Royale Ramble

Type: BCNM
Zone: Balga's Dais
Restrictions: 
          Level: No restriction.
          Members: 6
          Time: 30 minutes
Orb: Lachesis Orb (30 Kindred's Seals)	
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==Mobs==
Name	
Level	
Job	
Family
King of Cups x 1	
??	
White Mage	
Cardian
King of Batons x 1	
??	
Black Mage	
Cardian
King of Swords x 1	
??	
Paladin	
Cardian
King of Coins x 1	
??	
Red Mage	
Cardian
Queen of Cups x 1	
??	
White Mage	
Cardian
Queen of Batons x 1	
??	
Black Mage	
Cardian
==Treasure==
Your armoury crate will load out of the following groupings:
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All of:
Orichalcum Ingot
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Zero to One of:
King of Batons (Card)
King of Coins (Card)
King of Cups (Card)
King of Swords (Card)
==Notes==
*The four Kings are loaded at the start. They do not aggro. 
*In the event that you wipe and try to raise people and save it, the remaining Cardians are Aggressive to Sight and Magic.
*When one of the Kings is attacked, the rest would despawn and the Queen of Cups and Queen of Batons would appear.
*King Cardians have TP Regain. 
*None are susceptible to Sleep or Lullaby, but all are to Gravity and Bind. (However, Gravity and Bind may cause rage, according to one theory.)
*All Cardians are highly susceptible to the Stun effect from Head Butt and Violent Flourish, and will not rage due to this effect.
*All Cardians have a "rage mode" where they become extremely evasive and resistant to damage. It has not been conclusively proven what triggers the rage but the following have been claimed: (See the discussion page for details.)
**Rage is possible only after the Cardians have received the Weighted Down, Bind, or Cursed effect. 
***Theory from FFO (JP FFXI Wiki).
***No testimony from anyone who specifically tested with "no Gravity/Bind/Curse" and yet result in rage.
***Blind has been demonstrated to cause rage.
**Any offensive white or black magic may cause them to rage.
***Counter: Many groups have used Dia, Slow, Paralyze, Bio, Flash, etc. without the Cardians raging.
****Flash, Bio and Blind have been demonstrated to cause rage in at least some instances. Reprisal and magical spikes (Shock Spikes, Blaze Spikes, etc...) do not.
***Quick Draw does not appear to cause rage.
**Skillchain Damage can make the cardians Rage.
***Counter: Many groups have used SC intentionally or unintentionally without the Cardians rage.
***Confirmed. JavelinX 15:53, December 9, 2009
*All three cardians can use uncapped Bludgeon which takes 3 shadows, and also "Deal Out" which is a hate reset move.
*Queen of Batons may open with Sleepga, so it is recommended to be out of range or have poison potions for the beginning.
*Queens can and will cast Cure IV on the King if they are in range.
*Queens will not close within melee range, but they will close to casting range. If you are within melee range you will get attacked (hard).
*All cardians will detect magic and aggro. So if you wipe and need to raise people, need to be outside magic aggro range to raise.
*All cardians have an additional effect to their damage. They do NOT always go off on each melee hit. Known additional effects:
**Queen of Cups - Additional Effect: Silence
**Queen of Batons - Additional Effect: Paralyze
**King of Swords - Additional Effect: Attack down
**King of Coins - Additional Effect: Dispel
**King of Cups - Additional Effect: Absorbs buffs
**King of Batons - Additional Effect: HP Drain (16-105)
***Uses Blaze Spikes, which can deal 21 points of damage per hit.
*Cardians can use their respective job's 2 hour.
*Cardians have a chance to drop their respective card in the treasure pool prior to completing the BCNM.
*Bard song Goddess Hymnus is useless in arena.
*If you use Escape upon exit, you will be placed right outside Giddeus entrance, making the run around to next run much faster.
==Strategy==
* Strategies
== Video: ==
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