Grandia Part #87 - Gumbo Village 1

Part 87: Gumbo Village 1

Petiso posted:

I can't think of any single instance where the move and magic block spells might be useful.

CmdrKing posted:

Hey, they are super useful*!

*For the enemies

I can think of.... exactly one place where magic block would be helpful, and I'm pretty sure everyone's immune to it there. But that's a ways off.

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Welcome back!

Let's open up with a long sweeping shot all around the town.

Frog statues.

Seriously, frogs are kind of a Thing in Gumbo.

: From a white beach in paradise, a boat ride into an emerald sea ♥, a fine tropical breeze....

: Whew! Brrrrr! Hey, it's cold! Didn't you say it's a warm village?

: And... it's so quiet. I don't hear any festival sounds.

: The sound of waves is all I hear.

: Gadwin, this isn't quite what I imagined from what you told me.

: Hmmm. This is strange. The old Gumbo had an entirely different atmosphere.

: That bracing salt air is certainly that of Gumbo. It's a fishing village, but much different than Dight.

: Really?

: Aaah.... Aaaaaah....

: Aachooo!

: It's awful cold, isn't it? Let's hurry and go into the village.

: C'mon. Let's go. We have to find a boatman who will take us to the Twin Towers.

Before we start that, though....

Metal Frogs give resistance to magic and move block. They can be dropped by enemies in Typhoon Tower, if you get lucky.

The spectacles provide resistance to "critical". Not quite sure what that means. Might reduce IP knockback? I'll have to science it at some point.

Raincoats provide +7 sleep resistance, which equals an immunity. Would've been fucking helpful back when we were fighting Mio, that's for sure.

Vaccines, Panaceas, and dynamite we've already seen.

Coconuts are just Healthweeds, only more expensive. Same 80 HP heal. Holy Fire is just a grenade that does extra damage to ghosts.

For 1600 gold, a Blizzard Scroll is an excellent oh shit button. The Gale Scroll is a single-target attack at 120 damage.

The Lightning scroll there....

Yep. Less damage, and more than twice as expensive as the Zap! Scrolls back in Luc.

Items are a bust. Let's see what weapon's they've got in stock.

The Azure Knife is water-elemental and only has +1 attack over the Gust Knife we've got now. The rainstaves would be a decent upgrade for Justin and Sue, but enemies in the next dungeon drop them pretty frequently, so I'll hold off on buying them.

Now that I've said that, watch me get exactly zero.

Pictured, the frog axe is... it's an axe. No bells or whistles.

Anyway, we pick up Feena's new knife. Let's hope there's something worth our time in the armor shop.

Ooooooh yes. The Dragon Vest's +2 fire resist is nice, especially since it stacks with the Fire Charm's +4, making the wearer almost completely immune to fire. The girls pick up this, even though Feena loses some defense from it.

The Frog Shirt is worse in every way. Only +10 defense, and gives +1 against water.

The MagicMirror Shield here is interesting. If you get hit by a normal attack while you have this equipped, a small fraction of the damage is reflected back onto the attacker.

The Stone Head has the Paperweight effect of preventing you from falling when attacked. Only Justin and Gadwin can equip it, though, so we pass, bringing us to the Mach Boot.

If you've been holding off on upgrading your footwear because you don't want to eat the Move penalty, the Mach Boot is your first real chance to do so.

Feena finally swaps out of the boots she started with, and Sue replaces the Dragon Boots she stole from Gadwin.

Technically, Justin could upgrade here, but eh. I've already got him equipped with a proper weapon and accessory. Don't wanna make things too easy on me.

Unfortunately, after the Mach Boots and Dragon Vests, I only had enough money for one MagicMirror Shield.

Naturally, given that Sue's whole thing is being invincible, she gets it.

And with the shopping done, let's explore the town.

Aw crap, I was going for a no-alerts run, too.

: Eeeek! What is it with you? Don't get any closer!

And with that, she runs off.

... Okay, technically she sashays off, but I'm pretty sure that's just because generic NPCs don't have running animations.

: Huh? What's wrong with her? Why did she suddenly run away like that?

: Knowing you, Justin, you probably offended her.

: No, I didn't!

: What are you saying, Sue?! Would I do something like that?

: Aha ha ha! What are you so touchy about?

: Aha ha. But it was a bit strange!

: Look. There are people over there too. Let's ask them about a boatman.

: Huh?

Oh, great, he's a Redditor.

: What?!

: No-no-no! OH NOO, not a GIRL. You're a boy! That's right, a boy! A boy, I say! Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha.... haaa....

And just like the woman, he casually strolls off at full speed.

: What was that about?

: Aha ha ha! Hey, Feena. I think he mistook you for a boy. Yikes!

: Don't worry about it, Feena. From the moment i met you, I knew you were a woman.

: HEY! That's rude! Both of you. That's totally uncalled for.

: Well, I don't understand what it is, but something funny is going on.

: Whatever it is, this is very strange. Anyway, it doesn't seem likely that we'll get a boat to the Twin Towers.

Hmm. Troubling. We should clearly go talk to just the NPCs that can help us with our boat issue and ignore everyone else.

: He is the best sailor in the village, and yet he won't come out here to fish. He ought to work hard like me. Who? Danda? His feeling and skill in handling a boat exceeds all of us in Gumbo. But recently I haven't seen him sailing his boat. I wonder if he's feeling all right. Danda has strong arms sure enough. He can go smoothly in rough seas or past the rocks by the Twin Towers.

Got it, Danda is some sort of sailing prodigy.

: It's not impossible, but dangerous. Danda is the only guy in this village who would row to the Twin Towers.

: Isn't there a way to go around by land?

: You had better not go that way. It is surrounded by mountains that belch out poison gas. You ought to say away from there. No way around it, you had better ask Danda.