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FM Note: Only a Druid/Necromancer SHIELD or a Phoenix Essence or similar consumable item can revive KO'd Heroes.

Still not as strong as having the x2 built into the weapon itself. Or to be more precise, not as flexible. Your build is highly situational. You have to be below half health (which is dangerous), and you have to be fighting Humanoids (yes, they're the most common type, but your build is taking both an Artifact slot and a weapon slot to focus on them); if you battle at full health and/or against non-humanoid enemies, all your multipliers go away, and it would take a turn to change your equipped Artifacts. By contrast, all of Arthur's type specialization is within the weapons themselves, allowing him to swap weapons for free to suit his opponent while dumping a ton of SP into his Artifact slots (SP that applies against almost all enemies, with the exceptions of those that ignore it entirely). Not saying it's a bad build, but you're assuming ideal circumstances, which isn't the only consideration in making a solid build.

Don't build around your enemies always being Fragile; basing your build around a single negative effect is a great way to bait QMs into making their enemies immune to it (especially with Frailty in particular). Poison is the big exception to this (since Witch has it as a class feature), but even then enemies being immune to poison is not unheard of.

QM Note: I still need the Battle Order to list when people leave a front.

FM Note: Fixing the Round now, Siercon is up one Ether and KO'd.

Okay, Warlen's build is just plain disgusting. I realize a lot of it is the weapon (and the rolls with it! Holy hell, I rolled a "1" five times that Round between battle results and Hexing!), but still...

FM Note: I'll ask for confirmation, but for now I'm running it as Skull Guard lasts the full Round. Round 3 of Battle 2: >Erik vs. Carrion Squirrels A - Damage (Erik: 20/2=10-14=0 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) >William vs. Carrion Squirrels B - Special Damage (Bone Club - William: 10*2=20/2=10-14=0 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) >William vs. Carrion Squirrels C - Special Damage (Bone Club - William: 10*2=20/2=10-14=0 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) >Siercon (Light) vs. Skeleton Mage - Spell Counter (Siercon: 26-5=21 damage (KO!)) >Avalanche vs. Carrion Squirrels E - SHIELD (Frenzy - Carrion Squirrels A: 10+14=24/2=12 damage + no Doomed; Carrion Squirrels B: 10+14=24/2=12 damage + no Doomed; Carrion Squirrels C: 10+14=24/2=12 damage + no Doomed; Carrion Squirrels D: 10+14=24/2=12 damage + no Doomed; Carrion Squirrels E: 10+14=24/2=12 damage + no Doomed; Creeping Hand: no effect, Immortal; Skeleton Knight: no effect; Skeleton Mage: no effect) >Alexander vs. Skeleton Knight - SHIELD (Marking the Favored - Skeleton Knight: no effect, Skull Guard; Alexander: Mark Undead?) >Warlen (Light) vs. Skeleton Mage - SHIELD (Spellblade Spin - 5+5=10 hits; Skeleton Mage: 12+19+11=42*2/2/2=21+21=42 damage + no Hexed + Hexed; Carrion Squirrels A: 12+19+11=42*2/2=42+42=84 damage + Hexed + no Hexed; Carrion Squirrels B: 12+19+11=42*2/2=42 damage + Hexed; Carrion Squirrels C: 12+19+11=42*2/2=42 damage + Hexed; Carrion Squirrels D: 12+19+11=42*2/2=42 damage + no Hexed; Carrion Squirrels E: 12+19+11=42*2/2=42 damage + Hexed; Creeping Hand: no effect, Immortal; Skeleton Knight: no effect, Skull Guard; Warlen: -1 Ether) Carrion Squirrels D Free Hit vs. Erik - 20/2=10-14=0 damage Creeping Hand Free Hit vs. William - 20/2=10-14=0 damage Carrion Squirrels D Cursed: -10% max health Erik and William again fail to strike true, with Siercon this time taking a spell to the face and falling; between the remainder of the party's efforts, however, they are finally able to force the Knight's shield out of position, opening it up once more to attack. Alexander gets a chance to Mark his Undead enemy's weaknesses if he so chooses, while Warlen whirls once more, devastating the enemy party by Hexing its vast majority. All nine eight (my bad! ) enemies remain. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! The Enemies: Carrion Squirrels A *Mob 2* *Hexed (1 Round)* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 114/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels B *Mob 2* *Hexed (1 Round)* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 156/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels C *Mob 2* *Hexed (1 Round)* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 198/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels D *Mob 2* *Cursed* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 164/210 171 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels E *Mob 2* *Hexed (1 Round)* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 198/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Creeping Hand *Immortal!* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 254/254 Special I: Eye Poker – Causes 20 damage and the blinded-effect on the target Special II: Chokehold – Causes petrified-effect, but also makes the Creeping Hand unable to act as long as the target is petrified. Used only if the target is already blinded. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Gold Ring (worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver) 3-4: Bone 5-6: nothing Skeleton Knight *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 26 Defense: 6 Health: 553/730 Special: Skull Guard – Protects self from all damage and negative effects for the next turn. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Skull Shield (SP:6, immune to darkness-elemental damage; suitable to Black Knights only.) 3-6: Potion Skeleton Mage *Ranged, fights from the back row* *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* *Hexed (1 Round)* Type: Undead Level: 26 Health: 537/579 Ether: 6/6 Special: Dark Magic Burst – Deals 13 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents regardless of row at the cost of 1 ether. If ether is at zero, nothing happens. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics.) 3-6: Tonic The Party: Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 19 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* Power Bonus: 0 11 Health: 26/27 (18+1+3+5+7*) SP: 9 (5+4) Ether: 21/30 (18+3+5+1) Gold: 250 Glory Points (GP): 1 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).[/font] 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), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory), Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet x2 Lent to Siercon, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Antimagic Must Be RPed: Lightning Ball (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice damage, bomb) Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x3, 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 x2, Phoenix Incense, 2x Mead, 4x Smelling Salts 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: 25.33 *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: 15/45 (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): 1 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.), 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 18.5 *Natural Respite* *Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness and Asleep* *Knocked Out* Power Bonus: +10 spellpower Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 0/28 (5 base + 18 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 23/24 (5 base + 18 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Glory Points (GP): 7 Equipment: Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding, 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: 6 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 *Natural Respite* *Immune to asleep and fast asleep* *Favors Humanoid- and Beast-type enemies* 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): 59 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 (6), 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 Warden Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 36/36 Gold: 559 Glory Points (GP): 1 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 x2, 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* *Counterstriking* Level 14 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 17/22 (8+13+1*) SP: 5 Gold: 5 Glory Points (GP): 2 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), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken) Inventory: Frostbite (halberd, WP:8, damages undead), Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), 4x 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, 8x 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) (*One Chicken Drumstick eaten) 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.

