Potion, 2x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Amethyst, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently) Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight Level 10.5 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 19/19 Defense: 26 Gold: 125 Equipment: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword),, Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP:3, grants Special Guard against undead enemies; backwear) Inventory: The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; 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), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Venom, Bone, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Opal (Ice), 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), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield), Fire Bomb 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: 22.33 Power: 34 (12+22) Defense: 13 (3+4+6) Health: 38/38 (7+22+9) Gold: 38 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), 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) Gems: Ruby Potions: x3 Potions, Bone, Last Wish Powder, Military Grade Firebomb x2 Tools: Bedroll, Shovel "Typical." Gabriel Cour, Level 31.5 Sniper *Immune to Sleep/Deep Sleep* HP: 37/46 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.)

"We shouldn't have let that happen."

"We could do that stop, and then hit the graveyard?"

QM Note: Yes, you should've. However, that also means Jinnipher was knocked out... Lind's gold was added, by the way. Gabriel's nonchalant mood was quickly disrupted by seeing Severa purple strike down Jinnipher. "What the hell? We had the power to end this before any got hurt. Someone, get Jinnipher standing." Unless convinced otherwise, Gabriel throws a sleep bomb. QM Note: Did I get something wrong with the free hits, or no?

"We haven't been to the cemetery yet, have we? That might be worth a shot."

