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Exactly. He has nothing to gain by lying to us. It is possible that his "partner" is feeding wrong information to him, though. Some of us are more gullible than others. Here's a couple questions to Michael: - Did the host inform you that you were a jewel thief, or did you learn it from your partner-in-crime? - At what point exactly were you informed you were turned into a thief? - Did you know about you had a partner at the start of the game? - What is your exact role title? - Do you need to gain the diamond from your partner in order to fulfill the win condition, or is it enough that it is in your partner's possession? - Who did you target last night? You said both you and your partner had the ability to search for diamonds. Please answer these as specifically as you can, thank you!

So now there's a neutral thief who can also convert? Alright, let's fly with that for the moment being... The obvious way to check it out would be to lynch Bristol. I'm down with that, I never really liked her singing anyway. :hpmf:

I agree that Holly's behaviour points to her being scum. Her voting supports it. If nothing better comes up, I'm all for lynching her today. Just as a reminder, here's the final vote counts of the past two days: DAY ONE Mary / TheBoyWonder: 7 (Rufus, ADHO15, Capt.Redblade, The Legonater, Captain Genero, Tamamono, Rumble Strike) Susan / TinyPiesRUs: 1 (badboytje88) Jordan / Tamamono: 13 (Hinckley, Waterbrick Down, Scubacarrot, TrumpetKing67, Piratedave84, CorneliusMurdock, Sandy, Peanuts, Dannylonglegs, Palathadric, CallMePie, Nightshroud99, def) Diane / TrumpetKing67: 1 (TheBoyWonder) DAY TWO Mary / TheBoyWonder: 7 (Captain Genaro, ADHO15, Rumble Strike, Hinckley, Ferrik, badboytje88) Pierre / CallMePie: 12 (Capt. Redblade, Dannylonglegs, Sandy, def, Palathadric, Scubacarrot, Rufus, TrumpetKing67, TinyPiesRUs, Piratedave84, The Legonater, Nightshroud99) Michael / badboytje88: 1 (Peanuts) Except that we do not know who many of those people actually are.

Haven't been following much, have you? Pierre killed Scott. He thought Jonathan saw him target Scott on Night One, so he made up the lie that he was a tracker. We saw through it, and lynched him. Lo and behold, no axe-killings last night. There's still two killers around, though, one of which is most likely scum as well. Please, let's at least hear Barbara before we start forming any sort of lynch mobs.

Results of Round Ninety-Two of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Flying General - (Flying General: 1247 health-25 dmg=1222 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Cinna (Healing Rod) vs. Tesni - No Healing Namyrra gives the Robust Shield to Tarn Hybros vs. Flying General (twice) - Lethal Aim/Lethal Aim (Flying General: 1222 health-(6+6=12/2=6 mg)=1216 health) Hybros vs. Flying General (twice) -Shield/Damage (Hybros: +50 gold) Jun does nothing Tesni does nothing Tarn takes Robust Shield from Namyrra Xut and Hybros barely scratch the Flying General. Hybros also gains more gold. Cinna fails to heal Tesni for the second time, while Namyrra buffs Tarn up by giving him the Robust Shield. 51/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round Ninety-Three of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Flying General - (Flying General: 1216 health-25 dmg=1191 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Tesni - Hit (Tesni: +30 health) Namyrra does nothing Hybros vs. Flying General (twice) - Damage/Lethal Hit (Flying General: 1191 health-(30+30=60/2=30 dmg)=1161 health) Hybros vs. Flying General (twice) - Special Damage/Lethal Aim (Flying General 1161 health-(6+6=12/2=6 dmg)=1155 health) Jun does nothing Tesni does nothing Tarn does nothing Xut and Hybros continue to damage the Flying General, while Cinna manages to restore some - but not all - health to Tesni. The others stand idle. 51/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round Ninety-Four of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Flying General - (Flying General: 1155 health-25 dmg=1130 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Cinna (Healing Staff) vs. Tesni - No Healing Namyrra does nothing Hybros vs. Flying General (twice) - Damage/Damage (Hybros: 38 health-50 dmg=0 health) Hybros vs. Flying General (twice) - Critical Lethal Hit/Critical Lethal Hit Jun does nothing Tesni does nothing Tarn does nothing Xut strikes the Flying General, who in turn takes down Hybros. Cinna fails to heal Tesni further. 51/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Flying General (9th Star) – Location: Carp Pond Type: Flying Level: 50 Health: 1130/1500 Special: Wisdom of the Sky – Causes the sealed-effect to all opponents. Drops: Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Star Coin Note: Immune to all effects and sudden death. Flying General 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. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 34/42 (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: Carp Pond 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Knocked Out* Power: 30 (24+6) Defense: 0 Health: 0/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1646 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, 5 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: Carp Pond 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* Power: 37 (25+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 32/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 14/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; 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), Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental 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: Carp Pond 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: Carp Pond 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 45 (28+10+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 31/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), 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), Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 10/40 (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.

