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~A new quest has been posted on the Quest Board (#63 by Masked Builder)!~

Yeah, new Battle Songs should be treated like the scrolls. Meaning that whoever carries it can use it, and I need to approve it first before it is given to a player.

Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-Seven of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Divine Mathematician - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: 31+40=71 gold) >Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Divine Mathematician - Special Damage (Divine Calculations - no effect) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Divine Mathematician - Damage (Cinna: 42 health+10 SP-(40/2=20 dmg)=32 health) Tesni vs. Divine Mathematician - Special Damage (Divine Calculations - no effect) >Namyrra uses Grand Tonic on herself - (Namyrra: +15 ether) Arrow-hit Tiger - Free Hit vs. Hybros (Hybros: 39 health+2 SP-31 dmg=10 health) Hybros gains some more gold while Cinna gets attacked. Namyrra replenishes some of her ether. The heroes forget to keep their eyes on the Arrow-hit Tiger, who gets a chance to shoot an arrow at Hybros' back. 65/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Arrow-hit Tiger (79th Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 31 Health: 299/843 Special: True Arrow – Causes 31 damage to the target regardless of row and SP. Drops: Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores SP; bow), Star Coin Note: Immune to blinded, sealed and poisoned. Arrow-hit Tiger fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. Divine Mathematician (53rd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 40 Health: 254/1234 Special: Divine Calculations – Instantly knocks out any opponent whose current health is divisible by 5. Drops: Cannon Parts (quest item), Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoning and sudden death. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Engine Room 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 32/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 18/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, 3 Scrap Metals (worth 25 gold), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 24 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Engine Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 10/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2643 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), Metal Tile (quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Engine Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 40 (25+14) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 15/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Battle Angel (Light), Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Engine Room 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Knocked Out* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 0/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Engine Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Engine Room 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* *Knocked Out* Power: 49 & 32 (17+32 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 0/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Yes, their attacks are ranged, since instruments are ranged. Blindness prevents their attacks as usual, and it says in their rule page that sealing prevents Battle Songs.

Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-Six of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Divine Mathematician - Special Damage (Divine Calculations - no effect) >Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Divine Mathematician - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: 31+40=71 gold) Jun vs. Divine Mathematician & Arrow-hit Tiger - Dual Damage (Jun: 31 health+5 SP-(40+31=71 dmg)=0 health) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Divine Mathematician - Spell (Mathematician: 706 health-(44x4=176 dmg)=530 health; Cinna: -1 ether) Tesni vs. Divine Mathematician - Extra Critical Furious Hit (Mathematician: 530 health-(69x4=276 dmg)=254 health) >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Arrow-hit Tiger - Spell Aim (Tiger: 359 health-(15x4=60 dmg)=299 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) The Divine Mathematician continues his calculations, while Hybros pilfers some more gold from the enemies. Jun is struck down by a unified attack from the two bandits. The women manage to hurt the enemies severely, but Namyrra burns out all her ether while doing so. 65/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Arrow-hit Tiger (79th Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 31 Health: 299/843 Special: True Arrow – Causes 31 damage to the target regardless of row and SP. Drops: Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores SP; bow), Star Coin Note: Immune to blinded, sealed and poisoned. Arrow-hit Tiger fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. Divine Mathematician (53rd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 40 Health: 254/1234 Special: Divine Calculations – Instantly knocks out any opponent whose current health is divisible by 5. Drops: Cannon Parts (quest item), Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoning and sudden death. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Engine Room 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 18/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, 3 Scrap Metals (worth 25 gold), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 24 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Engine Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2572 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), Metal Tile (quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Engine Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 40 (25+14) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 0/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Battle Angel (Light), Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Engine Room 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Knocked Out* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 0/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Engine Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Engine Room 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* *Knocked Out* Power: 49 & 32 (17+32 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 0/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Of course it's counted as an instant KO (or sudden death). Any move that can knock out a hero even if he had a million health is counted as sudden death. Isn't that self-explanatory?

