[F 21 - PP - Shield & Raidou] <<Nature's Treasure>> Keys to Success

[Shield 0]

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Searching for Chest - ID# 151184 results: Loot: 19+13=32 [Chest found]

Total Loot:

Materials: 89
Col: 21,250
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 8

Shield was not discouraged. Any chest that contained equipment, not just consumables, was a win in his book. He glanced around the cavern, trying to spot where next to take his dry-land search for chests. For now, the field of boulders seemed to be paying off, though his seeking earring was not giving him any indications yet of anything immediately nearby. He picked his way through the debris, seeing if anything new would come to light, so to speak. It was slow going. The ground was covered in scree, and there was no real rhyme or reason to the stones as they lay.

As he climbed one mound, he noticed the familiar golden glow of Seeking Aura lighting the area round him like an amber light bulb. Reaching the bottom of the mount, he began to forage further, but the further he walked, the weaker the light. He doubled back, first going left and then right, each direction having the same result. He looked more carefully at the debris at the foot of the mound and began digging through it. Sure enough as he shifted it to the side, there seemed to be something harder further down. As he dug, he slowly uncovered the wooden frame of his quarry.

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

Raidou plays with the line not expecting much in the way of a hit, given the track record the cavern was providing with each retraction of his line. Almost idle a slow and steady turn of the spool before a hitch. Attempting to turn it again, it seems solid so he applies a bit more force. Instead of the cable continuing to turn the rod bends from the pressure. Pulling the line as he tugged it proved more and more weighted until eventually breaking the surface is a box. Releasing the tool with one hand Raidou quickly rips at a handle it was being drugged out by. A quick shift of his frame slides it onto solid ground, he looks it over for a moment with a subtle grin before uncoiling the bottle and tossing it back to the water. It would be left for his partner to open, for his part had been done and it would be inefficient for him to do it given his skill set.

ID# 151505 results: Craft: 12, Loot: 13+[5/3/3]=23, Chest Found!

Edited May 28, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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Opening Chest - ID# 151548 results: Loot: 9+7=16

• [16-20] = (Floor * 150) Col, (8) materials, perfect armor/shield, (2) rare consumables

Total Loot:

Materials: 97
Col: 24,400
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 9

Shield finished unearthing his find, crouching down beside the chest and pulling out his second key ring once again. Holding a key to the lock, it opened, and he looked over the contents. "Already a slight improvement. Not bad," he said, collecting the contents and dismissing the menu. As the chest burst, the stones around where it had been buried rushed in to fill the gap. Shield was back on his feet and heading down to the water when he noticed something beside where Raidou was.

"Is that-" He couldn't believe what he was seeing. After an hour of zero luck while fishing, a subtle change of tactic and suddenly they were both fishing up chests. "I guess we can't completely discount sheer dumb luck, but so far the evidence seems to be supporting the idea that dragging the bottom is a much more effective method than baiting a line and letting it bob on the surface until something bites." He quickened his step to return to the lakeside fishing station they had set up.

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

Understanding the confusion as his head could not wrap completely around how this day had been headed, it was a roller coaster of ups and downs that had no pattern. A hope in better aspect seemed to sour the results, methods ever changing and small bottom dwellers made the objective difficult. This was substantiated with another hooking, the weight shown instantly that it was no container. A pulled free itty bitty crab like the others, latched on to the side of the glass he was using as a makeshift weight. "Better yes, optimal no." Raidou remarked as he shook the bottle, causing the crustacean to fall and die from the impact with a soft jiggle. A quick overhanded toss allowed the bottle to carry the anchor quickly back to the desired location, as it seemed this was more of a battle of numbers and less of routine. But a definitive way to confirm it seemed ever elusive.

ID# 151554 results: Craft: 6

1*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 56

Edited May 28, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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Opening Chest - ID# 151555 results: Loot: 13+7=20+1 [Housing Bonus Used] =21

• [16-20] = (Floor * 150) Col, (8) materials, perfect armor/shield, (2) rare consumables
• [21-23] = (Floor * 200) Col, (10) materials, (2) perfect weapon, perfect consumable

Total Loot:

Materials: 107
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

"It may be optimal and we just don't have the numbers to back it up," Shield said with a shrug. He knelt down beside the most recent chest and set to work fishing out the right key. This choice was a little trickier. He set down the keys for a moment and fished around in his pocket. Eventually, he produced a hairpin which he bent slightly open. "See? This is the usefulness of a basement. Sometimes I just find things down there, and they end up being useful. I swear it just generates random objects that I never expect to use, but I pocket them anyway." He lightly probed around inside of the lock, feeling for its contours. "Ahh... I see. So we want... this one." He singled out a key and held it out.

