Heroica RPG - Quest #72: A Party

[Brickdoctor]

I unlock the door to the kitchen, then I attack Avery from the Back Row with my Darksteel Crossbow.

[Scubacarrot]

Guts waves Felix over.

[JimBee]

Hybros smirks at his allies accompanied by Lord Marsh. "Find anything new? It turns out that this waitress is a Red Assassin." He turned to Avery. "Then if that is the fate you resign to, so be it."

Hybros attacks Avery twice from the back row with the Sword of Ancestral Hatred.

Battle Order:

Docken

Hybros

Hybros

Docken

[Pandora]

Nyx ambles into the kitchen, Lord Marsh on her arm.

"Ah! It seems we've found your good lady wife here, Lord Marsh! Now, could you please find out all you can from her? Thank you." Nyx turns to Docken and Hybros, casting her eyes over Avery too.

"See, I told you she was a wrong'un. And now she's here making a bit of a mess of killing things." Nyx's eyes pass over the lifeless corpse of Clippard, but she turns back to the waitress "Avery? That is apparently your name, and a very nice name too. So you're an assassin? Do you want to tell us who hired you? I know you're probably very strong, but.. we're pretty damn strong too. You could just tell us, and then we can protect your dignity by killing you anyway? That's be ok, wouldn't it?" Nyx shrugs innocently, smiling sweetly.

OoC: No battle actions from me.

[Zepher]

It is I, your friendly neighborhood Zepher, posting from the middle of the rural and beautiful state of Utah on what must be about the weakest Internet ever. In the lodge’s defense, however, I am in Utah and have Wi-Fi. If some of the formatting of this text is a little funky, that's why. I'll insert pictures for most characters tomorrow, when I have better wi-fi. It should be clear who is talking.

Avery sighs sadly.

"I thought Heroica had a library. I am a Red Assassin. I have no choice. I resigned myself to my fate when I said my vows. If I do not kill all who have seen me fight, I will perish the Red Death. If I do not kill all of my marks, I will also perish the Red Death. If I tell you who has hired me, I will suffer the Red Death.” The heroes watch with surprise as blood begins to trickle out her nose. She wipes it away casually and the heroes are even more shocked to see her lick it, seemingly savoring the taste. “It’s already begun. I thank you for your assistance in killing my first mark, and bringing my final mark to me,” she casts her eyes towards Lord Marsh. “I suppose I’ll have to drop him in a tavern later tonight. Perhaps a wife and husband quarrel that ended in death. As for you, Lady, I was told to not harm you if I could help it. Sadly, my oaths come before requests from my employers.”

Lord Marsh stares with shock at the Assassin. He then turns to his wife unsurely and walks forward.

“Darling, I’ve been told some disturbing and distressing-“ he begins, but gets no further as his wife gives out a scream.

“Stay away, keep him away, everyone stay away,” she cries. He goes to her and holds her and begins to whisper soothing words in her ear. The heroes have no time to question them further as Avery pounces forward, but it seems that for at least now, Lady Marsh has been quieted.

Round Sixteen

>Docken unlocks Door

>Hybros v. Avery - Damage

>Hybros v. Avery - Special Damage

>Docken v. Avery - Critical Hit ([[10*2]+31]*2=102)

Avery finds a pressure point on the small Imp's body and drops him like a fly. Docken fires an anry shot that passes through her shoulder and sends her stumbling back. More blood than should flow begins to flow.

Enemies

Avery the Red Assassin

Level 58 Humanoid *Lucky* *Immune to all effects and Instant Kill*

Health: 876/1160

Special I: Mark of the Red Assassin – Instantly kills target. If target is immune to Instant Kill, the target becomes Doomed.

Passive Special I: Clever Eye - On even rounds, the waitress ignores SP.

Passive Special II: Cloak of the Red Assassin – All damage dealt by the Red Assassin has a

1/3

1/6 chance of killing the target. (If cloak is removed, 1/6).

Passive Special III: Revenge - Whenever Avery is dealt damage by a hero, she remembers. The hero is given a “mark counter”. When Avery deals damage to a hero, the mark counter is used as a multiplier, but removed. Mark counters stack (if there is only one mark counter, it is ignored).

Drops: ???

