#etrian mystery dungeon

[barbaracleboy]

Etrian Odyssey Series: Compilation of Archetypal Town Characters

I really love the NPCs that show up in each Etrian Odyssey game, in the town you keep coming back to between dungeon visits. Unironically, I'm always excited to see the new shopkeeper, innkeeper, barkeeper, etc. of any given EO game. Because of that, just for fun, I decided to gather official art for all characters of the archetypes: guildmasters (whom you speak to when growing and organizing your guilds), innkeepers (whom you speak to when resting at an inn or storing/taking back items), shopkeepers (whom you speak to when buying goods and armor/weapons), barkeepers (whom you speak to to get and report sidequests), and...mission givers? (officials whom you speak to to get or report important story missions).

Now, some of this art was a bit tough to find, mainly for Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 and the Mobile game, since neither was released outside of Japan and the latter is more or less lost. For EMD 2 I went to some Japanese articles on 4gamer talking about it (https://www.4gamer.net/games/375/G037512/20170720039/ and https://www.4gamer.net/games/375/G037512/20170622014/) and for the Mobile game I went to this Japanese Article that that talked about playing it a little (http://dihyhi.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-47.html), which to my knowledge is one of the only documentations of that game, so credit to those sources for the art. I also machine translated those sites for info on the Characters' names and whatnot, so take it with a grain of salt. I know machine translations are rarely very helpful but it's all I had right now, sorry.

It should also be noted that there will be light spoilers for some of the games here, mainly Etrian Odyssey 3. Nothing too egregious, at worst it's for something you find when you beat the second Stratum, but I still feel I should mention it.

One last thing, I will be listing most games as EO plus their respective number (so the first game will be EO1), the Mystery Dungeon games will be listed as EMD and EMD2, for the first and second respectively, the Mobile game will written EOM, and even though in America it's called Etrian Odyssey Nexus I will write that game as "EOX", simply because that's more distinctive as an acronym. I've seen others on here do that so it's probably not so weird but I still felt I should clarify.

But enough talk! It is time to meet the guildmasters, some of the most important NPCs in any Etrian Odyssey game! Mostly rather well-armored looking (except for in EO3, EMD2, and Mobile), these tend to be pretty cool characters, and while we don't always get to see them fight much it's welcome when the chance does arrive.

My favorite of these is probably Marion, with Asuka and Egar as runner ups.

[The rest will be under the Keep reading, otherwise this post would just be way too long by default]

And now, for the group that, to be real, is a big part of why I wanted to make this post: the Innkeepers! Friendly, helpful folks that run the inns where your characters can rest, healing up and saving progress. As some likely remember, I already listed most of these characters in that meme I made some time back, featuring characters I like that have constantly closed eyes (https://barbaracleboy.tumblr.com/post/722662911985778688/forgive-me-if-ive-posted-this-here-already-but-i). I intentionally tried to list every Innkeeper from the Etrian Odyssey series (minus some whose eye aren't closed all the time, whom I will get into later), and I largely succeeded!...except it turns out that there's a unique innkeeper in the Etrian Odyssey Mobile game. Granted, I can't really get on myself for that, it's a Japan-only mobile game that barely anyone seems to have played or heard of and is also not available anymore. Still, that was a slight bummer for me. But look! They're all here now!

My favorites of these is probably Hanna, with Jenetta and Dalla as runner ups.

And now, I can truly have them lined up together.

Look! They're friends!

Next up are various shopkeepers! Fun fact! Napier is not only the Shopkeeper to have run the shop in two separate games (not counting remakes), but one of, if not the only one of these NPCs to have hosted a facility in two separate games.

My favorite of these is probably Shilleka, with Edie and Wynne as runner ups.

This group consists of characters in similar not identical roles to the prior group: if I'm correct, in Etrian Odyssey One medicines and equipment were sold at different shops, and at medicine shops you could also revive characters and cure petrification (EO2 brought medicine at the main shop but kept the revival at the hospital). Hoffman, Stiles, and Muse(?) here ran their respective games medicine shops/hospitals, Angie supported Dr. Stiles, Don Chano supported his daughter, Elizabeth (from the prior group), and Lizley and the Merchant of Darkness(?) acted as merchants you coukd run into within the dungeon itself. Also, apparently Hoffman, Stiles, and Angie are (based on) characters from Trauma Center, which is neat.