Round One Of The Severa Smackdown! >Gabriel takes a couple drags of his cigar >Pretzel hands Jinnipher a Fire Bomb >Jinnipher accepts the Fire Bomb >Calamity VS Severa Red (back): Critical Hit (Darkness element spell; 2 durability lost) >Lind VS Severa Orange (back): Hide >Severa Blue VS Gabriel: 25/2=13-3=10 damage >Severa Green VS Pretzel: 60/2=30-32=0 damage >Severa Purple VS Jinnipher: 100/2=50-26=24 damage The party makes some trades. Gabriel continues smoking, impressed by Calamity's darkness spell. Lind hides from nonexistent danger. Jinnipher is clobbered by Severa purple. "Hey, not bad." Severa Red, Level 20 Humanoid Durability: 1 Specials: Severe Slash: Severa Red slashes you with extreme prejudice, reducing your HP to 1. Drops: Mead Severa Blue, Level 25 Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Speed: Severa Blue hastens two of the standing Severas next round, chosen randomly. Drops: Remedy x3 Severa Orange, Level 20+Attacker's SP Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Shielding: Severa Orange forces two other random Severas to protect themselves, making them counterstriking. Drops: 60 gold Severa Green, Level 60 Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Suturing: Severa Green mends his fellow knights, increasing all Severa's Durability by 1. Drops: Grand Potion x2 Severa Purple, Level 100 Humanoid Durability: 2 Specials: Severe Stabbing: Severa Purple stabs the hero who rolled Special Damage and the hero below them, reducing both to 1 HP an Dooming both of them. Drops: Ectoplasm Severe Survival! -Each hit reduce's a Severa's durability by 1. -When they hit 0, they are temporarily Knocked Out, and the possed armor falls to pieces. They will reassmelbe and revive in 2 turns with 1 less durability than they started with (with a minimum of 1 durability.) -To end the battle, all Severas must be Knocked Out simultaneously. -Each drop can only be obtained once. The Party: Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Played by Palathadric) *Party Leader!* 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan *reinforced* Level: 34.5 Power: 46 34 + 10 + 2* Defense: 32 Health: 62/62 9 + 15 + 33 + 3 + 2** Gold: 2303 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 10; Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; Dual Strike; Staff), Darksteel Armour (SP: 6; Max. Health +3; Bodywear), Armour of Dark Arts (SP: 10; Takes up: Bodywear, Handwear, Footwear slots; counts as one artifact; Suitable to Knights, Dragoons, and Skirmishers), Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced effect; Suitable to Marauders; Backwear), Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, each of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); Accessory) Inventory: Weapons and Shields: Flying Cross (WP: 11; Darkness; Broomstick), Splinter Broom (WP: 9; Broomstick; defies SP), Whip of Savage Overlords (WP: 9; ⅙ chance of inflicting the Slowed effect; Whip), Steak (WP: 1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits; suitable for all), Staff of the Necromancer (WP: 12; damages Undead; +1 Level to raised Undead; Staff), Shadeaux Mace (WP: 9; deals Fragile effect, Mace), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Artifacts: Strategist's Shako (+5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back; Headwear), Duplovian Helmet (SP:2; Immune to Magic and Healing; Headwear), Burning Knuckle Helmet (SP: 10; Wearer suffers Burning -3 effect; Suitable for Anyone; Headwear), Bumble Fanshirt (SP: 1, Vermin with level less than half of the wearers are scared and won't directly attack the wearer; Bodywear), Order Imperial Prophet's Armor (SP: 8; Grants Command; Suitable for Prophets; Bodywear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; Suitable for Knights, Dragoons, Skirmishers and Regulators, Bodywear), Cloak of the Barbaric Runecaster (SP: 3; wearer creates and deploys a Skeleton Decoy at the start of every battle; Suitable for Battle Mages, Necromancers, and Scholars; Backwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, Max Ether +4; Backwear), Rock Gauntlets (Grants the wearer Iron Fist at no ether cost; Suitable for anyone; Handwear), Counterstrike Gloves (Handwear), Soothing Slippers (Meditation restores 5 ether; Footwear), Shackles of War (Accessory), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Gems: 2 Amethysts, 2 Emeralds, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Diamond, Ruby Scrolls: Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness x 2, Scroll of Confusion x 2, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Arc Sleep Consumables: 8 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), 2 Tonics, Ether Core, 9 Remedies, 3 Neutralizers, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 2 Phoenix Incenses, 5 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrums, Soma, Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Tiger Balm, 5 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, 2 Paralyzing Venoms, 3 Jinxy Juices, 5 Smoke Bombs, 1 Fire Bombs, Holy Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb, 2 Blind Bombs, 2 Seal Bombs, 2 Sleep Bombs, 6 Bones, Raw Meat (+5 max. health upon consumption), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects permanently), Strong Wasabi (-2 Poisoned permanently), Grating Stone Tools: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Shovel, Magic Compass, Magic Shovel (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest) Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 10 Power bonus: 2 (spell) Health: 14/14 Ether: 13/14 Gold: 146 Equipment: Renegade’s Crook (WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff), Gold skin Gloves (Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear), Focus Sash (Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons) Inventory: Bedroll, 6x Potion, 2x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Amethyst, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently) Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) *Knocked Out!* 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight Level 10.5 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 0/19 Defense: 26 Gold: 125 Equipment: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword),, Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP:3, grants Special Guard against undead enemies; backwear) Inventory: The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; 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), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Venom, Bone, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Opal (Ice), 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), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield), Fire Bomb 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: 22 Power: 34 (12+22) Defense: 13 (3+4+6) Health: 38/38 (7+22+9) Gold: 38 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), 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) Gems: Ruby Potions: x3 Potions, Bone, Last Wish Powder, Military Grade Firebomb x3 Tools: Bedroll, Shovel "Typical." Gabriel Cour, Level 31Sniper *Immune to Sleep/Deep Sleep* HP: 37/46 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, Sleep Bomb, Old Guitar (WP: 0), Phoenix Incense, Cigars x2 (Smoking them permanently boosts Sandman's lethality by 1 for the battle.)

"Hm, you're right. Which means that, if we're willing to waste some firewpoer, we can wrap this up in one turn."

"We could. Good idea. But my sleepbombs aren't gonna damage them, unfortunately."

QM Note: With the Netherwings, you'd actually do 4 damage, working off of the rule I had for elemental typing (1*2*2=4)

"Not a lady if she's committing crimes." QM Note: By the by, due to their typing, the Specters do lose 2 durability to darkness elemental attacks.

"I'm was unaware there was only one rep. My mistake. I'm afraid you may have an impostor running around on your hands, then, Vanna, because I've heard otherwise." "Any ideas on where to hide next, fellows?"

