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[King Zultan]

So it was nanobots after all! Or living radiation maybe.

Trence > Tidal Beath!
Willis > Ice Arrow!
Sessha > Sonic Stun

+1

[Devastator]

Trence uses Tidal Breath!

The breath attack vanishes into the gray mist, sprays of ice and water turning into nowhere.  It's certainly destroying something, but it's difficult to judge the amount of pain being caused to a cloud from inside it.

Willis uses an Ice Arrow!

Willis's perfect aim is pretty useless here, as he simply draws an ice arrow and looses it at no point in particular.

Sessha casts Sonic Stun!  A.. ray? comes from her finger and creates a small fixed spot in the air in front of her.  The overall mist isn't affected, but a small amount of it was frozen and the pattern of flow is slightly disrupted.

Still, the oppressive mist covers all, as it tries to clamp down on the annoying pearls in its centre, pressing down from all sides.

The party takes 21 damage!  10 of it is semi-permanent.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Trence Colunstin
52/81 HP
20/54 MP
Battle Aura
Iceberg Titan Dragon
Haste
Defense ++
Tired

Fight
-> Claw Slash!  Attack one creature.
Damage +++
-> Icy Slash!  Attack one creature, with bonus cold damage.
Damage ++++, 5 MP
-> Double Claw! Attack one creature twice.  Tiring.
Damage +++
-> Frozen Double Slash!  Attack one creature twice, with an explosion of bonus cold damage.  Tiring.  May inflict Freeze.
Damage ++++, 5 MP
-> Wave Slash!  Damage +++
Like a slash, but a shockwave hits all enemies in a group.

Skills
-> Cover!  All single-target attacks hitting one ally hit Trence instead.  This effect continues until Trence chooses to end it, or the dragon form is reverted.
-> Flowing Water.  Boosts evasion on self.

Magic
-> Tidal breath, 10 MP, Tiring. Hits all enemies on the field with an torrent of razor ice and icy water.  Does Heavy Water damage to all enemies.  Tiring.  Costs 10 MP
-> Revert, 0 MP


Willis Navers
10/48 HP
13/37 MP
Battle Aura
Defense ++

Fight
-> Shoot! Attacks one creature with arrows.
Damage +++
-> Rapid Fire!  Attacks all creatures in a group with arrows.  Tiring.
Damage +
-> Ice Arrow! Attacks one creature with cold-infused arrows.
Damage +++, Cold enchanted.

Skills
-> Meditation.  Next spell does one damage level more than normal.
-> Entangle.  Weakens a single target's physical attack and defense.  Prevents running.
-> Web Grapnel.
-> Battle Aura.  When active, allows single-target beneficial effects applied to just you to also affect the other members of the party.  Painful when combined with Dragon Form.

Magic
-> Meteor Strike!  Massive fire damage that hits a whole group of enemies.  Costs 28 MP.
-> Absolute Zero.  Extreme cold damage to a single enemy.  Costs 22 MP.
-> Fireworks!  Moderate fire damage that hits all enemies.  Costs 24 MP.
-> Tsunami!  Heavy water damage that hits all enemies.  Costs 36 MP.


Sessha Naver
125/155 HP
47/58 MP
Battle Aura
Deadly Poison
Defense ++

Fight
-> Dagger Throw.  Attacks one creature with thrown knives.
Damage +++
-> Flurry of Darts+.  Attacks all creatures in a group with thrown knives.
Damage +
-> Trick shot.  Critically attacks one creature with a thrown knife.  Tiring.
Damage +++  Increased chance of critical

Skills
-> Poison Dagger (disabling) Adds automatic debuff attempts to dagger attacks, along with a chance of inflicting several disabling status effects.
-> Poison Dagger (lethal) Adds poison status effect to dagger attacks.  Guaranteed to take effect on non-resistant targets.
-> Backstab.  Charges for a turn to do massive damage to a target next turn.  Tiring.
Damage ++++++
-> Indignation. Raises magic resistance on self by one level.

Magic
-> Heal, cost 6 MP  Heals a little. ~80 HP
-> Healmore, cost 18 MP  Heals a lot. ~140 HP
-> Group Heal, cost 20 MP  Heals all party members for a little. ~70 HP
-> Vertigo, cost 5 MP. Reduces target's attack and defense.
-> Armor One, cost 12 MP. Increases defense significantly for one target
-> Sonic Stun, cost 11 MP.  Target may miss next turn.
-> Shadow Messenger, cost 6 MP.  Talk to any known target within this city.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

3 potions (Heal 50)
3 smelling salts (revive at 10%)
1 mana potion (Restore mana)
2 Antidote herbs (Cure Poison)
4 scan crystals
Farflame Mana Symbol. (restores 15MP, doesn't use a turn, Trence only.)

[King Zultan]

Trence > Icy Slash!
Willis > Ice Arrow!
Sessha > Heal Willis

[NJW2000]

Trence > Icy Slash!
Willis > Ice Arrow!
Sessha > Heal Willis

+1

[Devastator]

Trence uses Icy Slash!  His claw becomes covered in white energy, and he tears at the air in front of himself.

Willis uses Ice Arrow!  Another arrow vanishes into the mist.

You think it's perhaps getting a bit thin at this point.

Sessha casts Heal!  The party is maxed out!  At least of the temporary damage.

The mist may be weakened, but it isn't yet gone.  It tears at the party once more.

Everyone takes 20 damage, ten of which is unhealable.

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Trence Colunstin
61/71 HP
10/54 MP
Battle Aura
Iceberg Titan Dragon
Haste
Defense ++

Fight
-> Claw Slash!  Attack one creature.
Damage +++
-> Icy Slash!  Attack one creature, with bonus cold damage.
Damage ++++, 5 MP
-> Double Claw! Attack one creature twice.  Tiring.
Damage +++
-> Frozen Double Slash!  Attack one creature twice, with an explosion of bonus cold damage.  Tiring.  May inflict Freeze.
Damage ++++, 5 MP
-> Wave Slash!  Damage +++
Like a slash, but a shockwave hits all enemies in a group.

Skills
-> Cover!  All single-target attacks hitting one ally hit Trence instead.  This effect continues until Trence chooses to end it, or the dragon form is reverted.
-> Flowing Water.  Boosts evasion on self.

Magic
-> Tidal breath, 10 MP, Tiring. Hits all enemies on the field with an torrent of razor ice and icy water.  Does Heavy Water damage to all enemies.  Tiring.  Costs 10 MP
-> Revert, 0 MP


Willis Navers
28/38 HP
13/37 MP
Battle Aura
Defense ++

Fight
-> Shoot! Attacks one creature with arrows.
Damage +++
-> Rapid Fire!  Attacks all creatures in a group with arrows.  Tiring.
Damage +
-> Ice Arrow! Attacks one creature with cold-infused arrows.
Damage +++, Cold enchanted.

Skills
-> Meditation.  Next spell does one damage level more than normal.
-> Entangle.  Weakens a single target's physical attack and defense.  Prevents running.
-> Web Grapnel.
-> Battle Aura.  When active, allows single-target beneficial effects applied to just you to also affect the other members of the party.  Painful when combined with Dragon Form.

Magic
-> Meteor Strike!  Massive fire damage that hits a whole group of enemies.  Costs 28 MP.
-> Absolute Zero.  Extreme cold damage to a single enemy.  Costs 22 MP.
-> Fireworks!  Moderate fire damage that hits all enemies.  Costs 24 MP.
-> Tsunami!  Heavy water damage that hits all enemies.  Costs 36 MP.


Sessha Naver
135/145 HP
41/58 MP
Battle Aura
Deadly Poison
Defense ++

Fight
-> Dagger Throw.  Attacks one creature with thrown knives.
Damage +++
-> Flurry of Darts+.  Attacks all creatures in a group with thrown knives.
Damage +
-> Trick shot.  Critically attacks one creature with a thrown knife.  Tiring.
Damage +++  Increased chance of critical

Skills
-> Poison Dagger (disabling) Adds automatic debuff attempts to dagger attacks, along with a chance of inflicting several disabling status effects.
-> Poison Dagger (lethal) Adds poison status effect to dagger attacks.  Guaranteed to take effect on non-resistant targets.
-> Backstab.  Charges for a turn to do massive damage to a target next turn.  Tiring.
Damage ++++++
-> Indignation. Raises magic resistance on self by one level.

