[PP-PT-F14] A Terrible Night to have a Curse (Cull of the Dead)

[Reytac 0]

 Reytac wrapped the grayed out leather mask around his lower face, cutting off the pervasive ash that seemed to always be drifting downwards no matter how long he’d sat in the teleporter pavilion waiting for it to subside. It was strange, to see a place where the main source of lighting was literal thin streams of lava that wound through everything. He held up one hand and flexed it, watching the red hues on his skin shift and dance under the unnatural light and color shifting. A shuffling on his shoulder made him glance at Aphrael, who seemed distinctly unhappy here. One hand reached up and scratched the center of her chest, which made the raven lean forward and into the scratching. 
”Easy, girl. Here, go ahead and head back home, I don’t think the ash in the air here is going to agree with you.” The raven let out a mournful call, and nudged her head against his cheek before lifting up and flying into the teleporter and vanishing however it was the companions did. Reytac tightened his mask and let out a sigh before looking around. He knew that this place was one of the more dangerous just for existing -the lack of light had led to some odd developments in the mobs, and.. Certain mobs, that found themselves very much at home in the land of eternal night. He chuckled softly, the sound muffled by the mask he wore. It was actually part of the reason he was here – he’d heard a rumor that there was a quest, here, that could give access to a special skill like the one he’d unlocked for helping Firefly against the Monkey King. 

And while his level had climbed and he was working on getting better equipment, Reytac still didn’t feel like he himself was ready for the front lines. He knew he was missing gaps in his knowledge  - skills that other people took for granted he hadn’t even heard of. He didn’t know of this was one of those skills, but he was going to work on rounding out his capabilities. He'd need to be able to fill at least a couple of different roles before he put himself forward to try talking to the men and women actually fighting on the front lines. As it was, he was nothing special, just another mook who wasn’t even ready to prove himself. He shook himself, trying to banish the self-deprecating turn his thoughts had taken as he started hunting around, looking for the quest NPC or event that he was searching for. 
Reytac hesitated – a harangue from someone echoing back in his ears. She was rough, but her concern had been there. So Reytac took a moment to let someone he knew, know where he was. His fingers danced across his menu, typing up a message and shooting it off to Acanthus. 

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@acanthus
Hey, so, trying not to be utterly stupid about this. I heard a rumor about a quest that unlocks a useful sword art on the 14th floor. I’m there, now, trying to track it down. You know anything about this one? Or do you want to come with me on this?
-Reytac

 

The message sent off, at least in some part appeasing the vague sense of guilt about going intk a dangerous situation without letting anyone know, Reytac cracked his neck and looked around. And did a double take, his eyes going wide above his mask as he caught sight of someone who was leaning against one of the walls near the teleporter plaza. Rey hadn’t recognized the man at first – the odd grayscale color shifting was partially to blame, added on to the fact that the one time Rey had seen the man himself he’d been in distinctly casual attire, and now, he most definitely wasn’t. Rey held up on finger, muttering to himself as he stared in disbelief at the man a short distance away. 
“I know that Acanthus is down in lower floors after something happened and she needs some down time to recover – but what’s another front liner doing slumming it down here? It sure as hell isn’t for the lovely scenery!” 

 Reytac Info:

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Reytac: Level 

Stats:

Reytac | HP: 720/720 | EN: 86/86 | DMG: 21 | MIT:66 | ACC:3 | LM: 1 | EVA:2 | BH:7 | LD:3

 

Skills:

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Hammer R5

Searching R3

Lock Picking R3

Light Armor R5

Quick Charge R5

Straight Sword R5

Battle Healing R1

Meticulous

Resolve

Night Vision
 

 

Sword Arts:

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Rank 5

[x12] ST-I (12 EN) | A single-target sword art.

[x15] ST-II (15 EN) | A powerful single-target sword art. Only available for use when ST-I was used and successfully struck an enemy the previous turn or if ST-II had been used and had missed the previous turn.

[x20] ST-B (20 EN) | A devastating single-target sword art. Can only be used if the sword art used the previous turn is not ST-B and had rolled a natural CD9+. When performing an AoE attack, use only the first roll.

[x11] AOE-I (11 + [2 * targets] EN) | AOE | A sword art that strikes multiple targets at once.

[x14] AOE-II (14 + [2 * targets] EN) | AOE | A powerful sword art that strikes multiple targets at once. Only available for use when AOE-I was used and successfully struck an enemy the previous turn or if AOE-II had been used and had missed all intended targets the previous turn.

[x12] TECH-A (13 EN) | STUN | A single-target sword art that stuns an enemy.

