With Live RP's being the big new thing about the mission, and us trying to get rolling on the once a week idea, it made sense to toss a special Live RP as a part of the Finale. At least to me.

Rereading this, the first thing that sticks out if we seem to be having a lot more fun with this one than the first two. Lapine makes her only Live RP appearance in the first two missions, and Arkane shows up.. but ultimately doesn't end up sticking with AIL for the time being. Things heat up the next mission with a total of sixLive RP's!

Keeping focus on this one, however, I'll note that not only did we continue the battling from earlier, but we did it this time without any Elite 7.. although we do delve more into the threat that'll be paramount in the next episode!

Editorial notes: See mission notes for further details, but this was a special roleplay session brought to you via Live Roleplay. As such, it's a bit different than the normal Finale format. I avoided using anyone who wasn't roleplayed. Enjoy! <You are in Seaside Town. Goblins have begun pouring into the city through teleportation gates. It takes a magic user to close these gates.>

<This also demonstrates narrative. The sky is dark with ill omens.>

<Oh and there is a dragon flying overhead!>

<A female magician sees a humanoid bunny up ahead. She appears to be a fellow mage.>

<There's also another mage coming in from down the street, straining against a small crowd of fleeing civilians.>

<This third mage is humanoid, in skimpy sealskin bra and skirt. She carries a staff carved with Nordic runes of power.>

<There is an acidic burning scent in the air. The human mage asks him a question.>

Female Mage: "Greetings. Do you fight for Seaside Town or against it?"

Arkane: "Yes I do. And it's Arkane."

Female Mage: "Good to hear. I'm Kadlin Bearsmasher. I'm defending this place as well. You want to help me take down that teleporter gate?"

Arkane: "Absolutely. These thing most be closed before lunch!"

Konall: "There's nothing I can't handle so long as it doesn't involve magic."

<Konall walks up.>

<Konall begins swearing.>

<Catrina Whiteclaw approaches with Sebastian Dash- but her eyes flick between the dragon in the sky and the newcomer.>

Konall: "Sis, what are you doing here?"

Kadlin: "Konall, I'm a Viking warrior. I'm fighting. Oh, I found the presents you made for me. I was working in the infirmary when I saw you brought in. The clothes fit great."

<Konall is a beefy Viking warrior carrying a large axe. He has an ADD Demon that flies around him.>

Kadlin: "Look, there's no time for argument. There's an army of goblins that's growing by the minute. We need to shut that portal."

<Catrina and Sebastian have shown up by now.>

Dash: "Guys, we've got problems!"

Konall: "What?"

Dash: "We've heard rumors of some Knob Goblin firemancers!"

<Catrina, a White lioness currently dressed in a well filled sealskin bikini and carrying twinbone katana, looks from the sky to the newcomer, growling at the similarity.>

Catrina: "Who's this creep?"

Konall: "Well, I think I need to have a chat with them with my axe."

Kadlin: "They'd be guarding that portal. Let's go in and wipe them out."

<Lapine, a leather bikini clad white, black spotted bunny sneaks up behind Dash.>

Lapine: "Firemancers? <Lapine facepaws> Does this mean I have to bring out the water spells?"

Kadlin: "Stench or sleaze tend to work."

Dash: "Lapine! Are Vixen and Todd okay?"

Catrina: "Knowin foxy he's probably off with some girl."

Dash: "Good point. You know, we'd better get ready. We could be attacked, randomly, at any point."

<By sheer coincidence, a team of Knob goblin Elites comes at you.>

Lapine: "There fine, I think. <pulls a wand pretty much out of thin air> Vixen said she was goin to cook stew or something."

Dash: "During a war?!"

Lapine: "Meh, probably said she'll bash the goblins into stew, didn't really listen."

Konall: "I'd eat it."

Dash: "Heh, sounds about right.. oh hey Knob Goblins.. did you want something?"

<There are 5 Knob Elites, and they begin getting into formation to attack.>

<Catrina spins and doesn't even draw a blade, pouncing the nearest Gob in her usual manner.>

Dash: "Alright, surrender or die. No? Alright, then die."

(That's Dash's intimidate.) :)

<Konall attacks one with his axe.>

Goblins: "We're not much for conversation. We're more action-oriented."

<The goblin Cat attacks blocks the attack with his shield. Cat gets knocked back.>

<Cat attacked goblin 1. 3 and 4 back off a bit, too scared to attack this round.>

<A fire mage arrives behind them.>

<Kadlin conjures slimy noodle tentacles.>

Cat: <Some odd feline cursing> "We gotta get that gate closed!"

