[SP - F1] First Step [Completed]

[Bjorn 0]

The red clothed man marched forth from the gates of Starting City, underneath it's shadow and then out of the large gates. He noted that the world outside of the gates was as well designed and portrayed as the world in the city had been. He moved ahead, on alert, occasionally stopping to shade his eyes from the sun and check his surroundings. Bjorn enjoyed the fact that the city was surrounded by rolling grasslands, and that there was a breeze that caught his clothes and the top of the grass. He had a few options, most pressingly of them was which direction to set off in. He paused a moment, looking in each of the directions as a few other players passed him heading out into the grasslands. At the very least there were others about so that if he were to need to call for help, there were those that could respond. He took a moment before setting off in the same direction as several of the others, watching them in groups and occasionally as the headed out and began to fight. He watched there actions and how the fights unfolded. 

He decided that he would stay within easy shouting distance, after all, one never knew when they would be needed, or when they would need assistance, "Especially as your a [censored] boot." and the assurance was nice to have. He continued on into the grass for some time before crouching down and waiting, he wanted to be near the boar before combat started, after all, he knew what a boar charge could do in reality, and doubted that he wanted to experience it in the game either. 

Italics are Thought.

Bold is Speech.

Edited August 16, 2015 by Bjorn

[Bjorn 0]

Bjorn had been crouched in the grass, waiting, his axe was in hand and he had it clenched tightly, so tightly that his knuckles were white. He stared through the grass at his chosen prey as it came closer and closer, the grass occasionally brushing to the side and tickling his face as his dark brown eyes stayed locked onto his target. It would be a good strike, one that would kill in the real world he knew, but he wasn't sure that it would be enough, not in this world he had now found himself to be in. Inch by inch the boar made its way closer to Bjorn's hidden position, as it did so, his entire body tightened in anticipation, before he eventually surged upward as it came with in range and struck out at the boar with his war cry, bringing the axe down hard at the neck of the beast before it had a chance to react. 

ID: 27642
BD: 9 (2 dmg)
MD: 5 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 5/5
Boar: 1/3 (-2 dam)

The axe struck true, slamming into the creature and leaving a tear in it that was filled with a set of greenish black squares with white lines where there should have been blood and gore, followed by it collapsing to the ground. Instead it abruptly turned and looked up from what it had been doing. The creature let out an angry squeal and slashed back and forward with its gleaming white tusks, thankfully Bjorn had been expecting something of the sort and he dodge to the side, letting it move past him swinging it's head back and forth. He attempted to swing again, but found he could not, at least not yet. "So there is some kind of built in limitation. Figures." 

 

Edited August 15, 2015 by Bjorn

[Bjorn 0]

"Come on now, I needs me some bacon." The ax man taunted the boar as he ready himself for when he could swing once more. Shuffling his feet around so that he was ready to dodge Bjorn unknowingly set himself up for failure, though he realized it soon enough when he hopped backwards to give himself room as the boar charged, he landed partially in a hole and swung his axe widly at the boar, attempting to hit him despite his lose of balance. The blade swished harmlessly over the top of the creature, which due to the stumbling Bjorn was doing at the time missed it's next attempt to gore the man. 

ID: 27647
BD: 3 (0 dmg)
MD: 4 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 5/5
Boar: 1/3

Edited August 15, 2015 by Bjorn

[Bjorn 0]

The big man was still reeling from the stumble and frantically tried to recover before the boar could turn its body and its deadly tusks back on him, he quickly succeeded, finding his feet faster than the boar had been able to turn about to meet him. By the time that the boar finished bringing its self back around to face the axe wielding man he had already placed his feet and was bringing his axe down at the beast once more, the strike perfectly aimed at its neck. The blow struck true, landing in the already damaged portion of the creatures neck, finishing what he had started and slicing down and through the boar's neck in its entirety. The head slopped off and struck the ground with a dull thud, and stayed there only a moment before the head and body exploded into an uncountable number of pixelated pieces and then quickly vanished into nothingness. There was a small congratulatory sound, and a notification popped up in his view, showing that he had received a number of experience points, as well as some materials as loot. It wasn't much, but it was surely a start, and Bjorn felt like he had grasped the combat system, or at least the basics of it.

