Hemlocke 75/4=18+4=22 charge for red stones Anna-Mia 138-16=122/4=30 friendship to deer3
Hemlocke frowned and pondered what Anna-Mia had said. As they moved toward the next deer, the shyft flipped open her book, licking her fingertips and flipping through a few of the pages, furrowing her brow. The girl began to radiate red light, and the light began to coalesce, swirling, into glittering pinpoints of magic that began to orbit her as she read. As Anna-Mia took care of the deer, Hemlocke found what she was looking for: confirmed reports of creatures reviving after being tamed, instead of after having been slain. "I've read about people seeing it happen. I'm sure it's possible. Maybe it's just harder to get them to come back if you're not mean to them. I mean, I know that I would be more likely to get angry if you were hurting me than if you were trying to help me. That would explain why I have seen more of them than you... They are comfortable coming with you, so they do. They are angry at me, and so they try to hurt me. I can't say that I blame them. This world is hostile. The things that live here are probably a lot more accustomed to fighting, so when someone like you comes along, they don't know how to respond." Hemlocke giggled and closed the journal, waving her hand to call the motes of light to her and placing her palm on the cover, infusing the energy into her talisman. "You're changing the world." the shyft's purple eyes glinted as the red light orbiting her began to blink out of existence. "I'm just along for the ride."
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
Ana-Mia nodded as the deer fell apart into shards. "I can only live the way I know how. Thank you, Hemlocke. That means a lot." Her soft Sapphire eyes scanned the treeline and this time it was herself that saw the deer. She had to keep that hope in her heart that she was doing everything right, and it was just chance that she was running into every agreeable creature in this world. She launched the bait at the unsuspecting deer and hoped that... it would be mean? There was a massive conflict of interests in her brain that was having trouble reconciling itself with her goals. It was weird to hope for something to be cruel, but here she was, hoping that thing exactly.
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20*1.5 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
Hemlocke 99/4=24+4=28 charging for red stones Anna-Mia 225-14=211/4=52 friendship to deer4
Hemlocke smiled and started reading again. She wanted to know if there was any way to increase the odds of forcing a resurrection. She wasn't finding much of anything, except rumors that there had been an unbelievably powerful creature in the Gloomwood, and that it had been dispatched by some unknown means. There were conflicting reports and lots of stories, but none of them could agree on the facts, and so Hemlocke was disinclined to believe them. She wasn't finding anything on definitively raising their odds of seeing a resurrection, but she did see that one dedicated information broker had gathered reports of what were called radiant monsters, and it seemed that they were very slightly more common to appear when fighting larger groups of characters. It might be a sort of balancing system put in place to ensure that groups of warriors were not able to overcome and overpower the game too easily, despite the group bonuses that were already inherent to the system.
Hemlocke was surrounded by swirls of red light again, more plentiful than before, and looked up to see Anna-Mia handling the deer that they had set upon before the shyft was ready to fire again. "Don't worry. I think we're doing all that we can. It's just a matter of time, I'm sure." She smiled and held out her hand to draw the smattering of blue particles into her possession. "So what brings you out here, anyway, if I might ask? I'm not going to say that you're too young, but you don't seem like the type that is normally lost in these woods."
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
The Beastial Pitcher thought about that for a little bit as the deer failed yet again to be surly with her. She didn't know how up front she should be right off. It was different to tell someone she didn't know. If they judged her it was one thing. But now she was saying this to someone she at least sorta knew. She didn't want to come across as weak or stupid. Anna-Mia took a deep breath as she spotted another Deer on the treeline. There must've been a herd nearby or something since this was a pretty frequent showing. She focused hard and the bait began to glow with blue light. She instinctively gripped the bait with her middle finger and her thumb while letting her index finger just lightly rest. She pulled back her right arm past her head while pivoting her body so that her left shoulder was pointing to the deer. In a flash, her right arm whipped past her head and began to fall in a lazy diagonal to her left hip. She released the bait mid flight and it sailed in a loping arc to peg the deer at an odd angle.
