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Why can't you name him "Mhinak Ahzrukhal", then? They're both made up names, so I don't get how one can be more meaningful to you than the other... Look, you are never going to get accustomed to your characters if you don't give them a chance to grow. I don't want to interfere with your roleplaying choices, but your wishy-washiness in this matter is not something I can condone with.

Why else do you think I chose Eric for the quest? :P

Wow, you really have trouble committing to a character, haven't you? :P Many people update their avatars in between quest, but they usually have a reason to do so, such as class change. Some have also changed or expanded their character's names, but nobody has done so after just one quest... So I have to ask you why?

Results of Round Three of the Final Battle: Equestria hits Cerberus - (Cerberus: 358 health-(50x4/2=100 dmg)=258 health; Lilly: -5 ether) >Althior (Darkness) vs. Zed Ziegfried - Damage/Damage (Althior: 34 health+7 SP-(45/2=23 dmg)=18 health) >Althior (Darkness) vs. Sycamore Ziegfried - Spell/Special Damage (Sycamore: 1080 health+10 SP-(73x4=292 dmg)=798 health; Althior: -1 ether) >Alexis gives Aventine's Cape to Lilly >Alexis vs. Sycamore Ziegfried - Critical Lethal Hit (damage not doubled; Sycamore: 798 health+10 SP-84 dmg=724 health) >Arthur uses Scroll of Armor Sundering on Fahrenheit Ziegfried - Success (Fahrenheit: -5 SP; Arthur: -1 ether) >Arthur (Darkness) vs. Fahrenheit Ziegfried - Damage/Shield (Disaster: Abyss - Fahrenheit: 1378 health+10 SP-(56x8=448 dmg)=940 health; Zed: 1020 health+10 SP-(56x4=224 dmg)=806 health; Sycamore: 724 health+10 SP-(56x4=224 dmg)=510 health; Cerberus: no damage, sealed; Arthur: -1 ether) >Arthur uses Scroll of Armor Sundering on Fahrenheit Ziegfried - Failure (Arthur: -1 ether) >Arthur (Darkness) vs. Fahrenheit Ziegfried - Special Damage/Great Spell (Fahrenheit: 940 health+10 SP-(76x8=608 dmg)=342 health; Arthur: -1 ether) >Lilly takes Aventine's Cape from Alexis Cerberus - Free Hit vs. Althior (no effect) Family Pride - (Fahrenheit, Zed, Sycamore and Lilly: +5 SP) With the swirling shadows to boost their spells, the mages in the party deal great damage to the ghostly wizards. However, Althior gets injured in the process, too. Current Weather: Dim (Doubles darkness-damage and halves light-damage for the rest of the battle) Enemies: Soul of Fahrenheit Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* *Elemental immunities nullified for 1 round* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 70 Defense: 15 Health: 342/1468 Ether: 3/3 Special I: Summon Cerberus – A new Cerberus joins the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if Cerberus has been defeated. Special II: Beastmaster – Orders Cerberus to use all its three special attacks on his target at once. Used only if there is a Cerberus in the battle. Special III: Family Pride – Increases the defense of each Ziegfried (including Lilly) by 5 SP. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Ziegfried’s Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +3; suitable to classes with ether and those with Ziegfried reputation only; if reputation is great, ether is doubled; reputation is outstanding, ether is tripled; headwear) Note: Family Pride is automatically used at the end of each round as long as the Soul of Fahrenheit is standing. Soul of Zed Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 15 Health: 806/1132 Ether: 5/5 Special I: Ominous Weather – Instantly changes the current weather to “dim” (double darkness damage, halve light damage) for the rest of the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is not “dim”. Special II: Abyss – Causes darkness-elemental damage equal to two times Zed’s level and the sealed-effect to all opponents at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is “dim”. Special III: Etherstorm – Depletes ether from all opponents and refills ether for all allies. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick) Soul of Sycamore Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 15 Health: 510/1085 Ether: 8/12 Special I: Rise Ye Undying! – 1-6 ghosts join the battle at the cost of 1 ether per ghost. Used only if all three souls are standing. Special II: Return Ye Immortal! – Brings back the Souls of Fahrenheit and Zed with half health if they have been defeated at the cost of 1 ether per revival. Used only if either Fahrenheit or Zed have been defeated. Special III: Die Ye Living! – Instantly knocks out the target. Used only if there is no ether left. Drops: Staff of the Supreme Necromancer (WP:25; damages undead; +5 level to raised undead; suitable to necromancers; staff) Cerberus *Sealed for 3 rounds* *Fragile for 2 rounds* *Blinded for 2 rounds* Type: Beast/Demon Level: 33 Health: 258/963 Special I: Triple Bark – Deals sealed, confused and afraid-effects to the target. Special II: Triple Bite – Deals 33 damage to the target as well as the opponents acting before and after the target. Special III: Triple Lick – Restores 333 health to self. Drops: Elixir Note: Specials are randomly chosen. Party: Althior Emorith, The Dragonslayer (K-Nut) *Party Leader* 35 years old male human Necromancer Level 47 1/5 *Gains Triple Experience* *Absorbs Earth* *Immune to Petrified and Darkness* *Encouraged* *Lucky* *Hastened* Power: 68 (47+21) (Spellpower: 73 (47+21+5)) Defense: 7 (2+5) Health: 18/57 (5+46+5+1) Ether: 57/62 (5+46+5+4+2) Gold: 1745 (owed 65g by Warlen Meliname) Equipment: Scepter of Divine Affinity (WP:21, Has ⅙ chance to deal Cursed effect on successful spells and ⅙ chance to deal Blessed effect on successful healing, Staff), Spellbound Gloves (+5 spellpower; handwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max Ether +4; backwear), Medal of Glory (Wearer earns triple experience; accessory), Robe of the Seneschal (SP:5; wearer absorbs earth-elemental damage and is immune to petrified and darkness elemental damage; suitable to clerics, mages, chi monks, necromancers and scholars; bodywear), Inventory: Artifacts: Lieutenant's Helm (SP:3, protects from fragile; headwear), Robes of Illumination (SP: 5, +10 Max Ether, wearer is permanently transcended, suitable to prophets; bodywear), Coat Hanger (Allows wearing a second bodywear artifact regardless of the amount limit for artifacts; accessory) Spell Items: Scroll of Frailty (Enables casting the fragile-effect to the target, causing it to take double damage for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Love (Enables casting the enamored-effect to the target, making it unable to damage the caster for three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.)Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Garnet (Earth), 2 Opals (Ice), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood) Consumables: 6 Tonics, 3 Ether Cores, 5 Remedies, Phoenix Incense, 4 Meads, Nostrum, Garnet Lamp of Summoning, Skeleton Decoy, 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 Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Mythril Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, 2 Bones Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Masked Builder) 24 year old female elven Assassin Level 50 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Bound and Slowed* *Gains Triple Experience* *Counterstrike* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 73 (50+11+12) Defense: 2 Health: 72/72 (6+6+49+5+5+1) Gold: 56 Equipment: Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; accessory), Winged Sandals (protects from bound and slowed effects; footwear), Big Bear Suit (Doubles base and class bonus health and ether; bodywear), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to rangers, backwear), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear) Inventory: Weapons: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, whip), Steel Fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental, dagger), Toy Cannon (WP:30, damages all opponents; has 1/6 chance to break when used; handcannon), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), Artifacts: Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), , Ring of Sight (protects from blinded; accessory), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle), Special Curtain (Changes SPECIAL DAMAGE roll into a SPECIAL GUARD, giving a 1/2 chance to be protected from any negative effects caused by the opponent’s special skill; backwear) Spell Items: Scroll of Deep Sleep (Enables casting the fast asleep-effect to the target, forcing it to miss its turn for six rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning) Consumables: 6 Potions, 8 Grand Potions, Health Core, 7 Remedies, 9 Meads, 2 Somas, Mulled Wine, 5 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venom, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow), 2 Lightning Bombs, 7 Water Bombs, 3 Dirt Bombs, Skeleton Decoy, 7 Bones, 2 Grating Stones, Zoot's Cookie, Adamantite Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Shovel, Venom, Bedroll, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants access to the Harlot expert job class), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold) Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Weather Mage Level 36 2/4 *Immune to blinded and confused* *Overkill* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 56 (36+20) Defense: 16 (8x2) Health: 22/50 (5+35+4+6) Ether: 18/48 (5+35+6+2) Gold: 1537 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "broomstick", suitable to Arthur only), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy; handwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory), Shadeaux Cape (SP:8, Immune to blinded and confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear) Inventory: Weapons: Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable throwing weapon, causes Jinxed-effect) (Lent to Docken), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [nothing]), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Crescent Shield (SP: 5, halved damage from elemental attacks, shield) (Lent to Purpearl), Blue Hand Shield (SP:5, grants immunity to five effects of the user’s choice; these immunities cannot be changed once selected Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield) (Lent to Purpearl), ) Artifacts: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Tin Helmet (Immunity to confused- and hexed-effects; headwear.), Tin Greaves (Immunity to stunned-, slowed- and hastened-effects; footwear), Tin Gloves (Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear), Tin Armor (SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear), White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear), Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, headwear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; accessory), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; accessory), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; accessory), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory), Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Sudden Death and Doomed; accessory), Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water), Sapphire (Wind), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing (Lent to De'kra), Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Has 1/2 chance to reduce target’s SP by 5 at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.) (lent to Hybros), Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Fear (Enables casting the afraid-effect to the target, forcing it to fight from the back row until the end of the battle. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Sloth (Enables casting the slowed-effect on the target, making them unable to perform Free Hits. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 10 ether.) Consumables: Potion, 5x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 7x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 2x Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, 2x Stun Bomb, 4x Smoke Bomb, 2x Bones, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.) Tools etc: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Begone with the Winds (Grants the holder access to the Weather Mage expert job class upon reaching Level 30), 2x Silver Ore Lilly Ziegfried (NPC, controlled by K-Nut) 7 years old female human Puppeteer Level 31 3/4 *Gains gold equal to number of enemies* *Free Hits have 1/6 chance to be redirected at another enemy* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 30 Defense: 16 (1+15) Health: 31/31 (1+30) Ether: 18/31 (1+30) Gold: 13 Equipment: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear), Inventory: Aventine's Cape (SP:1, immunity to darkness and water; backwear), Pink Ribbon (Max. Ether +3, grants immunity to sealed, afraid and doomed; accessory), 3 Potions, 2 Grand Potions, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, 2 Elixirs, Stun Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 8 Toys (see below) Toy Soldier (Toy) Power: 30 Note: pierces defense; has 1/6 chance to break when used Dour Dolly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes weakened-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Morbid Molly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes cursed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Negative Nelly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes jinxed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Baddie Panda (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes confused-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Deaddy Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes doomed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Snooty Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes fast asleep-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Equestria (Toy) Power: 50 Note: Causes light-elemental damage; cannot break but costs 5 ether to use