The Party

Hybros *Party Leader*

Level 26 Assassin

*Hastened*

*Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened

*

*Immune to all elements* *KO'd*

Power:

33

Defense:

0

Health:

0/80

Gold:

749

Equipment:

Sword of Ancestral Hatred

(WP: 7, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword)

,

Golden Armor

(user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round),

Cloak of the Red Assassin

(All hits have a 1/3 chance of Assassination, Suitable for Assassins, Backwear)

Inventory:

Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe),

Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 12 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 14 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 5 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up); handwear),

Bartholomew Docken

, Dragonslayer

Level 31.5 Warden

*Takes Halved Damage from Free Hits*

*Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to Instant Kill* *1 Mark Counter*

Power:

41

Defense:

23

Health:

60/60

Gold:

865

GP:

4

Equipment:

Darksteel Crossbow (WP: 10;

Blinded

-effect), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3; Damage of all Free Hits is halved; Bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round), Counterstrike Gloves (After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; Handwear), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Instant-KO; Backwear)

Inventory:

Health Cores (2), Grand Potions (5), Remedies (5), Phoenix Incense, Phoenix Essences (2), Bones (4), Smoke Bombs (3), Teleportapple, Bedroll, Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; Accessory), Dread Hat (permanent

Scary

-effect; immune to Defense Reduction,

Confusion

,

Blindness

,

Badly Poisoned

, and Fragile

; Headwear),

Time: 8:32

Outside, Lady Felix approaches Guts.

“Daneeka gave me only a little bit more than Madame Ladybug. He says that the love potion is sure, but that it has been tampered with either magically or with alchemy. He doesn't recognize it beyond that, but it does more than just cause someone to fall in love.” She gives a half-hearted shrug. “Science and magic are not my games.” A very quiet yelp pierces out from the kitchen. Everstien drifts back into Guts’ view.

“Perhaps it would be intelligent to lock that door again. Our friends can knock if they need to be let out.”

Edited August 7, 2013 by Zepher

[JimBee]

"This is not over, Red Assassin. You will fulfill your oath, I will make sure of it, eheh..." Hybros sputtered out blood with the last words as he found a blade buried deep within his torso. He fell over, unconscious, hoping the magic of a Phoenix Essence, time, or both, would save him.

If he were to get up this round, he would continue attacking Avery.

Battle Order:

Docken

Hybros

Hybros

Docken

[Brickdoctor]

I use a Phoenix Essence on Hybros before attacking Avery from the Back Row with my Darksteel Crossbow.

[Pandora]

"Uhm, yeah, Heroica has a library. But it also has a bar, and I spend all of my time there." Nyx shrugs muttering "How am I supposed to know about bloody assassins?" to herself. She looks at Avery, regarding her.

"This is a shame, really, I quite like you and I reckon we would have gotten along really well, but I think it's pretty clear that you're going to die one way or another, so could you just tell us who hired you? And if you had any other marks? It's really help us out, and I can try to kill you in a nice way, instead of you nosebleeding to death."

Nyx grabs hold of Zee's Standard in one hand and her Amethyst in the other, focusing on Avery from the back row as she begins the chants to cast her spell.

She repeats her attack if all party members are unscathed, otherwise hitting the party member with the lowest health with her Healing Staff, again from the back row.

[Scubacarrot]

Guts leads Lord and Lady Marsh out of the kitchen, then locks the door. One of them would have to stay out, It's possible there were others preying on Guffington, all four heroes out of sight would be a prime opperunity to strike. "Everstien, take a look at this glass, it contained a love potion and something else, a sleeping drug, according to Lord Marsh. Double check it. I also need you to get Lady Felix with us on the last jump, I've got her amulet. Also, Guard the door. Lady Felix, if you have any other ideas, I would like you to state them now, now follow me, if you will."

The raider walks away with rapid pace, heading towards a quiet corner, one hand firmly on the shoulders of each of the Marshes, effectively pushing them forward. Arrived, he takes a deep breath, and looks in the eyes of Lord Marsh. "Are you absolutely sure the second component is a sleeping drug, or is the dose just a little strong. That wasn't the reaction of a normal, loving wife, Marsh."

