“Ok sit down, because first I need to explain you a few things about auras”
Wait a second didn’t you tell me that I know everything I should?
“Erm…ok?”
“Yeah, I did tell you earlier that you knew what you needed” Exactly! “Yea I lied?” I thought so but why?
“Why?”
“Oh well it would simply distract you in your task of making an aura” Fair enough.
I guess I understand her reasoning but why is she telling me now?
“So why tell me now?”
“Because you gained a personal aura did you not?”
Oh, wait, but what’s a personal aura and it’s different to a normal aura? So I guess she’ll tell me something about different types of auras.
Wait there are different types of auras?
“Yea” My mind is kind of confused, I thought making an aura was difficult, but if there are different types of auras, with the same feeling/emotion I can create multiple different auras with different effects???
“So you must have some questions as to whether there are different types of auras”
That slightly mindboggling concept forces me to just nod.
“Ok so there a few auras you should know of, and try to get at least two of both, simply because they’re all pretty useful and diverse”
Uhuh…totally.
Cindy continues her lecture, now turning more educated with every word. “There are a few rules as to using auras in conjunction, which I’ll explain later. Firstly I’ll tell and explain what types of auras you can have.
The first two types, you already know; normal ones such as your aura of calm, take up a certain radius centering from you and have a certain effect on all within the area of effect.
Personal auras will only affect you and require you to be in the auratic state of mind as well as within a certain state. Now the th-”
“Excuse me but what’s the auratic state?” I quickly interrupt, being just as confused as you may be about what the hell that means.
“Oh, the auratic state is your singular state of mind which has only a single feeling or emotion present. Essentially your mind will be in a state of what some call ‘tunnel vision’, something similar to that”
Ok, guess I get that somewhat…
“So the third type of aura you need to know of is a bound aura. Bound auras are the solely magical type since it requires magic to bind your current aura to an object or living being.
This ensures that as long as the magic embedded into the object hasn’t run out, the aura will remain active on that object”
“So if I put an aura of calm on a stick then it’d produce an aura of calm?”
“Exactly” Woo I got something right (this really feels like an English class right now, but I’m enjoying it quite a bit!). “However now you may be confused as to why bound auras are separate to just normal or personal auras. Well the difference is that bound auras do not require the bound object to require controlled state of mind, which would almost always happen when binding an aura with a living being”
“Erm, I’m confused” I really am, this whole binding auras is different to just binding them is slightly confusing (just slightly).
“Hmm. Ok, how about this: if I were to use a normal aura on a stick, I’d have to maintain concentration to keep the aura going. However if I were to use a bound aura on a stick, I’d be free to do what I like.
Another example would be if I were to give the aura of calm to an ally, it’s mentally impossible due to both you and them being required to stay in the same state of mind. However if you were to use a bound aura, you would be free to do what you want as well as them being free of any worry”
“Ok I think I’m getting it. But then again I don’t really see much difference between them and normal auras”
“Well firstly, their effects are slightly less due to it not being the pure state that it is when being controlled by you, secondly bound auras can also be personal ones given to others and thirdly they are a lot trickier to create”
“Hmm…too much work, plus it’s only made by magic right?”
“Yes” She looks confused.
“Yeah, I’m definitely going to have to pass on making some bound auras, even if I believe I can make them through all other auras correct?”
“You can in theory; however in practice it’s a lot more difficult. Though you don’t seem to want to learn how to make bound auras so…I’m just going to have to throw away hours of work I planned for us to do…” She sounds quite sad.
Gee, what was she planning for me to do?
“What were we going to do if I wanted to create bound auras?” I ask curiously, because I’d rather know what hell I missed and be grateful.
“It would’ve been a few days of sitting down, theorizing and practicing creating your personal rune which would be use to create bound auras. I would’ve taught you to become an Auramancer; a master of creating and manipulating auras”
“Sounds pretty fancy” Phew, thank god I don’t have to spend days pondering over auras, that in itself sounds like hellish boredom. “So are you an Auramancer?” I mean that’s logical right?
“No, like you, I did not want to be a supportive person in the battle, instead I wanted to use my auras on the front lines”
Understandable…especially the part about being a support. I mean from the sound of it Auramancers are simply raid support characters; which to be fair would be pretty useful in huge guild battles and whatnot.
“So what are you?” That’s the real question here…because if you’re not the usual support Auramancer, what else could you be with support auras (minusing the instakilling aura of terror…ok, nevermind I see how that’s not exactly support)?
“Berzerker”
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Excuse me what? How did we get from support magey class to full on DPS death and destruction wild murdering Berzerker??
