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Round 24: Arthur retrieves throwing weapons Alexandre retrieves throwing weapons Guts uses Grand Potion on Alexandre Guts uses Grand Potion on self (Instant Items) Guts moves to the hallway Hoke moves to the hallway Thormanil moves to the hallway Lind moves to the hallway Round 25: Thormanil moves to the Trophy Room (Back Row) (takes Shorty's Free Hit, no damage) Hoke moves to the Trophy Room (Back Row) (takes Miss Fortune'ss free hit, no damage) Guts moves to the Trophy Room Guts attacks Shorty (Front Row). Lind moves to the Trophy Room (back Row) Arthur moves to the hallway. Alex moves to the hallway. Round 26: Arthur moves to the Trophy Room (Front Row) Alexandre moves to the Trophy Room (Front Row) Hoke casts Light at Miss Fortune, Front Row (unless her type has changed, in which case he uses the most effective element) Guts attacks Shorty (Front Row) Guts Drinks Grand Potion (Instant Items) ONLY IF below half health Guts attacks Shorty (Front Row) Guts Drinks Grand Potion (Instant Items) ONLY IF below half health Thormanil attacks Shorty (Front Row) with Shishkebab (Double) OR if Shorty dead, attacks Miss Fortune with Gladiator Trident (Front Row) Lind does nothing (Front Row) If I'm holding us up, sorry! You seem to have forgotten to give me my 1/4 Level from the goblins. Also remember that I Encourage all allies in my row if there are 3 or more in the same Row as me.

Shouldn't be as bad once 107 lets out. Also, aren't you only one hosted Quest away from your second character? (Though it'd be rather hilarious if you managed to hit Level 50 at the same time you finish hosting 112. ) *counts on fingers* ...actually, assuming the QMs don't manage to KO you or force you to not wear your Medal of Glory (the latter of which I, for one, wouldn't, at least not for my Halloween Quest), you're just 6 combats away from Level 50; I can easily see a Quest go through six combats in a month or two...

It saddens me how few people seem to have watched 90s television.

I'm never going to be able to un-mentally-hear that now.

