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Can we move forward to the battle? I'm not accepting the offer, but Arthur's not going to take the first aggressive action--thus why I've deliberately kept silent.

Arthur sighs. "Lind, I've learned from...a certain night...that having too much respect for the enemy can be...dangerous." He looks to Hoke, then looks away in shame. He turns back to Lupine. "Mr. Lupine, I was hired, as a professional, to guard this house and specifically this wine, so that's what I'm going to do. I'd like to believe that the Shadeaux are more capable of good than most of the other Houses, but truth be told I've found that my seeing good in people generally precedes their imminent death...case in point, Donny and Violetta, who I helped to kill, and your Broker and little Cindy, who I also helped to kill. I offered each my full protection and aid if they turned from their path, and each chose to stand and fight instead. So I'm not going to hold my breath. In the end, it's a job, plain and simple, just like yours." "As for what I'm going to do when Heroica is done with me, well...they've already revoked my protection. And due to the decision that led to that action, either I'm going to 'die' when that happens, or else I'll 'live', live to see it, your grandson, his grandson, and his grandson all crumble to dust. Hel, I might even live after the world itself gets torn apart. Either way--I of all people don't need to worry about what I'm going to do with my life before I die--I've got all the time in the world to figure it out."

Current Sign-ups for the Fields of Glory: Rufus, Level 1 Barbarian (the lego dwarf) The Demon Germ, Level 5 Rogue (samuraiturtle) Warlen Melimane & Quarion, Level 6 Mage (The Chosen Minifigure) Throlar Wineghilm, Level 12 Knight (Lord Duvors)

After some thought, I'd probably prefer the Decamon Sacrifice, Summon, and Decamodifying Expert; like the old version of a Black Knight's Mortal Hit, few people would actually use the skill, and when they did it would more than likely prove more disadvantageous than helpful. I also think that, while I prefer the randomness of the "[#] random monsters" setup, the "card's level times [#]" setup is more necessary for the cards to have any practical use at all; a Level 30 Evoker's monsters dish out 30-60 damage (depending on elemental weakness), while with the random summoning aspect the highest Level any summon could be would be 10-20--and even with the level-multiplier setup, a Level 10 card (which is SUPREMELY rare) would do a max of 50-100 damage (again, depending on element), and that number could never be upgraded or increased.

"Hmpf." Arthur tosses Alexandre his Shackles of War. "They tried to. We stopped them. Care to explain why you're here? Oh, and--" Arthur raises his Dauntlet Index non-threateningly, using it to gesture Lupine to move to Arthur's left. "Away from the wine, please."

Guts de-equips his Blessed Amulet to equip the Mugger's Mask. OOC: Also, it still hasn't been noted that he switched out his Pugilist's Gloves in order to equip the Overkill Gloves, which he definitely did...so I guess he's de-equipping the Jester's Hat for the Mugger's Mask.

Overall, I really liked Quest 100. I'll say more when 102 ends, but I'm really pleased that in between the one-off "mission" style Quests, we're getting a few more options along the lines of full-on campaigns. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that we're getting more Wolfgang members who are actual people instead of neatly-wrapped parcels of loot and experience. This is what I and others have been asking for for a long time, ever since you teased us with Violetta and Steerpike in 66, and I feel like you delivered big time. You already know Walbartan has captured my interest (I'm already working out how I might incorporate her into the next Ace Assassin Quest), and Hodurr was frickin' hilarious--there needs to be another Quest with him helping the Heroes. Of the Final Four, only Detraehd Loc seemed completely devoid of personality, but I get the impression that she might have been an intentional case. It was also neat to get to see a bit more of Elphaba, and I strongly suspect there will be some pretty serious consequences if and when she returns to Eubric--i.e. perhaps her never coming back at all. I guess I should take a moment here to address again the content you graciously allowed me to use in 104 (which, as has been noted, was originally slated as optional content for Quest 100). First of all, thank you for creating Euflear--you have no idea what e means to me, and e will always have a special place in my heart. Secondly, the fact that you had so much material prepared for a completely optional location speaks VOLUMES to your preparation as a QM, as well as the unprecedented amount of freedom you give your players. I referred to Quest 100 as more of a campaign than a Quest, and this is one of the ways it's most evident: in how much world you thought up for the players to explore. It's a level of commitment all of us QM should strive for. Since I agree with everything that's already been said about most of the Heroes, I guess I'll move on to the elephant in the room: Throlar. Lord Duvors, you've said you don't intend to cause problems, so please take a moment to listen to my advice to you: I do want to commend Sandy for dealing so quickly and so well with such a huge disruption--you turned what could possibly have been a Quest-ruining moment and turned it into an awesome turning point in the Quest, so well done there. As usual, Sandy, your build were gorgeous--I think we're getting spoiled. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing Vega again, but in another way I almost feel like Babaleth's part in the world is done now--with the Tower gone, and Heroes given a black name with both Vega and the witches, the region just doesn't seem like it needs to be explored any longer; we almost already know what the outcome of Heroes in Babaleth would be. Anyway, I'm rambling at this point, so I'll just close by reiterating: awesome, awesome Quest, Sandy.

