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I'm going to be heart broken when it turns out Eshy is working for Mantis. Fun build, love the crystals of Awesomium!I really dig the icicles, wish we got more of them. As others have said, the footsteps are lovely. The alien is appropriately cartoony too.

"Yo man, I ain't from the Hovels, though I ain't far from them either. I am a hero though, and don't you doubt it, yo! I'm the dopest of the dope - just ask Miderun. We're tight." He walks over to the guys cutting wood and taps Rocky on the shoulder. "My dude! This looks like tough shiz, and if you're sick and all you should let me get down on it, you know? No good killing yourself over some wood, my dude."

OoC: That's not allowed. Khrone, what do you want to do? Try to beat the beasty, but always with the conditional that I go down you flee? You can't be hurt by it's special, but if you get petrified... Boomingham wobbles back to his feet. "Damn, just finished patching myself up…" he looks at Eric. "We killed a siren queen without them… but this is a mighty nasty snake. Might be best to send you ahead to get some help while I distract him."

The landscaping here was the inspiration for all of Lesser Direstan, with good results across the board if you ask me! The ship is nice too - I like the back of it in particular. The front of it seems a little busy to me, somehow - especially those dark red plates- the angle is cool, but they somehow feel too thin, like they should be removed or bulked up. But over-all great build!

Much agreed! The white against the dark gray and sand brown… coupled with those dry arid looking plants v. the lush green ones inside… a superb build! I love the fact that you sloped the front too - makes it fit into the mountain, and makes sense for a green-house. Absolutely lovely - I've been leaning a lot on the "exploration" of the new planets, but builds like this and this make me want to start to show what a more colonized alien planet might look like! I wish I could think of a note to improve the build, but nothing jumps out at me. Great work!

OoC: Stats look good though I returned the Twin Sai to Vind - that's on me, thank you for copying the appropriate stats besides that even though apparently I need to update them in the topic. Bobby walks up, a steaming mug of coffee in his hand. "Yo, good looking afternoon, am I right? How's it hanging, my dudes. I'm Bobby "Young" Bucks Jr. nice to meet you pleasure is mine I am sure."

[Log Entry III - Lesser Direstan] I wonder what a planet must do to be bequeathed the name "Lesser Direstan". We raced by Greater Direstan so quickly I never got a chance to see what made it so great. After two and half hard weeks on Lorstan II I was awoken abruptly by the sound of a Seraphim overhead - not an strange sight, though this one was flying particularly close. Expecting my bi-daily supply drop I prepared to go retrieve the material in my trusty vehicle, but much to my surprise instead of supplies two men dropped from the sky. One introduced himself as Commander Commander (when I inquired further into his name he told me the Kawashita was the way of discipline). When I explained that without the great human virtue of curiosity - ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven - it is likely that we would still not know of the Gates, he said "Curiosity killed the cat". Receiving orders from his radio he explained the Corporate's First Branch (which I am informed only then that I am a part of - an error I allow to slide but am sure to remember - such is the way of bureaucracy I fear and lo' now I too am a part of it!) is making a move to Lesser Direstan. I ask if we have made Lorstan livable yet, if the brave colonists to follow will have the appropriate drinking water. My pleas for answers go unmet. I am shipped away with the driver ("Grumps") and put aboard a ship and before I know it I'm on Lesser Direstan. A brief comes in paper form, and I am given a new ship, which "Grumps" calls a "Cavefish". I doubt this is the true name of my machine, but I admire his jargon. He pushes me out on my own with a "good luck". My mission is... similar to my previous one. I fly along the coast, alone. My "Cavefish" searches the ocean below me - along the coast are a number of caves right below the ocean floor, filled with fresh water which we may mine for our sustenance. I have never heard of such a thing before - fresh water caves below the ocean! What a wonderful place this universe of our's is! The "Cavefish" has a red light when there is a cave below. I think this is rather silly since this is the color for "stop" back at University, but the big wigs over rule me. The land is beautiful, home to many strange red and white mushrooms and trees. I sail alongside cliff sides over wine-colored water, and am reminded once more of the nursery rhymes my mother once read me. Red fish, blue fish, One fish, two fish. [End Log Entry] Cavefish: Landscape: More views:

Bobby walks back into the Hall and signs up for Quests #136 and #137. He saunters over to Annie and Mhinak. "Hey, how's it hanging my main chica?" he asks as he snaps and points to Annie. "Making new pals, always, tight, tight. What's up, little dude, my name is Bobby but my friends call me Young Bucks."

Well, your answers cleared up everything I was looking for. Thanks - I KNEW I was being thick, just couldn't find it for some reason. Even checked the corporation threads because that's where I thought it was, but you know how eyes sometimes play tricks on you.

I agree- would love to see the whole build, but the piece has a nice sense of action and movement! The grate at the end is a nice choice, and the use of chains is good too.

