JimBee

Cool new looks for both Alexis and Tesni. It works like any other weapon with dual-strike. On rolls that hit enemies (in your case Hit and Critical Hit), you'll be able to strike the targeted enemy and the next one in order. If there's only one then I think you hit it twice. The only reason it doesn't let Knights use shields is because of it's high WP. Looking forward to seeing these in action.

Not keen on having their employer join in fighting, Hybros follows Skuld to the basement. Before they depart, however Hybros turns to Asa, the leader of the tribe. "I have heard that you are a member of Heroica... how have you done so while tending to your people? Is it not difficult to tend to both? Also, do you know anything about this friend of Skuld's?"

"I agree, hehe... there is something that is not right here, but I believe this girl to be innocent. It is her friend that I am worried about." "I am sure that we will find clues in the basement that he lives in. I can not simply track him down without knowing exactly what it is I'm looking for, eheh...". Seeing the girl's mother, Hybros bowed his head slightly. "I assure you that we came here on no false pretenses. We are... here to help." He almost muttered the last part.

Nice job, Zeph. As always, your characters are really deep and your story is interesting. I loved how Wren was given a background more in the quest, and how she has turned into a grey character as the quests progressed (i.e. not black and white, good and evil, etc.). I also thought the quest was nicely paced. It seemed that there was a good combination of story telling and battles, and they were kind of crammed together to have this quest go for only a month. Again, really looking forward to the final chapter. Hopefully Hybros will be around to participate.

Hybros flips one of his throwing knives in his hand idly, then steps over to Cinna, the dark mage he had met some time in the hall. "Eheh... so what do you think of all this? I am not one to stand around waiting for someone to pick a fight, but you can handle yourself in battle just fine, hehe..."

Film quotes, film quotes everywhere. But really though, great roleplaying from everyone in Quest 38. And I loved this look at Wren. She has become a truly complex and dynamic character. I can't wait for the final installment of the saga.

I agree, plus there's a few shield rolls, like Spellblade, that attack the ally instead of the enemy. I think how that works is that the staff heals, but the elemental strike also deals damage and usually takes out the ally. It really is all about the wording in the class descriptions. "Target" means whoever they target, regardless of whether they are foe or friend, and "opponent/enemy" means enemy... plus it adds an element of surprise, which is kind of fun. And it's not equivalent to the full healing powers of a cleric class, so you can't just buy unlimited heals for 50 gold at Elphaba's. Similar to SP artefacts, which can't be upgraded. All of these items that borrow from other class specialties have limits. /ramble

Hmm, I wonder... Well, there's no chance until Sandy approves the class.

Now that Thormy's back, I want to see what swils has in store for his ultimate gold-grabbing strategy. Don't keep us waiting, now.

Wooo! Mafia! 1. You should know, my first game was Noir. I've been playing as many games as I could since then, check my profile for details. 2. Yes. 3. I would say Heimdallr. I would say I have a good intuition and foresight... eh... most of the time, in mafia.

"...Then I suppose we have to make our way to the basement, eheh..."

Hybros watched as the other heroes asked the girl questions. He hadn't had much to say himself, and was still upset at the meeting with the Bonapartes. "Just hope this 'friend' is not demonspawn..." he muttered.

Exactly, Assassins are almost always better off fighting from the back row in a big party. Worry about assassinating and staying alive, not dealing damage. Leave that to the brutes. Which is why I need that Cloak of the Red Assassin...

Thanks for the feedback, Hinck. Like I said in the writeboard, I absolutely hate the watcher role. There's so many ways it can screw you up if you're not careful, which is exactly what happened in this game. This is my third time with the role. It can be useful, too, but I've just had some bad times with it.

Hybros leaves.

Do it! Then post pictures. Pics or it didn't happen. Actually I think someone mentioned, at the beginning of Heroica, that Hybros looked like a child in a Halloween costume.

