Legend of the Hunter: Chapter 4 - [S] Fight. Talk. Don't die.

[Whimbrel]

EMISSARIES are obviously the best choice here. OBVIOUSLY.

Sunglasses: Be glitchy; don't always show up, even though equipped! (Special occasion eyewear xD)

[PavlovianCat]

> Seb: Visit the Howitzers, if you're going to be fighting a demon, you're going to want some HEAVY ARTILLERY.

[Mibbs]

EMISSARIES are obviously the best choice here. OBVIOUSLY.

Sunglasses: Be glitchy; don't always show up, even though equipped! (Special occasion eyewear xD)

also be really high stat helm so we'll never want to switch it out ever

[Schazer]

Some of those groups sound a bit... shady. I'd definitely ask Ava for clarification on what each of the local branches of those groups are like. Make sure they follow New Testament Saint Howitzer instead of Old, that kinda thing.

[Doorhandle]

This will not be forgotten!

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JUST AS PLANNED.

[ZenFeline]

Remedy Squad!

Gwiddy: Do something RELEVANT.

[Not The Author]

Grab some candies. Small, edible, if they're hard candies they'll last awhile - you might be able to Alchemy them into healing/antidote/buff pill type thingies. Then ya just gotta pop a couple Antivenom and Antibacterial candies and you'll be fine for the fight with that encroaching Big Bad.

[Wessolf27]

Remedy Squad, I second this.

"Salvadore": Ah, forget that weird ninja lady, go look for more ladies!

[Anthano Zasalla]

SAINT HOWITZER

CURES WHAT AILS YA

[Chaos Waltz]

Seb> make terrible pun as you equip sunglasses (if I have to explain this joke to anyone, I will reach through the Internet and slap you.) then go check out the Howitzers.

Gwyddi>". . . Wat?"

Ava> know a few things about anti-poison spells, and offer to help!

[Torquemadras Trump]

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"Salavador">that woman was being even more rude than you are, you cannot let this insult stand! your pride as a JEERING THUG demands that you be the rudest jerk in the city at all times. the gauntlet has been thrown, let the duel commence.

Yeah, my feelings are being trampled on here
This calls for vengeance
And I'm talking awesome vengeance here
Not that vengeance where your eyes go all cold and you seriously wanna kill some sunovabitch
Then again

"Salvadore": Ah, forget that weird ninja lady, go look for more ladies!

Alright ladies you said you have some FRIENDS around here
Want me to procure some cotton candy for them
By DROPKICKING THE COTTON CANDY BOOTH

The guards are watching in silence. They dutifully note down all damages caused by an exorcist on duty, ensuring that Hieronymus Slick will soon have to PAY MANY GENERIC COLLECTIBLES FOR COMPENSATION, such as for a damages to cranes and houses, theft of little childrens' candy and defacing of several artistic pieces of the VIDEGOTTO CITY COMMUNITY.
Chances are, Gwydian DOESN'T CARE.

The guards do not pay attention to the weird lady sniffing about. And why would they?

Some of those groups sound a bit... shady. I'd definitely ask Ava for clarification on what each of the local branches of those groups are like. Make sure they follow New Testament Saint Howitzer instead of Old, that kinda thing.

> Seb: Ask Ava if the SAINT HOWITZER'S REMEDY SQUAD sports a cannon for means of administering potions.

Seb> make terrible pun as you equip sunglasses

Ignoring the coffee's VILE AND CURSED ANTICS, you set out to seek the help of one healer faction.

Looks like healing support will have to be... PROCURE - oh dammit coffee, this was totally a thing you were gonna do... Whatever, keep the shades.

HOWITZER kinda sounds like ridiculously huge guns, so you decide to clarify what kind of GUN HUGENESS we're talking here. Ava explains that the followers of Saint Howitzer, one fairly recent prophet of the Grand Dragon, play a big part in the merging of THE MAGICKS AND MACHINERY: by combining technology and the arcane arts of healing, they hope to achieve immortality help the general populace.
Sounds like just what you need: MACHINERY THAT COULD LAUNCH GWYDIAN-SHAPED PROJECTILES, and a means of POWERING IT WITH MAGIC. Perfect!

