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The Fun at the Park is a Day One purchase for me, too. Just look at the diverse minifig goodness! It's also great to notice that TLG has really pushed up the female-to-male ratio in the City sets this year. The Volcano Explorers - despite being vehicle-heavy, actiony subtheme - seems to have a female minifig in every single set, which is very commendable. The field of science and research is much more balanced sex-wise nowadays, after all.

"We are heroes of Heroica, hired by your friend to aid the distressed animals of this farm. We were informed you had instructions for us, about some items we are supposed to gather."

Ellaria hesitated with the Phoenix Essence, seeing that Nerwen got up on her own after all, and then used a Grand Potion on Nerwen instead.

Quintessa inspected the Sharpened Fang she had received, and applied it to her Rolling Pin (if it can be done right away). Then she nodded to her companions. "The battle was a lot more difficult than Our first, but We are satisfied about the outcome. Lead the way, Mister Keliim."

OoC: All actions that are not affected by row - spellcasting, singing, items - should be defaulted to back row because there is no logical reason to do them from the front row (unless enraged). That is only player-friendly, in my opinion. "Get ready to sing again, my friend", Ellaria muttered as she used a Phoenix Essence on Nerwen. She later attacked the Silver Carp School A again while using the Diluted Arc Potion from her hollow weapon (both from the back row). Battle Order: Ellaria Nerwen Ellaria Nur Thalion Skrall

OoC: Yeah, singing and item usage should be defaulted to back row. And I specifically said back row for Ellaria...

Quintessa was disheartened to see their party leader fall, but she couldn't do anything about it, having already spent her Phoenix Essence. Instead, she drank another potion and then attacked the baby battle ant from the front row.

Quintessa used a remedy on Keliim before hitting Canicula again from the back row.

"Cree, why don't We heal your wounds so you can focus on attacking?" Quintessa used another potion on Cree and then attacked Canicula again, from the back row this time.

"All or nothing!" Quintessa sniffed at some Smelling Salts before launching an attack against Canicula from the front row.

"Aye, 'tis for the best..." Quintessa gasped, then searched and uncorked a potion with shaking hands.

"By all means, he's all yours." Ellaria responded. "How about you sing a little lucky chant to increase the odds, Nerwen?" She then threw the Wyvern's Breath at the fishes before attacking the Silver Carp School A from the back row. Battle Order: Nerwen Skrall Nur Thalion Ellaria

Quintessa used her Phoenix Essence to revive Kheyli.

There has been a slight change in plans, for the advertised Värtland Saga has been postponed to next winter. Winter is still coming, just a little slower than anticipated... I personally have a couple of quests coming up, but keep sending me your ideas if you are interested in hosting.

No, it isn't possible in the Marketplace. You can however increase SP of an artifact that already has an SP value with the item called Bright Polish.

"We are in over our heads, We fear. Perhaps We ought to revive the fairy next, after all..." Quintessa said, feeling her confidence escape her as the battle continued to drag on. She continued to attack the Battle Ants, but from the back row this time.

"Aah, what rare artifacts you have brought me! For the headdress, I can give you 25 gold. The armor is more valuable, and I am ready to buy it off your hands for 120 gold. Do we have a deal, old champ?"

Yes, it's basically how Black Knights attack. Your lost health is automatically added to their attack power (before multipliers).

"Doing so could put us all in a precarious situation later on. We would rather hold on to Our Phoenix Essence as a last resort." Quintessa repeats her attack.

