[F12-PP] Rising Tide (Lord of Seas)

[Raidou 1]

To another info broker, Raidou was keeping paces, scouting everything first hand as to mitigate losses. The more he understood the more he could prepare which was exactly the reason why he was doing this so haphazardly it seemed. Raidou pays the required sum to the man Hikoru again, becoming more familiar with this previously unknown man who was now making a killing off of his wallet. But what he was providing was worth every penny, for going it blind was not an option.

Once he takes the time to transcribe it permanently to his book, and more to read it Raidou begins to pick out occupants. Given its lack of defenses but huge damage capability, Raidou would have to pull out the stops and bring the guilds concussive force: Griswold. He'd also need damage rivaling his own which causes him to send a message to Haine, as the leader of Assault she dwarfed his own.

Raidou | HP:1230/1230 | EN:120/120 | DMG:18 | MIT:106 | EVA:3 | ACC:2 | TAUNT:1 | BH:61

Spoiler

Raidou, The Red Wanderer
Level: 60
HP: 1230/1230
EN: 120/120

Stats:
Damage: 18
Mitigation: 106
Evasion: 3
Accuracy: 2
BH:61
TAUNT

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Auric Sol - Corona [T3/Perfect/2HSS]: Damage 3
Armor: Commander's Scrutiny - Duress [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +2 Accuracy, Taunt
Misc: Red Wanderer's Robe [T1/Perfect/L.A] +3 Evasion

Skills:
Gatherer [Obtained]
Two Handed Straight Sword [Rank 5]
One Handed Straight Sword [Rank 3]
Parry [Obtained]
Howl [Obtained]
Battle Healing [Rank 5]
Fighting Spirit [Obtained]
Light Armor [Rank 5]

Extra Skills:
Concentration
Familiar Mastery: Protector

Mods:
Vengeful Riposte
Focused Howl
Finesse Rank 3
Athletics

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1
<<Darkness Salve>>*3
Empty Slot
Dracbane [T2/Perfect/2HSS]: V.O 1, ACC 1, BLD 1
Tactician's Gaze - Ogma [T1/Perfect/Trinket]: +3 Accuracy

Housing Buffs:
Hard Working: +2 EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
Filling: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot.
Relaxed: Increases out of combat HP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
Col Stash: +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests

Guild Hall Buffs:
Lucrative: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters receive +1 crafting attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters receive +2 crafting attempts per day.
Col Deposit: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

 

Edited July 12, 2020 by Raidou

[Haine 0]

Spoiler

Name: Haine
Level: 51
HP: 1050/1050
EN: 100/102

Stats:
Damage: 16
Mitigation: 66
Evasion: 1
Accuracy: 4
BLD:36

Equipped Gear:
Divine Piercer - Aqua [Weapon]: Damage 2, Bleed 1
Heart's Container - Aquilia [Light Armor]: Mitigation 2, Evasion 1
Osiris's Grips [Trinket]: Accuracy 3

Skills:
Two Handed Assault Spear [Rank 5]
Light Armor [Rank 3]
Fishing [Obtained]
Searching [Rank 1]
First Aid [Rank 5]

Extra Skills:

Mods:
Finesse Rank 3
Ferocity
Precision
Athletics
Purify

Battle Ready Inventory:
Starter HP Potions (+50 HP)*3

Housing Buffs:

Bedroom ( Rested ) -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat

Basic Workshop ( Working ) -  +2 EXP per crafting attempt

Slime farm ( Basic training ) +1 SP to a thread. Limit one use per month. Must be used on a player's first post in a thread. Cooldown begins counting down when used in a post.

Fishing Pond ( Angler ) +1 material gained when fishing

Guild Hall Buffs:

Trading hall

Every member of Firm Anima receives an additional +2 EXP for each craft. +5 to salvage recovery LD's. (10+ for alchemy crystals, 6+ for others). If you are rank 9 you also get +1 crafting attempt/day. If you are rank 10 you get +2 crafting attempts/day.

Treasury

+5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Storage Vault

Allows a guild to create a Storage Vault in their Guild Page. Members can use this thread to store and withdraw items. Any items that have trading restrictions cannot be moved to a Storage Vault.

