CMP

I always knew someday, somehow, you'd host a Quest with NPCs only.

Yeah, of course.

I like to think of the wyvern's dragon-fire as a sort of toxic napalm. It's...not a nice thought when you're fighting from the back of a wooden cart. So, the moment of truth. I knew Byblos would stab us in the back at some point. At least we can save him from the worst of it. We just have to, you know, stab him back a couple times. It's for the best. Really. If there's anything I've learned from Quests 75 and 85, it's that all of Sandy's NPCs come at a cost. And I don't think Byblos has been fully paid off yet.

Atramor pushed himself up to his feet with the Pheles Rod, cloak torn to shreds by Ahriman's claws. The regulator watched as Namyrra and Nyx worked to take down the demon eye, nodding in thanks to Docken. His gaze then turned to the white-eyed Byblos. He blinked. "The hell is wrong with-" Atramor paused as the sickly librarian began to mumble. It took only a few words for him to figure it out. He sheathed the Pheles Rod and drew the General's Dagger - without a second of hesitation, he swung the weapon down at Byblos. McCafferey, who to his surprise had been silent the entire battle, took notice, and squawked loudly. ~'What are you doing?'~ she hissed, voice cold in his mind. He, however answered aloud. "The eye has him now; if it starts losin' and decides to turn him against us, there's not a damn thing he'll be able to do about it. It could do a lot worse than take him outta commission for a minute....but we can strike first. If he's lucky, this'll snap him out of it. If not, well....it'll give us an easier time when he turns. Damn fool."

If it helps, I would give you the triple damage due to Dragonsbane on the Wyvern if A. you targeted it and B. if you somehow managed to hit it.

Round Five of Cart Ambush Filler Battle Thing >Alexandre vs. Elder Hippogriff (Blademaster) - Critical Hit (44/2 = 22 damage, +1 gold) Guts vs. Roc (Lifestealer) - Steal Extra Critical Hit (129 x 2 = 258 damage) >Dyric vs. Hippogriff (Requiem) - Special Damage Lethal Hit (43 damage, no assassination, Elder Hippogriff KO'd) Thormanil vs. Roc (Dragonsbane) - Special Damage: Heavenly Flight (Roc no longer stunned) Alexis vs. Roc (Fan) - Hit (59 x 4 = 216 damage) Guts vs. Roc (Lifestealer) - Special Damage Shield: Ravage (194 = 194 damage to all enemies) >Guts vs. Wyvern - Hit Hit (65 x 2/2 = 65 damage) Haldor vs. Roc (Dualis) - Special Guard: Heavenly Flight (Roc flies away, +500 health, no longer poisoned) Roc poisoned by 1 Alexandre lands a strike on the hippogriff that sends it spiralling down into the ground. Dyric puts it out of its misery with a well-placed arrow before it disappears from sight as the cart speeds up. Alexis and Guts tag-team the roc, cutting one wing to near-shreds, causing it to fly off to heal for the rest of the round. Guts continues to keep the venomous wyvern at bay. Olmstyr pulls a sharp turn that nearly turns the cart on its side to avoid a small boulder as the roc swoops back down. Enemies Greater Wyvern *Immune to sudden death and all negative effects* Level 76 Flying Ancient Health: 567/1505 Special: Sulfur Inferno - The Greater Wyvern spews toxic flames overhead, dealing 33 fire-elemental damage ignoring row and the poisoned by-5 to the entire party. Drops: Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all enemies), 5 Deadly Venoms Roc *Immune to sudden death* Level 58 Flying/Rock Health: 856/2059 Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 500 health restored and all negative effects removed from it. Drops: 2 Elixirs Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 3x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Blinded* *Counterstriking* *Encouraged* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 68/68 Gold: 518 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves, Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles) 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones, Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile) Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 64 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones, Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear) Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Everyone, please choose an action. Party leader, please list a battle order.