Having spent a long time away from Heroica, honing her newly gained skills in alchemy at the Invision Guildhouse, Ellaria returned to the Hall in her laboratory coat. Brewing potions had been lucrative, but she needed some time away from the dusty, enclosed labs of the Guild. She also wanted to test her skills in battle against the evils of the world, which was something she was surprised to realize she had missed. A quick glance on the Quest Board made it clear there were currently only a few options to do so, thus Ellaria signed into both Quest#132 and the Unlimited Quest: Fields of Glory. She then saw one of the Veterans, the Dragonlord, coming down the stairs with a noble-looking fairy. Something in the fairy's presence made her freeze and stare. "Once again, I must apologize for any damage she did in her rummage around the city." "Bah! Don't mention it, Prime Minister. She did nothing aside from charming some alley cats. Our heroes happened to run into her just as she was about to screw up the mind of a young lass, and got the victim out of the bind. We later found her in that same alleyway. She put up a heck of a fight, I must tell you!" "I apologize for that, then. She is among her kin now, and we will do our everything to get Rosier's poison out of her." The fairy then noticed Ellaria staring at them. "Is everything alright, Miss?" "Umm..." Ellaria was lost at words. She suddenly had a jarring headache, as if something was trying to break through her brains. "This is Miss Arbour, one of our healers. She has been with Heroica for over three years now, if I remember right." "Pleased to meet you, Ellaria. I am Prime Minister Euflear of the Seelie Court, but around here everyone knows me as the Fey One." The fairy's eyes twinkled. Ellaria felt like choking. "The Fey One...?!" "Yes, the very same. It has been centuries since I last visited this Hall. It hasn't changed much at all - the Saloon keeper makes better food than the ones we had in my day, though. Well, I have to bid my farewell now. My granddaughter Hope is waiting for me to bring her souvenirs from this dimensions." The fairy nodded to the Dragonlord and Ellaria, and glided out of the Hall with supernatural lightness in his (or her) step. Ellaria felt dizzy. "Hope..." she whispered. The Veteran looked at her in dismay. "What's the matter with you, fawning over the Fey One like a fangirl at a Carly Swift concert? Show some manners in the future when representing our organization, Miss Arbour." Ellaria mumbled an apology and walked out of the Hall, still dazed. It wasn't until that night that she realized that the Fey One had called her by her first name, even though the Dragonlord had never mentioned it...

Why can't they be small-ish handcannons, then? Nobody is asking for technological accuracy here - we've thrown it out of the window a long time ago.

No, it wasn't called just a pistol. You presented it as half a handcannon, too. But yes, keeping flintlock pistols out of the game at this point is the best thing for now.

I feel divided about this issue. This game has evolved a lot in three years, and I've given up trying to micromanage everything. Lind never explicitly said he was using firearms other than handcannons in the quest and I totally missed the pistols in the picture, even though he did show it to me, so I am just as much in fault for this as he is, if not more since he wasn't around three years ago when this topic was last discussed. But I guess we are not ready to move to the firearm era yet, so I must still rule that handcannons and bowguns are alright, other type of firearms are not - at least not as everyday items, as K-nut said. Of course everything can be circled around with magic, so if there's a plausible way to explain it as "a wizard did it", then it's okay.

