Waterbrick Down

Boris glances up at the hulking half-giant pausing a moment to take in the warriors intimidating presence. "Aren't you a tall drink of water... Heartland and Baltarok if you're interested. Never quested outside the city before and wanted to get an idea of the lay of the lands." The vampire moves over to provide more room at the table for Vindsval. Spying the half-giant's drink, Boris orders the same and takes a long sip, a smile growing on the cleric's lips. "Ah, at last something with a hint of flavor!"

Torald spots a variety of concoctions, ranging from simple remedies, to Waldruk pine needles, to a jar of crushed diamond dust. "The thhrinking effectth vill latht till a remedy or an enlarging thoot is applied. I vould thuggetht againtht that while inthide the apparatuth ath it could have dithathtrouth effectth. Onthe you make your way out ve'll make sure to remedy you. Oh and don't vorry, thith dutht hath been modified tho as not to cauthe any negative effectth. And yeth, there are probably thome remainderth of path experimentth" Portia approaches the party. "I have a pair of Sterile Gloves and Googles if someone would like to borrow them." Sterile Gloves (Protects from poisoned- and bleeding–effects; handwear.) Goggles (Protects from blind-effect; accessory.)

Boris raises a glass as the next set of heroes exit upon their adventure and settles back into his seat. The vampire pulls out a map of Olegia that he had copied down from the library and begins to examine it.

What Hunkan mistakes on the bench for a Phoenix Essence is actually a Bunsen burner.

"Vhen last I thaw him? No bigger than your pinky finger." "Key, vat key?" Torald glances at the key under the lab bench and watches it scuttle away. "Oh that? Another one of my experimentth, it has no relation to the tathk at hand, I'm afraid." "The athembly is fully contained indoorth. Thith ith all of it." The doctor motions to the bench top. "And of courthe I vill be thrinking you down! Vhat do you think thith minimithing dutht is for?" Cula holds up the pink jar he had been struggling with. Minimizing Dust (Consumable) - Inflicts the minimized-effect, reducing maximum power/level, HP, and ether to 10% of the normal for three rounds. "Ve'll give your volf friend a tad longer. I athume none of you are allergic to minimithing dutht?"

"Oh, it's simply a gold nugget. You'd be surprised how many concoctions require an infusion of liquid gold." "Over 200 yearth," The vampire comments nonchalantly. "Yeth, there continueth to be an air of mythtery around our vork. It ith for the betht though, if thome of our findingth vere accethebile to the common man, the city vould be reduced to ruinth vithin a veek." "Trevor hath been vith the Guild for theveral monthth now and all of our athithtantth thign a thrict non-dithclothure agreement." The doctor struggles to open the jar he was handed with some slight frustration. "Haven't I made mythelf clear? I had him perthonally invethtigate the thituation. He'th in there thomewhere." Dr. Cula points at the chemistry setup on the bench.

QM Note: Wow, you all talk up a storm. I love it! "Yeth, motht of the time, my athithtantth are quite competent vhich is vhy I'm vorried thith time and athked for you heroeth. Hith name ith Trevor." Ezeran spots a fair bit of glassware of all shapes and sizes, from flasks to retorts, from distillation columns to test tubes. The shelves and tables are covered with jars and bottles, tins and flasks, all containing a myriad of components in all seven phases of matter. Cula's assistant Portia turns to the mage. "Take care, there's a lot of volatile components in here. One wrong reaction and there won't be anything left of the guild house except for a crater." "That ith conthentrated cruthed Chimera hooveth, a key ingredient in our betht thelling potionth." "Your vote of confidenthe ith motht encouraging." "Well it thoundth like one of your party is still mithing, but I can fill you in vhile ve vait." The doctor leads the group to one of his laboratory benches where a complex setup of glassware and polished alchemical equipment sits. "Thith ith vhere ve do a fair amount of our tonic production. About a veek ago, the devithe thimply thopped vorking. After much trouble thooting for dayth I dethided to thend my athithtant to perthonally invethigate thinthe the devithe ith too fragile to dithathemble. Vhen he didn't return vithin the allotted time, I began to vorry. Henthe vhy you vere thummoned." Portia moves over and hands a jar of shimmering pink dust to the doctor. "I vant you to invethtigate the root cauthe of the malfunction and if you find my athithtant, bring him back. I'm thure thith ith a lot to take in, do you have any quethtionth?"