[Zepher]

Round Seventeen

>Docken uses Phoenix Essence on Hybros

>Hybros v. Avery - Shield (No Effect)

>Hybros v. Avery - Lethal Aim (6/2=3 Damage)

>Docken v. Avery - Critical Hit ([[10*2]+31]*2=102)

>Nyx v. Avery - Special Damage (KO)

Hybros sweeps himself off the floor, but is unable to do more than scratch the Assassin while he regains his senses and balance. Docken fires another sure arrow. Undisturbed by Nyx's threats, the Assassin buries a dagger deftly in the side of her neck before wrenching it free. Blood spills down Nyx's neck before she teeters and falls to the floor.

Enemies

Avery the Red Assassin

Level 58 Humanoid *Lucky* *Immune to all effects and Instant Kill*

Health: 771/1160

Special I: Mark of the Red Assassin – Instantly kills target. If target is immune to Instant Kill, the target becomes Doomed.

Passive Special I: Clever Eye - On even rounds, the waitress ignores SP.

Passive Special II: Cloak of the Red Assassin – All damage dealt by the Red Assassin has a

1/3

1/6 chance of killing the target. (If cloak is removed, 1/6).

Passive Special III: Revenge - Whenever Avery is dealt damage by a hero, she remembers. The hero is given a “mark counter”. When Avery deals damage to a hero, the mark counter is used as a multiplier, but removed. Mark counters stack (if there is only one mark counter, it is ignored).

Drops: ???

The Party

Hybros *Party Leader*

Level 26 Assassin

*Hastened*

*Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened

*

*Immune to all elements* *1 Mark Counter*

Power:

33

Defense:

0

Health:

40/40

Gold:

749

Equipment:

Sword of Ancestral Hatred

(WP: 7, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword)

,

Golden Armor

(user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round),

Cloak of the Red Assassin

(All hits have a 1/3 chance of Assassination, Suitable for Assassins, Backwear)

Inventory:

Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe),

Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 12 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 5 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 14 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 5 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up); handwear),

Bartholomew Docken

, Dragonslayer

Level 31.5 Warden

*Takes Halved Damage from Free Hits*

*Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to Instant Kill* *3 Mark Counters*

Power:

41

Defense:

23

Health:

60/60

Gold:

865

GP:

4

Equipment:

Darksteel Crossbow (WP: 10;

Blinded

-effect), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3; Damage of all Free Hits is halved; Bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round), Counterstrike Gloves (After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; Handwear), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Instant-KO; Backwear)

Inventory:

Health Cores (2), Grand Potions (5), Remedies (5), Phoenix Incense, Phoenix Essence, Bones (4), Smoke Bombs (3), Teleportapple, Bedroll, Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; Accessory), Dread Hat (permanent

Scary

-effect; immune to Defense Reduction,

Confusion

,

Blindness

,

Badly Poisoned

, and Fragile

; Headwear),

Nyx

Level 27 2/3 Battle Mage *Natural Respite* *Immune to Sealed effects* *Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects* *KO'd*

Power:

42

Power Bonus

: 1

Defense:

3

Health:

0/38

Ether:

37/38

Gold:

61

Equipment:

Zee Standard (Staff, WP: 14 Ice and Darkness Elemental, Necromancers Raise Enemies with 2 extra levels)

, Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect), High Heels (+1 Power), Sandman's Parasol (Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects)

Inventory:

Book of a Thousand Creatures (WP:14, each roll has a 1/6 chance to summon a creature to aid the hero)

,

Explosive Staff – WP: 12 (Does 1/2 damage to all enemies on a successful hit (normal damage to targeted enemy) and 1/2 WP damage to self on a roll of 4 (disregarding SP/row)), Healing Staff (WP: 5), Shiny Helmet (+1 max health), Monkey Bar (all minions, pets, summons etc are Hastened), Ruby (Fire), Diamond (Light), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water) Opal (Ice), Scroll of Sleep, 2 Meads, 4 Deadly Venoms, 3 Cosmic Essences (Revives a knocked out ally with full health and ether and gives them the blessed-effect), Potion, 3 Tonics, 2 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 2 Chaotic Bombs (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bomb '

X2' (May be combined with a bomb to get it to ignore SP),

2 Bedrolls, 5 Bones,

Time: 8:33

OoC: Scuba, in your last post, Guts was still outside the kitchen, as you never had him enter and he was talking to people in the Dining Hall. I'd much prefer, in the future, if you took actions at a bit of a slower pace, rather than "enters dining hall, gets people, exits dining hall, locks door, threatens people with information he didn't hear". What if someone would have reacted to any of those actions? I'll let it slide this once, but from now on I'll only acknowledge the actions that could have been done in a conceivable amount of time. It's something Sandy reminds me of from time to time.

Guts sweeps into the kitchens and collects the haggard and terrified Marshes, walking them out the door. Avery's eyes glance him only briefly, but they have the look of death in them. He quickly bolts the lock. Handing the glass to Everstien, he disappears over to a corner of the overcrowded room. Lady Felix stands a safe distance away.

"It is just a sleeping draught," says Marsh grimly, staring at his wife with harsh eyes. "Her past profession scares her. She did not want me finding out about her returning to the Blue Assassins."

"I...I didn't want to let him know about my past as a Blue Assassin," says Lady Marsh in a choked and panicked voice, seemingly fighting for words.

[Brickdoctor]

OoC: I'm dealing Damage while the Assassin and Battle Mage are dropping -- what's going on?!

JimB, since you can't assassinate Avery, I suggest you use an Essence on Pandy, and then maybe give her a Nostrum.

I attack Avery twice from the Back Row with my Darksteel Crossbow.

[JimBee]

OOC: I should be dealing twice the damage to Avery because the sword is darkness-elemental.

Hybros, still coughing up blood from his own fall, uses a Phoenix Essence on Nyx. As he helps her up, he helps her drink a nostrum, hoping she would fare better than him in battle.

Battle Order:

Hybros

Hybros

Nyx

Docken

Docken

[Scubacarrot]

Sorry Zepher. Also, I'm pretty sure Nyx was lucky, wasn't she?

"Which one is it, afraid of finding out about the past or about the return? This might help." Guts gives a remedy to Lady Marsh.

[Pandora]

Nyx lies still for a moment or two, testing the borders between the kitchen at Guffington Manor and ... wherever else she was... had been... is? She feels the all-too familiar feeling of the Phoenix Essence within her, it's warm smokiness almost comforting, and then somehow she's climbing to her feet again, Hybros kindly supporting her and offering her a drink. Without a thought she knocks it back; it's a drink, after all. She looks around as if the room is out of focus, two fingers reaching up to her neck, almost touching it, and she spins and fixes full focus on Avery, snarling ever so slightly.

"I've had hangovers worse than that. Let's see how you like it when I hit you." she almost spits the words out as she once more charges a whorl of dark, painful magic from the back row through her Standard, her pride injured more than anything.

OoC: Avery is also Lucky, Scuba, so they cancelled each other out.

[Zepher]

OoC: Your additional 3 damage has been added, JimBee. I'll bear it in mind for the future.

Round Eighteen

>Hybros uses a Pheonix Essence on Nyx

>Hybros uses a Nostrum on Nyx

>Nyx v. Avery - Shield ([(42*2)/2]+[42*2]=126)

>Docken v. Avery - Special Damage

>Docken v. Avery - Hit (41)

Nyx staggers to her feet, but the blow she delivers Avery is walloping. Her standard slams into the other girls head and darkness magic explodes out of it. Avery's nose gushes blood as she picks herself up off the floor. Docken's arrow seems only a nasty after thought.

"I'm accustom to enemies who stay dead once they die," the girl says through bloody spits.

Enemies

Avery the Red Assassin

Level 58 Humanoid *Lucky* *Immune to all effects and Instant Kill*

Health: 601/1160

Special I: Mark of the Red Assassin – Instantly kills target. If target is immune to Instant Kill, the target becomes Doomed.

Passive Special I: Clever Eye - On even rounds, the waitress ignores SP.

Passive Special II: Cloak of the Red Assassin – All damage dealt by the Red Assassin has a

1/3

1/6 chance of killing the target. (If cloak is removed, 1/6).

Passive Special III: Revenge - Whenever Avery is dealt damage by a hero, she remembers. The hero is given a “mark counter”. When Avery deals damage to a hero, the mark counter is used as a multiplier, but removed. Mark counters stack (if there is only one mark counter, it is ignored).

Drops: ???

