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"We're in a situation where it's better to have a few really strong hits in a Round than a lot of weaker ones. Unless you can think of a way to disable his portal redirection entirely, it's better to just let me handle it."

"I've got this. Someone pick up Masson, everyone else heal yourselves and stay back, just in case I get redirected." Arthur attacks Charon with his Dauntlet Index from the Front Row.

OOC: Still waiting on those corrections. If Arthur is successful on his first attack, he attacks Charon with his Dauntlet Index from the Front Row; otherwise, if he took damage he'll use a Grand Potion on himself from the Back Row, or if he is not in danger of KO he tries attacking Clone A from the Back Row with his Spider Leg Spear from the Back Row again.

I should be available on all days of the week other than Saturday, and I'll also be occupied for the entire weekend of July 22nd. Other than that, I'm fully available and willing to help.

OOC: Charon shouldn't have taken that hit, Arthur attacked Duplicate B from the Back Row with his Spider Leg Spear. As a result, Duplicate B should be Slowed. "Second verse, same as the first, then?" Arthur attacks Duplicate A from the Back Row with his Spider Leg Spear. "Duplicate B is a non-issue, as A will be in a moment. Now is a good time to regroup."

I must have missed the usual bit about it having to be summoned on the SHIELD roll when I was reading the Summons page last night.

How can the Feathered Hat be dropped by Camio if Atramor's been wearing it since he first joined the game? Sandy, the Aquamarine was also stolen by Atramor. Any chance the un-dropped item pics could be uploaded to the Wiki? Some of those drops were really cool, might be useful for later re-use by some of us other QMs like me who are too lazy to think up our own loot.

Whoa, when did Evoker get to summon its spirits at will in battle? Has it been that way all along and I've just been too dense to notice?

"Oh, I'm sorry, Miirym and I were a little busy at the time being literally the only people trying to keep your other friends from joining her in death. In fact, we actually might have managed to bring you her body ourselves, mostly intact, if it weren't for a few teensy-weensy potentially fatal difficulties brought on by the storm you and your master brought on yourselves." Prick, Arthur mentally adds, but he's still collected enough to maintain at least a semblance of composure. He stares down Charon, his mirrored visor again reflecting the fallen angel's cold blue gaze back at him. "...You know, one day, if by some miracle you manage to beat us, you're going to realize something. Despite all your blaming, your recriminations, you're going to realize that you and your master set the events of this night into motion yourselves. That you had the chance to avert tragedy by simply choosing another path. For Telethia's sake, I am going to make sure you never suffer that pain."

"Gee, you sure care about her a lot. You even remember that she was shot through the heart!" Arthur's sarcastic tone is completely deadpan. "You know, I was grieved by her death. She seemed a decent person, despite her employer. Given how much of a jerk you've been, I doubt anyone's going to be grieving you." "Roger that." Arthur attacks duplicate B with his Spider Leg Spear from the Back Row.

Yeah, there's been a BIG drop in enemies dropping gold recently, and consumables as well. Considering how many consumables a high-level party tends to chew through in even just one battle, that's...not a good thing.

103 gold is not a lot. Sandy, this is now the second Quest where you've brought along a Necromancer and then completely denied them chances for undead. Do you get some sort of perverse thrill out of this, or...?

OOC: I think Charon's Fragile should have worn off. Also, Karie used a Grand Tonic, so she should have more Ether. Do the duplicates get letters now, or do they just share a single healthbar and get more Free Hits as more of them appear? "Your call, Karie," Arthur calls out. "I have a decent bead on Charon with my Dauntlet Index, or I could permanently render a clone harmless for the rest of the battle with my Spider Leg Spear. Either way, we should be safe enough to spend a single-target Essence on Vindsval. We should put one Hero on each clone, and then everyone else should either pile on Charon or else prep to Ether up Karie." (OOC: only 16/81 chance of taking Damage or Special Damage, dealing 336 damage minimum on Hits and Crits and better-than-half (671/1296) odds of a SHIELD for 656 damage. All of this assumes no songs sung, of course--it seems a waste of Ether right now.) If Karie asks Arthur to attack Charon, he attacks Charon with his Dauntlet Index from the Front Row. If asked to attack a duplicate, Arthur attacks the specified duplicate from the Back Row with his Spider Leg Spear. If given a second attack, he either repeats (if attacking Charon) or attacks the other duplicate from the Back Row with his Spider Leg Spear. "If we get Vind up, he should take the real Charon."

