This week’s stopping point is a little after the next time you can save. You can safely click this after said save. Welcome to the epilogue. Feel free to wander around the festival and talk to everyone. The plot will continue when we rest at the benches, so let’s not do that until next week..
If using them, turn high-res fonts off or the shouting will crash it and you’ll have to do the boss fight all over again.
Side Quests
There is a hidden quest available after the boss fight. First, find and talk to Olivier in the castle. Then, go to the guild and a quest will be on the board.
Upcoming fights:
All segments Enemies are immune to everything, including delay.
Status thingies the enemies can cause: Faint, Mute, Freeze, Deathblow, Petrify, Confuse, (EVO) burn
1 Boss has five moves. An S-Craft (single target), two single target crafts (one causes faint), two aoe crafts (one impedes, one faints). Backup enemies can cause mute and impede your arts. Enemies in this segment can have their stats lowered. The game will heal you before the next battle.
2 The red one has high arts defence while the blue one has high physical defence. The red one has four aoe arts. The blue one can heal. The main enemy does not move. It has a single target attack, an aoe if you’re within melee range, a ranged aoe, and a line attack. The game will NOT heal you before the next battle, which will be more difficult than this one.
3 The boss has 8 “basic” moves and 2 S-Crafts. These are: 2 arm attacks (aoe causes faint), 2 backup summons (A and B below), a line attack, an aoe that delays, an arts impede (lost when hp medium), a laser (lost when hp low). One S-Craft is triggered when the summons are destroyed, it is single target. The other is available once it loses the laser, it hits everyone.
A The red one. Can heal, has two line attacks, 5 arts (earth, water, fire, air, time), explodes when defeated. B The blue one. Same as A but stronger. Also has two guard moves (one for magic one for physical) and the confusing mirage art.
If you have low enough BP (via not doing side quests / choosing wrong answers), there is no fourth segment.
4 If you want a steam achievement, don’t use your S-Crafts.
Whatever level your characters are at by the end of this can be carried over to SC. If I’ve missed anything, or different versions of the game have different abilities, let me know and I’ll edit this.
Vocabulary
Vocab Sheet , thank you to everyone who has been helping with this.
We also have an arts sheet if you’re struggling with the in-game version.
Please read the guidelines on the first page before adding any words.
Discussion Guidelines
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Spoiler Courtesy
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Discussion Questions
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What sentence/passage gave you the most difficulty? Feel free to request some help, or if you figured it out on your own break it down for the rest of us!
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What was your favorite new vocab word from this week’s reading?
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Was there any passage that you found particularly intriguing? Did it resonate with you (either positively or negatively)? Was it surprising? Offer any insight or new perspective? Was it just beautifully written?
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Which stage of the boss fight did you have the most difficulty with?
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Was the resolution of the coup d’état satisfying?
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Did you find anything interesting during the festival?
Participation
Will you be playing along with us this week?
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I don’t see this boss as the ‘real’ final boss since it’s clear the story continues, anyway. What bothers me is bosses/adds being immune to all status change. Why give us these tools if we can’t use them when it’s most important!? Ayyy.
