Heroica RPG - Quest #139: Around the World

[Flipz]

Arthur catches the flagpole with a grateful nod, twirling the weapon once or twice to test its heft and balance.

[Zepher]

OoC: Loot will come after this.

"Nothing wrong with a little detour," Guffington says, stepping out of the palace to stand beside Hybros. "I've never seen the Right of the People before. Now we shall."

"I call the Right of the People for all of Dastan, so we are not led boldly into decay!" Sven calls to Purpearl. "Come forward, champions!"

Arthur walks out into the battle, and an enormous Pongcanis walks forward to meet him.

"Let me show you what real strength looks like!" growls the Pongcanis.

The Enemies

Sven's Champion

Level 220 Beast Humanoid *Lucky (2 Rounds)*

Health: 720/720

Special: King Maker - Sven's Champion makes the target fragile, weakened and enraged.

Passive Special: Home Turf - Sven's Champion is lucky for the first two rounds of combat. After that, his attacks have a 1/2 chance to deal fragile, and a 1/2 chance to deal weakened.

Drops: Nothing

The Party

Arthur

Justus Regulus VII

Ziegfried

, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 39.75 Dragoon, 23-year-old male Human

*Immune to

Hexed

,

Petrified

,

Minimized

,

Jinxed

,

Stunned

,

Slowed

,

Hastened

,

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

* *One Negative Effect at a time*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

64/64

Defense:

49

Gold:

1787

(Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment:

Dauntlet Index

(WP: 20, doubled against humanoids,

Darkness

-elemental; spear), Blue Hand Shield (SP:15, Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield),

Tin Armor

(SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear),

Tin Gloves

(Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear),

Shadeaux Cape

(SP:11, Immune to

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear),

Tin Greaves

(Immunity to

Stunned

-,

Slowed

-, and

Hastened

-effects; footwear), 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),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Clockwork Lance (WP:12,

Light

-elemental, 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), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies,

Lightning

- and

Wind

-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd,

stuns

on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia]), Hollow Flagpole(WP:11, +3 SP to the whole party whenever equipped, Hollow (Empty), lance),

Artifacts:

Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear),

Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone

),

Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), Overkill Gloves (Grants Overkill gold on kills; handwear, suitable for anyone)

(currently loaned indefinitely to Namyrra), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; 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), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory),

Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory)

, Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.),

Unsuitable Weapons/Artifacts:

Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is

Jinxed

), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), 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)

, Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), 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),

Spell Items

(unsuitable):

Opal (

Ice

), Garnet (

Earth

),

Tools:

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

Consumables:

Potion, 15x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 10x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 14x Mead, 9x Nostrum, 1x Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, 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, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), 3x Stun Bomb, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Bone, Negative Nelly (Causes 30 damage and jinxed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), 2x Silver Ore,

[Flipz]

OOC: Arthur's SP should be an even 50: 15+(11*2=22)+(6*2=12)+1 (Unicorn Helmet)=50.

Arthur's hand twitches to go for a particular bottle, but he stays his hand, instead opting to consume the Ambrosia from the Hollow Blade of the Duplovian Swift Halberd before attacking Sven's Champion with it from the Back Row.

Miirym sees this twitch, and immediately goes to Emperor Phil and Vipera, trying to help Arthur the only way in which she was allowed. "What is Dastan's belief towards poisons and potions and other non-traditional items? Is this meant as a contest of strength alone, or skill as well?" she queries quickly.

[UsernameMDM]

Hoke watches as Arthur steps towards the giant Pogcanis. He is a capable warrior and brilliant strategist, but Hoke senses that Sven's champion seems to have an air of confidence and rage about him, no doubt because, whether right or wrong, he believes he is fighting for his home and his people.

"Did you know that this was going to come about?" Hoke bluntly asks Guffington.

Edited September 5, 2015 by UsernameMDM

[Zepher]

"How could I know? Last time I was in Dastan Ella was a child." Guffington smiles tightly. "But I am not sorry that we were here to aid the country in a time of need. Better that we're here to help than not. You must be thankful for that, instead of sour over the unfortunate circumstance you wander into.

<Victory by any means,> says Phil to the little dragon.

