Heroica RPG - Quest#120: Hand of Blue

[CMP]

Atramor quickly sprinted after the machines as soon as they began pouring down to the entrance hall, snatching McCafferey up from the floor as he did so - she clung into his shoulder roughly.

"If there any guards, get the hell out here, we've got a bit of a damn problem!"

'More of these machines...'

[Sandy]

Arthur nods and quickly wheels Lady Shanxian out of the room, pausing only to check Phang Ten for a pulse.

OOC: Quick question, are the bots between us and the entry hall, or are they about to chase us to the entry hall?

QM Note: The automata are in between you and the entrance hall.

The party grouped around Shanxian and began their way towards the other end of the long hallway. It was covered by the fog so that they couldn't see very far ahead. Arthur stopped to feel for a pulse for the lord, but seeing as he had indeed been sliced in two from the midrift, it was pointless.

They heard sounds of struggle from ahead, and as they advanced through the smoke, they saw Guru Hei-Ha-Chi and the kappa Ootaru fending for their lives against the automata.

"Come, you three! We must not stop for anything!"

PREPARE FOR A BATTLE FLOW!

Rules of the Battle Flow: As you advance along the hallway, you get into a battle with several stages. You cannot heal, use items or do anything else in-between the stages, and you don't gain experience or loot before it is over - it is considered a singular battle in that respect. However, you can choose to skip any stage of the battle. Skipping it means that the NPCs getting attacked will be killed, but the enemies they face will not pursue you.

Would the party pass the guru and the kappa and let them die in the hands of the automata, or help them?

Enemies:

Offensive Automaton Alpha

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 60

Defense: 30

Health: 500/500

Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used)

4-6: nothing

Offensive Automaton Beta

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 60

Defense: 30

Health: 500/500

Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used)

4-6: nothing

Defensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 30

Defense: 60

Health: 500/500

Special: Force Field – Restores 300 health and bestows the inspired- and reinforced-effects to all allies.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or defensive artifact when used)

4-6: nothing

Party:

Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz)

22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader*

Level 34 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts*

Power: 44 (34+10)

Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1)

Health: 57/57 (5+33+15+4)

Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10/20 against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP:5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Shadeaux Cape (SP:5, Immune to Blind and Confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP:1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Phoenix Essence])

Artifacts: Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; Backwear, suitable for anyone), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), handwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Pointy Hat

Spell Items: Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Weakening

Consumables: Potion, Grand Potion x7, Tonic, Grand Tonic, Ether Core, Remedy x10, Elixir x3, Hurricane, Jinxy Juice, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, Grating Stone x2, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), Smoke Bomb x5, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), Bone x3, Silver Ore x2

Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass

Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie)

32 year old male human Regulator

Level 34 2/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Orderly*

Power: 54 (34+20)

Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12)

Health: 56/64 (7+33+12+6+6*)

Gold: 656

Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura whenever using the weapon, doubling the user's current and max. health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, immune to water, lightning, and wood, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

- Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging)

- Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants Animal Talk, headwear, suitable for anyone)

- Scroll of Arc Frailty (50/50 chance to inflict the fragile-effect to all enemies for ether equal to the number of enemies), Scroll of Fire Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of fiery armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the burned by 10-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Ice Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of ice armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the stunned-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether)

- 2 Grand Potions, Phoenix Essence, Health Core, Nostrum, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 3 Bones, Grating Stone

- Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.)

Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9)

Skrall (Waterbrick Down)

81 year old Male Ogre Hunter

Level 36 3/4 *Natural Respite* *Favors Flying and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience*

Power: 50 (36+12+2)

Defense: 8 (3+5)

Health: 50/50 (6+35+6+3)

Gold: 138

Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory)

Inventory: Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword), Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"; accessory), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy (example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold)), Potion, 1 Grand Potion, Ether Core, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, 7 Meads, 2 Nostrums, 4 Remedy, 2 Smelling Salts, 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo

[Flipz]

"Come, you three! We must not stop for anything!"

"What's our endgame, Lady Shanxian? Where are we going in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be more advantageous to defeat these enemies now and not have to risk fending them off later?"

Edited December 12, 2014 by Flipz

[Sandy]

"What's our endgame, Lady Shanxian? Where are we going in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be more advantageous to defeat these enemies now and not have to risk fending them off later?"

