Your group has defeated [Dungeon Goblin]!
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Your group has defeated [Dungeon Goblin]!
Species: [Mortal]; [Orc] Level 52 -> Level 55
Subspecies: [Mana-Infused Orc-Adolescent:Runt] Level 45 -> Level 49
Class: [Monster Slayer] Level 7 - > Level 13
[Monster Slayer]
Active Skills:
Bane Weaponry (Special)
Tool For The Job (Special)
Titan Hunter(Special)
Passive Skills:
Mental Bestiary
Obfuscation Override (Health)
Undead
Goblin
Beast, Lesser
Class: [Mage] Level 3 -> Level 12
[Mage]
Active Skills:
Cantrip-[Arrow] (Universal Manipulation detected. Please choose an element!)
Cantrip-[Ray] (Universal Manipulation detected. Please choose an element!)
Augment: Blast Radius
Augment: Extended Range
Passive Skills:
Magic Dynamo
Trillia had done two runs on the first floor. The first time she and Ialu hadn't been able to beat Stibs and Paws. The second time she surrendered early when Ialu was mortally wounded. She didn't want Ialu to be trapped in the whistle for twenty-four hours and accepted the loss. She still made some progress on levels, and she was happy about it. That night she went over her new skills while sitting around a campfire. They'd be returning tomorrow morning.
Titan Hunter: (Special)
Titan Hunter can be taken multiple times. Each time it is taken, you must choose what creature type Titan Hunter is applied to. This is a list of creature types you have personally slain in battle after taking this class. Titan Hunter levels regardless of the titan type chosen, and all Titan Hunter actives share a singular level. There is a 24-hour period between changing Titan Hunter loadouts. -1 Hour Per Level of this skill. (Minimum 4 Hours)
Titan Hunter is an infusion effect that deals bonus damage based on the difference in derived level between yourself and your opponent. For every level of difference between yourself and your opponent You deal 0.1% (Per Level of Titan Hunter) bonus damage. Titan Hunter uses 0.1% (Per Level of Titan Hunter) of your current mana per attack infused with its effects and can be applied to any attack, skill, spell, or ability that originates from the user that is used to deal damage (Directly or Indirectly) to a target.
Example: You are fighting a [Beast] with Beast Titan Hunter Level 20. The opponent has a derived level of 100, and your derived level is 50. You will deal a bonus 100% damage.
It didn't list a maximum. That'd be an invaluable skill when dealing with the Sage. In fact, most of the [Monster Slayer] class seemed to be extremely potent if you had enough time to prepare and had fought something like your target before. She had picked up Goblin and Beast as creature types as well, thanks to the dungeon wolves and goblins. Knowing she was going back to D'Jamu soon. She switched over to having Undead for each of her actives.
Obfuscation Override (Health):
Augments your [Scan] ability so that it gives you the exact amount of Health a target has if any of your active abilities have a matching creature type to it. Every level of this skill adds 10 levels to your Derived Level for the purpose of overcoming enemy obfuscation abilities, but only when scanning their Health.
Trillia happily slotted that in as well. Currently, her passives for Monster Slayer were full, but they could be changed every day if need be. She'd have to start doing more research on the enemies she was facing if she was going to keep this class. It made sense now why it had an Extendable duration available to it.
Trillia could easily see [Monster Slayer] being a class someone stayed in for most of their life.
Mage was a different bag of tricks. She didn't look too deeply into the active skills. The ray cantrip was identical in every way to the arrow, except it had no travel time and was shorter range. The augment skills were self-explanatory.
For a chunk of extra mana per cast, she could augment either of her cantrip skills to have a small explosion at the end or have a longer range.
Magic Dynamo:
This passive has a single level. This passive slowly ramps up your magical damage during combat. Every time you cast an ability from the Mage class, your magic damage increases by 1%. If you go more than 15 seconds without casting a spell, the damage bonus resets.
Trillia equipped it since she had no [Mage] passives anyway. She was a bit sad to see it was only mage abilities. She wondered if it would evolve with the class for future mage classes or if the description would change. Still, it meant her Mage abilities would become extremely potent in an extended fight. Especially given her deep mana pool.
She was beginning to worry that [Mage] skills weren't useful as Mastery options. Unless she took the class several times.
She'd give it more thought once she maxed it out for the first time. For now, she dumped all of her floating stat points into [Vitality] and looked over her stats.
