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I actually sold that for a Phoenix Essence a long while back. I think I got, what, one redirect out of it, ever? Back in the day when you got two Artifacts, period, and SP on Artifacts was nearly unheard of, Cloak of Deception plus Lens of Speed-Reading made a decent combo. The Cloak effect didn't come into play that often, but it was something to use against Free Hits whereas otherwise I'd have nothing. Once Artifact stacking started to become a thing, though, SP and immunity ended up being more important to a squishy mage than a 1/6 chance to stop Free Hits, and then the Artifact that even lets me be a decent tank is backwear, meaning I can't really use the Cloak of Deception at all, especially since it only affects Free Hits (as opposed to something like Nimble that has both a higher trigger chance and works on Damage and Counter rolls as well). Besides, that's replicating the effect, not counteracting it.

"Uh...Karie? Are you...sure you're okay?" With a slightly wary glance at Siercon, Arthur begins sniffing the air for insanity gas.

"We need those wings down. Once they're out of the way, I can actually start attacking." OOC: Wing B, then Wing A. Masson should take the duplicate wings if any are left.

Arthur is too busy using a Tonic on Karie to notice their opponent's underhanded attack, but then Gabriel's body hits the ground. Arthur stares straight at Charon, the angel's glowing blue eyes reflected in his own visor. "You are not getting away with that." The ex-mage tears out an innocent-looking doll--a mere child's plaything--from his pack, casting it to the ground. He levitates slightly, glowing with a soft but sinister aura as strings of solid shadow extend from him to his puppet. With a flick of his finger, Negative Nelly launches itself at Charon, while Arthur himself remains safe in the Back Row.

Welp. Images are vanishing again. I assume Photobucket is trying to fix something. I wouldn't say it's too easy, just intuitive. Screw this redirect BS, though, it's extremely obnoxious to strategize around and there's not even a game mechanic designed to counteract it.

