Heroica RPG - Quest #146: Red is the Bloodiest Color

[KotZ]

There was a stiff breeze in the air as the Heroes exited the Hall and made their way to the Eubric docks. One by one they stepped onto the wooden planks and approached a blue vessel. She was a smaller ship, and there were mounted ballistae towards the bow. They seemed almost out of place, the ballistae, as if they were hastily added on.

There were two figures conversing on deck, a man with long hair in a sleeveless shirt and someone who looked to be a young teenager with a staff. Interesting company perhaps. The older man saw the Heroes from the corner of his eye and looked at them, a wide grin coming to his face.

"There they are!" he exclaimed in a gruff voice. He turned to a bosun. "Tell the boys to get the ship ready for cast off!" He returned his eyes to the Heroes. "Welcome aboard, valiant Heroes. I hope you are able to find it comfortable on The Golden Lotus, lead vessel of the Tridentian Defense Force. I am Captain Vernon Slate, commander of this crew. Here at my side is--"

"Two of them know who I am, captain," Luke Zent finished. His voice cracked every fourth or so syllable. He was growing. "Annie and Warlen were with us the last time our home requested help from Heroica. The other three are new to me." Luke bowed his head awkwardly. He seemed to still need to grow into his body. Still childlike movements, but there was promise. "For you other three, my name is Luke Zent. My adopted father is the mayor of Tridentia."

"Looks like a group of all sword fighters. I like that."

"Not so, captain. It seems one of our allies here is a mage." He directed his gaze to Calamity. "I'm glad to see my father's message didn't turn away all the magic users. I myself am a cleric. Also, who here is your party leader?"

"Once you have that decided, are there any questions?"

The Party

Annienal Anavir

(Kintobor)

"19" year old elven female Mystic Knight

*Bonaparte Reputation* *Immunity toSudden Death and

Fragile

* *Takes half damage from elemental attacks*

Level 18

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

17

Health:

33/33

Ether:

18/18

Gold:

175

Equipment:

Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Crescent Shield (SP: 9, Halved Damage from elemental attacks; shield),

Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immunity to fragile, body wear, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators, and vindicators), Lethauros Fellwings (SP: 3, wearer is immune to Sudden Death, backwear

Inventory:

Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Anointed Gladius (WP: 8, deals damage undead; great sword), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), ), Tobacco Pouch (1/2 Chance of

Blinding

with attacks, accessory),

Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Plain Shield (SP: 5), Lethauros Mask (SP: 2, wearer deals double damage to Beasts and Vermin, headwear, suitable to everyone), Locustoid Greaves (Max Ether +4, immune to Earth, suitable to ether users, footwear)

Emerald (

Wood

), Sapphire (

Wind

), Aquamarine (

Water

), Amethyst (

Darkness

), Topaz (

Lightning

), Mythril Shard

Consumables:

2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Mead, Phoenix Essence, 4x Remedies, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope

,

Pickaxe, 4 Depleted Ether Cores (Restores half the user's max ether), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently)

Scrolls:

Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether),

Lapis Lamp of Summoning (Summons the djinn Mayrene to conjure an Ethereal Barrier around the target at the cost of 5 ether, giving them a 50/50 chance to avoid Damage, Free Hits, and Special Damage. The barrier dissipates when the target takes damage from any source.)

Roleplay:

Underdeveloped Organ

Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure)

23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight

Level 21

*Immune to

Ether Reduction

* *

Cursed

defense!* *

+1 POWER

whenever a party member rolls

DAMAGE

/

SPECIAL DAMAGE

*

*1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

33/33 (5+20+7+1

*

)

SP:

10 (6+4)

Ether:

26/26 (5+20+1)

Gold:

150

Glory Points (GP):

15

Equipment:

The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 8. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode), Eulalia Shield (SP: 6, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed, bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Healing Staff (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses).

