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Most have appeared before, but not all. Jolly is actually Elphaba's brother from Quest#100. He only made a brief appearance because the party decided to avoid the witches. Teresa on the other hand is actually WBD's NPC, originally from Quest#54. She's working for the Embassy.

All four cups are underway! You have been allotted into them alphabetically, and so have the NPCs I picked to participate. Plenty of familiar faces, aren't there? A tip to make things go smoothly: If you have been chosen to pick your card second on the first turn, you can already pick your next card at the same time, since you will in that case choose first on the second turn. After that, you can always choose two cards at a time until the last card, and I will do the same for the NPCs. Hopefully that wasn't too confusing...

As the Decamon Tournament officially starts, you find out what cup you have been assigned to, and who is your first opponent. Now it is up to a coin toss which one of you goes first and plays a card from their hand. Note: If you have more than five cards in your deck, please choose five to play with at the beginning of each match. MATCHES: Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) Decamon Deck: Thunderbird (Electric 4), Automaton (Electric 5), Electriphant (Electric 6), Tygurah (Electric 7), Storm Elemental (Electric 8) VS. Señor Calacas (NPC) Nerwen starts! Purpearl Berthadhiell (Purpearljellyblob) Decamon Deck: Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Scarab (Rock 1), Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), Tweetybird (Flying 1), Magic Carp (Aquatic 1) VS. Sham Poo (NPC) Sham Poo starts! Sham Poo plays Barghest (Electric 2)! Sorrow (Endgame) Decamon Deck: Moon Elemental (Icy 8), Pegasus (Luminous 8), 2x Stone Golem (Rock 8), Rafflesia (Plant 8) VS. Shaun (NPC) Sorrow starts! Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) Decamon Deck: Pegasus (Luminous 8), Moon Elemental (Icy 8), Storm Elemental (Electric 8), Carcinos (Aquatic 8), Reaper (Dark 8) VS. Sir Loin (NPC) Sir Loin starts! Sir Loin plays Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1)! Thormanil Nihai (swils) Decamon Deck: Scarab (Rock 1), Ursa Minor (Ethereal 1), Holy Cow (Luminous 4), Aepyornis (Flying 4), Igniphant (Fiery 6) VS. Sküld Verdandi (NPC) Thormanil starts! Throlar Wineghilm (Lord Duvors) Decamon Deck: Magic Carp (Aquatic 1), Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), 2x Volt Ant (Electric 1), 2x Tweetybird (Flying 1), Toxic Toad (Plant 1), 2x Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Ursa Minor (Ethereal 1) VS. Squidraken (NPC) Squidraken starts! Squidraken plays Specter (Dark 2)! Vindsval Half-Born (Asphalt) Decamon Deck: Lucky Rabbit (Icy 3), Carrion Squirrel (Dark 1), Glow Worm (Luminous 1), Magic Carp (Aquatic 1), Ursa Minor (Ethereal 1) VS. Teresa (NPC) Teresa starts! Teresa plays Cherub (Luminous 3)! Warlen Melimane (The Chosen Minifigure) Decamon Deck: Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), Golden Scorpion (Luminous 2), Simsalamander (Fiery 3), Death's Rose (Plant 4), Unicorn (Luminous 5) VS. Victoria Vries (NPC) Warlen starts!