Round 5 of the Foiled Feast: Atramor (Mythril Claws) vs. Glasya-Labolas, the Demon of Primal Fears (twice) - Theft Special Damage (Glasya: 36+42=78*2/2=78+78=156 damage, Atramor: +2 WP) Atramor (Mythril Claws) vs. Gusion, the Child Snatcher (twice) - Theft Special Damage (Gusion: 38+42=80*2=160+160=320 damage, Atramor: +2 WP) Pretzel (Dual Staff) vs. Haures the Reaver & Marax the Trickster - Special Damage Enhancement (Pretzel: roll of 6, WP -1) >Pretzel (Splinter Broom) vs. Haagenti the Facetious' Head - Enhancement Enhancement (Pretzel: roll of 3, WP +1) >Hybros (Iustitia) vs. Camio, the Feathered Death & (Heavy Flail) vs. Andras, the Lance of Wrath - Riposte Dual Special Damage (Camio: Confused; Andras: 38-15=23 damage, no Assasination) >Hybros (Iustitia) vs. Camio, the Feathered Death & (Heavy Flail) vs. Andras, the Lance of Wrath - Dual Hit Dual Damage (Camio: 12+44+3=59*2*2*2/4=118 damage + Blind + Sealed; Andras: 5+44+3=52*2=104-15=89 damage + Fragile) >Althior (Light, Mythril Scepter of Divine Affinity) vs. Foras the Shredder - Special Damage (Shear Spirit - Althior: Immune to Effects) >Namyrra (Light, Crystal Mace) vs. Purson the Unseen - Amplified Spell (Purson: no dodge, 45+51+0=96*2=192 damage) >Byblos casts Arc Darkness - Failure (-7 Ether) >Byblos reads the infant a story - Extreme Failure Free Hits: Focalor vs. Atramor - 21-20=1 damage + Fast Asleep Marax vs. Pretzel - 28/2=14-72=0 damage + Fast Asleep removed Sabnock vs. Hybros - 32/2=16-3=13 damage Uvall vs. Althior - 35/2=18-12=6 damage; Uvall: full health Atramor strikes swiftly at his foes, but this time it is not quite enough to fell them. Pretzel starts to attack, but gets distracted by tinkering with his weapons, improving one while damaging another. Hybros flits between Camio and Andras, causing the former to nearly kill the latter, before slashing and smashing them in the face. Althior's connection to the world is sliced through by Foras, rendering him immune to his own positive effects, while Namyrra's spell, without an undead army's aid to back it up, continues to chip away at Purson. Byblos attempts to read both his scroll at the enemies and a storybook to the crying child, but mistakenly mixes up the pages, spouting unintelligible gibberish to both. The child remains understandably unhappy. Atramor and Pretzel both fall asleep under Focalor's influence, but are awakened by Marax's loud bashing against Pretzel's armor. The demon of apathy shoots his compatriot a dirty look. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! A round dozen opponents stand against all six Heroes. Enemies: Andras, the Lance of Wrath *Attacks pierce defense* *Immune to fire, blinded and burned* *Confused (3 Rounds)* *Fragile (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Fiery Level: 32 Health: 135/621 Defense: 15 Special: Burning Anger – Causes enraged and burned by 10 -effects to all opponents. Drops: 1: Wrath Lance (WP:16, causes enraged and burned by 10; lance) 2: Fireward Helmet (SP:5, immune to fire and burned; headwear) 3-6: Agni Bomb (100 fire-elemental damage to all opponents) Camio, the Feathered Death *Ranged attacks* *Back row* *Attacks have 1/6 chance to cause sudden death* *Confused (3 Rounds)* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* *Sealed (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Dark Level: 38 Health: 326/442 Special: Death Is Certain – Causes sudden death on the target. Drops: 1-2: Deadly Crossbow (WP:14, has 1/6 chance of causing sudden death; crossbow) 3-6: Feathered Hat (Max. health +4; a consumable item named “feather” can be stored in the hat and used without spending a turn during battles, comes equipped with [Feather of Lithe]; headwear) Focalor, the Demon of Apathy *Attacks cause fast asleep* *Immune to stunned, asleep, fast asleep and sealed* 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* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 33 Health: 484/674 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) Glasya-Labolas, the Demon of Primal Fears *Ranged attacks that cause afraid* *Back row* *Immune to sealed, enraged and afraid* Type: Demon Level: 41 Health: 96/417 Special: Worst Nightmare – The target must face and defeat a personification of their worst fears before they can continue the battle against the demons. No other hero can target the fear monster. If Glasya-Labolas is defeated before the fear monster, it will fade away. Drops: Fearomone (Causes afraid-effect to all enemies for the duration of one battle; consumable) Gusion, the Child Snatcher *Immune to blinded and sealed* *Enamored with Atramor (2 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 24 Health: 26/346 Special: Kidnap – Gusion flees the battle with the infant. Drops: 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.) Note: The infant moves to the hero that defeats Gusion instantly. Haagenti the Facetious *Immune to all elements, blinded, sealed, minimized, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Stunned* Type: Demon Level: 50 Health (Head): 100/300 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* 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.) Purson the Unseen *Ranged attacks* *Back row* *Immune to physical attacks* *Nimble* Type: Demon/Ethereal Level: 44 Health: 59/347 Ether: 14/20 Special: Zoot’s Boon – Restores up to 400 health to the ally with the lowest health. Costs 2 ether. Drops: 1-3: Robe of the Unseen (SP:1, wearer becomes permanently nimble; suitable to mages, clerics, alchemists, chi monks, minstrels, necromancers, scholars and weather mages; bodywear) 4-6: Boon Rod (WP:22, healing is guaranteed to restore health at least equal to WP at the cost of 1 ether; suitable to clerics; staff) Note: Purson uses Zoot’s Boon as a Free Hit. Sabnock, the Demon of Hunger *Absorbs poison and all elements except light* 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* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 35 Health: 428/428 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: 103/103 (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*) Power: 47 (35+10+2) Power Bonus: +2 Defense: 72 (6x6x2) Health: 68/68 (9+15+34+3+2+5) Gold: 520 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: 78/80 (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.)

Dunno what it is about this battle, but something about it has just "clicked" in my brain. Unlike a lot of the "big" battles recently, I'm just sort of inherently "seeing" the ideal strategies, the way I used to, rather than having to take hours to calculate and strategize. Yay?

OOC: Was actually about to point that out, along with Karie's Ether; 24-16=8, not 5. EDIT: Oh, and next Round it should only cost 7, since with Lind down it would only cost 14 and 14/2=7. "You've got this, Gabriel. We take out his wings, then we only have the clones to worry about, and we'll have room to heal you up. As it stands right now, he can't hit you hard enough with them to take you out."