They're not too crazy about gods either, I don't know how Pretzel would get along with them.

Races tied too closely to magic (elves, norns, etc) are considered just as harmful as magic itself. It's a matter of them trying to limit progress to what they think is reasonable for where humanity is. If they were completely successful, theoretically, history would play out much as it has in the real world. No magic, no near-steampunk airships or automatons. All the things that differentiate Heroica from the typical medieval era would be gone.

Magic and higher technology. It just occurred to me they're so immediately hostile that nobody's ever asked what they do.

Round Four of Cart Ambush Filler Battle Thing >Dyric vs. Hippogriff (Requiem) - Special Damage Damage (No effect, blinded) Alexis vs. Roc (Fan) - Shield: Pleasure House - All Nighter (All enemies asleep, +3 gold) Alexandre vs. Elder Hippogriff (Blademaster) - Shield: Arrogant Prick (74 damage, +1 gold, Winged Sandals stolen, Hippogriff awakened) Guts vs. Roc (Lifestealer) - Special Damage Steal (No effect) Thormanil vs. Roc (Dragonsbane) - Deflected Damage (No effect, blinded) >Guts vs. Wyvern - Hit Shield: Ravage (194/2 = 97 damage to all enemies, Roc awakened) Haldor vs. Roc (Dualis) - Hit (36 x 2 = 72 damage) Roc and Elder Hippogriff poisoned by 1 The battle rages. The Hippogriff and Roc recover, forcing Dyric and Thormanil to duck for cover. Alexis ruffles some feathers in a somewhat disturbingly literal way. Alexandre lops off two of the hippogriff's feet, send it into a rage, while Guts continues to hold back the roc and wyvern. Haldor's rock bounces off the giant eagle's noggin. Enemies Greater Wyvern *Immune to sudden death and all negative effects* Level 76 Flying Ancient Health: 826/1505 Special: Sulfur Inferno - The Greater Wyvern spews toxic flames overhead, dealing 33 fire-elemental damage ignoring row and the poisoned by-5 to the entire party. Drops: Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all enemies), 5 Deadly Venoms Roc *Immune to sudden death* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 58 Flying/Rock Health: 1024/2059 Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 500 health restored and all negative effects removed from it. Drops: 2 Elixirs Elder Hippogriff *Poisoned by 1* Level 46 Flying Beast Health: 30/828 Special: Aerial Assault – The Elder Hippogriff flies to the sky for the remainder of the round, avoiding all damage, and lands on the target for 82 damage at the beginning of the next round. Drops: Nothing Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Blinded* *Counterstriking* *Encouraged* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 68/68 Gold: 518 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves, Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles) 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones, Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile) Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 63 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones, Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear) Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Everyone, please choose an action. Party leader, please list a battle order. Olmstyr pulls his head down as the wyvern nearly carves it off his shoulders, struggling to maintain control of the cart, desperately trying to avoid their attacks while driving as the party fights back. "Don't suppose Arx would be up to a one-on-one with this scaly bastard?"

