You're Going Down (The World Book 3)
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The run back ended up being quite peaceful. I mean seriously, how could it not be? Even though we now faced an overwhelming invasion force, getting laid by Ulia and completing my Nightmare quest had temporarily cleared the stress and worry that had been weighing down my mind. It was a nice reprieve after the constant worry of the last few days.
The funny thing about running long distances, especially in a FIVR game, was that it gave you a lot of time to think, especially since I had Ulia and Neysa keeping a watch on our surroundings. So, the first thing I did was call up the system windows I’d ignored during my fight through BrokenFang’s central keep. Clicking through the windows brought a huge grin to my face.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the quest Find a way to heal Rayne Nessima injuries. You have gained +25 points in reputation.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the quest Rescuing Brenna Talathiel of House of Kayden from the invaders of BrokenFang Hold or recovering her body. You have gained +25 points in reputation.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the quest Rescuing House of Kayden and driving out the invaders (Evolving-Quest). You have gained +500 points in reputation.
New Quest! Driving out the invaders (Evolving-Quest)!
You have released the undead mobs and driven out the northern invaders, but you still must reclaim and secure BrokenFang Hold.
Objective: Make BrokenFang Hold livable for House of Kayden and secure its walls.
Difficulty: Hard.
Reward: Acquire your own castle and Reputation with House of Kayden.
Congratulations! You have reached Level 27!
You have 5 Attribute Points Unspent!
Accept: Yes / No
New Quest! Save the survivors of House of Kayden from the Northern invaders!
Now that all of their leaders have been killed, the Northern invaders have moved out of BrokenFang Hold to attack the Light Elves. The invaders will pass by Requiem on their way to Delonshire.
Objective: Save House of Kayden from the invaders.
Warning! This quest will fail if all the NPCs of House of Kayden die!
135/135 Adults.
25/25 Children.
Difficulty: Nightmare.
Reward: Dependent on how you complete this quest.
Accepting both new quests, I continued through the mess of windows.
Congratulations! You have successfully completed the quest Discover the reason the High priest of Light in Amyalneas has forbidden the training of Light Magic to anyone who has mastered Dark Magic! You have gained +5 points in reputation.
Congratulations! You have earned the class Death Knight!
Congratulations! You have learned Dark Magic!
Congratulations! You have earned Mastery of Dark Magic. As you gain skills in Dark Magic, you will open up access to new spells without requiring professional points.
Congratulations! You have learned a new spell: Soul Stone.
Cast Time: Instant cast
Mana Expenditure: 20
Used to capture the soul of a creature upon death. Upon activation, the captured soul can be raised as an undead pet.
Congratulations! You have learned a new spell: Raise Zombie.
Cast Time: 3 minute cast
Mana Expenditure: 25 per soul level
Requires a soul stone per cast. Raises captured soul as an undead pet of the same level upon death that will serve the caster until released or dead.
*Number of pets available to the caster is determined by caster’s intelligence level.
**50 points of intelligence required per raised pet.
Congratulations! You have learned a new spell: Shadow Bolt.
Cast Time: 2 sec
Mana Expenditure: 50
Launches a shadowy bolt of Dark Magic at the enemy. Damage is 400% of Spell Power. Range 60 yards.
Congratulations! You have learned a new spell: Life Leech.
Cast Time: 30 sec channeling
Mana Expenditure: 80
Drains life from the target, causing Dark magic damage. Damage to target is 25% of Spell Power for every second of spell activation and restores the equal amount of health to the caster.
Congratulations! Your combat mount has reached Level 23!
The rest of the windows were a few ability increases that I quickly okay’d through without looking. With a silent cheer at my new level, I quickly popped open my Character sheet to check out my new Class and spells. The Death Knight title instantly caught my eye. Especially since I hadn’t ever specified a class one way or another. Did the game automatically classify my build based on my stats and skills or was my title flexible? With how much I used spells, I would have expected to be classified more as a Necromancer. Looking over my new spells, I immediately realized that I needed to reconsider my point distribution.
After being nearly pummeled to death by a Level 40 Boss, I’d initially planned on putting all of my new Attribute Points into Strength, but once I looked over my new spells for Dark Magic, I immediately realized that I needed to focus on increasing my Intelligence instead. 200 points in Intelligence would give me the ability to have up to four undead pets simultaneously or, to break it down in other words, if I put three more levels into intelligence, I’d be my own wrecking team. Now imagine that plus another four players and Neysa teamed up with me for a dungeon crawl. Unconsciously, my lips twisted into a grin as I whistled softly looking over my stats. “I was becoming one overpowered mother fucker.”
Startum Ironwolf – Level 27
Death Knight Class (Nightmare)
Half-Elf (House of Kayden)
Titles:
First Settler
First Village
Hero of Delonshire Mine
Leader of House Kayden
Lord of BrokenFang Hold
0 Unassigned Attribute Points.
Statistics:
Hit Points: 1,960
Mana: 1,860
Endurance: 1,780
Attributes:
Strength: 100 (+43)
Intelligence: 155 (+31)
Spirit: 84 (+5)
Agility: 118 (+10)
Stamina: 150 (+28)
Charisma: 78
Racial Ability:
Military Conditioning (Passive) – All defenses increased by 5% and total hit points are increased by 10%.
