[EV-PP-F29] Other Peoples' Messes <<Fatal Error: Act 1>>

Freyd · June 8

Racing south from the scene of the first fallen Spectral Knight, Freyd flitted from shadow to shadow to cover ground as swiftly as possible without risk an overshot. He'd sent the rest of the Wobbagong ahead to execute a holding action against the first knight's cloned doppel, without realizing the full danger posed by these potent monstrous mobs. It had taken six frontliners to take one of these things down, and they were only three, none of them yet meeting the requirements of that moniker.

"Hang on, guys. I'm coming."

Sounds of battle ahead and a wayward arrow with grey and red fletching told him everything he needed to know. Veering sharply left and upward, he sought higher vantage for scouting and hurtling into frenzied battle mode alike.

The battlefield revealed itself as a scene of pure chaos, Ren doing his best to kite the mob in circles while Foyle and Jeeves peppered its polished hide with bolts and arrows, to somewhat limited effect. Bizarre, but effective as a strategy, as long as nothing else interfered, which wasn't going to be forever.

***

Note: CS (Shades of the Gemini) and CSA (Beckon the Void) are in use. If any other player objects to these, please state in first post and it will be considered inactive.

Freyd consumes:

Freyd consumes and shares:

Freyd gives one of the following to each member of the party:

Elixir of Wrath (Potion) | Tierless Perfect | Damage 3 | 196545a | 196575c | 196616b

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 162/162 | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32

Spoiler

Name: Freyd, Bara no kuro kishi
True Tier: 18
Level: 34
Paragon Level: 144
HP: 1300/1300
EN: 162/162

Stats:
Damage: 21+3
Mitigation: 152+60
Accuracy: 4+2+1+AA
Evasion: 2+2
Battle Healing: 72
Loot Die: 5
Stealth Rating: -5
AA
TAUNT
VAMP-D: 72
VAMP-O: 143
PARA-V
PROB: 36

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
- Grappling Familiar

Custom Skill:
- Shades of the Gemini (CS)
- Beckon the Void (CSA)

Skills:
- Battle Healing R5
- Charge
- Energist
- Extended Mod Limit
- Extended Weight Limit
- Fighting Spirit
- Heavy Armor R5
- Howl
- Katana R5
- Quick Change
- Searching R4

Extra Skills:
- Disguise
- Survival
- Meditation
- Brawler

Inactive Extra Skills:
- Leadership R5
- Forgotten King's Authority
- Lady Luck
- Photosynthesize
- Assault Mode
- Frozen Hide

Addons:
- Focus
- Focused Howl
- Iron Skin
- Precision
- Reveal
- Stamina

Mods:
- Detect
- Impetus
- Tracking
- Night Vision
- Emergency Recovery

Inactive Mods:
- Elusive
- Inspiring Speech
- Press the Attack
- Rally
- Steadfast

Battle Ready Inventory:
- Bear Trap (Reusable 1/combat) x1
- Bear Trap (Reusable 1/combat) x1
- Crystal of Divine Light (Reusable 1/thread) x1
- Mass HP Rec [Inst] (+10% HP) x7
- Meathook (Reusable 1/combat) x1
- Ordsea Crystal-B (Reusable 1/combat) x1
- Ordsea Crystal-B (Reusable 1/combat) x1
- Rhino's Horn (Reusable 1/combat) x1
- Samael's Pride | T4 Katana | FLN II | HLY II x1
- Teleport Crystals x7

Housing Buffs:
- Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
- Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
- Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
- Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
- Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
- Attic (Bedroom): +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cannot boost a skill without ranks, or increase a skill past its maximum rank. Cannot boost a skill the user has not learned yet. Ranks obtained using this buff will make the mods of that rank available for purchase. Mods obtained this way are unusable if this buff is removed until the skill is returned to the appropriate rank by way of SP purchase.
- Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
- Guest Room: Players can have one «Amenity» in a «Guest Room» and the «Amenity» cannot be recovered. Players are allowed to change which «Amenity» is in the «Guest Room». Multiple instances of the same «Amenity» do not stack. This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.
- Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
- Ornate Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to fishing attempts.
- Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
- Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.