OoC: Did forget to give immunities to the Champion, have added a few this round. My apologies for that.

Right of the People Round One

>Arthur takes Ambrosia

>Arthur v. Sven's Champion - Damage/Special Damage (Arthur Fragile)

Sven's champion starts off the battle by rattling Arthur significantly before the Dragoon can even truly act.

The Enemies

Sven's Champion

Level 220 Beast Humanoid *Lucky (1 Round)* *Immune to Weakened, Blinded, Sealed and Instant Death*

Health: 720/720

Special: King Maker - Sven's Champion makes the target fragile, weakened and enraged.

Passive Special: Home Turf - Sven's Champion is lucky for the first two rounds of combat. After that, his attacks have a 1/2 chance to deal fragile, and a 1/2 chance to deal weakened.

Drops: Nothing

The Party

Arthur

Justus Regulus VII

Ziegfried

, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 39.75 Dragoon, 23-year-old male Human

*Immune to

Hexed

,

Petrified

,

Minimized

,

Jinxed

,

Stunned

,

Slowed

,

Hastened

,

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

* *One Negative Effect at a time* *Fragile (3 Rounds)*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

64/64

Defense:

50

100

Gold:

1787

(Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment:

Dauntlet Index

(WP: 20, doubled against humanoids,

Darkness

-elemental; spear), Blue Hand Shield (SP:15, Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield),

Tin Armor

(SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear),

Tin Gloves

(Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear),

Shadeaux Cape

(SP:11, Immune to

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear),

Tin Greaves

(Immunity to

Stunned

-,

Slowed

-, and

Hastened

-effects; footwear), 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),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Clockwork Lance (WP:12,

Light

-elemental, 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), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies,

Lightning

- and

Wind

-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd,

stuns

on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia]), Hollow Flagpole(WP:11, +3 SP to the whole party whenever equipped, Hollow (Empty), lance),

Artifacts:

Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear),

Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone

),

Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), Overkill Gloves (Grants Overkill gold on kills; handwear, suitable for anyone)

(currently loaned indefinitely to Namyrra), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; 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), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory),

Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory)

, Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.),

Unsuitable Weapons/Artifacts:

Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is

Jinxed

), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), 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)

, Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), 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),

Spell Items

(unsuitable):

Opal (

Ice

), Garnet (

Earth

),

Tools:

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

Consumables:

Potion, 15x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 10x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 14x Mead, 9x Nostrum, 1x Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, 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, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), 3x Stun Bomb, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Bone, Negative Nelly (Causes 30 damage and jinxed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), 2x Silver Ore

OoC: Rolled a die to see which negative effect you received!

[Flipz]

Arthur is rattled by the Pongcanis' raging roar. His fingers go again for the bottle, but again he restrains himself--

"<Arthur!>" Miirym calls loudly.

The Dragoon looks to his charge. She nods to him. He nods back in understanding.

As he turns back to the fight, Arthur whips around suddenly, smashing a bottle of Love Potion into the face of Sven's Champion from the Front Row.

Edited September 6, 2015 by Flipz

[UsernameMDM]

"How could I know? Last time I was in Dastan Ella was a child." Guffington smiles tightly. "But I am not sorry that we were here to aid the country in a time of need. Better that we're here to help than not. You must be thankful for that, instead of sour over the unfortunate circumstance you wander into.

"I've been here before. We are not helping. A foreigner fighting the people," Hoke says as he swipes his hand to indicate the crowd, "Exactly what they fear and the source of their rage."

Hoke turns his eyes again to the battle.

"Somehow I doubt we 'wandered' into this."

Edited September 6, 2015 by UsernameMDM

[JimBee]

Purpearl steals a glance at Felix before leaning towards Hybros, whispering so only he could hear, "Not in front of everyone, it might jeopardise our position in this delicate atmosphere. But we have the tools necessary for our task here and we need to keep Lady Felix alive and well."

Hybros looked at Purpearl quizzically but stayed his hand. It would become clear soon enough, he figured.

"Nothing wrong with a little detour," Guffington says, stepping out of the palace to stand beside Hybros. "I've never seen the Right of the People before. Now we shall."