"To the Council Chambers! Please, there is no time to explain now. Just ignore the automata, they will not threaten us unless provoked."

[Waterbrick Down]

Skrall glances at the two, torn for a brief moment. "Let us proceed."

[Flipz]

Arthur grits his teeth, then wheels Shanxian onward, looking away from the bloodbath that was to come. "Damn. I hope there's a good reason for this. I really hope we're going in as saviors, not slaughterers, otherwise I've severely misjudged what I was signing up for. Please tell me the reason we're hurrying is to save lives, not to end them." He quickly hands pushing duties off to Atramor, reaching his hands into his pack to rearrange his belongings just in case something unexpected occurred.

[CMP]

"Hold the hell on a second, we can't just leave these guys to die. This sure as shit isn't the reaction I expected from at least most of ya'. What makes ya' think you're not one of their targets, Lady Ji Pei? They just seem hell-bent on killin' everythin' here."

Edited December 14, 2014 by CallMePie

[Flipz]

Arthur stops to try to reason with the Regulator. "And what if there's more in the Council chamber as we speak? I hate leaving anyone to die, but being too late to save the Council would be much, much worse, for everyone."

Edited December 14, 2014 by Flipz

[Sandy]

Rules of the Battle Flow: As you advance along the hallway, you get into a battle with several stages. You cannot heal, use items or do anything else in-between the stages, and you don't gain experience or loot before it is over - it is considered a singular battle in that respect. However, you can choose to skip any stage of the battle. Skipping it means that the NPCs getting attacked will be killed, but the enemies they face will not pursue you.

Addendum: Fleeing the battle means skipping the current stage and moving on to the next. You will not gain experience if you skip all the stages.

The party passed the guru and the kappa without looking back. Out of the fog ahead erupted a shrill shriek, and the noble couple who were at the Entrance Hall ran towards them, chased by a white-clad assassin and a couple of transparent serpents.

"It is of uttermost importance that we reach the Council Chambers as soon as possible", Lady Shanxian said, ignoring the heroes other inquiries.

Would the party pass the noble couple and their chasers or fight?

Enemies:

White Ninja

*Immune to blinded, slowed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Humanoid

Level: 54

Health: 884/884

Special: Serpentine Smoke – The White Ninja hides for the rest of the round, becoming unable to be targeted. He will also summon a Vapor Viper to the battle.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-2: White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear)

3-4: Smoke Bomb

5-6: nothing

Vapor Viper A

*Immune to physical*

Type: Vermin/Ethereal

Level: 33

Health: 320/320

Special: Solid Snake – The Vapor Viper seeps into the target’s body and becomes solid, instantly knocking out both the target and the Vapor Viper.

Drops: nothing

Vapor Viper B

*Immune to physical*

Type: Vermin/Ethereal

Level: 33

Health: 320/320

Special: Solid Snake – The Vapor Viper seeps into the target’s body and becomes solid, instantly knocking out both the target and the Vapor Viper.

Drops: nothing

Party:

Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz)

22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader*

Level 34 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts*

Power: 44 (34+10)

Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1)

Health: 57/57 (5+33+15+4)

Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10/20 against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP:5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Shadeaux Cape (SP:5, Immune to Blind and Confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP:1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Phoenix Essence])

Artifacts: Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; Backwear, suitable for anyone), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), handwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Pointy Hat

Spell Items: Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Weakening

Consumables: Potion, Grand Potion x7, Tonic, Grand Tonic, Ether Core, Remedy x10, Elixir x3, Hurricane, Jinxy Juice, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, Grating Stone x2, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), Smoke Bomb x5, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), Bone x3, Silver Ore x2

Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass

Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie)

32 year old male human Regulator

Level 34 2/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Orderly*

Power: 54 (34+20)

Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12)

Health: 56/64 (7+33+12+6+6*)

Gold: 656

Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura whenever using the weapon, doubling the user's current and max. health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, immune to water, lightning, and wood, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

- Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging)

- Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants Animal Talk, headwear, suitable for anyone)

- Scroll of Arc Frailty (50/50 chance to inflict the fragile-effect to all enemies for ether equal to the number of enemies), Scroll of Fire Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of fiery armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the burned by 10-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Ice Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of ice armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the stunned-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether)

- 2 Grand Potions, Phoenix Essence, Health Core, Nostrum, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 3 Bones, Grating Stone

- Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.)

Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9)

Skrall (Waterbrick Down)

81 year old Male Ogre Hunter

Level 36 3/4 *Natural Respite* *Favors Flying and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience*

Power: 50 (36+12+2)

Defense: 8 (3+5)

Health: 50/50 (6+35+6+3)

Gold: 138

Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory)

Inventory: Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword), Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"; accessory), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy (example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold)), Potion, 1 Grand Potion, Ether Core, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, 7 Meads, 2 Nostrums, 4 Remedy, 2 Smelling Salts, 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo

[Flipz]

Arthur sets his jaw. "There's nothing we can even do here," he says sadly, knowing his weapons would be useless against the vipers, "and we can't risk anyone getting Knocked Out, not with Skrall holding all of the incenses. We have to move on."

<What are we doing? Why are we not protecting them?>

Because our employer is telling us to. Because I trust her to be working to protect the greater good. Even though that trust may be misplaced.

<But why? I don't understand?>

I'm not sure I do, either. Atramor was right, we should have saved those other two. Now we don't even have a chance to save these ones. Arthur's gaze grows steely. The next ones...I made the wrong choice for the last pair. I'm not making it again.

[Waterbrick Down]

The groans of the dying pair behind them, Skrall shook his head. "Arthur, one more group like this and I'm takin' a stand whether ya like it or not. Lead on."

[Sandy]

Rules of the Battle Flow: As you advance along the hallway, you get into a battle with several stages. You cannot heal, use items or do anything else in-between the stages, and you don't gain experience or loot before it is over - it is considered a singular battle in that respect. However, you can choose to skip any stage of the battle. Skipping it means that the NPCs getting attacked will be killed, but the enemies they face will not pursue you. Fleeing the battle means skipping the current stage and moving on to the next. You will not gain experience if you skip all the stages.

The couple disappeared into the fog behind the party, still screaming in terror. The party soon saw the door leading to the entrance hall ahead, but in front of it was the Weather Mage Sun Qui and Spymaster Tanooki, fighting for their lives against more automata and ninjas. The party would be able to slip past them, if they wished to.

"Don't falter now! There are bigger things in motion than these vultures", Lady Shanxian said with a new, harsh determination in her voice. Gone was the feeble, defeated woman from earlier.

Would the party pass the mage and the wereraccoon or stay to fight?

Enemies:

White Ninja

*Immune to blinded, slowed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Humanoid

Level: 54

Health: 884/884

Special: Serpentine Smoke – The White Ninja hides for the rest of the round, becoming unable to be targeted. He will also summon a Vapor Viper to the battle.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-2: White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear)

3-4: Smoke Bomb

5-6: nothing

Offensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 60

Defense: 30

Health: 500/500

Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used)

4-6: nothing

Defensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 30

Defense: 60

Health: 500/500

Special: Force Field – Restores 300 health and bestows the inspired- and reinforced-effects to all allies.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or defensive artifact when used)

4-6: nothing

Party:

Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz)

22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader*

Level 34 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts*

Power: 44 (34+10)

Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1)

Health: 57/57 (5+33+15+4)

Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10/20 against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP:5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Shadeaux Cape (SP:5, Immune to Blind and Confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP:1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Phoenix Essence])

Artifacts: Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; Backwear, suitable for anyone), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), handwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Pointy Hat

Spell Items: Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Weakening

Consumables: Potion, Grand Potion x7, Tonic, Grand Tonic, Ether Core, Remedy x10, Elixir x3, Hurricane, Jinxy Juice, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, Grating Stone x2, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), Smoke Bomb x5, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), Bone x3, Silver Ore x2

Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass

Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie)

32 year old male human Regulator

Level 34 2/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Orderly*

Power: 54 (34+20)

Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12)

Health: 56/64 (7+33+12+6+6*)

Gold: 656

Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura whenever using the weapon, doubling the user's current and max. health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, immune to water, lightning, and wood, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

- Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging)

- Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants Animal Talk, headwear, suitable for anyone)

- Scroll of Arc Frailty (50/50 chance to inflict the fragile-effect to all enemies for ether equal to the number of enemies), Scroll of Fire Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of fiery armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the burned by 10-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Ice Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of ice armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the stunned-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether)

- 2 Grand Potions, Phoenix Essence, Health Core, Nostrum, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 3 Bones, Grating Stone

- Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.)

Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9)

Skrall (Waterbrick Down)

81 year old Male Ogre Hunter

Level 36 3/4 *Natural Respite* *Favors Flying and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience*

Power: 50 (36+12+2)

Defense: 8 (3+5)

Health: 50/50 (6+35+6+3)

Gold: 138

Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory)

Inventory: Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword), Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"; accessory), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy (example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold)), Potion, 1 Grand Potion, Ether Core, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, 7 Meads, 2 Nostrums, 4 Remedy, 2 Smelling Salts, 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), Minimizing Dust, 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo

[Flipz]

Arthur closes his eyes, then snaps them open, a brief flash of light emanating from them.

"No."

"I've let fear and paranoia stop me from saving two lives, then necessity stopped me from saving two more. Not this time...this time we fight!"

So saying, Arthur stabs his Spider Leg Spear at the Offensive Automaton from the Front Row. "Sun Qui, got any helpful weather you can conjure up?"

Battle Order:

Arthur

Atramor

Sun Qui

Spymaster Tanooki

Skrall

Edited December 15, 2014 by Flipz

[Waterbrick Down]

Skrall took aim at the White Ninja from the back row with his Hunter's Crossbow. "Bout time."

[Sandy]

QM Note: The NPCs aren't actually participating in the battle, sorry to say.

"Sun Qui, got any helpful weather you can conjure up?"

"I ah'm t'herribly sorry, my boy", the old mage wheezes. "I have no fight'h left'h in me..."

"Thanks for popping in to help, laddies!"

[CMP]

Atramor nods (finally) to Arthur and swings the Pheles Kris at the Defensive Automaton from the back row.

QM Note: The NPCs aren't actually participating in the battle, sorry to say.

Really? So...out of morbid curiosity, we would've had zero chance to complete the last battle because none of us are mages?

[Flipz]

Arthur looks at the ninja with concern. "You know, Skrall, I really think we need that ninja to be guaranteed to go down. Mind using your minimizing dust on it?"

OOC: I feel less bad about leaving the first two behind now.

Edited December 16, 2014 by Flipz

[Waterbrick Down]

"I'm trustin' ya on this one Regulus, I expect somethin' in return." Skrall uses his minimizing dust on the Ninja from the back row.

[Sandy]

Really? So...out of morbid curiosity, we would've had zero chance to complete the last battle because none of us are mages?

QM Note: It would've been difficult without ice- or wind-elemental weapons or bombs at your disposal, but you could still have used effects such as poisoning. I don't usually adjust my enemies to the party's specs, but in this case I probably should have...

Results of Round One of the Battle Flow:

Arthur vs. Offensive Automaton - Shield (Dragon's Wrath: Petit Breath - Offensive Automaton: 500 health+30 SP-(34x2=68 dmg)=462 health; Defensive Automaton: 500 health+60 SP-(34x2=68 dmg)=492 health)

>Atramor vs. Defensive Automaton - Special Damage (Force Field - All allies: 300 health restored+inspired+reinforced; Atramor: aura)

>Skrall uses Minimizing Dust on White Ninja - (White Ninja: minimized)

White Ninja - Free Hit on Arthur (Arthur Atramor: 112 health+26 SP-6 dmg=112 health)

As Arthur is about to strike, Miirym flies in front of him and breathes corruptive gas on the automatons. The Defensive Automaton conjures a Force Field as a countermeasure. Atramor dons an aura from his weapon. Skrall minimizes the White Ninja, who feebly tries to strike Atramor immediately after.

Three enemies are standing!