Round 2 of Valentine's Day: >Malty sings Lucky Chant (Malty: -3 Ether) Nerwen (Mourning Star) vs. Valentine - Hit Hit (Valentine: 10+31=41 damage + Fragile) >XX (XX Hand Cannon) vs. Master Chaos Beast - Hit Damage (Master Chaos Beast: 12+34=46 damage + Bleeding -10) >Alexis (Cat O' Nine Tails) vs. Rudimentary Chaos Beast - Kiss and Make Up SHIELD: Pleasure House (6; All enemies: Weakened; Alexis: +5 gold) Russel (Crabspirator) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot A - Special Damage Special Damage (Chaos: 3, +5 Level to self) >Purpearl (Magical Staff, Diamond) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot A - Great Spell Great Spell (Chaos Beast of Zoot A: 15*2=30+16=46 Light-elemental damage + Bleeding -10; Purpearl: -1 Ether) Russel (Crabspirator) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot B - Critical Hit SHIELD: Mug (Chaos Beast of Zoot B: 16*3=48+21=69 damage + Blinded + Bleeding -10) >Matthias (Peashooter) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot B - SHIELD: Tripleshot Aim (Chaos Beast of Zoot B, Rudimentary Chaos Beast: 2+15=17 damage + Burning -2 + Bleeding -10; Valentine: 2+15=17*2=34 damage + Burning -2 + Bleeding -10; Matthias: feels awesome ) >Matthias (Peashooter) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot B - Special Damage Damage (no effect) Valentine: -4 (burning + Fragile) Rudimentary Chaos Beast: -32 (-30 bleeding + -2 burning) Master Chaos Beast: -30 (bleeding) Chaos Beast of Zoot A: -40 (bleeding) Chaos Beast of Zoot B: -64 (-60 bleeding + -4 burning) All injured Heroes: +3 (Blessed) This time, the Heroes weave a technicolor rainbow of effects over the battlefield, their super-sweet weapons glinting in Seraphiel's light. Under the Guardian Angel's protection, the party lets their guard down--too much, as it turns out, as both Russel and Matthias miss one of their attacks each. Forunately, both come back strong, leaving Chaos Beast of Zoot B helplessly Blinded and on its last legs as its final seconds tick by. Nerwen slams her mace into Valentine, leaving him vulnerable, while Purpearl blasts Beast A with a radiant lance of light and Alexis weakens the entire horde. The enemies continue to bleed out and burn, Beast B badly enough that it will not survive the next Round. Seraphiel nods to Nerwen and vanishes. All five enemies still stand against all seven Heroes. The Enemies Valentine the Chaomancer Level 50 Humanoid *Immune to Instant Kill* *Fragile (3 Rounds remaining)* *Weakened (3 Rounds remaining)* *Burning -2* Health: 223/340 Special: Chaos in Uland! - The Chaomancer spouts chaos. He gains all the effects (positive and negative)/immunities of a random hero for the following round. That hero's level is added to his own as well. Drops: Zoot's Cookie, Chaotic Whip Rudimentary Chaos Beast Level 40 Demon, Holy *Immune to Scrolls* *Bleeding -30* *Burning -2* *Weakened (3 Rounds remaining)* Health: 493/600 Special Damage: Chaos – (1) 10 Damage to party, disregarding Row/SP (2) 25 Damage to self (3) KO’s attacker (4) 50 Damage to self (5) Drops: Rock (Useless) (6) +1 WP to opponent Passive Special: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: Nothing Note: Misses (rolls of 4) count as "Special Damage". If the hero has a miss ability, it cannot be used this battle. Master Chaos Beast *Immune to Negative Effects (excluding Bleeding) and Instant Kills* *Lucky on odd rounds* *Bleeding -30* Level 40 Demon Health: 476/600 SP: 5 Special: (Determined by a second dice roll) Chaos - 1 – 50 Damage, 2 – 70 Damage, 3 – -5 Bleeding Effect Inflicted, 4 – 100 Damage to Self, 5 – 20 Damage to each Hero (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – -1 WP to Hero’s Weapon (Permanent) Passive Special I: One in Ten - The Chaos Beast is lucky on odd rounds. Passive Special II: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: 150 Gold, Ether Core Chaos Beast of Zoot A Level 20 Holy Demon *Bleeding -40* *Blind (2 Rounds remaining)* *Weakened (3 Rounds remaining)* Health: 111/300 Special: Chaos: 1 – 60 Damage, 2 – 30 Damage, 3 – +5 Level to Self, 4 – 30 Damage to Self, 5 – 10 Damage to each Player (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – +1 WP to Hero’s Weapon Passive Special: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: Zoot’s Cookie Chaos Beast of Zoot B Level 15 Holy Demon *Bleeding -60* *Burning -4* *Blind (3 Rounds remaining)* *Weakened (3 Rounds remaining)* Health: 32/300 Special: Chaos: 1 – 60 Damage, 2 – 30 Damage, 3 – +5 Level to Self, 4 – 30 Damage to Self, 5 – 10 Damage to each Player (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – +1 WP to Hero’s Weapon Passive Special: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: Zoot’s Cookie The Party Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Party Leader) *Counterstriking* *Blessed* 22 year old female elven Harlot Level 46.6 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 74/74 Gold: 1579 GP: 9 Equipment: Steel fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental), Counterstrike Gloves, Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: • Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), • Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Winged Sandals (artifact; footwear; protects from bound and slowed effects), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Ring of Sight (protects from blinded), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Magnar's Smaller Axe (Grants User Dual-Strike, User Cannot Wield a Shield, Handwear, suitable for classes capable of using axes), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle) • Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, • Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, • 2 Somas, 5x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 6x Potion, Grand