"I've been here before. We are not helping. A foreigner fighting the people," Hoke says as he swipes his hand to indicate the crowd, "Exactly what they fear and the source of their rage."

Hoke turns his eyes again to the battle.

"Somehow I doubt we 'wandered' into this."

Hybros stayed silent, but acknowledged Hoke's discomfort with a short gaze. He himself was unsure of their presence in such a delicate situation, with the future of an entire empire in question. All he could do was watch the proceedings from the sideline.

[Flipz]

OOC: Oh, right, I should probably list what the Love Potion does.

Love Potion: A dangerous chemical used to create sudden feelings of romance. Can be used on an enemy to make them Enamored with the user for 3 rounds.

[Zepher]

"I've been here before. We are not helping. A foreigner fighting the people," Hoke says as he swipes his hand to indicate the crowd, "Exactly what they fear and the source of their rage."

Hoke turns his eyes again to the battle.

"Somehow I doubt we 'wandered' into this."

"You'll forgive me if I point out you're in the wrong profession if you're not looking to go to foreign lands and cause a bit of trouble."

Right of the People Round Two

>Arthur uses Love Potion on Sven's Champion

Arthur's vial shatters in the Champion's face. Shocked, the champion blinks a few times, and then looks at Arthur very sleepily, doing nothing.

The Enemies

Sven's Champion

Level 220 Beast Humanoid *Immune to Weakened, Blinded, Sealed and Instant Death* *Enamored (3 Rounds)*

Health: 720/720

Special: King Maker - Sven's Champion makes the target fragile, weakened and enraged.

Passive Special: Home Turf - Sven's Champion is lucky for the first two rounds of combat. After that, his attacks have a 1/2 chance to deal fragile, and a 1/2 chance to deal weakened.

Drops: Nothing

The Party

Arthur

Justus Regulus VII

Ziegfried

, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 39.75 Dragoon, 23-year-old male Human

*Immune to

Hexed

,

Petrified

,

Minimized

,

Jinxed

,

Stunned

,

Slowed

,

Hastened

,

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

* *One Negative Effect at a time* *Fragile (3 Rounds)*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

64/64

Defense:

50

100

Gold:

1787

(Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment:

Dauntlet Index

(WP: 20, doubled against humanoids,

Darkness

-elemental; spear), Blue Hand Shield (SP:15, Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield),

Tin Armor

(SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear),

Tin Gloves

(Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear),

Shadeaux Cape

(SP:11, Immune to

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear),

Tin Greaves

(Immunity to

Stunned

-,

Slowed

-, and

Hastened

-effects; footwear), 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),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Clockwork Lance (WP:12,

Light

-elemental, 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), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies,

Lightning

- and

Wind

-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd,

stuns

on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia]), Hollow Flagpole(WP:11, +3 SP to the whole party whenever equipped, Hollow (Empty), lance),

Artifacts:

Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear),

Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone

),

Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), Overkill Gloves (Grants Overkill gold on kills; handwear, suitable for anyone)

(currently loaned indefinitely to Namyrra), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; 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), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory),

Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory)

, Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.),

Unsuitable Weapons/Artifacts:

Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is

Jinxed

), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), 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)

, Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), 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),

Spell Items

(unsuitable):

Opal (

Ice

), Garnet (

Earth

),

Tools:

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

Consumables:

Potion, 15x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 10x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 14x Mead, 9x Nostrum, 1x Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, 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, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), 3x Stun Bomb, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Bone, Negative Nelly (Causes 30 damage and jinxed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), 2x Silver Ore

OoC: You may submit conditionals for auto-rolling of the next three rounds!

[Flipz]

OOC: Fragile should be down to two Rounds now.

Arthur drinks a Nostrum, then a Mead, then attacks Sven's Champion with the Dauntlet Index from the Front Row.

-------------------

Nearby Phil and Vipera, Miirym seems upset. "<That should have been me,>" she can be heard to mutter as Arthur downs the Nostrum.

[UsernameMDM]

"You'll forgive me if I point out you're in the wrong profession if you're not looking to go to foreign lands and cause a bit of trouble."