"Miirym is no servant of mine. I am her partner, her guardian, her caretaker. I have been given the responsibility to raise her, and that responsibility is what led me to bring her here. If anything, it is I who provide service to her." Miirym looks annoyedly at Arthur. <Arthur. You are both wise and powerful. Do not claim to be lesser than I. We are equals. We both support and learn from each other. To claim anything else is to diminish us both.> Arthur slowly nods in understanding, a look of curious understanding upon his face. Miirym, too, seems to relax a little, and despite the darkness of the cave and her smoke, she almost seems to grow visibly from the exchange. "Ah," Arthur says in understanding, "so this is the sort of Dragon you are, the sort that values might over right. Where is the wisdom shown by so many others of your kind?" <It seems not all of our kind possess such a wisdom. Like the tyrant the Prophet told us was menacing Moone.> "Indeed." Arthur drinks a Mead and equips his Helmet of the Duplovian Guard, before giving Miirym a Nostrum. He slots his last Phoenix Essence into the Hollow Blade of this Duplovian Swift Halberd as well.

Round 4 of Terror at Timehenge (Northeast): Mac Encourages Jinnipher - Success! (roll of 3) Jinnipher vs. Pterodactyl Hatchling A - Damage (Jinnipher: 3-9=0 damage) >Terry (Wind) vs. Pterodactyl Hatchling B - Great Spell (10*2=20+7=27*2=54 damage (KO!); Terry: -1 Ether) >Sakurai (Wind) vs. Pterodactyl Hatchling A - Spell (7+10=17*2=34 damage (KO!); Sakurai: -1 Ether) "Ahh, she don't need any help from me, she knows she's strong enough to take these things down." Though Mac's Encouragement is successful, his target soon finds herself under attack by one of the Pterodactyls, preventing her from answering Sakurai's queries; in response, the Sorcerer shoots a spell that downs Jinnipher's attacker. With the skies slightly less busy, Terry is able to take down the other Pterodactyl, leaving only the Tyrannosaur to take on. "He's wide open--long as someone stays here to draw his focus, the rest of us should be able to switch fights no problem. Whoever stays won't even have to attack--the thing's Slow enough that a little running and jumping is all it'll take to dodge." Current Weather: Hot (Doubles Fire-elemental damage, halves Ice-elemental damage) The Northeastern Enemies: Juvenile Tyrannosaur *Slowed* Type: Ancient Level: 9 Health: 44/80 Special: Devour – Removes the target from the battle. The devoured target is returned with 1 health after the Juvenile Tyrannosaur's defeat. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Ancient Amber, 2x 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.), Sakurai's Adamantite Shard (Quest Item) 2-6: 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.), Sakurai's Adamantite Shard (Quest Item) The Northeastern Party: Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) *Party Leader!* Male Human Mage Level 7 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 9/11 (5+6) Defense: 1 Ether: 4/11 (5+5) Gold: 23 Equipment: Grumpy's Staff (WP: 10), Leather Cap (SP: 1) 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, Robes of the Murine Chieftan (SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants Command over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes), Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight *Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin* *Encouraged* Level 7 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 9 Health: 16/16 Gold: 75 Equipment: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword), 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: 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, Sakurai Sato (NPC, uncooperative [controlled by QM]) *currently listening to: Jinnipher* 62 years old male Human Sorcerer/Marauder *Immune to Sealed, Stunned, Confused, and Poisoned* *Permanently Afraid* Level 10 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 9/10 (5+9-4) Defense: 3 Ether: 24/24 (5+9+5+5) Gold: 7 Equipment: Sapphamber Staff (WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff), Silver Samurai Katana (WP:7, doubled against Beasts and Werefolk; longsword), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect; bodywear, suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers, scholars and weather mages), Cloak of the Marauding Sorcerer (Wearer is permanently Afraid, Wearer uses the Dexterous battle style for melee attacks and the Flourished battle style for spells; backwear, suitable for Sakurai Sato only) Inventory: Sapphire (Wind), Ether Core, Smoke Bomb x50, Mac (takes suggestions) Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged Inventory: 3x Tonic, 3x Potion, Remedy Note: Mac does not deal or take damage from enemies and cannot prevent Free Hits. Round 4 of Terror at Timehenge (Southwest): Torald vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob A - Special Damage (Swarm - Coelophysus Mob A: swarming) Kheyli vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob A - Miss (nothing happens) >Ezeran vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob B - Critical Hit (Juvenile Coelophysus Mob B: -1 hit) >Boris vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob A - Miss (nothing happens) Torald switches targets at the last moment, but the change in focus is enough to let his new targets swarm forward; fortunately, they are too afraid of Kheyli and her wildly flailing rat corpse to truly press their advantage. Kheyli and Boris both miss, but Ezeran manages to score another hit on the last member of the smaller group. Current Weather: Hot (Doubles Fire-elemental damage, halves Ice-elemental damage) The Southwestern Enemies: Juvenile Coelophysis Mob A *Mob 2* *Immune to Poisoned, Bleeding, Burning, Petrified, Minimized, and all damage-dealing effects* *Afraid* *Swarming* Type: Ancient/Vermin Level: 2 (1*2) Health: 3/4 hits (2 hits*2) Special I: Swarm - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob rushes into the party's Front Row, forcing the party into the Back Row until the Coelophysis Mob is defeated. While Swarming, the Coelophysis Mob deals and takes full damage from Heroes in the Back Row. Afraid will counteract the effects of Swarm. Special II: Cry for Help - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob calls for an additional member. Used when the Juvenile Coelophysis Mob is already Swarming. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Ancient Bone 2-4: 3x Bone 5-6: nothing Juvenile Coelophysis Mob B *Mob 1* *Immune to Poisoned, Bleeding, Burning, Petrified, Minimized, and all damage-dealing effects* *Afraid* Type: Ancient/Vermin Level: 1 (1*1) Health: 1/2 hits (2 hits*1) Special I: Swarm - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob rushes into the party's Front Row, forcing the party into the Back Row until the Coelophysis Mob is defeated. While Swarming, the Coelophysis Mob deals and takes full damage from Heroes in the Back Row. Afraid will counteract the effects of Swarm. Special II: Cry for Help - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob calls for an additional member. Used when the Juvenile Coelophysis Mob is already Swarming. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Ancient Bone 2-4: 3x Bone 5-6: nothing The Southwestern Party Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) 38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Stunned and Poisoned* *Secondary Party Leader* *Encouraged* Level 9 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 2 (2) Health: 15/17 (9+8) Ether: 8/13 (5+8) Gold: 103 Equipment: Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison) Inventory: Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), 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, 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, Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Cursed; dagger), Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus) 42 year old male human mage Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 6/6 Ether: 4/6 Gold: 0 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; dagger), Inventory: Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, Emerald (Wood) Torald Waruelf (Alfadas) 20 year old male Human Barbarian Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 9/9 Gold: 10 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Spear (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; spear), Inventory: Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Kheyli (K-Nut) 327 years old female fairy Barbarian Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 3/9 Gold: 0 Equipment: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Inventory: Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb 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; each party's Free Hits are separate. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members. NOTE: Any party member can switch to the other half of the battle by spending a turn, but you will only get experience once during this dual battle. If all party members on a front are Knocked Out, the remaining enemies will join the other front.

QM Note: Round will be run once JimBee gets a chance to post.

