CMP

"Aye, I'm sure the lil' guy'll lead us back safely." Atramor smirked a bit, and his eyes slid to Arthur. "How 'bout you, mate? This is kinda an all hands on deck sorta situation, hero or no." He tilted his head towards the everpresent Bellanotte.

"Yours ain't half bad either, lady," remarked Atramor as he picked up a cake, dunking it straight into his cup of unsweetened, milkless tea and taking a large bite.

"The traitor reveals himself at last," chuckled Atramor with a smirk, stealthily stowing his flask.

"Arthur? He's hangin' 'round here? Damn, who ain't we gonna run into..." Atramor shrugged his shoulders, taking a seat and nodding at the offer of tea. "Thank ya' ma'am. Atramor Gibbin. Gotta say, feels like years since I just...took a nice long sit." He reclined very comfortably in the chair for the time being. "Shame we ain't here for leisure, but we've got some business. Maybe Althior's best suited to fill ya' in."

Atramor whirls around in momentary confusion for a moment before realizing that he is not only back but that the young wizard was also present in the front of the manner. "Dark. And judgmental," grumbled the rogue. "Kid, I dunno what the hell that thing in there was, but you gotta be a damn sight more careful when you go doing...whatever the hell that was."

"Sure thing, mate. All yours."

"Well, I'm not likin' the looks of this, mates, but this is where we are." Atramor opens the door and sidles inside with confidence, adrenaline and lots of rum coursing through his veins.

Atramor wastes no time tossing the Deadly Venom to Dyric, keeps the Greater Potions for himself on realizing everyone else is more than stocked up, and throws Althior the Dragon Scale. He then climbs aboard Torc, finding the most comfortable spot possible amidst the scales and spines, and after doing so, scratches his head in familiarity. "...Hoke, this that lil' one we were runnin' 'round the Fields with a while back? Holy hell they grow up fast! We appreciate the ride, miss," he thanked, tilting his hat.

Atramor pops out of his hiding spot to see the Obsidian Wyvern shaking and threatening to collapse the area. "We've almost got 'em, mates! Keep up the heals Matthias, you're doin' great. Belanotte, maybe sing somethin' to boost our power while we finish these things? For the love of Oleg, use earth spells, Althior; might not deal damage but if these things scream any louder the whole damn place is coming down on our head. And someone get Torc up - nobody's bitin' it on my watch," growls Atramor as he advances on Obsidian Wyvern A from the back row. Battle Order Bellanotte Hoke Atramor Dyric Althior Matthias Torc

Atramor, brought back once more from the brink, looks drained as he dives into Obsidian Wyvern B from the back row with both claws. He will repeat unless nobody has targeted the Hunter Wyvern, in which case he will attack it from the front row. Battle Order Bellanotte Hoke Dyric Atramor Althior Torc Matthias

I don't see any change. I'm hoping that being lucky alters my attack outcome so we don't have to deal with Comforting Spores again.

I should still be lucky. It's from Kingpin, not a temporary buff.

When revived, Atramor will stand, shaking off the instantly-healed claw marks across his back, and dive in to Vermillion Wyvern A with both claws from the front row. "Damn, mate. Those lizards hurt...appreciate it." Battle Order: > Bellanotte: Rapid March Hoke Hoke Torc: Make Matthias lucky Torc: If Matthias not lucky, make Matthias lucky; otherwise, make Althior lucky > Matthias: If lucky, Heal (Stave of Grasping Thorns) vs. Bellanotte; otherwise, Nostrum v. Self > Matthias: If Althior injured, Heal (Stave of Grasping Thorns) v. Althior; otherwise, Extraordinaire v. Vermillion A > Matthias: If any party member injured, Heal (Stave of Grasping Thorns) v. first (by battle order) injured party member; otherwise, Extraordinaire v. Speckled A > Althior: If any party member injured, Heal v. injured party member (Fire spell on Alea Iacta Est); otherwise, ... > Althior: If more than one party member *KO*, Phoenix Incense v. Party; otherwise Atramor > Dyric Thanks for the suggestion Stickfig. I've been trying to keep the battle as nonconditional as possible, but I don't think that's going to happen if we all want to survive.

