Waterbrick Down

Not necessarily, it's usually indicated as a Passive Special. The idea is that a mob is more threatening at the beginning generally via a Free Hit, but get's weaker as their numbers decrease. CMP has used a few mobs that don't include that passive special in 129.

"Well, I suspect my cousin has been greasin' a few palms lately to get a better supply of mythril lately. The depot outside of town between here and Frumpknob is managed by a disreputable fellow named Xor. I don't care how ya do it, but ya'd be doin' me a great favor and if ya could get my latest order bumped up on his schedule." "The Rusty Mine-cart I believe would suit your group well. I've got a few errands to run at the local smithies, but I'll check in on you this evening before heading back to Krumpknob tomorrow."

OoC: Skrall actually should have done 288 damage to Silver Octoraider. Skrall fired another shot at Orange Octoraider from the back row, "Let's finish this up, Sandman feel free to fire away." Battle Order: Sandman Lind Karie Skrall Jinnipher Warlen

Dumora shrugged. "You're a woman of your word when there's profit in it, if that's what you mean. What are your plans next?" "You'd better believe my services are better than that cousin of mine. Born on the exact same day and both going into the smithy business, what are the chances? Can't understand how the oaf keeps his doors open, he's such a terrible business-dwarf." The dwarf scratches his chin for a moment, "I don't expect either of ya'd be interested in a small business arrangement would ya? Could offer ya nearly 150 gold's worth of credit." "One gem it is, sure ya don't want it installed in somethin'?" Tesni Hightribe, Hero of the Northern Kingdoms Serpent Skinner (Peppermint M) *Party Leader* Human Female Beserker *Restoration* *Immune to Afraid* Level: 39 1/2 Power Bonus: 5 (+3 WP) Defense: 17 Health: 58/58 Gold: 1402 GP: 69 Equipment: Qilin Blade (WP:16, damages undead, ignores row and SP; longsword), Sir Roderick’s Shield (SP:12, Immunity to afraid), Bone Claws (WP:3, SP:2; handwear),Dragon Bone Armor (SP:4, Max. Health +2; bodywear), Barbarian's Boots (Changes “Natural Respite” job trait into “Restoration”, restoring full health after every battle; suitable for barbarians, chi monks and beast warriors). Inventory: - Fàelàn (WP:20, 4x damage to enemies weak to fire, fire-elemental longsword)), Mellt (WP:10,ice- and lightning-elemental; hammer), Cysgodion (WP:14, darkness-elemental; greatsword), Dryw ar Zoot (WP:14, light-elemental; longsword), Sharp Axe (WP: 14, fire- and ice- Elemental), Mod Rod (WP:10, causes the afraid-effect; lightning-elemental staff suitable for staff members only), Cryfder (WP:6), Rebel's Dagger (WP: 5) - 2 Shackles of War (prevents all fleeing, accessory), Red Dragon Plume (artifact, accessory, immunity to Weakened and Fire, suitable to Barbarians, Knights, Skirmishers, Winged Warriors), King's Crown (Headwear, protects against Doom and Petrified, Suitable for all classes), Goggles (Protects from blind-effect; accessory.) - Tiger Balm, Elixir, Phoenix Essence, 9 Venoms, 4 Deadly Venoms, 6 Meads, 4 Smelling Salts, Nostrum, Soma, 2x Smoke Bomb, Aquamarine Lamp of Summoning, Mulled Wine, 5 Potions, 2x Health Core, 7 Remedies, Grating Stone, 2x Remedy, 3x Bone, Tonic, 2x Grand Potion, 2x Water Bomb, Feather of Flight (Allows the user to flee from the battle when used.), 2x Silver Ore (worth 60 gold), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard, Black Pearl (worth 75 gold), Mythril, 1 Elixer, Pickled Mushroom (Effect Unknown), Emerald

"A well placed shot Flisperer. Sandman hold for another turn." Skrall notched another arrow and fired again at the Silver Octoraider from the back row. Battle Order: Karie Skrall Lind Sandman Warlen Jinnipher

Nur's words seemed to soften the Dwarf a little. "Disreputable is right. I suppose if you've seen the error of your ways... "What do ya think?" "If it's all the same to you, I'll remain here with Clarissa." The metasimian looked for a sign of approval from Atramor. The attendant shuffled through the paper work with a haughty expression on his face. "Hmmm... Everything appears to be in order. Very well, you can be assured the remains will be taken care of with the utmost respect."