Potion, 9x Meads, 2x Smelling Salts, 2x Nostrum, 9x Remedies, 7x Grand Potions, Skeleton Decoy, 8x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2x Kraken Fangs (grants hastened- and reinforced-effects when consumed), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), 2x Titan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Mulled Wine, 2x Grating Stones, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) XX Level 34.75 Cannoneer/Alchemist *Blessed* Health: 36/50 Defense: 0 Gold: 392 Equipment: XX Hand Cannon (WP: 12, Ignores SP), XX Ammo Belts (As an Alchemist, XX can only receive rolls ending in "Bomb", excluding Bravado Brew and Explosion, as a Cannonner Bomb XX and Bomb XXX are added to possible creations), Cannoneer's Sashes (The damage output of bombs consumed are added to the WP of the Cannoneer's weapon before damage calculation) Inventory: Dangerous Dagger (WP: 20, Fire-Elemental), Phoenix Essence, Mead x3, Ruby, Military Grade Fire Bomb x6, Bomb XX (Deals 30 Damage to all foes and 10 to all allies, ignoring row/SP) x2, Fire Bombs (1), Ice Bombs (1), Lightning Bombs (3), Water Bombs (9), Dirt Bombs (5), Air Bomb, Venom (x5), Nostrum Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) 263 year old female Elven Paladin *Immune to Fragile* *Blessed* Level 31.5 Power bonus: 0 Defense: 16 Health: 53/53 Ether: 30/36 Gold: 109 Equipment: Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14, Light Elemental, Meditate becomes hits, longsword), Orc Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Heavy Armor (SP:5, Immune to Fragile, bodywear), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), White Cloak (Max. HP +3, back wear) Inventory: • Sword of the Red Lizard (Longsword, WP:10, fire-elemental), Mourning Star (WP: 10, Inflicts Fragile, Fire-Elemental), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanic enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened; cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2, Immune to Blind) • Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired, Accessory, Suitable for Paladins), Helm of the Lord of Light (Headwear, Immunity to Light and Jinxed, Suitable for Knights), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles, accessory), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3; Max Ether +5; Immune to Sealed; body wear) • Topaz • No Scrolls • Grand Tonics (3), Potions (4), Elixirs (2), Remedies (6), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Venom (4), Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Ether Core (2), Grand potion, Ambrosia (4), Smelling Salts, 2x Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) • Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass Purpearl Berthadhiell, the Carnival Crusader (Purpearljellyblob) *Party Leader* 180 Years Old Female Elven Mage *Evasive* *Blessed* Level 16 Power: 30 Health: 24/24 Ether: 20/22 Gold: 198 (Owes Karie 25 gold) Equipment: Crimson Arcanon (Wand WP:3), Tunic of Elven Acrobat (+4 HP, Provides Evasion Effect with 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER, DAMAGE and Free Hits, torso wear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Thorny Rose (WP: 17,wood-elemental, deals the poisoned by 3 effect, mace), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immune to fragile, suitable for suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Bedroll, Potion (x3), Grand Tonic (x2), Raw Sushi (Consumable, Restores 5 Health and 5 Ether), Tasty Pretzel (x2) (1/3 chance each of granting lucky, hastened and encouraged-effects upon consumption), Mead, Ambrosia, Bone, Tinyshroom, Level Up Mushroom, Venom (x2), Crocodile Handbag (Max Ether +2; accessory), Remedy (x2), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and -3 poisoned to all foes), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer Gemstones: Ruby (Fire), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine Scrolls: Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragile, Scroll of Confusion, Magical Staff (WP: 15; Water-,Darkness-elemental; staff) Matthias the Carnival Crusader (nstickney) Level 15.5 Ranger *Blessed* *Hastened* Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 20/20 Gold: 126 Equipment: Peashooter (WP: 2, deals the burning by 2 effect), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), Inventory: Steel Cutlass (Sword, WP:5, suitable for Knights or Rogues), Grimmau's Clothespin (Headwear, prevents the first negative effect inflicted on the wearer during a battle), Winged Sandals (Footwear, protects from Bound and Slowed effects), Grating Stone, 2x Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Ball and Chain (Chain, WP: 4), Staff (WP: 4), Elixir, Magnar’s Unreasonably Cruel Axe (WP: 12, Deals the Bleeding -3 Effect, axe), 2x Red Death Blood (When applied to weapon Doomed is dealt on the first blow), Dapper Hat (wearer has a 1/6 chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle), Remedy Russel Ruffers & Sir Pigley Level 21.33 Rogue *Hastened* *Blessed* Power Bonus: 4 Health: 34/34 Defense: 4 Gold: 263 Equipment: Crabspirator (WP: 16, deals the Blinded effect, darkness elemental, longsword), Pigley (+4 Power, +4 Max Health, Hastened, Not an Artifact), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Crab Shell Armor (Body Wear, +4 Max Health, 4 SP) Inventory: Rebel's Sword (Longsword, WP: 11), Venom, Smelling Salts Malty Level 31.25 Minstrel Health: 50/50 Defense: 1 Ether: 16/34 Gold: 22 Equipment: Vocal Cords (Suitable for Malty, WP: 8, cannot be de-equipped, WP cannot be lowered), Traveller's Cloak (Backwear, SP: 1) Inventory: Potion x2, Remedy, Tonic, Seven Stars for Seven Lords (Boosts the party's power and health by 7 for round. Costs 7 ether), Lost Lovers (Enamors one foe with one ally for the round. Costs 5 ether).