The everyday chores of the citizens of Eubric were interrupted as a wagon without horses strolled along the streets. Mutters and curses could be heard being spewed behind the curtains. "Bah, late?! I am never late! A witch is always on time. So what if I had a run-up with porcish raiders in the Pantanan marshes? Who cares if my wagon was almost eaten by a Giant Wyrm in the Desert of Woe? What business is it to anyone if I had to stop to pay overdue taxes to the International Coven of Witches in Drandora? I'm here now! Late?! Bah, humbug!" ~Elphaba's Magic Wagon is now open, and will remain in the Marketplace until the end of April!~

Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-Five of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Namyrra (Darkness through Empyreal Staff) vs. Arrow-hit Tiger - Great Spell (Tiger: 843 health-(55x2=110 dmg)=733 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros vs. Heaven-shaking Thunder & Arrow-hit Tiger - Critical Lethal Hit (Thunder: 364 health-37 dmg=327 health; Tiger: 733 health-(37/2=19 dmg)=714 health) Hybros vs. Heaven-shaking Thunder & Arrow-hit Tiger - Lethal Aim (Thunder: 327 health-6 dmg=321 health; Tiger: 714 health-(6/2=3 dmg)=711 health) Tesni vs. Divine Mathematician - Shield (War Cry - All party members: encouraged) >Cinna (Darkness through Mauryl) vs. Divine Mathematician - Shield (Spellspin of Darkness - 7 hits; Mathematician: 1234 health-(44x4=176x3=528 dmg)=706 health; Thunder: 321 health-(44x4=176x2=352 dmg)=0 health; Tiger: 711 health-(44x4=176x2=352 dmg)=359 health) Jun vs. Divine Mathematician & Heaven-shaking Thunder - Yin&Yang (Jun: -10 health) Strike by strike, the heroes whittle down the enemies' health. Tesni's War Cry buffs everyone (except the unconscious Tarn and Jun), and Cinna's spellspin does away with the Heaven-shaking Thunder. Cinna gets three Scrap Metals and a Star Coin! Jun is distraught and loses 10 health. 65/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Arrow-hit Tiger (79th Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 31 Health: 359/843 Special: True Arrow – Causes 31 damage to the target regardless of row and SP. Drops: Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores SP; bow), Star Coin Note: Immune to blinded, sealed and poisoned. Arrow-hit Tiger fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. Divine Mathematician (53rd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 40 Health: 706/1234 Special: Divine Calculations – Instantly knocks out any opponent whose current health is divisible by 5. Drops: Cannon Parts (quest item), Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoning and sudden death. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Engine Room 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 19/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, 3 Scrap Metals (worth 25 gold), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 24 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Engine Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 31 (25+6) Defense: 2 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2501 Equipment: Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), Metal Tile (quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Engine Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 40 (25+14) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 1/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Battle Angel (Light), Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Engine Room 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Knocked Out* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 0/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Engine Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Engine Room 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 49 & 32 (17+32 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 31/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Byblos mustered up a smile. "You have got yourself a deal, Arthur." But the librarian was torn. Spending time with the sorcerer would mean time spent away from the Pandemonicon. He knew that all the wondrous things the forsaken tome had showed him paled in comparison to what still remained hidden among the cryptic texts. But one thing was sure: Byblos was now even more determined to keep the book away from Arthur. The young man was too sensitive to handle what it contained, too attached to people and too dependent on doing what he felt was right. Byblos himself had no such ties. The few people in his life - his cousin Thothwick and Hoptet, Lady Adeline Rouge Doux, the hyenaman Scaro - were all inconsequential to him now. Their lives would follow their own paths. No, there was no room for anyone in the path Byblos had chosen. It was his fate, his burden to bear. Alone.

