Sandy

QM Note: You can only equip one of each type of artifact, so the suit of armor practically counts as three artefacts since it takes three slots. But yeah, it only counts as one when it comes to the limit on the number of artefacts you can use. Aunt Kree scoffed at Heckz. "As we Rito say, I won't bathe in your guano if you won't bathe in mine." The winged Sister seemed to be guarding the staircase leading up to the ramshackle hut. "In the right direction. Only the most obvious candidates are left, but we are currently stuck in a three-way tie." The orcish boy had already dragged the knight's corpse away. What would the party do next? Party: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 26/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 160 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [-]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent Hastenedeffect 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), Inventory: Weapons Wooden Spear (WP:4, wood-elemental spear), Broken Mythril Greatsword (WP:40, has 1/3 chance to break with each hit; greatsword), Rusted Mythril Shield (SP:30, has 1/3 chance to break every time the wearer takes damage; shield), 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: Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, Health Core, 3 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 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) John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 1/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 1/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 24/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 566 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), 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, Demeter Bomb, 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, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants holder access to Harlot), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 39/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 310 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; Ice-, Lightning-, Darkness-elemental; greatsword),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 and Asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes Blinded; longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 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, 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.: 2 Meat Lumps (quest item) Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) 48 years old human Paladin Level 35 *Immune to Darkness, Fire, Fragile, Sleep, Weakened, and Blindness* Power: 54 (35+14+4+1) Defense: 19 (7+12) Health: 58/58 (10+34+11+2+1) Ether: 31/35 Gold: 110 Equipment: Frozen Saber (WP: 14; light-, ice- and wind-elemental; inflicts stunned; great sword), 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: 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), 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, x2 Remedy, Elixir, Phoenix Essence, x3 Mead, x4 Nostrum, Ambrosia, x2 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, Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Hair of the Dog, x2 Grating Stone, Oculoid Miasma, Oculoid Fireworks, Saber Teeth, Mythril Shard, Bone Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, 2 Meat Lumps (quest item) Rex the Rhinotaur, the Mighty Mercenary (NPC, controlled by Zepher) 35 years old male wererhino Paragon Level 60 4/5 *Initiative* *Restoration* *Aura of Honor* *Gamble* *No Escape* Power: 95 (60+30+5) Defense: 12 Health: 71/92 (8+59+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, Smelling Salts, Soma, Deadly Venom, Meat Lump Location: Winding Alleys, The Slums Time: Small Hours of the Fourth Day Influence: 7 Subquests:

*A new quest has been posted on the Quest Board (#141 by Flipz)!*

"This is your last chance to join the raffle, so don't delay!"

The ghost of Syrma smiled upon the Fenarian as she opened the chest. She found various miner's tools inside, as well as a note written in the language of Fenario. Seal Bomb (Deals 5 damage and the sealed-effect to all opponents when used.) Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Pickaxe (Allows the user to dig through a breakable wall or obstacle.) Where would the party head next?

"Greetings! I'm in a bit of a rush, but would you accept these Gold Bars in exchange for your items?" Ellaria traded the four Gold Bars for 200 gold. (113+200=313 gold) She then bought 5 Greater Potions, 2 Phoenix Essences and the sole Bright Polish, leaving her with measly 13 gold. (313-(20x5+50x2+100=300)=13) "Thank you so much!" She applied the Bright Polish on her Spider Helmet as she ran back to the depot. "Alright, what's the plan?"

I haven't gotten my computer out of the maintenance yet, so I'm borrowing a friend's computer for the time being. All my files are on my computer, though, so I can't do much... Hopefully I'll get it back on Monday.

I haven't heard from the maintenance yet, but I hope I'll get my computer back tomorrow, so my quests can continue. Thanks for your continued patience, guys... If you have any left.

"Wait!" Ellaria shouted as the others left for the depot. "I desperately need to restock my items. I'll catch up with you as soon as possible." Ellaria left in search of a store where she could purchase potions.

Semi-bad news, guys! I installed Windows 10 to my computer the other day, and it totally screwed everything over. I have to take my computer to maintenance, which will make me unable to do proper updates for at least a few days. Hopefully I'll get it fixed quickly!