QM Note: Please remember to bold your sign-ups, i.e. "[your character] signs up for the Fields of Glory." Current Sign-ups for the Fields of Glory: Rufus, Level 1 Barbarian (the lego dwarf) The Demon Germ, Level 5 Rogue (samuraiturtle) Warlen Melimane & Quarion, Level 6 Mage (The Chosen Minifigure)

Guest QM Note: Good catch! Fixed.

Guest QM Note: Hello again! Since Alexis hasn't selected her action but it's been 24 hours already, I'll choose for her. Round 1 of Valentine's Day: >Malty sings Lucky Chant (Malty: -3 Ether) Nerwen (Mourning Star) vs. Valentine - Special Guard Guardian Angel >XX (XX Hand Cannon) vs. Master Chaos Beast - Damage (XX: 40/2=20 damage) >Alexis (Cat O' Nine Tails) vs. Rudimentary Chaos Beast - Hit Special Damage (All enemies: 20+46=66/2=33/5=7 damage; All enemies except Valentine: Bleeding -10) >Russel (Crabspirator) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot (A) - SHIELD: Mug Hit (Chaos Beast of Zoot A: 16*3=48+21=69/2=35 damage + Blinded + Bleeding -10) >Purpearl (Magical Staff, Diamond) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot (A) - SHIELD: Magic Burst of Water Damage (All enemies: 15+16=31 Water-elemental damage; All enemies except Valentine: Bleeding -10; Purpearl: -1 Ether) >Russel (Crabspirator) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot (B) - Hit Special Damage (Chaos Beast of Zoot B: 16+21=37/2=19 damage + Blinded + Bleeding -10) >Matthias swaps Dapper Hat for Quickdraw Quiver >Matthias (Peashooter) vs. Chaos Beast of Zoot (B) - Damage Critical Hit (Chaos Beast of Zoot B: 2*2=4+15=19 damage + Burning -2 + Bleeding -10) Rudimentary Chaos Beast: -20 (bleeding) Master Chaos Beast: -20 (bleeding) Chaos Beast of Zoot A: -30 (bleeding) Chaos Beast of Zoot B: -42 (-40 Bleeding + -2 Burning) As directed by Matthias, Malty makes his Lucky Chant a good one; under the cover of his singing, the party inflicts enough tick damage to crash a Minecraft server. Nerwen starts out by calling once again on Seraphiel for aid--though not quite in time to save XX from injury. Alexis cracks the whip she looted from Violetta the Cat Burglar and, though she barely cracks the Chaos Beasts' skin, black ink gushes out from all of them. Russel leaps from Pigley to slash the first Chaos Beast of Zoot, then nicks the second with his backswing as he scuttled back to his porcine companion. Purpearl, not to be outdone, unleashes a tidal wave that only widens the creatures' wounds, while Matthias finishes up by blasting a bullet into the bulbous black bonnet of the second Beast of Zoot. All five enemies still stand against all seven Heroes. The Enemies Valentine the Chaomancer Level 50 Humanoid *Immune to Instant Kill* Health: 302/340 Special: Chaos in Uland! - The Chaomancer spouts chaos. He gains all the effects (positive and negative)/immunities of a random hero for the following round. That hero's level is added to his own as well. Drops: Zoot's Cookie, Chaotic Whip Rudimentary Chaos Beast Level 40 Demon, Holy *Immune to Scrolls* *Bleeding -20* Health: 542/600 Special Damage: Chaos – (1) 10 Damage to party, disregarding Row/SP (2) 25 Damage to self (3) KO’s attacker (4) 50 Damage to self (5) Drops: Rock (Useless) (6) +1 WP to opponent Passive Special: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: Nothing Note: Misses (rolls of 4) count as "Special Damage". If the hero has a miss ability, it cannot be used this battle. Master Chaos Beast *Immune to Negative Effects (excluding Bleeding) and Instant Kills* *Lucky on odd rounds* *Bleeding -20* Level 40 Demon Health: 552/600 SP: 5 Special: (Determined by a second dice roll) Chaos - 1 – 50 Damage, 2 – 70 Damage, 3 – -5 Bleeding Effect Inflicted, 4 – 100 Damage to Self, 5 – 20 Damage to each Hero (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – -1 WP to Hero’s Weapon (Permanent) Passive Special I: One in Ten - The Chaos Beast is lucky on odd rounds. Passive Special II: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: 150 Gold, Ether Core Chaos Beast of Zoot A Level 15 Holy Demon *Bleeding -30* *Blind (3 Rounds remaining)* Health: 197/300 Special: Chaos: 1 – 60 Damage, 2 – 30 Damage, 3 – +5 Level to Self, 4 – 30 Damage to Self, 5 – 10 Damage to each Player (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – +1 WP to Hero’s Weapon Passive Special: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: Zoot’s Cookie Chaos Beast of Zoot B Level 15 Holy Demon *Bleeding -40* *Burning -2* *Blind (3 Rounds remaining)* Health: 182/300 Special: Chaos: 1 – 60 Damage, 2 – 30 Damage, 3 – +5 Level to Self, 4 – 30 Damage to Self, 5 – 10 Damage to each Player (Regardless of row/SP), 6 – +1 WP to Hero’s Weapon Passive Special: Amateur Craftsman - All blows against the Chaos Beast give the bleeding -10 effect to it. Drops: Zoot’s Cookie The Party Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Party Leader) *Counterstriking* *Blessed* 22 year old female elven Harlot Level 46.6 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 74/74 Gold: 1574 GP: 9 Equipment: Steel fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental), Counterstrike Gloves, Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: • Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), • Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Winged Sandals (artifact; footwear; protects from bound and slowed effects), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Ring of Sight (protects from blinded), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Magnar's Smaller Axe (Grants User Dual-Strike, User Cannot Wield a Shield, Handwear, suitable for classes capable of using axes), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle) • Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, • Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, • 2 Somas, 5x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 