If you ever figure out a way to grant your Ether to allied party members a la Poletad, we'll have to ban you from Questing alongside Minstrels. ...you know what, let's just do that anyway.

So, I finally looked at Althior's Ether for the first time in a couple years. WHAT IN LIVING HEL?!?!

Guest QM Note: I'm baaaaack! Just for a Round or two, though, at Sandy's request. Round 6 of the Foiled Feast: Pretzel (Dual Staff) vs. Haures the Reaver & Marax the Trickster - SHIELD Enhancement (Toolkit: Far Out! - Pretzel: distant) >Pretzel (Splinter Broom) vs. Haagenti the Facetious' Head - Special Damage SHIELD (Toolkit: Finder's Keepers! Pretzel: +500 gold) Atramor (Mythril Claws) vs. Glasya-Labolas, the Demon of Primal Fears & Gusion, the Child Snatcher - Theft Steal & Hide (Glasya: 40+42=82*2/2=82 damage; Gusion: 40+42=82*2=164 damage (KO!); Atramor: +2 WP) Atramor (Mythril Claws) vs. vs. Glasya-Labolas, the Demon of Primal Fears & Gusion, the Child Snatcher Haagenti the Facetious' Head - Special Damage Critical Theft (Glasya: 42*2=84+42=126*2=252 damage (KO!); Haagenti's Head: 42*2=84+42=126*2=252 damage (KO!); Atramor: +2 WP) >Althior (Light, Mythril Scepter of Divine Affinity) vs. Foras the Shredder - Great Spell (Foras: 35*2=70+55+10=135*2=270 damage; Althior: -1 Ether) >Namyrra (Light, Crystal Mace) vs. Purson the Unseen - Amplified Spell (Purson: no dodge, 45+51+0=96*2=192 damage (KO!); Namyrra: -1 Ether) >Hybros (Hollow Dagger) vs. Andras, the Lance of Wrath & (Iustitia) vs. Camio, the Feathered Death - SHIELD Riposte (Slice and Dice - Andras: 12+6=18*3=54+44+3=101*2*2*2/2=404 damage + Slowed + Confused (KO!); Camio: 12+6=18*3=54+44+3=101*2*2*2/2/2=202 damage + Slowed + Blinded + Sealed) >Hybros (Iustitia) vs. Camio, the Feathered Death & (Hollow Dagger) vs. Uvall, the Demon of Drought - Critical Dual Hit SHIELD (Slice and Dice - Camio: 12+6=18*3=54+44+3=101*2*2*2/2/2=202 damage + Slowed + Blinded + Sealed (KO!); Uvall: 12+6=18*3=54+44+3=101*2*2/2=202 damage + Slowed + Confused) >Byblos casts Arc Blindness - Success! (-5 Ether) >Byblos sings the Infant a lullaby - Success! Free Hits: Focalor vs. Pretzel - 0 damage (Blind) Marax vs. Atramor - 28/2=14-20=0 damage Sabnock vs. Althior - 0 damage (Blind) Pretzel goofs around with his toolkit some more. Whether in irritation or determination, Atramor responds by killing both his opponents and one of Pretzel's. Althior and Namyrra both cast strong spells at their opponents, Namyrra finally downing hers. The demons would heal no more. Rallied, Hybros wades in, blades whirling, as he takes out first Andras and then Camio, while significantly crippling Uvall. Byblos finally manages to cast his spell, and this time his improvised lullaby calms the crying infant, who nuzzles into the Metasimian's chest, tiny hands grasping tightly at his fur. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! Seven opponents stand against six Heroes. Enemies: Focalor, the Demon of Apathy *Attacks cause fast asleep* *Immune to stunned, asleep, fast asleep and sealed* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 21 Health: 413/413 Special: Loss of Heart – Causes stunned- and confused-effects to all opponents. Drops: Ball & Chain (WP:11, causes fast asleep -effect; whip) Foras the Shredder *Attacks cause weakened and fragile* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 33 Health: 214/674 Special: Shear Spirit – Removes all temporary effects from the target and makes it immune to all effects for the remainder of the battle. Drops: Shredding Star (WP:13, removes all temporary effects from the target; mace) Haagenti the Facetious *Immune to all elements, blinded, sealed, minimized, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Stunned* Type: Demon Level: 50 Health (Head): 0/300 Health (Torso): 400/400 Health (Right Leg): 150/150 Health (Left Leg): 150/150 Defense (Shield): 0 Special: Face Your Demons – Causes 50 damage times the number of remaining faces on the target. Drops: Demonic Shield (SP:25, absorbs darkness-elemental damage; will break if hit by a light-elemental attack or a holy opponent; cannot be used by paladins or vindicators; shield) Note: Haagenti has five faces, and each of them has to be defeated before the whole demon dies. When attacking, the targeted bodypart has to be announced. Attacking the shield face will lower the defense of the whole demon. Haures the Reaver *Immune to stunned, sealed, confused and hexed* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 36 Health: 386/386 Ether Charge: 0 Special I: Absorb Ether – Steal all remaining ether from the target and add it to the ether charge. Used only if the target has ether. Special II: Ether Blast – Cause damage equal to the ether charge regardless of row or defense. Used only if the target doesn’t have ether. Drops: Reaver’s Axe (WP:18, transfers all ether from the target to the user; axe) Marax the Trickster *Immune to stunned, blinded, sealed, asleep, confused and poisoned* Type: Demon/Plant Level: 28 Health: 305/305 Special: Tricks & Treats – Causes stunned, blinded, sealed, asleep, confused and poisoned by 1 -effects to all opponents, and restores 100 health to all allies. Drops: 1-2: Weedcutter (WP:1, multiplied by 100 against plant enemies; suitable to all classes) 3-6: Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.) Sabnock, the Demon of Hunger *Absorbs poison and all elements except light* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 32 Health: 651/651 Special: Devour – Removes the target from the combat. If all heroes are devoured, the quest fails. Drops: 6x Raw Meat (Max. health +5) Uvall, the Demon of Drought *Attacks drain health* *Immune to earth, petrify, doomed and sudden death* *Confused (3 Rounds)* *Slowed* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 35 Health: 226/428 Special: Drought – Changes weather to “dry” (doubles earth, halves lightning) and causes weakened-, fragile-, slowed-and petrified-effects to the target. Drops: 1-3: Metal Claw (Unarmed attacks drain health from the enemy equal to the strength of the attack; handwear.) 4-6: Garnet Party: Althior Emorith, The Dragonslayer (K-Nut) 36 years old male (undead) human Prophet *PARTY LEADER* Level 55 2/5 *Clairvoyance* *Glossolalia* *Intimidation* *Permanently Transcended* *Immune to Petrified, Cursed, Bound, and Slowed* *Absorbs Earth* *Immune to Ice and Darkness* *Immune to Effects* Power: 90 (55+35) (Spellpower: 100 (55+35+10)) Defense: 12 (2+5+5) Health: 71/77 (5+55+15+1+1) Ether: 102/103 (5+55+15+10+10+4+2+2) Gold: 806+762 Equipment: Mythril Scepter of Divine Affinity (WP:35, Has ⅙ chance to deal cursed effect on successful spells and ⅙ chance to deal blessed effect on successful healing, staff), Magician's Touch (Spellpower +10, Ether +10; handwear), Winged Sandals (protects from bound and slowed effects, footwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max Ether +4; backwear), Coat Hanger (allows wearing a second bodywear artifact regardless of the amount limit for artifacts; accessory), Robe of the Seneschal (SP:5; wearer absorbs earth, ice, and darkness- elemental damage and is immune to petrified; suitable to clerics, mages, chi monks, necromancers, scholars, and weather mages; bodywear), Robes of Illumination (SP: 5, +10 Max Ether, wearer is permanently transcended, suitable to prophets; bodywear), Black Hat (wearer is immune to cursed, grants Intimidation) Inventory: Weapons: Artifacts: Tin Helmet (immunity to confused and afraid, headwear), Lieutenant's Helm (SP:3, protects from fragile; headwear), Pink Ribbon (Max Ether +3, grants immunity to sealed, afraid, and doomed; accessory), Lens of Speed Reading (allows one scroll to be used per round in addition to a normal action, suitable for classes that have ether; accessory), Medal of Glory (Wearer earns triple experience; accessory), Counterstrike Gloves (if the wearer is damaged by a free hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear), Sterile Gloves (protects from poisoned and bleeding; handwear), Magician's Gloves (+10 spellpower, suitable to mages; handwear) Spell Items: Ruby (Fire), Aquamarine (Water), Garnet (Earth), Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), Topaz (Lightning), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Frailty (Enables casting the fragile-effect to the target, causing it to take double damage for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Love (Enables casting the enamored-effect to the target, making it unable to damage the caster for three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Begone With The Winds (Grants the holder access to the Weather Mage expert job class upon reaching Level 30), Geode Consumables: 3 Potions, 10 Grand Potions, 6 Tonics, 4 Grand Tonics, 3 Ether Cores, 6 Remedies, 2 