[SP-F1] Gotta Start Somewhere

[Alexander Webb 0]

Lex rolled out of bed, the starchy sheets not having stimulated the best night of sleep in the world, but it was better than nothing. After pulling on his beginner set, he strapped his basic longsword on his back, closing the door to the small room behind him as he walked outside. After having gotten his idea for the build he wanted to make, he knew that he was going to have to put in some work getting all the materials and more importantly, getting some experience with the system under his belt. He left the starting town, and made his way out to the fields between the raid base and the small hunting town, he walked out into the middle of the golden plains. He waited there for a wolf to wander over and attack, it would only be a matter of time.

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#22380

BD: 10

MoBD: 3

 

The wolf prowled close to the gamer, stalking what it thought was just out of the Gamer's noticeable range. Lex looked out in that direction when he saw a shuffling in the grass. He drew his blade, and held it steady in front of him. The wind rolled over the plains and ruffled the grass, brushing it aside just enough for Lex to see the wolf prowling there. The canine leapt from the brush into the air, going straight for the neck, Lex ducked under the pounce, holding his sword straight up as the wolf's momentum pushed it along the blade. The wolf exploded into the shiny shards that marked death, leaving behind a single fang laying in the dirt, Well... Its a start, he thought optimistically as he put the fang in his inventory.

 

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Wolf attacked Lex but missed

Lex hit the wolf critically for +2 damage

 

Lex: 5/5

 

Wolf: 0/4

 

Gained 1 material

[Alexander Webb 0]

Lex leveled up! Now has 7 health.

 

Lex: 7/7

 

ID#:22382

BD: 3

MoBD: 6

 

Another wolf jumped out of the grass behind the gamer as he lifted the fang from the ground. Lex took a reactionary swing, the sword sailed right over the wolf, who ducked right under the attack. The wolf leapt on top of the gamer, and went in for a bite attack. He shoved his hand up in front of the attack, the wolf's teeth digging down into his arm, going right through the beginner clothing set. Lex shoved the beast off of him, throwing it to the side, it began to circle him as it prepared to go in for another attack.

 

Wolf: 4/4

Lex: 6/7

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ID#:22383

BD: 1

MoBD: 8

 

The wolf reared back for another attack, Lex tried to dodge, but the wolf's claws dug into his back. He swung his blade behind him, trying to hit the beast off with the hilt of his blade, the wolf bounced off of his back as his attack missed. It bared it's teeth as its eyes flared red, looking as if it was ready to go in for another attack. Lex steadied himself, knowing that if he started getting flustered, all that was going to manage was getting him killed.

 

Wolf: 4/4

Lex: 5/7

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#:22384

BD: 4

MoBD: 1

 

The wolf reared back, sprinting forward on all fours, it tried to charge into Lex's legs to knock him ver, but just missed, as Lex dodged to the right. His sword sliced through the golden grass, missing the wolf by inches, but missing nonetheless. "Would you stop jumping all over the place? Stand still, Kujo!" he yelled at it as he charged in for another attack, hopefully hitting this time.

 

Wolf: 4/4

Lex: 5/7

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#:22839

BD: 10

MoBD: 9

 

The wolf pounced on Lex as he charged, biting down into his collarbone and holding tightly onto it. It shook its head back and forth as it rended his digital flesh and drained his HP. Lex wrapped his arm around the wolf's belly, holding tight as he rolled over, pulling his collar from the wolf's jaws, and stabbing the creature with his sword. The creature shattered into the data shards as the alert window popped up, showing the experience and money totals. A potion and 2 materials... Not a bad start. With this I can keep going.

 

Lex: 3/7

Wolf: 0/4

 

Gained 1 basic hp potion and 1 material

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#22491

LD: 18

 

Lex Leveled up again!

 

Lex 3/9

 

Looking around, the gamer made sure that there were no more wolves in his immediate vicinity. His sight caught none, but he acted quickly just in case. Taking the potion he'd just gathered up, he dumped it down his gullet, letting it's healing properties wash all over him, "That pooch did a number on me. I gotta do better than that, otherwise I'm going to end up in a bag of Iams."

 

Moving around a little bit, Lex scanned over the hills for any kind of material to be gathered, hopefully some kind of alchemical plant of some kind or the other. He had considered going after that profession, as there was some pretty high prices for crystals and potions, and unlike armor and weapons, even the higher level players needed to get new healing items every so often. Plus all of his stock would be free for him to use if he so desired, making staying alive a heck of a lot easier. Much to his luck, Lex was able to spot one in the form of a small green plant, budding in the middle of some shorter golden grass, That looks good, he thought with a smile.

 

Lex recovered 5 HP

 

Lex: 8/9

 

+1 material

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#22496

BD: 9

MoBD: 4

 

As Lex bent down to pick the plant from the dirt, he didn't see the wolf come up behind him, crouching in the grass, and waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. It waited silently, ready to strike the moment the gamer rose from his crouched position. Lex got to his feet, the item successfully being gathered, and as he turned around to walk out of the small divot the plant had been growing in, he just barely managed to dodge the wolf. Blade in hand, the gamer swung at the beast, hitting it hard, but not quite enough to down it, the wolf landed on the ground, the red gash closing up as the texture for the fur appeared once more.