The Party

Hybros *Party Leader*

Level 26 Assassin

*Hastened*

*Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened

*

*Immune to all elements* *1 Mark Counter*

Power:

33

Defense:

0

Health:

40/40

Gold:

749

Equipment:

Sword of Ancestral Hatred

(WP: 7, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword)

,

Golden Armor

(user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round),

Cloak of the Red Assassin

(All hits have a 1/3 chance of Assassination, Suitable for Assassins, Backwear)

Inventory:

Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe),

Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 12 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 13 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 5 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up); handwear),

Bartholomew Docken

, Dragonslayer

Level 31.5 Warden

*Takes Halved Damage from Free Hits*

*Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to Instant Kill* *4 Mark Counters*

Power:

41

Defense:

23

Health:

60/60

Gold:

865

GP:

4

Equipment:

Darksteel Crossbow (WP: 10;

Blinded

-effect), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3; Damage of all Free Hits is halved; Bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round), Counterstrike Gloves (After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; Handwear), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Instant-KO; Backwear)

Inventory:

Health Cores (2), Grand Potions (5), Remedies (5), Phoenix Incense, Phoenix Essence, Bones (4), Smoke Bombs (3), Teleportapple, Bedroll, Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; Accessory), Dread Hat (permanent

Scary

-effect; immune to Defense Reduction,

Confusion

,

Blindness

,

Badly Poisoned

, and Fragile

; Headwear),

Nyx

Level 27 2/3 Battle Mage

*Natural Respite* *Immune to Sealed effects* *Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects* *Lucky* *1 Mark Counter*

Power: 42

Power Bonus: 1

Defense: 3

Health: 38/38

Ether: 36/38

Gold: 61

Equipment: Zee Standard (Staff, WP: 14 Ice and Darkness Elemental, Necromancers Raise Enemies with 2 extra levels), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect), High Heels (+1 Power), Sandman's Parasol (Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects)

Inventory: Book of a Thousand Creatures (WP:14, each roll has a 1/6 chance to summon a creature to aid the hero), Explosive Staff – WP: 12 (Does 1/2 damage to all enemies on a successful hit (normal damage to targeted enemy) and 1/2 WP damage to self on a roll of 4 (disregarding SP/row)), Healing Staff (WP: 5), Shiny Helmet (+1 max health), Monkey Bar (all minions, pets, summons etc are Hastened), Ruby (Fire), Diamond (Light), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water) Opal (Ice), Scroll of Sleep, 2 Meads, 4 Deadly Venoms, 3 Cosmic Essences (Revives a knocked out ally with full health and ether and gives them the blessed-effect), Potion, 3 Tonics, 2 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 2 Chaotic Bombs (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bomb 'X2' (May be combined with a bomb to get it to ignore SP), 2 Bedrolls, 5 Bones,

Time: 8:34

"Both," says Marsh severely. "I knew your past already, dear. It is your future now that I've been told about. Killing our host?! For shame."

Lady Marsh gulps down the Remedy. Her body fidgets wildly, but she drones on, her eyes downcast. "It is hard for me to change my ways," she admits grudgingly, fighting every word.

Lady Felix is at Guts' shoulder without warning.

"You have a guest," she says wryly and with a sly smile. Guts turns in time to see and smell Lord Hinckwell Jr. approaching, stinking of wine.

"Hello!" says the jolly and snooty man. "If I might steal Lord Marsh away from a private word- for a private word."

Edited August 8, 2013 by Zepher

[Brickdoctor]

OoC: I should be Doomed, right?

I repeat.

[Scubacarrot]

"No."

[JimBee]

Hybros gives a Smelling Salts and a Mulled Wine to Nyx. "I will not be much use fighting her myself, eheh..."

Battle Order:

Hybros

Hybros

Nyx

Nyx

Docken

Docken

[Pandora]

OoC: sorry for the wait; looooong day at work. Additionally, I'm sorry to say I should have done 123 damage, not 126, as Everstien made Nyx take her shoes off. :(

"Uhm, yeah, sorry, this is a bad habit I'm getting into, but dying isn't really so bad, and it only hurts for a second." She shrugs "You should try it sometime. Preferably in the next 5 minutes or so, 'cos we've got stuff to do."

