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"Tesni, we should move over to the cannons with Nur and Dumora. As much as I loathe to leave things unfinished, these dwarves will surely follow us sooner or later." Ellaria moved to the Nautili Production with Tesni (unless otherwise stated).

Zelda cocked up an eyebrow. "How perceptive of you. Indeed, when I learned that the mother of Ulric Wolfkin had joined the Sisters of Danab and become the voice of the goddess up north, I had to look into it. Why me, you might ask? I actually have close ties with the sisterhood, being a novice in it at one point in my youth. The Almagesta was, too, akin to most high-born girls in Salmanda. That is how we met and became fast friends. I made a pact with Revered Aunt Ovelia to pose as one of the sisters to allow me to travel here unnoticed, and gather information about this Ulrica woman in secrecy. I would not want anything bad to happen to my cherished sisterhood, and I have indeed found out some disconcerting things about Ulrica... Of course, I also wanted to meet my oldest friend at the same time. It feels good to be back after being away for years. Home is always home, you know?" Subquest "Missing Sister" is successful! The party's influence has increased!

It should not be passed around. Only the buyer should benefit from it. Yes, it is. And yes, if a person is willing to invest gold on it, it can get OP. Neither. It's just an item that has a specific purpose for the carrier, like the books that give access to expert jobs.

Heckz and Eric made their purchases at the boutique as well. What would the three heroes do now? Party at the Floral Square: Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 49 (29+18+2) Defense: 5 Health: 52/52 (8+28+7+4+5) Gold: 0 Equipment: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Artifacts: Redhawk Helmet (Power +12 if the wearer acts first in the battle order; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; headwear.), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Consumables: Potion, 10 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 5 Meads, 5 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 2/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 34/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 25/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 316 Equipment: Solemn Dagger (WP: 12, darkness-elemental dagger, 1/2 chance of causing sealed), Magician's Gloves (Spellpower +10; suitable for mages; handwear), Cloak of Blood Magic (+5 ether, attacks made with darkness magic cause weakened; suitable for mages, necromancers and chi monks; bodywear), Bad Luck Charm (Makes the sorcerer’s spells - including Razzmatazz and Sleight of Hand - cause an additional jinxed-effect, increasing their ether cost by 1; suitable for sorcerers; accessory) Inventory: Rawr (WP:9, dagger), Bone Whip (WP:9, damages undead, whip), Assassin’s Crossbow (WP:4, each successful assassination increases WP by one permanently; suitable to assassins; crossbow), Harlot's Outfit (SP: 2, immune to poisoned; suitable for Witches, Sorcerers and Harlots; bodywear/footwear), Buffoon's Hat (Prevents anyone from taking the wearer seriously; protects from Free Hits unless the wearer is the last hero standing; headwear), Watt's Artifact (Makes the user’s attacks and spells three times more effective against demons; accessory), Robe Of The Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether + 5, immune to sealed; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Ether Core, Nostrum, Smoke Bomb, 2x Deadly Venom, Heady Perfume (Makes non-humanoid monsters avoid attacking the party unless provoked. Effect lasts for one section of the day before wearing out.), 7 Bones, Bright Polish, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, "Fifty Shades of Bley" (Grants access to Harlot), "Begone With the Winds" (Grants access to Weather Mage), Black Market Insignia (Allows the owner to seek out a black market dealer from any city they visit on a quest, as decided by the QM.), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item), Borrowed All Scrolls Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 48/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 941 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Cloak of the Grand Vizier (SP:1 multiplied by the number of party members; backwear.), Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, Poisoned Water (Causes poisoned by 1 to the target; consumable), 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest) "Those are serious accusations, Sir Boomingham. Have I truly been so blind that my own hand-picked knights could have broken their wovs in such dire ways without me knowing anything about it?" "I am afraid so, Your Majesty. I can attest to..." "Lies! All lies!" The remaining three Royal Rainbow Knights barged into the hall. "With all due respect, Your Majesty, do you take the words of a man who murdered Crimson Bear and wears his armor as a trophy over ours?" "Or those of Black Scorpion, who has spent the last weeks gambling and drinking at the port? Surely you..." "Silence!" The serenity in the Almagesta's voice was gone, replaced by one oozing authority and demand. "My knights, I shall see you in my chambers where we will sort this out. The truth will come out." Before departing with the other knights and the queen, the Azure Eagle Knight turned to Boomingham. "I swear I will get you for what you did to my sister and Bear!" Boomingham and Rex were left alone with Zelda. "It seems you have had an eventful stay in my hometown, Sir Boomingham."

