Quests & Challenges

[size=1][size=1]HEAT A: @DelightedVilla @GarbagePal @Vwoop @Elaryi @Kiranagi @rwqfsfasxc @asoryuu @aquaticFeline @gardenparty @RadCrayon @8Spitfire8 @SooperSunny @Avmire @Papayapple @WinterSquash @LordDragonWubbs @sgkat @Raboniel @Zyzzylva @velvetpaws @entykk @dd2900 @Umaroth @liljewelthief[/size] [center][b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988724]rules[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988726]abilities[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988728]rosters[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988730]prizes[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592#post_50988732]pinglist[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wX8sL5LvN96N1xFmHtKILYwqWdekSaS82aS7KNElFxc/edit?usp=sharing]spreadsheet[/url][/b][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZvISr2x.png[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b][u][font=Futura]HEAT A - ROUND 4 RESULTS[/font][/u][/b][/size][/center] Today’s course winds its way through an area of the city that hasn't quite recovered from the big hurricane and requires navigating spooky abandoned buildings. [b]Team Chili[/b] uses Skydancer’s [b]Confusing Dance[/b]. Storm enjoyed the dancing so much last time, she just kept on going. Once again the cloud of shadow magic seeps from the scroll's twirling and coalesces into a large cloud, this time descending on Team Eggplant who have to wait until it has dissipated before they can activate their scroll. [b]Team Chili gains 8 spaces, Team Eggplant loses 8 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Berry[/b] uses Spiral’s [b]Knotted Up[/b]. Taito twists and turns, forming his body into first a reef knot, then a double reef, a bowline and a half-hitch, even an Alpine butterfly, his favorite knot! It does the trick! Reams and reams of rope pour from the scroll, firing out at the leading boat and wrapping it securely, hampering Storm’s dance until the team can loosen and cut the knots free. [b]Team Chili loses 8 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Apricot[/b] uses Veilspun’s [b]Swarming Slowdown[/b]. Osthane releases a cloud of insects from their scroll upon unfurling. The swarm winds its way through several abandoned buildings, presumably looking for a nesting site, before descending on Team Eggplants boat and attempting to settle in there. The bugs are eventually swatted away, settling next on Team Berry's boat. The swarm seems more determined this time, initially resisting the team’s attempts at shooing them away, even beginning to make an angry buzzing sound! Upon passing through the remnants of a market structure with many trailing streamers, the swarm is brushed off. [b]Team Eggplant loses 5 spaces. Team Berry loses 8 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Eggplant[/b] uses Mirror’s [b]Pack Pride[/b], [b]gains 10 spaces[/b]. Emerging from the shroud of darkness which settled on them, Seastar wastes no time in unfurling their scroll and the team rapidly picks up their pace as their oars dip into the water rhythmically to the sound of the drumskin beat punctuated by mirror howls emanating from the scroll. Hurray! They are in the lead! Alongside three other boats… [b]Team Fennel[/b] uses Snapper’s [b]Slow and Steady, gains 4 spaces[/b]. Their boat, despite the scroll’s name, describes a rapid path winding through multiple abandoned structures. They can hear the mirrors’ howls growing louder as they catch up with the leaders in a four way tie! [b]Team Dill[/b] uses Imperial’s [b]Mighty Flight, gains 3 spaces[/b]. They began beside Team Fennel and as the boat grows wings and they soar above the hurricane damaged area they enjoy the bird’s eye perspective which reminds them somewhat of a flooded Sunbeam Ruins before descending again to finish the round beside Team Fennel again - in a four way tie for the lead! [b]Final Round Totals:[/b] Team Apricot - 14 spaces Team Berry - 3 spaces Team Chili - 10 spaces Team Dill - 18 spaces Team Eggplant - 15 spaces Team Fennel - 18 spaces [b]Current Standings[/b] 1st - Team Chili/Dill/Eggplant/Fennel - 70 spaces 2nd - Team Chili/Dill/Eggplant/Fennel - 70 spaces 3rd - Team Chili/Dill/Eggplant/Fennel - 70 spaces 4th - Team Chili/Dill/Eggplant/Fennel - 70 spaces 5th - Team Apricot - 67 spaces 6th - Team Berry - 59 spaces [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wX8sL5LvN96N1xFmHtKILYwqWdekSaS82aS7KNElFxc/edit#gid=634299440][b]All of this information and more can be viewed in the spreadsheet. [/b][/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/IZrPTvO.png[/img] [center][size=5][b][u][font=Futura]ROUND 5 DICE ROLLS[/font][/u][/b][/size] Check how each team did and choose your abilities accordingly! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592#post_50988726][b]Click here[/b][/url] to view the list of abilities. 