Round Three of Cart Ambush Filler Battle Thing >Dyric vs. Harpy B (Requiem) - Lethal Aim Lethal Critical Hit (63 damage, no assassination) Alexis vs. Harpy A (Fan) - Special Damage: Feral Strike (No effect, sealed) Alexandre vs. Elder Hippogriff (Blademaster) - Special Dodge: Aerial Assault (Hippogriff no longer stunned) Guts vs. Roc (Lifestealer) - Steal Extra Critical Hit (129 x 2 = 258 damage) Guts vs. Roc - Damage Shield: Ravage (194 damage to all enemies, Aepyorni and Harpies KO'd) Thormanil vs. Aepyornis A Elder Hippogriff (Dragonsbane) - Special Damage: Aerial Assault (No effect, sealed) >Guts vs. Wyvern - Damage Extra Critical Hit (129 x 2/2 = 129 damage) Haldor vs. Roc (Dualis) - Hit (36 x 2 = 72 damage) Roc and Elder Hippogriff poisoned by 1 Dyric nails one of the hapies again. Alexandre and Thormanil narrowly avoid the hippogriff's grasp, the former jumping back to the cart when he sees Guts taking a swing at his short-lived mount, slaying all the lesser avians at once and severely injuring the remaining two. Haldor again beats the roc back. Enemies Greater Wyvern *Immune to sudden death and all negative effects* Level 76 Flying Ancient Health: 923/1505 Special: Sulfur Inferno - The Greater Wyvern spews toxic flames overhead, dealing 33 fire-elemental damage ignoring row and the poisoned by-5 to the entire party. Drops: Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all enemies), 5 Deadly Venoms Roc *Immune to sudden death* *Sealed, 1 round* *Blinded, 1 round* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 58 Flying/Rock Health: 1194/2059 Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 500 health restored and all negative effects removed from it. Drops: 2 Elixirs Elder Hippogriff *Sealed, 1 round* *Blinded, 1 round* *Poisoned by 1* Level 46 Flying Beast Health: 299/828 Special: Aerial Assault – The Elder Hippogriff flies to the sky for the remainder of the round, avoiding all damage, and lands on the target for 82 damage at the beginning of the next round. Drops: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; accessory) Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Blinded* *Counterstriking* *Encouraged* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 68/68 Gold: 515 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves, Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles) 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones, Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile) Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 62 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Everyone, please choose an action. Party leader, please list a battle order.

"Aye, alright then," nodded Atramor. If Right Wing is dead, he will do nothing from the back row.

"Shouldn't Byblos seal the wing to make sure we're not losin' all our effects?" If facing Ahriman, Atramor will stand in the back row.

Round Two of Cart Ambush Filler Battle Thing Thormanil vs. Aepyornis A (Dragonsbane) - Deflected Damage (No effect, asleep) Alexandre vs. Elder Hippogriff (Blademaster) - Critical Hit (44 damage, Elder Hippogriff awake, +1 gold) Alexis vs. Harpy A (Fan) - Masochism (No effect, asleep, Alexis encouraged) >Dyric vs. Harpy B (Requiem) - Shield Shield: Grim Reaper (No assassination) >Guts vs. Wyvern (Lifestealer) - Damage Steal (No effect) Guts vs. Roc - Hit Shield: Ravage (194 damage to all enemies, all enemies awake) Haldor vs. Roc (Dualis) - Extra Critical Hit (72 x 2 = 144 damage) Aepyornis A, B, and C no longer stunned Aepyornis B vs. Thormanil - (No effect, blinded) Aepyornis C vs. Alexandre - (No effect, blinded) Roc, Aepyorni A, B, C, Harpies A, B, and Elder Hippogriff poisoned by 1 The fight continues. Thormanil can barely keep a hold on the aepyornis, running alongside the cart as if on instinct while asleep. Alexandre ducks beneath the hippogriff as it hurtles towards the ground, taking a chunk out of its head as it passes, waking it and causing it to glide back up into the air. Alexis is strangely stimulated by watching one of the harpies sleep, while Dyric peppers her fellow with arrows without success. Guts's dagger glances off the wyvern's hide uselessly, but feels the urge to get up and dance in the back of the cart. First, however, he cuts through every enemy he can reach. The roc makes a retaliatory dive, which Haldor diverts. Violently. Enemies Greater Wyvern *Immune to sudden death and all negative effects* Level 76 Flying Ancient Health: 1246/1505 Special: Sulfur Inferno - The Greater Wyvern spews toxic flames overhead, dealing 33 fire-elemental damage ignoring row and the poisoned by-5 to the entire party. Drops: Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all enemies), 5 Deadly Venoms Roc *Immune to sudden death* *Sealed, 2 rounds* *Blinded, 2 rounds* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 58 Flying/Rock Health: 1719/2059 Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 500 health restored and all negative effects removed from it. Drops: 2 Elixirs Elder Hippogriff *Sealed, 2 rounds* *Blinded, 2 rounds* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 46 Flying Beast Health: 688/828 Special: Aerial Assault – The Elder Hippogriff flies to the sky for the remainder of the round, avoiding all damage, and lands on the target for 82 damage at the beginning of the next round. Drops: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; accessory) Aepyornis A *Hastened* *Sealed, 2 rounds* *Blinded, 2 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 19 Flying? Health: 86/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Aepyornis B *Hastened* *Sealed, 2 rounds* *Blinded, 2 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 19 Flying? Health: 86/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Aepyornis C *Hastened* *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 19 Flying? Health: 86/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Harpy A *Sealed, 2 rounds* *Blinded, 2 rounds* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 21 Flying Health: 158/354 Special: Feral Strike – Attacks members of the opposing party 1-6 times, dividing the hits as equally as possible. Drops: Smelling Salts Harpy B *Sealed, 2 rounds* *Blinded, 2 rounds* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 21 Flying Health: 95/354 Special: Feral Strike – Attacks members of the opposing party 1-6 times, dividing the hits as equally as possible. Drops: Smelling Salts Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Blinded* *Counterstriking* *Encouraged* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 68/68 Gold: 515 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves, Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles) 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones, Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile) Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 62 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Everyone, please choose an action. Party leader, please list a battle order.

