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QM Note: Nice plan, JimBee. However, the Second Brother doesn't come to the Stone Garden until the end of the round, so Jun cannot target him.

"No, thank you for doing this for our family. We need Reno and his thinking in this fort. He's the only breath of fresh air we have got." "You sound like my uncle." Attina gave Eric and affectionate smile, and bid farewell to the heroes. The party then went on to embark a shuttle boat to the harbour. The Merry Mermaid was not far from the pier they arrived to. Opening the door to the bar, the heroes were met by a stunning mixture of noises, smells and colors. It was certainly not a tavern for the high and mighty, but quite an eccentric place. At the center of the room was a patinated statue of a fishing mermaid placed on top of a boat with charcoals in it. A chicken was slowly roasting over the coals, adding yet another odour into the mix. A great mounted octopus was looming over the bar counter, with ether lamps as eyes. Besides the bartender and a barmaid, there were patrons in four of the tables. Who would the heroes approach first?

Nice to see both of you back, Jebediahs and Xarrzan! Thank you, but if you think the background art was made by me, then you're sorely mistaken. It is artwork from the videogame Assassin's Creed III: http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-21/ac3-maelstrom-naval-battle.html

So let me get this straight: Barbara and Jonathan were having a heated argument about whether Alice or Mary was the more likely one to be scum. And it was not even a matter of defending either one, just arguing which one was more suspicious. Is that really something to be fighting over? One has to ask, where are Alice or Mary on this? Mary has barely said a word today, and Alice has not even spoken yet. Unless they come up with something really convincing, I'm ready to vote either one out.

Results of Round Eighty-One of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Hybros moves to the Stone Garden Xut moves to the Stone Garden Namyrra moves to the Stone Garden Cinna moves to the Stone Garden Tesni moves to the Stone Garden Tarn moves to the Stone Garden Jun moves to the Stone Garden Hybros moves to the Entrance Hall Hybros leads the party to face the imposing Stone General, still standing in the same place that Hybros left him in the Stone Garden. The imp then backtracks to the Entrance Hall, once again finding the Short-lived Second Brother there. "Can't get enough my awesomeness, imp?" 48/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Short-lived Second Brother (29th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 21 Health: 242/242 Special: Brotherly Bravado – Deals 42 damage to the target, but also suffers 21 damage. Drops: 50 gold, Star Coin Stone General (99th Star) – Location: Stone Garden Type: Rock Level: 50 Defence: 10 Health: 2500/2500 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: 10/30 (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, 3 Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Entrance Hall 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* Power: 37 (25+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 26/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 23/40 (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: 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: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, deals 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Iron Katana (WP:8, longsword), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Potion, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, 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.

"We Bonapartes have kept the Crystalline Sea safe for honest traders and sailors ever since our ancestors founded this fort. Maintaining a fleet like ours asks for wealth, and our family has gained that wealth by imposing toll fees to all ships approaching the Free Islands. The more valuable the cargo, the higher the fee. Naturally, many merchants - especially those sailing from distant lands - try to fool us with every trick imaginable. There was even one time when an entire smuggler ship had been made invisible by magic. You can imagine the surprise of the villagers of Shelbric when out of the blue a large galleon appeared to their fishing waters. My point is that his experiences have made father a cautious man and especially suspicious towards foreigners. Reno, on the other hand, has travelled far and wide, and sees no threat in opening up the Free Islands to free trade. I can't say what will become of our fleet or this fort in that case, though." "The Vikings have become desperate due to their internal struggles. Currently they're raiding the northern coast of the High Kingdoms. The Sunflower will sail there to help the locals fend back the raiders, which shouldn't be hard to do. Your people are not the fearsome ravagers of the seas they once were, but more like a rag-tag bunch of bullies. Nothing our cannons could not take down, if you pardon my mockery."

"Of course you are free to return here at any time. You are under my service now, and the guards are informed to let you in." Deciding to grab Hestia's clue, the party heads out to find the tavern called the Merry Mermaid. But they don't even get out of the Fort before running into Attina, the determined and ambitious daughter of the Bonapartes. "So you are the people who mother hired to find my uncle? It is good to see you again, Eric. I will never forget the bravery of you and your companions in the Jolly Roger's Grotto. What comes to my uncle Reno, I truly hope you will find him and make him return to us. I admire his views about liberating these waters for all trade, so that Eubric may flourish. I don't know if you are aware, but trade in Eubric is twindling. Especially Count Shadeaux is pressing my father to decrease the toll fees drastically, but my father is too afraid of an invasion of foreign traders to bend. Reno has many contacts abroad, and he knows exactly what father is like, so he's the best person to persuade him. My father is a rigid man in his opinions, and the captains surrounding him are even more conservative than him, but lately he has started to look into other options thanks to Reno. If Uncle Reno does not come back, those foolish old walruses will surely make my father's head turn again." Someone down the hall calls out for Attina. "I have to rush soon. The Sunflower is ready to sail to the Helvetian Ocean. There is trouble abrewing up north, with the Vikings on the move en masse. But if you have anything you wish to ask of me, I have time to answer a few questions."

Hakuna Matata and Honolulu and all that shit, everyone! Enjoy the cruise while you can, we'll all be dead soon anyway if this goes on much longer... Who was Scouty? Where did he come from? What's going on around here?! The Furry Night was a success, so let's hope people join up during the Beach Party as well.

"You can do as you wish, as long as you'll find out what happened to Reno. I just hope he hasn't fallen into the bay in a drunken stupour... Miss Calmcacil, I'm naming you as the party leader, so please lead these gentlemen on."

You may, but since I couldn't find a full-body shot of Eric, I could not know about these details. And yes, my minifig collection is huge. And it's continuously growing.

"No, Lu Bai! You will be avenged! Gyaaah!!!" Results of Round Eighty of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Restrained - (Restrained: 292 health-(24x2=48 dmg)=244 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Namyrra (Darkness through Necromancer's Staff) vs. Restrained - Great Spell (Restrained: 244 health-(48x2=96 dmg)=148 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Cinna (Darkness) vs. Restrained - Great Spell (Restrained: 148 health-(60x2=120 dmg)=28 health; Cinna: -1 ether) >Hybros (Throwing Knife) vs. Restrained - Lethal Hit (Restrained: 28 health-32 dmg=0 health) >Hybros (Throwing Knife) vs. Restrained Short-lived Second Brother - Critical Lethal Hit (Second Brother: 48 health-40 dmg=8 health) Tesni vs. Restrained Short-lived Second Brother - Extra Critical Furious Hit (Second Brother: 8 health-(74x2=148 dmg)=???) Tarn does nothing Jun does nothing Xut and the two mages engulf the Restrained in darkness, but it is Hybros' throwing dagger that does her in. Hybros gains a Neutralizer and a Star Coin! THE PARTY LEVELS UP! With the married couple gone, only the Anything-But-Short-lived Second Brother stands in their way. But like before, instead of dying, he merely vanishes. The entrance hall is now devoid of enemies. 48/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: N/A Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Entrance Hall 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: 10/30 (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, 3 Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Entrance Hall 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: Entrance Hall 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 25 *Immune to Sealing* Power: 37 (25+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 26/32 (5+24+3) Ether: 23/40 (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: Entrance Hall 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: Entrance Hall 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, deals 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Iron Katana (WP:8, longsword), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Potion, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Entrance Hall 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.