"One of our novices insisted to go with us. It is not surprising she is late, though - she has a habit of fumbling about." "What comes to our skills, most of our Sisterhood consists of clerics, but some of us have specialized in other areas of expertise. Sister Zarissa is indeed proficient with spellcasting as well as healing, and Sister Hymnessamine prevails with her singing. I have a personal fondness towards poisons in addition to healing, so you might call me a witch of sorts." "What comes to the effects of the warm ocean breeze, my dear boy, we are about to find out, aren't we?" "I don't quite remember it going like that..." "Joining the Sisters of Danab requires dedication, concentration and an insurmountable will to help others, for it means spending your days with gushing wounds, crying infants and leaking rectums. We get many blue-eyed girls as novices, but most of them do not stick around long enough to be promoted to full sisterhood. Speaking of novices, I am done waiting. Captain Squidraken, please prepare the ship for departure." The Krakkan captain waved his tentacles to the party. "*spud* Welcome aboard the Flouncy Phoenix, ladies and gents! *spit* I see you have some *gulp* familiar faces among you." The captain nodded to Eric and Sarge. "Aye, it is about time *gurgle* *spit* we head off. The trip to Salmanda is *splud* long and troublesome, so the sooner we get there the better. *glup*" The Sisters boarded the ship via a plank with the help of the ship's only crew member, Jaws. "Watch yer step, ladies! Never had this many of the wimmenfolk aboard before... Neredice is goin' ta be mighty pissed, that's fer sure. She's a jealous one, she is." Just as Aunt Ovelia was about to step into the ship, someone shouted from the other end of the pier. "WAIT FOR MEEE! WAAAIT!" The young novice ran to them carrying heavy bags spilling with trinkets. "Phew! Just made it! You didn't think you could leave me again, did you Eric-boo?"

Even though the theme's name is "Dragon Lands", the dragons are no match for that wonderful bee! That's creative if anything!

~The Unlimited Quest: Fields of Glory are now open for new sign-ups!~

Four heroes chosen by the Sisters of Danab to escort them to Salmanda and back were instructed to meet the nuns at the Harbor by the magical ship Flouncy Phoenix. They could hear the gaggle of Sisters prattling and laughing excitedly from a distance. "Have any of you ever been to Salmanda? The warm ocean breeze is said to do wonders to your skin!" "Try as you might, Nessa, but you will grow old and wrinkly like the rest of us." "Watch your words, Zarissa! I am younger than her!" "But certainly more experienced, if you get what I mean." "You are downright shameless, Hymnessamine!" "Ahem! Calm down, sisters. Our champions have arrived." The white-haired Sister nodded to the heroes. "Mother's blessings to you, heroes of Heroica. I am Revered Aunt Ovelia, leader of this herd. I wish to thank you gentlemen for taking on this endeavor. I know escorting a bunch of old women..." "Excuse me?!" "...My apologies, aging women, is nothing compared to fighting demonic hordes and forgotten gods, but in these troublesome times one cannot be careful enough. Despite the peaceful nature of our order, we have our adversaries. Sisters, please introduce yourselves." "As Mister Brutenhal here knows well, I am Aunt Hymnessamine, a teacher of religions and music at the Academy of Enlightenment. I shall provide entertainment for you so you won't get bored on the long voyage." She winked at Heckz. "Entertainment, sure... I am Aunt Zarissa, and if you know the history of your organization, then yes, I am the legendary sage that once graced Heroica Hall with her presence." "My name is Aunt Theresa, and I am here to ensure you keep your hands off of my colleagues." "She is one of the Merry Women of Eubric Forest, so you better take her word for it, hehehe." "And I am Aunt Esther, one of the eldest members of the Eubric Sisterhood. You must excuse if I am not the most sociable person on the trip to Salmanda, but I get queasy on the seas." "We are waiting for one more member to join the entourage, but in the meanwhile, if you have any questions about our little quest, feel free to ask them now." Party: Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider Level 26 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 46 (26+18+2) Defense: 5 Health: 50/50 (8+7+26+4+5) Gold: 223 Equipment: Conspirator (WP: 18, causes Blinded; 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 and Asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Godricsleif (WP: 22; Ice-, Lightning-, Darkness-elemental; greatsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 6 Silverfish Wings (WP:8, retrievable, throwing dagger), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Spell Items: Garnet (Earth) Consumables: Potion, 10 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 1 Phoenix Essence, 8 Meads, 7 Smelling Salts, 4 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, Aeolus Bomb, Bone John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 25 1/3 *Immune to Sealed* *Jinxed Spells* Power: 37 (25+12) (Spellpower: 47 (25+12+10)) Defense: 3 Health: 33/33 (5+24+4) Ether: 36/36 (5+24+1+5+1) Gold: 730 Equipment: Solemn Scythe (WP: 12, darkness-elemental scythe, 1/2 chance of causing sealed), Magician's Gloves (Spellpower +10; suitable for mages; handwear), Robe Of The Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether + 5, immune to sealed; 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)[/font][/color] Inventory: Rawr (WP:9, dagger), Rat Scepter (WP:3, 4x damage to enemies named “rat”; wand), Pitchfork of Abomination (WP:1, pierces all defenses including SP but breaks after one use; suitable to all classes), 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), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Ether Core, Elixir, Neutralizer, Phoenix Essence, 3x Mead, 3x Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Smoke Bomb, 2x Deadly Venom, 7 Bones, Skeleton Decoy, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) 48 years old human Paladin Level 33 2/4 *Immune to Darkness, Fire, Fragile, Stunned, Sleep, Weakened, and Blindness* Power: 55 (33+17+4+1) Defense: 11 (7+4) Health: 56/56 (10+32+11+2+1) Ether: 33/33 (33) Gold: 1335 Equipment: Scupperer (WP: 17; darkness-, fire- and earth-elemental; inflicts bleeding and poisoned by 10; 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, blindness, 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: Lullaby Wand (WP:6, inflicts asleep), Silver Sword (WP: 18, Longsword), Frozen Saber (WP: 14; light-, ice- and wind-elemental; inflicts stunned; great sword) Artifacts: Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (Power +4; Ether -6; headwear), Cloak of Blood Magic (+5 ether, attacks made with darkness magic cause weakened; suitable for mages, necromancers and chi monks; bodywear), 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) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Scroll of Recklessness (Encouraged and Fragile; costs 5 Ether; 50/50 chance), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragility, Scroll of Sealing, Emerald Lamp of Summoning (0/3) Consumables: Potion, Health Core, x2 Remedy, Elixir, Phoenix Essence, x6 Mead, x3 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, Hair of the Dog, x2 Grating Stone, Oculoid Miasma, Oculoid Fireworks, Saber Teeth, Mythril Shard Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 23 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 48 (23+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 47/47 (7+22+9+3+3+3) Gold: 400 Equipment: Demonic Scissors (WP:21, dual strike, Light and Darkness elemental, Hollow [Potion], dagger), 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), 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) Inventory: Weapons Wooden Spear (WP:4, wood-elemental spear) 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) Spell Items: Garnet (Earth) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Grand potions, Health Core, 4 Remedies, 2 Phoenix Essences, 4 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 3 Smoke Bombs, Sleep Bomb, Gold Ring (worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver), 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.) Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card

I'll think of a solution to Chrysopoeia and the other issues with the classes in a few days. Alongside Alchemist, I'm going to make some adjustments to Cannoneer, Dragoon, Druid, Minstrel and Weather Mage, at least. You've all given very good suggestions, so I think I can find solutions that most can agree to.

