Kintobor

We interrupt your quest for a special news bulletin: ME! I'll be hijacking your quest for the next week and a half-ish. I hope you enjoy what I've cooked up for you. -Kintobor The party, exhausted and hungry, all file into the establishment. It's sign dangles over the entrance, still and stiff without a proper breeze. Upon entering the party notices a few people sitting around tables scattered about while a few huddle around the bar. The bartender, white as a ghost, hands out drinks to the few customers. A sharply dressed woman munches on lunch while discussing something with the scraggly looking man across from her, a large sack next to his feet. Two individuals chit chat over a few loose documents. The male was wearing dark lab clothes, while the elvish woman across from him wore more formal attire, a few small earrings dangle from her right ear. Finally, nestled into the corner a heavily bandaged woman looks over scrolls and other various parchments while a duo of curiously clad individuals sway next to the seer. The music from the young woman's accordion wafts it's away though out the inn, .The Heroes Purpearl Berthadhiell, the Carnival Crusader (Purpearljellyblob) *Party Leader* 180 Years Old Female Elven Mage *Evasive* *Blessed* Level 12 Power: 27 Health: 20/20 Ether: 18/18 Gold: 83 (Owes Karie 25 gold) Equipment: Crimson Arcanon (Wand WP:3), Tunic of Elven Acrobat (+4 HP, Provides Evasion Effect with 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER, DAMAGE and Free Hits, torso wear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Thorny Rose (WP: 17,wood-elemental, deals the poisoned by 3 effect, mace), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immune to fragile, suitable for suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Bedroll, Potion (x3), Grand Tonic (x2), Raw Sushi (Consumable, Restores 5 Health and 5 Ether), Tasty Pretzel (x2) (1/3 chance each of granting lucky, hastened and encouraged-effects upon consumption), Mead, Ambrosia, Bone, Tinyshroom, Level Up Mushroom, Venom (x2), Crocodile Handbag (Max Ether +2; accessory), Fang Dagger (WP: 4) Gemstones: Ruby (Fire), Topaz (Lightning), Amethyst (Darkness), Opal, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Emerald, Aquamarine Scrolls: Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Fragile, Scroll of Confusion, Magical Staff (WP: 15; Water-, Darkness-elemental; staff) Alexis Fenral, Orc-kin (Masked Builder) *Immune to Blinded* *Counterstriking* *Blessed* 22 year old female elven Harlot Level 45 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 73/73 Gold: 1477 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves, Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Steel fan (WP:20, ice-, lightning-, and darkness-elemental), Death's Whip (WP:11, on successful hits there is a 1/6 chance to cause double damage), Healing Staff (WP: 5; healing effect), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, light-elemental, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4; staff), Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory), Smelly Hide (Suitable for barbarians and beast warriors, half damage from beasts and humanoids on Damage, bodywear), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Remedy, 2 Somas, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, Grand Potion, 9 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, 9 Remedies, 7 Grand Potions, Skeleton Decoy, 8x Bone, Deadly Venom, 2 Kraken Fangs (grants hastened- and reinforced-effects when consumed), Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Demon Repellant (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons during one battle. Consumable), Winged Sandals (artifact; footwear; protects from bound and slowed effects), 2x Titan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones, Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Crimson Venom (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects for the duration of one battle), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Magnar's Smaller Axe (Grants User Dual-Strike, User Cannot Wield a Shield, Handwear) XX Level 32.75 Cannoneer/Alchemist *Blessed* Health: 48/48 Defense: 0 Gold: 406 Equipment: XX Hand Cannon (WP: 12, Ignores SP), XX Ammo Belts (As an Alchemist, XX can only receive rolls ending in "Bomb", excluding Bravado Brew and Explosion, as a Cannonner Bomb XX and Bomb XXX are added to possible creations), Cannoneer's Sashes (The damage output of bombs consumed are added to the WP of the Cannoneer's weapon before damage calculation) Inventory: Dangerous Dagger (WP: 20, Fire-Elemental), Phoenix Essence, Mead x2, Ruby, Military Grade Fire Bomb x6, Bomb XX (Deals 30 Damage to all foes and 10 to all allies, ignoring row/SP) x3, Bomb XXX (Causes 250 damage to all enemies and 50 to all allies), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bombs (4), Ice Bombs (2), Lightning Bombs (4), Water Bombs (10), Dirt Bombs (5), Air Bombs (2), Venom Nerwen Calmcacil (played by Chromeknight) 263 year old female Elven Paladin *Immune to Fragile* *Blessed* Level 29 Power bonus: 0 Defense: 16 Health: 48/48 Ether: 34/34 Gold: 15 Equipment: Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14, Light Elemental, Meditate becomes hits, longsword), Orc Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Heavy Armor (SP:5, Immune to Fragile, bodywear), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: 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), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2, Immune to Blind), Helm of the Lord of Light (Headwear, Immunity to Light and Jinxed, Suitable for Knights), 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), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors)• Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles, accessory), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3; Max Ether +5; Immune to Sealed; bodywear), White Cloak (Max HP +3; backwear) • Topaz • No Scrolls • Grand Tonics (3), Potions (4), Elixirs (3), Remedies (6), Tiger Balm, Neutralizer, Essence of Sorrow (50% assassination chance on non-immune target), Venom (3), Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Carrot (restores 5 HP, 10 to rabbits), Ether Core, Grand potion, Ambrosia (3) • Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass Matthias the Carnival Crusader (nstickney) Level 11.5 Ranger *Immune to Bound, Slowed* *Blessed* Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 16/16 Gold: 68 Equipment: Fireball Extraordinaire (Hand Cannon, WP:5, also hits enemies listed above and below target, user is Slowed), Winged Sandals (Footwear, protects from Bound and Slowed effects), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Steel Cutlass (Sword, WP:5, suitable for Knights or Rogues), Sword of the Red Lizard (Longsword, WP:10, fire-elemental), Grimmau's Clothespin (Headwear, prevents the first negative effect inflicted on the wearer during a battle), Grating Stone, 2x Mead, Phoenix Essence, Remedy, Smelling Salts, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, Dapper Hat (wearer has a 1/6 chance of being Encouraged at the start of any battle), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), Fang Dagger (WP: 4), Magnar’s Unreasonably Cruel Axe (WP: 12, Deals the Bleeding -3 Effect) Russel Ruffers & Sir Pigley Level 18 Rogue *Hastened* *Blessed* Power: 34 Health: 32/32 Defense: 4 Gold: 291 Equipment: Crabspirator (WP: 16, deals the Blinded effect, darkness elemental, longsword), Crab Shell Armor (Body Wear, +4 Max Health, 4 SP), Pigley (+4 Power, +4 Max Health, Hastened, Not an Artifact), Blood Oath Medallion (Accessory, Blessed) Inventory: Rebel's Sword (Longsword, WP: 11), Venom Guest QM Note: Check your stats and make sure their good! I've made Zepher's job a little easier by putting your newly acquired Nordic items in your inventories. Feel free to talk to who whomever you wish!

