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I have some sequel ideas for 141, but I'd prefer to take a month or two break from hosting prior to the ever-growing gargantuan monstrosity that is the next Diana Quest. Plus, you know, sets are still an issue (though the preliminary stuff that's been done for me so far looks absolutely phenomenal ).

Sorry, guys, another crappy day for me as well; I've been checking in as much as I can, but I can't quite seem to get that solid block of time I need to post these big updates.

Arthur's hand clenches around the handle of the antlers he still hadn't drawn as Hoke presses ever closer...until the ex-Knight moves past him. For a moment, he considers putting himself between the Dragoon and their employer, but the ship shakes and Felix beats him to it. The Dragoon gratefully releases his grip, glad the situation had not come to blows. Arthur stays pointedly silent, not wanting to give Hoke any unnecessary ammunition. Glad to see I'm not the only one disturbed by his attitude, Arthur thinks to himself. He does not move to stand next to Hybros, Guffington, and Felix, but clearly his concern is the only thing stopping him. I don't want to antagonize him, especially if it'd make them targets. Miirym quickly snorts and takes to the skies, maintaining a perfect vantage point directly above the ship. She sided with Captain Elba's sentiments, and was prepared to force the fighting off-board if it came to it. "The short story," Arthur says, "is that Regret and Passion are brothers. They weren't on very good terms. There were three we were told of: Passion, Regret, and Hope. They draw their strength from that for which they are named, so they encourage such in the world. You and I both consider the Master of Regret an enemy, so believe me when I say that Passion is nothing like him." Arthur deliberately does not address her intentions towards Chauncey, trusting that the Elf was already aware of his earlier words. There was no point in making an enemy of her as well, not if she still seemed to show signs of seeing reason.

On a similar note, I'll have a few busy days this week as well (including today!), so expect a few update-less days from me as well (and feel free to move 139 forward without me, Zeph ).

I'm not the only one here who can't stop thinking "Duke Exeter", right...? EDIT: Never mind, misread something in one of the comic-con pics and confused it with LU lore. The whole aesthetic still reminds me heavily of the Sentinel faction and LU.

I mean, if the other party members want to stand back and let one of their party members straight-up murder another one of their party members, that's their choice. Or, they could take a stand and make Hoke have to turn on the whole party to be able to kill Arthur, kinda taking the sting out of Hoke's argument.

In an instant, all semblance of sloth is gone, as Miirym is at her feet and at Arthur's side, spewing smoke. Arthur grips his stag antlers, ready to draw the weapon if necessary but hoping it wouldn't come to that. "The last time I played with a god, I had a very different view of the world...one not too far from your own. I don't need Heroica to hide behind--if you recall, I left. I don't have the Veterans' protection--you kill me, I stay dead. So if you think I'm just some dangerous lunatic, if you want to--what was the words you used?--'stab your friends in the back', you're not going to get a better opportunity. Alone on an airship, miles above the ocean, just a handful of witnesses barely strong enough to even scratch you, let alone stop you. But if you're not intending to kill me like you're intending to kill our employer's ally, I suggest you stand the Hel down," Arthur warns intimidatingly.

"Help me out here, see if I'm understanding your philosophy right. You're saying that we shouldn't be helping people, they should just help themselves, and if they can't then to Hel with them? If that's the case, what's the point of Heroica--invincible thieves and killers for hire?"

Round 4 of the Bone Tale Boss Battle! Jinnipher vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - SHIELD (Sentinel - Party protected from physical damage next Round) Terry vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Terry Devoured, Kiri freed) Torald vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Torald Devoured, Terry freed) >Kheyli vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Kheyli Devoured, Torald freed) >Ezeran (Wood) vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Great Spell (Undead Tyrannosaur: 7*2=14+3=17-28=0 damage; Kheyli: 7*2=14+3=17/10=1 damage; Ezeran: -1 Ether) >Boris heals Undead Tyrannosaur - Heal More (Undead Tyrannosaur: 3*2=6+10=16*2=32 damage; Kheyli: 26/10=2 health restored; Boris: -1 Ether) >Kiri arc-casts Scroll of Lichen Might - Success! (Terry, Ezeran, Kiri: Lichen Might for 3 Rounds; Kiri: -15 Ether) Kiri vs. Undead Tyrannosaur (twice) - Critical Dual Hit (Undead Tyrannosaur: 10*2=20+10=30*2=60-28=32 damage + Weakened; Undead Tyrannosaur: 10*2=20+10=30-28=2 damage + Confused) Mac uses Tonic on Ezeran Undead Tyrannosaur poisoned: -3 health Jinnipher raises her shield in a Sentinel stance, before the rest of the party falters. In a bizarre game of musical undead-tyrannosaur-dinner, first Terry, then Torald, then Kheyli are devoured. Ezeran shoots off another ineffective spell, but Boris' healing energy quickly patches up Kheyli's damage. Glancing around at the situation, Kiri forgoes more Lichen Shielding, instead opting to strengthen the party spellcasters before her attack...which, this time, is a critical success. "Hmpf. Freakin' finally. Put me first, Terry, I'll Myrrh you and Ezeran up. You can finish this, easy, just don't screw up." The Enemies: Undead Tyrannosaur *Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death* *Poisoned-by-3* *Weakened (3 Rounds)* *Confused (3 Rounds)* Type: Undead/Beast Level: 16 Defense: 28 Health: 22/160 Special: Hunger of Death – Devours the target, removing them from the battle. The devoured target is returned after the end of the next Round or when a new target is devoured; while devoured, the target takes 10% of all damage dealt to the Undead Tyrannosaur. Drops: Ancient Bone Fragments Note: Fragile Bones - The Undead Tyrannosaur loses 4 Defense for each non-elemental strike dealt. This number can go negative, adding damage to all damaging attacks dealt against the Undead Tyrannosaur. The Party Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) *Party Leader!* *Lichen Might (3 Rounds)* Male Human Mage Level 8 Power Bonus: 0 +14 spellpower Health: 12/12 (5+6) Defense: 2 Ether: 14/14 (5+5+2) Gold: 23 Equipment: Grumpy's Staff (WP: 10), Robes of the Murine Chieftan (SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants Command over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes), Inventory: Ether Lash Wand: (WP 3 Wand, at the cost of 1 ether per WP the Wand becomes dual strike for one attack.), Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3), 3x Potion, Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), 2x Bat Guano (can be thrown at an enemy to cause the Blind Effect), Bedroll, Ancient Amber (Makes a weapon deal double damage to Ancient-type enemies when merged into a weapon at a smithy; can only be merged once per weapon, and never into shields; the weapon must be renamed to include "ancient" and "amber" in the name.), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Leather Cap (SP: 1), Grand Tonic, Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight *Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin* *Sentinel* Level 9 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 9 Health: 16/18 Gold: 75 Equipment: Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) (loaned from Torald), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield), Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear) Inventory: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword), The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from Hexed-effect; accessory), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Venom, Bone, 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Opal (Ice), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear), Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) 38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Stunned and Poisoned* Level 10.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 2 (2) Health: 16/18 (9+8) Ether: 5/14 (5+8) Gold: 303 Equipment: Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison), Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), Inventory: Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 2 Potions, 2 Remedies, 4 Tonics, Ether Core, 1x Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Dirt Bomb (Deals 10 Ground damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, 3x Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Cursed; dagger), 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Emerald (Wood), Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus) *Lichen Might (3 Rounds)* 42 year old male human mage Level 3 Power Bonus: 0 +5 spellpower Defense: 0 Health: 7/7 Ether: 5/7 Gold: 50 Equipment: Ancient Sapphamber Staff (WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff) Inventory: Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, 2x Grand Tonic, Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; dagger), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Torald Waruelf (Alfadas) 20 year old male Human Barbarian Level 3 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Spear (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; spear), Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Inventory: Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores defenses of foes weak to Wood, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) lent to Jinnipher, Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Kheyli (K-Nut) 327 years old female fairy Barbarian *Damages Undead* *Devoured (1 Round)* Level 4 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 11/11 Gold: 0 Equipment: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Cultist Cap (regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone), Inventory: Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Kiri Murasaki (NPC, uncooperative [currently listening to: Kheyli Terry]) *Lichen Might (3 Rounds)* Female Necromancer/Marauder Level 10 Power Bonus: 0 +10 spellpower Defense: 0 Health: 25/25 Ether: 10/25 Gold: 0 Equipment: Akahi to Aokaze (WP:10, dual-strike; first strike is fire-elemental and deals Weakened, second strike is wind-elemental and deals Confused; gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; staves), Cloak of the Lichen Necromage (+6 max HP, +6 max Ether, Scrolls with "Lichen" or "Necrotic" in the name may be cast as Arc scrolls; Backwear, suitable to Kiri only) Inventory: Scroll of Lichen Might (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their spell power for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Lichen Shielding (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their SP for 3 Rounds; costs 1/4 of the user's Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Suppression (When cast on an weapon, causes its attacks to deal the Weakened effect for one battle; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), 7x Ether Core, 5x Myrrh Mac (takes suggestions) *currently listening to Boris* Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged Inventory: 2x Tonic, 3x Potion, Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking. Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