And wasn't fighting gods forbidden by Sandy?

So in this instance, a Lucky hero targeting a Jinxed ally will result in the best of four rolls? Also, why do lucky and jinxed not cancel each other out (you can have both)?

If I can just add my opinion, from a perspective outside of the situation with the SK and Scum... Personally, I see a lot of involvement from the host to the players involved, and vice versa. The players are pestering the host for more information when he is obliged to not give it, and the host is influenced by private discussions between Shadows and Dragonator in his decisions about the conversion. I'm not talking about what was set to happen, no matter what, with the conversion before the game even started, I'm talking about the decisions made after. It is my personal opinion that in a mafia game, the host and players should have a large degree of separation. "Because they claimed to each other" should not affect anything whatsoever in the game. Maybe that's just my style as a host, and maybe it's less fun, but I think that the host should give the information that he or she is supposed to give, and only that, regardless of anything the players did without the host's knowledge. That being said, I can understand that you were under a lot of stress at the time, Hinck, and that you do regret lying or getting as involved as you did. I do appreciate how you tried to mend it afterwards. In the future, I would just suggest that you maintain that level of separation with the players. The same goes for people pestering the host for more information. I can vouch that it is extremely annoying and stressful to have that happen. As a host I am definitely tempted to interfere and give the information players want (especially if they ask really nicely or when I can see them stress about the game... Hinck in Werewolf). And also, I definitely agree that criticizing the host midgame is absolutely inappropriate. Wait until the end, have some faith that the host knows more about the mechanics than you, and don't ruin it. This doesn't just apply to anyone in this game, but any other game. I know it's happened before. And that's about as softly as I can put it. I considered not saying anything and staying out of it, and as someone who wasn't directly involved maybe I didn't "know" anything, or "see it for myself." But I think it's only fair that I (and anyone else) got to say something about it. Criticize me for it, whatever. I just hope that we can take a step back and actually learn from what happened, rather than just argue about it (which seems to be happening, fortunately). On a lighter note, the game was very entertaining to watch. Everyone on the dead writeboard were on the edges of their seats towards the end, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The whole SK-converted-scum-but-not-really thing reminded me of the movie Miller's Crossing. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it. It's also very applicable to mafia.

But the Prince of Persia sets were pretty successful. Dud or no, I think this movie's theme has a lot of potential Lego-wise. Odd that Depp will be playing a strange, make-up covered, dread-locked character again.

How do house alliances work? Does a good reputation with a faction equal a bad reputation with an opposing faction? For example, Hybros has a great reputation with the Bonapartes, so would it take two quests to put the Bonaparte/Ji Pei meter back to neutral, or would a successful Ji Pei quest automatically change my rep with them to "good"? Oops, wrong topic, again, but this works I guess.

Great game, everyone. It was very entertaining to play and watch, especially that awesome video. Thanks Hinck and Foog for the excellent game. Congrats to the Scum and Dragonator. I really was fooled the whole time, except for a nagging suspicion about Scouty. I watched Masked target him on Night 1, and made the mistake of jumping to the conclusion that Scouty was a PGO (or PTS, paranoid trap-setter), and contacted him for an alliance. Stupid. And nicely done, Dragonator. It's awesome when the lone third-partyer wins, and this is the second time I've seen it on EB (that I remember). Fangy: I said on the dead writeboard that you'd get an earful from me. But I'm sick and drowsy so instead I'll just say this: you're way too passive. Every game you fly under the radar, regardless of alliance. That might help you on scum, but it really puts the town at a disadvantage when they think you're scum because of lack of participation. It really showed how harmful it can be in this game, but I think that's partially due to your trust. Well I guess that was an earful, but yeah, don't be so passive. I have no idea what went on in PM between you and Shadows, and I'm sure it wasn't easy, but I think more participation during the day would've helped you a lot.

Hybros stood off to the side, looking at the ground angrily. He would let the other heroes talk in his stead.