CMP

Your spells or heals are dual-strike (like normal melee dual-strike weapons) for one additional ether per dual spell/heal.

Oh. No, he was just reminding you. I'll finish up Quest 82 soon.

Why would you get two?

Atramor looked around the Hovels, his face unreadable. It was his first time in the poor district of Eubric, but it was far from foreign to him. Every town these days had a corner where they could cram all the trash. Hell, some looked like this in their entirety. Soon, they reached the lamppost, where he narrowed his eyes at the top-hatted figure perched on a stool and reading aloud. His words were laughable, to say the very least. "I thought they were feedin' these people bread, not Ulric's crap. I say let Byblos chuck his book at the shriveled little bastard's head and see what happens. I can't even tell if it's a demon or a humanoid," he muttered, scratching his chin. "Looks a bit like Hybros."

"Good to hear....I...can't imagine the Guild ever doing something like that to someone, but I can promise we're not as corrupt as that man seemed to believe. Since you helped me out, I'll put in a good word with the Guild for each of you. Thanks again." Rian leaves. Only the heroes and the reporters are left. Wally is folding up the AIUPIIUP. Red finally finishes scribbling, having gone through several sheets of parchment. "All finished. Let's get out of here." She leads the party back to the Eubric Herald building. It's already in the afternoon. The busines at the unveiling must've taken longer than they thought. They barely manage to make it inside before the dark side of Crescent Hill is nearly plunged into darkness as the sun dips past the hill itself. Rook is gone, leaving only Dash Boulder, editing his way through a stack of paper at the speed of an aepyornis, and Professor U'Reeka, doing some mechanical work on the printing press. He's quick, however, to stop and his work to examine every last inch of the AIUPIIUP. "You'd better not have damaged it. This took years to design and months to perfect, and years to design." "Nope, not a scratch, Professor." Red hands over her report to Dash. He looks over it critically. "Not too shabby, kid. Some of this might be usable." He then proceeded to start crossing out every other line. Red rolled her eyes, reaching behind his desk and pulling out four pouches of coins, tossing one to each party member. Each contained 50 gold. "Your payment. Thanks for the help out there. You guys really aren't as bad as we used to say." The U'kin pulled his eyes away from his precious device for a moment, frowning at the crate full of automaton parts Thalion dragged along. "What is that thing, what is it? That is the mark of the Tritech Company. Were those Ji Pei involved with the unveiling, were they involved with it? Oh, nevermind, we'll be up to our ears in the papers with the full story soon anyway...could I perhaps study them, could I? I am most....intrigued, it resembles a suit of armor, but it is more than it seems, no doubt it is more than it seems. I would, of course, send it back to the Ji Pei when I am finished, I would send it back. Perhaps I could mention you to them, I am sure they would be most grateful as well, I am sure." Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* Level: 28.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 42/42 Defense: 4 Gold: 1165 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 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), 2x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 5x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 22x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 14x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 4x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, Metasimian Ale, Opal, Scroll of Weakening, Grating Stone, Voucher to the Guild of Invision (Good for one lesson in Alchemy), Chauncey's Diamond Lamp of Summoning (Summons ???), 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), Zenith (WP: 17, instrument), Sterile Gloves, Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Crimson Serum, Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.66 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 41/41 Gold: 1030 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 19, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear), Cloak of the Red Assassin (Chance of Assassination is 1/3, suitable for Assassins; backwear), The Black Hat (Suitable for anyone, grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Spinning Bolas (WP: 5, deals the Slowed effect, but the effect is removed when retrieved; retrievable) Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Cloak of the Blue Assassin (SP:1, suitable to Rogues; backwear), 14 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 13 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 10 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 3 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards, 2 Sterile Gloves Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile, Sealed, Poisoned, and Badly Poisoned* Party Leader* Level: 20.66 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 28/28 Ether: 23/30 Gold: 322 Equipment: Batarang (WP:13, darkness-elemental throwing weapon), Emerald Hood (SP:4, Immunity to Fragile), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from Sealed-effect), Sterile Gloves Inventory: Zirconia (Gem containing all elements; cannot be merged into equipment) Amethyst (Darkness), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Ruby (Fire), Opal (Ice), Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Sleeper (WP:5, melee/throwing weapon, deals Asleep to enemies it hits, Hollow Upgrade [Grand Potion stored]), Ratsbane (WP:10, absorbs 2 health on successful hits, dagger), Veritas/Equitas (WP:10, Dual Strike, twin sais), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Cloak of Espionage (Artifact, backwear, Allows the wearer to examine enemy stats before a battle), Snake Eye Charm (Protects from Petrified-effect), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Magic Compass, Shovel, Bedroll, Phoenix Essence, Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion (3), Grand Tonic, Remedy (3), Smoke Bomb, Bone, Mead, Deadly Venom (2), Alpha and Omega (WP: 13, dual spellcasting/healing at the cost of 2 ether, staves), Ether Core, Masked Man Bites Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stunned, Asleep, and Light* Level: 23 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 47/47 Ether: 30/30 Gold: 285 Equipment: Manta Tail Staff (WP:12+50% Stun chance), Paladin Shield (SP:9), Helm of Haroka (+2 health, +1 Power, Immunity to Stun effect, headwear),White Cloak (Max. Health +3, Immunity to Asleep effect, backwear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade (Phoenix Essence stored); greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, 2 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Magic Compass, Sterile Gloves, Grand Potion, Deadly Venom, Remedy

Atramor tilted his hat towards Nyx in greeting, with a grin. "Aye, good to have someone on your side ya' can trust to incinerate enemies as well as you do." He then turned to Namyrra. "I'm ready to head out. But we should all keep an eye out for any of those damn Wolves on the prowl."

Didn't have enough tiles (and plates; if I just tiled it over now, the slopes would sink awkwardly into the cliffside itself) and the technic piece is the integrity strut mentioned. Mostly it's to keep stuff from collapsing. I would've made it light gray if I could've.

Um, I may need some assistance, General.

[Datalog:] [Datalog: 0000064//Designation: TK-671//: Assignment: Inspect Integrity Strut 394] Back on the ice cube. Last assignment....did not go well. There was a spice freighter, and a power malfunction, and I...may not have been paying attention to the viewscreen, but come on, the peripheral vision in this mask sucks, I probably wouldn't've been able to see it anyway. So now I'm supposed to wander out into the frozen wastes to check on a single stupid integrity strut. Why the hell are we even trying to build stuff here? There's snowstorms every other day, integrity or not. [Datalog: 0000067//Designation: TK-671//: Assignment: Inspect Integrity Strut 394] Okay. So I'm in a little bit of a fix here. I was leaving camp for the day after dinner when I realized: I left my favorite cup behind! I mean, without that, I'd be dead out here! That thing meant everything to me!! Oh, and I left my blaster too, so I thought I'd pick that up. Anyway...there was a grapnel malfunction - entirely coincidental and the fault of nobody - and I'm kind of stuck here. I can still reach my data recorder, though my comlink...well, slipped. It's alright, though, as long as I can keep up a constant stream of recording, they'll be able to locate me once I don't show up back at base. Actually, I think if I twist just a little bit, I can re [Datalog ERROR, CRITICAL DAMAGE SUSTAINED] I'd like this judged. Mostly I just wanted to see if I could improve on the windswept snow technique I used in Daily Maintenance and do some rockwork. Most of my builds are going to be land-based, I can promise you that much. I'm pretty pleased with how the verticality of the build came out. SNOT is awesome.

Awesome work, I loved the sloped effect of the leaves.

Right. Having a Nostrum makes most of the other consumables pretty superfluous.

It's everyone's game. I'd like the Nostrum to be the most expensive consumable, but I'd be okay with an overall price hike too.

