@Tybalt Capulet @Duoya So I skipped us to fighting boars since there was a time skip. If there is anything that isn't okay with the post or another direction would have been better, let me know. Sorry about the wait, I apparently can't read.
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Hiya, AChronum here! Although I'm relatively new to rping, I have plenty of writing experience and love trying new genres and styles. I absolutely love high magic fantasy RPs and am pretty much willing to do anything so long as I can create a charaxter, not play an existing one, and develop lots and lots of backstory! I'm perfectly comfortable with all mature themes as well, although smut for smut's sake is out of the question.
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Kajin closed his quest menu and looked over the fields that surrounded the city gates. Wild boars wandered across them. A familiar chill rushed through him. They don’t look like much but every time their little party took on one of these creatures, death wasn’t far behind. One slip up or misjudged hit and they were gone forever. Kajin drew a shaky breath. The reality of their situation started creeping back into his head. He opened his quest menu again.
He accepted all four quests for the party. He had read each one thoroughly and decided none of them should be difficult. The boar quest was the closest so it had only made sense they choose it first. Perhaps it would have been better to accept guard duty over boars. See how people fared before trying something first. That would have been the safe route. Instead, they went for boars. Fantastic. What had he’d been thinking agreeing to that without some sort of argument? Well, he’d made his bed as the saying went and now he had to lie in it. He glanced at his teammates.
"Everything is fine. We have a solid party comp. Everything is okay. Take it one target at a time and we’ll make it through this." He muttered to himself. "And don't worry about the whole dying thing... As long as I'm alive, I'll make sure you and Aster don't take a single point of damage." Although the situation felt awkward as anything, Kajin wouldn’t deny the reassurance helped. Even if it seemed cornier than a day time soap. Seriously, who in the world could say something like that with a straight face? Apparently Dirk. At least he felt confident about this whole ordeal. He took one last breath, checking the area around them for any other issues before turning his attention to his teammates.
The best way to approach this was to draw everything in one by one from a safe spot. Kajin had spent the short travel time discussing their separate abilities. Although Dirk’s aggravate did work at range, it only lasted a few seconds so it had to be timed properly to work. Using it to pull would be a waste. Aster put skill ranks into throw and had a dagger though there was also a throwing dagger item in the shops so he wasn’t sure if it worked. Attacking the boars where they were put the party at risk of initiating combat with other boars if they aggro on sight like other games. It made most sense to use frostbite to bait enemies where they wanted them and have Dirk aggravate off of him followed by Aster flanking. He checked the quest menu one more time before dismissing it.
“Alrighty ladies and gentlemen, I guess it’s time to get down to business! I think we should stay here and let me use Frostbite to pull aggro initially and when they get closer Dirk can aggravate them off me, allowing Aster to follow up with attacks from behind without getting in harm’s way. I’ll stay close to Dirk so the time it takes to change targets doesn’t get me hurt either.” Kajin tried to keep his voice steady as he explained, the nervous edge just managing to slip out. He gripped his staff tightly and pointed at a boar. “Unless you guys want to try something else, just let me know when we want to start this.”
He accepted all four quests for the party. He had read each one thoroughly and decided none of them should be difficult. The boar quest was the closest so it had only made sense they choose it first. Perhaps it would have been better to accept guard duty over boars. See how people fared before trying something first. That would have been the safe route. Instead, they went for boars. Fantastic. What had he’d been thinking agreeing to that without some sort of argument? Well, he’d made his bed as the saying went and now he had to lie in it. He glanced at his teammates.
"Everything is fine. We have a solid party comp. Everything is okay. Take it one target at a time and we’ll make it through this." He muttered to himself. "And don't worry about the whole dying thing... As long as I'm alive, I'll make sure you and Aster don't take a single point of damage." Although the situation felt awkward as anything, Kajin wouldn’t deny the reassurance helped. Even if it seemed cornier than a day time soap. Seriously, who in the world could say something like that with a straight face? Apparently Dirk. At least he felt confident about this whole ordeal. He took one last breath, checking the area around them for any other issues before turning his attention to his teammates.
The best way to approach this was to draw everything in one by one from a safe spot. Kajin had spent the short travel time discussing their separate abilities. Although Dirk’s aggravate did work at range, it only lasted a few seconds so it had to be timed properly to work. Using it to pull would be a waste. Aster put skill ranks into throw and had a dagger though there was also a throwing dagger item in the shops so he wasn’t sure if it worked. Attacking the boars where they were put the party at risk of initiating combat with other boars if they aggro on sight like other games. It made most sense to use frostbite to bait enemies where they wanted them and have Dirk aggravate off of him followed by Aster flanking. He checked the quest menu one more time before dismissing it.