As the Decamon Tournament officially starts, you find out what cup you have been assigned to, and who is your first opponent. Now it is up to a coin toss which one of you goes first and plays a card from their hand. Note: If you have more than five cards in your deck, please choose five to play with at the beginning of each match. MATCHES: Jeaux Elmfyre (joeshmoe554) Decamon Deck: Yeti (Icy 4), Polar Bear (Icy 5), Genie (Ethereal 6), Sphinx (Ethereal 7), Storm Elemental (Electric 7) VS. Mariel (NPC) Mariel starts! Mariel plays Shy Shell (Aquatic 2)! Johon (Bricksandparts) Decamon Deck: Rafflesia (Plant 8), Reaper (Dark 8), Sun Elemental (Fiery 8), Green Dragon (Flying 8), Star Elemental (Ethereal 8) VS. Mumbasa (NPC) Mumbasa starts! Mumbasa plays Glow Worm (Luminous 1)! Karie Alderflask (Kintobor) Decamon Deck: Simsalamander (Fiery 2), Sylph (Electric 3), Yeti (Icy 4), Sandman (Ethereal 4), Sphinx (Ethereal 7) VS. Pepe Stunkent (NPC) Pepe Stunkent starts! Pepe plays Toxic Toad (Plant 1)! Lind Whisperer (Lind Whisperer) Decamon Deck: Glow Worm (Luminous 1), Tweetybird (Flying 1), Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Scarab (Rock 1) VS. Porcelaine (NPC) Porcelaine starts! Porcelaine plays Mud Frog (Rock 2)! Matthias (StickFig) Decamon Deck: Scarab (Rock 1), Mud Frog (Rock 2), Dune Ghoul (Rock 3), Gargoyle (Rock 4), Shedu (Rock 5) VS. Robina Hooter (NPC) Robina Hooter starts! Robina Hooter plays Carrion Squirrel (Dark 1)! Monk Pretzel (Palathadric) Decamon Deck: Mud Frog (Rock 2), Sandman (Ethereal 4), Electriphant (Electric 6), Dryad (Plant 6), Woodwose (Plant 7) VS. Scaro (NPC) Scaro starts! Scaro plays Scarab (Rock 1)! Mortimer "Em" Mahzan (emjajoas) Decamon Deck: Aepyornis (Flying 4), Shedu (Rock 5), Lich (Dark 6), Pterodactyl (Flying 7), Stone Golem (Rock 8) VS. Scheherazade (NPC) Scheherazade starts! Scheherazade plays Sylph (Electric 3)! Mizuki Kimura (Zakura) Decamon Deck: Wight (Dark 4), Shedu (Rock 5), Genie (Ethereal 6), Arachnophobia (Dark 7), Rafflesia (Plant 8) VS. Schuester (NPC) Mizuki starts!

As the Decamon Tournament officially starts, you find out what cup you have been assigned to, and who is your first opponent. Now it is up to a coin toss which one of you goes first and plays a card from their hand. Note: If you have more than five cards in your deck, please choose five to play with at the beginning of each match. MATCHES: Dreyrugr (Vash the Stampede) Decamon Deck: Death's Rose (Plant 4), Night Mare (Dark 5), Cave Troll (Rock 6), Pterodactyl (Flying 7), Pegasus (Luminous 8) VS. Hoptet (NPC) Hoptet starts! Hoptet plays Golden Scorpion (Luminous 2)! Eric (Khorne) Decamon Deck: Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Death's Rose (Plant 4), Wishing Starfish (Aquatic 4), Pterodactyl (Flying 7), Reaper (Dark 8) VS. Ifrita (NPC) Eric starts! Erik Tyrvarr (Myrddyn) Decamon Deck: Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Scarab (Rock 1), Toxic Toad (Plant 1), Glow Worm (Luminous 1), Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1) VS. James Panda (NPC) James Panda starts! James Panda plays Ursa Minor (Ethereal 1)! Grimwald Gjinko (LordoftheNoobs) Decamon Deck: 3x Tweetybird (Flying 1), Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Glow Worm (Luminous 1) VS. Jaws (NPC) Jaws starts! Jaws plays Magic Carp (Aquatic 1)! Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) Decamon Deck: Storm Elemental (Electric 8), Reaper (Dark 8), Carcinos (Aquatic 8), 2x Green Dragon (Flying 8) VS. Jensen (NPC) Jensen starts! Jensen plays Creeping Hand (Dark 2)! Heckz Brutenhal (Cutcobra) Decamon Deck: Mandragora (Plant 2), Shedu (Rock 5), Gold Golem (Luminous 6), Nixie (Aquatic 7), Tygurah (Electric 7) VS. Jolly (NPC) Jolly starts! Jolly plays Mandragora (Plant 2)! Hoke Ablesword (Username MDM) Decamon Deck: Aepyornis (Flying 4), Wintersprite (Icy 6), Grendel (Icy 7), Carcinos (Aquatic 8), Reaper (Dark 8) VS. Krog (NPC) Krog starts! Krog plays Magic Carp (Aquatic 1)! Hybros (JimBee) Decamon Deck: Tangleweed (Plant 3), Flamboa (Fiery 5), Cave Troll (Rock 6), Genie (Ethereal 6), Storm Elemental (Electric 8) VS. Little Jane (NPC) Hybros starts!