Err, no... What kind of logic did you use to even get there? Mist only nullifies elemental immunities. Non-elemental immunity is just that, not elemental.

Monk Pretzel found no signs of traps or tampering from the chest. It was simply old.

Yes, you only need to be able to use one of the three types. That's the whole point of the weapon. There are Dark Bombs, they're just not sold at the Marketplace because of their relative usefulness in comparison to other elements (since about half of all enemies are humanoids and thus weak towards darkness).

As the party moved around the corner, they heard a low, rumbling sound coming somewhere near them, and there was a shift in the thick air inside the tunnels. Up ahead, they saw the ghost of Syrma hovering over an abandoned chest at a dead-end. Would the party approach the chest or turn back?

With the head of the other worm destroyed, Ellaria changes focus to Scarlet Worm Body B, still attacking from the back row.

Results of Round Four of the Winding Alleys Battle: Boomingham vs. Crimson Bear Knight - Special Damage (Counter Stance) Sarge vs. Crimson Bear Knight (twice) - Shield (Arrogant Prick - Crimson: 436 health-(111x2=222+222=444 dmg)=0 health; Sarge: 348 gold and Crimson Suit of Armor stolen) Eric vs. Crimson Bear Knight Eric vs. Crimson Bear Knight Sarge vs. Crimson Bear Knight (twice) Rex vs. Crimson Bear Knight The battle is over as suddenly as it began, when Sarge puts all his strength into attacking the knight. "You will be... punished... for this..." The Crimson Bear Knight falls to the ground, dead as a stone. Sarge quickly strips the corpse of the armor, before it starts to stink. THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! Rex gains a fifth of a level, Boomingham gains a fourth, and Sarge and Eric both gain a third. Heckz is revived. The enemy has nothing more to drop. ***** The orc boy sighed in relief. "Wow! I can't believe you did that for me and the other poor folks 'round here. I'll help you get rid of the body, but if someone hears about this, you're in deep trouble." Party: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 26/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 392 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [-]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent Hastenedeffect 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), Inventory: Weapons Wooden Spear (WP:4, wood-elemental spear), Broken Mythril Greatsword (WP:40, has 1/3 chance to break with each hit; greatsword), Rusted Mythril Shield (SP:30, has 1/3 chance to break every time the wearer takes damage; shield), Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Crimson Suit of Armor (SP:12, allows wearer to pose as Crimson Bear Knight; takes three artifact slots: bodywear, headwear and footwear), 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: Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, Health Core, 3 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 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) John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 1/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 1/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 24/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 450 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), 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, Demeter Bomb, 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, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants holder access to Harlot), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 39/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 194 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; Ice-, Lightning-, Darkness-elemental; greatsword),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 and Asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes Blinded; longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 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, 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.: 2 Meat Lumps (quest item) Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) 48 years old human Paladin Level 35 *Immune to Darkness, Fire, Fragile, Stunned, Sleep, Weakened, and Blindness* Power: 54 (35+14+4+1) Defense: 11 (7+4) Health: 58/58 (10+34+11+2+1) Ether: 31/35 Gold: 100 Equipment: Frozen Saber (WP: 14; light-, ice- and wind-elemental; inflicts stunned; great sword), 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.), Scarlet Hood (SP:4, grants immunity to stunned) Inventory: Weapons: 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), Lullaby Wand (WP:6, inflicts asleep), Silver Sword (WP: 18, Longsword), Artifacts: Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (Power +4; Ether -6; headwear), 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, x2 Remedy, Elixir, Phoenix Essence, x3 Mead, x4 Nostrum, Ambrosia, x2 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, Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Hair of the Dog, x2 Grating Stone, Oculoid Miasma, Oculoid Fireworks, Saber Teeth, Mythril Shard, Bone Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, 2 Meat Lumps (quest item) Rex the Rhinotaur, the Mighty Mercenary (NPC, controlled by Zepher) 35 years old male wererhino Paragon Level 60 4/5 *Initiative* *Restoration* *Aura of Honor* *Gamble* *No Escape* Power: 95 (60+30+5) Defense: 12 Health: 71/92 (8+59+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, Smelling Salts, Soma, Deadly Venom, Meat Lump Location: Winding Alleys, The Slums Time: Small Hours of the Fourth Day Influence: 7 Subquests:

The fourth Anniversary Lottery is finally here! The prizes are better and more numerous than ever. Good luck snatching the best ones!