ANNOUNCEMENT! Some adjustments have been made to three job classes: Chi Monk: the Shield-skill Chakra is now used on the target of healing instead of only the Chi Monk. If the Chi Monk has chosen to attack instead of heal, it will target itself. This should make the class a more viable option for healers. Necromancer: Amplified Hit is now calculated to use the total power of the undead army added to WP and Level, instead of the amount of undead multiplying WP. This balances the class while still keeping it powerful when a large number of enemies have been raised. Prophet: Meditate to Nirvana now restores 25 ether instead of full ether. Likewise, if the prophet runs out of ether during Alea Iacta Est, they will gain 25 ether instead of full ether. This makes ether management more of an issue to the class. These changes will take effect immediately.

QM Note: No, you cannot. "I can pay 100 gold for the jewelsss. The cloak ssshall be yoursss for 300 gold, sssir. Can I help you with anything elssse?" Vipersace's Boutique: Magic Turban (Spellpower +7, Max. Ether +7; suitable to mages, necromancers and weather mages; headwear.) Costs 210 gold. Redhawk Helmet (Power +12 if the wearer acts first in the battle order; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; headwear.) Costs 240 gold. Pristine Dress (Max. Health +5; doubles all healing done to and by the wearer, including items; suitable to women only; bodywear.) Costs 200 gold. Sheik’s Robes (Power +5, wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; suitable to men only; bodywear.) Costs 200 gold. Cloak of the Grand Vizier (SP:1 multiplied by the number of party members; backwear.) Costs 300 gold. Crystal Shoes (Transforms all elemental immunities into absorbing the element instead; footwear.) Costs 333 gold. Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Costs 150 gold. Sarge could not enter the palace no matter how fuming he was, for the guards blocked his passage. It would require 15 influence to gain free access to the palace. Party at the Floral Square: Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 49 (29+18+2) Defense: 5 Health: 52/52 (8+28+7+4+5) Gold: 301 Equipment: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Artifacts: Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Consumables: Potion, 10 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 5 Meads, 5 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 2/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 34/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 25/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 516 Equipment: Solemn Dagger (WP: 12, darkness-elemental dagger, 1/2 chance of causing sealed), Magician's Gloves (Spellpower +10; suitable for mages; handwear), Cloak of Blood Magic (+5 ether, attacks made with darkness magic cause weakened; suitable for mages, necromancers and chi monks; bodywear), Bad Luck Charm (Makes the sorcerer’s spells - including Razzmatazz and Sleight of Hand - cause an additional jinxed-effect, increasing their ether cost by 1; suitable for sorcerers; accessory) Inventory: Rawr (WP:9, dagger), Bone Whip (WP:9, damages undead, whip), Assassin’s Crossbow (WP:4, each successful assassination increases WP by one permanently; suitable to assassins; crossbow), Harlot's Outfit (SP: 2, immune to poisoned; suitable for Witches, Sorcerers and Harlots; bodywear/footwear), Buffoon's Hat (Prevents anyone from taking the wearer seriously; protects from Free Hits unless the wearer is the last hero standing; headwear), Watt's Artifact (Makes the user’s attacks and spells three times more effective against demons; accessory), Robe Of The Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether + 5, immune to sealed; bodywear), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Ether Core, Nostrum, Smoke Bomb, 2x Deadly Venom, Heady Perfume (Makes non-humanoid monsters avoid attacking the party unless provoked. Effect lasts for one section of the day before wearing out.), 7 Bones, Bright Polish, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, "Fifty Shades of Bley" (Grants access to Harlot), "Begone With the Winds" (Grants access to Weather Mage), Black Market Insignia (Allows the owner to seek out a black market dealer from any city they visit on a quest, as decided by the QM.), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item), Borrowed All Scrolls Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 48/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 880 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Cloak of the Grand Vizier (SP:1 multiplied by the number of party members; backwear.), Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, Poisoned Water (Causes poisoned by 1 to the target; consumable), 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest)

"We should probably split up soon. Any ideas?" Ellaria uses a Greater Potion on Tesni before repeating her attack.

Arc Scrolls are rolled once for results, and if successful, applied to all enemies that aren't immune to the effect. The ether cost is per attempt, like all scrolls, but with the recent changes to how AoE-skills work, I would say the cost equals the number of enemies that would be affected. I'll add this to the FAQ, anyway. I haven't dropped either item.