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[size=1][size=1]HEAT B: @Magmish @Nevercanth @Jeevas @Salixian @jedinikina @SerafinaZephyr @condonzack @Yetaet @BlueHare @BunnySox @Bashett @Doozie @lizzytiki @IAmAPerson @Katsuji @fearezen @RiftenThief @Cantertothewinds @Jeon @AlphaSnowdust @chamilet @ClassicToneJakal @GrayGriffin @EmberCitrine[/size] [center][b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988724]rules[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988726]abilities[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988728]rosters[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988730]prizes[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592#post_50988732]pinglist[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wX8sL5LvN96N1xFmHtKILYwqWdekSaS82aS7KNElFxc/edit?usp=sharing]spreadsheet[/url][/b][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZvISr2x.png[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b][u][font=Futura]HEAT B - ROUND 4 RESULTS[/font][/u][/b][/size][/center] Today’s course winds its way through an area of the city that hasn't quite recovered from the big hurricane and requires navigating spooky abandoned buildings. [b]Team Bells used Spiral’s Knotted Up[/b]. Sirena twists and turns, contorting her serpentine body into all sorts of interesting shapes and knots as she focuses on reading out the scroll. Magical lengths of rope pour from the parchment, swirling and looping their way like giant lassos towards the boat ahead, ensnaring it in loops of strong cabling that knot together wherever they cross. The targeted team must cut themselves free before they can unfurl their scroll. [b]Team Diadem loses 8 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Diadem uses Mirror’s Pack Pride.[/b] As soon as they are cut free from their ensnarement, using talons, teeth and a strong sense of competition, Kyldathar wastes no time in slipping his scroll from its holder. An ancient chant begins to emanate from it and the mirror is soon intoning along with it like an ancient monk as the beat leads him into a powerful trance. This gives the abandoned ruins an extra spooky feel but to the crew’s relief no more unlucky events impede their progress and [b]they gain 8 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Feather uses Fae’s Lucky Leap.[/b] Azolla’s element suits her breed’s spell and the boat is surrounded in the brightest golden sphere to have appeared in the race yet, and the boat does a quick leap over any ruins in its path, making a beeline for the finish and [b]gaining a massive 14 spaces[/b]. The crowd shields its eyes and look at each other in amazement! [b]Team Amber uses Tundra’s Smells Familiar[/b]. Ursula once again sniffs out the hoards of Water dragons ahead and activates her scroll accordingly. A couple of nostrils open on the boat’s prow and sniffing compulsively the boat follows the scent, weaving its way through various floating wrecks, even through a half submerged tunnel looking ruin which could have once been some floating kind of fairground ride? [b]The team gains 10 spaces[/b] and finishes the round with a respectable lead. [b]Team Emerald uses Tundra’s Smells Familiar[/b]. Icy, her sensitive ‘olfactory equipment’ also smelling Arcanist blood, sweat and tears ahead, whips out their scroll and reads aloud. Some pink runes appear along the sides of the boat before it also takes off ahead at breakneck speed, narrowly missing ruins and obstacles, but somehow emerging unscathed, with not even a scratch on the occupants white, runnel gripping knuckles! [b]Team Emerald gains 10 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Coral uses Imperial’s Mighty Flight[/b], to soar above the rubble and ruin below. After all, Opal thinks, there could be anything dwelling in those ruins and its much better to see spooky from far above than in the grips of whatever it uses to feed itself! The close calls and hairy rides of the teams below are not lost on the crew as they relax for a change and enjoy the view from business class, [b]gaining 7 spaces[/b] and an air of superiority as they zoom from last place into equal second without even breaking a sweat. [b]Final Round Totals:[/b] Team Amber - 25 spaces Team Bells - 15 spaces Team Coral - 25 spaces Team Diadem - 12 spaces Team Emerald - 21 spaces Team Feather - 21 spaces [b]Current Standings[/b] 1st - Team Amber - 93 spaces 2nd - Team Coral/Feather - 82 spaces 3rd - Team Coral/Feather - 82 spaces 4th - Team Bells/Diadem/Emerald - 80 spaces 5th - Team Bells/Diadem/Emerald - 80 spaces 6th - Team Bells/Diadem/Emerald - 80 spaces [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wX8sL5LvN96N1xFmHtKILYwqWdekSaS82aS7KNElFxc/edit#gid=2054213851][b]All of this information and more can be viewed in the spreadsheet. [/b][/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/IZrPTvO.png[/img] [center][size=5][b][u][font=Futura]ROUND 5 DICE ROLLS[/font][/u][/b][/size] Check how each team did and choose your abilities accordingly! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592#post_50988726][b]Click here[/b][/url] to view the list of abilities. [size=4][url=https://forms.gle/6sK9qxdk4zfMbKi2A][b]Vote for your team's ability by 19:00 FRT here![/b][/url][/size][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/mm3WE3s.png[/img][/center]