As the Decamon Tournament officially starts, you find out what cup you have been assigned to, and who is your first opponent. Now it is up to a coin toss which one of you goes first and plays a card from their hand. Note: If you have more than five cards in your deck, please choose five to play with at the beginning of each match. MATCHES: Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) Decamon Deck: Rafflesia (Plant 8), 2x Moon Elemental (Icy 8), Carcinos (Aquatic 8), Green Dragon (Flying 8) VS. Aunt Bunnina (NPC) Aunt Bunnina starts! Aunt Bunnina plays Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1)! Althior Emorith (K-Nut) Decamon Deck: Thunderbird (Electric 4), Mindflayer (Ethereal 5), Aquaphant (Aquatic 6), Grendel (Icy 7), Star Elemental (Ethereal 8) VS. Bumble (NPC) Bumble starts! Bumble plays Volt Ant (Electric 1)! Arthur Justus Regulus VII (Flipz) Decamon Deck: Sandman (Ethereal 4), Unicorn (Luminous 5), Cave Troll (Rock 6), Arachnophobia (Dark 7), Pegasus (Luminous 8) VS. Byblos (NPC) Arthur starts! Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie) Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Sun Elemental (Fiery 8), 2x Carcinos (Aquatic 8), Star Elemental (Ethereal 8), Storm Elemental (Electric 8), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9) VS. Carrot (NPC) Carrot starts! Carrot plays Mandragora (Plant 1)! Benji Carvenhall (Flare) Decamon Deck: Creeping Hand (Dark 2), Gargoyle (Rock 4), Flamboa (Fiery 5), Night Mare (Dark 5), Tygurah (Electric 7) VS. Cocorico (NPC) Cocorico starts! Cocorico plays Craven (Flying 2)! Bobby "Young" Bucks Jr. (Zepher) Decamon Deck: Creeping Hand (Dark 2), Dune Ghoul (Rock 3), Wishing Starfish (Aquatic 4), Unicorn (Luminous 5), Electriphant (Electric 6) VS. Darlavon Lector (NPC) Bobby starts! Darksten (Comrade Commander) Decamon Deck: Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), Dune Ghoul (Rock 3), Gargoyle (Rock 4), Unicorn (Luminous 5), Pterodactyl (Flying 7) VS. Djinnifer (NPC) Darksten starts! The Demon Germ (samuraiturtle) Decamon Deck: Lucky Rabbit (Icy 1), Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fiery 1), Tweetybird (Flying 1), Carrion Squirrel (Dark 1), Glow Worm (Luminous 1) VS. Ginger (NPC) The Demon Germ starts!

"To the Council Chambers! Please, there is no time to explain now. Just ignore the automata, they will not threaten us unless provoked."

Ellaria hands Hybros the other biscuit. She then yells an answer to the vent. "Sir, we have not found anyone in this village - not living or dead - aside from some golems. There was a family of them at the General Store, and just now we fought a monk-like golem who was harassed by a roguish golem. Like my companion said, we were escorted here by Miss Persephone, but she went missing on the mountains. We found all these letters and notes around the village that imply a mage named Amara Jing came to this town right before the strange events started. Can you shed more light on the matter? It would be better if we could meet face-to-face. How can we get to where you are?"