I'd say that's up for different NPCs and QMs to decide. Didn't someone once pose as Bonapartes? I think I got a kick out of that too. I don't think elves would be tricked, but it'd be hilarious if a kid was pulled into the ruse, or if someone played along and screwed him over later on, or anything. Why not! We've got lots of characters with weird traits that everyone responds to differently.

I personally think it's a hilarious character choice.

Nope, its permanent.

It works the same way your Everlasting Venom works, only with bleeding.

Hey, this may be an extremely stupid question, but... How do we tell how many resources each corporation has? Is it just the planets they control? Do we get awarded resources each week from the planets we control, or is like we add up all the planets we control and then that's the resources we have? What happens when we spend them, then? Is the planet just totally exhausted? What's the point of taking control of planets from other corporations if they've already spent the resources on the planet? Isn't it just non-consequential then? What's the point of defending a planet you own against hostile take over?

Looks like he inherited Jiri's job. Nice build! The rocks have got great colors, and the trees is lovely! Wish the water collector had some Kawashita colors, or any highlight colors for that matter but it looks nice as a design.

Boomingham holds up his hand. "The mead won't do me any good. Peri gave me something that sobered me right up." Boomingham attempts to heal himself again.

"You came here just to run?" Boomingham chuckles. "Would have been better if you didn't come at all."

The blue soil is superb, and as others have said the little soil change right near the growth is perfect. The plants are extremely nice - a good example of how green plants can still look alien depending on the context, and here the blue soil and the light green plants make the regular ol' fashion green plants look weird as well. And the monster, of course, is both dangerous and hilarious looking. The torso/neck part looks a little weird to me, especially how it connects to the tentacles, but that's my only note. Fantastic and fun scene.