As usual, the key disintegrated and the lid came unlocked. The display this time had some much better news. "Now that's more like it. However many steps it's going to take me to find Vampiric weapons, we are now two steps closer to that." He collected the items and closed the lid, returning to his spot. "Well, I'd say things weren't too bad there. Let's try to replicate that."

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

To another drawn line as Raidou recoils at a sudden built tension, clutching the string with his free hand and dragging it free as the weight was not difficult to unearth. With a splash, another small crab lay dangling latched to the bottle with both claws and dangling legs flailing about in the air. "I wonder if its the material, perhaps the shine is drawing them in." Raidou was curious about it as his reasoning was throwing darts in the dark at the reason, but it was little more than speculation. Shield commented on his basement, a component of his house perhaps? "Basement?" Raidou prodded in a query as it was the first time the subject had been brought to his attention. He had performed expansion of the guild hall to supremes but the finer details had slipped his mind, which notably hardly allowed such an effect to transpire as it was like a record.

ID# 151557 results: Craft: 6

1*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 57

Edited May 28, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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Fishing - ID# 151558 results: Craft: 11 [4 Materials found]

Total Loot:

Materials: 111
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

"Oh, yes," Shield said with a nod. "They don't get mentioned often, but there are numerous benefits to having a house in game. Having access for better amenities provides bonuses for being well rested, well bathed, for having extra storage space... why even the food items you prepare and consume there can have boosted effects or be extended to other players with proper preparation." Shield pulled back on his line and cast long, once again seeking to maximize the drag distance. Unfortunately, dragging would not be an option on this cast.

Once again, a great fish, seemingly mistaking the bare hook for a slender flying insect, leaped from the water and chomped down on the barbed instrument. Shield rolled his eyes a little, but he had seen this enough to be prepared. His eyes were still mid-roll when he yanked back on his line, tugging the fish half way to shore before it ever had a chance to gain traction in the water. From there, it was so shocked from the sudden pull that it seemed to barely fight as he dragged it onto shore.

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

A second of pause in activity allows another catalog of this newfound hole in his data, placing the pole down and using a foot to press it down and keeping a potential tug from ripping it into the water immediately if something decided to take a bite. Into his pocket, he reaches and clutches a blackened book of darkened leather wrapping the size of a small composition book. Turning through to a blank page, Raidou transcribes the offering for further theory and inspection as Shield so graciously offers the advice. "Noted, I had not thought that such effects would have a mechanical benefit." Raidou spoke in honesty while Shield was working away at the lake, being rudely interrupted by a massive lugger that just couldn't let the hook through. "Figures." he commented, a pen in his hand as he kept an eye peeled just in case the fishing apparatus decided to take a swim.

ID# 151559 results: Craft: 5

1*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 58

Edited May 28, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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Fishing - ID# 151560 results: Craft: 7 [2 Materials found]

Total Loot:

Materials: 113
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

"Not a problem," Shield said with a nod, dragging his last catch further up the shore, then waiting for it to stop moving. "Unfortunately, that is a set of bonuses that wait behind a much higher paywall than most others. They are great, and provide a multitude of useful benefits, but boy does it take a while to get there." As his fish collapsed and gave way to its inevitable end, he gathered up the remains and stored them before returning to his fishing pole. He picked it up, making sure that his improvised system was in tact before casting out deep into the water.

This time, his hook managed to make it to the water. It even managed to sink a considerable distance. Before it had properly come to a rest, however, it began to increase in speed. Shield sighed. Something had found it and was attempting to get away. He yanked and reeled, pulling in a smallish fish with a gaping mouth. "Well, I guess this one was just swimming in the wrong place at the wrong time. Drat."

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

Wealth was hardly an issue with enough diligence, Raidou was familiar with a song and dance that kept him fed. Turns out the system had a cycle to which was recurring, a chain to take to convert the chaff to coin to fuel the coffers with no waste as possible. Raidou has to lunge for his rod as a heavy tear at his heel alerts him to a catch in it. Grabbing onto it with his right, Raidou shifts about and begins to fight while prone. This was the second instance of a large fish taking the reel when it was dormant, he really should stop leaving it unattended but if it broke free he wouldn't be too heartbroken by it. Plopping the mass of silver scales to the ground, a wipe of his brow Raidou picks up his book with a quick swipe of his hand "Now where was I?"