6x Potion, Grand Potion, 9x Meads, 2x Smelling Salts, 2x Nostrum, 9x Remedies, 7x Grand Potions, Skeleton Decoy, 8x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2x Kraken Fangs (grants hastened- and reinforced-effects when consumed), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), 2x Titan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Mulled Wine, 2x Grating Stones, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) XX Level 34.75 Cannoneer/Alchemist *Blessed* Health: 50/50 Defense: 0 Gold: 392 Equipment: XX Hand Cannon (WP: 12, Ignores SP), XX Ammo Belts (As an Alchemist, XX can only receive rolls ending in "Bomb", excluding Bravado Brew and Explosion, as a Cannonner Bomb XX and Bomb XXX are added to possible creations), Cannoneer's Sashes (The damage output of bombs consumed are added to the WP of the Cannoneer's weapon before damage calculation) Inventory: Dangerous Dagger (WP: 20, Fire-Elemental), Phoenix Essence, Mead x3, Ruby, Military Grade Fire Bomb x6, Bomb XX (Deals 30 Damage to all foes and 10 to all allies, ignoring row/SP) x2, Fire Bombs (1), Ice Bombs (1), Lightning Bombs (3), Water Bombs (9), Dirt Bombs (5), Air Bomb, Venom (x5), Nostrum Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) 263 year old female Elven Paladin *Immune to Fragile* *Blessed* *Guardian Angel* Level 31.5 Power bonus: 0 Defense: 16 Health: 53/53 Ether: 30/36 Gold: 109 Equipment: Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14, Light Elemental, Meditate becomes hits, longsword), Orc Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Heavy Armor (SP:5, Immune to Fragile, bodywear), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), White Cloak (Max. HP +3, back wear) Inventory: • Sword of the Red Lizard (Longsword, WP:10, fire-elemental), Mourning Star (WP: 10, Inflicts Fragile, Fire-Elemental), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanic enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened; cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2, Immune to Blind) • Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired, Accessory, Suitable for Paladins), Helm of the Lord of Light (Headwear, Immunity to Light and Jinxed, Suitable for Knights), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles, accessory), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3; Max Ether +5; Immune to Sealed; body wear) • Topaz • No Scrolls • Grand Tonics (3), Potions (4), Elixirs (2), Remedies (6), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Venom (4), Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Ether Core (2), Grand potion, Ambrosia (4), Smelling Salts, 2x Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow) • Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass Purpearl Berthadhiell, the Carnival Crusader (Purpearljellyblob) *Party Leader* 180 Years Old Female Elven Mage *Evasive* *Blessed* Level 16 Power: 30 Health: 24/24 Ether: 21/22 Gold: 198 (Owes Karie 25 gold) Equipment: Crimson Arcanon (Wand WP:3), Tunic of Elven Acrobat (+4 HP, Provides Evasion Effect with 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER, DAMAGE and Free Hits, torso wear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Thorny Rose (WP: 17,wood-elemental, deals the poisoned by 3 effect, mace), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immune to fragile, suitable for suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Bedroll, Potion (x3), Grand Tonic (x2), Raw Sushi (Consumable, Restores 5 Health and 5 Ether), Tasty Pretzel (x2) (1/3 chance each of granting lucky, hastened and encouraged-effects upon consumption), Mead, Ambrosia, Bone, Tinyshroom, Level Up Mushroom, Venom (x2), Crocodile Handbag (Max Ether +2; accessory), Remedy (x2), Muddy Bomb (deals blinded and -3 poisoned to all foes), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer Gemstones: Ruby (Fire), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine Scrolls: Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragile, Scroll of Confusion, Magical Staff (WP: 15; Water-,Darkness-elemental; staff) Matthias the Carnival Crusader (nstickney) Level 15.5 Ranger *Blessed* *Hastened* Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 20/20 Gold: 126 Equipment: Peashooter (WP: 2, deals the burning by 2 effect), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), Inventory: Steel Cutlass (Sword, WP:5, suitable for Knights or Rogues), Grimmau's Clothespin (Headwear, prevents the first negative effect inflicted on the wearer during a battle), Winged Sandals (Footwear, protects from Bound and Slowed effects), Grating Stone, 2x Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Ball and Chain (Chain, WP: 4), Staff (WP: 4), Elixir, Magnar’s Unreasonably Cruel Axe (WP: 12, Deals the Bleeding -3 Effect, axe), 2x Red Death Blood (When applied to weapon Doomed is dealt on the first blow), Dapper Hat (wearer has a 1/6 chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle), Remedy Russel Ruffers & Sir Pigley Level 21.33 Rogue *Hastened* *Blessed* Power Bonus: 4 Health: 34/34 Defense: 4 Gold: 263 Equipment: Crabspirator (WP: 16, deals the Blinded effect, darkness elemental, longsword), Pigley (+4 Power, +4 Max Health, Hastened, Not an Artifact), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed), Crab Shell Armor (Body Wear, +4 Max Health, 4 SP) Inventory: Rebel's Sword (Longsword, WP: 11), Venom, Smelling Salts Malty Level 31.25 Minstrel Health: 50/50 Defense: 1 Ether: 19/34 Gold: 22 Equipment: Vocal Cords (Suitable for Malty, WP: 8, cannot be de-equipped, WP cannot be lowered), Traveller's Cloak (Backwear, SP: 1) Inventory: Potion x2, Remedy, Tonic, Seven Stars for Seven Lords (Boosts the party's power and health by 7 for round. Costs 7 ether), Lost Lovers (Enamors one foe with one ally for the round. Costs 5 ether).