Elixirs, Phoenix Incense, 10 Meads, 5 Smelling Salts, 5 Nostrums, Smoke Bomb, Venom, Garnet Lamp of Summoning, Skeleton Decoy, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds), Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), 2 Milks (restores 15 health and 15 ether upon consumption) Tools etc.: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, 4 Bones, Deaddy Bear (Causes 45 damage and doomed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), Sauce Pan (Tool; Can be used with a Potion, outside of battle, once per quest to restore full HP), Cornucopia (increases the holder's gold by 25% at the end of each quest). Atramor Gibbin, the Fiery and Aquatic Champion of Decamon and the Serpent Skinner (CallMePie) 33 year old male human Rogue Thief Level 42 1/5 *Immune to all elements and doomed* *Steal 50% More Gold* *Kingpin: Lucky* *Nimble* *Hastened* (Soul Link: *Reinforced*) Power: 72 (42 + 30) Defense: 20 ((4+6)x2) Health: 79/80 (7+41+20+6+6*) Gold: 325 Equipment: Living Mythril Claws (WP: 30 36, double WP against humanoids, double damage against vermin, +1 WP after every successful hit, resets at end of current quest, light elemental, dual strike, daggers), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to water, wood, lightning, fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Order Imperial's Assassin Cowl (Immune to darkness, wearer is nimble, headwear; suitable for assassins, chi monks, infiltrators, rogue thieves, and paragons), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up), suitable for rogues and beast warriors; handwear.), 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: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura while equipped, doubling the user's maximum health but drawing all attacks to them, lightning, fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Spinning Bolas (WP: 5 deals Slowed, but the effect is removed when retrieved; throwing weapon), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all; throwing weapon) Artifacts: Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Twitzle the Canary (Remedies poisoned when used on target, bird familiar), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone), Spider Demon’s Cowl (Protects from doomed and sudden death; backwear), Spell Items: Scroll of Tongues (Grants the user the Glossolalia Job Trait. Each casting lasts for a limited amount of time and costs 10 ether), Topaz, Ruby, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Archangel's Summonstone Consumables: 6 Bones, Dirt Bomb, 2 Elixirs, 3 Ether Cores, Fenghuang Incense (After being consumed, automatically revives all party members with full health once when knocked out; cannot revive targets that are already knocked out.) Fire Bomb, 1 Grand Potion, 11 Grand Tonics, Health Core, 2 Meads, Nostrum, Phoenix Essence, 3 Phoenix Incenses, Potion, 4 Remedies, Smelling Salts, Smoke Bomb, 4 Venoms, Water Bomb, Demon Repellent, Fearomone (Causes afraid-effect to all enemies for the duration of one battle; consumable), Tools/Treasure: Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.), Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Magic Shovel, 2 Mythril Shards, Decamon Deck (36): Volt Ant (Electric 1), Tweetybird (Flying 1), x2 Brains-in-a-Jar (Ethereal 2), x2 Barghest (Electric 2), Vampire Bat (Flying 3), Tangleweed (Plant 3), x2 Dune Ghoul (Rock 3), Simsalamander (Fiery 3), Sylph (Electric 3), Succubus (Fiery 4), x2 Holy Cow (Luminous 4), 2x Thunderbird (Electric 4), x2 Death's Rose (Plant 4) Shedu (Rock 5), Automaton (Electric 5), Night Mare (Dark 5), Mushroomhead (Plant 5), Unicorn (Luminous 5), Electriphant (Electric 6), Cave Troll (Rock 6), Dryad (Plant 6), Sandman (Ethereal 6), Woodwose (Plant 7), Tygurah (Electric 7), Carcinos (Aquatic 8), Stone Golem (Rock 8), Storm Elemental (Electric 8), Pegasus (Luminous 8), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9), Phoenix (Fiery 9), Treant (Plant 9), Hydra (Aquatic 9) Hybros (played by JimButcher) 55-year-old male imp Marauder Level 44 4/5 *Permanently Hastened**Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Enamored, Slowed, Minimized, Poisoned, Bleeding* *Absorbs all elements* *Steal 50% More Gold* *Triple EXP* *Encouraged* *Lucky* Power: 90 (55+35) (Spellpower: 100 (55+35+10)) Power: 96 & 77 (44+49+3) & (44+30+3) Power Bonus: +3 Defense: 3 Health: 25/70 (7+43+15+5) Gold: 502 