OOC: Blind protects you from Damage and Free Hits. Special Damage will still go through while the enemy is Blind, and the Passive Special cannot be blocked, period. "...actually, looking at things, Thormanil and Vindsval should be switched in the Battle Order, and Siercon should go after me but before Thormy. If Siercon gets off a Spellblade Spin, Thormanil can toss his Doomsday Bomb to wipe out the wing duplicates and permanently finish off the Stygian Blade, as well as doing substantial damage to the wings themselves. If not, he can still focus on Wing B and dual-strike the Stygian Blade. Actually...my Stun Bomb will take care of Free Hits entirely this Round, so if you want you can all pile on Wing B and conditionally switch to Wing A and then the Stygian Blade once it's down, just to ensure Wing B is no longer a problem." "...also if someone else could also help supply Karie with Ether, or else throw a bomb so she can do it herself, that would be great."

OOC: Ah, yes, on the subject of errors, I attacked with my Spider Leg Spear, so the Edge of Eschaton should have been Slowed, thus preventing the Free Hit from Hastened (since Slowed and Hastened cancel each other out). Also, from a quick look at the Fields and Quest 72, the Mail divisor comes into play at the same time as Row--in other words, before SP. This significantly affects strategy for this battle, otherwise I'd let it slide.

"Karie, I'll Elixir you, if you can throw a Fire Bomb we should be mostly good on the blades. If Jinnipher focuses on Charon, everyone else can take a wing or a duplicate. If we have to double up, do it on the original Wing B--in fact, Gabriel, you should increase your lethality and then take it, see if we can't reduce that redirection chance. Sorry, Thormy, our little trade will have to wait." Arthur uses an Elixir on Karie and throws a Stun Bomb, both from the Back Row.

"Karie, can you put Vindsval or Thormanil ahead of me? They can take the hit from the blade in the Back Row, but neither of them can take the Edge of Eschaton if it gets a Free Hit."