Grab some candies. Small, edible, if they're hard candies they'll last awhile - you might be able to Alchemy them into healing/antidote/buff pill type thingies.

Ava mentions that, while the Remedy Squad possesses great healing power, they probably won't do much good against the poison that the demon is said to have. You take that as an incentive to read a bit in your new book ALCHEMY FOR DUMMIES. Maybe you can create some awesome antidotes from that candy...?

ALCHEMY FOR DUMMIES: GENERAL GUIDELINES

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Seriously, it's not that hard. As a beginner alchemist (as you doubtlessly are), you have to understand one basic principle, if that's not too much to ask.

Ever wondered why normal objects don't explode into fancy alchemic reactions all the time? Why, 'cause you have to add a bit of MAGIC! Some persons possess innate magic abilities, but even then you have to find the right components.

For example, an item containing a strong fire element, and something that easily burns could create a small fireball, whereas something chewable - for instance, candy - and an item containing a strong life force would create an eatable remedy.

Usually something with some kind of energy should do, like chemical energy or magic corruption. If it's particularly reactive - like actual fire or chaotic, raging magic - there might even be instant reactions instead of new items. Some barbarians use these instant reactions as battle techniques. A sad state of affairs. Where's the art? Where's the passion?!

---- Elder of the Elements, Bartholomew E. Dyne ----

...well, that bit about candy and something containing life force might be worth looking into.

You jokingly ask Ava how those Remedy Squad guys combine healing magic and machines. Do they, like, LAUNCH POTIONS OUT OF GUNS or something?

Ava says no.







998 STATE OF BODILY DAMAGE MARKINGS!
1256 UNITS REPRESENTATIVE OF ACCUMULATED REGENERATION!
Means 258 in total healed!
Death has been averted once again!


They LAUNCH HEALING MAGES OUT OF CANNONS.

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Well, a choice has been made! But that doesn't mean the other groups will never play a role. In fact, at least one other was going to from the very start...

...I don't think that's how you're supposed to to foreshadowing

Here's a little announcement: updates are going to be smaller in the next few days - got some stuff to catch up on, so no five-picture-gif-stuff for a while. But they will definitely continue!

Also, all kinds of Gendo pictures get automatic approval.

[ZenFeline]

THIS TEAM RULES.
Gwiddy: Do something stupid.

[Schazer]

Ok, let's get to finding out more about these guys.

Can they raise the dead? How many of these Rejuvenator cannons do they have, and how easy are they to move around? How do they interact with other types of magic?

Do they offer any other services, such as aerial delivery, or messaging?

Will they object to giving your brother sufficient training so he can be launched out of this thing?

[PavlovianCat]

> Seb: But, can they make a cannon so powerful that even they can't heal you from it?

[Wessolf27]

>Seb: Ask if they're going to find a way to heal people and minimize the damage they cause by throwing mages at people. Though it seems to be an extremely effective method of healing. You wonder if they could do with more soft padding rather than using something like a suit of armor when being launched at their patient.

[Godbot]

> Give them the remaining pieces of that Ten-Fold Perforator Relic as a token of friendship. Maybe they can rig it up to shoot healing potions, or something.

[Disva]

Gwiddy: Steal mage cannon. Hit things with it. Somehow manage to heal over previous damage to surroundings.

[Chaos Waltz]

Seb> ask these guys what would happen if you shot someone out with the power of your banishing punch rather than healing magics.

[Torquemadras Trump]

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Ok, let's get to finding out more about these guys.

Can they raise the dead? How many of these Rejuvenator cannons do they have, and how easy are they to move around? How do they interact with other types of magic?

Do they offer any other services, such as aerial delivery, or messaging?

Will they object to giving your brother sufficient training so he can be launched out of this thing?

Woah, there! The HIGH PRIEST OF ST. HOWITZER'S REMEDY SQUAD is surprised by the sudden amount of questions - but pleasantly surprised. He's happy to answer any questions an exorcist acting on great King Skal's request might have.



The whole idea of the Remedy Squad is very, very simple: to destroy is easy; to mend, heal and cure is difficult. What if there was a way to NEGATE DESTRUCTION?
And indeed, there was! Though it required thorough research, creative appliance of magic and lots and lots of TRIAL AND ERROR.

The high priest is proud to say that here, they have the LEAST DEADLY WEAPONS IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

Seb> ask these guys what would happen if you shot someone out with the power of your banishing punch rather than healing magics.

Uh, to power a magical cannon with a punch? Well, it would surely be a possibility, the high priest replies - but whatever is inside of the cannon would suffer the brunt of the force! Using fire magic, for instance, downright MELTS PROJECTILES IN THE BARREL, and while flinging molten metal at your enemies might sound promising, never being able to reuse the cannon does not. So whatever you want to put in there, it should better be able to resist a FULL-ON BANISHING PUNCH.

You reply that this is not going to be an issue.

>Seb: Ask if they're going to find a way to heal people and minimize the damage they cause by throwing mages at people. Though it seems to be an extremely effective method of healing.

As for your questions: all healing weaponry causes destruction, as it is a prerequisite for the healing to work. But although converting destruction to regeneration is the most powerful way of healing, reviving seems impossible. They tried for a while unsuccessfully to return people to life.

> Seb: But, can they make a cannon so powerful that even they can't heal you from it?

IT WAS QUITE MESSY.

So while reviving is out of the question, long-distance healing and ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE no longer have to be separate things! It would be entirely possible to launch someone like your brother out of one of these cannons. Even other things, whatever you can imagine! But they're pretty specialized weapons, so someone or something without protective magic might incur NOT-SO-INSIGNIFICANT DAMAGES ALONG THE RIDE.

You say, again, that's not gonna be an issue.

You wonder if they could do with more soft padding rather than using something like a suit of armor when being launched at their patient.

Hahaha that's silly. You're silly. These are priests of Saint Howitzer. These are men and women who punch things so hard they are obliterated and go all the way around to being healthy again. A deadly armor can only INCREASE the capacity of their healing. DESTRUCTION FUELS THEIR HEAVENLY POWERS.

Also, padding is for pansies.

> Give them the remaining pieces of that Ten-Fold Perforator Relic as a token of friendship. Maybe they can rig it up to shoot healing potions, or something.

A very good idea! Such a powerful artifact should not go to waste, and while you'd miss its SUPREME STOPPING POWER, having a giant destructive healing gun would be the closest you'd get to BEING A DOCTOR.

But your PORTFOLIO OF POSSESSIONS does not hold the two halves of the Ten-Fold Perforator Relic! You just didn't take it along with you. The guards must have put it in Father Lamard's temple together with all the other loot exorcist tools rescued from the dungeon. Hopefully, you'll still have time to give the artifact to the Remedy Squad before the demon arrives - it would surely make them even more ZEALOUS FOR YOUR CAUSE!



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Gwiddy: Steal mage cannon. Hit things with it. Somehow manage to heal over previous damage to surroundings.

...wha
Healing weapons
What in nine hell's name are you going on about
Damn gotta check that out soon
I
Wait
Hold on a second
Why am I in spoiler tags
Dammit Seb
Quit hogging all the relevant parts

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I'm not forgetting about Gwydian, people. Even being his usual self can't put that guy out of the spotlight for long...


I can read this too, y'know

[ZenFeline]

Seb: Well drat. How about the coffee?
Gwidian: Maybe now would be a good time to tell your brother about that sniffing girl?

[PavlovianCat]

> Seb: Ask in passing if it's possible to do the opposite, and heal someone so much that it hurts them.

[Cheshire Fox]

> Seb: Ask in passing if it's possible to do the opposite, and heal someone so much that it hurts them.

I believe Cancer is where this comes in, CANCER. Remember folks, regen can be really nasty when it goes horribly right.

>Plague Victims
>Sniffing Girl: Make them pay
>Lich cat, be problematic
>Demon: Foreshadow
>Seb: return for the pieces find them gone, flip out.

[Wessolf27]

> Seb: Offer... candy... instead?

[Armok]

Oooh, this actually makes a surprising amount of sense! It's like overcompensation; when you exercises you actually *break down* your muscles, but when you rest afterwards they grow back stronger than before. Or an access problem; you have to break again a bone that has healed wrong, or cut your way to an organ that needs surgery. Or like cutting a cancer or appendix away.

[siguard]

Seb> what is that thing in your inventory next to the coffee?