[PP - F??] <<Berserker>> Acquisition Thread

[Plot Master 0]

Spoiler Rules: 1. Only Bahr and Plot Master may post in this thread. 2. The following will result in a failed quest: teleporting out, death, one month (OOC) of no posting (unless staff is alerted of an issue beforehand), attempting to use the skill/roll for another before this thread is closed. 3. This quest will contain a variety of choices that will affect the experience. However, within reason, a "wrong" choice will not result in a failed quest. 4. The stats listed below have been locked in, and no changes may be made to skills/inventory/etc., except when appropriate in-character. STATS LEVEL - 31 PARAGON LEVEL - 51 HP - 860 EN - 122 DMG - 23 MIT - 103 ACC - 3 EVA - 3 HOLY - 16 FALLEN - 8 BH - 43 HB - 17 PHASE HOME BUFFS » WELL RESTED      ➥ -1 EN EXPENDITURE FOR THE FIRST THREE TURNS OF COMBAT » RELAXED      ➥ +20 TO OUT OF COMBAT HP REGENERATION      ➥ FULL EN REGENERATION AFTER 2 POSTS OUT OF COMBAT » BATTLE HEALING R5      ➥ REDUCE INCOMING DOT DAMAGE BY 25% FOR FIRST INCOMING DOT INFLICTED IN THREAD » FILLING      ➥ INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF A SINGLE CONSUMED FOOD ITEM IN A THREAD BY +1 T1 SLOT » ITEM STASH      ➥ +1 BATTLE-READY INVENTORY SLOT » DELICIOUS      ➥ COMBINE 3 IDENTICAL FOOD ITEMS INTO A FEAST ONCE PER THREAD » PRACTICED ANGLER      ➥ +2 FISHING EXP PER ATTEMPT      ➥ +1 LD & CD TO FISHING ATTEMPTS » GREEN THUMB      ➥ +2 GATHERING EXP PER ATTEMPT      ➥ W+1 LD & CD TO GATHERING ATTEMPTS » MULTIPURPOSE      ➥ GAIN +1 TO LD, STEALTH RATING, STEALTH DETECTION, OR PROSPERITY TO ONE POST IN A THREAD      ➥ CAN BE APPLIED AFTER THE ROLL IT IS USED TO AFFECT HAS BEEN COMMITTED » DECOR: SPOOKY AMENITY      ➥ REDUCE INCOMING DOT DAMAGE BY 5% FOR FIRST INCOMING DOT INFLICTED IN THREAD » TANOS TOTEM      ➥ +25 MIT   SKILLS COMBAT SKILLS » BATTLE HEALING R5      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ WHILE IN COMBAT, USER HEALS FOR 5% (43 HP) OF THEIR MAX HP EACH TURN » CHARGE      ➥ POST ACTION      ➥ PERFORM A SINGLE SWORD ART WITH +5 BASE DMG      ➥ -1 ACC FOR ATTACK AND NEGATES AUTO-HIT CONDITIONS FROM SKILLS           ➥ COOLDOWN: 3 TURNS           ➥ COST: 8 EN » ENERGIST      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ +20 EN EXTRA SKILLS » CONCENTRATION      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ GAIN ABSOLUTE ACCURACY ON NEXT ATTACK           ➥ COOLDOWN: 5 TURNS » DISGUISE      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ +1 EVA UNTIL START OF YOUR NEXT TURN      ➥ MINOR CRITICALS DO NOT AUTOHIT DURING DURATION           ➥ COOLDOWN: 5 TURNS » MEDITATION      ➥ POST ACTION      ➥ RECOVER AN ADDITIONAL 16 ENERGY           ➥ COOLDOWN: 3 TURNS » FORGOTTEN KING'S AUTHORITY      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ DISPEL ANY DISABLING EFFECTS ON THE USER           ➥ COOLDOWN: 7 TURNS           ➥ COST: 5 EN » PHOTOSYNTHESIZE      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ IMPROVE THE EFFECTS OF ANY HEALING THE USER DOES (DISREGARDING PASSIVE) UNTIL START OF NEXT TURN BY 20%           ➥ COOLDOWN: 5 TURNS           ➥ COST: 5 EN » ASSAULT MODE      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ SWITCH ACCURACY AND EVASION VALUES UNTIL START OF NEXT TURN           ➥ COOLDOWN: 4 TURNS           ➥ COST: 5 EN » FROZEN HIDE      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ APPLY ONE SLOT OF