"So, what, we're supposed to just sit back and do nothing while tyrants like Sven and bigots like Bellerai make their bids to control the world? We're supposed to sit back and do nothing when the opportunity presents itself to revive a tremendous force for good, a trusted ally and friend to Heroica who spent nearly all of his time and energy saving lives? Next you'll be telling me it was wrong to help Shanxian Ji Pei overthrow the oppressive Council of the Blue Hand, that I should have sat back and let the Council's guards slaughter her and make their own attempt to fight off her automatons. All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. I may not be entirely good, but I cannot just sit back and do nothing, not when I see the chance to correct a tremendous injustice before me. That's always been the way I've lived my life, and that's the example I want to provide for my d--for Miirym." Miirym decides not to speak, but instead blinks her eyes slowly, making a mental note to speak with Arthur in private later.

Round 3 of Battle 3 >Warlen (Fire) vs. Silent Lambs - Great Spell (Silent Lambs: 12*2=24+19+8=51*2=102 damage; Warlen: -1 Ether) >Alexander vs. Silent Lambs - Hit (Silent Lambs: 16+27=43*2*3=258 damage (KO!)) Erik vs. Direwolf - SHIELD (Circle of Might & Magic - Bhargest A, Bhargest B, Black Sheep: 12+25=37*2*2=148 damage (Bhargests KO'd!); Battering Ram A, Battering Ram B, Direwolf: 12+25=37*2=74 damage (Battering Ram B, Direwolf KO'd!); Battering Ram A, Black Sheep: Petrified!; Bhargest C: no effect, immortal; Battering Ram A, Black Sheep: 12+25=37*2=74 Fire-elemental damage (KO'd either way); Bhargest C: immortal removed; Erik: -2 Ether) >William vs. Battering Ram B Bhargest C - Critical Hit (Bhargest C: 5*2=10+22=32*2=64 damage) >Siercon (Fire) vs. Direwolf Bhargest C - Spell (Bhargest C: 17+19+10=46*2=92 damage (KO!); Siercon: -1 Ether) Avalanche vs. Battering Ram A - >William vs. Bhargest A Warlen and Alexander work together to annihilate the Silent Lambs...before Erik single-handedly slaughters almost every single other enemy on the field, Petrifying both foes that survived his singular swing before blasting them to fragments in a mighty burst of flame. "Yip." William and Siercon quickly team up to sear the final foe to smithereens with two flaming attacks. THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! Everyone gains their respective amounts of experience. Warlen, Erik, and Avalanche level up! Warlen is now Level 20 and may equip a third Artifact, while Avalanche at Level 15 feels prepared to train in an Advanced Class once he returns to Heroica Hall. The enemies drop loot and 5 GP. The Party: Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 20 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* Power Bonus: 0 Health: 32/32 (5+19+7+1*) SP: 9 (5+4) Ether: 13/25 (5+19+1) Gold: 250 Glory Points (GP): 9 Equipment: Darkstar Wand (WP:12; has 1/2 chance of inflicting hexed-effect; darkness-elemental wand) (loaned from Erik), Eulalia Shield (SP: 5, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed. Bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear), Inventory: Weapons: The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 8. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode), Healing Staff (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses). Artifacts: Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent), Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove* (+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics.) Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet x2 Lent to Siercon, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll ofAntimagic Must Be RPed: Lightning Ball (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice damage, bomb) Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x2, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x3, Grand Tonic x2, Remedy x7, Banana (Full Health), Smoke Bomb x3, Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether), Hurricane x3 (Grants *Drunk* effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled), Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, 2x Mead, 4x Smelling Salts, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver.) Other Junk: Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Bones x6, Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores), 10-gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear), Viper Scale (worth 40 gold to a certain someone) For Sale: Wand of Enamouring (WP:6, deals *Enamoured*-effect, wand), Feathered Cap (SP: 1, headwear, immune to *Petrified*), *+1 to health from Rockapple Fruit, Quest #131 *Name changed from Magicians Gloves. Erik Tyrvarr (Myrddyn) 19 years old male human Battle Mage. Level: 26 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile, Fire, Water,* *Commands dogs* *Party Leader!* Power Bonus: +0 Defense: 14 (Heavy Armour 5 + Bright Polish 1 + Dog Fur Coat 5 + Tricorne 3) Health: 46/46 (Barbarian base 8 + Level bonus 25 + Battle Mage bonus 5 + Raw Meat 5 + Vampire Dust 3) Ether: 24/27 (Level bonus 26 + Battle Mage bonus 1) Gold: 566 Glory Points (GP): 9 Equipment: Titanic Axe (WP:12, Earth, fire, Light-elemental, has 1/6 chances of inflicting petrified-effect; axe), Brightly Polished Heavy Armour (SP: 6, immune to Fragile,fire, water, bodywear), Dog Fur Coat(SP:5, Grants Command over dogs, backwear), Tricorne(SP: 3). Inventory: Weapons: Darkstar Wand (WP:12; has 1/2 chance of inflicting hexed-effect; darkness-elemental wand) loaned to Warlen, Silver Cup of Victory (WP:10; has 1/6 chance of causing doomed; club) loaned to Avalanche, Plunger (WP:2; 1/2 chance to cause sudden death to an aquatic enemy with each hit; club), Twin Axe (WP: 5, dual strike-axe), Voltedge (WP: 13, greatsword/longsword). Artifacts: Peacekeepers totem (Grants the "Diplomacy"-job trait; suitable to Erik only; accessory), Talisman of Enlightenment(Protects from hexed-effect; accessory), Sharkskin Armour (SP +1, bodywear), Shamanic Plate (Max. Health +2, Max. Ether +2; Blood Ritual does double damage to the target; suitable for shamans; bodywear),Lighter Armor (SP: 4, immune to Fragile, bodywear) loaned to William, Helmet (Health +1), Barbarian's Boots (Natural Respite>Restoration; footwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers, scholars and weather mages; backwear.) Gems: Amethyst, Ruby, Topaz. Consumables: Milk (Restores 15 health and ether), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 