Name: {Trillia Demonsbane}
[Status: Alive; Scorned Divinity]
Species: [Mortal]; [Orc] Level: 55
Available Stat Points: 0
Subspecies: [Mana-Infused Orc-Adolescent;Runt] Level: 49
+5 Wisdom Per Level
Class: [Monster Slayer] Level 13 (0 Stats Available)
Class: [Mage] Level: 12
Stats:
[Brawn: 204] + 50%
\Strength: 51 + Vitality: 153/
[Dexterity: 579] + 13%
\Agility: 95(+193) + Wisdom: 291/
[Charisma: 123] + 50%
\Intuition: 51 Presence: 72/
Traits:
Pact-Bound (Deity)
Runt
Limitless Mana
Thirst For Knowledge
Divine: Unwavering Determination
Alchemical Blood
Spawn Seeker
Dungeon Addict
Tongues
Remain Standing
Racial Skills:
[Orc Savagery - Passive]: - Level
[Orc Constitution - Passive]: - Level 0
[Orc Tenacity - Passive]: - Level 5
General Skills:
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[Stalwart Mana- Reactive]: Level 4
[Mana Obfuscastion - Hybrid]: Level 8
[Rapier Mastery - Passive]: Level 13
[Mana Sight- Passive]: Level 8 [Currently: Off]
[Runic Scripture - Hybrid] Level 3
[Universal Mana Manipulation - Hybrid] Level 7
[Basic Alchemy - Hybrid]: Level 8
[Basic Cooking - Hybrid]: Level 7
[Herbalism - Passive]: Level 2
[Lesser Mind Magic Resistance - Passive]: Level 1
[Lesser Fire Magic Resistance - Passive]: Level 4
[Minor Telepathy - Hybrid]: Level 7
[Monster Taming - Active]: Level 4
[Sustained Travel - Passive]: Level 1
Class Skills:
[Monster Slayer]
Active: Undead Bane Weaponry - Level 3
Active: Tool For The Undead - Level 3
Active: Undead Titan Hunter - Level 0
Active: Lesser Beast Bane Weaponry - Level 3
Active: Tool For The Lesser Beasts - Level 3
Passive: Mental Bestiary - Level 3
Passive: Obfuscation Override (Health) - Level 0
Passive: Undead - Level MAX
Passive: Goblin
Passive: Beast, Lesser
[Mage]
Active: Fire Arrow - Level 4
Active: Augment: Extended Range - Level 0
Active: Augment: Blast Radius - Level 0
Passive: Magic Dynamo - Level 0
Mastery:
Minstrel- Restorative Chant - MAX
Fencer- Fleet Foot - MAX
Fencer - Weapon's Path - MAX
Swashbuckler - Disarming Charisma - MAX
Bound Artifacts: 2
[The Shattered Bolt]
[Red River Resonance]
Mentor: Amelia Shatterhoof (Minstrel/Alive) Skill: [Astra's Amazing Agility]
Health: 3060
Stamina: 1530
Mana: 7,102,347/-
The sheer amount of information was a bit staggering. Trillia wondered what Stas' screen looked like. During a lull in the conversation, she spoke up.
"I'm curious. Do you guys hide information from yourselves on your status screen?" Trillia glanced at everyone but mostly settled on her mother.
Amara nodded. "I do. I've also disabled all level notifications. I am only alerted when a new skill is acquired or when something has reached its maximum value. When I look at my status window, I see my resources at the top, my current classes, and my stats. Everything else is collapsed or hidden. The status screen can get a bit jumbled even when it's organized well."
Trillia bobbed her head slightly as she looked over her status screen. That made sense. The thought of dozens of mastered classes and a giant list of traits would become a lot to sort through. She started tweaking it. She made a promise to herself to tweak it a little bit every day so that it wasn't such a daunting task.
-=- The Next Day -=-
Trillia pulled back from hugging her family one by one with a smile on her face. "It was good to see you all again. Lord Arlyss should be here shortly to bring us all back."
She moved over to hug Amelia as well. "See you soon." The minotaur hugged her tightly and teared up.
"Don't vanish on us again, ok?" Amelia finally let her go and stepped back. Trillia nodded with a smile. Ralrouk stood next to Kismet and Maldoun, towering over the two humans.
Amara gave him a look. "Remember that you represent our tribe. Don't make a fool of yourself." Ralrouk laughed at that and nodded, wrapping a giant arm around each of the humans.
"Me? Never. I'll make sure to do all I can to help our new friends and watch out for the runt." The big orc smiled down at the humans, who were a little more comfortable with his jovial, joking nature.
Soon after, a portal appeared next to Trillia and Ialu. Everyone stepped through. Trillia looked back at her family one last time before stepping through last. They stood in the grand library of the glass spire. Ralrouk was looking all around them with an approving look on his face.