ID# 151561 results: Craft: 10

3*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 61

Edited May 28, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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Fishing - ID# 151562 results: Craft: 3 [Nothin]

Total Loot:

Materials: 113
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

Shield pulled back his casting arm and threw out his line once again. Now that the game had changed, it threw off his usual process, requiring him to rethink each cast. Before it had almost been muscle memory, making up his mind about where and how far to cast. He made up his mind quickly enough though and sent his bare hook sailing through the air. Again, he had sent it as far as possible, and the plunk of its landing was almost imperceptible in the distant lake. If not for the stillness of the cavern, it would have been nigh impossible without the right skills.

He sat and waited, watching as his line settled while the tackle on its end sank deeper into the dark water. With the line out so far, the adjustment was slow, but he could still make estimates of how far it had sunk just from the passage of time.

Must be pretty deep in the center... it's interesting that I've been out here fishing for so long but never really gave that much thought, given how I used to do things

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

Alternating between pulling flailing flounders of obnoxious annoying that would not leave the line alone long enough for it to sink, and recording the information that was being made ready by the man he was fishing with to keep them cataloged until it would become relevant. With it successfully scratched in, Raidou folds the black book once more and returns it to his red robe's pocket. He would need more time to process what he had learned from Shield, drawing the information to sheets of paper and purchasing a few more tidbits of info from brokers to the keywords he had not understood. Peeling the new component from the roughened stone underfoot, it's added with little issue to a sack after removed from movement with a swift clubbing of his right hand. "Thank's for the insight." Raidou comments to the grizzled fisherman who was offering up his expertise for him to sate his palette upon.

ID# 154266 results: Craft: 10

3*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 64

Edited July 7, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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 ID# 154267 results: Craft: 5 [1 Material found]

Total Loot:

Materials: 114
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

The line continued to settle, laying down slowly onto the water until finally it sat still and undisturbed for a moment. At that point, Shield began to slowly reeling in, paying close attention to each tug and snag he felt, making sure not to get his hopes too high, and rightly so as each little bit of resistance quickly released the line as the tension freed it from its momentary purchase.

Finally, he felt something create actual drag on his line. It wasn't much, but it was enough to take the slack out of the line, pulling it a little straighter. He could feel a little bit of lateral movement as well, telling him whatever had his line was alive and would likely not allow him to snag any chests. He sighed and sped up his reeling. As his hook was finally drug up out of the water, he finally saw the culprit. A small crab scuttled desperately against his steady pull, the hook lodged under the edge of its shell. He sighed, stepping closer to begin the process of liberating his hook. "Well, I'm sure someone will be interested in some freshwater crab for their cooking."

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

It seemed as though neither party was having any luck, which was the swing of things so far today. Shield withdraws a small and humble red shellfish that selfishly stole his line before it could find what he was truly after. The nomad was having an equivalent interruption as well, stealing his line as it sunk to which he was also forced to pull it free. Stuck to his line was a blackened color lobster, held on with both claws to the makeshift sinker he had constructed. Shaking it softly, the crawdad falls free as it slips from the smoothed glass. "All the information you've offered me will surely come in use, these..." Raidou comments looking down at the strange assortment he had pulled from the lake at a loss for a word to define it as. "Are useful to someone I am certain." he comments dropping the newest piece to the pile.

ID# 154268 results: Craft: 6

1*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 65

Edited July 8, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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ID# 154269 results: Craft: 10 [3 Materials found]

Total Loot:

Materials: 117
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

Shield reeled back and made another long cast, deciding it best not to overthink his strategy. He had spent enough time laboring over optimal fishing strategy. Right now, he needed to just sit back and let the probabilities do their work.

Volume of catches. That will help the numbers settle out the way they are meant to.

Letting the line sink for a minute, he slowly began to reel. As he did so, he felt another grab on his line, but he didn't pay it much mind, simply increasing his speed. "So the game is in an interesting place right now," Shield began, changing the topic away from the endless analysis of fishing techniques. "The front lines are nearer the next floor now, and any day we should be meeting to discuss strategy. It's a daunting thing... we're hitting a major milestone, so this is likely going to be the toughest battle the lines have faced to date." He didn't know how much the politics of the front lines interested Raidou, but he seemed ambitious enough. It was no leap in logic to guess that he might join the lines someday soon.

