Update time!
Lets test this shit out.
Oh cool, they turn into little bird things just before they leave the screen.
92 damage? Yeah that seems passably useful. Maybe.
Blaze isn't quite as strong, but unlike Blast 4, Blaze 4 hits everything, not just one group.
Wait, why the fuck are we in the Cave of Strength?
Because there was a pit we enver got past.
And it had shit hidden behind it. Win!
Wow, that is eerily convenient. We probably couldn't afford that if I hadn't fought shit on the way to the treasure. Though we could jsut sell shit I suppose.
Ta-da!
That's... not actually that impressive.
Why can't Codex wear a hood? Also, why doesn't this thing have that 'blessed with power' dealie the light robe and mithril shield had? :itisamystery:
Time for some more rope action!
Remember all those pointless landings on floor 2? Turns out they're not so pointless.
Very nice. Not a huge damage boost, but it still hits twice, unlike other weapons.
Blast is fucking scary.
More secret shit courtesy of the magic rope.
Holy fuck dude. And I thought the fire sword was too useful.
Yeah, we won't be breaking this one.
Codex has so many HP now Heal 3 is actually becoming efficient.
You know, couldn't we just use this thing outside the labyrinth, to at least get to that walkway on the second floor and skip walking there?
Statue fightin' time!
Should have picked a hallway without a chest in it to guard dude.
Holy fuck, he means business.
And he means it twice per turn. This may not have been a good idea.
Thats our damage AFTER casting boost.
Yeah this does not bode well.
Maybe slow works on this fucker?
At least he wasted a turn attacking a dead guy.
Alas, this does not revive dead party members.
Neither does this. I have no idea what this does.
Desperation move is not successful.
Probably not going to cut it.
Yeah he's got at least a few hundred hp.
And Milo does not.
Last chance!
No dice.
Well, we're up some crazily strong equipment and down some more gold. I guess thats sort of a win, even if it's kind of a big waste of time.
Burn fuckers!
Chumps got nothing on us when we're willing to burn MP to handle them.
New plan: spell nuke the shit out of this asshole!
Burn!
Bleed!
Die!
Fry!
Thats... pretty lame. Bolt 2 only? The Firesword was Blaze 3.
More fire!
Well shit, Pyra got focused down.
Attacking does more damage than the bolt spell
Luckily, we have OP shit like revive
Fucker!
Holy shit.
And it's STILL not dead.
Well, someone is probably gonna die, but if we can do this a few more turns we can probably eek out a win-
Good, Milo has full hp.
!
Yeah... that was not the plan.
Next trip I give up on fighting that bullshit machine. And we find another staff!
Weird name and appearance.
Well no shit.
Really?
If it can't cast spells and it's stats are this bad, it's probably just a cursed piece of shit. Fuck it.
Peace won't work up here.
Though nukes sure do.
Quite well. Though these guys are also quite tough.
And hit really hard.
But man the xp reward.
Cool.
Nice, the map of floor 3 is filling out a bit more now.
Last one before we bail.
Bleh.
Thats a lot compared to what we used to need, but not much compared to battles forking over 5k.
Holy water is just for removing curses. Except it's also worth like, 8k or some shit. SOLD.
Selling this garbage too, since it doesn't seem to work.
And that enduro staff is nearly worthless. Definitely a cursed item then.
Icestaff is cheaper than I expected. Now we know it'll be cheap to repair, so using it freely isn't a problem.
Storm sword is quite valuable on the other hand.
As is that great flail. Obviously we aren't selling these things though. Just getting an idea of how valuable our loot is.
This we are selling!
Because it's time to make shit. Protip: if you want armor for Milo, make it for Codex. Just as Pyra can wear the robe made for Milo, Milo can wear the armor made for codex. And the armor is much stronger.
Wow, it's cheaper than the robe. Thats pretty
BAM!
I think this is actually a slight downgrade from the magic mail. But it does have that 'blessed' crap, whatever that means. Hopefully it's status resistance or something, cause those are becoming ever more common.
Statue douchebag in profile. He won't fight until we face him.
New plan. Buff time.
Quick is mostly so Milo can heal people before they fall over dead.
Ow. We live on however.
And hit back HARD.
Pyra doesn't have much else to do, Milo is too busy healing to be worth boosting, and this thing seems immune to status spells.
Hehe.
Perfect.
Another wasted turn from the enemy.
All goes according to plan.
Well, not quite. He actually dealt precisely the amount of damage needed for a kill there.
But then he died. So who cares. Milo catches up in xp a bit.
ITEM GET.
What. Pyra can't equip it?
And it's weaker than the Mithril hood.
We shuffle the mithril hood to Pyra so Milo can equip the new item.
Milo reveals that Pyra is not an elf, apparently. I guess those pointy ears are just because she's a trekkie.
At least it has this bonus, whatever it does.
Love this thing.
See, shit like this is why I spam Peace. If these guys drain our MP even once thats more MP than Peace costs anyways.
I end up firing off Blaze 4 just to avoid us getting drained a whole bunch.