"According to my calculations, these infiltrators should be dead within ten minutes." "Let's make that in five, old man!" Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-Four of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Battle Angel does nothing >Namyrra dismisses Battle Angel Tarn vs. Heaven-shaking Thunder - Damage (Tarn Namyrra: 47 health+10 SP-(23/2=12 dmg)=45 health) Hybros (Twin Kunai) vs. Heaven-shaking Thunder & Arrow-hit Tiger - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: 31+40+23=84 gold) Hybros (Twin Kunai) vs. Heaven-shaking Thunder & Arrow-hit Tiger - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: 31+40+23=84 gold) Jun (Orochi & Yindao) vs. Divine Mathematician & Heaven-shaking Thunder - Dual Damage (Jun Namyrra: 45 health+10 SP-(40+23=63/2=32 dmg)=23 health) >Cinna does nothing Tesni vs. Divine Mathematician - Special Damage (Divine Calculations - Tarn: sudden death) Namyrra sees no further use to the Battle Angel, so she dismisses it. The enemies attempt to attack the heroes, but Namyrra takes all the damage in everyone's stead. Hybros reaps 168 gold. The Divine Mathematician's calculations hit home to Tarn, who is suddenly knocked out. 64/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Arrow-hit Tiger (79th Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 31 Health: 843/843 Special: True Arrow – Causes 31 damage to the target regardless of row and SP. Drops: Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores SP; bow), Star Coin Note: Immune to blinded, sealed and poisoned. Arrow-hit Tiger fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. Divine Mathematician (53rd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 40 Health: 1234/1234 Special: Divine Calculations – Instantly knocks out any opponent whose current health is divisible by 5. Drops: Cannon Parts (quest item), Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoning and sudden death. Heaven-shaking Thunder (52nd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid/Electric Level: 23 Health: 364/364 Special: Hammerspark – Causes 23 lightning-elemental damage and stunned-effect to all opponents. Drops: 3 Scrap Metals (Worth 25 gold), Star Coin Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Engine Room 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* Power: 32 (24+7+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 19/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 23 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Engine Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* Power: 31 (25+6) Defense: 2 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2501 Equipment: Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), Metal Tile (quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Engine Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 2/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Battle Angel (Light), Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Engine Room 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Knocked Out* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 0/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Engine Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Engine Room 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 49 & 32 (17+32 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 41/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

"Newharbour is the most important trading port in all of the High Kingdoms, since it is perched on the only strip of coastline they have to the Crystalline Sea, between the ruined Ennon and the great Mountains of Titaan. It was build after the orcish invasion laid waste on Port Goldor, the city that previously laid there. History books tell that Port Goldor used to be the center of entertainment and art for all the High Kingdoms. Newharbour unfortunately has not followed that legacy, it's strictly focused on making business. Occasionally some relics of the old, golden days come to the surface there, such as a lost painting or the foundations of a grand theater, so you can find some arts collectors there, as well."

The Heroes' Gallery at the Heroica Hall topic has now been updated with the stats from the recently finished quests. Congratulations to Cornelius Murdock for being the first player to reach Level 30! *applause* Your only option for an expert job class right now is the Regulator, but there will be plenty of options for reputation increase in my upcoming quests, if you choose to join them.

Byblos frowned in thought. "Arthur, have you thought about the purpose of your life? What makes you happy and satisfied? Do you honestly see yourself spending your entire life in servitude? It seems your strong beliefs in a higher power let you down because you thought they were something they were not. Isn't it time you stopped putting your life in the hands of some power that may or may not exist, and concentrate on living your own life? Me, I made the choice to spend my life with these books, and I have been happy here - I needed no deity to tell me that. I ask again, what would make you happy? What should you do to achieve that?"

The Metasimian came to meet Arthur, eyeing him suspiciously. The librarian's eyelids drooped from an apparent lack of sleep, and his robes were wrinkled and dusty. "You ask for my forgiveness? Very well, apology accepted. What more do you want from me, Arthur?"