Artifacts:

Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory),

Spellbook:

Amethyst

,

Aquamarine

,

Emerald

,

Ruby

,

Sapphire

,

Garnet x2

,

Opal

,

Topaz

,

Diamond

,

Scroll of

Sleep

, Scroll of

Frailty

, Scroll of

Antimagic,

Consumables:

Potion x2, Grand Potion x4, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x4, Grand Tonic x3, Remedy x8, Banana (Full Health),

Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether),

Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense,

Hurricane x3 (Grants

*

Drunk*

effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled),

Mead x2, Smelling Salts x6

,

Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver),

Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb),

Smoke Bomb x3,

Other Junk:

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

10-Gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear),

Bones x8, Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores),

Avalanche

, the Super Sleuth

(Dragonfire)

30 years old male yeti Raider

*Natural Respite*

*Immune to

Fragile

*

*Counterstriking*

Level 16

Power:

25

(16+9)

Health:

31/31

(16+14+1*)

SP:

5

Gold:

15

Equipment:

Frostbite (halberd, WP:9, damages undead), Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken)

Artefacts/Weapons:

Trollsbane (club, WP:7,

earth

-elemental), Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Decamodifier

Consumables:

3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 2x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone

Bombs:

2x Smoke Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents)

Calamity

(Scubacarrot)

24 year old human Mage

Level 11

Power bonus:

2 (spell)

Health:

15/15

Ether:

14/15

Gold:

216

Equipment:

Renegade’s Crook

(WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff)

,

Gold skin Gloves

(Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear),

Focus Sash

(Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons)

Inventory:

Bedroll, 6x Potion, 2x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.),

Amethyst

, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently)

Please check your stats and make everything is correct. Wow you people have a lot of loot.

Edited December 19, 2015 by KingoftheZempk

[Kintobor]

Annienal steps onto the dock and looks around, noticing Luke. It seemed he'd grown quite a bit since last winter. Annienal felt somewhat off noticing how quickly he'd grown. She was used to growing up around other elves, something that took a lot longer.

"Hi, Luke. It's, um, been awhile. How've things been with you?" She takes note of Slate asking for a leader, intending to elect anyone but Calamity as she recalled her name being on the list.

"Captain Slate, my name is Annienal Anavir, member of Heroica. If it means anything, I had formal training at a military academy for, um, awhile at least. Um, permission to come aboard, captain?"

Thanks for having me, King! I've made some purchases at the Marketplace, and my stats have been updated accordingly.

[The Chosen Minifigure]

Warlen smiled, the scar on his face twisting slightly as he did so.

"Hey, Captain. Warlen Melimane at your service. Please, call me Warlen. It's an honour to be visiting Tridentia again. Oh, guys, I'm going to go ahead and say that I'll be party leader only if noone else wants to."

He turned back to the Captain. "I guess my only request is that you refresh my memory from the last trip: Barring a fight, storm or the like, how long is it to Tridentia?"

Oo-Thanks for having me again, KotZ! I too have made some purchases and updated my stats accordingly.

[Dragonfire]

Avalanche strides onto the dock, dipping his massive head respectfully to the Captain and Luke, "Pleased to meet you both. I'm Avalanche."

He then notices an unfamiliar young woman in silver and purple armour on the dock beside him; extending a paw, he introduces himself, "Avalanche. I don't believe we've met."

Seeing Warlen, he smiles in greeting, "We meet again, it seems. And I'd be fine serving under you as party leader; I second your proposal."

OOC: Thanks for having me too! Stats look good

Edited December 19, 2015 by Dragonfire

[KotZ]

"Hi, Luke. It's, um, been awhile. How've things been with you?" She takes note of Slate asking for a leader, intending to elect anyone but Calamity as she recalled her name being on the list.

"I've been good. It's strange not seeing Vindsval here. Have you heard from him?"

"Captain Slate, my name is Annienal Anavir, member of Heroica. If it means anything, I had formal training at a military academy for, um, awhile at least. Um, permission to come aboard, captain?"

"Honestly, I can't say. Captain Grayson would have a better say. He leads the Tridentian Defense Force. I'm sure your training would be good. I think he really has just been looking for people who had been in battles and could part some wisdom on the militia. Any experience is good experience in my opinion, though."

He turned back to the Captain. "I guess my only request is that you refresh my memory from the last trip: Barring a fight, storm or the like, how long is it to Tridentia?"

"Probably two weeks. We've been pretty careful avoiding the raiders that have been sailing pretty close to us. They've been harrassing our ships and have actually taken some. If we do run into any trouble, it's a good thing we have some good warriors with us!"

[Dragonfire]

"Honestly, I can't say. Captain Grayson would have a better say. He leads the Tridentian Defense Force. I'm sure your training would be good. I think he really has just been looking for people who had been in battles and could part some wisdom on the militia. Any experience is good experience in my opinion, though."

"What kind of weapons are the militia armed with? Have they ever seen action, or are they just simple villagers?" Avalanche queries.