Pf course they're fire resistant. Cunts.
Kewl.
Seems like as good a chance as any to try it out.
Attacks the whole group, kills nobody. Fail.
turns out those griffin things use blast magic in addition to hitting really hard.
Actually, this is a lot gentler than it's melee attack.
Argh.
Kinda tough, but not as much as the zombies were.
The other thing died before it got a turn.
Trolls hit decently hard too. Still, Milo has a ton of MP now, so damage this small isn't important.
KFC* (Kodexian Frozen Cocks)
New wizard types. Annoyingly hard to kill.
Especially since they heal.
And call for help in the same round!
Although they just call in crappy zombies, not more Necromancers.
Better this than some fucking Desoul spells or evil shit like that.
Zombies have lots of hp and decent defense.
Also hit really hard and cause poison.
Lots of XP to be had from these fights though.
Ah, one of these fuckers finally got a turn. Hits for less than I expected...
But then it attacks a second time! Guess this is going to be a popular new enemy trait.
Still gets popped like a zit though.
Here we are again. Of course, we could turn around and try to sneak by the skeleton thing here.
But that'd be fucking lame right?
Lets do this bitch!
Same plan we used for the guardian.
Such a nice spell for only 5 MP.
Especially the effect on Pyra.
Bastard still hits hard, but he skipped his second turn this time. Feeling lucky?
Ichigeki hissatsu!
Well, another basin filled with radioactive monster piss. Joy.
Another set of stairs up. Guess these are the 'real' ones, because the other ones didn't go anywhere except back down to level 3.
Real level 4 baby!
Quite the warm welcome for us.
Sweet.
Probably shouldn't have stuck around after that last fight. Desperate attempt to sleep some of these fails completely.
Pyra can't hit them that hard either.
But they aren't hitting so hard either, so maybe we'll be fine.
Apparently they took offense to that comment.
Time to bail. Look ma', I'm rich!
Not really necessary but whatever floats your boat.
We can probably get that in under 10 battles on the 4 floor. We'll have full spellbooks on our casters in no time.
Fuck yeah! You're a new party member right? With spells and useful shit?
His name is off centre because the screen is shaking and I can't be assed to animate an epilepsy inducing gif for you guys. Sorry.
Once again Theo dissapears. Plot dump time!
I think you missed dude.
Ah. A challenger appears!
Thats ok, we know MUDDLE doesn't do fuck all anyways.
Duh, can't you see his hat? He's clearly a wizardly pimp. He's collecting from his hos.
Oh, or that.
Wait, Melvyl is Dark Sol?!? WHAT A TWIST. BEST RPG STORY EVER GUYS.
Damn, I want that spell, it looks cool.
Emo Lord does not approve. You know, he had an actual (albeit cheesy) name in the japanese version.
My mad screenshotting skillz failed to capture the epic grey fireball that PWNS Xern here.
Shouldn't we be like, attacking him right now? I mean, he's totally surrounded and outnumbered like 10 to 1.
Not like he'll be easier to kill in the labyrinth.
Apparently DARK SOL is so badass the game needs not just one, but two silent protagonists to face him.
Wait, what? Time out. Why do we not know about the previous champion. I call shenanigans.
Well duh. Were you expecting Dai?
Hell yes! I owe these guys so much payback! And you got the chick right? With the tits?!? Pyra is totally flat.
Railroad'd.
So hopeless! How can we hope to face the dark lord that beat up an old man with a cane!
Only if this LP gets bumped more. I'm totally abandoning this shit if I have to put 1000 images on one page.
If you say so Gandalf.
Unlike my totally noble lust for jailbait royalty and awesome jewgolds leading me to the same place.
Did anyone ever tell the ancients they couldn't just replaced a bunch of those doors with walls to keep things where they're supposed to be?
Because killing shit makes you strong! Also, none of the monsters use bows, so we don't risk taking any arrows to the groin, eye, or other vital locations.
Oh noes! But they totally need to be leashed! They'll crap on our lawns if they aren't leashed!
Again, why the fuck aren't you guys giving us this shit earlier?
Plot device GET.
Ahhhhh.
Right, and then?
FUCKER. I've been walking back there this whole fucking time! Guess I forgot to check back at the castle when I should have.
What, thats it? You're not coming? Asshole.
Gee, not us! *Hides glowing magical lightning sword and fabled ancient light helm*
Was probably a SLOW spell. Our slow spells are grey too.
Cool. I want one of those.
Well if he isn't the bad guy, Theos is at least working for him. Totally frigging suspicious.
Oh who cares, you're probably like, level 5. We could rez you for less money than we charge for an autograph.
I can beat him, but my plan involves fucking every beautiful virgin girl in the kingdom. Will you help me?
You'd make a great clown. You should try that.
As opposed to their usual state of retardation? Not much of a loss.
Only once, so I can screenshot it and for the guys reading this to suffer along with me.
New toy! YAY!
Yeah we already know that.
This'd be more impressive if you weren't with us when XERN explained this shit.
New level 3 map:
And beginnings of a level 4 map: