[PP-F05] The Sharkbait Training Program: One More Again! <<Bloodstained Land>>

[Wulfrin 0]

Wulfrin had just wrapped up another run into the dangerous dust bowl that was Terra Firma’s arena. This was the new routine when he had down time. Wulfrin, whose visage was obscured by his desert hermit disguise, returned to Abdullah’s abode where the aristocrat spent his time in lavish luxury.

“Job’s done.” Wulfrin grumbled in a gruff voice, his best Geralt of Rivia impersonation. “I’ll be heading out again to slay the beast once it returns again in a few hours.”

”Yes yes,” Abdullah waved at him dismissively. “You’re efficient compared to those other mongrels that seek my permission to hunt down that dreaded land shark. You have my blessing to continue your work.”

”Of course. I’ll see your trade routes clear of infestation.”
 

The words left a stale taste in Wulfrin’s mouth. He despised Abdullah, in fact he made it his mission to irritate the man, though lately his taking over of the commonly named “Sharkbait Training Program”, Wulfrin found it necessary to play nice with the aristocrat, but he couldn’t do it as himself. Quest accepted again, Wulfrin made his way to his favorite rendezvous spot.

Sharkbait Training Program Now Under New Management. To join a party, inquire within.

Wulfrin sat with his feet kicked up at a simple table inside a familiar table. The building he had set up in was at one point a cafe. Now it is dilapidated, the only new feature being one of those reversible chalkboards that he used for jotting down game plans as he found it easier to lay the plans for the newer players who, for the most part, would be their first truly dangerous opponent. 
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Note: CS Shades of the Gemini is in effect. If any player objects to this they should state so in their first post and it will be considered inactive.

Accuracy 2 Consumed [Filled] - Freyd’s Gungir
Evasion 2 Consumed - Smores
Protein 2 Consumed - Protien Skewer
Mitigation 3 Consumed - Bingsu
Toxic Venom 3 Consumed - Kintsugi
Damage 3 Consumed - Ass-Kicking Absinthe
Elven Armor Salve 1 Consumed 
Field Rations 1 Consumed  
Loot Die  Consumed - Gelato
Prosperity  Consumed - Mousse

Wulfrin | HP: 829/829 | EN: 108/108 | DMG: 26 | MIT:98 | ACC:8 | AA  | EVA:2 | BH:27 | REC: 8 | FRB: 40 | TXC-V: 32 | FRZ: 64 | LD:6 | PROSP:3 | ELF-S

Spoiler

"Name: Wulfrin
True Tier: 5
Level: 33
Paragon Level: 14
HP: 829/829
EN: 108/108

Stats:
Damage: 26
Mitigation: 98
Accuracy: 8
Evasion: 2
Battle Healing: 27
Loot Die: 6
Stealth Rating: -2
AA REC: 8
FRB: 40 TXC-V: 32
FRZ: 64
ELF-S HELLFIRE: 80
STNG [x1]

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Icingdeath | T4 Demonic Straight Sword | Freeze 2 | Frostbite | AA
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Fallen Angel Garb | T4 Demonic LA | MIT 2 | REC 2
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Dioscuri | T1 PErfect Trinket | ACC 3

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - TECH Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - Rending Familiar

Custom Skill:
  - Shades of the Gemini

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R3
  - Charge
  - Energist
  - Light Armor R5
  - Searching R3
  - Straight Sword R5

Extra Skills:
  - Disguise
  - Forgotten King's Authority
  - Survival
  - Meditation

Inactive Extra Skills:
  - Frozen Hide
  - Brawler
  - Assault Mode

Addons:
  - Focus
  - Precision
  - Resolve
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Meticulous
  - Night Vision

Inactive Mods:

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Imugi's Inspiration | Mass Healing x5
  - Popcorn | T4 Vitality 2 x5
  - TP Crystals x5

Housing Buffs:
  - Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
  - Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
  - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  - Attic (Storage): +5% bonus col from monster kills and treasure chests
  - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
  - Master Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first three expenditures of each combat
  - Master Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 25% (rounded down)
  - Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
  - Ornate Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to fishing attempts.
  - Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP 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.

Guild Hall Buffs:
  - Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Scents of the Wild Totem:

Wedding Ring:

Crafting Profession:
 - Blacksmith[1896exp] R8
Gathering Profession:
 - Fishing[509exp] R5"

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Wulfrin

[Pollux 0]

Her numbers problem was all sorted but Yue Hua had already made arrangements. Would be a trouble for her guildmate if she suddenly canceled last minute. So did she pop up at the agreed time and place precisely five minutes before they were agreed to meet, her gait quickened a half-step above the usual, which in the language of Yue Hua that was still unfamiliar to her fellows, meant that she was eager for someone to praise her most recent feat.

"Hello, Wulfrin," Yue Hua greeted, slotting her name beneath his in the party list. "Notice anything different?"

The desert was dry and miserable and hot and the worst place for her vanities. She'd pulled her long hair up into a full bun and stuck a hair stick through it, and she was lacking her horns and tail -- which in some sense might have been more startling than the overnight jump in levels, given how up until this point none of the trackers ever saw Yue Hua without them. But if she had the second of the latter in this moment, it would have started to, unconsciously, wag as she waited for Wulfrin's response.

 

厌倦你浪潮般涨落地爱我 当作莫名靠岸惶惑地来过 再说了从未幻想过你爱我 天马行空都埋没

Spoiler LEVEL 24: HP: 480/480 | EN: 66/66 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 1 SKILLS Spoiler  | skills mod count: 3/5 STRAIGHT SWORD | RANK 5/5 [BASE: Proficiency] +7 DMG [ADDON: Ferocity] +2 DMG [ADDON: Precision] +1 ACC [ADDON: Stamina] Reduce EN of all attacks by 2. [SHIFT: TECH Specialist] For TECH Sword Arts, +4 to multipliers, +3 to EN cost. COMBAT MASTERY: DAMAGE | RANK 3/3 [BASE: Proficiency] +9 DMG | extra skills [2] FIRST AID | RANK 5/5 [BASE: Proficiency] [PA, 15 EN] Single target heal: 20% of target max HP. [MOD: Purify] [PA, 3 EN, 1 CD] Single target cleanse: Can target the user. [MOD: Energize] [PA, 10 EN] Single target restoration: +8 EN. [ADDON: Hyperactive] [PA, 5 EN, 3 CD] Single target buff: +3 Passive EN Regen for three turns. Can target the user. [MOD: Barrier] [PA, 15 EN, 2 CD] AoE buff: Reduce final damage from all sources by 15% for one turn. [ADDON: Field Medic] [PA, 15 EN, 3 CD] AoE heal: 25% of target(s) max HP. | expenditure Spoiler Total SP: 120 | Spent: 119 | Unspent: 1 SKILL: Straight Sword (30) ADDON: Stamina (4) ADDON: Precision (2) ADDON: Ferocity (4) SHIFT: TECH Specialist (10) SKILL: Combat Mastery: Damage (13) EXTRA SKILL: First Aid (30) MOD: Purify (4) MOD: Energize (5) MOD ADDON: Hyperactive (5) MOD: Barrier (6) ADDON: Field Medic (6)   EQUIPMENT Spoiler Dull Blade DAMAGE II TIER 1 RARE STRAIGHT SWORD It's worn from use, but the swordswoman favors it anyway. It was her first blade. INVENTORY Spoiler (2) Teleport Crystal Use a post action to activate a teleport crystal. Teleports the player to the town or designated teleportation area they specify. SWORD ARTS Spoiler | ST [x12] ST-I (10 EN) | A single-target sword art. [x15] ST-II (13 EN) | A powerful single-target sword art. Only available for use when ST-I was used and successfully struck an enemy the previous turn or if ST-II had been used and had missed the previous turn. [x20] ST-B (18 EN) | A devastating single-target sword art. Can only be used if the sword art used the previous turn is not ST-B and had rolled a natural CD9+. When performing an AoE attack, use only the first roll. | AOE [x11] AOE-I (9 + [2 * targets] EN) | AOE | A sword art that strikes multiple targets at once. [x14] AOE-II (12 + [2 * targets] EN) | AOE | A powerful sword art that strikes multiple targets at once. Only available for use when AOE-I was used and successfully struck an enemy the previous turn or if AOE-II had been used and had missed all intended targets the previous turn. | TECH [x16] TECH-A (14 EN) | STUN | A single-target sword art that stuns an enemy. [x16] TECH-B (13 EN) | DELAY | A single-target sword art that, on a successful strike, applies [Delay] on the enemy. [Delay] is a debuff that reduces the enemy’s ACC by 1 for one turn.