The chilly winter wind blew from the Crystalline Sea as a small craft crossed the Eubric Bay, carrying three heroes en route to the majestic Fort Bonaparte standing in guard over the harbour of the Freeport. 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: 168 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 Upon reaching the citadel of the Bonaparte family, they were escorted through hallways of chalked stone to a woman they knew well, both by appearance and by reputation. Hestia Bonaparte had been a champion of Heroica herself years ago, and rumours told she had not actually retired like she lead everyone to believe. "I'm so glad you've come. I asked you here in place of my husband. He seems reluctant to mix outsiders into this affair, but I can't see how else we will ever find out where Reno has gone. If I remember correctly, Eric, you were with the party that rescued Reno from the clutches of the pirate lord Jolly Roger. So you know how dear his twin brother is to my husband Nemo. And now Reno has left us without a word. The guards saw him leave the fort some days ago, but he never returned. Sure, my husband had disagreements with his brother, but they were just beginning to see eye to eye... Please, help us find Reno, for my husband's sake! He usually frequents the Merry Mermaid, a sleazy pub down at the Harbour District. The patrons there wouldn't tell me anything when I went down asking for Reno, but perhaps they will talk to a neutral party." Hestia gestured towards the great double-doors guarded by two Elite Cannoneers that Nerwen and Guts recognized. "If you want to go talk to my husband, his office is beyond that door. I warn you though, he does not know I recruited you to this task, so he might not be exactly welcoming of your help..." Will the party go talk to Nemo, or head to the Merry Mermaid? QM Note: Yay, quest time! Please check your stats, I fiddled around with them as I'm prone to do.

QM Note: I seem to have forgotten to return Jun back to 25 health as he was supposed to.

I actually haven't had that many true villains in my quests. Many of the adversaries are more in the neutral side of life rather than being plain evil. This includes the Wolfgang, the Shadeaux and Reno Bonaparte. Even the bandits in the pagoda seem more misguided than evil. The most evil of my villains (aside from the demons, of course) would be Sycamore Ziegfried, who nearly destroyed her husband's entire family by dabbling with dark magic. What comes to Baba, she's grown from being just a wicked witch in a swamp to a future key player in the main storyline, mostly thanks to the input of the players in Quest#14. She's the one I can't wait to tell you more about...

QM Note: You're right, I forgot to take the Aura-effect into account. The results have been edited. Results of Round Seventy-Nine of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Restrained - (Restrained: 340 health-(24x2=48 dmg)=292 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Hybros (Clock Cog) vs. Unrestrained - Lethal Aim (Unrestrained: 169 health-(14x2=28 dmg=141 health) >Hybros (Ancient Throwing Dagger) vs. Unrestrained - Critical Lethal Hit (Unrestrained: 141 health-(40x2=80 dmg)=61 health) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Restrained - Damage (Cinna Namyrra: 39 health+10 SP-(25/2=13 dmg)=36 health) >Namyrra (Darkness through Pheles Rod) vs. Unrestrained - Special Damage (Loosen Up - no effect) >Tarn vs. Short-lived Second Brother - Furious Hit (Second Brother: 137 health-(34x2=68 dmg)=69 health+stunned) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Unrestrained - Shield (War Cry - Unrestrained: 61 health-(57x4=228 dmg)=0 health) >Jun vs. Restrained & Unrestrained Short-lived Second Brother - Special Damage (Control Freak - All combatants: temporary effects removed; Brotherly Bravado - Jun Namyrra: 36 health+10 SP-(42/2=21 dmg)=25 health; Second Brother: 69 health-21 dmg=48 health) The heroes manage to defeat the Unrestrained, with Tesni delivering the finishing strike. Tesni gets a Neutralizer and a Star Coin! The infuriated Restrained lets out her control freak tendencies, and removes all temporary effects from everyone. Namyrra's aura holds, but her health becomes dangerously low. 47/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Restrained (80th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 292/472 Special: Control Freak – Removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Short-lived Second Brother (29th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 21 Health: 48/242 Special: Brotherly Bravado – Deals 42 damage to the target, but also suffers 21 damage. Drops: 50 gold, Star Coin Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Entrance Hall 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 23 2/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* Power: 42 (23+18+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 41/41 (5+22+7+1+6) Ether: 10/29 (5+22+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, 3 Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Entrance Hall 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 1/3 *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, 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), 17 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Entrance Hall 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Aura* Power: 44 (24+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 25/31 (5+23+3) Ether: 24/39 (5+23+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: Entrance Hall 22 year old human male Berserker Level 20 2/3 *Natural Respite* Power: 34 (20+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 39/39 (7+19+10) 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: Entrance Hall 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, deals 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Iron Katana (WP:8, longsword), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Potion, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, Smoke Bomb, Holy Bomb, Minimizing Dust, Grating Stone (WP+1 to one weapon), 4 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Entrance Hall 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 16 *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: 24 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