Guild Hall Buffs:
- Guild Hall I: Allows a Guild the ability to create one Guild Quest. Narratively, it also allows players to teleport back to the Guild Territory when using Teleport Crystals.
- Storage Vault: Allows a guild to create a Storage Vault in their Guild Page. Members can use this thread to store and withdraw items. Any items that have trading restrictions cannot be moved to a Storage Vault.
- Trading Hall III: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (9+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +5 crafting/identification attempts per day. Appraisers gain an initial additional reroll per identified item at no cost.
- Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.
- Laboratory I: Once per charge, when receiving single-use consumables from Quest Rewards, if a Guild Treasurer were to receive additional tokens, one guild member may claim 1 x (Additional Token / 2) copies of the consumable.
- Bureau II: Once per charge, if two or more Guild members are present in a thread, allow two dungeons to be spawned/explored in that thread, regardless of Dungeon-searching cooldowns. This buff may only apply once per thread.
- Library I: Once per charge, if a Storyteller is eligible to claim a Guild Token, their character gains +10% bonus EXP at the end of the thread. This buff may only apply once per thread.
- Armory II: Once per charge, players may submit a Skill Refund evaluation regardless of the 30 day cooldown window. In addition to Armory buffs, when submitting a Skill Refund evaluation, guild members have the option to pay an additional Token to refund up to 30 additional SP.
- Menagerie III: Guild members undertaking <<Feeding Your Enemy>> gain +1 LD to familiar searching rolls and +1 to familiar taming rolls. In addition to Menagerie II buffs, the maximum number of familiars guild members can tame narratively is five (5). Guild officials may also appoint a familiar mascot, shared between their guild members to accompany them narratively in their threads.

Scents of the Wild Totem:
- Tanos
Wedding Ring:
- n/a

Crafting Profession:
- Appraising[3478exp] R5
Gathering Profession:
- Fishing[576exp] R5

Edited June 21 by Freyd

Foyle · June 8

They might never have caught up with their quarry if it hadn't barreled straight into the ruins of an old blacksmith shop and become tangled up in spools of wire, rope and assorted other materials left abandoned in the wake of whatever became of this floor's residents. As the miniature glassware colossus struggled against its own mess, Foyle felt the first inklings of a plan forming in the back of his mind.

"Circle around it. We need to keep it tangled as long as we can. If it breaks loot, Ren will need to draw it towards him while Jeeves and I whittle it down." There were a lot of assumptions in those orders, not the least of which was that their weapons could even hurt the monstrous thing thrashing about before them. Jeeves seemed to sense it, the young man's eyes bulging widely behind his goggles at the prospect.

"It'll be fine." Foyle's conviction was a little weaker than he might have hoped, even as he moved into position.

***

Foyle consumes:

Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 100/100 | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36

Spoiler

Name: Foyle
True Tier: 4
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 660/660
EN: 100/100

Stats:
Damage: 21+3
Mitigation: 78
Accuracy: 5+2
EvasionL 0+2
Battle Healing: 33
Stealth Rating: -2
REC: 8
BLD: 24
PARA

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- ST Shift

Familiar Skill:
- n/a

Skills:
- Battle Healing R5
- Energist
- Light Armor R5
- Projectile Weaponry R5

Extra Skills:
- Assault Mode

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Focus
- Precision
- Resolve
- Stamina

Mods:
- Meticulous

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
- laurel earcuffs. | TIER 1 JEWELRY | LD III x1
- Starter Healing Potions (Heals 50 HP) x3

Edited June 21 by Foyle

Rencesvals · June 8

"You want me to what?!" Past aspirations to tanking had long since been set aside, along with all the gear and skills required to make it happen. "I'm not kitted for that, Foyle! Are you trying to get me... gah.." His companion's glare killed the rest of his protest before Ren could even give it voice. "Yeah. Alright. I'm on it. At least I kept the heavy armor. But you'd better give me a few moments to be sure I have its aggro or it might come after either one of you."

Groaning like an old man, more aptly befitting his hair colour, Rencesvals channeled the spirit of his namesake. it was time to protect the retreating vanguard, just as the peers of Charlemagne had done.

"And died..." he muttered under his breath, suddenly wishing he was back in his workshop.

"Jeeves. Up there!" Pointing out a vantage to their weaker member, Ren had come to the respect 'the kid's' ingenuity, though he hated being called by that nickname, and this really wasn't the time to piss him off.

***

Ren consumes:

Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 100/100 | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36

Spoiler

Name: Rencesvals
True Tier: 4
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 680/680
EN: 100/100

Stats:
Damage: 21+3
Mitigation: 127
Accuracy: 4+2+1
Evasion: 1+2
Battle Healing: 37
Loot Die: 5
Stealth Rating: -5
HM: 8
BLD: 24
PARA

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- TECH Shift

Familiar Skill:
- n/a

Skills:
- Battle Healing R5
- Energist
- Heavy Armor R5
- Searching R4
- Straight Sword R5

Extra Skills:
- Survival

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Focus
- Iron Skin
- Precision
- Stamina

Mods:
- Impetus

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
- Starter Healing Potion x2

Housing Buffs:
- Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
- Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
- Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
- Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
- Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
- Attic (Bedroom): +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cannot boost a skill without ranks, or increase a skill past its maximum rank. Cannot boost a skill the user has not learned yet. Ranks obtained using this buff will make the mods of that rank available for purchase. Mods obtained this way are unusable if this buff is removed until the skill is returned to the appropriate rank by way of SP purchase.
- Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
- Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
- Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
- Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.

