[PP-F9] <<Gatekeeper of Fire>> Scorched Earth

[Teion 0]

The duo had just vanquished the Cerberus and its pack of Hellhounds, and Teion brought her axe to rest at her back so she could brush her hands together with the soft ‘clap’s of a job well done. The dialogue box declaring their quest complete popped up in front of either one of them, and she slowly brought herself closer to Ryo as she reached a hand up to dismiss it. ”Yeah, fighting in the heat kind of sucks, but that really wasn’t as bad as I thought. The leads I heard made it sound like–” Something caught her attention enough to derail her train of thought. Her finger hovered over the blue circle at the bottom of the dialogue box, ready to send it away, when her eyes landed on the description of their reward. A «Cerberus Soul». She read what it did a second time. ”Wait a minute, that’s not right. We were supposed to get–”

Again she was interrupted, but this time it was not by her own distractions. This time, the ground quaked beneath their feet and Teion stumbled forward with the sudden shift in her balance. The hissing of fresh fissures bursting with steam just outside of the cave paired with loud ’cracks’ of the rock splitting. The fresh corpse of Cerberus’ body that lay slumped over beside them twitched. The extinguished mane that ran along its spine burned like the embers of a campfire, then suddenly roared to life. Flames burst from its hide and magma spewed from its three decapitated necks like open faucets. Its legs braced against the ground and slowly picked itself back up while each of its heads reformed out of molten slag. White-hot fangs solidified in all three jaws and gnashed against each other in a cacophony of snarling and growling.

Teion had placed a hand on Ryo’s shoulder to steady herself, and she stared up in slight awe at the beast reborn. It looked wilder, more vicious, and boasted a more intimidating title: «Cerberus, Inferno’s Rage». It turned towards them without patience, and Teion hastily reached behind her to redraw her weapon. ”Okay, so maybe this thing drops the item we want.” She suggested, nervously sizing up their new opponent.

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Teion | HP: 760/760 | EN: 54/90 | DMG: 23 | MIT:78 | ACC:5 | BH:42 | REC: 4 | LD:4 | QTY: 2
Ryo | HP: 700/700 | EN: 92/102 | DMG: 21 | MIT:103 | BH:31 | REC: 8 | HM: 8 | BLD: 48  | PARA | LD:3 | Burn 10 (1/2)

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Cerberus, Inferno's Rage

• Head #1 | HP: 650/650 | DMG: 175 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2
• Head #2 | HP: 650/650 | DMG: 175 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2
• Head #3 | HP: 650/650 | DMG: 175 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2

Abilities

Spoiler

• Bloodless | This boss is immune to all status ailments.
• Bringing Hell | This boss can attack once per turn for each head active.
• Limited Availability | Players can only target one head at a time. This also extends to AoE attacks.
• Burning Bite | On Cerberus' successful attacks, the player is afflicted with T4 Burn. (56 unmitigatable damage per turn for 2 turns.) This ailment is negatable by Fireproof.
• Boiling Hide | On successful attacks against Cerberus, the player receives 30 thorns damage. Successful critical attacks against Cerberus increases damage received by the player to 50. This damage is negatable by Fireproof.
• Infernal Punishment | On a critical attack, heads of Cerberus that have not yet attacked for that turn will gain additional damage and 50% Phase for their attack that turn. (+25 on minor crit | +75 on major crit)
• Blazing Bite | If all three heads are reduced to 150 HP or less without any having been destroyed, <<Cerberus, Inferno’s Rage>> will howl with all three heads, summoning 3 <<Infernal Hell Hounds>> to come to its aid as a Free Action. They attack immediately, as part of the same post. Damage from new applications of Burning Bite is now doubled. (112 unmitigatable damage per turn for 2 turns.) 

 

[quest info] Teion | HP: 760/760 | EN: 90/90 | DMG: 23 | MIT:78 | ACC:5 | BH:42 | REC: 4 | LD:4 | QTY: 2  NOTES   Hide contents   THREAD INFO   Hide contents equipped »Eclipse Edge (+3 ACC) »Amethyst Set (+48 MIT, +4EN Recovery) »Sun Spot (+2 Quality, +1 LD)   battle-ready inventory »Sand Armor Potion (Parry next attack) »Bottled Banshee Scream (Stun all enemies for one turn) »*Potion of Fallen Strength (+3 DMG, -9 MIT) »Banner of Command [3 Charges] (+1 ACC to your party until start of your next turn) »Teleport Crystal (1) skills »Axe R5 (+7 DMG) »Light Armor R5 (+30 MIT, -2 Stealth) »Battle Healing R5 (38 healing per turn) »Searching R3 (+3 LD, +3 Stealth Detection) »Charge (+3 DMG -1 ACC attack | 3 post CD | 8EN) addons »[Axe] Precision (+1 ACC) »[Axe] Ferocity (+2 DMG) »[Axe] Stamina (-2 EN) »[Light Armor] Resolve (+1 ACC, +40 HP) mods »Meticulous (+1 DMG) »Emergency Recovery (Heal 76 when brought below 190 | Once per thread | 10EN) »Night Vision (No penalties from low light/darkness) »Detect (+2 Stealth Detection, +1 LD to dungeons/labyrinths) »Bull Rush (Charge may stun instead) buffs Spoiler »

Edited Tuesday at 10:32 PM by Teion

[Ryo 0]

Ryo reached up and wiped the sweat from his forehead, his hand gliding back and slicking his hair back to his scalp. He reached up and read over the quest box. "Yeah, fighting in the heat suck a lot. Just being in it sucks. This humidity sucks. I take back everything about your fifth floor." He said, finally reading the final line. "Wait, isn't this a different thing?" He asked, looking up at Teion. He pressed the circle button, getting rid of the pop up. Regardless of what he was supposed to receive, it was nice to get at least something for his troubles. "Well, at least it was easy." He said, not knowing the full extent of what was about to happen.

The body twitched, and convulsed. Ryo yelped, and fell backwards onto the hot ground. The body stood back up. Ryo drew his sword, ready to fight. "Yeah alright!" He said, a bit exasperated. "Alright, round two I guess!" He said, rushing up and attacking before it could get it's own chance to. Ryo's blade dug into deep, but the sudden appearance of new heads forced him to take a step back. White hot fangs, dripping with magma bared against him. Ryo raised his arm, the drool steaming in the hot air around him and on his arm. Ryo shook his arm free of the drool noting the damage he had taken. "Damn, can barely get close to the thing." He said, warning Teion.

Ryo attacks! ST-I vs Cerberus Head #1 (-12EN)
ID#: 243364 | BD: 8 [Minor Crit!] Ryo deals 22*15=330-75 = 255 DMG |

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[0|0|0] Teion | HP: 760/760 | EN: 54/90 | DMG: 23 | MIT:78 | ACC:5 | BH:42 | REC: 4 | LD:4 | QTY: 2
[2|0|0] Ryo | HP: 650/700 | EN: 90/102 | DMG: 21 | MIT:103 | BH:31 | REC: 8 | HM: 8 | BLD: 48  | PARA | LD:3 |

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Cerberus, Inferno's Rage

• Head #1 | HP: 395/650 | DMG: 175 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2
• Head #2 | HP: 650/650 | DMG: 175 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2
• Head #3 | HP: 650/650 | DMG: 175 | MIT: 75 | ACC: 3 | EVA: 2

Abilities

Spoiler

• Bloodless | This boss is immune to all status ailments.
• Bringing Hell | This boss can attack once per turn for each head active.
• Limited Availability | Players can only target one head at a time. This also extends to AoE attacks.
• Burning Bite | On Cerberus' successful attacks, the player is afflicted with T4 Burn. (56 unmitigatable damage per turn for 2 turns.) This ailment is negatable by Fireproof.
• Boiling Hide | On successful attacks against Cerberus, the player receives 30 thorns damage. Successful critical attacks against Cerberus increases damage received by the player to 50. This damage is negatable by Fireproof.
• Infernal Punishment | On a critical attack, heads of Cerberus that have not yet attacked for that turn will gain additional damage and 50% Phase for their attack that turn. (+25 on minor crit | +75 on major crit)
• Blazing Bite | If all three heads are reduced to 150 HP or less without any having been destroyed, <<Cerberus, Inferno’s Rage>> will howl with all three heads, summoning 3 <<Infernal Hell Hounds>> to come to its aid as a Free Action. They attack immediately, as part of the same post. Damage from new applications of Burning Bite is now doubled. (112 unmitigatable damage per turn for 2 turns.) 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:27 PM by Ryo