"You'll forgive me for noticing your smirk as a country appears to be on the brink. Trouble is what I specialize in, not civil war, especially when smug spectaters don't stay around long enough to deal with the mess."

Hoke again turns his eyes to the battle, in time to see Arthur gain the upper hand.

"Strap on some armor and step out for the fight if you so relish 'trouble'."

Edited September 6, 2015 by UsernameMDM

[JimBee]

"You'll forgive me for noticing your smirk as a country appears to be on the brink. Trouble is what I specialize in, not civil war, especially when smug spectaters don't stay around long enough to deal with the mess."

Hoke again turns his eyes to the battle, in time to see Arthur gain the upper hand.

"Strap on some armor and step out for the fight if you so relish 'trouble'."

Hybros crosses his arms and flutters his wings nervously. "I do not like this situation any more than you do, Hoke, but that is no way to speak to our employer. Guffington has seen more of this world than either of us; I am sure if he wanted he could have chose to fight like us. He has no more choice in this than we do."

"Guffington, perhaps you can tell me about the artifacts that we seek. I do not think I am as well-informed about them as I should be."

[UsernameMDM]

Hybros crosses his arms and flutters his wings nervously. "I do not like this situation any more than you do, Hoke, but that is no way to speak to our employer. Guffington has seen more of this world than either of us; I am sure if he wanted he could have chose to fight like us. He has no more choice in this than wr do."

"No disrespect to you my friend, but he employed us to retrieve artefacts, as questionable as it sounds to me now, not lick his boots or die in a foreign country's civil war, especially since we do not and cannot fully grasp what is and has traspired in this land among its people."

Hoke looks over the crowd, and sees desperate faces filled with anger and frustration. Whether their rage was righteous or misplaced, he doesn't know and knows neither he nor his comrades will be able to ascertain which it is.

"We can't fix this and have already spilled too much blood for a conflict not our own."

Hoke looks to the crowd and back to the palace.

"We are doing a disservice to this land, these people and to our hosts."

[Flipz]

"No disrespect to you my friend, but he employed us to retrieve artefacts, as questionable as it sounds to me now, not lick his boots or die in a foreign country's civil war, especially since we do not and cannot fully grasp what is and has traspired in this land among its people."

Hoke looks over the crowd, and sees desperate faces filled with anger and frustration. Whether their rage was righteous or misplaced, he doesn't know and knows neither he nor his comrades will be able to ascertain which it is.

"We can't fix this and have already spilled too much blood for a conflict not our own."

Hoke looks to the crowd and back to the palace.

"We are doing a disservice to this land, these people and to our hosts."

"<Perhaps you should trust the one person in this group who has fought for this land before, and concern yourself with his survival,>" Miirym snaps as she continues to stare intensely at the battle unfolding before her.

While her tone appears to be angry, those present with Diplomacy training can sense the worry behind her rage.

[UsernameMDM]

"<Perhaps you should trust the one person in this group who has fought for this land before, and concern yourself with his survival,>" Miirym snaps as she continues to stare intensely at the battle unfolding before her.

<Arthur's misguided-righteousness does not impress me, neither does his assumption that he knows what's best for an entire country and a collection of people groups.>

Hoke shakes his head remembering the time his fellow Dragoon stepped aside in an effort to let a mad witch attempt to ascend to god-hood.

[Purpearljellyblob]

Hybros crosses his arms and flutters his wings nervously. "I do not like this situation any more than you do, Hoke, but that is no way to speak to our employer. Guffington has seen more of this world than either of us; I am sure if he wanted he could have chose to fight like us. He has no more choice in this than we do."

"Do you think we can simply walk away from this and proclaim none of this is our business when we have been attacked in the first place? And when the people that are involved in this are people who can help us with our purpose here, I think it is necessary to protect them, even if it is to stick our head into their internal affairs."

"Guffington, perhaps you can tell me about the artifacts that we seek. I do not think I am as well-informed about them as I should be."

"No disrespect to you my friend, but he employed us to retrieve artefacts, as questionable as it sounds to me now, not lick his boots or die in a foreign country's civil war, especially since we do not and cannot fully grasp what is and has traspired in this land among its people."

