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"Yes, some of the clan leaders are working to free as many in the High Kingdoms as they can. Though some are still more troublesome than others. And of course the sartar paladins are doing everything they can to delay the process." Miderun nodded, and pulled over the full mug, taking a long sip. She hadn't yet gotten used to the ready availability of alcohol outside Baltarok, but still found it quite intoxicating. "Sure. I hardly know anything about this city. Might as well spend time learning about it while I'm here."

Miderun looked up at the orcish bartender, looking quite surprised. "Don't know any Eris. Is that supposed to be an orcish name?" She blinked, then shook her head. "Well, I'm Miderun. Apparently some heroes from around here helped out Baltarok, where I'm from." The orc glanced around, as though paranoid. "Humans, even. I figured there's gotta be some reason why. And it turns out you're sellswords with a sense of morality or something. Styro dal Olag. And that works for me. I, well, expected more orcs, though."

Miderun seemed about as confused as one wearing a facemask could as she saw the bar's counter dotted with slips of pink paper. She initially suspected it was some kind of human ritual. Everyone present seemed to be signing their names onto them though, human or no, so maybe it was some sort of hero initiation? She scrawled her name onto the scrap and recoiled slightly as it vanished instantly. "Now that doesn't make any sense..."

Atramor stared at what seemed to be a frozen skeleton, glanced back at the torture room, and grumbled at the muffled call. "Alright, alright....we'd better head back to corpse and see what's behind that door."

Mind giving me some pointers on signing up for quests?

Miderun (CallMePie), The Woman Who Killed Sean Cole 19 year old female orc Berserker Level 20 *Immune to poisoned* *Attacks cause Enamored* *Deals Poisoned by 10 to attackers* Power: 38 (15+20+3) Power Bonus: 3 (+12 if first in order, +3 if on the front row) Defense: 10 Health: 37/37 (8+10+19) Gold: 2 Equipment: Orokuul (WP: 15, dark- and ice-elemental, +1 WP after every successful hit, resets at end of current quest, greatsword), Scorpion Shield (SP: 10, immune to poisoned, causes poisoned by 10-effect to anyone physically attacking the wielder, shield), Seductive Perfume (Holder deals the enamored-effect, accessory, suitable for women), Redhawk Helmet (Power +12 if the wearer acts first in the battle order; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; headwear), Lesser Orc Gauntlets: (+6 power on the front row, +3 on the back, handwear, suitable only to orcs) Inventory: Weapons: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP: 9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes), Serstyral (WP: 3, axe), Wicked Javelin (WP: 7, 1/6 chance of dealing the slowed-effect, throwing weapon), Oculoid Claw (WP: 13, 1/6 chance of dealing the infected-effect, causing an enemy to lose health equal to 1/3 of their level rounded down at the end of each round, club), Living Shield (SP: 10, SP increases by 1 every time the user takes damage from an enemy, resets after every battle, shield) Artifacts: High Heels (Power +1; suitable for women.), Loincloth of the Ancient (SP: 3, Absorbs Earth, footwear), Twizty's Mystery Box (Traps a fraction of the demon's soul in the box; Deals 666 Dark damage OR Poisoned +6, Bleeding +6 OR Cursed effect to opponent, determined by a dice roll. Usable every 6 rounds in a quest. Accessory), Consumables: Mermaid Scale (Increase SP by 1 for the duration of one battle; consumable), Phoenix Essence, 3 Potions, Mead, 2 Grand Potions, Greater Potion (Restores 50 health to the target), Grand Tonic, 7 Venom, Smoke Bomb, Health Core, Orcish Grog (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects to greenskins, but encouraged- and jinxed-effects to others for one battle, consumable.), Confuse Bomb, 2 Serpent Scales (Grants Reinforced and Nimble-effects for the duration of one battle when consumed), Level-Up Mushroom

Not so deep in the bowels - because as it turned out Eubric was an island and the caves below it were not so pleasant - of Heroica Hall, a new hero was about to leave her mark. The door swung open easily as the harsh sunlight bathed the heedless drunks inside as though a mysterious, angelic form stood behind it... But actually it was an orc. "Damn," muttered the figure behind the hood wrapped around her face. "Who's taking care of this place? I was a step away from blowing my entrance..." She stomped roughly on the loose floorboard, jamming it back into place. The orc shook her head, taking a more complete look around before heading over to the saloon, to find a bottle of Mead awaiting her. "...Free drinks? Vohln Tarok, no wonder these islands are so successful..." The new hero curled her fingers around the drink, but concerned herself more with examining the Hall and its inhabitants first. With luck, she'd be there awhile. Miderun (CallMePie) 17 year old female orc Barbarian Level 1 Power: 4 Health: 8/8 Gold: 10 Equipment: Serstyral (WP: 3, axe) Inventory: Potion, Mead

"I don't take much damage and can kill undead the fastest. Between me and Thalion I think we can handle it without takin' too many hits."

