CMP

I don't think he's going around trick-or-treating. Another awesome goblin sculpture. The coloring on this one is interesting. I love that roof technique, too.

The alchemist swallows the potion gratefully, coughs, and slowly sits up. "...Thanks. Heh, looks like I had the right idea crawling over here...I'm Rian Kindling, of the Guild of Invision, by the way."

Yeah.

Right you are.

Round Five of Health Inspection Guts vs. Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Damage Damage (No effect) Guts vs Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Steal Extra Critical Hit (61 x 2 = 122 damage) Guts vs Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Damage Shield: Ravage (51 x 2 = 102 damage, 50 gold stolen) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Critical Hit Shield: Razzmatazz (32 light damage, Black Hat stunned, 50 gold stolen, -1 ether) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Sleight of Hand Hit (29 x 2 = 58 damage) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Twin Kunai) - Lethal Aim Lethal Critical Hit (38 x 2 = 76 damage, no assassination) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Twin Kunai) - Lethal Hit Lethal Critical Hit (38 x 2 = 76 damage, no assassination) Maurice vs. Black Hat (Manta Tail Staff) - Special Guard: Elite Hit (Black Hat no longer stunned) Red vs Black Hat (Totally Not Stolen Dagger) - Special Damage: Snatch (6 gold stolen from Red) Guts, Thalion, and Hybros cut and slash at Black Hat, but he manages to steal even more gold despite his blindness. Enemies Devron “Black Hat” Moray *Blinded, 1 round* Level 50 Humanoid Health: 210/1032 Special I: Snatch – Devron steals 1/5th of the hero’s gold, rounded down. Special II: Elite Hit – Devron deals damage equal to his gold divided by 5. Specials alternate. Immune to darkness, cursed, doomed and instant kill. Drops: 131 gold, The Black Hat (Grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear, suitable for anyone) Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 41/41 Defense: 4 Gold: 675 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 9x Mead, 9x Smelling Salts, 8x Nostrum, 20x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 1x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Deadly Venom, 3x 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) Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Lucky* *Inspired* *Immune to all elements* Level: 26 2/3 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 40/40 50/80 Gold: 540 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 18, 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), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) 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, 14 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 12 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile and Sealed* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Party Leader* Level: 19 1/2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 27/27 Ether: 24/29 Gold: 157 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) 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, Smelling Salts (3), Nostrum (3), Phoenix Essence (2), Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stun, Asleep and Light* Level: 22 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 46/46 Ether: 29/29 Gold: 100 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), Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade; greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, Phoenix Essence, 3 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle) Red (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) 18 years old female human Rogue *Immune to Enamored, Confused, and Hexed* Level: 16 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 1 Health: 30/30 Gold: 28 Equipment: Totally Not Stolen Dagger (WP: 8, dagger), Little Red Cloak (Immune to enamored, confused, and hexed, max health +8, backwear, suitable for Red), Completely Legitimately Obtained Bracelets (SP: 1, handwear, suitable for Red) Party leader, please create a battle order. Party members, please choose an action. If Red is KO'd at the end of the battle, the Quest will fail. Assuming nothing changes... Round Six of Health Inspection Guts vs Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Steal Extra Critical Hit (61 x 2 = 122 damage) Guts vs Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Special Damage Damage (No effect) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Hit Shield: Razzmatazz (32 fire damage, Black Hat stunned, 50 gold stolen, -1 ether) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Sleight of Hand Hit (29 x 2 = 58 damage) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Twin Kunai) - Hybros vs. Black Hat (Twin Kunai) - Maurice vs. Black Hat (Manta Tail Staff) - Red vs Black Hat (Totally Not Stolen Dagger) - Guts brings Black Hat to his knees by mangling his foot with the Stag Antlers, but it's Thalion who tears the last of his gold from his pouch, lights him on fire, and slits his throat in both directions at once. THE BATTLE IS VICTORIOUS! Everyone gains experience. The enemies drop Zenith, the Black Hat, 131 gold, a Grand Potion, and a Mead. Party leader, how will the loot be divided? The Black Hat - (Grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear, suitable for anyone) Zenith - (WP: 17, instrument) Grand Potion Mead Magic Compass 131 Gold Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.66 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 41/41 Defense: 4 Gold: 675 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 9x Mead, 9x Smelling Salts, 8x Nostrum, 20x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 1x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Deadly Venom, 3x 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) Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Lucky* *Inspired* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 41/41 Gold: 540 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 18, 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), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) 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, 14 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 12 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile and Sealed* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Party Leader* Level: 20 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 28/28 Ether: 25/30 Gold: 207 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) 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, Smelling Salts (3), Nostrum (3), Phoenix Essence (2), Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stun, Asleep and Light* Level: 22.33 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 37/46 Ether: 29/29 Gold: 100 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), Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade; greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, Phoenix Essence, 3 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle) Red (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) 18 years old female human Rogue *Immune to Enamored, Confused, and Hexed* Level: 16.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 1 Health: 30/30 Gold: 28 Equipment: Totally Not Stolen Dagger (WP: 8, dagger), Little Red Cloak (Immune to enamored, confused, and hexed, max health +8, backwear, suitable for Red), Completely Legitimately Obtained Bracelets (SP: 1, handwear, suitable for Red) The mercenaries lie dead. A relative silence drops over the unveiling, interrupted only by the pained moans rising from the poisoned crowd. "...Mind if I get my gold back? "...Urgh..."