FM Note: I'm a little confused as to whether or not Siercon wants to consume his potion before his attack; I'll assume he does for now, but if that's incorrect just let me know. Round 2 of Battle 2: >Warlen vs. Avalanche - Critical Hit (Avalanche: 5*2=10+19+3=32-5=27 HP restored) >William vs. Carrion Squirrels B - Special Damage (Bone Club - William: 10*2=20/2=10-14=0 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) >William vs. Carrion Squirrels C - Special Damage (Bone Club - William: 10*2=20/2=10-14=0 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) Erik vs. Carrion Squirrels A - Damage (Erik: 20-14=6 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) >Alexander vs. Skeleton Knight - Special Damage (Skull Guard - Skeleton Knight: protected from all damage and effects next Round; Warlen: +1 Power) >Siercon uses Potion on self (Hollow Blade): +10 health >Siercon (Light) vs. Skeleton Knight - Great Spell (Skeleton Knight: 17*2=34+18+10=62*2=124 damage; Siercon: -1 Ether) >Avalanche vs. Carrion Squirrels E - Damage (Avalanche: 20/2=10-5=5 damage; Warlen: +1 Power) Carrion Squirrels D Free Hit vs. Warlen - 20/2=10-9=1 damage; Carrion Squirrels D: Cursed Creeping Hand Free Hit vs. William - 20/2=10-14=0 damage Skeleton Mage Free Hit vs. Erik - 26-14=12 damage Carrion Squirrels D Cursed: -10% max health Warlen heals Avalanche, but the rest of the party is driven back by the carnivorous creatures. The Skeleton Knight puts up its shield to protect itself, but not before Siercon manages to get in a single solid spell. All nine enemies remain. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! The Enemies: Carrion Squirrels A *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels B *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels C *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels D *Mob 2* *Cursed* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 176/210 189 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels E *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Creeping Hand *Immortal!* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 254/254 Special I: Eye Poker – Causes 20 damage and the blinded-effect on the target Special II: Chokehold – Causes petrified-effect, but also makes the Creeping Hand unable to act as long as the target is petrified. Used only if the target is already blinded. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Gold Ring (worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver) 3-4: Bone 5-6: nothing Skeleton Knight *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* *Skull Guard* Type: Undead Level: 26 Defense: 6 Health: 553/730 Special: Skull Guard – Protects self from all damage and negative effects for the next turn. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Skull Shield (SP:6, immune to darkness-elemental damage; suitable to Black Knights only.) 3-6: Potion Skeleton Mage *Ranged, fights from the back row* *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 26 Health: 579/579 Ether: 6/6 Special: Dark Magic Burst – Deals 13 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents regardless of row at the cost of 1 ether. If ether is at zero, nothing happens. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics.) 3-6: Tonic The Party: Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 19 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* Power Bonus: 0 8 Health: 26/27 (18+1+3+5+7*) SP: 9 (5+4) Ether: 22/30 (18+3+5+1) Gold: 250 Glory Points (GP): 1 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).[/font] 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), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory), Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet x2 Lent to Siercon, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Antimagic Must Be RPed: Lightning Ball (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice damage, bomb) Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x3, 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 x2, Phoenix Incense, 2x Mead, 4x Smelling Salts 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: 25.33 *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: 15/45 (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): 1 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.), 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 18.5 *Natural Respite* *Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness and Asleep* Power Bonus: +10 spellpower Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 18/28 (5 base + 18 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 21/24 (5 base + 18 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Glory Points (GP): 7 Equipment: Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding, 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: 6 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 *Natural Respite* *Immune to asleep and fast asleep* *Favors Humanoid- and Beast-type enemies* 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): 59 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 (6), 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 Warden Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 36/36 Gold: 559 Glory Points (GP): 1 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 x2, 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* *Counterstriking* Level 14 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 17/22 (8+13+1*) SP: 5 Gold: 5 Glory Points (GP): 2 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), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken) Inventory: Frostbite (halberd, WP:8, damages undead), Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), 4x 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, 8x 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) (*One Chicken Drumstick eaten) 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.

To be honest, I haven't really known what to say since we got back in the air. I'm afraid it shows through the diminished quality of my roleplaying.

<And what of us?> Miirym challenges indignantly, indicating herself and Torc. <Are we mere pets, mere toys in your sight, sister? You would do yourself disservice to assume such a thing--of us, or of them.> Though reluctant to speak, Arthur steps forward to stand at his companion's side, speaking as Diplomatically as he can manage. "Miirym speaks the truth. Olegaia decays only as much as the living allow--and those here are among those who refuse to allow it." Arthur looks to Hybros and Purpearl, hoping he had laid a good groundwork for their own opinions.