Round 4 of the Foiled Feast: >Atramor uses Smelling Salts - (Atramor + Pretzel: Hastened) Atramor (Mythril Claws) vs. Vepar, Demon of Drowning (twice) - SHIELD Damage (Grand Theft Hero - Vepar: ((34*3)+42=144*2=288)+((34*3)+42=144*2=288)=576 HP drained + Enamored with Atramor (KO!); Atramor: full health, steals Aquamarine, +2 WP) >Pretzel uses Ether Core on Byblos - (Byblos: Full Ether) >Pretzel (Splinter Broom) vs. Haagenti the Facetious' Head - Hit Upgraded Hit (Haagenti's Head: 7*9=63+35+2=100 damage + Stunned) Hybros (Sword of Ancestral Hatred) vs. Cimeries the Bull Demon & (Iustitia) vs. Bune, the Heiress of Helvetia - Critical Dual Hit Riposte (Cimeries: 49*2=98+44+3=145*2*2*2*2/2=1160 damage (KO! SOAH:+.25 WP); Bune: 12*2=24+44+3=71*2*2*2=568-30=538 damage + Blind (KO!)) Hybros (Iustitia) vs. Furfur the Inevitable Lightning & (Hollow Dagger) vs. Andras, the Lance of Wrath - Dual Hit Riposte (Furfur: 12+44+3=59*2*2*2=472 damage + Blind (KO!); Andras: 6+44+3=53*2*2=212-15=197 damage + Confused) >Althior (Light, Mythril Scepter of Divine Affinity) vs. Foras the Shredder - Damage (Althior: 0 damage (Blind)) >Namyrra (Light, Crystal Mace) vs. Purson the Unseen - Special Damage (Zoot's Boon - Foras: +400 health; Purson: -2 Ether) >Byblos sings the infant a soothing lullaby - Extreme Failure Free Hits: Camio + Sabnock vs. Atramor - 0 damage (Blind)+0 damage (Blind)=0 damage Focalor + Uvall vs. Pretzel - 0 damage (Blind)+0 damage (Blind)=0 damage Glasya vs. Hybros - 0 damage (Blind) Gusion vs. Althior - 24/2=12-12=0 damage Haures vs. Namyrra - 0 damage (Blind) Marax vs. Byblos - 28/2=14 damage Althior: +1 Ether (Transcended) The party rallies. Unburdened by the infant, Atramor swiftly slices Vepar down to sushi, pocketing an Aquamarine in the process. Pretzel restores Byblos' Ether before bashing Haagenti firmly up the side of the head. With dancing blades, Hybros cuts down three demons, while seriously injuring the aggravating Andras. The party's spellcasters, however, fail spectacularly, Althior missing a second spell against a blind opponent at point-blank range, while Namyrra allows Purson enough opening to heal Foras. Byblos cares for the infant as best he can, deciding to improvise a little tune to sing it. "Ah, er...'Hush little demon, don't say a word, soon the children's cries will go unheard...' ...oh, dear." The infant cries unhappily, so loudly that the demons might have been able to locate the party even if their Blindness hadn't worn off. Marax bashes Byblos up the side of the head, almost as if beating the bookkeeper might silence the child as well. The Metasimian wavers, the repeated blows starting to get to him. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! A round dozen opponents stand against all six Heroes. Enemies: Andras, the Lance of Wrath *Attacks pierce defense* *Immune to fire, blinded and burned* *Confused (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Fiery Level: 32 Health: 247/621 Defense: 15 Special: Burning Anger – Causes enraged and burned by 10 -effects to all opponents. Drops: 1: Wrath Lance (WP:16, causes enraged and burned by 10; lance) 2: Fireward Helmet (SP:5, immune to fire and burned; headwear) 3-6: Agni Bomb (100 fire-elemental damage to all opponents) Camio, the Feathered Death *Ranged attacks* *Back row* *Attacks have 1/6 chance to cause sudden death* Type: Demon/Dark Level: 38 Health: 442/442 Special: Death Is Certain – Causes sudden death on the target. Drops: 1-2: Deadly Crossbow (WP:14, has 1/6 chance of causing sudden death; crossbow) 3-6: Feathered Hat (Max. health +4; a consumable item named “feather” can be stored in the hat and used without spending a turn during battles, comes equipped with [Feather of Lithe]; headwear) Focalor, the Demon of Apathy *Attacks cause fast asleep* *Immune to stunned, asleep, fast asleep and sealed* 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* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 33 Health: 484/674 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) Glasya-Labolas, the Demon of Primal Fears *Ranged attacks that cause afraid* *Back row* *Immune to sealed, enraged and afraid* *Enamored with Atramor (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 41 Health: 252/417 Special: Worst Nightmare – The target must face and defeat a personification of their worst fears before they can continue the battle against the demons. No other hero can target the fear monster. If Glasya-Labolas is defeated before the fear monster, it will fade away. Drops: Fearomone (Causes afraid-effect to all enemies for the duration of one battle; consumable) Gusion, the Child Snatcher *Immune to blinded and sealed* *Enamored with Atramor (2 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 24 Health: 346/346 Special: Kidnap – Gusion flees the battle with the infant. Drops: 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.) Note: The infant moves to the hero that defeats Gusion instantly. Haagenti the Facetious *Immune to all elements, blinded, sealed, minimized, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Stunned* Type: Demon Level: 50 Health (Head): 100/300 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* 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.) Purson the Unseen *Ranged attacks* *Back row* *Immune to physical attacks* *Nimble* Type: Demon/Ethereal Level: 44 Health: 251/347 Ether: 14/20 Special: Zoot’s Boon – Restores up to 400 health to the ally with the lowest health. Costs 2 ether. Drops: 1-3: Robe of the Unseen (SP:1, wearer becomes permanently nimble; suitable to mages, clerics, alchemists, chi monks, minstrels, necromancers, scholars and weather mages; bodywear) 4-6: Boon Rod (WP:22, healing is guaranteed to restore health at least equal to WP at the cost of 1 ether; suitable to clerics; staff) Note: Purson uses Zoot’s Boon as a Free Hit. Sabnock, the Demon of Hunger *Absorbs poison and all elements except light* 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* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 35 Health: 428/428 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* *Encouraged* Power: 90 (55+35) (Spellpower: 100 (55+35+10)) Defense: 12 (2+5+5) Health: 77/77 (5+55+15+1+1) Ether: 103/103 (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* (Soul Link: *Reinforced*) Power: 72 (42 + 30) Defense: 20 ((4+6)x2) Health: 80/80 (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: 38/70 (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*) Power: 47 (35+10+2) Power Bonus: +2 Defense: 72 (6x6x2) Health: 68/68 (9+15+34+3+2+5) Gold: 520 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 10; 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: 9; 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: 78/80 (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: 50/50 (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.)

