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Your first batch of enemies looks fine, but this second group seems to have way too little health (it'll take even a low-level party only a few rounds to take them out), and they give way too much loot. Generally speaking, one enemy should drop either gold, consumable items OR an artifact/weapon. Boss enemies can of course drop more, depending on their difficulty level. It is also important to remember that you don't have to be especially clever when creating equipment. Too complex effects only spell trouble for the player and all the QMs in the future (as has been witnessed many times by now). So there is nothing wrong with weapons that have no special effects, or artifacts that only give immunity to one effect/element, for example.

Guts uses a deadly venom to poison the fish, and then throws them into the murky waters. The crocodiles lash after the treats, giving Guts enough time to jump on board El Alligaléon. Once there, he extends a ladder to Nerwen and Eric so that they can board the ship as well. The heroes can hear the weregators talking inside the cabin. It seemed they were arguing about something. "Esto es una locura!" "Pero rindió bien en tomar a su hermano a Terra Chima. No podemos traicionarlo." "Lo hecho está hecho. Tenemos que llevar a casa la carga." There is only two ways for the party to go: barging into the cabin or descending to the cargo hold. Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Weakened, Asleep, Confused, Blinded, Darkness and Ice* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 54 (23+28+3), 35 for ranged attacks (23+9+3) Health: 36/36 (7+22+7) Gold: 211 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 28, ice- and darkness-elemental, attacks restore 3 health; dagger), Dancing Shoes (In the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice; immunity to asleep-, confused- and blinded-effects and to darkness and ice-elements; footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power; immunity to weakened-effect; handwear), Spiked Collar (+1 Power; accessory) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, intimidation; halberd), Fafnir (WP:14; greatsword), Throwing Knife (WP:9, light-elemental; retrievable), Throwing Axe (WP:5; retrievable), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow; dagger), 10 Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Elixir, 10 Remedy, 3 Phoenix Essence, 8 Mead, 8 Smelling Salts, 8 Nostrum, Metasimian Ale, 5 Smoke Bomb, Deadly Venom, 2 Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 3 Mythril Shard Eric (Khorne) 30 year old Human Nord Raider Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Counterstrike* *Encouraged* *Hastened* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 189 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP:19; ice- and darkness-elemental; greatsword), Counterstrike Gloves (Counter with strength equal to their level after getting hit by a Free Hit; handwear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row; footwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, immunity to fragile; bodywear) Inventory: Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; dual strike, Lightning-elemental; axe), Sticky Gloves (+50% gold from stealing), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, inflicts cursed; retrievable); 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8; retrievable), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 12 Grand Potions, Venom, 9 Meads, 8 Smelling Salts, 4 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Sealed* Power: 26 (17+9) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 81 Equipment: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Shackles of War (prevents anyone fleeing; accessory), Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Potions, 3 Elixirs, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Mead, Venom, Fire Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs , Bone, Shovel, Bedroll

"Five gold, eh? That'll keep me and me family fed fer a week, so here's the scrawny fishies fer ye! If ye ever need more fishies, just ask for Brog at the Fishmarket, and I'll catch you some." The goblin takes the gold and hands the pail of fish to Guts. Meanwhile, Nerwen attempts to aim a sleeping spell at the crocodiles, but then she sees more coming. There's at least eight lizards in the water around the ship. Nerwen hesitates if she has enough time or ether to successfully put all of them asleep without alerting the weregators. Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Weakened, Asleep, Confused, Blinded, Darkness and Ice* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 54 (23+28+3), 35 for ranged attacks (23+9+3) Health: 36/36 (7+22+7) Gold: 211 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 28, ice- and darkness-elemental, attacks restore 3 health; dagger), Dancing Shoes (In the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice; immunity to asleep-, confused- and blinded-effects and to darkness and ice-elements; footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power; immunity to weakened-effect; handwear), Spiked Collar (+1 Power; accessory) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, intimidation; halberd), Fafnir (WP:14; greatsword), Throwing Knife (WP:9, light-elemental; retrievable), Throwing Axe (WP:5; retrievable), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow; dagger), 10 Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Elixir, 10 Remedy, 3 Phoenix Essence, 8 Mead, 8 Smelling Salts, 8 Nostrum, Metasimian Ale, 5 Smoke Bomb, 2 Deadly Venom, 2 Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 3 Mythril Shard, Some Fish (quest items) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old Human Nord Raider Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Counterstrike* *Encouraged* *Hastened* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 189 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP:19; ice- and darkness-elemental; greatsword), Counterstrike Gloves (Counter with strength equal to their level after getting hit by a Free Hit; handwear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row; footwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, immunity to fragile; bodywear) Inventory: Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; dual strike, Lightning-elemental; axe), Sticky Gloves (+50% gold from stealing), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, inflicts cursed; retrievable); 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8; retrievable), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 12 Grand Potions, Venom, 9 Meads, 8 Smelling Salts, 4 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Sealed* Power: 26 (17+9) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 81 Equipment: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Shackles of War (prevents anyone fleeing; accessory), Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Potions, 3 Elixirs, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Mead, Venom, Fire Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs , Bone, Shovel, Bedroll

Results of Round One Hundred and Twenty-Three of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut does nothing Namyrra investigates the top-left shelf Cinna investigates the middle-right shelf Tesni investigates the desk Hybros uses Phoenix Essence on Tarn - (Tarn: full health recovered) Hybros investigates the middle-left shelf Tarn does nothing Jun investigates the top-right shelf Xut hoists Namyrra upwards, allowing her to reach the top shelf on the left. She finds a nautical map, some sort of astrological chart, and a crystal fragment with a captured soul inside. Jun notices her holding the item in her hands. "Careful with that, Namyrra. It is called a Soul Cage. If you break it, you will release the ghost inside with unforetold consequences." Cinna takes a look at the middle shelf on the right-side bookcase. The large books are written in letters unknown to her, but she recognizes the silver ore as something valuable and worth holding onto. Tesni searches the desk, and besides a reading lamp she finds a Scroll of Sleep and a metallic box with ornamental wings. She doesn't see any sort of opening mechanism in the winged box, though, so what it holds inside is still a mystery. Hybros brings Tarn back to his senses, and as the berserker takes a breather, the imp looks at the shelf with the oil lamp. As Hybros touches the lamp that has jade patterns in it, it begins to shake. He drops it on the floor just as green smoke starts evaporating from it, and a jinn appears. "Ah, a new master has claimed Mediq's lamp! It is unfortunate that Mediq cannot serve the new master, for the master is not connected to ether. You see, if the master would feed Mediq some ether - measly five portions of it, to be exact -, Mediq could restore health to anyone equal to the master's level of experience. Simple as sesame!" Shrugging his shoulders, Hybros looks at his companions. The Jade Lamp of Summoning is currently useless in his hands. The jinn calling himself Mediq awaits for Hybros's decision. Jun takes a look at the last shelf with anything of interest. He nimbly climbs up the bookcase to take a look at the top shelf, and discovers a gold statuette that is certainly worth something as well as a Scroll of Confusion. With the room raided, the party can either advance upstairs or return to the Sky Room to find out where the third door leads to. 56/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Library 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 1/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 0/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, ranged broomstick),Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire), 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:5), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 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), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Library 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 0 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 1875 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear), 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), 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), 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 20 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 11 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 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), Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), 23 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Library 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 40 (25+15) 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’s 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Soul Cage (Causes ??? to all combatants upon consumption), Bedroll, 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: Library 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 1/3 *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, stuns target on successful hits; 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) Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Library 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 22/47 (8+27+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), Scroll of Sleep, Potion, 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: Library 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 *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) Xut the Daemon (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Darkness Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Absolutely beautiful! You've really captured the essence of Ancient Greece, and all the details and references make this one a true delight to view. My favourite details have got to be the amphitheater and the acropolis. The only few pointers I have that the layout is perhaps a bit too symmetric, especially with the houses and the market stalls. Some "orderly chaos" would not hurt.