[x12] TECH-B (12 EN) | DELAY | A single-target sword art that, on a successful strike, applies [Delay] on the enemy. [Delay] is a debuff that reduces the enemy’s ACC by 1 for one turn.

[x12] TECH-D (12 EN) | SHATTER | A single-target sword art that applies a stack of [Shatter] to an enemy for 3 turns. [Shatter] is a debuff that can stack up to a cap of 3, taking immediate effect on the attack it was applied on. Each stack of [Shatter] removes -20 MIT from an enemy, down to 0, if it has MIT. Refreshes duration upon application.
 

 

Equipment:

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T3 Perfect Hammer: Impudent Hammer DAM II Keen I

T3 Light Armor: Reinforced Guard MIT II Light Momentum I

Amulet of the Four Winds ACC II EVA II
 

Consumables:

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Perfect Tierless Potion | Healies | HP RECOVERY III | 252581

Perfect Tierless Potion | Healies | HP RECOVERY III | 252582

T1 Perfect Sparkstone: RollID: 254396 CD:11 + RollID: 254317 CD:11

Insidious: 

 

T1 Perfect Sparkstone: Roll ID: 254263: CD: 12, LD: 10

Technician:

T1 Perfect Sparkstone: Wrathful

Wrathful; ID: 254627

Perfect Trap: Fateweaving: ID: 254958, ID: 254958-1 (x2)

 

 

 

Edited 43 minutes ago by Reytac

[Wulfrin 0]

It was time to finally check another item off Wulfrin's ever growing To-Do list. That item was collecting the ever elusive life stealing sword art. Wulfrin had been eying this quest for awhile now, but since unlocking his unique skill, the quest seemed even easier. Wulfrin made his way through the streets of floor 14's creepy teleport plaza in nothing more than a simple tunic and trousers. He had opted for the hyper offense approach considering he was traveling with a literal thorny wall that was more than capable of drawing all the attention and damage from him.

"Oh hey look it's Acanthus!" Wulfrin pointed out their guildmate to his wife and personal protection detail, Ciela. "Looks like there is another player with them to. Isn't that Reytac? The guy who bought some of my cotton candy drinks?"

Wulfrin pushed forward towards the other two players with all the excitement of a child just let loose to hang with friends.

"Y'all looking to hunt some vampires?" Wulfrin asked the group of players, conjuring up a tray of meats and cheeses. "I've got a literal damage sponge with me today, so I'm in tactical nuke mode. Pretty sure I'm considered a war crime to vampires with this build I'm running."

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Note: CS Flames of the Phoenix is active. If any player objects, they should state it in their first post and the skill will be considered inactive.

Guild Rank: 1
+1% Final Exp and Col at end of thread

Skill Specialization Playtest in effect
Wulfrin PT SP total: 225
In addition to posted block, Wulfrin purchases: 4 Ranks of Destructive. Holy activates on BD 5-10.

Wulfrin Consumes:
Gungir Shard: Sharkuterie Board | ACC 2 | EVA 2 - takes one portion shares rest with party (5/6 remaining)
Skewer Roll - Protien 2 [filled]
Liquor of Light - Damage 3
Miso Soup - T4 Probiotics 3
Phoenix Extract - Searing Blade Oil (Burn applies at T5)

Wulfrin | HP: 920/920 | EN: 140/140 | DMG: 28 | ACC:7 | AA  | PHASE | EVA:6 | HLY: 16 | LD:1 | DOTE: 3/3 | PROB: 36 | Searing | Destructive 4

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"Name: Wulfrin
True Tier: 9
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 51
HP: 920/920
EN: 140/140

Stats:
Damage: 28
Mitigation: -60
Accuracy: 7
Evasion: 6
Loot Die: 1
AA PHASEHLY: 16 DOTE: 3/3

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Blade of Zariel | T4 Demonic Straight Sword | Holy 2 | Phase | AA
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Helldusk Armor | T4 Demonic HA | MIT 2 | REC 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Echoes | T2 Perfect Trinket | ACC 3 | Para-Imm

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - TECH Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - 

Custom Skill:
  - Flames of the Phoenix

Skills:
  - Energist
  - Straight Sword R5
  - Unhindered

Extra Skills:
  - Forgotten King's Authority
  - Frozen Hide
  - Survival

Inactive Extra Skills:
  - Disguise
  - Meditation
  - Brawler
  - Assault Mode

Addons:
  - Ferocity
  - Precision
  - Stamina

Mods:

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Advanced Weapon Strikes x5
  - Bear Trap x5
  - Crystal of Blood Dragon Hoard | Mass Healing x5
  - Crystal of Divine Light x1
  - Popcorn | T4 Vitality 2 x1
  - Rhino's Horn x1
  - TP Crystals x1

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
  - 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
  - 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)
  - 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:
  - Meeting Room: If guild members held a completed Boss Meeting thread, participants receive +1 ACC for the first two turns in combat against a Floor, Event, or Field Boss. Limit one use per thread.
  - Training Room: Lowest-leveled guild member receives +10% bonus EXP at the end of the thread. At least half of the thread's participants must be guild members. Limit one use per month, per character.
  - Dueling Arena: +3 to initiative. Limit one use per thread.
  - 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.