"As it stands, we are protecting the very people who possesses the artefacts that will enable us do what we have to do here in Dastan." Purpearl continues to remain cryptic in front of the mass of angry mob while she watches the fight between the champions.

[Zepher]

Hybros crosses his arms and flutters his wings nervously. "I do not like this situation any more than you do, Hoke, but that is no way to speak to our employer. Guffington has seen more of this world than either of us; I am sure if he wanted he could have chose to fight like us. He has no more choice in this than we do."

"Guffington, perhaps you can tell me about the artifacts that we seek. I do not think I am as well-informed about them as I should be."

"Please, Hybros." Guffington smiles meekly. "I feel you have known me long enough to realize I never shirk a good debate. Daneeka and I have always made greater strides butting heads than patting each other on the back. If I did not expect Heroes to challenge me, I probably wouldn't have invited them along at all." He plays with his mustache a little. "That being said, and despite my more care-free manner, I do think it is best we focus on the matter at hand. The artifacts can be discussed when this fight is over."

"You'll forgive me for noticing your smirk as a country appears to be on the brink. Trouble is what I specialize in, not civil war, especially when smug spectaters don't stay around long enough to deal with the mess."

Hoke again turns his eyes to the battle, in time to see Arthur gain the upper hand.

"Strap on some armor and step out for the fight if you so relish 'trouble'."

"No disrespect to you my friend, but he employed us to retrieve artefacts, as questionable as it sounds to me now, not lick his boots or die in a foreign country's civil war, especially since we do not and cannot fully grasp what is and has traspired in this land among its people."

Hoke looks over the crowd, and sees desperate faces filled with anger and frustration. Whether their rage was righteous or misplaced, he doesn't know and knows neither he nor his comrades will be able to ascertain which it is.

"We can't fix this and have already spilled too much blood for a conflict not our own."

Hoke looks to the crowd and back to the palace.

"We are doing a disservice to this land, these people and to our hosts."

"Mr. Abelsword, I know as little of you as you do of me, so I cannot blame you for your questioning of me and my attitude. I have seen more years than you, and have seen a great many wondrous things. Many things that were horrific too. When I was much younger, I was taught a phrase that has stayed with me for many years. 'It is either funny, or it is tragic'. And while I can't argue that the current moment is funny, I will impart this advice upon you as well."

"I believe this 'Right of the People" would have happened, regardless of our arrival. Look at the man Sven, with a dagger still to the throat of one that he holds as inferior, simply because he is a different race. I did not come here with the intention of championing the U'Kin peoples, but I am not sorry your fellow dragoon has chosen that route! U'Or has been a trusted friend for many years - am I to support those who wish his people harm and oppression, even if I am a foreigner?"

"So I relish the fact that we can be here to defend my friend's people from one who wishes to deny them rights."

"When Wren came to a village I was an ambassador to, and asked for a tribute, and the people saw they could not stand against her, I was the tribute." Victor shrugs. "The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to stand aside."

Right of the People Round Three-Five

>Arthur drinks a Nostrum

>Arthur drinks a Mead

Arthur v. Sven's Champion - Shield/Critical Hit (([20*2]+39)*2*2*2=632)

Arthur downs some drinks and charges Sven's champion.

The Enemies

Sven's Champion

Level 220 Beast Humanoid *Immune to Weakened, Blinded, Sealed and Instant Death*

Health: 88/720

Special: King Maker - Sven's Champion makes the target fragile, weakened and enraged.

Passive Special: Home Turf - Sven's Champion is lucky for the first two rounds of combat. After that, his attacks have a 1/2 chance to deal fragile, and a 1/2 chance to deal weakened.

Drops: Nothing

The Party

Arthur

Justus Regulus VII

Ziegfried

, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 39.75 Dragoon, 23-year-old male Human

*Immune to

Hexed

,

Petrified

,

Minimized

,

Jinxed

,

Stunned

,

Slowed

,

Hastened

,

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

* *One Negative Effect at a time* *Lucky* *Encouraged*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

64/64

Defense:

50

100

Gold:

1787

(Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment:

Dauntlet Index

(WP: 20, doubled against humanoids,

Darkness

-elemental; spear), Blue Hand Shield (SP:15, Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield),

Tin Armor

(SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear),

Tin Gloves

(Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear),

Shadeaux Cape

(SP:11, Immune to

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear),

Tin Greaves

(Immunity to

Stunned

-,

Slowed

-, and

Hastened

-effects; footwear), 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),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Clockwork Lance (WP:12,

Light

-elemental, 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), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies,

Lightning

- and

Wind

-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd,

stuns

on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia]), Hollow Flagpole(WP:11, +3 SP to the whole party whenever equipped, Hollow (Empty), lance),

Artifacts:

Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear),

Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone

),

Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), Overkill Gloves (Grants Overkill gold on kills; handwear, suitable for anyone)

(currently loaned indefinitely to Namyrra), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; 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), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory),

Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory)

, Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.),

Unsuitable Weapons/Artifacts:

Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is

Jinxed

), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), 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)

, Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), 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),

Spell Items

(unsuitable):

Opal (

Ice

), Garnet (

Earth

),

Tools:

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

Consumables:

Potion, 15x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 10x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 13x Mead, 8x Nostrum, 1x Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, 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, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), 3x Stun Bomb, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Bone, Negative Nelly (Causes 30 damage and jinxed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), 2x Silver Ore

[UsernameMDM]

"Mr. Abelsword, I know as little of you as you do of me, so I cannot blame you for your questioning of me and my attitude. I have seen more years than you, and have seen a great many wondrous things. Many things that were horrific too. When I was much younger, I was taught a phrase that has stayed with me for many years. 'It is either funny, or it is tragic'. And while I can't argue that the current moment is funny, I will impart this advice upon you as well."

"I believe this 'Right of the People" would have happened, regardless of our arrival. Look at the man Sven, with a dagger still to the throat of one that he holds as inferior, simply because he is a different race. I did not come here with the intention of championing the U'Kin peoples, but I am not sorry your fellow dragoon has chosen that route! U'Or has been a trusted friend for many years - am I to support those who wish his people harm and oppression, even if I am a foreigner?"

"So I relish the fact that we can be here to defend my friend's people from one who wishes to deny them rights."

Hoke narrows his eyes at Guffington, unable to bring himself to trust the man. It seems, yet again, he was left with only a few pieces to a large puzzle.

"As it stands, we are protecting the very people who possesses the artefacts that will enable us do what we have to do here in Dastan." Purpearl continues to remain cryptic in front of the mass of angry mob while she watches the fight between the champions.

Hoke eyes Purpearl suspicious, attempting to decipher what Mystic Knight's words really meant. He approaches her, his lips close to her ear.

"What is going on here?" Hoke asks flatly.

Edited September 7, 2015 by UsernameMDM

[Flipz]

Arthur nods at his work, then strikes again, this time from the Back Row.

[UsernameMDM]

Hoke nods in approval as he watches Arthur in battle

Edited September 7, 2015 by UsernameMDM

[Zepher]

Right of the People Round Six

Arthur v. Sven's Champion - Damage/Hit ([20+39)*2*2*2]/2=KO)

Arthur swiftly downs Sven's Champion.

The Party

Arthur

Justus Regulus VII

Ziegfried

, a Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something (played by Flipz), Level 40 Dragoon, 23-year-old male Human

*Immune to

Hexed

,

Petrified

,

Minimized

,

Jinxed

,

Stunned

,

Slowed

,

Hastened

,

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

* *One Negative Effect at a time*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

65/65

Defense:

50

Gold:

1787

(Owed 128 gold by Boomingham)

Equipment:

Dauntlet Index

(WP: 20, doubled against humanoids,

Darkness

-elemental; spear), Blue Hand Shield (SP:15, Immune to Hexed, Petrified, Minimized, Jinxed, and Stunned; shield),

Tin Armor

(SP:6, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; bodywear),

Tin Gloves

(Power +1, multiplied by the number of “tin” artifacts equipped; suitable to knights, dragoons, skirmishers and vindicators; handwear),

Shadeaux Cape

(SP:11, Immune to

Blind

,

Confused

, and

Defense Reduction

, suitable to those with reputation among the Shadeaux only; if reputation is great, SP is doubled; if reputation is outstanding, SP is tripled; backwear),