You're talking about Black Butler and you forgot to mention the dress. I've never seen a single episode of Black Butler, and even I know about this freaking thing. Anything I should keep up to date on? Perhaps I should do some more episode analysis, but for something besides pony. Anyone here remotely familiar with Gargoyles?

"Ffff- okay, let's try this again, shall we?" Battle Order Repeat. Karie repeats he action.

Deus looked around but couldn't find Kianu. It seemed like she'd been off to pray. However, emerging from the woods, Dues can see Kianu reemerge, looking more content. She waves to him as she returns. "Grauu. <Alright. Take it easy, lad, and best of luck in your endeavour.>" Sir Bearington heads back to the stream to take a drink. Darksten, exhausted from raiding the house and the wardrobe, decides now would be an opportune time to take a blissful nap... but it doesn't last for very long. He recovers one health before the ground begins to tremble and quake. Getting up and looking out, Darksten and the others on the ground see an explosion of woodland animals come flying out of the woods, all of them heading in the same direction: beyond the forests borders! Kianu rushes to get out of the way, ducking away at the last minute as the animals flee in terror! "Sqree, sree! <Run, quickly! Out of the way!>" "AWOOO! <No time to stop now, just keep running!>" "Neeeigh! <There weren't no muffins in these woods...>" Once the stampede was over, the entirety of the Thicket was quiet. Not a noise was heard but the wind in the trees. Kianu meanders over to the party, looking worried. "I've never seen so many creatures spooked like that before. Whatever's got them on the run can't be good for us..." The party can hear a scratch-shratch-scratch as Darksten walks out and notices two juvenile spiders pawing at the front door, a frantic look on their eye. "Help! Please, someone help us!" "We don't wanna die!" Kianu readies her staff for battle. "Spiders! What do you two want?" Kianu seems a bit more intimidating than before. The two spiders cower as she raises her staff. "Oh, please don't crush us! Please hear us out!"

Masson shows up and for once Karie's not around to embarrass him. That's a first.

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"Oh, right." Loot Distribution: Sorrow: 25 Gold Karie: 20 Gold Hugin: 5 Gold "Pfft. I'm not that strong. Not if I keep getting kicked around the arena in the manner I do." Karie sighs. "Let's hope the other groups at least know what the hell their doing this time around."

QM Note: Hey, you're the one who decided to rummage through her wardrobe. Fixed. I'll update you guys shortly.

"For the record, we didn't screw this up guys, so someone obviously did. Probably Heckz's group... Let's try this again, shall we?" Karie repeats her action, casting Scroll of Frailty from the back row. Battle Order Karie Sorrow Hugin Sorrow Hugin

Looks good! Loving the parts usage! Do books count as thrown weapons, or are we making a new weapon type? Sorry if this has been brought up already.

I know I was missing you, Danny! I think some of us would love to see you return, even if you don't want to QM. I'd be more than willing to take the reins over your story arc if you want to. I'd hate to see your characters go to waste.

OOC: What does Endgame's QMing have anything to do with this? It seems a little superfluous to bring that up.

CallMePie, I don't believe the new minstrel rules have been set in place yet.

"Grauu. <Oh, please, no need to be formal around me.> Grauu growl... <Chin up, lad. There are worse monsters in the world than a bunch of spiders. Although, I've heard rumours about their queen being right vicious...>" Still somehow drunk, Darksten stumbles into the wardrobe and opens it with a general lack of privacy. Tossing out various items and skirts, Darksten manages to find nothing of interest except a single gold coin. Unless he considers girls clothing interesting... The Party Deus Spiranius (Lego Spy) 23 year old male human Ranger Level: 3 Power: 6 Defense: 1 Health: 5/8 Ether: 0 Gold: 25 Equipment: Bow (WP: 3), Tricorne Hat (Artefact: headwear, SP:+1) Inventory: Potion, Smoke Bomb, , Bedroll, venom Darksten (Comrade Commander) *Party Leader* 35 year old Male Human Ranger Level 6 Power: 11 Health: 10/12 SP: 2 Gold: 15 Equipment: Crossbow (WP: 6); Sand-Worn Hide (SP: 2) Inventory: Potion x3, Remedy x2, Smoke bomb, Bedroll, Utility Knife (roleplay item), Grand Potion x2, Phoenix Essence, Ambrosia, Mead, Fang of Kos (roleplay item), Soma, Safety Blanket (SP: 1, protects from Afraid, backwear), Root Beer (Restores 10 health, or can be used as a bomb against undead enemies for 20 damage. The Root Beer does not affect non-undead enemies) Hoang Anh (hoanganhbeo) *Inactive* 20 years old Male Human Knight Level: 5 Power: 9 Defense: 3 Health: 9/14 Gold: 105 Equipment: Steel Sword(WP:4); Shield (SP: 2); Safety Blanket( SP:1, immune to Afraid, backwear) Inventory: Remedy x4, Bedroll, Grand Potion, Poison, Sword(WP:3), Smoke Bomb, Soma Kianu Level 5 Female Satyr Cleric *Immune to Poison up to 1* *Listens to Darksten* HP: 6/10 (6+3) Ether: 13/13 (6+3+3) Gold: 30 Equipment: Elderwood Branch (WP: 4, Wood Staff, suitable for Kianu), Woodland Gown (Ether: +3, grants immunity to Poison up to 1 damage, Body wear, suitable for Kianu), Satyr's Pipe (Grants the user animal talk, accessory, suitable for taurians) Inventory: Tonic x2, Potion, Venom QM Note: Hoanganhbeo hasn't been online for over a week, but I'm going to try something. He'll be listed as inactive, meaning he won't receive EXP. or loot, but he'll still be in the party. At this point in the story it doesn't make sense for me to go and grab another PC from the hall. If he returns, he can participate again, but he will not receive the loot or EXP. he missed. I'll move you guys along tomorrow.