In terms of the discussion, she supposed honesty was the best answer. "I don't remember what happened to my 'real' Parents. All I can remember is waking up in the forest where I grew up when I was four, and they weren't there anymore. My family became the creatures of the forest. They were important to me and protected me. From the tiniest bunny to the strongest Gryphon, they all cared for me. That was my life for four more years. Then someone took them all." Tears began to well up in her eyes. "Whoever did it said that if I ever wanted to see them again, to come here, because this is where they would be." She sniffed as she tried in vain to compose herself a little bit. "So I tried to find this place, but I didn't know the way. That's when I met a nice man named Rota." She smiled a bit, despite the tears. "He said he'd guide me here since he was coming here too, and he told me stories about his dad who was an awesome blacksmith. He said he'd let me be his Sister, and I said YES!" she said as she pumped her body energetically. "I was so happy because finally going to have a more permanent family!" Then Anna-Mia's flailing stopped and tears started rolling down her cheeks as her face lost all modicum of joy. "Now I'm here, and I can't even see him. He can write, and tell me how he's using what his dad taught him but that doesn't change the fact that my family keeps being TAKEN from me!" Anna-Mia's voice had gotten steadily louder as she went on, and her face increasingly red due to tears and embarrassment coming to a head with a desperate scream. While some would have executed such a thing with righteous fury, there was nothing but want in her face and voice as she crumpled to her knees onto the loamy ground and clutched Glimmer for comfort.
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20*1.5 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
Hemlocke 46/4=11+4=15 charge for red stones Anna-Mia 189-34=155/4=38 friendship to deer5
Hemlocke frowned and walked to Anna-Mia's side, kneeling and placing her arm around the girl's shoulders, staying quiet for a short while. "You know, I know what you're going through, probably better than anyone. I never knew my real family either, and outside of a few vague --possibly false-- memories, I don't remember anything about them. From the earliest age I can remember, I was alone. I did live in an orphanage for a while, but I didn't really fit in there. It's hard to be a part of the group when you're not even human." Hemlocke chuckled softly. "Right about the first time that I accidentally fell through my bed and into the first floor dining room, I started to lose the crowd. The other kids didn't like me, so I ran away. I lived on the streets, stealing what I could to feed myself and get by. But then I found another person like me. He didn't fit into the world that we lived in, either. He was a little... Let's say eccentric... But we became friends, and invited me into his family. They were all people who didn't fit in." --Not a lie: they were thieves and murderers... Perhaps an understatement, but not a lie-- "And we were happy together. Eventually, though, they were taken from me. They were all killed by someone who we had trusted. They almost killed me, but I barely got away. Since then, I've been alone. I don't know how I wound up here, but you've just got to make the best of it, if you can." The shyft squeezed the girl's shoulders comfortingly "Besides, lately it hasn't been too bad. I'm starting to feel less alone every day." She smiled at the girl, "It almost feels like I'm starting to belong somewhere again."
She sat with Anna-Mia for a while, and then squeezed her shoulders again. "Now come on. We've got another member of your family to meet, if you're up to it."
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
Anna-Mia sniffed deeply as she made a good effort to wipe her tears away. Glimmer lightly tapped her forehead with her own forehead lovingly, and the young girl smiled. She ruffled the Bunny's fur playfully and she let the creature leap onto the grass, her fur laying perfectly back into place. Anna-Mia stood and brushed herself off with her hands to clear away bits of leaves and twigs and such that clung to her knees. She cleared her throat as she saw the Buck Hemlocke pointed out and duplicated her technique from before, the bait sailing off to catch the deer unawares of any peril it wasn't in. "Thanks Hemlocke. I guess I had that bottled up for a long time...I just hope that note was telling the truth. I want to find out what happened to both my families." It was then that the girl's eyes widened in recognition and she slammed a balled fist into her open left hand. "Wait! I don't know his name, but I met someone just like that! Did he have eyes that went from purple to yellow or vice versa?"
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20*1.5 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
Also, like an idiot, I've been treating these as separate fights, despite the lack of a resting post. I have calculated the blue charge from my evasion for those previous posts, and have generated over 40 points of blue charge. I promise. 55, 80, 57, 57, 22 each divided by four and multiplied by 1.1x equals more than 40.))
Lightcasting Arte: auracast The user discharges the aura contained in a single lucent stone in their active talisman. Cost: 3 AP, 1 lucent stone charge
Deer1: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer2: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer3: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer4: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer5: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer6: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer7: HP: 10 roll3: +10 roll4: run away 0/2
Hemlocke 84/4=21+4=25 charge to red Anna-Mia 161-97=64/4=16 friendship to deer6
Hemlocke smiled as they got back to the hunt, and realized that they'd actually come across this deer quickly enough that her energy hadn't dissipated. Maybe she was getting better at this after all. Wasting no time, Hemlocke closed her eyes and let go of her journal, leaving it floating in the air before her, pages ruffling in an invisible wind that seemed to originate from the book itself. Hemlocke held her hands out, palms up, at approximately waist height. The red glimmers of light poured into her from all directions, causing her to glow softly from within. Elevating her hands to just above her shoulders as the light flowed into them, the girl opened her eyes and focused her sight on the deer, turning her palms to face the ground and smoothly pushing them toward the earth.