[KotZ]

"What kind of weapons are the militia armed with? Have they ever seen action, or are they just simple villagers?" Avalanche queries.

"Swords, axes, the like. The town's coffers have grown allowing us to buy these better weapons. Back when we first had problems, we had swords of not too good quality, a few hammers and pitchforks. More of a mob than a true militia. Grayson has the most experience out of anyone, so that's why Mayor Morris put him as the captain, but even then he was a guard in a relatively quiet area. Rabble rousers we can deal with. Fully armed mercenaries are a whole different sort. Whenever they have attacked, we were lucky enough to have Heroica here. But now, the attacks are just too severe and we need better training. Captain Grayson sends them off on training missions into the forest outside the town's limits, but fighting beasts can only do so much."

[Dragonfire]

"Swords, axes, the like. The town's coffers have grown allowing us to buy these better weapons. Back when we first had problems, we had swords of not too good quality, a few hammers and pitchforks. More of a mob than a true militia. Grayson has the most experience out of anyone, so that's why Mayor Morris put him as the captain, but even then he was a guard in a relatively quiet area. Rabble rousers we can deal with. Fully armed mercenaries are a whole different sort. Whenever they have attacked, we were lucky enough to have Heroica here. But now, the attacks are just too severe and we need better training. Captain Grayson sends them off on training missions into the forest outside the town's limits, but fighting beasts can only do so much."

"Have you not pitted them against each other in practice bouts? Fighting wild animals won't make them any better at repelling these mercenaries..."

[Kintobor]

He then notices an unfamiliar young woman in silver and purple armour on the dock beside him; extending a paw, he introduces himself, "Avalanche. I don't believe we've met."

Seeing Warlen, he smiles in greeting, "We meet again, it seems. And I'd be fine serving under you as party leader; I second your proposal."

Annienal hesitantly shook Avalanche's hand. She'd never met, let alone seen a yeti before, and she felt a little intimidated by his presence. "Um... my name's Annienal. Um... hi."

"I, um, third Warlen's proposal."

"I've been good. It's strange not seeing Vindsval here. Have you heard from him?"

"It's been awhile since I've seen him. I, um, think he's off questing somewhere. Again, it's been awhile."

[Scubacarrot]

Calamity runs on board, out of breath.

"Sorry I'm late. I just came back from a trip to the mountains. It's a busy time of year..." She nods to the Captain, Luke, Warlen and Avalanche. "I'm Calamity. Nice to meet you all! Annie. I see you are here, as well."

To business: "I'm happy with Warlen leading, too. Are there any possible magic-users in town? Teaching someone to throw a wild fireball is easy, if you have the resources. Maybe a bit messy. If not, I can just help teach people to fight with a staff. It's straightforward enough."

Stats look good, thanks for having me!

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"Then it's settled. I'm the party leader. And as my first Royal act…"

Warlen passed his spare Garnet and his Magicians Glove to Calamity.

"You look like you could use them."

[Scubacarrot]

"What's that supposed to mean?"

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"That however good your magical prowess may or may not be, you're under-equipped."

[KotZ]

"Have you not pitted them against each other in practice bouts? Fighting wild animals won't make them any better at repelling these mercenaries..."

"I'll answer that," Luke cuts in. "Captain Grayson has had them spar against each other, but it's just not a wide enough range. Everyone has gotten to know each other's srengths and weaknesses. We need some new eyes, and honestly they need someone else to test them, not just themselves."

Calamity runs on board, out of breath.

"Sorry I'm late. I just came back from a trip to the mountains. It's a busy time of year..." She nods to the Captain, Luke, Warlen and Avalanche. "I'm Calamity. Nice to meet you all! Annie. I see you are here, as well."

To business: "I'm happy with Warlen leading, too. Are there any possible magic-users in town? Teaching someone to throw a wild fireball is easy, if you have the resources. Maybe a bit messy. If not, I can just help teach people to fight with a staff. It's straightforward enough."

"Welcome, Calamity. That's a pretty cool name." Luke's voice seems to take on an even more youthful quality. "I'm actually the only magic user on the island. If there are any pointers you could give me, I would be more than pleased." Luke then leans in closer to Calamity. "If you don't mind, could I follow you into battle?" Luke joins the party, taking suggestions from Calamity.

