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That is the line I've been waiting for! My biggest concern about Pierre was that if he was the killer, why would he have told you he targetted Scott without you mentioning anything about it to him? But if you think it is possible that he assumed you knew his target beforehand, then it incriminates Pierre once more. Sorry about being wishy-washy with my votes, but this confirmation puts Pierre back on top of my list of suspects, whereas I was only voting for Mary to get a conviction. If there is still time to turn this around as you say there is, I'm going to: Unvote: Mary (TheBoyWonder) Vote: Pierre (CallMePie)

"Hair megablocks? No, my bottom smooth like silk. Long journey, yes. Terra Chima far away. Yes, we get new cargo to take home."

~A new quest has been posted on the Quest Board (#59 by JimButcher)!~

What would revealing the other Tracker today accomplish? Just more "he said, she said" bickering, in my opinion, and to top it off we might not even get a conviction. There's only so little daylight left, after all (I for one am heading to bed now). There's been so much confusion and so many twists today that I say we have to focus, give the situation some time, let people gather their thoughts and return to this issue tomorrow.

The nigh-topless barmaid giggled at Eric's approaches. "You mean this eyepatch, sir? Tehehe! It's just a memento from a very dear friend. There's absolutely nothing wrong with me eye, tehehe." "I'd love a good swig of rum, but Cuttler does not approve of us gals drinking on the job. 'E says it makes us all the more likely to tip our trays, tehehe!" "Flying ships? Ptooie! Those blue-skinned Ji Pei devils should have left their devilish machines where the devil they came from! It's no business for us honest folk, no sir! Now that you mentioned, that Reno-fellow used to talk about the Ji Pei machinery often. I tried to snap him out of it, but in vain. Wouldn't be surprised if he was aboard one of those flying deathtraps right now - Mariel mentioned that he went away on a trip or something."

Haven't we had enough roleclaims for one day, already? I agree that it would be helpful, but I'm sure we'll find it out sooner or later. This day is nearly ending, we need to focus on getting a conviction, because that's the only way we can ever hope to catch the scum.

Results of Round Eighty-Eight of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Hybros moves through the door Xut moves through the door Namyrra moves through the door Tarn moves through the door Tesni moves through the door Cinna moves through the door Jun moves through the door Hybros does nothing As Namyrra points out, there is only one door leading out of the Misty Room, besides the staircase leading down. The heroes move through it, arriving to a high room with two more doors and three bandits flying around on wings. The patterns on the floor resemble clouds. (QM Note: Mentally replace Christopher with Jun in the picture. ) 49/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Flying General (9th Star) – Location: Sky Room Type: Flying Level: 50 Health: 1500/1500 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. Soaring Sage (65th Star) – Location: Sky Room Type: Humanoid/Flying Level: 25 Health: 449/449 Ether: 15/15 Special: Uplifting Winds – Causes encouraged, hastened and lucky-effects to the Soaring Sage at the cost of 5 ether. Drops: Empyreal Staff (WP:15, wind-elemental staff), Star Coin Note: Soaring Sage’s attacks are wind-elemental, and consume 1 ether from him. When his ether runs out, he cannot attack. Soaring Sage 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: Sky Room Type: Humanoid/Flying Level: 20 Health: 315/315 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: Sky Room 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: 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: Sky Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* Power: 32 (24+8) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1476 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), 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), 12 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), 19 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Sky Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 52/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 20/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: 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), 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: Sky Room 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: Sky Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 55 (28+20+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), 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: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Sky Room 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: 25/40 (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.

You're right. Too many distractions. We can only lynch one person at a time, anyway, so we'll have to see what the night brings us. Unvote: Pierre (CallMePie) Vote: Mary (TheBoyWonder)

The half-alligator, half-man creatures glanced at Nerwen, then at each other. "Greetings, spear-eared woman. Me Captain Dundee of Le Alligaléon, this my crew of good weregators. This our last night here. We ship fruit and cocoa beans from Terra Chima. Very tasty, you go buy! We sell them all now, sail home tonight." "That poor lad's purse is long gone, trust me. His mates left him there last night, and he's been sleeping ever since. I wouldn't be surprised if he's already missed his ship."