[size=1][size=1]HEAT C: @brit @Accal1a @Ainsell @ktg1214 @Ajgreelyfan3 @Festivoog @Lundlaeva @PasssionFish @Lemonsadako @ThiccerSticker @SnowyFeather @Chingoo @skittlebow @BoatBud @GayScreeching @Winterrox66 @TackyPotato @Sheebit @LunaraGK @creationsWrath @TsunamiVoid @Eeree @Eialyne @Starefaba[/size] [center][b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988724]rules[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988726]abilities[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988728]rosters[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592/1#post_50988730]prizes[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592#post_50988732]pinglist[/url] [emoji=pirate ship size=1] [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wX8sL5LvN96N1xFmHtKILYwqWdekSaS82aS7KNElFxc/edit?usp=sharing]spreadsheet[/url][/b][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZvISr2x.png[/img][/center] [center][size=5][b][u][font=Futura]HEAT C - ROUND 4 RESULTS[/font][/u][/b][/size][/center] Today’s course winds its way through an area of the city that hasn't quite recovered from the big hurricane and requires navigating spooky abandoned buildings. [b]Team Ember[/b], preparing for the inevitable, cast their [b]Protect[/b] spell to ward off unwanted attention and focused on using their strength to row as fast as they could. Even if the other teams didn’t attack, this place looked like ANYTHING might jump out of ANYWHERE at ANY MOMENT, the extra protection felt comforting! [b]Team Candle used Obelisk’s Stone Skin[/b]. Roscoe unfurled his scroll, and no sooner had he begun to read than their craft picked up speed and began skipping across the water like a well tossed skipping stone. Unfortunately this made steering nigh impossible and was extremely nerve-wracking for all on board! Emerging on the other side of the ruined area, they collectively sighed in relief. The craft had successfully skipped over the smaller ruins and they only slightly grazed the sides of some larger remnant ruins, which crumbled even more and drifted away from the path of slowly expanding circles their skips left across the still waters. All without damaging the boat, which had as the scroll's name implied, grown a Stone coating! [b]They gained 5 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Bones used Pearlcatcher’s Enlightened Soul[/b]. Sparrow whipped out her scroll, and gazed into her Pearl as the scroll caused complex mathematical calculations to whiz across its surface. The moment the calculations ceased and she cried out the answer to the heavens the craft boosted, [b]gaining 8 spaces[/b]. Clever use of the oars trailing in the water behind the boat navigated them a smooth path between the obstructions the long gone hurricane had left in its wake. Meanwhile, [b]Team Fossil used Spiral’s Knotted Up[/b]. Zevran twisted and knotted himself as he concentrated on casting the scroll’s spell. Ropes unfurled from it, spiralling through the air, momentarily forming a perfect rendition of the Windsinger before landing on the craft ahead just as it cleared the ruins, ensnaring it in magical ropes which knotted together wherever they crossed. [b]Team Bones lost 8 spaces[/b] before cutting themselves loose. [b]Team Agate used Guardian’s Strong Current[/b], the water shimmering magically around them causing the floating ruins to part in front of them, giving the team a direct path to the finish. Far off on the shore a hatchling could be seen holding his mothers hand, jumping up and down pointing at the feat excitedly while the crowd alternated between watching his mother try to calm him, and following his gaze to see if what he was crying could be true. [b]Team Agate gained 12 spaces.[/b] [b]Team Drum used Snapper’s Slow and Steady[/b]. Nami once again was called on and she responded appropriately, the scroll working off her name and element to form a small wave pushing them forwards through the path the preceding Guardian’s spell had made, [b]gaining them 9 spaces.[/b] [b]Final Round Totals:[/b] Team Agate - 21 spaces Team Bones - 17 spaces Team Candle - 18 spaces Team Drum - 21 spaces Team Ember - 13 spaces Team Fossil - 12 spaces [b]Current Standings[/b] 1st - Team Bones - 65 spaces 2nd - Team Agate - 63 spaces 3rd - Team Candle - 60 spaces 4th - Team Ember - 60 spaces 5th - Team Drum - 57 spaces 6th - Team Fossil - 50 spaces [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wX8sL5LvN96N1xFmHtKILYwqWdekSaS82aS7KNElFxc/edit#gid=303285990][b]All of this information and more can be viewed in the spreadsheet. [/b][/url] [img]https://i.imgur.com/IZrPTvO.png[/img] [center][size=5][b][u][font=Futura]ROUND 5 DICE ROLLS[/font][/u][/b][/size] Check how each team did and choose your abilities accordingly! [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/qnc/3127592#post_50988726][b]Click here[/b][/url] to view the list of abilities. [size=4][url=https://forms.gle/6sK9qxdk4zfMbKi2A][b]Vote for your team's ability by 19:00 FRT here![/b][/url][/size][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/S54jh3M.png[/img][/center]