I should've done 80 damage, both lightning and wind are strong against flying monsters. Not that it matters much. But it's more than just a scrape. Atramor ducked to avoid the twisted, broken wing that swung across the rooftop as Nyx blasted it off, darting around the archdemon and striking at his Right Wing from the front row.

Round One of Cart Ambush Filler Battle Thing >Guts uses Pumpkin Bomb - (All enemies stunned, blinded, sealed, asleep, confused, and poisoned by-1) >Alexandre vs. Elder Hippogriff (Blademaster) - Special Dodge: Aerial Assault (No effect, asleep) Thormanil vs. Aepyornis A (Dragonsbane) - Special Damage: Road Runner (No effect, asleep) Haldor vs. Aepyornis B (Dualis) - Shield: Blood Ritual (No effect, allies at full health) Alexis vs. Harpy A (Fan) - Special Damage: Feral Strike (No effect, asleep) >Dyric vs. Harpy B (Requiem) - Special Damage Lethal Critical Hit (63 damage, no assassination, Harpy B awakened) >Guts vs. Wyvern (Lifestealer) - Damage Hit (65 x 2/2= 65 damage) Roc, Aepyorni A, B, and C asleep Roc, Aepyorni A, B, C, Harpies A, B, and Elder Hippogriff poisoned by 1 Guts debilitates all enemies but the Wyvern with a well-placed bomb, a shower of magical pumpkin guts spraying the birds. Most of the party is being thrown around in the cart too much to do anything, but Guts manages to clip one of the wyvern's wings as it passes by, while Dyric lands an arrow in one of the harpies, waking it violently. Enemies Greater Wyvern *Immune to sudden death and all negative effects* Level 76 Flying Ancient Health: 1440/1505 Special: Sulfur Inferno - The Greater Wyvern spews toxic flames overhead, dealing 33 fire-elemental damage ignoring row and the poisoned by-5 to the entire party. Drops: Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all enemies), 5 Deadly Venoms Roc *Immune to sudden death* *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Asleep, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 58 Flying/Rock Health: 2058/2059 Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 500 health restored and all negative effects removed from it. Drops: 2 Elixirs Elder Hippogriff *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Asleep, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 46 Flying Beast Health: 827/828 Special: Aerial Assault – The Elder Hippogriff flies to the sky for the remainder of the round, avoiding all damage, and lands on the target for 82 damage at the beginning of the next round. Drops: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; accessory) Aepyornis A *Hastened* *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Asleep, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 19 Flying? Health: 281/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Aepyornis B *Hastened* *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Asleep, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 19 Flying? Health: 281/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Aepyornis C *Hastened* *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Asleep, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 19 Flying? Health: 281/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Harpy A *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Asleep, 3 rounds* *Poisoned by 1* Level 21 Flying Health: 353/354 Special: Feral Strike – Attacks members of the opposing party 1-6 times, dividing the hits as equally as possible. Drops: Smelling Salts Harpy B *Sealed, 3 rounds* *Blinded, 3 rounds* *Stunned* *Poisoned by 1* Level 21 Flying Health: 290/354 Special: Feral Strike – Attacks members of the opposing party 1-6 times, dividing the hits as equally as possible. Drops: Smelling Salts Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Blinded* *Counterstriking* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 68/68 Gold: 515 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves, Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles) 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones, Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile) Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 61 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Everyone, please choose an action. Party leader, please list a battle order.