Thanks to the Mulled Wine, Nyx steps forward, and once more charges up her Amethyst at Avery.

Should she merely take damage on the first turn (rather than just die, again) she thinks to step back for her second turn, but will otherwise follow up a successful attack with the same again from the front row.

[Zepher]

OoC: Nyx's three damage subtracted, Docken properly Doomed! Hybros... you actually don't have any smelling salts...

Round Nineteen

>Hybros looks confusedly for Smelling Salts

>Hybros uses a Mulled Wine on Nyx

Nyx v. Avery - Damage (58-3=55)

>Docken v. Avery - Shield (Aura)

>Docken v. Avery - Critical Hit ([[10*2]+31]*2=102)

Hybros discovers that he has no smelling salts on him, but passes a Mulled Wine to Nyx. Sadly, the drink seems to make her woozy, and Avery darts in and stabs her in the arm, twisting the blade to allow blood to flow. Docken knocks her back with another close range and powerful bolt, but the Red Assassin will not die.

Enemies

Avery the Red Assassin

Level 58 Humanoid *Lucky* *Immune to all effects and Instant Kill*

Health: 499/1160

Special I: Mark of the Red Assassin – Instantly kills target. If target is immune to Instant Kill, the target becomes Doomed.

Passive Special I: Clever Eye - On even rounds, the waitress ignores SP.

Passive Special II: Cloak of the Red Assassin – All damage dealt by the Red Assassin has a

1/3

1/6 chance of killing the target. (If cloak is removed, 1/6).

Passive Special III: Revenge - Whenever Avery is dealt damage by a hero, she remembers. The hero is given a “mark counter”. When Avery deals damage to a hero, the mark counter is used as a multiplier, but removed. Mark counters stack (if there is only one mark counter, it is ignored).

Drops: ???

The Party

Hybros *Party Leader*

Level 26 Assassin

*Hastened*

*Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened

*

*Immune to all elements* *1 Mark Counter*

Power:

33

Defense:

0

Health:

40/40

Gold:

749

Equipment:

Sword of Ancestral Hatred

(WP: 7, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword)

,

Golden Armor

(user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round),

Cloak of the Red Assassin

(All hits have a 1/3 chance of Assassination, Suitable for Assassins, Backwear)

Inventory:

Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe),

Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 12 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 4 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 13 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up); handwear),

Bartholomew Docken

, Dragonslayer

Level 31.5 Warden

*Takes Halved Damage from Free Hits*

*Encouraged* *Hastened* *Lucky* *Immune to Instant Kill* *5 Mark Counters* *Doomed in 2 Rounds* *Aura!*

Power:

41

Defense:

23

Health:

120/120

Gold:

865

GP:

4

Equipment:

Darksteel Crossbow (WP: 10;

Blinded

-effect), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3; Damage of all Free Hits is halved; Bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round), Counterstrike Gloves (After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; Handwear), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Instant-KO; Backwear)

Inventory:

Health Cores (2), Grand Potions (5), Remedies (5), Phoenix Incense, Phoenix Essence, Bones (4), Smoke Bombs (3), Teleportapple, Bedroll, Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; Accessory), Dread Hat (permanent

Scary

-effect; immune to Defense Reduction,

Confusion

,

Blindness

,

Badly Poisoned

, and Fragile

; Headwear),

Nyx

Level 27 2/3 Battle Mage

*Natural Respite* *Immune to Sealed effects* *Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects* *Lucky* *1 Mark Counter*

Power: 42

Power Bonus: 0

Defense: 3

Health: 21/76

Ether: 36/38

Gold: 61

Equipment: Zee Standard (Staff, WP: 14 Ice and Darkness Elemental, Necromancers Raise Enemies with 2 extra levels), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect), High Heels (+1 Power), Sandman's Parasol (Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects)

Inventory: Book of a Thousand Creatures (WP:14, each roll has a 1/6 chance to summon a creature to aid the hero), Explosive Staff – WP: 12 (Does 1/2 damage to all enemies on a successful hit (normal damage to targeted enemy) and 1/2 WP damage to self on a roll of 4 (disregarding SP/row)), Healing Staff (WP: 5), Shiny Helmet (+1 max health), Monkey Bar (all minions, pets, summons etc are Hastened), Ruby (Fire), Diamond (Light), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water) Opal (Ice), Scroll of Sleep, 2 Meads, 4 Deadly Venoms, 3 Cosmic Essences (Revives a knocked out ally with full health and ether and gives them the blessed-effect), Potion, 3 Tonics, 2 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 2 Chaotic Bombs (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bomb 'X2' (May be combined with a bomb to get it to ignore SP), 2 Bedrolls, 5 Bones,

Time: 8:35

Hinckwell sobers surprisingly quickly and turns nastily on Guts.