4*Tonics, Nostrum, Venom, Ether Core, 3x Potions, Health Core, Mulled Wine, Mead, Smelling Salts, Elixir, Grand Potion, Deluxe Skeleton Decoy, Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), 2x Bone Other items: Gold Statuette (Worth 100 gold), 3*Torches (WP:2, breaks after one use, suitable to all), Chair (WP:4, club), 2*Crystal Balls (worth 50 gold, except in magic shops where it is worth 100 gold.) Siercon (Siercon and Coral) Male, Age and species unknown (Visual appearance of hollow black smoke in human form.) Battlemage Level 19.5 *Natural Respite* *Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness and Asleep* Power Bonus: +10 spellpower Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 28/29 (5 base + 18 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 13/25 (5 base + 18 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Glory Points (GP): 15 Equipment: Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding -5, Hollow [-]), Dark Phibbian Cloak (SP:5, Immune to Darkness and Sleep, adds Darkness-element to attacks; bodywear, suitable for magic users), Magicians Gloves(Spellpower +10; Handwear, suitable for Mages) Inventory: Weapons/Artifacts: Sylvania's Cowl (grants Animal Talk; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sanctified Rito Spear (WP:4, doubled against Flying enemies, Hollow upgrade [-]), 2x Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril) Gems: Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth) (loaned from Warlen) Bombs: Cataclysm Bomb 200 (200 damage to all enemies with all elements [except darkness], ignores row and SP), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and poisoned by 3 to all foes), Confuse Bomb (Deals 5 damage and the confused-effect to all opponents), 5x Bone, Smoke Bomb Consumables: 7 Potions, 3 Remedies, 1 Grand Potion Tools: Magic Compass, Shovel, Magnifying Glass For Sale: (Message if interested): Chain Scythe (WP:6, appliesEnamored), Hood of the Dark Druid (wearer absorbs Wood- and Darkness-elemental damage; headwear, suitable for druids only), Quest: Good Rep: Shadeaux, Rito Alexander Vandangant (Wedge09) 99 years old elf Hunter Level 27.66 *Natural Respite* *Immune to asleep and fast asleep* *Favors Undead- and Beast-type enemies* *Sealed (2 Rounds)* Power Bonus: +2 WP Defense: 6 (Chevalier of Charis armor + Dream Helm) Health: 39/39 (6 + 20 + 6 + 4 + 2 Chicken Drumstick) Gold: 280 Glory Points (GP): 67 Equipment: Fauxthril Crossbow (WP: 14 16 due to Hunter's Quiver, darkness-, ice-elemental, Hollow Blade upgraded [nothing stored]), Chevalier of Charis armor (Artifact, bodywear) (Maximum health +2, SP: 2), Dream Helm (SP: 4, wearer immune to asleep and fast asleep, artifact, headwear), Hunter's Qiver (WP: +2 to bows and crossbows, allows the hunter to favour two typers at the same time) Inventory: •Delfrin Crossbow (WP: 7), Delfrin Master Bow (WP:8, inflicts Jinxed) • Duplovian Helmets of the Guard (SP: 2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Sterile Gloves (Immune to Poisoned and Bleeding; handwear), Ancient Spear (WP:5, Earth elemental), Trickster's Mask of the Gender-Swap • Grand Potion (2), Potions (10), Remedies (2), Tonic (2), Venoms (6), Nostrum, Smoke Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Ice Bomb, Holy Bomb, Fire Bomb (2), Lightning Bob, Elven Bomb, First Aid Kit (Consumable), Meads (3), Weak potion (2), Weak Regeneration Potion (1), Weak Regeneration Tonic (1), Smelling Salt (2), Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril), Big Apple, Bones (7), Skeleton Decoy, Charcoal, Phoenix Essence (2), (2) Grating Stone • Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass Reputation: Ziegfrieds - Great (+2 Quest), Bonapartes - Great (+2 Quest) Name: William Harkenshire *Immune to Light and Fragile* *Counterstriking* Level: 22.66 Warden Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 36/36 Gold: 559 Glory Points (GP): 9 Equipment: Croise Crossbow (WP: 12), Mirror Shield (SP:10, user is immune to light-elemental damage; shield), Lighter Armor (SP: 4, immune to Fragile, bodywear) (loaned from Erik), Quiver of Homing Arrows (Rolls of AIM become HIT; can only be used with a bow or a crossbow; backwear.), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear.) Inventory: * Repeating Crossbow (WP: 5 May not be upgraded; Fire; Hastened), Delfrin Sword (WP:3), Chain Whip (WP:7, causes Bound), Hand Cannon (WP: 5; Lightning ,Wood), Handy Longsword (WP: 4, 1/6 chance to inflict poisoned), Norgh Shield (SP: 5, Immune to Fragile), Lion Knight Shield (SP: 4, suitable for Knights),Pauldrons (SP +2, suitable to Knights, Dragoons and Skirmishers; accessory), Amulet of the Elven Horse Rider (Power +1 on the front row, doubles movement),Chimera Armor (SP:2, +2 Max Health; bodywear, suitable for Knights and Barbarians), Wave Sword (WP: 11, Darkness-elemental, deals Cursed Effect) * Sapphire, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Pickaxe, Skeleton Decoy, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Venom x3, Elven Bomb, Bomb XX, 4 Fire Bombs, Water Bomb, Elixer, Military Grade Water Bomb, Military Grade Lightning Bomb, Bone x3, Magic Saucepan, Nostrum, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle), 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Mead, (Shard of Wood: WP 1 Dagger), Gold Bar, Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril) Avalanche, the Super Sleuth (Dragonfire) 30 years old male yeti Barbarian *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Secondary Party Leader* Level 15 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 28/28 (8+14+1*+5 Lethauros Ring) SP: 5 Gold: 5 Glory Points (GP): 10 Equipment: Silver Cup of Victory (WP:10; has 1/6 chance of causing doomed; club) (loaned from Erik), Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory) Inventory: Frostbite (halberd, WP:8, damages undead), Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents), Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, 9x Bone, Skeleton Decoy, Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Henry Award (Can be sold for 200 Gold or to give +1 HP or +1 Power to a character, Consumable, Soul-bound), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken) Party Leader, please divide the spoils of battle: 8x Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for a turn. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 5 gold.) What area and (optionally) challenge will the Heroes choose to face next?