"I'd say you got here in good time, Miss Calamity," Slate replies. "So Warlen here will be the leader of this gang. Just tell me when you're ready to set off and we'll loose the sails."

The Party

Annienal Anavir

(Kintobor)

"19" year old elven female Mystic Knight

*Bonaparte Reputation* *Immunity toSudden Death and

Fragile

* *Takes half damage from elemental attacks*

Level 18

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

17

Health:

33/33

Ether:

18/18

Gold:

175

Equipment:

Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Crescent Shield (SP: 9, Halved Damage from elemental attacks; shield),

Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immunity to fragile, body wear, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators, and vindicators), Lethauros Fellwings (SP: 3, wearer is immune to Sudden Death, backwear

Inventory:

Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Anointed Gladius (WP: 8, deals damage undead; great sword), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), ), Tobacco Pouch (1/2 Chance of

Blinding

with attacks, accessory),

Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Plain Shield (SP: 5), Lethauros Mask (SP: 2, wearer deals double damage to Beasts and Vermin, headwear, suitable to everyone), Locustoid Greaves (Max Ether +4, immune to Earth, suitable to ether users, footwear)

Emerald (

Wood

), Sapphire (

Wind

), Aquamarine (

Water

), Amethyst (

Darkness

), Topaz (

Lightning

), Mythril Shard

Consumables:

2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Mead, Phoenix Essence, 4x Remedies, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope

,

Pickaxe, 4 Depleted Ether Cores (Restores half the user's max ether), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently)

Scrolls:

Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether),

Lapis Lamp of Summoning (Summons the djinn Mayrene to conjure an Ethereal Barrier around the target at the cost of 5 ether, giving them a 50/50 chance to avoid Damage, Free Hits, and Special Damage. The barrier dissipates when the target takes damage from any source.)

Roleplay:

Underdeveloped Organ

Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) *Party Leader*

23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight

Level 21

*Immune to

Ether Reduction

* *

Cursed

defense!* *

+1 POWER

whenever a party member rolls

DAMAGE

/

SPECIAL DAMAGE

*

*1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

33/33 (5+20+7+1

*

)

SP:

10 (6+4)

Ether:

26/26 (5+20+1)

Gold:

150

Glory Points (GP):

15

Equipment:

The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 8. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode), Eulalia Shield (SP: 6, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed, bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Healing Staff (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses).

Artifacts:

Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory),

Spellbook:

Amethyst

,

Aquamarine

,

Emerald

,

Ruby

,

Sapphire

,

Garnet

,

Opal

,

Topaz

,

Diamond

,

Scroll of

Sleep

, Scroll of

Frailty

, Scroll of

Antimagic,

Consumables:

Potion x2, Grand Potion x4, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x4, Grand Tonic x3, Remedy x8, Banana (Full Health),

Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether),

Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense,

Hurricane x3 (Grants

*

Drunk*

effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled),

Mead x2, Smelling Salts x6

,

Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver),

Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb),

Smoke Bomb x3,

Other Junk:

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

10-Gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear),

Bones x8, Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores),

Avalanche

, the Super Sleuth

(Dragonfire)

30 years old male yeti Raider

*Natural Respite*

*Immune to

Fragile

*

*Counterstriking*

Level 16

Power:

25

(16+9)

Health:

31/31

(16+14+1*)

SP:

5

Gold:

15

Equipment:

Frostbite (halberd, WP:9, damages undead), Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken)

Artefacts/Weapons:

Trollsbane (club, WP:7,

earth

-elemental), Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Decamodifier

Consumables:

3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 2x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone

Bombs:

2x Smoke Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents)

Calamity

(Scubacarrot)

24 year old human Mage

Level 11

Power bonus:

2 (spell)

Health:

15/15

Ether:

14/15

Gold:

216

Equipment:

Renegade’s Crook

(WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff)

,

Gold skin Gloves

(Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear),

Focus Sash

(Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons)

Inventory:

Bedroll, 6x Potion, 2x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.),

Amethyst

, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Garnet (loaned from Warlen),

Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power)

(loaned from Warlen)

Luke Zent (NPC) (Takes suggestions from Calamity) *Immune to Cursed and Blinded*

Human Cleric

Level:

15

Health:

23/23

Ether:

23/23

Equipment:

Colorful Healing Staff (WP: 4, Wood elemental), Vindsval’s Totem (Protects from Cursed; accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max ether +3, immunity to blinded; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear)

Inventory:

Potion x2, Tonic x3

Edited December 21, 2015 by KingoftheZempk

[Dragonfire]

Annienal hesitantly shook Avalanche's hand. She'd never met, let alone seen a yeti before, and she felt a little intimidated by his presence. "Um... my name's Annienal. Um... hi."