Results of Round Two of the Final Battle: >Arthur uses Scroll of Frailty on Cerberus - Success (Cerberus: fragile; Arthur: -1 ether) >Arthur (Darkness) vs. Fahrenheit Ziegfried - Mist/Damage (Fahrenheit: elemental immunities nullified for one round; Arthur: -1 ether) >Alexis vs. Sycamore Ziegfried - Special Damage (Rise Ye Undying! - One ghost joins the battle; Sycamore: -1 ether) >Alexis vs. Sycamore Ziegfried - Shield (Grim Reaper - no effect) >Althior uses Skadi Bomb - (Fahrenheit: 1468+10 SP-100 dmg=1378 health; Zed & Sycamore: no effect; Cerberus: 958 health-(100x4=400 dmg)=558 health; All ghosts: -100 dmg, knocked out) Equestria hits Cerberus - (Cerberus: 558 health-(50x4=200 dmg)=358 health; Lilly: -5 ether) >Althior (Darkness) vs. Zed Ziegfried - Damage/Spell (Zed: 1127 health+5 SP-(56x2=112 dmg)=1020 health) >Arthur uses Scroll of Blindness on Cerberus - Success (Cerberus: blinded; Arthur: -1 ether) >Arthur forecasts Dim Weather - Shield/Great Forecast (Disaster - Weather will become dim for the remainder of the battle; Arthur: -1 ether) >Lilly uses Grand Tonic on herself - (Lilly: +15 ether) Cerberus - Free Hit vs. Arthur (no effect) Family Pride - (Fahrenheit, Zed, Sycamore and Lilly: +5 SP) Arthur's spellcasting proves to be more successful this round, as he debilitates the Cerberus so Althior and Equestria can cause serious damage to it. Alexis fumbles with her attacks, allowing Sycamore to summon one more ghost, but Althior's bomb destroys all seven ghosts in one fell swoop. It also damages Fahrenheit, since Arthur's mist made him vulnerable for a while. The Cerberus is not able to deliver a hit, but the Ziegfrieds keep on piling up their defenses. Upon Arthur's prediction, darkness falls upon the dreamscape. Current Weather: Dim (Doubles darkness-damage and halves light-damage for the rest of the battle) Enemies: Soul of Fahrenheit Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* *Elemental immunities nullified for 1 round* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 70 Defense: 15 Health: 1378/1468 Ether: 3/3 Special I: Summon Cerberus – A new Cerberus joins the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if Cerberus has been defeated. Special II: Beastmaster – Orders Cerberus to use all its three special attacks on his target at once. Used only if there is a Cerberus in the battle. Special III: Family Pride – Increases the defense of each Ziegfried (including Lilly) by 5 SP. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Ziegfried’s Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +3; suitable to classes with ether and those with Ziegfried reputation only; if reputation is great, ether is doubled; reputation is outstanding, ether is tripled; headwear) Note: Family Pride is automatically used at the end of each round as long as the Soul of Fahrenheit is standing. Soul of Zed Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 10 Health: 1020/1132 Ether: 5/5 Special I: Ominous Weather – Instantly changes the current weather to “dim” (double darkness damage, halve light damage) for the rest of the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is not “dim”. Special II: Abyss – Causes darkness-elemental damage equal to two times Zed’s level and the sealed-effect to all opponents at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is “dim”. Special III: Etherstorm – Depletes ether from all opponents and refills ether for all allies. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick) Soul of Sycamore Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 10 Health: 1080/1085 Ether: 8/12 Special I: Rise Ye Undying! – 1-6 ghosts join the battle at the cost of 1 ether per ghost. Used only if all three souls are standing. Special II: Return Ye Immortal! – Brings back the Souls of Fahrenheit and Zed with half health if they have been defeated at the cost of 1 ether per revival. Used only if either Fahrenheit or Zed have been defeated. Special III: Die Ye Living! – Instantly knocks out the target. Used only if there is no ether left. Drops: Staff of the Supreme Necromancer (WP:25; damages undead; +5 level to raised undead; suitable to necromancers; staff) Cerberus *Sealed for 3 rounds* *Fragile for 3 rounds* *Blinded for 3 rounds* Type: Beast/Demon Level: 33 Health: 358/963 Special I: Triple Bark – Deals sealed, confused and afraid-effects to the target. Special II: Triple Bite – Deals 33 damage to the target as well as the opponents acting before and after the target. Special III: Triple Lick – Restores 333 health to self. Drops: Elixir Note: Specials are randomly chosen. Party: Althior Emorith, The Dragonslayer (K-Nut) *Party Leader* 35 years old male human Necromancer Level 47 1/5 *Gains Triple Experience* *Absorbs Earth* *Immune to Petrified and Darkness* *Encouraged* *Lucky* *Hastened* Power: 68 (47+21) (Spellpower: 73 (47+21+5)) Defense: 7 (2+5) Health: 34/57 (5+46+5+1) Ether: 58/62 (5+46+5+4+2) Gold: 1745 (owed 65g by Warlen Meliname) Equipment: Scepter of Divine Affinity (WP:21, Has ⅙ chance to deal Cursed effect on successful spells and ⅙ chance to deal Blessed effect on successful healing, Staff), Spellbound Gloves (+5 spellpower; handwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max Ether +4; backwear), Medal of Glory (Wearer earns triple experience; accessory), Robe of the Seneschal (SP:5; wearer absorbs earth-elemental damage and is immune to petrified and darkness elemental damage; suitable to clerics, mages, chi monks, necromancers and scholars; bodywear), Inventory: Artifacts: Lieutenant's Helm (SP:3, protects from fragile; headwear), Robes of Illumination (SP: 5, +10 Max Ether, wearer is permanently transcended, suitable to prophets; bodywear), Coat Hanger (Allows wearing a second bodywear artifact regardless of the amount limit for artifacts; accessory) Spell Items: Scroll of Frailty (Enables casting the fragile-effect to the target, causing it to take double damage for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Love (Enables casting the enamored-effect to the target, making it unable to damage the caster for three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.)Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Garnet (Earth), 2 Opals (Ice), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood) Consumables: 6 Tonics, 3 Ether Cores, 5 Remedies, Phoenix Incense, 4 Meads, Nostrum, Garnet Lamp of Summoning, Skeleton Decoy, 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 Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Mythril Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, 2 Bones Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Masked Builder) 24 year old female elven Assassin Level 50 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Bound and Slowed* *Gains Triple Experience* *Counterstrike* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 73 (50+11+12) Defense: 2 Health: 72/72 (6+6+49+5+5+1) Gold: 56 Equipment: Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; accessory), Winged Sandals (protects from bound and slowed effects; footwear), Big Bear Suit (Doubles base and class bonus health and ether; bodywear), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to rangers, backwear), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear) Inventory: Weapons: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, whip), Steel Fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental, dagger), Toy Cannon (WP:30, damages all opponents; has 1/6 chance to break when used; handcannon), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), Artifacts: Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), , Ring of Sight (protects from blinded; accessory), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle), Aventine's Cape (SP:1, immunity to darkness and water; backwear), Special Curtain (Changes SPECIAL DAMAGE roll into a SPECIAL GUARD, giving a 1/2 chance to be protected from any negative effects caused by the opponent’s special skill; backwear) Spell Items: Scroll of Deep Sleep (Enables casting the fast asleep-effect to the target, forcing it to miss its turn for six rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning) Consumables: 6 Potions, 8 Grand Potions, Health Core, 7 Remedies, 9 Meads, 2 Somas, Mulled Wine, 5 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venom, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow), 2 Lightning Bombs, 7 Water Bombs, 3 Dirt Bombs, Skeleton Decoy, 7 Bones, 2 Grating Stones, Zoot's Cookie, Adamantite Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Shovel, Venom, Bedroll, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants access to the Harlot expert job class), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold) Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Weather Mage Level 36 2/4 *Immune to blinded and confused* *Overkill* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 56 (36+20) Defense: 16 (8x2) Health: 22/50 (5+35+4+6) Ether: 22/48 (5+35+6+2) Gold: 1537 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "broomstick", suitable to Arthur only), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy; handwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory), Shadeaux Cape (SP:8, Immune to blinded and confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear) Inventory: Weapons: Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable throwing weapon, causes Jinxed-effect) (Lent to Docken), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [nothing]), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Crescent Shield (SP: 5, halved damage from elemental attacks, shield) (Lent to Purpearl), Blue Hand Shield (SP:5, grants immunity to five effects of the user’s choice; these immunities cannot be changed once selected Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield) (Lent to Purpearl), ) Artifacts: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Tin Helmet (Immunity to confused- and hexed-effects; headwear.), Tin Greaves (Immunity to stunned-, slowed- and hastened-effects; footwear), Tin Gloves (Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear), Tin Armor (SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear), White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear), Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, headwear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; accessory), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; accessory), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; accessory), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory), Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Sudden Death and Doomed; accessory), Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water), Sapphire (Wind), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing (Lent to De'kra), Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Has 1/2 chance to reduce target’s SP by 5 at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.) (lent to Hybros), Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Fear (Enables casting the afraid-effect to the target, forcing it to fight from the back row until the end of the battle. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Sloth (Enables casting the slowed-effect on the target, making them unable to perform Free Hits. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 10 ether.) Consumables: Potion, 5x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 7x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 2x Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, 2x Stun Bomb, 4x Smoke Bomb, 2x Bones, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.) Tools etc: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Begone with the Winds (Grants the holder access to the Weather Mage expert job class upon reaching Level 30), 2x Silver Ore Lilly Ziegfried (NPC, controlled by K-Nut) 7 years old female human Puppeteer Level 31 3/4 *Gains gold equal to number of enemies* *Free Hits have 1/6 chance to be redirected at another enemy* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 30 Defense: 11 (1+10) Health: 31/31 (1+30) Ether: 23/31 (1+30) Gold: 13 Equipment: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear), Inventory: Pink Ribbon (Max. Ether +3, grants immunity to sealed, afraid and doomed; accessory), 3 Potions, 2 Grand Potions, 2 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, 2 Elixirs, Stun Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 8 Toys (see below) Toy Soldier (Toy) Power: 30 Note: pierces defense; has 1/6 chance to break when used Dour Dolly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes weakened-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Morbid Molly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes cursed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Negative Nelly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes jinxed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Baddie Panda (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes confused-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Deaddy Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes doomed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Snooty Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes fast asleep-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Equestria (Toy) Power: 50 Note: Causes light-elemental damage; cannot break but costs 5 ether to use

