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Round Five of the Battle in the Clouds: >Arthur uses a Grand Potion on Skrall - (Skrall: +25 health) >Skrall vs. Thunderbird A - Shield (Marking the Favoured - Thunderbird A: 202 health-(78x4=312 dmg)=0 health; Skrall: mark flying and/or electric as favoured?) Tritech Cannon hits Thunderbird B - (Thunderbird B: 398 health-300 dmg=98 health) >Atramor uses Decamodifier on Thunderbird B - (Thunderbird B: successfully decamodified) Cloud Gigas - Free Hit on Arthur (Arthur: 18 health+32 SP-(72/2=36 dmg)=14 health) Arthur heals Skrall again. Skrall takes out a thunderbird and has a chance to mark flying- and electric-type of enemies as favoured. The Tritech Cannon injures the remaining thunderbird further, and Atramor turns it into another Decamon card. Only the mighty Cloud Gigas remains. Enemies: Cloud Gigas *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, blinded, sealed, weakened, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Flying Level: 72 Health: 2162/2492 Special: Billowing Clouds – Causes 72 wind-elemental damage and the blinded-effect to all opponents. Drops: Windwane Rod (WP:15, doubles the power of wind-elemental spells; staff), 2 Sapphires (Wind) Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 33 3/4 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 53 (33+20) Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1) Health: 14/56 (5+32+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), 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: Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), 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 x8, 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 1/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Chaotic* Power: 54 (34+20) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 28/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura, doubling the user's maximum 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) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 *Natural Respite* *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Encouraged* Power: 50 (36+12+2) Defense: 8 (3+5) Health: 38/50 (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, 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, Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Tritech Cannon (Machine, controlled by Flipz) Condition: 1/3 Power: 300 Element: None Note: The Cannon is ranged and can be used to shoot at one enemy once per round. It is immune to all effects and cannot absorb Free Hits, but can be hit with one. If the Cannon gets hit by a Free Hit or an Area-of-Effect attack (including Sylph's Thunderdome), it will lose 1 condition, which cannot be restored. If it's condition drops to zero, the cannon becomes inoperable.

As the party tried to listen in, the owl-eyed woman suddenly turned her gaze on the corner they were hiding behind. "Alright, you can come out now, darlings", the woman shouted. "I don't think the Fogfarer appreciates people who tail him." "What? Who...?" The elf spun around and saw the heroes, who had no choice but to step forward if they wanted to get into the heart of the matter. "Oh, you three. Not interested in my shipfaring knowledge after all, are you?" "Haha, is that what they told you, dear? No, those three are from Heroica. Want me to make them go away?" "Please wait, Lady Barbariccia. What would Heroica want from me?" "Your secret is safe with me, dear. Now take this flask and hurry along! I'll give these three something else to worry about." The woman called Barbariccia started to chant. "Spring to summer, autumn to winter, seasons change but my power won't falter!" Four radiant spirits appeared in front of Barbariccia and the Fogfarer, assaulting the heroes. PREPARE FOR BATTLE! Enemies: Autumnal Spirit *Water-elemental attacks* Type: Ethereal/Aquatic Level: 5 Health: 40/40 Special I: Fall Raindrops – Changes the current weather to “humid”, doubling water-elemental damage and halving fire-elemental damage. Special II: Downpour – Causes 10 water-elemental damage to all opponents. Used only when the weather is humid. Drops: Aquamarine (Enables water-elemental spells; gem), 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) Estival Spirit *Fire-elemental attacks* Type: Ethereal/Fiery Level: 5 Health: 40/40 Special I: Summer Sunshine - Changes the current weather to “hot”, doubling fire-elemental damage and halving ice-elemental damage. Special II: Heatwave - Causes 10 fire-elemental damage to all opponents. Used only when the weather is hot. Drops: Ruby (Enables fire-elemental spells; gem), 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) Hibernal Spirit *Ice-elemental attacks* Type: Ethereal/Icy Level: 5 Health: 40/40 Special I: Winter Snowflakes - Changes the current weather to “cold”, doubling ice-elemental damage and halving wood-elemental damage. Special II: Blizzard - Causes 10 ice-elemental damage to all opponents. Used only when the weather is cold. Drops: Opal (Enables ice-elemental spells; gem), 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) Vernal Spirit *Wood-elemental attacks* Type: Ethereal/Plant Level: 5 Health: 40/40 Special I: Spring Flowers - Changes the current weather to “lush”, doubling wood-elemental damage and halving wind-elemental damage. Special II: Overgrowth - Causes 10 wood-elemental damage to all opponents. Used only when the weather is lush. Drops: Emerald (Enables wood-elemental spells; gem), 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) Party: Annienal Anavir (Kintobor) "19" year old elven female Knight *Party Leader* Level 5 Power: 9 (5+4) Defense: 4 (2+2) Health: 14/14 (10+4) Equipment: Training Sword (WP:4), 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), Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill); 2 Potions, 2 Phoenix Essences, Mead, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Field Rations (Restore 15 health) Miderun (CallMePie) 18 year old female orc Barbarian Level 5 *Attacks cause enamored* Power: 19 (5+13+1) Health: 12/12 (8+4) 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 6 Power: 11 (6+5) (Spellpower: 16 (6+5+5)) Health: 10/10 (5+5) Ether: 10/10 (5+5) 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), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), 3 Potions, Grand Potion, Tonic, Remedy, Nostrum, Mead, Dragon Scale, Smoke bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope

Round Four of the Battle in the Clouds: >Arthur uses a Grand Potion on Skrall - (Skrall: +25 health) >Atramor uses Decamodifier on Sylph C - (Sylph C: successfully decamodified) Tritech Cannon hits Thunderbird B - (Thunderbid B: 698 health-300 dmg=398 health) >Skrall vs. Thunderbird A - Special Damage (Lightning Speed - Skrall: 44 health+8 SP-39 dmg=13 health; Thunderbird: extra Free Hit) Thunderbird A - Free Hit on Arthur (Arthur: 25 health+32 SP-39 dmg=18 health) Thunderbird B - Free Hit on Atramor (Atramor: 41 health+26 SP-39 dmg=28 health) Cloud Gigas - Free Hit on Tritech Cannon (Cannon: -1 condition) Arthur heals Skrall and Atramor tests the Decamodifier on the weakened Sylph. Much to everyone's surprise, the monstrous pixie vanishes and a Decamon card pops out of the gadget. The cannon damages one of the thunderbirds, but the other attacks with lightning speed, hurting Skrall more. Three enemies are left. Enemies: Thunderbird A *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 202/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Thunderbird B *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 398/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Cloud Gigas *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, blinded, sealed, weakened, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Flying Level: 72 Health: 2162/2492 Special: Billowing Clouds – Causes 72 wind-elemental damage and the blinded-effect to all opponents. Drops: Windwane Rod (WP:15, doubles the power of wind-elemental spells; staff), 2 Sapphires (Wind) Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 33 3/4 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 53 (33+20) Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1) Health: 18/56 (5+32+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), 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: Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), 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 x9, 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 1/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Chaotic* Power: 54 (34+20) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 28/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura, doubling the user's maximum 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) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 *Natural Respite* *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Encouraged* Power: 50 (36+12+2) Defense: 8 (3+5) Health: 13/50 (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, 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, Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Tritech Cannon (Machine, controlled by Flipz) Condition: 1/3 Power: 300 Element: None Note: The Cannon is ranged and can be used to shoot at one enemy once per round. It is immune to all effects and cannot absorb Free Hits, but can be hit with one. If the Cannon gets hit by a Free Hit or an Area-of-Effect attack (including Sylph's Thunderdome), it will lose 1 condition, which cannot be restored. If it's condition drops to zero, the cannon becomes inoperable.

The party followed Meliodoul Fogfarer all the way across the city to the slums known as the Hovels. They almost lost him amidst winding alleys and decrepit buildings, but finally the commander stopped at a dead end. There he met a woman with amber eyes. The party was too far away to hear what the pair was talking about, but there seemed to be some sort of exchange going on. Would the party sneak closer? Party: Annienal Anavir (Kintobor) "19" year old elven female Knight *Party Leader* Level 5 Power: 9 (5+4) Defense: 4 (2+2) Health: 14/14 (10+4) Equipment: Training Sword (WP:4), 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), Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill); 2 Potions, 2 Phoenix Essences, Mead, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Field Rations (Restore 15 health) Miderun (CallMePie) 18 year old female orc Barbarian Level 5 Power: 19 (5+13+1) Health: 12/12 (8+4) 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 6 Power: 11 (6+5) (Spellpower: 16 (6+5+5)) Health: 10/10 (5+5) Ether: 10/10 (5+5) 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), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), 3 Potions, Grand Potion, Tonic, Remedy, Nostrum, Mead, Dragon Scale, Smoke bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope

QM Note: One day soon I will run a battle round perfectly with no mistakes. Round Three of the Battle in the Clouds: >Skrall vs. Thunderbird A - Aim (Thunderbird A: 250 health-(12x4=48 dmg)=202 health) >Arthur swaps Unicorn Helmet to Helmet of the Duplovian Guard >Atramor uses a Grand Potion on Arthur - (Arthur: +25 health) Tritech Cannon hits Sylph C - (Sylph C: 347 health-300 dmg=47 health) Sylph C - Free Hit on Skrall (Skrall: 22 health+8 SP-(22/2=11 dmg)=19 health) Thunderbird B - Free Hit on Arthur (Arthur: 32 health+32 SP-39 dmg=25 health) Cloud Gigas - Free Hit on Atramor (Atramor: 51 health+26 SP-(72/2=36 dmg)=41 health) Skrall scrapes his target while Arthur swapped gear and Atramor healed the dragoon. The airship's cannon shaves most of the health off of the last sylph. Four enemies still remain. Enemies: Sylph C *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 47/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Thunderbird A *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 202/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Thunderbird B *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 698/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Cloud Gigas *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, blinded, sealed, weakened, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Flying Level: 72 Health: 2162/2492 Special: Billowing Clouds – Causes 72 wind-elemental damage and the blinded-effect to all opponents. Drops: Windwane Rod (WP:15, doubles the power of wind-elemental spells; staff), 2 Sapphires (Wind) Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 33 3/4 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 53 (33+20) Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1) Health: 25/56 (5+32+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), 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: Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), 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 x10, 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 1/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Chaotic* Power: 54 (34+20) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 41/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura, doubling the user's maximum 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.) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 *Natural Respite* *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Encouraged* Power: 50 (36+12+2) Defense: 8 (3+5) Health: 19/50 (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, 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, Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Tritech Cannon (Machine, controlled by Flipz) Condition: 2/3 Power: 300 Element: None Note: The Cannon is ranged and can be used to shoot at one enemy once per round. It is immune to all effects and cannot absorb Free Hits, but can be hit with one. If the Cannon gets hit by a Free Hit or an Area-of-Effect attack (including Sylph's Thunderdome), it will lose 1 condition, which cannot be restored. If it's condition drops to zero, the cannon becomes inoperable.

The party could see Fogfarer heading west, but if they wanted to follow him, they would have to act fast. A telescope would not help them if he managed to slip around a corner at a crossroad...

Round Two of the Battle in the Clouds: Arthur (Zoot's Rebel) vs. Thunderbird B - Special Damage (Lightning Speed - Arthur: 56 health+31 SP-39 dmg=48 health; Thunderbird: extra Free Hit) Atramor (Pheles Kris) vs. Cloud Gigas - Special Damage (Atramor: no aura; Billowing Clouds - Arthur: 48 health+31 SP-72 dmg=7 health; Atramor: no damage+blinded; Skrall: 50 health+8 SP-(72/2=36 dmg)=22 health; Tritech Cannon: -1 condition) >Skrall vs. Thunderbird A - Critical Hit (Thunderbird A: 498 health-(62x4=248 dmg)=250 health) Tritech Cannon hits Sylph B - (Sylph B: 298 health-300 dmg=0 health) Sylph C - Free Hit on Arthur (Arthur: 7 health+31 SP-22 dmg=7 health) Thunderbird B - Free Hit on Atramor (Atramor: 64 health+26 SP-39 dmg=51 health) The enemies prove to be no easy prey. The thunderbird that Arthur aims for attacks with lightning speed, while the immense Gigas makes the whole airship trash and tremble with strong currents. Atramor is temporarily blinded. Skrall's bolt hits it's target, and the cannon takes out another sylph. Four enemies remain. Enemies: Sylph C *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 347/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Thunderbird A *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 250/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Thunderbird B *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 698/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Cloud Gigas *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, blinded, sealed, weakened, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Flying Level: 72 Health: 2162/2492 Special: Billowing Clouds – Causes 72 wind-elemental damage and the blinded-effect to all opponents. Drops: Windwane Rod (WP:15, doubles the power of wind-elemental spells; staff), 2 Sapphires (Wind) Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 33 3/4 *Immune to Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 53 (33+20) Defense: 31 (14+5+1+10+1) Health: 7/56 (5+32+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), 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), 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), 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: Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), 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: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; 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 x10, 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 1/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Chaotic* *Blinded for 1 round* Power: 54 (34+20) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 51/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura, doubling the user's maximum 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) - 3 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.) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 *Natural Respite* *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Encouraged* Power: 50 (36+12+2) Defense: 8 (3+5) Health: 22/50 (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, 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, Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Tritech Cannon (Machine, controlled by Flipz) Condition: 2/3 Power: 300 Element: None Note: The Cannon is ranged and can be used to shoot at one enemy once per round. It is immune to all effects and cannot absorb Free Hits, but can be hit with one. If the Cannon gets hit by a Free Hit or an Area-of-Effect attack (including Sylph's Thunderdome), it will lose 1 condition, which cannot be restored. If it's condition drops to zero, the cannon becomes inoperable.