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP:49.25, deals Fragile, darkness-, fire-, wind-, and ice+fragile-elemental, gains 1/4 WP every kill made with it; longsword), Mythril Zoot's Reaper (WP:30, deals Cursed and Poisoned by 7; longsword, suitable to Hybros), Golden Armor (user is permanently Hastened and Cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, ice-, lightning-, wood-, darkness-, light-elemental, immune to Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, and Weakened; bodywear), Sterile Gloves (immune to Poisoned and Bleeding handwear), Crystal Shoes (Immunity becomes Absorption, immune to Enamored, Slowed and Minimized; footwear), Nondescript Cape (SP:3, immune to Cursed; backwear), Medal of Glory (gain triple XP; accessory), Abilities: First Breath (Hybros 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), Dragon's Heart Flame (Once per quest, Hybros may spend a round reviving a KO'd ally with full health. The ally will also receive the blessed and lucky effects) Inventory: Weapons: Iustitia (WP:12, deals Blinded and Sealed; light- and earth+sealed-elemental; dagger), Heavy Flail (WP:5, deals Fragile; mace), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike; darkness-elemental daggers), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow [nothing], deals Confused, water+confused-elemental; dagger), Skirmisher's Shield (SP:10; shield) Artifacts: Phoenix Emblem (Automatically revives the user with one health if knocked out, once per battle, accessory), Gauntlets of Recklessness (hits become mortal hits, adding lost health to the attack power; suitable to barbarians; handwear), Sticky Gloves (gains 50% more gold, suitable for Rogues, handwear), Baron's Epaulets (Suitable for short heroes, grants Command over short NPCs), Dastan Armor (SP: 3 Bodywear, Immune to Earth and Fire, +2 SP for all other Dastan Equipment, Suitable for Knights, Regulators, Winged Warriors, Dragoons, and Vindicators) Consumables: 20x Potion, 17x Grand Potion, 7x Health Core, Hyper Arc Tonic, 3x Elixir, 2x Arc Elixir, 9x Remedy, 3x Neutralizer, 2x Purging Water, Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence, 3x Phoenix Incense, Fenghuang Essence (After being consumed, automatically revives the target with full health once when knocked out; cannot revive targets that are already knocked out), 2x Last Resort, 5x Nostrum, 7x Mead, Soma, 5x Mulled Wine, 2x Cloud of Celerity, 2x Bravado Brew, Smile of the Gods, Earthwyrm Fang (Grants the encouraged-, lucky-, reinforced-, and blinded- effects for the duration of one battle), 2x Minimizing Dust, Bad Breath, 2x Wyvern's Breath, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), 4 Smoke Bombs, 2 Holy Bombs, 2x Fog Bomb, Mystic Bomb, 2x Bone, Skeleton Decoy, 4x Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy) Others: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Mythril Shard, Ancient Amber Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Played by Palathadric) 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan Level 35 *Permanently Reinforced* *Negative Effects Last One Round* (Soul Link: *Lucky* *Nimble* *Hastened*) *Distant* Power: 47 (35+10+2) Power Bonus: +2 Defense: 72 (6x6x2) Health: 68/68 (9+15+34+3+2+5) Gold: 1020 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 9; Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; Deals *Bleeding 3*; Dual Strike; Staff), Cloak of the Grand Vizier (SP:6 multiplied by the number of party members {=36}; backwear), 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), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, accessory, suitable for anyone) Inventory: Weapons: Flying Cross (WP: 11; Darkness; Broomstick), Splinter Broom (WP: 10; 1/2 chance to deal *Stunned*; defies SP; Broomstick), Quarterstaff (WP:4/8 against humanoids, staff), 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) Artifacts: The Good Book (Grants the Convert job trait - the user can turn any allied or neutral NPC to their faith, gaining their respect- ; user gains 10 gold from each conversion; suitable to Monk Pretzel only; accessory), 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), 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) Spell Items: 2 Amethysts, 2 Emeralds, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Diamond, Ruby, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness x 