Round 1 of Battle 2: Erik vs. Carrion Squirrels A - Damage (Erik: 20-14=6 damage) >Warlen (Light) vs. Skeleton Mage - Enchant (Eulalia Shield: SP:5 Warlen: -5 Ether) >William vs. Carrion Squirrels D - Hit (Carrion Squirrels D: 12+22=34 damage) >Siercon (Light) vs. Carrion Squirrels B - Special Damage (Bone Club - Siercon: 10*5=50/2=25-5=20 damage) >Alexander vs. Skeleton Knight - Critical Hit (Skeleton Knight: 16*2=32+27=59-6=53 damage) Avalanche vs. Carrion Squirrels E - Damage (Avalanche: 20-5=15 damage) Carrion Squirrels C Free Hit vs. Erik - 20-14=6 damage Creeping Hand Free Hit vs. Warlen - 20/2=10-9=1 damage; Creeping Hand: Cursed Immortal! The Heroes make little headway, with the two archers landing solid but not crippling hits and all three Barbarians being overwhelmed by their enemies, with Siercon and Avalanche faring by far the worst. Warlen enchants his shield, just in time to have to use it against the Immortal Creeping Hand, the creature's Immortality easily brushing off the Curse from his armor. All nine enemies remain. THE BATTLE CONTINUES! The Enemies: Carrion Squirrels A *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels B *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels C *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels D *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 176/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels E *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Creeping Hand *Immortal!* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 254/254 Special I: Eye Poker – Causes 20 damage and the blinded-effect on the target Special II: Chokehold – Causes petrified-effect, but also makes the Creeping Hand unable to act as long as the target is petrified. Used only if the target is already blinded. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Gold Ring (worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver) 3-4: Bone 5-6: nothing Skeleton Knight *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 26 Defense: 6 Health: 677/730 Special: Skull Guard – Protects self from all damage and negative effects for the next turn. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Skull Shield (SP:6, immune to darkness-elemental damage; suitable to Black Knights only.) 3-6: Potion Skeleton Mage *Ranged, fights from the back row* *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 26 Health: 579/579 Ether: 6/6 Special: Dark Magic Burst – Deals 13 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents regardless of row at the cost of 1 ether. If ether is at zero, nothing happens. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics.) 3-6: Tonic The Party: Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 19 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* Power Bonus: 0 Health: 26/27 (18+1+3+5+7*) SP: 9 (5+4) Ether: 22/30 (18+3+5+1) Gold: 250 Glory Points (GP): 1 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).[/font] 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), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory), Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet x2 Lent to Siercon, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Antimagic Must Be RPed: Lightning Ball (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice damage, bomb) Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x3, 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 x2, Phoenix Incense, 2x Mead, 4x Smelling Salts 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: 25.33 *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): 1 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.), 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 18.5 *Natural Respite* *Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness and Asleep* Power Bonus: +10 spellpower Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 8/28 (5 base + 18 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 22/24 (5 base + 18 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Glory Points (GP): 7 Equipment: Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding, Hollow [Potion]), 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: 6 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 *Natural Respite* *Immune to asleep and fast asleep* *Favors Humanoid- and Beast-type enemies* 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): 59 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 (6), 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 Warden Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 36/36 Gold: 559 Glory Points (GP): 1 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 x2, 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* *Counterstriking* Level 14 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 7/22 (8+13+1*) SP: 5 Gold: 5 Glory Points (GP): 2 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), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken) Inventory: Frostbite (halberd, WP:8, damages undead), Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), 4x 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, 8x 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) (*One Chicken Drumstick eaten) 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: Battle has now been altered to accommodate the change in challenge.

If Guts has a kid the way Karie did, it would be a completely unexpected yet fantastically interesting revelation about him.