QM Note: The automata are in between you and the entrance hall. The party grouped around Shanxian and began their way towards the other end of the long hallway. It was covered by the fog so that they couldn't see very far ahead. Arthur stopped to feel for a pulse for the lord, but seeing as he had indeed been sliced in two from the midrift, it was pointless. They heard sounds of struggle from ahead, and as they advanced through the smoke, they saw Guru Hei-Ha-Chi and the kappa Ootaru fending for their lives against the automata. "Come, you three! We must not stop for anything!" PREPARE FOR A BATTLE FLOW! Rules of the Battle Flow: As you advance along the hallway, you get into a battle with several stages. You cannot heal, use items or do anything else in-between the stages, and you don't gain experience or loot before it is over - it is considered a singular battle in that respect. However, you can choose to skip any stage of the battle. Skipping it means that the NPCs getting attacked will be killed, but the enemies they face will not pursue you. Would the party pass the guru and the kappa and let them die in the hands of the automata, or help them? Enemies: Offensive Automaton Alpha *Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* Type: Mechanical Level: 60 Defense: 30 Health: 500/500 Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used) 4-6: nothing Offensive Automaton Beta *Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* Type: Mechanical Level: 60 Defense: 30 Health: 500/500 Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used) 4-6: nothing Defensive Automaton *Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* Type: Mechanical Level: 30 Defense: 60 Health: 500/500 Special: Force Field – Restores 300 health and bestows the inspired- and reinforced-effects to all allies. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or defensive artifact when used) 4-6: nothing Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 34 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 44 (34+10) Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1) Health: 57/57 (5+33+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10/20 against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP:5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Shadeaux Cape (SP:5, 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), Fur Leggings (SP:1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone) Inventory: Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), 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), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Phoenix Essence]) Artifacts: 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), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; Backwear, suitable for anyone), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), handwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), 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, suitable for anyone), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Pointy Hat Spell Items: Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Weakening Consumables: Potion, Grand Potion x7, Tonic, Grand Tonic, Ether Core, Remedy x10, Elixir x3, Hurricane, Jinxy Juice, 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, Grating Stone x2, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), Smoke Bomb x5, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), Bone x3, Silver Ore x2 Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie) 32 year old male human Regulator Level 34 2/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Orderly* Power: 54 (34+20) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 56/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura whenever using the weapon, doubling the user's current and max. health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, immune to water, lightning, and wood, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone) Inventory: - Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), 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) - Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants Animal Talk, headwear, suitable for anyone) - Scroll of Arc Frailty (50/50 chance to inflict the fragile-effect to all enemies for ether equal to the number of enemies), Scroll of Fire Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of fiery armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the burned by 10-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Ice Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of ice armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the stunned-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether) - 2 Grand Potions, Phoenix Essence, Health Core, Nostrum, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 3 Bones, Grating Stone - Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.) Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 3/4 *Natural Respite* *Favors Flying and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* Power: 50 (36+12+2) Defense: 8 (3+5) Health: 50/50 (6+35+6+3) Gold: 138 Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory) Inventory: Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword), Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"; accessory), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy (example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold)), Potion, 1 Grand Potion, Ether Core, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, 7 Meads, 2 Nostrums, 4 Remedy, 2 Smelling Salts, 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo

The party decided to aid the Ji Pei in taking down Captain Hooks. "So you fight by our side?" said the monk while ducking a sword. "You must be from Heroica, then. Let us bring down this bastard!" "Ah, I always told the Admiral that Heroica couldn't be trusted", the captain grunted. "Too many people of every color of the megablocking rainbow in it." "You'll be seeing rainbows when I get to you!" the monk shouted. Lee Long joins the party. PREPARE FOR BATTLE! Enemies: Hooks Caldera *Dual Strike* Type: Humanoid Level: 40 Defense: 3 Health: 61/61 Special: Riposte – Hooks Caldera causes confused-effect to the target and makes it hit the opponent next in turn instead of himself. Drops: Tricorne (SP:3, headwear), Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced-effect, doubling defense; suitable to marauders; backwear) Note: Hooks hits both the target and the opponent after it in the battle order with normal attacks and Free Hits. Bonaparte Swordsman Aramis Type: Humanoid Level: 9 Health: 47/47 Special: Disarm – Causes 9 damage to the target and makes it drop its current weapon. It takes a turn to retrieve the dropped weapon, but it will be automatically returned after the battle. Drops: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword) Bonaparte Swordsman Bernold Type: Humanoid Level: 9 Health: 47/47 Special: Disarm – Causes 9 damage to the target and makes it drop its current weapon. It takes a turn to retrieve the dropped weapon, but it will be automatically returned after the battle. Drops: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword) Party: Annienal Anavir (Kintobor) "19" year old elven female Knight *Party Leader* Level 6 Power: 12 (6+6) Defense: 4 (2+2) Health: 15/15 (10+5) Equipment: Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill); College Shield (SP: 2), Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory) Gold: 13 Inventory: Wicked Javelin (WP: 7, throwing weapon, retreivable, 1/6 chance to slow), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Emerald (Wood), 2 Potions, 2 Phoenix Essences, Mead, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Field Rations (Restore 15 health) Miderun (CallMePie) 18 year old female orc Barbarian Level 6 *Attacks cause enamored* Power: 20 (6+13+1) Health: 13/13 (8+5) Gold: 92 Equipment: Oculoid Claw (WP: 13, 1/6 chance of dealing the infected-effect, causing an enemy to lose health equal to 1/3 of their level rounded down at the end of each round, club), Seductive Perfume (Holder deals the enamored-effect, suitable for women; accessory) Inventory: Serstyral (WP: 3, axe), High Heels (Power +1; suitable for women; footwear.), 3 Potions, Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Mead, Nostrum, Smelling Salts, Smoke Bomb Warlen Melimane (The Chosen Minifigure) 23 year old male half-elven Mage Level 7 *Encouraged* Power: 12 (7+5) (Spellpower: 17 (7+5+5)) Health: 8/11 (5+6) Ether: 10/11 (5+6) Gold: 30 Equipment: Gold-coated Bat Staff (WP:5, staff), Spellbound Gloves (Power +5 to spells) Inventory: Robe of the Magi (SP:1; suitable to mages; bodywear), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), Sapphire (Wind), Opal (Ice), Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), 3 Potions, Grand Potion, Tonic, Remedy, Nostrum, Dragon Scale, Smoke bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope Lee Long (NPC, controlled by Kintobor) 43 years old male human Chi Monk Level 50 3/5 *Immune to weakened* Power: 52 (50+2) Health: 62/62 (12+50) Ether: 53/53 (3+50) Gold: 0 Equipment: Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened-effect; handwear) Inventory: ​Nunchaku (Dual strike, suitable to chi monks; handwear)