Guild Hall Buffs:
- Trading Hall: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +2 crafting/identification attempts per day.
- Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Crafting Profession:
- Blacksmith[2816exp] R9
Gathering Profession:
- Forager[508exp] R5

Edited June 21 by Rencesvals

Jeeves · June 8

Grumbling in silence, Jeeves ambled up a nearby ruined wall, careful not to lose his footing in the process. If he drew this thing's attention, he was just dead. Splat. Roll credits. There was no in between, based on what little he'd seen of the Spectral Knights so far. But their cloning ability, that had some seriously interesting potential. If she could only somehow get a sample from a knight and deconstruct the code, or replicate the effect. He chuckled at the double meaning, even while skulking up into high shadows and cover.

"Straight on fights are for the birds." Glancing down at Ren, he chuckled lightly. "Flap them wings as loud as you can, purple big-bird. Make sure to get it nice and mad."

Reaching into his satchel, Jeeves loaded a specialty collection bolt he'd designed for just such an occasion. All he would need was one good shot.

***

Jeeves consumes:

Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 91/91 | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

Spoiler

Name: Jeeves
True Tier: 3
Level: 29
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 595/595
EN: 91/91

Stats:
Damage: 17+3
Mitigation: 12
Accuracy: 5+2
Evasion: 4+2
Battle Healing: 29
Loot Die: 2
Stealth Rating: 4
BLD: 24
PARA

Combat Mastery:
- Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
- AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
- n/a

Skills:
- Battle Healing R5
- Unhindered
- Energist
- Projectile Weaponry R5
- Searching R1

Extra Skills:
- Hiding R4

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
- Focus
- Precision
- Stamina

Mods:
- Untraceable

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
- Music Box | LD 3 x3
- Starter Healing Potions (50 HP) x1

Edited June 21 by Jeeves

Freyd · June 15

Cresting a low rise and clearing a copse of trees marring his sight lines, Freyd found relief in the realization that his friends and allies were mostly not dead. Ren looked a tad haggard and worse for wear, but mostly because his armor was weighing him down. Spectral Knights were fast. Like, stupid-fast on zoomies kind of fast. It was probably wise of the would-be paladin to have given up his shield, but he was still far from agile.

"Ren! Dodge to port!" Nautical terms would avoid issues of facing, at least in theory. Apparently not, as his counterpart was both distracted and confused, exposing himself to attacks he really wasn't built to withstand.

The Knight lunged, glass shoots lancing outward, ready to piece his purple and black plate mail, skewering him for dissection. Freyd barely made it in time, parrying the slivers with his own blade, taking a few nasty scrapes in the process.

***

Spoiler

Post Action | TECH-D (x12, 12 EN): 12 EN - (Rested 2/2; Stamina) = 9 EN.
Free Action [item] | Meathook (1/combat, apply shatter 1)
Free Action [skill] | Grappling Familiar (CD 0/5)

ID #244233 | BD: 3+8-3=8 (hit). DMG (12*24=288-60=228) to Spectral Knight | CD 7 | ST-B/BtV Locked | Shatter 2 and F-Stun applied.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 153/162 (162-9) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 0/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 100/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 100/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 91/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[3,0,0,0] Spectral Knight | HP: 3472/3700 (3700-228) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [0/3] | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUNNED

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Freyd

Foyle · June 15

Drawing back, Foyle unleashed arrows in lightning succession, peppering their quarry with black and red fletching the punctured its strange glassy hide with relative ease. A dozen shafts stuck from the Knight, brandished at all angles, as if it were too dense to notice. That, or his attacks just weren't having much effect. Loosening another shot, this one found its mark in the thing's shoulder and pierced clean through to the far side. Another mild notch of its health bar vanished in response, but not nearly enough.

When Ren stumbled, Foyle's jaw clenched. There was nothing he could do. Not from this distance and using a weapon that the thing barely deigned to acknowledge. Glancing across the field to Jeeves crouched in his fox hole, he knew the same was true for him also.

"Come on, Freyd, where are you..."

Shoots shot out and a miasmic while of dark manifested to intercept them. Foyle nearly missed his own, exhaling in relief that their cavalry had finally arrived.

***

Spoiler

Post Action | ST-I (x15, 12 EN, +2 shift): 15 EN - (Stamina) = 13 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244234 | BD: 2+7-0=9 (hit). DMG (15*24=360-60=300) to Spectral Knight | CD 4 | ST-B Locked

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 153/162 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 0/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 87/100 (100-13) | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 100/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 91/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[3,1,0,0] Spectral Knight | HP: 3172/3700 (3472-300) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [0/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUNNED

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Foyle

Rencesvals · June 15

"GAH! Damnit!" Even with suppressive algorithms stifling pain receptors, the added shock of seeing three vitreous spear shafts marking him for death was more than a little disturbing. Until they splintered into a dozen different shards. Raising an arm protectively, the smaller fragments still clung to his hair and embedded themselves as slivers amidst the chain mail at the flexible joints in his armor.