OoC: Grimwald never gave Macellus a mead, so your conscience isn't clean on that front, Nerwen. Also, just pointing it out since I noticed, didn't Nerwen also loan Grimwald a staff at the opening of the quest? "If there's hard feelings, you'll know," says Deborah with a matter-a-fact manner. She claps Nerwen on the shoulder and with a salute to the rest of the party she walks off into the forest. Morta giggles and waves farewell as she and Marcellus set off in another direction. The Party Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Played by Palathadric) 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan *reinforced* Level: 33.75 Power Bonus: +2 (Quest 127) Defense: 30 Health: 1/58 9 + 15 + 31 + 2* Gold: 2360 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP: 7, Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; dual strike; staff), Heavy Armour (SP:5, Immune to Fragile), Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced-effect; suitable to marauders; backwear), Armour of Dark Arts (Takes up: Bodywear, Handwear, Footwear slots; counts as one artifact; SP:10; Suitable to Knight classes, Dragoons, Skirmishers), Rock Gauntlets (Suitable for anyone, grants the wearer Iron Fist at no ether cost, handwear), Inventory: Weapons and Shields: Flying Cross (WP: 11, Darkness; broomstick), Splinter Broom (WP: 9; broomstick; defies SP), Whip of Savage Overlords (WP: 9; ⅙ chance of inflicting the Slowed-effect; Whip), Steak (WP: 1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits; suitable for all), Staff of the Necromancer (WP: 12; damages Undead; +1 Level to raised Undead; Staff), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Crescent Shield (SP: 5, halved damage from elemental attacks), Heavy Flail (WP: 5, causes fragile; mace), Anointed Gladius (WP: 8, damages Undead; great sword), Shadeaux Mace (WP: 9, Deals Fragile), Old Paladin Sword (WP: 2, Light Elemental Longsword) Artifacts: Duplovian Helmet (SP:2, immune to Magic and Healing; headwear), Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, Vermin with level less than half of the wearers are scared and won't directly attack the wearer; bodywear), Counterstrike Gloves (handwear), Soothing Slippers (meditation restores 5 ether; footwear), Magic Viper Skin (heals 1 health to wearer each round of battle unless knocked out; accessory), Shackles of War (accessory), Clan Enzima Armor (SP: 8, Immune to Fire, Wind, Stunned and Instant Death, Suitable to Enzimas), Cloak of the Barbaric Runecaster (SP: 3; wearer creates and deploys a Skeleton Decoy at the start of every battle; suitable for Battle Mages, Necromancers, and Scholars; back wear), Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, each of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); accessory) (--), Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP:3, provides Special Guard against Undead enemies; back wear), Strategist's Shako (+5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back; headwear), Darksteel Armour (SP:6, Max. Health +3; body wear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max Ether +4; back wear), Order Imperial Prophet's Armor (SP: *, Grants Command, Suitable for Prophets) Gems: 2 Amethysts, Emerald, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Ruby Scrolls: Scroll of Blinding, Scroll of Arc Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, Consumables: 2 Potions, 8 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), x2 Tonic, Ether Core, 3 Remedies, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 2 Phoenix Incenses, x2 Phoenix Essence, 4 Meads, Smelling Salt, 2 Nostrum, 5 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, 2 Paralyzing Venoms, 3 Jinxy Juice, 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Fire Bombs, Holy Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb, x2 Blind Bomb, x2 Seal Bomb, 6 Bones, Raw Meat (+5 max. health upon consumption), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Level-Up Mushroom, Strong Wasabi (-2 poisoned permanently), Gold Bar x2, Soma, x3 Remedies, x3 Grand Potions Tools: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Shovel, Magic Compass, Magic Shovel (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest) Kiray Nastayo (KingoftheZempk), A Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something *Immune to Blinded, Doomed, Blessed, Light, Darkness* *Deals double damage to Holy and Demonic Foes* 24 year old female human Level 16 Knight Power Bonus: 6 Defense: 18 Health: 1/24 Gold: 217 Equipment: Smith’s Katana (WP:10, Darkness elemental), Never Blessed Helmet (SP: 8, Immunity to Blinded, Doomed and Blessed, Wearer deals double damage to Holy Enemies, suitable to Knights, Barbarians, Regulators, and Skirmishers), Never Blessed Armor (SP: 10, Immune to Darkness, Light, and Blessed, Wearer deals double damage to Demons, suitable to Knights, Barbarians, Regulators, and Skirmishers), Inventory: - x3 Potion, Banana (Restores full health when eaten), Nostrum, Ambrosia, Mead, Smelling Salts, Mediocre Pongcanis Brew (Encouraged + Enraged), Smoke Bomb, x2 Bones, Soma, Ambrosia, Mead - Bedroll, Everlasting Venom (Adds the poisoned by 10-effect to one weapon permanently), Dragon Scale, x3 Fire Bomb, x4 Venom, Sharp Tip (-2 bleeding) -Flameproof Armor (SP:1, no longer flameproof; bodywear, suitable for anyone), Inert Blade (Greatsword, WP 5) , Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP:6, doubled against Flying enemies; longsword), Snug Armor (SP: 5, Cannot be De-Equipped, Suitable to all classes that use shields, body wear), Sword of Fire and Light (WP: 7, Fire-Light Elemental, Greatsword), Two Fanged Orcish Shield (SP: 7, Immune to Darkness, Shield Bash Replaces Meditate), Fishy Scale Mail (SP: 6, wearer absorbs water-elemental damage as health, immune to Fire; suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers, and regulators, body wear), Orcish Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) *Party Leader* 264 year old female Elven Minstrel Level 38 *2x XP**Counterstriking* *Immune to sealed* Power bonus:,+8 (quest #102) Defence: 1 (esser etherial cloak 1) Health: 51/53 (Base Cleric 9 +Level bonus 35 -Quest #102 5 +Minstrel Bonus 11) Ether: 3/51 (Base Cleric 5 +Level bonus 35 +Minstrel Bonus 4 +zoot cookie #102 1 +Lesser Etherial cloak 3) Gold: 554 Equipment: Nocturne Flute (WP:6, causes asleep-effect, instrument), Lesser etherial cloak (SP:1, Max. ether +3, immune to sealed; backwear), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles; accessory), Counterstrike Gloves, Inventory: Mutt's Flute (WP:10, inflicts Weakened-effect, instrument), Party Maracas (WP:4, user is hastened, instrument), Battered wooden flute (WP:6, Darkness-elemental), Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14, Light-Elemental, Meditate becomes hits, longsword), Mourning Star (WP: 10; Fire-elemental; inflicts Fragile-effect; mace), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanic enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened; cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), longsword, Shield (SP: 5), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2, Immune to Blind), Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired, Accessory, Suitable for Paladins), Trickster's Mask of the Angel, Order Imperial's Assassin Cowl (Immune to Light and Darkness, Wearer is Nimble, Suitable for Assassins, Chi Monks, Infiltrators, Rogue Thieves, Paragons), Razor (Wearer is Blessed Permanently, Immune to Bleeding, Enraged, and Encouraged. May take up any artifact slot, requires a shaved head) •Helm of the Lord of Light (Headwear, Immunity to Light and Jinxed, Suitable for Knights), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Leather armour (SP:1; Bodywear), •Opal (2), Topaz (2), Diamond, Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine, Ruby • Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragile, Scroll of Confusion, Hundred Hero Hymn (Inspired-effect to all allies for 10 ether, song), •Potions (7), Elixirs (2), Remedy, Nostrum, Tiger Balm, Venom (4), Fire Bomb, Ice Bombs (2), Lightning Bomb, Water Bombs (2), Dirt Bombs (2), Air Bomb, Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Ether Core(2), Grand potion(2), Ambrosia (4), Health Core, Red Death Blood (Once applied to a weapon the first successful hit deals doomed, consumable) (2), Neautralizers (2), Smelling Salts, Sushi (restores 5 health and ether) •Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Feather of Lithe •Grating Stone Grimwald Gjinko 69 year old male gnome Sage Level: 22 Power Bonus: +1 permanent SP: 0 (+5 back row) Health: 1/30 Ether: 21/26 Gold: 535 (Owed 38 by Benji) Glory Points: 8 Equipment: Single-Fanged Stave (WP: 20), Spellbound Gloves (Increases the power of spells by 5, doubled if the enemy is weak to the element), Robes of the Disciple of Ennoc (+5 max. health, +5 max. ether, meditation restores 2 ether, body-wear) Inventory: • Spellbound hood (SP: 2, Increases the power of spells by 3, doubled if the enemy is weak to the element, headwear, suitable for Mages, Clerics and Necromancers), Staff of the Order Imperial (WP: 10, Light Elemental), Magical Staff (WP:15; Staff), Burning Knuckle Helmet (SP: 10, Wearer suffers burning -3 effect) • Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll • Opal, Amethyst, Diamond, Topaz, • Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Sleep • Potion x7, Tonic x7, Grand Tonic x3, Sushi (restores 5 HP and 5 Ether) x4, Remedy x2, Elixir x4, Neutralizer, Mead x4, Nostrum x3, Smelling Salts x4, Mulled Wine x2, Ambrosia, Bone x5, Ice Bomb, Root Beer (Restores 10 health, or can be used as a bomb against Undead enemies for 20 damage (Does not affect non-Undead enemies)), Plague Venom, Feather of Lithe, Grating Stone, Potion In New Harbour the heroes visit an apothecary and kill a day in the town as he attempts to stabilize Yu Shu and Pretzel. The ride back to Eubric is a fair one. Samuel and Yu Shu spend most of the time below the deck, Yu Shu still incredibly sick and her protege refuses to leave her side. The rest of the heroes don't have much to do, exhausted as they are. Avery spends a lot of the time lounging around and getting slightly burned in the sun. She sneers at this. What does it matter to an undead? At Eubric Avery disappears without a sound, a ghost, as if she had never been there at all. It is impossible to tell what will she bore towards the party at the end, or in what capacity they would next meet. Ser Abel shakes Pretzel's hand, then the hands of the rest of the party. He gives Samuel a brotherly hug, and then he too is gone into the crowd. Yu Shu stares after him with red-rimmed eyes, but she lets him go. The party accompanies Yu Shu and Samuel to the Temple of Ennoc. At the door to the room they originally met her in, Yu Shu stops and faces the party. "I'm sure I should give some triumphant speech, but I'm tired as Hel and need to see the priests and priestesses of our Order to see if they can make me not feel this way." She grunts. "So thank you, heroes. I was never worried you would fail me, and you never did. I don't know if the world is a better place today than the day we set out, but i hope it is, and I feel that it is, and sometimes that's all we've got to go on." She digs around in a pouch and gives each of the heroes a diamond. "Thats my thanks." She steps inside, leaving the heroes with Samuel and a successful quest! Phew. A bit longer than I intended. Thanks for sticking with me! I have a lot of thoughts, but that'll come when it comes. For now you're free to talk to Samuel or head back to the Hall to catch the next batch of quests!