"Over my dead body," Arthur declares, perhaps a little more loudly than he'd intended. Even Miirym lifts her head to look at the argument unfolding between the Dragoons. "You and I both know that should have been me instead of Passion. Both of us were wandering apart from a party, both of us had ties to the Sprit Pools, and both of us had forsaken the Veterans' protection. Hel, the state of mind I was in that night, Wren could have convinced me of anything. I regret that. A lot. Passion was one of the truly good people who shouldn't have died that night, so if there's even the slightest hope he can be brought back, it's certainly worth the risk."

Round 3 of the Bone Tale Boss Battle! Jinnipher Terry vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Miss (nothing happens) Torald vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Miss (nothing happens) >Kheyli vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Extra Critical Hit (Undead Tyrannosaur: 5*3=15+4=19*2/2=19 damage; Jinnipher: 19/10=1 damage) >Ezeran (Wood) vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Great Spell (Undead Tyrannosaur: 7*2=14+3=17-28=0 damage; Jinnipher: 7*2=14+3=17/10=1 damage; Ezeran: -1 Ether) >Boris heals Undead Tyrannosaur - Heal Less->Heal (Undead Tyrannosaur: 3+10=13*2=26 damage; Jinnipher: 26/10=2 health restored; Boris: -1 Ether) >Kiri uses Ether Core on self Kiri vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Dual Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Kiri Devoured, Jinnipher freed) Mac uses Tonic on Boris Undead Tyrannosaur poisoned: -3 health Unfortunately for Terry, his own arrogance leads to little more than an elaborate miss. Toral, too, tries to trip up the Tyrannosaur, but also fails in his attempt. Kheyli makes up for both with a resounding Extra Critical Hit that even shakes Jinnipher, while Ezeran summons a similarly powerful spell...that fails to penetrate the Tyrannosaur's defenses, only injuring Jinnipher. Boris' healing, however, weakens the creature greatly, and even manages to patch up some of Jinnipher's wounds. Finally, it is Kiri's turn. She dances in close to try and get in a Weakening hit... "...oh, Hel." ...before she is devoured. Her presence forces Jinnipher free of the Tyrannosaur's entrapment, but too late to attack, as she had been passed up already in the Battle Order. Mac, somewhat at a loss for what to suggest, administers a Tonic to Boris, bolstering Bruhalv's Ether reserves. The Enemies: Undead Tyrannosaur *Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death* *Poisoned-by-3* Type: Undead/Beast Level: 16 Defense: 28 Health: 91/160 Special: Hunger of Death – Devours the target, removing them from the battle. The devoured target is returned after the end of the next Round or when a new target is devoured; while devoured, the target takes 10% of all damage dealt to the Undead Tyrannosaur. Drops: Ancient Bone Fragments Note: Fragile Bones - The Undead Tyrannosaur loses 4 Defense for each non-elemental strike dealt. This number can go negative, adding damage to all damaging attacks dealt against the Undead Tyrannosaur. The Party Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) *Party Leader!* *Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)* Male Human Mage Level 8 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 12/12 (5+6) Defense: 2+14 Ether: 14/14 (5+5+2) Gold: 23 Equipment: Grumpy's Staff (WP: 10), Robes of the Murine Chieftan (SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants Command over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes), Inventory: Ether Lash Wand: (WP 3 Wand, at the cost of 1 ether per WP the Wand becomes dual strike for one attack.), Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3), 3x Potion, Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), 2x Bat Guano (can be thrown at an enemy to cause the Blind Effect), Bedroll, Ancient Amber (Makes a weapon deal double damage to Ancient-type enemies when merged into a weapon at a smithy; can only be merged once per weapon, and never into shields; the weapon must be renamed to include "ancient" and "amber" in the name.), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Leather Cap (SP: 1), Grand Tonic, Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight *Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin* Level 9 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 9 Health: 16/18 Gold: 75 Equipment: Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) (loaned from Torald), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield), Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear) Inventory: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword), The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from Hexed-effect; accessory), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Venom, Bone, 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Opal (Ice), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear), Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) 38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Stunned and Poisoned* *Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)* Level 10.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 2 (2) +6 Health: 16/18 (9+8) Ether: 6/14 (5+8) Gold: 303 Equipment: Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison), Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), Inventory: Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 2 Potions, 2 Remedies, 4 Tonics, Ether Core, 1x Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Dirt Bomb (Deals 10 Ground damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, 3x Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Cursed; dagger), 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Emerald (Wood), Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus) *Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)* 42 year old male human mage Level 3 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 +1 Health: 7/7 Ether: 1/7 Gold: 50 Equipment: Ancient Sapphamber Staff (WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff) Inventory: Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, 2x Grand Tonic, Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; dagger), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Torald Waruelf (Alfadas) 20 year old male Human Barbarian Level 3 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Spear (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; spear), Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Inventory: Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores defenses of foes weak to Wood, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) lent to Jinnipher, Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Kheyli (K-Nut) 327 years old female fairy Barbarian *Damages Undead* Level 4 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 11/11 Gold: 0 Equipment: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Cultist Cap (regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone), Inventory: Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Kiri Murasaki (NPC, uncooperative [currently listening to: Kheyli]) *Lichen Shielding (1 Rounds)* *Devoured (1 Round)* Female Necromancer/Marauder Level 10 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 +25 Health: 25/25 Ether: 25/25 Gold: 0 Equipment: Akahi to Aokaze (WP:10, dual-strike; first strike is fire-elemental and deals Weakened, second strike is wind-elemental and deals Confused; gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; staves), Cloak of the Lichen Necromage (+6 max HP, +6 max Ether, Scrolls with "Lichen" or "Necrotic" in the name may be cast as Arc scrolls; Backwear, suitable to Kiri only) Inventory: Scroll of Lichen Might (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their spell power for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Lichen Shielding (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their SP for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Suppression (When cast on an weapon, causes its attacks to deal the Weakened effect for one battle; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), 7x Ether Core, 5x Myrrh Mac (takes suggestions) *currently listening to Boris* Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged Inventory: 2x Tonic, 3x Potion, Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking. Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