"Right, then. Best of luck to the four of ya." Round 3 of Terror at Timehenge (Northeast): >Terry (Wind) vs. Pterodactyl Hatchling B - Special Damage (Aerial Pursuit - Pterodactyls: focused on Terry) Jinnipher vs. Pterocactyl Hatchling A - Special Damage (Aerial Pursuit - Pterodactyls: focused on Jinnipher) >Sakurai vs. Pterodactyl Hatchling B (twice) - Dual Hit (Pterodactyl Hatchling A: [7+10=17*2*2/2/2=17] + [7+10=17/2/2=4] = 21 damage) Mac arrives on the Northeast front Terry tries and fails to blow away his target, his awkward movements drawing their attention and focus. Seeing this, Jinnipher bangs her blade loudly against her shield, drawing their attention to her instead. Sakurai manages to catch one Pterodactyl as it flies towards Jinnipher, but it fails to have the desired effect. "Huh. All the Heroes I ever met were miserable with their life, felt kinda constrained. Well, 'all' being just an ogre named Zpilf, but still. Seemed stifling to me, from what he said. Maybe he was wrong." Sakurai takes another swing at the circling Pterodactyls, but misses. "Ahh, they're flying too high for me to hit properly." He looks to Jinnipher. "What do you think? Time for me to switch to spellcasting?" Just then, Mac arrives on the Northeastern front. "So, what did I miss? Any of ya need some help?" Current Weather: Hot (Doubles Fire-elemental damage, halves Ice-elemental damage) The Northeastern Enemies: Juvenile Tyrannosaur *Slowed* Type: Ancient Level: 9 Health: 44/80 Special: Devour – Removes the target from the battle. The devoured target is returned with 1 health after the Juvenile Tyrannosaur's defeat. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Ancient Amber, 2x 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.), Sakurai's Adamantite Shard (Quest Item) 2-6: 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.), Sakurai's Adamantite Shard (Quest Item) Pterodactyl Hatchling A *Fights from the back row* *Immune to sealed and petrified* Type: Flying/Ancient Level: 3 Health: 24/45 Special: Aerial Pursuit – Makes the target prey to all Pterodactyls, so that they direct all attacks and Free Hits on that target until Aerial Pursuit is used again on someone else. The target is unable to hide while being pursued. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 2x 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.) 4-6: 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.) Pterodactyl Hatchling B *Fights from the back row* *Immune to sealed and petrified* Type: Flying/Ancient Level: 3 Health: 45/45 Special: Aerial Pursuit – Makes the target prey to all Pterodactyls, so that they direct all attacks and Free Hits on that target until Aerial Pursuit is used again on someone else. The target is unable to hide while being pursued. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 2x 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.) 4-6: 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.) The Northeastern Party: Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) *Party Leader!* Male Human Mage Level 7 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 9/11 (5+6) Defense: 1 Ether: 5/11 (5+5) Gold: 23 Equipment: Grumpy's Staff (WP: 10), Leather Cap (SP: 1) 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, Robes of the Murine Chieftan (SP:2, Max Ether +2, grants Command over rats; bodywear, suitable to Ether-using classes), Jinnipher Buchaire (JimBee) 76-year-old female Moon Elven Knight *Deals half damage to/takes half damage from Beasts, Plants, and Vermin* *SENTINEL (1 Round)* Level 7 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 9 Health: 16/16 Gold: 75 Equipment: Brine Blade (WP:5, deals Poison 5; greatsword), 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: 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, Sakurai Sato (NPC, uncooperative [controlled by QM]) *currently listening to: Jinnipher* 62 years old male Human Sorcerer/Marauder *Immune to Sealed, Stunned, Confused, and Poisoned* *Permanently Afraid* Level 10 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 9/10 (5+9-4) Defense: 3 Ether: 24/24 (5+9+5+5) Gold: 7 Equipment: Sapphamber Staff (WP:7, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff), Silver Samurai Katana (WP:7, doubled against Beasts and Werefolk; longsword), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect; bodywear, suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers, scholars and weather mages), Cloak of the Marauding Sorcerer (Wearer is permanently Afraid, Wearer uses the Dexterous battle style for melee attacks and the Flourished battle style for spells; backwear, suitable for Sakurai Sato only) Inventory: Sapphire (Wind), Ether Core, Smoke Bomb x50, Mac (takes suggestions) Has a 1/6 chance to grant Inspired Has a 1/2 