My favorite of these is probably Don Chano, with either Lizley and the Merchant of Darkness as runner ups.

Another big favorite of mine, the Barkeeps! It's always fun chatting with these friendly types, hearing them cheer you on before many quests and compliment you for having completed one. They're so pleasant!...Though. yeah, Kvasir can be quite suspect with some of the things he says.

My favorite here is probably Kirtida, with Niralda and...either Missy or Mukkoran as runner ups...I love them too much, ha.

I don't know what to call this grouo really but they give the story missions and are about all in some position of power. Some are more involved in the story than others, but overall you will be seeing them often...Also, for some reason I couldn't find anyone that fills this role for Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2? Maybe I just did a bad job at looking but I don't know, I just couldn't find anybody. It's odd.

My favorite here has GOT to be the Outland Count (massively fond of his face, his moustache, and his dog), with Flowdia and Persephone as runner ups.

Last group here, being a variety of characters that act as alternatives or support for some of the other ones. This also has spoilers for etrian Odyssey 3 (the thing being spoiled is discovered after you beat the second Stratum but still).

Visil is a character you'll occasionally see during tbe story of EO1, Quona is Hannah's daughter who will sometimes greet you at the inn instead of or in addition to her mother, Gradriel is someone you'll see a bit throughout EO2's story, Gutrune is the Princess of Armoroad whom you'll see and/or hear about throuought EO3's story, Seyfreid is the Abyssal King whom you'll speak with and get Subclasses from in the Deep City of EO3, Napier's Sister (who, unfortunately, seems to have no confirmed name) runs the shop of the Deep City in EO3, Angie (who I would presume isn't the same one from EO2 but is based on the same Trauma Team character? I think?) runs the inn of EO3's Deep City, and finally, Yobo is Traoré's brother in Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2, and I...think he assists Mukkoran in giving out quests?...Him being a recolor is pretty lame, tbh.

My favorite here is probably Visil, with Napier's Sister and Seyfreid as runner ups.

HOO! THERE WE GO! Hope you guys liked this little trip down memory lane I guess, ha. I love many of these characters, and if and when EO6 happens I can't wait to see who it introduces that'll enter my heart just like many of these have!

#etrian odyssey #etrian odyssey 3 spoilers #suggestive stuff #on account of some of these female characters ha #I wanted to tag everybody but uhhh I learned that Tumblr posts can have no more than thirty tags so...apologies #etrian odyssey I #etrian odyssey II #etrian odyssey III #etrian odyssey IV #etrian odyssey V #etrian odyssey nexus #etrian odyssey x #etrian mystery dungeon #etrian mystery dungeon 2 #etrian odyssey mobile

[goeppe]

フーライ(Y4カラー)

#世界樹と不思議なダンジョン #2022 #Etrian Odyssey #世界樹の迷宮 #etrian mystery dungeon

[rosebloodcat]

Etrian Odyssey Homebrew?

I wonder how possible/doable it would be to translate Etrian Odyssey stuff to dnd? Because I kind of want to figure it out.

I think most of the classes would be fairly easy to map to already existing classes (Landsknecht = Fighter, Protector = Paladin, Survivalist = Ranger), but there are some more out-there ones that would need some work, like the War Magus and Hexer. And some that are technically races by shown more as classes so I would probably change those to races.

And the various in-game races would be run to make usable as, you know, actual playable races! (And not just the ones you actually get to play as in EO5.)

Not to mention the spells/abilites that are “class” specific and the many cool monsters...

So, uh, to my fellow EO players who also play dnd, got any suggestions for how to map them to a potential Homebrew to play?

