Zepher

Magic! I actually like the seasons playing into quests. I think it gives some of them a nice feel - it's not required, of course, but some quests feel better in different seasons.

Boomingham opens one of the boxes.

Eubric is a renaissance city, basically, so I've always treated it sort of like European climate, though perhaps a little warmer.

Eventually.

It took me a while to notice him, but I have to agree. I commend his quietness about it too - he just does it.

I don't think he means NPCs within the quest - I think he means characters who have been introduced by and for the player.

I've still got Sevrus bumping around somewhere too. I've never wanted to role play him too much in case Scuba has specific plans for him, but Boomingham always visits him between Quests and I have some ideas for him depending on Strivvi II.

"I don't ever seem to feel myself running low on that department, truth be told." Boomingham shrugs. "May be because I always forget to heal you chaps. I'm ready to head back to the elves."

Bluto's family is the least observant family ever. He spies on them like... all the time.

"Thank you! You ought to set up shop in Eubric, you could outbid our local chappo." Boomingham bows in thanks and, upon spotting the rest of his party walking around, raises his hand above his head in greeting. "Nerwen! Ellaria!" He makes his way towards them. "Are you prepared to go home? I could use a drink, for one."

When Boomingham gets to the Smith, assuming his prices remain the same, he has Scupperer upgraded three times. ([12*7]+[13*7]+[14*7]=273), 359-273=86 Gold Left

"I just wished to offer my thanks and encouragement." Boomingham shakes the hand of every knight. "You had no real reason to help this village, and yet you did it. I cannot speak for Heroica as a whole, but I can say that you have my thanks and support. Best of lucks, chaps, stay safe, happy travels." Boomingham then goes to the market, and remembering Arthur's suggestion from the previous day, makes his way to the smith.

I've had similar situations. Special Mirror killed a minor boss in 30, and then in 68 a necromancer ruined the battle for me, but that was on ME. I didn't ask for the mechanics to change, and they shouldn't have.

I'm afraid I have not been clear with my statements, either. Such is the way of the internet. So this post will hopefully be brief, to the point, and clear up confusion as to what I was bothered by. Sandy, I meant and mean no disrespect. We're pals. You've created and maintain a great game. I furthermore agree with you - discussion of rules past your final ruling is a waste of time and disrespectful. It was not the change to necromancer I was complaining about, and I don't believe I ever really did. It is simply the way the change came about. You changed it for one of YOUR quests. When the manager of the game uses that power to directly improve one of his quests, that's when it becomes an issue. You are both QM and Manager, but when they bleed into each other, than it doesn't seem fair. You're a reasonable person. I trust that you see my point. Changing the rules of everything so that one of your quests moves smoothly isn't fair. When you nerfed necromancer summons to not absorb free hits, I was silent. It was a mechanical problem that needed fixing, and you fixed it as the manager. Right call. When you realized that one of your quests wasn't going to go the way you had envisioned, and changed the mechanics, that was the wrong call in my opinion. It was like when Endgame had a villain that was brought down by special mirror. He changed the enemy (which I also didn't support, but that's a separate discussion) instead of changing special mirror. Do you see the distinction? And yes, you've spent hours, and it's your baby. I think you run the game correctly 95% of the time, but no one is perfect, and I think this was an unfair scenario. Don't think it needs to be changed back either. I'm just pointing it out now instead of being frustrated by it again in the future. Friends tell friends when they have problems, they don't remain silent because they aren't true friends.

When we get responses like this, it's never fun to be part of the community. I know I'm being a grump. I don't mind the ruling (even though it's more rules to remember... and they're there for story purposes that one person thought up) but that can't be the justification. "Go create your own game", even with the little teasey face, ends conversation with you winning just because you shared your game with us. It's not a friendly or encouraging response.

Boomingham lingers, still hoping to see the Knights again.

Boomingham stumbles to his feet. "My lady, I find that you misjudge a lot." But then he laughs heartily. "That was just a tap. Perhaps, along with your equally blunt mace, you'd like a weapon that may make a bit of a dent. I've given it some thought. This axe will do better in your hands, and perhaps it will be a reminder to you how correct you always are." Boomingham picks up the Axe of the Minotaur Champion from where he dropped it at the beginning of the battle and hands it to the elf. He then takes out 250 gold and tosses it onto the pile. "Hopefully the sword to the gut will make certain that the Mopag won't bother the village again. Where are the Knights of Padawan? I'd like to say thank you to them for their efforts."

I was just hoping to find out our Awesome Warlord's fate before we continued.

BD, surely you don't need too many more pictures for the next bit of the quest, let's bring this bad boy home.

Nerwen has deflected a mighty high number of my actions this quest.

Boomingham sighs. "This man is not helping the Mopag or himself, and he is certainly not helping this town. I fear that if we leave him alive, he will only return to hassle the towns folk further. The Duke will be leaving soon, and the Shadeaux are a family, not an army." Boomingham looks at the Warlord, and then at Nerwen. "No doubt you wish to let him go. I don't think that's a possibility. He continues, after a defeat, to threaten the village and my fellow heroes. Leaving him alive will only result in more death." Boomingham plunges his sword into the Warlord's heart (if he can...).

OoC: What sort of sword is the Mopagsaber? Great sword? Long sword? Boomingham stands a little apart, arms crossed. He waits patiently for the Warlord's response. "Duke, Shawe, perhaps you can go collect your men."

Okay, but the next time that another QM wants to tweak the rules of the entire game to be partial to their storyline, I hope you'll let them go ahead and do it.

But you are being partial to your monsters...

I think tweaking a rule because of a problem arising in one of your quests is a little bit unfair.