chance to grant Encouraged Inventory: 3x Tonic, 3x Potion, Remedy Note: Mac does not deal or take damage from enemies and cannot prevent Free Hits. Round 3 of Terror at Timehenge (Southwest): Mac switches fronts >Boris uses Phoenix Essence on Torald (Torald: revived with full health) Torald vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob A - SHIELD (Frenzy - Juvenile Velociraptor Mob: 5+2=7 damage + Poisoned 3 (KO!); Juvenile Coelophysus Mobs A & B: -1 Hit) Kheyli vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob A - Hit (Juvenile Coelophysus Mobs A: -1 Hit + Afraid) >Ezeran vs. Juvenile Coelophysus Mob B - Critical Hit (Juvenile Coelophysus Mob B: -1 hit) Mac quickly leaves the scene, leaving the four Heroes alone. Boris bends over Torald to administer the Phoenix Essence, leaving both backs vulnerable to the Velociraptor...until Torald's eyes pop open in a frenzied rage, as he spears the Velociraptor mid-leap, throwing its dead body into the Coelophysus and crushing one of them in the process. Kheyli and Ezeran take advantage of the confusion to kill another and wound a third, leaving just three of the creatures to contend with. Current Weather: Hot (Doubles Fire-elemental damage, halves Ice-elemental damage) The Southwestern Enemies: Juvenile Coelophysis Mob A *Mob 2* *Immune to Poisoned, Bleeding, Burning, Petrified, Minimized, and all damage-dealing effects* *Afraid* Type: Ancient/Vermin Level: 2 (1*2) Health: 3/4 hits (2 hits*2) Special I: Swarm - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob rushes into the party's Front Row, forcing the party into the Back Row until the Coelophysis Mob is defeated. While Swarming, the Coelophysis Mob deals and takes full damage from Heroes in the Back Row. Afraid will counteract the effects of Swarm. Special II: Cry for Help - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob calls for an additional member. Used when the Juvenile Coelophysis Mob is already Swarming. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Ancient Bone 2-4: 3x Bone 5-6: nothing Juvenile Coelophysis Mob B *Mob 1* *Immune to Poisoned, Bleeding, Burning, Petrified, Minimized, and all damage-dealing effects* *Afraid* Type: Ancient/Vermin Level: 1 (1*1) Health: 2/2 hits (2 hits*1) Special I: Swarm - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob rushes into the party's Front Row, forcing the party into the Back Row until the Coelophysis Mob is defeated. While Swarming, the Coelophysis Mob deals and takes full damage from Heroes in the Back Row. Afraid will counteract the effects of Swarm. Special II: Cry for Help - The Juvenile Coelophysis Mob calls for an additional member. Used when the Juvenile Coelophysis Mob is already Swarming. Drops (varies by roll): 1: Ancient Bone 2-4: 3x Bone 5-6: nothing The Southwestern Party Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down) 38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Stunned and Poisoned* *Secondary Party Leader* *Encouraged* Level 9 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 2 (2) Health: 15/17 (9+8) Ether: 8/13 (5+8) Gold: 103 Equipment: Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison) Inventory: Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), 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, 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, Bone, Grating Stone, Crimson Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Cursed; dagger), Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus) 42 year old male human mage Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 6/6 Ether: 4/6 Gold: 0 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; dagger), Inventory: Staff infested with demonic slime (WP 3), 2x Potion, Emerald (Wood) Torald Waruelf (Alfadas) 20 year old male Human Barbarian Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 9/9 Gold: 10 Equipment: Ebony Scorpion Spear (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; spear), Inventory: Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Potion, Mead, Tiger Balm, Fire Bomb, Kheyli (K-Nut) 327 years old female fairy Barbarian Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 3/9 Gold: 0 Equipment: Rat Club (WP:5, deals Afraid to Vermin-type enemies and Poisoned-by-1 to enemies of all types; club), Inventory: Barrager (WP:3 Greatsword), 3x Potion, Mead, Poison Bomb 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; each party's Free Hits are separate. Mobs get an extra Free Hit if there are more members of the mob than standing party members. NOTE: Any party member can switch to the other half of the battle by spending a turn, but you will only get experience once during this dual battle. If all party members on a front are Knocked Out, the remaining enemies will join the other front.