"Sounds a bit like Lolth, though it's fortune indeed if you survived an encounter with her. Barlgura and Vrock are lesser fiends that I dealt with in a past life. Planning on going on any quests soon?"

"Never thought this hat would amount to much." The ogre grinned. "Let's deal with these vermin first. Once we've got a breather we can make a less hasty decision of how we want to carry this thing out." Skrall assumes command for the time being and knocks an arrow on his composite bow, taking aim at the Silver Octoraider from the back row. "Flynn, can you focus on the blue squid? The sooner that things dealt with, the better. The rest of ya, go for either the silver one or the orange sucker. Sandman, can you keep back and make sure you have a steady hand with these waves?" Battle Order: >Skrall vs. Silver Octoraider Karie Flynn Warlen >Sandman increases Lethality Jinnipher

"Unfortunately it's the only of its kind. Formally it's known as Brumfinnian's Map, as he was chief surveyor as he was elected by the clans at the time."

"The pleasure's mine." Boris turned back to Keliim, "Hard to tell, the alchemist only got through one batch before he keeled over and died. Bit confusing really, but he paid us before-hand and there weren't many clues to follow up on. So what variety of demon were you dealing with? Balor, Barlgura, vrock?"

"Could be. We've been hearing quite a bit about the effects of the price increases on the rest of the economy down here. Mushroom bread is over 3 gold a loaf these days."

"Demonic encounters from the ethereal, I hope you sent them back where they belonged?" The vampire took a sip from his wine glass. "Yes the assassins were almost as much of a pain as a Dwarf I had to keep in line. They had a touch of some sort of "Red Death" a disease of sorts that this alchemist was trying to cure. Apparently the assassins didn't think too highly of his work and were trying to stop it, but of course they didn't stand a chance against a fully armed party of heroes no matter how much in fighting was going on." "A young lady of proper upbringing, seems like a maiden to me. We'll move our conversation." The vampire smiled and indicated for the barbarian to slide further down the bar with him.

"You're right in that maps are readily available, this one however was a very old piece of cartography drafted during the cities' foundings by the city architects. It gives a lot more information on soil structure, cavern integrity, tunnel dimensions, water table soundings, more so than one could normally fine elsewhere." The dwarf examined the paper-work from Ellaria. "Give me a moment here." The dwarf fished a book off of the shelves. "Yes here we are." After a few minutes of scribbling the archivist handed a completed family tree to Ellaria. "That should do it. So how many of these perpetrators were there?"

"Yes long time no 'seen'. Worked a job outside the Eubric Forest hunting down assassins. Nasty bit of business, and quite the party to have to work with. Yourself?"

"Odmin!?! That fool! That impersonator! That soddin' scheming son of a stalagmite! Bet you he was trying to indoctrinate ya on the whole 'a good defense is the best offense' shtick. Truth is, any of these weapons here could pierce through any of his paltry parlor pieces any time, any day. The best defense is a good offense, no doubt about it. Ya didn't buy anything from the louse did ya? I've no interest in doin' business with any of his kind."

Boris slides down the bar, "Now now, Keliim, no need to be giving the maiden a fright." The cleric gives a slight bow "Boris Bruhalv."

"What the?" Skrall unstrapped his bow. "Ya might want to get up here mates!"

Skrall popped open a mead and downed it while strolling over to Sandman and indicating the water. "Seen anything like 'em before?" The ogre removed one of his lightning bombs and tying it via some twine to a bone tossed the contraption a good dozen yards to the port side seeing if any of the ship's pursuers would break off.

"I believe I'm all set." Nur approaches the sound of hammers and anvils, the smell of soot and the heat from furnaces greet him as he enters Fodmin's. "Brave soul coming in here, after Odmin's." A dwarf with wild hair approached Nur. "Hello, hello, hello! I'm sure yer here for a sword, ya look like ya could use a good blade, my dark-skinned fellow. I'd recommend a falchion for ya, or maybe a scimitar, or perhaps a cutlass, why not all three!"