[center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/73309885][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/733099/73309885.png[/img][/url][/center] Xin steels himself, focused, only to gasp dramatically when Team Diadem got hit. “Noo! Molunian, no!” He cries, ignoring the odd looks from his teammates. Such is [s]war[/s] the Flotsam Town Boat Race. The Fathomsearch Ambassador eyes grew even wider. He has to move to the back of the boat now to get a good look at the other teams. They are in so much trouble. He sighs and pulls up another roll of parchment, trying not to get distracted by all the floating ruins they are passing and the potential lore. His job is take notes about the race, not any clues to finding the Tidelord. [center][size=5][b]Heat B - Team Amber Round 5/7[/b][/size] Ahoy incredible teammates, we are in 1st place. Round 4 Totals: 25 Round 5 Dice Rolls: 18 @Nevercanth @Jeevas @Salixian @Magmish ZOOMIE [b][color=red]19:00 / 7:00 PM FRT[/color] - Deadline for voting[/b] If you all agree on an ability, then only one person needs to fill out the form and vote.[/center] [LIST] [*]Heat B - Luxury Arcade (Also I'm proud of Heat B as a whole? That's a lot of distance made. Feel bad for just mentioning one team, so shout-out to Team Coral and Bells!! See you posting here sometimes along with Rhapsody from Team Emerald, hello anyone lurking and reading this message! I appreciate you!) [*]Team A (Apricot/Amber/Agate) [emoji=amber mosquito size=1] [*]Order in Google Form, not the same as order of resolution[LIST] [*][s]Dragon [b]#1 Xinxian the Imperial:[/b] Mighty Flight[/s] SUPPORT (can only use if we're in 4th, 5th or last race standings] I imagine Xin's so shocked by what just happened, he stopped rowing for a while. Explaining the 2. {Get it together, Xin!!!} [*][s]Dragon [b]#2 Scallop the Wildclaw:[/b] Long Strike[/s] ATTACK (This ability Affects the other team.) No team in front of us, but very well done Scallop for suggesting the ability! [*][s]Dragon [b]#3 Ursula the Tundra:[/b] Smells Familiar[/s] SUPPORT (Wa ahead or equal, based on race standings) No! Take a well-deserved break Ursula, congrats on the hat-trick! [*]Dragon [b]#4 Handel the Coatl:[/b] Quetzal Flight SUPPORT (Wa behind or equal, based on race standings) Yes! Handel coming in clutch, can gain +6 spaces. {Well, dang! I was worried too but it worked huh! Sorry to hear about your work irl, hope you got plenty of rest.} [*]Protect: [b]This ability can only be used once[/b] there are just [b]2 Rounds to go[/b] [/LIST][/LIST] Our abilities in order of resolution: [center][size=4][b]One Time Protection - DEFENSE[/b][/size][/center] [b]Protect[/b] - One other team's ability that would Affect this team is neutralized. The effects of the ability do not take place. Tip: Best used early in the race, especially if we’re in first and there are many dragons with ATTACK abilities. Every team except Team F has at least one ATTACK dragon (no Veilspun/Ridgeback/Wildclaw/Bogsneak to worry about here).[LIST] [*]Skydancer (Team C/E): switches their Round Totals with the team that has the highest Round Total this round - N/A [*]Spiral (Team B/C/D): first place team loses 8 spaces unless that is this dragon's team, in which case the second place team loses 6 spaces. - meep. [*]Gaoler (Team C): steal one space from each team behind this one and add the spaces to the team's current Round Total. - N/A [/LIST] Leaving everyone's info here in case I read it all wrong/still don't understand the rules and it turns out we can actually using some other ability. I have to go to bed now. (*fixed a glaring typo, now I'm going to bed) [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76975388][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/769754/76975388.png[/img] [size=4][b]Dragon #2 Wildclaw - ATTACK [/b][/size][/url] (This ability Affects the other team)[/center] [b]Long Strike[/b] - The team ahead of this team in the race standings loses 2 spaces. The team ahead of that team loses 4 spaces. The team ahead of that team loses 8 spaces. [center]3/5 Teams in our Heat have a Water Dragon (Team B, D, F) [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/9377076][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/93771/9377076.png[/img] [size=4][b]Dragon #4 Coatl - SUPPORT[/b][/size][/url] [/center] [b]Quetzal Flight[/b]- If any dragon on any team behind or equal in the race standings has the Water element, gain 6 spaces. Any Water dragons behind or equal to us? YES. [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/35448470][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/portraits/354485/35448470.png[/img] [size=4][b]Dragon #3 Tundra - SUPPORT[/b][/size][/url] [/center] [b]Smells Familiar[/b] - If any dragon on any team ahead or equal in the race standings has the Water element, gain 10 spaces. Any Water dragons ahead or equal to us? NO. [center][size=5][b]T.L.D.R.[/b][/size][/center] Our options are very limited, I think? Because it's all based on race standings and I don't think getting attacked decreases our standings, just our Round Total: [LIST] [*]Support to gain spaces with Dragon #4, +6 spaces gained [*]Protect (keep in mind that is only works once and if we're still in first place next Round we won't have Protect. I feel like the penultimate one is so important.). Being first really limits the abilities we can use. If we do get attacked and really fall behind, the Imperial ability could help us get back into the races? Depending on the Dice Roll though. [center]Don't stress too much with the decision, feel free to discuss and suggest an ability we should use. Cheers, and apologies if there are any errors/misunderstandings. Again, pat on the backs. Truly incredible what we just did! [/center]