You're making an awfully good point. Why would you tell Jonathan you targetted Scott - a dead man - when you could've easily lied about it and save yourself from getting suspected? Unless you somehow felt Jonathan already knew who you had targetted... Or you made a silly slip-up, which I somehow doubt in your case. If Jonathan verifies these quotes to be truthful, you seem too honest to be scum. That would raise the question whether we innocents would have two trackers on our side... Gah, something in this just doesn't match up... The fact remains that someone killed Scott, and two people confessed to targetting him. We would be all over Barbara by now if she had not told us about this other tracker. Again, who to believe...?

Yes, Pierre obviously needs some pressure to make him talk. Although I'm not exactly sure what we are expecting him to say... "Yes, I'm scum. You caught me now."? Unvote: Alice (Rumble Strike) Vote: Pierre (CallMePie) The main point against him is that he confessed targetting Scott, as did Barbara. Unless there was a third person targetting Scott, which seems somewhat unlikely, one of them is the killer. Pierre's silence makes him the more likely culprit in my books, although I could of course be wrong.

Jun bows courteously to Tarn. "Gaining this power cost me much toil in this pagoda. You can perhaps now better understand my bafflement over how my brotherhood has lost to these scoundrels." Results of Round Eighty-Six of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Hybros moves to the Entrance Hall Hybros retrieves throwing weapons Xut does nothing Namyrra does nothing Tarn does nothing Tesni does nothing Cinna (Healing Rod) vs. Jun - No Healing Jun does nothing Hybros quickly visits the Entrance Hall to retrieve his throwing weapons, while Cinna tries to smack Jun with her Healing Rod. The Tao Warrior swiftly dodges. "What the hell are you doing, woman?" 49/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round Eighty-Seven of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Hybros moves to the Stone Garden Xut teleports to the Misty Room Namyrra teleports to the Misty Room Tarn teleports to the Misty Room Tesni teleports to the Misty Room Cinna teleports to the Misty Room Jun teleports to the Misty Room Hybros teleports to the Misty Room Hybros returns, and activates the Gate Vajra again, teleporting everyone back to the Misty Room. 49/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Misty Room 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: 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: Misty Room 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* Power: 32 (24+8) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1476 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), 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), 12 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), 19 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Misty Room 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 52/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 20/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: 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), 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: Misty Room 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: Misty Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 55 (28+20+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), 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: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Misty Room 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: 25/40 (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.

There's plenty of idle players around, so if anyone has a good idea for a quest and a willingness to host one, now would be a perfect time to contact me. As Brickdoctor said, you will gain a Good reputation with the new faction, but lose your old reputation. If you had a Great reputation with the old faction, it would drop down to Good.

The bartender passes another rum to Guts, taking one more gold from him. "Yeah, there aren't any friends of the tolls in this bar. That's why you don't see any of them Bonapartes around - except that Reno-fellow. Haven't seen him in quite a while, but Mariel over there used to spend some time with him. He was one of her favourite customers, so to speak." The bartender points at the aloof barmaid with the eyepatch. The men sitting around the table are all old, with bushy beards and crude tongues. "Cards? That's a game for soddy landlubbers! We old seawolves prefer Trip-Trap - or Triple Magic, as it's called nowadays." "Why did they have to go and change that, anyway? Trip-Trap was a perfectly fine name!" "Bah, it wasn't modern enough for these young sissies you see aboard nowadays!" "Yeah, everything was truly better in the olden days. Back then, ships were made of wood and men of iron! Nowadays it's the opposite, bwahah!" "Squawk!" Nerwen takes the mead Eric offers her, and drinks it, feeling encouraged. She then decides to go speak to the sailor slouching in the corner. As Nerwen gets closer, she sees that the young sailor is obviously sleeping off his drunkedness. "If you want good rumours, you should go talk to my colleague Scheherazade at the Heroica Hall. You'd have to be a member to get into the Saloon, though. I don't know how she does it, but Scheherazade knows every member of that damned leisure club for wannabe-heroes. I ask you, what good have they done to the well-being of this city so far, other than licking the boots of the powers that be?" 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: 27/27 (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

I'd like to hear Lynette's real name as well. We must follow up on this clue, even if it might cost us the Town tracker. It's a 50/50 chance, at least, so if "Lynette" turns out to be scum, we know we can more likely trust the other tracker, and vice versa. These are all questions I've been juggling in my head as well as soon as I heard about Barbara's victory condition. I'm anxious to see how this game will turn out in the end... Nobody was penalized after Day 1 (there were non-voters then, right?), so I don't think voting is mandatory.

