I could really use a little game time
right about now, and getting this ship is just the thing for it.
When we left off last time, we'd met a
guy called Augro, who was the commander of the Lorbinean Army, who
had come to the town of Treck to see what the deal was with all the
delayed shipping that was going on between the two city-states. When
Augro's ship is sunk by monsters who attack the harbor, Augro joins
up with Lufia and the hero to retrieve a merchant ship that the
monsters had stolen and taken to an island north of town.
There are a few good items to be found
in the cave that connects the island to the mainland. Of these,
probably the best is the Daze Ring, an accessory that at the very
least increases the defense of whoever wears it. As the game
progresses, we'll find other such items that also affect the strength
of spells or improve attack against certain kinds of monsters, though
I'm not sure if this one in particular is one of those.
Another important feature of this cave
is that it's the first one in the game that features a room with
healing tiles in the floor. There's one that restores MP and another
that restores HP. In this case, the room was a bit out of the way
with regards to getting through the cave to the ship, but it did
serve handy for a bit of level grinding that helped me get through
the battle on the island, because everyone gained a level.
Of course, another deciding factor was
that I'd stocked up on battle items to use against the Goblins that
had stolen the merchant ship. The Arrows, which give one low-level
attack against a group of monsters, and the Mid-Arrow, which are a
stronger attack against a single monster were the most useful of
these.
With that in mind, I should mention
something about the battles in this game that I think I might have
left out before. All the enemies in a party of monsters are grouped,
which is to say that if you run into a party of, say, three Kobolds
and two slimes, for example, the three Kobolds will all be one group
to attack, and the slimes will be another group. However, if the
party is set up so that one slime is on one end of the formation and
the other slime is on the other end, they're separate groups, which
has a way of causing characters to miss if all the monsters in one
group get killed and they were targeting that group. It's very much
like some of the later Dragon Warrior games I played, back when I was
still playing RPGs on the NES. Here's playlist I made of HCBailly's
Dragon
Warrior 3 LP a couple years ago to demonstrate the principle.
Anyway, once we get the ship back to
Treck, the captain is so glad he offers us free passage between Treck
and Lorbenia for life. I don't think we'll ever need it again after
we go the first time, but it's been quite some time since I've played
very far into this game, so I don't remember.
Once we get to Lorbenia, Augro goes off
to try to talk his army into going up against the Sinestrals. As a
matter of plot convenience, Lufia wants to go shopping at the dress
shop since it was so hyped thus far in the game. We don't get any
dresses out of it, but we do meet a little boy named Lou Shaia, who's
the son of a guy called Professor Railey Shaia. All we hear about
the father is that he's pretty much a traveling version of Doctor
Insano, who goes around doing SCIENCE!
and stuff, and decided to leave his boy at home because it was
dangerous. We'll meet the professor eventually, but we've got like
half or two thirds of the game to go before we actually get to that.
After Lufia and the hero spend the
night at the inn, Augro shows back up and says that the Lorbenian
army has decided to puss out of the battle for the world, just like
the Alekian Army did, so it's up to our new green-haired friend to do
the right thing and come with us.
From here, our next destination is
Grenoble, which is indeed the name of a real city in France. It's
kind of why I wanted to make that Saturday Night Live reference the
first time I mentioned it. For as culturally influential as classic
SNL was, at least here in the US, I'm surprised that clips aren't
easier to find on YouTube.
But anyway, since we're headed off to
Grenoble next time, we'll see you next time when we go to A Small
Town In France.
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