“Alrighty ladies and gentlemen, I guess it’s time to get down to business! I think we should stay here and let me use Frostbite to pull aggro initially and when they get closer Dirk can aggravate them off me, allowing Aster to follow up with attacks from behind without getting in harm’s way. I’ll stay close to Dirk so the time it takes to change targets doesn’t get me hurt either.” Kajin tried to keep his voice steady as he explained, the nervous edge just managing to slip out. He gripped his staff tightly and pointed at a boar. “Unless you guys want to try something else, just let me know when we want to start this.”
@Tybalt Capulet@Duoya Hey I'm going to wait for @Project to post before I post again so Project isn't too far behind in the time line.
"Don't cha know it's rude to stare at people?" The girl winked and then became absorbed with the tablets that the girl was passing around. Skyler just blinked a few times, not sure how to respond, and turned back to the elf that had just sat down. He nodded and smiled in repsonse to him before turning his attention back to willow.
"I'm afraid that we have no knowledge of someone being able to return to their former lives, Ysran. There may be a way to be resurrected and return home, but to anyone's knowledge--even the Guild's knowledge--there doesn't exist a way to return."
Skyler shrugged at that revelation. He'd made peace with his death. Returning from the dead would only cause more confusion and issues than he was willing to deal with. Plus, he had wings here.
While the girl was passing out the tablets, Willow looked to the elf that had been quickly targeted by the swordsman who had threatened to cut off her ears."Yes, you do have a family, but allow me to ease your worries. I'll be frank. As our swordsman demonstrated, not everyone believes they died. The townsfolk, unless they happen to be in a situation like you, will refuse to believe you. They might even label you off as insane depending on who you talk to."
Skyler frowned a little at that. That seemed wrong. A family created memories together over a lifetime of joy and sorrow, of frustration and excitement. What point was there to a family that didn't have any of that and just existed for the sake of existence. Convenient sure but... Skyler shook his head as he received a table from the girl. He just wouldn't ever visit them. Simple enough.
He glanced down at the tablet. A glowing four stared back. His wings fluttered a bit more as butterflies fluttered in his stomach. Hopefully, who ever he was paired with was a bit more accepting of this whole ordeal than most of these individuals. Guess it was time to find out!
"Team four anyone?" Skyler held up his tablet as he shouted across the room.
@HokumPocus@Leaves
"I'm afraid that we have no knowledge of someone being able to return to their former lives, Ysran. There may be a way to be resurrected and return home, but to anyone's knowledge--even the Guild's knowledge--there doesn't exist a way to return."
Skyler shrugged at that revelation. He'd made peace with his death. Returning from the dead would only cause more confusion and issues than he was willing to deal with. Plus, he had wings here.
While the girl was passing out the tablets, Willow looked to the elf that had been quickly targeted by the swordsman who had threatened to cut off her ears."Yes, you do have a family, but allow me to ease your worries. I'll be frank. As our swordsman demonstrated, not everyone believes they died. The townsfolk, unless they happen to be in a situation like you, will refuse to believe you. They might even label you off as insane depending on who you talk to."
Skyler frowned a little at that. That seemed wrong. A family created memories together over a lifetime of joy and sorrow, of frustration and excitement. What point was there to a family that didn't have any of that and just existed for the sake of existence. Convenient sure but... Skyler shook his head as he received a table from the girl. He just wouldn't ever visit them. Simple enough.
He glanced down at the tablet. A glowing four stared back. His wings fluttered a bit more as butterflies fluttered in his stomach. Hopefully, who ever he was paired with was a bit more accepting of this whole ordeal than most of these individuals. Guess it was time to find out!
"Team four anyone?" Skyler held up his tablet as he shouted across the room.
@HokumPocus@Leaves
I'll have a post up later today
"I... Um. I don't have any other clothing, just these and the quality shoes. I figured there had to be some benefit to using nicer items, so I... may have used all of my Renn. If you'd be willing to make me some armor of some kind, I'd be very grateful, but I don't have any cloth or sewing tools. I don't really have any practical skills to pay you back with, either. I put my points towards health, combat, and… And dancing."
Kajin nodded his assent. He’d figured she fell into the “noob trap” of pretty clothes and although her skill choice was a tad odd, he was fairly confident they’d find a need or use for it. Perhaps she could use it to define her fighting style. That was an interesting possibility. But we’d have to discover that later. Priority was equipping Aster then finding a few quests to take on.
"But the armor issue... Well, just avoid drawing too much attention. I got a spell that draws aggro, so you just have to make sure to deal some damage, and stop for a bit when the enemy starts to get angry at you. Besides, you're a tough gal - You got 1000 HP! I doubt many monsters could 1-shot you on this floor, and I'll be able to draw aggro while you get healed up by Kajin. Hell, if you're worried, take him up on his offer to make you armor - he probably has a crafting skill in something."
