Part 7: She Gucc

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 OST: Kingdom Of Tantal (Day) - Never played any of the Xenoblade games. Music seems cool.

Hello friends! Today we're going to cry some tears onto a Train. Or will we?



Look at that carpet!

https://i.imgur.com/C21CTol.gif

Look at those moves!



We run into some new enemies, unsurprisingly. Bientioc is the katana dude, Revel is the wrench dude, Kre is the soldier dude.

Bientioc is neat in that it has Cover and Protect status, taking half damage from physical attacks and also taking those attacks for any Near Death allies. The Revel also has "Dies at MP zero" which would also be neat if it didn't have such low HP.



Magus that hair color does not suit you at all. Within the files, this character is replaced by Strago once we get him; that's why ????? is identified as Strago. They don't share anything otherwise.



That equipment isn't too bad. Mirage Vest will start our friend in Image status, to avoid a couple physical attacks. Its stats are abyssmal; a Magic Power of 24 isn't going to do much good for 3xWater. Someone having Throw can also be a problem. It means that somewhere out in the world, there are monsters with their own Throw command and it WILL kill you.



The vendor doesn't really have anything impressive.



Magus doing his best Dr. Strange impersonation!



Impressive that she can dance on top of a moving train. The tiny coral Darnautns are just weird.

Gucc is dangerous; she can Imp someone, and explode for a pretty decent amount of damage. I'm lucky there's only one. The Darnautn is no slouch either; attack x5 and Aqua Rake are very painful. Darnautn, however, is an amazing Rage to get!



These poor fools start off in Imp status. They can't do much of anything. Being weak to water is a mercy.



Siegfried died as he lived; an NES looking sprite with a gun and monocolor scheme, fading away to nothingness.



Another poor bastard doomed to a life of being an Imp. With that amount of HP and Life 3 as a skill he could be pretty obnoxious. Instead he does basically nothing.




Finally, some treasure! What did we get?



The Tiara is OK. Slight defense differences, -1 Stamina that won't change much. The Hawkeye is garbage. Less attack, -10% Evade.

Not particularly worth it.



Time to derail.



Our dog immediately takes out 1/3 of the Train's HP. Good dog.



Less good is when it finally does another attack. It hurts most of the party.



I could have just used a Revivify on the Train, as it is Undead. That's the usual tactic in Permadeath and Speed runs, since that will immediately kill it. As you can see, I didn't even need it.



Out in the world we have another dancing lady in the form of Cushka (detailed in a previous update), her pet Magroader the Tooto Loy, and two backups named Eclea (also previously). They're so ashamed of lacking dance skills that they hide behind the battle UI.

Times are hard in the dancing community.



Strip down, Goku. We're going over a waterfall and you're not taking a bunch of my stuff with you!



Not too bad. The Piranhas having Reflect would be a problem if they didn't have 10 HP. The gimmick of the battle is that Piranhas constantly respawn until 45 seconds or so have gone by. Then the Rizopas appears. It can be fairly dangerous if you don't have a way to kill it fast. I do, with Bolt 3.



Secret of Mana: Fond Memories - Don't you agree that Secret of Mana has good music?

Oh hello. Normally you have to find Gau on the Veldt and feed him some Dried Meat. Since the randomizer can't guarantee you'll have Dried Meat available, the randomizer just puts Gau in your party automatically. Our Gau is....Gau in a suit.




We found a Ninja Star user! They're so much better than Shurikens. Rudol himself is potentially not very impressive. Magic is great, depending on what Espers he can use. Morph and Sonic Boom, less so.

Useful when it works but most bosses or dangerous enemies will be immune to Death. Rudol will spend a lot of time on the Airship.



I don't understand the Optimize option a lot of the time. It put that Iron Armor on instead of the Silk Robe.

With that, we conclude today's adventure. Until next time!