Sarge, Eric and Heckz arrived to the Floral Square just in time to see Boomingham walk through the palace gates with Rex and the royal knight. Inside the palace, the group was guided to the royal gardens, where the Almagesta was enjoying her afternoon tea with a friend. "My deepest apologies for the intrusion, Your Majesty, but I have an urgent issue to discuss with you. Let me introduce you to Lawrence Boomingham of Eubric and Rex the Rhinotaur, mercenaries both." "Ah, Boomingham... He is the one you mentioned, Zelda? But why is he donning the armour of one of my royal knights?" The Almagesta's voice was deep and serene, but something in it left no room for objections. "He is the one, Salome. You will have to ask him yourself about the armour, I haven't the slightest idea." Zelda Ziegfried's grey eyes seemed to peer into Boomingham's mind. Why had the matriarch of the greatest family of wizards in the entire Free Islands posed as a Sister of Danab to get to her hometown?

Ellaria tosses an Agni Bomb and repeats her attack.

The alarmed Vindicators crossed their halberds to block their passage. Periwinkle then stomped her foot and started to scream. "I demand to see Revered Aunt Ovelia this instant! This is an emergency! Oveliaaaa!!!" The Eubrican sister then appeared on the doorway. "What in Mother's name... Periwinkle, there you are! Where on earth have you been?" Periwinkle quickly told Ovelia the events of the last few days. The heroes confirmed her story. "I wouldn't have imagined Ulrica would stoop so low! Kidnapping a novice to find out my weak spots... The Conclave must hear about this immediately. Periwinkle, come with me." Ovelia turned to the heroes. "You have done well to find her. I owe you my gratitude, thus you will get extra items when your quest is over." Subquest "Missing Novice" is successful! The party's influence has increased! The Revered Aunt disappeared into the Temple with Periwinkle. The heroes were left on the street with the suspicious Vindicators. Boomingham and his troupe were hindered by the merchants each expressing their gratitude towards them. "Finally, the streets have been cleared of the rubble!" "Not to mention our businesses secured!" "At last we can fairly follow the laws of supply and demand, and raise our prices accordingly! But you, gentlemen, will of course get a hefty discount." The subquest "Abolish the Black Market" is successful! The party's influence has increased! Boomingham then lead his companions to the Palace District, where Black Scorpion Knight finally donned the helmet he had been carrying. "Ready when you are." Location: Floral Square, Palace District Time: Afternoon of the Fifth Day Influence: 13 Subquests:

OoC: Haha, epic battle is epic. Could use a little less epicness for a party of five... Also, I used the Aeolus Bomb in the last battle, you just forgot to remove it from Ellaria's inventory. "Here we go!" Ellaria tossed a Skadi Bomb at the dark dwarves before attacking the Dark Dwarf Spear Mob A from the front row.

It's really not. Elves are everywhere. "Star Elves" refers to those living in Spesialia, "Sun Elves" to those in Eversummer Islands, and "Moon Elves" to those that lived in the sunken Mercution. "Wood Elves" live in the forests, while "Nomad Elves" wander the desert. Other than those, there can be any number of elven tribes living anywhere. It's the beauty of this game.

Welcome to the game, Windusky! I sincerely apologize for the rough start. Things can get a little... intense in this corner of EB. Honestly, though, your character can be from wherever. The only restriction I would put is not to use places from pre-established popular franchises (like Westeros, The Shire or Tatooine). Otherwise, let your imagination run wild - the others sure have! I will post a notice to the Heroica Hall topic when I add new quests, bumping it up. You can use the rank how ever you wish. Just remember that Ulric isn't ruling Eubric just yet, so the titles are meaningless for now. It's light grey. I didn't even know they made the piece in white... Eh, it's been done before.

The compass swerved back and forth, pointing at different direction. Periwinkle grew impatient. "Didn't you listen a word I told you, Eric?! Sure, it was the winged bitch who kidnapped me, but she took me into that shack where the white wolf bitch - also known as Ulrica - asked me all sorts of inane questions. Now, will you have my back or not? Cause I'm going in with or without you!" The two vindicator guards at the entrance glanced at each other, hesitating whether to intervene with the novice's raging or not. Periwinkle had probably forgotten that nobody outside the Sisterhood would be allowed entry to the Conclave. QM Note: It is up to the QM's jurisdiction whether it will work when you use it. Instead of following the others to the Holy District, Boomingham led the others to the Souk, which was bustling with people running their daily affairs. The crowd of shoppers and peddlers parted when they saw two royal knights accompanying a corpse. "UH... You're better with words, Boomers."