It was once again time for heroes everywhere to pray that Fabula Sibylla would smile upon them favorably. The heroes in Eubric all flocked to the Hall, while those on quests around the world received magical letters that told them about the event. The annual Heroica lottery was about to begin... "Silence! We're about to commence the fourth consecutive Anniversary Lottery. You've all been busy enough saving princesses, nations, and kittens to earn a little gratitude. Our organization has received more donations than ever from the people you've helped, so your chances of winning something this year have increased. This year, we're getting help from this strapping young Ziegfried lad for the deliveries." "'Sup, I'm Noel. As you all should know by now, considering the amount of Z-Mail I've handled for you. Seriously, the stuff you've been writing... But anyway, I've got a hot date with my girl Hél, so let's be quick about this. Alright?" "Ahem... Well, your cooperation is much appreciated, Noel. Now, write down your name on a ticket and send it our way, so the lottery can begin!" RULES: - All players of Heroica RPG may participate into the raffle, no matter if they are currently on a quest or not. New players are welcome to participate as well. - Confirm your character's participation by posting in-character to this topic before the 15th of August, 2015. The post can be about how your character finds out about the lottery and sends their slip of paper, for example. - The lottery will take place on the 15th of August. The prizes listed below will be dealt to the lucky winners. One player character can only win one prize. - If you win an item from the raffle, you can add it to your character's inventory immediately (thanks to the magical "Z-Mail" system). - If you have any questions about the lottery, please ask them at the General Discussion -topic, not here. PRIZES: Greater Potion (Restores 50 health to the target.) Greater Tonic (Restores 30 ether to the target.) First Aid Kit (Completely restores health and removes all negative effects for the entire party once.) Neutralizer (Removes all temporary effects from all allies and all opponents.) Tiger Balm (Grants immunity to all effects - positive and negative - for one battle.) Phoenix Essence (Revives a fallen ally with full health during a battle.) Fenghuang Essence (After being consumed, automatically revives the target with full health once when knocked out; cannot revive targets that are already knocked out) Aeolus Bomb (Deals 100 wind-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Baldur Bomb (Deals 100 light-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Demeter Bomb (Deals 100 wood-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Gaia Bomb (Deals 100 earth-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Neptune Bomb (Deals 100 water-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Seth Bomb (Deals 100 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Skadi Bomb (Deals 100 ice-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) Minimizing Dust (Deals the minimized-effect to the target, reducing maximum power/level, HP, and ether to 10% of the normal.) Everlasting Venom (Adds the poisoned by 10-effect to one weapon permanently) Last Wish Powder (Turns the targeted enemy into an undead that will join a necromancer’s army automatically after being defeated; if there is no necromancer present, the enemy will be fully revived as an undead type and will have to be fought again, but it won’t drop anything; cannot be used on demon, holy, ethereal or mechanical enemies.) Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon upon use.)[/font] Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or armor upon use.) Level-Up Mushroom (Raises level by one full level upon use.) Mythril Shard (One quarter of a full Mythril ore, used for mythrilizing weapons.) Adamantite Shard (One quarter of a full Adamantite ore, used for adamantizing weapons.) Shield of Invisibility (SP:0, the user is impervious to Free Hits unless they are the last hero standing.) Great Axpeord (WP:40, cannot be wielded with a shield; greatsword/axe/spear) 3x Letter of Recommendation (Increases reputation with one of the seven main factions depending on the user's choice.) Anniversary Medal (Power +4, SP +4, Max. Health +4, Max. Ether +4. The values will increase by 1 with each passing year; accessory.)

It depends on the quest and the QM, really. If there is a possibility that the surviving party will run into the knocked out heroes, they can be revived, but if the quest is purposefully split into half for the remainder of the quest, then the other party would fail their half of the quest. But it's always in the QM's jurisdiction what happens - and having a party fail by losing a battle in the middle of the quest is the last thing a QM generally wants to happen. Not really, but if you have ideas, please share them. Tools are mostly roleplaying items, mind you, that bear no consequence inside battles (except for Artisans).

Disappointed with the result of her mixing, Ellaria repeated again.

