Zombehs

Glitch: The Nine Worlds

Squinting at Jaeger’s boring response, Nein seemed to scrutinize the white gunk that clung to his friend’s hair before he nodded several times. “Seems lik-” Perhaps his arms were so soothing that it was hard to focus, but while Jaeger’s mind wandered Nein looked upward at the source of the unmistakeable voice. Indeed it seemed like Schwertleite had awoken, and cracked the branch with her declaration.

Now if he had his normal stats it would have been trivial for him to dodge aside even with Jaeger in his arms. As it was, Nein just sort of stumbled as he tried to move his body in a way that was no longer physically possible for it. Knocked on his ass as Ja was smashed right out of his arms, he winced more in response to the gasp of pain that his friend made. Unsurprisingly though, there wasn’t much of a missed beat in his greeting to Schwertleite.

Nein was busy brushing himself off so the sis-con could get his moment, and was slightly surprised at how quickly he had been addressed when he looked up. “Hi Schwert~” Smiling slightly at the sight of her perched on top of Ja, who probably didn’t mind, he shrugged in response. “Well the creator’s thought it’d be funny to tempt fate with the name Sword Fart Online, and I guess we’re just the suckers that are paying for it. Open the Options and you’ll see what I mean.”

At her complaint, he did open up his Status and take a better look at the equipment he had. Unsurprisingly, despite looking remarkably like his actual items, they were nothing but cosmetic in the end. No stats at all, but at least there also wasn’t some duration after which they began running around in underwear. “Hey it’s just cosmetic ok? Looks nice, but worth jack.” With a sigh, he walked over towards the pile of crap that was nearby and grabbed a few things that looked useful.

“Hey, which one of you wants a bowie knife?” Nein asked as he held the massive knife, still in its sheath, by the handle and waved it slowly. For himself, the net seemed to be in good enough condition that it could entangle someone or something, and a stick was good enough for a club. Rope was always useful and the three of them could probably think of something to do with the fabric. Tossing the knife backwards towards Ja and Schwert, he began to fold the fabric and then tie it up with the rope.

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The Bell Toils: Linked effect. Weapon and weapon, armor, or shield. By striking the two enhanced items, the user's weapon begins to glow brightly. Afterwards, five sounds will ring out with each louder than the prior. It starts with a soft bell chime and ends with a loud church bell. It takes five seconds or the user taking a certain amount of damage before the next sound rings forth. Each sound causes mobs within the area to aggro the user, with each progressive noise drawing more aggro than before. The church bell instead deafens and stuns all mobs in the area for a brief moment. Should the user attack at any point during the effect, the effect ends and their damage is amplified based on how many sounds were able to ring.

tl;dr - Linked effect, requires two items one of which is a weapon. 5 rings of increasing volume. First 4 draw aggro, 5th stuns and deafens mobs in AoE. Any attack from user stops effect, and attack deals increased damage based on number of rings.

Bloodstarved: Melee weapon. This weapon hungers for the blood of not only its enemies, but its user as well. Each successful hit does increased damage against the same target, but the user also begins to suffer a DoT effect as the weapon draws on their life. If an attack would do enough damage to slay an enemy, the weapon nullifies any sort of protection or effect that would otherwise prevent their death and the DoT ends immediately without further effect. However if the user should attack another enemy before an enemy already damaged by this weapon is killed, the DoT effect runs down instantly and inflicts all remaining damage. This effect does not occur if combat ends.

tl;dr - Each successive attack on an enemy deals more damage, but user is affected by a DoT. Anti-death effects and abilities are nullified when enemy is slain with this weapon. If user switches targets while first enemy is still alive, DoT effect explodes for massive damage.

Legacy of the Kill: Deals increased damage to unique monsters and bosses, and when such an enemy is killed the item gains a charge. Charges can be expended for a powerful self-buff.

Into the Night: Active. Plunges an area around the user into complete darkness that nullifies even magical forms of darkvision. Casts a light that only the user and their allies can see with.

Lionheart's Roar: Passively decreases movement speed of enemies within a few meters of usage. Active ability forces enemies to focus on the user, or be stunned momentarily.

Twinned Striking: Only available on dual weapons. Passive effect that activates if two hits are made against an enemy. Inflicts a status or elemental damage.

Dance of Steel: Can conjure a phantasmal image of the weapon to fight at its user side, or the weapon itself can be loosed for greater effectiveness.

Spiked Magic: Increases casting time of magic, but reduces MP usage and increases effectiveness and critical range of spells.

Do Unto Others: Charges build up during combat, and are expended to reflect negative statuses towards the source. Wearer experiences slight effect of healing spells against others, and healing is more effective on user.

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Slumped against the great tree with his lolled to the side, the blonde seemed to be at peace as his chest rose almost imperceptibly.

At peace his ass though, as Nein jolted upwards with a startled expression. Wide eyes glanced around as he looked left and then right. His attention quickly settled on his right shoulder, or rather the distinct lack of his bonded companion where it was supposed to be. It didn’t make the situation any easier to deal with, only more understandable.

Nein had already noticed various things that pointed to the conclusion he had drawn such as his senses weren’t as sharp and he couldn’t sense the presence of creatures that must have inhabited the area. “Status!” The menu quickly appeared at his vocalization and he was able to confirm that, yes, he had infact been reset to level one somehow. For a moment disbelief warred with sheer anger at all that time down the drain, but he quickly calmed down and did the next rational thing.

Attempt to open a ticket with one of the GMs to solve what had to be a bug.

Sure he had stayed logged in right up to the scheduled maintenance time, but that in no way justified a hard reset of his character. He had worked hard damn it! Four damn advancements to get the Tamer class. Countless days spent running around one damn region to find his companion, and then a chain quest to actually obtain the partnership. Enough of that for now though, where was that ticket option…

“Options.” While the menu did appear, it was rather startling to see that practically every button was greyed out and inaccessible. Tapping them did nothing but cause a shrill beep to ring out, and after several moments Nein simply stopped and stared. Moments passed and as nothing changed Nein couldn’t help but chuckle before his expression did a 180° turn and he looked upwards. “You just had to fucking name it Sword Fart Online didn’t you?!? Well it’s real fuc-”

Shortly into his rant Nein stopped abruptly for various reasons. The ominous crack for one, the fact he actually noticed and recognized the two above him for another, and the fact that Ja had begun to fall for the last.

Bolting up on his feet, he just managed to catch the raven-haired brother of Schwertleite. The impact jarred his arms far more than he liked and Nein grimaced as he felt it run through his entire body. Still, he put on a smile as he looked down at Jaeger and said, “You can say, ‘My hero,’ now yo-” Stopping abruptly as he focused on the white splotch on his teammate’s head, Nein frowned as he asked, “Is that bird shit on you?”

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@Pair of Hearts I'm guessing the log out, options, and other such menus have disappeared or been disabled?

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Just give it some time. Hasn't even been a few days yet, and the GM's clearly not MIA.

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Waow, much attention GM.

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:: In-Game Name ::
Nein

:: Hair, Eyes ::

Nein is slightly taller than average at 5'11 (1.8m). His physique, while not impressive, is lean enough to show a level of fitness.

:: Base Class ::
Wild Card

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:: In-Game Name ::
Nein

:: Hair, Eyes ::

Nein is slightly taller than average at 5'11 (1.8m). His physique, while not impressive, is lean enough to show a level of fitness.

:: Base Class ::
Wild Card

VRMMORPG (Cheeky Narrator)

Man, that inherent bonus makes me really want to go Wild Card. Either that or Warrior.

VRMMORPG (Cheeky Narrator)

I'm planting my interest here.