"So, what did you find?" Ellaria asked when she and Thormanil returned to the others. "We found the Meeting Room abandoned in a hurry, with only a letter from some Clara to a man named Clark. She was talking about a sanctuary..." Ellaria showed Clara's letter to Docken and Hybros. "After we are finished here, let's check the Inn next."

QM Note: Sorry, I seem to have rushed with the results. I'll fix them now...

Round One of the Battle in the Clouds: Atramor (Wild Mind, Tiger Claws) hits Sylph A & B - (Sylph A: 347 health-49 dmg=298 health; Sylph B: 347-49 dmg=298 health) Atramor (Tiger Claws) vs. Thunderbird B (twice) - Chaotic Strike (Thunderbird B Cloud Gigas: 2492 health-(79+79=158 dmg)=2334 health) >Arthur (Spider Leg) vs. Cloud Gigas - Hit (Cloud Gigas: 2334 health-(43x4=172 dmg)=2162 health) >Skrall vs. Thunderbird A - Hit (Thunderbird A: 698 health-(50x4=200 dmg)=498 health) Tritech Cannon hits Sylph A (Sylph A: 298 health-300 dmg=0 health) Sylph B - Free Hit on Atramor (Atramor: 64 health+26 SP-22 dmg=64 health) Sylph C - Free Hit on Arthur (Arthur: 56 health+31 SP-(22/2=11 dmg)=56 health) The party starts to hit the enemies that are swarming around the deck of the airship. The cannon takes out one of the sylphs, but five enemies still remain. Enemies: Sylph B *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 298/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Sylph C *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 347/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Thunderbird A *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 498/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Thunderbird B *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 698/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Cloud Gigas *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, blinded, sealed, weakened, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Flying Level: 72 Health: 2162/2492 Special: Billowing Clouds – Causes 72 wind-elemental damage and the blinded-effect to all opponents. Drops: Windwane Rod (WP:15, doubles the power of wind-elemental spells; staff), 2 Sapphires (Wind) Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 33 3/4 *Immune to Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 43 (33+10) Defense: 31 (14+5+1+10+1) Health: 56/56 (5+32+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled 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), 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), 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: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; 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 x10, 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 1/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Chaotic* Power: 49 (34+15) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 64/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), 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: - Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura, doubling the user's maximum health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), 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) - 3 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.) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 *Natural Respite* *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Encouraged* 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, 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, Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Tritech Cannon (Machine, controlled by Flipz) Condition: 3/3 Power: 300 Element: None Note: The Cannon is ranged and can be used to shoot at one enemy once per round. It is immune to all effects and cannot absorb Free Hits, but can be hit with one. If the Cannon gets hit by a Free Hit or an Area-of-Effect attack (including Sylph's Thunderdome), it will lose 1 condition, which cannot be restored. If it's condition drops to zero, the cannon becomes inoperable.

The Fogfarer's angry expression melts into one of fatigue and sorrow. "I apologize, ladies and Mr. Warlen, but I am currently busy with a personal matter. If you want business advice, you better turn to someone else. If the times were different, I would gladly give advice to aspiring seafarers, but alas, the state of Eubric is what it is. You have chosen a most misopportune time to found a shipping company, if you ask me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go make some purchases." The Moon Elf opens the door and nods to the party as he passes them. Will the party follow the Fogfarer or break into his house?

Ellaria double-checked the cabinet in case something was left there. "We're not much wiser about the events, yet", she said to Thormanil. "The Tower seems to contain all the answers. We should return to the others."