QM Note: As a clarification, the party cannot split up for this puzzle. "Peeking around corners" is also not possible, you must move to be able to see further.

Arx searched, but could not find the pouch of gems that Nerwen had thrown away. It could be that Zaniah had took it with her... Monk Pretzel could not find any gems, either, but as he dug, he found a particularly tough piece of rock, perfect for honing weapons. One of the Rocklings must have dropped it. Grating Stone (Increases WP of any weapon by 1.) After giving Syrma the parting ceremony, Nerwen acquired all her gear. The party began to follow the Star Elf's ghost, until it disappeared around a corner. Would the party keep following it? QM Note: The microfig represents the party's current location, while the red star is your starting point. You may always move as far as you can see, stopping at corners and intersections. Current Weather: Dim (doubles darkness-damage, halves light-damage) Party: Johon, The Champion of Darkness (Bricksandparts) 26 years old male human Raider Level 33 2/4 *Natural Respite* *Permanently Lucky* *1.5 stealing multiplier* *Hide of The Bleeding* Power: 43 (33+10) Defense: 1 Health: 47/47 (32+7+7) Gold: 6962 Equipment: Old Whip (WP:+10, suit: Rogues/Artisans/Beast Warriors/Decamon Drafters/Harlots/Marauders/Necromancers, 2X damage vs. Beasts), Satchel of Awesomeness (suit: Anyone, *Permanently Lucky*), Hide of The Bleeding (suit: Anyone, +10HP +5ETH for every enemy user defeats), Sticky Gloves (suit: Rogues/Beast Warriors, 1.5 multiplier for stealing), Dog Statuette (Rover) (suit: Anyone, SP:+1) Inventory: Weapons: Muckraker (WP:+13, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Beast Warriors/Necromancers/Regulators, *Water, Wood, Earth*, Causes *Weakened*), Sword of Decay (WP:+8, suit: Barbaians/Knights/Mages, Causes *Decayed by X-3 rounds* X=dmg dealt/4, Effect does not stack), Greatsword (WP:+3, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Beast Warriors/Necromancers/Regulators), Focal Staff (WP:+5, suit: Clerics/Mages, Ability: Roll 3 at cost of 5 ether), Gladius (WP:+15, suit: Anyone, Darkness, 1/3 chance of causing *Fragile* on succesful hits), Stalker’s Mallet (WP:+8, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Harlots, 1/2 chance of causing *sealed*), Lullaby Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *asleep*), Lovelorn Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *enamored*), Scaridy Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *afraid*), Wand of Wrath (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *enraged*), Shield (SP:+5, Suit: Knights/Dragoons/Regulators/Skirmishers), Qlice (WP:+8, club, Causes *Poisoned-by-4*), Luminous Bow (WP:+9, suit: Rangers/Beast Warriors/Weather Mages/Winged Warriors, 3X damage vs. Fiery/Dark, 0X damage vs. Plants/Aquatic) Artifacts: Simple Helmet (suit: Anyone, HP:+1), Pseudo's hood (suit: Anyone, Ignores Undead immunity), Quiver of Poisoning (suit: Rangers/Beast Warriors/Infiltrators/Winged Warriors, Causes *Poisoned by 1* using bows/crossbows), Blessed Amulet (suit: Anyone, *Immune to cursed*), Barbarian's Boots (suit: Barbarians/Chi Monks/Beast Warriors, *Restoration*), Counterstrike Gloves (suit: Anyone, deals damage equal to level when hit with free-hit), Sterile Gloves (Suit: Anyone, *Immune to Poisoned/Bleeding*), Bravado Boots (suit: Anyone, 1/6 chance of receiving *Lucky* at start of battle), Scarlet Hood (suit: Anyone, pwr:+4, *immune to stunned*), Steel Core (suit: Anyone, +7 power), Heavy Armour (suit: Barbarians/Knights, SP:+5, *Immune to Fragile*), Tin Helmet (suit: Anyone, *Immune to Hexed/Confused*), Brimstone Armor (SP:6, absorbs fire damage; causes fire damage equal to wearer’s defense to those that hit the wearer with normal attacks; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; bodywear) Spell Items: Aquamarine (2), Emerald (1), Garnet (1), Opal (1), Ruby (1), Sapphire (1), Topaz (1), Diamond (2), Amethyst (2), Scroll of Sleep (1), Scroll of Blindness (1), Scroll of Sealing (1), Scroll of Confusion (1), Scroll of Frailty (1), Scroll of Weakening (1), Scroll of Antimagic (1) Consumables: Potion (30), Grand Potion (17), Grand Tonic (1), Health Core (3), Remedy (12), Phoenix Essence (3), Mead (14), Smelling Salts (16), Nostrum (16), Ambrosia (2), Mulled Wine (1), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Venom (10), Deadly Venom (7), Smoke Bomb (1) , Fire Bomb (1), Water Bomb (4), Lightning Bomb (14), Bone (14), Skeleton Decoy (2), Trial Brew (1), Ectoplasm (1), Level-Up Mushroom (1), Grating Stone (1), Blind Fury (1), Neutralizer (1), Equilibrium Tonic (1), Oculoid Miasma (1) Tools etc.: Shovels (1), Pick-axes (2), Magic Compasses (1), Water Canteens (2), Lonely Island Magniscope (1), Blue Rose (Invasion of Luosh) (1), Fifty Shades of Bley (1), Mythril Shards (1), Silver Ore (1) Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) *Party Leader* 1337 years old female Fenarian Necromancer Level 51 1/5 *Immune to Sealed, Slowed, Bound, Confused, Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning and Earth* *Gains Triple EXP* Power: 96 (51+45) Defense: 10 Health: 44/65 (5+50+5+5) Ether: 40/70 (5+50+1+5+4+5) Gold: 698 Equipment: Crystal Mace (WP: 45 (5*gems imbued); Fire-, Ice-, Wind-, Water-, Lightning-, Earth-, Wood-, Light-, and Darkness-elemental; Mace), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Ether:5. immune to Sealing, Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning and Earth, bodywear), Medal of Glory (gain triple XP; accessory), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, backwear), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Winged Sandals (Immune to bound and slowed, footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Mythril Empyreal Staff (WP:28), Nocturne Flute (WP: 6; inflicts the Asleep effect; Instrument), Pongcanis Shield (SP: 7; Shield) Artifacts: Gold Dragon Crown (max Ether +6; immune to Stunned; suitable for anyone; Headwear), Desert Cloak (immune to Fire; suitable for anyone; Backwear), Water Canteen (Carries 3 portions of water; Accessory), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Sudden Death; suitable for anyone; Backwear), Winged Sandals (immune to Bound and Slowed; suitable for anyone; Footwear), Paper Doll (immune against Hexed, Accessory) Spell Items: Amethyst, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby, Aquamarine, Scroll of Blinding, Scroll of Arc Blinding, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Naamah's Hourglass (Randomly causes either Hastened or Slowed to the target at the cost of 3 Ether), Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq, restoring Health equal to the Level of the summoner at the cost of 5 Ether) Consumables: Potions (12), Grand Potions (4), Health Core, Tonics (9), Ether Cores (3), Remedies (12), Phoenix Essences (5), Phoenix Incenses (2), Mead (13), Smelling Salts (4), Nostrum (5), Ambrosia, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired) (2), Deadly Venom (3), Smoke Bombs (2), Holy Bomb, Water Bomb (14), Lightning Bomb (14), Dirt Bomb (3), Aeolus Bomb, Flash Bomb, Demon Repellant (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons for one battle, unless the user is the last one standing), Soul Cage (Doomed-effect to all combatants), Skeleton Decoys (2), Bones (17) Tools etc.: Pickaxe, Bedroll Rastaban, Level 52 Dark Undead Crystal Titan, Level 94 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Red), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Blue), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Green), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Yellow), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Yellow), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Female (Orange), Level 20 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp A, Level 21 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp B, Level 21 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp C, Level 21 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp D, Level 21 Dark Undead Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) 264 year old female Elven Minstrel Level 39 *Immune to sealed* *Gains Double EXP* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 51 (39+4+8) Defense: 2 (1+1) Health: 4/53 (9+38+11-5) Ether: 17/51 (5+38+4+1+3) Gold: 645 Equipment: Party Maracas (WP:4; user is hastened; instrument), Lesser Ethereal Cloak (SP:1, Max. ether +3, immune to sealed; backwear), Leather armour (SP:1; Bodywear), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles; accessory) Inventory: Weapons: Elbereth (WP:12, ice-, wind- and light-elemental wand), Mutt's Flute (WP:10; inflicts Weakened-effect; instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6; causes asleep-effect; instrument), Battered wooden flute (WP:6; Darkness-elemental; instrument), Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14; Light-Elemental, Meditate