Avalanche's mouth twists in a half-smile, "Don't worry, I'm not going to bite!" He suddenly realises that that could be exactly what is worrying her, and closes his mouth immediately, looking rather sheepish.

"I'll answer that," Luke cuts in. "Captain Grayson has had them spar against each other, but it's just not a wide enough range. Everyone has gotten to know each other's srengths and weaknesses. We need some new eyes, and honestly they need someone else to test them, not just themselves."

"I see," replies Avalanche, "But I'm not so sure they'd want to take me on in single combat!"

[KotZ]

"I see," replies Avalanche, "But I'm not so sure they'd want to take me on in single combat!"

"No worries, Master Avalanche," the sea captain chuckles, "a good beating will teach them they still have a ways to go!"

[Dragonfire]

"No worries, Master Avalanche," the sea captain chuckles, "a good beating will teach them they still have a ways to go!"

"I don't take any pleasure in unfair fights," Avalanche growls solemnly, "But I wouldn't be averse to taking on four or five of them - see how they fight as a team, perhaps."

[Kintobor]

"I'm ready to head out." Annienal replies, taking some of her gear off and sitting on her bags.

[Scubacarrot]

"Welcome, Calamity. That's a pretty cool name." Luke's voice seems to take on an even more youthful quality. "I'm actually the only magic user on the island. If there are any pointers you could give me, I would be more than pleased." Luke then leans in closer to Calamity. "If you don't mind, could I follow you into battle?"

"Of course. I'll keep an eye on you." Calamity smiles broadly at her new underling.

"That however good your magical prowess may or may not be, you're under-equipped."

"Less is more, you know. But. I see your point. Fine." Calamity swaps the golden Gloves for the Magician's Gloves and pockets the Garnet.

Edited December 21, 2015 by Scubacarrot

[The Chosen Minifigure]

"I'm ready to head out." Annienal replies, taking some of her gear off and sitting on her bags.

"Same here."

"Of course. I'll keep an eye on you." Calamity smiles broadly at her new underling.

A little worrying, thinks Warlen to himself.

"Less is more, you know. But. I see your point. Fine." Calamity swaps the golden Gloves for the Magician's Gloves and pockets the Garnet.

Warlen simply nods, affirming... something. It was a bit unclear.

[Dragonfire]

"I'm good to go as well," Avalanche shoulders his halberd and gets to his feet.

[KotZ]

"Good," Luke states, thumping the butt of his staff against the deck, "let's head home."

But as his staff hits the deck, the crystal above begins to glow. The waters below the ship start to churn violently. Multiple gurgling noises come from over the sides.

"Seems you can't go anywhere without a problem happening," the captain grumbles.

Luke turns sheepishly to Calamity. "You should have begun teaching me earlier it seems."

Just then, multiple creatures climb over the sides and onto the deck, attacking. A magical ray, a shark, water snake, and fish begin to clamber aboard.

PREPARE FOR BATTLE!

The Enemies

Tito

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

17

Health:

170/170

SPECIAL:

­

Tap-dancing Tiburon

- Tito tap dances his way into the Hero’s heart, enamoring them.

Drops:

Tap Shoes (Footwear; Has a 1/6 chance of dealing the Enamored effect on each attack)

Ray

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

20

Health:

200/200

SPECIAL:

Stingerz

– Ray stings the Hero, causing them to be Minimized.

Drops:

Topaz

Lady Cobra

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

21

Health:

200/200

SPECIAL:

Bite

– The Hero becomes Poisoned.

Drops:

10 gold

Fish A

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

15

Health:

50/50

SPECIAL:

– The Hero is slapped, losing 15 HP.

Drops:

Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed)

Fish B

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

15

Health:

55/55

SPECIAL:

– The Hero is slapped, losing 15 HP.

Drops:

6 gold

Fish C

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

15

Health:

50/50

SPECIAL:

– The Hero is slapped, losing 15 HP.

Drops:

Fishy meat (restores full health when consumed)

Fish D

Type:

Aquatic

Level:

15

Health:

62/62

SPECIAL:

– The Hero is slapped, losing 15 HP.