Enemies:

White Ninja

*Immune to blinded, slowed, petrified and doomed* *Inspired* *Reinforced* *Minimized for 3 rounds*

Type: Humanoid

Level: 54 6

Health: 884/884 1768/1768 177/177

Special: Serpentine Smoke – The White Ninja hides for the rest of the round, becoming unable to be targeted. He will also summon a Vapor Viper to the battle.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-2: White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear)

3-4: Smoke Bomb

5-6: nothing

Offensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* *Inspired* *Reinforced*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 60

Defense: 30 60

Health: 500/500 1000/1000

Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used)

4-6: nothing

Defensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* *Inspired* *Reinforced*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 30

Defense: 60 120

Health: 500/500 1000/1000

Special: Force Field – Restores 300 health and bestows the inspired- and reinforced-effects to all allies.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or defensive artifact when used)

4-6: nothing

Party:

Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz)

22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader*

Level 34 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts*

Power: 44 (34+10)

Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1)

Health: 57/57 (5+33+15+4)

Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10/20 against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP:5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Shadeaux Cape (SP:5, Immune to Blind and Confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP:1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Phoenix Essence])

Artifacts: Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; Backwear, suitable for anyone), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), handwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Pointy Hat

Spell Items: Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Weakening

Consumables: Potion, Grand Potion x7, Tonic, Grand Tonic, Ether Core, Remedy x10, Elixir x3, Hurricane, Jinxy Juice, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, Grating Stone x2, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), Smoke Bomb x5, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), Bone x3, Silver Ore x2

Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass

Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie)

32 year old male human Regulator

Level 34 2/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Orderly* *Aura*

Power: 54 (34+20)

Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12)

Health: 56/64 112/128 (7+33+12+6+6*)

Gold: 656

Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura whenever using the weapon, doubling the user's current and max. health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, immune to water, lightning, and wood, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

- Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging)

- Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants Animal Talk, headwear, suitable for anyone)

- Scroll of Arc Frailty (50/50 chance to inflict the fragile-effect to all enemies for ether equal to the number of enemies), Scroll of Fire Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of fiery armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the burned by 10-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Ice Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of ice armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the stunned-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether)

- 2 Grand Potions, Phoenix Essence, Health Core, Nostrum, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 3 Bones, Grating Stone

- Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.)

Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9)

Skrall (Waterbrick Down)

81 year old Male Ogre Hunter

Level 36 3/4 *Natural Respite* *Favors Flying and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience*

Power: 50 (36+12+2)

Defense: 8 (3+5)

Health: 50/50 (6+35+6+3)

Gold: 138

Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory)

Inventory: Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword), Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"; accessory), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy (example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold)), Potion, 1 Grand Potion, Ether Core, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, 7 Meads, 2 Nostrums, 4 Remedy, 2 Smelling Salts, 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo

[Waterbrick Down]

OoC: Wouldn't immune to physical mean that even elemental attacks would do 0 damage?

"Soddin' automatons." Skrall loaded his Hunter's Crossbow and took aim at the Ninja from the back row.

[Sandy]

OoC: Wouldn't immune to physical mean that even elemental attacks would do 0 damage?

QM Note: No, physical is just another term non-elemental attacks (see the rules). But don't worry, I get mixed up with all these terms too.

[Flipz]

OOC: Are we sure there's no "ninja" Decamon card?

Seeing that both automatons had become nearly impossible to kill, Arthur seriously considers fleeing, before deciding instead to try a different tactic. He palms a bottle, one he'd been saving for quite some time, and pours it out upon the ninja.

Jinxy Juice vs. White Ninja, Back Row.

"Atramor, mind using your Nostrum on Skrall? We absolutely cannot have that ninja summoning snakes."

Battle Order:

Arthur

Atramor

Skrall

Arthur hears a familiar demonic voice reverberating in his head as Atramor's Aura activates. Arthur groans. "Shut up Mephisto! I am not dealing with you right now!"

[Sandy]

OOC: Are we sure there's no "ninja" Decamon card?

QM Note: You have to find that out yourselves. But there's at least an "Automaton" card.

[CMP]

"Those are your own voices in your head Arthur, not my knive's," Atramor rolls his eyes exasperatedly and uses his Nostrum on Skrall from the back row.

[Sandy]

QM Note: One of them Neutralizers would've been handy right now, eh? It's kind of odd that I managed to design these enemies to be beaten with the items you don't happen to have, despite your overblown inventories... I swear it was purely coincidental!