QM Note: Going to roll for the Northeast party now, but I still need an action for Torald since he's being revived.

It's literally impossible to nominate yourself for rulership while not wanting it. If someone else pushes you into taking the steps (i.e. a reluctant candidate filling out the paperwork because dozens of friends and family members are pushing her to do so), that's a lot closer to what you're talking about, but really the idea of "reluctant leader, immune to corruption" 1.) still doesn't make them incorruptible, just resistant (just like how nothing can be bulletproof, but it can be bullet-resistant), and 2.) only really works if the person is elected to power against their will. Nothing against you wanting that concept for your character, Lind, I'm just pointing out that the way your character has gone about it makes the trope not actually work; if anything, Lind the character might believe that he's fulfilling that trope, but by logical definition he's not.

I'm going to echo what Swils said earlier: if Pretzel was going to directly make his move, he should have had to make it as his stated in-thread action. The other secret sabotage was fine, but other Heroes have to enact mid-battle betrayals through in-topic bolded actions, so Pretzel should have had to do so as well. Also, now I'm going to say again: the "high reward" was nonexistent in this Quest. Over the course of three months, the entire party got one decent Artifact, one decent shield, and a disappointingly low amount of Gold for their Levels. These are the worst drop rates of any Sandy Quest, by far; one needs only to look at 130, which has been going on nearly twice as long but has given infinitely better rewards. Perhaps you had a lot of loot planned as end-of-Quest rewards, but in that case this Quest is a perfect example of why end-loading your loot is a bad idea (...says the QM who's pretty much end-loaded his loot in 141, so take that as you will ). At the very least, like the automatons/ninjas in 120 (which you fixed for us mid-Quest after realizing the mistake), the Rocklings should have had guaranteed drops. You've already heard my piece on collaboration/trusting the party to maintain player-character separation, so I won't repeat that again. I will say that, having recently re-read 38, the Flowers of Sybil idea would have been perfect for this, but I know you don't read through a lot of Quests given how busy you are, and since no one (*cough* *cough* ) ever even wrote anything up about them or 38 on the Wiki, I can't blame you for not knowing about them. That *cough* *cough* isn't directed at you, by the way, Sandy, but at literally everyone else (including me) who has failed to write things up for the wiki.

I'd probably vote for Natasha to lead the Crescent Union; it's basically the same ideology (progress is good, oppression is bad), and she has experience leading people to that end.