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

It was here, a place he had been before: This conversation as if someone had hit play again. Ever attempting to make due on the line as more and more fish began to pile upon the shore. "Agreed, It is an oddity no less." he'd pause and weigh his options and opinions. From experience shown before that front line groups tend to be malleable, on one side they could be rhythmic and motivated. But during others, they could be brash and under prepared. He could not stand the latter, lives at risk for no describable reason. He simply was not ready by his own standards just yet. "Once that day comes, I may very well be there to listen. But I have a personal milestone I would like to reach before that time comes." The nomad spoke before his line returned to the ever murky basin. Deliberately obscured, he was unsure if this would suffice.

ID# 154270 results: Craft: 8

2*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 67

Edited October 3, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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ID# 154271 results: Craft: 1 [Nothin']

Total Loot:

Materials: 117
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

Shield heard Raidou's words and gave a thoughtful nod. "Everyone has their own personal achievement to worry about. We need more analytical minds on the lines. Right now, there is a lot of hot tempers connected to strong opinions with less reason than either of the other qualities to balance them out." It was a harsh criticism, but not an unfair one in Shield's mind. There had been a few gauntlets thrown, and more than a few bitter words exchanged over past quarrels. "Politics are unfortunately not far from the lines at any given time."

The crab that he had caught on his previous cast was less than impressive, but he shrugged and cast out again, not bothering to reel in for a little longer. "I will be interested to see how your particular build fares on the lines when you arrive there." He felt apprehensive about the thought of testing it out on such a dangerous fight, but he knew his abilities as a tank, and if need be, he could step in and switch out.

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

An understanding, for all too many allowed emotion to carry the torch that reason tends to fall to deaf ears. "Until I can reduce everything to a minimum, hold fast for a lengthy amount of time, or perhaps indefinitely I have no place on the front lines. An unneeded risk to those I would be tasked with protecting. Politics and feeling have a way of muddying things, a common goal although fruitful can sometimes fail to overtake personal feuds." he comments as a lugger of a fish flops upon the shore, dropping and widdling away before a swift blow from MA causes it to go quiet. "I do not suppose my build is much different than yours, your shield being simply the more reliable option to my active attempts to force an attack to glance. But time will tell." The nomad spoke in earnest, with a paperwhite expression on a soft tongue as his line returned from whence it came.

ID# 154272 results: Craft: 10

3*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 70

Edited October 3, 2020 by Raidou

[Shield 0]

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ID# 154273 results: Craft: 12 + Loot: 18+13=21 - Chest found!

Total Loot:

Materials: 117
Col: 28,600
Perfect Armors: [149739b] [150171a] [151548a]
Perfect Weapons: [149739a] [150171b] [151555a] [151555b]
Rare Weapons: [149481a]
Perfect Consumables: [149739c] [149739d] [150171c] [150171d]
Rare Consumables: [149481b] [149481c] [175127a] [175127b] [150003a] [150003b] [150194a] [150194b] [175130a] [175130b] [151181b] [151181c]

Keys Used: 10
Multipurpose Used [Y]

Shield reeled, his line whined, and it became clear from here that the arrest was from a chest. He pulled on his line and felt the slow drag of a free but hefty object and opted instead of continuing to reel to simply heave on his line and walk up the shore to pull it in. The chest arrived, dripping and laden with seaweed, on the stony shore of the underground lake. With triumph, Shield freed his hook from the sodden wood and reeled his line in. He set aside his pole and began to go through his keys.

"There we go," he said with no small amount of satisfaction. "Perseverance! It gets the job done." He thought back to the conversation at hand and picked up the thread where they had left it. "I'm afraid you're not wrong. Gamers tend to be opinionated, and in all honesty, they don't always have the wherewithal to know the proper time to volunteer their opinions or when that would be counterproductive to the matter at hand."

Edited October 27, 2020 by Shield

[Raidou 1]

Another box being hoisted to the shore, Shield was on a roll while Raidou could see there was something lacking in his approach even still. It seemed as though he had more to yield and more to learn. "There is truth in that, even I have my moments where I regret what I bring forth. Although there is no emotional barring on what I choose to be made aware of, it can be seen as counterproductive. Asking a bunch of kids to play soldier is difficult, But we have a limited pool. It's not as though we can drop a draft and pull only those that will play the part." The red wanderer spoke simply as conjecture, removing a small floundering red minnow from the lake. Ripping the hook from its gullet and tossing it to the growing pile. Shield had to be one of the first to clearly see the big picture, a refreshing breath of fresh air.

ID# 154274 results: Craft: 5

1*T3 Materials Obtained

Total T3 Materials: 71

Edited October 3, 2020 by Raidou