"...All right, then, if you've got Masson, I've got the blade. Thanks, Vindsval." If given a second action, Arthur strikes at the Edge of Eschaton with his Spider Leg Spear from the Back Row. "Karie, if we could get a Rapid March, that'd be great. I can take a Free Hit from Charon or the Edge of Eschaton, but you'll have to pick one or the other. Everyone else, don't forget to target both wings, right now we're doubling up on his right (A) and that's not the best strategy. In fact, his left wing (B) is the more dangerous of the two." OOC: By hitting it twice (dual-strike), this should be taking away 2 durability on a successful strike, yes?

Arthur swaps the Lethauros Mail out for the Mail of the Renegade Commander from the Back Row. With a grim glance at the Edge of Eschaton, he holds out Zoot's Rebel in his left hand, morphing the weapon to match Charon's in appearance. With his free hand, he . "Next Round, Edge is mine. Thormy, next Round I'm lending you my Spider Leg."If given a second action, Arthur uses an Elixir on Masson from the Back Row.

So, just for clarity, are we gonna have a , or a ?

OOC: I am not, in fact, supposed to have two Mail of the Renegade Commander, nor should I have two Shadeaux Cape. I should also have the Dauntlet Index and Blue Hand Shield "equipped", but other than that I think everything is set. Sorry to hear about your canine friend. "Yes, yes, I'm sure that if we keep walking down this path, we're gonna have a bad time. Look, I'm cold, I'm hungry, I've been up all night, at this point I just wanna go home with my daughter and hug my mother and brother, so if I have to beat some sense into Immortalis to make him stop this stupid storm, I'm going to do it, and if I have to get through you first, then so be it. I think I can speak for everyone when I say I'm sick and tired of your oh-so-ominous attitude, so let's just get this over with, 'k? K."

Arthur equips the Lethauros Mail in place of the Mail of the Renegade Commander. OOC: Arthur's equipped Artifacts should be: Helmet of the Duplovian Guard, Shadeaux Cloak, Macabre Collar, Lethauros Mail, Fur Leggings. He should not be immune to Slowed or Hastened, but should be immune to Doomed and Instant Kill, and instead of taking half damage from Free Hits he should take half damage from Demon and Dark-type enemies. His Defense should be 48 (15+2+(13*2)+4+1). Also, in case you missed me noting it before, he and Miirym should be Level 43, since you forgot to give us experience from the Syndicate HQ battle. Arthur should be Lucky and Encouraged, as well.