"Why, so you can get your unarmored megablocks handed to you if we get into a fight? Pretzel, take Ratabor and Heckz down the right hall, me and Thalion will go left."

"We're standing on a tiled floor ya' crazy old bastard..." Atramor shook his head. He'd gotten too used to having weathered allies at his side.

Atramor stared as pink scraps of paper showered down around the party even as they discussed their next more, scribbling his name down on one of them and waving it out of existence before it caught aflame.

"Thalion, hold the hell on a minute, isn't there a good chance this door leads right to whoever did this? I want to make sure there's not another army waitin' at the end of those tunnels to be called out. Hell, he could have hostages down there too. They're wide open, but as long as these doors remain shut we only have one thing to deal with." Atramor grabbed one of the larger bones out of the barrel, removes the peasant's vest and wraps it around the end of the bone, lighting the wrap of cloth with the flint and steel. "And here's our second torch."

Still really bitter over that because I would've stayed had the Witch's Shield been the way it is now.

Atramor stared at the portal as it failed to teleport Ratabor, then looked back up at the cleric. "Guess it's not really a matter of choice. We'll all get outta this fine, mate. Speakin' of which, ya' might wanna heal yourself."

"So what, you're just gonna leave us here to try and rescue these guys? We need all the help we can get, and you're the best Cleric in the business." The regulator scratched his chin, slinging the shield over his back and picking up the torch. "Let's split up and head down these tunnels before we do anythin' else. No tellin' what's sittin' behind these doors."

I should've been dealing double damage because the Pheles Kris has a diamond in it. Not that it matters. Also, my weapon power and shield power should be back to normal, right? Atramor steps back as the troll crumbles into a pile of bones, sorting out the loot briefly. "Good work, mates. I'll hold onto this spear, I s'pose..." Loot Atramor - High Heels, Bone Heckz - Deluxe Skeleton Decoy Pretzel - Blessed Amulet, 2 Bones Thalion - Leather Armor, Peasant's Hood, 2 Bones "Are ya' sure, Ratabor? Ya' did a fine job, and we still have to round up these...what, paladins?" Atramor inspects the fallen paladin's shield to see if it was worth keeping.

I believe it only affects rolls of DAMAGE and Free Hits.

Not bad. It looks really short and chunky, though, and the docking clamps aren't as nearly as long as they should be.