FM Note: I'll run once I have an action for Siercon.

Scroll of Stunning would basically exist purely to imbue into an Artifact for the immunity. There is such a thing as a Seth Bomb (100 Darkness-elemental damage), but IIRC it was only available from Decamon.

I'm of two minds on this. On one hand, as a reward for commitment to the game, it makes sense. On the other, we do really need more QMs, and the current system incentivizes that pretty well...

Should talk to Kiri and Sakurai, they're the ones trying to cheat the mega-loot out of the Fields.

This is part of why I wanted to try out some of these more experimental items on NPCs, so I can see if they're even possible to balance for PC loot in later Quests. I'll obviously keep the cost of Lichen Defense the same for the rest of this fight, but what do you think about 15-20 Ether? Would that balance it out, or does it need to go even higher? Would making it always be an arc scroll (and thus always cost Ether for ALL Ether-users in the party) help mitigate the overpoweredness if it were 15 Ether per target?

Mac looks at Jinnipher and gulps. "Nothin' against our lady knight, but somehow I can't seem to find anything encouraging nor inspiring 'bout her predicament." He glances at Boris' Tonic. "I got some o' them, want me to use them on ya instead?" QM Note: Jinnipher cannot target nor be targeted by any actions while devoured, aside from the splash damage. EDIT: For the record, this also means that she will not be healed by a roll of Miracle, in case anyone's wondering. Kiri looks at Ezeran in annoyance. "I'm standing right here, you know." She rolls her eyes. "I mean, I probably deserved that, but still."

OOC: Will I need to use Grand Potions on Miirym to restore her health, or is she able to rest during this journey even though I only have a bedroll for Arthur? Arthur ambles over to Guffington. "So," he asks his employer, "what do you expect we'll find in Xu?"