<The attack does 16 damage to the goblin.>

<Lapine uses her potion grenade skill on goblin 3.>

<Arkane conjures a bolt of fire and hits goblin 2, the same one Kadlin hit, finishing off.>

<The grenade goes off and does 12 damage to Goblin 3.>

<And no damage to goblin 5, who was next to him.>

<The fire mage begins chanting. He's powering up a spell. He does not attack this turn.>

Kadlin: "Hit him before he finishes charging that spell or we're toast."

Lapine: <casts frost on the fire mage> "Chill out!"

Dash: "Heh, 'chill out,' she says!"

Dash: "Anyway, I'm on it!" <Dash pulls out his broadsword Bad Beats.>

<Goblin 3 attacks Dash.>

<Goblin 1 attacks Catrina.>

<The goblin misses completely.>

<Dash counterattacks.>

Konall: "Spaz, distract that mage."

<Spaz flies in and pokes the fire mage with his annoying pitchfork. The mage loses his focus and drops the spell, causing the nearby area to catch fire.>

<The mage runs off.>

Lapine: "I'll stay behind to put out these fires. You guys advance."

Arkane: "No, let me do it. I insist!"

<Dash does 6 damage in his counterattack.>

<Lapine finds a conveniently placed bucket of dirt, and dumps it on the fire, reducing it to a few harmless flames.>

<Unfortunately, it's still smoldering hot.>

Dash: "We might need to split up. There's too much chaos."

<Konall swings his axe at Goblin 1.>

<He hits it for 20 damage.>

Catrina: <Laughs, as she tears into a Gob> "But we just got together!"

Dash: "War is Hey Daze, kitty."

<Lapine casts fire weapons- a weapon buff that adds damage to the party's weapons.>

Konall and Kadlin: "War is Vahalla!"

<The attack bounces off the goblin's shield.>

<Spaz plays a song that boosts everyone's focus by 3.>

(These are goblin Elites, not grunts.)

(And we call the song, "Focus Group.")

<Realizing the danger of a fire, Lapine cancels her fire spell, and buffs the group's weapon with +2 frost damage.>

<Actually, I'm upping that to +4 frost damage. - Boris, god of war.>

<It's increased to four by the power of Spaz's music. You're welcome!>

<Kadlin calls up more tentacles to deal sleaze and stench damage. They finish off goblin elite 1.>

Dash: "One down.. is anyone focusing on those portals?!"

Kadlin: "Lapine, can you sneak around back? Konall will cover you."

Lapine: "Yes, very easily!"

Konall: "I will do no such thing!"

Kadlin: "Fine. I'll do it. Come with me."

<Goblins 3 and 4 team up on Konall.>

<They deal a lot of damage to him.>

<Kadlin lead Lapine through a mall that bypasses the combat and leads near the gate.>

<A series of grunts are coming out of the portal. (By grunts, I don't mean noises I mean 10 redshirts.)>

<Konall hits 3 for 20 damage.>

Dash: "Come on, Konall! Let's end this!" <Dash's battle cry to intimidate the enemies.>

Lapine: "I could make an ice wall in front of the portal; that would chill them out."

Kadlin: "Great idea."

<Lapine conjures an ice barrier as the goblins start to come out, managing to freeze two of them in place as part of the wall. The portal is temporarily blocked.>

<Kadlin begins powering up a spell.>

<Catrina however is looking off in the distance. She suddenly roars and charges off.>

Dash: "Um.. bye, Cat?"

<Cat sees someone in need of rescue and charges in.>

(Probably from an unseen Elite 7.)

<She backstabs goblin elite 4 on her way out for massive damage.>

<Goblin 4 attacks Dash.>

<Everyone gains a strength boost of 3 from Dash's earlier rally.>

<Dash just throws a piece of flash paper at it.>

<It's temporarily blinded.>

<Fire mages start hurling fireballs into the building which Kadlin and Lapine had ducked in. They have a poor chance of hitting though, because Kadlin and Lapine have good cover.>

<Dash takes 13 points of damage from the semi blinded enemy.>

<Kadlin doesn't even try to resist the hit. She takes 5 damage.>

<Lapine grabs her wand and conjures up a mini rainstorm in front of her and Kadlin.>

Konall: "You want to kill him or should I?"

<Dash seems too hurt to answer.>

<Actually, the rainstorm wets down the area and fizzles out some of the fireballs. Both of our heroes take 1 less point of damage.>

<Konall attacks the last elite with his sword.>

<The last elite dies.>

<Konall runs up toward the portal to take on the mages.>

Dash: "Wow.. I'm starting to like magic rain."

<There are 2 grunts and 6 mages guarding the portal.>

Lapine: <conjures up an ice sword, just incase) "I might need this.."

<Kadlin continues to chant her spell.>

<Konall switches to the longbow and shoots at a fire mage.>

<The fire mage becomes a large pincushion.>

Kadlin: "Just hold them off."