The ride is quite a bit more bumpy than the last time, the horses speeding across the plains, kicking up a cloud of frost and dust as they storm down the trail to the mountains. They hit a fork, and Olmstyr urges them down the leftmost road - the right one led back around the mountains to Vim-Lhzar. The frozen cliffs came closer and closer into view as the cart sped towards them. "Keep an eye out, heroes!" the orc shouted over the sound of horseshoes pounding again the earth. "There's a reason few head down this way anymore.....there are two, actually. One is the considerably dangerous walk alongside the mountains. The other is the number of considerably dangerous creatures that call it their roost." The cart continues to roll along with haste, but after a few more minutes, a shadow falls over the heroes - and a small dragon swoops down over them, lunging its head downward, mouth wide open and teeth exposed, in a vain attempt to grab its next meal. Olmstyr jerks his head out of the way, and it can't reach into the back of the cart, so the beast is forced to glide past them. "Damn it! That wyvern's going to tear us to pieces!" As if it weren't enough, a swarm of various other birds hurtles straight for the cart, shrieking violently, in a formation that made it very clear they didn't want the heroes anywhere near their home. Olmstyr pulled the horses off the road as a flock of aepyorni suddenly appeared alongside the wagon, as if responding to the cries of their kin. The situation looked dire, Olmstyr struggling to outmaneuver the vicious flightless birds in the unwieldy vehicle even as the wyvern and its skybound allies prepared to make another pass. "I can't fight and drive at the same time, I need you all to thin out their ranks so I can try and lose these things!" The cart swerved back and forth violently as the gravelly shriek of the wyvern descended on the party. But it would take far more than a flock of birds to intimidate these heroes. PREPARE FOR BATTLE! Enemies Greater Wyvern *Immune to sudden death and all negative effects* Level 76 Flying Ancient Health: 1505/1505 Special: Sulfur Inferno - The Greater Wyvern spews toxic flames overhead, dealing 33 fire-elemental damage ignoring row and the poisoned by-5 to the entire party. Drops: Agni Bomb (Deals 100 fire-elemental damage to all enemies), 5 Deadly Venoms Roc *Immune to sudden death* Level 58 Flying/Rock Health: 2059/2059 Special: Heavenly Flight – The Roc flies out of reach, avoiding all damage for the remainder of the round, and returns with 500 health restored and all negative effects removed from it. Drops: 2 Elixirs Elder Hippogriff Level 46 Flying Beast Health: 828/828 Special: Aerial Assault – The Elder Hippogriff flies to the sky for the remainder of the round, avoiding all damage, and lands on the target for 82 damage at the beginning of the next round. Drops: Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; accessory) Aepyornis A *Hastened* Level 19 Flying? Health: 282/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Aepyornis B *Hastened* Level 19 Flying? Health: 282/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Aepyornis C *Hastened* Level 19 Flying? Health: 282/282 Special: Road Runner – Causes slowed-effect to the target. Drops: Smelling Salts Harpy A Level 21 Flying Health: 354/354 Special: Feral Strike – Attacks members of the opposing party 1-6 times, dividing the hits as equally as possible. Drops: Smelling Salts Harpy B Level 21 Flying Health: 354/354 Special: Feral Strike – Attacks members of the opposing party 1-6 times, dividing the hits as equally as possible. Drops: Smelling Salts Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Pumpkin Bomb, Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Fragile and Blinded* *Counterstriking* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 68/68 Gold: 515 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 61 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Everyone, please choose an action. Party leader, please list a battle order.