QM Note: Description of the elemental blades has been tweaked for clarity and for consistency with similar past items. Round 2 of the Bone Tale Boss Battle! >Jinnipher vs. Undead Tyrannosaur - Special Damage (Hunger of Death - Jinnipher: Devoured; Warlen: +1 Power oh wait...) >Terry (Wind) vs. Bone Spur B - Miss (nothing happens) >Torald vs. Bone Spur C - SHIELD (Frenzy - All enemies: no damage + Poisoned by 3; Undead Tyrannosaur: -4 SP; Jinnipher: 5+3=8/10=1 damage) Kheyli vs. Bone Spur B - Extra Critical Hit (Bone Spur B: 5*3=15+4=19 damage (KO!); Kiri's weapons dropped, remaining rewards dropped) >Ezeran (Wood) vs. Bone Spur B C - SHIELD (Magic Burst of Fire - Bone Spur C: 7+3=10 damage; Undead Tyrannosaur: 7+3=10*2=20-28=0 damage; Jinnipher: 7+3=10/10=1 damage; Ezeran: -1 Ether) >Boris heals Bone Spur C - Special Damage (Sharpened Spur - Bone Spur C: 3+10=13 damage (KO!); Boris: Special Guard!; Mac freed; Boris: -1 Ether) >Kiri picks up her weapons >Kiri uses Ether Core on Terry Mac Encourages Boris - roll of 2, success! Undead Tyrannosaur poisoned: -3 health With an arrogant flourish of her borrowed weapon, Jinnipher charges straight for the Tyrannosaur...'s open jaws. The Moon Elf drops into the beast's bony rib cage, finding herself trapped in a uniquely undignified position; it will take quite some effort to escape, especially with Torald and Ezeran launching powerful blows upon her as they attack the Tyrannosaur. Meanwhile, all business, Kheyli completes a crushing blow upon a Bone Spur, blasting it to bits and freeing the equipment snagged on it. Kiri takes a moment to reclaim her weapons. "Lady, you're a lifesaver," she says, hefting the dual staves. "Kheyli, was it? If you've got any suggestions, I'm happy to hear 'em. Otherwise, I'm going to use an Ether Core and try to attack this thing, try to Weaken and Confuse it." Boris sends forth a stream of healing power, the net effect of which weakens Mac's bone spur enough to break free of the Tyrannosaur from which it sprang. At first, it appears that the spur will spear the Cleric, but in the final moment a tiny aura appears in front of him, deflecting the blow. As the bone crumbles, Mac stands up and dusts himself off. "Thanks, Boris. Without your help, I woulda been...boned." Against all odds, the horrible pun seems to Encourage the vampire, his healing power prepared to dish out even more damage to the undead dinosaur. The Enemies: Undead Tyrannosaur *Immune to Bleeding and Sudden Death* *Poisoned-by-3* Type: Undead/Beast Level: 16 Defense: 28 Health: 139/160 Special: Hunger of Death – Devours the target, removing them from the battle. The devoured target is returned after the end of the next Round or when a new target is devoured; while devoured, the target takes 10% of all damage dealt to the Undead Tyrannosaur. Drops: Ancient Bone Fragments Note: Fragile Bones - The Undead Tyrannosaur loses 4 Defense for each non-elemental strike dealt. This number can go negative, adding damage to all damaging attacks dealt against the Undead Tyrannosaur. The Party Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) *Party Leader!* *Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)* Male Human Mage Level 8 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 12/12 (5+6) Defense: 2+14 Ether: 14/14 (5+5+2) Gold: 23 Equipment: Grumpy's Staff (WP: 10), Robes of the Murine Chieftan (SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants Command over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes), Inventory: Ether Lash Wand: (WP 3 Wand, at the cost of 1 ether per WP the Wand becomes dual strike for one attack.), Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3), 3x Potion, Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), 2x Bat Guano (can be thrown at an enemy to cause the Blind Effect), Bedroll, Ancient Amber (Makes a weapon deal double damage to Ancient-type enemies when merged into a weapon at a smithy; can only be merged once per weapon, and never into shields; the weapon must be renamed to include "ancient" and "amber" in the name.), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Leather Cap (SP: 1), Grand Tonic, Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight *Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin* *Devoured (1 Round remaining)* Level 9 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 9 Health: 16/18 Gold: 75 Equipment: Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) (loaned from Torald), Natural Shield (SP:6, bearer deals half damage to and takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin; shield), Moone Mail (SP:3; bodywear) Inventory: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword), The Beheader (WP:15, defies SP; greatsword), Full Moon Shield (SP:5), Vorpalis Conquerors (Power +0; goes up by 2 for every enemy defeated, drops back down to 0 if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends; footwear), Paper Doll (protects from Hexed-effect; accessory), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Greater Tonic, 3x Remedy, Bedroll, Shovel, Letter of Recommendation, Venom, Bone, 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Opal (Ice), Gloves of the Aspirant Zieg-friend (Spellpower +5, Max Ether +5; suitable to those with reputation among the Ziegfrieds only; if reputation is great, values are doubled; if reputation is outstanding, values are tripled; handwear), Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) 38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Stunned and Poisoned* *Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)* Level 10.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 2 (2) +2 Health: 16/18 (9+8) Ether: 2/14 (5+8) Gold: 303 Equipment: Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison), Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), Inventory: Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 2 Potions, 2 Remedies, 4 Tonics, Ether Core, 1x Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Dirt Bomb (Deals 10 Ground damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, 3x Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Cursed; dagger), 4x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Emerald (Wood), Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus) *Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)* 42 year old male human mage Level 3 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 +2 Health: 7/7 Ether: 2/7 Gold: 50 Equipment: Ancient Sapphamber Staff (WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff) Inventory: Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, 2x Grand Tonic, Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; dagger), Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Torald Waruelf (Alfadas) 20 year old male Human Barbarian Level 3 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 10/10 Gold: 10 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Spear (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; spear), Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Inventory: Gaia Blade (WP:5, Wood-elemental, ignores defenses of foes weak to Wood, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Ignis Blade (WP:5, Fire-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Fire, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword) lent to Jinnipher, Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Kheyli (K-Nut) 327 years old female fairy Barbarian *Damages Undead* Level 4 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 11/11 Gold: 0 Equipment: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Cultist Cap (regular attacks do damage to Undead; headwear, suitable to anyone), Inventory: Gelum Blade (WP:5, Ice-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Ice, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Electrum Blade (WP:5, Lightning-elemental, ignores SP of foes weak to Lightning, gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; greatsword), Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 3x Ancient Bone (Can be thrown at monsters to distract them for 3 turns. Worth nothing, except in magic shops where it is worth 50 gold.), Kiri Murasaki (NPC, uncooperative [currently listening to: Kheyli]) *Lichen Shielding (2 Rounds)* Female Necromancer/Marauder Level 10 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 +5 Health: 25/25 Ether: 5/25 Gold: 0 Equipment: Akahi to Aokaze (WP:10, dual-strike; first strike is fire-elemental and deals Weakened, second strike is wind-elemental and deals Confused; gems cannot be merged into or removed from the weapon; staves), Cloak of the Lichen Necromage (+6 max HP, +6 max Ether, Scrolls with "Lichen" or "Necrotic" in the name may be cast as Arc scrolls; Backwear, suitable to Kiri only) Inventory: Scroll of Lichen Might (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their spell power for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Lichen Shielding (When cast on an ally, their current Ether count is added to their SP for 3 Rounds; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), Scroll of Suppression (When cast on an weapon, causes its attacks to deal the Weakened effect for one battle; costs 5 Ether per cast attempt), 9x Ether Core, 5x Myrrh Mac (takes suggestions) *currently listening to Boris* Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged Inventory: 3x Tonic, 3x Potion, Party Leader, choose the order of action. All of you, choose your targets and the row you want to fight in. Also mention if you want to try to flee, heal or cast a magic spell, or if you want to use an item instead of attacking. Any enemy not targeted will get a Free Hit on the party after everyone has acted. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members.

Well, if I can use Nostrums and Potions and such on her, I don't see why not. I mostly want to apply the health boost so that Miirym's health is even (i.e. it becomes Level +30 instead of 30+Level-1). OCD in action, I guess.

It said in the topic I could give the award to any of my characters, but I'll defer to WBD's decision.