It's exactly as Flipz said, the Mime can use anything the six basic classes can, no matter which class it is mimicking in each turn.

Dr. Gioconda handed the machine over to Atramor. "It's yours. I have plenty of them back at the headquarters, but we've made a deal with Old Mack of the Fields of Glory that he will be the main distributor of the Decamodifiers to the heroes of Heroica." The engineer sighed deeply. "Now I can concentrate on what lies ahead." "Yes. Whatever happened at the Tritech labs has already happened, so we will not require your assistance in this case. You just keep Shanxian safe and sound." Dr. Gioconda's wish about encountering rare enemies was fulfilled as the airship hit a storm front above the Pearl Sea, some distance away from the coast of Kalma. Only when it was too late to turn back, they noticed that a gigantic figure had appeared amidst the rolling clouds. "By cogs, that is a Cloud Gigas! What a marvelous sight! Unfortunately it's kind preys on flying things, such as us. We have a fight ahead of us. Monalisa, ready the cannon! We'll show what Destiny's Bounty Mark XVII can do!" "Right away, Monsignore! The cannon can only target one opponent at a time, and the gigas has company, so shout your orders to me so I know what to hit." PREPARE FOR A BATTLE! Enemies: Sylph A *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 347/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Sylph B *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 347/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Sylph C *Wind-elemental attacks* Type: Electric/Flying Level: 22 Health: 347/347 Special: Thunderdome – Forms a protective aura of thunder around the allied party for the duration of the next round, causing 22 lightning-elemental damage to any opponent that successfully hits anyone from the allied party. Drops (varies by roll): 1-2: Topaz (Lightning) 3-4: Ether Core 5-6: nothing Thunderbird A *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 698/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Thunderbird B *Fights from the back row* *Absorbs lightning* Type: Flying/Electric Level: 39 Health: 698/698 Special: Lightning Speed – The Thunderbird causes 39 lightning-elemental damage to the target, and gets an extra Free Hit at the end of the current round, regardless of other effects. If the special is rolled several times in one round, the Thunderbird gets that many Free Hits. Drops (varies by roll): 1-3: Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.) 4-6: Smelling Salts Cloud Gigas *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, blinded, sealed, weakened, petrified, doomed and sudden death* Type: Flying Level: 72 Health: 2492/2492 Special: Billowing Clouds – Causes 72 wind-elemental damage and the blinded-effect to all opponents. Drops: Windwane Rod (WP:15, doubles the power of wind-elemental spells; staff), 2 Sapphires (Wind) Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz) 22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader* Level 33 3/4 *Immune to Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Only Receives One Negative Effect At A Time* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts* Power: 53 (33+20) Defense: 31 (14+5+1+10+1) Health: 56/56 (5+32+15+4) Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham) Equipment: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), 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), 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), 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: 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, Lightning-elemental; 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: Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; 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 x10, 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 34.25 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Chaotic* Power: 54 (34+20) Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12) Health: 64/64 (7+33+12+6+6*) Gold: 656 Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura, doubling the user's maximum 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) - 3 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.) Skrall (Waterbrick Down) 81 year old Male Ogre Hunter Level 36 *Natural Respite* *Favors Demons and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Encouraged* 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, 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, Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo Tritech Cannon (Machine, controlled by Flipz) Condition: 3/3 Power: 300 Element: None Note: The Cannon is ranged and can be used to shoot at one enemy once per round. It is immune to all effects and cannot absorb Free Hits, but can be hit with one. If the Cannon gets hit by a Free Hit or an Area-of-Effect attack (including Sylph's Thunderdome), it will lose 1 condition, which cannot be restored. If it's condition drops to zero, the cannon becomes inoperable.

"You haven't heard of it? Well, it is quite simple to play. You just..." Dr. Gioconda got into a longwinded explanation about the mechanics of Decamon, what type of cards it has and what were her favorite strategies. Atramor couldn't make even half a sense out of her rambling. "Oh, am I boring you? I have gotten a little too involved in the game, I have to admit... Maybe you should take this Decamodifier from me, so I can better focus on my work." The doctor grew uneasy. "I did hear about the Dastanese lord and his experiments, yes. It is terrible how our inventions can be twisted and corrupted in such a way... But politics isn't really my forte, you shouldn't be asking me."