QM Note: Sorry, I've had eventful few days. You can expect more frequent updates from here-on out, though. Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-Two of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Namyrra moves to the Stormy Room Battle Angel moves to the Stormy Room Jun moves to the Stormy Room Hybros moves to the Stormy Room Hybros moves to the Stormy Room Cinna moves to the Stormy Room Tesni moves to the Stormy Room Tarn moves to the Stormy Room Hybros motions everyone to leave the room. 64/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-Three of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Namyrra moves through the metal door Battle Angel moves through the metal door Jun moves through the metal door Hybros moves through the metal door Hybros moves through the metal door Cinna moves through the metal door Tesni moves through the metal door Tarn moves through the metal door The party enter the other door in the room, this one made of metal. Behind it, they find a room with a strange machine and a large mechanical door on the opposite wall. Three bandits lurk in the room. 64/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Arrow-hit Tiger (79th Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 31 Health: 843/843 Special: True Arrow – Causes 31 damage to the target regardless of row and SP. Drops: Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores SP; bow), Star Coin Note: Immune to blinded, sealed and poisoned. Arrow-hit Tiger fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. Divine Mathematician (53rd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid Level: 40 Health: 1234/1234 Special: Divine Calculations – Instantly knocks out any opponent whose current health is divisible by 5. Drops: Cannon Parts (quest item), Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoning and sudden death. Heaven-shaking Thunder (52nd Star) – Location: Engine Room Type: Humanoid/Electric Level: 23 Health: 364/364 Special: Hammerspark – Causes 23 lightning-elemental damage and stunned-effect to all opponents. Drops: 3 Scrap Metals (Worth 25 gold), Star Coin Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Engine Room 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* Power: 32 (24+7+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 19/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 23 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Engine Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2333 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), Metal Tile (quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Engine Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 47/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 2/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Battle Angel (Light), Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Engine Room 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 40/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Engine Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Engine Room 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 32 & 32 (17+15 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 41/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Battle Angel (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Light Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Results of Round One Hundred and Ninety-One of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Namyrra trades items with Jun Jun trades items with Namyrra Hybros investigates the helmet on the left dummy Hybros investigates the chest Cinna uses Grand Tonic on herself - (Cinna: +15 ether) Tesni does nothing Tarn does nothing Namyrra hands Jun the mighty Orochi Katana, and in turn receives the Scroll of Confusion and the Gold Statuette from him. Hybros inspects the helmet on the other dummy, but finds out it is made of painted wood, so it has no practical use. The open chest has been raided empty - save for a small square metal tile with a carved L-shaped crevice on it. It looks like it's part of something bigger. Meanwhile, Cinna restores some of her ether with her last Grand Tonic. 64/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Armoury 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* Power: 32 (24+7+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 19/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 23 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Armoury 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2333 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), Metal Tile (quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Armoury 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 47/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 2/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Battle Angel (Light), Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Armoury 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 40/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Armoury 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Armoury 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 32 & 32 (17+15 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 21/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Battle Angel (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Light Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

I also want to thank you for your contributions to Heroica RPG, Zepher - and may they continue aplenty in the coming years! Sometimes I wish your storylines were more interconnected with mine, but mostly I'm glad they aren't - they make the world that much richer when everything doesn't revolve around Eubric Freeport and its deranged citizens. This last quest in the storyline had pleasingly many ties to the precrafted world, though - not just to my quests but also those of others. The little interludes were a wonderful addition, although not all of them were really connected to the on-going quest. I hoped you like the connection I made with my interlude, anyway. I have big plans for Baba, and I look up to Wren as inspiration in writing her. Baba is no doubt a villainess with immense power, but I hope to bring depth and purpose to her, just like you did with Wren. So, a job well done, my friend, and congratulations to all the players for making out alive from such a challenging quest. I know I personally wouldn't have allowed Ellaria to just die permanently, not with so much story left to tell about her, but I admire those of you who were willing to take that chance. Yet you continuously insist on having humongous parties, despite all my advices. You only have yourself to blame.