Guild Bank

Allows the Guild Owner to promote one member (or themselves) to 'Treasurer'. This unlocks access to a Guild Bank spending account.

 

Scents of the Wild:

Wedding Ring:

The tavern was unusually full today, she found. When she'd come inside to order her meal, most of the tables were long since preoccupied. She then discovered it was some sort of party event run by a bigger guild. She navigated through the noisy establishment, pulling out a barstool. She settled into the chair and reached for the menu. The aroma of barbecue wafted through the room, causing the famished adventurer's stomach to squeeze. It was pain, she needed sustenance. After much thought, she settled for a bowl of stir fry.

She idly chewed, savoring the burst of flavor. She'd been soloing some easier quests today, slowly yet surely climbing her way past the stump she'd found herself in after the cocoon. It were as if everything were coming together now. She shoveled a mouthful of rice and hummed. It was then that a message on her HUD caught her attention. Her guild mate Raidou had summoned them for a quest. Ooh, a quest? She set her chopsticks down on top of the bowl and sent a message of confirmation.

[Griswold 0]

Hammering away at glowing hot steel, showers of sparks fly in every which way with each hearty blow. Crunching sounds of ore being destroyed by Vulcan, the glowing hot elemental hound enjoying its reward for acting like a furnace. Eruda's equipment was coming along fine, as he bends and bolts the forged plated shield into a rounded buckler large enough to cover her torso. A notification rings on his HUD, and Griswold tries to open it. Eventually, hits gets the damn thing open after some trouble. "Piece of ***, mechanical *** pain in my ***" he was visibly shaken by how hard it was, dropping the glowing shield to a tank of oil to quench it was ready.

Griswold didn't send a reply, because it was too much of a pain in the a** for him to do it. "Come Vulcan, we have things to do." he comments to the hound who had finished its stone, getting into the full dark blue plate mail suit and bolting on the helmet that covered his face.

Griswold | HP:420/420 | EN:42/42 | DMG:5 | MIT:47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1

Spoiler

Griswold, The Forgemaster
Level: 21
HP: 420/420
EN: 42/42

Stats:
Damage: 5
Mitigation: 47
THRNS:18
PARA:1

Equipped Gear:
Weapon: Horadric Malus [T1/Perfect/Warhammer] (+3 Base Damage)
Armor: Cobalt Rattlecage - Juggernaut [T1/Perfect/Heavy Armor] (Mitigation 3 [+27 Mitigation])
Misc: Plated Foundation - Impact[T1/Perfect/Shield] (Thorns 2 {18}, Paralyze 1 {9-10})

Skills:
One Handed Warhammer [Rank 1]
Block [Rank 3]
Heavy Armor [Rank 1]

Extra Skills:
Concentration

Mods:
Mark
Shield Bash

Battle Ready Inventory:
Teleport Crystal*1

 

[Raidou 1]

Awaiting the others in the center of Lazaro, through the various bogs of water most of the city seemed drowned making traversing it on foot a bit precarious. But he manages to get to the warp plaza albeit a bit slow. It was humid and smelled a bit off, more than likely due to the stagnant water. He began to run a diagnostic on his gear, checking what was defined for him in comparison to what he had on hand. Drinking a potion to help keep his body heat up, and consuming a prepared meal to quarrel the growing hunger in his stomach. He'd have some time, so as he eats a rather strangely sugary carrot cake he glances through his book flipping through the pages. He gets distracted people watching for a moment, which was few and far between how many were available. Raidou shakes his head for a moment, trying to maintain his focus.

Raidou Consumes Artisan Carrot Cake: +2 Accuracy

Edited July 13, 2020 by Raidou

[Haine 0]

Haine left the tavern upon news of the quest. She paid the bill and set off on a leisurely stroll. Raidou couldn't have picked a better time for this, with her belly as round as a planet from sustenance. She hoped the walk would wear off a bit of that discomfort, but all rational thought went out the window when she noticed a sale for dessert right down the road. Mochi? She licked her lips. Very well then! There was no such thing as too full. That was only something a coward would say. The champ with an ever expanding appetite stepped into the shop, ordering a set of mochi for the road. They were cute mini rolls in a tray, in an assortment of flavors. She tipped the man at the counter generously and set off for the quest location.