QM Note: Sorry! Busy for a bit. The blue knight silently knocks Jinnipher back with the pommel of his blade. He twirls the blade between his fingers. "You have the gall to try to respass? And you..." The knight points his sword at Lind. "Asks just HOW we're specters? Well..." The "knight" cracks its neck, and suddenly the armor seperates, held together by a blue mist. The pieces drift two feet apart, before suddenly clinging back together. "We have some tricks up our sleeve." "En garde!" Prepare For Battle! Severa Red, Level 20 Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Slash: Severa Red slahses you with extreme prejudice, reducing your HP to 1. Drops: Mead Severa Blue, Level 25 Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Speed: Severa Blue hastens two of the standing Severas next round, chosen randomly. Drops: Remedy x3 Severa Orange, Level 20+Attacker's SP Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Shielding: Severa Orange forces two other random Severas to protect themselves, making them counterstriking. Drops: 60 gold Severa Green, Level 60 Humanoid Durability: 3 Specials: Severe Suturing: Severa Green mends his fellow knights, increasing all Severa's Durability by 1. Drops: Grand Potion x2 Severa Purple, Level 100 Humanoid Durability: 2 Specials: Severe Stabbing: Severa Purple stabs the hero who rolled Special Damage and the hero below them, reducing both to 1 HP an Dooming both of them. Drops: Ectoplasm Severe Survival! -Each hit reduce's a Severa's durability by 1. -When they hit 0, they are temporarily Knocked Out, and the possed armor falls to pieces. They will reassmelbe and revive in 2 turns with 1 less durability than they started with (with a minimum of 1 durability.) -To end the battle, all Severas must be Knocked Out simultaneously. -Each drop can only be obtained once. "Pretzel! You look like you can take a beating. Why don't you call out the battle order?" The Party Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Played by Palathadric) *Party Leader!* 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan *reinforced* Level: 34.5 Power: 46 34 + 10 + 2* Defense: 32 Health: 62/62 9 + 15 + 33 + 3 + 2** Gold: 2303 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 10; Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; Dual Strike; Staff), Darksteel Armour (SP: 6; Max. Health +3; Bodywear), Armour of Dark Arts (SP: 10; Takes up: Bodywear, Handwear, Footwear slots; counts as one artifact; Suitable to Knights, Dragoons, and Skirmishers), Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced effect; Suitable to Marauders; Backwear), Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, each of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); Accessory) Inventory: Weapons and Shields: Flying Cross (WP: 11; Darkness; Broomstick), Splinter Broom (WP: 9; Broomstick; defies SP), Whip of Savage Overlords (WP: 9; ⅙ chance of inflicting the Slowed effect; Whip), Steak (WP: 1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits; suitable for all), Staff of the Necromancer (WP: 12; damages Undead; +1 Level to raised Undead; Staff), Shadeaux Mace (WP: 9; deals Fragile effect, Mace), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Artifacts: Strategist's Shako (+5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back; Headwear), Duplovian Helmet (SP:2; Immune to Magic and Healing; Headwear), Burning Knuckle Helmet (SP: 10; Wearer suffers Burning -3 effect; Suitable for Anyone; Headwear), Bumble Fanshirt (SP: 1, Vermin with level less than half of the wearers are scared and won't directly attack the wearer; Bodywear), Order Imperial Prophet's Armor (SP: 8; Grants Command; Suitable for Prophets; Bodywear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; Suitable for Knights, Dragoons, Skirmishers and Regulators, Bodywear), Cloak of the Barbaric Runecaster (SP: 3; wearer creates and deploys a Skeleton Decoy at the start of every battle; Suitable for Battle Mages, Necromancers, and Scholars; Backwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, Max Ether +4; Backwear), Rock Gauntlets (Grants the wearer Iron Fist at no ether cost; Suitable for anyone; Handwear), Counterstrike Gloves (Handwear), Soothing Slippers (Meditation restores 5 ether; Footwear), Shackles of War (Accessory), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Gems: 2 Amethysts, 2 Emeralds, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Diamond, Ruby Scrolls: Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness x 2, Scroll of Confusion x 2, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Arc Sleep Consumables: 8 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), 2 Tonics, Ether Core, 9 Remedies, 3 Neutralizers, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 2 Phoenix Incenses, 5 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrums, Soma, Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Tiger Balm, 5 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, 2 Paralyzing Venoms, 3 Jinxy Juices, 5 Smoke Bombs, 2 Fire Bombs, Holy Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb, 2 Blind Bombs, 2 Seal Bombs, 2 Sleep Bombs, 6 Bones, Raw Meat (+5 max. health upon consumption), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects permanently), Strong Wasabi (-2 Poisoned permanently), Grating Stone Tools: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Shovel, Magic Compass, Magic Shovel (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest) Calamity (Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 10 Power bonus: 2 (spell) Health: 14/14 Ether: 14/14 Gold: 146 Equipment: Renegade’s Crook (WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff), Gold skin Gloves (Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear), Focus Sash (Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons) Inventory: Bedroll, 6x Potion, 2x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Amethyst, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently) Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight Level 10.5 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 19/19 Defense: 26 Gold: 125 Equipment: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword),, Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP:3, grants Special Guard against undead enemies; backwear) Inventory: The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; 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), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Venom, Bone, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Opal (Ice), 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), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield) 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: 22 Power: 34 (12+22) Defense: 13 (3+4+6) Health: 38/38 (7+22+9) Gold: 5 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), 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) Gems: Ruby Potions: x3 Potions, Bone, Last Wish Powder, Military Grade Firebomb x3 Tools: Bedroll, Shovel "Typical." Gabriel Cour, Level 31Sniper *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, Sleep Bomb, Old Guitar (WP: 0), Phoenix Incense, Cigars x2 (Smoking them permanently boosts Sandman's lethality by 1 for the battle.)