becomes hits; longsword), Mourning Star (WP: 10; Fire-elemental; inflicts Fragile-effect; mace), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanical enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened, cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), Shield (SP: 5) Artifacts: Elven Robes (SP:1, Max. ether +2, immune to sealed, slowed and jinxed; suitable to elves only; bodywear), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3; Immunity to Ice and Water; Bodywear; Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2; Immune to Blind), Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired; Accessory; Suitable for Paladins), Trickster's Mask of the Angel, Order Imperial's Assassin Cowl (Immune to Light and Darkness, Wearer is Nimble; headwear; Suitable for Assassins, Chi Monks, Infiltrators, Rogue Thieves, Paragons), Razor (user is Blessed and Immune to Bleeding, Enraged, and Encouraged; May take up any artifact slot; requires a shaved head), Helm of the Lord of Light (Immune to Light and Jinxed; headwear; Suitable for Knights), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Counterstrike Gloves, Zap-Tap Badge (1/2 chance to make lighting-elemental counterstrike an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory), Spell Items: Scroll of Sleep (2), Scrolls of Blindness (2), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Weakening (2), Scroll of Frailty (2), Scroll of Confusion (2), Scroll of Lesser Fire Warding (Enables the user to make the target immune to fire for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Lesser Earth Warding (Enables the user to make the target immune to earth for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Lesser Darkness Warding (Enables the user to make the target immune to darkness for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Hundred Hero Hymn (Battle Song that doubles the current and maximum health for the rest of the party for the remainder of the round. Stacks with the inspired-effect. Costs 2 ether per ally.) Consumables: Potions (10), Grand potion (2), Health Core, Tonics (5), Grand tonic (2), Ether Core (2), Elixir (2), Remedy (6), Neutralizer (2), Tiger Balm (2), Herbal Infusion (Remove negative effects and cause blessed- and transcended-effects) (3), Phoenix Essence (3), Nostrum (2), Smelling Salts (2), Ambrosia (4), Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed) (2), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Venom (4), Fire Bomb, Ice Bombs (2), Lightning Bomb, Water Bombs (2), Dirt Bombs (2), Air Bomb, Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Red Death Blood (Once applied to a weapon the first successful hit deals doomed, consumable) (2), Sushi (restores 5 health and ether), Feather of Lithe, Grating Stone Tools etc.: Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, Telescope Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer, Orc-kin (swils) 23 years old male vertically challenged giant Dragoon Level 48 1/5 *Immune to Darkness, Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile,Slowed, and Weakened* *Triple EXP* Power: 65 (48+16+1) Defense: 13 (10+3) Health: 44/70 (8+47+15) Gold: 2099 Equipment: Shishkebab (WP:16, dual-strike, darkness-elemental, lance),Skirmisher's Shield (SP:10, shield), Bright Armor (SP:3, Wearer is immune to Darkness, bodywear), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, and Lightning, and the Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile, Slowed, and Weakened-effects; footwear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Gladiator Trident (WP:11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Guardian Halberd (WP: 5, target's defense is used as additional WP, halberd), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, deals Stunned, halberd), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP:9, longsword, Stuns enemies), Repeater Crossbow (WP:7, crossbow. Hastened for first round of combat while equipped.), Mercutio's Dagger of Mugging (WP:5, +5 gold from stealing; dagger), Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores defense, bow), Crystal Shield (SP:2 multiplied by the amount of gems imbued; cannot be upgraded otherwise; shield) Artifacts:Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Handwear, Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water-elemental damage, accessory) Spell Items: 2x Amethyst (Darkness), Emerald (Wood), Opal (Ice) Consumables: 4x Potion, Diluted Arc Tonic, Grand Tonic, 4x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, Neutralizer, Milk, 2x Elixir, 2x Nostrum, 3x Smelling Salts, 3x Mulled Wine, Soma, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Jinxy Juice, 2x Feather of Lithe, 3x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, 2x Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, 3x Smoke Bomb, Ice Bomb, 4x Water Bomb, Doomsday Bomb (99 damage to all enemies), 2x Grating Stone, Teleportapple Tools etc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Magnifying Glass Arx the Youngling (Pet Dragon controlled by swils) Level: 48 1/5 Health: 33/78 (30+48) Element: Ice Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Palathadric) 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan Level 34 1/4 *Immune to Magic and Healing* *Permanently Reinforced* Power: 45 (34+9+2) Defense: 36 ((10+6+2)x2) Health: 62/62 (9+33+15+3+2) Gold: 105 Equipment: Splinter Broom (WP: 9; Broomstick; defies SP), Darksteel Armour (SP: 6; Max. Health +3; Bodywear), Armour of Dark Arts (SP: 10; Takes up: Bodywear, Handwear, Footwear slots; counts as one artifact; Suitable to Knights, Dragoons, and Skirmishers), Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced effect; Suitable to Marauders; Backwear), Duplovian Helmet (SP:2; Immune to Magic and Healing; Headwear) Inventory: Weapons: Flying Cross (WP: 11; Darkness; Broomstick), Dual Staff (WP:8; Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; Dual Strike; Staff), Whip of Savage Overlords (WP: 9; ⅙ chance of inflicting the Slowed effect; Whip), Staff of the Necromancer (WP: 12; damages Undead; +1 Level to raised Undead; Staff), Shadeaux Mace (WP: 9; deals Fragile effect, Mace), Steak (WP: 1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits; suitable for all), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Artifacts: Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, both of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); Accessory), Strategist's Shako (+5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back; Headwear), Burning Knuckle Helmet (SP: 10; Wearer suffers Burning -3 effect; Suitable for Anyone; Headwear), Bumble Fanshirt (SP: 1, Vermin with level less than half of the wearers are scared and won't directly attack the wearer; Bodywear), Order Imperial Prophet's Armor (SP: 8; Grants Command; Suitable for Prophets; Bodywear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; Suitable for Knights, Dragoons, Skirmishers and Regulators, Bodywear), Cloak of the Barbaric Runecaster (SP: 3; wearer creates and deploys a Skeleton Decoy at the start of every battle; Suitable for Battle Mages, Necromancers, and Scholars; Backwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, Max Ether +4; Backwear), Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP: 3; Provides Special Guard against Undead enemies; Backwear), Rock Gauntlets (Grants the wearer Iron Fist at no ether cost; Suitable for anyone; Handwear), Counterstrike Gloves (Handwear), Soothing Slippers (Meditation restores 5 ether; Footwear), Shackles of War (Accessory), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Spell Items: 2 Amethysts, 2 Emeralds, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Diamond, Ruby, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness x 2, Scroll of Confusion x 2, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Arc Sleep Consumables: 5 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), 2 Tonics, Ether Core, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 8 Remedies, 3 Neutralizers, Tiger Balm, 5 Phoenix Essences, 2 Phoenix Incenses, 4 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 3 Nostrums, Soma, Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), 5 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, 2 Paralyzing Venoms, 3 Jinxy Juices, 5 Smoke Bombs, 2 Fire Bombs, Holy Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb, 2 Blind Bombs, 2 Seal Bombs, 2 Sleep Bombs, 6 Bones, Raw Meat (+5 max. health upon consumption), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects permanently), Strong Wasabi (-2 Poisoned permanently), Grating Stone (Increases WP of any weapon by 1.) Tools etc.: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Shovel, Magic Compass, Magic Shovel (1/3 uses) (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest)

Results of Round Three of the Winding Alleys Battle: >Boomingham vs. Crimson Bear Knight - Shield (Guardian Angel) >Sarge vs. Crimson Bear Knight (twice) - Mortal Hit (Crimson: 656 health+12 SP-(48/2x2=48+48=96 dmg)=572 health, counterstrikes; Sarge: 47 health+20 SP-(83/2=42 dmg)=25 health) >Eric uses Nostrum on himself - (Eric: lucky) Eric vs. Crimson Bear Knight - Shield/Hit (Ravage - Crimson: 572 health+12 SP-(74x2=148 dmg)=436 health; Eric: +83 gold) >Heckz (Darkness) vs. Crimson Bear Knight - Damage (Heckz: 34 health-(83/2=42 dmg)=0 health) >Sarge vs. Crimson Bear Knight (twice) - Special Damage (Counter Stance) >Rex vs. Crimson Bear Knight - Special Damage (Counter Stance) The heroes manage to damage the knight some more, but he also injures Sarge and throws Heckz across the alley, knocking the feeble mage out once more. The knight prepares to counter again, but Barty appears to protect the party for the next round. Enemy: Crimson Bear Knight *Immune to all negative effects* *COUNTER STANCE* Type: Humanoid Level: 83 Defense: 12 Health: 436/776 Special: Counter Stance – Crimson Bear Knight prepares to counter the next attack that he is hit with, causing 83 damage to the attacker. Drops: 348 gold, Crimson Suit of Armor (SP:12, allows wearer to pose as Crimson Bear Knight; takes three artifact slots: bodywear, headwear and footwear) Party: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 23 2/3 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 48 (23+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 25/47 (7+22+9+3+3+3) Gold: 44 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [-]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent Hastenedeffect 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), Inventory: Weapons Wooden Spear (WP:4, wood-elemental spear), Broken Mythril Greatsword (WP:40, has 1/3 chance to break with each hit; greatsword), Rusted Mythril Shield (SP:30, has 1/3 chance to break every time the wearer takes damage; shield), 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: Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, Health Core, 3 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 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) John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 1/2 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* *Knocked Out* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 0/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 24/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 450 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), 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, Demeter Bomb, 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, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants holder access to Harlot), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 1/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Asleep, Water and Earth* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 39/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 194 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; Ice-, Lightning-, Darkness-elemental; greatsword),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 and Asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes Blinded; longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 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, 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.: 2 Meat Lumps (quest item) Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) 48 years old human Paladin Level 34 3/4 *Immune to Darkness, Fire, Fragile, Stunned, Sleep, Weakened, and Blindness* *Encouraged* *GUARDIAN ANGEL* Power: 53 (34+14+4+1) Defense: 11 (7+4) Health: 57/57 (10+33+11+2+1) Ether: 30/34 Gold: 100 Equipment: Frozen Saber (WP: 14; light-, ice- and wind-elemental; inflicts stunned; great sword), 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.), Scarlet Hood (SP:4, grants immunity to stunned) Inventory: Weapons: 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), Lullaby Wand (WP:6, inflicts asleep), Silver Sword (WP: 18, Longsword), Artifacts: Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (Power +4; Ether -6; headwear), 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, x2 Remedy, Elixir, Phoenix Essence, x3 Mead, x4 Nostrum, Ambrosia, x2 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, Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Hair of the Dog, x2 Grating Stone, Oculoid Miasma, Oculoid Fireworks, Saber Teeth, Mythril Shard, Bone Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, 2 Meat Lumps (quest item) Rex the Rhinotaur, the Mighty Mercenary (NPC, controlled by Zepher) 35 years old male wererhino Paragon Level 60 3/5 *Initiative* *Restoration* *Aura of Honor* *Gamble* *No Escape* Power: 95 (60+30+5) Defense: 12 Health: 71/92 (8+59+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, Smelling Salts, Soma, Deadly Venom, Meat Lump Location: Winding Alleys, The Slums Time: Small Hours of the Fourth Day Influence: 7 Subquests:

That would be a good clarification. I am currently considering changing it so that instead of the amount of undead multiplying WP, the total power of the undead army would be added to the normal power for Amplified Hit/Spell. That way a large army would still greatly boost the necromancer, but not necessarily allow thousands of points of damage to be done anymore. It would allow QMs to keep the enemies' health at a moderate level for the other other players, as well.

"Yes, Dumora. Use your oaths to aid us. Someone is controlling these worms, and that someone will rob your cities of all their riches unless we act now." Ellaria tried to encourage the suspicious dwarf as she repeated her attack.

It's powerful, but not overly so. Unless you're a necromancer, that is, but I'm seriously considering changing how Amplified Hit/Spell works, anyway.