Drops:

1x tonic

The Party

Annienal Anavir

(Kintobor)

"19" year old elven female Mystic Knight

*Bonaparte Reputation* *Immunity toSudden Death and

Fragile

* *Takes half damage from elemental attacks*

Level 18

Power Bonus:

0

Defense:

17

Health:

33/33

Ether:

18/18

Gold:

175

Equipment:

Bonaparte Cutlass (WP:9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes; longsword), Crescent Shield (SP: 9, Halved Damage from elemental attacks; shield),

Heavy Armour (SP: 5, immunity to fragile, body wear, suitable for barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators, and vindicators), Lethauros Fellwings (SP: 3, wearer is immune to Sudden Death, backwear

Inventory:

Ammit (WP: 6; greatsword, user gains 5 ether for every kill), Anointed Gladius (WP: 8, deals damage undead; great sword), Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP: 4, Hits doubled against flying enemies, longsword), Training Sword (WP:4), Shark’s Tooth (Power increased by 5 against Aquatics, Accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max Ether +3; protects from Blinded effect; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear), ), Tobacco Pouch (1/2 Chance of

Blinding

with attacks, accessory),

Pauldrons (SP: 2, suitable for knights, dragoons, and skirmishers; accessory), Plain Shield (SP: 5), Lethauros Mask (SP: 2, wearer deals double damage to Beasts and Vermin, headwear, suitable to everyone), Locustoid Greaves (Max Ether +4, immune to Earth, suitable to ether users, footwear)

Emerald (

Wood

), Sapphire (

Wind

), Aquamarine (

Water

), Amethyst (

Darkness

), Topaz (

Lightning

), Mythril Shard

Consumables:

2x Potions, 2x Grand Potions, Grand Tonics x2, Mead, Phoenix Essence, 4x Remedies, Venom, Smoke Bomb, Fire Bomb, Bedroll, Shovel, Telescope

,

Pickaxe, 4 Depleted Ether Cores (Restores half the user's max ether), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently)

Scrolls:

Scroll of Fire Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to fire for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Ice Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to ice for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Water Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to water for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether), Scroll of Wood Warding (1/2 chance to make the target immune to wood for the duration of one battle at the cost of 1 ether),

Lapis Lamp of Summoning (Summons the djinn Mayrene to conjure an Ethereal Barrier around the target at the cost of 5 ether, giving them a 50/50 chance to avoid Damage, Free Hits, and Special Damage. The barrier dissipates when the target takes damage from any source.)

Roleplay:

Underdeveloped Organ

Warlen Melimane, Eulalia's Knight (The Chosen Minifigure) *Party Leader*

23 year old male half-elf Mystic Knight

Level 21

*Immune to

Ether Reduction

* *

Cursed

defense!* *

+1 POWER

whenever a party member rolls

DAMAGE

/

SPECIAL DAMAGE

*

*1/6 chance to redirect Free Hits*

Power Bonus:

0

Health:

33/33 (5+20+7+1

*

)

SP:

10 (6+4)

Ether:

26/26 (5+20+1)

Gold:

150

Glory Points (GP):

15

Equipment:

The Cannonblade (Can be used as a longsword or handcannon, WP: 8. Ignores SP in sword mode, deals Bleeding 1 in cannon mode), Eulalia Shield (SP: 6, prevents ether reduction), Vorpalis Diremail (SP: 4, enemies that inflict damage on the wearer become Cursed, bodywear), Vorpalis Purgers (Power +0; goes up by 1 every time a someone in the hero's party/the hero themselves rolls damage/special damage. Resets to zero if the wearer is knocked out or if the battle ends. Legwear), Cloak of Deception (Free hits against the wearer have a 1/6 chance to be redirected to a random opponent),

Inventory:

Weapons:

Healing Staff (WP: 5, staff, heals instead of damaging), Rusty Dagger (WP:2, poison 10, breaks after 3 uses).