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"Roar, flames of the red dragon!" Results of Round One Hundred and Twenty of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 646 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=596 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Lethal Aim (Horned Dragon: 596 health-(8x2=16 dmg)=580 health) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Spell (Horned Dragon: 580 health-(44x4=176 dmg)=404 health; Cinna: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Spell Aim (Horned Dragon: 404 health-(15x4=60 dmg)=344 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Damage (Tesni: no effect) Jun does nothing The heroes get good hits on the enemy, but not enough to fell him, so the battle continues. 55/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Twenty-One of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 344 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=294 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Lethal Aim (Horned Dragon: 294 health-(8x2=16 dmg)=278 health) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Great Spell (Horned Dragon: 278 health-(61x4=244 dmg)=34 health; Cinna: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Damage (Tesni: no effect) Jun does nothing The blinded bandit manages to keep the heroes away so that they don't quite manage to defeat him yet. 55/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round One Hundred and Twenty-Two of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 34 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=0 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Single-horned Dragon Jun does nothing It is left to Xut the Daemon to take out the bandit, so Namyrra collects what the bandit left behind. Namyrra gains the Red Dragon's Plume and a Star Coin! The heroes finally have time to take a closer look at the library, as well as tend to the knocked out Tarn. 56/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Library 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 1/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 0/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, ranged broomstick),Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire), 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:5), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Library 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 0 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 1875 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear), 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), 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), 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 20 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 11 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 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), 23 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Library 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 40 (25+15) 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’s 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Bedroll, 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: Library 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 1/3 *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, stuns target on successful hits; 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) Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Library 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 5 rounds* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 22/47 (8+27+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), Potion, 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), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Library 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 *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: Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Xut the Daemon (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Darkness Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Not until you learn the difference between "than" and "then".

QM Note: My apologies, my linguistics seem to be rusty. The name should of course be El Alligaléon. The discussion has been retconned accordingly. "*slurp* *spit* You're welcome! When it comes to maritime matters, you can always trust Captain Squidraken to know the answer! *gurgle*" "They don't call us merfolk for nothing, after all." It doesn't take the heroes long at all to find the weregator vessel. Everyone they ask were able to point them to El Alligaléon, which looked every bit as foreign as Captain Squidraken had told. There was an elderly goblin fishing next to the ship. "Quite a sight, innit? You should see the crew, and the pets they brought with them! Here, lemme show ye..." The fisherman took a fish from his vat and threw it against the side of the ship. Immediately the waters around the vessel started to stir. "Those beasts will surely snatch anyone who's not their master trying to sneak aboard the ship. Ye better watch yer step on this pier, hehe." Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Weakened, Asleep, Confused, Blinded, Darkness and Ice* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 54 (23+28+3), 35 for ranged attacks (23+9+3) Health: 36/36 (7+22+7) Gold: 216 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 28, ice- and darkness-elemental, attacks restore 3 health; dagger), Dancing Shoes (In the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice; immunity to asleep-, confused- and blinded-effects and to darkness and ice-elements; footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power; immunity to weakened-effect; handwear), Spiked Collar (+1 Power; accessory) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, intimidation; halberd), Fafnir (WP:14; greatsword), Throwing Knife (WP:9, light-elemental; retrievable), Throwing Axe (WP:5; retrievable), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow; dagger), 10 Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Elixir, 10 Remedy, 3 Phoenix Essence, 8 Mead, 8 Smelling Salts, 8 Nostrum, Metasimian Ale, 5 Smoke Bomb, 2 Deadly Venom, 2 Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 3 Mythril Shard Eric (Khorne) 30 year old Human Nord Raider Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Counterstrike* *Encouraged* *Hastened* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 189 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP:19; ice- and darkness-elemental; greatsword), Counterstrike Gloves (Counter with strength equal to their level after getting hit by a Free Hit; handwear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row; footwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, immunity to fragile; bodywear) Inventory: Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; dual strike, Lightning-elemental; axe), Sticky Gloves (+50% gold from stealing), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, inflicts cursed; retrievable); 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8; retrievable), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 12 Grand Potions, Venom, 9 Meads, 8 Smelling Salts, 4 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Sealed* Power: 26 (17+9) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 81 Equipment: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Shackles of War (prevents anyone fleeing; accessory), Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Potions, 3 Elixirs, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Mead, Venom, Fire Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs , Bone, Shovel, Bedroll

