[F25] <<Essence of Titanium>>

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Floor 25
<<The Essence of Titanium>>
Party Limit: 4 | 20+ Posts
Repeatable for standard thread rewards, and <<Essence of Titanium>>.

Quest Rewards:

• 3,000 Experience Points
• Each player receives: 
  • Essence of Titanium (Tierless Unique Consumable)
    • A Player may apply this consumable to one weapon, armor, or trinket in their evaluation thread to enhance its quality by one stage. This would enhance an Uncommon item to Rare quality, or a Rare item to Perfect quality. This consumable cannot enhance an item beyond Perfect quality.
    • If applied to an item that is already of Perfect quality or higher, it can be used to reroll an Enhancement present on the item using the Appraiser's Identification chart. When using this method, the reroll is eligible for producing Unique Enhancements based on the parameters established for a Rank 5 Appraiser.

Requirements:

• Roleplay entering the <<The Endless Maze>>.
• Locate the <<Titanium Warden>>.
• Defeat the <<Titanium Warden>>.
• Find your way back to the maze entrance.

Summary:

With the most recent system update, many changes affected both floors and quests alike. One such change was the removal of <<The Essence of Steel>> quest from the fourth floor. Confused players scoured the snowy plains, forests, and lakes for weeks searching for any sign of the frozen skull that once served as its trigger and prompt, but were unable to locate it. It wasn't until an adventurer from the higher floors uncovered some surprising information that the mystery of missing quest was resolved.

Within the bowels of the Maze on Floor Twenty-Five lurks a particularly durable mob that the majority of players have been avoiding. Its insane mitigation and high health makes it quite the force to be reckoned with, presenting a challenge to even the most fearsome players. For the longest time, nobody was capable of overcoming its might. When one well-balanced group finally succeeded in accomplishing the feat, and was rewarded with an <<Essence of Titanium>>, everything started to click into place. <<The Essence of Steel>> hadn't been removed from the game - it had simply been shifted to a higher floor and upgraded to "<<The Essence of Titanium>>."

Now, more than ever, an influx of adventurers to the twenty fifth floor have left the NPCs weary. As one of the most challenging floors that players have experienced to date, hunts for the <<Titanium Warden>> have not gone without their casualties. Despite knowing that death is a possibility, players still flock to the floor for the opportunity to collect one of the game's most valuable renewable resources.

Outline: 

Players entering <<The Endless Maze>> are subject to all of the normal conditions in accordance with the Floor 25 description.

While exploring <<The Endless Maze>>, players will roll to locate the <<Titanium Warden>>. This search attempt requires a post action, and will be successful with a roll of CD 7+ & LD 11+. Standard buffs to CD and LD count toward this roll requirement.

Once the <<Titanium Warden>> is located, combat begins immediately on the following post.

After defeating the boss, the party must still navigate its way back to the Labyrinth entrance before ending the quest.
 

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Enemies:

<<Titanium Warden>>
This boss monster is revered as one of the most durable respawning mob in all of Aincrad, boasting an insane Mitigation value and a health pool that just seems to soak up whatever damage makes it through. It is slow, and therefore easy to hit, but that should not be confused with easy to kill. 

HP: 1250/1250 | DMG: 200 | MIT: 200 | ACC: 3 | EVA: -3 | Battle Healing: 50 | Thorns: 50 | Fireproof
This boss uses its own BD roll when attacking.

Abilities:

• Methodical | The <<Titanium Warden>> is in no rush, only attacking once every other turn. During the turns that it does not attack, any debuffs active on the creature are ineffective.
• Magma Jolt | On attack rolls of BD 9+ and CD 9+, this boss will issue an AoE attack that fires a blast of molten steel at each player for 175 damage, ignoring 50% of Mitigation. Additional rolls for this AoE are unnecessary - it will strike each target without fail.
• Deteriorate | For each critical hit dealt to this boss, its Mitigation is permanently reduced by 50.
   

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Epilogue:

Upon defeating the <<Titanium Warden>>:

Spoiler

A panel appears, informing the players of the quest’s completion, listing the quest rewards and experience gained. The player who delivered the killing blow will find an <<Essence of Titanium>> item in their rewards.