The door to Shanxian's room was not locked, and when Arthur opened it, he was surprised to see Shanxian on her chair, ready to roll out - literally. "Quickly, take me to the Council Chambers."

"We are from Heroica", Ellaria shouted to the vent after Hybros. "We are here to help. Just tell us how we can get to you." While waiting for an answer, Ellaria decided to consume one of the Tasty Pretzels and a Hardtack Biscuit. She then offered the remaining ones to the others. "Anyone else hungry?" Loot Distribution: Ellaria: 30 gold, Blind Bomb, Quill Pen Hybros: 20 gold, Swift Boots Docken: 20 gold, Inkwell Thormanil: 20 gold, Mercutio's Dagger of Mugging

"I don't understand your question. You got an invitation, you answered yes to it, and you got teleported - simple as that. When the Tournament ends, you will be teleported back to the same moment you left from. No harm, no foul."

Then I'll agree with your opinion. As you all know, I suck at nitty-gritty stuff like this. Marauders can only upgrade weapons suitable to them.

Note: All purchases should now be up on the first post of this topic. Please make sure you got what you ordered! All further purchases and trades must be done within 12 hours or so! After that, this topic will be closed and the Tournament begins for real. "Well, well, isn't it the little virgin boy I met during the debacle at Eubric's Marketplace?" said the witch with a smirk. "I'm sorry to say I'm not here to trade, but if you ever come to Ozmath Marshlands, I'll be more than happy to sell you whatever book you can afford."

Thank you! I've really tried to take in the feedback I got from earlier quests to heart with these ones: more choices and influence for the players, more NPC interaction, less filler and less gimmicks.

Arthur reminisced the counsellor's interrogation, and realized that even though the Littlefinger had sounded hostile, he hadn't actually contributed anything meaningful to the conversation. It was as if he was trying to hide something behind the sneering remarks. Arthur also made the notion that the Ringfinger was an upfront and honest person, who appreciated straight talk. The Middlefinger was obviously concerned by the reputation of Xu and the Council, while the Forefinger's gentleness was so overbearing it had to be false. The Thumb was after someone to blame, and due to the lack of evidence against Shanxian, he was willing to go after her son. He had a strange urge to bring the name of the Ji Pei down. "Thank you for your insight, gentlemen. We will see what happens soon, but now I would like to get refreshed at the visitor's wing." One of the Azure Guards led the party to a hallway off the entrance hall that was lined with doors. They passed the Kappa ambassador and the Chi Guru who were walking into one of the rooms, still conversing. The guard let Shanxian into a room further down the corridor. After the heroes had made sure the room was safe, Shanxian asked them to step outside. "If you could just wait out here while I take a quick nap. This has been a tiring morning, indeed. Please don't let anyone in." The heroes had no choice but to obey, even though it meant leaving Shanxian alone for a while. Half an hour passed uneventfully, until suddenly a series of explosions shook the building. The booming noise reminded the heroes of the Tritech's ether cannon that they had used in the battle against the Cloud Gigas. Not long after, several of the doors they had passed earlier opened, and, dozens of armed automata marched out, escorted by thick smoke. Screams echoed around the hallway. Lord Phang Ten ran out of his room, only to encounter the man-shaped machines. "Guards! Help!" It was all the lord managed to say before was mercilessly split in half by the automata in the front. The automata then turned towards the entrance hall. What would the party do?