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:
  - Driven
Crafting Profession:

Gathering Profession:
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Edited Monday at 10:23 PM by Wulfrin

[KnightessCiela 0]

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Ciela takes a share and offers: The Very Innapropriately Shaped Glizzy (5/6) | ID: 245863 | T4 Demonic Feast | MIT III | OH 1
Ciela also consumes: T4 Immolation Potion

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PT Skills: 2 Ranks of Resolute, 2 Ranks of Reflective as well as the stats listed in the big block below

KnightessCiela | HP: 780/780 | EN: 90/90 | DMG: 8 | MIT:225 | ACC:3 | AA  | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | FL.AURA: 8 | FR.AURA: 8 | FL.THORNS: 8/16 | FR.THORNS: 8/16 | THORNS:168 | BH:26 | HB: 17

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Note: CS Flames of the Phoenix is active. If any player objects, they should state it in their first post and the skill will be considered innactive

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"Name: KnightessCiela
True Tier: 5
Level: 35
Paragon Level: 8
HP: 819/819
EN: 90/90

Stats:
Damage: 8
Mitigation: 261
Accuracy: 3
Battle Healing: 27
Stealth Rating: -5
AA TAUNT FL.AURA: 8
FR.AURA: 8
FL.THORNS: 8/16 FR.THORNS: 8/16 HB: 18

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Touch of Grace | T4 Demonic Straight Sword | ACC III | AA
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Frostflame Bulwark | T4 Heavy Armor | Fl Aura I | Fl Thrns I | Fr Aura I | Fr Thrns I
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Valkyrian's Guard | T4 Demonic Shield | Thrns II | Taunt | Holy Blessing I

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Mitigation R3

Combat Shift:
  - TECH Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - Protector Familiar

Custom Skill:
  - Flames of The Phoenix

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R3
  - Fighting Spirit
  - Heavy Armor R5
  - Howl
  - Straight Sword R5

Extra Skills:
  - Block R5
  - Forgotten King's Authority
  - Survival
  - Frozen Hide
  - Concentration

Inactive Extra Skills:

Addons:
  - Focused Howl
  - Iron Skin

Mods:

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Bear Trap x5
  - Ordsea Crystal-B x1
  - T1 Rare Health Potion: Heals 10% MAX HP x1
  - Teleport Crystal x

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
  - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  - 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)
  - Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
  - Greenhouse: +2 Gathering EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to gathering 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.

Guild Hall Buffs:

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:
  - Resilient
Crafting Profession:
 - Cooking[731exp] R7
Gathering Profession:
 - Forager[66exp] R2"

 

Edited 20 hours ago by KnightessCiela

[Acanthus 0]

Boop!

Her system menu chirped as she studied the latest batch of crystals from Floor 8. Her last order from the vendor in Ellesmera had somehow been substandard. The concept floored her—the entire purpose of NPC vendors was to have some measure of consistency. But from that last batch, she’s barely made any masterpieces. Each crystal was brittle, and refused to house all but the lowest of enhancements. This new box seemed to have a brighter glow—she could only hope it was her pessimism warning her away from the crafts, and not a sense of intuition.

That’s right. The message.

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@acanthus
Hey, so, trying not to be utterly stupid about this. I heard a rumor about a quest that unlocks a useful sword art on the 14th floor. I’m there, now, trying to track it down. You know anything about this one? Or do you want to come with me on this?
-Reytac

Reytac really was making leaps and bounds in such a short time. He was now looking at quests that even Acanthus hadn’t followed through on. She sent a short reply back.

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Reytac,

Yes. <<Cull of the Dead>> unlocks Restorative Strike. It’s one of the more difficult arts to unlock. I haven’t done it yet, but we can review the info broker’s guide together and see whether or not the two of us can handle it. If not, I may have a few contacts that are interested.

 

After making contact with Reytac on Floor 14, she caught the gaze of a familiar guildmate.

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"Y'all looking to hunt some vampires?" Wulfrin asked the group of players, conjuring up a tray of meats and cheeses. "I've got a literal damage sponge with me today, so I'm in tactical nuke mode. Pretty sure I'm considered a war crime to vampires with this build I'm running."