Whaaat? We need to find the thieves who took the diamond, but now there are even more thieves, working independently from the actual culprits?! Is there no honesty left on this ship? Practically speaking these neutral thieves are in fact neutral investigators, then, at least up until they find the diamond. So besides that, we have a day investigator and not one but two trackers - the other also seeing the results of the one they tracked?! Someone's got to be lying in that bunch, that's all just too damn confusing... Now we only have the simple and easy task of finding out who the liar is.

Words into actions. Vote: Alice (Rumble Strike)

QM Note: Honestly, I did not even cheat with that roll! We were all saved from who knows how many rounds of rinsing and repeating by sheer luck. Results of Round Eighty-Four of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut (Darkness) vs. Stone General - (Stone General: 252 health+10 SP-24 dmg=238 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros (Eye-poking Sai) vs. Stone General - Critical Lethal Hit (Stone General: 238 health+10 SP-40 dmg=208 health) Hybros vs. Stone General - Shield (Gold Reaper - Hybros: +50 gold) >Cinna (Wood) vs. Stone General - Enchantment (Cinna: +1 WP to Mauryl, -19 ether) >Namyrra (Wood) vs. Stone General - Spell (Stone General: 208 health+10 SP-(45x2=90 dmg)=128 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Tesni vs. Stone General - Furious Hit (Stone General: 128 health+10 SP-55 dmg=83 health) Tarn vs. Stone General - Extra Critical Furious Hit (Stone General: 83 health+10 SP-61 dmg=32 health) Jun does nothing The heroes hit the helpless Stone General one by one, but he refuses to fall. 48/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round Eighty-Five of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut (Darkness) vs. Stone General - (Stone General: 32 health+10 SP-24 dmg=18 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Hybros vs. Stone General - Critical Lethal Hit (Stone General: 18 health+10 SP-40 dmg=0 health) Hybros vs. Stone General - Critical Lethal Hit >Cinna (Wood) vs. Stone General - Spell >Namyrra (Wood) vs. Stone General - Shield Tesni vs. Stone General - Special Damage Tarn vs. Stone General - Defended Counter Jun does nothing Yet another bandit falls to Hybros's blades. Hybros gains a Gaia Bomb and a Star Coin! As the Stone General falls down on his knees, he begins to break and crumble. "You still need... to defeat... the Flying General... before you... can advance... You will... never... succeed..." Then the Stone Garden falls silent. 49/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Stone Garden 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: 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: Stone Garden 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 2/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* Power: 32 (24+8) Defense: 0 Health: 38/38 (7+23+5+1+2) Gold: 1476 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), 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), 12 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), 19 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Stone Garden 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 52/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 20/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: 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), 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: Stone Garden 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: Stone Garden 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 55 (28+20+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), 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: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Stone Garden 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: 25/40 (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.

*Whips out an ukulele* "No man is an island No man stands alone! Each man's joy is joy to me Each man's grief is my own!" ... Oh, screw this! Can we just start lynching someone now? I'm all for taking out Alice, I have no qualms about anything said against her.