Confusion is really cool, but it's a terrible control effect; you're better off with Blinding, Sealed, or Sleep. Sleep is incredibly powerful, but if you have any AoE allies in the party (i.e. Barbarian classes, Mage classes, Dragoons, Cannoneers, etc.) they can very easily screw it up for you (as will inattentive allies). The advantage of Sleep is that it blocks rolls of 5, 6, and Free Hits, BUT it only lasts until you get a hit in--think of it more like an upgraded Stunned than anything else. --------------- Question about the Tritech Enhancement: is this item supposed to also include a "weapon must be renamed to include 'Tritech Enhanced' in the name" clause like Mystril, Mythril, Adamantite, and Ancient Amber? Plus, you could always carry around a Stun and/or Sleep bomb for emergency mob use. Heck, a lot of the junk I carry around is for one-off emergency situations I don't expect to encounter but want to be prepared for otherwise (i.e. the Love Potion/Ambrosia I used up in the duel in 139).

It's called "QM Bias" and I'm guilty as hell of it. I'd choose Frailty or Blindness--they're the two I used most as a Mage.

Choosing to take the Immortal challenge, the party moves to their second battle in the Ghastly Marsh. PREPARE FOR BATTLE! The Enemies: Carrion Squirrels A *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels B *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels C *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels D *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Carrion Squirrels E *Mob 2* Type: Vermin/Dark Level: 20 (10*2) Health: 210/210 (105*2) Special: Bone Club – Causes 10 damage to the target, multiplied by the amount of bones the target carries. Drops: Bone Creeping Hand *Immortal!* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 254/254 Special I: Eye Poker – Causes 20 damage and the blinded-effect on the target Special II: Chokehold – Causes petrified-effect, but also makes the Creeping Hand unable to act as long as the target is petrified. Used only if the target is already blinded. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Gold Ring (worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver) 3-4: Bone 5-6: nothing Skeleton Knight *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 26 Defense: 6 Health: 730/730 Special: Skull Guard – Protects self from all damage and negative effects for the next turn. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Skull Shield (SP:6, immune to darkness-elemental damage; suitable to Black Knights only.) 3-6: Potion Skeleton Mage *Ranged, fights from the back row* *Immune to bleeding and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 26 Health: 579/579 Ether: 6/6 Special: Dark Magic Burst – Deals 13 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents regardless of row at the cost of 1 ether. If ether is at zero, nothing happens. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics.) 3-6: Tonic The Party: Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight Level 19 *Immune to Ether Reduction* *Cursed defense!* *+1 POWER whenever a party member rolls DAMAGE/SPECIAL DAMAGE* Power Bonus: 0 Health: 27/27 (18+1+3+5+7*) SP: 8 (4+4) Ether: 27/30 (18+3+5+1) Gold: 250 Glory Points (GP): 1 Equipment: Darkstar Wand (WP:12; has 1/2 chance of inflicting hexed-effect; darkness-elemental wand) (loaned from Erik), Eulalia Shield (SP: 4, 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).[/font] 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), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory), Spellbook: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet x2 Lent to Siercon, Opal, Topaz, Diamond, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Antimagic Must Be RPed: Lightning Ball (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Small Frost Ball (10 ice damage, bomb) Consumables: Potion x2, Grand Potion x3, 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 x2, Phoenix Incense, 2x Mead, 4x Smelling Salts 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: 25.33 *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: 41/45 (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): 1 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.), 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 18.5 *Natural Respite* *Darkness to all Attacks; Immune to Darkness and Asleep* Power Bonus: +10 spellpower Defense: 5 (Dark Phibbian Cloak +5) Health: 28/28 (5 base + 18 lvl + 5 class) Ether: 22/24 (5 base + 18 lvl + 1 class) Gold: 109 Glory Points (GP): 7 Equipment: Giant Spear (WP:17, causes Bleeding, Hollow [Potion]), 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: 6 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 *Natural Respite* *Immune to asleep and fast asleep* *Favors Humanoid- and Beast-type enemies* 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): 59 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 (6), 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 Warden Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 36/36 Gold: 559 Glory Points (GP): 1 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 x2, 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* *Counterstriking* Level 14 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 22 (13+7+1*) SP: 5 Gold: 5 Glory Points (GP): 2 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), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken) Inventory: Frostbite (halberd, WP:8, damages undead), Trollsbane (club, WP:7, earth-elemental), 4x 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, 8x 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) (*One Chicken Drumstick eaten) 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: Battle has now been altered to accommodate the change in challenge.

Please no, because then for some unfathomable reason he'll start winning the race and Arthur'll have to leave the city when he wins.

QM Note: No, your glorious QM never makes any mistakes ever. Yes, it's now fixed along with the accidentally copied Free Hit from last Round.