Guest QM Note: Hello, everyone, sorry for the late round! I've gone ahead and cleaned up your stats a bit; let me know if anything's missing and/or you hate any of my format changes. Light Combat Round 1 >Skrall v. Light Soul B - SHIELD: Marking the Favored (Light Soul B: 12*3=36*2*2=144 damage; Skrall: Mark Luminous?) >Deborah v. Light Soul E - Hit (Light Soul E: 10+26=36 damage) >Nyx v. Light Soul C - SHIELD: Circle of Might and Magic (Light Soul C: (15+31=46 damage) + (46*2=92 damage)=138 damage, no summon ; Nyx: -1 Ether) Hybros v. Light Soul A - Special Guard (Hybros: no effect) Hybros v. Light Soul A - Special Guard (Hybros: no effect) >Minoid v. Light Soul F - Damage (Minoid: 25/2=13-2=11 damage) >Ellaria v. Light Soul D - Critical Hit (Light Soul D: 12*2=24+28=52/2=26 damage + Poisoned-by-15) Free Hits: Light Soul G v. Skrall: 40/2=20-8=12 damage Soul of the Paladins v. Deborah: 50/2=25-20=5 damage; Soul of the Paladins Light Soul E: 20/2=10 damage Light Soul D: -15 (poisoned) The party begins their assault on the luminous spirits before them, with Nyx nearly bashing and blasting her enemy in twain and Skrall landing a particularly favorable blow that reveals his opponents' weak points. Deborah launches a successful Hit, while Hybros' opponent tries in vain to affect him at all; Minoid's opponent, however, is more than capable of damaging the automaton. Ellaria finishes off the Round by poisoning her spirit. All eight spirits remain standing, but all six Heroes do as well. The battle continues! The Enemies Light Soul A (Hybros) Level 35 Luminous Health: 340/340 Special: Blinding Light - Blinds the hero and deals 20 light damage ignoring SP/row. Light Soul B (Skrall) Level 40 Luminous Health: 276/420 Special: Out of Body Experience - The hero is removed from combat the following round. Light Soul C (Nyx) Level 30 Luminous Health: 262/400 Special: Lost Soul - The soul passes through the hero, jinxing and hexing them. Light Soul D (Ellaria) *poisoned by 15* Level 20 Luminous Health: 104/145 Special: Light Souls - Deals 40 light damage and "possesses" the hero - all damage to the light soul will be dealt to the hero (divided by 4). Light Soul E (Deborah) Level 40 Luminous Health: 84/130 Special: Blinding Light - Blinds the hero and deals 20 light damage ignoring SP/row. Light Soul F (Minoid) Level 25 Luminous Health: 100/100 Special: Out of Body Experience - The hero is removed from combat the following round. Light Soul G (Heweyrt) Level 40 Luminous Health: 200/200 Soul of the Paladins (Daneeka) Level 50 Luminous Health: 430/430 Special: The Soul of the Paladins - Removes the hero from battle for the remainder of the battle. Any hero may spend a turn to retrieve the lost hero and take their place. If all heroes are removed from combat, the battle is lost. The Party Hybros (played by JimButcher) 53-year-old male imp Chi Monk *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Poisoned, Bleeding* *Immune to all elements except wood* *Intimidation* (Party Leader) Level: 31.5 Power Bonus: 1 (6 in front row) * Defense: 0 Health: 53/53 (7+30+12+3*) Ether: 25/34 (30+3) Gold: 1184 Equipment: Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear), The Black Hat (Suitable for anyone, grantsIntimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear), Fighting Boots (Power +5 on the front row; suitable to barbarians, knights, rogues, beast warriors, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators and winged warriors), Inventory: • Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 45.25 gains 1/4 WP every kill made with it; longsword), Zoot's Reaper (WP:15; scythe, suitable to Hybros), Clock Cog (WP:14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Justice (WP:8, causes blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, daggers), Spinning Bolas (WP: 5, deals the Slowed effect, but the effect is removed when retrieved; retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Crescent Shield (SP: 5, halved damage from elemental attacks, shield) • Sticky Gloves (gains 50% more gold, suitable for Rogues, handwear), Baron's Epaulets (Suitable for short heroes, grants Command over short NPCs), Cloak of the Blue Assassin (SP:1, suitable to Rogues; backwear), Cloak of the Red Assassin (Chance of Assassination is 1/3, suitable for Assassins; backwear), Sterile Gloves (grants immunity to poisoned- and bleeding-effects, handwear), • Emerald, Garnet, Amethyst, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Opal •13 Potions, 12 Grand Potions, 16 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 3 Elixirs, 2 Phoenix Essences, 4 Phoenix Incenses, 2 Deadly Venoms, 3 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 5 Nostrums, Mead, 2 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, 3 Pumpkin Bombs (causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used), 2 Gold Rings (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 3 Grand Tonics, Soma • Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, 4 Mythril Shards, Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Grating Stone Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 37.50 *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains 3x experience* *Encouraged!