OoC: But now it says I'm encouraged. Boomingham grunts as Peri and Sarge go down. "Damn. Nothing for it. Hold the beast off, Eric." Boomingham heals himself from the back row. Battle Order Boomingham Heckz Eric

These effects.

Great little build! It's nice and simple, but as the others have said it sure looks like a hell of a lot of fun to mess around with.

OoC: Well, my bad too, I thought I'd end up doing actual damage but fire is effective against beasts, not vermin. Still, shouldn't I have done some damage, since the weather doubles both my elements? Or is it different with weather as opposed to enemy type. I guess it would be, since I'm not able to damage it in the first place. Did you roll for the 4 1/2 chance effects too Boomingham drops Scupperer in disappointment and draws his Frozen Saber, attacking from the back row. He grumbles under his breath as Heckz joins the battle, but grins at Eric. "Good to see you, chap! This little snake decided it had to come out and play with us, but I think it might be getting more than it bargained for."

"I did not know that there would be a debate over my ancestral armor." She grunts as she falls into the stretcher. "It will go to me." She growls softly. "You all speak the truth about Abel, and I'm powerless to stop you as it is. He will not be in my Order, but you're right. Let the High Priestess judge him. But he will not carry weapons or armor onto the boat. Marcellus, will you be traveling with us?" "No." "If you're looking to track down Gocklo, you'll do yourself no favors following me. He'll be taking Deci to someone else." "I'll find him." "Best of luck." Deborah turns to the heroes. "I'll see you again, if I had to guess." The heroes can say their final good byes to their three companions (and finish loot division).