~A new quest has been posted in the Quest Board (#60 by Capt.JohnPaul - note the short sign-up time)!~

"Well, the cemetery is actually where the lower class people get buried. The most influential families usually have their own mausoleums or catacombs elsewhere under the city, but a few of them are also situated in the cemetery proper. If you take a leisurely walk there, you can see the gravestones of people who have died up to 400 years ago, back when the small fishing village began to grow into the significant commercial port it is today. As for any recent events, you should go ask Scheherazade upstairs about them. She hears all the good gossip, whereas I rarely leave this library." "What comes to theaters, there's Bilbert Wigglepike's grand theater in this city, but other than that, you get only the street performers and an occassional visiting group of thespians around here. I hear Pyrian comedy and tragedy is becoming more popular again. It seems people have gotten fed up with William Stirlance's classical plays. There's only so many times you can watch the same balcony scene without getting bored, after all..."

Results of Round One Hundred and Nineteen of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 1296 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1246 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Critical Lethal Hit (Horned Dragon: 1246 health-(41x2=82 dmg)=1164 health+blinded) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Critical Lethal Hit (Horned Dragon: 1164 health-(41x2=82 dmg)=1082 health) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Great Spell (Horned Dragon: 1082 health-(63x4=252 dmg)=830 health; Cinna: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Defended Counter (Tesni: no effect; Horned Dragon: 830 health-(46x4=184 dmg)=646 health) Jun does nothing Hybros manages to temporarily render their foe blind, making it easy for them all to hit the Single-horned Dragon. 55/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Single-horned Dragon (91st Star) – Location: Library *Blinded for 3 rounds* Type: Humanoid/Fiery Level: 42 Health: 646/1622 Special: Dragon’s Horn – Makes all allies ignore SP with their attacks. Drops: Red Dragon’s Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Star Coin Note: Immune to weakened and sudden death. Attacks ignore SP. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Library 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 1/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 2/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, ranged broomstick),Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire), 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:5), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Library 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 0 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 1875 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear), 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), 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), 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 20 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 11 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 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), 23 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Library 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 40 (25+15) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 19/40 (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), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Bedroll, 6 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: Library 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 1/3 *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, stuns target on successful hits; 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) Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Library 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 8 rounds* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 22/47 (8+27+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), Potion, 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), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Library 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 *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: Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Xut the Daemon (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Darkness Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

"*gurgle* *splut* The weregators, huh? They arrived on one of them Chiman ships, a type of a junk. What was it called again...? *slurp*" "El Alligaléon, cap'n." "Ah, now I remember! The ship is El Alligaléon! It is painted dirty green and has all sort of barbaric ornaments, it should not be that hard to find." Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Weakened, Asleep, Confused, Blinded, Darkness and Ice* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 54 (23+28+3), 35 for ranged attacks (23+9+3) Health: 36/36 (7+22+7) Gold: 216 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 28, ice- and darkness-elemental, attacks restore 3 health; dagger), Dancing Shoes (In the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice; immunity to asleep-, confused- and blinded-effects and to darkness and ice-elements; footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power; immunity to weakened-effect; handwear), Spiked Collar (+1 Power; accessory) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, intimidation; halberd), Fafnir (WP:14; greatsword), Throwing Knife (WP:9, light-elemental; retrievable), Throwing Axe (WP:5; retrievable), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow; dagger), 10 Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Elixir, 10 Remedy, 3 Phoenix Essence, 8 Mead, 8 Smelling Salts, 8 Nostrum, Metasimian Ale, 5 Smoke Bomb, 2 Deadly Venom, 2 Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 3 Mythril Shard Eric (Khorne) 30 year old Human Nord Raider Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Counterstrike* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 189 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP:19; ice- and darkness-elemental; greatsword), Counterstrike Gloves (Counter with strength equal to their level after getting hit by a Free Hit; handwear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row; footwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, immunity to fragile; bodywear) Inventory: Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; dual strike, Lightning-elemental; axe), Sticky Gloves (+50% gold from stealing), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, inflicts cursed; retrievable); 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8; retrievable), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 12 Grand Potions, Venom, 10 Meads, 9 Smelling Salts, 4 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Sealed* Power: 26 (17+9) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 81 Equipment: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Shackles of War (prevents anyone fleeing; accessory), Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Potions, 3 Elixirs, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Mead, Venom, Fire Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs , Bone, Shovel, Bedroll