"Very well then." Karie casts Scroll of Fraility on Forculus from the back row. Battle Order: Karie Sorrow Hugin Sorrow Hugin

Seeing as how I'm one of the few people wanting to go Minstrel... yes.

"Well what the hell are we waiting for, let's go!" Karie's crew goes to the Entrance Hall. "Noel, Sorcha, Carrot, be careful."

Even lowering it to 15 wouldn't be that bad, Sandy. 20's a bit too high.

I don't see it either, to be honest. I generally don't do anything for my undead, besides maybe immune to poison and bleeding. A zombie can be killed with decapitation. A skeleton can be crushed to death. A mummy lit on fire. I don't see the correlation myself.

QM Note: Apologizes for not posting earlier, I've been busy all week. No pictures of the interior for the time being, hopefully tomorrow though. Darksten meanders upstairs and finds another large room, this time with two beds, a wardrobe, and a dirty glass door leading to the balcony. A night stand rests beside both beds, and the walls are adorned with small paintings.

Both look good, Sandy. I've got no issue with Minstrel's battle songs, although the spike in ether for Dirge of the Phoenix seems slightly unnecessary, especially since the minstrel is susceptible to free hits and AoE now.

OOC: Karie doesn't own Ratsbane, I believe that's Althior who owns it, and he's on a different quest entirely... Also, I hate be a jerk, but I'm not lending out True Love's Serenade. I've been weaselled out of Hinckwell rep before, and I can't honestly know whether I'll get it back or not if Hymnessamine is knocked out. Sorry.

Karie tosses Carrot Doppelgänger. "I swear to god, if you lose it..." Suddenly: giant void garbage disposal! Karie begins to panic at the sight of the large lumbering beast. "If we're going to do this, let's do it now, ladies and gentleman! I'd prefer to not be a late night snack! Who's going where? We need to decide and now, please!" Karie follows Sorrow if the plan is agreed on.

The recharge idea doesn't really make sense since a Scholar's arsenal is basically going to be full of books their tossing and retrieving, which nullifies the need for a recharge. A scholar more or less needs to strategize before he even makes his first combat action. Which book should I toss this turn in order to set up other players? Should I even toss a book this round? It's removing an interesting trade off between a guaranteed status ailment and having to retrieve the book later which is what makes the game fun and interesting. A scholar won't be tossing one book back and forth, he'd be strategically tossing books in a certain order to maximize his damage output. Besides, you're lobbing books at people: it's pretty physically based. I doubt anyone would make a book like that any time soon since most of the elements would nullify each other. I agree though that books should not be able to be upgraded, period.