 

Lex Struck the beast critically for +1 damage!

 

Lex: 8/9

Wolf: 2/5

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#23107

BD: 10

MoBD: 8

 

Lex charged in, blade held tight in his hand, and he swung at the beast, catching it in the nape of it's neck with his sword, though not without getting nicked in the leg by it's front teeth. The creature exploded into it's data shards, and sitting in it's place once more was a simple material for his use in crafting at his disgression. He had to admit, he really liked the drop system. The way he went about it, there wasn't really a chance they would't drop something. While he ccouldn't really say that he liked being in the death game all the time, he had to be glad the mechanics were solid at least. He could be stuck in one of the many god-awful Commodore 64 games, now that would be living in hell on Earth

 

Wolf: 0/5

Lex: 7/9

 

+1 material

[Alexander Webb 0]

Leveled up again... Wow

 

Lex: 7/11

 

ID#22512

LD:9

 

Lex swung his arm through the air, the small line of white and gray circles showing up in front of him. He tapped on the inventory screen, and brought up his own equip set, and replaced the beginner set with his new armor. As it appeared automatically on him, he almost felt a jump. For the first time in the game, he'd felt something significant in the way of improvement. Not something like HP, which scales no matter what in order to keep it fair, but equipment? That can break games, especially MMOs. Not like was trying to break the game, but on a going forward basis, it was good to know that his hard work wasn't all in vain. He looked on the ground for anything else that may be of use to him, but nothing came of it, feeling satisfyed, the boy continued on with his hunting quest.

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The digital sun dipped the edge of the shining circle into the horizon, signaling that nightfall was fast approaching. Lex looked out over the grasslands, deciding that stopping now would be a bit of a bummer, might as well continue on with it all for a while. He wasn't tired, hardly got tired until 3 am rolled around, spending all day up until the wee hours of the morning trying to get 100% completion would do that to you. His circadian rhythms were probably more out of sync than his computer and the cloud when his internet was out. Spying a boar, he decided to give his new armor a test drive, and crept up silently behind it, preparing to strike deftly on the unsuspecting beast.

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#23008

BD: 8

MoBD: 8

 

Lex leapt up from the grass, swinging his blade through the golden light of the setting sun, his steel swung true and connected with the beast. The red data spat out of the gaping wound as the beast retreated. The swine snorted as it dashed back, charging into the teen with it's own retaliatory blow, the new armor doing nothing to help him in the way of cushioning the blow, So much for that, he thought pessimistically as he prepared for another attack against the soon-to-be-pulled-pork foe.

 

Lex: 6/11

Boar: 4/6

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#23011

BD: 1

MoBD: 5

 

The beast charged forward, it's pointed tusks ready to rend whatever they came into contact with, the pristine white data having not spilled blood yet today. Lex rolled to the side, not bothering to tempt fate with a poor sword swing as the one he would have had. He would rather dodge and have no repercussions than accidentally whip his blade through the air and disarm himself, then he would definitely have a difficult time killing the thing. Kinda hard to stab something with a sword when its on the other side of the field.

 

Boar: 4/6

Lex: 8/11

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#23014

BD: 10

MoBD: 6 (miss because of evasion)

LD: 9

 

Lex could feel it, hiss patience would pay off if he could just land the next hit, that's all it would take. He circled the boar as it followed suit, the furry pig bolted forwards. Lex swung down, slicing the pig into bacon bits, but the tusk caught him in the foot, impaling it right before his attack connected. The boar exploded into data, leaving nothing behind but some boar's blood, probably an alchemical ingredient if anything; then again, he wasn't a blacksmith, and didn't know what the etiquette for cooling a blade was. Lex put the material in his inventory, and continued on, hoping to get some more done before night rolled around.

 

Boar: 0/6

Lex: 5/11

 

+1 material

[Alexander Webb 0]

ID#23104

LD: 5

 

Lex's foot nudged the corner of something in the dirt, buried underneath the first layer, short bushels of grass grew over it, but it was obvious that something was there. Who could've left this here, the Gamer thought as he brushed the dirt off of it, seeing nothing but some old wood, something like an artisan would make. It was about the size of a guitar case, if not maybe a little smaller. Like a really long suitcase almost, but it didn't look like some suitcase, especially since it had been in the dirt for some time. He nudged it with his foot a couple more times to see if any item screen would pop up, or anything that would let him know that it was supposed to be here.

[Alexander Webb 0]

Looking down at the box, though, it was nothing but a designed part of the environment, which sucked severely, but was the case nonetheless. Guess I really didn't gt anything good through coming through here, he said, looking back over the field he had been slaying mobs in. I think a little more searching, then I'll be done for the day, starting to get a little peckish, he resolved before heading out to search once more. His ideas of becoming an alchemist only growing stronger in his head as he did, he had gotten mostly materials for that, and had ended up looking like a really good idea. Especially for the build h had in mind. While being a blacksmith was bound to be more profitable, Alchemists were always going to be needed, blacksmiths could get used up quickly once everyone is set with their gear, at least in his mind.