Oh, it's over already? Yay for another survival! Thanks for the game, Bob! It was rather easy for us innocents, though. A host shouldn't take sides like you did through the course of the game. Getting to know that def targeted CM but was unsuccessful on Night One was a game-breaker for me. I knew I could trust def from that point on, and he kept feeding me information that allowed me to join the town block once def was gone (the town block was actually just me, Scuba, TinyPies and Rufus (who smartly did not reveal he was the vigilante at any point) in the end). Also, on the contrary to the night action results posted here, my night action was actually a tracker. I got to follow someone and see who they targeted, whereas a watcher would have seen everyone who targeted their choice of target. Gotta know your role terms, Bob. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted!

EDIT: Nevermind, it seems your plans have changed. The party returns to the Merry Mermaid. The squidman and the fishman are still sitting in their table, as is the young sailor, holding his head and staring at a cup of strong coffee. Cuttler the bartender scowls at the heroes, but Mariel gives them a beaming smile. She has apparently abandoned her eyepatch. Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Weakened, Asleep, Confused, Blinded, Darkness and Ice* Power: 54 (23+28+3), 35 for ranged attacks (23+9+3) Health: 36/36 (7+22+7) Gold: 216 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 28, ice- and darkness-elemental, attacks restore 3 health; dagger), Dancing Shoes (In the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice; immunity to asleep-, confused- and blinded-effects and to darkness and ice-elements; footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power; immunity to weakened-effect; handwear), Spiked Collar (+1 Power; accessory) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, intimidation; halberd), Fafnir (WP:14; greatsword), Throwing Knife (WP:9, light-elemental; retrievable), Throwing Axe (WP:5; retrievable), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow; dagger), 10 Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Elixir, 10 Remedy, 3 Phoenix Essence, 9 Mead, 9 Smelling Salts, 9 Nostrum, Metasimian Ale, 5 Smoke Bomb, 2 Deadly Venom, 2 Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 3 Mythril Shard Eric (Khorne) 30 year old Human Nord Raider Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Counterstrike* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 189 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP:19; ice- and darkness-elemental; greatsword), Counterstrike Gloves (Counter with strength equal to their level after getting hit by a Free Hit; handwear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row; footwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, immunity to fragile; bodywear) Inventory: Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; dual strike, Lightning-elemental; axe), Sticky Gloves (+50% gold from stealing), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, inflicts cursed; retrievable); 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8; retrievable), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 12 Grand Potions, Venom, 10 Meads, 9 Smelling Salts, 4 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Sealed* Power: 26 (17+9) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 81 Equipment: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Shackles of War (prevents anyone fleeing; accessory), Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Potions, 3 Elixirs, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Mead, Venom, Fire Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs , Bone, Shovel, Bedroll