 

ID: 27649
BD: 9 (2 dmg)
MD: 4 (0 dmg)
LD: 9 (No Loot)
Bjorn: 5/5
Boar: -1/3 (-2 dmg)

[Bjorn 0]

With his first kill behind him the big man let out a shaky breath, it wasn't nearly as bad as he had thought it would be, still, the adrenaline had pounded through his body, making his heart race and his breathing ragged. If this wasn't a death game he would have loved the feeling that the game could produce, but the fact was that fight had been to the death, and he wasn't impressed with how easy the seemed to want to make it appear. For all he knew they intended the first fight to lure him and others into a false sense of security, before they ramped up the difficulty and brought the player down to their knees. After all, they had been enough of a bunch of a b*stard to trap the thousands of players in the game and kill them off. 

With a shake of his head he let out another breath, bringing his breathing back into line as he looked about and took in his surroundings once more, off to one side there was a party farming the boars, and giving him dirty looks, Bjorn responded with a rude gesture before turning in a different direction and heading out. He needed to find some more stuff to fight, he wanted to be good and used to the battle system before he returned to the city. Besides, he might find something worthwhile in the loot they dropped and he could defiantly use a few levels before he took on any quests. He continued for some ways before spotting a larger boar pushing its way through the grass in the distance, this one looking to be nearly two hundred pounds of fierce muscle and tusks. "Looks like I'm going to be getting another fight with the piggies of this place. Hopefully that level will help me out." he muttered quietly to himself as he considered his course of action. 

 

[Bjorn 0]

It didn't take long before his choice was made for him, unlike the other boar, this one was more alert, and it noticed him before he had decided on what to do. It pawed the ground twice, letting out a might snort and charged forward, tusks gnashing at the air as it went. The ground was torn up underneath the charging boar, the big man was happy that he, unlike many others, didn't sheath his weapon upon his back, or even in the frog that had been provided on his belt, and instead traveled with it in his hands. This allowed him to be prepared for the charge, even though it had taken him somewhat by surprise. He stepped to the side quickly, bringing the axe in a sideways swipe at the large boar as it passed him, opening a gash along it's chest, down its side and flank. With a grunt the big man grinned, the adrenaline kicking in once more, causing his heart to beat fast, his pupils to dilate, his breath to come in more ragged gasps and his grip on the axe white knuckled as he prepared himself for whatever counter attack the boar would make. 

 

ID: 27662
BD: 9 (2 dmg)
MD: 4 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 7/7
Large Boar: 2/4 (-2 dmg)

Edited August 15, 2015 by Bjorn

[Bjorn 0]

The big man slowly strafed in a circle around the large boar, watching as it's tail twitched and it snorted as it glared back at him, turning to keep him in-front of it. There turning continued for a few moments, until Bjorn released his right hand on the axe, intending to tighten it down once more in a better position, the boar saw its opportunity and charged at him. Having expected to be charged at any moment, Bjorn was ready, and danced off to the side after a small leap and brought the axe to bear against the charging boar with his left hand alone, the boar dodge to the side, though not well enough to keep the axe from nicking it's side, drawing another line of damage across its ribs. The two came back to the same position that the had been before the exchange, eyeing each other once more, the man panting slightly and the boar snorting loudly. 

 

ID: 27705
BD: 8 (1 dmg)
MD: 3 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 7/7
Large Boar: 1/4 (-1 dmg)

[Bjorn 0]

This time as the big man attempted to circle, and the boar followed there was little to no time wasted with the two staring each other down, the boar rather than charging moved in and stared to swing it's tusk at Bjorn, shaking his head, he smacked it with the handle of the axe and danced backwards and to the side, the boar did not give up, and though it was wounded heavily it followed easily, almost light on its feet as it spun to face the big man once again. This dance of the boar attempt to strike and Bjorn shoving it away from him with the axe handle continued uninterrupted for some time before either of them attempted something else, the big man not having the room or time to switch the axe into a position that would allow him to strike well enough at the boar, and the boar was unable to bring its gleaming tusks to bear. 

ID: 27706
BD: 3 (0 dmg)
MD: 1 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 7/7
Large Boar: 1/4

[Bjorn 0]

As the dance continued Bjorn tired of it quickly, and in an attempt to gain the initiative leapt forward and tried to bring the axe down with a choked up grip on the handle, his hands near the head rather than the center or bottom, while he thought that it should have given him more control over the axe, he had misjudge his reach while holding the weapon in this manner, and completely missed the boar, stumbling down into the boar's tusks as it swung its own head in an attempt to gore him. What would have been a miss, instead turned into a very solid strike across the big axman's thigh, causing a surprisingly dull and unrealistically weak amount of pain. What would have been a crippling blow in reality, to nothing more than a minor inconvenience at most. There was an immediate lightening of the mans mood, this wasn't nearly as bad as he had expected, not with how everything else had been modeled so far, and how sadistic the designer was. 