QM Note: Sorry, Quarryman, I couldn't find any picture for the Battle Angel. If you have one, feel free to send it my way. Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Seven of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Tesni - Hit (Tesni: +31x2=62 health) >Hybros uses Deadly Venom on Pheles Rod - (Namyrra: Pheles Rod badly poisoned for 10 rounds) >Namyrra vs. Eight-armed - Shield (Summon - Battle Angel joins the battle!) >Hybros does nothing >Tarn does nothing >Tesni does nothing >Jun does nothing Cinna heals Tesni fully. Hybros pours Deadly Venom all over Namyrra's rod, and as the Fenarian prepares to strike the Eight-armed with it, she concentrates on summoning the Battle Angel. Eager to respond her call, the spirit of light appears swiftly. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Eight of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Battle Angel vs. Eight-armed - (Eight-armed: 1648 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1598 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Tarn - Hit (Tarn: +31x2=62 health) The summoned Battle Angel causes some damage to the Eight-armed while Cinna heals Tarn. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Nine of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Battle Angel vs. Eight-armed - (Eight-armed: 1598 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1548 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Hybros - Critical Hit (Hybros: +37x2=74 health) The Battle Angel continues her attacks while Hybros gets healed. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Sixty of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Battle Angel vs. Eight-armed - (Eight-armed: 1548 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1498 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Jun - Enchantment (Cinna: Healing Staff +1 WP, -7 ether) The Battle Angel continues her attacks. Cinna upgrades her Healing Staff with her ether. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Sixty-One of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Battle Angel vs. Eight-armed - (Eight-armed: 1498 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1448 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Jun - Hit (Jun: +31x2=62 health) The Battle Angel continues her attacks. Cinna heals Jun, the last wounded party member. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Rounds One Hundred and Sixty-One through One Hundred and Ninety of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Battle Angel vs. Eight-armed - (Eight-armed: 1448 health-(25x2=50x29=1450 dmg)=0 health; Namyrra: -29 ether) The Battle Angel continues her attacks for 29 more rounds until the Eight-armed finally goes down. But before that, the katanas that the demon holds all merge into one super-powered sword with four edges bristling with dark energy. Namyrra gets the Orochi Katana and a Star Coin! "That blade... I have never seen anything so powerful! Can I try it, Namyrra?" Does the party want to linger in the armoury, or return to the Stormy Room and try out the other door, the one made out of metal? 64/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Armoury 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* Power: 32 (24+7+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 4/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Healing Staff (WP:7, heals target; staff), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 23 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Armoury 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2333 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Armoury 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 47/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 2/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Battle Angel (Light), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Armoury 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 40/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Armoury 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 48/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Armoury 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 32 & 32 (17+15 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 41/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Scroll of Confusion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold) Battle Angel (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Light Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Whatever rocks your QM'ing boat. It's a stylistic change, so if it makes your hosting job easier, go with it! I myself am accustomed to calculating results from the current statistics, so I won't be changing anything. This is exactly why selling artefacts to Fabian is subjective. There's just no way to put a price tag on items with such varying levels of usefulness (that are often depending on the situation or the party that the wearer is on). So if you want to sell these items, you have to name your price yourself, and Fabian will either accept it or not.

Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Six of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Namyrra investigates the right-side dummy Hybros places Golden Katana on the red pedestal Hybros places Steel Katana on the yellow pedestal Tarn investigates spear Tesni places Iron Katana on the blue pedestal Cinna places Silver Katana on the green pedestal Jun does nothing Namyrra takes a closer look at the mannequin on the right, and finds a Samurai Helmet that doesn't quite suite her. Tarn finds an ordinary Wooden Spear. Hybros realizes that the katanas they collected from the first floor fit the strange multicoloured pedestal in the center. When all katanas are placed on it, a tall figure jumps down from the shadowy ceiling, grabbing one blade to each of his four hands. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Eight-armed (64th Star) – Location: Armoury Type: Demon Level: 38 Health: 1648/1648 Special: Octagon Slash – Deals 38 damage to the opposing party eight times, dividing the hits as equally as possible Drops: Orochi Katana (WP:32, darkness-elemental, longsword; suitable to Jun only), Star Coin Note: Immune to stunned-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects and sudden death. All Eight-armed’s attacks hit the target and the next three opponents. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Armoury 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 11/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Healing Staff (WP:6), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 23 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Armoury 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 24/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2333 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Armoury 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 47/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 35/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Samurai Helmet (WP:4, suitable to knights, dragoons, regulators and winged warriors), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Battle Angel (Light), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Armoury 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 9/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6, spear), Wooden Spear (WP:3, spear), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Armoury 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 14/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Armoury 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 32 & 32 (17+15 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 21/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Scroll of Confusion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold) Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