Magic
-> Heal, cost 6 MP  Heals a little. ~80 HP
-> Healmore, cost 18 MP  Heals a lot. ~140 HP
-> Group Heal, cost 20 MP  Heals all party members for a little. ~70 HP
-> Vertigo, cost 5 MP. Reduces target's attack and defense.
-> Armor One, cost 12 MP. Increases defense significantly for one target
-> Sonic Stun, cost 11 MP.  Target may miss next turn.
-> Shadow Messenger, cost 6 MP.  Talk to any known target within this city.

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

3 potions (Heal 50)
3 smelling salts (revive at 10%)
1 mana potion (Restore mana)
2 Antidote herbs (Cure Poison)
4 scan crystals
Farflame Mana Symbol. (restores 15MP, doesn't use a turn, Trence only.)

[King Zultan]

Trence > Frozen Double Slash!
Willis > Ice Arrow!
Sessha > Vertigo

[Devastator]

Trence uses Frozen Double Slash!  The mist is torn apart, and recedes away from the party, dissolving into nothingness.

Trence then transforms back, and almost falls into the pit, no longer being close to large enough to cram himself between both walls.  Sessha grabs him, and he scrambles to safety.

The mist evaporates, resembling nothing more than scraps of burning rubber, wiggling, turning, and shrinking into small islands of mist before disappearing.  The bottom of the pit is revealed in the glowstone light.

It's clean.  Like this whole chamber, it looks like it was scoured by water and drained.  At the bottom there are small black and gray chunks, a couple of dark spots that might be further passages..

..and a rust-red crystal, about the size of Blade Dragon Trence, sticking out of the wall.

[IronyOwl]

Investigate and fiddle with crystal immediately.

[King Zultan]

Investigate and fiddle with crystal immediately.

+1

[Devastator]

Investigate and fiddle with crystal immediately.

It's a crystal!  It doesn't hurt you when you touch it, but it's clearly a special magic crystal.  None of you have seen a rust-red one before, so it's anyone's guess as to what kind of crystal it is.

..Well, it would be.  The scan crystal strongly implies this is "Jacathium", whatever that is.

[NJW2000]

So I guess the question is whether we try to disable the crystal, or trust that the swarm takes a while to regenerate and leave it in place. It could be immensely valuable, though it might be hard to capitalise on that.

See if we can pull the crystal from the wall.

Check out the bottom of the pit - including the other passages.

[Devastator]

So I guess the question is whether we try to disable the crystal, or trust that the swarm takes a while to regenerate and leave it in place. It could be immensely valuable, though it might be hard to capitalise on that.

See if we can pull the crystal from the wall.

Check out the bottom of the pit - including the other passages.

Crystal's stuck.  Pulling it out is a lot of digging.. careful digging with real tools.  To remove it, or a good chunk of it, you'll have to break it.  You'd have to break it anyway if the full chunk is removed, as it's a big chunky thing that won't fit through the squeezes, anyway.

As for other exits, there's a couple of tiny ones, very narrow and far too small for people to go through, running upwards and downwards.  There's also a broken wall, leading to a vertical slab-sided shaft.  It's narrow enough to climb up or down like a chimney, which runs at least a few dozen feet up and down.  You think there's a space above just in view from the entrance.  Below extends beyond sight.

It also looks pretty tiring to climb through.

Spoiler: Fissure Maze (click to show/hide)

Base Camp, where everyone fell down to.  Two exits, north and south.

North of base camp:  Empty fissure -> Giant Stairs -> Alcove Camp
South of base camp:  Dancing Darkness -> ???

Alcove Camp.  Northwest crawl -> Crystal Room -> Narrow Squeeze -> Stardust Room.
Alcove Camp.  East crawl -> Bendy Tunnel -> Jacathium Pit

Jacathium Pit -> Slab chimney -> ???

Current location:  Crystal Room.
Current camp:  Alcove Camp.

[King Zultan]

Should we send a shadow messenger to uncle to tell him that we found that Jacathium crystal and see what he thinks of it?

[IronyOwl]

I think so. It's quite likely even he won't know, but it's worth a shot.

Shadow Messenger to Uncle. Found Jacathium Crystal, guarded by Jacathium Emissions, any info?

[King Zultan]

I think so. It's quite likely even he won't know, but it's worth a shot.

Shadow Messenger to Uncle. Found Jacathium Crystal, guarded by Jacathium Emissions, any info?

+1 If he doesn't know about it he could find out if any of the robot miners do and get info from them.