Ah, it seems I've worded the rules wonkily. It's supposed to be equal to the level, but I guess some extra health wouldn't hurt. I'll add it to the list of things that need adjusting for the classes.

I finally got time to build today, so Quest#130 will finally launch tomorrow.

I'm preparing some adjustments for some of the job classes (mainly concerning the ether cost of certain skills), so now is the perfect opportunity to speak your mind about what you think needs to be changed.

QM Note: No, the artifact only doubles base and class bonus health (not health gained from levels or equipment), which have been doubled since she equipped the suit. Also, I forgot to adjust the health and SP of the enemies after the last round.

Results of Round One of the Final Battle: >Arthur equips Shadeaux Cloak >Arthur uses Scroll of Blindness on Cerberus - Failure (Arthur: -1 ether) >Althior uses Nostrum on himself - (Althior: lucky) >Alexis equips Quickdraw Quiver, Counterstrike Gloves and Duplovian Helmet >Alexis vs. Sycamore Ziegfried - Special Damage (Rise Ye Undying! - 3 more ghosts join the battle; Sycamore: -3 ether) >Lilly uses Smelling Salts on Althior - (Althior: hastened) >Arthur uses Scroll of Blindness on Cerberus - Failure (Arthur: -1 ether) >Arthur uses Seal Bomb - (All enemies: -5 dmg and sealed) >Althior (Darkness) vs. Zed Ziegfried - Shield/Meditate (Raise an Army - no effect) Fahrenheit Ziegfried - Free Hit vs. Arthur (Arthur: 41 health+16 SP-(70/2=35 dmg)=22 health) Cerberus - Free Hit vs. Althior (Althior: 44 health+7 SP-(33/2=17 dmg)=34 health) Ghosts - Possessed Toy (sealed, no effect) Family Pride - (Fahrenheit, Zed, Sycamore and Lilly: +5 SP) As the heroes scramble to equip the artifacts that Arthur instructed them to remove and buff themselves up with consumables, Sycamore summons three more ghosts to the battle. Arthur's bomb seals the ghosts for a while, preventing Lilly's toys from turning against them. Arthur and Althior get wounded by Fahrenheit and his three-headed beast. The Ziegfried family members bolster their defenses at the end of the round. The heroes are faced with a total of ten enemies now. "Umm, shouldn't I use Equestria and the others? The toys are not happy that they just have to watch - they want to kick some ghostly buttocks as well!" Enemies: Soul of Fahrenheit Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 70 Defense: 10 Health: 1468/1468 Ether: 3/3 Special I: Summon Cerberus – A new Cerberus joins the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if Cerberus has been defeated. Special II: Beastmaster – Orders Cerberus to use all its three special attacks on his target at once. Used only if there is a Cerberus in the battle. Special III: Family Pride – Increases the defense of each Ziegfried (including Lilly) by 5 SP. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Ziegfried’s Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +3; suitable to classes with ether and those with Ziegfried reputation only; if reputation is great, ether is doubled; reputation is outstanding, ether is tripled; headwear) Note: Family Pride is automatically used at the end of each round as long as the Soul of Fahrenheit is standing. Soul of Zed Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 5 Health: 1127/1132 Ether: 5/5 Special I: Ominous Weather – Instantly changes the current weather to “dim” (double darkness damage, halve light damage) for the rest of the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is not “dim”. Special II: Abyss – Causes darkness-elemental damage equal to two times Zed’s level and the sealed-effect to all opponents at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is “dim”. Special III: Etherstorm – Depletes ether from all opponents and refills ether for all allies. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick) Soul of Sycamore Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 5 Health: 1080/1085 Ether: 9/12 Special I: Rise Ye Undying! – 1-6 ghosts join the battle at the cost of 1 ether per ghost. Used only if all three souls are standing. Special II: Return Ye Immortal! – Brings back the Souls of Fahrenheit and Zed with half health if they have been defeated at the cost of 1 ether per revival. Used only if either Fahrenheit or Zed have been defeated. Special III: Die Ye Living! – Instantly knocks out the target. Used only if there is no ether left. Drops: Staff of the Supreme Necromancer (WP:25; damages undead; +5 level to raised undead; suitable to necromancers; staff) Cerberus *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Beast/Demon Level: 33 Health: 958/963 Special I: Triple Bark – Deals sealed, confused and afraid-effects to the target. Special II: Triple Bite – Deals 33 damage to the target as well as the opponents acting before and after the target. Special III: Triple Lick – Restores 333 health to self. Drops: Elixir Note: Specials are randomly chosen. Ghost A *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 45/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost B *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 45/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost C *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 45/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost D *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 45/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost E *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 45/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost F *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* *Sealed for 3 rounds* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 45/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Party: Althior Emorith, The Dragonslayer (K-Nut) *Party Leader* 35 years old male human Necromancer Level 47 1/5 *Gains Triple Experience* *Absorbs Earth* *Immune to Petrified and Darkness* *Encouraged* *Lucky* *Hastened* Power: 68 (47+21) (Spellpower: 73 (47+21+5)) Defense: 7 (2+5) Health: 34/57 (5+46+5+1) Ether: 58/62 (5+46+5+4+2) Gold: 1745 (owed 65g by Warlen Meliname) Equipment: Scepter of Divine Affinity (WP:21, Has ⅙ chance to deal Cursed effect on successful spells and ⅙ chance to deal Blessed effect on successful healing, Staff), Spellbound Gloves (+5 spellpower; handwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max Ether +4; backwear), Medal of Glory (Wearer earns triple experience; accessory), Robe of the Seneschal (SP:5; wearer absorbs earth-elemental damage and is immune to petrified and darkness elemental damage; suitable to clerics, mages, chi monks, necromancers and scholars; bodywear), Inventory: Artifacts: Lieutenant's Helm (SP:3, protects from fragile; headwear), Robes of Illumination (SP: 5, +10 Max Ether, wearer is permanently transcended, suitable to prophets; bodywear), Coat Hanger (Allows wearing a second bodywear artifact regardless of the amount limit for artifacts; accessory) Spell Items: Scroll of Frailty (Enables casting the fragile-effect to the target, causing it to take double damage for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Love (Enables casting the enamored-effect to the target, making it unable to damage the caster for three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.)Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Garnet (Earth), 2 Opals (Ice), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood) Consumables: 6 Tonics, 3 Ether Cores, 5 Remedies, Phoenix Incense, 4 Meads, Nostrum, Garnet Lamp of Summoning, Skeleton Decoy, 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 Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Skadi Bomb (Causes 100 Ice Elemental Damage to all opponents when used), Mythril Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, 2 Bones Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Masked Builder) 24 year old female elven Assassin Level 50 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Bound and Slowed* *Gains Triple Experience* *Counterstrike* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 73 (50+11+12) Defense: 2 Health: 72/72 (6+6+49+5+5+1) Gold: 56 Equipment: Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; accessory), Winged Sandals (protects from bound and slowed effects; footwear), Big Bear Suit (Doubles base and class bonus health and ether; bodywear), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to rangers, backwear), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear) Inventory: Weapons: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, whip), Steel Fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental, dagger), Toy Cannon (WP:30, damages all opponents; has 1/6 chance to break when used; handcannon), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), Artifacts: Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), , Ring of Sight (protects from blinded; accessory), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle), Aventine's Cape (SP:1, immunity to darkness and water; backwear), Special Curtain (Changes SPECIAL DAMAGE roll into a SPECIAL GUARD, giving a 1/2 chance to be protected from any negative effects caused by the opponent’s special skill; backwear) Spell Items: Scroll of Deep Sleep (Enables casting the fast asleep-effect to the target, forcing it to miss its turn for six rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning) Consumables: 6 Potions, 8 Grand Potions, Health Core, 7 Remedies, 9 Meads, 2 Somas, Mulled Wine, 5 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venom, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow), 2 Lightning Bombs, 7 Water Bombs, 3 Dirt Bombs, Skeleton Decoy, 7 Bones, 2 Grating Stones, Zoot's Cookie, Adamantite Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Shovel, Venom, Bedroll, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants access to the Harlot expert job class), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold) Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Weather Mage Level 36 2/4 *Immune to blinded and confused* *Overkill* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 56 (36+20) Defense: 16 (8x2) Health: 22/50 (5+35+4+6) Ether: 26/48 (5+35+6+2) Gold: 1537 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "broomstick", suitable to Arthur only), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy; handwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory), Shadeaux Cape (SP:8, Immune to blinded and confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear) Inventory: Weapons: Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable throwing weapon, causes Jinxed-effect) (Lent to Docken), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [nothing]), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Crescent Shield (SP: 5, halved damage from elemental attacks, shield) (Lent to Purpearl), Blue Hand Shield (SP:5, grants immunity to five effects of the user’s choice; these immunities cannot be changed once selected Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield) (Lent to Purpearl), ) Artifacts: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Tin Helmet (Immunity to confused- and hexed-effects; headwear.), Tin Greaves (Immunity to stunned-, slowed- and hastened-effects; footwear), Tin Gloves (Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear), Tin Armor (SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear), White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear), Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, headwear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; accessory), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; accessory), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; accessory), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory), Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Sudden Death and Doomed; accessory), Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water), Sapphire (Wind), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing (Lent to De'kra), Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Has 1/2 chance to reduce target’s SP by 5 at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.) (lent to Hybros), Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Fear (Enables casting the afraid-effect to the target, forcing it to fight from the back row until the end of the battle. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Sloth (Enables casting the slowed-effect on the target, making them unable to perform Free Hits. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 10 ether.) Consumables: Potion, 5x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 7x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 2x Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, 2x Stun Bomb, 4x Smoke Bomb, 2x Bones, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.) Tools etc: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Begone with the Winds (Grants the holder access to the Weather Mage expert job class upon reaching Level 30), 2x Silver Ore Lilly Ziegfried (NPC, controlled by K-Nut) 7 years old female human Puppeteer Level 31 3/4 *Gains gold equal to number of enemies* *Free Hits have 1/6 chance to be redirected at another enemy* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 30 Defense: 6 (1+5) Health: 31/31 (1+30) Ether: 13/31 (1+30) Gold: 13 Equipment: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear), Inventory: Pink Ribbon (Max. Ether +3, grants immunity to sealed, afraid and doomed; accessory), 3 Potions, 2 Grand Potions, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, 2 Elixirs, Stun Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 8 Toys (see below) Toy Soldier (Toy) Power: 30 Note: pierces defense; has 1/6 chance to break when used Dour Dolly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes weakened-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Morbid Molly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes cursed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Negative Nelly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes jinxed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Baddie Panda (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes confused-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Deaddy Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes doomed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Snooty Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes fast asleep-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Equestria (Toy) Power: 50 Note: Causes light-elemental damage; cannot break but costs 5 ether to use

QM Note: Since the ghosts use a Special attack as their Free Hit, sealing prevents it but not blinded.

"Do not listen to them, little one. They are not family, they do not understand the immense power we carry within our heritage." "Yes, just send those meddlers away so we can catch up on old times, doll." "Family comes first, no matter what." Lilly closed her eyes to gather her thoughts. "You are right, family comes first.... But you are not my family. You are just some illumations sent by Abraxas to nemapulate me! So why don't YOU just go away?!" "Ahh, I was afraid it would come down to this... I see now that you are not the True Heir of Ziegfried after all. But no matter, we will find another one. Maybe your cousin Morgan, she's a smart one..." "NO! I'm not a dummy, and I certainly am not some archdemon's dummy!" Lilly raised her fist and her enchanted toys surrounder her like an army. She then glanced at the heroes. "Heroes of Heroica, it is time to get rid of the ghosts of the past!" "Your insolence will be punished, brat!" "Sorry to say, doll, but we will be the last family members you will ever see." Fahrenheit whistled, and the ruins of the dollhouse shook as a great, three-headed hound rummaged through them to the wizard. "We know your greatest fears, so you cannot even dream to win us. Cerberus, get them!" "AWWWOOO!" "AWWWOOO!" "AWWWOOO!" PREPARE FOR THE FINAL BATTLE! QM Note: If you flee or Lilly is knocked out at the end of the battle, the quest will fail. Good luck! Here's some battle music to get you in the mood. Enemies: Soul of Fahrenheit Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 70 Defense: 5 Health: 1468/1468 Ether: 3/3 Special I: Summon Cerberus – A new Cerberus joins the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if Cerberus has been defeated. Special II: Beastmaster – Orders Cerberus to use all its three special attacks on his target at once. Used only if there is a Cerberus in the battle. Special III: Family Pride – Increases the defense of each Ziegfried (including Lilly) by 5 SP. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Ziegfried’s Pointy Hat (Max. Ether +3; suitable to classes with ether and those with Ziegfried reputation only; if reputation is great, ether is doubled; reputation is outstanding, ether is tripled; headwear) Note: Family Pride is automatically used at the end of each round as long as the Soul of Fahrenheit is standing. Soul of Zed Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 0 Health: 1132/1132 Ether: 5/5 Special I: Ominous Weather – Instantly changes the current weather to “dim” (double darkness damage, halve light damage) for the rest of the battle at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is not “dim”. Special II: Abyss – Causes darkness-elemental damage equal to two times Zed’s level and the sealed-effect to all opponents at the cost of 1 ether. Used only if the weather is “dim”. Special III: Etherstorm – Depletes ether from all opponents and refills ether for all allies. Used only if ether is at zero. Drops: Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick) Soul of Sycamore Ziegfried *Immune to negative effects and sudden death* Type: Ethereal/Humanoid Level: 45 Defense: 0 Health: 1085/1085 Ether: 12/12 Special I: Rise Ye Undying! – 1-6 ghosts join the battle at the cost of 1 ether per ghost. Used only if all three souls are standing. Special II: Return Ye Immortal! – Brings back the Souls of Fahrenheit and Zed with half health if they have been defeated at the cost of 1 ether per revival. Used only if either Fahrenheit or Zed have been defeated. Special III: Die Ye Living! – Instantly knocks out the target. Used only if there is no ether left. Drops: Staff of the Supreme Necromancer (WP:25; damages undead; +5 level to raised undead; suitable to necromancers; staff) Cerberus Type: Beast/Demon Level: 33 Health: 963/963 Special I: Triple Bark – Deals sealed, confused and afraid-effects to the target. Special II: Triple Bite – Deals 33 damage to the target as well as the opponents acting before and after the target. Special III: Triple Lick – Restores 333 health to self. Drops: Elixir Note: Specials are randomly chosen. Ghost A *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 50/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost B *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 50/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Ghost C *Darkness-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, confused, hexed, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Undead Level: 20 Health: 50/50 Special: Possessed Toy – The ghost randomly possesses one of Lilly’s toys, transforming into the respective toy enemy but with darkness-elemental attacks. The toy in question cannot be used again. The toy enemies do not drop anything. Drops: nothing Note: Uses Possessed Toy as a Free Hit. Party: Althior Emorith, The Dragonslayer (K-Nut) *Party Leader* 35 years old male human Necromancer Level 47 1/5 *Gains Triple Experience* *Absorbs Earth* *Immune to Petrified and Darkness* *Encouraged* Power: 68 (47+21) (Spellpower: 73 (47+21+5)) Defense: 7 (2+5) Health: 44/57 (5+46+5+1) Ether: 58/62 (5+46+5+4+2) Gold: 1745 (owed 65g by Warlen Meliname) Equipment: Scepter of Divine Affinity (WP:21, Has ⅙ chance to deal Cursed effect on successful spells and ⅙ chance to deal Blessed effect on successful healing, Staff), Spellbound Gloves (+5 spellpower; handwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max Ether +4; backwear), Medal of Glory (Wearer earns triple experience; accessory), Robe of the Seneschal (SP:5; wearer absorbs earth-elemental damage and is immune to petrified and darkness elemental damage; suitable to clerics, mages, chi monks, necromancers and scholars; bodywear), Inventory: Artifacts: Lieutenant's Helm (SP:3, protects from fragile; headwear), Robes of Illumination (SP: 5, +10 Max Ether, wearer is permanently transcended, suitable to prophets; bodywear), Coat Hanger (Allows wearing a second bodywear artifact regardless of the amount limit for artifacts; accessory) Spell Items: Scroll of Frailty (Enables casting the fragile-effect to the target, causing it to take double damage for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Love (Enables casting the enamored-effect to the target, making it unable to damage the caster for three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.)Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Garnet (Earth), 2 Opals (Ice), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood) Consumables: 6 Tonics, 3 Ether Cores, 5 Remedies, Phoenix Incense, 4 Meads, 2 Nostrums, Garnet Lamp of Summoning, Skeleton Decoy, 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 Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), Skadi Bomb (Causes 100 Ice Elemental Damage to all opponents when used), Mythril Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, 2 Bones Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Masked Builder) 24 year old female elven Assassin Level 50 *Immune to Bound and Slowed* *Gains Triple Experience* Power: 73 (50+11+12) Defense: 0 Health: 72/72 (6+6+49+5+5+1) Gold: 56 Equipment: Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; accessory), Winged Sandals (protects from bound and slowed effects; footwear), Big Bear Suit (Doubles base and class bonus health and ether; bodywear), Inventory: Weapons: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, whip), Steel Fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental, dagger), Toy Cannon (WP:30, damages all opponents; has 1/6 chance to break when used; handcannon), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Town Watch Halberd (WP: 6), Artifacts: Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to rangers, backwear), Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear), Ring of Sight (protects from blinded; accessory), Regret's Cape (Backwear, grants immunity to first negative effect afflicted each battle), Aventine's Cape (SP:1, immunity to darkness and water; backwear), Counterstrike Gloves (If the wearer is damaged by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to their level; handwear), Special Curtain (Changes SPECIAL DAMAGE roll into a SPECIAL GUARD, giving a 1/2 chance to be protected from any negative effects caused by the opponent’s special skill; backwear) Spell Items: Scroll of Deep Sleep (Enables casting the fast asleep-effect to the target, forcing it to miss its turn for six rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Diamond (Light), Topaz (Lightning) Consumables: 6 Potions, 8 Grand Potions, Health Core, 7 Remedies, 9 Meads, 2 Somas, Mulled Wine, 5 Venoms, 3 Deadly Venom, Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Red Death Blood (If applied to a weapon the Doomed effect is dealt on first blow), 2 Lightning Bombs, 7 Water Bombs, 3 Dirt Bombs, Skeleton Decoy, 7 Bones, 2 Grating Stones, Zoot's Cookie, Adamantite Tools etc.: Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Shovel, Venom, Bedroll, Fifty Shades of Bley (Grants access to the Harlot expert job class), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold) Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Weather Mage Level 36 2/4 *Overkill* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* Power: 56 (36+20) Defense: 0 Health: 41/50 (5+35+4+6) Ether: 28/48 (5+35+6+2) Gold: 1537 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "broomstick", suitable to Arthur only), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy; handwear), Lens of Speed Reading (Allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory) Inventory: Weapons: Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Unlucky Horseshoe (WP:13, retrievable throwing weapon, causes Jinxed-effect) (Lent to Docken), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [nothing]), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Crescent Shield (SP: 5, halved damage from elemental attacks, shield) (Lent to Purpearl), Blue Hand Shield (SP:5, grants immunity to five effects of the user’s choice; these immunities cannot be changed once selected Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield) (Lent to Purpearl), ) Artifacts: Shadeaux Cape (SP:8, Immune to Blind and Confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Tin Helmet (Immunity to confused- and hexed-effects; headwear.), Tin Greaves (Immunity to stunned-, slowed- and hastened-effects; footwear), Tin Gloves (Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear), Tin Armor (SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear), White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear), Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, headwear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; accessory), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; accessory), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; accessory), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory), Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Sudden Death and Doomed; accessory), Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.) Spell Items: Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water), Sapphire (Wind), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing (Lent to De'kra), Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Has 1/2 chance to reduce target’s SP by 5 at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Luck (Grants target the Lucky-effect for one battle. Costs 10 ether.) (lent to Hybros), Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Fear (Enables casting the afraid-effect to the target, forcing it to fight from the back row until the end of the battle. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Sloth (Enables casting the slowed-effect on the target, making them unable to perform Free Hits. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 10 ether.) Consumables: Potion, 5x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 7x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 2x Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, Seal Bomb, 2x Stun Bomb, 4x Smoke Bomb, 2x Bones, Grating Stone, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.) Tools etc: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magic Compass, Begone with the Winds (Grants the holder access to the Weather Mage expert job class upon reaching Level 30), 2x Silver Ore Lilly Ziegfried (NPC, controlled by K-Nut) 7 years old female human Puppeteer Level 31 3/4 *Gains gold equal to number of enemies* *Free Hits have 1/6 chance to be redirected at another enemy* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 30 Defense: 1 Health: 31/31 (1+30) Ether: 13/31 (1+30) Gold: 13 Equipment: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear), Inventory: Pink Ribbon (Max. Ether +3, grants immunity to sealed, afraid and doomed; accessory), 3 Potions, 2 Grand Potions, 3 Grand Tonics, 2 Remedies, 2 Elixirs, Smelling Salts, Stun Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 8 Toys (see below) Toy Soldier (Toy) Power: 30 Note: pierces defense; has 1/6 chance to break when used Dour Dolly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes weakened-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Morbid Molly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes cursed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Negative Nelly (Toy) Power: 30 Note: Causes jinxed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Baddie Panda (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes confused-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Deaddy Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes doomed-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Snooty Bear (Toy) Power: 45 Note: Causes fast asleep-effect; has 1/6 chance to break when used Equestria (Toy) Power: 50 Note: Causes light-elemental damage; cannot break but costs 5 ether to use