Annienal was startled when another elf's face looked back at her through the window. It was Commander Fogfarer, and he didn't look happy. "What do you want? I'm not buying anything!"

OoC: If you don't want us to split, Flipz, just say so. I just thought we could use a little speed boost to this quest. "It should be safe for us to split up while we are inside the same building. Master Docken and Hybros, you check the Mayor's Office, while me and Mr. Nihai go to the Meeting Room. If you encounter trouble, just shout."

"Not very often, no. I am the head of engineering at the Tritech Corporation, so I'm usually busy doing research or watching over our staff. However, on important trips such as this, Monsignore Legonardo asks me to accompany him. I learned most of what I know from him, so it is an honor he thinks so highly of me. He even asked me to become the manager of our headquarters in Xu, but I didn't want to leave his side. And Xu.... Well, it is what it is. But things are about to change, you can mark my words." Shanxian cleared her throat at that moment, and Dr. Gioconda got a bit flustered. "Oh yes, did you hear already? The Tritech Laboratories in Xu got broken into! The burglars apparently stole some blueprints of our latest models of automata. Me and the monsignore are on our way to learn more about the matter. Who knows what will happen if those blueprints get into the wrong hands..."

The barrel only contained rainwater.

Ellaria felt bad for taking the gold of the family she just helped to butcher, but there was no point leaving the valuables behind. "Alright, this place seems to be thoroughly looted... I mean, investigated. Let's return to the Town Hall, then."

Jun nods to Arthur. "It is good to know you respect us so, Mr. Regulus. It suffices that you never leave my mother's side." "Your stay in Xu should be brief if all things go as anticipated, so there is nothing much you can do there. Be safe, and return Shanxian to us. Farewell, then!" A wagon took the ambassador and the party from the Ji Pei Palace to the Tritech warehouse outside the city. There they boarded the airship Destiny's Bounty together with the inventor Vincent Legonardo and the head engineer Monalisa Gioconda, who both escorted Atramor on his previous two visits to Xu. They swiftly gained altitude and dove into the clouds above Uland. "I have made some alterations to the ethertech engines, so we will reach Ai Xurong in less than a week. You better hold on to your hats, because we will fly as fast as dragons." The heroes noticed that Dr. Gioconda was holding a strange contraption in her hands. "Oh, this? It is the latest innovation of the Tritech Corporation. Have you heard of the card game Decamon yet? It has become immensely popular in Eubric all of a sudden, and I have formed a minor addiction to it myself as well. But the cards are hard to come by, so I built this machine that makes them for you. It is called the Decamodifier. There is a twist to how it work's, though..." 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.) "I was hoping I could catch some rare monsters to transform into cards on our journey, just in case we run into some", Dr. Gioconda explained, blushing a little. "Not that I want to put Lady Ji Pei or you gentlemen in any danger!" "I often wonder if there is any limit to what you two can come up with", Shanxian said to the inventors, smiling. The heroes now had time to chat with each other or the other passengers.

It was dim inside, but Miderun could make out a bed with someone lying on it, with his or her back to the window. The person did not appear to be the Fogfarer himself, for the hair was shorter and darker than on the picture of the elf Blackgull had shown them.

The commodore gave the party all the addresses of the three suspects. "I am aware that this is a difficult task, and you might not uncover the truth about all three of them, but providing me with evidence about the loyalties of at least two out of three should suffice to quench the mutiny for now. But I won't hold you any longer. Go and find out what you can." "Lyu hura al''aysse andi kei. May Sun walk over you." "Wife, you must mean watch, not walk." The three heroes then left the couple, promising to return by midnight with the information they've gathered. Their first stop was the elf Meliodoul Fogfarer's house at Way's End. It was a quaint townhouse near the Temple of the Lost Gods, made out of wood and clay. Something was written in Moon Elven runes on the stone slab in front of the door. What would the heroes do now?

After reading the notes herself, Ellaria shook her head in confusion. "So wait... the butcher's last name is Baker, and the storekeeper's is Butcher? Talk about inbreeding... Anyway, I am afraid the note confirms that the golems we just faced were the storekeeper and his family. How sad... Let's return upstairs, and if we don't find anything of use, we will continue to the Town Hall."

I was actually thinking that the whole list of possible drops would be displayed every time, and only when the battle was over the QM would roll which drop the party is getting. Obviously you interpreted it differently. I don't know if it makes any difference, though...