Something lit up in Mariel's eye. "Me name's Mariel, not Muriel, but I don't mind. Ye're awfully nice, sir. Maybe we can continue this discussion upstairs in me chamber, if ye catch me drift..." The barmaid winked with her visible eye - which doesn't quite give the impression it should. She was nevertheless seemingly keen to forget all about Reno in that instant. Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 1/3 *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, 10 Mead, 10 Smelling Salts, 10 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 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Encouraged* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 34 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, 10 Smelling Salts, 5 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 *Immune to Sealed* *Encouraged* Power: 31 (17+14) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 31 Equipment: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), 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

Phew! And to think I almost let Pierre off the hook! If it weren't for the inconsistencies of his words against Jonathan's, then we would be much worse off. And another thief killed in the night, yay for that! Sorry to lose Jonathan, aggressive as he was, it is now obvious he was working for the good of us innocents. The captain referencing him as "detective" makes me think he was the day investigator that he told us about himself. And it now seems we can trust Barbara and her assumed tracker friend a bit more. Can't wait to hear what they have to say...

"Reno who? Sorry, I'm not from around here, I don't know the local celebrities... Thanks madam, but I'd much rather do what I know best - find a ship crew to enlist to. Do you happen to know any?" Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 1/3 *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, 10 Mead, 10 Smelling Salts, 10 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 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Encouraged* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 36 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, 10 Smelling Salts, 5 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 *Immune to Sealed* *Encouraged* Power: 31 (17+14) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 31 Equipment: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), 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

As the rules state, elemental weakness and elemental immunity counter each other, so an Undead Ethereal enemy would take normal damage from healing and light-elemental attacks, but would be unaffected by everything else.

Oh, I would've thought there were more unclear cases. For Mages, it is simple. "Magic Burst" is a magic spell that deals random elemental damage to all enemies. It only uses the WP of the Healing Rod, not the healing effect, so it is unaffected by it. For Mystic Knights, "Spellspin" is a physical elemental attack, which means that weapon effects apply. So while using the Healing Rod, the MK could accidentally end up healing the enemy party. That's why the Shield-skill will target the heroes instead, in this specific case. For Battle Mages, the problem lies in the fact that while the physical attack of "Spellblade" would heal the target, the accompanying magic spell would cause damage. The simplest solution would be that only the healing would be counted, leaving the spell out of it.

I don't remember saying anything about Battle Mages with Healing Rods, either. This is exactly what makes the item so difficult - it cannot be logically applied to every single situation. As the FAQ text says, I'll leave it up to each QMs jurisdiction to decide how to operate. I personally would not make healing attempts KO anyone... (unless they were undead ).

QM Note: But the Healing Rod heals, it does not damage. Healing cannot be elemental. That's the problem here.

I'd hate to have to deal with all the pleas for refunds. I've already made myself swear not to sell them ever again.

The FAQ has been updated with a question related to the Healing Rod (aka. the bane of my existence):

QM Note: Just so you know, the Healing Rod cannot damage enemies. This is a quote from the R&D-topic a little while ago: Argh! That staff is becoming more of a nuisance than I ever thought it would! Never should've created the damn thing... But I'd say that in your case it heals the whole party using the spellspin-mechanic.

QM Note: Do you want me to keep autorolling the results? It wasn't made clear... Results of Round Ninety-One of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Flying General - (Flying General: 1272 health-25 dmg=1247 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Cinna (Healing Rod) vs. Tesni - No Healing Namyrra takes the Empyreal Staff from Hybros Hybros gives the Empyreal Staff to Namyrra Hybros does nothing Jun does nothing Tesni uses Phoenix Essence on Tarn - (Tarn: revived with full health) Tarn does nothing As Xut draws the Flying General's attention, Cinna tries to heal Tesni with her Healing Rod, but misses again. Meanwhile, Hybros hands the Empyreal Staff to Namyrra, and Tesni revives her berserker colleague with a Phoenix Essence. 51/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Flying General (9th Star) – Location: Carp Pond Type: Flying Level: 50 Health: 1247/1500 Special: Wisdom of the Sky – Causes the sealed-effect to all opponents. Drops: Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Star Coin Note: Immune to all effects and sudden death. Flying General 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. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 34/42 (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: Carp Pond 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Lucky for 8 rounds* Power: 30 (24+6) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1596 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, 5 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: Carp Pond 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* Power: 37 (25+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 32/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 17/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; 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), Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Robust Shield (SP:8), 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: Carp Pond 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 *Natural Respite* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 40/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stuns target on successful hits; greatsword), Shield (SP: 5), 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), 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: Carp Pond 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 45 (28+10+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 1/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), 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), Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 10/40 (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.