His eye twitched. Yes she had high HP but the point was to mitigate incoming damage as much as possible to reduce the amount of healing required. Healing magic wasn’t cheap. At 200 MP, he could cast healing beam six times before his mana hit zero. And that’s if he didn’t cast anything else. Mana payback couldn’t be relied on to generate mana consistently so healing spells had to be spaced out appropriately. Kajin turned to Dirk, intent on reminding him that death was very much a possibility and high HP shouldn’t be the only resource we depended on to get through encounters, when Aster spoke up.
"I think that I agree with Dirk. The best thing to do for now would probably be to get some experience and, with help from you two, figure out how this game works. You're right, I do have quite a bit of health. If you're willing to try it, I'd like to attempt a basic quest, and maybe see about getting ahead of the other players."
Kajin’s jaw dropped. What? Not one but both of his party members decided to hold off on armor for her, a basic necessity of any game even when the imminent threat of perma death didn’t hang over their heads as a very real consequence. He took a deep breath and relaxed a little. It’d be okay. He’d just have to make sure he kept an eye on his mana and communicated when they needed to turn back to restore it at town.
“Okay. That’s not a bad idea either. I still think it’d be best to equip you with even cloth armor but if we are confident we will be okay without it, we can hunt down a quest.” Kajin sounded anything but confident, “However, if I run out of mana we need to back out. Healing spells at this level are expensive and I can only cast six before I’m out of mana, seven if my passive triggers on four of the six casts. Dirk is right, I doubt anything outside of dungeons will be excessively challenging but we should keep a high safety margin until we get a better understanding of the game. And since I can’t afford a first aid kit yet, we don’t have any secondary resources in the event things get hairy.” Saying he was nervous was an understatement. If he couldn’t get a heal out at the right time or they made a poor judgment call and tried something too high, they ran the very real risk of dying and he didn’t know if he could handle being responsible for that. But they had to start sometime and no better time than the present. Right?
“So this is what I recommend we do then. Let’s hunt down a few quests. The first thing Aster spends her Renn on is armor then we keep questing until level 3. After that, depending on how we feel, we could try poking our noses in one of the dungeons on this floor. If the first pull is too much, we run like hell.” Kajin looked at his two party members and then a light bulb went off. He opened his menu and sent the pair friend requests. “If we get separated or have to leave party, we can always find each other through this. Just in case you know? Not sure what we’re going to run into after all! And once we do this, I think our brave and daring tank can lead the way to our first quest, yeah?”
Kajin nodded his assent. He’d figured she fell into the “noob trap” of pretty clothes and although her skill choice was a tad odd, he was fairly confident they’d find a need or use for it. Perhaps she could use it to define her fighting style. That was an interesting possibility. But we’d have to discover that later. Priority was equipping Aster then finding a few quests to take on.
"But the armor issue... Well, just avoid drawing too much attention. I got a spell that draws aggro, so you just have to make sure to deal some damage, and stop for a bit when the enemy starts to get angry at you. Besides, you're a tough gal - You got 1000 HP! I doubt many monsters could 1-shot you on this floor, and I'll be able to draw aggro while you get healed up by Kajin. Hell, if you're worried, take him up on his offer to make you armor - he probably has a crafting skill in something."
His eye twitched. Yes she had high HP but the point was to mitigate incoming damage as much as possible to reduce the amount of healing required. Healing magic wasn’t cheap. At 200 MP, he could cast healing beam six times before his mana hit zero. And that’s if he didn’t cast anything else. Mana payback couldn’t be relied on to generate mana consistently so healing spells had to be spaced out appropriately. Kajin turned to Dirk, intent on reminding him that death was very much a possibility and high HP shouldn’t be the only resource we depended on to get through encounters, when Aster spoke up.
"I think that I agree with Dirk. The best thing to do for now would probably be to get some experience and, with help from you two, figure out how this game works. You're right, I do have quite a bit of health. If you're willing to try it, I'd like to attempt a basic quest, and maybe see about getting ahead of the other players."
Kajin’s jaw dropped. What? Not one but both of his party members decided to hold off on armor for her, a basic necessity of any game even when the imminent threat of perma death didn’t hang over their heads as a very real consequence. He took a deep breath and relaxed a little. It’d be okay. He’d just have to make sure he kept an eye on his mana and communicated when they needed to turn back to restore it at town.
“Okay. That’s not a bad idea either. I still think it’d be best to equip you with even cloth armor but if we are confident we will be okay without it, we can hunt down a quest.” Kajin sounded anything but confident, “However, if I run out of mana we need to back out. Healing spells at this level are expensive and I can only cast six before I’m out of mana, seven if my passive triggers on four of the six casts. Dirk is right, I doubt anything outside of dungeons will be excessively challenging but we should keep a high safety margin until we get a better understanding of the game. And since I can’t afford a first aid kit yet, we don’t have any secondary resources in the event things get hairy.” Saying he was nervous was an understatement. If he couldn’t get a heal out at the right time or they made a poor judgment call and tried something too high, they ran the very real risk of dying and he didn’t know if he could handle being responsible for that. But they had to start sometime and no better time than the present. Right?