Results of Round Three of the Battle Flow:

>Arthur uses Jinxy Juice on White Ninja - (White Ninja: jinxed)

>Atramor uses Nostrum on Skrall - (Skrall: lucky)

>Skrall vs. White Ninja - Damage/Critical Hit/Critical Hit/Special Damage (White Ninja: 177 health-(64x6=384 dmg)=0 health)

Offensive Automaton+Defensive Automaton - Free Hit vs. Atramor (Atramor: 112 health+26 SP-(60+30=90/2=45 dmg)=93 health)

The party decides to play it safe and jinx the ninja while making Skrall lucky. It is enough to make sure that the ninja is defeated. The two buffed up automatons remain.

Enemies:

Offensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* *Inspired* *Reinforced*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 60

Defense: 30 60

Health: 500/500 1000/1000

Special: Debilitating Strike – Causes 60 damage as well as the weakened- and fragile-effects to the target.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Grating Stone (WP +1 to one weapon when used)

4-6: nothing

Defensive Automaton

*Immune to cursed, sealed, petrified and doomed* *Inspired* *Reinforced*

Type: Mechanical

Level: 30

Defense: 60 120

Health: 500/500 1000/1000

Special: Force Field – Restores 300 health and bestows the inspired- and reinforced-effects to all allies.

Drops (varies by roll):

1-3: Bright Polish (SP +1 to one shield or defensive artifact when used)

4-6: nothing

Party:

Arthur Justus Regulus VII, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (Flipz)

22 year old male human Dragoon *Party Leader*

Level 34 *Immune to Magic, Healing, Blind, Confused, Fragile and all Poisons* *Ignores Free Hits from Beasts*

Power: 44 (34+10)

Defense: 32 (14+5+2+10+1)

Health: 57/57 (5+33+15+4)

Gold: 944 (Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment: Spider Leg (WP:10/20 against flying enemies, Lightning-elemental; spear), Arm Shield (SP:14, shield), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP:5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; bodywear, suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers and regulators), Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Shadeaux Cape (SP:5, Immune to Blind and Confused, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear), Fur Leggings (SP:1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

Weapons: Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Clockwork Lance (WP:12, has 1/3 chance to cause slowed-effect on the target; lance), Gladiator Trident (WP: 11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Stag Antlers (WP:10, grants Intimidation; halberd), Metasimian Dory (WP:10, pierces defense; spear), Dauntlet Index (WP: 10, doubled against humanoids, Darkness-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd, stuns on successful hits, Hollow [Phoenix Essence])

Artifacts: Unicorn Helmet (SP:1; the wearer can only receive one negative effect at a time, with a new effect replacing the old one; headwear, usable by barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, regulators, skirmishers, and winged warriors), Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent; Backwear, suitable for anyone), Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), handwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Zap-Tap Badge (Has a 1/2 chance to deal Electric damage to an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Macabre Collar (Provides immunity to Insta-Kill and Doomed; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Scarf of Misfortune (Wearer deals the Jinxed effect on every third round; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (changes the wearer into an elf of the same gender when worn; Accessory, suitable for anyone), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Pointy Hat

Spell Items: Opal (Ice), Diamond (Light), Garnet (Earth), Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Armor Sundering (Reduces target’s SP by 5 and has a 50/50 chance of success), Scroll of Poisoning (Grants target’s weapon the Poisoned 10 effect for one battle at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Weakening

Consumables: Potion, Grand Potion x7, Tonic, Grand Tonic, Ether Core, Remedy x10, Elixir x3, Hurricane, Exterlate, Noxious Venom (When used on a weapon, the weapon deals the Poisoned-by-10 effect for the duration of the battle and the Confused effect for the next three rounds, for the duration of one battle.), Crumbling Venom (-3 HP/-1 SP per round), Blind Fury, Love Potion, Grating Stone x2, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), Smoke Bomb x5, Pumpkin Bomb (Causes stunned-, poisoned-, asleep-, blinded-, sealed- and confused-effects to all opponents when used.), Bone x3, Silver Ore x2

Tools: Bedroll, Telescope, Shovel, Magnifying Glass, Pickaxe, Magic Compass

Atramor Gibbin (CallMePie)

32 year old male human Regulator

Level 34 2/4 *Immune to all elements, poisoned, and doomed* *Negative effects last one round* *Battle Style: Orderly* *Aura*