<There are 6 of the fire mages.>

<Dash takes a moment to heal himself with a Island healing herb. Garlic flavored.>

<Dash regains 5 hp.>

<Dash lets out a relieved sigh.>

<Secondary effects: +1 stench damage.> <+1 fire and spooky resistance.>

<4 of the goblins each hurl a fireball at each of the hero characters. This is physical fire, so it's dodged or blocked normally.>

<They miss Kadlin. Konall manages to deflect one with his shield.>

(Lapine and Dash need to defend somehow.)

<Dash tries to defend both himself and Lapine!>

Lapine: <Dodges the fireball> "The funk?!" <Lapine hurls an iceball at goblin 1.>

<Goblin 1 conjures a firewall that blocks it.>

(The Goblin that attacked her rolled really poorly.)

Lapine: "Crap..."

<Two of the goblin pyromancers are charging spells.>

<Dash takes 9 points of damage.>

<Kadlin finishes her spell.>

Kadlin: "Und killum everyonus."

<A pentagram appears on the ground 20 feet wide. At each of the points a gate to Hey Deze opens up, and frightening demons come out, attacking pyromancers and grunts. She wipes out 3 of the pyromancers and both grunts.>

<The demons fly back into the gates and disappear.>

<And the gates disappear behind them.>

(Dash has an attack.)

<Konall shoots the first again and kills him.>

<The other 2 pyromancers, upon seeing the awesome power of that spell, have significantly wetter pants. It deals spooky damage, so it's pretty terrifying.>

<Dash is clearly wounded, and his armor's been cut through.>

Lapine: <Touches Dash, white light flows from her and covers Dash, and closes his wounds.> "Wooow, healing spells are tiring!"

<Lapine has trouble standing.>

Dash: "That's it.. I'm buying me some real armor after this."

Konall: "I'll see what I can do for you."

Kadlin: "The two pyromancers are pretty spooked right now Dash. See if you can do something with that."

Kadlin: "I can open that hellgate as many times as I need, but eventually my demon masters are going to be upset with me if I overdo it."

Dash: "Should be easy. They're idiots."

Pyromancer A: "We are not idiots. We are highly educated in the ways of magic and, duh, stuff."

Pyromancer B: "We're not afraid of your hellgate."

<The bluff attempt doesn't work. They're terrified.>

<Dash growls.> Dash: "If you were smart, you'd back off before I call down my pet dragon to kill you all!" <Points to the dragon circling above.> (Roll to follow if you shush up a second)

Lapine: "Highly educated my rabbity ass!"

<Kadlin starts reading off terrifying-sounding magic words that probably won't actually form a real spell.>

<The pyromancers surrender.>

Pyromancer: "All right. Parsley! Parlance! Parlay!"

Konall: "Let me get out a roll of 'sit down and shut up.'" <Konall pulls out a roll of duct tape.>

<Konall takes away their wands and duct tapes them into bundles.>

Dash: <huffs> "We need to rest soon, or we'll end up doing their job for us."

<He then picks up both bundles and dumps them with a set of Seaside soldiers to be taken to prison.>

Kadlin: "I lied about the hellgate spell. It taxes my energy, but I don't really have demon masters."

Kadlin: "And it takes a while to work up."

Kadlin: "Handy, though."

Dash: "Plus, it's probably better than having demon masters."

Spaz: "Depends on the demon. Konall doesn't mind me."

Konall: "That's because I'm *your* master."

Dash: "Fair enough. Well done, everyone, but the battle is far from over."

Spaz: "Or so you think."

<Lapine eats a stamina replenishing carrot.>

Dash: "See any lootable loot, Spaz?"

Lapine: "Eeeeh whats up, doc?"

<Spaz searches. Got a few fire staves here and some hotform potions.>

Dash: "Where'd your dad go, Spaz?"

Spaz: "He had to go back to see mom. I like apple pie."

Lapine: <Lights a 'mystical herb cigarette' with a snap of her fingers> "I don't need anymore fire damage."

Spaz: "Wizard's robes. +1 to focus."

<Kadlin heals everyone's wounds with her pastamancery.>

Dash: "So, Konall, want to hit up the casino after we save the town and try to get some drinks?"

Lapine: "Oooh can I turn that into a wizards bikini?" <sticks out her tongue>

Konall: "I could probably work that up."

Kadlin: "You always were good at sewing."

<Dash chuckles.>

<As the ice wall begins to crack, Kadlin and Lapine close the portal.>

<The others strike heroic poses.>

Lapine: "I think I grabbed the wrong mystical herb cigarette... I'm not very focused right now."

<Lapine grinned stupidly.>

<And that's where our story ends! To be concluded in our next Finale!>

Onto the Finale?