Oh, so NOW he's being all civil about it?

This work?

I don't think that's how it's works. That would be super overpowered, in any case.

Atramor accepted the mask, stuffing it into his cloak and taking a sip of his drink. "Seems so, but there're a few that'll be startin' up soon enough." He only nodded at the yeti who approached the table. "Atramor Gibbin."

Where? The reason I'm asking is because I can't recall Cursed being inflicted all too often to heroes.

Round Four of Health Inspection Guts vs. Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Damage Steal (50 gold stolen) Guts vs Black Hat (Stag Antlers) - Damage Damage (No effect) Maurice vs. Black Hat (Manta Tail Staff) - Special Guard: Snatch (Black Hat steals 25 gold) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Damage Shield: Razzmatazz (32 fire damage, Black Hat stunned, 50 gold stolen, -1 ether) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Special Damage Critical Hit (39 x 2 = 78 damage) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Twin Kunai) - Lethal Critical Hit Shield: Grim Reaper (No assassination, 50 gold stolen) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Twin Kunai) - Damage Lethal Critical Hit (38 x 2 = 76 damage, no assassination) Red vs Black Hat (Totally Not Stolen Dagger) - Damage (Black Hat no longer stunned) Black Hat steals some gold off of Maurice, but the rest of the party is unfazed. Guts' grandmother frowns upon him as he fails to deal any damage. Enemies Devron “Black Hat” Moray *Blinded, 2 rounds* Level 50 Humanoid Health: 676/1032 Special I: Snatch – Devron steals 1/5th of the hero’s gold, rounded down. Special II: Elite Hit – Devron deals damage equal to his gold divided by 5. Specials alternate. Immune to darkness, cursed, doomed and instant kill. Drops: 125 gold, The Black Hat (Grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear, suitable for anyone) Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 41/41 Defense: 4 Gold: 625 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 9x Mead, 9x Smelling Salts, 8x Nostrum, 20x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 1x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Deadly Venom, 3x 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) Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Lucky* *Inspired* *Immune to all elements* Level: 26 2/3 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 40/40 50/80 Gold: 540 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 18, 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), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) 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, 14 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 12 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile and Sealed* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Party Leader* Level: 19 1/2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 27/27 Ether: 24/29 Gold: 107 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) 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, Smelling Salts (3), Nostrum (3), Phoenix Essence (2), Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stun, Asleep and Light* Level: 22 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 46/46 Ether: 29/29 Gold: 100 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), Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade; greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, Phoenix Essence, 3 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle) Red (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) 18 years old female human Rogue *Immune to Enamored, Confused, and Hexed* Level: 16 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 1 Health: 30/30 Gold: 34 Equipment: Totally Not Stolen Dagger (WP: 8, dagger), Little Red Cloak (Immune to enamored, confused, and hexed, max health +8, backwear, suitable for Red), Completely Legitimately Obtained Bracelets (SP: 1, handwear, suitable for Red) Party leader, please create a battle order. Party members, please choose an action. If Red is KO'd at the end of the battle, the Quest will fail.