While I appreciate Zepher's enthusiasm, he has not spoken to me about any of these plans, so please think nothing of them before him and me have had a little chat...

"Still haven't found my brothers, have you? Haha, my younger brother is good at hiding, while my older brother is so stuck-up he only hangs around with the higher-ups." Results of Round Seventy-Eight of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut vs. Restrained - (Restrained: 472 health-(24x2=48 dmg)=424 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Hybros (Banana Bladerang) vs. Unrestrained - Critical Lethal Hit (Unrestrained: 437 health-(42x2=84 dmg)=353 health; Second Brother: 242 health-(42x2=84 dmg)=158 health; Restrained: 424 health-(42x2=84 dmg)=340 health) >Hybros (Clock Cog) vs. Unrestrained - Special Damage (Loosen Up - no effect) >Cinna (Darkness) vs. Short-lived Second Brother - Enchantment (Cinna: not enough ether) >Namyrra (Darkness through Pheles Rod) vs. Unrestrained - Special Damage (Loosen Up - no effect; Namyrra: aura) Tarn vs. Short-lived Second Brother - Special Damage (Brotherly Bravado - Tarn Namyrra: 62 health+10 SP-(42/2=21 dmg)=51 health; Second Brother: 158 health-21 dmg=137 health) Tesni (Cysgodion) vs. Unrestrained - Furious Hit (Unrestrained: 353 health-(46x4=184 dmg)=169 health) >Jun vs. Restrained & Unrestrained - Damage (Jun Namyrra: 51 health+10 SP-(25+25=50/2=25 dmg)=36 health) Namyrra - Blessed (Namyrra: +3 health) Tarn - Blessed (Tarn: +3 health) Tesni - Blessed (Tesni: +3 health) Cinna - Blessed (Cinna: +3 health) The party greatly damages each of the three bandits. Both Tarn and Jun face a threatening situation, but Namyrra equips her Pheles Rod and draws the attacks against herself. 46/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Restrained (80th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 340/472 Special: Control Freak – Removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Unrestrained (24th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 169/485 Special: Loosen Up – The Unrestrained transfers all his effects unto the target. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Short-lived Second Brother (29th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 21 Health: 137/242 Special: Brotherly Bravado – Deals 42 damage to the target, but also suffers 21 damage. Drops: 50 gold, Star Coin Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Entrance Hall 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 23 2/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* *Blessed for 4 rounds* Power: 42 (23+18+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 41/41 (5+22+7+1+6) Ether: 10/29 (5+22+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, 3 Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Entrance Hall 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* 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, 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), 17 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Entrance Hall 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* *Blessed for 4 rounds* *Aura* Power: 44 (24+20) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 39/31 (5+23+3) Ether: 25/39 (5+23+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: Entrance Hall 22 year old human male Berserker Level 20 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* *Blessed for 4 rounds* Power: 34 (20+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 39/39 (7+19+10) 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: Entrance Hall 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 9 rounds* *Blessed for 4 rounds* Power: 46 (28+11+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 47/47 (8+27+10+2) Gold: 805 Equipped: Cysgodion (WP:11, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:6, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear), Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear) Inventory: Fiery Sawblade (WP:20, deals 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, longsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Mellt (WP:10, ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Spiked Club (WP:8), Iron Katana (WP:8, longsword), Cryfder (WP:6), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Sedge Hat (Max. Ether +4; suitable to mages, clerics, minstrels, necromancers and chi monks; headwear), Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Potion, 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), 3 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Entrance Hall 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 16 *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: 24 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

A man in a blue-and-white uniform steps into the Hall, and tags something on the Quest Board. It seems the selections for Quest#58 have been done... Quest #58: Brothers-in-Arms Participants: ~ Guts Holla, Level 23 1/3 Raider (Scubacarrot) ~ Eric, Level 21 1/3 Raider (Khorne) ~ Nerwen Calmcacil, Level 17 Shaman (Chromeknight) *Party Leader* The note says that the party is to arrive at Fort Bonaparte within 24 hours.

"Uh, no! I already have leather armors in my stock, so I will buy one only for half the price I'm selling it. So you will get 15 gold from it, no more, no less.

Let's not make the effects any more complicated than they already are. So what if the highest roll is not always the best in every situation? It just adds to the challenge of this game, doesn't it?

Results of Round Seventy-Seven of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Xut (Darkness) vs. Unrestrained - (Unrestrained: 485 health-(24x2=48 dmg)=437 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Jun moves to the Entrance Hall Cinna moves to the Entrance Hall Tesni moves to the Entrance Hall Tarn vs. Short-lived Second Brother - Shield (War Cry - All party members: encouraged) Namyrra does nothing Hybros investigates the steel katana Hybros does nothing Restrained moves to the Entrance Hall Namyrra - Blessed (Namyrra: +3 health) Tarn - Blessed (Tarn: +3 health) Tesni - Blessed (Tesni: +3 health) Cinna - Blessed (Cinna: +3 health) Xut assaults the Unrestrained just as the rest of the heroes move to the Entrance Hall. Tarn lets out a War Cry that encourages everyone for 10 more rounds. Hybros grabs the steel katana from the yellow pedestal, and then just sits tight with Namyrra as the Restrained enters the room. "Here you are, you drunken fool! Have you no idea what sort of a mess we are in?" "My cherry blosshom! I've misshed you sho! *hiccup* Come and kissh your hubby!" "Not before you've taken care of these foreign infiltrators with me! I curse the day we left the bathhouse in the village and join these bandits. It was your grandiose idea!" "Can't you let it go, my rice bun? What'sh done ish done. Together we shall overcome theshe foesh! *hiccup*" 46/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Restrained (80th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 472/472 Special: Control Freak – Removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Unrestrained (24th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 437/485 Special: Loosen Up – The Unrestrained transfers all his effects unto the target. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Short-lived Second Brother (29th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 21 Health: 242/242 Special: Brotherly Bravado – Deals 42 damage to the target, but also suffers 21 damage. Drops: 50 gold, Star Coin Party: Cinna the Dark (darkdragon) – Location: Entrance Hall 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 23 2/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* *Blessed for 5 rounds* Power: 42 (23+18+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 38/41 (5+22+7+1+6) Ether: 10/29 (5+22+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, 3 Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Entrance Hall 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 1/3 *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Slowed and Water* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* 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, 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), 17 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Entrance Hall 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* *Blessed for 5 rounds* Power: 36 (24+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 31/31 (5+23+3) Ether: 26/39 (5+23+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: Entrance Hall 22 year old human male Berserker Level 20 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* *Blessed for 5 rounds* Power: 34 (20+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 37/39 (7+19+10) 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: Entrance Hall 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 10 rounds* *Blessed for 5 rounds* 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, 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), 3 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Stone Garden 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 16 *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: 24 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.

Sorry, no. I had another Valentine's event planned for this day, but unfortunately now is not a good time to publish it, after all. The Awards should be a big enough event for the start of the year.

Granted, neither one of these feature an altered torso, but that would probably hurt the compatibility too much.