QM Note: The green is OK, however generally we use grey as it tends to be more aesthetically non-distracting and other players tend to use the general colors to represent their speech. See below for an example: "Doctor Cula will suffithe, thank you. I vill require your help in athertaining vhy one of my motht important pietheth of laboratory equipment ith broken. I already thent one athithtant and he did not return." The blue crystal appears to be a solid piece of mythril. Cables and wires are attached to the metal and run hither and thither about the laboratory. "Ah, Mr. Etheran your previouth vork for the Guild is motht noted and I'm glad Julian had the thenthe to bring thomeone familiar vith our vork along. I trutht your fellow heroeth are jutht ath loyal to the Union? Thpeaking of vhich, vhere ith the retht of your party?" QM Note: Once everyone has checked in, we'll get this quest rolling.

Seems like a combination of Black Knight, Assassin, and Hunter. It's kind of a hodgepodge of abilities/rolls without a core concept/mechanic. I like the Van Helsing character type, but I think you could make that build by just sticking to one of those advanced classes. Regarding some of the class abilities, generally you want to steer away from a mechanic that is dependent on QM discretion, and a class whose feature is dependent upon roleplaying would probably be frowned upon. The index has been updated by the way, we're almost at 100 Expert Class suggestions!

Well I can't take credit for those, they're just rehashes of images from 34. Not sure if anyone's considered this, but you could almost run an entire quest without ever building a single set, because there are so many quests you can pull pictures from if you know where to look.

A ragtag group of heroes slowly make their way through the streets of Eubric Freeport to the headquarters of the Guild of Invision. The group includes: Paladin Petaldan Parfenius (Played by Palathadric) *Party Leader* 5-year-old male "wonder" Knight *Immune to *Stunned*, *Bound*, and *Petrified** Level 7 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 18/18 Gold: 0 Equipment: Daugslyr (WP: 5; Longsword), Shield (SP: 5; Shield), Gloves of the Boy Wonder (SP:2; immunity to *Stunned*, *Bound*, and *Petrified*; suitable to Petaldan only; handwear) Inventory: 5 Slimy Sword (WP:2, can be split into several weaker Slimy Swords or combined with other Slimy Swords to increase WP and split apart again at any time, longsword), Emerald, 4 Potion, Phoenix Essence, Bedroll Ezeran Yavarr (MysticModulus) 42 year old male human Mage Level 11 *Absorbs darkness* *Immune to wood* *Enemies that hits Ezeran becomes slowed* Power Bonus: 0 (Spellpower: +2) Defense: 3 Health: 15/15 Ether: 15/15 Gold: 0 Equipment: Ancient Sapphamber Staff (WP:8, doubled against Ancient enemies, Wind-elemental; staff), Hood of the Elementalist (SP:1, *Absorbs darkness*; headwear, suitable to anyone), Sneezing Demon (SP:2; enemies that hit the wearer become slowed; immunity to wood; suitable to Ezeran only; bodywear.) Inventory: Trickster’s Baubel (WP:5, each hit causes one random effect: stunned, poisoned by 1, asleep, blinded, sealed or confused; wand), Ebony Scorpion Dagger (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; dagger), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; accessory.), Emerald (Wood), Ruby (Fire), 3x Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy X3, Bedroll, Smoke Bomb Hunkan Silvertoss (BountyBeast) 53 year old male dwarf Rogue Level 2 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 8/8 Gold: 19 Equipment: Longsword (WP: 3) Inventory: Potion, Venom, Phoenix Essence, Nostrum Kid Reddson (dum) 19 Male Human (1/4 Leprechaun) Ranger Level 1 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 6/6 Gold: 0 Equipment: Crossbow (WP 3) Inventory: 3 Smoke Bomb, 2 Potion, Phoenix Essence, Bed Roll Torald Waruelf (Alfadas) 20 year old male human Barbarian Level 9 Power Bonus: 2 Defense: 3 Health: 18/18 Gold: 76 Equipment: Sludge Glaive (WP:8, pierces defense and causes either fragile or weakened; halberd), Tricorne (SP:3, headwear; suitable to anyone) Inventory: Ebony Scorpion Spear (WP:5, deals Poisoned-by-3; spear), Old and Rusty Greatsword (WP: 3), Crocodile Belt (Max. Health +2; accessory.), 6 Potions, Mead X7, Phoenix essence, Tiger Balm, Fighting Boots (Power +5 on the front row; suitable to barbarians, knights, rogues, beast warriors, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; footwear. Spark Hammer (WP: 8 Lightning elemental Hammer. Double WP against flying and mechanical) Wolfwind (Kappy) 38-year-old Male Werewolf Mage Level 1 Power Bonus: 0 Health: 5/5 Ether: 5/5 Gold: 0 Equipment: Staff (3 WP) Inventory: 1 Potion, 1 Opal, 1 Remedy At the guildhouse the party was instructed to find Dr. Cula's laboratory on the second floor. Eventually they came to a door with the correct name on it. Inside, the group is met by the pale doctor who is busy at work with his latest concoctions. "Ah heroeth! Your timing it abtholutely perfect. I vath jutht telling my athitant how difficult it had become to find good help given the forming of the alliantheth. I am Doctor Alphothe Cula, at your thervithe and thith ith my laboratory. Ith thith all of you? I'm not thure how many of you Julian athepted." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QM Note: Welcome to Quest 149 folks! Glad you could all join us. For those of you for whom this is your first time on a Quest I'll pop in with "QM Note's" every once in while to give you advice or guidance, otherwise the world is pretty free range. Most things included in the pictures are there for a purpose so don't feel afraid to interact with what you see. If you ever want to do something specifically make sure to bold it. Likewise important facts or questions will also be bolded throughout the quest. This quest was designed to be fairly straight forward and relatively short (maybe a month or so depending on activity level). The general rule of thumb is that I will update at a minimum of every 24 hours if not sooner, I expect the same from my players. If you need to take a leave of absence please state so in the quest or send me a private message. Important, if you have not posted in 72 hours and have not given any notice of your absence you will be dropped from the quest, there are of course exceptions, but generally such behavior is considered inconsiderate of both my time and the fellow players. If you have any out of character questions (OoC), please use the appropriate abbreviation or shade your comments. Please refrain from just posting OoC comments only posts unless absolutely necessary. Feel free to at any time send me a private message if you have any questions or post non-quest concerning talk in the discussion thread of this sub-forum. With that please confirm that your stats are correct and have fun and thanks for coming along on the adventure!