Second one's in flight and I don't have any ranged weapons.

Okay...I guess I misunderstood how hastened works with free hits. I also just checked the wiki, and Minstrel songs appear to stack with lucky and hastened and whatnot. So that's pretty awesome. WBD, let me know if I'm wrong on that count otherwise that will seriously impact the new plan. Sorry about the mistakes so far ya'll, trying to get back into the groove of things. Everyone else, keep in mind that you now have an additional turn (so Matthias can take an extra action - Althior needs his extra to recover from stunned, unfortunately.) As long as we make sure our attacks are spread out we won't take more than one free hit. I'm thinking Hoke takes the Hunters and Dyric hits everything still in flight: thoughts? Hoke is among the few of us that could take a hit from the Hunters. Atramor, growing frustrated at the lack of progress, slashes twice at Vermillion Wyvern A from the front row, twice at Vermillion Wyvern B from the front row, and Obsidian Wyvern B from the back row. "Damn, don't tell me I'm gettin' rusty already..." Battle Order Bellanotte Atramor Atramor Atramor Dyric Dyric Althior Althior Althior Torc Hoke Hoke Matthias Matthias Matthias

Whoops. Fixed. My calculations were for the correct target anyway so I think things are alright unless Althior has different actions.

Atramor uses his Kraken Fang on himself before igniting his Phoenix Incense, both from the back row. Battle Order >Hoke vs. Speckled B >Atramor uses Kraken Fang >Atramor uses Phoenix Incense >Althior (fire) vs. Speckled A >Althior (wind) vs Hunter A >Matthias uses Smelling Salts >Matthias heals Althior >Bellanotte sings Rapid March >Dyric vs. Speckled B >Dyric vs. Vermillion A I know it's not exactly ideal but we're eating some free hits and there's both damage and immunities to take into account.

Ah, okay.

Hunter Wyvern B should be grounded, Althior hit it. Also not sure about my damage numbers: (32+45+3)x2)x2) should be 320 for my regular hit, since the Vermillion Wyvern is vermin. And since the first one is Fragile, my critical should've done 896. Atramor grumbled to himself, hastily wiping some of the dragon blood off his coat as he reached into it, whipping out a Phoenix Incense and lighting it, wafting it around Dyric and Bellanotte in the back row. Assuming Belanotte plays her tune again, his second action will be to slash at Vermillion Wyvern B from the front row. "Althior, fix yourself up, you're 'bout to fall over, mate."

Atramor rolled his eyes up into the sky - of course the damn things were flying - and prepared to whip out his claws and slash at any grounded enemies, twice, from the front row, prioritizing the Vermilion Wyverns. "Aye, Dyric's got the right idea, Bellanotte. Althior, Matthias, try and spread out your attacks as much as ya' can so Hoke and I can rip 'em up once their scaly hides are on the ground. And look out for those damn Hunters!" Battle Order Althior Althior Bellanotte Dyric Dyric Matthias Matthias Atramor Atramor Hoke Hoke No sense wasting ether on Althior when he's already hastened.

"Not a bad idea." Atramor frowned and scratched his chin. "But...well, the body's still here, so it's probably been here for a good two and a half centuries. What kinda insights are we hopin' she might have?"

"Yaknow, back in the day, everyone used regular damn locks, I dunno when the hell this nonsense became so damn popular," grumbled Atramor.

Atramor, with some hesitation, pries open the sarcophagus with his magic shovel. "Never thought I'd be desecratin' a grave for justice....here goes nothin'..."

Atramor crossed his arms and glanced sideways at Althior, with a raised eyebrow, and after a moment, decided to toss his Greater Tonic (30 ether) to the prophet. "Ya' wanna do the honors and light it up, mate?"

"Tripwire, ya'll be careful," remarked Atramor as he stepped over it and followed Hoke's lead.