* Power Bonus: +2 WP Defense: 8 Health: 39/51 Gold: 83 Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory) Inventory: • Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword) Wooden Shield (SP:5) • Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"), Darksteel Armour (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear) • Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, • 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, 4 Bone, • Feather of Lithe, Minimizing Dust, 3 Meads, Nostrum, • 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, Blind Fury, • Amethyst • Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Nyx (played by Pandora) 19 years old Female Human Battle Mage *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fire, Darkness, Earth, Wind, Poisoned, Confused, Hexed, Sealed, Asleep, Fast Asleep* Level: 31.75 Power: 47 Defense: 8 Health: 42/42 Ether: 31/43 Gold: 282 Equipment: Zee Standard (Staff, WP: 15 Ice, Light and Darkness Elemental, Necromancers Raise Enemies with 2 extra levels), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:4, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect), Mirage Cloak (Immunity to Fire-, Darkness-, Earth- and Wind-elements and confused- asleep- and hexed-effects), High Heels (+1 Power), Helmet of Azzurat (SP:4, immune to poisoned, headwear). Inventory: • Book of a Thousand Creatures (WP:15, each roll has a 1/6 chance to summon a creature to aid the hero), Lullaby Wand (WP:6 Sleep effect), Healing Staff (WP: 5), Darksteel Dagger WP: 13, blinded effect) Bone Scepter (WP: 10, On Hit, gives enemies the Undead type if they do not have a second type, Wand.) • Sandman's Parasol (Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects; accessory), Monkey Bar (all minions, pets, summons etc are Hastened; accessory), Chef’s Apron (Bodywear, Immunity to Fire and Poisons), Phoenix Dress (Max. Ether +5, full ether restored upon revival, immunity to Fire and Lightning, suitable only to female mages, clerics, chi monks, minstrels and necromancers; bodywear), Desert Cloak (Immunity to Fire-, Earth- and Wind-elemental damage; backwear), Water Canteen (Carries 3 portions of water; essential in deserts to avoid dehydration; accessory), Scarlet Fascinator (Max. Ether +1, suitable to females only; headwear) • Ruby (Fire), Diamond (Light), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water), Opal (Ice), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Arc Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Bolero Of Fire (Cause Fire damage equal to the minstrel's level to all enemies per round for as long as the song is sung. Costs 10 ether per round. Minstrel Song), • 2 Potions, 4 Tonics, 2 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, 3 Phoenix Essences, 3 Cosmic Essences (Revives a knocked out ally with full health and ether and gives them the blessed-effect), • 3 Meads, 2 Nostrums, Ambrosia, Smelling Salts, Feather of Lithe • 6 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, Paralyzing Venom, • Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, Skadi Bomb (100 Ice Elemental damage to all opponents), 2 Chaotic Bombs (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned, poisoned, asleep, blinded, sealed and confused to all enemies), • 2 Bedrolls, 5 Bones, Amethyst, Bright Polish, Ellaria Arbour (Sandy) 23 years old female human Druid Level 28.66 *Immune to Sealing, Poisoned and Bleeding* *Ignis Fatuus: permanently poisoned by 15* Power: 40 (27+12) Defense: 7 (3+4) Health: 44/44 (9+26+7+1) Ether: 7/42 (5+26+5+1+2) Gold: 93 Equipment: Ignis Fatuus (WP:12, permanently poisoned by 15, fire- and lighting-elemental staff), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max Ether +5, protects from sealing; bodywear), Sterile Gloves (immunity to poisoned and bleeding, handwear), Spider Helmet (SP:4, passes poisoned and bleeding effects to the enemy when the wearer is hit; headwear) Inventory: Weapons: Sylvania's Crossbow (WP:10, wood-elemental crossbow), Pan Flute (WP: 7, instrument), Wizard's Staff (WP:1, fire-, wind-, water- and earth-elemental staff), Artefacts: Ranger's Quiver (WP: +1 to bows and crossbows. Suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators, and winged warriors), Spirit Robe (Renders wearer invisible to the enemy for the first three rounds of battle so they do not take free hits; backwear), Black Bandana (Power +3, pirate lingo; headwear), Paper Doll (Protects from Hexed, Accessory) Spell Items: Scroll of Inspiration (Inspired for rest of battle, 10 ether, 50/50 chance) Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Serenade of Water (Causes Water damage equal to the minstrel's level to all enemies per round for as long as the song is sung. Costs 10 ether per round. Battle Song), Ruby (Fire) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Grand Potions, 4 Health Cores, 4 Tonics, 5 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, Tiger Balm, 2 Phoenix Essences, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrum, 2 Soma, Ambrosia, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Flash Bomb, 3 Fire Bombs, Ice Bomb, 2 Lightning Bombs, 2 Water Bombs, 2 Holy Bombs, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.) Tools: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass Deborah, The Golden Warden Level 26 Warden *Immune to Afraid, Cursed, Hexed, Instant Kill* Power Bonus: 0 Health: 43/48 SP: 20 Equipment: Crossbow (WP: 10), Deborah's Helm (SP: 4, Immune to Afraid), Deborah's Armor (SP: 6, Immunity to Cursed, Hexed and Instant Kill), Shield of the She-Wolf (SP: 10, on rolls of damage/free hits user deals SP to opponent if they survive the attack) Inventory: Mead, Grand Potion, Soma x2, Ambrosia Minoid 2.0 Level 21.66 Drilling Automaton HP: 22/33 SP: 2 Equipment: Minoid Drill Arm (WP: 10), Iron Shell (SP: 2), Scanning Eye (Allows the Minoid to analyze most foes before battle. If in battle, it can spend a turn to analyze the fight) Inventory: None NOTE: You must defeat the soul in front of you before you can act against other souls/effect other heroes. AoE will not work until the soul in front of you is defeated - after that, it will act normally.