Yes, in one match you play five cards, one by one. In case of a tie, the players pick a new hand, and of course you can use the cards that you won on the tied match - otherwise you wouldn't necessarily have the necessary five cards. In the extreme case of the hands being so similar that they cannot beat each other, the winner is decided by a coin toss.

You have your answer in the rules. I said it in the earlier topic. Everyone will start with a match against NPCs that have preselected hands. Everyone who win against the NPCs will have 6+ cards to choose from for their next round.

Warlen almost got stabbed by one of the Bonaparte men and impaled by a Ji Pei soldier, but Hooks heard his question. "Whaddare ya, from the Eubric Herald or sumthing? Can't ya see I'm a bit busy right now?!" "He already confessed, didn't you hear?" said the Aoi, who was standing on the backlines. "Can you finally tell me who you people are? You seem to be interested in Captain Hooks as well. My name is Jun Ji Pei, son of the Xuese ambassador."

Ellaria repeats her strike. Same Battle Order.

Note: The first post has been updated with purchases from the first page of this topic. Please check that everything is correct! Also, the sign-up time has been decreased, you only have tomorrow to join, as the Tournament will begin on Friday. The dummy just waves its hand. "At. Your. Service. Please. Insert. Gold."

The aoi looked at the elf, surprised of her intervention. "We are here to make this man answer for his crime. After a long investigation, we have reasonable evidence that Captain Caldera machinated the explosion at the Baker's Guild construction site, which resulted in several deaths, as well as injuring my mother, Ambassador Shanxian Ji Pei of Xu." "Took ya long enough to figure that out, blueberry." "So you confess?!" The man with the facepaint was seething with rage. "My only regret is that the blue bitch lost her legs and nothing else", said the captain, tossing his goblets at the Ji Pei. "Men, seize him!" the aoi roared. The Bonapartes drew their swords as the Ji Pei pikemen lunged forward. In a moment there was a full-on battle in the bar. What would the party do? Would they side with the Bonaparte or the Ji Pei, or stay back?

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Atramor could hear Shanxian sigh in relief. "Very admirable, speaking in front of us with such confidence, but you forgot to mention that the leaders of the Stars, Master Kai Tsi, was also from the Brotherhood of Tao, and Jun's old mentor, as well. That puts the whole imprisonment in a dubious light." "My son was not part of that group, you have to believe me! If me and Mister Gibbin's words cannot persuade you, what will?" "I apologize, Lady Ji Pei, my colleagues are dead-set to incriminate you, it seems." "That is not true, Forefinger. We only want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." "I am loyal to Xu, and so is my son", Shanxian said, with a hint of desperation in her voice. "If you want to accuse me of something, say it up front." "Making demands to the Council, now?" "Your cooperation with the Council has been lacking in recent years, that is why your capability to act as our voice in the Free Islands has been compromised. It is my job to ensure our ambassadors everywhere are up to their task." "We were informed that your accident was due to an assassination attempt. The Council did not send you to Eubric Freeport to make new enemies of Xu - the sky above knows we have plenty of those as it is." "Unfortunately the advanced technology of our kind has not been welcomed with open arms everywhere. Especially the Warden of the Crystalline Sea, Admiral Bonaparte, has been opposed to the idea of ships flying above his head and control. I do not know if the Bonapartes did this to me, but they are not alone with their sentiments." "Diplomacy can only get you so far with the yellow-skins." "Littlefinger, please", said the Forefinger, sounding exasperated. "I myself am not convinced that Lady Shanxian's performance has been compromised enough to depose her." "I suspect her son more than her, but that's another matter. I am undecided as well." "I don't think we can get anything more out of her. We just have to decide." "Shall we flip a coin?" "Very well, the Council will now withdraw to make a decision about your future as an ambassador of Xu, Lady Ji Pei. We will summon you once we are ready. You shall be escorted to the visitor's wing to wait for our decision, and you are not permitted to leave the House until then. You are excused." Shanxian bowed her head, and turned to the heroes. "I've never been more nervous in my life!" she gasped. The usually so composed ambassador suddenly looked feeble and weary. "What do you think they will decide?"

OoC: I think you forgot to edit Hybros' health. With things going so smoothly, Ellaria decides to join in on the brawl, so she whacks the Golem Rogue with her staff from the front row. Battle Order: Thormanil Docken Ellaria Hybros Hybros