"Sure thing. I'd take care Lind, she means it." Skrall smiled, "You're includin' yerself with that lot?" The ogre tipped his hat. "Skrall, good to meet ya Warlen."

"Aye, that's me. Ya sound like ya've done a bit of heroing before, though I can't recall ever seein' ya around the hall." "I've been thinking about that a bit, might be best if each of ya was carrying one of these." The ogre handed a Phoenix Incense to each of the fellow party members. "Just in case we get into a tight pinch. Aside from that my dear... Whisperer is it? Lookin' at our capabilities, not sure such distribution is really goin' to be makin' that much of a difference."

"Have you heard of the three brothers Krumpkin, Brumpkin, and Frumpkin? Tales say there was another brother, an ugly dwarf, one with skin black as coal that stowed away on the brothers crossing. His people hid in the shadows and caves on the edge of society, skimping here, leaching there, never fully welcome among them and so the dark dwarves have always been considered outcasts. Some say his folk made their home further under Uland, near the forgotten submerged temples and ruins of peoples long gone." "That's because there aren't supposed to be any 'evil dwarves' in the archives. Clarissa, are you OK" The metasimian helps the female dwarf to her feet. "Right as rain, Shrooft. I was sorting the shelves when the dastardly dwarves broke through the tile-work and proceeded to pounce upon yours truly. Though how they could have made it through a solid diamond floor, I have no idea. No clue what they would have wanted in here though, let me see." The dwarf took a moment to review the shelves around her. "It looks like the hooligans made off with one of the maps of the underground." The Party: Ellaria Arbour (Sandy) *Temporary Party Leader* 24 years old female human Alchemist Level 33 3/4 *Three rolls for Mixture* *Transfer poisoned and bleeding upon being hit* *No Free Hits for 3 rounds* Power: 43 Defense: 5 Health: 32/52 Gold: 113 Equipment: Geppetto's Hammer (WP:10, wood-elemental hammer, hollow [Diluted Arc Potion (Restores 15 health to all allies)]; hammer), Rubber Gloves (For Mixture, the die is rolled three times instead of twice, and the highest two results determine the created item; suitable to alchemists; handwear.), Robe of the Magi (SP:1, suitable for mages, clerics, alchemists, chi monks, decamon drafters, necromancers, regulators, scholars and weather mages; bodywear.), Spider Helmet (SP:4, passes poisoned and bleeding effects to the enemy when the wearer is hit; headwear), Spirit Robe (Renders wearer invisible to the enemy for the first three rounds of battle so they do not take free hits; backwear) Inventory: Weapons Ignis Fatuus (WP:13, permanently poisoned by 15, fire- and lighting-elemental staff), Sylvania's Crossbow (WP:10, wood-elemental crossbow), Pan Flute (WP: 7, instrument), Wizard's Staff (WP:1, fire-, wind-, water- and earth-elemental staff), Artefacts: Ranger's Quiver (WP: +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators, and winged warriors; backwear), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max Ether +5, protects from sealing; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers, scholars and weather mages, bodywear) Spell Items: Scroll of Inspiration (Inspired for rest of battle, 10 ether, 50/50 chance) Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Serenade of Water (Causes Water damage equal to the minstrel's level to all enemies per round for as long as the song is sung. Costs 10 ether per round. Battle Song), Ruby (Fire), Amethyst (Darkness) Consumables: 1 Potion, 1 Grand Potions, 3 Health Cores, 4 Tonics, Diluted Arc Tonic (Restores 10 ether to all allies), 3 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, Hyper Arc Tonic (Restores full ether to all allies), Arc Elixir (Restores 60 health and 15 ether to all allies and removes negative effects.), 4 Remedies, Neutralizer, Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essences, 1 Mead, 3 Smoke Bombs, Flash Bomb, 1 Fire Bombs, Ice Bomb, 1 Water Bomb, 2 Holy Bombs, Air Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Bad Breath (Poisoned by 1-effect to all enemies), Feather of White, 1 Elixer, Pristine Doll (Causes the Hexed-effect to one Light enemy, making it act against an ally instead of the heroes for 1 turn. Has 1/6 chance to break when used.); 1 Gold Bar, Fortune Flush (Causes the Lucky effect