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QM Note: Sorry, I don't feel comfortable autoplaying with several enemies around. I'm not sure where you'd want me to move you guys. Results of Round Seventy-Six of the 108 Stars of Destiny Battle: Hybros moves to the Entrance Hall Hybros investigates the golden katana Jun moves to the Stone Garden Tarn moves to the Entrance Hall Tesni moves to the Iron Gate Room Namyrra moves to the Entrance Hall Xut moves to the Entrance Hall Cinna moves to the Iron Gate Room Restrained moves to the Stone Garden Unrestrained moves to the Entrance Hall Namyrra - Blessed (Namyrra: +3 health) Tarn - Blessed (Tarn: +3 health) Tesni - Blessed (Tesni: +3 health) Cinna - Blessed (Cinna: +3 health) Hybros flees the Stone Garden, and runs into Namyrra, Tarn and Xut at the Entrance Hall. The slouching Unrestrained follows them, and the leering Short-lived Second Brother is there waiting for them as well. Two more katanas are placed on their pedestals, the golden one at the red stand and the steel one at the yellow stand. Hybros picks up the golden katana. Jun continues leading Restrained downstairs, entering the Stone Garden where the impervious Stone General stands waiting. Cinna and Tesni hurry after the others, reaching the Iron Gate Room. 46/108 Stars Defeated! Enemies: Restrained (80th Star) – Location: Stone Garden Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 472/472 Special: Control Freak – Removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Unrestrained (24th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 25 Health: 485/485 Special: Loosen Up – The Unrestrained transfers all his effects unto the target. Drops: Neutralizer (removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents upon consumption), Star Coin Short-lived Second Brother (29th Star) – Location: Entrance Hall Type: Humanoid Level: 21 Health: 242/242 Special: Brotherly Bravado – Deals 42 damage to the target, but also suffers 21 damage. Drops: 50 gold, Star Coin Stone General (99th Star) – Location: Stone Garden Type: Rock Level: 50 Defence: 10 Health: 2500/2500 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: Iron Gate Room 19 years old female human Mystic Knight Level 23 2/3 *Immune to Fire and Earth* *Encouraged for 3 rounds* *Blessed for 6 rounds* Power: 42 (23+18+1) Defense: 12 (9+2+1) Health: 35/41 (5+22+7+1+6) Ether: 10/29 (5+22+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, 3 Grand Tonic, 5 Remedies, Elixir, 2 Phoenix Essences, 5 Meads, Smelling Salt, Soma, 3 Deadly Venoms, Fire Bomb, Floral Bomb, Air Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Bones, Grating Stone (WP+1), 20 Star Coins Hybros (JimButcher) ***Party Leader*** – Location: Entrance Hall 50-year-old male imp Assassin Level 24 1/3 *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), 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, 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), 17 Star Coins Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) – Location: Entrance Hall 1337 years old female Fenarian Evoker Level 24 2/3 *Immune to Sealing* *Encouraged for 3 rounds* *Blessed for 6 rounds* Power: 36 (24+12) Defence: 10 (5+3+2) Health: 31/31 (5+23+3) Ether: 27/39 (5+23+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: Entrance Hall 22 year old human male Berserker Level 20 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Encouraged for 3 rounds* *Blessed for 6 rounds* Power: 34 (20+13+1) Defense: 12 (5+6+1) Health: 34/39 (7+19+10) 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: Iron Gate Room 22 years old female human Berserker Level 28 *Natural Respite* *Immune to Afraid* *Encouraged for 3 rounds* *Blessed for 6 rounds* Power: 55 (28+20+3+4) Defense: 12 (6+2+4) Health: 46/47 (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), 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, 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), 3 Star Coins Jun Ji Pei (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) – Location: Stone Garden 26 years old male aoi Tao Warrior Level 16 *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: 24 Party leader, post the order of action. Everyone, post your actions and targets.