FROST AURA AND ONE SLOT OF FROST THORNS EQUAL TO TIER OF USER UNTIL START OF NEXT TURN           ➥ COOLDOWN: 4 TURNS           ➥ COST: 5 EN » FIRST AID [REQUIRES 2 EXTRA SKILL SLOTS]      ➥ POST ACTION      ➥ HEAL TARGET PARTY MEMBER FOR 20% OF THEIR MAX HP      ➥ CANNOT TARGET USER           ➥ COST: 15 EN                ➥ FIELD MEDIC ADDON: HEAL ENTIRE PARTY (INCLUDING USER) FOR 25% OF EACH PLAYER'S MAX HP                     ➥ COOLDOWN: 3 TURNS                     ➥ COST: 15 EN ACTIVE EXTRA SKILLS: MEDITATION | PHOTOSYNTHESIZE | FIRST AID [2 SLOTS] COMBAT MASTERY » DAMAGE R3      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ +12 DMG WEAPON SKILLS » WARHAMMER R5      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ +7 DMG WHEN WARHAMMER IS EQUIPPED ARMOR SKILLS » LIGHT ARMOR R5      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ +30 MIT           ➥ RESOLVE ADDON: +1 ACC AND +40 HP WHEN WEARING LIGHT ARMOR MODS » LIGHT ARMOR MOD: METICULOUS      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ +1 DMG WHEN WEARING LIGHT ARMOR » WEAPON MOD: WARHAMMER FEROCITY      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ +2 DMG WHEN USING WARHAMMER SWORD ARTS » WEAPON MOD: STAMINA      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ REDUCES THE EN COST OF ALL ATTACKS BY 2 » BATTLE HEALING MOD      ➥ PASSIVE      ➥ NON-FATAL DAMAGE THAT LEAVES USER BELOW 25% OF THEIR MAX HP ACTIVATES A 10% OF MAX HP REPLENISHMENT AFTER ATTACK RESOLVES      ➥ CANNOT APPLY MORE THAN ONCE PER THREAD » FIRST AID MOD: PURIFY      ➥ POST ACTION      ➥ REMOVES ALL STATUS EFFECTS FROM TARGET PARTY MEMBER      ➥ CAN TARGET USER EQUIPMENT STANDARD ISSUE » [EQUIPPED] DIMENSIONAL BACKPACK      ➥ +1 BATTLE-READY INVENTORY SLOT WEAPON » [EQUIPPED] "DAWN'S DEMISE" - WARHAMMER (T4 - DEMONIC)      ➥ HOLY II           ➥ +12 TO BASE DAMAGE ON NATURAL ROLLS OF 9 OR HIGHER      ➥ FALLEN           ➥ +6 TO BASE DAMAGE ON NATURAL ROLLS OF 6-8      ➥ PHASE           ➥ IGNORES 50% OF MIT ON NATURAL ROLLS OF 9 OR HIGHER ARMOR » [EQUIPPED] "BLOODSTAINED COAT" - LIGHT ARMOR (T4 - DEMONIC)      ➥ +48 MIT      ➥ +1 EVA      ➥ HOLY BLESSING           ➥ AFTER TAKING DAMAGE, USER HEALS 2% (17 HP) OF MAX HP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING TURN TRINKET » [EQUIPPED] "EAGLE'S EYE" - TRINKET (T1 - DEMONIC)      ➥ +2 EVA      ➥ +2 ACC FAMILIAR » [EQUIPPED] SWINE BAJESUS - RENDING FAMILIAR FAMILIAR      ➥ FREE ACTION      ➥ USER AND FAMILIAR ATTACK IN TANDEM, DEALING REND [28 UNMITIGATABLE DMG] TO THE TARGET THAT LASTS 2 TURNS           ➥ COOLDOWN: 5 TURNS BATTLE-READY INVENTORY COMBAT SKILLS » TELEPORT CRYSTAL (5)      ➥ ALLOWS USER TO BYPASS ROLL DURING FLEE » LULLABY II INSTANT CRYSTAL (1)      ➥ -2 EVA TO SINGLE TARGET » MASS HP RECOVERY INSTANT CRYSTAL (5)      ➥ HEALS USER AND EACH MEMBER OF PARTY FOR 10% OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MAXIMUM HP VALUES » HP RECOVERY III POTION (5)      ➥ HEALS A SINGLE TARGET FOR 15% OF THEIR MAXIMUM HP » VITALITY II SNACK (5)      ➥ RESTORES 16 EN » EVA II SNACK (1)      ➥ +2 EVA » TOXIC VENOM SALVE (1)      ➥ INFLICTS 32 UNMITIGATABLE DMG OVER 2 TURNS ON NATURAL ROLLS OF 9 OR HIGHER | CONSUMING DMG III Potion: +3 Base DMG MIT III Meal: +60 MIT Overhealth III Meal: +129 HP ACC II Snack: +2 ACC | FINAL STATS Bahr: HP: 989/989 | EN: 122/122 | DMG: 26 | MIT: 163 | ACC: 5 | EVA: 3 | HLY: 16 | FLN: 8 | BH: 43 | HB: 17 | PHASE

 

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To: @Bahr

Today is the day! I woke up this morning and read that the Forgotten Time King has been located for the first time since the update. I guess he's hanging out in some big cavern north of Tomoika, on the twenty-first floor? Anyway, I took it as a sign that I'm finally ready to take him on. But not without you, of course. Would you mind coming with me, and making sure I don't die? You've done this before, so I can just cheat off you, right? I don't know any of the specifics, or what exactly has changed, but the post by the info broker didn't mention anything significant. Maybe that means he's exactly the same, and just moved around a little? Anyway, I'm totally rambling now. Meet you there in 30! Don't forget!<3

Get it? Don't forget? Because we're fighting the Forgotten Time King?

Haha, just a little pre-possible-death-situation humor.

- Lessa

 

[Bahr 0]

He would be lying if he said that the message hadn't given him pause. While he'd been rather candid about his victory over the Forgotten Time King, he was certain he hadn't shared many of the more uncomfortable aspects of that experience with Lessa. He'd won, but there'd been a cost associated with it. A psychological toll that he'd hardly had the time to process, let alone share with anyone else to a meaningful degree. 

But if she was going, it necessitated his attendance as well. What they were to face was a powerful enemy, and he couldn't bear the thought of letting her go it alone. Which was a sentiment he recognized as selfish and hypocritical, even as he thought it. What would she have done had he disappeared one day because he went in half-cocked against a boss that was clearly capable of smiting him in one fell swoop? Now faced with the potential reality of being on the receiving end of such torment, he could hardly bare the thought. 

When he arrived upon the venue, Lessa was nowhere to be seen. Had he beaten her there, or had she already gone ahead? He summoned his messaging panel. 

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To: @Lessa

I'm here. Where are you?

- Bahr

 

[Plot Master 0]

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To: @Bahr

Uhhh, I'm at home. Why? Am I supposed to be somewhere?

- Lessa

The response came only a moment later, as the very confused sender wasted no time asking for answers. Caught entirely off-guard by his message, Lessa had checked her front porch, thinking maybe Bahr waited there. She had no way of knowing that he stood before the Forgotten King's lair, or about the invitation that she had supposedly sent. The message had never appeared in her "sent" folder, and for good measure, it conveniently disappeared from Bahr's inbox.

One floor below Manderley, a small river snaked silently between enormous stands of stalagmites. Even in the cavernous space, with it's high, pitched ceilings, the slowly moving water made no sound as it slithered into a dark, narrow passage. It was as if even the sound of a babbling brook might be too pleasant for a hell-hole like this. Fungi clung to the slick walls, glowing an eerie, iridescent blue across the uneven terrain. In a sense, they shown like spotlights on a stage, ushering in the next act. But it was not the towering Time King that emerged, wielding it's enormous sword, and striking terror into all who opposed him.

Instead, the other man cut a far less imposing figure as he emerged from the shadows, and picked his way closer. He stood a few inches shorter than Bahr, though his heavy gear made for a bulkier silhouette. Red eyes, while somewhat alarming in color, shone with warmth and compassion. That same warmth burned in the man's smile, and shimmered in his sandy blonde hair and his gilded armor. In fact, the individual's entire body seemed to glow faintly with a light of his own making. No cursor hovered over his head, and an inspection would reveal a complete lack of information. Of course, no introduction was necessary.

Zayne lifted a hand in greeting. "Hey Bahr."