 

ID: 27707
BD: 1 (0 dmg)
MD: 9 (2 dmg)
Bjorn: 5/7 (-2 dmg)
Large Boar: 1/4

[Bjorn 0]

With the big mans mood had lifted, and the man grinned widely as he turned towards the boar, his hands sitting much lighter on the haft of the axe, his breathing was, while still ragged, easier and his heart had stopped pounding as much as it had been just a moment ago, he look fierce and happy to be in battle, as if he was enjoying himself now rather than as if he was intensely concentrating and angry. He watched as the boar turned and charged him, and let out a laugh as he kicked it away before bringing the axe down on it's spin, striking true. It let out a loud squeal of pain before vanishing, once again exploding into pixelated pieces and quickly ran off into the nether. He watched as the experience came in, the material and then his eyes lit up as an item showed dropping into his inventory as well. "Well, well, what do we have here?" he muttered to himself as he fumbled through the menus, attempting to find his inventory. It took a few good moments before he was able to bring it up. He saw that he had found a set of light armor, a type of Lamellar armor, apparently a light metal suit. With a shrug he slipped it on to his equipment and laughed to himself as it materialized on him, much easier than getting dressed himself, and he didn't have to fumble about figuring how to wear the damned thing as it was already on. He wasn't sure what it did for him, but he figured it would be better to have armor on than not. 

 

ID: 27708
BD: 8 (1 dmg)
MD: 5 (0 dmg)
LD: 16 (Good Loot)
Bjorn: 5/7
Boar: 0/4 (-1 dmg)

 

Name: Lamellar armor

Rank: 1

Quality: Good

Item Type: Light Metal Armor

Enhancements: -----

Description:

 

 

Edited August 16, 2015 by Bjorn

[Bjorn 0]

Bjorn was in a good mood, he had leveled up, regained his hit points due to it, received a bit of armor, some more materials, and had learned that damage here in this world was nothing like it was in the real world, though it was dangerous none the less and something he had to keep in mind as he went about fighting, though he doubted it would be hard to forget. The big man moved about, his steps lighter as he headed farther from the city, watching the boars and the occasional player, a toothy grin set on his face as he traveled deeper into this world. As he traveled, he saw that there were groups of players searching about in trees, picking up rocks, taking things off of plants and various objects, he frowned as he watched, they appeared to be able to gather materials from the world, which meant there was non-combat ways to advance as well. Or at least it appeared that way. He stored that information away in the back of his mind as he continued on his way. 

[Bjorn 0]

As he continued deeper, he came across a new set of mobs, no more boars but giant wasps, his eyes narrowed and he watched them as the flew about in pairs and by their lonesome. He wondered how difficult the monster would be, the boar had been easy to fight, even when it had been larger, but that didn't mean it would apply to a new type of enemy, especially one capable of flying. He gripped the axe tightly as he considered his options, he could go around the things, heading farther into the floor and likely coming across more dangerous foes, attempt to fight one or two of them, or he could head back the way he came and continue to battle the boars, both large and small for the materials they seemed to drop, as well as the occasional item. The big man pondered for a few moments before shaking his head and turning back, he didn't feel as if dealing with these enemies was in his best interest for now, he would level up more before trying to deal with something that could fly far out of his reach. He turned and began to head back, keeping an eye out for a boar that looked as if would be a singular enemy. 

[Bjorn 0]

The ax man didn't have to spend very long to find what he was searching for, a large boar, around the same size as the one he had previously defeated, was pawing at the ground underneath a tree. In the real world Bjorn would have said that it was looking for truffles, but in this world, it was likely simply programmed actions that would repeat regardless of success or failure, simply to keep it from standing around waiting upon players. Rather than being intimidated or worried about the size of his foe, or the damage it could cause, he stood and charged into battle, quietly this time, no need for a warcry to pierce his lips and the silence as he pounded away at the ground ahead of him. As he neared the creature he took a swing, starting with the axe head down low, and pulling it up and across his body. His blow struck true, striking the boar in the neck and causing it to recoil. 

 

ID: 27732
BD: 9 (2 dmg)
Bjorn: 9/9
Boar: 3/5 (-2 dmg)

[Bjorn 0]

The boar recoiled for just a moment in surprise at the unannounced attack, it quickly turned it's body to face the attacker and squealed out an entire breath out as it pawed the ground and tossed its head side to side. It saw the axe wielder standing tall and proud before it, the weapon that he had used to damage it sitting lightly in its grasp, it stared back at the man a moment before charging forward and attempting to gore him, swinging its mighty tusks to the left and right as it came close to the man to no avail. It jumped light on its feet, spinning as it did so to face the man once more, ready for the retaliatory strike it knew was coming. 