"She's only doing what she thinks is best for her people. What she thinks is best for her people just so happens to be detrimental to, well, everyone..." "Of course not." He paused, and hesitated, looking conflicted. "...If we can avoid it. The situation is fragile enough as it is without killing one of the clan leaders. I'm sure we can reach some other compromise." "Problematic or not, Marga is still one of the clan leaders, and we wouldn't have clans if they were allowed to meddle in eachother's affairs. If Tarvalk knew about this, yes, he'd probably put a stop to it, but we don't kill eachother whenever our opinions differ. We're not the Kingdoms. On that uplifting note, let's go before they start moving." The orc walked outside. Snow was falling consistently, layering the streets with a frozen white blanket. He merely led the heroes to a stable, full mostly of agitated-looking aepyorni shuffling around restlessly, unhitched the horses, and hooked them up to the cart, which sat just beside the building. He took up the driver's seat as the party bundled into the back, and within minutes they were rolling out of Imaestym once again. I've got an errand to run, I'll be back with an update later.

"Docken can take Ahriman's free hits for a while thanks to his fancy shirt - maybe Byblos oughta seal him so ya' can start hittin' him Namyrra? That'll only leave the Right Wing's hit, which I can take." Atramor shrugged and struck at the Left Wing from the back row.

The room each hero was allotted lacked beds and other 'luxuries', instead spending the night on the floor, though it was layered with fur blankets and pillows stuffed with many aepyorni feathers. After a good night's rest, they returned downstairs one by one to the bar area where Olmstyr awaited. The orc looked tired, a mug of grog in front of him. "Hope you all got some sleep. We've got work to do today. Got word an hour ago from one of my informants; Clan Aj-Kahr is making their move. Now. They've set up a war camp on the opposite side of the mountain range west of Imaestym. I'm surprised at how fast they've mobilized, I'm sure this was planned even before the Clanmeet. But thanks to your little chat with Marga, we know what they're aiming for. They want to destroy the bridge." "The force is not massive enough for an assault on the Kingdoms, just enough to take the bridge. It's small, quick, and effective. Spearmen, a few archers. At least a couple of hobgoblin healers. Some Oshuultaro - blood warriors - plus Gor, and three of his finest captains." He took a deep sip of his drink, and went on quickly after wiping his mouth. "To top it all off, well, let's just say you might get to see one of those troll battle platforms after all, Mister Nihai." "I don't know how we're going to get them to call off the attack, but if we don't move now, we won't have any opportunity to try at all. They intend to move today. Normally I'd recommend we circumvent the mountain range, but it should be damn clear already we don't have the luxury of doing things the easy way. We'll need to skim across the southern side of the mountains. If you've got questions, make them quick." Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Party Leader* 44 year old male human Raider Level 29 Power Bonus: +4 Health: 43/43 Defense: 4 Gold: 40 Equipment: Lifestealer (WP: 32, Ice, Darkness, Light, attacks restore 3 health, dagger), Dancing Shoes (Wearer dances well, in the turn after a miss is rolled, the wearer can act twice. +Immunity to Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened and Blinded, + Immunity to Darkness, Light, Fire, Air, Earth, Wood, Lightningand Ice Elemental Damage, footwear), Pugilist's Gloves (2+ Power, Immune to Weakened, handwear), Crocodile Armour (+4 Defense +Immunity to Water Magic, bodywear) Inventory: Stag Antlers (WP:10, Intimidation, halberd), Twin Sai (WP: 10, dual