Tin Greaves

(Immunity to

Stunned

-,

Slowed

-, and

Hastened

-effects; footwear), 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),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Zoot's Rebel (WP:20 "halberd", suitable to Arthur only), Clockwork Lance (WP:12,

Light

-elemental, 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), Spider Leg (WP:10, doubled against flying enemies,

Lightning

- and

Wind

-elemental; spear), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, halberd,

stuns

on successful hits, Hollow [Ambrosia]), Hollow Flagpole(WP:11, +3 SP to the whole party whenever equipped, Hollow (Empty), lance),

Artifacts:

Duplovian Helmet of the Guard (SP:2, Immune to Magic and Healing; headwear, suitable for anyone), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear),

Noble Mask (Wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; headwear, suitable for anyone

),

Stingy Gloves (Prevents enemies from ever stealing gold from you; handwear, wearable by everybody), Overkill Gloves (Grants Overkill gold on kills; handwear, suitable for anyone)

(currently loaned indefinitely to Namyrra), Winged Sandals (Protects from bound- and slowed-effects; footwear), Fur Leggings (SP: 1, Beast enemies do not deal free hits to the wearer; footwear, suitable for anyone), Shackles of War (Prevents anyone from fleeing battles; 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), Sandman’s Parasol (Protects from asleep- and fast asleep –effects; accessory),

Enchanted Bracelet (Protects from sealed-effect; accessory)

, Comfy Pillow (If the user is inflicted by asleep- or fast asleep-effect, they regain full health and ether; accessory.),

Unsuitable Weapons/Artifacts:

Weatherfax Broom (WP:25; makes weather forecasts instant instead of being applied at the end of the round; suitable to weather mages; broomstick), Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is

Jinxed

), Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), 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)

, Pointy Hat (+2 Max Ether), 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),

Spell Items

(unsuitable):

Opal (

Ice

), Garnet (

Earth

),

Tools:

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

Consumables:

Potion, 15x Grand Potion, Tonic, Grand Tonic, 10x Remedy, 2x Elixir, 13x Mead, 8x Nostrum, 1x Tiger Balm, Phoenix Essence, Fenghuang Incense, Hurricane, 3x Neutralizer, 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, Ella's Pie (Permanently boosts max. ether by 5 but permanently decreases max. health by 5 when consumed.), 3x Stun Bomb, 5x Smoke Bomb, 3x Bone, Negative Nelly (Causes 30 damage and jinxed but has 1/6 chance to break whenever used), 2x Silver Ore

All eyes turn to Sven. He stands there, red in the face still, as Elba, U'Or and Tarn and Mallelio step outside the palace too. He is outmanned, out numbered, and even his supporters waver, so taking steps back towards the alleys they originally surged out of.

"Very well. So I shall not be Emperor! No matter. I promise you, this land will run red with the blood of those who try to destroy our lives." He slowly starts to walk away. "U'Daras, know that if you rise to the throne, your people will suffer! At my hand! You will be responsible for their deaths!"

"No!" Victor's voice rings out. "You have lost the Right of the People. You know what your wagered upon issuing the challenge. The loser must go into exile. No more will Dastan allow its own people to weaken it through negligence. No. Not negligence, through their own maliciousness."

Sven begins to walk away.

"You are a fool, old man. I will not leave this land. I will return, time and again. I will not allow my Empire to fall!"

"You must leave this land."

"Not until there is not a single U'Kin left. This I swear."

Victor hefts his heavy hammer and with two steps, clears the space between him and Sven. It becomes clear seconds before what he intends to do. Ella averts her eyes.

With a resounding crack, Victor slams his hammer into Sven's skull. The man crumples to the ground.

"If he is alive, send him to the Darklands," Victor says hotly. "This shall be a Dastan for the Dastanians."