FM Note: I'm appointing Avalanche as Secondary Party Leader. I've also fixed Siercon's current health, which I failed to record last Round. Also, for the record, Doomed will only KO one member of a mob, not the whole mob (the same applies to all other instant kill methods like Assassination). Round 2 of Battle 3 >Warlen (Fire) vs. Silent Lambs - Damage (Warlen: no deflection, 28/2=14-9=5 damage; Silent Lambs: Cursed; Warlen: +1 Power) >Alexander vs. Silent Lambs - Special Damage (Cloud of Soft Wool - Alexander: Sealed; Warlen: +1 Power) Erik vs. Direwolf - Damage (Erik: 15-14=1 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) >William vs. Battering Ram B - Special Damage (Reckless Ram - William: 18-14=4 damage + Stunned; Warlen: +1 Power) Avalanche vs. Battering Ram A - Miss (nothing happens) Siercon (Fire) vs. Direwolf - Spell Counter (Siercon: 15-5=10 damage; Direwolf: 17+19+10=46*2=92 damage; Siercon: -1 Ether) >William vs. Bhargest A recovers from Stunned Bhargest A Free Hit vs. Warlen: 10/2=5-9=0 damage Bhargest B Free Hit vs. Alexander: 10/2=5-6=0 damage Bhargest C Free Hit vs. Erik: 10-14=0 damage Black Sheep Free Hit vs. William: 24/2=12-14=0 damage Silent Lambs Cursed: -10% max HP Challenge: Immortal: One random enemy cannot be damaged or inflicted with negative effects until all others are defeated. x1.8 GP Enemies: Barghest A *Lightning-elemental attacks* Type: Beast/Electric Level: 10 Health: 107/107 Special: Booming Bark – Causes 10 lightning-elemental damage and confused-effect to all opponents. Drops: Bone Barghest B *Doomed (2 Rounds remaining)* *Lightning-elemental attacks* Type: Beast/Electric Level: 10 Health: 107/107 Special: Booming Bark – Causes 10 lightning-elemental damage and confused-effect to all opponents. Drops: Bone Barghest C *Immortal* *Lightning-elemental attacks* Type: Beast/Electric Level: 10 Health: 107/107 Special: Booming Bark – Causes 10 lightning-elemental damage and confused-effect to all opponents. Drops: Bone Battering Ram A *Immune to stunned* Type: Beast Level: 9 Health: 100/124 Special: Reckless Ram – Causes 18 damage and the stunned-effect regardless of row. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Raw Meat (max. health +5 upon consumption) 2-6: Bone Battering Ram B *Immune to stunned* Type: Beast Level: 9 Health: 46/124 Special: Reckless Ram – Causes 18 damage and the stunned-effect regardless of row. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Raw Meat (max. health +5 upon consumption) 2-6: Bone Black Sheep *Mob 3* *Doomed (2 Rounds remaining)* Type: Beast/Dark Level: 24 (8*3) Health: 196/282 (94*3) Special: Cloud of Dark Wool – Causes the blinded- and confused-effects to the target. Drops: Bone Direwolf Type: Beast Level: 15 Health: 59/175 Special I: Howl – Summons another Direwolf to join the battle. Used only if there are one or two Direwolves in battle. Special II: Blood Fang – Transfers 15 health from the target to self. Used only if there are three Direwolves in battle. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Fang Dagger (WP:5, deals double damage to beasts; dagger) 2-3: Mead 4-6: Bone Silent Lambs *Mob 4* Type: Beast Level: 28 (7*4) Health: 317/352 317 (88*4) Special: Cloud of Soft Wool – Causes the asleep- and sealed-effects to the target. Drops: Bone The Party: Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 19.5 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* Power Bonus: 0 +8 Health: 27/27 (18+1+3+5+7*) SP: 9 (5+4) Ether: 19/30 (18+3+5+1) Gold: 250 Glory Points (GP): 4 Equipment: Darkstar Wand (WP:12; has 1/2 chance of inflicting hexed-effect; darkness-elemental wand) (loaned from Erik), Eulalia Shield (SP: 5, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed. Bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear), Inventory: Weapons: The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 8. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode), Healing Staff (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses). Artifacts: Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent), Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove* (+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics.) Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet x2 Lent to Siercon, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll ofAntimagic Must Be RPed: Lightning Ball (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice damage, bomb) Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x2, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x3, Grand Tonic x2, Remedy x7, Banana (Full Health), Smoke Bomb x3, Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether), Hurricane x3 (Grants *Drunk* effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled), Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, 2x Mead, 4x Smelling Salts, Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver.) Other Junk: Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Bones x6, Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores), 10-gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear), Viper Scale (worth 40 gold to a certain someone) For Sale: Wand of Enamouring (WP:6, deals *Enamoured*-effect, wand), Feathered Cap (SP: 1, headwear, immune to *Petrified*), *+1 to health from Rockapple Fruit, Quest #131 *Name changed from Magicians Gloves. Erik Tyrvarr (Myrddyn) 19 years old male human Battle Mage. Level: 25.66 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile, Fire, Water,* *Commands dogs* *Party Leader!* Power Bonus: +0 Defense: 14 (Heavy Armour 5 + Bright Polish 1 + Dog Fur Coat 5 + Tricorne 3) Health: 33/45 (Barbarian base 8 + Level bonus 24 + Battle Mage bonus 5 + Raw Meat 5 + Vampire Dust 3) Ether: 25/26 (Level bonus 25 + Battle Mage bonus 1) Gold: 566 Glory Points (GP): 4 Equipment: Titanic Axe (WP:12, Earth, fire, Light-elemental, has 1/6 chances of inflicting petrified-effect; axe), Brightly Polished Heavy Armour (SP: 6, immune to Fragile,fire, water, bodywear), Dog Fur Coat(SP:5, Grants Command over dogs, backwear), Tricorne(SP: 3). Inventory: Weapons: Darkstar Wand (WP:12; has 1/2 chance of inflicting hexed-effect; darkness-elemental wand) loaned to Warlen, Silver Cup of Victory (WP:10; has 1/6 chance of causing doomed; club) loaned to Avalanche, Plunger (WP:2; 1/2 chance to cause sudden death to an aquatic enemy with each hit; club), Twin Axe (WP: 5, dual strike-axe), Voltedge (WP: 13, greatsword/longsword). Artifacts: Peacekeepers totem (Grants the "Diplomacy"-job trait; suitable to Erik only; accessory), Talisman of Enlightenment(Protects from hexed-effect; accessory), Sharkskin Armour (SP +1, bodywear), Shamanic Plate (Max. Health +2, Max. Ether +2; Blood Ritual does double damage to the target; suitable for shamans; bodywear),Lighter Armor (SP: 4, immune to Fragile, bodywear) loaned to William, Helmet (Health +1), Barbarian's Boots (Natural Respite>Restoration; footwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers, scholars and weather mages; backwear.) Gems: Amethyst, Ruby, Topaz. Consumables: Milk (Restores 15 health and