The deer seemed to be forced down in its tracks as a light fog of red mist pushed on it from all sides, restricting its movements.
"Actually, yes. How did you know that?" Hemlocke reached out with her left hand and caught the tome as it closed itself and became subject to gravity's demands once more.
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
Anna-Mia smiled as she pegged the latest Deer and it crumbled in shards of light. "I know because he sneaked up on me a while ago. We talked for a while, and then he had to go. He had a habit of focusing on one little detail and going completely off the starting topic." She had to wait a little bit, but a deer eventually showed its face around her. She was glad that deer were still showing up. She whipped back a piece of bait past her ear and let it fly in its loping arc towards the deer. She didn't put her full gusto into it though, preferring to stay light on her feet. She came to a realization that if a Deer did stand up and wanted a piece of her then she would need to be able to get out of the way as fast as possible. She turned to Hemlocke "I bet my brother could make you a really neat talisman thingy. He's a really good blacksmith. From what he tells me, he's got something in each room of his house to make anything you can think of."
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
Lightcasting Arte: lightcast The user discharges the power of light contained in a single lucent stone in their active talisman. Cost: 3 AP, 1 lucent stone charge
Deer1: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer2: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer3: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer4: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer5: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer6: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer7: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer8: HP: 10 FP: 0 roll3: +10 roll4: run away 0/2
Hemlocke 122/4=30+4=+34 charging for red 34/10=+3 AP Anna-Mia 166-104=62/4=15 friendship to deer8 71/10=+7 AP
Hemlocke furrowed her brow. "That definitely might have been him, then. He always had a one-track mind." the shyft listened to the girl talking about her brother. "That would be awesome, if he could. I haven't found a way to upgrade this one yet. It must be pretty handy to have those kinds of resources. I've just been borrowing the Lightcaster's lightforge to do my crafting." Hemlocke closed her eyes and began pulling energy from the world around her, scattered red pinpricks of light coalescing in the air. The battlefield was littered with motes of power, just waiting for Hemlocke to make use of them. As she charged, Anna-Mia took down another deer. They were getting good at this. Hemlocke watched, though, as something different happened. When the deer crumbled away, a large chunk of light that might be confused for crystal rose from its fallen corpse. It was apparently meant for Hemlocke, and it floated toward her as the motes of light were attracted into her talisman. It was converted to energy and pulled into her lucent stones.
Looking into the crystals, she saw a light within the Lucent Sapphire that was far larger than the other motes of light dancing lazily through the gem. She wondered what might be made of that sort of light, but she wouldn't know until she had time to study it a little more in-depth.
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
Anna-Mia pegged the deer solidly, She was glad that her newfound technique was working so well. This whole session was really showing how far she had come in such a short time as a Beastmaster of this world. All the same, she couldn't help think about what she was going to do when she finally encountered a Golden Deer. She knew it was going to be a majestic beast, but how hard would it be to tame? Would it be as easy as Glimmer had been, or would it resist her affections and be surly at her even more so? only time would tell if that was the case. "I'm sure my brother would be more than willing to let you use his lightforge. From what he tells me, it doesn't get used much. I need it for my Crystal Hearts, but I haven't been there to use it yet." She saw yet another deer amble across her line of sight, and she threw another piece of bait. This one sailed off kinda wobbly as she released it so she didn't know if it would even make its mark. Part of her wondered, as she looked at Glimmer, if she should let her bunny try out things for a bit. Anna-Mia resolved to wait a while before she did that. They didn't need to resort to violence just yet.
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
((1= loot roll deer8 2,3= Hemlocke, parrying for her life 4,5= goldendeer1 Rota is spending his ±4 and ±2 metatokens to reduce my loot roll to 1, resulting in a golden deer appearing.