Loot

600 Gold

Mead x2

Nostrum x2

Trial Brew

x2 Dastan Greatsword (WP: 10, +2 WP for all other Dastan Equipment)

x2 Dastan Armor (SP: 3 Bodywear, Immune to Earth and Fire, +2 SP for all other Dastan Equipment, Suitable for Knights, Regulators, Winged Warriors, Dragoons, and Vindicators)

Sven's Dagger (WP: 14, Fire-Earth Elemental)

Sven's Heavy Armor (SP: 6, Fire, Earth, Wind Immunity, Suitable for all classes Heavy Armor is Suitable for)

[JimBee]

"No disrespect to you my friend, but he employed us to retrieve artefacts, as questionable as it sounds to me now, not lick his boots or die in a foreign country's civil war, especially since we do not and cannot fully grasp what is and has traspired in this land among its people."

Hoke looks over the crowd, and sees desperate faces filled with anger and frustration. Whether their rage was righteous or misplaced, he doesn't know and knows neither he nor his comrades will be able to ascertain which it is.

"We can't fix this and have already spilled too much blood for a conflict not our own."

Hoke looks to the crowd and back to the palace.

"We are doing a disservice to this land, these people and to our hosts."

"We are heroes, Hoke, or so we are meant to be. I agree that we do not have all the information necessary to meddle in another country's affairs, but then does the Golden Crusade, or anyone for that matter? The meddling happens anyways, and while we are here in this situation we must do what is right. I trust the judgement of Guffington, Tarn, Phil and even Natasha. Phil has asked for a champion, and if Arthur would not be it then I would have proudly defended the emperor and what he stands for. This man... Sven. He calls for the elimination of a race of people who have just as much right to this land as him. I am very familiar with this kind of person." He gave the Dragoon a deep stare. "The U'Kin deserve no such thing."

"Do you think we can simply walk away from this and proclaim none of this is our business when we have been attacked in the first place? And when the people that are involved in this are people who can help us with our purpose here, I think it is necessary to protect them, even if it is to stick our head into their internal affairs."

"I did not say it was not our business. I said that it was our business whether we like or not."

Hybros watches as Arthur quickly fells Sven's champion, and Phil strikes the man himself down. He nods approvingly.

"Eheh, Phil I am glad to see you are yet strong enough to strike down those who oppose you. Now... perhaps we can discuss why we are here..."

Loot:

Arthur: Sven's Dagger, Trial Brew (?), Nostrum, 200 gold

Hoke: Sven's Heavy Armor, Mead, 150 gold

Purpearl: Dastan Armor, Dastan Greatsword, Nostrum, 125 gold

Hybros: Dastan Armor, Dastan Greatsword, Mead, 125 gold

[Flipz]

As the Dragoon's spear passes through the Pog's heart, one weight lifts from him as another takes its place. With difficulty, Arthur manages to push his enormous fallen foe off of his spear, the body landing with a thud; he then stabs Hoke's Flagpole into the ground next to it, indicating to his fellow Dragoon with a grateful nod that he should come forth to reclaim it. His work finished, Arthur collapses to the ground--not in unconsciousness, but merely exhaustion. His eyes meet the sky just in time to see Miirym take wing above him, soaring off into the skies above as a dark mist roils in her wake.

Arthur rolls his head to look at his companions. "Should I be worried, or...?"

[Purpearljellyblob]

Hoke narrows his eyes at Guffington, unable to bring himself to trust the man. It seems, yet again, he was left with only a few pieces to a large puzzle. Hoke eyes Purpearl suspicious, attempting to decipher what Mystic Knight's words really meant. He approaches her, his lips close to her ear. "What is going on here?" Hoke asks flatly.

Seeing Sven drop onto the ground, Purpearl eases slightly and speaks softly to the Heroes, "Are we not here for the Dragon's flame? I am certain Guffington and several others..." Glancing to Felix, Ella and Vipera, "are aware of this. We are not alone in this it seems. I do not know the location of the Dragon's flame, but I was let known to the knowledge, last night after the feast, that the flame we are after cannot be handled lightly by anyone, it seems. It requires a certain artefact that is located in the museum. Last night, Felix and I, with the permission of royalty, paid a silent visit to the museum to borrow the artefact needed to obtain the flame. This has to be discreet of course, as others are not supposed to know about this artefact leaving the museum, especially Sven or the rioters, who might label us unfavourably and worsen the situation."