The Nautican bartender was not pleased with Eric's stunt, but he was used to big burly men acting up like little brats. He picked up the gold and took out a dusty bottle. He poured the contents to two large jugs, and passed them to Eric, who immediately gulped down one. The nord felt even more encouraged than he already was. "Is this other one to the lady, here? Beware, miss, this is strong stuff." 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: 167 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* Power: 31 (17+14) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 27/27 (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

Results of Round Eighty-Two of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut does nothing Hybros moves to the Stone Garden Namyrra (Pheles Rod) does nothing - (Namyrra: aura) Jun does nothing Cinna uses Grand Tonic on herself - (Cinna: +15 ether) Tesni (Fiery Sawblade) does nothing Tarn does nothing Hybros does nothing Short-lived Second Brother moves to the Stone Garden Hybros brings the Second Brother to the Stone Garden, but forgets to retrieve his throwing weapons that are scattered around the Entrance Hall. Namyrra and Tesni change equipment and Cinna drinks a Grand Tonic while they wait for Hybros's plan to come into fruitition. 48/108 Stars Defeated! Results of Round Eighty-Three of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut does nothing Hybros does nothing Namyrra does nothing Jun vs. Short-lived Second Brother & Stone General - Shield (Bound By Fate - Second Brother: 242 health-(2500-242=2258 dmg)=???; Stone General: 2500 health+10 SP-(2500-242=2258 dmg)=252 health) Cinna does nothing Tesni does nothing Tarn does nothing Hybros does nothing Sooner than expected, Jun performs a mystic move that binds the souls of the two bandits together. Like before, the Second Brother disappears in a puff of smoke, but the Stone General loses most of its health due to the strike. "That power... This cannot be... I am... undefeatable!" 48/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Stone General (99th Star) – Location: Stone Garden Type: Rock Level: 50 Defence: 10 Health: 252/2500 Special: Wisdom of Stone – Causes the slowed-effect to all enemies. Drops: Gaia Bomb (100 earth-elemental damage to all enemies), Star Coin Note: Stone General is immune to all effects and sudden death, but does not get free hits and thus cannot leave the room. Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Stone Garden 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 24 *Immune to Fire and Earth* Power: 43 (24+18+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 42/42 (5+23+7+1+6) Ether: 25/30 (5+23+1+1) Gold: 200 Equipment: Mauryl (WP:18, 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: Stone Garden 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: 1426 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), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Lumber Axe (WP: 8, wood-elemental axe), Golden Katana (WP:8, longsword), Steel Katana (WP:8, longsword), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Throwing Knife (WP:8, retrievable), Ancient Throwing Dagger (WP: 8, retrievable), Eclipse Guitar (WP:7, darkness-elemental instrument), Starlight Guitar (WP:7, light-elemental instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep-effect, instrument), 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, 12 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), 18 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Stone Garden 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 45 (25+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 52/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 23/40 (5+24+1+1+5+4) Gold: 14 Equipment: Pheles Rod (WP:20; grants permanent Aura, doubling the user’s max. health but making all enemy attacks hit the user; staff), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, immune to Sealing, bodywear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, suitable for mages, clerics and necromancers; backwear) Inventory: 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), 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: Stone Garden 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: Stone Garden 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 55 (28+20+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, deals 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), 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: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), 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, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Stone Garden 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: 25/40 (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.

"Ah, one of them Vikings, aren't you? Lucky you I have a few bottles of the mead you desire in stock. It's not cheap, mind you. A goblet will cost you 25 gold."

Guts pays the one gold for the rum, and chugs it down with ease. "Business? Most of our patrons come here to relax after a long journey. There's nothing like a mug of rum and a gaze at a bosom covered only by clams to perk up a weary sailor." The bartender looks at Nerwen and Eric, obviously not willing to spread any rumours before ensuring that the heroes won't leave without buying something. "Anything for you two?" 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: 167 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* Power: 40 (21+19) Defense: 5 Health: 39/39 (8+20+7+4) Gold: 86 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* Power: 31 (17+14) Defense: 3 Health: 34/34 (9+16+6+3) Ether: 27/27 (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

Holy hell! The captain has twice said the numbers do not correlate with people's afflictions, and yet you continue to make it so! If the captain is lying to us, then screw him and this sick game he has made us play, but for now we have to trust his word and look at other options. In other words, just let it go, dammit! And this is coming from a person with a police set connected to her Crew Number, mind you.

The heroes approach the bar first. The bartender was a portly merman of the Nautican tribe. He passed a pint of rum to Guts. "Here you go, matey. Rum's pretty much all we serve here. That'll be one gold. Say, haven't seen you lot here before. What brings you to my fine establisment?"