Lightcasting Arte: lightcast The user discharges the power of light contained in a single lucent stone in their active talisman. Cost: 3 AP, 1 lucent stone charge
Deer1: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer2: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer3: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer4: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer5: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer6: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer7: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer8: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia GoldenDeer1: HP: 40 roll3: +30 1-20: defend 150% (multiply calculated roll3 by 150%) 21-80: attack 81-90: rage (attack with an additional +20 to attack) 91-100: Light storm (attack all characters with +20 attack, multiplied by 150%)
Hemlocke 83-55=28/4=7+36=43 friendship to deer8 85=+23 blue charge, +8 AP Anna-Mia 55-55=0 friendship to deer8 4=+0 AP
Hemlocke saw that the bait Anna-Mia had thrown had not had the intended effect, and realized that her time had come. Feeling a little theatrical, what with having an audience and all, Hemlocke decided to have a little fun.
Releasing the hold on her spellbook, the tome floated before her, its pages ruffling in a sudden vortex of wind that filled the clearing. Her hair was blown back, and fluttered wildly in the torrential uprising. The shyft's eyes closed, and she placed her hands, cupped lightly, over her heart. The myriad of blue glimmers in the clearing drew toward her. The light swirled around Hemlocke's body, caressing her form as the streams of blue light were drawn toward the shyft's heart, pouring into her cupped hands. The light shone through the mage's fingers, and, once it had been completely gathered, Hemlocke opened her eyes, which glowed sapphire blue, and faced the deer which was passing on her right side. As she thrust her palm forward, the light exploded from its gathered mass, and countless tendrils of light wound their way across her body before collecting and spiraling down the length of her arm. "Lucent Sapphire, the time has come. Cast your light!" The spiraling energy tendrils blasted forward like a winding drill, colliding with the deer and wrapping around it, winding infinitely across its body for several seconds. The deer began to itself glow with blue light before it shined brilliantly, and, when the light had faded, there stood, against all odds, a new, more unbelievable creature than Hemlocke had just blasted into oblivion. Seriously? You were supposed to ******** die! GAH!!!
And, of course, as these things are wont to do, the golden deer turned on Hemlocke. "Yep. ******** my life." Hemlocke immediately flashed light into her palms, thrusting them out to try and deflect the deer's antlers away from her body. She succeeded, for the most part, catching a gash in her left arm for her trouble as the deer raged at her.
Goldeer hemlocke fails parry, default to evasion: 80-52=28/4=7 damage to Hemlocke
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
You could practically see stars in the eyes of Anna-Mia as she tried and failed to absorb everything that had just happened. not only had the most awesome thing she had ever seen in her young life just erupt in front of her, but now there was the very deer she had been looking for. Its body was a pristine gold, its front shoulder fur having much the same design of the Golden Rabbit. Its antlers were elegantly curved, each being a thirteen point spread, and they were so bright one could make the argument that they were made of light themselves. every so often a quick streak of light would bounce between points of the antlers as its eyes grew a menacing red. Anna-Mia had barely enough time to react to throw a piece of bait at it, but the distraction was enough to radically throw off her aim. She clapped her hands against her cheeks to focus herself. her friend needed her, and she would NOT let her down!
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
Lightcasting Arte: auracast The user discharges the aura contained in a single lucent stone in their active talisman. Cost: 3 AP, 1 lucent stone charge
Deer1: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer2: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer3: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer4: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer5: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer6: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer7: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia Deer8: HP: 10 FP: 10= tamed by Anna-Mia GoldenDeer1: HP: 40 FP: 1 roll3: +30 1-20: defend 150% (multiply calculated roll3 by 150%) 21-80: attack 81-90: rage (attack with an additional +20 to attack) 91-100: Light storm (attack all characters with +20 attack, multiplied by 150%)
Goldeer hemlocke fails parry, default to evasion: 80-52=28/4=7 damage to Hemlocke Anna-Mia 46-40=6/4=1 point of friendship to goldendeer1
Hemlocke had taken a pretty decent hit to her left arm, and she clutched the wound with her right hand, but she wasn't out of the fight. This is what they had been preparing for. She had a choice: she could try to charge enough energy to fire off the Sapphire again, or she could auracast her red stone and give Anna-Mia a better shot. She opted for the latter, since it would give her a chance to help cover Anna-Mia no matter what the deer decided to do. Without ceremony, Hemlocke slashed the blade of her right hand diagonally through the air, from her injured shoulder to past her right hip, the red lights in the clearing rushing toward her hand. She gripped the orb of energy and threw it toward the deer. For a moment, it looked like she had missed. But Hemlocke held her hand, palm up, extended forward until the blast had gone directly over the creature. Clenching her fist and pulling it downward, Hemlocke made the ball explode and blast a red wave down at the golden deer, pushing it forcefully against the ground so that Anna-Mia could get a better shot against a still target.