Round 3 of the Foiled Feast: >Pretzel (Splinter Broom) vs. Haagenti the Facetious' Head - Special Damage Upgraded Hit (Haagenti's Head: 7*9=63+35+2=100 damage + Stunned) >Byblos recieves Infant from Atramor >Atramor gives Infant to Byblos Hybros uses Health Core - (Hybros: full health restored) Hybros (Sword of Ancestral Hatred) vs. Cimeries the Bull Demon & (Iustitia) vs. Andras, the Lance of Wrath - Dual Damage Dual Damage (Hybros: 0 (Blind)+32=32 damage) >Althior (Light, Mythril Scepter of Divine Affinity) vs. Foras the Shredder - Damage (Althior: 0 damage (Blind)) >Namyrra (Light, Crystal Mace) vs. Purson the Unseen - Spell (Purson: no dodge, 45+51=96*2/2=96 damage; Namyrra: -1 Ether) Free Hits: Bune + Gusion vs. Pretzel: 0 damage (Blind)+24 damage=24/2=12-76=0 damage Camio + Haures vs. Byblos: 0 damage (Blind)+0 damage (Blind)=0 damage Focalor + Marax vs. Atramor: 0 damage (Blind) + 28 damage=28/2=14-20=0 damage Furfur + Sabnock vs. Hybros: 0 damage (Blind)+0 damage (Blind)=0 damage Furfur + Uvall vs. Althior: 0 damage (Blind)+0 damage (Blind)=0 damage Glasya-Labolas + Vepar vs. Namyrra: 0 damage (Blind)+0 damage (Blind)=0 damage Althior: +1 Ether (Transcended) Pretzel continues to do well, but the rest of the party falters amidst the infant's cries. No one takes damage, but Byblos' spell of Blindness begins to fade, the demons' misses getting closer and closer. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! Sixteen opponents still stand against five remaining Heroes. Enemies: Andras, the Lance of Wrath *Attacks pierce defense* *Immune to fire, blinded and burned* Type: Demon/Fiery Level: 32 Health: 444/621 Defense: 15 Special: Burning Anger – Causes enraged and burned by 10 -effects to all opponents. Drops: 1: Wrath Lance (WP:16, causes enraged and burned by 10; lance) 2: Fireward Helmet (SP:5, immune to fire and burned; headwear) 3-6: Agni Bomb (100 fire-elemental damage to all opponents) Bune, the Heiress of Helvetia *Ice-elemental ranged attacks* *Absorbs ice* *Immune to sealed* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Icy Level: 34 Health: 325/325 Ether: 6/6 Defense: 30 Special I: Winter Is Coming – Changes weather to “cold” (doubles ice, halves wood) at the cost of 1 ether. Used if weather is not cold and there is enough ether. Special II: Dead of Winter – Causes 200 ice-elemental damage and doomed-effect to all opponents at the cost of 2 ether. Used only if the weather is cold and there is enough ether. Special III: Ice Sculpture – Doubles defense and becomes immune to all other attacks except fire-elemental. Used if there is no ether left. Drops: 1: Helvetia’s Scepter (WP:17, has 1/2 chance of changing weather to “cold” (doubles ice, halves wood) when used to cast ice-elemental spells; ice-elemental staff) 2: Winter Shield (SP:10, absorb ice but take double damage from fire; shield) 3-6: Skadi Bomb (100 ice-elemental damage to all opponents) Camio, the Feathered Death *Ranged attacks* *Back row* *Attacks have 1/6 chance to cause sudden death* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Dark Level: 38 Health: 442/442 Special: Death Is Certain – Causes sudden death on the target. Drops: 1-2: Deadly Crossbow (WP:14, has 1/6 chance of causing sudden death; crossbow) 3-6: Feathered Hat (Max. health +4; a consumable item named “feather” can be stored in the hat and used without spending a turn during battles, comes equipped with [Feather of Lithe]; headwear) Cimeries, the Bull Demon *Blinded (1 Rounds)* *Fragile (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Beast Level: 58 Health: 641/833 Special: Bulldoze – Causes 58 damage regardless of defense or distance and leaves the target stunned. Drops: 1-2: Horned Demon Hat (SP:5, Power +5, suitable to barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) 3-6: Mead Focalor, the Demon of Apathy *Attacks cause fast asleep* *Immune to stunned, asleep, fast asleep and sealed* *Blinded (1 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 (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 33 Health: 84/674 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) Furfur the Inevitable Lightning *Lightning-elemental attacks* *Absorbs lightning* *Immune to sealed* *Hastened* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Electric Level: 32 Health: 298/298 Ether: 12/12 Special I: Lightning Speed – Makes one ally hastened. Costs 1 ether. Special II: Thunder Arc – Causes 32 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents regardless of row. Costs 3 ether. Special III: Spark Blast – Causes 64 lightning-elemental damage and confused-effect to the target regardless of row. Costs 3 ether. Drops: 1-3: Spark Axe (WP:16, lightning-elemental axe) 4-6: Topaz Note: Specials are used randomly. Glasya-Labolas, the Demon of Primal Fears *Ranged attacks that cause afraid* *Back row* *Immune to sealed, enraged and afraid* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* *Confused (1 Rounds)* *Enamored with Atramor (2 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 41 Health: 252/417 Special: Worst Nightmare – The target must face and defeat a personification of their worst fears before they can continue the battle against the demons. No other hero can target the fear monster. If Glasya-Labolas is defeated before the fear monster, it will fade away. Drops: Fearomone (Causes afraid-effect to all enemies for the duration of one battle; consumable) Gusion, the Child Snatcher *Immune to blinded and sealed* *Enamored with Atramor (3 Rounds)* Type: Demon Level: 24 Health: 346/346 Special: Kidnap – Gusion flees the battle with the infant. Drops: 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.) Note: The infant moves to the hero that defeats Gusion instantly. Haagenti the Facetious *Immune to all elements, blinded, sealed, minimized, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Stunned* Type: Demon Level: 50 Health (Head): 200/300 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 (1 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.) Purson the Unseen *Ranged attacks* *Back row* *Immune to physical attacks* *Nimble* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Ethereal Level: 44 Health: 251/347 Ether: 16/20 Special: Zoot’s Boon – Restores up to 400 health to the ally with the lowest health. Costs 2 ether. Drops: 1-3: Robe of the Unseen (SP:1, wearer becomes permanently nimble; suitable to mages, clerics, alchemists, chi monks, minstrels, necromancers, scholars and weather mages; bodywear) 4-6: Boon Rod (WP:22, healing is guaranteed to restore health at least equal to WP at the cost of 1 ether; suitable to clerics; staff) Note: Purson uses Zoot’s Boon as a Free Hit. Sabnock, the Demon of Hunger *Absorbs poison and all elements except light* *Blinded (1 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* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Rock Level: 35 Health: 428/428 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 Vepar, the Demon of Drowning *Water-elemental attacks* *Absorb water* *Blinded (1 Rounds)* *Sealed (1 Rounds)* Type: Demon/Aquatic Level: 36 Health: 458/517 Special I: Rising Water – Changes the weather to “humid” (doubles water, halves fire) and water level starts to rise by one after each passing round unless the weather is changed (at which point it starts to descent). If water level reaches 5, the quest fails. Special II: Suffocate – Causes 300 water-elemental damage to the target. Used only if weather is humid. Water Level: 0/5 Drops: 1-2: Coral Knife (WP:18, water-elemental dagger) 3-6: Aquamarine Note: Vepar uses Rising Water as a Free Hit if the weather is not humid. 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* *Encouraged* Power: 90 (55+35) (Spellpower: 100 (55+35+10)) Defense: 12 (2+5+5) Health: 77/77 (5+55+15+1+1) Ether: 103/103 (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* (Soul Link: *Reinforced*) Power: 72 (42 + 30) Defense: 20 ((4+6)x2) Health: 80/80 (7+41+20+6+6*) Gold: 325 Equipment: Living Mythril Claws (WP: 30 34, 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, 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: 38/70 (7+43+15+5) Gold: 502 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP:49, 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*) Power: 47 (35+10+2) Power Bonus: +2 Defense: 72 (6x6x2) Health: 68/68 (9+15+34+3+2+5) Gold: 520 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 10; 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: 9; 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: 78/80 (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: 33/47 (6+31+10) Ether: 4/50 (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.)