"Oww... goddamn it. How is this fair?!"

It took him a moment to realize he hadn't actually received the bulk of the blow, Freyd having thrown himself in its path and deflected the very worst of it.

"Oh, thank God... Freyd! Did you kill the other one? What are their weak points? How do we..."

An arrow pierced the mob's torso, clipping it right through the shoulder and missing his own face by less than a hand's breadth. Black and red fletching. An incredulous look topside was spared only because he no longer needed to kite the bloody thing that had been giving him chase.

"Oh, right. Coming Freyd!"

***

Spoiler

Post Action | TECH-B (x16, 12 EN, +2 shift): 14 EN - (Rested 2/2 - Stamina) = 11 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244247 | BD: 8 (Crit +1). DMG (17*24=408-60=348) to Spectral Knight | CD 6 | ST-B Locked | BLD 24 applied.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 153/162 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 0/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 87/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 89/100 (100-11) | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 91/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[3,1,2,0] Spectral Knight | HP: 2824/3700 (3172-348) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [0/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUNNED | BLD: 24 (0/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Rencesvals

Jeeves · June 15

"That's it... that's it... just a little further and... #$H@#$HKJ! Frikkin do-gooders. The Knight was right where I needed him."

Glass shrapnel sprayed in a wide arc overhead as most of the Spectral Knight's javelin shots were parried by the Whisper's blade... straight towards him. Partially flattered that he'd not been spotted, Jeeves was mostly irked that he needed to waste more time lining up another shot.

I only have a few of these bolts and can't waste them.

Thoughts kept to himself, the youngster fixed his goggles after falling prone had knocked them sideways on his face. Grumbling again, he braced his crossbow against stoned suddenly worn smooth by the very blow he'd only just avoided.

"And.. now."

***TWANG***

***CLINK***

"Hehehehe. Now, how to collect it without getting squished..." Wrapping his mud-soaked leather jacket around him, Jeeves bolted from his hole and dove from cover to cover, reloading his wrist-bound weapon as he went. The raw potential of the sample awaiting him on the far side was worth any potential risk.

***

Jeeve's Action:

Spoiler

Post Action | AoE-I (x15, 11 EN, +2 shift, +2/hit): 15 EN - (Stamina) = 13 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244252 | BD: 8 (crit +1). DMG (15*21=315-60=255) to Spectral Knight | CD 9 | ST-B UNLOCKED

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 153/162 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 0/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 87/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 89/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 78/91 (91-13) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[3,1,2,2] Spectral Knight | HP: 2569/3700 (2824-255) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [0/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUNNED | BLD: 24 (0/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Enemy's Action:

Spoiler

Spectral Knight suffers 24 damage from Bleed
Spectral Knight is F-stunned. F-Stun fades and is replaced by F-Stun-IMM.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 153/162 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 0/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 87/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 89/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 78/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[3,1,2,2] Spectral Knight | HP: 2545/3700 (2569-24) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [1/3] | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Jeeves

Freyd · June 15

"The trick is to stagger them, keeping them off balance as long as you can. You had the right idea, by the looks of it." Sharing what little he'd managed to glean in his freshly finished encounter with the first of these monstrosities, Freyd always made it a point to offer training on the job. It was Aincrad's best and most necessary classroom, especially for his handpicked team of O&I operatives. While far from the most powerful tools the division had at its disposal, they had come far in a very short amount of time.

"Ren. Rook to bishop three." He knew the man would understand, chess being a favoured pastime. Anything classical or medieval and European. The man just ate that sort of thing up like candy. And it worked. A twist of his wrist slipped the familiar crystal from his inventory, fists clenching to snap it in half and unleash an anguished cry potent enough to make a banshee cover her ears. Vibrating down to its core, the Spectral Knight verged on shattering completely, ensuring he had its undivided attention. Sliding past its brawny reach, Freyd left a rent and gouge across the centre of its torso, sending it tumbling back into the mud and exposing to the rest of his pieces.

***

Spoiler

Freyd regains +4 EN

Post Action | TECH-A (x12, 12 EN): 12 EN - (Rested 1/2; Stamina) = 9 EN.
Free Action [item] | Ordsea-B Crystal (+5 hate)

ID #244253 | BD: 9+8-3=14 (hit). DMG (12*24=288-60=228) to Spectral Knight | CD 6 | ST-B/BtV Locked

Mist Body prevents crit and enhancement procs.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 148/162 (153+4-9) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 1/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 87/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 89/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 78/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[11,1,2,2] Spectral Knight | HP: 2317/3700 (2545-228) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [1/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Freyd

Foyle · June 19

Flailing as it fell, Foyle added extra insult to the mob's growing list of injuries by pinning its massive for to ground with additional well-placed arrows. Two limbs managed, before the others closed ranks to wail upon the thing in melee, the white-haired veteran had already knocked another bit of fletcher's fodder and was taking aim for future targets.

"I have a shot! Stand clear whenever it starts to rouse itself again." Trusting that they'd heard him, Foyle was suddenly distracted by movement to the east. More mobs. Lots of them. A horde of the floor's more common shambling horrors were bound for their battlefield and position. If they were overrun while still fighting with the Knight... if it were allowed to copy itself again...

"Incoming! We have mobs inbound from dawnside, three hundred yards at best! Better make it quick, boys. Or this is about to get a lot more spicy than we can handle!"

***

Spoiler

Foyle regains +4 EN
CD 5 (No REC proc) ID #244700

Post Action | ST-II (x18, 15 EN +3 Shift): 18 EN - (Stamina) = 16 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244699 | BD: 3+8-0=11 (hit). DMG (18*24=432-60=372) to Spectral Knight | CD 1 | ST-B Locked

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 148/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 1/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 75/100 (87+4-16) | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 89/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 78/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[11,2,2,2] Spectral Knight | HP: 1945/3700 (2317-372) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [1/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Foyle

Rencesvals · June 19

"Roook to .. oh. OH! Got it!" While Freyd focused the mob's attention on himself, Ren's efforts were meant to stay its recovery from prone for as long as possible. If they could keep it down, indefinitely, the group combined could whittle its health down to nothing eventually.

"I really need to make us some better gear," he bemoaned, cursing himself for not having done so prior to them responding to the call. A glance and scowl from beneath Freyd's cowl scolded him for self-criticism. He knew how much Ren did for others from The Knight Shift, and how many had been helped in the process. Pride swelled in his sword arm, adding heft to his swings as if pounding their enemy with his forge hammer.

"Just another day on the job."

Plans were already forming in his mind's eye, wondering whether he might be better suited to wielding his craftsman's tools than the blades of heroes of old, as he'd so often felt he should. A hammer would certainly better fit with who and what he'd come to forge himself to be, as a weapon within Aincrad.

***

Spoiler

Rencesvals regains +4 EN

Post Action | TECH-B (x16, 12 EN, +3 shift): 14 EN - (Rested 1/2 - Stamina) = 11 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244706 | BD: 8 (crit +1). DMG (17*24=408-60=372-60=312) to Spectral Knight | CD 4 | ST-B Locked | Bleed refreshed.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 148/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 1/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 75/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 82/100 (89+4-11) | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 78/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[11,2,4,2] Spectral Knight | HP: 1633/3700 (1945-312) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [1/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 0/3) | BLD: 24 (0/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Rencesvals

Jeeves · June 19

"Hah! Gotcha, now I just need to... GAH!"

The Knight resumed its thrashing and flailing, Freyd and Ren's latest efforts to incapacitate it finally faltering. Only just about to claim his prize, one of the giant warrior's whipping segmented glass chains snapped to ground shattering the very vial he'd snuck around so diligently to collect.

"Mother F..."

Another tentacle chain blow forced him to reel and retreat, firing a wayward shot that somehow beaned the Knight squarely in the chest, embedding his sampling dart in the wall of the ruined tower where Foyle had chosen to perch.

"I was just over there!" With substantial gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, Jeeves set to weaving and bobbing his way back across the battlefield, somehow missing the bit about the impending horde of tentacle-infested bad dude coming their way. Despite every setback, he trudged on, spiting the universe for its denials by convincing himself he could give it the biggest of possible middle fingers just by actually reaching and picking up his own goddamn dart.

***

Jeeves' Action:

Spoiler

Jeeves regains +3 EN

Post Action | ST-B (x20, 20 EN): 20 EN - (Stamina) = 18 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244707 | BD: 5+7-0=12 (hit). DMG (20*20=400-60=340) to Spectral Knight

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 148/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 1/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 75/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 82/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 58/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[11,2,4,3] Spectral Knight | HP: 1293/3700 (1633-340) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [1/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 0/3) | BLD: 24 (0/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Enemy Action:

Spoiler

Spectral Knight suffers 24 damage from Bleed
Spectral Knight is Stunned. Stun fades and is replaced by Stun-IMM.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 148/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 1/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 75/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 82/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 58/91 (73+3-18) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[11,2,4,3] Spectral Knight | HP: 1269/3700 (1293-24) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 60 | SHATTER: 2 [1/3] | ACC:5 (0) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 1/3) | STUN-IMM (0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Jeeves

Freyd · June 19

Spotting the spectral knight's attempt to snare their smaller companion, Freyd's hand flashed as he summoned a mangled mechanical contraption and snare the mob's entire arm. With a vicious snap, the bear trap shut and pinned it in place, shattering half of the limb in the process, while his sword art would wreck the rest of it.