“What?” I am so confused right now.
“Tell me, using the knowledge you’ve gained from the few aura’s you’ve learnt of, what do they do?” She asks me, looking into my eyes as if trying to dig into my mind and pull out the information for me.
Hrmm…what do all my auras do.
First: They debuff the enemy somewhat.
Second: They give me a bonus to agro (that might just be in the case of the ones I’ve got).
Third: They provide me slight buffs in consequence to an external debuff…
Hmm, don’t quite see the connection still.
“So, firstly, they debuff enemies and buff me when I receive a status debuff?”
“From what you have, you are correct. However they do so much more” Alright, ready for the breakdown of how awesome being a berzerker can be (man I love ‘zerkers so much normally, but not sure about this approach).
“Auras will debuff enemies giving you a certain advantage in battle against them. Also auras will give you a slight buff to try outweigh the status debuffs you receive. This you said yourself.
However one important rule about auras which you never let me tell you, is the fact that with practice, you may have more than one aura active, which in effect will drastically increase your abilities.
Now normal Auramancers will inevitably be better at this since all they need to do is concentrate on sustaining their auras, however being in the thick of it will make you a lot stronger in a different way:
Personal auras. Normally an Auramancer won’t get many status debuffs, however as a berzerker you will get a lot of them, actually I would personally recommend you make sure you get debuffed, because it’ll increase their level a ton.
Personal auras at a higher level will not only increase your abilities by a large amount, but with lots of practice, you can maintain that aura even when the status is gone…do you get what I mean”
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Holy Mother of God! So if I got fear-driven I’d get another 6% speed increase, as well as AGI and reaction time bonuses. That in itself is good, but with the fear status it’s not useful at all.
However if the fear status were to go yet I kept those bonuses, that’s a free buff, which I can sustain indefinitely as long as I concentrate.
That means even without sprint, I’d have a constant 106% movement speed as my base, that’s pretty awesome.
So if I did train enough and somehow got terror-driven along the way and was able to maintain both driven auras then who knows how much increase in speed I’d have.
Hell saying 300% movement speed doesn’t sound too impossible…Damn I’d be not invincible but pretty damn close to it(Flash ahhhhhhh….. I’m the master of the universe).
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By my probably quite obvious face of realization and shock, she continues on. “As berzerkers our normal auras will usually tend towards debuffing rather than buffing, which normal auras can do by the way. And our personal auras will be immensely strong.
However you won’t be able to use bound auras all that well if at all, but it seems you don’t want to use them anyway so perfect!” She claps her hands in delight.
“So get me wrong here, but you’re telling me I can become a berzerker, who can debuff enemies and buff themselves as a bonus? Since when can berzerkers do that?”
“Ok well the actual name for the class is Berzauraker” Berzauraker? (hmm I guess it’s: Ber-zora-ker…imagine speaking in an Irish/Scottish accent…) “but it’s such a pain to pronounce and it kind of gives away our abilities to our enemies…so just berzerker is fine”
Huh…guess that makes some sense because using auras is quite different to a normal berzerker…
“Wait a second, don’t berzerkers usually go on a massive frothing rampage and just go blank when they rage?” I mean that is what they do (I played waaaaay too many ‘zerkers in my younger years).
“They do, and that is another difference between us and them” Right apparently I’m already one, once again no decision allowed by me (but to be honest I’ll probably still say yes because it sounds perfect!). “They fly into a mindless rage, whereas we still fly into a rage but maintain a focused inner state, which as you can imagine is extremely hard with quite a number of auras, therefore it is more usual for Berzaurakers to use auras that ‘feed’ off of their raging emotions, so aura of terror/fear/power is perfect in that sense”
“Ok, I think I understand that actually; so something like trying to do an aura of calm will be extremely difficult, but to create something like an aura of power in my case would be a lot simpler since the feeling is similar in some ways to rage and anger and hate as you kind of explained a while back”
“Exactly” Woo full marks ( I hope!). “So, would you like to become a Berzauraker now that you know what it is?”
“I mean you had me at the name but knowing what it is just solidified it to the core of my very being. LET ME BECOME A BEZAURAKER AND RAGE IN THE FRONT LINES OF BATTLE ALONGSIDE MY BROTHERS!”
With a mixed smile of happiness and regret, she flicks my head.
Your unnerving will to remain on the battlefield no matter what has finally relented Cindy’s desire to keep you safe by turning you into a mass support. So conceding, she is willing you to let you walk the path of the Berzauraker.