"Oh, thank you, missus! I seem to have misplaced my coinpurse somewhere, too. It was my shipmates that urged me into a drinking contest. That's the last thing I remember... By Neron, this is not my day!" "Nope, 'e did not say nothing, and refused to take me wiv 'im. Said that it was no place for a pretty young lass such as I. Oh, Reno..."

"Uh, the ship in which I serve... I mean, served, was The New Hope, from Newharbour. It's just a commercial vessel, carrying passengers and cargo in-between the two cities. It'll be back in a month or so, but the officers never let sailors who have missed the ship come back. I'd have to buy a ticket to go back home, but I'm broke. And there's nothing there for me, anyway..." Nerwen strutted to the two merpeople sitting on the corner, observing the situation. "Greetings! *gurgle* *spit* Me and Jaws here noticed you and your friends were asking for someone. It only figures it was that poor bastard Reno you were after... *slurp* I bet he's gone off to fulfill that silly dream of his to become the King of the Seas, or something. We used to throw dice together, and after a few drinks he would start rambling about taking over command and his secret past as a pirate. Of course that was all drunk talk. *spuddle* *spit* Everyone knows that the last thing a Bonaparte would do was resort to piracy. *gurgle*" "He was raving mad, I tells you." "Who asked you anything, Jaws? *splat* *slurp*"

Results of Round Ninety of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Flying General - (Flying General: 1475 health-25 dmg=1450 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness) vs. Winged Tiger - Great Spell (Winged Tiger: 300 health-(49x2=98 dmg)=202 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros vs. Winged Tiger & Flying General - Special Damage/Shield (Gold Reaper - Winged Tiger: sudden death; Hybros: 50+20=70 gold) Hybros vs. Winged Tiger & Flying General (twice) - Shield/Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: +50 gold) Tarn vs. Winged Tiger Flying General - Damage (Tarn: 32 health+12 SP-50 dmg=0 health) Tesni vs. Winged Tiger - Defended Counter (Tesni: 39 health+12 SP-50 dmg=1 health; Flying General: 1450 health-(45x2=90 dmg)=1360 health) Cinna (Lightning) vs. Winged Tiger Flying General - Spell (Flying General: 1360 health-(44x2=88 dmg)=1272 health; Cinna: -1 ether) Jun does nothing Hybros succeeds in stabbing the Winged Tiger to death as well. Hybros gains two Shurikens and a Star Coin! He also steals 120 gold during the round. Tarn is not so lucky, as he quickly falls to the Flying General's mighty arrows. Tesni survives by the skin of her teeth, and even manages to strike the foe back. Cinna directs her electric spell at the Flying General as well, dealing further damage. There is only one bandit left in the room, but one of the heroes is also knocked out - and it doesn't take much from the Flying General to take out the rest as well. 51/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Flying General (9th Star) – Location: Carp Pond Type: Flying Level: 50 Health: 1272/1500 Special: Wisdom of the Sky – Causes the sealed-effect to all opponents. Drops: Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Star Coin Note: Immune to all effects and sudden death. Flying General 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. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 34/42 (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: Carp Pond 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Lucky for 9 rounds* Power: 30 (24+6) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1596 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), Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), 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, 5 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: Carp Pond 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* Power: 37 (25+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 32/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 18/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; 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), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Robust Shield (SP:8), 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: Carp Pond 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 *Natural Respite* *Knocked Out* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 0/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stuns target on successful hits; greatsword), Shield (SP: 5), 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), 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: Carp Pond 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 45 (28+10+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 1/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), 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), Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 10/40 (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.

The sailor buries his head to his hands. "No no no no NO! This can't be... I swear I'll never take even a sip of rum ever again! My ship has already sailed, then... Which means I'm left with no job and no money in Eubric Freeport, out of all the places! What do I do now?!"

Of course it's not a problem - unless that person is already on a quest. Which is something I've seen happen a few times in the past already. It's as if the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

"Supposed to?! What time it is, please tell me! Is it morning yet? The guys couldn't have done this to me!!! " Mariel blushes a bit. "Aye, this is Reno's eyepatch. 'E said 'e wouldn't need this where 'e was going. I 'ope 'e was talking about a trip, and not about, you know "offing 'imself". 'E did seem under the weather when we last saw each other. Oh, Reno! 'Ow I miss 'im so, even though its only been days since 'e left!"

