Gambling Cat

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Gambling Cat is an interactable NPC found in the Pub in Firstville. After interacting with him you will be given an option to fight him, but the fight can be very difficult. Beating him will make him join your party.

## Battle/Strategy

During the first five turns of the battle, Gambling Cat will summon a card soldier to attack the player; in this order, he'll summon Jack, Queen, King, Joker, and Ace cards. The Jack and King cards are weak to thunder magic, and the Queen is weak to fire, so they can all be dealt with fairly easily, but the Joker and Ace cards may give the player more trouble, as they are not weak to any elements, and have the highest HP out of any card soldiers. The Gambling Cat himself only has 500 HP, and cannot attack, but if he's attacked while any card soldiers are still in battle, he'll simply be healed back up to full health. While a Thunder Scroll can be found in the Chapter 1 Secret Room, a Fire Scroll cannot be found at all in Chapter 1, so it's recommended that the player buy at least one Flame Ball to deal with the Queen card. This battle was playtested with Priest Cat unlocked, and with all party members at Level 7, so it's recommended that the player fulfil both of these conditions before battling him.

## As a Playable Character

When the Gambling Cat is defeated in battle, he will be unlocked as a playable character, and the player will be able to add him to their party for use in battle. When in battle, he can utilize a unique "Draw" skill, which gives the player two randomly-chosen "card" items, each one having a different effect when used. When a battle is ended, the player will lose all card items gained through Gambling Cat's Draw skill. Draw is a skill that is entirely unique to Gambling Cat, and cannot be obtained through the use of Skill Scrolls.

### Card items gained through Draw

1: Gurantees an escape from normal enemy battles.

2: Deals a small amount of non-elemental damage to one enemy.

3: Gives you two LV1 healing herbs when played.

4: Deals heavy void damage to one enemy, but also deals 400 damage to the entire party.

5: Removes buffs from the enemy party.

6: Cures the user's "poison" status.

7: Fully heals the user.

8: Deals light ice damage to all enemies.

9: Inflicts "blindness" on one enemy.

10: Inflicts "poison" status on three random enemies.

Jack: Deals heavy earth damage to all enemies.

Queen: Fully heals the entire party.

King: Drastically increases the entire party's physical attack power.

Ace: Drastically increases the entire party's evasion.

Joker: Inflicts poison and confusion on all enemies.

## Rewards

* 500 EXP
* 100 Gold
* Gambling Cat

## Dialogue

1. *Gambling Cat: "Hello there, young cat. Would you be interested in a-"*
2. *Player: "Please come with me on my quest."*
3. *Gambling Cat: "Hm? You're on a quest?"*
4. *Player: "Yes, now come with me."*
5. *Gambling Cat: "Patience, my small friend! I will gladly come with you... if you can win my game, that is."*
6. *Player: "I will play your game, if I must, but you should know I'm very lonely, so if I lose, you're a bad person."*
7. *Gambling Cat: "...I'll be honest, I kind of don't care."*
8. *Gambling Cat: "Well, shall we begin? I must warn you, I'm more powerful than I may appear."* The player will then be given two options: Yes and No.

Option Yes

1. *Gambling Cat: "Very well, then!"*

Option No

1. *Gambling Cat: "I see..."*

Mid-Battle

1. *Gambling Cat: "Why did you think that would hurt me?!"*
2. *Gambling Cat: "I can simply use my card soldiers to heal myself!"*

Death

1. *Gambling Cat: "What a shame... and, you looked so determined, too."*
2. *Gambling Cat: "You're... oh, you're actually quite seriously injured."*
3. With some difficulty, he was able to bring you back to good health. Maybe you should try being a little more cautious in future.

Victory

1. *Gambling Cat: "I'm... actually quite impressed! I wasn't expecting you to be that good."*
2. *Player: "So will you join me now?"*
3. *Gambling Cat: "Well, I suppose I have to, now..."*
4. *Gambling Cat: "Very well. I will come with you."*
5. Gambling Little Grey Cat joined your party!

## Trivia

* Gambling Cat can be used instead of the Inn as when you lose the battle he will revive and heal you and your party to full health for free.