Hidden Special Class: Berzauraker: Bloodbath’s ensue in the wake of these beings, for blood is what they wade in and blood is what they spill.
They are the enhanced versions of their normal Berzerker brethren; their capabilities expanding beyond the natural and even the unnatural due to their talent in aura creation and manipulation.
As a Berzauraker you will learn the many physical skills that a normal berzerker attains as well as aura skills, with no limit in sight but their own.
You are granted immunity to mind-based magic
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Wow, I don’t see any penalties to this! All I see is a berzerker plus bonuses!
“What are the penalties to becoming a Berzauraker?” I do finally ask as I read the window over and over again
“Well first and foremost, the biggest penalty is maintaining control, which is a seriously hard thing, even for someone like me. The second is that when meeting another aura, if yours is weaker it will be dissipated.
Both cases will make you weaker than a normal berzerker, which isn’t all that great”
“So there will be more people with auras?” Seems like I won’t be the only Berzauraker in the world (that might be why it’s only a hidden special class).
“People, not likely. Monsters, when you become stronger, it is quite likely. But Gods and Demons, they will have auras and you will be nothing compared to them”
“…I won’t be able to fight demons and gods as a Berzauraker?”
“Sadly no. At most you would be able to cancel out their aura’s making it possible for others to fight them on more equal grounds” She looks at me as I look down, quite sad because I would like to fight a demon or god one day…
“Will that make much of a difference?” I guess it could?
“Surely you saw what my aura of terror did to you, now imagine a god using it”
…Huh ok, I guess cancelling out something like that is actually extremely good, like save a whole raid party kind of good.
“However since a large amount of auras that you’ll use will be personal ones, they’ll naturally be stronger than normal ones and thus leave you unaffected most of the time, unless as I said, you meet someone of venerable strength; like a god”
…So there are downsides, which will affect my late-game if I don’t train enough, as well as my early-game I can rightfully assume…but just the idea of being able to give myself possibly unlimited buffs which can’t just be…wait a second.
“If I’m buffing myself with an aura, how does someone get rid of that buff?”
“By either breaking your focus or by making contact with their stronger aura”
“So no wipe buff spells?”
“Nope and any magically set debuffs can be used to create your personal auras”
Wow, that’s actually an insanely good bonus.
Now if a certain mage I know debuffed me with cold and I somehow had an aura which gave me cold resistance due to that debuff, I can give myself the buff even before going into battle against something with cold attacks.
So debuffs are my new buffs, sweet!
Also what I was going to say was that I can keep an unlimited amount of buffs as long as I maintain focus, which could in fact get to an insane amount of bonuses, outpacing normal buffing by a mile.
I mean I don’t know how normal buffing works, but if it works like in the usual mmorpg, then you’d only be able to have one buff per type (so one AGI buff, one STR buff etc etc).
“Oh that’s a good question! Can I stack my buffs? So like have fear-driven and terror-driven?”
“Yes, which is a lot better than normal buffing don’t you agree?” She gives a knowing smile, as if actually knowing what’s going through my head.
I AM READY, READY TO BECOME NOT A WARRIOR, NOT A WIZARD, NOT AN AURAMANCER, BUT A BERZAURAKER, A MAD RAVING BERZERKER WITH THE ABILITY TO WADE THROUGH THE ENEMIES WITHOUT EVEN TOUCHING THEM, TO CRUSH ALL THOSE THAT WOULD ATTACK HIM WITH THE LOOK OF HIS EYE OR TO CALM ALL WITH THE GENTLE WAVE OF HIS HAND. THIS IS I, THE BERZAURAKER, ONE OF A FEW WHO WILL CHALLENGE EVEN THE MIGHTIEST WITH NOTHING BUT HIS MIND AND HIS AXE FOR THAT IS WHO. I AM!!!
Without more hesitation, I click accept feeling glorious, glorious victory as I become a Berzauraker!!!!!!(Literally cannot have enough exclamation marks to announce how amazing this feels!!!!!)
Congratulations, you just received you first class: Berzauraker! This class is found on the Berzerker/Auramancer special class skill trees which are both derivatives from the Warrior skill tree and the Magic hidden Aura skill tree. So you may now acquire some basic skills from the Berzerker/Auramancer trees.
You also have access to this class’ unique skills
Warning, resetting your class will send you back to level 10, remove all your class skills and remove all of your status points allocated after level 10.
Non-class skills that aren’t related to the class tree will be kept at half their current levels.