"I am happy to tell you, in that case, that you are not the host of this party and have no say over which guest talks to which. I was paying you a courtesy, but seeing as I am a lord and you are not, and I am a business partner of Lord Marsh's, and you are not, I will be having a word with him. Excuse us." Henry Hinckwell grabs Marsh by the wrist and begins to pull him away. Lady Marsh whimpers, but Lord Marsh gives her a look, and then looks helplessly at Guts.

[JimBee]

"Damn, I thought I had brought those... Careful Docken, your shield will be of no use right now." Hybros uses a Health Core on Nyx, and if Docken is hurt, will use the appropriate item to restore him (Phoenix Essence if KO'd, Health Core if damaged).

Otherwise, will use a Mead on Nyx.

Battle Order:

Docken

Docken

Hybros

Hybros

Nyx

[Scubacarrot]

"I am happy to tell you, in that case, that you are not the host of this party and have no say over which guest talks to which. I was paying you a courtesy, but seeing as I am a lord and you are not, and I am a business partner of Lord Marsh's, and you are not, I will be having a word with him. Excuse us." Henry Hinckwell grabs Marsh by the wrist and begins to pull him away. Lady Marsh whimpers, but Lord Marsh gives her a look, and then looks helplessly at Guts.

The raider grabbed Marh's shoulder again, fixing him in place with iron grip. He hated playing this card, but, it wouldn't matter. After the jump, it would have never happened.

"You will be doing no such thing. There's no nobility in Eubric, and your brother is only called that de facto, from the position that he's in. You however, are just a sad, fat excuse for a man that no one cares about or has ever heard of, riding on the success of his brother. I however, am Morgan Hellsong. Appointed First Blade by the late Viscount of Strivvi. I don't expect you to know what that means, but right now, for you... It just means that you're going to leave me and the Marshes alone. Got it?"

[Brickdoctor]

I repeat.

[Pandora]

Nyx glances at Docken, who seems to be drawing all of Avery's attacks right now. She takes the opportunity to step forward and once more cast Darkness on Avery, making sure to maintain her focus.

[Zepher]

Round Twenty

>Docken v. Avery - Special Damage (No Effect)

>Docken v. Avery - Damage (58*5/2=145, KO)

Nyx v. Avery - Special Damage (Sudden Death)

>Hybros uses Phoenix Essence on Nyx

>Hybros uses Phoenix Essence on Docken

Hybros watches in shock and awe as both of his companions fall, but he picks them both back up... and the Assassin stands strong, teeth bared.

Enemies

Avery the Red Assassin

Level 58 Humanoid *Lucky* *Immune to all effects and Instant Kill*

Health: 499/1160

Special I: Mark of the Red Assassin – Instantly kills target. If target is immune to Instant Kill, the target becomes Doomed.

Passive Special I: Clever Eye - On even rounds, the waitress ignores SP.

Passive Special II: Cloak of the Red Assassin – All damage dealt by the Red Assassin has a

1/3

1/6 chance of killing the target. (If cloak is removed, 1/6).

Passive Special III: Revenge - Whenever Avery is dealt damage by a hero, she remembers. The hero is given a “mark counter”. When Avery deals damage to a hero, the mark counter is used as a multiplier, but removed. Mark counters stack (if there is only one mark counter, it is ignored).

Drops: ???

