The Last Poster Wins! [v8]

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*Nobody here, except the Helmsman, is affected at all. Consider that the Helmsman is a dude.*

*It takes several seconds of uninteruppted wailing, but the Helmsman is teleported away, leaving Bloodhound and Krathlos, who S2 and Dimentio have taken care off while you were focused on Bloodhound. Sadly, Krathlos teleports away with the Ultimate Galaxia.*

Bloodhound:...F****** BA****DS! HOW?!

*The survivors have low HP, but so does Bloodhound.*

Bloodhound:...You people. I'm going to actually kill you all one day, actually. Not just the 'I killed you but you come back' variety either, the kind where you STAY THE F*** DEAD!! *Bloodhound teleports away with your Crimson Saber.*

Tazz: Jeeeeeeez...Sore losers...Clearly don't have respawns, though, so it explains why they're teleporting. One death is final.

Velvetine: You have some ruthless enemies if nothing else...I saw you, good sir, die not once, but four times! They must particularly have a grudge on you...In any case, though I didn't expect a small errand to escalate so quickly, you have my gratitude for it.

[Sir Sivelos]

Weeeeeh *just sort of lying on the ground after being mauled repeatedly by Bloodhound*

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

*A few minutes later...*

Tazz: So...What's this?

Draken: *With a surprisingly huge load of technobabble, the Draken explain it's basically a magic gun.*

Tazz: Oh, this has helped me considerably, thanks for that...What's that you're holding? *Points to the Esper Psi-Sawblade Focus. The Draken doesn't hand it over, considering it a trophy of war.*...OK then...

Sivelos, I have good-ish news, those magic sticks they were holding? You remember that Spellslinger dillema I told you about? Well...I figured it out, those Draken had some weapons that are going to help, a lot.

I think there's also a chance we may get to see your plan for the Grand Artillery come to life too...Granted, with considerable tweaks. Considerable. And not all of them good.

[Sir Sivelos]

...Such as...?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Tazz: It's a considerable mouthful, but in short: completely average stats is more game-breaking than you realize, it's basically a class that doesn't alter the stat balance, and henceforth a whole load of new skills and more of having the stat growths you want exactly longer. It would be too expensive no matter what if we fielded the completely average form you sent for me...So, I gave them longer range, better accuracy, and much higher attack, as well as lower speed, HP and defense, to make them super-powerful point-defense instead.

[Sir Sivelos]

I see... Hm...

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Tazz: Bluh, in any case, those things are done. So yeah.

...Which actually leaves this superdimension clear of Elder Souls...Which means there's nothing to do yet until we find another suitable location to use the DEE at...Bluh.

[Sir Sivelos]

Hm. Quite! So, why does Bloodhound hate me so much?

[The Nonexistent Tazz]

Tazz: I don't know. You're just an easy target for him to focus on, he can kill you very fast...I'm too dangerous to attack, automatically have a numbers advantage, and I've got Water/Ice Magic, so I'm likely to do severe damage to him before I go down. Ominous is too fast to hit and he's got Earth Magic, so that's also out. S2 hasn't annoyed him yet, either. That leaves you, who doesn't have the offensive to really harm him outside of really energy-wasting attacks...You're hardly weak...You're just very unprepared for him is all. Being a Jack of all stats has it's drawbacks...

[Sir Sivelos]

I suppose. But it does have its benefits... Anyway, Krathlos stole something that's kind of a big deal. I thought I'd bring that to your attention...