Someone sacrificed a goat and said something about killing some heroes? Results of Round 3 of Battle 11: Magic Carp A, Gloom Widow A, Thug Slug A, Phoenix and Crab A kill Aepyornis C - (KO, -5 ether) Aquaphant, Crab B, C, D, E, Glow Widow A and B kill Aepyornis D - (KO, -7 ether) >Docken vs. Aepyornis A - Special Damage: Road Runner (Docken slowed) >Docken throws Fire Bomb - (5 fire damage to everyone) >Alf throws Fire Bomb - (5 fire damage to everyone) >Namyrra throws Fire Bomb - (5 fire damage to everyone) >Namyrra throws Fire Bomb - (5 fire damage to everyone) Aepyornis A, White Rabbit A vs. Docken - (scared, no effect) White Rabbit B vs. Johon - (17/2 - 20 = 0 damage) White Rabbit C vs. Namyrra - (17/2 - 5 = 4 dmg) Namyrra's undead horde surrounds and devours the pair of aepyorni fighting for their lives. The other one tramples Docken into the dirt. The heroes start roasting the fluffy little bunnies alive with fire bombs. Good job. Enemies: Aepyornis A *Hastened* Type: Flying? Level: 19 Health: 262/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts White Rabbit A Type: Beast/Icy Level: 17 Health: 115/195 Special: I’m Late! – White Rabbit flees the battle. Drops: 1 Glory Point White Rabbit B Type: Beast/Icy Level: 17 Health: 99/195 Special: I’m Late! – White Rabbit flees the battle. Drops: 1 Glory Point White Rabbit C Type: Beast/Icy Level: 17 Health: 115/195 Special: I’m Late! – White Rabbit flees the battle. Drops: 1 Glory Point Party: Bartholomew Docken, Dragonslayer (Brickdoctor) *Party Leader* 32-year-old human male, Warden Level 43.4 *Gains Triple XP* *Takes Halved Damage from Free Hits* *Scary* *Immune to Defense Reduction, Removal of Positive Effects,Confusion,Blindness,Poison, Fragile, Sudden Death, Fire, Earth, and Wind* *Counterstriking* *Hastened* *Slowed* Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 23 Health: 75/75 Gold: 416 GP: 143 Equipment: Darksteel Crossbow (WP: 10; Blinded-effect), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Dread Hat (permanent Scary-effect; immune toDefense Reduction, Removal of Positive Effects, Confusion, Blindness, Poison, Fragile, Fire, Earth, and Wind; Headwear), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3; Damage of all Free Hits is halved; Bodywear),Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; Accessory), Counterstrike Gloves (After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; Handwear), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Sudden Death; Backwear) Inventory: Pan (WP: 1; +1 Max HP; suitable for all classes), Fishstick (WP: 7; deals double Damage on ships; club) • Large Water Canteen (Carries 6 portions of water; Accessory), Aqua Gear (adds water-element to physical attacks and protects from water-elemental damage, accessory) • Potions (2), Grand Potions (4), Health Cores (4), Remedies (11), 3x Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, 2 Meads, Mulled Wine, Smoke Bombs (5), Water Bombs (5), Lightning Bombs (13), Bones (12), Skeleton Decoy, Venom (5), Deadly Venom, Teleportapple, Adamantite Shard (1/4 Adamantite) • Bedroll, Shovel, Magnifying Glass Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) 1337 years old female Fenarian Necromancer Level 44.2 *Immune to Sealed, Stunned, and Lightning* *Gain Triple Experience* *1/6 chance for Luck* *Lucky* Power Bonus: 0 Defence: 5 Health: 24/58 Ether: 20/66 Gold: 919 GP: 140 Equipment: Crystal Mace (WP:45 (5 multiplied by the amount of gems imbued), fire, ice, wind, water, lightning, earth, wood, light and darkness elemental), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Ether:5. immune to Sealing, bodywear), Medal of Glory (gain triple XP; accessory), Gold Dragon Crown (+6 max ether, immunity to lightning and stunned, headwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, backwear), Bravado Boots (suit: Anyone, 1/6 chance of receiving*Lucky* at start of battle) Inventory: Empyreal Staff (WP:15), Staff of the Necromancer (WP:12; damages undead; +1 level to raised undead; staff), Nocturne Flute (WP:6, asleep effect, instrument), Seductive Perfume (adds Enamored effect to all attacks), Desert Cloak (Immunity to fire-,earth- and wind-elemental damage; backwear), Water Canteen (Carries 3 portions of water; essential in deserts to avoid dehydration; accessory), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Sudden Death; Backwear), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear),Amethyst,Emerald,Topaz,Garnet, Diamond,Sapphire,Ruby, 2x Aquamarine, Scroll of Blinding, Scroll of Arc Blinding, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, 8 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3x Tonic, 4 Ether Cores, 9x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense, 12 Meads, 4 Smelling Salts, 6 Nostrum, Ambrosia, 9x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, 4 Smoke Bombs, Holy Bomb, 14 Water Bombs, 13 Lightning Bombs, 3 Dirt Bombs, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Flash Bomb, Demon Repellant (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons during one battle), Soul Cage (doomed-effect to all combatants), Naamah’s Hourglass (Randomly causes either hastened or slowed to the target at the cost of 3 ether), Skeleton Decoy, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq), 17 Bones, Skeleton Decoy Undead Army (49): Undead Bloody Bug A, Level 6 Dark Undead Death's Rose A, Level 15 Dark Undead