"Sorry, sorry." I take a few steps back and let the bumbling dwarf continue.

"Most parents don't name their children after a disaster." "You're asking US what WE'RE doing here." "When YOU were the ones to just somehow appear up here?" "Let me guess, teleportation, magic carpet?" "Start talking..." "Or be run through by the Severa Specters!"

I'm a bit late, but updates are here!

With Lind's plan, the group manages to hoist each other up the sides of the eldges, taking a shortcut and managing to reduce the length of their route signifcantly. Despite all of the thrashing, the party felt more experienced as a result. "I mean, if you want her to kick in the face, sure. Then again, that already happened." "Can't say I disagree. People used to call me Sandman, you know. Awful name, looking back." "That reminds me of something I wanted to ask. I'm guessing your name isn't really Calamity?" "So I'm sugar and everyone else is hon." Gabriel smirks. "Got it." The party, having made their ascent, continue forward, until a blockade of knights guard the way. They glower menacingly at the party, and Gabriel instinctively reaches for his handcannon, looking stern.

I approach the two. "Do you know if Countess Lyudmilla attended any Decamon related events? I've heard accounts of her coming here, with the Decamn rep being a figure with a detached shadow?"

The order, from left to right, is Pretzel-Gabe-Jinnipher-Lind-Calamity. Sorry 143/137, no updates from me until tomorrow afternoon.

"Unfortunately, no, holy man, these were hand-me-downs." Similarly, Pretzel unearths six gold. The paths in front of them diverge, and Garson and the party head seperate ways. "Safe travels!" "...What a bizzare man. I know I'm hardly one to talk, but... Whatever. We're about to get to one of the trickier bits of this journey." The party approaches a towering series of ridges on the side of the mountain. "The artisans' cottage is just up here. We can take the long way and get the gift for my borthers twnty-eigth birthday, or we can go this way and get it just in time for his twenty-seventh." Cliff Hangers: Ascending The Ridges -Each hero has a combined strength/weight stat and a number of moves they can perform, based on how highly levelled they are. Jinnipher: Strength/Weight: 11 Moves Availible: 2 Monk Pretzel: Strength/Weight: 35 Moves Availible: 3 Calamity: Strength/Weight: 5 Moves Availible: 2 Lind: Strength/Weight: 22 Moves Availible: 3 Gabriel: Strength/Weight: 30 Moves Availible: 3 -A move can consist of boosting a hero up to one ridge (if the two heroes are on the same level) or pulling that hero up from one ledge above. Only the booster/puller loses a move; the hero being transported doesn't lose any of their moves. -When boosting, the person boosting the other hero up must have a higher strength than the other person's weight. -When pulling up, the person pulling the other hero up must have a higher strength than the other person's weight. Two heroes can combine their strength (the sum of the heroes' strength stat) to pull a hero up to their current level, but it'll cost both pullers a move. -All five heroes start on the first ridge (Level 0). Using the number of moves given, the heroes must ascend to the top of the ridge (Level 2). -Answers should be posted as a sequence of who boosts/pulls each other, until all five heroes are at the top.

Is Nalah's special a Persona 3 reference?

Gabriel is about to respond when Lind takes out his shovel, and digs finding five gold buried in the dirt. "In fact, they do." "No, they did not tell me that." \ "No, not nearly as much. Albatross is just pricy as hell. That, and I don't really mind playing the piano. Always kind of liked music. Besides, I have to do something between getting contracts and paying you home visits, don't I?" Gabriel chuckles, and begins to walk forward slowly. "Good bye, Garson. Heroes, you ready to go?"