to all allies), Alchemist's Acid (Reduces a target's SP to 0, consumable) Tools: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Shovel Quest Items: Chief Kulbin's Letter, Lemuel Thisbeen's Ashes Dumora Copperstrike (Currently takes suggestions from Ellaria) Dwarven Female Vindicator *Immune to Cursed* Level: 35 Power Bonus: (+5 from front Row) Defense: 18 Health: 37/49 Gold: 0 Equipment: Mythril Longsword (WP:15), Mythril Shield (SP:15), Light Armor (SP: 3; torsowear), Fighting Boots (Power +5 on the front row; footwear), Blessed Amulet (Protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Gloves of Devotion (Healing restores 1.5x HP to the wearer, handwear) Inventory: Foe Smiter (WP 10, Light Elemental, Axe), Pick-ax, Magnifying Glass, Smoke Bomb, Remedy Atramor Gibbin, the Fiery Champion (CallMePie) 32 year old male human Decamon Drafter Level 41 4/5 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* Power: 70 Defense: 14 Health: 31/68 Ether: 27/47 Gold: 122 Equipment: Mythril Claws (WP: 30, double WP against humanoids, fire and darkness elemental, dual strike, daggers), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to water, wood, lightning, 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 Weapons: 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, darkness elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Silver Katana (WP: 15, longsword) Artifacts: 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), Chameleon Vest (Max. Health +10, the user becomes able to absorb the last element it was damaged with; bodywear) Scrolls: 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), Scroll of Tongues (Grants the user the Glossolalia Job Trait. Each casting lasts for a limited amount of time and costs 10 ether) Consumables: 6 Bones, Dirt Bomb, Ether Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds), Fenghuang Incense (After being consumed, automatically revives all party members with full health once when knocked out; cannot revive targets that are already knocked out.) Fire Bomb, 2 Grand Potions, 11 Grand Tonics, Health Core, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), 2 Meads, Nostrum, Phoenix Essence, 3 Phoenix Incenses, Potion, 3 Remedies, Smelling Salts, Smoke Bomb, 4 Venoms, Water Bomb, 1 Elixer, 1 Remedy Tools: 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.), Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), 2x Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope Decamon Deck (36): Volt Ant (Electric 1), Tweetybird (Flying 1), x2 Brains-in-a-Jar (Ethereal 2), x2 Barghest (Electric 2), Vampire Bat (Flying 3), Tangleweed (Plant 3), x2 Dune Ghoul (Rock 3), Simsalamander (Fiery 3), Sylph (Electric 3), Succubus (Fiery 4), x2 Holy Cow (Luminous 4), 2x Thunderbird (Electric 4), x2 Death's Rose (Plant 4) Shedu (Rock 5), Automaton (Electric 5), Night Mare (Dark 5), Mushroomhead (Plant 5), Unicorn (Luminous 5), Aquaphant (Aquatic 6), Electriphant (Electric 6), Cave Troll (Rock 6), Dryad (Plant 6), Sandman (Ethereal 6), Woodwose (Plant 7), Carcinos (Aquatic 8), Stone Golem (Rock 8), Storm Elemental (Electric 8), Pegasus (Luminous 8), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9), Phoenix (Fiery 9), Treant (Plant 9)

"Part of a team or not, you're expected to act towards the goal of the mission and represent the hall you're serving in. Keep that in mind, Ms. Jinnipher." "Am I going to have to keep you both separated for the duration of the trip?" Skrall turned to Faust. "I believe we're all ready to depart, your majesty."

Unfortunately I could see it definitely becoming overpowered, one of the best parts of being a knight class is you have a defensive piece of equipment that you can easily upgrade. You give that to other classes or you give knights two of those, you're going to see a lot of the enemies having to compensate for really high defenses.

"Dragons aren't ones to be cowards generally, nor unreasonable beasts, if you wouldn't mind me asking for a little more clarification concerning the arrangement of that previous alliance? Banishment seems a little much for such a great beast, wouldn't surprise me if he wasn't out for revenge. You speak of towns that are loyal, are there those that are not? Who else would be aligning themselves with the great wyrm?" "Or the dragon just hasn't made his way to them yet. It looks like we'll be making our way through the entire island eventually though."