Non-class skills that are related to class trees will be locked at half their current levels until you acquire said class tree again
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Class Unique Skill: Berzaurakers Rage
Unique Special Skill: Berzaurakers Rage [Lvl 1] 0%
Like a normal Berzerker you can at will fly into a rage which will increase your physical attributes for a short while before leaving you with the exhaustion debuff status.
Also, status debuff effects will be ignored till end of rage.
However the bonuses will be significantly lower than a normal Berzerkers rage while not blanking the mind of the Berzauraker.
Unable to use when exhausted or fatigued
Increases STR, AGI, TGH and VIT by 0.5%
Cost: 100 rage, Duration: 1 minute
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Class Skill: Power Strike
Special Skill: Power Strike [Lvl 1] 0%
With the force of one consumed with rage, you strike at an enemy with all your might.
Increases damage by 100%
Causes stun debuff for 1 second
Cost: 50 rage, Cooldown: 5 seconds
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Class Skill: Power Throw
Special Skill: Power Throw [Lvl 1] 0%
With all your might you throw your weapon with such strength and speed it is hard to dodge.
Deals 50% weapon damage
Causes disarmed debuff
Range: STR metres Cost: 50 rage, Cooldown: 5 seconds
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Class Skill: Charge
Skill: Charge [Lvl 1] 0%
No enemy can stand up to your might when you charge forward, crushing foe underfoot and underweapon.
Allows user to charge 10 metres forward, dealing 50% weapon damage and 10% chance to knock over enemies.
Cost: 20 rage, Cooldown: 20 seconds
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Class Skill: Endurance
Skill: Endurance [Lvl 1] 0%
Debuff statuses are nothing to you, for they will not stop you no matter what.
debuff statuses will last 10% less time buff statuses will last 5% less time(not including sustained buffs)
Cost: none Duration: permanent
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Unique Class Skill: Absorbing body
Unique Special Skill: Absorbing body [Lvl 1] 0%
Your body has been affected by your use of Aura manipulation, making it more receptable to all statuses
10% more chance to gain statuses
Cost: none, Duration: permanent
For acquiring the Berzauraker Class, you have earned the Class Skill: Mental Immunity
Special Skill: Mental Immunity [Lvl Max]
Your mind is an impenetrable wall, making all sort of mental attacks worthless against you
Immunity to mind-affecting attacks and statuses
Cost: none Duration: permanent
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Apart from being more likely to gain status debuffs and having mental immunity, there’s not that much difference compared to a berzerker...EXCEPT SO MANY SPECIAL SKILLS(I’m guessing they come with the berzerker special class so fair enough I guess that does garner them as special skills).
APART FROM THE FACT THAT I HAVE AURAS...which didn’t come up at all in my class skills...
“Erm...” I’m kind of lost as what to say.
“You’re wondering why you received only Berzerker related skills, plus a few other skills? Well that’s because the most important skills, I have to teach you and unlock the prerequisites...Can’t just give them to you. Plus quite a few are unique!”
“Oh...ok, so what other class skills can I get?”
“Honestly, quite a few, but I’ll only teach you four at the moment”
Level restrictions I guess. “Ooh what are they?!” Though I’m excited to get some more unique skills!
“Ahem” She coughs her throat, me at the edge of my seat, ignoring the quite awesome skills I’ve gotten in fantasy at whatever these new skills may be. “The ones I believe you can grasp are Split mind, Second wind, Auratic Sight and Auratic Protection.”
“Huh?” I swear only half of those sounds like a unique skill, the rest seem like skills berzerkers/warriors or magic users will have.
Cindy notices my confusion and begins to explain “Split mind is a skill usable by any magic user to split their mind on different tasks, however when you max its rank it will be a unique skill.
Second wind is as you think something to recover both health and to dispel certain physical debuffs such as exhaustion. However once again max ranking this a few times will end up with a unique skill; only possible for Berzerkers and Berzaurakers.
Auratic Sight is only available to this class and Auramancers, allowing you to see auras, quite similar to mana sight as some magic classes will have.
Finally Auratic Protection is available to Auramancers as well, but the skill itself is only usable with personal auras. Auratic protection will use your auras like armor to magical attacks at first and much much later to physical attacks as well.
So my young Berzauraker, Shall we begin the hell you chose willingly” I swear there was fire in her eyes when she said that. Scary!
Though, logically thinking, if I want to fight and to sustain an aura...I need to focus on two things... and even that sounds like a tough challenge.
I certainly did push myself into hell (to be honest, probably would be hellish as an Auramancer too, BUT I AM A TRUE NORD LIKE THIS, A TRUE WARRIOR OF THE BATTLEFIELD!!!