The blue haired woman reached the warp gate, headed to the rendezvous point. She hummed absently, preoccupied with stuffing her face a little more to notice she'd strolled past where Raidou was waiting. "Tho guuuth!" She squealed, through a mouthful of mochi. To nobody in particular. One would think her to be a mad woman when she turned a couple heads. She was ever oblivious.

[Griswold 0]

From the fires of floor 9, the heat vanishes as fast as the transition happens. His armor clanks with weight as he connects with the rather small looking pad. In the sunlight here, Vulcan was a beacon of energy as it helped kindle his flames. A couple of heavy steps down, Griswold pays the boy a greeting. "How yah been boy, we doing this thing?" he remarks twisting his head in pop in his neck as he rolls his shoulders. To his back a girl stuffing some sort of foreign pastry into her gullet, rather surprised at how well she was putting it away.

The smith then notices her guild moniker, returning his glance to Raidou "This one, one of ours?" but it was assumed he knew the answer. The boy more than obviously knew something he had not, perhaps she was more than just an appetite. The familiar takes to his right leg, up to his thigh a walking kiln.

[Raidou 1]

Sending Haine a quick message noticing her glancing past it reads.: "You missed, I am behind you." as Griswold moves up to meet the swordsman waiting idly for them all to commune around the warp plaza. "Indeed, glad you could accompany us today Griswold. I'll be needing that hammer of yours if you will offer it." pulling himself from the rim of the fountain having finished the platter he was working on. Adjusting the glasses on his nose, he would wait for Haine to notice that she had walked past the group on her own time. That girl was a practice in all the things Raidou wasn't and he was willing to burn some time for her to enjoy herself. She had earned it. The familiar was new to Raidou, taking a curious eye to the smoldering elemental. "This is new, floor 9?" he inquires having his suspicions given where Griswold's shop was located.

Raidou activates Vengeful Riposte!

Raidou | HP:1230/1230 | EN:115/120 | DMG:18 | MIT:106 | EVA:3 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:61 | VENGEFUL

Edited July 14, 2020 by Raidou

[Haine 0]

The message on her HUD alerted her of her surroundings. She choked on a piece of mochi, eyes darting every which way to find her red robed comrade. He was there behind her, looking straight her way with a stoic expression. A bulky man accompanied him. She swallowed the mochi and twisted on her heels, moving their direction. She laughed awkwardly, holding the tray of ice cream she had almost fully demolished. There were only three pieces left, out of the nine moderate sized ones in the box initially. She couldn't help but exploit the fact that she couldn't gain weight eating in this world. It was her oyster, and no matter what, she'd remained fit and in shape with all the luxuries about. 

She took two out of the tray and handed one to each. "Here, eat guys! I'm stuffed." She pushed her bangs back and pulled out the last mochi. A flame radiated onto her as she stood in proximity to this strange... fiery animal. She knew she probably should be wary, but her eyes lit up in adoration. "Aww, look at the bud! What's the name? She outstretched a tentative hand to pet it, then realized that it was. literally. on fire. She pulled back and scratched her head. "Uhh anyways, how bout' this?" She waved the mochi in front of the animal. It was already beginning to melt at the proximity, but it's the thought that counts.

"C'mon bud! It's yuuummy."

Edited July 13, 2020 by Haine

[Griswold 0]

Rather interested in how this would play out Griswold taps the side of the kiln, causing the flames in it to dim. "It's fine, she's one of ours. This here is Vulcan." who starts to huff in heavy sniffs toward the ice cream. He lays on the ground and rolls over, as the mochi begins to melt it pours into his face and the sounds of searing boiling ice cream create steam. The elemental was trying but standard food especially liquids were interesting for it to attempt to partake in. "I don't think he tasted a drop." Griswold chuckles as you hear a canine like whine. A rather large plated blue steel covered hand extends in a handshake. "Griswold, guild forge master. Need a blade sharpened or forged, you'll find none better than Tristram Steel." he boasts with hearty base in his voice. "What's your name lass?" he asks after his own formal introduction, interested in who he was working with today.

[Raidou 1]

Raidou looks at the mochi deeply but he doesn't want to disappoint Haine due to her offering, waiting for the pair to be wrapped up in conversation before feeding the ice cream into his sleeve. The greedy symbiote snatches it up and it's gone instantly. He then peels himself from where he was sat, on the rim of the running pool of water. The scent of the floor hung in the air, the moisture making the bog smell rather ripe. He begins to move on, allowing the two to finish introductions while he began to head for the objective albeit slowly. It would be easy for them to catch up to him. Mentally he ran through specifications and how the fight would play out, predicting each course of action he would take in every scenario. This was common for him, which is why he was always so quiet, lost in deep thought.

Raidou | HP:1230/1230 | EN:116/120 | DMG:18 | MIT:106 | EVA:3 | ACC:4 | TAUNT | BH:61 | VENGEFUL

Edited July 14, 2020 by Raidou

[Haine 0]

She gaped at the elemental, as the fire extinguished into a glowing rock. He rolled over onto his back, trying to taste the melting mochi. To no avail, the matter simmered into a sticky mass and evaporated into thin air. Haine frowned. "Ohh, I'm sorry bud! I didn't know you couldn't eat that." She outstretched a tentative hand and scratched the creature's nape. It felt like just what you'd expect, a massive lump of rock. But he was a good boy. "What do you eat, lil' fella?" She was too preoccupied with the familiar to pay much heed to Raidou and his sneaky disposal of the mochi. She was all the more oblivious.

After a moment of ogling the elemental, she stood back up and faced the bulky man. She accepted his armored hand and shaked it with a nod. "Nice to meet ya! Haine, captain of the assault division at your service." She pointed at herself with a wink of acknowledgement. She twisted around to face Raidou. He was quiet in thought, most likely calculating the specifics of the quest.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Haine

[Griswold 0]

Griswold laughs heartily as Haine apologized to Vulcan after he failed to eat the ice cream. "I don't think he minds any." opening his inventory and pulling a hunk of slag produced from refining metals and forging gear he tosses the segment of stone to the beast. A heavy huff as it disappears into a 'mouth' that glowed like an orange flashlight, crunching noises as molten magma began to sear the ground a bit as it dripped out like drool. "He eats rock, coal is basically his favorite though I find. Gets him nice and toasty." as she was doing her best to pet the thing. "It's a bit tough to get through that hide of his..." Griswold explains as he leans down and gives the thing a couple of heavy pats that cause its rock like skin to bend inward just a tad.

Shaking the girl's hand in his, rather dwarfing it in his large palm "Haine it is then lass, a pleasure." before they both take a look to Raidou having formally met.

Edited July 14, 2020 by Griswold

[Raidou 1]

Lifting himself from where he was sitting, folding the book closed and adjusting the frames on his nose. "Your acquainted then? What we face today is one large pale blue serpent with some jurisdiction over lightning. It needs to be locked down which is where you come in Griswold. Those hits of yours tend to stagger everything in your path, so keep them rolling while me and Haine drain its health as fast as possible before it can respond." Raidou elaborated on what would transpire, pulling himself to the quest board shortly after and accepting the quest from its surface. Targeting the lot of them while operating his menu with both hands, he fires out a party invite to both before activating the quest share function. With a slide of his right hand it closes, he uses his hand to tighten the robe around his shoulders preparing himself for the journey ahead. 

[Haine 0]

Haine watched with wide, fascinated eyes as the elemental devoured a slab of stone. The excess spilled as a magma-like substance from the sides of its mouth. "Wooaah. Sweeet." She scratched her head, imagining a reality where rocks would be viable sustenance. The lil' bud seemed to enjoy it, his tail wagging. She stepped aside, avoiding the dripping magma. She pat his head. "Good boy!" She turned to Griswold and nodded along as he spoke. She accepted the handshake, his large palm comically dwarfing hers. "S' a pleasure, Griswold!" She grinned.

Raidou broke the momentary silence, getting down to business. She clasped her hands behind her back, turning her attention to him. The quest specifications registered in her mind. It was do-able. "Roger that, cap!" She saluted him and swiped to accept the party request. A blue lightning noodle? Child's play. The team would throw it down no problem - she hoped. The details signified a moderate challenge, not quite a cake walk, something subtle to ramp up their game. She nodded. "Right after ya."

[Griswold 0]

The elemental finishes his 'bone' of sorts as the crunching and molten rock stop flowing from its maw, Griswold releases the girl's hand from his own before moving to the boy's side. Griswold fights with his menu for a moment struggling to accept the party invite he had received with curse words aplenty. "Blasted piece of horses***...There we go." he yells at it before successfully accepting it, shifting his shoulders and keeping the bolts that held his plate mail together taught around his helmet. "Let's do this boy, where we headed?" the forge master asks the kid in red, looking at the right of his HUD at the tracker and reading the quests name from it. "Lord of seas. Seems full of itself." with Vulcan moving to meet his side. He was itching a bit for a fight, so this was just was the doctor ordered, as he removes the mallet from his hip.

 

[Raidou 1]

With his dictation of the parameters handled, his gear prepared Raidou moves away from the others to head for the location the quest would be along the bog green waterways. Drawing his blade in preparations for what was to follow. A storm was brewing on the horizon, through darkened cloud coverage like an ill omen but a tell of the beast. Evidently, as the bolts of energy in white scatter through becoming more vocal, they were drawing near to the beast. Removing slowly from submersion from the water, its spines working like lightning rods glowing on its back. Blued scales in a thickened carapace, it peers down with reddened eyes as Raidou's flares the same in mirror.

"Forfeit, you've already lost." Raidou boasts through reflective lenses, as fumes begin to parade off his shoulders as his fighting spirit kicks in. The large serpent screeches a carnage fueled roar before picking up speed.

[Haine 0]

Haine couldn't stifle the chortle that escaped her when the older man struggled with his HUD. She slapped a hand over her mouth and averted her gaze. With the quest information given out, they had no need to be sitting around. With a twist of her heel, she followed them the opposite direction. The mundane townscape transitioned into mossy bogs, a great body of water coming into view. The air's humidity thickened, and with that, the sky was gradually gloomier. She shivered at the drastic 180. Droplets of water cascaded from inclement skies, and then, abruptly, a storm began to brew. The Leviathan-esque creature had sensed them from afar, unleashing a bolts lightning upon them.

Haine dodged out of the way, feasting her eyes on the snake-like creature as it emerged from the water with a huge wave. She gulped at its sheer size, it was hard to even meet eye to eye from up close. Raidou, in all his grandeur, stepped in front of the trio to engage the enemy. The Wyvern, keen with the distraction, left ample room for Haine's minuscule form to sneak up on it. She slinked up the enemy's side and all but slid off its slippery side. No, that wouldn't do!

She stapped the glaive into the snake's scales, the rough skin providing enough purchase to vault off of it. The blue wonder aimed her spear at its spine, landing on top as the sharp edge dug into it. With a vicious hiss and a scattering of lightning, she was flung off its side and thrown back on the ground. She was winded and recovering from the whiplash, clutching her forehead.

 

ID: #159465

BD: 2 + 4 ACC = 6 [ HIT ]

Activates: Dimension Stampede

DMG: 16*15=240

Party:

Haine: LVL: 51 | HP: 1050/1050 | EN: 88/102 | DMG: 16 | MIT: 66 | EVA: 1 | ACC: 4 | BLD: 36

Griswold: LVL: 21 | HP: 420/420 | EN: 42/42 | DMG: 5 | MIT: 47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1

Raidou: LVL: 60 | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 120/120 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 106 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 2 | BH:61 | TAUNT

 

Enemy:

<<Sea Wyvern>>: HP: 60/300 | DMG: 300

Edited July 21, 2020 by Haine

[Griswold 0]

Griswold rushes down the massive creature attempting to close the gap, a heavy swing in orange color connects but skids off the heavy hide of the creature. The slick nature of its carapace allows no firm strike to be made, as it turns and slams into the blacksmith with force he manages to block with the large steel wall between him and the razor clawed foot. A feral screech toward Haine, Griswold barks to the girl "Look out Lass, its running rampant!" trying his best to hold it back, dropping his mallet and snatching its tail. His muscles flare and veins protrude as he manages to hold it back but it was beginning to drag him. The rain from above starts to gain strength drenching him and the rest of the party in a heavy drizzle as the sky above becomes dark and sparks of energy scatter through the greyed billows in electricity in pale blue.