With the bittersweet goodbyes and farewells over and done with, the heroes embarked on the rowboat that took them back to the Flouncy Phoenix. They had arrived to the City of Golden Domes only a week ago, but it felt like a small eternity since they had last been on the magical ship. On the pier, their new friends (and family) waved at them all the way until they disappeared into the horizon. ~FIN~ QM Note: A thousand thanks for your participation! It has been a fantastic quest, but now you are free to embark on new ones. I've added your Grogmas Gifts to your inventories, and increased Sarge's gold by 50%. Party: Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider Level 30 1/4 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Absorbs Poison* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 49 (30+18+1) Defense: 7 (2+5) Health: 53/53 (8+29+7+4+5) Gold: 0 Equipment: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Venomari Helmet (SP:2, absorb poison as health; helmet), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon), Twin Biter (WP:7, causes bleeding; dual strike axe), Rakshasa Blade (WP:8 multiplied by the amount of Rakshasa weapons equipped by the party in the battle; greatsword), Rakshasa Flail (WP:7 multiplied by the amount of Rakshasa weapons equipped by the party in the battle; mace), Rakshasa Scimitar (WP:11 multiplied by the amount of Rakshasa weapons equipped by the party in the battle; longsword), Rakshasa Waveblades (WP:5 multiplied by the amount of Rakshasa weapons equipped by the party in the battle; dual strike daggers) Artifacts: Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Redhawk Helmet (Power +12 if the wearer acts first in the battle order; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; headwear.), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.), Flora Gear (adds wood-element to physical attacks and protects from wood-elemental damage, accessory), Periwinkle Ribbon (Grants immunity to stunned, poisoned, bleeding, cursed, asleep, fast asleep, confused and hexed; suitable for Periwinkle Eric only; headwear) Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, 2 Elixirs, 4 Remedies, Danab's Apple (Revives all fallen party members, restores full health and ether to the whole party and removes all negative effects from them; consumable), Neutralizer, Tiger Balm, 3 Meads, 4 Smelling Salts, 2 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Genuine Nordic Mead (Grants the encouraged, hastened, inspired, reinforced, and enraged-effects; consumable), Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Poison Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.) Tools etc.: Vindicator's Seal (Grants access to the Vindicator expert job class; cannot be given away) Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 50 (25+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 49/49 (7+24+9+3+3+3) Gold: 5757 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Potion]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Staff of the Serpent God (WP:31, spells have 1/6 chance to cause petrify to the target; staff; suitable to archmages and prophets), Epidemic Halberd (WP:8, causes all negative effects that the user has to the target when attacking; halberd), Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Venomari Helmet (SP:2, absorb poison as health; helmet), 2x Cloak of the Grand Vizier (SP:1 multiplied by the number of party members; backwear.), Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Danab's Apple (Revives all fallen party members, restores full health and ether to the whole party and removes all negative effects from them; consumable), Hero's Cocktail (Grants encouraged, hastened, lucky,blessed, reinforced, inspired and transcended -effects for one battle; consumable), Tiger Balm, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, Poisoned Water (Causes poisoned by 1 to the target; consumable), 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest), Vindicator's Seal (Grants access to the Vindicator expert job class; cannot be given away) Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) 48 years old human Paladin *Party Second-in-Command* Level 36 1/4 *Immune to Darkness, Fire, Fragile, Sleep, Weakened, and Blindness* *Affluence* Power: 55 (36+14+4+1) Defense: 19 (7+12) Health: 56/59 (10+35+11+2+1) Ether: 35/36 Gold: 0 Equipment: Frozen Saber (WP: 14; light-, ice- and wind-elemental; inflicts stunned; great sword), Round Metal Shield (SP:7), Tome of Affluence (+10 Gold if equipped for the entirety of a battle; grants immunity to fragile, asleep, weakened, blinded, darkness and fire; accessory), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear.), Crimson Suit of Armor (SP:12, allows wearer to pose as Crimson Bear Knight; takes three artifact slots: bodywear, headwear and footwear), Inventory: Weapons: Scupperer (WP:17; darkness-, fire- and earth-elemental; inflicts bleeding and poisoned by 10; has 1/2 chance each to inflict blinded, sealed, weakened and fragile; greatsword), Epidemic Halberd (WP:8, causes all negative effects that the user has to the target when attacking; halberd), Venom Fang Blade (WP:9, causes poisoned equal to WP; longsword), Lullaby Wand (WP:6, inflicts asleep), Silver Sword (WP: 18, Longsword), Artifacts: Crown of the Desert King (SP:6; absorbs fire, wind, and earth; suitable for Boomingham only, headwear.), Venomari Helmet (SP:2, absorb poison as health; helmet), Redhawk Helmet (Power +12 if the wearer acts first in the battle order; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; headwear.), Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (Power +4; Ether -6; headwear), Scarlet Hood (SP:4, grants immunity to stunned), Chains of the Pongcanis Chief (Hero Pierces SP if fighting from Front, Enemies ignore SP if hero fights from the back row, cannot be removed in battle), Amulet of Optimism (Adds the confused-effect to all attacks; accessory, suitable to Erdathcath only), 2x Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Recklessness (Encouraged and Fragile; costs 5 Ether; 50/50 chance), Emerald Lamp of Summoning (0/3), “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: Potion, Health Core, 2x Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Danab's Apple (Revives all fallen party members, restores full health and ether to the whole party and removes all negative effects from them; consumable), 3x Mead, 2x Ambrosia, Fire Brandy (Encouraged, Immune to Ice), Fireball Whiskey (Immunity to Fire One Battle OR 20 Fire Damage All Enemies), Hamantasch (Lucky, Blessed), Jinxy Juice, 2x Floral Bomb, Seal Bomb, Poison Bomb, Stun Bomb, Seth Bomb (Deals 100 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Hair of the Dog, 2x Grating Stone, Oculoid Miasma, Oculoid Fireworks, Saber Teeth, Mythril Shard, Bone Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Vindicator's Seal (Grants access to the Vindicator expert job class; cannot be given away) John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 28 1/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* Power: 40 (28+12) (Spellpower: 50 (28+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 17/35 (5+27+4) Ether: 8/44 (5+27+1+5+1+5) Gold: 2827 Equipment: Solemn Dagger (WP: 12, darkness-elemental dagger, 1/2 chance of causing sealed), Magician's Gloves (Spellpower +10; suitable for mages; handwear), Cloak of Blood Magic (+5 ether, attacks made with darkness magic cause weakened; suitable for mages, necromancers and chi monks; bodywear), Bad Luck Charm (Makes the sorcerer’s spells - including Razzmatazz and Sleight of Hand - cause an additional jinxed-effect, increasing their ether cost by 1; suitable for sorcerers; accessory) Inventory: Rawr (WP:9, dagger), Bone Whip (WP:9, damages undead, whip), Assassin’s Crossbow (WP:4, each successful assassination increases WP by one permanently; suitable to assassins; crossbow), Harlot's Outfit (SP: 2, immune to poisoned; suitable for Witches, Sorcerers and Harlots; bodywear/footwear), False Lips (Rolling Pleasure House and KISS AND MAKE UP causes poisoned by 5 in addition to other effects, suitable for harlots only, accessory.), Venomari Helmet (SP:2, absorb poison as health; helmet), Buffoon's Hat (Prevents anyone from taking the wearer seriously; protects from Free Hits unless the wearer is the last hero standing; headwear), Watt's Artifact (Makes the user’s attacks and spells three times more effective against demons; accessory), Robe Of The Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether + 5, immune to sealed; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Remedy, Danab's Apple (Revives all fallen party members, restores full health and ether to the whole party and removes all negative effects from them; consumable), Soma, Poison Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 2x Deadly Venom, 7 Bones, Bright Polish, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, "Fifty Shades of Bley" (Grants access to Harlot), "Begone With the Winds" (Grants access to Weather Mage), Black Market Insignia (Allows the owner to seek out a black market dealer from any city they visit on a quest, as decided by the QM.), Vindicator's Seal (Grants access to the Vindicator expert job class; cannot be given away)

"A ha! Now We can attack with full force without fear of retaliation!" Quintessa announced as she took the fallen fairy's place in attacking the Battle Ant Mob from the front row.

"Huh? I was sure they were here just a second ago..." Ellaria muttered as she realized the party were alone on the ship. She followed the others across the ice bridge into the sandy bank. She then used her Magic Compass to figure out which direction the monster was at.

Don't worry, I find it ridiculous myself! I literally carried all those MOCs intact when I moved to another city.

"Curses!" Quintessa hissed as she got entangled in cobweb. Not being able to do anything, she retreated to the back row to wait for incoming blows.

Hahaha, no more twists. Well, apart from Marketplace getting a new magic shop soon. I can't believe it's finally over... Last year has been such a lifechanger for me, it feels like Quest#130 was the only constant in my life. I feel proud of what I accomplished with it, although it is all thanks to the awesome party of players I had with me. It was a daring endeavor to make such an extensive quest, but I'm so glad it all worked out in the end. Of course, you are free to disagree and post your thoughts and analyzations about it in the QM Lounge. I myself will just go to bed now.