{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Perpetua 37: The Castle Eschatonica 05","description":"It moved towards Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky through the dark as something other than itself. A creature of guile and hunger, whose taste for life is well developed and whose limbs are the limbs of others. Meanwhile, amidst the revelers of the High Masque, the moonlit wing\u2019s adventurers mix and mingle. Will they try to puzzle their way through the rhyming door, or sate themselves on delicacies and dances instead of dungeoneering\u2026 This week on Perpetua: The Castle Eschatonica 05 Perpetua Guide [Community Addendum Part 03] What\u2019s up every-freakin-body. It\u2019s THEUNFORGIVENIII and I decided to pick up on Nei\u2019s slack. Maybe he\u2019ll see what a good job I\u2019m doing and come back to try to one up me. Then the real rivalry will begin\u2026 Anyway, it\u2019s boss fight time. I made a few updates to Nei\u2019s format. I KNOW that he says he doesn\u2019t wanna get some specific spoilers in these enemy rundowns but I think that\u2019s pretty fuggin lazy. Maybe you can learn a few things from a real gamer, Nei. (bcuz i KNOW you\u2019re secretly reading along) Strange Hornet [NMSH] LEVEL: 10 RANK: SOLDIER TYPE: BRUTE TRAITS: CORPSE, PUPPETTED, UNDEAD STATS: DEX 8, INS 6, MIG 10, WLP 8 DEF: 8  MAGDEF: 6 HP: 70 MP: 45 INITIATIVE: 7 ATTACKS Buzzing Bash: Melee, [MIG + MIG], [HR + 10] PHYSICAL DAMAGE Stinger Shot: Ranged, [DEX + MIG], [HR + 5] PHYSICAL DAMAGE SPECIAL ABILITIES Brute: +1 to all accuracy and magical accuracy rolls Just a Puppet: \u201cWhen the strange Hornet is reduced to 0 Hit Points for the first time, it is instead reduced to exactly 1 Hit Point and Malathornia, Wicked Weaver is revealed.\u201d ELEMENTAL INFO: Vulnerable to Fire and Light IN-GAME DESCRIPTION: It\u2019s moving weird\u2026 EXPERT INFO: If you think \u201cwe\u2019re really kicking this guy\u2019s ass, this must be a fakeout,\u201d then you\u2019re at least a class B Gamer. Because the second you beat this guy into the ground, the real boss shows up! PROTIP: REMEMBER: BECAUSE THIS GUY COUNTS AS UNDEAD, YOU CAN HURT HIM WITH HEALING SPELLS! (BUT BE CAREFUL, BECAUSE ALL SPELLS ONLY HEAL HALF DAMAGE INSIDE OF REDOLENCIA CELESTIAL ECHOES)   Malathornia, Wicked Weaver [NMML] LEVEL: 10 RANK: CHAMPION (3) TYPE: SABOTEUR TRAITS: CONNIVING, MANIPULATIVE, CRAVEN, AMBITIOUS (SOUNDS LIKE MY STEP-DAD ROFL)  STATS: DEX 8, INS 8, MIG 8, WLP 8 (BORING) DEF: 10 MAGDEF: 9 HP: 180 MP: 100 INITIATIVE: 11   ATTACKS Thieving Webs: Ranged, [DEX + WLP] + 4, [HR + 5] PHYSICAL DAMAGE - MULTI 2 - EACH TARGET HIT BY THIS ATTACK LOSES 1 IP Enervating Claws: Melee, [DEX + WLP] +4, [HR + 5] DARK DAMAGE - EACH TARGET HIT BY THIS ATTACK IS WEAKENED. TARGETS MAGICAL DEFENSE.   SPECIAL ABILITIES Catch Me If You Can: Malathornia enters the conflict accompanied by a Pursuit Clock with 10 sections. Enemies cannot see Malathornia unless half or more of the Pursuit Clock\u2019s sections are filled. Back to the Shadows: Malathornia skitters back into the shadows of the Ruined Hive. Remove up to 2 marks from the pursuit clock. Malathornia\u2019s Marionette: Malathornia spends 20 MP and chooses a target suffering from Weakened. Malathornia's webs puppet the target, forcing them to immediately perform a free attack with an equipped weapon or basic attack against a target chosen by this NPC.   ELEMENTAL INFO: Resistant to Physical (YIKES) and Dark. Vulnerable to Light.   IN-GAME DESCRIPTION: Ruiner of the Old Hive. Master of the Shadows.   EXPERT INFO: This is the only \u201creal\u201d boss you can fight in this first part of the dungeon, but personally, I think he\u2019s a chump. Just use Caoimhe\u2019s light attacks to demolish this freak. (if you didn\u2019t Give Caoimhe light spells yet, then that\u2019s on you!)   PROTIP: REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN USE ITEMS FOR EXTRA HEALING IF YOU NEED IT (LIKE IF YOU\u2019RE A NOOB). ","author_name":"Friends at the Table","author_url":"https:\/\/friendsatthetable.net","html":"