Guest QM Note: Well, that was quick... Minor Chaos Conflict Round Four Malty sings the Lucky Chant! Nerwen v. Chaos Beast - Damage SHIELD: Guardian Angel >Purpearl v. Chaos Beast - Critical Hit SHIELD: Magic Burst of Earth (15+15=30-5=25 Earth-elemental damage) Alexis v. Chaos Beast - Kiss And Make Up Hit (20*2=40+46=86-5=81 damage) >XX v. Chaos Beast - Damage SHIELD: Bombard (12+5+34=51-5=46 Fire-elemental, 12+5+34=51-5=46 Ice-elemental, and 12+5+34=51-5=46 Fire-elemental damage >Matthias v. Chaos Beast - >Matthias v. Chaos Beast - >Russel v. Chaos Beast - >Russel v. Chaos Beast - Seraphiel remains at guard as Purpearl, Alexis, and XX decimate the Chaos Beast, the latter's bombs bursting the creature into dark goo. THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! All party members gain their proper amount of experience. The Party Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Party Leader) *Counterstriking* *Blessed* 22 year old female elven Harlot Level 46.6 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 74/74 Gold: 1552 GP: 9 Equipment: Steel fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental), Counterstrike Gloves, Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: • Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), • Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Winged Sandals (artifact; footwear; protects from bound and slowed effects), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Ring of Sight (protects from blinded), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Magnar's Smaller Axe (Grants User Dual-Strike, User Cannot Wield a Shield, Handwear, suitable for classes capable of using axes), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle) • Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, • Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, • 2 Somas, 5x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 6x Potion, Grand Potion, 9x Meads, 2x Smelling Salts, 2x Nostrum, 9x Remedies, 7x Grand Potions, Skeleton Decoy, 8x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2x Kraken Fangs (grants hastened- and reinforced-effects when consumed), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), 2x Titan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Mulled Wine, 2x Grating Stones, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) XX Level 34.75 Cannoneer/Alchemist *Blessed* Health: 22/50 Defense: 0 Gold: 370 Equipment: XX Hand Cannon (WP: 12, Ignores SP), XX Ammo Belts (As an Alchemist, XX can only receive rolls ending in "Bomb", excluding Bravado Brew and Explosion, as a Cannonner Bomb XX and Bomb XXX are added to possible creations), Cannoneer's Sashes (The damage output of bombs consumed are added to the WP of the Cannoneer's weapon before damage calculation) Inventory: Dangerous Dagger (WP: 20, Fire-Elemental), Phoenix Essence, Mead x3, Ruby, Military Grade Fire Bomb x6, Bomb XX (Deals 30 Damage to all foes and 10 to all allies, ignoring row/SP) x2, Fire Bombs (1), Ice Bombs (1), Lightning Bombs (3), Water Bombs (9), Dirt Bombs (5), Air Bomb, Venom (x5), Nostrum Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) 263 year old female Elven Paladin *Immune to Fragile* *Blessed* Level 31.5 Power bonus: 0 Defense: 16 Health: 53/53 Ether: 31/36 Gold: 91 Equipment: Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14, Light Elemental, Meditate becomes hits, longsword), Orc Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Heavy Armor (SP:5, Immune to Fragile, bodywear), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), White Cloak (Max. HP +3, back wear) Inventory: • Sword of the Red Lizard (Longsword, WP:10, fire-elemental), Mourning Star (WP: 10, Inflicts Fragile, Fire-Elemental), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanic enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened; cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2, Immune to Blind) • Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired, Accessory, Suitable for Paladins), Helm of the Lord of Light (Headwear, Immunity to Light and Jinxed, Suitable for Knights), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles, accessory), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3; Max Ether +5; Immune to Sealed; body wear) • Topaz • No Scrolls • Grand Tonics (3), Potions (4), Elixirs (2), Remedies (6), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Venom (4), Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Ether Core, Grand potion, Ambrosia (4), Smelling Salts, 2x Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) • Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass Purpearl Berthadhiell, the Carnival Crusader (Purpearljellyblob) *Party Leader* 180 Years Old Female Elven Mage *Evasive* *Blessed* Level 16 Power: 30 Health: 24/24 Ether: 22/22 Gold: 176 (Owes Karie 25 gold) Equipment: Crimson Arcanon (Wand WP:3), Tunic of Elven Acrobat (+4 HP, Provides Evasion Effect with 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER, DAMAGE and Free Hits, torso wear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Thorny Rose (WP: 17,wood-elemental, deals the poisoned by 3 effect, mace), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immune to fragile, suitable for suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Bedroll, Potion (x3), Grand Tonic (x2), Raw Sushi (Consumable, Restores 5 Health and 5 Ether), Tasty Pretzel (x2) (1/3 chance each of granting lucky, hastened and encouraged-effects upon consumption), Mead, Ambrosia, Bone, Tinyshroom, Level Up Mushroom, Venom (x2), Crocodile Handbag (Max Ether +2; accessory), Remedy (x2), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and -3 poisoned to all foes), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer Gemstones: Ruby (Fire), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine Scrolls: Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragile, Scroll of Confusion, Magical Staff (WP: 15; Water-,Darkness-elemental; staff) Matthias the Carnival Crusader (nstickney) Level 15.5 Ranger *Blessed* *Hastened* Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 20/20 Gold: 104 Equipment: Peashooter (WP: 2, deals the burning by 2 effect), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), Inventory: Steel Cutlass (Sword, WP:5, suitable for Knights or Rogues), Grimmau's Clothespin (Headwear, prevents the first negative effect inflicted on the wearer during a battle), Winged Sandals (Footwear, protects from Bound and Slowed effects), Grating Stone, 2x Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Ball and Chain (Chain, WP: 4), Staff (WP: 4), Elixir, Magnar’s Unreasonably Cruel Axe (WP: 12, Deals the Bleeding -3 Effect, axe), 2x Red Death Blood (When applied to weapon Doomed is dealt on the first blow), Dapper Hat (wearer has a 1/6 chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle), Remedy Russel Ruffers & Sir Pigley Level 21.33 Rogue *Hastened* *Blessed* Power Bonus: 4 Health: 34/34 Defense: 4 Gold: 241 Equipment: Crabspirator (WP: 16, deals the Blinded effect, darkness elemental, longsword), Pigley (+4 Power, +4 Max Health, Hastened, Not an Artifact), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Crab Shell Armor (Body Wear, +4 Max Health, 4 SP) Inventory: Rebel's Sword (Longsword, WP: 11), Venom, Smelling Salts Malty Level 31.25 Minstrel Health: 50/50 Defense: 1 Ether: 22/34 Equipment: Vocal Cords (Suitable for Malty, WP: 8, cannot be de-equipped, WP cannot be lowered), Traveller's Cloak (Backwear, SP: 1) Inventory: Potion x2, Remedy, Tonic, Seven Stars for Seven Lords (Boosts the party's power and health by 7 for round. Costs 7 ether), Lost Lovers (Enamors one foe with one ally for the round. Costs 5 ether). Party Leader, please divide the spoils of battle: Ether Core (Restores full ether.) 150 Gold