Hemlocke 96-61=35/4=8+4+8=-20 to roll3 for GD1 GD defense: 61-20=41 defense
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
Anna-Mia, defying all odds, managed to land a hit on the Golden Deer. it stomped its luminescent hooves, kicking up tiny flecks of light with each step as it marked its territory decisively. Anna-Mia would not back down from this thing, no matter how majestic it may be. She planted her feet, not fearing thins thing for an instant as she defied its attitude problems and cocked back a piece of bait. Her fingers lightly gripped the piece in question, and she let it fly as true as she could make it. Glimmer stayed by her side, eyeing the Golden Deer as if to dare the Buck to touch her master. Anna-Mia was glad for the support. Now she just needed to make sure her aim had been as true as it needed to be.
Current skills in use: Beastmaster+20*1.5 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand: Candy Bait Off-hand:N/A Head: Upper armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor:Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1:Ring of Joy: +5 to beastmaster rolls. Can only wear one at a time. Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet:Name: Glimmer HP: 80 offense: +20 defense: +40 special:
upon rolling a natural 95 or higher, the gloomrabbit activates a light storm: +20 to atk/def, *1.5 upon rolling a natural 85-94, the gloomrabbit will act with +20 to its roll.
upgrade: 0/10 Utility pet:
Second set:
Main hand:Name: Rookie dagger Type: dagger Durability: 2 Stats: +2 damage +10% damage if natural roll1 is greater than 90 Off-hand:Name: Rookie Shield Type: shield Durability: 3 Stats: 5 damage capacity
Hemlocke 96-61=35/4=8+4+8=-20 to roll3 for GD1 GD1 defense: 61-20=41 defense Anna-Mia 200-41=159/4=39 friendship to GD1
Hemlocke's spell pinned the deer down, and it was helplessly still as Anna-Mia pelted it with a piece of bait that curved curiously through the air. The deer didn't stand a chance. With that hit, the battle was concluded, and their quest was finished. They had done it. Against all odds, impossibly, they had captured a golden rabbit and a golden deer on the same day. If they were capable of doing this, what else could they accomplish? The sky was the limit. Hell, even that might not be enough to stop them. They would pierce the heavens and soar to heights unknown, as soon as Anna-Mia figured out how to give her gilded abominations wings. She shook her head in disbelief. With the amount of blue motes of light that she had collected in this session, she could forge several sapphires, if she had any luck. This was insane.
Hemlocke looked down at her arm as the wound began to heal, and looked back to Anna-Mia. "Well, we did it. Why is it that every time we find one of those things, I end up bleeding?" she chuckled and breathed deep. They had survived. They had no business surviving this battle. But they had. She held her spellbook, attracting the motes of light that were scattered about the field.
Current skills in use: Lightcasting: 16 Evasion: 13 Light Armor: 0 Current active titles:
Current equipment:
Main hand:
Name: White Gold Talisman of Beast Taming Description: A white gold lightcaster's talisman in the shape of an intricately carved hemlock flower. A lucent stone slot is set into four of the petals, with the leftover petal being instead decorated with an ametrine locket. The center of the flower has a setting for a chromatic. stats: +10 roll1 +4 damage +10% evasion +10% charge rate for blue stones slots: 2/4
Red: red: light: +4 damage | aura: -8 roll1/2/3 | charge: 10 points of damage Blue: Name: Lucent Sapphire description: a multi-faceted gemstone that shines with an intense blue inner light. Crafted by: Hemlocke color: blue light: +36 damage, deal friendship instead of damage. If this puts a creature's friendship higher than its lost HP, it will become tameable once more. aura: +72 to ally's roll 1 or 2 (roll against a 0. All resulting damage is contributed as bonus to the teammate's current roll. Alternately, you can grant this bonus to yourself on your next roll, but at half strength) charge: 40 defense points
chroma: 0/1
Off-hand: Head: Upper armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: upper Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Lower armor: Name: Rookie Light Upper Type: lower Grade: light Stats: set bonus: +25% evasion maximum damage mitigation without set bonus: 1 with set bonus: 3 Ring1: Ring2: Ring3: Ring4: Necklace: Trophy: Combat pet: Utility pet:
