{PP - PT - F04} Chance Encounters

[Reytac 0]

Reytac stepped out from the safety of Snowfrost and almost immediately felt nervous energy wrap around him. He wasn't yet to a point where the low floors he was familiar with would be a cake walk for him, so danger still lurked in the wings. But he also knew that if he didn't push himself, didn't try to grow, he never would. And if he didn't get stronger he'd never be able to push towards the front lines, to try helping get them out of this abominable death game. And now that he was coherent, just sitting back and leaving his fate to other people stuck in his throat like a jagged piece of ice. 

No. It was better to do whatever he could to try to get back home to his love. He had wasted too much time already letting despair rule him to fall back into that dark pit. Pushing on was part of why he'd come up here, to the fourth floor. He knew there was still stuff for him to do down lower, but if he didn't challenge himself, or see what else was out there, he'd wind up trapped, telling himself there was always one more thing. Or that the higher floors were too much, that he'd die if he tried. 

He cleared his throat as he breathed in deep of the chill air of the floor. Rey had already equipped the snowshoes he bought from one of the many vendors in Snowfrost, the thought of plunging into a snow drift because he was cocky just sounded like a plan for a bad time. The smell of pine and snow filled his nose and he felt a bit of nostalgia - it had been a long time since he'd been near evergreen trees. 

"Right. Time to see if I can find myself a wolf or two to hunt down." As he started towards the forest line, he frowned when he saw a bit of orange moving through the trees - it was an oddly familiar shade, and very out of place in this world of whites, blues, and hints of green. Curious, he angled over in the direction he'd seen the flash of color. 

 

Spoiler

Reytac | HP: 100/100 | EN: 28/28 | DMG: 8 | LD:2                               

Hammer R2 

Searching R2

Lock Picking R1

Gear:

Initiate's Battle Hammer (Dam 3)

Battle Ready Inventory:

5 Starter Health Potions (50HP)

Perfect Tierless Recovery Potion

 

Consumables: 

3x White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies (Rare Tierless Dessert, EVA II)

2x Marscapone Scrolls (Perfect Tier 1 Dessert, MIT III) 

@Mari

Edited 4 hours ago by Reytac

[Mari 1]

Mari had actually managed to sleep in, only waking to a coffee Lancaster had bought her - laced with perhaps a little too much vanilla syrup for her liking, then again - Mari wasn't normally a fan of coffee, and had only started drinking it because of her brother and because of her lover. Mari drank every single last drop of that precious gift to her. Despite her partners protests for her to stay in bed all day she couldn't. Mari still had some work to do. She hadn't finished clearing out the mobs that swarmed near her home - instead choosing to go take a bath with him. 

So now, Mari trudged through the snow - her thigh high black woolen boots doing their best to keep the cold at bay, working in tandem with her survival skill. Mari wore nothing else to keep the cold away. Sporting her usual black shorts, and orange tank top. One would think she was mad, but Mari supposed many people already thought that. A tattered scarf billowed in the wind behind her as she chugged one of the potions that she held in her satchel at her side. It'd help give her the strength to destroy each and every mob with a single strike.

"Won't need much today at least..." Mari mumbled to herself.

 

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CS SQUABBLE UP IN EFFECT!

PT SYSTEM ENGAGED
*TESTING BUILDS GO BRR*
REMOVING
-REFUNDING RENDING FAMILIAR (TEMP) 10
-REFUNDING CHARGE  (TEMP) 10

ADDING
Biting Cost: 20 SP Passive Effect: Player gains +2 Base Damage
Remaining SP - 0 
 

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LEVEL LOCK SYSTEM ENGAGED
Level: 31
Paragon: 0
Tier: 4
True Tier: 14

Consumed
Regretful Memories - Draught of the Pink PK'er (Gungir's - DMG 3 | MITI 1 [Crate - 245931]) {Mari} [1/6]

Mari | HP: 680/680 | EN: 100/100 | DMG: 26 | MIT:163 | ACC:4 | AA  | FL.AURA: 8 | BH:37 | BRN: 56 | ENV-O: 32 | PARA-V | LD:5 

Spoiler

 

"Name: Mari
True Tier: 14
Level: 31
Paragon Level: 0
HP: 680/680
EN: 100/100

Stats:
Damage: 24
Mitigation: 163
Accuracy: 4
Battle Healing: 37
Loot Die: 5
AA 
FL.AURA: 8
BRN: 56
ENV-O: 32
PARA-V

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Paralytic Contagion | T4 | Absolute ACC I | Paralytic Venom I | Envenom OFF I | BRN I
Armor/Trinket: 
  - WILDFIRE | 251266 | T4 PERFECT HEAVY ARMOR | FLAME AURA | MIT 3
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Concerto Fiamma | 251265 | PERFECT TRINKET |  FIREPROOF | ACC III

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - Rending Familiar

Custom Skill:
  - Squabble Up

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R5
  - Charge
  - Charge
  - Energist
  - Heavy Armor R5
  - Polearm R5
  - Searching R5

Extra Skills:
  - Survival
  - Hiding R5
  - Disguise

Inactive Extra Skills:

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

Mods:
  - Detect
  - Impetus
  - Night Vision
  - Tracking
  - Untraceable

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Teleport Crystal x5

Housing Buffs:
  - 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
  - Dining Room: Turn 2 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Lesser Feast. A Lesser Feast contains 4 portions of the food items sacrificed. Lesser Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  - Attic (Storage): +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests
  - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
  - Master Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
  - Master Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
  - Ornate Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to fishing attempts.
  - 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:

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:
 - Alchemist[1522exp] R8
Gathering Profession:
 - Cooking[180exp] R5"                                                                                                                            

                                           

 

                                          

[Reytac 0]

Reytac blinked as he got closer to the orange splash he'd seen. It was indeed familiar, and someone he wouldn't have expected to see again outside of her store. It was the orange haired orange-tagged player, Mari, that he has purchased some confections before. He paused for a moment. This was someone who had done something that had gotten them labeled as a Player Killer - but from what he knew, the system took nothing at all into account. Self defense, or defense of another, none of it would matter. So, jumping to conclusions about this would be a terrible and stupid idea. 

Besides, she was already out here, on her own. It wasn't like he had seen her following him or something - if anything he was following her! He chuckled slightly at that thought, and how suicidal it would probably be. A paltry level five against whatever level she was - he doubted he'd even get a chance to breathe before being gibleted by her. Rey shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, then raised one empty hand in a greeting wave. 

"Afternoon there shoplady! Surprised to see you out here in the snows!" Or down here would be more accurate? Eh. He kept that thought to himself as he looked around. "Hope you don't mind me being here, I'm trying to see if I can gather up some decent materials. If you've got a claim down though, I'll skedaddle." It'd be mildly annoying to have to travel somewhere else, but he did not want to upset the woman who could probably murk him without realizing she'd even attacked. 

[Mari 1]

Afternoon there shoplady! Surprised to see you out here in the snows!"

Mari's eyes locked on the man, what was his name again? Raven? No, it had a t in there somewhere, Rattack? Seemed about right. He had called out to her, and in doing so caught the eye of a pack of wolves. A complete and utter idiot! He could have very well gotten himself brutally injured screaming about in the snowy wastes like that. Eyes still on him, or better yet, behind him Mari held out her arm, her weapon flashing into existence. Then with a snap of her fingers fire ignited in her right palm then she lobbed it to her weapon. Mari charged toward Rattack - then right past him as her burning halberd tore into the ravenous wolves, and all too quickly they fell way, whimpering and howling in pain as their flesh seared before they dissipated into flurries of red pixels.

Mari turned, a glance over her shoulder at the obtuse man as a rain of col literally showered her, riches beyond what he had ever seen - before they were scooped up inter her inventory. "The Hell do you think you're doing out here?" She hissed. Mari was not in the mood to play babysitter.

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Well Rested 1/3
Post Action | [x15] AOE-I (11 - 2 [Stamina] + 2 [Shift] + (2 * 4 Targets = 8) = 19 EN+1 Well Rested= -18 EN)
ID: 252271 | 6 + 5 = 11 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage
ID: 252272 | 8 + 5 = 13 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage
ID: 252273 | 4 + 5 = 9 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage
ID: 252274 | 7 + 5 = 12 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage

Ice Wolf #1-4 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124
Ice Wolf #1-4 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124
Ice Wolf #1-4 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124
Ice Wolf #1-4 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124

Squabble up In effect!
40,000 Col
12 materials
Perfect Trinket T1 ID: 252271 , 252272 ,252273 ,252274

Mari | HP: 680/680 | EN: 82/100 100-18=82 EN | DMG: 26 | MIT:163 | ACC:4 +1AA| AA  | FL.AURA: 8 | BH:37 | BRN: 56 | ENV-O: 32 | PARA-V | LD:5 

MARI TOTAL LOOT:
+1 Mon
40,000 Col
12 Materials
Perfect Trinket T1 [4]  252271 , 252272 ,252273 ,252274

Edited 2 hours ago by Mari

[Reytac 0]

For about half a moment, as the fireball was lobbied onto the massive two handed weapon, lighting it in flames, Reytac wondered if he had completely and totally misread the orange-haired woman. Was she a mass-murderer, only calm inside her store? For a brief second, chestnut hair and warm hazel eyes filled his mind as he braced himself for what was apparently going to be his end. 

But then she was moving past him, flames trailing behind her in an arc as she descended on some wolves that he hadn't even spotted were approaching. As her weapon cleaved through them without even slowing down, his eyes went wide as each one, after the blade and flames passed through, burst into a shower of col and items that she seemed to sweep away almost as fast as they appeared. He blinked once, then twice, then shook his head in amazement. 

"Probably not the same as you since you had no trouble at all with those things, so you're out on a stroll it seems." Rey shook his head, still mildly in awe. Then he cleared his throat. "Thanks, by the way. And I'm just out here to try to get stronger and get materials, like I said. If I stick to the baby floors all the time, I won't ever grow." Belatedly, he realized that he wasn't like her - he didn't have the reaction time she did. Carefully stepping back, he pulled his hammer out. Then he realized how that might come across. 

"Ah, sorry. Just - if I get attacked again, I can't react with the speed you did so I should have this actually on hand and equipped, not hanging on my belt."

[Mari 1]

He was still talking, chattering away - and as he bent down to....was he gathering? As he bent down - distracted Mari had to literally springboard off his back, "I'll make this up to you later-" She'd say as a booted foot firmly found its way into the mid of his back - she'd jump from there, and disappear just behind the treeline of the forest - Mari had seen the blue glint of another packs eyes, they were hunting. Hungry. And The man seemed to be an all too willing target for them. 

Even amidst the trees Mari was able to make short work of them, each one torn in half with a single strike, and each one bursting in a sea of col - one that Mari would soon miss. She'd be relieving herself of the special custom skill soon, in hopes to find one of her own - more suited to her. But this...this was proving very useful....

Mari pushed back a burnt tree branch as she approached the man, her hands already flying through her inventory as she passed him all the unidentified items she had obtained thus far, it wasn't that many to her. They clattered to the floor between them. "Go on." Mari said with a dismissive wave of her hand, "Take em, said I"d make it up to you." Her gaze shifted to the side, always ready. "You wandered into some hunting grounds, follow me - else you'll be dead. Especially wearing slop like that." Mari would say with a gesture of her chin to his attire.

Normally, the woman would be less abrasive but she had been fighting for so long. The poor sod didn't do anything to her. in fact, he even bought from her store. Mari inwardly groaned. "Sorry." She muttered. "Bad few days." That was about as good as an apology as he'd get.

Mari gives Reytac : 
Perfect Trinket T1 [8]  [252271], [252272] ,[252273] ,[252274], [252275], [252276], [252277], [252278]

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Well Rested 2/3
Post Action | [x15] AOE-I (11 - 2 [Stamina] + 2 [Shift] + (2 * 4 Targets = 8) = 19 EN+1 Well Rested= -18 EN)
ID: 252275 | 10 + 5 = 15 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage
ID: 252276| 4 + 5 = 9 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage
ID: 252277 | 8 + 5 = 13 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage
ID: 252278 | 2 + 5 = 7 | Hit vs. Ice Wolf Dealing 390 Damage

Ice Wolf #5-8 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124
Ice Wolf #5-8 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124
Ice Wolf #5-8 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124
Ice Wolf #5-8 | 0/372 HP | DAM: 124

Squabble up In effect!
40,000 Col
12 materials
Perfect Trinket T1 ID: 252275, 252276, 252277, 252278
            >Given to Reytac

EN+4
Mari | HP: 680/680 | EN: 68/100 86-18=68 EN | DMG: 26 | MIT:163 | ACC:4 +1AA| AA  | FL.AURA: 8 | BH:37 | BRN: 56 | ENV-O: 32 | PARA-V | LD:5 

MARI TOTAL LOOT:
+1 Mon
80,000 Col
24 Materials

Edited 1 hour ago by Mari

[Reytac 0]

Reytac had thought he'd seen something after he finished restarting his purpose for being out here to Mari. He couldn't tell if she was dismissive of his actions, and being here, or just thought him an idiot, but he wasn't going to just keep arguing or defending himself to someone he barely knew. So he had turned to start putting action to word to look for something, to actually gather materials. 

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 "I'll make this up to you later-"

The brief statement, warning, was given without actually responding to him. And it was all the warning he had as one foot suddenly landed on his back. Then he was propelled forward as the woman leapt from his back, hurling herself into the forest. He didn't have time to catch himself before he was buried partway into a snow drift, ice-cold snow filling his mouth and nose and muffling his shout of surprise.

There was something hard, jagged, against his face, and Reytac managed to pull himself back, and frowned. He had seen something in the snow bank he was looking at - some kind of hardened ice crystal, now shattered, with a 'Ruined' material tag on it. He closed his eyes in frustration. Not at the woman - he had heard the yelps of wolves, so she'd been doing something, but just at his bad luck. 

He was wiping snow and the pieces of ice crystal from his face when she walked back over to him, and started dropping random items on the ground in front of him - as apology? Well, considering her level of skill, the things dropped by the mobs on this floor were probably less useful than toys were to her. Still, for him, they'd be a treasure trove. Carefully, he started picking them up. It looked Ike there was one of them from each of the wolves she had killed so far. 

"I.. Thank you." He closed his eyes for a moment then gave her a smile. "You don't need to apologize to me, ma'am. You aren't being outright rude, and I can tell if anything you're kind of.. Not concerned, but worried? Or at least think I'm an idiot for coming out here like this. I mean you aren't wrong for thinking that. What, I have a hammer? Some potions, and the cookies you made?" He let out a laugh, bitter to his ears. 

" But I have to come to places like this, to get better. I got lucky and met someone who pointed me to your store, but I haven't found another store for some armor or anything yet. If even one of these accessories is good, which, something is better than the nothing I have so far, then I succeeded on this trip beyond what I could have imagined. Shi- sorry, didn't mean to babble at you. Most I've talked to someone in a while." 

 

Spoiler

Roll ID: 25227 LD: 13 (11+2) Fail

Forage Attempt: EXP +3

Forager EXP: 3/49

 

Reytac Gets: 

Perfect Trinket T1 [4]  252271 , 252272 ,252273 ,252274

Perfect Trinket T1 ID: 252275, 252276, 252277, 252278

 

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Reytac