Results of Round One Hundred and Eighteen of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 1522 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1472 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Sacred-handed Scholar - Shield (War Cry - Scholar: 391 health-(60x8=480 dmg)=0 health) Tarn vs. Sacred-handed Scholar Single-horned Dragon - Defended Counter (Tarn: 40 health-42 dmg=0 health) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Sacred-handed Scholar Single-horned Dragon - Spell (Horned Dragon: 1472 health-(44x4=176 dmg)=1296 health; Cinna: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Sacred-Handed Scholar Single-horned Dragon - Special Damage (Dragon's Horn - no effect) Jun does nothing Xut hits the Single-horned Dragon while Tesni takes care of the Scholar. Tesni gains a Phoenix Essence and a Star Coin! Then things start to get downhill again. The Dragon knocks out Tarn with his piercing strike, and only Cinna gets her spell through, hitting the bandit where others miss. 55/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Single-horned Dragon (91st Star) – Location: Library Type: Humanoid/Fiery Level: 42 Health: 1296/1622 Special: Dragon’s Horn – Makes all allies ignore SP with their attacks. Drops: Red Dragon’s Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Star Coin Note: Immune to weakened and sudden death. Attacks ignore SP. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Library 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 1/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 3/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, ranged broomstick),Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire), 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:5), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Library 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 33 (25+8) Defense: 0 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 1875 Equipment: Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear), 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), 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), 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 20 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 11 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 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), 23 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Library 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 40 (25+15) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 20/40 (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), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Bedroll, 6 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: Library 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 1/3 *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, stuns target on successful hits; 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) Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Library 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 22/47 (8+27+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), Potion, 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), 6 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Library 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 *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: Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Xut the Daemon (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Darkness Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

You know, you can't apply human moral codes into real-life animals. Animals aren't good or evil, they just follow their natural instincts. Crocodiles are carnivores, so when they are hungry, they eat whatever piece of meat comes to their waters, without thinking if that piece of meat "deserved it". I do agree that the show should not portray all members of a certain tribe as purely good or evil, but not because "they're not like that in nature". It's the characters that fall in-between good and evil that are usually the most interesting, after all.

Bear in mind that most of the effects were planned to disadvantage the heroes, not the enemies.

QM Note: The quest will continue tomorrow when I finally have a chance to take photos again.

I'm still on the fence whether we should take a risk with Betty when we know we must lynch Michael sooner or later as well, but Phil has some convincing points, and getting no lynch at all is the worst case scenario. So I'm going to do yet another switcheroo, and Unvote: Michael (badboytje) for the umphteenth time, and Vote: Betty (Ferrik)

QM Note: Yes, the bound-effect lasts for one round. "Beware, impure ones! If you tarnish a Sacred-handed Brother with red blood, you shall invoke the wrath of San Itari, the God of Purity!" Results of Round One Hundred and Seventeen of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 1572 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1522 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Cinna (Darkness through Mauryl) vs. Sacred-handed Scholar - Great Spell (Scholar: 765 health-(63x4=252 dmg)=513 health; Cinna: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness through Empyreal Staff) vs. Sacred-Handed Scholar - Damage (Namyrra: 32 health+10 SP-(37/2=19 dmg)=23 health) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Sacred-handed Scholar - Shield (War Cry - All party members: encouraged) Hybros vs. Little Marquis & Prodigal First Brother - Lethal Hit (Little Marquis: sudden death; First Brother: 261 health-(30x2=60 dmg)=201 health) Hybros vs. Little Marquis & Prodigal First Brother (twice) - Lethal Hit (First Brother: sudden death) Tarn vs. Prodigal First Brother Sacred-handed Scholar - Extra Critical Furious Hit (Scholar: 513 health-(61x2=122 dmg)=391 health+stunned) Jun does nothing Namyrra suffers some damage from the Scholar, but the battle becomes much easier when Hybros takes out the two weakest bandits, the Prodigal First Brother and the Little Marquis. Hybros gains 100 gold, a Remedy and 2 Star Coins! THE PARTY LEVELS UP! Tarn's mighty blow stuns the Scholar for his next turn, and Xut manages to keep the Single-horned Dragon at bay. 54/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Sacred-handed Scholar (46th Star) – Location: Library *Stunned* Type: Holy/Humanoid Level: 37 Health: 391/825 Special: Reviving Touch – Brings back the strongest fallen ally into the combat with full health. If no allies have fallen, restores full health to the strongest ally instead. Drops: Phoenix Essence, Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoned, badly poisoned, petrify and sudden death. Single-horned Dragon (91st Star) – Location: Library Type: Humanoid/Fiery Level: 42 Health: 1522/1622 Special: Dragon’s Horn – Makes all allies ignore SP with their attacks. Drops: Red Dragon’s Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Star Coin Note: Immune to weakened and sudden death. Attacks ignore SP. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Library 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 1/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 4/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, ranged broomstick),Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire), 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:5), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Library 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 25 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 31 (25+6) Defense: 0 Health: 39/39 (7+24+5+1+2) Gold: 1875 Equipment: Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear), 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), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), 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), 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 20 Health Cores, 9 Remedies, Neutralizer, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 11 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 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), 23 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Library 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 40 (25+15) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 23/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 21/40 (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), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Bedroll, 6 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: Library 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* 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, stuns target on successful hits; 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) Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Library 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 22/47 (8+27+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), Potion, Neutralizer, 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), 5 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Library 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 17 *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: Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Xut the Daemon (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Darkness Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