Guest QM Note: The Ring of Sight is an Accessory (I know, I remember it from my Artifact shenanigans on 53 ), so you can't wear it with the Blood Oath Medallion. I'll run the Round when I get home to my desktop PC.

"To the Trophy Room, everyone. Guts, spare a heal for Alex, would you? Just be sure to pay Guts back at the end of the Quest, Alex." Arthur and Alex retrieve their throwing weapons. Guts uses a Grand Potion on Alex, uses one on himself with Instant Items, then moves to the hall. Everyone else moves to the hallway. Next Round: Everyone in the hallway moves to the Trophy Room. Guts uses his second turn to attack Shorty from the Front Row. Arthur and Alex move to the hallway. Battle Order: Thormanil (takes Shorty ' Free Hit, stays in the Back Row so takes no damage) Hoke (takes fortunes free hit from back row so no damage) sorry for poor formatting, on mobile. Will have further auto roll instructions soon

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Guest QM Note: Hey, folks, sorry for the delay! I'll be running you for the weekend. (I've also gone ahead and cleaned your stats up a bit. Alexis, you had two Accessories equipped, so I removed the Ring of Sight; let me know what Artifact [or Artifacts, since you now have 3 open slots] you'd like me to put in its place. ) Minor Chaos Conflict Round Three Malty sings the Lucky Chant! Nerwen v. Chaos Beast - SHIELD: Guardian Angel >Purpearl - Nothing Alexis - Nothing >XX - Nothing >Matthias - Nothing >Matthias - Nothing >Russel - Nothing >Russel - Nothing Malty continues singing merrily as Seraphiel appears to aid Nerwen. Black goo continues to pour out of the Chaos Beast. Chaos Beast loses 20 health due to bleeding The Enemies Master Chaos Beast *Immune to Negative Effects and Instant Kills* *Lucky on odd rounds* *Bleeding -20* Level 40 Demon Health: 229/600 SP: 5 Special: (Determined by a second dice roll) Chaos - 1 – 25 Damage, 2 – 45 Damage, 3 – -5 Bleeding Effect Inflicted, 4 – 100 Damage to Self, 5 – 10 Damage to each Hero (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – -1 WP to Hero’s Weapon (Permanent) Passive Special I: One in Ten - The Chaos Beast is lucky on odd rounds. Passive Special II: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: 150 Gold, Ether Core The Party Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Party Leader) *Counterstriking* *Blessed* 22 year old female elven Harlot Level 46.4 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 74/74 Gold: 1552 GP: 9 Equipment: Steel fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental), Counterstrike Gloves, Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: • Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), • Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Winged Sandals (artifact; footwear; protects from bound and slowed effects), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Ring of Sight (protects from blinded), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Magnar's Smaller Axe (Grants User Dual-Strike, User Cannot Wield a Shield, Handwear, suitable for classes capable of using axes), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle) • Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, • Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, • 2 Somas, 5x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 6x Potion, Grand Potion, 9x Meads, 2x Smelling Salts, 2x Nostrum, 9x Remedies, 7x Grand Potions, Skeleton Decoy, 8x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2x Kraken Fangs (grants hastened- and reinforced-effects when consumed), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), 2x Titan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Mulled Wine, 2x Grating Stones, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) XX Level 34.5 Cannoneer/Alchemist *Blessed* Health: 22/50 Defense: 0 Gold: 370 Equipment: XX Hand Cannon (WP: 12, Ignores SP), XX Ammo Belts (As an Alchemist, XX can only receive rolls ending in "Bomb", excluding Bravado Brew and Explosion, as a Cannonner Bomb XX and Bomb XXX are added to possible creations), Cannoneer's Sashes (The damage output of bombs consumed are added to the WP of the Cannoneer's weapon before damage calculation) Inventory: Dangerous Dagger (WP: 20, Fire-Elemental), Phoenix Essence, Mead x3, Ruby, Military Grade Fire Bomb x6, Bomb XX (Deals 30 Damage to all foes and 10 to all allies, ignoring row/SP) x2, Fire Bombs (3), Ice Bombs (2), Lightning Bombs (3), Water Bombs (9), Dirt Bombs (5), Air Bomb, Venom (x5), Nostrum Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) 263 year old