“That works for me.” In truth, she was relieved to see the two of them here. She had glanced through the quest details on her way down, and it was definitely the kind of quest that needed a little more backup. “I’ve got all my consumables in order and my equipment repaired, so I am ready to leave. What about you, Reytac?”
 

NOTE: Custom Skill (Disabuse System) is active. The skill will be considered inactive once any player requests in a subsequent post.

Acanthus | True Tier 11 | Lvl 101 (34/67) | HP: 1050/1050 | EN: 132/132 | DMG: 23 | MIT:220 | ACC:7 | AA  | EVA 2 | FL.AURA: 16 | THORNS:532 | BH:53 | HB: 42 | LD:6

 

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Equipment and Consumables

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All enhancements reflected in the stat block unless otherwise specified.

Equipment
Weapon. botan. AA | ACC 3
Armor (Heavy). Corpse Flower's Kiss  MIT II | Thorns II
Shield. Fractured Heart | Holy Blessing 2 | Flame Aura 2

Consumables
Sharkcuterie Board ACC 2 | EVA 2
Glizzy | MIT 3 | OH 1
Immolation Potion | +40 Thorns

Abilities (Skills, Shifts, Masteries, Add-ons, and Mods)

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Custom Skill
>run_cmd swap(int *x int *y) (Disabuse System) | Whenever you activate [Assault Mode], instead swap two of your core stats as though you just activated Temporal Distortion (Quest Reward from <<Down the Rabbit Hole>>).
A skill that can only be learned when the truth of the game is confronted: you are lines of code in the same way that your enemies are living, breathing creatures. Did Kayaba foresee the denial of his reality blossoming into its confirmation?

Totem (bold indicates in use)
Kumatetsu Totem: +1 base DMG.
Yamata no Orochi Totem: +1 LD.
Mōretsuna Totem: +50 Overhealth.
Tanos Totem: +25 MIT.
Mothra Totem: +0.5 * Tier (rounded down, minimum 1) Energy recovery per turn.
Bialas Totem: +1 Taunt.

Combat Mastery and Shift
No Shift or Mastery Taken

Skills

• Straight Sword R1 (4 SP)
• Heavy Armor R5 (30 SP)
  • Impetus (4 SP)
  • Iron Skin (6 SP)
• Battle Healing R5 (30 SP)
• Energist (8 SP)

Extra Skills

• Survival
• Forgotten King's Authority
• Photosynthesize
• Assault Mode

Inactive Extra Skills

Addons

• Impetus

Mods

• Iron Skin

82 SP Spent before specializations.

Specializations
Reflective x15 (150 SP)

232 SP total.

Battle Ready Inventory (7 Slots)
Dimensional Backpack + Item Stash

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1. Lama Sabachthani | 236687 | Consumable - Soundtrack | Hypnosis 2 | Lullaby 2 (Instant)
   Pain deeper than words, engraved by a hand that does not know its own heart.
2. Edict's Threnody | 236686 | Consumable - Soundtrack | Perpetuate (Instant)
   If my suffering will not end, then neither will yours.
3. Bear Trap | Consumable - Reusable | As a free action, set target's evasion to 0 for one turn.
4. Meat Hook | Consumable - Reusable | As a free action once per combat, apply a single stack of [Shatter] to one target of your choosing (No roll required).
5. [Empty]
6. [Empty]
7. [Empty]

Housing

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House Name: Villa of Coruscating Flowers (The Villa)
Location: Floor 24 - Paradise Islands
Description: See above
Plot Size: Estate - PK Accessible
Rooms: Listed below. All rooms are assigned to Acanthus.

• Master Bedroom
  • Well Rested | -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat.
• Greenhouse
  • Green Thumb | +2 Gathering EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to gathering attempts.
• Extended Workshop: Recording Studio (25,000 col)
  • Hard Working | +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day.
• Mega Slime Farm
  • Advanced Training | +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.
• Living Room:
  • Relaxed | Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
• Attic (Bedroom)
  • Skylight (Searching) | +1 Expertise to declared utility skill (Searching). 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:
  • Multipurpose | Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll.
• Storage Closet: (10,000 col)
  • Item Stash | +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
• Master Bathroom: (25,000 col)
  • Squeaky Clean | The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
• Basic Kitchen (15,000 col)
  • Filling | 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.

Crafting and Gathering

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Performer | Rank 5
Apollo’s Metronome | Crafting Tool | Meticulous: +1 CD when crafting in one’s workshop.

Forager | Rank 5
Demeter's Cornucopia | Gathering Tool | Bountiful: +1 CD to gathering attempts.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Acanthus