"Did you run into my brothers on your way up here, scum? They must've given you a run for your money, for the bond between us prevents them to die before me!" Results of Round One Hundred and Sixteen of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Single-horned Dragon - (Horned Dragon: 1622 health-(25x2=50 dmg)=1572 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Cinna (Darkness through Mauryl) vs. Sacred-handed Scholar - Enchantment (Cinna: not enough ether) >Namyrra (Darkness through Empyreal Staff) vs. Sacred-Handed Scholar - Spell Aim (Scholar: 825 health-(15x4=60 dmg)=765 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Sacred-handed Scholar - Damage (Tesni: 47 health+12 SP-37 dmg=22 health) Hybros vs. Little Marquis & Prodigal First Brother - Lethal Hit (Marquis: 345 health-30 dmg=315 health; First Brother: 326 health-30 dmg=296 health) Hybros vs. Little Marquis & Prodigal First Brother - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: 24+37+42+26=129 gold) Tarn vs. Prodigal First Brother - Furious Hit (First Brother: 296 health-35 dmg=261 health+stunned) Jun does nothing The party bravely fights the bandits. Tesni takes a hit from the Scholar, and some of their attacks miss, but they get solid hits on the bandits as well. Not enough to knock any of them down, though. 52/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Prodigal First Brother (36th Star) – Location: Library *Stunned* Type: Humanoid Level: 24 Health: 261/326 Special: Brotherly Bravado – Deals 48 damage to the target, but also suffers 24 damage. Drops: 100 gold, Star Coin Sacred-handed Scholar (46th Star) – Location: Library Type: Holy/Humanoid Level: 37 Health: 765/825 Special: Reviving Touch – Brings back the strongest fallen ally into the combat with full health. If no allies have fallen, restores full health to the strongest ally instead. Drops: Phoenix Essence, Star Coin Note: Immune to poisoned, badly poisoned, petrify and sudden death. Single-horned Dragon (91st Star) – Location: Library Type: Humanoid/Fiery Level: 42 Health: 1572/1622 Special: Dragon’s Horn – Makes all allies ignore SP with their attacks. Drops: Red Dragon’s Plume (Immunity to weakened and fire; suitable to barbarians, knights, skirmishers and winged warriors; accessory), Star Coin Note: Immune to weakened and sudden death. Attacks ignore SP. Little Marquis (54th Star) – Location: Library Type: Humanoid Level: 26 Health: 315/345 Special: Leg Chop – Causes 13 damage with stunned, weakened and bound-effects to the target. Drops: Remedy, Star Coin Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Library 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 *Immune to Fire and Earth* Power: 44 (24+19+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 5/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:19, ranged broomstick),Turtleshell Shield (SP:9), Aurora Helmet (SP:2, immune to fire), 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:5), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Library 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* Power: 30 (24+6) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1775 Equipment: Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed; bodywear), Blue Dragon Cape (Immunity to slowed and water; suitable to knights, rangers and dragoons; backwear), 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), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), 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), 2 Emeralds (Wood), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 20 Health Cores, 8 Remedies, Neutralizer, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), 11 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 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), 21 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Library 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* Power: 40 (25+15) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 32/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 22/40 (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), 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, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 2 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, Flash Bomb, Bedroll, 6 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: Library 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 *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, stuns target on successful hits; 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) Tesni Hightribe (Peppermint_M) – Location: Library 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 22/47 (8+27+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), Potion, Neutralizer, 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), 5 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Library 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 16 1/2 *Immune to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Water, Earth, Wind, Wood and all Effects* Power: 31 & 31 (16+15& 16+15) Defense: 5 Health: 40/40 (25+15) 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: Grand Potion, Remedy, Phoenix Essence Xut the Daemon (Summon, controlled by Quarryman) Element: Darkness Power: 25 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Results of Round One of the Retired Pirate Battle: Eric vs. Popeye - Shield/Special Damage (Ravage - All enemies: 278 health-(40x4=160 dmg)=118 health; Eric: 21+21+21+21+21=105 gold) Eric vs. Parakeet - Special Damage/Extra Critical Hit (Parakeet: 118 health-(78x4=312 dmg)=0 health) Guts vs. Meathook - Special Damage/Shield (Ravage - All remaining enemies: 118 health-(54x4=216 dmg)=0 health; Guts: 21+21+21+21=84 gold) Guts vs. Greybeard - Shield/Steal Nerwen (Mourning Star) vs. Guybrush - Shield The encouraged Eric and Guts swiftly cut down the elderly pirates, making some gold in the process as well. After they were done, there was nothing much of the old men left to interrogate... THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! Guts and Eric get a third of a level, while Nerwen earns a half. The enemies drop 150 gold. Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Weakened, Asleep, Confused, Blinded, Darkness and Ice* Power: 54 (23+28+3), 35 for ranged attacks (23+9+3) Health: 36/36 (7+22+7) Gold: 166 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 28, ice- and darkness-elemental, attacks restore 3 health; dagger), Dancing Shoes (In the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice; immunity to asleep-, confused- and blinded-effects and to darkness and ice-elements; footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power; immunity to weakened-effect; handwear), Spiked Collar (+1 Power; accessory) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, intimidation; halberd), Fafnir (WP:14; greatsword), Throwing Knife (WP:9, light-elemental; retrievable), Throwing Axe (WP:5; retrievable), Hollow Dagger (WP:6, hollow; dagger), 10 Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Elixir, 10 Remedy, 3 Phoenix Essence, 9 Mead, 9 Smelling Salts, 9 Nostrum, Metasimian Ale, 5 Smoke Bomb, 2 Deadly Venom, 2 Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 3 Mythril Shard Eric (Khorne) 30 year old Human Nord Raider Level 21 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Counterstrike* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 139 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP:19; ice- and darkness-elemental; greatsword), Counterstrike Gloves (Counter with strength equal to their level after getting hit by a Free Hit; handwear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row; footwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, immunity to fragile; bodywear) Inventory: Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; dual strike, Lightning-elemental; axe), Sticky Gloves (+50% gold from stealing), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, inflicts cursed; retrievable); 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8; retrievable), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Sleep, 12 Grand Potions, Venom, 10 Meads, 9 Smelling Salts, 4 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 1/2 *Immune to Sealed* Power: 26 (17+9) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 31 Equipment: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Shackles of War (prevents anyone fleeing; accessory), Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Potions, 3 Elixirs, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Mead, Venom, Fire Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs , Bone, Shovel, Bedroll Party Leader, divide the spoils: 150 gold

Uh, I have a bad feeling about this Betty-business... I'd rather not take a risk with possibly voting out an innocent at this point, so I'm going to Vote: Michael (badboytje)

Hmm, interesting... *cough*godfather*cough* Well, actually a godfather would probably come up as innocent, so either the investigator's result was harrassed or then Betty has yet another quirky role we cannot even begin to predict.