#chapter interlude

Badges:

The end of Chapter 1 marks a special occasion in-world. Charlieton, a traveling merchant, appears in Rogueport for the first time. One item he sells is a badge, “Mega Rush”. If you’ve played TTYD and read this badge description, you know where I’m going with this.

So far, attacks and such have been dealt with in relatively small numbers. During Hooktail, the most damage the party could do without using FP for a more powerful move is 4 in one turn. Mega Rush (and its counterpart, Mega Rush P) explode the run. The badge description reads: “Increase Attack power by 5 when Mario is in Peril.” Since, by the nature of this run, Mario is always in Peril, this is a permanent stat booster. With both Badges in tow, the party’s max damage output per turn with no FP is a whopping 24. 

I also stopped by Dazzle and got Quick Change, which lets you switch out partners without wasting a turn... if you want to use 7 BP. This may be useful later in the run, but for now, it’s just there.

Lumpy: 

Lumpy is an entrepreneur who wants to find Oil in Dry Dry Desert (a location you don’t visit in this game). He asks for installments of 100 coins, and you can give him up to 300. He has 100 from me now.

Trouble Center:

I did the 5 of the first 6 troubles (side quests) available. This nets you 91 coins. Not much else to say about it, just did some stuff.

Merlon:

Merlon upgrades your partners for 3 Shine Sprites. I only had 3. I upgraded Koops. Goombella will be upgraded, but not yet.

Stats at the end of the chapter:

1 HP/ 10 FP/ 12 BP

Badges Obtained (other than the 3 mentioned above):

Soft Stomp (Sewers Chest)

Attack FX Y (Dazzle, 1 star piece)

Item Hog (Dazzle, 5 SPs)

Damage Dodge (Sewers)

Close Call [#3] (Howz of Badges, 100 coins)

Game Overs:

0!

Next Up: Chapter 2!