That's what I thought, just making sure.

"There should be," shrugged the regulator. "No problem, mate. And if ya' want, I'll give ya' a Deadly Venom and two Grand Tonics for the mask. Sell 'em in the market and they should be worth somethin'...don't exactly have any gold on me right now."

I'm not saying permanently, I'm saying if Cursed is remedied in the middle of battle, is the max health lost returned immediately or not? I'm talking about Quest 69, not everything is about you guys.

I completely forgot that Hybros deals damage even when his assassinate fails. Finn is dead. Round Three of Health Inspection Guts vs. Lost Pilgrim (Lifestealer) - Shield Shield: Ravage (95 x 4 = 380 damage to everyone, 50 gold stolen, San-lohs KO'd) Guts vs. San-lohs Black Hat (Lifestealer) - Shield Shield: Ravage (95 x 4 = 380 damage to everyone, 50 gold stolen, Lost Pilgrim KO'd) Maurice vs. Black Hat (Manta Tail Staff) - Critical Hit (47 damage) >Thalion vs. San-lohs Black Hat (Darkness) - Special Damage Greater Spell (No effect, -1 ether) Thalion vs. Black Hat (Twin Sais) - Damage Hit (29 x 2 = 58 damage) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Eye-Poking Sai) - Lethal Critical Hit Shield: Grim Reaper (No assassination, 50 gold stolen) Hybros vs. Black Hat (Eye-Poking Sai) - Lethal Hit Lethal Hit (35 damage, Black Hat blinded) Red vs. Finn Black Hat (Totally Not Stolen Dagger) - Hit (24 damage) Guts slaughters the remaining minions. Everyone else starts cutting up Black Hat. Enemies Devron “Black Hat” Moray *Blinded, 3 rounds* Level 50 Humanoid Health: 868/1032 Special I: Snatch – Devron steals 1/5th of the hero’s gold, rounded down. Special II: Elite Hit – Devron deals damage equal to his gold divided by 5. Specials alternate. Immune to darkness, cursed, doomed and instant kill. Drops: 100 gold, The Black Hat (Grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear, suitable for anyone) Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 41/41 Defense: 4 Gold: 575 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 9x Mead, 9x Smelling Salts, 8x Nostrum, 20x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 1x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Deadly Venom, 3x 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) Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Lucky* *Inspired* *Immune to all elements* Level: 26 2/3 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 40/40 50/80 Gold: 490 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 18, 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), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) 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, 14 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 12 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile and Sealed* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Party Leader* Level: 19 1/2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 27/27 Ether: 24/29 Gold: 57 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) 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, Smelling Salts (3), Nostrum (3), Phoenix Essence (2), Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stun, Asleep and Light* Level: 22 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 46/46 Ether: 29/29 Gold: 125 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), Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade; greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, Phoenix Essence, 3 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle) Red (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) 18 years old female human Rogue *Immune to Enamored, Confused, and Hexed* Level: 16 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 1 Health: 30/30 Gold: 34 Equipment: Totally Not Stolen Dagger (WP: 8, dagger), Little Red Cloak (Immune to enamored, confused, and hexed, max health +8, backwear, suitable for Red), Completely Legitimately Obtained Bracelets (SP: 1, handwear, suitable for Red) Party leader, please create a battle order. Party members, please choose an action. If Red is KO'd at the end of the battle, the Quest will fail.

How does dual strike work on an AoE attack, if the intent was to deal double damage to a single target? Does it go through, or have no effect, since it wouldn't if it was used to attack two targets? And max health reduced as a result of Cursed is not returned when it's cured, right?