2, Scroll of Confusion x 2, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening Consumables: 8 Potions, 16 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), 2 Tonics, Ether Core, 10 Remedies, 3 Neutralizers, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 2 Phoenix Incenses, 5 Phoenix Essences, 4 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, 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) Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) 1337 years old female Fenarian Necromancer Level 51 1/5 *Immune to Sealed, Slowed, Bound, Confused, Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning and Earth* *Ether Defense* *Overkill* Power: 96 (51+45) Defense: 10 Health: 45/65 (5+50+5+5) Ether: 76/80 (5+50+1+5+4+5+10) Gold: 228 Equipment: Crystal Mace (WP: 45 (5*gems imbued); Fire-, Ice-, Wind-, Water-, Lightning-, Earth-, Wood-, Light-, and Darkness-elemental; Mace), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Ether:5. immune to Sealing, Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning and Earth, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, backwear), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Winged Sandals (Immune to bound and slowed, footwear), Overkill gloves (+1 gold for every point of damage done extra when defeating an enemy, handwear), Coat Hanger (Allows for a second body wear; accessory), Lichen Armor (The wearer’s ether is counted as additional health if health is depleted; suitable to classes with ether; bodywear) Inventory: Weapons: Staff of the Supreme Necromancer (WP:25; damages undead; +5 level to raised undead; suitable to necromancers; staff), Mythril Empyreal Staff (WP:28), Nocturne Flute (WP: 6; inflicts the Asleep effect; Instrument), Pongcanis Shield (SP: 7; Shield) Artifacts: Gold Dragon Crown (max Ether +6; immune to Stunned; suitable for anyone; Headwear), Desert Cloak (immune to Fire; suitable for anyone; Backwear), Water Canteen (Carries 3 portions of water; Accessory), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Sudden Death; suitable for anyone; Backwear), Winged Sandals (immune to Bound and Slowed; suitable for anyone; Footwear), Paper Doll (immune against Hexed, Accessory) Spell Items: Amethyst, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby, Aquamarine, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Naamah's Hourglass (Randomly causes either Hastened or Slowed to the target at the cost of 3 Ether), Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq, restoring health equal to the level of the summoner at the cost of 5 Ether) Consumables: Potions (10), Grand Potions (4), Health Core, Tonics (9), Grand Tonics (4), Ether Cores (7), Remedies (12), Phoenix Essences (5), Phoenix Incenses (2), Mead (13), Smelling Salts (8), Nostrum (5), Ambrosia, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired) (2), Deadly Venom (3), Smoke Bombs (2), Holy Bomb, Water Bomb (14), Lightning Bomb (14), Dirt Bomb (3), Aeolus Bomb, Rudra Bomb, Flash Bomb, Demon Repellant (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons for one battle, unless the user is the last one standing), Soul Cage (Doomed-effect to all combatants), Skeleton Decoys (2), Bones (17) Tools etc.: Pickaxe, Bedroll Byblos (NPC, controlled by K-Nut) 30 years old male Metasimian Scholar Level 32 *Arcane Wisdom* *Well-read* *Multilingual* *Speed Reading* Power: 64 (32+32) Health: 19/47 (6+31+10) Ether: 43/50 (9+31+10) Gold: 250 Equipment: Pandemonicon (WP:32 {equal to user's level}, inflicts hexed on demons and doomed on humanoids; throwing weapon; suitable to Byblos only), Wizened Robe (Max. Health +10, Max. Ether +10; bodywear), Lens of Speed Reading (Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users) Inventory: Weapons: Clock Cog (WP:14; throwing weapon) Scrolls: Scroll of Arc Blindness, Scroll of Arc Frailty, Scroll of Arc Sleep, Scroll of Armor Sundering, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Disenchantment, Scroll of Elemental Aura, Scroll of Fire Armor, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Ice Armor, Scroll of Luck, Scroll of Minimizing, Scroll of Poisoning, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of the Chasm, Scroll of Weakening Tools/Treasure: Infant (To keep the child alive, one hero must take care of it during battles by not taking any other action. It can be traded between heroes like normal items.)