Mine's last in line, and I'm mainly looking for players above Level 30 (though the high 20s are also acceptable). I won't be bringing anyone below Level 20, though, sorry. If people are desperate to Quest with me, though, I will be hosting the next party in the Fields of Glory, and there's no predetermined Level bracket for that one. As a reminder, if you want to adventure in the Fields, just sign up! You don't necessarily need a party.

No; the remaining three Quests will be by WBD, Kinto, and me. Speaking of my Quest, it offers Guild of Invision reputation, and is aimed primarily at higher-leveled Heroes.

OOC: By the way, please note that the Gold figure I just gave does not account for the Gold that Guts picked up as loot from dead enemies--I've been keeping that mentally separate for this express purpose. Of the 107 total gold dropped over the course of the battle, Hoke picked up 65, Alexandre picked up 2, Thormanil picked up 10 (incorrectly attributed to Guts; Thormy is actually the one who killed Knick, and yes I've accounted for that in Guts' total Overkill earnings ), and Guts picked up 30 (which, as I've said, I did not add to his previous gold count); please redistribute the gold as necessary according to the following distribution: Loot division from the continuous battle: Arthur: Macabre Collar (Accessory, wearer is immune to Insta-kill and doomed) Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer, footwear) Lind: Mugger's Mask (Protects from loss of gold from gold stealing enemies, headwear) Indescribable Pole (WP: 8, Staff) Trickster's Mask of the Human - (suitable for anyone, changes the wearer into a human of the same gender when worn, accessory) Alexandre: Butcher's Cleaver (WP: 5, throwing weapon) Mr. Snuggles (Accessory, +1 HP, +1 Power, +1 SP, cannot be imbued with scrolls, suitable for barbarians) 32 Gold Thormanil: Repeater Crossbow (WP: 7, crossbow. Hastened for first round of combat while equipped.) Schoolyard Sword (WP: 8 great sword) 30 Gold Hoke: Sharkskin Gloves Wasabi Blade 30 gold Guts: Fire Bomb Pronged Gauntlet (WP: 6 dagger) 15 gold Arthur lends the Fur Leggings to Lind. If Lind lends the Mugger's Mask to Guts, Guts equips it. Arthur then separates his gold into a separate bag and hands it to Guts for safekeeping. "I suggest we all do the same. Alex, please lend my Noble Mask to Thormanil, he has a free slot and could use the extra gold. Please also equip my Zap-Tap Badge as you also have an extra Artifact slot. Hopefully, that and our other preparations should be enough to leave us fully ready."

OOC: I ran through the entire topic, and Guts should have 2449 gold; as I said in PM, I'll wait until after the final battle to split Overkill earnings. "For now, Lind, I think you should equip the Fur Leggings, and let Guts or Hoke equip your Mugger's Mask; furthermore, we should all temporarily give our Gold to whoever wears the mask." We're dividing loot via PM at the moment, I'll update here once we've reached a consensus as to who gets what.

Updated actions: Round 27 Battle Order and Actions Hoke casts Blindness on Miss Fortune from the Front Row Alex throws the Unlucky Horseshoe at Miss Fortune from the Back Row Arthur melee attacks Miss Fortune from the Front Row with the Gladiator Trident Lind does nothing from the Front Row Thormanil attacks with Dragonsbane Lance from the Front Row IF Miss Fortune is Jinxed, Guts attacks Miss Fortune from the Front Row; otherwise he attacks her from the Back Row (Instant Items) IF at or below half health, Guts drinks a Grand Potion IF Miss Fortune is Jinxed, Guts attacks Miss Fortune from the Front Row; otherwise he attacks her from the Back Row (Instant Items) IF at or below half health, Guts drinks a Grand Potion OOC: You may autoroll this for two Rounds, with Heroes in danger of being KO'd using Potions or Grand Potions to heal themselves instead of attacking. (If Hoke successfully Blinds her and/or Arthur rolls Phalanx, he'll then Fragile her.) If anyone's KO'd, Guts will use an Instant Items action to revive them (if he isn't already using it to heal himself).

Speaking of which, Pyro is also doing some builds for my Halloween Quest, but if anyone else would like to help out, I'll happily accept--there's quite a few sets, and I don't want to kill Pyro with the workload.

It does cost quite a bit of Ether to summon them, though, although looking at it again I see it's not a variable Ether cost, so maybe it's not as expensive as I thought it'd be. In that case, though, then maybe it should cost Ether to make the card monsters attack? Or is the summoning cost enough?

Since I brought it up in Expert Class Discussion, I'll also reiterate it here: might I suggest that Skeleton Decoys be changed to absorb a specified number of Free Hits rather than a certain amount of HP's worth? (A la the vines in 93 and the horses in Baltarok.) It would do a lot to make Skeleton Decoys remain relevant even at higher levels. Also, a question that hasn't been answered: is a Dragoon's Dragon affected by Encouraged? To me it makes logical sense that the Dragoon could share their mead with their pet/companion, but I could see it going either way; the Encouragement from a Skirmisher, however, would logically apply to both Dragoon and Dragon, though, at least as far as I see it.

Suggestion: the summoned creatures can take a number of hits equal to the card's level (a la the vines in 93 and the horses in Baltarok); that way, they can prevent Free Hits and don't have to cost Ether to make attack, but they also then don't require a lot of extra work to figure out in terms of setting HP. Speaking of which, the "absorbs a number of hits" idea would be an ideal rework for the Skeleton Decoy to make it more relevant in the constantly scaling environment of the game.

As soon as Miss Fortune is defeated or flees, the party returns to the Wine Cellar and waits out the remainder of the battle. Also, sorry, meant to put that second part in General Discussion instead of here.

OOC: It's fine, putting Alex first gives me a very good chance of getting Phalanx which will balance out Hoke not casting his Scroll. Even though we often characterize the situation as "roleplay versus stats", it's not an actual dichotomy. I don't have to be "roleplaying guy" OR "stats and rules guy" any more than I have to be "attracted to males" OR "attracted to females" or "male" OR "female"--it's absolutely possible to be both or to fluctuate between the available options. TL;DR, people are more complicated than the little boxes we try to put each other in.

For the sake of ending this pointless argument: Lind retroactively removed the Medal of Glory on a previous Round of doing nothing, and this one he and Hoke waste their turns trading. Swap Arthur and Alex in the Battle Order, so Arthur can get 4 rolls against Miss Fortune (since Alex is going first, he's definitely using the Unlucky Horseshoe). Sorry for lack of formatting, on mobile.

I'd like you to be right, MDM, for the sake of you getting your fair share of experience, but I just can't remember the scenario you're referring to. Unfortunately, as I've learned the hard way, when it comes to establishing precedent, "quotes or it didn't happen" is in full effect.