Artifacts:

Counterstrike Gloves, Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power), Locustoid Greaves (+4 ether, suitable for ether users), Lethauros Ring (Health and Ether +5. Suitable for anyone, accessory),

Spellbook:

Amethyst

,

Aquamarine

,

Emerald

,

Ruby

,

Sapphire

,

Garnet

,

Opal

,

Topaz

,

Diamond

,

Scroll of

Sleep

, Scroll of

Frailty

, Scroll of

Antimagic,

Consumables:

Potion x2, Grand Potion x4, First Aid Kit (Full Health and remove negative effects for the whole party), Health Core, Tonic x4, Grand Tonic x3, Remedy x8, Banana (Full Health),

Milk x2 (+15 HP and Ether),

Phoenix Essence, Phoenix Incense,

Hurricane x3 (Grants

*

Drunk*

effect. If user makes pun every round, the strength of their attack is doubled),

Mead x2, Smelling Salts x6

,

Gold Ring (Worth 15 gold; can be given to someone to make them enamored with the giver),

Electro Bomb (25 electric damage to all enemies, bomb), Frostbite Capsule (10 ice damage, bomb),

Smoke Bomb x3,

Other Junk:

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

10-Gallon Hats x7 (Grants wearer tourist effect, causing no one to take them seriously, headwear),

Bones x8, Shiny Gold Rocks x2 (Worth 1 gold at most stores, 5 at magic stores),

Avalanche

, the Super Sleuth

(Dragonfire)

30 years old male yeti Raider

*Natural Respite*

*Immune to

Fragile

*

*Counterstriking*

Level 16

Power:

25

(16+9)

Health:

31/31

(16+14+1*)

SP:

5

Gold:

15

Equipment:

Frostbite (halberd, WP:9, damages undead), Heavy Armour (immune to fragile, SP:5), Counterstrike Gloves (after the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, they counter with strength equal to the damage taken)

Artefacts/Weapons:

Trollsbane (club, WP:7,

earth

-elemental), Bumble Fanshirt (SP:1, vermin with less than half of the wearer's level are scared and won't directly attack the wearer, bodywear), Decamodifier

Consumables:

3x Potion, Grand Potion, Remedy, Mulled Wine, 2x Phoenix Essence, 2x Phoenix Incense, 4x Venom, 2x Nostrum, Mead, Smelling Salts, Skeleton Decoy, 7x Bone

Bombs:

2x Smoke Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Dirt Bomb, Holy Bomb, Pumpkin Bomb (causes the stunned-, blinded-, poisoned by 1-, asleep-, sealed- and confused- effects to all opponents)

Calamity

(Scubacarrot)

24 year old human Mage

Level 11

Power bonus:

10 (spell)

Health:

15/15

Ether:

14/15

Gold:

216

Equipment:

Renegade’s Crook

(WP: 10, successful healing also poisons the target’s weapon by 3, staff)

,

Magician's Glove

*

(+10 spell power)

(loaned from Warlen)

,

Focus Sash

(Gains +2 Defense for every successful hit, resets to zero when hit or when the battle ends, accessory, suitable for babarians, mages, chi monks, dragoons, harlots, infiltrators, marauders, regulators, vindicators, and winged warriors, and paragons)

Inventory:

Bedroll, 6x Potion, 2x Tonic, 3x Remedy, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the Blinded-effect to the target, making it unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.),

Amethyst

, Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the poisoned by 7 and cursed effects permanently), Garnet (loaned from Warlen),

Gold skin Gloves

(Spell power +2, Usable by mages, Handwear)

Luke Zent (NPC) (Takes suggestions from Calamity) *Immune to Cursed and Blinded*

Human Cleric

Level:

15

Health:

23/23

Ether:

23/23

Equipment:

Colorful Healing Staff (WP: 4, Wood elemental), Vindsval’s Totem (Protects from Cursed; accessory), Tridentian Cape (Max ether +3, immunity to blinded; suitable for mages, clerics, necromancers and scholars; backwear)

Inventory:

Potion x2, Tonic x3

Everyone, please state actions and row. Party leader please provide a battle order.

[Dragonfire]

"C'mon, really? Evil sea creatures?" Avalanche rolls his eyes in exasperation before levelling Frostbite at Tito from the front row.

I'd recommend Calamity going last in the battle order and targeting one of the fish, and the other three fish getting free hits on the other three of us.

Edited December 21, 2015 by Dragonfire

[Kintobor]

Annienal notices the fish creeping on deck and quickly jumps up as she grabs her belongings, strapping things back on hastily, particularly mortified by the shark.

"We didn't run into fish last time! Why now?" Annienal grabs her topaz and casts lightning on the Lady Cobra.

[Scubacarrot]

Calamity groans. "Where did you get that staff? Whatever it is, these guys don't like it."

Luke attacks Fish A with his staff from the back row, Calamity attacks Fish B with a Darkness Spell from the back row.