"We're getting close. Keep at it." While the Knights were tough, he'd yet to see them actually do much. The two fought to date had been effectively stun locked into oblivion. That suited him just fine. The wicked way he'd seen them first move, combined with their ability to multiply, left no room for games. They needed to die, quickly - preferably by yesterday, were it only possible.

Foyle's warning threatened to spoil a battle that was otherwise turning to their favor.

"How long," came his reply, skewering various bits of its vitreous form.

***

Spoiler

Freyd regains +4 EN

Post Action | TECH-D (x12, 12 EN: 12 EN - (Stamina) = 10 EN.
Free Action [item] | Bear Trap (1/combat; mob EVA set to 0)

ID #244713 | BD: 9+7-0=16 (hit). DMG (12*24=288-40=248) vs Spectral Knight | CD 4 | ST-B/BtV Locked

Mist Body prevents crit and enhancement procs.

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 142/162 (148+4-10)| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 2/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 75/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 82/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 58/91 (73+3-18) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[14,2,4,3] Spectral Knight | HP: 1021/3700 (1269-248) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 40 | SHATTER: 3 [2/3] | ACC:5 | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 1/3) | STUN-IMM (0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Freyd

Foyle · June 19

Sparing another shot for their main target, Foyle pivoted on his perch to focus his scouting instincts toward the approaching horde. There were many. Far too many. This wasn't some backwater orc patrol on a single digit floor, but a tide of abhorrent tentacle-ridden wrongness backed by max tier stats looking to bowl them all over and devour them.

"Never enough arrows in the world, are there?" Not a gripe. More of an observation. Foyle was grateful for the fact that his quiver auto-refilled from his inventory, as wave after wave of pointy-ended death flew from his fingertips, hoping in vain that enough felled bodies might stem the tide. Except mobs left no bodies as they died. He'd kinda forgotten that part again, still adjusting to some of the tropes of the game.

"I'll buy you what time I can, but it won't be much. Finish the Knight fast, then we'll need to withdraw, probably towards the south."

***

Spoiler

Foyle regains +4 EN

Post Action | ST-I (x15, 12 EN +2 shift): 14 EN - (Stamina) = 12 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244719 | BD: 8 (crit +1). DMG (15*25=375-40=335) vs Spectral Knight | CD 11 | ST-B UNLOCKED

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 142/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 2/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 67/100 (75+4-12) | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 82/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 58/91 (73+3-18) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[14,4,4,3] Spectral Knight | HP: 686/3700 (1021-335) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 40 | SHATTER: 3 [2/3] | ACC:5 | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 1/3) | STUN-IMM (0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Foyle

Rencesvals · June 19

Jarred by the snapping jaws of Freyd's unexpected bear trap, Ren's swing wobbled and went wide. Instead of the Knight, his sword art decimated some cockroach skeleton, except not quite because even the dead versions of those things were bloody indestructible.

"Damnit!" Resetting his footing, the purple paladin sought to regain his footing, only to nearly trip over the slighter form of Jeeves darting between shadows. "GAH! Jeeves, I swear, you're gonna get swiped at by accident if you keep that up."

Hearing thunder from the east, his eyes first glanced skyward only the see plumes of dust rising from the ground. Foyle's warning struck home.

"Oh... uh... you really weren't joking when you said 'horde.'" Squaring his jaw, the smith redoubled his efforts to help take down the battered Spectral Knight before it could do any more harm.

"Don't these things come with some sort of 'off' button?!" Wailing on it was working, but not nearly fast enough for his liking.

***

Spoiler

Rencesvals regains +4 EN

Post Action | TECH-B (x16, 12 EN, +3 shift): 14 EN - (Stamina) = 12 EN. (2 EN only. Missed.)
Free Action | None

ID #244720 | BD: 1 (miss)

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 142/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 2/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 67/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 84/100 (82+4-2) | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 58/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[14,4,4,3] Spectral Knight | HP: 686/3700 (686-) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 40 | SHATTER: 3 [2/3] | ACC:5 | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 1/3) | STUN-IMM (0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Rencesvals

Jeeves · June 19

Rolling beneath Ren's clumsy strides and round Freyd's general aura of mob decimation, Jeeves practically ignored the mob itself in favour of his prize. The dart, still plainly stuck in the rubble wall a few feet away offered untold alchemical potential that he might harness for any number of effects, some more dubious than others. Jeeves didn't care. He wanted it. And that was enough.

Tumbling through the battlefield, earning a few stray shards of glass in his sides for his trouble, he finally reached out to claim his prize, when the sample vial suddenly exploded, spawning an entirely new Spectral Knight from the tiniest of specimens.

"What the actual fuck!?"

Barely able to slide beneath its legs, he shot it where its naughty bits aught to have been just for good measure.