Arlyss looked at the large orc with a curious look. "Welcome to D'Jamu. May I ask your purpose?"
Ralrouk looked down at Arlyss and bowed deeply. "I am here to make sure that Trillia is safe. In addition, I thought it might be beneficial to have another warrior in your ranks."
Arlyss peered at him for a few heavy seconds before dipping his head ever so slightly. "Very well. You can stay with Stas. I won't promise the people of this city or this tower will get along with you. Most of them are unable to speak the orc tongue."
Trillia smiled and patted Ralrouk's arm with an approving nod. "He'll learn quickly. I have some things I'd like to run by you if you have the time, Lord Arlyss."
Arlyss glanced at each of them before turning and motioning for them to follow. They walked down into the spiral and came out in one of the underground rooms. Ralrouk had to hunch over to get through the door but didn't complain.
The room was entirely barren save for a stone pedestal in the center. It looked very similar to the ones that she had been refilling around the city for the barrier spell. As she approached, she turned her head to look at Arlyss. "Are we expanding the barrier?"
Arlyss stepped up to the pedestal, Trillia could feel him empty divinity into it, and a thin veil expanded rapidly outward to fill the room.
You're under the effects of [Weight Of Knowledge]!
All experience gains are doubled.
All Undead suffer 1% of their health as divine damage per second.
All Primordial Spawn suffer 1% of their health as divine damage per second.
Trillia stared blankly at the notification for a few seconds, reading it. "This is new."
Arlyss nodded once more. "It is. My plan was to have you, Kismet, and Maldoun spread these around the desert and slowly spiral out from the city. Exterminating any undead or spawn you run into. Stas and I will be linking all of them once they are in place to a church here in the city. People's prayers will be converted into fuel for the barrier."
Trillia ran her fingers over the pedestal. She could tell there was more to it than simple eyesight could see. "We will see it done. It's a good thing Ralrouk is here. He can join us on our mission to expand the barrier and protections."
Ralrouk had stepped closer to the thing himself. "Good work. Wish we had some of these things for the Shattered Plains."
Arlyss smirked a little at that. "I will be making plenty of them. If we can find a central location for people to give prayer and fuel them. I'd be happy to help set up a network there as well."
Trillia smiled wider. "That would be excellent. I wanted to speak with you about forming some sort of trade with the orcs and minotaur there as well. I know that currently, it takes an immense amount of power for you to bring us back and forth. But I'd like to return there once a month for a few days at least. Not only to keep in touch with my family but also to bridge the gap between our people."
Arlyss peered up at the ceiling, deep in thought. "I think I can manage that. Especially if it lets me bring in more worshippers. The more people that offer me prayer, the stronger my divinity is. We'd have to teach a few orcs the human tongue and teach a few humans the orc tongue. But I think it could be a boon to both cities to share culture and trade."
Ralrouk looked over at the little deity. "I'll warn you, Lord Arlyss. That orcs are not accepting of slavery in any form. You would have a great many warriors who would seek to destroy anyone who still follows that archaic practice."
Arlyss laughed at that, motioning for them to follow once more and dropping the veil from the pedestal. "Good! All the more reason to see it done. I grow weary of the resistance. I don't wish to force those that follow me to fight, but it seems more and more likely they will need to. If orcs are willing to fight and clear out a dangerous relic of the past, that would certainly earn them favor amongst the citizens."
They followed him back up into the kitchens. The entire staff wasn't staring at Kismet for once. Instead, they stared up at Ralrouk, whose head was just barely under the tall ceiling. The head cook stepped forward, rather obviously nervous.
Trillia translated for Ralrouk, who threw his head back in laughter, managing to knock his head against the ceiling in the process. That didn't stop his laughter. Trillia gave him a little smile before stepping forward to the cooks. "He brought his own food. He will also consume his enemies."
The color drained from their faces. They bowed slightly and scurried off to prepare meals for everyone else. Kismet and Maldoun left to go and 'help' them prepare the meals, but most importantly, to calm the humans down. Arlyss sat at a table and rubbed Ialu's head behind her ears. The wolf nuzzled up next to him.
Trillia sat across from him, and Ralrouk moved a bench and sat on the floor, still towering over the others.
Trillia looked between the two of them. "So let's come up with a plan going forward. To clear the undead, the spawn, and the resistance."
The two men nodded, and the conversation started in full. Arlyss pulled out parchment, and Trillia pulled out her journal to make notes and get into tactics and planning.