"Dumora, where did the city guard go? Can you fetch them while we keep these dark dwarves busy? Oh, and every other citizen you can find as well. They will be very interested to see what their High Chief is scheming behind their backs..."

What's on your mind?

"Good. I mean, I feel bad it had to end this way, but this is good. We can use Ashanti's corpse as proof for Eagle's connection with the black market. The rhinotaur can carry it to the Palace, no doubt?" Subquest "Pot Calling Kettle Black" is successful! The party's influence has increased! "Sure thing!" Rex said amicably and hoisted the woman's body on his shoulder. "Will we head straight to the Palace, BOOMERS? We should probably inform the merchants at the Souk that the black market has closed." Location: Lodestar Inn, the Port Time: Morning of the Fifth Day Influence: 11 Subquests:

Boomingham and Rex stayed with the royal knight to sort things out, while the others headed towards the Holy District. The Black Scorpion Knight needed a full report of Boomingham's investigation. Party at the Port: Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) 48 years old human Paladin Level 35 1/4 *Immune to Darkness, Fire, Fragile, Sleep, Weakened, and Blindness* Power: 57 (35+17+4+1) Defense: 19 (7+12) Health: 58/58 (10+34+11+2+1) Ether: 30/35 Gold: 320 Equipment: Scupperer (WP: 17; darkness-, fire- and earth-elemental; inflicts bleeding and poisoned by 10; has 1/2 chance each to inflict blinded, sealed, weakened and fragile; greatsword), Round Metal Shield (SP:7), Tome of Affluence (+10 Gold if equipped for the entirety of a battle; grants immunity to fragile, asleep, weakened, blinded, darkness and fire; accessory), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear.), Crimson Suit of Armor (SP:12, allows wearer to pose as Crimson Bear Knight; takes three artifact slots: bodywear, headwear and footwear), Inventory: Weapons: Frozen Saber (WP: 14; light-, ice- and wind-elemental; inflicts stunned; great sword), Lullaby Wand (WP:6, inflicts asleep), Silver Sword (WP: 18, Longsword), Artifacts: Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (Power +4; Ether -6; headwear), Scarlet Hood (SP:4, grants immunity to stunned), Chains of the Pongcanis Chief (Hero Pierces SP if fighting from Front, Enemies ignore SP if hero fights from the back row, cannot be removed in battle), Amulet of Optimism (Adds the confused-effect to all attacks; accessory, suitable to Erdathcath only), Crystal Skull (Makes healing with ether guaranteed, but doubles the ether cost per healed target; suitable to clerics and chi monks; accessory) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Recklessness (Encouraged and Fragile; costs 5 Ether; 50/50 chance), Emerald Lamp of Summoning (0/3), “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: Potion, Health Core, 2x Remedy, Elixir, Phoenix Essence, 3x Mead, 3x Nostrum, 2x Ambrosia, 2x Smelling Salts, Fire Brandy (Encouraged, Immune to Ice), Fireball Whiskey (Immunity to Fire One Battle OR 20 Fire Damage All Enemies), Hamantasch (Lucky, Blessed), Jinxy Juice, Floral Bomb, Seal Bomb, Poison Bomb, Seth Bomb (Deals 100 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Hair of the Dog, 2x Grating Stone, Oculoid Miasma, Oculoid Fireworks, Saber Teeth, Mythril Shard, Bone Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, 2 Meat Lumps (quest item), "Key To Riches" (quest item) Rex the Rhinotaur, the Mighty Mercenary (NPC, controlled by Zepher) 35 years old male wererhino Paragon Level 61 *Initiative* *Restoration* *Aura of Honor* *Gamble* *No Escape* Power: 96 (61+30+5) Defense: 12 Health: 93/93 (8+60+25) Gold: 655 Equipment: Grindoceros (WP:30; halves target's defense with every successful hit; hammer), Mighty Cuirass (SP:12, suitable to paragons only; bodywear), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; accessory.) Inventory: Greater Tonic (Restores 30 ether), Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Soma, Deadly Venom, Meat Lump (quest item) At the Temple of Danab, Eric's party were reunited with Sarge. It was now midday, and the Conclave was in full session. "Guys, I need your support now. I wouldn't dare to accuse Ulrica of kidnapping me by myself..." Party at the Holy District: Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 29 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 49 (29+18+2) Defense: 5 Health: 52/52 (8+28+7+4+5) Gold: 301 Equipment: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Artifacts: Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Consumables: Potion, 10 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 5 Meads, 5 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 2/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 34/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 25/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 516 Equipment: Solemn Dagger (WP: 12, darkness-elemental dagger, 1/2 chance of causing sealed), Magician's Gloves (Spellpower +10; suitable for mages; handwear), Cloak of Blood Magic (+5 ether, attacks made with darkness magic cause weakened; suitable for mages, necromancers and chi monks; bodywear), Bad Luck Charm (Makes the sorcerer’s spells - including Razzmatazz and Sleight of Hand - cause an additional jinxed-effect, increasing their ether cost by 1; suitable for sorcerers; accessory) Inventory: Rawr (WP:9, dagger), Bone Whip (WP:9, damages undead, whip), Assassin’s Crossbow (WP:4, each successful assassination increases WP by one permanently; suitable to assassins; crossbow), Harlot's Outfit (SP: 2, immune to poisoned; suitable for Witches, Sorcerers and Harlots; bodywear/footwear), Buffoon's Hat (Prevents anyone from taking the wearer seriously; protects from Free Hits unless the wearer is the last hero standing; headwear), Watt's Artifact (Makes the user’s attacks and spells three times more effective against demons; accessory), Robe Of The Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether + 5, immune to sealed; bodywear), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Ether Core, Nostrum, Smoke Bomb, 2x Deadly Venom, Heady Perfume (Makes non-humanoid monsters avoid attacking the party unless provoked. Effect lasts for one section of the day before wearing out.), 7 Bones, Bright Polish, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, "Fifty Shades of Bley" (Grants access to Harlot), "Begone With the Winds" (Grants access to Weather Mage), Black Market Insignia (Allows the owner to seek out a black market dealer from any city they visit on a quest, as decided by the QM.), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item), Borrowed All Scrolls Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 48/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 780 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, Poisoned Water (Causes poisoned by 1 to the target; consumable), 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard, Jewelry (Worth 100 gold) Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest) Periwinkle (NPC, controlled by Khorne) 19 years old female human Cleric Level 31 2/4 *Divert Attacks* *Immune to stunned, poisoned, bleeding, cursed, asleep, fast asleep, confused and hexed* Power: 32 (31+1) Health: 39/39 (9+30) Ether: 35/35 (5+30) Gold: 18 Equipment: Jaws' Mop (WP:1, double damage against aquatic enemies; broomstick), Narcissus Mirror (User has 1/2 chance to divert direct attacks to the next ally in turn; accessory), Periwinkle Ribbon (Grants immunity to stunned, poisoned, bleeding, cursed, asleep, fast asleep, confused and hexed; suitable for Periwinkle only; headwear) Inventory: Remedy, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence Location: Temple of Danab, the Holy District Time: Midday of the Fifth Day Influence: 10 Subquests:

"Well, yes. After everyone have made their preparations, of course. We can't let them get away on those drills, can we?"

"It figures!" Ellaria muttered, shocked to see the High Chief with the dark dwarves. "One should never trust a man wearing a skull emblem..." Ellaria then walked forward, trying to retain her confident posture. "Let me ask you one thing, High Chief: why did you help us in our investigation if you were the culprit all along? Did you want to get caught?"

QM Note: I strongly suggest you follow Pyrovisionary's idea, so we can have a streamlined climax for this quest. "You have? And you can? How?"

Dyric has successfully instakilled 296 enemies? Really? Remember that the WP only goes up if instakill succeeds, normal killing through decreasing health doesn't count.

Eric did a thorough job with the enemies, they all lay dead at their feet. Periwinkle just finished with the knight when Boomingham walked to them. "There! All patched up and ready for chivalry!" "Thank you, miss... Ungh!" The knight suddenly held his head. He looked visibly sobered up. "You wouldn't happen to have anything for this headache?" "Sorry, but that is the price you have to pay for drinking day in and day out. He's all yours, Lawrence." "I owe you my thanks as well, sir. I can hardly believe Eagle would stoop so low as to send his sister to kill me. We used to be such good friends, back when we were mere squires..." QM Note: You can always sell it for gold if you want to get rid of it.

QM Note: But the crossbow is only suitable for assassins, no other class. So it is a different case.