“So this is what I recommend we do then. Let’s hunt down a few quests. The first thing Aster spends her Renn on is armor then we keep questing until level 3. After that, depending on how we feel, we could try poking our noses in one of the dungeons on this floor. If the first pull is too much, we run like hell.” Kajin looked at his two party members and then a light bulb went off. He opened his menu and sent the pair friend requests. “If we get separated or have to leave party, we can always find each other through this. Just in case you know? Not sure what we’re going to run into after all! And once we do this, I think our brave and daring tank can lead the way to our first quest, yeah?”
“Thanks for the party invite. What’s the point of having me around if I don’t keep you alive? So I’ll do my best as well! Absolutely call me Kajin! I just expect everyone to call me that anyways, no need to use my last name if you don’t need to. I-I'll be honest with you both. As much as I'd love to be in a party with you, I'm not actually very experienced with games like this. I plan to improve, so that I can survive, but as it stands now, I've never even fought a monster or player before."”
Hey, not sure if it matters too much to your post but the part of the quote that is struck through is Aster's line from her post before mine. Its just in the same color so I wasn't sure if it was intentional since you have the same quote earlier in your post.
@Project Oh that'd be funny! I imagine us letting you guys do all the work the sniping the monster at the end just to end up cowering behind our Paladin for protection XD
Kajin Najin
His smile faltered as he stared at the sudden party request. The abruptness of it all threw him off balance, stalling him. Kajin cast a critical eye over the man. About five inches taller than himself, broad shouldered, in decent shape, and a confident stance to top it off – Kajin grinned. Dirk looked like he could take a beating and that’s just what he needed. He happily slammed the Accept button. The quicker he latched onto a tank, the better, and the universe dropped one right in his lap. ‘Step one is coming together splendidly.’ he thought to himself. With a healer and a tank, filling the rest of the party roster was a cake walk.
“Thanks for the party invite. What’s the point of having me around if I don’t keep you alive? So I’ll do my best as well!” Kajin chuckled and turned his attention back to the woman. “Absolutely call me Kajin! I just expect everyone to call me that anyways, no need to use my last name if you don’t need to.” Aster’s next comment gave him reason to pause however.
"I-I'll be honest with you both. As much as I'd love to be in a party with you, I'm not actually very experienced with games like this. I plan to improve, so that I can survive, but as it stands now, I've never even fought a monster or player before." Kajin took a moment to consider the implications of that. Normally, that wouldn’t be a problem but this was life and death at this point. Did he want an inexperienced player in a sticky situation? On one hand, it was incredibly reckless. Respawning didn’t happen. There were no second chances, no retries. Once you were done, it was over and an inexperienced player easily added to the difficulty of it all. On the other hand though, they were level one and grinding was a given. With a good tank and a ready healer, teaching her as they leveled the early levels would still leave them with a decent safety margin. They just had to choose their hunting grounds well and know their limits. Plus, who else would teach her the ropes if they didn’t? As long as she was willing to try, and it seemed she was, it was entirely possible. He nodded once before a sudden realization hit him.
She was new. Oh no. He looked Aster over and noted the standard quality clothes she equipped. Not the cheap ones. Not armor. No, the regular clothes. He knew the saying “Glamour is true end game!” and even agreed with it but they were far from end game. They were as starting game as you could get and armor could make the difference between waking up and never seeing the light of day again. He glanced over at Dirk as well. Leather armor, perfect. He wouldn’t have to worry about him too much then.
“So Aster, the game can be taught. We all have to level anyway so we’ll do some grinding to get you in shape! However, there is a minor issue that occurred to me. Really it’s trivial but its best to cover all our bases.” Kajin opened the party list and selected “Examine Equipment” on Dirk and started pointing out stats. “Now see this here? We call this armor. When you take damage, it reduces the amount taken depending on several variables. Useful in a death game, I’m sure you could imagine. I can’t help but notice you aren’t wearing any but you are wearing nicer clothes than most. You wouldn’t happen to have some floating around in your inventory no? Maybe some Renn to purchase some? Because if not, I’ll need to make some for you because I’m not taking anyone out that doesn’t have some form of protection.”
“Oh Dirk, have you played around with the actions command yet? I’m not sure if they trigger the same as spells since I don’t have any actions yet.” Kajin looked a bit sheepish, “Probably should have taken staff block but Mana Payback was too nice to pass up!”
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