Round Fifteen of the Hook on the Other Hand >Sylph heals Pretzel (Shrapnel Bow) - Heal More (44 health restored, negative effects removed, -1 ether) >Pretzel heals Erik (Flying Cross) - Heal (24 health restored, -1 ether) >Nessa vs. Novice B (Silver Crossbow) - Shield: Tripleshot (24 x 2 x 2 = 96 damage to Novice, 48 damage to Disciple) Dreyrugr vs. Disciple (Crow-Claw Dagger) - Deflected Damage (30 - 12 = 18 damage, no deflect, Dreyrugr cursed) Soryx vs. Disciple (Vanquisher) - Extra Critical Hit (45 x 3 = 135 damage) >Erik vs. Disciple (Twin Axe) - Shield: Frenzy (20 x 2 = 40 damage to everyone (I'm waiting on a response in the Rules topic to see if you get to attack each enemy twice, this may change), Novice KO'd) Dreyrugr cursed - (-3 max health) Sylph and Pretzel successfully keep everyone on their feet. Nessa showers the enemies with bolts as Erik slashes through each of them, cutting down the Novice. Soryx swiftly steps forward, driving his sword right through the Disciple, though he manages to slash at Dreyrugr. Enemies Crimson Crown Disciple Level 30 Humanoid *Deals Cursed* Health: 241/845 Special I: Service to the Order – Crimson Crown Disciple calls a Crimson Crown Novice to join the battle. Special II: Mark of the Order – Crimson Crown Disciple deals the Doomed effect. Used only after Special I has been used three times. Special III: Blood to the Order – Crimson Crown Disciple heals 100 points to himself, removing the Poisoned or Badly Poisoned effect from all heroes. Used when all heroes are Poisoned or Badly Poisoned and Crimson Crown Disciple is above 100 health. Special IV: Life to the Order – One random Crimson Crown member dies and restores the Disciple to full health. Used when the Crimson Crown Disciple is below 100 health. Drops: Nothing Immune to blinded, confused, hexed, sealed, and instant kill. Crimson Crown Novice B Level 10 Humanoid *Deals Poisoned* Health: 19/135 Special I: Fervor of the Order – Crimson Crown Novice’s regular attacks now deal Badly Poisoned. Special II: Strength of the Order – Crimson Crown Novice Poisons the party. Used when Special I has already been used. Drops: Nothing Party Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, (Played by Palathdaric) 463-year-old male "hermit" Paladin *Party Leader* *Encouraged* Level: 18.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 12 Health: 5/39 Ether: 5/23 Gold: 135 Equipment: Cross of Light (WP:10; Light; Staff), Fashionable Shield (SP:7), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing, accessory), Strategist's Shako (Suitable for anyone, +5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back, headwear) Inventory: Heavy Flail (WP: 5; deals "Fragile" effect; Mace), Flying Cross (WP:6; Darkness, Fire, Wind; Broomstick), Steak (WP:1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits, suitable for all), Potion (2), Grand Potion (4), Ether Core (2), Remedy, Soma, Phoenix Essence, Venom (2), Deadly Venom (5), Paralyzing Venom (2), Holy Bomb, Commerz Cannonball, Scroll of Sealing, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Shovel, Magic Shovel (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest), Bone (3), Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle), Soothing Slippers (Footwear, Meditate restores 5 ether), Grating Stone, Smoke Bomb, Magnificent Magniscope (Magnifying Glass/Telescope), Scroll of Disenchantment (Removes all positive effects from all opponents at the cost of 5 ether, 50/50 chance of casting), Impervious Shield (SP: 5) (Grants immunity to Fire), Scrap Metal, Emerald, Neutralizer, Wand of Poking (WP: 10, double WP for physical attacks, wand), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), Ethereal Cloak (Backwear; SP:2; Max Ether +4), Robe of the Archmagi (Bodywear; SP: 3; Max Ether +5, immune to "Sealed") Erik Tyrvarr (Myrddyn) 19 years old male human barbarian. *Immune to Fragile* *Encouraged* Level: 15.