OOC: You can. "Thormanil, it would really help if you throw your Doomsday Bomb right about now..."

"Oh, plan flaw...Thormy, I need you to throw that Doomsday Bomb first, not the lightning bomb. We can do that next Round, I suppose."

I'm 90% certain that unless you're a Marauder, your second strike has to hit the next enemy in line. I could be wrong, though, I'd have to look through the Rules & FAQ to be sure.

"No, take Charon. The Wings will all go down to Thormanil's bomb, including the duplicates, so we'll only have to fight Charon himself and any clones he makes of himself from this point on. Best we all pile on and start stacking the damage." "That's exactly why I don't want us burning any more Incenses than we have to. Ideally I'd want to see four people revived per Incense, minimum, unless it seems like Charon's on his last legs."

"That's...a very good point." "Thormanil should still throw his bombs, but I guess Karie can take care of herself for this Round. Still, we need to keep Karie's Ether up in general, for all of our sakes. She can sing a Dirge when Charon's on his last legs to revive our fallen, or I could drop the Incense in my halberd if she's too low for it. Either way, we don't want to waste our AoE revives on just one or two targets, especially if they're just going to go down again." Rather than using his Elixir, Arthur just attacks Charon with his Dauntlet Index from the Front Row.

"...Thormy, I hate to ask you to burn through more consumables, but we need you to throw your Lightning Bomb and Doomsday Bomb, in that order. All wings will be down, and anyone not focused on the real Charon can take the duplicate." "...except for Masson and Gabriel, we need you on your feet so next Round you can start handling healing duties." "...in fact, if one person can hand Masson a bunch of Ether-restoring consumables and another can hand Gabriel a bunch of healing consumables and Remedies, we should be in good shape."

I second that request. Maybe Sandy and you and the Fellows who play here can start talking to the right people? We are coming up on the Anniversary again, after all... I'm pre-building my sets (or more accurately, having my sets pre-built for me ) for both my upcoming Diana Quest and the upcoming Darius/Wolfgang/Charis Quest. My trick is that I'm trying to keep the action relatively vague, so the same pics can be used for multiple scenarios. I'm also stealing as many pre-existing sets as possible (my apologies in advance to Zepher and WBD ), so long as they don't have NPCs there that shouldn't be (i.e. people who are canonically dead *cough*gates of Carn*cough*). Where I can, I'm actually planning to take a few "blank" pics of some locations, filled only with unnamed NPCs, so that other QMs can re-use them as needed; I'm sure many other QMs (including me ) would greatly appreciate if that becomes a common practice. (*cough*Pie's Baltarok sets*cough*) EDIT: Bah, grammar.

OOC: Jinxed is permanent, just like Slowed. Also, wing duplicate B should be gone as soon as Wing B went. Arthur uses his last Elixir on Karie, then attacks Charon with his Dauntlet Index from the Front Row. "Karie, put me second, twice in a row. I can handle the Charon duplicate's Free Hit from now on. Gabriel, we need you to increase your lethality so you can take Wing A out." "Save your Remedy, though the Grand Tonic would be a good idea. I'll be totally out of Ether supplies after this." Arthur notices the shattered fragments of the doll, and scowls at Charon in irritation. He quietly sweeps them back into his pocket.

OOC: I think that has to be reversed to work (since Thormy's not a Marauder), but either way should work strategy-wise. "Hmm." Arthur makes a mental note to talk with the Minstrel more once they return to Heroica Hall.