#Etrian Odyssey #eo #eo2 #eo3 #eo4 #eo5 #eou #eou2 #nexus #heros of high lagaard #the drowned city #legends of the titan #beyond the myth #the millennium girl #the fafnir knight #etrian mystery dungeon

[lepospondyl]

diversity win! the superboss of etrian mystery dungeon uses it/its pronouns and is divorced

#Etrian Odyssey #Etrian Mystery Dungeon

[lunaticobscurity]

the intro to etrian mystery dungeon fucking gets it

#etrian odyssey #etrian mystery dungeon #3ds #rpg

[burningfestivalpersona]

Etrian Mystery Dungeon had a couple of good ideas with forts, it’s just that “dungeon’s layout is fixed” and “your town will not be destroyed by a deer” should maybe be two different features.

#etrian odyssey #etrian mystery dungeon #emd

[holographic-jo]

So, there is a game called Etrian Mystery Dungeon; abbreviated as EMD. It a crossover between the Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon franchises. It’s not very good. Many moons ago I posted a meme to reddit (ew I know) making fun of the game in a relevant subreddit. Multiple days after I posted and when all other engagement had ceased, a user made the following comment:

“hey don’t slander EMD they made good locomotives even if the 645 and 710 are a bit dirty by modern standards. sorry its a train joke there was a company called EMD that made diesel locomotives between 1922 and 2004”

holy SHIT. This guy made a comment that virtually nobody would see, to make a joke that even less people would understand. Then they immediately apologized for it and explained the joke. It had me in hysterics. I often think of what enigma of a person could have made such a comment

#mystery dungeon #etrian odyssey #etrian mystery dungeon #pmd tag #roguelike #pmd #trains #locomotion

[thedakku]

My Etrian Odyssey 3DS collection!

#video games #videogames #nintendo #retro gaming #atlus #atlus games #etrian odyssey #etrian mystery dungeon #nintendo 3ds #3ds

[autoadvehicle]

The first mystery dungeon game was alright, the second is slow/laggy. BUT there's more classes to choose from, which is neat. It's good to see Ace (the alchemist boy I used in EO/EO2) back, even though the character portrait is not his exact portrait, so I took some artistic liberties. That's why his hair isn't short. Also buff pirate man good :)

#etrian odyssey #世界樹の迷宮 #etrian mystery dungeon #etrian mystery dungeon 2 #my artwork #colored sketch #etrian odyssey alchemist #etrian odyssey runemaster #etrian odyssey pirate #i need to draw the Kenkaku male portrait sooner or later #that portait looks so good #to me at least #i didnt know what to do with the pirate guy so i cut off his arm in the drawing so sorry it looks awkward

[persona-news]

Knowledge is power when you’re taking on a dangerous labyrinth! ⚔️

Today we’re taking a closer look at how the combat skills of the Alchemist, Landsknecht, Protector, Survivalist, and Medic work together to optimize your chance of victory!

#etrian odyssey #etrian mystery dungeon #atlus #gaming

[definitelyimportantpost]

Fun Fact: Deep in the files of every mainline Etrian Odyssey game on the 3DS—those being Etrian Odysseys IV, Untold, 2 Untold, V, and Nexus—there is a file named "c_k01_a.stex". It contains this image of the protagonist of Persona 4, Yu Narukami:

It's likely that he's some kind of test file. What exactly he's there to test, I cannot say.

#etrian odyssey #this is real I'm telling you #if you have the means to dig into the files of an eo game as well as the means to view stex files #then you can find and look at him in stex/effect/tool #or Mori4stex/effect/tool if you're cracking open eo4 specifically #actually I've never checked the mystery dungeon or persona q games. maybe he's in there too

[barbaracleboy]

Hey, so, does anybody have information on Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2? Especially the NPCs in its town? Because I don't know if I'm bad at research but I can't find ANYTHING. I can't even find decent wikis or articles in Japanese, let alone English, and finding gameplay on YouTube is not only also difficult but what I find is mostly of the dungeon stuff. I just wanna know the names of the Characters, I like their designs.

I know the game was never localized, and I've heard it's worse than the first EMD, but still...I'm curious.

(Also, I generally wanna get a good look at the various NPCs for each archetype for the EO games. So, like, the Innkeepers, the Shopkeepers, the Guildmasters, etc.)

#etrian odyssey #etrian mystery dungeon #etrian mystery dungeon 2

[anonymouscommunous]

I want a mad man to make a complete timeline of the entire Mystery Dungeon series.