ID# 159791 results: Battle: 5, I fired and I missed

Party:
(1-4) Haine: LVL: 51 | HP: 1050/1050 | EN: 88/102 | DMG: 16 | MIT: 66 | EVA: 1 | ACC: 4 | BLD: 36
(5-8) Griswold: LVL: 21 | HP: 420/420 | EN: 40/42 | DMG: 5 | MIT: 47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1
(9-12) Raidou: LVL: 60 | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 120/120 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 106 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 2 | BH:61 | TAUNT

Enemy:
(1,0,0) <<Sea Wyvern>>: HP: 60/300 | DMG: 300

Edited July 20, 2020 by Griswold

[Raidou 1]

Haine opens with her own sudden streak of power cutting the creature to pieces, and although Griswold had missed with his hammer through sheer force of will he was not faltering in the action he was given. "I was not lying in what I said." Raidou looks at the beast through lenses beading with rainwater under the heavy downpour. Lifting the weapon high a casted flare of solar light before he seemingly vanishes. A crash like a clap of thunder as he connects with the target, shredding a resounding deep red gash across the throat of the serpent before its head slides to the ground with a heavy thud. The tail in Griswold's strong hands goes limp before the carcass is claimed by the cardinal system. Wiping the sword to one side and returning it to his back, he looks to his comrades with a subtle word "Believe we are done here, I appreciate what you've done for me today."

ID# 160391 results: Battle: 8+2+1=11, Hit! dealing 234 damage to Sea Wyvern, Killing it!

Party:
(1-4) Haine: LVL: 51 | HP: 1050/1050 | EN: 88/102 | DMG: 16 | MIT: 66 | EVA: 1 | ACC: 4 | BLD: 36
(5-8) Griswold: LVL: 21 | HP: 420/420 | EN: 40/42 | DMG: 5 | MIT: 47 | THRNS:18 | PARA:1
(9-12) Raidou: LVL: 60 | HP: 1230/1230 | EN: 110/120 | DMG: 18 | MIT: 106 | EVA: 3 | ACC: 2 | BH:61 | TAUNT

Enemy:
(1,0,3) <<Sea Wyvern>>: HP: 60/300 | DMG: 300

Edited July 20, 2020 by Raidou

[Haine 0]

The thing proved fierce, Griswold's mighty weapon unable to pierce the rough scales of the foe. It provoked the foe even more, lightning raining down in bolts. Haine had long since been soaked by the heavy downpour. "Geez, who pissed in your cornflakes?" she quipped, struggling back to her feet. She felt dizzy and a little disorientated trying to regain her ground. Surely enough, Raidou stepped in to deliver the final blow, warping up to the target and decimating it. The inclement skies cleared up with the fall of the great alleged Sea Lord. A giant tide of water splashed their way. Haine backed off sighed. It was a moderately difficult fight, all due to the sheer size of the thing and its ferocity. Nonetheless, they'd prevailed.

"Well then," Haine started, "It was nice meetin' ya Griswold!" She beamed his way and shot a little wave at his familiar. She turned to Raidou. "Be seeyin' ya, cap!" And with that, she headed off for some grub.

THREAD COMPLETE

Raidou - 5 SP (3 quest, 1 page, 1 bonus) + <<Lightning Rod>>, 133 COL

Griswold - 5 SP (3 quest, 1 page, 1 bonus) + <<Lightning Rod>>, 133 COL

Haine - 5 SP (3 quest, 1 page, 1 bonus) + <<Lightning Rod>>, 133 COL