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 4 Health: 22/22 Gold: 201 Equipment: Titanic Axe (WP:11, Earth-elemental, has 1/6 chances of inflicting petrified-effect; axe), Lighter Armor (SP: 4, immune to fragile, bodywear) Inventory: Spear (WP: 9, spear), Mead, Peacekeepers totem (Grants the "Diplomacy"-job trait; suitable to Erik only; accessory), Twin Axe (WP: 5, dual strike-axe), Phoenix Essence, Smoke Bomb, Diamond, Bone, Barbarian's Boots (Natural Respite>Restoration; footwear), Mulled Wine, Voltedge (WP: 13, Lightning-elemental; greatsword/longsword), Sharkskin Armour (SP +1, immune to water; bodywear), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects) Dreyrugr (Vash the Stampede) 1000 year old Male Vampire Black Knight *Immune to Stunned, Water, Wind, and Fire* *Encouraged* *Cursed* Level: 19 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 12 Health: 20/38 20/35 Gold: 267 Equipment: The Muckraker (WP: 13, earth and water elemental, deals the weakened effect, greatsword), Gloves of the Undead Assassin (For every enemy the wearer kills, it gains 5 HP, Immunity to Water, Usable by anyone, Handgear), Dragonbrand Shield (SP: 8, immune to wind and fire, shield), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect) Inventory: Venom x6, Bedroll, Remedy, Smelling Salts, Mead x2, Net (if used in combat, 1/3 chance to slow enemy, 1/3 chance to be useless, 1/3 chance slow self, lasts 3 rounds, retrievable), Nostrum x2, Throwing Dagger (WP:3), Fauxthril Scythe (WP:5), 4 Bones, Bow (WP: 4), Grand Potion x2, Phoenix Essence x2, Soma, Mulled Wine, Crow-Claw Dagger (WP: 6, 50/50 chance to stun enemy on successful attack, Darkness), Shuriken (WP:5, Wind), Cloak of the Blue Assassin (SP: 1, backwear, suitable for anyone), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), Pseudos Hood (can damage undead with normal attacks), Hunter's Plate (SP: 4, wearer gains 10 gold for each Humanoid killed, suitable for rogues, rangers, barbarians, beast warriors, infiltrators, regulators, and winged warriors), Deadly Venom Nessa Anárion 59 years old female elven Ranger Level: 16 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 3 Health: 10/22 Gold: 163 Equipment: Darkness Silver Crossbow with Raven-Slayer Bolts and Newty Mag (WP: 8, darkness elemental (WP: +3 vs. werefolk (removable)) (WP: +4 vs. Aquatic vermin (removable) (usable by ex-Amphibians only)), Tricorne (Headwear; SP:3), Inventory: Bedroll, Magic Compass, Venom (2), Nostrum (2), Mead, 3 Potions, Opal, Ranger's Quiver (WP: +1), Bone, Ranger's Cowl (Suitable to rangers, SP: 2, headwear), Mulled Wine, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), Garnet Sylph Solanum (Dannylonglegs) unknown age, unknown race Druid *Immune to Sealed* *Second Party Leader* Level: 24.66 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 0 Health: 14/34 Ether: 3/29 Gold: 315 Equipment: Shrapnel Bow (WP: 10, Bow. Every successful hit drops the target's SP by 1), 20-20 glasses (headwear, +1 turn of effect for scrolls) Inventory: Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Ice Armour, 2 Potions, 1 Grand Potion, 2 Tonics, 1 Venom, 2 Fire Bombs, 1 Ice Bomb, 3 Water Bombs, 2 Lightning Bombs, 1 Floral Bomb, 7 Bones, Trial Brew x3, Helmet (Max. health +1)), Emerald, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Signet Ring, Saber Teeth, Journal of The Bleeding,Tale of the Invincible King, Psych Documents, Journal of The Wound, Suffering's Journal, Robe of the Magi (Bodywear, SP: 1), Smoke Bomb, Ranger's Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows), Orcish Morning Star (WP: 9, mace), Mulled Wine, Spinning Bolas (WP: 8, deals the Slowed effect, but the effect is removed when retrieved, throwing weapon), Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), Hide of The Suffering (Bodywear, Power +7 when under a negative status effect. Doesn't stack.), Merry Bow (WP:7, ranged, steals 1 gold with each successful hit except Shield-skills), Emerald Hood (SP: 4, headwear, protects from Fragile) Soryx Dourskull (NPC, controlled by Myrddyn) 42 years old male wereviper Hunter *Immune to Darkness and Hexed* *Favors Humanoids* Level: 15.5 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 6 Health: 16/30 Gold: 107 Equipment: Vanquisher (WP: 10, light, ice, and lightning elemental, greatsword), Darksteel Armor (Suitable for anyone, SP: 6, max health +3, immune to darkness, bodywear), Talisman of Enlightment (Suitable for anyone, immune to hexed, accessory) Everyone choose an action. Party leader, please create a battle order.