#mystery dungeon #pokemon #dragon quest #shiren the wanderer #chocobo #etrian odyssey

[idyllsoftheabyssalforest]

Squad C (Cassini) Overview

I'm still a little shy in sharing things in a more explicit and candid manner, but I plan on starting EO3 soon so might as well start talking about EOCs before it piles up ToT

Starting off with the first in our timeline, we have Squad C (affectionately named Cassini by Alma) in Aslarga (EMD)! The third batch in a larger group of research aides, they're in charge of doing field research, while Squads A and B venture first into mystery dungeons themselves.

Putting this under a cut cuz it does get long!

"Petrina, better known as Petri, hails from an eastern archipelago kingdom, sent on a whim by her family to assist research efforts of the Yggdrasil trees. Exceedingly proud of her capabilities (and having the strength to show for it), she enjoys pushing herself, joining other squads to test out new equipment and prosthesis."

One of the most fun characters to play, to be honest! EMD is my first experience using a dedicated tank, and I never expected to have such fun with it. The 3D model helps a lot, I think. Seeing her turn and raise her sword is just way too cute. Admittedly her character is a work-in-progress, but I've noticed that she does what she wishes most of the time.

(Now that I think of it, I think EMD having active and dynamic representations of our characters helps a lot too and is just so ToT it makes me cry... I wanna have little them's in real life)

"A prosthetist from Tharsis, called to aid in the exploration efforts in Aslarga. Because his practice primarily deals with rehabilitation, Seth has to adjust himself to different responsibilities, such as immediate response and further treatment. Apart from this, he would often find himself catching to and worrying about the rest of his squad."

Obligatory frazzled medic insert. The guy always finds himself wondering whether or not he should heal his teammates, but they say they're fine. I don't always get to pilot him that often, but I suppose it's rather in-character given that he's the one who tries to look out for everyone, much to his own detriment.

The few times I did pilot him, he would run headfirst into traps or enemies, only to be saved by Alma later on. One funny moment was when I accidentally made him eat a sleeping pill in the third boss. (foreshadowing maybe. those are the wrong pills, Seth)

"An heiress whose family has strong ties to the Lagaardian research society. Much of Alma's work involves the cursory elemental explosion, earning her a reputation in her old schools. For a researcher, her senses are very sharp, making her a good fit for her group's assigned task."

One of the characters I pilot most often. Alma's portrait ingame totally doesn't reflect how she is as a person, and that's partially why I'm hiding this under a cut.

She tends to hang around in the front with Petri, and so is able to sling spells while Petri draws monsters to herself. They're a very fun combo honestly.

"A quiet young woman travelling from a reclusive clifftop village. Chikako has a knack for knowing when and where trouble is brewing, and so has the tendency to be drawn to such places; hence, how she got to Aslarga in the first place."

Admittedly my favourite of the four mains in Squad C concept-wise. While she is the youngest of them (21 vs late 20s-30), she manages to keep her wits about her throughout the treks through the mystery dungeons.

I noticed that she has the tendency to linger at the back, which means that she has more time to chill and observe their surroundings.

So far, I've met two NPCs that wished to join the group, a dancer and a landy. The writing of these characters is honestly so charming, I'm surprised.

#etrian odyssey #etrian odyssey mystery dungeon #emd #squad c (idylls) #idylls of the abyssal forest #petri #seth spil #alma fraunhoffer #chika minjin #an improvement: half of them have surnames #etrian ocs

[lepospondyl]

now that i’ve gotten to the end of 25f in eo5 and now know that all the exposition for the final boss is a 3-second speech i think i owe etrian mystery dungeon an apology. i thought muspell was a mid antagonist because she was introduced relatively abruptly late in the game and had no dialogue but somehow this game has set the bar even lower

#Etrian Odyssey #etrian odyssey v #Etrian Mystery Dungeon #emds plot was actually super fun though. kasumi will always be iconic for getting everyone high enough to hallucinate a 3-year-old

[yuriprince]

i haven’t played etrian odyssey 5 in a long time…i should make an insert for it

#5 is my favorite by far #but i gotta start untold again too #and 4 for that matter #omg and i have etrian mystery dungeon too i just remembered #tea time!