Really blowing the special effects budget here. Together, at the cost of 1 ether and one Fire Bomb, Maurice and Thalion immolate the Plague Doctor. A shrill hiss emits from the strange mass, as if crying out in pain as it withers and blackens under the flames that slowly consume the former alchemist. The party's sure this time; he's not getting back up. Wally recovers a few moments after the Plague Doctor is nothing but ash. The young gnome shakes his head in horror. "Man, that was nasty." Knife-Tongue wipes his mouth after emptying his lunch onto the ground. He still looks a little ill at the sight and smell of the Plague Doctor's demise. Even Melvin makes a slight gagging noise. "Gah. Reeks of death here now." The cook nods to each hero in turn. "Ye have my thanks for helpin' me and Knifey here out, but I think we outta head back to the ship now. Don't fancy bein' around when the Town Guard lays their eyes on this scene here, ehehah." The dwarf sets off, Knife-Tongue shaking Thalion's hand before leaving. "I hope fo fee 'you agaim fomefime, my fwiem. Goo' wuck wif aww youw efcapef." Once the sailors are gone, Rian finally pushes himself off the wall he'd been leaning against. "I....I think I'm gonna head out, too. I....really would rather forget everything's that happened today," he mutters, with a glance at the ash pile. "...I mean, none of you really think the Guild's like all that, right?"

Guts leans down, and pulls off the Plague Doctor's mask. What's underneath is enough to sicken the less experienced bystanders. A purple, pulsating mass of slime resembling some form of fungus had sprouted on the majority of the man's pallid, bloodless face. As soon as it touched the air, the growth seemed to shake. The doctor's once-lifeless eyes suddenly slide open, milky white behind the mess. He coughed, a small cloud of purple spores spewing from his mouth, and as soon as he became aware of them, he clawed at them weakly, desperately keeping them from floating into the air. "...No....don't....let me....infect...." he sputtered, even as the strange bacteria worked to restore him.

Your overconfidence is your weakness. Don't say that, he'll probably make a topic just for people to post Star Wars quotes in.

Atramor glanced sideways at Namyrra. McCafferey, however, perched on the regulator's shoulder, had her eyes fixed on Byblos. "I think it's worth takin' a look around at things on our way to the Oracle."

"It's Wolfgang bread, mate, it'll probably just poison ya' or somethin'." The regulator glanced back at the watchmen. "Now what's this about a Wolfgang gatherin' and why the hell ain't Patricia havin' anythin' done about it?" I think you accidentally gave Atramor Nyx's gloves in the picture.

I blame you.

...Good thing I haven't disassembled the set yet, huh? I'll be back in maybe an hour or two to take that picture. Melvin pokes his head into the crate. "Aye, seems to be just the same one!" Knife-Tongue didn't like the look of the box. "Whewe fif 'ou fake it fo affew efeafimg it? I 'o mof fimk we fhoulf weafe if hewe...."

Atramor cast a sideways, disbelieving look at Byblos pushing around an entire cartload of books, then shook his head and turned to the watchmen. "Gee, ya' know, that's a good question. We're only armed to the teeth, covered in armor, and luggin' 'round the spoils of a hundred battles. Makes perfect sense for us to go in to the Hovels to get some food, don't it?"

The ability to moderate a forum is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

All three, plus Knife-Tongue and Melvin, are present and unharmed. Wally pokes the Plague Doctor's corpse with his wrench. Rian scratches the back of his head nervously. Red is scribbling furiously in her notebook. "Gee, he's really dead, huh?"