A young boy quickly darts into the hall. Giving the quest board a quick look over, he scratches down check marks next to a sign-up sheet and leaves a short note at the bottom of the form. Chosen Heroes for Quest 149: Cleaning Out the Pipes Ezeran Yavarr, Level 11 Mage (MysticModulus) Torald Waruelf, Level 9 Barbarian (Alfadas) Woflwind, Level 1 Mage (Kappy) Hunkan Silvertoss, Level 2 Rogue (BountyBeast) Petaldan Parfenius, Level 7 Knight (Palathadric) Kid Reddson, Level 1 Ranger (dum) ~ Please report to the Guild Hall within 24 hours, ask for Dr. A. Cula. ~

"Your parents must have great confidence in you then. It's not often I meet one that quests for goodness itself, least of all one such young."

"Aye the fields are laborious at best... New to the hall, but Eubric Freeport as well?"

"It seems like an age since my last quest, but I have busied myself in the library of this establishment for I had no idea the knowledge it contains. It nearly rivals the collection at the temple of Ennoc in size and certainly surpasses it in regards to vastness of subjects." "'A warning to all who stay late and wake early only that they may be filled with strong drink.' Aishai stanza 5 line 11. Take care sir, the only thing found in the bottom of many bottles is regret."

"3.5 seconds I should think." Boris looks the knight up and down before addressing him directly. "Thank you lad, I work hard to maintain it." The vampire smiles exposing his fangs, before pulling out a comb and fixing his hair. "I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you yet."

"So you're in favor of progress then as opposed to doing things as they've always been done?"

"Take it in stride, my friend. So from the north, near Mopag I suppose then..." The vampire lowers his tone slightly, "What are your thoughts on the current feuding among the houses. Have you pledged your support yet?"

"'Seven times the upright may fall, yet he will surely arise again...' Sayings of Monsolo stanza 24, line 16. It would seem that you had Ennoc's favor none the less." The cleric drinks from his glass, "I would have imagined you were used to harsh battles though. Has not your upbrining... where did you say you were from again?"

"So how far did you make it in the fields anyways?"

"You as well my creepy friend. How fares your helspawn?" The vampire cocks his head, "Pipes? I thought we were heroes, not plumbers."

Current Sign-ups for Quest 149: Cleaning Out the Pipes Ezeran Yavarr, Level 11 Mage (MysticModulus) Torald Waruelf, Level 9 Barbarian (Alfadas) Woflwind, Level 1 Mage (Kappy) Hunkan Silvertoss, Level 2 Rogue (BountyBeast) Petaldan Parfenius, Level 7 Knight (Palathadric) Boris surveys the hall, seeing Torald return the vampire seats himself next to the barbarian. "Good to see a familiar face in this rather dull place. Where are you returning from?"

Ellaria takes her position at the back of the party, standing silently beside Nur.

"Sounds like a regular river down here. Hope we're not in for any more sailing adventures." Skrall moved to investigate the noises in front of the party.

Sure it is...