Gah, only one more vote needed! This makes me even more confident that we're on the right track, since so many people are holding back their votes. Getting no conviction would be a major setback to the Innocents, after all. We'd have to go through all of this again tomorrow.

QM Note: Just nudging him awake would have worked as well, but as you wish... Nerwen uses her healing powers to make the young sailor recover from his deep sleep. She could not cure his major hangover, though... "Wh-what? What time is it? OWWW, my head is killing me!" Party: Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider Level 23 1/3 *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, 10 Mead, 10 Smelling Salts, 10 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 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Fragile* *Evasion* *Encouraged* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 36 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, 10 Smelling Salts, 5 Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) ***Party Leader*** 262 year old female Elven Shaman Level 17 *Immune to Sealed* *Encouraged* Power: 31 (17+14) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 26/27 (5+16+1+3) Gold: 36 Equipment: Magical Staff (WP:14, water-elemental, staff), Robe of the Archmage(SP:3, Max.Ether+5, immunity to sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (+3 Max Health; backwear) Inventory: Mourning Star (WP:9, inflicts fragile-effect; mace), 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

The party drew their weapons and began advancing towards the enemies, when the Flying General suddenly shouted: "You. Shall. Not. PASS!!!" In that instant, the floor split open below their feet, sending the whole party swirling into a dark hole. The fall ended with a splash, as the party found themselves back at the Carp Pond, luckily unharmed but soaking wet. The flying enemies followed them through the hole, and the battle continued. It was obvious that the party could not advance beyond the Sky Room before these enemies were defeated. Results of Round Eighty-Nine of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut (Darkness) vs. Flying General - (Flying General: 1500 health-25 dmg=1475 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness through Necromancer's Staff) vs. Soaring Sage - Special Damage (Uplifting Winds - Soaring Sage: encouraged, hastened, lucky; -5 ether) >Hybros uses a Nostrum on himself - (Hybros: lucky) Hybros (Twin Kunai) vs. Winged Tiger & Soaring Sage - Damage/Lethal Hit (Winged Tiger: 315 health-(30/2=15 dmg)=300 health; Soaring Sage: sudden death) Tarn vs. Winged Tiger - Damage (Tarn: 40 health+12 SP-20 dmg=32 health) Tesni (Mellt) vs. Soaring Sage Winged Tiger - Damage (Tesni: 47 health+12 SP-20 dmg=39 health) >Cinna (Lightning) vs. Winged Tiger - Special Damage (Twin Stars - Cinna: 42 health+12 SP-20 dmg=34 health; Jun: 25 health+5 SP-20 dmg=10 health) Jun does nothing Xut is left to fend off the mighty Flying General, while the rest of the party focus on the two other bandits. The Soaring Sage boosts himself with his uplifting spell, but that doesn't protect him from Hybros's deadly blade. Hybros gains an Empyreal Staff and a Star Coin! Seeing his companion fall, the Winged Tiger unleashes a flurry of attacks at Tarn, Tesni, Cinna and Jun, but they all survive the onslaught. 50/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Flying General (9th Star) – Location: Carp Pond Type: Flying Level: 50 Health: 1475/1500 Special: Wisdom of the Sky – Causes the sealed-effect to all opponents. Drops: Aeolus Bomb (100 wind-elemental damage to all enemies), Star Coin Note: Immune to all effects and sudden death. Flying General 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. Winged Tiger (25th Star) – Location: Carp Pond Type: Humanoid/Flying Level: 20 Health: 300/315 Special: Twin Stars – Deals 20 damage to the target and the opponent next in turn, regardless of row. Drops: 2x Shuriken (WP:5, throwing weapon), Star Coin Note: Winged 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. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 34/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 6/30 (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: Carp Pond 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Lucky for 10 rounds* Power: 30 (24+6) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1476 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), Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), 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), 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, 5 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), 20 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Carp Pond 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* Power: 37 (25+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 32/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 20/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; 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), Snake Staff (WP:12), Shiny Dagger (WP:10), Oriental Crossbow (WP:7; crossbow), Bone Staff (WP:3), Robust Shield (SP:8), 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: Carp Pond 22 year old human male Berserker Level 21 *Natural Respite* Power: 35 (21+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 32/40 (7+20+10+3) Gold: 8 Equipment: Lion’s Heart (WP: 13, stuns target on successful hits; greatsword), Shield (SP: 5), 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), 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: Carp Pond 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 45 (28+10+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 39/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), 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), Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Carp Pond 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: 10/40 (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.