female Elven Paladin *Immune to Fragile* *Blessed* *Immune to Direct attacks from Demons (1 battle)* Level 31.25 Power bonus: 0 Defense: 16 Health: 53/53 Ether: 31/36 Gold: 91 Equipment: Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14, Light Elemental, Meditate becomes hits, longsword), Orc Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Heavy Armor (SP:5, Immune to Fragile, bodywear), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), White Cloak (Max. HP +3, back wear) Inventory: • Sword of the Red Lizard (Longsword, WP:10, fire-elemental), Mourning Star (WP: 10, Inflicts Fragile, Fire-Elemental), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanic enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened; cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2, Immune to Blind) • Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired, Accessory, Suitable for Paladins), Helm of the Lord of Light (Headwear, Immunity to Light and Jinxed, Suitable for Knights), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles, accessory), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3; Max Ether +5; Immune to Sealed; body wear) • Topaz • No Scrolls • Grand Tonics (3), Potions (4), Elixirs (2), Remedies (6), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Venom (4), Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Ether Core, Grand potion, Ambrosia (4), Smelling Salts, 2x Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) • Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass Purpearl Berthadhiell, the Carnival Crusader (Purpearljellyblob) *Party Leader* 180 Years Old Female Elven Mage *Evasive* *Blessed* Level 15.5 Power: 30 Health: 23/23 Ether: 21/21 Gold: 176 (Owes Karie 25 gold) Equipment: Crimson Arcanon (Wand WP:3), Tunic of Elven Acrobat (+4 HP, Provides Evasion Effect with 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER, DAMAGE and Free Hits, torso wear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Thorny Rose (WP: 17,wood-elemental, deals the poisoned by 3 effect, mace), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immune to fragile, suitable for suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Bedroll, Potion (x3), Grand Tonic (x2), Raw Sushi (Consumable, Restores 5 Health and 5 Ether), Tasty Pretzel (x2) (1/3 chance each of granting lucky, hastened and encouraged-effects upon consumption), Mead, Ambrosia, Bone, Tinyshroom, Level Up Mushroom, Venom (x2), Crocodile Handbag (Max Ether +2; accessory), Remedy (x2), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and -3 poisoned to all foes), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer Gemstones: Ruby (Fire), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine Scrolls: Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragile, Scroll of Confusion, Magical Staff (WP: 15; Water-,Darkness-elemental; staff) Matthias the Carnival Crusader (nstickney) Level 15 Ranger *Blessed* *Hastened* Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 20/20 Gold: 104 Equipment: Peashooter (WP: 2, deals the burning by 2 effect), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), Inventory: Steel Cutlass (Sword, WP:5, suitable for Knights or Rogues), Grimmau's Clothespin (Headwear, prevents the first negative effect inflicted on the wearer during a battle), Winged Sandals (Footwear, protects from Bound and Slowed effects), Grating Stone, 2x Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Ball and Chain (Chain, WP: 4), Staff (WP: 4), Elixir, Magnar’s Unreasonably Cruel Axe (WP: 12, Deals the Bleeding -3 Effect, axe), 2x Red Death Blood (When applied to weapon Doomed is dealt on the first blow), Dapper Hat (wearer has a 1/6 chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle), Remedy Russel Ruffers & Sir Pigley Level 21 Rogue *Hastened* *Blessed* Power Bonus: 4 Health: 34/34 Defense: 4 Gold: 241 Equipment: Crabspirator (WP: 16, deals the Blinded effect, darkness elemental, longsword), Pigley (+4 Power, +4 Max Health, Hastened, Not an Artifact), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Crab Shell Armor (Body Wear, +4 Max Health, 4 SP) Inventory: Rebel's Sword (Longsword, WP: 11), Venom, Smelling Salts Malty Level 31 Minstrel Health: 50/50 Defense: 1 Ether: 25/34 Equipment: Vocal Cords (Suitable for Malty, WP: 8, cannot be de-equipped, WP cannot be lowered), Traveller's Cloak (Backwear, SP: 1) Inventory: Potion x2, Remedy, Tonic, Seven Stars for Seven Lords (Boosts the party's power and health by 7 for round. Costs 7 ether), Lost Lovers (Enamors one foe with one ally for the round. Costs 5 ether).

