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~New special effect discovered!~

Drain: a special quality on weapons that allows them to drink the life force of an enemy, convert it into toxin, and then discharge it back into an opponent. These weapons will absorb up to a certain amount of hit points from an opponent when they strike, and will store them indefinitely. Once the reservoir is filled, (and only once it is filled) the weapon can discharge the toxin at will on a strike, dealing direct, instantaneous damage to the opponent. Hit points can be stored indefinitely in the weapon, even persisting between fights.

The three stats that define drain are as follows:

drain per strike: the maximum number of hit points absorbed from an enemy in a single strike. The player will use the weapon as normal, but will deal no extra damage from drain. The points that they deal as damage will be stored in the weapon until later. This means that if you only deal 2 damage to an opponent, and your drain per strike is 5, you will only store 2 points of health. If you deal 10 damage, with the same drain per strike, you will store 5 points.

reservoir size: this stat defines the maximum number of points that a weapon can store at any given time. Once this reservoir is full, the light will be converted into harmful energy and can then be discharged. The reservoir will store damage indefinitely, but can only be discharged when full. When wielding a weapon with drain as a feature, you will list current reservoir capacity with your HP, AP, and LP.

Discharge Multiplier: the last metric for drain is the most difficult to improve. The discharge multiplier directly affects the damage that is dealt when the reservoir is discharged. A multiplier of 2 will cause the discharge to deal damage at 2*[reservoir size]. Discharge multipliers with decimal places are calculated at the decimal value, rather than being treated as whole numbers.

~Congratulations!~

You have completely mastered an arte! At this point, no matter how much more you use it, it can never become more powerful. You have two options: you may choose to keep the arte at this level, and continue to enjoy the benefits of a maxed out arte; or you can reset the arte to level 1 and gain a new mastery bonus which will give the arte a new and exciting ability, but return it to its original quality with the addition of the special quality.

With this arte, you have a choice of two mastery bonuses:

1: Innate Talent: this mastery will allow you to draw out the hidden qualities of an iron ore, and allow those qualities to manifest in your crafted equipment. Some irons have different qualities than others, so this arte has a range of uses.

2: Master's Touch: this mastery will allow you to enhance the basic statistics of the iron ore that you are working. Your ingots will produce stronger, sharper, more durable weapons, but they will not possess the hidden qualities of the iron that you work.

Once you choose a mastery, your arte will be upgraded and then returned to level 1, so that you may start your journey of discovery over again with your new talents.

Choose wisely.

~Congratulations!~

You have completed the Broken Demon Iron Greatsword, in the fashion of its creator! You have unlocked the true hidden powers of this weapon, and not only have restored it to its original quality, but have at the same time awoken the blade's slumbering spirit.