It is as Flipz said: the description means the elemental modifier is added after the bonus power. Since you haven't been on a quest yet, you can "restart" your character. Becoming a cleric could be good thing since they're usually sought after to a party, so it might improve your chances in getting on a quest.

Many people have a great reputation with a faction. You can read everyone's affiliations from the first page of the Heroica Hall-topic.

Jeb, some very interesting new suggestions you have there! I'll have to give them a closer look... The plans for the "Expert Basic Classes" have been put on hold for now. I want to see people trying the existing Expert Classes first.

Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Three of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Namyrra (Darkness through Pheles Rod) vs. Stands His Ground - Spell Aim (Stands His Ground: 798 health+15 SP-(20x2=40 dmg)=773 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros vs. Stands His Ground - Special Damage (No effect) Hybros vs. Stands His Ground - Critical Lethal Hit (Stands His Ground: 773 health+15 SP-41 dmg=747 health+blinded) Tarn vs. Stands His Ground - Special Damage (No effect) Tesni vs. Stands His Ground - Defended Counter (Tesni: no effect; Stands His Ground: 747 health+15 dmg-(47x2=94 dmg)=668 health) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Stands His Ground - Special Damage (No effect) Jun vs. Stands His Ground (twice) - Yin&Yang (Jun: -10 health) The heroes deliver some damage, but mostly miss their target. Hybros blinds Stands His Ground again. Jun loses his focus and some health. The bandit is sealed for one more round. 62/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Four of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Namyrra (Darkness through Pheles Rod) vs. Stands His Ground - Damage (No effect) Hybros vs. Stands His Ground - Lethal Aim (Stands His Ground: 668 health+15 SP-8 dmg=668 health+blinded) Hybros vs. Stands His Ground - Critical Lethal Hit (Stands His Ground: 668 health+15 SP-41 dmg=642 health+blinded) Tarn vs. Stands His Ground - Damage (No effect) Tesni vs. Stands His Ground - Special Damage (No effect) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Stands His Ground - Shield (Spellspin of Darkness - 6 hits; Stands His Ground: 642 health+15 SP-(44x2=88x6=528 dmg)=129 health) Jun vs. Stands His Ground (twice) - Yin&Yang (Jun: -10 health) Only Hybros's attacks connect to the bandit, along with Cinna's spellspin that almost takes out Stands His Ground. Jun loses 10 more health. The enemy is no longer sealed. 62/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Fifty-Five of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: >Namyrra uses Scroll of Sealing on Stands His Ground - Success (Stands His Ground: sealed; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros vs. Stands His Ground - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: +34 gold) Hybros vs. Stands His Ground - Critical Lethal Hit (Stands His Ground: 129 health+15 SP-41 dmg=103 health+blinded) Tarn vs. Stands His Ground - Defended Counter (Tarn: no effect; Stands His Ground: 103 health+15 SP-35 dmg=83 health+stunned) Tesni vs. Stands His Ground - Shield (War Cry - All party members: encouraged) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Stands His Ground - Great Spell (Stands His Ground: 83 health+15 SP-(63x4=264 dmg)=0 health; Cinna: -1 ether) Jun vs. Stands His Ground (twice) - Critical Dual Hit Namyrra manages to seal the bandit again. Hybros reaps some more gold while Tesni makes everyone encouraged again, save for Jun. It is Cinna's spell that makes the final impact. Cinna gains some Bright Polish and a Star Coin! The heroes take a breather, and look around the armoury. 63/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Armoury 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Stunned, Lightning and Earth* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 10 (9+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 11/36 (5+23+6+1+1) Gold: 800 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, broomstick), Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Gold Dragon Crown (Max. Ether +6; immunity to lightning and stunned; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels and necromancers), Black Dragon Robe (Max. Health +6; immunity to earth; suitable to mages, rogues and chi monks; bodywear), Anniversary Medal:Y1 (+1 to all stats per year; accessory) Inventory: Naginata (WP:10; halberd), Silver Katana (WP:8, longsword), Healing Staff (WP:6), Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +2, suitable