 

ID: 27732
MD: 5 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 9/9
Boar: 3/5

[Bjorn 0]

The newly armored warrior barred his teeth as he deftly dodge the boars swinging tusks, he followed it with his eyes as it continued past him and turned to face him, ready for the attack it knew he was about to launch. Rather than strike swiftly, Bjorn moved forward slowly, each step deliberate and solid as he did so, an old movie theme song playing in his head. The combat was much more of a game for the man now, and he could think of other things easily instead of focusing solely upon the fight at hand. His arms moved the axe up and down and a bit side to side as he advanced, attempting to keep the boar from knowing what he was doing. It worked, as he got with in reach he swung the blade in an arc at the boar, level with its head, and while it jumped back, it was not before the blade of the axe had scored a blow across its snout. 

ID: 27733
BD: 6 (1 dmg)
Bjorn: 9/9
Boar: 2/5 (-1 dmg)

Edited August 16, 2015 by Bjorn

[Bjorn 0]

The boar had jumped back, away from the man's nasty axe, ready to strike out once more. It leapt forward swinging its tusks in a vicious arc, it appeared to have struck the man from an outsiders perspective as he stumbled back. But the boar knew its strike had missed as it had not felt the impact on the mans body, while it had been close the man had been able to react fast enough to keep any real contact between its tusks and his body from happening, frustrating the boar once more. It turned quickly once more, tearing up the ground to face the man. 

 

ID: 27733
MD: 2 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 9/9
Boar: 2/5 

[Bjorn 0]

The red clad man was watching the boar, moving the axe back and forth as he had previously, held only lightly in his hands so as not to keep his self from swinging in a proper manner. There wasn't much he could do about the fact that the boar kept fake charging, and while he didn't fall for it the first two times, on the third one he stepped forward and swung in a large arc that missed the boars snout by several inches, leaving himself completely open. The man trusted in his new armor to keep him safe, something he shouldn't have done, but lack of knowledge was always a problem, as this proved. 

 

ID: 27734
BD: 5 (0 dmg)
Bjorn: 9/9
Boar: 2/5

[Bjorn 0]

The boar had decided on its own best course of action, one that it hadn't used in the fight up until then, pawing at the ground as if it was going to charge, even moving forward several feet before stopping and jumping backwards to its starting position. The man seemed to be unfazed and ready the first several times that it repeated this activity, but on the third time the man took the bait and swung, the blow if it had been an actual charge would have landed across its snout, and caused some good damage. But it had missed as the boar jumped back, and the man was unable to react in time, his side wide open to the boar as it finally did charge for real this time. It lashed out with its tusks, slamming into the side of the man and causing a very nasty hit that registered a a strong critical, and would have killed the man if it had been in the real world, as it was it still took nearly a third of his health in one blow. 

 

ID: 27734
MD: 10 (3 dmg)
Bjorn: 6/9 (-3 dmg)
Boar: 2/5 

[Bjorn 0]

The man grunted, the pain still light and barely there despite the type of blow that had landed, was still a cause for concern. After all death here was death in the real world, something that he didn't want, especially as his body would not appear to be nearly as well off as he had left it. With the thought of an emancipated corpse fresh on his mind he charged the boar, swinging his axe down at the beasts back as he went. It didn't seem to anticipate the action, and didn't move in time to avoid the blow. It landed clean, though it did little in the way of damage, as the man could see the boar was still standing, despite the boars health bar dropping. 

 

ID: 27735
BD: 8 (1 dmg)
Bjorn: 6/9
Boar: 1/5  (-1 dmg)

[Bjorn 0]

The boar showing a lack of care that only something artificial, or a berserker would for its own life stood in the same spot as it took the blow and used its position to its own advantage. It struck forward, driving its tusks into the mans crotch area, landing another vicious blow. This time it was the mans health bar that dropped, this time dangerously low, down to just a third left. It was getting into dangerous territory for the man, and the boar seemed emboldened by its opponents dropping health, not bothering to move out of the way or to be wary in the least, it stood in the same position it had landed after the blow was struck, readying its self to strike at the man once more. 

 

ID: 27735
MD: 10 (3 dmg)
Bjorn: 3/9 (-3 dmg)
Boar: 1/5