Darkvision (Passive) - Grants ability to see in day-light conditions up to 100 feet in reduced lighting and the ability to see in dim light conditions up to 60 feet in natural darkness.
Ambitious (Passive) - Receive 5% experience bonus when gaining experience.
Racial Modifiers - +2 to two stats of choice per level.
Abilities:
Frost Magic – Level 26
Light Magic – Level 26
Fire Magic – Level 7
Dark Magic – Level 0
Unarmed Combat – Level 17
One-hand edge – Level 26
Two-hand edge – Level 10
Shield Block - Level 26
Shield Bash – Level 26
Riposte – Level 25
Lung – Level 26
Parry – Level 26
Dodge – Level 26
Archery – Level 9
War Leader:
Level II – Strategist:
-Plus 2% Increase to melee damage for team or raid.
-Plus 1% Increase to melee defense for team or raid.
Spells:
Frost:
Frost Blast (30 Mana) – 2 sec cast – Launches Blast of frost at the enemy. Damage is 200% of Spell Power. Slows target by 50% for 15 seconds. Range 60 yards.
Frost Nova (50 Mana) – Instant cast - Blasts enemies within 10 yards of the caster for 100% Frost damage and freezes them in place for up to 8 sec. Damage caused may interrupt the effect. 30 second cooldown. Requires frost magic skill level 5.
Ice Lance (40 Mana) – Instant cast - Deals 400% Frost damage to an enemy target. Ice Lance damage i
s doubled against frozen targets. Slows target by 50% for 15 seconds. Requires frost magic skill level 10. Range 40 yards.
Flurry (60 Mana) – Instant cast – Hurls a flurry of ice shards at the target that strikes enemy three times for a total of ((400% of spell power) * 3). Each shard slows target by 50% for 5 sec. Requires frost magic skill level 15. Range 40 yards.
Ice Barrier (30 Mana) – Instant cast – Shields caster for 1 minute, absorbing 1400% ranged spell damage. Melee attacks against caster reduce the attacker’s movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. Armor Class is not increased. Requires frost magic skill level 20. 10 seconds cooldown. Expires automatically after a half an hour.
Light:
Heal (50 Mana) – 10 sec cast – Ray of golden light that heals the target for 500% Spell Power. Range 60 yards.
Quick Heal (30 Mana) – 5 sec cast – A pulse of golden light that quickly heals the target for 300% Spell Power. Requires healing magic skill level 5. Range 60 yards.
Restore (40 Mana) – 3 sec cast – A flash of golden light that instantly heals the target for (50% of Spell power) and then (300% of Spell power) over 15 sec. Requires healing magic skill level 10. Range 40 yards.
Minor Healing (60 Mana) – 5 sec cast – A ray of golden light that instantly heals the target for 800% Spell Power. Requires healing magic skill level 15. Range 60 yards.
Minor Mend Bones (80 Mana) – 10 sec cast – A healing energy that heals target of minor debilitating debuffs 200% Spell Power. Requires healing magic skill level 15. Range 60 yards.
Minor Dispell (60 Mana) – 5 sec cast – Removes one beneficial magical effect on the enemy target, or removes one negative magical effect on the friendly target. Requires healing magic skill level 15. Range 60 yards.
Holy Shield (80 Mana) – 3 sec cast – Absorbs 350 points of damage. Requires healing magic skill level 20. Can only be cast on one target at a time. 10 second cooldown. Expires automatically after a half an hour. Range 60 yards.
Resurrection (1000 Mana) – 20 sec cast - Brings a dead player back to life with 25% health and mana. Cannot be cast when in combat. Range 40 yards.
Fire:
Flame Blast (40 Mana) – 2 sec cast – Launches Blast of fire at the enemy. Fire damage is 200% of Spell Power. Burns target for an additional 20 seconds for 5 points of damage every 5 seconds. Range 60 yards.
Dark:
Summoning Tree:
Soul Stone (20 Mana) – Instant cast – Used to capture the soul of a creature upon death. Upon activation, the captured soul can be raised as an undead pet.
Raise Zombie (25 Mana per soul level) – 3 minute cast – Requires a soul stone per cast. Raises captured soul as an undead pet of the same level upon death that will serve the caster until released or dead.
*Number of pets available to the caster is determined by caster’s intelligence level. **50 points of intelligence required per raised pet.
Destruction Tree:
Shadow Bolt (50 Mana) – 2 sec cast – Launches a shadowy bolt of Dark Magic at the enemy. Damage is 400% of Spell Power. Range 60 yards.
Torment Tree:
Life Leech (80 Mana) – 30 sec channeling – Drains life from the target, causing Dark magic damage. Damage to target is 25% of Spell Power for every second of spell activation and restores the equal amount of health to the caster.
Skills:
Stealth I
Sneak Attack I
Backstab I
Concentration I
Quick Shot I
Overpower I
Kick Back I
Knockdown I
Gouge I
Dual Wield I
Power Attack I
Execute I
Crafting:
Skinning Level 14
Jury-Rigging Level 2
Lumberjack Level 13
Wood Working Level 7
Construction Level 13
Architecture Level 4
Mining Level 16 (+2 when Pickaxe of Earth is equipped)
Herbalism Level 5
Enchanting Level 1
Smithing Level 54
Alchemy Level 47
Cartography Level 1
Beast Companion:
Silver Dire Wolf, Neysa, Level 23
Reputation:
2405
Special Awards:
-Permanent 3% increased damage to all attacks for all members of any team or raid you are a member.
-Permanent 3% increased defense for all members of any team or raid you are a member.
Additional Special Attacks and Abilities:
-Blood Plague (Type: Disease) Target suffers 10 points of Dark Magic damage every second for 30 seconds. Area of Effect: 30 Yard radius from the caster. Cooldown - 3 minutes
*when Greatsword of Corruption is equipped.
-Removes all root effects on the wielder and all summoned creatures.
-Increases the chance of dropping Soul Stones by 12%.
-Summoned creature has 3% chance of receiving one of the killed creature's special attacks or skills.
-Summoned creature has a 30% chance of keeping one of its special skills.
+200 Attack Power to Summoned Creatures
+5 to the maximum number of Summoned Creatures.
+3 level increase to all Summoned Creatures
-Ignores target’s armor.
-5% of maximum health leeched per second on a successful strike until dagger is removed.
*When Leeching Dagger of Piercing is equipped.
+10% Haste to range attacks.
*When wearing Delonshire Guard quiver.
-Renders lesser undead creatures such as zombies, skeletons, spirits, etc. neutral and unable to attack first.
Immediately I felt the urge to find something to kill so that I could try out my new spell. If my undead pets fought anything like the feral zombies I’d run across; I was going to be one tough mother to take down. The last window that caught my eye was the report that Neysa was Level 27. Quickly I popped open her Character window from my HUD. My eyes widened in surprise as I started going over the available ‘feat’ system for pets.
Now that Neysa had gained 17 levels, she had three feats slots currently available. The basic choices were interesting, to say the least. I could choose to increase Neysa’s ability to damage by giving her special attacks such as bite or slash, increase her carrying capacity by twenty pounds or increase her base stats with a small boost to agility or stamina.
Even more interesting then the steady increase in her carrying capacity was the six slots that now showed up as available to be added to her body. There were slots available for her head, jaws, neck, front paw, rear paws, and back. I was curious to see what crafted items could be added to a combat pet. The back slot was easy enough to figure out since she was considered a combat mount that could have her carrying-weight increased. It had to be for something like a saddle with bags. The neck slot was probably for something like a spiked collar or amulet. Again, basic equipment that was easy enough to figure out. What really got me wondering was the slots for her paws, head, and jaws. Anyone up for steel-tipped fangs? I chuckled to myself as I pictured the little Silver Dire Wolf covered in armor. I guess we’d just have to wait and see.
For now, I had a much more difficult decision to make. Did I focus on having Silver Dire Wolf be a damage dealing machine or should I spec her out for being a mount? At lower levels having an additional damage dealing pet could greatly increase my leveling speed. While that was all well and good, mounts in most games tended to be extremely expensive. Besides marking a player as being an Elite, mounts increased speed tended to open up entire new areas for exploration. A good example of this was that I could have made the trip to BrokenFang Hold from Requiem in half a day instead of two.
Doing the math, it looked like Neysa would be able to handle carrying me around Level 50 if I put all of her special abilities into increased carrying capacity. While that cut down on her available attacks, it did mean that she could at lea
st carry extra gear in the interim if I could buy or craft something like a saddle with bags to fit her back slot. While the extra damage would have been nice, with my Intelligence being so high, I could now field three pure attack pets with a fourth just a few levels off. Altogether, that made the decision easy enough as I put all three feats into carrying capacity, which gave her the following stats:
Combat Mount: Neysa (Silver Dire Wolf)
Level: 27
Strength: 17
Intelligence: 17
Spirit: 17
Agility: 17
Stamina: 17
Charisma: 17
Attack: 17-27
Speed: 0.5
Weight-Carrying Capacity: 60
Special Abilities: Increased carrying capacity 20 lbs x3
Shared Experience: 10% (up to a max of 50%)
Additional Information: Your mount is bound to your soul. Unlike regular mounts, this mount can participate in combat alongside its owner like a summoned creature or tamed pet. At each fifth level, combat mounts can choose additional feats. To access the feats available for your combat mount, open the properties of your pet to choose from the available selection. Should your mount be slain in your service, your mount will lose all of its current level experience and remains unsummonable for the next twenty-four hours.