ether), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 4*Tonics, Nostrum, Venom, Ether Core, 3x Potions, Health Core, Mulled Wine, Mead, Smelling Salts, Elixir, Grand Potion, Deluxe Skeleton Decoy, Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), 2x Bone Other items: Gold Statuette (Worth 100 gold), 3*Torches (WP:2, breaks after one use, suitable to all), Chair (WP:4, club), 2*Crystal Balls (worth 50 gold, except in magic shops where it is worth 100 gold.) Siercon (Siercon and Coral) Male, Age and species unknown (Visual appearance of hollow black smoke in human form.) Battlemage Level 19 *Natural Respite* *Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness and Asleep* Power Bonus: +10 spellpower Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 9/29 (5 base + 18 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 13/25 (5 base + 18 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Glory Points (GP): 10 Equipment: Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding -5, Hollow [-]), Dark Phibbian Cloak (SP:5, Immune to Darkness and Sleep, adds Darkness-element to attacks; bodywear, suitable for magic users), Magicians Gloves(Spellpower +10; Handwear, suitable for Mages) Inventory: Weapons/Artifacts: Sylvania's Cowl (grants Animal Talk; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sanctified Rito Spear (WP:4, doubled against Flying enemies, Hollow upgrade [-]), 2x Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril) Gems: Topaz (Lightning), Diamond (Light), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth) (loaned from Warlen) Bombs: Cataclysm Bomb 200 (200 damage to all enemies with all elements [except darkness], ignores row and SP), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and poisoned by 3 to all foes), Confuse Bomb (Deals 5 damage and the confused-effect to all opponents), 5x Bone, Smoke Bomb Consumables: 7 Potions, 3 Remedies, 1 Grand Potion Tools: Magic Compass, Shovel, Magnifying Glass For Sale: (Message if interested): Chain Scythe (WP:6, appliesEnamored), Hood of the Dark Druid (wearer absorbs Wood- and Darkness-elemental damage; headwear, suitable for druids only), Quest: Good Rep: Shadeaux, Rito Alexander Vandangant (Wedge09) 99 years old elf Hunter Level 27.33 *Natural Respite* *Immune to asleep and fast asleep* *Favors Undead- and Beast-type enemies* *Sealed (3 Rounds)* Power Bonus: +2 WP Defense: 6 (Chevalier of Charis armor + Dream Helm) Health: 39/39 (6 + 20 + 6 + 4 + 2 Chicken Drumstick) Gold: 280 Glory Points (GP): 62 Equipment: Fauxthril Crossbow (WP: 14 16 due to Hunter's Quiver, darkness-, ice-elemental, Hollow Blade upgraded [nothing stored]), Chevalier of Charis armor (Artifact, bodywear) (Maximum health +2, SP: 2), Dream Helm (SP: 4, wearer immune to asleep and fast asleep, artifact, headwear), Hunter's Qiver (WP: +2 to bows and crossbows, allows the hunter to favour two typers at the same time) Inventory: •Delfrin Crossbow (WP: 7), Delfrin Master Bow (WP:8, inflicts Jinxed) • Duplovian Helmets of the Guard (SP: 2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Sterile Gloves (Immune to Poisoned and Bleeding; handwear), Ancient Spear (WP:5, Earth elemental), Trickster's Mask of the Gender-Swap • Grand Potion (2), Potions (10), Remedies (2), Tonic (2), Venoms (6), Nostrum, Smoke Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Ice Bomb, Holy Bomb, Fire Bomb (2), Lightning Bob, Elven Bomb, First Aid Kit (Consumable), Meads (3), Weak potion (2), Weak Regeneration Potion (1), Weak Regeneration Tonic (1), Smelling Salt (2), Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril), Big Apple, Bones (7), Skeleton Decoy, Charcoal, Phoenix Essence (2), (2) Grating Stone • Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass Reputation: Ziegfrieds - Great (+2 Quest), Bonapartes - Great (+2 Quest) Name: William Harkenshire *Immune to Light and Fragile* *Counterstriking* *Blinded (3 Rounds)* Level: 22.33 Warden Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 36/36 Gold: 559 Glory Points (GP): 4 Equipment: Croise Crossbow (WP: 12), Mirror Shield (SP:10, user is immune to light-elemental damage; shield), Lighter Armor (SP: 4, immune to Fragile, bodywear) (loaned from Erik), Quiver of Homing Arrows (Rolls of AIM become HIT; can only be used with a bow or a crossbow; backwear.), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear.) Inventory: * Repeating Crossbow (WP: 5 May not be upgraded; Fire; Hastened), Delfrin Sword (WP:3), Chain Whip (WP:7, causes Bound), Hand Cannon (WP: 5; Lightning ,Wood), Handy Longsword (WP: 4, 1/6 chance to inflict poisoned), Norgh Shield (SP: 5, Immune to Fragile), Lion Knight Shield (SP: 4, suitable for Knights),Pauldrons (SP +2, suitable to Knights, Dragoons and Skirmishers; accessory), Amulet of the Elven Horse Rider (Power +1 on the front row, doubles movement),Chimera Armor (SP:2, +2 Max Health; bodywear, suitable for Knights and Barbarians), Wave Sword (WP: 11, Darkness-elemental, deals Cursed Effect) * Sapphire, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Pickaxe, Skeleton Decoy, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Venom x3, Elven Bomb, Bomb XX, 4 Fire Bombs, Water Bomb, Elixer, Military Grade Water Bomb, Military Grade Lightning Bomb, Bone x3, Magic Saucepan, Nostrum, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle), 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Mead, (Shard of Wood: WP 1 Dagger), Gold Bar, Mithril Shard (1/4 of a piece of Mithril) Avalanche, the Super Sleuth (Dragonfire) 30 years old male yeti Barbarian *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Secondary Party Leader* Level 14.5 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 27/27 (8+13+1*) SP: 5 Gold: 5 Glory Points (GP): 5 Equipment: Silver Cup of Victory (WP:10; has 1/6 chance of causing doomed; club) (loaned from Erik), Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory) Inventory: Frostbite (halberd, WP:8, damages undead), Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), 3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents), Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, 9x Bone, Skeleton Decoy, Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Henry Award (Can be sold for 200 Gold or to give +1 HP or +1 Power to a character, Consumable, Soul-bound), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken)

As the Heroes depart the cave, Miirym likewise finds a golden treasure, though hers appears to be a statue of some kind (OOC: Henry Award). Venting some kind of inner tension, she shreds the small statue to pieces, and somehow feels healthier +1 max HP for the experience. OOC: My second Henry should be in Arthur's inventory, I haven't decided what to do with it yet. The moment Vipera has departed, Miirym alights upon the deck, curling up and pretending to sleep. Arthur isn't fooled. "You want to talk about it?" "<Not particularly.>" Arthur nods. "All right, then." Giving Miirym a comforting pat on the back, he heads toward the bow of the ship to keep watch. Miirym rolls her azure eyes at his concern, then smiles before settling down once more.