Edited December 10 by Pollux

[Freyd 0]

"Alright, so first we have to go tolerate an absolute and total ass-wipe of a mob boss, who thinks he's literally the hottest shit in this entire bloody desert and... Wulfrin?"

Freyd had agreed to bring Xena along for a quick run through Terra Firma territory, acknowledging with silent satisfaction that his old Sharkbait placard was still leaning against the nearby crates, albeit considerably more sun bleached.

"Wait... are you doing the thing?"  He'd noticed the young woman standing next to his counterpart, raising an eye at the potentially compromising catch and useful tool for causing future mischief with Ciela, if ever needed.  Not that he actually would, but he could, and that was enough to sate the worst of his inner impulses.  Besides, he could hardly claim any sort of moral high ground given the lovely young catwoman at his side.  Right, Freyd, stop being a dumbass.  He's your friend, and doesn't need your usual brand of nonsense right now.  Be nice.

"Oh... sweet.  Did you just pick up the quest?  Quick, share it and we'll tag along.  Anything that spares me speaking with that dickhead again is worth its weight in col."

Halting abruptly, the Whisper only suddenly seemed to recognize the awkwardness of the instantly familiar exchange.

"Err... right.  Hi," he added to his friend's companion.  "Freyd and Xena," as if this was sufficient introduction on the fly.  "Mind if we tag along?"

***

Note: CS (Shades of the Gemini) and CSA (Beckon the Void) are in use.  If any other player objects to these, please state in first post and it will be considered inactive.
Note: Freyd has previously completed this quest.

Freyd consumes and shares:

Gungir’s Shard (Untradeable/Unique/Reusable Consumable): Crème Brûlée Tray | ACC 2 | Feast (6/6) - 1 portion [Filled]
Draft of Keen Edge | Tierless | Perfect Potion | Damage 3 | 235945
Madlad Meatloaf | Tierless Rare Meal | EVA 2 | 230509d
[Draught of Safeguard] - T4 Perfect Potion | Mitigation 3 | 218167-1

Freyd | HP: 1280/1280 | EN: 160/160 | DMG: 24 | MIT:212 | ACC: 8 (incl. AA)  | TAUNT | F-SPIRIT | EVA:4 | BH:70 | VAMP-D: 70 | VAMP-O: 141 | PARA-V | LD:5

Spoiler

Name: Freyd, Kuro bara no kishi
True Tier: 18
Level: 33
Paragon Level: 141
HP: 1280/1280
EN: 160/160

Stats:
Damage: 21
Mitigation: 152
Accuracy: 4
Evasion: 2
Battle Healing: 70
Loot Die: 4
Stealth Rating: -5
AA
TAUNT
VAMP-D: 70
VAMP-O: 141
PARA-V

Equipped Gear:
Weapon/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Veritas | T4 Katana) | AA, PVO I, VO I, Taunt
Armor/Trinket: 
  - Negare Omnia | T4 HA | MIT III | VD I
Shield/Armor/Trinket: 
  - Night Shades | T3 Trinket | ACC III | EVA I

Combat Mastery:
  - Combat Mastery: Damage R3

Combat Shift:
  - AOE Shift

Familiar Skill:
  - Grappling Familiar

Custom Skill:
  - Shades of the Gemini (CSA)
  - Beckon the Void (CS)

Skills:
  - Battle Healing R5
  - Charge
  - Energist
  - Extended Mod Limit
  - Extended Weight Limit
  - Fighting Spirit
  - Heavy Armor R5
  - Howl
  - Katana R5
  - Quick Change
  - Searching R4

Extra Skills:
  - Disguise
  - Survival
  - Parry
  - Forgotten King's Authority

Inactive Extra Skills:
  - Meditation
  - Lady Luck
  - Photosynthesize
  - Brawler
  - Assault Mode
  - Frozen Hide
  - Hiding R4

Addons:
  - Focus
  - Focused Howl
  - Iron Skin
  - Precision
  - Reveal
  - Stamina

Mods:
  - Detect
  - Emergency Recovery
  - Impetus
  - Justified Riposte
  - Night Vision
  - Tracking

Inactive Mods:
  - Untraceable

Battle Ready Inventory:
  - Crystal of Divine Light (Reusable 1/thread) x1
  - Mass HP Rec [Inst] (+10% HP) x7
  - Meathook (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Ordsea Crystal-B (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Ordsea Crystal-B (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Rhino's Horn (Reusable 1/combat) x1
  - Samael's Pride | T4 Katana | FLN II | HLY II  x1
  - Teleport Crystals x7
  - The Bonded Word. | T4 Demonic Trinket - ACC III, REC I x1

Housing Buffs:
  - Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat
  - Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down)
  - Basic Kitchen: Increase the effectiveness of a single food item consumed in a thread by +1 T1 slot. This can exceed normal Cook enhancement caps. Ex: A perfect T2 MIT food gives 35 MIT instead of 30.
  - Storage Closet: +1 Battle Ready Inventory Slot
  - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts.
  - Attic (Bedroom): +1 Expertise to declared utility skill. Cannot boost a skill without ranks, or increase a skill past its maximum rank. Cannot boost a skill the user has not learned yet. Ranks obtained using this buff will make the mods of that rank available for purchase. Mods obtained this way are unusable if this buff is removed until the skill is returned to the appropriate rank by way of SP purchase.
  - Basement: Gain +1 to LD, Stealth Rating, Stealth Detection, or Prosperity to one post in a thread. Can be applied after a roll
  - Guest Room: Players can have one «Amenity» in a «Guest Room» and the «Amenity» cannot be recovered. Players are allowed to change which «Amenity» is in the «Guest Room». Multiple instances of the same «Amenity» do not stack. This buff affects the player and their choice of up to two party members.
  - Extended Workshop: +2 Crafting EXP per crafting attempt and +1 crafting attempt per day
  - Ornate Fishing Pond: +2 Fishing EXP per Attempt and additional +1 LD & CD to fishing attempts.
  - Dining Hall: Turn 3 identical food items (same quality, tier, & enhancements) into a Feast. A Feast contains 6 portions of the food items sacrificed. Feasts created this way cannot be used outside of the thread they are created. Limit 1 item created per thread.
  - Mega Slime Farm: +10% EXP 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.

Guild Hall Buffs:
  - Trading Hall: Reduce LD needed for Salvage by 5 (10+ for Alchemist crystals, 6+ for everything else). +2 EXP per craft. Rank 9 crafters and Rank 4 merchants/performers receive +1 crafting/identification attempt per day. Rank 10 crafters and Rank 5 merchants/performers receive +2 crafting/identification attempts per day.
  - Treasury: +5% bonus col from last-hit monster kills and +10% bonus col from treasure chests.

Scents of the Wild Totem:
  - Tanos

Crafting Profession:
 - Appraising[3478exp] R5
Gathering Profession:
 - Fishing[576exp] R5

 

Edited yesterday at 02:33 AM by Freyd

[Xena 0]

Walking alongside Freyd it was HOT, she forgot just how much she hated deserts, at least now she did, never did get to visit a desert in her real life, though if their anything like this she probably wouldn't try to either. Listening somewhat to Freyd while wiping sweat from her forehead as she looks to her menu at her cloak, was it worth losing the stats to take it off she pondered momentarily eventually deciding otherwise pulling the hood down her Tiger Ears hung down in the blazing sun, what was this about some ego maniac Freyd was yapping about, looking to her side an eye closed she noticed him pause looking at something before saying a name wolf.... wolfsomething. "Huh?..." She'd mutter gazing forward towards Freyds line of sight, seeing two other players out here, greeeeeeeat. Her single scarlet eye gazed at the two mostly just looking them over before looking back to Freyd her other eye opening as she stretched. Freyd always was hard with words, once he finished his 'introduction'. She'd want to snicker, but this heat just was the worst. She'd rather go down to floor 4, maybe she could use a few teleport crystals for some brief moments of reprieve during the mission, probably not, not like she could afford tele crystal spam such as that. Finally coming back to the situation at hands she'd give a 2 fingered salute/wave.

***
Xena Consumed
Gungir’s Shard (Untradeable/Unique/Reusable Consumable): Crème Brûlée Tray | ACC 2 | Feast (6/6) - 1 portion [Filled]

Xena | HP: 500/500 | EN: 68/68 | DMG: 13 | MIT:32 | ACC:6 | EVA:1 | BH:10 | REC: 4 | BLD: 24 | LD:1

Spoiler

 

Name: Xena True Tier: 3 Level: 25 Paragon Level: 0 HP: 500/500 EN: 68/68 Stats: Damage: 13 Mitigation: 32 Accuracy: 6 Evasion: 1 Battle Healing: 10 Loot Die: 1 Stealth Rating: 5 REC: 4 BLD: 24 Equipped Gear: Weapon/Armor/Trinket: - Beasts Claws | Tier 2 | BLD 1 | DMG 2 | Armor/Trinket: - Beasts Cloak | Tier 2 | REC 2 | MIT 1 | Shield/Armor/Trinket: - Glasses | Tier 1 | ACC 3 | Combat Mastery: - Combat Mastery: Damage R1 Combat Shift: - Familiar Skill: - Custom Skill: - Skills: - Battle Healing R2 - Claws R5 - Cloth Armor R5 Extra Skills: - Hiding R5 Inactive Extra Skills: Addons: - Nimble Mods: - Athletics - Untraceable - Vanish Inactive Mods: Battle Ready Inventory: - Starter Healing Potions (50 HP) x3 - T1 Uncommon Health Potions x6 Housing Buffs: - Bedroom: -1 energy cost for the first two expenditures of each combat - Bathroom: The first time you would suffer DoT damage in a thread, reduce damage taken from DoT each turn by 20% (rounded down) - Basic Workshop: +2 EXP per crafting attempt - Living Room: Increases out of combatHP regen by (5 * Tier HP) and decreases full energy regen to 2 Out of Combat Posts. Guild Hall Buffs: Scents of the Wild Totem: Wedding Ring: Crafting Profession: - Performer[158exp] R2 Gathering Profession:

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:11 AM by Xena

[Wulfrin 0]

His guildmate, Pollux (better known to him as Yue Hua), was punctual for her designated training session. Wulfrin’s eyes gravitated naturally to the status bar that appeared below his out of pure instinct. He was impressed to be sure. As far as Wulfrin was aware her stats were supposed to be much lower, considering her newer player status, but they appeared to have skyrocketed.

”You’ve done some leveling,” Wulfrin chuckled as he casually twirled a dagger between his hands. “I’m happy for you. The boost from this quest won’t be noticed much, but maybe we can at least unlock the ex-“

He was cut off by a familiar shadowy figure clad in blackened plate mail. Only one person would be so brazen to wear such attire in the desert. With a smirk he shifted his demeanor to a more business like mentality as he took notice of The Whisper’s own tag along.

”Technically Inigo Montoya took it,” Wulfrin chuckled. “Dude’s got such a death wish Abdullah has basically written him off at this point. Guess it’s time to change it up. I’m thinking a hot anime waifu for the next one.”

Wulfrin’s attention focused on the other player accompanying Freyd.

”You’re the only one here I’m not familiar with,” Wulfrin greeted with a smile and out stretched hand. “Names Wulfrin, of the Tracker’s Alliance and Frontline Tech DPS Specialist. Best we get acquainted before I become the Sharkbait.”

Edited 20 hours ago by Wulfrin

[Pollux 0]

Yue Hua's eyes squinted shut, pleased, and she nodded her head vigorously at Wulfrin's observation. Anyone fully aware of the exact circumstances of her skip might have said that Yue Hua had not been the one in the muck chopping away at quests and mobs herself. But she had done that song and dance one disastrous reset ago and she considered making creative use of one's resources a skill in itself... even if this one in question had done it completely rogue. All told, she was supposed to walk off with the credit and the favor owed gave her some much-needed direction.

She dreaded the day she would have no more work asked of her.

Before Wulfrin could finish speaking, they were approached by another pair of quest takers. "The more the merrier," she chimed in when the conversation allowed for it. Wulfrin had already done the business of extending his hand, so she hung back, arms folded, her expression mild and unsmiling but affable. "Yue Hua. Player name Pollux. Also a member of the Trackers Alliance but not quite so decorated as this fellow here." Her eyes flicked good-naturedly over to her senior. "We might be working on that. You mentioned unlocking the extra skill, Wulfrin? I don't see a place for it in my build but I'd like to have it anyway. T'would be far easier with all four of us chipping away at it."

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-> CONSUMING: Gungnir's Shard: Creme Brulee Tray: +2 ACC; Feast 4/6.

Spoiler

Pollux | HP: 480/480 | EN: 66/66 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 1
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Pollux | HP: 480/480 | EN: 66/66 | DMG: 19 | ACC: 3