Guest QM Note: That sounds within the spirit of both items, I'll allow it. I'll start rolling the round now.

Guest QM Note: Correct me if I'm misreading, but I believe Atramor's action is impossible, since he has to either take care of the infant or trade it to another party member. I'll hold off on rolling the Round so actions can be revised accordingly.

"I wouldn't mind borrowing that Lethauros Mail, actually, if someone else wants to borrow my Mail of the Renegade Commander."

Well now the class has to pass. Their future existence retroactively justifies this game's illogical time system that the characters themselves acknowledge as having been screwed with.

"Yep. Really ought to wear this more, but Duplovian antimagic is just too good to pass up." Arthur lends Thormanil his Unicorn Helmet.

"...what is it with this organization and fighting floors? Does one of the Veterans have a floor fetish or something?" Arthur equips his Macabre Collar in place of his Clothes Hangar, the Mail of the Renegade Commander in place of his Tin Armor, and his Fur Leggings in place of his Tin Gloves. He also uses a Nostrum on himself. "Wonder away. But for your sake, Miirym and Arx had better be unharmed." Arthur glances back at Thormanil. "Hey, Thormy, care to borrow this Tin stuff? Even just a couple pieces would let you handle a few more hits." On impulse, Arthur carefully pulls out the Eschaton Flowers and waves them lightly, as he had when he'd first received them.