The rest of the party moves to the upstairs hallway, then Guts moves to the Spare Bedroom and attacks Knick from the Back Row. Round 22 Battle Order: Party Guts Guts Next Round, the party moves into the Spare Bedroom, and then Guts attacks Knick from the Back Row twice, drinking a Grand Potion using Instant Items if he falls below half health. Round 23 Battle Order: Hoke Arthur Thormanil Alex Lind Guts Guts The Round after that, Guts attacks Knick twice from the Back Row, drinking a Grand Potion using Instant Items if he falls below half health; Arthur throws Zoot's Rebel at Knack from the Back Row. Party-wide conditional: if both enemies are killed before a Hero's action in the order, they instead use as much movement as possible to move towards the Trophy Room. Conditional for Guts: if Arthur has rolled Phalanx and the enemies die before Guts' final turn, he uses Instant Items to use a Smelling Salts on Arthur before moving towards the Trophy Room Round 24 Battle Order and suggested actions: Lind uses Level-Up Mushroom on Thormanil Alex throws Unlucky Horseshoe at Knack (back) Arthur throws Zoot's Rebel at Knack Hoke casts Darkness at Knack (back) Thormanil attacks Knack (back) Guts attacks Knick (back) (Instant items heal if below half HP) Guts attacks Knick (back) (Instant items heal if below half HP)