"Ya' might get more outta that shield just takin' the gem out and sellin' it for scrap, mate," suggested Atramor to Tarn, with a nod.

Sorry, quoted the second stats post to get Red's stats too. Round Two of Health Inspection Zoolkar revives Finn- (-10 ether) Guts vs. Zoolkar (Lifestealer) - Extra Critical Hit Extra Critical Hit (127 x 4 = 508 damage) Guts vs. Zoolkar (Lifestealer) - Special Damage Hit (63 x 4 = 252 damage, Zoolkar KO'd) Maurice vs. Black Hat (Manta Tail Staff) - Shield: Guardian Angel (Party protected next round) >Thalion frails Pilgrim - Failure (-1 ether) >Thalion vs. Pilgrim (Darkness) - Special Damage Shield: Razzmatazz (32 darkness damage to everyone, everyone stunned, 50 gold stolen, -1 ether) >Hybros vs. Finn (Sword of Ancestral Hatred) - Special Damage Lethal Hit (60/2 = 30 damage, no assassinate) >Hybros vs. Finn (Sword of Ancestral Hatred) - Damage Shield: Grim Reaper (No assassination, 50 gold stolen) >Red vs. San-lohs (Totally Not Stolen Dagger) - Special Damage: Chain Heal (San-lohs no longer stunned) San-lohs blessed (+3 health) Guts hacks Zoolkar apart. Maurice's guardian angel appears to protect the party. Thalion stuns, damages, and steals from the enemies while Hybros stabs at Finn to no avail. Enemies Lost Pilgrim *Back Row* *Stunned* Level 35 Humanoid Health: 370/688 Special: Teleport – Lost Pilgrim switches rows, doubling his level while in the front row. Drops: Magic Compass Immune to blinded, confused, hexed, and instant kill. Note: Lost Pilgrim fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. San-lohs the Blessed *Blessed* Level 30 Holy Humanoid Health: 346/860 Ether: 7/7 Special I: Chain Heal – San-lohs heals the entire enemy party for 90 health and remedies all of their negative effects at the cost of 1 ether. Special II: Chain Lightning – San-lohs deals 15 lightning-elemental damage, ignoring defense, to the party. Special II used when San-lohs is out of ether. Drops: Nothing Immune to sealed, cursed, and jinxed, and instant kill. Note: San-lohs will use Special I as his free hit until he runs out of ether, in which case he will deal a regular free hit. Devron “Black Hat” Moray *Stunned* Level 50 Humanoid Health: 1032/1032 Special I: Snatch – Devron steals 1/5th of the hero’s gold, rounded down. Special II: Elite Hit – Devron deals damage equal to his gold divided by 5. Specials alternate. Immune to darkness, cursed, doomed and instant kill. Drops: 100 gold, The Black Hat (Grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear, suitable for anyone) Finn the Twin Dwarven Flailman "What just....Flynn?! Wh-what the hell did you do-?!" Level 30 Humanoid Health: 36/602 Special I: Whirlwind Spin – Finn and Flynn spin rapidly to form a whirling vortex of doom, making both of them Counterstrike for the next three rounds, causing them to deal damage equal to their level whenever they are hit, even when not targeted. Special II: Smash – Finn deals a devastating blow, dealing 15 damage, reducing the hero’s Defense by three, and giving them the Fragile effect for the next three rounds. Special II used when Whirlwind Spin is already in effect or Flynn is dead. Passive Special: Brotherhood – Finn is Encouraged when Flynn is alive. Immune to blinded, fragile, and stunned. Drops: Grand Potion Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 41/41 Defense: 4 Gold: 475 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 9x Mead, 9x Smelling Salts, 8x Nostrum, 20x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 1x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Deadly Venom, 3x 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) Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Lucky* *Inspired* *Immune to all elements* Level: 26 2/3 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 40/40 50/80 Gold: 440 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 17, 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), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) 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, 14 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 12 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile and Sealed* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Party Leader* Level: 19 1/2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 27/27 Ether: 25/29 Gold: 57 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) 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, Smelling Salts (3), Nostrum (3), Phoenix Essence (2), Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stun, Asleep and Light* Level: 22 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 46/46 Ether: 29/29 Gold: 125 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), Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade; greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, Phoenix Essence, 3 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle) Red (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) 18 years old female human Rogue *Immune to Enamored, Confused, and Hexed* Level: 16 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 1 Health: 30/30 Gold: 34 Equipment: Totally Not Stolen Dagger (WP: 8, dagger), Little Red Cloak (Immune to enamored, confused, and hexed, max health +8, backwear, suitable for Red), Completely Legitimately Obtained Bracelets (SP: 1, handwear, suitable for Red) Party leader, please create a battle order. Party members, please choose an action. If Red is KO'd at the end of the battle, the Quest will fail.

Yes, but Black Hat is immune to darkness-elemental attacks.

Right.

See, I didn't even add enough 0s! Health: 90000/90000...

It's fine Obelix, I usually type it myself anyway. Round One of Health Inspection Guts vs. Zoolkar (Lifestealer) - Special Damage Hit (63 x 4 = 262 damage) Guts vs. Zoolkar (Lifestealer) - Damage Shield: Ravage (95 x 4 = 380 damage to all enemies, 50 gold stolen) Maurice vs. Black Hat (Manta Tail Staff) - Meditate (No effect) >Thalion frails Flynn - Success (Flynn frail, -1 ether) >Thalion vs. Pilgrim (Darkness) - Damage Spell (32 x 2 = 64 damage, -1 ether) >Hybros vs. Finn (Sword of Ancestral Hatred) - Special Damage Damage (60/2 = 30 damage) >Hybros vs. Flynn (Sword of Ancestral Hatred) - Damage Shield: Grim Reaper (Finn and Flynn assassinated, 50 gold stolen) >Red vs. San-lohs (Totally Not Stolen Dagger) - Hit (24/2 = 12 damage) Zoolkar sings Dirge of the Phoenix to revive Finn next round San-lohs blessed (+3 health) The battle starts with a bang. Guts cuts through the enemy party furiously, and though he snatches some gold off of Black Hat, he slays nobody. Thalion slings some successful spells as Maurice meditates on recent events. Hybros is bloodied by Finn's flail, but in retribution he quickly slits both brothers' throats, sharpening his blade. Red stabs San-lohs from behind as Zoolkar tunes his guitar in preparation for a song. Enemies Zoolkar Paint-Face Level 30 Ancient Humanoid Health: 562/1204 Ether: 25/25 Special: Rock On – Zoolkar restores 10 ether to himself. Passive Special: Rock Out – At the end of each round, Zoolkar will select a random song to play for the duration of the next one. Nanny’s Lullaby – Gives all heroes the Asleep effect, costs 1 ether. Rapid March – Gives all other allies the Hastened effect, costs 3 ether. Luck Chant – Gives all other allies the Lucky effect, costs 3 ether. Hard Rock Anthem – Gives all other allies 10 Defense, costs 5 ether. Love Serenade – Restores 60 health to all other allies, costs 5 ether. Dirge of the Phoenix – Revives one random ally with 100 health, costs 10 ether. If no ally is downed, nothing happens. Drops: Zenith (WP: 17, instrument) Immune to all effects and instant kill. Lost Pilgrim *Back Row* Level 35 Humanoid Health: 434/688 Special: Teleport – Lost Pilgrim switches rows, doubling his level while in the front row. Drops: Magic Compass Immune to blinded, confused, hexed, and instant kill. Note: Lost Pilgrim fights from the back row, so all non-ranged attacks will do half damage to him, while his attacks do full damage to heroes in back row. San-lohs the Blessed *Blessed* Level 30 Holy Humanoid Health: 471/860 Ether: 7/7 Special I: Chain Heal – San-lohs heals the entire enemy party for 90 health and remedies all of their negative effects at the cost of 1 ether. Special II: Chain Lightning – San-lohs deals 15 lightning-elemental damage, ignoring defense, to the party. Special II used when San-lohs is out of ether. Drops: Nothing Immune to sealed, cursed, and jinxed, and instant kill. Note: San-lohs will use Special I as his free hit until he runs out of ether, in which case he will deal a regular free hit. Devron “Black Hat” Moray "Hold..." Level 50 Humanoid Health: 1032/1032 Special I: Snatch – Devron steals 1/5th of the hero’s gold, rounded down. Special II: Elite Hit – Devron deals damage equal to his