"Guys. Uh... GUYS! I think we have another problem."

Thank goodness I never managed to stuff that into my pocket...

***

Jeeves' Action

Spoiler

Jeeves regains +3 EN

Post Action | AoE-I (x15, 11 EN, +2 shift, +2/hit): 15 EN - (Stamina) = 13 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244721 | BD: 4+7-0=11 (hit). DMG (15*20=300-40=260) to Spectral Knight | CD 8 | ST-B Locked

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 142/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 2/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 67/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 84/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 48/91 (58+3-13) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[14,4,4,4] Spectral Knight | HP: 426/3700 (686-260) | DMG: 300 | MIT:~~100~~ 40 | SHATTER: 3 [2/3] | ACC:5 (4) | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 1/3) | STUN-IMM (0/3) | BLD: 24 (1/2)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Enemy's Action

Spoiler

Spectral Knight suffers 24 damage from Bleed. Bleed fades.
Shatter fades.
Delay fades.

ID 244723: MD 5+4-4=5 (miss) vs Freyd | CD 11 Attempted Rewrite activates

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 142/162| AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 2/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 67/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 84/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 48/91 (58+3-13) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[14,4,4,4] Spectral Knight #1 | HP: 402/3700 (426-24) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3) ~~| BLD: 24 (2/2)~~
[14,4,4,4] Spectral Knight #2 | HP: 402/3700 (426-24) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Jeeves

Freyd · June 20

Jeeves' panicked cry instantly caught Freyd's attention, the man's sardonic quips rarely giving way to such tones of concern.

"What the... did you feed it after midnight, or something!?"

Suddenly flanked by two boss mobs, with a horde of baddies barreling towards them on top of everything else, Freyd forfeit safety in favour of effect. Blade swung wide, he aimed for maximum reach and effect, slicing deep into both foes and intended to draw them closer to him for control. It worked. Mostly. And also hedged on the fact that both their health bars were deep in the red.

"Looks like they clone themselves with all damage and effects included. We have a chance! Just make sure we take them down quickly so they can't do it again, exponentially increasing our problems."

Tugging Ren to his side, his intent being to set them back to back, the whole plan literally went sideways when one of the Spectral Knight hoofed the Whisper into his own shadows and sent him hurtling through the void to God knows where...

***

Freyd ended up meeting @Sakura in Tomoika: https://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/42257-pt-f21-pp-the-return-of-the-king/?do=findComment&comment=697592

Spoiler

Freyd regains +4 EN

Post Action | AoE-I (x15, 11 EN, +2 shift, +2/hit): 17 EN - (Stamina) = 15 EN.
Free Action [Item] | Bear Trap (1/combat; mob EVA set to 0) vs Spectral Knight #2

ID #244728 | BD: 2+8-3=7 (hit). DMG (15*24=360-100=260) vs Spectral Knight #1 | CD 8 | ST-B/BtV Locked
ID #244729 | BD :7+8-3=12 (hit). DMG (15*24=360-100=260) vs Spectral Knight #2

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 131/162 (142+4-15) | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 3/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 67/100 | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 84/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 48/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[17,4,4,4] Spectral Knight #1 | HP: 142/3700 (402-260) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3) ~~| BLD: 24 (2/2)~~
[17,4,4,4] Spectral Knight #2 | HP: 142/3700 (402-260) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Freyd

Foyle · June 20

Perfectly improvised plans crumpled almost instantly as the battle risked flipping from their favour to very much against it. Freyd was suddenly and violently removed from the field, to who knows where. But that was a later problem. The rest of them were instantly back on their own, now facing two Spectral Knights and the threat of a total rout mere yards around the corner.

Swapping targets, in keeping with his captain's last command, Foyle's bow shot pierced the newest mob's shiny noggin, shattering its entire form and spilling it like a ruptured bag of marbles, shards spraying in every possible direction at once. Jeeves cursed, the wash nearly sweeping him off his feet as he struggled to rearm his weapon for another shot, as the last Knight turned to face Ren. Without stuns, without Freyd, things were looking dire.

"Head west! We need to kite it and kill it away from here, before the others arrive. Make haste!!!"

Foyle was already clamoring down from his sniping position to join them.

***

Spoiler

Foyle regains +4 EN
CD 7 (+8 REC proc) ID #244731

Post Action | ST-II (x18, 15 EN +3 Shift): 18 EN - (Stamina) = 16 EN.
Free Action | None

ID #244730 | BD: 7+7-0=14 (hit). DMG (20*24=480-100=380) to Spectral Knight #2

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 131/162 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 3/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 63/100 (67+4+8-16) | ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 84/100 | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 48/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[17,4,4,4] Spectral Knight #1 | HP: 142/3700 (402-260) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3)
[17,6,4,4] Spectral Knight #2 | HP: 0/3700 (142-380) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 (0) | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Edited June 28 by Foyle

Rencesvals · June 20

Thrust back into an unwanted spotlight, Ren found himself facing his old nemesis and feeling very much alone. Freyd was banished. Jeeves was reeling and drowning in spectral dregs and dust, and Foyle's fire had halted as he leapt from his vantage to join their retreat.