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Yeah, I definitely agree that I got a lot of plot bloat going on. It's one of my weaknesses as a QM--the thing that pretty much killed the Cathedral of Mercutio Quest in vitro and nearly killed me over the course of this Quest. One of the reasons I was able to convince myself to launch this Quest was that it would be relatively light (and thus manageable), and then once I committed I ended up adding more and more and more without getting rid of anything else. A lot of the bloat came in the Lost Forest section, I think, and that's probably because that was where I was least prepared--originally (as in the VERY first drafts), it was going to be a lot more video game-y with just "random encounter X" and "random encounter Y" with only mild lore regarding the woods themselves. When Sandy told me about the druids and the fairies, I latched onto them and tore right into it, perhaps biting off a little more than I could actually chew. I do feel that having lore in the woods (instead of just battles) was a positive, but I could have done a much better job of presenting it. Figuring out how to present the Dragoons' story was problematic for me as well. I ultimately decided to just force the players to go in blind and find out the consequences afterwards. A lot of their actions were influenced by things the players never got to see (like the love triangle, which was barely referenced by Bellanotte's reaction but only explained here in the QM Lounge). That's something I'm definitely going to address in Darius' next Quest--some of the history he's been through. Regarding the Shadeaux not taking in Sirone's brother: for one thing, Sirone never told them--the other guards just got bits and pieces of news that quickly got distorted into rumor; for another, I don't really see Noctus Shadeaux as the sort of person to pay a whole lot of attention to his employees' personal lives--if his own son Nuitan could get away with having a friendship with Lyren, the son of his greatest enemy, then why would he care about the family issues of a talented but otherwise unremarkable guard? As you said, though, only Sandy really knows if I played his NPCs accurately. Regarding Ella's letter--ask Siercon. The original letter was simply meant as foreshadowing (I kept it nonspecific so it would work for either ending, and then tied the fairy lore to that hook so the fairy business wouldn't be completly out of left field, but it ended up not really helping) meant to be given to Siercon and shared with the rest of the party (I was trying to nudge him into interacting more with the other Heroes ), and then Siercon decided to try and pull a sting with it. I'm so glad people like Diana--I put so much work into her, and it seems to have paid off. As for her mother, well...perhaps she shares your wish. Or not. Only time will tell--and honestly, Diana herself may not even understand her own feelings on the matter. With her, portraying a three-dimensional Wolfgang character was extremely important to me, and I really hope the trend continues into the future. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, looks like I'm re-typing my players' analysis from scratch. Actaeon - I'm really, really glad I picked you as Party Leader. One of the main qualities I wanted from a PL was the ability to be active in both senses of the word--not just someone who was online frequently, but also someone who would take the time to observe the details of the world and setting and make informed choices. I was very impressed by how quickly you picked up the game lore, and of course I loved the interaction between you and the NPCs. Your weakness is the game mechanics. Don't worry, we all started there--eventually you'll be able to formulate more in-depth strategies and assess the value of loot to different people just like the rest of us. Also be careful of over-activity; you did well here, but I'd advise you to be careful of accidentally "talking over" other players--it's something I did a lot of when I first started as well, so I understand how easy it can be to slip into that trap. Kiray - You and I barely interacted on Quest 66, and then you disappeared for a while, but I'm VERY happy you returned and joined 104. I really enjoyed getting to watch Kiray open up a bit and develop over the course of the Quest, especially as you started to take the initiative and actively drive towards Kiray's goals. You were probably one of the best-balanced players on the Quest in terms of roleplay-versus-mechanics, and, like Actaeon, your interactions with Diana were pure gold. Siercon - Siercon! I'm so pleased we managed to lure you back to Heroica. I was a bit worried about your activity at first, but you pucked up steam in the middle, and by the end you came back in full force. One thing I like about Siercon is that his storyline is simple and yet meaningful--we know what he is now, but we still don't entirely know what that means. You played your zeal towards House Shadeaux admirably, and your attention to the battles was perfect. I really want to see more of Siercon in the future--here's hoping you're back for good. My big note to you: play a little more with your fellow players! I had a lot of fun chatting back and forth with the NPCs, but I would have liked to have seen a little more between, say, you and Warlen or you and Germ. Warlen/Quarion - I'll admit, I was a tad worried about Warlen at first--comedic relief is great, but I worried he'd quickly get bored with the fine minutiae. From what I saw, though, you did a superb job on seeming goofy and silly, but then zeroing straight in on the heart of the issue when serious matters were at hand--well done. I definitely picked up the Jack Harkness-esque nature of Warlen, though I'll also agree that I couldn't quite get a good read on Quarion. You seem to have a fairly well-developed backstory for them, but now I'd love to see you flesh it out more, and also polish the telling--as many people have told me, it's usually better to tell backstory in pieces, rather than chunks. I'd really hoped to get a little more interaction between you and some of the NPCs (particularly Ella and Denerii), but that's a minor nitpick; you're doing quite well overall. My biggest concern with you may seem nitpicky, but it will actually help you out a lot in the long run: at several points, I couldn't tell Warlen and Quarion apart. I'd recommend using a different text color for one of them, or else putting in their little individual character avatars above their dialogue (the way that I and other QMs do NPCs). It'll help a whole lot in helping other players to differentiate them, which will help them help you develop them both more. Germ - Germ, Germ, Germ. I probably felt the most lost when trying to handle Germ out of all of the PCs. Firstly, I do think there was a language barrier--there were times when I just couldn't understand you, and it seems like there were times when you couldn't understand me. Also, based on a lot of the character details you revealed over the course of the Quest, it seemed like there was quite a bit of subtle nuance that got lost in translation, and again I think that went both directions. I really wish I could have done more to bridge that gap, as it's proven to be an issue at times in my real-world life as well. You did seem to get the short end of the stick in both dice rolls and loot, but hopefully that was offset somewhat by the out-of-battle loot; I did try not to let it happen too often, but at the same time I tried to reward you for thinking outside the box. One thing I really want to emphasize: I LOVE your character concept. It's simple, but really well done--I don't think a lot of people really grasp the fact that you're playing a truly Evil character in a Dungeons & Dragons sense, and you take that lack of understanding and run with it...sometimes a little too far. I think what you should probably work on the most is playing along with others, and the QM. Trust is important in the player-QM relationship, and sometimes that can get strained when one or the other decides to jump completely off the rails of the normal play of the game. I'm a fairly lenient QM when it comes to players breaking off into side-Quests, but most others aren't as willing to improvise, and some will be outright offended. Try to remember that your QM is a person just like you are, and he or she wants to play the game just like you do; the goal of an RPG is to play along with your GM and your fellow players, not to play against them. Daeth - I don't know what happened to turn you off of my Quest, but if it's something I said or did, I'm truly sorry. Cutting Daeth out of the Quest was an extremely hard decision, but ultimately I had to do what was best for the Quest and the players, especially when I knew they had important decisions to make. While I'm happy I got to bring along Mallelio for more of the ride, I really do wish I could have had an actual player in his place. That should be everybody! Thanks again for joining me, I had a great time hosting you all! I'm looking forward to see what you go on to in the future.