The Party

Hybros *Party Leader*

Level 26 Assassin

*Hastened*

*Immune to Cursed, Asleep, Blinded, Confused, Fragile, Weakened

*

*Immune to all elements* *1 Mark Counter*

Power:

33

Defense:

0

Health:

40/40

Gold:

749

Equipment:

Sword of Ancestral Hatred

(WP: 7, gains 1 WP every kill made with it, light- and darkness-elemental; longsword)

,

Golden Armor

(user is permanently hastened and cursed, fire-, water-, earth-, wind-, wood-, ice-, lightning-, darkness-, light-elemental, grants immunity to Sleep, Blindness, Confusion, Frailty, and Weakening; bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round),

Cloak of the Red Assassin

(All hits have a 1/3 chance of Assassination, Suitable for Assassins, Backwear)

Inventory:

Zoot's Reaper (WP:15, earth-elemental; scythe),

Clock Cog (WP: 14, retrievable), Banana Bladerang (WP:9, damage all, retrievable), Eye-poking Sai (WP:8, blinded-effect, dagger), Twin Kunai (WP:6, dual strike, dagger), Blessed Amulet (protects from cursed-effect; accessory), Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1, retrievable), 14 Potions, 14 Grand Potions, 21 Health Cores, 12 Remedies, 2 Neutralizers, 2 Elixirs, 2 Phoenix Essences, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 3 Lightning Bombs, 3 Holy Bombs, 13 Nostrums, 2 Meads, 4 Mulled Wines, Minimizing Dust, Bedroll, Shovel, Skeleton Decoy, Bone, Sticky Gloves (Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up); handwear),

Bartholomew Docken

, Dragonslayer

Level 31.5 Warden

*Takes Halved Damage from Free Hits*

* *Immune to Instant Kill*

Power:

41

Defense:

23

Health:

60/60

Gold:

865

GP:

4

Equipment:

Darksteel Crossbow (WP: 10;

Blinded

-effect), Mythril Shield (SP: 20), Mail of the Renegade Commander (SP: 3; Damage of all Free Hits is halved; Bodywear),

Eye of the Beholder Amulet

(Accessory, Once per quest the hero may re-roll the last round), Counterstrike Gloves (After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; Handwear), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Instant-KO; Backwear)

Inventory:

Health Cores (2), Grand Potions (5), Remedies (5), Phoenix Incense, Phoenix Essence, Bones (4), Smoke Bombs (3), Teleportapple, Bedroll, Medal of Glory (Mark of true talent that allows the wearer to gain triple experience from battles; Accessory), Dread Hat (permanent

Scary

-effect; immune to Defense Reduction,

Confusion

,

Blindness

,

Badly Poisoned

, and Fragile

; Headwear),

Nyx

Level 27 2/3 Battle Mage

*Natural Respite* *Immune to Sealed effects* *Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects*

Power: 42

Power Bonus: 0

Defense: 3

Health: 38/38

Ether: 36/38

Gold: 61

Equipment: Zee Standard (Staff, WP: 14 Ice and Darkness Elemental, Necromancers Raise Enemies with 2 extra levels), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether +5, protects from sealed-effect), High Heels (+1 Power), Sandman's Parasol (Immune to Asleep and Fast Asleep effects)

Inventory: Book of a Thousand Creatures (WP:14, each roll has a 1/6 chance to summon a creature to aid the hero), Explosive Staff – WP: 12 (Does 1/2 damage to all enemies on a successful hit (normal damage to targeted enemy) and 1/2 WP damage to self on a roll of 4 (disregarding SP/row)), Healing Staff (WP: 5), Shiny Helmet (+1 max health), Monkey Bar (all minions, pets, summons etc are Hastened), Ruby (Fire), Diamond (Light), Amethyst (Darkness), Topaz (Lightning), Sapphire (Wind), Emerald (Wood), Garnet (Earth), Aquamarine (Water) Opal (Ice), Scroll of Sleep, 2 Meads, 4 Deadly Venoms, 3 Cosmic Essences (Revives a knocked out ally with full health and ether and gives them the blessed-effect), Potion, 3 Tonics, 2 Grand Tonics, Ether Core, Fire Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 2 Chaotic Bombs (Causes 100 random elemental damage to all opponents), Bomb 'X2' (May be combined with a bomb to get it to ignore SP), 2 Bedrolls, 5 Bones,

Time: 8:36

Lord Hinckwell stumbles back slightly, and nods a few times.

"You have a few minutes," he says fretfully, and steps away a few feet - out of the range of their voices, but his eyes still on them. Perhaps if Guts could speak diplomatically or intimidate other people, he'd be able to rid himself of the Lord for good, but for now this is where things stood.