Power: 54 (34+20)

Defense: 26 (4+6+4+12)

Health: 56/64 93/128 (7+33+12+6+6*)

Gold: 656

Equipment: Pheles Kris (WP: 20, wielder has a 1/2 chance to generate an Aura whenever using the weapon, doubling the user's current and max. health but drawing all attacks to them, fire, ice, lightning, earth, wind, light, and darkness-elemental dagger), Robust Shield (SP: 12, shield), Amulet of the Court (Negative effects last only one round on the wearer, immune to water, lightning, and wood, accessory, suitable for anyone), Rat's Hide (SP: 4, backwear, suitable for anyone), Galactic Armor (SP: 6, +6 max health, immune to fire, earth, wind, ice, light, darkness, and doomed, bodywear, suitable for anyone), Helmet of Azzurat (SP: 4, immune to poison, headwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

- Tiger Claws (WP: 15, double WP against humanoids, fire- and darkness-elemental, dual strike, daggers), Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7, staff, 50% chance of Fleeing upon being KO'd), Staff of Ennon (WP: 5, Light-Elemental, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4), Healing Staff A (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Healing Staff B (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging)

- Bracers of Insatiable Avarice (Power +2; user gains 25 Gold for every enemy he kills, handwear, suitable for hunters, berserkers, battle mages, beast warriors, dragoons, marauders, regulators, and skirmishers), Sylvania's Cowl (Grants Animal Talk, headwear, suitable for anyone)

- Scroll of Arc Frailty (50/50 chance to inflict the fragile-effect to all enemies for ether equal to the number of enemies), Scroll of Fire Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of fiery armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the burned by 10-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether), Scroll of Ice Armor (50/50 chance to conjure a layer of ice armor over the target, giving them a 50/50 chance to deal the stunned-effect when hit by Damage or Special Damage at the cost of 5 ether)

- 2 Grand Potions, Phoenix Essence, Health Core, Jinxy Juice (Deals the jinxed-effect to the target), Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, 3 Bones, Grating Stone

- Flint and Steel (Handy for starting fires), Pickaxe, Shovel, Rope, Decamodifier (Transforms an enemy with a quarter or less health left into a Decamon card when used, if there is a corresponding card. The monster will not drop anything if it is modified. Tool.)

Decamon Deck: Sylph (Electric 3), Thunderbird (Electric 4), Cloud Gigas (Electric 9)

Skrall (Waterbrick Down)

81 year old Male Ogre Hunter

Level 36 3/4 *Natural Respite* *Favors Flying and Humanoid enemies* *Immune to Fragile, Blinded, and Confused* *Gains Triple experience* *Lucky*

Power: 50 (36+12+2)

Defense: 8 (3+5)

Health: 50/50 (6+35+6+3)

Gold: 138

Equipment: Hunter's Crossbow (WP:12/24 vs. Beasts, fire, ice, wind, and darkness-elemental), Hunter's Quiver (Bows and Crossbows +2WP, allows Hunters to favor two types of enemies, back wear), Tricorne (SP: 3, head wear), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, wearer is immune to fragile, blind, and confused effects, body wear), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains 3x experience from fights, accessory)

Inventory: Composite Bow (WP:12, ignores SP, light, lightning, water, wood, and earth-elemental; bow), Oversized Greatsword (WP: 16 - Double damage on targets that are clearly smaller than the hero, greatsword), Lucky Doubloon (Grants "Special Guard"; accessory), Overkill Gloves (Gives the wearer 1 gold for every point of damage they do extra when they defeat an enemy (example: Enemy has 50 HP left, you do 75 damage, you earn 25 gold)), Potion, 1 Grand Potion, Ether Core, Phoenix Essence, 5 Phoenix Incenses, 7 Meads, 2 Nostrums, 4 Remedy, 2 Smelling Salts, 6 Venoms, 1 Deadly Venoms, 8 Smoke Bomb, 2 Dirt Bombs, Fire Bomb, 5 Water Bombs, Lightning Bomb, Rudra Bomb (Deals 100 lightning-elemental damage to all opponents when used.), 4 Bone, Blind Fury, Wolfgang Insignia, Black Goo