*Reads 102* What. The. Megabluck. Welp. That's hooked me for your finale. I'd love to get your feedback on 104, by the way, Zeph--and speaking of which, what happened to my individual player analyses? I remember typing them up, but they're not in the QM Lounge.

"Works for me. Guts can scout ahead, since he's Hastened." Guts moves to the Foyer, then the Upstairs Hallway. The rest of the party moves to the Foyer. OOC: By the way, I think Thormanil should have been getting triple experience. Actually, looking at it, most of the experience is messed up--Guts should have advanced to a flat Level 32 from the Kitchen fight, and now Level 32.25 from downstairs; Alex should have advanced to Level 28 and now Level 28.33, Hoke should have gone to Level 32.5 and then Level 32.75 now, and Thormy should have gone to Level 38.25 from the Kitchen and then Level 39 now (meaning if we let him have the Level Up Mushroom now, he'd get the Level 40 Dragon's Wrath on a SHIELD, otherwise it'll take two more fights before he unlocks it). Anyway, we have a Flex Alert in four minutes, so I'll be offline until late tonight; Thormy can change actions as necessary.

OOC: Guts should do 60x2=120+32=152x2=304 damage, gaining 304-15=289 additional gold. Again, don't worry guys, I organized a split with Scuba regarding Overkill so everyone gets some. "Hmm...as much as I'd like to take on all of the burglars, we can't do that without sticking together, and that would leave the wine cellar unguarded. On the other hand...Guts just made that awesome Cloud of Celerity, and he already has Smoke Bombs, which means that we can literally wait until Round 34 and then use the Cloud followed by the Smoke Bomb and then move to the Wine Cellar in one Round." "I think we can take the risk. I have no clue what's been happening up here, though--perhaps you could offer suggestions as to where we should look?"

"Leave him to Guts, just stick around and watch." Battle Order Thormanil moves into the room Guts uses Smelling Salts (instant items) Guts uses Nostrum Guts attacks Broker (front) Guts drinks Grand Potion IF injured. Alex gives Arthur the Macabre Collar Arthur receives Macabre Collar Everyone else does nothing. Next Round: Guts attacks Broker (front) Guts drinks Grand Potion IF injured Guts attacks Broker (front) Guts drinks Grand Potion IF injured everyone else does nothing (Repeat until Broker dead, then everyone moves to the Wine Cellar; we'll make plans then once we know we're safe to move and know what Round we're on.)

Not true; if they Fly successfully, then attack and roll Damage, they still take damage in addition to losing their multiplier; same goes for Special Damage.

The idea is that the flying multiplier actually goes to some use before disappearing when you roll Damage or Special Damage after Flying. (It's also one of the few available sources of SP for the class. ) Also, the minimum Flying multiplier is 1x, not 0x (otherwise the class would be unable to attack without Flying first).

"Take out the Broker. Quickly." Battle Order and suggested actions: Arthur throws Zoot's Rebel at Broker (back) >Guts attacks Broker (Back Row) >Guts drinks Grand Potion (Instant Items, ONLY IF INJURED) >Guts attacks Broker (Back Row) >Guts drinks Grand Potion (Instant Items, ONLY IF INJURED) Alex vs. Broker (back) Lind vs. Broker (Back) Hoke vs. Broker (back)

It would have to apply to Alchemist and Marauder, too. It's just the nature of discount abilities.

I think he meant at the Marketplace. Actually, I think that Pretzel running an upgrade business could be pretty awesome. Aside from the fact that you'd have to catch him in the Hall, he could just offer the weapon upgrades at the normal price, but then get them at his discounted price, keeping the 25% savings for himself; the advantage is that that Gold remains in circulation rather than disappearing into the infinite coffers of an NPC.

Wait, I thought that thin beings of supernatural power had the powers of teleportation, TV static, and terrifying tentacular tormenting.

Preemptive rules clarifications on behalf of Quest 112 because I know they will be asked: *Can a Hero move a square or two, attack, and finish their movement? *How long will positive effects (specifically Hastened) last? *How will Slowed be handled--shortened movement speed, or forcing a choice between move OR attack?

Yeah, I really should find the pics/renders and just make some sort of MOC topic for the Cathedral, those sets you made need to be shown. :thumbup