"Uh... guys? I could use a little..."

But fire flared in the academic cockles of his heart, finding courage in the notion that others actually needed him. He'd failed his friends in a similar situation when they first entered the game. He'd hidden and floundered beneath weak sauce excuses, until circumstances offered reprieve and redemption. This was his moment. The one he'd secretly craved and needed for so long; a chance to make a difference.

Slashing advance and measured motion cut back the last of the flailing mob's defenses. He gained ground with every stride, even as more horrors rounded the corner, threatening to end them all.

"Not this time," Ren claimed with victorious certainty. "This time, everyone lives."

***

Spoiler

Rencesvals regains +4 EN

Post Action | TECH-B (x16, 12 EN, +3 shift): 15 EN - (Stamina) = 13 EN
Free Action | None

ID #244732 | BD: 10 (Crit +2) | DMG (16*25=400-100=300) vs Spectral Knight #1

Freyd | HP: 1300/1300 | EN: 131/162 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA) | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA: 4 | BH:72 | VAMP-D: 72 | VAMP-O: 143 | PARA-V | LD:5 | PROB: 36 | TOX-V: 32 | GRAPPLE [CD 3/5]
Foyle | HP: 660/660 | EN: 63/100| ST | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT: 78 | ACC:7 | EVA: 2 | BH:33 | REC: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | PROB: 36
Rencesvals | HP: 680/680 | EN: 75/100 (84+4-13) | TECH | FOCUS | DMG: 24 | MIT:127 | ACC:7 | EVA:3 | BH:37 | HM: 8 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:5 | PROB: 36
Jeeves | HP: 595/595 | EN: 48/91 | AOE | FOCUS | DMG: 20 | MIT:12 | ACC:7 | EVA:6 | BH:29 | BLD: 24 | PARA | LD:2 | PROB: 36

[17,4,6,4] Spectral Knight #1 | HP: 0/3700 (142-300) | DMG: 300 | MIT:100 | ACC:5 | EVA:3 | FRB [40/2] | BLD [48/2] | BLGT [32/2] | BRN [56/2] | F-STUN-IMM (CD 2/3) | STUN-IMM (1/3)

Splinter | Whenever the Spectral Knight critically hits (BD 9-10), its attack instead only deals 50 mitigated damage and 60 unmitigated damage to the entire party as the weapon splinters into a sharpened spray. This attack applies all applicable DoT's to all targets when this occurs.
Mist Body | Natural BD 9 attacks made against Spectral Knight will no longer automatically hit and will use accuracy & damage calculations as normal due to the Spectral Knight bending and twisting to allow dangerous attacks to pass harmlessly through. The hit is treated as a non-critical hit, and all enhancements that would activate on a natural BD 9 (bleed, holy, burn, freeze) will not trigger when this occurs.
Attempted Rewrite | On a CD 10+, the Spectral Knight will find another NPC nearby and manufacture that NPC into a clone of itself with the same stat block including remaining hit points and any applied status effects.
Tier Lock | For the duration of the fight, all of the participants’ stats that scale with Tier are calculated as though they’re Tier 4. [DMG/MIT/BLEED enhancements etc.] This skill only locks downward. Those at Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 will still have T1, T2, or T3 stats, respectively.

Loot Spectral Knight: ID #245782 | LD: 7+5=12 | CD: 3
+4 materials (+4 CD/LD odd)
12,210 col (HP[3700]*3 - incl. +10% [Col Deposit & Treasury])
T4 Rare Trinket 245782

Edited June 28 by Rencesvals

Jeeves · June 20

Thread Closing:

@Simmone received 2 guild tokens as treasurer of Firm Anima (4 members)

Freyd receives:

11,917 EXP (Word Count [3214/5*18] + 3% Guild Rank bonus)
1,841 col (0 page [0] + 3% Guild Rank bonus + 15% P5 Reward [1787])
1 mon
1 guild token
T4 Rare Trinket 245782

Foyle receives:

2,648 EXP (Word Count [3214/5*4] + 3% Guild Rank bonus)
1 mon
1 guild token

Rencesvals receives:

2,648 EXP (Word Count [3214/5*4] + 3% Guild Rank bonus)
12,576 col (0 page [0] + Loot [12210] + 3% Guild Rank bonus)
4 Materials (Loot [4])
1 mon
1 guild token

Jeeves receives:

1,986 EXP (Word Count [3214/5*3] + 3% Guild Rank bonus)
1 mon
1 guild token

Edited June 28 by Jeeves

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