Round Three of the Mourners >Thalion vs. Plague Doctor (Darkness) - Damage Great Spell (46 x 2 = 92 damage, -1 ether) >Thalion vs. Plague Doctor (Darkness) - Special Damage Sleight of Hand (No effect, -1 ether) Guts vs. Plague Doctor (Lifestealer) - Steal Extra Critical Hit (508 damage) Guts vs. Plague Doctor (Lifestealer) - Extra Critical Hit Shield: Ravage (192 ice/light/darkness damage to all enemies, Plague Doctor KO'd, Moroul KO'd, Ithea KO'd) Guts vs. Plague Doctor Masked Man (Lifestealer) - Damage Shield: Ravage (192 ice/light/darkness damage to all enemies) Hybros vs. Plague Doctor Masked Man (SOAH) - Special Damage Lethal Aim (19 - 10 = 9 damage) Hybros vs. Plague Doctor (SOAH) - Damage Shield: Grim Reaper (No effect) Maurice vs. Plague Doctor - Damage Hit (35 - 10 = 25 damage, Masked Man KO'd) Guts swiftly skewers the three Mourners with Lifestealer, while Maurice's staff leaves a brutal-looking dent in the Masked Man's armor. The alchemist freezes, beeps, and promptly explodes. THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! Everyone gains experience. The enemies drop Alpha & Omega, six Remedies, an Ambrosia, an Ether Core, the Conductor Shield, and....well, what's left of the Masked Man. The pieces look rather familiar to Thalion.. Alpha and Omega - WP: 13, dual healing/spellcasting at the cost of 2 ether, staves Conductor Shield - SP: 12, immune to lightning and fire, shield x6 Remedies Ambrosia Ether Core Masked Man Bits? Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Immune to all elements* Level: 28.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 42/42 Defense: 4 Gold: 1115 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 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), 1x Ambrosia 8x Mead, 5x Smelling Salts, 6x Nostrum, 22x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 2x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 4x Deadly Venom, 2x Neutralizer, Shovel, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Bedroll, 4x Mythril Shard, Metasimian Ale, Opal, Scroll of Weakening, Grating Stone, Voucher to the Guild of Invision (Good for one lesson in Alchemy), Chauncey's Diamond Lamp of Summoning (Summons ???), 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), Zenith (WP: 17, instrument), Sterile Gloves, Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Crimson Serum, Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.66 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 41/41 Gold: 980 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 19, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword), Golden Armor (user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear), Cloak of the Red Assassin (Chance of Assassination is 1/3, suitable for Assassins; backwear), The Black Hat (Suitable for anyone, grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear) Inventory: Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe), Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Spinning Bolas (WP: 5, deals the Slowed effect, but the effect is removed when retrieved; retrievable) Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), Cloak of the Blue Assassin (SP:1, suitable to Rogues; backwear), 14 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 3 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, 2 Deadly Venoms, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 10 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 3 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards, 2 Sterile Gloves Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile, Sealed, Poisoned, and Badly Poisoned* Party Leader* Level: 20.66 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 28/28 Ether: 23/30 Gold: 472 Equipment: Batarang (WP:13, darkness-elemental throwing weapon),, Emerald Hood (SP:4, Immunity to Fragile), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from Sealed-effect), Sterile Gloves Inventory: Zirconia (Gem containing all elements; cannot be merged into equipment) Amethyst (Darkness), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Ruby (Fire), Opal (Ice), Emerald (Wood), Sapphire (Wind), Aquamarine (Water), Sleeper (WP:5, melee/throwing weapon, deals Asleep to enemies it hits, Hollow Upgrade [Grand Potion stored]), Ratsbane (WP:10, absorbs 2 health on successful hits, dagger), Veritas/Equitas (WP:10, Dual Strike, twin sais), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing), Cloak of Espionage (Artifact, backwear, Allows the wearer to examine enemy stats before a battle), Snake Eye Charm (Protects from Petrified-effect), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Magic Compass, Shovel, Bedroll, Phoenix Essence, Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion (3), Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone, Mead, Deadly Venom (2), Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stunned and Light* Level: 23 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 44/44 Ether: 30/30 Gold: 235 Equipment: Manta Tail Staff (WP:12+50% Stun chance), Paladin Shield (SP:9), Helm of Haroka (+2 health, +1 Power, Immunity to Stun effect, headwear), AIUPIIUP (Gives the carrier the Slowed effect, accessory, suitable for heroes)Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade (Phoenix Essence stored); greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, 2 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Magic Compass,White Cloak (Max. Health +3, Immunity to Asleep effect, backwear), Sterile Gloves, Grand Potion, Deadly Venom

Excellent animation and tone. The zombie deaths were both messy and comedic.