gold divided by 5. Specials alternate. Immune to darkness, cursed, doomed and instant kill. Drops: 100 gold, The Black Hat (Grants Intimidation, immune to darkness and cursed, headwear, suitable for anyone) Party Guts Holla (Scubacarrot) 44 year old male human Raider *Immune to Weakened, Fragile, Asleep, Confused and Blinded* *Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to all elements* Level: 27.33 Power Bonus: 4 Health: 41/41 Defense: 4 Gold: 475 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 9x Mead, 9x Smelling Salts, 8x Nostrum, 20x Grand Potion, 4x Health Core, 1x Elixir, 1x Grand Tonic, 1x Ether Core, 12x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Deadly Venom, 3x 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) Hybros 52-year-old male imp Assassin *Hastened* *Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened* *Lucky* *Inspired* *Immune to all elements* Level: 26 2/3 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 0 Health: 40/40 50/80 Gold: 390 Equipment: Sword of Ancestral Hatred (WP: 17, 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), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory) 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, 14 Grand Potions, 22 Health Cores, 11 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 12 Nostrums, 3 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, 4 Mythril Shards Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) 213 years old male elf Sorcerer *Immune to Fragile and Sealed* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Party Leader* Level: 19 1/2 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 7 Health: 27/27 Ether: 27/29 Gold: 7 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) 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, Smelling Salts (3), Nostrum (3), Phoenix Essence (2), Elixir, Health Core, Potion, Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, Bone Maurice Ratibor (Etzel) 52 years old male human Paladin *Immune to Stun, Asleep and Light* Level: 22 Power Bonus: 1 Defense: 13 Health: 46/46 Ether: 29/29 Gold: 125 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), Paladin's Armour (SP:4, Max. Ether +2, Immunity to Light, bodywear) Inventory: Glass Greatsword (WP:12, hollow blade; greatsword), Emerald Staff (WP:10 wood-elemental), Diamond, 3 Potions, Tonic, 3 Ether Cores, Phoenix Essence, 3 Nostrums, 2 Venom, Elixir, Floral Bomb, Water Bomb, 4 Fire Bombs, Torch, Bone, Plume, Rito Feather (consumable, grants the hastened- and blessed-effects upon use for one battle) Red (NPC, controlled by JimButcher) 18 years old female human Rogue *Immune to Enamored, Confused, and Hexed* Level: 16 Power Bonus: 0 Defense: 1 Health: 30/30 Gold: 34 Equipment: Totally Not Stolen Dagger (WP: 8, dagger), Little Red Cloak (Immune to enamored, confused, and hexed, max health +8, backwear, suitable for Red), Completely Legitimately Obtained Bracelets (SP: 1, handwear, suitable for Red) Party leader, please create a battle order. Party members, please choose an action. If Red is KO'd at the end of the battle, the Quest will fail.

Is it legal for me to ominously enjoy a bowl of chilled monkey brains after Thothwick vanishes mysteriously in the night?

So...either this battle ends up balanced or Guts ends up in the ground. Win/win as far as I'm concerned.