Flutterfly, Level 8 Dark Undead Mutterfly A, Level 7 Dark Undead Mutterfly B, Level 7 Dark Undead Mutterfly C, Level 7 Dark Undead Nutterfly A, Level 9 Dark Undead Nutterfly B, Level 9 Dark Undead Shutterfly A, Level 6 Dark Undead Splatterfly A, Level 10 Dark Undead Splatterfly C, Level 10 Dark Undead Aquaphant, Level 41 Dark Undead Gloom Widow A, Level 33 Dark Undead Gloom Widow B, Level 33 Dark Undead Magic Carp A, Level 66 Dark Undead Magic Carp B, Level 66 Dark Undead Tangleweed A, Level 25 Dark Undead Tangleweed B, Level 25 Dark Undead Tangleweed C, Level 25 Dark Undead Tangleweed E, Level 25 Dark Undead Angry Crab A, Level 40 Dark Undead Angry Crab B, Level 40 Dark Undead Angry Crab C, Level 40 Dark Undead Angry Crab D, Level 40 Dark Undead Angry Crab E, Level 40 Dark Undead Phoenix, Level 45 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog A, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog B, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog C, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog D, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog E, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog F, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog G, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog H, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog I, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog K, Level 19 Dark Undead Rainbow Frog L, Level 19 Dark Undead Arachnophobia, Level 39 Dark Undead Glow Widow A, Level 33 Dark Undead Glow Widow B, Level 33 Dark Undead Glow Widow C, Level 33 Dark Undead Glow Widow D, Level 33 Dark Undead Glow Widow E, Level 33 Dark Undead Serpivine A, Level 21 Dark Undead Serpivine B, Level 21 Dark Undead Serpivine C, Level 21 Dark Undead Serpivine D, Level 21 Dark Undead Thug Slug A, Level 35 Dark Undead Thug Slug B, Level 35 Dark Johon (Bricksandparts) 25 years old male human Barbarian Berserker Level 30 *Natural Respite* *Immune to: Fragile/Stunned* Power Bonus: 4 Health: 30/47 Defence: 20 Gold: 2004 GP: 139 Equipment: Gladius (WP:15, suit: Anyone,Darkness, 1/3 chance of causing *Fragile* on succesful hits), Iris Shield (SP: 15; reflects physical damage back to the attacker regardless of row or defense, if the user survives the attack), Heavy Armour (suit: Bararians/Knights, SP:5, *Immune to Fragile*), Hide of The Bleeding (suit: Anyone, +10HP +5ETH for every enemy user defeats), Scarlet Hood(suit: Anyone, pwr:+4, *Immune to Stunned*) Inventory: * Simple Helmet (suit: Anyone, HP:+1), Pseudo's hood (suit: Anyone, Ignores Undead immunity), Quiver of Poisoning (suit: Rangers/Beast Warriors/Infiltrators/Winged Warriors, Causes *Poisoned by 1*using bows/crossbows),Blessed Amulet (suit: Anyone, *Immune to cursed*), Dog Statuette (Rover) (suit: Anyone, SP:+1), Sticky Gloves (suit: Rogues/Beast Warriors, 1.5 multiplier for stealing),Counterstrike Gloves (suit: Anyone, deals damage equal to level when hit with free-hit), Sterile Gloves (Suit: Anyone, *Immune to Poisoned/Bleeding*), Barbarian's Boots (suit: Barbarians/Chi Monks/Beast Warriors, *Restoration*) * Greatsword (WP:+3, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Beast Warriors/Necromancers/Regulators), Focal Staff (WP:+5, suit: Clerics/Mages, Ability: Roll 3 at cost of 5 ether), Stalker’s Mallet (WP:+8, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Harlots, 1/2 chance of causing *sealed*), Lullaby Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers,Causes *asleep*), Lovelorn Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *enamored*), Scaridy Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *afraid*), Wand of Wrath (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *enraged*), Shield (SP:5), Sword of Decay (WP:8, causes Decaying effect [deals damage equal to 1/4 the power of the original hit for three rounds, does not stack], greatsword), The Muckraker (WP:13, Earth, Water, Wood; causes Weakened; Greatsword), * Potion(s) (25), Grand Potion(s) (19), Health Core, Grand Tonic(s) (1), 9x Remedy, 2x Phoenix Essence, Mead(s) (14), Smelling Salt(s) (18), Nostrum(s) (16), Venom(s) (10), Deadly Venom(s) (7), Ambrosia(s) (2), Mulled Wine (1), Trial Brew(s)(1), Ectoplasm(s) (1), 1 Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, 14 Lightning Bombs, 13 Bones, Skeleton Decoy * Aquamarine (2), Emerald (1), Garnet (1), Opal (1), Ruby (1), Sapphire (1), Topaz (1), Diamond (2), Amethyst (2) * Scroll of Sleep (1), Scroll of Blindness (1), Scroll of Sealing (1), Scroll of Confusion (1), Scroll of Frailty (1), Scroll of Weakening (1) * Shovel (1), Pick-axe (2), Magnifying Glass (1), Magic Compass (1), Water Canteen (2), Magniscope * Blue Rose (Invasion of Luosh), Fifty Shades of Bley (1), Mythril Shard (1), Level Up Mushroom

I think I did something like that in Quest 51 and it was fine.

Crimson Haze makes a weapon deal it permanently. And no, Wave Sword inflicts the cursed effect.

Crimson Venom, Crimson Haze, Wave Sword.

Free stuff day.

At some point a few months ago it was brought up and you realized everybody had completely misunderstood what you intended for the effect since the game's beginning. Just wanted to make sure.

There's not a base cost for dual spells or healing. You lose 1 ether for each individual hit/heal, basically. You don't lose ether if you take damage or special damage. That isn't how I intended the item to work. On an almost unrelated note... Is this right, Sandy?