for mages and clerics; headwear), High Heels (Power +1, suitable for women; footwear), Brown Dragon Girdle (Power +3; immunity to wood; suitable to rangers, rogues, alchemists and beast warriors), Seductive Perfume (Adds enamored-effect to all attacks; suitable to females only; accessory), Paper Parasol (Protects from light- and water-elements; accessory), 2 Amethysts (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Ruby (Fire), Emerald (Wood), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 6 Grand Potions, Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Grating Stone (WP+1), Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or accessory upon use), 23 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Armoury 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed and Fire* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 2 Health: 24/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 2333 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire; headwear),, Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Golden Katana (WP:8, longsword), Steel Katana (WP:8, longsword), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Shuriken of Mercutio (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Shuriken (WP:5, retrievable), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear) 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 10 Nostrums, 2 Meads, Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects for one battle), Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Certificate for a Cloak of a Red Assassin (The next red assassin met is forced to give up his cloak), Gate Vajra (Allows the party to teleport to any visited room inside the pagoda at the cost of 1 turn; quest item), 27 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Armoury 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 47/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 35/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Red Dragon Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects), Aquamarine, Amethyst, Opal, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether), 4 Potions, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, 2 Remedies, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), 7 Star Coins Spirits: Xut the Daemon (Darkness), Battle Angel (Light), Raiju the Raiju (Lightning), Ni the Shrubbery (Wood), Mark the Ice Cube Tray (Ice), Clay Golem (Earth), unknown (Fire), unknown (Wind), unknown (Water) Tarn Valco (Rumble Strike) – Location: Armoury 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 15 (8+6+1) Health: 9/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stun-effect; greatsword), Robust Shield (SP:8), Darksteel Armor (SP:6, Max. Health +3; bodywear), Horned Hat (SP +1, Power +1, suitable for barbarians and beast warriors; headwear) Inventory: Helbaerend (WP: 10; water-, ice- and lightning-elemental, Hollow Blade; axe), Bagpipes (WP:8, wind-elemental instrument), Fauxthril Spear (WP: 6), Shield (SP: 5), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, suitable for Barbarians and Knights, protects from fragile-effect; bodywear), Sand Worm Hide (SP: 2; bodywear), Scroll of Weakening, Smelling Salts, Shovel, Pickaxe, Bucket, Amulet of U'Kin Nobility (Grants Diplomacy to wearer when addressing a U'Kin), Star Coin Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Armoury 22 years old female human Berserker Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 47 (29+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 14/48 (8+28+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Iron Katana (WP:8, longsword), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Ruby (Fire), Scroll of Sleep, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), Winged Box (quest item), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Armoury 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 32 & 32 (17+15 & 17+15) Defense: 5 Health: 21/41 (25+16) Gold: 0 Equipment: Jindao (WP:15, lightning-elemental longsword), Yindao (WP:15, ice-elemental longsword), Huanglong Pauldrons (SP:5; immunity to all effects; bodywear) Inventory: Scroll of Confusion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Gold Statuette (worth 50 gold) Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Thanks for the reminder. Who am I to prevent anyone's creative juices from flowing? It's really up to the QM if s/he wants to allow magic-use in the specific situation. The only thing I'm opposed to is trying to get rid of enemies with magic outside of battle mode - because that would make battles futile to begin with.