strike, dagger), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 6x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 24x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 14x Remedy, 5x Smoke Bomb, 5x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, 10x Grating Stone, Clippard's Poison (When applied to a weapon, all damage dealt will instantly KO enemies unless they are immune to poison, deadly poison, or sudden death. Can be applied 3 more times), Crimson Serum (Grants Mutated Effect for one battle.), Arc Elixir, Blessed Amulet, Dragon Scale (Grants the user lucky and blessed), Pumpkin Bomb, Mulled Wine, Beholder's Eye, 2x Cosmic Essence Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer (Played by swils) and Arx the Hatchling *Immune to Darkness, Wood, Asleep, Confused, Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Bound, and Slowed* Level 31.5 Dragoon Power Bonus: +1 Defense: 8 Health: 54/54 Gold: 1333 Equipment: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Wooden Shield (SP:5, Null Wood), Bright Armor (SP: 3, Null Darkness), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to bound, slowed, asleep, confused, fragile, weakened, and blinded effects)., Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons & Shields: Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding effect), Thundering Totem (WP:9, lightning, axe), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP: 9, longsword, Stuns enemies) Artefacts: Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf(Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water elemental damage) Consumables: Smelling Salts(1), Nostrum (1), Deadly Venom(2), Phoenix Essence(2), Remedy(5), Jinxy Juice(1) (Q35), Fire Bomb(2), Milk(1), Potion(2), Venom(3), Lightning Bomb, Grand Potion(2), Smoke Bomb(1), Ice Bomb(1), Bones(3), Water Bombs(5), Mead(2), Tiger Balm(1), Neutralizer (1), Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst., Mulled Wine(2) Misc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Amethyst, Grating Stone, Teleportapple Haldor Skovgaard (Played by Scorpiox) *Immune to Stunned, Fragile, and Blinded* 34 year old male human Nord Shaman Level 29.66 Power Bonus: +4 Defense: 7 Health: 48/48 Ether: 38/38 Gold: 116 Equipment: Zoot er Isen (WP: 15, Ice and Light Elemental) Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, +4 Ether, Protects from Blindness), Scarlet Hood (+4 Power, Protects from Stunning), Heavy Armour (SP: 5, Protects from Fragility) Weapons: Heavy Metal Rod (WP: 12, Water Elemental), Dualis Sceptres (WP: 13, darkness-elemental, Dual-Striking), Bear Claw Gloves (WP: 8, SP: 2) Artefacts: Pugilist's Gloves (+2 Power, Protects from Weakening), Gladiator's Helmet (SP: 3) (x2), Ognar's Beard (+8 power, wearer enraged, headwear, suitable for men) Consumables: Health Core (x2), Potion (x4), Remedy (x6), Venom, Tonic, Grand Tonic (x2), Ether Core, Smelling Salts, Mead, Phoenix Esscence, Grating Stone. Inventory: Scutum Shield (SP: 9), Shovel, Pickaxe, Bedroll, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep Alexis Fenral (Masked Builder) *Immune to Fragile and Blinded* *Counterstriking* 20 year old female elven Harlot Level 39 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 68/68 Gold: 515 GP: 9 Equipment: Cat-o'-Nine-Tails (WP: 20, damage divided between all enemies, Suitable For Rouges), Lieutenant's Helmet (SP:3, protects from fragile), Ring of Sight (protects fromblinded), Counterstrike Gloves 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), Quickdraw Quiver (permanent hastened-effect, suitable to Rangers), 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), Medal of Glory (Artefact/Accessory - Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles), Electro Gear (Adds lightning-element to physical attacks and protects from lightning-elemental damage, accessory) Aquamarine (Water), Diamond (Light), Sapphire (Wind), Topaz (lightning), Fifty Shades of Bley, Bedroll, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, 2 Remedies, 2 Somas, 8 Water Bombs, 2x Lightning Bomb, 2x Fire Bomb, 3 Dirt Bombs, Smoke Bomb, 4x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, Health Core, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, 3 Nostrums, 9 Meads, 3 Smelling Salts, 10 Remedies, 6 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), 2xTitan Heart (Grants encouraged- and inspired-effects when consumed), Dragonfire Stew (Gives the consumer the encouraged and inspired effects for the duration of one battle), Mulled Wine, 2 Grating Stones Alexandre le Chevalier (Played by Capt.JohnPaul) *Immune to Stunned* 20 year old elf male Black Knight Level 24 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 14 Health: 42/42 Gold: 61 Equipment: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 10 ;ignores SP, badly poisoned, +1 gold per successful strike), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 10), Dapper Hat (Headwear, wearer has a 1/6 chance of becoming encouraged at the start of each battle), Black Knight Armor (SP:4, protects from Stunned effect.) Inventory: Potions (5), Bedroll, Smoke Bomb 2x, Fire Bomb, Feather Duster of DOOM (WP: 1), Eyepatch (Headwear: 1/2 chance to prevent blinded-effect. Costs 20 gold. A hero cannot equip more than 1 eyepatch) Deadly Venom x2, Tome of The Regret, Volatile Venom x5, Mead 4x, Nostrum 3x, Smelling Salts x1, Grand Potion 3x, Emerald (Wood), Mulled Wine, 1 fine Montresorian Wine, Ambrosia, Remedy, 3 Grating Stones Dyric Rone (Played by The Legonator) *Immune to all elements* *Lucky* *Steals 50% more gold* Level 23 Assassin Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 35/35 Gold: 1539 Equipment: Requiem (WP: 20; wood, light and darkness-elemental, ranged), Lucky Die, Tricorne (SP:3, Water, Wood, Earth, Ice, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness - elemental) Sticky Gloves (Increases amount of gold stolen by 50%; handwear) Inventory: Double Chain Whip (WP:10), Throwing Knife (WP:4, ranged, retrievable), Aquamarine (Water), Diamond, 4 Potions, 5 Grand Potions, Elixir, 2 Remedies, 4 Meads, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Skeleton Decoy, 3 Mythril Shards (3/4 of a Mythril), Silver Ore (Worth 60 gold), Bone, Winged Sandals, Smelling Salt Bedroll, Shovel, Banana (Restores full health to target), Diamond Lamp of Summoning (1/3 Uses Left), Tonic, Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3, Immunity to Ice and Water, Bodywear, Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), 1 Military Grade Light Bomb, 1 Military Grade Darkness Bomb, Mulled Wine, 3 Cosmic Essences Olmstyr (NPC, uncontrollable/takes suggestions) 33 years old male orc Warden Level 28 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 10 Health: 45/45 Gold: 0 Equipment: Serstyr (WP: 21, light-elemental, longsword), Traveller’s Cloak (SP: 1, backwear), Orc-Made Chainmail (Suitable for Olmstyr, SP: 9, half damage from humans, bodywear) Inventory: 2 Grand Potions, Elixir

Atramor continues his attack.

Current Sign-Ups for Unlimited Quest Throlar Wineghilm, Level 9 Knight (Lord Duvors) Mizuki Kimura, Level 20.5 Assassin (Zakura) Nain Herringson, Level 1 Mage (nic herring) Alexander Vandangant, Level 21.66 Hunter (Wedge09)

Where is everybody?

That's what I suspect is going to happen too. If not, he'll probably pick it up within the first few minutes anyway.

So...the Eye is still Hastened even though Angra Mana is dead? That doesn't help us at all. Only way I see to remove his Hastening now is to use a Tiger Balm on him, and if it did it wouldn't matter if the effects were permanent or not. Atramor backs away from the impending explosion (of light, hopefully) Nyx is about to cast on Aka Mana, and instead turns his attention to Left Wing from the front row.