@Ajgreenlyfan3 @lundlaeva @festivoog Im thinking mirror ability today what do you think?

@Umaroth @dd2900 @entykk Sorry I wasn't around yesterday! We're doing well, so I think Guardian will give us the most points this time?

@PasssionFish @Ajgreelyfan3 @festivoog Yes I agree, Mirror seems our best bet. :)

@Jeevas @Salixian @Magmish

Good afternoon, crew! Considering that our lead is substantial, and it's VERY likely we'll be attacked... I actually vote for Handel's Quetzal flight? The worst that happens is we gain 6, then lose 8, that's a net loss of -2 but we already have a huge lead and our rolls this round are really nice. Best case scenario, everyone tries to support rather than attack, we have our sweet +6. I think it's a fair risk to take? (and even if we get overtaken by another team with a better support boost, we have Scallop and Ursula to easily wrestle our lead back with ease. we're ahead by such a considerable margin, so any lead they'd get would be manageable to outpace, i think.)

@Nevercanth

"Save the Protect for another day, eh Scallop? It's a boat strategy, let's see if it pays off!" Xin gives a thumbs up to show support, but he understands how difficult the decision is.

@Jeevas @Salixian

"Take your time to think," he asks Ursula and Handel. He does love it when the boat sails fast through the waters using the spells, but he will respect his teammates if they do disagree.

"I do not want to cause a split vote, so I will leave it to the three of you to decide."

[Been voting every Round, but I won't vote today unless I'm 100% sure where we're going, so please have one person vote at least!]

EDIT: you don't have to say which ability you picked, but would appreciate a "I voted." post. Eases my mind. xD

Heat A - Team Chili
@gardenparty, @SooperSunny, @8Spitfire8, @RadCrayon


Jade said, The only option I see is to keep Storm in charge at the moment. I'm to whoozy to do anything. You got better ideas I'd love to hear them.