My apologies to those anticipating for Quest#130, I haven't had the time to build the models I need for the quest yet, so it'll take a couple more days before I can launch it. Tomorrow the earliest. She was supposed to be the quest-giver for Flipz's spring quest, but it got cancelled.

"All in good time. And time is all I have. Lilly here does not have the same luxury." "My family aren't monsters!" Lilly retorted. "Well, except that one time we all got turned into living furniture... But anyway, I'm not sure I trust him either. I mean, he looks like my great grandfather from the paintings, but this could all be some kinda trick. I know all about tricks." "So you are one of Valentine's bastard sons, then? That's an ever better reason to not count you as family." The ghost then turned his attention back to Lilly. "If you find it hard to trust me after what I have put you through, then there are a few other souls here that might be convince you more." Two more wizards appeared on Fahrenheit's both sides. "My doll! I am so proud of you!" "It is so good to finally meet my beautiful granddaughter. Zed has told me so much about you." "Grandpa Zed! And... grandmother Sycamore? What are you two doing in my head? I didn't know there was a whole family reunicorn going on inside me!" The three ghostly wizards were suddenly encircled by a sparkling magenta light. They all smiled at Lilly and extended their arms. "Come with us, doll. Let us teach you everything you need to know." "You are the only one of my grandchildren I have ever met. There is so much to talk about!" Lilly's eyes swelled up and a big smile spread to her face. She seemed to be ready to run to her grandparents' waiting arms. What would the heroes do?

Yep, it counts towards the fifteen participations you need for a second character, but NOT towards the ten successful quests you need for the Veteran job class.

Thanks for the idea for a name. But honestly, I still haven't figured out the complete family tree yet. I want to keep it open for new characters, even though I personally won't be introducing more.